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Each month, The Michigan Daily Administration Beat sits down with University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel to discuss important questions about University policy, commitments and challenges. This month’s interview included discussion about hate crimes on campus, Title IX policy revisions, carbon neutrality and more. This transcript has been abbreviated and reordered for reader clarity. The Michigan Daily: An FBI report found the University of Michigan to have the secondhighest number of reported hate crimes of 110 public and private universities surveyed in 2017. The report claimed there were 15 hate crimes reported at the Ann Arbor campus, while the Dearborn campus and Michigan State University only reported one hate crime. While the increase in reporting hate crimes may come from students’ familiarity and willingness to disclose them to the University, some students are still frustrated with the University’s inadequate responses to bias incidents on campus. What do you think the FBI report’s findings say about our University’s campus

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Emory University Epidemiology professor Tene T. Lewis speaks about discriminator stressors and early markers of cardiovascular disease in African-American women during the Race, Health, and Wealth Disparities seminar series at the Institute for Social Research Monday.

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Dr. Tene Lewis, a University of Michigan alum and professor at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, spoke Monday on the relationship between discrimination and cardiovascular disease among African-American women. The presentation was the first in the Research Center for Group Dynamics seminar series, in which notable researchers speak about interdisciplinary social issues like race. Lewis opened her talk

by describing her field of interest, which combines psycholog y, epidemiolog y and cardiolog y. Her research centers around poor health outcomes within the AfricanAmerican community as opposed to other racial and ethnic groups. “If you are born AfricanAmerican in this country, you will live sicker and die younger than your white counterparts,” Lewis said. Lewis focused on the relationship between reported accounts of racism and discrimination from African Americans and indications of poor cardiovascular health

such as coronary artery calcium, which hardens the walls of the arteries. “Chronic reports of everyday discrimination are associated with the occurrence of coronary artery calcium in African Americans and not whites,” Lewis said. Lewis said racial discrimination impacting African American woman, causes unhealthy plaque buildup inside the artery wall called carotid atherosclerosis. “The more expectations of racism women had, the more carotid atherosclerosis they had,” Lewis said. “For whatever reason, reports of

racism experiences weren’t as strongly associated with outcomes in African-American women.” Public Health doctoral student Traci Carson expressed interest in the study after the event. Carson said she wants to delve further into combating the physical effects of discrimination. “I’m really interested in the physiological stress work that she does even though my research is a different area,” Carson said. “I’ve been really inspired by Tene’s work because of my colleagues in public health who do work really specific to her field.”

Despite the consistent negative effects of discrimination in relation to cardiovascular health, Lewis said the overall levels of reported discrimination were lower than expected. It is unclear whether the levels are lower due to a lack of reporting or an actual decrease in racist incidents. “Across studies, reports of discrimination are actually relatively low,” Lewis said. “On average, people are not reporting a lot of these experiences.” Lewis further explained her discovery that everyday discrimination may not impact

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Dingell proposes a new bill to provide protection from DUIs Congresswoman calls for ignition-interlock device after family killed in car accident

Study shows, HAIL increases low-income population, still lacks integration Scholarship raises enrollment but lacks guidance for low-income recipients SONIA LEE

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For LSA junior Ryan Bennett, the High Achieving Involved Leader scholarship was the deciding factor in his decision to apply to the University of Michigan. Before receiving the large, embellished mailing from the

University in his junior year of high school commending his academic achievements and encouraging him to apply, Bennett had not considered U-M. Finding out he could receive four years of free tuition changed Bennet’s mind. “My eyes weren’t even set on Michigan yet, because I knew I wanted to do film, so I

was just looking at schools out west,” Bennett said. “I ended up getting a package in the mail from U of M that I didn’t even open up. Later on, a couple of weeks after I got it, I decided to open it up and learned that I got the HAIL stuff, and it was obviously a life-changing experience because it turned my eyes onto Michigan. I

learned about how I could make my interests come to fruition there, and ultimately, it was the scholarship that made a big impact on my choice to go here.” In collaboration with the University, the National Bureau of Economic Research published a report analyzing the success of the HAIL — a See HAIL, Page 3A

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Ann Arbor food shop brings new flavor to the local community Constellation Collective sells specialty foods from local Ann Arbor vendors, restaurants

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U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., announced Thursday she would be introducing legislation to crack down on drunk drivers in a speech to the House of Representatives. Issam Abbas, 42, his wife, Dr. Rima Abbas, 38, and their three children, Ali, 13, Isabelle, 12, and Giselle, 7, were driving home to Michigan from their vacation in Florida when they were struck by an oncoming pickup truck. The driver was intoxicated. After the tragic accident of the See DUI, Page 3A

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HAIL From Page 1A scholarship aimed to help lowincome, high-achieving students attend the University without having to worry about paying school tuition. Researchers found targeted students were twice as likely to both apply and enroll at the University than those students not contacted. “We find very large effects of the HAIL scholarship offer on application and enrollment rates at the University of Michigan and more generally on college choice,” the report reads. “The likelihood of application to the University of Michigan more than doubled, from 26 percent among controls to 67 percent among students offered treatment. The share enrolling at any highly selective college more than doubled, from 13 perfect to 28 percent, with this effect operating completely through enrollment at University of Michigan.” As a field experiment, researchers wanted to analyze whether or not targeting specific students who were low-income and high-achieving would increase their application rate, as well as the enrollment rate. After finding notable increases in both rates, the study concluded encouragement for these students to apply to the University, as well as a promise of financial aid, could assist in increasing the numbers of low-socioeconomicstatus students at the University. Two groups of students were analyzed. The first were the

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Abbas family, Dingell proposed the Abbas Stop Drunk Driving Act, in honor of the family. The Abbas Stop Drunk Driving Act would require the Department of Transportation to set a federal motor vehicle safety standard that would require all new vehicles to be equipped with an ignition interlock device (IID). If the bill is passed, automakers would be required to meet this standard within a year. On the House floor, Dingell spoke on how terrible the tragedy was and how passing the legislation will prevent other accidents of its kind. “This week, I’m introducing legislation in memory of the Abbas family that would mandate all new vehicles be equipped with interlock breathalyzer devices,” Dingell said. “This will stop intoxicated drivers from ever starting a vehicle and keep them off the roads. If we can keep one person from dying on the roads and make people think twice before

FLAVOR From Page 1A uses a cooperative model to to provide food space for anyone who doesn’t have their own restaurant or storefront and grants small businesses marketing and branding support. Their goal is to introduce these products to customers who may not otherwise be familiar with certain food businesses. The venue sells a wide variety of food, providing local restaurants and vendors with refrigerator shelf space while allowing the vendors to maintain complete ownership over their products. Cofounder Nick Lemmer says the Nickels Arcade offers the perfect opportunity to reach a new community with a lot of surrounding activity. “Nickels Arcade is such a unique place in the landscape of downtown Ann Arbor,” Lemmer says. “It has an eclectic mix of retail shops that work so well together to create an awesome all-in-one shopping destination. We are trying to give businesses

“treated” students, students targeted by the University through elaborate mailings and letters, encouraging them to apply to the University and guaranteeing a scholarship to cover their entire tuition should they be admitted. Packets received by families included a letter from University President Mark Schlissel encouraging the student to apply, a flyer describing the application process, brochures about the University and fee-waiving coupons for the Common Application, the FAFSA and the CSS profile. The second group was the control group. Students in this cohort receive the mailings and were treated the way they would have been a few years ago before the idea of HAIL was realized. According to the study, the goal of HAIL was to address common problems low-income students face when applying to college in high school. “The intervention, the ‘HAIL Scholarship,’ was designed to address three issues that research shows affect the college choices of low-income, high-achieving students: uncertainty about their suitability for an elite school, over-estimates of the (net) cost of college, and procedural barriers such as financial aid forms,” the report reads. Susan Dynarski, public policy professor and researcher of college tuition policy, said students who could attend the University simply do not apply because they believe they cannot afford the tuition. The goal of HAIL was to change this idea.

getting behind the wheel when they shouldn’t — even when they are buzzed and think they’ll be okay — then won’t we have been successful?” Katie Kelly, communications director for the University’s chapter of College Democrats, stated she is confident in Dingell’s propositions to create safer roads. “Congresswoman Dingell is one of the hardest-working individuals in Congress. If she sets her mind to something, she will find a way to get it done,” Kelly said. “I believe Congresswoman Dingell’s bill, once implemented, will save countless lives and make our roads safer.” Kelly continued to say setting this standard will be a progressive move for Detroit, the automotive capital. “Michigan has always been the center of the automotive industry,” Kelly said. “This bill would continue the legacy of automotive leadership that Michigan is known for.” Lincoln Merrill, communications director for the University’s chapter of College Republicans, agrees that the ignition interlock devices

that don’t have a downtown presence the ability to get their brands and tasty food in front of all the different types of people that frequent downtown. If our members are successful, the collective is successful.” Backed by a team of Ann Arbor residents and University of Michigan alumni, the staff has a wide variety of work experience in the food industry. Constellation Collective has several co-founders, including Max Steir, founder and owner of Salads UP; Alex Perlman, former music festival food cart operator for The Beet Box and Cheese Dream; Jared Hoffman, partner of Salads UP; as well as Lemmer, a cofounder of Ioria’s Gelateria. Public Health alum Danielle Butbul, director of community relations for Constellation Collective, said the Collective will be holding regular lunchtime pop-ups in collaboration with other food businesses. The popups are recurring events and are expected to begin as early as next week. “We have several lunchtime pop-ups in the works with Harvest Kitchen and Pilar’s

News “Many promising students across Michigan don’t know how affordable an excellent school can be, so they don’t bother applying for admission or aid,” Dynarski said. “The HAIL Scholarship sends a powerful message that this world-class university is open to Michigan’s talented students, regardless of their income.” In an interview with The Daily, Schlissel commented on the success of HAIL in bringing more low-income and first-generation students to the school. HAIL lent a new type of outreach for the University to students from all over Michigan, and he hopes this will increase the University’s reputation as an outstanding educational opportunity. “The HAIL Scholarship program really completely revolutionized the way we reach out to people in different parts of the Michigan economy,” Schlissel said. “The early data — it’s only been one admissions cycle — but this year’s freshman class has increased its fraction of first-generation students, has increased its representation of students from the lower socioeconomic quadrants or quintiles of the economy and it’s exceeded our expectations and we’re going to stick with it. And not only that, the study got national attention.” In its first year, HAIL brought in 262 low-income, in-state students, each receiving four years of tuition covered — totaling about $60,000 in scholarship money per student. According to

the study, these students would have been eligible for the free tuition whether or not HAIL existed. Eligible rising seniors were notified through elaborate maize and blue emblazoned mailings in high school, and parents and principals received letters commending the students’ academic achieving and notifying of the opportunity for free tuition. The study reports a difference between schools that higherversus lower-income students choose when applying and enrolling in college. Despite having the same academic success, lower-income students are less likely to attend similar universities to their higherincome counterparts. “Among students whose academic achievement makes them plausible candidates for University of Michigan, low-income students are four percentage points less likely to attend any postsecondary institution than their similarlyqualified, higher-income peers,” the report reads. “Gaps in college selectivity are yet wider than gaps in college attendance: low-income students are 8 percentage points less likely to attend a highly selective (e.g. the University of Michigan) or most selective institution.” According to the study, more selective institutions can usually give more financial aid to students than less selective schools.

have been implemented and successful in curbing drunk driving in various states, but a national bill would possibly raise some issues. “It is difficult to obtain accurate measurements without inconveniencing the operator in order to satisfy six sigma industry standards (meaning 99.9966 percent of samples would be accurate),” Merrill said. “While clearly beneficial in theory, universal implementation raises some new issues with logistics, quality management and wide consumer acceptance.” Merrill also brought up how privacy laws and how mandating a universal IID law would unnecessarily affect millions of users. “I think this is an argument of how far we are willing to go giving up specific freedoms, in this case not having to effectively use a breathalyzer every time we operate a car, in order to in theory support something bigger,” Merrill said. “Is drunk driving and the accidents that come with it an awful thing? Yes, of course it is. But I’m not sure that this specific bill is the way to go when thinking about how it unnecessarily affects hundreds

of millions of people.” Washtenaw County Sheriff Jerry Clayton fully supports the bill, and brings up how drugged driving has been an increasing issue, and how an IID alone would not solve this issue. “Drugged driving is a growing problem,” Clayton said. “Especially as drivers recognize that a really good party is as simple as a Xanax and 2 beers, then we’re right back to the same problem but without the illegal breath alcohol concentration. We’d still have to do roadside sobriety evaluations, processing impaired drivers and cleaning up the crashes.” Clayton agrees the bill would be a beneficial first step to curbing drunk driving but expects other related issues will need to be addressed in the near future. “I fully support the spirit of Congresswoman Dingell’s proposed bill,” Clayton said. “It is devastating every time we experience loss of life as a result of drunk or drugged driving. I think the idea has merit and is a good start.

Tamales,” Butbul said. “During these pop-ups, customers will be able to come by and grab a fresh, warm and quick meal served by the hosting company. We also hope to collaborate with our neighbors in the arcade to activate the space for larger community events.” LSA sophomore Marley Duerst maintains a vegan diet and believes she will benefit from the market because of their variety of gluten-free and veganfriendly options. She hopes it will be a convenient place to grab quick and healthy food. “I think it’s really exciting that there is a place located so centrally on campus,” Duerst said. “Easily accessible fresh food is hard to come by in a downtown area, so I’m really looking forward to trying out this place. I try not to eat processed food, and I love eating produce, so it will be nice to have such a convenient place to get it.” With just a full week since their regular hours began, Butbul said the business has drawn significant local attention. “Within the first week,

we’ve received so much love, encouragement and even received flowers from our neighbors at the University Flower Shop and Bivouac,” Butbul said. “We managed to sell out of most of our members’ food and will be ramping up our deliveries to meet the demand. We would definitely consider it a successful first week and we can’t wait to grow and carry out the lunch pop-ups and other events planned for the arcade.” There are currently six members partnered with the collective, including Better Health of Novi, Fluffy Bottom Farms of Chelsea, and Harvest Kitchen, Juicy Kitchen, Salads UP and Tasty Kitchen, all of Ann Arbor. Butbul says the number of partners will continue to grow. “We’re continuing to grow the roster, with special consideration to include companies and food items requested by customers,” Butbul said.

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way to do things. an’t you It is only when we just write consider the possible a program imperfections that to do this?” is a halfwe can obtain a joking question I’m truly informed sure most of my assessment of computer science peers the system. Alas, have received countless caution is woefully times. As computing scarce in many permeates more and CHAND discussions involving more of our world, we Those have less of a choice about RAJENDA- technolog y. how it affects us. In order NICOLUCCI who are employing the technolog y fear to manage the increasing being seen as oldexternalities, a culture shift is required. For too long, fashioned, while those building we have been operating under the technolog y too often take a the presumption of “good” with position similar to Facebook’s regards to new technolog y. The former motto, “Move fast magic touch of tech things has and break things.” Risks and suddenly become just plain externalities are ignored for the better. That’s how we get a creation of a shiny new system fridge that can tweet. It’s that demonstrates “progress.” obviously better than a fridge that can’t tweet! Unfortunately, this phenomenon isn’t limited to misg uided retailers. Softwarebased elections are a perfect example of the potential for serious problems when this ideolog y is applied. Elections have been shifting away from paper ballots and towards electronic voting machines. This all changed with the “hanging chad” debacle of 2000. The events of that But if the product is faulty, election happened to coincide with the technolog y boom of won’t the market ref lect that the early 2000s and resulted and correct itself? Won’t the in a rush to computer voting company make a change lest machines with the promise of the consumers turn to other increased clarity and efficiency. options? Not necessarily, as After all, it was the 21st century technolog y failures tend to not — why were we still relying on make themselves obvious like the cumbersome pen and paper a faulty air-bag. Your fridge to record our votes? For all the could appear to be functioning g uarantees of computer voting perfectly, happily tweeting machines, they’ve turned out along, all the while being to be quite the letdown. As remotely accessed and enlisted Alex Halderman, a professor in what is known as a botnet, of Computer Science and which is a network of private infected with Engineering at the University computers of Michigan, has shown malicious software. Furthermore, as more repeatedly, they are vulnerable to a host of attacks and failure nontraditional technologoical utilize software states that render them far entities inferior to paper-based voting systems, they are frequently dealing with small, external systems. We tend to think of teams of developers that technolog y only in its perfect sometimes fail to follow best state. When everything is practices and often lack the running smoothly, computer resources of a large tech voting systems sound like a company to dedicate to issues more convenient and efficient of consumer protection such as

We tend to think of technology only in its perfect state

security. Security threats tend to be like a game of whacka-mole — you patch one issue and two more pop up. Without a full-time staff of software professionals, these systems are bound to be one step behind. Many of these problems stem from the idea that the spread of computing to anything and everything is just and inevitable. It is technolog y’s version of manifest destiny. I agree that the advent of computing has brought, and will continue to bring, countless powerful improvements to the world. That’s why I am studying computer science. However, we need to think carefully about where and how we use that technolog y, especially when it’s involved in economies of scale. One tweeting fridge is innocent, a conversation starter even. But one million tweeting fridges potentially becomes a massive botnet, enabling attackers to wreak havoc. Entities considering the implementation of computing systems should consider worst-case societal outcomes and consult security experts when making their decision. In the world of government, this is a realistic goal and should be expected. In the retail world, this may be unrealistic. Ideally, we would trust these businesses to cast aside technolog y proposals that serve only as marketing ploys and offer no real consumer benefit. However, this seems to be a classic prisoner’s dilemma for which reg ulation may be needed to induce cooperation. Requiring a product with computing capabilities and large sales to have f ull-time sof t ware staff dedicated to its maintenance is one possibilit y. The f uture of technolog y is bright. Ever y day, exciting and meaning f ul things are being done with the help of computing systems. However, as more and more newcomers enter the computing gold rush, caution will be required in order to avoid fool’s gold. Chand Majendra-Nicolucci can be reached at chandrn@umich.edu.

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Why are we still talking about guns?

he coming year stands to be a watershed for the raging debate over guns and gun violence in this country. Those who strongly oppose more stringent gun control measures remain shaken from a raft of prominent, though largely symbolic, policy changes enacted after last year’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., and seem especially vulnerable in light of Democrats’ recent takeover of the House of Representatives. Gun violence is one of the most intensely political issues in the U.S.. The extensive amount of media coverage (and conspiracy theories, for that matter) dedicated to the topic exemplify the polarized nature of the discussion. So, it’s prudent to ask: Why care about guns? The emotional contours of the gun debate are a good place to start. Much like other forms of violence, mass shootings receive what many deem a disproportionate amount of media attention in the U.S. Even though this attention partially obscures the numerical primacy of bigger killers, such as heart disease and cancer, we should not chastise ourselves too much. Tragedy is found not only in absolute conceptions of death but also in relative ones. On average, as many Americans die every couple of days from heart disease as did Americans in all of the Sept. 11 attacks, but it is the latter that we memorialize because no one reasonably expected nearly 3,000 healthy office workers and first responders to be murdered so gruesomely that day. So, beyond the unique grisliness that often define gun deaths, there is good reason to dedicate extra attention to cruel and often unpredictable incidences of gun violence. Not only do we find gun violence intensely tragic compared to other, more natural causes of death, but also as Americans, we are forced to confront this tragedy much more often than our peers. Among the world’s free, wealthy and Western societies, the U.S. stands in a league of its own with regard to gun-related crime. Countries with similar overall rates of crime pale in comparison to the U.S. when one looks at per capita firearm homicides — sometimes, with specific regards to firearm homicides, by a factor as great as nine. Yet writing off guns as just another weapon does not do proper justice to the unique power they possess. They are often used as tools

of crime, yes, just like baseball bats, lead pipes and knives. But unlike any of these implements — none of which could be as feasibly regulated as a complexly machined firearm — guns make violent crimes much more lethal. Firearms’ impressive lethality, delivered in a package so concealable and accessible, is found in no other device. To sufficiently recognize the potential the gun possesses for both creating and preventing violence is to acknowledge this unique power, as anyone who has used one in selfdefense can attest to.

Gun violence in the U.S. is a national-level problem that demands national-level input

It is also in this capacity of selfdefense that people often envision guns most romantically. While firearms and their unique power makes them ideal choices for individuals who wish to feel more secure, widespread gun use is weakly justified in light of the attendant dangers they pose to society as whole. This disconnect with reality reflects humans’ innate desire to care for our own security to preserve oneself even when the aggregate costs or the long-term risks of doing so prove to be countervailing. If we refuse to acknowledge these hardwired, albeit flawed, instincts that drive the popular desire to possess guns, we can scarcely begin to convince others that more guns may unwittingly make us less safe. However, we as Americans should not approach guns only in terms of the distinctive dangers they pose, but also through a historical lens. From the minutemen who made possible the American Revolution to the frontiersmen who conquered Native American lands by force as they pushed to the Pacific, American history has been largely forged by the gun. The legacies of household militias and armed pioneers, and the way they have distinguished Americans from other Westerners to the present, are a force to be reckoned with in any effective approach to gun policy. Good and bad, guns are an

indelible part of America’s past and present. Logistical and legal realities ensure they will be around for the future as well. Moreover, the current moment demands levelheaded analysis of gun policy because prominent opinions often make the easy mistake of patently demonizing guns or wholeheartedly lionizing them. Gun control, while an important part of any comprehensive public health policy, should not hog the policy spotlight at the expense of other contributors to gun violence and crime more generally, such as inadequate public education, astronomical incarceration and recidivism rates and insufficient treatment of mental health. On the other hand, loudly decrying efforts to limit the Second Amendment without consistently and persuasively justifying a need for it inherently posits that the Constitution is entirely infallible (which the deeply flawed Electoral College proves otherwise) while overlooking our Constitutional right to legislatively revise outdated provisions. Addressing the gunrelated costs American society bears while maintaining the spirit of liberty set forth by the founding fathers requires that both of these considerations are paid due attention. Gun violence in the U.S. is a national-level problem that demands national-level input. Taming this violence requires that we analyze gun policy with intense scrutiny, but vastly differing interpretations of gun rights in the U.S. reflect the significant political polarization that we must overcome to enact any meaningful change. 2019 may very well be the year that the progun lobby, after facing numerous setbacks, is forced to moderate some of its more apocalyptic doctrine. Alternatively, it could be the year that large-scale action on gun violence, despite recent legislative improvements, stalls in ordinary fashion. Regardless, solutions to gun violence will require thoughtful policies that acknowledge firearms’ incredible capacity to hurt, while respecting the rich history of firearms in America, not including the the impact on Native Americans, and the bearing this will have on gun control efforts down the road. There are plenty of reasons to care, and a lot of work to be done.

Ethan Kessler can be reached at ethankes@umich.edu

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A new kind of New Year’s resolution

very New Year’s Day, my timeline is f illed w it h New Yea r ’s resolutions a nd cla ims t hat t he next yea r w ill be “t he ver y best one yet.” My peers a re going to get in shape, eat hea lt hier a nd st udy ha rder. They a lso, of ten times, ref lect on t he geopolitica l la ndscape of t he prev ious yea r. They a re a lways hoping t he next yea r brings less wa r a nd more peace, less corr uption a nd more t ra nspa rency, a nd t here is a n overa ll sentiment of hope t hat t he world w ill ha ng on by a t hread for one more yea r. A s t he days pa ss on, people may hit t he g y m a nd put blood, sweat a nd tea rs into keto diets. However, when it comes to t he state of t he world, it seems most of us do lit tle more t ha n keep our f ingers crossed. It ha s been overstated, etched on decorative pillows, a nd clichéd to a n a lmost unbea rable deg ree t hat one must “be t he cha nge you wa nt to see in t he world.” Yet few New Yea r ’s resolut ion s t hat have h it my socia l media t i meli nes i n t he pa st few days have i ncluded a ny com mu n it y ser v ice pla n s. We a s a societ y a re obsessed w it h persona l i mprovement k ick s, but ha rdly ever do t hese t rendy diet s or yog a pla n s i nclude com mu n it y i mprovement i n it iat ive. What if t h is New Yea r ’s, a long side ou r book list s a nd workout pla n s, we made pla n s to volu nteer i n ou r com mu n it ies one day a week or even just one day a mont h? We sit beh i nd ou r computer screen s discussi ng t he latest Nat iona l

G eog raph ic a r t icle about t he abuse of pla st ics, yet how ma ny of ou r New Yea r ’s resolut ion s i nvolve volu nteer i ng to clea n up roadways a nd pa rk s? We live i n one of t he coldest st ates i n t he cont i nent a l Un ited St ates, a nd yet how ma ny of us w ill donate old bla n ket s or boot s to t he loca l homeless shelters? Ma ny of us w ill save up money for new phones, watches or Lu lu lemon leg g i ng s, but how ma ny of us w ill donate to relief ef for t s to help rebuild smolder i ng com mu n it ies i n Ca lifor n ia? We have a rg uably t he best ch ild ren’s hospit a l i n t he st ate i n ou r back ya rd, but how ma ny of us w ill volu nteer t here t h is

We should be making resolutions to be part of the solution

yea r? On t h is subjec t , I ad m it t hat I a m a hy pocr ite. A s I sat i n my home t h is New Yea r ’s Eve, t r y i ng desperately to st ay awa ke long enoug h to see t he ba ll in Times Squa re drop, I t hought about how lit tle I had done for ot hers in t he pa st yea r. I ha rdly volunteered in my communit y at a ll. I didn’t donate my time or resources to a ny loca l cha rities. Overa ll, I wa s not a citizen w it h a t r ue commit ment to bet tering t he world a round

me. For a moment, I made excuses for myself, such a s: t r y ing to boost my GPA , I wa s sick quite a few times or I had a ha rd summer. Yet, none of t hese excuses made up for a ll t he hours of T w it ter scrolling a nd Domino’s eating t hat had sucked up so much of my time a nd money into wholly self-g ratif y ing ef f or t s . Th e t r ut h i s t h a t we a r e a l l bu s y. We a l l h a ve t h i n g s i n ou r p e r s on a l l i ve s we w a nt t o i mpr o ve . S om e t i m e s we do ne e d t o f o c u s on ou r s el ve s b y or de r i n g a pi z z a a nd bi n g i n g P i r a t e s of t h e Ca r i b b e a n , but w h a t i f t h i s ye a r we m a de s om e t i m e i n ou r c a le nd a r s f or h elpi n g ou r c om mu n it ie s a s wel l? I m a g i ne a l l t h a t we c ou ld c h a n g e i f e ve r y s t ude nt a t t h e Un i ve r s it y of M ic h i g a n don a t e d j u s t a l it t le bit of t h ei r t i m e t o volu nt e e r i n g i n A n n A r b or a nd t h e s u r r ou nd i n g a r e a s . We l i ve i n a bu b ble a s h i g h l y priv ileged college st udents at tending one of t he most prestig ious universities in t he nation, yet ever y time we look at our phones or t urn on t he news, we see how sma ll t hat bubble t r uly is. The world a round us ca n most def initely be bet ter in 2019 t ha n it wa s in yea rs pa st, but maybe t his yea r, instead of merely crossing our f ingers while we r un on t he t readmill, we ca n ma ke resolut ions to be a pa r t of t he solut ion.

Read more at MichiganDaily.com Abbie Berringer can be reached at abbieber@umich.edu.

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‘You Tell Me’ attempts synthesis, fails overall SAM CANTIE For The Daily

Although Sarah Hayes and Peter Brewis do not exist in the space of musical theater, their debut self-titled album, You Tell Me, could certainly pass as an attempt at Broadway. The album’s theatrical effect brews from not only mawkish sentimentality, but also from a blatant attempt at a fresh blend of Hayes’s indie-folk and Brewis’s rock-pop, which unfortunately creates a trite sound. One half of the You Tell Me duo is composed of Sarah Hayes, a Scottish flautist, keyboard player and singer. Hayes serves as one-fifth of the wholesome folk band Admiral Fallow in addition to having released her own debut album titled Woven, which establishes her skillful aptitude for flute and keyboard. Peter Brewis, the other half of You Tell Me, has seen success in his British rock band Field Music, while also using his strong compositional talent in the industry for more than fifteen years, particularly when it comes to electro-pop. Hayes sought Brewis out at a concert, and the You Tell Me pair was born. You Tell Me attempts to blend the duo’s talents — Hayes’s ballad-like folk voice and Brewis’s hints of pop; however,

the effect is more suited for a musical, as listeners can feel the gears of the duo glaringly turning to create an awe-inspired effect. Over-sentimentality is created not only with Hayes’s long-held notes, but also with the blatant corniness of the lyrics, which is most notably seen in “Invisible Ink”: “Held in a lie just so secrets are shown / They inspect, you oblige, every silence feeds the lie.” The melodrama continues in “Get Out of The Room”: “You’re scared of settling down / You already said you

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were moving away from me, now you’re asking if you can stay.” The emotions are there, unfortunately, they come across as plain-spoken. More important than the overtly corny lyrics, the main contributor to the musical theater vibe is the album’s tendency to catch the listener with one sound, only to abruptly showcase a different noise. The best example of a track breaking back on itself in this way is the outro “Kabuki,” which begins with electronic pop, only to dip

out of synths halfway through and completely burrow into theatrical strings. The blend trend in the music industry holds infinite rewards – the mix of varying talents oftens leading to a fresh, original sound. However, it feels as if You Tell Me serves as an exposition for each artist’s individual talents. Simply put, the album exists as a mix of oil and water, instead of inhabiting the space between Hayes and Brewis. Melodies break quickly, leaving the listener struggling to ground themselves, floating around between the two musicians’ styles. Although the album cripples itself with an intense emphasis on the duo blending their sounds, their use of instruments clearly exhibits experience in the music industry. Catchy keyboard rhythms push the listener through each song, and strings delicately warrant attention. Most notably, You Tell Me holds moments of soothing complement — “Get Out Of The Room” features an even use of voice from Brewis and Hayes, and they capture a brief moment of rich sound. Unfortunately, as seen by a multitude of artists, (more than just You Tell Me), the space between contrasting entities proves quite hard to grasp, with high risk and powerful rewards.

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Illuminating ‘Canio’s Secret’ with Sid Smith ALIX CURNOW Daily Arts Writer

When I was a little girl, I ran into my mother’s room crying because I had a nightmare where she was eaten by a goblin. I jumped into her arms and asked her to never leave me. She told me that one day, hopefully a day far away from then, she would have to leave this earth, but she would never leave me. She said that we always carry the people we love within us, wherever we go. Moving away to college, I found that sentiment to be more true than ever before. If I think hard enough, I can distinctly smell the rosy scent of my mother’s perfume. If I close my eyes for long enough, I can hear the laughter my brother and I shared over an episode of Spongebob. We carry the experiences we have with our loved ones for our entire lives. I have always believed

this is true for everyone. One chilly winter’s evening, as the long awaited snow of January was falling softly outside the window of Literati Bookstore, this belief was further solidified in my mind. Sid Smith, a professor of Women’s Studies at the University, received devastating news a few years ago: Her husband was diagnosed with dementia. A lot changed after this diagnosis, specifically his ability to tell stories like he used to, which is why Smith conducted the reading of her husband’s book “Canio’s Secret,” a book laced with memories Greg was no longer able to recall. Currently, Greg’s dimentia prevents him from reading his story himself. Walking into Literati, I was a bit skeptical. I didn’t know much about this book besides the brief description I had read online. I knew it was set in Chicago in the

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‘You’re the Worst’ shines in the fifth season premiere SAYAN GHOSH

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Stephen Falk’s criminally underrated “You’re the Worst” enters its final season promising a happy ending to the story of its two narcissistic, vulgar, blowhard protagonists. However, anyone who has been following the show since its inception will be holding their breath. After all, if there is anything we know about these characters at all at this point, it is that they are prepared to eject at any moment. The season premiere does not assuage nor deepen these concerns but rather creatively sums up everything about the show to this point. We flash back to the ’90s, where a video store owner and amateur filmmaker Jake (Morgan Krantz, “Neurotica”) meets fellow cinephile, Gemma (Caitlin McGee, “I’m Dying Up Here”), browsing the “Staff Picks” section of his store. They immediately hit it off, exchanging snappy banter and revealing a shared desire to see an extremely rare French film called “The Intransigence of Love.” Roughly ten minutes into this picturesque meet-cute, it turns out this budding love story is an entirely fabricated one, with our protagonists Jimmy (Chris Geere, “Ill Behaviour”) and Gretchen (Aya Cash, “Fosse/

’50s and that it was a “comingof-age story chronicling a boy’s poignant struggle to find consolation in his mother’s Catholicism and to break free of his father’s anger.” I was curious as to why the wife of the author was reading his novel, as opposed to the author himself. But then Sid Smith began to speak of her husband and his battle with dementia, my questions were answered. “The memories in this book have evaporated like

Verdon”) attempting to create a compelling fiction about how they actually met while guzzling down the complimentary alcohol. Falk’s writing lovingly skewers ’90s movies, as well as general romcom tropes, but it also seems to admire them. He understands the universal desire to continue making these types of films and to articulate the intense emotions stemming from a special romance, but as he has always shown, he believes that such romances are much more multifaceted than they are usually portrayed and also deserving of a more true-to-life treatment. Although the couple themselves would surely despise anything remotely resembling the tropes of the rom-com genre, their real moments of sheer sweetness (e.g. Jimmy’s support during the worst spell of Gretchen’s depression) that have led them up to this point in their relationship are just as important. Sure, Gretchen and Jimmy are terrible people; they both have run out on each other and have broken each other’s hearts in cynical fashion. Perhaps more so than any show on TV, the show never backs down from showing the ugly, messy

However, anyone who has been following the show since its inception will be holding their breath. After all, if there is anything we know about these characters at all at this point, it is that they are prepared to eject at any moment.

snowflakes in his mind,” Smith wrote in her editor’s note. She went on to add, “I don’t have the theatrical background that Greg had, so I probably won’t be able to do his story as much justice as he could in reading it.” Smith spoke of the love she had for her husband, holding back tears as she read the note. Her delicate and thoughtful reading of his writing was moving. As a listener, I could almost hear her husband speaking the words he wrote. “It’s hard for me to read it, in a way, because I can hear his voice saying it,” Smith said. Although I hadn’t met her husband before, I felt as though I could hear his voice saying it, too. Her deep understanding

“It’s hard for me to read it, in a way, because I can hear his voice saying it,” Smith said.

and love for her husband made it easy for listeners to envision him reading his words right alongside her. The story itself was intriguing. There were numerous themes at play: Greg’s relationship with catholicism, his familial conflicts and a young boy finding his way in ’50s Chicago. The sections of the book Smith had selected for the reading allowed listeners to gage a full scope of the content of the book without giving away too much. The passages she read were detailed and left me wanting to read more. I wish the crowd size of the event was larger and that there were more youth and students in the audience. Me and my three friends seemed to be the youngest in the audience of 20 people by about 15 years. The event as a whole was very well put together, but I wish more people had experienced the rich

side of modern relationships. However, Gretchen and Jimmy

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have also made real sacrifices for and have come to understand each other more than anyone in their lives. The second half of the season opener returns viewers to the rose-tinted flashback world of “Jake” and “Gemma,” with Jimmy and Gretchen actually playing their invented personas. After a brief reunion at a New Year’s Party, Jake and Gemma are separated for a while before a dramatic scene at the “Le France” film festival, in which Gemma, now an acclaimed director, is winning an award. Out of nowhere, Jake arrives at her press conference to ask a question about where she got her first film camera, and before long, the two fall in love all over again. Enter a brief interlude including a confrontation with a portly French film professor, which yanks viewers out of the reverie, back to the real world. The story gets hastily wrapped up as Jimmy and Gretchen decide to barge out of their meeting. Their final conversation reveals the crux of the episode. While they have been too embarrassed by their actual love story to ever tell it to any of their current companions, it is the only one that actually feels real. “You’re the Worst” has always celebrated the gloriously ugly journey the couple has taken, and in this final season, it will be exciting to see whether they can finally commit to it.

words of Greg’s novel. Smith’s love for her husband radiated to the entire room. Her husband, pre-dementia, was still living and breathing inside of her. He seemed to be joining the guests at Literati in an evening out as well. During the question and answer portion of the event, Smith read an anecdote about how her husband was a real charmer. How he could talk up anyone in any room because he was truly interested in people. During this reading, it felt as if Greg was waltzing around the bookstore, charming us all by telling the intriguing story of his life. It’s quite beautiful how love has the power to create entire beings. It’s quite beautiful how Smith had the strength and perseverance to share both her husband and her love for him with all of us for a few hours on a snowy January evening. What a gift it was.

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‘A Dog’s Way Home’ does little for all canine kind

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If Wilma’s Ann Arbor were a person, she’d be a trendy, crunchy redhead who owns cats and succulents and has a spice garden in her backyard. She’d be the type of woman who could look cute matching completely different patterns, casually pull off clogs and she’d always use reusable grocery bags at the farmer’s market. She’d be the girl at hot yoga who isn’t trying to show off but is just naturally incredibly flexible and somehow looks good after sweating for an hour-long class. She’d play the guitar and enjoy hiking, make her own oat milk and have her own book club. She’d also be an Instagram influencer from L.A. Wilma’s (formerly known as Fred’s) has been a staple in the Ann Arbor community since it first opened its doors on South University Avenue three years ago. The trendy, health-foodie cafe and coffee bar “Fred’s” moved to its spot on E. Washington Street and grew into its quirky name with a similarly idiosyncratic personality. After facing licensing issues with the name, the original Fred’s had to rebrand and create a new title for the well-known restaurant. Being such a pertinent part of student life at the University of Michigan, owners Fred Lelcaj and Nathan D’Andrea left the choice in the hands of the customers, running a name-change campaign for several months in which they received thousands of ideas. “The goal,” D’Andrea said in an interview with The Daily, “was for our customers to give us a name that makes the feel at home — there’s a certain feeling people get when they come in here and we wanted the name to reflect those sentiments.” When selecting the perfect name for their spot, they knew they wanted to go with a female name and something that had the same personal feel that Fred’s did. They assume that multiple people suggested Wilma’s because of the Flintstones reference — Wilma being Fred Flintstone’s wife — but the team behind Wilma’s selected the name because they associated it with a homey and happy feel. They felt as though the name “Wilma” felt like an older generational name and liked the way the ‘w’ looked in cursive on their fresh new logo as well. “Wilma’s reminds a lot of us of a mother or grandmother’s name,” D’Andrea said. “And a lot of people associated Fred’s, and now Wilma’s, with a feeling of home.” Something about the interior of the restaurant really brings on that comfortable, cozy feel whenever you walk into the door for brunch, lunch, dinner or a smoothie. The white-tiled floors are complemented by bright, natural light spilling in from the floor-to-ceiling windows, and lush, green, overgrown plants adorn all of the empty spaces. A bohemian style hanging swing, comfortable low couches and a simple earth tone rug decorate the living-room-esque seating area before the counter. The intention here is to fill some of the empty space in the restaurant with purposeful furniture, instead of misusing or not using the space at all. The living room area is often utilized as a study spot, a reading nook or a solo dining area when someone stops in for a lunch break or a latte. To the left of the counter, the main seating section is mostly white and simple, complemented by simple, green toned accessories and of course, on the tables, the beautifully crafted açai bowls and heavily topped avocado toasts. The interior of Wilma’s really fits her unique personality, the culinary experience and overall chic ambiance. The idea for Ann Arbor’s premiere health food oasis was born out of a vision to bring a clean, creative culinary experience to Ann Arbor — one that mimics health food trends on the East and West Coasts that we as diners don’t often have the privilege of encountering in the Midwest. “You know food trends sort of start in Australia, and then

they go to California, and then they skip over the entire country and go to the East Coast,” said D’Andrea when asked about the original intention and idea behind Wilma’s. “We wanted to create an East Coast-West Coast vibe, serving everything from light snacks to meals. We wanted to stay ahead of the trends so that we can be the start of the trends for other places here in Ann Arbor. Being a city that has a surplus of folks from other coastal cities, the idea works really well.” In terms of foodie trends, from açaí bowls to avocado toast to poke to turmeric to stuffed avocados to blue majik lattes, Wilma’s did it before anywhere else in Ann Arbor, and, because they go the extra mile to ensure everything is authentic, delicious and beautiful, they do it better. The menu has not changed much with the rebranding and the same clean, unique and healthy dishes are still available, from snacks and small plates to full meals. The top seller, no surprise, is the avocado toast, which is made on a thick slice of fresh Zingerman’s bread and topped with perfectly symmetrical slices of avocado, bright pink pickled onion and a dusting of chili flakes. A welcome addition is a perfectly cooked egg, and the runny, bright yellow yolk pools into the soft bread and makes the most mouthwatering dish. Coming in as the secondbest seller is the acai bowl, which is topped with thinly sliced red apple, coconut flakes, crunchy pumpkin seeds, to-die-for gluten free granola and a lacy drizzle of honey. Other best sellers include the salmon bowl, which is paired with a unique starchy cauliflower fried rice, avocado and kimchi and the tuna poke, which is served with a sweet mango salad and toasted sesame. This wide array of favorites by customers is a testament to the fact that Wilma’s takes on a diverse variety of flavors, cultures and trends in their menu and manages to succeed with all of them. Sometimes a major risk is not honing in on one particular cuisine and attempting to be masters at too many flavors — but the restaurant manages to take on this risk, and succeeds effortlessly. “With the food, what we care the most about is putting thought into it and creating each menu item thoroughly. Anything here can be made gluten free and or vegan,” D’Andrea said when asked about how they create the menu. When asked about his favorite dishes he remarked, “I can’t really pick a favorite. Every time someone asks me what the best thing on the menu is, I tell them they should try something they haven’t before, or try something new. I firmly believe that everything we make here is that good.” In addition to the full menu donned with smoothies, toasts and salads, Wilma’s also has a rotating selection of homemade gluten free and vegan pastries on display, including thick and creamy chocolate cupcakes, crispy yet soft ginger molasses cookies and colorful funfetti cupcakes. If you’re looking for both a healthy and simple option that has something that everyone in your party will like, you can’t go wrong with Wilma’s. When I was there, I had the “nice cream,” a healthy take on ice cream made with banana, avocado, vegan protein and cold brew topped with a layer of creamy almond butter, crunchy clusters of spiced granola, banana and hemp hearts. I couldn’t pass up the gluten free avocado toast with a fried egg as well, which was the perfect balanced breakfast choice. To wash it all down, I opted for an almond milk matcha latte, which I had unsweetened; however, it still had a perfectly subtle sweet taste. “We like to explore and take risks, find out what the benefits are of certain health foods, and not pigeonhole ourselves to being one cuisine or one “thing.” We want to be able to push ourselves to discover new things everyday. People are heading toward being more health conscious — for the mind, body and soul,” D’Andrea said when asked about the wonderfully diverse and unique menu.

At Wilma’s much of the choices on the menu remind me of restaurants from where I grew up, about 1,000 miles away from here on the East Coast where many people are hooked on healthfoodie trends and Instagrammable dining experiences. There aren’t many spots in town where I can feel like I’m in any of the cafes of my hometown, or having brunch with my family on a Saturday afternoon, but Wilma’s really replicates a strong feeling of the East Coast, of home, that I’ve yet to find elsewhere. “For the out-of-state kids from the West and East Coasts, we are sort of like a home away from home,” D’Andrea said when asked about the demographic of customers. The majority of their customers comes from the undergraduate community, and the owners have worked hard to foster a semblance of home for students who come to the Midwest for college from some place far away. “It’s like a different state in here, and we often have students telling us how much they feel that Wilma’s personality reminds them of their homes in California, New York, New Jersey.” In narrowing their identity a bit with the rebranding, the team behind Wilma’s wanted to make the entire restaurant have a throughline in its vibe, as opposed to having contrasting feelings in the different corners of the restaurant. They made the fix by decluttering some of their spaces, making sure all of the surfaces are clean and match the simplicity of the food and moving the plants higher up instead of at eye level. In matching their interior with the food they made sure the look of the place followed a similar trendy, boho feeling and everything else fell in line with the same theme. The dress code for employees, music choices, cutlery, cushions and decorations all fall into the same trend-setter, coastal, simple motif. The restaurant is a full package in terms of the dining experience, and the commitment to all the details contributes to its allure. The restaurant is well-known for its Instagrammable qualities: The ways in which everything from the intimate interior to the picture perfect dishes are incredibly photogenic. “We’re always looking for ways to include opportunities for people to want the world to know they were here. We’re putting a trendy mirror about halfway through the line so when people are waiting on a long line with friends, they can snap a selfie. But the Instagrammable aspect is just one piece of the puzzle, it’s about so much more,” D’Andrea said when asked about the social media behind Wilma’s (@ wilmasannarbor). The team at Wilma’s values human interactions, even if it’s just in the simple exchange of a few dollars for a cup of tea to go. They focus on the touch points and small details, which starts with making the customers feel welcome for however short or long their visit to the quaint, green oasis is. Because there are more restaurants per capita in Ann Arbor than in New York City, the competition is steep, and going the extra mile goes a long way in curating a popular spot in a city so crowded with restaurants. Thinking of unique ideas, working hard to stay on top of trends, taking risks and providing a familiar feel are all important pieces to Wilma’s puzzle. These are the things that attract students, Ann Arbor residents and businessmen and women to Wilma’s for a beetroot and quinoa burger — choices both loaded with nutrients and tasty. “Healthy is what people want these days. The trend of health food is taking off all over and we want to set the precedent for what that looks like in Ann Arbor while also providing an individual, extraordinary experience that evokes feelings of home for the customer,” D’Andrea said in regards to the restaurant officially rebranding as Wilma’s.

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New Year, new Lavigne: Michigan goaltender shows signs of resurgence TIEN LE

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For most, New Year’s marks a time of change. For Michigan junior goaltender Hayden Lavigne, the change came a little earlier. With a .870 save percentage up from October to December, it was no secret he had struggled in net while fighting for playing time. That was, until winter break hit, when Lavigne decided to f lip a switch. “You could see it just in practice, his intensity, his work ethic,” said Michigan coach Mel Pearson. “proHe turned the corner just before Christmas, and then we’ve seen it in practice.” Practice was where he made his mark — for good and bad. When the season first began, the starting goaltending spot was his to lose. After all, former Wolverine goaltender Jack LaFontaine had transferred, and the backups were two freshmen with no collegiate experience. But the effects of a guaranteed start had a negative impact on his development. Lavigne — tall and athletic — normally created separation from every other goaltender not through talent and skill alone, but through the way he worked hard and attacked practice. He was competitive to the point where allowing goals during practice angered him. Yet, despite his work ethic, he lost focus in the midst of his job’s security. “I think when he first came back this year, little sloppy in practice,” Pearson said.

“Didn’t bear down as well as he should have or could have. I don’t know if he thought he’d show up, and it’d just be like last year.” It was the coaches that made him realize things weren’t going to be easy, whether he was prepared or not. “I think I kind of realized with some help from the coaches, that my practices, the first little bit of the season, probably weren’t where they needed to be in terms of out of tune, frustration, stuff like that,” Lavigne said. As he returned to the ice in 2019, he set a goal to change up his practice mindset — keep his head down, work hard and try to stop every puck no matter what. Compared to the first half of the season, it was a new Hayden Lavigne. Even if drills didn’t go his way, even if goals seemed to go in in practice, he didn’t worry. And that was the key to Lavigne’s confidence, which showed early, when he was given the start in a crucial game against thenNo. 6 Notre Dame. His performance — 30 saves on a .889 save percentage — led to Michigan’s first win in over a month. The two goals were on defensive slipups late in the third period that stained an otherwise good game for Lavigne. “I think those practices, my chance in the practice mindset, has really led on to that strong foot forward so far this new year,” Lavigne said. “My goal is to go out every day in practice and work hard and gain the confidence to know that when I go into the weekend, I

“I don’t know if he thought he’d show up, and it’d be like last year.”

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Junior goaltender Hayden Lavigne notched 30 saves on a .889 save percentage in Michigan’s 4-2 win over Notre Dame last week, its first win in over a month.

can beat anybody and shut out anybody on a given night.” Even after the win, Lavigne wasn’t content. It was a quality that Pearson noted and appreciated. “That’s what I like about him, he’s not satisfied,” Pearson said. “He’s maybe happy about his performance, but he’s not satisfied, and that’s how he has to be, that’s how his teammates have to be too, but Hayden is taking that approach so good for him. “He had a great second half last year. So far, he’s off to a real good start this year, so we’re hoping for more of the same from him, and we know he can do it.” Unlike teammate Strauss Mann, Lavigne had done

‘M’ running out of chances The life of a collegiate athletic program is one of continuous overhaul. At the end of every CONNOR season, BRENNAN coaches move on, seniors graduate and a fresh flock of wide-eyed freshmen join the team. Naturally, new seasons always bring about change and unknowns. Coming into the 2018-19 women’s basketball season, programs in the Big Ten Conference had seemingly experienced more change and featured more unknowns than most other leagues around the country. Five of the Big Ten’s top seven leading scorers from last season departed — Michigan point guard Katelynn Flaherty being third on that list. To put it simply, the conference was ripe for the taking. Despite losing Flaherty and senior Jillian Dunston, it was not a far-fetched notion that the Wolverines — who finished sixth in the conference and made it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament — could ascend to bigger and better things this season. Seniors Hallie Thome and Nicole Munger were set to take over the leadership roles of Flaherty and Dunston, both

on and off the court. A stellar recruiting class featuring the likes of point guard Amy Dilk and forward Naz Hillmon supplemented a young but talented roster. This was a reload, the theory went, not a rebuild. Through 17 games, only a few of those premises have come to fruition. Teams in the Big Ten clearly underwent some overhaul, but the narrative coming into the season was exaggerated. The conference this season is deeper than first thought and features a number of quality teams. In fact, for the first time since the 201415 season, the current AP Top 25 includes six Big Ten programs — most notably No. 9 Maryland, No. 17 Michigan State and No. 20 Rutgers, who currently sit atop the Big Ten standings. Though Thome and Munger have been everything they were chalked up to be as leaders, they have struggled at times with injury and inconsistency. Their offensive output hasn’t been able to replace Flaherty’s on a clear one-to-one basis, but then again it may have been naive to think it could. To a similar extent, this highly touted freshman class has shown signs of brilliance, but as expected has also shown signs of inexperience. Dilk and Hillmon, specifically, have been thrust into prominent roles. While this will undoubtedly serve them

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Kim Barnes Arico and Michigan are facing a crucial five-game stretch.

well in the future, with the ball-handling duties placed on Dilk’s shoulders, she has been error-prone. After a 19-point outing against Washington, in which she shot 7-for-11 from the field, Dilk accounted for nine turnovers and shot 14.2 percent in the next two games — signs of improvement followed by clear growing pains. Michigan’s up-and-down performances this season have culminated in an overall record of 11-6 and a 2-3 record in the Big Ten — good for sixth place thus far. According to multiple projections, the Wolverines aren’t slated to make the NCAA Tournament this season. At this point last year, Michigan was 15-4 and in the midst of a six-game win streak against Big Ten opponents. The depth of the Big Ten affords Michigan a few more notable opportunities to make its case for the tournament, but those chances are dwindling. Thursday’s trip to take on Megan Gustafson and the No. 22 Iowa Hawkeyes is the start of a five-game run which includes four ranked opponents. If Michigan is to save its season, it will come down to the results of this stretch. The Wolverines have alternated between success and defeat in their five games against Big Ten opponents thus far. They can no longer afford such deviations. While they challenged themselves out of conference, the results of those games weren’t good enough to compensate for lackluster performances in the Big Ten. So no, it’s not time to press the panic button on Michigan’s season, but there is a figurative finger hovering over it. The coming weeks decide everything. Connor Brennan can be reached at conbrenn@ umich.edu or on Twitter @ ConnrBrennan.

it before, and been in it before — when the team was struggling to win. He stepped up to the plate last season when the coaches needed him to. This year, they know he has the chance to do the same. “It’s different if you haven’t proven it,” Pearson said. “You haven’t been there, if you haven’t done it, but he has. You know he’s got it in him, and he’s capable.” After factoring his hot second-half-of-the-year performance last season

and his showing against the Fighting Irish, the coaches decided early to start him back-to-back against No. 4 Ohio State — going as far as resting him for the occasion by playing Mann against Merrimack. “We wanted to sort of save him for the back-to-back games, and we gave Strauss the chance Tuesday,” Pearson said. “Hayden’s playing extremely well, and that’s why we went back to back with him.” The rest, the confidence,

“That’s what I like about him, he’s not satisfied.”

the hard work and intense practices — all things that set the stage for him to succeed in the Buckeye matchup. And Lavigne took to it. “He gave us a chance to (win),” Pearson said. “Obviously we won two of the three games that he’s played and we had a real good chance to win that last game there, we had a twoone lead, and it’s because of him.” Entering the new year, compared to the first half of the season, there was a new Lavigne. A goaltender who practiced hard, competed hard and gave Michigan the opportunity to win. But for Lavigne and the coaching staff, it was more of the same.

Wolverines track and field breaks multiple records in season opener LANE KIZZIAH For the Daily

As the gun went off on Saturday for the first race of the Wolverine Invitational, the University of Michigan Indoor Track and Field Arena was already buzzing with activity. Athletes were moving on all sections of the floor as the high jump, shot put, long jump, pole vault and hurdling events all began. The Wolverines broke many records over the next four hours, including back-to-back throws in the women’s weight throw event. Senior Bailey Baker broke the school record with a throw of 19.28 meters, which was upped by .25 on the next throw by senior Kayla Deering. Junior Andrew Liskowitz also broke the school record for men’s shot put. Other personal records were broken in the men’s weight throw, both the women’s and the men’s 60-meter hurdles, and the women’s 3000-meter events. This performance even surpassed Michigan coach James Henry’s expectations. “I was expecting some broken performances in the essence of sometimes the kids get nervous on their first time

out, but to get those kinds of performances makes me more optimistic,” Henry said. “Even though the first step is the most important, we’ve got a lot more steps to go.” Out of seven teams and 35 events, Michigan ended up with 21 athletes finishing in the top three, six of whom won their event. The Wolverines had a strong start in both the men’s and women’s 60-meter hurdles. After taking four of the top five times in the heats, junior Roland Amarteifio crossed the finish line first with sophomore Sierra Hendrix-Williams coming in third. On the women’s side, only freshman Michaiah Thomas qualified for the final, finishing sixth. The Michigan men continued to succeed in the following track events, particularly dominating the mile event in which the Wolverines had the six fastest times, including first and second-place finishes by freshmen Gabe Mudel and Dominic Dimambro. While the women could not crack the top five in the mile, they succeeded more in the short distances with junior Jade Harrison coming in first in the 200-meter dash.

Possibly the most exciting moment of the meet came in the penultimate event, the women’s 4x400 meter relay. With roughly 500 meters left, junior Julia Hall moved into second place, which had been occupied by Michigan State in the earlier part of the race. Michigan surprised the crowd again in the last 200 meters when freshman Aurora Rynda overtook Eastern Michigan for first place, quickly putting distance between herself and the rest of the pack. Henry attributed Michigan’s overall strong results and the new team records to the strategic training. “We prepped ourselves quite well,” Henry said. “We do an excellent job prepping ourselves for our program. We’ve been prepping since September, so this is a chance to do our first competition and I would call it a dress rehearsal. It was a good dress rehearsal. “There’s so many steps to the Big Ten, so we’ve got a 10-step process and this is just step one. Some of the kids stumbled on their first step and some of the kids did well on their first step. We’ve just got to evaluate and take it one step at a time.”

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The Wolverines posted the six fastest times in the mile event Saturday, including a first-place finish from Gabe Mudel.

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How do you beat Michigan?

ust two of 351 teams in Division I basketball remain unbeaten.

One is Virginia. The JACOB other is … SHAMES well, if you’re reading this column, you already know the answer. An undefeated record at this point in the season might imply some kind of otherworldly dominance. The Michigan men’s basketball team has had that at times, but by and large it hasn’t been the story of its season. When viewing the past 17 games together, few seasonlong trends emerge. So what is the secret to the Wolverines’ success? Answer: precisely that. Michigan’s won games by blowing the doors off teams. It blitzed Villanova right out of the gate to a 44-17 halftime lead and beat Purdue and Indiana on the strength of a dizzying first 10 minutes. The Wolverines have won the hard way too, starting slow against Penn State and Illinois before methodically grinding them into a fine powder. Michigan has had games over by halftime and has had to ice games at the free-throw line. It’s scored more than 80 points five times and under 70 five times. Right now, the only question is which equally effective Wolverine team will show up. “We’re such a day-to-day team, and I’m a day-to-day coach,” said John Beilein after

Michigan’s latest triumph, an 80-60 beatdown of Northwestern on Sunday. “(The Wildcats are) just so good with what they run. They run pro sets, they show you one thing, they do another thing, and they’re really good defensively — they were leading the country in not giving up threes.” The Wolverines aren’t necessarily deep — just seven players get regular minutes. But that group is as balanced — five different players have led the team in scoring — and as wellrounded as any in the country. Zavier Simpson and Charles Matthews are the defensive tone-setters. Jon Teske is the low-post anchor. Jordan Poole and Ignas Brazdeikis go and get buckets. Isaiah Livers and Eli Brooks bring needed versatility off the bench. It’s hard to imagine a rotation without any one of them. “You never know who can be the leading scorer on this team,” Matthews said. “You never know who can be the leading rebounder, leader in assists. We just play to win.” Michigan’s defense is unquestionably its backbone. The Wolverines rank in the top five in the country in steal rate, free throw rate and defensive rebounding rate per KenPom. But they rank 20th in adjusted offensive efficiency as well. Michigan has areas which can be exploited, certainly. But in the same way that not all of the Wolverines’ strengths show up at once, neither do their weaknesses. Just look at Sunday night’s victory, in which Michigan set

the school record for most wins (17) to start a season. The Wolverines’ first meeting with the Wildcats was a 62-60 slugfest in Evanston. This, Michigan’s closest game of the season, was one of the few times its flaws were exposed to a degree that could cost it a victory. Simpson, a career 30 percent 3-point shooter, was lured into putting up five from behind the arc. He missed all of them and forced Beilein to take his best defender and floor general out of the waning moments of a one-possession road game. This was Northwestern’s formula for beating the Wolverines, and it just about worked. On Sunday, the Wildcats sagged off the junior again.

Again, it was working — until it wasn’t. With 10:56 to play in the first half, Simpson, despite a 0-for2 start, canned a trey. Then another. And another. An offthe-dribble midrange pull-up — a shot he’s taken probably once this year, if that. Another trey. And on the next possession, a crossover and a step-back into the most unlikely of heat checks — a 3-pointer that was one of those shots you simply knew was going in. Meanwhile, Teske’s lack of outside shooting has yet to hurt Michigan, but Northwestern, seeing the 7-foot-1 center’s five threes in 22 attempts this season, made it clear it was fine with leaving him open. Teske shot that strategy down, going

3-for-4 on his way to tying a career high with 17 points — in the first half. It’s easy to forget it now, but 3-point shooting was supposed to be one of the Wolverines’ weaknesses entering the season. Northwestern coach Chris Collins stated postgame that his team was going to live with Simpson and Teske firing from outside. What happens now that teams know it can kill them? “Give those guys credit, they went 8-for-15 from the 3-point line,” Collins said. “When they’re shooting like that, and you add Charles and Jordan Poole and Iggy to that group, Livers and those guys off the bench, they’re going to be very difficult to beat.” Added Beilein: “What we got

to do in those situations, we got to find other people. ... You take away one thing from us, our hope is that we have another answer.” The Wolverines almost always do have an answer — and that’s what makes beating them so challenging. The blueprint for doing so, to the extent that there even is one, changes every game, and their weaknesses are mostly neutralized by their adaptability. Want to know what that entails? Ask Collins. “That’s why they’re 17-0.” Shames can be reached via email at jacosham@umich.edu or on Twitter @Jacob_Shames. He’ll usually follow back.

“We’re such a day-to-day team, and I’m a day-today coach.”

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Michigan coach John Beilein leads a Wolverines team that ranks in the top-five in defensive rebounding rate and opponents’ 3-point percentage, among other stats.

This is still Zavier Simpson’s team

avier Simpson’s table wasn’t too crowded. The date was Oct. 25, 2017, the ETHAN setting was SEARS Michigan men’s basketball media day and the topic of conversation was the point-guard position. As it related to Simpson though, the question was not so much one of what but of when. Jaaron Simmons had been brought in as a graduate transfer, and it was only a matter of time before he supplanted Simpson as the start-

er. So the thinking went. Asking around that day though, a kind of character began to emerge. Jordan Poole recounted a story of Simpson stealing the ball in a walkthrough, keeping the intensity high. Assistant coach DeAndre Haynes couldn’t recall a time in practice that Simpson’s team was losing. Finally, a question was posed to Simpson. Who has the loudest voices on the team? “Loudest voices,” he said, hesitating. “Loudest voices on the team. Ummm, lemme take a look.” He leaned back in his chair, scanning the room. “Lemme take a look. I’m

gonna let my man — I’m gonna let my people answer this. I’ll let Naji (Ozeir) and Luke (Wilson) answer this.” It didn’t take much thinking from Wilson. “You’re looking at him right now,” he said. In the last 15 months, that image has grown to a crescendo. Simpson was the catalyst of the Wolverines’ rebranding as a defensive-oriented team last year. He out-willed Michigan State’s Cassius Winston — not once, but twice — gaining personal vindication against a player John Beilein initially recruited ahead of him. He is the internal voice leading a team that not only made the national title

game but has won 17 straight games to start this season. On that media day though, Simpson was a 6-foot guard who shot below 40 percent from the field and averaged 1.6 points per game his freshman season — a direct result of his being 6-foot. For the early part of his sophomore season, Michigan’s offense ground to a halt with Simpson on the floor. In Maui, he was benched for Eli Brooks, and Simmons still lurked as a veteran presence with scoring ability. Then, suddenly, things changed. Simpson changed his approach to finishing at the rim, learning to go around bigger defenders in lieu of going over. He got his starting spot back.

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Michigan point guard Zavier Simpson replaced Eli Brooks as the starting point guard last season, and he hasn’t looked back since, serving as the leader of this team.

You know the rest. The endpoint to that change in his inside shooting has come more recently, in the form of a suddenly lethal sky-hook. Finishing is no longer a semblance of an issue — Simpson obliterated that challenge. That takes us to Sunday, when Northwestern played Simpson to shoot. The Wildcats had done the same thing in December, with success, and, at first, it worked again. Then something clicked, and Simpson, a career 30 percent shooter from three, went 5-of-10, catalyzing a blowout. Predictably, the questions afterward focused on that night. Beilein obliged at first, but then decided to offer a bigger-picture assessment. “No — this young man is really special,” Beilein said. “As far as the type of grit and determination he has. You put a challenge in front of Zavier Simpson and he’s gonna eventually win. Time will run out sometimes in life, but he will eventually win if there’s a big challenge in front of him. And so that’s what it is. You challenge him, say you can’t — he gives some pretty good stares to people after he scores. Over them, around them, under them... He’s gonna beat the odds.” That goes beyond Simpson though. The Wolverines embody that mindset. They took it to a Final Four last year. They’ve taken it through 17 games this year and the results have been pretty good. This is a group that has lost just once since Feb. 11, 2018 and, remarkably, has rarely looked dominant in doing so. For every win in which Michigan has blown out North Carolina or Texas A&M, there’s another in which it has methodically

ground SUNY Binghamton into dust. It’s a culture that takes every stereotype coaches love to preach, then lives them. “A positive culture just breeds itself,” Beilein said. “The impact that Charles Matthews has had on this program — just play defense. And Zavier, coming in here and just saying, ‘I’m gonna find my way on the court and just play defense.’ The impact it has on the young guys that they look around and all the veterans are shooting before and after practice. They’re there early. They leave late. “I think people notice, there’s one proven formula for improvement. Not how fast you do — can be differential. There’s one proven formula, and it’s hard work. And that’s what our kids do, with limited distractions. Right? Kids don’t miss class. We’re not running them. We don’t have issues in practice. And they’re still young kids. But at the same time, that’s been a big thing, too. When you don’t have a lot of distractions, you’re really allowed to coach a team.” A few minutes before Beilein came to the podium, Simpson had been asked about his own role in creating that culture. He cut off the question. “I just play,” he said. “Every single day, I wanna just get better with my team. Practice, I take one day at a time. I don’t worry about the next day. I compete like it’s the first play. Like I’m competing for a starting spot.” It’s a cliché. But it’s his cliché. One that his team embodies.

“There’s one proven formula and it’s hard work.”

Sears can be reached at searseth@umich.edu or on Twitter @ethan_sears.