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GRAND RAPIDS — This weekend marked another stop on President-elect Donald Trump’s “USA Thank You Tour 2016” across the country. The president-elect last stopped in
the city almost a month earlier to the day, where he held the final rally of his campaign at the DeVos Place Convention Center. That night he announced it was the “beginning of a new adventure, an adventure to make America great again” — a month into his tenure as presidentelect, an adventure is one way to
put the experience. In many areas of Michigan, the aftermath of the election has been marked with hate crimes and protests including at the University of Michigan. However, there have also been displays of support, such as during Trump’s visit. Friday night at the Deltaplex
Arena in Grand Rapids — even amidst a blizzard outside and reactions from the past month — spirits were high and red MAGA hats bountiful, as supporters awaited the man whom they expected to bring change. Though the election itself did not come down to the See TRUMP, Page 3A
Andrei Markovits discusses history of organization DAVID DORSKY For the Daily
Political Science Prof. Andrei Markovits launched his new book, “Hillel at Michigan 1926/27-1945: Struggles of Jewish Identity in a Pivotal Era,” at the University of Michigan Hillel Building Sunday, the day before the organization’s 90th anniversary. Markovits, the 2007 recipient of the University Golden Apple Award for outstanding teaching, discussed how he came to research Hillel — a community center for Jewish students on college campuses — in front of
People’s Food Co-Op employees push Stein rallies over halted to form a store union amid concerns
an audience of about 25 people. He said he initially planned on just looking at the history of Jews at the University, before realizing how significant Hillel was to campus. “Very soon it became clear that a chapter alone would not suffice and that this institution was worthy of a book,” Markovits said. Markovits read excerpts from his new book, highlighting particularly noteworthy findings, including the national Hillel’s founding in 1923 Illinois by a Christian minister who wanted Jews to have a greater understanding of their religion before making its way to the University a few See HILLEL, Page 3A
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Earlier this month, employees of the People’s Food Co-Op — a member-owned Kerrytown grocery store — secured the right to organize, but the move was a relatively long time coming. During the spring of 2016, grumblings of dissatisfaction began to spread among employees. Staff had recently been cut, according to co-op employee Jason Williams, and the workload was being disproportionately spread onto those remaining with little additional compensation. Amid these new challenges, the management purchased a $600 sign for the store’s cafe, which was more frustrating for Williams than the lack of compensation for additional work. “You’re telling people who are making $10.50 an hour … to take on another extra hour of work that you have to do in the same amount of time, you’ve got to have some sort of compensation for that,” Williams said. “And we’re not getting compensated for that, but we’re spending what is greater than my two-week salary on a benign sign.” More importantly, perceptions have grown among employees that their management was failing
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Saturday, Jill Stein, former Green Party presidential nominee, came to Detroit to discuss the Michigan Supreme Court’s decision to halt a state recount of votes in the 2016 election to a crowd of about 20 people. “Do we have a voting system we can trust?” she asked the crowd. Stein’s recount initiative has gained national attention and support after raising over $7 million to conduct a recount process in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — three states where President-elect Donald Trump narrowly won. Though former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton did not initiate the recount, her campaign expressed support for the process. All three states would have to be flipped to Clinton for the overall election outcome to change. However, the Michigan Supreme Court ended the recount effort in Michigan last week after complaints the recount would waste taxpayer money, because Stein came fourth in the state and there was a slim chance of See RECOUNT, Page 2A
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to address their concerns, according to several interviews. A number of these workers, led by co-op worker Phillip Bianco, quietly began pursuing formal unionization through the National Labor Relations Board. In collaboration with the local chapter of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, the small band of workers laid the
groundwork for an official application for an NLRB election: If the majority of PFC employees were to vote in favor, they would be legally recognized as a bargaining unit. After months of planning, around eight of the employees appeared at the Co-op’s Nov. 16 board meeting to air their grievances and announce their NLRB election filing. Immediately afterward, the
co-op board held an emergency extended session behind closed doors. “There was definitely some shock at the board meeting,” said Ashley Secord, one of the employees at the meeting who spoke in favor of unionization. Two days later, the co-op contracted David Parmenter and Associates, a human resources consultancy that See CO-OP, Page 3A
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Freshman wins 2016 Governor’s Service Award NEIL SCHWARTZ Daily Staff Reporter
LSA freshman Sikander “Sonny” Khan, a volunteer at his local hospital, nursing home and high school, was recently named the state of Michigan’s 2016 Youth Volunteer of the Year — though in an interview, he said hates award ceremonies. “I hate the process of them,” he said. “I like seeing results as opposed to just getting an award.” Khan received the Youth Volunteer award at the Governor’s Service Awards, a ceremony dedicated to honor Michigan residents, programs and businesses which have gone above and beyond in their goals of creating a lasting and positive impact across the state of Michigan, according to the Michigan Community Service Commission’s website. In addition to the Service Award, additional honors such as Corporate Community Leader and Senior Volunteer of the Year are also given out annually at the awards ceremony. Khan said he is appreciative See VOLUNTEER, Page 3A
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corrupt or both, and so they can’t get an election right. Hot mess. Hot mess.” Stein said other problems Detroit had during the election included broken scanners and unsecure conditions at the polls. According to Stein, the U.S. Civil Agency estimated that communities of color are 900 percent more likely to face election disturbances, such as a vote being misread or thrown away. In Detroit, 59 percent of votes were considered uncountable in the recount due to problems with the ballots and old voting machines. “We need to count every vote and make sure every vote counts. And that means we have to put an end to this de facto Jim Crow election system,” Stein said. Stein said she thought Clinton should have filed for a recount, acknowledging there was little chance Michigan would have turned out as a Green Party state. However, Trump only beat Clinton
by a 10,704 votes in the state, so Clinton filing for a recount could have made a more significant difference. Stein also criticized the twoparty presidential debates and said there was not much talk of policy and little variety for people to choose from. In response to Michigan’s choice to end the recount, Stein said she hopes to continue working with Michiganders and the Green Party for more secure voting procedures. In particular, she said she hopes to fight a recent bill passed in the Michigan House that would institute more extensive voter identification laws. According to the Detroit Free Press, a majority of Michigan Republicans supported the bill, arguing it would create more security and less fraud, while Democrats opposed the bill and said it discriminated against many in Detroit and Wayne County who vote without photo ID. Pontiac resident Linda Hasson,
holding a “Jim Crow is Alive in Michigan” sign, said she was concerned about the “gang mentality” in Michigan. She said many officials and residents in Michigan tend to fight for their own interests and not for the support of the state. “I don’t have the money to hire an attorney for millions of dollars,” she said. “All I have is my vote.” Green Party member Lou Novak said the local fight was over after the shutdown of the recount and he is now hoping to focus his work on Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. The future in Michigan, he said, is more uncertain, but he hopes to continue to secure voter safety in the state. “We are trying to see (that the stricter voter ID law) isn’t passed by our governor, which will be a rather difficult fight given our political climate,” he said. “But also making sure other legislation are represented and addressing the issues that were raised during this recount.”
RECOUNT From Page 1A the recount changing the outcome for her campaign. The recount in Michigan was expected to cost from $2 million to $5 million. Stein gave less than $1 million, given the requirement to pay $125 for each precinct in the state. Individual counties would have had to provide the remaining funds to finish the recount. At the rally Saturday, Green Party member Anita Bell tearfully explained the conditions of polling stations in Wayne County — where she said ballot boxes were secured by duct tape or made from trash cans. Bell also criticized those who stated Detroit was expected to be disorganized, accusing them of discriminating against the city. “We are not going to take that as an excuse,” she said. “Because some people have that racist idea that Blacks are incompetent,
Student group debates limitations of free speech in roundtable talk KAELA THEUT
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Approximately 15 University of Michigan students gathered Thursday night in East Quad Residence Hall to participate in a roundtable bipartisan discussion on the importance and limitations of free speech on college campuses. LSA sophomore Carlos Owens facilitated the discussion by asking participants questions relating to free speech — from campus to society as a whole. LSA senior Joshua Strup, president of the Michigan Political Union, which co-hosted the event, said he believes public universities should not be able to place limits on free speech on college campuses. “Yes, on a private campus,
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The panel featured members from across the political spectrum. LSA junior William Presley said he believes there is no such thing as free speech, but merely speech that liberals find offensive. “I take issue with the general use of the term ‘hate speech,’ ” said Presley. “There is no hate speech; there are only ideas. So there are some ideas that are not popular, that people don’t like, and they can call it hate speech, but in reality, speech is speech and we can’t ban something as hateful because we deem those ideas to be unpopular.” However, not everyone agreed with Presley’s definition of hate speech: LSA junior Mateusz Borowiecki said it perpetuates harmful norms in society. “We believe in certain things here. For example, we believe in not oppressing other groups with harmful speech and speech that reinforces existing hierarchies,” said Borowiecki. “So when we say we’re offended, it’s not saying my feelings are hurt, it’s saying that you’re saying speech perpetuating harmful hierarchies in our society.” The group also discussed how Presidentelect Donald Trump’s election will affect free speech and party polarity across the country in the upcoming years. Though the Michigan Political Union is a bipartisan group, only one student voiced support for Trump over the course of the meeting. However, LSA sophomore Weston Nicholson, co-chair of the American Enterprise Institute Executive See SPEECH, Page 3A
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VOLUNTEER From Page 1A tries not to focus as much on the title as the results of his volunteerism. “I obviously consider it very humbling,” he said. “It’s a cool opportunity to be honored and be recognized for my hard work. But I don’t get too caught up in the (award).” Khan said his volunteer work began in 2013 during his sophomore year of high school, when he filled out his application for the National Honor Society, an organization that recognizes high-achieving high school students. One of the admissions requirements was to perform a certain number of hours of community service. It was then, he said, that he realized he had to do something productive with his time after
CO-OP From Page 1A specializes in de-certifying unions. In a written statement two weeks later, co-op general manager Lesley Perkins said Parmenter and Associates had approached the co-op to offer legal counsel through the election, unsolicited by management. However, workers and other local labor advocates claimed Parmenter and Associates had a representation as a “unionbuster,” and Parmenter’s hiring sparked fears that management was actively seeking to undermine their unionization efforts. Williams suggested the co-op management acted as though the pro-union employees were in the minority, and the hiring of Parmenter would intimidate dissenters to avert unionization. “I think the first couple weeks they thought that we were the minority, and them bringing in the union buster was going to scare enough people to push it out,” Williams said. Co-op board President Ann Sprunger declined to comment on unionization efforts, but said the board would be neutral throughout the unionization process. General Manager Lesley Perkins did not respond to a request for comment, and inquiries to management’s general email address were left unanswered. At this point, Bianco took his fight public, placing a petition on Change.org protesting management’s hire and calling for support for the workers’ unionization efforts. “(Management has) steered
TRUMP From Page 1A state of Michigan, the state was not projected to turn red and hasn’t voted Republican in over a generation — the last time being in 1988. In Michigan, Trump won by 10,704 votes — the narrowest margin in the history of the state. The close margin of votes led to an ultimately thwarted recount effort by former Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein just hours prior to the victory tour rally. In opening remarks, Ronna Romney McDaniel, the chairman of the Michigan Republican Party, called the recount a “temper tantrum” on the part of Stein. “Winning one was nice,” McDaniel said. “But winning twice is huge.” The recount may be officially over in Michigan, with Trump set to be the president, but the election was still fresh on his mind. The majority of his speech focused on recalling his 17 months on the trail leading up to Nov. 8. He said the election allowed him to travel all over the United States. “This gets you to stop at states that you won’t stop at and that’s what our founders had in mind and that’s what people had in mind,” Trump said. Now on the victory tour, Trump stuck to issues pertinent to the state like maintaining jobs. He hinted to the crowd that Ford Motor Company has made a promise for him that
school. He added he quickly found his answer in a local diabetes clinic in his hometown of Jackson, Mich. that evolved into another opportunity at Allegiance Health Hospital. Khan was acquainted with the hospital; he had spent time there in 2011 during his freshman year of high school when his father was treated for a debilitating stroke that forced him to give up his family transportation business. “I was trying to figure out what I’m good at and what I should dedicate my time to,” he said. “I made it a goal to volunteer 20 hours that summer. I ended up doing 100.” Since arriving at University of Michigan this year, Khan said he has not had time to return to those places at home to volunteer. Instead, he said he is focused on finding issues that he is passionate about changing
News here in Ann Arbor. “Since I’ve gotten to UM, I haven’t been able to go back to the hospital or the nursing home,” Khan said. “So I’ve been seeking other opportunities … One of my goals at Michigan is to get as much as I can out of my four years here and have as big of an impact as possible.” One of the ways Khan has found to make an impact is through the Syrian Orphanage Sponsorship Association, a student group centered around raising funds to sponsor Syrian orphans who have fled the country because of the current Syrian conflict. Syria is currently in an ongoing civil war which grew out of an uprising against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad in March 2011. “The whole refugee crisis to me, I thought it’s been mishandled very badly,” he said. “If I joined (SOSA), I could help
the Co-op onto a path that it cannot succeed on,” Bianco wrote in a petition protesting Parmenter and Associates’ hire. “Upper management hopes to make the Co-op more profitable by cutting labor and transforming this long-standing community institution into a mini-Whole Foods.” In a Nov. 26 statement, the co-op workers offered a compromise. Acknowledging management had a right to seek outside counsel through the unionization process, Bianco suggested the co-op replace Parmenter and Associates with labor lawyer and City Councilmember Jack Eaton (D–Ward 4), who was viewed as more neutral. Management did not take them up on the offer. “It’s always surprising that in a community like Ann Arbor, that prides itself as being so progressive, that elected boards would go to these ends to stymie their unionized workforce,” Eaton said, noting his offer of pro-bono counsel was declined. “They had other things in mind.” Acknowledging the pushback their hiring of Parmenter and Associates caused, the co-op board decided to terminate the law firm’s services on Nov. 28. It remains unclear if the firm performed any tangible work for co-op management in the time it was contracted. That same day, Perkins tendered her resignation as general manager effective Dec. 13, citing “being lied about and publicly vilified by staff” and an increasingly toxic work environment. Williams said he regrets Perkins’ departure, saying the unionization effort was not intended as a personal affront to her but rather an attempt to
drive greater dialogue between management and workers. “It was really sort of crushing for me, because that isn’t what we wanted,” Williams said. “I know Leslie was under a lot of stress … but we didn’t want that, we just wanted to have a dialogue, and we wanted to work with you to do that. I think she took it very personally, and I wish that hadn’t happened … I know she felt stabbed in the back.” Secord said it was regrettable that frictions emerged between the co-op’s management and employees, but added management has grown increasingly cooperative. “We wanted to work with them … we weren’t interested in creating all this friction and animosity,” Secord said. “I definitely understand a lot of this frustration that’s happening … just the inevitable tension that arrives when you have two different groups of people with two different ideas.” Last Friday, a secret-ballot vote was held among the co-op employees, with observers from the NLRB present. Twentyfour workers voted in favor of unionizing, with nine voting against. Sunday, Williams said he’s hopeful the newly-recognized union will not only better represent employees’ voices to co-op management, but also improve the store’s impact on the community. However, he also noted a sense of concern from the co-op board for the future of the establishment. “I think they started to get the vibe this (past) week that the union was going to happen,” Williams said. “I think if anything, they’re very apprehensive or nervous about what’s going to happen now.”
involves staying in Michigan and not Mexico. Ford has for a long time depended on Mexico for open trade and with Trump vowing to create more jobs and trade in the United States, this could change. “No state has been hurt worse by our trade deals,” Trump said. “And that’s how I knew I was going to win Michigan.” In addition, Trump also brought Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris to the stage and announced he will lead the national Manufacturing Council. Dow Chemical is based in Midland, Mich., and Liveris said he intends to expand operations in the state. “I might have a funny accent,” said Liveris, who is from Australia. “But I believe in America and I believe in Michigan.” Michigan, Trump said, is something he believes in as well. Trump has already welcomed three Michigan natives — and two University of Michigan alumni — into his Cabinet. Betsy DeVos, who resides in Grand Rapids and whose family donated greatly to the Trump campaign, was chosen to be the head of the Department of Education. DeVos too spoke Friday night, stressing her devotion to “(making) education great again in this country.” In Michigan, Devos’s appointment has been met with wariness, and experts nationwide have attacked her education credentials. Trump said at the tour stop she was “considered by everybody to
be one of the top education reformers in the country.” Despite the overwhelming support for the presidentelect and his Secretary of Education pick from the crowd, the wariness felt across the country was not absent. Over the course of DeVos’ brief remarks, five protestors were escorted out of the arena in three spurts. DeVos, however, carried on throughout the interruptions, emphasizing her commitment to bolstering the school systems by removing Common Core and increasing support to private and charter schools. Afterward the protests, Trump commented there was no place safer than a Trump rally. Those in his audience, and those who elected him, were among the population he said was left behind by the past administration. “For the first time for many, many years what we do know is that the pages will be authored by each and everyone of you,” Trump said. “The American people will be in charge. You will never again fall on deaf ears.” This, he pledged to the crowd, will be fulfilled through campaign promises and the spirit of adventure and victory he had promised just a month before in the same city. “My message tonight is for all Americans,” Trump said. “I am asking you to join this incredible movement. This movement that nobody has ever seen before.”
children around the world and impact their lives, which seems like a really cool opportunity.” Khan cited Germany as a leader in refugee policy compared to the United States. He said he prefers Germany’s inclusive approach to taking in refugees over what he called the meager policy presented by the United States, especially because of its much higher capacity for space compared to Germany’s. According to Bloomberg, Germany took in 1.1 million refugees in 2015. According to The New York Times, the United States reached its goal of admitting 10,000 refugees in August of this year. Khan said he has ambitious plans to help the cause of Syrian refugees in the United States, including reaching out to national companies and speaking to high schools about
HILLEL From Page 1A years later. He also discussed early tensions between Jewish Greek life and Hillel as well as the contrasting ideologies over how to combat anti-Semitism that existed at the time. “On a snowy day like this, for a book that is relatively specialized and a bit obscure, for them to come out on a day like this, that’s a big deal,” Markovits said of the event. “I felt very good that people were here.” Hillel Development Manager Shayna Millman highlighted the value of Markovits’ book for the organization. “I think it’s just really important for us, as we celebrate our 90th anniversary, to really continue to remember where we came from and what we were founded upon in order to successfully move forward and to see what things we do differently and what aspirations and opportunities and challenges we face that are
SPEECH From Page 2A Council at the University, said even though he is not a Trump supporter, he is optimistic that the presidency will open up discussions regarding free
Monday, December 12, 2016 — 3A the issue. “I’m going to try to contact the biggest names in the country and find anyone I can to push this message,” he said. “If I’m doing something, I want to see what’s the ceiling I can reach.” In addition to his involvement in SOSA, Khan is also on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Student Advisory Board for the DEI plan, University President Mark Schissel’s initiative to increase diversity and create an inclusive environment on campus. According to the University Student Life website, the board aims to offer student perspectives on the implementation and assessment of the plan. Khan said he was motivated to apply to the board due to his desire to jump start an initiative he had been planning since high school to put low-income high school students on equal
footing with those of higher socioeconomic status when applying to college. “I wasn’t able to bring that idea to high school because I didn’t have enough time,” he said. “But I’m trying to figure out how I can work it into Michigan. I saw the opportunity (of the SAB) and knew that it fit exactly what I’m trying to accomplish. I’m passionate about all of those issues.” Referencing his own volunteer experiences to give advice to other students who wish to get involved in similar work, Khan said students should seize each opportunity to work on what they are passionate about. “If you’re passionate about it and can do something about it, you should definitely take that opportunity,” he said. “A lot of people would love to have that chance.”
still the same,” Millman said. LSA senior David Beer, who has taken multiple classes with Markovits, said he found the event to be informative and also beneficial for the University as a whole. “I’m a Jewish student here so I find the history of Hillel pretty interesting, but I don’t really know anything about it so it’s good to learn,” Beer said. “For the history of the University of Michigan, I think it’s very important. Knowing where we come from is always important in my opinion.” Some members of the audience were students who helped Markovits conduct his research and write the book. Law student Charles Sorge who was a research assistant for this project, said it raised important points for the University. “I worked for Professor Markovits on this and another project and I think just his genuine interest in this University and his passion toward the subject really shows through in the writing,” Sorge said. “I think it’s important for the University to commemorate
Hillel’s birthday and to bring topics up that perhaps not a lot of other students, for sure not Jewish students, are aware of.” Markovits acknowledged the experience of writing about an organization at the institution where he is employed, but said it hadn’t impacted his work. “It’s perfectly possible — in fact it’s required — to be dispassionate,” Markovits said. “If I had been a professor at Berkley, it would have been the same. If this had been the Ohio State Hillel, it would have been the same.” He added that he’s currently working on another, similar book. “The future book is almost a little bit inverted. Here the whole story is about Hillel. It’s about not only Jewish students, but it’s about particular Jewish students. I want to look at how the University behaves toward Jews,” Markovits added. For now, he said he is pleased with the book he’s just released. “If you had said to me, a year from now, you’ll have a book on Michigan Hillel, I’d have said you’re insane,” he said.
speech across the nation. “So, Republicans are really good at saying, ‘hey, we’re all in this together, let’s all move forward together, we’re all Americans,’ ” Nicholson said. “It seems like Democrats are really good at putting people into specific groups: ‘You’re Black, you’re white, you’re gay,
you’re straight, you’re Muslim, you’re Christian, you’re this and that,’ and what happens is they fight each other. So, on the topic of free speech, and I learned this from a feminist from DC, it’s not just my opinion, it’s going to get better as far as opening up.”
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hile perusing my full year of treatment for opioid Facebook feed during addicts is about $4,700 per patient. a study break earlier The National Institute on Drug this week, I found myself scrolling Abuse also states that “every dollar past New Jersey Gov. invested in addiction Chris Christie’s (R) face treatment programs an unusual number of yields a return of times. With the end between $4 and $7 in of the presidential reduced drug-related election and Christie’s crime, criminal justice replacement as costs, and theft.” chairman of PresidentClearly, incarceration elect Donald Trump’s is not the appropriate transition team, the method for handling governor had seemingly MELISSA substance abuse. If fallen by the wayside in we can save lives and STRAUSS taxpayer dollars at today’s political news cycle. However, as I scrolled past the same time, it is inconceivable the video of Christie from October that we should continue such an 2015 for the fourth time, I decided inefficient policy. I might as well see what the fuss There are plenty who argue was about — and I’m glad I did. drug addiction is not an illness. While Gov. Christie only implored However, according to wide his audience to consider attitudes swaths of research, addiction is about drug addiction, this video indeed an illness — and one that reminded me of another very is incredibly debilitating if not serious and taboo issue: mental properly handled. The DSM-5 health. We must reach across the — the handbook for diagnosis of aisle to ensure an open dialogue mental disorders used by nearly and to vigorously combat these all health care professionals — two fatal issues. has an entire section devoted to Gov. Christie’s mother, he substance-related and addiction said, had been a smoker since disorders. This includes not only she was 16 years old. When she tobacco addiction, but also alcohol, developed lung cancer in her 70s, marijuana, stimulant and opioid “No one came to me and said, addiction. Yet, there is still a looming ‘Don’t treat her ’cause she got what stigma clouding our perceptions of she deserved,’ ” Christie stated. non-tobacco addiction. Despite the Nobody refused to treat her and evidence, we have a difficult time nobody abandoned her to cancer. conceptualizing drug addiction as an Yet, he says, “Somehow, if it’s illness and not a choice. To be sure, heroin, or cocaine or alcohol, we people choose to begin using drugs. say, ‘Well, they decided. They’re But just as much as they do not choose getting what they deserved.’ ” to become addicted to tobacco, they Instead of treating drug addicts for do not choose to become addicted their disease, we jail them or deem to other substances. People turn to them to be lost causes. drugs for a variety of reasons, and This culture surrounding instead of abandoning them, we drug addiction is not only costly must treat them. Further, the first in terms of human lives, but is step in combatting drug addiction also just bad fiscal policy. In the is to talk about it. We cannot sweep United States in 2013, about 85,000 such a pervasive issue under the rug people died from alcohol abuse, if we wish to seriously fight it. In 20,000 from illicit drug abuse and talking about it, we open the floor to 20,000 more from prescription discuss solutions that may actually drug abuse. While death is one address the issue more successfully. extreme, drug abuse often also In addition to drug addiction, leads to relationship issues, job mental health is another horribly loss, homelessness and other stigmatized subject. On a personal devastating social and monetary note, mental health has become losses. Additionally, according to possibly the largest hardship in my FiveThirtyEight, of the more than life to date. While I fortunately do 207,847 inmates in federal prisons not suffer personally from mental nationwide, 48.6 percent are health issues, I’ve been in the incarcerated for drug offenses. To passenger seat to the struggles of put this into perspective, the next a number of people close to me. most pervasive offense in federal In the beginning, these problems prisons is for weapons, arson or are difficult to detect: long stints explosives — at a comparatively in bed, withdrawn temperaments, low 16.8 percent. unwillingness to attend social Substance abuse costs U.S. events and general irritability — all taxpayers more than $600 billion of which could look like just a bad annually. The average cost for day or week. But the regression one full year of imprisonment often happens quickly, leading to is roughly equal to $24,000 per outbursts, cuts, irrational behavior person. Yet, the average cost of a and worse. And from there,
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psychiatry sessions, medications, ruined relationships, job loss, police visits, stints in jail, stints in rehabilitation centers, stints in medical wards at hospitals, failed classes, failed suicide attempts and suicide actualizations. Mental illness — no matter the form — is crippling. If left untreated, if left ignored, it can destroy everything and everyone in its wake. Yet, in public settings we never talk about it. We don’t talk about it, so we don’t know how to talk about it. We don’t talk about it, so we don’t know how to prevent it. We don’t talk about it, so we don’t know how to ask for help. I never learned about mental health issues in my grade-school health classes. We learned about sexual health, physical health and, at times, drug and alcohol problems, but never mental health. I didn’t recognize the warning signs at first. And I didn’t know how to address them once the problem had grown worse. I didn’t understand, and therefore didn’t know how to help. One in five adults in the United States have suffered from a mental health issue and the issue is especially salient on college campuses. In fact, suicide is the second leading cause of death in individuals ages 10 to 24. If we don’t teach people about mental health issues at an early age, the warning signs may go undetected until it is too late. I am not usually one to agree with Gov. Christie. In fact, I often vehemently oppose much of what he stands for. Yet, his video reminded me that even after this vicious and divisive presidential election, liberals and conservatives still have common ground. And we still have serious work to do. Drug addiction and mental health are not partisan issues. Matters of life and death should not be danced around for political gain. As Christie said, “I’m pro-life. And I think that if you’re pro-life, that means you’ve got to be pro-life for the whole life, not just for the nine months that they’re in the womb. … It’s easy to be pro-life for the nine months they’re in the womb. They haven’t done anything to disappoint us yet.” Democrats and Republicans alike — pro-life or not — have an obligation to combat drug abuse and mental health issues. We must work to rid ourselves of these stigmas and develop education and treatment programs in order to save lives. We must alter our thinking — together — and devote resources to programs that will fix these issues instead of punish them.
Melissa Strauss can be reached at melstrau@umich.edu.
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couple days after President- the murders of Alton Sterling, elect Donald Trump won, a Philando Castile and the Dallas couple days after a woman police officers. The conversation was in a hijab on East William Street was gross. It involved lots of white people threatened to be set on yelling racist shit and fire, a couple days after Disu rolling her eyes, a woman on the corner visibly uncomfortable. of South University Eventually Disu Avenue and Washtenaw chimed in, saying Avenue was pushed to an array of boos, down a hill for believing “We need to abolish her religion and living in the police.” “Abolish America, and a couple the police?!” Megyn days after the Southern Kelly repeated back, in Poverty Law Center CLARISSA horror. Disu continued, collected evidence of the police, DONNELLY- ”Demilitarize more than 900 hate disarm the police, we DEROVEN need to come up with crimes in the first 10 days of Trump’s America, I community solutions for sat in my feminist thought class. We transformative justice.” talked about the reported violence, In an interview with the Chicago we argued about the labeling of the Reader — which is really amazing violence as “intimidation” and we and I recommend you read it — imagined the role the police might Disu compares the abolition of the play in the coming years. police to the abolition of slavery: When violence happens, the general “I’m sure when someone first said, sentiment is that you’re supposed to ‘We have to abolish slavery,’ it was call the police. The police will solve our like, ‘Whoa, that’s the stupidest idea, problems, they will make us safe again. we’re making all of this money off of This, though, is only true for certain free labor, and you’re saying abolish? groups of people. Like, that sounds ridiculous.’” Trump and the rhetoric of Police (and prison) abolition is his campaign normalized and far from the acceptable discourse encouraged angry white people to concerning police reform you commit violence against people might hear on news outlets like of color, LGBTQ people, Muslims, CNN, Fox or even MSNBC. But Jews, people with disabilities, many communities, especially women, etc. Almost none of these poor communities of color, where groups have been treated well the police are either not helpful historically or are treated well or actively violent, have created currently by the police, especially and implemented police-free and people of color. As an institution, prison-free ways of dealing with the police have regularly harm and violence. brutalized these communities You can read about lots of and/or ignored their needs. Thus, examples in the Chicago Reader, the people who are expected to and I’ll summarize one for the sake have the most violence committed of space. Ethan Ucker, co-founder against them in the following years of a restorative justice program in are put in an impossible position: Chicago called Circles and Ciphers, What do you do when the people tells a story about a robbery: A you’re calling on to deal with the young guy stole from a store in the violence perpetrated against you community. “One of the people at have a history of perpetrating that the store whose stuff was taken same, or worse, violence against you said, ‘Look, I don’t want to call the and your community? cops. Is there anything we can There is a very real threat of do?’” Somehow they found out that increased civilian violence against the young guy was selling some people of color following Trump’s of the stolen stuff on Facebook, campaign and election, but because the and they also found out that the police regularly commit acts of violence young guy went to school at a place against communities of color, there where Ucker had done some of his still is no institution or organization restorative justice work with Circles to properly “deal with” this violence. and Ciphers. So, Ucker was able to Police and prison abolitionist contact a teacher and get in touch movements are not new, but they feel with the young guy who had stolen necessary now more than ever. the stuff and eventually brought the In July of this year, Fox News young guy who stole back together invited community activist Jessica with the person he had stolen from. Disu, among other folks, to come The young guy returned the stuff onto “The Kelly File” to discuss he hadn’t sold, and “in restitution
for everything else” the young guy worked at the store. After he had worked as much as he needed, he realized he actually liked working there, so he went back after he was done to work and volunteer. He formed a relationship with the store, the owners, the patrons, etc. Restorative justice is based on the principle that crime and violence are offenses against communities and individuals, instead of offenses against “the state.” This makes the approach and the reparations necessarily more intimate and personal. Studies have shown that in general, restorative justice approaches “reduce crime more effectively with more … serious crime,” especially violent crime. Restorative justice makes perpetrators of crime much more active in accepting responsibility than they’re made to be in the traditional, impersonal justice system; you committed X crime, the punishment for which is Y numbers of years in prison, here you go, accept it and then you’ve paid your debt to society — but not really even because our prisons are mostly a racialized caste system that once you get stuck in, you can never really escape. We’ve been severely misled about the function of police and prison in society today. A world without police and a world without prisons doesn’t mean a world without protection or safety, nor a world plagued by violence. The police force as we know it was not created in response to rising crime rates, rather as a means of social control, “a response to ‘disorder.’ ” In southern states, the police were deliberately established as a slave patrol, whose responsibilities included: “(1) to chase down, apprehend, and return to their owners, runaway slaves; (2) to provide a form of organized terror to deter slave revolts; and, (3) to maintain a form of discipline for slave-workers who were subject to summary justice, outside of the law, if they violated any plantation rules.” A world without police and prisons means a de-prioritizing of a certain understanding of “order,” it means community based solutions to problems and it means a redistribution of funding to support these new efforts. The presumption is not that crime will stop, but that we will find ways to deal with crime that do not necessitate more violence nor one-size-fits-all impersonal punishment. Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven can be reached at cedon@umich.edu.
ASHLEY ZHANG | COLUMN
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First semester reflection
hough the semblance may Route as well as I know all the football not be obvious at first glance, chants. I’ve learned that meeting an academic semester can someone in class or at a party does actually quite feasibly be compared to not change the chances that they’ll an orchestral piece — Edvard Grieg’s remember your name the next time In the Hall of the Mountain King to you meet. I know that independence be exact. If you’re not is dangerous in that you familiar with the song, it can, and will, spend all starts slowly and quietly your Dining Dollars in the lower registers of on overpriced chips, the orchestra: the cellos, ramen and coffee. I’ve basses and bassoons realized that, despite calm and steady. As the high school starting at music progresses, the 7:20 a.m., 8 a.m. classes tempo gradually builds (and even 9 a.m. as more instruments classes) start too early. in different keys are And that’s just the ASHLEY added. Over the course surface-level stuff. As ZHANG of the next two and a cheesy as it sounds, half minutes or so, the “accelerando” college has taught me so much about and “crescendo” snowball until the myself. For example, I’ve come to “prestissimo” finale, at which point realize that my mind is much more the music has reached new heights suited to sciences than math, despite of frenzy and volume. To listen to it is any contrasting notions I harbored in to ride an uncontrollable train until, high school. I’ve learned that I don’t all of a sudden, it ends with a crash. love parties as much as I thought I As the end of my first semester would. I’ve realized that I cannot in college nears with unbelievable function without sleep, not even speed, I feel as though I’m in the with exorbitant amounts of coffee. midst of Greig’s masterpiece — Even more than that, college has the sheer volume of assignments, given me the ability to experience projects and tests thrown at me so many things for the first time provokes whiplash and swallows and has, in turn, changed me. In me whole. In the middle of such September, I was terrified to move a frenetic time, it can be difficult out and live without my family for to find a moment to breathe and the first time. Three months later, I reflect on the past semester. It can love the freedom and independence be harder still to believe that a mere I have in college. Back home, I’d be three months ago, college was all mortified of the thought of eating shiny and new, the semester was as alone. Now, I cherish whatever alone lax as the beginning of In the Hall time I have in the dining hall, free to of the Mountain King and I was check my emails and just rest while I just another bright-eyed and bushy- eat. However, the largest change has tailed freshman. I should note: I am been catalyzed by the opportunity of still a freshman, but my eyes not as writing this very column. bright and my metaphorical tail not I applied to be a columnist for as bushy. the Daily on a whim with zero Although to upperclassmen I may expectations given my limited still be green, in my mind, I — a soon- experience with journalism. So to-be second-semester freshman when I was accepted, I received the — am as wise and seasoned as they news with a mix of surprise and come. I no longer get lost on the trepidation. In fact, here’s an excerpt way to the Undergraduate Science of my journal entry from Sept. 1, Building. I know the Bursley-Baits 2016, the day I was accepted:
“Holy crap. I was just accepted as a columnist for The Michigan Daily! While on one hand, I’m excited that I was accepted, on the other hand, I’m terrified … I just can’t believe that people will be actually reading what I write. I’m not qualified to have people listen to me!! My writing has always been something I’m proud of, but kept hidden, because I’m embarrassed for people I know to read my stuff … and judge it. My heart is already pounding with anxiety.” It’s hard to believe that I wrote that only three months ago, but the seven columns I’ve written between then and now are evidence of how my confidence in my writing has grown. Over the course of seven columns, I’ve learned how to use this small voice I have to bring attention to issues that are important to me: Asian representation in media, oppressive period culture, the unpretty reality of being a girl, the ridiculousness that is sleep deprivation competition and so much more. The kind and thoughtprovoking emails and comments I’ve received because of them have mitigated any doubts I had about my credibility. I once thought no one cared about my opinion, but I’ve learned that if you have something worthwhile to say, people will listen. This column has given me a platform to speak my voice. Yet, even without such a platform, college as a whole provides many opportunities to be yourself and follow your interests without fear of judgment. There are far too many people on campus to worry about all their opinions and judgments. Thus, to any miserable high schoolers who may be reading this, let me tell you one thing: It gets better.
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Monday, December 12, 2016 — 5A
FILM INTERVIEW
TV REVIEW
NBC
‘Hairspray’ could have benefitted from a little less conversation.
‘Hairspray’ is no ‘Grease’ NBC’s TV musical moves from NY to LA with mixed results number). Like all of the live musicals Daily Arts Writer that came before it, the book scenes dragged, preventing the After the creative and ratings show from gaining any real success of “Grease Live,” momentum. A lot of the big NBC found themselves under musical numbers were good with substantial pressure for their so much energy. Still, it seemed next musical: “Hairspray.” Under like after every musical number, the direction of Thomas Kail there was a block of dialogue that (“Hamilton”), moved slowly. “Grease” raised the However, the bar for what a live show ended on TV musical could a positive note “Hairspray Live!” do. NBC reacted with “You Can’t by increasing Stop the Beat.” Live Muiscal Event the scale of That number is NBC “Hairspray.” They probably a big part moved production of why the show is from a soundstage as successful as it in New York to the Universal is. It’s full of singing and dancing backlot in Los Angeles. They and gives each character their had numbers both outdoors and moment in the spotlight. It never indoors and expanded the larger seems to stop. production numbers. However, Like other NBC musicals “Hairspray” couldn’t quite of the past, “Hairspray Live” find energy in the expansive had a very strong cast, with production. There were certainly some performances verging on successful production numbers extraordinary. Jennifer Hudson and very strong performances, (“Dreamgirls”) took on the but technical issues and slower supporting role of Motormouth scenes killed any momentum Maybelle and owned every second other elements of the telecast she was on screen with two of were building. the best songs in the show, “Big, In an effort to expand Blonde and Beautiful” and “I their production based on the Know Where I’ve Been.” Her standards set by “Grease,” the voice is so pure and so strong producers decided to set many that she stole the show, much of their big musical numbers like Audra McDonald did in outside, leading to mixed “The Sound of Music.” Kristin results. Having “Good Morning Chenoweth (“Pushing Daisies”) Baltimore” take place as it’s knows how to play a diva, and she getting dark, with artificial light earned some of the biggest laughs attempting to make it feel like of the show as Velma Von Tussle. morning, feels strange and out of Harvey Fierstein (who won a Tony place. Still, the outdoor set, made for originating Edna Turnblad on to look like a Baltimore street, Broadway) is clearly having fun helped numbers like “Welcome returning to his role, and that to the ’60s” feel like they were helped bring Edna to life. taking place outdoors in the city However, there were also (the dark setting didn’t hurt that performances that were passable ALEX INTNER
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at best. Ariana Grande (“Scream Queens”) took on the role of Penny Pingleton and didn’t do much with it. Sure, she has a good voice, but there was so much comic potential she left on the table. I also have mixed feelings about newcomer Maddie Baillio. On the one hand, she didn’t do anything wrong — her voice was fine and she acted decently. But she didn’t do anything to stand out as a lead actress. There’s still one element of the “Hairspray” broadcast that’s very difficult to reconcile: the horrific technical issues. Throughout the broadcast, seemingly small mistakes kept piling up. During “Mama I’m a Big Girl Now,” the lights briefly blacked out on Tracy in her bedroom. A minute later, the set pulled up and revealed another part of the scene. Later, there were cuts to incorrect cameras (including in the powerful number “I Know Where I’ve Been”). Look, I understand broadcasts like this take substantial effort and are extremely hard to pull off, but wrong lighting and camera cues are just lazy. With increased scale comes increased difficulty, which leaves no room for screwups like that. Though “Hairspray” is far from the best musical I’ve seen, it still holds a special place in my heart. It was the first show I saw on Broadway a decade ago, and the movie is one of my favorite movie-musicals. Still, this live production was not nearly as good as it could’ve been. They tried to replicate the success of “Grease,” but ended up with a show that had some awful technical issues, slow book scenes that nearly overpowered the strong cast and, overall, really good musical numbers.
FILM INTERVIEW
University grad and filmmaker brings ‘Pickle Recipe’ to Ann Arbor Daily Film Editor
“(Screenwriter Gary Wolfson) and I would talk about movie ideas,” said “The Pickle Recipe” producer Sheldon Cohn in a recent interview. “One night, out of nowhere, Gary said, ‘My grandma used to make these unbelievable pickles. My sister said she’d kill for the recipe.’ But his grandma never told it to anybody, and she died. So the pickles are gone because the recipe’s gone. And I said, ‘that’s kind of a funny idea for a movie.’” So began the journey of “The Pickle Recipe,” a featurelength film about a desperate grandson stealing his grandmother’s prized pickle recipe to pay for his daughter’s bat mitzah. It opens in Ann Arbor Friday at the Michigan Theater. Cohn is an alum of the University of Michigan film department and graduated from what was then called the Speech, Radio, TV and Film department in 1977. After working in advertising for most of his adult life, Cohn began to work on “The Pickle Recipe” with seven other University alums. Cohn emphasized that he mostly enjoyed the storytelling components of filmmaking, particularly writing and editing.
T.J. Miller discusses lightening the mood with ‘Christmas Party’ In a conference call, the actor discussed his role in the film WILL STEWART Daily Arts Writer
In a conference call promoting his recent comedy “Office Christmas Party,” actor and comedian T.J. Miller (“Deadpool”) talked about everything imaginable, from his improvised comedic style to stories of a wild Texan house party. Needless to say, the entire conversation was a riot. Miller stars in the movie as Clay Vanstone, the wilder and relaxed brother of Jennifer Aniston’s character, Carol. Miller shared some of his own crazy holiday party stories that rival the chaos in the “Office Christmas Party” trailer, describing one particularly wild Christmas. “If you were at (this) party, you were kissing or you were missing out,” Miller said. “And that was insane. I kissed 15 people, okay? Some of them women, some of them animals.” These types of zany stories and ridiculous commentaries are what make Miller so entertaining. His ability to combine absurd, surrealist humor with gags is unpredictable and stylistically unique. For him, acting is about improvising on the spot rather than deep character studies and Daniel Day-Lewis-esque methods. “I think by now actually
in Hollywood, if you hire me, you know that I’m going to be improvising,” Miller said. “So, that’s either a good thing, or it’s kept me from getting certain jobs.” On the set of “Office Christmas Party,” improvising was even encouraged. “A lot of these lines are my own, you know?” Miller said. “But it was a great script by great writers, and we also have this guy, Robert Terbowski. He was constantly producing postit notes with alternate lines.” Miller placed great faith in the writers and even admits to not reading the script beforehand. “I didn’t even read the script before I signed up for the project, because I’m not a very good actor,” he said. “So I don’t usually read the scripts.” Miller is best known for his roles as Weasel in the successful superhero movie “Deadpool” and Erlich Bachman in HBO’s “Silicon Valley.” Although both characters are fan favorites, they aren’t the most virtuous of people. Clay Vanstone, however, does not quite resemble these abrasive and arrogant roles that feature a heavy arsenal of crude jokes and clever insults. “This was a good opportunity for me to say to America, ‘I don’t just play an abrasive blow-hard asshole who sort of insults anybody and everyone very, very sharply,’” he said. When asked what ingredient
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“One of the most fun parts was the writing process,” Cohn said. “Sitting with Gary, whether it was my house, his house, in my treehouse smoking cigars. Just throwing ideas back and forth — what if, what if, what if.” The pre-production of the film as a whole was gratifying for Cohn — after finding Lynn Cohen, the woman who plays the grandmother, Rose, on YouTube, he reached out to her to see if she would want the part. She confirmed her interest a day after she was sent the script. The entire film was shot in Detroit and the surrounding suburbs. Cohn said one of the most important things for him was creating a positive representation of Detroit. “We saw the film as a depiction of working Detroit. And just the shots of neighborhoods and the skyline were important to get,” Cohn said. “People from out of state say, ‘I didn’t know Detroit looked like that!’ The media has depicted Detroit as burnt-out buildings and vacant lots. They think Detroit is horrible looking. We have quotes from people saying (director) Michael Manaserri shoots Detroit with the same affection that Woody Allen shoots Manhattan. You can see that, in the way we photograph the city.” “The Pickle Recipe” has
been screened all over the country and audiences have been very receptive to it. According to Cohn, though, the critical reception has been less than ideal. “Not everybody likes the film,” Cohn said. “If you go on Rotten Tomatoes, the critics, they’re not nice to us … We didn’t sit there and want to make ‘Citizen Kane.’ We wanted to make a fun, enjoyable movie that was both funny and emotional.” Despite the negative critical reaction, Cohn affirmed his excitement to release the film in Ann Arbor, with his fellow University of Michigan alums that worked on “The Pickle Recipe.” He underscored the importance of his education at the University and the way it gave him hands-on experience filming that would help him throughout his career. “I got hands-on experience with equipment, worked with really good people and professors and appreciated what I did,” Cohn said. “My career after U of M is working at real projects. Learning how to tell a story. Something I kept in mind from Michigan was, ‘is there anything I can do to make it better?’ You just have to keep working on it until it’s as good as it can be. I like working with the people from Michigan, and I love the idea that it’s going to play in Ann Arbor. That’s very sentimental.”
Miller is in the “Office Christmas Party” ensemble, Miller said, “I’m paprika. Paprika. OK. P-A-P-R-I-K-A. And paprika’s sort of the spice that is its own kind of flavor, but helps to enhance and heighten the other flavors. I was the ingredient that both added something to the overall film, but also helped sort of enhance and elevate the flavors of comedy around us.” The holidays, for many, involve anxiety-inducing family get-togethers and long plane rides with negative emotional return on investment. Miller wants audiences to escape what could be a painful couple of days and do what everyone deserves to do after a stressful 2016: party hard. “Right now, we need something to go laugh at that is positive and inclusive, and even a little bit more than that — it’s, uh, just a party. It’s about a huge party. It’s about everybody coming together to party, and that’s the message.” “Office Christmas Party,” for Miller, is a blissful escape from the stressors of daily life and holiday parties. “Have too much eggnog, go and see a funny movie or stay home and watch something funny,” Miller said. “It’s not time to argue or fight with family this Christmas season. It’s time to go see a movie, you know? Just take your mind off of it.”
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STYLE NOTEBOOK
Date party style tips from an Instagram voyeur
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The outfit is everything in the DP experience, and trends are leaning in favor of the modern, sexually liberated woman TESS GARCIA
Daily Arts Writer
It’s that time of year. If you are not involved in Greek life, you have eyed your Instagram blankly over the past few weeks, wondering where it is all of these well-dressed college girls are going, and why they bothered to go there at all. Sure, you have heard the term “date party,” but it has become yet another empty, college-kid term gathering dust in the back of your brain. Something about girls and boys and a lot of pictures, right? More inclusive than the mixer and less extravagant than the formal, one might call the date party the Goldilocks “just right” territory of all Greek functions. Our Greek amiga, Arrie Timmer, said it best: “Date party is an event organized by a fraternity or sorority where the members invite their own dates and you go to a club or somewhere cool and have a fun time.” And though that all sounds fun and great, what sort of ensemble would such a characteristically “college” outing require? I sought out to find an answer.
After extensive research (and a lot of Pinteresting) I have safely formed a hypothesis: the date party look is inexpensive, Instagramfriendly and unabashedly sexy. What, exactly, does a pricefriendly outfit search entail? “I searched black dress on Amazon Prime and filtered the results from price: low to high,” said first-year sorority sister Jane Schmid. “And that was the most important part because I’m poor. So then I saw a nice long-sleeved one, which
The date party look is incomplete without sex appeal. is good for fall or winter, with hella cute cutouts and it was like $12 so I was thrilled.” Onto the next: there is more to a great outfit than a pretty price tag. Stylistically speaking, a date party outfit must possess high levels of Gram-ability (a term I am coining right now). In other
words, if it won’t look good on social media, it will not be worn. What makes the whole look Gram-able is certainly subjective, but there appear to be a few key rules to follow. As Anne noted during our conversation, many girls decide upon all-black everything because “it’s the norm,” meaning no one will be confused if you choose to post a full-body photo of yourself that night. Timmer chimed in with a note on accessories, and said that they “are key if you’re a cool girl.” She mentioned that chokers are very in right now, but that she loves a “good body chain.” Regarding shoes, no one seemed to pay any mind. As Jackie said, “It’s mostly about the dress because they only see the dress in your Instagram anyways.” Finally, the date party look is incomplete without an acknowledgement of sex appeal. Each of the girls with whom I spoke agreed that they are “not a big fan of loose dresses” and tend to opt for tighter options “to feel most confident and fun.” Schmid’s fitted, cutout dress and Timmer’s little green number seemed to fit the build appropriately. After all that hubbub, I couldn’t help but wonder whether the perfect date party look was worth the trouble it involved. However, after asking our friendly DP enthusiasts, the answer felt clear: date party is worth it. “You’ll be there with some of your best friends and it’s just a blast to have a carefree night where you feel pretty and just dance with your friends,” Schmid said. Timmer agrees: “For me, date party is a reason to look hot and have fun with your friends and a cool date,” she said. Every date party look may be unique in its own right, but each shares the common goal of combining confidence with youth-infused fun. Girls like Timmer and Schmid have forged an overlap between looking good and feeling good, and they are proud. Although I am entirely unaffiliated with Greek life, I now smile every time a date party candid crosses my Instagram’s path. Yes, it is the DP time of year, but that no longer sounds so bad to me.
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All I want for Christmas is this Dallas Cowboys inspired outfit.
‘Mariah’s World’ fails to capture the spirit of an American treasure Surreal and extravagant new series is possibly ironic, definitely amusing to set up an Apple TV. And I’m here for it. Daily Arts Writer The music, unfortunately, takes up only a small role in Mariah Carey, heartbreaker “Mariah’s World;” outside of that she is, has a set of rules. One “Fantasy” roughly 37 times in of them, explicitly stated to the the opening 10 minutes, the camera in her new docu-series show is less concerned with “Mariah’s World,” ordains that Mariah the Artist than it is Mariah Carey with Mariah the will never be seen Vision Of Love. in fluorescent Indeed, there isn’t lighting without a single moment “Mariah’s World” sunglasses. It on camera in also appears that which she isn’t Series Premiere she doesn’t sit impeccably dolled Sundays at 9 p.m. in chairs, like a up, adorned with horrific normie. what I assume E! Her talking head is ridiculously interviews are expensive jewelry instead filmed and garbed in wide, her body carefully an assortment of dresses that positioned horizontally across scream, “I don’t know Jennifer an extravagant sofa and her Lopez.” unnaturally perfect head The rare moment of honesty, propped up on a stiff elbow in however, pierces through the a transparent attempt to make otherwise stuffy series like it look good. Lest we forget a meteorite. Occasionally, that this is a woman whose Mariah allows herself to be last album was titled Me. I Am unguarded and vulnerable: her Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse, interactions with her children, the new show is a constant while obviously staged, are reminder that for Mariah, it’s clearly loving and full of like that. emotions, and she occasionally Let’s get this out of the way flashes a witty self-awareness, first, though: I am fully on only to shake it off moments board here. As I type this, a later to complain about a piece “Daydream” poster looms over of choreography. my head like a subtle invitation to write something nice. Mariah Carey is preternaturally talented and supernaturally attractive; when she sings, the angels cry. Mariah Carey is, without a doubt, the single greatest recording artist in music history, and if you disagree we’re throwing hands behind the dumpster at an Applebee’s where $20 can get you two delectable entrees and an appetizer at participating And it’s in these moments locations. that one might come to consider So, unless she firebombs a bus the possibility that this all full of orphans or is secretly a may be one huge joke. You get J. Cole fan, Mariah will always the sense that she’s much too be my baby. But objectively, smart and self-conscious to be “Mariah’s World” doesn’t offer producing something so inert. much to the average viewer. The transition montages of the It’s a transparently singer posing in outrageously managed “look” at her inner exaggerated fashion, an life, and only the parts uncomfortable yet ludicrous she’s comfortable showing. scene in which a prospective Whatever the requisite quota assistant has to dump her for manufactured drama is for boyfriend, bizarre interludes an E! show, here it is ginned from a cartoonish alter-ego up to uncomfortable levels, named “Bianca Storm” — is landing in the awkward valley Mariah Carey, master of the between actual issues and public image, pulling a fast one overreactions to being unable on us? NABEEL CHOLLAMPAT
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Intriguingly enough, however, Mariah prods at the heart of our devotion to her right off the bat. “They want me to be grand, then they want me to accessible. Can you guys make up your mind?” she exclaims, waving her hands in exasperation. What, really, is the point of our collective obsession with Mariah Carey? Emphatically brushing aside idiotic questions of whether or not she’s still relevant (please get, as they say, up out my face), one can read “Mariah’s World” as a tongue-in-cheek interrogation — perhaps unintentionally — of the public desire for celebrity. We applaud the faux-relatability of stars like Anna Kendrick or Jennifer Lawrence, but also the lush extravagance of a Beyoncé awards show set. There’s a fine line the average celebrity must traverse to remain likable, but our subject here, of course, is not the average celebrity. Watching Mariah Carey frolic around her fiancé’s yacht in Italy isn’t accessible, but isn’t that what we signed up to see? Do we really want to watch her wake up in the morning, groggy, sans makeup and immaculate hair, complaining about the mundane absurdities of normal life, like the rest of us? Of course, “Mariah’s World” is not interested — at all — in some probing critique of the American culture industry. It’s a frivolous look into the life one of the most towering figures in the medium, a person whose contemporary status has become inseparable from the concept of “diva.” Mariah Carey as abstraction is a complex, distinctly American phenomenon, and an honest look into her day-today life might have been truly liberating, but this is not an emancipation of MiMi. I’m not sure I would have wanted that, and, most importantly, I don’t think she would have either. Hers is a carefully manicured image, somehow freed from the constraints of hackneyed ideas like “relevancy.” Perhaps, one sweet day, the cipher of Mariah Carey will be unlocked. Until then she will remain eminently opaque and intimately present; it seems, plainly, we belong together.
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DEADLOCKED Wolverines rally for win Saturday to split weekend series, end losing skid ORION SANG
Daily Sports Writer
Things were going swimmingly for the Michigan ice hockey team. After scoring two power-play goals in the first period to jump out to an early lead, the Wolverines had killed four penalties in the second period to preserve their lead. But hockey is a fast-paced game. The game can turn in an instant, and when Wisconsin scored on its fifth power play of the period, the Badgers looked to have captured the momentum. Perhaps that shouldn’t have been the case in the first place: The Wolverine penalty kill, sterling up until that point, had allowed the goal on a 4-on-2 Badger rush that only materialized after Badger goalie Jack Berry tripped Jake Slaker. Then, less than a minute later, freshman goaltender Hayden Lavigne took an ill-advised roughing penalty when he knocked over Wisconsin’s Seamus Malone in front of the net to the delight of the crowd. Michigan was on its heels. And given the Wolverines’ performance this year, it wouldn’t have been a surprise to see them cough up the lead. After all, they had done just that the night before. But Michigan didn’t let its late second period misfortunes affect it. The players returned to the ice for the final period, calmly killed the remainder of Lavigne’s penalty and held on to win the game, 4-1. “We were a desperate team tonight,” said Michigan coach Red Berenson. “We had to play hard, and we had to play better. Getting the first goal of the game was important, and the second goal, and then I thought the wheels started to come off with the penalties. … Our penalty-killers did a great job and our goalie did a great job in keeping the score down.” “Those are the kind of games that we’re going to have to play in to win games this year. We’re not going to outscore the other team by five and six goals. Last year is over, and our team has to learn that. We can’t take those kind of penalties and expect to win games.” It was an impressive bounce-back game for the Wolverines, who had collapsed Friday night in a 7-4 loss that might’ve been their worst of the early season. Michigan had taken an early two-goal lead only to give up three straight and a total of five in the second period to the Badgers. The tone was somber after the game, as Michigan coach Red Berenson and junior defenseman Sam Piazza tried to explain what had happened. Whatever conversations took place between them must have had an effect. Michigan was sharp from the opening puck-drop, scoring two quick goals. Senior forward Alex Kile scored his first goal since late October off a feed from freshman forward Jake Slaker on a Wolverine power play. A little over a minute later, junior forward Cutler Martin sniped one past Berry for his third goal in as many games, giving his team a 2-0 lead. After the tumultuous end to the second period, Michigan dealt with a couple more bad breaks at the end of the third. Will Lockwood appeared to be badly injured by a Wisconsin check, leaving immediately for the locker room while grabbing his shoulder, before Dexter Dancs was called for slashing to the consternation of the Michigan bench. But the Wolverines stood tall once more, killing the penalty even as Wisconsin pulled Berry to take a two-man advantage, and Tony Calderone and Adam Winborg sealed the win with late empty-net goals. For Michigan, the win ended a three-game losing streak to open conference play, and as the final horn sounded, the Wolverines celebrated heartily as the band played them off the ice with the fight song. It was a similar scene to a month ago, when See HOCKEY, Page 4B
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The end of the road
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Michigan entered the weekend with hopes of returning to the Final Four, but the Wolverines fell short
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A hopeful ride, and the end of the road
fter his team’s first weekend of the 2016 season, Michigan volleyball coach Mark Rosen said he doesn’t like to compare teams from different seasons. There are JAKE too many LOURIM variables: different players, different circumstances, different schedules. But last week, with this season nearing its end, when asked to compare, Rosen couldn’t help but see the resemblance. His team finished above .500 in the Big Ten for the first time since 2012, reached the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2012 and was on a collision course to play Texas for the first time since the Longhorns eliminated Michigan from the NCAA Tournament in 2012. There were more similarities: Rosen’s 2012 team and his 2016 team had a core group of veteran players, but also a handful of freshman contributors. Two of his freshmen on the 2012 team were fifth-year senior leaders on the 2016 team. And that 2012 team made the program’s only Final Four. The Wolverines landed in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday looking to get back to that level. It didn’t happen. Friday night in the Sweet 16, Creighton ended Michigan’s season by winning the decisive fifth set, 15-7. When Rosen spoke on Wednesday, he knew that might happen. He knew Creighton had a good team. He knew the Wolverines had lost 10 times before this season, and had lost other NCAA Tournament matches before. He did not claim that his team was infallible. He
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Michigan coach Mark Rosen’s team returned to the Sweet 16 forthe first time since 2012, but a loss to Creighton on Friday ended the Wolverines’ season.
had one belief about how the weekend would go. “I think we’ll play our best volleyball,” he said. “Whether it’ll be enough or not, I don’t know. But I’m confident that if we play our best volleyball, then in some ways — I wouldn’t say I don’t care, because we all want to win — but again, we can’t control that.” Inside what he could control, he tried to treat everything as normal. Some things were not, of course: For the postseason, the NCAA logo was printed on the court. The court itself was brought out just for the weekend. Thursday, the NCAA held a special pre-regional media session.
“There’s instincts in you to want to go, ‘Hey, we gotta make this more important,’ or ‘We’ve got to do this differently,’ but I think that’s the wrong approach. I think for us, we want to just make it normal.” Michigan knew how to do that — it had done so all year. In Rosen’s eyes, that was one of the qualities that made this team so successful. Led by fifth-year seniors Kelly Murphy and Ally Davis and senior Abby Cole, the Wolverines kept their perspective all season. They had to, in the ruthless Big Ten. The Wolverines lost five matches against top-three teams, including two in five sets, most recently Nov. 20 at No. 2
Minnesota. Rosen did not try to make that feel normal. “This hurts a lot, but it should,” he recalled telling his team. “If you care a lot and you put a lot into it, it’s gonna hurt.” Earlier this season, he compared the nation’s toughest conference to a “meat grinder,” and his team’s schedule was never tougher than in the last three weekends. That span consisted of five matches against top-15 teams — No. 1 Nebraska, No. 2 Minnesota, No. 3 Wisconsin and Michigan State twice — and only one win, against the then14th-ranked Spartans at home. A 1-4 finish to the regular season was not an ideal way to enter the NCAA Tournament.
“But you would have never known from looking at our team in the way that they practiced, or the way they prepared or the way they even played in matches,” Rosen said. “They never looked down. We were a little worried about that going into it — how’s that going to be with our confidence if we don’t win more of these? And our team never once looked affected by it in a negative way.” That stretch told Rosen all he needed to know heading into the postseason. His team hosted the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2009 and dispatched American and Oregon to move onto the Sweet 16. It moved onto
Austin, where it hoped to have the chance to avenge the loss from four years ago and return to that level. Rosen did not know how it would go. About half of his team played in the NCAA Tournament last year, but his eight freshmen didn’t. They were all playing in a new gym. They knew they were playing a good team, but they hoped that if they played their game, it would be good enough. For most of the year, that worked. They prepared the same way, played the same way and split the first four sets with the 21st-ranked Blue Jays. They fell behind in the fifth set, 9-3, and yet in the timeout, their mindset was the same. Rosen took a knee in front of his team and calmly gave instructions, trying to keep spirits up. “All that matters is that we win the next point,” he said. “All night long, the next point is all we can win. Let’s just win this point.” Michigan did, forcing a lift call on the ensuing play. But the deficit was too much to overcome, as Creighton landed a kill just inside the boundary to end the match. Again, the Wolverines’ demeanor was the same. Rosen shook the opposing coaches’ hands, high-fived his players one by one and then turned and walked to the locker room, head down. The tournament run that had so much promise, that looked like it could bring back memories of 2012, ended for the Wolverines. They knew what they had to do, and they did it; it just wasn’t enough. Their season ended short of the 2012 level they thought was possible. That hurt. And as Rosen said, it should. Lourim can be reached at jlourim@umich.edu and on Twitter @jakelourim.
Peppers finishes fifth in Heisman balloting JAKE LOURIM
Managing Sports Editor
Jabrill Peppers made highlight reels all season, but as expected, Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson one-upped him and the other finalists Saturday night at the Heisman Trophy ceremony. By a large margin, Jackson won the Heisman Trophy, given to the best overall player in college football. Peppers finished fifth in the voting and was one of five finalists at the ceremony in New York City. Jackson won with 2,144 points, followed by Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson with 1,524, Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield with 361, Oklahoma wide receiver Dede Westbrook with 209 and Peppers with 208. With Jackson’s win, the last primarily defensive player to win the Heisman is still Michigan’s Charles Woodson in 1997. Peppers has drawn comparisons to Woodson since he arrived on campus, and his numbers matched up earlier this fall after a torrid start to the season. But opponents began to key on Peppers, and his numbers tailed off enough to hurt his candidacy. He finished the regular season
with 27 carries for 167 yards and three touchdowns; two catches for three yards; 21 punt returns for 310 yards and a touchdown; 10 kick returns for 260 yards; one interception, 72 tackles, 16 tackles for loss and four sacks. He earned the title of most versatile player in college football by winning the Paul Hornung Award on Thursday night. Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh often used that term to describe him this season, and he used Peppers all over the field to back that up. Jackson, meanwhile, was electrifying on offense, racking up 3,390 passing yards with 30 touchdowns and 1,538 rushing yards with 21 touchdowns. He was the favorite after a terrific September and maintained that title for most of the season. Peppers will now turn his focus to the Wolverines’ matchup against Florida State in the Orange Bowl on Dec. 30. Another important question over the next month will be whether that game will be Peppers’ last in a Michigan uniform. The redshirt sophomore is eligible for the NFL Draft this season, and he would likely be a first-round pick in the spring.
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Redshirt sophomore Jabrill Peppers fell short of the Heisman Trophy.
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Fifth-year senior Kelly Murphy finished with 17 kills and 13 digs in the final game of her Wolverine career Friday night against Creighton.
Michigan’s season comes to an end in Sweet 16 of NCAA Tournament PAIGE VOEFFRAY Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan volleyball team was one set away from clinching a spot in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament. But Creighton took an early lead in the fifth and final set that the Wolverines couldn’t overcome, and Michigan was eliminated from the tournament. After a net violation was called on the Wolverines in the fifth set, the Bluejays were set up for the match point. It appeared Michigan thought the ensuing kill from Jaali Winters was going wide, but it clipped the sideline and simultaneously pulled the plug on the Wolverines’ season. It was clear from the beginning that Creighton was in control of the match. Even though Michigan took the first set, the Bluejays ended the set
with a .239 hitting percentage compared to the Wolverines .196. “It became hard to stop them defensively because they were really balanced,” said Michigan coach Mark Rosen. “They were better at getting kills and that’s usually a big difference in our game, because kills are points.” The Wolverines struggled to score against a strong defense, which finished with 20 blocks. Michigan could only muster 12 blocks due to Creighton’s fastpaced offense. In the third set, the Wolverines made the necessary corrections to easily take the set, 25-17. On the set point, senior middle blocker Abby Cole tipped the ball over the net, forcing a miscommunication on the Bluejays and giving Michigan the set. The Wolverines trailed early in the last two sets, surrendering
their 2-1 set lead. In the fourth set, Creighton led, 17-11, its largest lead of the match. After a lift was called on Michigan, Rosen called a timeout. The Wolverines were then able to pull within four points, but after a long rally, it was Lauren Smith who forced the fifth set for the Bluejays. With the fifth set only going to 15 points, it was important to get off to a hot start. Unfortunately for Michigan, it made too many unforced errors to compete with Creighton. The Wolverines were down, 9-3, and they seemed hopeless. It was fifth-year senior Kelly Murphy’s last volleyball match, and fortunately for her, it was one to remember. She finished with 17 kills and 13 digs, but her impact went beyond the scoresheet. As a leader of the team, she showed the underclassman how to not
lose hope, even when faced with defeat. In the waning moments of the fifth set, Cole re-entered the match. The Wolverines had all three captains on the court, and it was clear the team needed their guidance. Cole made a statement in those final points with two decisive kills. But it wasn’t enough to salvage the match, and Michigan fell in the fifth set, 15-7. “I think our three seniors were phenomenal,” Rosen said. “They really brought so much to the table when it comes to how this team developed together. We talk a lot in our program about a growth mindset. “Every game we’re going to get better. Every day, we’re going to follow the process and the outcome will take care of itself. And I thought this team stayed very true to that.”
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Massa gives dominant effort in Michigan loss Redshirt freshman maintains perfect 15-0 record after beating Minnesota ROBERT HEFTER Daily Sports Writer
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Redshirt freshman Stevan Micic beat his opponent, but Michigan fell to Minnesota, 22-18, Sunday afternoon at Cliff Keen Arena.
Wolverines suffer narrow loss to Minnesota CHRISTIAN NEUBACHER For the Daily
“Disappointing” was the word Michigan coach Joe McFarland repeatedly used to describe his team’s 22-18 loss to Minnesota. Coming off an appearance at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, the Michigan wrestling team headed into Sunday’s dual against the Golden Gophers after the Wolverines experienced a solid start to the season. Michigan was focused on setting the tone from the start, and did just that throughout the initial stages of the dual. Freshman Sal Profaci defeated Gannon Volk with an 11-5 decision in the 141-pound category, giving the Wolverines a 3-0 lead. In the 149-pound category, sophomore Zac Hall extended his team’s lead, beating the Golden Gophers’ James Berg with a major
decision. But Michigan’s initial success hit a snag in the 157-pound category after senior Brian Murphy lost a decision to Jake Short, cutting the Wolverines’ lead by three points. Despite this temporary setback, redshirt freshman Logan Massa jolted new hopes into Michigan’s game after he defeated Minnesota’s Brandon Kingsley 17-2 via a technical fall. Massa’s win came one week after the rising star won an individual title at last week’s invitational. But the Wolverines could not convert this momentum into a win. Freshman Myles Amine lost a decision to Nicholas Wanzek, and junior Ernest Battaglia lost a major decision to the Gophers’ Robert Stevenson. The Wolverines were in desperate need of a victory to turn their woes around. However,
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Blue notches victory in intrasquad meet ANNA MARCUS For the Daily
From the moment the Maize and Blue Intrasquad began to the moment it ended, Cliff Keen Arena was never silent. But it wasn’t because of the crowd. On the sidelines, the booming cheers and words of encouragement from the Michigan men’s gymnastics team filled the room as they supported their teammates. “As soon as I heard the team behind me, I just got the confidence in my abilities,” said freshman Mitchell Brown. “It helped me realize that I knew how to get the job done.” The sideline support clearly paid off for the team’s newest members, as four of the team’s eight freshmen — Brown, Mack Lasker, Justin Murphy and Thomas Paul — all earned mentions in the awards ceremony in their collegiate debut. Lasker and Paul took first-place titles in the pommel horse and still rings during the first and third rotation, respectively, each with a score of 13.500. This annual intrasquad functioned as a way to get the men’s gymnastics team in a competitive mindset, and to give the freshman a taste of competition in preparation for the upcoming regular season. The Blue team outperformed Maize in four out of the six events — floor, pommel horse, still rings and high bar — contributing to its 242.450 to 236.550 victory Saturday afternoon. Blue maintained a solid lead throughout most of the dual, with the exception of the end of the third rotation, where Brown and redshirt sophomore Marty Stretch’s outstanding vault performance put Maize ahead. Sophomore Emyre Cole proved himself key to the Blue squad’s domination, earning the all-around title with the top score of 78.100. His highlights included taking joint first-place titles on both vault and high bar,
with scores of 14.600 and 13.900, respectively. He additionally placed second on floor after sticking a two-and-a-half twisting double back, and earned a joint third-place title on still rings. Placing second all-around with a score of 77.050, Stretch impressively executed his routines as well. He took the joint event title for vault with a score of 14.600, and took the event title for parallel bars with a 13.650. Additionally, he earned second place on still rings and third place on the high bar. Senior captain Tristian PerezRivera and sophomore Justin Hopgood secured event titles as well. Perez-Rivera scored a 13.900 with a strong floor routine in the first rotation, and Hopgood earned his joint first-place title on high bar in the final rotation, also scoring a 13.900. The intrasquad was not only a debut for the freshmen, but also a debut for the new Code of Points that was implemented for the 2017 season. The starting values for routines in every event have been altered, with vault start values being lowered by .040 and all other event start values being lowered by .050. “It will probably take a season for (the new rules) to become natural,” said Michigan coach Kurt Golder. While impressed with many of the skills he saw executed by both teams, Golder was disappointed with the hit percentage, which was around 50 percent and was lower than it had been a few weeks prior during training in the gym. Golder attributed this difference in part to the crowd and to the harder surface the gymnasts were landing on in Keen as opposed to the practice gym, where the softer floor gave way for easier dismounts. Golder intends to focus on hit percentage in the upcoming weeks as the Wolverines approach their regular season, which will begin Jan. 14 at the Windy City Invitational in Chicago.
neither redshirt freshman Jackson Striggow nor freshman Dan Perry were able to cut their opponent’s lead, losing a major decision and by technical fall, respectively. Michigan freshman Austin Assad’s following match against Steven Polakowski was therefore a must-win for the Wolverines. While Assad was able to keep the score close, it was not enough, losing a 6-4 decision to Polakowski. This put the Golden Gophers up 22-12, and Michigan was out of reach. Though the score did not finish in the Wolverine’s favor, freshman Stevan Micic would end the dual on a high note. In the 133-pound category, Micic pinned Minnesota’s Mitch McKee to win via a technical fall, but his victory was not enough to turn the tables for his team. “Some of those matches, we
just got out-handed, out-fought and out-hustled,” McFarland said. “We didn’t execute the way we should have.” Despite seven out of 10 Michigan atheletes being freshmen, McFarland said that the team’s youth should not be an excuse for underperforming. McFarland also said that his team has to make some improvements this week. The Wolverines will now have a couple of weeks to reflect and do that, with their next match not until their dual against Iowa after the winter break. Sunday reminded Michigan of the importance of starting well and taking advantages of opportunities when they present themselves. “We had opportunities to score and we weren’t able to capitalize on that,” McFarland added. “And that cost us.”
Eight days before Logan Massa, the now-No.2 wrestler in the 165-pound weight class, faced off against Minnesota’s Brandon Kingsley, the redshirt freshman increased his momentum at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. After going 6-0 in Las Vegas, Massa became the fourth wrestler in Michigan history to take the individual championship, earning the Big Ten Wrestler of the Week award for the 165-pound weight class. “That was a huge honor and winning out there was a great experience,” Massa said. “It gave me a lot of confidence going into the second part of the season.” His road to the award began with victories over two top10 opponents. In his semifinal match, Arizona State’s thenNo. 9 Anthony Valencia proved not to be an issue, as Massa accumulated four takedowns to rack up 17 points. Valencia tried fighting back late in the first period, but Massa retaliated in the third, earning the 17-4 victory. “I was patient, attacked a lot and let the points build up,” Massa said. “I’ve been being offensive, having fun with it and building off each match.” And build off it he did. Massa went on to win the tournament with a win over Wisconsin’s
then-No. 2 Isaac Jordan, capturing a title that only three Wolverines before him had earned. The victory also allowed him to advance to the No. 2 spot in the country. By amassing enough riding time late in the third period, Massa was able to earn the one point advantage needed to win the match over the three-time All-American. “He goes out and continues to execute and attack,” said Michigan coach Joe McFarland. “Logan does a great job. … He’s progressing because he goes out and wrestles hard.” Building off his success a week earlier, Massa forced Kingsley to the mat in his dual match Sunday and practically controlled the bout the entire time. His 17-2 victory over Kingsley came as no surprise, though, as he improved his already perfect season to 15-0. Though the Wolverines lost the dual meet against No.18 Minnesota to start off the Big Ten campaign, Massa was able to lead by example with his decisive win over his opponent. McFarland said that Massa’s successes stem from his consistent intensity in practice and in meets. With the rest of Big Ten play coming up, Massa will look to notch a few more Big Ten Wrestler of the Week awards as Michigan seeks to become a dominant force in the conference.
“He goes out and continues to execute and attack.”
Michigan starts season with exhibition win PAIGE VOEFFRAY Daily Sports Writer
Crisler Center hosted an exciting atmosphere Saturday with the fans’ first chance since April to watch the Michigan women’s gymnastics team compete. From the crowd to the celebrity judges — who included former football players to radio personalities — most of the building clapped along to senior Nicole Artz’s floor routine, which she concluded with her signature point at the judges. The meet between the Wolverines and Eastern Michigan may have just been an opportunity for the women to practice their routines in a competition setting, but that doesn’t mean they weren’t taking it seriously. After trailing at the end of the first rotation, the Wolverines stepped it into gear and earned a victory, 196.200-194.750. Five new freshmen joined this season’s roster, and they had to step up. A wrist injury
kept out sophomore Olivia Karas — last year’s Big Ten Freshman of the Year — who is still recovering from surgery in the summer. Michigan’s first rotation was on the vault. Three freshmen competed and proved that nerves wouldn’t affect them. Senior Talia Chiarelli stumbled on her landing, though fortunately for the Wolverines, her score was dropped. Meanwhile, Eastern Michigan was competing on the bars. Natalie Gervais slipped off the bar during a release move and could not continue her routine. She received a zero for her performance and didn’t compete again for the rest of the day, but her teammates kept the competition alive.
Michigan fared much better on the bars. It finished all six routines cleanly and freshman Lexi Funk stuck her first career landing. But, it was Artz and junior Brianna Brown who shined in this event. They both finished with a 9.925 and pulled the Wolverines into the lead. Funk and freshman Polina Shchennikova were the lead-off routines on the beam, an event that demands near perfection. Though they did wobble at times, they finished what appeared to be solid routines. They were awarded a 9.650 and 9.300, respectively. Michigan coach Bev Plocki saw decent performances and didn’t think the scores reflected them, and she soon found out why. “I said something to the judge and she said, ‘The celebrities gave her a 9.0,’ and
“I was like, ‘Dudes, you can have two falls for a 9.0.’ ”
they thought because she had a stumble on her dismount they took it from a 10.0 to a 9.0,” Plocki said. “I was like, ‘Dudes, you can have two falls for a 9.0.’ But I mean, that’s the fun of it, hearing commentary from a person who doesn’t really know or understand. It’s fun to hear what are the things they appreciate about it.” Sophomore Emma McLean earned a 39.400 for the day, securing her an all-around victory. Due to her hard work during fall workouts, she was able to add two more events to her competition. “It was really fun,” McLean said. “The last time I did that was my senior year (in high school), and it was reminding me of what it was like and I really enjoyed it.” It was an exciting experience for the entire team, but the fun of the day didn’t take the team’s attention away from the improvements it needs to make before the season starts in January.
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Sophomore Emma McLean notched an all-around victory en route to the Wolverines’ exhibition win Saturday at Crisler Center.
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Wolverines fall short at UCLA KEVIN SANTO
Daily Sports Editor
Five seconds remained in the first half when UCLA’s Lonzo Ball dialed one up from a different planet, canning a MICHIGAN 84 UCLA 102 3-pointer from the center court logo at Pauley Pavilion. The shot from deep tied the game at 50, the latest ludicrous shot in a matchup that seemed to be following a defense-optional rule. The scoring didn’t end with Ball’s long triple, but the trend quickly started to favor the Bruins, as the Michigan men’s basketball team fell victim to UCLA’s high-scoring offense and came up short in a barnburner, 102-84. “They only missed 19 times and they got nine of those back, so that hurt, too,” said Michigan coach John Beilein. “Now, the ball bounced our way a couple of times. I thought we got off to a good start, but I mean, they made some shots in that game that we were right in them. …That takes the wind out of you after a little bit.” Michigan knew it would have its hands full entering the matchup against the secondranked Bruins. UCLA (10-0) was averaging 97 points per game — good for second in the nation — and was coming off a marquee road win against thentop-ranked Kentucky on Dec. 3. In the first half, though, Michigan (7-3) rode its success from beyond the arc and looked poised to go toe to toe with the Bruins’ juggernaut offense. The Wolverines opened the game with a 3-pointer from senior guard Derrick Walton Jr., and they didn’t shy away from the triple for the rest of the frame, shooting 75 percent from deep. UCLA, delivering a dominant showing in its own right, went
HOCKEY From Page 1B Michigan beat then-No. 4 Boston University in front of a raucous crowd. With that win, the Wolverines appeared to be on their way to turning a corner after an uninspiring start. As Michigan enters a short break, it remains unknown whether Saturday’s win will change the course of the season. “I think the core of the team really needs to have a message that resonates with every player,” Martin said. “... I think as we leave, every player needs to search themselves a little bit and know their role, what they have to do for the second half of the season, coming back and being ready to play, being a true Michigan hockey team and being winners.”
10-for-14 from three and handed over the reigns to Ball, who poured in 14 points in the first half. Neither team seemed capable of missing, but Michigan led for just 5:47 of the first half. It did so without its third-leading scorer in sophomore forward Moritz Wagner, who played just 12 minutes after picking up two fouls in the first frame. Still, despite Wagner’s absence, Michigan led by seven with 1:22 left. Much like their games against Texas and Virginia Tech, though, the Wolverines allowed UCLA to go on a 9-2 run — capped off by Ball’s long three — to close the half. By the time the first buzzer sounded, it seemed the stars might have been aligning for Michigan to pull off an upset. But in the second half, trying to beat the Bruins at their own game caught up to Michigan. As quickly as the shots from beyond the arc gave the Wolverines life, they took away any hope of surviving against the Bruins. Michigan shot just 2-for-10 from deep in the second half and posted a field-goal percentage of 34.5. If the first half was perfect, then the second was just the perfect storm. UCLA claimed an eight-point lead after posting an 8-2 run over the first three minutes, as the Wolverines opened the second half 1-for-6 from the floor, and never trailed from there. Though the Wolverines kept the margin at 10 points or fewer for roughly 15 minutes, eventually, the second-ranked offense in the country turned a shootout into an offensive clinic. The Bruins missed just seven shots in the second half, and with 4:31 left,
‘M’ splits weekend trip MAGGIE KOLCON Daily Sports Writer
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John Beilein’s team entered halftime tied, but lost on the road to No. 2 UCLA.
Bryce Alford and TJ Leaf put daggers into Michigan’s hopes for an upset. Behind Leaf’s dunk and Alford’s free throws and 3-pointer, UCLA scored seven unanswered points to claim a 16-point lead. The Wolverines had no answer from there, as they never cut the deficit below 14. While the Bruins’ offense only got hotter, Michigan’s was put on ice. “(UCLA’s) really good at what they do,” Beilein said. “They
“They only missed 19 times, and they got nine of those back.”
spread you out. They’ve got shooters everywhere. We tried to take away the three ball and give them the tough two, and we didn’t do either one very well. When they would see the matchup they liked, they would just take us. And so if you’re giving a lot of help, they’re a really good passing team. This is a rare team right now that shoots the ball at that level and can really pass the ball.” For 20 minutes, there was the hope that the Wolverines would be taking off from a California runway with a marquee win of its own under its belt. But by the end of the second 20, they could only leave with the thought of what could have been.
After beating San Diego State, 92-57, on Friday, the Michigan women’s basketball team had its second opportunity to defeat a top-10 team this season. Instead, the margin this time was wider, as the Wolverines fell 84-64 to No. 9 UCLA on Sunday. It was never a close game. The Bruins went on a 14-0 run before Michigan managed a single point, and they refused to give up that lead. Michigan’s leading scorer, junior guard Katelynn Flaherty, had a hard time getting through the Bruins’ tough defense in the first three periods. Flaherty had just five points going into the second half, despite averaging 20.1 per game this season. But UCLA guard Jordin Canada was difficult competition. “(Canada) is really an exceptional player,” said Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico. “All around player, great passer, great scorer, great defender. I remember watching her in high school on film one night … and my husband looked up and goes, ‘Man that girl can play quarterback for my football team, the way she runs her team and the way she can throw those passes.’ And not much has changed since her high school days. She’s really a special player.” Despite her competition, Flaherty exploded in the fourth quarter, scoring nine points on 3-for-4 shooting. Flaherty’s nine points in the frame tied senior guard Siera Thompson’s record of 215 career 3-pointers. It was not enough to make up the deficit, though. In addition to Flaherty’s 14 points, three other Wolverines tallied double digits. Freshman guard Kysre Gondrezick scored 18, sophomore forward Hallie Thome added another 15 and junior guard Jillian Dunston scored 10. Gondrezick was the only
double-digit scorer who is not a starter for Michigan. As a freshman, she has made quite an impact off the bench, capitalizing on opportunities when Flaherty is getting targeted on defense as she was Sunday night. “(Gondrezick is) just the presence that we need alongside of Katelynn and Siera,” Barnes Arico said. “Hopefully people start keying on her. And then we talk about it all the time, the other team’s best defender is guarding Katelynn, their second best defender is guarding (Thompson), their third-best defender is guarding our next guard and that gives a great matchup for a kid like Kysre. And she really took advantage of it tonight.” Despite some bright spots, the Wolverines struggled. The lack of scoring early on meant that Michigan could never set up its defense fully. The Wolverines also ran into trouble when Thome had three fouls in the first half, which presented an obstacle that was too big to overcome. Even though Michigan was unable to topple the Bruins, the trip to California had some redeeming factors. The San Diego State game was the antithesis of the UCLA game. The Wolverines never once fell behind, ending the game with several impressive statistics. Thompson had her first doubledouble of the season, scoring 11 points and notching 11 assists. She broke her previous career record of eight assists. Gondrezick proved to be consistent with 18 points, and Flaherty had 21 points in just 26 minutes of playing time. Though the game against the Aztecs ended in victory for the Wolverines, Michigan will be leaving California with a sour taste in its mouth. The Wolverines learned that they can’t rely solely on offense, and even with high scoring, they can still be defeated. Defense has to be a priority, or teams like UCLA will exploit it every time.
Martin extends scoring streak to three Junior defenseman lights lamp in both games against Wisconsin as Wolverines earn split at home LANEY BYLER
Daily Sports Writer
Freshman forward Jake Slaker had already tallied an assist on the first goal of the game, but he wasn’t done. With just over seven minutes left in the first period, Slaker trapped a pass and left the puck floating on the ice in front of junior defenseman Cutler Martin. Martin quickly jumped on the opportunity, scraping up the puck and shooting it past Wisconsin goaltender Jack Berry. The goal came during the
second game of Michigan’s weekend split against Wisconsin and was one of four goals recorded in the 4-1 win. Martin also contributed a shorthanded goal the night before on a two-on-one breakaway, but Michigan (1-3-0 Big Ten, 7-8-1 overall) was already down by two goals and unable to come back from its deficit. In the Wolverines’ weekend split, Martin has recently proved to be instrumental in the scoring process. So far this season, he has tallied four goals, three of which came in the last three games.
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Junior defenseman Cutler Martin has become a scoring threat in the past couple of weeks for the Wolverines.
“I’ve been playing forward since what, the third game of the season now?” Martin said. “Never played, or I played two or three games last year, just a few shifts here and there. I think now I’m finally getting the hang of it, finding the right spots. I’m playing with a lot of guys that are really good, they’re finding me and getting the puck in the slot, so they make it pretty easy for me. But the coaches are in my ear — ‘Shoot it, shoot it, shoot it! Don’t pass it!’ — so I’m just trying to shoot it.” So far, it looks like that has been working. Two of Martin’s goals have come during important times in games for the Wolverines — his first goal of the season tied the game against Michigan
Tech, and his most recent gave Michigan a two-goal lead against Wisconsin, a team that had previously pounded them one night earlier, 7-4. After primarily playing as a defenseman at the beginning of the season, Martin’s promotion to left wing on the second line this past weekend has recognized that effort. The series featured physical performances from both teams, and the Wolverines racked up a high number of penalties. Martin’s goal on Saturday helped guide the team to a victory despite those penalties. But Michigan can’t rely on scoring to be there to pick up the pieces every time it tallies penalties, and Martin acknowledges that. “We’re obviously trying to
“I think now I’m finally getting the hang of it.”
play tough out there,” Martin said. “Our team this year, we have to play tough in order to win. I think that the officiating is what it is, and we have to go out there and play as hard as we can and just try to find a way not to be in the box. We kind of knew (Friday) the way they were calling the game that we’re going to have to play clean, so that’s on us to stay out of the box. We can’t take that many penalties and continue to win games. It’s just not going to work.” The Wolverines will now have a break until the Great Lakes Invitational at the end of December, which means they’ll have plenty of time to patch up inconsistencies with the penalties. Michigan has been experimenting with lines as well, so it’s unclear whether or not Martin will remain at his position on the second line. But with Martin’s recent production, it will be hard to downsize his role.