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At the end of June, every University of Michigan police officer will carry Naloxone, a generic version of the name-brand drug Narcan that reverses the effects of an overdose by blocking opiate receptors in the brain. This new training and policy comes two years after the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office began combating peaking opioid overdose numbers in the area. The University of Michigan Police Department is currently working on adding this additional officer training in the face of an increasing number of young people overdosing. Marlene Radzik, the

Washtenaw County Sheriff Office’s police services commander, said among the products acquired by the department between 1998 and 2000, powder and crack cocaine were the most common. Now, heroin is the drug of choice for young people between the ages of 15 to 30. A growing epidemic It has been 12 years since 31-year-old Ashton Marr, an Ann Arbor resident, was first prescribed Vicodin for an emergency appendectomy. “I was able to maintain the image that I was doing okay, but my addiction hit a new low,” Marr said. “It was like it just took over my life and my mind.” She has long since healed from her 2004 surgery, but the effects of Marr’s introduction to opioids left her with a frustrating, painful addiction. After starting the drug, continued use was all too easy. Marr said that even though she began to experiment with drugs as a student at Pioneer High School,

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Last Thursday, the University of Michigan Board of Regents voted to increase tuition by 3.9 percent for in-state students and 4.4 percent for out-of-state students. This change will result in an increase in tuition revenue of $86.35 million. Since 2002, tuition revenue has increased by over $800 million — a 135 percent increase — far outpacing similar institutions such as Ohio State University and the University of California system, both of which have seen approximately 52 percent increases. Both universities also face similar state funding decreases to those within the state of Michigan. This comparison raises the question: Where is this money coming from and where it is going? State Funding The increase in projected tuition revenue coincides with a proposed increase in state funding of 4.2 percent for the University. This state-funding proposal is the latest in a series of small increases following a 21.6 percent funding cut the University experienced in 2011 under Gov. Rick Snyder’s first budget, which featured an acrossthe-board 15 percent cut in funding for higher education. The latest increase in state funding brings aggregate funding for Michigan’s higher education budget back to pre-2011 levels; however, the University’s individual state funding still remains 7.8 percent lower than 2011 levels. Various regents at Thursday’s meeting cited state disinvestment as See TUITION, Page 9

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OPIATE From Page 1 likely to unintentionally overdose on heroin — with an average age of overdose of 32 — while unintentional prescription opioid overdoses were more common among older white women, with an average age of 51. There is no discernible set of risk factors — such as socioeconomic status, parental occupation or a familial history of drug use — that can be tied to the recent chain of overdoses. Often, a child is injured in a sport or at a park and needs some kind of surgery. Years later, they continue an addiction to the painkiller first prescribed to them following the operation. As the number of fatal overdoses in young adults and children spiked in Washtenaw County, Radzik started asking questions — and parents tended to repeat a similar narrative. “Every story that I heard was the same: that their child had a sports injury and was given Vicodin or Oxycontin or in a car crash,” Radzik said. “Soon they’re addicted; they’re buying pills off the street.” Marr’s story follows a similar path after her surgery. She described her childhood with sentimentality: She loved Girl Scouts, did gymnastics, weathered her parents’ divorce, but says she felt normal as a kid. After addiction found its way into her life, she said, everything changed. Living mostly out of her car, she felt tired, miserable and alone. “Addiction for me was a very isolating experience, and I was really ashamed of it,” Marr said. “It was like it just took over my life and my mind, and I really was up and running with opioids. I truly believed I was the only heroin addict in Ann Arbor.” New policies and combative treatments offer some hope, though. In the first five months of officers carrying Naloxone in 2014, the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office reported officers’ use of the drug saved 11 lives. According to Radzik, the number has risen to 26 since last December. Naloxone could have saved even more lives back when the number of overdoses first peaked in 2012, she said, but the department had to wait for a bill allowing non-medical personnel to administer the drug. The sheriff office’s supply is currently funded by a grant that was facilitated by the Washtenaw Opioid Project, a community-based collaborative effort organized in July 2013 as part of the Washtenaw

Health Initiative. Their aim is to improve access to coordinated care for the county’s low-income, uninsured and Medicaid-supported populations. The grant is currently funding the replacements for the office’s now-depleted supply of the Naloxone. In the sheriff’s office, police are trained to administer Naloxone regardless of whether or not they can confirm the user took an opioid, as Naloxone has no harmful effects to an individual not experiencing an overdose. They are trained to administer another dose within five minutes of the first because the drug could wear off and the victim could resume overdose effects. Inserted through the nose, Naloxone could stay active in the body between 30 to 90 minutes, depending on a person’s metabolism, while opioids can last up to two hours. University response While marijuana and prescription drug use have been consistent issues on campus, hard drug use has been climbing at the University as well, according to a 2015 report, and administrators across a number of campus units are beginning to respond to the recent spike. Last December, the University Injury Center held an Opioid Overdose Summit to educate researchers, community members and those involved in the pharmaceutical field on current prescription drug opioid research, to prevent overdose mortality and to discuss other unresolved issues. Central Student Government also tried to raise awareness by launching a prescription drug misuse campaign during the winter 2016 semester. The University’s Division of Public Safety and Security is adding additional officer training as well. DPSS spokeswoman Diane Brown said, beginning in July, all University police officers, including housing security officers, will have access to and will be trained in the deployment of the Naloxone. “We are right now finishing up our week-long training on a variety of subjects,” Brown said. “It takes us several weeks for us to be able to take our whole group of people and put them in training. We do it in rounds, and so, by the end of the month, we will have finished the last of those rounds.” Brown said witnessing an opioid overdose could be difficult to discern right away, which is why the training is so important. “When you come upon somebody, there’s a wide variety of things, particularly if they’re unconscious,

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which overdose tends to apply,” Brown said. “But then there’s the situations where people are going into an unconscious state from a drug interaction, and sometimes those can be a wide variety of responses based on the person.” Withdrawal and the road to recovery Radzik said purchasing prescription opioids at the street level could range from $30 to $50 in some cases, so users often turn to cheaper methods of substance abuse. Marr made the switch to heroin after several years of abusing Vicodin. “I didn’t seek out heroin. Somebody proposed it to me when I complained that Vicodin wasn’t doing it for me anymore,” Marr said. “I’m shocked today to hear how easy it is to come by drugs; many times it was people that I already knew, friends. When I made the transition from opioid-based prescriptions to heroin, I would snort it, but that became less and less effective — I built a tolerance to it — so I resorted to taking it intravenously.” Marr said she had a dealer and would take trips to Detroit, though she said such trips are not necessary, as she claims heroin is available for sale in Washtenaw County, including Ann Arbor. Radzik said the user, is in many cases, not the only one who suffers,

as families bear much of the burden financially and otherwise. “When a family loses a child to heroin, they have to say, ‘But they were such a good kid,’ ” Radzik said. “When a family loses a child to cancer, they don’t have to say that.” Marr described how her addiction began to take over her life. “I needed more and more of it to not feel sick,” Marr said. “It wasn’t about getting high anymore. I need it to function, not just emotionally but physically.” Marr said she never feared anything more than the feeling of withdrawal. “My bones felt like glass,” Marry said. “I felt sick to my soul, crawling out of my skin — I felt, I’m not sure how to describe it. You’re hot and cold at the same time. You can’t sit still, but you feel even sicker trying to get up and pace around. That is a contributing factor as to why I’m still in recovery. I don’t ever want to do that again. It’s awful.” During her time suffering from heroin addiction, Marr was almost entirely isolated from the support of her family and friends, whom she kept in the dark about her condition, mostly because she was afraid they would associate her with the stigma attached to drug addicts. “I mostly hid it from my friends,” Marr said. “Addiction for me was a very isolating experience, and I was really ashamed of it. Being from Ann

Arbor, there are certain substances that carry less of a stigma.” Marr said she relocated to a halfway house in Brighton after several months of treatment before she moved back to a transitional home in Ann Arbor. Along with the Brighton Center for Recovery, which helped Marr recover from her addiction, there are dozens of other recovery efforts in the area. Besides the Washtenaw Recovery Advocacy Project, there is The Home of New Vision, which provides treatment, transitional housing, counseling and peer support services throughout the county. Matt Statman is the program manager for the University branch of the Collegiate Recovery Program, a nationwide initiative that offers non-clinical support to students in recovery from alcohol or other drug problems. The program launched at the University in 2012 as part of Wolverine Wellness — a section of the University Health System aimed at supporting and promoting healthy behaviors related to alcohol, drugs and sexual health — and is funded by student health fees. “We are really focused on social support, helping students that are in recovery support each other,” Statman said. “Everyone knows

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Father’s Day without a father

ather’s Day always sneaks up on me. I’ll be studying or watching TV, and all of a sudden an ad will appear, ELENA always saying HUBBELL something like “Here’s the best gift you can get for your dad” or something. The pang that always comes along with seeing stuff father-related doesn’t sting as much as it once did — I’m usually able to move on with my day without any issue. I’ve learned that this type of pain isn’t going away, but I’ve also learned how to live with it. Let me explain: the summer before my first year of high school, my father passed away from pancreatic cancer. This period of time, the time that my father was sick and dying, has strongly affected my outlook on life and has defined me as a person. I honestly couldn’t tell you what I would be like if my dad were still alive — perhaps less serious, less empathetic, more carefree. In all honesty, the traits that I have gained since my father’s passing are some of the ones that I value the most. I try not to think about what life would be like if my dad were still alive — he’s not coming back and any time spent wondering is, to me at least, counter-productive. I’ve come to accept his death — I’m no longer angry about it, and I’ve stopped claiming that the world is unfair. I’m even pretty good at stopping myself from getting jealous at my friends who have good relationships with their fathers, because hey, why shouldn’t they be able to enjoy what I’m not able to? This is the main reason why I try not to have a problem with Father’s Day. Still, Father’s Day presents an

awkward problem for me and my family. Usually, around Father’s Day, people will politely ask one another what they plan on doing to celebrate. I’ll usually answer something like “I’ll give my grandpa a call” or “I’m visiting my uncle.” A lot of the time, the person asking the question will accept my answer. Some of the time, the person asking will look a little confused, as if I hadn’t answered the question correctly, but won’t continue with any more inquisition. Rarely, the person asking will bring up the question “Why aren’t you spending any time with your father?” which usually starts an uncomfortable but short conversation about how my father passed away — it was cancer, thank you for your apology. It’s not that I don’t like talking about my father — in all honesty, I enjoy talking about him. He was an interesting guy and a loving dad, and he has given me a lot of good stories. And the profound effect that his death has had on my life and personality means that someone can’t truly understand me until they understand what I have gone through. So in daily life, I don’t really try to avoid the topic of my father’s death. Yeah, I guess it sometimes makes people uncomfortable, but I’d rather talk about it on my own terms instead of having others ask me about it. So why does being asked about Father’s Day make me uncomfortable? I guess it’s because a part of me is always expecting someone to ask, “So why aren’t you spending any time with your father?” Though, admittedly, this only happens rarely, I still feel the sting, as if the fact that my father has passed meant that I can no longer celebrate Father’s Day the ways it’s supposed to be celebrated. Commercials and

advertisements that support the heteronuclear family only work to exacerbate this feeling. This belief that one must have a father to celebrate Father’s Day is inherently problematic. For 14 years of my life, I was lucky enough to have had a father, but others have been blessed with two parents of a same gender, a single parent, grandparents, along with their own variations of what family means. Where are the days for these types of parents and these types of families? I’m not suggesting that we change the name of Father’s Day, and I’m not asking for those with fathers that they have good relationships with to start feeling guilty. I just wish that Father’s Day was a bit more flexible. People need to stop assuming that everyone has a father or that everyone has a good relationship with their father. Father’s Day shouldn’t exclusively be about the man whose genetics you share — it should be about the masculine people in your life who have positively affected you. This past Sunday, my sister and I went to a restaurant in Ann Arbor that we believe our father would have liked, and we talked and reminisced about our father. After, I gave my grandpa and one of my uncles a call to thank them for all that they have done for me. My sister and I aren’t the only people who didn’t celebrate Father’s Day in the traditional sense — people all over celebrated this day in the way that best corresponds to the masculine figure in their life. I hope that we all remain sensitive to this, and that we don’t forget that Father’s Day, and any other day dedicated to family, is what we make of it. —Elena Hubbell can be reached at elepearl@umich.edu.

hen then-Senator Barack Obama was evaluating a potential run for the SHAWN presidency in 2006, he DANINO was asked if he’d smoked marijuana. His response was, “When I was young, I inhaled frequently. That was the point (of smoking).” He was praised for his candor, and the statement drew a sharp contrast between former President Bill Clinton’s waffling when he described having smoked marijuana once but not having inhaled. There is also a video recording of former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger smoking marijuana and proudly stating he had also inhaled. What was not discussed was how either of these politicians’ careers would have virtually ended had they been caught for doing what they admitted to doing. In 2014, law enforcement across this country arrested 700,993 people for marijuana-related incidents. Of those 700,993, 88 percent of them were for possession of marijuana. There is a certain irony in incarcerating Americans for actions that the highest level of civil servants have admitted to doing. Furthermore, there is a tremendous financial, social and economic cost to incarcerating Americans for possession of marijuana (among other non-violent drug offences). In his final year in office, President Obama should take steps that work toward the legalization of marijuana, starting with a mandate that the federal government will refuse to fund incarcerations for marijuana-related crimes. Doing so will save precious tax dollars, give correctional officers much needed bandwidth to pursue violent crimes, and siphon money away from black markets and into the coiffeurs of a federal government that has run a large deficit for the past several decades. According to the Urban Institute Justice Policy Center, we spend an average of $21,006 per person per year to incarcerate someone in a minimum-security prison in the United States. With total U.S. debt at more than $19 trillion, this does not feel like money well-spent. The other side of the economic cost is the toll that incarceration has on the labor force. It not only takes

years away from people’s working lives, but it teaches this population how to become better criminals. Better-trained criminals mean more resources will be siphoned away from police departments as well. Keeping people out of the correctional system for non-violent drug offenses is another benefit of marijuana legalization. In an interview in Vice with Jeff Smith — a professor in urban policy at the Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy in New York — and a former inmate, they recounted how jails can be a dehumanizing place filled with rape and how many prisons are permissive of rape among the inmates. Furthermore, according to Smith, “In prison, your bonds with law-abiding society are being broken down and your bond with other criminals is being strengthened.” The human cost of the correctional system is felt when inmates’ relationships to society get eroded and as these individuals exit prison, they struggle to find housing, job opportunities and rehabilitation. Legalizing marijuana has the potential to bring in millions of dollars in tax revenue. As of February 2015, Colorado has generated over $53 million in tax revenue, which was short of estimates that the measure would bring in more than $70 million in the first year. As of October 2015, 58 percent of Americans back marijuana legalization, up from 36 percent in 2003. In Michigan, the necessary number of signatures (320,000) were gathered, but a recent rule change means that marijuana legalization will probably not be on the ballot in November. Meanwhile, marijuana gets dismissed in national politics as an issue for stoners, with many politicians putting it low on their priority list. President Obama said that marijuana legalization is not one of his top priorities for 2016. However, there are few issues where executive action has the immediate potential to save tens of billions of dollars and keep hundreds of thousands of non-violent offenders out of jail. Marijuana is one of those issues, and we should all care more about legalization. —Shawn Danino can be reached at danino@umich.edu

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The past is the past Your struggles are valid, too

’m a firm believer that relationships of all kinds — be it platonic, sexual, romantic, familial, etc. — take work, as I’m sure most other people are. Someone recently told me, “You don’t seem like OLIVIA the kind of PUENTE person who’d waste time doing something they’re not good at.” They’re right. It’s why I don’t play basketball or try to be a model with my 4-foot-11inch stature. It’s why my subpar mathematical abilities keep me from studying to be an engineer. I feel very much the same about my relationships. If I’m not “good” at keeping a healthy relationship, I’ll cut someone off. I just don’t see the point in trying to uphold a bond that simply is not working. More particularly, I — with few exceptions — don’t think staying friends with my exes right after a breakup is at all plausible or necessary. To most, this is surely a character flaw. Being a perfectionist in an aspect of life that is far from capable of being perfected seems fruitless; keeping people who mean something significant to you in your life should be a priority. But if it is at a detriment to your mental wellbeing, is it worth it? Plenty of my friends keep in close touch with their various ex-boyfriends and girlfriends, not thinking anything of the swift change in the dynamic of their relationships, which is great for them. I’m impressed that they’re able to do that. Not all of these friendships go off without a hitch though — most are riddled with jealousy and awkward tension. For me, I don’t think it’s the change from romantic to platonic that doesn’t sit right; I think it’s the people I’ve dated who have so wholly put me off to this idea of being friends after a breakup. I can’t seem to overlook the things about my exes or the flaws in our relationships that made it all fall apart in the first place. I’ve been broken up with, as well as done the breaking up. I’ve been in a mutually-decided breakup as well. All were times

I never wanted to continue the relationship platonically, nor did I see that option being beneficial. The toxicity that surrounds the decision to end a romantic relationship is inevitably there even if not always at the surface. Traits once considered endearing about your significant other now grind into the deepest recesses of your existence regardless of whether or not you’re the one who broke things off. How can you cultivate a healthy friendship with someone if somewhere within your relationship there’s bound to be some sort of resentment for the end of the relationship? Not only are you bothered immensely by the little things your ex does, but also there will inevitably come a time when one of you finds someone else. If I’ve learned anything from the many romantic comedies I’ve watched while single and eating Häagen Dazs by the pint, it’s that communication all but breaks down between people when a third party is involved. Suddenly texting your ex to ask if they have your T-shirt you spilled wine on that one time turns into this big dark secret from your current significant other for fear of hurting them with your strictly platonic relationship with the person you once dated. All right, maybe I’ve watched too much of “The OC” in my homework-free stupor of summer, but there is definitely a possibility of a friendship with an ex causing strain in any current relationship you might pursue. Even the strongest people sometimes feel insecure, and keeping someone around you may have had something special with in the past can feel like a threat. To me, it’s not worth it. Relationships that had to end on the basis of bad timing stemming from any variety of reasons or any variety of circumstances out of your control can potentially be different. I’ve never experienced this, but I’m sure if I did, I’d react to whether or not I’d keep that person around quite a bit differently. Until that happens, however, I’m going to happily leave my exes in the past where they belong. —Olivia Puente can be reached at opuente@umich.edu.

hrough my job this summer, I have met many people who have fled their countries due to genderbased violence, ANNA political POLUMBOpersecution LEVY and incredibly dangerous gangs who have threatened their lives and the lives of their families. And at the end each day, when I’m tired or upset about something in my own life, I can’t help but feel that I had no right to be concerned with these things. They’re nothing compared to what others are going through. Others endure so much worse. And while it is true what I am preoccupied by is of a completely different nature (and magnitude) to those who are making dangerous journeys to find a safe place to live, the constant comparison between our problems and those of your friends, family, coworkers and acquaintances (to name a few) is unhealthy because it perpetuates the idea that we have to be silent in our struggle. My friends often confess that they feel bad being upset about things going on in their lives — divorcing parents, a troubled relationship or a health problem — when they know someone has it much worse. I often hear comparisons to people who go without food, clean water and shelter. “At least I have it better than they do,” my friends say, shrugging off, pushing down, diverting their own emotions and stressors because they don’t think they have a right to be upset about them. But every hardship, every struggle is unique. My friends are right to notice that their struggles and those of someone who is fleeing persecution or is without food and water are not of the same magnitude, but the reality is we all face struggles in some way. And we should be allowed to voice anger,

frustration and sadness about the things that are hard in our lives. As college students, we are faced with many social and academic stressors that can sometimes overcome us and contribute to whatever else we are facing in our lives. College is a privilege, but there are definitely times where it can feel more overwhelming and anxiety-producing. If we are not comfortable, validated and supported in speaking about what is stressful, worrisome and anxiety-producing to us, we can feel alone. College has its own unique stressors, which we can only attempt to handle if we are not constantly told we have it better than X or Y. Society talks a lot about perspective. “But to put it into perspective, at least I have it better than others who don’t have clean water or enough food”or “At least I’m not the family on TV who lost their son” are things I hear all the time when people are talking about what is going on for them. They’re addendums, as if the person is saying, “Don’t worry, I know my struggles aren’t much compared to what others face.”And while perspective is important to realize that traffic or a broken nail aren’t real hardships, we must allow ourselves to feel upset by struggles in our lives. I believe we can recognize and value someone else’s situation is more dire and at the same time not have to simultaneously discount our real feelings and real worries about our own situations and hardships. Feeling empathy for someone’s tragic situation is not mutually exclusive with silencing your own feelings about your situation because you perceive the other as worse. Even if a person isn’t facing starvation or lacking clean water, they should be allowed to feel upset. We should be safe and validated when we talk about something hard that is going on in our lives. Our loved ones and close friends are here for us (or they should be) during

the good and the bad, the happy and sad. They shouldn’t be here to tell us that there is someone who is going through worse so we should shut up and be grateful for what we have. Yes, we need to understand and acknowledge where we are very lucky and be grateful for that. But what we also have to do is see that our struggles — incomparable to anyone else’s — are valid in their own right. I am fortunate in many ways. I am lucky to have opportunities as a result of my high-level education. I have a loving family and receive endless support. I have access to good food and clean water. I live very comfortably in many regards. But I also go through hard moments in my life and want to turn to family and friends for support and sometimes a shoulder to cry on. Without these support systems, if I felt like I could never talk about what was going on for me because my hardships were nothing compared to those around me, I would keep things bottled up. Over time, I would begin to feel alone and isolated, and it would only make something difficult infinitely harder to cope with. It shouldn’t be one or the other; it shouldn’t be a competition of who has it worse. We all go through hardships that differ in nature but should be treated as well-founded in their own way. We can’t feel that we shouldn’t talk about problems because they seem menial, less than those of others. We should be allowed to talk about them, feel heard and be comfortable looking to others for support during trying times. As a society, while we should help each other to acknowledge the difference between different hardships, we must help each other through them as well. We need to have compassion for ourselves. Otherwise, how can we have compassion for others? —Anna Polumbo-Levy can be reached at annapl@umich.edu.

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TV REVIEW

FILM REVIEW

‘Black’ is back in deep, ‘Finding Dory’ a well-crafted fourth run swimming hit Drama’s latest season tackles complex themes and ideas

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By SAM ROSENBERG Daily Arts Writer

When “Orange is the New Black” debuted on Netflix in the summer of 2013, the main narrative focused on Athe journey of Piper Chapman Orange is the (Taylor Schilling, “The New Black Lucky One”), Season 4 a privileged Premiere white woman who adapts and Netflix tries to survive a 15-month sentence in Litchfield Penitentiary, a minimum-security women’s prison. However, since then, the series has gradually broadened from a raunchy prison dramedy into something much more humanistic. Throughout each season, we’ve learned about almost all the individual prisoners via flashback sequences, giving us their backstories that are as engrossing as they are tragic. By humanizing these women as victims of circumstance rather than simple criminals, “OITNB” brings a nuanced perspective to the criminal justice system, which continues to be showcased in its fantastic fourth season. While season four can feel overstuffed at times, it stands out against the previous seasons of “OITNB” by diving deeper into the lives of its characters and how they have developed over their time in Litchfield. Reeling in from last season’s glorious finale, the season four premiere, “Work That Body For Me,” is a stunning return to form, as every facet of the show’s storytelling — the character work, the dialogue, the drama and the humor — comes into full throttle. After the Litchfield inmates bask in some fleeting moments of freedom in the nearby lake, they’re quickly rounded

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up back to the prison, where the aftermath of their euphoria is met with overwhelming terror. New arrivals are brought to Litchfield, causing a lack of resources, commotion and overcrowding. Included in the throng of new inmates are two of season four’s most interesting new personalities: Judy King (Blair Brown, “Fringe”), a TV personality cook, and Alison Abdullah (newcomer Amanda Stephen), a Muslim woman who becomes the roommate of recent Jewish convert Black Cindy (Adrienne C. Moore, “30 Rock”). Both Brown and Stephen play their characters marvelously, with the former evoking a sinister mix of Paula Deen and Martha Stewart and the latter generating an engaging, refreshing presence within Litchfield. With these new introductions, the burgeoning racial and socioeconomic class divides among the Litchfield prisoners are also highlighted and subsequently provide a sharp social commentary. Racial dynamics have always played a large role in “OITNB,” considering its large cast of Latina, Black, and Asian characters. But a bitter semi-race war between Piper and the Latina prisoners, led by Maria Ruiz (Jessica Pimentel, “Person of Interest”), and a petty, mean-spirited quarrel between Alison and Black Cindy prompts a thought-provoking discussion about how the grittiness of prison life can reflect the world around us. Particularly gripping is the show’s handling of racist beliefs, which attribute to the relationships between the horrible security guards and the Litchfield inmates. The prisoners are

already treated terribly with the conditions they’re living in, but with the addition of Litchfield’s racist and misogynistic head guard Piscatella (Brad William Henke, “Fury”), things get very ugly. Even with large improvements on plot and character development, the fourth season still struggles with some flaws, one being that the flashback sequences aren’t as emotionally potent as the ones from seasons before. The season somewhat glosses over some of its more compelling characters, Sophia Burset (Laverne Cox, “Grandma”) and Nicky Nichols (Natasha Lyonne, “Portlandia”), who are demoted to recurring roles, most likely due to other commitments — Alex (Laura Prepon, “That ‘70s Show”) had a similar situation in the show’s second season. Regardless, the fourth season keeps on pushing boundaries with its absorbing storytelling and provocative plots. At this point, “OITNB” has cemented its place as one of the most complex, well-crafted and entertaining television shows of the 2010s — and season 4 is its highest point. With its diverse array of characters — women of color, women with mental illness and women who are on the LGBTQ spectrum — the series is a defining example of how modern television shows should represent people who aren’t normally seen on TV. Yes, there’s still plenty of sex, drugs, violence and cursing. But the newest season of “OITNB” has demonstrated the show is less about one woman struggling against the harshness of imprisonment and more of a microcosm of our imperfect, messy cesspool of a society.

Watching “Finding Dory” was an early sign that I’m getting old at the oh-so mature age of 19. However, the fact that it captured my imagination 13 years A after watching Finding the original is a testament to Dory how strong and Walt Disney enduring Pixar’s Pictures brand and storytelling is. The Rave & Quality 16 audience had a wide array of ages in attendance. There were both parents and people my age who surely watched the predecessor “Finding Nemo” back in 2003, and young children who were first experiencing the franchise in theaters around the same age I did. To avoid beating around the bush, “Dory” does not go above and beyond the originality of “Finding Nemo.” But truth be told, it’s a very high bar to set, and a bar that “Dory” manages to at least meet, if not exceed — something that can’t be said by most animated movies. The film’s standard is largely due in part to Dory’s (Ellen DeGeneres, “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”) irresistable charm. She stole the show in “Finding Nemo” as wonderful comic to Marlin’s (Albert Brooks, “Drive”) straight-man protagonist. With this film, it’s finally her story that’s being told. Dory has short-term memory loss (which she will not let you forget), and has become fed up with her condition. She begins to remember her two wonderful parents, Charlie (Eugene Levy, “American Pie”) and Jenny (Diane Keaton, “Annie Hall”). Although there is no thorough explanation as to what triggers these memories, DeGeneres’s voice acting is so sweet and sincere that one can’t help but feel for her frustration. Dory has flashbacks of her life at the Marine Life Institute in Morro Bay, a very specific location in California where sea animals are rehabilitated and released back into the wild. The plot quickly takes the form of “Finding Nemo,” as our favorite animated fish (sorry, “Shark Tale”) must once again go on a journey of epic proportions to reunite

lost family members. Her new “family” of Marlin and Nemo himself (newcomer Hayden Rolence) are here for the adventure too, bringing back what made the original movie compelling, while treading on familiar territory. Rest assured, enough new ideas are injected into the plot to keep “Finding Dory” fun and original. The sea creatures that Dory and gang meet along the way are delightful, played skillfully by some of the hottest comedic actors in show business. Among these characters is Hank (Ed O’Neill, “Modern Family”), a chameleon-like octopus who craves the stable life of captivity and accompanies Dory on her quest. Though he ends up serving much of the same role that Marlin did in the first film, he’s entertaining all the same. The animation is beautiful, an area in which “Dory” manages to surpass its predecessor successfully. I remembered several trips I’ve made to aquariums while watching the film, largely because of the lush and alive computer-generated sea in “Finding Dory.” After watching the film, I realized the immersion I experienced, thanks to the gorgeous graphics, is a big part of why I enjoyed the original “Finding Nemo.” But while other animated movie companies may be satisfied at solely achieving Pixar’s surfacelevel mastery, its writing is what manages to set Pixar apart from its competition. Dory is truly a character to root for, though her supporting cast falls by the wayside at times. A lot of action is crammed into the film, making it a wild ride to follow. But there is a lovely message at its core that ties it all together: your family will always be with you in your heart. Don’t watch this movie if you haven’t seen “Finding Nemo.” The appeal Dory’s short-term memory loss had in the last film when it was used as comic relief might be lost on an uninitiated viewer, as “Finding Dory” respectfully treats it much more seriously as a mental impairment. That being said, the endearing family connections portrayed within the film make it a satisfying addition to Disney’s canon, and a worthy sequel to “Finding Nemo.”

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VIDEO GAMES COLUMN

Top Four Games of E3 E 3 is a strange beast. It’s often been called the “Super Bowl” of the video game industry. Though it certainly has the commercialism to match America’s biggest sporting event, I’d be more compelled to compare it to the Detroit Auto Show — another JACOB tradition of RICH American capitalism, a future-embracing technological display in which the biggest companies in the industry show off their shiniest, most advanced products yet. This year in particular felt packed with new titles in development, so much so that my original list of ten excellentlooking games blossomed into a list of twenty. The following are unveiled video games that I think you should pay attention to in the coming months and years, available on a diverse selection of platforms and release windows. Final Fantasy XV (Square Enix, PC, PS4 and Xbox One, September 30th, 2016) I love the idea of a road trip within a video game — an idea that likely thanks to technological limitations hasn’t been implemented in many games besides “The Last of Us.” Surprisingly, the latest game in the ludicrously prolific “Final Fantasy” franchise seems to be fully dedicated to such an idea. The game is focused on a group of four anime-inspired male characters on a road trip together — the inspiration of films like “Stand By Me” being at once subtle and completely overt. This is one of two games on this list that I’ve had the chance to actually play, and upon first glance the gameplay is heavily inspired by “Kingdom Hearts.” It’s unsurprising, since “KH” director Tetsuya Nomura took the franchise over from longtime franchise director Hironobu Sakaguchi for this one. After the last console entry in the series failed to impress most of the people that played it, it’s wonderful to see a “Final Fantasy” game that looks to be coming from a place of real heart and inspiration.

Resident Evil VII (Capcom, PSVR, PC, PS4 and Xbox One, January 24th, 2017) That the latest game in the “Resident Evil” franchise would be built from the ground up for Virtual Reality is a surprise almost no one saw coming. In fact, it’s probably the biggest news from E3, period — and on top of that, they released a playable demo to anyone with PlayStation Plus at Sony’s conference. It was so cool not only hear this incredible news, but to be able to get my hands on the game the very next day. And I’m happy to report that the game looks and sounds absolutely incredible. In fact, the demo was tense enough to make me never, ever want to play it with a Virtual Reality headset. That amount of immersion doesn’t vibe with how much of a scaredycat I am at all. Regardless, it’s insane to see the huge franchise pivot once again from the muchmaligned action game format of “RE6,” instead going for a much subtler psychological horror experience reminiscent of Konami’s illfated “Silent Hills.” God of War (Sony Santa Monica, PS4, ~2017) IIf you had told me two weeks ago that I would give any amount of a shit about a new “God of War” game, I would not have believed you for a second. I can’t believe I’m sitting here putting it at the top of this list. I’m absolutely floored that “Sony Santa Monica” ’s sequel not only looks absolutely amazing graphically, but looks completely reimagined from the ground up. Deviating thoroughly from the character action genre in favor of over-the-shoulder third-person action, “God of War” takes the angsty, ultra-violent character of the demigod Kratos and gives him some much-needed depth, establishing an intense, caustic relationship between an older version of him and his son. The combat now takes inspiration from “Dark Souls” rather than “Devil May Cry,” emphasizing dodging and timing over mindless button combos. The new weapon, an Ice Axe that can be recalled from anywhere like Thor’s hammer, is stupidly awesome. The shift to Norse mythology from Greek mythology is inspired. Everything about this game looks like a both a major risk and a product of absolute passion for big-budget game design.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, NX and Wii U, ~March 2017) “The Legend of Zelda” is my favorite video game series. It’s the favorite video game series of so many people. It’s an eternal franchise so storied and treasured by fans that it holds one of those special places where it’s subject to the highest of scrutiny — when people care very deeply about something, like Batman or Harry Potter or Zelda, they are harsher towards it than anything else. Reviewers often claim particular entries in the series are “great, but not for a Zelda game” or something similar. Anytime any trailer is released for a Zelda game these days, it’s instantly criticized by anything deemed by fans to be outside of the norm, and it has proved difficult for Nintendo to innovate within the franchise without pissing off large portions of their fanbase. It’s a small wonder to me that the reaction to the new footage of the excellently named “Breath of the Wild” has been universally positive, from both critics on the E3 show floor and from fans at home, even though the game seems to be taking the biggest risks the series has ever taken. A prominent physics-based puzzle system? Ragdoll? Cooking and crafting? Weapon degradation? Weather that affects player health? Are you kidding me? “Breath of the Wild” looks innovative, heartfelt, and strikingly gorgeous, adopting the aesthetic of Hayao Miyazaki’s animated classics like “My Neighbor Totoro” and “Spirited Away.” And it’s Zelda’s biggest world yet. According to Nintendo, the huge, lengthy demo they showed was merely 1% of the game’s final scope — a daunting notion to say the very least. The development of this game is emblematic of a Nintendo that’s backed into a corner and hissing, coming off of the failure of the Wii U platform and seemingly more ready than ever to deliver an absolute classic (which, if I may add, they haven’t done since 2010’s “Super Mario Galaxy 2”). Nintendo needs “Breath of the Wild” to be a timeless masterpiece, and it certainly looks (and feels, according to the lucky bastards that have played it) to be shaping up to be one.

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TUITION From Page 1 the reason for the tuition increase. Regent Denise Ilitch (D) called out state officials for this lack of prioritization of higher education, pointing to how funding on an individual basis for prisoners is higher than that of students within the state. “The state of Michigan spends roughly 25 percent more on prisons than on education,” she said. “The state of Michigan spends roughly $34,000 per prisoner and $11,000 per student. I first would like to use my public responsibilities to encourage Michigan citizens to think about the disinvestment our state, our governor and our legislature have made with respect to the budget in not prioritizing education.” State Rep. Adam Zemke (D–Ann Arbor) echoed this sentiment in an interview with the Daily, saying there has been no increase in the importance of higher education in his time working for the legislature. “The increases that have been happening are really insignificant,” he said. “That is to say the emphasis on higher education as a priority in my time has not really changed. An increase at the rate of inflation is not really an increase.” Despite the clear downward trend in state higher education funding, the University’s total revenue from state funding has decreased by only $55 million since 2003, compared to an $802 million increase in revenue from tuition. Paul Courant, former University provost and current professor of economics, said it is important to look at how funding has changed on a larger timescale. “The basic problem is this: there was a time, and it was way more than 14 years ago, when the state appropriation was a substantial fraction of the University general fund budget,” he said. “If you look at it over time, there is a steady decline. Tuition has to replace each one of those declines, but there is an inability of the state appropriation to keep up with inflation, let alone to grow.” Affordability The University maintains that it is fully committed to affordability, and the latest budget includes a 10.8 percent increase in undergraduate financial aid, which is the ninth double-digit increase in undergraduate aid in the past 10 years. However, total funding for financial aid across the University has increased by only $120.14 million since 2003.

University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald wrote in an e-mail interview with the Daily that the University aims to meet all demonstrated need for in-state students. “No other state university has put as much emphasis on financial aid as U-M,” he wrote. “We continue to be the only state university that meets 100 percent of demonstrated financial need for in-state students.” In his remarks to the board last Thursday, David Schafer, Central Student Government president, called for more student input on these decisions, as students are the ones impacted by changes in tuition. “I have yet to hear of any structured student input on these decisions,” he said. “Frankly, I don’t get that. It makes little sense to me. We are the ones these decisions impact. We are the ones who bear the burden of balancing school while having to find an additionally paid work on the side … This is our future we are talking about. This is our education.” Academic Excellence Despite the University’s commitment to affordability, the general fund has still increased by approximately $802 million since 2003 from tuition revenue alone — when discounting changes in state funding, Fitzgerald wrote that, while much of the increase in general fund revenue stems from the increase in tuition, a portion of the increase in the general fund is accounted for by an increase in the proportion of out-of-state students, inflation and investments aimed at improving the University. “Much of the revenue increase comes from the rate increase, but there also will be an increase in the total number of students, undergraduate and graduate,” he wrote. “And we anticipate an incremental increase in the proportion out-of-state students based on the rate of acceptances we’ve had from those students. The cost of running the University rises each year in part from inflation and in part from new initiatives and investments in technology and all the things that make U-M a world-class university.” At Thursday’s regents meeting, Shauna Ryder Diggs (D) said that for the University to continue to improve, increasing the general fund is necessary, a view shared by Regent Laurence Deitch (D). “Divestment is not going to lead us anywhere; that is not going to lead us to the future that we need,” Diggs said. “And in order to do that we need to spend the money, as

Regent Deitch said, that will invest in our future.” In an interview with the Daily, Schafer echoed this sentiment, saying there is a balance between affordability and quality. “I think it’s so important to balance having an accessible and affordable education with maintaining the rich quality of our institution,” he said. “I think (the budget’s) attention to academic excellence and the high quality of this University, and, subsequently, the value of our degrees is important.” Despite University’s highlight on maintaining quality, other similar institutions have not seen the same large increase in tuition revenue as the University. Since 2003, aggregate state funding for the University has decreased by 15 percent while the tuition revenue has increased by 135 percent. Ohio State University — another large, public research institution — has seen a 17 percent reduction in state funding between 2006 and 2015, but the institution maintained only a 52.8-percent increase in tuition revenue in the same timeframe. Ohio State has not increased tuition since 2012. The University of California system saw a 15 percent cut in state funding between 2006 and 2013 and experienced a 52.8 percent increase in tuition revenue during that time frame. The UC system also maintained a three-year freeze in tuition between 2011 and 2014, when its Board of Regents voted for a five percent tuition increase per year for the next five years. While it is clear that the University has increased its general fund at a much faster rate than other comparable institutions, according Miles Kimball — a

University economics professor — increasing the budget is essential to maintaining a high quality of education. Kimball cited the increasing wage premium for highly skilled labor as a source for the expanding budget, as higher salaries are becoming necessary to maintain a high-quality faculty. Kimball said the UC system is not facing fiscal challenges because it has not adjusted its budget to rising costs. “You can always ruin your University, and basically the UC system has been going in that direction,” Kimball said. “It is actually very troubled by the kind of budget straightjacket that it has been put into.” Courant echoed these sentiments, citing the so-called “cost disease phenomenon” in which the cost of highly skilled labor has increased rapidly while the productivity of this group has not changed. According to Courant, the University needs to pay higher salaries to faculty members to retain them and the quality of education they provide for students. “The relative price of University activity, of University faculty in particular, as well as other skilled labor at the University, tends to rise relative to the economy as a whole,” he said. Alternatives to Raising Tuition According to Kimball, the University does not need to raise tuition to increase its revenue and budget size. Instead, Kimball said the University could systematically increase enrollment so that there is a both a larger student population and a higher proportion of out-ofstate students. The larger student body and the increase in the number of out-of-state students could then circumvent any need for tuition increases. “There’s a missed opportunity

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where we could easily keep the tuition from going up simply by increasing the number of students,” he said. “I think that is a big missed opportunity, and, to the extent that, you miss that opportunity, you’re not doing an appropriate thing, because the appropriate thing would be to seize that opportunity.” Fitzgerald wrote that the University does anticipate an incremental increase in the number of out-of-state students; however, while enrollment numbers have fluctuated in the past 15 years, the proportion of in-state students has remained consistently higher than that of out-of-state students. The incoming fall 2015 freshmen class had 6,071 total students, 57 percent of which came from in-state and 43 percent out-of-state, compared to fall 2000, which saw 5,418 total students, with 58 percent in-state and 42 percent out-of-state. “You’re going to have to increase the budget,” Kimball said. “But increasing the budget doesn’t mean that you have to increase tuition.” According to Courant, to prevent rising tuition, faculty salaries would have to rise at a much slower pace across the board. However, Courant said this could lead professors who chose careers in academia to elect different professions, which could decrease the quality of University faculty. “You could imagine a world in which faculty salaries rose more slowly and there was less competition among universities for faculty,” he said. “And in that world the rate of growth of tuition necessary to cover the cost of the University would be lower. However, it might also be the case in that world that some of the faculty that are essential to the quality of the place now would choose to go into other lines of work.”

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After season-ending injury, Drevno looks for Glasgow ready to make return progress from line FOOTBALL

By ORION SANG Summer Managing Sports Editor

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Ryan Glasgow tore his pectoral muscle against Rutgers last year and missed the final three games of the season.

By ORION SANG Summer Managing Sports Editor

Ryan Glasgow remembers the exact moment he tore his pectoral muscle. The fifth-year senior defensive tackle was chasing down Rutgers quarterback Chris Laviano when his hand got stuck in Laviano’s helmet. The quarterback went one way, Glasgow went the other and he heard a pop. He knew instantly his season was over, and his absence from the starting lineup clearly had a negative effect on the Michigan defense. Up until that point, the most rushing yards the Wolverines had given up all year was 144. But in the game following Glasgow’s injury, Michigan gave up 307 rushing yards to Indiana before getting gouged by Ohio State’s rushing attack two weeks later for 369 yards in the final game of the regular season. Fast forward seven months and Glasgow is raring to go with his shoulder almost back to 100 percent. “(My) strength is back already,

which I’m really happy with (considering) it’s only been seven months,” Glasgow said Saturday. “Conditioning is fine, everything is going well right now. ... There might be some rust in technique but I’d be healthy enough to go.” Dealing with the injury was difficult for Glasgow as he had to sit on the sidelines and watch as his team played without him. But he found company in former defensive end Mario Ojemudia, who was Glasgow’s roommate and close friend. Ojemudia had sustained a torn achilles tendon earlier in the season against Maryland, keeping him out for the rest of the year. For Glasgow, that meant he had someone whose situation he could relate to. “You work all year to play these games with your friends and teammates,” Glasgow said. “(When) it gets taken away from

“My strength is back already.”

you instantly it makes you realize how great the game of football is when you can’t play. “Being out on the field is amazing. I’ve definitely taken it for granted before and I never will ever again now. The injury definitely sobers you up to the fact that football does have an end date, which is unfortunate, but really makes you appreciate the game.” Now, Glasgow is ready to hit the field with the rest of the defensive line — a defensive line that returns six key contributors and also adds the nation’s top-ranked recruit in freshman Rashan Gary. Glasgow is aware of the expectations surrounding the defensive line but believes it’s simply a matter of letting their play do the talking. “We just want to show it on the field,” Glasgow said. “You don’t see any of us tweeting about it or posting on Instagram saying we want to be the best. Last year we just went out and showed it on the field every game, and we want to have a similar approach this year.”

Glasgow had an important role in Michigan’s run defense.

In its final game of the 2015 season, the Michigan football team faced a Florida team that boasted one of the top defenses in the nation. But the Gators were no match for the Wolverines, who piled on 225 rushing yards and 278 passing yards for a total of 503 en route to a 41-7 victory. All in all, it was a banner day for the Michigan offense. Now, offensive coordinator Tim Drevno looks to carry that momentum forward into the next season — especially with his offensive line, which is among the most experienced in the nation with a combined 105 starts. “They’re a year older so once they’re comfortable with me they understand what I’m teaching and what I expect from them,” Drevno said Saturday after the A4 quarterback camp. “You give them a little bit more. But really nothing’s changed the way I’m going to coach them. I’m going to demand (a lot) from them, and (they have to) understand the importance of how (good) we’ve got to be on the offensive line for the team’s success. But it is nicer that they’ve had a lot of games underneath their belt and they’ve played in big venues.” The Wolverines lost only one starter from last year’s line in former center Graham Glasgow, who was taken in the third round of the NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions. But Michigan didn’t have to look too far for Glasgow’s replacement — junior Mason Cole moved from left tackle, where he started all 25 games the past two seasons and was awarded All-Big Ten Honorable Mention in 2015, to center during spring practice. The move appears to have stuck as Drevno — who is also the offensive line coach — believes that Cole’s transition has been seamless thus far. “Mason’s a very intelligent person,” Drevno said. “He’s got

unbelievable football awareness. He’s done a really good job in there. I believe you put your best player at center. He’s making all the calls, and he’s got to be athletic and a quick thinker on his feet. “(Cole’s) getting comfortable every day (after) doing it through spring ball. He’s progressing really nicely, (and) he’s a good football player.” Sliding into Cole’s spot at left tackle is sophomore Grant Newsome, who made appearances in four games as a true freshman. “Grant Newsome (has) done a nice job,” Drevno said. “We felt in the middle of (last) year that he could (come in and) do it, and we feel good about his progress right now. “One thing with young offensive linemen is just the strength of their body. He’s done a good job of (improving) that this offseason. Like with anyone, there’s a progression with those young offensive linemen, so we give him a different ‘medicine prescription’, just (what) we felt (could) help him progress.” Though Drevno says the starting line is currently set with Newsome at left tackle and the four returning starters — Cole and fifth-year seniors Erik Magnuson, Ben Braden and Kyle Kalis — he didn’t rule out the possibility of any of Michigan’s three incoming freshman offensive lineman earning playing time. “I see Michael Onwenu as a guard, I see Ben Bredeson as a guard or center (and) Stephen (Spanellis) is probably a right tackle to start off,” Drevno said. “All of them have a skillset and characteristic you look for, and that’s why they’re here at MIchigan. We’re excited to get them on campus. It’ll be like a New Year’s Day and when training camp starts it’ll be like Christmas Day. “All three of those guys, they’re going to have the opportunity to come in here and compete for a starting job. Everyday you want to come out and be the best, and those other guys in the room understand that.”

Michigan returns four of five starters.

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Beilein talks transfers, scheduling

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‘M’ lands Matthews By JACOB GASE Daily Sports Editor

After losing four players as transfers this offseason, the Michigan men’s basketball team finally has some movement in the other direction. According to ESPN’s Jeff Goodman on Monday night, former Kentucky guard Charles Matthews — who received his release from coach John Calipari in May — will transfer to Michigan. Matthews will sit out the 201617 season per NCAA transfer rules and will have three years of eligibility remaining. The announcement comes just over a week after Matthews reportedly visited Ann Arbor the weekend of June 11, per CBS Sports. A number of other schools were rumored to be interested in the former Wildcat, including Xavier, which hosted Matthews on

a visit this past weekend. A 6-foot-6 shooting guard who was a top-50 recruit in 2015, Matthews should join incoming freshman guard Ibi Watson in providing depth for the Wolverines at the ‘2’ and ‘3’ positions in the future. After losing Caris LeVert to graduation and Aubrey Dawkins as a transfer to Central Florida, Michigan was in dire need of capable bodies to put behind its returning starters, junior guard MuhammadAli AbdurRahkman and redshirt junior guard Duncan Robinson. Matthews appeared in all 36 games as a freshman for the Wildcats last season, making three starts, but fellow freshmen Isaiah Briscoe and Jamal Murray took the bulk of the playing time. As a result, Matthews averaged just 1.7 points and 1.6 rebounds in 10.3 minutes per game.

Matthews joins Ibi Watson in providing depth for Michigan.

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Michigan coach John Beilein has had to hire two new assistant coaches this offseason.

Michigan’s nonconference schedule is complete for the 2016-2017 season By ORION SANG Summer Managing Sports Editor

It has been an offseason rife with change for the Michigan men’s basketball team. Assistant coaches Lavall Jordan and Bacari Alexander left to take the head coaching jobs at WisconsinMilwaukee and Detroit, respectively, while forwards Kam Chatman and Ricky Doyle, swingman Aubrey Dawkins and guard Spike Albrecht all transferred elsewhere. Head coach John Beilein opted to replace Jordan and Alexander on the bench with Saadi Washington, formerly an assistant coach for Oakland, and Billy Donlon, formerly the head coach of Wright State. The Wolverines have two open scholarships after the

f lurry of departures, and Beilein is still looking to fill both spots for the upcoming 2016-17 season with graduate or undergraduate transfers. “We’ll always be looking for any option that is a great Michigan fit,” Beilein said Saturday after speaking at the A4 quarterback camp. “If they were the right position, the right player (and) the right fit, we could use them. There’s kids still that are announcing their transfers right now. It’s part of the game and we’ve got to face it.” But while additional changes to the roster may still take place over the coming months, Beilein is adamant that Michigan’s schedule is set, saying Saturday that one major addition to the non-conference schedule is close to being finalized. The Wolverines’ nonconference schedule currently has them slated to play Virginia Tech at home in the Big Ten/ ACC Challenge, Cincinnati and UCLA on the road and two games at the 2K Sports Classic in New York.

“We’ll always be looking for any option that is a Michigan fit.”

“Our schedule is complete,” Beilein said. “We have agreements for every game, (and) we’ve got some really attractive games, I think.”

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Inside Jim Harbaugh’s camp

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Speight steps up

summer schedule By ORION SANG Summer Managing Sports Editor

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Jim Harbaugh had campers at the A4 quarterback camp playing soccer, dodgeball and baseball.

By ORION SANG Summer Managing Sports Editor

If you were to walk by Al Glick Field House or any of its outdoor fields Saturday afternoon, there’s a good chance you wouldn’t have had any idea what was going on. There were moments when dozens of high school football players were running around shirtless playing soccer. There were moments when rubber balls flew through the air as they played dodgeball. And there was even a moment when Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler fielded cutoff throws from campers as Michigan defensive coordinator Don Brown hit fly and ground balls. In reality, what went on Saturday in Ann Arbor wasn’t a multi-sport camp. It was a football camp, specifically for quarterbacks. But the Ann Arbor Aerial Assault camp — A4 for short — ran according to Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh’s plan, and that was with a unique emphasis on athletic versatility combined with a heavy NFL presence. In fact, Harbaugh’s own views on what make a good quarterback were influenced by a NFL legend himself in Super Bowl-winning coach Bill Walsh. “It’s in the name of Bill Walsh,” Harbaugh said of the camp’s unorthodox drills. “Spent time with Bill Walsh before he passed away when I was in my first year at Stanford, and I happened to ask him one day, ‘What do you look for in a quarterback?’ and he said, ‘Athletic instincts.’ I said, ‘Explain that to me.

What does that mean?’ and he said, ‘It means that he’s the best athlete in the entire high school. It means that he could go make the basketball team, the soccer team, he can swim, he can field balls from centerfield, he can be a shortstop, probably pitches on the baseball team. Even if he didn’t play the sport, he’s a good enough athlete that he could go make the team.’ “That just always resonated to me, and you just want to pick some of that up here in the camp, see how they operate taking athletic reps wherever they are. Some youngsters aren’t playing multiple sports as much as they used to, so you’d like to test it. There’s a lot of athletic reps you can take — you can climb a tree, and that’s about as good of an athletic rep that you can get in terms of balance, strength, core, planning out what your next move is.” So Harbaugh and his staff, including passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach Jedd Fisch, interspersed Saturday’s camp with pickup games of other sports in hopes of bringing out the inner athlete from all 240 participating campers. And they did so with the help of numerous NFL quarterbacks — including Cutler, Detroit Lions and former Michigan quarterback Jake Rudock, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Stephen Morris and San Diego Chargers quarterback Zach Mettenberger — as well as numerous NFL coaches and private quarterback coaches such as George Whitfield. The NFL presence added an air

of professionalism to the setting — even when campers were engaged in non-football activities, they were urged on by the professionals. And when campers completed drills in which they actually used a football, the coaches studied them even more sharply. In one activity, the campers were supposed to simulate a playaction rollout before completing a 20-yard pass to the sideline. With Mettenberger watching closely, highly touted 2018 quarterback recruit Artur Sitkowski began the drill. Sitkowski was less than a second into his attempt when Mettenberger interrupted, yelling at Sitkowski to come back and repeat the drill before showing the young high-schooler how it was done. Later, while the campers ate lunch inside the Field House, they listened to speakers including former Michigan Heisman Trophy winner Desmond Howard, Michigan basketball coach John Beilein and Buffalo Bills president Russ Brandon. It was all part of the plan — a plan that even included giving each camper a Wonderlic test, an examination used to test the mental acuity of NFL prospects at the NFL Combine. “Maybe we aspire to be the NFL’s 33rd team,” Harbaugh said. “We’ve got 30 of their players and a whole heck of a lot of coaches out here today. So it feels like it.” That was the environment Harbaugh tried to create, though not completely. After all, the average NFL team probably doesn’t have its players hurl dodgeballs at each other.

Looking back on it, Wilton Speight admits his first moment in the driver’s seat last season didn’t go as planned. Then a redshirt freshman, he was the first quarterback off the bench after starter Jake Rudock was injured against Minnesota last Oct. 31, but the offense sputtered on its first two drives with Speight in control of it. On the third, though, Speight finally found his groove, completing two passes while the Wolverines marched down the field looking to take the lead late in the fourth quarter. And on a third down at the Minnesota 12-yard line, Speight made the biggest play of his career, threading a pass to fifthyear senior receiver Jehu Chesson for the go-ahead touchdown. Throughout the offseason, Speight has made it a point of emphasis to build upon his performance against the Golden Gophers. With the starting quarterback job open, he battled against redshirt juniors John O’Korn and Shane Morris during spring practices before pulling ahead and taking snaps with the first team. Then in the Spring Game, he led his team to a 14-13 victory, accounting for both of his team’s touchdowns. But Speight hasn’t slowed down since. In fact, he has only worked harder, going out to California to train with private quarterback coach Steve Clarkson alongside other college quarterbacks including Clemson’s Deshaun Watson and UCLA’s Josh Rosen. He has also continued to train with his team in Ann Arbor, organizing team workouts and 7-on-7 competitions. “It’s tough with the coaches being out with satellite camps and everything, but talking to coach Fisch on the phone, talking ball and everything with him helps a ton,” Speight said. “He’s got tests we take every week. Then it comes down to how much we can do as a team, player-led, myself and the other

quarterbacks organizing 7-on-7 (drills) and workouts. We started back in May, early June.” His experience in the Minnesota game, in particular, has stuck with him. “One thing going into that Spring Game was starting fast,” Speight said. “In the Minnesota game, I came in and was a little sloppy at first. That was a big focal point for me for the entire spring, and I never really got to the point I wanted to be until the Spring Game. “That’s just what I want to build on going into (fall) camp. I want my first play to be a touchdown.” Speight admits that familiarity with the playbook has been a key component of his progression. For him, this is the first time since high school that he hasn’t had to learn a new offense heading into the season. “Seven-on-seven (drills) and stuff seem like they’re in slow motion compared to when I first came in and first started in this offensive system,” Speight said. “It’s slowed down tremendously, and it’s been fun.” And as he has blossomed on the field, Speight has also tried to lead off of it, drawing upon lessons learned from watching Rudock last year. “I’m not really the most vocal guy as far as the quarterbacks that are always willing to break down the huddle and have a comment here and there,” Speight said. “I don’t really do that. I try to lead by example and go with the flow and lead by that way. As far as changing any other things, I still do all the optional workouts like I have been (as) a fourth string or second string, just trying to stay consistent the whole time.” Next up for Speight this summer? Helping the incoming freshmen — most of whom are arriving this month — adjust to life in Ann Arbor. “We’ve got a bunch of wide receivers coming in, and we’re going to make sure they get adjusted as quickly as possible,” Speight said. “Just doing our best to make sure they’re up to speed and learn the new offense.”