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Progressive historian, writer calls for activism Rebecca Solnit, author of environmental and political works, stresses value of hope MAYA GOLDMAN Daily Staff Reporter
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Edouard Perrin, an investigative reporter for Premieres Lignes Television in Paris, discusses investigative journalism at the Leaks, Whistleblowers, and Big Data talk at Rackham Ampitheatre on Monday.
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Among the panelists of the University of Michigan Knight-Wallace Fellowship panel held Monday at Rackham Amphitheatre were Bastian Obermayer and Marina Walker Guevara, two journalists who helped break the Panama Papers — a prominent story implicating high-ranking government officials from dozens of countries for tax
crimes. Also included in the panel discussion were French journalists Edouard Perrin, a former Knight-Wallace Fellow, and Laurent Richard, a current Knight-Wallace fellow, who helped reveal the Luxembourg Leaks, which involved the secret tax deals between the government of Luxembourg and major international corporations. The event, which was attended by over 150 students, professors and journalists,
began with remarks about the evolving challenges facing journalists in the United States today from Will Potter, a former Knight-Wallace Fellow and visiting professor of journalism at the University. “We have a president that calls CNN and The New York Times fake news, and as Charles (Eisendrath) noted earlier, regards the free press as an enemy of the people,” Potter said. “I think it bears a reminder of the importance that it plays in the history of
the United States; it’s not one that is new or unique in world affairs but it is something that is taken for granted — it’s regarded as something that’s always there.” Potter emphasized to the audience President Donald Trump’s treatment of the media represented the biggest threat to the profession of journalism in modern American history, but unlike journalism in other countries, investigative journalism rarely poses a See JOURNALISTS, Page 3
Author, historian and activist Rebecca Solnit drew a full crowd to Rackham Auditorium on Monday evening in her “Hope and Emergency” lecture as she discussed the importance of maintaining hope in current political climate and of using stories to affect change. The lecture was a part of the Jill S. Harris Memorial Lecture series, honoring the memory of Jill Harris who was an undergraduate student at the University in the 1980s. Each year, as part of the series, the University brings a distinguished visitor who will appeal to undergraduates interested in the humanities. English Prof. Megan Sweeney introduced Solnit to the crowd, sharing how she felt Solnit’s writing — spanning 18 books, numerous essays and a column in Harper’s Magazine — has impacted society. “Rebecca Solnit tells
compelling, lyrical, essential stories,” Sweeney said. “In telling these stories, she offers fresh insights about politics and social change, community, geography, wandering and walking, the environment … Whether she’s writing about an explosion in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1917, or the birth of Zapatismo in Chiapas, Mexico in 1944, Solnit has an uncanny ability to make the faraway seem nearby.” Indeed, when Solnit came on stage, she used powerful vignettes to illustrate the effect of the current administration has had on the nation in the last month, which, according to Solnit, has been to unite the country in protest. “When the Environmental Protection Agency was silenced early in the (President Donald) Trump era, a rogue EPA Twitter account appeared, and then one for the National Parks Service … (and) 200 coders in a UC-Berkeley basement set about saving NASA’s data See WRITER, Page 3
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Talk-in outlines animosity following President’s recent executive order
Pink “pussy hats” lined the seats of Ann Arbor’s local venue Neutral Zone on Monday night where over 100 University of Michigan faculty, students and community members gathered to perform and watch performance-based art and comedy acts in a “Not My President’s Day” rally in opposition to the current President Donald Trump. The rally was organized by Bad and Nasty, an online movement that has organized and planned performancebased rallies at more than 63 locations in four countries, including the U.S. on President’s Day in retaliation against the 2016 election. The movement describes itself as a coalition of activists, artists and concerned citizens who wanted to create spaces where they could express their emotions in light of the election. Bad and Nasty was created and organized by Art & Design Prof. Holly Hughes. She described how the movement came to exist based on the responses she received from what she called an “idle threat” against Trump she posted on a Facebook page made in the weeks following the election. In the post, she invited all the “Bad Hombres
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On Monday evening, History Prof. Juan Cole addressed a group of approximately 30 people about the conf lict in Syria at a teach-in discussion in the University of Michigan League hosted by the student organizations Michigan Refugee Assistance Program and Books Not Bombs. LSA junior Leila Eter, co-chair of Michigan Refugee Assistance Program at the University, said the event was held to provide information to students who had questions about the refugee crisis but may not have felt comfortable asking them in public settings — especially after President Donald Trump’s recent immigration ban on several Muslim-majority countries. “We had a lot of people come up to us specifically after the executive order on refugees and immigrants asking us, because they knew that we knew about the topic, what was happening in Syria,” she said. “They almost felt embarrassed See PROFESSOR, Page 3
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and Nasty Women” — referring to Trump’s dialogue toward undocumented immigrants and women during the election — to take action on President’s Day. Within a day, Hughes said, she couldn’t keep up with the number of people expressing interest in and wanting to
participate in the movement. “By the next morning, there were so many people that wanted to interpret the idea on their own I was moaning, because I couldn’t add them quickly enough to the Facebook group,” Hughes said. “Within a day 2,000 people signed up on our Bad
and Nasty website.” She went on to describe how far the movement has spread and how diverse it is, spanning from a cabaret in Wyoming to an all immigrant poetry-slam in Brooklyn. University faculty and students performed a majority See RALLY, Page 3
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Erin Markey, a performer and University alum, performs a protest piece expressing her displeasure towards President Donald Trump at The Neutral Zone on Monday.
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The University of Michigan is slated to receive an overall 2.5 percent increase in funding — a 2.4 percent increase for UM-Ann Arbor, 3.1 percent for UM-Dearborn and 2.8 percent for UM-Flint — as a part of Gov. Rick Snyder’s recommended budget for the 2018 fiscal year. Snyder’s recommendations include an overall state public university funding increase of $36.6 million, bringing total operations funding to nearly $1.5 billion. If the budget is ultimately approved by the legislation, this would mark the seventh straight year state funding for higher education has increased. At the February Board of Regents meeting, University President Mark Schlissel criticized Snyder’s recommendation, saying it lags behind previous state funding levels the University has received. “The budget recommendation continues the recent progress of reinvesting in public higher education in our state,” Schlissel See HIGHER ED, Page 3
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ON THE DAILY: U RESEARCH CONTINUES TO EXPAND Ranking first in research spending among public universities for seven consecutive years, the University of Michigan’s research continues to grow and diversify. With programs in engineering, medical research, data science and the humanities, the University spent $1.39 billion in research development in 2016—a record amount. This 7.2 percent increase from last year is the second highest in the nation, following Johns Hopkins University. Most of the year’s growth came from a $467 million increase in expenditures from the Department of Health and Human Services. Approximately two thirds of spending is facilitated by federal agencies. Since 2011, federal funding for research has decreased by 11 percent. Despite these decreases, the number of University research contracts increased by 3.6 percent, with the dollar amount of each contract rising by about 14.8 percent.
Jack Hu, vice president for research, is confident the University will be able to hold on to these funds for years to come. “I think we are very competitive,” Hu said at the Board of Regents meeting on Feb. 16, according to MLive. “We are very good in securing grants from all agencies of the government. Federal funding is still very dominant, in terms of the source in funding for our research. Over the last two to three years, we average about 57 percent of the total in terms of federal support for research, so it is a very important source of research funding.” Hu said the University needs to be cognizant of potential changes in federal funding due to the new presidential administration. However, not all University funding comes from the federal government; funding from the University increased by 7.86 percent between fiscal years 2015 and 2016 and $317
million out of the total $456 million increase came either from the University’s general fund or from medical school resources. In a recent interview, Hu also said diversification of sources is necessary to continue to develop
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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Autism Spectrum Disorder Bootcamp
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WHAT: Faculty, students and staff will learn about Autism Spectrum Disorders in this halfday training session to increase awareness. WHO: Services for Students with Disabilities WHEN: 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. WHERE: Hatcher Graduate Library, Gallery Room
WHAT: Five UM professors will discuss the possible implications the Trump administration could have on international politics. WHO: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies WHEN: 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. WHERE: School of Social Work, Room 1636
WHAT: Mark Saffman from the University of Wisconsin will explore Rydberg interactions through discussions and experiments. WHO: Department of Physics WHEN: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: West Hall, Room 335
WHAT: Shanti A. Parikh from Washington University will discuss her research in Uganda surrounding the discourse of sex and sexuality in the context of the independence of Uganda. WHO: African Studies Center WHEN: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. WHERE: Haven Hall, Room 4701
@MichiganDining South Quad cereal game is weak compared to Mo Jo. Corn flakes in the Frosted Flakes dispenser should be a crime.
Science and Reputation WHAT: Five UM professors will analyze the intersection of spirituality, biology and evolution studies that facilitated many changes at the University between 1880 and 1920. WHO: LSA Bicentennial Office WHEN: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. WHERE: Hatcher Graduate Library, Room 100
CIA Officer Panel Session WHAT: This Q&A panel will allow students to network and learn about the experiences of the men and women in the CIA. Students should come prepared with questions and a resume. WHO: International Institute WHEN: 4:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. WHERE: School of Social Work, Room 2609
Pre-Law Personal Statement Contest WHAT: Undergraduate juniors and seniors, graduate students and alumni who are registering for an LSAT prep course are eligible to win a complete Kaplan LSAT course in this personal statement contest. WHO: LSA Advising Center WHEN: 5:00 p.m. WHERE: Angell Hall, Room 1255
The Children of Detroit ’67 WHAT: Four Detroit natives will discuss the effect the 1967 rebellion had on their lives and how it shaped Detroit history. WHO: UM-Dearborn WHEN: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. WHERE: Detroit Center
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Self-affirmation and selfawareness are the keys to productivity — or so Julia Lee, Business postdoctoral fellow, thinks. A crowd of about 200 gathered Monday afternoon for a presentation by Lee, who explored the power of self-insight and its ability to help workplaces grow. She highlighted the importance of internalizing other people’s views about one’s personal contributions and strengths — a process called relational self-affirmation — in the fourth Positive Links Speakers event organized by the Center for Positive Organizations this semester. According to Lee, when an employee is asked to analyze their contributions in the workplace,
the results tend to be biased and misleading. She suggested asking others how they perceive these contributions helps increase productivity. “When it comes to assessing our own weakness and own strengths, unfortunately we are full of blind spots,” Lee said. “Maybe if you ask other people how they see you and what contributions you’re making, maybe your vision of who you are becomes a little bit less blurry.” Lee compared relational selfaffirmation to reading an obituary about oneself or looking into a mirror that other people hold up. It is a narrative-based process that relies less on one’s own evaluation of oneself and more on other people’s perceptions. One of the event organizers, Katie Trevathan, associate director of communications for the Center of Positive Organizations, compared
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relational self-affirmation to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, which is a psychological test used to understand how people interact with others and make choices. “It’s an opportunity to get a 360 (degree) view of yourself,” Trevathan said. “You get these really cool stories that you might not even remember but somehow it touched your family, your co-worker and you can help build up this portrait of you at your best. Instead of looking at the things you can improve upon, you’re emphasizing the stuff that you already do really well.” Lee then went on to explain the results of her research as a doctoral candidate at the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government. Her research asked meaningful people in a subject’s life to write stories about them. Lee found subjects felt more powerful after reading these stories about their personal strengths and contributions. She argued people are more likely to problem solve in teamwork settings when they receive these narratives prior to working, compared to those that do not. Lee is currently the first postdoctoral student with the Center for Positive Organizations. She will be starting as a 10-year faculty member in the Ross School of Business by summer 2017. LSA senior Jeewon Oh was inspired by the lecture and hoped to utilize relational self-affirmation in the future, in order to be beneficial to her friends. She also said the lecture prompted her to become a better listener in her social circle. “I thought about my friends and being a positive impact to them,” Oh said. “All of my friends are kind of going through this senior year life crisis and I think it would be better to go and ask them and see how they’re doing.”
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JOURNALISTS From Page 1 threat to physical well-being. “Obviously the risks are high in the United States, but in other countries, we can be talking about their lives that are on the line,” Potter said. Obermayer, who writes for the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, highlighted the importance of being methodical when investigating complex data leaks. He noted the scope of an investigation like the Panama Papers, which encompassed over 11 million pages of leaked documents, makes the process of review even more important. He also noted the challenges of language barriers, political knowledge and sourcing that journalists face when investigating international scandals. “You need people on the ground who know the language,” Obermayer said. “When I was investigating the Panama Papers, a part of our research involved Icelandic politicians, and ... I personally don’t know a word of their language. You also need to have people who know the country and politicians.” Much of the panel discussion centered around issues faced by investigative journalists in the information
RALLY From Page 1 of the event’s sketches and acts, which ranged from personal journal readings and comedy acts. Many of the actors were involved with the University’s Educational Theatre Company or were a part of the School of Art & Design BFA in Interarts Performance program. ETC Director Callie McKee was the Master of Ceremonies for the event and performed a recitation of a prose piece she wrote after the election. In it, she describes the emotional response she felt when the candidate she had campaigned for lost. In a compelling, yet comical sense, she illustrates the “hole” left when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lost the election. “I woke up this morning and I was faced with a disturbing lack of Hillary,” McKee said. “She had been there for nights before, for years before, in magnets, buttons and shirts, pictures framed and cut out, articles, greeting cards. Her profile carved into the skin of a gourd, coursed, yet gooey, orange, yet decidedly not orange, her profile glowed against the dark and greeted trick-or-treaters.” ETC member Theresa Beckley-Amaya, an LSA junior,
PROFESSOR From Page 1 that they didn’t know about it, so we wanted to provide, because we had the position to do so, (a) comfortable setting and educational setting for people to learn about it from the ground up so that they feel more educated on the topic.” Cole started by explaining how the conf lict began with peaceful protests in Syria in March 2011, around the time of the Arab Spring, in which both Tunisia and Egypt overthrew their long-term rulers. Cole stated these protests began with the youth and expanded to a broader population as loss of employment and lack of opportunity became more frequent. He also described the unrest in Syria in regard to President Bashar Assad’s authoritarian regime. “Any time there’s a ceasefire or a slight political opening, people come out and protest,” he said. “They protest the regime, they even protest ISIL.” Though the revolution did begin peacefully, Cole
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age, such as security issues surrounding encryption and data transfer and coordinating work between large teams of reporters. One of Obermayer’s colleagues on the Panama Papers investigation, Guevara, from the Washington D.C.-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, spoke about the challenges faced during large collaborative projects like Obermayer’s research into tax evasion in Panama, which involved journalists from over 100 media outlets. “How do you convince journalists to let go of some of the control over their work?” Guevara asked. “Because when you collaborate, you share a lot of research and resources, but when it comes time to publish, you have to respect each other’s independence.” Perrin, who helped spearhead the large investigative LuxLeaks project, echoed Guevara’s sentiments. “You need to be really disciplined and need to respect the plan and date,” Perrin said, emphasizing the necessity to uphold ethical standards of fact verification prior to publication. This, Guevara added, is particularly important in light of the increasing rate of large-scale scandals. She cited
the revelations of corruption in FIFA, the international body governing soccer, and Petrobras, the Brazilian staterun petroleum company. The panel’s focus then shifted from journalistic methods and ethics to the means of facilitating large transfers of data.
performed a piece she titled “I Am Protest,” in which she describes how she sees her role in society. “My life is a protest,” Beckley-Amaya said. “A queer, mixed, spiritual woman of color in white, Catholic suburbia. Now, don’t get me wrong, I am immensely grateful for my community, as it shaped me into who I am today, a battling activist who constantly questioned, ‘Why in the world can’t women be priests?’ ‘Why was our teacher fired for being gay?’ Breath, fight, breath, protest, breath, exhale. I am an on-going act of protest.” Art & Design senior Ian Renstrom, of the Interarts program, performed a comedy stand-up act. Later, he discussed how the faculty helped prepare his piece. “Channel the darkness,” Renstrom said. “For me, it was a very vulnerable time when Trump got elected, I was alone in my room and watching everything turn red on the map and thought: ‘What is happening? Everyone is failing me.’ I feel hopeless, this was like the epitome of hopelessness.” Renstrom said he saw the arts in the country under attack by the new administration. At the end of January, Trump stated
he wished to cut programs such as public broadcasting — programs that cost 0.02 percent of federal funding. “It’s inspired me to get angrier,” he said. “The U.S. is the one country that doesn’t have a state-funded art initiative. Trump is getting rid of the National Endowment for the Arts, which is like the closest thing we have.” He said the central message of his performance was to create change and progress during Trump’s presidency. He hoped the rally would spawn similar events in the future, since he felt it was a way to express his mind. “Let’s not fuck up the next four years,” Renstrom said. “I want people to realize we can overcome this for sure. He’s going to get away with half the things he’s doing. People are regretting voting for him. There’s going to be hope.” He also said he felt the University has neglected to support performance-based art forms in favor of more mainstream projects. “They’re supportive of very accessible stuff,” Renstrom said. “Like, oh we’ll do ‘Angels in America’ or ‘Rent,’ but I feel like with performance art people don’t take it seriously and the University is becoming more accepting. I just wish it was faster.”
Fourth-year medical student Harold Gomez saw the event on Facebook and felt his views aligned with the movement’s message.
described the violent reaction of the regime and the military tactics it used to respond to the protests, including firing tank shells into groups of peaceful demonstrators. “This regime is not nice,” he said. “It’s not a nice regime. It kills prisoners. There’s
currently homeless and 13.5 million are in need of some form of aid or assistance, Cole stated in his presentation. One of his conclusions about civil wars was the idea that many people don’t understand how easily, or how quickly, a nation can fall into this sort of unrest. “People don’t understand civil wars if they don’t live through them,” he explained. “They think it’s something that happens to other people, but it can happen to you. You can fall into a civil war.” The majority of Syrian refugees escaping the chaos of their home nation have f led to Jordan, Lebanon or Turkey. For comparison, he stated the United States has let in 22,000 refugees, while Turkey has let in 2.5 million. Turkey had many economic benefits from the inf lux of refugees. “The refugees, when they came in, they increased the money supply,” Cole said. “They figure that Turkey’s economy grew 4.5 percent because of the refugees coming in, otherwise it would have stalled out.” Once refugees enter these new countries, however, they often find similar hardships
with standards of living, he explained. Many are often denied access to local jobs and, as a result, are isolated and forced to live in tent cities. Michigan has the second highest population of Syrian refugees in the United States, after California, with more than 1,400 Syrian refugees in September 2016. A majority of the Michigan refugee families reside in the cities Troy and Dearborn. LSA junior Alaina Dehner attended the event because she was hoping to learn more about an issue with details that might be misconstrued or not fully explored through social media conversations or other sources that many college students are exposed to. “I think it’s important for students to come to events like these if only to stay informed,” she said. “There’s not a whole lot we, as students, can do directly involving the situation, directly impacting the situation, especially with the stance that Prof. Cole mentioned that America’s taking on it right now, but just to stay informed I think is of the utmost importance.”
I think it’s important for students to come to events like these if only to stay informed
nothing more helpless in the world than a prisoner. They torture prisoners to death. Not one, not two, how many prisoners do we think they tortured to death in the last five years? At least 10,000.” Four hundred thousand Syrians were found dead by the end of 2016, 11 million are
I believe there is moral responsibility in journalism to think about what your story will change Richard, editor in chief of Premières Lignes Télévision, a French media outlet, spoke about his new project — Freedom Voices — that is being developed alongside University researchers. Freedom Voices is a service that enables journalists to save information to a secure server if their work or safety is jeopardized. If the journalist using Freedom Voices is imprisoned or killed,
their information is then sent to a team of journalists who will finish and publish the uncompleted work. “SecureDrop makes communication of documents more secure, safer to be a whistleblower or investigative journalist,” Richard said of the open-source whistleblower submission system. “But to send information, whistleblowers also can also opt to use postal mail, which is often very secure.” Guevara concluded the event by stressing the role of a journalist as a public servant whose job is to share facts that have a public interest. “I believe there is moral responsibility in journalism to think about what your story will change,” Guevara said. Following the event, LSA junior Tyler Robinson said he believed it was valuable to him as a communications major who is not pursuing a career in journalism, because it provided him with insight into how news stories are produced. “I thought the event was great; everyone was very knowledgeable and experienced in their field,” Robinson said. “I think that whistleblowing is extremely valuable and at times necessary if there is severe wrongdoing occurring within the government or corporations.”
He’s going to get away with half the things he’s doing. People are regretting voting for him.
“I think of the most important for me that, as you can tell I’m an immigrant, too, being in the United States and being American is tolerance,” he said. “There have been many statements for the Muslim community, people who are supporters of Planned Parenthood, LGBTQ, who I feel transgress all that we have done over the past 50 years for civil rights … I think there should be more work done by the University to try and foster that kind of environment and prevent things that happened with the email controversy from happening.”
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HIGHER ED From Page 1 said. “However, we keep in mind, when adjusted for inflation, funding still lags well behind 2011 levels.” The $316.1 million budget recommendation for the Ann Arbor campus is lower than the funding level in 2011, when the state instituted a 15 percent cut to higher education funding. Cynthia Wilbanks, vice president for government relations, echoed Schlissel’s sentiment in a statement and said the University appreciates the increase in funding, but plans to advocate for a greater amount of funding and more opportunities in the future. “We appreciate that this budget recommendation continues the recent trend of increased funding for higher education,” Wilbanks wrote. “In the coming months, we will work with the state Legislature to support this increase and explore opportunities to do better, if possible.” Conversely, state Rep. Kim LaSata (R–Bainbridge Twp,), chair of the Michigan House Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education, said in a statement she is emboldened by the increased investment in higher education and would like to see this funding in Michigan continue to increase to prerecession levels. LaSata did not respond to interview requests from the Daily. “I am encouraged by the proposal to invest more money into higher education and will work hard as chair to ensure these dollars are spent in an efficient and fair manner,” LaSata wrote. “Michigan’s colleges and universities have still not fully returned to their pre-recession funding levels and it is my goal to see these institutions made whole again using dollars tied to performance.” State Rep. Yousef Rabhi (D– Ann Arbor) said in a phone interview he was pleased to see at least a small increase, but said he believes higher education in Michigan is still severely underfunded. “I’m happy to see at least higher education got a small increase,” Rabhi said. “But the governor cut higher education substantially back like five years ago and if you adjust for inflation, we’re not even close to where we used to be — it isn’t good enough, we can do better.” In addition to funding increases, Snyder’s budget recommendation also includes
WRITER From Page 1 last weekend,” Solnit said. “Intelligence agencies and individual employees seemed to be placing themselves in opposition to the administration. The power of the presidency is to command. If people do not obey the commands, the power does not exist.” Solnit went on to speak about the Women’s March, the travel ban executive order and how she came to think of hope as a catalyst. For Solnit, hope became important in 2003, when U.S. troops descended on Iraq. Today, she sees hope as the driving force of all change in the country. “Fourteen years later, I use the term hope because it navigates the way forward between false certainties of optimism and of pessimism, and the complacency of passivity that comes with both,” Solnit said. “Hope, for me, has meant a sense that the future is not yet written, and that we don’t actually know what will happen, but we may be able to write it ourselves.” Solnit, a self-identified progressive whose political ideologies often color her writing, did not shy away from claiming partisan affiliation in her speech. “I’m just assuming you’re all progressive here,” Solnit said. “For those of you who aren’t, I’m assuming we can bring you in … because it’s more fun and it has more people. It has better facts, too! The facts are generated on our side but the stories have not been. We need to tell riveting stories about how a progressive agenda can make their lives better.” Solnit returned to her theme of
a provision to limit any tuition increases to 3.8 percent or $475 per student in order for a university to receive any new performance funding. In her statement, LaSata said she believes efforts to cap tuition will aid in making college more affordable and accessible “This will serve to keep tuition increases down and ultimately allow more students to pursue their educational dream,” LaSata said. Contradicting this idea, Rabhi said he believes this will have a vicious effect on higher education institutions, because he thinks the state is limiting its funding, while also capping tuition increases as ways for universities to receive any additional funding. “We’re putting our higher ed institutions in a situation where the legislator is capping their tuition increases and also underfunding them at the same time,” Rabhi said. “So they’re really hamstringing the ability of our public universities to provide that high quality of public education that we’ve come to expect.” LSA junior Enrique Zalamea, president of the University’s chapter of College Republicans, wrote in an email interview he personally doesn’t support massive increases in higher education funding without more specificity and transparency in how Michiganders’ taxpayer dollars are being allocated. “Federal student aid only accounts for roughly 3% of Michigan’s higher education spending, the majority of the higher education budget actually goes to ‘University Operations,’ ” Zalamea wrote. “Without more transparency, I personally wouldn’t want my taxpayer money going towards university sponsored partisan events or towards the discounted tuition rates of undocumented students.” In comparison to Zalamea, LSA junior Collin Kelly, chair of the University’s chapter of the College Democrats, wrote in an email interview he unequivocally supports increased higher education funding. Kelly said he believes Snyder’s recommendation is a positive step, but advocates to see more invested in higher education. “While we are glad this is another positive step in the right direction, we need the state government to go much further in supporting higher education in Michigan,” Kelly wrote. “A 2.4% increase is nice, but that likely won’t even be a drop in the bucket for most students, we would strongly urge the legislature and Governor to support our students by increasing funding even more.”
hope later in her speech, saying that hope in activism — hope that what is being done will make a difference, even if it isn’t evident — is what drives change forward. “The most important effects are often the most indirect,” Solnit said. “I sometimes wonder when I’m at a mass march like the Women’s March a month ago … whether the reason it matters is because some young woman is going to find her purpose in life, that will only be evident when she changes the world in 20 years as a great litigator. Maybe the purpose of what you’re doing won’t reveal itself in your lifetime, but it will be tremendous nonetheless.” Many audience members came to the event because of a passion for Solnit’s writing, and a feeling of connection to her words. Liz Bayans, a resident of Toledo, Ohio drove all the way to Ann Arbor to hear Solnit’s speech. She feels Solnit’s bold stances are what make her writing so important. “I think that she talks about a lot of topics people maybe don’t breach or feel comfortable with discussing openly,” Bayan said. “I think it’s important that those things are discussed in a more mainstream venue.” Taubman graduate student Phillip Redpath came to hear the talk because he’s using elements of Solnit’s work in his master’s thesis in architecture, but he also shared Bayan’s enthusiasm for the way Solnit presents her ideas. “I came because I thought it might be relevant to my thesis, but also more so because of the current political climate,” Redpath said. “To me, she offers a way of approaching things, not like a ‘here’s what you do’ but a ‘here’s how to think about what to do.’ ”
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More voices in renaming buildings
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n recent years, college students across the country have called upon universities to rename campus buildings that commemorate individuals who have histories of supporting slavery and other racist and discriminatory programs and policies. The University of Michigan has been no exception. In 2016, University President Mark Schlissel asked the President’s Advisory Committee on University History to review the University’s policies on facility naming in light of the University’s bicentennial. After reviewing University policies on the matter, this committee recommended that a process be created to allow University community members to propose facility names for review to the president’s office. This past month, Schlissel accepted the committee’s recommendations. While The Michigan Daily Editorial Board commends the University for taking this important step, we believe the University should take a more proactive role in investigating problematic building names and make more of an effort to give students and faculty a stronger voice in the decision-making process. On Feb. 11, after relentless student protests, Yale announced that the university would change the name of its residential college named after John C. Calhoun, the seventh vice president of the United States remembered for his racist views and as a prominent spokesman for slavery. While there have been no similar protests about University of Michigan facilities, we recognize that there are buildings on campus named after figures with controversial histories. Buildings such as C.C. Little — named after University President Clarence Cook Little, a proponent of eugenics — and Angell Hall — named after University President James Angell, who played a role in crafting the Chinese Exclusion Act — are just a few examples of buildings named after figures who deserve greater scrutiny. While these are prominent examples we would expect to be proposed for review, we worry that the names of smaller facilities, such as Winchell House in West Quad — named for Alexander Winchell, a 20th-century University professor of geology and paleontology who published many racist works — will be overlooked in the renaming procedure. In 2008, the University published a set of standards for naming campus facilities in an attempt to provide consistency in the naming process. Under these guidelines, building naming decisions are often initiated by the nine-member Board of Regents and the final decisions ultimately rest with them, too. In addition, the current standards for naming campus
facilities are somewhat vague in order to account for the complexities of the human characters after whom buildings are named. Because the guidelines are open to interpretation, we believe it is not only valuable, but necessary, to have more than the voices of the Board of Regents and President’s Advisory Committee on University History when making these decisions. Furthermore, the few people making naming decisions spend little time in campus buildings compared to students and faculty, who work and study in them — and therefore deal with the implications of each building’s name — every day. Thus, we suggest the University implements a student and faculty committee to work alongside those already involved in order to provide a more inclusive and more informed decision-making process. This is especially important for structures like the Biological Science Building, which is currently under construction and does not have a donor name attached. When deciding the name of a campus facility, it is crucial that the University finds the right balance in continuing the University’s history while not “honoring ” or endorsing the past actions or beliefs of a discriminatory individual. We recognize that it is often hard to judge inf luential historical fig ures due to the f luidity of social norms over time. Moreover, if given enough scrutiny, there is potential to find something offensive about any building name or honoree.
That being said, there is still a moral line that should not be crossed. The University should be proactive in changing names of buildings named after individuals who were blatantly racist. While it is important not to forget the past, we believe that renaming a building will not erase the University’s history, but rather create a more inclusive environment where all students can feel comfortable and, in turn, create a productive learning experience. Furthermore, we can remove the name while still acknowledging the building’s history and maintaining a medium to recognize the flaws of our past. The decision to name or rename a campus facility should not be taken lightly and we hope the University continues to encourage student and faculty voices in the matter. Right now, the only avenue for students and faculty to get involved is by submitting a proposal recommending that buildings be renamed. While this is a step in the right direction, we believe it is not enough. Students must be afforded a more tangible role in these processes, such as a committee that works alongside the Board of Regents and President’s Advisory Committee on University History. Everyone involved in the naming process must be mindful about how we name our buildings, as legacies and societal views constantly change over time. While it is important not to erase the University’s history, it is crucial that the name of our campus buildings and facilities align with the University of Michigan’s core mission and values.
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Turning failure into opportunity
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t this point in the spite of not holding the status semester, many of us that comes with being on the find ourselves buried board. I am lucky to find myself in midterm exams, projects among many members in the and applications organization who for internships, have expressed a scholarships, jobs and fondness for my summer programs. ideas and an interest My experience in collaborating is no exception. with me on various As we pursue projects. This these professional decision of mine opportunities and was purely driven strive to achieve by the desire to add high marks on exams value to something ZACHARY and projects, it greater than myself, COX remains important because I love what to anticipate the possibility of this organization stands for and failure. believe in contributing toward Falling short in the attempt its longevity. to achieve a goal, like getting a particular job or receiving a good grade on an assignment, presents us with two choices: A) sulk about it and move on to something else or B) use this failure as an opportunity to learn how to add value to a group without being in that role, or learn why our work on that project was insufficient and how we can find more success in our next attempt. The latter choice may be more difficult for most, as it requires us to be open to receiving criticism; however, it often is more The same can be said when rewarding in the long term. completing projects in a class Learning to embrace the for a grade. This past fall, I took disappointment of not getting a a prerequisite class for declaring promotion is a skill acquired after a major in communications repeated failure. In order to move and media studies called forward, it may be helpful to ask Communications 122 — Media the following questions: “How Analysis: Concepts and Methods. can I add value to this business In this class, I worked on a or organization?” “How can I semester-long qualitative media still grow and challenge myself research project that involved so that I can feel engaged with analyzing the manifestation my job?” “Is the work that I do of gender identities in two for this business or organization advertising campaigns: the personally gratifying?” “Dream Angels” campaign by The answers may not be Victoria’s Secret and the “Axe immediately apparent, but if Angels” campaign by Axe. you are truly passionate about I had worked with my GSI your work, the most important throughout the entire semester objective should be the projects on crafting a unique argument, you work on, rather than the job finding related research to or position that you hold within compare to mine and pondering a business or organization. For the suggestions of the findings of example, when I was denied the my research. I put hours of work opportunity to join the executive into the project, and in spite of the board of the glee club that I’m a tremendous time commitment, I part of, I decided that instead found myself delighted with the of leaving the group, I could work that I was doing because it find other ways to contribute in was both interesting to me and
Failure can serve as an ending point, but it can also provide a beginning.
relevant to a career interest of mine — advertising. All aside, I ended up receiving a B on the project. I initially felt quite dissatisfied with that mark, because I believed my work and efforts warranted a higher mark. However, instead of choosing to take out my frustrations on my GSI or professor, I took it upon myself to consider the critique of my GSI on the final product. In doing so, I realized my shortcomings and where I could have analyzed the ads further and added nuance to my argument and conclusions, which would have consequently lead to a higher grade on the project. Most importantly, I saw this as an opportunity to delve further into the concepts that I discussed and accomplish the most important goal of the educational aspect of college: to learn how to learn through asking questions and finding the answers on one’s own, as opposed to someone else offering an answer. This brought me to a threestep process that allowed me to grow as a student. First, I enhanced my ability to learn and perform at a higher level in future research projects. Second, I grew by finding an understanding of what my shortcomings were and learning from them so my mistakes are not repeated in the future. Finally, I found that after reviewing my work and the suggestions of my GSI, I was more gratified by the work than I was before, because I learned more about the subject and about myself, particularly regarding my logical reasoning capabilities. Failure can serve as an ending point, but it can also provide a beginning, a context in which you have the opportunity to create something special and be innovative and do something meaningful that has a tremendous impact on you personally or an organization that you are a part of. The choice is yours. Zachary Cox can be reached at coxz@umich.edu.
ALEXIS MEGDANOFF | COLUMN
Manners aren’t just unfair expectations
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received a book about operate confidently with little manners two years ago as worry of offending others. This a Christmas present from should not be seen as “giving in” a distant relative. At first, I was or forced conformity; it should slightly offended; be seen as a form of I took it as a subtle behavior that we can implication that default to when we this relative was not wish to convey our particularly fond of appreciation of others. my behavior and I had Cultures all around somehow stepped on the world have set traditions of which I traditions in place was not aware. that help define their The book, titled way of life, and such ALEXIS “50 Things Every framework is not to Young Lady Should MEGDANOFF be frowned upon. Know: What to Universal social Do, What to Say, and How to interactive behavior that reflects Behave,” is co-authored by two common decency among people men and one woman. It made me is the beginning of a society cringe and I immediately placed that knows how to function on it out of sight on my bookshelf. an elementary level. We need I did not touch it again until a this within our own culture. few months ago when I dared Discrimination still unjustly to flip through a few of the divides many places in the United chapters while clearing out my States, and a set of manners we room. Curiosity killed the cat as agree upon to show respect is I started on “Chapter 1: Saying one place to start the essential ‘Please,’” and I continued to read, communication that moves us wondering why I was so quick to toward a more united country. dismiss basic manners simply It will not be easy to define because they were presented in a manners upon which we all way with which I did not agree. agree, but millennials are key There is a negative in designing the next set of connotation surrounding manners within our society the idea of behavior manuals that express the social justice specifically for men and for evolution we are experiencing women, especially among our right now. It is up to us to remove generation. Aside from the the oppressive behaviors that binary gender division these perpetuate gender roles and books promote, the implication are unaccepting toward people that we have to change our outside of what is usually seen ways to accommodate traditions as the “traditional” lifestyle. The we see as somewhat archaic is world is no longer in this state of typically labeled as sexist with mind, and our manners need to no further thought. But we forget indicate that. there is value in participating Additionally, with 90 percent in certain mannerisms to of young adults on social media communicate respect. platforms, millennials are in Formal etiquette is easy to a position to devise a new set learn, is only required in specific of manners specifically for the settings and is incredibly useful virtual world. This is only one when facing situations in which example of the many areas of our one does not normally engage. lives in which outdated manners Having a set behavior you know never needed to cover, therefore to be acceptable allows you to it is up to millennials to update
the current set of manners to correspond to the changes we are seeing. We begin changing by not dismissing specific behaviors right away under the excuse that they make us uncomfortable. This does not mean we all need to go visit the nearest bookstore to buy the hottest manners book currently on the shelves and read the latest trends in etiquette. We can only learn when we are uncomfortable. Finding new ways to behave toward one another will inevitably step on some toes, but this cannot deter us from trying. Many millennials will disregard manners as expectations unfairly placed upon them by society and outdated practices, but manners that go beyond “please” and “thank you” are not evil rituals set to defeat social progress or restrict our behavior. Society has undergone many changes, and our manners need to reflect that. Some of our old practices will no longer be needed or will be in need of an update. However, we cannot use this as an excuse to abandon all formalities. Manners, and manner books, should not be seen as deliverers of misery. Their primary function is to communicate decency among friends, family, acquaintances and strangers. They give a sense of acceptance to all interactions between people, which is something many claim to strive for. Millennials are in the perfect position to lay the groundwork for our next set of manners that are crucial to a well-functioning society, so it is time to step up and take responsibility for our interactions (not just our actions). Thank you for your time. Alexis Megdanoff can be reached at amegdano@umich.edu.
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Basement Arts explores girlhood, abortion in play
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FILM REVIEW
Moro’s ‘Dry Land’ reveals the realities of high school pregnancy BAILEY KADIAN Daily Arts Writer
Two young girls sit in a locker room. They are scared and unsure. One girl tells the other to punch her in the stomach — maybe that will suffice to abort the fetus growing inside of her. This week, Basement Arts presents Ruby Rae Spiegel’s “Dry Land,” in Studio One at the Walgreen Drama Center. “Dry Land” tells the story of an unlikely friendship that forms in the face of a conflict in which both girls have to keep a secret. Amy, a popular teenager with a strong personality, confides in Ester, an intense athlete and introvert, who offers Amy the counsel and support that she cannot find anywhere else. “The whole play, except for one scene, takes place in the locker room of a girls’ swim team,” said Delaney Moro, Music, Theatre & Dance Senior, and director of the show. “It follows the story of these two girls named Amy and Ester, who become unlikely friends, basically because Amy is in a predicament that only someone like Ester can help her with — which is that Amy is pregnant.” The girls go on this journey together, supporting one another through a conflict that they refuse to tell their classmates or parents about. After having read through the script many times, the cast has brought plenty of delightful surprises to the process of developing these characters. “For Ester, the character has surprised me in a lot of ways. I think initially when I read her, I didn’t give her enough credit. I thought of her as a very naïve girl, who is just this athlete with no friends,” Moro said. Carly Snyder, Music, Theatre and Dance senior, plays Ester. She presents an entirely new version of her character, one that further illuminates the brilliance of this play and offers depth to the
character as she helps her friend discussions about the pro-life and through an extremely difficult pro-choice debate, and they have situation. realized that even with differing “When Carly came in, she views, there are different ways to brought this sweetness to her and communicate ideas to an audience also brought an intelligence that without forcing them to sway to really came alive in the room,” one side of the spectrum. Moro said. “I think after talking to the cast Amy, played by Kay Kelley, and really sitting with the piece for Music, Theatre & Dance senior, is a while, I didn’t want to put just one the figure who is battling the most commentary on the issue. Because intense conflict in I don’t think this piece, but is that really solves hesitant to turn to anything,” Moro “Dry Land” anyone for help. explained. “We Walgreens Drama “Kay can take live in Ann Arbor, a character like which is a bubble Center — Studio Amy, who has this of people who are One tough outer shell, very likeminded, February 22nd & but also show but that takes us 24th @ 7 P.M. she is extremely away from the vulnerable on entire country, February 23rd @ 7 the inside and which is something P.M. & 11 P.M. susceptible with all I think we saw in the basic human November.” Free emotions that we “Dry Land” can come to terms explores the with,” Moro said. “Especially importance of assistance and safe when we are going through abortion care when it’s needed. something traumatic, like hiding a Amy and Ester are so terrified to pregnancy.” tell anyone that they go about the The dynamic between both process in a highly unsafe way. actors has added extra reward According to Moro, that is just to this piece, as both Kelley and one side of the issue. Snyder build off each other in “Another way to look at it — beautiful ways. there’s a life. There is something “When I put them together, in there … she (Amy) describes it they just fed off of each other so as the size of a lemon. It’s shocking, well, their natural banter with the when you actually look at it,” Moro dialogue is something that you can said. only dream of when you have three This play is constantly evolving, weeks to put it together,” Moro as the cast discovers further truths said. about friendship, hardship and Though abortion is a politically who to turn to in the midst of such sensitive topic, Moro says the events. politics of the issue do not Supportive of the project, the overshadow the performance. = cast is grateful that they could “I don’t think I would call it a bring a piece like this to the Ann political play,” Moro said. “What I Arbor community, and they think it does so well is it presents continue to dive into the reality this issue and it allows the audience of the situations proposed in the to think for themselves about it. It show. doesn’t have a spin, it doesn’t have “As we have gone along, every an idea about abortions that says: time we read a scene, we discover ‘Okay this is what we think, what something new about the script,” do you think?’ You can decide for Moro said. “That’s the joy of being yourself.” an actor, you dig and you find stuff The cast has engaged in multiple to keep it alive and surprise you.”
TV REVIEW
‘The Missing’ brings new mysteries and emotions MATTHEW BARNAUSKAS Daily Arts Writer
A pre-teen British girl (newcomer Madi Linnard) ditches school on the German military base where her family is stationed. As she walks the snow-covered roadside, a yellow van approaches. Years later, a woman (Abigail Hardingham, “Broadchurch”) walks perhaps the same path with the snow melting before reaching a small town and collapsing. Simultaneously in the past, the van stops and the girl disappears. We soon learn that the two are one and the same — Alice Webster — sharing the same improvised spider web tattoo. Lying in a hospital bed, the grown Alice mentions another long-missing girl, Sophie Giroux, and a whole new mystery unfolds. “The Missing” is a series that excels when it’s able to play its two timelines off of each other, letting the past inform us about the present, while changes in the present make us speculate about what happened in the past. Whether it’s a change in a relationship or a scar that wasn’t there before, “The Missing” has a wait as it methodically fills in the blanks. It was this interplay that made the first season so intriguing as it continuously brought forward new questions and revelations, using each timeline to construct an intricate web of connections and deceptions that stretched out over nearly a decade. Meanwhile, the series dove into the lasting effects of trauma that afflicted all the characters involved with the disappearance of the young Oliver
Hughes, the missing boy from the of winter, where questions remain first season. to be answered and the truth lies However, instead of focusing on of focus, 2016 is filmed in sharp Alice’s initial disappearance and daylight as Baptiste moves forward, subsequent reappearance, season boldly following his instincts, in two takes the reappearance in2014 spite of the horrors that may lie in as a starting point and then flies wait. us forward to 2016, where retired As Baptiste searches for French detective Julien Baptiste answers, the Webster family (Tchéky Karyo, “The Patriot”) struggles to deal with their steps out of an airport into the daughter’s return in 2014. Led by scorching heat of the Middle East. patriarch Sam (David Morrissey, In addition to “The Walking common themes Dead”), the “The Missing” Websters and methods, “The go Season Two Missing” finds its through a gauntlet connective thread of emotions upon Premiere in the character reuniting with Starz of Baptiste, the their daughter. sole returning cast Disbelief, relief, Sundays at 8:00 member from the uncertainty and p.m. show’s first season. horror grip the And while the family as Alice first season tied up its long tale recounts her captivity. Morrissey’s of mystery and grief with very strong presence as an actor is tested few loose ends, it was clear that as the military man Sam tries the wounds, both physical and to bear the brunt of his family’s emotional, would leave deep scars trials; however, by the time we for all those involved. Still haunted reunite with the family in 2016, by the disappearance and death of Sam looks tired with a large burn Oliver and the ghosts of so many scar covering the right side of his others he’s lost over the years, body — a man worn down by years Baptiste jumps at the new lead on of hardship. The rest of the family, Sophie Giroux, another case he was including mother Gemma (Keeley unable solve. Desperate to make Hawes, “The Casual Vacancy”) things right, Baptiste now pursues and son Matthew (Jack Davies, this case with the same reckless “Cyberbully”), is equally up to the intensity that consumed season task in conveying the wear and tear one lead Tony Hughes (James of time. Nesbitt, “The Hobbit” trilogy). Ending on two gut punch twists, The hunt for those long-gone “The Missing” ’s season premiere leads Baptiste to Iraq, a sharp forces us to rethink everything contrast to the frigid German we’ve just seen as the truth again forests that dominate the exteriors slips through the cracks and the of the 2014 mission. And while 2014 characters are left to pick up the is captured in the washed out greys pieces.
A still from Verbinski’s “A Cure for Wellness”
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‘Cure’ combines genuine thrills with poor pacing Verbinski’s film presents a kooky, occasionally entertaining movie which locates its fault in an overbearing run time JEREMIAH VANDERHELM Daily Arts Writer
For most of its runtime, “A Cure for Wellness” plays like a poor man’s version of Martin Scorsese’s “Shutter Island.” But where that film had the advantage of stellar source material and one of the greatest directors to ever live, “A Cure for Wellness” has Gore Verbinski, the man behind “The Lone Ranger.” That’s not to say that this is a bad movie. There is certainly plenty to like here, and the story — that of a young businessman who is sent to a mysterious wellness center to retrieve his boss — is initially intriguing, but the whole thing labors under the feeling that a more experienced hand could have polished it to the point of greatness. Instead, “A Cure for Wellness” is a Verbinski film through and through. It’s weird. It’s creepy. And, by god, is it long. Clocking in at almost two and a half hours, it feels like a f lick in desperate need of editing, particularly in the first act, where a steady stream of f lashbacks disrupts the pacing and several scenes pass without contributing anything to character, plot or scares. At least in Verbinski’s “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies, audience had the swashbuckling tone and fun characters to gravitate towards when the story dragged. Here, there is nothing besides a central mystery that is too poorly developed to be truly captivating. But even if “A Cure for Wellness” had asked a clear and intriguing question right off the bat, Justin Haythe’s (“Snitch”) script does it no
favors. The dialogue is the an otherworldly appeal. worst part of the movie, Even during the film’s worst as it is so on-the-nose that moments, the visuals make it guessing the twists is all too bearable. easy. By the halfway point The performances do of the film, everything has the movie a service, as been so telegraphed that later well. Dane DeHaan (“The scenes that could have been Amazing Spider-Man 2”) gets surprising are robbed of their progressively better as “A heft. Foreshadowing twists Cure for Wellness” goes along; is a necessity in he begins as a order to make stereotypical “A Cure for repeat viewings young that much more businessman Wellness” enjoyable, but who speaks in Rave Cinemas, Haythe crosses a nothing but line here. Goodrich Quality 16 sanctimonious Finally, at monologues 20th Century Fox around the and smug onemidpoint of the liners and ends film, the pacing as a character picks up and the story becomes worthy of DeHaan’s range with interesting, allowing Verbinski whom audiences can actually to indulge in his most begin to sympathize in his fear. ridiculously weird dreams on The real star of the film is screen for all to see. The first Jason Isaacs (“Harry Potter half isn’t entirely devoid of and the Deathly Hallows—Part scares, for example a creepy 2”) as the head of the wellness scene in a steam bath, but these center. As Dr. Heinrich Volmer, moments were drowned in the Isaacs infuses every line he’s then-uninteresting plot. But “A given with the kind of creepy Cure for Wellness” cuts loose energy that much of the first in the second half. Verbinski half of the movie needed. He shows able command of the alone avoids the pitfalls of the horror, switching from gross- dialogue to create a gloriously out scenes to psychological entertaining antagonist, and thrills to a distinctly gothic, he only gets better as the film Edgar Allan Poe-inf luenced peels back the layers of his feel, oftentimes within the character. space of a single scene. Gore Verbinski makes Visually, “A Cure for weird movies. Even when the Wellness” is unassailable. films are ostensibly for kids, Cinematographer Bojan like his excellent “Rango,” Bazelli (“Pete’s Dragon”) they’re almost stunningly and production designer Eve kooky. “A Cure for Wellness” Stewart (“The Danish Girl”) is no different. If Verbinski construct a world that is had shown the restraint with simultaneously reminiscent of the runtime that he showed the aforementioned “Shutter for the first half, the movie Island,” yet something all might have been great, but as it its own. The darkness of the stands, his newest is a plodding outside world clashes with yet occasionally entertaining the bright, almost sterile entry into the gothic horror wellness center, giving it genre.
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Adams’ ‘Prisoner’ isn’t unique, but it still works From the cusp of divorce, Ryan Adams brings familiar feelings DANIELLE IMMERMAN Daily Arts Writer
With an impressive repertoire of work, including the infamous alternative cover of Taylor Swift’s 1989, 15 solo albums and a stint as member of alternative country band Whiskeytown, Ryan Adams is perhaps one of the most overlooked solo artists of 2017. Following his 2016 divorce from “This Is Us” actress Mandy Moore, Adams released a statement saying he had over 80 songs influenced by his divorce, ultimately selecting 12 tracks to comprise Prisoner. Influenced by folk, country and rock, Adams brings the best elements of each to his work. The harmonica unique to folk, the twang that nods to country and the grit that is rock intertwine in each track, making his music both stylistically distinct and coherent. But while his music is enjoyable and the album is emotionally felt, Adams ultimately falls prey to what most singer-songwriters are victim to: redundancy. Although each isolated track
is lyrically and instrumentally strange? / Do you still love me, superior to most music that babe?” infiltrates the mainstream, Moving into the title track, when pieced together and “Prisoner,” Adams takes a less listened to as a whole, it angry and passionate approach becomes hard to notice what in favor of slowing down the precisely is that great about it. tempo, utilizing softer lyrics and Three songs are undoubtedly vocals to convey his message great whether listened to stand- of lost love. Similarly, “Broken alone or on the Away” begins Prisoner album as a whole; instrumentally the two opening stripped, Ryan Adams tracks, “Do You showcasing Still Love Me?” Adams’ lyrics PAX AM/Blue Note and “Prisoner,” and quiet vocals, as well as one of the final songs, gradually building with “Broken Away.” increased instrumentation and “Do You Still Love Me?” a more powerful sound on his opens with an ethereal organ end. Despite the blending of solo and is abruptly stabbed each track, Prisoner remains with an 80s-esque guitar riff. an enjoyable listen. It paints Adams comes in with raw, vignettes of love and loss, gritty, angry vocals, beautifully marriage and divorce and juxtaposing the demure organ the trials and tribulations of moment with sudden passion moving on. Sometimes it can be — perhaps a metaphor for easy to get caught up in finding his failed relationship with the perfect album with songs Moore. The unique vocals unlike any other, but at the and instrumentation are met end of the day, it’s more than with equally as realized lyrics: that. This album is about a man “Another year will pass / I will telling his side of heartbreak count the days / Another sun — whether or not each track goes down / And I’ll never see is Grammy-worthy is almost the rays / What can I say? / I irrelevant — what’s relevant didn’t want it to change / Is is the lyrics; the sound is just my heart blind and our love so extra.
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are as brilliant as they are batty. Delpozo’s collection was vibrant, fun and meticulously executed. Every silhouette was obviously carefully planned. What’s more, the collection was rich both in terms of ornate fabric and indulgent colors. You’ll have to forgive my alliteration, but frankly, it was festive, fancy and fabulous. A wonderful respite from this season’s prevalent grayscale. Yeezy: Definitely better, still not good. I must applaud Kanye what was truly an intelligent decision: toning himself down. Fashion loves a spectacle, but it does not love Kanye. A fact made very clear after editors absolutely lampooned him post Yeezy Season 4 fiasco. This collection was genuinely low key, devoid of Kanye’s fanfare. The relaxed setting allowed for New York’s fashion elite to focus on the clothes, except there was not a whole lot to appreciate. Some looks were strong, particularly those with outwear. However, it seemed like Kanye styled clothes one could find elsewhere as opposed to designing anything novel.
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“I think the strongest message [of this week] was looking at the American woman in a very universal way, and looking at fashion in a very inclusive way. It was really a celebration of women from all walks of life and from all backgrounds.” – Anna Wintour, to Vogue.com New York Fashion Week houses the most diversified assortment of shows. While reoccurring trends surfaced, it is nearly impossible to categorize the conglomeration of designers that showcase their work in New York. Each of the 180 shows of this season demonstrated a distinct interpretation of “The New York woman,” and American fashion. Below are reviews from four shows scattered on opposite ends the spectrum of NYFW. Carolina Herrera: Beautiful but bland. Crisp nice silhouettes, but nothing particularly enthusing. Herrera is not a designer that typically aims to push boundaries or
break new ground, and that bears no inherent wrongdoing. Instead she strives for predictable excellence. However, this collection fell a little short. It was not bad so much as it was not as good as her usual. That being said, I would not be surprised if the penultimate look, a navy tulle and sequin gown with a Victorian collar, makes an appearance on a red carpet sometime soon. Proenza Schouler: With a bang. Proenza Schouler’s Ready to Wear Fall 2017 collection was their final NYFW show, as they have announced they are making the move to Paris. This collection was marked by many different reoccurring style motifs, such as cut-outs, wrap effect and oversized outerwear. And in all, served as an excellent final bow, with each look destined to be worn by New York’s coolest. Delpozo: For a ready to wear collection, Delpozo is fairly unwearable. The clothes are immensely architectural, to the point where jackets resemble sculptures. But they
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‘Julieta’ does everything right, but still goes wrong Almodóvar’s emotional film fails to captivate the entire heart ASIF BECHER Daily Arts Writer
“Julieta,” a Spanish-language movie directed by Pedro Almodóvar, is a bit of a paradox. It’s an emotionally rich and satisfying story encompassing a lifetime’s worth of pain, grief, love and longing, and yet, it’s not exactly a “feelings” movie. It doesn’t connect with viewers at their core; it doesn’t leave its audience thinking and pondering over it after it’s done. All the building blocks of a beautiful story are technically there. “Julieta” is told largely in flashback. The older Julieta writes the story of her life as a young woman when she met the love of her life, Xoan, on a train. The older Julieta chronicles their early days, their joy at the birth of their daughter and the tragedy that struck their lives when Xoan drowned in a boating accident. Julieta fell into a deep depression, leaving only her daughter, Antía, to take care of her. The older, present day Julieta is estranged from her daughter, leaving her wracked with guilt and grief. Actresses Emma Suárez (“¿Para qué sirve un oso?”) and Adriana Ugarte (“Palm Trees in the Snow”) play the older and younger Julieta, respectively, and both turn in gorgeous performances. Suárez
can break your heart with the other stories would villainize or tiniest movements around her cast aside as pathetic and spineless eyes, the smallest uptick in the — the depressed, absent mother pitch of her voice. When we meet unable to be there for her children. Julieta at the start of the film, she is In “Julieta,” we’re forced into her almost entirely alone in the world, head to really understand her, and this is communicated almost flaws and all. But even with its entirely through the visual style beautiful performances, stunning of the filmmaking and through cinematography and emotionally Suárez’s performance. But Ugarte dense subject matter, “Julieta” might have the more difficult task, leaves the viewer feeling cold. in regard to acting. She takes us Maybe it’s the flashback through Julieta’s structure that holds “Julieta” transformation us at a distance. from the most Maybe it’s the rapid Michigan Theater charismatic person pace that doesn’t Pathé in any given room give us enough time into a deeply sad to be immersed and broken woman. Together, the in what’s happening beyond the two actresses paint a portrait of a surface level plot mechanics. complete and complex character, Maybe it’s both. Either way, there’s one who holds a sort of fragile something embedded in the film’s inner strength that’s as delicate as core construction that doesn’t it is powerful. leave enough room for the feelings Almodóvar creates a striking it so desperately wants to explore to visual world for Julieta to live resonate with the audience. To wit: in — primary colors stand out, In my showing of “Julieta,” the end richly saturated against the of the film was not accompanied by Spanish seas and mountains. It’s a stunned silence or a roomful of all accompanied with a lush and crying people, but of a widespread graceful score by Alberto Iglesias muttering of “wait, that’s it?” and (“Exodus: Gods and Kings”). “oh, okay, it’s over.” The movie is rich with detail and It’s not a bad movie, not even lovingly made, all with the intent close. I would say it’s actually a of submerging the viewer into lovely movie, wonderful to look at, the emotional world of Julieta, to and made by incredibly talented empathize with her as fully as we people. Everything on the surface possibly can. is just right — beautiful and soulful It works, for the most part. and engaging. Beneath the glossy Julieta is a character that many surface, though, is a hollow core.
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Three-point shooting, defense haunt ‘M’ Michigan completes shutout over Baylor WOMEN’S TENNIS
NATHANIEL CLARK Daily Sports Writer
One week ago, the Michigan women’s basketball team was ranked No. 20 in the Associated Press poll, riding a six-game win streak and boasting a 10-2 Big Ten record — the best start to conference play in school history. Since then, things have taken a turn for the worse for the twenty-fifth ranked Wolverines (10-4 Big Ten, 21-7 overall). After a 72-61 loss at Indiana last Thursday, a game in which the Wolverines trailed by as many as 23 in the second half, Michigan was routed at Crisler Center on Sunday by rival Michigan State, 86-68. Given the season’s previous successes, the current slump has caught many onlookers by surprise. “Michigan State and Indiana right now are fighting for their lives to make the NCAA Tournament,” said Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico following Sunday’s defeat. “They (both) came out and played incredibly tough, incredibly hard and were able to make a lot of shots. That made it difficult for us to come back.”
A close examination of the numbers, though, reveals a clear picture as to why the Wolverines dropped their past two contests. The most glaring figure is the percentage of 3-point shots Michigan is making. Prior to the loss to the Hoosiers, the Wolverines were shooting 40.8 percent from behind the arc — which was the best in the country. Against Indiana, Michigan made just 27.3 percent of its threes, including an abysmal 1-for-8 stretch in the first half. The Wolverines’ long-range woes were even worse against the Spartans, as they shot 17.6 percent from beyond the arc and failed to make a single 3-pointer in the second half. Michigan now ranks fourth in the country in 3-point percentage, averaging 39.6 percent from long range. “We’re accustomed to making (threes) so much that it’s almost one pass and a fire, instead of let’s move it, move it, move it,” Barnes Arico said, “and maybe get the best shot instead of the first shot. What’s happening is that we’re taking the quick shot and the other team is coming down and
scoring. Then we’re taking a quick shot and not making them defend and the lead is growing instead of getting smaller.” The Wolverines’ shooting troubles have had much to do with normally reliable scorers going through uncharacteristic slumps. Junior guard Katelynn Flaherty, who has made 38.9 percent of her threes during her career, failed to sink a single 3-pointer in 10 tries over the last two games. Freshman guard Kysre Gondrezick, herself a 47.3 percent 3-point shooter, went a combined 2-for-14 from behind the arc in the last two games. Flaherty was able to make up for her inaccuracy from distance on Thursday, as she sank eight of her 18 shots from the floor and tallied 23 points. But on Sunday, she went just 2-for-12 from 2-point range and mustered just four points, her lowest total in two years. “I don’t think Flaherty had an easy look at all today, she had to work for everything,” Barnes Arico said on Sunday. “We have to, as a program and as coaches, try to get her some easier looks — try to run some things where
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Junior guard Katelynn Flaherty failed to sink a single 3-pointer in 10 attempts over the past two games.
maybe she’s going to get an open look.” Defense was also an issue for Michigan, particularly against Michigan State. The Wolverines allowed the Spartans to make 58.3 percent of their field goals and 50 percent of their 3-pointers. Guard Tori Jankoska abused Michigan’s defense the most, making 10 of her 16 shots en route to a 28-point outing. The Wolverines did not have nearly the same defensive woes against Indiana, as the Hoosiers sank 46.4 percent of their field goals and shot 36.8 percent from 3-point range. Michigan even managed to hold Indiana to one 3-pointer in eight tries in the second half of the game. Yet forward Amanda Cahill and guard Tyra Buss still had their way with the Wolverines’ defense. Cahill notched a doubledouble against Michigan, totaling 15 points and 12 rebounds, while Buss recorded 21 points. The good news for the Wolverines is that their next two opponents — Nebraska (2-12, 6-20) and Penn State (8-6, 18-8) — are both ranked outside of the top 50 in the Ratings Percentage Index. Even better for Michigan is the fact that the Cornhuskers boast the worst scoring defense in the Big Ten, allowing 75.9 points per game. It would appear that Nebraska presents a golden opportunity for the Wolverines to get their 3-point shooting back on track. But Barnes Arico quickly brushed aside any notion that she views the Cornhuskers as an easy opponent, especially given the fact that they defeated the Hoosiers, 67-64, on Sunday. “We always tell our kids, ‘Play for the team on the front of our jersey, and not the opponent,’ ” Barnes Arico said. “(The Cornhuskers) have no pressure on them. They’re loose, they’re carefree. They’re going to come in here and say, ‘Hey let’s upset Michigan.’ That would make their season.”
PAIGE VOEFFRAY Daily Sports Writer
Junior Mira Ruder-Hook drove her shot deep into the court, catching her opponent off guard and forcing her to hit it wide. Though the match had been 0 BAYLOR clinched 7 MICHIGAN for a while, Ruder-Hook’s win meant the Wolverines had swept their dual match against Baylor, 7-0. While Michigan was in control during the singles, earning the doubles point did not come as easily. The No. 3 doubles duo was the first off the court with a quick 6-2 win. Then the battle was on to see who could give the Wolverines an advantage going into singles play. Ultimately, the No. 2 doubles pair of sophomore Brienne Minor and Ruder-Hook won their match, 6-4, clinching the doubles point for the Wolverines. Minor returned a serve with a sharp backhand down the line, forcing her opponent to hit the ball into the net for the match-deciding point. “We got a little bit of a slow start in the doubles, but we got it going,” said Michigan coach Ronni Bernstein. “Singles was really good, I feel like we competed really hard.” Michigan rode its momentum straight into the singles matches. Sophomore Kate Fahey was the first off the court with a 6-0, 6-0 win at the No. 1 spot. The score may not reflect
it, but the match wasn’t easy for Fahey. She made many unforced errors in an attempt to stay aggressive, but fortunately for the Wolverines, it didn’t matter. Minor had the chance to take the first set in her match 6-0, but couldn’t close it out. She allowed Baylor’s Theresa Van Zyl to get two late games, but eventually took the first set, 6-2. She cruised through the second set and took advantage of Van Zyl being out of position after a wide serve. She crushed a backhand down the line and celebrated before the ball even hit the line. “I just came out there and was like ‘I’m gonna win this match,’ ” Minor said. “I just wanted to go for my shots and get to the net and play my game.” Even Michigan’s newest players were able to earn victories on Sunday. Freshmen Valeria Patiuk and Chiara Lommer both took their matches in two sets, winning 6-2, 6-1, and 6-4, 6-3, respectively. The Wolverines were excited about their victory, but are still hungry for more. The score may be deceiving because it wasn’t a complete dominant performance, and Michigan knows it needs to make some changes going into the rest of the season. “We just have to go match by match,” Bernstein said. “We’re not going to win them all and we’ll have to be able to bounce back. Overall, I’m happy with how we played today.”
“Overall, I’m happy with how we played today”
Michigan players reflect on their first goals Ruder-Hook adjusts mental focus in win WOMEN’S TENNIS
MIKE PERSAK
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Looking to bounce back from a recent blemish at No. 5 Ohio State, the No. 10 Michigan women’s tennis team (7-2) hosted Baylor (6-1) on Sunday. Despite the Wolverines’ recent loss, the atmosphere in the Varsity Tennis Center was spirited from the start of doubles play. Sandwiched between the number one and number three doubles teams, junior Mira Ruder-Hook and sophomore Brienne Minor have been rocksolid for Michigan this season. Coming off an undefeated weekend at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship, they did not disappoint Sunday in the Wolverines’ 7-0 victory. After breaking their opponents’ serve, the duo was up 3-1, but squandered three straight games to go down 4-3. With the eighth game going to deuce and essentially deciding the match, Ruder-Hook took matters into her own hands, chased down a defensive lob from the Bears and forced Baylor to attempt another shot. The shot died into the net. With the pair up 5-4, the 10th game came down to another nerve-wracking deuce point. Minor drilled a backhand shot directly at one of the opponents, which was too hot to handle, causing the crowd to erupt in elation. The tandem went on to win the match, 6-4, and solidify the doubles point for Michigan. Ruder-Hook believes the key to capitalizing on these situations is more of a mental task. “I honestly think it’s not thinking about it,” Ruder-
Hook said. “Just acting like it’s a love-all point. I love playing with (Minor) so it’s more just playing our game right, (to) move forward and try to get forehands.” Securing the doubles point for the team was important going into singles play, something the Wolverines failed to do in Columbus on Friday. Ruder-Hook’s singles match seemed to follow a similar storyline to her doubles bout, as she started out hot in the first set, taking a 5-2 lead. But Baylor’s Angelina Shakhraichuk won two straight games to close the gap. Here, RuderHook showed growth from her experience against Ohio State. Instead of focusing on her struggles, she powered through to win the first set and eventually the match, 6-4, 6-3. “I definitely feel like I’m more focused on my mental game,” Ruder-Hook said. “I feel like playing Ohio State was really great because we got to see what we needed to work on and what to improve on. I focused on my serve and getting up to the ball and coming to the net because that’s what I didn’t do against the Buckeyes.” Although Ruder-Hook changed some tactical aspects of her game, she was very pleased with how her mental game was improving. “It was more just like mentally being a little bit more precise on what I’m doing, intentional about what I’m doing,” RuderHook said. With her mental game becoming more reliable, RuderHook is ready to lead her team, as they head into their spring break trip to California, where they will play USC on March 3.
“I definitely feel like I’m more focused on my mental game”
anything. I was just kind of more frustrated that it took me nine games to score.” That type of celebration is standard across the players’ varied experiences, too. Cecconi said after his goal that he wasn’t “going to go down and do the nice celebration like some of the forwards do.” Yet, for some, their first career goal isn’t always a happy occasion — as was the case for freshman defenseman Griffin Luce. On Feb. 11, with just 10 seconds left in the game, he scored against Michigan State, but the Wolverines were already losing by four goals. For Luce, the experience was a mix of emotions. “Obviously I was excited for
myself,” Luce said. “… But at the same time, in a game like that, with (10) seconds left, I mean it doesn’t really make a difference in the game. Later on, actually, I saw that it was their goalie’s first win, so I was kind of happy that I spoiled his shutout.” Because of the situation, though, Luce’s goal didn’t warrant as much of a celebration. In fact, nobody went and grabbed the puck for him. Instead, equipment manager Ian Hume found the puck for him afterward. That is the main thing all of the players have in common. No matter where their first goal was scored, or in what situation, all of them have kept the puck or given it to a close family
member. Kile’s resides in his house in Troy, Mich., Luce keeps his in his dorm room, and Cecconi mentioned that he wanted to give his to his father or grandfather once he got home. “It’s good to get that weight off your shoulders,” Kile said. “I know, at times, people don’t score after a certain amount of time, and they kind of just have that weight on their shoulder, so I’m glad when they just get it out of the way.” There is still more opportunity for first goals this season, as three Michigan players still haven’t scored. And if they do manage to find the back of the net, one thing is certain: the puck and the memory will be with them forever.
When Joseph Cecconi received the puck off a faceoff, there was nobody between him and Wisconsin goaltender Matt Jurusik. In the midst of a 3-2 game between the Badgers and the Michigan hockey team on Saturday, the sophomore defenseman didn’t hesitate to pull the trigger. He shot the puck, and despite the lack of traffic in front of Jurusik, it found the back of the net. It was the first goal of Cecconi’s career, and all of the other Wolverines on the ice swarmed him as he threw both hands in the air. All except senior defenseman Nolan De Jong, that is. He skated toward the referee with his bare hand outstretched, asking for the puck so he could give it to Cecconi to keep. This is the usual routine for when players score their first collegiate goal. “I think it’s more of an instinctual thing when you’re a senior,” said senior forward Alex Kile. “I feel like every time someone’s scored this year, if it’s their first goal, someone made sure they grabbed (the puck) right away, and make the guy happy.” Kile has seen both sides of this tradition for himself. On Dec. 15, he assisted freshman forward Jake Slaker for his first career goal, and on Dec. 29, he did the same for freshman forward Adam Winborg. Both times he was the one asking the referee for the puck to give to a first-time scorer. On Nov. 22 in the 2013-14 season, Kile scored his first career goal against Niagara. “I just kind of played it off,” Kile said. “On the replay, I just FILE PHOTO/Daily kind of throw my hands up in the air — no big celebration or Senior forward Alex Kile retrieved the puck from the referee for Cecconi’s first career goal against Wisconsin.
“I just kind of throw my hands up in the air”
“I was kind of happy that I spoiled his shutout”
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Late-game losses becoming Michigan’s biggest burden
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INNEAPOLIS — If there’s one consistency Michigan has shown throughout its wildly inconsistent season, it’s that no deficit is too large to overcome. In countless games, the Wolverines had been able to dig themselves out of the holes they created. BRANDON Against CARNEY Texas, Penn State and Wisconsin, Michigan faced second-half deficits that had the Wolverines under immense pressure, just a crack away from breaking. Michigan bent to its limit, but never broke, and that sort of resiliency has been a defining characteristic of the Wolverines all season. But as great as Michigan’s mental fortitude has been, it isn’t always good enough. For every one time the Wolverines have been able to overcome those sorts of deficits, it feels like they’ve fallen short two times more. Michigan has 10 losses on its record — seven of which by single digits, five of which the Wolverines had a secondhalf lead and three of which Michigan had the ball with the chance to win or extend the game on the final possession. To put it simply, the Wolverines shouldn’t be a 10-loss team. They have too much experience, talent and endurance to keep on fumbling these late-game situations, or even be in them in the first place. Sunday night was the latest episode of the late-game horror show Michigan has been putting on all season,
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Senior guard Derrick Walton Jr. and the Wolverines encountered their season-long problem of closing out games once again against Minnesota on Sunday.
and it encapsulated all of the Wolverines’ struggles. For 35 minutes, Michigan and Minnesota were in a jabbing match, exchanging buckets and leads on every possession. That all changed when a technical foul called on the Wolverines’ bench and a four-point play extended the Golden Gophers’ lead to eight with under three minutes to go. With its back up against the tallest wall it has faced all season, Michigan came up with the right combination of
explosiveness, calmness and determination to avoid complete collapse in the moment, and come up with a response. Between senior guard Derrick Walton Jr, sophomore forward Moritz Wagner and redshirt sophomore forward DJ Wilson, the Wolverines went on a 12-4 run, culminating in Wilson’s last-second three to send the game to overtime. The Wolverines had climbed out of another seemingly insurmountable hole and had five minutes to use that
“We thought once it got to overtime, the game was ours”
BY THE NUMBERS Michigan vs No. 15 Kentucky
Singles match victories No. 2 Schalet:
6-3, 6-3
No. 5 Knight: 6-3, 7-5 No. 6 Lin: 5-7, 7-5, 7-6
momentum to make Minnesota pay for leaving the door open. “We thought once it got to overtime, the game was ours,” Walton said. “We were making the right plays, and down the stretch, even though a lot of stuff didn’t go our way, we still got a chance to win.” But everything that went right for Michigan in the final two minutes of regulation went wrong in overtime. The Wolverines opened with two turnovers, missed two 3-pointers and saw junior guard Muhammad-Ali
Abdur-Rahkman come up empty from a trip to the free throw line. Michigan melted in crunch time again, after it played some of its best basketball to get there. That final eight-minute stretch captured what could be the most regrettable trend the Wolverines have developed and struggled to correct all season. Michigan has shown time and again that it’s capable of putting up points in a hurry when it absolutely needs to. But in other situations, the Wolverines have
“Down the stretch … we still got a chance to win”
shown a harmful tendency to freeze on offense when it matters most. That began way back in November against Virginia Tech, when Michigan scored just five points in the final five minutes to give away the game. In Iowa, the Wolverines had the ball in a tie game with 16 seconds left, only to turn it over before getting a shot off. Wisconsin held Michigan scoreless at the Kohl Center for over four minutes while it rattled off 15 unanswered points towards the end of the game. The Wolverines had the chance to step on their opponents’ throats and put each of these games away with relative ease. Riding the adrenaline from Wilson’s shot, they could have done the same at Minnesota. But Michigan let another golden opportunity to close out a win slip away against the Golden Gophers, and those missed chances are starting to compile for the Wolverines. NCAA Tournament teams are expected to know and show that they can finish close games, and Michigan hasn’t done a good enough job of convincing anyone it can do that against good teams. If the Wolverines continue to collect these late-game losses, their Selection Sunday could become a reflection on “what if” rather than a celebration of “what’s next.” With that in mind, Michigan’s bubble status will have this team feeling like its back is against the wall from here on out. If there’s one thing we know about the Wolverines, it’s that they respond best when there’s no other option. Carney can be reached at becarney@umich.edu or on Twitter @br_carney.
Lin, Michigan go down to the wire to beat No. 15 Kentucky EFE EDEVBIE
Daily Sports Writer
Kentucky’s Enzo Wallart prepared to return a serve from Michigan junior Carter Lin in the right corner of the backcourt. Wallart struck the return and the ball torpedoed back over the net, landing just outside of the singles’ sideline. Lin dropped to his knees and the rest of the Michigan men’s tennis team rushed the court, piling on top of each other and tackling the No. 6 singles player as the crowd at the Varsity Tennis Center erupted. In the final match of the day, with the two teams tied at three, Lin propelled the 18th-ranked Wolverines to a 4-3 victory in a thrilling third-set tiebreaker over the 15th-ranked Wildcats on Saturday. “That’s why I play college tennis,” Lin said. “That feeling is amazing. Big points and big matches like this, having the whole team with you. Having
that pressure, I like it. It’s a good feeling.” The win gave Michigan (6-1) its third victory over a ranked opponent this season — a major improvement from just two years ago, when the team went 1-7 against ranked competition. “We’ve come a long way from two years ago,” said Michigan coach Adam Steinberg. “It’s a lot (of emotion). It’s great to see these guys have these types of wins and enjoy all the hard work they put in. “It’s just a lot. We’ve just started from ground zero and look where we are. A million things go through your head and to see Carter win (the match) like that and the guys enjoy (it), that’s what it’s all about.” In the decisive, match-winning No. 6 singles matchup, Lin and Wallart stayed fairly even. Wallart took the first set 7-5, and Lin countered with a 7-5 win in the second frame. Lin never led in the third set until the game-
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Junior Carter Lin won a third-set tiebreaker to clinch the match for Michigan.
clinching tiebreaker, battling back from 0-1, 1-3, 3-4, 4-5 and 5-6 deficits. It was a hotly-contested match that saw the Kentucky coaching staff argue against several of the officials’ decisions, with the height of the disagreement coming when Wallart received a code violation for arguing a call that gave Lin his second point and moved the third set to a 2-3 score. “The one thing he did really well was he made me earn every single point,” Lin said. “He didn’t really give me any free points. … He just gave me a tough time. He fought like crazy.” Sophomore Myles Schalet and junior Alex Knight also added singles points for the Wolverines. The afternoon’s narrative of resilience and endurance was representative in both matches, with Schalet quickly falling behind 0-2 in the first set and Knight trailing 1-3 in the second set of his match. The two would both come back, earning victories in the No. 2 and No. 5 singles matchups, respectively. The doubles point ended up being the difference maker in the match, which Michigan earned with victories in No. 1 doubles — from senior Jathan Malik and freshman Connor Johnston — and No. 3 doubles — from Schalet and senior Kevin Wong. The Wolverines won both matches assuredly with 6-2 scores. “I feel like we have found the right matchups,” Steinberg said of the team’s doubles pairings. “It’s not 100 percent yet, but I feel like those three teams (are) good at every position. We feel like we can win at 1, 2, or 3.” Above everything else, Saturday’s emotional rollercoaster provided the team with a marquee, season-defining victory. “This is a lot. This is our best win of the year without a doubt,” Steinberg said. “Two of the next three matches are against top-10 teams, so this is a great springboard for that. We needed this, this is the next step in our program.”