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New City Council members Zachary Ackerman (D-Ward 3) , left, Sabra (D-Ward 1) Briere and Jane Lumm (I-Ward 2) recite an oath before being officially inducted to the Ann Arbor City Council on Monday.
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James White, an assistant police chief with the Detroit Police Department, as Ann Arbor police chief, discussed the allocation of funds in preparation for winter weather and discussed the rezoning of the Nixon Farm properties. The council unanimously approved City Administrator Steve Powers’ recommendation to appoint White to the role. White will start the position on Jan. 11, 2016. “I’m happy to be able to support this appointment,” Lumm said. “The national search resulted in three very strong qualifying finalist candidates, and I believe Mr. White is an exceptional candidate. He will serve Ann Arbor very well.” Councilmember Sumi
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Monday’s Ann Arbor City Council meeting featured two new faces — newly elected members Chip Smith (D– Ward 5) and LSA senior Zach Ackerman (D–Ward 3). The council also welcomed back Jane Lumm (I–Ward 2), Sabra Briere (D–Ward 1) and Jack Eaton (D–Ward 4), who all returned to council for another term. The council appointed
Kailasapathy (D–Ward 1) said she felt Ann Arbor residents responded well to White during the interview process. Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor also voiced support for White’s appointment. “The three candidates were each excellent and would have served as chief ably and well,” Taylor said. “I look forward to working with Mr. White as police chief; he will have an important task.” White was one of three finalists in running for Ann Arbor police chief, alongside Interim Police Chief Jim Baird and Rob Severance, a deputy city manager in Texas. John Seto, former AAPD police chief, accepted a role as director of the University’s Housing
Security and Safety Services and announced his retirement from AAPD in May after 25 years with the department. While council welcomed White to the city, they also said goodbye to City Administrator Steve Powers, who announced plans to accept a new job as city manager in Salem, Ore. in August. Tom Crawford, Ann Arbor’s chief financial officer, will serve as interim city administrator while the administration committee searches for a replacement. Powers thanked the council for giving him the opportunity to serve the city of Ann Arbor. “Thank you for taking a chance on a small county, community guy, and letting me work with you,” Powers See CITY COUNCIL, Page 3
Faculty body calls on regents to consider investments in oil and gasoline By GENEVIEVE HUMMER Daily Staff Reporter
Divest and Invest, the student-led campaign calling on the University to divest from oil and coal, scored a small step forward at Monday’s Senate Assembly meeting. The Senate Assembly voted to support a resolution advocating the formation of a committee to review the University’s investments in oil and coal. During the meeting, the assembly also heard an annual report on the academic performance of the University’s student athletes. The assembly discussed fossil fuel divestment last spring, but lost quorum before the motion to vote. Even with support of SACUA, the University’s Board of Regents must endorse the committee before it can form. Divest and Invest president Nicholas Jansen, an LSA senior, noted divestment is just one approach to addressing climate change. “We realize climate change is a huge problem; we’re not saying that this is the
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Singer Vanessa Carlton takes artistic control By AMELIA ZAK Daily Music Editor
Vanessa Carlton was a fading memory in the minds of ’90s kids everywhere, her name merely standing as an indication of the seminal classic, “A Thousand Miles.” From 2002 to 2005, Carlton’s sugary piano ballads filled the radio airwaves. These Billboard-topping hits, like “A Thousand Miles,” “White Houses,” and “Ordinary Day,” were a heavy load to bear for one so young. The fast fame swallowed her name and image with what she was most known for. In the media vacuum that this early success created, Vanessa should have lost control of her image. By now, she should have fallen off into some island of once-famous musicians. In an interview with The Michigan Daily, Carlton recounted these early successes in a positive light: “It’s not all being measured up against some pop culture moment I had with a song I wrote when I was 16. Everyone has allowed me to grow.” But with natural talent, hard work and a heavy concentration on individualistic musical
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stylings, Carlton disproved the stigma of the one-hit wonder pop star. Time away from the limelight paired with hours in international studios with renowned producers have helped her regain control on the reigns of her popularity. Her 2011 album, Rabbits on the Run, was the beginning of these decisive changes. Rabbits on the Run, if nothing else, communicated with her audience and former fans that artistic changes were imminent. And in her 2015 effort, Liberman, Carlton swallows whatever former images the media has cast. Her reformed artistry is minimalist, elegant and a quieter kind. With Liberman, she’s not some pop star with three Top 40 hits that may or may not have dated John Mayer. Carlton has regained control over what she always was: a fantastic pianist with an ethereal voice who possesses an lyrical penchant for the lovelorn. Named after Carlton’s grandfather, one of whose paintings of nudes hangs in the eyeline from the piano, Liberman was creatively nurtured by See CARLTON, Page 6
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solution that is going to save everything,” Jansen said. “Being students, being at a University with political power and an image that people look up to, this is where we can take a stance and contribute to the problem. It’s a big problem, it’s going to take a lot of solutions.” The University’s Divest and Invest campaign, formed in 2013, has spent the past two years encouraging the University’s administration to divest from fossil fuels, though the objective was recently amended to include only coal and oil, not natural gas. Comprised of faculty, students, staff and alumni, the organization has urged the regents to form a committee that would review the University’s $1.04 billion invested in fossil fuels. Jansen has previously expressed frustration with the regents’ refusal to develop an ad hoc committee to investigate the University’s investments in fossil fuels. “We have overwhelmingly demonstrated time and time again that we meet the three prong requirement needed for the Regents to form an ad hoc committee to look at divesting (from coal and oil) with the most recent being a nearly unanimous vote by CSG to support our resolution that ask the Regents to form the mentioned See SENATE ASSEMBLY, Page 3
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Engineering senior Erin Moore speaks of her personal experience regarding the University’s race and ethnicity requirement at the Central Student Government Diversity Forum in the CSG chambers on Monday.
LSA forum critiques Race and Ethnicity requirement Students consider class size, need for changes across the schools, colleges By BRIAN KUANG Daily Staff Reporter
During an open forum Monday afternoon, around 20 students expressed dissatisfaction with the LSA Race and Ethnicity requirement
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amid an ongoing review by the LSA Office of the Dean. The current requirement mandates that LSA students take a course focusing on racial and ethnic inequality, as defined by LSA administrators, in order to graduate. A leading concern at the forum was that many of the classes that satisfy this requirement are too large and therefore don’t meaningfully engage students in discussion. The three largest courses that fulfill this requirement are Cultural
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Anthropology 101, Women’s Studies 220 and Public Health 200, which enrolled 693, 366 and 351 students in the fall 2014 semester, respectively. “When I took my Race and Ethnicity requirement it was in a class of over 300 people, and it was one of my favorite classes I’ve taken at the University,” said Public Policy junior Alexandra George, CSG communications director. “But because the class was so large people felt uncomfortable speaking up and See RACE & ETHNICITY, Page 3
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Now that the University has concluded the process of gathering community input on its Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities, proposed revisions to the document will work their way through a multi-step vetting process before eventually landing on the desk of University President Mark Schlissel. Every three years, the University’s faculty and student governing bodies provide the University president with potential revisions to the student statement, which outlines conduct expectations and disciplinary measures for students. The next step in the process falls on the Student Relations See STUDENT CODE, Page 3
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Director of Penny Stamps lecture series talks program’s goals Chrisstina Hamilton is the mind behind the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design’s Distinguished Lecture Series, an event held every Thursday night of the academic year at the Michigan Theater. Hamilton is the former director of the Ann Arbor Film Festival, and now brings organizes a weekly event that draws more visitors every year. In an interview with The Michigan Daily, Hamilton discussed her personal career trajectory and how the Penny Stamps Speaker Series came to be what it is today. She was
the first to occupy her position, as the director of visitors’ programs, 10 years ago, when it was first created to develop the series into a more impactful event. Before Hamilton, the series was barely attracted presenters from outside Ann Arbor, drawing mostly on faculty to make up the series. Now, in the 11th year under her direction, the series boasts big names like Anna Sui, David Yurman and the group Pussy Riot as among the series’ previous speakers. “I love what I get to do now because I get to bring people
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The number of University students going abroad has increased 15 percent, the University announced on Monday. 2,719 students traveled overseas to study during the 2013-2014 school year, as compared to 2,365 students in the 2012-13 school year.
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Researchers discover pathway that decreases fat absorption Removal of liver protein prevents cholesterol production By ALEXA ST. JOHN Daily Staff Reporter
University research has recently found that a pathway in the liver controlled by the protein BAF60a can help the body absorb more cholesterol. Though at the very least this has unhealthy results, ultimately this problem could lead to medical issues such as hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis. Conducted by researchers from the University’s Life Sciences Institute, the study focused on the negative effects that a high-fat, high-cholesterol diet can have on the body. Jiandie Lin, senior author of the study, said, “Atherosclerosis is a big issue, and high-cholesterol levels are a major risk fac-
tor for atherosclerosis. The blood vessels get damaged and cholesterol deposits in those sites that form . . . those clog up the artery. It could potentially go to the brain, go to the heart and cause stroke and heart attack.” Lin, who is also the associate professor of cell and developmental biology at the University’s Medical school, said he and his colleagues tried to understand how blood cholesterol concentrations are regulated in normal physiological conditions and potentially in disease conditions. The researchers started by looking at a particular pathway of proteins called BAF60 proteins, Lin said. BAF60 proteins are present in fat tissue, skeletal muscles, and in the liver. The proteins regulate different biological processes in each of these cells. “What we found is that, if you feed mice [a Westernized] diet, the mice will become obese, they will develop hyperlipidemia – so
basically, high blood-cholesterol levels,” Lin said. Lin said they also found that the protein BAF60a levels were elevated in the liver. Therefore, Lin and his colleagues we were curious whether the higher amount of this protein could contribute to hyperlipidemia. “Because we know that this Western diet increased blood lipids, and we know that this Western diet also increased the level of this protein in the liver,” Lin said, “the question was really whether this increase in protein level somehow contribute to hyperlipidemia.” According to Lin, mice who had the protein BAF60a deleted from their genetics do not develop high blood lipids as do the normal mice, so they are partially protected from diet-induced hyperlipidemia. In normal mice when this protein is regulated in a way that it is supposed to be regulated, meaning without genetic alteration, the mice will develop high blood lipid levels. After discovering these findings, the question remained as to why this protein, when deleted from the liver, could actually protect the mice from bad lipids. Ultimately, Lin said they were looking at genetic makeup to identify what subset of genes would be affected by the deletion of the BAF60a protein in the liver. “One of the things that stood out was the metabolic pathway that makes bile acid,” Lin said. “When we deleted this gene in the liver, we found that many, many genes that contribute to bile acid synthesis modification and secretion were significantly reduced. Somehow, this gene is important for really maintaining bile acid synthesis modification and release from the liver.” According to Lin, bile is made in the liver and then gets released into small intestines for absorption of lipids and cholesterol. Read more of this story online at michigandaily.com
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LSA sophomore Nicholas Fadanelli, a student government candidate, campaigns at the LSA Student Government Candidate Forum in the League on Monday.
LSA SG candidates speak on diversity, mental health Ten candidates will run for election this Wednesday By JACKIE CHARNIGA Daily Staff Reporter
Ten candidates for LSA Student Government presented their ideas Monday night for increasing diversity of the student body and and expanding mental health awareness in student government and on campus. Elections will be held Wednesday. LSA Student Government consists of 19 representatives elected by students in LSA. This year, nine positions are filled during the November elections, while the other 10 seats are up for election during the main student government elections in March. LSA SG president Jason Colella, LSA senior, said he enjoyed hearing ideas from the candidates and he looks forward to implementing them. “I think we have a great slate
of candidates and I think no matter who wins or loses we’ll have a great upcoming semester at LSA Student Government,” Colella said Apart from the candidates, less than 15 people attended. Colella said this turnout was not surprising. “We always are hoping for a large turnout,” Colella said. “We try to get lots of students here. It’s important that students know who they’re voting for and I wish more LSA students would show up to these forums.” Diversity The candidates addressed concerns regarding diversity on campus, as well as the extent to which minority groups are represented in LSA SG. LSA sophomore Nadine Jawad said inclusivity and diversity on campus drive many of her goals for LSA SG. Jawad said she hopes her involvement in student government breaks stereotypes often attributed to Arab Americans and Muslims in the media.
Jawad added that she is she is working on page through University Social Media to present community news about underrepresented groups on campus. She said when she arrived on campus, she struggled to find a place where she felt safe, and that LSA SG should focus on improving sensitivity to minority students on campus. She added that both Central Student Government and LSA SG lack diversity in its membership. “I think we have to have people on our student body who are representative of the campus as a whole,” Jawad said. “Whether it’s in CSG or in LSA SG, we’re kind of lacking in diversity.” LSA freshman Chelsie Thompson proposed a diversity day where the campus would celebrate students of different backgrounds. “I want us to come together — not as a melting pot because that’s when we’d all get mixed together, and we’d all look basically the same again — but more as a mosaic so when we step back See CANDIDATES, Page 3
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Body found in river at Ann Arbor park Police responded to a call Monday afternoon after a body was discovered floating face down in the river at Gallup Park. The name of the man found has not been released. Police are currently investigating how the man died, but have ruled out foul play.
Gov. Snyder refuses to allow in more Syrian refugees Sunday, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder joined 23 other states that have announced they will not accept Syrian refugees in their states. The statement came in response to the Paris terrorist attack by ISIS, which killed 132 people and injured hundreds. Governors have taken different approaches to the blocking of refugees. Some have completely banned refugees from entering, while others — like Snyder — have put a temporary ban on refugees entering. Snyder has welcomed immigrants and refugees in the past. In September, Snyder said he was working with the federal government to increase the number of Middle Eastern refugees. Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin governors are among the other states who are banning the admittance of refugees from Syria.
Study abroad increases 15 percent More and more students are packing their bags to experience college life abroad. For the second consecutive year, the number of U.S. students studying abroad increased by 15 percent, according to a University release Monday. In 2013-14, the University had 2,719 students earning credit abroad, compared with 2,365 in the 2012-13 school year. This increase in students abroad raised the University in standings among higher education institutions with the most students overseas. According to the Open Doors report by the Institute of International Education, the University rose from sixth to fifth place. This puts the University behind New York University, the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University and the University of Southern California, in that order. The Open Doors report is the most complete census of education abroad in the United States. However, the study does not include students who are not U.S. citizens. It also does not include students who go abroad for noncredit activities, like internships or volunteer opportunities.
Michigan attorney general to lead national association The Republican Attorneys General Association announced Monday that Michigan’s Attorney General Bill Schuette will be appointed chair of the national association. The association is composed of 27 Republican attorneys general. In a press release, Schuette said he is eager to take on the role. “It is my honor to serve as chair during this critical time in which federal government overreach is hurting job creation and economic growth in our states and our country as a whole,” Schuette said. “I look forward to working with the other 26 Republican attorneys general in the fight to protect free enterprise, liberty and our constitution.”
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STUDENT CODE From Page 1 Advisory Committee, which is comprised of 12 faculty members, four students and one liaison from the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs. SRAC is currently charged with reviewing the initial batch of proposals, including those offered by Central Student Government. Statistics Prof. Edward Rothman, who serves as SRAC chair during the current amendment cycle, said the committee aims to clarify the proposed amendments, but not question the merits of each change. “We spent about an hour or so going through the proposed amendments student government brought forward,” he said. Rothman said he had been on the committee for several years, and proposals from students are of particular interest to the committee. He said the committee heard a presentation in which Public Policy sophomore Jacob Pearlman, CSG general counsel, outlined amendments suggested by CSG. CSG proposed seven revisions: establish formal venues to gather input on revisions, an honor pledge, implement formal education
CITY COUNCIL From Page 1 said. “I was impressed then by your intellect and stamina, and most importantly with your compassion and concern for the city. That has not changed with the 22 council members I’ve worked with.” Several council members offered words of encouragement and farewell to Powers. “You leave huge shoes to fill,” Councilmember Kirk Westphal (D–Ward 2) told Powers. “If there’s any downside to this, it’s the expectations. You’ve set the bar very high. I have to admire your professionalism, your intents, your listening abilities. It’s a really hard job and I admire that you’ve genuinely
SENATE ASSEMBLY From Page 1 committee,” he wrote in an e-mail last spring. Last March, the University’s Central Student Government overwhelmingly voted to support the formation of such a committee. However, in April, thenCSG President Bobby Dishell vetoed a resolution that would have encouraged the University to become a signatory on the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment, an undertaking by colleges and universities to address global climate change. Signatories pledge to eliminate net greenhouse gas emissions from certain campus operations. In an e-mail statement issued at the time, Dishell cited investment concerns as one of his reasons for vetoing the resolution. “Though the aims and efforts of the ACUPCC aspire to positive sustainable change — an issue that the University aligns with and takes very seriously — it also
RACE & ETHNICITY From Page 1 asking questions.” Students also expressed concern that many of the courses that technically satisfy the requirement actually fail to meet the criteria used by the LSA administration to classify courses as Race and Ethnicity. One such course mentioned was Public Health 200, which, although containing a unit examining health care disparities by race, focuses on data and fails to have any discussion about the underlying causes of inequality, attendants said. Evans Young, assistant dean for undergraduate education, who was present at the event, acknowledged student concerns and laid out some tentative solutions, such as adding questions to the
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about the student statement during new student orientation and a consistent three-year amendment cycle. CSG also proposed an amendment to ensure students aren’t disciplined for violating revisions to the statement enacted after the action in question occurred. They also proposed formalizing the University president’s need to select amendments before the end of the school year, and allowing CSG access to records related to the process. Pearlman spearheaded the process of composing CSG’s proposals, and Rothman noted that having a single person author all the proposals was incredibly useful. “When proposals are written by committees you’re trying to incorporate a myriad of of perspectives in the document,” Rothman said. “It’s much more difficult to get a cohesive message than what you might get from having a single person write the amendments.” Pearlman said he was surprised by the lack of student knowledge about the statement, considering it pertains only to students. “The statement is supposed to be a ‘community-owned document’ that highlights the values of our institution,” Pearlman said. “Unfortunately, most students are entirely unaware of what the statement
is, and how it can affect them.” He also said the current CSG administration focused on increasing student voice and input in the University decision-making processes, which resulted in amendments pertaining to the revision process itself. “The amendment process as it stands is potentially restrictive to student voice, and much of the true power is held by faculty and administrators,” Pearlman said. “Faculty are not subject to the rules outlined in the statement.” Though the process begins with students’ participation, it does not always end with their input informing the final amendments. During the 2001 amendment cycle, none of the proposed amendments put forth by student government — then called the Michigan Student Assembly — made it into the statement. Erik Wessel, director of the Office of Student Conflict Resolution, said his office helps guide the statement revision process since they receive all the amendments proposed before they are sent for SRAC’s consideration. “OSCR is really the keeper of the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities,” Wessel said. “Obviously we use it everyday in our general work.” Wessel said OSCR emphasizes a restorative
process for addressing statement violations. After a student is notified of the allegations against him or her, he or she attends an intake meeting where OSCR presents options for resolving the violation. He said the collaborative relationship between CSG and OSCR during this year’s amendment process was more cohesive compared to recent years. “I think that we’re seeing the fruits of that labor here,” Wessel said. “I’m not sure if we’ve seen this caliber in the relationship with CSG ever before.” Rothman said he appreciated that many of the proposals focused on raising awareness about the statement. “Students should be aware of having the implications of having the proposed changes in place,” he said. “Students are taking the responsibility to make modifications to put a process in there to assure that students coming to the University will at least know about these issues.” He also said he respected the honor code proposal, and deemed it a proactive approach to dealing with issues like the January ski trip, during which fraternity members inflicted several hundred thousand dollars worth of damages. “It’s as though we imagine the way to fight crime is by
building more prisons, and that, of course, is nonsense,” Rothman said. “We’ve got to be proactive, and figure out why it is people are engaged in crime. And here with respect to students, by moving upstream and attempting to build awareness and engagement by the students in these changes, we hope to reduce the issues that come about as a result of bad behavior.” Rothman said the manner in which students treat one another is essential to the University experience, and the statement is the best method of clarifying appropriate behavior before students enter murky situations. “The notion of what that means needs to be made clear at a point where you’re not at that party and intoxicated and reacting to the circumstances in a way where your decisionmaking skills may not be quite as strong,” Rothman said. After SRAC’s review, E. Royster Harper, vice president for student life, will again review the proposals before University President Mark Schlissel has the final say. “Regardless of our advice, President Schlissel will look at the recommendations and it’s his prerogative to say yea or nay,” he said.
respected all the views around the table and among the residents.” Later in the meeting, the council discussed winter emergency shelter and warming centers for the upcoming winter. They voted unanimously to allocate up to $89,040 for the initiative. “The logic by doing it now is that by Dec. 1, everything should be in place,” Briere said. “It remains my hope and expectation that we can roll money for the winter shelter into the budget for next year.” The Washtenaw Housing Alliance and the Office of Community and Economic Development formed a winter shelter work group to address winter shelter needs in the city. Led by Briere, the group
reviewed shelter operations from the 2014-2015 winter. They found that while the city’s response worked well overall, several logistics and transportation challenges persisted. Consequently, the group recommended the council provide funding for two overnight warming centers in Ann Arbor, providing a temporary shelter for homeless individuals at night in churches and community centers. The group also suggested the council allocate $11,000 in funding for hotel and motel vouchers, as well as $18,000 to fund transportation to the warming center. The recommendations anticipate another winter of extreme cold and aim to prioritize the needs
of homeless individuals in Ann Arbor. “This is pretty essential,” Eaton said. “It’s not a great deal of money, and yet it really goes a long way ensuring that no one dies on our watch. No one should die because of extreme weather.” Councilmember Chuck Warpehoski (D–Ward 5) said the council should consider future funding by looking at the large picture. The council also voted to postpone the rezoning of the Nixon Farm properties until the body’s second meeting in December. The postponement delayed a vote on the site plans and zoning changes needed to greenlight 472 new residences on Nixon Road, near Dhu Varren Road.
The proposals both drew public commentary, mostly from neighbors to the area. Several community members voiced their opinion and said they felt that the city had not conducted enough research on traffic and floodwater ramifications. Kailasapathy rallied for the residents who felt the Nixon Farm properties would damage the nearby areas. “My advice is fix the problems, we don’t want another flooding lawsuit in our hands,” Kailasapathy said. Eaton also said he did not feel comfortable approving the plans. He proposed the postponement and said the extra time would allow for the completion of additional studies on traffic and wetland impacts.
sets a specific target date for achieving net climate neutrality,” he wrote. “The University cannot, with sound investment in mind, commit to the ACUPCC because there is no way to concretely determine that these goals will be met by that target date.” The University has divested for social reasons just twice in the past — first from South Africa during the apartheid, and again in 2000 from tobacco companies. In 2005, Timothy Slottow, the University’s former chief financial officer at the time, published a statement regarding the University’s divestment proceedings. In the statement, Slottow said the regents would only appoint an ad hoc committee to investigate “the ethical and moral implications of our investments” if three conditions were met: the concern is shared consistently across campus, the behavior or action contradicts the University’s core mission and values and the “organization, industry or entity” identified is solely responsible for the issue. In a viewpoint written for
course evaluations of courses satisfying the Race and Ethnicity requirement so that departments can have better feedback data, and providing more training to Graduate Student Instructors of such classes to better engage students. Throughout the forum, participants reaffirmed the importance of the requirement, citing ongoing racial tensions at the University of Missouri and on other college campuses, as well as incidences of racism at the University. Engineering senior Erin Moore spoke at the forum, providing a personal example of this behavior. “I was on a bus in North Campus and I was reading an article and watching videos about what’s happening on another college campus,” Moore said, referring to the protests occurring on the University of Missouri’s campus, “and someone tapped me
The Michigan Daily last month, Jansen said University President Mark Schlissel has said he does not believe the campaign has met the three pronged standard for the formation of an ad hoc committee. Though fossil fuel divestment campaigns have taken root on hundreds of college campuses, few universities have divested from fossil fuels. In May 2014, Stanford University announced it would divest from coal companies, becoming the first major university to begin divesting from fossil fuels. Athletics report English Prof. Anne Curzan, the faculty athletics representative, and Business Prof. David Wooten, both members of the Academic Performance Committee, presented the committee’s annual report to the assembly. The Academic Performance Committee is a subcommittee of the Advisory Board on Intercollegiate Athletics, which reports to the provost on matters pertaining to the academic
on my shoulder and said, ‘We’re sharpening our knives in case you guys are planning on doing something — just so you’re aware.’ ” A number of students also argued that the Race and Ethnicity requirement should be universally required across all other undergraduate schools, including the College of Engineering and Ross School of Business. Currently, only LSA students are required to satisfy this requirement. “We are in a moment where we can change this requirement and apply it to the entire University,” said LSA senior Branden Shafer, a CSG representative. “You can take all the science courses you want, all the engineering courses you want and be brilliant, but you also need that broader knowledge of the people that you interact with and the world you live in.”
welfare of student-athletes. According to the report, the University’s athletic department is comprised of 25 sports teams and 797 student-athletes. Last year, the University recognized eight Academic All-Americans. To receive this honor, a student-athlete must have a cumulative 3.3 GPA and start more than 50 percent of his or her games. During the 2013-2014 academic year, the University recognized six Academic All-Americans, and before that, the University had not recognized more than four since 2005. During the 2014-2015 fall and winter semesters, 184 studentathletes received University Honors. To qualify for this award, the student must have a 3.5 GPA for that semester and must be taking 14 credits, 12 of which must be graded. An additional 260 studentathletes were honored as Academic All-Big Ten, the most in recent history. Academic AllBig Ten honorees must maintain a 3.0 GPA and must letter in their sports.
CANDIDATES From Page 2 from it it’s just a whole better picture,” she said. Thompson said misinformation is a pitfall for many students, and perpetuates stereotypes. “I’m from Michigan, and when some people think of a Black girl from Michigan, they’re probably from Detroit,” Thompson said. “But that is wrong; I’m from Melvindale, which is a small suburban city outside of Detroit. The mentality of stereotypes have to be changed and not just with (Intergroup Relations) training.” LSA sophomore Nicholas Fadanelli said minority groups feel they have difficulty getting their voices heard, and part of the responsibility to change those notions rests on the shoulders of student government. “I want to reach out to other
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groups that we mainly don’t hear the voices of,” he said. Mental health Candidates also proposed measures that would improve mental health on campus. LSA junior John Steffes, chair of the LSA SG health committee, said he hopes to work with campus gyms to make sure students are aware of their fitness options. Steffes said knowing what exercise options are available is important for maintaining students’ physical and mental health — especially for freshman and transfer students, who are less likely to know their options. LSA junior Aditi Rao said putting mental health resources on syllabi — a proposal that has already garnered support from CSG — could benefit students. Read more online at michigandaily.com
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n the corner of a small bulletin board, the copy desk at The Michigan Daily has a “guide to dashes.” You may be thinking, “What could there possibly be to know about dashes?” or “Why would anyone need a guide for that?” My guess is that you’ve probably been using them incorrectly since you learned about them in the grammar unit of fourth-grade language arts. The guide to dashes explains the three differing lengths of dashes and their uses. The shortest (and most common) dash is the hyphen. Hyphens are used for a variety of reasons, such as to combine two words into one idea as we do for compound adjectives. For example: “My post-graduation plans are still up in the air, unlike my tech-savvy friends who have already landed full-time jobs.” See? Two words, but one thought. The second, slightly longer dash is the en-dash. Because the Daily really only uses these for political party affiliation, like Sen. Gary Peters (D–Mich.), I won’t elaborate. What I really want to talk about is the em dash — my favorite of all the dashes. The Daily has a 65-page guidebook that dictates how we style the newspaper, and the entry on em dashes states that they’re often overused. But because em dashes can denote an abrupt change in a sentence — or a parenthetical aside — I feel that every time I add them — appropriately, of course — I internally debate whether or not the use is justified. Did that string of words feel parenthetical enough? What if that assertion wasn’t meant to read so abruptly? I weigh these considerations carefully. I have to — it’s my job. In my own writing I am partial to the em dash, because when I plunk it out on my keyboard, I acknowledge the inevitable abrupt change that is coming to my life after graduation. It’s my senior year at the University. Someone once told me I had hit all the bases in terms of where I lived — freshman year, North Campus; sophomore year, a sorority house; junior year, the East Packard neighborhood on a lovely street called Greenwood; senior year, the Old Fourth Ward. I reflect upon how much I loved my dorm room — the sun filtered through the trees and onto my bed in the best way — and how much I struggled living in a sorority house. I lived on a street that always
seemed to shimmer from broken glass bottles. I now live so near to the police and fire stations — and, frankly, the street that is the most direct route to the hospital — that emergency sirens punctuate my dreams. Each year existed in between two dashes — separated from the previous year — like a fresh start in a new home. The transient nature of college is unparalleled. I may never again live on a glasslittered street, or have to race someone to the landlord’s office in order to secure a lease. Each fall, I cart all of my belongings up flights of stairs and try to make the arrangement feel like home for a brief period of time. Then there will be move-out day, and it always seems — think two weeks of homelessness between leases — abrupt. College — like the em dash — symbolizes four years of abrupt change and parenthetical asides. My classes begin and end so quickly that I never seem to learn everyone’s names. The clubs and extracurriculars I joined as a freshman either no longer exist, or I’ve quit being a part of them. The friends from past years fade away. The person I was as a freshman in Bursley is certainly not the same woman writing this column. If that wasn’t the case, I’d be worried. Graduation day looms as the ultimate change — a formal ceremony to celebrate finishing a degree and getting the boot into the working world. I imagine by then I’ll feel stable and at peace with myself and the person I’ve become, but what if I never truly get there? I recognize that this four-year period of my life — one in which I’ve finally come to feel as if I’ve gotten the hang of it — is on the verge of ending. I have no qualms about changing U.S. to United States when it’s used as a noun, or placing a four-word title after a name, but I do worry about who I’ll be when all of the things that define me as a person at this University fall away. Maybe the dash won’t be as meaningful when I’m not a student anymore and I’ve settled into a job. Maybe the abrupt changes I’ve come to expect will be few and far between. Maybe then, change won’t feel as sudden as it does each year as a college student. Maybe by then, I’ll start using more commas.
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Living in a bubble not pay any attention to life outside of our campus. Obviously, so many college students are very politically involved and aware of world events, but it’s just SO EASY to live for months at a time with blinders on, blocking everything except classes and student orgs. I’m so privileged that I have the option of living like this. The scariest part, at least for me, is that I have to ask myself how willful it is. Like with the IASA show, was my gut reaction a problematic one? Am I a horrible person for wanting to not yet know about the tragedies occurring so that I could wholeheartedly cheer on my friends on stage? Sure, I did my research and educated myself on the events afterwards, but that initial rejection to even face the outside world while enjoying myself in (bubble-shaped) Hill Auditorium has to warrant some self-reflection. I spent my free time during the summer between high school and college reading memoirs and listening to National Public Radio. This completely stopped when I started at the University, without me even realizing it. After my freshman year, I returned to this leisure routine again in the summer, promising myself that in my second year I wouldn’t make the same mistake again. But I did. As much as I love reading memoirs and listening to NPR, for some reason I just can’t bring myself to do it here, and I think that’s somewhat a reflection of just how much of a bubble the University can be. Granted, it was much easier to listen to NPR when I was commuting to and from Detroit for my summer internship, but there are other ways to still conveniently engage with the news while on campus. I just hope that I manage to find those ways of reconnecting with the world again soon. But first, I have to work on this EECS project. Oh, and I have to choreograph for Izzat, too. Oh man. —Liam Wiesenberger can be reached at wiesliam@umich.edu.
Michigan and others have indicated unaddressed, underlying racial tensions on college campuses and signaled a dire need to foster better dialogues about the experiences of minority students. However, by doing so, students are doing exactly what colleges often ask them to do as they learn: question and challenge the status quo. From first meetings in lecture halls to senior year, colleges ask students to reconsider how they think about and view the world. We’re heavily encouraged by our professors to avoid just being passive observers. Instead, we’re expected to be active, informed, inquisitive and vocal in our studies and in our interactions with others. With such rhetoric and prompting, it’s no surprise that universities and colleges in the past have served as the foundations of various social movements and are so conducive to fostering activism. Historically, they’ve been environments of debate, controversy and contention. Taking this into consideration, it’s frustrating to see current measures of social questioning and action labeled as the overreactions of a “coddled,” fragile generation of over-liberal, oversensitive individuals. A hunger strike shouldn’t be seen as a response that’s “disproportionate to the offense.” A football team refusing to participate in games while issues of racism remain unaddressed shouldn’t be seen as a group of young men being disrespectful and taking their status as student athletes for granted. There should be no conflicting notion between encouraging students to speak their minds about important issues of race and equality and then labeling them as “coddled” or “too liberal” when they do so. Rather, the general population should be asking itself why such strong measures were necessary in the first place. Those quick to label these activists as a part of a population too sensitive, too obsessed with being politically correct and too out of touch with the world need to stop operating under the presumption these students are blank slates without any prior experience, who were entirely protected beforehand and are just suddenly rejecting the complexity and conflicts of the world. While some students are undoubtedly more privileged than others, and this privilege certainly needs to be addressed, students, to varying degrees, have encountered
their own experiences of sexism, racism, homophobia or classism earlier in their lives. These experiences can’t be discounted. As Roxane Gay aptly states in a piece for the New Republic, “College students do, however, understand the real world because they aren’t just students. They do not abandon their class background or sexuality or race or ethnicity when they matriculate, and these issues do not vanish when they register for courses.” Taking these experiences into account, students are voicing these concerns because they’re aware of the injustice that needs to be remedied. A common critique of these groups is that these demonstrations are suppressing speech. Yet, those concerned about speech must also consider that students are demonstrating in order to draw attention to the suppression of their own voices. In order for tangible change to occur, debate is absolutely necessary. But nothing will be achieved if one or both sides are dismissing one another. Respect must be shared on both sides. Labeling the outcry and demands of a population of students seeking change as “overreacting” is, in itself, diminishing and suppressing viewpoints that may not necessarily want to be heard by those who disagree. Perhaps current attitudes about student activism are merely the result of time. Those critiquing college students now were part of generations that once held their own protests, caused their own uproar, became the focal point of media attention and were critiqued by preceding generations. Perhaps one could just chalk it up to a generation gap and a cyclical nature of youthful idealism and optimism. One of my classes recently discussed how time can be a privilege to those in power, and we debated the common misleading argument that society — if left only to the overwhelming influence of time — will change on its own without our intervention. However, time also functions as a mirror to illustrate how much or little things may have changed, and recent actions taken by students demonstrate that these issues have been left unhealed by time — or have evolved entirely — and need our attention. —Melissa Scholke can be reached at melikaye@umich.edu.
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et me just enjoy the IASA show first and then I’ll worry about it.” These are the actual words that left my mouth during the Indian American Student Association’s annual dance performance, Azaya, last Friday, in response to a friend telling me about the several tragedies that occurred that night. It very succinctly, yet colorfully, illustrates my relationship with world news while on campus here LIAM at the University. WIESENTwo years ago, when I BERGER was a senior in high school, I thought college would be “Campus” by Vampire Weekend. I pictured everyone as those cliché opinionated college students, crossing the Diag in autumn while wearing horn-rimmed glasses and heatedly discussing the Arab-Israeli conflict with classmates. Instead, it’s been “Sweatpants” by Childish Gambino. Not only do I wear the same H&M joggers every day (not gonna lie, they’re dope and versatile), but I have also almost completely replaced any attention I could possibly pay to world events with other things. I used to call myself a global citizen not only due to my international experiences, but also due to my interest in and empathy for world issues. Now, instead of catching up on news first thing in the morning or before I go to bed, I rewatch Royal Family hip-hop dance videos. Every. Single. Day. It’s not that I don’t love the student organizations I’m involved in. I’m just concerned about the fact that it becomes so easy to get distracted and isolated from the rest of the world here. The cliché metaphor made about the University, and college campuses in general, is that the students live in a bubble. While this comparison has value, I think it’s not so much that we’re all isolated from the world, but rather that it’s insanely easy to just
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onths before setting foot in Ann Arbor for the first time, before taking any class about feminist literature or social justice, and before “intersectionality” ever entered my vocabulary, I was sitting on the floor at a friend’s house receiv- MELISSA ing advice that SCHOLKE seemed obvious at the time. My friend’s mother — describing how college campuses were centers of immense debate and discussion — told a group of us that while we were all attending these large institutions, one of the most important things we could do was to stay observant and engaged. Coming from a rural, small town built upon conservative, old-fashioned values, some form of culture shock was inevitable for us all, whether we were traveling “downstate” or across the country. We were told that on our respective campuses we’d encounter discussions, causes and demonstrations of all kinds: ones some of us were just beginning to champion ourselves, new ones that would align with our beliefs, ones we’d strongly disagree with, ones that were entirely unheard of at the time and ones that may challenge everything we’d known for the past 18 or so years. Regardless of our thoughts on the issue, it was important for us to listen to everything being said and always consider alternative viewpoints. As my college career begins to close, I never would’ve imagined that within these centers of activism and demonstration, voicing concerns about relevant issues, such as racism, oppression and sexism, would be seen as the whining of an over-sensitive population. Looking at the news, it’s undeniable that college campuses have been in uproar and shrouded in dialogues of reform recently. The collective feeling among students, particularly minority and marginalized students, is one of frustration and protest. For months, students have denounced the inaction of their universities, vocalizing long-held frustrations. Events at the University of Missouri, Yale University, the University of
Last Thursday night, I had the pleasure of attending Students for Choice Abortion Speak Out. I sat in a room full of people — teenagers, students and adults alike. I listened to a dozen brave, powerful voices share their stories, some for the very first time. The two hours passed like seconds — each moment filled with immense emotion, each story told with a profound sense of individuality and ownership unlike any that I had ever witnessed before. Needless to say, when I left that room, my head was rushing and my heart was pounding. I felt so many things on such an utterly deep and real level. I felt frazzled and confused, experiencing a range of emotions at a speed that I couldn’t quite comprehend. Looking back, the most prominent feeling floating around in my brain that evening was an incredible sense of sonder, which is a word and concept that may be slightly unfamiliar to some. Essentially, sonder is an understanding that every person you encounter has their own individual life and story, complete with emotions and experiences that are as deep and complex as your own. It is an understanding that every human being on this planet has a timeline,
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a head, a heart, a sex drive, a voice inside their head, a personalized moral compass — a story. Listening to the voices on Thursday — the beautiful, unique and complex voices — I could feel this sense wash over me. Every story gave me a small glimpse of the depth that was tucked underneath the surface of each person, at the individuality that each of us has and the power that accompanies that. I was in awe. I was completely captivated by each soul that so bravely stepped up to the microphone and by each story that was shared. But after a phone call with my dad, several conversations with my politically charged friends and hours in my room filled with pacing, journaling and frustration, this feeling slowly evolved. I thought about all that I had heard — every expression of gratitude regarding the choices that these people had, as well as every mention of the current, restrictive legislation and the politicians who are doing everything in their power to take this choice away. My comforting sense of sonder warped into something different entirely: outrage. I left that room, as I sit here now, with an overwhelming sense of outrage.
My outrage is not only over the fact that there are people — strangers — who are currently attempting to gain the power to make decisions about my body. It is over the fact that there are people — strangers — who want to make decisions about all bodies. It is over the fact that there are people — strangers — who believe that one decision, the same decision, can be the right decision for all women in every instance for each of their individual existences. How can anyone justify that? How can anyone claim that they have the right to tell all women how to govern their bodies? And how can anyone argue that all bodies can and should be governed in the same way? By taking away choice, you are viewing the right to abortion as merely a political issue, when in reality it is much more than that: It is a deeply personal one. When you take away choice, when you categorize all women under one umbrella and claim that you know what will be best for each of their unique bodies and lives, you are denying the existence of the individual experiences that every woman has, as well as the personal attention that every woman deserves. Emily Zonder is an LSA freshman.
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Justin Bieber’s new Maturing Mulaney aggressive apologies By MATT BARNAUSKAS Daily Arts Writer
‘Purpose’ is a good career strategy with a modern sound By RACHEL KERR Daily Arts Writer
On Friday, Justin Bieber released his fourth studio album, Purpose, to let us all know he’s really, really sorry for everything he has Bdone in the last couple of years: Purpose for the time he Justin Bieber was detained on charges of driv- Def Jam ing under the influence and resisting arrest, for the whole vandalizing-his-neighbor’shouse-with-eggs-and-causing$20,000-in-damage thing, for assaulting a limo driver in Toronto, for spitting on fans from a balcony and for, of course, abandoning his pet monkey in Munich (possibly his worst transgression to date). But like he explains on the hit single “Sorry,” “you know that I try but I don’t do too well with apologies.” That’s evident on Purpose; it’s his attempted retribution narrative, rather than a well-curated collection of songs. Bieber asks his fans — and his ex-girlfriend and singer Selena Gomez — to forgive him, maybe with a little more aggression that we’d like. The opening track, “Mark My Words,” begins Bieber’s apology and promise to be better. “I’ll Show You” has the singer reminding us, “Don’t forget that I’m human / Don’t forget that I’m real.” On “No Pressure,” he takes responsibility for his actions, “I made a few mistakes / I did it to myself / I’m the only one to blame.” The unironically titled “Life Is Worth Living” addresses the scrutiny he’s faced, “They try to crucify me / I ain’t perfect, won’t deny / My reputation’s on the line / So I’m working on a
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better me.” And his apology culminates on the final track, the album’s title track, “Purpose,” which ends with a minute-long monologue about his coming of age experiences, “You can’t be hard on yourself for these were the cards that you were given, so you have to understand that these, like … that’s not who you are.”
Bieber ditched his pet monkey in Germany. Still, when Bieber’s on, he’s on. By modern-production standards, Purpose contains some outstanding tracks. With the help of household house music producer Skrillex, we forget about Bieber’s overeager redemptive narrative and just enjoy ourselves. Pre-released singles “What Do You Mean?” and “Sorry,” which follow each other successively, mark some of the most satisfying moments on the album. Despite the uninspired lyrics on “Where Are U Now” (“Where are you now that I need you? / Where are you now that I need you? / Where are you now that I need you?”) and “I’ll
Show You” (“My life is a movie and everyone’s watching”), the synthesized dance beats boast Skrillex’s dominant presence on the album. “Mark My Words” offers a Bieber exposed, and “No Pressure” calls to mind Confessions-era Usher, the more sultry sound highlighting Bieber’s raw vocal talent. But the cacophony of different genres feels a bit jarring. The grotesquely insincere “Children” asks, “What about the children? / Look at all the children we can change / What about the vision?” before entering into a Skrillex-produced beat drop. On ballad “Life is Worth Living,” Bieber compares his love life to an avalanche — “Relationship on a ski slope” — almost immediately after tracks with Travi$ Scott and Big Sean features; it feels unnatural. In the Ed Sheeran-written “Love Yourself,” Bieber regresses back to his 2009 “Baby” sound, displacing the album’s “look at me, I’m growing as a person!!” narrative. Bieber may not be great with apologies, but this project proves it’s never too late to say sorry. And as far as career strategies go, this album is a damn good one. The singer may have slightly compromised his sound and his vocal abilities to fit the current dance club-driven music scene, but Purpose shows Bieber’s got just that again.
In the three years since John Mulaney’s last stand-up special, the 33-year-old entertainer has gotten married, bought a Ahouse and created one abject John failure of a sitMulaney: com. Yes, it’s hard to believe The that someone Comeback as witty as Mulaney could Kid create some- Netflix thing as unfunny as last year’s “Mulaney,” but the comedian persists with his new special, “John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid.” Performing in The Chicago Theatre, Mulaney never directly addresses his experience of making a failed TV series, but the challenges of change make themselves clearly present. With an oddly boyish appearance, the comic seems to defy aging itself — but that doesn’t stop an aging point of view. The girlfriend Mulaney referred to in “New in Town,” Annamarie Tendler, is now the stand-up’s wife in “The Comeback Kid.” At one point, Mulaney says someone warned him, “Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?” in regards to his marriage. Mulaney’s penchant for breaking down the inherent insanity of certain subjects comes into play as he points out the initially insulting and nonsensical meaning behind the statement. He also uses the arguments own logic against itself. “Why buy the cow?” he asks himself before answering, “Because everyday the cow asks you when you’re going to buy it.” Mulaney continues, “Because a lot of people think that you like bulls,” before concluding, “because you love her.” Mulaney’s delivery and ability to inhabit several characters allows his setups to take shape, portraying memories as slightly absurd reimaginings. In one instance, Mulaney describes his grouchy French bulldog as an
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old French woman who easily asserts her Alpha status over the Mulaney household, prompting a dog trainer to tell him, “You need to show dominance over your puppy.” “These are things people say to me,” the comedian marvels at his own weakness. But there is a growing maturity in the man. This isn’t the guy who gets pushed around by Delta Airlines in “New In Town.” Instead, Mulaney is able to assertively ask that his wife board the plane with him. Yet, the man’s childishness never escapes him. Filled with references to ’80s and ’90s hallmarks like “Back to the Future,” “Saved by the Bell” and Jonathan Taylor Thomas, “The Comeback Kid” paints a picture of Mulaney’s adolescence, applies a universality to it and contemplates the encroaching concept of adulthood. “I am very small and I have no money. So you can imagine the kind of stress that I am under,” Mulaney says of his mindset as a child, but also capturing the Millennial experience. Mulaney’s parents are prominent figures in his special, especially his father, lawyer Charles Mulaney. Starting as background figures, the parents become a recurring theme throughout the performance as Mulaney sees that they aren’t so different. At one point Mulaney tells how his father, with a car full of children, went into a McDonald’s drivethrough, and ordered a single cup of black coffee. Despite childhood frustration, Mulaney says, “In retrospect that is the funniest
thing I’ve seen in my entire life,” as he calls his dad his hero. Mulaney closes his set with an extended look into a childhood memory, much like he did with the Salt and Pepper Diner closer from 2009’s “The Top Part.” Now, the comedian details the time he met Bill Clinton, the political Comeback Kid, during his first presidential campaign. Amid recollections of the finale of “The Fugitive” and his parents’ clashing ideologies, young Mulaney is swept up in childhood wonder at meeting the personable Clinton. This contrasts with his father’s cynicism towards the future president, an outlook punctuated by the bit’s final act of irony. At one point, Mulaney remembers an old employer, Mr. Finch, who once said that he was “Too old to be a duckling.” The odd statement perplexes Mulaney every day, but it begins to take on meaning as “The Comeback Kid” comes to a close. Mulaney has changed; he’s too old as well. His views have shifted with time and what was simple becomes complex. Youth has left Mulaney behind and has been replaced by the responsibility of adulthood. He looks back at his childhood fondly but he doesn’t disregard its difficulties. This ubiquitous challenge faced by all ages is emphasized in Mulaney’s final story where obligation trumps personal opinion. Despite his own struggles, Mulaney’s witty sense of humor continues to persevere, allowing him to communicate growing up in a way that only he can.
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Annual V.S. show’s ‘Room’ is the perfect promising advances coming-of-age film By JACOB RICH By EMMA KINERY Daily Arts Writer
The 20th annual Victoria’s Secret fashion show was filmed on Nov. 10, but the peasantry of the world will have to wait until Dec. 8 to see it aired on CBS. This year’s show ushers in a new league of showstoppers, after long-time, iconic Angels Karlie Kloss and Doutzens Kroes walked their final Victoria’s Secret show last year. Ten models were anointed to be Angels this year, but all eyes will be on the rookies. While nine models will walk in this particular show for the first time, two of them seem to be attracting all of the media attention — top models of the year, Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid. Jenner was asked to walk last year, but chose to do the Chanel show instead. Hadid has modeled for Guess, Versace and starred in several music videos, but for the past two years has been denied a spot in the Victoria’s Secret show. Her acceptance this year is undoubtedly partly due to her rise to fame as part of T-Swift’s girl squad (I kid you not) and friendship with Jenner, but Hadid put in a lot of work too — becoming and being an Angel is far from angelic. Many women work all year to maintain a star physique — only to be denied one of the 47 spots in the show. In a video the company uploaded to YouTube as part of a series on how the show is produced, casting director John Pfeiffer said out of the 400 to 500 model submissions, he sees
300 auditions and two days of callbacks for around 100 girls. But, as the show hits its 20-year mark, it becomes a time to look back on what (if anything) has been accomplished by it. The program and brand have consistently shown one unique and extremely demanding body type: thin, tall, light girls with long hair, washboard abs and thigh gaps as wide as the Grand Canyon. All of which comes at an incredibly demanding physical price for an industry that doesn’t pay what it used to. According to Business Insider, contracts for veteran models like Alessandra Ambrosio are in the millions whereas newer models are only offered a 10th of that. For some models, the time requirements and stress to stay in shape isn’t worth the pay — Kroes left Victoria’s Secret for better pay in Europe. Famous Angel Miranda Kerr allegedly left because Victoria’s Secret’s extensive demands. The narrow, demanding body requirements both pushes models out and prevents them from joining in the first place. Voluptuous Kate Upton was denied for her body type, despite being named “Sexiest Woman Alive” by People Magazine. The brand has said it wants women to not only be attractive, but likeable to other women — insinuating that Upton’s shape and sex appeal deems her unmarketable to other females. If women don’t like the model, they won’t buy the bralette. Hadid — while not exactly
“thick” and nowhere near “fat” — represents somewhat of a deviation from the wafer model type, and has had to address criticism online because of it. Accepting Hadid into the show is a good start — if only an increment forward. However, the most monumental change to the show was the brand allowing Angolan model Maria Borges walk her third show with natural hair. Past shows have been predominantly filled with long strands of straight and softly waved hair. Essence reported that Borges told her agent to ask Victoria’s Secret if they would allow her to walk with her natural hair. “I was nervous, but I had to do it,” Borges said. “When they said ‘yes,’ I didn’t expect it, but I was so happy!” This approval marks another step forward in diversifying the appearance of the show, but, overall, Victoria’s Secret show has a long way to go before breaking the mold. The show is great voyeurism: it’s extravagant “fantasy,” and with musical stars like this year’s Ellie Goulding, Selena Gomez and The Weeknd, it’s fun to watch. But it should be taken at face value: a “fantasy.” If you do tune in, watch it over cheesy bread and wine with your girlfriends. Watch it for Selena Gomez, who looked bomb in a low cut black gown (or for her drama with JB). Watch it for the fashion, but don’t watch it for the bodies. These women are genetically blessed and work hard all year to perfect it.
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Spoilers for “Room” to follow. You should go see “Room.” It’s a great film and this won’t make any sense unless you’ve seen it. “Room,” a film currently suspended in a sea of Oscar-buzz, is difficult to confine within a single genre. It’s billed as a thriller, but, being about the imprisonment and rape of a teenage girl by a terrifying criminal, the label “horror” may be a better fit; there’s no lack of horrific imagery here. However, the most apt genre to classify “Room” with is one that has, so far, rarely been assigned to it by critics: “Room” is a comingof-age film. “Room” doesn’t have cute teenagers, nostalgic music, first sexual experiences or gross-out humor (the usual codifiers of the genre). Rather, “Room” ’s two-act structure depicts the central theme of the genre: a passage, from childhood into adulthood. In the first act, we are introduced to Jack and his mother Joy, the captives. Jack was born in Room, and has never seen anything outside of it. He is not aware of the limitations of his existence; Room is his existence. Given the circumstances, he’s a happy and healthy kid. He’s still a little kid running about, taking pleasure in playing with toys and interacting with his mother. Then, he turns five. His mother considers him old enough to learn the truth: They’re captives, and they can’t leave. This is the moment, an exclusively human explosion of consciousness we all experience at different times in our lives: we
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discover exactly who, what and where we are. These are concepts that are vaguely known in childhood but don’t really come into complete understanding until young adulthood. It’s a vastly important moment of self-reflection, but not usually a pleasant one. The ego is formed. Here enters the haziness and murkiness of reality, the realization that we aren’t a floating consciousness that has always been and always will be, but a thoroughly mortal biological construct. There may be more out there, but we have no method of understanding it. We are alone together. We are not complacent; we are limited, and our time is running out. We understand now that “Room” is not unfamiliar to us. “Room” is our new reality when we hit this point in our lives. Now that we understand what we are, we have a pervasive discomfort that bleeds into everything that was once simple and easy. While the physical manifestation of “Room” in the film is given context and emotional weight as a terrifying situation of imprisonment and abuse, it also represents this more
mundane sense of understanding. Joy and Jack do not escape “Room” when they leave its walls. They’re still prisoners of their reality. Beyond the initial catharsis of their observed freedom, they cannot find a way to escape the humanity that they were born into. Their freedom only comes when they re-examine their reality. The final scene, in which the pair returns to their place of captivity, finally puts the two at peace. They look at each part of Room unblinkingly. Through acceptance, they are able to enjoy their lives again. No longer are they stuck within the turmoil, the hatred of their own understanding. This is adulthood. No, “Room” does not aesthetically resemble the traditional coming-of-age films like “The Breakfast Club,” “American Pie” and “Almost Famous.” But it does explore similar themes, and represents a similar passage. “Room” is a primal film, a harrowing and emotional exploration of what it’s like to comprehend one’s humanity.
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ALBUM REVIEW
Cara’s strong debut Hit single ‘Here’ highlights new album Know-It-All By MELINA GLUSAC Daily Arts Writer
The first time I Googled Alessia Cara, I was shocked to see the year 1996 on my laptop screen. In addition to having two first names, being B+ Canadian and already scoring Know-It-All a sleeper hit in Alessia Cara her maple-leafed homeland, Cara Def Jam is only 19 years old. I say “only” because I am also 19, and like Cara, I’m straddling the wobbly boundary between youth and adulthood, and sometimes I like to write about it. But unlike Cara, I can’t sing about it; I don’t have a voice like liquid silver, like silk hanging out the window on a cool, breezy night. She does, though. And if I gleaned anything from KnowIt-All, Ms. Cara’s excellent debut album, it’s that more people should be listening to her voice. “Here” is the aforementioned smash, the second tune off the album and easily its best work. So far it has peaked at #20 in Canada and #13 in the U.S., and rightfully so: it toys with the (admittedly relatable) subject of not wanting to be at a party anymore, getting bored with the do-you-have-aboyfriend cajoles, all on top of piano-infused R&B sounds. We get the summit of Cara’s sardonic lyrics: “So holla at me I’ll be in the car when you’re done / I’m standoffish, don’t want what you’re offering / And I’m done talking / Awfully sad it had to be that way.” She sounds like a cynical Alicia Keys, spitting out smoky pleas and biting observations capped off with expert vibrato. It’s been a while since a track has captured the ennui of burned out youth so inventively, so well. Know-It-All continues strongly, and “Four Pink Walls” and “Outlaws” keep the energy alive. The latter is doo-wop done right — a modern tune through and through, with apt ’50s drive-in influences.
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It never crosses into hammy territory, nor does it reek of pseudofeministic lyrics (cough, Meghan Trainor, cough), and Cara’s voice is potent enough to set it apart from most of the album’s other poppy songs. “Four Pink Walls” is just as great: as a funky, personal ode to dreams with chunks of piano and jazzy chord progressions, it sounds straight off Amy Winehouse’s Frank. Cara takes many genres for a walk on this compilation, and it’s an experiment conducted with caution and grace. However, when you hit so many high notes, low ones are inevitable. Too many of Know-It-All’s songs fall into the rabbit hole of pop typicality: “Overdose,” “I’m Yours,” “Wild Things” and “Scars To Your Beautiful” are the prime examples of this “basic” state of being. All four blend into each other with minimal offerings of distinguishability. The verses are the sounding board for similar, less-than-gripping lyrics, and the choruses follow trite melodic lines. “Wild Things” mentions 808 drums, like so many other tunes of today. (A note: We can trace the zenith of what I’ve dubbed the “808 Plague” to Ke$ha’s 2010 sensation “Your Love Is My Drug,” where she says, “Do I make your heart beat like an 808 drum?” After years of its prolific mention in album titles and songs, I thought Ke$ha’s reference would mark its demise. But the 808 Plague is still festering. Please contact your local physician if you feel it coming over you. We can end this together.) So maybe it was my youth or my ennui or my aversion to the basic,
but I found myself pining to click pause and play “Here” again a little too often while listening to KnowIt-All. Alas, plague-free uniqueness is alluring. Cara turns it around on a few shiny beacons, like “Stars.” A stripped-down yet robust piano ballad, “Stars” deals with “shedding off the sun” while falling in love and accepting one another’s faults and potential simultaneously. Cara’s voice pierces through the track like an oh-so-gentle dagger, and the minimalist background gives her the confidence to push those million-dollar pipes even harder. Laced with some dissonant chords toward the end — something “Stone,” the album’s more lackadaisical ballad, is missing — “Stars” absolutely shines. It’s tricky to critique an artist with an indubitably stellar voice. Things like production, backing vocals and album instrumentation are easy to overlook when a voice like Cara’s is fighting for its life in the cruel realm of my 19-year-old headphones. So even “Seventeen,” yet another basic tune, is hard to deny: it’s catchy, it’s typical, but it’s Cara. She’s singing about freezing time, about wanting to grow up but realizing that it’s not all it’s cracked up to be — and she’s doing it with that silvery voice of hers. And then a few days later you find yourself at that drunk party, with all these people you don’t want to be with, listening to music you don’t really like, just yearning to be chilling with yourself and doing things that feed your soul. Like listening to Alessia Cara.
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CARLTON From Page 1 various forms of inspiration. Pulling from the “trippy colors of my grandfather’s painting” to the production styles of producers like Steve Osbourne to the mental space she was in at the time, Carlton was able to construct her most peaceful, minimalist, folkinspired album. “There’s something about being minimal and presenting just the essentials. I think that I had, in the past, come from a flamboyance,” Carlton said. “And I love dynamics in music and I think that we were still able to achieve that with Liberman, but I wanted the album to reflect where I was at. It had to be more peaceful.” While still a little melancholy in the lyrics, Carlton uses her angelic voice and piano to create something that soothes. She self-describes the album as a “background sound album,” one that can delicately fill up the dead air of any backroom, bus, small gathering or late-night drink. And in this projected goal, Carlton undoubtedly succeeded. She produced half of Liberman with Steve Osbourne, a multi-platinum selling British music producer.
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Carlton, who loved his production stylings with the Doves, worked with Osbourne previously on Rabbits on the Run. In describing her work with Osbourne, Carlton recounted the “incredible learning curve” that Osbourne initially presented. “He is so incredibly talented,” Carlton said. “And I decided that I wanted to go further down this musical path with him. I wanted to go more into his sonic world.” Specifically, Carlton praised Osbourne for helping her to harness her voice to assume a role as one of the most strongly featured instruments of the album. In this Osbourne-inspired endeavor, Carlton once again succeeded; songs like “Take It Easy” and “House of Seven Swords” reveal the intense prettiness of her refined vocal range. In her live performance at The Blind Pig this past Saturday night, the effortless beauty of Vanessa’s talents were revealed. The minimalist stylings of the music, a sound so streamlined it was almost tangible, matched the nominal objects that decorated the stage: It was nothing but a piano, Carlton’s violinist and scattered lit candles. Silence spread through the crowd when Vanessa interjected some light commentary into her
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claim. “Where are you from?” is often the first or second friendly question we get when meeting new people. (The other being the unremitting “What do you do?” or the collegiate translation of “What’s your major?”) So to have literature intercede and do some of the work for us — essentially, assigning responsibility for the identity of a state to a particular book — is a strange idea. I say this mostly because the book that allegedly represents my state is foreign to me. I’m from Maryland, but I was born in Washington, D.C., about 15 miles away from my house. I grew up my entire life in the house that my parents and dogs still occupy. In the suburbs of D.C., I had a very happy childhood, owing mostly to my parents, brother and grandmother who acted as a third parent, but also due in large part to my location. I had a backyard to run around and play in, I could walk safely to my friends’ houses, I could kayak on the Potomac River with my dad or bike the 16 miles to Georgetown with my best friend on the C&O Canal. My house is close enough to D.C. that I can easily get to the Lincoln Memorial or get the sushi tacos that Maryland lacks, but traffic isn’t as affected by the hassles of endless diplomatic and presidential motorcades the way it would be if I lived there. It sounds like the best of both worlds, and it was. But the 18 years I spent in Bethesda are not represented in the book that was chosen to symbolize my state. The Maryland book that is on the list on my English professor’s door is “The Accidental Tourist,” by Ann Tyler. I picked it up from the library on my way home that day, and it’s phenomenal. But I didn’t relate to it as a Marylander. “The Accidental Tourist” is set in Baltimore, about an hour from Bethesda. But the novel doesn’t focus on its location or in any way make Baltimore come to life. “The Accidental Tourist” could be located anywhere, really. Location isn’t important to this novel — it was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and won the National Book Award for fiction not because of the few times that it mentions that the characters live in Baltimore, but because of the narrative and compelling characters. Tyler’s books are distinctively American. As a reviewer highlighted when it came out, “(Tyler) has taken as her fictional territory that sprawling American landscape of the middle class.” “The Accidental Tourist” is a book that explores the complexities of the American family. But the next time someone asks me where I’m from, I couldn’t rely on “The Accidental Tourist” to tell my story of Maryland. So I thought about what novel could. I found it in about 10 seconds of racking my brain: “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.” When I picked up that familiar book again, my recollections of the four best friends of different
body types that can magically fit into the same pair of jeans were spot on. In the first few pages, I realized how close the experiences of these girls were to my experiences when I was 16 and desperately wanted to leave the idyllic childhood I described with joy earlier. I saw the common white lies of my friends to the ceaseless “Where are you from?” quandary in the response of Bridget, a Bethesda native, who casually replies, “I’m from Washington, D.C.” And as Carmen, another one of the narrators, says in the first few pages “It’s not enough to stay in Bethesda, Maryland, and hunker down in an air conditioned house.” But the simultaneous boredom and pleasure of suburbia is not unique to Bethesda, or Maryland. The same location problems can be found in Jeffrey Eugenides’s “The Virgin Suicides” and Jonathan Franzen’s “Freedom,” which are set in Michigan and Minnesota, respectively. When the structure and ideals of a place is as easily reproducible as those of my hometown — good schools, competition over everything imaginable, open spaces for kids to ride their bikes or get high — it makes that location, at least in a literary sense, standard and routine. For these books, narrative takes enormous precedent over where the characters are. A suburban backdrop for a novel can often be put in any state. The list of books that represent states should be looking for the strange and the uncanny found to represent each state. This is easier to do with states that can more easily embody particular ideals. On most lists, Hawaii is captured by “The Descendants.” “Gone with the Wind” is almost always chosen for Georgia. I’ll admit, I haven’t spent much time in these states and maybe that’s why I’m more willing to accept these assertions. I love stories where the setting can become more of a character than a background. When I read that John Hughes described “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” as his love letter to Chicago, I wanted to find something similar for the places I hold close to me, even when I’m hundreds of miles away. I haven’t yet. I love “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” — it makes me think of my past, complete with all the frustrations and beauty of suburbia. When I go back for my summers in this perilous place between teenage angst and adult realization, I can’t also go back to identifying with the story of the four teenagers who refuse to wash their jeans. I’m not afraid to ask for a better story from Maryland because I think that it can deliver. In the meantime, I’ll be waiting. Lerner is trying to to fit into the traveling pants. To offer encouragement, e-mail rebler@umich.edu.
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Playoff mindset drives Harbaugh, Wolverines By MAX COHEN Managing Sports Editor
The Michigan football team has taken its share of lumps in recent weeks. The Wolverines have won three games in a row against lesser opponents, but two of the victories have come because of last-second stands by the defense. Making matters worse, injuries have taken their toll. Redshirt junior defensive tackle Ryan Glasgow is likely out for the season with a pectoral injury, adding to the decimation of a defensive front that was already playing without sophomore defensive tackle Bryan Mone and senior defensive end Mario Ojemudia. It’s plausible that those absences led to Saturday’s struggles against the run, in which Michigan’s defense, once the best in the nation, surrendered 307 yards on the ground. Still, Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh insisted Monday that his players are not downtrodden in the least heading into the final two games of the regular season. “No one’s acting beat up that I know of,” Harbaugh said. “We’ve got a bounce in our step. We’re ready to go.” Harbaugh likened the final stretch of the season to when he was a kid playing pickup basketball during the summer at Pattengill Elementary School in Ann Arbor. The kids who won the game stayed on, and Harbaugh’s goal was always to play until it was time for lunch. The college football equivalent to lunch, Harbaugh said, would be playing in the championship game of the College Football Playoff. He has stressed the playoff mentality
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to his players. If they lose to Penn State or Ohio State, their season will culminate in a bowl game without the opportunity to play for the Big Ten championship in Indianapolis or even a less probable national title. “I personally love the playoff type of situation and atmosphere,” Harbaugh said. “You win, you get to keep playing.” Senior linebacker Royce Jenkins-Stone said the possibility of winning the Big Ten championship has motivated the players throughout the season. It has been the clear end goal for the team all season long. For most of the season, though, the players have preferred to discuss the game in front of them rather than the big picture. However, the thought of
advancing past the game against the Buckeyes has crossed their minds on many occasions. “If you haven’t thought about playing in Indianapolis (for the Big Ten Championship Game) or playing in the top four, you’re in the wrong place,” said senior tight end A.J. Williams. “Especially with the position we’re in, we’ve just got to handle our business, and if it’s meant for us to be there, then we have to be.” Williams said the Wolverines don’t need vocal reminders about the importance of the final two games of the regular season. They know the stakes and are not avoiding them. They see the scenarios when they peruse Twitter, and they know exactly what needs to happen. “If things go a certain way,
Indianapolis, here we come,” Williams said. The most likely scenario for the division to play out in Michigan’s favor involves some help from Ohio State. Before his press conference ended Monday, Harbaugh was asked if he will be rooting for the Buckeyes to beat Michigan State on Saturday. If that occurs, and the Wolverines beat Penn State, then Michigan will play Ohio State for the Big Ten East title on Nov. 28. The winner would advance to the Big Ten Championship Game. Harbaugh deflected the question, referring to his earlier pickup basketball analogy in explaining that he cares only about his team’s performance. “There was only one court at Pattengill,” Harbaugh said.
Entering the quarterfinal round at the Lakewood Ranch Intercollegiate Clay Classic this past weekend, Michigan men’s tennis sophomore Carter Lin was the underdog. Though matched up with the No. 1 seed in the tournament, Princeton’s Tom Colautti, Lin did have an advantage: he was playing in his hometown of Lakewood Ranch, Fla. Lin went into the match not intent on winning, but on improving specific components of his play. The alternative approach was successful, with Lin coming out on top after splitting the first two sets. “Each of (the players) had something specific they were working on,” said Michigan associate head coach Sean Maymi. “(We don’t) stress so much about how we we’re going to win this match, but more of how we’re going to go about it and the process.” The team, described by Maymi as well balanced, is looking forward to its spring season, which starts Jan. 23. Until then, the Wolverines’ main focus is day-by-day development. Such development is what
has earned Lin positive results during recent match play. Though Lin was not able to pull out a win in the semifinal against Minnesota’s Ruben Weber, his coaches have noticed progress since his arrival in Ann Arbor last January. “He’s put forth good effort to make sure he’s a staple in our lineup,” Maymi said. “He’s consistently one of the hardestworking guys.” Leaving Florida on Sunday evening, the Wolverines wrapped up their fall season and are looking forward to play in 2016. Between now and then, individual effort is crucial. “You find out whether (individual players) are going to be successful when they’re doing it themselves and practicing on their own,” Maymi said. Maymi, along with the rest of Michigan’s coaching staff, will have keen eyes when analyzing the players on their return for spring season. They will be looking for improvement, whether it be advances in skill or physicality, or both. Finishing off the fall season on a high note is a positive, according to the coaching staff, but singular success is neither the program’s intention nor its destination. “Doing well in one tournament doesn’t do much for us unless the whole group continues to get better,” Maymi said. “There’s still a lot of work to go.”
“He’s consistently one of the hardestworking guys.”
Munger quickly Rudock, Chesson finally click, combine for four touchdowns fitting into role WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
By BRANDON CARNEY Daily Sports Writer
Nicole Munger couldn’t have asked for a better start to her Michigan career. The freshman guard co-led the Wolverines in scoring on Saturday against Binghamton with 19 points, while shooting 7-for-11 from the field. She followed that performance with a five-point, four-rebound outing at Detroit on Sunday. Now that last year’s go-to scoring option off the bench — sophomore guard Katelynn Flaherty — has become a fixture in the starting lineup, Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico has been searching for the player who can sub in and provide an instant spark. Perhaps sooner than she might have expected, Barnes Arico chose Munger to fill that role. “I think she is definitely challenging for a starting spot every day,” Barnes Arico said. “But I also really like that you have that spark coming off the bench right now too, which has provided us with a tremendous amount of energy, instant offense and also energy on the defensive end.” Right from the start of last season, Flaherty shot from all over the court and put up impressive scoring numbers in her first appearances as well, scoring 15 and 14 points in her first two college appearances, respectively. Munger posted a similar average, and has done so playing fewer minutes than Flaherty. Unlike Munger, Flaherty was forced prematurely into a starting role in her first few games in a Michigan uniform, and that’s a decision Barnes Arico came to regret in the long run. After moving her to the bench, Barnes Arico noticed Flaherty was more comfortable when she got an idea of the pace of the game after observing from the sideline for a few minutes. The change benefited Flaherty’s confidence and
ultimately earned her the Big Ten Sixth Player of the Year. Barnes Arico is hoping the same for Munger. “With freshmen, sometimes it’s kind of a work in progress,” Barnes Arico said. “We realized that with Flaherty last year when she didn’t start, then did start, then she didn’t. It was nice for (Munger in) the first couple minutes to let the game come to her and see what was happening before she got out there, and we’ll see how that goes with Nicole.” While Munger and Flaherty can both shoot the ball lightsout and serve as the Wolverines’ sixth player, their similarities end there. Flaherty’s game last year was largely based on finesse, and she lacked the dominant, physical presence that Munger has exhibited. Munger led the Wolverines with three steals against the Bobcats, and full-out dove for loose balls any chance she got this weekend. Munger’s work ethic is her greatest strength at the moment, and what Barnes Arico loves about her the most. The freshman consistently comes early to get some shooting in before practice, and at one point made 30 consecutive 3-pointers, according to Barnes Arico. The coach has had to look outside the team for a comparison about Munger’s desire to get better. “I’ve watched the guys for three years now come in and how (Michigan men’s basketball senior guard Caris LeVert) comes into the gym at every extra second that he’s had since his freshman year,” Barnes Arico said. “And now I can say that about Nicole. Now, we have someone in our program that’s a Caris LeVert.” Despite the pressure of lofty comparisons so early in her career, Munger has shown no signs of slowing down. If the freshman can continue to work at the levels that have garnered Barnes Arico’s praise, Michigan could have a special talent on its hands.
Passing game combo finds longawaited connection against Indiana By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Editor
Jehu Chesson remembers when he first met Jake Rudock. Rudock hadn’t even finished unpacking after his move from Iowa City, let alone gotten to know his new teammates, but the fifth-year senior quarterback had secured a summer job in his new city Ann Arbor. For Chesson — a redshirt junior wide receiver who had spent much of the past decade working side jobs to make ends meet — that was the best first impression he could have hoped for. “It says something about his character and his willingness to serve others,” Chesson said over the summer. “You want that kind of guy at quarterback.” Living across the street, the two quickly connected. Chesson invited Rudock to join a number of teammates at regular games of Monopoly to get to know the team, and it took Rudock less than a week to ask Chesson to run routes. Given Rudock’s status as the newest Wolverine, many would see the advances as forward. But Chesson is the fastest player on the team — he didn’t mind moving quickly. “He was just always there, always ready to work,” Chesson said. “Other people might see that as weird, but that’s something I noticed and respected right away.” Though the quarterbackreceiver relationship didn’t take long to begin, it took months for it to blossom on the field. Through seven games, Chesson had just 190 yards receiving and no touchdowns
in the air. Rudock was mulling through below-average numbers in the Big Ten — primarily relying on short passes to tight ends and running backs. The pair had all the skills and connections to make big plays, but in the game, the ball would fall a foot short, or Chesson would miss by a couple steps. After mustering just 23 points as an offense and narrowly missing several big plays in a loss to Michigan State, the pair entered the bye week with a mission. “The coaches don’t sugarcoat anything,” Chesson said. “They told us we needed to track the deep ball better.” So the two reignited their summer pastime of route running after practice. Others joined, of course, but it was clear that the speedy Chesson and Rudock, whom Chesson said makes “full-speed decisions,” had a special connection. The connection heated up against Minnesota and Rutgers, as Rudock showed marked improvement and Chesson secured three receiving touchdowns. Then, in a shootout against Indiana, five months’ worth of work reached a boiling point. In the 48-41 win, Rudock set a school record with six touchdowns and 440 passing yards. Chesson was at the receiving end of 207 of those yards and four of those touchdowns, tying a school record set by Derrick Alexander in 1992. Both efforts were historic, and it was only fitting that the two shared Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honors. “Sometimes it could just be a matter or inches or feet,” said Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh.
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Jehu Chesson tied a school record with four touchdown catches Saturday.
“What does water boil at? 212 (degrees)? 212 it boils, 211 it doesn’t. 213 is the magic number. … I would agree it’s been close, and now it’s boiling. It’s good. Bodes well for us.” With the surge in productivity, Harbaugh has noted that both are playing at a level that deserves NFL consideration. Chesson and Rudock had relatively quiet careers before this season, but Harbaugh feels that with the deep ball finally connecting, their games are becoming complete. “It was just the constant improvement in all phases of his
“Sometimes it could just be a matter of inches or feet.”
game,” Harbaugh said of Chesson on Monday. “I think the one thing he is improving at, the final piece, is tracking the deep ball. You watch him run, you watch him catch, you watch him block, cover kicks, the way he plays in all phases and now the deep ball. … You see that improving, and I think that’s the final piece that he’s acquiring.” Rudock and Chesson are no longer just bonding over summer jobs, but over their outputs on the field. With arguably the two toughest defenses Michigan will face this season still remaining on the schedule, the deep-ball connection that started months ago is finally clicking. And for the quick-running Chesson and the quick-thinking Rudock, it couldn’t come a moment too soon.
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‘M’ pulls away from Elon Walton, Robinson combine for 43 points to power another home win By KELLY HALL Daily Sports Writer
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Freshman Moritz Wagner (right) has worked his way into Michigan’s rotation.
Michigan’s big men getting opportunity By SIMON KAUFMAN Daily Sports Editor
After his team’s regular-season opener on Friday, Michigan men’s basketball coach John Beilein said earning minutes at the ‘5’ spot would be “very competitive.” He never said it would be a blood battle. But that didn’t stop freshman forward Moritz Wagner from stiffening his 6-foot-10 frame and setting his feet to take a charge midway through the second half of the Wolverines’ win against Elon on Monday. When he stood up, blood dripped down from a gash in his forehead. He slapped his chest twice and returned to the bench to wipe away the blood. Wagner was one of four big men whom Beilein rotated in during the Wolverines’ 88-68 win over the Phoenix. In each half, the situation down low looked more or less like this: Junior forward Mark Donnal started, then redshirt freshman D.J. Wilson and sophomore Ricky Doyle subbed in after five minutes, then Wagner for a few. And then, late in each frame, Beilein mixed it up. After getting the start for the second game in a row, Donnal grabbed an offensive board early in the first half and put it back in. Two minutes later, he committed an off-ball foul, and soon after that Beilein pulled him and sophomore guard Kameron Chatman in exchange for Wilson and Doyle, with Doyle playing the ‘5’ and Wilson playing as a stretch forward. Wilson nailed his first 3-point attempt, but then, like Donnal, he committed a foul on the other end. Beilein opted to go with a smaller lineup and pulled Wilson. Then, in keeping with the theme, Doyle committed his first foul and found himself on the bench with Wilson taking his spot. Wilson scored on a layup quickly after reentering, then committed his second foul. Wilson out. Wagner in. It was a big-man merry-go-
round. Wagner lasted less than three minutes in the first half, but his physical play was enough to impress Beilein. He did a nice job of boxing out his man on the defensive end and fought for a rebound off the offensive glass, forcing the ball off an Elon defender and giving Michigan possession. Each big earned his turn on the floor on Monday. Donnal tallied 15 minutes, Doyle and Wilson 13 each and Wagner seven. But Beilein knows it isn’t realistic to play four bigs every game. “We hope we’ll get a rotation,” Beilein said. “We can’t be rotating four guys there. Somebody’s gonna beat somebody out, and we’ll go with two or three (big men). Usually you need three, but we’ll go with two primarily and a third guy will back up, and a fourth guy will have to wait his turn.” Based on minutes alone, Donnal has been Beilein’s most trusted manut Doyle has been the most productive. Doyle went 3-for-4 from the field, including a big dunk. On the defensive side, he grabbed three boards. Wilson struggled against the Phoenix. He had twice as many fouls (four) as he had field goals (two). But in Michigan’s first game, he looked more poised, going 2-for-4 from the field and dishing out three assists in 23 minutes. The biggest wild card is still Wagner. The Berlin product was an option to redshirt at the beginning of the year, but Beilein opted to play him. In two games, he’s just 1-for-3 from the field but has shown an ability to step up on defense, which he demonstrated by taking a charge on Monday. “That was awesome,” said redshirt sophomore Duncan Robinson. “He brings a ton of energy, to get up and pump his chest like that. That was a lot of fun. … He’s talking a lot, bringing a lot of energy, so he’s a great teammate.”
Duncan Robinson sank a 3 from the corner. Then he did it again. And again. By the end of the first 68 ELON half, the MICHIGAN 88 redshirt sophomore was 4-for-4 from the field. Robinson and junior guard Derrick Walton Jr. combined for 43 points Monday in the No. 24 Michigan men’s basketball team’s win over Elon, with 33 of those coming on 3-pointers. The offense shot 51.7 percent, and though it looked explosive at some times, it looked sloppy at others. But the Wolverines didn’t have trouble dropping the Phoenix, 88-68, in a Battle 4 Atlantis Mainland Game just three days after defeating Northern Michigan. Though Elon didn’t provide a true test of his team’s talent, the game gave Michigan coach John Beilein more time to work out his starting lineup. On the first possession, sophomore forward Kameron Chatman threw the ball to an open Derrick Walton Jr. as the shot clock dwindled to four seconds. The junior guard threw it up from beyond the arc without hesitation, and the student section erupted as the Wolverines won an early lead 28 seconds into the game. “(Walton) played great,” Robinson said. “That’s a big thing for him, just staying aggressive. That’s when he plays his best. He was finding people all over the floor and was really efficient at scoring the ball as well.”
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Redshirt sophomore forward Duncan Robinson scored 19 points on 6-for-7 shooting in Michigan’s win over Elon.
But minutes later, the Wolverines went on a six-minute scoring drought to allow Elon to tie it up at 12, only to snap out of it by hitting their next three attempts. Redshirt freshman D.J. Wilson ended the drought with a tip-in, and then, seconds later, Robinson scored his first points as a Wolverine with a dunk to get Michigan to a 16-15 lead. Robinson got the ball again after picking off an inbounds pass and fed it to sophomore guard MuhammadAli AbdurRahkman, who took it the length of the court for a layup. There were still clumsy moments, though. Four minutes into the game, sophomore guard Aubrey Dawkins let the ball slip through his fingers and go out of bounds after LeVert threw it to him from half-court. LeVert
was burned by Phoenix guard Steven Santa Ana, who stole the ball and drove it to the net for a layup. Elsewhere, junior big man Mark Donnal missed multiple shots from under the basket. Junior forward Zak Irvin played his first minutes since his early-September back surgery and went 0-for-5 from the floor. Michigan entered halftime with just a 10-point lead. “The funny thing about Zak is that one shot doesn’t phase him, so until he gets his rhythm back, you can expect him to get ‘em up,” Walton said. “So we know we can expect him to make the right play, but until then, we’re trying to get him back to a rhythm to find his niche and get his condition back.” The Wolverines came out of the locker room on a 10-0 run by correcting some of those mistakes and continuing what they had
“Any night it could be anyone else, which is a great quality to have.”
been doing well. Walton and Robinson had more 3-pointers, and LeVert had two monster dunks. Forward Ricky Doyle came in and outplayed Donnal by making all three of his second-half shots and looking more composed on the defensive end. “(Elon) played a really, really fast pace,” Robinson said. “From that standpoint, we definitely have a lot of room to grow defensively, just being a little bit closer in communication, but it was definitely a step in the right direction.” In a high-scoring game where Walton led with 24 points, seven assists and six rebounds, Beilein took full advantage of his team’s depth. Against Northern Michigan, Dawkins and LeVert led the charge, but against Elon, it was Walton and Robinson. “I mean, any night it could be anyone else, which is a great quality to have in a team,” Robinson said. “We all know that. Last Friday, everyone was excited for those two, and tonight, everyone’s excited for us. It’s whoever can get it done on a given night.”
Results mixed across Big Ten Wisconsin’s upset of North Dakota stands out, but most teams still mediocre
Penn State (6-2-2) After losing Casey Bailey, who led the Nittany Lions in goals (22) and points (40) last season, to the Toronto Maple Leafs, Penn State’s offense had multiple question marks. However, the Nittany Lions haven’t skipped a beat. They boast the nation’s third-best offense, scoring 4.40 goals per game. Freshman forward Chase Berger is leading that charge, already having tallied eight goals. Penn State has been aided by a porous non-conference schedule, with its best win coming over Notre Dame at home.
By JASON RUBINSTEIN Daily Sports Editor
The Michigan hockey team has been quite an enigma this season. While a 5-1-1 record looks great on paper, the team is far from satisfied. Once again, it appears the 12th-ranked Wolverines boast one of the nation’s top offenses — Michigan is second in the country with 4.43 goals per game — while the defense ranks 45th out of 60 teams, allowing 3.29 goals per game. Regardless, the Wolverines are currently in the top 16 in the Pairwise Rankings heading into their biggest non-conference series of the year, a two-game set at Boston University. Michigan aside, no other Big Ten team is ranked. The Daily gives a teamby-team breakdown of what the Wolverines’ five Big Ten counterparts have (or have not) accomplished in the season’s first five weeks: Michigan State (4-4-1) The Spartans have to be disappointed with their start to the season. Michigan State went winless in its three marquee games: two against Denver and one against Boston College. Prior to the season, Spartans coach Tom Anastos knew his team would win with its goaltending. They returned the reigning Big Ten Goalie of the Year, Jake Hildebrand, who has a career .926 save percentage and 2.23 goals per game average. Through nine games, the netminder’s stats are below his career mark, but he still has an impressive .916 save percentage while allowing 2.44 goals per game. Michigan State had a real chance to bump its RPI when it
Ohio State (3-7)
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Michigan coach Red Berenson’s team has the best offense in the Big Ten.
traveled to play Boston College. In a game that boasted arguably the nation’s top two goalies in Hildebrand and the Eagles’ Thatcher Demko, there were 10 goals allowed. Boston College escaped with a 6-4 win. The Spartans’ win column stems from a sweep of New Hampshire and two wins over Lake Superior State. Wisconsin (3-4-1) It’s been another wild start for the Badgers after they tallied just four wins a season ago. Wisconsin garnered the Big Ten’s biggest non-conference win, beating No. 4 North Dakota on the road, 3-1. That means each Michigan-Wisconsin tilt is of great importance for the Wolverines, as a win over the Badgers would improve Michigan’s RPI. Wisconsin coach Mike Eaves said after the game: “To have that signature win really could be something special for this group as we move forward.”
Aside from their win in Fargo, North Dakota, the Badgers’ only other wins came against Arizona State, which is in its first season as a Division I program. Minnesota (4-5) Minnesota lost most of its premier players in the offseason due to graduation or to the NHL. How the Gophers replace those players will define their season. First, coach Don Lucia needed to fill the void left by netminder Adam Wilcox, who gave the Wolverines fits in the past. It appears he has done that successfully, starting freshman Eric Schierhorn, who has a .931 save percentage and 2.11 goalsallowed average. A sluggish start to the season has held Minnesota back — the Gophers lost to Vermont and were swept by MinnesotaDuluth to begin the year — but the team is starting to trend upward. Just recently, Minnesota stole one from Minnesota State on the road.
The Buckeyes had an ultraslow start to the season, losing their first seven games. Ohio State was swept by both Miami (Ohio) and Providence — its toughest non-conference opponents. Forward Nick Schilkey has come out of the gates firing, registering six goals and six assists, and the junior has been a large reason for the Buckeyes’ current three-game winning streak. Still, it’s looking like it could be a long season for the Buckeyes.
BY THE NUMBERS Big Ten Hockey
12
Points Ohio State’s Nick Schilkey has through 10 games, good for first in the Big Ten
2.22
Goals per game allowed by Minnesota (best in the Big Ten)
4.40
Goals per game scored by Penn State (second in the Big Ten behind Michigan)
25-23-5
The conference’s combined record, including Michigan