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Students and political organizations react to concerns over free speech in the classroom MAYA GOLDMAN Daily Staff Reporter
LSA junior Enrique Zalamea, the president of the University of Michigan’s chapter of College Republicans, has a poster up in his room that reads, “Came to college, still not a liberal.” He said it stems
from a joke, but the words on the poster mean a great deal to him. After all, it hasn’t been easy to defend his conservative views on campus. “It’s playing off that joke that college makes people more liberal, and when you think about it, it’s true,” Zalamea said. “It all boils down to (how) liberalism is taught
like a fact as opposed to an opinion.” Zalamea is not alone in thinking some professors have a tendency to lean toward liberal ideologies. This became apparent in November, when conservative advocacy group Turning Point USA published a list of professors on a website called Professor Watchlist. The mission of the website,
according to its homepage, is to collect the names of university faculty from across the nation who “discriminate against conservative students and advance leftist propaganda in the classroom.” Anyone can submit a tip of a professor they feel meets this description through a form on the See WATCHLIST, Page 3
Resolution aims to increase student participation in city political process HEATHER COLLEY & ISHI MORI Daily Staff Reporters
Recently, the University of Michigan Central Student Government has been working with Ann Arbor City Council to increase student political participation in city elections, especially following concerns on campus about how the council’s decisions affect University students. Efforts by CSG in 2015 resulted in a town hall proposal to City Council to place election reform proposals on the upcoming November ballot for voter consideration. The proposed reforms would have involved
moving city primary elections to November, and making both mayoral and council member elections nonpartisan. The proposal failed with the City Council, however, by a 7-4 vote. Public Policy senior Nadine Jawad, CSG senior policy advisor, is working on initiatives to continue discussing the potential of switching from partisan to nonpartisan elections for City Council, which she says will increase enfranchisement and give the students a greater voice in city matters that affect their time in Ann Arbor. “We believe that students should have a greater relationship with the city, and it makes it a lot easier for students to get involved See REFORM, Page 3
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A violent attack on the Ohio State University campus last November prompted the University of Michigan Division of Public Safety and Security to make safety precautions more available for University students, staff and community members. The incident involved Ohio State student Abdul Razak Ali Artan, who drove a car into a crowded area next to a campus building and proceeded to attack people with a butcher’s knife, resulting in 11 people requiring medical attention. While this was not an active shooter situation, the incident — in addition to other recent violent incidents at other schools around the country — increased concern about the potential dangers of emergency situations at the University. To prepare students and faculty for an active shooter on campus, DPSS expanded their offer for safety presentations upon request. These presentations are currently not mandatory for all faculty members, but requests are accepted year-round and can be made by any student organization or staff unit. DPSS spokeswoman Diane Brown wrote in an email interview DPSS gave several dozen active shooter threat presentations in 2016. Brown also noted DPSS expanded its active shooter education materials, though requests for presentations
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University of Michigan community members responded to a new policy that allows new names to be considered for academic buildings with praise and opposition. After a year of consideration and planning, the President’s Advisory Committee on University History unveiled a new process to review requests to change the names of buildings on campus. The intent of the policy — approved by University President Mark Schlissel earlier this week — is to address the dismay associated with buildings named after individuals who were known to have discriminated against minorities. In a University press release, Schlissel emphasized the thoroughness of the request reviewing process. “It is immensely important to me, and to the entire university community, that we take a scholarly approach to any review of historical building names and put that review in the appropriate context,” he stated. Advisory Committee Chair See RENAMING, Page 3
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have remained fairly consistent over the last semester. “We have been training for the ‘Run, Hide or Fight’ protocol for a couple of years,” Brown wrote. “Last semester, we added to our materials for the training, creating the UM video on the web and revising the postcard that highlights the basics. Requests for presentations have continued to be steady.” DPSS encourages the “Run, Hide, Fight” protocol, which has
been the focus of its training over the past couple of years. This method instructs onlookers to use an escape path to move away from the imminent threat, which is taught as the first and best option on many college campuses, including Ohio State. The message “Run, Hide, Fight” was sent out to students via text during the November attack on the Ohio State campus. “Run, Hide, Fight” protocol educators advise if leaving the
scene is not possible, hiding should be the next response, which would involve locking and securing doors, creating barricades and remaining quiet, out-of-sight and with your cell phone on silent. As a last resort, fighting may be necessary to disrupt or incapacitate the shooter. If fighting is the only available option, it’s best to be aggressive, provide distractions and disarm the shooter. See TRAINING, Page 3
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On Jan. 24, after a year-long search for new leadership, the University of Michigan’s University Musical Society announced Matthew VanBesien, current executive director of the New York Philharmonic, will serve as its seventh president. VanBesien will assume the position, currently held by Kenneth Fischer, in July. After 30 years as president, Fischer kept his distance from the search committee, focusing on his last season with UMS. The 20162017 UMS performers include the Berlin Philharmonic, Batsheva Dance Company, Meredith Monk and Yo-Yo Ma. Fischer has been the president of UMS since 1987. Since then, the organization quadrupled its budget, established stronger engagement between the University and the local community, and became the only University arts presenter to receive the National Medal of Arts from former President Barack Obama. “In a University that honors and is committed to diversity by all the things that measure diversity See UMS, Page 3
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ON THE DAILY: AROUND THE MITTEN IN 180 YEARS The University of Michigan isn’t the only one celebrating a milestone birthday this year: The state of Michigan also marked the 180th anniversary of its admission to the United States on Thursday. According to a historical marker outside the presentday courthouse on East Huron Street, Ann Arbor played an important role in Michigan’s statehood when a convention in 1836 at the Washtenaw County courthouse met to discuss a proposal from Congress to resolve a dispute between Michigan and Ohio about border territory. “Both (Michigan and Ohio) claimed a narrow strip of land, including the present city of Toledo,” the marker states. “Congress proposed giving
the greater part of the Upper Peninsula to Michigan, while awarding the ‘Toledo Strip’ to Ohio.” Once the dispute was resolved and supported at the convention, it cleared the way for the Congressional bill and then-President Andrew Jackson’s signing of the bill making the roughly 200,000-person territory the 26th state in the Union. After this landmark decision, Ann Arbor further cemented its location as one of importance when the University also moved from Detroit in 1837. The first students enrolled in 1841 and the University started that year with a total of seven students. After 180 years of statehood, Michigan now has a
population of 9.9 million people and the University has grown to encompass about 51,000 students between its Ann
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WHAT: The Semester in Detroit program will talk to students about the program, check on application statuses and give students a chance to connect to program alumni over cookies and coffee. WHO: Semester in Detroit WHEN: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: East Quad, Room 1615
WHAT: The Computer Showcase will discuss network and personal device security as part of its ongoing workshop series. WHO: Information and Technology Services WHEN: 11 a.m. to noon WHERE: Michigan Union, Room G312
WHAT: Tiffany Ng, assistant professor of carillon, will perform East Asian music on the Charles Baird Carillon as part of a lunar new year celebration. WHO: School of Music, Theatre & Dance WHEN: Noon to 12:30 p.m. WHERE: Burton Memorial Tower
How to Give an Academic Talk WHAT: Paul Edwards, UM professor of information and history, will give a workshop on preparing for and delivering academic talks. WHO: School of Information WHEN: 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: North Quad, Ehrlicher Room
Roadmap to Landing a Role at a Startup WHAT: Think B1G, a firm that connects startups and students, will give a workshop on how to begin in the entrepreneurship community. WHO: LSA Opportunity Hub WHEN: 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: LSA Building, Room 2001
Mastering the American Accent WHAT: This program will help non-native English speakers reduce their accents and improve their speech. The course costs $275 for 10 weeks. WHO: Mary A. Rackham Institute WHEN: 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: 1111 E. Catherine St.
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President Donald Trump recently announced his plan to enact a wide-ranging ban on refugees entering the United States, according to a draft of his executive orderobtained by The New York Times. The order, which Trump is expected to sign soon, would place a ban on all refugees for at least 120 days, with an indefinite ban on those from Syria. Additionally, the executive order instills a complete 30-day freeze on all immigration –– regardless of refugee status –– from the predominantly Muslim countries of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. After the 120 days are up, an extension of the order notwithstanding, the refugee program would shrink the number of refugees
occurring,” he said. “ I know right now the vetting process is already pretty strict, but just to create those additional firewalls is always welcome when you’re talking about our national security.” Rackham student Andrea Gillespie, an education and advocacy co-chair for MRAP, warned against the politicization of the refugee crisis. “We don’t see this as a partisan issue,” she said. “What we see is a dangerous political climate and an issue of human dignity. And I think now more than ever in this current climate we have to remain active and vigilant, and make sure that we’re having our voices heard and that refugees’ voices are heard.” Although most of its work has revolved around assisting alreadyresettled refugees, Gillespie said in light of the expected refugee ban, MRAP would be taking a more advocacy-based role, trying to keep the resettlement process alive. “We feel like now more than ever is when we need to be advocates in a social space for refugees, and that includes contacting every single representative that we can, calling the White House, talking to the State Department, who runs refugee resettlement programs,” Gillespie said. “I think that we were walking a tight line before and I think now that line is essentially blurred with the comments coming out, the potential ban on Muslim refugees, especially considering the fact that Michigan itself has such a strong attachment to refugee resettlement and all of the benefits that come from it.” In November 2015, following the Paris terrorist attacks in which 129 were killed.
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Local refugee resettlement groups speak out against proposed federal policy allowed into the United States from 110,000 refugees per year to 50,000. In response to news of the expected ban, the Michigan Refugee Assistance Program, a University of Michigan student organization created this year, issued a Facebook postopposing the order. The post, which stated that the order “risks repeating mistakes of the past when the United States tragically turned away Jewish refugees in World War II,” included a link to a document providing information on how to contact lawmakers and newspapers in order to oppose the ban. College Republicans president Enrique Zalamea, an LSA junior, hailed the speed of Trump’s executive orders. “Its so rare to see such action happening so quickly, and I’m really glad to see real changes
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REFORM From Page 1 in the democratic process without the constraints of having to put a label on yourself like Democrat or Republican,” Jawad said. Jawad also co-authored the resolution urging Ann Arbor to switch to nonpartisan November elections. At CSG’s first meeting of the winter semester, the resolution passed 27-5 with five abstentions and no additional amendments. It pointed out the University’s size makes students a key constituency in Ann Arbor, and reiterated the need for student civil engagement. It also mentioned students’ historically low voter turnout rate, which has been under 20 percent the past few years. “Ann Arbor is one of only three cities in the state of Michigan that has partisan primary elections and
WATCHLIST From Page 1 site. Two of the people on the list of roughly 150 come from the University of Michigan: History Prof. Juan Cole and Communications Prof. Susan Douglas. Exposing students to all points of view The idea of Professor Watchlist first came up this past summer. Matt Lamb, Turning Point USA’s director of campus integrity, helped start the list following one of the organization’s conferences for high-school and college students. “We’d been hearing all these stories about professors lashing out at students or professors putting odd things on Twitter,” Lamb said. “We thought: ‘Wouldn’t it be great if there was one place we could put all of these stories?’ It would be really great for students to see what’s going on at these campuses, or campuses they’re considering going to.” Lamb’s main concern is not that professors have political opinions, but that they aren’t presenting both sides of the issue in the classroom. He wants to use the website to reach out to students and notify them of professors on their campuses who might not be receptive to their views, or even respectful of them. “We know we’re not going to change the professors’ minds, but it’s more (about) getting our point of view out to students who are still forming their political opinions and might be more willing to listen to us,” Lamb said. “Professors are supposed to encourage debate. If a professor wants to present a liberal point of view, that’s absolutely fine, but present it in such a way that encourages debate, not shuts it down.” “It’s an odd time we’re in right now” In order to keep the site verifiable, Lamb only posts submissions that come with proof that the professor in question actually wrote, said or did something to attack conservative views. Douglas’s name is accompanied by a link to a commentary about an article she wrote for the political commentary website “In These Times,” in which she stated that she hated Republicans. “I hate Republicans,” Douglas wrote in the 2014 editorial. “I can’t stand the thought of having to spend the next two years watching Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Ted Cruz, Darrell Issa or any of the legions of other blowhards denying climate change, thwarting immigration reform or championing fetal ‘personhood.’ ” She then went on to say she misses the days when people of two different political parties could have respectful, impactful discourse. Douglas said she found out her name was featured on the Watchlist through an email from a colleague. When she first heard the news, she wasn’t quite sure how to feel. “It’s an odd time we’re in right now,” Douglas said. “On the one hand, you feel what the intent of this is. Even though the founders of the site said that their intent is not to suppress expression, clearly that’s one of the things they’re trying to do. And in these times, one has to take those concerns
general elections in November, Ionia and Ypsilanti being the other two, and … students, one of the largest constituencies in Ann Arbor, are largely unable to vote in the August Primary elections as most students are not on campus during the summer,” the resolution states. Councilmember Kirk Westphal (D–Ward 2) agreed nonpartisan elections would be beneficial to Ann Arbor residents. He argued since most residents vote straightticket Democrat, the meaningful choice would occur during the August primaries, when most students are gone, rather than the November general elections. “Ten out of 11 members on (City Council) are Democrats,” Westphal said. “Part of the logic for nonpartisan elections on the local level is that more people will be making a meaningful choice in effectively a one-party town in the general elections.” However, Councilmember
seriously. And on the other hand, I looked at it and was like, ‘I’m not going to take this seriously,’ because these people have never taken a class with me — they’ve never seen what I’m like in a class.” What Douglas found most intriguing about the situation was that her article was actually meant to lament the partisan divide the country currently faces. The title she wrote was “We Can’t All Just Get Along,” but it was changed by her editors to “It’s Okay to Hate Republicans” — without her consent — before it was published. The title has since been changed back to Douglas’s original line. However, Lamb felt the intention of the piece wasn’t as important as its content. And although he’d never sat in on one of Douglas’s classes, he was concerned with how the article might seep into her lessons. “She said: ‘I hate Republicans.’ Well, okay, you can say that, but if you’re teaching a class and you have a Republican in your classroom, what position does that put them in?” Lamb said. “I know she said she didn’t like the title, but there’s still a line in her editorial … you kind of assume that creeps into the classroom when these things come up.” Douglas, however, isn’t convinced her outside writing affects the way she teaches. And while she notes it would be impossible to know the political affiliation of every student in her classroom, she does her best to encourage them to look at all points of view. “There are faculty whose scholarship often informs their teaching, but who can be public intellectuals and write about things that never come up in the classroom,” Douglas said. “I wouldn’t bring it up in the classroom because it would never be appropriate … When I teach a class of 300 students, I can’t know all of their political views. That just doesn’t happen. And I don’t care what it is. What I care about is teaching them how to think analytically about the media.” Juan Cole, who is also on the Watchlist, was targeted for a blog article he wrote in 2015 in response to the Charleston, S.C. church shooting. According to Professor Watchlist, Cole asserted right-wing Jews and a culture of Islamophobia contributed helped inspire the shooter, Dylann Roof. Cole declined to comment for the Daily. “Faculty have the right and duty to teach controversial subjects” In the history department, Prof. John Carson, the director of undergraduate studies, is responsible for handling any curriculum issues that might arise. This would include complaints of a professor attacking or even not bringing up the other side of a political debate. Carson said he had not had any curriculum complaints in his two-and-a-half years as director, but the department makes sure students are hearing the analytical argument, not the professor’s opinion. “If a student found something controversial, we might talk to the professor and make sure things were being presented in a scholarly way that accentuates not passions, but scholarly analysis,” Carson said. “And as long as that’s the case, faculty have the right and duty to teach controversial subjects.”
Zach Ackerman (D–Ward 3) said a candidate’s party affiliation is crucial in communicating a candidate’s values. “I believe parties are a critical identifier of values,” Ackerman wrote in an email. “While there may be no partisan way to plow roads or pick up trash, there is a reason we do not have to debate how we treat our immigrant, LBGTQ, and low-income neighbors.” Increasing anxieties about recent price surges in off-campus housing for University students is one motive for CSG’s ongoing efforts to convince City Council to approve election reform and a stronger dialogue between the city and the students. Since the University only guarantees on-campus housing to freshmen students, many struggle to find suitable houses or apartments.
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Carson was upset to see the list online in November. As a friend and colleague of Cole, Carson stood by him when he was added to a similar site, Campus Watch, in 2002, and he decided to submit his own name to the website in a show of solidarity. He was not alone in this: Professors from all across the country submitted their names to the site in droves, saying if the purpose of the list was to target academic freedom and shame faculty who teach ideas Turning Point rejected, they wanted their names added, too. When Lamb received the submissions, he wasn’t amused. He deleted the spam submissions, but said it didn’t deter him from working on the site. In fact, he felt the swell of professors turning themselves in only proved the list wasn’t a threat to their freedom at all. “Professors would send in tips … which I think confirms our point, and dispels the myth that a lot of these teacher organizations are promoting that this is somehow a threat to academic freedom,” Lamb said. “But you wouldn’t want to be on a list if you thought this is a threat to academic freedom, so I just take this as an acknowledgement that they’re lying, and that this is not a threat.” Communications Prof. Kristen Harrison, the department’s associate director of undergraduate studies, agreed with Lamb that the list probably isn’t a threat to anyone’s freedom. However, she did see it as a way to scare professors out of sharing certain ideas — albeit a way that is probably futile. “The Professor Watchlist is an intimidation tactic,” Harrison said. “There’s nothing to watch … professors are usually a pretty benign group, and our most radical actions are written down. And so you go into the library and find a book and say ‘Wow, I disagree with that,’ and that’s pretty much the best way to resist our ideas.” LSA junior Collin Kelly, the chair of the University’s chapter of College Democrats, also felt the list isn’t going to accomplish much, and his professors seem to be making every effort to encourage debate and differing viewpoints. “Every professor I’ve had has gone out of their way to advocate for both sides, and make sure they weren’t taking one side of the story or the other,” Kelly said. “Then again, I don’t identify as conservative … But calling (professors) out without trying to create some sort of dialogue seems very shortsighted and kind of inflammatory.” Zalamea said he’s never had a problem with any professors discouraging his beliefs, and he hasn’t heard of that happening to any of his classmates, either. In fact, he feels he can still make meaningful relationships with professors, even when they don’t share his opinions. He said he wouldn’t use the list to avoid certain professors or classes, though he doesn’t necessarily think it’s a bad idea. “If you’re a student who thinks it’s so important to take a class where the professor aligns with your political views, it helps,” Zalamea said. “I don’t think it necessarily reflects a division, but it reflects being on a liberal campus and wanting to be with people who share your political beliefs.”
RENAMING From Page 1 Terry McDonald, director of the Bentley Historical Library, said the development of the process is part of a larger national conversation on controversial building names and legacies on college campuses. In 2015, Georgetown University renamed two buildings originally named for school presidents who sold slaves to settle debts, while Yale University came under fire last summer for housing students in a residence hall named after John C. Calhoun, one of the most prominent defenders of slavery in the decades preceding the Civil War. “There has been a tremendous national consideration of questions about whether or not buildings should be named after people whose actions in their own time were controversial,” McDonald said. “One important context of this is the national reconsideration of what it means when you memorialize someone on your campus, which is different than teaching history or
UMS From Page 1 — where people come from, their ethnic heritage, what their interests are, sexual orientation — I want students to see the Musical Society as part of what they can be proud of,” Fischer said. “We want students to come and learn about the world by experiencing what it is we bring to the stage.” When Aaron Dworkin, dean of the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, was a student at the University, Fischer was a mentor in his career-building. Dworkin said he benefitted in his personal professional development, as well as organizational benefits, from Fischer’s leadership once he became dean. “It’s incredibly honoring and exciting to be part of bringing some voice to this new transition,”
TRAINING From Page 1 Brown said incoming freshmen in each new student orientation last summer as well as fall orientation learned the protocol. Many students, however, still don’t feel prepared. LSA freshman Sam Allen was not sure about the proper response in an active shooter situation, despite having gone through the training last summer. “Honestly, I’m not sure about the official protocol,” she said. “I feel like there is a general idea of staying hidden, but I wouldn’t have any official plan if I found myself in a situation that. I guess I haven’t really thought about it.” Research released by the Harvard School of Public Health faculty in 2015 found mass public shootings have steadily increased over the last five years. According to Everytown, a gun safety lobbying group, there have been more than 200 school shootings since 2013, 47 percent of which took place on college or university campuses. DPSS has updated its
Friday, January 27, 2017 — 3 something like that.” Any member of the University community can submit a proposal to the president to change the name of a building. The president then decides whether to refer the case to the committee. The committee developed several guiding principles with which they may evaluate the proposal including pedagogy, interpretation, due diligence and consistency. McDonald specifically highlighted the principle of pedagogy, which maintains that the names of University buildings should allow students to learn about history and people who have contributed to the school. “Every name is a teachable moment,” he said. “Our question is: ‘What is it that this name teaches on this campus? Why would that name be important to be remembered?’” Former Physics Prof. Jens Zorn wrote in an email interview he disagrees with the former Dennison Building’s name switch to Weiser Hall in 2014 after a significant donation from Regent Ron Weiser.
“My main issue is that we are diminishing the history of our University by entirely removing the name of an honored, distinguished professor from a building that has carried that name for many decades,” Zorn wrote. The high-rise section of the building is undergoing a renovation and will no longer be used for physics studies like it was in the past, while the lower portion will remain unchanged. Zorn wrote he agrees with changing the name of the high-rise portion to Weiser to recognize the donor. However, he opposes the name change of the lower portion of the building, seeing as that portion is not undergoing a change. “The low-rise portion is clearly separate; its appearance is not being altered,” he wrote. “Its use for physics education remains much as it was for many years. My colleagues and I believe that the low-rise building should retain the Dennison name.
Dworkin said. “I’m so excited that Matthew will succeed. No one can replace Ken, but someone can succeed Ken. As I think around the world, I can think of no one better.” VanBesien echoed Dworkin’s sentiments. “I think item number one is to uphold a legacy of Ken and all that he has done during his time there,” VanBesien said. “The UMS team is staggeringly good. They’re great colleagues, they’re great people and are great at what they do. So what I hope to bring to the equation is some additional perspectives from my own career — not only work and think creatively together about what the next chapter for UMS will be, but what it’ll be for the University of Michigan, for Ann Arbor and southeast Michigan.” Fischer emphasized the alignment of VanBesien’s vision with UMS’s goals. “The Music Society is the oldest
of our kind in the country at 138 years,” Fischer said. “His (New York Philharmonic) is the oldest orchestra in this country, so he has great appreciation for tradition. But he’s an innovator — he’s done interesting things with the New York Philharmonic and now he’s going to want to do the same sorts of things here and that’s what excites me.” Music, Theatre & Dance junior Joshua Devries studies cello performance at the University and spoke about the new opportunities VanBesien’s leadership will bring. “The New York Philharmonic is heavily involved in educational opportunities throughout New York, so knowing that the new UMS (director) will have those experiences and bring that perspective to UMS is a good sign,” Devries said.
presentations as recently as last semester to include more training materials. Additions include a UM active shooter response video, available on the DPSS website, that details how to appropriately respond to an active shooter situation, as well as revisions to the postcard that highlights the basics of response protocol. Amir Baghdadchi, communications director for the University Housing Administration, said residence hall student staff receive training on how to respond to an active shooter situation through the DPSS Building Incident Response Team. The training also teaches residential staff how to respond to a variety of emergency situations. BIRT also offers a refresher course in emergency situation response, which is offered in the winter term. “BIRT training discusses safety (and) security for the staff and residents using best practices from emergency first response disciplines,” Baghdadchi said. “All training is conducted by DPSS officers and DPSS Community Liaisons.”
Staff units make up a majority of the presentation requests, but presentations are also popular among large student organizations. Safety presentations are currently optional and by request only, but DPSS Chief of Police Robert Neumann encourages all students, faculty and staff to be informed, either by viewing the website and video information or attending an in-person presentation. “Immediate, decisive action on the part of those facing such a situation saves lives, and excellent training is easily accessible,” Neumann said. Neumann also warns students to remain vigilant and prepared for any possibility, either on- or off-campus. “It is an unfortunate reality that we as individuals and a community need to think of preparation for active violence events in much the way we do for fires and severe weather,” Neumann said. “While the chances of one facing such a situation are very remote, they can occur at any time, in any place, with little or no warning.
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ASHLEY ZHANG | COLUMN
Romance and hookups can coexist
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sk anyone who has ever wrong with me? I thought as stepped foot into a high the girls around me gossiped school, and they’ll tell about all the boys they’d kissed you that high school the night before. is nothing like the Am I the only one way it’s portrayed not enjoying this? in movies. People I’d wonder as I yet don’t jump on to again squirmed lunch tables and away from a boy break into perfectly who got too close at choreographed a party. musical numbers, For a long time, nor are the walls I grappled with the adorned with largerfeeling that perhaps ASHLEY than-life murals I was behind the of the school’s star times. Perhaps I was ZHANG basketball players. too prudish for this (OK, so maybe I’m pulling from new society, which had fully one movie in particular, but embraced its own sexuality and you get the gist). Hollywood’s freedom. Or maybe proponents of portrayal of college, however, hookup culture knew something isn’t far off. I didn’t: Maybe they knew that Walk into any college Mr. Right would not come along fraternity party, and all the and sweep me off my feet, no movie tropes are there: beer matter how long I waited, and I pong, the all-mysterious might as well have some fun. “jungle juice,” speakers blasting the top 40 hits and a packed dance floor occupied by many, many couples locked at the lips in the throes of passion. At my first college party, it didn’t take long for me to realize that not many of those “couples” were actually in committed relationships; rather, they were just engaging in a party activity so popular that there’s even an Instagram page dedicated to it: making out with strangers. “Hookup culture makes Coming from a rather me so sad. Is romance dead?” conservative upbringing, the I texted a friend once, in whole party atmosphere was melodramatic despair. “Is love a culture shock for me, but the just a farce?” My tender heart discovery that hookup culture was breaking at the thought. is alive and real shocked me She messaged back promptly, most of all. You see, I’m a with a question I had never romantic at heart, and what I once considered: “Why do they was seeing around me seemed have to be mutually exclusive?” to defy my very definitions of It was such an obvious love and relationships. As I question, yet never one that watched my friends so easily had even crossed my mind, as accept and join this culture, I I’d just automatically decided felt stuck and alone, isolated in my mind that love and in this fast and casual world hookup culture were polar by my notions of romance and opposites: neither could live having one true love. What’s while the other survived.
Hookup culture does not mean the death of our hopes and dreams.
Dr. Zhana Vrangalova, renowned sex researcher who delivered the TEDx talk “Is Casual Sex Bad For You,” would beg to differ. In an interview with Vogue’s Karley Sciortino, Vrangalova stated: “Sex and love are two separate needs, and humans have both of them … Just because you have sex with a lot of people doesn’t mean that you don’t need love and relationships — people will want that no matter what. However, people may decide to postpone love and relationships in order to have more sex, because we live in a culture that doesn’t leave room for open relationships for the most part. But there is no research suggesting that having a lot of casual sex will somehow impede your ability to have relationships or form intimacy in the future.” Our generation is known to engage in more premarital sex with more partners while holding off on marriage for longer than generations past, but that doesn’t mean the sanctity of marriage is suffering for it. Rather, marriages that begin later in a couple’s life have a lower chance of divorce than those that begin in a couple’s early 20s. That means that marriages today might even last longer than those of our parents’ generation. In short, hookup culture in college does not infringe on love and romance in our futures. To my fellow romantics out there: fear not. Hookup culture does not mean the death of our hopes and dreams. It can be difficult to classify this culture as “good” or “bad,” and I have concluded that it is neither — instead, it is merely a byproduct of social progress, and we are free to follow it or leave it; neither path is more righteous than the other. Ashley Zhang can be reached at ashleyzh@umich.edu.
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Why I marched
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ast Saturday, I joined more than 8,000 people in front of the Michigan Capitol for the Women’s March on Lansing. Over these past few days I have tried to qualify what I felt and experienced in words, but honestly, all my attempts so far have seemed cheap. And while it was the Women’s March, I feel it’s important to explain why I, as a man, chose to participate. I marched for my immigrant father who is most at risk if President Trump’s Muslim Registry becomes reality. I marched for my mother and sister whose hijabs mark them as targets for the hateful, xenophobic factions of our country. I marched for my little brother who should know there is nobility when men stand for women’s rights. My family was not with me in Lansing, but I saw many other families. Parents brought their children, even infants in strollers, to this historic moment. An elderly couple came to what I learned was their first protest. A girl a few years younger than myself ran around wrapped in a rainbow pride flag, a giant smile on her face. I marched because Planned Parenthood gave my mom her first job as a nurse. I marched because without Medicare, my grandfather would have likely been uninsured because of his Parkinson’s disease. I marched because, as an aspiring public health practitioner, I know that closing clinics and gutting the former President Barack Obama’s health care law are terrible ideas. One of the speakers at the march, a Central Michigan University student, told the crowd about her Planned Parenthood experience. She recounted how the “pro-life” protesters outside the clinic made her feel. She said that the first thing the staff at Planned Parenthood did was make sure she was healthy. She told us not once did she feel pressured into getting an abortion.
I marched because, though I was born in the heartland of this country, I am still seen as an outsider. I marched in solidarity with Black and Latin Americans because I, too, have been profiled by law enforcement because of my identity. I marched because “law and order” should not be code for marginalization. I marched because my transgender friends need less to worry about, not more. I marched because my lesbian, gay and bisexual friends have told me that the struggle for their equality did not end in June 2015. I marched because loving who you love and freely engaging with the world as your true gender are human rights. People of every ethnicity, gender, age and ability shared space on the wet grass that afternoon. Many people waved signs with Shepard Fairey’s images of a Muslim woman in a star-spangled hijab, a Black woman with cornrows and a Latina woman with a flower in her hair. The organizers had reserved seats at the front of the gathering for those with mobility issues. An Indian man graciously offered to take a picture of me on my phone. I marched for all men who, during Obama’s and former Vice President Joe Biden’s administration, had role models who told them to step up and be better. I marched because President Donald Trump is the bombastic embodiment of toxic masculinity. Gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer said that the uncle who mistakenly voted for Trump is not the enemy; it is Trump himself. I agree. I have a friend, a Hispanic woman, who voted for Trump and I am not ashamed to say that I can sympathize with her reasons for doing so. We must buck our pride and rebuild burned bridges with the people in our lives who disagree with us. If nothing else, at least we will learn why they voted for a man so many have come to fear.
I also agree with Dr. Farha Abbasi, assistant professor of psychiatry at Michigan State University, who said in a thick Pakistani accent that she was the United States of America. The unity on that day in Lansing and across the world — as millions came together in defense of what is right — was amazing. I just hope that this unity turns into an organized front against Trump and his Cabinet, and that all those marchers in swing states like Michigan will vote in 2018 and 2020. The 10 Actions/100 Days campaign is promising but the motivation must be sustained. Did it bother me that the march was women-centric and that there were signs proclaiming, “The future is female?” No. The Women’s March on Lansing was neither about me nor for me, but I still felt that my attendance was necessary and valuable. I marched because as a privileged man, it is my duty to stand up for the rights of those threatened by sexism. I marched not to take over women’s spaces but to be an ally. I marched because I am trying to be the best feminist and ally that I can be. One of my favorite memories was joining an impromptu march down a street and receiving a car horn salute from drivers stopped at an intersection. (A close second would be a papier-mâché Gov. Rick Snyder holding a cup of poisoned water.) The events worldwide on Jan. 21 prove that the movement toward equity and social justice has broad support. Those who oppose this movement should take note: you cannot silence us. While I still cannot do my experiences and emotions at the Women’s March on Lansing justice in written form, a few words seem appropriate. The march was inspiration. It was hope. It was defiance. It was peace. It was inclusivity. It was diversity. It was unity. Ali Safawi is an Editorial Board member.
MICHAEL SUGERMAN | COLUMN
There are no alternative facts
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hen asked why Sean subjugated and discriminatedSpicer, the newly- against groups. One of my christened White primary takeaways was that House Press Secretary, “truth” is rarely outright lied about universal, and what the size of the crowd becomes historical at President Donald record may leave out Trump’s inauguration, the perspectives of Kellyanne Conway, the marginalized. Counselor to the People live and President, provided a … experience different different perspective. truths, and our mass “You’re saying it’s a understanding of falsehood,” she said to MICHAEL those truths is often NBC’s Chuck Todd on passed through a “Meet the Press.” “And SUGERMAN gauntlet that filters they’re giving … alternative facts.” out specific identities on the Alternative facts. I was basis of a power structure. incredulous, and apparently the One paragraph from a recent internet was, too. The clip and reading in a class on social the new term went viral, as the justice development explains gaffes of prominent political this nicely. In “Decolonizing figures often do. Methodologies: Research and What is a “fact?” A quick Indigenous Peoples,” Linda Google search will tell you it’s Tuhiwai Smith explains, “a thing that is indisputably the “Writing or literacy, in a very case.” Merriam-Webster defines traditional sense of the word, it as “a piece of information has been used to determine the presented as having objective breaks between the past and the reality.” With facts, there isn’t present, the beginning of history wiggle room. and the development of theory.” With the perception of She later elaborates that these facts, on the other hand, there limitations, among others, have may be nuance. My friend and often restricted the proliferation fellow Daily columnist Roland of indigenous groups’ narratives Davidson put it well a year in previously colonized areas of ago in relation to competing the world. understandings of capitalism: Concrete example: Was “Each individual’s definition Columbus a discoverer or a comes from their own political murderer? Both? Which of location.” these presentations is the Rest assured, I’m not “alternative” one? Maybe it’s going to rationalize Conway a question of who’s telling the rationalizing Spicer story, and clearly, it’s influenced rationalizing indisputably false by whether or not all the facts crowd statistics. However, are present in the first place. I’d like to share some related The combination of the two learnings from courses that courses in particular adds have seriously forced me to to this train of thought. One question my approach to facts focused on how media can in a way that I think may be influence political behavior more valuable. and the other focused on how The first class centered on how utilizing concepts of behavioral governments can create policies psychology can change the that focus on apologizing, policy implementation process. reconciling and administering Both included discussions reparations to historically about motivated reasoning, an
umbrella theory that explains that we have competing goals — accuracy and group belonging — ruled by emotions, not rationality. It is widely accepted that people would much rather believe they’re right and find resources to confirm their beliefs (or dispute others’) than admit their views might be f lawed. Ultimately, then, “alternative facts” don’t exist. Period. But what we believe is dependent upon myriad factors: our own identities, where we grow up, what we’re taught, who teaches us, the materials with which we’re taught and what those materials either include or don’t include. Historical erasure and suppression exist. Motivated reasoning exists. The reality that we are not all exposed to others’ perspectives on a daily basis exists. Fact (hold the alternative): there is a great deal of information dispersed without nuance or the full representation of all those affected by its delivery. The University of Michigan has been incredibly formative for me in this regard. I’ve learned how easy it can be to disregard specific groups and the subsequent actions some take to rationalize the status quo when a changing reality spawns discomfort. I’ve also come to realize how necessary it is to challenge the status quo instead of succumb to it. In regard to Trump’s inauguration, photo evidence is as empirical as it gets. The end game: Moving forward, it will be of collective importance to talk about eliminating barriers to unheard narratives, not bicker about crowd sizes. I hope our federal government will do the same. Michael Sugerman can be reached at mrsugs@umich.edu.
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Michigan professor to present nature-inspired poetry at Literati creating this collection. In regards to both his writing career and his personal life, Daily Arts Writer Taylor, a renowned poet and essayist, said he always chooses to “follow the love.” University of Michigan Taylor is a Canadian English professor Keith Taylor immigrant who came to will be reading midwestern his most recent America in the Keith Taylor: poetry collection 1960s at age 11. “The Bird-While” Having endured “The Birdat Literati Friday a childhood in While” evening. which he was The title and made fun of and January 27th @ 7 theme of his pushed aside for p.m. new collection is being different, he inspired by a quote knew he wanted Literati Bookstore from one of Ralph to be a writer Free Waldo Emerson’s when writing journals: “A Birdbecame an outlet while. In a natural to prove himself. chronometer, a Bird-while Taylor’s journey through the may be admitted as one of the arts has been diverse and unique. metres, since the space most of He grew up in a conservative the wild birds will allow you and religious household, had to make your observations on a challenging move across them when they alight near you countries and found art at a very in the woods, is a pretty equal young age. At 17, he wanted to and familiar measure” (Ralph be a bookseller in Europe, so he Waldo Emerson’s Journal, 1838). spent part of his life a traveling Taylor said much of his work there and across the United is based on nature, and is often States with little to no money compared to many Eastern before choosing to follow the meditative poets who focus on woman he was in love with to the natural world in their work. Ann Arbor, Michigan. The two “The Bird-While” is a collection still live in Ann Arbor and have of 49 poems which focus on the a 25-year-old daughter. nature world that surrounds us After selling books for eight in our daily lives. He hopes that years at the original Border’s many of the poems come across bookstore on State Street and as intense and meaningful, one other smaller bookstore, and as he’s devoted nine years to getting a fellowship in poetry ELI RALLO
from the National Endowment for the Arts, Taylor claims his work became “legitimized.” Soon after, Taylor was offered a position as a professor at the University of Michigan. “The measure of a culture has always been in its arts,” Taylor said. He is an advocate for a strong sense of unity between artists, especially for the future. Taylor urges all young artists to never stop writing, even when it may seem easy to give up in such struggling times in our communities and our country. Taylor’s poems, stories, book reviews, essays and articles have appeared in magazines and newspapers around the country. His poetry collections have been published into multiple books, and he is a well known author in the Ann Arbor community and beyond. One of the most interesting things about speaking with Keith Taylor is his unique sense of passion. When confronted with adversity in his life, his resilience to continue his work in writing allowed his career to flourish. He had mentioned that people did not recognize his work until after he turned 50, but that never stopped him from creating art before that. His sense of pride, keen intelligence, love for the arts and drive for creative writing can be considered a story of perseverance and fervor.
FILM REVIEW
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Christina Ricci as Zelda Fitzgerald in Amazon’s “Z”
‘Z’ a dazzling chronicle of a famous literary relationship into history textbooks for her struggles with mental illness and her relationship with F. Scott, the first episode of “Z” It is rare to see dramatic shows us a side of Zelda rarely television produced in a seen — a girl who craved the 20-minute format and be spotlight and is a force to be successful — take “Downton reckoned with. Abbey,” As the opening “Sherlock” sequence of “Z” and “Game of comes across the Thrones” as screen, it’s easy to “Frontier” strong examples see why Christina of dramas Ricci was chosen First Two Episodes whose air time to portray the Reviewed is significantly infamous novelist. lengthened past What Ricci Netflix the standard lacks in physical 40 minute description, slot — yet, as she makes up Laurel Ulrich once said, “Well- in bravado in a daring and behaved women seldom make enchanting manner. Rulehistory.” breaker and cigarette smoker, “Z: The Beginning of the show’s Everything” is an Amazon- writers, at produced series that follows the times, exhaust relationship between Southern themselves belle Zelda Sayre (Christina in reminding Ricci, “The Lizzie Borden viewers of Chronicles”) and author F. Zelda’s FlapperScott Fitzgerald (David Hof lin, esque lifestyle. “Once Upon a Time”). To say Ricci presents a that their relationship was a younger Zelda, tumultuous one would be the who makes understatement of the century. up what she A marriage riddled with lacks in proper alcoholism and accusations social cues of infidelity, the Fitzgeralds with a fierce were a revolutionary couple and burning in a time when f lappers intelligence. and liquor began to push Though the conservative boundaries. A series is rebellious couple rivaled only considerably and noticeably by Bonnie and Clyde, Zelda and cliched, it paints an interesting her husband lived a carefree portrait of a young, yet lifestyle, accentuated by the troubled, Zelda. And for any social scene and high-class fan of “The Great Gatsby,” it’s pampering that accompanies not hard to miss the parallels fame. Though Zelda Fitzgerald drawn between Zelda and might be permanently branded Scott’s relationship to that MEGAN MITCHELL Daily Arts Writer
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of Jay and Daisy. These only serve to further drive home the fact that the show’s intended audience is likely the modern bibliophile. If it’s not irony then I’m not sure what is. Cliché throwaway lines and stereotypes aside, it’s hard not to take note of the grandeur of “Z,” which makes use of the dazzling sets and sparkling costumes of the roaring twenties. As promised, the series aims to take us from the grassroots beginnings of Zelda’s upbringing in the South to the streets of New York City, chronicling her passion with F. Scott as the series progresses. The scene changes are a clever way to approach the timeline and progression of fame between the two. While Zelda may write softly in her journal back home in Montgomery, I’m certain that the New York City scene will bring her towards a ferocious writing style as she delves further into the myth and less so into the person herself. That being said, the series has showed a serious struggle with depth, as many of the problems that arise feel like repetitive, tired-out tropes. However, so long as Ricci can continue portraying the young rebel in the same manner she has in the pilot, I’m certain that the series itself can rewrite history.
It’s easy to see how Christina Ricci was chosen to portray the infamous novelist
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Gavin Stone in his representation as Jesus
‘Stone’ is a generic Christian fare JEREMIAH VANDERHELM Daily Arts Writer
Fans and detractors of Christian movies alike know exactly what to expect from “The Resurrection of Gavin Stone.” All one needs to do is watch 30 seconds of the trailer to feel as if they have a grasp on what beats the story will follow and what the film has to offer as a whole. A film with a talented director or writer would throw in a twist along the way to keep things fresh, but Dallas Jenkins (“What If…”) is apparently much more interested in telling the same story that’s been told a hundred times before without adding anything new to the mix. The result is what may be the most painfully, annoyingly predictable film to have a wide release in quite some time. “The Resurrection of Gavin Stone” begins with a massive exposition dump designed as a newscast that apparently dedicates a portion of its show every day to a segment about washed-up child stars. By the end of the segment, most viewers should be able to plot out the beats of the character arc of the titular “resurrectee” down to the minute. Again, there aren’t any twists. There’s nothing that may cause anyone to think twice. The film is in the business of taking the easy way out wherever it can, whether in
humor, in character, or in story. “laugh lines,” apparently to give From there comes the its audience time to catch their introduction of Gavin Stone breath, it stands to reason that (Brett Dalton, “Marvel’s at some point, something funny Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”). should actually happen. Yet Dalton showed himself on over the ninety-two minutes of “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” to be its runtime, not one joke works. a capable actor, The writers go as his character for the easy joke started out as what 10 times out “MST3K” would of 10, and as a have once deemed consequence, “The Resurrection a “big, brave brick every attempt of Gavin Stone” of meat” to the at humor falls most deliciously flat. There are WWE Studios evil villain on the moments at Rave Cinemas show. In “Gavin which it appears Stone,” he is to be trying inarguably the best to satirize the part, as he actually different types makes the more of people found dramatic scenes of the film in an average church, but work to a certain extent, even considering even the leads are as he stumbles over the clunky never developed beyond those dialogue in the quieter scenes. generic stereotypes, the jokes He is not alone in this ultimately feel hypocritical. respect — actors struggle Even the generic humor with their parts. Again, much pales in comparison to the of this can be chalked up to utter banality of the main the unnatural dialogue, but it story, though. It’s clear from feels as if there was a lack of the trailers and it’s clear from direction, as well. Neil Flynn the opening moments of the (“The Middle”), known to many movie, it’s the “liar revealed” as a talented comedian whose plot. It recurs like the plague; improvisational approach to all that’s necessary is to put comedy helped shape NBC the main character’s name in comedy “Scrubs,” gets mired the all-encompassing mad lib. in the humorless role of Gavin’s There’s no thought put into father, which affords him no “The Resurrection of Gavin opportunities for laughs. Stone” beyond this initial On that note, “The paint-by-numbers premise, Resurrection of Gavin Stone” and the movie is consequently is officially classified as a unrecommendable. It’s been dramedy, and considering how done before and done better in often the film pauses after every way.
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SINGLE REVIEW As we enter the era from a smug goof ball like of a Trump presidency, we Tillman. From beginning must ask ourselves: How did to end, Tillman jumps from we get here? vivid detail to vivid detail, On the title track of describing the world in his upcoming third record, which we currently live with “Pure Comedy,” Josh Tillman dystopian overtones. In the — the witty singer/songwrit- song’s fascinating, haphazard er behind indie rock moniker music video, Tillman evokes Father John this nightmarish Misty — offers reality, juxta“Pure Comedy” posing crudely an answer. In drawn black-andFather John six-and-awhite images Misty half minutes with archival of ingenious, footage of everySub Pop Records thing wrong with blistering oneliners, “Pure modern AmeriComedy” is can culture. Tillman at his He most intensely poetic and denounces the narcissistic political, revealing humantoxicity of consumerism ity in all its naked absurdity, (“They worship themselves with scathingly witty lyrics yet they’re totally obsessed”), and mournful horn-heavy the misguided groupthink instrumentation. So far, it’s of religion (“And how’s this the best post-Trump song of for irony, their idea of being 2017. free is a prison of beliefs / Tillman may be That they never ever have to known as a satirist, but “Pure leave”) and the unexpected Comedy” is still not quite rise of Donald Trump as a like his past work. Instead of political figure (“Where did incorporating his usual dry, they find these goons they ironic humor, Tillman infus- elected to rule them?”). Clips es brutal honesty with bitter of natural disasters and formelancholy. Granted, it’s a bit est fires also make for some preachy, but also somewhat harrowing, apocalyptic inspired, especially coming images, which showcase the
stakes that Tillman is positing for our bleak future. Minute by minute, “Pure Comedy” exposes the darkness of our actions and their consequences, but by forcing us to confront these troubling realities, Tillman drives his point home: There are more flaws to fix than we might think. Mankind is constantly fighting the “struggle to survive,” as Tillman remarks, and yet we find ourselves in a perpetual state of fear and confusion. The world is indeed messed up, and not without our own doing. It’s certainly not a pretty message, but with Tillman’s imaginative songwriting and broad worldview, “Pure Comedy” makes a profound statement about where we are now and where we might be headed. So, are we actually doomed? According to Tillman, we might be. But even for someone as cynical as he is, a cautious hope still remains on the horizon. In the end, Tillman comes full circle, leaving us with the chilling final line, “I hate to say it, but each other’s all we got.” — SAM ROSENBERG
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STYLE COLUMN
Seeking fashion fantasy while finding reality in Larraín’s ‘Jackie’ I saw “Jackie” four times, and I’ll probably see it a fifth. I cry less each time, but I fear I’ll never stop being severely shaken by the cast of phenomenal jawlines. I think it’s a breathtaking biopic — a piece of history augmented by talented and stunning actors, a sublime soundtrack and exquisite costume choices by Madeline Fontaine. Above all, “Jackie” gives life to the immortalized, albeit static, Kennedy mystique that today is only found in iconic photographs. A brief Google search gives you the album: JFK and bae beaming on a sailboat, cutting their wedding cake or flashing haunting smiles just before his assassination. Who lives like this? You wonder. Where does reality end and fantasy begin? Therein lies the Kennedy allure: the ever so Town-&-Countryready spectacle, the impossible fairytale of Camelot. Director Pablo Larraín absorbed the glamour and refracted it with a realized edge. Though we watched Jackie’s curated pageantry in action, we also saw the broken woman behind the perfectly blown-out bob. She faced the facts in public, but blunted her memories in Stoli behind her walk-in closet doors. The learned vixen in a Dior suit crumbled by nightfall in layered chiffon negligees. I resent the definition of a style icon as it exists today — or that a woman of such capability and caliber is reduced to the symbol of a pillbox hat. An accoutrement or outfit does not make an icon, the iconic woman gives life to any assemblage of fabric; I digress. It was heartbreaking to watch a woman’s world turned upside down, yet empowering to watch her reconstruct a new narrative with what remained. Moreover, it was refreshing to see an aesthetically inclined figure take a realistic course of action after a devastating setback. For each time I expected Jackie to fall back on her demure pretense, I was pleasantly
shaken by her outspoken character. Natalie Portman’s Jackie is as authentically Jackie as she could be — unpredictable, dynamic, bold and tenacious. This separation between expectations and reality, or the gap among fact and fiction, permeates the film, and as I later realized, categorized Jackie’s entire life. There’s a line in the movie that beautifully encapsulates this notion: “I’ve grown accustomed to a great divide between what people believe and what I know to be real,” she tells the journalist in the film who’s trying to tell her story to the world.
CAROLINE FILIPS The prescience of this sentiment is uncanny. We live in a world where the word of the year for 2016 was either post-truth or surreal, depending on which source you find most credible. We live in a country where the president doesn’t really care to acknowledge what credibility means. We’re starting to lose our own grip on deciphering what’s fact from what’s fiction (shout out, alternative facts). The fashion industry has sat comfortably on the fulcrum of fantasy and reality for centuries. For every frivolous form favored over pragmatic function, there’s a structured suit eschewing all notions of the inessential. For every egregious request overheard at a fashion PR firm, there’s a grounded intern keeping a tally (see: myself ). Though reconciling the pros and cons of these concepts in their sartorial definitions isn’t essential for society at
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large, it offers a pared-down, yet dressed up representation of our liminal society. Last week’s Chanel couture show did everything couture is supposed to do. The smallbatch selection of charming confections inspired awe, and posited itself on the evergrowing goals list of showgoing glitterati and average swine alike. Couture exists for couture’s sake, and it will always be accepted because no one really understands it. It’s the high art of fashion, crafted for the untouchable sect of society. It’s the most surreal slice of the industry. And then there was Vetements, who took the roundabout, realistic approach to couture. Their runway showcased social types and their respective, expected garb — the society lady who lunches in her posh fur, the buff bouncer in leather, the polished SoHo gamine, the decidedly confused cowboy and every oddball archetype in between. Beyond their diverse characters, their racially varied runway is cause for celebration in itself. Vetements put the real in a place it doesn’t necessarily belong, and remarkably made it work. Couture may not be one-sizefits-all, but it’s definitely open for aspiration to all. Deconstruct the fantasy, imbue it with reality and watch life imitate art. From the Kennedys to couture, mythology surrounds the inaccessible. But that’s not to say there isn’t ample legroom for a hefty dose of reality (looking at you, Vetements). Reality and fantasy are equally polarizing — dwell too deeply on a pipe dream and you’re a goner, but stare truth in the eyes and you’re hopeless. Fashion, to many, represents an assortment of the impractical, and maybe that’s the magic of it — the stifling walls and borders of reality are replaced with tangible creative expressions. Rather than mimicking reality, fashion offers a better — perhaps more beautiful — version of it.
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Despite strong presence, Jason Momoa not enough to save ‘Frontier’ Weak writing and underdeveloped plot bodes ill for new series advantage in “Frontier,” the most prized being trade Daily Arts Writer with the Lake Walker tribe. All of this is framed against a wilderness that can turn Jason Momoa (“Game of into a freezing whiteout at a Thrones”) has practically moment’s notice. And while made his career off of being the “Frontier” mostly does a fine most badass guy in the room. job visually of capturing this From “Stargate: Atlantis” to expanse, less can be said for his star-making its struggling turn as Khal narrative. Drogo, Momoa “Frontier” now lends his frames the world dominating of fur trading as “Frontier” presence to one of intrigue the new series and backFirst Ten Episodes “Frontier.” stabbing — with Netflix Set in the maybe a little too freezing cold much stabbing for and the wide its own good — as wilderness characters bloody of 18th-century Canada, their hands while moving from “Frontier” details the fur one underdeveloped plot to the trade — one of the period’s next. The scheming by several most lucrative industries — in characters, especially that of which, if the weather didn’t Declan’s former Hudson Bay kill you, one of your many employer and cold companycompetitors likely would. man Lord Benton (Alun Few actors can capture Armstrong, “Penny Dreadful”) the intensity Momoa conveys and his ambitious subordinate with a single look, and the Captain Chesterfield (Evan show takes full advantage of Jonigkeit, “X-Men: Days of this. Decked in furs, leather Future Past”), feel rushed and and more knives than you truncated early in the series. can count, Momoa cuts an Maybe it’s the fact that there intimidating figure as Declan are only six episodes in this Harp, a rogue fur trader inaugural season, but very looking to make his mark few early plot points are given through any means he can. the time to properly grow and However, as striking as Momoa resonate despite their initial is, the series holds Declan at potential in the first two arm’s length early on, favoring episodes. the character’s imposing These hurried storylines presence over dialogue and tend to undercut chances for exposition. Outside of Momoa’s major tension in the series, talents, the audience isn’t notably the first steps in the given much to latch onto his arc of audience surrogate character, with the few details Michael Smyth (Landon the writers drop feeling overly Liboiron, “Hemlock Grove”). familiar and tired out. Forced into working as a spy Competing against Declan for Benton, Michael sets out to are several clashing parties, find Declan and become a part all trying to get the upper hand for his group. However, the in the bloody business of fur chance for shifting alliances trading. From the far-reaching and intrigue quickly dissipates Hudson Bay Company to the as Michael comes clean in the desperate Brown brothers, first episode. As far as plotting everyone is looking for an goes, “Frontier” often aims MATTHEW BARNAUSKAS
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“Frontier” often aims for expediency over drawn out tension as characters and alliances are introduced and cut off with the quick thrust of a knife
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Kevin Lohan reflects on multi-sport high school career
Senior defenseman sees the connections between his past in lacrosse and his present in college hockey AVI SHOLKOFF
Daily Sports Writer
Kevin Lohan knows the benefits of playing multiple sports in high school. The senior defenseman played four years of high school hockey and lacrosse in Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. Now in his final season with the Michigan hockey team, Lohan knows the advantages that he earned from playing multiple sports. “I grew up playing a bunch of sports,” Lohan said on Wednesday. “And then as you get older, it dwindles down and it eventually dwindles down to one sport. I think it’s great to have that little break from one sport. It kinda keeps it fresh, keeps your energy high, keeps that enthusiasm. “I love both sports. I love hockey more, obviously, but, you know, the people you meet, the friendships and the things you learn go a long way in both sports. I definitely don’t regret playing lacrosse for as long as I did.” Michigan coach Red Berenson often seeks out multisport athletes to play under him. Students who play soccer and lacrosse often succeed in hockey as well because of their sports’ speed and constant back-and-forth play. Though Berenson never played lacrosse, he has seen a handful of games and understands why Lohan had the talent to have played the sport competitively in high school. “A lot of the hands (skills) are
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Senior defenseman Kevin Lohan considered playing both lacrosse and hockey at Michigan after seeing the complementary nature of the two sports’ skillsets.
similar, hand eye coordination,” Berenson said. “It’s a contact sport with a lot of running, conditioning, moving.” Added Lohan: “I think the two sports are fairly similar in terms of competitive nature and the offense and defensive aspects of the game. There’s a lot of similar stuff in terms of movement both in the defensive zone and offensive zone, that can help.” While some young high school athletes choose to specialize in one sport by the
I love both sports. I love hockey more, obviously
time they reach high school, Lohan continued playing both. He explained that it wasn’t until his sophomore year that he began to place more emphasis on hockey Still, he continued to play both sports for his remaining two years. It didn’t cross his mind until junior year, however, that he believed he possessed the skills and potential for a college hockey career. Even after this realization though, playing the sport after high school
presented a challenge for Lohan. “After that year, I decided to pursue hockey,” Lohan said. “I had some opportunities with lacrosse, but nothing with hockey, but that’s kinda where my passion was. I’d played hockey, and after the season I’d take a little break and my break would be playing the rest of the lacrosse season. Once that was over, I’d put my attention toward training for hockey.” Perhaps Berenson might have embraced Lohan playing
Sports nowadays have become so specialized
lacrosse in addition to lining up on defense. Besides Lohan, senior forward Max Shuart played two seasons of lacrosse and junior forward Cutler Martin played varsity tennis. “Sports nowadays have become so specialized,” Berenson said. “You have to become a onesport athlete at a young age. I like the fact that you can play more than one sport, that you be an athlete as well as a good hockey player. We’ve had some players who were very athletic and were
really good hockey players. and we’ve had other players who only played one sport and were also good hockey players. “But personally, I like to see kids that are well-rounded and playing other sports too.” As Lohan progressed through the early parts of his career, he began to fully comprehend the skills that lacrosse taught him. Lohan hasn’t entirely let go of playing lacrosse, either. The friendship between the hockey and the lacrosse team gives them opportunities to practice their skills during the offseason. “We’re really close with those guys,” Lohan said. “There has been a couple times throughout the year, that, after our season was done, they had (opened) Oosterbaan. So a couple of the guys, we went in with them, and last year I went with (former Michigan forward) JT Compher, and (Wolverine midfielder) Mikie Schlosser on the lacrosse team took us in there and we messed around a little bit. It was definitely fun.” Though Lohan focuses fulltime on manning Michigan’s blue line and clearing pucks out of the Wolverines’ zone, he still ponders whether he could’ve played lacrosse during hockey’s offseason in Ann Arbor. “It was always in the back of my mind, the possibility of playing both in college,” Lohan said. “I had known some people who had done that. Realistically, that would’ve been my main goal, but things happen for a reason, and my heart was with hockey.”
I like the fact that you can play more than one sport
Michigan reaping benefits Louro set to leave Michigan, of its home-court advantage sign with New York Red Bulls NATHANIEL CLARK Daily Sports Writer
In the classic movie “The Wizard of Oz,” Dorothy uttered her famous line: “There’s no place like home.” And while the Michigan women’s basketball team is from a different place and time, it would certainly agree with Dorothy’s sentiment. With their 80-54 victory over Northwestern on Wednesday, the Wolverines (6-2 Big Ten, 17-5 overall) are now a perfect 11-0 at home in the 2016-17 season and sport a 19-game winning streak at Crisler Center. Michigan has not lost a game in its own arena since a 93-81 defeat at the hands of Nebraska on Jan. 24, 2016. “Our players were confident,” said Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico after the game. “They showed a level of maturity. They
showed a level of leadership. Our seniors and juniors have really taken the younger kids under their wings.” Though Michigan’s win over the Wildcats — who are currently ranked 44th in the Ratings Percentage Index — was one of the more impressive ones the Wolverines have pulled off this year, it was not the only quality triumph they have nabbed at home. Michigan topped Minnesota on Jan. 15, Indiana on Jan. 10 and Ohio on Dec. 13. Each of these wins have contributed to the Wolverines’ quest to earn their first NCAA
Tournament berth in four years. “We know we have a great opportunity in front of us,” said senior guard Siera Thompson. “It’s very exciting, but you don’t want to get too far ahead of yourself because then you start dropping games that you can win.” Michigan’s success this season has paid dividends in attendance figures, too, as it is on pace for a 20 percent increase over last season. However, the Wolverines’ good fortunes at Crisler might leave them wondering what might have been, as they faced both No. 3 Maryland and No. 15 Ohio State on the road. Michigan held leads in both contests, including late in the fourth quarter against the Terrapins, before ultimately losing 96-87 to the Buckeyes and 93-80 to Maryland. While the Wolverines won’t have the opportunity to see if playing on their home court would have made a difference against either squad, they may at least earn the opportunity to upset one or both teams in Indianapolis — on a neutral court. Though Barnes Arico didn’t want to look that far ahead, she did admit that she pines for shots at redemption. “I’m (thinking) one game at a time,” Barnes Arico said. “But we talked about it after we played Maryland and after we played Ohio State — how close we are. We’ve got to get better at some things, and we know the things we have to get better at. We have to take care of our next eight or nine games and then hopefully after that point, we’ll have the opportunity to match up with those guys on a neutral court.” Until then, Michigan will strive to extend its home winning streak and further prove that there really is no place like home.
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Senior guard Siera Thompson has spent a lot of time winning at Crisler Center.
MAX MARCOVITCH Daily Sports Writer
After three years and 44 starts between the posts for the Michigan men’s soccer team, junior goalkeeper Evan Louro has signed a contract with the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer. The South River, N.J., native has forgone his fourth year of eligibility with the Wolverines and passed up opportunities to play for European clubs to return home and play for the Red Bulls. Prior to coming to Michigan, Louro spent time in the Red Bulls’ youth academy. That experience allowed New York to offer him a deal — on a Homegrown Player contract — without going through the MLS SuperDraft. “When I initially came to Michigan, I knew that this was what I wanted to do,” Louro said. “And that whenever we both decided the time was right for me to go, (the coaching staff ) would support me in that decision.” But that same coaching staff will undoubtedly miss his presence in goals. In his 46 appearances with the Wolverines, Louro sports the second-best goals-allowedper-game average of any goalkeeper in program history (1.16). This season he set a career-high in saves, with 68, including a career-high 11 saves against then-No.1 Maryland. “I wanted to win a trophy and all that good stuff,” Louro said. “But honestly I just want to be the guy who made the program better and put the program on that next step.” The departure leaves Michigan with an experience gap at keeper next season, as the roster is now devoid of a goalkeeper who has started a collegiate match. Andrew Verdi, who redshirted this year, will likely enter the season as the presumptive starter. Verdi, though untested, arrived in Ann
Arbor during the last offseason as a highly coveted recruit, having spent time with the U-18 US Men’s National Team and the Philadelphia Union youth academy for five seasons. The coaching staff and Louro came to a decision that he was ready to sign professionally around midOctober. Louro and senior defender Lars Eckenrode — who was selected in the fourth round of the SuperDraft by Toronto FC — will likely become the third and fourth active Wolverines in MLS. As for the most lasting
memories he’s made with the program, Louro glowingly recalls a 3-2 victory over Notre Dame his freshman year — “The fans stormed the field,” he says — and a win over Michigan State last season. But he says what will be most difficult to leave behind about Michigan has nothing to do with soccer, nor what happened on the field at U-M Soccer Stadium. “I made some of my best friends (at Michigan) that will be my best friends for the rest of my life,” Louro said. “Really that’s what I’ll miss the most.”
I just want to be the guy who made the program better
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Senior goalkeeper Evan Louro had spent time in the Red Bulls’ youth academy.
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Wolverines dominate Hoosiers MICHIGAN
KEVIN SANTO
Managing Sports Editor
Do you remember the Michigan men’s basketball team from New York City? The one that entered Madison Square Garden and made it look like its home court? And do you remember the Wolverines that traveled to Pauley Pavillion? The same ones who matched No. 8 UCLA shot for shot and – at least for a half – looked capable of outshooting the third-best scoring offense in the country? Well, that Michigan team was back Thursday night, welcoming Indiana to Crisler Center only to send the Hoosiers home with a brutal 90-60 loss. “I wouldn’t say I’m surprised,” said senior wing Zak Irvin. “I’ll see us do this in practice, and we show spurts of it at times in games as well. For us (to shoot) the ball that well, you know, I always see that happening. But for us to be able to sit down and check on the defensive end the way we did, that’s really something special.” Something looked different about the Wolverines from the opening tip. Indiana (4-4 Big Ten, 14-7 overall) might have drawn first blood, as center Thomas Bryant got to the basket with ease, but after that, things got ugly for the Hoosiers. Following Bryant’s basket, Michigan (4-4, 14-7) went to Moritz Wagner early and often, clearly trying to expose the void left in Indiana’s frontcourt by forward OG Anunoby’s seasonending knee injury. Wagner scored the first six points of the game to spark an 18-2 run in just over five minutes. And with the run came the lead, and with the lead the déjà vu. Like the Wolverines’ trip to the Garden in November, their offensive performance made it look like the hoop was a little bigger than usual.
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Senior wing Zak Irvin and the Wolverines returned to their early-season form Thursday night at Crisler Center.
Michigan ended the half shooting 66.7 percent from the floor and 7-for-11 from three, leading to a 50-35 advantage. It was the first time the Wolverines hit the 50-point halftime mark since the UCLA matchup. By the end of it all, Michigan had posted 90 points and outscored the Hoosiers 40-25 in the second half. Senior guard Derrick Walton Jr. led the way with a game-high 21 points, but five other Wolverines scored in double digits. More impressive than the incendiary offense, though, was the new energy Michigan seemed to find against the Hoosiers — the same energy that was there in New York City. Take Wagner as only one example. With 14:05 left to play in the first half, the ball was deflected out of bounds and Wagner was clapping his hands together down the sideline with an intensity that this team has lacked for the majority of conference play. And that was when the ball went out in favor of Indiana.
That energy turned into an ability for Michigan to do the small, dirty things that it hasn’t done all season – sticking out its legs for deflections rather than letting a pass land safely in its target’s hands. The enthusiasm transferred to the stands too. For the first time all year – as the Wolverines stretched their lead to as much as 19 in the first half and 30 in the second – Crisler Center was rocking, helping inject life into a team that had looked lifeless before its past two games. “(It was) exciting to see a good crowd,” said Michigan coach John Beilein. “I think we’re running a record for 9 pm games, but it was still a good crowd. And to have our team play that way in front of them. “I think we saw that a little bit at the beginning of the year, a long time ago — seems like years ago — in the SMU and Marquette games, which are turning out to be great wins now, where we get clicking offensively and it leads to better defense as well.”
Michigan’s defensive effort showed encouraging signs as well. While Indiana hurt itself at times, the Wolverines still scored 25 points off 16 turnovers. In the first half, the Wolverines essentially scored themselves out of a troubling defensive effort, as the Hoosiers shot 60 and 62.5 percent from the field and from three, respectively. The second half, though, saw Indiana shoot 54.5 percent from the field and 53.8 from three, all while sophomore guard MuhammadAli Abdur Rahkman held Hoosier guard James Blackmon Jr. to just four points on 2-for-3 shooting after he had a 33-point outburst against Michigan State in the Indiana’s previous matchup. As the game drew to a close, there were points where Michigan fans even had the audacity to chant, “Hoosier Daddy.” In those moments, it seemed they knew this was the most complete game of the Wolverines’ season. In those moments, it felt a lot like New York again.
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Senior guard Derrick Walton Jr. scored a game-high 21 points in Michigan’s blowout vicotory over the Hoosiers.
On Michigan’s opening possession of the second half, Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman had a bit of a mental lapse. After sophomore forward Moritz Wagner passed the ball out to the junior guard, AbdurRahkman took a couple steps back, thinking the shot Wagner just rebounded hit the rim and the Wolverines were working with a fresh shot clock. Instead, Abdur-Rahkman stood 30-plus feet away from the basket with under five seconds to shoot and both the bench and Maize Rage behind him urging him to pull the trigger. So he did. And not one person in Crisler Center was surprised when his NBA-range threepointer found nothing but twine. That was the kind of night Michigan was having. The Wolverines shot 63 percent from the field, outrebounded Indiana 23-20 and committed just six turnovers. They could do no wrong. Those numbers strongly suggest that Michigan has returned to the team we saw in New York — the team that left Madison Square Garden considered not only an NCAA Tournament lock, but had ESPN commentators trying to convince the audience they were watching a top-10 team. But don’t start taking guesses at where the Wolverines will be playing in the first round of the NCAA Tournament just yet. Right after returning from New York as the 2K Classic champions, Michigan hit the road again. In their very next game at South Carolina, the Wolverines looked like a different team. Senior guard Zak Irvin lost his handle on the ball — committing eight turnovers — and the pair of Wagner and redshirt sophomore forward DJ Wilson vanished after breaking out on the big stage at the Garden.
Fast forward to Thursday night, and Michigan once again put together two performances in a row that make it look worthy of a top-25 ranking. Its defense prevented two of the Big Ten’s top offenses from scoring over 60 points, and its offense was as precise and efficient as it has ever been. “We just wanted to continue to play with the same energy and the momentum that we carried over from Illinois,” Irvin said. “I think we’re playing consistent right now as a team. I think we did that for a full 40 minutes. If we do that, we’re gonna be a dangerous team.” Just a couple weeks ago, many posed questions ranging from the Wolverines’ lack of grit and fortitude to Michigan coach John Beilein’s job security. Now, two wins later, the question everyone will be asking is how can this team keep doing what has been working well. Thursday night was the first time each one of Beilein’s “starting seven” showed up and did their respective jobs for an entire game. That ranged from AbdurRahkman holding Indiana guard James Blackmon to four points; Wagner controlling his post matchup with center Thomas Bryant; Irvin and senior guard Derrick Walton making consistent and positive contributions on each end of the floor; and even redshirt junior guard Duncan Robinson and senior forward Mark Donnal coming off the bench and hitting big shots to extend the lead. When those seven players come together and connect the way they did for 40 minutes, this team shows it is capable of going toe-to-toe with anybody in the country. But how can the Wolverines keep this going over a stretch of 80 minutes? Or 120 minutes? Or two weeks from now? What evidence has Michigan given us that suggests it won’t
lay an egg when it travels to the Breslin Center on Sunday like it did against the Gamecocks? Beilein and his players have suggested the team has grown, not only physically, but more importantly, mentally. “Games aren’t won at halftime, and trophies aren’t given out with time still on the clock,” Walton said. “It’s all about finishing each play, having the same focus that got you there, increasing that to prevail you forward.” Walton and Irvin realize they combine to form the engine that makes the Wolverines go. Irvin had arguably his worst individual game of the season in South Carolina after one of his best against Southern Methodist. The two varied performances demonstrate that Michigan relies on his consistency now more than ever. And while Wagner and Wilson have grown tremendously since the start of the season, they’ve yet to show their respective skill in stretches of two or three games. “There are going to be times when we look like a million bucks and times we’re not ready,” Beilein said. “Don’t forget, (Wilson) and (Wagner) are really evolving yet. They are really playing crunch time minutes for the first time. They are going to do things sometimes they have to learn from.” Thursday showed what the Wolverines can be: A team that more than belongs in the NCAA Tournament, and a team that deserves a larger share of Big Ten and national attention. “Personally, as a team that wants to win, we honestly believe that we can make a run in March,” Walton said. “Some things are gonna change, the ball’s not gonna go in like it did tonight every night. You can only control what you can control.” Now the question becomes how long will this level of performance last? We’ll find out Sunday in East Lansing.