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The 57th Ann Arbor Street Art Fair will — for the first
time ever — last throughout the entire weekend, hopefully drawing new crowds of spectators and artists. This year’s Art Fair will run from Thursday to Sunday, instead of the traditional slot of Wednesday to Saturday, to hopefully stimulate more business in the downtown and draw both a new and younger crowd of artists and visitors. The Art Fair has has been an annual tradition in Ann Arbor since 1960 and has grown to become one of the nation’s
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City Council race preview: Ward 4 Incumbent Krapohl faces two challengers >> SEE PAGE 2
largest outdoor summer fairs, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. Since the original fair’s inception, three more art fairs have been scheduled to occur at the same time: the Ann Arbor Art Fair, the State Street Art Fair and the South University Art Fair. Each exists as its own separate fair as a part of a larger event throughout the city. Ann Arbor Police Department Lieutenant Renee Bush said the city has prepared for the expected crowds by station-
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RNC in Cleveland Writers reflect on the first half of the GOP convention.
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ing more police on duty as a way to ensure public safety. “We’ve been doing this for years,” Bush said. “We’ve prepared with extra patrolling. The Art Fair is an extremely popular event — between 300 to 400 thousand people could be in the city for it.” Bush also cautioned that, while the fair will be phenomenal, visitors should take the necessary precautions to ensure a healthy stay in the city. “Staying hydrated is really See SUNDAY, Page 9
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2016 Schefters The Daily honors the best in Michigan athletics during the 2015-16 season >> SEE PAGE 10
Summer in Ann Arbor is a different beast from its school year counterpart. The pace slows, with many University students returning home or going elsewhere, the sidewalks thin and the town’s median age seems to rise. Yet, the 56-year old Ann Arbor Art Fair seems to mark the town in a way that makes July feel as rowdy as autumn’s Football Saturdays, punctuating this time of year with a signature touch of Ann Arbor culture and camaraderie. Art Fair encapsulates what is essentially four different fairs — The Ann Arbor Street Fair, Ann Arbor State Street Fair, Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair and the Ann Arbor South University Fair — for a long weekend of showcasing over 1,000 artists as well as live entertainment, demonstrations, local museum and gallery openings and interactive cultural activities. Maureen Riley has been the Executive Director of the Ann Arbor Street Fair since 2010 and previously directed the Detroit Festival of the Arts. In a phone interview with the the Daily, she identified this year’s biggest change as a move from the See ART FAIR, Page 7
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At Republican Convention, Michigan delegation rallies to support Trump Delegates pass during roll call to allow New York to crown Trump
vention. Trump won the Michigan state primary in March, garnering significant support in rural areas of the state — such as the Upper Peninsula — while, in Washtenaw County, the majority of voters supported Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a candidate who has yet to endorse Trump. According to delegate Tim Brown, Michigan passed during its roll call turn — based on a calculated request by the New York delegation — so that Michigan could be the state to allow Trump to clinch the 1,237 delegates needed for the official nomination. New York ultimately passed
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CLEVELAND — The Michigan delegation presented a united front behind Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump despite brief confusion during roll call, in which Michigan abstained from the vote Tuesday at the Republican National Con-
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as well and voted later for Donald Trump Jr. to announce the delegates needed for his father to win on behalf of the state. “They were doing the math, and they wanted New York to be the state to push him over the top to get the amount of delegates he needed,” Brown said. “We abstained, and, as it went on, they realized they still had enough. They were going to do that to a couple of other states too.” Confusion over Michigan’s pass echoed across the floor as rumors spread on social media concerning the state’s motivations. Many believed it was attempting to help New York, but others questioned the unity of the delegates. Confusion persisted even on the floor itself as the same theories circulated. Joseph Thorrez, guest of the delegation, told The Daily he believed the issue was a lack of consensus among delegates. “They wanted to get all of the votes corrected,” he said. “Another ballot was cast to all the delegates, and they had a recount.” Thorrez was later cor-
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Fifth Avenue library parking lot. The parking lot, which is located in a coveted area of downtown, has been a matter of intense debate between residents who feel the downtown area needs By ISHI MORI more high-rise buildings to Daily Staff Reporter grow further and those who are satisfied with the existing state A petition demanding to halt of low-rise shops. the sale of a city-owned parkAccording to City Clerk Jacing lot to a private developer did queline Beaudry, the petition not have enough certifiable sig- fell short of the required 4,616 natures to be placed on Novem- signatures — 5 percent of regber’s general election ballot, the istered voters — required after City Clerk’s Office ruled Friday. accounting for circulator errors, The petition was filed June duplicate or incomplete signa© sudokusolver.com. For personal use only. 6 by the Ann Arbor Committee tures, and signatures from peoPuzzle by sudokusyndication.com for the Community Commons, a ple who are registered outside citizen group that aims to build city limits. Approximately 5,700 Generate and solve Sudoku, Super Sudoku and Godoku puzzles at sudokusyndication.com! a civic center commons on the See PETITION, Page 9
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Profiles of faculty members, departments and research at University Medical School Researchers continue to focus on addressing pressing health issues By ALEXA ST.JOHN Daily Staff Reporter
Last fiscal year, the University of Michigan Health System saw more than 2.1 million outpatient visits. The patients received a range of care with new and innovative technologies— from psychiatric to orthopedic, cardiovascular and surgical — and the University Hospital offered its services and resources in an attempt to find successful treatments and cures. With a $466 million research budget, a campus larger than 11 million square feet, 1,000 licensed patient beds and more than 26,000 faculty, students and volunteers that make up the University Health System, it is no question why many of the Medical School’s departments consistently rank with those of other competi-
tive schools nationwide. At the Medical School, researchers and professors continue to focus on constructing innovative solutions to society’s most troubling health problems. Today, researchers and administrators at the University Medical School continue to further the goals set forth since its opening in 1850 and the opening of the University’s hospital in 1869 — the first program in the United States to have established and operated its own hospital at the time to learn and teach. Depression Center — Veteran’s Health In 1906, one of the nation’s first psychiatry departments was established at the University. In 2001, the University’s Depression Center became the nation’s first comprehensive center of its kind. Established to bring depression to the forefront of medical research and public discussion, the center has received multiple honors for research on adolescent brain development, substance use and more. Recent honors include the Center’s selection as one of 13 sites to launch a landmark study on
substance abuse and adolescent brain development, in addition to the induction of several faculty members into the University 2015 League of Educational Excellence. Housed in the Rachel Upjohn Building, the Depression Center is dedicated to multiple aspects of understanding mental illness, including research, treatment, education and public policy. Aimed at reducing the stigma that often accompanies mental illnesses, the center welcomes those suffering from depression, suicide survivors and college students. There is also a distinct focus on veteran’s mental health. Amy Kilbourne, University professor of psychiatry and director of the Veterans Affairs Quality Enhancement Research Initiative Program, said a focus on veteran mental health is crucial particularly due to the growing veteran population in the United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the 2009 to 2013 American Community Survey revealed 21.3 million veterans live in the United States and Puerto Rico — a total of 9 percent of the popula-
tion. Due to to this consistently increasing population, the VA changed its focus to strictly primary care services, and QUERI was established in 1998. Kilbourne, who represents the national QUERI program office in Ann Arbor, hopes to bridge the gap between her interest in psychiatry and veteran care. She added that sometimes the only provider of mental health services for veterans is the VA, and, consequently, QUERI often co-sponsors suicide prevention programs and evaluates the best strategies of implementation for suicide prevention. However, this is not the only aspect of veteran health QUERI works to advance. “The goal of QUERI is to improve veteran’s health, and, in order to accomplish that goal, QUERI promotes the more rapid implementation of research into routine care practice,” Kilbourne said. “We do that primarily by funding a national network of VA affiliated investigators who are
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Ward 4 City Council race challenges incumbent’s leadership Two residents running for Councilmember Krapohl’s seat By KEVIN LINDER Daily Staff Reporter
City Councilmember Graydon Krapohl (D–Ward 4), who ran unopposed in his original 2014 election, faces two separate challenges for his council seat from residents dissatisfied with what they describe as his ineffectual leadership. However, he argues it is merely his brand of centrist pragmatism. Both Eric Lipson and Diane Giannola are challenging Kraphol for his seat. Whomever emerges the victor of the Aug. 2 Democratic primary election will most likely claim the seat unopposed in November. In a recent forum hosted by the League of Women Voters, the three
candidates came together to discuss their positions on these issues. Lipson and Giannola tended to hold conflicting proposals for solutions to issues facing the council, whereas incumbent candidate Krapohl tended to hold a neutral position. The topic of development highlighted where these two candidates differ. Giannola is a supporter of growth in density, pushing for the development of a large building complex at the downtown library lot. Lipson opposes this and supports maintaining green space and constrained growth. However, both Lipson and Giannola share a discontent with the current state of affairs on City Council. Giannola, a 20-year resident and current manager of the University’s Venture Accelerator, believes the current City Council currently lacks an aspect of customer service and that it operates to push agendas through, rather than communicate and work with residents on their
issues. “Overall, the mentality seems to me that they don’t see it as a service job and more that they have been appointed to this to pass the initiatives,” she said in an interview with the Daily. She feels strongly that communication with residents is lacking, primarily because many City Council members do not put forth the effort. Particularly, she believes there is no meaningful constituent service in Ward 4 from its City Council delegation. “Graydon is non-existent from what I can tell,” she said. Both challengers have expressed concerns about what they described as Krapohl’s neutral, “wait and see” approach to how issues unfold. Lipson, a 40-year resident who has acted as city planning commissioner and director of Student Legal Services, said in an interview with the Daily he believes that many City Council members, including Krapohl, do not vote decisively. He
believes his competitor’s voting habits are non-conducive to taking actual steps forward toward solutions for on-going issues such as the dioxane plume and the lack of transparency around the proposed train station development. “There are some members who are more independent than others,” Lipson said. “And there are some members, such as my competitor the incumbent that I am running against, who vote along the party line and are aligned with the mayor.” Krapohl, a former Marine and self-proclaimed pragmatist, says that he votes in line with the mayor for logical reasons, not for political reasons. “I don’t fly by the seat of my pants,” Krapohl said in an interview with the Daily. “When I talk at Council, I try to get to root problems and not treat symptoms. I tend to align with the mayor because I think philosophically on a number of issues I agree with that approach;
I don’t think that’s bad.” Krapohl, who was born in Ann Arbor and has extensively played a role in city government during his time as a resident, has served on the Ann Arbor Parks Commission and as a Neighborhood Watch coordinator. While on City Council, he has served on the Human Rights Commission and the Local Development Finance Authority. “I think my experience and perspective is different from the other two candidates, and I think that both of them seem to be very issue oriented and to some extent have an agenda” Krapohl said. Both Lipson and Giannola have focused on particular areas of interest during their campaigns and have expressed that they intend to take immediate action on these issues if they are to be elected. Lipson wants to take immediate action toward addressing the spreading dioxane plume dealing with issues of transparency concerning the See CITY COUNCIL, Page 9
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Jolly to the grave There are a lot of reasons to be terrified of Donald Trump and the movement his campaign created. He has called for the flat-out ban of an entire religious group from the country, has said he would punch protesters at his rallies and his vocabulary seems to lack the words for an apology. But on display in Cleveland at the Republican National Convention this week was a new terror: the seemingly-gleeful attitude that the now-mainstream Republican Party has taken to their new nominee, and the lack of awareness that the GOP has departed from standard rational discourse. Presidential conventions are supposed to be unifying moments for their parties. After a long-fought battle, the party can finally come together and agree to support one candidate for the presidential election. In the standard game of politics, the logic follows that the party should support the will of the general populace of the party. But 2016 has thrown that standard rule book out the window. Wednesday, Trump
advisor Al Baldasaro suggested that opponent Hillary Clinton should be executed by firing squad (Trump’s spokesman said Trump disagreed, but thanked Baldasaro for his support). Yet Trump’s seeming ignorance of the standard ways of being a candidate is what’s gaining him more attraction. The party that endlessly touted being the party of Lincoln now seems bent on ripping establishment practices to shreds in favor of loud-mouthed rhetoric. This departure from norms has been riling up convention attendees speech after speech, as speakers adopted Trump’s rhetoric and lack of affection for facts in attempting to prosecute Clinton on stage and suggesting that she associates with Lucifer. Many republicans skipped the convention altogether. Republican primary candidates including Marco Rubio and John Kasich, former presidents George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush, Gov. Rick Snyder and scores of other Republican
leaders all did not attend the convention either under protest or with a variety of other excuses. Taking their place as primetime representatives of the GOP, however, was an arena filled with supporters more than willing to scream their support for all that Trump stands for. While I may not share many beliefs with the Republican Party, this development still brings me great disappointment. Part of America’s greatness has involved the ability for two parties to engage in serious debates over the issues. That America is not being made great again in GOP’s decision to follow Trump over the ledge in verbally supporting racist remarks, dubious conspiracy theories and violent events. While the Republican Party may appear to be jolly in support for their nominee this week, this week demonstrates that the GOP is no longer the institution it once was. —Jeremy Kaplan is the Summer Editorial Page Editor.
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CLEVELAND — After a Monday filled with delegate dissidents and spousal plagiarism, the Tuesday slogan of “Make MADELINE America Work NOWICKI Again” seemed prescient. The Republican National Convention needed to get back on track — it, too, needed to work. The theme of the night was supposed to be economic issues, highlighting the Republican platform for job safety and growth. With high-profile speakers such as Mitch McConnell and Chris Christie, the night held promise for at least the acknowledgment of concrete policy changes. Immediately, it became clear that this would not be the case. McConnell truly did not use his position as Senate majority leader to advocate for changes to entitlement programs or typically conservative goals. He used his position from behind the podium instead to rail against Hillary Clinton, highlighting mainly her flip-flopping and her private e-mail server scandal. He didn’t describe his goals, the party’s goals or Trump’s goals for actually beating Clinton. Rather, he just seemed to care a heck of a lot that she didn’t win. Chris Christie launched what he called a “prosecution” of Clinton. Listing off Clinton’s record, factchecked by the New York Times, he incited a gleefully raucous electricity into the air, spurning chants, dances and squeals from Trump-drunk supporters fueled by hatred, fear, lack of education and the July heat. Attendees sitting near me in the stands stood up and danced, clenching their fists in the air and tossing their heads back as if they finally were understood. Chris Christie, the governor of a state with the third highest per-capita income in the nation, didn’t discuss policies for economic mobility. The governor of a state with the second-highest concentration of millionaires in the nation didn’t mention his plans for making more of the country into millionaires, much less his plans to reduce regulations for businesses and millionaires alike. He didn’t outline anything concrete. Christie basked in his own spectacle, failing to shed light on the policies of the man under whose shadow he will permanently reside.
Trump’s daughter, Tiffany, focused on her father’s leadership qualities as a businessman, rather than any actual substance of how he could translate them into a quality economy. Donald Trump Jr. talked about how his dad ensured he knew how to lay drywall and carry a hammer and be a real saltof-the-earth construction worker. He said this while dressed in a shirt with a literal blue collar and failed to provide insight into how his father would share the great secrets of construction with the rest of America. General manager of Trump Winery, Kerry Woolard, mentioned Trump’s ability to work under pressure, without delving into any specifics on Trump’s or any other plan to ease the pressure of the working class in America. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia talked at length about how Clinton dislikes the mining industry and how this will ruin the economy of Capito’s state but failed to point out what Trump would specifically do differently. Making America work again could have been a catchy twist on Trump’s slogan-filled dilettante of a campaign, if not for two key flaws. First, America was put back to work already. President Obama did exactly that, which is why the country now experiences only a 5.5 percent unemployment rate as opposed to nearly double that during the Great Recession. America is at work and is continuing to do so with job growth continuing steadily as it has over the past several years of Obama’s administration. Second, the Republicans failed to coalesce around any real strategy for putting Americans to work. Apart from blue-collar pandering from millionaires, platitudes about leadership qualities and demonizing of the opposition, the Republicans failed to coalesce around any economic issue at all. The only strand of unity that ran consistent throughout the night was a distaste for Secretary Clinton. I’m not sure how disliking an opponent is a legitimate party platform, much less one that will put America to work. If increasing American jobs was as simple as increasing hatred for public figures, unemployment would have been extinct long ago. —Madeline Nowicki can be reached at nowickim@umich.edu.
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Prioritizing self-care
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few days ago, a close friend from school came to visit me, and I wanted to show her where ANNA I worked. POLUMBOWalking LEVY toward the office, I got tense. I started to feel selfconscious, like if I went into work and my coworkers and supervisors saw me there with my friend, they would question why I took time off. And as these thoughts swam around in my head, I began to feel nervous, bad, guilty — even anxious. I should be there helping or doing something else important if I’m not at the office. As we approached the door to my office, I almost wanted to scream out: “Stop! Let’s not bother them, why don’t I show you campus instead?” As I walked into the office, I wasn’t greeted with glares and judgmental stares (completely a product of my own imagination) but instead smiles, and I remembered the workshop we’d had at work a few weeks back. The lawyers had arranged for a psychologist to come into the office to answer our questions and advise us on how to speak with traumatized clients. Part way through the workshop, after giving us tips about the best ways to communicate with clients, she switched the conversation to us. How do we keep from getting burnt out? How do we separate work from our lives at home? Almost immediately, one lawyer said, “You can’t help anyone else before you help yourself.”And while a younger version of myself wouldn’t have understood, and maybe even thought it seemed selfish, it was a relief to hear this. As I think about it now, I realize how important this idea was to hold on to. After a long day at work, you’re tired and feel spent. When someone asks you for a favor, though, your first reaction is to jump to help. But it’s alright, even necessary, to take a moment and decide: Can I do this now? It is OK to take a break, to ask for a break, to need a break. We need to practice self-care above all else, because if we don’t, how much help will we be to others? This has taken me a long time to
realize, and I still need to remind myself of this every day when I’m hard on myself for not working that extra hour or for taking that extra day or not volunteering to help someone because I had to be somewhere else. And not only will we better help others, but we need to realize that our health, simply because it’s our health, is important. Before I go further, I want to acknowledge that for many it is not so simple to just “take a break” because they need to work, or those they care for have no one else. And while I do write from a place of privilege, being able to set strong limits in my place of work and have other support systems, I believe there are ways for anyone to practice self-care, big and small. Even if it is taking a five-minute walk, having an extra cookie or breathing deeply for a minute, it is well worth it and too important to ignore. We are taught to be selfless, give without expecting anything in return; otherwise, we are often told we are selfish. And there is no question that those who give their lives to help others should receive high praises for their work. But while it is very important we realize our privileges and that we have a duty to help those in need in the ways we can, it is also equally crucial to remember how important your own health and wellbeing are. In fact, it may even give you the strength and the ability to help others even more than you might have if you didn’t practice selfcare. We must include self-care as an important aspect of our lives. The first (and only time) I listened to the safety video on an airplane, I thought it was weird they told you to put your oxygen mask on before helping others. I said to myself that I’d be selfless and brave and help someone before myself. Of course you should help your child or sister or friend before yourself. In fact, I asked my mom when I was younger why they wanted us to do that. Isn’t that selfish? She explained that it was because you would be better suited to help others. Even though it makes sense now, it didn’t then. Then in freshman year of high school, we were asked to make goals for ourselves. As soon as
“goals” rolled off my teacher’s tong ue, I knew what my goal was: to look out for and care for others. Afterward, when we shared our goals amongst some of our peers, I read my goal aloud to a trusted friend. Immediately, she made a face, telling me my goal was supposed to be about myself. And in retrospect, she was right. While wanting to help people is always important, you should save an important place in your life for yourself.
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mean that you are a slacker, you don’t care for others or want everything to revolve around you. It means that while you work your hardest to help others, you also remember that your health and wellbeing matter. It doesn’t need to be one or the other — helping others or focusing on yourself. Take time to practice selfcare. It’s important. Anna Polumbo-Levy can be reached at annapl@umich.edu.
Inspiring movies for all
was not super excited when I heard that Marvel was making a new Spider-Man movie. For a little while, I ELENA was holding HUBBELL out hope that Donald Glover would be cast as the titular role, but when I found out that Tom Holland, a pretty average looking white boy (no offense) had been cast, I mostly lost interest. Recently I got in an argument with my uncle, who is totally in favor of casting Tom Holland, about the relevance of a new Spider-Man movie. For my uncle, this new reboot meant a chance to finally get the Spider-Man of his childhood right. For my uncle, Spider-Man held quite a bit of significance — as he grew up in real life, so did Spidey in the comics he was reading. All of the teenage drama that my uncle went through, Spider-Man also went through, and he was able to share in Spidey’s ups and downs. In this way, it was almost as if my uncle had a companion who he grew up with, someone who could reflect the struggles he, as a teenage boy with a single mom, underwent. I’m sure that it means a lot to my uncle that his childhood companion is finally getting a movie where he wasn’t cast as a handsome adult man but as an awkward and scrawny, and therefore more relatable, teenager. I was touched by my uncle’s explanation, but to me, this movie still remained unnecessary. I couldn’t shake the spiteful feeling that white, cis, heterosexual men already had enough movies that explained, organized and made relevant
their experiences. To be honest, I was a little jealous. While the stories of white women are just beginning to be told, and the stories of persons of color, trans people and people who identify as LGBTQ are still considered refreshing, Hollywood decided to make another movie about a straight white boy going through puberty. It doesn’t make me upset that they made another Spider-Man movie, it makes me upset that they made a third reboot of the life and times of Peter Parker while the stories of Kamala Khan, Natasha Romanoff and many others are still waiting for their Hollywood treatment. But why is this important? I mean, why does it really matter whether or not we see the same stories over and over again, or if we get to see some diversity in major movie productions? In her documentary Miss Representation, Jennifer Siebel Newsom states, “You can’t be what you can’t see,” and I think that this quote does a good job of explaining why diversity is important in film. For example, in my mind it was understood that if a man was yelling at a woman, the woman always just had to wait until it was over — she couldn’t fight back or tell him to calm down — until I watched “Thelma and Louise.” I didn’t grow up in a household where there were a lot of men yelling at women, so I must have learned this standard from the macho-man movies that my family used to watch. But then, one family movie night, we watched “Thelma and Louise” and one scene in particular stuck with me. In this scene, Thelma is confronted by her boyfriend Jimmy, who demands to know why he was asked to wire her
money (SPOILER ALERT: it’s because Louise and Thelma are on the run for murdering a guy). She says that she won’t tell him, and he throws the typical film alpha male fit — throwing stuff around the room and swearing. Louise responds by saying, “You start this shit, I’m out of here,” and heads toward the door. It was an important and defining moment in my childhood because it taught me that, as a woman, I could stand up for myself in the face of angry men. But it happened when I was about 13 — I didn’t grow up believing that I could show my strength in the face of men. All the other female-led movies I had watched up until that point had been pseudo-feminist romances or princess movies. Young people of all identities should be able to see themselves reflected on screen in roles that are empowering and authoritative. Just to be clear: I’m definitely not opposed to the new SpiderMan movie. Honestly, I’m probably going to go see and will most likely enjoy it (I’m a sucker for both teen movies and superhero movies). And I’m really glad that a movie is finally getting the SpiderMan universe right, according to my uncle. But after this movie has been made, I hope that Hollywood starts making more movies that validate the experience of non-cis, -white, -straight, -heterosexual men. I hope that we start viewing franchises as a chance to increase diversity. Mostly, I just hope that we start seeing stories from new points of view. —Elena Hubbell can be reached at elepearl@umich.edu.
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VIDEO GAMES COLUMN
What’s next for Nintendo? Y ou know what Pokémon Go is. If you haven’t noticed the people around you playing it, you’ve probably read one of the thousands of news articles covering its meteoric rise to the top of the app store and its gargantuan revenue stream. According to JACOB CNBC, it’s the RICH biggest mobile game in the history of the United States. There’s not much more to say about the game that hasn’t been said — it’s a bona fide cultural phenomenon. And, as someone who follows gaming culture very closely, it’s been wonderful to see. However, as fascinating as it has been to watch Pokémon retake the cultural consciousness both locally and internationally, I have to say that I’m even more interested in seeing how Nintendo handles its current boost in fame and fortune. Long story short, I think they’re already failing to capitalize on their biggest opportunity ever. Even though Pokémon Go wasn’t developed or published internally at Nintendo (instead developed by Niantic, Inc., which Nintendo owns a stake in), the resurgence in the popularity of the Pokémon brand has still managed to double Nintendo’s stock price. Apparently you can hear Silicon Valley executives salivating from as far west as Arkansas. But, like any smash hit on the app store, Pokémon Go won’t be able to keep its grasp on the zeitgeist forever. Observing the stories of fly-by-night app boom companies like the currently gasping-for-air Zynga shows a distinct trend of initially massive hits in mobile and social gaming that fail to recapture their early successes. If Nintendo wants to fully capitalize on their enviable situation, they need to make several significant moves sooner rather than later. First and foremost, Nintendo needs to announce NX right now. Like, within the next two
weeks. It’s already baffling that Nintendo hasn’t even announced the real name of their still-codenamed console, which is due to be released in March 2017. If they want to turn around the rather rough story their hardware sales numbers are telling (Wii U has sold around 13 million units worldwide, a little more than a tenth of what the original Wii sold), they need to jump on their worldwide news media attention and provide details on their next big hardware launch as soon as possible. It’s not like they’ll lose out on coverage from the gamesspecific press if they put out the news in the fall. The IGNs and the Gamespots of the world will hound Nintendo’s every decision regardless of when or where it happens. What they will lose out on is a significant portion of the mainstream press — your EWs, your Us Weeklys. All of these influential outlets are rubbernecking in Nintendo’s direction right now, but they’ll turn their heads back toward the highway if Nintendo doesn’t work their magic with a hardware press conference soon. Nintendo also needs to find a way to load Pokémon Sun and Moon — the new main-series Pokémon games — into Pokémon Go’s powerful trebuchet. While the more traditional Pokemon games never really stopped selling big (Pokémon X and Y for Nintendo 3DS sold an impressive 15 million units), they haven’t done the ridiculous numbers the original games did back in the late ’90s, never mind the mindboggling numbers Go is doing on the App Store. If Nintendo can correctly maneuver the message around their new games, perhaps even by promoting within the Pokémon Go app, they might be able to massively boost their sales even past what they were in the first generation. It’s really their only chance to come out of this holiday season in the black, since both the NX hardware and their new “Legend of Zelda” game aren’t releasing until next year. Finally, Nintendo should attempt to understand the social aspect of Pokémon Go and incorporate it into future software and hardware.
Nintendo has always been a company notoriously behind the curve with social and online features — the Wii was maligned for requiring lengthy “friend codes” to connect with other players online, and neither it nor the Wii U has offered any sort of social networking comparable with the online ecosystem of Playstation 4, Xbox One or Steam. To this end, Pokémon Go has demonstrated that it has power far beyond financial. It shows that Nintendo’s brands have the ability to connect people in droves — to bring people from diverse walks of life together under one big geeky umbrella. If Nintendo could learn to make something powerful and interesting out of people’s shared love of their games (perhaps a functional online profile and chat functionality for their next console?) they could drastically improve the future of their hardware. Besides a few tweets about the next Pokémon game’s roster, the only news we’ve heard from Nintendo post-Pokémon Go is the announcement of their “NES Classic Edition,” a replica of their iconic ’80s home console that’s bundled with 30 digital games. It’s a lukewarm announcement that really only appeals to Nintendo’s perennial hardcore fanbase. Again, these people aren’t the ones Nintendo needs to be looking to right now. This article isn’t meant to be a scathing criticism about a company I have problems with. On the contrary — his is a layman’s advice for a company that I care very deeply about. I’ve been a gigantic Nintendo fan for as long as I can remember, and I truly believe in the quality of the art that Nintendo’s talented developers create. If anything, Pokémon Go should be proof that the Big N should never be slept on. Just when you think they’re out for the count, they deliver a huge uppercut that puts them right back in the fight. Pokémon Go is their biggest one yet.
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TV REVIEW
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‘Suits’ ill-fitted By ALEX INTNER Summer Managing Arts Editor
Can anyone explain what happened to “Suits”? I’m struggling to come up with why the show is still running and why they decidC+ ed to substantially remove Suits the drama from where it was Season 6 at its creative Premiere peak. This seaWednesdays at 9 p.m. son premiere didn’t feel like USA the “Suits” I fell in love with when it first premiered. It’s a completely different show, with a tone that feels unfamiliar and, quite frankly, wrong. Season six picks right up where season five left off, with Mike Ross (SAG Award Nominee Patrick J. Adams, “Orphan Black”) adjusting to prison after pleading guilty to fraudulently practicing law despite not being an actual lawyer last season, and Pearson Specter Litt dealing with the consequences of pretty much all their staffers leaving as a result of a deal gone wrong. In preparation for the season six premiere, I binged the last six episodes of “Suits” ’s fifth season that aired last winter and it felt like the series was preparing for its endgame. Where can this show go after permanently separating the show’s two leads in Mike and Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht, “The Spirit”) after having Mike’s guilty plea? Doesn’t that mean it just blew up its whole premise? The drama seemed lost during its premiere, trying to rediscover its tone with its new arcs while seeming to struggle greatly. Mike’s prison story is what felt the most off-base from what “Suits” has done before. The premiere shows him trying to adjust to a new way of life and a new group of people while
imprisoned. It’s embarking on a dark storyline, especially as Mike gets tricked by his original cellmate Frank (Paul Schulze, “24”) into telling his life story and texting his girlfriend Rachel (Meghan Markle, “Fringe”) from the man’s phone. Frank then reveals himself as someone Harvey is responsible for imprisoning, and that he’ll use this information to get back at him through Mike. A story of having Mike deal with villains in prison feels distinctly different from what the show used to be. The series invokes “Shawshank Redemption” a lot in these scenes, but it’s not nearly at the level of the movie it’s referencing. Where “Suits” gives glimmers of hope is in its story involving Harvey, Jessica Pearson (Gina Torres, “Firefly), Louis Litt (Rick Hoffman, “Samantha Who?”), Donna (Sarah Rafferty, “Brothers & Sisters”) and Rachel trying to recover everyone from leaving. “Suits” is at its best when it throws an intriguing challenge at its lawyers while simultaneously watching them dig their way out of it, and elements of this idea were at play in the premiere’s storyline. Additionally, the moment where Louis accidentally gets some of his late assistant’s ashes on his face is one of the few moments where the episode allowed itself to loosen up and be humorous. In this story, the show didn’t double down on its misery. It didn’t force the characters into situations where they’re not allowed to be happy, like it did for most of last season and it’s doing to Mike with the prison storyline. They’ve jettisoned the character off onto his own show and they’re struggling to figure out what it should be. Honestly, I might be done with the show at this point, because once they made this choice, there’s no way the show can reunite and become what it once was, even if there are hints of what I enjoyed about the show still existing.
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TV REVIEW
Red card for ‘Ballers’ By SHIR AVINADAV Daily Arts Writer
Booze, boats and women constitute the opening of the season two premiere of “Ballers” and characterize much of the C ostentatious imagery of Ballers football in all its professional and Season 2 personal glory on Premiere the show. Though Sundays at 10 p.m. the partying and excess depicted HBO in “Ballers” may be the TV incarnation of some repressed fantasy of what it’s like to have that much success and wealth, the show does more than just flaunt it. It uses tropes of the industry to show another side — a side where Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who plays former NFL star Spencer Strasmore, must find fulfillment in his post-career life. This desire is the driving force behind Spencer’s aspirations as he settles into his new career as the go-to financial manager for professional football players. As season one taught us, success is capricious — and Spencer charms his way into helping his clients navigate the personal and financial perils that come with overconfidently indulging in it. He adds a much welcomed maturity and depth to counter the abundant antics of his clients. But even a character as measured and composed as Spencer begins to show cracks in his armor, especially when his past resurfaces. In the season two premiere, this takes the form of Andre Allen (Andy Garcia), a competing manager from Spencer’s financial firm who used to represent him and who he blames for his injury and ultimate departure from the league. It’s clear from the beginning of the episode that Andre will be implicated in the central conflict of season two both as a remnant from Spencer’s past and as new competition. At the restaurant opening of one of Spencer’s clients (a cameo appearance by Ndamukong Suh), Spencer refuses to even shake Andre’s hand. Fittingly, Spencer’s Achilles heel is his pride, which is threatened by Andre’s belittlement of Spencer. But “Ballers” may have shown their hand too soon by openly
identifying Andre as the primary conflict that will drive season two’s plot. After hinting later in the episode that Andre’s actions spurred the downfall of Spencer’s career, the mystery surrounding the animosity between the two is unceremoniously lifted and Spencer vows to steal all of Andre’s clients –– a brazen statement and a bolder mission characteristic of Spencer’s determination, cementing the roles both Andre and Spencer will play this season. Though season one hinted at Spencer’s weaknesses, it’s clear the writers intend to trigger them in the current season. Johnson’s charm carried him through season one and effectively pulled together a great ensemble, but it appears that he’s shed his characteristic good nature in an attempt to reflect the tipping balance of his confidence and composure. However, it seems that both Johnson and the writers know that the emotional range required to develop Spencer’s character are beyond Johnson’s charismatic grasp, and he’s better left lashing out in short bursts of emotionally charged bravado than brooding and acting troubled because he hasn’t gotten closure on his past. This is proven in his spat with football player T-Sizzle (NFL player Terrell Suggs), who’s represented by Andre, on “Glazed and Confused.” Sizzle manages to prod Spencer into a violent altercation on live television following a round of sharply written verbal smackdowns. Though heated, the sequence is intercut with reactions from Ricky (John David Washington, “Malcolm X”) and his crew, who are simultaneously entertained by Spencer’s comebacks and shocked at the crack in his impermeable veneer. The comic relief briefly allowed to us during the awkwardly tense interaction serves as a reminder that the show — though it addresses serious topics in the football industry — shouldn’t be taken too seriously. While head injuries and partying entire fortunes away are not joking matters, “Ballers” is able to address them with both poignant brevity and adjunct humor. Though, these qualities may go unnoticed among gratuitous scenes of snorting coke off strippers (scenes that were bizarrely absent from this premiere). In fact, the energy in the premiere was lacking so sorely that more strippers would have been
welcome. Maybe if greater attention had been given to the supporting cast, including the comically brash Joe (Rob Corddry, “Children’s Hospital”) and the unassumingly sweet Charles (Omar Benson Miller, “CSI: Miami”), the episode would have succeeded in capturing our interest in the overall season. The best the show could muster was more contract trouble for Ricky and Charles, a recycled conflict that was already overused in season one. What makes the show so great is how Spencer and Joe manage to pull through for untethered characters like Ricky and Charles, who are essentially lost without Spencer’s well-meaning, but floundering guidance. As a start for what’s been hyped up to be an exciting season, the premiere is certainly a let down. But then again, “Ballers” is brought to us by the same creators as “Entourage,” and has shaped up to be the product of an identical formula (just sub out Hollywood for the NFL). Let’s just hope that the Andre-Spencer conflict pans out to be more promising than Ricky and Charles’ contracts.
From Page 1 historic Wednesday through Saturday timeslot to a Thursday to Sunday one, anticipating the attendance of over 500,000 people over the four days. “That’s a huge change, and it’s been a couple of years in the making. There were a lot of people involved, a lot of stakeholders involved in the decision,” she said. Artists supported the shift and local businesses have jumped at the opportunity to benefit from Saturday night Art Fair patrons. Riley highlighted aspects of the fair that create a singular artistic experience that’s constantly evolving and highly interactive. “Every year the art is new. Whether it’s new artists or old favorites returning with new bodies of work, you’re never going to see the same thing from year to year and that’s what makes Art fairs exciting. If you have a favorite artist that you follow over the years, you get to watch the evolution of their style and technique and it becomes a friendship,” said Riley. Riley spoke about an Art piece at the fair that’s to take place in real time. “We do a large scale street painting, which this year is a chalk drawing in the style of the Ancient Italian Modenari and this year our artist is named Tess Tobolic and
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this year she is recreating Salvador Dali’s melting watch.” “She’ll start creating the piece on Thursday and it will be done on Sunday and you can watch the progress as she creates it in chalk on the sidewalk on East Washington and Ingalls Mall,” Riley continued. There will be a demonstration area on North University where attendants can watch artists and craftsman in action, taking a peek into an often-mysterious artistic process. “It’s really a broad, broad range of styles and people and our visitorship really comes from all over the country, while a lot of it is from Michigan, 20% of our visitors come from out of state,” she said. Above all else, Riley believes in the accessibility of the Art fair. “You take a thousand artists and put them in the streets of Ann Arbor. You find artwork to suit everyone’s taste and price point and then you add the unique ambiance of Ann Arbor into the mix and it’s just a fun time,” Riley said. Ann Arbor will open its streets for the 57th time, letting local creative juices flow and undertaking festivities to honor the innovation and whimsical talent that brews below the surface of a quieter and more relaxed Ann Arbor populace.
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City Council pushes to raise minimum age for tobacco purchase Councilmember Grand dismisses need for student input on bill By ANDREW HIYAMA Daily Staff Reporter
A resolution raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco from 18 to 21 passed its initial read with only one dissenting vote at Monday’s Ann Arbor City Council meeting. The proposed legislation will still need to be approved by the council in a meeting next month before being fully accepted. The proposed ordinance would raise the age at which Ann Arbor retailers may sell tobacco products and e-cigarettes from 18 to 21, while also decriminalizing underage tobacco possession of both. In a phone interview prior to the meeting, Councilmember Julie Grand (D–Ward 3) — who has been the leading proponent of the resolution — explained that, though the ordinance would explicitly affect those between ages 18 and 20, it would also indirectly target tobacco usage by younger teenagers. “Most 15 to 17-year-olds get their tobacco products from 18 and 19-year-olds or other similar social sources, so this ordinance helps block that source,” Grand said. “What it also does for the 18 to 20-year-olds is it provides an onset barrier when those individuals are most likely to be moving from experimental tobacco use to regular or habitual tobacco use.” Pointing to California, Hawaii and Massachusetts as examples, Grand said she hoped a municipal ordinance would eventually pave the way for other city governments in Michigan as well as the state government. When asked why the ordinance was being pushed during the summer, when most University of Michigan students — who would be directly impacted by the resolution — are absent from campus and unable to participate in public debate over the issue, Grand was dismissive of student input, saying she has the backing of a broad
coalition comprising local medical and public health professionals. “My main interest is developing this model and moving it out to other communities,” Grand said. “As much as I would like to get the input from the University students, that’s not my primary goal. And honestly, if they were against the ordinance, I really don’t think it would change my mind.” While affected, University students would still be able to take a free city bus line to Meijer on Ann Arbor-Saline Road, just outside city limits and therefore not subject to city ordinances, and purchase tobacco products there. Grand pointed out that in past cases, even if neighboring municipalities did not pass a similar ordinance, there would still be a decline in teenage tobacco usage. All council members, except Jack Eaton (D–Ward 4), voted to support the first reading of the bill, moving it forward to be discussed at a second reading in the future, before a final vote will be held. Councilmember Eaton said that he thought the bill was a good idea but that he could not support it because of the fact that it violated state law. “I am vividly aware of the cost of smoking, but I can’t support this ordinance,” Eaton said. “The Michigan Tobacco Products Tax Act says that we shall not impose any new requirements or prohibitions pertaining to the sale of tobacco, and that’s exactly what we’re doing here. I think that when there’s a state law that tells us not to do something, we’re illadvised to do it regardless of how passionate we are about the intent behind the law.” Councilmembers Jane Lumm (I–Ward 2) and Graydon Krapohl (D–Ward 4) also expressed concerns about the conflict the ordinance would create with state law but voted to support the first reading. Councilmember Sumi Kailasapathy (D–Ward 1) asked City Attorney Stephen Postema what the legal ramifications of passing such an ordinance would be, but Postema said he wasn’t prepared to answer that question at the time.
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SUNDAY From Page 1 important. It’s supposed to be very hot during Art Fair this year,” she added. “And people should take caution with their pets too.” Councilmember Jane Lumm (I–Ward 2), who served as a board member for the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair for nearly a decade, said the fair has grown considerably into a large-scale, significant cultural event for the city. “I would call it an iconic event for our community,” Lumm said. “It attracts thousands and thousands of visitors and hundreds of artists. It brings in a lot of people, which is of course great for business.” However, this year’s Art Fair is unlike any other before it. Instead of running in the traditional slot of Wednesday through Saturday, it instead begins on Thursday and concludes on Sunday. “(City Council) supported that move,” she said. “I know this is something the Art Fair directors have been working on for a number of years … In order for this to occur on Sunday it was critical to address the concerns for the churches. Congregations have access to churches.” In addition to addressing the needs of Ann Arbor citizens, the switch was made to further stimulate business in the downtown where Art Fair occurs. “I think everyone felt that this way it would be more customer friendly. It’s a good move,” Lumm said. While the schedule shift away from Art Fair’s traditional slot
TRUMP From Page 2 the “Never Trump” movement who tried to force a roll call vote. The motion ultimately failed by a controversial decision by deputy chair Steve Womack, who was presiding over the voice vote. Michigan delegate Debra Mantey said she believes the “Never Trump” movement is composed of a set of delegates who are not loyal to their voters. “I don’t think much of it, obviously,” she said. “I think it was more of a media distraction. There wasn’t enough of a faction of them to really do anything, and I think it’s pretty sad, really. These are delegates who have
may help encourage business activity, Maureen Riley, executive director of the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, said the change was a long process to implement. “Changing the Art Fair days was a little bit like turning the Titanic — it doesn’t happen overnight,” Riley said. “It took a lot of time and preparation, and we started that process a couple of years ago.” According to Riley, the transition was a tactical move to keep the Art Fair accessible to people in modern society. “It was a result of evaluating the Art Fair and it’s future and how to keep it sustainable and healthy,” she said. “One of the major components to that we felt was being open on the weekend. People don’t live the same lifestyle they did in 1960, when we first opened. Stores weren’t open in those days on Sunday … But that was 57 years ago and life is a lot different now.” Another large reason for the updated schedule was to make the fair more appealing to young people and young artists. While artists who’ve come to Art Fair to show their work are always encouraged to come each year, event organizers noticed that many long-time artists were beginning to retire and not come back. “The baby boom generation is starting to retire, which is allowing for a whole lot of new artists to come into this business,” Riley said. “We’ve been seeing that for the last few years and I’m sure that will continue. The work — the aesthetic in the Art Fair in my opinion — is appealing more to a younger profile than it did ten years ago.” been entrusted by the people who have put them here to follow the will of the people.” Michigan delegates also seemed confident in Trump’s ability to convert the traditionally blue state into a red one come November. John Haggard, Michigan delegate in the first district, said support for Trump will spread throughout the state so that Michigan votes Republican in November. “Michigan will be red in the fall,” he said. “Donald Trump is going to turn the state of Michigan red, and it’s going to start from us in the Upper Peninsula all the way down. It’s going to be like cancer, and we are going to spread it fast.”
PETITION From Page 2 signatures were initially submitted, by the group’s estimate. The petitioners have until August 2 to collect additional signatures, though the city’s legal team is unsure whether supplemental petitions are allowed under the Home Rule City Act, which regulates how petitions are filed. Alan Haber, the leader of the petition, said there are several routes he can go if the city attorney instructs the clerk to not accept additional signatures. The first is to discuss and negotiate with the city to validate the petition. In the event that fails, Haber said, he will appeal to the 22nd Circuit Court and seek an injunction to halt any city action on the parking lot until the court rules. If the court recognizes the validity of the petition, the question will most likely be put on the spring 2017 regular election ballot. Another strategy is to ask City
CITY COUNCIL From Page 3 proposed train station development. Giannola wants to place City Council priority on the development of the library lane lot. While these two candidates have outlined specific goals that they want accomplished if they are elected, there has been open comments on the fact that there has been a lack of any specific issues that immediately concern the majority of their constituents. “On some years there are issues that tears the community apart,”
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Council to recognize the petition on its own initiative before the November 8 election. Haber said that City Councilmember Jack Eaton (D–Ward 4) is ready to introduce a resolution to do that at the August 4 meeting, which Eaton confirmed to the Daily in a phone interview. Haber said he can also challenge some of the disqualified signatures to ascertain that a signature is from a registered voter from Ann Arbor. Frank Wilhelme, a member of Haber’s group, showed optimism in this strategy succeeding, pointing out a discrepancy between state and city petition practices. “A day or two ago, I saw some e-mail conversation about how state law allows one valid signature but Ann Arbor practice is to rule invalid the initial signature and any duplicates,” he said. “If we can prevail on this question, we would pick up 233 or so signatures.” In a Facebook post on Tuesday for the Ann Arbor Committee for the Community Commons, Haber
emphasized the library lot petition is of paramount importance for democracy in Ann Arbor. “Many people have cooperated in moving forward this effort to do democracy in Ann Arbor,” Haber wrote. “Be part of the ‘we’ who are trying to in-source sovereignty — its (sic) ours, the public’s — We have the right to vote on keeping it for a public purpose, or selling it.” Haber has previously criticized City Council’s perceived inclination for increased development, calling it corrupt for ignoring residents’ voices. His tone was still acerbic on Tuesday. “Sometimes it seems they would sell their mother if the price was right, and not even notice they were doing it, and they are trying to do that right now, not noticing what neverto-be center of community they are selling away,…” he wrote in his Facebook post. “This citizen initiative is the alternative to 17 floor luxury hotel/condo development, Chicago style, or its successor waiting to buy it out from under us.” (sic)
Giannola said. “But this year, I don’t see any issues that will get people out to the polls, and it’s a bit worrisome. There is not a local issue that matters so much to the fourth ward people.” Krapohl argued that a City Council member driven by personal issues rather than popular consensus could detract from his or her ability to make the best decision based on facts, noting that a lack of support for issues driving candidates could lead to problems once they are in office. “If you are unable to gain support for that issue, then you are dead in the water,” he said. “If you
are only focused on your issues, I think it can cloud your judgement and your perspective when you need to get things done. It is important to get council as a whole to make decisions.” Giannola summed up what she found to be the fundamental differences in approach to issues. “Graydon is making decisions based on what is presented to him,” she said. “I want to get the information before the decision-making process, so it’s just a different way that we go after the job. Eric comes at it from an ‘anti’ point of view, he approaches issues as the devil’s advocate.”
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Fifth-year senior receiver Jehu Chesson had a breakout season as a junior, tallying 33 catches for 574 yards and nine touchdowns over the final six games of the season.
2016 Schefters: Several teams rebound from down season By MAX BULTMAN and JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editors
A year ago, the Daily’s Schefter Awards, honoring the best in Michigan athletics, recognized a few bright spots amid a mostly bleak year. Among the highest-profile teams, the football, men’s basketball and hockey teams each missed the postseason for the first time since 1972-73. But the struggles didn’t stop there: The men’s tennis team went 7-17, and the men’s track and field team finished 10th at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships. For many teams, this past season was a revival. The football, men’s basketball and hockey teams each returned to their respective postseasons, and Carol Hutchins’ unstoppable softball juggernaut continued. The women’s gymnastics, women’s track and field, men’s cross country and men’s and women’s swimming programs also delivered Big Ten titles. Adam Steinberg’s men’s tennis team rebuilt, as did Jerry Clayton’s men’s track and field team. Only the men’s gymnastics team suffered a significant regression, and that was after losing loads of talent from three dominant
seasons that included two national championships. Before the women’s soccer team kicks off the next Michigan athletics season Aug. 19 against Pittsburgh, here are this year’s awards, named after one of the Daily’s most prominent alumni, ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter: Best Cinderella Story: Steve Racine, ice hockey Racine’s comeback story almost never happened, because there was almost nothing from which he needed to come back. Racine nearly capped his freshman season with a Cinderella run to extend Michigan’s 22-year NCAA Tournament streak. It was the closest the Wolverines had been to missing the postseason, and thus it would have been one of the most memorable trips. In 2013, Michigan entered the CCHA Tournament at 13-18-3 after a miserable regular season. They could only stay alive by riding Racine, their stand-in freshman goaltender, to an unlikely CCHA Tournament title. But the seventhseeded Wolverines began by sweeping No. 10 seed Northern Michigan, and they made the final weekend by upsetting No. 3 seed. They reached the finals by stunning No. 1 seed Miami (Ohio), 6-2, in the semifinals. Only a championship loss to Notre
Dame halted what would have been an incredible start to Racine’s career, but it also became the image of the 22-year streak ending. Still, the forecast on the freshman netminder was promising. Surely, many thought, carrying the momentum of that run, the Wolverines would return to the NCAA Tournament the following year. But in the following two years, Racine could never recapture the magic of that CCHA Tournament run. He played fewer games in both seasons than he did as a freshman, and his goals-against average worsened from 2.65 to 2.91 to 2.94. He only had one more try to help ensure he wouldn’t go four years without an NCAA Tournament trip. Even then, he didn’t have the starting job secured. Before Racine closed the book on his career, he ended his legacy on a positive note. An early injury kept the starting spot in jeopardy, but Racine returned last December at the Great Lakes Invitational, which also turned out to be his comingout party. He started and won both games, totaling 62 saves with just three goals against. From there, he only cemented his impact on the season: 46 saves against Penn State in January to exorcise the demons of the previous
two years; 30 against Minnesota in the Big Ten Championship to seal Michigan’s NCAA Tournament ticket; 28 more to move onto the regional final. He was terrific again in that game, making 44 stops, but the Wolverines lost to a better North Dakota team that eventually won the national title. Still, Racine made sure the 2013 CCHA setback wasn’t the last we heard from him. Breakout athlete of the year: Jehu Chesson, football By a show of hands, who thought Chesson would have the season he did in 2015? If your hand is up, you misunderstood that the previous question was rhetorical, and probably look like an idiot right now. Also, you’re lying. Chesson’s season started slow, but he finished as strong as nearly any receiver in the Big Ten. As he developed chemistry with quarterback Jake Rudock, the redshirt junior receiver turned into one of the conference’s most dangerous deep ball threats, all while earning Jim Harbaugh’s respect as a blocker. Over the final six games of the season, Chesson caught 33 passes for 574 yards and nine touchdowns — and that’s to say nothing of his 96-yard kickoff return for a touch-
down against Northwestern in Week 6. The highlight, of course, was a 10-reception, 207-yard, fourtouchdown thriller against Indiana, including one touchdown catch through double coverage on a late fourth down to tie the game late. If Chesson hadn’t already been introduced to the college football world before his big game in Bloomington, it became nearly impossible to ignore him after it. His season did end on a a lower note, with an apparent leg injury in the Citrus Bowl, but only after he tallied 118 yards and a touchdown against Florida. Many things were said about Chesson last year, but the best quote had to be by his roommate, running back Drake Johnson. “Pardon my French, but Jehu’s got his s--together,” Johnson said after the Citrus Bowl. This past season, it was hard to argue with him. Best Single-Event Performance: Michigan defense vs. Northwestern, Oct. 10, 2016 Really, any of the Michigan football team’s three straight shutouts — 31-0 against BYU on Sept. 26, 28-0 at Maryland on Oct. 3 or 38-0 against Northwestern on Oct. 10 —
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From Page 10 would fit in this category. The winner is the last of the three, against the best opponent in likely the biggest game. And as coach Jim Harbaugh put it after the game: “The fellas really came out ballin’ right from the start.” He was right. Chesson returned the opening kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown, but it was thanks to the defense that those points were the only ones the Wolverines needed, even if they did tack on 31 more. The defense forced a three-and-out on the ensuing possession and never let up, harassing the Wildcats all afternoon. Northwestern managed just 13 first downs and 38 rushing yards. It punted eight times, possessed the ball for less than 23 minutes and converted two third downs. Michigan had one interception — which Jourdan Lewis returned 37 yards for a touchdown — four sacks and eight tackles for loss. Much like they had with their previous two opponents, the Wolverines beat the Wildcats into submission, forcing them to use three quarterbacks. By the end of the game, Northwestern was out of answers, and Michigan was rolling. As the crowd at Michigan Stadium begged for more even in the final minutes, chanting “DE-FENSE!” repeatedly, the game served as a highlight of the Wolverines’ season. Game of the Year: Michigan 72, No. 10 Indiana 69, March 11, 2016 On the morning of March 11, the Michigan men’s basketball team’s NCAA Tournament hopes were on life support. Even after all of the chances the Wolverines had to lock up a return trip to the “Big Dance,” they still needed one more win in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals. That one more win had to come against Big Ten regular-season champion Indiana, which had run Michigan off its home court in the teams’ only prior meeting, 22 hours after the Wolverines escaped with an overtime victory over No. 9 seed Northwestern. And the game was in Indianapolis. Still, Michigan scrapped and clawed, overcoming another poor shooting game and avoiding runs like the 28-0 spurt that proved fatal in the first matchup. Duncan Robinson hit a 3-pointer in the final minute to tie the
game at 69, and an Indiana turnover on the next possession gave the Wolverines the final shot, the closest they had been to a marquee win in two months. They needed one more play — from point guard Derrick Walton, who ran the clock down near midcourt, or perhaps Zak Irvin, or even Robinson. As it turned out, that play came from a most unlikely source. Walton drove right and passed the ball to Kameron Chatman — thinking he was kicking it to Aubrey Dawkins — who hoisted a desperate 3-point try and buried it. The Michigan bench, right behind Chatman as he shot, mobbed him immediately. The Wolverines all knew that shot likely made the difference between them making and missing the NCAA Tournament. As it turned out, they were right. They made the field as one of the last four teams in. Freshman of the year: Kyle Connor, ice hockey It’s hard to believe Connor was a freshman with the way he so thoroughly dominated NCAA hockey this season. His line with Tyler Motte and JT Compher was regarded as one of the top in the nation, and with good reason. By season’s end, they all ranked in the top four nationally in points, and they formed one of the most feared combinations in the country come tournament time. But it was Connor who stole the show. His 71 points were eight more than anyone else in the country, and his nearest challenger was his linemate, Compher. The freshman sensation also led the country with 35 goals and was tied for third nationally with 36 assists. Among his many highlights were a pair of memorable games in the Big Ten Tournament. Connor scored four goals in the semifinals before adding a one-goal, three-assist encore in the Championship the next day, leaving a trail of exceptional plays and stunned goaltenders in his wake. He seemed to be the oddson favorite for the Hobey Baker Award before Harvard senior Jimmy Vesey was announced as
the somewhat surprising winner. In any case, Connor’s season speaks for itself, with or without the Hobey. Connor signed with the Winnipeg Jets this offseason, ending a short but superb college career. Coach of the year: Mike Bottom Technically, this award is for Bottom’s work with the women’s swimming and diving team, but would anyone complain if it were for the men’s team instead? By this point, Bottom has a case for this award every year. He rounded out his fourth season coaching the women’s team by leading the Wolverines to their first Big Ten title in 12 years — and doing in front of the Canham Natatorium crowd, to boot. The championship meet was a fitting breakthrough, with a contributions coming from stars new and old to claim the title. Ali DeLoof, who was a freshman in Bottom’s first season, fought through an illness that
Chatman’s lastsecond shot gave his team the victory.
week to finish second in the 100yard backstroke and anchor the 400-meter freestyle relay, while freshman Siobhan Haughey was named Swimmer of the Championships. Bottom has improved the women’s Big Ten finish each successive year he has coached them, and while there’s no way to improve upon first place, it’s hard to bet against the renowned sprint coach to hold the Wolverines steady at the top of the conference for the foreseeable future. Female Athlete of the Year: Cindy Ofili, women’s track Multiple members on any one of Michigan’s four Big Ten champion women’s teams — women’s track and field, softball, women’s swimming and women’s tennis — could make a case here. But Ofili has had a year that tops them all, culminating with a trip to the Olympics. Last month, Ofili won her second straight silver medal in the 100-meter hurdles at the Brit-
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ish Athletics Championships. This one qualified her for next month’s Rio Games, where she’ll compete alongside her older sister, Tiffany Porter, who beat Ofili by two hundredths of a second. Ofili has plenty to call her own in Ann Arbor. After spending most of her career rivaling her sister, who also had an illustrious career at Michigan, this was the year Ofili broke through. On March 12, at the NCAA Indoor Championships, she won the national title in the 60-meter hurdles after failing to qualify for the finals in 2015. It was her first crown, and her time, tied for the sixth-fastest in NCAA history, broke the last program record her sister had. Competing in the 100-meter hurdles at the Outdoor Championships, she finished fourth, still good enough for her fifth AllAmerican honor. Combined with the indoor title, she had the best season of her career in the two events. And for the last three years of her career, she slowly picked off
Ofili will compete at this summer’s Olympics in Rio.
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school records, two each year until almost most of the sprinting marks were hers: indoor 60-meter dash, indoor 200-meter dash, indoor 60-meter hurdles, outdoor 100-meter dash, outdoor 100meter hurdles and 4x400-meter relay (along with her team). Male athlete of the year: Mason Ferlic, track and field, cross country Ferlic might not be the most recognizable name in Michigan sports, but how do you pick against the NCAA Champion in the Steeple Chase? The man they call Big Bird made up for his fall in the 2015 NCAA Track and Field Championships by winning the 3,000-meter Steeple Chase in 2016. He topped off a dominant career as a Wolverine, which has seen him take home USTFCCCA AllAmerica honors five times and win five Big Ten Championships to match. And that’s only on the track. In cross-country season, Ferlic also won the Great Lakes Regional 10,000-meter run and helped the Wolverines to win the Big Ten title for the first time since 1998. In the end, Ferlic’s NCAA title this season was enough to edge Connor for male athlete of the year honors. Team of the year: Softball It seems strange to give the softball team this award in a year that Carol Hutchins’ team actually underperformed from its previous season. But when you make the Women’s College World Series an annual destination, as the Wolverines have in recent years, you get the benefit of the doubt. For most of the season, Michigan jockeyed with Florida for national supremacy. The Gators had knocked off the Wolverines in the World Series Final one year ago, and they seemed destined for a rematch in Oklahoma City. But when Georgia upset Florida in the Super Regionals, Michigan looked poised to make a serious run at a title that has eluded them in their dominant Romero Era. Instead, a pair of early losses sent Wolverines to an early exit, and Oklahoma’s Sydney Romero — Sierra’s younger sister — captured the title in the year Sierra was National Player of the Year. With stars like Romero, Sierra
Lawrence and Sara Driesenga on their way out, the program could be looking at a regression in 2017. But with Hutchins at the helm, Michigan is a threat year in and year out to leave Oklahoma City as champion. They’ll have to settle for a Schefter in the meantime. Career Achievement Award: Sierra Romero, softball This award isn’t ambiguous. Almost half of Michigan’s women’s sports teams have won Big Ten titles in the past four years, but only two have won all four, and Romero has accomplished the most. From moment she arrived on campus, she has started all 253 games. Once, during the NCAA Tournament in her sophomore year, she was severely ill and needed IV fluids beforehand, and she still helped Michigan upset Arizona State twice to move onto the Super Regional. She broke records every year: single-season home runs (23) as a freshman; batting average (.491) and runs (74) as a sophomore; RBI (83) as a junior; and a series of career marks as a senior until she had almost all of them. In each year she was consistent, in each year she seemed to play a different role for the team and yet in each year she was equally valuable. Romero swept the national player of the year awards as a senior and earned All-American honors in each of her four seasons at two different positions, moving to second base early in her junior year. She leaves as the NCAA career record holder in runs and grand slams, and she is the only player ever to amass 300 runs, 300 hits and 300 RBI. More significantly, Romero served as the face of the program, starting almost right when she began her career. She sparked the Wolverines when they were playing well, and carried them when they weren’t. “She has more swag than anybody on the planet,” coach Carol Hutchins said of Romero this year. Hutchins has spoken as highly of Romero as any other player in recent memory, and in one of Michigan’s most successful programs, it says a lot that Romero will go down as likely the greatest player in school history.
Romero was national player of the year as a senior.
COURTESY OF THE M DEN AND NIKE
Starting Aug. 1, the M Den will have a week-long release of new Michigan-themed Nike products — including the shirt above.
M Den provides preview of Nike gear By ORION SANG Summer Managing Sports Editor
Pay a visit to the M Den website and you’ll be greeted with a countdown clock to Aug. 1, the first day Michigan’s apparel contract with Nike begins. Pay a visit to the M Den warehouse and you’ll find that most Adidas products have already been moved to make room for the scores of boxes containing the newest Nike gear. Out with the old and in with the new, as they say. Wednesday, the M Den hosted several members of the media to discuss the store’s upcoming release of Michigan-themed Nike apparel as well as provide a preview of various products. The M Den has been planning its launch of the new gear for over a year now, according to Scott Hirth, the co-owner of M Den. It will begin a week-long product release next week, starting with an extravagant midnight release on July 31.
According to Hirth, State Street will be blocked off between Williams and Liberty from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. to accommodate the large amount of consumers that is currently anticipated. There will be a rollout party that will include 60 members of the Michigan marching band, members of the dance team, special guest appearances and a DJ. Most of the fall line of products will be unveiled at the midnight release with the exception of the football jerseys. Michigan’s agreement with Nike includes a stipulation that calls for the football and both men’s and women’s basketball teams to be outfitted by Jordan Brand, a division of Nike characterized by the famous
Michigan’s apparel contract with Nike will begin Aug. 1.
Jumpman icon in place of the Nike Swoosh. Instead, the football jerseys will be unveiled separately on Aug. 2 at the M Den located on State Street in a ceremony open only by invitation. In addition to the reveal of the football jersey, the Aug. 2 event will also present the new Michigan-themed shoe designed by Jordan Brand, dubbed the Air Jordan Trainer 1. The jerseys and Air Jordan Trainer 1 will then be made available to the public on Aug. 6. The jersey will be available at all M Den locations while the shoe will be available at just the State Street location and on the M Den website — which, according to Hirth, has been recently beefed up to deal with the flood of visitors expected during the launch week. Hirth believes that, even though a large order was placed, the shoe will be one of their quickest selling items and will most likely sell out in a brief period of time.
The M Den will host a midnight release event July 31.