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Christopher Taylor secures primary win for mayor of Ann Arbor Taylor will stand alone against a write-in option in November SHANNON STOCKING Daily News Editor
Christopher Taylor is the projected Democratic candidate for mayor of Ann Arbor in the Aug. 2 primary election, defeating his opponent, Anne Bannister. With all precincts in Ann Arbor counted, Taylor received 61% of the vote and Bannister received 38%, according to the initial results. If elected in the Nov. 8 general election, Taylor will serve a fourth term as the mayor of Ann Arbor, having first been elected in 2014. There were no Republican candidates on the ballot.
Taylor was first elected in 2014 and elected again in 2016, when term limits were extended from two to four years. Before taking office as mayor in 2014, Taylor served three terms on City Council representing Ward 3. Taylor is also a local corporate and commercial attorney practicing at Ann Arbor-based law firm Hooper Hathaway. Taylor’s platform focused heavily on Ann Arbor’s housing crisis, emphasizing his support for affordable housing developments and the continuation of implementing an unarmed response team for the city. His tenure as mayor is recognized for backing high-density housing and the A2Zero promise to become
carbon neutral by 2030. Last month, MLive reported over $122,000 raised between both candidates in the democratic mayoral race, with Taylor raising over $88,000 and reporting over $49,000 in expenses. Towards the end of July, both candidates published literature critiquing their opponent. In her campaign materials, Bannister criticized Taylor, noting his “empty promises and potholes.” With no Republican candidate, Taylor will stand alone against a write-in option in the Nov. 8 election. Daily News Editor Shannon Stocking can be reached at sstockin@ umich.edu.
LEO-GLAM ratifies first contract with UMich The contract follows nearly eight months of negotiations
SAMANTHA RICH Summer News Editor
The Galleries, Librarians, Archivists and Museums unit of the Lecturers’ Employee Organization (LEO-GLAM) ratified its first-ever contract with the University of Michigan on July 29. After nearly eight months of negotiations and over 30 bargaining sessions, LEOGLAM and the University reached agreements on 39 different
provisions. 98.4% of LEO-GLAM members voted to approve the contract. In an interview with The Michigan Daily, LEO-GLAM chair Meredith Kahn expressed gratitude to the union and the University for their work throughout the bargaining process. “I am incredibly proud of all the work that went into reaching this agreement after almost eight months of bargaining,” Kahn said.
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“We are really proud of what we achieved. I think we made both financial and other non-economic gains for our membership, and we’re really happy with how things shook out. And we’re thankful that the University worked with us to come to this agreement.” The contract will run from Sept. 1 of this year through 2025. Over the next three years, the librarians, archivists and curators (LACs) in this unit will see an overall salary increase of 17%, with individual raises ranging from 9% to 30%, depending on current salary. The contract also clarifies policies on workload and remote work, provides funding for professional development opportunities, creates a standardized system for promotion across all roles and guarantees that LACs have official faculty status, which protects their rights to academic freedom.
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Harrison, Akmon & Cornell win Ann Arbor City Council races, two incumbents ousted
Elizabeth Nelson and Ali Ramlawi, both incumbents, were ousted in their respective seats KRISTINA ZHENG & IRENA LI
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The Ann Arbor City Council will be introducing several new faces to city hall, according to Washtenaw County’s unofficial primary results. Democrats Cynthia Harrison, Dharma Akmon and Jenn Cornell won seats in Wards 1, 4 and 5, respectively. Two incumbents who ran for re-election, Elizabeth Nelson in Ward 4 and Ali Ramlawi in Ward 5, were ousted in their respective races. All City Council-elects were endorsed by Mayor Christopher Taylor, who also won his re-election bid with 61% of the vote against opponent Anne Bannister. Unopposed in the primaries, Democratic candidates Chris Watson and Ayesha Ghazi Edwin will fill the remaining seats for Wards 2 and 3, respectively. Given Ann Arbor’s Democratic lean, candidates who win the August primaries will run unopposed in the Nov. 8 general election, barring any write-in candidates until then. Ward 1 – Cynthia Harrison (D) Democrat Cynthia Harrison will be the next Councilmember for Ward 1, unofficial results show. Harrison won with 71% of the vote over opponent Angeline Smith, who received 29% of the votes. Harrison’s platform focused on
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mental health-driven criminal legal reform, accessible transportation and the development of affordable housing. As a lifelong Ann Arbor resident, Harrison is also a member of Ann Arbor’s Independent Community Police Oversight Commission and Washtenaw County’s 21st Century Policing Compliance Commission. Along with Taylor, Harrison received endorsements from Washtenaw County Sheriff Jerry Clayton and state Sen. Jeff Irwin. Harrison will be the first Black city Councilmember in 15 years, following Wendy Woods, who served from 2001 to 2007, according to MLive. Prior to Woods, there have been a number of Black Councilmembers, including Larry Hunger from 1982 to 1994 and Pat Vereen-Dixon from 1994 to 1999. Harrison will serve alongside current Councilmember Lisa Disch, D-Ward 1, following the Nov. 8 general election. Ward 4 – Dharma Akmon (D) Democrat Dharma Akmon is projected to serve as the next city Councilmember for Ward 4, according to Wednesday morning’s unofficial results. Akmon, receiving 49% of the votes, narrowly defeated incumbent Elizabeth Nelson, who received 46% — a margin of 165 votes. Democrat Mozhgan Savabieasfahani also ran for the Ward 4 seat and received 4% of the votes.
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Tudor Dixon wins Republican
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Dixon will face off with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in the Nov 8. general election IRENA LI
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Tudor Dixon will face off against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in the Nov. 8 general election, projected results for Tuesday’s Michigan primary election show. With 20% of precincts reporting as of 9:45 P.M., Dixon received 41.5% of the vote, followed by Kevin Rinke, who received the next highest number of votes. Dixon, a businesswoman and conservative news anchor, gained media attention following former President Donald Trump’s endorsement of her platform on July 29. This cemented her position as the frontrunner among the five GOP candidates just a few days before the election. The DeVos family, the Police Officers Association of Michigan and the Michigan Chamber of Commerce are among others who have endorsed Dixon. Dixon worked in sales at her father’s steel company before pivoting to media as a commentator on conservative network Real America’s Voice, where she made a number of controversial
remarks toward people of Color. Dixon also founded Lumen News, a conservative morning news program for students. Like the other candidates on the Republican primary ballot, Dixon has never held an elected office position. Bridge Michigan reported that Dixon outraised the other four GOP gubernatorial candidates, with 10 members of the DeVos family collectively contributing over $70,000 to her campaign. Dixon’s victory follows a turbulent Republican gubernatorial race, with several candidates being disqualified for fraudulent nominating petitions and fellow candidate Ryan Kelley’s arrest by the FBI in June for his involvement in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Michigan voters will decide between Dixon and incumbent Whitmer for governor on Nov. 8. FiveThirtyEight’s election forecast for November’s gubernatorial election shows Whitmer being clearly favored to win over Dixon, with Whitmer projected as the winner 95 times out of 100.
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Residents urged to stay out of Huron River following chemical spill from Wixom Plant
Experts say there is no immediate threat to Ann Arbor’s drinking water SEJAL PATIL
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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) have advised all people and pets in Washtenaw, Monroe, Oakland, Livingston and Wayne counties to avoid contact with the Huron River water between North Wixom Road in Oakland County and Kensington Road in Livingston County following a chemical spill in the river. Officials stressed that there is no immediate threat to the community’s drinking water and the situation is being monitored closely. According to
time-of-travel modeling, it would take several weeks for the contaminants to reach the city’s water intakes. Tribar Manufacturing, a Wixom auto supplier plant, was responsible for releasing industrial contamination into the Huron River. This is the second release that the plant has been responsible for in the last four years. The plant released hexavalent chromium into the Wixom sewer treatment system that flows into the Huron River. Hexavalent chromium is a harmful agent that can cause adverse health conditions through inhalation, ingestion or skin contact. Research has linked the chromium compounds in the contaminant to lung cancer, asthma and bronchitis.
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United States district judge approves settlement in sexual misconduct lawsuit, establishes Coordinated Community Response Team The new body is intended to increase protection against sexual misconduct in the U-M community RILEY HODDER
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A United States district judge approved the settlement reached between the University of Michigan and attorneys representing U-M students in March. The settlement involves the establishment of the Coordinated Community Response Team (CCRT), which is meant to increase protection against sexual misconduct in the U-M community. Recent university alum Josephine Graham filed the lawsuit in May 2021 against the University on the grounds that the University does not maintain or properly enforce sufficient policies and procedures for preventing and responding to sexual misconduct on campus. The lawsuit did not seek monetary relief. The class action lawsuit is different from the $490 million settlement reached between survivors of the late athletic Doctor Robert Anderson and the University in January. Graham claimed in a previous press conference that the CCRT was the “capstone” of the settlement. The University has faced similar allegations of mishandling sexual misconduct in the past, including over a thousand allegations against Anderson. In recent years there have also been allegations
of misconduct against Computer Science and Engineering professors Jason Mars and Walter Lasecki, former Music, Theatre & Dance professors Stephen Shipps and David Daniels, former LSA lecturer Bruce Conforth and English professor Douglas Trevor. There is also an upcoming sexual misconduct trial against former Computer Science and Engineering chair Peter Chen, as well as the firing of former University Provost Martin Philbert for a series of sexual misconduct allegations. The CCRT will begin meetings during the fall semester, with 30 representatives from all three University campuses meeting three times a year to discuss and advise the University on “a wide range of approaches” to addressing misconduct, the University said in a statement. Interim University President Mary Sue Coleman said the CCRT will help the University achieve its goals of becoming a national leader in protecting community members against sexual misconduct. “The structure of the team, which includes leadership from outside the university, will give a voice to all members of our community who have a perspective to share on this vital effort,” Coleman said in a statement.
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Arts Changing the romance formula with ‘The Boy with the Bookstore’
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One of the best things about reading romance novels or watching romance movies is that you can almost always count on the presence of a trope. Whether it’s enemies to lovers (think Darcy and Lizzy in “Pride and Prejudice” or, more recently, Season 2 of “Bridgerton”), fake relationships (a #BookTok favorite), good girl/bad boy (which always reminds me of that 5 Seconds of Summer song) or any other slightly cliché yet thoroughly enjoyable trope, you can usually find one — or a combination of a few — in the romancegenre art you consume. Sarah Echavarre Smith’s upcoming novel, “The Boy with the Bookstore,” is unique in that it combines tropes in unusual, new ways and, by extension, tells a story that differs from the typical romantic formula. Using the dual perspectives of the female protagonist, Joelle, and the male love interest, Max, Smith artfully tells the romantic story of a baker and a bookstore owner falling in love.
Joelle, the baker, is the epitome of the sunshiney good girl; she gave up her dream of opening a bakery in France to help out her family when they were struggling financially. She has a huge crush on the bookstore owner next door — Max, a tattooed, secretive and thoughtful guy. “The Boy with the Bookstore” is an undoubtedly fun and easy read — the story unfolds very naturally, and as Smith peels back the layers of both characters, the audience is bound to become more and more interested in Joelle and Max. The side characters, like Joelle’s family members and her best friend, Whitney, round out the story. Minor characters may have small roles in the actual story, but their presence always adds a new dimension to the main protagonists. In this case, Joelle’s family serves as a primary motivational factor in her career and as a foil to Max’s lack of familial affection, and Whitney is the best friend you always want by your side, offering advice, jokes and loyalty when Joelle needs it most. Needless to say, all these characters elevate the story from just another fun romance novel to one that is both entertaining and meaningful.
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The most interesting thing about this story is that Joelle and Max are mutually pining for one another, but because of a renovation at their workplaces, they are forced to work in close proximity to one another, which brings out the worst in both of them. So this is a rare case of two people who like each other and then begin to cross the line into ‘enemy’ territory. Max uses Joelle’s oven to dry his clothes (gross), Joelle messes with Max’s book club and so on. Despite their initial attraction, they start to seriously irritate one another. Only after they’ve seen each other at their worst are they able to start a healthy relationship. There’s something really relatable about the realism of their situation; romance in books and movies today is idealized in a lot of ways. Things are predictable and expected and, because of that, somehow glamorized and made seemingly perfect to the audience. I mean, there’s basically an unofficial romance formula that authors and creators use: Meet Cute, Montage, 80%mark Conflict, Grand Romantic Gesture, Happily Ever After. In other words, the love interests meet, usually in a cute way, like in a coffee shop where their orders
are switched or at some work event or on a blind date gone wrong. Then, you have the Montage, where you see them fall for each other — you know those scenes in the movies where some song plays in the background while the characters walk around together or sightsee or go on some trip where they try on floppy hats together? That’s the Montage. The saddest part is the 80%-mark Conflict where, approximately 80% of the way into the story, the characters see each others’ flaws and push each other away, but then you have the Grand Romantic Gesture where someone holds a boombox outside a window or buys a guitar or sings a meaningful song. All of which culminate in the Happily Ever After. In other words, the love interests meet, usually in a cute way, like in a coffee shop where their orders are switched or at some work event or on a blind date gone wrong. Then, you have the Montage, where you see them fall for each other — you know those scenes in the movies where some song plays in the background while the characters walk around together or sightsee or go on some trip where they try on floppy hats together? That’s the Montage. The
saddest part is the 80%-mark Conflict where, approximately 80% of the way into the story, the characters see each others’ flaws and push each other away, but then you have the Grand Romantic Gesture where someone holds a boombox outside a window or buys a guitar or sings a meaningful song. All of which culminate in the Happily Ever After. Some tropes alter the formula, of course; for instance, in the enemies to lovers trope, the Meet Cute usually isn’t so cute, and the Montage is filled with more tension and less fluff. But in general, there’s a formula that writers follow because it’s what the audience expects and what they want to see. But that doesn’t mean it’s realistic, by any means. Let’s just say it’s not exactly practical to expect someone to break out a Grand Romantic Gesture in the real world. “The Boy with the Bookstore” follows the general formula, but by making Joelle and Max see each other’s flaws and imperfections early on in the story, it makes for a more realistic view of love.
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‘MUNA’ is here for a hot, mildly anxious Queer girl summer SERENA IRANI Daily Arts Writer
For many a band, the self-titled album is a rite of passage. Fleetwood Mac did it twice, Led Zeppelin four and Weezer more times than I can count. With the exception of a debut, a selftitle often marks a comeback, like how The Beatles signified their resurgence into the public sphere, a return to their roots. The decision to name an album after oneself feels intentional, evoking an aura of self-assurance and certainty in one’s artistic vision, like that sparkly bowling ball you get after achieving Pro-Level in Wii Sports. The pure simplicity of such a title suggests a level of notoriety, or rather, a path being paved to future infamy. And with their self-titled third album, MUNA has proved that they certainly have the chops to reach sparkly bowling ball status. In the time since MUNA’s last album, Saves the World, they’ve weathered quite a bit of change: getting dropped by RCA, picked up by indie record label Saddest Factory, releasing a viral TikTok hit. With their first two albums, MUNA firmly cemented itself in the realm of Queer
pop with bangers like “I Know A Place” and “Number One Fan.” They established a sound of their own featuring emotive, well-crafted lyrics and synth-pop beats: a pairing that you could just as easily dance in your bedroom to or cry in the middle of the club to. Essentially, sad and gay. Keeping that in mind, MUNA’s lead single “Silk Chiffon” was a definite change of pace for them. It ushered in a new era, one that wasn’t afraid to explore beyond the standard sound we’d grown accustomed to hearing from them. It was light and shimmery
and far poppier than anything they’d ever released. Not even Phoebe Bridgers herself could bring down the infectiously catchy chorus of “Like life’s so fun, life’s so fun / Got my miniskirt and my rollerblades on.” The Sapphic energy harnessed by “Silk Chiffon” was hardly new ground for them (its music video even pays homage to Queer cult classic “But I’m a Cheerleader”), but the bright, celebratory manner in which they did it certainly is, breezily saturated into three minutes of bubbly pop perfection.
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While the vast remainder of the album isn’t as cheery as “Silk Chiffon,” a notable divergence from their previous works persists in its willingness to experiment without losing sight of itself. Because as outof-left-field as some of the songs may appear, they’re still MUNA, through and through. Classic MUNA bangers are easy to spot from the get-go: electro-pop numbers like “Home By Now,” which contemplates a failed relationship and asks the important questions like, “What is love supposed to feel like, anyway?” (sad) and “Why is it so hot in L.A.?” (gay). “Anything But Me” is full of similarly fun quips like, “You’re gonna say that I’m on a high horse / I think that my horse is regular sized / Did you ever think maybe / You’re on a pony / Going in circles on a carousel ride?” Killer roasts aside, lead singer Katie Gavin’s steady control over the flow of her writing is as compelling as ever. Across albums and eras, genres and record labels, her words pour out seamlessly, each line spilling over into the next in an effortless stream of intensely acute thoughts and feelings. Although the band has preserved the heart of MUNA in its songwriting, their foray
into new sounds has brought forth a scrupulous attention to detail in their song production. On “Runner’s High,” they play with the idea of sustaining oneself on the adrenaline of “running out” on a relationship by mimicking the pulsing tempo of such a rush as the percussion simulates the pitter-patter of a heartbeat. In the case of “Solid,” its precise, clean production is used to clash against the sharpness of its edgy guitar riffs, reminiscent of ’80s glam rock. There’s a special kind of MUNA magic infused into the very fabric of country-pop song “Kind of Girl.” It’s a touching, heartfelt ballad about being kinder to yourself and reflecting on the person you used to be. Its twangy strings mesh well with Gavin’s vocals gently coaxing you in, tugging on your heartstrings. Learning to accept your faults and laugh at ‘em all like you’re not a problem to solve? Just go ahead and stab me in the heart while you’re at it. For anyone who’s ever had a complex relationship with girlhood or their identity, “Kind of Girl” gives you the space to figure it all out. With MUNA, MUNA tries on a lot of hats.
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Tales from a Ragstock dressing room AVA BURZYCKI
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Content warning: Mentions of disordered eating A week before my first class at the University of Michigan, I wandered around Ann Arbor as a college student for the very first time. With friends who were already familiar with the city, I was given a grand tour of which buildings I’d enjoy, which are widely beloved and which to avoid altogether. We all swooned for the smells of Frita Batidos, awed at the beauty of the Michigan Theater and listened to the ringing of Burton Memorial Tower. However, it was Ragstock that caused the most shrills of excitement amongst our little crowd. The beloved clothing chain fit our personal styles and wallets, so we promptly spent the next half hour in a perpetual browse chorused by “oohs” and “ahhs.” Eventually, the time for try-ons came and we beelined for the changing rooms. COVID-19, naturally, had halted my in-store purchases for nearly two years. Even then I tend to only thrift, so it may have been even longer since I’ve found myself in the artificial blinding lights of a dressing room. For a variety of reasons, I tend to avoid mirrors, cameras and changing rooms — The biggest being the quickness and sharpness of my own self-criticisms, and how easily these fester into starvation-based punishments. In this Ragstock changing room, the pattern easily picked up where it left off years prior. In this Ragstock dressing room, I feel guilty and ashamed for the body I reside within. I hope this is a blip, a hiccup in my progress. It’s humiliating to think one poorly-lit view of myself could undo a year’s worth of work and progress and lovely weight gain. But it is not a blip, and I spent my fall semester with the smell of rotten food and lemon green tea. Four times a week I sleepwalked from State Street to my bus stop, still in a dizzy sway. I could sit on the curb and wait, maybe embarrassingly, but this is an admission of defeat: my broken body has not won yet, and I will continue to push and punish until it does. In my sways and starved delirium I’m thinking of the bare minimum amount of meals I’ll need
in order to stay afloat this week, and how many iron supplements I’ll need to take to keep my hair from falling out in clumps. Often, an eating disorder is a learned behavior, not a natural inclination for harm and discipline. They are often gifted from mother to daughter, from media to viewer, friend to friend. This is what makes the epidemiology of eating disorders so mystifyingly unique: they are mental illnesses that act as social diseases, so they spread like fatphobic colds and flus. I can’t pinpoint where I learned mine, but I can imagine I was taught it from multiple sources in quick, successive repetition. Additionally, there are risk factors for those who are extra susceptible to these destructive teachings, like poor psychological health and trauma, family history, life changes and even participation in extracurricular activities. By common definition, eating disorders are “patterns of restriction and/or binging, intense fear of weight gain, distorted body image, and self-esteem that is reliant on how the body is perceived.” Within the ebb and flow of my disordered eating, I’ve consistently held all of the above. I am a public health student, and this irony doesn’t escape me. I’ll spend the next two years learning the science of disease and medicine, and then I’ll spend 40 hours a week for the rest of my professional life touting the social determinants of health and other systemic failures of the American healthcare system, all while I am flailing inside one of the most prevalent public and mental health crises. This is especially true of college campuses, where upwards of 32.6% of women and 25% of men qualify as having disordered eating habits, and even more have them but are undetected. This is to say that I must have a multitude of classmates also living with this ironic contradiction. College campuses breed eating disorders with unparalleled spread and success rates for a variety of reasons. Whispers and warnings of the “Freshman 15” begin months, maybe years, before the first day of classes. From the get-go, students are shamed and frightened into the self-surveillance of nutrients and dieting. In many cases, these attempts at harmless diets quickly spiral into
disordered eating. Dieting, especially amongst college students, is so normalized that the dangers often do not register to most people. SoulCycle, for instance, displays daily words of fatburning inspiration for anyone walking down South University Avenue, and even while scrolling through The Michigan Daily’s website weight-loss advertisements featuring caricatures of hourglass-shaped women often fill the ad space. Additionally, the actual transition to college fits multiple eating disorder risk factors: major life change, extracurricular activities and an uptick in poor psychological health. At the University in particular, the Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) is notorious for being too busy and incredibly unhelpful. The social pressures of college impact a person’s exposure to disordered eating habits as well, and offer more colloquial ways of picking up disordered eating habits from friends and peers. Through research and studies, the University has repeatedly confirmed that our student body suffers from the same shame, control and punishment that creates eating disorders amongst young people. In a recent study, Michigan Medicine found that 27.8% of female undergraduates and 11.8% of male undergraduates screen positive for an eating disorder. Furthermore, almost all (82% of women and 96% of men) of the positively screened students are not receiving treatment for their disorders in the past year. These startlingly-high numbers of untreated students can be accounted for by the normalization of disordered eating on college campuses, especially one with high-stakes stress and a competitive culture like the University’s. It’s common to hear of peers not eating or sleeping during exam seasons, often wearing it as a perverse badge of pride to show just how dedicated they are to their work. Additionally, the pressure to party and appeal to male-dominated hookup culture while still maintaining thinness leads to the commonplace habit of skipping meals on the day of parties, dubbed “drunkorexia.” These are habits that I’ve known myself and my other partially-recovered friends to partake in, even when the dangers of dabbling in starvation are devastatingly clear.
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Slack, Laugh, Love OSCAR NOLLETTE-PATULSKI Statement Correspondent
I am sitting in a chair at my job, looking down at the smartphone resting in my hands. There is a lull in work-related activity during this midafternoon, and I am left to my own devices; my only duty is to answer the door and assist when packages arrive. I turn off my phone and redirect my attention upwards to the desk I sit at where a computer monitor is turned on. Its web browser features a few open tabs, and I use a mouse to click on the one housing Slack. While at my job at the University of Michigan’s Tech Shop in the Michigan Union, I am supposed to use the Slack interface to be alerted of new protocols, communicate progress on daily tasks and find answers to questions or roadblocks I encounter throughout the workday. My digital behavior frequently diverges from these expectations, however, and today is no exception. A few hours ago, I received an email from one of my editors at The Michigan Daily approving my story idea about Slack and the people and places that use it (I rarely use The Daily’s own Slack workspace, except for instructions on how to enter the Student Publications Building). Now given the go-ahead to conduct interviews, I begin to type a message in ITS’s #social-watercooler channel. Scrolling up in the feed, I see a meme with a Bugs Bunny in formalwear that reads: “i wish all people with cats a very pleasant can i see them.” Under it is a thread of 28 replies, the vast majority containing feline photos. I begin to type my own new message outside the thread: “hi all! I am writing an article for The Michigan Daily about the use of Slack in U-M workspaces and student orgs. If anyone would like to participate in a short interview on their experiences, react to this message or DM me here on Slack. thank you for considering!” I click on the green paper plane icon that sends the message, and moments later it appears in the public record. On Slack’s sidebar, where all of the channels I am a part of are listed, I click on the #tech-shop-studentmanagers channel in order to revive the impression that I am actually doing
work for the job I am sitting at, hiding the #social-watercooler feed. My smartphone buzzes, and I receive a notification from my co-op’s workspace. Linder House uses Slack as the primary mode of electronic communication among the 20 of us that live there. I received said notification because one of my housemates sent “@channel,” thereby notifying all members, in #linderfarts. The purpose of this channel is to alert everyone else when one farts, and it is by far the most active channel in our house’s Slack workspace. I smirk a little, and then put my phone down in my lap to look at the computer on my desk. Now, in my ITS Ann Arbor workspace, there is a bright red oval hovering over the navigation sidebar, telling me that I have unread messages. I scroll down within the sidebar, and see that I have a direct message from Madi Atkins, a fellow member of ITS Ann Arbor whom I have never met. She expresses interest in sharing her experiences using Slack with me, and after a few messages back and forth we arrange to meet virtually the following afternoon using Slack’s Huddle feature. Within this 20-minute span of nonurgent virtual chat, five more users have reacted to my additional call for interviews using the :eyes: emoji, and several others have sent me a private message. Overwhelmed with the emoji users, I stick to the direct responses, and arrange virtual meeting times with those people as well. A few hours later, I clock out and head home for the day. Late that evening, from my bedroom, I open the ITS Ann Arbor Slack once again to paste Zoom virtual meeting links to those that requested. I schedule these messages to go out the next morning rather than the current time of midnight to give the illusion of a healthy sleep schedule. #first-impressions The next afternoon, I log back into the ITS Slack and find my direct messages with Atkins. I open new tabs in my web browser that contain the other materials needed to conduct and record this interview. At our agreedupon time, I click on the headphoneicon toggle button that then turns blue, signifying that the Huddle has begun.
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Ghost hunting in Ann Arbor SAARTHAK JOHRI Mic Columnist
Ghosts are real. Maybe not in the ways you’ve heard, but I assure you, they’re very real. I’ve seen ghosts nearly everywhere in my hometown all my life — in every corner of my house, in every school I’ve attended, in every nook and cranny of my neighborhood. Every so often, I take it upon myself to collect these ghosts from their spots — not with a positron pack or vacuums or exorcist tools, per se, but to simply visit them and ask them to come along with me. It’s not so hard when you’ve been doing it for as long as I have. You just have to know the exact right thing to say. Throughout my time in Ann Arbor, I’ve spotted three such ghosts. In my hometown, I have my car, which makes it easier to get to every haunted spot, but it isn’t here. I do have a bike. It’s no ECTO-1, but it’d have to do. I slipped
on my New Balances and jogged down the apartment stairs while plotting my round trip on Google Maps. This method of ghost hunting might seem mundane, but trust me when I say these are the best tools for the job. Like I said, I’ve been doing this for a while. As the sun sets, I set out too. The ride didn’t take much exertion. I rolled down Plymouth Road, conserving my momentum for the changes in slope and switching to the bike lane when I could. The bridge over the Huron River was another small challenge in elevation, but nothing would stand between me and my ghosts that night. Navigating through Kerrytown until I reached the border of downtown Ann Arbor, I saw my first spot. The mostly white, slightly color-sprinkled tiles of the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum shone in the distance.
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August
ROSHNI MOHAN Mic Columnist
August is undoubtedly my favorite month. It’s the last full month of summer. And to me, it’s the most meaningful. August is the month of late blooming flowers since my father planted them two weeks later than what was recommended by the gardening videos he used to blast at an unnecessarily loud volume back in May. It’s the month of refilling the bird feeder in the backyard so my father can continue recording slowmo videos of blue jays and sending them in our family group chat. It’s the month of strictly scheduled weekly picnics under the beating sun to get the most out of our time before school starts again. And as a result, it’s the month of the tannest skin and the frizziest, puffiest hair that I no longer care enough to worry about in the way I did in high school, combing and slicking it down with coconut oil — the only “hair product” my mother would allow me to put in my hair to avoid damage. It’s celebrating my father’s birthday, with my dog eating most of the cake. It’s the ending of a summer fling. It’s goodbye hugs and bittersweet late night drives home after, not knowing when you’ll get to see them next. It’s Pinterest boards and shopping lists filled with a few apartment essentials but mostly a large amount of decorations that don’t get put up until three months into the school year solely because of how much my roommate (the same
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one from my first and second year) and I put things off. And at the end of August, it’s finally moving into a new temporary home, the place I’ll have some of the best and worst moments through the next year. It’s wasting my money on too many boba runs with my friends, dancing in random houses with people I just met and will never talk to again, making a day out of finding where all my classes are. And the most memorable, it’s walking through the Diag to my first class on the first day of school with an outfit that I thought was cute but ends up making me sweat from the thick material under the blistering sun, all while blasting “August” by Taylor Swift through my knotted earbuds. “August,” the eighth track on Taylor’s eighth studio album, Folklore, has become my and many others’ go-to fall song. While fall technically starts in September, the end of August feels like the
beginning of autumn, disregarding the weather. The school year begins, the back-to-school section at Target now has pumpkins and a couple costumes mixed in, every mannequin now sports the newest trendy sweater or matching sweat set, a couple leaves on every tree are no longer the perfect shade of green, and Starbucks starts advertising and selling their much-awaited fall drinks. The lyrics of the song and the music behind it contrast with each other, at first. When I put my headphones on, my ears are blasted with the sound of new beginnings. Faster-paced strumming paired with Taylor’s calming vocals along with an overall upbeat coating on the song evokes this cleansing and blooming feeling. The song is a newer sound for Taylor, much different than the rest of the album.
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My writing journey: Why I decided to pursue a writing minor DAISEY YU
MiC Columnist
For many of us, thinking back to when we first started to learn how to read and write seems like a huge mystery. When did I learn to pronounce the word “nonchalant,” and am I still saying “açaí” wrong in my head? The answer is probably yes. In elementary school, I was always in the lowest reading level, heavily struggling with reading comprehension. When I read books, my goal was to finish them as soon as possible. If you asked me who the main character was, I wouldn’t even be able to tell you. In middle school, my essays received average grades, and I dreaded any writing assignments at all. So, you may be wondering, how did I become a columnist for The
Michigan Daily? When did I start to enjoy writing? My rocky writing journey started during my freshman year of high school. I had just graduated from using generic essay templates to writing specially structured argumentative essays. In my ninthgrade English class, we wrote essays on literary works ranging from epics like “The Odyssey” to novels like “The Catcher in the Rye.” We often had assignments that were only one page long but required us to make an argument in SPA format — statement, proof and analysis — about the reading. I remember enjoying challenging myself to create bold statements but struggling to explain the proof to defend that argument. Each assignment returned to me would include blue ink in the analysis section with the phrases “Explain
more” and “Why? Explain.” This issue continued into my sophomore year. Despite a change in teachers, I still received comments about needing to expand my analysis, specifically with closely examining the connotations of each word in the sentence. (Maybe it was because my sophomore English teacher had been on the track to become a lawyer but decided he liked teaching more.) In his class, I had a downward trend in my grades, and I seemed to be missing this “wow” factor in my writing. I often met with this teacher oneon-one to discuss how I could improve my writing. I asked him about what I was missing in my writing, and why my analysis section always seemed to be lacking. For the first time, I received detailed feedback, and we had very productive conversations about how to put what I want to
say on paper. In the past, I’d only received comments like “How?” and “Why?” which didn’t help me to understand what exactly needed to be changed. I would get frustrated by these one-word questions, and I felt that a teacher was being picky for no reason. However, this teacher thoroughly explained what he was expecting and offered examples of how I could improve and expand on sentences he made comments on. Instead of completely taking out the sentence in question, he would build onto them by adding another sentence that delved deeper into my analysis. Because of his encouragement and clarity, I felt more confident and excited about writing. While I had well formulated ideas for my analysis, I forgot that people couldn’t read my mind,
so I needed to explicitly jot my thoughts down. When explaining my thought process to my teacher, I noticed that I wasn’t including my ideas in the paper. Those additional points would’ve made my argument stronger. To fix this problem, I started thoroughly analyzing blocks of text and organizing everything that went through my mind into bullet points. Then, I would mold together all my points into an argument and eventually a paper. Before, I wouldn’t even outline my argument and tried to be as conservative as possible in my writing. Oftentimes, that bad habit would lead to clunky and disorganized work. But after the meeting, I constantly thought about his advice and applied it to my writing.
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Opinion
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very four years, we are hounded with constant reminders to vote in the upcoming presidential election. Phone calls, television advertisements, news segments, social media posts and more are indicators that we should head to the polls and cast our ballots for a specific candidate to take the highest office in the United States. We deem this measure, voting for a single government official at the top of our government, to be the most important impact we can have on democracy as voters, and I would agree that this is somewhat true. While electing federal representatives — such as your president, your senator and your district’s U.S. House representative — are key choices, the most important choice we can make at the ballot box is choosing our local representatives. For the past few weeks, the lawns in my neighborhood have become littered with signs advocating for certain candidates, and the sheer number of advertisements I have seen and voicemails I have heard sponsored by hopeful contenders make me feel flooded with information. Still, no matter how many commercials and informational flyers we are exposed to every day, we are never as rallied to vote in our local elections as we are in national ones. If we don’t focus on local politics with equivalent enthusiasm, we fail to fully engage with the issues that matter the most to us. As opposed to the federal level, where there are typically longer waits between election cycles, local elections occur every year. Although they take place more often and there are more positions up for grabs, there is a certain level of confusion as to which roles in government are available at the local level and what exactly they do. In order to better
immerse ourselves in politics, we must be able to clearly understand what we are voting for; a major reason why voter turnout is low is because of uncertainty about who and what we are voting for, along with unclear voting rules. We tend not to notice that the local level of government almost exactly resembles the structure of our federal government: each city and town has its own executive, legislative and judicial branch. Not only are their foundations similar, but their importance can be equated as well — local politics are just as important, if not more important, as the contests on the national stage. The outcomes of local elections determine the fate of the issues that are most impactful in our everyday lives. The officials that we elect to our city councils and mayoral offices directly serve our community interests: matters such as schooling, housing and public safety are affected by the decisions made by our local representatives. Local elections are concerned with local issues, which, whether we acknowledge it or not, are policy choices that we interact with every single day. The decisions that our municipal and county officials make are essential in determining our quality of life as we interact with our neighborhoods. Often, the closer the representatives are to us, the more meaningful their policies are to our day-to-day lives. Despite the essential nature of our local government, voters still tend to pay less attention to these elections as compared to those at the national level. We tend to view the presidency as the most important position in the U.S. government, but, in reality, our state and city officials are the ones assigned to protect and care for their community members in a more attentive fashion. Local politicians are responsible for the welfare of their localities and must pay attention to the needs and interests of a much smaller number of constituents. In taking our votes in our local races more seriously, we can make
Republicans are out of touch with Americans on the most polarizing issues. History says that won’t matter this November DEVON HESANO Opinion Columnist
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Pay attention to your local elections LINDSEY SPENCER
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real change in our neighborhoods and elect officials whose sole responsibility is to act in accordance with our best interests. Not only do the outcomes of local elections mean more for our livelihoods, but our votes tend to mean more as well. A recent upsurge of voter apathy is a result of the lack of faith in the democratic process, especially at the national level. Voters are becoming increasingly unsure if the casting of their ballot makes any real difference, but, when it comes to voting for a city council representative or district attorney, our voice at the polls is much more effective. With fewer voters involved, as compared to a presidential election, a single vote for a local politician has the potential to affect who gets a seat at the table. Not only do local politics impact us personally, we as voters have the power to alter the future of our communities when we cast our ballots. With continuously high voter turnout rates, the voting population of Ann Arbor must actively focus their energy into local races. This election cycle, nine Washtenaw County commissioners, the mayor of Ann Arbor and Ann Arbor City Council members were up for election — all positions that will impact both University of Michigan students and permanent residents of the city. A ballot measure concerning public transportation funding was also approved in Tuesday’s election, a choice that will drastically impact the community and improve current transportation services. These choices weigh heavily on the county, the city and the University, and it is essential that those able to vote in these elections take the time and care to do so in future election cycles. While political disinterest grows each day at the national level, we must avoid complete detachment by turning the conversation towards the importance of local issues.
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his week, amid urges by Justice Clarence Thomas to look at overturning cases such as Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized gay marriage nationwide, the House of Representatives voted on a bill that, among other provisions, would guarantee marriage equality for LGBTQ Americans. While the bill passed easily, the vote helped to once again illustrate a harsh reality: The Republican Party is completely out of touch with mainstream America on the majority of hotbutton issues. Just 22% of House Republicans voted in favor, while all House Democrats supported the bill. The 22% number serves in stark contrast to American support at large. A record-high 71% of Americans support marriage equality, including 55% of those identifying as Republicans. That means the House GOP isn’t just
out of step with America — it’s out of step with Republican voters. And while it’s too early to tell how many Senate Republicans will vote in favor of the bill, or if the bill will even have the 60 votes to pass, it’s virtually guaranteed that nowhere near 55% of Republican Senators will support the bill, let alone 71%. But the Republican lack of awareness on marriage equality isn’t the exception — it’s the norm. Republicans have, over the past few months, consistently acted way out of the American mainstream on a variety of issues. Gun control, which once again became a major point of political focus, has long been an issue where the GOP is out of step — even multiple mass shootings didn’t change that. Attempts to include universal background checks, ban military-style assault weapons and raise the purchasing age to 21 all fell out or were never even considered for the recently passed gun control bill, due to Republican opposition.
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The way our society socializes men is not only disappointing but heartbreaking ANNA TRUPIANO Opinion Columnist
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rom the time they are young boys, men are taught not to talk about their feelings for fear of showing weakness. This mentality robs them of the opportunity to explore their feelings and ultimately causes them to push those feelings aside or reject them entirely. Those emotions tend to become bottled up rather than talked about and worked out in healthy ways. Many statistics are available to demonstrate this learned emotional repression. For instance, only about one-third of people in therapy in the United States are men. In 2020, the suicide rate among men was nearly four times higher than that among women. Most alarmingly, 98% of recorded mass shootings in the United States have been committed by men. Over 93% of federal inmates are men, compared to 6.8% being women. The problem lies in our society’s association of masculinity with
athleticism, power, money and sexual conquest. It is not far-fetched to think these associations could be related to historical gender roles, which still prevail today. Men were historically entitled to power while women were subordinates. This power dynamic has caused disturbing gender inequality impacts across the globe. These impacts range from female genital mutilation to removal from the home during menstruation and “honorable” murder as a way to rid families of the shame from a woman’s rape. While we are less likely to experience those extreme examples of gender inequality in the United States, the flawed characteristics we associate with masculinity are constantly reinforced in pop culture, thus creating a breeding ground for hypermasculine values to flourish. For example, the language in hiphop music leans toward violence and sex, including derogatory remarks toward women and homophobic slurs.
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VOLLEYBALL
After learning and overcoming, Jess Mruzik readies to lead Michigan LINDSAY BUDIN
Summer Managing Sports Editor
CHICAGO — When Michigan junior outside hitter Jess Mruzik arrived at Michigan after graduating high school a semester early in January 2020, she finally got the opportunity to take her talents to the collegiate level. But when she contracted mono and spent weeks dealing with the illness, she faced her first road bump. And when she finally returned to campus, she was met with an even bigger setback: a complete shutdown of the University due to the onset of COVID-19. Now, heading into her third season, Mruzik will get to play in an environment that’s foreign to her — one without the heavy burden and impediment of the pandemic. After leading the Wolverines with 446 points and 389 kills en route to collecting First Team All-Big Ten accolades last year, Mruzik enters the upcoming season with experience, drive and the desire to lead. In the inaugural Big Ten Volleyball Media Days, Mruzik put aside
discussing her formidable on-court skills to focus on what she can bring to the locker room. “This year I definitely see myself as someone who is going to try and push my teammates to be better every single day,” Mruzik said. “But also, they’re pushing me to be better.” Mruzik is used to being pushed,
whether it comes from herself, her teammates or her opposition. When she joined the program, Mruzik received her first big push — this one, from the ruthless Big Ten. Quickly, other teams were able to figure her out, target her and come after her. But she learned to adapt, overcoming the challenge to stay one step ahead of
Jess Mruzik spoke at the inaugural Big Ten Volleyball Media Days.
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her competition. “A lot of people, they’ve done things to try to affect her game because they need to be able to try to slow her down,” Michigan coach Mark Rosen said. “She’s one of the best learners I’ve ever worked with, she picks things up very quickly.” Despite finding ways to deal with conference challenges and earning an AVCA All-American Honorable Mention, Mruzik’s season ended on a sour note: a first-round NCAA Tournament exit to Ball State, leaving the Wolverines disappointed and dissatisfied. This year, with only two incoming freshmen on the team, nearly every Michigan player is holding onto that loss as additional motivation for this season. “You could just visually see on people’s faces that we were disappointed,” Mruzik said about last season’s tournament loss. “I definitely know we’ll play with a fire under us this year.” And Mruzik is somebody who can help lead the Wolverines past the heights they reached one season ago. With an increased understanding of the competition and a more advanced skill set, Mruzik — despite
only being a junior — serves as a prominent leader for Michigan. Mruzik recognizes that the Wolverines cannot rest on the success of making the tournament last year, and instead must take that learning experience — and the pain of that defeat — to reach a different outcome this year. “She’s extremely competitive,” Rosen said. “… And I think that’s a true test of a champion, somebody who can take those battles and really kind of enjoy (them) as well as learn through them.” The competitive nature that drives Mruzik is something Michigan needs in order to find success within the high-level Big Ten field. And it’s something that Mruzik aims to spread through her leadership. “Like Mark mentioned, I’m pretty competitive,” Mruzik said. “That’s definitely what I like to bring into the gym every day and into our practices.” With high aspirations this season, the Wolverines need somebody to lead the charge. And after facing — and overcoming — road bumps throughout her first two years at Michigan, Mruzik believes she can be the one to take the helm.
VOLLEYBALL
Big Ten sets standard with inaugural Big Ten Volleyball Media Days TAYLOR DANIELS Daily Sports Writer
CHICAGO — The Big Ten stands at the helm of collegiate women’s volleyball, with three of its member schools winning five out of the last nine national championships. This week, the conference broke ground with the inaugural Big Ten Volleyball Media Days, marking a new age in the sports’ media coverage. “This is the first-ever (Big Ten Volleyball Media Day) and this is the coolest opportunity,” Ohio State senior libero Kylie Murr said. “And little girls are going to want to keep playing volleyball because it’s going to give them opportunities like this. And I think that’s what was missing and I think we’re heading in that direction, but it’s obviously still not perfect yet.” Representation in the media opens the door to even more possibilities. Young girls reading sports articles or turning on Big Ten Network see volleyball players beginning to receive equitable treatment to football and men’s and women’s basketball players. And while the
longstanding popularity of volleyball may suggest that the media days are overdue, the execution and success should be celebrated. Two players and the head coach of every Big Ten volleyball program were in attendance and had opportunities to speak at a press conference and for outlets like Sirius XM, NCAA.com, ESPN and the Big Ten Network’s digital media and television. Recap shows aired live on Big Ten Network each day, including an interview with Big Ten Conference Commissioner Warren. “I think our sport’s growing so fast right now,” Michigan coach Mark Rosen said. “We have 55 matches this year on the Big Ten Network or ESPN from our conference. That’s going to be huge for us. … (Volleyball is) a sport people are watching because it’s fun to watch, because it’s exciting, it’s drama, (it’s) great athleticism. They’re seeing this and they’re getting attracted to our sport.” Out of the six Big Ten matches featured on ESPN2 or ESPNU in the fall, Michigan is slated in three of them — twice against Wisconsin, and once against Ohio State. And the
Wolverines’ other matchup against the Buckeyes will be one of two matches featured on FS1. Volleyball’s popularity is growing rapidly, and as it receives more television exposure, that growth becomes more sustainable. The 2021 National Championship between Nebraska and Wisconsin set a record with 1.19 million viewers as the highest viewership for women’s volleyball on any ESPN network. And the sport’s popularity has also translated to name, image and likeness success. In the first year after NIL was passed, women’s volleyball ranked fourth in total NIL compensation on Opendorse’s platform, and fifth in total NIL activities. Given the popularity of the sport, events like the Big Ten Volleyball Media Days are necessary to support growth. Exposure to the public is crucial to build upon teams’ successes season after season. “(The media) keeps evolving,” Michigan junior outside hitter Jess Mruzik said. “And I think there’s always new ways to get content out there, but I just think the media has
“And I think especially with today, helped build this little community within volleyball itself. These kids this is a huge step in the volleyball that come to camp, they take pictures world. We’re definitely setting with us and they tag us on their precedent for people to follow,” Instagram and then they follow us Mruzik said. The Big Ten made history with on Instagram. It’s cool to have this network and community with people its recent television contract and the inaugural media days. Now, eyes turn from all over the world.” The changing media landscape, to other conferences to follow suit and the introduction of NIL and the allow coverage to grow alongside the popularity of social media platforms sport. like TikTok and Instagram make it possible to learn more about the person beyond the names on their backs. The engaging aspects of social media help studentathletes become more accessible to fans, and the increased news coverage and television time for volleyball players from the Media JULIANNE YOON/Daily Days amplifies Michigan volleyball coach Mark Rosen spoke at the inaugural that. Big Ten Volleyball Media Days.
Sports
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Brandon Naurato named interim hockey coach
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This article was updated to include statements from Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel and interim Michigan hockey coach Brandon Naurato. Mel Pearson’s firing left the Michigan hockey team without a head coach, and with its first exhibition game just under two months away, it desperately needs a leader behind the bench. But the hiring process takes time, and an interim must fill those duties for now. On Sunday, NHL Network’s Jon Morosi broke news, confirmed by The Daily, that Michigan Athletics will promote Brandon Naurato to the interim role. “We are fortunate to have someone of Brandon Naurato’s caliber to lead our ice hockey team for the upcoming year,” Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel said in a statement. “I had conversations with many individuals who care greatly about this program and appreciate the insight they shared. Brandon will do a great job leading the program, and I look forward to our studentathletes and staff benefiting from his leadership.” Naurato, the Wolverines’ assistant coach last season, will work as their head coach until a permanent coach can be selected. And Naurato has plenty of skills to merit the promotion. As a development coach for five seasons before coming to Michigan last year, Naurato knows how to polish players’ skills. He spent parts of three seasons with the Detroit Red Wings, and he brought what he learned at the professional level to Ann Arbor last season. Throughout his career, Naurato has shown a knack for finding key information that others overlook. He notably tracked and
discussed every power play goal in the 2017-18 NHL season to compare how they were scored, and he also analyzed the offensive output of the Red Wings during that same season. His writing background shows that he not only understands what statistics mean, but he can also tell their story. That will be key to passing those lessons on to players. That background could also help Michigan’s offense stay near the top of college hockey. With a roster full of scorers at his disposal, his ability to dig through the data could uncover different perspectives that lead to more goals. The Wolverines averaged 4.02 goals per game last season — third best in the nation — and Naurato’s coaching played a heavy role in creating some of them. He especially worked with the power play, and multiple times players credited his coaching with their increased production. Naurato played four seasons as a forward for Michigan from 2005 to 2009, scoring 32 goals and 32 assists in 130 games. “I am honored to lead my alma mater and will give everything I have to what is the most storied program in college hockey,” Naurato said. “I want to thank Warde Manuel and our studentathletes for their trust and look forward to working positively with our talented coaching and support staff.” Last season was Naurato’s only year behind the bench, far less experience than some other options for the interim job. But his rapport with players combined with his unique way of seeing the game unfold could be key to making the most out of a chaotic situation for the Wolverines — and clearly the Athletic Department agreed. With the season fast approaching, Michigan’s goalscoring guru has taken charge. While it’s impossible to know how the promotion will work out, the Wolverines nevertheless found someone to guide them into the season.