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Naomi Tutu talks social awareness in address At Hill Auditorium, activist challenges audience to become involved By ALYSSA BRANODN and LARA MOEHLMAN Daily News Editor and Daily Staff Reporter
Nontombi Naomi Tutu, South African race and gender activist and daughter of archbishop Desmond Tutu, joined the ranks of renowned social activists who have delivered the University’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium keynote memorial lecture Monday afternoon. Addressing a packed audience at Hill Auditorium, Tutu charged the audience to hold themselves individually responsible for taking action against the injustices they see in the world. The 30th annual Martin Luther King Jr. symposium, which featured multiple events across campus including Tutu’s keynote address, aimed to engage the University community in dialogues about King’s legacy. This year’s theme is #WhoWillBeNext, which seeks to prompt the campus
community to consider both who will fall victim to and who will lead the escape from hatred in the world, according to the sympoisum’s website. For Tutu however, this theme was problematic. She began her remarks by challenging the University’s theme, criticizing the theme for highlighting the negative associated with Martin Luther King Jr. She said she was told by the University the theme would be in the context of both “who would be the next to lead?” in addition to “who would be the next to suffer the injustice of racism by being killed?” Tutu said she prefers to focus on the positive potential of the future, instead encouraging audience members to take a more proactive approach to injustice, challenging them to consider themselves the next generation of social activist leaders. “Maybe what we should be saying is ‘We are all next, and we refuse to allow anyone else to be next,” Tutu said. Veering from praising only Martin Luther King Jr., she emphasized instead that like all great leaders, King was no different from any person sitting in the audience. See KEYNOTE, Page 3A
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GRANT HARDY/Daily Shermin Kruse, author of Butterfly Stitching, discusses why the public is less responsive to mass killings than individual ones in South Hall Monday.
RITA MORRIS/Daily Artist Walter Lacy leads a creative expression workshop with local children during the MLK Children and Youth Program in the Modern Languages Building Monday.
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Naomi Tutu, race activist and daughter of Desmond Tutu, speaks at the Keynote Memorial lecture for the MLK Symposium Monday at Hill Auditorium.
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Grace Boggs remembered in discussion Students and faculty reflect on legacy of local activist By JACKIE CHARNIGA Daily News Editor
At the School of Social Work Building Monday afternoon, more than 100 students and faculty convene to discuss one of the most influential activists of the 20th century, Grace Lee Boggs. Boggs, who died last year, was an activist, writer and speaker with seven decades of experience advocating for civil and women’s rights. The event was part of the University’s Martin Luther King Jr. symposium. Stephen Ward, professor of Afroamerican and African Studies, is writing a dual biography of Boggs and her husband James, titled “In Love and Struggle: The Revolutionary Lives of James and Grace Lee Boggs,” is a board member of the James and Grace Lee Boggs Center to Nurture Community
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Leadership and helped to organize the event. Ward said the language used to describe Boggs’ activism doesn’t give a full picture of her work because she doesn’t fit into traditional classifications of an activist. “In some ways most of those are only partially accurate, or there’s some ambiguity there,” Ward said. “Grace doesn’t seem to fit our own categories.” In particular, Ward said an Asian American woman was anomalous in the civil rights movement when Boggs began her work, and it would be more fitting to refer to her as a human rights activist. He said those who call Boggs a revolutionary would hit closer to the truth, but are no closer to identifying her. “I think in the use of ‘civil rights’ we sometimes lazily use to describe Black people or other types of struggles without properly recognizing what it takes to make a movement,” Ward said. Raina LaGrand, a School of Social Work alum, is a member of their People of Color Collective, a group which aims to create a See BOGGS, Page 3A
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. honored with events
The University hosted a series of events across campus for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day symposium Monday to honor the life and social activism of Martin Luther King Jr. Monday. In its 30th year, the 2015 symposium was titled “#WhoWillBeNext,” and focused on addressing modern day racism, generating proactive social attitudes and encouraging racial inclusion. The symposium featured a variety of events outside of the annual keynote memorial speech in Hill Auditorium, including the annual Youth Day, campus-wide watch parties, the Circle of Unity, West Quad’s Connector Forum and the Law School’s symposium event titled “#YourLifeMatters.” While the events were unique in what they offered their audiences, each posed questions of modern incarnations of racism and shared sentiments of social justice, collective responsibility and community awareness.
Beginning Monday’s events was the 18th Annual Children and Youth Day, hosted by the University of Michigan School of Education as a part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium. In an interview, Molly Green, a graduate student in the School of Public Health and an event organizer, said the event aims to educate about the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. “This is a day of service and to come together as a community,” Green said. “It’s a chance to think more about civil rights and equality.” Throughout the day, local youth from schools and churches in the Washtenaw County area participated in small group activities and workshops, such as musical chairs to teach inclusion and fairness, civil rights poetry readings, open discussions about equality and justice and a viewing of King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. The event included remarks from Elizabeth James, program assistant for the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, as well as performances from the Detroit School of Arts’ Ladies Achievers Ensemble, Detroit’s Reverend Jones, acapella group 58 Greene and more. See EVENTS, Page 5A
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STINA PERKINS/Daily Jim Toy, UM alum and co-founder of the UM Spectrum Center, reflects on the legacy of community activist Grace Lee Boggs in a panel hosted by the School of Social Work and the Multicultural and Gender Affairs Committee on Monday.
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An open letter to my mother about why my natural hair is beautiful By KRISTEN SWOPE Michigan in Color Contributor
I will be completely honest in saying that this is one of the hardest things I’ve had to write — mainly because I know that, as my mother, you are my biggest supporter and encourager. I can always count on you to be my number one fan — except when it comes to my natural curls. From the age of 10, I can remember only negative comments from you when I tried to wear my
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hair in its natural state — without any chemicals, heat or manipulation. I admire your simplicity when it comes to beauty, which is why I wonder why there seems to be so much distaste toward my natural hair. But as I’ve grown to recognize that the negativity surrounding Black women and natural hair has to do with race and many underlying historical reasons, I have gained a better understanding of the inherent racism that drives us as Black
women to desire the universal standard of beauty — which is that of the European aesthetic. I wonder, though, if you understand that? I wonder if you understand the underlying teachings of self-hate toward our own race that have been inflicted on both you and me growing up. Because this is what America teaches us — that we must conform to the ideal image of the white race or else we are not considered “beautiful.” I remember when See MIC, Page 3A
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Protesters hold rally in A2 calling for Snyder’s arrest State residents hold governer responsible for Flint water crisis By MARLEE BREAKSTONE Daily Staff Reporter A group of Michigan residents from across the state gathered in Ann Arbor on Monday to call for the arrest of Gov. Rick Snyder, one of wave of Monday protests held in past weeks over the Flint water crisis. In April 2014, the state of Michigan decided to temporarily switch the supply of Flint’s water from Lake Uron to the Flint River as a way to save money. However, lead from the service lines in Flint began to leak into the water supply. As a result of the switch, researchers warned city and state officials of the toxic lead in the water, when the city changed the water source in October 2015 — 18 months later — and Snyder declared a state of emergency on
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Jan. 5. President Barack Obama also issued a federal emergency declaration in response to the Flint water crisis Saturday, allocating $5 million in federal aid to immediately assist the city. Several democratic canidates for president highlighted Flint during Sunday night’s debate, calling the situation deplorable. Novi resident Colleen Crossey, alum of the University School of Social Work and co-organizer of the protest, said she chose to hold the march on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to coincide with the University’s annual symposium aimed at highlighting modern-day social justice. “Many of the speakers on this day will encourage their audience members to organize and fight back against the unethical activities that oppress others,” Crossey said. “This rally and march will give them the opportunity to do just that.” Protesters marched from
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Lecture links social activism, improvements in health equity ADEA associate director Jeanne Sinkford gives annual address By NICOLE SKEHAN For the Daily
While other Martin Luther King Jr. memorial lectures on campus charged students to ponder #WhoWillBeNext in sparking social activism, the Joint Health Schools MLK Symposium Committee lecture Monday asked who would be next specifically in increasing diversity in health care systems. Jeanne C. Sinkford, associate executive director of the American Dental Education Association and director of the Association’s Center for Equity and Diversity, delivered the annual health sciences lecture at Dow Auditorium in the Towsley Center. Sinkford is nationally and
internationally renowned as a dental educator, administrator, researcher and clinician, and served as the first woman dean of a dental school at Howard University College of Dentistry from 1975 to 1991. She opened her lecture by stressing the importance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s role toward the pursuit of unity and peace throughout the nation. She highlighted his message of gaining equity, social justice and peace for all, including women and students, through non-violent actions in particular. “The strife of the ‘60s is remembered as racial, but it was much more than that because it galvanized the nation because of the growth in equity we had at that time to civil rights, to poverty, to education, to jobs and to gender,” Sinkford said. In addition, Sinkford discussed a change in today’s struggle for civil rights. She said she believes that while the church used to be the control center for American
civil rights activism — teaching the traditional values of hierarchal leadership and respectable politics, as well as principles of reconciliation and nonviolence — students and activists today work without the church’s leadership and reject conservative values. She also touched on her beliefs that students today have managed to describe the experience of feeling isolated on campus ude to race and used that to launch many successful events, including town hall meetings and teach-ins across the country. Sinkford said she believes that if King were alive today, he would not only applaud these students in their efforts to better the learning environment on campus, but would continue to serve as the inspiration toward non-violence. “He would continue to link justice with both equity and equality, and he would advocate for the elimination of disparities in the health system,” Sinkford said. Speaking to healthcare, she noted the importance of King’s recognition that the most inhuman inequalities are those that exist in our health care systems, and praised President Barack Obama’s work toward better incorporating equity into health care decisions today. She also spoke of the positive attributes that have been made to health services, specifically citing those made in dental health, and several that she helped to create. Her efforts include participating in changing the academic policies for the American Dental Education Association and helping create the 2004 Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Healthcare Workforce, an effort that aimed to increase diversity in America’s health professions education training programs. Sinkford ended her speech by stating that she believed academic institutions will continue to invest in goals that lead toward better access to health care. “I really think our academic institutions will lead across the health spectrum,” she said. “They’ll move toward more efficient patient care, greater use of onsite facilities, See HEALTH CARE, Page 3A
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LSA junior Lauren Shepard, officer of the Office of Student Conflict Resolution, speaks with other students about what conflict and conflict resolution means to them at the Union on Monday.
Conflict Monologues aims to confront different views Students discuss different response to personal and social disagreement By CAMY METWALLY Daily Staff Reporter
Participants in the “Conflict Monologues,” an annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day event organized by the Student Conflict Resolution Advisory Board, addressed ways to handle various levels of conflict — from roommate problems to issues of identity — in their lives Monday. About 15 students sat in a circle at the Michigan Union for the event to reflect on the idea of conflict and how to instigate resolution and restoration. Students and facilitators discussed whether conflict and confrontation are mutually exclusive, how identities are reflected in the ways different individuals handle conflict and whether all conflicts are solvable. Engineering sophomore Suzy Haupt, who participated in the dialogue, said King’s experience with conflict — and his choice to confront it with nonviolence and love — was unique, “I think that this is a really good event to have during MLK
symposium,” Haupt said. “While it’s not the traditional racism talk during MLK day, I think it’s a really important issue that needs to be discussed.” Though the open forum attracted a diverse group of students, many attendees were resident advisers who were interested in learning more about this particular subject. Haupt, an RA, said she sometimes struggles handling conflict among the residents in her hall. “I was really looking forward to this event to help me broaden my understanding of different ways to confront them and how different people think about conflicts, so I’ll better be able to help my residents and manage my hall,” Haupt said. Though the word “conflict” typically carries a negative connotation, the group emphasized how dispute plays a vital role in progress. LSA sophomore Austin Fregene argued that a community cannot grow without discussing contradictory opinions. “Conflict doesn’t have to be negative,” Fregene said. “It can be constructive, and it doesn’t have to happen right away; it can take time. Conflict is the cornerstone of growth and genesis, of positive things.” Fregene also said he appreciates events such as this one, where ideas are respectfully challenged, because he believes everyone gains
from honest discussion. “Beliefs are meant to be challenged,” Fregene said. “Ideas are meant to be talked about and things are meant to be discussed. I don’t feel that we get the most out of our lives if we don’t have moments where our beliefs and our ideas are challenged or thought about because that’s how you know that they’re strong — they’ve been tested.” Echoing Fregene’s sentiment, LSA junior Lauren Shepard, a member of the SCR Advisory Board, said the annual event served to facilitate dialogue and strengthen interpersonal relationships in an open, safe space. “Without discussion, nothing is going to happen,” Shepard said. Education junior Samantha Suh said she respected the differences among the group members during the dialogue. She added that she thought participating in candid conversations and empathizing with different perspectives gives participants a level of respect necessary in all situations of conflict. As an RA at East Quad, Suh said she hopes to educate her residents on the diverse ways to approach and understand conflict. “I think in certain situations, some people just have no idea how another person can act like that or say something like that,” Suh said.
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KEYNOTE From Page 1A “Who will be next is asking you what is it that you see that others may not,” she said. “What is it that you hear that others may be ignoring? The world doesn’t need the next Martin Luther King Jr. The world needs the next you.” Speaking to recent police shootings of unarmed Black men and deaths of Black individuals in police custody, Tutu said the first step in achieving social justice is acknowledging injustice. She referred to Tamir Rice, who was shot by police officers in Cleveland, Ohio who mistook his toy gun for a real one. “We start in recognizing that it is not right that a twelve year old can be playing in a playground and thirty seconds later he is dead,” she said. “It is not right that a young woman is stopped at a traffic stop, and a few days later is dead. It is not right. It is not right that children in Syria live in fear.” Tutu said making social and political improvements that work to combat these instances of injustice does not require a global platform. The contributions individuals make on a smaller, local level are equally as impactful, she said. “We are not all going to be Nobel Peace Prize winners. Believe me, I know because I’ve been nominated about 15 times,” Tutu said. “We can all be community peace activists.” Tutu also acknowledged what she called the hugely overwhelming feeling individuals experience when aiming to address issues of injustice society. “We see all these things that are not right. And it’s easy to look at all those things and feel overwhelmed,” she said. “But if we look at all of those who when the question was asked during their lives, “who will be next” If we look at those who stepped up, we will see that they didn’t let the extent of the problem to overwhelm them.” Despite hearing accounts of extreme injustice in the media regularly, Tutu said she is encouraged by the grassroots activism that has formed as a result. “I hold on to hope by the skin of teeth and I’m able to hold on to hope because I see so many not waiting to be asked who will be
MIC From Page 1A I came to college, and I saw so many beautiful Black women embracing their “Blackness” by participating in student organizations celebrating Black women, activism in the Black Lives Matter Movement and more. As I saw others celebrating their Blackness, I began to think about my identity as a Black woman in a different, more positive and visible light. I began to notice a growing group of “naturalistas” that were on campus. Naturalistas, curly heads, curlies — whatever you want to call it — have become the names for women, specifically women of color, who embrace their natural hair pattern. For me, it was my curls. For others it may be waves or kinks. For others, it might mean protecting their natural hair in styles like box braids, Senegalese twists, locs, crochet braids and much more. There was this drive among many to recreate the conceptions of beauty, especially when it came to hair. Embracing these nonstandard forms of beauty has become a way of making a statement. Take Angela Davis, for example. Davis, a woman strongly associated with the Black power movement in the 1960s, is as famous for her activism as she is for her afro. Often times, she is even referred to as “The Afro.” This image of her natural hair became a historical symbol that served as both a negative and positive representation throughout the decades. As a radical Black revolutionary, she was portrayed as a communist and anti-white, and her afro became a negative representation. She was sought out by the FBI because of her membership with the Communist Party, and soon the stigma of criminalization became strongly associated with Black women who — like Angela Davis — wore their hair “natural.” Black women began to be harassed, arrested by the police and discriminated against simply because of the way they wore their hair. These women became targeted, their hair seen as an object of suppression, rather
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next,” she said. “I see so many being courageous enough to put out their hands to those who will dehumanize them. I see so many who say I know our world can be better. And here where I am is where I will make a difference.” Tutu ended her remarks with a challenge. “I stand here as one who knows that injustice can be turned to justice, who knows that oppression that can be moved to freedom, who knows hate can be conquered by love,” Tutu said. “And I stand here asking each one of you, please, will you be next?” After Tutu’s remarks Robert Sellers, Vice Provost for Equity, Inclusion, and Academic Affairs, stressed #WhoWillBeNext is also about reflecting upon the far reaching effects of individual acts of injustice. “If you replace the picture of Dr. King with Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice, or the kids, children and people of Flint, who will be next means something quite different,” he said. “It’s a clear warning that if one of us is not safe, then none of us are safe. It is a clear warning that injustice for even one of us means there is no justice for any of us.” In University President Mark Schlissel’s opening remarks at the address, he said the symposium serves as a chance for the University community to come together and reflect on racial issues. “Our University is a place where traditions live and thrive with influence that spans decades, unites generations, and enlightens our nation,” Schlissel said. “This symposium is one such tradition at the University of Michigan. It gives us the cherished opportunity to come together as a community to discuss important ideas and issues regarding race, inclusion and justice and embrace the core of our nation to serve society.” The event also featured a choral performance from the Men’s Glee Club, who sang a tribute to the innocent young lives taken as a result of police brutality called “Seven Last Words of the Unarmed,” arranged by composer Joel Thompson. The group also performed “Glory” which was arranged by popular artists Common and John Legend. The song was featured in the critically acclaimed film Selma, a chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s struggle to gain the right to vote for Black Americans.
Before beginning her lecture, Tutu praised the Glee Club for their performance, saying it caused her to feel a range of emotions. After their performance, Tutu joked, “I now know the meaning of cruel and unusual punishment, and that is to follow your University Men’s Glee Club!” In an interview with the Daily after the event, LSA sophomore Amber Browder said she felt a close connection to Tutu during her lecture. “What she was saying really hit home for me because I have younger siblings who will one day be adult black males,” she said. “When she was talking, I felt like I was just having a one on one conversation with her. She made me feel like she was talking to me directly.” School of Music, Theatre & Dance senior Marcus Peterson, who was a soloist in the Glee Club’s performance, said Tutu’s remarks encouraged him to further pursue his career in vocal performance. “It makes me want to pursue my career even further seeing that there aren’t many opera singers of my color out there in the world,” he said. “This has made me want to go even further and reach the whole world.” Jacob Belardo, LSA freshman and Glee Club member, said he was affected by Tutu’s cadence and language as well as her emphasis on personal accountability and potential. “The way she spoke – you listen to every word she said. It was like poetry,” Belardo said. “I liked that she emphasized that we’re all human beings and that we all came from a space where we’re equal, but we all have the opportunity to change things – even if it’s just here, even if it’s just going onstage and singing a song.” Glee club performer Michael Chrzan, a senior in both LSA and the School of Education, said the emotionally charged content of the group’s repertoire brought him to tears on stage. “For me, as someone who identifies as an African American male, it’s always emotional,” Chrzan said. He added, “I know people that could be these people… and so every time we sing it I think of that and it gets to me, but I also center on the idea that this is a message that we need to get out.”
than being a positive, unique and celebrated part of them. Women began to feel self-conscious toward their hair, causing increasing feelings of self-hate because of the negative stigmas surrounding race and ethnic features. Women began to revert back to the belief that, the closer they were to looking “white,” the better. Though this was back in the ‘60s, this self-hate has manifested itself throughout generations and is still inherent in many Black women today. It’s Black women’s use of makeup to make themselves appear of a lighter skin tone. It’s little girls asking their mothers to put bleach in their bath water. It’s the assumption that any Black woman who is considered beautiful cannot possibly be fully Black, that there must be some trace of another race that contributes to her beauty. It’s me thinking that I am only presentable when my hair is straight. It’s you telling me that when I go into work for you that I can’t “wear my hair how it is,” insinuating that my curly fro isn’t professional. All of these instances are sending the message that Black women are only beautiful when they conform to the standard image of the white woman. But this natural hair movement is about way more than race. It is a stand to challenge the limits of beauty. It’s promoting self-love. It’s about celebrating health — healthy body, healthy hair and in return, healthy mind. When I wear my natural curls, I feel free in a way that challenges me to redefine beauty. It took me about two to three years to fully feel confident in wearing my curly fro, as I had to train myself in seeing the beauty in my natural curls. Even now, I still have my moments of feeling self-conscious that my hair is too big or draws too much attention to my Blackness. It’s a constant battle between my own perceptions and what I see in society. I often think about how I will teach my daughter this broadened definition of beauty. For me, encouraging her to have confidence in her natural beauty is the first step. For a young girl, being able to be comfortable in her raw beauty without comparing herself
to societal standards is essential for her growth into a confident woman. And I’m not saying that you did not teach me these things. I appreciate the lessons you taught me throughout my childhood. You taught me humility, discipline, obedience, independence and so much more. But one thing I hoped we could have learned together is self-love. And by self-love, I don’t necessarily mean us as individuals, but us as Black women. I am so grateful that this natural hair journey allowed me to not only grow in loving myself, but to love the diverse array of beauty that I see in Black women. It’s allowed me to become part of this growing community of “naturalistas” who all celebrate and uplift each other. Being able to embrace myself, while celebrating the beauty of other women who look like me, creates such a liberating feeling. I think this is why I’m writing this letter to you, as well as making it public. It’s not to embarrass you, or expose you for anything. But I wanted to address this problem many of us have of not thinking critically and questioning what have we been fed. What’s really so wrong about wearing an afro or cornrows in the workplace? What makes it unprofessional? I’d challenge you to give me a logical answer to these questions. I bet not many can. I’m confident in this statement because it’s clear that many of us fail to look beyond what society “says” and decide for ourselves what is acceptable, or beautiful. By not doing this, we are tricked into believing that our brown skin isn’t beautiful, or that our wild, kinky curls are unacceptable. I want to feel truth in waking up every morning in seeing my beauty — whether my hair be straight or curly, whether I put on makeup or I don’t. I want every little girl, and especially every little brown girl, to look in the mirror and see the beauty in the physical features that make her unique. It’s time to encourage each other and challenge each other to see beauty in all different colors, shapes and sizes.
BOGGS From Page 1A space for people of color interested in making radical social change. LaGrand said for Boggs, it was important to view issues as people and not politics. “We need to embrace the idea that we are the leaders we’ve been looking for,” LaGrand said. In speaking about the biases of the individual that inhibit social change, LaGrand highlighted how important it is that students learn about groups and communities different from their own through the process of practice-based evidence. “When we solely rely on research and evaluation we’re not really giving voices to the people who need them,” LaGrand said. “As students, education doesn’t necessarily make us experts, but because we have education we must advocate certain things that communities want.” She added that increasing attention to social justice is a double-edged sword. While it draws awareness to social issues, she said, it skews who is responsible for social change “Education and money doesn’t give (students) a free pass to go wherever we want,” LaGrand said. “When we stop buying into what is done, that’s when we become radical.” Activist Jim Toy, who co-founded the Spectrum Center at the University and worked with Boggs, said during the workshop each individual has their own area of the world, their corner, that they are responsible for making more socially aware. “Grace had a corner and she brightened that corner where she was and we each I think are called to brighten our own corner,” Toy said. Sharon Howell, an Oakland
HEALTH CARE From Page 2A community based programs and patient centered care.” She added that she believes that working toward being more diverse in our health care systems and having more equity within our nation will take constant vigilance. Nursing senior Madeline Dahl,
Tuesday, January 19, 2016 — 3A University professor of communication and journalism, met Boggs in 1973, and said she worked with Boggs and her husband on a daily basis for decades. Howell said Boggs believed Martin Luther King Jr. Day was a time to think and talk about how civil movements can progress, especially given her relationship with King, which Howell described as contentious at times. She noted that because she was not a worker and came from a privileged background, Boggs had difficulty fitting in when she moved to Chicago, and Howell said it was not until Boggs married and moved to a Black community in Detroit that she was able to find a home. Howell said there was no safer place for anyone at that time than within the Black community. “If a Black family moved into say, Livonia, we’re gonna hear a lot more about it than we do the gentrification that’s happening in Detroit,” Howell said. “Grace loved Detroit not just because of its people but because in Detroit an evolution is happening of a profound scale.” University alum Chase Cantrell, who attended the workshop, said he has participated in the symposium every year since 2001. He said he saw Boggs speak at a meeting of the Michigan Progressives and was impressed and inspired by what she had to say. “I’ve been contemplating starting a nonprofit organization in Detroit,” Cantrell said. “Being here it makes me want to move forward with that goal.” Social Work student Liz Zhang, an international student, said because of her background as a Chinese woman, she related to the story of Bogg’s life and her struggle to fit in.
who attended the event, said she thought Sinkford’s message of working toward being a diverse community within all the health care fields will be a lifelong struggle and goal. “We are constantly going to be having to update how we feel about it and what we think about it and stretching our minds as things change in the world and as things change in health care,” she said.
SNYDER From Page 1A Rackham to Snyder’s Ann Arbor condo at 211 S. Main St. where they formed a moving circle and cheered loudly. Chants from the protest included “Justice for Flint, arrest Rick Snyder” and “Democracy, democracy, that’s our right; Snyder stole it, that’s our fight.” Buttons were also passed out that said “Arrest Rick Snyder” and featured an image of Snyder, handcuffed, wearing a black and white striped prisoner’s uniform. Jan BenDor, Ypsilanti resident and another organizer of the event, helped organize another attempt to fire Snyder in 2011. Her complaint at the time was that Snyder was promoting privatizing all public services. Some Michigan residents have filed petitions to recall Snyder to the Board of Canvassors. Though most of the petitions were denied, two are currently pending approval. BenDor said Snyder should be taken out of office and charged with federal crimes for his responsibility in the water crisis. She said she saw Snyder’s neglect of the water conditions in Flint as akin to an act of terrorism. “Snyder managed to do what ISIS could never do,” BenDor said. The organizers of the protest also created a GoFundMe account to raise money to buy bottled water and filters for the people of Flint. They said other, more permanent fundraising efforts are in the works. Several University students in attendance declined interviews. Katie Oppenheim, a registered nurse and president of the University Nurse’s Union, agreed that Snyder should be held responsible for his dishonesty about the severe levels of lead in Flint water leading up to the city’s state of emergency. Oppenheim recently visited Flint and said the tap water was the color of mustard and essentially toxic, barring citizens from access to clean water to live. John Armelagos, a registered nurse from Ypsilanti and an officer of the Michigan Nurse’s Association, said at the event Flint residents who drank the public water are susceptible to lifelong illnesses. Armelagos noted that children and infants are prone to developmental issues affecting all parts of their bodies, including their brains, and risk being unable to reach their full intellectual potential. Adults may also suffer various kinds of illnesses, including those impacting reproductive health.
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Fear mongering and softballs
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hursday night’s GOP primary debate was business as usual. “The Donald” was loud and off the cuff, squabbling with Ted Cruz over poll numbers in Iowa. We were reminded of the real challenges facing the United States, like The New York Times and Hillary Clinton. As a proud son of New Jersey, every fiber in my being wanted to disown Chris Christie when he spoke, and Ben BRETT Carson seemed to hover GRAHAM somewhere between a casual nap and the deepest of REM cycles. To the naked eye skimming headlines Friday morning, the contest on Fox Business Network was standard operating procedure. With one big exception — moderators Neil Cavuto and Maria Bartiromo offered the most unabashedly biased performance in the presidential primaries to date. They asked questions that played to Republicans’ strengths, they neglected to ask follow-ups and kept the conversation centered on the candidates’ strengths — national security, gun rights and Obama-bashing. The softballs started early with a question to Gov. Christie regarding appropriate use of military action by a president, a question worthy of any primary debate. That is, if the question had not been so loaded. Bartiromo prefaced her inquiry with discussion of Iran’s capture of American sailors, North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, “an aggressive China,” a deteriorating Middle East and a stronger ISIS. “Sometimes,” she continued, teeing it up for Christie. “It seems the world is on fire.” Offering a clearly alarmed summary of evil in the world, coaxing Christie into his bread and butter of fear mongering and “no-nonsense” statements, Bartiromo’s question simplified the complexities of national security and military engagement beyond all reason. How do we keep Americans safe? Strengthen the military. Talk to our allies. It’s that easy! Later, Trump was asked about whether or not, if he should win the White House, he could unite the Republican Party. The moderators waited politely as the front-runner chose to dance around the question, reciting a slice of his stump speech on incompetence and anger. Time constraints then (supposedly) forbade Bartiromo’s follow-up that anyone at home might have phrased, “Did you even try to answer the question, or were you distracted by a bumblebee while I asked it and decided to just spout your usual nonsense?” To be fair, Cavuto spoke up and asserted, “That wasn’t my question” before Marco Rubio picked up too much steam when attempting to pivot from a question on the Common Core to national security. I was ready to chalk this one up to seven politicians, whose bad habit of not answering questions was exacerbated by the pressure and fanfare of the approaching Iowa caucuses. The moderators were struggling, but maybe ascribing too much of the blame to them was unfair.
But then came the most ridiculous question of them all. Introduced through the question of whether or not Bill Clinton’s past indiscretions are a legitimate topic in this election, Ben Carson was asked, “What do you think of the notion that Hillary Clinton is an enabler of sexual misconduct?” Ignoring how irrelevant this question should be to Republican primary voters (though the question was met with applause) and bypassing the ridiculously misogynistic notion that a woman is somehow responsible for a man’s misconduct, consider this question for what it really says — Ben Carson, would you like to take a free shot at the Democratic front-runner, who we view as the devil incarnate? Here, let me provide you with some ammo. Fire away with condescension and platitudes about values. Through loaded questions, softballs and a strange aversion to ask follow-ups, the journalistic failures of the moderators allowed the candidates to play to their strengths of grandstanding and fear mongering. Trump spoke about “bombings all over,” and predicted “many to follow” in the footsteps of Paris. Christie told us how, if you want to keep your homes and your families safe, “you cannot give Hillary Clinton a third term of Barack Obama’s leadership.” Carson summoned up images of cyberbombs, attacks on our electrical grid and “dirty bombs,” (shortly before he misused the word existential, which is another story entirely). Why? Because the basis of these campaign strategies is fear. Fear of who in the world wants to attack us, who is coming to take your guns and the apocalyptic postAmerican society that will exist if a Democrat wins. Just like Burgess Meredith in “Rocky II,” the moderators were clearly in the GOP’s corner, introducing Hillary Clinton as some sort of Clubber Lang in a pantsuit, egging them on in a less than subtle way. But don’t take my word for it. Count the number of follow-ups. Go back and read the questions asked. Hear how they were set up. Listen to the tone and bias. Hear how it has no place in political journalism. Fox Business did its job Thursday night. Unfortunately, that job apparently was not to present the best form of argument to the American people, but to insulate the GOP contenders and drum up a few soundbites along the way. Look no further than the litany of topics omitted from the conversation. Issues from the minimum wage to the skyrocketing cost of higher education, from income inequality to campaign finance reform and women’s reproductive rights were not deemed important enough to grace the stage. However, the cardinal sin may have been that just a 15-minute drive away from the site of the Charleston AME Church shooting, the role of race in criminal justice was mentioned once, by Jeb Bush. Why? Because Republicans are much better at talking about ISIS, immigration and Bill Clinton’s sex life.
“Fox Business did its job Thursday night. Unfortunately, that job apparently was not to present the best form of argument to the American people.”
FRANCES MILLER
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Eulogy Virtues
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low down, you crazy child. So you’ve finished final exams. But the stress doesn’t stop there. It just pivots from those ZACH dreaded test scores to sumBROWN mer internships, job hunts or perhaps larger existential crises. We each have our own ways of dealing with the burdens of college life, and Winter Break is surely a good start. For me, the best method of escape is a pair of noise-canceling headphones. A timely release by Larry Fisherman, rapper Mac Miller’s piano-playing alter ego, reminds me of what’s most important when the pressures of school feel insurmountable. Miller reworks the Billy Joel record “Vienna” with darker, pitch-shifted vocals. This strippeddown cover, absent of any drums or bass, is a sign of Mac Miller’s maturation as an artist, but also a sign that he faces the same problems that college-aged, entry-level job applicants face today. Miller asks, in the first verse, “If you’re so smart, why are you still so afraid?” The reinvigorated lyrics ring just as true today for any University student feeling motivated, yet demoralized at an unclear future as they did on the release of the 1977 album The Stranger. It’s not surprising that Miller chose to recreate this Joel classic. The rapper has experienced quick success, but at 23, he has the world ahead of him, and that can be intimidating. Miller is like any of us. Studying at Michigan is a great start, but that doesn’t make the road ahead any less treacherous. The overwhelming sense of uncertainty is partly what I’m afraid of. The song raises several difficult questions — difficult because we may not want to answer them: “Where’s the fire, what’s the hurry about? / You’d better cool it
off before you burn it out / There’s so much to do and only so many hours in the day.” It’s easy to get caught up in the rat race of Ann Arbor. And it’s even easier for me (or Joel or Miller) to tell you to slow down before you burn it out. But I think it’s important to remember that career goals are only half of the picture. Setting personal goals to spend time with those close to you, being outside more or helping others can put things in perspective. New York Times writer
“When you’re sprinting toward a target, you may be going too fast to realize you’re aiming in the wrong direction. David Brooks raises an interesting point in his book “The Road to Character.” We focus a lot of our attention on “resume virtues” to further our careers, rather than “eulogy virtues,” the traits we’d like to be remembered for. When you’re sprinting toward a target, you may be going too fast to realize you’re aiming in the wrong direction. So, really, what’s the hurry about? Recently, I’ve been contemplating what’s next for me as a secondsemester senior. What jobs should I be applying for? Is law school a good decision for my long-term career goals? The choices I make now will dictate the path I head down, and that’s a lot to digest. It’s unrealistic to think that where I want to be in 10 years is where I will actually end up. It’s fun to dream, though
— maybe I could be an indie record label executive, or maybe I could manage a talented, emerging musician. We have no choice but to take a blind leap toward a career we’re passionate about and hope for the best. Joel’s four-decade-old lyrics sum up my feelings towards dream chasing: “You’ve got your passion, you’ve got your pride / But don’t you know that only fools are satisfied? / Dream on, but don’t imagine that they’ll all come true” There’s a sense of complacency in satisfaction. To set lofty goals is healthy, even if we never quite get there. It requires reinvention. Eight years ago, Miller began releasing mixtapes in high school and then moved on to producing his own independently distributed chart-topping albums. Since, Miller has released music using several aliases, including Larry Fisherman, Delusional Thomas and jazz frontman Larry Lovestein with the Velvet Revolver. Miller continues to redefine his sound as a musician, instrumentalist and producer. In an industry packed with a surplus of artists, it can be hard to stay relevant. We are all trying to break into industries flooded with talented candidates. That alone can be a lot of pressure to keep your foot on the gas. So when your tank’s on empty and the grind has taken its toll, don’t hesitate to turn the lights down, put on your headphones and take a step back. But if I haven’t persuaded you, it may sound more convincing in lyrical form: “Slow down, you crazy child / Take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while / It’s all right, you can afford to lose a day or two / When will you realize, Vienna waits for you.” —Zach Brown can be reached at zmbrown@umich.edu.
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Bernie for secretary of labor
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is rhetoric, passionate; his rallies, electric; his supporters, eclectic. Sen. Bernie Sanders has captured the hearts and minds of exasperated voters across the country who want to restructure our economy to better enfranchise people of all DANNY classes, colors SACK and creeds. This makes him the best available candidate for secretary of labor. Now, I know, Americans don’t actually vote for secretary of labor. The secretary of labor is nominated by the president and then approved by the Senate. That being said, Sen. Sanders, with his impassioned focus throughout his political career on leveling the economic playing field, makes an excellent appointee. Sen. Sanders is, in fact, running for president. I wholeheartedly agree with his goals of “a progressive economic agenda that creates jobs, raises wages, protects the environment and provides healthcare for all.” I also agree with his desire to advance the social services that our global partners have had for years, allowing for lower rates of incarceration, lower income inequality and better health outcomes for less money. Many of these goals fit within the mandate of a secretary of labor, however, more so than that of the president. The president has a greater responsibility. In addition to cultivating an environment in which all Americans have the tools and opportunity to live up to their potential, a president needs to maintain America’s image abroad. To do so, a president of the United States must demand respect on the world stage. They must have intricate knowledge of both how to make our country a better place to
live in and how to tackle problems that involve a diverse set of global stakeholders with vastly different histories, cultures and social environments. Now, I understand that as a child of immigrants who has lived abroad, I may approach this issue with a slightly different perspective. It is a perspective, however, that I feel is important when considering your choice for our next president. Growing up in South Africa, my friends and I saw the United States in its best light. We saw a country of plenty with the resources to provide its citizens with the opportunity to achieve their dreams. Moving to the United States, and the accompanying experiences, has slowly exposed the naiveté of my idealistic fantasy, but I still hold that how the United States is portrayed abroad is important strategically and a responsibility of the president. President George W. Bush’s years in office exposed some of the worst sides of America to the world at large. We saw unchecked military oversteps and government-endorsed — or at least not government-condemned — scientific denial. Conversely, President Obama, in my opinion, has restored some trust in the United States through his global leadership. He negotiated the Iran deal and played a pivotal role in the recent climate change COP21 conference. While not everything he has done has worked to restore global trust in the United States (for example, his use of drones), there have been concrete steps taken in the right direction. In this respect, I feel that Sen. Sanders is unprepared. While his nuanced grasp of our stacked deck of an economy is admirable, his failure to demonstrate any desire to take on foreign policy questions is concerning. The advantages of a healthy global image, while it may seem unimportant to an average American,
provides us with not only increased security and an increased ability to shape global affairs, but also with an inflow of migrants who propel our economy forward — drawn, like my parents, to the opportunity of better lives for their children. Creating and nurturing that image takes time, and given Sen. Sanders’s lack of global name recognition and experience, I am not yet sure he is the best candidate to continue President Obama’s progress on this front. Secretary Hillary Clinton certainly has the poise and expertise to effectively maintain and strengthen our image abroad. She is, however, not without her drawbacks. The Clinton name, for one, is haunted by past controversy. Her association with Establishment American politics may be as much of a liability as it is an asset in our current political climate. Lastly, her trustworthiness rating among potential voters is frighteningly low. That being said, it seems presidential elections are as much about persona as they are about grasp of the issues. Judging by Secretary Clinton’s most recent debate performance, in addition to her mastery of both domestic and international issues, she can successfully weave together policy and emotion to make a succinct argument for how to move forward as a country. At this point in the election season, I am highly conflicted. While I recognize the importance of Sen. Sanders’ domestic message, his seeming lack of interest in global affairs discredits him on the world stage and makes him a better candidate for secretary of labor than for president. Secretary Clinton has a complete grasp of the responsibilities of the presidency, but she needs to prove that her missteps will stay in the past. The primary is not until March, though; plenty of time to start feeling the Bern … —Danny Sack can be reached at sackd@umich.edu.
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Gibson and EJ Womack helped lead the Washtenaw County elementary school kids through each activity. In an interview, Gibson said she wanted the children to think about why King is still celebrated today. “I ask them to tell me about the person Dr. King was,” Gibson said. “Why is he so famous? One first-grader said ‘he went to jail a lot for breaking the law but he was doing it for the right reason.’ I was impressed. My mission is with the students, helping them understand why they are here.” When asked what he had learned, 10-year-old Amari Stevens from Bishop Elementary said he learned that he can do anything. “I learned that anything is possible, and we are not afraid,” he said. While Youth Day was underway, Nontombi Naomi Tutu delivered the annual keynote memorial speech in Hill Auditorium, which, for the first time, was broadcasted live to several watch parties across campus. Several watch parties, hosted by campus groups such as the National Council for Negro Women (NCNW) and University Housing, offered a live broadcast for students and community members who were unable to attend the event in person at Hill Auditorium or wished to experience the lecture in a smaller setting. Engineering junior Sindhu Sreedhar said the watch parties presented a unique opportunity for student discussion in a more comfortable setting. Sreedhar’s sorority, Delta Theta Psi, hosted a watch party at the Michigan Union. She said the symposium was especially meaningful to her as a member of a multicultural sorority. “Issues of racism affect us too, and it kind of hits closer to home,” Sreedhar said. Sreedhar added that she hopes students are able to make connections between Tutu’s speech and life at the University. “Racism is very alive,” Sreedhar said. “But you don’t often see it, especially if you’re not the one being affected.” While Delta Theta Psi hosted their watch party at the Union,
CBS
Pantsuits are so last year.
‘Good Wife’ makes a disjointed return With showrunners on the way out, CBS drama needs to go back to basics By ALEX INTNER Daily Arts Writer
One of the big pieces of news to come out of the Television Critics Association Press Tour this Bpast week was that Robert and The Good Michelle King (“In Justice”), Wife the showrun- Season 7 Midners of “The season Premiere Good Wife” Sundays at 9 p.m. since the beginning of its run, CBS are leaving the show to pursue other projects. There’s still a chance the show will continue for a season eight, but it will be without its two key voices. Honestly, their leaving might be the best thing that could happen to the show. The pair has done a lot of great things with these characters and this world, but the Kings’ contributions are starting to feel long in the tooth as the show pushes weaker political storylines and artificial character separation. The mid-season premiere of the drama has a little bit of both sides: a fantastic opening scene followed by an episode of political bullshit. The mid-season finale closed with Eli Gold (Alan Cumming, “Strange Magic”) revealing to Alicia (Julianna Margulies, “ER”) that he deleted a voicemail from her former partner Will Gardner where he declared that he loved her and would leave everything for her. Alicia tells Eli to “get out” in the premiere, but he doesn’t leave. Instead, he tries to talk to her. Alicia reacts slowly, taking some plates out of a cabinet and painstakingly sorting through the pile. As Alicia goes through each one, the tension builds, especially because Margulies shows little emotion. But when Alicia starts throwing the plates at Eli, there’s a release. In that moment,
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Margulies is legitimately terrifying, bringing up a groundswell of anger and sadness which comes from grief and a wonder for what could have been. It reminded me of the show at its best, when the emotional impact of the character’s decisions produced unparalleled drama. If only the rest of the episode lived up to its opening, as it spends the rest of its time following Peter Florrick’s (Chris Noth, “Sex and the City”) campaign, as he tries to visit every county in Iowa before the caucus. The Kings’ interest in politics has existed since the beginning, but it fails to justify why they took the time to have Peter run for president. It seems like the writers only included this arc in order to be timely and have sharp conversations about the issues and primaries, but overall it was just boring. The episode attempted to build drama from Peter’s mistakes and whether or not he’d be viable, but I felt nothing watching the artificially-built turmoil. Even having “Character Actress” Margo Martindale (“Justified”) isn’t enough to make the story viable. It’s OK for a show to experiment, but the show has dug its head in and kept going with a story which just doesn’t work.
A fantastic opening scene followed by political BS. The biggest reason why the political stories haven’t worked is that they keep Alicia separate from the lawyers at Lockhart, Agos & Lee. They are stuck in their own world, and it’s hurting the show. The artificial obstacles and stupid misunderstandings seem like the Kings are roadblocking the characters into the separation, leading to storylines like David Lee (Zach Grenier, “Fight Club”) and Lucca Quinn (Cush Jumbo, “Getting On”) negotiating a prenup for How-
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ard Lyman (Jerry Adler, “A Most Violent Year”) and Jackie Florrick (Mary Beth Piel, “Dawson’s Creek”) a plotline which appears to exist only so contractual obligations can be filled. Every time I think the Kings are running out of steam, they pull out a scene like the episode’s opening. Still, it seems like they’ve forgotten what made the show great. It wasn’t the tackling of relevant issues or the political intrigue — it was the characters and the drama that came from their interactions. By throwing Cary and Diane into their own show and putting a heavy focus on a useless 2016 election story, it undermines those character moments. The Kings leaving could be a breath of fresh air should the show continue, as it would allow a new showrunner to return to the basics and put the focus back on the characters. However, it could also dig the show even deeper into the muck, and at that point the show might as well disappear.
the University’s section of the National Council of Negro Women hosted their own viewing at the Michigan League. LSA senior Lania Robinson, a member of the University’s NCNW section, said the council helped organize the watch party because they were approached by the University and the event fits with the council’s mission. “Based on our identities as African American women, MLK day is like something that’s really important for us to celebrate,” Robinson said. Robinson added that she hopes that those who attended the watch party learned about the historical significance of racism and how it continues to affect the African American community on campus and across the nation. “I hope that they kind of learn who has suffered in the past, and what that means for us as a community,” she said. Across campus at the School of Public Policy, the Students of Color in Public Policy hosted their own watch party. Public Policy graduate student Jacqueline Barocio said she decided to attend SCPP’s watch party because it offered a way to step out of the everyday routine and to examine how racism operates in modern society. “You kind of forget that you exist in a larger social and political context,” Barocio said. “And re-examining my life opportunities and choices are a deep reflection of history and future social justice.” Barocio said regardless of how society memorializes King, his work continues to this day. “Such work still continues and is very apparent, and is still a primary goal for future generations, including myself,” she said. Following the memorial lecture, several groups held events stretching into the afternoon. A seminar-based forum led by Honors Program residential staff in West Quad’s Connector sought to offer a space where students could reflect on Tutu’s remarks. The discussion focused on inquiry-based prompts, asking participants to think about areas in which they felt social justice was important to them. Responses ranged from workplace experiences of racial discrimination to student stories of their peers’ micro-aggressions.
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GENDER AND MEDIA COLUMN
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The coming-of-age power of Ferrante
Children don’t know the meaning of yesterday, of the day before yesterday, or even of tomorrow, everything is this, now: the street is this, the doorway is this, the stairs are this, this is Mamma, this is Papa, this is the day, this the NATALIE night.” GADBOIS Elena Ferrante, an acclaimed Italian author who writes under that pseudonym, intoned these words in “My Brilliant Friend,” the first story in her series the “Neapolitan Novels.” The series follows two girls, Lila and Elena, growing up in an impoverished neighborhood of Naples, as they struggle for an education, are daunted and then intrigued by boys and yearn for a life outside of their community — really, as they come to grips with the complex truths of growing up as a girl. I’m only on the second book, but what I’ve read has been luminous, quietly potent as Ferrante meanders through complicated lives — as a review in the Guardian stated, “Nothing quite like it has ever been published.” As important as I find these stories, I would have to disagree that they are the first of their kind. I was a freshman in high school when I first learned the term “Bildungsroman,” coming from the mouth of an English teacher I idolized. A German word, clunky and unromantic, it’s used to describe a story surrounding a character’s comingof-age. A story in which the greatest plot point is the main
character changing and growing over the course of time. I was disappointed that such an uninspiring, sticky word described what was the most important genre to me when I was growing up, and to this day. These were the books that had always captivated me: ones of slow growth and rich details, ones that allowed readers to dive into a character’s mind and watch as they changed and grew up. I had my favorites, the classic novels listed in the Bildungsroman Wikipedia entry: “Catcher in the Rye,” John Knowles’ “A Separate Peace,” even “Harry Potter.” Stories about boys, and about boyhood. But two Bildungsromans in particular had entranced me from fifth grade on. I felt I was their girl protagonists, as they grew into women I dreamed of becoming. Both published in the early 1900s, neither “Anne of Green Gables” nor “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” were lauded at the time of their release, but they sold well, and they still sell today. Stories of smart, sincere young girls growing up and navigating two distinct worlds. Both struck a chord with readers. Almost a century later, they struck a chord with me. I connected intimately with Anne and Francie, despite living very different lives from them — I saw shades of myself and the women I loved in them as they grew up. So despite the Guardian’s pronouncement, Ferrante’s stories are not the only in their class, though the group is small. Anne from small town Canada, who over the course of 11 novels finds a family, a vocation, falls in and out of love, has children and loses one, is very different from “Brooklyn” ’s Francie — a girl growing up in impoverished Williamsburg, who has
to face the dichotomy of honoring her heritage and leaving the pain and poverty behind. Like Ferrante’s Lila and Elena, “Brooklyn” relays rarely represented expressions of girlhood as it makes its jumbled way into womanhood. Books (or Bildungsromans) like “Gables” and “Brooklyn,” like the “Neapolitan Novels,” find ways to get inside the minds of young girls — laying anew the aching insecurities, the unwinnable competitions we are placed in, the sad importance men and boys have in shaping our selfesteem. However, these stories go farther than just the universalities of girlhood, using painstaking details to create fully developed lives. In the scope of great literature they may seem small, or irrelevant — relegated to the category of young adult lit, or worse, “women’s,” whatever that means. But their stories are inherently unique in how they create fully realized female characters rather than generalized tropes or bit parts. And unlike much of great literature, they are not focused on the climaxes, on great acts of valor, on powerful figures, on sweeping virtuosos. They are about the daily walk to school, the boy met on a beach and then never seen again, the fight with a best friend, the small, unimpressive stories that fill the lives of girls and that are rarely given value. The little moments that create a life that make a person. I haven’t finished Ferrante’s books yet, but I can’t wait to see what happens to Lila and Elena. That’s really all that great books are supposed to do to you. Gadbois is inspired but skeeved by the term “Bildungsroman.” To suggest alternatives, email gadbnat@umich.edu.
COMMUNITY CULTURE NOTEBOOK
In campus talk, prof. defends narcissism By MARIA ROBINS-SOMERVILLE Daily Arts Writer
Laura Kipnis, Northwestern University Communications Prof., told a crowd at the University today that she’s unafraid to venture into dialogue about touchy subjects — from pornography to what she has coined as “sexual paranoia,” which she says has washed over college campuses across the country. Kipnis has published six books that mostly focus on discourse about gender/sexuality politics, love, sex, American popular culture and aesthetics through essays and anecdotes on her extensive experience and research as a video artist and cultural critic. Her recent essay “Sexual Paranoia Strikes Academe” garnered uproar among the student body at Northwestern, resulting in a Title IX claim filed against her. Kipnis spoke at Rackham Tuesday to an audience composed partially of past and present members of the Michigan Society of Fellows, a group that grants individuals who have demonstrated excellence in various academic disciplines with three-year fellowships. During the event, she read from an excerpt of her upcoming book about narcissism. “There is a rampant level of accusation about other people’s narcissism, and I guess it irks me in a certain way,” Kipnis said in an interview with The Michigan Daily. “I often find myself writing about things that irk me.” She added that narcissism had persistently come up in her travels and conversations, prompting her to write about it. “At a certain point I just started thinking that everywhere I went and lots of conversations I was having and cultural criticism I was
reading had to do with accusations about other people’s narcissism,” Kipnis said. “It’s always someone else who is a narcissist, not you.” In the lecture, Kipnis excavated the rich history of narcissism in a way that touched on the evolution of the concept throughout history. She asked questions that would provoke the audience to revisit their attitudes toward the phrase and any aversion to identifying with it. She spoke about classification of a narcissist in terms of selflove; some say narcissists have an excess of self-esteem, where others have argued that the narcissist emerges from having too little self-esteem. “There’s this really interesting history of who first gets diagnosed as a narcissist, who the term first gets invented about, which ends up interestingly being independent women,” said Kipnis. She explored the work of cultural historian Christopher Lasch, who wrote extensively on the ways in which American culture has the tendency to normalize narcissistic behaviors. He saw himself as exempt from his own critique of narcissism, which was characterized by the blame of individuals for collective faults and bottomless repressed rage. Kipnis also lectured on Sigmund Freud, unpacking his idea of primary narcissism — the innate self-involvement of infants that turns into secondary narcissism, an infatuation with the ego—now coined a narcissistic personality. Kipnis posed the question of whether this increased self-love has devalued the ability to love others. She additionally dove into discussion of the Narcissism Personality Inventory (NPI) — a test meant to measure quantity of narcissism in one’s personality. She suggested that the test was controversial as in what it truly
measures, unclear, hard to agree upon and overused. Kipnis said the varying types of narcissism classifications she encountered in her research, from the “aggressive” to the “paranoid” to the “craving”, to the “phallic” to the “exhibitionist,” supported her claim that narcissism in our world takes a myriad of forms and functions that encompass more of our cultural identity than we’d like to admit. Kipnis asked her audience to consider whether rampant narcissism was a problem of competition for limited resources or simply the way we construct our character, summing up her points when she asked, “What are we entitled to?” “Everyone’s ex is a consummate narcissist,” she joked when exploring narcissism in the context of romantic relationships. In the Q&A portion Kipnis was questioned on the notion of “entitlement” which she referred to as “demand on steroids” and a term that the right side of the political spectrum liked to throw around to describe those who expected different forms of government aid. Kipnis’s tricky past of expressing discontent with the sexual politics on college campuses resurfaced when she responded to a question that asked whether entitlement came as an expectation to be protected from harm. “I have to think more about that,” she said. Kipnis raised interesting points and with thorough research, broadened the scope of the ways in which our culture has given in to self-interest. “Rather than just point fingers at every one else, just take a look in the mirror,” she said on Tuesday. Her statement, albeit jaded, held some truth yet left me hoping for a further investigation of the empathy, justice and compassion that any definition of narcissism fails to encompass.
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When will Rihanna actually drop ‘Anti?’ By CHRISTIAN KENNEDY Daily Music Editor
I was lying in bed last night trolling through my phone’s songs on shuffle. My clock doesn’t move because it’s broken, but track by track, my phone reminded me it was 2 a.m., 3 a.m., 4 a.m., and, now, 5 a.m., when the roughly 1/5924 chance of the unmistakeable banjo strums of “FourFiveSeconds” came through the speaker, filling my apartment. The word “throwback” came to mind, but it stuck there with a tinge of bitterness. Throwback. “FourFiveSeconds,” the lead single for Rihanna’s forthcoming album Anti was released on Jan. 24, 2015. Next Friday’s date is Jan. 22, 2016 (more on this later…). Two months after “FourFiveSeconds,” we were blessed with “Bitch Better Have My Money,” and then came lackluster-at-best “American Oxygen.” Spring of last year, it felt like the world was Rihanna’s oyster. With three singles and rumors of a joint tour with Kanye West, it felt like it was going to be raining RihRih all summer long. Nonetheless, it has been a (historically un)cold, long, Rihannaless winter. She hasn’t left her fans all the way behind: a faint trail of videos alluding to a concept album have been laced throughout an online “AntiDiary.” Underwhelming
in content, the site offers exclusive tidbits for Samsung users and other videos, clues, etc. for the general public. I have yet to meet someone who knew about this before I told them. (Read: It’s going well. Everyone is on the edge of their seats.) The rooms of the site are labeled “R1” through the “R8 Bedroom,” the latter of which just so happens to be the only one left locked. That, combined with the excessive hashtagging of #R8 for the past year as a reference to Rih’s eighth album, leads to the conclusion that once the R8 Bedroom is unveiled, as will Anti. Flashback to 5:21 a.m. on Saturday Jan. 16, 2015. Rihanna won’t be releasing her album tonight for its surprise drop. The Sun feels too close, ya know? Next week, Jan. 22, seems like the most viable option. Unreality UK added some backbone to the notion — however, it was also supposed to drop on Nov. 6, and then maybe again on Dec. 24. On Jan. 29, Sia, writer of Rihanna’s “Diamonds,” and transcendent songstress of would’ve-been Anti track “Reaper,” releases her album This Is Acting. Rihanna won’t release hers the same week — that’d be a dick move. There’s nothing inherently unlikely about Feb. 5 other than the fact that I want the release to be Jan. 22. The next week we
will see Yeezy’s Swish, so that’s out. And if we get to Feb. 19, a mere 7 days before Rihanna embarks on her 69-show Anti World Tour, so help me God. Rihanna wants her next album to be “timeless.” Do the singles feel timeless? Is Travi$ Scott to blame? Are they dating? Does this article read like a lot of fluff without much payoff? You now feel what it’s like to be a Rihanna fan on Jan. 16 at 5:35 a.m. On Nov. 23, 2014 a Michigan Daily headline read, “Dear Rihanna, where are you?” On Jan. 17, 2016, it reads: “What the hell, Rihanna?” UPDATE: Rihanna shared a CBS promo on Jan. 16 for “Three Big Events” in which she and the NFL flip a coin (one side with the Super Bowl 50 logo, the other with a Grammy) to see who will go first on Feb. 7; she loses and says “I’m worth the wait.” Super Bowl 50 will be immediately followed by a live edition of “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert. The 58th Grammys air Feb. 15. Will Rihanna release her album on Colbert? Possibly at the end of the show à la Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz at the VMAs? With Rihanna 8.0, one thing is for sure: without an album release prior to her seems-tobe appearance at the Grammys (considering she isn’t nominated for a Grammy this year), it may just feel like another door opening with nothing behind it.
FILM REVIEW
Stunning visuals and tense plot in ‘Theeb’ By JOE WAGNER For The Daily
Theeb. Wolf. “(In Bedouin culture,) if someone calls you a wolf, you have earned their respect as a man of daring and cunning, a B+ person who can achieve imposTheeb sible feats,” Naji Abu Nowar, State Theatre director of the MAD Solutions Jordanian film “Theeb,” wrote in his statement for Minnesota St. Paul Film Society. “The wolf is an ambiguous creature both revered and feared, it is both a pack animal, loyal to its tribe, and a strong individual capable of existing by itself.” Nowar’s directorial debut is a compelling, sometimes confusing reinterpretation of the western genre, interlaced with a Bildungsroman narrative. The cast is composed entirely of nonprofessional actors with the exception of Jack Fox (“Blood Moon”). The film, set in 1916, takes place in the beautiful Arabian landscape of the Wadi Rum desert, which at times seems to evoke the classic Western location of Monument Valley. Theeb (Jacir Eid Al-Hwietat), the protagonist of the film, is given his name at birth, which
means that greatness is expected of him. At its core, “Theeb” is a story of boy who must live up to these high expectations. A boy who must become a man. Theeb and his brother Hussein (Hussein Salameh Al-Sweilhiyeen) have recently lost their father, the leader of their tribe. When Edward (Jack Fox), an Englishman, and Marji (Marji Audeh), an Arab, visit Theeb and Hussein’s encampment seeking refuge and guidance through the desert, the brothers accept the request out of honor for their deceased father. Hussein, an expert navigator of the area, is asked to guide them to a well along a pilgrims’ trail near the Ottoman railroad. The trail is rumored to have more raiders than pilgrims.
An adventure film that is, at the least, entertaining. Despite the complaints of Edward and Marji, Theeb joins the group, eager for adventure
and wanting to spend time with his brother. The rumor of danger comes to fruition when they arrive at the well, where they are ambushed. During an intense Western-style shoot-out, lives are lost and Theeb must work together with one of the murderous raiders to survive the treacherous Wadi Rum desert. “Theeb,” with its stunning landscape shots and anxiety-provoking story, is an adventure film that is, at the least, entertaining. The skeleton survival tale of the plot is easily accessible with its primal urgency. However, the details, which make films really come alive, lack clarity. For example, why does the Englishman travel alone? Why is he visiting different wells? Perhaps, with greater knowledge of the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I or a better understanding of Bedouin culture, the film’s subtleties would be more comprehensible. Yet for the lay-viewer, these questions are left unanswered. Still, the story of a boy becoming a man is timeless and relatable. In a year riddled with survival films (like “The Revenant,” “The Martian” and “Mad Max: Fury Road”), “Theeb” manages to hold its own by playing with genre and telling a story from a people whose views are rarely depicted on the screen.
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Ohio State 6 (SO), Michigan 5
BLOW FOR BLOW Michigan comeback, postgame fight culminate series split with Buckeyes By MINH DOAN Daily Sports Editor
If an opposing team gives the Michigan hockey team’s offense opportunities to score, chances are the Wolverines will make them pay. And that’s exactly what Michigan did Sunday evening. With just 52 seconds gone in the third period and the Wolverines on a two-man advantage and down by two goals, freshman forward Kyle Connor received a cross-ice pass from junior forward Tyler Motte and buried the puck past Ohio State goaltender Matt Tomkins. Just 50 seconds later, Motte was on the receiving end of a big rebound from Tomkins and slid it under the netminder to even the game. Less than two minutes after that, Motte scored again for his third goal of the game, and the Wolverines didn’t look back, cruising to an 8-6 win Sunday at Yost Ice Arena that saw 84 penalty minutes handed out after the final buzzer sounded. As soon as the game ended, a brawl broke out in front of Michigan goaltender Steve Racine that saw sophomore defenseman Cutler Martin sucker punch Ohio State forward Brendon Kearney. Martin was handed a disqualification, which means
he will be suspended at least one game. Sophomore forward Dexter Dancs was also given a disqualification while junior forward Alex Kile was given a game misconduct for leaving the bench. The brawl ended what was an exciting game from start to finish. Unlike Friday’s game, when Michigan went down 3-0 before mounting a comeback, the Wolverines came out of the gate strong. It paid off just 1:45 into the game, when sophomore forward Tony Calderone found freshman forward Brendan Warren all alone in the slot. Warren took Calderone’s pass and one-timed the puck past Tomkins for his fifth goal of the year. “It was good to see Brendan Warren score a goal tonight,” Berenson said. Ohio State tied the game up when Buckeye forward Dakota Joshua grabbed his own rebound and put the puck past senior goaltender Steve Racine. But as they have done all season, the Wolverines answered quickly. Just 36 seconds after the Buckeyes’ equalizer, freshman forward Kyle Connor found junior forward Tyler Motte on an oddman rush. Motte’s first attempt was saved, but Tomkins could not deny Motte and he roofed it over the netminder’s left shoulder. Ohio State responded, though, winning another scrum in front of Racine. This time, Racine was on his back without his stick as trailing Buckeye forward Tyler
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Lundey chipped the puck over the sprawling netminder to knot the game at two going into the first intermission. But as well as Michigan came out in the first period, Ohio State came out even faster in the second. Just three seconds after the puck was dropped to start the beginning of the second period, senior forward Justin Selman went to the penalty box for high sticking and the Buckeyes capitalized. After some nice passing down low, Ohio State forward Matthew Weis found David Gust across the crease, where Gust tapped home his sixth goal of the year. But it didn’t stop there for the Buckeyes. Two minutes later, Ohio State defenseman Sasha Larocque found himself wide open in the slot and buried a shot past Racine. Michigan got a goal back when Connor collected his own rebound, rounded the net and beat Tomkins glove side, but the Buckeyes answered with another powerplay goal from forward Mason Jobst to restore the two-goal lead. “(Ohio State) skated well,” Berenson said. “I thought they played really well. They attacked well with the puck. They’re a good hockey team, and they’re a fast hockey team. They had us on our heels for half of the game.” After the Wolverines’ scoring spree to start the third period, sophomore forward Dexter Dancs added his fifth goal of the year and Compher scored on an empty net, while Ohio State forward Kevin Miller tacked one on late to round out the scoring. While Racine allowed six goals, See HOCKEY, Page 3B
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Fan provides sendoffs to remember
he physical act of going on the road, generally, creates little fanfare for Michigan teams. Sure, the football team’s fans frequently fill opposing stadiums, but the team departs Schembechler Hall the day before games with a police escort devoid of much of the rah-rah “Go Blue” fandom exhibited in Michigan Stadium. The men’s basketball team doesn’t have a fan presence, either, as it departs the William Davidson Player Development Center for road trips. The Michigan women’s basketball team, however, has a very different experience. It has Chuck Raab. To call Raab — a recently retired special needs teacher who lives in Ann Arbor — a Michigan fan would be an understatement. He is the most diehard of the diehards, a guy who bleeds so blue a smurf would be impressed. He grew up watching Red Berenson and Cazzie Russell play for Michigan, and at times over the years, he has been a fixture at different Michigan sporting events, from football to women’s rowing. But now, Raab puts most of his time and energy into supporting the women’s basketball team. For most, supporting any athletic team is a part-time hobby, reserved for watching games and keeping up to date with news involving the team. Raab’s support goes well beyond that. He stood on Stadium Boulevard on Saturday, right by the Player Development Center, Crisler Center and Michigan Stadium as the team began to load its bus to the airport for its game against Penn State. He was armed with a large Michigan flag and a sign that read, “Michigan Wolverines never stop.” When the bus prepared to leave the parking lot, Raab placed the handle of his flag in a cone sitting nearby. He grabbed his
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Chuck Raab has been a Michigan women’s basketball superfan since around 2003, sending the team off from Crisler Center when it leaves for road trips.
sign as the bus passed by, jumping up and down to show the players and coaches. Then, as the bus headed down Stadium toward the Big House, Raab dropped his sign and snatched the flag. He sprinted alongside the bus until it was completely out of sight. He yelled words of encouragement the entire time. He does the same thing every time the Wolverines go on the road. “I want to support the team as it’s leaving for an away game just to show them that we the fans support them wherever they’re playing, wherever they’re going,” Raab said. His support and steadfast encouragement don’t go unacknowledged by the team. The players and coaching staff waved to Raab as he executed
his sendoff, and many of the players give him high-fives as he screams and hollers when they run onto the court for home games. At games, Raab is a ball of enthusiasm, using his frontrow seat as a way to be close to the action and constantly yell words of support. If Raab’s excitement about Michigan women’s basketball seems unusual, it’s because it is. Historically, the program hasn’t enjoyed a great deal of success. The Wolverines have never reached the Sweet 16 in the
NCAA Tournament, and black curtains rope off the upper-level seats for home games. The team has drawn more than 3,000 fans to a home game only once this season, despite an 11-6 record in a year when rebuilding was the sole expectation. Those facts do not dampen Raab’s enthusiasm. He has long been a fan of Michigan women’s basketball, but his current level of devotion began in 2003 with the arrival of former coach Cheryl Burnett. Raab remembers Burnett
“We the fans support them wherever they’re playing.”
pleading with the team’s fans to be more passionate about the team. He took it as a call to action. He decided he would support the team in every way he possibly could. He bought a season-ticket courtside seat that he holds to this day, decked himself out in Michigan clothing and started making signs to hold at games. He’d show up when the team went on road trips, too, cheering them on the entire way. He hasn’t looked back, 13 years later. His repertoire of signs is constantly changing and growing. He showed up to Thursday’s home game against Maryland with nine handwritten signs, all giving his favorite team messages of encouragement. He even shows up sometimes when the team gets back to Ann
Arbor after road games, like he did Sunday night after the Wolverines downed Penn State in State College. Raab sees a program on the rise, one led by what he believes is the best coaching staff in the country. If the team is working so hard, Raab believes, then the fans should be working hard to support them. “I want to help create this kind of atmosphere around the court to give our women — which they richly deserve — the best homecourt advantage in the country,” Raab said. Raab hardly ever misses a game or seeing the team off for a road trip, estimating that he misses seeing the team bus depart once a season, but only if he has a very important conflict. He was slowed down by a battle with stage IV Hodgkin’s lymphoma for a couple of years after 2011, and then again with a more recent melanoma scare. He was disappointed, even in the midst of extremely serious health problems, that he couldn’t support the team the way he wanted to. “It’s my passion,” Raab said. “I just want to do whatever I can to support the team. It’s not about … it’s nothing about me. It’s about the team, the team, the team. I’m just trying to support the team, the team, the team.” For now, Raab may very well be the team’s most passionate fan. But if someone surpasses him one day, it seems like Raab wouldn’t mind. He might even prefer it. “Every year, I just dream about the day when we can fill this whole arena up and everybody (can) be that passionate and give us that home-court advantage,” Raab said before Thursday’s game. “That is my main goal.” Cohen can be reached at maxac@umich.edu and on Twitter @MaxACohen.
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Michigan rolls in first tournament By ORION SANG Daily Sports Writer
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Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico’s team pulled out a close victory over Penn State on Sunday, led by sophomore guard Katelynn Flaherty’s 23 points.
‘M’ holds on at Penn State Wolverines hit free throws down the stretch, rebound from Thursday loss By LELAND MITCHINSON Daily Sports Writer
Though the Michigan women’s basketball team seemed to be in control for most of its game against MICHIGAN 91 Penn PENN STATE 87 State (1-5 Big Ten, 6-11 overall) on Sunday, it took everything the Wolverines had to hold on for a 91-87 victory on the road. Composure from the freethrow line and the team’s ability to get the ball into the hands of sophomore guard Katelynn Flaherty, who was 9-for-10 from the stripe on the night, kept Michigan (3-3, 11-6) a step ahead
in its first win in State College since 2001. Despite allowing Penn State to close the gap, Michigan turned in a strong defensive performance in the first half, limiting the Nittany Lions to just 37-percent shooting from the floor. The Wolverines turned it up a notch to begin the third quarter, stretching their lead to 15 at one point, in large part due to the fact that Penn State had no answer for Thome in the post and in transition. Freshman center Hallie Thome finished the contest with 18 points, five rebounds and four blocks, though she fouled out with 2:03 left in the game. Fouls were a problem for both teams as junior guard Siera Thompson joined Thome in fouling out, committing her fifth in the last minute of the game, and the Nittany Lions also had three players reach the foul limit. Flaherty found her groove
in the second half to make up for it, leading the Wolverines in scoring with 23 points for the game, which included 4-for-5 shooting from 3-point range. Penn State made it uncomfortable for Michigan late, going on a 7-0 run with four minutes left in the fourth. The Nittany Lions continued to claw their way back, cutting the Michigan lead all the way down to five with only a minute left. The charge was led by guard Teniya Page, who finished the game with 31 points, though the Wolverines were able to avoid a big collapse on the road, relying on late free throws to shut Penn State’s window of opportunity. “I thought Penn State did a tremendous job of fighting and fighting and battling back,” said Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico. “Every time we got up 10 or 12 points they would make another run.” “We’ve lost three games that have come down to this and we
didn’t make our free throws down the stretch, so tonight it was great to see.” After the game began with a nearly two minute scoreless streak by both teams, the Wolverines found their stride, benefitting from strong firstquarter performances by Thome and Thompson, who combined for 15 points on the way to a 23-14 lead for Michigan. Leading by nine to start the second quarter, the Wolverines turned to their bench as starters Thome, Thompson and Flaherty each picked up two personal fouls. The foul trouble, along with 13 turnovers, allowed the Nittany Lions to cut their deficit to four at the half. “Our turnovers were so unforced at times,” Barnes Arico said. “They were in transition when we had numbers and we had opportunities … so that will be something that we’ll definitely emphasize.”
The No. 14 Michigan women’s tennis team struggled with injuries during the fall season, with many lineup regulars unable to play. But this weekend, with everyone healthy and back in the mix, the Wolverines showed little sign of rust, competing in their first tournament since the end of the fall season as they hosted No. 23 Georgia Tech, North Florida and Tennessee for the Michigan Invitational at the Varsity Tennis Center. Led by strong performances from sophomore Alex Najarian and freshmen Brienne Minor and Kate Fahey, Michigan was able to win the majority of both its singles and doubles matches over the weekend. Both Najarian and Minor won all three of their singles matches, while Fahey won each of her doubles matches. “We got a lot of quality, tough matches,” Bernstein said. “They were put in a lot of difficult situations — you saw a lot of tiebreakers today and big points. Overall, I think it was the perfect weekend to get us ready for next weekend.” Friday, the Wolverines got off to a sluggish start in doubles play, dropping three out of four matches against the Yellow Jackets, but Bernstein was unconcerned with her team’s slow start. “With the new doubles (rules), everything happens pretty quick, so we just need to be ready,” Bernstein said. “We had new teams — a couple of the kids in doubles hadn’t played in the fall. After that first round, I had a feeling that we would be OK and that we’d settle down. I think as the weekend went on, the doubles definitely picked up.” Michigan proved Bernstein right by improving from their inauspicious start to the tournament. The Wolverines
swept Tennessee in three doubles matches before later winning all seven singles matches against North Florida to close out the first day. Michigan continued its success from the previous day on Saturday, winning three of four doubles matches against the Volunteers and all three of its doubles matches against the Ospreys. The Wolverines continued the momentum forward, winning five of their eight singles matches against Georgia Tech. The last day, though, proved to be the toughest competition for the Wolverines in singles play, as they split eight matches with Tennessee. Minor was broken several times in the first set of her match against Sadie Hammond at the third singles position, but came back to win the first-set tiebreaker. She went on to win the second set, 6-3, to finish off her perfect performance over the weekend. “I thought I did well in singles and doubles overall,” Minor said. “I’m feeling pretty good going into season.” Both Fahey and Najarian were in similarly tough matches, as Fahey dropped a highly contested first set en route to a 5-7, 1-6 loss. Najarian, on the other hand, battled her way to a 7-6, 7-5 victory. Bernstein was pleased with the mental toughness her team showed. “You don’t always feel your best or play your best,” Bernstein said. “But you have to figure out a way to compete, and I think we did a good job of that.” The Wolverines will look to continue their hot start next week at the ITA Kick-Off. “I definitely think (this weekend) gave us some momentum,” Minor said. “I thought our whole team has been playing well, even though some of us lost. I think we’re all ready for the season.”
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January 19, 2016 — 3B
Top line dominant vs. Buckeyes Wolverines rally, WRESTLING
knock off Illinois
By KEVIN SANTO Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan hockey team entered Value City Arena in Columbus on Friday night as close to perfect as it had been all season. The Wolverines were coming off back-to-back weekends that featured a Great Lakes Invitational title and a series sweep against Michigan State. Michigan notched its two victories against the Spartans in a commanding fashion, recording its largest series goal differential of the season — finding twine 15 times while conceding just five goals on the defensive end. But the Wolverines’ two-game stint against Ohio State ended in a different fashion: with players from both sides trading blows at Yost Ice Arena in a fight that is rare in college hockey. The brawl was emblematic of Michigan’s experience all weekend. The Buckeyes repeatedly put the Wolverines on the ropes, mercilessly landing shots that would reduce most teams to an embarrassing two-loss weekend. Each time Ohio State had seemingly locked down an upset victory, though, Michigan was saved by the play of its first line. That line — comprised of junior forward JT Compher, junior forward Tyler Motte and freshman forward Kyle Connor — combined for nine of the 13 goals the Wolverines scored this weekend, leading them to a tie Friday and a victory Sunday. “I don’t have to give them a message,” said Michigan coach Red Berenson. “They’re leading our team, and good for them. You need somebody, or a group, to really lead your team — particularly when you get behind.” The sheer total of goals the first line scored isn’t even what’s most impressive about its performance this weekend. Instead, Motte, Compher and Connor seemed to have the clutch gene in their DNA against the Buckeyes, lighting the
Michigan leans on back end to beat second consecutive ranked opponent By NATHANIEL CLARK Daily Sports Writer
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Michigan’s line of Kyle Connor, JT Compher and Tyler Motte scored nine of the Wolverines’ 13 goals against Ohio State.
lamp just when Michigan needed it time and time again. Just over a minute into the third period Friday, Connor sniped a one-timer past Ohio State netminder Matt Tomkins to extend Michigan’s unanswered scoring run to three. After allowing three straight goals to open the game, Connor’s finish was a key one — providing the Wolverines with an opportunity to play the third frame as if it were a brand-new game. Though Michigan went on to let a win slip through its fingers on a defensive zone faceoff with seven seconds to play, Connor’s goal was the spark that allowed the Wolverines to be in a position to steal three points from the Buckeyes. The freshman rounded out the weekend with two more goals Sunday, both of which trimmed Ohio State’s lead to one. Connor’s second goal of the night came just 52 seconds into the third period and led to the four consecutive finishes that left Michigan
standing on top. With his three-goal weekend, Connor is now tied for first in the NCAA in goals this season with 18. As if an offense that scores an NCAA-high 4.86 goals per game isn’t scary enough, Motte is one of the three players Connor is tied with in the category. The Buckeyes had no answer for Motte on Sunday, as the junior forward notched his first career hat trick to close out the series, and had an assist to go with it. Like Connor, Motte found the back of the net at moments that entirely shifted the momentum of the contest — tallying a go-ahead goal in the first period before burying an equalizer and another go-ahead in the third. “For me, it’s just working with these guys,” Motte said. “They make it pretty easy on me, getting me the puck in prime scoring areas. The timing of them just happened to be (go-ahead and tying goals) tonight.” And then there’s the captain.
Compher didn’t endlessly pepper the back of the net like his two line partners, but he did add a pair of goals for himself. The more important of those two came Friday. With the score sitting at 4-3 and just 2:41 remaining on the game clock, Compher held the puck behind the goal line searching for an opening before cleverly banking a shot off the goaltender’s back and into the net. And while Motte and Connor may be leading the NCAA in goals, they can largely thank Compher for that. The junior has been the maestro behind the offense all year, racking up 25 assists in 21 games — good for second in the NCAA in that category. “I think since (our line has) been put together, we just move the puck well,” Compher said. This weekend, the Wolverines were very far from perfect. But with the first line they have, maybe, imperfection will do for now.
Once again, the No. 10 Michigan wrestling team found itself trailing a ranked opponent in the second half of a meet. And once again, the Wolverines rallied to win. Michigan defeated No. 13 Illinois, 25-14, and erased a 14-8 deficit with four matches to go. The Wolverines’ victory comes directly on the heels of a 21-11 triumph over then-No. 6 Ohio State on Jan. 9 — a meet in which Michigan trailed, 11-9, after the sixth bout. “If we’re coming in at 184 (pounds) and the dual is tied, we’re going to win the dual,” said sixth-ranked, 197-pound, sixthyear senior Max Huntley. “There was no way that we were going to lose two of the three (matches) at that weight class.” It all started in the 174-pound class when redshirt freshman No. 16 Davonte Mahomes earned a 12-3 major decision over Emery Parker. Mahomes scored five takedowns and accumulated 1:39 of riding time during the bout. “At the 174 (pound) match, I looked at the scoreboard and said, ‘we have to win this match,’ ” said Michigan coach Joe McFarland. “It was good to see (Mahomes) go out there and really take control and dominate that match.” The Wolverines took the lead when No. 10 junior Domenic Abounader earned two takedowns in the third period en
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Wolverines fall short at Windy City Invite Michigan finds room for improvement after Big Ten foes dominate meet By COLE ZINGAS Daily Sports Writer
At the Windy City Invitational in Chicago on Sunday, the Michigan men’s gymnastics team lined up against five top-16 teams, hoping to establish legitimacy as a national contender. But after the meet, the Wolverines’ first of the year, they returned to Ann Arbor dissatisfied. For Michigan, a fifthplace finish in a six-team field did not sit well. The fifth-ranked Wolverines (1-4, 0-4 Big Ten) ended up behind four other Big Ten teams — No. 2 Ohio State, No. 6 Illinois,
No. 8 Minnesota and No. 9 Iowa — finishing with a 413.700 team score. That put them 12.250 points behind the Fighting Illini, who edged out Ohio State by .250 points to win the meet. Senior captain Nolan Novak addressed the team after the meet, telling them to remember the feeling they had at that moment. “We need to attack each practice with that feeling in our gut and say, ‘I don’t want to feel that way ever again,’ ” Novak said. But the end result was not representative of the beginning of the competition for the young Michigan squad. To start the meet, freshmen Anthony MacCallum and Emyre Cole and junior Anthony Stefanelli took to the vault and finished second, third and fifth, respectively. They all scored a 15 or higher, and in Michigan coach Kurt Golder’s opinion, the routines should have been scored even
higher. “The first team up normally gets lower scores, then the judges get loosened up as the meet goes on,” Golder said. “I think they were real tight on us in some vaults.” Nevertheless, the Wolverines won the vault team event by 1.5 points, a wide margin for a single event. But after that, the team was shaky, showing its inexperience and youth in events such as the pommel horse, parallel bars and high bar. Michigan finished second to last in all three of those events. Part of the reason could be because several Wolverines had to face new challenges in a meet Novak called a “learning experience.” Novak competed in the high bar for the first time Sunday. Freshman Matt Whitaker, an alternate, was slotted for the
parallel bars at the last minute. Sophomore Marty Strech competed in the all-around for the first time in his Michigan career and seven freshmen competed in their first collegiate meet. But to Golder, having an inexperienced team means there is much more potential to improve than other top-10 teams. “If (Michigan) met Utah in football at the end of the season, we would have beat them,” Golder said. “Hopefully that will happen with our team.” Though the Michigan football team never got another crack at the Utes, the men’s gymnastics team will face the top two teams from Sunday, Illinois and Ohio State, again later in the season. “We’ve got some pretty darn talented guys,” Golder said. “They’re certainly going to be scoring a lot higher at the end of the year than they are right now.” Golder said the vault team is
already realizing its potential, but the floor team is also very talented and did not show what it’s capable of Sunday. He also foresees improvement in the parallel bars, which was the Wolverines’ downfall this weekend. Michigan is now determined to make these improvements. After falling to three teams ranked below them, the Wolverines know they need to perform better in order to reassert themselves as one of the nation’s teams to beat. “This is going to fuel the fire for the rest of the season,” Novak said. “We have more motivation than anyone else because we have a lot more to prove.” Michigan hopes to ignite that fire very quickly, as five days of preparation is all the Wolverines have before their next meet. Saturday, they will have a prime opportunity to prove themselves— they will take on No. 1 Oklahoma at Cliff Keen Arena.
route to an 8-2 victory over Jeff Kopke at 184 pounds. But it was Huntley who sealed the match for the Wolverines. He pinned Jeff Kopke 2:39 into the match to give Michigan an insurmountable 21-14 edge. No. 4 junior heavyweight Adam Coon put the cherry on top, earning an 11-2 major-decision win against No. 19 Brooks Black. “We’re getting the work done in the practice room and it’s showing up on the mat,” Coon said. “We’re definitely happy with our performances, but we’re never satisfied.” Yet Michigan’s final four wrestlers were not the only ones to shine Friday. No. 19 redshirt junior Conor Youtsey opened the meet with a 25-10 technical-fall victory over Francis Edelen at 125 pounds. The performance gave the Wolverines a 5-0 lead at the time. In spite of the win, there were a few moments Michigan would probably like to forget. In the 157-pound class, No. 5 junior Brian Murphy suffered a technical-fall defeat at the hands of No. 1 Isaiah Martinez 4:44 into the bout, turning an 8-6 Wolverine lead into an 11-8 deficit. Also, redshirt sophomore George Fisher lost his match against Brock Ervin, 8-6, which gave the Fighting Illini a 6-5 edge. With a matchup against No. 1 Penn State on Jan. 31, as well as Big Ten and NCAA championships looming, McFarland was quick to point out areas where Michigan needs to improve. “In some cases, we allowed guys to slow us down,” McFarland said. “We want high-paced, inspired wrestling. We have guys who are capable of doing that, but right now we don’t have all 10 guys doing that. We need to get there.”
HOCKEY From Page 1B he stopped 43 Buckeye shots to earn his eighth win of the season. The first line of Compher, Connor and Motte finished with a combined 12 points and accounted for six of Michigan’s eight goals. “They’re playing the right way,” Berenson said. “They’ve got confidence, they’ve got chemistry, and they’re leading our team.” Earlier this year, Compher said Michigan didn’t want to be known as the “comeback kids.” But the team’s inconsistent play has forced it to be just that. And somehow, they’re getting by quite well. “It’s old time hockey,” Berenson said. “We’re trying to play better defensively, but that’s what you get tonight. They had too many shots, too many chances. We had 40 shots against after two periods tonight. That’s unacceptable, but that’s the way the game is played. “If it snows out, you have to deal with it.”
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‘M’ falls at Iowa By LEV FACHER Daily Sports Writer
IOWA CITY — The Michigan men’s basketball team provided further nightmare fodder Sunday for one former MICHIGAN 71 IOWA 82 secretary of state, proving repeatedly that leads in Iowa are never secure, even for hometown favorites. Twice, the Wolverines allowed themselves to fall behind substantially and seemingly for good in front of 15,400 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. But twice, Michigan brushed its past Hawkeye State woes aside and refused to let the game slip out of reach until the final minutes of its 82-71 loss at No. 16 Iowa. The Wolverines (3-2 Big Ten, 13-5 overall) weathered the Hawkeyes’ 9-0 run to open the game and again recovered from a deficit that ballooned to 12 midway through the first half, even taking a two-point lead with 15:24 remaining in the game. “We were really happy with this (performance),” said Michigan coach John Beilein, citing the daunting road environment, which was impressive especially given the sub-zero temperatures outside. “They did show a lot more than they did in a couple other games.” The third blow, however, proved too hard to recover from, as a 3-pointer from Peter Jok with 8:55 remaining put the Hawkeyes (5-0, 14-3) up by 11. The Wolverines threatened once again, trimming Iowa’s lead to as little as five, but ultimately left their comeback trifecta incomplete. Michigan struggled to contain Jok and Jarrod Uthoff throughout, in no small part due to its shooting ability and knack for consistently finishing in transition. Uthoff finished with 23 points, and Jok added 16. “Transition defense is really
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Lineup changes not enough for Michigan By KELLY HALL Daily Sports Editor
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John Beilein, pictured Tuesday vs. Maryland, saw his team lose to Iowa on Sunday.
hard when you have five shooters (on offense),” Beilein said. “There were a couple of times there when we had bad matchups. (Junior forward) Mark Donnal all of a sudden is over on Jok. That’s bad anyway, let alone if you’re running down the court trying to identify him.” The Wolverines’ transitional woes proved a consistent thorn in their side, but the root of the problem — their inability to handle Iowa’s defensive pressure — seemed to bother Beilein more. Michigan turned the ball over 13 times, including three consecutive possessions once Iowa began applying a 2-3 zone press. The Hawkeyes’ pressure was hardly a surprise, and the Wolverines even used their press break to their advantage in Tuesday’s win over No. 3 Maryland, taking the opportunity to find redshirt sophomore guard Duncan Robinson alone on the perimeter. Robinson even
expressed excitement prior to the Iowa game that Michigan could replicate the performance — provided, of course, the Wolverines could get the ball up the court. All in all, the Wolverines did well to pick off one game in their 10-day devil’s row — a visit to then-No. 20 Purdue, a matchup with No. 3 Maryland and, finally, the visit to No. 16 Iowa. Playing without senior guard Caris LeVert, the centerpiece of their offense, the Wolverines nonetheless kept things close in both of the losses and manufactured more than enough offense to finish the upset over the Terrapins. But in January, when it came to Big Ten standings and NCAA Tournament resumes and the harsh reality of back-to-back road losses setting in, Walton provided no excuse. “We didn’t really want to do moral victories,” Walton said. “It’s not what we do.”
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IOWA CITY — With Caris LeVert still sidelined with a lower left leg injury, the Michigan men’s basketball team searched hard for a winning combination against No. 16 Iowa on Sunday. At times, the Wolverines even used redshirt freshman forward D.J. Wilson and true freshman Moritz Wagner — two big men who don’t often see the court, let alone see it at the same time — to get some momentum going after falling into an early 11-0 hole. Michigan coach John Beilein’s meddling was to no avail, though, and the Hawkeyes (5-0 Big Ten, 14-3 overall) handily beat the Wolverines, 82-71. “They were the better team than us tonight, without question,” Beilein said. “We fought hard; we had three really bad spurts during the game. At the beginning of the first, three quarters of the way through the first half and three quarters of the way through the second.” Beilein orchestrated multiple comebacks from Iowa’s spurts, including a 13-0 run in the first half that was a result of lineup changes. Redshirt sophomore guard Duncan Robinson started Michigan’s (3-2, 13-5) run by driving to the basket rather than hitting his signature 3-pointer. After Robinson led the way, Wagner and sophomore forward Aubrey Dawkins followed up with inside layups of their own. The run was accentuated further by back-to-back dunks from Wagner and Wilson. Wagner grabbed a defensive rebound after the Wolverines’ nine-point spurt, gave it to junior guard Derrick Walton and ran to the other side of the court.
Meanwhile, Walton dribbled it all the way around the perimeter and passed to Dawkins, who dished it back to Wagner in the paint for a two-handed slam. Dawkins did such a good job with his assist that he was beckoned over to the sideline with the clock still running to give Beilein a hug. The play was part of a vital 13-0 run that gave Michigan a one-point lead, 21-20, with 8:11 left in the first half. The lineup for a majority of the run included Walton, sophomore guard MuhammadAli Abdur-Rahkman, Dawkins, Wilson and Wagner. “The length that we tried to get to get a bigger hand up on a few of their guys, but they ended up going with four or five shooters out there,” Beilein said. “We’re just trying to find ways to get D.J. on the floor.” Added junior forward Mark Donnal: “Overall, I think they did a good job of playing their role,” Donnal said. “We run (Wilson and Wagner) at that position during practice all the time. It’s not something that we’re not used to seeing, but I guess in games you don’t necessarily see it (often).” Michigan started off the second half with a Robinson 3-pointer less than a minute in. Robinson jumpstarted a 13-6 run at the start of the second that led Michigan to regain a lead after heading into halftime down 38-33. Abdur-Rahkman proved he could work the inside against the Hawkeyes in the second frame, consistently breaking through the zone and laying the ball in while still under the net — sometimes while in reverse and without looking — but also proved himself as a perimeter threat. A little less than four minutes into the second half, he
stepped back and hit a three to put Michigan within one point of the Hawkeyes, 47-46. “We saw how deflated (previous opponents’ runs) looked or felt,” Walton said. “We really wanted to make that adjustment that even though teams are gonna make runs, don’t hang your head, the game is full of runs. Today, Iowa made their run and nobody on this team watched. We were just really eager to make the next play for our teammates.” But after the spurt at the start of the second half, it was hard to keep up with the Hawkeyes. Beilein tried the combo of Wagner and Wilson again, along with Walton, Dawkins and junior forward Zak Irvin, but fault lines were more noticeable this time around. Ten minutes into the second half, a ball hovered around the rim, and after Wilson grabbed the offensive rebound, he should have tipped it in but couldn’t. Thirteen seconds later, Beilein pulled Wilson and Wagner. Beilein’s experimenting was over. The missed tip-in was part of a 12-0 Hawkeye run that stretched over four minutes. It ended when Donnal made a layup, but the game was too far gone. Though the contest in Iowa City was full of small Michigan achievements, moral victories aren’t enough anymore for the Wolverines. “Of course, we don’t really want to do moral victories, that’s not what we do,” Walton said. “But as a good basketball team in this conference, we gotta pay homage to this team, it’s really good. This three-game stretch to play some of the top teams in this conference, we stood toe-totoe some stretches, we never let down, but I think we can only get better from this point.”
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Wolverines show depth in the pool By ANNA HARITOS Daily Sports Writer
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Freshman Olivia Karas earned her first all-around title Saturday against Ohio State with a dominant performance and an overall score of 39.425.
Newly crowned No. 1 Michigan wins Wolverines top Ohio State in Autism Awareness Meet at Crisler By ETHAN WOLFE Daily Sports Writer
In its first meet ranked at the top of women’s college gymnastics, No. 1 Michigan had no problem proving it deserved the ranking. The Wolverines (1-0 Big Ten, 4-0 overall), who hosted their second annual Autism Awareness Meet on Saturday, beat Ohio State (0-1, 1-1) handily, 196.950-195.275. Michigan has lost just once to the Buckeyes in its last 48 meetings. Freshman Olivia Karas headed the Wolverines’ dominant performance with a score of 39.425 and her first all-
around victory as a collegiate gymnast. Karas also claimed the best score on the vault, 9.875, and scored no lower than 9.825 in any event. “We put in a lot of hard work this week, and I think it really showed,” Karas said. “It’s great to win all-around, but our team won and that’s the bottom line. We put out a great performance.” Junior captain Nicole Artz continued her fantastic season, winning the floor exercise with a score of 9.900. That, alongside stellar performances in her other events, gave her a score of 39.375, putting her right behind Karas for the best all-around score. But Karas and Artz weren’t
the only ones who shined for Michigan. Senior captain Briley Casanova had a career day, tying career highs of 9.825 and 9.850 on the bars and vault, respectively. Freshman Emma McLean tied her career high for the vault with a 9.775. Junior captain Talia Chiarelli received the honor of Big Ten Event Specialist of the Week for the third week in a row. She posted the highest score in any event for the meet, earning a 9.950 on the beam. In all four events, the Wolverines earned more than 49 total points out of a possible 50. Michigan coach Bev Plocki believes the Wolverines’ success
“We know that we are where we belong, and that we are No. 1.”
is a result of the team becoming more comfortable and confident with each meet. Artz agreed, adding that being ranked first in the country is no surprise to her. “We know that we are where we belong, and that we are No. 1,” Artz said. “To finally have that recognition is awesome.” Added Karas: “I think this is (a championship team). Everyone on this team has what it takes to contribute, and we’re definitely going to be contenders for nationals this year.” Plocki also thinks that Wolverines can win a championship. When asked if Michigan is a national contender, Plocki answered without hesitation. “Absolutely,” she said. “I say that with absolutely no reservation at all. This team has shown so much resiliency and grit. This is going to be a team that will be able to go all the way for sure.”
The Michigan men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams opened the semester Saturday with a sweep of the competition at a quad meet against Indiana, Duke and Georgia Tech, held at Georgia Tech. The meet offered the Wolverines a particular advantage for later in the season. The Yellow Jackets will host the NCAA Championships this year, so Michigan will be familiar with the site when the event comes around. “Coach (Mike) Bottom went out of his way to set up a meet at Georgia Tech so we could get a feel for the pool before we went to nationals,” senior Ali DeLoof said. “It’s really great he did that because we can work on turns, starts and really get a feel for the pool before we get to nationals.” The victory was well earned by both teams, as they each kicked off the meet by dominating the 200-yard medley relay. Indiana proved to hold some of the toughest competition, but the Wolverines were better. “Indiana won their share of events, but the events that they won, we were able to take second, third, fourth and add up points that would take away some of their advantage for the overall win,” Bottom said. “It was a great team win on both sides.” On the women’s side, DeLoof and sophomores Clara Smiddy and Gillian Ryan as well as freshman Siobhan Haughey each claimed wins in two events. Smiddy finished with two ‘B’ cut times in the 100-yard backstroke and the 200-yard backstroke. Meanwhile, Ryan dominated the field in the 1,000-yard freestyle, winning by more than 10 seconds. They were not the only ones who led the team to victory, as the Wolverines (4-0 Big Ten, 6-1 overall) showed depth in many events, especially the 200-yard
freestyle, in which they took first, third, fourth and fifth. The men’s team continued to uphold its undefeated dualmeet record this past weekend, as it has not lost a dual since November 2010. Much like the women, the men (4-0, 7-0) showed strong depth in their events. Sophomore PJ Ransford won the 1,000-yard freestyle with junior Cameron Stitt taking second and sophomore Ian Rainey placing fourth. The 500-yard freestyle also provided points for the Wolverines. Senior Anders Lie Nielsen took first followed by Ransford in second, while their teammates, Stitt and Rainey, took fourth and fifth, respectively. Among the standouts was sophomore Paul Powers, a Georgia native, who won the 50-yard freestyle. “That was my home pool where all my state championships were,” Powers said. “Along with a bunch of other important meets as well. The pool itself carries a lot of really good memories, and I think just swimming there once before nationals is going to be such a help to the entire team.” Though the scores show Michigan’s dominance, skill and focus, the Wolverines fought hard until the last athlete touched the wall in the 400-yard freestyle to end the meet. Both the men and the women claimed first in the event and the meet overall — but for the men, the final race was a huge determining factor in the outcome. “A lot of times in a dual meet, it comes down to the last race,” Powers said. “That relay carries so many points with the win that it can be a crucial point, especially if you’re a lot closer than you think it is. We were really close with Indiana pretty much the whole meet. Going into the 400yard relay, we knew that we had to win it in order to win the meet. We ended up pulling through, and that was incredible.”