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Dr. Daniel Geary, an assistant professor at Trinity College, discusses the 1965 Moynihan Report and its relationship to current politics at Weill Hall Monday.
Panel discusses legacy of 1965 Moynihan Report Senator argued absence of nuclear families hindered Black communities By ALLANA AKHTAR Daily Staff Reporter
Members of the University community gathered in Weill Hall on Monday evening to discuss the political rhetoric and subsequent policy decisions of
the widely controversial 1965 Moynihan Report. The report, written by Daniel Moynihan, former assistant secretary of labor and U.S. senator, argues that the increasing proportion of single-mother households in the Black community stemmed from a culture with origins in slavery and Jim Crow discrimination, rather than a lack of jobs. The report argued that the absence of nuclear families hindered the ability for Black communities to achieve increased political and economic equality.
Both political liberals and conservatives have used the report to support their policy agendas. The panel featured Daniel Geary, an assistant professor at Trinity College and author of upcoming book “Beyond Civil Rights: The Moynihan Report and its Legacy.” Sociologist Anthony Chen, a former University faculty member, and Sociology and Public Policy Ph.D. candidate Matthew Alemu also contributed to the discussion.
City Council hears opinions on an alternative housing option By ANASTASSIOS ADAMOPOULOS Daily Staff Reporter
Geary said the report hurt efforts working toward racial equality, though it has received praise from both liberals and conservatives, citing conservative Washington Post columnist George Will and liberal New York Times columnistNicholas Kristof. Geary said though both ideologies call for different programs to address inequity along the lines of race and class, they fail to address the underlying causes for Black family dynamics by See MOYNIHAN, Page 3
Citizens packed the Ann Arbor City Council chambers to nearly full capacity during Monday night’s meeting, as they organized to express concerns with an item that was not on the night’s agenda: accessory dwelling units. Accessory dwelling units are additional housing units created within an existing property, either in the main residential house or in an attached, additional house. Legalizing accessory dwelling units is one option council is considering to help increase affordable housing in Ann Arbor. These units would potentially generate revenue to the homeowner and could be less expensive than traditional housing options. Seven of the nine public com-
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Incumbent to face challenger in fourth ward Democrats Eaton and Magiera begin campaigns for August primary By ANASTASSIOS ADAMOPOULOS Daily Staff Reporter
Incumbent Jack Eaton (D– Ward 4) will compete against challenger Jaime Magiera in the August Democratic Primary to represent the 4th Ward on the Ann Arbor City Council. The 4th Ward is in the southwestern part of Ann Arbor and is partly bound by East Madison Street to the north and Packard Street to the east, with the northwest boundary encircled by the I-94 freeway. According to a Michigan Daily analysis, about 20 percent of registered students live in the 4th Ward. Eaton, an attorney, was elected to City Council in November 2013. He said the period since his election to council has not been long enough for him to accomplish all the goals he set out to achieve. “I think I’ve had some impact on the decisions made by council,” Eaton said. “I would like to follow through and just make sure that we really pay attention to the fundamental services that a government should be providing.” One of Eaton’s main concerns is how the city will allocate its money and he noted that the city
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needs to prioritize its spending. “We are coming out of a pretty dramatic recession, and as our revenues increase I’d like to be there to help fashion where we’re going to allocate these resources,” he said. “I think this is a really important time to pay attention where we are spending money.” While Eaton said he has helped rebuild Ann Arbor’s police and fire departments, he said as the city’s budget increases, initial cuts to these departments need to be reconsidered, and the city must decide how much money it should spend on public safety. “If we’re careful with how we are spending the money that we have, we can address a lot of areas we neglected during the recession,” he said. Eaton said his experience and critical voice on council has been key to making him a good representative of his 4th Ward constituents. “I think that I bring a common sense perspective to City Council,” Eaton said. “A healthy sense of skepticism, so that I do ask tough questions, make sure we are making good use of taxpayer revenues... I think I give a voice to the residents and the neighborhoods in the 4th Ward.” Eaton’s challenger, Jaime Magiera, speaks with a Daily reporter Sunday about how his past in information management would aid him if elected. (Allison Farrand/Daily) Magiera has been politically active in the past, such as supSee WARD, Page 3
mentaries focused on the subject of accessory dwelling units. Ann Arbor resident Luke Norman spoke in support of accessory dwelling units, noting they would help foster affordable housing in Ann Arbor. “Briefly legalizing accessory dwelling units would allow homeowners to rent out a converted garage, or a basement or even a tiny house in their property, which is a great way to increase the number of affordable rentals we have in Ann Arbor.” He said he requests that council allocate $25,000 for a consultant to review the existing plan in the zoning code and to make recommendations for how to best legalize ADUs. He also requested the planning commission and the planning department make the legalization of ADUs a top priority. Ann Arbor resident Sanders Hamson said he supports the above requests, as he would potentially consider offering an ADU for rent, and wants to know more about the process. “One of the factors that would assist me in thinking about this possibility would be to see how it See DWELLING, Page 3
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Deroy Murdock, columnist and Fox News contributor, speaks about race and politics at the “Blacks, Democrats, and Republicans: Modern Myths v. Historical Facts” event put on by the Young Americans for Freedom at the University of Michigan at the Rackham Building on Monday.
Fox News correspondent talks political affiliations Speaker shares his views on race and Republican Party history By COLLEEN HARRISON Daily Staff Reporter
The University’s chapter of Young Americans for Freedom brought Fox News correspondent Deroy Murdock to campus Monday evening to discuss race and party affiliation. Murdock, a longtime conservative and member of YAF, discussed the history of the Republican Party and its relationship with Black Americans. Murdock initially began work-
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ing with YAF in high school, and continued his membership through his time at Georgetown University. “My basic message today is that the Republican Party and conservatives has spent most of the 150 years trying to liberate Black Americans,” Murdock said. Since the University’s YAF chapter was founded last semester, the group has pushed for increased conservative discussion on campus. This is the group’s second lecture event; the first hosted conservative author Jonah Goldberg in February. LSA freshman Grant Strobl, chairman of the University’s chapter of YAF, said the group aims to promote conservative ideas on campus. “We want to provide anoth-
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er perspective on issues, we want to create more intellectual diversity on campus,” Strobl said. “It’s unfortunately become a habit where alternative viewpoints have been shut down.” Throughout Murdock’s talk, he discussed 150 years of racial movements in America. Murdock said he considers the Democratic Party racist, though he said he believes Republicans are often seen to be more racist of the two major political parties. “While our side plays the race card very rarely, our opponents play the race card like a blackjack dealer in Vegas,” Murdock said. Murdock also said several Democrats have had links to See POLITICAL, Page 3
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The care provided by neurologists more often consists of providing consultations to patients than performing tests and procedures, according to a study released last Wednesday. However, Medicare reimburses neurologists at a lower rate for these face-to-face meetings, compared to services like a surgery or biopsy. Led by Neurology Prof. Kevin Kerber, the study reviewed all Medicare payments to neurologists in 2012. The study found 60 percent of the Medicare reimbursements paid to neurologists were classified as “evaluation and management services.” These usually include the doctor and the patient discussing conditions and the best methods of treatment or following up on chronic conditions. Surgeons, for example, report providing far fewer of these services, ranging between 15 and 51 percent of their reimbursements. Neurology Prof. Lesli Skolarus, one of the study’s researchers, said the majority of neurologists’ work is not procedural or surgical, but rather, involves meeting See MEDICARE, Page 3
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LOL ROFL gets last laugh What is your favorite joke to perform? I have one that is kind of just nonsense. It doesn’t really make sense. At least everyone is confused when I am saying it and then it … kind of comes together in the end. I like that. More of the abstract jokes. Kind of like performances that you don’t really think are going well and then end up going well. Rather than jokes that are, “This is difference between men and women.”
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The Morning Brew seeks Senate Assembly to vote to increase readership on divestment resolution Ann Arbor based newsletter targets young professionals on seven campuses By LINDSEY SCULLEN Daily Staff Reporter
Young business professionals frequently reach out for a cup of coffee each morning in need of energy. Creators of The Morning Brew, a new free, daily business newsletter, hope young business professionals will seek their product for a similar reason. Launched at the University in March, The Morning Brew is an e-mail newsletter that targets young, current or aspirSudoku Syndication ing business professionals. The e-mail arrives in subscribers’ mailboxes at 6:30 a.m. Monday
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sities — Indiana University, University of Southern California, New York University, University of Pennsylvania, University of California, Los Angeles, Northwestern University and the University of Maryland. The Morning Brew’s team By CARLY NOAH is offering a monetary incenDaily Staff Reporter tive for the school that obtains the most subscribers. The team The Senate Advisory Comhas produced and distributed a mittee for University Affairs marketing guide, which details decided Monday to present a the results of their experience proposal supporting the cremarketing at the University ation of a University committee and offers suggestions for repto consider divesting from comresentatives at their respective panies allegedly involved in the schools. violation of Palestinian human “Our plan is to grow this rights. in the college market,” said During the meeting Monday, Business senior Alex LieberSACUA voted to present the man, founder and CEO of The proposal for consideration at Morning Brew. “And then, next week’s Senate Assembly http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ come summer, bring this to meeting. all of the internship summer A similar proposal was preanalyst classes in these major sented to Central Student Govbusiness cities — whether that’s L.A., Chicago, Miami, New York.” The ultimate goal, he said, is each day, which are 60 to 100 to expand the newsletter to the words each. general business world organiThe next section is called cally by way of graduating “Water Cooler.” University students’ word of “It’s kind of like when you’re at mouth, and also through mar- the office and you meet another keting strategies. employee at the water cooler,” “Once we feel like we’ve Lieberman said. “It’s a more tapped the college students, the timely or cool topic — less mental college market, at that point power, more digestible and argudown the road we want to basi- ably more interesting stories.” cally get all of the business proThe Water Cooler section will fessionals say, below the age of soon feature exclusive inter25 — the analyst who’s working views with notable business proin an investment bank for 14 fessionals conducted by staff of hours a day and only has five The Morning Brew, Lieberman minutes to read his news on the added. subway,” Lieberman said. Penultimate is the section Taking on a format similar entitled “The Mix.” This secto popular e-mailed newsletter tion features three distinct The Skimm, The Morning Brew topic categories daily — “Buildhas four distinct sections on its ing Blocks” for real estate news, interface. “Today in Tech” for news in the The first section is called world of technology and “StartMarket Corner. The caption up of the Day” for entrepreneurreads, “Glimpse into the U.S. ial news. financial markets.” This secThe final section of the newstion holds four to five stories letter is called “The Breakroom.”
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ernment last month by Students Allied for Freedom and Equality, the University’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine. SAFE is a student group that advocates for Palestinian solidarity on college campuses. The divestment proposal requested that CSG support the creation of a committee through the University’s Board of Regents to evaluate the University’s investments in The Boeing Company, Caterpillar Inc., G4S and the United Technologies Corporation. SAFE argues these companies profit from alleged human rights violations against Palestinians. CSG voted down the proposal last week. SACUA Chair Scott Masten, a professor of business economics and public policy, said he opposed bringing the proposal to next week’s Senate Assembly because he did not think SACUA
Lieberman said this section includes a “cool” business fact of the day, an interview question of the day and a business fact of the day. “That’s kind of when you get out of the office, kick your legs up on the table and just want to talk about whatever with friends,” Lieberman said. Behind the scenes, the newsletter is made up of an 11-person team — consisting of five writers, two editors, one grammar and spelling editor and LSA senior Grant Demeter from ComCo, a University comedy group, to give the newsletter some style. “He puts in that witty, unified, singular tone,” Rief said. “We think that really adds a lot of value to our newsletter and differentiates ourselves between other dry business newsletters.” The Morning Brew was not always so comprehensive. It used to be a one-man act. Lieberman started the news-
should hold a singular opinion on policy. “There’s scope for a lot of disagreement,” Masten said. “I think there’s a huge variety of opinion.” Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Prof. John Lehman, SACUA member, said the only natural course of action was to form a coalition between students and faculty to consider the issue. “What we do is have some type of a task force that engages with the students and see if there is a common ground,” Lehman said. “I don’t have a problem with that, and I feel like there are faculty members who would volunteer.” Faculty members will consider the proposal at next week’s Senate Assembly meeting.
letter last semester after recognizing local interest. “I spent two to three hours daily giving interview advice, my view on the business world, my view on the market to my friends in my fraternity, kids in the business school that were going through the recruiting process,” he said. “I decided there has to be a better platform to inform college student as well as young professionals in general about what’s going on in the business world in a quick and quality way.” For this reason, he created what he then called The Market Corner, a daily e-mail update he wrote and published in PDF form every day for two months. The Market Corner attracted 250 readers. “I wasn’t expecting it to be read by that many people,” Lieberman said. “It was like a small market test for the type of demand that was there for this See MORNING BREW, Page 3
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MEDICARE From Page 1 with patients. However, Medicare determines reimbursement formulas based on a specialties — such as surgery or internal medicine — instead of how doctors actually spend their time. The study found that face-to-face meetings between neurologists and their patients are not compensated as much as they are for other types of physicians. “I think that as a payment system, (Medicare is) designed now so that faceto-face services are generally not reimbursed as much as doing procedures,” she said. “As neurologists, many of our services are not amenable to treatment by procedure, but are highly valued in these encounters. So we think that
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Canadians travel 2000 miles for KFC Two thousand miles might seem like a long way to go for fried chicken. Two men from Canada who took their sons on a journey to the original home of Kentucky Fried Chicken say it’s a trip they’ll never forget. The Times-Tribune reports this was the third trip to the Harland Sanders Cafe and Museum for Brian Lutf y, one of the fathers who piled the four sons into a van for the 34-hour pilgrimage from Montreal, Quebec. His tales of earlier visits inspired the trip. The friends left on Thursday, traveling to Colonel Sanders’ birthplace and burial place before arriving at the Corbin restaurant Saturday afternoon. —Compiled from Daily wire reports
MORNING BREW From Page 2 type of convenient, quick business news read.” Not only did 250 people subscribe to his content, but about a dozen other students also
WARD From Page 1A porting various political causes, but this is his first time running for elected office. “I am a proactive person who supports democratic values, progressive values, progressive infrastructure and environmental stewardship,” Magiera said. Magiera has worked at the University in various capacities related to computer services and programming for more than 10 years and also runs a business that offers digital and programming services. Magiera said these experiences will prove useful to bridging the gap between government and citizens. “I feel that my experience with managing information will be a useful addition to City Council right now,” he said. “And I think that data is very important right now for understanding where our money goes, our tax money goes, understanding how services work, understanding how well they work and things of that nature”. Magiera said another reason he is running is his belief that Eaton has not provided effective solutions to the city’s challenges during his time in office. Magiera said he considers himself a “uniter” and someone who can offer viable solutions. “He’s known for saying ‘no’ to things, but he’s not known for providing alternate solutions or suggesting ways through which things can move forward,” Magiera said. “And I think right now we need someone in that posi-
is done by other who are farther along in the process,” he said. After council adopted the Housing Affordability and Equity Analysis in February, Councilmember Jane Lumm (I–Ward 2) said accessory dwelling units have been identified as a priority and further work is taking place the consider the option. “When this was previously studied there was a significant effort on the part of the planning staff at the time,” Lumm said Monday. “There was also an accessory dwelling unit (committee) and I was part of that. There were significant recommendations made. There is a lot of work that has been done and a lot of this does not need to be reinvented.” After public commentary ended, most of the attendants left the meeting. Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor (D) was not present in the meeting. In Taylor’s absence, Councilmember Sabra Briere (D–Ward 1) presided over the meeting. City Council approved the
should be thought more carefully about. What’s the value? We’re certainly not doing procedures for many of our neurologic patients.” Kerber said the study provided information about the makeup of the neurological workforce. He said this data could serve as a tool to determine how neurologists are paid and incentivized in relation to the way they practice medicine. “Prior to the study, there was very little information available to actually understand neurology practice in the United States in terms of payments and types of services rendered,” he said. “We had a unique opportunity to look at that given the public release of the Medicare data regarding all physicians paid by Medicare.” Skolarus said health care policies should value the ser-
resolution that confirms the Nixon Road Sidewalk Special Assessment Roll. This resolution calls for the construction of a 5-foot sidewalk on Nixon Road. The estimated cost of the project is $14,537. In response to Councilmember Jack Eaton’s (D–Ward 4) question if it is possible to install streetlights at the same time as sidewalk construction so as to avoid future construction, Craig Hupy, Ann Arbor public services administrator, said streetlights are not included in the budget. “Typically when we put streetlights in this time period, the way we do construction we don’t cut them in. We drill them and only where the bases are the lights themselves do we actually open up the ground, so the impact of putting them in is minimized,” Hupy said. City Council also approved a resolution to create a skatepark advisory committee for Ann Arbor’s skatepark. Though the originally proposed resolution called for only seven members, Councilmember Eaton nominated an eighth member, Councilmember Stephen Kunselman (D–Ward 3), and the additional appointment
vices different types of doctors provide, and that she hopes this study can provide data to show that the services neurologists provide are more often base din evaluation and management. “There’s a Medicare bonus and a Medicaid bump for certain specialties to receive extra payment for face-toface time, and neurology was not one of those specialties,” Skolarus said. “We hoped that this would provide a data point for both neurologists and policy-makers to show that neurologists look more like primary care specialties than they look like surgical specialties.” In addition to the complexities associated with neurological diseases, Skolarus said medical treatments for neurological patients are often finely tuned and adjusted during face-to-face visits.
was approved by the council. Ultimately, the committee is slated to have nine members. The committee consists of city employees, as well as two members of the Friends of Ann Arbor Skatepark organization. This advisory committee is meant to provide advice and feedback to assist city staff in the maintenance and operation of the skatepark and to organize and promote events in the skatepark, among other responsibilities. Councilmember Mike Anglin (D–Ward 5), who sponsored the resolution, said this is one of the largest cooperative projects between the private sector and the city that he could remember. “I am glad that people who are involved at the grassroots level here remain committed to this because it will need maintenance as time goes on and some other things. Everybody knows the popularity of this,” he said. Committee members serve two-year terms. City Council will reconvene Monday, April 13, to discuss the budget for the fiscal years of 2016 and 2017.
contacted him, asking why he wasn’t pursuing this newsletter in business form. Shortly after, Rief and Business junior Brady Akman, director of daily operations for The Morning Brew, joined the team. “And we just developed the hell out of this project,”
Lieberman said. “We wanted to make it professional, make it an actual product that people would enjoy consuming and that’s what took it from my old Market Corner to now, what The Morning Brew is.” Akman said he believes the expansion of The Morning
Brew has set it apart from business newsletter competitors for one reason in particular — the strong writers they’ve employed. “Without the hard work of the writers, this would never be possible,” he said.
tion who is willing to suggest things that can move us forward and provide some inspiration.” In response, Eaton said he has brought forward ideas and accepted compromises when he has been in disagreement with others rather than standing in opposition of proposed legislation. Eaton’s main concerns include infrastructure and road repairs, and he suggested using a portion of the budget for to support such projects. Eaton also said the southern part of the 4th Ward faces flooding and sewage problems that need to be addressed. Eaton said another problem in his ward is the high cost of living. Homeowners have difficulty staying in their houses due to the high property taxes that arise from rising property values. “We want to make sure that people who are on a fixed income aren’t priced out of our city,” he said. “We want to make sure that we identify how to provide housing that is affordable for a person who works in the service sector that is notorious for low wages. And we want to make sure we can provide shelter for the chronically homeless.” Magiera noted that affordable housing is related to other housing issues in the city. Construction of large housing structures has priced out people making below the median income level. “That needs to be addressed because there are economic and social implications of a city where only those who make above a medium-level income can afford to live there and can afford to shop
there, can afford to eat at the restaurants, etc. We have to be careful to not isolate our community because that could have economic and cultural repercussions,” Magiera said. He added that he wants to maintain the city’s parks and incorporate environmental and green technology into the community and foster artists in Ann Arbor. He noted improvements in pedestrian safety and accessibility; bicycle safety and infrastructure as key areas of focus. Magiera said his candidacy is disadvantaged by Eaton’s incumbency. He said another challenge he faces is that Eaton has tapped into the frustration that people previously had with city government for his political advantage. “I think that is kind of a disadvantage because he has that momentum going,” he said. “But I am hoping to override that momentum with positive energy and tapping into the possibility that government has to enrich our lives and to be honest and to be straightforward, not corrupt, not full of bureaucracy, efficient.” When asked to comment on Magiera’s assessment, Eaton said that point does not deserve a response and that he will let the voters decide. Magiera also said Eaton presents many situations as either downtown issues or neighborhood issues. Magiera said he finds this disingenuous, as he believes that there is no divide between the residents and downtown area. “Quite frankly, when I’ve asked people as I’ve been canvassing for the campaign, they generally say things that are ubiquitous throughout the city
and that deal with the entire city and the downtown area infrastructure and stuff like that,” he said, adding that they want better infrastructure, mass transit and pedestrian safety, issues which are pertinent to the whole city. Eaton said the situation is not as simple as Magiera presents it, but that he has placed a higher priority on the neighborhoods than prior council members have. “To the extent that taking care of basic services in the neighborhood costs the downtown, I suppose I would place a higher priority in the neighborhoods,” he said. Eaton is in the process of collecting the necessary signatures to gain a spot on the ballot, while Magiera said he has already collected the sufficient number. The Democratic Primary is scheduled for August 4. The general election is scheduled for Nov. 3.
Tuesday, April 7, 2015 — 3 Kerber and Skolarus both said complex diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s often require an increased level of attention from the doctor. Because face-to-face interactions are important, they should be properly compensated by Medicare. The researchers said this is a primary reason why it’s important to look at Medicare policy in the context of how doctors spend their time. “I think that the goal of our study and what we’re finding is that we think as healthcare reform comes about, that the value of what different specialties do should be carefully determined,” Skolarus said. “There’s certainly value in both doing procedures and doing more face-to-face patient contact. Those should be determined for what they’re worth and not in such black and white.”
POLITICAL From Page 1 the Ku Klux Klan, especially in the South. He said Robert Byrd, a former U.S. senator, enrolled 150 recruits in a chapter of the KKK in West Virginia, yet still served in the Senate as a Democrat until his death in 2010. Byrd later called his involvement in the KKK a “sad mistake.” “Do you honestly think a Republican with the KKK on his resume would have had this much slack cut for him?” Murdock said. Murdock said, as a Republican, he blames large government and over-regulation for laws such as segregation and other laws that marginalized Black Americans throughout history. “For those of us that talk about the dangers of big government, Jim Crow was an example of big government activism,” Murdock said. During the question and answer section of the lecture, LSA senior Michael Chrzan expressed his skepticism with some of the things Murdock discussed. For example, in the beginning of the talk, Murdock referred to Martin Luther King Jr. as a Republican. “I was just wondering what support you had for your claim that Martin Luther King was a Republican when in a 1958 interview he was quoted saying, ‘I don’t think that the Republican Party is a party full of the almighty God nor is the Democratic Party, they both have weaknesses and I’m not inextricably bound to either party,’” Chrzan said. Murdock said his research has found Martin Luther King Jr. to be a member of the Republican Party, at least for a portion of time. “My understanding was that he was a Republican early on and then switched in support of Democrats in 1964 after the Civil Rights Act was passed by LBJ,” Murdock said. Chrzan said he thought the lecture discussed interesting points, but he still found the discussion a one-sided point of view. “I think if you’re going to talk about someone as historical as MLK you would know that MLK himself didn’t qualify himself as a member of your party,” Chrzan said. Murdock said he found these talks to be a productive exercise, especially for furthering discussion on campus. “I thought the audience was very attentive, they asked very intelligent and often challenging questions,” Murdock said. “I would not describe anything as discourteous or impolite, I know other conservatives that have appeared on campuses have been shouted down or their presentations have been disrupted.”
MOYNIHAN From Page 1 misunderstanding the Moynihan report. “Kristof and Will, following in a tradition nearly as old as the report itself, misrepresent the history of the report, misrepresent the controversy over the report and perpetuate a misguided approach to understanding racial and class inequality,” Geary said. Geary said Moynihan pointed to the deteriorating structure of the Black family to explain high crime and unemployment rates, arguing for more advanced policy measures to address cultural challenges to inequality, such as full male employment. Geary said Moynihan framed policy issues of housing and employment discrimination as family issues to appeal to white audiences. Geary said the report encouraged Americans to focus on Black cultural traits instead of problems within the political economy, such as unemployment, education, housing and taxes, to explain racial inequality. “Racial and class inequality are again on the national agenda today just as they were years ago when Moynihan wrote, yet an ambiguous and flawed government report written a half century ago is hardly a good starting place for discussing these issues in our own time,” Geary said. Geary said Black power advocates criticized the report, arguing it upholds white domination and creates a structure where white sociologists define Black culture. He also said Black feminist critique of the report argues the report portrayed Black mothers as promiscuous and subservient to men. Geary said the report itself assumed the natural superiority of two-parent household where the father is the main breadwinner. He used this argument to claim matriarchal culture of Black families was at fault for the racial inequality and that jobs given to Black women took necessary jobs away from Black men. “Critical commemoration of the report from conservatives and many liberals threatens, once again, to distract from real policy inequities and injustices in American society,” Geary said. “It is high-time we stop celebrating the Moynihan report.” Alemu discussed his own work on understanding the effects of absent fathers in the Black community. He said since the Moynihan report was published in 1965, the number of families without a father has tripled. Though in the report Moynihan suggests the solution to racial inequality is to put more Black men to work, Alemu found no links between employment and fatherhood. “No man I’ve spoken to so far suggests that, ‘If only my father had been employed, he would have been present,’ or suggests that they can specifically cite his unemployment for absence as a father.” Geary emphasized that while the report contains flaws, it should not be dismissed. The report prompted a conversation about how Black family life relates to social inequality, yet became derailed when political commentators focused on family while putting less emphasis on larger issues. “Of course, people should research African American families,” Geary said. “Families are related in a complicated way to economic and social inequality, but if we are only talking about families and we aren’t talking about other important things like taxes, employment, those are the places to start.”
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I trust enough to talk to are people who care about me. Even so, when someone tells me to go try getting more sleep or to go to yoga, it’s just reductive. I enjoy yoga as much as the next person, but when people suggest I try something extremely simple to fix a problem that weighs on me constantly, it feels like they’re not taking me seriously. It feels more like they’re suggesting I downward dog my way out of a coma. There is evidence supporting meditation and mindfulness as
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A poor fix to truancy
Tying class attendance to state benefits not a fair option
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n March 26, House Bill 4014, which calls for tying state cash assistance benefits to student truancy rates, passed the state House of Representatives with a 74-36 vote. The bill simply legalizes what has already been practiced by the Department of Human Services since 2012, which The Michigan Daily’s Editorial Board criticized in an editorial in 2012. While admirable in its goal to decrease chronic truancy in Michigan public schools, the bill’s approach is misguided. This practice fails in four main ways: It punishes the entire family for the actions of just one of its members; it ignores many of the true causes of chronic truancy; it places too much responsibility on the shoulders of children; and it further hurts families who are already struggling financially, many of whom are minorities. Cash assistance on welfare amounts to about $386 per month for the average family. Though removing cash assistance does correlate with decreased truancy rates in other states and also in Detroit Public Schools, it is a policy that’s flawed in principle. The bill blatantly ignores the myriad of reasons for chronic truancy. Aside from simply skipping school, students can be chronically truant because they don’t have adequate transportation to school, because of a medical condition or because they have to stay home and care for younger siblings. In other words, chronic truancy is sometimes the result of obstacles out of the control of children and parents, making it unfair to punish entire families for such obstacles. Though it may be argued that the primary reason for chronic truancy is students simply choosing to skip school, if this is true, then it’s not wise to place an entire family’s cash assistance in the control of a student who chooses to do this. Furthermore, it could also be argued that the policy provides a financial incentive for families to discipline such rebellious youths. However, this doesn’t account for conditions parents could be facing, such as addiction and mental illness. If the family’s cash assistance is removed because of the actions of the truant child, these conditions can worsen. This policy also hurts families who are already struggling financially, potentially worsening problems — such as inadequate transportation — that caused truancy in the first place. Statistics also show that many families on welfare are ethnic and racial minorities. By making these families’ financial problems worse, the mission of diversifying the state’s
educated population could suffer with the passing of this legislation. Not only is it evident that this bill oversimplifies the complicated nature of truancy, it also operates on shaky statistics. Governor Rick Snyder (R), a proponent of the bill, said in his January 2014 State of the State address, “If we don’t know what the truancy numbers are, how do you solve the problem, and we’re not doing our data appropriately in the state.” This suggests that the state doesn’t truly have enough information to synthesize legislation that attacks the roots of the problem. Aside from these issues, the bill’s fundamental philosophy toward increasing attendance and incentivizing education is misplaced. Simple psychology shows that positive reinforcement is more effective in encouraging behaviors than negative punishments for not performing the desired behavior. Education should be incentivized with an emphasis on positive outcomes instead of an emphasis on fear of negative outcomes. Additionally, arguing for this bill on the basis that it provides a cash incentive for school attendance effectively places a financial value on education. This mentality undermines the true value of receiving an education, which extends far beyond the potential monetary gains it provides. Though removing cash assistance from families who receive welfare benefits has been an effective punishment in that it has decreased truancy, it does not take into account the complexities of truancy and is unfounded in principle. Legislators need to gain a better understanding of this problem before passing laws that address it.
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Just let me know you care
strange phenomenon I’ve noticed when I tell people about my mental illness is that they instantly start telling me what to do about it. It usually starts with me saying, “Sorry I’ve been out of it lately — my depression’s been bad again,” and ends with them asking what medications I’ve been taking and telling me I ought to try yoga. In my experience, this SYDNEY response is very specific HARTLE to mental illness. When someone tells you they have diabetes, your initial reaction isn’t, “Have you tried taking insulin?” Because chances are, if they have a diagnosis, they’re doing something about it, and the person telling them what to do is a medical professional. So what is it about mental health that makes everybody think they’re an expert? Nobody thinks that scraping their knee qualifies them to tell someone else how to cast a broken leg, but people seem to think that experiencing a range of human emotion qualifies them to give advice about mental illnesses. I think this has something to do with how we use certain terms colloquially. In normal conversation, “I’m so OCD” is a way to describe yourself as neat and organized. It’s acceptable to respond to disappointment by saying, “I’m so depressed,” and someone acting moody might be labeled “so bipolar.” As a result, it can be difficult to talk about mental illness because casual conversation is a place where its severity
is drastically downplayed. (As a general rule, if you can add the word “so” in front of the mental illness, it’s probably not being used in the appropriate context.) When I say I’m depressed and someone tells me they’re also depressed because we lost the basketball game the other night, it’s hard to feel heard and understood. I’m not sure if it’s possible to truly understand how someone with a mental illness feels without personally having that illness. I do know, however, that it is possible to extend sympathy to someone who is hurting even if you don’t understand the depth of the hurt. It’s important to keep in mind that the way to express sympathy isn’t by telling someone how he or she ought to cure his or her illness. The kind of inexpert medical advice I have personally received ranges from “you’ll improve with medications and therapy” to “just smile.” I don’t believe these people actually think they’re qualified psychologists. I think sometimes they just don’t know how else to respond. Although the social climate surrounding mental illness seems to be improving, it’s still clear that by telling people about my struggles, I’m opening a door that ought not to be opened. It makes people uncomfortable. The unspoken rule is that we don’t talk about our own mental illnesses because the topic falls into a category that is private and extremely personal. Unfortunately, when we don’t talk about mental illness that often, other people don’t get much practice responding appropriately to open conversations about it. I truly believe that people mean well when they give me unsolicited advice about how to handle my depression and anxiety. The people
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exercises for good mental hygiene, so the yoga thing is not technically bad advice. It’s just that when I want to talk about my mental health, I’m not seeking medical advice at all. I’m looking to talk to a friend about how I feel, because it’s the only way I know how to externalize what can be a very lonely experience. It’s a deeply personal struggle that can lead to important people in my life feeling shut out, and I’m actively working on letting people in. So when I come to you to talk
about my mental health, realize it’s because I trust you. I’m not asking you for the sound advice of a licensed clinician (I pay someone else a lot of money for that). It’s OK to feel awkward, and it’s OK to say the wrong thing. Just let me know that you care and that you really hear me. And for the love of God, stop telling me to go to yoga. —Sydney Hartle can be reached at hartles@umich.edu.
Creating a diverse student body
have spent this last semester sharing my experiences of being an out-of-state student. But just how many of us are there? This year was the first time in 15 years that a majority of students at the University were not from Michigan, JESSE but just barely. Of KLEIN all the students enrolled in graduate or undergraduate programs at the University, 49.3 percent of students came from Michigan. The other 50.7 percent are a mixture of out-of-state and foreign students. Almost six percent of students at the University are foreign students from China. This is the highest represented region outside of Michigan. The most highly represented state in the United States is California, with 5.5 percent of students hailing from the Golden State. Another five percent are from New York, followed by Illinois and New Jersey as the next-most represented states. So, there are tons of non-Michiganders who call this place hoMe for eight months of the year, and that number has been steadily increasing for the past decade. From 2000 to 2009, the number of in-state students held at around 56 percent. When the University switched to the Common Application in 2009, the number of out-of-staters jumped, causing the in-state population to drop to 53.9 percent, and it has continued to
decrease since. I find value in having a large out-of-state population. I believe that having out-of-state students is important for any college campus. In my opinion, college is supposed to be about having new learning experiences you could not have had in your hometown and being exposed to new and different people as well as new and different ideas. College is about breaking out of your bubble and meeting people from different backgrounds in order to learn outside of a lecture hall. When I made my decision to come the University, this was a huge factor in that decision. I wanted to live somewhere I had never experienced, and I wanted to interact with people who were different from the people I had spent the past 18 years with. I wanted to meet people from new places and, because of the out-of-state population, I have. From Michigan to Georgia to Colorado to China, I have interacted with and been exposed to different lifestyles and ideas. Conversations with students from different backgrounds have required me to tweak some of my own beliefs, but they have also made me more assured of other beliefs. However, my reasons for appreciating a large out-of-state population may not be the same as the University’s. As state funding for many public schools started to decline in the 2000s, many schools have turned to high-tuition-paying out-of-state students to make up for this decline. A study showed that a 10-percent decrease in in-state monetary support correlated with
a 2.7-percent increase in out-ofstate enrollment. At public research institutions like the University, the increase jumped to 4.6 percent. As an out-of-state student, I don’t like the idea that I am being used for my higher tuition costs. It makes me question whether I would have been admitted to the University if I were an in-state student. According to the above data, my money is going to make up for the lack of state funding — going toward dayto-day operations of the University that used to be funded by the state. I would hope that part of my higher costs is going toward financial aid. Giving the opportunity of education, and hopefully the chance at a better life, to a student of lesser means is an extremely important feature of our higher educational system that I fully support. But the idea that my higher costs are being used for this purpose doesn’t seem to be the case. A study here at the University showed that this increase in outof-state students is also associated with a decline in low-income or minority students who hypothetically would cost the University money in financial aid. A diverse student body comes in many forms — not just from what state you came from, but also a person’s socioeconomic background. I would hope that the University would be able to create a student body with both in order to give the most qualified students, regardless of paying ability, the best education and college experience. —Jesse Klein can be reached at jekle@umich.edu.
BRENNA BELTRAMO | VIEWPOINT
Sugar, spice and some equality would be nice Women have been fighting for equality for over a century, and yet feminism is still controversial. Women are still marginalized. Many countries, including the United States, have roots in monotheistic religions, which base their laws and ruling concepts on religious texts such as the Quran or the Bible. These texts were written at a time at which male-dominance over women was a cultural norm. There really is no reason for this trend to still exist. We live in a world where the value placed on brawn has shifted to a value on brains. The extra muscle won’t affect your likeliness to survive anymore, nor should it affect your salary — professional athletes and lumberjacks exempted. This shift to valuing our thoughts and social abilities over physical abilities should even the playing field for women. Women are equally capable of starting companies, creating medical advancements or running a country, but the amount of opportunities to do so, as well as the basic respect women receive, is significantly less than men. Whether subconsciously or consciously, women are being treated and taught that they are less than and therefore, should be subordinate to men. This thinking lets men think they are entitled to higher-ranking jobs, sex and power. The disrespect and objectification women face day-to-day is excessively unequal to what men experience. (Mind you, I’m not saying men do not experience disrespect or objectification, only that women experience this on a larger scale and more often.) Just last year, a man by the
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name of Elliot Rodger killed six people and wounded 13 others to seek revenge on women who had “starved (him) of sex.” The shooting reminded women what they had to fear for rejecting a man — a fear that most men have never experienced when rejecting a woman. Shortly following the shooting, the hashtag #YesAllWomen erupted on social media. Women all over the world were coming forward with their experiences of being hurt by male entitlement. It was a powerful movement and encouraged feminist awareness and debates as a part of social media culture. I can rant about feminism and why I think women are treated unequally, but chances are those who already agree will be the ones raising their fists with me, and those who already disagree will roll their eyes and tune me out. Instead, I would like to suggest that we begin to think of the feminist cause in a realistic manner, to allow for some gray along with the black and white. Many feminists wonder why they face so much resistance. It would be easy to chalk it all up to men not wanting to give up their power, or dismissing “feminists” as women who simply hate men. While these may be contributing factors, in my experience, the primary objection to feminism is that it tends to imply that women’s rights violations are more urgent than any other disrespect or human rights violation. Feminists can make it sound like disrespecting a woman is a larger crime than disrespecting any man or any other human, regardless of race, gender or sexual identity.
Another critique used against the feminist movement is the generalizations that occur so often. This is the primary reason why the #NotAllMen movement was so popular. It gave men the voice to say “I’m sorry you were disrespected by a man, but it wasn’t my fault so this isn’t my problem,” or “I did something nice for a woman once, so I’m not disrespectful to women.” But these generalizations that are so strongly criticized by anti-feminist movements are very difficult to avoid. Just because a generalization has an exception, these exceptions do not eliminate the validity of the statement. Just because one man always asks for consent before having sex with a woman does not mean that all men do, and does not eliminate the fact that rape and sexual assault against women are far too common in our society. As Nobel Peace Prize recipient Jody Williams said, “When we recognize equality, we are recognizing our common humanity.” Treating women as sexual objects is just that — treating them as objects or, in other words, not as humans. That should not be a cultural norm. Our daughters should not have to feel scared to be alone in a group of men; they should not have to apologize for voicing their opinions if disagreeing with a man; they should not be paid less for the same abilities and the same amount of work. These should also not be cultural norms. I’m not going to pretend that feminism is perfect, but feminism is important. Brenna Beltramo is an LSA junior.
NOTABLE QUOTABLE
If my husband sent me a picture of his penis, and the government could access it, I would want that program to be shut down.”
— An elderly female passerby said in an interview with HBO’s Last Week Tonight. John Oliver delivered a 33-minute segment on government surveillance during Sunday’s episode.
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Detroit Freebird!
La Dispute plays Masonic Temple Post-hardcore band plays intimate toned-down set at Detroit venue By CARLY SNIDER Daily Arts Writer
It started with the tremble of a cabasa and some spoken word. Taking the quaint stage of the chapel in the Masonic Temple last Thursday night, La Dispute opened with a poem. The chapel was silent as frontman Jordan Dreyer recited the piece, his voice accompanied only by his own echo and the vibrating air of percussion. Ending with a quick breath and a “Thank you,” the crowd burst into cheers. The atmosphere was intimate, with an audience of little more than 300 people. A vaulted ceiling, velvet-cushioned pews and a hanging, illuminated cross made it obvious from the start that this would not be a normal concert experience. The show was broken up into three parts: a musical portion, followed by a question and answer session with the crowd and then more music from the band. Attracting diehard fans, this type of show was perfect for those who wanted more than just a performance. It was a conversation. The group opened with “A Departure” off of Wildlife, setting the mood for the rest of the show. Playing mainly from their latest two albums, Wildlife and Rooms of the House, La Dispute kept it recent, despite their long history as a group. The setlist spanned 11
songs, much of which paid homage to Michigan, as the group is originally from Grand Valley. These Michigan roots came out again in the question and answer, as a large portion of the crowd consisted of Grand Rapids natives, or close to it. Drawing inspiration from the company they found around them in GR, the band talked about how it has been able to grow, both musically and through the addition of new members, over its 11-year run. They told stories of playing in abandoned homes and having to sing into the left ear of a headphone set due to faulty microphones – the sort of things fans eat right up. Though La Dispute was not entirely at ease with this kind of back-and-forth with the audience, it was clear that the musicians were trying to make it work. Dreyer openly admitted to the “sheer terror” he felt while performing, but he also felt that the admission of his unease was healthy and honest. At the opening, he even apologized for the slight shake in his voice, as this type of show took a lot of courage for him and his band mates. While singing, Dreyer remained seated, eyes closed, rocking back and forth atop a pleatherupholstered chair. His delivery, as well as the instrumentals, was less aggressive than the group’s studio sound, adding to the intimacy. The Q&A also brought out the quirks of the band members: They unanimously hate playing “Such Small Hands” (even though many think it their claim to fame), a guitar riff on “Scenes From Highways 1981-2009” was
stolen from a bird chirping outside the window of the band’s cottage, their music has been influenced by Stanley Kubrick movies. Dreyer even asked for an update on the Red Wings game from time to time. It was a refreshing change of pace to see a band that is usually dripping in sweat in front of a crowd of thrashing bodies replaced by one engaged in casual banter with its audience. La Dispute’s toned-down musical performance was the perfect compliment to the conversation. Still harnessing their emotional prowess, Dreyer’s vocals were slightly less strained than his usual shouting delivery (think slam poetry). The instrumentals also took a step back, somehow managing to be soft yet still maintain their posthardcore sound. There was no one peak song or breakaway moment of the performance; it was largely about how each individual audience member related to different pieces. Looking around, the connection was obvious – whether it was head bobbing, mouthing of words or just a subtle tap of the foot. The show wrapped with “Objects In Space,” another breathy, heavily appreciative “Thank you” and the band’s exit. The emotional aftermath was one of appreciation – for the band, for their work, for the arts in general. This type of open and authentic presentation of their music, and of themselves, was so successful for La Dispute because they have never had anything to hide. Emotionally and mentally, they have always been willing to sharing it all – and that is exactly what they did.
FILM REVIEW
‘Gold’ fails to shine By LAUREN WOOD Daily Arts Writer
Half courtroom drama, half historic snapshot, “The Woman in Gold” overestimates its central story’s intrigue and peppers in C+ its most powerful, redeem- The Woman ing moments almost as an in Gold afterthought. BBC Films After learning that the Austri- Quality 16 & an government Michigan Theater is beginning an art reparations program for families to reclaim stolen art, Maria Altmann (Helen Mirren, “The Queen”) enlists the help of young, struggling lawyer Randol Schoenburg (Ryan Reynolds, “The Proposal”) to help her retrieve a painting of her beloved Aunt Adele that was stolen from her family by the Nazis prior to WWII. However, while the painting is simply a portrait of her aunt to Maria, it is also one of Austria’s most prized possessions, a masterpiece by Gustav Klimt, and it takes years of political maneuvering to work the painting back into Maria’s possession. As Altmann and Schoenburg weave their way through the legal roadblocks standing between them and the Austrian government, Maria is forced to face her harrowing past, bringing Randol to an understanding of his own ancestry in the process. The film’s strength lies in its
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ability to seamlessly navigate between Maria’s past and present. Skipping over the distant gazes, echoing words and hazy effects that seem to preclude most wartime flashbacks in film, “The Woman in Gold” easily moves into scenes of Maria’s memories in a way that feels completely believable, leaving the audience with a respect for Mirren’s character that doesn’t seem formulaic or forced. The film at first eases into the flashbacks as Maria encounters herself as a child on the streets she grew up on, later fully immersing itself in her memories as she confronts the spaces that housed the most significant moments of her life in Vienna. The scenes of Maria’s opulent Vienna lifestyle, first encounters with the Nazi party and eventual escape to America add a fuel to a story that would otherwise easily deflate after the first few nervy courtroom scenes. The young Maria’s (Tatiana Maslany, “Orphan Black”) dynamic portrayal provides a perfect counterpart to Mirren’s tenacious older woman fighting to reconcile herself with the past. The flashbacks float in a ghostly, pale color palette that gives a cloyingly ominous tone to even Maria’s happiest memories, like dancing with her family on her wedding day. As we watch her picturesque life unravel around her, the chill of the images becomes more apparent, especially when placed against the warm shine of the gilded por-
trait of her aunt she is working to reclaim. We come to understand the painting as much more than just a piece of art; a symbol of the warmth that was leeched from her life by the Nazis, something that, even when it is reclaimed, can’t change the events of the past. Ryan Reynolds, however, is a strange choice for the reluctant lawyer who Maria enlists to handle her case, undermining the film’s solemn intentions and making a predictable shuffle through his emotional range. It’s difficult to take his schoolboy cuteness seriously given his past filmography, and while this does add an element of accessibility to a film that otherwise might appeal to a smaller, more serious crowd, it ultimately takes away from the film’s authenticity. Moving from stressed to defeated to angry to elated with a disappointingly predictable rhythm, Reynolds attempts to hide the heart he wears on his sleeve while actually just disguising it with a pair of cheap wire frames. While the film’s focus seems to be misplaced on the long, asymmetric legal battle between a novice lawyer, his old family friend and the Austrian government, its treatment of memory and the past is able to breathe life into the slower side of the story, with one infamous portrait hanging precariously in the chasm between then and now.
Urban Outfitters killed the hipster
hrough every modern era of the last half-century, given strong political movements, faster spread of information and increasingly educated populations, there’s a creeping underbelly of counterculture that thrives on the antithesis KATHLEEN of what the DAVIS prominent generation stands for. There were the hippies of the late 1960s, advocating free love and psychedelic drugs against the backdrop of the Nixon era and the Vietnam war, followed by the anti-establishment punks of the ’80s and ’90s. A few years ago, a new kind of counterculture emerged: the hipsters, all at once disinterested in anything popular and becoming increasingly the same in terms of fashion and consumer choices. This was a culture defined by indie rock, beards and upper-middle class white folks moving to urban areas. They were made fun of because of their pretentiousness and passivity, but also because they didn’t really stand for anything politically substantial. And then … they were everywhere. The hipsters couldn’t count on standing out in their oversized flannel and beanies anymore. In the span of just a couple years, alternative fashion had spread to your little sister in middle school, every celebrity targeted by paps and even uppity sorority girls. This is an effect I like to call the “Urban Outfitters complex.” With the introduction of my self-fabricated phrase, it’s necessary to expose my readers to a perhaps shocking, yet neces-
sary truth: Urban Outfitters is very, very bad. There’s no way to analyze their terrible business practices as in depth as I would like to in this column. I could go on for thousands of words about the subject, but I’ll try and lay out a basic framework. Widespread marketing of “hipster” trends has diluted any semblance of a politically substantial counterculture for this current era by exploiting people buying their way into trends. Why buy a vintage-looking Cosby sweater for $10 at Salvation Army when you can get the same thing at a store with hip marketing for $80? It might be clean, but it’ll probably fall apart in three washes like everything else in the store. (If you’ve ever bought a piece of clothing from Urban, you know that quality is not their most prized attribute.) In fact, Urban Outfitters has relied on it’s cool-kid branding to sell absolute crap to people, who will buy nearly everything this chain puts out. Shot glasses shaped like prescription pill containers? Check. Clothing reminiscent of the Holocaust and pro-Nazi tendencies? Well, this is something. Oh geez, here too. Don’t have enough pressure on you to conform to unrealistic body standards? Wear it on a T-shirt. Jesus Christ, how is this store still open? Well, my dear readers, it’s because Urban Outfitters is a store for “rebellious teenagers” (read: rich kids spending their parents money on offending content), and so their innumerable controversies hit blind eyes. “I mean yeah, Nazis are bad, but how cool are these HUF socks?” So yes, Urban has a controversial past in terms of content. But what about business practices? Urban Outfitters has a history of
ripping off independent artists, taking advantage of jewelers and designers who are just trying to make a living for themselves. For a company that has become the Blessed Virgin for throngs of indie kids, I don’t see “ruining lives for capitalist profits” under the fine print of the laws of hipster-dom. Whether for good or bad, hipster culture had the chance to become one of the next big social-political countercultures of modern day. In an alternate universe, a future Wikipedia article could accredit hipsters with leading the crusade for marriage equality or selfsustaining farming or another valuable social movement. But the truth is, hipsters never had a chance. As soon as corporations realized they could exploit the trend of shrugging off popular brands for individuality and thrift stores, they provided a space for young people to pay their way into adopting the cool style of their older siblings and Tumblr models. And they made it very, very expensive. With marketability, the culture became perverted and lost any chance of political credibility. This isn’t a tirade against our system of capitalism, but it is a commentary about ethical consumption under it. If you really want to be different and stand for something, invest your money in businesses with ties to sustainable practices — ones that support artists and designers in the career paths they’ve dedicated themselves to and don’t exploit mental illness and disaster for shock value profits. Urban is not counterculture; it’s unethical. Davis is currently burning down the local Urban. To assist, email her at katjacqu@umich.edu.
FILM REVIEW
Important ‘Ground’ By BENJAMIN ROSENSTOCK Daily Arts Writer
“She said, ‘I just want to make sure you don’t talk to anyone about this.’” As “The Hunting B+ Ground” demonstrates in The Hunting its opening scenes, a col- Ground lege campus RADiUS-TWC can be a beautiful place. Michigan Theater There’s nothing quite like the joy of getting that initial e-mail that you’ve been accepted to your dream school. Once you arrive, there’s a general hustle and bustle that gives the attractive illusion of safety, of campus spirit and local culture intermingling. Everything is happy and the world is your oyster. Cut to the title card: “The Hunting Ground.” From that point forward, director Kirby Dick (“The Invisible War”) doesn’t waste any time on appearances. Pretty shots of springtime campuses are edited to be juxtaposed alongside the chilling testimonies of sexual assault victims on campuses all across the United States. That juxtaposition is a little on-thenose, as is Lady Gaga’s featured song “Till It Happens to You,” a song she wrote about sexual assault specifically for the film. Maybe it’s a little manipulative to use the soundtrack that way, and to start with that falsely cheery vision of college. It doesn’t really matter, though. This is all real. This needs to be seen. As young women share their experiences, the camera racks focus on imaginary party scenes, coating the scene in lens flare and blurriness to suggest how little control the survivors had. In its best moments, “The Hunting Ground” attempts to remedy that helplessness and give agency to the survivors of sexual assault. The documenta-
ry focuses most often on Andrea Pino and Annie E. Clark, two survivors who banded together at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and sought to fix widespread ignorance about rape on college campuses. It’s deeply affecting to watch Pino and Clark working together and reaching out to survivors at other universities, whether it’s nervous Skype calls or emotional meetings in person. Woven in among the personal testimonies are statistics and interviews with professionals, to varying degrees of success. Some moments are very effective, like a stylish, darkly funny montage of empty promises from college officials saying they take reports of sexual assault “very seriously.” Other times, the numbers tend to dull down the impact of the subject. They’re important to hear, but hearing so many percentages depersonalizes sexual assault, reducing its ubiquity to a statistic instead of a tragedy (as the famous saying goes). It’s also a little unnecessary to spend so much time with psychologists, journalists and campus officials who lend their opinions on the matter. Some of their interviews provide insight into the issue, especially when they explain universities’ financial incentives to withhold reports of sexual assault, but like the statistics, they create a certain distance from the heart of the issue. There’s also the simple fact that testimonials from campus administrators are inherently less interesting on an entertainment level than interviews with the survivors themselves. “The Hunting Ground” usually goes for breadth instead of depth, touching on many facets of sexual assault while leaving many of them underdeveloped. This is both a strength and a weakness. On the positive side, “The Hunting Ground” gives viewers valuable knowledge about a variety of issues and points of view related to
assault, becoming the definitive documentary about campus rape. On the other hand, some parts are interesting but don’t go anywhere. Around 20 minutes focus on Greek life, particularly Sigma Alpha Epsilon, nicknamed “Sexual Assault Expected.” Some time is spent on Erica Kinsman, the alleged victim of FSU quarterback Jameis Winston. One scene features a male student confessing how his claim is taken less seriously due to his gender. These are all intriguing threads that warrant entire documentaries of their own, but some of them are barely touched on.
Content is more important than form. At one point, Notre Dame student Molly, near tears, recounts the experience of telling her parents about her assault. Her father, a Notre Dame alum, constantly wears his class ring, but when Molly tells him about her assault, he never wears it again. It’s the kind of personal detail that transcends statistics and calculated psychological diagnoses. It’s poignant stories like this that make the film so important. Despite some technical issues with structure and allocation of time, “The Hunting Ground” is an example of a movie in which content is more important than form. It demands viewing simply because of how essential the subject is, and how desperately sexual assault survivors need someone out there to show them they’re not alone. The documentary is a visceral, important piece of cinema that pleads with its audience not to forget its messages. Most viewers won’t.
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FILM REVIEW
‘Furious’ lives on Action sequel pays tribute to late Paul Walker ... and blows shit up By JAMIE BIRCOLL Seniro Arts Editor
Here’s the deal: You already know if you want to see “Furious 7.” If you’re reading this review and you’re thinking, “Gee, AI’m really split on the fast car Furious 7 explosions movie, maybe Universal this review can Pictures help me,” do not Raven Quality 16 go. Just don’t even bother. Because what you’re going to get is a standard action-revenge flick, jacked up on steroids — all of the steroids. It’s got so much audacity and American shoot-em-up pride that it whisks away its characters to Abu Dhabi so they can steal an unnamed Middle Eastern prince’s monster of a vehicle by jumping it across the sun-kissed sky into three skyscrapers from the umpteenth floor. That is the kind of movie you’re getting. And what, say you, could compel our heroes to commit such acts of daring? The sins of the past, come back to haunt. After Dom (Vin Diesel, “Guardians of the Galaxy”) and his crew beat down on baddie Owen Shaw in the previous “Fast” film, Shaw’s brother Deckard (Jason Statham, “Homefront”) seeks vengeance by hunting down the remaining members of the crew. In response to Shaw’s vengeance, Dom swears
vengeance of his own, but to find Shaw he needs to first steal the God’s Eye, a super powered tracking device that I imagine is the stuff of Dick Cheney’s bedroom fantasies, for the government. But the plot doesn’t matter, nor is it particularly cohesive. Because its plot is so full of holes (from both a writing standpoint and an “adherence to the laws of physics” standpoint), “7” requires, more than most films, that you suspend your disbelief. It knows exactly what it wants to be, and it doesn’t want you dropping logic and negativity on it. “Furious 7,” like all of the films in the franchise, isn’t about “making sense.” In fact, it spits on “making sense.” It’s the ultimate expression in movie escapism — big, bold, self-aware. It is so self-aware that it takes time to explicitly name each character’s stereotype, from Dom’s alpha male to Roman’s (Tyrese Gibson, “Transformers”) jokester. It wears its big, juiced-up Hemi of a heart on its sleeve, and it’s damn proud of it. And for good reason, because “Furious 7” might be the most fun you have at the movies this year. It exists in a world all on its own, a world where, when it’s cars versus, say, a predator drone, it’s a pretty fair fight; a world where The Rock (“Hercules”) flexes out of the cast on his broken arm and walks out of the hospital to go look for a chain gun. “7” ultimately amounts to a series of action set pieces, each more outrageous than the last, and it revels in its excess. Director James Wan (“The Conjuring”), taking over for four-time “Fast” director Justin Lin, stages those sets effectively,
using a steadicam so the audience can actually follow the action without feeling dizzy. There’s nothing complex — some slo-mo here, some fast-mo there — so as to let the action speak for itself. But for as much as it’s about action, it’s also about family. Seven films in, these actors don’t so much as act as they do pal around. There’s a unique chemistry here that gives the film an uncanny amount of life, more life than anything with “7” in its title deserves. Of course, it comes under unfortunate circumstances. For as much as we see Brian O’Conner, the man who plays him isn’t there much at all. Paul Walker (“Hours”) tragically died in November 2013 before any of the film’s action sequences were shot. Using sly camerawork (framing Walker’s scenes at a distance in usually dark settings) and some unparalleled digital wizardry, the filmmakers bring Walker back to life, his face smiling, his eyes animated and shining. “Furious 7” is his coda, one last supercharged orchestration of machismo and heart and bravery; the last five minutes are perfect and, dare I say, beautiful. That’s probably why “Furious 7” turned out the way it did — it needed to pack enough life into itself to raise one of its own from the dead. And it works. That’s the power of movies, even the popcorn trash. For two hours, you give yourself to that silver screen; sometimes you get entertainment, sometimes you get rubbish, others still you’ll get thinkpieces. With “Furious 7,” you get energy, vivacity — life.
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her son’s eyes is an attempt to prove that she understands who he is and where he’s coming from, but also a plea for him to stay by her side so they can search for happiness together. In the fifth season finale of “Shameless,” every character desperately grabs for happiness, with some finding more success than others. Of all the Gallaghers that would merit sunshine and smiles, star-crossed lovers Ian (Cameron Monaghan, “Gotham”) and Mickey (Noel Fisher, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”) need a break the most. Ian’s struggle with bipolar disorder has taken a huge toll on Mickey, who’s trying to push through the waves of frenetic mania and anger and be Ian’s support system. Monaghan and Fisher, who have always been among the strongest of “Shameless” ’s ensemble, stepped up even further and packed the “Gallavitch” scenes with even stronger emotional punches. But Ian finally decides he can’t let Mickey wait around to try and fix him. “Too much is wrong with me!” he cries, and the camera cuts back to Mickey, who is standing dumbstruck like Ian just reached into his chest and squashed his heart with both hands. They’re broken up, but something tells me that Mickey will keep waiting until Ian’s ready to love him again. Eldest son Lip Gallagher (Jeremy Allen White, “Bad Turn Worse”) falls further into his entanglement with professor Helene (Sasha Alexander, “Rizzoli and Isles”). He’s still a little fuzzy on the details of their relationship, especially with why she’s so interested in pursuing this relationship if she’s married and her husband knows about the affair. All season, Lip has been struggling to navigate his identities as a South Side kid and a college undergrad, a little too brainy and concerned to fit in as well with his hometown friends, but more impulsive and risky than the average RA. Helene is a sexual step toward the academic, a Benjamin Braddock-esque rung in the liminal period before adulthood and his choice of whether he wants to be a drug-dealing thug or a robotics genius. At the end of the episode, Lip confesses to Ian that he might be starting to develop feelings for Helene, yet another force pulling him to school and further away from the South Side and his chaotic family. Fiona (Emmy Rossum, “The Day After Tomorrow”), who is usually the glue keeping the Gallaghers from falling apart at the seams, has descended into an increasingly messy personal life. Her impulsive marriage to musician Gus (Steve Kazee, “Working Class”) lacked a solid foundation, and his time away on tour only made him reflect on the sad state of their union. Fiona finally acted on her feelings for her boss Sean (Dermot Mulroney, “August: Osage County”), expressing her hopes that maybe they could ditch their misery and actually be happy together. He replies that “happy is overrated” and that Fiona needs to “grow up.” The two parallel romances that Fiona has been following this season both end at a standstill. For Fiona, happiness and love are synonymous, and apparently she’s got some growing up to do before she’s ready for either. 14-year-old Debbie (Emma Kenney, “Epic”) seems to be heading down the same path as Fiona — making thoughtless decisions and taking on responsibilities before she’s mature enough to handle them. Debs is desperate for a stable and loving family, kind of like the
one her boyfriend has. She thinks the only way to get a real family is to go off the pill and try and start her own. Fiona tries to convince Debs that she’s not thinking her decisions through, and could “ruin her life” by signing up to build a family with a guy she barely knows. When Debs reminds Fiona that her marriage to Gus was essentially the same situation, Fiona realizes that no matter what she says, Debbie is going to make her own decisions and her own mistakes. Debs ends the episode by smiling at the results of her pregnancy test — for Debbie’s sake, I truly hope it’s negative. Her boyfriend seems only tentatively committed, taking his time to say “I love you” and not committing to spending the night. All these storylines reach a thrilling rush in the finale, but several others are less compelling and riddled with narrative problems. Gallagher patriarch Frank (William H. Macy, “Fargo”) has always been one of the weakest links of the show, an unsympathetic and pathological drunk who’s impossible to root for and whose tricks are more annoying than funny. His relationship with dying doctor Bianca (Bojana Novakovic, “Rake”) was the closest to paternal he has ever been. Bianca brought out refreshing shades of Frank’s personality (and Macy’s performance) that were heretofore unseen. Apparently, Frank is capable of caring for someone other than himself. Their symbiotic friendship was one of the best parts of the season, and I’d have liked seeing the two share more scenes together. Bianca’s ending her own life felt unnecessary, like there was still more story left to tell and that wouldn’t have happened if this weren’t a finale that was supposed to have some dramatic turn of events. Ah, finale fireworks. If a needless character death weren’t enough, “Shameless” also brought the actual antichrist back for a final shootout. Sammi (Emily Bergl, “Desperate Housewives”) is the most despicable character to ever appear on this show full of despicable characters: She sent Ian to military prison, shot her father in the arm, tattooed a swastika on her son’s forehead to help him survive in juvie — the list of her deplorable actions could go on forever. Bergl is a fine actress, but her character seems to be around just as a catalyst to set the Gallaghers on edge. As she runs around the yard shooting aimlessly and hollering and chasing Mickey, I can’t help but lament the fact that Mickey’s plan to kill her didn’t end successfully. “Shameless” is the kind of show that’s steeped in chaos and unhappiness. Dysfunction, drugs, mental illness, tumultuous relationships and neglect seem to run in the Gallagher blood. As “Shameless” embraces its tragic elements more and more with each year, it’s fitting that this season ends on so many ambivalent notes. If Monica Gallagher wonders if “people like us” can be happy, this “Shameless” finale does not provide an answer. Some characters look to be heading down the road to stability or growing up or legitimate change, but knowing “Shameless,” this will probably descend to more chaos and complication in the seasons to come.
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Turkish officials end media ban Government leaders uncensor Youtube and Twitter after hostage crisis ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey blocked access to social networking sites Twitter and YouTube for several hours on Monday over photos showing a militant pointing a gun at a prosecutor who died last week in a failed hostage rescue operation. Turkey also threatened to ban Google over the images. A spokesman for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said a Turkish prosecutor had ordered Internet providers to block the sites. The request stemmed from postings of photos that showed militant Marxists pointing a gun at the prosecutor, Mehmet Selim Kiraz, who died in a shootout between police and the Marxists who were holding him hostage. Government officials have blasted Turkish media for posting the images, which they have called anti-government propaganda. Kiraz, was shot in the head during the standoff and died in a hospital soon after. The state-run Anadolu Agency said access was blocked because Twitter and YouTube didn’t remove images of the prosecutor despite an official notification. It said the Internet Providers notified Twitter and YouTube, but video, photographs and audio continued to be posted on these sites. The Turkish telecommunications authority wouldn’t immediately comment. A government official said Turkey decided to lift the ban on Twitter in the late afternoon after the company agreed to remove all images of the prosecutor and telecoms authorities verified that it
had done so. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to speak publicly on the issue. Anadolu said access to YouTube was restored in the evening after it agreed to abide by the Turkish court order. Turkey however, then threatened to ban Google unless it removed search results showing the slain prosecutor’s images. Earlier, Twitter said it was working to restore access to users in Turkey. The journalists group, Turkish Press Council, said that while it understood the authorities concerns over the publication of the prosecutors’ photographs, it said banning social media websites was in conflict with democracy. “It is meaningless to totally shut down social platforms — which contain billions of useful information — to the use of the Turkish people because of some unsuitable content,” the group said. Users meanwhile were sharing information on how to get around the ban on the Internet. Last year, Turkey blocked access to YouTube and Twitter after audio recordings of a secret security meeting or tapes suggesting corruption by government officials were leaked on the social media sites. Turkey’s highest court, however, overturned the bans, deeming them to be unconstitutional. Previous moves by Turkish authorities to block the social media networks have provoked widespread criticism by Western governments and human rights organizations. Many tech-savvy users, including former President Abdullah Gul, had found ways to circumvent the bans both on Twitter and YouTube while they were in place.
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Columbia Journalism School Dean Steve Coll answers a question during a news conference to discuss findings of a report conducted at the Columbia School of Journalism surrounding Rolling Stone magazine’s expose of what it called a culture of sex assaults at the University of Virginia, Monday, April 6, 2015, in New York.
Fraternity announces legal action against Rolling Stone Magazine vows to further investigate its reporting CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A fraternity at the University of Virginia announced Monday that it will “pursue all available legal action” against Rolling Stone, saying a Columbia Journalism School review shows the magazine acted recklessly and defamed its members by publishing an article that falsely accused them of gang rape. “The Rolling Stone article viewed by millions fueled a court of public opinion that ostracized Phi Kappa Psi members and led to vandalism of the fraternity house,” the fraternity’s statement said. “Clearly our fraternity and its
members have been defamed, but more importantly we fear this entire episode may prompt some victims to remain in the shadows, fearful to confront their attackers,” said Stephen Scipione, president of the the University of Virginia’s Phi Kappa Psi chapter. “If Rolling Stone wants to play a real role in addressing this problem, it’s time to get serious.” Rolling Stone’s “shock narrative” about sex assaults at the University of Virginia was rife with bad journalism, and the magazine has nobody but its own staff to blame, Columbia Journalism School Dean Steve Coll said Monday at a question and answer session about the review he led at the magazine’s request. The magazine pledged to review its practices and removed “A Rape on Campus”
from its website, but publisher Jann S. Wenner said he won’t fire anyone despite the blistering review. In a New York Times interview, Wenner described “Jackie,” whose claims provided the article’s narrative thread, as “a really expert fabulist storyteller” who manipulated the magazine’s journalism process. “Rolling Stone Magazine admits its staff engaged in reckless behavior while covering this story, yet the magazine refuses to take any action against those involved in reporting the story or address needed changes to its editorial process. The reporter in question not only failed to apologize to members of Phi Kappa Psi, but doesn’t even acknowledge the three witnesses she quoted in the article but never interviewed. This is a clear and sad indication that the magazine is not serious about
its journalistic obligations,” the fraternity said. Coll strongly disagreed “with any suggestion that this was Jackie’s fault.” “The editors made judgments about attribution, fact-checking and verification that greatly increased their risks of error but had little or nothing to do with protecting Jackie’s position,” the report found. Jackie’s lawyer, Palma Pustilnik, told The Associated Press on Monday that “we are not making any comment at all at this time.” University President Teresa A. Sullivan said the article hurt efforts to fight sexual violence, tarred the school’s reputation, and falsely accused some students “of heinous, criminal acts and falsely depicted others as indifferent to the suffering of their classmate.”
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Two top White House advisers expecting babies Senior executive staff will be first to serve while pregnant as assistant to Obama WASHINGTON (AP) — Jen Psaki thought the offer to be President Barack Obama’s communications director wouldn’t last long. She figured White House chief of staff Denis McDonough hadn’t heard she’s expecting a baby girl in July. “My immediate instinct in my head was to tell him I’m pregnant and this will be the end of this. He’ll tell me good luck and be very kind about it and I’ll be on my merry way,” said Psaki, who was serving as chief spokeswoman at the State Department. Instead McDonough — and later Obama himself — assured Psaki they would accommodate her needs as a new mom amid the West Wing’s nonstop demands. She started in the post Wednesday and is one of two pregnant women serving as assistant to the president — a first for such a top level adviser in Obama’s presidency and practically unheard of under previous presidents.
Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s first chief of staff and now Chicago mayor, once remarked that every White House says they’ll be family-friendly, but it’s never really a good workplace for any family except the president’s. Yet Obama has pushed familyfriendly policies like childcare, flexibility and paid leave, including instituting 12 weeks paid maternity leave for his own staff. But until now, he hasn’t put it into practice in a very prominent way with few mothers of young children on his own senior team. “All workplaces are adapting and that includes the White House,” said Obama legislative director Katie Beirne Fallon. She is scheduled to give birth to identical twin boys in May, just as her husband, Brian, plans to start as press secretary for Hillary Rodham Clinton’s impending presidential campaign in New York. Fallon said she made it clear when she took her job that they were trying to start a family. She said everyone has been accommodating — from cooks at the mess hall where her lunch orders have included a baked potato topped with tuna fish and frozen yogurt with Raisin Bran, all the
way up to the president. “He’s constantly checking in on me,” she said, urging her not to miss doctor’s appointments and to put her health first. “Don’t let us get in the way of that,” she said he’s told her. Fallon and Psaki both say they envision working more flexible hours so they can put their babies to bed. Press secretary Josh Earnest — one of several new fathers in the West Wing — says he tries to get home once a week before his baby is asleep. Obama tries to make it to dinner every night with his wife and daughters. “I don’t think it would be appropriate for me to be home at 6:30 every night in the way that he is,” Earnest said at a Center for American Progress forum. But he said Obama’s actions signal to staff they can make family a priority. Times have changed. Joan Baggett Calambokidis, President Bill Clinton’s political director, is one of the only other assistants to the president that former White House aides can remember having a baby on the job. She spent her delivery taking calls from the West Wing to discuss the choice of a new party chair.
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Rolling Wolverines host EMU Tuesday By DANNY VARGOVICK Daily Sports Writer
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Senior catcher Lauren Sweet is hitting .306 with seven home runs and 34 RBI heading into Tuesday’s game.
Between conference series, ‘M’ plays Eastern Michigan Wolverines a heavy favorite over local foe EMU By TED JANES Daily Sports Writer
The Eastern Michigan softball team isn’t in a power conference. It isn’t in the running for the NCAA title, and it’s far from the top 25. But Tuesday, it will Eastern try to do what only Florida, Michigan at Arizona State, Michigan Kent State, Iowa and Matchup: EMU 9-21; Minnesota Michigan 33-6 have been able to do this When: Tuesday 6 P.M. season — beat Where: Michigan. Alumni Field The Wolverines TV/Radio: (7-2 Big Ten, BTN Plus 33-6 overall) will host their Washtenaw County neighbors in a break from Big Ten play. No. 4 Michigan
BY THE NUMBERS Michigan Softball
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RBI for senior catcher Lauren Sweet during the team’s series at Minnesota over the weekend
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Michigan’s record against unranked teams this season
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Michigan’s combined score against unranked teams
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The team’s earned-run average on the season, best in the Big Ten by 0.35
returns to Alumni Field after taking two commanding wins in a three-game series against No. 19 Minnesota. Amid the conference schedule, the Wolverines’ next home series won’t arrive for a few more weeks, so getting the chance to play at home is a nice relief for the team and its fans. “This is among a lot of road games,” said senior catcher Lauren Sweet. “So any time we can play at home, we are excited about it.” Sweet, who was out for about two weeks due to an ankle injury, returned to form against Minnesota by recording a home run and six RBI. Her performance wasn’t perfect, but she showed signs that the injury was no longer a major factor. “Even when my at-bats didn’t have the best result, I felt I was taking good swings,” Sweet said. “Behind the plate, I felt a lot better this weekend. I had another week to get my ankle a little better.” Strong pitching performances from both right-hander Megan Betsa and left-hander Haylie Wagner also highlighted the weekend. With just two options in the circle, the team still awaits the return of senior right-hander Sara Driesenga. Michigan coach Carol Hutchins planned to give her players the day off Monday to ensure they had time to rest with only one day in between games. “We take the day off, and we hope that it will help us continue to stay locked in during that game,” Hutchins said Sunday. “Right now, we just need to relax. Minnesota was a very intense series, and they deserve a day off. We are going
to get home late (Sunday), and we will come back rejuvenated and ready to go.” Eastern Michigan (2-4 Mid-American Conference, 9-21 overall) has had an immensely different schedule than Michigan, playing just three games against ranked opponents so far. The Eagles were mercy-ruled twice and lost by five runs in the third game. Pitcher Lindsay Rich will likely start for the Eagles. Boasting a 6.71 earned-run average, Rich has pitched in 18 games, far more than any of her teammates. Since Betsa pitched the entirety of Sunday’s matchup, Wagner will likely start in the circle for the Wolverines, though Hutchins won’t officially name a starter until game time. Just like every outing, Eastern Michigan gives the Wolverines a chance to tune up, get a little bit better and stay in the groove. Though the Eagles won’t present the same challenge the Golden Gophers did, Hutchins instilled in her players’ minds that this game still counts toward their record, and is therefore to be taken seriously. “We don’t think about the turnaround,” said sophomore infielder Lindsay Montemarano. “Anytime we get to step out on Alumni Field, which we don’t get to do a lot, we get excited. We know we are in season, and we have a ton of games to play.” Of the numerous ways Eastern Michigan differs from Minnesota, Arizona State and Florida, it is similar in one. Michigan views it as a roadblock.
“Any time we can play at home, we are excited about it.”
It isn’t a good time to run into the Michigan baseball team. The Wolverines (4-5 Big Ten, 18-13 overall) have won their last two Eastern weekend series Michigan at against Big Ten Michigan behemoths Maryland and Matchup: Indiana and EMU 12-18; haven’t lost a Michigan 18-13 midweek game When: all year. Tuesday 4 P.M. Tuesday, Where: Ray Michigan Fisher Stadium will welcome neighboring Eastern Michigan (4-5 Mid-American Conference, 12-18 overall) to Ann Arbor for a 4 p.m. game. And even despite his team’s recent string of success, Michigan coach Erik Bakich said there’s no chance it will neglect to prepare for the Eagles. “We’re not going to overlook tomorrow’s training session,” Bakich said. “Even though we’ve had a couple of nice weekends in a row, we still have to get better. We have an opportunity to compete. Our backs are still against the wall, and we’re going to come out fighting against Eastern for 27 outs.” Junior left-hander Evan Hill will make his first start of the season after returning from injury. Hill was the Wolverines’ top starter a year ago, posting a 3.24 earned-run average in 89 innings. He made his season debut last weekend against Indiana, pitching one inning, allowing one hit and striking out two.
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Evan Hill will make his first start of the season Tuesday versus Eastern Michigan.
Bakich said Hill’s return is a big boost to the club, not only from a talent perspective, but also from an emotional perspective. “It’s just being able to have the positive contribution of a teammate who’s been in the trenches with everyone the entire time,” Bakich said. “Nobody wants to be sidelined with an injury. To get him healthy and back, it helps us to be firing on all cylinders.” Third baseman Mitchell McGeein and right fielder Jordan Peterson pace Eastern Michigan offensively. McGeein has collected eight home runs on the year, the top mark in the MAC. He has a .398 on-base percentage and is slugging .591. For comparison, sophomore right fielder Carmen
Benedetti leads the Wolverines with a .527 slugging percentage. Peterson has a .395 OBP, offering much less power but posting eight steals on the season. The Eagles have not yet announced who will start on the mound. The Wolverines and Eagles have had one common opponent so far this season — Indiana — which Michigan beat this past weekend. The Hoosiers swept Eastern Michigan in mid-March. All signs point toward an advantage for the Wolverines. Bakich, however, won’t underestimate any team. “Anybody can beat anybody on any given day in college baseball,” Bakich said. “We’re not going to take them lightly, and they’re not going to take us lightly.”
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Jim Harbaugh’s 2016 football recruiting class now has five members after three commitments in the past four days.
Harbaugh adds third commit in four days Alabama RB, Indiana QB, Michigan LB join 2016 class By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor
More than three months have passed since Jim Harbaugh’s introduction as Michigan football coach. But the excitement hasn’t worn off in recruiting. Harbaugh added three recruits to his 2016 class in the past four days, sandwiched around the team’s Spring Game on Saturday. The most recent was Kingston Davis, a three-star running back according to Scout.com, who tweeted his commitment Monday morning. The 6-foot-1, 225-pound back from Prattville, Alabama was high-school teammates with 2015 cornerback recruit Keith Washington. Davis also had offers from Louisville, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Southern
Mississippi and three Sun Belt schools. Last season, Davis rushed for 1,432 yards on 192 carries, scoring 14 touchdowns as Prattville made a run to the state title game before falling. He added seven catches for 114 yards and another score. The first commitment of the weekend came from Brandon Peters via Twitter on Friday night. Peters is a 6-foot-4, 190pound quarterback from Avon, Indiana. Scout.com ranks him No. 1 among Midwest quarterbacks and No. 20 overall among quarterbacks in the class, but ESPN.com’s ranking is more favorable, listing him as the No. 12 signal caller in the class. Peters earned first-team AllConference and AP All-State honors last season as a junior, when he passed for 1,876 yards and 22 touchdowns. Michigan could have as many as five scholarship quarterbacks in 2015 — junior Shane Morris, redshirt freshman Wilton Speight, freshman Zach Gentry, freshman Alex Malzone and graduate transfer Jake Rudock. Houston transfer John O’Korn
will be eligible starting in 2016. Committing shortly after Peters was David Reese, a 6-foot-1, 235-pound native of nearby Farmington, Michigan. He will start his career as a fullback, though he also played linebacker in high school. Scout.com only ranks him as a middle linebacker, the best in the Midwest and the ninth-best overall. Playing both ways for Farmington High School last season, Reese carried 42 times for 297 yards and seven touchdowns and made 107 tackles (56 solo). He added a blocked kick as the Falcons went 7-3, won their league and made the playoffs. Davis, Peters and Reese join two commitments in the 2016 class from Brady Hoke’s tenure: three-star outside linebacker Dele’ Harding and four-star offensive tackle Erik Swenson. Harding, a 6-foot-1, 230-pound native of Elkton, Maryland, ranks 56th among outside linebackers, while Swenson, a 6-foot-7, 285-pounder from Downers Grove, Illinois, is 12th in his position group.