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Intramural Building reopens two months after initial estimated date

Additions include central air conditioning, new equipment and social lounges CAITLIN REEDY Daily Staff Reporter

After 17 months of intensive renovations, the Intramural Sports Building reopened Wednesday, two months later than was originally estimated.

At the start of the project, the

renovations were projected to cost the University of Michigan $21.4 million, a budget revised from the original budget of $18.7 million, funded in part by a donation from Stephen Ross. The total actual cost was not available Wednesday — additional information about the project is slated to be provided

at the building’s ribbon-cutting ceremony on Oct. 6. University President Mark Schlissel and E. Royster Harper, vice president for student life, will speak at the ceremony.

The reopened building, originally constructed in 1928, still has its original architectural features. The

renovations focused mostly on infrastructure enhancements, including 200 new pieces of cardio and strength equipment, social lounges and rooms for group and personal training.

Other structural improvements include a central air conditioning system and new lighting to See IM, Page 3A

Students chalked the Diag early Wednesday morning with messages in solidarity with black students on campus including phrases like “Black Lives Matter” and “white silence is a violence.”

The students also posted fliers in Mason and Angell Hall, which feature positive messages along the same theme.

The chalking follows two separate protests drawing hundreds of students Monday and Tuesday in response to racially charged fliers found posted throughout campus Monday morning and a debate hosted by the Michigan Political Union on the merits of the Black Lives Matter movement.

LSA senior Sean Smith, the

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organizer of the chalking event, said he wanted to remind the community about the issues faced by the Black community at the University and also remind Black students of their value.

“Not only are we saying that black lives matter but that we are valued at this university, that we worked just as hard as everybody else to get here,” he said. “We are writing positive words of affirmation to uplift black people and Black lives, all Black lives.”

Smith noted that he organized the chalking of the Diag to continue the efforts of Black women on campus who organized the initial protests this week. He said that this was an opportunity for Black men and working allies to contribute to this collective effort and keep the momentum going.

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Anger with Clinton and Trump, disagreement over values aids Johnson and Stein

State House passes bills to reform FOIA rules

Washtenaw County sheriff discusses use of force, implicit biases

According to a recent Michigan Daily poll of a sample of students, support for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on campus is high, at almost 75 percent. However, the poll also indicated that nearly 20 percent of respondents plan to vote outside of the two major parties, preferring third-party candidates.

Among the third party candidates, Liberterian nominee Gary Johnson, who polled at 13.2 percent, garnered the most support.

The Libertarian nominee’s poll share was also greater than that of Republican nominee Donald Trump, who received approximately half of that at 5.9 percent. Green Party nominee Jill Stein received 3.3 percent support in the poll, and 3.3 percent said other.

Nationally, third parties have been seeing an increase in support compared to prior elections. The most recent RealClearPolitics polling average shows Johnson with 8.3 percent of the vote and Green Party candidate Jill Stein at 2.7 percent. In contrast, in 2012 Johnson received approximately 3 percent of the vote and Stein 1 percent.

These increases have been seen several times before in presidential election

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Community members gathered at the Tilden R. Stumbo Civic Center in Ypsilanti to hear Sheriff Jerry Clayton and other members of the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office speak on law enforcement policies and practices that are meant to encourage a fair [COPY: fair seems like a weird word to describe relationship] relationship between police and citizens.

Sheriff Clayton and other members of his staff talked about policies regarding subject control, or the guidelines that officers face when interacting with citizens when there is the potential of risk involved.

A focal point in subject control policy discussed was the regulations regarding the use of force. Clayton and Lieutenant Kurt Schiappacasse walked through the idea of subjective versus objective decision making in situations that may require the use of force, where officers are trained to judge situations based on what is logically reasonable, See POLICE, Page 3A

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history, most notably in 1992, when independent Texas businessman Ross Perot pulled support from both incumbent Republican President George H. W. Bush and Democratic thenArkansas Governor Bill Clinton.

Perot ultimately got 18.9 percent of the national vote.

This movement toward third parties on campus specifically also comes at a time of increasing

importance for both the Trump and Clinton campaigns, as both millennial voters and the state of Michigan will be key factors in November.

Based on the RealClearPolitics polling average, the race in Michigan between Trump and Clinton is currently the closest it has been since July, though Clinton currently maintains a lead of 4.7

points in the battleground state.

However, Political Science Prof. Vincent Hutchings noted that Clinton will still likely win the state, even if third party support increased.

“It’s unlikely that Michigan would not vote for the Democratic nominee at this point,” he said. “Donald Trump, given his limited financial resources as a candidate, is not See POLL, Page 3A

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Proposed laws would remove exemptions for governor, legislature TIM COHN

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The Michigan State House of Representatives passed a series of bills in a 100 to 6 vote last Wednesday aimed at removing the protections that the state’s Freedom of Information Act currently offers to the governor’s office.

The 10-bill package would also establish a new Legislative Open Records Act — a bill that closely mirrors FOIA — which would make records from the legislative branch available to the public.

Rep. Ed McBroom (R– Vulcan), the sponsor of two of the bills, said the reforms were important in part because of an erosion of public confidence in government.

“I believe that our Freedom of Information Act should have been far more transparent from the very beginning when we passed the first act 40 years ago,” McBroom said. “It’s not like it is any more important to pass these bills now rather than 40 years ago. However, See FOIA, Page 2A

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News ON THE DAILY: UNIVERSITY RANKS FIRST IN WSJ POLL The Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education released their annual college rankings on Tuesday, naming the University of Michigan being ranked the number one public university in the country.

This ranking is different from many traditional college rankings in that it places emphasis on factors other than the average test scores of incoming freshmen and how many students were rejected upon application.

Instead, it’s based on four categories: student outcomes such as salary and job placement after graduation, school resources, how well the school engages with students and finally the learning environment, or diversity on campus. The ranking found the highly ranked schools were those that performed well in multiple categories.

The ranking also took into account more than 100,000 student responses to a survey sent out by the Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education, asking questions

FOIA From Page 1A I do think that since it wasn’t done then it has been part of the growing mistrust in government.”

Public transparency has been a significant, ongoing issue in Michigan for several years. In a 2015 study done by the nonprofit organization Center for Public Integrity, the state ranked last in the country for executive, legislative and judicial accountability.

According to the Center for Public Integrity, this was partially because of the numerous protections that the state FOIA laws currently provide to the judicial branch, as well as the protections provided to the executive

on students’ interactions with professors, if they thought they were pushed to think critically and if they would recommend their school to prospective students. In a press release, The Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education said they also consider their ranking unique because it focuses on how much a college spends on classroom instruction, awarding a higher ranking to those schools that place an emphasis on teaching and research excellence.

The University, while the top-ranked public university, came in at number 24 in the overall ranking. The other public institutions that ranked among the top 100 included University of California, Los Angeles and University of California, Berkeley.

The University was also ranked as the best public university earlier this month by QS World University Rankings and number 23 overall. The only other public university to make the top 50 in the

branch.

The 10 bill package passed Wednesday contains two bills — HB 5469 and HB 5470 — which specifically amend the current FOIA law to address the issue of transparency for the executive branch, and eight bills that establish and define LORA. “The last two bills remove the exemptions that the governor has had under the Freedom of Information Act,” McBroom said. “While it still provides for a few exemptions, this is a big change for the governor’s office, and brings Michigan in line with most other states.”

Currently, the governor’s office is exempt from FOIA, which means that they do not have to release records to the public. Under the bills, the exemptions would

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remain in place only for documents that are for judicial appointments, prepared remarks to the state House of Representatives, pardons and state budgets.

McBroom said in addition to providing great protection to the governor, Michigan’s FOIA law was also ineffective at making documents from the legislature available to the public, which is why LORA is also a part of the package.

Currently, the legislature is also exempt from FOIA. “The other eight bills in the package create a new act — called the Legislative Open Records Act,” McBroom said. “LORA closely follows FOIA; however, it is specific only to the legislature, which is something that we think is very important. We need transparency and more open

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For many, keeping a car in Ann Arbor as a student can be difficult, because parking is in such high demand. Maven, a new car sharing company, is hoping to remedy this problem by making it easier for students to get to where they need to go and back affordably and quickly.

The company, launched in January as a subsidiary of General Motors, joins other car services such as ZipCar which allows people to rent cars. Like ZipCar, users use an app on their phone to locate, reserve and unlock vehicles and then pay based on the half hour. Ann Arbor, along with New York City, Boston, Chicago and Washington D.C., is one of five offices opened within their

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Company allows users to locate, rent vehicles from their phone “Ann Arbor — the community and the University — has really shown a willingness to adapt to new modes of transportation,” Cross said. “We thought Ann Arbor is a very progressive market that could use and would adapt to a car sharing service.”

Engineering sophomore Nicholas Martin said he downloaded Maven last year after reading about their program in January. He said it’s beneficial for going out for food late at night and going to the grocery store.

“I have used it five times on campus,” Martin said. “I used it to drive to late night food off campus and once to Meijer.”

Ann Arbor has 20 locations to pick-up and drop-off cars for Maven, spanning from downtown Ann Arbor to the University’s North Campus, as well as out to I-94 and M-14.

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records in this branch of our government.”

LORA, like FOIA, would be managed by coordinators that would oversee records requests at the same cost as FOIA requests, and will only apply to records after Jan. 1, 2017.

McBroom said the bill package has received much bipartisan support in the House, and is expected to be reviewed by the state senate by November.

“In the past, it was usually the minority party that talked about reforming FOIA, but it never got done,” McBroom said.

“About a year ago, we decided that it was time to get serious about this bipartisan issue, and after much hard work we are confident that these bills will accomplish the reform we have long wanted to see.”

General Motors launches Maven, car sharing app, in Ann Arbor first nine months of operation.

GM spokesman Stefan Cross said the move to go into car-sharing was all about expanding into different forms of transportation.

“The goal from a GM standpoint is to expand into alternate modes of transportation,” Cross said.

“So we figured, to stay relevant, we have to get into different types of transportation.”

Speaking to why Maven chose the University as one of its first locations, Cross said with such a large campus there is a need for ways to get places not so conveniently located, and noted how keeping a car as a student in Ann Arbor can sometimes be a challenge due to limited space and cost. He also said Maven was drawn to the city because of its openness to new ideas and services, both as a community and University.

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POLL From Page 1A going to be putting a lot of effort in the state because the chances are going to pretty low for him to win it.”

In interviews, students at the University cited a diverse array of reasons for voting third party, with one common theme — frustration at the choices presented to them in the election.

Engineering junior Andrew Hoffman, who is voting for Johnson, said he is voting third party because he believes Johnson best represents his own values.

For Hoffman, those values include a small government, experience and trustworthiness.

He said he wants a candidate who he believes will actually fulfill the campaign promises he or she makes, which he does not see in either Trump or Clinton.

He also said he takes issue with both candidates on an individual level.

“Trump is an authoritarian demagogue,” Hoffman said. “He has basically spoken the opposite way I feel on almost every issue.

The biggest thing with Hillary Clinton is that I don’t trust her. She is the epitome of the establishment. I’ve disagreed with everything she’s done in the past several years.”

On another side of the political spectrum, supporters of Green Party nominee Jill Stein expressed similar feelings, citing a lack of representation among the two party candidates, though their opinions differed on which issues were most important to them.

University alum Michael Chrzan said though he is registered as a Democrat, he currently supports the Green Party because he feels the other candidate options do not share his values.

“As of right now I do not feel like either of the two major parties have my interests as a

POLICE From Page 1A rather than what they personally perceive to be circumstances requiring the use of force.

Implicit racial bias within officers and law enforcement organizations was a recurring theme highlighted by questions put forth by members of the audience. Clayton noted these biases are major barriers between improving trust between police and citizens.

“That’s a major part of what is wrong with the relationship between the community and the police department,” Clayton said. “It’s the perception of unfairness and bias in terms of how police officers handle their business, how they are investigated and that a person in the street doesn’t have a chance.”

The presenters also discussed the challenges behind addressing biases. Clayton noted internal biases as problems that cannot be addressed with legislation.

“This really is a personal issue because we all have implicit bias, it’s just whether you recognize what they are and whether you are willing to admit that you have them, and if you understand the fact that implicit bias have an influence on the decisions that you make and the actions that you take,” he said. “I think our profession is behind because we get defensive about these

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LSA sophomore Jackson Dumas said in an interview with the Daily he is excited to spend time at the IM Building after the recent renovations.

“I’m absolutely excited, 100 percent stoked,” Dumas said. “It’s a great facility, great people. Just a fun place to be.”

Prior to Wednesday, the University’s Recreational Sports Department had been actively campaigning for the reopening on their Twitter page, frequently posting photos highlighting the improvements to the building and new equipment.

citizen as their top priorities,” he said. “They aren’t necessarily concerned with addressing the concerns that I have with the parties.”

For Chrzan, the largest factors influencing his vote are economic policy, social issues and foreign policy. The Green Party platform is based on 10 key values overall, including grassroots democracy, social justice and ecological wisdom.

Eric Borregard, a candidate for state representative for the Green Party in the 52nd District which includes Ann Arbor, said he hopes to alter the way the political system runs and believes the Green Party is the best way to do so.

“I’m very concerned about the future,” he said. “I care about the environment deeply, and I think (Green Party candidates) are the best choice if you care about those things. They will attempt to change things, whereas the other parties are not about change.”

For Democrats and Republicans on campus, the sentiment toward third-party voters is mixed.

LSA junior Collin Kelly, chair of the University’s chapter of College Democrats, wrote in an email interview that he thinks voting for a third party candidate will aid a Trump victory and stop a incredibly qualified, progressive Democratic candidate.

“In the two party system of American politics, third party candidates realistically can do little more than take votes from the two major parties,” he wrote. “Any vote for Stein or Johnson is ostensibly a vote for a Donald Trump. As the New York Times mentioned in their recent endorsement of Clinton, this election can’t just be a vote against Trump - votes for Johnson and Stein would check that box — but we need people to vote for Clinton.”

In an email interview, LSA junior Enrique Zalamea,

president of the University’s chapter of College Republicans, echoed Kelly’s sentiment that third party votes would aid Trump, but wrote that he sees it as a positive impact.

“According to (Real Clear Politics) national polling averages, third party candidates will actually improve the possibility of a Trump victory,” he wrote. “This increased probability is even more apparent when looking at swing states, such as Ohio that goes from a +1.8 Trump lead in a twoway race to a +2.5 lead in a fourway race.”

However, students voting third party said they saw Kelly and Zalamea’s perspectives as an unfair assessment of their choices, noting that though they understand their sentiment, they cannot bring themselves to vote for Clinton or Trump.

Chrzan said though he understands why there is concern about pulling votes from the two major parties, he believes the basic principles of democracy support his right to vote for the candidate who best represents his interests.

“I think the emotions behind the concerns are very valid,” he said. “I don’t think the framing of them as a vote for one of the other candidates is a really logical argument. I’m not casting my vote for that person. I’m casting my vote for a third party because that person best fits what I want. It’s the precedent of democracy.”

Hoffman echoed his sentiments, saying he doesn’t believe he should have to choose between two unappealing candidates.

“It is really completely lacking understanding of how the American electorate system works,” he said. “I understand their line of thinking, but in reality — and especially in this election — I think both major candidates are dumpster fires, and I’m not going to choose the less burning dumpster fire.”

things.”

Brian Miller, a special investigator and internal investigations expert with the sheriff’s office [COPY: can only confirm special investigator part], spoke on the importance of internal affairs policy as a means of holding law enforcement offices accountable to the public. John Hudson, a Superior Township resident and coordinator of his local neighborhood watch, said he attended the presentation to gain information that he would be able to take home and put to use in his community.

“I didn’t come expecting anything specific; I wanted to hear how they would address it. I think they are doing a good job,” he said. “I’d rather hear about what’s going on than any kind of political things.”

Clayton noted to the Daily that he was surprised by the lack of youth present at the presentation. The vast majority of people in attendance were older community members.

“We are going to create the space for the conversation, and we are going to try to provide the information and be as open as we can, but it is incumbent now upon the community to come in and be part of it.”

The sheriff’s office has another session planned in two weeks in Dexter to continue the dialogue between law enforcement and the community, specifically

focusing on new training policies and issues with the corrections system.

Joan Martin,[COPY: only sort of confirmed] another Superior Township resident, told the Daily she was satisfied with the information covered by the sheriff and his staff, noting that she thought they did a good job answering the questions that they were answered. She said that there should be a greater emphasis on how law enforcement alone can’t solve relations issues.

“One thing I think needs to be stressed — I kept hearing the sheriff saying, ‘We are reaching out to the community, but we can’t handle everything and we are looking for the community to reach back and to do their part.’

I would like to see if we don’t have a community that we can do that,” she said. “I think the sheriff has started something that the community needs to respond to.”

During the presentation, Clayton touched on this and mentioned that citizens play an equally important role in rebuilding the relationship between police and citizens.

“Quite frankly, while law enforcement is oftentimes the one called, we need to stop saying that we can solve all the problems. These aren’t just law enforcement issues, but also community challenges,” he said.

The IM Building is one of three workout facilities available to students and University staff, alongside the North Campus Recreational Building and the Central Campus Recreational Building, which will also be renovated. The CCRB opened in 1976 and lacks many of the new features now included in the IM Building — including air conditioning and social lounges.

LSA junior Hannah Jo Maier, who works at the IM Building, said she is excited for her fellow students to see what the new building has to offer.

“We just officially opened today.

It’s been hectic but nice, being able to show people this $21 million building,” she said. “I think we’ll get a lot more people than the CCRB (with the new renovations).”

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CHALK From Page 1A “Black women have labored so much, not just this week, but throughout history (in regards to organizing),” Smith wrote to the Daily. “I felt like it was our turn to carry the baton, especially Black men, and support them like they suppport us. People forget that the Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted for 381 days; it’s about sustained effort. And that effort shouldn’t be left up to a few.”

Smith added that the group is using excerpts from Langston Hughes’ poem “I too” to serve as a reminder of the historical significance of racial prejudice in

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The students spent several hours chalking and flyering after gathering earlier in the night.

The message and idea was spread through word of mouth through friend and acquaintances after the initial request for help from anyone available.

LSA junior Justin Gordon pointed to his chalk phrase, “Black love is inclusive.” Looking at the dozen identities surrounding him at 2:00 am, he embraced the diverse range of individuals who were participating in the chalking.

Gordon emphasized that no one is excluded in the Black Lives Matter movement.

“I want people to understand and witness the demographic

of who was out here right now,” Gordon said. “I’m looking at white people; I’m looking at queer, transgender, Asian, Arab, Muslim, Black — everybody’s out here.”

Gordon said that as people begin to understand that this is a human issue, globally, the movement will continue to gain momentum.

“When you have global, human issues, humans from across the globe pitch in, so that’s the importance of this,” Gordon said. “That’s what makes this so powerful and alive and so jazzy, because we’re all here, we’re all here standing together.”

“That’s at the core of it all is just supporting and loving one another on a personal level.”

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Democratic socialism isn’t new

wenty-three. This year a classify democratic socialism is 75-year-old democratic by its belief that distinct social socialist won 23 states classes exist in our country, in a presidential primary, and but that doesn’t seem like such America was astounded. How a radical idea in itself. From could a man preaching a form of the way it’s portrayed in the socialism achieve even media, there has close to this amount of to be more to the success in a country story; democratic that prides itself on socialists still want being the epicenter to overthrow our of capitalism?

A society and plunge democratic socialist us into chaos, right? as president? The According to Disch, concept seems Sanders is no Marxist. blasphemous.

He’s not looking for Capitalism is an overthrow of the a deep-seated capitalist system, but JEFF American institution, rather a move toward BROOKS and as a result, social policies from much of the nation shares a the New Deal. Well, there goes feeling of antipathy toward my dream of a proletarian utopia. non-capitalist philosophies, While a political renewal including democratic socialism. may not have the same visceral But does the vast majority of our impact as a political revolution, population even know what a this point does raise some democratic socialist is? To many, interesting questions. First the term was heard for the first and foremost, is democratic time during this election cycle, socialism truly a new concept in and since then it has been thrown mainstream American politics, around constantly without a or is it simply a rebranding concrete definition. of older ideas? On further We are certainly not strangers examination, it seems that the to the term “democratic,” and answer may be the latter. our media has made sure that In 1932, Franklin Roosevelt we’ve become familiar with was elected to be the 32nd some concept of socialism over president of the United States, the years, virtually turning ushered in by a wave of support it into a political swear word for his promise of a New Deal for since the rise of the Soviet the American people. Roosevelt Union. I can’t help but wonder: thought the government had a What happens when you mix duty to stimulate the economy these two concepts together? Is and provide for its citizens; democratic socialism the same he stressed the need for thing as the supposed socialist environmental conservation, boogeyman that we’ve heard lamented the greed of Wall so much about? Should our Street bankers and promised to leaders be concerned that the put people to work by improving proletariat masses will soon be our nation’s infrastructure. up in arms?

It may seem that I’m simply According to Lisa Disch, the reading from the Bernie Sanders director of graduate studies in debate playbook by rattling off political science and a professor these talking points, but rather, it of political theory here at the appears that the basic principles University of Michigan, not of Roosevelt and Sanders’ exactly. platforms mirror each other, and “I don’t think that much of this certainly comes through in what passes for democratic their orations. socialism today in the U.S. has In his second inaugural much of a relationship to Karl address in 1937, Roosevelt stated: Marx, except for the fact that In this nation I see tens of Bernie Sanders is an unabashed millions of its citizens, a substantial user of the term ‘class,’ ” she part of its whole population, who said in an interview with The at this very moment are denied Michigan Daily. “Democrats or the greater part of what the very Republicans think of America as lowest standards of today call the a pluralist society, which means necessities of life. I see millions of that we are a society made up families trying to live on incomes of many different competing so meager that the pall of family groups whose memberships can disaster hangs over them day overlap,” she continued. “Nobody by day … I see millions denied overlaps between being a member education, recreation, and the of the middle class or the elite … opportunity to better their lot and It’s a more divisive way of looking the lot of their children … The test at our society.” of our progress is not whether we So, one of the primary ways to add more to the abundance of those

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who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.

This concept of helping the downtrodden reads like a page taken straight from Sen. Sanders’s stump speeches, and was the basic premise behind many of FDR’s policies.

With this in mind, it is important to note that Bernie Sanders is not preaching a foreign concept to American citizens. Rather, his ideas are reminiscent of those that allowed the Democratic Party to hold the White House 20 years in a row starting with the election of Roosevelt.

The parallels are clear, as throughout his four terms as president, FDR greatly expanded the role of the government and created social welfare programs that remain American institutions to this day. Yet, the honest truth is that programs such as Social Security and the CCC would have been declared dead on arrival in our era of nonstop media coverage, the label of socialism dooming them before they were even considered.

This is the dilemma that Sanders faces, as the title of democratic socialism seems to have blinded the media to the precedent of the large-scale social programs that he has proposed. Rather than look back on history, we are content to deem his proposals idealistic fantasies instead of concrete policies, a temptation that we must resist.

While ideas such as free college tuition for all may sound lofty and unattainable to some, the same could certainly be said about a program that would provide a livable income for generations of our nation’s retirees when Social Security was first passed nearly a century ago.

This is not an endorsement of democratic socialism, but rather a public service announcement of sorts. We as Americans need to resist the temptation to dismiss something simply because we do not understand it. We are often blinded by our prejudices when words such as socialism are thrown around, and it should be a goal of all Americans to never reject something merely out of a lack of understanding, because with a little context, even something as unfamiliar as democratic socialism may not seem so radical after all.

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ear family of the next In this fight, know you are Black man slain, not alone. You have a nation of Instead of telling millions behind you. We will you sorry for your loss, I want not rest until the violence stops. to know what your son, father, Continue to live as your loved cousin was like. one would like you to. I What did he do imagine some hate would for a living? How be creeping in your heart did he make you toward whomever killed smile? What music your son and toward did he listen to? the system — I can only Show me your imagine how much rage favorite picture of would fill me if my own him, not the one father was murdered. the news stations Please take your time to plaster. What was grieve and rest. During CHRIS the last thing you that time, we will back CROWDER you up, pouring out said to him?

I’m sure you love and truth. We can told him to be respectful when even be filled with hate — it’s so a cop approaches him. A mother difficult to get rid of. But I will should never fear for her child work toward love, because it when interacting with those who conquers all. As Martin Luther protect and serve. Black men are King Jr. once said, “Darkness told to keep their hoods down, cannot drive out darkness, only their hands out of their pockets, light can do that. Hate cannot their wallets on the dashboard, drive out hate, only love can do their mouths shut. But they’ve that.” been killed for having a hood up, But this hate has been strong, stalked for strolling with fingers and double standards weigh dipping into blue jean pockets, heavy on our minds. The cop murdered for a movement toward who shot your loved one will their license and registration, not likely serve little time in jail, if a pistol, and had their mouths any. If the tables were turned permanently closed by death. and the cop was the victim, the So many have been shot Black man would be serving 25 because of their dark complexion to life. The system is broken, — each time, we say their names. and the Black man is profiled, We will say your son’s name, too. followed and deemed dangerous.

We will remember him forever. But he was just in a perfectly He will notw be relegated to a normal place at a normal time, hashtag or a thought that lasts with the wrong cop, and dare I for just a few days. I will pray in say, the wrong skin. response to his wrongful death; It’s terrible how the color our protests will be productive of our skin reflects how we’re and peaceful. As you know, treated in this world, a problem rioting won’t solve anything, and that has existed since this that behavior only hinders the country began. From plantations, success we can have in getting to buses in Montgomery, to the more to empathize with this clear streets of Flint and Baltimore, problem of police brutality. We there’s a clear discrepancy. will march. We will speak up. We There are still people out there will work toward change. who don’t believe this is true

or haven’t noticed. I hope that you will speak up when you are ready. Every voice matters, and your story is important.

For now, I’ll grieve with you.

I won’t become desensitized to the deaths that happen far too often. I’ll pray for healing for your family and for God to answer your cries for justice.

But I’m also angry, as I’m sure you are. I’m certain you’re tired from the violence, making unfortunate phone calls and not getting concrete answers. You’re probably weary from the tears and not being able to hug the man you loved dearly. I’m so sorry.

I know I can’t speak to all your emotions at this time. I fall short in emphasizing with you fully. This letter is one of the only things I can offer you.

I don’t know if you’ll read it. I don’t know who you are and I didn’t know who I was writing to when I took my fingers to a keyboard. I just knew that sadly, another Black man would be slain in a street. Because that is commonplace in the United States of America in 2016. Some are angrier about a backup NFL quarterback kneeling for the national anthem than cold blood trickling down warm pavement.

I’m pissed off and scared and weeping for the man who is dead. It didn’t have to happen again. You know that — you’ve been saying that.

I’m at a loss for words. But my email will be listed at the bottom of this. If you read this, please reach out — I want to do something, I just don’t know what. We’ve never met, but I love you and I am with you.

Grace, peace and love, Chris Crowder Chris Crowder can be reached at ccrowd@umich.edu

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am, and always have been, a an unwelcoming environment; proud Democrat. As a young I couldn’t make a simple trip to Black male, I attribute the bathroom without having to this loyalty to the party’s verify my credentials. I couldn’t commitment to diversity and help but wonder that maybe if I inclusion. Democrats — unlike looked different or I’d had more their counterparts on the right money, I wouldn’t have had to do — seem much less that. hostile and more And even before I inviting to people entered the convention from all walks of hall, I experienced life, even if they look a decidedly classist different, pray to a event. The long line to different god or have get in was stretching less money. outside the security These ideals tent, but with no other were constantly option than waiting emphasized during in line, I stood in the JASON Monday night’s July heat to check in. presidential debates. ROWLAND Finally, the line began Democratic nominee Hillary dwindling down. However, as Clinton recounted the many I reached the end of the line times she heard constituents’ and approached the metal struggles, often due at least in detector, I was pushed aside by part to their race, religion or a police officer accompanying a any other characteristic that well-dressed, and presumably separates and ostracizes them wealthy, couple. They skipped from the citizens of middle- the lengthy line I had worked class, white America. Speakers my way down, and walked delivered similar messages straight through security and at the Democratic National onto a special DNC golf cart that Convention this summer in whisked them away.

Philadelphia, which I was For the party of inclusivity, it fortunate enough to attend. sure did seem like you could buy However, despite the party’s your way to a better experience if focus on inclusivity, I found it you were privileged enough. cold and unwelcoming for nonThe rest of the convention felt elites such as myself. the same, with special lounges On my first morning at the and luxury boxes for some people convention, I was in awe at the but not for others. Everything hordes of police officers and down to the refreshments, which Secret Service members guarding cost almost $5 for a bottle of the convention. While I recognize water and more than $6 for a hot the need to secure the convention dog, served as a subtle reminder hall from dangerous threats, that the convention (and perhaps security’s constantly hassling the party) was a space for the convention-goers and citizens rich and powerful, not the — from the subway station miles everyday people most affected away to moving from room to by the party’s decision — despite room in the convention hall — what the party leaders would seemed a bit excessive. To me, have you believe. they crossed the line between As a proud Democrat, it feels securing the building and creating wrong to say the only time I

truly felt equal to my peers at the national convention was covering the protests outside. Everyone — rich and poor — was united in a common mission; everyone, from Jill Stein to just normal people like you and me, walked together in unity. In order to see the party they wanted to create, Democratic leaders simply had to look just beyond the wall of security personnel and fences they put up.

Now that the election is well underway, I’m left thinking: Am I making a mountain out of a molehill, or is this actually a reflection of how the Democratic Party operates?

Are the Democrats really the party of inclusivity, as the spokespersons and nominee portray them to be, or is their top priority the livelihoods of the affluent, as the prices and “who’s who” feel of the DNC showed? Sadly for me, I don’t know the answer.

I do know, however, that this type of division is not what we need. While the short-term goal of the Democratic Party should be to defeat Donald Trump, the future of the Democratic Party — a party rooted in the ideals of equality — should aim to eliminate elitism from its ranks.

It’s apparent that more people are becoming aware of the pitfalls of classism, as evidenced by the popularity of the Occupy protests and the success of more-liberal candidates and third parties. As this awakening continues to grow throughout the country, the future of the Democratic Party will only be secure when its practices match what it preaches.

Jason Rowland can be reached at jerow@umich.edu

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S T A T S MICH 52.0 23.5 229.8 5.4 15 238.0 64.3% 7.6 9 1 74.0 467.8 54.4% 62.5% 4.3 15.7 23.6 41.5 4-6 4/1 43.5 32:26

Points/Game First Downs/Game Rush Yards/Game Yards/Rush Rushing TDs Passing Yards/Game Completion % Yards/Pass Passing TDs Interceptions Offensive Plays/Game Total Offense 3rd-down Conversions 4th-down Conversions Sacks/Game Kick return average Punt return average Punting average Field Goals-Attempts Fumbles/Lost Penalty Yards/Game Time of Poss

OPP 13.8 14.5 122.5 3.4 2 147.2 49.1% 5.6 4 3 62.5 269.8 12.0% 45.5% 1.3 20.0 17.5 38.0 2-5 7/3 48.8 27:34

I N D I V I D U A L S PASSING Player Speight O’Korn Morris TOTALS

Cmp Att 72 114 5 8 4 4 81 126

Yds 875 32 45 952

TD 9 0 0 9

INT 1 0 0 1

Att 39 29 33 22 7 5 2 2 9 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 10 170

Yds Avg 259 6.6 213 7.3 150 4.5 145 6.6 56 8.0 36 7.2 24 12.0 17 8.5 17 1.9 14 14.0 11 11.0 7 2.3 2 2.0 1 1.0 -1 -1.0 -4 -1.3 -11 -11.0 -17 -1.7 919 5.4

Lg 42 43 25 40 19 17 17 10 4 14 11 3 2 1 0 0 0 9 43

TD 2 3 2 3 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15

No. 17 19 8 4 6 4 1 1 3 3 1 7 1 1 2 2 1 81

Yds Avg 248 14.6 234 12.3 145 18.1 88 22.0 47 7.8 28 7.0 22 22.0 21 21.0 20 6.7 19 6.3 18 18.0 16 2.3 15 15.0 12 12.0 10 5.0 6 3.0 3 3.0 952 11.8

Lg 45 25 35 54 15 15 22 21 8 14 18 9 15 12 5 4 3 54

TD 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9

No. 10 1 0 11

Yds 227 27 6 260

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Freshman tight end Devin Asiasi (2) made his first catch against Penn State on Saturday, a three-yard touchdown.

Asiasi settling in at Michigan

RUSHING Player Smith, D. Evans Isaac Higdon McDoom Chesson Peppers Davis Hill Morris Crawford O’Korn Hirsch Beneducci Hewlett TEAM Allen Speight TOTALS RECEIVING Player Darboh Butt Chesson Perry Hill Poggi Ways Isaac McDoom Evans Crawford Smith, D. Hirsch Jocz McKeon Bunting Asiasi TOTALS

PUNT RETURNS Player Peppers Jocz Perry TOTALS

Avg. Long 22.7 54 27.0 0 -6 23.6 54

TD 1 0 1 2

Yds 51 27 22 100

Avg. Long 51.0 51 27.0 27 22.0 22 33.3 51

TD 1 1 0 2

Yds 9 9

Avg. Long 9.0 9 9.0 9

TD 0 0

Yds Avg. Long 81 40.5 55 28 14.0 15 21 10.5 18 6 6.0 6 5 2.5 5 141 15.7 55

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0

INTERCEPTION RETURNS Player Stribling Hill, D. McCray TOTALS

No. 1 1 1 3

FUMBLE RETURNS Player Hill, L. TOTALS

No. 1 1

KICKOFF RETURNS Player Peppers Henderson Lewis Hudson Hill, K. TOTALS

No. 2 2 2 1 2 9

KICKOFFS Player Allen Foug TOTALS

No. 29 7 20

Yds 1872 403 1243

Avg. 64.6 57.6 62.2

TB 17 2 10

No. 11 11

Yds 456 456

Avg. 41.5 41.5

Lg 55 55

PUNTING Player Allen TOTALS FIELD GOALS Player Allen

FG Pct. 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Lg 4-6 66.7% 0-0 1-1 3-4 0-1 0-0 39

LEADING TACKLERS Player Gedeon Peppers Thomas McCray Winovich Gary Glasgow, R. Godin Hill, D. Wormley Hurst Clark Stribling Kinnel Charlton Watson Bush Glasgow, J. Hudson Uche Marshall Wroblewski TOTALS

Solo 12 22 15 12 5 6 5 6 6 5 6 3 4 1 2 2 3 2 2 1 129

Ast Tot TFL 26 38 6.0 11 33 9.5 10 25 10 22 4.5 14 19 4.0 9 15 4.5 13 13 1.0 7 12 1.5 6 12 2.0 6 12 3.5 6 11 4.0 4 10 5 8 0.5 3 7 4 5 2.0 3 5 3 5 1 4 2 4 2 4 2 3 3 3 154 283 45.0

SK PBU 2.0 2.5 1 2.5 3 2.0 1.0 0.5 1.0 1 3.0 2.0 3 3 1.5 18.0 13

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Bryan Mone (90) has been practicing and could return Saturday.

Defensive line close to full strength again JAKE LOURIM

Managing Sports Editor

The Michigan football team’s defensive line has hardly lacked bodies four weeks into the season, rotating at least six linemen at all times. Still, the addition of two fresh players back from injury in the past two weeks has been a welcome sight.

Senior defensive end Taco Charlton returned last week against Penn State from an ankle injury, and redshirt sophomore defensive tackle Bryan Mone could be back this week after a slightly more severe undisclosed ailment.

Both players started the season opener, but left the game before the first half ended.

Mone, in particular, suffered a tough break after also missing last season with a broken ankle.

“Bryan has given so much to this program and to this defensive line, and he is so into that group,” said Michigan defensive line coach Greg Mattison. “Our players respect him so much. For him to get the injury that he had and to watch him again be another guy that has worked so hard at training and so hard at getting it back, him being at practice this week is exciting.

“The guys, when they saw him come out with his pads on, they see him, they’re excited about that. That fires them up, because they love him. They like how he plays, they like what it means to him.

It’s just always good to have a guy like that back.”

It’s looking more likely by the day that Mone will make his return Saturday against Wisconsin. Head coach Jim Harbaugh said Monday that if Mone could practice this week, he was hopeful the defensive tackle could play in the game, and Mattison confirmed Wednesday that Mone is indeed practicing.

If Mone at least rejoins the rotation Saturday, he could spell an interior line that includes fifth-year seniors Ryan Glasgow and Matt Godin and redshirt junior Maurice Hurst. Those three players have already combined for 36 tackles (6.5 for loss) even though Hurst missed the opener with his own injury.

In Mone, the Wolverines would gain another cog — one who Mattison said had one of the best performances of anyone in training camp.

As for Charlton, the senior returned to the starting lineup and made three tackles — including two for loss and 1.5

sacks — in Saturday’s game.

“It’s great to have him back,” Mattison said. “I’m very, very proud of him. I’m proud of our training staff. He worked so hard at getting back, spent countless hours in the training room. You could see him out there — it was good to have him back.”

Recovering from various injuries, Michigan was aided by a significant talent advantage against its four opponents so far. If it has a full arsenal of defensive linemen available this weekend, it’ll come at the right time. The eighth-ranked Badgers will be by far their best opponent of the season.

The Wolverines will counter with a red-hot defensive line.

After paving the way for blitzing linebackers earlier in the season, the defensive line garnered most of the attention against Penn State, combining for all six of the team’s sacks.

Mattison often notes that sacks aren’t everything, that if the defense can pressure the quarterback and force a quick throw, it can have a similar effect. Beyond just sacks, the defensive front should be able to fully pressure Wisconsin and try to make the Badgers as uncomfortable as Michigan’s first four opponents were.

“Sometimes, if you’re pressuring, they gotta decide, are they gonna block the linebacker or are they gonna block the D-linemen?” Mattison said.

“This game, a number of those sacks were four-man rushes.

There’s been a number of sacks that we’ve left out on the field, and our guys know that — where that if they would have just done this a little different, or they just got this, they would have got it.”

That’s a scary thought for opposing offensive lines, who have had enough problems handling Michigan’s rush early on. Wisconsin’s pass blockers are strong, but the Wolverines could also field their deepest rotation of the season if Mone returns.

It’s no secret the substitutions are a hallmark of Mattison’s philosophy, and a healthy Michigan line would make this a battle of strength versus strength.

“It’s gonna be a battle, and we’re gonna prepare like that,” said redshirt sophomore defensive end Chase Winovich on Monday. “That’s all I can really say about that — it’s gonna be a war every play, and I just can’t wait for it. It’s gonna be exciting. Our defense, I think, is ready for it.”

“It’s gonna be a war every play, and I just can’t wait for it.”

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Devin Asiasi didn’t see his first Michigan touchdown coming. In fact, he wasn’t even supposed to get the ball on the play.

On 3rd-and-goal from the 3-yard line early in the second quarter, redshirt sophomore quarterback Wilton Speight was supposed to hit fifth-year senior wide receiver Jehu Chesson streaking toward the right pylon.

Instead, he saw Asiasi sitting wideopen down the middle of the field and immediately fired it to him for six points and the freshman tight end’s first catch of the season.

Chesson jokingly gave Asiasi grief for taking his touchdown after the play, but Asiasi was busy basking in the energy from the 110,319 fans in attendance.

“I turned around, and I (saw) a bunch of people screaming,” Asiasi said. “I (saw) my teammate (senior tight end) Jake Butt right there, celebrated with him.

I definitely took time to look around, enjoy the moment.”

The moment came out of nowhere for Asiasi, but it was something his coaches expected from him before he even arrived on campus. Tight ends coach Jay Harbaugh said he has had a good feeling about Asiasi ever since he watched film on him back in January.

“He plays fast. He’s physical,” Harbaugh said. “He’s capable of playing very nasty. He weighs somewhere around 270 pounds and still moves very, very well.

It’s a rare physical combination.

And then he has a good football awareness about him, and he learns well. Once I got a sense of the fact that he’d be able to pick things up fast enough to contribute, it was kind of a no-brainer that he’d be part of the group.”

Of course, it hasn’t hurt to have an All-American mentor like Butt in his position group. Asiasi calls Butt a “big brother,” and he hasn’t hesitated to ask questions about the offense or take small tips from the decorated senior.

In fact, Asiasi credits Butt as the person who sold him on joining the Wolverines when he was still at Concord (Calif.) De La Salle High School.

As a result, Asiasi has found himself getting plenty of reps as the third tight end (behind Butt and redshirt sophomore Ian Bunting). Unlike his first touchdown, though, playing time didn’t come out of nowhere for Asiasi — he’s been expecting to play since he first committed.

“I came into the year with the mindset of me getting this playbook down and trying to make an impact my freshman year,” Asiasi said. “It’s not really

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And even though he was used to being the biggest player on the field in high school, Asiasi hasn’t shown any signs of being intimidated by larger, older opponents in his first four college games. In fact, the biggest adjustment for him since coming to Michigan hasn’t occurred on the football field — it’s been familiarizing himself with the culture and expectations of Big Ten country.

Growing up in the Bay Area, Asiasi has never seen a university take football as seriously as Michigan. He’s also never seen snow before, a thought that makes him “kinda scared.”

“It’s crazy,” Asiasi said.

“Coming from the West Coast, football’s not really (in) the spotlight. But over here, the football team here has a real big spotlight on them, so it’s crazy getting adjusted to that, getting adjusted to that attention. I’ve been trying to fit in, and I think I’ve been doing a really good job.”

Asiasi said he is just one of many kids who have left the Bay Area “with chips on their shoulder,” looking to prove themselves in schools with stronger football cultures.

With regular playing time as a freshman and a touchdown already under his belt, Asiasi seems to be doing just fine.

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Junior goalkeeper Evan Louro (left) and senior defender Lars Eckenrode (right, #6) lifted Michigan to its first win of the season in 10 tries against Detroit on Wednesday. Louro delivered his second clean sheet of the season.

Wolverines record first win, snap nine-game winless skid Atuahene scores late in first half, defense holds Detroit without a shot in second half; ‘M’ earns first victory since Oct. 31, 2015 MAX MARCOVITCH For the Daily

After overtime losses and missed chances, flurries of shots and little to show for it, 10 hard-fought games and a season’s DETROIT 0 MICHIGAN 2 worth of frustration, the Michigan men’s soccer team finally has its first win.

The Wolverines (0-4 Big Ten, 1-6-3 overall) defeated Detroit on a rainy Wednesday night, 2-0, to conquer their first win since Halloween last year.

“It’s been a long time coming,” said Michigan coach Chaka

Daley. “I think we’ve dominated the roll of the ball (this season), dominated the good chances in the game, dominated possession in quite a few games. We’re obviously pleased with the performance, pleased that we scored some goals, pleased that we got a shutout and still continue the same mantra: one game at a time.”

The game started off as many have this season, with Michigan heavily controlling possession but lacking the creativity to finish in the final third. They came into the game having outshot nine of their 10 opponents, but tied for 184th nationally in scoring

offense, averaging just .67 goals per game.

As the first half progressed, Michigan began pushing the tempo and creating more chances, though it faced the proposition of heading to the locker room without a goal for the ninth time this season.

But with two minutes until halftime, sophomore forward Francis Atuahene changed that misfortune when he rose above his defender and headed the ball into the right corner. The sense of relief from players and fans alike was palpable.

The goal gave Michigan a lead, but it meant more for the team

mentally, given the offensive struggles and bad breaks that have defined the season to date.

“Goals change games,” said Daley.

Added sophomore midfielder Robbie Mertz: “It did feel different coming into half with a one-goal lead.

It was definitely a different mentality.”

With a newfound energy, Michigan maintained — even increased — its possession and

intensity in the beginning of the second half. In the 49th minute, a beautiful cross-field through ball by sophomore defender Peter Brown landed at the feet of senior defender Rylee Woods.

Woods darted past the right back and had his shot deflected toward the feet of Mertz, who made no mistake in adding a second goal to put the game out of reach.

The consistently stout defense helped the Wolverines cruise

“It did feel different coming into half with a one-goal lead.”

from there toward a clean sheet and a much-needed 2-0 victory.

Michigan will now try to earn its second win of the season on Sunday, when it hosts Penn State. And despite the adversity that has plagued the Wolverines for much of the season, Daley remains optimistic about the talent on the team.

“We’re certainly exciting, with some of the young guys — with (freshman forward) Jack Hallahan, Robbie Mertz, Francis Atuahene, (sophomore midfielder) Ivo Cerda,” Daley said. “They’re excellent, young, exciting players who are finding their way. And we still have half a season to go.”

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Senior midfielder Brett Nason played all 90 minutes of Michigan’s win against Detroit on Wednesday.

Atuahene sparks Michigan with goal HUNTER SHARF For the Daily

Michigan forward Francis Atuahene’s unyielding attack continues.

The sophomore scored a goal on four shots in Michigan’s (0-4 Big Ten, 1-6-3 overall) 2-0 victory over Detroit (0-2-1 Horizon, 1-5-3 overall).

Atuahene, the 2015 Big Ten Rookie of the Year, has been a fixture in the starting lineup since joining the Wolverines, starting in 22 of his 25 games played. In those games, Atuahene has been on the attack, demonstrating his speed, aggressiveness and passion.

“I’ve been playing soccer since I was very little, and that’s what brings joy to me,” Atuahene said.

“I get excited when I’m on the field, and I’m passionate about it.”

His jubilance and dominance have been evident since his rookie campaign, during which the Ghana native led Michigan in goals (10), shots on goal (28) and total shots (66). His stellar offensive impact led to him being awarded the 2015 team MVP. Atuahene hasn’t slowed down in

his second season. The sophomore currently ranks first in the Big Ten, and third in the nation, with 2.29 shot attempts per game prior to Wenesday night’s game.

And even with defenses tailoring their game plans to stop Atuahene, he still leads Michigan with three goals this season. In an offense that has been stagnant at times, one couldn’t tell by watching Atuahene. He constantly moves around, looking for openings and playing with enthusiasm.

Wednesday, that energy was pivotal for the Wolverines, who picked up their first win of the season.

Atuahene’s constant pressure paid off in the 43rd minute of the first half, when he cut down the right side of the field and scored a header off of a corner kick by junior midfielder Tristan Jacobs. The goal ignited the Michigan side going into the second half.

“Scoring a goal just before halftime really gave the team a good lift and something to hang onto,” said Michigan coach Chaka Daley. “Francis went in and attacked (the service) and smashed it in the back of the

goal. I think it was perfectly constructed from a set-piece situation.”

Atuahene’s success at the collegiate level shouldn’t come as a surprise based upon his impressive prep career. Atuahene got his collegiate opportunity through the Right to Dream Academy, a program that gives young African soccer players better exposure by bringing them to the United States.

Through the program, Atuahene was granted a scholarship to play for The Hotchkiss School in Connecticut.

There, he performed well enough to be the second-ranked senior in the country on College Soccer News’ player ranking.

Atuahene has made the most of the Right to Dream program and is very appreciative of the opportunity.

“Not everyone gets to play for the University of Michigan,” Atuahene said. “Any time I’m on the field competing for my school and competing for my team, I’m very excited and I’m very energetic. I want to win for my team and just enjoy the game.”

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Fall fashion on the Diag: baked.buzzed.bored. in this series, three daily arts writers in what’s chic and shabby varying states of mind do the same activity

Fashionable UM students speak about their personal style, as well as their inspirations and icons ALLIE TAYLOR Daily Arts Writer

Sept. 22 marked the first day of fall, and the weather — as though a switch was flipped — quickly began to cool.

And as the leaves begin to change, so do the clothes.

To see what students were most excited about wearing for the fall, I stopped a few fashionable peers from all over campus to ask which article of clothing they couldn’t wait to break out for the fall 2016 season.

Students cited style icons from Cara Delevingne to Lady GaGa, and there appeared to be a huge, diverse range in the kinds of styles students wanted to emulate. However, the common factor among most Michigan students’ fashion decisions was comfort.

Art & Design sophomores Livvy Meyers and Alexa Moss confessed they had just been having a conversation about fall fashion right before being interviewed.

“You can just be wearing jeans and a T-shirt,” said Moss. “But if you throw on a cool jacket, it really brings the whole outfit together.”

Moss said her favorite thing to wear in the fall is a cute jacket — an overwhelming majority of students were enthusiastic about these as well — while Meyers added that she loves wearing scarves.

Music, Theatre & Dance freshman Wyatt Stromer can’t wait to get into his warm clothes.

“I’m really looking forward to wearing long sleeve Vineyard Vines shirts, and my jean jacket that has a fur interior. It’s so warm,” Stromer said, adding that his style icon is Willow Smith.

LSA freshman Mary Obyrne also said she was excited to sport a jean jacket.

“It’s vintage and from a thrift shop,” she said. “It’s big and has a hood on it, so it’s really good for the fall.”

“As the leaves begin to change, so do the clothes.”

Obyrne described her personal style as being a bit bohemian and a bit urban.

“I’m from NYC, so I’m surrounded by everything. I like to try a bunch of different things,” Obyrne said. She named Cara Delevingne as her style icon.

“I’m super excited about my jackets,” said Izzy Genshaft, a senior who is double majoring in Psychology and History of Art, who describes her personal style as comfy and edgy.

“Oh that’s a tough question,” Genshaft said when asked who her style icons were. “I have so many! But I love the Olsen twins — particularly Mary-Kate.”

and write about their experiences. this week’s event:

A trip to Urban Outfitters

Music, Theatre & Dance sophomore Edward Nunoo named Jesse Boykins III, a rhythm and blues singer, as his fashion icon. Nunoo described Boykins’s style as “eccentric and chill at the same time.”

“I have this really dope CPO olive trench coat that I’m really looking forward to wearing,” he said. “That, and this Polo Ralph Lauren Herrington jacket that I actually wore today. It’s so nice.

Nunoo described his personal style as a mix of genres.

“I mix a lot of business casual with some chic hipster bullshit,” he said with a laugh. “And a lot of mixing with athletic wear. I have a lot of really dope jerseys.”

Oversized comfy sweaters were also popular.

Music, Theatre & Dance freshman Cameron King pointed at the big blue sweater she was wearing while being interviewed, and said she was excited to wear it all season.

LSA freshman Lilia Duncan said she is looking forward to wearing her new peacoat. “It’s a neutral color and goes with a lot,” Duncan said.

Additionally, Kinesiology junior Erin Almony said she is looking forward to wearing sweatpants and hoodies.

“I love big, baggier clothing and swoopy t-shirts,” Almony said.

She described her personal style as being comfortable, casual and cute — a style that seems to encapsulate many students at the University of Michigan.

“I just wanna love U” by Jay Z and Pharrell is playing ..... predictable yet not problematic. Buzzed is living up to her title from her wine-vodka mix. I need to find my sister a bday gift. and myself an outfit for KANYE’S concert (my phone now automatically puts KANYE and RIHANNA in call caps). Did they just up and get rid of the sale section? this is bullshit I’m poor OMG I FOUND IT. it’s a big room now. I take it back. this isn’t bullshit. Why are 99.99% of urban tshirts so douchey? I found 1. Maybe.

10 mins til close: we. are. the. worst.

I don’t want that shirt and there’s bleak gift options. also FUCK anyone who buys their kitchen supplies at UO. ur what’s wrong w millennials. Some ’90s song that I can’t name just came on but I feel nostalgic ...all I’m thinking bout is u / even when I’m with my boo — u know the one. *compares notes with Buzzed* Now I’m just tired.

-Daily Arts Writer

IM SO HAPPY IM A HUSTLER BABY IS PLAYING YOU KNOW PHARELL WILLIAMS GIVE ME THAT FUNK THAT SWEET THAT NASTY THAT GUSHY STUFF Bored and I just saw a Misfits tshirt I love it but also I hate that it’s here — peep Kathleen’s column that changed my life What goes around comes around by Justin Timberline yeah honestly karma is a bitch is Justin Buddha or something thing he’s dead on.

I just want to dance around.

Where is baked????

The colors in here are very mellow and I love it. it’s fitting my vibe.

I just saw a pillow in the shape of a cat I hate cats okay Tumblr girls BACK OFF okay my grandma got attacked by one once and NO FELINE messes around with Fay she is a goddess.

I want these leopard shoes bc I want to appear badass.

A Kurt Cobain tshirt is also my ish.

This store is hard for me bc I’m all about eclectic vibes but like this is some capitalist shit this is what Marx wrote about we are feeding corporate greed go to mom and pop shops support plebeians xoxox “I’m feeling powerful”— Baked Baked’s love for Ariana Grande is real and I condone it.

In conclusion I have to go do 5000 pages of reading now but fashion is breaking my heart too.

-Daily Arts Writer

FROM THE VAULT

COLUMBIA PICTURES

“Ay mami, I’mma make your boobs sweat.”

THE VAULT | ‘CRUEL INTENTIONS’ (1999), COLUMBIA PICTURES MADELEINE GAUDIN Daily Arts Writer

In “From the Vault,” Daily Arts takes a new look at old films.

In the eighth grade, I went on a school trip to London. I saw Big Ben and Windsor Castle and watched “Cruel Intentions” at least five times. There must have been something about the spring of 2011 that prompted British television schedulers to play the movie at all hours of the day.

It was always on, and we were always watching it.

When I was 14, I thought it was just about the hottest thing I had ever seen. It was the pre“Gossip Girl” “Gossip Girl.”

Rich, good-looking Manhattan teens without any parental supervision getting drunk and having lots of sex. It seemed so unbelievably glamorous. When I rewatched it with my roommate this past week, I thought it was just about the most ridiculous thing I had ever seen. It was melodramatic and absurd, and yet, completely entertaining.

The movie is a modern retelling of “Les Liaisons Dangereuses,” an 18th century French novel. Set in 1999 New York City, the film is set in motion by a bet between step-siblings Kathryn (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Sebastian (Ryan Philippe, “I Know What You Did Last Summer”). If Sebastian can seduce their headmaster’s daughter, Annette (Reese

Witherspoon, “Wild”), who’s a public supporter of waiting for marriage, then he can sleep with Kathryn. If he fails, then Kathryn gets his car. There’s also a side plot in which Kathryn tries to destroy the reputation of Cecile (Selma Blair, “The People v. O.J. Simpson”), because her ex-boyfriend has been pining after Cecile. It’s a tangle of sex, revenge, manipulation and, as the title would suggest, cruel intentions.

When I was 14, I thought it was the hottest thing I had ever seen.

Everything about the film is so wonderfully over-the-top, from Sarah Michelle Geller’s cocaine-filled rosary to Selma Blair’s bratty whine. There isn’t even a hint of subtlety in “Cruel Intentions.”

It’s absolutely absurd and absolutely incredible.

But for a plot so dependent on sex, the film’s central sex scene is really disappointing. It’s weird and forced and passionless. It’s a lot of extreme closeups of a panting Ryan Philippe and Reese Witherspoon’s boob sweat. Why are they so sweaty?

How is that possible? Has any-

one ever actually sweated that much in the history of the world? Actually, for a movie that spends so much time talking about sex, there isn’t a lot of it. That just makes the hypersexualization of characters like Sebastian and Kathryn all the more absurd.

So, 15 years later, many of the original criticisms of the film ring true. It’s a glorified teen soap opera. The acting is bad.

The script is awful. But both of those things are just bad enough to make it campy instead of cringe-worthy. It’s full of the kind of sex, drugs and melodrama that cult classics are made of.

It’s not a good movie, but it’s so fun to watch.

So, as I paused the movie at the climax of its absurdity to laugh (I won’t spoil the ending but it does involve a fist fight in the middle of Central Park East), my roommate said, “this is so ridiculous, and I love it.”

“Cruel Intentions” has big aspirations. It wants to be both socially and intellectually provocative, it wants to be risky and clever — and it’s none of those things. But it’s so much fun. It’s the perfect bad movie to put you in a good mood.

If you still aren’t sold on “Cruel Intentions” as the ultimate guilty pleasure movie, you get to see Sarah Michelle Gellar stomp her foot and yell, “I’m the Marcia fucking Brady of the Upper East Side.” Really, what could be better than that?

Apparently I was in a coma when this whole Adidas craze started and I wish it could be comatose until it ends.

Also, Stussy, hard pass. There are so many metal band tshirts here ... I didn’t know the clientele of Urban was so hardcore. Maybe they’ll pair their Metallica merch with their Adidas sneaks ... so fetch. In other news there is a $90 coat that looks like a blanket. I want it. I make minimum wage. Part of me wants everything and part of me wants to boycott. We lost Baked. Maybe there is a $90 coat that looks like a blanket. I want it. I make minimum wage. I’ll look for him in the home goods section. (Read: I’m a sucker for overpriced home decor.) Buzzed really wants to go hop in the photo booth ... hard pass pt. two.

Why are the men’s t-shirts so high up? The patriarchy doesn’t want girls to wear t-shirts! Urban Outfitters is an extension of patriarchal domination! Or maybe I’m just short. But I’m going to go with the latter. Their record selection is ... interesting. Baked has got a hold of both Rihanna and Ariana Grande vinyl and it doesn’t look like he will be relinquishing them anytime soon. I bet “Into You” bangs on record. That was the most weirdly millennial thing I have ever said. Do I regret it? Not in the slightest. Buzzed keeps knocking down the records, which is pretty indicative of both her as a person and of her current blood alcohol level.

- Carly Snider, Daily Arts Writer

SINGLE REVIEW B+ “Same Old Blues” Phantogram

With Phantogram’s newest single, the duo continues to move away from the hip-hopdrenched sound of Big Grams, a collaborative EP with OutKast’s Big Boi, which the band spent performing to crowds at mainstream festivals this summer. “Same Old Blues,” however, doesn’t sonically coincide with the track’s title. Rather, its vibe is situated somewhere

between techno-tinged gospel and pop-rock; the song opens with an echoing backup chorus and just-there beat that builds into the song’s primary bass line. After a production breath, Barthel comes in, “And this is nothing new / It’s the same old blues.”

She’s not completely wrong.

The track’s lyrics, while catchy, paint the unoriginal picture of a recently failed relationship, building off of a number of those clichés: “I’m stuck in a hole and I can’t get out,” “My heart is on its knees,” “I think it’s time to let me go,” just to name a few. The

track shines not in its lyricism, but in the production and instrumentation. The stripping of the chorus to a cappella on the final line before the hook displays a wide, deftly crafted range of sonic moods.

The range is further widened by an out-of-nowhere electric guitar solo buried in a fuzzy bass drop during the song’s third act.

Blues it is not, but it’s Phantogram’s fourth solid single in a row, setting up the band for a successful release of their third LP, Three, dropping next month.

- CHRISTIAN KENNEDY

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Harden and Pearson, the owners of Today Clothing.

An A2 store for trendy men 4th Ave’s Today Clothing outfits the fashionable male ANAY KATYAL Daily Style Editor

As you walk into Today Clothing, the philosophy that defines the store is fairly clear. An elegant interior and muted color palette are juxtaposed with store speakers softly playing vintage soul music, evoking a distinct sense of ease and artistry. Racks of men’s clothes neatly line the walls, eclectic and colorful sneakers are tucked in the back and tables placed around the store showcase what new and notable wares have come Today’s way. It calls Fourth Ave. its home, Literati its neighbor and is a bit of an anomaly as far as Ann Arbor’s storefronts go. With its shelves boasting storied menswear brands like A.P.C., wings+horns and Norse Projects, one could move Today to one of the hipper streets in SoHo without anyone batting much of an eye — and that’s largely the point.

“Even if I wanted to shop (in Ann Arbor), there was nowhere I’d be excited to be going. We decided that it made sense to change that,” said Kevin Pearson, who owns and manages Today along with Eric Hardin, a fellow Michigan native and University of Michigan Engineering alum. “I knew no one was doing retail well here, or anywhere in southeast Michigan.”

What Hardin and Pearson sought to accomplish with Today was an audacious task, but its welcome presence in the city is the

thankful product of what they said was “the timing being right.”

In addition to Today’s carefully envisioned design, Hardin and Pearson said they put great thought and consideration into each and every item that lines their storefront.

“We want items that look good, but we also want items that age well and that our customers can wear for years,” Hardin said.

Customers can find colorful and playful designs nestled alongside monochromatic, classic looks; wares can range from effortlessly stylish and timeless threads from menswear brands like Our Legacy and Monitaly, to loud and personal pieces from the likes of Vans and local designer Yoshi, a Japanese transplant and former Comme Des Garçons collaborator worthy of his own story. Today can even say it is one of a few store in the United States for many of the brands it carries — at the moment, Today is the only official stockist for A.P.C. products in the state of Michigan.

Beyond good looks and craftsmanship, Today’s inventory is also telling of the kinds of people Hardin and Pearson are. “Our brand is a map of who we’ve wanted to work with. We’re fortunate to say that most of these brands in here can be called our friends and we’re fortunate to work with them,” Pearson said.

On the graces of previously established industry connections,

Hardin and Pearson were able to build Today thanks to personal relationships they’ve continued to foster; for every new brand put into consideration, “getting to know the brand and its people” is an integral process for Today, per Hardin.

“We decided to channel a lot of our relationships and got serious about a shared vision” — it’s an aspect of Today’s business that separates the store from many of its retail contemporaries.

Today is a refreshing fixture among Ann Arbor’s typical retail scene. Fronted by two gregarious (and, frankly, very cool) owners with an appreciation for all things creative and well-designed, Today affords its patrons a reasoned and tasteful introduction to male high fashion. As much as its inventory is an illustration of the duo’s personalities, Today is equally an earnest homage to the art and sophistication of menswear (fitting, considering their space used to house an art gallery). No matter one’s predispositions to fashion and menswear, Today’s continued contributions to Ann Arbor’s cultural landscape are worthy of recognition, and its significance in Ann Arbor’s retail and fashion scene will only grow as time goes on. Noting Today’s relationship with the city, Pearson said it best: “Ann Arbor just felt like home.”

And for many of the city’s fashionable men, Today can function as a home in much of the same way.

MUSIC NOTEBOOK

STYLES UPON STYLES

How’s that mic taste?

Montano makes alluring, light tunes

DEF JAM

Life is like a box of balls.

A mixtape for unexpected rushes of intense emotional turmoil, drama Actually less depressing than the headline leads you to believe ALLIE TAYLOR Daily Arts Writer

Admit it: there’s been a time (or 100) when you’ve found yourself to be in your feelings.

You feel emo — it happens.

It’s often unwarranted and unprecedented; it may be due to lack of sleep and/or food, the exam you have on Tuesday or the exam you had (and may have failed) last Tuesday or because you finally found the person from your big lecture class that you’ve been nursing a crush on all year, and you see on Facebook that they’ve been in a relationship with someone for two years. Who really cares why you’re feeling emo — the point is, you just are.

I learned in my musicology course last year that listening to sad songs while you are sad actually does make you feel better. It makes you feel as though whatever it is you’re feeling is valid, and after you belt your heart out (or just cry and listen) to your sad song of choice, you undergo a sort of catharsis that leaves you feeling cleansed. Plus, the act of singing releases endorphins, so singing when you are sad will make you feel happier. With that in mind, if you do happen to find yourself in the feels for no apparent reason, check out the songs below: “Ivy” — Frank Ocean It begins with a reverberated guitar melody that progresses as Ocean’s soothing yet powerful vocals build. Then, it pierces through all the walls and all the bullshit that you have worked to hide behind. Ocean perfectly begins soft and low, so when only 30 seconds in, he skips up an octave into a more exasperated, emotional tone, the listener is ready to let go of the strength and composure they feel they must uphold.

This build up is expert, and is executed at a level that isn’t often heard, even from artists of the same caliber. With ease,

Ocean juxtaposes an angsty and nonchalant tone, representing the whiplash of the constant battle of feeling and caring too much and not at all (“If you could see my thoughts you would see our faces” vs. “It’s quite alright to hate me now”). His lyrics are nostalgic, constantly referring to “back then” — a time that every listener has, a time that every listener thinks of and a time that every listener, at some point, wants to return to.

“Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright” — Bob Dylan Dylan’s apathetic yet powerful lyrics, combined with his soft-spoken singing, are like a stream of consciousness within your own head. With lines such as “I ain’t saying you treated me unkind / You could’ve done better, but, I don’t mind, / You just kind of wasted my precious time, / But don’t think twice, it’s alright,” Dylan succinctly puts the hardship of breaking up with someone, even after reluctantly realizing that neither the relationship nor the person was perfect, into words. The matter-of-factness in Dylan’s tone that basically says “you suck, but it’s seriously fine!” allows you to easily sing along and convince yourself that maybe it really is seriously fine.

“Michicant” — Bon Iver Listening to Bon Iver feels like sitting on a rock in the middle of a moving river, with your feet in the cool-but-nottoo-cold water, with the sun hitting your chest and the smell of trees filling your olfactory senses. It’s like being where you are most comfortable, with a warm blanket and a cup of tea, with your favorite book and your favorite person and a glass of your favorite kind of expensive alcohol. This song is one of my personal favorites from Justin Vernon, for the harmonies of his voice and the entrancing instruments. I don’t quite even know how to describe his music; it is hopeful and yet bittersweet.

There is something about it that can mend a broken heart, a bad day or a disappointment.

“Yes I’m Changing” — Tame Impala The first time I heard this song — to put it frankly — I was like, “Yaaaaas.” Taking in the ambient vocals and synthesizers combined with the strong beat of the bass and drums will inadvertently have you nodding your head. The lyrics are dreamy and matter of fact; they have a way of relating to different aspects of life that make this song applicable to almost any situation. This song is cathartic, with hopeful lyrics such as “There is another future waiting there for you” or “There is a world out there that is calling my name / And it’s calling yours too,” and the electronic, psychedelic track consumes your being, allowing your mind to get a break from the war within.

“Love is a Losing Game” — Amy Winehouse These lyrics are poetry.

Winehouse’s voice is poetry.

The music is poetry. Without any music, the words are incredibly sad, beautiful and real. And Amy Winehouse, well, she could be singing the phone book and I would probably still be sitting on my bed and crying. The combination of her voice, the words and her musical choices are enthralling, with each breath, vocal run and carefully chosen accented word or note bringing meaning to the song that is deeper than what’s on the surface. You don’t only feel the pain Winehouse brings forth through this song, you share it with her. Written by Winehouse herself, the lyrics and music are so cohesive; the words are deep and thought provoking, while the music is repetitive and simple. The simplicity of the music makes the song raw. Winehouse forces you to listen to everything she is saying and feel it completely; she leaves you no other choice.

Classically-trained Brooklyn singer is perfect for short fall days CATHERINE BAKER Daily Arts Writer

As the school year gets into full swing, I mourn the loss of days I could spend watching Netflix and eating my body weight in Chipotle burritos. As the days get shorter and my time spent in the library gets longer, I hunt for new music to get me through the (recently chillier) September evenings.

This is where Gabriel Garzón Montano comes in.

Raised in Brooklyn with a classically trained singer for a mother, Montano began playing the violin at the age of six and continues to play various instruments today.

His first and only release, Bishouné: Alma Del Huila, features Montano playing every instrument and writing all of the music for the six tracks. While Montano released the EP and toured alongside Lenny Kravitz in the fall of 2014, his most recent rise to fame occurred when Drake sampled his opening song “Six Eight” in “Jungle” off If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late.

“Six Eight” opens the EP with its sultry and seductive sound, setting the stage for what Montano hopes to accomplish with

the rest of the album. I first heard the song in the closing episode of “Last Chance U” on Netflix, but aside from providing a soundtrack for a crying football team, “Six Eight” is passionate and sexy with slow, heavy beats and claps.

The five-minute song boasts only four lines that Montano sings on repeat; “Rock me real slowly / Put a bib on me / I’m just like a baby, drooling over you / The things you do.”

Following “Six Eight” is “Everything is Everything,” a track whose a cappella intro becomes its background accompaniment. It’s hip and clever, using traditional concepts of groove and rhythm to create an untraditional combination of pop and funk. “Naeja” lures listeners with light piano and techno beats, leaving them slightly uneasy when faced with the ominous undertones. The lyrics play into the restlessness of the steady, chorus-less track when Montano croons, “Thought I saw the man / Just my own footsteps in the sand.”

The difficult to understand “Pour Maman” utilizes layered vocals, a tinkling piano and heavy bass to transform into a new rock sound, as Montano murmurs to

a missing lover. Closing with the prophetic lyrics, “I’ll never leave you / I’d rather leave you,” “Pour Maman” mourns the loss of a past life. Transitioning quickly to “Keep On Running,” the most piano-heavy song on the EP employs its instruments to mimic its title.

With abrupt and hasty strokes to imitate running away from the past, its upbeat sound contrasts with the bleak lyrics, “Won’t ever get away / If you’re living for yesterday / Don’t expect things to change.” It’s simple and epitomizes Montano’s sound through a combination of traditional instruments with modern remixes.

Bishouné: Alma Del Huila closes with “Me Alone,” a soulful and sensuous song that makes good use of a steady drumbeat and electronic voices harmonizing in the background. Its closing lyrics, “Well well what a mighty hard life to lead / All this sunshine is heavy hangin’ over me / I know the grass is greener where the angels be,” speaks to the fear of loneliness and the starvation for touch that comes along with it.

At the end of the EP, Gabriel Garzón Montano leaves the listener with both a respect for a doomed past and a renewed sense of hope, looking ahead for better days.

EPISODE REVIEW A“Season Four Premiere” Brooklyn Nine-Nine

It’s time to herald the return of one the best, most underappreciated sitcoms on the air: “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.”

Created by Michael Schur (“The Good Place”) and Dan Goor (“Parks and Recreation”), “Brooklyn” entered its fourth season last week with a premiere that continued its adventurous foray into more serialized storytelling.

It’s ostensibly a series about cops in its eponymous precinct, but it’s probably better described as a workplace comedy. The show is a paragon of the network sitcom, an ideal every such series should aspire to. It’s a testament to diverse casting, the strengths of ensemble comedy and simply clever, hilarious writing.

When the final “Greatest TV Duos” lists have been tabulated, chief among the winners

should be the mismatched cops Andy Samberg (“Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping”) and Andre Braugher (“Homicide: Life on the Street”): this unholy pairing is about as weird, wacky and utterly hilarious as you’d expect. Samberg’s trademark goofiness takes a backseat to his ironic sensibility and underrated charm, and this dynamic plays off Braugher’s deadpan perfection to create the most consistent laughs a network comedy could hope to mine.

The ensemble cast — including Terry Crews (“Everybody Hates Chris”), Chelsea Peretti (“Kroll Show”), Stephanie Beatriz (“Short Term 12”) and more — truly deserves to be in

FOX

the same conversation as those of “Veep” and “Silicon Valley.” And, as of the past season, “Brooklyn” has even ventured out of standard case-of-the-week plots into longer arcs — and done so to predictably great success. It’s ultimately a shame, then, that the show is comparatively underappreciated. FOX is home to a dizzying menu of fantastic comedies — “New Girl,” “Bob’s Burgers” “Last Man On Earth” — but “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” is what everyone, at some point, needs: comfort food.

- NABEEL CHOLLAMPAT

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Blouse from v2v, 415 N. 5th Ave

Pink Martini coat and Free People sweater from v2v and jeans from Bivouac, 336 S State St.

Dress and Central Park West sweater from Bivouac

Blank NYC jeans and rag & bone bomber from Bivouac, Mansur Gavriel mules

Coat from Ayla & Co., Paige jeans from Bivouac, Mansur Gavriel mules

Photo: Claire Abdo

Photo: Claire Abdo

Free People jacket and thermal from v2v, CofH and Paige Jeans from Bivouac, blouse from Ayla & Co., 223 S Main St. Photo: Claire Abdo

Photo: Claire Abdo

Photo: Amelia Cacchione

Photo: Amelia Cacchione