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Ceremony touts diversity efforts on North Campus Martin Luther King Jr. Spirit Awards given to students and organizations By LYDIA MURRAY Daily Staff Reporter
Twelve students and two student organizations were honored Thursday night at the MLK Spirit
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Awards in the Arthur Miller Theatre for their contributions to both the campus and Detroit area communities, as well as for exemplifying the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. The event was organized in a combined effort by the School of Art & Design, School of Music, Theatre & Dance, the College of Engineering and Agents for Change, an art exhibition promoting diversity on North Campus. The MLK Spirit Awards have
existed for many years on campus, but it was not until several years ago that the ceremony was formalized. Dean of Engineering David Munson said when he started at the University in 2006 the North Campus community did little to promote Martin Luther King Jr. Day, with the MLK Spirit Awards at that time consisting of a lunch between the nominated students and the North Campus deans. Munson said the purpose of the formal ceremony instituted in
recent years for the awards was to recognize the work students have done to promote diversity on North Campus. “The whole point is to get the whole North Campus community together and recognize some of our students and all of their great work related to diversity, inclusion and equity,” he said. Taubman graduate student Ryan Goold, one of the award winners, said he was shocked and very See DIVERSITY, Page 3
Medical data on patients will be transferred between both orgs By MAYA SHANKAR Daily Staff Reporter
The University of Michigan Health System has partnered with CVS to enhance access to health care. Starting in January, UMHS and CVS will begin utilizing a communication pathway between their respective electronic health record systems to allow for better coordination of health services. Hae Mi Choe, director of pharmacy innovations at University Medical Group, said because UMHS and CVS use electronic health record systems provided by the vendor Epic, they have the ability to share information with each other via the Electronic Health
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Future of health More colleges care field focus of symposium review profiles Admissions officers nationwide using social media more in application process By MEGAN DOYLE Daily Staff Reporter
If you’re applying to college, there’s now a good chance your Facebook page could be a factor in admission decisions. A record high of 40 percent of college admissions officers in the nation acknowledged their admissions staff visit applicants’ social media pages to learn more about them in a 2015 Kaplan survey — a 300 percent increase from 2008. The University’s admissions office was unresponsive to multiple requests for comment on if the office utilizes prospective students’ social media accounts. Evaluative comments observed on nine applications in August did not have any mention of social media. The 2015 survey that interviewed nearly 400 college admissions officers, however, found that overall colleges are looking at applicants’ social media more than ever. Despite the increase of attention admissions officers pay to prospective students’ online profiles, the report found 89 percent of officers only “rarely” look, and usually do so after being “triggered” by something in their application. Triggers can be both positive and See COLLEGE, Page 3
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Speakers highlight need for more young talent By LOGAN HANSEN For the Daily
DETROIT — Dr. David Satcher — former surgeon general of the United States and assistant secretary for health — spoke in Detroit to members and supporters of the city’s Urban Research Center on the future of public health and the impact young adults can have in the field Thursday. “I can’t stop thinking about tomorrow, just can’t stop thinking about tomorrow,” Satcher said, in reference to the popular Fleetwood Mac tune. The Detroit URC, which partners with the University’s schools of Nursing, Public Health and Social Work, held its 20th anniversary symposium, titled “Advancing Partnerships, Research, & Equity in Detroit” at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown Detroit Thursday morning. Adhering closely to a theme of fostering leadership among today’s youth, Satcher emphasized what he identified as his number one concern for the future of the public health field: lack of young talent in the field. “We’re not seeing enough young leaders emerging,” he
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told the audience. “Who is going to be doing this 10 years from now? Twenty years from now? Degrees don’t necessarily make leaders; we need people who are inspired and motivated to lead.” As director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 1995, Satcher was instrumental in the establishment of the organization. The symposium was as much a celebration of the Detroit URC’s 20 years of commitment to the promotion of communitybased participatory research and health equity as it was an ode to Satcher’s life work in the field of public health. Satcher went on to pose a challenge to the young people in attendance: Be continually learning about public health issues to help prevent nationwide crises, such as the Flint water crisis, where city tap water was contaminated with toxic levels of lead. “There will be crises of leadership and we won’t be there,” he said. “We need young people to take up the helm, to tackle urban health problems like the one in Flint, Michigan. We need to realize what it takes for everyone to have the opportunity to lead a healthy life.” He was honored with plaques both by the organization and Isaiah McKinnon, deputy mayor of Detroit, standing in for Mayor Mike Duggan who was unable to attend. “I think (Satcher) See HEALTH, Page 3
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Records. Choe emphasized the security and safety of the new connection between the respective groups in an interview, as well as the benefits that patients will gain from this new collaboration. “This functionality exists with any organization that uses Epic, and both parties will comply with all state and federal laws governing confidentiality and disclosure of patient information,” she said. CVS Health has more than 9,500 retail pharmacy locations nationwide and over 1,100 walk-in medical clinics at the pharmacy locations called MinuteClinics. MinuteClinics are open seven days a week and are staffed primarily by nurse practitioners and physician assistants to administer wellness and prevention services, treat for common illnesses and monitor patients with chronic diseases. The collaboration between See PARTNER, Page 3
One year after ski trip vandalism, new initiatives begin to be implemented By LARA MOEHLMAN Daily Staff Reporter
One year after vandalism and destruction at multiple Northern Michigan ski resorts involving four University fraternities and sororities last winter garnered intense media, legal and University scrutiny, both Greek life and the larger campus community have undergone several changes in response. In February 2015, the University announced it would no longer affiliate with the Sigma Alpha Mu chapter on campus for causing roughly $430,000 in damage to a ceiling tiles, furniture and carpeting in several rooms at the Treetops Resort in Gaylord during a Martin Luther King Jr. weekend ski trip. The international board of SAM revoked the chapter’s charter following the refusal of fraternity members to cooperate in a criminal investigation, and members lost their campus house. Also present at the ski trip last year was University sorority Sigma Delta Tau, who were suspended by the University until 2017. The same weekend, Pi Kappa Alpha, Chi Psi, Alpha Phi and Delta Gamma caused damage to a lesser extent to Boyne Highlands in Harbor Springs, Mich. and have faced University sanctions, though their actions didn’t generate the same amount of media scrutiny. The See GREEK, Page 3
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University researchers find common food preservative reduces cancer cells Antimicrobal agent nisin shrunk tumors on neck and head of mice By ALEXA ST. JOHN Daily Staff Reporter
Nisin, an antimicrobal agent which is produced by a naturally occurring bacterium, has been studied since the 1950s and has traditionally been used as a food preservative. However, according to a recent University study, nisin has been found to interact with and negatively affect the growth of some types of cancer as well as antibioticresistant bacteria. Dentistry Prof. Yvonne Kapila, lead researcher for the study, said the bacteria has been accepted as a safe method of food preservation by both the World Health Organization and the Food and Drug Administration. “Of all the food preservatives that are out there, nisin is widely, widely used and it’s the bacteriocin that has had the most background in terms of
knowledge,” Kapila said. The bacterium was first identified on certain cheeses, Kapila said. Many of the cheeses that contained traces of nisin were being presented, which led to the idea that there had to be an active, preserving component to nisin. “It’s been around a long time and there’s a large margin of safety and I think that’s what makes it very attractive (to consumers) — that it’s been used as a food preservative and it’s been used for many, many years in the food industry,” Kapila said. Kapila’s research into nisin began a few years ago, with a post-doctoral student who was working to purify other types of bacteriocins prior to coming to her lab. Bacteriocins, which are toxins produced by bacteria to stop the growth of similar bacterial strains, showed cytotoxicity to some tumor cells, meaning they’re toxic to certain types of cancers. When she and the other researchers tested nisin on head and neck cancer cells, they found that it induces cancer cell death. In
contrast, when tested on normal control cells to see if they were affected, they showed no impact, prompting the study. Rackham dentistry student Jae Shin, co-author of the study, said he investigated the nisin’s role with regard to pathogens in dental plaque. “What we found is that the nisin we used, the highly purified and processed form of nisin, shows an inhibition effect on many of the oral pathogens found in dental plaque,” Shin said. “We also found that nisin can inhibit the formation of dental plaque biofilms and also alter or disrupt the already-formed mature biofilms.” Kapila said an animal model was used for the study where tumor cells were injected into mice. Once the tumors were visible, researchers began to feed the animals a nisin shake. After a period of three weeks, the control animals had large tumors, while those treated had an average of a 70 percent reduction in the tumor cells, as well as a 90 percent reduction in the tumors themselves. Kapila said there are also other models that she and the researchers have used to test nisin. In another model, the researchers fed a risin to separate group of mice because they had to kill the control mice. For ethical reasons, because the mice suffer after the tumors get so large, researchers cannot keep the mice alive. However, for the subset of mice that were treated with the nisin, their lifespans were extended. “The nisin-treated mice were kept alive — the longest one was up to four months,” Kapila said. “That’s using the model where we’ve already injected the tumor cells, the tumors were already present and we’re just feeding the mice the nisin to keep them alive.” Kapila said the researchers have also done another pilot research project where they fed the mice an older formulation of nisin — with only a 2.5 percent concentration — before the tumor cells were injected. Shin said the new formulation of nisin, Nisin ZP, is about 95 percent pure and is a naturally occurring variant of nisin. The only difference between the two nisin types is the See CANCER, Page 3
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Former NASA surgeon talks viability of Mars colonization James Logan aims to dispel myths about sustaining life in space By EMILY ROBERTS Daily Staff Reporter
James S. Logan, co-founder of Space Enterprise Institute and former NASA employee, spoke to an auditorium packed with space enthusiasts Wednesday night. Logan’s talk, titled “Living on Mars: Medical Realities of the Red Planet, Fact vs. Fantasy,” aimed to debunk some common myths floating around in the media and science communities regarding space exploration and human adaption to zero gravity environments. He spoke at length about the importance of attention to low-gravity and high-radiation effects on the human body and the need for a life-science perspective in space exploration, which is currently run by engineers. Despite what he characterized as a pessimistic
presentation, Logan said he called himself an optimist and a true believer in interplanetary exploration. “We have to solve these problems; we will solve these problems,” Logan said. “Ladies and gentlemen, you are the generation that can do it.” Logan served as Mission Control surgeon, Deputy Crew surgeon and Crew surgeon for 25 space shuttle missions in his 20-year career at NASA. Though he dismissed the idea of immediate colonization of Mars and its moons, Logan offered his ideas of a different kind of extraterrestrial settlement. He said one way to combat the problems caused by radiation and zero gravity on Deimos, one of Mars’ moons, is to drill into it and build colonies into the core. Logan ended his presentation to thunderous applause and with a quote from Konstantin Tsiolkovsky: “The Earth is the cradle of mankind, but one cannot live in the cradle forever.” Rackham student Benjamin Katz said though it surprised him, he enjoyed the
presentation. “I thought he was going to tell us life on Mars is going to be within reach,” Katz said. “It was the exact opposite, but it was really interesting hearing all of the science behind it.” In particular, he said it was interesting to compare Logan’s work to various artists’ renditions of what colonization on the lunar surface and what the surface of Mars would look like. “All of the pictures you see of people on other planets and stuff, not only are they not feasible now but they’re likely never going to be feasible,” Katz said. “The way we have to visualize people living on other planets is going to have to be completely different.” Engineering senior Gideon Billings said he was surprised a manned mission to Mars was unrealistic with today’s technology. “I expected it to be more like the issues that the astronauts would have to deal with in the context of a manned mission to Mars whereas we got that it’s really not practical to have See NASA, Page 3
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grateful to have been recognized. Goold works on the Detroit Design/Build Dreamscape, which helps renovate the landscape of the James and Grace Lee Boggs School through utilizing sustainable technologies. “I was completely taken by surprise,” Goold said. “I am really overwhelmed with gratitude. It is really such an honor to be named a Spirit Award winner, especially with the namesake of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.” Munson and Christopher Kendall, former dean of the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, were also honored at the event for their efforts to promote diversity in their various schools. The two spearheaded an effort to increase diversity events on North Campus, as well as encourage and increase minority representation within their respective schools. This year’s awards are the first to include a collaboration between the deans and students in planning the event. Derrick Scott, Director of Inclusion and Multicultural Engineering Programs, said students showed a desire to help, so they accommodated their ambition. “This is the first time the students have come together the way that they have,” Scott said. “Once they did, we said we are going to find a way to make sure we can blend it with them.” This new partnership resulted in a new addition to the event: the Agents of Change gallery. The gallery, which highlights the importance of diversity and community on campus, has been on display since Jan. 8, and is a combined effort among the different schools located on North Campus. The idea for the gallery initially came from Stamps in Color, a student organization aimed at promoting diversity for students in the Art and Design school. The project started with the goal of creating an event to better honor Martin Luther King Jr. on North Campus, ending with the exhibit, which aimed to incorporate aspects of every school on North Campus. Amy Kamdem-Wandji, LSA and Art & Design senior and one of the founders of Stamps in Color, said the organization wanted to make students on North Campus more aware of the importance in promoting diversity. “The conversation doesn’t happen very much up here,” Kamdem-Wandji said. “We wanted to do something where for once the focus was here. We wanted to say, ‘Hey North Campus, you too have to talk about this. This matters in your work and your schoolwork.”
inclusion of ZP, a highly purified form of nisin, as opposed to some other commercially available forms of nisin, which are concentrated at 2.5 percent. Kapila said the ZP is the most effective. Kapila said they are currently working to see if the bacteriocin could be toxic to cancers in other areas of the body aside from head and neck cancer cells. She said it would be beneficial to try to do the experiment and feed the mice the nisin milkshake prior to injecting them with the tumor cells to see if they can prevent the cells from initially even taking root. Ultimately, Kapila said she is hoping to do a clinical trial, but finding funding has been a setback.
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News Though the research suggests that nisin could help prevent the development of cancer cells, this does not mean overconsumption of products that contain preservatives such as nisin will be beneficial to one’s health. One common misconception is that overconsuming products that contain these and other similar preservatives will have positive effects and reduce the likelihood of developing cancer cells. This is not true, Kapila said. “The preservative that’s in the food, there is a shelf life to it,” Kapila said. “So by the time people ingest foods that have nisin in it, a lot of it is probably broken down. So the amount of it that people actually ingest is not anywhere near to the quantities that have been tested in the animal models or the cell models.”
manned missions and how you see media pick up on that but then when you get down to reality it’s a lot different but it’s a mission to Mars right now,” still possible and even in our Billings said. future,” Billings said. Billings added that he Billings and Katz both learned extraterrestrial expressed their excitement colonization is going to be that the University was able different from the image to get ahold of a speaker like that media and pop culture Logan. portrays. Logan also held a Q and “You have this concept A session with students from sci-fi of how you see following the presentation.
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PARTNER From Page 1 UMHS and CVS Health includes both CVS/pharmacy and MinuteClinic, and will be available at CVS pharmacy and MinuteClinic locations nationwide. “We are always searching for new opportunities to provide our patients with the absolute best patient care possible,” said David Spahlinger, executive vice dean for clinical affairs at the University’s Medical School, in a press release. “This affiliation presents us with a unique opportunity to collaborate with CVS health care providers and enhance our system of care for our patients to better meet their needs.” The connection will allow — only with patient consent — the electronic sharing of messages and alerts from CVS/pharmacy to UMHS-affiliated physicians in situations such as medication compliance. MinuteClinic will also be able to electronically share patient visit summaries with the patient’s UMHS primary care physician. Currently, when a patient is seen at a MinuteClinic or other urgent care clinics,
information sessions on studies from the Detroit URC, such as ones on researching the social determinants — demographic characteristics, exposure to air pollution, social environments — of health inequities. In an interview after Satcher’s address, Linda Pappas, communications specialist for the Detroit URC, described the symposium as a two-fold event to both celebrate the center’s research and to encourage
communicating what happened at those visits to their primary provider is not as connected. Providers rely on faxes, mail and the patients themselves to remember and communicate what happened at visits with other health care providers, Choe said. The new clinical affiliation between UMHS and CVS aims to provide better continuity of care. “Having this ability to connect through our EHR allows us to communicate more efficiently and in a timely fashion without having to burden the patient,” Choe said. The system will also provide aggregate data on interventions conducted by CVS pharmacists to UHS to improve a patient’s adherence to their medication. CVS Spokeswoman Christina Beckerman emphasized that the new association will benefit both providers and patients. “This relationship offers a new access point and improves care coordination and medication management, which are critical to a patient’s health,” Beckerman said. “UMHS and CVS want to ensure that our patients receive and have access to the best possible care and that means that care is coordinated, no matter where it is delivered”.
young adults to pursue the fields of public health and urban research. “One, to celebrate 20 years of success in fostering health equity through community-based participatory research (and) really celebrating how community comes together with academics to do research to benefit the health of communities,” she said. “But then also to inspire people for the next generation to take on this important work.”
GREEK From Page 1 damages caused at Boyne were determined to be non-malicious. Four members of SAM fraternity, including the chapter’s former president and treasurer, have faced criminal charges on accounts of malicious destruction of property and the provision of alcohol and drugs to minors over the incident. Mary Beth Seiler, director of Greek life at the University, said the events served as a call to action for members of the Greek life community. “It was a huge wake up call I think for everybody,” Seiler said. “I think there was a lot of surprise at what ultimately happened to the organizations that were involved. Maybe organizations didn’t realize when it first happened how big it could get and what that public opinion meant.” In September 2015, University President Mark Schlissel held a community-wideGreek life assembly that required at least 70 percent of all chapters to attend — an unprecedented action for a University president. Fraternities and sororities were told that if they didn’t meet the attendance requirement, they would face a $1,000 fine and social probation. The meeting marked the first time the entire Greek
COLLEGE From Page 1 negative: Positive triggers that prompted an admissions officer to probe an applicant’s social media included interesting talents or special awards, as well as for scholarship considerations, while negative triggers included disclosure of a criminal record or disciplinary action, as well as an anonymous tip about inappropriate behavior. LSA freshman Susie Meaney said she did not feel as though her social media would have affected her college prospects last year. “I’m also very conscious of what I post regardless, so I didn’t really feel like I had a lot to worry about,” Meaney said. Engineering sophomore Matt Schafer, on the other hand, expressed his discomfort with the practice. Schafer said posts on social media profiles are not necessarily representative of the candidate. “It’s a little unfair because someone might have just like, said something stupid, being silly on Twitter, on Facebook, and that would end up possibly not letting them into the college they really wanted to get into, when everything else, they had qualified for, or not getting a scholarship that they really needed,” Schafer said. Meaney also said she feels this practice is unfair, as it disproportionately benefits high schoolers who were aware of an admissions officer’s likelihood of
Friday, January 22, 2016 — 3 community, including the National Pan-Hellenic Council and Multicultural Greek Council, gathered in the 170-year history of Greek life on campus. Central topics of the September meeting included a pressing need for Greek organizations to curb sexual assault and alcohol abuse, stemming from what was characterized by administrators as excessive party culture. Schlissel warned students their behavior would ultimately devalue their own degrees and taint the University’s national image. “The value of their degrees are gonna go down because the reputation of the University of Michigan won’t be the excitement in the Big House or our teams doing well under our fantastic new coach,” Schlissel said at the September meeting. “It’s not gonna be the kids who receive the Rhodes Scholarships and the Fulbright Scholarships, and the famous professors who do the work that you’re going to get reflected on for, or the National Medal for the Arts that our faculty won this past week. It’s going to be the ‘Shmacked’ videos. So it’s really up to you what the value of your education is going to be, what the reputation of this institution’s going to be.” Speaking to Schlissel’s September statement, Seiler said she had concerns over the heightened visibility and
therefore negative scrutiny Greek life organizations attract on campus. She said Greek life tends to be a target for scrutiny due to the 6,000-person membership as well as visible letters on clothing and houses. She noted, however, that the poor decisions of some organizations unfairly reflect poorly on others. In an interview with the Daily directly following September’s mass meeting, one fraternity member — choosing to remain anonymous due to Greek life chapters’ strict rules prohibiting members of organizations from speaking to news or media outlets — expressed similar sentiments, saying Greek life receives magnified scrutiny for campus-wide issues. “If anything, a lot of the times when incidents happen it’s people from outside of the organization that come to our parties and cause trouble,” he said at the time. “So, it’s a message that really should have been transmitted to the entire University.” Seiler said she thought Schlissel’s comments may not apply to all Greek life members, and that she hoped joining a Greek life organization would not devalue a Michigan education. “I would certainly hope that it wouldn’t devalue the education, and that would be the last thing
checking social media. “Basically, if someone had maybe an older sibling or a cousin that had gone through something like that, then they were more conscious, but I think some people hadn’t heard from other people that, ‘Oh, colleges actually do look at your social media,’ and those people didn’t really care (what they posted),” Meaney said. The survey also found that social media could both positively and negatively affect a prospective student’s application. Thirtyseven percent of admissions officers said an applicant’s social media had positively affected their view of the candidate, but an equal 37 percent said it had negatively affected their decision. Positive findings included previously undisclosed community involvement or leadership roles, while negative findings included evidence of drug or alcohol use, criminal activity or otherwise inappropriate behavior. The University admissions website does not explicitly say they check social media profiles, though they state valuing traits outside of an applicant’s test scores, such as “evidence of leadership, awards and service.” “We look at each student as a whole package, a combination of talents, interests, passions, and skills,” the website states. “In this way, we can look beyond grades and test scores to recruit the most dynamic group of students possible.” Engineering freshman Niko Sawan said using social media as a measure of judgment for
admissions is justified since a serious candidate would already be wary of posting inappropriate content on social media. “I don’t see a problem with them checking social media,” Sawan said. “If you’re really worried about your stuff on (social media), there’s so many ways to make yourself private, change your name, do all this stuff. So if you’re really serious about applying to college, I don’t think there’s any reason for you to have something that would make the difference between you getting into college or not.” Despite the fact that some may be unaware that college admissions can look at applicants’ social media, Meaney said overall she feels it’s justified in verifying jobs and awards as well as allocating scholarships. “I think that your social media pages are kind of like an extension of yourself and can kind of reveal more than you would put in an application,” Meaney said. Schafer echoed Meaney’s sentiments, and said reviewing an applicant’s social media allows a college admissions officer to get a more holistic view of that applicant. “I think it’s okay to a certain extent. It definitely does give admissions officers a different side to the person, so it’s not just what I’m trying to show you. When you’re doing an (application), you kind of put all the good qualities about you, not necessarily the bad ones, so social Read more online at michigandaily.com
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Flint’s wasted activism
n the past two weeks, Vox, The New York Times, the Washington Post and The Daily Show have all covered the Flint water crisis. In late December, Rachel Maddow did a 20-minute spot on what is happening. And Democratic Presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton discussed it at their most recent debate. Though I won’t go detail by detail in this column how DEREK the water crisis happened, WOLFE one thing is abundantly clear: When the decision was made to switch water supplies from Detroit to the Flint River, the state government did nothing to prevent corrosion of the pipes (mind you, it would have only cost an extra $100 a day). And when the public complained that something was wrong with the water, the government actively tried to disprove the complainers, saying everything was just fine. It’s mind-blowing, it’s preposterous, it’s what happens when you choose to care more about dollar signs than people’s lives. And we know this wouldn’t have happened in a wealthier city. Not in Ann Arbor, that’s for sure. Definitely not in my hometown of West Bloomfield. Governor Snyder needs to resign. The person who helped cause this man-made disaster should not be the one allowed to fix it. Though I could go on about Snyder’s failures, I also want to talk to about the people of Flint — water activists — who have dedicated hours and hours of their time over the past year to raise awareness on this issue. These are people who had been speaking to deaf ears, trying to do what is right. These are people who shouldn’t have had to do what they did. Because we’re talking about water, something (and I shouldn’t have to say this) that no one can live without. These are the everyday people turned activists to advocate for something they shouldn’t have had to advocate for — a basic human right. When they could have been fighting for literally anything else — income inequality, raising the minimum wage, criminal justice reform — they had to fight for water. Heck, they didn’t even need to advocate for anything. They should have been able to live their lives. Because why should anyone, in the 21st century in the United States of America, have to worry about if their drinking water is clean? I visited Flint twice last October and November and was able to meet some of these activists: LeeAnne Walters, Melissa Mays and Nayyirah Shariff. They’ve protested at city hall and met with state leaders, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and Environmental Protection Agency numerous times. All they’ve wanted this past year by badgering the city, state and federal government was for someone to acknowledge there was a problem in Flint and do something about it. And they’re not alone in their efforts. During our conversations, they spoke about how the level
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of activism in Flint has increased recently. “I guess you could say the flip side to (the Flint water crisis) is that more people are involved in city council meetings now,” Walters told me. “More people are getting out there and becoming more actively involved in the city. Not saying it should have taken this to make that happen, but if you’re trying to look for a silver lining, there’s that part of it. I know I never went to city council meetings.” “I trusted (city council) to vote and do what was best for us at the meetings. When all this happened, that changed.” Mays said, “We don’t want it to happen to anybody else. So that’s why we’ve been making this big, huge stink this entire time to stop it from happening to us, but then so it doesn’t happen to another community.” Shariff, who is a member of the Flint Democracy Defense League, added, “I considered myself an activist, but it wasn’t really around water because I’m like, ‘We live in Michigan. I can just drive an hour and be at a lake somewhere.’ ” Toward the end of our meeting at her dining room, I asked Mays directly if she also ever imagined learning so much about water. “I wonder in an alternate universe, had I not moved here, had this not happened or something like that or had I not shown up to the very first protest (last January) about the cost and (Total Trihalomethanes), how different would my life be,“ Mays said. “But at least I know why I’m sick. I know what’s wrong with me. At least we have actions planned for the future. And honestly, I feel like we’ve done a lot of good.” She continued, “(Nayyirah and I) joke all the time how I’m a metalhead. I’m covered in tattoos. I work in public relations. Never would our paths have crossed, nor the fact that we spend most of our social time hanging out with old pastors in churches.” “I know!” Shariff chimed in. “Who would have thunk that?” “Never did I think we would ever have met or nor would we hang out with these people,” Mays said. “We’re texting pastors at all times and we’re making all these things or standing up and yelling and screaming next to these older people. I never would have thought that was going to be part of my life because my social life is concerts and my bands and hanging out with everybody else and stuff. And now it’s like, ‘I can’t come out tonight because we have a water meeting’ and everybody understands, but it’s kind of cool.” These friendships were forged at an astronomical cost. Sure, we want our communities to come together, but not under these circumstances. Not at the price of an entire city that is going to suffer from exorbitant physical, mental and fiscal problems for decades to come. These activists are our heroes. While the work is far, far from done, Walters, Shariff and Mays are three of the many who have stood up, made noise and didn’t stop doing so until somebody listened. I just can’t stop thinking how they shouldn’t have had to do it. — Derek Wolfe can be reached at dewolfe@umich.edu.
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n a mild evening, January 2015 in Washington D.C., the sunset radiated on arguably the most powerful monument on the National Mall. I stood with my eyes closed, inhaled in the crisp air and slowly opened my eyes to the image of the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial. An irreplaceable human, civil rights activist, writer, preacher, rebel, father, husband, man of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity; a complex individual overloaded with responsibility and commitments, but authentically dedicated to the betterment of human lives. I gazed longingly at his face and could feel nothing but admiration for the courage he and countless other leaders of the Civil Rights Movement had. They were all true public servants. The bravery, audacity, strength, endurance and sacrifice it took to confront and fight against the repulsive disregard and disrespect of human life is unimaginable. In this global society, where injustices prevail and suffering demoralizes and dehumanizes the most vulnerable populations, I feel anger, anxiety, sorrow and passion for such extremities to disappear from existence. My heart was particularly heavy the day I visited the memorial because I had just heard that an aimless bullet had stolen my cousin’s life as he was visiting Detroit from Florida to see his family. This was in January 2015, just months after the Ferguson protests, but predating the riots that sought justice for Freddie Gray, Renisha McBride, Walter Scott and countless other terroristic efforts by the police toward Black bodies. As I sat in the National Mall of the nation’s capital, I felt defeated by the culture of violence — physical, social, economic, political and legal — that has plagued and deteriorated Black communities since they have been brought to the shores of the United States. Alicia Garza, one of the founders of the Black Lives Matter movement, visited the University of Michigan to kick off this year’s MLK Symposium. She rightfully noted that, “for the last 10 years, an uprising has been brewing.” Hurricane Katrina was a glaring alarm that the fight for humanity and dignity for Black Americans was not over, as the repetition of police shootings have also proven. We are in an era of challenge and controversy. In this moment, we must stand united to commit ourselves to the struggle for equal rights. People of color, and largely Black bodies, have always been bullied with violence. In the millennial era, police terrorism, education inequality, mass incarceration, economic oppression and public health discrimination are only a few of the abusive techniques used to degrade and strip humanity and dignity from Black people. The most recent act of social, environmental and racial civil injustice is Flint’s water crisis. The clear breakdown in authority, which led to this manmade humanitarian catastrophe, should have been halted from the onset. Despite community input and votes against the imposition of an emergency financial manager, 12 cities in Michigan were assigned
to an emergency financial manager, nine of which have majority Black populations. The emergency manager, with the approval of Governor Snyder, legally administered an oversight of the quality of water in Flint, vacuously rationalized by saving the government money. Public services, especially in relation to public health, should never be jeopardized for money. Efficiency should never come at the expense of the quality of life for individuals. Flint’s water crisis is an example of a civil infraction conducted by public servants that was only allowed to fester as long
MLK’s nonviolent approach to justice is imperative now more than ever in a global society where pistols and bombs are mistaken as the deliverers of peace. as it has because the population of people who suffered were minorities. The denial of access to clean water is an additional tick mark in the tally of offenses that prove Black lives are undervalued. This is the mantra Black Lives Matter has had to manifest itself in for a multitude of social issues: gun violence, access to basic services, economic equality and education. The U.S. education system was never built to accommodate students of color. For more than five decades, Blacks have had to prove they deserve the equal opportunity to obtain access to higher education, be included in campus environments and required texts for courses and have resources necessary to support retention and graduation. Nation-
The global chain of movements driven organically by the people give me hope. wide, Black university students have triggered a ripple of protests that challenge their respective universities’ administrations to shift the dynamics of diversity on their campuses. Incidents at the University of Missouri, Yale University, University of California, Berkeley, Harvard, University of Michigan and many other colleges and universities have demonstrated the ongoing, centuryold battle of viewing and treating Black and minority students like full human beings. Still, in 2016, Black Americans have to remind the majority that Black people deserve to have equal access to a quality education. Many educational experts and economists have argued that quality educational attainment promotes economic wellbeing, which is why the president has advocated for
reforms, such as two years of tuitionfree community college, that would increase the opportunity for academic and economic mobility across races and socioeconomic statuses during his tenure in office. President Barack Obama has been a public servant who champions education and economic opportunity. Wednesday, the president visited Detroit to spotlight the recovery of the city and the auto industry. After visiting the North American International Auto Show and touring a few neighborhoods of Detroit, the president made remarks at the United Auto Workers General Motors Center for Human Resources. He spent the majority of the speech recounting his initiative in the $85 million auto bailout that rooted the city for an economic redevelopment, pointing out the resistance he faced that would have allowed the automotive industry to crumble. The auto industry’s renaissance resulted in 900,000 new jobs in six years, lower gas prices and an expansion of the economy. Even with the revival of jobs, technological advances and threats against unionization display the challenges the industry still faces. President Obama affirmed that not all of the industry’s problems are solved: “I’m not suggesting we should be satisfied with where we are.” We cannot be satisfied with meager amends to full restitution. Both citizens and the public servants they elect must work collaboratively to eliminate the barriers to that hinder progression and inclusion in American society. We are in an age of resurgence of protests modeling those from the 1960s, whose methods and approaches to activism have been revived and reconfigured to thrive in the digital age. Yet roots of injustice continue to spread their branches, roadblocking societal progress at every intersection. MLK’s nonviolent approach to justice is imperative now more than ever in a global society where pistols and bombs are mistaken as the deliverers of peace. We, as a global society, can no longer tolerate exclusion of citizenship. The global chain of movements driven organically by the people — against a corrupt Mexican government overrun by drug kingpins, for economic inclusion in Tunisia, for political voice in Haiti and for dignity and respect for quality education in Detroit — give me hope. As many systematic, institutional and legal structures thwart any attempts of equality, we shall overcome. The theme of this year’s MLK Symposium was #WhoWillBeNext, though we all must recognize that #WeAreNow. We are the change that we seek. We are public servants, and have rise to the call of being the stewards of humanity. Similar to Martin Luther King Jr., I, too, “have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education, and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits.” Until that mission is fulfilled, we must remain loyal to the mission to eliminate the threats to justice as the current caretakers of mankind for the betterment of #WhoWillBeNext. — Alexis Farmer can be reached at akfarmer@umich.edu.
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FILM REVIEW
‘Chi-Raq’ fights Panic! at the Disco can’t remain relevant guns with music Spike Lee’s latest makes up for lack of story with lyricism By JOE WAGNER For the Daily
America’s third largest city, where homicides have surpassed the death toll of the American Special Forces in Iraq. Where B the majority of these murders Chi-Raq are of black males and by Michigan black males. Theater Where 400 Roadside school age kids were shot in Attractions the year 2015. Where 55 people were shot and wounded on July 4, 2015 and ten more were murdered. This is Chi-Raq, Drillinois, the subject of Spike Lee’s most recent film. Screenwriters Kevin Willmott (“Bunker Hill”) and Spike Lee (“Do the Right Thing”) have crafted a retelling of Aristophanes’ Greek comedy “Lysistrata” written almost entirely in verse. In the ancient play, Lysistrata convinces all of the women of Greece to remain chaste until the men negotiate peace to end the Peloponnesian War. In the modernized “Chi-Raq,” Lysistrata (Teyonah Parris, “Dear White People”) persuades the black women of South Side Chicago, and more-
By CARLY SNIDER over the world, to withhold sexual relations from their men until the gun violence ends, until there is peace. The dialogue is exceptional. It is simultaneously powerful, beautiful and hilarious while dealing with a controversial issue. The humor does not detract from the gravity of the film but uses comedy to alleviate tension. At first, for one who is unaccustomed to hearing verse, the dialogue is somewhat hard to follow; however, within minutes, the ear adapts to the rhythmic exchanges between characters. In fact, the rhythm of the verse creates a sensation of movement and continuity through the movie. The verse dialogue does, however, at times feels more like a gimmick than an aid for storytelling. The dialogue is comprised of a mixture of colloquial dialect and elevated language more often associated with the theater from which the basis of the story originates. This mixture attempts to make “Chi-Raq” a didactic epic grounded by the real world. Often acting in conjunction with dialogue, the choreography of the movie furthers what the characters are saying and is visually thought provoking. The opening scene is an incredible dance number to “My City” by Nick Cannon (“The Killing Room”) who plays the character called Chi-raq. Throughout the movie, coordinated movements where groups on screen perform a distinct action, like when the women, while discussing deaths
as a result of gang violence, hold up their hands and say “bang, bang,” are powerful. Additionally, the music, consisting of almost all Chicago related songs and many original songs created specifically for the film, helps tell the story. The soundtrack ranges from rap tracks by Nick Cannon to tunes from Bruce Hornsby.
‘Chi-Raq’ attempts to be a didactic epic in the real world. Although not as a result of dialogue, the story itself falls short. The film begins to lag about two-thirds of the way through while various groups figure out how to break the women’s strike. As the story continues, it becomes increasingly far-fetched and overly preachy. Although the style of the film is over-the-top, the suspension of disbelief is not maintained. The ending is completely contrived and forced. However, the film does achieve the goal it set out to do: to discuss gun and gang violence on the South Side. Despite dealing with a heavy subject, “Chi-Raq” is able to inform, be humorous and entertain.
TV REVIEW
‘Colony’ doesn’t live up to strong premise By DANIELLE YACOBSON Daily Arts Writer
Josh Holloway’s shaggy hair was understandable, even endearing, in “Lost.” He was stranded on a deserted Cisland, after all, and often Colony appeared Series Premiere shirtless, therefore Thursdays rendering at 10 p.m. the unkempt state of his USA hair obsolete. Unfortunately, thanks to the underwhelming plot and the lack of emotional connection with the characters, USA’s new science fiction series “Colony” falls as flat as Holloway’s hair. Set in a post-alien occupation version of modern day L.A., “Colony” centers around William Sullivan (Holloway) and his family, who are trying to survive within the rigid rules imposed by their conquerors. Few details are revealed in the pilot about the alien invasion, but a deafening tone of fear and oppression rings clear. The L.A. landscape is plagued with partially destroyed skyscrapers as men in black uniforms (people who have chosen to work for the occupiers) exert their unchecked power on the rest of the civilians. The boundaries of the new regime are tested, and an overwhelming sadness
undercuts all. Depressing and wildly confusing, the alien invasion that “Colony” depicts sorely lacks excitement. For starters, there are no alien appearances in the pilot, only future-esque drones buzzing through the air and human slaves carrying out orders. The aliens’ anonymity could perhaps be a tactic to hook the viewers to continue watching further into the season, but instead, it takes away the most anticipated element of a sci-fi series. A show that promises an extraterrestrial invasion inevitably tickles the imagination, piquing the audience’s interest to see how the creators envisioned another life form. But the aliens remain faceless and nameless, and a human villain (Peter Jacobson, “House”) seeking to capitalize on the suffering of others is introduced instead. The plot could just as well be driven by an all-human regime, erasing the need for creativity and inventiveness all together. Perhaps the show hoped removing the “fantasy” would highlight an aspect of humanity when it is put to an extreme. “Colony” attempts to make the argument that humans will turn on each other in the presence of fear, so long as they feel they do not have another choice. The palpable hostility and tension within the fictitious society, however, is not effective enough to drive this point home
and only alienates the characters from developing depth and sympathy on screen. Holloway’s character is perhaps most disappointing of all, as he embodies the epitome of heroism without even a tinge of complicated backstory to color his persona. Putting his family above all, he is willing to put his own life on the line to do the “right thing” without even a single moment of human selfishness. Juxtaposed with his well-developed and complex character in “Lost,” he appears on “Colony” as one-dimensional and boring. Even his relationship with his wife Kate (Sarah Wayne Callies, “The Walking Dead”) lacks a genuine connection, and a truly unsettling sex scene makes it even more offputting. Even though the conditions of the occupation are so monotonously depressing, the characters’ personalities fail to show through, blending into the rest of the surroundings. Slow-moving and hard to follow, the USA series premiere doesn’t live up to expectations. “Colony” pales in comparison to the wild success of the network’s “Mr. Robot,” which explores colorful characters and intricate plot lines sorely missing from the sci-fi series. Lacking imagination and spark, “Colony” leaves gaping holes of unanswered questions that are so overwhelming, viewers are more likely to give up and lose interest altogether.
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For long-time Panic! at the Disco fans, it may be hard to believe that the group’s first album came out over a decade ago C and that their most recent Death of a release, Death Bachelor of a Bachelor, is the work Panic! at of only one the Disco of the original mem- DCD2 bers. Despite Panic!’s consistently varied sound and member make-up, one thing has remained the same — the presence of Brendon Urie. As the lead singer, Urie has always acted as the face of the group — a face that has reflected the dynamism of their sound. His voice is theatrical, strong and, at times, overbearing. Death of a Bachelor showcases Urie’s ability to mimic a retro cabaret croon and hit Broadway-level notes all in the same song. Though Urie’s vocal chops are undeniably impressive, his skill isn’t enough to deem his latest attempt at relevance a success.
Urie has always been the focus. The album’s high points come when Urie creates a narrative, using his jumping, low register vocals to tell a story of intrigue.
“The Good, the Bad and the Dirty” constructs one such narrative. Using Panic!’s perma-layered percussive instrumentation, the track manages to relay promiscuous and cheeky lyrics without coming off as desperate for mainstream recognition. Another high point, “LA Devotee,” is instantly the most capturing. The combination of brass instrumentation and the fluctuating, high-energy chorus stating, “Drinking white wine in the blushing light / Just another LA Devotee,” makes the track radio-ready yet classic in its signature Panic! delivery. The lyrics also shed light on Urie’s personal life, showing his devotion to Los Angeles and all of its oddities. “LA Devotee” traverses a rough transition into “Golden Days,” which showcases Urie grasping for youth. The track starts out well enough, with Urie delivering a powerful yet warbling narrative, moving smoothly into a bass-driven crescendo of a pre-chorus. Next, Urie’s voice essentially screams at listeners, “We’ll stay drunk, we’ll stay tan, let the love remain” before moving into the repetitive singing of “Golden days.” At this point in his career, Urie’s choice to resort to lyrics about partying and youth comes off not as an honest representation of his pop-star life, but as a last-ditch effort at musical significance. The lack of lyrical complexity, especially when considering some of Panic!’s previous work, is disappointing. Continuing with this substance-fueled trend, “Don’t Threaten Me With a Good Time” is predominantly overwhelming. Though not entirely devoid of wit, the few charming lines
are not enough to save the track. Phrases like “I lost a bet to a guy in a chiffon skirt / But I can make these high heels work” play on the androgyny and sexuality of early Panic!, but don’t go much further than that. Aside from the forced partythemed tracks, the album does feature some more enjoyable mellow tunes. Songs like “Death of a Bachelor” and “Hallelujah” are more genuine and feature insights into Urie’s life — referencing his recent marriage and Mormon upbringing. The closing track, “Impossible Year,” is by far the most sincere. It’s the first track that will make you feel something other than the false adrenaline rush that comes with talk of alcohol-induced fun. The honest and somber tone is accompanied by swelling, orchestral instrumentation and, upon listening to this final track, most of the album seems trite and unnecessary.
Panic! works best when it embraces its strengths. Death of a Bachelor is a testament to the fact that Panic! at the Disco works best when Urie embraces his strengths as an artist of vocal prowess and lyrical candor. Unfortunately, the album ultimately falls victim to Urie’s inability to cope with his changing status. w
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I can’t look away MLK had a dream, from ‘Murderer’ and so does hip hop Netflix’s challenging true-crime doc lives up to the hype By HAILEY MIDDLEBROOK Daily Arts Writer
Small towns have their secrets. I know, because I’m from one. My family lives in Ludington, Mich., a summer hotspot on the shore of Lake Michigan. Starting in June, our downtown is packed with ice cream-licking tourists, sunset watchers and sand dune hikers who never stray too far from the trail. They often buy tickets to board the S.S. Badger, a car ferry that ships directly across Lake Michigan to Manitowoc, Wis., a small town that mirrors our own. Safe to say, Manitowoc is no longer known as just a lakeside retreat. Since “Making a Murderer” premiered on Netflix in December, the 10-episode true-crime documentary has shined an unflattering light on the town and people of Manitowoc — uncovering violent crimes and the power that townspeople (law enforcement included) have over undesirable members of the community. For instance, the power to sentence young Steven Avery to 18 years of prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Before Avery becomes (or is made into) a murderer, as the show title implies, he’s undoubtedly a victim of the justice system. “Making a Murderer” opens in the year 1985, when Penny Beerntsen, wife of a well-respected business owner, was attacked while running on the shore of Lake Michigan. When the police heard her story, Steven Avery was labeled a prime suspect — he had a record of petty crimes, but more pertinently, he had beef with his cousin, the deputy sheriff’s wife — and though he had several witnesses to his whereabouts, Avery was arrested. In the trial that followed, Avery was successfully prosecuted by the state and charged with first-degree sexual
assault and attempted murder. His case didn’t go unnoticed. The Wisconsin Innocence Project, an organization committed to righting unjust convictions, took Avery under its wing. With improved DNA testing in the 2000s, the organization was able to prove Avery’s innocence: they didn’t find Avery’s hair in the case evidence, but rather Gregory Allen’s, a serial sex offender in Manitowoc who was prone to violence. When the damning results came out in 2003, Avery was released from prison — and into the arms of attorneys eager to sue the court of Manitowoc. What happened next is both heart wrenching and bewildering. In October 2005, Avery was in the process of filing a $36 million federal lawsuit against Manitowoc County, when a body was found dead on his property — or the remains of one, anyway. Teresa Halbach, a reporter for Auto Trader, had been sent to Avery’s junk yard to photograph cars for sales ads in the magazine. She arrived on Avery’s property on October 31; her bone fragments were discovered 10 days later, buried in Avery’s fire pit. Halbach’s RAV4, hidden by plywood and brush, was found among the junk cars. Though Halbach wasn’t in the vehicle, something else was: Steven Avery’s blood. And in a corner of Avery’s house, dropped on the floor, were the keys to her car. Public opinion toward Avery shifted immediately. Once the poster child of wrongful convictions, Avery was dropped from the Innocence Project’s files. News of the murder was picked up by the New York Times, which is how Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos, both graduate film students at Columbia, heard about the case in 2005 and decided it had the makings of a documentary. Over the next 10 years, the two traveled to Wisconsin on a shoestring budget, interviewing Avery’s family and attorneys, gathering hours of court footage and mining through thick police reports to create the film.
As it happens, 10 years was exactly how long the show needed to bake. With recent true crime series like HBO’s “The Jinx” and podcasts like “Serial” garnering massive media attention, “Making a Murderer” slid naturally into the same place. Like its predecessors, the series has the power to hook an audience — people like me, who are familiar with Manitowoc and know the power of small-town politics, or those who thrive off mysteries, like the hundreds of Reddit users who’ve posted their own theories about the case. Even top documentary filmmakers, talk show hosts and journalists from The New Yorker to Rolling Stone Magazine have turned their heads. But despite the hype and its Netflix platform, “Making a Murderer” isn’t a show to binge watch. It’s too frustrating, disturbing and frankly exhausting to view more than one episode in a sitting. Part of this is due to its bare-bones form, which relies almost exclusively on filmed interrogations, court trials and recorded phone calls between Avery and his family — conversations that aren’t so much illuminating as they are repetitive. A recent “Late Night With Seth Meyers” parodied these calls perfectly in Meyers’ skit, “Making a Talk Show Host”: “Yah, Seth?” asks a collect call from New York. “Yeah,” Meyers replies. “Yah, you gotta come back. Ya know?” “I’ve only been out two weeks,” Meyers says. “Two weeks I’ve been gone. I gotta come back? ... So, I gotta come back?” Though “Making a Murderer” doesn’t have the constant action we’ve come to expect in a crime series, we have to remember what it is: not a fictional crime show, but a true story with real people, whose lives have been battered and stolen from them. Perhaps it’s this truth — the realness of Manitowoc and its citizens, their situations both horribly familiar and unbelievable — that makes it hard to look away.
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Since we’re keepin’ it real, let’s acknowledge the other factors Rose insists have synergistically created these toxic conditions. We’ve got new technologies, crazy corporate consolidation, a culture where violence and misogyny are valued, the neverending expansion of street economies and the industry manipulation I briefly mentioned. Oh, and racism — that’s still a thing. Damn. Weren’t things supposed to get better post-Civil Rights Act? Interestingly enough, hip hop’s legacy isn’t the only one subject to distortion, which brings us back to Dr. King. Posthumously, things are going pretty well for King. In the only industrialized nation without paid maternity leave, having a day off of work is kinda like a big deal, but that’s what happens every third Monday in January when we celebrate the esteemed orator’s birthday. On a more serious note, though, Dr. King is widely regarded and revered as one of the most skilled, strategic activists of the Civil Rights Movement — a leader ahead of his time. Now for a disclaimer: I’m about to draw some similarities between both the treatment and views of Dr. King and those of a few dope rappers, but don’t dismiss me yet, it’s with the best of intentions. My last hope is to in some way smear King’s legacy, which like that of rap is precisely what happens way too often. King made his way, rightfully so, into our history books, but unfortunately he can also be found in the mouths of some of the most downright disrespectful dons of derailment. I’m talking about the people who have the audacity to ask why protesters are “rioting” instead of following King’s doctrine of nonviolence every time concerned community members join forces and flood the streets after another unlawful and uncalled for police shooting. Tamir Rice. Tanisha Anderson. We should keep saying their names. And these derailment virtuosos do and ask a bunch of other bothersome things too, but they’re not the focus here. If you’d like to further discuss the difference between enacting violence on disenfranchised peoples and those peoples’ reactions, you can personally email me. But back to King. And back to hip hop — where rappers are often manipulated, both from the jump when signed to major record labels and through the twisted use of their lyrics as explanation and justification for the hopeless poverty they find themselves in. Ahem, fuck Bill O’Reilly. (Snoop said it, not me.) Nonetheless, like King, many of these rappers continue to produce powerful music in which they continue to share their dreams. And many of these dreams resonate with those of Dr. King. Let’s start in the South, as it’s the most overlooked. People really front everything from the drank in their cups and gold in their mouths, to the screwedup-and-chopped sounds of their music that didn’t all originate in the third coast. But I digress and will save that topic for another column. Dreams in the South stank like gasoline. Off the futuristic, funkadelic, unique utopia that is Outkast’s Stankonia, nothing about “Gasoline Dreams” is dreamy. This shit sonically hits hard: an explosive beat, over which Andre screams “burn motherfucka burn American dreams” — fitting. It samples Geto Boyz’s “Crooked Officer,” also fitting, as Big Boi breaks down the relationship between racial identity, drugs and the law in his verse: Rich white kids inherit wealth, while poor Black ones inherit racial profiling and incarceration, often times due to drugs which didn’t end up in the hood on accident. “Fuck the Holice.” Dre can’t cope in his verse, while Khujo finds hope not in America, nor in Africa, but in death and Judgment Day. The
American Dream has been corrupted by crooked cops, gluttony and greed for Dre, Big Boi and the people of Atlanta. Let that shit burn then. While we’re on the topic of explosions, in Nas’s video for “Street Dreams,” the Illmatic rhyme-slayer gets blown up in the final scene, a Hype-Williamsdirected take on “Casino.” But before his flame-filled, fictitious death, Nas spends the track doing what he does oh so proficiently — storytelling. This track, and the album (It Was Written) itself, is still a source of contention: It’s Nas’s most commercially successful release to date, “Street Dreams” being his only hit single to go gold, but some fans and reviewers alike feel it was lacking. Maybe it was too drastic of a shift in sound, too pop, too palpable. But that palpability expanded Nas’s reach, giving newfound fans a taste of street dreams, a taste they otherwise wouldn’t have come across. Nas raps, “Growing up project-struck, lookin for luck, dreamin / Scoping the large n****s beaming, check what I’m seeing / Cars, ghetto stars pushing ill Europeans.” His dream is centered on the luxuries of life, like Beamers and other “ill Europeans,” usually only afforded to white Americans of European descent. He just wants the shit to come full circle. And he’s willing to do whatever, including dabble in the drug game. The glamorization of the crack business may not appeal to MLK, but what I’m trying to stress with “Street Dreams” is Nas’s relentless resolve to fulfill his dream “without the FBI catching feelings.” While Outkast set fire to the conditional, crooked American dream, and Nas gave his all to fulfill the well-known, widespread street dream of making it out of the hood, the final dream we’ll look at is MC Breed’s, a dream fulfilled — unbelievably though. The late, great Breed hails from Flint, a city that’s at the center of the nation’s attention at the moment (has Gov. Snyder resigned yet?) but was virtually unknown in the rap game before Breed hit the scene. With the debut release of MC Breed & DFC in 1991, the MC put the Midwest on the map, but his sound would grow to be more reminiscent of the West, g-funk grooves, piercing synths and all, due to his move out to L.A. and constant collaboration with Too Short, D.O.C. and the like. In fact, Too Short’s staple producer, Ant Banks, was behind “Dreamin’,” the lead single from his 1997 album Flatline. Breed had been in the game for a handful of years at this point, finally asking, “40-ounce-drinkin, wearing links and riding Lexus coup — am I dreamin?’ ” Nas convinced us he’d give his all to see his dreams come to fruition, but it seems like Breed has victoriously done just that, and now needs a moment to reflect on all he’s overcome to achieve such a feat — making it out. Breed declares, “Either roll with me or get rolled on,” as he’s come too far to risk the progress he’s made. The last minute of the song is purely instrumental, giving Breed plenty of time to look back on his accomplishments as the track fades. Dreams are important — whether it’s the deconstruction of deceitful ones, the tireless pursuit of transformative ones or the reflection upon the painstaking accomplishment of purposeful ones. Whether they’re expressed by Civil Rights activists or local rappers, their validity stands and resonance in respective communities is real. Above all, if I’m going to spend a semester writing a biweekly column on hip hop, I felt it was in order to affirm the importance of hip hop and an integral part of hip hop — its dreams.
Bajgoric is The Daily’s new hip-hop columnist. To contact her, e-mail lejla@umich.edu.
Sports ‘M’ wins exhibition The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
Star freshman Connor injured late, Kile ejected for charging penalty By JASON RUBINSTEIN Daily Sports Writer
It seemed odd that the No. 6 Michigan hockey team had a scheduled exhibition game in January — normally, USNTDP 2 MICHIGAN 5 exhibition games take place before the regular season. They allow teams to knock off any lingering rust from the offseason, and they enable a coaching staff to evaluate their players in a game setting. It seemed especially odd because the opponent was the immensely talented U-18 United States National Team Development Program. However, the game couldn’t have been timelier. It allowed Michigan to rest some of its players — freshman forward Cooper Marody, senior netminder Steve Racine and sophomore defenseman Zach Werenski all got the night off. It also allowed the Wolverines to see what their lineup would look like without sophomore defenseman Cutler Martin and sophomore forward Dexter Dancs, who are suspended for three and two games, respectively, following an aftergame brawl against Ohio State last Sunday. And while the Wolverines got off to a lackadaisical start, they finished in control, beating the USNTDP, 5-2, in a chippy game. “Historically, it can be (a chippy game),” said Michigan coach Red Berenson. “I can’t tell you why. I don’t think the players
that have played in that program try and play chippy against the program kids. Sometimes the program kids are maybe mad that Michigan didn’t recruit them, and the kids we recruit want to put on a good showing. You never know what direction it is going to go.” For a game in which only pride is on the line, a good outcome is one where you leave the game healthy and without suspensions. For Michigan, that might not hold true. Late in the game, freshman sensation Kyle Connor took a spill into the boards and stayed down on the ice for a couple minutes before skating off under his power. Berenson said after the game that there will be an update on Connor’s condition Friday — the only outcome that matters from Thursday’s game. Earlier, midway through the second period, junior forward Alex Kile was ejected for charging at Harvard commit Adam Fox. The NCAA will likely review the hit and determine any further consequences. Kile’s game misconduct was his second in as many games after he left the bench during the Ohio State fight. The Americans showed the same fire, with Michigan defenseman commit Griffin Luce earning a game misconduct for a vicious hit on freshman Brendan Warren. “Judging from last year, frustration sets in and it’s hard to get motivated for a game like this, but we responded well to it,” said sophomore forward Tony Calderone. “I think a couple guys got out of hand, but we did well.” To open the game, NTDP coach Danton Cole started all five Michigan commits — forwards James Sanchez, Will Lockwood and Nick Pastujov
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Michigan recruits savor taste of Yost By MINH DOAN Daily Sports Editor
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Freshman forward Kyle Connor suffered an injury late in Thursday’s exhibition.
as well as Luce and fellow defenseman Luke Martin. Next fall, those five will join the six NTDP alumni currently playing at Michigan, barring any unforeseen changes. When the puck dropped, the game’s start was anything but similar to last weekend’s series against Ohio State. The Wolverines — averaging an astounding 4.86 goals per game — were largely held in check, mustering just seven shots in the first frame. And also unlike the previous weekend, Michigan held the NTDP scoreless until, just three minutes into the second frame, Pastujov threw a pass from the slot to Western Michigan commit Keenan
Suthers, who sniped the puck past junior goaltender Zach Nagelvoort. And the Wolverine offense finally awoke when it had its fiveminute power play chance. Thirty seconds into the man advantage, junior defenseman Michael Downing rifled a shot from the point that junior forward Tyler Motte banged home. Later, in the third period, Calderone beat Boston University commit Jake Oettinger on his glove side to give the Wolverines their first lead of the game. And less than a minute later, Motte extended the lead to two on a one-timer chance. Junior forward Max Shuart and Calderone’s second tally rounded out the team’s scoring.
With the Michigan band playing in the background and the Children of Yost being their usual rowdy selves, the United States National Team Development Program trotted out five of the nation’s best upcoming talent. Except this time, it was a little different. Instead of starting the usual line of Boston University commits Kiefer Bellows and Clayton Keller and MinnesotaDuluth commit Joey Anderson, USNDTP coach Danton Cole trotted out five future Michigan hockey players. These players — forwards James Sanchez, Will Lockwood and Nick Pastujov and defensemen Luke Martin and Griffin Luce — represent five of the seven announced commits that will be playing in Ann Arbor next season. “It was nice. They all play different positions, so all five could start,” Cole said. “It’s a big day for them, and they were excited. They played well, played strong. “We have a lot of committed guys, and the guys are excited to play. It’s their first taste of playing in Yost and a college atmosphere. It’s always fun for them.” For those five players, the game represents the first and probably last time they will be on the opposite side of the Children of Yost’s jeers. And for each player, the atmosphere is what brought many of them to Michigan. “It’s a little insane, like the band is really overwhelming,” Pastujov said. “They’re really, really loud. That was one of the best college atmospheres we’ve played at this year, if not the best, and it was tough when the crowd gets into it to bounce back to try to find a way back.”
All five players found their way to a maize and blue jersey in a different way. But for Lockwood and Pastujov, it was the family connections that sealed the deal for them. Lockwood’s father, Joe, played for Michigan coach Red Berenson’s first recruiting class from 1984 to 1988. Lockwood, a Bloomfield Hills, Mich., native, also grew up a Wolverine fan his whole life. Knowing Joe played at Michigan made his son want to play for Michigan from an early age. Pastujov, who is from Bradenton, Fla., has been playing junior hockey in Michigan for five years, and playing in Ann Arbor was something that naturally piqued his interest. But he also has a family connection to the Wolverines — his grandfather attended Michigan. But even for an exhibition game, the game itself was chippy, something the USNTDP expected. For some of the future Wolverines especially, they gave their future teammates a nice, physical introduction of themselves. Luce was ejected from the game for a high hit, and Pastujov was sent to the box early in the game for getting into a scuffle with junior forward Evan Allen. “I wasn’t making any friends out there, but I think that’s all right,” Pastujov said. “They know it’s a game.” With the annual game against the USNTDP now out of the way, the future Wolverines are already looking toward next year’s game. For now, the USNTDP players will go back to finishing off their exhibition schedules, donning the navy blue USA jerseys. But next year, they’ll trade in those jerseys for the maize and blue.
Special teams takes leap Michigan looks to reload from up-and-down 2014 WOMEN’S TENNIS
with top freshman class Team must replace Bektas, Dodge, Lee to win eighth straight Big Ten title By ORION SANG Daily Sports Writer
It would be understandable for a team that graduated the two winningest singles players in school history to take a step back the following year. But the No. 14 Michigan women’s tennis team doesn’t have any plans to rebuild, and coach Ronni Bernstein believes the seven-time reigning Big Ten champion Wolverines will remain highly competitive. “You would like to reload instead of rebuild,” Bernstein said. “I knew we had a lot to replace, and I think we did that.” Part of the replacement of departing players comes from the development of incumbent players, as well as an incoming freshman class of Brienne Minor, Kate Fahey and Teona Velehorschi that will play a big role in determining Michigan’s season fate. “I’m excited about our freshman class,” Bernstein said. “I think, tennis-wise and as people, that we did a really good job there. Hopefully, they can help us up high in the lineup, and their work ethic is really good.” Minor and Fahey, in particular, will have to play well in the singles lineup for the Wolverines to be able to defend their Big Ten title. The two freshmen arrived on campus with a great deal of hype — they were ranked No. 9 and No. 12 in the nation, respectively, by tennisrecruiting.net. Both have lived up to the billing so far, sporting impressive records in both singles and doubles from fall season competition. Minor, who is ranked No. 19 in the country in
singles, is 16-3 in singles and 11-2 in doubles, while Fahey is 10-5 and 8-4, respectively. Senior captain Ronit Yurovsky was also complimentary of the freshmen. “I think they’re a really good class,” Yurovsky said. “They practice so hard and care so much about the team. They play a big role on the team, and they’re going to have a big impact.” While Michigan has reloaded with its freshman class, the Wolverines will have to combat their youth. Yurovsky herself will have to play a larger role on the team as its most experienced returnee. She is the only senior on the team, and after ending last season ranked No. 25, she has climbed to No. 17 as the winter season begins. Yurovsky, who has played mostly in Michigan’s No. 2 singles spot, will now presumably move to the first spot vacated by four-time AllBig Ten player Emina Bektas. Though Bektas’s shoes may seem big to fill, Yurovsky believes she’s up to the task. “Nothing’s really changed,” Yurovsky said. “I’ve pretty much prepared the same as if I would every other year, but I’m starting to focus on playing with more confidence. I think that’s key especially if you’re playing higher up.” In addition to playing at a higher spot in the lineup, Yurovsky will also need to be a leader for what is an exceptionally young team — the sole upperclassmen on the roster are Yurovsky and junior Sara Remynse. Yurovsky credits last year’s captains with teaching her how to be an effective leader.
“(They) did a good job of showing you the ropes of what you do,” Yurovsky said. “I’ve definitely taken in what they’ve done, and it’s helped me for this year.” As Michigan prepares for the upcoming dual-meet season, it will both try to find the best lineup and continue to be aggressive on the court. During the fall season, the Wolverines were without many of their players due to injuries and illness, which has meant a fairly unsettled lineup. “(The lineup) is going to work itself out,” Bernstein said. “Some of the kids that have played more are more match-tough right now. I’m excited that everyone is healthy again.” Meanwhile, the Wolverines have been working on shortening points and being aggressive by doing drills that involve hitting approach shots and coming up to the net, which should help for the indoor portion of the season. “What we preach is that you’ve gotta win the point,” Bernstein said. “(We’re) not going to stay back and grind and wait for them to miss. We’re going to come forward and put pressure (on them).” Though Michigan is a young team in need of improvement, Yurovsky remains optimistic about the season. “I think that once we get together as a group it will click,” Yurovsky said. “I think that we could do really well (once that happens).” While still early, if Wolverines can gel as a team the way their captain wants while staying as aggressive as Bernstein desires, they’ll have a shot to make some noise when the NCAA Tournament rolls around.
“I knew we had a lot to replace, and I think we did that.”
By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Editor
Editor’s Note: With the Michigan football team’s 2015 regular season in the books, the Daily looks back at the performance of each unit this year and looks ahead to the future in 2016. In this edition: special teams. You can credit now-departed special teams coordinator John Baxter, you can credit Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh, you can credit graduate transfers and rising upperclassmen — there’s plenty of deserved credit to go around. There are few units in the country that improved from 2014 to 2015 as much as the No. 12 Michigan football team’s special teams unit. In the Wolverines’ 2014 campaign that resulted in a disappointing 5-7 record, special teams were a sore spot. Kicking, returning, punting, holding onto the football and even putting 11 players on the field proved difficult for Michigan. In ESPN’s special teams efficiency, the Wolverines were 96th out of 128 teams. This year, Michigan finished the season tied for 12th in the same category, and, despite a sluggish finish, the special teams unit had plenty more to hang its hat on. Thanks to a group of kick and punt returners led by redshirt freshman Jabrill Peppers, the return game received a muchneeded boost, finishing the season third in kickoff return average and fourth in average field position. Redshirt junior kicker Kenny Allen converted 15 of 16 field goals from inside 40 yards (18-for-22 overall) and made all 48 of his extra point attempts. Fifth-year senior graduate transfer Blake O’Neill blasted nine punts over 50 yards and pinned 23 inside the 20-yard line. He also had the longest punt of the season in college football at 80 yards. As a whole, the special teams unit looked vastly improved in 2015, and with one notable exception, it paid off.
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Kenny Allen finished 15-for-16 on field goals from inside 40 yards in 2015.
HIGH POINT: Michigan’s special teams had its best games against Northwestern, Minnesota and Maryland, but the Wolverines’ 38-0 win over the 13th-ranked Wildcats on Oct. 10 was the best of the bunch. Redshirt junior wide receiver Jehu Chesson took his third career kickoff return 96 yards to the house for Michigan’s first kickoff return touchdown since 2009 and first to open the game since 1992. From there, Allen hit a careerlong 47-yard field goal, while O’Neill pinned three punts inside the 20, including a 59-yarder, in the blowout win. LOW POINT: Though O’Neill boomed an 80-yard punt, the return game amassed 156 yards and Kenny Allen hit three field goals, Michigan’s special teams will forever take the blame for the team’s loss to Michigan State on Oct. 17.
When O’Neill fumbled the snap on a punt with 10 seconds to go and Michigan State’s Jalen Watts-Jackson returned the fumble for a game-winning touchdown as time expired, all of Michigan’s special teams success was forgotten, as was its chance at a Big Ten title. THE FUTURE: Despite some uncertainty with special teams moving forward, the unit appears to be in good shape overall. Though Baxter has left to take on the same position at Southern California and O’Neill is graduating, everyone else should be back. In good news, Allen showed potential to replace O’Neill in the Citrus Bowl with a 57-yard punt. Like the rest of the team, Michigan’s special teams return and bring in more talent than it loses, and next year, it has a chance to be, well, special.
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For Robinson, success starts before the game By SIMON KAUFMAN Daily Sports Editor
It’s 6:35 p.m., and Michigan doesn’t tip off against Maryland for another two and a half hours. Crisler Center is quiet, but Duncan Robinson just swaggered out from Michigan’s tunnel, sporting a gray long-sleeve Michigan shirt and headphones. The arena is practically empty, save for a few of Robinson’s teammates shooting on the court and a handful of ushers and stadium staff shuffling around the concourse. The redshirt sophomore guard heads for the stands and makes himself comfortable in an aisle seat 14 rows up, across from the bench Michigan will use in a few hours when it hosts the third-ranked Terrapins. For nearly 20 minutes he just sits there, legs sprawled out comfortably resting on the chair in front of him. He occasionally sips from his water bottle or scrolls for a new song on his phone — he’s a big G-Eazy fan — but for the most part, he does nothing. He just sits there and gazes around an empty stadium, thinking. “I try to do that, just kind of, I guess see myself out there. Not meditation — but just kind of envisioning,” Robinson said. So for 20 minutes he sits, envisions and thinks. About what? Maybe the Wolverines’ game five nights prior at Purdue, when tight Boilermaker defense limited Robinson to just two makes on five attempts from 3-point range. That type of performance doesn’t bode well for Michigan — a team that’s been reliant on strong shooting to make up for its oftenundersized big men down low. Robinson has shot 57 percent from behind the arc in Michigan’s wins this season, but just 38 percent from deep in its five losses. Robinson eventually leaves his seat and heads toward the court. He exchanges a handshake with an usher and grabs a ball — the first time he’s touched one all day.
He doesn’t like to touch a ball on game day more than about two hours before tipoff. He read that Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry does that, tried it himself once and the habit stuck. Tipoff is still two hours away, but Robinson’s pregame routine is well underway. He shoots sixfooters from straightaway and slowly inches his way back toward the free throw line, and eventually, the 3-point line. He takes his first several 3s flat-footed, without jumping — a warm-up technique he learned from a trainer a while back. He begins moving around the arc, starting to find a rhythm. He lets off quick attempts, mixing it up a little each time. He takes a dribble and fires, makes a move and aims, pump fakes, elevates and releases with a hand in his face. After 10 minutes of knocking down shots, he heads for the locker room. He gets taped up, changes into a blue Michigan T-shirt and is back out 30 minutes later. Tipoff is just an hour and a half away, and now Robinson’s routine gets more intense. He works his way around the arc, firing from every spot. A team manager grabs his rebounds and feeds the ball back to him. Shot. Swish. Repeat. He goes until he gets 100 makes. It doesn’t take him many more attempts to do that. “It kind of depends on the day — I try to keep it under like 120 (attempts),” Robinson said. “Usually 20 misses, something like that. Depends how it’s feeling.” He makes his 100th 3-pointer, ends with a handful of free throws and heads back to the tunnel. He comes back out later for team warmups, but his own personal routine is complete, and he has to wait until game time to see if it pays off. It 9:00 p.m. now and Crisler Center isn’t so quiet anymore. Robinson is done envisioning himself on the court — he is on the court. Five minutes into the game, Robinson catches a pass from
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Redshirt sophomore forward Duncan Robinson is shooting 51.6 percent on 3-point attempts this season, the best of any Wolverine and 11th in the country.
sophomore guard Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman on the left side of the arc. He pump fakes — exactly like he practiced two hours prior — and Maryland forward Jake Layman bites hard. Robinson dribbles once to his right, fires and hits, putting Michigan up 11-6 early. Ten minutes later, junior guard Zak Irvin finds Robinson in the corner. Maryland guard Melo Trimble tries to throw a hand in Robinson’s face, but Robinson ignores it just like he did the ones managers threw up at him earlier. The Williams College (Mass.) transfer hits again. Two possessions later, Abdur-Rahkman feeds Robinson, this time on the right shoulder of the arc. Robinson disregards Layman’s defense and nails a trey — erasing Maryland’s brief 25-24 lead — one the Terrapins wouldn’t
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Daily Sports Writer
Ohio State is particularly good at 3-point shooting, something Michigan women’s basketball coach Kim Barnes Arico highlighted in her weekly radio interview with WTKA. Barnes Arico was not wrong, either. The Buckeyes wasted no time showing just how good they were, going 6-for-9 in the first half of Thursday’s contest. The impressive shooting display killed an aggressive start by the Wolverines and any chance they had of completing and upset over the No. 7 team in the country. Michigan, a good shooting team in its own right, tried to go shot for shot with Ohio State from beyond the arc, and it nearly succeeded. But the Wolverines couldn’t quite keep up with the efficiency of their opponents in a 97-93 defeat. All in all, the two teams
Robinson said. “I found myself so open that I just didn’t really know what to do with it, so it didn’t really come off right. I knew as soon as I shot it wasn’t good, so it was frustrating.” What wasn’t frustrating, though, was his overall performance that night. He finished 5-of-9 from deep and tallied 17 points to help Michigan take its first home win over a topthree team since 1997. After Maryland missed a 3 at the end of the game that would have tied it, Robinson grabbed the rebound as time expired. He was the first Wolverine back in the tunnel and greeted his teammates with high fives and shouts as they came in. Wednesday, when Michigan hosted Minnesota, he was one of the first out of the tunnel and it was the same pregame routine. Two
hours before tip, Robinson sat and envisioned himself on the court, made his 100 3s, then headed back to the tunnel. This night, though, the preparation didn’t show like it did against Maryland. In a game in which Michigan as a whole struggled to find its shooting rhythm, Robinson wasn’t immune, going 3-for-10 from deep as the Wolverines edged the Gophers, 74-69. But for Robinson, routine leads to rhythm. So when Rutgers comes to town next Wednesday, don’t expect the sharpshooter to change his pregame activities. He’ll come out of Michigan’s tunnel, envision himself playing from the stands, make his shots and then hope for a performance more like the one against Maryland than the one against Minnesota. Then he’ll head back into the tunnel and wait to do it for real.
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Wolverines outshot in loss By LELAND MITCHINSON
get back. With less than three minutes in the half, Abdur-Rahkman finds Robinson again, this time in transition. Robinson catches and fires. On his way down, he gets taken out by Trimble, who tried his best to make sure Robinson didn’t have a clean look. As Robinson falls , so does his shot. In the second half, the first time he has a look from deep he nails it. With Maryland making a comeback attempt late in the frame, Robinson has a chance to swing the momentum. Sophomore guard Aubrey Dawkins finds him all alone in the corner and, as Robinson aims, Dawkins and an entire student section lift their arms to preemptively celebrate a made 3. The ball rattles off the near rim and goes out of bounds. Robinson can’t believe it. “I aimed it, I didn’t shoot it,”
combined for 48 3-point attempts, with Ohio State making 54.5 percent of its deep shots. Buckeye guard Kelsey Mitchell, the Big Ten’s leading scorer, hit the first 3-pointer of the contest with 5:45 remaining in the first quarter. Sophomore guard Katelynn Flaherty answered for the Wolverines just 19 seconds later with one of her own, but Ohio State immediately hit another on the other end, cutting short Michigan’s attempt to gain ground. Mitchell and Flaherty each went 5-for-8 from 3-point range on the night and led their teams’ scoring, with 27 and 22 points, respectively. The final shot of the string of threes sparked a 12-0 run for the Buckeyes, resulting in a 16-point lead at the end of the first quarter that the Wolverines were never quite able to overcome. Though Michigan finished the game with 11 made 3s to Ohio State’s 12, it took them four more attempts to
reach that total. Part of what contributed to the high number of shots was the personnel on the court. “Ohio State is interesting because they play four guards and a post,” said senior guard Madison Ristovski. “So a lot of the time, we had four guards out there.” Added Barnes Arico: “We stat plus-minus and, at halftime ... our smaller lineup was a positive number, so we decided at that point to try to play smaller as much as we could.” With more guards spreading the floor, space opened up for freshman center Hallie Thome to take advantage, and she did just that. All but six of her 21 points came in the second half. Thome also collected 12 rebounds to earn her the second double-double of her short career. Though the Wolverines fell short, they showed they can shoot with the best of them.
Ohio State holds off Michigan comeback By CHRIS CROWDER Daily Sports Writer
At every Michigan women’s basketball game, during a timeout, a previously conducted interview of a Wolverine is displayed OHIO STATE 97 on the MICHIGAN 93 Crisler Center video board. One of the questions asked is, “What is your favorite Michigan basketball memory?” Nearly every non-freshman Wolverine this season thus far has responded with last year’s overtime win against Ohio State. Thursday, Michigan had another opportunity to make a lasting memory against the seventh-ranked Buckeyes, but the Wolverines ultimately fell, 97-93. Ohio State’s full-court press was relentless from the opening tip, as it stole two inbound passes, pushing its lead to eight about four minutes into the first quarter. After another Buckeye steal and score, Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico was forced to call a timeout down by 10. Bolstered by suffocating defense, the Buckeyes took a 31-17 lead into the second quarter. “Sometimes the tempo of the game can always change, depending on what team has the momentum,” said senior guard Madison Ristovski. “So we just have to stay within ourselves and play basketball the Michigan way (when Ohio State is on a run).” About two minutes into the frame, Ristovski inbounded the ball and knew she was close to a five-second violation. She hastily tossed the ball, and the Buckeyes’ Kelsey Mitchell leaped for the steal and turned it into a quick layup to give her team a 15-point lead for her 17th point of the game. With 6:51 left in the quarter, sophomore guard Katelynn Flaherty knocked down a 3-pointer after starting the
contest 1-for-7 from the floor. After Ristovski knocked down two straight 3-pointers nearing the end of the quarter, Ohio State’s Mitchell knocked down one of her own to continue her torrid scoring pace as she finished with 27 in the scoring column. Despite Mitchell’s prowess, the Wolverines trailed by just seven going into the half, 49-42. Michigan also has a Kelsey Mitchell on its roster, and the Wolverines’ senior forward led the team with 12 points on 6-for-7 shooting at the half. The third quarter started off with scorching-hot shooting. After Flaherty drained a 3-pointer to cut the lead back to seven with six minutes left in the quarter, the Buckeyes were shooting 9-for-13 from behind the arc. “Every time we made a great run, they had an answer to it,” Barnes Arico said. “That’s a sign of a top team in the country.” Shortly after, Ohio State sunk another trey, forcing Barnes Arico to call a time out with 4:05 left in the quarter, down by 12. With just under two minutes left in the frame, the Buckeyes cut off Michigan’s growing momentum by holding the ball for a full minute due to three offensive rebounds. They ended the possession with a layup and another 3-pointer by Mitchell, carrying a 12-point advantage into the final 10 minutes. Junior guard Siera Thompson started the fourth quarter with a jumper. Freshman guard Boogie Brozoski later hit a 3-pointer and sophomore forward Jillian Dunston took a charge on the ensuing possession, trying to gain momentum. Brozoski, however, turned the ball over trying to rifle
a pass into the paint, leading to another Ohio State basket. After a timeout, Flaherty — who scored a team-high 22 points — made another shot from behind the arc, only to have the Buckeyes halt the run with two baskets. Ohio State continued to show its strength on defense, blocking freshman center Hallie Thome and stealing another inbound pass. The Wolverines forced a turnover at half court with 2:42 left in the contest, and Thome capped off the possession with a layup to cut the lead to nine. About a minute later, Thome sunk a free throw to complete an and-1, trimming the deficit to five. “We have a no-give-up mentality,” Thompson said. “We know we can play with any team in this conference, so that’s our mindset going into every game.” Michigan forced the Buckeyes into a miss with the shot clock winding down in the next possession, but Ohio State grabbed the offensive rebound. After a foul, Buckeye guard Ameryst Alston hit one of her two free throws to push the lead to six. When the Wolverines got the ball, Thompson was also fouled, and she knocked down both of her attempts from the charity stripe, cutting it to just a four-point difference. Michigan came within three points of the Buckeyes, but it couldn’t play catch up after Ohio State was nearly perfect from the free throw line down the stretch. “In the locker room, we talked about the ability to keep fighting and keep fighting,” Barnes Arico said. “We believe that if we keep improving and we keep plugging along, that these games are going to go our way.”
“We have a no-give-up mentality.”