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Survey finds more than 90 percent of University students struggle with mental illness ANNA HARITOS Daily Staff Reporter
The Central Student Government Mental Health Climate and Resources Task Force hosted a town hall Wednesday night to share with the University of Michigan
community the findings from three surveys that were administered this past fall. The task force — created by an executive order signed by CSG President David Schafer, an LSA senior, last fall — presented to 50 attendees prospective improvements to mental health resources and
current campus climate. The survey results found 91.3 percent of students have dealt with a mental health concern on campus. At the event, LSA junior Jen Semaan expressed her surprise at the figure, and stressed how important the town hall was to the destigmatization of mental
health resources. “I think that mental health is really important,” she said. “People, especially at a prestigious university, should know about it, and it needs to be destigmatized. I feel almost relieved walking out of here and knowing that people are See TOWN HALL, Page 3
Faculty, students react to Weiser’s potential new role in Republican party MATT HARMON Daily Staff Reporter
After his only opposition dropped out on Sunday, University of Michigan Regent Ron Weiser (R) is expected to be approved as the Michigan Republican Party chairman in February. With Weiser soon to balance positions in both the University and the state GOP, accusations of conf lict of interest and defenses have risen from members of both parties. Weiser unseated former Regent Laurence Deitch (D) last November to bring the current partisan count in the
regency to a 5-3 Democrat majority. He had already run for a seat in 2014 but lost the election. Weiser said his largest priority for the regency is to serve the students. “I care deeply about the University, I care deeply about what its mission is, and I care deeply about its customers,” Weiser said. “Its customers are the students. We have to make sure that we’re serving well, providing … the highest quality education and opportunities for students at the lowest possible costs.” Weiser announced his campaign for Michigan GOP See WEISER, Page 3
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Jeanne Theoharis, a Brooklyn College political science professor and American culture Ph.D. alum from the University of Michigan, spoke to a crowd of approximately 30 people Wednesday evening in Tisch Hall on the role of Rosa Parks in the modern-day iterations of the civil rights movements like Black Lives Matter. Theoharis was invited to speak at the University as part of the bicentennial celebration’s themed semester initiative, which strives to explore the origins of the University of Michigan and its role in the state, country and world. This semester’s theme — Making Michigan — in part focuses on the history of the University’s political activism. The talk was based on the findings and research published in Theoharis’s most recent book, “The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks,” which was awarded the 2014 NAACP Image Award and the 2013 Letitia Woods Brown Award from the Association of Black Women Historians. Rosa Parks’ story and her rise as a leader in the civil rights movement often begins on a December evening in 1955 when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white
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As the University of Michigan begins its bicentennial celebration, organizers aim to convey the powerful impact its past and present students have had on society through a year of events, planned by the Bicentennial Office. This past fall, the Bicentennial Student Advisory Committee — comprised of 36 students from all three University campuses — formed to ensure student involvement in the planning of bicentennial festivities. The committee serves as a sounding board for the Bicentennial Office’s events and activities and assists with student outreach activities. Bailey Oland, Bicentennial Student Initiatives coordinator, emphasized the importance of getting students connected with the bicentennial planning, as she claimed most students on campus do not understand the relevance of the bicentennial to their own lives. See BICENTENNIAL, Page 2
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man, propelling the civil rights movement into action. This simple narrative is the one that is often taught. However, according to Theoharis, it is missing key elements of Parks’s life. Theoharis’ historical account is one she believes is crucial to understanding and recognizing that Parks dedicated her life to civil rights activism. “Rosa Parks is everywhere, yet most of what we know about her is wrong,” she said to the crowd. “I wrote this book as a response to this fable. We need to grapple
with her actual life and legacy.” Part of Theoharis’s confrontation with Parks’s role in the civil rights movement was filling in the historic gaps that often forget the roles of political organizing. Theoharis began her talk with a broad history of Parks, beginning with an explanation that Parks’s activism began long before her stance on the bus. In elementary school, a white boy pushed Parks. She pushed the boy back, drawing a reaction from the boy’s
mother. The boy’s mother threatened Parks, but instead of resigning to the mother’s threat, Parks responded. “I didn’t want to be pushed,” Parks said to the boy’s mother. Theoharis referenced this quote throughout the talk, emphasizing Parks’s commitment to rebellion from an early age and her feisty side. By emphasizing that Parks’s commitment to change began long before the bus standoff, Theoharis made the point that enacting social See AUTHOR, Page 3
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A resolution proposing the adoption of a $5 student fee to support the Leadership Engagement Scholarship was introduced during Tuesday’s Central Student Government’s meeting. The Leadership Engagement Scholarship was created last October in partnership with the Office of Student Life to boost student extracurricular involvement and reduce cost barriers for student leaders on campus. It was announced at last October’s Board of Regents meeting, with CSG President David Schafer, an LSA senior, introducing the fund as a way to compensate student leaders for their unpaid time commitments and offer them financial support. “A 5-year, $5/semester student fee in support of the Leadership Engagement Scholarship will bring in more than $2 million for student leadership involvement and support over the course of the 5-year life of the fee,” the See CSG, Page 3
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ON THE DAILY: SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH! Critically acclaimed author Heather Ann Thompson, a University of Michigan history professor, appeared Wednesday night on “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah,” where she discussed her research on mass incarceration in the United States and her new book, “Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy.” Thompson is a finalist for the National Book Award and was named to 13 best books of 2016 lists by various publications. Her book received high praise from authors, professors and executives across the country. “This is not an easy book to read — the countless episodes of inhumanity on these pages are heartbreaking,” the book’s review in The New York Times reads. “But it is an essential one.” Thompson details the 1971 Attica prison riot at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, N.Y., to examine the history of mass incarceration and
racial justice struggles in the United States dating back to the 1970s. The landmark prisoners’ rebellion was sparked when inmates at the New York facility requested political rights and better living conditions. Almost half of the jail’s inmates rose up against the prison staff, taking 42 hostage. After four days, prison authorities agreed to succumb to the prisoners’ demands. The riot ultimately left 43 people dead after state police arrived to retake the prison. Prisoners succeeded in shedding light on the conditions of prisons and correctional facilities but Thompson argues today, more than 40 years after the riot, conditions remain poor. “ ‘Blood in the Water’ tells of warning signs in 1971 that still exist more than forty years later,” writes Soffiyah Elijah, executive director of the Correctional Association of New York, in a review. “Heather Ann Thompson’s prophetic analysis
is a sobering reminder that we must all care about what is happening to human beings behind prison walls.” Thompson, a University alum, has conducted extensive research on examining the mass incarceration system in the United States. Her other publications include two articles: “Why Mass Incarceration Matters” and “How Prisons Change
the Balance of Power in America,” both of which have been awarded media and journalism awards. Thompson previously worked on the board of the Prison Policy Initiative and served on a National Academy of Sciences panel to study the effect of incarceration in the United States. - ERIN DOHERTY
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WHAT: A discussion with UM professors on the challenges of putting autonomous vehicles on the road. WHO: Osher Lifelong Learning Institue WHEN: 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m WHERE: Rave Theater
WHAT: Thomas is a Brooklynbased photographer, whose work relates primarly to race and identity. He will delievering a lecture as part of the Art & Design speaker series. WHO: School of Art & Design WHEN: 5:10 p.m. WHERE: Michigan Theater
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WHAT: Yiorgos Anagnostou, professor of Modern Greek at Ohio State University will discuss his research on Greek America. WHO: Modern Greek Program WHEN: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. WHERE: Angell Hall, Classics Library
BICENTENNIAL From Page 1 “We want to make sure we have students engaged, we want to make sure students are interested, and so we want to make sure students know what’s going on,” Oland said. “We found out that, through our interactions, students have no idea what’s coming up and so we really wanted to make sure we had a channel of communication and a way to get students involved, and knowledge of what’s happening.” As an alum and former member of the University marching band, Oland said she feels a special connection to the University and the spirit she felt during her time as a student. Due to this connection, she led the group in participating in a number of activities, such as making a video about the bicentennial for the homecoming pep rally and passing out bagels and T-shirts in Mason Hall. Nursing sophomore Olivia Darany said she thinks the
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amount of diverse perspectives on the committee aid benefits students. “With both graduate and undergraduate students representing almost every school and college across campus, there’s a lot of great perspectives and always a lot of brainpower in the room,” Darany said. “Last semester we spent a lot of time brainstorming the best ways to disseminate information about the bicentennial, since we really just wanted to focus on getting the word out about what would be coming in 2017. Now that it’s officially the bicentennial year, meetings are more geared towards discussing the actual festivals and events and how to make sure they draw crowds and are memorable.” Engineering senior Azia Harris-Martin further explained the importance of having a diverse committee, and how it inspired her to get involved with the planning of the bicentennial and ensure her voice was heard. “I by no means speak for the Black population at Michigan, but wanted to ensure that the
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Night For Us: Colorful Soul WHAT: Artists of color from the Ann Arbor area will preform half-hour sets with an open mike beginning at 10 p.m. The event will also have free soul food. WHO: Arts of Color in Ann Arbor WHEN: 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. WHERE: Canterbury House
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TOWN HALL From Page 1 looking into mental health, and are listening. It’s nice to know that someone is taking your concerns and taking them higher.” To gain information and ideas for potential recommendations and policies, organizers asked students to voice their concerns and suggestions in small groups to further discuss ideas. Task force co-chair Yumi Taguchi, an LSA senior, explained how the setup of the event was important in furthering the discussion of mental health issues. “Both the surveys and the town hall are so important for this discussion,” Taguchi said. “We hear a lot of different stories about resources and the climate on campus, but this format lets us record it in a quantitative way in order for us to present it to administration, to actually make a difference.” Data from the resource innovation survey reported 90.3 percent of students are aware of Counseling and Psychological Services, but many students in the breakout groups pressed for more targeted campaigns to boost awareness. LSA sophomore
(Freshman) are a population that needs a push in knowing what’s there for them
Sujay Shetty, president of the Residence Halls Association, noted students living in dorms — particularly incoming freshmen — would benefit from an increase of awareness. “Many students living in residence halls are freshmen,” he said. “Freshman year comes with a lot of transitional stressors. They are a population that needs a push in knowing what’s there for them.” The task force reported most
WEISER From Page 1 chairman back in December. The announcement came after former chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel vacated the position to head the National Republican Party. LSA senior Casey VanderWeide interned for Weiser on both his regent and GOP chair campaigns. She said his decision to run was made after Republican Party members approached Weiser and recommended him for the position in McDaniel’s absence. “He was approached by multiple people of the party just because of this vacancy,” VanderWeide said. “Coming up in 2018, we have the governor, we have the U.S. Senate, you have the Michigan House and the Michigan Senate. There’s a lot of important races for this state and Ron has had such an incredible legacy helping the Michigan Republican Party and other Republican parties as well across the nation.” Public Policy Lecturer Rusty Hills has served as the Michigan Republican Party chair twice. He said the job of the GOP chair is to turn states red, as seen in November. “The chair’s job, really, is to elect Republicans and to assist them in their efforts to win office,” Hills said. “It’s real simple. It’s about winning elections.” Scott Hagerstrom, Trump’s campaign director in Michigan during the election, was Weiser’s only opposition for the position.
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students understand resources available on campus, but still encounter significant barriers to utilize them. Respondents cited negative experiences with CAPS, anxiety about making appointments, accessibility
These polices will normalize mental illness and expand student access to invaluable resources and strengthen the mental health climate in classrooms
and a fear of stigma from other students. CAPS has focused recent efforts on equipping faculty and staff with diagnostic tools to field student mental health concerns, but the surveys revealed a lingering divide in the classroom. Eighty-seven percent of faculty respondents felt comfortable discussing and/or providing mental health accommodations for students, yet 68 percent of students felt comfortable approaching professors about mental health accommodations. Task force members wore and handed out T-shirts with semicolons printed on them. The shirts are the outcome of a CSG resolution that allocated money for their production, representing Project Semicolon, which was created for individuals who were going through struggles with mental illness and whose story could have stopped moving forward, but did not. Schafer lauded task force members for organizing he called “crucial” for organizing crucial University policies about mental health. “These policies will normalize mental illness and expand student access to invaluable resources and strengthen the mental health climate in classrooms,” he said.
“I am confident that Ron Weiser understands that the future of the Michigan Republican Party lies in embracing the constitutional principles that led to President Trump’s historic victory,” Hagerstrom wrote Sunday in a Facebook post. Once it was announced that Hagerstrom canceled his campaign, many expressed
I think he’ll make connections that will rebound to the benefit of the University of Michigan, making fundraising connections, making framed interactions
concern over whether it was a conf lict of interest were Weiser to hold both positions. Some have questioned whether it would be a violation of the board’s bylaws to do so. The Regental and Executive-Senior Officer Conf lict of Interest Policy, Section 1.14 of the board’s bylaws, says a regent is considered to have a conf lict of interest when they have “an existing or potential financial or other
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CSG From Page 1 resolution states. Engineering Rep. Tania Haddad, an Engineering senior, said the resolution can provide more funds for the scholarship. “We are especially passionate about this scholarship and establishing it so it can have a large enough endowment and have a profound and helpful impact on multiple students on campus,” she said. Recipients are expected to serve as future mentors to younger students, and Schafer asked the board to consider donating to
interest which impairs or might appear to impair the regent’s or executive/senior officer’s independence of judgment in the discharge of responsibilities to the university.” Hills said being both a regent and Michigan Republican chair is not a conf lict of interest, but rather an advantage because he will bring his resources from the state job to the University. “The advantage, as I see it, is that as a party chairman, Ron Weiser will, obviously, come in contact with a great number of people,” Hills said. “By virtue of that, I think he’ll make connections that will rebound to the benefit of the University of Michigan, making fundraising connections, making framed interactions, being a positive ambassador for the University helps to put the University in a good light with a wide range of Republican Party members.” SACUA member SilkeMaria Weineck, a professor of German studies, however, believes Weiser should resign from one of his positions. She said Weiser’s support of President Donald Trump and his current stake at the University creates a situation where Weiser cannot represent both organizations at the same time. “Trump’s general campaign and his post-election statements have show him to be deeply at odds with UM’s core mission,” Weineck said. “I think there’s a chasm there. The way our cosmopolitan institution would have voted is to the creation of a nation of knowledge … I think (President Trump) is a proven
the scholarship—aimed at improving socioeconomic inclusion— which was well received by the regents. A recent internal survey of CSG found the body is mostly male and white and 37.2 percent of members come from homes earning more than $250,000 a year. “Seventy-five percent of CSG members come from a household from a total income of over $100,000,” Schafer said at the October meeting. “This simply does not ref lect the experiences of many students on campus.” To qualify for the scholarship, potential recipients must be full-time students at the University of Michigan, receiving needbased funds from the Office
brazen liar and I think Mr. Weiser can either side with a liar or he can side with the University which stands for the unbiased quest for truth. These two are incompatible. He cannot side with both.” LSA junior Collin Kelly, chair of the University’s chapter of College Democrats, said Weiser’s situation might result in students being a backburner issue for him in the future. “Even though (the chair position) isn’t a paid position, it’s still one of the most important positions in the state of Michigan,” he said. “Here, running a f lagship university, that’s very important and to have explicitly partisan ties is, at the least, a big distraction. There’s a danger and a worry that his chairmanship of the Michigan Republican Party will affect that and might put conservative politics above what is in the best interests of the students and the University.” With these claims above his head, Weiser said his holding both positions is in no way a conf lict of interest and, like Hills, he said he will try to use his chair position to help the University any way he can. “The other people who are regents also have fulltime jobs so the regents are not full-time jobs,” Weiser said. “On the other hand, I do believe as chair of the party of Michigan, that will give me some opportunity to try to help the University when it comes to government policy because I’ll have some inf luence over the legislature and the executive branch.”
of Financial Aid and either currently be a leader in a student organization or aspiring to be one. Rackham student Rep. Andy Snow was critical of the idea, noting its similarities to a regressive tax. “At the end of the day, I don’t care that it’s generally going to help students who need money — I see the student fee as basically a regressive tax for students the most, in general, and I do find it massively, massively insulting that we just act like financial aid covers it,” he said to the body. “People take out loans and pay, not only that fee, but finally pay back quite a bit when they finally get the money to do it, so without reducing where
AUTHOR From Page 1 change takes time. “I think often the way the story is told to us is she sits down and miraculously there’s this moment and then they win,” Theoharis said. “We miss the work of that, and for those of us building movements today, we have to see that that’s not the case, it takes a lot of work.” LSA senior Lindsay Green appreciated this sentiment and plans to apply it to her daily life. “You don’t know when something is going to change, you have to choose to make change,” Green said. “I think that that’s really inspiring and a good reminder that today we have to choose to do that even if we might not get any positive outcome right away.” Theoharis emphasized this idea throughout her talk, while also trying to communicate to
people pay, I will not be able to support this.” Snow continued to criticize the body for introducing the resolution, stating it was against many of CSG’s beliefs. “I don’t see fundamentally how so many of us can be against tuition hikes and increases and still be in support of this,” he said. The Regents voted this July to increase tuition by 3.9 percent for in-state students and 4.4 percent for out-ofstate students, translating to a $546 per year tuition increase for in-state students and $1,934 for out-of-state students. The resolution was tabled for further review at the resolutions committee.
students the idea that social change is not always positively received. “Most Americans did not agree with the civil rights movement when it happened,” she said. “But it’s important to remember that doing the work of justice is not necessarily popular at the time, there’s nothing natural about it.” By the end of the talk, Theoharis had elaborated on Parks’ story, and she inspired students to enact changes in their own communities. LSA senior Lauren Rose was inspired by Theoharis’s talk and she plans to use lessons learned from the talk in her own community. “It’s important to be aware that the smallest things can make a huge change and a huge impact,” she said. “I think that I’m going to take that and go forward in terms of how I’m going to continue my activism in my own community.”
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n October 2015, I attended a This is hardly surprising talk featuring Piper Kerman, given the United States’ abysmal author of the memoir recidivism rates. One study found “Orange Is The New that within five years Black: My Year in a of release, about 76 Women’s Prison,” percent of released which inspired the prisoners were award-winning Netflix rearrested. Therefore, television show. it’s hard to ignore Kerman devoted much that the U.S. criminal of her time to talking justice system has about the importance failed to reform the of criminal justice prisoners whom it reform, and the MARY KATE incarcerates, allowed auditorium was full for unequal and unjust WINN of people receptive to outcomes and, in the her message. process, racked up a huge At the time, thanks to the work bill for U.S. taxpayers. of advocates like Kerman, there Due to increasing awareness was bipartisan acknowledgment of these concerns, the pendulum that the criminal justice system of public opinion has swayed was unfair, ineffective and toward supporting criminal inefficient. It was one of President justice reform. This push for reform Obama’s key objectives and one of was clear in October 2015, when his few agendas that didn’t receive bipartisan legislation was proposed pushback from Republicans in in the Senate to reduce the length Congress. As such, it seemed of mandatory minimum sentences like criminal justice reform was and ban solitary confinement for inevitable. In Trump’s America, juveniles, among many other reforms. though, it seems unimaginable. Unfortunately, and despite It’s quite easy to see why the diverse and powerful support, system needs to be reformed. The the bill languished in the Senate. United States accounts for 4.4 Though it was crafted by senators percent of the world’s population on both sides of party lines, but accounts for 22 percent of the Trump’s law-and-order campaign world’s prison population. With brought back the “tough-on716 prisoners per 100,000 people, crime” rhetoric that altered the the United States has the highest conversation and the political prison population rate in the world. dynamics. This change in tone However, there is no evidence permitted (and likely motivated) to suggest that this high rate of several prominent Republicans to incarceration is due to high rates vocally oppose the once-popular bill. of crime. In fact, the International Ultimately, Senate Majority Leader Crime Victims Survey shows Mitch McConnell did not allow a that the United States has similar vote on the proposal, deeming it too rates of criminal victimization as controversial and divisive. Western European countries. If the failure of Congress to pass Furthermore, the United a bipartisan bill addressing mass States’ staggeringly high incarceration dealt a blow to the rates of incarceration have goal of criminal justice reform, disproportionately affected Trump’s appointment for attorney young Black men with low levels general delivered the knockout of education. As of 2008, one punch. The new attorney general, in 10 young African-American Jeff Sessions, was one of the men with high school diplomas Republican senators who opposed were in jail or prison. For Black the bill and prevented its success. male high school drop-outs, the A look at his history on criminal incarceration rate was 37 percent. justice paints a complicated picture Given how difficult it is for that leans toward favoring harsh ex-offenders to gain employment punishment over rehabilitation, and the disenfranchisement of which calls into question his ex-felons in many states, these commitment to promoting racial high incarceration rates can have equality broadly and criminal lasting negative impacts on the justice reform specifically. African-American community. During Sessions’ confirmation Thus, mass incarceration hearing, Rep. Cedric Richmond perpetuates cycles of economic (D–Calif.) said, “Sen. Sessions has and racial inequality. advanced an agenda that will do There are also very high fiscal great harm to African-American costs to the criminal justice citizens and communities.” system. In the fiscal year of 2013 Additionally, civil rights leader alone, the budget request for the Sen. John Lewis (D–Ga.) said, Federal Bureau of Prisons was $6.9 “Those who are committed to billion and accounted for more equal justice in our society wonder than 25 percent of the Department whether Sen. Sessions’ calls for of Justice’s budget. law and order will mean today
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what it meant in Alabama when I was coming up back then.” How valid are those fears, and can we really assume that criminal justice reform will be prevented at a national level for the next four to eight years? That’s a hard question to answer at this point in the administration, but a look at the new White House website might be the best indication we have right now. The website does not show criminal justice reform as one of the top issues but does cite “Standing Up For Our Law Enforcement Community” as a pressing concern. Though this is surely a noble goal, it is simply not a sufficient response to the problems plaguing the criminal justice system. In fact, unquestioning and unconditional support of law enforcement can be dangerous when police are abusing their power. Federal investigations have been essential in exposing the systemic violation of the law and racial discrimination by police departments, such as in Ferguson and Chicago. Under the heading of “Standing Up For Our Law Enforcement Community,” the White House website states, “Our country needs more law enforcement, more community engagement, and more effective policing.” If correctly implemented, these changes could certainly help improve our criminal justice system. But they won’t mean anything in the absence of comprehensive reform. This means that there must be substantial changes to sentencing laws and reentry programming. It also means that police and prisons need to continue to be held accountable for discrimination and unjustified use of force. These goals may seem impossible, or at least impractical, in the new administration, but it’s important to remember that change does not need to happen at a federal level to make a difference. State legislation has, can and will make a huge difference in the battle for criminal justice reform. In Michigan, for example, a 19-bill package was re-introduced that would reform the state’s parole and probation systems. It’s time for us to push our state legislators to pick up where our national legislators left off. Our administration may have changed since last October when I went to see Piper Kerman talk and criminal justice reform was all but certain. However, we as a nation have not changed, and we can work to enact change ourselves.
Mary Kate Winn can be reached at winnm@umich.edu.
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Women are intersectional human beings who live multi-issued lives. When we are protected, when we are respected, when we are able to thrive and given the same opportunities as our male counterparts... — our nation will rise. —Women’s march on Washington national co -chair, Linda Sarsourin an op-ed for Women’s Media Center.
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fter the election, like many of my fellow students, I had mixed feelings. However, unlike many of my friends, I felt a small sense of relief. I knew that this was going to be a time of incredible upheaval and chaos in our country; however, I was to be exempt from that chaos as I was planning on studying abroad for the first five months of the Donald Trump administration. For weeks, I bragged that I wasn’t going to have to deal with the “peaceful exchange of power” because I would be nearly 4,000 miles away. For my first few weeks in Paris, I tried my best not to think about Trump. Every time my host mother brought up something he had said on TV I would quickly change the subject. I would casually scroll through my Facebook feed, stopping on the occasional cat video and not much else. I was under the impression that I had escaped (for the time being) and attempted to focus on my life abroad. What I didn’t realize was just how small this world has become. With the advent of nearly ubiquitous access to social media, there is no such thing as “escaping to another country” anymore. I thought back to all the people who threatened to move to Canada after Trump’s election,
hoping they had realized by now that running away is the opposite of a solution. While his policies may not directly affect me while I’m a resident of France, that doesn’t mean I don’t hear about them or feel the emotional blowback from knowing that his policies are affecting many people I love. My attitude completely changed the day of the Women’s March on Paris. I woke up late the day after the inauguration and lazily checked my Facebook feed. I saw that one of my new friends from my program in Paris had posted that he would be attending the Women’s March. I checked out the Facebook event and after about 30 seconds of deliberating if I would rather stay in bed, I decided to go. I quickly found out that nearly every student from my study abroad program was also going. A group of my fellow students and I met up and watched as thousands upon thousands of people slowly gathered in Human Rights Square in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower. Being the unorganized international students that we are, none of us remembered to bring signs, but we spent a great deal of time admiring the signs around us in both French and English. We quickly realized that many of the people around us were American, not French. I had no idea there were this many of us in Paris.
The march finally began and, as I’m sure many others who participated in the marches around the world did, I felt an overwhelming sense of solidarity — a feeling that I’m not sure I had felt in my time abroad thus far. While our program requires that we speak French at all times, we all slowly slipped into English, feeling that this protest constituted a reasonable exception to the rule. All around us, bands played, people danced and crowds shouted chants in both French and English. What the march made me realize is that politics is a global issue, not just a national one. It is now estimated that the march reached millions of women in the United States and across the globe, making it the biggest peaceful protest in American history. Personally, I have never been a part of an event that massive in my entire life. Before the march, I didn’t want anything to do with American politics; they had exhausted me while I was back home and all I wanted was an escape. After the march, I was so incredibly grateful to have the chance to stand up for what I believe in while abroad. It gave me hope, it made me feel like I still have a place in the debate, it made me want to get involved again. Most importantly, it woke me up.
Tyree Cowell is a junior in LSA studying abroad in Paris, France.
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’m an engineer. You know, one of those elitist hermits who resides on North Campus and only occasionally takes the Bursley-Baits bus down to chastise those unfortunate non-engineers on Central Campus? Yep. Even worse, I’m an electrical engineer. You know … from the EECS department? I’m one of those snobs. I believe that being an engineer is just as difficult as any major in “LS and Play.” There may be differences in workload, scheduling and campuses, but at the end of the day, a college education is about learning. Yet I feel “learning” has become somewhat lost in the day-to-day clutter of college lives. For me to fully encompass college, I strive to understand the how and why behind concepts, not just how to solve problems. After all, learning is just the beginning of my journey; an in-depth grasp of the underlying ideas enables me to innovate with a full comprehension of the problem at hand. With club meetings, research, work, term papers and weekly homework sets, “learning” has been overtaken by what I call “doing.” My mother has always told me that education is the one thing that cannot be taken from me. Wherever I go, whatever I do, a higher education is invaluable. And it’s not because I can memorize an entire chart of Laplace transformations, recite Maxwell’s equations or tell the difference between dynamic and static polymorphism. No, these explicit things — or any of the numerous equations and facts I’ve crammed into my head — are not going to land me a job or even advance my academic career. You may stop me here and ask, “Don’t you need to know those things to do well?” We’ve arrived at my point. How I
define academic success isn’t through a number out of four or even 4.4 (I’m looking at you, Ross), but rather by how much I have thought, am thinking and will think. Because at the end of the day, education comes down to teaching a set of critical thinking skills. It’s easy to get caught up in “doing things.” But what does this mean? Time and time again, I have heard people say, “Oh, it won’t be bad after I memorize these equations,” or “I’ll just pack my cheat sheet with these equations.” Number crunching. Plug and chug. Is that the point of our education? When we step into the workforce, we have all the resources available to us. There’s no need to memorize the formulas off the top of your head. In the real world, job performance is ultimately measured by how much you think. Once again: thinking. I’m a firm believer that understanding course material, making sure you know how the equations are derived, how the certain relationships are formed or why a certain concept is the way it is serves a far greater purpose than memorizing. And it’s not just me who thinks that way. Eric Mazur, a professor at Harvard University, felt the same way after testing his introductorylevel students conceptually. In his article on assumptions in education, Mazur describes the outcomes from traditional lecture and from an alternative approach where students are required to read the material before coming to a discussionbased class facilitated by iClickers. He found in the alternative approach students were able to better internalize the material, which led to improved performance on both conceptual and traditional problems. While this article was published more than eight years ago, the message is timeless: A fundamental understanding of concepts enables students to generalize their approach to any given
problem while honing their critical thinking skills. Rote memorization will only get you so far. It might get you a college degree, but it doesn’t advance you as a person. It doesn’t develop the critical analysis skills that are necessary to do any job, let alone an engineering job. It robs you of your time at an institution of higher learning. Having an in-depth understanding of the material presented in class certainly helps. Sure, you may never use 90 percent of the class material, but having that baseline knowledge to build off of serves as the foundation of comprehending high-level problems in the “real world.” By knowing the underlying theory and relationships of the final product or solution, as an engineer I can easily identify problems I may encounter, outline different routes to take and then decide between trade-offs. As someone who used the brute force of memorization to get through high school, it is probably hypocritical of me to comment on learning. But the more time I spend here at the University of Michigan, the more success I find in diving deeply into the course material, picking the brains of professors and exploring the world through research. I’ll only be in such an academic environment once, an environment where people are obsessed with learning. It makes me want to learn. Think. Question. Examine. This translates not only in class but also to projects where I can “get my hands dirty” and build something. My mother was right, but her words need a bit of tweaking. The critical thinking gained through higher education is the one thing that cannot be taken from me. From today to the day I take my last steps on campus, to the day I take my last steps at my workplace, I hope to be learning, exploring and, of course, thinking. Austin Xu is a sophomore in the College of Engineering.
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RUNWAY REVIEW
An ode to the late-night snack
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Snacks are great.
Chanel’s latest show for Paris Couture Week
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The Chanel Effect: Why I still love Karl Lagerfeld Label’s latest Paris Couture show reminds us that innovation isn’t the only way to win the heart of the fashion industry TESS GARCIA
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It’s Paris Couture Week. Twice a year, once in February and again in July, the city of love is enveloped in a world of hand-embroidered, expertly hairsprayed fantasy. Few know the world of one-of-a-kind design better than Karl Lagerfeld. He’s been around the bend of fashion’s greatest stages time and time again. He’s designed for the likes of Balmain and Chloé, and currently serves as the creative director Fendi and his own eponymous label. Why, then, when we hear his name, do we only think of Chanel? It’s Chanel. The interlocked pair of C’s on a quilted, chainlinked bag. The one name in fashion known by everyone before us that will likely remain in ubiquity for the next century. I don’t give a shit if we have seen that same tweed suit from Karl before — it’s Chanel, for god’s sake. In a perfect world, legacy wouldn’t be a determining factor in the what’s-hot-what’s-not
debate. Yet Donald Trump is president, and climate change is real. By all means, then, is it entirely valid to love a brand for its name. To be grounded in such a lasting heritage, something great must have happened at the hands of its inheritor at one point or another. When Karl took the helm at Chanel in 1983, the German mastermind began cranking out controversial collections like it was his job (to be fair, it was). When the ‘90s rolled around, his taste grew ever more objectionable. High-rise bodysuits emblazoned with that omnipresent double-C paraded down his runway alongside suits reminiscent of the matador’s traje de luces. As I recount his bold past in writing, everything sounds too good to have been true (there is nothing I would prefer than to see a new generation of Cindy Crawfords prance across the Paris stage in nothing but a hot pink Chanel bikini). In the 21st century, Karl appears to have focused his energy on paying homage to his lone successor, an act that has become predictable after seasons
of relative redundancy. Karl’s 68th couture collection for the house debuted this past Tuesday. Even before viewing the photo gallery on nowfashion. com, I knew this season’s work would be predictably frothy and frilly, accompanied by some characteristically enchanting background, but I still counted down the minutes until I could escape my social science class and devour the photos on a “bathroom break.” Look one: A tweed skirt suit in a subdued shade of green, accented by a black pussybow at the neck and a chunky silver belt at the midsection. Skirt suit after skirt suit, tweed after tweed, pastel after pastel, ruffle after ruffle. Soon, fully-sequined ball gowns were added into the mix, not without a generous spray of feathers. Spokesmodel Lily Rose-Depp closed out the show in a gargantuan pink pastry of a number. Utterly typical, and yet, I drooled over every last detail. That’s just the Chanel Effect. You may not like it, but you still have to love it.
It’s a little after 11 p.m., While most people carefully and you just got home from devise and prepare their daily the library, a late meeting or meals (taken to the extreme by somewhere or other. You likely myself ) –– a habit inherently ate dinner four or five hours hinged upon concern for ago. Your stomach growls, sustaining our health and wellreminding you of the stretch of being –– there’s rarely, if ever, time that has elapsed. Perhaps pause or a plan of action that you could snack on a bag of motivates our decisive instinct Goldfish or munch on an apple. to consume a late-night snack. Neither really fill you up or hit It’s a moment of complete, the spot, but they’ll do in the uninhibited consumption that moment –– until encapsulates the you get in bed and frequently evasive find yourself already feeling of total thinking about freedom. breakfast. I say run with Maybe this that freedom. How isn’t you at all. It’s often throughout possibly just me the day do we get rambling about my to act with reckless late-night eating abandon? How often habits (admittedly do we act with such unbefitting someone carelessness, such SHIR who loves a good aimless gusto? Our Avinadav meal as much as I limited energy is Food do). But it makes me channeled towards Columnist wonder: What is it so many other about that chunk of demands that drain time between the sun setting us of our ability to scrutinize and our bodies following suit even the most trivial of matters that makes food a salient, that the brief moment in which nagging thought surfacing in we act upon our hunger without our minds? thinking twice resolves any Though termed the other nagging thoughts in our “midnight snack,” late- minds. Though on a small scale, night eating can roughly be the indulgence of a satiating considered eating anything impromptu snack seems like after our last meal of the day a blip on our daily radar, it’s and anything before our first. much more than that. It can take various forms, be Our society doesn’t reward shared with others or alone action without thought, and and usually creeps up on us under most circumstances, it in the form of a some random shouldn’t. But momentarily craving. Akin to the midnight freeing ourselves from the snack is the drunk food, a chains of arbitrary, everyday similarly spontaneous act of choices can be a psychological eating anything to satisfy us in deep breath –– a moment of the moment. peace.
Whatever prompts us to fill our stomachs and ease our minds, be it a dull, persistent hunger or an aching restlessness, we seek out comfort in food. And a latenight snack is the epitome of a quick, comforting treat that doesn’t require much effort or time to attain. With that, I’ll leave you with three of my favorite late night snacks: the beautifully random concoctions of edible respites I find comfort in on any given night. A bowl of cereal I know, I know: “Seriously?” Yes, seriously. It’s cheap and easy. I throw in nuts, chocolate chips, coconut f lakes, almond butter; replace dairy milk with almond milk or yogurt or cereal with granola. The options are endless, easy and satisfying. Ricotta toast Sounds fancy, right? Well, it’s not. It’s an airy, subtly tangy cheese (for under $3 at most grocery stores) slathered on crisp toasted bread and can be assembled in under five minutes. If you really want to throw caution to the wind, top it with sliced fruit, honey, seeds or whatever. It’s a blank slate for your most foolhardy culinary ambitions. The less thought you put into it the better and tastier. DIY Trail Mix AKA a crazy person’s bag of snacks. Combine pretzels, goldfish, peanuts, or anything in your snack cabinet with a crunch, and toss together. The pleasing variety and gratifying textures are a true testament to what can be done with an offhand spurt of creativity and bold indifference.
STYLE NOTEBOOK
Fashion’s great obligation Industry must adapt to pressing environmental concerns
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Fred’s makes its return TESS TOBIN
Daily Arts Writer
The empty storefront startled me. I didn’t know how to interpret the sign on the door that read: “Working hard on getting reopened and will be seeing you all so soon.” It was so vague. It was early fall, and I was not taking Fred’s disappearance well — being told I couldn’t have it only made me want it more. I checked their Instagram (@Fredslol) with regularity and impatiently waited for word of reopening. When news of their January relaunch finally arrived, I was elated. The old Fred’s was a charming, shoebox-sized café tucked away on South U. The sunny California vibe inside was a rupture from gray of the street. The aesthetic was trendy, but it wasn’t trying too hard — it was small and cramped, but clean and white.
The new space is similarly cute, yet different. When I entered, it was clear that the place was far from its humble beginnings. The new place gobbled up the old one: It’s sprawling. Every inch was packed. I opened the door straight to a line. What’s more, the place was bustling. The energy was palpable. Waiters were zipping around, swapping trays of avocado toast for beautifully illustrated number cards. I have to confess, I despise nearly every variety of vegetable. However, every January, after the onslaught of “clean eating” content, I think to myself: “Maybe I do like healthy food, maybe it’s not that bad.” Unfortunately, that message never sticks. Salad just does not excite me the way a plate of fries does. However, despite my distaste for superfoods, at Fred’s I cannot help but exchange green for greens. Turns out, all I need to get excited is a pretty presentation — and in that regard, Fred’s excels.
The food styling is next level where every single item on the menu has its custumors reaching for their phone. You’d be hard pressed to find a dish that is not vibrant and multi-hued. Arguably, even more beautiful than the food is the café itself; it is spacious, light and the décor evokes a very West Coast x Marrekesh vibe. Long gone are the days of the hallway-sized café. Unlike before, where the only seating was a cramped counter, the renovated space now has room for dining. Alternatively, you can lounge on the plush steel blue couch while drinking a latte from the coffee bar. If you’re into healthy food that doesn’t taste like sawdust, or you’re just into taking photos of your food (no judgment), it’s worth the trip. Fred’s perfectly satisfies the gap in the market for reasonably priced, casual, clean, aesthetically pleasing food and is overall a great new (well, half new) addition to the Ann Arbor food scene.
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“Buy less and buy better” — that’s what we’re told. In that cliché narrative, consumers are the primary targets of activists focused on the fashion industry’s devastating environmental effects and inhumane treatment of workers. The fashion industry has cultivated the idea that consumers hold the true power in determining the market’s interaction with the environment. If we choose to buy more exclusively responsible, recycled and reused clothing, then fashion corporations will be forced to change their wasteful ways and cater to an ecological demand. Current clothing production and distribution poses a myriad of all too real problems, from the use of non-biodegradable material, rampant environmental pollution and exhaustion of fossil fuels and freshwater, all to produce over 80 billion pieces of clothing a year. “Fast fashion” simply isn’t sustainable. But despite the warnings and begging of activists, we continue to gorge ourselves shirt by shirt, breathlessly hoping to keep up, be stylish, full steam ahead. Perhaps the relationship between the fashion industry and our environment is infinitely more complex
than our typical branding of the consumer populus, with responsibility for creating an ecological demand. The decision to shop ecologically could have much less to do with the individual consumer decision and more so with the powerhouses of modern fashion mandating wear of the newest pieces and ideas. The worth of any item of clothing has been reconfigured — now
Despite the warnings and begging of activists, we continue to gorge ourselves shirt by shirt, breathlessly hoping to keep up
lying in its momentary and cheap trendsetting ability. Rather than a quality and fair trade make in a U.S. warehouse, production is often outsourced to an illegal one in Bangladesh. As the excess builds up, it is becoming painfully clear the fashion corporations we hold
in such high regard have an imminent moral responsibility to actively implement sustainable practices for the future of fashion and, more pressingly, our environment. In cooperation with the everyday individual’s effort to consume less conspicuously, there is too much potential for corporate change. Companies like Eileen Fisher, Ralph Lauren and Stella McCartney have demonstrated the potential of an ecological business model and set in motion a wiser consumer impression of what is trendy, desirable and ultimately necessary. The company’s market highly regarded collections of fairly sourced and constructed clothing, encouraging the spread of sustainable fashion. Through closed loop technology, clothing can be carefully broken down for textile reuse. Similarly, Swedish engineers recently released a garment made from 100 percent recycled cotton. For worldwide clothing names to implement these practices would both engage the impressionable public and encourage a farreaching implementation of environmental production. So for now, keep thrifting, re-wearing, shopping smart and handing in your unwanted clothes to recycling collections. You never know, the material from those unwanted clothes could walk the runways of Valentino in its next life.
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Josh Peck as Chris in ‘Take the 10.’
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The latest addition to the ‘xXx’ trilogy disappoints.
‘Take the 10’ subpar Net-flick ‘xXx’ a wildly careless feature 10,” while also starring as a drug dealer who feels emasculated Daily Arts Writer by his girlfriend. Alongside Tam is Toni Revolori (“Dope”) What could be better for and Nickelodeon sensation, movie-lovers than not having Josh Peck (“Red Dawn”). Both to leave the couch to watch actors have matured since new releases? — and no, their launches into stardom, this is not a public service so shedding memories of both announcement telling readers actors as their adolescent to start Torrenting movies. selves is challenging. Who Netflix, which is responsible for could forget Revolori’s stellar producing some of the best new performance as Zero Moustafa original series in recent memory, in Wes Anderson’s “The Grand is now dabbling Budapest Hotel”? in movies. Sadly, Or, a younger and they haven’t been chubbier Peck in as successful in “Drake and Josh”? this field. With a Nonetheless, “Take the 10” few exceptions, both provide Netflix many of of their strong, convincing releases receive performances. little acclaim or In fact, the attention. It almost feels like the acting makes up for the movies are treated as though weak dialogue and lazy gags they aren’t worthy of theatrical throughout the movie, giving releases, so a Netflix release is impressive deliveries to jokes the best alternative to scrapping that sometimes feel like an the project all together. Perhaps, eighth grader wrote. The film Netflix movies are becoming focuses on three intertwining the equivalent of “made for TV” events of nonconventional movies when people actually criminals breaking the law in watched TV on the TV. strange ways. Chris (Peck) and “Take the 10” doesn’t Chester (Ravolori) work at a necessarily fit this mold of parody of Whole Foods —aptly mediocrity. Although it might titled Wholeish Foods— and not be groundbreaking, it never are planning on going to a rap feels like a project that was put concert in the Inland Empire on life support, and Netflix was of California. However, when its last dying chance for revival. trying to sell his car for money, Made-for-Netflix movies things quickly get complicated could be a way for up-and- for Chester. Ultimately, the coming directors to get their feet Craigslist buyer steals his wet in the industry, exposing “vintage” 1997 Toyota. On top of new talent to wide audiences. this, the antagonists always find Chester Tam (“Popstar”) has his themselves running into Chris directorial debut with “Take the and Chester in ways that are too WILL STEWART
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convenient and unbelievable. With a disappointing ending, the story of “Take the 10” is not its strong point. Andy Samberg (“Popstar”) and Fred Armisen (“Portlandia”) make brief, underwhelming appearances. If these minor roles weren’t occupied with A-list celebrities, their scenes would likely fail to gather any laughs. Stereotypes are somewhat challenged in the movie, but without any subtlety. Most of the humor lies between making a racist joke and then denying that any racist joke was made. It’s like hinting that you hate a friend’s haircut without deliberately saying it and then continuing to deny your true feelings once the friend accuses you of hating it. It never works in “Take the 10.” Although it sometimes feels like “Take the 10” has nothing going for it, the movie packs a lot into its 80-minute duration. Essentially, not one minute of the movie is dull. “Take the 10” isn’t trying to be a breakthrough for comedy, but rather an enjoyable movie to help unwind after a stressful day. The increased desire for mindless escapism through binge watching Netflix series is so prevalent today, and “Take the 10” fits the mold. For devoted binge watchers looking for pastpaced entertainment, “Take the 10” will be a welcomed break between watching 10 episodes of “Orange Is the New Black” and “House of Cards.”
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Cage” may have some of the worst dialogue to ever grace the Daily Arts Writer big screen, with every character constantly saddled with the task That the newest film in the of delivering the same kind of “xXx” franchise wouldn’t take tin-eared, clunky, inane oneitself seriously was a given. These liners over and over again. Half films have always been targeted of these are bad lines to begin at those who find the “Fast and with, but the other half are the Furious” movies too serious. ruined by the wooden acting that “Return of Xander Cage” takes pervades the cast, particularly it to a different level—it simply Toni Collette (“Krampus”), doesn’t care. It can’t be bothered who turns in an egregiously to take anything too seriously, monotone performance. least of all its own When the quality or what heroes of “Return its audience may of Xander Cage” want. Caring is aren’t acting like for “suits” who the caffeine“xXx: The Return of don’t know how addled eight Xander Cage” to have fun, and graders who all “Xander Cage” wrote the script, Paramount wants to do is, by they’re partaking Rave, Quality 16 its own admission, in the worst action “kick some ass, get scenes of 2017 the girl, and try to so far. Which look dope doing it.” Somehow, it includes not just the hypercan’t even do that right. choreographed hand-to-hand It almost looks promising combat either which is generally in its first few scenes, with a saved by Yen’s incomparable couple genuinely great stunts, stunt work –– but also every a decent sense of humor and scene with even an ounce of the impossibly cool Donnie excitement. A sequence late in Yen (“Rogue One: A Star Wars the movie, which involves two Story”) leading the charge. It guys chasing after each other, is knows it’s stupid and revels in so filled with incomprehensible that fact. Then, as if trying to “shaky cam” and poor editing break some sort of record, it that it actually hurts to look runs that shtick into the ground at. Any hope that these scenes within ten minutes, and apathy could be elevated by a good defines the rest of the affair. effect is obliterated by effects As a result of that indifference, that look, at best, like something the dialogue, acting and half the out of the early nineties. scenes would feel right at home However, many won’t be in a run-of-the-mill porno. It’s interested in “Return of Xander not an understatement to say Cage” because they believe it that “The Return of Xander will be a competently made film. JEREMIAH VANDERHELM
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ACROSS 1 Hindu noble 5 Like pastrami 10 Rum cake 14 “O no! it is an __fixed mark ... ”: Shak. 15 “SNL” alum Cheri 16 Restaurant in the same corporate group as Applebee’s 17 What rattlers that never bask in the sun may get? 19 Pool element 20 Vegetable __ 21 Sore 22 Oaf 24 Careless 26 “This __ test” 27 Strikebreakers at a brewery? 34 “Curb Your Enthusiasm” creator 37 Different 38 By way of 39 Controversial sightings 40 Demonstrators, often 41 Grammy category 42 Budgetary waste 43 Allen who managed the Beatles and Stones 44 Farmyard noises 45 What berets cover? 48 Wee battery 49 Odorless gas 53 Declare 56 Comic actor Jacques 58 Words in praiseful titles 59 Track component 60 Angry looks in the hayloft? 63 Military wind 64 African herbivore 65 Lot 66 Lost traction 67 Quaker in the forest 68 Adele’s brother
DOWN 1 They get carried away 2 Be of use to 3 Pudding snack cup maker 4 It may come after you 5 Bone below the sacrum 6 State on the Colorado Plateau 7 Fall back (on) 8 Before, in verse 9 Doesn’t care for 10 Lunch order with “special sauce” 11 “May I speak?” 12 Pro __ 13 High point 18 Flavorful 23 Cold War letters 25 Trident-shaped letters 28 Johnnycakes 29 Top story 30 Fine __ 31 Lady’s company? 32 Take to the cleaners 33 Fifth Avenue store 34 Keister
35 Miles off 36 Suffrage, with “the” 40 Moorish palace of southern Spain 41 Sneakily seek, with “for” 43 Dodge Aries, e.g. 44 Eye-related 46 Aced 47 Shows one’s feelings
50 Battling 51 “48 HRS.” costar 52 Moved carefully 53 Stray sounds? 54 Epic __ 55 Name for a poodle 56 Vacation plan 57 Diarist Frank 61 “I get it” sounds 62 Not quite right
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They’re just looking to have fun, and that’s understandable. Not every movie needs to be some uber-intelligent meditation on life provided they at least try to create a worthwhile experience for their audience. This is where “Return of Xander Cage” is most lacking. It doesn’t care what its audience wants. It doesn’t matter if they’re looking for competent filmmaking or a good time. Several major plot points that change the course of the movie happen off-screen because the film doesn’t care. It brings back elements from the previous film, “State of the Union,” which even fans of the original despise, because it doesn’t care. Characters appear from out of nowhere so often that by the end of the movie, the only reasonable explanation is that these people have the ability to travel through space and time. “Return of Xander Cage” doesn’t care about being a good movie, and it doesn’t care about being “fun.” It just wants to do its own thing, and anybody who has a problem with that must not know what a good time is. Yet in its final moments, “Return of Xander Cage” still has time to treat itself like a very special movie. “If people would just treat each other better, the world would be a better place,” it says, straight-faced. Considering it amounts to a little more than one hundred and ten minute of audience abuse, the irony is incredible.
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SINGLE REVIEW “It’s never been more important that we stick together and take care of each other.” As many lamented the dwindling hours of Barack Obama’s presidency, those were the simple words Arcade Fire had for their surprise single release. The release wasn’t expected, nor was it exactly sought after. Yet, their poignantly timed new single, “I Give You Power,” is the perfect answer to today’s divisive, often fragmented political climate: Solidarity is a beautiful thing, but when it engenders itself in the face of fear? That’s when it’s most powerful. Arcade Fire aren’t strangers to the familial, either. From their letters to the suburbs to their debut album’s fixation on “neighborhood,” the band is among the notable contemporary harbingers of commu-
nal artistry — but perhaps now even more pointedly so. Post-election, many American artists have been channeling their thoughts and emotions (along with their fans’) in a variety of ways
“I Give You Power” Arcade Fire Infinite Content — some muted and some raucous, but all anchored in the same sentiment. For “I Give You Power,” Arcade Fire recruit rhythm and blues mainstay Mavis Staples to orchestrate an aurally simple (yet contextually grand) piece that takes on a slightly different frame than many of their politically active colleagues.
In mantric fashion, Staples and Win Butler — frontman for the band — craft a carefully-built fervor, with the two belting lyrics like “I give you power / But now I say / I give you power / I can take it away” over and over again, channeling the extremes of their past sounds in records like Reflektor and Neon Bible. Unlike their musical contemporaries, Butler and Staples stick to the basics. They exchange fury for groove, aggression for simplicity, a call to arms for a simple warning — as easily as we give our leaders power, we can take it away. It’s a sobering reminder in the face of the anger these next four years risk generating. We’re all in this together — Arcade Fire ensures we won’t forget that. — ANAY KATYAL
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One hundred: ‘M’ downs Wildcats for Barnes Arico’s milestone Wolverines dominate Northwestern, 80-54, at Crisler Center to give Kim Barnes Arico her 100th win with the program ETHAN WOLFE Daily Sports Writer
When Kim Barnes Arico walked into the locker room after an 80-54 beatdown over Northwestern, her players greeted her stone-faced. Seconds later, water was flying in the NORTHWESTERN 54 air 80 MICHIGAN from all directions and Barnes Arico was doused head to toe, everyone in the room celebrating her 100th win as the Michigan women’s basketball coach. The festivities didn’t stop there. The players brought out a cake and showed her a video montage with messages and pictures from current and former staffers and players. “They got me a little bit wet,” Barnes Arico joked. “It was awesome. I was wondering what was going on, and then all of a sudden all the water went off and a beautiful cake and a beautiful video to follow. “I’ve been really fortunate. My first year here I took over a team that had a great season the year before, really didn’t want to lose their coach and had five seniors returning. You really never know how they’ll welcome you at that point. They embraced me with open arms. … They taught me what it was to be at Michigan. We really connected from day one. It’s been great every year since then.” Barnes Arico’s feat is especially impressive considering she is just over halfway finished with her fifth season with the Wolverines, and already just 23 wins shy of becoming the all-time wins leader in program history — trailing only Sue Guevara, who coached the team from 1996 to 2003. “I was concerned … any coach
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Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico notched her 100th victory Wednesday night and is just 23 wins shy of becoming the program leader for all-time wins.
that tells you they’re not, it’s a bunch of bologna,” Barnes Arico said. “But the players weren’t. (We) played a great team like Northwestern that had a week off to prepare for us. … As much as we scored the basketball, I think we really locked in on the defensive end and followed the game plan.” Added junior forward Jillian Dunston: “We didn’t want to jinx it. We were hesitant to celebrate. We were telling ourselves we had to win tonight. Any game in the Big Ten is a big game, so we knew we needed this win regardless of the 100th win or not, and it was awesome to get that win.” While the team will surely bask in Barnes Arico’s accomplishment — its next game
isn’t for another week — there were plenty of other things to celebrate in Michigan’s win. The Wolverines (6-2 Big Ten, 17-5 overall) returned to the hardwood of Crisler Center for the first time since Jan. 15, and what was primed to be a close contest with NCAA Tournament implications turned ugly early. The Wildcats (4-3, 15-5) made the first shot of the game with an early layup, but a 3-pointer from freshman guard Kysre Gondrezick at the 8:56 mark of the first quarter gave Michigan a lead it wouldn’t relinquish for the rest of the game. Northwestern’s offensive troubles began from the get-go, as it scored just nine points in the first frame. The Wildcats’ star forward Nia Coffey was
hawked by junior forward Jillian Dunston, shooting just 1-for-7 in the first quarter and 6-for-20 for the game. “(Our defense) is one of the reasons we’re pushing this year,” Dunston said. “Screening, rebounding, giving my teammates more opportunities. … It’s a big role but it’s not overwhelming.” Alternatively, the Wolverines shot 8-for-14 — including eight points from Gondrezick — to end the quarter up, 19-9. Gondrezick went on to lead the team in scoring, notching career-highs of 22 points and six 3-pointers to go along with seven boards and six assists. Junior guard Katelynn Flaherty was productive in her own right, scoring 20 points and eclipsing
Wolverines support Bell Let’s Talk ORION SANG
Daily Sports Editor
The phrase is simple — just three words. It’s nearly seven years old now, but the importance of Bell Let’s Talk hasn’t dwindled since it was created by a Canadian organization dedicated to erasing the stigma surrounding mental illness. The organization (which shares the same name as the phrase) also seeks to help Canadians with mental illnesses receive better care and access, encourages change by adopting a standard for mental health in the workplace and raises money for research. Each year on Jan. 25, Bell Let’s Talk promises to donate five cents for every tweet — in addition to other forms of social media or communication — that includes the phrase in a hashtag. The campaign has been unofficially adopted by the hockey community, and that has held true for the Michigan hockey team. In past years, most of the Wolverines’ participation lay in individual tweets with the
hashtag from both current and former players. This year, though, a few Canadian members of the team made a collective effort to help raise awareness. In a picture that the team’s official account tweeted, senior defenseman Nolan De Jong, junior forward Dexter Dancs and freshman goaltender Jack LaFontaine held cards with messages written on them such as “You are not alone”, “A conversation could change a life”, and “It’s okay to ask for help”. “The hockey community is such a tight-knit group that if somebody’s suffering from that or takes their life — god forbid they do that — it affects a lot of people,” De Jong said. “So I think there’s always guys that want to step up and make a difference because there are so many people suffering in silence that are maybe scared to come out and talk about it or are trying to battle through it because of the stigma that surrounds mental health right now. I think it’s something that’s getting better, but there’s still a long way to go with it.”
Some Michigan players, like senior goaltender Zach Nagelvoort, discovered the initiative through the organization’s social media campaign. De Jong, on the other hand, learned about it while following the NHL. He had grown up familiar with the career of Rick Rypien, a forward for the Vancouver Canucks who earned a reputation as a hard-working player and enforcer. Rypien suffered from depression for most of his career before committing suicide in 2011. His death shook the hockey world and spurred further involvement in mental health causes — such as Bell Let’s Talk — from both players and teams. In the aftermath of Rypien’s death, two of his former teammates, Kevin Bieksa and Alex Burrows, worked to promote mental health awareness — efforts that De Jong became aware of. “... That’s something that I saw a lot of it and something that I think touched a lot of people in British Columbia especially, because Rick Rypien was such a well-liked, heart-and-soul team
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Senior defenseman Nolan De Jong and his teammates have helped raise awareness for mental health issues.
guy,” De Jong said. “... (Rypien’s suicide) didn’t hurt just the team and the hockey community, but everybody in British Columbia, and that left a lasting effect for me, especially.” Added Nagelvoort: “We see these people as immortal. We see them as like, ‘Oh, tough guy who plays in the NHL, there’s no way anything else could be going on.’ I think that really humanizes it — to see someone like that, who plays at the highest level that there is in our sport, that we all idolize, to see that that person was affected by a mental health issue. … If it happens to one of those guys that we hold so high, then it probably is happening to someone who you’ve played with or play with right now.” The drive to increase awareness of mental health issues is something both De Jong and Nagelvoort are familiar with, and it doesn’t just stop with Bell Let’s Talk. Both players are cognizant of the strides that Michigan has taken to expand its resources, such as its Counseling and Psychological Services program. While he hopes his teammates would be comfortable talking to him about any issues weighing on them, Nagelvoort anticipates that his teammates would use those resources if necessary. He said himself that the stigma surrounding mental illness too often results in silence about the issue. “I can’t speak for everyone else but I grew up in the ‘Put your head down, just work harder, if you put more hours in on the ice, you’ll get through your problems’ (mentality),” Nagelvoort said. “There’s a lot of people who go through life and that’s not the only answer.” Added De Jong: “... It’s definitely a positive to see so many student-athletes or professional athletes taking a stand and showing that, you know, we may have to put on this face and go out there, but there’s other things in our lives that affect us rather than just making sure I perform on the ice.”
the 1,700 career point milestone. “To be able to shoot the ball that well gives me a lot more confidence moving forward,” Gondrezick said. “Being able to impact the game whether it be scoring, or rebounding or passing. ... Being able to come out and get that sizeable lead was huge for us and gives us a lot of momentum. Things didn’t get any better for Northwestern in the following period, as it scored just 10 points and turned the ball over seven times en route to a 41-19 deficit at halftime. The Wildcats’ 19 points was a testament to the defense that Barnes Arico praised earlier in the week — it was the lowest halftime point total for a team that averages 73.7 points per
game. The low point total is especially impressive considering sophomore center Hallie Thome sat much of the half after picking up a foul 28 seconds into the game. On the other side of the ball for Michigan, the team shot a gaudy 7-for-13 from beyond the arc. Senior point guard Siera Thompson also etched her name in the records alongside her coach, moving to second place among Michigan’s career assists leaders, with her 489th dime coming off a pass to Gondrezick for a right-wing 3-pointer. “As the years have gone by … my role has changed,” Thompson said. “As a point guard, you have to sacrifice some of your game. I’m not putting scoring to the side, but there’s a lot of stuff I had to think about.” With a lopsided lead heading into the third quarter, the Wolverines were more lax on both sides of the ball but did just enough to remain comfortable heading into the final period with a 21-point lead. Despite Northwestern’s height advantage, Michigan limited its scoring opportunities, outrebounding the Wildcats in the quarter, 12-6, while also forcing seven turnovers. The Wolverines showed no mercy in the final period, beginning the quarter on an 11-0 run. But even in the final minutes of the game, with four reserves in the lineup, Michigan could still not be stopped, as a corner three by senior guard Danielle Williams was the final nail of many in Northwestern’s coffin. With Flaherty surpassing 1,700 points in her career, Thompson moving into second in program history in career assists, Barnes Arico’s 100th win and a win over the thenfourth place team in the Big Ten, Michigan can rest easy for now.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Dunston shines on D MAGGIE KOLCON Daily Sports Writer
Junior forward Jillian Dunston hasn’t had an easy job the past couple games. The Michigan women’s basketball team has assigned her the task of shutting down the opposing team’s best player each night. On Wednesday night, Dunston proved her worth, once again, as a defensive stopper during the Wolverines’ 80-54 win over Northwestern. “My body hurts from guarding all these All-Americans,” Dunston said with a laugh. Dunston has marked up against two of the best players in the Big Ten over Michigan’s past two contests: first against Nebraska’s sophomore forward Jessica Shepard, and then Northwestern’s senior forward Nia Coffey. By all accounts, Michigan’s matchup against the Wildcats was supposed to be a close game. The Wolverines are third in the Big Ten standings, while Northwestern was sitting only one spot behind them, tied for fourth. Yet, as the score indicates, Michigan pulled away early, with a 12-3 lead in the first five minutes and never let the Wildcats catch up. And according to Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico, it was because of Dunston’s effort. “I just think we locked in on the defensive end,” Barnes Arico said. “They’re led by an All-American candidate in Nia Coffey, and Jillian Dunston… had her 1-for-10 at the half. Just really incredible.” Coffey averaged 19.6 points coming into the faceoff against the Wolverines. But with Dunston shadowing her, she finished with an inefficient 16 points, shooting just 6-for-20 on field goal attempts. Dunston’s previous experience guarding Shephard contributed to her success against Coffey. “Prior, we played Nebraska,” Dunston said. “And it was a similar game plan, where their power forwards are their most powerful players, and I knew I had to match up with them. But my teammates helped me a lot. Like a lot, a lot.”
Not only did Dunston stick to her mark like glue, but she was all over the paint too, grabbing 14 rebounds — just one shy of her career high. Rebounds have been a huge focal point for the Wolverines this season. Dunston has taken that mentality to heart and encourages her teammates to do the same. “When it comes to rebounding, Jillian’s on me all the time,” said freshman guard Kysre Gondrezick, who had seven rebounds of her own against the Wildcats. Added Barnes Arico: “She has really become one of the best defenders in our conference with what she’s been able to do. She’s one of the best rebounders on our team. … She’s our emotional leader for sure.” While she seems to have defense down pat, there were a few times that Dunston was afforded opportunities to take more offensive control against Northwestern. Wide-open behind the 3-point line more than once, she passed the ball off to a teammate instead of taking a clear shot. Dunston, while consistent on defense, scored just four points. “Sometimes I pass too much or I’m too passive,” Dunston said. “I need to be a threat in order to create for my teammates. It’s kind of a paradox, of creating, not creating too much, creating for yourself, but not being selfish.” Even though there is room for improvement offensively, Dunston’s defensive game is arguably responsible for Michigan’s two latest wins. For now, she plays the exact role that the Wolverines need her to, and has worked hard to improve on it. “She has had a lot of tough assignments,” said senior guard Siera Thompson. “Especially the last few games. But she has taken the challenge and she’s been in the film room studying the other players’ moves. We’re so proud of her, because a couple years ago we didn’t know if she would be able to take on that challenge and we’ve seen the growth in her.”
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MEN’S BASKETBALL
Behind Enemy Lines with Thomas Bryant MINH DOAN
Daily Sports Editor
On Thursday, the Michigan men’s basketball team will welcome Indiana into Crisler Center for the two teams’ first matchup of the season. After a slow start to the Big Ten season that saw the Hoosiers go 1-3, Indiana has responded with three straight wins, including a seven-point victory over Michigan State last Saturday. With guard Yogi Ferrell gone to the NBA and forward OG Anunoby recently suffering a right knee injury that will keep him out for the rest of the season, Hoosier center Thomas Bryant has assumed an even bigger role on the team. While Bryant is shooting almost 17 percent worse than he did last year, he is still averaging 11.9 points per game and his rebounding average has increased from 5.8 to 7 rebounds per game. The Daily sat down with Bryant at Big Ten Media Day in October to discuss Bryant’s decision to pass on the NBA Draft and return to Indiana, playing with Ferrell and the Hoosiers’ tough non-conference schedule. The Michigan Daily: You had a chance to jump to the NBA last summer. What do you think of the new rule that allows players
to test the waters before jumping into the draft? Thomas Bryant: I think it’s great. It’s great for players to go out there and test the waters and get the feedback from NBA scouts on what they need to improve on, what they do well. Every college basketball player’s dream is to make it to the NBA, what better way to get feedback than from NBA personnel? TMD: What were the biggest factors that led you to go back to Indiana for another year? TB: I knew I needed to get better. There’s some key things I needed to get better at, and I knew staying would actually help me get better at those things. TMD: You mentioned conditioning earlier as one of those things, but in terms of X’s and O’s, what do you want to get better at? TB: I feel like I could be better on both ends of the court and being more versatile and more vocal out there on the court. TMD: Now that you’re in your sophomore year, what did you learn from your freshman year and how can you take that into your second year at Indiana? TB: Just the mindset that I need to have about playing college basketball. It’s a lot different than high school, and you just have to have that mental mindset and
there’s a mental toughness that you need to have on the court. TMD: Yogi Ferrell has been somewhat of a villain for Michigan fans over the past couple of years. What was it like playing with him last year? TB: It was great. He knew a lot about the game, and he brought the most out of his teammates each and every day. Whether it was in practice or in a game, he was a real leader. TMD: Your team was undefeated at home at Assembly Hall last year. What will it take to go undefeated again there this year? (Indiana is currently 12-2 at home with losses to Nebraska and Wisconsin.) TB: We need to have the same mindset that we had last year, especially on the defensive end. We have to have a pitbull mindset on the defensive end because our defense will transform our offense into a great offense. TMD: You have a pretty tough schedule to open up the year with games against Kansas and North Carolina. Are you excited to play the better teams in the country? TB: Oh yeah. We look forward to playing the better teams in the country. We like that. All we want to do is play great, top-notch teams. We’ll take that with open arms.
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Wolverines beginning difficult stretch with Indiana matchup KEVIN SANTO
Managing Sports Editor
The Michigan men’s basketball team has been doing its own kind of dance this Indiana at year. It seems Michigan that for every Matchup: step the Indiana 14-6; Wolverines Michigan 13-7 take forward, When: they take Thursday another one 9 P.M. backward. But Where: as Michigan Crisler Arena enters the TV/Radio: crucible of ESPN2 its Big Ten schedule, the room for anything but progress is dwindling quickly. Within the next 21 days, the Wolverines will play both Indiana and Michigan State twice, while also facing off with Ohio State before wrapping up the tough stretch with a rematch against Wisconsin. And the journey through that gauntlet all begins with a matchup against the Hoosiers at Crisler Center on Thursday night. “We’re definitely in the heart of our (conference) schedule now,” said senior wing Zak Irvin. “We have a great opportunity to be able to put ourselves in a great position in the Big Ten and also to be able to get a NCAA Tournament bid. We’ve got to take these games seriously, especially against an opponent like (Indiana), Michigan State, Ohio State coming up.” Added Michigan coach John Beilein: “… Now when you go into the mid part of the season, I think people know that you can’t keep losing games and expect to be in the hunt at the end of the year in your league or in the NCAA Tournament.”
If there were ever a good time for Michigan to face Indiana, it’s now. After entering the year as the defending conference champions and favored to compete for another Big Ten title, the Hoosiers have struggled more than expected. To make matters worse, it was announced last Friday that sophomore forward OG Anunoby will be out for the year with a right knee injury. With Anunoby’s injury, Indiana will be without their fourth-highest scorer and second-highest rebounder when it faces the Wolverines. Still, center Thomas Bryant is a consistent threat down low for the Hoosiers, averaging a team-high seven rebounds per game with 11.9 points to boot. Bryant has been a major factor in Indiana’s current three-game win streak against Rutgers, Penn State and Michigan State. Indiana will be a threat on the perimeter as well, as it ranks No. 34 in the nation in threepoint field goal percentage, led by guard James Blackmon Jr. who is coming off a show-
We’re definitely in the heart of our schedule now stopping performance against the Spartans in which he scored 33 points on 11-for-16 shooting. As Michigan prepares for the Hoosiers, Blackmon will certainly be on its radar. “We believe that some guys, if you let a guy just get it going, as you know there’s a mindset
to that,” Beilein said. “There’s a zone people get in. If they can get into it, I don’t care who’s guarding them. … You try to get him (away) from doing that by not making the mistake of giving him a clean look to get himself going.” The Wolverines, in their own right, have shown encouraging signs as of late. After being dominated in the post against Illinois on Jan. 11, Michigan showed signs of tremendous progress against Wisconsin and in its rematch against the Fighting Illini. The Wolverines’ front court duo of sophomore Moritz Wagner and redshirt sophomore DJ Wilson managed to limit Wisconsin forwards Ethan Happ and Nigel Hayes’ impact until falling prey to foul trouble. Then Michigan’s big men built off their performance at the Kohl Center. In the rematch at Crisler Center on Saturday, Fighting Illini center Maverick Morgan and forward Leron Black mustered just 10 points. When the teams originally met, the Illinois duo got the better of the Wolverines, combining for 26 points. The Wolverines have struggled to string together performances like that since the beginning of the season. And as they prepare to face Indiana, finding consistency could be the difference between a win and a loss. “This is a long season,” Beilein said. “You just can’t get too up, you can’t get too down. You’ve gotta enjoy the season and enjoy your year, but you’ve gotta attack every game like it’s your last game, because anything can turn a game, and any game can turn a season around. That’s gotta be our mentality and I think it is right now.”
FOOTBALL
Greg Frey to join Michigan staff ORION SANG
Daily Sports Editor
It appears the Michigan football team will be filling its vacancy on the coaching staff with a familiar face. According to a report from Sam Webb of The Michigan Insider, Greg Frey will be returning to Ann Arbor as both the offensive tackles/tight ends coach and run game coordinator. Frey previously served as Michigan’s offensive line coach from 2008 to 2010 under Rich Rodriguez. This time around, his hire fills the opening on the Wolverines’ staff created by former running backs coach
Tyrone Wheatley’s departure for the Jacksonville Jaguars. While it was assumed that a running backs coach would be hired to fill Wheatley’s spot, it appears that Michigan will shuffle its staff around in some manner — Tim Drevno has been the offensive line coach for the past two seasons and has also been the offensive coordinator, while Webb reported that Jay Harbaugh — previously the tight ends coach — will become the running backs coach. Frey brings a wealth of experience to Ann Arbor. He began his coaching career at South Florida, where he was the offensive line coach for
seven years. He spent one year at West Virginia before moving to Michigan with Rodriguez in 2008. At Michigan, Frey teamed up with Rodriguez to coach what was eventually one of the most potent offenses in the nation. In 2009, the Wolverines’ rushing offense averaged 186 yards per game and was ranked No. 25 in the nation, while the unit as a whole was ranked No. 59 in total offense. They improved both marks the following year to No. 13, at 238 yards per game, and No. 8, respectively. At Michigan, Frey earned a reputation as someone who had an eye for offensive line talent. Under his tutelage, David Molk won the Rimington Trophy — given to the nation’s best center — in 2010, while players who Frey recruited and coached such as Taylor Lewan, Michael Schofield and Patrick Omameh eventually reached the NFL. After Rodriguez was fired following the 2010 season, Frey caught on at Indiana. He has served as the Hoosiers’ offensive line coach for the past six years and the co-offensive coordinator since 2014. Indiana’s offense reached new heights with Frey coaching the offensive line. The Hoosiers, whose rushing attack was predicated on inside zone runs, averaged over 200 yards on the ground for three consecutive seasons between 2013 and 2015. Frey coached two All-American offensive linemen in Dan Feeney and Jason Spriggs and will be called upon to develop the same type of talent in Ann Arbor. Michigan rushed for nearly 213 yards per game last year behind a veteran offensive line that featured left tackle/guard Ben Braden, right guard Kyle Kalis and right tackle Erik Magnuson. All three seniors will be gone next year, though, leaving just two returning starters in junior center Mason Cole and sophomore left tackle Grant Newsome, who suffered a season-ending injury against Wisconsin.