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Black Student Union members protest in front of the Union Wednesday evening.
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Schlissel addresses students at the protest.
Students call on Schlissel, ‘U’ administration to respond to racist incidents in dorms, around campus
One man arrested, hundreds of students later postered President’s home with Black Lives Matter and #BBUM signs SOPHIE SHERRY, RIYAH BASHA & MOLLY NORRIS
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Close to 200 University of Michigan students — including members of the Black Student Union and Students4Justice — gathered Wednesday night on the steps of the Michigan Union to protest racially charged incidents on campus in the past week. University President Mark Schlissel, University Police Chief Robert Neumann and other administrators met the group
upstairs in the Rogel Ballroom, where students demanded answers to questions on investigations into racially charged incidents from this week, and in the past year. Schlissel addressed students for 20 minutes before allowing the others to also answer questions. As President Schlissel left the Union meeting early, protesters began to march after him along South University Avenue. White students stood arm in arm along the intersection of South University Avenue and State Street as allies, forming a path for protesters to walk. A man stepped out of car and approached the crowd of protesters.
He yelled profanities, leading to a physical altercation. Protesters expressed outrage the arrestee was not escorted away in handcuffs, and many were originally under the impression the man had not been arrested. Diane Brown, Division of Public Safety and Security spokeswoman, confirmed Wednesday evening a 24-year-old man not affiliated with the University had been arrested. This was the only arrest and incident of the night, Brown said. As of 10:30 p.m., she was unsure whether DPSS had released the man, or who he attacked. Eyewitnesses, however, claimed the man punched multiple students.
Black students said he called them “n------” repeatedly. The crowd then proceeded down South University Avenue to Schlissel’s home, where protesters began posting signs with Black Lives Matter and #BBUM — the viral hashtag “Being Black at the University of Michigan” students used to voice their experiences being a student of color at the University in 2013. Students said a critical mass of racially charged incidents pushed them to protest Wednesday. On Sept. 17, three Black student’s name tags were defaced with racial slurs in West Quad Residence Hall. Schlissel sent out a tweet
denouncing the incident, but a number of Black students said Schlissel needed to take a more public stand. The same day, Ann Arbor community members discovered racial slurs on a building on Liberty and State streets reading “Free Dylann Roof” and “I hate n-----.” Earlier this year, students discovered anti-Latino and proTrump graffiti on the Rock, a University landmark. In February, Engineering students received anti-Black and anti-Semitic emails — later discovered to be spoofed — from a University professor’s account hailing “the return of the KKK” and Nazis. And this
month a year ago, racist flyers propagating white supremacist messages claiming proof for “racial differences in intelligence” littered posting walls around campus. LSA freshman Tyler Washington, one of the protest organizers, said she did not see Schlissel’s tweet until a few days after the incident, and believes an email would have been more appropriate. She went into the meeting expecting action, but restated afterward administrators’ responses remained disappointing, and students would take matters into their own hands. “I literally said the ideas, and See PROTEST, Page 2
Students respond to $50 million gift Ann Arbor Churches considers made to Ross at State of School event to shelter
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The new train station would be situated near the University hospital
The University of Michigan announced a $50 million donation from notable alum Stephen Ross — the current largest donor to the University — to the Ross School of Business Wednesday afternoon at a State of School event. According to a University press release, the contribution will assist with student career development programs, recruiting qualified junior faculty and Business School campus maintenance. The Business School’s dean, Scott DeRue, held the event for Business students, faculty and administration in which he briefly praised the donation and instead spoke about the future of the Business School for the majority of the speech. “Steve Ross, his generosity is unparalleled,” DeRue said. “The majority of that (donation) is for students and faculty and investments in the educational experience.” Business students, though, are worried accepting the donation will send a negative message to their fellow students and the country, as the U.S. Tax Court ruled against Ross in August for “grossly” overestimating the value of a tax-deductible gift to the University. The case between the IRS and Ross pertained to a Southern California property donated by
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A new Amtrak station may be coming to a University hospital near you. The city of Ann Arbor released a draft environmental assessment report on Monday detailing options for the new Amtrak station, which has been mired in more than a decade of delays. The report names Fuller Park, near the University of Michigan Hospital, as the preferred location for a new train station and parking facilities. Jim Kosteva, University director of community relations, predicted that if the Regional Transport Authority’s plan to implement a rigorous Southeastern Michigan commuter rail program succeeds, having a station so close to the hospital would be an immense benefit for the 26,000 employees and 10,000 to 12,000 or more patients and visitors who come to the hospital on a daily basis.
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Ross — a real estate mogul — to the University. Though the University sold the property for $2 million, and later valued it at $5 million, Ross and his business partners claimed a $33 million charitable tax deduction. The IRS took issue with the discrepancy in its own valuing of the property at $3.4 million, almost 10 times what Ross filed the tax deduction as. After 10 years in court, U.S.
Tax Judge James Halpern sided with the IRS and imposed maximum civil penalties on Ross and his associates. James Hines, Richard A. Musgrave Collegiate Professor of Economics in the Law School, said taking cases to Tax Court is less common, but not unheard of. “These tax disputes are very common,” he said. “It’s not that common to go to Tax Court
because people only go to Tax Court if they think they’re right and the government thinks it’s right and most of the time, these cases are resolved through some kind of negotiation without going to Tax Court … there are a lot of complicated situations.”
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Efforts in response to County immigration raids, political climate ISHI MORI
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Churches and synagogues throughout Washtenaw County are teaming up to house undocumented immigrants facing threats of deportation. The project, called the Washtenaw Congregational Sanctuary, was formally announced earlier this month at the Church of the Good Shepherd as a collaboration between the Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice and the Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights. It has not yet received anyone, but is ready to provide shelter immediately for those who need it. Becky Dean, a University alum and social worker, said the idea came in February after she was done tolerating President Donald Trump’s controversial rhetoric against immigrants, something that accelerated as immigration enforcement and raids increased across Washtenaw County. KATELYN MUCALHY/DAILY
Scott DeRue gives the State of School Address in Robertson Auditorium on Wednesday.
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ON THE DAILY: WE’RE SOARING, FLYING Tom Price, the secretary of Health and Human Services, is receiving flak this week for having taken five separate flights on private jets between Sept. 13 and Sept. 15, which, according to Politico, in total likely cost taxpayers more than $60,000. Price, who is also a Michigan native and two-time alum of the University of Michigan, used the flights to attend community health centers in Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, as well as participate in a panel discussion with a CEO in the health care industry at a resort in Maine. The flights have critics accusing Price of being a hypocrite, as he has been developing a plan for eliminating wasteful spending within his department. According to CNN, Charmaine Yoest, assistant secretary of Health and Human Services for Public Affairs, said Price arranged to fly
privately due to time constraints. “Within an incredibly demanding schedule full of 13-plushour days, every effort is being made to maximize Secretary Price’s ability to travel outside Washington to meet with the American people and carry out HHS’s missions,” she said in a statement. “The travel department continues to check every possible source for travel needs including commercial, but commercial travel is not always feasible.” In addition to criticizing wasteful spending, Price himself has explicitly addressed the issue of government officials using private jets. In a 2009 interview on CNBC, Price condemned congressional Democrats for authorizing funding for several private jets. “This is just another example of fiscal irresponsibility run amok in Congress right now,” Price said. -ANDREW HIYAMA
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Diversity of Thought in Drug Product Development
WHAT: Sustainability-minded student groups, University departments and private organizations will be at EarthFest for students’ benefit. There will be a photo booth and free apples and donuts. WHO: Planet Blue WHEN: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: The Diag
WHAT: Dr. Sharon Watling, principle consultant with Boston Biomedical Associates, will speak about the various roles pharmacists can play in the drug development process. WHO: College of Pharmacy WHEN: Noon p.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: C.C. Little Building, Room 1552 (Walgreen Lab)
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Charting the Shipwrecks Lost to the Depths WHAT: This presentation will feature maps of sunken cities, naval battles and buried treasure. WHO: University Library WHEN: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. WHERE: Hatcher Graduate Library, Clark Library, Second Floor
PROTEST From Page 1 (Schlissel) said, ‘All right, so what else do you want to do?’” she said. ”They literally were not acknowledged. How are we the ones that have to deal with all the racial tension on campus, and then on top of that you want me to do my schoolwork, and get good grades?” State Rep. Yousef Rabhi, D-Ann Arbor, attended the protest and sit-in to expression firm opposition to the expressions of hatred and racism at the University and downtown Ann Arbor. “First of all, as an elected official, it’s important that I understand what the concerns of my constituents are,” Rabhi said. “Second of all, I am appalled by the incidents of racist expression that have happened on campus and I think something needs be done about it.” In his speech at the Union, Schlissel explained his intention to work together with Black students on prevention and Sudoku Syndication education. “I’d love to hear your ideas, and
WHAT: U-M professors Kerstin Barndt and Carla Sinopoli will be signing copies of their new book. WHO: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology WHEN: 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. WHERE: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
what you expect of us,” Schlissel said. “I want to learn what you think the administration should be doing beyond what we’ve already done to help make this a better place for you so that you can get what you want out of Michigan. You all belong here, and I want to make sure you get that message.” Many, however, decried a lack of updates from police investigations into racist incidents. University NAACP chapter President Isaiah Land, an LSA senior, questioned the lack of resolutions or perpetrators’ identities. “I had a meeting earlier with Schlissel in the (president’s) house, and he basically told me all of the things that I didn’t want to hear,” Land said. “I asked him how many people have been caught in these investigations when racial incidents pop up, and he told me that there were zero people caught in the last four years. They couldn’t even find the people who were doing this stuff over the internet, and we have a hackathon at the University every year? That’s just ridiculous.” At the meeting, a student called for the arrest of a student
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WHAT: Come to the Michigan League to decorate mugs and enjoy hot chocolate and brownies. First come, first served. WHO: Center for Campus Involvement WHEN: 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Michigan League, Kalamazoo Room
WHAT: This soulful Americana folk duo with an “infectious onstage presence” from Albion, Michigan will perform at the Ark. General admission: $15. WHO: Michigan Union Ticket Office WHEN: 8:00 p.m. WHERE: The Ark, 316 S. Main St.
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Bubble Pop: Experiencing racism in Ann Arbor YOUNG LEE
MiC Columnist
Ann Arbor is a bubblecommunity. A bubble community as in perfect-looking from the outside and the people on the inside keep to themselves. Most people living here seem to be nuclear families with white-collar jobs. When I was younger, I assumed the rest of America was pretty much just like Ann Arbor. On family vacations, my family would avoid any “dangerous” parts of cities, as if to shield me from the realities of the world. Not every place was like Ann Arbor. Detroit was always the place to avoid. (Think: “The Lion King” where Mufasa tells Simba to not go to any place the sun does not touch.) Ann Arbor is also home to the University of Michigan, heralded as a liberal bastion and where some of the state’s most progressive ideas sprout. The place where Democrats come to give their echo chamber speeches and start their campaigns. It doesn’t take long to look up Ann Arbor’s awards on the city’s website, where one can find all the accolades a city can achieve. No. 1 most educated, best city to live in America. The list goes on. For a young, 3-year-old Korean boy, Ann Arbor is also the place I have called home for the past 18 years of my life. Born in Jeonju, South Korea, I moved to Ann Arbor, Mich., when I was 3. My earliest memories include snow, waist deep, fall leaves and the maize block ‘M.’ (Yes, there are plenty of pictures of me as a baby with Michigan clothing on.) I was also pretty much the only Korean
kid. The few Korean friends I had always moved back to Korea or other places across the country with more diversity. You would expect having grown up in a place so well educated and known for its quality of life that I would have had a blessed childhood. On one hand, yes, I am enormously thankful for the opportunities afforded to me by living in this city. Perks including the gorgeous city parks, all the educational opportunities the University puts forth, etc. Many of my classmates’ parents were educated and many worked for the University as doctors and professors. It was harder if anything to find someone who had not completed a postsecondary education. All big pull factors for my parents to choose to live in Ann Arbor. However, there was a flip side to all this perfection. In this seemingly utopian place that I grew up, I still struggled. As a Korean American growing up in a predominantly white neighborhood, I had many moments where I felt like an outsider, when I became cognizant of my race. For starters, I’ve always had all the typical questions asked of me as an Asian American. Think of the questions such as “Where are you from?” As if they really want to know what ethnicity I am. Questions that signaled to me that there was no possible way I could have really been just an American. It was usually never OK that I just said Ann Arbor. One of the first indicators was my name. In elementary school, I took piano lessons with this white teacher who refused to pronounce
my name right. She always called me “Yoong.” No matter how many times my mother would try and correct her, she seemed so confident and sure that she knew my name better than the woman who had given birth to me and chosen that name for me. Moments like these did not stop there, whether it be the moments in Panera when I spell my name out for the cashier, and I get back receipts spelled “Yung.” It is as if the other person was expecting a misspelling because my name obviously meant I was from a foreign country, and my parents did not know English spelling. There were also the many times people would refuse to even attempt to use my first name and settle for my last name Lee. Literally no effort given. In second grade, I was also randomly called one day to go to English as a Second Language. Unsure why I was being called out of my class, I followed a woman into a room with the alphabet plastered all over the walls. I sat there even more confused when I was handed a worksheet with the simple sentence “The dog ran.” This sentence was accompanied by a colorful, tacky graphic straight out of a book for toddlers. As I enunciated all my English words perfectly, I was deemed “acculturated” enough to resume my school year with the rest of my class. I wonder what kind of assumptions those people had about me based on my name and color of my skin. If they even ever cared to check or ask my teacher if I was proficient in English.
My experience: Unsafe in WQ TYRICE GRICE JR. MiC Contributer
Michigan in Color recently sat down to speak with Tyrice Grice Jr. — a resident of the Michigan Community Scholars Program and one of the students who was targeted in the act of vandalism and racism that happened this past Sunday. Through our dialogue with Tyrice, Michigan in Color was able to learn more about his own thoughts, reactions and opinions to the appalling display of hate in West Quadrangle Residence Hall. What were your initial thoughts and reactions to seeing the name tag? “Initially, I was completely surprised by what went down. No one expects to wake up to an attack on their identity — let alone finding one literally posted on their door. While I went through the day feeling fine, as the day wore on, my anger and anxiety began to peak. Eventually, this anger resulted in an impassioned speech to my learning community — Michigan Community Scholars Program — where it was met with positive feedback. This convinced me that the community cared and could empathize with me.” How have you been processing these events? “On top of my heavy workload as an engineer, I have to deal with
this additional heavy emotional weight. Some people may consider the vandalization in West Quad to be a joke, but this is the experience we live every day. Latinx are seen to be a part of drugs, Arabs are seen as terrorist — this is not an attack on Black Americans, this is an attack on people of color and the minority race as a whole.” Do you think this is an isolated incident? “This issue is an ongoing issue. Minorities, not just Africans Americans, face this. For example, downtown Ann Arbor was vandalized yesterday with the saying “Free Dylann Roof” and “Fuck N------.” As an African American from Detroit, I have experienced a lot first hand, but direct racism is new and I shouldn’t have my first experience of direct racism be at this prestigious university.” How do you feel about the way that the situation has been handled on campus? “Although I spoke in front of the 200-plus members of MCSP and LSA Dean Martin, that is not enough. Despite him saying he will do everything in his power to address the issue, more must be done. My dialogue on this issue isn’t enough, other students also must work to build awareness on the issue. They must think about ways that they can help create a solution, and learn how to stand up for
marginalized voices. That begins with not making assumptions about people of color about their own experiences. As a group that represents only 4 percent of the student body, we need white students to also speak up on our behalf. Only when assumptions are dropped and people defend one another can we begin the work of creating a more inclusive and diverse campus.” ------------------------------Michigan in Color would like to thank Tyrice for taking the time to explain his thoughts and response to his run-in with blatant racism on campus. Michigan in Color recognizes the tremendous emotional toll that this event took on Tyrice, the two other students affected, MCSP and the larger Black community on campus. Michigan in Color would also like to stress that when events like these happen, people of color are not — and should not — be expected to respond in an identical fashion as Tyrice. Because we all process events differently, it’s important to remember that one reaction to hate is no more or less valid than any other. As a campus community, all we can do is listen to these reactions and provide a space where we can support, empathize with and understand their experiences.
Feeling like an outsider didn’t stop there. There were also the many times during school lunches where I dumped packed lunches or let them run cold in my lunch box. I would starve or pull out the few “appropriate” snacks for lunch I would have that included packaged crackers and sliced apples. The few foods that wouldn’t garner judging looks and wrinkled noses. How desperately I just wanted a brown paper bag and a PB&J sandwich. Then there were the moments in class where I knew I didn’t belong. In my music class in elementary schools we covered American singers. Our music teacher would always encourage us to go home and ask our parents about the singers we learned in class. As a diligent student, I tried to ask my parents, but they never knew what I was talking about. I would ask them earnestly with eyes begging for some sort of connection, anything. I would have taken it even if they had remembered a different band with a similar sounding name. Instead, my mother would tell me about her favorite Korean singers growing up.
After elementary school, there were no talks about my heritage. The diversity nights stopped. It was only about preparing ourselves for college. In high school, I remember opening a textbook to try to read anything about Korea. As a textbook from a world history course, I safely assumed there would be at least one chapter or even a page about Korea. Something that for the first time would tell me that who I was mattered in my academic studies. I scrambled through the pages before opening to the index, heart beating faster as I flipped to the appropriate page numbers. What I found was but a small sliver of a paragraph about the shoe industry. I am not sure what was the sadder part. The fact that it was only that paragraph or that I was not even shocked or distraught, having been so used to the sharp barrier of my Korean home life and my time in school. During that same “world” history course, we spent two days on the ancient Chinese civilization (at least I had the same skin tone) before spending the entire school year on other history.
I remember learning about the civil rights movement, but I do not remember any conversations on the place of Asian Americans in it. I did not know or ever learn who Grace Lee Boggs and her contribution to the movement were. Never did I learn about who Vincent Chin was, brutally targeted and murdered for taking away supposed jobs from white union auto workers. No one celebrated Asian History Month (It’s in May.) All moments where I learned that my identity was not important or valued enough to be learned. From elementary school through high school and my entire time in the Ann Arbor Public Schools system, I had never been taught by someone who was Asian. The closest I got to an authority figure who looked like me was a lunch supervisor named Mr. Lu in elementary school. Mr. Lu was a pretty chill guy, and I felt as if he also felt a bond with me being one of the few Asian students. In his broken English, he would always try and ask me questions. Though I
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e hear it in our classrooms, friend groups and on social media: Stay woke. It’s a call to progressive action and beliefs. The term, which originates from African American Vernacular English, refers to the sociopolitical awareness to different contemporary and historical issues of social justice. The origin of the term can be traced back to the 2008 song “Master Teacher” by Erykah Badu. It proliferated through the Black Lives Matter movement, becoming part of protest dialogue, slang and art following the killing of Trayvon Martin in 2012. Amanda Hess’s piece on “Earning the ‘Woke Badge’” in The New York Times Magazine is an excellent text for learning the history of performing wokeness. While the term originally referred to awareness of issues on racial justice, staying woke has expanded in contemporary dialogues. Today, “staying woke” has been appropriated to refer to awareness over social justice issues in a broader form. Still, even when used by white allies the term is tied to Blackness. As Hess puts it, “‘woke’ denotes awareness, but it also connotes blackness. It suggests to white allies that if they walk the walk, they get to talk the talk.” There are obvious criticisms to how the term has been appropriated by white allies to refer to a broader set of social justice issues. Still, accepting that this term has been appropriated, how can one tell if someone is walking the walk? How do we know if you are a true ally or simply posing? In other words, what are the different ways to perform wokeness? Today, being woke or not extends far beyond someone’s private political beliefs. It is shown through actions and dialogue. For some, performing wokeness is worn like a badge of honor. For others, the opposite is true, as they find ways to capitalize on critiquing modernday progressive liberals. Not all performances of wokeness are the same. To understand the differences in how wokeness is performed, ask two questions: Where does the performance fall on the wokeness spectrum, and why perform wokeness? The first question is quite simple: Where does an individual fall on the wokeness spectrum? Just how woke are they? It is quite easy to look at performing wokeness as a binary — you are either woke or you aren’t. But doing so compartmentalizes the different degrees to which someone can
display their progressive beliefs. Instead of viewing performing wokeness as a binary, we should view it as a spectrum with being progressive on one end and being traditional or antiquated on the other. There are blatant extremes when it comes to how woke someone can be, and we shouldn’t just assume all progressive actions are the same. Volunteering to register voters in communities affected by voter suppression tactics should be seen as more woke than simply showing up to the polls to vote for far-left candidates. Still, each of these actions can be considered progressive. Viewing wokeness as a spectrum allows one to easily decipher between these differences and then some.
Today, being woke or not extends far beyond someone’s private political beliefs. It is shown through actions and dialogue. Questioning extremism on a spectrum allows us to accurately compare how individuals perform unwokeness as well. Yelling racial and homophobic slurs to people on the street should be seen as viler than buying a chicken sandwich from a restaurant chain that funds anti-LGBT rights organizations. Still, each of these actions can be considered pretty unwoke. The second question: Why are they woke? What are their motivations? Even if two people seem to hold the same degree of wokeness — exhibiting equivalent levels of progressiveness in their beliefs and actions — it does not mean they are going to be doing so for the same reasons. Their performances of wokeness are going to differ based on the motivations of the individual. For people who are progressive, determining motivation simply means asking why being woke matters to them. For the best individuals in the progressive community, the answer is simple: Being aware of sociopolitical issues is important. These people may choose to make disclosing pronouns a part of an icebreaker because they don’t want to
misgender anyone in the room. They follow this norm out of respect to their non-cisgender peers who know all too well the awkwardness of being misgendered in a formal setting. However, not all progressive individuals exhibit this motivation. Many may perform wokeness because of the social or economic capital they receive out of appearing to be woke. They may disclose their pronouns in a group meeting — not because it is the right thing to do, but rather for the social praise they gain from their progressive peers by following such norms. These are the people who say they are “going” to Black Lives Matters protests for the Facebook likes, and they kind of suck. These individuals might also be identified by the way they react to those who aren’t aware of progressive norms. When someone in their group meeting doesn’t know how to disclose pronouns and says, “Ummm ... ugh, the boy ones,” they react by scoffing and rolling their eyes instead of trying to teach what a proper response would be based on their gender identity. Don’t get me wrong, these individuals aren’t completely unethical. It’s better that they are mildly woke rather than not at all. Still, their intentions should be seen as morally dubious and they are certainly not the best examples of the progressive community. They perform wokeness only for their personal gain and plenty of these people exist on university campuses. What about the other side of the woke spectrum? For people who are not woke, determining motivation centers around an individual’s access to social justice dialogues. Looking at such factors allows one to distinguish between those who don’t understand the language and norms of progressiveness and the douchebags. The former doesn’t act woke, but it may not be completely their fault. Perhaps they are elderly immigrants from another country who are inexperienced with American social justice norms. They aren’t completely absolved of their antiprogressiveness. After all, they are still on the unwoke side of the spectrum. However, their beliefs and actions are a bit more understandable. The douchebag’s politics are less forgivable. They have the ability to understand how to be woke, but choose not to be.
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Reclaiming hometown habits
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little too far from Chicago my small-town identity no to be considered a suburb longer applicable, my own and a little too left- self-perception became rather leaning for the stereotype of the skewed when I moved to Ann typical Indiana small Arbor. town, Chesterton is Homesickness is kind of an anomaly. nearly inevitable for Its residents are college freshmen, likewise a unique with cases ranging brand, predisposed to from mild to the tension between debilitating. I can’t urban and rural, speak to the college nature and industry, transition experience Long John Silver’s of city-dwellers, but and the Hilton I can say that being JOSIE Garden Inn. the only person TOLIN As any other from my high school cliche-riddled small-town graduating class who’d chosen narrator would probably claim, to attend the University was anonymity is difficult when a trip particularly intimidating. to Target means seeing at least Encountering total anonymity four classmates and the mother for the first time left me more of a middle school crush. Since disoriented than driven. many of my acquaintanceships First, there was the Health stemmed as far back as the Science Scholars Program second grade, I was never forced stationed in Couzens Hall. Yes, to reflect on my more visceral that’s correct: I had absolutely no tendencies, to really evaluate idea what I wanted to do with my myself as a friend, a student, a life, so I resolved to believe that teammate, a citizen. I would “just” become a doctor. Like many other members of Following this delusional notion the Chesterton community, I’d was the decision to apply to a been placed into a character mold STEM-based learning community by simply existing in the town for for students seeking careers in the an extended period of time. The health care field. September rolled carving of this mold began in around and there I was — overearly childhood and, by the time earnest, slightly clueless and the I reached high school, was pretty proud possessor of a mere three much set in stone. To challenge AP credits from my high school it would take self-awareness, English class. courage, autonomy: things I It was immediately apparent didn’t necessarily possess in my that I was not cut out for HSSP. younger years. I had applied, in part, with the Such a sentiment seems again hope of finding a community a common thread of small-town in a dauntingly vast college narratives. The late-teenage atmosphere. Instead, I was burning desire to leave home, is, met with unusually high on the other hand, a nonspecific levels of social and academic cultural phenomenon of apprehension. To put it simply, I Americans entering emerging just don’t think that surrounding adulthood. Creating an identity myself with comparatively entirely separate from that of a advanced pre-med students was hometown, friends and parents a particular confidence builder is as appealing as it is naive, for a girl who hadn’t taken disregarding the effect that these biology in four years, unable to life factors have on the most define mitosis if she tried. natural of habits and inclinations. I received less-than-satisfactory My case was far from an grades my first semester of college. exception to this phenomenon: In the classes in which I found I couldn’t wait to leave home, to myself deeply struggling, many of break from a lifelong routine in my HSSP peers pulled solid A’s. such a localized space. As seems In an experience not unlike that predictable in hindsight, the of many other freshmen students, college transition was anything my overall confidence was on a but smooth. The comfort of downward spiral. The process of
constructing a college identity was off to a rocky start, to say the least. Without the easy accessibility of my hometown character mold that’d dubbed me a decent student throughout my formative years, I found it difficult to prove my own intelligence to myself. Soon after my arrival to college, I realized that I tend to derive my sense of self from a rather external locus of control, something I’d never before noticed. Tendencies are in some ways innate. Bound to eventually surface, they can take on various forms of expression depending (not exclusively) on a person’s environment, age and social group. Upbringing has much to do with the nature of these habits, as it hugely determines a primary sense of self. Additionally, the facets of my pre-college life from which I so badly wished to stray are now some of my favorite parts of myself. Once skeptical of my mother’s affinity for routine and my father’s frequent overworking, I’ve realized that both tendencies play a very real role in my life, no matter how flexible or relaxed I try to appear. Both have their merits. A love for routine often brings structure and purpose to my life, while over-commitment drives my involvement in a variety of clubs, jobs and academic concentrations. So thanks, Mom and Dad, for the second-nature inclinations. I’ve allowed myself to romanticize my hometown a bit, but I do believe it has affected my character in more ways than I currently understand. I gravitate toward large social groups, my affinity for community, of that easy proximity to people I’d known for so long. Many of my friends from home have remained so dear to me; we communicate frequently and value the growth we see in one another. With maturity, those small-town molds have disappeared, and a new level of respect and understanding for separate life experiences has taken their place. Josie Tolin can be reached at jostolin@umich.edu.
TOM AIELLO | COLUMN
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The ‘we’ generation
ou’re huddled around a and apathy simply don’t hold table grabbing lunch with up in light of humanity’s youthfriends you haven’t seen in bashing history. a week, and it seems as if there’s an Headlines have made much impossible amount of commotion about conversation to catch studies from the up on. It’s been a tough National Institute week; you want your of Health and San friends’ support. Just Diego State University as you start to speak, about rising levels of a friend interrupts, narcissism among the telling everyone to millennial generation. check out their latest However, these studies photo on Instagram. fall flat due to flawed And just like that, the methodology and ample TOM conversation is dead counter-evidence. As AIELLO as everyone whips out psychology professor their phones. Jeffrey Arnett described in The above scenario seems The Atlantic, the Narcissistic natural, just another example of Personality Inventory asks millennial self-absorption. The simplistic questions such as “am I supposed millennial tendency assertive?” which fail to accurately toward anti-social narcissism gauge the presence of narcissism. has been so well-documented — Other studies have shown that by everyone from baby boomer today’s youth behaves in much columnists to celebrities — that the same way as older generations American culture takes the did in their adolescence, and selfstereotype for granted. Yet the obsession is more related to the myth of the apathetic, narcissistic state of youth itself rather than millennial is just that: a myth. generational differences. In other When baby boomers and words, millennials aren’t uniquely Gen Xers depict millennials self-centered. They’re just young. as lazy narcissists, they are In addition, millennials’ following a timeless tradition of unprecedented acceptance of criticizing the supposed moral diverse and marginalized social and intellectual decline of the groups runs contrary to the next generation. The ancient narrative of self-absorption. Greek philosopher Socrates A comprehensive Pew survey worried the rise of writing would indicating increasing acceptance spoil the younger generation’s of interracial marriage and minds by eliminating the need affirmative action suggest rising for memorization. Even the baby racial tolerance among young boomers were once the targets Americans. In addition, a vast of the very same criticisms they majority of young people support level against the millennials. One same-sex marriage and reject needs to only glance at newspaper xenophobia. Millennial politics articles and magazine covers paint a picture of empathy and of the ’60s and ’70s to see that community, not self-absorption. the elders of the time regarded In greater numbers than any boomers as lazy, self-indulgent previous generation, they reject and politically apathetic. New the ultimate forms of collective York Magazine epitomized this narcissism known as white trend when it declared the 1970s supremacy and the patriarchy. the “Me Decade” in response Narratives of millennial laziness to “a new religious wave” of also seem to run contrary to narcissistic self-improvement. evidence. A video of author Simon Claims of millennials’ narcissism Sinek diagnosing the millennial
plague of laziness recently went viral, reaching almost 7.5 million views on YouTube. Sinek claims a combination of participation trophies, helicopter parenting and social media have created a generation of unfocused slackers. Yet again, the evidence paints a completely different picture. A recent survey by Project: Time Off found millennials far less likely to use vacation time and more likely to show dedication to their job than baby boomers or Gen Xers. Out of all U.S. workers who could be considered “martyrs” for their job, 43 percent are millennials. Furthermore, a survey detailed in the Harvard Business Review shows millennials value meaningful, socially useful work just as much as every other generation. The evidence proves millennials are not lazy. In fact, coming of age in the secondlargest economic crisis in U.S. history and its ensuing job insecurity seems to have forged a generation of young workaholics. Finally, reports of political apathy among millennials prove to be misleading. A Pew poll from early 2016 found millennials to be the least likely generation to vote. At face value, this report seems to be damning. However, a separate Pew report found millennials volunteer for nonprofits and advocacy groups at a higher rate than other generations. Perhaps living through a recession, two failed wars and extreme partisan divides have embittered the generation against institutional political authority and pushed millennials to take action into their own hands. It’s also possible low voter turnout corresponds to age rather than generation.
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ALBUM REVIEW
Tuesday, September 12, 2017 — 5
FILM REVIEW
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Foo Fighters find a new ‘Strong Island’ a striking creative voice on ‘Gold’ narrative of loss, sorrow more heated than the second half. “Run” is a good example Daily Arts Writer of this; it’s full of galloping drums and guitar parts and Nine studio albums into screaming vocals, all of which its tenure as a band, Foo are a big part of what makes Fighters don’t have anything the Foo Fighters so much fun, to prove. On Concrete and but it also goes through a lot Gold, though, the band puts in of sudden shifts in both tempo a valiant effort to and mood. prove something The album Concrete and anyway. reaches a Gold The initial definite peak track, “T-Shirt,” in “The Sky is a Foo Fighters opens with a Neighborhood,” RCA gentle sequence released in of acoustically August as backed poetry that quickly the album’s second single. segues into an explosive, Enthrallingly creative, the ethereal choral arrangement. song maps a fantastical The song rips through a few journey through a nightmarish snappy guitar riffs before imagination full of worry and reverting back to a feeling of angst. The beat of the chorus calm at the end. All within the alone is catchy enough, and span of less than a minute and combined with the high-stakes a half. drive of the melody and the The variety here sets the inviting phrase “the sky is a tone for the rest of the album: neighborhood” itself, it’s an allit careens between calm around complete and exciting acoustics and raging rock, single. It also showcases Dave often within a single song. Grohl’s indomitable energy Everything seems to have a and spirit, a common thread place to fit. There are insistent throughout the album due as concert-rock performances like much to his powerful vocals as “La Dee Da” and the endlessly to his skill as a songwriter. fun “Make It Right,” but also Concrete and Gold is notable softer moments like “Happy because almost every song Ever After (Zero Hour).” Yet brings something somewhat even the harder songs have new to the table. “Dirty Water” their quiet moments, and even is haunted and foreboding, the calmer songs still have that with lyrics like “You’re my trademark Foo Fighters edge. sea of poison f lowers” and The variety here is appealing, a seething atmosphere that evokes seventies rock. On the other hand, “Happy Ever After (Zero Hour)” is all dreamy acoustics, embodying a softer, disillusioned side of the album that is only seen in brief snatches in some of the other songs. These varying temperaments are brought together skillfully by producer Greg Kurstin. Prior to this album, Kurstin worked primarily with pop music, but it may take an extra listen but his work on Concrete or two to fully understand and Gold paid off, bringing the draw. The switches at defined character and a sense times can feel a little jarring of purposefulness. — particularly on the front What’s more, Kurstin half of the album, which is isn’t the only distinguished LAURA DZUBAY
The variety here sets the tone for the rest of the album
presence brought in for the album. Foo Fighters pulled out all the stops where famous appearances were concerned, featuring Justin Timberlake on backup vocals for “Make It Right” and Paul McCartney on drums for “Sunday Rain.” Of course, if you’re going to bring in Paul McCartney for anything, it has to feel earned, and this does — the entire album is classic-rock-inspired, “Sunday Rain” arguably more so than any other song. By the time it comes up, McCartney’s appearance feels both fitting and deserved. On first listen, Concrete and Gold does suffer a bit from its frequent shifts between highs and lows. It accomplishes these
On first listen, Concrete and Gold does suffer a bit from its frequent shifts between highs and lows
feelings most masterfully in “The Sky is a Neighborhood” and “Happy Ever After (Zero Hour),” respectively, and the sounds that are packed in around these form an overall riotous and intelligent album. More than anything else, this is an album made with the clear effort to do something new and interesting, from the appearances of McCartney and Timberlake to the decision to try out a collaboration with Kurstin. It’s proof that not only do Grohl and the band have the energy to carry an album; they also have the genuine drive to keep things interesting and spirit to make that album good.
the camera. The old polaroids and sepia-tinted photos add Daily Arts Writer a level of intimacy to the true crime documentary. While the film does address “Strong Island” is like a issues in the legal system poetic tribute to the director facing people of color and Yance Ford’s (“The Ballad the horrif ying results of of Esequiel Hernández”) William’s case, the film also departed brother William. He documents a family — one simultaneously manages to forever changed by a bullet. share the injustices William Ford coming to terms with faced — even his own g rief after his death serves as the “Strong — as a man of crux of the film. color in the legal He struggles Island” system, while throughout the Netflix also capturing documentary the emotional searching turmoil he and desperately for his family faced as a result answers that are not there of the murder of their dear and hoping for one last chance brother. to tell his brother to turn What started as an innocent around. At the film’s start fender-bender quickly the b-roll that fills the screen escalates to the eventual is all blue skies and children murder of William Ford Jr., playing, but as the film turns the mistreatment of his trial dark with the murder of by an entirely white jury and William, the b-roll begins to wither into deep g rays and dying branches. It’s an obvious yet skillful choice on Ford’s part, creating a deep sense of contrast between a world with William and a world without him. Barbara Ford, the mother of the director and William, is interviewed exclusively in the kitchen. The setting, like the tea kettle on the stove behind her and the towel hanging from the oven handle, creates a sense of home in a film dense with dark topics. Ford acts as narrator, investigator, brother and director. He speaks to the camera as if it is a friend and he is desperately seeking a murderer walking free. Ford advice. In addition to the navigates his family’s past director’s personal accounts, from g rowing up in the Jim the film also includes Crow south to moving to the interviews with William’s seg regated black suburbs of friends and a scattering Long Island with dig nit y and of his own personal diary diligence. Ford’s narration is entries and poems. While soothing, almost jazz-like, as the film accomplishes many he adds anecdotes about his impressive feats of balancing childhood while skillfully the narrative with the placing photog raphs from factual, the balance nearly family photo albums before becomes both awkward and BECKY PORTMAN
He struggles throughout the documentary searching desperately for answers that are not there
confusing. Overall, the film is wellexecuted and timely. Even though William Ford Jr. was murdered 25 long years ago, his story is still remarkably relevant today. A young black man is killed in cold blood and the murderer walks free, a story far too familiar and far too frequent. Ford’s documentary is personal and political, current and
What started as an innocent fender-bender quickly escalates to the eventual murder of William Ford Jr., the mistreatment of his trial by an entirely white jury and a murderer walking free
nostalgic, conversational and visual. As a documentary, it serves its purpose, and it makes a statement about g rieving families coping with a loss that remains unacknowledged.
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TV COLUMN
SHOWTIME
How the ‘Peaks’ reboot changed the game FENTY
Fenty’s new ready-to-wear looks far from subtle CHRISTIAN KENNEDY Online Arts Editor
Rihanna is a Queen of innovation. Not by any means am I dissing old-school Rihanna, but in the last three or so years, she has moved from being one of music’s biggest pop stars to mogul status. She’s not a businesswoman;
Rihanna is a Queen of innovation she’s a business, woman! Remember when she killed the Grammy performance with Kanye and Paul MCcartney? And when she dropped ANTI in a mess that seems oddly fitting in retrospect? The same album that won Best Urban Contemporary at this year’s Grammy Awards. Well, now she released a makeup line for people of all skin tones, and revealed her fourth collection
for Puma at New York Fashion Week. Whether it comes in the form of leaving a restaurant with a wine glass or covering Tame Impala, Rih’s always throwing the punches and Fenty’s Spring 2018 ReadyTo-Wear collection is no exception. As to be expected, the majority of Fenty x Puma’s allure isn’t its subtleties. The soft pink and green of last Spring’s collection have been replaced with iridescent blues, greens and pinks which are leveled out with a heavy dose of orange in the gut of the show. In line with previous collections, pieces alternate between excess ( brooding trench coats and sweats) and skimpy ( body suits and, for the first time, swimwear). I’ve stated before, an entire outfit of Fenty is a LOOK, but its diversity of color and style offers endless options when assimilated into a proper wardrobe (read: statement pieces galore). However, some statements just seem wrong here. Those worker boots? Abhorrent. But
then again she could dress Ducky Thot, Slick Woods and Joan Smalls in literal garbage bags and I would still call it fierce ( because it would be).
Whether it comes in the form of leaving a restaurant with a wine glass or covering Tame Impala, Rih’s always throwing the punches
Comparably, it’s her weakest collection yet but DEAR GOD do I need that translucent hoodie.
RELEASE DATE– Thursday, September 21, 2017
Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
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Even the most die-hard of “Twin Peaks” fans could never have imagined that a “Twin Peaks” revival would look anything like this. The new season of the beloved series at times barely resembled the show that many love and remember from the early 90s. While every other modern revival of an old classic (“Ghostbusters,” “Star Wars,” “Rocky,” “Fuller House,” etc.) seems to treat the original like the holy gospel, “Twin Peaks: The Return” flies in the face of everything that people thought they loved about the original series. Dale Cooper? He’s barely in this — at least not in the way you remember him. Audrey Horne? Time has not been kind to her. Nor has it been to basically anyone else. If there’s one thing “The Return” is commenting on, it’s the very nature of TV returns, and how things can never truly return to exactly the way you remember them. While everyone else in the entertainment world has been trying desperately to recreate the glory days, David Lynch has used the “Twin Peaks” name to con Showtime into giving him 18 hours to make what is quite possibly the strangest program to ever air on primetime TV. It is, in every sense of the word, esoteric. It barely follows its own internal rules, much less the rules that we usually expect to govern narratives involving characters and actions. At times hilarious and at times demented, it is, more than anything else, unexpected. For that, we must be eternally grateful. In the age of the neverending story, Lynch is at long last bringing about an end to a story that he never got to end on his own terms. It’s well-known that Lynch and Mark Frost were forced to reveal Laura Palmer’s killer earlier than they intended to and that they were advised to create as much
of a cliffhanger as possible at the end of the second season to incentivize the network to renew the show. That didn’t work. “Twin Peaks” was cancelled and since then has remained one of the biggest unresolved cliffhangers in television history. The prequel film follow-up, “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me,” only added more questions. So, rather than being a cash-grab revival designed to stir up feelings of nostalgia for the original and nothing more, “Twin Peaks: The Return” is one of the few
IAN HARRIS revivals of the past few years that has felt necessary. It seems clear that “The Return” isn’t just a retread of old ideas, but an actual conclusion that is forcing audiences to re-evaluate everything they thought they knew about the “Twin Peaks” world. Of course, this season also ended in an infuriating cliffhanger, but before that happened, the main Bob/Cooper plotline was wrapped up and many of the characters were given a sense of closure. Your mileage on the final episode may vary but “Twin Peaks” was never going to end on a note of definite closure. This is still David Lynch, after all. We need more revivals like this one. We need more artists who are willing to use brand recognition not just to make money, but also to promote new and exciting ideas and stories. “Twin Peaks: The Return” is nothing like the original “Twin Peaks” series, and it is all the better for it. There’s no point in bringing something
back only to do the exact same thing. If more creators follow in Lynch’s footsteps, we could see the beginnings of an entire era of avant-garde renditions of classic IP hitting the airwaves. Sadly, “The Return” has received only average ratings for Showtime, and although it’s unclear whether or not the show can be considered a success, when you factor in online subscriptions, it’s certainly not the runaway hit that the original series was by any means. What this means for future projects like this is hard to say, but it’s certainly possible that other networks and companies will take the wrong lessons from the “Twin Peaks” revival: that giving millions of dollars to auteur filmmakers is a mistake, no matter what the brand is they are attempting to retool. In any case, what Lynch has done with “Twin Peaks” is something that should rightfully be admired. While “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Rocky” and many other franchises resort to what has come to be known as the “soft reboot” (essentially a way to remake an old film while still keeping the original continuity), Lynch has gone out of the box to create something that stands completely on its own and is wholly unique compared to what has come before it, to the point that it’s debatable whether or not “Twin Peaks” and “Twin Peaks: The Return” can even be directly compared. Where other reboots leave you wondering if you stepped into a time portal, asking yourself, “What year is it?” with “Twin Peaks: The Return,” David Lynch re-affirms himself as one of the great auteur filmmakers and reminds audiences that “Twin Peaks” is one of the most original and thought-provoking television series of all time.
SINGLE REVIEW Gone is the era of EDM dominating the American mainstream — a period in which seemingly any Swedish club DJ could simply catch a flight from Ibiza, size up his sound (from deep house to progressive) and instantly become a Hot 100 sensation. This year — largely thanks to streaming services — the most commercially successful tracks have come from rappers like Kendrick Lamar and Drake, or singsongy crooners such as Shawn Mendes and Ed Sheeran. Finally, the Molly-fueled teens of the early-2000s seem to have developed a desire for instruments in their music, a fact that’s reflected in megastar Calvin Harris’s recent switch from big room house (“Summer”) to rhythmic funk (“Slide”). This doesn’t mean the market for catchy synths is gone entirely though. In fact, for anyone who’s recently spent a Football Saturday on Hill Street, it may even be difficult to believe that EDM’s clout is shrinking. Of course, dance music is still — and probably will forever be — the preferred sound of drunken college tailgaters, and at the forefront of these students’ admiration for the arts is their ongoing appreciation for Galantis.
Ah, yes, Galantis — the DJ-duo that burst on to the scene in 2015 via the overnight success of their breakout single, “Runaway (U & I).” Despite spending the past eighteen-months overshadowed by The Chainsmokers, this bubblegum pop team has officially re-emerged with their sophomore offering, The Aviary. Simply put,
“Tell Me You Love Me” Galantis Big Beat Records
the LP is a forty-minute attempt to reclaim their spot on the playlist at Skeeps, but it’s not all bad: “Tell Me You Love Me,” an instantly catchy collaboration with frequent EDM-vocalist Throttle, is one of the best dance pop songs in recent memory. “Tell Me You Love Me” opens with deep keys and a suspenseful entrance by its singer. Apparently, Throttle has been “up all week,” struggling to decipher indirect signals from a potential romantic interest. This is no heartbreak tale though — it’s a celebration of
all that could still be. Snapping fingers arrive during her lead-in to insinuate as much, and just in case this wasn’t enough, the song’s bridge (appropriately packed with ever so deep pleas such as, “Tell me what’s on your mind!”) connects at the chorus with enormously hyper synths, pulsing bass, perfectly manipulated vocals and a meticulously inserted “Woo!”
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Thursday, September 21, 2017 — 7A
McKeon finding room in rotation TED JANES
Daily Sports Writer
The starting job at tight end last year belonged to former Wolverine Jake Butt, and everyone knew it. Butt was an All-American, the offensive captain and a fan favorite. Sean McKeon, on the other hand, was a freshman much further down on the depth chart of the 12-man tight end group. The now-sophomore played in just four games last year, and when he did get on the field, it was just for a few snaps. In all of 2016, McKeon made two catches for a total of 10 yards. Now, he is part of a four-man rotation for the No. 8 Michigan football team (3-0) alongside redshirt freshman Nick Eubanks, redshirt sophomore Zach Gentry and redshirt junior Tyrone Wheatley Jr. In just three games this season, McKeon has already eclipsed his production from last year. So far, he has five catches for 38 yards, and in the season opener, he was targeted three times. “Every game I get my confidence a little more,” McKeon said Tuesday. “First game, I was definitely a little nervous playing Florida in Dallas, but as the weeks go on, I feel a little more confident, understand the offense better and am ready to go.” The Wolverines’ offense has relied on tight ends at a few points this season. When the unit struggled against Florida, Eubanks hauled in a 48-yard pass from redshirt junior quarterback Wilton Speight, and one of the biggest plays of the Cincinnati game was Gentry’s 36-yard catch-and-run in the third quarter. At times this year, Michigan’s offense has come out in a set that includes two or three tight ends
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On Monday afternoon, Rashan Gary stood in Schembechler Hall with a sly grin on his face. The sophomore defensive end had just been asked how much of the Michigan defense has been “seen” three weeks into the season. He looked down for a split second, as if to ponder the question, before looking up, breaking into a smile and giving his answer. “We haven’t even started opening it up yet,” Gary said. “That’s the scary and most fun part. We haven’t really opened up our
Big Ten Breakdown: Week Three of 2017 The Daily provides a brief overview of the current conference landscape BETELHEM ASHAME Managing Sports Editor
No. 4 Penn State Previous result: W, 56-0 vs. Georgia State Top performer: Quarterback Trace McSorley — 18-of-29, 309 yards, four touchdowns Upcoming matchup: at Iowa No. 8 Michigan
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Sophomore tight end Sean McKeon has made a big move up the depth chart between freshman and sophomore year.
at a time. McKeon emphasized how important it is that they continue to bring physicality to the run game and have sure hands in the passing game. Last year’s passing game coordinator, Jedd Fisch, viewed Butt as one of the team’s most valuable weapons. New passing game coordinator Pep Hamilton might not emphasize the position group as much as Fisch, but McKeon and the others are still getting plenty of reps. “Coach Pep may be a little more relaxed in meetings. Coach Fisch was maybe a little more uptight,” McKeon said, laughing. “They’re definitely
both great coaches, though. I really like both of them… (Fisch) is a serious guy. “Not that Coach Pep’s not serious,” he joked again. Transitioning from Fisch’s scheme to Hamilton’s wasn’t difficult for McKeon. The formations and play styles are fairly similar, and the only differences are the names for plays and terminology that the two coaches use. McKeon got his first liveaction taste of Hamilton’s system in the 2017 Spring Game, and has improved “leaps and bounds” in the past year, according to fellow tight end and redshirt junior Ian Bunting.
“(He has) really become more of a complete player.”
“Sean’s really become more of a complete player,” Bunting said. “Over the summer, he was working a lot on his route running and his pass catching, and he’s come a long way in that. He’s a great blocker, too. All the guys in the room recognize that.” McKeon’s skill set continues to grow, as does his confidence, each week. As the team moves into the Big Ten season this Saturday, he knows that he needs to do everything he can to help the offense improve. Michigan hasn’t yet displayed its full offensive set, and McKeon is confident that his group’s role will increase as the season progresses. After all, last year, Michigan could always rely on Jake Butt. Whether it was finding a block or catching a pass, Butt was there. McKeon wants to do the same.
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defense yet. You’ll see.” He’s certainly right — if this is just the beginning for the defense, opposing Big Ten teams may not quite understand what’s about to hit them. Through three equally earth-shattering performances, the Wolverines have made the case that they could be as good — if not better — than last year’s historically good unit. Michigan ranks fifth nationally in total defense, fourth in yards allowed per possession and fifth in yards allowed per play. Gary’s performance, though, may serve as an apt metaphor for just how good
“... there’s a lot more that I’ve still got to show.”
this defense could be. In each game, he’s been close to registering a bonerattling sack — or multiple. Yet the stats remain just out of reach. And even then, modest production aside, Gary has been a force in both the run and pass game. So — what will happen once Gary finally gets his hands on opposing quarterbacks? It’s a similar question to asking what Michigan’s defense could look like once it reaches the heights its players think it is capable of. “First few weeks (I’ve) been growing every week, been getting better and better, but at the end of the day, I feel like
there’s a lot more that I’ve still got to show,” Gary said. “It’s gonna be great once you start seeing it. “I feel like last year three games (in) to this year three games (in), it’s completely different from the player I am. There’s always going to be something I can get better at. Y’all gonna see. I’m not gonna talk too much but y’all gonna see when I start popping off.” Take the one major gaffe from Saturday’s 29-13 win over Air Force, for example. On their third pass attempt of the game, the Falcons busted open a 64-yard touchdown, thanks to a breakdown in Michigan’s coverage. “They brought #1 back inside, they brought him back out into motion, the corner should have hung onto him, the safety should have spun high, we ended up 2-on-1 over there and no post player,” said defensive coordinator Don Brown on Wednesday. “Everything else was pretty much squared away, but that’s on me. I didn’t do a good enough job of presenting that to them during the practice week.” It was a mistake that, as Brown intimated, can be erased with the right amount of film study. That paints a bigger picture — if a defense that held Air Force to its second-lowest yardage total since 2014 can somehow improve, there’s no telling what ceiling it could have. And that’s why Brown, when asked what’s left for the defense, gave an answer similar to his star pupil. “Oh,” he said, “we got a lot left.”
“We haven’t even started opening it up yet.”
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Sophomore defensive end Rashan Gary thinks that Michigan has just scratched the surface of its potential this season.
Previous result: W, 29-13 vs. Air Force Top performer: Receiver Donovan Peoples-Jones — two returns, 104 yards, one touchdown; two receptions, 52 yards Upcoming matchup: at Purdue No. 9 Wisconsin Previous result: W, 40-6 vs. Brigham Young Top performer: Quarterback Alex Hornibrook — 18-of-19, 256 yards, four touchdowns Upcoming matchup: vs Northwestern No. 10 Ohio State Previous result: W, 38-7 vs. Army Top performer: Running back J.K. Dobbins — 13 carries, 172 yards, two touchdowns Upcoming matchup: vs. UNLV Illinois Previous result: W, 20-7 vs. then-No. 22 South Florida Top performer: Running back Mike Epstein — 8 carries, 56 yards, one touchdown Upcoming matchup: vs. Nebraska Indiana Previous result: Cancelled, vs Florida International Top performer: N/A Upcoming matchup: vs. Georgia Southern Iowa Previous result: W, 31-14 vs North Texas Top performer: Running back Ivory Kelly-Martin — 11 carries, 74 yards, two touchdowns
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Peoples-Jones ready to shoulder burden KEVIN SANTO
Managing Sports Editor
Donovan Peoples-Jones doesn’t want anyone making excuses for him. Chris Partridge, Michigan’s special teams coach, said as much Wednesday afternoon. Right now, fresh off a 79-yard punt return touchdown against Air Force and a breakout receiving performance, the freshman phenom doesn’t need anyone to. A week ago, well — that’s a different story. Peoples-Jones was responsible for a fumble that gave Michigan fans a heart attack and took a seat on the sideline. He had won a starting job. Then he lost it, albeit only for a half. In the span of two games, Peoples-Jones has already experienced the highs and lows of college football. And as Partridge explained, given the difficulties that come with returning punts, he wouldn’t want it any other way. “To me, I think that catching a punt outside in an open environment like that is the hardest thing to do,” Partridge said. “… For a freshman to have to do that, those game reps are invaluable. We can do everything we want in practice, but when all the pressure is there … and everybody’s releasing everybody, those reps are valuable. “And he just continues to lock it in and get better at it. You don’t want that stuff to happen, but that happening is gonna make him so much better moving forward here.” The touchdown against the Falcons is evident of how apt Partridge’s theory is. But even when he’s working with a player who was ranked as the top receiver in his class, there’s a balance Partridge must strike between allowing Peoples-Jones’ natural talent to flourish while still teaching him week by week. “I can take a lot of the blame
on myself and the coaches too, to make sure we progress in the right way,” Partridge said. “You’ve got to make sure that these guys are comfortable, can be fast, and can be who they are.” If he can’t, there’s the risk that a repeat of Cincinnati could happen. And while Peoples-Jones doesn’t want anyone making excuses for him, Partridge was willing to. “For a young guy, I get it to an extent,” Partridge said. “He’s trying to catch the ball first, he’s trying to get to where the return is going, he’s trying to wonder, ‘Should I fair catch it? Should I play it?’ “There (are) a lot of things going in his mind, and taking charge might take a back seat in that moment. I think he realized now that it can’t take a backseat. He needs to take charge out there.” Partridge may have been talking about Peoples-Jones’ role as a punt returner, but it
could just as easily apply to him at receiver given the Wolverines’ circumstance. They are suddenly without Tarik Black — the man who leads Michigan in receiving yards and receptions — and have a date with a suddenly resurgent Purdue in West Lafayette this weekend. And yet, what the Wolverines lost in Black they may find again in Peoples-Jones. There is, of course, the obvious: At 6-foot-2 and 199 pounds, Peoples-Jones compares well to Black’s 6-foot3, 203-pound frame, and he has next-level speed and athleticism to go with it. As a junior in high school he won the SPARQ competition at The Opening — a recruiting showcase for the nation’s top seniors. That all goes without mentioning that in his limited snaps at receiver, he has still had a tremendous impact. His tworeception, 52-yard outing against Air Force is the obvious example, but he has consistently shown
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The ball bounced to Noah Kleedtke at the top of the box, and the Wolverines had one final chance to tie the game. The junior midfielder stepped up and fired off a shot, but he missed — badly. The ball sailed high and wide, the whistle blew and the game ended. The Michigan men’s soccer team (4-2-2) dropped its second straight game on Wednesday, 1-0, in Kalamazoo against No. 12 Western Michigan. The Wolverines went without a shot on goal for the second game in a row, putting an ugly exclamation mark on the loss. “We didn’t have four regulars playing, so it was a little challenging for our group. But the guys who stepped in, I’m proud of,” said Michigan coach Chaka Daley. “Two 1-0 losses
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Freshman receiver Donovan Peoples-Jones will be depended upon to help fill the void left by the injured Tarik Black.
‘M’ falls to Western Michigan, 1-0, in second consecutive loss ETHAN SEARS
an ability to get open for Wilton Speight — something the redshirt junior quarterback needs now more than ever. There is no question that Peoples-Jones has had his spotlight in the punt return game. Now, that spotlight is only getting brighter. And it’s in his mistakes that Peoples-Jones may find his next big play. After all, Peoples-Jones has already shown plenty of people: For him, mistakes are just fleeting moments. “It can’t (linger) for big-time players, or for anyone,” Partridge said. “This game is all about highs and lows. If everything was all great, you’d always win and everyone would be doing it. “It’s overcoming that kind of stuff, and the mistakes, that really make a true, true competitor, warrior, top athlete, who they are. And Donovan is that. Donovan is going to be an unreal football player for this team, this year, and moving on.”
isn’t devastating to our group, our staff, or any of our players.” Michigan’s first chance of the game came early. Freshman forward Mohammed Zakyi had space down the left wing off a nicely threaded pass. His shot hit the near post, but unfortunately for the Wolverines, that was the closest they came to putting one on goal for the entire game. It wasn’t necessarily for a lack of effort, though. While Western Michigan mustered more shots, Michigan was on the attack for nearly 10 straight minutes at one point in the first half. The best chance from that stretch came from junior midfielder Robbie Mertz. After a corner kick leaked out to the top of the box, Mertz had the space he needed to get a shot off. He did, but the attempt missed wide. The Broncos had a sustained attack of their own afterwards,
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Sophomore forward Jack Hallahan and the Wolverines have hit a rough patch.
with just as little success. Senior midfielder Brandon Bye was the catalyst, taking a threatening volley inside the box in the 34th minute. Michigan managed to block it, but that wasn’t the end of the attack. Senior forward Jay McIntosh had Western Michigan’s best chance of the half just a few minutes later — a header, which sailed wide, after an undefended Bronco cross. Five minutes into the second half, the dam broke. Junior midfielder Kosti Moni scored with a header after a Western Michigan throw-in. His goal was all the Broncos needed. Western Michigan came closer to a second goal than the Wolverines ever did to a first. In the game’s 50th minute, the Broncos forced a save out of Verdi, who punched away a threatening cross. Five minutes later, Connor McNulty’s header f lew just high off a corner kick. It took a while longer before Michigan started to attack more aggressively. The Wolverines didn’t get their first shot of the second half until the 70th minute. That was from Zakyi as well, who found himself in space after the ball came free in Western Michigan’s box. At that point, a familiar refrain kicked in for Michigan: his shot went wide. “(Western Michigan) was very direct, drove it over the top so there’s no buildup play, and it was hard to get a rhythm,” Daley said. “That made it very difficult for us (to attack).” Though the Wolverines spent most of the remainder of the game attacking, they never forced a save out of Bronco fifth-year senior goalkeeper Drew Shepherd. In the match’s last 15 minutes, the Wolverines managed three shots. Two of them, one by sophomore midfielder Jack Hallahan, the other by Mertz, were blocked by Broncos’ defenders. The third was Kleedtke’s, which felt like a Hail Mary in more ways than one.
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Michigan vs No. 12 Western Michigan
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Shots on goal for the Wolverines
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Michigan regulars who didn’t suit up to play
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The Wolverines’ national ranking before their second straight loss
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Minute Western Michigan scored the only goal of the game
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