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INDIANAPOLIS — John Beilein was grinning, peeking around the corner of the door. Then he jumped into the locker room, Super Soaker in tow, and the water started flying. Michigan was going to the Sweet 16 in Kansas City, Mo. The only thing that could have made it sweeter was if it was legal to use champagne. “Coach told us that he bought a Super Soaker last night,” said redshirt sophomore forward DJ Wilson. “Because he knew that we were going to come out with a win.” And right he was, as the Wolverines defeated Louisville, 73-69, to solidify a place in the Sweet 16 and simultaneously give Beilein a second victory against Rick Pitino that had eluded him since 2005. “I went into this game with a lot of confidence that I was gonna be using it at the end of that game,” Beilein said. “At the end of the first half, I wasn’t so sure the Super Soaker — it was ever gonna be known I had it. But we withstood everything they had and won the game.” More than anyone else, Beilein has Moritz Wagner to thank for that. Michigan’s sophomore big man scored a game-high 26 points on 11-for-14 shooting, willing the Wolverines forward in a game that — for the majority of the contest — looked like it was Louisville’s for the taking. Michigan (10-8 Big Ten, 26-11 overall) entered the matchup as the No. 4 team in the nation in adjusted offensive efficiency according to Ken Pomeroy. The Cardinals (12-6 ACC, 25-9 overall), on the other hand, took the floor as seventh-
ranked team in adjusted defensive efficiency. In a battle of offensive juggernaut and defensive powerhouse, something had to give. In the first half, it was Michigan’s offense that lost out. Senior guard Derrick Walton Jr. — the man who has been carrying Michigan through March— didn’t score until the 4:56 mark, when he knocked down a pair from the charity stripe. Until his 3-pointer with 2:33 remaining, Walton was 0-for-6 from the field. Still, even at that point, the Wolverines trailed by just three. In reality, Michigan was lucky that was so. The Wolverines shot 37 percent from the floor and were 3-for-11 from behind the arc. Louisville didn’t fair much better — shooting 42 percent from the floor — but dominated Michigan on the boards, grabbing 24 rebounds to the Wolverines’ 16. Ten of those came on the offensive glass, and the Cardinals made Michigan pay, scoring 11 secondchance points in the first half. The Wolverines’ offensive struggles culminated in a fiveminute scoring drought that was only broken at the 7:57 mark by a Wagner layup. Michigan was fortunate that Louisville went on a scoring drought of its own — failing to hit from the field for nearly four minutes. But forward Deng Adel ended that drought with authority, coasting down the floor on a fast break before putting Wilson on a poster to give Louisville a five-point lead. Shortly thereafter, it looked like
Michigan’s luck had finally run out, that the story of the team that went through a plane crash and made a tournament run was coming to a close. It looked like — once again — Rick Pitino was going to get the better of John Beilein. There was just over a minute left in the frame when Louisville guard Donovan Mitchell hit the triple — marking just his third field goal of the frame. Adel followed Mitchell’s lead, converting from beyond the arc on the Cardinals’ next offensive possession. And then he nailed a pair from the free-throw line. One minute and 10 seconds, an eight-point swing, and the Wolverines went from tied at 28 to trailing by eight at the half. But Wagner came out firing. He scored eight of Michigan’s first 10 points in the second half, starting what would eventually become a 17-point second-half total for the sophomore. The Cardinals still proved too much, opening 4-for-6 from the floor to counteract Wagner’s individual effort. Eventually, though, senior wing Zak Irvin joined the party — scoring six straight points with 13:25 remaining to cut Michigan’s deficit to three. Just over four minutes later, junior guard MuhammadAli Abdur-Rahkman finally put the Wolverines within striking distance, knocking down two free throws to tie the game at 53. From there, it became a slugfest, with each team vying back and forth for the lead that could send them to the Sweet 16. Wagner finally gave See SWEET 16, Page 3A EVAN AARON/Daily
Annual Vagina Monologues examine Bystander Legislators program to diverse array of women’s experiences oppose cuts
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Beginning as a collection of anecdotal interviews with more than 200 women in 1996, The Vagina Monologues has since evolved over time to include more diverse storylines, actors and sexualities in order to be representative of the full spectrum of the female experience. More than 100 students gathered Friday and Saturday night inside Rackham Auditorium to watch the University’s fifth-annual production of the play directed by LSA junior Clare Fairbanks, also a Daily copy editor, and produced by Business senior Edith Zhang. The show was held by Students for Choice, a leading abortion-rights group on campus. Originally written by playwright Eve Ensler, The Vagina Monologues consists of a series of monologues read by various women — each dealing with a different subject, such as masturbation and the female orgasm as well as heavier topics such as female genital mutilation and sexual assault. In the “Producer’s Note,” Zhang wrote on the importance of understanding the show to be more than just talking about vaginas, as it
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This article is the third part of an ongoing series of articles outlining specific initiatives of Central Student Government on campus. The Bystander Intervention and Community Engagement program is designed to engage students by informing them about sexual misconduct and providing them with tools and strategies to address the issue. LSA sophomore Samantha Kennedy, co-coordinator at the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center, stressed the importance of this program in highlighting the prevalence of sexual assault on campus, as well as providing students with tools to address these situations. “Bystander Intervention is a form of preventative work that focuses on secondary prevention — that means we are acknowledging that sexual misconduct unfortunately still exists on campus and still occurs in the majority of spaces,” she said. “We want to See PROGRAM, Page 3A
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also provides an opportunity to listen to people’s personal stories and empathize with their experiences — though possibly different than the viewer’s own. “It’s scary, but these actresses push through the fear,” she wrote. “Because we need to hear these experiences that have long been hidden. To me, that’s what the The Vagina Monologues is about.
Not about vaginas or periods or assault or sex or love or moaning or rape or race or masturbating or even just being a woman. Though each topic is covered in a monologue and each monologue is a real experience, the show overall is more than its lady parts. It’s a chance to speak up. It’s a chance to learn about people. It’s a chance to listen. So please, listen.”
For the second year, a pre-show consisting of eight University-student-written monologues was performed before the commencement of the Eve Ensler show. Because of the personal nature of the monologues, content was not recorded, though themes included being fetishized because of one’s race, poor sex education in schools and the See MONOLOGUES, Page 3A
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School of Information senior Sarah Barnitt performs at the Vagina Monologues at Rackham Ampitheatre on Saturday night.
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Proposed budget aims to reduce funding for Great Lakes restoration plan JENNIFER MEER Daily Staff Reporter
President Donald Trump’s preliminary budget proposal — released on Thursday — could sever the $300 million dollars per year Great Lakes Restoration Initiative effort to clean the Great Lakes basin, according to The Detroit News. It would cut the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget by almost one-third overall. The GLRI began in 2010 to protect and restore the Great Lakes. In addition to the clean-up effort, the initiative also aims to control invasive species, reduce nutrient runoff and restore habitats in the region. It operates as a collaboration among states, tribes, municipalities, universities and other organizations, according to its website. In a statement, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D–Mich.) expressed concern that the Trump administration’s new budget distorts national values. “The budget is a statement of our values as a nation, and See GREAT LAKES, Page 3A
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ON THE DAILY: MATCH MADE IN MED SCHOOL One hundred and seventy University of Michigan Medical School students, all in their senior year, received exciting news on Friday as they learned where they will spend the next part of their journeys to becoming doctors. Medical students spend much of their fourth year deciding which specialty they would like to focus on and then apply to residency programs in that field. Students rank their choices by preferences — this goes both ways as the hospitals where the programs are held rank the students who applied too. The National Resident Matching Program then uses a computer to sort through the lists and pair students with hospitals. According to an article by Kara Gavin from the Michigan Health Lab, there are about 34,000 students vying for 30,000 residency spots each year. “It’s so complicated, and so welldesigned, that the researchers who came up with the concept got the Nobel Prize in Economics,” Gavin
wrote. The day when students hear back; Match Day, occurs every year on the third Friday of March. This year, Michigan Medicine announced that nearly 99 percent of the University’s Medical School students were matched with a residency program, higher than the national average of nearly 96%, according to data released by the National Resident Matching Program. Family and friends gathered with students at the North Campus Research Complex as they opened sealed envelopes containing the names of the programs and hospitals where they will spend the next couple of years. At the celebration, students are given the chance to open their envelopes on stage in front of the crowd or open them in private and then get up and read the results. A video from the Medical School Admissions team’s Twitter account shows students reading their results to a cheering crowd at this year’s
Match Day event. “I’m Anthony, and I will be employed, training in anesthesiology at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and Stanford University,” one student said in the video of this year’s Match Day. About 30 percent of the graduating class will stay in the state for their residencies, with 22 percent continuing at Michigan Medicine. The rest of the class will scatter
across the country to states including California, Illinois, Massachusetts and Texas. Thirty-seven students will graduate this year with both a medical degree and an advanced graduate degree from another qualified program. As the UMich Med Admissions account tweeted, “#GoBlueMed!”
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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Gender in Information Careers: Getting your worth in the tech industry WHAT: This speech by Linglong He, CIO of Quicken Loans, focuses on gender, diversity and worth in the workplace WHO: School of Information WHEN: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: North Quad, Rm 2255
PitE Information Session WHAT: Program in the Environment will hold an information session for students who are currently undeclared and wish to learn more about the program. WHO: Program in the Environment WHEN: 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Undergraduate Science Building, Room 1160
Depression on College Campuses Conference WHAT: Four keynote speakers will examine the increasing demand for mental-health services on campuses and how to move forward in the next 15 years. WHO: Depression Center WHEN: 12:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Rackham Graduate School
Health Track: Preparing for and Applying to Medical School WHAT: This program details how to apply to medical school and the resources available to students throughout the process. WHO: University Career Center WHEN: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. WHERE: Palmer Commons, Forum Hall
Cool Town: Athens, Georgia and the Promise of Alternative Culture in Reagan’s America WHAT: Grace Elizabeth Hale of the University of Virginia will talk about music in Athens, Ga. WHO: Residential College WHEN: 4 p.m. to 5 :30 p.m. WHERE: East Quadrangle, Keene Theater
Intentions, Insights, and Impacts: A View into PostGraduate Service WHAT: This workshop will connect students with postgraduate service programs and help them learn more about what each has to offer. WHO: Ginsberg Center WHEN: 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. WHERE: Student Activities Building, University Career Center
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He may only be a sophomore at the University of Michigan, but Business student Eduardo Amadeus Molon Batista has an affinity for taking on a wide range of responsibilities. In activities such as managing a $5,000 budget as chief of finance in Mosher-Jordan Residence
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Eduardo Amadeus Molon Batista plans to address gaps in DEI, student life concerns Born to parents who work as lawyers, Batista grew up in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Persuaded to attend a U.S. university by a childhood friend. Batista left Brazil to study business at the University. Though he was surprised by some of the cultural differences he encountered after coming to the U.S., Batista is no stranger to adapting to foreign situations — he has traveled to 30 different countries throughout his life. “My mom started a tradition where she took us to travel abroad to two to three countries every year,” he explained, believing his travels help him feel at ease with people almost anywhere he goes. When asked what stood out to him after his move to Ann Arbor from Brazil, Batista replied simply with “the people.” “So I actually had to buy a suit my first week on campus,” he said. “I went to Briarwood Mall and I didn’t have (enough) money. I think I had $80, but the suit was (more). And one guy heard me saying this to someone else and just offered me $20, and the cashier offered me a 10-percent discount, and someone else offered me a ride back to campus. (Also,) cars don’t usually stop for you in Brazil when you cross the street — they just speed up and honk and you get out of the way. But cars stop here. ... So people here are really nice.” His freshman year, Batista was a consultant in the Michigan Emissary Group, which serves the community through pro bono consulting. “We actually work just for the University (for things like) airBus, Planet Blue and many others,” he explained. By his second semester, he became the youngest managing director of the club.
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WHAT: Alumni from the Program in International and Comparative Studies will talk about their careers after graduation. WHO: Program in International and Comparative Studies WHEN: 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. WHERE: School of Social Work Building, Room 1840
Business sophomore hopes to be first Brazilian elected as CSG rep. Hall and conducting research on developing a model that makes predictions in the stock market, Batista has taken advantage of the opportunities he encounters at the University. He now hopes to become a representative for the Ross School of Business in the Central Student Government — as an independent candidate and the first Brazilian to run for this position.
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PROGRAM From Page 1A give communities that we work with the tools to recognize a potentially harmful situation and step in and take action.” Public Policy senior Emma Zorfass, BICE co-coordinator, noted that while freshmen receive information and training within their initial few months at the University of Michigan, those conversations dwindle as they move forward in their college careers. Zorfass said this consistency is something SAPAC works to address, and BICE helps reach students through other communities they’re involved in. “We’re really working on how to reach organizations and reach students later on in their careers,” Zorfass said. “For example, U of M has leading programs for incoming freshman — they have Haven even before they step on campus, they have Relationship Remix in the first couple weeks of freshman year and they have Change it Up within the first couple months. But beyond that, there’s no uniform programming for upperclassmen. So one way to reach upperclassmen is through the communities that they’re involved in.” In December, Central Student Government instituted a new policy mandating
SWEET 16 From Page 1A Michigan the edge — nailing one from deep with 6:41 left to play and jumpstarting an 8-2 run that gave Michigan a sixpoint lead. With 56 seconds remaining, Louisville went into desperation mode and it nearly paid off, as the Cardinals forced a turnover with their full court press before hitting a layup to
GREAT LAKES From Page 1A the blueprint President Trump released today is an egregious affront to the values I believe set this nation apart in the world,” she said. She said the GLRI has been a longtime bipartisan priority. “Those of us who live in the Great Lakes region know that these waters are more than a way of life — they are vital for clean drinking water, jobs and our economy,” she said. “This shortsighted attempt to zero out funding for the GLRI is unacceptable, and I will work diligently with my colleagues — Democrats and Republicans — to fight this effort and other irresponsible cuts that jeopardize our state and the people I represent.” United States Senator Gary Peters (D–Mich.), who
“I believe any cut in funding to programs that work to protect our water, like the EPA and the Great Lakes Initiative, is dangerous” is a ranking nember of the Federal Spending Oversight Subcommittee, released a statement noting the importance of the drinking water provided by the Great Lakes. “President Trump’s proposed budget makes drastic cuts that will hit Michigan families and businesses in both urban and rural areas especially hard, including cuts to transportation services education, job training, and programs that are essential
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all student groups seeking funding upward of $1,000 to send two authorized signers to training held in conjunction with Wolverine Wellness. As of February, CSG statistics showed 216 students from more than 100 organizations had attended a session. “We start with an overview of what sexual misconduct looks like, and what it encompasses because it is an umbrella term that does encompass various forms of sexual assault, stalking, intimate partner violence and sexual harassment,” Kennedy said. “We talk about data from the campus-climate survey to make the numbers that we always hear about in the media more real. Then we move into some tangible bystanderintervention tools and different strategies and methods for noticing and interpreting pretty harmful situations.” Though the workshops are attended by up to 20 representatives from different student organizations, Kennedy said BICE attempts to keep its scenarios general and practical enough to be applicable to everyone. “We try to make (mock scenarios) as specific as possible to the communities we work with, and try talking about scenarios that maybe happened at their last house party, or something they see in their meetings,” Kennedy said. “We try to keep the scenarios pretty general, but we hope
that they can feel very real and be situations that students can actually find themselves in.” Zorfass also emphasized because this is only a pilot program, student feedback is very important to the group. “One of the committees within the Bystander intervention and Community Engagement program has been tasked with going through data (from feedback forms and surveys) and making their own evaluations and recommendations going forward,” Zorfass said. LSA sophomore Ellen Paquet hasn’t partaken it the program yet, but praised it all the same. She said it’s very important to reach upperclassmen as well as freshmen, as training of this nature needs constant reinforcement to make an impact. “I think there’s definitely validity in this programthough everyone has to attend freshman year, there are still some people who don’t and it’s unfortunately the sort of training that does wear off, especially because you’re going through so many changes freshman year and you’re being thrown into this completely different culture.” Paquet said. “It’s easy to forget the skills that you’ve gained from these types of workshops and interventions. I like that they’re finding new ways to ensure that people get adequate training in order to make the school safer and more welcoming overall.”
cut the Wolverines’ lead to two. And yet, despite going 2-for12 in the game to that point, Walton converted when it mattered most —hitting a layup on the other end before Wilson put the game to bed from the charity stripe. In the end, Michigan managed to outlast Louisville. “We’re gonna do everything we can to win this whole thing,” Beilein said. “I’m no spring chicken in this thing. You get bad calls, you get injuries. … you get to the Sweet 16 and you’re
only four games away from winning the whole thing. “… I don’t know who’s next, but I know we’re going to go into this thing not content with what we’ve done.” For a long time, it looked like the story would end in Indy, like the Wolverines’ luck had run out and like John Beilein’s March history with Pitino was just too much to overcome. But Wagner said the hell with luck, and the hell with history.
for protecting the economic and environmental health of the Great Lakes, which provide drinking water to 40 million people and support Michigan’s multi-billion-dollar shipping, fishing and agricultural industries,” he stated. Public Policy junior Rowan Conybeare, chair of the University’s chapter of College Democrats, noted the importance of freshwater and said she felt is wrong to inhibit programs looking to protect the resource. “The Great Lakes are a water source for about 30 million people,” she said. “They may be Michigan’s number-one resource. I believe any cut in funding to programs that work to protect our water, like the EPA and the Great Lakes Initiative, is dangerous to Michigan’s citizens and wildlife.” Engineering freshman Lincoln Merrill, publicity chair of the University’s chapter of College Republicans, said though he understands the concern, he does not believe such cuts will actually be enacted in the formal budget proposal, because there are many people on both sides of the aisle who do not agree with it. “I don’t think it’s going to happen,” he said. “Even though the president proposes a budget, Congress is who actually passes it and they’re never, ever going to pass it. First of all, the Democrats don’t want it. Second, there’s a really interesting fact at play here. Whether you find something in the budget valuable or not depends on where you live. So Republicans from the Great Lakes states are saying: ‘Hold on. No, you’re not going to do this.’ ” Merrill specifically cited Scott Walker, the governor of Wisconsin, as an example of a conservative politician who openly opposed the cuts. He said he believes Trump will not include such drastic measures in future proposals once he realizes what will and will not
pass Congress. Immediately after the proposal’s release, Peters, Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D– Mich.), and Sen. Rob Portman (R–Ohio) introduced the Great Lakes Fishery Research Authorization Act. This bipartisan legislation aims to enhance funding, research and fishery management in the region. It grants the United States Geological Survey authority to support fishing, a $7 billion sport and commercial industry, in the region. Portman, a co-chair of the Senate Great Lakes Task Force, said the Great Lakes are an “invaluable” resource to Ohio’s environment and economy. “By authorizing the USGS’s Great Lakes Science Center for the first time, we are prioritizing the research on fish populations and invasive species used by the Great Lakes states as well as Canada to support the health and growth of our $7 billion fishing industry. This bill will ensure we have the resources to help protect the Great Lakes for generations to come.”
SOPHOMORE From Page 2A His responsibilities grew: Batista prepared curriculum for the training of 40 members, oversaw mentorship programs, relations with alumni and corporate sponsors, and helped run the club. Batista has plans to improve student life both in the Business School and throughout campus, especially in regard to the DEI plan, the University’s long-term initiative to improve recognition of underrepresented groups on campus. He currently works with on the advisory board with E. Royster Harper, vice president for student life, to revise and improve
MONOLOGUES From Page 1A emotions behind undergoing sex-reassignment surgery. The Ensler show echoed themes from the original interviews, which also viewed the female experience through a global lens with the performance of monologues such as “My Vagina Was My Village” and “One Billion will Rise for Justice.” In “My Vagina was My Village,” performed by LSA senior Jessica Parent—a videographer for the Daily—a young Bosnian girl recalls being raped by soldiers during the war in Yugoslavia and how it left her feeling homeless in her own body. “My vagina singing all girl songs, all goat bell ringing songs, all wild autumn field songs, vagina songs, vagina home songs,” Parent recited. “Not since they took turns for seven days smelling like feces and smoked meat, they left their dirty sperm inside me. I became a river of poison and pus and all the crops died, and the fish.” Law student Rachel Menashe said she believes this monologue was hard-hitting, especially regarding current events. “I thought the one about the Bosnian refugees was pretty intense and pretty poignant, especially with what’s going on currently,” she said. LSA junior Ella Webb, Students for Choice co-president, noted the importance of The Vagina Monologues in bringing often hidden and stigmatized topics to the forefront of conversation, and how the topics tie into the goals of her
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the plan. Batista said he believed the current plan is vague, and hopes to add structure to the plan to make it more effective. He plans to focus both on a campus-wide level and a Business School level. As a result of his active campaigning for CSG, Batista has already garnered a lot of support from student organizations as well as the undergraduate and graduate student populations at Ross. At the beginning of the year, CSG released a demographic, showing how many of its representatives in the student assembly were mostly white, upper-class men. CSG President David Schafer, an LSA senior, said he planned to work on this during
his administration. “Diversity is critical to ensuring that as a governing body, we are representative of every student on campus,” Schafer said in a press release. “We look forward to analyzing the results of the report and conceptualizing ways in which we can better represent our various constituencies.” For its undergraduates, the Business School’s in-coming class of 2016 pre-admit freshmen has a 7-percent minority student population — with 4 percent being international students, according to the Ross website.
organization. “Students for Choice is the leading pro-choice group on campus, we do a lot of work around reproductive justice, which encompasses things like reproductive access, advocating for comprehensive sexual education, trying to reduce abortion stigma, things along those lines,” Webb said. “The Vagina Monologues really contributes to that goal by contributing to a lot of the conversations that are still kind of hidden and stigmatized. Of course college campuses and the world in general have become more progressive over time, but a lot of the time topics that are broached in The Vagina Monologues are conversations that still aren’t happening and it really highlights a lot of issues that are still really important.” LSA junior Rachel Beglin, who performed an original piece regarding the current state of sex education, noted the power in being a part of such a strong, diverse group of women. “I did the show last year and I absolutely loved it,” she said. “It is so powerful to be surrounded by powerful, unique women who have faced their share of cisheteropatriarchy, whether that’s from uncomfortable wiring in bras or sexual assault. We create a really strong, open community and relate and support each other. It’s awesome how close the cast gets.” Beglin added that coming from a conservative state left her unprepared for her first sexual encounter, and that women need to know that it’s not their fault they were left misinformed and confused about their own anatomy
growing up. “I’m from a conservative state, and it’s truly frightening how underprepared I was for any sexual encounters,” she said. “It put me and my body in serious danger, and I wanted to talk about it. I wanted people to know that it’s OK that they’re not experts on their bodies and that it’s not their fault. I even had a professor who watched the show come up to me after and say that her sex ed was really similar to my experience. I think it’s important that before someone hears the entirety of a show about vaginas, they realize that young people aren’t even taught about their vaginas. I know some adults who don’t fully know what the vagina is.” Law student Christine Crow said she thought The Vagina Monologues succeeded in giving trans-women a voice, as they are often left out of dialogue discussing feminine experiences. In 2004, The Vagina Monologues was performed by a cast of 18 trans-women, and a new monologue, “My Vagina” was included to represent the violence and hatred that they often face. “I really loved the transgender woman’s speech, and in general all of the ones that they wrote themselves were absolutely mind blowing — but hers in particular was really amazing,” Crow said. “Trans-women are women.” All proceeds from event ticket sales will to SafeHouse Center and V-Day, one a nonprofit organization, the other a global movement and both dedicated to ending violence against women. As of Saturday night, before final tickets sales were counted, more than $2,500 had been raised.
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We smug liberals
ithin the fortified scream about through Twitter on liberal bastion that a brand-new iPhone 7. is Ann Arbor, there The University ranks last in exists an environment economic mobility uniquely designed for and diversity the progressive students among public who populate campus. universities, Here, the most liberal of touting a median beliefs can be resounded family income of within Ann Arbor’s echo $154,000 (almost chamber that makes this $100,000 more town in the midwestern than the national United States sound median) and an more like a socialist ethnic makeup that MICHAEL paradise in Scandinavia. is predominantly The University of MORDARSKI white. Michigan’s liberal Surrounded by student body is readily students of similar known worldwide to the point socioeconomic backgrounds, this that our left-leaning bias is white wealthy liberal culture often often capitalized on by the feels free to dominate the political conservative media and punditry environment of the University. as a ridiculous example of a Many students rail against public university run amok, Betsy DeVos and her policies both stifling freedom of speech advocating for school choice, yet and coddling its weak students. hail from expensive private or Yet a large majority of students well-funded public schools. Many here feel pride in these common students so easily paint Americans progressive values, and as who support the president’s travel President Mark Schlissel said ban as racist and xenophobic, but following the electoral victory of do not come even remotely close Donald Trump, “Ninety percent of to providing actual donations to you rejected the kind of hate and those refugees in need. And how the fractiousness and the longing casually many students can throw for some sort of idealized version around terms such as inner-city, of a nonexistent yesterday.” discrimination and Islamophobia And those results of the without realizing the true harsh 2016 election served to further reality of life on the receiving end entrench and solidify such of those terms. progressive beliefs. The liberal This current reality in which values discovered, discussed and well-educated, financially sound, debated among students within predominantly white liberal the lecture halls, study lounges students so enthusiastically and dormitories of the University hijack the political discussion became essential to promote now concerning race, economics, more than ever. foreign policy and social issues As someone who considers is just another example of the himself a member of this educated privilege bestowed and granted and informed liberal class of upon them for the simple reason University students, I, like many that they were born to a certain others, value and attempt to family at the right time. promote progressive beliefs that And I know all of this for I am are essential to move U.S. society a part of this pathetic subgroup towards becoming more inclusive, of pseudo-intellectuals who equal and advantageous. scream about raising taxes and Yet within this demographic the minimum wage, yet are of openly progressive students completely financially dependent there exists a large majority of on their parents. I am part of financially well-off, primarily these modern-day patriots who white students who live within a heroically defend progressive reality in which economic, racial ideals during work hours — yet and social strife are never truly go home to our comfortable experienced. There exists a large lives in paid-off apartments, segment of smug liberals who with Moleskine notebooks, bathe in their proclaimed self- personalized Apple electronics, $5 righteousness, dedicating the bare lattes and Ralph Lauren sneakers. minimum of activism toward the Buffered by our socioeconomic political values they will so readily statuses, we are nearly unaffected
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by the real ramifications of poverty, racism and our great fear of the Trump administration. We dive back into the numerous leftleaning newspapers, podcasts and books that have a profound effect of flattering our intelligence and lead us to believe that we’re actually doing something to help. We bounce the same outrage off one another, amplifying our unaffected white voices to an authoritative tone that we should fix this, then proceed to simply go on with our comfortable lives, drinking at the bar, seeing a band and smiling ever so smugly that knowing we’re on the right side of history. Guilty of our abstract indifference to the reality playing out in front of us, we must recognize our lack of selfawareness, realizing that there is a serious necessity for some greater form of participation. Benefiting from comfortable family and socioeconomic positions, it is not nearly enough to complain and inform ourselves over the issues we so emotionally care about. The smug level of liberalism we share needs to be infused with actual activism and empathy. “Tweets are not The Resistance.” Millions across this country are motivated now more than ever to uphold the values we so readily strap ourselves to. Join several activist sites such as ResistanceRecess.com, which lists congressional town halls to hold your congressional leaders accountable, or Flippable.org, which informs subscribers of essential down-ballot races that have the possibility of changing parties. There are also multiple political organization on campus such as Progressives University of Michigan or the University’s chapter of College Democrats, who often host events and are simple to join. These smug emotions that are common with white wealthy liberals need to be shed. There is no way to build a resistance or a future country for that matter around an expensive education and a subscription to The New York Times. Actions speak louder than words, even the multisyllabic ones we use to describe the flyover states. Michael Mordarski can be reached at mmordars@umich.edu.
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Treating Trump critically
emocracies need The Trump administration’s protections for political new travel ban gets rid of the minorities; without most egregious elements of the them, society previous iteration, descends into which, to the average mob rule. These observer, may make protections are it seem much more often formalized reasonable. Never (e.g., the filibuster), mind the fact that the but they’re also executive order still informally written prevents citizens of into our legislatures’ six Muslim-majority codes of conduct. countries from entering ROLAND Compromise the United States or DAVIDSON Rudy Giuliani’s account is essential to any functioning of the first Muslim ban’s democracy. But with Trump, formulation: “(Trump) called me it’s a little bit different (just like up, he said, ‘Put a commission everything with him is). together, show me the right way The fundamental problem to do it legally.’ ” In comparison, with negotiating with Trump is this order may seem much more that he’s coming from such an reasonable than the previous one, extreme position that tactics to which may limit public outrage. move him more to the center just We can’t evaluate Trump in leave you with a normal hardline comparison to his hardline agenda position, rather than a moderate but rather have to understand his one. Consider Trump’s travel policies as atomized units. ban. Its initial implementation This lens is also useful to look was an unmitigated disaster. at Trump’s comments about Families were stranded in limbo the mainstream media. Take at airports. Iraqi interpreters the average citizen who doesn’t who risked their lives for a trust Trump or the media very country they’d never been to were much. When Trump claims that rejected at our border. There they’re full of lies, someone may were no exemptions for travelers think that is taking it too far with green cards, which stranded and instead opt to take a middle international students from position where some of what universities across the country. the media says is a lie, or, since The order’s instructions to allow the media can never capture the for expedited entry to Christians full truth, everything they say is revealed its plainly Islamophobic a half-truth. Most journalistic nature. The ban was ultimately outfits have a well-documented frozen by a federal court. slight bend toward the The newest iteration of Trump’s Democratic Party, but criticizing ban removed Iraqis from teh ban, their integrity is taking things gave a 10-day warning before too far. While being moderate its implementation, allowed for and judicious is frequently green-card holders to enter the valorized, taking the middlecountry and got rid of the religious ground on the media’s honesty exemptions. or Trump’s discriminatory travel In behavioral economics, ban is a dangerous game to play there’s a concept called price because the fundamental ideas anchoring, wherein your initial themselves are so wrong. valuation of something acts as Trump is also willing to a reference point for all future leverage the extremeness of valuations. For instance, if the his policy stances to implement first time you see a piece of policies outside of the traditional jewelry and it costs $100, then Republican toolbox. A useful you buy it a week later for $50, it’ll historical analog for this is Nixon’s seem like a massive saving, even if détente policy with China. It took the piece is typically only valued an avowed anti-Communist to at $50. open the door to negotiations with
Communist China. If someone with weaker bona fides had gone, they may have been accused of being a communist sympathizer rather than a brilliant tactician. Trump’s reputation as a successful businessman could make him the only person who can directly put pressure on companies to keep their jobs in the United States. If Obama had done the same, he may have been accused of interfering with the free market. The exact same thing is beginning to happen with Trump’s immigration policies. When he talks about creating comprehensive immigration reform, people normally against it will likely fall in line behind it, because Trump has been so anti-immigrant in the past. In other words, it takes someone who has spent almost two years denigrating Mexican immigrants to fix our failing immigration system. This last example is likely also driven by the previously discussed phenomenon of priceanchoring. If Trump does enact immigration reform, it’ll be in the context of his wall and hardline approach to immigrants, so any policy he proposes will seem comparatively less noxious. Maybe this all seems like a stretch since so much of the White House seems to be driven by sheer incompetence (see: Kellyanne Conway’s claims that Obama could spy on Trump using his microwave), but I don’t think that’s a helpful frame. Ascribing actions to idiocy means that they can’t be countered. This strategy of negotiating from extremes is a proven one and has benefited farright parties in Europe. Poland’s Law and Justice party was able to further universal health care using these tactics and shored up their electoral weaknesses, winning the largest electoral victory in Poland’s democratic history. As citizens, we have to resist the temptation for false equanimity, lest we let the farright continue to control the United States. Roland Davidson can be reached at mhenryda@umich.edu.
NICOLE KHAMIS | OP-ED
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Why I am voting for eMerge
one of us were prepared for this.” These are the words I spoke while on the phone with a reporter from the Wall Street Journal after the surprise victory of our now-president. As the founder of a new student organization that directly works with and advocates for refugees — Michigan Refugee Assistance Program — I knew my organization and the students involved were going to be devastated because refugee resettlement would soon cease. I thought about the refugees who went to school here; my family in the Middle East; what would become of my student organization, which was only a couple months old; and the minority students on campus who now had vindication that, no, they were not wanted in this country. Two weeks later, I sat again at an award ceremony and listened to University of Michigan administrators talk about the University. They commended our campus for being one that upholds values of inclusivity and tolerance, and stated that, for many, the University is a refuge, and they would fight to keep it that way. That is when I knew how critical this Central Student Government election was. I knew we needed individuals who not only stated that they could make change on campus, but also have the track record to prove it. I knew we needed individuals to who took seriously the position they found themselves in and used it for the betterment of all students on campus. And last, I knew that we needed individuals who have established themselves time and time again as student leaders. That is why I am voting for Anushka Sarkar and Nadine Jawad, and the rest of the eMerge party, who are by far the best choice in this year’s CSG elections. Anushka, a woman I admire for her tenacity and gracefulness while simultaneously being one of the most professional individuals I know, is able to tackle problems with a comprehensive framework and eye for detail. Nadine, one of the most involved students on campus, embodies the meaning of
ally and advocate as she continually uses her positions on campus to work to lift up others. They are the only individuals qualified for CSG president and vice president — I know this because I have seen what they are capable of accomplishing. Furthermore, as a student who has seen the tangible impacts of CSG and its initiatives, I do not believe it is a logical choice to demarcate two of the most powerful positions on campus to those who have no experience to handle the difficult problems that Anushka and Nadine have already handled. Six months ago, I founded MRAP and began to build it from the ground up. During the beginning stages of this process, I knew I needed experience from someone who had started their own non-governmental organization and immediately turned to Nadine for help and guidance. With amazing organizational ability and an individual who takes initiative when she sees gaps, Nadine, even as co-founder of her own NGO, Books for a Benefit, took the time to help build the infrastructure of my organization. As the current senior policy adviser for CSG, she has worked to address problems such as affordable housing in Ann Arbor while also attempting to use her platform to increase the voices of marginalized students on campus. The Michigan Daily rightly recognized her as a Student of the Year for her ceaseless advocacy, and rightly so — always ready to spend the little time she has helping others, Nadine’s love for service and constant activism is emblematic of what a CSG vice president should be. When it comes to experience, not only has Anushka scratched the surface of complex problems faced by students at the University — she has actually addressed them copiously. As the previous chief programming officer for CSG, she was faced with two recurring problems at the University: lack of counselors at Counseling and Psycological Services and lack of retention in student organizations. Anushka immediately took initiative and created innovative solutions to these concerns.
Knowing the critical importance of having mental health resources in a timely fashion, Anushka succeeded in increasing the number of counselors at CAPS for every student on campus and has continued to work on this issue with unprecedented haste, as she understands the magnitude of this issue. She also created Wolverine Consulting Group to combat issues of member retention in student organizations. Her consulting group has been integral in assisting my new student organization, as well as so many others, in improving them and ensuring their sustainability for years to come. Anushka and Nadine do not need endorsements of any kind — their work on campus speaks for itself. They are busy working with and for students, as they always have been for their past three years on campus and will continue to serve the student body ceaselessly if they are elected as our new CSG president and vice president. And while some may say they can get the job done, Anushka and Nadine already have, and their work started long before any of them set their sights on a CSG ticket. They are the only candidates with the experience, knowledge and tenacity to take on two incredibly important roles that will shape the future trajectory of our University — two roles we cannot risk giving to individuals inexperienced and unprepared. A vote for Anushka, Nadine and the rest of the eMerge party is a vote not only for candidates with capability, a vote for candidates with the evidence to back up their claims or a vote for candidates that truly understand what it takes to address complex problems because they have previously done so — it is a vote for a better future, a better University, a university that we love and for which we should only entrust to the best. The best for this election is none other than Anushka Sarkar and Nadine Jawad, two individuals I am proud to stand with and honored to vote for in this upcoming election. Nicole Khamis is an LSA senior.
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Monday, March 20, 2017 — 5A
BOOK REVIEW
FILM REVIEW
‘Swimming’ stirs heavy questions within readers Claire Fuller keeps readers on their toes in sophomore novel REBECCA LERNER Managing Editor
Emma Watson stars as Belle in Disney’s ‘Beauty an d the Beast.’
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‘Beauty and the Beast’ is magical and relevant Disney brings classic fairytale to life and introduces a modern twist to the beloved tale of love loss, inner beauty and adventure REBECCA PORTMAN Daily Arts Writer
Magical is the first word that comes to mind when describing Disney’s latest liveaction princess movie remake. “Beauty and the Beast” captivates young audiences with its stunning effects and scenery while respecting the story adults know and love with a more nuanced punch than the original. The sets are incredible, from the bourgeois palace dripping with golden decadence to the tiny little village, bursting at the seams with boisterous bakers, frugal farmers and mini Marie Antoinettes. Alliteration aside, “Beauty and the Beast” brings every child’s storybook hero to life beyond the f latness of animation into the real-life fantasy of live-action. Our story begins in France, at a “Phantom of the Opera” style masquerade, completely decked out with towering white wigs, extravagant gowns and Stanley Tucci (“Hunger Games”) playing the Harpsicord. We know what happens next: The handsome, selfish prince is turned into a monstrous beast by a sorceress who vows he will stay that way until he learns how to love another person. Days turn into years and the once lively, vibrant palace turns into a lonely, gray and decrepit wasteland. We then turn to Belle (the brilliant Emma Watson, “Harry Potter”), who wanders her little town in search of something less “provincial.” Belle’s beloved father Maurice, played by the always exceptional Kevin Kline (“The Big Chill”), takes off for the market but gets lost on his way, ending a tumultuous journey at the Beast’s abandoned castle. When Maurice’s horse returns to Belle alone, she takes charge and goes after her father, who has been taken captive by the Beast. In an act of fearlessness, Belle takes her father’s place as the Beast’s prisoner. While she is a prisoner, Belle never lets herself become a victim. She is strong-willed and poised, and has no problem saying “No.” Belle befriends the household staff-turnedmagical objects whose performance of “Be Our Guest” is as mesmerizing as it is entertaining. The all-star cast of enchanted housewares put personality and style into their
Claire Fuller’s second novel, “Swimming Lessons,” begins with famous author Gil Coleman seeing his dead wife outside a bookstore. He follows her until she disappears, leaving him to wonder if it was actually her, or just a hallucination due to his age and failing health. Either way, Gil spends the rest of the book trying to catch up to her. Ingrid had gone missing twelve years earlier, when her daughters, Flora and Nan, were still children. After swimming in the lake near their house everyday for years, Ingrid allegedly drowned one day. They never found her body. After Gil takes a fall, he tells his daughters that he’s seen their mother. The older, more sensible Nan, now working as a nurse, doesn’t pay him any mind. But the rambunctious and bohemian younger daughter Flora seems to have always held onto the hope that her mother was alive. From the start, Gil and Flora have an optimistic hope regarding her mother’s disappearance that Nan does not. Following this hope, Flora and Nan move back into their father’s house to take care of him. When Gil returns from that fateful day at the bookstore, the novel shifts form from the third person perspective of he and Flora’s narratives, to the epistolary first person narrative of Ingrid. Before disappearing, Ingrid hid letters to her husband in the multitudes of books that line the house like wallpaper. Ingrid adds insight to her letters through the books she chooses to hide them, whether it’s “The Great Gatsby” or “The Swimming Pool-Library.” It’s in the letters that the reader gets to know Ingrid, who despite her
animated inanimate personas. anything that threatens their Ewan McGregor’s (“Big Fish”) sameness. Lumiere and Ian McKellen’s Overall, “Beauty and the (“Lord of the Rings”) Beast” is an enchanting Cogsworth are charming experience that will please and full of clever children and banter. Also, adults alike. ‘Beauty and Emma Thompson The film is (“Love Actually”) able to capture the Beast’ is the perfect the fantasy combination of of the story, Walt Disney stubborn and the whimsy of Studios Motion caring as Mrs. the cartoon, Pictures Pots. Slowly but all the while Rave Cinemas, surely, something addressing that wasn’t there of Goodrich Quality 16 topics before begins to empowerment, take place between diversity and Belle and the sexuality. Beast. Dan Stevens (“Downton “Beauty and the Beast” proves Abbey”) as the Beast is easy its worth as a tale as old as time, to anger, but intelligent and and it is certainly worth yours. caring. The beastly friendship takes form over conversations about poetry and literature, bonding over similar tastes in table manners, and a hilarious snowball fight. Meanwhile, in the village, Luke Evans (“Dracula”) as Gaston and his trusted partner Le Fou (“Frozen” ’s Josh Gad), put on a delightful performance RELEASE DATE– Monday, March 20, 2017 in the local pub. The scene is lively fun, complete with a tabletop tap number and Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis Gad’s recognizable vocals that ACROSS 2 In the distance 33 “Comprende?” 49 Jimmied (open) couldn’t help but evoke his 1 Negative 3 Storied water 35 Fairy tale starter 50 The first Mrs. animated alter ego, Olaf the attention from the barrier 36 High-tech appt. Trump press, briefly 4 Antebooks snowman. 51 Mary Poppins, e.g. 6 Deep-voiced 5 Page turner 38 Sharp-tasting 52 Biblical betrayer We all know opera singer 6 Way to play 39 “Exodus” author 55 Timbuktu’s how it ends; 11 “I knew it!” music if you can’t Leon country 14 Blazing read it 40 Minuscule 56 “__, poor there is a dance 15 Gossip spreader 7 Insurance giant 45 Tolkien beast Yorick!”: Hamlet (it’s stunning) 16 Abu Dhabi is its 8 Busybody 46 __ of Mexico 57 Cheeky cap. 9 Good name for a 47 Whistler, but not 59 Pres. #43 and a fight 17 Change one’s lover of hearty his mother 60 “Cool!” (it’s scary) and route to avoid meals 48 Blockhead 61 “Immediately!” heavy traffic, say 10 Paddle suspense and 19 Org. for 11 Gut feeling at tears and the ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: marksmen dinner time? final petal, and 20 “You __ here” 12 Packers 21 Pipe-cleaning quarterback then happily brand Rodgers ever after. While 22 Composer 13 EKG organ Stravinsky 18 Smidgen the story is easily 23 Likely successor 22 Nest egg summarized and to the throne acronym 26 Magnificent not at all new, 23 Previously cut, as 29 Epps of “House” timber it still manages 30 Have no doubt 24 Penniless to absorb the 31 Fabulist 25 Gig equipment mentioned by 26 Decide not to go audience. Belle is reminiscent of Aristotle to Disney’s original Princess, but 34 Soda 27 Loosen, as a knot 37 “You’re confusing 28 Cylindrical water more empowered than her 1991 me” toy counterpart. Watson’s Belle is 41 Capitol Hill fig. 31 Director Lee 42 Quarrel not simply the bookish daughter 32 School URL 43 Machu Picchu ending of a kooky inventor, rather 03/20/17 xwordeditor@aol.com resident an inventor in her own right. 44 “Me neither!” 46 Sacred river of She is confident; not naive, India complex, not simple. The Beast 48 Sprained ankle, often is not simply an angry loner, 53 “Peter Pan” beast but a victim of bad parenting 54 Safe place? 55 Help in finding and high society. The Beast the hidden is brought to life even more treasure with the computer graphics 58 Kept under wraps 59 Climactic show that make him, at times, more ending, and a human than beast. Le Fou is literal hint to this puzzle’s circled not simply a blind follower of letters Gaston, but a man in love with 62 Blanc who voiced Bugs a man in love with himself. Gad 63 “__ bet?” perfectly captures Disney’s 64 Kind of panel or system first foray into representing a 65 Keats work gay character on screen with 66 Annual his remarkable performance celebrations, for short and subtle hints at his love 67 Plot surprise for Gaston. As for Gaston, his DOWN character is the classic example 1 The Crimson By Bruce Haight of villainous incitement. He Tide, familiarly 03/20/17 ©2017 Tribune Content Agency, LLC riles up the town to destroy
Our story begins in France, at a “Phantom of the Opera” style masquerade
absence, is the most interesting Gil, the impetus is placed upon and developed character of the the reader to truly interact, book. engage and find the nuance The different sections are in each character and every marked not only by the forms, choice made. As the letters and but also by the personalities of their relationship progresses, the characters. Flora’s chapters children are reluctantly born ground us in the present, but and things settle, and we begin in her dreamy, open version to understand why Ingrid might of the present. In her endless have left, like Flora thinks. belief that her mother could In her letters, Ingrid defies be alive, Flora epitomizes the all expectations and becomes danger of hope. For twelve a nuanced, complex woman. years, she’s been tied to a Ingrid preemptively begins ghost, an intangible mother her adult life with Gil, who is figure constantly slipping away. twenty years older than she Flora’s elusive is, marrying hold on the reality at twenty-one felt by others and starting ‘Swimming manifests in her her family. Lessons’ synesthesia, her Fuller makes it ability to smell incredibly easy to Claire Fuller color. feel all of Ingrid’s February 7, 2017 The novel aches — her relies on Ingrid’s dissatisfaction Tin House Books accounts of the with her life, her past through her hardships and letters. By reading displeasure with her urgent but ancient words, motherhood. Ingrid holds her Ingrid comes alive to both the family together, even in her reader and to Gil. The letters absence, through the secrets follow a young Ingrid through and the conditional love she her fall from grace into love leaves in her wake. with Gil, her professor at the Secrets and mystery, even time. We meet Gil, the real more than the dysfunction Gil, not the decrepit Gil of the of the family, prove to be present, who lectures fiercely the backbone of “Swimming and shares his beliefs about Lessons.” The impulsive and what it means to be a writer. selfish actions of the characters During one of their classes, sometimes seem odd, until Gil tells Ingrid and her peers: the value system of the world “Forget that first-edition, is recognized. In “Swimming signed-by-the-author nonsense. Lessons,” to have a secret or to Fiction is about readers. Without have an experience to yourself, readers there is no point in is to have power. It is to have a books, and therefore they are story. Gil himself at one point as important as the author, explains the prioritization that perhaps more important. But drives the novel. often the only way to see what a “Secret truths ... are the reader thought, how they lived lifeblood of a writer,” Gil says. when they were reading, is to “Your memories and your own examine what they left behind.” secrets. Forget plot, character, By weaving reader-response structure; if you’re going to theory into a novel, Fuller call yourself a writer, you need forces the reader to examine to stick your hand in the mire how they’re interacting with up to the wrist, the elbow, the the text, the character and the shoulder and drag out your setting while they read. Through darkest, most private truth.”
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MUSIC COLUMN
A lyrical guide to indie rock’s best-kept secret
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‘We’re undeveloped, we’re ignorant, we’re stupid, but we’re happy.’ LAUREN THEISEN Daily Music Columnist
“I’m taking far too many chances / On these less than idealistic romances.” Nobody would have picked the scrappy Welsh band with cutesy matching last names and gleefully overwrought song titles to secretly become one of the best bands of its generation, but I don’t think even Los Campesinos! themselves ever expected to survive their own brief moment. Their first fulllength, Hold On Now, Youngster, is where you can find this line, from a track titled “Broken Heartbeats Sound Like Breakbeats.” (If you don’t like that song title, I probably shouldn’t tell you about “This Is How You Spell ‘HAHAHA, We Destroyed the Hopes and Dreams of a Generation of Faux-Romantics.’ ”) Already on 2008’s Youngster, the Campesinos! — yes, all 11 members, past and present, have taken that last name — were already recording like they’d never get another shot at an album. On “Breakbeats” alone, the opening count-off is shrieked by every band member, Aleks Campesinos! gets a line in about Spider-Man in the chorus, and bandleader Gareth sings at least some of his lyrics like he’s trying to imitate the tortured wailing of the old Internet dial-up sound. The songcraft of Los Campesinos! has always been less than idealistic, less than commercially viable. These songs are filled with obscure lyrical references, too many instruments, multiple lead singers and catchy hooks buried under breakneck tempos played by overactive musicians. This is not a band criminally deprived of fame. This is an underdog band that has taken aim at a very specific kind of listener — one that’s awkward and anxious, but loves to dance and shout their feelings — and hit them square in the heart. “We’re undeveloped, we’re ignorant, we’re stupid, but we’re happy.” This is probably the one you know. Well, you probably don’t know the lyric, because Gareth stuffs it into a mile-a-minute rant at the end of the song, quietly slipping it underneath the final chorus amid lines comparing supermarkets to discotheques. But you might know the slow, opening guitar build-up to this seven-minute opus from the debut album. I think it was in a beer commercial once, which makes it LC’s most-heard song by a longshot. “You! Me! Dancing!” crystallized Los Campesinos! as part of something called “blog rock,” which basically came about when MySpace was still a thing and everyone was excited rather than horrified at the unlimited possibilities of the World Wide Web. It was the first time bands didn’t need a label to distribute music, and it gave a lot of left-field bands 15 minutes of fame. Most blog rock outfits were overhyped and faded away after an album or two, but LC! have held on for dear life. Listen to the debut, and they’re just as jittery and smart-alecky as all their peers, but this line from “Dancing!” completely undersells the band. Lurking underneath all the distracting frills, soon to emerge, are beautiful anthems. “I identify my star sign / By asking which is least compatible with yours” By the next album, Gareth and the band seemed smarter, more developed, but unhappy. This comes off the opening track to Youngster’s follow-up, “We are Beautiful, We Are Doomed,” and it’s the best way to say “fuck you” I’ve ever heard. Albums two and three in the Campesinos! catalog are pricklier than the youthful, instrumentinclusive debut. They’re made for catharsis rather than dancing, dense with guitar noise and emotion while trying once again to obscure catchy hooks and
choruses. “Shout at the world, because the world doesn’t love you,” goes one indicative line. They’re also the albums where Gareth solidifies his persona as a songwriter. He’s unlucky in love, either because he’s too obstinate or too clingy in relationships. He’s constantly worried about the future. He suffers no fools. He believes his break-ups should be front-page worthy tragedies. Aleks is always there to counterpoint, though: “You think you’re the needle that drains the blood donation / You’re just a repetition on an old, worn out pin cushion,” is so bizarre and brilliant it could only come from the Campesinos!. “Here it comes / This is the crux / She vomits down my rental tux.” But if Gareth swaggered around every song like a misanthropic wanker, LC! would be borderline unlistenable. Thank Morrissey he’s got a sense of humor too, one that continually allows him to narrate himself into memorably hilarious situations. “I’ve spent too much time on my knees / Next to urinals in garish Mexican restaurants / Sobbing into my warm, pale palms / For a better understanding of my dietary requirements,” he shamelessly admits on “Miserabilia.” Even better, on “By Your Hand,” he imagines an entire hook-up with Fate, personified as the prettiest girl in the world. They kiss for hours, and her hand is down Gareth’s trousers when she invites him back to her place. “But here it comes, this is the crux,” he sings. “She vomits down my rental tux.” In a review of the new Campesinos!, Sick Scenes, Pitchfork editor Ryan Dombal called Gareth Campesinos! “our bard of throwing up.” He writes, “Nearly every word that has come out of the Los Campesinos! singer’s mouth has presented itself with rash inelegance, candidness and the need to be ejected from his body this very second.” That is entirely the appeal of this quixotic band. Gareth cannot contain himself, and these odd, ultra-specific feelings that get spewed out over the course of every Campesinos! album somehow look the same as a lot of other people’s inner guts. He’s failed to digest all of his own experiences and throws them back out through his art, and what do you know — his misfortune makes a lot of fans feel less alone in their own awkward everyday screw-ups and missed opportunities. The best icebreaker I’ve ever been a part of is, “When was the last time you threw up?” That’s how you learn about a person; that’s how you hear the best stories. What I’m trying to say is, everybody pukes. Gareth is just the one who writes all about it. “They promised they’d be best of friends from now until forever / But both were far too needy not to fall for the other.” No Campesinos! song has fascinated me more than *inhales* “A Heat Rash in the Shape of the Show Me State; or, Letters from Me to Charlotte.” For the record, I don’t think it has anything to do with a relationship between Gareth and Aleks, but no song better illustrates their chemistry. “Heat Rash” is a quieter, meditative song about a tempestuous couple. It’s still a Campesinos! song, so you’ll hear the word “erection” when you listen, but unlike the overflowing drama of most of their songs, this one is more restrained and thought-through, open to many interpretations. The voices of dual-singers Gareth and Aleks mix perfectly here, with Gareth taking the narrative verses with his usual directness and Aleks hitting notes of longing on the more ambiguous chorus. Unfortunately, Aleks left after three albums, which makes releases four and five a little less dynamic. She was the best foil
Gareth could have asked for, and the loss of her presence is naturally a little tough to adjust to. “Renato Dall’Ara, living off 2008 / Renato Dall’Ara, once up then back down again.” I don’t think I can understate how miraculous it is that this band is still making albums. Indie rock is not a viable business anymore, unless you’re doing arenas like Arcade Fire or banging out afternoon sets at every festival that calls. Los Campesinos! is not a stable endeavor, and they rely on their hardcore fans more than a major-label pop star ever could. This line, off the opening track of Sick Scenes, is one of many obscure (for Americans) soccer references you’ll find throughout the Campesinos’ work, but there’s some pretty clear double meaning here, with 2008 also being the release of Hold On Now, Youngster. Gareth has said, too, the “once up then back down again” line refers to how, in the music industry, “you play a venue once on the way up and once on the way back down.” But if Sick Scenes is Los Campesinos! on the way back down, it’s a return to form and a fantastic way to bottom out. After two solid albums, this sixth effort is their most exciting in years, filled once more with weirdly danceable arrangements and easily quotable lines. In the very first verse of this track, Gareth snidely cuts at a selfprofessed Marxist reading by his parents’ pool. (“It’s only outdoor and it isn’t heated.”) Sick Scenes is mature yet fun and everything else you could ask for from a veteran band, and it’s hard not to wish that Los Campesinos! had received more public attention when you listen. It’s hard to tell if this new release is an artistic resurgence or a proper finale for a group that by all odds should have been dead eight years ago, but more than anything it just makes me hope that these albums survive long enough to influence another young, up-and-coming band — one who can shine a light on all these should-be classics. “We are beautiful / We are doomed.” This is the one. This line, the titular culmination of my absolute favorite song, is why I needed to write so many words about these Welsh would-be deities. It starts with four staccato synth notes that roll into a repeating melody. There are strings and a glockenspiel along with the guitars. It’s epic. Gareth isn’t rapping, but he’s sort of speak-singing as fast as he can, ranting at you about the slow dissolving of his relationship and that time he ate too many crisps and threw up while playing soccer. He slows down for this gutwrenchingly honest line: “You feel terrified at the thought of being left behind / Of losing everybody, the necessity of dying.” Then he turns up the shouting for this classic quote: “Oh, we kid ourselves there’s future in the fucking / But there is no fucking future.” Gareth is angry and jealous and lost. He’s working out strategies to keep from being heartbroken but finds himself outmaneuvered every time. The last quote from him I’ll write out is the climax, in its entirety: “I cannot emphasis enough that my body / Is a badly designed, poorly put-together vessel / Harboring these diminishing, so-called vital organs / I hope my heart goes first. I HOPE MY HEART GOES FIRST!” Los Campesinos! is a band that’s always ready to die, but thrilled to have lived and loved. They couldn’t control the volume of their voices, the number of instruments they let into the mix or the intensity of detail in all their embarrassing anecdotes. They’ve spent a decade reaching out from Wales to the rest of the world, looking for pissed-off romantics who’d always be up and then back down again. They’ve touched a very specific subset that likes erudite soccer references and awkward, inclusive dancing in equal measure. They’ve inspired at least one case of extreme devotion. They’ve always been doomed to fail. They’ve always been beautiful.
NBC NBC’s new comedy “Trial & Error”
Silly crime spoof ‘Trial & Error’ surprising delight SAM ROSENBERG Daily Arts Writer
Theoretically, a show like NBC’s “Trial & Error” shouldn’t work. Given its single-camera, mockumentary-style storytelling and silly humor, “Trial & Error” sounds like one of those typical, offbeat cookie-cutter sitcoms that attempts to mirror previously successful comedies like “The Office” and “Parks & Recreation.” However, “Trial & Error” subverts the “formulaic comedy” trope with a talented cast, hysterical one-liners and a premise that is as wacky as it is clever. Though it’s not necessarily thought-provoking or complex, “Trial & Error” is nevertheless a genuinely funny, sometimes touching show that pokes fun at the criminal justice system and masks the grittiness of crime TV with gleeful absurdity. While the majority of characters are portrayed as dumb, each of the actors imbue their roles with wit, delivering the whip-smart dialogue with ease and adept comedic timing. Nick D’Agosto (“Gotham”) leads the band of cast members as the tirelessly optimistic attorney Josh Segal, who travels from New York to East Peck, South Carolina to defend eccentric poetry professor Larry Henderson (John Lithgow, “The Crown”). Having played mostly supporting roles, D’Agosto does an admirable job as the lead character, but it’s Lithgow, at his kookiest and funniest, who fuels most of the show’s humor,
channeling a nervous energy in his amnesia, dyslexia and Stendahl’s character’s desperation without syndrome, which causes her to coming off as pitiful or plain stupid. faint every time she observes With the help of the lead something beautiful. It’s possible investigator Dwayne Reed (Steven that these kind of odd quirks can Boyer, “The Wolf of Wall Street”), become annoying the more they are the maladie-ridden secretary referenced, but they are also what Anne Flatch (Sherri Shepherd, “30 make “Trial & Error” surprisingly Rock”) and Larry’s entertaining, daughter Summer and ‘Trial & Error’ strange (Krysta Rodriguez, humorous. 2-Part Series “Smash”), Josh Along with the Premiere is tasked with brilliant casting developing a and writing, “Trial NBC compelling case & Error” utilizes for Larry, who its Southern Tuesdays at 9 p.m. was accused of setting effectively murdering his wife as well. Being a Margaret. Despite the menace of Northeasterner, Josh is a fish out of the case’s cut-throat prosecutor water who has trouble acclimating Carol Anne Keane (Jayma Mays, to the South’s culture. In one “Glee”), the steadfast Segal and his particularly funny sequence, the slightly incompetent team do their courthouse security mistakes best to fight for Larry’s innocence, Josh’s “lip balm” for an actual bomb, even when the odds are stacked but lets Carol Anne through with against them, such as when two a gun. Later on, he has difficulty breaking news stories reveal in pronouncing Carol Anne’s and Larry’s affair with another man the Judge Horsedich’s names, and the murder of his first wife. despite the fact that the correct These events prompt outrage pronunciation of both characters’ from the community, but also names are impossible even for spark some darkly amusing viewers to understand. It’s easy antics from Josh’s team. Guest to play into the many stereotypes star Andy Daly (“Review”) plays of the South, but “Trial & Error” forensic investigator Thom Hinkle, highlights these little cultural who helps Josh find evidence in tidbits as something casually funny Larry’s defense, despite having rather than egregiously overt. an obsessive compulsion to This show could’ve started out masturbate in highly stressful like the first few seasons of “Parks situations. Shepherd, whose & Rec” and “The Office,” where performance is more outlandish the characters weren’t quite yet and much tamer than her previous developed and the humor was too comedic outings, gives Anne an off- awkward and clumsy. Luckily, kilter, if somewhat deranged edge. “Trial & Error” already seems to Her character suffers from facial have found its footing.
COMMUNITY CULTURE PREVIEW
Tracey Snelling opens up the life behind windows ISABEL FRYE
Daily Arts Writer
When stepping into Tracey Snelling’s exhibit “Multiple Realities,” gallery-goers will find themselves immersed in countless “different sounds and languages” while absorbing the vibrant colors and various characteristics of, what Snelling refers to as the “shacks.” One piece of her work which will be on display, “One Thousand Shacks,” is usually 16-feet-tall by 10-feet-wide, but will need to be split apart as the ceiling in the gallery space is too low. Composed of many substances and various mediums, Snelling built her work out of recycled materials. Snelling created her work by “saving old boxes, food boxes, tin foil and a lot of plastic,” which plays on a critical theme of the work: Making do with what you have. “I just had the image in my head: Wow. I had to do it,” Snelling said, referring to her inspiration for “One Thousand Shacks.” During her travels through Mexico, Cuba and China, Snelling began to get an honest look at the “extreme global poverty,” both around the globe and in the US. With her new awareness and perspective came the image of “One Thousand Shacks.” “I mean people are starving and very thin, and have no
place to live,” Snelling said power miniature TVs and lights. when recalling her experiences Snelling explained that “the abroad. In her own work, back is almost as important as Snelling illustrates the global the front because it shows that devastation of poverty. in a lot of these areas you just Despite the heavy subject have to take what you have.” matter, Snelling will display Her exhibit will also contain her work as she saw it: as an a set of miniature store fronts outsider. and rooms. Some of these “I realize that I am an play off of stereotypes, social outsider, I try to be neutral and issues and other rooms that, just take things to her, were just in and put it “intuitive,” such out; to not be as the “discoStamps Lecture: judgmental,” she party” room. Tracey Snelling’s said. While some “Multiple As a result, the make statements Realities” work does not on topics such as focus solely on prostitution and March 20th @ 5:10 the struggles of feminism, others P.M. poverty. Snelling “subtly look at Helmet Stern recognized that the social issues, Auditorium UMMA while global not necessarily poverty is one of making a Free our most plaguing statement, but and devastating pointing out that issues, the people living in there is an issue.” Snelling’s poverty are still living. ability to jump into and out “These people are very of troubling realities will resilient, a lot of people start lead to a socially intriguing, businesses in the favelas or yet artistically beautiful wherever they are living,” experience for gallery-goers. Snelling said. “There are While Snelling’s passion for kickboxing schools that they creating art is unmistakable, start, all sorts of different she also has a clear hunger to things.” change the way people see the Snelling’s work is world. transparent, and every “I would love if this component matters. She influences anyone to donate encourages the audience to take money or do something to help a look behind the shacks to see with poverty, but on a bigger how they are put together. scale, I hope that my work The shacks’ frames are made opens people’s minds a little bit of wood while countless simple more to be more inclusive and wires race along the walls to accepting.”
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For Michigan fans, a week to savor
hatever you do, don’t waste this week. For the next three-
plus days, Ann Arbor will be one of 16 cities across the United States that gets to experience the singular MAX energy that BULTMAN accompanies a trip to the Sweet 16. At 7:09 p.m. Thursday, the Michigan men’s basketball team will tip off in Kansas City, Mo., against Oregon. Perhaps some of you will venture to join them. Others will gather in bars, lounges and dorm rooms across campus to hold their collective breath for two hours and watch one of the great spectacles in sports. But in many ways, the real prize of advancing to the Sweet 16 will come before then. Three trips in the last five years may have spoiled some Michigan fans enough into thinking these just happen. But the fact of the matter is, regardless of the outcome Thursday night, the Wolverines have given their fans a commodity that is hard to come by and easy to lose: hope. Consider Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and most of Thursday your time to dream. There will still be class and homework and plenty other things that are normally worth your attention. But not this week. This is a week to make the plans you’ll tell your future children about. It’s a week to
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The Michigan men’s basketball team is loving this run through the postseason, and you should too as the Wolverines head into the Sweet 16 on Thursday night.
watch “Survive and Advance,” or “Hoosiers,” or even “Cinderella” — if that’s not too on the nose. The truth is, it doesn’t much matter whether you followed basketball this season. There are so few opportunities to be in college when your school makes it this far that, when it does, you owe it to yourselves to make the most of it.
You owe it to yourself to enjoy this feeling.
Some ideas: Spend your Monday basking in the feeling you had Sunday around 2:15. Take at least one class off and take a walk down to South Campus — see if the air feels just a little bit different. On Tuesday you’ll want to read up. Oregon’s a damn good team and, come tip-off Thursday, you won’t want to be double-checking who the Ducks’ best player is (his name is Dillon Brooks) or, worse, who Michigan’s starters are. Talk to a friend — any friend — about the game. Sports mean bonding, and there are few better times to
catch the fever. Drink on Wednesday so you can take in Thursday’s tension without feeling the pull of Skeeps. It’s unorthodox, but trust me: It’ll pay off. Thursday evening, you’ll want to gather with your closest friends for game time. It doesn’t necessarily matter where — some prefer to be out with the largest possible group, others prefer to watch in the comfort of a house — but the shared joy of a big shot is unlike nearly anything else you’ll ever experience. I know this sounds cliché
coming from a sports writer who you may or may not suspect is wistful for his days as a fan. And you’re sort of right — the day I was accepted to Michigan, Trey Burke hit “the shot” against Kansas in the Sweet 16. It was a crazy moment, and I’d love nothing more than for everyone to have a similar experience. This is the weekend when that can happen. But there’s also something about the NCAA Tournament that goes beyond visceral, personal memories. The energy on campus — both in class and on the Diag
— cannot be replicated. The stage will rarely be bigger; the lights will rarely be brighter. The world will be talking about what’s happening in Ann Arbor, and, if you’re lucky, you may even get a sunny day. Come tip-off Thursday, you owe it to yourselves to have enjoyed that feeling as long as possible. It could be gone by Friday morning. Max Bultman can be reached by email at bultmanm@ umich.edu or on Twitter @m_bultman. Please @ him.
Introducing a new, improved Beilein I
NDIANAPOLIS — John Beilein is having more fun than you. Even for those who have known the 64-yearold basketball coach for any amount of time, who could have BRANDON imagined him CARNEY firing a Super Soaker in the locker room for a post game celebration like a child who just unwrapped the same toy for Christmas? That’s because the old, methodical, disciplinarian John Beilein ain’t around anymore. Everyone, I’d like to introduce you to John Beilein 2.0. This latest model of the Michigan basketball coach still has some of the features from the previous version you’ve grown to enjoy and love. He still focuses on player development, still stresses the fundamentals and still acts like he’s a teacher first and a basketball coach second. But as this season has gone on, Beilein has had less and less to worry about and do as a coach. And as it’s turned out, less has turned into more for the Wolverines. “He’s enjoying this moment just like we are,” said senior guard Andrew Dakich. “It’s really cool to see our coach be so relaxed. He’s still the same guy, he’s just joking around a lot more and having more fun with us.” More than any other team he’s managed, Beilein has loosened his control of the reigns at the helm of Michigan and given it to the assistant coaches and veteran players alongside him. That started even before the season, when Beilein brought in assistant coaches Billy Donlon and Saddi Washington. Specifically with Donlon, Beilein has come to view him as more than just an assistant as the season has unfolded. He’s given
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Michigan men’s basketball coach John Beilein has been around the game of basketball a long time, but he’s showing a new side of himself this postseason.
almost full control of the defense to Donlon and let him script a large part of the narrative of this season as it has unfolded, even allowing his assistant to vandalize a few walls in the process. Whenever Michigan has needed an extra boost of motivation, or something out of the box, Donlon has stepped up to deliver that. For Michigan’s home game against Illinois, he penned “Streetfight” on the wall in the Crisler Center locker room. In Washington for the Wolverines’ Big Ten Tournament game against Purdue, he used that same sharpie to ink “Not today” on a Verizon Center wall, telling his players that it was not the day Michigan would be
packing its bags and heading home. Again on Sunday, Donlon was in charge of preaching the message of the game. He walked into the main area of the locker room with pictures of each players’ and coaches’ family, and taped them to the wall. “Everyone had a picture with them and their family,” said senior wing Zak Irvin. “He said, ‘When times get tough, think about them. Think about the people who you do it for.’ I think it really hit home for everybody and I think that really showed in the second half.” Beilein’s faith in all of his assistants is higher than ever, and that has shown over this postseason run.
It’s not easy scouting and developing game plans in such a short turnaround time, and Michigan’s coaching staff has been doing a masterful job doing so over the past two weeks. Beilein says his staff is more connected than ever. There are no egos in the room, everyone is focused on their individual role. That dynamic also extends to how all the coaches interact with the players. Beilein says more than anything, his assistants have excelled at connecting with the players. The coaching staff has instilled a belief in their players that anything is possible moving forward, and without that belief, Michigan wouldn’t be winning these games. “The trust has gone up
because we’ve got a lot of juniors and seniors now who are really leading this team and playing good basketball,” said senior forward Sean Lonergan. “I think that’s taken some of the pressure off coach (Beilein) to always be that stricter coach because this is really turning into a player-toplayer accountable team instead of a coach-to-player accountable team. We’re holding each other accountable, which takes the pressure off of him a little bit.” More than ever, the players are calling the shots for Michigan, especially in this postseason run. Senior guard Derrick Walton Jr. is now overriding Beilein’s offensive play calls from the sidelines multiple times a game. In
timeout huddles, players are yelling at each other for motivation and to correct mistakes. “At some point, they’ve gone beyond buying in, they’ve taken ownership,” said assistant coach Jeff Meyer. “We’re on the ride with them now. That’s the reality of it. They are running the Wolverine Express right now.” Beilein is now focused on making longer-term adjustments based on the Wolverines’ strengths rather than getting knit-picky over every little mistake made. That was on full display on Sunday, as Walton once again took leadership to coach one of his teammates through a situation Beilein would have in seasons past. “Now you have guys yelling at each other for not doing their job,” Lonergan said. “You saw it today with Derrick after (sophomore forward Moritz Wagner) scored a big bucket. He looked at Moe straight after as he was running down the floor and said, ‘I’m glad you scored but I need you to go down there and get a stop for us.’ You see things like that, you hear people in timeouts always yapping in each others’ ear.” The players and coaching staff have come together to take the load off Beilein and create something special, and Beilein himself is turning into a new man. He’s loose. He’s relaxed. He’s fun. It wasn’t a personal choice, but more so the result of his changing surroundings. After 40-plus years of coaching, there aren’t very many ways to change other than by the unforeseen circumstances Beilein has had to address throughout the season. But he’s changed nonetheless. And for this new John Beilein, there’s nothing else to focus on but a title. Carney can be reached by email at becarney@umich.edu or on Twitter at @br_carney.
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Wolverines sweep Kent State ANNA MARCUS Daily Sports Writer
Thirty strikeouts. Fourteen innings pitched. No runs and only one hit allowed. It was nothing short of a monumental weekend for Michigan’s senior right-hander, Megan Betsa. After earning her fourth career no-hitter Saturday, the ace showed no signs of slowing down in the circle Sunday afternoon, allowing a sole hit and underscoring the Michigan softball team’s standout home-opening weekend. The 19th-ranked Wolverines (17-7-1) captured their first series sweep of the season (3-0) after collecting two more wins over Kent State (8-13) in a doubleheader Sunday at Alumni Field, with an 11-3 run-rule victory followed by a 3-0 shutout. The weekend’s successes became all the more sweet when Michigan coach Carol Hutchins — already the winningest softball coach of all time — netted her 1,500th coaching win from the day’s first slate. “First of all, it just feels great being home with our home fans, that’s always fun,” said senior centerfielder Kelly Christner. “And I think we really did come together as a team this weekend. It was cold and there were a lot of other factors and variables that you can turn into negative things. But I think we stayed together and stayed positive, so it’s really great coming out with these wins.” Though Saturday’s matchup was an offensive disappointment for the Wolverines — with just two hits on the day against the Golden Flashes — Michigan remedied its struggles at the plate in Sunday’s first game. The Wolverines cranked out 11 runs on 11 hits from seven separate players, with eight RBI. Junior first baseman Aidan Falk proved herself essential, maintaining composure in highpressure situations throughout the day, posting five of Michigan’s eight RBI including a two-run double in both games.
The Wolverines’ ballooning offensive production in the first game of the day was a major break through for a team whose season so far has been marred by offensive woes, from stranding runners on base to staying too tight at the plate. “I know how well these kids can hit, I watch them every day,” Hutchins said. “And they’ve been tight endlessly throughout the season … and it’s not working for us. So they really need to just relax and believe that their swings are good enough. And I thought we got better this weekend. I thought we were better.” While Michigan ended up dominating the first game, Kent State got off to a dangerous start. In the top of the first frame, the Golden Flashes blasted a two-run homer, making junior right-hander Tera Blanco appear nervous and inconsistent in the circle. However, the Wolverines quickly answered Kent State’s efforts. By the end of the first inning, Michigan had taken the lead, 6-2, and had already forced Golden Flashes’ starting righthander Madi Huck out of the game. An atypical fielding error by Christner in the top of the fourth gave Kent State the only other run it would see all day, with the Wolverines still maintaining an 8-3 lead. While Michigan committed just this one error in the game, the Golden Flashes struggled defensively, with five errors. After a rocky first frame, Blanco posted a solid complete-game win, demonstrating composure as she struck out 10 batters while walking only one. Though the Wolverines’ offensive production in the latter slate did not match the 11 runs in the first, Hutchins attributed this in part to Kent State right-hander Ronnie Ladines’ prowess in the circle. Ladines, who pitched the first game of the series as well, only allowed Michigan two hits
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‘M’ takes doubleheader ROBERT HEFTER Daily Sports Writer
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Junior infielder Aidan Falk gave Michigan’s offense a boost on Sunday.
Saturday and six Sunday. “(Ladines) is outstanding, she’s good,” Hutchins said. “So we had to come up with a game plan to try to take away her best pitch.” Ladines’ Sunday appearance started off as more of the same, giving Betsa a run for her money. The game was a pitcher’s duel from the onset, with Betsa and Ladines both posting 1-2-3 frames in the first inning. It wasn’t until the bottom of the second that either team recorded a hit, as Blanco broke the ice with a base hit, her only of the day. Heading into the bottom of the fourth, Michigan was yet to put a run on the scoreboard, and Hutchins was not pleased. She held a team huddle that proved effective as the Wolverine offense finally put the pieces together, earning all three runs of the game in a single inning.
“We decided on a game plan (in the huddle) and they executed it,” Hutchins said. “Faith started it all off with that fantastic rope, and hitting is contagious. That gave us some confidence. Kelly had a great at-bat, swung well, and I think that confidence started to grow.” With Canfield at second and Christner at first, Falk slammed a hard ball down the left-field line, earning a two run double, finally putting numbers on the scoreboard. Minutes later, senior shortstop Abby Ramirez drove in Michigan’s final run on a gap double, widening the lead to 3-0. The home opening series was a big break through for the Wolverines, from seeing no losses, to consistency in the circle, to production at the plate. In Hutchins’ eyes, Michigan was successful in all areas because they kept it simple.
Drew Lugbauer stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning looking at gamewinning runs on second and third base with two outs. The junior had gone 0-for-4 so far, but with the game on the line, Lugbauer had a chance to save his day. With a full count, he did just that, launching the ball over the right-field wall for a walk-off three-run home run. The No. 21 Michigan baseball team (15-4) took on the Northern Illinois Huskies in a doubleheader Sunday, capping off a four-game bout this weekend that resulted in a 3-1 record in favor of the Wolverines. Michigan entered the doubleheader Sunday coming off an 8-5 loss in which a late spur in offense was not enough. However, the team clearly did not dwell on its performance, as the Wolverines won both games against the Huskies, 7-4 and 8-3, respectively. “I liked the starting pitching, I liked the defense,” said Michigan coach Erik Bakich. “We did enough offensively and got some big hits.” Junior right-hander Michael Hendrickson took the mound for Michigan, and after a scoreless first inning, the Wolverines struck first as senior centerfielder Johnny Slater powered through an RBI triple to the right-field gap. He would ultimately make it home on a sacrifice fly from junior first baseman Jake Bivens. Slater would repeat exactly what he did in the third inning with a two-run triple, increasing the Michigan lead to four. “We were just sticking with it, and knowing that we were going to come through at some point,” Slater said. “I think everybody goes up there knowing that they are going to have a quality at-bat.” Northern Illinois did not
simply keel over, though, as a four-run fifth inning categorized by two walks, a ground-rule double over the left field line and a two-run RBI single forced its way back into competition. After the four total runs from Michigan in the second and third innings, it would not score again until the bottom of the ninth, when Lugbauer launched his walk-off home run. Its late game surge propelled them to a 7-4 victory over the Huskies. “We probably had more quality at-bats than we’ve had in a long time,” Bakich said. “ … I don’t know how many times we’ve lined out, but that was as good contact as we’ve made all season.” The Wolverines’ mid-game hitting woes clearly sorted themselves out in the second game of the doubleheader as they had just three scoreless innings. Junior right-hander Alec Rennard was slated for the matchup, and went six innings forfeiting just four hits. Michigan scored two runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings, respectively, highlighted by Lugbauer’s solo home run in the bottom of the third inning. Freshman right fielder Dominic Clementi had a breakout performance this weekend as he was a late addition to the lineup, going 3-for-3 with an RBI. Senior catcher Harrison Wenson also played his role to near-perfection, going 1-for-3 with three RBIs. “We were doing it in a variety of ways, a couple home runs, a couple stolen bases, bunts, moving runners,” Bakich said. “ … We scored in multiple frames.” The versatility shown from players like Lugbauer – who switched from catcher to first base in the second game — and the numerous relief pitchers that saw live innings is a signal that the Wolverines have significant depth that could carry them far into the season.
Michigan finishes 11th ‘M’ shows bright future at national meet
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Wolverines score 159 points at NCAA Championships to cap 2017 season ANNA HARITOS Daily Sports Writer
In Indianapolis this weekend, the Michigan women’s swimming and diving team did something it has yet to do this millennium. The Wolverines scored their most points at the NCAA national meet since 1999, finishing 11th with 159 points. The four-day meet kicked off with a historical performance by Michigan’s 800-yard freestyle relay, which finished third, with a time of 6:53.63. The team, comprised of sophomores Siobhan Haughey, Rose Bi, and juniors G Ryan and Gabby DeLoof, became the first Michigan relay to earn NCAA AllAmerican honors in any of the five relays in the last 10 years. Michigan coach Mike Bottom noted how strongly his team responded to the intensity of the meet. “We are showing an understanding of how to get better through a difficult process,” Bottom said. “That’s what life is all about.” A grand total of 12 Michigan school records fell at the national meet as well. Of the 13 student athletes sent to the national meet, eight individuals and three relays earned All-American honors. One of those All-Americans was junior Clara Smiddy. Smiddy placed in the 200-yard backstroke for the second year in a row, and further bested her school record to 1:50.71. After a scratch by Tennessee’s Maddy Banic in the 100-yard butterfly on Friday, Michigan freshman Vanessa Krause, the first alternate, capitalized on the last-minute opportunity to score for Michigan. Smiddy recalled the support received by Krause.
“There’s always this sense of unity,” Smiddy said. “We had a sudden change where Krause had to swim a 100-yard butterfly with only a 300-yard warm up. That is really difficult to do, and she did a really good job by scoring. We were all behind her, cheering her on, there was a really strong sense of the team.” Freshman diver Kristen Hayden and senior diver Allie Murphy each contributed points to Michigan’s 11th place finish by scoring in the platform and three-meter, respectfully. Their accomplishments mark the first time since 1994 that two divers have scored at the national meet. Coach Bottom commented on the performance of the three divers that scored points for Michigan. “We are really united,” Bottom said. “We are really excited that divers scored. It’s exciting to see them practicing and stepping up and scoring.” Reflecting upon the weekend’s highs and lows, Bottom said he wanted to recover from the intensity of the week and look towards the future. “It was an exhausting four days,” Bottom said. “It was exhausting, but we are still standing.” And standing they are. The Wolverines will be back in the pool on Monday, and, next week, the men’s team heads to Indianapolis for its national meet. Looking towards the future, Bottom discussed how he felt building unity was important when gearing up for the future. “We are going to continue to build this team,” Bottom said. “We are going to keep pushing to do better both in and out of the water, caring for each other and fighting for Michigan.”
“It was exhausting, but we are still standing.”
Wolverines finish 10th at NCAA Championships behind standout freshmen ALEX SAYLOR For the Daily
The Michigan wrestling team has been battered by injuries all year long. But even right before the season came to a close, bad luck came their way again. Redshirt sophomore Zac Hall and — especially heartbreaking — senior captain Brian Murphy would be unable to compete. The Wolverines would only be able to send a small squad of five wrestlers to the tournament. But fortunately for Michigan, three freshmen would go on to have truly standout performances. Logan Massa took third overall, and Myles Amine and Stevan Micic both took fourth in their respective weight classes. All three earned AllAmerican honors. Perhaps the biggest moment of the tournament came when the three freshmen reached the consolation semifinals. For each wrestler, a win meant competing for third place, while a loss meant competing for fifth. Micic was up first, and he handily beat No. 3 Kaid Brock from Oklahoma State, 10-4. Massa also picked up a 10-4 win, over the Cowboys’ Chandler Rogers. Amine had a standout match, pinning Cornell’s second-seed Brian Realbuto, which provided huge bonus points for the team. The Wolverines went 3-for-3. All of them were headed to the consolation finals. Amine and Micic both failed to overcome their opponents in the finals, placing fourth after falling to top-seeded wrestlers. Micic faced Ohio State’s Nathan Tomasello — a returning national champ — and Amine faced Arizona State’s Zahid Valencia. Massa, however, dominated his way to a third-place finish over Wisconsin’s No. 5 Isaac Jordan. Jordan is a two-time Big Ten champion, NCAA finalist and a senior. Massa, a freshman, still beat him
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Redshirt freshman Logan Massa led Michigan by taking third in the 165-pound division at the NCAA Championships.
handily. It just goes to show Massa’s competitive nature — that he still wasn’t pleased by such a solid finish. “The goal was to win a national title,” Massa said. “How I can get my hands on the guy that beat me, the guys that are in the finals, where can I see them next, that’s what I’m thinking about right now.” Massa suffered a heartbreaking loss to Penn State’s Vicenzo Joseph in the semifinals, as he could not finish the go-ahead takedown. Regardless, his achievements and those of Micic and Amine are impressive. “What they did this weekend was pretty incredible. They
competed at a very very elite level, with the best kids in the country,” said Michigan coach Joe McFarland. “And to do it as freshmen is amazing.” On their efforts, the Wolverines finished the tournament 10th overall. To have such a successful finish clearly meant a great deal to a team that endured so much bad luck throughout the season. “With the ups and downs of this season, to be able to come to this tournament with a group of five and compete the way they did is such a great feat,” McFarland said. “The whole coaching staff is so proud of these guys, and not just of the
“What they did this weekend was pretty incredible.”
three All-Americans, but all of these guys.” After a strong finish, it is hard not to eagerly await the next year of Michigan wrestling. These three talented freshmen will return, as well as a talented pool who redshirted this season. This includes one of the best heavyweights in the country: the talented two-time All-American senior Adam Coon. Senior Domenic Abounader, a Big Ten champion and All American, will also be returning. Finally, AllAmerican junior Alec Pantaleo, who finished sixth last season, will join the lineup. “We’re excited about the team we have coming back,” McFarland said. “We could be in the hunt next year at the NCAA championship in Cleveland.” And with three freshmen returning with previous NCAA success, they definitely could be.
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Michigan’s big men take over in win MINH DOAN
Daily Sports Editor
INDIANAPOLIS — Seventeen agonizingly long seconds stood between the Michigan men’s basketball team and victory as DJ Wilson stepped to the line for two crucial free throws. A miss by the redshirt sophomore forward on the front end of the one-and-one would have given the Cardinals ample time to tie the game — or even win it. But Wilson was ready for the moment, sinking both shots to keep Michigan up by four. Louisville, though, wasn’t ready to give up, as guard Donovan Mitchell — who led the Cardinals with 19 points — sliced his way down the court to close the gap to two. On the ensuing inbounds, again, the Wolverines got the ball to Wilson, and he was quickly fouled. Just eight seconds had elapsed between his last trip to the charity stripe, and the result was the same. Wilson sank both free throws, finally icing the game as Michigan moved on to the NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen with a 73-69 win over Louisville at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. In most situations this season, it has been the guards who have received that inbounds pass. Whether it is senior guard Derrick Walton, senior wing Zak Irvin or junior guard Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rakhman, the Wolverines’ guards have been the ones to go to the line to ice the game. But on this night, it was Wilson who came up clutch. “I saw a gap in their press late in the second half,” Wilson said. “(Irvin), luckily inbounded me the ball, and I knocked (the free throws) down.” That was the theme of the game. The Cardinals defensive game plan going into the contest was to not switch on Michigan’s screens in order to stay out on the
shooters. But with the length of Louisville’s big men, the Cardinals ended up switching anyway, effectively neutralizing Walton and company in the process. Louisville coach Rick Pitino regularly rotates centers Mangok Mathiang and Anas Mahmoud and forwards Jaylen Johnson and Ray Spalding, and the four players were great at defending Michigan’s guards. When Louisville switched on ball screens, its big men made it tough for the Wolverines’ guards to operate. They also crashed the offensive glass all game long, making life difficult for Michigan, nearly shifting the balance of the game in the process. “They’re long and they’re quick,” said junior wing Duncan Robinson. “They move well for guys their size, and they have such great length. It’s easier for them than other bigs.” But at halftime, Michigan coach John Beilein told his big men to slip off the ball screen, and that was the key to the Wolverines’ success in the second half. It gave the Wolverines’ big men a chance to feast, and they took full advantage, winding down Louisville’s eight-point halftime lead to win. Wilson finished with 17 points on 6-of-13 shooting, but he wasn’t even the star of the show for Michigan. Sophomore forward Moritz Wagner, who had scored a combined 11 points in his last two games, exploited Louisville off the pick-and-roll on his way to a game-high 26 points on 11-of-14 shooting. “We’ve been working a lot on switching defenses,” Wagner said. “DJ and I have the confidence to do our thing. (Louisville) stayed with the shooters and gave us a lot of room, and we were able to finish plays.” Added Wilson: “We could catch them in the middle of a screen and hit Moe or myself on
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Redshirt sophomore forward DJ Wilson helped Michigan’s frontcourt dominate the second half to lift the Wolverines.
a roll to the basket. Moe benefited from that a lot in the second half. I think he had three or four baskets from that.” It wasn’t just Wilson and Wagner who had success — Michigan’s third big man, redshirt junior Mark Donnal, also had some success off the bench. Donnal hit a crucial three early in the game to keep Louisville at bay, while also providing cover for Wagner when he was in foul trouble. “It’s great having a ‘5’ like that coming off the bench that can stretch the defense,” Wilson said.
“He got a block, a couple rebounds and kept them off the glass. And then he hit that big time three. Mark is just as good of a shooter as anybody on the team.” The ironic thing about Sunday’s game was that many viewed Louisville’s frontcourt as its biggest advantage over Michigan going into the game. The Wolverines, though, made sure that wasn’t the case. In the bigger picture, the Wolverines’ seventh straight win came in a much different fashion than their last six. Last weekend in the Big Ten
Tournament, it was Michigan’s defense and guard play that led it to victory. Friday, it was the Wolverines’ 3-point shooting that led them to a victory over Oklahoma State. Against Louisville, it was all big men. “Next man up” — it’s a sentiment that the team has preached all year long. And Sunday, on the biggest stage thus far, they proved exactly why. “We don’t see ourselves as a shooting team,” Wagner said. “We know we can shoot, but that’s not the only thing we can do.”
Thome reaches 1,000 points, lifts Michigan MAGGIE KOLCON Daily Sports Writer
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Senior Nicole Artz won the all-around title at the Big Ten Championships at Rutgers on Saturday.
‘M’ wins Big Ten title SARAH HURST
Daily Sports Writer
It was a big week for the Michigan women’s gymnastics team. Not only did five gymnasts make the All-Big Ten first team but it also clinched its fourth Big Ten Championship in a row. Honorees for first team included seniors Nicole Artz and Talia Chiarelli, junior Paige Zaziski and sophomores Olivia Karas and Emma McLean. Junior Lauren Marinez was honored on the second team. The Wolverines traveled to Piscataway to compete against five other teams at the Rutgers Athletic Center and they dominated the meet, winning four individual events. Artz won the all-around, McLean won vault, Chiarelli won balance beam and Karas won the floor exercise. “I thought we did really well on beam, and that just opened it up for us to have fun and be aggressive and just really enjoy floor and vault,” Michigan coach Bev Plocki said. “Emma was just the exclamation point at the end of a great meet.”
‘M’ moves on in WNIT ETHAN WOLFE
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McLean finished off the meet with a beautifully executed vault and stuck the landing, earning a score of 9.975 to tie her career high and secure the individual title. “I knew I was going to be the last competitor from Michigan pretty much and everyone else had hit their vaults. So I just did what I do and it worked out,” McLean said. As the season winds down, the Wolverines are starting to compete in more meets with multiple opponents, which is different from their regularseason dual meets . And with the extra competition, the gymnasts attribute their success to the energy created in the arena which gave them the extra edge they need to compete. “The energy in the arena is outrageous,” Artz said. “There’s nothing you can compare to that and then to have the opportunity to compete on podium makes it even that much more fun. “ McLean agrees with her teammate, noting that she hopes the atmosphere will carry through in upcoming meets.
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“We build off the energy the entire meet, and we kept it going the entire time and it was amazing,” McLean said. “Hopefully moving forward, we can keep that energy as well.” The two leaders on the team are the two seniors Artz and Chiarelli. They have dedicated four years to the team and have four Big Ten Championship rings to show for it. The two captains have also collected a plethora of individual accolades over the years. This season they both won individual titles at the Big Ten Championships and Atrz was named Big Ten Gymnast of the Year. Both Artz and Plocki have described the season ending as bittersweet, saying they are looking forward to the future but will miss the team a lot. “These two seniors have been so incredibly strong and consistent all four years, and it’s bittersweet because you look to see where they are now and what they’re going to be going off to do,” Plocki said. “It’s really going to be sad to lose them at the end of the year.”
The Michigan women’s basketball team narrowly squeaked by Wright State in the second round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament on Saturday. Sophomore Hallie Thome was a major factor in the Wolverines’ 71-66 win. With her 23 points, the 6-foot-5 center surpassed the 1,000point mark, becoming just the third sophomore in school history to do so. “It’s definitely exciting to reach 1,000 points,” Thome said. “But all my shots are worth two points, so there are 500 assists out there that I couldn’t have reached it without.” Right from the start, Thome put her stamp on the game, scoring the first two layups for Michigan and making her first seven shots in a row. She tallied 14 points by halftime and proved to be a difficult mark for the Raiders to guard down low. Her teammates took advantage of her length by lobbing passes inside — some of which looked impossible to catch — which Thome buried. “I thought Hallie was incredible,” said Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico. “She came out of the gates scoring every which way. Just really a tough matchup for them. She has such great hands. She has such great finishing around the rim and she made some big plays for us down the stretch.” Despite Thome’s efforts, the Wolverines let a 20-point lead slip away completely, and it nearly cost them the game. Michigan went down
64-63 with 4:52 left in the fourth quarter — the first time Wright State took the lead all game. But Thome brought the Wolverines out of their deficit. Her signature layup and 61.5 percent field goal percentage allowed her teammates to trust her and get her the ball, even in an intense postseason scenario. “Our game plan didn’t change,” said junior guard Jillian Dunston. “As you can see, Hallie still killed it in the second half.” Thome’s reliability goes beyond just making baskets. She earned seven boards against the Raiders, second only to Dunston’s 11. Dunston leads Michigan in rebounds, with 251, and Thome is right behind her with 238. Each of them has over 100 rebounds more than any other Wolverine. Despite her massive contributions, Thome also has the highest number of fouls, with 93 on the season. Notably, she only picked up one foul against the Raiders, meaning she was not forced to play conservatively. “I tend to get in a little bit of foul trouble,” Thome said after playing Kent State on Thursday night. “(When you get in foul trouble) its definitely a different style of play. You kind of have to change your game to make sure you don’t pick up another one.” Without Thome on the court, Michigan has unexceptional height and less inside presence, and it is forced to rely more heavily on its guards. When she is in the game though, she is always effective. For the Wolverines to win the WNIT, Thome will need to continue avoid foul trouble, and keep on scoring.
“She came out of the gates scoring every which way.”
The revenge tour will continue for the Michigan women’s basketball team. While WRIGHT ST. 66 nothing may MICHIGAN 71 alleviate the sting of getting snubbed from the NCAA Tournament on Monday, the Wolverines (24-9) have survived the first two games of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament, enduring a fourthquarter scare to win their second round game over Wright State (259), 71-66, on Saturday. “In March, anytime you’re playing a tournament — it doesn’t matter what tournament — people are gonna come and give you their best shot. Wright State did that tonight.” said Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico. “But for us to find a way to win at this point in March, I was really proud of the way that were able to do that down the stretch.” The direction of the game seemed to be apparent from the opening tipoff. Michigan had the clear height and strength advantage down low, attacking the paint often for its first 14 points of the match — eight from sophomore center Hallie Thome — before the Wolverines went to the free-throw line. Michigan’s defense followed suit in the first quarter, limiting the Raiders to just a 21.9 shooting percentage from the field to end the frame ahead, 23-12. The second quarter proved to be much of the same — stingy defense and production from Thome, who hit her first seven field goals of the game. Wright State attempted to double Thome, but it ultimately spaced the floor to allow other Wolverines like junior guard Katelynn Flaherty and freshman guard Kysre Gondrezick to drive to the hoop. Neither Flaherty nor Gondrezick established a rhythm from beyond the arc throughout the game, but still managed to combine for 29 of Michigan’s points. The Raiders were able to capture some momentum toward the end of the half by capitalizing on six Wolverine turnovers to narrow their deficit to 10, but that swing quickly came to a close after Gondrezick buried a halfcourt buzzer-beater to give Michigan a 45-32 lead headed into halftime. “We practice that every day at shootaround,” Barnes Arico said. “As coaches we were taking votes on who is our best halfcourt shooter and Kysre was my pick, so I was glad she had the ball in her hands. … She knew the situation and made a play.” Wright State turned up the pace in third quarter, running a full court press and charging toward the basket every time it brought the ball up the floor. The Wolverines struggled to adjust, and their lead dwindled to as little as four points until a Gondrezick trey halted the Raiders’ run. That seven-point lead would hold for the remaining five minutes of the quarter. The final period began as a backand-forth battle, but Wright State eventually mounted an 8-0 run to take its first lead of the game with 4:52 remaining. A number of Michigan’s shots circled the rim during the run and there was visible frustration on the court, but junior forward Jillian Dunston utilized a timeout to rally the Wolverines. “She kept going to the huddle and she was being positive (saying) ‘Coach, we’ve got this,’ ” Barnes Arico said. “She was telling the team ‘Hey, we’ve got this, just get stops on the defensive end. Let’s just go continue to play hard, we’re okay.’ ” Added Dunston: “I think we get uptight. Our layups were in and out, our shots were in and out, we couldn’t get a stop. Once we calmed down, the game went in our favor.” After the timeout, an and-one by Thome gave Michigan a lead that it wouldn’t give it up, as the Raiders scored only once more in the game. They pulled within one in the final minute, but a Thome putback with 40 seconds remaining and a defensive stop solidified the win. The victory sets up a possible third-round match with St. John’s, where Barnes Arico was the head coach for 10 seasons before assuming the same position with the Wolverines in 2012.