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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) stand on stage before the Democractic presidential debate in Flint on Sunday.
Democratic debate in Flint draws focus to local issues Candidates talk water crisis, Detroit school system failures
in Flint on Sunday for the seventh debate of the primary season, with a strong local focus. Over the two-hour debate, candidates answered questions from Flint residents and discussed state issues such as the Flint water crisis and the deterioration of Michigan’s economy and industry. The discussion marked a stark difference to Thursday’s Republican debate in Detroit, which devoted about 10 minutes in total to questions about the state.
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Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (D–Vt.) met
The debate came two days before Tuesday’s presidential primary in Michigan. Clinton, who has frequented the state since the Flint water crisis began to garner public attention, leads Sanders with 57 percent of the vote, according to the latest NBC/WSJ/Marist poll. Nationally, Clinton currently leads Sanders by 9.6 percent according to an average of polls from RealClearPolitics. Flint water crisis: The Flint water crisis proved a
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Throughout the Democratic primary and caucus race, candidates have spoken a lot about foreign policy, especially regarding the Middle East. But we have heard shockingly little from the Democratic candidates about Israel, the single biggest recipient of United States military aid — $3 billion per year and $100 billion since 1962 by conservative estimates. In a press conference in Flint before the debate, I asked Bernie Sanders: If elected president, would you stop sending aid to Israel until they agree to abide by international law, namely by ending the illegal occupation of the West Bank and Gaza? He said,
“The U.S. needs to have a level playing field in terms of its relationship to Israel and the Palestinian Authority … I will do everything I can to try to work in what is, as you know, a very, very difficult situation, if that is possible, but I do believe that the U.S. needs to have an even and level playing field dealing with both sides.” If we take this statement seriously, then Sanders as president would send the same amount of aid to the PA as it would Israel — that could be $0 to each, or billions to each. And if Sanders means he would even the playing field between Israel and the PA, then he would send tens of billions to the PA immediately to offset the amount already sent to Israel. For decades, and still today, the United States has supported Israel’s illegal and immoral occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. Sanders would have to do a lot to end Israel’s economic, political and military domination of the See FOREIGN POLICY, Page 4A
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Mark your calendars — musical artist Matisyahu will be performing with fellow musician and Ann Arbor native Nadim Azzam at Hill Auditorium on April 4 as part of a concert series intended to promote unity. The concert is being hosted by Michigan Hillel and MUSIC Matters, who also hold the University of Michigan’s Annual SpringFest. Matisyahu, a JewishAmerican, and Azzam, a Palestinian-American, are touring together across multiple college campuses, attempting to bridge the many longstanding political, religious and cultural differences between Israel and Palestine.
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significant topic throughout the debate, with Flint Journal editor Bryn Mickle, one of the moderators of the debate, questioning both candidate’s approach to addressing the crisis and their actions in the city. Both candidates, in their answers, called for the resignation of Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder — a new position for Clinton and a repeated one for Sanders. Clinton answered Mickle’s See DEBATE, Page 3A
Musical artist Matisyahu to visit Ann Arbor for performance
Business junior, Kaitlin Smith, MUSIC Matters communications chair, said Matisyahu got his inspiration for the tour from protesters attending his concerts in support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. This movement advocates for the end of public funding from the United States to Israel and aims to boycott institutions that financially support Israel, in protest of Israel’s policies on Palestinian rights. Matisyahu said in the tour’s announcement the goal of this tour is to demonstrate his solidarity with the Palestinian community and encourage harmony across the entire Middle East. Smith said Matisyahu envisions the tour creating a sense of community between different groups of students. “He feels that there’s a lot of misinformation out there, and a lot of people who are fueled by anger, so he’s going around and See MATISYAHU, Page 3A
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Bethany Cosentino, lead vocalist of Best Coast, performs at the Majestic Theater in Detroit on Feb. 23, 2016. Best Coast’s performance is part of their joint tour – Summer is Forever II – with Wavves.
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Two new candidates are vying for seats on the Ann Arbor City Council. Diane Giannola is a Democrat
seeking councilmember Graydon Krapohl’s seat in Ward 4 who is seeking re-election. Giannola is running under the slogan “Authentic, Realistic, Dependable.” “I’m a different sort of candidate. I’m not really running anti-anything,” she said in an interview. Giannola is currently employed by the University of Michigan and works as manager of Venture Accelerator, located on North Campus, where staff and
faculty who have developed new intellectual property through research and want to build their own private companies can rent office space. Additionally, she worked previously for the University as a medical researcher on academics, biotech and Pfizer. Her platform is focused on supplying the city’s residents with accurate information about city issues. She said she wants political decisions to be more of a conversation between City See CANDIDATES, Page 3A
After a tense meeting on Feb. 25 with University of Michigan officials, City Council members and local residents are openly calling for the University to halt its proposed North Campus transit center. The $38.5 million Transportation Operations and Maintenance Facility — which is to be built on North Campus adjacent to several residential neighborhoods — is meant to act as a full-service garage for the University’s fleet of 1,000 buses and other vehicles. The project was approved by the Board of Regents in 2014, and the bidding process was initiated in February 2016. While critics are not unified in their opposition to the facility, with complaints ranging from an increase See TRANSIT, Page 3A
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ON THE DAILY Hillary Clinton and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) will have a sustained presence in Michigan this week to rally support and encourage people to vote before Tuesday’s primary — including a visit to the University of Michigan from Sanders. On Monday, Sanders is slated to travel across Michigan, covering three cities in one day. According to a press release, he will discuss issues that are pertinent to Michigan voters, including the Flint water crisis, college affordability and campaign finance reform. First, he is scheduled to visit Kalamazoo and Dearborn, and will finish his day with a final event in Ann Arbor for a get-out-the-vote rally and concert featuring Nate Ruess of FUN and the band JR JR. The Ann Arbor event will begin at 6:30 pm at the Crisler Center.
Sanders’s last visit to Michigan was on Feb. 15 at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti. He discussed issues surrounding income inequality, campaign finance reform and the environment. The audience, which was mostly younger, responded enthusiastically to his calls for free college tuition, low interest rates on student debt and a $15 per hour minimum wage. Clinton is scheduled to visit Detroit Monday, hosting a rally at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in the evening. She has had a strong presence in Michigan over the last few months in light of the Flint water crisis, visiting the city on Feb. 7 to encourage federal funding. Her daughter, Chelsea Clinton, has also visited Flint. Mayor Karen Weaver expressed her support for Clinton in January, the Detroit
Free Press reported, after she was the first candidate to reach out to offer help to the city. Sanders has also offered support to Flint, and in recent months has called for the resignation of Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R), a position Clinton also expressed for the first time during Sunday’s Democratic debate in the city. Clinton is projected to win Tuesday’s Democratic Michigan primaries. According to a Detroit Free Press poll, she is currently 25 points ahead of Sanders with 56 percent of the vote. The two Democratic candidates are split roughly even among white voters, with Clinton leading among African-American voters at a total of 66 percent support. Sanders is 27 points ahead of Clinton among the independent voters, Politico reports. -CAMY METWALLY
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State concerns limited to 10 minutes out of two hours of questions By SHOHAM GEVA Editor in Chief
DETROIT — Michigan isn’t quite a stranger to attention in the presidential race, despite a late primary — over the past few elections, several debates have been held here, and candidate visits tend be fairly frequent. But the emphasis on the state this cycle, with Michigan cities playing host
to both a Republican and Democrat debate before Tuesday’s primary — and a overall heightened presence in the news in the aftermath of the Flint water crisis — stands out as unique. However, for the Republicans in Detroit Thursday, the first of the two local debates, the focus seemed to remain largely on national issues and not the state. State issues largely emerged in the latter half of the two-hour debate for about only 10 minutes in total, with three individual questions on the Flint water crisis, Detroit Public School’s debt and manufacturing jobs posed to the
majority of candidates. Speaking to Flint, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) called the water crisis a failure of government, also charging that Democrats had unfairly politicized the issue. “All of us are outraged by what happened,” he said. “And we should work together to solve it. And there is a proper role for the government to play at the federal level, in helping local communities to respond to a catastrophe of this kind.” Ohio Governor John Kasich (R), asked about debt in DPS, said his plan to fix schools is to disseminate resources currently in federal programs to the states, as well as encourage vocational educational and school choice with voucher and charter programs. Both those issues received a different, more sustained kind of attention earlier in the evening, when roughly 100 protestors gathered outside the Fox Theatre to call for action in Flint and Detroit, as well as for a raise in the state’s minimum wage. Keith Harris, a Southfield resident, carried a sign equating GOP frontrunner Donald Trump and Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s (R) policies as racist during the protest. “I hope they take away the fact that we really, really want to be treated fair,” he said of the GOP candidates. “We want schools, we want fresh water in Flint, we want the police to stop murdering us.” Moderators also asked U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) about creating manufacturing jobs in the city, an issue cited by several protesters. In response, the senator pivoted to a criticism of Detroit’s leadership, saying that left-wing Democrats “pursued destructive tax policies, weak crime policies, and have driven the citizens out,” of the city. His tax plan and push to repeal regulations like Obamacare, he added, would bring jobs back. In an interview before the debate, Donald Grimes, economist at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Research for Labor, Employment and the Economy, said he hoped Michigan’s later primary and the attention the state is receiving this cycle, would translate into a bigger focus on economic issues.
That focus, especially when it comes to Michigan’s unique ties to the auto industry, could be the state’s contribution to the national conversation, he added. “It turns out that’s fortuitous timing for Michigan, to be all by myself (in the primary calendar),” Grimes said. “Hopefully this will help bring the questioning back to the domestic economy, the auto industry, and the whole issue of too big to fail.” Standing outside the debate an hour before it started, Kelsey Bright, a Berklee resident and Kasich supporter, said she hoped candidates took away an understanding of top issues in Michigan, such as jobs, and how they played into the country as a whole. “A lot of the other issues that you’re even hearing about tonight, if we had people back to work, they probably wouldn’t even be issues,” she said. Beyond the state issues, the national topics that comprised most of Thursday’s debate ranged from the state of the campaign to new nuances of policy that has been controversial throughout it, such as immigration reform. As the nomination convention gets closer, electability in particular proved a contentious topic. Two days before the debate, Trump won seven states in this year’s Super Tuesday, a day in when 11 states go to the polls, continuing to cement his lead in the race. He is currently projected to take Michigan by over 15 percent next week. Of the remaining states, Cruz won three, and Rubio won one. Kasich and Ben Carson, who was not at Thursday’s debate after signaling he may drop out of the race Thursday morning, both won none. Those results prompted a discussion throughout the night about what paths to the nomination Rubio, Cruz and Kasich saw, drawing a range of ongoing criticisms about Trump. Early on in the debate, Rubio charged that Trump would ultimately be unsuccessful because he didn’t represent the GOP electorate. “Two-thirds of the people who have cast a vote in a Republican
primary or caucus have voted against you,” Rubio said. “And the reason why is because we are not going to turn over the conservative movement, or the party of Lincoln or Reagan, for example, to someone whose positions are not conservative.” Cruz took a similar angle later on, pointing to Trump as part of the D.C. establishment, which Trump disputed. “I understand the folks who are supporting Donald right now,” Cruz said. “You’re angry. You’re angry at Washington, and he uses angry rhetoric. But for 40 years, Donald has been part of the corruption in Washington that you’re angry about. Trump cited multiple polls showing him ahead in the race in response. In remarks to press after the debate about their path forward, the Cruz, Kasich and Rubio campaigns expressed varied plans for Michigan. Kasich said he wasn’t planning on winning the state, and was instead focusing on winning his home state of Ohio. Proponents for Rubio and Cruz were more optimistic about strong finishes in the state — though not necessarily victories. Immigration was another large topic, with both candidates and moderators pushing Trump about releasing recordings of a off the record interview with the New York Times that reports have suggested include him saying he is flexible about his immigration plan to deport millions. Off the record refers to an agreement between a journalist and a interview subject to not quote or use information acquired during a conversation. The New York Times has said they will release the recordings if Trump agrees to it. However, Trump said Thursday night he wouldn’t agree to release the recordings because he had “too much respect” for off the record agreements. Though stressing that flexibility in policy was important, he noted that immigration was not an issue he planned to shift much on. “(I’m) not very flexible,” he said. “I give the example — I’m going to build a wall. I’m the one that wants the wall. I’m the one that can build
the wall. It’s going to get built...but — and I used an example. And this isn’t necessarily what was said, but whatever was said, the wall’s 50 feet high. Is it going to be 45 feet or 40 feet? That could very well be.” Higher education also received brief attention in a Rubio attack on Trump over Trump University, a for-profit education institution founded by the candidate. It is currently the subject of several lawsuits over whether Trump defrauded individuals who bought the courses. After the debate, Aaron Kall, director of the University of Michigan’s debate program and an expert on election politics, said he thought the balance between national and state issues in particular was noticeably surprising and disappointing. “At least the moderators (gave up on the state),” Kall said. “I mean, that’s kind of the logical extension. The frontrunner wasn’t even asked a direct question. They probably saw the Detroit Free Press poll and said, (Trump’s) got about a ten point lead, and so maybe it’s over….but yeah, very disappointing. We can only hope, that the Democratic side on Sunday, things will be different.” Looking forward, whether the attention paid to Michigan’s big issues, like Flint and DPS and beyond, will be a contrast in the state’s second turn in the national spotlight before Tuesday’s primary — when the Democrats face off in Flint Sunday — remains to be seen, as well as the potential presence of those issues further on in the race. Unlike the GOP, both Democratic candidates have brought Michigan up in prior debates, largely to criticize Snyder’s response to Flint’s water crisis. However, in an interview Thursday at the GOP debate, Brandon Dillon, Michigan Democratic Party chair, noted that he expected some noticeable differences in content and tenor Sunday night regardless of topic. “I think it’s very simple — the contrast you’ve seen in every debate,” Dillon said. “You have one side that’s all insults and attacks all the time, and on the Democratic side you actually have a rigorous debate about policy and ideas about how to move the country forward.”
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DEBATE From Page 1A question first, pushing back on his suggestion that candidates were visiting Flint merely to campaign there and citing previous experiences working to aid communities suffering from crises. The candidate has highlighted the water crisis multiple times in the past month, including in her closing statements at the Jan. 17 Democratic debate. She has since campaigned on the issue, visiting Flint and meeting with community leaders. Herdaughter, Chelsea Clinton, has also campaigned in the state separately. “This problem is one that is particularly outrageous and painful at the same time,” Clinton said Sunday. “So, when I heard about it I immediately sent people here to find out what was going on. It was almost unbelievable. We have this problem in other places, but we don’t say that it was actually caused by decisions made by public officials in positions of authority, as this one was.” Clinton added that her commitment to Flint doesn’t end after the Michigan primaries, noting discussions she’s had with Flint Mayor Karen Weaver and state residents. “I’m going to do everything I can. And, I will be with Flint all the way through this crisis in whatever capacity I am,” Clinton said. “And, if I’m president, it will always be a priority for action from me.” To Sanders, Mickle asked why he had not paid as much attention as Clinton had to the crisis. The debate marks Sanders’ second public visit to Flint following a town hall meeting two weeks ago, though he has also raised awareness on the issue throughout his campaign, calling for Snyder’s resignation on Jan. 17. In response to the question, Sanders brought up his town hall. “(The meeting) was as nonpolitical as I could make it for hundreds of people to tell me and the world through the media exactly what was happening here in Flint,” Sanders said. “I think the fear and the legitimate fear of the people of Flint is that a certain point the TV cameras and CNN will disappear. And people are going to be left struggling in order to live in a safe and healthy community.” The crisis was also a focus before the debate: protesters outside chanted “Raise the wage, clean our water” with the goal of drawing attention to raising minimum wage laws and the Flint water crisis. Auto bailout: Trade agreements and protecting domestic industries — specifically the auto industry —
TRANSIT From Page 1A in air pollution, traffic congestion and noise, there is consensus among some local residents that the University has advanced the project without public consent. Because the University is a state entity, it is able to circumvent zoning requirements for new construction, and can therefore unilaterally undertake new projects without city approval. City Councilmember Kirk Westphal (D–Ward 2) wrote a letter to University President Mark Schlissel last month to urge the project be paused until consent from the community can be reached. Kirk said Schlissel replied to his letter Feb. 26, assuring him that his concerns wouldn’t be ignored. “We will consider your suggestion that the University be more thoughtful and responsive to neighborhood concerns when planning a facility that abuts a residential neighborhood,” Schlissel wrote to Westphal. Westphal said in an interview
CANDIDATES From Page 1A Council members and residents. She added that as of now, there is too much debate and not enough discussion about what the actual issues are. “I’m running to be more of a voice, and more of an effective voice for our ward,” Giannola said. “Whether they agree with me or not doesn’t matter, as long as they are discussing the same facts.” Her focus is also on the importance of transparency according to her website.
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were a recurring focus throughout the debate. The topic was a contentious one for the candidates, as they both tried talking over each other and attacked their opponent’s records on the issue. Clinton repeatedly pointed to Sanders’ lack of support in the Senate for a bill that approved funds for the auto industry bailout — the Troubled Asset Relief Program — along with a number of other measures, including bailing out several of the large banks. The bailout ultimately prevented two of the three major United States auto producers, Chrysler and General Motors, from declaring bankruptcy, which was projected to result in a loss of 1 million jobs in Michigan on top of the state’s 25 percent unemployment rate at the time. Sanders responded to Clinton’s comments by calling the auto bailout the “Wall Street bailout” and saying his opposition to the package was based on the need for billionaires to pay for their own bailout instead of using taxpayer dollars. “When billionaires on Wall Street destroyed this economy, they went to Congress and they said, ‘please, we’ll be good boys, bail us out,’ ” Sanders said. “You know what I said? I said, ‘let the billionaires themselves bail out Wall Street.’ It shouldn’t be the middle class of this country.” Detroit Public Schools: Staying Michigan-centric, a question on improving the nation’s education system focused on the crumbling school system in Detroit, which is currently $3.5 billion in debt. Detroit mother Shoniqua Kemp, who is part of a group of parents suing the school system for improved conditions, asked the question to the candidate. “My daughter cannot wait eight more years for success to take place at your hands, at the leader’s hands,” she said. In response, Sanders said the nation should be embarrassed by the situation, focusing on the issue of inequality. He noted that the United States has the highest rate of childhood poverty, saying the issue goes beyond underfunded school systems. “A great nation is judged not by how many millionaires and billionaires it has, but by how it treats the most vulnerable amongst us, and that is the children, and that is the elderly,” Sanders said. “And, do you know what? We should be ashamed of how we treat our kids and our senior citizens.” Clinton, in contrast, answered the question with a definitive three point plan to address the inequality happening in Detroit schools. Throughout the campaign,
Clinton has received strong support from primary and secondary educators — she has been endorsed by both major teachers’ unions: the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association. As part of her plan, she said she would reinstate a program put in place during her husband Bill Clinton’s presidency in the 1990s, which allowed the federal government to provide funding to improve impoverished schools. As well, she said she would remove emergency management of Detroit’s schools and set up a group within the Department of Education which would focus on improving schools like those in Detroit. “I want to set up inside the Department of Education, for want of a better term, kind of an education SWAT team, if you will,” Clinton said. “Where we’ve got qualified people, teachers, principals, maybe folks who are retired, maybe folks who are active, but all of whom are willing to come and help. When Detroit gets back their schools, they should have all the help they can get to be able to get teachers in the classroom, to be able to find spaces while schools are being repaired.” Sanders said the issues the K-12 schools in Detroit and across the country extend to higher education as well. He said when thinking about education, the United States should start by ensuring higher education is accessible for all students. “So, starting with the top — now, I know some people think it’s a radical idea, I don’t,” Sanders said. “I believe that every public college and university in this country should be tuition free. So that your child, regardless of the income of your family, knows that if she studies hard, she is going to be able to go to college.” In an impromptu press conference before the debate, Sanders expanded on his views on revamping higher education, calling for a more comprehensive approach to public education. “In 2016, when we look at public education, it can no longer be first grade through 12th grade — free public education — that was a great idea for many, many decades, but right now in many ways a college degree is the equivalent of a high school degree was 50 years ago,” he said. Because of student debt, he added, some people cannot get married, buy a car, a house or have children. “We should not be punishing people for the ‘crime’ of getting a higher education,” Sanders said. “We have legislation in the works that would substantially reduce student debt in this country.”
Feb. 28 the speed with which Schlissel replied to his letter has made him confident that an agreement with the University can be reached. “President Schlissel reached out very quickly to those of us who expressed concern, and we’re optimistic that this signifies a different kind of relationship than what U of M has had with city residents,” Westphal said. “I’ve been told by folks with a much longer history than I have in Ann Arbor that U of M has not responded this quickly to neighborhood requests.” Linh Song, School of Social Work lecturer and president of the Glacier Highlands Neighborhood Association, a leading opponent of the facility, said she is frustrated with the lack of transparency on the part of the University. “It’s not that we’re antidevelopment … we’re just trying to understand why they chose this site for this purpose, when there are so many lots available that are not residential,” Song said. “We’re asking for environmental analysis, traffic reports, air quality … this is data that we hoped they would have
on hand while getting so far along the process, and it’s not there.” Song added she believes the University is speaking to the community in bad faith, pointing out that they had advanced the project despite promising to hear community input. “Considering they’ve put the project out to bid, it seems like a disingenuous promise,” Song said. Stakeholders from across northeast Ann Arbor convened on Sunday evening to organize a petition and letter-writing campaign to the regents to increase community input on the project. Song also said residents are planning to protest the next regents meeting with their children. Jim Kosteva, the University’s director of Community Relations, wrote in an e-mail on Feb. 29 that resident concerns would not be ignored as this project proceeds. “We are going to assess the comments made at last Thursday’s meeting, determine what additional studies or evaluations may be necessary, and develop a more comprehensive response to resident concerns,” Kosteva wrote.
“My philosophy is to not just inform people about issues, but to help them understand what things mean,” the website reads. Giannola has been a resident of Ann Arbor for about 20 years and is a University alum. However, she said she does not foresee her ties with the University impacting her actions or decisions should she earn a seat on City Council. “The University and the city are different entities,” she said. “The answer is strictly no. There will be no conflicts.” With a background in politics including involvement throughout
her entire adult life, Giannola said she is excited by the idea of taking a seat on City Council. She served on the City Planning Commission from 2009 until 2014. Additionally, she served on the city’s Historic District Commission from 2007 until 2010. She also runs a political blog. “Politics is a hobby that I’ve always done,” Giannola said. “I’ve always wanted to run, I’ve just never stepped up to be the candidate until now.” Read more online at michigandaily.com
MATISYAHU From Page 1A touring college campuses and inviting various Palestinian rappers to perform with him,” Smith said. Matisyahu will also be attending a campus luncheon on the day of the concert to discuss coexistence between
Monday, March 7, 2016 — 3A diverse groups, as well as other topics related to the IsraeliPalestinian conflict, with University students. Azzam said rather than trying to solve all the problems of the Middle East, the concert series is about finding a fundamental connection between people of different backgrounds. “In regards to the sociopolitical context of
Palestine and Israel, things are much more complex and intense than a campus concert series can address,” he said. “But before we can, as a society, reconcile differences in belief and opinion between Palestinians and Israelis, we have to first find common ground as human beings. And music is one powerful way to do that.”
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occupied territories. But even refusing to privilege one side over the other — which would necessarily imply ending U.S. support for the illegal and immoral occupation of the West Bank and Gaza — would be a huge step. Hillary Clinton has consistently supported regime change in the Middle East that ended in disaster. As a senator, she supported regime change in Iraq. On the Senate floor, before the vote that authorized the use of force in Iraq, Clinton echoed the same argument as the Bush II administration: “In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort and sanctuary to terrorists, including al-Qaeda members … ” We know now that these claims were all empirically false; Hussein wasn’t working to develop weapons of mass destruction, and there was no al-Qaeda-Iraq connection. We also know that the U.S. invasion of Iraq had terrible results, including, among other things, the deaths of some 500,000 Iraqis, the rise of the Islamic State and a cost of more than $2 trillion for the U.S. taxpayers. Clinton also supported the NATO-led regime change in Libya. According to the recent New York Times expose, President Obama was apparently highly ambivalent about the decision to go to war in Libya: Obama’s then-Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates called it a “51-49” decision, and, according to Gates, “Hillary’s support for the broader mission in Libya put the president on the 51 side of the line for a more
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aggressive approach.” The war in Libya not only violated international law, but also U.S. law. Obama sent U.S. troops to Libya without congressional approval and in violation of the War Powers Resolution, which specifies that the president must withdraw troops from “hostilities” if he doesn’t secure congressional consent within 60 days from the start of the conflict, which he had failed to do. The results of the bombing campaign so far? Libya broke out into civil war. Unsecured arms stashes in Libya spread west across the African Sahel and east to Syria. And, according to Columbia University Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, “The Libyan disaster has spawned war in Mali, fed weapons to Boko Haram in Nigeria, and fueled ISIS in Syria and Iraq.” There’s no doubt that Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi and Bashar al-Assad were and are brutal dictators. But U.S. military intervention clearly had horrible results in these cases and others (Central America and Southeast Asia come to mind). U.S. support for Israel has also had horrible results, especially if you care about the lives of Palestinians. Even if the United States did have a responsibility to help other countries militarily, we have demonstrated such incompetence that we must focus on another, more basic responsibility to do no harm. Furthermore, our failure to help the vulnerable people who our leaders claim that they want to help points to the real goal of our foreign policy, which has had very little to do with the rights of other peoples, and everything to do with U.S. corporate interests and world domination. —Zak Witus can be reached at zakwitus@umich.edu.
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JOHN RAY | OP-ED
Diversity among educators
Last year was a tumultuous one. Our nation’s race problems, which have often been underplayed and ignored, refused to remain unseen and silent any longer. The race “issue” forced itself onto the front page of major newspapers, onto TV screens and into conversations among friends, families and strangers. The race “issue” is not a new problem, but it came as a surprise to many who believed we live in a post-racism America. The frustration seen in Ferguson, Baltimore, Cleveland and elsewhere was something I could relate to when I was a student at the University of Michigan. Being a Black male at this University was not an easy task. I felt isolated. People expected me to be the spokesman for my race. Often, classmates assumed I was only there because of a sports scholarship or affirmative action. Despite these challenges, I was able to seek comfort and find community and understanding in Iota Phi Theta, S.I.B.S and a supportive group of friends. For these reasons among others, I decided in 2010 to join Teach For America. I knew how it felt to be the only one to not have a role model in the classroom (and in other social and professional settings) who looked like you. I was determined to join other dedicated educators of color in changing this reality for the next generation of students. As a corps member, I taught elementary school for two years in Houston public schools. During this time I learned I had not only an aptitude for teaching, but also the patience for working hard and learning quickly. As a result, my students made immense gains; however, I longed to make an impact in my hometown of Detroit. So after my two years in Texas, I returned to Detroit to teach and later act as a school administrator at a charter school in Northwest Detroit. Being a teacher and a school leader are the hardest things I’ve ever done in my 28 years of life. But with all challenges, the reward is well worth the struggles. At the end of the school year, I asked my Detroit sixth-graders what they wanted to be when they grew up. And I was overwhelmed when so many of them responded with “a teacher … just like you.”
Many of my students at the charter school were Black males. If one of them was having behavioral issues, they would often request to see me and I would say, “Why did you come see me? Why can you behave with me but not with your other teachers?” and in so many words they discussed how I was “different” and how I “just understood them.” To them, having a Black male educator meant having a teacher who knew what it was like to be them — not only did I look like my students, but I also lived through many of the same challenges they faced. I am no longer in the classroom, but the experiences and feelings I gained during my time as a teacher have never left me; I am still advocating for educational equity for our underserved Black and brown children. Through my new role as an educational consultant and as a mentor to young Black boys, I continue my work in transforming the education system and the lives of those who are often ignored and misunderstood by our society. Teaching is not for everyone, but anyone can be an advocate for students. You can volunteer at your local school, become a mentor, get involved in youth activities during the weekends or provide employment opportunities. And if you are interested in teaching, there isn’t a better way to make a difference in the lives of children than through Teach for America. Children cannot be what they cannot see. It’s our duty as adults to ensure they are exposed to and represented in diverse images, texts and the media. Just imagine the young minds who are dreaming of greater futures thanks to images of President Obama, Misty Copeland, John Boyega and educators who look like them. It is imperative that we focus on the latter and increase diversity in the teaching profession. As the nation’s student population grows more brown, Black and diverse in other ways each day, we need adults in schools — at every level — to reflect these changes and be the positive role models our students need. —John Ray is a 2010 alum of the University of Michigan and a 2010 Teach For America. corps member. He is currently a consultant specializing in nonprofit and education sectors.
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Seat belts and voting
rowing up, one of the first things I remember learning was to buckle my seat belt when I entered a car. It was so heavily emphasized that I totally freaked out in the second grade when a friend cheekily admitted that ANNE sometimes, he KATZ purposefully forgot to buckle up, just for the thrill of it. As I was riding in the back of an Uber earlier this week, I realized that the mentality behind wearing a seat belt is kind of like the mentality behind voting. Wearing a seatbelt, much like voting, is something the vast majority of us know we should always do. Sometimes, however, we rationalize not doing the “right thing” in the name of convenience or perceived necessity. For example, I consistently put on a seat belt whenever I drive anywhere, whether I’m the one actually behind the wheel or not. However, I recently realized that when I’m in the backseat of a cab, more times than not, I don’t wear a seatbelt. And I’m not alone — according to a survey from the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission, “only 38% of passengers reported they were using the taxi’s seat belts” during their ride. For me, this dangerous phenomenon reflects a somewhat contradictory perception of both control and convenience. I subconsciously trust the cab driver to be safe (he is a “professional” driver, technically), and I’m only in the car for a short period of time, so I rationalize not wearing a seat belt. This logic is totally backward, by the way — just because a man is in a car more hours than others doesn’t make him more adept at avoiding accidents. But to save the “hassle” of wearing a seat belt, I knowingly surrender an element I control based on the assumption that the cabbie will drive safely and not be an idiot on the road. In the back of the cab, I’m not behind the wheel, and I’m only in the car
for a few minutes. Chances are I’ll get to my destination safely, so I stay unbuckled. Deliberately. Not wearing a seat belt in the back of a cab is like not voting in an election, but still having a vested interest in who wins. You’re in a situation that could either go your way (you arrive at your destination safely) or not (you crash and get hurt). By not voting, you voluntarily forfeit an element of democracy in which you do have control. As a result, any future complaint you might have about our government, our leaders or their policies, becomes invalid.
“If Donald Trump is elected president of the United States, we — the young, more compassionate voters who failed to vote — are partially at fault.”
All too often, I hear from my peers that they hate all the candidates and that they don’t even know if they’ll vote. This is not OK. The freedom to vote free of intimidation and violence is a right many Americans have died to protect. The least you can do as a citizen is to perform your civic duty and vote. But in this election, failing to vote has been imbued with an unprecedented sense of urgency. In 2016, when you don’t vote, you play with fire. This election season, not voting means knowingly increasing the chance of having a deplorable, race-baiting demagogue — the utterly unqualified, misogynistic and bigoted Donald Trump — represent our nation. Trump uniquely alienates both Democrats and Republicans in his hateful, condescending speech and his inconsistent, inarticulate policy proposals that he calls a platform. Trump exploits fears of some of America’s most intolerant voters, and his racist policies
have earned him the enthusiastic endorsement of renowned white supremacist David Duke, whose approval Trump at first failed to disavow. Trump blatantly lies all the time. He earned the 2015 “Lie of the Year” award from PolitiFact, which ruled 78 percent of his statements as “mostly false,” “false” or “pants on fire.” And for those who say all politicians lie, it should be noted that some do so more than others; PolitiFact ruled just 28 percent of Hillary Clinton’s and 31 percent of John Kasich’s statements negatively. Fellow millennials, not voting means knowingly forfeiting any attempt to stop this man, Donald Trump, who lies and manipulates while white supremacists cheer loudly on the sidelines. This is unacceptable. We need to put up a fight, particularly after this past Super Tuesday’s results. We can’t throw our hands up in the air and forfeit our chance to sway the outcome of the presidential election, because if we do, there’s a very real chance that Trump could be elected. So much of deciding the ultimate winner depends on who actually votes, and if we, the young people, don’t show up, then the markedly intolerant white, middle-aged men who do cast ballots for Trump will make that decision for us. Dying in the back of a cab because you failed to wear a seatbelt is tragic. However, it’s undeniable that you could’ve done something to reduce the likelihood of the outcome. If Donald Trump is elected president of the United States, we — the young, more compassionate voters who failed to vote — are partially at fault. Trump has tapped into a dangerous and ugly vein of hate and intolerance in his support base, but I want to believe it can be diluted if more rational voters pay attention and participate. So please, don’t let your lackluster enthusiasm for the candidates serve as an excuse to skip voting today, even if there’s a line out the door at the Michigan Union. Pay attention. Check back in. Wear a seatbelt, even in the back of a cab. Vote. —Anne Katz can be reached at amkatz@umich.edu.
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On being bigger
here is a picture on my phone that I look at every now and then. It’s a photo of a photo of my little brother a few hours after he was born; this frankly terribly lowres photo of this itsy-bitsy baby bundled in striped pink and blue sheets BHARAT making some NAIR odd face I cannot really comprehend. I think of his tiny, darling fingers trying to touch my young face, and my heart cannot help but swell. Moments come, moments go, and of the few really memorable days of my life, that evening when I became a big brother stays af loat. He was probably my first real companion, and I was definitely his. We spent a lot of time in each other’s company, enough to feel like the other was a part of who we were individually. It’s a very fascinating dynamic — seeing someone live for the first time, while trying to simultaneously trying to really make sense of things yourself. But there is an effect at play here, and that is one of idealization. Due to the age difference and cultural norms, there exists this subtle sort of information and experience gap. It’s this feeling that we cannot tell the other everything, we cannot share every thought or experience fearing it would not be understood or it would be inappropriate. All of which leads to creating an image of the other in your head where,
in this case, your faults are minimized and strengths doubled, an asymmetrical relationship of truth and fantasy. You have expectations and ideas placed upon you, you are some idealized version of yourself, and there is a particular pressure that accompanies that. I want to note that this is different from having expectations set from school and friends and parents, and it is different in a way I did not understand when I was growing up. I carried around this idea that my behavior, my actions, my preferences will be studied and scrutinized, and this honestly removed a certain degree of freedom from my life. I had inf luence I did not earn, but rather stumbled upon. I will admit there were a few times when I struggled with this power. I was trapped by these ideals, where I felt I couldn’t do anything I wanted because there was a tiny person listening and watching intently. Now, a littler older, I think I understand my role better. I understand that a younger sibling looks up to you because they can’t help but look up to you. An innocent yet pure regard that comes from a love much too deep to be taken for granted. A respect for that takes perhaps much too long for an older one to truly understand. Alas, he cannot help being a little brother, and I cannot help be an older one. All I can do is try to honor my role. One learns many lessons of responsibility and understanding by taking care of someone who
doesn’t know any better. There is perhaps one thing of significant value that I believe I have gained. By having responsibility over someone, taking care of them, protecting them, you start to lose this idea of your own importance in the world. You start to do what’s best for them, doing all the day-today sacrifices because you know it makes him happy. You let him have the last slice of pizza, feeling happier that he gets to have it. You learn to let go of the petty. By putting someone else ahead, you begin to realize that life isn’t limited to you. You slowly begin to inhabit a world where you are no longer the center — you gain a generosity of spirit. I realize now that this is how things simply are, that I am an older brother and I always will be. Yes, my life is never going to ever be as free as it might have been before, but at least I will never really be alone. I will forevermore have a little companion who I will always love and who will always love me. That’s a cost I’d pay with a smile. I hope, someday, this gap diminishes while the respect we have for one another remains — that not too long from now we’ll be closer than we ever could be as children. Regardless, I sincerely hope that little baby becomes better than me in all every way, shape and form — I hope he becomes happier, stronger, smarter, braver and taller. Well, perhaps not taller. After all, I am the bigger one. —Bharat Nair can be reached at bnair@umich.edu.
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TV REVIEW
Movies too pricey By JOE WAGNER Daily Arts Writer
The price of a movie ticket is about 10 bucks these days, and for the average Joe, that’s not so easy on the wallet — especially when I can so easily watch Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, HBO GO, Showtime, Xfinity TV Go or any of the numerous streaming services all of which I have already paid for. More importantly, I can do so from the comfort of my own home. The theater must offer something special for the modern moviegoer, yet it does not. There was a time in which the movie theater was the only place where one could go see a movie. This time has long come and passed. There is something magical about sitting in a dark room with people who you don’t know, whose faces you’ve never seen, waiting in anticipation to watch a story be told. You sit in silence while the movie is projected and you take in every last detail of the film. But quite honestly, is it really worth leaving your couch? The movie theater, try as it
might, simply can’t compete with digital releases. Sure, they can make their theaters more comfortable by installing cushy reclining chairs with refrigerated cup holders but it still can’t match your own private viewing area. The theaters can have waiters serve drinks and gourmet food, but your kitchen is still closer, cheaper and more convenient. With the simultaneous releases (when films are released digitally and theatrically simultaneously) happening more frequently, it seems the movie theater is losing value. Distribution companies are realizing that people are lazy, that it’s easier and more comfortable to watch a movie in one’s own home and people are willing to pay the price. Digital first releases may be more expensive to watch than an older movie but the premium price is still likely cheaper than movie tickets for two. Additionally, many movies are not widely distributed in theaters yet interest those who don’t have access to them. Digital first releases would make art movies,
which are inaccessible to those who don’t live in cities with art house theaters, available to many more people. This is something that is both beneficial for the consumer and the producer. There will always be die hard movie fans who like to enjoy the classic cinematic experience. And there is something to be said for this experience. It is the way most films are intended to be watched but at this point in time, this way of watching movies is antiquated. In the modern world, it is difficult to carve out time for a trip to the movie theater. The modern movie watcher wants the ability to pause the movie and return to it later. The modern movie watcher wants control in their hands. The modern movie watcher wants a smorgasbord of options, all at the click of the remote. The movie theater has lost its privileged place within society. It is no longer an essential aspect of life. It no longer offers a unique experience. The movie theater must drastically redefine what it is, its role and the experience it offers or it may cease to exist.
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Puppies make everything funnier, right?
‘Fuller House’ sucks By ALEX INTNER Daily Arts Writer
I’m having a hard time figuring out what to make of “Fuller House.” When I was younger, I would watch repeats of “Full House” every day on ABC Family and Cit was one of my favorite TV shows. Fuller But, as I grew House older, I stopped watching the same Series adventures of the Premiere Tanner family (after having seen Netflix them 10s or 100s of times by that point). When I heard about “Fuller House,” I thought about one key question that the show needed to answer: “Why?” Why bring back all these characters together besides a need for another set of paychecks? When watching the new episodes, once all the nostalgia from seeing all the characters back together in their old roles wears off (which happened for me around the third episode), there’s nothing left to support the series. The show is sketched around the weakest of pretenses and it struggles to tell stories with comedic payoff. “Fuller House” follows a new generation of the Tanner family. Stephanie Tanner (Jodie Sweetin, “Full House”) and Kimmy Gibbler (Andrea Barber, “Full House”) move in with their sister and best friend (respectively) D.J. Tanner (Candace Cameron Bure, “Full House”) to help her raise her three sons after seeing the amount of stress she was under at a family party, paralleling the way Jesse
MUSIC REVIEW
Macklemore back with divisive ‘Mess’ By SAM ROSENBERG Daily Arts Writer
Since his breakthrough in 2012, Macklemore has become a divisive artist in the hip-hop community. Along with his trusted collaborator Ryan Lewis, Macklemore has provided teenag- C ers everywhere with pop-friend- This ly jams like the Unruly sing-a-long hit Mess I’ve “Thrift Shop,” the fast-paced Made banger “Can’t Macklemore Hold Us” and & Ryan Lewis the proactive LGBTQ anthem Macklemore LLC “Same Love.” But after his and Lewis’s win for Best Rap Album at the 2013 Grammys for their studio debut The Heist, backlash seemed imminent. “Same Love” was deemed by some as disingenuous, while many believed Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.a.a.d. city should have won the award. However, the biggest surprise from the controversy came from Macklemore himself, who thought he didn’t deserve Best Rap Album either. Ultimately, Macklemore’s contradicting anxiety and pride in his music culminated into his sophomore record with Ryan Lewis, This Unruly Mess I’ve Made. Instead of delivering another set of club-ready singles like in The Heist, This Unruly Mess I’ve Made finds Macklemore attempting to tackle even larger socially conscious themes on an album with an ironically apt title. On the theatrical opener “Light Tunnels,” Macklemore contextualizes these conflicted feelings about his rap album win with a step-by-step description of his journey to the Grammys. And while the 32-year-old Seattle rapper makes a powerful statement about the toxicity of fame and the artifice of awards shows, he stretches the almost 7-minute song a bit too long and a bit too thin. However, what’s really charging Macklemore’s lackluster rhymes on “Light Tunnels” is Ryan Lewis’s production, which remains as engrossing and immaculate as ever. Macklemore has the right to be upset with how the media and society treats him so harshly, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he should be so apologetic that he can’t just take credit for an award that he believed he didn’t deserve. Macklemore’s internal conflict continues to be a recurring theme on the album. After he dramatically closes the first act, Macklemore enters into the bright and flashy “Downtown,” an instrumentally overblown and lyrically slipshod track that starts out as an ode to mopeds and then transforms abruptly into a Hamilton-esque anthem. Simply put, it’s a poor
man’s “Thrift Shop.” It does have its moments, but most of them don’t even involve Macklemore; they come from the song’s breathtaking features, which include oldschool hip-hop legends Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee and Grandmaster Caz as well as Foxy Shazam vocalist Eric Nally, whose shrieking falsetto heightens “Downtown” ’s unsteady ambition. However, the album doesn’t seem to get better from there. The overtly silly “Brad Pitt’s Cousin” has Macklemore making absurd quips about his cat’s Instagram, his dick (he calls it “Ron Burgundy”) and even makes a Deez Nuts reference. “Buckshot” ’s hip-hop heavy production and skilled guests (Bronx rapper KRSOne and Kanye West collaborator DJ Premier) is dampered by Macklemore’s nonsensical rapping and an annoying, whiny whistle sample that buzzes in the song’s background like a crying baby on an airplane. After “Buckshot” finishes, Fun Macklemore suddenly shifts into Contemplative Macklemore with a trio of maudlin ballads, “Growing Up,” “Kevin” and “St. Ides.” Macklemore’s well-intentioned message to his baby son on “Growing Up” has a sweet center and notable pop singer Ed Sheeran delivers a soaring chorus, though the song is a note too sentimental. Leon Bridges offers some strong vocals on “Kevin” but struggles to elevate the song’s clichéd lyrics (“Doctor, please/Give me a dose of the American Dream”). “St. Ides,” the only song off the album without a feature, is in dire need of one. Though the album struggles to maintain a balance between corny raps and mature songs, Macklemore finds some form of thematic and sonic stability on “Need to Know,” the only real highlight on This Unruly Mess I’ve Made. A surprisingly poignant song, “Need to Know” is bolstered by Lewis’s piano-laden instrumental, Macklemore’s lyrics about drug addiction and an incredible guest verse from Chance the Rapper. It’s a track that reminds Macklemore fans of how positive and influential hip hop can be, especially with the right words and production. Among the broad spectrum of white hip-hop artists — from laughable acts (Hoodie Allen, Iggy Azalea, Riff Raff) to mainstream artists (G-Eazy, Logic, Mac Miller) to rap veterans (Eminem, Action Bronson, El-P) — Macklemore is uneasily somewhere in the middle. He is, at most, a decent rapper. His charisma and tongue-in-cheek demeanor shines more than his storytelling. He and Lewis are certainly prolific in their music making, since both this record and The Heist were independently self-produced, selfrecorded and self-released by the duo. But in terms of how Mackl-
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emore approaches his material, he’s a bit shaky and This Unruly Mess I’ve Made is a perfect example of that. Most of the “fun” songs aren’t very catchy and most of the “mature” songs aren’t very nuanced. Perhaps Macklemore’s difficulty in articulating his ideas can be simplified in the album’s final track “White Privilege II,” a lengthy, often confounding song in which Macklemore struggles to identify with the #BlackLivesMatter movement while being a white man in America. Macklemore definitely has the right intentions, but his execution in conveying them makes for a truly unruly mess.
(John Stamos, “Full House”) and Joey (Dave Coulier, “Full House”) moved in with Danny (Bob Saget, “Full House”) after his wife died. It seems like creator Jeff Franklin (who also created and ran “Full House”) just said “fuck it” when coming up with a story and recreated the same show all over again. The first episode brings back those six, as well as Becky Donaldson-Katsopolis (Lori Loughlin, “Full House”), and because of this, it’s the best of the four I watched. It relied on my having watched the original to get me involved, calling back to some moments and lines from the show’s past. I admit, it put a smile on my face to hear another, “Have mercy!” from Jesse, a “Cut it out!” from Joey (though, Coulier’s overuse of the phrase on social media did diminish the impact when hearing it onscreen) and the closing use of “The Flintstones” ’s theme song to put the baby to sleep. Also, the best joke came from the reunion, where Danny says “Michelle is busy running her fashion empire in New York” and the entire cast just looks at the camera, as if speaking directly to the Olsen twins (who declined an opportunity to return). It was the only big belly laugh the show got out of me during the run. Once the older actors leave and the show is left to the new generation, “Fuller House” fails to justify its existence with shoddily put together stories that don’t bring any laughs. The fourth episode is the first without any of the core cast members from “Full House,” and it features such illustrious storylines as kids attempting to break out of school and Stephanie getting
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MUSIC NOTEBOOK
JACK Quartet a new spin on string music By DAYTON HARE Daily Arts Writer
LENACHKA
Girl’s got style.
Jazzy Lenachka By CATHERINE BAKER Daily Arts Writer
First off, I’d like to discuss the fact that it is unseasonably warm outside. While I love leaving my parka at home as much as the next person, I’m convinced that global warming is on its way to kill us all. However, as spring approaches, I was in need of something slightly more uplifting than my depressing January playlist on Spotify. This, my fellow friends, is what lead me to Lenachka. Helene Immel is a 22-year-old singer/songwriter, first discovered in 2012 by producer Charlie Peacock when her cover of “Safe & Sound” by Taylor Swift, featuring the Civil Wars, caught his attention. Born in Germany to a Russian family, she immigrated to the United States with her parents when she was just 8 years old. Her stage name, Lenachka, is a common name of endearment used by Russian mothers. Now working in both L.A., and Nashville, Lenachka continues to write with many songwriters and producers. She currently lives in L.A. where she has formed her own band. Lenachka released her first selftitled debut EP in 2014, leading
with “Breaking Down.” Starting with simple echoes and sweet guitar strumming, “Breaking Down” remains subdued until its swell at the chorus. Lenachka addresses returning home when she sings, “I thought I found my way back home / Going to the place that I know / But I’ll find it anyhow.” By adding traditional string instruments like violins, she puts a classic twist on an otherwise light pop song. By the time the bridge picks up with quicker beats to illustrate running away and finding herself, Lenachka has the listener hooked. “Good Luck” initially feels edgy and jazzy, with an electric guitar and techno beat that pick up halfway through. Lenachka drags the boy that wronged her when she sings, “You keep saying that you miss me / While you’re with another girl / I can’t believe I let you kiss me / No time for games in my world.” Conversely, “I Want to Love You” sounds like a tribute to Lady Antebellum. Heavy drumbeats, echoing layers and delicate vocals showcase Lenachka’s voice. By keeping the instrumentals subdued while she sings, her voice is able to soar when she muses, “I want to love you / The corners of your heart no one’s been to.”
Initially sounding extremely techno before segueing into quick electric guitar riffs, “Go Slow” sounds much rockier than the other songs. Lenachka’s ethereal voice creates a juxtaposition between the confiding lyrics and heavy, quick instruments. Closing with my personal favorite, “Edge of New York” uses sweet vocals, snaps and nostalgic lyrics that simultaneously speak on moving forward. She intertwines traditional New York scenery to apply to her message of continuing on with or without someone. It is a pop song that doesn’t sound too sugary or upbeat, while the bridge sounds straight out of a Sara Bareilles song. When Lenachka sings, “I’m on the edge of New York / With my back to the water,” it feels like she’s on the precipice of something larger than the listener can understand. Lenachka sums herself up in her Facebook bio far better than I ever could, saying, “I speak Russian & my English should be better. I love flat soda & the Investigation Discovery channel. I have six other younger siblings, they are the best. I take way to many bubble baths. I think cleaning helps me think. I make music.”
In the classical music genre, musicians often become specialized in one or two particular types of performance. While the majority of conservatory performance students JACK dream of a solo career, only a Quartet small number Tuesday actually end March 8, up touring the 8 p.m. world, playing with one Walgreen Drama Center, orchestra one night and another the No ticket required night after. As they move into the life of a working musician, most former students will filter into other roles — a fact which, while initially upsetting to some young musicians, is actually quite beneficial. This diversification allows for the development of a more nuanced artistic relationship between the musician and their close confreres and generally results in more interesting music (note that none of this is meant to disparage the role of the soloist, but only to point out that other musical paths are equally as valid and meritorious). Some musicians become accompanists, others orchestral players, some church musicians, many chamber players — some people even manage to be more than one. One of the most exciting types of ensembles appearing today is the “new music” ensemble, a group of musicians dedicated to performing the music of living or recently living composers. The preceding years have seen the rise of many such groups — a few of the more prominent include eighth blackbird (which won a Grammy Award this year for the album Filament), Alarm Will Sound and yMusic — many of which play with stunning vitality. One such engaging ensemble is the JACK Quartet, which will be performing in Ann Arbor this Tuesday at the Walgreen Drama Center. “We met at Eastman School of Music [at the University of Rochester],” JACK’s violinist Ari Steisfeld said in an interview with the Michigan Daily. “Eastman, at the time we were there — and I don’t think it’s changed too much — had a really vibrant community of student performers performing contemporary music, and we were part of that community.” Founding the ensemble in 2007, the initiators of the JACK Quartet — John Pickford Richards, Ari Streisfeld, Christopher Otto and Kevin McFarland (the quartet’s name is derived from the first letter of each of their names) — were brought together by a mutual enthusiasm for new music.
“There were just tons and tons of contemporary music concerts happening [at Eastman] … and it was just really exciting.” Streisfeld said. “Those concerts were actually probably the most well attended concerts at Eastman, by the students but even by people outside the school. There was just this incredible excitement about contemporary music.” However, it wasn’t until the future quartet members graduated from college that they decided to form an ensemble together. “We played together at Eastman — not necessarily as a quartet that many times, but just in different formations,” Streisfeld said. “When we all graduated some opportunities came our way to play as a quartet and it kind of built from there. There was never a question about what we wanted to do; it was very clear to us from the beginning that contemporary music should be our focus.” In addition to performing, JACK also participates in many educational events for young composers. As part of the William Bolcom Residency this week at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, the quartet will also be teaching a master class and reading works by student composers. During the summer, JACK has a residency at New Music on the Point, a festival in Vermont. As part of this festival, the quartet works with student composers to workshop and perform new compositions. Carolina Heredia, who is currently a graduate student at the University, was one such composer, and JACK will be premiering her piece “Ausencias/ Ausências/Absences” for string quartet and electronic media on Tuesday’s concert. “[Heredia] has gone on several trips to different countries in South America — she’s from Argentina — but she’s travelled to Chile and some other countries in South America, and has made field recordings while there of various musics,” Streisfeld said, describing the material used for the electronic media in the piece. The first piece on JACK’s program for Tuesday night, however, is John Luther Adams’s “The Wind in High Places,” a hypnotizingly beautiful work composed in 2011 which is soporific (in the best sense of the word) and anodyne when compared to much of the more “aggressive” and “spiky” music of the 20th and 21st century. “John Luther Adams has become a very, very famous composer — he just won the Pulitzer Prize [in 2014] and Grammies and things like that … we started playing [‘The
Wind in High Places’] several years ago, and then we recorded it with [Adams], and that recording came out last year and has done very well,” Streisfeld said. “It’s a piece that we really enjoy playing, and the whole idea of the piece is that we never actually depress our strings,” he continued. “The whole piece is made up of open strings and harmonics, so you never actually push the strings down, you only touch the strings, and it’s really a kind of ethereal sound world that he’s created.” Following the performance of the Adams, the quartet will take an intermission before beginning the rest of the concert, including a piece by Caroline Shaw, a Pulitzer Prize winning composer. “[The piece being performed] is a quartet that she wrote for us, that’s actually based on a larger work she originally composed for her ensemble Roomful of Teeth, which is an ensemble of eight voices,” Streisfeld said. “And so she made a string quartet version of this piece called ‘Ritornello’ which takes opening harmonies from [Claudio] Monteverdi’s [L]’Orfeo — a very famous early opera — and then expands those harmonies in ways that kind of reimagine them.” The conclusion of the concert will provide a striking contrast to the first pieces on the program. Unlike the Adams work, the final piece will serve to exemplify the kind of “aggressive” and “spiky” music which many listeners have come to associate with the 20th and 21st centuries. However, these adjectives should not necessarily be regarded with entailing the usual negative connotations associated with them, but rather as mere aesthetic descriptors of a music which is complex, innovative and startlingly beautiful. “On the end of the program we’ll be playing a piece which we’ve probably played the most of anything in our repertoire,” Streisfeld said. “ It’s called ‘Tratras,’ by Greek composer Iannis Xenakis, and it’s a crazy piece. It involves all sorts of extended techniques, and it’s kind of 15-16 minutes of pure energy … it’s a very exciting work.” Speaking to the appeal of specializing in contemporary music, Streisfeld explained the excitement that accompanies the work the quartet does. “Being part of the creation of new work, being the initial interpreters of new piece, bringing it to life is very exciting,” he said. “Collaborating with composers both young and old of all different kinds is a really exciting experience, you’re kind of on the ground floor with some brand new idea.”
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nother regular season ended for the Michigan men’s basketball team Saturday night, and Michigan once again isn’t in position to make the NCAA Tournament. The Wolverines just can’t stop losing. MAX It seems, COHEN based upon social media, as if a small segment of the fanbase has decided it’s time to move on from Michigan coach John Beilein, and on to bigger and better things. Michigan basketball, they seem to imply, needs to be great again — needs to win again. They’re absolutely right, but Michigan has to be careful in making its next hire. It can’t mess up again like it did when it hired Beilein, the guy who has the third-most wins in program history, has led the Wolverines to the Final Four and the Elite Eight in the last four years and has had five NBA draft picks in the same time period. Clearly, there’s only one man who can fix all of this losing. He might be a little busy right now, and he has never coached basketball, but who needs free time or basic knowledge of Xs and Os when you can win at everything? Enter Donald Trump, future Michigan basketball coach. Coach Trump, as you know, will be a winner. His Michigan teams will beat everybody. Michigan State, Ohio State and Indiana won’t stand a chance. If anything, Michigan fans will get bored of all of the winning. “Remember that Beilein guy who only took us to one National Championship Game?
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The Michigan men’s basketball team lost four of its final five regular-season games and will face Northwestern in the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday.
That was cute and fun,” they’ll say as they wear hats with the word “Trump” on the front and a block ‘M’ on the back. After hiring Coach Trump in the upcoming offseason, Michigan will win the next seven national titles, including a historic victory over the Chinese national team in the 2022 NCAA Tournament. China, the world will learn, never beats Coach Trump. And forget about politically correct coachspeak. After Saturday’s game, Beilein took time out of his postgame press conference to praise his opponent. Who wants to hear that after a devastating loss? Coach Trump will say what’s on his mind. He isn’t beholden to
anyone: Not Big Ten commissioner Jim Delaney, not the NCAA, not anybody. If he wants to compare Tom Crean to a part of the female anatomy, he’ll do it. The NCAA could attempt to punish him, but it won’t matter. Coach Trump’s Michigan won’t rely on NCAA money, anyway. He’ll use his own cash to grow the program into something great, just like he built his empire off his father’s small million-dollar loan. On the court, Michigan’s
playing style will change. You’re sick and tired of the Wolverines failing to develop dominant big men, right? Those guys will grow on trees under Coach Trump. Nobody, after all, knows the importance of size better than Coach Trump. Michigan’s players are going to be yuuuge. And don’t even get Coach Trump started on how long his players’ fingers will be. Richard Bighands, a 2021 five-star recruit, will be able to palm
People will do whatever Coach Trump tells them to.
three basketballs with his right hand. Michigan players will have the biggest hands. Coach Trump will undoubtedly bring a sense of accountability that the program is lacking. Michigan is supposed to be the leaders and the best, right? It’s time to start taking the fight song more seriously. If players miss shots, Coach Trump will utter his famous catchphrase: “You’re fired.” (Coach Trump doesn’t fully understand how scholarships work.) Excuses won’t fly under his regime. People will do whatever Coach Trump tells them to. He will assemble the finest staff in the world. Dennis Rodman and Chris Christie will be his
assistant coaches, and Dr. Ben Carson, a graduate of Michigan’s medical school, will come home to be the team doctor. No Michigan player will ever get injured again. After Coach Trump’s third national title, Crisler Center will become “Trump Center.” After his seventh, Jim Harbaugh Stadium, formerly known as Michigan Stadium, will be renamed “Trump Stadium.” Harbaugh, who will have won just three national titles by then — a statistic for which Coach Trump will frequently make fun of him — will wear only Trump-brand khakis. Coach Trump will retire after the 2023 season to work on his new reality TV show, “Tanning with Rich People.” But before he leaves, Coach Trump will take action to give Michigan the best in-stadium experience the best, too, by expanding the Maize Rage. Sure, Michigan will lose money from all of the donors who pay big money to sit close to the court, but the logistics of the situation will make too much sense to ignore. The Athletic Department, led by Coach Trump, will build a huge wall — a massive wall — around the new Maize Rage to make sure nobody other than Michigan students can get in. If any opposing fans try to sneak in, the Crisler ushers — armed with tasers, handguns and bazookas — will use any force necessary to send them back to their seats. Michigan State’s “Go Green, Go White” chant will never again be heard in the arena’s lower bowl. And who’s going to pay for this wall, you ask? Seven letters: T-O-M I-Z-Z-O. Cohen can be reached at maxac@umich.edu and on Twitter @MaxACohen.
‘M’ falls to Buckeyes in overtime Racine struggles, ICE HOCKEY
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COLUMBUS — After the Michigan hockey team’s 7-4 loss to Ohio State on Friday, in which it gave up six unanswered goals, coach Red Berenson said the seventh-ranked Wolverines couldn’t put themselves in a hole and expect MICHIGAN 5 to come OHIO ST. (OT) 6 back. Sunday afternoon, at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Berenson found himself saying the same exact thing at the end of the game, as the Wolverines recovered from a three-goal deficit in the first period only to lose to the Buckeyes in overtime, 6-5. “You can’t come on the road against a team like this and expect to come from behind from three-goal and two-goal deficits,” Berenson said. “It’s disappointing. I liked the way our team battled back in the third period, but we just gave them too many opportunities.” Ohio State’s first-period scoring barrage started when senior forward Justin Selman was sent to the penalty box for interference. Buckeye forward Dakota Joshua found himself open inside the left circle and ripped a shot toward the net. The puck hit the left post, beating senior goaltender Steve Racine on its way into the net to give Ohio State the lead. The Buckeyes added two more goals in the period, both coming off Michigan miscues. Sophomore defenseman Sam Piazza misplayed a bouncing puck, which allowed Ohio State forward Brendon Kearney to collect the puck and skate by him. Kearney rounded Racine with a deke and poked the puck home on his backhand. Ohio State scored its third goal when forward Nick Schilkey caught freshman defenseman Nicholas Boka flat-footed, skating by Boka to give him a breakaway on Racine. Schilkey didn’t miss, and the Buckeyes went into the break up by three goals.
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Junior forward JT Compher had one assist in the Wolverines 6-5 overtime loss at Ohio State on Sunday.
“We’re saying one thing and doing another on the ice,” Berenson said. “We’re just not playing well enough without the puck, and we got exposed defensively in the first period. They could’ve had five goals in the first period.” For the first six minutes of the second period, the Wolverines looked determined to start the comeback, something they’ve done many times before this season. Sophomore defenseman Zach Werenski cut the deficit to two on the power play when he beat Buckeye goaltender Matt Tomkins from the point. But Michigan’s inability to clear the defensive zone came back to bite them again, and Ohio State scored two more goals via the sticks of forward Mason Jobst and defenseman Craig Dalrymple to stretch its lead to four. “We’re all saying we’re trying to play better defensively,” Berenson said. “But it’s not showing up. It’s not showing up in our goalsagainst, our chances-against or our shots-against. “We’ve gotta play better
defensive hockey.” The Wolverines wouldn’t go away, though. Later in the game, sophomore forward Tony Calderone cut the deficit to two with a backhand shot from the slot. Michigan carried the momentum into the third period, as Werenski added his second of the game to cut the deficit to one, and freshman forward Cooper Marody tied the game with less than five minutes remaining in the game. “Selman made an unbelievable play around the (defenseman),” Marody said. “I came off the bench and went backdoor, and the puck kind of just came to me. I knew the goalie was going to slide over, so I tried to put it on the other side (of the net). With 2:07 left in the game, the Wolverines thought they had the game winner when Selman tipped a shot in front of the net. But after a lengthy official review, the referees waved off the goal, ruling that Selman used a high stick to tip the puck in, and the two teams went into overtime tied at five.
In overtime, Schilkey scored to give the Buckeyes the win on a broken play that saw Racine stop two point-blank chances. Racine tried to poke the puck off Schilkey’s stick, but was unsuccessful, and fell to the ice, which gave Schilkey an open net to end the game in the extra period. “For two guys to be in front of the net, me and JT, for (Schilkey) to find a way to put it in there is pretty heartbreaking,” Werenski said. “But it’s hockey, and we’re going to have to bounce back here.” After a dominating 6-2 win at Minnesota last Thursday, Michigan seemed to have put itself in the driver’s seat for the Big Ten regular season title. But with three straight losses since then, the Wolverines will head into the final weekend of the regular season clinging to the No. 2 seed and the last first round bye in the Big Ten Tournament. And if this past weekend is an indication of anything, Michigan still has a lot of work to do to earn that bye.
Exactly three weeks ago, senior Michigan netminder Steve Racine was playing the best hockey of his life — and he knew it. “It’s my last year,” Racine said after a weekday practice. “All the seniors will say that they want to go out on the right foot. Just focusing every day and enjoying it seems to be working well.” But this weekend’s home-andhome series against Ohio State put that dream of a ride into the sunset on ice. Friday night, the Wolverines were leading 2-0, looking to cruise past their inferior competition. But the Buckeyes tallied six unanswered goals and left Yost with a 6-2 victory. After stopping just 14 of 19 shots he faced, Michigan coach Red Berenson pulled Racine for the first time all season. Racine got the starting nod again for Sunday’s contest, but the jitters were still there. In his disappointing games, the senior tends to sink back into his net and look unsure with his glove. After giving up three unanswered goals in the first 20 minutes, Racine’s second period was one of his worst stretches on the year. He looked downright uncomfortable in net — fanning at the fourth goal as it fluttered in the air while every shot on goal seemed to be a threat to go in. But Michigan stuck with him and it nearly paid off. “I thought it was a chance for him to bounce back and for our team to bounce back,” Berenson said. “I can’t tell you he didn’t. They had two breakaways in the first period and three twoon-ones — too many odd-man rushes. He probably kept us in the game. “He’s been our starting goalie. Whether or not we make that change, its hard to say, but right
now he’s giving us a chance.” A rally in the final minute of the second period pulled the Wolverines to within two, and Racine stood on his head as Michigan battled to tie the game. At the end of regulation, the senior had three point-blank stops that nearly saved the game singlehandedly. But it was heartbreak in the end. In the overtime period, Racine stopped an initial attempt as sophomore defender Zach Werenski chased down Buckeye forward Nick Schilkey. He batted away another on the followup, leaving a puck dangling by the top of the circle with three Wolverines on the ice behind the net. “The next thing I know,” Schilkey said, “I’m coming around the net and I see the goalie (Racine) coming out after it. It was a foot race and I think, ‘I got him.’ ” Shilkey picked Racine’s pocket and blasted a puck between the flailing bodies of Werenski and junior forward JT Compher. Racine was sprawled on his stomach in the slot. After clawing all the way back, Michigan was 0-2 on the weekend. “It is tough,” said freshman forward Cooper Marody. “I mean that’s hockey. He’s been playing great for us all year. People might criticize him for some goals he let up, but, hey, the kid’s been battling for us all year.” It was easy to believe that Racine could ride out the season as a new player and maybe even a hero — but feel-good endings don’t come easy in college hockey. After dropping three of their last four, the Wolverines are in serious trouble, and they need their golden goaltender back. Any illusions of an easy finish for Racine are dashed, but he is the starting goaltender, and there’s still a chance to keep that dream of riding off into the sunset alive.
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March 7, 2016 — 3B
Michigan falls early in Indianapolis Iowa storms back to oust Wolverines in first round of Big Ten Tournament By TED JANES Daily Sports Writer
INDIANAPOLIS — Both the Michigan and Iowa women’s basketball teams held doubledigit leads as they 97 IOWA MICHIGAN 85 faced off to open the Big Ten Tournament, but it was the latter that lasted until the end. The Hawkeyes powered back from a 16-point deficit to build an equally commanding lead of their own, and they never let Michigan back into the game for a 97-85 win. The Wolverines trailed by just eight going into the fourth quarter, but 35-percent shooting in the last 10 minutes prevented them from crawling back. Michigan had been in that position before, even against Iowa. At home in January, the Wolverines trailed Iowa by 17 and came back to win. Early in the fourth quarter Thursday, they cut the lead to just two. “We hit a couple shots and pulled within, but because we didn’t get the stops, we weren’t able to convert on the offensive end,” said senior guard Madison Ristovski, who had 10 points, four rebounds and four assists. A simple defensive change from Iowa was the difference maker. It became clear from the opening tip that the Hawkeyes hadn’t assigned the right matchup to Michigan freshman center Hallie Thome. Iowa forward Chase Coley guarded Thome in the first quarter, but during that stretch the Wolverine center had 11 points, two offensive rebounds, a block and a steal.
Iowa coach Lisa Bluder adjusted the matchup, giving freshman forward Megan Gustafson a bigger share of the responsibility, and she completely flipped the script. Gustafson played more physical against Thome, and she personally outscored Thome 11-4 in the Hawkeyes’ second-quarter run. Gustafson finished with a career-high 25 points as well as 10 rebounds, just one of Iowa’s three double-doubles Thursday. Whenever the Wolverines’ guards were on the wing and looking to make an entry pass to the post, the other defender, either Gustafson or Coley, sagged behind Thome, ready to doubleteam Michigan’s inside scorer. “The double team took my game over,” Thome said. “I saw (Coley and Gustafson) rotate back and forth, but a lot throughout the game they would come over
and double. Chase is kind of a short player, so you can attack her more. Whereas Megan, you want to do the up-and-under’s to get around her feet.” With two players of Thome’s size, Iowa’s post presence wore her down, as they continued to attack her on both the offensive and defensive end. She scored just four points in the remainder of the game. As Thome began to struggle, the Hawkeyes took advantage. Iowa crushed Michigan in the second quarter, 31-13, stealing the lead behind a dominant showing from guard Ally Disterhoft. For about eight minutes on Thursday, Michigan was leaving Iowa in its dust. But then Bluder made the switch from Coley to Gustafson, and Iowa fought back. While Iowa advanced to play Friday, Michigan will likely head to the WNIT.
Foul trouble limits Thompson in wild loss to ninthseeded Hawkeyes By LELAND MITCHINSON Daily Sports Writer
INDIANAPOLIS — With 3:17 remaining in the first quarter Siera Thompson committed her third foul in as many minutes. Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico had no choice but to take her out for the remainder of the first half of the Wolverines’ Big Ten Tournament game against Iowa. With the junior guard on the bench, the Michigan women’s basketball team had to make do without its best defender, and the Hawkeyes capitalized. Though Iowa was held to 21 points in
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Freshman guard Boogie Brozoski scored eight points to go along with six rebounds and four assists in the Michigan women’s basketball team’s loss Thursday.
‘M’ falls short on beam against Utes By LANEY BYLER Daily Sports Writer
On the night when a win could have meant the most, the Michigan women’s gymnastics team dropped the ball — or rather, they dropped off the beam. With the meet being Senior Night and the last regular-season home meet, success could have meant a lot more than just another win to an already impressive 9-3 record. The championship season is approaching quickly, so a win for the fifth-ranked Wolverines against No. 6 Utah would have been the positive reinforcement they needed before the big tournaments, especially after last week’s loss to No. 1 Oklahoma. Instead, multiple falls on beam spoiled Michigan’s hopes, 197.525197.050. The first fall came from sophomore Lauren Marinez midroutine, and it followed her for the rest of the event. The remainder of her routine saw a slew of bobbles, and she ended with a score of 8.900. It was a sharp contrast from her performance last week against the Sooners, where she posted a career-high 9.925. Marinez sat in the middle of the lineup for beam, so there were high hopes that the rest of the team could repair the damage done to the team score. Senior Lindsay Williams posted a 9.875 immediately therafter, and junior Nicole Artz followed with a 9.925. Junior Talia Chiarelli served as anchor for the beam as one of Michigan’s most prominent athletes for the event. She had already secured first place on the vault with a 9.900. Chiarelli, who was voted Big Ten event specialist of the week for the beam earlier in the season, took the second fall for the Wolverines. Near the end of her routine, she rushed an acrobatic sequence which ended in a full fall off of the beam. She finished with a final score of 9.325. “I’m still in shock that the two athletes that had a fall on beam have been two of my top consistent beam performers all season,” said Michigan coach Bev Plocki. “I don’t really know if it was just a fluky thing or the
the first quarter, the Hawkeyes exploded for 31 in the second, putting the Wolverines in a hole they were never able to claw their way out of. As Michigan’s No. 1 defender, Thompson is often charged with shadowing the opponent’s biggest offensive threat. Against Iowa that meant her assignment was guard Ally Disterhoft who averages 36.3 minutes and 16.9 points per game. While guarded by Thompson in the first quarter, Disterhoft scored just two points. But with Thompson sidelined, Disterhoft made the Wolverines pay, racking up 15 points with Thompson out of the game, including 11 in the second quarter, to finish the first half with 17. Disterhoft’s hot shooting, including 4-for-4 from beyond the 3-point line, spread to the rest of her teammates as well. As a team, Iowa shot 81
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Junior Nicole Artz scored a career-high 39.725 in the all-around, the 11th-best mark in school history.
pressure. In another event, you can have a tiny stumble and cover it up and move on, but if you have the slightest bobble on beam, it’s only four inches wide — it doesn’t take much to be on the floor.” While the beam was definitively the downfall for Michigan, the Wolverines managed to come back from their major deductions for a final score of 197.050, which is surprisingly close to what Michigan scores on average without falls on beam. Despite the loss, multiple Wolverines were able to contribute immensely to Michigan’s final-score comeback, including Williams, Artz, senior Austin Sheppard and freshman Olivia Karas. It’s no surprise the seniors were on top of their game during Senior Night. Williams and Sheppard both had phenomenal performances on the uneven bars, where Williams tied for fourth with a 9.900 alongside Karas. Sheppard came in at sixth with a 9.875. Williams went on for fifth on the beam with another 9.875, and seventh on the floor, tying her career-best of 9.850. While
Williams was making a splash on floor and beam, Sheppard was dominating on the vault, taking third with a 9.875. Despite the strong presence offered by the seniors, it was Artz who stole the show with four firstplace scores. After a rough couple of weeks on the bars, where she was injured multiple times, Artz was able to come back and take first with a career-high 9.975. She followed with a solid beam routine, earning first place with a 9.925. In the final rotation for Michigan, Artz tied her careerbest on the floor with a 9.975, to earn an overall score of 39.725, enough to take first in the allaround as well. Karas followed closely behind, taking third in the all-around with a 39.500. She had a driven floor routine, where she stuck landings on all of her tumbling passes, including an impressive double Arabian. She finalized a floor score of 9.925, taking second to Artz. In addition to tying Williams for fourth on the uneven bars, she also tied Artz for fifth on the vault.
“Overall, I thought it was a great meet against a great team, and you can’t make mistakes against a great team and come out victorious. We knew that coming in,” Plocki said. “This is exactly what we need, though. This is why I like going against the best teams in the country, because we need to be put in these situations. “We need to understand that if we had made one more beam routine, we would have won the meet and walked away with the highest score of the season, and those are two really important things. Sometimes you learn that lesson the hard way, but sometimes learning it the hard way is what motivates you to go back into the gym and make sure it doesn’t happen again.” With Big Ten Championships and the NCAA Championships around the corner, the Wolverines don’t have much time to make sure it doesn’t happen again. Michigan will have to work hard to repair its confidence, especially on the beam, after such a close loss to Utah.
percent from the floor in the second quarter. “We got some really good percentage shots,” said Iowa coach Lisa Bluder. “You know when things are falling for you — and again (Disterhoft) made some great 3s to bring us back into this — but you know it’s kind of contagious. Shooting’s contagious and I think once you start feeling it, everybody feels it.” Without Thompson, Michigan was not only without its top defender, but it also had to find a way to make up for her offensive output. Thompson leads the Wolverines with 151 assists on the season. Without her running the offense, Michigan — which scored 29 points in the first quarter — was unable to keep pace with Iowa, totaling just 13 points in the second frame. As the game progressed to its final stages Thompson gained the freedom to be more and more aggressive, since she had not committed a foul in the second half, and she shifted back to her role as Disterhoft’s primary defender. Back in her original role, Thompson once again shut down Disterhoft, who scored just five points in the second half and finished the game with 22. The offense was also able to get back on track with Thompson back in charge. The Wolverines were just two points shy of matching Iowa’s second half scoring total of 45 points with Thompson contributing eight points, three rebounds and four assists throughout the contest — though she eventually fouled out with 1:12 left in the game. The second-half rally wasn’t enough for Michigan to overcome its second quarter hole, and Iowa finished off the win, 97-85. “We’re at the point now, if someone comes out, other people have an opportunity to step up,” Barnes Arico said. “And we weren’t really able to take advantage of that today.”
Just two weeks into the season, the Michigan baseball team was ready for its busiest week on the schedule. The 20th-ranked Wolverine baseball team headed to northern California in search of sunny weather to cap an eightgame, nine-day trip. Their final two contests were canceled due to rain, but Michigan still played six games. The Wolverines (7-3) broke even over the break, going 3-3. After sweeping Canisius in dominating fashion the previous weekend, the team entered Spring Break undefeated. However, Michigan dropped two out of its first three in California to unranked opponents to start the trip. Expectations for the team are higher than ever, with numerous polls placing them as favorites in the Big Ten, but a couple of early-season losses didn’t faze the Wolverines. “Going 1-2 on that weekend was a positive,” said Michigan coach Erik Bakich. “We wanted to see how we would respond to getting knocked down.” Monday, sophomore lefthanded pitcher Oliver Jaskie set up the next set of games by shutting down No. 10 California. Jaskie gave up just three hits in 5 and one-third innings pitched to boost the Wolverines to a 5-0 upset victory. But beyond Jaskie, the entire pitching staff has impressed early in the season. Bakich emphasized that every pitcher who has stepped in has done well so far, not just the marquee returners such as junior Brett Adcock and senior captain
Evan Hill. Thirteen Michigan hurlers have seen action thus far, and they have combined to allow just 17 earned runs in 10 games. “Us as a staff have been really locked in on making good pitches when it counts,” said sophomore right-hander Ryan Nutof. “I think that’s been a key for the whole staff.” Though the pitching has been solid, it was the lively bats in the lineup that carried the Wolverines to their next victory, as eight players notched hits in a 6-5 win against San Jose State. A joint effort from four Michigan relief pitchers, who didn’t allow a run past the fifth inning, halted a comeback effort by the Spartans. Against UC Davis on Thursday, Nutof (2-1) took the mound hoping to win his third consecutive start. But Michigan committed two errors, which cost the Wolverines the lead and eventually the ballgame, losing, 4-3. The chance for revenge against UC Davis never came, as rainouts spoiled the games on Friday and Saturday. But a loss to end the week didn’t discourage Bakich and his team. “Even though we had a few losses, I still feel like we’re getting better, because we had some teachable moments in those games,” Bakich said. Bakich says that overall there were many positives to come out of the trip, both on and off the field. The rainouts and a builtin off day allowed extra time for team bonding. The Wolverines spent the off day in San Francisco, where they took a boat across the bay to tour Alcatraz. At night, they watched the NBA’s Golden State Warriors pull out an overtime win against the Atlanta Hawks. Despite the three losses, the team gained a lot of experience together on the road during the week, which will be key to its success throughout the season.
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4B — March 7, 2016
‘M’ loses on Senior Night Wolverines’ NCAA Tournament hopes take hit with fourth loss in five games By JACOB GASE Daily Sports Editor
On an already bittersweet night that saw the Michigan men’s basketball team honor its two injured stars, IOWA 71 MICHIGAN 61 senior guards Spike Albrecht and Caris LeVert, the mood at Crisler Center — and the Wolverines’ NCAA tournament hopes — quickly took a turn for the worse. Sitting squarely on the bubble with 20 wins and 10 conference wins, most bracketology experts labeled Michigan’s contest against No. 16 Iowa on Saturday as a “must-win” for its tournament résumé. And though the Wolverines fought valiantly down the stretch — including a 10-0 scoring run late in the second half while holding the Hawkeyes to a six-minute scoring drought — Iowa’s timely shooting and Michigan’s defensive struggles ultimately proved too much to overcome. The Wolverines dropped the game, 71-61, and now face the possibility of missing the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year. Iowa forward Jarrod Uthoff, a national player of the year finalist, had his way with Michigan all night, peppering its defense with long-range jumpers and finishing with a game-high 29 points. Junior forward Zak Irvin and junior guard Derrick Walton Jr. combined for 25 as part of the Wolverines’ comeback effort — with Irvin scoring six straight points as part of Michigan’s late
run — but Irvin also lost a costly turnover with 4:10 remaining, leading to a fast-break layup that snapped the Hawkeyes’ scoring drought. Walton answered quickly with a jumper, but the Wolverines left guard Peter Jok wide open on the other end of the floor for a 3-pointer and allowed Uthoff to convert an and-1 to suck the life out of the rally. “We have to be able to control that (run), and we did not,” said Michigan coach John Beilein. “We took some bad shots. We just had a couple times where we needed to have more poise in that run. I get it — everyone was all jacked up and ready to go, but that’s not the way we need to respond.” Much like the two teams’ first meeting back on Jan. 17, the game ended up as a classic battle of scoring runs. Iowa nearly ran away with the game early in the first half, with Michigan’s defense having no immediate answer. On one memorable play, Jok successfully carved a path through three Wolverine defenders for an easy layup, and Uthoff made his first three baskets of the game (including two 3-pointers) to help Iowa jump out to a 22-12 lead. The Wolverines started the game shooting just 2-for-11 from three, but they battled back with an 11-2 run that began when Uthoff left the game for a few minutes midway through the half. Junior forward Mark Donnal ignited the run with a put-back hook shot and later knocked down a wide-open 3-pointer in transition to get Michigan’s shooting going again. After a Walton 3-pointer and a fast-break layup from sophomore guard MuhammadAli Abdur-Rahkman, the Wolverines suddenly found themselves within one point, down 24-23 with fewer than seven minutes to go in the half. The Hawkeyes, though,
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Derrick Walton Jr. scored 14 points in a losing effort against Iowa on Saturday.
quickly recovered by turning to their strong outside shooters. Uthoff hit a 3-pointer to silence the run, and after Irvin missed back-to-back free throws with a chance to tie the game, Jok knocked down back-to-back 3s near the end of the half to push the lead back to six heading into the break. Iowa controlled the early second half as well before Michigan began its second major comeback attempt. But just like the first Wolverine run of the game — and just like the game two months ago in Iowa City — the Hawkeyes snuffed out the rally. Michigan never led after the first minute of play. “Tip your hat to them, they’re a good team,” Walton said. “They got out in transition and did what they did. We answered
as many times as possible, but I guess they had more bullets in the gun than we did tonight.” The Wolverines now have their backs against the wall with regard to their tournament chances — in order to secure a bid, they may require two wins in next weekend’s Big Ten Tournament. Michigan is locked in as the No. 8 seed, meaning it would have to win its first game and then topple conference champion Indiana to accomplish that feat. “We’ll play good teams there, and we have another opportunity,” Beilein said. “I’ve always felt that we need to get more work done during this time. That way, any questions about us will be answered. ... Let’s see what we do in Indy and see what the (selection) committee thinks.”
Michigan goes Wolverines take 5-0 in tourney sixth in Big Ten By NATHANIEL CLARK
By ORION SANG Daily Sports Writer
The No. 2 Michigan softball team was holding onto a tight 4-3 lead in the bottom of the fourth inning against Oregon State when Tera Blanco stepped into the batter’s box. The sophomore had started the day as the Wolverines’ pitcher, giving up three runs in the third inning, and taking over first base duties in the fourth. She redeemed her rough outing on the mound with a pivotal at-bat, lacing a triple into right field past a diving outfielder to increase the lead to 6-3 — a lead her team would not relinquish on its way to a 9-3 win over the Beavers. “I had two strikes a lot in my at-bats today,” Blanco explained. “I was just thinking about getting a pitch near the zone and getting a piece of my bat on it.” Blanco’s clutch hitting after re-entering the game as an infielder, though, was representative of Michigan’s weekend at the Judi Garman Classic in California. The team (18-2) found a variety of ways to win en route to a 5-0 record at the tournament. The Wolverines displayed explosive and timely hitting. They pitched three shutouts. And they played dazzling defense. “I thought we had a great week,” said Michigan coach Carol Hutchins. “We saw a lot. We’re getting better in all phases of the game. Being together for nine days is quite a growing experience just for us as a team. We showed we could be a very tough team, and I’m pleased with that.” The tournament started Thursday when the Wolverines played No. 18 Missouri, their highest-ranked opponent of the weekend. The Tigers, though, were no match for the Wolverines’ combination of clustered hitting and dominant pitching on that first day. As junior Megan Betsa hurled
one of her best games of the season, tossing five innings of three-hit, shutout ball, Michigan put together two explosive innings of offense, scoring five runs in the second inning and seven in the fourth on its way to a 13-0 run-rule victory. Later that day, Blanco took the mound and went the distance against Long Beach State with a complete game shutout, while the offense scored five runs in both the second and seventh innings, giving Michigan an 11-0 win. “I’m always getting better every single weekend and getting (more) confident in the circle,” Blanco said. “I have confidence in my team — it really helps with me being relaxed out there.” A 24-0 run differential after two games had the Wolverines cruising, but Friday’s matchup against California posed a different challenge. While Sara Driesenga pitched a gem of a game, tossing a three-hit, complete game shutout, the bats cooled off, forcing the Wolverines to grind out runs. Two errors from the Golden Bears led to two Michigan runs in the first inning, before the Wolverines added insurance runs later in the game. The team tallied just six hits on the day, a departure from its first two games, but was able to make them count, emerging with a 4-0 win. Later that day, the Wolverines found themselves in need of a comeback against North Carolina. After scoring three runs in the fourth inning to command a 6-2 lead, Michigan gave the lead right back. But it showed its trademark resilience in the fifth by scoring five runs to take back the lead once and for all, emerging with a hard-fought 11-6 victory. “We didn’t pitch our best, but we had players step up to help us get the win,” Hutchins said of the North Carolina game. “That’s what resolve is — you’ve just gotta battle and not get caught up in the outcome.”
Uthoff too much for Wolverines’ reeling defense Iowa’s star forward scores 29 points on 11-for-19 shooting to beat Michigan
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The Michigan wrestling team walked into the Big Ten Championships in Iowa City on Saturday as the No. 8 team in the nation and as the fourth-ranked squad in the conference. Thus, the Wolverines were disappointed when they found themselves in seventh place after the first day of wrestling. They recovered somewhat on Sunday to climb one spot in the final standings, finishing sixth. “We hoped to have a better tournament, but we had some ups and downs,” said Michigan coach Joe McFarland. “There were a lot of tough matches, especially Saturday evening.” Top-ranked junior Adam Coon headlined Michigan’s showing at the Big Ten Championships. He advanced his way to the heavyweight finals with three straight victories. In one of them, Coon took a mere 38 seconds to pin Wisconsin’s Brock Horwath. But Coon fell short of a Big Ten title as he lost, 7-4, to Ohio State’s second-ranked Kyle Snyder. “(The final) was a hard-fought match, no question about it,” McFarland said. “But you just have to keep moving forward.” In the 184-pound class, No. 1 junior Domenic Abounader put up a strong showing of his own with a 9-1 major decision win against Wisconsin’s Ryan Christensen in the quarterfinals. He suffered a defeat at the hands of Nebraska’s fourth-ranked T.J. Dudley before rebounding for two more wins to take third place. “Dom was the No. 1 seed, so he was a little disappointed,” McFarland said. “But he rebounded well.” No. 6 junior Brian Murphy knocked off his first two opponents at 157 pounds, one of whom was Rutgers’ No. 3 Richie Lewis. Murphy narrowly lost, 5-4, to Illinois’ No. 2 Isaiah
Martinez, but notched a victory over Ohio State’s No. 4 Jake Ryan and Iowa’s Edwin Cooper Jr. to place third. “I definitely took a step up in my last bouts this weekend,” Murphy said. “And I’m excited to build off of it for nationals.” Sophomore Alec Pantaleo notched two victories in his first two bouts at 149 pounds, including a 3-2 win over Northwestern’s No. 4 Jason Tsirtsis. He was then pinned by Penn State’s No. 1 Zain Retherford 2:45 into the semifinal match. Pantaleo bounced back in the consolation rounds with two victories to take third place. One of them was an overtime win over Tsirtsis, who had beaten him earlier in the season. “I didn’t like how my semifinal match went,” Pantaleo said. “It showed that there is a lot of work to be done. But it’s always nice to avenge a loss.” Redshirt sophomore Conor Youtsey started off with a 9-1 major decision victory over Northwestern’s Garrison White in the 125-pound class. But it was quickly followed by a 14-4 loss at the hands of Iowa’s No. 2 Tomas Gilman. Youtsey still recovered, though, netting three more victories in the consolation rounds. It was strong enough for a fifth-place finish. “I thought Youtsey had a strong tournament,” McFarland said. “He faced a lot of tough guys and had a lot of close matches. It was a whole new tournament, a whole new season for us.” The Wolverines won’t have much time to dwell on the Big Ten Championships, though, as the NCAA Tournament begins March 17. “If we find a way to bring it together for (the NCAA Tournament), I think we can surprise a lot of people,” Murphy said. “A lot of it is just getting into a good place mentally.”
The Michigan basketball team just couldn’t stop Jarrod Uthoff. That wasn’t the Wolverines’ only problem in a game in which they tallied 11 turnovers, but after having junior forward Zak Irvin, redshirt sophomore guard Duncan Robinson and sophomore forward Kameron Chatman try to defend the 6-foot-9 forward, it was apparent that no one on Michigan’s squad could deter him. Uthoff scored 29 points in Iowa’s 71-61 victory, and in a way, the Wolverines (10-8 Big Ten, 20-11 overall) may have seen it coming. While guards Caris LeVert and Spike Albrecht were honored prior to the Senior Night game, a different senior from Iowa (12-6, 21-9) had a night of his own while the two Wolverines watched from the bench. Albrecht and LeVert would have been two of Michigan’s best defenders this season, but after their careers ended early, they watched a repetitive problem unfold in front of them throughout the season. The Wolverines have trouble defending long players, and it was apparent all season long. More recently, 7-footer Alex Olah dropped 19 points on Michigan on Feb. 24. Against Maryland on Jan. 17, 6-foot9 Robert Carter and 6-foot-11 Diamond Stone scored 15 and 22 points, respectively. The Wolverines didn’t make much more of an improvement against the two taller Terrapins in the rematch on Feb. 21, either, allowing the two to combine for another 30 points. Michigan, meanwhile, struggled to get its own big men going Saturday, combining for 11 points. “We had trouble seeing the big man on the roll,” Beilein said. “We just had trouble. Zak saw him better than the other guys did. We didn’t get those looks that we’ve been getting that have better balance to our game.” The Wolverines tried to compensate and attempted 34 3-pointers, but they made just eight. Though Michigan outscored the Hawkeyes in the paint, 28-26, Iowa hit mid-range jumpers early and often, silencing the Michigan crowd as soon as it started to get loud. Iowa coach Fran McCaffery
knew that his senior would have a big night the day before in practice, saying that he finally looked like himself in practice after playing some down games. “I saw Jarrod Uthoff early,” Beilein said. “I mean, there are some things at his length and his size, I mean he hit the sleeper 3, I think he hit another (3-pointer), he hit a pull up. I mean, they’re good at running it. “(Iowa) is just playing to win, and he played really loose.” Added Robinson: “He’s talented, he’s very talented. He hit some tough shots, so credit to him. We gotta do a better job of staying locked into our assignments, just being more locked in as a team defensively.” Though Michigan clawed back from a 15-point deficit in the second half with a 10-0 run that lasted six minutes, it ended with 4:10 left in the game when guard Mike Gesell stole the ball from Irvin for a fast-break layup. The steal was a fitting turning point in the Wolverines’ game. The Hawkeyes stole the ball seven different times and scored 12 points off of turnovers. Following Gesell’s steal, Iowa pulled away once more, able to master both Michigan’s offense and defense. “It’s a team that you really have to focus on stopping because of all the different action that they run at you,” McCaffery said. “John’s offense is well-known nationally. He has all kinds of counters and dribble-ats and blare screens and ball screens — ball screen again. I mean, you gotta really stay after it if you want to stop them. “We didn’t give up any backdoors or really any easy layups.” The Wolverines have become predictable in their losses, and in a game that was considered to be a must-win for their NCAA Tournament chances, they didn’t vary their formula enough to change the outcome.
“(Iowa) is just playing to win, and he played really loose.”
BY THE NUMBERS Michigan vs. Iowa
23.5%
The Michigan men’s basketball team’s 3-point shooting percentage against Iowa (8-for-34)
29
Points for Iowa forward Jarrod Uthoff, a game high
8
Iowa turnovers, four of which came late against Michigan’s 1-3-1 zone defense
43-35
Michigan’s advantage on the glass, powered by 12 offensive rebounds
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Jarrod Uthoff (right) scored 29 points in the Hawkeyes’ 71-61 win Saturday.