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EMMA MATI/Daily Former U-M professor Scott Kurashige and lecturer Emily Lawsin discuss corrupt structural practices at the University regarding administrative and sexual misconduct policies at the #UMICHIsComplicit Town Hall at Weill Hall Sunday evening.

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University of Michigan students, faculty and community members discussed discrimination and “sham” investigations at the “UM: Corruption, Complicity, Coverups” town hall in Weill Hall Sunday night. The event was hosted by UMich is Complicit: a movement dedicated to combating discriminatory hiring practices and sexual misconduct policies at the University.

The panel featured Scott Kurashige, former director of the Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Program and tenured professor at U-M, and his partner Emily Lawsin, a lecturer in the departments of Women’s Studies and American Culture. They filed a discrimination lawsuit against the University under the Michigan Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act in December 2016. Kurashige is now a professor at the University of Washington.

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LSA student gov’t hosts forum for candidates 13 positions discuss issues including mental health, transportation AYSE ELDES For The Daily

On Friday morning, LSA freshman Adam Grimes visited the University of Michigan Counseling and Psychological Services website to make an appointment with a campus counselor. His wait time was 13 days. On that same day, LSA sophomore Andrew Goldman received a wait time of 23 days. “That means that if right now you felt as though you needed to talk to someone here at this university regarding a mental health issue or some other issue you have — you want to go to talk to someone you can trust to give you good advice — you have to wait all the way until mid-December, right around finals,” Goldman said. “That’s absolutely unacceptable for any student to have to wait that long.” Mental health and student input were major agendas on policy platforms at the LSA Student Government representative candidates’ forum on Friday. According to LSA senior Lorraine Furtado, LSA SG elections director, the 13 candidates are currently uncontested.

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He said he was removed from his position as the director of the A/ PIA Studies Program, and while his tenure prevented him from being fired, the University pressured him to quit. “While I was here, I was an advocate for students who had faced different types of discrimination or assault,” Kurashige said. “In response, I faced retaliation, harassment. In essence, I was forced to quit under threats and harassment by administrators at this University.”

Lawsin was up for her employment review in 2017 — every few years, lecturers undergo standard performance reviews. She said she expected her contract to be renewed, as she had been working at the University since 2000. However, both departments she works in decided not to renew her contract. She then submitted a rebuttal letter to the LSA Executive Committee. See A/PIA PAGE 2A

More than 100 Ann Arbor residents and students marched Sunday to raise awareness about affordable housing issues in the city. Gathering initially in Liberty Plaza, many members of the group spoke about their personal housing experiences and urged others to contact their representatives about housing issues. According to the Washtenaw General Defense Committee, rent went up 15 percent in the last year alone in some areas of the city. Two different reports from this August confirmed Ann Arbor’s skyrocketing rents, with a year-over-year rent increase of 15.9 percent. The committee also said about 80,000 individuals commute to Ann Arbor as there isn’t affordable housing closer to their point of work. The University of Michigan also

Annual IASA show highlights cultural dances at Michigan Theater

‘Kahaani’ features 240 student performers from hip hop to bhangra IULIA DOBRIN For The Daily

On Friday night, the Indian American Student Association put on its annual cultural dance show at the Michigan Theater. This year’s show, titled “Kahaani: The Tale of Our Time,” featured more than 250 participants performing for a sold-out audience. The show featured 10 dances showcasing a variety of styles, ranging from traditional Bhangra and South Indian dances, to Bollywood and hip hop. “Kahaani,” which means “story,” was chosen as the show’s

theme by the show coordinators and show core team. LSA senior Karthik Pittala, IASA co-president, talked about the reasons behind the theme. “They wanted to sort of make it like a story, so we have ups and downs in terms of tempo or musicality trying to make it dynamic as much as possible,” Pittala said. “I think it’s just something that resonated with all of us.” As co-presidents, Pittala and LSA senior Sanjna Chokshi were in charge of communicating with the leadership team and the rest of the IASA members, as well as engaging with other organizations

on campus such as the United Asian American Organizations and Michigan Sahānā. “We’re like the groundwork, and then everyone else can build their ideas based on some of our suggestions,” Pittala said. IASA also partners with a charity each year to help raise money and promote their cause. This year’s community service partner was Sakhi for South Asian Women, a New York-based charity that unites “survivors, communities, and institutions to eradicate gender-based violence and form healthy communities.” After the dancers of the “Village” performance left

the stage in their traditional costumes, taking with them the aviator sunglasses they put on in the middle of the dance, the show took a brief pause from the high energy and humor of the dances to play a video about Sakhi’s mission and impact. As one of the community service chairs for IASA, LSA sophomore Jhanvi Garg was involved with picking out the charity for the season and creating events throughout the year that align with Sakhi’s values.

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The University of Michigan Veteran and Military Services organized and hosted a Women in the Military panel Friday. The six panelists, all female veterans, spoke as part of the University Veteran’s Week to an audience of about 25 students, veterans and other members of the Ann Arbor community. Jan Malaikal, a veteran who served in the U.S. Army for 20 years, moderated the panel. She began by asking the panelists to introduce themselves, give a brief overview of their service and talk about why they joined the military. Jennifer Lamb, who served as a mortar ballistic computer weapons specialist and a supply officer for the U.S. Marine Corps, talked about how she was the first woman in history to cross the Arctic Circle in a rigid rubber raft, and only the third woman ever to be trained in her profession. She said she joined the military to fund her college education. “I joined because I was poor,” she said. “The military does help pay for college. So, I was in the Marine Corps reserves so I could finish my college.”

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Program for freshmen undergoes changes, updates for 2019-2020 school year Lawsin continued, saying they chose to file a lawsuit to not only stand up for themselves, but to stand up for other A/PIA students, faculty and all other community members who might be discriminated against by the University. “That’s part of the reason why we decided to file a lawsuit in December of 2016,” Lawsin said. “They threatened not to allow me to come back to teach. Teaching has been my love and we felt that if they could do that to me and force my partner (Kurashige) out, what would they do to others who are even more vulnerable?” Kurashige discussed the challenges of filing a lawsuit against a major institution like the University. “It’s not easy to be a whistleblower in this society, right?” Kurashige said. “When you challenge people in power, they can come down on you with the force of institutional power, they can try to shame you to the public … there are all types of things set up to keep people silent.” Kurashige said the University attempted to discriminate against he and Lawsin when their newborn

A/PIA From Page 1A The departments agreed to review her case again two years later. Her next review is expected at the end of this semester. She said her treatment at the University is noticeably different from that of her white, male colleagues. Lawsin explained how when she suggested a resolution to the Department of Women’s Studies in 2015, she was dismissed and she felt like her criticism of the University was followed up by disciplinary action against her. “The way I was treated for that time period was in stark contrast with the treatment of a white, male lecturer in my department who was found of having sexual misconduct toward a student several years prior,” Lawsin said. “He was given a disciplinary warning but this was never shared with other faculty or his review committee, whereas my resolution to support survivors Sudoku Syndication somehow found its place in my review file to show that I was a troublemaker.”

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child required heart surgery. He defense for the University in case said their request for modified there is a civil lawsuit, which is duty, where workers are entitled to absolutely astonishing that there alternate assignments while they is absolutely no independence or or a family member is recovering confidentiality,” Kurashige said. Panelist Anna Dang, LSA junior from medical illness or injury, was and a representative for the A/ intentionally delayed six weeks. “Our child is five years old now, PIA Studies Program on the panel, she was born in the spring of 2014,” said a previous director of A/PIA Kurashige said. “She had a hole in Studies hired by the University her heart and required open heart was unqualified to lead the surgery … while this was happening, program and serves an example we were both putting in for what’s of discriminatory hiring practices. called modified duty, which is the Dang later clarified to The Daily closest thing the University has the former director that she was to maternity or paternity leave, referring to was John Kuwada, and what we found through the whom the University hired to be emails we got in this lawsuit is that the new director for the 2018-19 the Dean’s office was deliberately school year. “An example is hiring someone to delaying processing that while we were in this vulnerable state and be the director of the A/PIA Studies Program just because they’re Asian concerned about our child.” In a message to The Daily, and a biology professor,” Dang University spokeswoman Kim said. “This disrespects the A/PIA Broekhuizen said the University identity by implying that being encourages anyone who feels they part of this identity means that have been discriminated against you are politicized and can head to report it and go through with an a department. And it definitely disrespects the A/PIA Studies investigation. http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ “The University of Michigan Program because it is implying that has a robust and well-established we only have these skills because we complaint and investigation identify as A/PIA. It’s a discerning process for handling claims model that the administration is of discrimination and we are hiring like this.” LSA junior Josiah Walker, a confident that process is effective,” Broekhuizen wrote. “All persons panelist, echoed what Dang said who believe they have been and cited Pamela Heatlie, the subject to discrimination and former Title IX coordinator, as an harassment are encouraged to example of poor hiring practices. use the university processes for OIE’s investigations faced intense investigating their complaints. criticism under Heatlie’s leadership. “There definitely is a disconnect It is against university policy and unlawful to retaliate against between what administrators someone for filing a complaint or say happens and what actually participating in the investigation happens,” Walker said. Dang concluded by emphasizing process.” Kurashige then said though the the importance of student activism Office of Institutional Equity is against discrimination at the supposed to conduct investigations University. She said students hold independently, OIE’s former senior the most power in representing A/ director admitted under cross PIA. “As students you have the power examination for their lawsuit that they often send information to to enroll in A/PIA courses, you can lawyers at the Office of the Vice decline the ethnic studies minors, you can ask why there aren’t majors President and General Counsel. “Anything that gets told to in a lot of these programs, you can OIE, whether you’re a civil rights talk to our professors and connect complainant, sexual misconduct with them,” Dang said. “And, complainant or a survivor, you know, admin can’t really fire anything you tell them can students. We hold an extremely immediately get transmitted to distinctive place in making University lawyers because they demands at this University if we are the ones hired to prepare a can stand together.”

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Playing games AYOMIDE OKUNADE MiC Columnist

Somedays Being Black in America feels like a never-ending game of musical chairs The DJ’s favorite song is “meritocracy” You only see yourself and other Black people dancing Like modern-day minstrels around Chairs like Graduate programs White-collar jobs A living wage Chairs that were never made for you Chairs that were made to keep you dancing Somedays Being Black in America feels like a rigged game of monopoly You and your brother and your cousin and your best friend Keep landing on the space marked “Go to Jail” Keep drawing cards marked “Go to Jail” Keep seeing whole neighborhoods marked “Go to Jail” And sometimes, even that is a privilege because,

charades You comply You put your hands up You sit in your house They guess “threat” They guess “violent” They guess “weapon” Somedays Being Black in America feels like chess, not checkers Grandma tells your brother “never fuck a white woman” Momma cuts off your sister’s dreads so she can “look professional enough to get a job” And you are tired of navigating a PWI Tired of knowing that everything you say and do is seen as a representation of all Black people You are tired of the DJ playing “meritocracy” You are tired of monopoly boards filled with “Go to Jail” spaces You are tired of the police guessing incorrectly You are tired of playing chess with white people But most of all

Shoes and Ink DEEYA CHATURVEDI MiC Blogger

Yo are tired of being played

These pieces are from my “Stationery At the Moulin Rouge” series. I created them in

Somedays Being Black in America feels like a bad game of

a study of Henri de ToulouseLautrec, a French artist from the 1890’s who immortalized his favorite hangout, the Moulin Rouge, in his lithographic advertisements. I decided to create my own ads advertising

my school supplies from my school days in India— supplies that were, and still are, very beloved to me—using similar imagery and colors to his work. Creating these ads was a way for me to pay tribute to the objects

that helped foster my passion for drawing in the first place— the numerous ink and pencil doodles that filled my school notebooks made my art what it is today.

Not home for the holidays MICHAELA MINNIS MiC Blogger

It’s that time of year again: the period after Halloween and the beginning of November where individuals start playing holiday music like Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You,” completely surpassing Thanksgiving. And although Thanksgiving is not something that everyone celebrates due to the literal unacknowledgement of a Native American genocide carried out by English settlers, it is a time where some students

gear up to go home and spend time with their loved ones. Anticipating the home cooked meals is one of the best parts of the days leading up to Thanksgiving break; students book their plane or bus tickets months in advance to make sure that they are able to be home and get that much needed break. Unfortunately, some tend to forget that not everyone is able to go back to a family home and thus have to spend the holidays alone. Some do not want to go home to their families because the holidays may bring up bad

memories, or they are not on good terms with their families. Surely we have seen the tweets where common scenarios play out during this time of year: There is an uncle that sits at the dinner table during Thanksgiving, says something homophobic and you have to sit there in silence to protect yourself because it can be dangerous to speak up. These scenarios actually happen, making some not want to go see their families over the holidays because they feel that their life could be in jeopardy if they do so because of the identities they

hold. Normalizing the choice to not go home to avoid situations such as the one mentioned will make the Holidays much more enjoyable for everyone; still post pictures of your delicious plates on social media, but keep in mind that not everyone has this privilege. Furthermore, financial constraints can prevent students from traveling to see their loved ones. It is okay to not want to go home for the holidays. It is not strange, but instead it is a choice one has to make when thinking about their security and mental health because the holidays are

SUNGMIN CHO MiC Columnist

Although the dean only allows the domestic students to swap sections, That’s not discrimination. That’s just a policy. Although a professor’s favorites all happen to be white and she only lets them speak, She’s not racist. That’s just a coincidence.

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As I walk through campus, surrounded by people who look nothing like me, I can’t help but feel like I don’t belong. I try not to compare myself to anyone but it seems like everyone around me has their lives figured out, their friend groups established and their futures secured. And though these feelings may not mirror the truth, they still linger in my mind. In order to escape the confinements of my thoughts, I plug in my headphones and

launch the Apple Music app. Once I hit play, and turn the sound on, the negative thoughts turn off and my worries begin to dissipate. The hums of Kid Cudi soothe my mind like honey to a sore throat and his intergalactic beats teleport me to another dimension. The guitars of Santana place me on a tropical beach with a beaming sun that defrosts my pina colada to perfection. The vocals of Eartha Kitt drive me to a black and white French film from the 1950s where everything happens in fast-motion and there is no dialogue. The ethereal instrumentals

of Jhene Aiko elevate me to the clouds while her lyricism brings me back down to earth and humble me. The familiarity of Nancy Ajram’s voice takes me back to Sunday nights at my Tata’s house watching Arabic television, drinking shai and eating so much baklava that my teeth hurt. My freshman year of college has me feeling lost, but music helps navigate my journey. Music has the power to teleport me anywhere I can imagine, and though the song will soon end and I will be awakened to my reality, it’s still nice to escape from the struggle every now and then.

that you are on the fence about coming home, consider the kind of relationship you would want to have with them in the future. Don’t feel guilty for feeling the way you feel. It is valid, it is normal and if family members respond with disappointment about your absence, your decision is still valid. Make the decision, and be confident in it. Know that you did the right thing. Start your own holiday tradition! Make it what you want it to be to make the holidays more enjoyable.

Paranoia

Tunes that teleport A break from reality

not enjoyable for everyone. Here are some things to remember when deciding if being home during this season is the best option for you: It is your choice whether or not to spend the holidays with your family. If you are able to choose an alternative place to spend time with your family, do so: Family situations can be complicated, and thus planning out different places to congregate can relieve some stress. Be honest with your family about your presence during this time. If they are unable to accept

Although your class points at a random Asian figure in a drawing and asks

“Is that you?” They’re not racist. They’re just dumb. Although someone who sits next to you looks down and throws handouts, She’s not racist. She’s just rude to everyone.

Although a shopper cringes and complains about you speaking Korean in public, She’s not racist. She’s just distracted. Although a police officer

enters your room and speaks to you in condescending language, She’s not racist. That’s just her job. That’s just your paranoia. That’s how it works. That’s how they are. When something offends you, it’s just a coincidence. Once you point it out, you are the racist. So please, remain silent. It’s just you.

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Beware the brunch-industrial complex

his school year marks restaurant industry to allow the dawn of a new us to justif y spending money era with the potential on food at any time of the day. However, to redefine the restaurants have future of brunch. more incentive Every current than just getting college student people to eat who enrolled right more. They make after graduating a killing because high school was they can serve likely born after breakfast food 1996, meaning on lunch prices. members of Gen Z The materials — not millennials SOLOMON used to make — dominate college MEDINTZ breakfast food campuses. We now have an opportunity to — eggs, potatoes and f lour evaluate millennial fads and — are cheap, yet restaurants redefine our own stereotypes. can get away with charging First on the list: bougie ludicrous prices for them. There is even an advice brunches. I know this is controversial; column recommending that lots of people like brunch! But struggling restaurants that part of that is because we are need to increase profits start so used to looking up to the serving brunch. Unless your millennials among us and pancakes are infused with revering the culture they have saffron or truff le mushrooms, created. Even though they there is no reason to be are now gone from campus, I paying $17 for your midworry our generation seems to have caught the brunch fever. When I voice my anti-brunch sentiments, my friends tell me I should retire from the hot takes industry, that I am hating on good things and that I am just no fun. But I am by no means the first person to make this claim — many fun people have made it before. During the peak of anti-millennial hatred in the mid-2010’s, headlines like “Brunch is for Jerks,” “Why morning meal. And eating brunch is stupid” and “The brunch instead of breakfast Complete Guide to Hating and lunch will not decrease Brunch” peppered the news. the amount of food you eat However, vehement anti- over the course of the day, so brunch sentiments have it is not actually a cost saving receded from the headlines. mechanism, it just changes As the first wave of Gen Zers the schedule. Part of my frustration is graduate college and join the traditional brunch-going not with brunch but more demographic — young, urban with brunch culture. We professionals — we need to should not wait in excessively reignite the anti-brunch long lines to pay exorbitant prices for foods that can fervor. The first reason to be wary easily be made inexpensively of brunch is that it is a made- at home, and brunch is the up genre of food. The food most prolific manifestation we consume at brunch is of this phenomenon. We used either breakfast food (eggs, to eat brunch in diners. But potatoes, pancakes, etc.) brunch has departed from its or lunch food (sandwiches, humble beginnings into an salads, grain bowls, etc.). increasingly elitist enterprise. The brunch food category is Across the country, diners fully fabricated, likely by the have declined, especially in

We need to reignite the antibrunch fervor

cities; in New York City, 60 percent of diners have closed over the last 25 years. Instead of diners, brunch has become fancy. It now often serves as an indicator of higher socioeconomic status, and the research backs this up. The geographic locations where the number of brunch restaurants are expanding positively correlate with that population’s disposable income and free time, demonstrating a humble concept has been co-opted by the wealthy. Perhaps brunch’s only redeeming quality is that it liberates us from the restrictive confines of what we should eat and when. As a concept, brunch allows us to justif y consuming breakfast food at any time of the day. Similarly, since brunch can be consumed any time between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., it allows us to chip away at meal time constructs that restrict when it is socially acceptable to have a big meal. However, though attractive on the surface, brunch subtly reinforces those restrictions. Instead of creating more meal classifications, we should get rid of social constructs like mealtimes and fake designations about what food we should eat when. Why can’t I have quinoa for breakfast, cereal for dinner and a full meal at any time of the day? These social constructs are not scientifically based and are connected to legacies of colonial racism. What we need is a revitalization of the homecooked mid-morning food hangout. When we wake up lazily and want to debrief the night with friends, instead of waiting in line for mediocre, overpriced breakfast food where the lighting is always a little too bright, we should slumber over to a comforting living room and make our own eggs and waff les. Except shameless plug for Frank’s: Everyone should get their “Famous French Toast.”

A good day for soup

here is a sense of wonder come a nd go in cost umes that accompanies the a nd vent ure to cider mills on changing of seasons for t he weekends. But now, fa ll is not somet hing me. Having grown t hat ma kes me up in northern long for home California, where (except for maybe it is eternally 65 t he Ca lifornia deg rees and slightly weat her), but just overcast, fall in a reminder of Michigan wa s how I a m liv ing a cinematic t he f irst new experience, time I experienced independent of it, a nd it still ta kes me aback when SAMANTHA what I had been accustomed to for I wa lk t hrough SZUHAJ so long. Wit h t he ca mpus. Seeing t he bright hues of t rees dot ting comings a nd goings of t he t he sides of t he st reets a nd sea sons ever y yea r, persona l ha s followed. highways a round A nn A rbor cha nge brings me not hing but joy Friends, activ ities, academic experiences, a nd wa rmt h. There is a n interests, inherent sense of festiv it y t he t y pe of music I like at t hat accompa nies t he sea son t he time or a new snack a nd a n aut henticit y t hat t he food obsession — time ha s West Coa st la ndscape of my brought t hese cha nges, big a nd sma ll, over time. upbring ing lacks. The aut umn of my f reshma n yea r a lso brought t he rea lization t hat I wa s fa r f rom home. Despite t he whirlw ind of commotion t hat constit uted t he beg inning of my f irst yea r, I distinctly remember t he f irst cold day. I had come to school w it h a single sweater a nd coat, blissf ully unawa re a s to how quickly t he relief f rom t he summer heat quickly beca me t he f rig id nat ure of fa ll a nd Three yea rs ago, I stood w inter. I remember my awe quickly morphing into in t he ra in, lost on my to cla ss, terrif ied homesickness, a long ing for way wa rmt h a nd a fa milia r face of how to ma ke my way in t he sea of underg raduate a s a st udent here at t he Universit y of Michiga n, st udents. I know I a m not a lone in know ing lit tle about what t his feeling — I still f ind I wa nted to do a nd hav ing few fa milia r faces. I ca lled myself feeling t his way. mom, over whelmed A s my t hird yea r in A nn my A rbor continues on, my w it h t his sense of pa nicked perspective ha s slightly uncer ta int y. I expla ined shif ted. Fa ll is still t his what wa s happening, a nd mag ica l time in which af ter patiently listening, nat ure rea lly is in its prime. she gave me a single piece of The leaves still ca rpet t he adv ice: Find somet hing t hat g ra ss a nd sidewa lks, people reminds you of home.

Life in its stages brings in the new, for the good and the bad

Life in its stages brings in t he new, for t he good a nd t he bad. Sometimes we ca n predict it, like t he cha ng ing of sea sons, a nd ot her times we ca nnot, like get ting caught in t he ra in on a w indy fa ll day. It is what we do w it h t hat cha nge a nd how we embrace it mov ing for wa rd t hat ma kes t he la rgest impact on our lives. A s st udents, our lives a re consta ntly bring ing t he new into our somewhat established routines a nd livelihoods. My pa st self found t his dif f icult, a nd at times I still f ind it dif f icult. But t he key to how I have ma naged to dea l w it h t he new ness, homesickness a nd dista nce is to f ind fa milia r t hings f rom home a nd work t hem into my life wherever I f ind myself — eating food t hat reminds me of my fa mily ’s cooking, watching my hometow n spor ts tea ms play or listening to music t hat I connect to my childhood. Ca rr y ing a bit of t he old into t he new of fers a sense of securit y a nd somet hing I ca n fa ll back on. A f ter ta lking to my mom on t hat ra iny day, I r ushed home a nd got a big bowl of vegetable soup, somet hing I would a lways eat on ra re ra iny days a s a kid. It wa s a tempora r y f ix, but it of fered a g reater lesson a s to t he impor ta nce of incorporating t he old into t he new. So, a s we a ll embrace fa ll a nd t he cha nge t hat comes w it h it, remember to seek out t he old a nd comfor table a s t hings seem unfa milia r or uncer ta in. Ca rr y yourself t hrough w it h t he fa milia r, a s I pla n to do — sta r ting w it h a big bowl of soup. Samantha Szuhaj can be reached at szuhajs@umich.edu.

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Hailing from the metropolis of São Paulo, the Brazilian Tropicália band Os Mutantes’s (which translates to “The Mutants”) 1968 self-titled album somehow sounds as if The Beatles moved to South America and took even more psychedelics. One of the most creative groups to ever come out of the country with a rich musical history rivaling any others, their success was brief at the time they were active, but their name has seen somewhat of a resurgence decades later. The group’s origins lie in the relationship that developed between Rita Lee Jones and Arnaldo Baptista when they were both teenagers in the mid-1960s. Along with Arnaldo’s younger brother Sérgio, they formed Os Mutantes in 1965, and within a couple years, they found themselves in the middle of one of Brazil’s burgeoning musical movements. Spearheaded by the singer Caetano Veloso as well as others such as Gilberto Gil and Nara Leão, the Tropicália movement was born. At the time, Brazil was under the rule of a brutal military dictatorship which heavily espoused conservative/traditionalist views. Tropicália emerged as a countercultural movement that was at its core musical, but encompassed much more. Veloso, Gil and the other early collaborators wished to infuse the traditional samba and Bossa Nova forms with influences from psychedelic rock. Ironically, the music, epitomized by the 1968 collaboration album/manifesto Tropicália: Ou Panis et Circensis (Tropicalism, or bread and circuses), seemed to anger both sides of the political spectrum. According to the band’s current label Luaka Bop, the right-wing dictatorship despised its inherent subversiveness, and the left viewed certain elements of it as representing a capitulation to the Anglophone world’s imperialism. The genre unfortunately would not live long, as its architects Veloso and Gil were imprisoned and eventually exiled by the end of the decade. While they continued to record and release music in England, the movement itself faltered without their presence and leadership. Groups including Os Mutantes and the Bahia based Novos Baianos carried the flag for a short period, yet the genre never again reached its early peak. Both the genre’s as well as Os Mutantes’s increase in popularity outside of Brazil stem from a compilation (titled Everything is Possible: The Best of Os Mutantes) released in 1999 by David Byrne on his label, the aforementioned Luaka Bop, as well as name drops by figures such as Kurt Cobain. Bands ever since such as of Montreal have cited the unhinged chaos on the band’s early records. Appearing both on “Everything is Possible” and the self-titled “A Minha Menina,” a cover of a song by compatriot Jorge Ben Jor, is as good a poster child as any of this chaos. The distinctive psychedelic fuzz present in the chorus is a result of an ad-hoc pedal “powered by a sewing machine” built by Arnaldo and Sérgio’s older brother. Will Hodgkinson of The Guardian notes that this, as well as other jury-rigged elements of their musical setup, were made necessary due to “the lack of decent musical equipment in 1960s Brazil.” “A Minha Menina,” as well as other notable cuts such as “Panis Et Circenses” impressively never collapse under their own weight, considering just how much is thrown onto these tracks. Just as with The Avalanches’s 2000 plunderphonics masterpiece Since I Left You, each new listen of an Os Mutantes track reveals a small detail previously unnoticed. Moreover, it’s impossible to tell whether certain elements were a product of lack of equipment or an act of irreverent genius. As with many of their influences such as Jimi Hendrix and Sly and the Family Stone, heavy drug use and internal dysfunction brought about a premature end, with the subsequent years not proving quite productive for the trio, including episodes such as Arnaldo trying to unsuccessfully escape from a psychiatric institution. However, the band reunited in the early 2000s and continue to display the timelessness of their groundbreaking ’60s output.

One of the most creative groups to ever come out of the country with a rich musical history rivaling any others, their success was brief at the time they were active, but their name has seen somewhat of a resurgence decades later.

the man that I was / so please don’t give up” he pleads over a chorus of contemplative strings. Daily Arts Writer “Alright” is classic Lady Antebellum, sunny and surface-level. Reading the lyrics: “No lie, no lie, no lie, Over the past 12 years, Lady Antebellum has reigned yeah / it’s alright, alright, alright, yeah” suggests that, if over the sweetest slice of pop-country. Trio Hillary Scott, anything, this song should be a guilty pleasure. But it isn’t. Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood have successfully The hook is so infectious and reassuring that you barely cornered the Nashville market on heavenly harmonies notice the lazy writing. Despite the band’s sunny magic, the best songs on and airy, mandolin-heavy instrumentals. Wholesome yet candy-coated, the resulting sound is like honey: Ocean sound suited for a wintery evening. “On a Night Like This” is a lovely, consistently warm if somewhat plain, and shimmery. This piano ballad. Scott and is a soundscape that Kelley shine on their Ocean, the band’s latest delivery of whimsical release, leans further lyrics, namely “The into. days last sight turns While sonically to cool nights breeze unsurprising, the / And this love hangs album’s start is Lady Antebellum thick like these willow thematically unusual BMLG Records leaves.” — it’s fearful. “What If “The Thing That I Never Get Over You” Wrecks You” is, in asks its title in earnest. fact, the song that “What if time doesn’t wrecks you on this do what it’s supposed album. A collaboration to do?” Scott questions, with Little Big Town, pushing back on the another pop-country typical break-up song narrative that, for better or for worse, soon the ex will be powerhouse, its members are given the chance to meet forgotten. Instead, this song dares to dive into a worry Kelley and Scott’s synergy and rise to the occasion. A song that’s generally written off as melodramatic,and it does so about an uneven relationship from the perspective of the person in power, it’s minute-long underwater-sounding thoughtfully. The political statement of the album, “You Can Do outro is haunting. “You’re a deer in headlights / and I’m You” misses the mark. “You can lean left, you can lean driving just as fast as I can” warns Little Big Town until right” Lady A allows, then concludes that “We could all both bands explode into the chorus. For the most part, Ocean is predictable. It all glitters, use a drink.” While the intentions behind this track are forgivable — the need to unify a live crowd in 2019 — it but some songs are fool’s gold. Tracks like “Pictures” and feels like they’re trying too hard. With a beachy, bouncy “Boots” merely take up space while “You Can Do You” backdrop the hook “You can do you, I’ma do me” just actually does some damage. Still, other songs dig deeper than usual. The title track “Ocean,” a piano ballad, finds sounds out of touch. “What I’m Leaving For” brings the band back down to Scott vulnerable, begging an emotionally-distant lover what it does best: capturing the smaller moments. “Got my to open up. Peeling back a layer while retaining their bags packed, got my ticket / got my heartache to go with evergreen sound, Lady Antebellum retains their popit” Scott sighs as she kisses her kids goodbye for work. country crown by delivering more of the same. Although Lady A didn’t write this song, it feels like a peek behind the scenes fans haven’t seen before and doubles as a reminder of the group members’ other jobs as parents. “Be Patient With My Love” is a different kind of reminder. “Mighta done it this time / mighta drank too much wine” Kelley admits. This level of honesty is unseen on the group’s previous work and made all the more raw because Kelley co-wrote it. “I’m coming back to WIKIMEDIA COMMONS KATIE BEEKMAN

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‘Pain and Glory’ is a masterful portrait of life and loss ANDREW WARRICK Daily Arts Writer

“Pain and Glory,” directed by Pedro Almodóvar (“Julieta”), is one of those rare movies that feels like the culmination of its creator. Like Lynch’s “Eraserhead,” Gerwig’s “Lady Bird” and Cuarón’s “Roma,” it’s the film that its director was meant to make, perfectly blending their talents, personal aesthetic and life story to spectacular effect. Almodóvar incorporates aspects of his life into “Pain and Glory,” and the conf licts feel bracingly personal, like f lipping through someone’s diary and learning dark, juicy secrets. Yet, beyond this he captures something deeper, something universally human. “Pain and Glory” deals with what we’re

all afraid to admit, the existential questions that keep us up at night. The story of Salvador Mallo (Antonio Banderas, “The Laundromat”), an aging director living in Madrid coping with terrible health problems, will touch every viewer personally. One will wonder “how did they know this about me?” as they see aspects of their own lives play out on the screen. Be it lost love, family dysfunction, the terrible moments when one’s body turns against itself or a loss of purpose, “Pain and Glory” is unf linching about what makes life so difficult. Yet there’s also love, desire and creativity. It asks which one triumphs in the end: the pain or the glory of our lives? “Pain and Glory” begins with Salvador visiting Alberto (Asier Etxeandia, “The Silent War”), an estranged friend and actor in one of his most famous films. This meeting sends Salvador down a troubled, fascinating journey of recollection. Not much happens on a narrative level — “Pain and Glory” is more about characters than plot — yet there are soaring victories and crushing defeats all the same. Salvador needs to decide how he will live out the rest of his days: Wasting away in his apartment and lamenting days gone by, or directing something new, even if it causes him physical agony. Almodóvar cuts from Banderas’s Salvador to his younger self (Asier Flores) and back again, paralleling past events with present ones. His formative experiences with his mother (Penélope Cruz, “Murder on The Orient Express”) and a family friend named Eduardo (César Vicente) are vital additions to the story, not the unneceary gimmicks that f lackbacks tend to be. Wielding emotions like Hitchcock wielded plot, Almodóvar SONY PICTURES CLASSICS doles heartbreak, joy and mystery

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out slowly as layers of Salvador’s life are pulled back, letting it all build until astonishing truths are revealed. Most of the audience wept throughout the last hour of the film. The excellent performances convey Almodóvar’s confessional script perfectly, making it strikingly genuine, like it’s more than just a movie. Every conversation sears with emotion, from the hilariously witty to the brutally tragic. Relationships are given ample room to grow, yet when the credits roll, one will wish there was more time to send with these enthralling characters. “Pain and Glory” is shot with the colorful vision of an auteur and every scene pops, from stark white sheets on a lush, pastoral Spanish riverside to a chic modern Madrid apartment where Guggenheim-sought art hangs on the walls. It is rare to find a movie where everyone involved is on the top of their game. Almodóvar and the team behind “Pain and Glory” have created a stunning portrait of love, loss and, ultimately, humanity. It’s a masterpiece.

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A week af ter the drive, Pacif ica vibes came f ull circle — BENEE dropped STELL A & Daily Arts Writer STEV E, Stella being herself and Steve being her car (which she stands on in the EP cover If you’d like to join me in hitting the gas on art). In an inter view with Billboard she says: emerg ing female pop as a means to quell over- “‘I call ever y thing Steve. Since I was little, thinking and just get dancey, then BENEE is I’d go on, like, holiday and call hermit crabs Steve,’ she said. ‘And I still do. I’ll name a the woman for you. Stella Bennett, who goes by BENEE snail Steve. Ever y thing is called Steve in my ( pronounced Benny), just dropped a new EP world. My car is also called Steve.’” STELL A & STEV E continued to become STELL A & STEV E, which follows the success oddly ethereal of her debut EP for me due to from earlier lead single this year, FIR E “Find an ON M A R ZZ. Island.” BENEE BENEE is started as a 19-year-old a means of pop artist from escape for me, Auckland, and “Find an New Zealand. Island” focuses Af ter winning on the dreams four times at BENEE of an island the 2019 New Republic Records far far away, Zealand Music hooking you Awards, she’s with its bouncy blowing up with three-beat Spotif y streams rise and fall. in the same way The escape of she’s blowing BENEE mostly up my shower comes from her dance playlist. smooth lower Where FIR E reg ister, which ON M A R ZZ was a cosmic explosion (with killer animated is the equivalent of eating a Godiva truff le. art to match the soundscape), STELLA & I f ind an island far away from here with the STEV E chills down and bunkers in on laid- ease of her melodious pop and her badass self-assurance. I don’t need to think hard back g rooves. BENEE was introduced to me while I was listening to BENEE. I can just sit in the back sitting in the back row of a Pacif ica minivan. of a Pacif ica and exist. The EP’s capture of carefree shows up best This felt intentional; the Pacif ica as a whole needed a remedy from mindless transit and in “Supalonely,” featuring Gus Dapperton. BENEE stepped up to the plate. On a six- The amusing swing of “ooo, ah, yeah, I’m hour drive with six people who each had lonely” makes you lean your head back with vastly different music tastes, she was one of a sly smirk. The lyrics on “Monsta” do the the few artists that pulled people’s heads off same, hitting you with silly daggers: “But then the windows to ask, “who’s this?” Following instead of eatin’ me, he offers me a blueberr y.” BENEE is an animated, laid-back adventure. my time in the Pacif ica, I went on a bender of testing out BENEE’s universal pacif ying She is the off-switch to a brain on overdrive, qualit y, watching to see how she can satisf y a and she’s def initely my next on-the-rise-star diverse room with pop that eases. She hasn’t in my recent expedition of escapist female pop. failed me yet. SAMANTHA CANTIE

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Any good show creator knows that with animation, you can push the boundaries of where you want your show to go. Couple that with Adult Swim’s infamous raunchy style, add a dash of science fiction and sarcasm and you get “Rick and Morty,” arguably one of the most meaningful Adult Swim shows out there. It’s amassed a loyal and devoted following ever since its rocky beginning back in 2013, and has recently been renewed for 70 more episodes. But fans rejoice, because it’s back from the dead with no lapse in quality or humor. The show bounces back and levels up in its own witty, symbolic and chaotic way. The season premiere is almost just like a regular episode of “Rick and Morty” but on steroids, which was necessary and appreciated after such a long hiatus. The season premiere kicks off with an extremely loose parody of “Edge of Tomorrow,” which is nothing unfamiliar to the series as its humor and plot points are often heavily reference-based. The episode immediately addresses the change in the family dynamics, as Jerry (Chris Parnell, “Will & Grace”) forces Beth (Sarah Chalke, “Milo Murphy’s Law”) to make Rick (Justin Roiland, “The Cyanide & Happiness Show”) abide by the new protocol that requires him to ask for permission to take Morty (Justin Roiland, “The Cyanide & Happiness Show”) with him during his adventures rather than whisk him away at a moment’s notice. They f ly off into space to harvest death crystals that show you how the way you’re going to die and how it changes with the decisions you make. Always the naive one, Morty hides one in his pocket

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and sets out to do the exact right things to end up with his longtime unrequited love, Jessica (Kari Wahlgren, “DC Super Hero Girls”). Rick ends up getting brutally impaled in a spaceship accident, and thus has to continuously reincarnate himself using clones from parallel universes in order to find his way back home. To resurrect the fanbase from its lengthy hibernation, the premiere uses harmless fan service by referencing past seasons. They don’t make the mistake of letting the references get in the way of the plot; it only serves to excite fans who had been begging for an inkling of “Rick and Morty”-related material for what seemed like an eternity. It’s almost so chaotic that it’s difficult to keep up with everything going on at once. It took me a couple watches to fully understand and connect where this episode is in relation to the past three seasons, but its complexity is nothing to fear. It’s always a gift when shows have something to offer every time you rewatch it, and with shows that are as quick-witted as this, it’s nearly impossible to catch on to all the jokes and references in the first go. But that’s not to say that the premiere didn’t offer anything to the start of the season. “Rick and Morty” never fails to craft fresh new ideas to bring into the mix, and this new season is no different. It has layers in ways that many shows lack and proves that overlap between quality and Adult Swim-type networks (which people often make snap judgements about being superficially vulgar) can exist. One can only hope that the 70-episode renewal won’t constitute a decrease in quality, but at this rate, I doubt we have anything to worry about. Since the start of the series, it’s only been an uphill spiral of wit and creativity, and after this break, I’m sure the creators aren’t willing to let it slip through their fingers again.

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WOLVERINES SEND SPARTANS BACK TO EAST LANSING WITH BLOWOUT LOSS THEO MACKIE Daily Sports Editor

Lavert Hill bounced down the Michigan sideline, waiving his arms in jubilation with his helmet in hand. Behind him, the rest of the Wolverines did the same, spilling onto the field, toward the stands and everywhere in between. The celebration — set off by Hill’s fourth-quarter interception — had been brewing all game, as No. 15 Michigan (5-2 Big Ten, 8-2 overall) charged toward a 44-10 win. “When (Hill) got his pick, you could just feel the intensity, you could feel it through him,” said senior safety Josh Metellus. “And the vibe that he had just went throughout the whole stadium, from the field to the fans to the top row. You could just tell that this team knew that we did today.”

It was a day that started like very few in the recent history of this rivalry. For 11 years before Saturday, Michigan State (2-5 Big Ten, 4-6 overall) had avoided losing back-to-back games against the Wolverines, marking its longest period of in-state dominance since the 1950s. But on the back of four straight Spartans losses, the pregame air carried an encompassing sense that this was Michigan’s year. The win, though, wasn’t always so straightforward. Three quarters before jubilation radiated through Michigan Stadium, Shea Patterson lined up with his heels on the goal line, staring down 98 yards of empty grass in front of him. That’s how you begin a drive when you can’t get anything going offensively, when even your defensive stops concede field position, when a seemingly lopsided rivalry matchup is tied, 7-7, midway

through the second quarter. Twelve plays later, it was all forgotten. Nick Eubanks flexed in front of the student section, touchdown catch in hand, capping off a magnificent, ruthless scoring drive. It was everything once promised out of Josh Gattis’ offense, with Michigan’s best offensive weapons being put in positions to exploit a depleted Spartans’ defense. The Wolverines carried that momentum through the rest of the day, scoring on their last eight drives and erasing the tone of offensive frustration that marked a disappointing first quarter. “It was just a huge drive,” said sophomore receiver Ronnie Bell. And once we put points on the board, you could just feel it rolling and we just stepped on it and kept it going.” Patterson stood at the center of it all, the protagonist in a story of shifting

rivalry tides. Hailed as the final piece of a program on the precipice of glory when he arrived from Ole Miss two years ago, Patterson’s time in Ann Arbor won’t end with a national championship or a Big Ten title. There’s no Heisman Trophy heading to Schembechler Hall next month. What he has is a second-consecutive Paul Bunyan Trophy. It’s a trophy Patterson clutched Saturday afternoon at midfield, fresh off the best performance of his Michigan career — eclipsing his domination of the Spartans last year. After entering the day without a 300-yard game as a Wolverine, he finished with 384 yards and four touchdowns. “Just wish I had two more shots at them,” Patterson said postgame, his typically stoic face dotted with emotion. “Just wish I had four shots at them. It was a lot of fun.”

Bell was the biggest beneficiary in Michigan’s receiving corps with 150 yards on nine catches, his being one of many standpoint performances. This was an all-encompassing display of dominance, spreading to the Wolverines’ defense, with its three sacks, two interceptions and 3.7 yards allowed per play. It’s a display of dominance that continued to cement Michigan’s re-emerging control over the state — a significance not lost on these Wolverines. As the teams congregated at midfield postgame, the Spartans tried to linger, offering a few words of contention toward Michigan’s sideline — just one confrontation in a day full of them. Metellus wasn’t having it. “I was telling them to go home,” Metellus said. “It’s time for them to leave. They don’t deserve to be in our stadium.”

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As the Michigan football team returned to the sideline with the end zone covered in towels, a stadium rocking and the game in hand, Ronnie Bell had his helmet off. He was talking to Josh Gattis. It was the start of the fourth quarter and the game was well in hand, the Wolverines leading by 24. Whatever advice was being given, it probably wasn’t urgent. On the next drive, Bell bubbled out for a screen and got upfield. As tempers flared and flags were thrown, he tossed the ball nicely to the referee, and when his yardage got waved off in favor of a penalty on Michigan State, he bubbled out again for another 12 yards. That was Bell on Saturday — the calm in the center of a storm, a constant amid shifting emotions. As Michigan rode its passing game to a 44-10 beatdown of the Spartans, Bell found himself the team’s leading receiver for the fifth time this year with 150 yards on nine catches. “Ronnie Bell, that was a career game so far,” said Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh. “Young career, so there’s more to go, but he was running hard. It was hard to tackle Ronnie Bell today.” Perhaps it’s worth talking about that on its own, with no predetermined narrative. A sophomore receiver, Bell’s career has been pulled through so many lenses that it can be hard to remember to give him any credit. Just last month, after dropping a potential game-tying touchdown at Penn State, Bell unwittingly found himself the focus of both vitriol and a larger discussion about how fans treat college athletes, prompted by an email sent to him. Throughout the season, he has gotten ire simply because he was targeted more than other purportedly more talented receivers. Before that, he was pigeonholed as an ex-basketball recruit. On Saturday, Bell got to write his own story. It was a pretty good one, and it went like this: The most receptions by a Michigan player this year and the first time a receiver has broken 100 yards. A spark lit on a 98-yard secondquarter touchdown drive when senior quarterback Shea Patterson extended a play and Bell found an open spot in the middle of the field, then turned to make it an 18-yard gain. Two more key catches on the next drive, the first a second-down curl for a short gain and the next a slot fade that went for 42 yards when a defender fell down, giving Bell nothing but grass to run in as he stumbled towards the sideline. Another curl on Michigan’s first drive of the second half, this one for 20 yards and to set up a Donovan Peoples-Jones touchdown on the very next play. You get the picture. “We’ve developed a certain kind of chemistry,” Patterson said. “And I think we just play well together — Donovan and Ronnie and all those guys. When stuff breaks down in the pocket, they just find the open space. At that point, you’re just playing backyard football.” Bell is a two-star basketball recruit, he dropped a key pass in State College and he does not have the same NFL potential as Peoples-Jones or Nico Collins. It turns out, he’s still pretty good. Good enough to have earned the trust of Patterson and Harbaugh. Good enough to have kept it after that drop last month and good enough to have bounced back, to sit at a podium smiling after a dominant performance over a rival just three games later. “The support that I got — my family, my friends, this team — it’s unreal and it’s a blessing,” Bell said. “And they all picked me up.” Bell hasn’t scored a touchdown yet this year, a fact brought up afterwards. It doesn’t matter. The Wolverines carved up the Spartans for 467 yards on Saturday in a dominant win, and Bell was right in the middle of it. In a receiving depth chart that includes Collins, Peoples-Jones and Tarik Black — three NFL talents presumed to have a stranglehold on targets when the season started — Bell has carved out a place for himself at the top. “I don’t know, man, there’s just something special about the vibe that we had today when Shea was throwing the ball in warmups,” Bell said. “Guys were just running around, everybody was playing so hard and we just executed at a high level and it showed.” And, on the best day of Michigan’s season so far, Bell was the story. For once, he was the author.

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Senior quarterback Shea Patterson passed Tom Brady in all-time yards against Michigan State with a 384-yard performance on Saturday.

shea’s day Patterson has career game in 44-10 win over Spartans MAX MARCOVITCH Managing Sports Editor

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh stopped Shea Patterson moments before he trotted onto the field to put the finishing touches on his best performance as a Wolverine. “I told him before he went out to take that snap, I said, ‘Now this year, after you take the kneel down, keep the ball and don’t throw it up in the air,’ Harbaugh recalled. “Because he had a heckuva game and I thought he should have the game ball.” “I’ve got another plan,” Patterson replied. The senior quarterback took his kneel from the pistol, let the clock wilt away and darted straight back to the sideline to hand the ball back to his coach. It was a snapshot befitting of the moment — the new high-point of a marriage between coach and quarterback that was consummated just two years ago. Patterson tallied 384 yards, his single-game high at Michigan, and four touchdowns in the Wolverines’ 44-10 romp over Michigan State, his fingerprints lining the game from start to finish. In a game rife with confrontation, Patterson held above the fray — calm, patient, professorial — taking what was given at first, then pushing the envelope when opportunity arose. “They were dropping a lot in coverage fairly early on,” Patterson said. “We started taking the underneath stuff. Then they started playing underneath, and took the over-the-top stuff.” On the first drive of the game, Patterson found sophomore receiver Ronnie Bell streaking toward the sideline while rolling to his left on third-and-14. The duo combined for nine catches and 150 yards, furthering a chemistry that has been evident all year. On his

last drive, he sold the quarterback run, only to find freshman receiver Cornelius Johnson streaking down the left sideline for a 39-yard touchdown. He celebrated by turning to his sideline and thrusting his arms in the air, a typically stoic personality suddenly vibrant. The players on the sideline responded. The remaining crowd bounced. This game meant more to everyone, but for the senior, now 2-0 against Michigan’s in-state rival, there was a healthy urgency.

All throughout the week, I could see it in practice. (Patterson) was confident. “He just brought a different type of passion today,” said junior receiver Donovan Peoples-Jones. “He’s always passionate, but today, the whole team, it meant a little bit more. All throughout the week I could see it in practice. He was confident with his reads, confident with his throws. He trusted us, he trusted the gameplan.” Still, it was the kind of performance, beginning to end, Michigan has hardly seen from Patterson in his two years at the helm. And it was one that appeared to catch the opponents off guard. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Patterson hit junior receiver Nico Collins in stride for a 22-yard touchdown, giving the Wolverines a 34-10 lead with one of his 14 pass plays of 15 yards or

more. Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio looked on, head craned forward. Ten seconds passed, but Dantonio didn’t so much as blink. Then, clipboard in his right hand, Dantonio dismissively thrust his arm forward, turned around and receded into the sideline. “Didn’t anticipate they would throw the ball as effectively as they did,” Dantonio said after the game. “Too many third-down opportunities where we had the chance to get off the field, we did not. Some credit to them, some discredit to us in terms of coverage play or whatever.” Patterson hardly felt like delineating such credit or blame. “This one’s special. I’m proud to just be a part of this team, part of a dominating win like that. We knew how important this game was, and we prepared our tails off. Like I said, I wish I had two more chances (to play Michigan State).” Still, between the lines of his post-game comments was an implicit understanding. Michigan will not win the Big Ten title or make the playoff, but it has goals — namely, one goal — still in sight. Patterson knows as well as anyone that a duplicate performance two weeks from Saturday will give his team a shot to do what it’s done just once in 16 years. He will not get two more shots at Michigan State. But he will get one final shot at something more. Harbaugh, Patterson and co. will bask in this one for now, though — the kind of game that will leave an imprint on an already reeling opposing locker room. As for capping that off, Harbaugh had one last piece of business to take care before coming out to speak with the media. “(I) went back in the locker room and (the game ball is) now in his book bag,” Harbaugh clarified. “I shoved it back in his backpack.”

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Senior tight end Nick Eubanks scored a five-yard touchdown on Saturday as Michigan beat Michigan State, 44-10.

crowd. Mark Dantonio walked off slowly, following his team into the tunnel. A few minutes later, as Dantonio sat in a cramped press room, the green and white ARIA video backdrop not GERSON quite covering the maize and blue one, Dantonio faced the music. Last week, after a collapse and a loss to Illinois, Dantonio evaded everyone’s questions. But after losing to his most hated rival, 44-10, he could no longer lean on “next question.” “Disappointing opportunity lost,” he said. “We go forward, gotta recollect ourselves. ... Our focus will always be on what happens next.” But what is next for Dantonio and Michigan State? A 6-6 season? The Quick Lane Bowl? Nostalgia about the Spartans’ best win over … Indiana? Maybe this is Dantonio’s last stand, though Michigan State’s athletic department has stuck by him all season, and Dantonio seemingly has too much pride to go out like this. Regardless of whether or not this is the end, this wasn’t how it was supposed to happen. Dantonio was the coach who brought the Spartans back to prominence, who flipped the rivalry on its head and went 8-4 against the Wolverines before Saturday. Dantonio was the coach who heard his program called “little brother” and warned that pride comes before the fall. This was the coach who took scrappy Michigan State teams and led them to victory on botched snaps and defensive slogs, the one who had a bag full of trick plays and made everyone believe he could win any game. Even here, at the Big House, a limping 4-5 team against one that was 7-2 and playing its best football of the season. If anyone could do it, Dantonio could. Now, this is the coach who prevented all but his captains from speaking to the media to avoid distractions and instructed his players to come off the bus wearing helmets to get in game mode — and got run off the field. The coach who got beat so badly the opposing players told him to go home. Senior quarterback Shea Patterson threw for four touchdowns. Michigan led by 10 at halftime, then ran up the score and clamped down defensively. The Wolverines gained 467 yards. “Unacceptable,” said Michigan State safety David Dowell. Once, that kind of performance against Michigan was not only unacceptable for the Spartans, but unheard of. Now, it’s reality. “The game sorta went from 24-10 to 31-10 to 37-10 and then boom,” Dantonio said. “Very quickly from there.” He talked about how his team committed a false start and were forced to punt, how that punt was subsequently blocked and the Wolverines scored a touchdown on the next play. That was when the Spartans knew it was over. He talked about how the Wolverines torched Michigan State with screen passes and converted far too often on third down. How now, it’s time to win two games, because that’s what the Spartans have to do just to get to a bowl. During the press conference, players and reporters alike danced around the Dantonio question. But one asked about the leadership and if the message needed to change. “We have the leadership, as far as coaches and as players, we have leadership in place,” said linebacker Tyriq Thompson. “And if we didn’t have faith and belief and trust in that, and the people that are leading, then they wouldn’t be there in the first place.” That was as close to a referendum on Dantonio as anyone was going to get, and in a lot of ways, he earned that trust. No matter how this season ends, he’s still the best coach in program history. But something more monumental happened at the Big House on Saturday than the difference between a .500 season and a winning one, or the difference between a middling bowl and a bottom-tier one. Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh, once left in the dust in exactly these sorts of rivalry games, seized back the rivalry in one fell swoop. Dantonio, who survived so many questions because he could still beat Michigan, seemed to no longer be able to do just that.

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November 18, 2019 — 3B

Phoenix falling

Elon keeps it close early, but falls to Michigan, 70-50, after defense locks down ABBY SNYDER

Daily Sports Writer

Despite an inconsistent offensive performance in the first half, the Michigan men’s basketball team handily defeated Elon, 70-50, at home on Friday night behind strong defensive performances from senior center Jon Teske and senior guard Zavier Simpson. Marred by fouls and apparent rhythm issues on offense, Michigan got off to a slow start, not scoring its first points until two minutes into the game despite a substantial size advantage on the Phoenix. The Wolverines did not take their first lead until five minutes had gone by, and they relinquished that lead just two minutes later. For much of the first half, the Wolverines’ shots did not fall, their offense as cold as the temperatures outside. “It was just a little bit – we were stagnant,” said sophomore forward Colin Castleton. “It’s just moving the ball more, not just getting one pass and one shot. (Michigan coach Juwan Howard) wanted five or six passes. Just keep the ball moving, and we’ll find our energy.” The defense kept Michigan in the game throughout the offensive woes. Teske and Castleton made the most of their sizeable height advantage, and Simpson and sophomore guard David DeJulius were tough matchups in the backcourt. But something seemed to click for Michigan offensively around the eight-minute mark in the first half. The Wolverines took back their lead as DeJulius hit a jumper and Teske made a layup on a pass from Simpson thirty seconds later, putting Michigan back on top, 14-13. From there, the Wolverines seized control of the pace of the game. On offense, their passes

were sharper and their shooting cleaner; on defense, Simpson forced Elon into shots they couldn’t make, and the backcourt combined to force multiple shotclock violations. Michigan was finally dominating the game the way it had been expected to from the start. Going into the half, leading 31-22, the Wolverines had what they had lacked for much of the first half: momentum. “It’s just about being more aggressive in transition,” DeJulius said. “We’re not trying to make any home runs – we’re just trying to make singles and doubles.” From there, they didn’t look back, as the defense continued to stifle the Phoenix and Michigan’s shots found net

instead of rim. The Wolverines finally made as much of their size advantage on offense as they had been doing on defense, physically overpowering Elon and outscoring it, 39-28, in the second half. Defensively, Michigan remained solid throughout the second half, holding the Phoenix to longer scoring droughts and forcing them into uncomfortable shots. In the end, it wasn’t close. But for a long time, it was closer than it maybe should’ve been. “It was a competitive game, and it was supposed to be that way,” Howard said. “It was never supposed to be an easy game. We’re never going to have an easy game.”

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New coach, new system. There was always going to be a bit of a learning curve, and an injury to freshman guard Franz Wagner, heralded as one of the most exciting players coming to Ann Arbor this year, wasn’t going to help things. There were signs of that in the highs and lows exposed in the offense in last week’s seasonopening victory over Appalachian State, a game the Wolverines led by 30 but only won by eight. But the first half of Friday’s game against Elon was perhaps even more convincing evidence. Michigan trailed for much of the first quarter or so of the game. The

Wolverines didn’t score until two minutes in, and didn’t lead until five minutes in, a lead they quickly gave up two short minutes later. For much of the first half, the offense just was not functioning. What limited passing was going on was sloppy and often through traffic. No matter where on the court they were coming from, the shots were not falling. Michigan could not find a rhythm on the offensive end of the court. “Every possession matters,” said Michigan coach Juwan Howard. “You could see that tonight. Every possession counts. We fought. From start to finish. The first half – it was a slugfest.” Some of these offensive troubles were almost expected. The departures of Jordan Poole, Ignas Brazdeikis and, most importantly,

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Junior guard Eli Brooks scored 10 points and played solid defense on Friday night as the Wolverines beat Elon, 70-50, to move to 3-0 on the season.

John Beilein rocked this Michigan program, and the integration of a new system with new head coach Juwan Howard was always going to be a bit of a process. But six weeks into practice, and with increasing in-game experience for this fairly young team, these are the issues that should be beginning to smooth out. “It’s more ball movement – more player ball movement,” Howard said. “There were shots, open shots, that didn’t go down, but we have to have that next-play mentality. We can’t start making a compound mistake where we’re thinking about our offense, and the ball’s not going in.” If these Wolverines are going to be the competitor they say they are, the contender they believe they are, at both the conference and national levels, a moment of truth, or at least a bigger test, a bigger challenge, is not that far down the road. After a challenging trip to Atlantis over Thanksgiving, Michigan will travel to No. 4 Louisville in a little more than two weeks to start off a demanding four-game stretch in which the Wolverines will face strong Iowa and Illinois squads and a very dangerous Oregon team – all in the span of a week. Against Elon, those mistakes were affordable, if far from ideal. Against teams of the caliber Michigan will face this season – with the likes of Michigan State looking to dominate the Big Ten – they will not be. The conference schedule is not that far off, and with the field shaping up the way it is, Michigan does not have a lot of time to find some answers – and some rhythm – on offense. “It’s just, as we watch film, seeing ways we can be more aggressive,” said sophomore guard David DeJulius. “Not just for ourselves, but ways we can penetrate and get it to my teammates in places where they can do something, too.”

‘M’ outlasts Kent State, 80-71, staying unbeaten KENT SCHWARTZ Daily Sports Writer

Michigan just went on a 8-1 run, hitting layup after layup, dominating the inside and creating a seven-point lead. But just as the momentum seemed to pivot back in the direction of the Wolverines, quick 3-pointers and turnovers from sophomore guard Amy Dilk compounded into a 10-point swing for Akron. Michigan trailed in a game for the first time all season. The blows dealt by both teams in the last five minutes of the third quarter resembled the rest of the matchup, a tie that ended with the Michigan women’s basketball team (4-0) grabbing the last swing of momentum, beating the Zips, 80-71. For Michigan, everything was working inside, and everything went through Naz Hillmon. The sophomore forward ended the game with 28 points and eight rebounds, going 10-for-11 from the free throw line. She also showed her ability to transition playing styles midgame, beginning the game dominating the paint, Akron transitioned in an attempt to stop her. “It was more about how they were playing us, they started to pack it in a little bit to limit the space all around the f loor,” Hillmon said. “Being able to space out and take those shots, I was able to open up my teammates for shots. So really try to space the f loor and adjust based on their adjustments they made on packing the paint a bit.” With Hillmon’s dominance inside, the Wolverines found themselves shooting from the paint at an impressive clip, hitting 70 percent of their

shots, as well as getting to the free throw line and gathering vital points as the team went 22-for-25 from the line. Despite the efficiency of Michigan’s shots, Akron managed to hang around and threaten the Wolverines with their threes, shooting 40 percent from beyond the arc. “We didn’t really make threes tonight,” said Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico. “We didn’t really shoot threes tonight, so we had to make up those points in different ways, especially when a team makes the amount of threes that they did tonight, and I thought we were able to do that by being aggressive and getting to the free throw line. … We were trading threes for twos.” The Zips’ ranged attack became even more dangerous when Michigan made mistakes and gave up possessions. Totaling seventeen turnovers, the Wolverines’ momentum would often die as soon as it began. Sophomore guard Amy Dilk accounted for the plurality of turnovers on the team, with eight total, giving Akron an opportunity to score points on the fast break. “(Dilk’s) a player, like you said, that she changes pace, she controls the game and when she goes, we go,” Barnes Arico said. “She had a couple of f lubs there and that’s when they went on their run.” Yet, when their back was against the wall — when the Zips took the lead — Michigan locked down and didn’t blink. Junior forward Hailey Brown came to life in the fourth quarter, scoring the only two three-pointers of the day for the team. The Wolverines outscored Akron 25-13 in the fourth

They started to pack it in a little bit to limit the space.

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Sophomore forward Naz Hillmon scored a career-high 28 points in Michigan’s 80-71 win over Kent State on Saturday, helping the Wolverines move to 4-0.

quarter, clamping down on defense, so that when Brown nailed her three-pointer at the seven-minute mark, the game felt over at 67-61, the momentum was Michigan’s.

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Points by Naz Hillmon, a career-high

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4B — November 18, 2019

A weekend inside the rivalry

alking through the Michigan Stadium concourse at about 3:50 on Saturday, you could hear it before you saw it. “It’s great to be a Michigan Wolverine,” they chanted, and ETHAN the chants SEARS came from no one direction, just everywhere. It was minutes after the Michigan football team kneeled down to put the finishing touches on a 44-10 beatdown of Michigan State, with Shea Patterson running the game ball to Jim Harbaugh, and minutes before Harbaugh told the assembled media that he stuffed the ball back into Patterson’s book bag, a token of appreciation for a 384-yard, four-touchdown performance, Patterson’s best in a Michigan uniform. It was two days after, trailing by one against the Spartans with a power play coming midway through the third period, junior forward Mike Pastujov got called for roughing, negating the Wolverines’ best chance at pulling back in a 4-3 loss. It was hours before the Michigan State hockey team would skate over to its student section in the corner of Munn Ice Arena and pound on the glass after a 3-0 win, basking in chants of their own, that in the game’s last three minutes went from “Board the Buses,” to “Fuck Jim Harbaugh,” and finally, “Little Sister.” It was one moment in a weekend full of them, and it encapsulated everything about the Michigan-Michigan State rivalry. There are separate repercussions on all sides for all of these games. Michigan football got a highlight in what seemed poised to be a lost season. Michigan hockey fell further back on its heels, then got kicked into the dirt. But this is not a platform to try and mix football and hockey analysis. It’s one to dissect a rivalry, and what it means to the people in it. Like senior safety Josh Metellus, from Florida and indoctrinated into this, who waved at the Spartans when the final whistle blew and later explained,

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Cornelius Johnson scored the final touchdown in Michigan’s 44-10 win.

“I was telling them to go home. It’s time for them to leave. They don’t deserve to be in this stadium.” Like sophomore defenseman Nick Blankenburg, from Washington, Mich., who does need need the rivalry contextualized and who stood in the offices at Yost Ice Arena on Thursday after his team threw away a 3-1 lead, arms crossed and frowning. “We just let off the gas,” he said, a cardinal sin in this rivalry. Like Mel Pearson, who has coached in this game in some form for a combined 26 years, who took a long walk to center ice on Saturday and shook Michigan State coach Danton Cole’s hand, then trudged to the end of the handshake line. He stood in a hallway behind the bench 15 minutes later, his hands on his hips, and said of Michigan’s power play, which went 0-for-8 on the weekend, all but costing the Wolverines two games, “We’re terrible there. We’re absolutely terrible.” Like athletic director Warde Manuel, who sent a co-signed letter with Michigan State athletic director Bill Beekman to fans on Friday imploring respectful behavior at the football game. That got thrown out the window along with a few thousand yellow towels that rained down on Nico Collins after he waltzed into the end zone on a 22-yard post route early in the fourth quarter, making the score 34-10 and making a crowd of 111,496 lose its collective mind. Like Harbaugh, the public face of Michigan athletics, who cried in the Spartan Stadium locker room a year ago after the Wolverines beat the Spartans. On Saturday, he only used one word to describe his emotions. “Happy. Really happy,” he said. “It’s a big game, it’s for the state championship. 112th version. And now our team, everybody that’s in the locker room has the advantage. Fifth-year seniors

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are 3-2. The seniors are 3-1. The juniors are 2-1. Sophomores are 2-0 and the freshmen are 1-0. That’s a big program win. Makes me very happy.” This is stereotyped as a chippy, physical matchup, and rightfully so. The two football teams had five combined unsportsmanlike conduct penalties, two personal fouls and an ejection, imposed on Michigan State defensive lineman Jacub Panasiuk after a blatant cheap shot on Patterson. Thursday’s hockey game featured a fight after Michigan State defenseman Christian Krygier cross-checked Jake Slaker. Sophomore defenseman Jack Summers jumped on Krygier, whose twin brother, Cole, started punching Slaker. There is real, visceral hatred on all sides. And with that comes emotion, the two extremes displayed across sports and across the weekend. “You never want to be in this situation, losing games,” said senior defenseman Griffin Luce Saturday night, sweat still dripping and skates still on. “... I wouldn’t say we’re panicking here, we’re not worried, but day-to-day, we just have to bring it every day as a team.” Forty-nine miles away and a few hours earlier, Metellus was at a podium with cameras trained on him, expressing the exact opposite. “I’m pretty pleased,” Metellus said, “because I feel like we’re way more classier than them. They try to take it to a level that wasn’t playing football. We play football over here. I don’t know what they do over there, but we play football.” That’s what this rivalry is, and that’s what it always will be. Whether you’re in the Michigan Stadium concourse, the bowels of Munn Ice Arena or anywhere in between, it only takes a moment to see it.

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Sophomore goaltender Strauss Mann got pulled on Saturday for Hayden Lavigne.

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Daily Sports Editor

EAST LANSING — Kris Mayotte turned to Mel Pearson on the bench, and with a grim expression on his face, the assistant coach — in charge of goaltending — shouted one word, or rather, one name. “Hayden!” Pearson had presumed Mayotte wanted to discuss the goal Strauss Mann had just allowed, his third of the night. But when a second shout of Hayden Lavigne’s name came, without another thought, Pearson cued the switch of goaltenders — a “no-brainer” he later called the decision. Pulling a goaltender is indicative of only one thing. A team is struggling to stop shots, and that a change is needed. And for the Michigan hockey team, that meant that its recent struggles to stop pucks against Michigan State had continued onto Saturday’s matchup that resulted in a 3-0 loss — leading the team to turn to Lavigne. “You’re just trying to change the tempo of the game a little bit,” Pearson said. The decision came too late, though. The switch didn’t remove the fact that the Wolverines had dug themselves into a three-goal

hole. Or that any offensive pushes resulted in a glaring zero on Michigan’s side of the scoreboard. The goaltender change was just a change of pace, a gamble to spark energy amongst the deflated Wolverines. “We’re just not getting many breaks,” Pearson said. “You have to make your breaks” The despair built from the three goals that were allowed early. A tipped shot in front of the crease in the first period is a difficult task to ask anyone to save. Add in two screens, and the task was impossible for Mann. But the blame for the second and third goals, however, laid largely on Mann’s shoulders. A shot from Austin Kamar off a faceoff win snuck between Mann’s glove and leg pad, and diminished any momentum the Wolverines had built from their relentless second-period attacks. And a third goal, minutes later from Tommy Apap after a persistent crease attack — a top-shelf shot on a rebound after three saves — sent Michigan into a state of dismay.

It wasn’t just the relative ease that Michigan State scored with, it was the difficulty that came with every high-danger scoring chance the Wolverines produced. In the second period, sophomore forward Jimmy Lambert conducted a three-onone breakaway that fizzled out without a single shot on goal. “You see it on the bench, when you get a three-on-one like Jimmy had and we don’t even get a shot, you can just see it on the bench, like, ‘What do we have to do?’ ” Pearson said. “And it gets frustrating, and they’re all frustrated right now.” Sensing the frustration, the switch was called, and a timeout, too, as insurance. The message in the 60 seconds was clear. Stay with it. Keep playing hard. There was plenty of time left in the game. The revitalized efforts didn’t procure any goals, but opportunities came, which couldn’t be said about much of the first period, and the latter half of the second. And in all three periods, the lack of opportunities on the power play further doomed Michigan. Converting 0-of-5 power plays, the manadvantage proved to be a non-factor when its inherent purpose is to provide teams with an increased chance to score. “We have two opportunities in the first period,” Pearson said. “And we have the chance to do some things and we’re terrible there, we’re absolutely terrible there. “... You have guys who aren’t finishing and really struggling offensively, they go hand and hand, the power play and (evenstrength scoring).” And those problems are not things a simple goaltender change can fix.

You can see it on the bench like, “What do we have to do?”

Michigan unable to respond to deficit MOLLY SHEA

Daily Sports Writer

EAST LANSING — It took just under two minutes for the game to completely slip away. In those brief 104 seconds, the Michigan hockey team collapsed. But it wouldn’t show immediately. Entering the second period, the Wolverines were riding a wave of momentum. They showed no signs of having surrendered a goal in the opening minutes of the first period. Their play was sharp. The offense displayed urgency. Every puck that connected with a Michigan stick went towards the net. “We were all over them,” said senior defenseman Griffin Luce. “They couldn’t hang with us, they couldn’t play with us. They get the first goal there and I think we did a pretty good job answering. They didn’t know what hit them.” But no matter how potent their second-period start was, there was still the fact that the first goal, scored in the opening minutes, was, ultimately, the game-winner. When Luce was asked about the team’s response to the early goal, he pointed to the team’s intensity in the second period. But there was still 18 minutes between the goal and the “strong response” unaccounted for. Because in those 18 minutes, there was little to point to. Little improvement. Little upswing in intensity. Little

response to show for a team that needs to start learning to handle the adversity it faces. Because as quickly as everything seemed to be going right for the Wolverines in the second period, everything began to go wrong. It started with senior forward Nick Pastujov losing a faceoff in the defensive zone. Michigan State forward Adam Goodsir won the draw and slid the puck behind him to forward Austin Kamer. Kamer released the puck within a second of receiving it, connected with the back of the net and then the buzzer sounded. Michigan had fallen into a 2-0 deficit, but the bleeding didn’t stop. Immediately after the goal, there was no pushback, similar to the 18 minutes after the first Spartan goal. The Wolverines seemed deflated, and more obviously, frustrated. Sticks were slammed. Heads were shaken. It didn’t matter that almost half the game still remained, Michigan was playing like a team that had already lost. And rather than responding immediately to Michigan State’s second goal — exactly what the Wolverines had failed to after falling behind 1-0 — they faltered. “They just fought a little harder in those gritty areas to score those goals,” said Michigan coach Mel Pearson. “That’s what (we’ve been) talking about. We’ve got to play a little harder there.” The lack of response by the Wolverines resulted in an even

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The Michigan hockey team let the game slip away over a short span on Saturday.

stronger push from Michigan State. One minute later, Spartan forward Jagger Joshua pushed the puck past freshman defenseman Keaton Pherson to gain the offensive zone. Joshua fired a rising shot towards the net, but freshman forward Johnny Beecher batted the puck out of the air. Beecher’s play was followed by a scramble for the puck in front of the net, and sophomore goaltender Strauss Mann was forced to make a series of saves. One of the saves left him vulnerable, Mann was stomach down on the ice, sprawled across his crease. When the puck came found the stick of Michigan State forward Tommy Apap, it was too easy. The net was wide open, and he buried the puck top shelf. The game had gone from bad to worse to over. The Wolverines had fallen into a three-goal hole they were unable to climb out of against the Spartans. The team was rattled because for the first time in a string of games, Michigan’s biggest problem wasn’t their offense — it was everything. And the response to the third goal wasn’t a rally or a harder press or anything effort-based. It was a personnel change. Trying to provide a spark for his team, Pearson pulled Mann from goal and replaced him with senior goaltender Hayden Lavigne, who had yet to see ice time in a game this season. Pearson followed the swap with a timeout to regroup the team. “It just gives a little boost there for us,” Luce said. “It just gets guys on their toes a little bit. So we can go and get right back on it. He’s coming in cold so you never wanna give him any chances early right away.” But it didn’t have the effect Pearson intended. In the wake of those two goals, the Wolverines would never regain control of the game, and there were no shortage of chances to do so. The opening two minutes of the game, and the 104-second stretch of play in the second period had done too much damage, and Michigan showed just how incapable it is of immediately responding to falling behind in a game.