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Oyatunde Amakisi, community resource manager of the Greening of Detroit organization, speaks at the Race and Food Justice Panel in the Annenberg Auditorium at the Ford School on Monday.
Detroit Week kicks off with discussion on food and race Panel explores connections between health and social justice By ALLANA AKHTAR Daily Staff Reporter
Agriculture, food access, race and social justice were all topics of conversation during a panel
discussion held Monday to kick off the University’s first-ever Detroit Week. Detroit Week examines a variety of barriers in the city, including racism and poverty and encourage community service in the city, according to Public Policy junior Blair Sucher, education chair of the Detroit Partnership and recruitment coordinator for the Semester in Detroit. Several student groups including the Detroit Partnership, the
Black Student Union, Black Volunteer Network, Semester in Detroit and LSA Student Government sponsor Detroit Week, with features two more Detroitfocused events scheduled for Wednesday and Saturday. Titled the “Race and Food Justice Panel,” Monday’s lecture examined food and agriculture in terms of their historical and current impacts on the city. The lecture also explored how food helped shaped present racial
relationships within the city. The panel included local activist Oya Amakisi; Kami Pothukuchi, professor of Urban Studies at Wayne State University; and Anthony Hatinger, garden production coordinator for the Central Detroit Christian Community Development Corporation. Sucher said the panel aimed to look at social justice from a unique lens and to push stuSee DETROIT, Page 3
Guidelines to simplify current policy for student responsibilities By TANAZ AHMED Daily Staff Reporter
Central Student Government has commissioned a task force to establish a University-wide student honor code. The code would stand in addition to the pre-existing Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities — a set of standards to which students agree to adhere by upon accepting admission to the University. Established by CSG President Bobby Dishell, a Public Policy senior, the task force is designed to create an honor code covering academic integrity, individual behavior and student rights. “The aim of the task force, and eventually the honor code, will be to encourage and motivate students to hold ourselves
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Research calls into question use of biofuel Analysis shows existing studies employ imperfect methods By SAMIHA MATIN For the Daily
Though expanding biofuel production is often lauded as a key strategy for decreasing carbon emissions, a Universitybased analysis found that the benefits might not be so extensive. John DeCicco, a research professor at the University’s Energy Institute, reviewed existing studies that evaluated the effectiveness of biofuel as an alternative energy source. He discovered that the variety of computer models used does not accurately represent the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed from the atmosphere when biofuels are produced. Though biofuel, an energy source composed from organic or food waste products, has generally been deemed a leading eco-friendly option for reducing gasoline consumption, DeCicco said many of the studies are misleading. “The government has sponsored computer models which have made a very basic accounting mistake,” he said. “Particularly, they count carbon dioxide uptake as it happens. They completely offset the carbon dioxide admitted when the biofuel is
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burned.” In recent years, scientists and researchers have debated the advantages and disadvantages of biofuel compared to petroleum production. DeCicco, however, said his work takes a step back to research fundamental mistakes made when measuring carbon dioxide uptake throughout the decades. His research argues against the assumption that biofuels decrease net carbon dioxide emissions. Using a field of soybeans as an example, DeCicco talked about how these models fail to recognize that lands are constantly being used for production. Fields previously used to grow food are now providing for biofuel production. “The computer-analysis methods forget to check what land is doing before it is used to grow soybeans for biofuels,” he said. “They think that the land is completely barren. That’s a very big mistake.” Consequently, there has been no increase in the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as a result of increased biofuel production because the fields were already being used to grow food. The research paper also highlights the use of carbon footprint models and their incorrect calculations that carbon dioxide emissions are lower with biodiesel than petroleum. The results are inconsistent with the realities of the carbon cycle, See BIOFUEL, Page 3
to a higher standard,” Dishell wrote in a press release. “Currently there is not one place where students can turn to in order to know what our community stands for. It’s important that, as students at Michigan, we understand our roles as the leaders and best both on and off campus.” In an interview with The Michigan Daily, CSG Vice President Emily Lustig, an LSA senior and chair of the taskforce, said the University lacks a clear, institution-wide honor code. “Only certain colleges or schools within the University have honor codes and they are adhered to at different levels,” she said. The Statement acknowledges this decentralization, noting that numerous entities have individual conduct policies and mechanisms for sanctioning for violations of standards. In addition, Lustig said, the Statement is sometimes too long to be comprehensive. Lustig said shortSee HONOR CODE, Page 3
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SACUA Vice Chair Sally Oey, an astronomy professor, discusses the reorganization of Senate Assembly Committees with German Prof. Silke-Maria Weineck at a SACUA meeting in the Fleming Administration Building on Monday.
SACUA discusses possible committee reorganization Body discusses Fitness for Duty policy during executive session By CARLY NOAH Daily Staff Reporter
At their weekly meeting Monday afternoon, the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs discussed the reorganization of several Senate Assembly committees. SACUA also reviewed procedures related to the University’s Office for Institutional Equity and the Fitness for Duty and Professional Standards for Faculty. Both were discussed during a private executive session, which are not open to the public or the press. The Fitness for Duty policy offers protocals for situations
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when faculty are deemed physically or mentally unable to perform their jobs. The policy provides for the possibility of financial compensation during a University investigation of competency and one year of severance pay if their employment is terminated due to their condition. Last year, SACUA considered revisions the policy to mediate conflicts between provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the University’s current policy. The ADA does not require faculty state the reason they are unable to perform their job. SACUA concluded that the University could rework the language of the policy to make that provision explicitly applicable to faculty with physical or mental illness. The committee also discussed restructuring the body’s committees to reduce the
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Researchers from the University, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University of Alabama have found that Oseltamivir — an antiviral medicine marketed as “Tamiflu” — shortens the duration of influenza symptoms by about a day. When treated with Tamiflu, researchers observed a 44 percent reduction in the development of respiratory infections or other infectious complications. Epidemiology Prof. Arnold Monto, a researcher from the School of Public Health, said the study confirms the success of antiviral medication in treating the flu. “We decided to conduct this study as antibacterials are often prescribed on grounds that antivirals are not as effective,” Monto said. Antivirals typically inhibit the development of pathogens, whereas antibacterial treatments kill bacteria. Monto added that despite the recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to use of Tamiflu for treating influenza, doctors tend See FLU, Page 3
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ners — just political reasons,” Tsipras said after a meeting in Vienna with Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann. “If we are brought to an impasse due to such political reasons, then I think that would be a decision to torpedo our common European future,” Tsipras added. “And I think nobody harbors such intentions.” Tsipras’ government won Jan. 25 elections promising relief for Greeks who have suffered through six years of recession and a dramatic drop in living standards. It’s under intense pressure to work out a deal with bailout creditors in coming weeks or days, which would unlock funds and secure cheap financing for Greek banks — five of which suffered a one-notch downgrade Monday by Moody’s ratings agency. In the radical left Syriza
party’s first week in power, Greece has suffered a ratings downgrade and a decision by the European Central Bank not to accept its bonds as collateral for credit to Greek lenders. A ATHENS, Greece (AP) — flurry of visits to key EuroGreece put a brave face on pean partners earned Tsipras’ its fraught negotiations with government little more than European bailout creditors, expressions of sympathy. with the new prime minisGreece faces a grilling at an ter voicing confidence Monemergency meeting of euroday that a compromise can be zone finance ministers in reached at high-stakes meetBrussels on Wednesday, with ings in coming days. fears of a chaotic currency exit Alexis Tsipras’ comments returning. came as Greek stocks and bonds German Chancellor Angela took a drubbing after the radical Merkel said Monday that Berleft-led government renewed a lin wants Greece to stay in the pledge to seek bailout debt foreurozone, but any agreement giveness and dubbed the counmust be based on existing bailtry’s rescue package — with its out commitments. conditions of strict austerity — a “I think what counts is what “toxic fantasy.” Greece will put on the table at don’t believe there is a seri(Wednesday’s) meeting or perSudoku“I Syndication ous reason for there not to be haps a few days later,” she said an agreement ... with our partafter talks in Washington with President Barack Obama. “I’ve always said I would wait for Greece to come with a sustainable proposal and then we’ll talk about this.” HARD Tsipras’ government, which ousted the less-confrontational conservatives, argues that Greece’s 320 billion euro ($360 billion) debt will be increasingly unsustainable unless it receives generous repayment relief that would allow its battered economy to recover. Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis dismissed the 240 billion euro ($270 billion) bailout packages crafted by Greece’s lenders after the country nearly went bust in 2010 as a “toxic fantasy” that had always been doomed to fail. “The time has come to say what officials admit when the microphones are turned off and say out in the open. ... At some point someone has to say ‘No’ and that role has fallen to us, littleFor personal Greece,” © sudokusolver.com. use only. he told parliapuzzle by sudokusyndication.com NOT EASY. ment.
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the customary course of leaving those laws in place until the court answers an important constitutional question. “This acquiescence may well be seen as a signal of the court’s intended resolution of that question,” Thomas wrote in an opinion that was joined by Justice Antonin Scalia. “This is not the proper way” for the court to carry out its role under the Constitution, he wrote, “and, it is indecorous for this court to pretend that it is.” The opinion was remarkable less for the legal result it suggested than for its open criticism of fellow justices. After all, many legal commentators have predicted not only the case’s outcome this spring (in favor of same-sex marriage), but the vote (5-4) and the author of the majority opinion (Justice Anthony Kennedy). The number of states in which gay and lesbian couples can marry has nearly doubled since October, from 19 to 37, largely as a result of terse Supreme Court orders that allowed lower court rulings to become final and rejected state efforts to keep marriage bans in
place pending appeals. “If you read the tea leaves the Supreme Court is leaving, the bans on same-sex marriage can’t be permitted. They’re unconstitutional,” said University of CaliforniaBerkeley law professor Jesse Choper. Alabama became the 37th state in which same-sex couples can marry, following U.S. District Judge Callie Granade’s ruling in January that struck down as unconstitutional the state’s statutory and constitutional bans. Granade had put her order on hold until Monday to let the state prepare for the change, and State Attorney General Luther Strange had asked for the delay to be extended for at least a few months. Monday morning, probate judges in Alabama began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, some of whom had been lined up for hours. “It’s about time,” said Shante Wolfe, 21, as she left the courthouse in Montgomery with wife Tori Sisson. They had camped out in a blue and white tent to be the first in the county given a license.
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CMU head coach plans for long career Like so many schools in the Mid-American Conference, Central Michigan faces a real challenge maintaining continuity in its football program. Everyone wants a coach who wins — but win too much, and your coach becomes a candidate for other jobs pretty quickly. In John Bonamego, CMU may have found someone who can buck that trend. “I plan to win, win now, and be here for a very, very, very, very, very long time,” Bonamego said. Bonamego was introduced as the Chippewas’ new coach Monday, his voice cracking with emotion almost immediately as he described his connection to the school where he was a player during the mid-1980s. The question now is whether his passion for CMU will translate to victories on the field in his return to college football after a lengthy stretch as an NFL assistant.
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Cities struggle after record snowfall More than 2 feet of fresh snow piled up in parts of New England on Monday, breaking records set during the Blizzard of 1978 and testing the patience of officials and commuters as forecasters warned of more winter misery later in the week. The latest onslaught forced the cancellations of hundreds of flights, tested transit systems and tempers, and collapsed roofs straining beneath the weight of 5 feet or more of snow that has fallen in less than two weeks. “It’s awful. I’m done with it. It’s ridiculous,” said Priscilla Medina, a sandwich shop worker in Westborough, Massachusetts, suffering from a nasty case of snow fatigue.
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Drone strike kills Islamic State Leader The top recruiter for the Islamic State group’s affiliate in Afghanistan was killed by a drone strike Monday, local officials said, marking the first such attack on the extremist group in a volatile country where it has a small but growing following. U.S. officials said a total of eight people were killed in the drone strike, but could not confirm the Islamic State recruiter’s death. The deputy governor of the southern Helmand province identified the recruiter as Abdul Rauf, saying he and others were killed when a drone-fired missile struck their car. The attack would appear to deal a blow to the Islamic State group’s efforts to develop a local affiliate to challenge the long-dominant Taliban. Last month, Afghan tribal leaders and Western intelligence analysts told The Associated Press that Abdul Rauf was the top Islamic State recruiter in Helmand. Rauf had been held in the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba for his involvement with the Taliban.
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Prime minister maintains powers Australia’s beleaguered Prime Minister Tony Abbott emerged politically wounded after withstanding a leadership challenge from within his own party Monday, with many analysts doubting he can survive to lead his conservative government to next year’s elections. The polarizing leader’s grip on power has slipped since last month when he drew widespread criticism for making Queen Elizabeth II’s 93-year-old husband, Prince Philip, an Australian knight on Australia’s national day. Many saw it as an insult to worthy Australians. Abbott, in office less than a yearand-a-half, survived a move by disgruntled Liberal Party members calling for a secret ballot to decide who would be prime minister. —Compiled from Daily wire reports
to prescribe antibacterial medication. Dr. Robert Winfield, chief health officer at the University Health Service, said e-mails are sent to UHS caregivers encouraging prescribing Tamiflu. “Influenza peaked in the first week of January, and anybody coming in within 48 hours of getting sick will be treated with Tamiflu,” Winfield said. “Tamiflu is a useful drug, but after four hours it tends to be ineffective.” This research has been underway for the past several years and trials were conducted on more than 4,300 patients globally. The study employed a placebo-controlled design, where patients with placebo medication experienced their flu symptoms alleviated within
DETROIT From Page 1 dents to look at race and hunger in Detroit from an angle they might not have thought about before. “We just really wanted to focus on different areas of food justice,” she said. “Social justice doesn’t just happen one way, you can look at the same problem and have a lot of different solutions for it.” Growing up, Hatinger, the garden coordinator, said he was the only biracial resident in a small Lansing suburb. He said he moved to Detroit to learn about a new culture that might subsequently help him learn more about himself. With his work in spirituality, agriculture and community development, he strives to bring together larger issues in the city like health, education and nutrition. Pothukuchi, who was raised in Mumbai, India, employs her work in architecture and community planning to find links between communities and their food systems. Similar to Hatinger, Pothukuchi noted the importance of addressing Detroit’s larger problems including water shutoffs, housing shortages and poor land quality. “We don’t really plan for food, that thinking is shifting partly due to the work my colleagues and I have done in raising awareness between the links between community planning and food systems and how integral those links are and how many community goals you can advance by intervening in the food system,” she said. A self-described activist since the age of 11, Amakisi became involved in food access work after noticing the minimal knowledge Detroit residents had of cooking healthy meals and finding adequate ingredients to feed their families. Growing up in a family of farmers from the South, Amakisi said she realized the necessity of relating to the Detroit residents she was trying to serve. To do so, she shifted the conversation to focus on the ways in which problems related to food access shaped other problems within the city. “By growing food and these basic issues I’m also able to also get them involved in water rights, I’m also able to talk to them about neoliberalism and privatization and issues that relate to relate to their basic needs first,” she said. The dialogue brought in the panelists’ backgrounds and their wide array of experiences to help explain barriers to food accessibility within the city. Pothukuchi, speaking from her experience as an urban planner and architect, used history and city development to help understand these barriers. She explained that though Detroit once housed various local, independently owned grocery stores, they were sold out by larger corporations like A&P, Kroger and Walmart — stores with buying power to bankrupt local growers and local sellers. Furthermore, as aid from the
News 123 hours — whereas those who took Tamiflu were remedied in 98 hours. “Observational studies were conducted with a doubleblind approach,” Monto said. “Neither the patients or the researchers were aware of the placement of placebo. It was done to reduce bias from the nature of observations.” Researchers found the drug to be ineffective when administered to patients not carrying the influenza virus, even if they show similar symptoms. The study also showed that use of pain-relief medications with Tamiflu reduced its success. Though the study demonstrated Tamiflu’s usefulness, Monto stressed the need for new antiviral medications that could shorten the duration of symptoms. He said it could be possible to combine different antivirals to achieve this goal.
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federal government declined, the city took money from local elites and corporations while ignoring and neglecting exploited residents. “You can talk about the corruption that politicians, about Kwame, you can talk about Kwame buying SUVs and the corruption, but Detroit did not cause the problems it experiences,” Pothukuchi said. Amakisi described the hardships residents face in the context of food accessibility, pointing to the way public schools take away food stamps if children miss too much school and the long distances residents often walk to reach gas stations that only sell processed food. Amakisi also mentioned the lack of knowledge residents in and out of the city have about growing and cooking food, saying that training people to build their own gardens and cook their own food can have a direct impact on developing and supporting the city. Hatinger said power-holders like politicians and corporations oppressed residents by controlling the distribution and access to food and thus limiting the resources of the general public. He added that learning about the dynamics of power and giving food resources back to the people is what propels him to do his work with agriculture in the city. “It’s natural, it’s natural to every person on the globe and it’s more so about getting people back in touch, letting them learn how to foster and sustain life” The panel continued the discussion to help identify the confluences of food and the city’s racial history. Hatinger touched on the stigma of agriculture and farming Black residents may feel due to its historic connection with sharecropping and slavery. Amakisi spoke on the way that the construction of freeways cut through thriving Black communities within the cities and the arrival of big businesses demolished existing homes and agricultural land. LSA freshman Elena Mosher, who attended Monday’s panel, said the biggest takeaway was the larger role food accessibility plays in the more publicized problems within the city. “One thing that’s really important is just realizing that, like one of them said, these problems aren’t the fault of the people in Detroit, it’s really part of the bigger food system and we need to work with education and proactive movements to combat the oppression that has already occurred,” Mosher said. Public Policy junior Hattie McKinney said she felt a larger responsibility as a college student to lead the movement to improve food resources and spread awareness of the potential harms that food consolidation brings to innercity residents like those in Detroit. “Basically, what everyone should know is that we should take more interest in where our food comes from, as well as what we can do to make it healthier, and to share with those who don’t have access to food at all,” she said.
an, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, did not favor the proposal to increase Rules Committee responsibilities. “From my perspective, when you start adding all of that extra responsibility, the jurisdiction expands and it becomes a big burden,” Lehman said. While it was decided that the Tenure Committee would not be recommended for merger with the Rules Committee, it will be recommended that the Rules Committee
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ening the Statement to make it more “digestible” would allow students to “fully understand” their expectations as members of the University community. While drafting the code, the task force plans to consult members of the student body — in part by holding at least one open forum — as well as University administrators. Lustig said the task force would like to speak to members of Greek life and large student organizations like the Black Student Union, as well as the deans of different colleges and eventually, University President Mark Schlissel. CSG representative Steven
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Halperin, an LSA sophomore, will serve as the task force’s vice chair. “I wanted to become involved in the task force because I wanted to be a voice for students,” Halperin said. “I feel that it gets a little complicated and students sometimes get a little confused about what is permissible and what is not.” The task force is also comprised of students outside of CSG. “We reached out to large organizations and different schools within the University and tried to get students that represent the entire University,” Lustig said. Kyle Lady, a member of Rackham Student Government, will also serve on the team. “I think there’s value in work-
be renamed the Rules, Practices and Policies Committee. This change would give the committee more leverage to deal with policy related issues. SACUA also recommended the addition of two committees. The Information Technology Committee was proposed to address technology issues. SACUA also proposed the Buildings Facilities and Infrastructure Committee to confront matters within the University’s facilities. The next Senate Assembly meeting will be held Feb. 16. The next SACUA meeting will be held Feb. 23.
ing on what’s out there and where shortcomings might be,” Lady said. Violations of the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities have garnered significant attention this semester. In January, six University Greek chapters were suspended by their nationals for reportedly causing thousands of dollars worth of damage at two Michigan ski resorts. Sigma Alpha Mu, who attended a retreat weekend in Gaylord Mich. with Sigma Delta Tau, reportedly caused upwards of $100,000 in damage to several of the hotel’s rooms and common areas. If found responsible by University disciplinary procedures, they could face sanctions based on violations of the Statement.
BIOFUEL From Page 1 causing carbon footprint calculators to incorrectly estimate carbon dioxide uptake by crops like soybeans. However, DeCicco remains optimistic for the future and believes that scientific critical analyses will help to remove these assumptions. “I, alongside many researchers around the world, have begun peeling the layers of the onion,” he said. “It’s necessary because the scientific community has made some erroneous decisions.”
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Millersville University students attend a candlelight vigil for slain student Karlie Hall.
Boyfriend charged for college student’s death Freshman arrested for homicide following autopsy MILLERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — The boyfriend of a college freshman found dead in her dorm room was charged Monday with homicide after an autopsy found she had been severely beaten and strangled, during a struggle in which a prosecutor said she “fought for her life.” Police officers responding to a 911 call early Sunday from the boyfriend, Gregorio Orrostieta, 19, said they found him trying to administer CPR to Karlie Hall, 18, his own face, hands and jeans smeared with blood, his shirt ripped, his chest scratched and his forehead cut, a police affidavit said. Authorities believe the CPR was “completely fake,” and that Hall had already been dead for hours when Orrostieta called them to Millersville University, claiming the young woman had suffered a heart attack, said Lancaster County District Attorney Craig Stedman. Questioned by police, Orrostieta said he shoved Hall, causing her to fall and hit her head on a chair, and then gave her a “back hand” to the face, the affidavit said. But he made no mention of choking her. “He’s responsible and we’re going to hold him accountable,” Stedman told a news conference to announce the homicide charge. He had been charged only with aggravated assault pending the autopsy. “She fought for her life,” the prosecutor said. The dorm’s video surveillance confirmed that no one else entered or left the room during the time when a struggle was heard in the dorm room. The couple, both from the Philadelphia suburbs, had been
dating about 11 months. Orrostieta, of Kennett Square, is not a Millersville student. He was being held without bail. The prosecutor said he did not have a lawyer on record, and no one answered the door at his residence Monday afternoon. Orrostieta told police that he and Hall, 18, of Chadds Ford, had argued at a party Saturday night and she had hit him, the affidavit said. They made up before returning to the dorm at around 1:30 a.m. and arguing again, the affidavit said. Stedman declined to say if there was a history of abuse. Stedman said witnesses reported hearing yelling and the sound of furniture moving between 2 and 2:30 a.m., about the time authorities believe Hall was killed. The dorm’s resident assistant knocked on the door, but no one answered and no further sound was heard, authorities said. Police found Hall unresponsive when they arrived at Bard Hall after getting the 911 call at about 5 a.m., authorities said. Asked about the resident assistant not calling police, Stedman said: “They’re not criminal investigators. Their responsibility is ... to make sure there’s no more disturbances going on.” “It’s something that we’ll look at,” he said while adding: “I don’t want in any way anybody taking out of this press conference today that anybody’s responsible for her death other than the defendant who’s charged.” University spokeswoman Janet Kacskos said the RA was awoken by other residents who heard the noise. After knocking and not getting any response, she figured they had “quieted down,” Kacskos said. In a note to students, Millersville President John Anderson called Hall’s death “unfathom-
able.” “We’ve never had this happen. We’re a pretty bucolic, rural campus. Very safe,” Kacskos said. Hundreds of students attended an outdoor vigil for Hall Monday night at Millersville, an 8,000-student state-owned university. Standing in the rain and holding candles, many of them wept as they sang two hymns and campus minister Dwayne Netzler prayed, the Reading Eagle reported. Friends said Hall was a finance major who always appeared happy and often spent her free time going to the gym or feeding ducks at a campus pond. “I knew that the relationship wasn’t that great,” said Hall’s friend, Trisha Faust, 19, of Emmaus. “It was on-again, offagain.” Molly Gaetano, 19, of Pittsburgh, who lived two doors down from Hall on the second floor of the three-story dormitory, said she last spoke to her Friday. “She never talked bad about anyone. She was always smiling and cheerful,” Gaetano said. A memorial with flowers and cards was set up at Hall’s dorm room. Hall and her twin sister, Kristin, graduated from Unionville High School last June and went to Millersville together, Principal Paula Massanari said. The girls also have an older sister. Hall was a member of the school rugby club and gaystraight alliance, and she volunteered at an animal shelter, Massanari said. She was described in a college recommendation letter as a “hardworking” student, who was working a part-time job to help offset the cost of college. “This has certainly hit our school community very hard,” Massanari said. “We are devastated by the loss.”
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Vaccine education should be next step for University and state
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ecently, outbreaks of measles — a disease which was formerly classified as eradicated — have emerged in areas throughout the country, including Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties in Michigan. The resurgence of preventable diseases, like measles and pertussis, corresponds with a disturbing trend in which an increasing number of individuals are refraining from vaccinations for themselves and their children. Cases of measles are now beginning to infiltrate college campuses with occurrences of the disease reported at institutions, such as Bard College, Moorpark College and California State University, Channel Islands. The recent rise of measles, along with other diseases, has prompted considerable concern and stresses a dire need for the University and the state to re-evaluate and reform their current vaccination policies. In reaction to the outbreaks, the state has made some strides to protect public health. Instituted by the Michigan Department of Community Health, a new policy that commenced on Jan. 1 mandates that parents who wish to refrain from getting their children vaccinated for “philosophical or religious reasons” are now required to obtain certified waivers from their local health department. According to Jennifer Smith, a spokeswoman for the Michigan Department of Community Health, the institution of this provision “will help ensure that those who may choose to sign the waiver have accurate information and education” regarding immunization measures. Though the state has made some progress, Michigan continues to possess a high vaccine exemption rate. Vaccination policies on the state level contribute to the creation of more lenient standards at institutions of higher education. The University doesn’t require the general student population — with the exception of those enrolled in the Medical School — to be vaccinated before enrolling, nor does it require an accurate record of a student’s immunization history. University Health Services notifies students of recommended immunizations and requests students submit their immunization history before starting classes. However, no consequences exist for those who don’t comply. Similar policies are in effect at Michigan State University, but all students are, at least, required to submit
their vaccination record. While the University should not immediately mandate vaccinations for the student body, it should move in that direction. In doing so, a more rigorous process needs to be instituted to ensure students’ safety as well as their individual and religious freedoms. Rather than using an opt-in stance toward the University’s immunization policy, an alternative opt-out procedure should be adopted. Doing so would aid in creating procedures that increase the number of vaccinated students but still allows individuals to opt out for religious reasons. In addition to policy measures, vaccine education efforts must be increased to combat the reappearance of infectious diseases, such as measles and pertussis. The recent decline in immunizations can be attributed to an anti-vaccine movement fueled by fears and myths regarding immunization side effects. Subsets of the population express concern that vaccines are unnatural or contribute to the development of autism, though no evidence exists to support these claims. Studies linking autism and vaccines were disproven. The state — as a measure to contain the disease — should specifically institute education reforms in areas already affected by outbreaks. To guard against more avoidable outbreaks, factual information regarding vaccines should be integrated into class curriculum to allow students to better understand the preventative measures available to them.
Vexation and vaccination
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easles is back. The much-publicized storyline drips of the ironic: the outbreak began at Disneyland in Anaheim, California in December, yet it was an entirely preventable outbreak. When John Enders began his investigation of measles in 1953, the disease infected some four million children per year. 50,000 were hospitalized annually. According ELI to a biography published by CAHAN The Royal Society, Enders hardly came from a calamitous background. Born in 1897 in West Hartford, Connecticut, with a successful banker for a father, he attended private boarding school and then Yale. An English major early on, and a failed real estate investor later, he was finally exposed to the laboratory under the influence of René Dubos. Eventually earning a Ph.D. with a concentration in microbiology, he began much of his work with vaccination during World War II. His “unceasing insistence on truth … (and) his sense of wonder … at the great mystery that exists and surrounds all of God’s creation” led to much success. After earning a Nobel Prize for his discoveries that facilitated the development of the Salk vaccine, Enders refocused on “the rash diseases of childhood.” By the early 1960s, he cultured the prototype Edmonston strain used in the first inoculations. The measles vaccine cocktail was introduced in 1963. With its contemporary permutation deemed “MMR,” (effective for measles, mumps and rubella) the vaccine has effectively eliminated the single most infectious disease on the face of the Earth since. In 2000, the disease was considered eradicated from the United States. The vaccine is a miracle of modern science. Enders is estimated to have saved 113 million lives since its introduction. Back to Disneyland: it seems insidiously suitable that only in such a fantasy land would parents ignore scientific reality in favor of foreboding oldwives tales. One disproven, “fraudulent” study in particular continues to fuel the
fire of anti-vaccination movements. Autism is the malicious antagonist of a paper published (and later rescinded) from prestigious medical journal The Lancet. The novelist, one Dr. Andrew Wakefield, has since been banned from the profession for a “callous disregard” for children participating in his research studies, as well as his having “brought the medical profession into disrepute.” Yet, the implications of his sensational fiction endure. Anecdotes, such as that of former Playgirl and anti-vaccine activist Jenny McCarthy, stoke the emotional flames incinerating the medical rationality of parents everywhere. Such scientific negligence disrupts public health by opening holes in the herd immunity of the population. In other words, it leads to a snowball effect. That’s how, in two years, measles cases jump 13 times. The outbreaks have led to much polarization in the political arena. A conflict of free will versus governmental mandate has erupted. Perhaps the most concerning is the passivism of the GOP response. Political agendas convolute what is a tremendously clear issue here: vaccinate your kids. Platforms, it seems, take precedence. Arguments over the aisle put children’s lives at risks. Brainwashing via waxing poetic over constitutional rights is as much a contagion as the virus itself. No. To me, there is no debate, nor confusion: medical realities and the preservation of human wellbeing, as based in scientific fact, should not be perverted into a philosophical, partisan, “patriotic” stalemate. It is myopic and malignant, uninformed and irresponsible. Legislatively, Congress ought to take action on this. Exemption systems need to be overhauled. School districts must enforce vaccination requirements. Simple. A broader point worth making here is this: remain wary of the floating heads. As future colleagues, neighbors and parents, we ought to stay educated on fact over fantasy. Use your freedom to make the obvious, uncomplicated, correct decisions. Sometimes that can be a matter of life and death. — Eli Cahan can be reached at emcahan@umich.edu.
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am an English major living in a hall of future NASA engineers, Wall Street investors and hospital presidents. It’s often intimidating to be surrounded on a daily basis by such talented, intelligent peers — not only as an LSA student, but an LSA humanities major among Engi- KAREN neering, Ross and HUA Nursing students. Just one look at your homework already confirms that whatever coding-calculuschemical language you’re speaking flies right over my head. Although I can’t even remotely comprehend your work, I can relate to your workload struggles as I sit down to write papers and read hundreds of pages each night. When you bemoan the loss of your social lives and the loss of the light of day, I get that. What I don’t understand, however, is why in your eyes, I will never “truly” understand. My work is so easy in comparison — I can never really be “busy.” The word “difficult” has become so elusive. What exactly does a “tough” major entail? According to colloquial standards at this University, “hard,” by default, equates directly to the STEM or business fields — more specifically, majors alienated into exclusivity in separate University schools with lower acceptance rates and higher rankings. It is commonly known that majors in the fields of engineering, medicine, business and the like lead to high-stakes, high-salary careers in the future — and thus, they are notoriously assumed to have heavier course loads. I don’t deny the fact that your classes are fast-paced, your fields rigorous and your homework timeconsuming. I truly admire the dedication you must put into academics, and I have no doubt you are some of the most hard-working students at
this University. So, in my pronouncement of liberal arts, I do not mean to denounce STEM field majors. However, where does the vehicle for comparison come in? How can the challenges of any two vastly different fields be likened to one another? The term “difficulty,” in the scholarly sense, should mean mental strain and effort. To get a dictionary with it: Merriam-Webster defines it vaguely as “something that is not easy to do or to deal with” — thus, something that requires acute intellect, arduous toil, demanding devotion. If this is the case, as LSA majors, we put in the same abundance of hours as any engineer, nurse or businessperson. Our work all transpires an equivalent degree of difficulty, but just for different reasons. STEM is “flashy” and so highly regarded in our society because it requires innovation far exceeding the mundane. STEM is our foreseeable future. The techniques and abilities engineers, economists, physicians must use — coding, multi-syllabic molecular terms, advanced calculus — are usually fields most pedestrians (even college-educated ones) have never dabbled in or even looked at. However, with reading and writing — at least in our developed Western world — the majority of people begin accumulating this skill from age three or four. Communication remains a fundamental skill that we are all required to master in order to survive in society. From a myopic, superficial standpoint, the liberal arts offer no “innovation” beyond anything we all already know. Reading and writing — most of us can do that. But coding, calculus, chemistry — that jumble of numbers we don’t understand — that’s impressive. Rocket science is breathtaking to all of us who don’t possess that knowledge behind the scenes. We find most formidable what we don’t understand — a realm much higher than anything we have seen before. However, there is quite a flaw in
this idea. Though reading, thinking and writing may be the most fundamental, universal skills — it is the most difficult to master the basics. As English, psychology, history majors, we are the future content creators of your print, your screen and the very mobile devices you design. To be able to make readers feel something — to illicit real tears, to stimulate love or heartbreak, or resentment in their souls, or pity in their hearts — that is an ability unlike any other. Words and thoughts have the capacity to inspire further thoughts — to incite revolutionary ideas that provoke social action and galvanize global progression. This ability to understand human nature, to evoke emotion through communication, to control human emotion and thought, is what we are in training to do in college. That is our coursework where we put all our time and effort. And that is powerful. Again, I do not say this in denouncement of your field, but rather in admiration for your equal but different significance. To compare such diversity would be like comparing apples to oranges. So, the next time I talk about an essay I have to write, don’t scoff because you think my toil is play in comparison to yours. I respect your field, your whole-hearted devotion and ambition. I’m next to you each night when we’re both still in the library at 3 a.m. Now please, respect the time I must take in order to craft an argument that is clear in syntax, concise in craft, pleasant to the ear — one that entertains readers and also moves them with poignancy. I’m crafting an argument that practically proves a point and simultaneously speaks eloquently. Writing, thinking, analyzing: these are skills critical to our society, albeit not in the same way that creating the next rocket ship, investment corporation or cancer medication is.
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Responding to a misguided alum
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wo weeks ago, Jonathan Chait, an alumnus of the University and The Michigan Daily, published a much-clicked essay on political correctness, his pen intently focused on the popular topic of free speech on campus. Chait’s piece argues that the left has employed a strategy of censorship, espe- JAMES cially within aca- BRENNAN demia and social media, stifling free expression in order to win debates about race, gender and sexuality. But what Chait misses, and what so many commentators and politicians miss talking about this issue, is the ability for free speech to stifle other free speech — an Outrage/Silence Roundabout. Here’s how it works: One person, person one, starts talking. Another person, person two, interprets something about their argument as so preposterous and hurtful that person two feels offended. Person two can respond in a number of ways: they can label the idea as offensive and attack the other person’s argument, they can label the idea as offensive and outright dismiss it without explanation, or they can say nothing at all. In Chait’s article, the typical response from person two is choosing to publicly take offense without explanation. The events play out as such: Person one denies their bigotry and asks for explanation. Person two could explain, but instead they push the outrage further, claiming it isn’t their responsibility to educate someone on how to not be an asshole. Moreover, person two argues the fact that person one can’t see the ignorance behind what they say shows just how bigoted they are. Person one, feeling personally attacked and otherwise bewildered, shuts down and learns nothing. That scenario is a nightmare for the future of education. However, Chait hugely ignores the other, far worse scenario that often plays out: Person one says something that person two finds as deeply offensive, and person two — in fear of being
called too sensitive or having their identity attacked — says nothing. This scenario and others like it have driven a great deal of “P.C. policing” at the University, from the adoption of a Race and Ethnicity requirement to the #BBUM campaign. This is all an attempt to grow, not stifle, free speech and promote intellectual growth. None of us are entitled to feel comfortable at all times, and being educated requires us to even avoid comfort. But there is a difference between comfort and what has come to be called “safety.” Creating a “safe space” (terminology I personally loathe to no end) is nothing more than setting ground rules for conversation and debate, largely to avoid the Outrage/Silence Roundabout. The typical rules of a safe space are far from oppressive: speak for yourself and not others; attack ideas, not people; don’t over-generalize. This requires a great deal of patience for everyone involved, and different spaces have different focuses and hence, different rules. No one can seriously expect the world at large to ever become one giant safe space, and screaming accusations of threats to one’s “safety” are rarely constructive if missing an explanation. Ironically, Chait is calling for exactly the same thing he is attacking: the adoption of ground rules for how we debate, so that no one feels silenced — in his case, non-left wingers. I would agree with Chait that zealous outrage is, if anything, stifling toward the free exchange of ideas that is necessary for education. Unfortunately, this rather simple idea finds itself muddled in Chait’s equating of political correctness with flat-out oppression of democratic free speech. Chait ends his article with a gushing review of non-left wing American liberalism, whose “glory rests in its confidence in the ultimate power of reason, not coercion, to triumph.” Aaron Sorkin would be proud, but I have a feeling most historians would disagree. Coercion has in fact been the driving force behind most of America’s great leaps forward when it comes to race. Slavery saw its end thanks to the sword, not the pen. Roosevelt didn’t desegregate mili-
tary contracting because he loved racial equality, but because A. Philip Randolph threatened a massive, crippling march on Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court may have been convinced of school desegregation, but the South certainly wasn’t. Perhaps Jonathan Chait’s memory failed him, but the Freedom Riders, the Little Rock Nine and Vivian Malone didn’t win an argument — they were surrounded by soldiers. Chait wants people to fight for justice by creating agreement with strong argument and reason. But what happens when the people who need to be convinced are unreasonable? The movement for political correctness has no doubt overreached at times, but quite often the anger of left-wing groups is fueled by liberal apathy or resistance to progress. Michigan is no stranger to this phenomenon, as Chait detailed in a 2001 American Prospect article. During the late 1980s, Chait wrote, left-wing groups — most notably the United Coalition Against Racism — controlled Michigan’s campus. The left-controlled student government pushed the school to adopt an unconstitutional speech code and even invalidated elections when their majority in the student assembly was threatened. This is the kind of blind, unreasonable climate colleges want to avoid, and it led to a large conservative backlash. Michigan’s campus is in a far better position now, but it is because, not in spite, of the demands of the left wing. While the speech code was an abysmal failure, the late 1980s and the 1990s saw the creation of the Race and Ethnicity requirement and the Program on Intergroup Relations. It also cemented a legacy of anti-racism at Michigan, one that continues to this day. There are occasional missteps and overreaches — some much worse than others — but left-wing demands that began in the ‘60s have consistently driven colleges to new heights of inclusion and scholarship. Chait and others may be living in fear of “P.C. culture” ruining free speech, but that same culture is to thank for countless students having any kind of voice at all. — James Brennan can be reached at jmbthree@umich.edu.
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STYLE NOTEBOOK
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MUSIC NOTEBOOK
Red carpet recap: Don’t criticize Kanye Trends of 2015 for Beck comments Grammys fashion showcases boob cages and metallics By KATIE CAMPBELL For The Daily
The top trends at the Grammys this year spanned all across the fashion spectrum. Some were new (shoutout to colored metallics) and some were beyond old (take a shot for every silver dress stumbling down the red carpet, you’ll be drunk enough to headbang to AC/DC’s opener). Sirens played peek-a-boo with cutouts and floundered with volume. Unfortunately, simplicity was tossed out of the metaphorical window, with the exception of the gorgeously sleek Jennifer Hudson in a white column dress by Tom Ford. Boob cages, calf-length hemlines and dangerously over-the-top fabrics overwhelmed on the red carpet this year. Let’s pray the stars learn from the following mistakes and take a note from the scarce triumphs in time for Oscar night. Metallic Metallic was seen on almost every typically risk-taking starlet this year, most notably Lady Gaga and Katy Perry. Both were disappointing, but for different reasons. Gaga’s custom design from stylist Brandon Maxwell looked like an ill-fitted, low-budget Broadway costume. The deep v-cut neckline made a mockery of her endowed chest and the high slit only served to emphasize her short stature. Gaga could have pulled it off with more classic styling, perhaps a softer smoky eye and a cleaner blow out. However, no one wants to look like a bar crooner that was kicked out at 4 a.m. It was the ultimate contrast to Nicki Minaj’s
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stunning low-cut fringed number, courtesy of Tom Ford. Minaj’s dress nailed the metallic look with a play on texture with a soft, sparkling sheen. Luckily, a new variety of metallic made its way onto the scene from the good graces of couture designer Elie Saab. Taylor Swift took on the carpet with a beautiful, shimmering aqua structured gown. The dress featured cutouts on the shoulders and a blink-andyou’ll-miss-it high-low hemline. It was like a futuristic, mermaid Marie Antoinette — and it rocked. I’ve seen this look be knocked around for having prom dress tendencies, however, with great risk comes great reward and Swifty knocked it out of the park with this look. Cutouts Cutouts have been a trend since prom girls decided they wanted tighter dresses and higher heels, which is to say they’ve been around for the last four years. This trend is becoming its own worst enemy. When it was scarce, it was a playful and flirtatious look, worn only on risk-taking women who flirt with danger. Now, the trend is becoming more and more unflattering with each snip of the fabric. Highlights from this game were Chrissy Teigen in a white Gucci number with symmetrical square cutouts highlighting her figure. Teigen gets bonus points for hubby John Legend’s Dolce & Gabbana sleek gray suit and gentle soul. I’m hesitant to add Miley Cyrus in Alexandre Vauthier to the mix since the whole showing off the pelvic bone thing is generally unflattering. However, it was a risk that stood out on the carpet, and she looked radiant with soft styling, seemingly low-impact makeup and a pulled back hairstyle. Lowlights go to “American Idol”
star Katharine McPhee in Emilio Pucci and Miranda Lambert in Gabriela Cadena for the unflattering boob cages. Volume The sheer amount of exuberant volume that fluffed its way down the carpet was enough to cause an uproar online. Rihanna in Giambattista Valli Haute Couture was a specifically hot topic. Ciara, however, was not. RiRi has proven to be able to pull off pretty much anything, from the oversized men’s suit-jacket she wore in her performance with Kanye West and Paul McCartney later in the night to her nearlynude mesh dress at last year’s CFDA Awards. Yes, Rihanna looked like a super buoyant pink cloud combined with an eightyear-old’s Barbie pink cake dress, but she had so much fun with it and brought some much-needed enthusiasm to the carpet. She made fashion fun and she made the dress hers and that’s what is so great about it. Ciara, though, looked like she was dragging a trash bag down the aisle, which was neither fun nor enthusiastic. There’s a difference between wearing the volume and working with it and letting it overwhelm you. That being said, I’d like to remind everyone of Anna Wintour’s red carpet commentary from last summer: “(Celebrities) have all these teams of people telling them what to do, what to wear, how to do their hair, make-up. And they’re so scared of being criticized, whereas, you know, what’s wrong with looking different? How many mermaid fishtail strapless sequin gowns can we see?” Taking this into consideration, let’s hope the stylists bring their all for Oscar night.
TV REVIEW
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I’ll come right out with it — I didn’t watch most of the Grammys. That might be a bold admission to make for the Co-Managing Editor of the Daily’s Arts section, but I honestly don’t think you can blame me for it. I mean, let’s be real, any organization that was still nominating the Dave Matthews Band for Album of the Year in 2010 clearly exists in some sort of dystopian mythopoetic realm where — as they say in “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” — the rules are made up and the points don’t matter. Every single year, the nominations for the myriad Newspeakian Grammy categories are announced (“Urban Contemporary” anyone?), the public makes known its revulsion toward the various irrelevancies that invariably make their way into those categories, and we then let loose a paradoxical torrent of blind rage and complete dejection when the awards go to the wrong people. So why do we keep watching? I ask myself that question every year, and I struggle to find any answer other than that, at this point, we’re just in the habit of doing it. Or, even worse, maybe we like it. But I’m not really here to talk about why we keep engaging in the sadomasochism that is watching the Grammys. That’s a question for psychologists, or maybe E. L. James. I’m here to talk about the one interesting thing that did happen at the awards show on Sunday night, which, unsurprisingly, came from one of the few consistently interesting people in the constellation of modern pop culture: Kanye West. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Grammy Award for Album of the Year went not to the obvious winner in that category
Beyoncé), according to any possible criteria by which to judge it, but to Beck’s Morning Phase. The incredulity in the room was palpable as the 44-yearold rocker walked on stage, his eyes darting nervously from the audience to the presenters — he would later state that he thought Beyoncé was going to win the award — when, suddenly, Kanye walked up in front of him, reached his hand toward the microphone and then stopped short. He held up his hand in a gesture of pause, flashed a smile, turned around and went back to his seat. It was over almost as soon as it began, but those brief moments (and Beyoncé’s stunning homage to “Selma” and, by extension, the entire “Black Lives Matter” campaign) were without question the most memorable, the most real things that might be drawn from such a vapid and out-of-touch affair.
To me, that’s not a speech that smacks of egotism. I would think that the beauty of Kanye’s “interruption” should speak for itself, but the response from social media and a good number of pop culture commentators — the real reason why I’m writing this piece — has astonishingly focused on the supposed audacity of doing what every halfway honest consumer of pop music wanted to see happen in the first place. In an interview with E! after the awards show, Kanye clearly explained his motivation for the silent outburst: “I just know that the Grammys, if they want real
artists to keep coming back, they need to stop playing with us. We ain’t gonna play with them no more. And Beck needs to respect artistry and he should’ve given his award to Beyoncé, because when you keep on diminishing art and not respecting the craft and smacking people in their face after they deliver monumental feats of music, you’re disrespectful to inspiration. And we as musicians have to inspire people who go to work every day, and they listen to that Beyoncé album and they feel like it takes them to another place.” To me, that’s not a speech that smacks of egotism and privilege (Kanye does, after all, give up his awards when he feels he doesn’t deserve them). He points out, correctly I think, that creating a piece of artwork that sells 2.2 million copies in 2014, going on to become a global pop culture phenomenon in the process, is an act of transcendence, something that only a handful of people have ever been able to achieve. No matter what might be said about Morning Phase, Beyoncé did something Beck can not do and will never do in his musical career. Kanye simply demanded that we be honest with ourselves and own up to that fact. Sure, I’ll concede that there might be something presumptuous about ordaining oneself as the universal arbiter of pop culture. But isn’t it obvious that getting caught up on Kanye’s egotism ignores the bigger picture here? Aren’t we missing the forest for the trees? And, again, he didn’t say anything we weren’t already thinking ourselves: “I’m here to fight for creativity tonight,” West said. “That’s why I didn’t say nothing, but y’all knew what it meant when Ye walked on that stage.” You knew what it meant, don’t blame him for doing it.
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‘Project Almanac’ is time travel done right NBC
“Honey, the Motherland is not gonna approve of these grades.”
Not ‘The Americans’ By MATT BARNAUSKAS Daily Arts Writer
If only “Allegiance” didn’t premiere after “The Americans.” Ever since teasers first debuted on NBC for the George Nolfi-helmed Bspy thriller, comparisons Allegiance have been made (in some cases Series rightly so) to Premiere FX’s critically Thursdays acclaimed show. at 10 p.m. It’s relatively easy to see why – both shows focus on entangling acts of espionage between the United States and Russia, mainly through the eyes of a single family who happens to spy for Russia. “The Americans” ’s success in depicting ’80s Cold War tensions has created a seemingly insurmountable mountain for the modern-day “Allegiance” to scale. While “Allegiance” is able to differentiate itself from its cable rival, it still borrows other tropes, creating a straightforward, predictable product with glimmers of promise. Opening with an execution by furnace, “Allegiance,” immediately tells viewers what to think: “Russians are the bad guys.” As sinister-looking men dressed in black trench coats watch a man be incinerated, the show draws a line in the sand labeling the Rus-
sians as villains on one side and the Americans as the good guys on the other. This oversimplification of international conflicts contrasts with “Allegiance” ’s more challenging family dynamic. At the center of the show is the O’Connor family. The family’s only son, Alex (Gavin Stenhouse, “Person of Interest”), is a rookie CIA analyst assigned to help determine if a Russian defector is legitimate or not. Likable, yet overly familiar, Alex is an investigative savant who can read through hundreds of pages of information in a night and has expert-level knowledge about seemingly any subject, including how industrial furnaces work. Simultaneously, he is somewhat awkward and painted as an outsider. In short, he’s a relative runof-the-mill genius with a quirk or two that is all too common on TV. Alex isn’t alone in his conventionality, with most of the CIA characters feeling generic. This includes no-nonsense boss Sam Luttrell (Kenneth Choi, “Sons of Anarchy”) and tough female agent/ definite love interest Michelle Prado (Floriana Lima, “The Mob Doctor”). However, unbeknownst to Alex, the majority of his family is Russian spies. His parents, Russian-born Katya (Hope Davis, “The Newsroom”) and Mark (Scott Cohen, “The Carrie Diaries”), an American brought in by Katya, are retired and want noth-
ing to do with their former lives. But their past comes to haunt them in the form of walking evil Russian archetype, Victor Dobrynin (Morgan Spector, “Boardwalk Empire”) who works for the SVR, the modern KGB. He insists that the pair recruit Alex to be a spy as well. When the two protest, mentioning a deal made years ago, Victor says there is new management: “They don’t care about deals made with the old management.” The dilemma faced by the O’Connors is the strongest part of the episode, as Katya and Mark try desperately to not bring Alex into a fate that has already claimed his older sister, Natalie (Margarita Levieva, “Revenge”). Natalie presents some compelling narrative possibilities considering her bitterness about the life her parents reluctantly forced her into, saying “You move Heaven and Earth for Alex, what did you ever do for me?” “Allegiance” goes through several of these plot points in its pilot, never quite settling on one long enough to reach maximum effect. This is unfortunate, because there are strong sources of tension over what Katya and Mark should do and whether Alex will find out the truth, but they’re never given enough time to fully grow. Hopefully, as the show moves forward, it will allow promising threads to develop further and coalesce into a distinct identity for “Allegiance.”
By NOAH COHEN Daily Arts Writer
Maybe the only time-travel movie in recent memory to subscribe to the anthropic principle, “ProjectAlmanac” does the B+ time travel genre justice. Project The movie Almanac doesn’t try to explain how Rave and time travel Quality 16 works, but it Paramount does hint at Pictures how the universe handles paradoxes: by deleting the witnesses. That’s the anthropic principle at work – the philosophical consideration that observations of the physical universe must be compatible with the conscious life that observes it. This is why the future-version of our protagonist David (Jonny Weston, “Chasing Mavericks”) is annihilated at the end (beginning?), but the futureversion of the camera remains intact. “Project Almanac” takes off in the style of “Chronicle”. It’s a found footage film where irresponsible kids come into an unreasonable degree of power. The content of the movie is presumably found by the protagonists on the second iteration of their adventure, at the end of the movie. The cast is cute. David is cutout geek, and his posse is equally “Breakfast Club.” Their group’s camaraderie separates “Project Almanac” from time travel classics like “Back To The Future”. For the first half of the movie, the
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whole group goes back in time together. The conflict arises when David takes it on himself to solve the butterfly effect consequences of previous time trips by himself. In “Butterfly Effect” (another time travel flick) there was a supernatural aspect to justify why everything always went wrong. In “Donnie Darko” there was only one version of actions Donnie could ever take, and the mood of the movie was predisposed toward metaphor rather than science; the prime mover of films like those is a supernatural overmind. Whereas, in “Project Almanac” the prime mover is the vulnerable protagonist himself, à la “Doctor Who.” Because the time travel in “Project Almanac” is supposed to be pure sci-fi rather than some crystallized narrative tapped from overdrawn wells of Greek pathos and “human condition” pablum, there’s no scifi-compatible reason for why things can’t actually go perfectly in this plot. David says there are no second chances, but he’s totally wrong.
In proper wish-fulfillment time travel, there are arbitrarily many chances. The frantic jostle of a foundfootage film works well within the cast of Instagram-age teenagers, but the group’s reaction to finding a time machine in their friend’s basement doesn’t quite match the hugeness of the moment, and the pseudoscientific babble is transparent and reductive. Weston is charismatic enough to carry the movie regardless, but there are kinks, and they are noticeable. Though it lacks the infectious magic of “Back to the Future,” “The Time Traveller’s Wife” or “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” and though it doesn’t mindfuck with the intensity of “Donnie Darko” or “Source Code,” this movie is every bit on par with “Primer,” “Looper” and “Groundhog Day” and it’s a much stronger package than “Chronicle.” Time travel movies are a special brand of enjoyable, and this one fits into the genre like a cog in a watch.
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Dumb fantasy, much like dumb action and dumb romantic comedy, can be a surprisingly viable genre when done right. In Dthe age of abundant blockbuster Seventh Son trash-mongers like Michael Bay, Rave and it has become Quality 16 increasingly Universal Pictures apparent that stratification exists between the “good” (“Pacific Rim,” “Live Die Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow”) and “bad” (“Transformers,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”) popcorn movies. “Seventh Son,” based on a UK youngadult fantasy novel, is a shining example of the latter, a soulless fantasy/action movie that seems to have spent its $95 million budget in somehow convincing Oscarnominated actors Jeff Bridges (“True Grit”) and Julianne Moore (“Still Alice”) to grace it with their presence. Of that we can never be sure, but it certainly seems evident that very little money went towards the film’s CGI. “Seventh Son” has blurry, muddy visual effects, the kind that aren’t concerned with the viewer catching its imperfections. This philosophy of hiding mediocre filmmaking pervades many aspects of “Seventh Son,” especially in the film’s terrible fight choreography, which is mostly hidden by close-ups and a shaky camera. Even though the film’s post-production team clearly did
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its best to make “Seventh Son” presentable, the ugly parts of the film frequently stick out; for example, a Chewbacca-esque Orc character’s terrible mask and makeup are barely veiled by a layer of CGI, and the “magical” death animation for several witch characters seems (unintentionally) slightly different each time one dies. The only thing the film is concerned with is lead actor Ben Barnes’s (“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian”) face. His stupid, dumb Hollister-ass face. And his mysteriously Southern Californian accent (especially for a British actor). A farm boy who becomes a knight’s apprentice thanks to a prophecy or something, Ben Barnes’s Tom Ward is without a doubt the least interesting film protagonist in the history of fantasy movies. Magic amulet. Evil witches that turn into dragons. Witch hunter Jeff Bridges. That’s the plot, explained with equal effort and ambition as the film’s script puts forth. You’d think the addition of Kit Harington (“Game of Thrones”), a seasoned veteran of onscreen
medieval brooding, would at least somewhat compensate for director Sergei Bodrov’s choice to cast a department store mannequin as the protagonist. Instead, he dies in the first five minutes of the film. The fourth billed cast member dies in the first five minutes of the movie. Harington’s casting is an act of pure deception to lure “Game of Thrones” fans into this trainwreck. Don’t be fooled. Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore are awful. Moore acts like the film is a dental appointment; Bridges at least has more fun with it, but still doesn’t put in any real acting, instead hamming it up with exaggerated mouth movement and a bizarre accent that’s part Gandalf, part Bane, all terrible. According to numerous online sources, the film is a very loose adaptation of the novel it’s based on, so it didn’t even get that right. The best thing that can be said about this film is that it has a quick pace and a short length. Yet, “Seventh Son” has been given a “D-” instead of an “F” because dragons and swords and stuff are still pretty cool things to put in movies.
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BEST: Pharrell: Besides nabbing three statuettes Sunday night, Pharrell exercised his recent collection of Adidas, a crisp gray shorts suit — one in which he could probably exercise. Though nothing revelatory at first blush, when a light hits it, the suit’s grey goes white, matching his suede, buck lace-ups. Williams doesn’t need the Smokey Bear hat to distinguish himself: An Adidas collab, an unadulterated eye for color and accolades that never stop raining will suffice for now. — Andrew McClure Aloe Blacc: Though Aloe Blacc’s music contributions have been afterthought-ish for a few years now, the 36-yearold hyphenate still swags out, leaving any flaws at home. On the carpet, he teamed up with an indie fashion label to rock a rich navy suit, complete with a snowwhite pocket square to light up his shirt. Some think the southof-knee taper is key on the pants, but Blacc opts for the slim-cut, straight leg, which barely kiss his baby-blue suede loafers. Smart. A blacked-out pork pie cap levels out the vibrancy of everything below. — Andrew McClure Kanye West: Kanye doesn’t smile in photographs because people “back then” didn’t. Even his nearly punking Beck for the artist’s Album of the Year win wasn’t funny. What is funny is that Ye seldom looks like shit, and when he “does,” you always end up commending his almost-
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transgressive look. He wended down the carpet, chin up, tits out, in a clean velvet Balmain suit. Bespoke to his distinctive taste, the pant legs stack, unstreamlined, like the money he made from Yeezus. A gilded necklace and velvet cowboy boots — Ye likes boots — say, “I only need one color to trump all of yours, bitch.” — Andrew McClure Beyoncé: Two things I know for certain: 1. Bey is impossible of looking anything other than flawless. 2. If anyone’s going to convince us all to convert to veganism, it’s her. This form of human head-to-toe perfection is high-key scary at this point, but when her goddess-like body is donning a beaded, custom, body-hugging Proenza Schouler gown, it’s clear we’ve found the eighth world wonder. Long live the queen. — Caroline Filips Gwen Stefani: Thankfully, Gwen has graduated from the days of donning Harajuku on the red carpet, and it’s a beautiful thing — especially when it led her to an Atelier Versace jumpsuit. Harem-style bottoms and a ruffled bustier only added to her edgy style repertoire, but it’s clear she’s taking a more refined, minimalist approach. The little black jumpsuit is on the rise, people. — Caroline Filips Taylor Swift: As a perpetual skeptic of the high-low trend, Taylor took a unique spin on it with a teal, halter mini dress within a ball gown that converted me into a full-fledged believer. Elie Saab is always perfectly feminine and elegant, and when it’s topped off with Lorraine Schwartz — killing it. — Caroline Filips
Glossed Oxford lace-ups make me want to chuck my phone. Kim Kardashian West: Hair and makeup alone, Kim Kardashian owned the red carpet. But then, she slipped on her robe and she stole the show. And by robe I mean goldensequined Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture gown. Kim was too petite for the dress; it would have looked better on say, Beyoncé, but it also wasn’t black, so Mrs. West gets major kudos. She was the best shiny, gold thing Kanye could hold since he didn’t walk away with a Grammy. — Mara MacLean Childish Gambino: The men definitely surpassed the women this Grammy season and the male forerunner was none other than Donald Glover. His tux was tailored to perfection, matching his optimal amount of facial hair. Glover’s cuff stopped just above the ankle to accentuate his sharp slippers. The ladies need to step up their game in order to keep up with ’Bino. — Mara MacLean John Mayer: Mr. Mayer looked as dapper as can be on the Grammy red carpet. When he started playing the guitar in the same getup, you could hear swoons. He paired a classic tuxedo, though a little shiny, with a great bowtie. His tortoiseshell glasses and sweeping ‘do completed the look, completely outshining Katy Perry. — Mara MacLean WORST: Nick Jonas: I don’t listen to Nick Jonas and, to be frank, I thought he was part of the Naked Brothers Band for like, well, until yesterday. And because the Internet is big I am probably not the first to say he embarrassed himself last night, in a plaid Versace suit with blinding white high-top kicks. First, Versace sucks. Their ready-to-wear menswear line, in all of its goldjewelry-printed-on-a-bomberonly-$3K!-ness, is by and large meant for one of two people — a Saudi prince who discovered
high fashion today or a notreal person. There’s a stark line between sartorial risk-taking and wearing expensive shit because it’s expensive and the creative directors must “know what they’re doing.” Jonas, tsk. — Andrew McClure Sam Smith: Sam Smith won four Grammys this year. I have a hunch that these shows are scripted enough for Smith to know that he was going to surely win at least two awards last night, so I expected more out of him. His sort-of-annoying pompadour aside, his sharp Armani tux had potential, but all went to hell when his white bowtie existed and his shirt cuffs nearly hit his southernmost thumb knuckle, like me in my dad’s swag back at the homecoming dance. I liked the stacked-leg, taperedbelow-knee pants,w but his Lego-like hyper-glossed Oxford lace-ups make me want to chuck my phone. I did. — Andrew McClure LL Cool J: I remember when someone, for the first time, mentioned LL Cool J, and me asking, “So what’s his real stage name?” The name hasn’t gotten any cooler, even if he is hosting music’s “biggest” night for the fourth time. The moment I saw that he and Seacrest were wearing the same Armani made-tomeasure suit, I was disappointed in Seacrest, unfazed by LL Cool J. In an electric, navy suit jacket with black lapels, black trousers and his typical limo-driver lid, things got worse with a droopy, oversized Mickey Mouse bowtie. I’m convinced that hue of blue looks good on nobody, except maybe the store rack. It’s a good home for any style piece not worth exposing to your friend, let alone millions of wine-sipping judges in their living rooms. — Andrew McClure Madonna: So Madonna is definitely having a midlife crisis as seen right on the Grammys’s red carpet last night. Dressed in a Givenchy trainwreck, she tried to embrace her inner cabaret/ yodeler/naughty maid and it was an epic fail. Madonna, you are 56 years old (the age of my grandmother), for the love of all that is right in the fashion world please dress appropriately for your age. — Mariam Sheikh Rihanna: RiRi showed up on the carpet in a huge, pink, poofy disaster of proportions that I have not seen since I played with princess barbies. However, she redeemed herself during the awards when she skipped the pink ruffles and went for a more sleek and cool look, a black pant suit. Sometimes you just can’t win ‘em all RiRi. — Mariam Sheikh Katherine McPhee: Maybe cutting your own hair works for you, Kath, but please refrain from cutting your dresses … and please, please #StopRandomMetalBars2k15. — Caroline Filips Iggy Azalea: I too questioned, “who dat?” at first glance of Ms. Azalea herself, but was confused as to why one of the von Trapp children would be at the Grammys. Iggy, you can wear anything, but please, check the mane. — Caroline Filips Charli XCX: Moschino is hard to get right on the red carpet, and unfortunately Charli XCX’s attempt was a failure. Her white tuxedo looked like it could use a good steam, and her red carpet stance did not work well with the sheen. The hair and makeup added to the pink bowtie and fur; it all had a very Alice in Wonderland feel, somewhere between the Mad Hatter and White Rabbit. — Mara MacLean Katy Perry: Perry’s hair and makeup were all wrong, from the lavender tresses to cat eyeliner. Her nude, beaded Zuhair Murad dress appeared ill-fitted and hit a really bad part of the leg. It was interesting and eyecatching, but not necessarily for the right reasons. The dress was stunning, as is Perry, but it didn’t come together this time. — Mara MacLean
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Autopsy finds defective air bag caused man’s death Forensic report shows blunt force injury to the neck
HOUSTON (AP) — An autopsy has found that a metal disc from a defective air bag sliced into a Texas man’s neck and killed him after a lowspeed car accident last month near Houston. The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences concluded that Carlos Solis had suffered no other serious injuries, and his death was accidental. The report, which became public late last week, listed the cause of death as blunt-force injuries to the neck. Solis, 35, a father of two, died Jan. 18 in the Houston suburb of Spring. His 2002 Honda Accord had a driver’s air bag made by Takata Corp. of Japan. Those can inf late with too much force, causing them to blow apart a metal inf lator canister and send shrapnel into the passenger compartment. Solis is among six people killed and 64 injured by the inf lator mechanisms, which have caused the recalls of 19 million vehicles worldwide and touched off investigations by the U.S. Justice Department and safety reg ulators. Takata offered condolences to Solis’ family and said it’s committed to working with the U.S. government
and automakers to “take all actions needed to promote public safety.” Honda offered its condolences, saying it is “currently in communication with representatives of the family in an effort to further investigate the situation and to address their concerns.” The white metal disc was 2¾ inches in diameter and weighed about 13 ounces, according to the report. It caused a gaping cut in Solis’ neck that severed an artery and vein. “Appearance consisted of a slightly distorted air bag inf lator component,” the report stated. The disc lodged in the right side of Solis’ neck near his shoulder, according to the report. Pictures of the crash showed it did little damage to the left front bumper, fender and hood of Solis’ car. Solis bought the car in April from an independent dealer in the Houston area. It was part of 2011 recall to fix a defective driver’s air bag inf lator, but neither the dealer nor two previous owners had the recall repairs done. Honda has said it mailed recall notification letters to a previous owner of the Accord starting in 2011, but it had not yet sent a letter to Solis. The company urged anyone with a vehicle recalled for air bag problems to take the cars to dealers as soon as possible. Solis’ family is suing Honda, Takata and the dealer who sold Solis the car.
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Jury selected for ‘American Sniper’ double murder trials Ten women and two men to serve as jurors for the trial
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS (AP) — Carl A jury was seated Monday in the trial of a man charged with killing the former Navy SEAL depicted in the Oscar-nominated movie “American Sniper,” after extra efforts to keep publicity about the case and the movie from preventing a fair trial. Ten women and two men will serve as jurors for the trial of Eddie Ray Routh starting Wednesday. Routh, a former Marine, is charged with capital murder in the deaths of 38-year-old Chris Kyle and Kyle’s friend, 35-year-old Chad Littlefield. Opening statements are Wednesday.
The movie based on Kyle’s memoir as a celebrated sniper who served four tours in Iraq has grossed nearly $300 million. In response to the attention paid to the Kyle case, officials called in more than four times as many potential jurors as they would for a regular trial. The county’s top prosecutor and the judge overseeing the case both told prospective jurors they would only insist that jurors who have seen the movie or read the book set their prior knowledge aside when they hear evidence. The movie ends with a depiction of Kyle meeting Routh, followed by footage from Kyle’s funeral. “It’s hard not to have knowledge of this case,” Erath County District Attorney Alan Nash said. “It’s pervasive.” Nash asked potential jurors Monday morning if they were
unable to set aside what they’d already heard. No one among about 130 potential jurors in court raised their hand. State District Judge Jason Cashon estimated that no more than two dozen potential jurors had been dismissed from serving due to pretrial publicity. Cashon denied defense motions to delay the trial or move it to a different county. Routh’s attorneys plan to pursue an insanity defense. Prosecutors won’t seek the death penalty. He faces life in prison without parole if convicted. Family members have said Routh, 27, struggled with posttraumatic stress disorder after leaving the Marines in 2010. The small arms technician served in Iraq and was deployed to earthquake-ravaged Haiti. Kyle took Routh to the shoot-
ing range after Routh’s mother asked if he could help her son. Kyle made more than 300 kills as a sniper for SEAL Team 3, according to his own count and earned two Silver Stars for valor. After leaving the military, Kyle volunteered with veterans facing mental health problems, often taking them shooting. About two hours after Kyle, Littlefield and Routh arrived at Rough Creek Lodge and Resort on Feb. 2, 2013, an employee discovered the bodies of Kyle and Littlefield at the remote range. Authorities say Routh drove to his sister’s house in Kyle’s truck, telling her and her husband that he had killed Kyle and Littlefield. His sister told police that Routh “was out of his mind, saying people were sucking his soul and that he could smell the pigs.”
On unemployment, Obama wins majority American views have improved slightly, according to recent poll finds
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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks at an Economic Club of Detroit meeting in Detroit Wednesday, Feb. 4 .
Democrats compare Jeb Bush to Mitt Romney Both candidates wish to benefit the wealthy, according to opposition party WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney opposed the government’s rescue of U.S. automakers. So did Jeb Bush. Both worked in finance and backed the Wall Street bailout. Both are advocates of tax cuts that Democrats contend only benefit the wealthy and big business. While the first actual votes of the next presidential campaign may be a year away, Democrats already are drawing such comparisons between the former Florida governor and the GOP’s 2012 White House nominee — and they don’t consider them flattering. Democrats are unwilling to let Bush define himself as a reformer who aims to close the gap between the rich and poor, so they are trying to paint him as this campaign’s Romney. The ex-Massachusetts governor struggled in 2012 against criticism related to his work in private equity and
his portrayal by President Barack Obama’s allies as a cold-hearted plutocrat. “We don’t need to try to show that Jeb is like Romney. He pretty much is Romney,” said Eddie Vale, vice president of American Bridge 21st Century, a liberal group set up to conduct opposition research on Republicans. “When it comes to any ideas or policies, he’s the same as Romney.” That line of criticism was noticeable this past week after Bush gave his first major policy speech as a potential presidential candidate. His remarks to the Detroit Economic Club emphasized an upbeat economic message and touched on overhauling the nation’s immigration system and trying to improve the lives of children underserved by public schools. Democrats countered by circulating the transcript of a 2012 interview in which Bush cited his opposition to the auto bailout. In the interview, Bush said the auto rescue, a key issue in Michigan, was “driven by politics” and he noted the Obama administration’s role in shuttering car dealerships and providing the United Auto Workers union with an equity
stake in Chrysler. Obama’s team successfully used that bailout as a wedge against Romney in Michigan and Ohio, repeatedly referring to a 2008 Romney op-ed with the headline, “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt.” Although Romney did not write the headline and advocated a managed bankruptcy for the industry, it created the impression that he was willing to forgo thousands of U.S. auto jobs. Bush’s early approach to his potential campaign signals a desire to avoid such pitfalls, as well as Romney’s most notable gaffe — his behind-closed-door dismissal of the “47 percent” of Americans who, he said, don’t pay income taxes. Lisa Wagner, Romney’s 2012 Midwest fundraising director, said that once voters meet Bush, “they see his head and his heart are connected” and they are “very, very taken” with his “sincerity.” During a question-and-answer session after the Detroit speech, Bush said losing his first bid for Florida governor in 1994 taught him that winning campaigns requires building an emotional attachment with voters.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ views of President Barack Obama have improved slightly in the past two months, and opinions are more positive about the direction of the country and the health of the economy, an Associated Press-Gf K poll finds. A slim majority now approves of the way Obama is handling unemployment, according to the poll, conducted before Friday’s release of a surprisingly strong jobs report. Forty-seven percent of those surveyed approve of how Obama is doing his job, compared with 41 percent in December, and 51 percent approve of his handling of unemployment, compared with 44 percent before. Nearly half say the economy is good now, while 41 percent thought that in December. In December 2013, only one-third called the economy good. Approval of the way Obama is handling the economy improved slightly, 41 percent to 45 percent, over the past two months. Friday’s report showed that U.S. employers added 257,000 jobs in January, and the average hourly wage grew by 12 cents to $24.75, the biggest gain since September 2008. Hourly pay has increased 2.2 percent in the past year. “We’ve come a long way these past six years since we suffered the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression,” Obama said Friday in
Indianapolis. “In 2014, our economy created more than 3.1 million jobs, and that’s the best year of job growth since the 1990s,” adding that “America is poised for another good year.” Despite the increase in jobs, the unemployment rate rose to 5.7 percent from 5.6 percent, largely because more people began looking for jobs. An increase in the number of job hunters can indicate that people are more confident in their ability to find work, even if the official unemployment rate goes up. But people still feel that their own recovery is lagging, the poll shows, with only 35 percent saying their own family has completely or mostly recovered from economic downturn. Just 27 percent see the job market where they live as being most of the way to recovery, far less than the number that thinks big businesses (55 percent) and the stock market (53 percent) have bounced all the way back. People also fear the possibility of another downturn. Three-quarters say the government has not put the right rules and reg ulations in place to stop another recession from occurring. Obama has been keen to take credit for the improving economic landscape, arg uing that new financial reg ulations, an early boost in government spending and the bailout of the auto industry under his watch were essential to the recovery. Economic concerns remain at the top of Americans’ minds, the AP-Gf K poll shows, with 9 in 10 calling the economy a very or extremely important issue, significantly more than any
other issue asked about in the poll. The poll finds that people are slightly more likely to trust Democrats than Republicans on handling economic issues, 33 percent to 28 percent. Improving views of the president also came with a small increase in the percentage that thinks the country is headed in the right direction — 39 percent compared with 33 percent in December. Much of that improvement was among Democrats, twothirds of whom now think the country is headed in the right direction. Improved ratings among Democrats appeared to boost Obama’s approval rating. Bolstered by lower unemployment, greater consumer confidence and evidence of a rise in his approval ratings, Obama has made an aggressive start to his final two years in office even after November’s elections gave control of Congress to Republicans. The White House hopes a stronger recovery gives Obama the credibility to confront Republicans with his own economic pitch. In spite of growing optimism about politics and the economy, 8 in 10 people questioned have little confidence that Obama and Republicans in Congress can work together to solve the country’s problems. Americans blame both sides for the perceived impasse. About half thinks Obama doesn’t compromise enough with Republicans to get things done, while 6 in 10 say Republicans don’t compromise enough with Obama. Fewer than 2 in 10 think either side compromises too much.
Sports
8 — Tuesday, February 10, 2015
ICE HOCKEY
Nagelvoort thriving in latest opportunity By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Writer
For much of the season, it hasn’t seemed to matter who is in net for the Michigan hockey team. The 12th-ranked Wolverines have scored more goals than any team in the country, but behind the curtain of goals lies NOTEBOOK a problem that concerns even one of the nation’s hottest teams. Despite having won 14 of 17 games, Michigan has struggled to find consistent play from its goaltenders: sophomore Zach Nagelvoort and junior Steve Racine. In the past three games, however, Nagelvoort has looked as good as he has at any time this season, bringing some muchneeded stability to a team in the midst of an eight-game road stretch. After making 31 saves to earn the win in net Saturday, Nagelvoort is now 6-2-0 in Big Ten play. He sports a conference-leading 1.74 goalsagainst average and .938 save percentage in eight conference games. Since returning to the starting role two weeks ago, the sophomore is surrendering just one goal per game, earning the starting gig for now. “It’s been a big debate just about every week,” said Michigan coach Red Berenson. “Racine started to lose his focus or gain a little bit of (over) confidence, so we put Zach in there, and his next start is a shutout (against Wisconsin on Jan. 24). If you look at his last three games, it’s pretty good on the goals-against side. We were giving up four goals a game
(before). “I like both of them, but right now, Zach’s in a good spot.” While Nagelvoort has the job for now, this season indicates that in goal, one’s job security is only as good as their last performance. For Nagelvoort, this means he has to carry a consistent mentality regardless of position. “I always approach games like I’m going to play them, whether I’m the starter or not,” Nagelvoort said. “I feel like in my position, you have to be prepared to go every single night as we’ve seen. You never know when you’re going to get thrown in there.” WINDY CITY PIPELINE?: There was a lot to be excited about in Michigan’s win over Michigan State, but beyond the experience of an outdoor game, Berenson is hoping for one longterm benefit of the trip. With nine Big Ten players from the Chicago area and more than 40 playing Division I hockey nationwide, the Windy City has become something of a hockey hotbed in recent years. The surge is especially intriguing given that no team calls Chicago home, with Notre Dame (96 miles) the closest team. Sophomore forward JT Compher and freshman defenseman Sam Piazza have come from Chicago to Ann Arbor, and Berenson hopes a big win at Soldier Field can help that contingent grow down the road. “I think it’s huge for us,” he said. “We’ve had some good players from Chicago before we were even in the Big Ten, we have some now, and hopefully we are going to get more.”
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Bigs use size advantage Doyle, Donnal combine for 22 points on 8-for-9 shooting vs. Indiana By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor
The Michigan men’s basketball team matched up Sunday with an Indiana team that was more athletic with better shooters and probably quicker as well. But the Hoosiers weren’t bigger. And it’s a rare day when the Wolverines can say that. Though Michigan fell short in the end, both freshman forward Ricky Doyle and redshirt freshman forward Mark Donnal turned in strong performances at the ‘5’ position. Doyle finished with 15 points and six rebounds, while Donnal added seven points, including an early 3-pointer that helped keep the Wolverines afloat at Assembly Hall. Sunday was just the fourth time this season, and the second since Nov. 17, that multiple big men scored at least seven points each. Michigan also had significant size advantages in each of the previous occasions: Nov. 15 against Hillsdale, Nov. 17 against Bucknell and Dec. 22 against Coppin State. “It was good to see them being productive,” said Michigan coach John Beilein. “Ricky really gave us a lot of good minutes out there. Mark was coming in after the sickness, and we wanted to really give him a shot, and he made the most of it in the second half.” The success down low came after a 72-54 home loss to Iowa on Thursday in which Doyle,
Donnal and senior Max Bielfeldt combined for just four points and five rebounds on 1-for-4 shooting. The Wolverines reaped the benefits of playing one of the smallest teams in the Big Ten. While Michigan ranks below average at No. 195 nationally in effective height, a height measure weighted based on playing time, Indiana is even further down at No. 260. With junior forward Hanner Mosquera-Perea limited to four minutes by an ankle injury, Indiana started 6-foot7, 215-pound sophomore Collin Hartman at the ‘5.’ Freshmen Max Hoetzel (6-foot-8, 220) and Emmitt Holt (6-foot-7, 225) spelled Hartman, but the three Michigan big men were bigger than all three of their Indiana counterparts. So the Wolverines got unexpected production from their frontcourt, which has been competitive but not consistent this season. Doyle, Donnal and Bielfeldt have not been immune to the midseason spell of injuries and illnesses. Donnal played just two minutes Thursday against Iowa and missed the previous two games with an illness, and Doyle hadn’t scored in double figures since Jan. 10 as he battled an upper respiratory infection. “With their total numbers, they were really good today,” Beilein said. “And I loved that Mark could come in and get the offensive rebounds. Once again, (Indiana is) not a great rebounding team, but it is a step for us to go, and (for) Ricky to get the rebounds. “When people switch screens, like they do, we weren’t going to do anything else. We were just going to throw it to those two guys as much as we could. We would like to have more success,
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Ricky Doyle took advantage of Indiana’s undersized front line, scoring 15 points.
but they’re making big steps.” When the Wolverines lost junior guard Caris LeVert and sophomore guard Derrick Walton Jr. to foot injuries last month, among the production they lost was 3-point shooting. LeVert and Walton were two of the team’s top three long-range shooters, so in recent weeks, Michigan has had to redirect the game plan to penetration and paint touches. Sunday, that meant finding Doyle and Donnal, who combined to shoot 8-for-9 from the floor. “I was just doing what I’ve practiced — using my leverage, keeping the ball high, just score the easy bucket,” Doyle said. That easy bucket might not
be as easy when the Wolverines face Illinois, Michigan State and Ohio State in their next three games, but they continue to reshape their offensive attack to rely more on getting the ball inside. “In the Michigan State game, we scored two points a possession when we put two feet in the paint,” Beilein said. “We’ve been working on this in practice, driving the ball. We have a lot of shooters that aren’t shot-fakers or drive-fakers.” That won’t change overnight, and the size advantage will disappear soon as well. But Michigan’s crop of big men put on a much-needed show of strength when given the chance Sunday.
WATER POLO
‘M’ finishes 3-1 on weekend By JESSE KLEIN Daily Sports Writer
This weekend’s Triton Invitational in San Diego put the Michigan women’s water polo team in many different situations, allowing coach Marcelo Leonardi to see how his team would respond. And it responded well. The Wolverines proved they were ready for high-pressure situations in their second tournament of the season by winning games in overtime, coming from behind and holding onto one-goal leads. The weekend started out rough with a loss to No. 15 Long Beach State, 6-5, in the closing seconds. Junior attacker Ali Thomason scored a hat trick, but her feat wasn’t enough for the Wolverines to win. The game wasn’t a total loss, however, according to senior goalkeeper Emily Browning. “Even though Long Beach State
didn’t go the way we wanted, it was a good close game,” Browning said. “It’s good preparation for the tough games we will be seeing later in the season.” Losing the first game of a tournament by one could have weighed down the morale of a team. Leonardi saw his team come back with extra motivation, proceeding to win all of the remaining games. They downed Cal State East Bay, 10-5, as freshman attacker Caroline Anderson followed Thomas’ lead and completed her first hat trick. Attacking and goal scoring has not been a problem for Michigan so far, as the Wolverines have averaged eight goals per game. However, their defensive play has been confused and sporadic, with the new system imposed by Leonardi only now starting to click after four months of work. This tournament showed vast improvement on defense of the Wolverines.
“We were finally all on the same page,” Leonardi said. “We are trusting each other and the system.” After dominating the Pioneers, Leonardi got to experience another novel situation, an overtime win. No. 16 UC Davis came back from an early 3-1 deficit to tie the game at nine. Browning held off the the Aggies’ attack, making double-digit saves. She cited the cohesiveness of her and her teammates for the success. The weekend came to a close with a come-from-behind win against No. 18 UC Santa Barbara. Michigan trailed 1-0 after the first quarter and 3-2 at the half, but in keeping with the weekend’s previous performances, the Wolverines fought against the odds, winning 6-4. “We learned that even if we are down by a couple goals, we can still get back in the game and come out with a win,” Browning said.
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Cyesha Goree had 18 points and 19 rebounds in Michigan’s first meeting against Ohio State. The rematch is Tuesday.
Michigan travels to Columbus for second rivalry showdown By KELLY HALL Daily Sports Writer
Tuesday’s game against Ohio State will be the Michigan women’s basketball team’s fourth contest in 10 days. With the addition of two teams to the conference, not only do the Wolverines Michigan at have to combat a fatiguing Ohio State schedule, Matchup: but also a Michigan 14-9; much more Ohio St. 16-8 competitive When: Tuesday 7 P.M. one. “We played Where: Value two less games City Arena in the Big Ten TV/Radio: last year,” BTN Plus said Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico. “You go and add Maryland, who’s No. 5 in the country, and Rutgers, who’s a top-20 team in the country, to our league, and we have to play them three times. So that drastically changes what we had to do last year. … I think the NCAA committee will take that into consideration.” But it won’t be challenging for Michigan (6-6 Big Ten, 14-9
overall) to find the energy it needs to put up a fight in Columbus, despite obvious fatigue. On top of being a major rivalry game for the Wolverines, when the teams met on Jan. 11, the Wolverines edged out the Buckeyes (8-4, 16-8) in an overtime thriller, 100-94. Michigan pulled out a win by holding the nation’s leading scorer, guard Kelsey Mitchell, to just 13 points. For a player who averages 25.5 points per game, Mitchell was largely shut down by Michigan’s defense. Unfortunately for the Buckeyes, that defense is as strong as it has been all season. In Sunday’s loss to Rutgers, defense was the only thing that kept the Wolverines in the game. Michigan shot just 26 percent from the field, but its zone formation held Rutgers to just 57 points, a dramatic improvement from when the Scarlet Knights dropped 81 on Michigan in their first matchup on Jan. 7. Mitchell will have to find a way around senior forwards Cyesha Goree and Nicole Elmblad. Both shut Mitchell down, and led the Wolverines in rebounds, grabbing 19 and nine,
respectively. With their help, Michigan outrebounded Ohio State, 45-31. After coming so close to victory, it’s safe to assume that Mitchell and the Buckeyes will be set on revenge in Columbus after leaving Ann Arbor as losers. Additionally, a large part of the earlier loss was because of Ohio State’s lack of experience, and the Buckeyes will be better prepared this time around. Michigan’s biggest problem is still its road woes. The Wolverines have just a 2-6 record away from Crisler Center and can’t seem to get open shots to fall while on the road. If they want to have any hope of a win in Columbus, none of Michigan’s three leading scorers — Goree, freshman guard Katelynn Flaherty and senior guard Shannon Smith — can afford to take the night off. Goree, Flaherty and Smith all scored in double digits against the Buckeyes in January, with the most notable performance going to Smith, who scored a career-high 36 points. Michigan made a marked improvement against Rutgers this week, and it hopes to do the same against Ohio State.