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Andrea Semiglia and LSA senior Talia Gerstle, Executive Director of the Detroit Partnership, prepare cardboard to be made into theater props at the Franklin Wright Settlement in Detroit Saturday.
Third Detroit Week event focuses on direct service Students volunteer at Franklin-Wright Settlements on city’s East Side By CAROLYN GEARIG Daily Staff Reporter
On Valentine’s Day, 40 University students showed their love for the city of Detroit.
For the third and final event of Detroit Week, students spent Saturday painting walls and building a cardboard school bus at Franklin-Wright Settlements, a human services organization in the city. Detroit Week was a series of three Detroit-focused events organized by the Detroit Partnership, the Black Student Union, Semester in Detroit, LSA Student Government and the Black Volunteer Network.
The other two events included a dinner called The Soup and a panel on race and food justice. The events aimed to raise awareness of challenges facing Detroit, and promote action among the University community. LSA senior Arnold Reed, BSU speaker, and Public Policy junior Blair Sucher, education director for the Detroit Partnership, began planning Detroit Week at the end of fall
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semester. “We had the same vision,” Reed said. “When we came together, we were like, let’s do it. We said, ‘What if we could bring other organizations into the fold? There’s a lot of community service organizations on campus and a lot of orgs that would love to do this type of work.’ ” Franklin-Wright Settlements is a neighborhood serSee DETROIT, Page 2A
One former and one current University employee are suing the University and the University’s Board of Regents in federal court over three alleged civil rights violations. The two plaintiffs are Lorie Biggs, who began work in November in 2010, and Jamie Mercurio, who joined in April 2012. Both worked as patient service associates. The two women claim they were sexually harassed by coworkers, and Biggs also claims a documented disability was not properly accommodated. The lawsuit was filed on Jan. 13, 2015. It includes one count of sexual harassment under fed-
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HopCat grand opening draws hundreds with local craft beer Grand Rapidsbased chain opens new location on Maynard Street By LAURA SCHINAGLE For the Daily
About 300 people lined up outside 311 Maynard St. on Saturday morning, braving frigid temperatures and biting winds, as workers inside finished up preparations for the grand opening of Hopcat, a Grand Rapids-based craft beer bar. The chain, which focuses on specialty craft beer and sells food as well, announced in July that it would open its fifth location in the 8,600-squarefoot space that formerly housed part of the Borders flagship store. Leading up to the event, HopCat advertised that it
would offer free “crack fries,” a signature dish of beer-battered French fries, during the grand opening. It also said the first 200 people waiting in line would receive free crack fries every week for a year. Though the heat of July may have seemed distant on Saturday, patrons waiting outside — several of whom camped out overnight — said they were especially looking forward to both the free fries and the beer selection. Public Health graduate student John Lee, along with friends Megan Hayes, physical therapy doctoral student at the University of Michigan—Flint, and Public Health graduate student William Weichsel, scored a spot in line at 5 a.m. Weichsel said the beer selection was the main reason he tagged along. “Two of the beers they have are super rare, by Founders — Canadian Breakfast Stout and See HOPCAT, Page 3A
eral law, one count of failure to accommodate in violation of the American with Disabilities Act of 1990 and one count of violation of the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, a state statute. Sexual harassment The lawsuit alleges that the two women were initially harassed by the same person, fellow employee Richard Page, who took photos of Biggs during work that she “considered to be inappropriate and of sexual nature,” asked Biggs for sex, and sent “sexually explicit” messages about Biggs and Mercurio through his work computer. Page is listed as a patient registration and insurance specialist in the University’s directory. Biggs complained to her thensupervisor Jenny Wilson who, according to the lawsuit, told her “there had been previous sexual harassment complaints against Page, but nothing was going to be done about his behavior.” After Wilson left the University in 2013, Biggs and Mercrio See LAWSUIT, Page 3A
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Jason Frenzei, Huron River Watershed Council member, shows off the local food hero cape at the closing ceremony of the Sustainable Food Conference at the Michigan League Ballroom Sunday.
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Dozens of students and community members in matching bright-orange shirts emblazoned with the phrase “Global Divestment Day” rallied on the Diag on Friday afternoon in support of fossil fuel divestment. Global Divestment Day was sponsored by the Divest and Invest campaign, a coalition of students, faculty, staff and community members. The protest aimed to urge University officials to divest the school’s interests from fossil fuel companies. LSA junior Nicholas Jansen, the event’s director, said he hoped the rally on the Diag would raise awareness of the fossil fuel divestment movement and mobilize students in support of the cause. He said he believed See DIVESTMENT, Page 3A
‘Food Love’ theme encourages produce awareness, nods to Valentine’s Day By SAMANTHA WINTNER and SAMIHA MATIN For the Daily
University students, together with food lovers, entrepreneurs and farmers, filled Rackham
Auditorium on Sunday for the seventh annual Local Food Summit. Billed as a sustainable food conference, the event promoted stronger relationships with local food businesses, as well as encouraged local entrepreneurs to adopt environmentally responsible business plans. “The intent is to bring people around local food so that they can experience learning from multiple different angles,” said Ann Arbor resident Jason Fren-
zel, one of the event’s organizers. “So we have participants here who are very new to the Local Food Summit and we want to allow them an opportunity to meet people who are very involved in the system and learn a few basics. We also want to create opportunities for people who are currently involved in the system so that they can get a chance to increase networking.” Slow Food Huron Valley led the Food Summit, which was See LOCAL FOOD, Page 2A
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Fourteen years ago this week (Feb. 19, 2001) A record-setting crowd gathered on the Diag for the Kiss-In, an event in support of the LGBTQ community. The rally was the final installment of what was known as “Queer Visibility Week.” Speakers from the local LGBTQ community encouraged others not to hide their identities, and the event ended with public displays of affection by those in attendance. There was initially concern that the rally would not remain peaceful — anti-gay rights activist and Topeka, Kan., pas-
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tor Fred Phelps had threatened to come. Phelps ultimately did not attend, but in a phone interview said he would “be there next time.” About 15 protesters did show up to the event, but kept their distance and did not interfere. Twenty-nine years ago this week (Feb. 19, 1986) B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation, a nonprofit that serves the Jewish communities of college campuses and is now called Hillel International, announced it would spearhead a $3 million renovation to its University facility.
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Nursing sophomore Ariel Jordan paints the hallway wall at the Franklin Wright Settlement in Detroit Saturday.
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LOCAL FOOD From Page 1A sponsored by the Michigan Dining and an assortment of foodrelated organizations, including Whole Foods Market and The Farm at St. Joe’s. The summit takes place in different locations every year so more people can collaborate and address local food issues; the organizers have previously worked with the University and Washtenaw Community College to engage with students and the local community. This year, the University was chosen to host the event because of its history of working with local vendors, food entrepreneurs and artisans to prioritize sustainable strategies. “Food Love” was the theme of this year’s Food Summit. University alum Lucas DiGia, an emcee of the event and a member of the Local Food Summit’s planning committee, noted that while “Food Love” partially reflected the event’s proximity to Valentine’s Day, the theme was chosen to reflect the love and appreciation the event’s organizers have for all the members of the local food community. The event included presentations from numerous speakers and breakout discussions in which attendees were asked to reflect on food sustainability top-
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Franklin-Wright Settlements began as a day nursery in 1881, and now provides an array of programs and resources to Detroiters. They include a senior outreach program, an afterschool program and an early childhood development program, to name a few. Every year, 40 to 50 high school students visit colleges across the country with Franklin-Wright. Ninetynine percent of these students go on to become college graduates and Brown said 75 percent are first-generation college students. Franklin-Wright also hosts events to help Detroiters with their daily needs. Last week, residents were invited to receive
assistance signing up for DTE Energy’s Low Income Self-Sufficiency Plan, a payment plan which helps low-income families pay for utilities. “You don’t want to give people a handout,” Jay Yule, director of human resources and preparations at Franklin-Wright, said. “You want to give them a handup.” LSA senior Sidney Wiltshire is president of the Black Volunteer Network, an organization that provides opportunities for community service, as well as scholarships and college tours for high school students from low-income families. BVN runs weekly volunteer programs in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, as well
as monthly programs in Detroit. “We provide opportunities for people in underdeveloped areas,” Wiltshire said. “We try to promote social justice through community service, giving back and trying to uplift members of our community.” During Saturday’s event, students painted a dance studio, a hallway and a bathroom. They also completed a cardboard school bus for an upcoming play. Reed said he has high hopes for the future of Detroit Week. “We’re definitely hoping it turns into an annual collaboration,” he said. “The more people we can have involved, the better.”
ics. The sessions included “Just the Ten of Us,” which focused on local food security, and “Caring about our Food Community,” in which University students discussed food waste on college campuses. Loren Rullman, University’s associate vice president for student life, welcomed attendees to the event in a brief speech. He mentioned that University President Mark Schlissel has made sustainability a priority during his time so far in office. Last fall, Schlissel announced plans to launch a review of the University’s sustainability goals. The University has failed to make significant progress on several of the goal’s initially set under former University President Mary Sue Coleman. He said the University’s administration has strived to make food a part of this effort, and has increased University composting and encouraged more local sourcing. Judy Wicks, the founder of White Dog Cafe in Philadelphia, was the Summit’s keynote speaker. Known for her community engagement, environmental stewardship and responsible business leadership, Wicks’ speech focused on building a more compassionate economy. “Business is about relationships with people and nature,” she said, adding that these rela-
tionships can be threatened by a profit- and competition-driven economic system. The current model, she said, is built on the concept that nature is something to be exploited. She added that this notion runs contrary to her upbringing. “We all belong to Earth,” she said. “Our current economic system is destroying the life on it.” Wicks touted the “localism movement,” which strives for the growth and use of local and more sustainable food resources. “(It transforms) the economy from life-destroying to life-giving,” she said. She explained that the relationships between small businesses and their communities are integral to the success of local economies. Subsequently, she decided to pay her staff a living wage as opposed to the minimum wage. Additionally, she said the White Dog Cafe became the first business to use 100-percent renewable energy and adopted a “humane menu” in which all ingredients come from family farms that prioritize humane treatment of animals. She pointed to other responsible business models — like that of Zingerman’s Community of Businesses in Ann Arbor — which has expanded only locally as opposed to nationally, maintaining an authentic relationship with its community.
Wicks concluded with remarks that businesses can grow locally in non-material ways by expanding their consciousness and nurturing relationships with their communities. She said this could contribute to the development of a global network of sustainable businesses. Following Wicks’ address, several attendees participated in a “story slam” led by writer, poet and activist William Copeland. Individuals shared experiences that had led them to connect with the localism movement and memories that cultivated their love for food. “I do know that there are many ways we are similar, one of them being the fact that we all eat,” said Colleen Crawley, an Ann Arbor local and a participant in the story slam. “We are willing to work together and make our hands dirty.” Several organizations were honored at the Food Summit, including the University’s Student Food Co. LSA senior Colleen Rathz, vice president of outreach for the Student Food Co., attended the event to accept the award. “A lot of people are talking about campus food, food security and healthy eating and nutrition, so I’m really excited to work on that,” she said. “I love that (we are) a presence on campus and are able to provide students with produce.”
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Arctic deep freeze blankets Michigan An Arctic cold front gripped Michigan on Sunday, sending temperatures plunging to minus 27 in the Upper Peninsula and minus 22 in the northern Lower Peninsula and shattering at least five record lows for the date. The deep freeze came with an easing of the snow and windy conditions that forced a number of Upper Peninsula roads to close Saturday. At 6 a.m., state police announced the reopening of U.S. 2 between Manistique and Rapid River and Michigan 35 between Lathrop and Perkins. “Both of the roadways closed yesterday and throughout the night due to inclement weather where snow and high winds were causing whiteout conditions,” the state police Negaunee post said in a statement.
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New York Times writer David Carr died of lung cancer New York Times media columnist David Carr died of complications from metastatic lung cancer, according to autopsy results released Saturday. Julie Bolcer, a spokeswoman for the New York City medical examiner’s office, said the autopsy shows heart disease also contributed to his death. Carr, 58, collapsed at the newspaper’s headquarters and died on Thursday. He wrote the newspaper’s Media Equation column and penned a memoir about his fight with drug addiction. He was lauded as “the finest media reporter of his generation” by Times’ Executive Editor Dean Baquet.
Divest and Invest’s goal resonated with many students. “This is our future we’re fighting for and divestment is definitely one tactic through which students can make an impact,” Jansen said. Volunteers and Divest and Invest members set up a table and encouraged passersby to sign an online petition as well as a large banner in support of divestment that lay on the Diag. “Invest in your future, divest today,” one volunteer handing out flyers called to a group of students. Supporters later wore their orange shirts and gathered around the signed banner at the center of the Diag. Jansen engaged the crowd in a series of call and response chants. “Invest!” Jansen called to group. “Tomorrow!” the group yelled back in unison. “Divest!” Jason screamed. “Today!” the group responded. The protest was part of “Global Divestment Day,” an international series of events planned for this past weekend to call for governments, universities and other organizations to divest from companies that produce fossil fuels. More than 400 events were planned in several dozen coun-
News tries on six different continents, according to 350.org, which organized the protests. 350. org is an international environmental organization that aims to mobilize grassroots action and pressure leaders around the world to address climate change. Schools with groups participating in Global Divestment Day included Harvard University, Columbia University, Syracuse University and University College London. The United Nations has also endorsed the international event. Nineteen colleges in the United States have pledged to divest from fossil fuels, though most have only done so in modest amounts. Stanford University is the largest and wealthiest school to have pledged to divest. Last May, Stanford administrators promised in a statement that they would not make financial investments in coal mining companies. About $1.04 billion of the University’s $9.16 billion endowment was categorized as fossil fuel investments as of 2012. The Divest and Invest campaign has asked the University’s Board of Regents several timesto divest. In a November 2014 interview with The Michigan Daily, University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said the University purposely sets stringent standards for divestment. “The bar is set intentionally
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Rackham student Kevin Li signs in support of the divestment movement during Global Divestment Day on the Daig Friday.
high ... to somewhat insulate the investment office from the political winds that could change from one direction to the other,” Fitzgerald said. The regents have only voted to divest twice — from South Africa in 1978 during apartheid and, more recently, from tobacco-related companies in 2000. While Jansen conceded that the University has been “pretty unresponsive” to Divest and
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Boyfriend of ISIS captive describes effort to free her Kayla Mueller was in a detention cell, face to face with her Syrian boyfriend. Had she told her captors she was married to Omar Alkhani, she might have been freed from the hands of Islamic State militants, he said. Instead, she denied being his wife. After posing as Mueller’s husband and persuading a string of people to let him plead for her release, Alkhani left the room empty-handed. He said he saw her face for just a few seconds when guards uncovered it. The guards had assured Mueller, 26, that Alkhani would not be harmed if she told the truth, so she apparently stuck to honesty to save him rather than take the slim chance to save herself, he said. “Since she’s American, they would not let her go anyway. No sense to stay here, both of us,” Alkhani said. “Maybe she wanted to save me. Maybe she didn’t know I came back to save her.”
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Danish authorities say shooter had criminal record The slain gunman suspected in the deadly Copenhagen attacks was a 22-year-old with a history of violence and may have been inspired by Islamic terrorists — and possibly the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris, Danish authorities said Sunday. Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt mourned the two people killed and vowed to protect freedom of speech and Denmark’s Jewish community. The suspect was killed in a gunbattle with a SWAT team early Sunday. He had opened fire Saturday at a cultural center hosting a seminar on free speech with an artist who had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad and then later at security forces outside a synagogue, police said. —Compiled from Daily wire reports
Invest’s calls to action, he cited the success of those two divestment movements as inspiration for the organization. “We’ve been working a lot with the administration and they have specified certain criteria that we have to meet for them to take action,” Jansen said. “The main criterion they said we have to meet is to show that it’s an issue students care about.”
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Patrons wait in the cold outside HopCat on its opening day Saturday.
LAWSUIT From Page 1A directed their complaints to the new supervisor Donna Navarre, a call center coordinator, in March and April 2013. The lawsuit charges that Navarre did not do anything about the complaints. “Biggs and Mercurio also complained to Navarre about a coworker who Biggs and Mercurio felt was leering at them,” the lawsuit reads. “Navarre responded by telling Biggs and Mercurio to drop a pen and pick it up in front of the co worker to ‘give him a show.’ “ Violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 The lawsuit notes that Biggs has a disability that is eligible for coverage within the definition of the ADA. Biggs claims that in September of 2013 she requested a different chair because of a back-related problem and despite filing the appropriate paperwork, did not receive it. Violation of Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act In January 2014, Biggs was terminated for performance
issues and Mercurio was placed on temporary unpaid leave. The lawsuit notes that neither of the two women had been criticized or disciplined prior throughout their employment. “Biggs was fired because she complained about sexual harassment,” the lawsuit reads. “Mercurio was placed on unpaid leave of absence because she complained about sexual harassment.” The lawsuit also charges that after Biggs was fired, Navarre mailed her a box of rocks, as well as created a hostile work environment for Mercurio when she returned to her position. The plaintiffs, represented by Gold Star Law P.C., are currently awaiting the University’s response. Normally, a defendant has 21 days to respond to this type of lawsuit. However, Caitlin Malhiot, one of the attorneys representing the two plaintiffs, said in an interview Friday they have granted a request from the University for a twoweek extension to provide a response to the allegations. Once the response is received, court dates will be set. Malhiot said resolving the
issues through a mutually agreeable settlement without going to court is always preferable, though she added that it’s unclear whether such a settlement exists because the University has not yet replied to the complaint. “This is a very upsetting issue for my clients,” Malhiot said. “They just want the issue to be done, but at the same time what happened to them is wrong and they do want it to be addressed, they do want justice for that. They do want the compensation that they are owed.” Malhiot said monetary compensation at some level is always a significant option. Additionally, she noted that Biggs would be willing to consider reinstatement at the University, in a position away from the alleged harassers. Navarre, Page and Wilson declined requests for comment via e-mail, referring The Michigan Daily to the UMHS Department of Communications. In response to a request for comment Friday, Mary Masson, a media relations representative for UMHS, said she couldn’t provide any information on a pending litigation.
Kentucky Breakfast Stout,” Lee said. “They’re only on tap in a given city maybe three times a year.” In an interview Saturday morning, HopCat founder and owner Mark Sellers said the beer list was given special consideration for the grand opening. “We challenged our ‘beer guy’ … to come up with the best 100-tap list any bar’s ever had,” he said. “It’s arguable whether we’ve done that, but we’ve got an amazing list.” Sellers said most HopCat locations are typically near universities, so they’re used to a customer base of faculty and students, but thus far the clientele here has had slightly different tastes. “The thing I’ve noticed just in the couple of days that we’ve had some customers come in is that they seem to be very knowledgeable about beer, right from the start,” he said. “That’s not always the case. Some of the places we’ve opened we’ve had to
Jansen also emphasized the urgency and global nature of the problem of climate change as key drivers behind Global Divestment Day. “With climate change, we’re running out of time — it’s a problem we have to address now,” Jansen said. “Because it’s such a global issue, the perfect way to portray that is to have a global day to support the cause.”
teach the customers a lot about the beer.” HopCat waitress Meg Schemanske, a University alum, said she had been interested in beer before working at HopCat, but the training process gave her a new perspective. “It’s definitely a culture,” she said. “That’s one thing that I think I learned the most.” She said the company put on a week of “beer school” for the staff, in addition to two weeks of general service training. “We spent an entire week in class learning different beer styles, different aromas, different hops, different yeasts,” she said. “As much as you can learn about beer, we learned it.” Seller said he thought several factors would distinguish HopCat from the other bars downtown. “We have a very laid-back family environment with our employees, so it’s like a big family that works here,” he said. “We have 100 beers on tap, all craft beer, and we have a pretty cool interior design, with a lot of interior artwork.”
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A more humane society
Michigan State Senate should pass animal cruelty laws
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oting has been delayed on a set of bills in the Michigan State Senate that would alter the existing legislation for criminal penalties in cases of animal cruelty and neglect. The bills would create three different degrees of killing or torturing an animal, which would increase the maximum prison terms for first- and second-degree offenses. The legislation would also make it easier to prosecute breeders and pet-shop operators who are repeat offenders, and to monitor cases of animal neglect and cruelty that include large numbers of animals. These amendments are nuanced and work to protect animals and create safer communities in general, and as such should be passed and enacted as soon as possible. Currently, under the Michigan Penal Code, all cases of animal killing and torture are classified under the same offense and are subject to a four-year felony charge. These bills would create first, second and third degrees of animal killing and torturing. Also, those accused of killing or torturing an animal, or threatening to do so to exert control over a person, would be subject to a 10-year felony charge. The amendments would create a penalty for breeders and pet shops that have incurred five or more prior convictions and introduce a mandatory minimum of five years of probation for cases of animal neglect or cruelty that involve 25 or more animals, among other things. Researchers have found that threatened or perpetrated animal abuse or killing is common in abusive relationships, with around 71 percent of women with pet-ownership histories entering domestic violence shelters reporting that their abusive partner had threatened or committed violence against their pet. These amendments would address this problem and protect victims of abusive relationships by imposing harsher punishments for this emotional abuse and manipulation. Moreover, studies have indicated a link between animal cruelty and other forms of violence. Therefore, taking animal abuse more seriously could, through rehabilitation, help prevent other violent crimes. These bills would also help create safer communities by imposing a minimum fiveyear probation for large-scale animal neglect. This change, at the discretion of the judge, would enable animal hoarders to be put on mental health watch and potentially allow
for mental health treatment. This solution would be effective, considering animal neglect as the result of animal hoarding is often unintentional, and is indicative of a problem that will not go away without treatment. Codified understanding of the mental components at play in situations of animal neglect, however, should be extended to other areas of the law. Lastly, these bills work to protect valued, yet vulnerable members of society — pets. Violence toward these animals can be viewed as damaging to families and communities. The tiered system of punishment for killing and torturing these animals is logical, as it reflects how penal codes deal with other instances of violent crime. Blanket treatment of violent crimes, and therefore of animal abuse, fails to consider the range and complexity of these crimes, creating disparities in the severity of its punishment. Furthermore, a four-year felony charge is simply not enough to deal with the crime of animal torture and killing, especially considering that this charge doesn’t always result in prison time. Since many nonviolent crimes, such as drug use, result in more jail time, it is fitting that these violent crimes should be taken more seriously. These amendments would help to create a criminal justice system that results in punishment more fitting to the crime committed. The existing legislation regarding animal cruelty needs change, and these bills offer balanced amendments that consider the complexities of animal abuse and neglect. If Michigan wants to treat animal cruelty seriously, the passage of these bills should be a priority.
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS Claire Bryan, Regan Detwiler, Aarica Marsh, Victoria Noble, Michael Paul, Allison Raeck, Melissa Scholke, Michael Schramm, Matthew Seligman, Linh Vu, Mary Kate Winn, Jenny Wang, Derek Wolfe
The hummus Western
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hat my friend and fellow film writer Conrad Foreman, LSA junior, wrote about “Son of God” applies to “American Sniper”: “Jesus is back. And he’s white. Again.” But John Wayne is also back. And he’s killing savages. Again. In short, Chris Kyle, the all-American hero of “Sniper,” gives godfearing Christian Americans the orgasm they’ve been waiting for: Jesus, mixed ZAK with John Wayne, carrying WITUS a gun, killing A-rabs. All this controversy over whether “American Sniper” is U.S. propaganda will be resolved when we recognize the film for what it is — just another Hollywood Western. The classic Westerns, as anyone who’s seen them knows, weren’t too friendly to the Native Americans. See, when the European Americans had finally settled the American West (that is, settled on top of the Native Americans’ already-existing settlement), the European Americans, who had thus far been nothing but settlers, didn’t know what to do or who to be anymore. So when the caravans reached the Pacific Ocean, and it seemed that there was no further west for the Manifest Destiny to take them, the ex-settlers decided to make movies so they could remember what they used to do and who they used to be. But when these early filmmakers remembered what settling was like (that is, when they looked at the historical record), they realized that, at best, the true story wouldn’t sell movie tickets and, at worst, would get them accused of treason. So instead they produced movies that made the genocide the European Americans committed against the
Native Americans appear justified. By the time Clint Eastwood put on his poncho and cowboy boots, it was no longer “cool,” as the kids say, to portray Native Americans as demonic savages. It was still all right to portray the cowboy as a fair-haired, fair-skinned pseudo-Christ on a crusade against something … just not against the so-called savages. So Eastwood went to Italy and filmed some new Westerns and people called them spaghetti (that is, “spaghetti Westerns”). Now, with the coming of Chris Kyle and “American Sniper,” Eastwood has invented a new kind of Western — the hummus Western. (One of Kyle’s comrades literally says that Fallujah, Iraq, the site of Kyle’s first tour of duty, is “the Wild West of the Middle East.”) All the taboo, classic Western stuff Eastwood couldn’t do in his spaghetti Westerns, he’s finally done in the hummus Western. In “American Sniper,” the Iraqis have replaced the Indians. Unlike the all-American cowboy Chris Kyle and his comrades, the Iraqis have no backstories. We can watch Kyle slay dozens of them because the film renders them as non-persons. Spoiler alert: But when it comes to Kyle, who the film portrays to us as a fleshed-out human being with a wife, family kids, etc., seeing his death would be just too brutal, so it’s censored. Eastwood’s overall project appears to be the same as the project of the classic Western filmmakers: rewrite history so that the white people look justified killing brown people. But there’s an important difference: America is no longer interested in settling like they were in the American West. The ideological usefulness of the concept of “Manifest Destiny” has expired: She no longer aspires to gain new territory. The result is far more cruel and vicious. The savages today aren’t savages because they impede upon the United States’ divine right to
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Manifest Destiny: they are savages simply for existing. Andrea Smith got it right in her essay, “Indigeneity, Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy:” America has marked Arabs as inferior and deemed them to be constant threats to the wellbeing of the American empire. So unlike the classic Western, the hummus Western attempts to justify killing of savages and occupation of their land on the grounds that the mere fact of their existence constitutes a threat. Nonetheless, some people might ask, “Was Chris Kyle, the one who lived and breathed, a real American cowboy?” That’s like asking, “Is a Disneyland castle a real castle?” A Disneyland castle is physical, material manifestation of a fantasy castle. No castle ever really — materially speaking — existed that
looked like Cinderella’s. Likewise, Chris Kyle, the one who lived and breathed, was a physical, material manifestation of a fantasy person — the American Cowboy. No cowboy ever really existed materially that looked like the Ringo Kid. So what does that make the movieversion Chris Kyle? The imitation of a person who was the imitation of a fictional character. This cycle of representation entirely excludes any reality principle. But still, was Chris Kyle a real American hero? The question is nonsensical. Hollywood invented the concept of an “American hero” (which I interpret as more or less synonymous with “American cowboy”) to help sell movie tickets. That is to say, an “American hero” exists only in the world of cinematic fiction. There can be no “real”
American heroes because an American hero, by definition, can only be fictional. But there are certainly character archetypes, like the American cowboy, who inspire people who live and breath. To borrow Jean Baudrillard’s phrasing, when “the map engenders the territory,” it creates something hyper-real — something materially existing but based on a fiction (e.g., a Disneyland castle or the living, breathing Chris Kyle). Thus, ironically, the fictional Chris Kyle played by Bradley Cooper is far more an American hero than was the living, breathing Chris Kyle. So, with all this in mind, I ask sincerely: Who would want to be an American hero anyway? — Zak Witus can be reached at zakwitus@umich.edu .
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ast Wednesday, your network covered the University’s Inclusive Language Campaign, a $16,000 effort to educate students on the impact behind common phrases like “I want to die” and “That’s so gay.” Amanda McLittle, coordinator of VICTORIA Diversity Educa- NOBLE tion in University Housing, told the Daily in September that the program was an attempt to improve campus climate, after events last school year like Theta Xi’s “Hood Rachet Party” evidenced a serious need to do so. The program went into effect at the start of the Fall 2014 term. Your coverage of the program was fantastic, managing to stir up controversy over an innocuous University program five months after it launched. Your video caption, “University is dictating what students can say,” met every standard for a clickworthy phrase — incite all of the drama, include none of the facts. A public university “dictating” the speech of its students?! Now there’s a story that’ll rile up those First Amendment defenders. And that’s how your business model works. You fill a niche in the market. As of January 2014, 38 percent of Americans self-identify as conservatives. Yet according to a 2002 study, 20 percent of journalists said that they leaned “a little to the right,” and just five percent “leaned pretty far to the right.” I wonder how many in that five percent work for you. Your ideology-driven model is working. Forty-seven percent of conservatives list you as their main news source on all things political.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Love for all, hatred for none TO THE DAILY: I’ve always felt safe in America. Granted, growing up as a Muslim American in the post-9/11 era poses its challenges, but I’ve always maintained the “it won’t be me” mentality. That is, until Tuesday evening. The news reported that three innocent Muslim students were brutally murdered in
Your median primetime viewership in 2013 was higher than those of both CNN and MSNBC combined, and was the only major cable network to see viewership grow between the first quarters of 2013 and 2014. I’m writing to you because you’ve covered quite a few stories about my University recently, most of which centered on issues of speech freedoms. I can’t say they were terribly accurate. Your recent coverage of the University’s Inclusive Language Campaign was shared on social media by students who were outraged by the University’s attempt to “stifle” their freedom of speech, as one student posted online. And really, who cares that the initiative was based on student feedback and aimed at creating a more harmonious campus community? Painting the program as an absurd, double-think government plot to indoctrinate American students into not being able-ist or homophobic assholes free to speak their mind is a much better way to ensure high web traffic. All you had to do was splash “Trouble with Schools” across the screen in punchy graphics, and find a student eager to give an interview full of nice, quotable sound bites that corroborated your viewpoint. The end result was a well-packaged, social-media-friendly story likely to be shared by those already holding the views it promoted. In a digital era where publications compete for continually diminishing advertising dollars, the most successful stories are those that generate the most attention, and consequently, page views. And so for that, Fox
News, you deserve a gold star, a medal of distinction for your contributions to the industry. And, if I were a liberal, I would also owe you a big thank you. The right gets more of their political news from you than from any other news source. There are several issues today that would strongly benefit from cohesive conservative policies and leadership. But because it is consuming the stories that your analysts and writers deem likely to help you retain your vast market power, the party is instead focused on meaningless, non-actionable items like fake free speech violations at a Midwestern university. Eventually, your poor fact-checking and failure to adhere to journalism’s ethical standards might come back to haunt you. Maybe some other Republicans will start to realize that your manipulative tactics do more harm than good for our party. Maybe your faulty reporting will produce a story so big and inaccurate that it will create a scandal similar to the one experienced by Rolling Stone earlier this year. But hey, in the meantime, your antics are sure to drive profits, and that’s all you seem to care about anyway. And so I commend you, Fox News, for your relentless effort to push journalism into an age of clickworthy content devoid of facts, and your unapologetic pursuit of profit at the expense of the party you appear to support. But, next time, would you mind doing it at the expense of someone else’s school?
And, if I were a liberal, I would also owe you a big thank you.
— Victoria Noble can be reached at vjnoble@umich.edu
Send letters to: tothedaily@michigandaily.com their home near Chapel Hill, N.C. Muslim students. Just like me. Their assailant was a vocal antitheist whose heinous act adds to the growing list of Islamophobic sentiments, protests and hate crimes in America. Let’s not forget that Duke University rescinded its initial decision to allow the Muslim call to prayer after threat of financial boycott from the likes of Franklin Graham, or that anti-Muslim threats
tripled following the release of the movie “American Sniper.” The only combatant to this bigotry is tolerance. I call upon my fellow Americans to stand together as one, regardless of race and religion, and share in acceptance. In a phrase, I proclaim my Muslim community’s motto of “Love for All, Hatred for None.” Ibrahim Ijaz LSA freshman
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ALBUM REVIEW
TV REVIEW
Don’t read this, go listen to Drake The Toronto rapper’s mixtape/album makes a statement By RACHEL KERR Daily Arts Writer
Late Thursday night, Drake tweeted a link to If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late after teasing it with the release of a short film titled “Jungle” earlier B+ in the day. He’s calling it a mix- ‘If You’re tape, but within Reading an hour it was off the Internet, This, It’s and only available Too Late’ to purchase on iTunes. Mixtapes Drake don’t cost money; Cash Money they’re usually Records found in the crevices of the Internet. And they definitely don’t span over 70 minutes like this one does. Of course, I still found myself spending $12.99 for it while at a party before leaving so I could have my own personal listening session. But the 17-track project, which features collaborations with Lil Wayne, PARTYNEXTDOOR and Travi$ Scott, works because he’s calling it a mixtape, rather than a full-blown album. It doesn’t feel like the follow up to 2013’s Nothing Was The Same because it’s not supposed to. There was almost no promotional work, unlike NWTS and his 2011 effort Take Care, where we’d essentially heard the whole album before the release. None of the tracks on IYRTITL could have been obvious singles. And their content sounds different: more urgent, aggressive and cold. It’s the Toronto rapper’s way of telling people, if they didn’t already know, he’s not one to be fucked with. He’s only getting bigger, and he knows it. That could be what Drake’s referencing with the project’s title; If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late serves as a statement to fellow rappers and fans alike, implying we can’t keep up and that’s how he likes it. In fact, the whole tape feels like a statement. It can’t be a coincidence that Drake decided to drop the thing the same day Kanye West unveiled his new fashion line
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Despite strong cast, ‘Slap’ can’t connect
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with Adidas, as well as a surprise track, during New York Fashion Week. And the tracks are littered with shots at other rappers, even friends like Jay Z and West. He explicitly calls out Tyga during “6PM in New York” – “I heard a lil’ lil’ homie talking reckless in VIBE / Quite a platform you chose, you shoulda kept it inside/ Oh you tried it, it’s so childish calling my name on the world stage/ You need to act your age and not your girl’s age” – and finally breaks his silence about the beef with Cash Money Records in “Star67” – “Walk up in my label like, where the check though?/ Yeah I said it, wouldn’t dap you with the left ho.” This brings up an interesting question: Does this “mixtape” fulfill Drake’s fouralbum contract with Cash Money? That would explain why it was up on iTunes for sale, as opposed to the usual Internet upload that mixtapes recieve. With both Drake and Wayne on the outs, this could be the death of the famous hip-hop label. If this tape was a goodbye, it’s a hell of a good one. We get the Drake that goes off in bangers like “Know Yourself” and “6 God,” but also the introspective, moodybroody Drake – my favorite Drake – in songs like “Now and Forever” and “Jungle.” We get a bunch of millennial references no one will understand in 10 years but that still really resonate right now – “Call your ass an Uber, I got somewhere to be.” We get Drake talking about his mom because he can’t not talk about his mom. “I can’t be out here being vulnerable, momma” is the most Drake lyric I’ve ever heard.
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By ALEX INTNER We get an abnormally long mixtape that feels short, which makes it easy to listen to on repeat. But we also get a mixtape that might be trying a little too hard to be hard. Drake has always been acutely conscious of his position in the rap world. But all these shots at other rappers? Or the gunshot features on “Energy” and “Know Yourself?” Like, come on Drake, we know you’ve never shot a gun in your life. Or on “Energy,” he raps over and over again about how he’s got enemies, like a lot of enemies. We get it, Drake, people don’t like you! It feels inauthentic at points. Drake wants so terribly to prove himself, and he says just that in “6PM in New York” – “I wanna prove that I’m number one over all these niggas.” Still, something has changed with the rapper. He even notes in “6PM,” “‘Best I Ever Had’ seems like a decade ago.” IYRTITL marks a transition for Drake’s sound, attitude and, potentially, even his label. He’s completely confident doing whatever he wants now, like dropping a whole mixtape unannounced. He knew we were all thirsty during this dry period before the release of his actual anticipated album Views From the Six, so he gave us a taste of what’s to come later this year. And I don’t regret leaving that party to listen.
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The idea of a “guilty pleasure” show has been embraced wholeheartedly by broadcast networks. This type of series D+ thrives on the idea of driving ‘The Slap’ people to watch each week, even Limited if they’re not Series the best shows on television. Premiere However, there’s Thursdays something about each pro- at 8 p.m. gram that fits NBC that model that makes it worth watching. “Scandal” has dense plotting and cliffhangers that push you into the next week. Others have performers that make them worth watching on their own, like Viola Davis on “How to Get Away with Murder” and Taraji P. Henson on “Empire.” “The Slap” has the right title, hook and cast to fit right in with these shows, but it never embraces what it could be and is painful as a result. “The Slap,” based on an Australian series of the same name, follows what happens after the events of Hector’s (Peter Sarsgaard, “An Education”) 40th birthday party. At the party,
Hector’s cousin Harry (Zachary Quinto, “Star Trek”) slaps another couple’s misbehaving child, and the couple leaves the party threatening to press charges. The pilot also deals with Hector’s uncertainty about his affair with his underage babysitter Connie (Makenzie Leigh, “Gotham”). What comes back to hit the show is the mix of over-thetop storytelling elements and a sense that it wants to be taken seriously. From Hector’s introduction as a jazz-listening “good guy gone bad” to the family’s arguments, it only goes for one thing: drama. Every scene plays out with the emotional volume pushed up to 10. Even when it gets to the slap of the title, the child’s scream is heard in slow motion and the camera cuts to everyone’s *shocked* faces. This all could work if it didn’t try to take itself so seriously. It’s so interested in doing a dramatic telling of its story that it loses track of how silly it all is. If it embraced that factor, then it could actually be a decent show, but it fails to recognize its potential. It doesn’t help that the fantastic cast is saddled with onenote, stereotypical characters that don’t allow them to show any range as performers. The show has an excellent ensem-
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ble, including Sarsgaard, Quinto, Uma Thurman (“Kill Bill”), Melissa George (“The Good Wife”) and Thomas Sadoski (“The Newsroom”). That cast should be able to make anything better, but they’re stuck with the limited characters on the page. For example, Quinto’s character is the “hot-headed,” successful member of the family, so he’s only told to play angry. He doesn’t get to add any nuance to his portrayal in the several minutes he’s on screen. Sarsgaard is the one given the most to work with in the first episode, but his character fits right into the “good leading man who has skeletons in his closet” stereotype. The show does nothing to break the character out of that mold and his performance suffers as a result. Honestly, if I were any one of these actors, I would be slapping my agent for getting me involved in this schlock. It’s really a shame. A show called “The Slap” with this premise should be something that fits right in as a television soap. Instead, its one-note characters and heavy-handed storytelling leave nothing to hook the viewer. Maybe it’ll get better and the characters will gain depth as the show completes its eight episode run, but the first episode didn’t leave a mark.
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REBECCA MINKOFF
John Wayne called, he wants his hat back.
Minkoff show a ’70s homage By KATIE CAMPBELL Daily Arts Writer
Rebecca Minkoff’s New York Fashion Week designs were an homage to the ’70s. The runway was filled with loosely styled cool girls wearing fringe, tall boots and deep, muted colors. The opening look was the perfect way to define the show — a brown and black combination of a peasant blouse and mini skirt topped with a vest. Other notable outfits included a look defined by a vibrant red peasant dress with a knee length leather jacket and an ankle length, fringe skirt paired with a cream blouse and a leather/ fringe vest. The textures and fabrics of the pieces were a highlight of the collection. The fringe varied from white to black to brown, short to long, and are featured on the coats, dresses, skirts and boots. Other fabrics, such as leather, suede and wool,
were paired with the fringe to balance out the intensity of the texture. Minkoff’s looks define the contemporary approach to the trending Woodstock-esque styles that have been appearing on young adults since Coachella made music festivals fashionable. Minkoff’s approach to the relaxed style is countered by her tendency for structured pieces. In this collection, the most distinctive pieces were the outwear; the jackets, vests and coats layered over the models stealing the show. The pieces ranged from leather motorcycle jackets to ankle-length Sherpa coats. The collection offers many options for season transitions, as most of the pieces are layered. Any combination of the dresses, skirts, tops and bottoms can be mixed and matched, adding to the overall easy vibe of Minkoff’s inspiration, Patti Smith.
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FILM REVIEW
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‘50 Shades’ won’t Storytelling is still please audiences valuable for all ages By BAILEY KADIAN For the Daily
The BDSM-lite film almost lives up to its potential By CHLOE GILKE Managing Arts Editor
By 2014, E L James’s erotic fantasy “Fifty Shades of Grey” had sold over 100 million copies, been translated into more than B50 languages and unseated J.K. ‘Fifty Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series as Shades the fastest-sell- of Grey’ ing novel of all time. Some critics Rave and reviled the book for its inaccurate Quality 16 portrayal of the Universal Pictures BDSM community and glorification of an “abusive” relationship, but U.S. sales continued to skyrocket. With a novel this virile and phenomenal, the obvious next step was to adapt it into a movie so the series could rake in even more cash — and, more importantly, give millions of fans the opportunity to see all the bondage-suffused, manipulative romance played out on a screen, not in their imagination. As I have never read James’s novel, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect when I saw “Fifty Shades.” But upon leaving the theater, I was struck by how seriously the film took itself. “Fifty Shades of Grey” rejects its trashy pedigree, using an R rating and the stylistic specificity of film to transform the scruffy plot and find its inner goddess. Director Sam Taylor-Johnson (“Nowhere Boy”) swathes the film in desaturated tones and gorgeous closeups and sets the action to the pulsing musical beats of Beyoncé and The Rolling Stones. The film uses every tool in its cinematographic playroom to let viewers know that this isn’t the same fantasy they read on their flight to Newark. It’s a slow, sleek and sexy film, markedly subtle even when it doesn’t have to be. The film’s two-hour runtime unfolds in languid confidence. At times, the deliberate pacing borders on sluggish, but oftentimes this carefulness works in the plot’s favor. After Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson, “Ben and Kate”) attempts her fate-
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ful interview with millionaire entrepreneur Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan, “The Fall”), the pair take almost 40 minutes to climb into bed. But their ensuing foreplay is delightfully fun, and these awkward encounters serve as a means of demonstrating who they are as characters. Christian meets Ana in the hardware store where she works and asks her to show him where he can buy the cable ties, ropes and tape he needs for his handyman collection. It’s a cheeky way to introduce that Christian is into all things kinky, and Ana can’t look into his dreamy gray eyes without blushing. The film is surprisingly wellcast, and Johnson’s performance as Ana is especially strong. She embodies the dichotomy of Ana’s character perfectly — despite her contractual status as a submissive, she’s smart and self-confident, always setting her limits and pulling back when Christian doesn’t treat her with respect. Dornan gives a slightly less compelling performance as Mr. Grey, but with those eyes that seem to simultaneously scream “fuck me” and “I have a room full of zip ties and tape and I might use them for more than just sex stuff,” he embodies the character even without a spectacular performance. Despite rumors that the two actors despise one another in real life, they exude chemistry whenever they share the screen. Especially in the more tender scenes where Christian exposes his emotional vulnerability, Johnson and Dornan shine as a couple. But their romantic encounters translate rather poorly to the screen. Maybe it’s because the film is rated R instead of the NC-17 that the book surely merits, but the sex
scenes are remarkably unsexy. Nudity isn’t a crucial component for a scene to be steamy; still, it’s unfair that the woman must bare all and the camera cuts away before viewers could glimpse a naked man. For a film shamelessly marketed for female viewers, and written and directed by women, the film displays Ana like some piece of spineless meat rather than the strong lady we (and Christian) know she is. Christian holds his whip and leers at her, while the camera shows her suffering from his point of view. The screen rarely affords us her perspective. This is quite a far cry from a novel narrated by Ana. And much of what goes on in the playroom doesn’t read as particularly titillating. Everyone around me in the theater burst into giggles when Christian tickled Ana with a giant, absurd prop peacock feather. This silliness is characteristic of the sex scenes in the rest of the movie; for an adaptation of an erotic novel, the bedroom action is fairly flaccid. “Fifty Shades of Grey” may be best encompassed with the words of Christian Grey: this movie is “fifty shades of fucked-up.” While it’s endowed with a good cast and features solid filmmaking, like Christian himself, the movie has a hollow heart. With the abusive undertones implied in Christian’s final seduction and an ending that gives viewers the cinematic equivalent of blue balls, the film wipes out any semblance of fun it built up in the previous two hours. “Fifty Shades” tries to be serious, but its inner goddess gets buried under a mountain of narrative problems that might have been avoided had the film just embraced the beautiful trash it was meant to be.
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Kanye goes couture By MARA MACLEAN For the Daily
Just a few days before New York Fashion Week, square, crinkled, plastic packages were sent to some of fashion and music’s biggest names. After a few cryptic instagrams of the anorak invites from Eva Chen and Khloé Kardashian appeared online, Kanye West revealed Yeezy Season 1, his sportswear collaboration with Adidas, would be shown on Feb. 12 as part of fashion week. Yeezy Season 1 didn’t seem to be as much about the clothing, but more about West’s reasoning behind creating. He shared his philosophy in a voice recording before the models were illuminated in uniform rows. “I want people to feel like it’s OK to create and follow what their dreams are and not feel boxed in. I want people to feel like awesome is possible,” he said. West paired with conceptual artist Vanessa Beecroft to capture “the relentless pace of contemporary lives.” The collection featured many nude bodysuits à la Beecroft on models of all shapes and sizes. The ripped sweaters and oversize sweatshirts were not particularly new to the runway, but unique additions to an athletic wear line nonetheless. The jackets and outerwear, like the white shearling coat, were standouts as compared to the rather blah collection.
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The line’s accessories — leg warmers, oversized backpacks and leather duffels — proved stronger than the muted bodysuits. The Yeezy Boost, a chukka boot inspired sneaker, was the show’s focus, and rightfully so. The sneaker showcases everything West stands for: innovation, beauty and simplicity. Love him or hate, Kanye’s determination to create is admirable. The collection, in terms of aesthetic quality, was not exactly comparable to Thakoon or Comme des Garçons. However, there is much to be said for West’s commitment to doing something different, even if it’s 30 plus looks involving tights.
He wanted to show that no artist should fear creating or awesomeness. West is consumed by the idea of what impact he will leave on the world. Some believe this to be arrogant or narcissistic, but aren’t we all trying to leave a positive impact, whatever that may be? Kanye is pursuing every different route of art in the hopes of a great effect. So what if he calls himself a designer? He’s trying, he’s creating, he’s promoting this lifestyle. And he has Anna Wintour’s backing. But even if fashion isn’t his forte, West closed the show with his new single “Wolves” featuring Sia and it was dope.
When I was little, I insisted that my dad tell me stories before I went to bed. I didn’t have any guidelines — I just wanted a story. They ranged from childhood memories at our cottage to days at school to anything else that came to his mind while sitting at the edge of my bed. Bedtime stories serve as a way for children to feed their growing imagination with pieces of narration. Children have youthful spirits that long for adventurous and exciting stories. And I don’t think I am all that different now. My imagination still yearns for some sort of adventure and I, along with presumably many others, turn to storytelling as a means of satisfying that desire. My eagerness to expand my imagination through storytelling is just as prevalent now as it was 10 years ago. My dad’s description of “a warm and sunny day at the cottage” or “a cool, but beautiful football Saturday” sparked the growth of my imagination. Storytelling, whether through literature, film, music or my dad’s spontaneous narratives, exists as a way for us to learn more about ourselves through an exchange of reality for fictional exploration. Now, I’m the nightly storyteller for my younger sister Tess. As I have grown to realize the importance of this ritual through my own childhood, it comes as no surprise that my sister is just like me. She wants to listen to stories, too. There is an art within storytelling in which every person longs to engage. My sister and I aren’t the first children to insist on bedtime stories, and we certainly won’t
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be the last. Storytelling will always remain a dominant part of our culture, but we must realize that there is a crucial component to this practice that cannot subside: the need to feed our imagination through our own creativity. In this rapidly developing world, technology is everywhere, and children most often hear stories through digital media such as TV, games and whatever is immediately available electronically. As a result, young children are not developing their visual imagery, but relying on the images already handed to them. The exchange of storytelling from person to person is valuable, and though our culture is moving past the simplicity of it, I’m not sure that’s much of a benefit to our society. We know the entertainment industry is vast and will continue to grow because people want to consume entertainment that is relatable. Psychological research has even proven that storytell-
ing involves the process of our brain projecting ourselves within the story being told, creating an attachment and interaction with the work. As such, we can better understand ourselves. And, I’m not sure I’ll ever figure myself out, so I’ll take all the help I can get. The value of my father’s bedtime stories comes from the freedom I had to imagine. The way his stories were recited to me was real, the way they were recalled was real and through their honesty, I was able to connect with them. Our imaginations are fueled by creativity and it is crucial we nurture these elements. In an age where we want to make an impact on the world and develop our minds to achieve amazing things, the core of that pursuit is found in the vastness and depth of our imaginations. So am I too old to listen to bedtime stories? Yeah, that would probably be childish. But do I still want to grow and develop my imagination through a story, just as I did when I was a child? Yes, I do, and I encourage you all to do the same.
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the go-ahead layup. And that’s all it took. Just a few made free throws, and the game could’ve been so much different. But this wasn’t the first time just a few missed free throws or layups made the difference. That’s all it has taken for almost all of Michigan’s losses in the conference. On Jan. 7 at No. 18 Rutgers, after being down by as many as 19 points, the Wolverines climbed their way back into the game to tie it at 51 with 10 minutes left in the game. But Michigan couldn’t punch through and take the lead. It missed a few shots, and Rutgers dominated the rest of the way. Maybe if the Wolverines took the lead, they could’ve held on for the win. On Jan. 22 at No. 14 Iowa, Michigan used a late run to get back to within four points of the Hawkeyes after being down for a majority of the game. But once again, a missed few shots and turnovers later, and the Wolverines walked off the court with a loss.
On Feb. 1 at No. 22 Nebraska, Michigan led by six at halftime before shooting 35.6 percent in the second half, as Nebraska went on a 25-6 run to walk away with the victory. On Feb. 8 against Rutgers at home, the Wolverines put on another late run to draw within two with four minutes remaining in the game. But once again, sophomore guard Siera Thompson and junior guard Madison Ristovski each missed 3-pointers that would have put Michigan ahead, and the Scarlet Knights pulled away to win the game, 57-50. On Feb. 10 at Ohio State, the Wolverines went up by 12 with less than 10 minutes left in the game. But as their defensive intensity faded due to foul trouble, so did Michigan’s offensive efficiency. The Buckeyes used a 10-0 run to get the game within one before taking over with two minutes left in the game to pull out the victory. And Saturday in Ann Arbor, maybe it was the missed free throws or maybe it was a missed See MICHIGAN, Page 4B
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defensive concerns they started the season with surfaced yet again, prompting an inevitable change. “The goals went in too easy,” said Michigan coach Red Berenson. Following an embarrassing 6-2 loss on Friday, he went back to the drawing board. He had to. Racine started in net after sophomore Zach Nagelvoort’s performance on Friday was well below Berenson’s standards. In doing so, Berenson restarted the seemingly endless goaltending carousel he’s been riding this season. It almost worked. Racine made 31 saves Saturday, many of them as he was sprawled out, and lying on his back, and in any position but upright. It was arguably his best performance of the season, but all he received in return was a 2-0 loss and a pat on the back. Moving forward, Michigan has to make changes. It’s left with no other choice as a result of injuries and See ROSES, Page 2B
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anywhere inside the new softball center. There’s a large cardboard cutout of Hutchins by the stairs, for instance, and pictures of her on walls throughout the building. “I’m not very happy about that,” she said. “I’ve just been the fortunate one to get to be the leader of the program. … If I up and retire tomorrow, it’s going to be here. My goal is to leave it standing strong, to put it in position to be successful.” But her achievements speak for themselves: In 30 years, never a losing season; 17 Big Ten crowns; 16 NCAA regional titles; and the first national championship won by a program east of the Mississippi River. So too do the challenges
she overcame to reach those milestones. There were the years before universities properly valued women’s sports, when she had to work doubleduty as both the softball coach and as a secretary, or how she sometimes had to tend to the outfield grass herself. Today, Hutchins enjoys the use of world-class softball facilities — even if she scorns at how much her face is plastered on them.
“I certainly have seen a lot of years,” she said. “The growth of women in sport, especially women in college athletics — I could have never dreamed it. “I’m still a coach because I realize it’s better than working for a living. Coaching is about a life, and it’s about a family. It’s what I do. It’s what I love.” Michigan moved into that new softball center just over than a year ago, but there’s
“I’m here to say, ‘Fall down? Get up.’ That’s what we do.”
already a minor issue. One wall in a conference room is dedicated to celebration photos of all of the Wolverines’ Big Tenchampion teams. When Michigan won its 17th such title last spring, someone noticed there wasn’t any more space left for their picture. “We need a bigger wall,” Hutchins said with a laugh. ***
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parenting came her imposing personality. “There was never one day in my life that I felt like my dad didn’t love me,” she recalled. “I knew he loved me, but I was afraid of him, and I was never going to get in trouble with him. I would venture to say that I am really hard on my kids, because I want them to achieve the greatest thing they can. I want them to get the most out of their career because that’s what success is.” Hutchins’ goal at Michigan isn’t to win, though that has virtually always been a side effect. Rather, she strives to turn “weak-minded kids” into graduating classes of leaders who understand “it’s OK to be a strong woman.” “Learning it is where there’s tears,” she said. “Learning it is where you go through those tough times. It’s not all comfy.” She’s not promising to be nice, or to be a friend, or to be a mother figure, but she vows to push her players to greatness. And Hutchins expects there to be rough patches along the way. She expects frustration. She expects them to cry — as long as her players know she cares about them. “That’s what you do to people you love — you push them,” she said. “I know they’re kids. I know they’re not going to be perfect. That, though, is not an excuse. “I’m here to say, ‘Fall down? Get up.’ That’s what we do. That’s how you grow up.” So while step No. 7 on her mock to-do list involves pushing people to tears, it’s only as a precursor for item No. 9: Make the team great. There’s no doubt she has done that. Zúñiga can be reached at azs@umich.edu and on Twitter @ByAZuniga.
Wilcox, Minnesota blank Wolverines, sweep series, 2-0 Despite strong performance from Racine, Michigan drops finale By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Writer
MINNEAPOLIS — It was an unconventional play, but with desperation mounting, freshman forward Dylan Larkin got down on all fours MINNESOTA 2 0 MICHIGAN right by his team’s bench to stop forward Hunter Fasching from scoring an empty-net goal. The play worked, but the puck broke loose. Moments later, Larkin banged his helmet, then his hands, then his stick on the boards. Minnesota forward Kyle Rau had netted the goal — his fourth of the weekend — putting a dagger in the No. 12 Michigan hockey team’s comeback efforts. The Wolverines (8-4 Big Ten,
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16-10 overall) had just spent 56 minutes trying to avenge an early goal. The efforts were all for naught, as the Golden Gophers (6-2-3, 16-9-3) held on for a 2-0 win and the weekend sweep. Though the defeat was Michigan’s third loss in four games, its improved effort against a strong team on the road didn’t go unnoticed. “I thought our team played harder,” said Michigan coach Red Berenson. “We played well. Both teams were stingy, both goalies played well. We’ve got to score a goal to win the game, and we couldn’t score one.” After dominating Friday’s game by a score of 6-2, the Golden Gophers picked up right where they left off just four minutes into the game. As two Wolverines were occupied with a big hit on the boards, forward Seth Ambroz fired a high screamer past junior goaltender Steve Racine to give Minnesota a 1-0 lead. Despite the early setback, Michigan — Racine in particular — settled in for a fast and physical first period. The forwards had a number of good looks and near-misses as the defense cleaned up its passing on the other end. That effort carried into the second period, but as the shots piled up, Racine and Minnesota goaltender Adam Wilcox seemed to only get better in the back-and-forth battle. In total, Racine stopped 31 of 32 shots in his first start since Jan. 16. “He gave us a chance,” Berenson said. “Your goalie comes in here and gives up one goal against a team like that, you’re going to have a chance at winning. We just didn’t get the goals that he needed.” Added Racine: “I was just seeing pucks well. We’ve been talking a lot about my preparation going into the
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games. I thought my preparation today was really good.” With nine minutes to go in the second period, what had been a fast-paced game came to a troublesome halt. Copp and Minnesota forward Travis Boyd, tangled up in the midst of an increasingly physical game, flew into the board behind Racine hard enough to bring the crowd to its feet. While the fans at Mariucci Arena wanted a penalty on Copp, the junior proved to be the real victim of the collision, failing to get up for several minutes. Though he was seen without a cast after the game, it remains to be seen just how long the team’s captain will be off the ice. The Wolverines were without their captain for the rest of the game, but continued their strong play, actually outshooting the Golden Gophers once Copp went to the locker room. But as the clock wore down, frustration set in for Michigan. Once scoring 4.36 goals per game, the Wolverines were shut out for the first time all season. Rejection by rejection, Wilcox
was able to get inside the heads of Michigan’s players. Moving forward, senior Zach Hyman knows that can’t happen again. “We’ve got to keep shooting, keep throwing it at the net,” the forward said. “We can’t get frustrated. We’ve got to keep putting it on net, and eventually if we do the right things, staying in our system, it’s going to go in.” Still trailing 1-0 in the third period, Michigan picked up its pace. Minnesota matched, however, every shot, hit and save the Wolverines made, ultimately pulling off the win and pulling into a tie for first place in the Big Ten. It was an improved effort for Michigan, but in Minneapolis against a team that is 5-0-1 in the past three weekends, it simply wasn’t enough to win. “I’m happy with our game tonight,” Berenson said. “I didn’t like the outcome, but I thought our team played much better. We gave ourselves a chance, but then we couldn’t score. One thing we’ve been able to do is score goals, but we couldn’t tonight.”
ROSES From Page 1B inconsistency. Even if it isn’t Berenson’s first choice, and if the Wolverines have been satisfied with beating mediocre teams in a mediocre Big Ten, complacency will incite a steady decline. The most costly turnover of the weekend, and perhaps of the season, came late in the second period of Saturday’s game when junior forward Andrew Copp laid a pass off at the blue line that was picked off. Copp raced back to Michigan’s zone to stymie a breakaway opportunity, and as he made contact with Minnesota’s Travis Boyd he fell hard into the boards, crunching his left arm and left shoulder in the process. The Wolverine captain left the game and never returned. He held his arm at his side, immobilized, as he walked to the locker room. After the game, his arm was in that same spot. It isn’t fair to speculate about
Copp’s injury, but it doesn’t look promising. Berenson may have to plan accordingly to shift around lines that have showcased chemistry and depth all season long. Racine made his case as the new starting goaltender for a second time this season, and Berenson will have to plan accordingly. And now that the Wolverines no longer have a tight grasp on first place in the Big Ten standings, Berenson will have to plan accordingly. Change is difficult and sometimes unwanted, but at the same time, it’s usually warranted. Michigan hasn’t had its back against the wall since mid-November. Back then, it responded by winning 13 of its next 15 games. It’s now mid-February, and the Wolverines are stuck again. They need a triumphant response, something they’re capable of. And willing or unwilling, change is something they’ll have to accept. Summitt can be reached at jssumm@umich.edu and on Twitter @jeremysummitt.
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With two outs, the tying run on third and the winning run on second, Michigan softball coach Carol Hutchins turned to sophomore right-handed pitcher Megan Betsa. “Are you ready? Go up there and strike them out,” Hutchins said, with Michigan leading No. 6 Florida State, 6-5. It took just nine pitches for Betsa to retire the final two batters, striking out the first and forcing a flyout to end the game. With those nine pitches, Betsa earned her first career save and the eighth-ranked Wolverines’ (8-1) first of two victories against the Seminoles on the weekend. For Betsa, the night was still not done — it was her turn to start in the second game of the doubleheader. Allowing just two hits and one run, she pitched a complete game, helping Michigan take a 2-1 victory in the game Saturday night. “She was outstanding,” Hutchins said. “She’s the one you want at the end of the game because she’s a strikeout pitcher. When they have the winning run on second base, the best thing you can do is strike them out.” Including the crucial back-toback wins over the Seminoles, Michigan swept through all of its opponents this weekend,
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dominating both at the plate and in the field. Saturday was highlighted by the pitching duel between Betsa and Florida State’s Lacey Waldrop, the same pitcher who eliminated the Wolverines from the NCAA Tournament last year. Waldrop pitched the final three innings in the day game and the entire second game on Saturday, but she still had the energy to keep going. “She has the ability to throw a lot of innings,” Betsa said. “She’s one of the best in the country. It felt good to get that win against her. My job was to put zeroes on the board, and I did that as best as I could.”
“We went out there, hit her pretty well and shut them down.”
Added sophomore left fielder Kelly Christner: “(Hutchins) came out afterwards and said we had great energy going out last night and hitting well off of (Waldrop). She’s an amazing pitcher. We went out there, hit her pretty well and shut them down.” Christner, who has gotten on base in every game this season, is one of many reasons that the Wolverines succeeded on offense this weekend. After last weekend’s fourgame series, Hutchins said her team was underachieving with its bats. A week of practice certainly changed that. In just five games in Tallahassee, three of which were cut short by the mercy rule, the Wolverines pounded out 36 runs. To mercy an opponent, a team must be ahead by at least eight runs after five innings.
Michigan did that against Western Kentucky and twice against Georgia Tech. Friday, the eighth-ranked Wolverines defeated Western Kentucky and Georgia Tech by scores of 8-0 and 10-0, respectively. Sunday morning, Michigan battled with Georgia Tech again, this time winning 10-2. The batting surge came from multiple outlets. Against Western Kentucky, freshman first baseman Tera Blanco registered four RBI. Senior catcher Lauren Sweet got the ball rolling in the second game against Georgia Tech, powering a grand slam over the walls of JoAnne Graf Field in the first inning. Sunday morning, Michigan went up against the Yellow Jackets again. Taking a fourrun lead after the first inning put Michigan well on track to a similar result.
In its final match of the Big Ten dual season, the No. 16 Michigan wrestling team learned that when it faces off against the best, it has to bring its best to the mat. While the 9 MICHIGAN Wolverines 22 IOWA hung in with No. 1 Iowa (9-0 Big Ten, 14-0 overall), they were unable to pull off the upset, falling 22-9. For Michigan, the night consisted of a series of close battles with several disappointing endings. Though the Wolverines (4-5, 6-6) had a strong showing — all but one of their seven losses came by six points or fewer — they never led at any point in the meet, even with their three individual wins. “(Iowa is) a tough place to wrestle, and it’s a physical team,” said Michigan coach Joe McFarland. Sophomores Brian Murphy, Domenic Abounader and Adam Coon all put Michigan on the board with decision wins in the 157-pound, 184-pound and heavyweight classes, respectively. Abounader and Coon each defeated higher-ranked opponents. Murphy and Abounader ended the Big Ten dual season with a 7-2 record each, while Coon went 7-1. Murphy, ranked No. 10 in his weight class, earned the Wolverines’ first win of the night in a 7-2 decision over the Hawkeyes’ 16th-ranked Michael Kelly. After four losses to start off the meet, Murphy cut Iowa’s lead, 13-3. The sophomore came out strong, finishing with two takedowns, a reversal in the third period and 1:42 in riding-time advantage.
Riding time proved to be an issue for Michigan, with Murphy being the only wrestler to take the advantage while the Hawkeyes did so five times. Freshman Alec Pantaleo fell, 2-1, at 149 pounds after his opponent gained 1:27 in riding-time advantage for the winning point. “We could all work on the mat with top and bottom wrestling,” Abounader said. “In that aspect, we didn’t do very well this weekend, myself included.” At 184 pounds, No. 12 Abounader held on to earn a 3-2 decision over Iowa’s eighthranked Sammy Brooks. The match was deadlocked as each wrestler attempted to finish on single-leg attacks. Abounader eventually countered a flurry with a successful single-leg attack to earn the decision with 20 seconds remaining in the match. In the final bout of the meet, Coon, ranked No. 7, took home a thrilling decision in overtime against second-ranked heavyweight Bobby Telford. After back-and-forth escapes during regulation, Coon fought off a single-leg attack in the last 20 seconds of the sudden-victory period. Going into the tiebreaker periods, Coon capitalized on his opponent’s exhaustion, earning the decision on a reversal in the second tiebreaker frame. “You just have to trust your training,” Coon said. “Going into the tiebreaker situation, you just have to keep your mind straight and trust your training that you’re better conditioned and you know what to do in that situation.” Despite the loss, the Wolverines were pleased with their tenacity against the Big Ten’s top contender. As they head into the Big Ten Championships, they will look to turn their tenacity into results.
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2-0 for first time By BRANDON CARNEY Daily Sports Writer
Detroit may not be the Michigan men’s lacrosse team’s biggest rival, but 6 DETROIT that didn’t MICHIGAN 15 stop the Wolverines from bringing loads of intensity into Saturday’s matchup. Sophomore attacker Ian King led Michigan in scoring, setting a program record with six goals in the game. King’s efforts, combined with strong defense in the second half, were enough for the Wolverines to earn a 15-6 victory and move to 2-0 for the first time in program history. No one was happier to see King score than Michigan coach John Paul, who gave the attacker grief after going scoreless against Bellarmine. “I knew King was going to get his goals,” Paul said. “Last week was kind of an anomaly. I thought he played a smart game too and didn’t take any bad shots or make any mistakes.” King’s fellow starting attackers, seniors David McCormack and Will Meter, also found the back of the net. Sophomore midfielder Mikie Schlosser followed a four-goal outing against Bellarmine last week with two more as Michigan’s offense had no trouble figuring out the Titan’s defense. “We just cut out and got open,” said redshirt junior midfielder David Joseph. “When (Detroit) pressed out, we used it to our advantage. That opened up our attack for easy goals and finishes.” The Wolverines jumped out to an early 5-1 lead thanks to junior faceoff man Brad Lott’s perfect seven-for-seven firstquarter performance. Lott faced two different
Detroit players, but regardless of the challenger, he was able to get the job done. Lott’s dominance in the faceoff circle led to Michigan’s complete control of possession and allowed its offense to settle in. “The first period’s big because you want to get into a rhythm,” Lott said. “As a unit we were getting together and figuring out everything we needed to do, so no matter who we faced, we were getting it done.” While the Wolverines’ attack continued to cruise in the second half, Michigan’s defense stepped up to shut down any hopes of a Titan comeback. The Wolverines would continue to maintain possession throughout the period. Redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Gerald Logan earned six saves en route to giving up only one second-half goal. “(Logan) was seeing the ball better in the second half,” Paul said. “Our offense was getting long possessions. (Detroit) really didn’t have the ball that much. That’s defense, through having a great offense.” Paul believes the Wolverines’ performance against the Titans was one of the most balanced he has ever seen. Michigan outshot Detroit 52-28, and Paul credited the margin to playing mistakefree lacrosse. Not only was Michigan pleased with the result on the field, but also for what the victory means off the field too. Ever since the Titans took Michigan to overtime last year, many players have taken the in-state matchup personally. “So much for us right now is about confidence,” Paul said. “We’re coming out of these first two games pretty confident. When we have a team that hasn’t really proven anything yet, confidence is the step you need to start actually proving it.”
Michigan drops first game of second season in blowout fashion By KATIE CONKLIN For the Daily
Preparing for season number two for the Michigan women’s lacrosse team was no easy task, especially when the opening game was against national powerhouse Florida. Ranked fourth in the nation by both the IWLCA Coaches and Inside Lacrosse 0 MICHIGAN polls, the 21 FLORIDA Gators play a strong, quick game that is hard to beat. Coming into this season, Michigan remains a young team comprised of 23 sophomores and and 12 freshmen. Florida, on the other hand, boasted many veteran players, including redshirt junior Nicole Graziano and senior midfielder Nora Barry. Combined, the two scored a total of five goals in Florida’s 21-0 victory over the Wolverines on Saturday in Gainesville. The Gators snuck their first goal past Michigan goalie Allison Silber after just 28 seconds of play. Fifteen more were recorded in Florida’s favor to round out the first half. Three Florida players finished the game with a hat trick and nine other players contributed to the score as well. It was the Gators’ first shutout win since 2012. “Today, I have to say this is probably the worst performance of our program’s history,” said Michigan coach Jennifer Ulehla. “I’m proud of the fact that they didn’t give up and that we had a much better second half, but it’s definitely disappointing the way we came out.” The Wolverines have a difficult road ahead in the inaugural year of Big Ten women’s lacrosse. They will be competing against the
likes of No. 1 Maryland, No. 5 Northwestern, and other top-20 teams. Ulehla, though, expects her team to rise to the challenge. “This year, we’re going to have a big growth spurt, and it will be sooner than the one we had last year,” Ulehla said. To do so, the team will focus on draw controls and getting more looks on the net. “We’ve got to get more shots off to give us an opportunity to obviously score some goals,” Ulehla said. Another aspect of improvement is Michigan’s new defensive style. After going down 16-0 in the first half of the game, the Wolverines came out in a backer-style defense for the remainder of the game. In
this formation, six of the seven defenders control one-sixth of the 12-meter arc, while the backer follows the ball around the eight-meter. Florida was able to break this defensive setup just five times, and was unable to run individual drives to the net from the outside. “We were excited to try (backer defense) today and I thought that it went really well. As the season goes on, we hope to improve it and perfect it,” said sophomore defensive backer Brooke Pancoast. Another important feature of Team Two is sophomore goaltender Allison Silber. Though surrendering 21 goals
“I’m proud of the fact that they didn’t give up.”
was difficult, there were some bright spots. With eight saves this Saturday, Silber was able to stop Florida attackers from scoring for nearly 10 minutes by making four straight saves. “Allison is really positive and she’s a great supporter,” Pancoast said. “She’s really great to have as a leader.” As a big part of the rise of the Florida program from 2008 to 2010, Ulehla knows what it takes to become a nationally competitive team. Leadership, she says, is a crucial part of “building a championship foundation” for the future. “We have a group approach to leadership,” Ulehla said. “I think (the players) have to recognize it themselves and really take ownership of the differences they can make. “We’re working hard to get better every day and today was obviously not, by far, our best day. But we have no doubt in the future this program.”
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Sophomore defensive backer Brooke Pancoast and her teammates surrendered 21 goals to Florida this weekend.
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Michigan squanders late lead Northwestern goes coast to coast in final seconds to upend Wolverines By BRAD WHIPPLE Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan women’s basketball team hadn’t scored in just under two and a half minutes when N’WESTERN 63 junior MICHIGAN 62 guard Madison Ristovski stepped up to the foul line with 14 seconds left in the game. With the Wolverines holding a 62-61 lead and Northwestern clinging to the hope of making a comeback in the final minutes, both of Ristovski’s shots missed. But senior forward Cyesha Goree came in and collected the rebound, so she stepped up to the line with 10 seconds left. Then she missed both tries and the atmosphere in Crisler Center changed dramatically. Wildcat forward Nia Coffey — who ended the game with 25 points — took it to the other end of the court and made a layup with four seconds left. On the inbound, a potential buzzer beater by senior guard Shannon Smith fell short of the basket, giving Northwestern a 63-62 win that will likely prove damaging to the Wolverines’ NCAA Tournament hopes. “Normally, we make those free throws,” said Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico. “Madison, probably in her career, is over an 80 percent free-throw shooter. To miss two is really surprising. Then to miss four is really surprising.” Added Smith: “Every little play matters. Whether it’s a free throw, getting a loose ball, or getting a person out on the defensive end. Every play matters.”
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Sophomore guard Siera Thompson scored 15 points, but Michigan gave away a late lead and lost its third straight game Saturday against Northwestern.
Michigan (6-8 Big Ten, 14-11 overall) shot a dismal 27.6 percent from the floor in the second half compared to 46.7 in the first, and missed eight of its last 10 shots. Northwestern (9-5, 19-6) hadn’t held a lead all afternoon, but the final 10 minutes gave the team several opportunities to make it happen. The circumstances were perfect for Northwestern to take the lead: Michigan was in a scoring slump, all of the momentum was on the Wildcats’ side and, most importantly, Goree had to be taken out of the game at four fouls and 12 minutes still left in the game. “Cyesha gets in foul trouble and it just changes the dynamics of our team, really from an offensive standpoint,” Barnes Arico said. “Even if she’s not
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scoring, she gives an inside presence and that changes what teams do against us defensively.” Despite the favorable circumstances, though, something always went awry for the Wildcats on each of the next few possessions, and it looked like the Wolverines might have a stroke of luck. That thought was short-lived. After the Wildcats went on an 11-0 run to tie the game at 51 with eight minutes left, they stole the ball and guard Karly Roser took it to the other end a wide-open court. With junior guard Madison Ristovski just crossing midcourt, Roser’s layup rolled around the rim for a few moments before falling out and into the hands of Ristovski. Roser got called for a reach-in foul and slammed her hands hard
on the floor. It had been just over six minutes since the Wolverines had scored, but Ristovski made her free throws to push Michigan past a potential breaking point. Even after the Roser hiccup, the mishaps continued. On the next Northwestern possession with the game still tied at 51, Roser missed her first on a oneand-one opportunity at the freethrow line, giving the ball back to the Wolverines. Ristovski stole the ball the possession afterward and freshman forward Jillian Dunston made a layup for a fourpoint lead. Once Dunston had done her part, Goree, freshman guard Katelynn Flaherty and senior forward Nicole Elmblad all subbed back in to finish out the game. Goree grabbed the necessary defensive rebounds
— finishing with 10 total boards alongside nine points. But at 2:26, her pair two points from the freethrow line were the final ones for Michigan, holding on to a fivepoint lead. The Wildcats capitalized on the Wolverines’ inability to score, making a 6-0 run in the final two minutes. “When we go through stretches where we’re not scoring, I think we get a little bit down and it takes away from our defensive intensity,” Elmblad said. “I think that was when they were able to get back in the game and make their run and close it out.” “To try and get them back mentally before this game was incredibly difficult,” Barnes Arico said. “My heart goes out to them because they’ve been so close, and that’s what makes it so difficult.”
MICHIGAN From Page 1B 3-pointer from freshman guard Katelynn Flaherty or maybe it was a missed jumper from senior forward Nicole Elmblad. Without any one of those miscues, Michigan wouldn’t have faltered once again. Adding the losses up, Michigan could be 12-2 in the Big Ten and be in position as a No. 3 or 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Even if it had lost half of them, it would likely be squarely in the tournament. On the bright side, the Wolverines have played almost every team in the conference competitively, and they have four games to go against teams below them in the conference before the Big Ten Tournament. So they aren’t permanently out of the NCAA Tournament picture. They just can’t make too many more mistakes down the stretch. It’s not over. But it could be very soon, and in another universe, Michigan’s season could be far from over. Minh Doan can be reached at minhdoan@umich.edu or on Twitter @_minhdoan.
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Possession edge helps Wolverines rout Detroit By BRANDON CARNEY Daily Sports Writer
Detroit may not be the Michigan men’s lacrosse team’s biggest rival, but that didn’t stop the Wolverines from bringing loads of intensity into Saturday’s matchup. Sophomore attacker Ian King led Michigan in scoring, setting a program record with six goals in the game. King’s efforts, combined with strong defense in the second half, were enough for the Wolverines to earn a 15-6 victory and move to 2-0 for the first time in program history. No one was happier to see King score than Michigan coach John Paul, who gave the attacker grief after going scoreless against Bellarmine. “I knew King was going to get his goals,” Paul said. “Last week was kind of an anomaly. I thought he played a smart game too and didn’t take any bad shots or make any mistakes.” King’s fellow starting attackers, seniors David McCormack and Will Meter, also found the back of the net. Sophomore midfielder Mikie Schlosser followed a four-goal outing against Bellarmine last week with two more as Michigan’s offense had no trouble figuring out the Titan’s defense. “We just cut out and got open,” said redshirt junior midfielder David Joseph. “When (Detroit) pressed out, we used it to our advantage. That opened up our attack for easy goals and finishes.” The Wolverines jumped out to an early 5-1 lead thanks to junior faceoff man Brad Lott’s perfect seven-for-seven firstquarter performance.
Lott faced two different Detroit players, but regardless of the challenger, he was able to get the job done. Lott’s dominance in the faceoff circle led to Michigan’s complete control of possession and allowed its offense to settle in. “The first period’s big because you want to get into a rhythm,” Lott said. “As a unit we were getting together and figuring out everything we needed to do, so no matter who we faced, we were getting it done.” While the Wolverines’ attack continued to cruise in the second half, Michigan’s defense stepped up to shut down any hopes of a Titan comeback. The Wolverines would continue to maintain possession throughout the period. Redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Gerald Logan earned six saves en route to giving up only one second-half goal. “(Logan) was seeing the ball better in the second half,” Paul said. “Our offense was getting long possessions. (Detroit) really didn’t have the ball that much. That’s defense, through having a great offense.” Paul believes the Wolverines’ performance against the Titans was one of the most balanced he has ever seen. Michigan outshot Detroit 52-28, and Paul credited the margin to playing mistake-free lacrosse. Not only was Michigan pleased with the result on the field, but also for what the victory means off the field too. Ever since the Titans took Michigan to overtime last year, many players have taken the in-state matchup personally. “So much for us right now is about confidence,” Paul said. “We’re coming out of these first two games pretty confident. When we have a team that hasn’t really proven anything yet, confidence is the step you need to start actually proving it.”
A rough start gave way to a good finish for the Michigan men’s baseball team in Long Beach, Calif. The Wolverines (1-2) dropped their Friday and Saturday games against Long Beach State (2-1), 3-2 and 7-2 respectively. But they bounced back on Sunday to top the Dirtbags, 5-3, in 10 innings. “I like how the team responded on Sunday after getting kicked around,” said Michigan coach Erik Bakich. “They fought back and didn’t waiver.” The Wolverines’ offense snapped out of its funk in the fourth inning on Sunday when Patrick hit a single with runners on first and second to drive in a run. Later in the inning, senior shortstop Eric Jacobson came through with a two-run single to put Michigan up 3-0. Long Beach State chipped away at the lead from there as the Dirtbags put up a run in both the fifth and sixth innings, prompting Bakich to pull starter Ryan Nutof after 5.2 innings for Lozer. Lozer got out of the inning before being replaced by sophomore Jackson Lamb. The Wolverines maintained their 3-2 lead into the ninth inning when redshirt junior Matt Ogden was called upon for the save opportunity. But with runners on first and second with two outs, he surrendered an RBI single to the Dirtbags’ Derek Domingues to send the game into extra innings. After failing to score for five innings, Michigan broke through in the 10th when Patrick drew a walk to lead off the inning. Sophomore second baseman Jake Bivens was hit by a pitch with one out to put runners on first and second and a groundout by Jacobson moved both runners ahead by 90 feet. That left the Wolverines’ hopes in the hands of junior first baseman Jacob Cronenworth, who delivered with a two-run single to left field to give Michigan a 5-3 lead that would hold through the bottom of the frame.
“You could feel the energy in the dugout after Cronenworth’s hit,” Bakich said. “But it was a team effort. There were a lot of good contributions from a lot of guys.” Michigan got off to a promising start on Friday night when junior right fielder Cody Bruder hit a double to left field in the first inning. Junior shortstop Travis Maezes brought Bruder home with an RBI double on the next at bat. The Wolverines doubled their lead in the fourth when fifth-year senior designated hitter Kendall Patrick doubled down the left-field line and scored on an RBI single by freshman third-baseman Drew Lugbauer. Michigan’s pitching was strong through the fourth inning as well. Sophomore pitcher Brett Adcock surrendered just one hit through the first four innings. “(Adcock) gave us an opportunity to win,” Bakich said. “He was in a groove there for a while.” But it all unraveled in the bottom of the fifth. After the Wolverines turned a double play for two quick outs, Adcock gave up a walk, a single and another walk to load the bases. He then walked in a run before being pulled for Ogden, who missed all of 2014 with an injury. “I felt (Adcock) sort of hit a brick wall in the fifth,” Bakich said. Ogden walked in the tying run, but got out of the inning with a strikeout before more damage could be done. After a scoreless top of the sixth for Michigan, Ogden came back out to pitch the bottom half of the inning. The Dirtbags once again scored with two outs when Tristan Mercadel hit an RBI triple to take the lead. Ogden was subsequently replaced by sophomore Mac Lozer, who nabbed a strikeout to end the
inning. Michigan had scoring chances late, especially in the top of the eighth inning when the Wolverines loaded up the bases with one out. But a strikeout and a groundout closed Michigan’s window of opportunity and the score remained 3-2. Ogden was tagged with the loss. “I feel some of the guys were squeezing the bats a little too tightly,” Bakich said. “We need to be in those pressure situations often in order to improve as a team.” Unlike Friday, the Dirtbags wasted no time scoring on Saturday as they were up 2-0 by the end of the first inning and extended the lead to 5-0
“We need to be in pressure situations like that.”
by the end of the second. The Wolverines’ starter, sophomore Keith Lehmann lasted 1.2 innings, giving up three runs on three hits. Freshmen relief pitchers Michael Hendrickson and Bryan Pall stopped the bleeding for Michigan as they combined for 5.2 innings, two runs allowed and five strikeouts, but the Wolverines offense was stifled by the Dirtbags’ Tanner Brown. Michigan’s two runs came off of an RBI single by Bruder in the top of the third and a pinch-hit RBI double by sophomore outfielder Johnny Slater in the seventh. Michigan’s weekend trip to Long Beach was the first of several such trips over the next six weeks. By the time the Wolverines face Bowling Green in their home opener on Mar. 24, they will have traveled 11,682 miles. “I don’t think the team is feeling jet lag yet,” Bakich said. “But they probably will by (Monday).”