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Fiscal year leaves ‘U’ well-endowed School’s endowment grows to $8.4 billion, 10.75-percent ROI By SAM GRINGLAS and JENNIFER CALFAS Daily Staff Reporters ADAM GLANZMAN/Daily
Michigan Athetic Director Dave Brandon and Rob Rademacher, associate athletic director of facilities and operations, speak at the Michigan Sports Business Confrence at the Ross School of Business on Friday. The event was keynoted by ESPN presdident John Skipper
Conference links students to sports business leaders ESPN president keynotes day-long event at Ross By ADAM GLANZMAN Daily Staff Reporter
About 550 students, faculty and sports business professionals gathered in the Ross School
of Business Friday morning to attend the second annual Michigan Sports Business Conference. The day-long conference included speeches from CBS Sports Anchor Dana Jacobson, ESPN president John Skipper, and Tom Garfinkel, the president and CEO of the Miami Dolphins football team, among many others.
Kinesiology junior David Herman and Kinesiology senior Michael Freedman, copresidents of the MSBC, led a 32-member student planning committee that worked for the past year to organize and successfully execute the event. The MSBC Advisory Board, composed entirely of Michigan alumni, helped facilitate interactions between students and
business professionals, making the high-profile speakers at the event possible. “Our board of advisors usually make that initial connection and we take it over from there,” Herman said. “It’s only with their help, their Michigan connections, their professional connections, that we can really gain legitimate access to such See BUSINESS, Page 5A
FLINT, Mich. — On Friday, Tim Slottow, the University’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, announced that the institution’s endowment reached an alltime high of $8.4 billion in fiscal year 2013, which ended on June 30. The endowment grew from $7.7 billion to $8.4 billion over the fiscal year with an annualized investment return of 10.75 percent. Its highest value previously was $7.8 billion in fiscal year 2011. The endowment is the second largest in the nation for public universities and the seventh largest among all universities in the U.S., according to findings by the National Association of College and University Business Officers and the Commonfund. Over the past 13 years, the endowment has increased from the fiscal year of 2000’s total of $3.5 billion —
attributable to both significant fundraising efforts and investment strategy. However, the University’s endowment on a per-student basis ranks 101st — lower than most toptier private universities with much smaller student bodies than the university. L. Erik Lundberg, the University’s chief investment officer, said in an interview he estimates that new donations to the endowment accounted for about $200 million of the increase in the 2013 fiscal year. The University holds a 10-year annualized investment return of 10.2 percent. When the investment office was established 14 years ago, the endowment had an annualized rate of return of 9.6 percent. The University’s total cash and investments reached $10 billion for the first time as of June 30, according to the University’s annual investment report. The distributions from the endowment help fund a host of programs, scholarships and professorships at the University — totaling $276 million in outlays for the 2013 fiscal year — a slight See ENDOWMENT, Page 5A
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Building renovations approved by regents Projects include SMTD building, new ROTC space
Mujo coffee shop will be open all night Sun. through Wed.
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The Mujo Café in the North Campus Duderstadt Center will be open 24 hours for half of the week, Central Student Government President Michael Proppe announced Sunday evening. This comes after similar changes to the hours of Bert’s Café in the Shapiro Undergraduate Library, which became a 24-hour operation in January. Mujo will be open all hours from Sunday to Wednesday starting Monday. It will be open until 2 a.m. on Thursdays, 5 p.m. on Fridays and 8 p.m. on Saturdays. Proppe said CSG wanted to see the success of Bert’s new hours before making the change in North Campus. Proppe said the timing should help students working late for midterms. CSG is trying to be more vocal in advertising Mujo’s new hours, as opposed to the rather quiet launch of See CAFE, Page 5A
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LEFT Ashlee Baracy, Miss Michigan and Miss America 2008, walks the runway Friday at the Maize and Blue Go Pink fundraiser for breast cancer research at Detroit’s Cadillac Square. TOP RIGHT Internal medicine prof. Sofia Merajver during the fundraiser. BOTTOM RIGHT The Original Vandellas, a Motown group, performs during the fundraiser.
UMHS hosts breast cancer event Maize and Blue Go Pink raises funds for research By AMRUTHA SIVAKUMAR Daily Staff Reporter
DETROIT — Pink doesn’t clash with maize and blue — it’s more of a complement, really.
At a “chic tailgate” in Detroit’s Cadillac Square on Friday, the University of Michigan Health System hosted the first-ever “Maize and Blue Go Pink” benefit for breast cancer research at the University’s Comprehensive Cancer Center. The Comprehensive Cancer Center — founded in 1986 — uses new and innovative medical techniques in its
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cancer research and clinical practices. Ryan Davis, associate director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center, said rapid advancements in the center’s Breast Oncology Program convinced directors that a fundraiser would help support its growth. Members of the alumni marching band and Detroit Pistons cheerleaders welcomed attendees as they
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moved into a “strolling dinner.” Davis said UMHS hopes “Maize and Blue Go Pink” will become an annual event. Clad in maize, blue and pink, attendees watched a fashion show that featured items from the Somerset Collection in Troy, Mich. University affiliates who walked the runway included Athletic Director Dave Brandon, See EVENT, Page 5A
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FLINT, Mich. — The Board of Regents approved an array of construction projects at their October meeting on Friday, including bids and schematic designs for renovations across campus. The Earl V. Moore Building renovation is set to proceed after the Regents voted to approve the project’s schematic designs and a small budget increase. The renovation was initially approved by the regents at their Nov. 2012 meeting. The School of Music, Theatre and Dance facility on North Campus will benefit from renovated classroom spaces and the construction of an additional wing including a lecture hall, performance space and new lobby. The project has a budget of $24 million and construction is expected to conclude by fall 2015. Though the regents approved schematic designs for the Munger Graduate Residences last April, the regents voted Friday to award project bids before construction commencSee RENOVATIONS, Page 5A
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English Dept. unveils new class format Twenty-five years ago this week (Oct. 25, 1988):
The University English Department began its use of a new format for English classes, dividing the semester into twoweek units. Each unit would begin with a lecture discussing an idea in regard to a previously assigned essay. Additionally, the semester included five writing conferences so students could receive one-on-one assistance from instructors. The format intended to help transition teaching fellows into the course and provide students with more experienced instructors.
The student group Sa’lam Shalom, an Arab-Jewish peace project, held its first meeting to discuss conflict in the Middle East. The students expressed appreciation for the opportunity to discuss both sides of the conflict in the Middle East with students with different opinions. Ten years ago this week (Oct. 24, 2003): Construction began on a new addition to the School of Public Health. The addition replaced
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FLINT, Mich. — Rewgent Andrea Fischer Newman (R) announced at Friday’s Board of Regents meeting that the governing board will travel to New York City for a “strategic planning session” in place of their January 2014 meeting. While in the Big Apple, the regents will discuss the importance of university medical centers with a host of higher Sudoku Syndication education leaders, including Princeton University presi-
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dent Christopher Eisgruber and alumni. Yale University president Peter With the trip scheduled a few Salovey, as well as former admin- months after the capital camistrators from Johns Hopkins paign launch on Nov. 8, Newman University and Emory University. also said the University plans to Last January, the regents meet with donors and alumni attended sessions in California during their excursion. Universito discuss the challenges facing ty alum Stephen Ross, chair of the higher education with Robert upcoming Victors for Michigan By ALICIA ADAMCZYK Birgeneau, recently retired chan- campaign and a resident of New Daily News Editor cellor of the University of Califor- York city, will also host a developnia, Berkeley; Stanford University ment-focused event. At the second annual MichiPresident John Hennessy; Robert Jerry May, vice president for gan Sports Business Conference Berdahl, former president of the development, attended last Januheld Friday at the Ross School Association of American Univer- ary’s California trip along with of Business, Athletic Direcsities; and Dan Russell, one of two University gift officers stator Dave Brandon and other Google’s top research scientists. tioned in California. May did not Athletic Department adminCalifornia is the most well-rep- attend the Board’s seminars and istrators explained upcoming resented state at the University meetings, but focused on conrenovations to the University’s besides Michigan, with 2,282 necting the regents with alumni athletic campus and delved into Californians enrolled in classes, and potential donors at two fundraising plans for the 16 according to enrollment data events. improvement projects. released Wednesday. In January, University spokesThe projects, which Brandon The second largest body of man Rick Fitzgerald said the west said will “touch every single non-resident students hails from coast trip provided an opportunione of our student-athletes,” New York, with 2,102 students http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ ty to reach out to donors in a state were broken down into regions. calling the state home. The state heavily populated with UniverAs reported previously, in the is also home to a large number of sity alumni. northern area, which encom“This presents an opportunity passes the traditional athletic to reach out to people who care campus from Crisler Arena and about the University and want Michigan Stadium to Schemthis institution to thrive well into bechler Hall on State Street, our third century,” Fitzgerald about 400,000 square feet of HARD said last year. new space will be constructed, In an e-mail interview before at an estimated price of $140 the California trip, Regent Denise million in construction costs. Ilitch (D) expressed interest in These estimates do not holding similar meetings in the include the planning costs, future. which include architecture “I look forward to more meetfees, and are expected to add ings that allow us to learn, about 30 to 40 percent to total exchange ideas and promote the expenses. virtues of the University of MichThe southern region, which igan,” Ilitch wrote. “It is vitally currently houses the tennis important to be an ‘ambassador’ facilities and women’s gymof our great institution.” nastics program, will add roughly 308,000 square feet of new space, at a cost of about $120 million. The University’s golf course connects the two regions and will also undergo renovations. Projects also include the construction of a field hockey team center and stadium, a multi-
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purpose team center and new administrative offices. The Stephen Ross Academic Center will be expanded, Schembechler Hall will be reconstructed and new training facilities will be built. A new soccer and rowing team center will be built in the south, along with a lacrosse stadium, training center and an outdoor track. Brandon said the Athletic Department wanted to improve conditions for all of Michigan’s 31 programs to encourage even better recruits to commit to Michigan, even in less lucrative sports. The department is hoping to create a consistent experience among all programs. “The question that all of them ask themselves is, ‘What is the commitment level this institution has for my sport,’ ” Brandon said. “Their sport, in their mind, is the most important sport.” Brandon, while noting that each Michigan football game generates an estimated $14 million in economic benefit to the region, stressed the importance of the financial opportunity of an enhanced athletic campus. In order to hold conference tournaments and championship events, there are standards the facilities of each sport must live up to, he said. “We have an exciting opportunity to be a destination venue that can bring excitement, attention and dollars to this community,” he said. “We want to have the types of facilities that afford us the opportunity to host those championships.” Chrissi Rawak, Michigan’s senior associate athletic director for development, said the fundraising for the new buildings is unique as compared to projects at other universities because instead of fundraising
for each individual project, the money will be raised for all 16 projects at once. “We’re buying into one vision,” Rawak said, referencing former Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler’s classic “the team, the team, the team” mentality. Though all donations will be collected in one pot, the individual donor’s name will go to the program he or she is passionate about. Rawak pointed to University alum Stephen Ross, who donated a historic $100 million for the campus, as evidence that fundraising is going well. The University’s Board of Regents approved naming the new campus the Stephen M. Ross Athletic Campus at Friday’s Board of Regents meeting at the University’s Flint campus. Plans for the projects began three years ago, and Rawak estimates they will be completed in the next five to seven years. The first project, construction of new softball facilities, will be completed in December. Construction of the field hockey stadium will begin immediately following the completion of its season next month, according to Rob Rademacher, associate athletic director for facilities. Rawak said the Athletic Department will put aside $250,000 a year to proactively address the increased operation costs that will result from the addition of new buildings. Contrary to rumors, studentathletes will not live in separate athletic dorms, but will remain integrated in dorms on campus. Brandon also addressed transportation issues, saying the department is working on integrating plans for future transportation services and solving problems with parking.
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Detroit officer shot by fugitive in April dies Detroit police say one of their offices has died after sustaining head wounds in a shootout with a paroled armed robber and slaying suspect six months ago. Police spokeswoman Kelly Miner tells the Detroit Free Press that Officer Patrick Hill died about 7:30 p.m. Saturday. She declined to release other details. The fugitive died in the April 2 shooting that followed a car chase. Police say they were seeking parolee Matthew R. Joseph as a suspect in a March homicide.
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Man pleads guilty to shooting golfer who hit home A Nevada man accused of shooting a golfer who broke a window at his home with an errant ball has pleaded guilty to a felony charge. Jeff Fleming of Reno entered the plea to battery with a deadly weapon on Thursday in Washoe County District Court. He faces from probation to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine when he’s sentenced Dec. 12. The golfer was unable to find his ball and was doing a drop shot on the 16th hole of the Lakeridge Golf Course in September 2012 when Fleming approached and fired a single shot at him with a shotgun, prosecutors said. The golfer was treated for minor injuries to an arm and both legs at a hospital.
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Ga. to review tough death penalty provision The state that was the first to pass a law prohibiting the execution of mentally disabled death row inmates is revisiting a requirement for defendants to prove the disability beyond a reasonable doubt — the strictest burden of proof in the nation. A state House committee is holding an out-of-session meeting Thursday to seek input from the public. Other states that impose the death penalty have a lower threshold for proving mental disability, and some don’t set standards at all. Just because lawmakers are holding a meeting does not mean changes to the law will be proposed, and the review absolutely is not a first step toward abolishing Georgia’s death penalty, said State Rep. Rich Golick, R-Smyrna, chairman of the House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee.
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Egypt police, protesters clash at Cairo university Egyptian anti-riot police fired tear gas Sunday at hundreds of supporters of the country’s ousted Islamist president, besieging them inside a prestigious Muslim institution after stone-hurling protesters cut off a main road. Sunday’s clashes marked the second day of unrest at Al-Azhar University, Sunni Islam’s most prominent center of learning. Many supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood are students at AlAzhar, a stronghold of the group. The campus is also near where Islamists had set up a sprawling protest camp that security forces raided in August, leaving hundreds dead and sparking days of unrest. The students’ protest started with a march inside campus, where protesters hurled stones at the administrator’s offices, smashing windows and breaking doors, said Ibrahim el-Houdhoud, deputy head of the university. He told satellite news channel AlJazeera Mubashir Misr that he warned protesters against leaving campus and clashing with security forces. —Compiled from Daily wire reports
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Board of Regents Conference addresses sexual exploitation, slavery approves $100,000 Annual lecture focuses on child welfare By SARA YUFA For the Daily
On Friday, the School of Social Work’s Child Welfare Learning Community and the Global Initiative and the Human Trafficking Clinic at the Law School hosted a day of events addressing the sex trafficking of young women. The Fedele F. and Iris M. Fauri Memorial Conference addressed exploitation of girls both domestically and internationally. It’s estimated that two-million children are exploited in prostitution or pornography every year — more than 100,000 of those victims currently in the United States, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund and the United Nations Population Fund. At least 75 percent of child victims of sex trafficking are girls. Female victims are exploited via prostitution, pornography, sexual servitude and sex tourism. Girls become victims because of factors like severe poverty, the low value attached to their education, family dysfunction, cultural obligation to support their families and the need to earn money to survive, according to
the event’s organizers. Celia Williamson, a professor of social work at the University of Toledo and founder of Second Chance, the Ohiobased sex trafficking support group, delivered the keynote address at the conference. She discussed the different ways that children are recruited into sex trafficking. Williamson pointed out that 59 percent of domestic minor sex trafficking victims are recruited by female friends. Throughout her address, Williamson contrasted the current sex trafficking policies in the state of Michigan with those in Ohio, where she advocates for policy change. According to Williamson, about 100,000 domestic minors are trafficked into the sex trade each year. In Ohio, there are 783 foreign victims of the sex and labor trade and an additional 3,000 Ohio residents are at risk. No data was available for Michigan. However, in a report by advocacy group Shared Hope International analyzing legislative components that must be addressed to respond to domestic minor sex trafficking, Ohio scored a C, while Michigan scored an F. Williamson also criticized weak sexual offense laws against men who hire prostitutes. For example, she noted that some states allow offenders an excuse from registering as sex offenders if they claim
they didn’t know the prostitute was underage. In discussing possible ways to combat child trafficking, Williamson emphasized the need for expansion of police enforcement units dedicated to helping victims of exploitation in metropolitan areas around the country, including improved social services for the victims of sex trafficking and increased responsiveness on the part of healthcare professionals. Williamson’s program, Second Chance, continues to work with victims of sex trafficking in Ohio. They currently offer online courses with education about sex trafficking and held their first online conference in September. Following Williamson’s address, several academics, professionals, legal experts and care group representatives from across the country led lectures and panel discussions. Representatives from law enforcement agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, were scheduled to attend but were forced to cancel their panel discussion in the wake of the government shutdown. The Fedele F. and Iris M. Fauri Memorial Lecture Series is an annual conference focused on child welfare in remembrance of Fedele Fauri, a former dean of the University’s School of Social Work.
Hurricane Sandy’s victims plagued by insurance woes Estimates fail to cover expenses of homeowners NEW YORK (AP) — Many homeowners who got slammed by Superstorm Sandy are finding their flood insurance checks are nowhere near large enough to cover their repairs, and consumer advocates put some of the blame on errors by the multitude of adjusters who were hired in a hurry after the disaster. They say policyholders are being shortchanged — sometimes by tens of thousands of dollars — because of adjusters’ inexperience and their overreliance on computer programs, rather than construction know-how, to estimate rebuilding costs. Those critics point to policyholders like John Lambert and Lee Ann Newland, whose house in Neptune, N.J., is still a moldy wreck a year after Sandy filled it with 4 1/2 feet of water. If you buy drywall, flooring or a new boiler in New Jersey, you have to pay sales tax. But when the insurance adjuster was using computer software to calculate the cost of repairing the home, he neglected to click a box adding taxes to the estimate, according to a consultant hired by the couple. That cost the family $11,000, and they say it wasn’t the only thing left out of their claim: The adjuster failed to account for phone jacks that needed to be replaced, ceiling paint in one room, pipes that rusted because of contact with salt water, baseboard heating in places and other items. “It was stupid things. Little things. But it added up to be a huge amount of money,” Newland said. She is trying to get the insurance company handling her claim to add $49,000 to her settlement. “In our case, that is the difference between us rebuilding, or not.” Another homeowner, Joanne Harrington of Tuckerton Beach, N.J., said her adjuster had her down inaccurately as having electric heat instead of forced hot water. He said she had ceramic tile, when she had more expensive porcelain. A similar pattern has been repeated up and down the East Coast as insurance companies working with the federal government have processed nearly 144,000 claims filed with the National Flood Insurance Program after the storm.
Insurance companies dispute that large numbers of customers are being paid less than what they are owed. They say the vast majority of adjusters do a methodical, professional job, and any oversights are easily corrected if homeowners can produce proof that a covered expense has been overlooked. “In a big event, you are going to get some people entering the industry ... and a percentage of those people are going to do great, because they are good people and they are smart, and they want to do a good job,” said Jeff Moore, vice president of claims for Wright Flood, which handled more Sandy-related flood cases than any other company. “And there will be another percentage that don’t do so well ... and those are the ones you get to write about in the paper.” Computer technology, he added, has made it easier than ever for newcomers to write up a claim properly, even if they know nothing about construction or insurance. “The software that they use, it’s very easy. I could take you in a day and teach you to write an estimate,” Moore said. Some consumer advocates and homeowners don’t see it that way at all. Immediately after the storm, insurance comwpanies brought in an army of adjusters from all corners of the country. They arrived with varying degrees of expertise. All would have had to have passed a certification test in at least one state. Many were veterans of past floods and hurricanes, but not all. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, which oversees the flood insurance program, requires adjusters to have four years’ experience. But newcomers with no track record can start work after a brief training period under certain circumstances, if they are working for one of the major insurance carriers that handle the bulk of flood claims. Amy Bach, executive director of United Policyholders, an advocacy group for insurance consumers, said that for adjusters with no background in construction, there is a tendency to rely too much on software like Simsol, Xactimate and Symbility to tell them how much a repair job is going to cost. “Some of these guys could have been selling oranges last week at a fruit stand, and this
week they are an insurance adjuster,” Bach said. “Instead of using (the software) as a tool to check the estimates produced by the contractors, they use them as a last word. But computers don’t rebuild and repair homes. Contractors do.” Claims software is widely used in the industry after major disasters and represents a break with the old practice of getting estimates directly from contractors. It is designed to take out the guesswork while offering a check against contractors who exaggerate the cost of a job. The programs supply detailed prices, by ZIP code, for carpets, cabinets, light fixtures and almost every other part of a house, as well as the labor costs for tasks as simple as putting masking tape around electrical outlets before painting a room. Using those programs properly involves entering an inventory of every piece of damage in the house, and every possible task that might be required to put the building back into its proper state. There are thousands of variables. Miss a few, and that means less money for storm victims. Simsol’s president, John Postava, said that like any computer program, it is only as good as the data people feed into the system: “Garbage in, garbage out.” Simsol also operates an adjusting firm and had 158 adjusters working in the Northeast on Sandy claims. Postava said he is confident the great majority did a good job.
bonus for Coleman Performance lauded in areas of cost containment, student support By JENNIFER CALFAS and SAM GRINGLAS Daily Staff Reporters
FLINT, Mich. — At the October Board of Regents meeting on Friday, Regent Andrea Fischer Newman (R) asked the board to approve a $100,000 bonus for University President Mary Sue Coleman. After detailing Coleman’s performance during the previous year, Newman lauded Coleman’s leadership in areas such as cost-containment, controlling tuition costs, pro-
moting fundraising and student support. The board voted unanimously to approve the one-time bonus, which will come from non-general fund sources. Though today’s vote was a one-time bonus, Coleman has historically donated pay raises back to the University, often in the form of student scholarships. Coleman donated her additional compensation in 2007, 2011 and 2012. Though Coleman did not announce intentions to donate the bonus at Friday’s meeting, she mentioned she had not expected the regents to discuss her compensation. The regents decision to award Coleman’s raise came only two weeks after she and her husband gifted $1 million to study abroad aid at her annual leadership breakfast.
Feds investigate SF rail worker deaths Two workers killed while performing maintenance
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Federal accident investigators were in the San Francisco Bay Area on Sunday to examine the deaths of two transit workers who were struck by an out-of-service commuter train performing routine maintenance. Saturday’s accident on Bay Area Rapid Transit tracks in the East Bay city of Walnut Creek took place against the backdrop of a contentious and disruptive labor strike. Two National Transportation Safety Board investigators were at the site of the accident on Sunday, NTSB spokesman Eric Weiss said. The two-man team led by Jim Southworth, the board’s railroad accident investigator-in-charge, will be looking at everything leading up to the collision, from safety procedures and qualifications of personnel to the track’s condition. “We will be the lead agency in the safety investigation into how and why this happened,” Weiss said. The four-car BART train with several people aboard was being run in automatic mode under computer control at the time of the accident, Assistant General Manager Paul Oversier said. The system has been shut down since Friday because of a work stoppage by the system’s two largest unions. The train was returning from a yard where workers cleaned graffiti from unused cars when it slammed into the two workers — one a BART employee and the other a contractor — who were inspecting an above-ground stretch of track between stations, Oversier said. Neither BART nor the county coroner has released the names and ages of the victims. They were the sixth and seventh workers to die on the job in the system’s 41-year history. Following the May death of foreman who was killed by a passenger train in West Haven, Conn., the NTSB has been promoting improved safety measures for track maintenance
crews, Weiss said. In June, the board urged the Metro-North Railroad to provide backup protection for crews that were relying on dispatchers to close tracks while they are being worked on and to light the appropriate signals. The investigators now in California will be checking to see if BART uses “shunts” — a device that crews can attach to the rails in a work zone that gives approaching trains a stop signal — or any other of the backup measures the NTSB recommended for the Metro-North system, Weiss said. “Obviously, we are very concerned anytime anyone dies in transportation accidents, but we’re very interested in the issue of track worker deaths right now,” he said. The fact that BART workers have been on strike since Friday would be part of the probe if it turns out to be relevant in terms of staffing and the experience and training of the track workers and train operators. “We are not there because of the strike, but they would look at the circumstances and the personnel surrounding the issue,” Weiss said. Officials from the unions representing BART’s train operators and some of the system’s other workers have warned of the danger that could come with allowing managers to operate trains as BART had planned to do in case of a strike. At a news conference Saturday, Oversier would not say whether a manager had been at the controls. In an earlier statement, BART said only that the person was an experienced operator. BART officials said on Sunday that they could no longer discuss the accident because of the ongoing NTSB investigation. Meanwhile, with no indication that the striking BART workers would be back on the job Monday, the region was preparing for another day of gridlock on freeways and bridges clogged with commuters who would ordinarily be traveling by train. BART, the nation’s fifth-largest commuter rail system, has an average weekday ridership of 400,000.
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Survey says... Athletic Department should seek student input proactively
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n Wednesday, the Central Student Government released a survey of student responses to the general admission seating policy for football. The survey contained appropriate and straightforward questions such as, “were you supportive of the new seating policy at the time of its announcement?” and “after 4 games, are you supportive of the new policy?” The results seemed representative of the current campus attitude about the changes, as the majority of responses are unfavorable. While it’s much appreciated that CSG is taking the initiative to communicate the student body’s opinions to the Athletic Department, the Athletic Department is, once again, not doing very much to reach out to a substantial part of their customer base — students. Michigan adopted first come, first served seating this year, and many schools in the country have similar systems. The Athletic Department wanted the student section to be full earlier on in the games, as students previously have been able to show up late in the past without losing their seats. While thatgoal is understandable, the student body, however, is less than happy with its application. Upperclassmen in particular are feeling shorted as they now have to stand in line for long periods of time to get their desired seats. Furthermore, season ticket prices were raised from $205 to $295 — 23.08 percent per home game. The Athletic Department claims that they’ll be reviewing ticketing policies with consideration of student feedback before the 2014 football season. But why was the survey — which has prompted the dialogue — a project of CSG? While CSG should act as a bridge between students and the University, it isn’t necessarily their job to get feedback for the Athletic Department. With the basketball season approaching, student discontent of the policy will only transfer over to the new similar system for
basketball. Again, the Athletic Department announced a change in student ticketing policies long after students purchased tickets; student input was barely present. Students who paid for what they expected to be the same game day experience they’ve had in the past were cut short of just that. Basketball tickets were oversold by 33 percent, forcing students to show their “commitment” as fans by coming to games in order to hold their spots in the stands for future games. Again, even if this change was made with an honest goal of a higher-spirited game atmosphere, students shouldn’t have bought tickets under false pretenses. While the recent CSG survey gives us insight to student ticketing preferences, subsequent surveys may be most helpful before athletic policies are set. Maybe students should receive a survey now concerning their opinions on the basketball ticketing system, rather than halfway through the season, so that feedback can be addressed before problems even occur. And maybe it should come from the Athletic Department itself — the ones who are actually responsible for the changes.
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SNAP should stay
On Sept. 19 the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation that will cut funding for the food stamp program and send millions of Americans deeper into poverty. The Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act proposes cuts of $39 billion over the next 10 years. The steep cuts will affect 47-million Americans, and just under half of those are children. Because of the high rates of poverty, food insecurity and child hunger, serious action needs to be taken to change the course of this legislation. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — commonly called food stamps — is a federal aid program that supports lowincome individuals and families by providing financial assistance for the purchase of food. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which runs the program, more than 15 percent of the country receives food assistance with 83 percent of recipients consisting of children, seniors and disabled individuals. Currently, more than 80 percent of SNAP households live in poverty. In Michigan, one in six residents receives SNAP benefits and will see the per-person-per-meal dollar amount cut to $1.40. The SNAP program has been beneficial for many reasons. In the face of historically high levels of unemployment during the 2008 recession, the program has been credited with keeping many people out of severe levels of food insecurity and poverty. The SNAP program lifted more than four-million Americans above the poverty line in 2012. In addition to direct effects, research has shown that children who have early exposure to the program have better outcomes metabolically, economically and educationally. Cutting billions of dollars of funding from a major program appears to save money on the surface, but there are many hidden consequences. Giving participants less money to spend results in slowing economic growth, as a result of cutting consumption. In addition
to slow economic growth, experts believe jobs will be affected. A study from the University of Massachusetts estimates that for each $1-billion reduction, 13,718 jobs will be eliminated. Lastly, projections show that as the economy recovers, program spending will decrease and, by 2019, will return to levels — as a share of GDP — that it was at during 1995. SNAP is necessary for our country, but I’m not blind to its shortcomings. Currently, there are no nutritional standards on the types of food recipients are to purchase. Because the amount per person is so low, many families can only purchase cheap and unhealthy foods, which ultimately can contribute to disease and illness putting more strain on the system. The Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council released a report suggesting ways in which the USDA should define adequacy goals and ways to reach them. Another issue commonly referred to is fraud, such as when SNAP benefits are exchanged for cash. Though it does exist, there have been extensive efforts by the USDA to control fraud, with statistics showing one cent per dollar is trafficked. The USDA investigates and disqualifies retailers if they don’t adhere to requirements. In addition, many states are working in conjunction with the USDA to implement antifraud initiatives. It’s easy to look at and hear about a system with a stereotype of abuse and dismiss the latest cuts. But I challenge you to research the benefits of the SNAP program and the millions of people it provides for. Influencing Congress to protect SNAP is not only favorable for the poor, the elderly and the disabled, but also for the rest of the people in this country who will benefit from a growing economy and a failsafe should they ever find themselves in economic hardship. Kristin Mandrink is a graduate student in the School of Social Work.
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ast week, Nobel Peace Prize nominee Malala Yousafzai got some Facebook fame as the video of her interview with Jon Stewart circulated. For those of you who missed it, Malala is a 16-year-old Pakistani girl who has become LISSA a key activist KRYSKA promoting education, especially for women and girls. She’s from the Swat Valley region of Pakistan, where the Taliban come in and out of power and have, at times, banned girls from school. In response to her outspoken support for girls’ education, Taliban members shot her in the head in a 2012 assassination attempt. Luckily, she survived.
After the government shutdown and run-up to the debt ceiling, I thought it would be nice to write about a cause that everyone can get behind — education, especially for girls. The benefits when girls are educated are vast and improve conditions not only for women, but for everyone. That’s why women’s education around the world is a priority not just for non-governmental organizations, but for the World Bank as well. Girls and women around the world are disproportionately more likely to be uneducated. According to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, “almost two-thirds of the world’s 972 million illiterate adults are women.” And according to She’s The First, a nonprofit that sponsors girls’ educations internationally, only 20 percent of girls in developing countries finish primary school. Women who are educated tend
to have fewer children with lower mortality rates. The women themselves are more likely to survive childbirth, as they tend to get married and have children at an older age than their uneducated counterparts. They are more successful in protecting themselves and their children against HIV and AIDS, and they are also more likely to make sure that their children receive an education. In addition to the health benefits for women and their children, women who go to school are more likely to be able to work. When more women enter the labor force, the economy is rewarded. Educated women earn higher wages: Forbes estimates that “an extra year of primary school increases girls’ wages by 10 percent to 20 percent, and an extra year of secondary school increases them by 15 percent to 25 percent.” This allows them to better support themselves and their families and is especially important for single mothers. Educating women increases economic growth for the whole country: According to the Council on Foreign Relations, “a study of South Asia and SubSaharan Africa found that from 1960 to 1992, more equal education between men and women could have led to nearly 1 percent higher annual per capita GDP growth.” This means that educating girls is a strong strategy for promoting national economic development. But while there seems to be broad consent that, as former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and chief economist for the World Bank Lawrence
Summers once said, “investment in girls’ education may well be the highest return investment available in the developing world,” it’s estimated that not even two cents of every dollar spent on development goes toward girls’ education. The United States spends around $37 billion on foreign assistance each year — about 1 percent of the federal budget. Much of that money is spent on military aid to other countries, especially in the Middle East. And while security is definitely important, I think that a higher investment in education, especially for girls, is the best tool that we have to fight extremism over the long-term. Malala, who goes to school and who received an education in politics and activism from her father, has brought the issue of the Taliban in Pakistan into the international spotlight far more effectively than any UN official ever could. What it comes down to is that when more girls are educated, we all win. And that’s why it’s important to support girls like Malala in attaining an education as well as advocating for a universal right to education. It’s a stressful time of year, with midterms and projects piling up. I’m glad that there are people like Malala out there to remind me that the education I’m receiving is a huge privilege, and while that doesn’t make studying for midterms any more fun, it does put things into perspective.
When more girls are educated, we all win.
— Lissa Kryska can be reached at lkkryska@umich.edu.
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CARLY MANES | VIEWPOINT
How we stop abortion stigma
One in three women will have an abortion in her lifetime. For all of the talk about abortion in U.S. politics, we never seem to talk about the fact that abortion is a common experience among American women. But we don’t just talk about abortion in America — we legislate it, regulate it, define what it is and isn’t, and what it should and should not mean. So, if abortion is so common in the United States, and we are talking about it all of the time, how come no one knows how prevalent it is? As record numbers of legislation regulating abortion procedures, providers and facilities, conversations about abortion as a political tool overshadow the fact that having an abortion is a common and personal experience, thus decontextualizing abortion from the circumstances that make it necessary. When you hear about abortion, you often hear about Texas, Ohio, Kansas and the multitude of other state legislatures that are regulating abortion care. Anti-abortion legislation has flooded our federal and state legislatures in record numbers in the past several years. According to the Guttmacher Institute, in 2011 alone, more than 92 anti-abortion laws were passed in 24 states. It often seems as if Congress cares more about outlawing abortion than it does balancing the national budget or creating jobs. The current conversation about abortion in the United States revolves around Rick Santorum sound bites and fetal-pain theories. The national conversations that politicians are having about abortion are very different from the conversations we are —or too often, aren’t — having with our friends, our families and our communities.
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For the past several years — and ever since the legalization of abortion in 1973 really — abortion hasn’t been about our experiences and the role abortion plays in our everyday lives; it has been about political ideologies and re-election campaigns. So, if you didn’t know that one in three women will have an abortion in her lifetime, don’t be surprised. Our national rhetoric around abortion access has nothing to do with the stories of the individuals having abortions and everything to do with politicians who are committed to legislating it. Now, we’re not pointing fingers, and we’re not placing blame. This isn’t about labels or “taking sides” on the issue of abortion. Abortion and our feelings about abortion don’t fit into two categories, and neither do our experiences. The 1 in 3 Campaign Week of Action revolves around sharing abortion stories and working to change the conversation and culture in the United States around abortion. The policies our representatives are making, as well as the media representation of this highly politicized issue, fail to accurately reflect our experiences. One in three women will have an abortion in her lifetime. These are real peoples’ lives. These are women in our community. One in three isn’t just a statistic — it’s a representation of all the women in your life who have had abortions but have not been given the opportunity to talk about it. Every time an anti-abortion law is brought to the floor, every time a group of anti-abortion activists stands in front of a clinic entrance with signs that shame individuals who have abortions, we are failing one-third of our nation’s women. We are effectively telling women
who have had abortions, and women who are going to have abortions — outlawing abortion doesn’t stop abortions from happening — that their experience is shameful, and that the choice they made about their pregnancy is wrong. This is the stigma, and when we stigmatize abortion in this way, we are silencing a whole lot of people. That’s why, starting today, with the 1 in 3 Campaign Week of Action, we are changing the conversation. The 1 in 3 Campaign is about letting individuals who have had abortions tell their stories without the shame and stigma that currently surrounds the abortion conversation. We are reclaiming our voices, and telling our stories so that woman around the nation can tell theirs too. Not only do we hope that the sharing of personal abortion stories finally puts an end to the stigmatization of abortion and women who have abortions, but we hope it mobilizes abortion supporters to advocate for safe, legal and affordable abortion care. This Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Pendleton Room of the Michigan Union, Students for Choice will be holding its first annual 1 in 3 Abortion Speak Out. The 1 in 3 Abortion Speak Out is an opportunity for individuals in the campus community who have had abortions to share their experience in a safe, empowering and supportive space. Although everyone is welcome and encouraged to join us, only individuals who have had abortions will have the opportunity to speak. Now that you know one in three women in America will have an abortion in her lifetime, it’s time we stop the shame and stigma. Carly Manes is a Public Policy junior.
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The deterioration of the bus system is not the drivers’ fault. We are going beyond the duty required of us. I want to let (passengers) know it’s not our fault.” — Fred Westbrook, president of Detroit’s Amalgamated Transit Union Local 26 told the Associated Press. Detroit’s public buses service is canceled Monday, citing a “sick-out” protest from unionized drivers.
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ENDOWMENT From Page 1A increase from the previous year’s $270 million spending. However, the vast majority of the endowment cannot be used for general fund and operational purposes since most of it is restricted by the donor’s original intention for their contribution. The endowment earmarks nearly 25 percent of its funds for the University of Michigan Health System and another 20 percent for student support and financial aid. In a press release, Slottow said the 20 percent reserved for student aid has reached $1.7 billion. In terms of what is actually withdrawn annually from the endowment’s total vaue, the University averages the value of the endowment over the past seven years then withdraws 4.5 percent of the average for use each year — allowing for more consistent cash flows and protecting the principal from market volatility. By basing its spending on the average market value instead of the current market value, the University can better stabilize distributions each year — ensuring that programs
BUSINESS From Page 1A big names.” The conference kicked off with a presentation by Michigan Athletic Director Dave Brandon and other representatives from the Athletic Department, who outlined the University’s plan to construct 16 new athletic facilities within the next five to seven years. The keynote conversation between ESPN President John Skipper and ESPN Commentator Mike Trico discussed the evolving industry of sports coverage and sports culture. “There are a lot harder ways to make a living that working in sports. Almost all of them … you just kind of feel lucky,” Skipper said. During Skipper’s 14 years at ESPN, he has been involved in television, digital and print initiatives. He emphasized during his speech the importance that alternative forms of media play in the growing media industry. In addition to the keynote conversation, there were breakout sessions, networking opportunities and panel discussions held throughout the day. Tom Lewand, president of
CAFÉ From Page 1A late-night hours at Bert’s last year, Proppe said. Engineering junior Jasleen Randhawa, chair of the Commission on North Campus Life, said she and many of her engineering classmates have wanted Mujo to
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won’t have a windfall one year and nothing the next. In an interview after the meeting, Lundberg said the endowment report reflects a changing financial climate, as the nation begins to inch out of the recession. “Our changes tend to be gradual, but right now they tend to reflect that we’ve been recovering from the financial crisis and that the environment is normalizing,” Lundberg said. The University’s endowment portfolio also includes a small program that invests in faculty entrepreneurs called Michigan Investment in New Technology. The program was first introduced by University President Mary Sue Coleman in October 2011. “There’s been great reception by the entrepreneurs and we’re very excited about the ability to support our own businesses,” Lundberg said. By July of this year, the University had funded seven startups. Lundberg said the initiative is in its early stages and the investments will take time to mature. In a July interview, Rafael Castilla, the University’s investment risk management director, said
the University will likely hold on to these investments for at least a decade. “We have generally a very longterm horizon,” he said. “We hope there’s going to be a return, but we’re in no rush to sell as soon as possible. In their conclusion to the report, Lundberg and Slottow wrote that the University’s longterm investment strategy is sufficient for success in the future. “Financial markets appear to be normalizing with greater distance from the financial crisis which should be rewarding for a globally diversified investment program,” Slottow and Lundberg wrote. “We remain confident in our investment strategy and the endowment’s ability to continue to provide support.” The last decline in the University’s budget came in 2012, with the endowment’s total value falling by 0.5 percent — marking the first time the endowment decreased in value since 2009. The 2009 downturn was caused by the 2008 financial crisis and succeeding recession.
the Detroit Lions football team, participated in a panel discussion regarding the importance of cultivating a loyal fan base in the growing sports world. Lewand said in an interview that a key factor for students pursuing a business career in the sports industry is to make sure they don’t limit themselves. He said University students are competitive because of a “high level of intelligence” combined with a “Midwest sensibility.” “Keep working at it,” Lewand said. “Look at all the different ways that you could possibly get engaged in any business that has to do with the business of sports — on the brand side, agency side, the service side — there are just so many different ways.” Ten non-University students were honored through MSBC’s inaugural BIG Initiative — an acronym for Build, Inspire, Grow — which looks to honor students from around the country who excel in academics and athletic endeavors. This year, organizers put a bigger focus on social media and technology. MSBC was also able to attract more high-profile speakers and connect them to students in a “one-on-one” environment, with plenty of networking opportunities.
Many students in the Kinesiology and Business school were in attendance Friday. Kinesiology graduate student Xiaochen Zhou said she came to the event to learn from professionals and gain knowledge of what the sports business industry is like. “Because we are international students it gave us some insight into the job market in America, especially the American sport industry,” Zhou said. “It’s very different from what business is like in China. I think it will be very helpful.” The event was capped off with a surprise Skype interview with University alum Adam Schefter, an NFL analyst for ESPN and former sports writer at The Michigan Daily. Students tweeted questions to Schefter about his days at the University and his start in the sports industry. “I don’t have any skills — I just work hard,” Schefter said. “Everyone that I deal with knows that they can trust me.” MSBC will start planning next year’s conference in the coming months. Business junior Alex Lieberman, a MSBC committee member, said the committee members are looking to expand the conference next year and bring in more representation from outside of the University community.
run later into the night because of significant time spent working at the Dude. “Being able to have a kind of healthy option for food and not having to order pizza out every night is something that we felt was really important,” Randhawa said. Randhawa said Mujo’s menu should meet most of the demand
for better late-night food. However, other options, such as a featured entree from the café, are also in the works. “This is great for students studying late on North Campus,” said CSG Vice President Bobby Dishell. “When students are well-fed and well-hydrated, they can study longer and be healthier.”
— Daily News Editor Peter Shahin contributed reporting.
U.S., Israel divided on relationship with Iran U.S. considers easing pressure as Israel asks for more
JERUSALEM (AP) — Just days after the first round of global nuclear talks with Iran, a rift appears to be emerging between Israel and its closest ally, the United States. Israel’s prime minister on Sunday called on the U.S. to step up the pressure on Iran, even as American officials hinted at the possibility of easing tough economic pressure. Meanwhile, a leading Israeli daily reported the outlines of what could be construed in the West as genuine Iranian compromises in the talks. The differing approaches could bode poorly for Israel as the talks between six global powers and Iran gain steam in the coming months. Negotiators were upbeat following last week’s talks, and the next round of negotiations is set to begin Nov. 7. Convinced Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons, Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes the Iranians are trying to trick the West into easing economic sanctions while still pushing forward with their nuclear program. Iran insists its program is for peaceful purposes. “I think that in this situation as long as we do not see actions instead of words, the international pressure must continue to be applied and even increased,” Netanyahu told his Cabinet. “The greater the pressure, the greater the chance that there will be a genuine dismantling of the Iranian military nuclear program.” Israel considers a nucleararmed Iran a threat to its very survival, citing Iranian references to Israel’s destruction. Netanyahu says pressure must be maintained until Iran halts all enrichment of uranium, a key step in producing a nuclear weapon; removes its stockpile of enriched uranium from the country; closes suspicious enrichment facilities and shutters a facility that could produce plutonium, another
potential gateway to nuclear arms. Despite Netanyahu’s warnings, there are growing signs that any international deal with Iran will fall short of his demands. Over the weekend, U.S. officials said the White House was debating whether to offer Iran the chance to recoup billions of dollars in frozen assets if it scales back its nuclear program. The plan would stop short of lifting sanctions, but could nonetheless provide Iran some relief. In an interview broadcast Sunday on NBC, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said it was “premature” to talk of easing sanctions. But he stopped short of endorsing the tough Israeli line and suggested the U.S. would take a more incremental approach in response to concrete Iranian gestures. Asked whether he was worried the U.S. might ease the sanctions prematurely, Netanyahu urged against a “partial deal” with Iran. “I don’t advise doing that,” he said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
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EVENT From Page 1A Regent Denise Ilitch (D–Bingham Farms) and University alum Steve Hutchinson, former offensive guard for the Michigan football team whose collegiate career was followed by a 12-year stint in the NFL. Hutchinson and his wife were called in to be the master and mistress of ceremonies for the event. An auction-style fundraiser at the end of the night raised approximately $150,000 in support of breast cancer research. One highlight was remarks from Flora Migyanka, a mother of two and a survivor of breast cancer who underwent exten-
sive treatment at the University Hospital. With the example of Migyanka’s survival, physicians present at the event stressed the pervasiveness of the disease. “You know what I think? I think this is unacceptable,” Ora Pescovitz, executive vice president for medical affairs and CEO of UMHS, said in her remarks about the disease that kills nearly 40,000 women a year. Several attendees, including current medical students, said their support was in concern over a reduction in federal funding for research. Sofia Merajver, scientific director of the Breast Oncology Program, said the reduction in government funding for medical research could be balanced out by the recent increase in commu-
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nity interest and philanthropic involvement. To put it into perspective, Meraiver said $5,000 only funds about five days of intensive research in a typical laboratory. The future of breast cancer research lies in understanding the genomic changes in the tumors of every person rather than complying with a onesize-fits-all model of treatment, Merajver explained. “Cancer research is expensive, but at the same time the value that you get at a university is huge because we are doing research all the time, and the money goes directly for research,” Merajver noted. “It’s a very efficient way to discover, and our goal is to really discover new knowledge.”
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN The University released renderings for the expansion of the Earl V. Moore building on North Campus.
RENOVATIONS From Page 1A es. The project will cost $185 million, with $100 million funded by a donation from University alum Charles Munger, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway. The new residence will be home to around 630 graduate students. The regents also approved construction of a new transportation research facility, sponsored by the University and grants from the State of Michigan’s Department of Transportation. Coleman lauded the project and noted Stephen Forrest, University vice president of research, had lobbied the board to approve the project. Between the approval of upcoming construction projects, the regents also approved two name changes on the athletic campus in honor of University donors. After donating $200 million to the University’s business
school and athletic department last month, the regents voted to rename much of South campus as the Stephen M. Ross Athletic Campus. The University will also rename the renovated softball facility after University alum Donald R. Shepherd, who previously donated $25 million to the University. The board also approved plans to relocate Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, or ROTC, operations from North Hall to the Chemistry Building, Dow Laboratory and Ruthven Museums. The University will renovate spaces within those buildings to better house the program — at a cost of $4 million. Approximately 15,000 square feet of renovated office space will be transformed into physical fitness rooms, administrative function spaces and classrooms in the Chemistry Building and the Dow Laboratory. Approximately 6,000 square feet of the Ruthven Museums will include
classrooms and storage spaces. The project is slated for completion in fall 2014 and will be designed by architectural firm SmithGroupJJR — a contractor frequently used by the University. At the meeting, Tim Slottow, executive vice president and chief financial officer, said he is ready to propose to demolish North Hall. Although the purpose of the space has yet to be determined, Coleman said in an interview Monday the building will be part of a “larger construction plan,” which will be rolled out during this academic year. North Hall was constructed between 1899-1900 as a Homeopathy Hospital but became an extension of the main University Hospital after the regents discontinued the independent Homeopathic Medical School in 1922. It was turned over to the Navy in 1940 and has been an ROTC facility ever since.
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JACKASS OF ALL TRADES
Johnny Knoxville talks ‘Grandpa’
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Latest ‘Jackass’ project promises more story By CONRAD FOREMAN Daily Arts Writer
Johnny Knoxville will be a kick-ass grandpa. There are few things in this world that you can be totally sure of, but that’s one of them. Knoxville (“Jackass” franchise) will make grandfatherhood bow down before him like a peasant to his king. In short, an elderly Knoxville will be the polar opposite of his most famous character, Irving Zisman — the protagonist of Knoxville’s latest film, “Bad Grandpa,” which hits theaters this Friday, Oct. 25. But with Knoxville’s tenure as a grandfather still years away, he’s still making the world laugh as the raunchy, rude and always inappropriate Irving, in the meantime. Knoxville understands that the appeal of “Jackass” will never go away; if he wanted to, he could make 50 more “Jackass” films, and loyal fans would continue to flock to see them. With “Bad Grandpa,” Knoxville decided to switch things up (if only slightly), bringing a previously limited gag to the big screen for a film all its own. Of course, “Bad Grandpa” takes a different approach to filmmaking than previous “Jackass” installments. Unlike its predecessors, this film tells a story, chronicling Irving’s attempt to take his grandson across the country to return him to his father. Knoxville spoke about the writing process for himself and fellow writers Spike Jonze (“Adaptation”) and Jeff Tremaine (“Jackass” franchise) on a conference call with The Michigan Daily on Oct. 4. “Sometimes we’ll try to work story points into the pranks. And everything has to connect and
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make sense. So, that was very unique to this film.” He also commented on how the storyline of “Bad Grandpa” develops the grandfathergrandson relationship. “I think you’re going to be surprised at how much you’re going to be invested in the relationship between me and my grandson,” Knoxville said. As anyone familiar with the Irving character knows, the introduction of a child to the prank’s setup changes a few things. Knoxville explained how having Jackson Nicoll (“The Fighter”) on board as his grandson made them more aware of potentially dangerous situations; they always had a team of people close by ready to step in, in case things got out of hand. However, according to Knoxville, Jackson was perfect for the role, and these precautionary measures were never anything more than that. “We could not have found any kid more gifted than Jackson. He is 8 years old and completely fearless,” he said. Knoxville compared Jackson to previous children he’s worked with, saying he showed greater poise, never freezing up in situations where others had. “Never (did) we enter a situation where he was intimidated or frightened. … Sometimes, if
we were pranking someone and didn’t get the desired result, he’d yell an insult at them as they walk away.” Knoxville explained how Jackson’s parents felt about their son’s role in this R-rated picture. “There is a reason he is solid and fearless and competent,” he said. “It’s because he’s got great parents, and they trusted us — thank God. … I just wish they would go back to having babies because they have some wonderful children.” Considering the heaps of praise for Jackson and the amount of confidence Knoxville has about “Bad Grandpa” in general, there are certainly high expectations for this film. “I think I’m really excited for everyone to see this film, and I definitely think it’s as good as anything we’ve ever done,” Knoxville said. Knoxville will forever be known as the king jackass. No matter what he does from now on, his legacy is set in stone. But when you get a chance to speak to him, you realize that Knoxville is more than that. He’s a genuine, kind guy — the kind of guy that grows up to be a kickass grandpa. “Oh, I hope I’ll be a much better grandfather than Irving Zisman. … I won’t be downing beers with my grandchildren.”
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Choosing nostalgia versus choosing innovation. Music’s most beloved and respected artists face a dilemma with every new album: record the same style of songs that made them successful, or switch up their sound to try to stay fresh and interesting. Since his comeback with 2009’s Relapse, Eminem has opted for the former, trying to recapture the spirit of his old releases and scoring hits thanks in great part to fans’ nostalgia for the rapper’s old work. Other artists following this path include Pearl Jam, whose new album, Lightning Bolt, sounds like it could’ve been recorded two decades ago, when the band was just starting out, and The National, a band that consistently releases critically acclaimed albums based on the same melancholy rock blueprint. Today, the antithesis of Eminem has to be Kanye West.
Originally becoming popular with a distinct style of production that featured sampling of old soul songs, West eschewed this type of music just as other artists were trying to catch on, moving with great success into baroque instrumentation, stadium-rap, electropop and, most recently, the avant-garde classic Yeezus. Instead of staying stagnate, West has gained fame through his unpredictable innovations. Kanye’s clearest rock music contemporary is Radiohead, which legendarily threw out the entire musical rulebook with the ambitiously innovative OK Computer and its alienating follow-up, Kid A. Even great artists of yesteryear, like The Who and The Beatles, are as esteemed as they are today because they broke new ground before other artists could improve upon their original style. There are drawbacks to attempting to innovate. Kanye’s last two studio albums have lacked mainstream crossover hits, and lately, Miley Cyrus’s drastic change in style has drawn ridicule and derision from much of the public. Any band or artist that alters the basis of its original successes risks estranging old fans. Eminem knows what he’s good at, and he knows that’s what the fans want, so why not keep it up? Acts that rely on a nostalgic blueprint for recording new songs have a lot less to lose, but will also never significantly increase their fan base or gain more critical respect. There’s nothing wrong with consistently making music meant for a specific group of people, but in order for artists to be truly transcendent, they have to give fans not what they want, but what they don’t know they need.
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Scattered plot reduces Knott talks ‘U’ inspiration for art ‘Estate’ to obscurity Cartoonist discusses past influence, future work By CARLY KEYES Daily Arts Writer
“I didn’t have the best art education in high school. It was one of those electives that a lot of people took more as a study hall.” David Knott, a two-time Emmy-winning director for his work in animated television (such as Disney’s “Recess”) and a 1992 graduate of the University, had no idea that his artistic skills would eventually pay off so handsomely until he took “The Art of Film” with Prof. Hubert Cohen his freshman year. “It was more than eye-opening,” Knott said. “I was like, ‘No way, you can actually study this stuff?’ ” Even still, Knott, originally from Port Huron, wasn’t yet sure that he should major in Film and Video (now known as Screen Arts and Cultures). But by the end of his freshman year, he realized that he’d much rather flourish in another film course with Cohen than flounder in physics. “My first (physics) midterm I got a C, and I never got Cs,” Knott said. “I dropped it like a hot potato. I was good (at math and science) in high school, but in the big leagues here at University, it (wasn’t) working.” What Knott learned at the University — from the films he watched to the papers he wrote to the cartoon short film he made — has been essential to his success in the industry. “It’s like this visual encyclopedia I have in my brain that I draw upon,” he said. “I’ll literally be in a session with a couple other artists trying to break down a sequence, and I say, ‘OK, this is the shot I’m thinking about. It’s like that one scene, in that one movie. … And it’s gotta be exactly like that.’ ” Knott also mentioned that what he learned from Prof. Herbert Eagle — the history of how Eastern European directors navigated around censorship restrictions — has proven fruitful.
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“They just found creative ways to (tell the story) through allegory, symbolism and Freudian stuff — things that Soviet bureaucrats are going to miss because they’re not educated enough to know any better,” he said. Today, Knott says he references his old lecture material when facing his own challenges with censors for animated television. “It’s ridiculous,” Knott said. “I always say I learned how to do what I want to do and find creative ways around (the censors’) notes because I took Herb Eagle’s class.” Upon graduation, Knott didn’t know what to do. At the time, the film industry in Michigan was nowhere near as developed as it is now. He had to move home with his parents and get a job as photographer with Glamour Shots in the Westland mall. “It was soul-sucking,” Knott said. “I kept saying, ‘But I’m working with a camera, so it’s okay.’ ” After about four months, Knott felt he had no choice but to move somewhere with a bigger and better market. After searching for work and couchsurfing both Chicago and Seattle, he eventually ended up in Los Angeles where he got work as a production assistant. “I kept trying to figure out a path where I could get to a creative job,” Knott said. “I was writing scripts at night on my own. What I should’ve been doing is finding like-minded peers and writing really short scripts that we could make into a film. It’s so easy now. You can just make a movie with your iPhone and post it to YouTube. Back then, it wasn’t that kind of world.” Knott lived from job to job. He would get six weeks of work then spend three months off and get another gig just as he was running out of money. Though it wasn’t quite “soulsucking” like Glamour Shots, it was grueling work, driving extras around and picking up light kits in his own car for 12to 14-hour days. He was “almost ready to go home,” when he saw an advertisement for an animation
expo that was taking place in Universal City, Calif. Every single animation house in town was going to be there looking at portfolios. So Knott, who taught himself how to draw by tracing comic-book characters, spent a few weeks sketching people in cafés and animals in the zoo and mimicking the illustrations of famed animator Preston Blair. “It didn’t take long to realize that I had a really sub-standard portfolio,” Knott said. “Or at least, very neophyte.” Once again, Knott’s education at the University proved crucial in opening the door to his future. “The last table was Hanna-Barbera,” he said. “They thought the same thing about the sketches as everyone else, but they saw this VHS tape f loating around in there. And asked me, ‘What’s that?’ I just said, ‘Oh, it’s this one-minute cartoon I did at U-M. It’s this kind of coyote-roadrunner type cartoon.’ ” After watching his student film, the Hanna-Barbera representative informed Knott that they were looking for someone to hire and train as an animatic editor, which is somebody who cuts together storyboards into a timed-out version of what the cartoon would look like. “I said, ‘Sign me up!’ I came in for an interview, and that’s how I got in.” Since that pivotal moment, Knott worked his way up from a successful start as a storyboard artist at Disney Television Animation to an Emmy-winning director at Nickelodeon studios for “The Penguins of Madagascar.” “Storyboarding is basically directing because you’re choosing all the shots,” Knott said. “Not only that, you’re doing the acting, because you have to draw the acting out of the dialogue. I wanted to be a director, but I didn’t think I had much of a shot. But, here it is in front of me, and all I have to do is be able to draw everything.” Currently, Knott is working as a storyboard artist on the feature film “Legend of the NeverBeast” for Disneytoon Studios, which is set to release in spring 2015.
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For a movie supposedly tackling such high-profile issues, “The Fifth Estate,” directed by Bill Condon (“Dream- Cgirls”), presents only The Fifth a feeble swipe Estate or two. Films depicting liv- At Quality 16 ing historical and Rave figures are the new black, and Touchstone this latest one falls short of giving its characters the story they deserve. “The Fifth Estate” is based on books written by ex-Wikileaks members Daniel DomscheitBerg, David Leigh and Luke Harding. It focuses on the dynamics between Wikileaks founder Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch, “Star Trek Into Darkness”) and Daniel Berg (Daniel Brühl, “Rush”), his original right-hand man. The two embark on an odyssey to change the world by revealing its secrets, and at first, all goes well as the film adeptly shows how furiously typing at keyboards in the dark will topple banks, parliaments and companies. Trouble enters the picture when Assange and Berg go head to head over whether to redact information from their largest leak of all, the release of State Department cables. Though the film is officially marketed as a sort of political thriller, it can’t seem to find its identity. “The Fifth Estate” tries to touch upon too many points in its attempt to capture the gravity of the situation. Along with the main arc depicting drama between Assange and Berg, there are side plots between Berg and his girlfriend (Alicia Vikander, “Anna Karenina”), between Assange and editors of major newspapers, and between government official Sarah Shaw (Laura Linney, “Hyde Park On Hudson”) and her Middle Eastern “not-justan-informant.” The last conflict appears out of nowhere in the film, completely irrelevant to the overall storyline. The end result is a confused movie spread thin as it flits among too many characters.
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Revaluing shock value of nudity in art By GILLIAN JAKAB For the Daily
Walking through the library halls to the Duderstadt Video Center on North Campus, we were warned by signs that there would be “nudity” in the evening’s performance. I got into my nudity-viewing mindset, which usually involves putting on my “this-is-totally-normal” face. “Masturbation and sex and derobing — why’s it always masturbation and sex and de-robing when people hear queer? Well, it is fun,” Thomas DeFrantz, the director of SLIPPAGE, an interdisciplinary research and performance collective, would protest jokingly throughout the performance as he stripped down to his underwear once again. He was upstaged by his fellow male dancer, who did not stop at his underwear, and proceeded to wag his hips in a proud motion baring all he had to show. “Theoryography 4.5: We queer (still) here” is a multi-media dance performance studded with these periods of dialogue, proclamation and reaction, in which the dancers read audience contributions (“write something that’s queer” we were prompted) from index cards, and express them through movement and adlib. In contrast to these interludes of full-frontal improvisation that
tested my “this-is-totally-normal” face, Gina Kohler, one of the SLIPPAGE members, danced bareskinned as a choreographic choice. She performed an excerpt of her piece “dream (factories),” which began with Kohler sitting on a sheet of mirror — back facing the audience — and slowly pouring a series of beakers filled with winecolored liquid down her body. The effect was both gory and gorgeous. The tone changed instantly when Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” began to play, and two other dancers joined Kohler holding pompoms and dancing like divas. The action went from a meditative, abstract performance art piece to a wild dance party that displayed Kohler’s wine-stained skin as she boogied her naked body.
Can pole dancing be art? From the pages of the Daily to The New York Times, a lot of ink has flowed on the topic of nudity in dance. The consensus among critics seems to be that nudity has a place in modern dance, and in art in general, as long as it comes off as a component that expresses or advances a larger artistic vision — like the wine-stained enthu-
siast — rather than as just cheap shock value, like the hip-wagging improv. Alastair Macaulay, the revered dance critic for The New York Times, made this point in a Sunday Magazine feature article last summer headlined “Nakedness in Dance, Taken to Extremes” that sent ripples through the dance criticism world. He complimented pieces in which the naked body is used to highlight the intricacies of “musculature” and to add a dimension of “intimacy” where one may not exist in the choreography alone. He criticized other nude dances as being raunchy for raunchiness’s sake. A 2009 piece on this topic by former Daily Arts Writer Trina Mannino agreed: “As long as choreographers use (nudity) to enhance or further support their vision — instead of using it as a gimmick — it can be an effective and tasteful way to display the body in its most natural form.” I appreciate the high-brow view, but I can’t dismiss the shock value of absurdity or raw sexuality in the movement arts simply in the name of generally accepted definitions of good taste. In the example of “Theoryography,” the hip-wagging and pom-pom shaking were equally as powerful in their expression as the more serious and subtle displays of nudity. There’s no escaping the conclu-
sion that “shock value” nudity in performance serves to further the dialogue about personal identity and liberation from norms. Many are quick to dismiss gaudy displays of the body, judging that it has perhaps crossed the line from art to erotic entertainment or cheap thrill. But consider a choreographed piece in which one of the characters is an erotic dancer by profession. Few would question the appropriateness of even shock value nudity to bring that character to life. What about night club “dancers” themselves? Do they not play characters, and do those characters not express Macauley’s “intimacy”? Does this mean that, logically, we have to recognize even pole dancing itself as artistic expression worthy of critical acceptance, however low-brow? Well, look what happened to Burlesque. Once reviled in fine arts circles as the pole dancing of its day, Burlesque has enjoyed a nostalgic revival as a high art form, celebrated in feature films, repertory houses, performance troupes and literature. But should an image have to be tasteful to have value? Sometimes the message is within the shock itself. So, pole dancing as art? If that’s what it takes to defend complete expressive freedom in the movement arts, then I’d say so.
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Sherlock came back a blonde.
As for the primary issue — the Wikileaks controversy — “The Fifth Estate” oscillates between painting Assange as a hero and a ruthless, underhanded creature. Perhaps the movie aims to show objectivity, but it comes across as only ambivalent, unfairly portraying Assange as a two-dimensional figure either way. He is a man of mystery, the film emphasizes again and again, single-minded and calculating, alone in the world and also kind of a weird guy. However, Cumberbatch, already well known for his roles as emotionally constipated geniuses, performs flawlessly even in the given limitations.
This movie doesn’t even know what it wants to be. The film also employs overdone clichés, ultimately creating a farce-like atmosphere. There are glowing laptops in the dark, strings of green nonsense on black screens, download bars inching by to increase tension and a flickering, glitchy marquee that displays the name
of every city the characters hop to — which they do every four minutes or so. The color palette includes only industrial hues of gray, neon or unhealthy tinges of faded fluorescent green. This is a tech movie, it screams. Look at all this tech stuff! “The Fifth Estate” could have saved its muddled plot with an ending that paid more respect to its characters. Instead, the final moments of the movie feel tacked on, as if they’re the hastily written sentences of an essay conclusion written minutes before class. A few lines of text explain to the audience the aftermath of the main drama regarding those State Department cables. Daniel Brühl’s face is featured close up as a single fat tear rolls down one of his cheeks. The final scene is bizarre and jarring, as it shows Cumberbatch as Assange giving an interview regarding the film — yes, “The Fifth Estate” becomes self-referential. It’s almost arrogant as it assumes the impact it will have, with Cumberbatch saying, “What Wikileaks movie? Oh, that one.” The movie sees itself as larger than what it really is: a meek, unoriginal attempt to discuss implications of the future of information’s brave new world, riding on the coattails of historical figures.
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New ‘Carrie’ knockoff diminishes King classic By KARSTEN SMOLINSKI For the Daily
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“Can you hear me now?”
Bell sweetens the niche-com ‘World’ Director’s debut makes her voice heard By NOAH COHEN Daily Arts Writer
In the esoteric world of movie-trailer voiceover actors, Don LaFontaine’s death leaves a talent vacuum in the indus- A try, and when a new fran- In A World... chise proposes At the to resurrect Michigan LaFontaine’s iconic phrase Roadside “In a world…” for its opening trailer, the few men left at the apex of the voice-actor world hustle for the opportunity to take up LaFontaine’s mantle. Then, out of nowhere, comes Carol Solomon. Lake Bell (“No Strings Attached”) plays the lead, Carol, a couch-surfing voice coach living with her father, who is the premier voice actor left after the death of Don LaFontaine. When Carol scores a big break in her father’s voiceover world, it bruises the ego of the men in the trade. Everyone scrabbles to maintain dignity and everyone spectacularly fails. Meanwhile, the cast plays hot potato with family frictions and awkward
subplots in a way that’s spontaneously touching. Lake Bell also produced, wrote and directed this film. It won Sundance Film Festival’s Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award and successfully resists the self-important wankery of film festival culture, but the clipped stuttering and cringing speechless lulls (meant to evoke organic awkwardness) feel occasionally overdone. Still, the well developed characters and their equally well developed relationships manage to create a legitimate heart-punching rom-com in background of the main plot — a huge feat for a relatively short (93-minute) festival film debut. Audiences should recognize some of the cast names: Demetri Martin (“Important Things With Demetri Martin”) plays Louis, the dorky, overly supportive audio techie who produces Carol’s voice work. Fred Melamed (“The Dictator”) plays Carol’s father, Sam “Sotto” Solomon, with much featherpreening and sexist swagger. And Rob Corddry (Correspondent on “The Daily Show”) plays a cute supporting role as Carol’s sister’s boyfriend, Moe. The romantic subplot between Moe and Dani (Michaela Watkins, “Wanderlust”) is handled with the gracious warmth of a nonpolitical environment, giving the audience needed reprieve
from the ugly power game in the main plot. When Sam Sotto does his voice exercises, “Me, me, me, me,” we take it as a subtle commentary on voice, agency and attitude. Carol makes a voice for herself in a world all about voice, and even after having found a space for herself (physically and figuratively), she’s screwed by her rival, by her father and even verbally beaten by the only other woman we see in the movie industry — who tells her, shockingly, that she only got the part because she was a woman. “In A World…” cuts a sympathetic vignette of what it means to make a voice for yourself in a world that doesn’t care to hear you. This film inhabits a special place in Hollywood meta because it confronts and treaties with the bullshit that constitutes movie culture. To make a movie about some aspect of the movie-making industry isn’t a novel thing, but in movie-movies you rarely see Bell’s level of attention to the idiotic human sillinesses or painful egotistical pitfalls that make us secretly loathe ourselves. Thanks to Lake, Martin and Corddry, though, the bullshit doesn’t win out. Expect to hear a lot more of Lake’s voice in the immediate future — hopefully, as a writer/ director.
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Far too similar to Brian De Palma’s 1976 version of “Carrie,” the newest iteration adds nothing worthwhile to this classic Dmodern horror story. Improved Carrie special effects and a more con- At Quality 16 temporary set- and Rave ting utterly fail to distract from Sony the film’s emotional flatness, making this most recent adaptation of the Stephen King novel feel wholly unneeded. King’s original story of titular character Carrie White, (Chloë Grace Moretz, “Hugo”), represents a wicked twist on the typical highschool prom narrative. Socially handicapped by the religious fanaticism of her mother (Julianne Moore, “Crazy, Stupid, Love.”), Carrie suffers from the cruel teasing of her fellow seniors. Carrie does receive some support, however, from her gym teacher, Ms. Desjardin (Judy Greer, “The Descendants”). With her help and the kindness of some of Carrie’s fellow students, Carrie manages to overcome her social fears and get a date to the prom. Just when her night is going perfectly, a sadistic prank humiliates Carrie. Pushed past her breaking point, Carrie takes revenge against her tormentors using her recently discovered telekinetic powers. Unfortunately, not only does Moretz look far from the part of a social outcast, but her acting falls far short of Sissy Spacek’s (the 1976 “Carrie”) Academy Award-nominated performance for the original film. Moretz’s grimaces inspire more humor than horror. For her part, Julianne Moore creates an appropriately disturbing portrait of the mother, but her treatment of Carrie appears more ineffectual than horrifying. Not bold enough to stray far from the original’s formula, “Carrie” seems a mere cosmetic upgrade of the original with noth-
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ing substantial below the surface. CGI intensifies the violent power of Carrie’s telekinetic abilities, but the images of her psychotic rampage fail to distinguish this film from numerous other gory horror flicks. The newer version attempts to update the bullying aspect of “Carrie” by including more contemporary bullying methods, such as camera-phone recordings and social networking. However, this introduces very little new material to the plot.
An emotionless remake. Brian De Palma’s version ultimately invoked a sense of terrible tragedy, showing how Carrie’s intense social humiliation and gross mistreatment at the hands of her mother pushed her into a homicidal rage. The original’s feeling of horror stemmed from Carrie’s apparent trauma and the total destruction
she unleashed upon the school. Carrie was victim and villain. The remake, on the other hand, tries to portray Carrie as only the victim, framing the story as more of a revenge fantasy. Instead of murdering her classmates indiscriminately, Carrie targets those who tormented her worst and spares those who showed her kindness. However, this framing seems somewhat problematic as the punishment (a gruesome death) doesn’t really seem to fit the crime. The film tries to get viewers to sympathize with Carrie, even as she commits murder. Considering the similarity of the film’s subject matter to tragic occurrences such as mass shootings, this film will likely leave audiences frustratingly conflicted over the deaths of its villains. Similar in plot but lacking the emotional force of the original, this new “Carrie” has not a single trait to commend. Don’t bother wasting your time on a prettier looking knockoff — the original “Carrie” has everything you need.
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Banksy masked by mystique By REBECCA GODWIN Daily Arts Writer
Imagine walking down the street in New York City and being drawn in by a street vendor with a small selection of spray-paint art for only $60 each. The canvases range in sizes but one or two catch your eye, so you purchase them and then continue on your way. Now imagine that those two small pieces of artwork you spent $120 on are actually worth tens of thousands of dollars in the right market. This happened to three very lucky individuals when celebrated and reclusive graffiti artist Banksy recently decided to open up a stall near Central Park during his monthlong exhibition in New York. But don’t get your hopes up for another such event any time soon. According to his website, the stunt was a one-time thing. Luckily, though, Banksy will still be creating new pieces all over the city for a little bit longer. Banksy is a British graffiti artist whose popularity has been growing over the last decade or so. No one really knows what he looks like (though many claim to have pictures of him), and his pieces involve intricate stencils that have been spray-painted onto a variety of different mediums, from sidewalks to the backs of trucks. A lot of Banksy’s pieces also act as a form of creative social and political commentary and display a deep hatred for capitalism, war and an acceptance of “the establishment.” But not all of Banksy’s work is so socially conscious. A quick Google search will yield dozens of tongue-in-cheek pieces that are likely to bring a smile to your face. A lot of Banksy’s pieces use graffiti that someone else has already put on a wall or some
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other previously placed item adding to the already cheeky and slightly dark humor found in his other pieces. But while he was a relative unknown 10 years ago, he’s grown into a commercial success, with some of his bigger pieces selling for $500,000 to $700,000 each. According to some art experts, the small pieces purchased by those three lucky people near Central Park could sell for $30,000 or more.
Famed graffiti artist is the Robin Hood of street art. Of course, Banksy doesn’t usually sell his own artwork. He paints all of his pieces on public property or in public areas. Private citizens who own the walls he’s painting on sell most of the
artwork. Until his stunt in Central Park, I had never heard of Banksy. I had seen some prints of his artwork (most memorable being a copy of his lesbian Queen Victoria print on a flyer in a dorm bathroom last year), but I never knew who the man behind the spray can was. Now after quite a bit of research, I can firmly say that I still don’t really know who he is. By hiding his identity, Banksy has indeed added to his intrigue and made his art more compelling. The fact that people are spending so much money on his paintings goes completely against his anti-capitalism message. He doesn’t want fame or recognition, and he doesn’t even want money for his artwork. When thinking of Banksy, I picture a Robin Hood figure, cloaked by night, creating beautiful paintings and giving them to the average, everyday person — someone who will truly appreciate his artwork and is more likely to understand the statement he’s trying to make.
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DEFENSE? WHAT DEFENSE? MICHIGAN 63, INDIANA 47
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n its postgame interviews that took place in Crisler Center after the Michigan football team’s win over Indiana, Devin Gardner was ready to face the media. He smiled during his interview, for the first time in two weeks — since the Wolverines’ LIZ last win. VUKELICH The redshirt junior quarterback grinned while talking about how easy it was for him to connect with fifth-year senior wide receiver Jeremy Gallon and how the two of them broke three Michigan records together — receiving, passing and total offense. Above all, he smiled when talking about the relief of
shaking the loss to Penn State last week. And it seemed fitting that while Gardner gushed, he was just down the hall from where the Michigan basketball team starts its season next week. Because in all honesty, the 63-47 win resembled the kind of matchup you’d have seen between Michigan and Indiana basketball coaches John Beilein and Tom Crean last year on the court, not the kind of thing a defensively-minded coach like Brady Hoke wants to see on his football field. Gardner recounted a conversation he had with running backs coach Fred Jackson during the game. “It’s going to be like a basketball game,” Jackson told him. “You have to keep scoring.” The last thing Hoke wanted to do was turn Gardner into a star point guard, the one player
who was expected to carry the team through the game. But Hoke still “had a sense that the offense would always respond,” he said. They did. And Gardner became the main man orchestrating it all. There was no other choice. A win is a win, and this one will be remembered as the one where all the records were broken. But above all, it has to be seen as what it really was: an ugly, three-and-a-half hour shootout in which the Wolverines didn’t secure their win over Indiana — Indiana — until midway through the fourth quarter. Had Gardner not dazzled with his arm, had Gallon not flown through the air to catch the passes, what would we be left with to evaluate this team? Hoke — who always beats around the bush and never See MICHIGAN, Page 3B
Borges spreads things out By EVERETT COOK Daily Sports Editor
It’s been quite the week for Michigan offensive coordinator Al Borges. In a 43-40 loss to Penn State last Saturday, Borges took a lot of flack for his play calling and offensive approach, and for good reason. Michigan’s offense was stagnant, especially towards the end of the game
and into the overtime periods. The traditional I-formation was going nowhere and trying to force a running game that just wasn’t there — fifth-year senior running back Fitzgerald Toussaint finished with 27 yards on 27 carries and redshirt junior quarterback Devin Gardner, Michigan’s most dynamic offensive player, threw just five times in the extra frames. From the get-go, Saturday
against Indiana was entirely different. The Wolverines ran their first nine plays of the game from the shotgun and finished the first quarter with just five offensive plays run from under center. It could have been the dedication to the spread, or the play or a few new additions to the offensive line or the fact that the Hoosiers’ defense looked like it was trying to let Michi-
gan score at times, but for whatever reason, something on Saturday clicked. Michigan set a program record with 751 yards of total offense, fifth-year wide receiver Jeremy Gallon set a program and Big Ten record with 369 yards receiving and Gardner set a Michigan record for passing yards in a game with 503. On top of all that, Toussaint See SPREAD, Page 3B
Five Things We Learned By ZACH HELFAND Daily Sports Editor
1. The secondary has significant holes.
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For six weeks, Michigan’s defense had bailed it out time and again. It made a goal-line stand against Akron, stifled Connecticut despite turnovers and stopped Minnesota. The defense was successful largely because the secondary prevented big plays, even if it did so by playing loose and allowing easy underneath routes. But that fell apart against Penn State in the fourth quarter, when the Nittany Lions went 80 yards in less than 30 seconds to tie the
game. That was nothing compared to this week against Indiana. The Hoosiers passed for 410 yards on 43 passes, an average of 9.5 per attempt. The secondary was torched for four touchdowns. The defense was caught out of position, but other times, the secondary simply got outplayed. On Indiana’s first and second passing touchdowns, the Hoosiers’ quick tempo led to breakdowns in the secondary. And on the final passing touchdown, redshirt sophomore Blake Countess lost his man on the goal line, leading to an easy score. Indiana’s longest play of the game, though, came when the
Sophomore tight end Devin Funchess leaps over an Indiana defender just short of the goal line in the fourth quarter.
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secondary was in the correct alignment. Freshman cornerback Channing Stribling had positioning on Indiana receiver Kofi Hughes, but Hughes jumped over Stribling to steal the ball away. Poor tackling after the catch allowed the 67-yard touchdown. Earlier, junior cornerback Raymon Taylor dropped an easy pick six. The game was Michigan’s worst defensive performance of the year — and possibly of defensive coordinator Greg Mattison’s tenure. Through seven games, the Wolverines have defended more passes than all but 11 FBS teams. More than halfway through the seaSee FIVE, Page 3B
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Offensive explosion doesn’t clear up murky B10 W here does this befuddling Michigan football team belong in a befuddling Big Ten conference? Nobody, not even Michigan coach Brady Hoke, has any idea what the identity of this team is nor how it is going to play on the road at Michigan EVERETT State, NorthCOOK western and Iowa, nor at home against Nebraska and Ohio State. Saturday could have been a defining win, or at the very least, a win that gave us a better idea of what this Michigan football team is supposed to be going into November, where arguably the five toughest games of the 2013 season await. Without context and within a snapshot, the Wolverines looked incredible on Saturday. Fifth-year senior wide receiver Jeremy Gallon set a Big Ten record with 369 receiving yards. Awesome. Redshirt junior quarterback Devin Gardner’s 503 yards through the air were a record for a Michigan quarterback. Impressive. Fifth-year senior running back Fitzgerald Toussaint was relegated to a footnote, and he still rushed for 151 yards and four touchdowns, almost doubling his season touchdown total. Great. But put into a larger context, one where the defense gave up 572 yards and 47 points, Saturday didn’t do much of anything to clear up the continually muddy Big Ten picture, which is nothing more than a mediocre cluster at this point. In Michigan’s division, the
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Fifth-year senior safety Thomas Gordon was one of the few bright spots of Michigan’s defense when he sealed the game with his second interception of the game.
only undefeated team in conference play couldn’t crack 300 offensive yards against Purdue. Yet, Michigan State is in the driver’s seat to win the division if it can beat Michigan at home in two weeks thanks to a defense that gives up almost 25 points fewer per game than the worst defensive team in the conference, Indiana.
So where does Michigan fit in here? A week ago, it was a predictable offense getting blown off the ball in a loss to Penn State. Saturday was almost entirely the opposite. It was encouraging to see offensive coordinator Al Borges try some different things out on offense, like a reliance on the spread and less of an infatu-
ation with a “power running game” that has never shown the potential for power or success. Clearly, whatever Borges did on Saturday worked. Even then, fifth-year senior tackle Taylor Lewan said the game plan on Saturday was put in specifically for Indiana — what if Borges goes back to the pseudo power running game
against a different opponent? “We’ll see what we do in the future,” Lewan said. “I know we’ll still do stuff … run downhill stuff because that’s what we want to do. That’s the kind of team we want to be, and we have the guys up there to do it, it’s just doing it consistently. But if (the spread) works, we aren’t just going to throw it to
the side.” The week before Penn State, Michigan fit into the Big Ten picture with a defense that allowed just one touchdown to Minnesota, a team that later beat Northwestern on the road. That win sent Northwestern — a team that was seen as one of the favorites to win the Legends Division before the year — to 0-3 in the Big Ten. Against Indiana, the defense was far from that. It finished the game by doing its job — fifth-year senior safety Thomas Gordon’s second interception of the game sealed the win — but almost every defensive back in the Michigan secondary was beaten deep. Forty-seven points, even against a good offense, isn’t going to cut it against the meat of Michigan’s schedule over the next five games. If the Wolverines win out, the division is theirs. The odds of that, though, with a team this inconsistent and confusing, are slim to none. Michigan doesn’t have another game on the schedule where one side of the ball can dominate and the other side can be dominated and still win, no matter how middling the Big Ten is this year. After the game, Hoke was asked what the identity of his team is. A power running team that gained 503 yards through the air, mostly out of a shotgun formation? A hit-‘em-in-themouth defense that gave up 572 yards to Indiana? He paused for several seconds, shook his head and smiled. “That’s a great question,” he said. “So good that I don’t know if I can answer that.” -Cook can be reached at evcook@umich.edu or on Twitter @everettcook
Dazzling goals on display Offense delivers in OT By MINH DOAN By GREG GARNO
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In the second half of Sunday afternoon’s matchup between Wisconsin (1-2 Big Ten, 9-3-1 overall) and the Michigan men’s soccer team, freshman defender Lars Eckenrode was hustling to recover from an 1 WISCONSIN errant pass 2 MICHIGAN and slid to get the ball. A Badgers attacker came in a second later and cleated him in the face. The physical battle between the two teams ended in a 2-1 victory for the Wolverines on a goal by redshirt junior midfielder Tyler Arnone with under four minutes left in regulation. Michigan (2-2, 6-4-3) was coming off an emotional win over No. 6 Creighton but showed no signs of slowing down against Wisconsin. Arnone’s game-winning goal highlighted a second half of fantastic goals. In the 87th minute, after a defensive gaffe by the Badgers, Arnone collected the ball outside the 18-yard box from redshirt sophomore Colin McAtee and unleashed a vicious side volley past sprawling Wisconsin goalie Casey Beyers into the left side of the goal. “I took (the ball) off my chest and it sat nicely for me, and I just focused on technique,” Arnone said. “I didn’t try to hit the ball with a lot of power. It was probably one of the best goals I’ve scored in my life.” During the 53rd minute, a defensive mistake by the Badgers that led to a Wolverine goal. Sophomore forward James Murphy applied pressure to Wisconsin’s back line and stole the ball from a defender. After taking two touches to goal and with Beyers racing out to cut off the angle, Murphy chipped the ball over Beyers into the right side netting for a goal — his team-leading fourth of the year — to put Michigan on the board first. “I thought James Murphy was outstanding,” said Michigan coach Chaka Daley. “He scored a great goal.” While Michigan capitalized on the Badgers’ defensive mistakes,
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Redshirt junior midfielder Tyler Arnone scored the game-winning goal on Sunday.
so did Wisconsin on its lone goal of the game in the 64th minute. Off a Wisconsin corner, the ball was cleared away by the Michigan defense but straight to the feet of Badgers forward and leading scorer Nick Janus, who was standing outside the 18-yard box. Janus skillfully shot a curling ball with the inside of his foot, placing it into the upper corner of the goal and just out of reach of Wolverines redshirt junior goalie Adam Grinwis. “It was a pretty good shot,” Daley said. “I can’t live with a soft one, but that one, I can live with. You can’t do anything about that.” Before the scoring chances, the first stanza featured more physicality and skirmishes. Wisconsin came out with that physicality, and it showed in its pressure of Michigan’s back line. The Badgers’ physicality quickly turned into altercations, as senior midfield Dylan Mencia got in the face of Janus at one point and a shoving match followed. But the Wolverines’ leaders stepped up and reminded the team to get back to playing soccer. “We knew (Wisconsin) was big, we knew they were physical,” Daley said. “College athletes at the highest level are super competi-
tive, and sometimes they lose their way. The most important thing is that they got back on track.” In the first half, the best and only significant chance from both sides came from the Badgers when forward Tomislav Zadro played a through ball to forward Nick Jones. Jones chipped it over Grinwis’s head, but it hit the post and bounced to Janus who shot the ball into a seemingly open goal. But Grinwis made it back to the goal in time to make an acrobatic save. The game was another good indication of the high level of soccer that the Michigan team has been playing of late. The victory showed the poise and patience along with maturity of the team to not be roped in by the Badgers’ physical style of play. This mentality should benefit the Wolverines as they head into another tough part of their schedule. “We’ll enjoy the victory tonight and come back down to earth tomorrow, and hopefully we’ll be ready for a Saturday challenge against (defending NCAA champion) Indiana.” Daley said. Note: Eckenrode, Mencia and junior midfielder Marcos Ugarte were injured in the game and did not return.
DURHAM, N.H. — Without starting goaltender Steve Racine, the No. 5 Michigan hockey team knew it needed to answer the call for a strong defensive performance to walk away with any points against No. 13 New Hampshire. Freshman defenseman Michael Downing was one of those to answer the call. As the puck flew 1 WISCONSIN down 1 MICHIGAN center ice in 1 WISCONSIN the first 2 MICHIGAN period, Downing extended his body and stretched his stick. The play went largely unnoticed, but it was enough to deflect the puck and neutralize the scoring threat. Senior forward Derek DeBlois also answered the call, as he annoyed the Wildcats behind the net in the second period, killing off a penalty and subsequently keeping the puck out of Michigan’s zone. Most importantly, freshman netminder Zach Nagelvoort stepped up in replacement of Racine to answer and fill in admirably. Nagelvoort stopped the shots he needed to and then some, finishing with 22 saves on 24 shots to keep his team in the game. The Wolverines beat New Hampshire in front of a sellout crowd, 3-2, on an overtime goal from freshman forward Tyler Motte to leave Durham with two points after a 1-1 tie on Friday. “I thought we kind of took it to them for all three periods,” said senior defenseman Mac Bennett. “We definitely stayed out of our zone a lot more, which made it easier on everyone.” On a line together for the first time, junior forward Alex Guptill scored his first goal of the season and sophomore forward Boo Nieves added two assists. Motte’s goal came 1:37 into
the extra frame, as he filled in behind DeBlois and a charging JT Compher where he waited alone near the crease. Compher, the freshman forward, bounced the puck along the boards and carried it behind the net. He then found DeBlois, who quickly fed Motte for the open look to keep the Wolverines (3-0-1) unbeaten. After it struggled to find its offense a day earlier on the wider ice, Michigan created more opportunities from added extra-man opportunities. Whittemore Center Arena features an Olympic-size rink — 15 feet wider — that makes shots tougher to come by. The gameplay got caught up in the neutral zone and took Michigan out of its normal routine. “I thought we got a little more comfortable with the puck than we were last night, especially in the offensive zone,” said Michigan coach Red Berenson. “This was another close, hard-fought game.” New Hampshire jumped on the board first when a scrum near the Michigan bench kicked the puck out near the blue line that found Wildcat forward Kevin Goumas. Goumas, with no one near him, fired a slap shot through traffic that was too quick for the glove of Nagelvoort. Nagelvoort looked more prepared with the extra night to study the Wildcats. He entered Friday’s game with 15 minutes of play in the third period due to a lower-body injury to sophomore Racine. Berenson didn’t comment on Racine, other than to say he would be examined this week. Nagelvoort was rarely called upon to make a crucial save, but he turned away a late barrage in the third period to send the game to overtime. And the defense in front
of him also did its part as it cleared rebound opportunities and blocked shots. Guptill answered back later in the first period when he took a feed from Nieves near the right circle and slid through the New Hampshire defense before flipping the puck over the shoulder of goaltender Casey DeSmith. Luke Moffatt opened the second period scoring to give the Wolverines a brief lead when he threw the puck from the right of the net that deflected off the skate of a New Hampshire defenseman. The goal was Moffatt’s third of the year. But late in the period, Goumas found himself with room again, this time when he was behind the net. On a power play, Goumas threw the puck near the net. It took an awkward bounce off the back of Nagelvoort and dribbled across the line. Michigan’s 30 shots nearly doubled its total from Friday night, including a late look from Guptill that officials deemed just short of the line. It showed a much-improved performance that Berenson had hoped for. “This was a good gut-check for our team,” Berenson said. “After last night’s disappointment, I thought we had to bounce back, and we did.” Saturday’s win came after a disappointing 1-1 tie on Friday night, in which the Wolverines never overcame a slew of penalties to create any offense. Michigan was penalized 11 times, including a late call on DeBlois in the third period that resulted in a penalty shot. Freshman goaltender Zach Nagelvoort, filling in for the injured Racine, made a pad save to stymie New Hampshire’s comeback attempt. In all, the Wolverines were outshot 35-18 on Friday.
“This was a good gut-check for our team.”
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GAME STATISTICS Team Stats First Downs Rush/Yards Passing Yards Offensive Plays Total Offense Kick returns/yds Punt returns/yds Comp/Att/Int Punts/Avg Fumbles/Lost Penalties/Yards Time of Possession
Michigan 35 54/248 503 83 751 6/121 0/0 21/29/0 2/36.5 2-2 4-15 38:34
Indiana 28 33/162 410 76 572 5/101 0/0 21/43/2 4/36.5 0-0 3-20 21:26
M I C H I G A N PASSING Player
C-A
Yds
TD
Int
Gardner
21-29
503
2
0
Totals
21-29
503
2
0
RUSHING Player
Att
Yds
Avg
Lg
TD
Toussaint
32
151
4.7
27
4
15
81
5.4
18
3
Greem
6
21
3.5
7
0
Gallon
1
Gardner
-5
-5
0
0
54
295
4.6
27
7
Player
No.
Yds
Lg
TD
Gallon
14
369
Funchess
4
84
21.0
Jackson
2
Totals RECEIVING
26.4
70
2
38
0
23
11.5
12
0
1
27
27
27
0
21
503
24.0
70
2
Toussaint Totals
Avg
PUNTING Player
No. Yds Avg
Lg
Wile
2
72
36.5
37
Totals
2
72
36.5
37
KICKOFF RETURNS Player
No.
Yds
Avg
Lg
TD
Norfleet
6
121
20.2
44
0
Totals
6
121
20.2
44
0
Player
No.
Yds
Avg
Total
0
PUNT RETURNS 0
Lg
0
TD
0
0
TACKLES Player
Solo Asst
Tot
Taylor
7 2
9
Ross
5 3
8
Lewis
5 0
5
Morgan
3 2
5
Wilson
4 0
4
Bolden
3 0
3
Clark
2 1
3
Stribling
2 1
3
Countess
2 1
3
Henry
1
Wormley
1 2
3
Ryan
2 0
2
Gordon, G.
2
2
Heitzman
1 1
2
Jenkins
1 1
2
Funchess
1
0
1
Chesson
1 0
1
Ojemudia
0 1
1
Gedeon
0 1
1
Totals
2
0
43 18
61
I n d i a n a PASSING Player
C-A
Yds
TD
Int
Roberson
16-23
288
3
1
122
1
1
410
4
2
8-19
Totals
24-43
RUSHING Player
Att
Yds
Avg
Lg
Coleman
11
78
7.1
20
1
Roberson
11
50
4.5
15
1
Houston
8
45
5.6
Roberts
2
1
0.5
Sudfeld
1
-12
33
162
Totals
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it today is the best feeling in the world.” The Wolverines got off to a rocky start when they gave up the first goal of the game less than 13 minutes in. Ohio State maintained its one-goal lead for most of the first half, seeing little pressure from the Michigan offense in that time. A deflection into the net by Mack off a pass from redshirt junior midfielder Sammy Gray with just 32 seconds remaining in
the half finally gave the Wolverines the momentum they needed. “It was great timing because we got it right at the end of the first half,” Mack said. “Being able to tie it up was very motivating, and it helped with the confidence of the team going into the second half.” In the second half, Michigan came out with a newfound intensity and sense of urgency. The offense awakened, record-
ing 14 shots in the second half as opposed to just three in the first. “We refocused on what the game plan was and the players really executed that in the second half,” said Michigan coach Marcia Pankratz. “They came out on fire and really motivated to play at their best.” The Wolverines also played a solid game on defense, allowing just five shots through both the regulation and overtime periods.
Defenders succeeded in marking their opponents and staying in front of the Buckeyes near the net. Despite its control of the second half, Michigan couldn’t capitalize on any of its shots or corner opportunities and the game went into overtime. The Wolverines came into the game aware that a win would not come easily against this particular Ohio State team. Although Michigan led the all-time series, which now stands at 33-26-2, coming into Sunday’s game, it has dropped four out of its last five meetings in Columbus. Coaches and players alike also knew that both teams would bring their best play even before the game began—a product of the rivalry between the two schools. Green and yellow cards against both teams as well as a tiring back and forth battle that left the Wolverines relying on fresh legs off the bench highlighted the intensity of the game. “It was a big team win where a lot of players got to contribute,” Pankratz said. “We’re very well conditioned and to be able to rotate like that kept our tempo really high.” When a game enters overtime, the team mentality must change. Each player must be more aggressive, more urgent, in every fight for possession. In the end, it was passion and the desire to win that put Michigan on top of Ohio State. “It’s a battle of heart, essentially,” said redshirt senior goalkeeper Haley Jones. “That’s what really comes in, who’s more passionate about the win, who really wants it.”
had been criticized in the media for his propensity to run the ball on first down. On Saturday, the first play of the game was a deep pass to Gallon that fell incomplete. The next play, Gallon got a handoff on an end-around, and after a delay-of-game penalty, Gardner had an 11-yard scramble on third down. Michigan had to punt, but the point was made. All game long, Borges seemed determined to break the offensive mold put into place after Penn State. More than two-thirds of the Wolverines’ plays came out of the shotgun. Gardner executed multiple rollout passes, and Borges called plenty of read-option runs. It wasn’t what Michigan initially envisioned before the sea-
son, which was a power running game, but it worked. “I’m more of a fan of the downhill run game, but whatever gets Fitz yards gets Fitz yards,” Lewan said. Added Gardner: “I could have never dreamed about playing a game like this after such a tough loss. I feel like it’s all about the offensive line. They gave me plenty of time.” That offensive line saw two new starters at guard on Saturday, redshirt junior Joey Burzynski and redshirt freshman Erik Magnuson. Burzynski was injured in the first half, so in stepped true freshman Kyle Bosch. The regular starter, redshirt freshman Kyle Kalis, still got some playing time, but for all
intents and purposes, the new guys played well, even if it was the first game of Bosch’s career. “Bosch played well,” Lewan said. “My first Big Ten game as a freshman, I just remember looking around and saying, ‘Oh my God, this is the Big Ten.’ I think Bosch did a great job. The first couple plays he was a little starry eyed, but he knows what his strengths and weaknesses are and so do I so I tried to help him out as much as I could.” To be fair, some of Michigan’s offensive explosion needs to be credited to Indiana’s porous defense, which often left Gallon open even after he had eclipsed the 200-yard receiving mark. Declarative statements can’t be made against defenses that bad.
But if Borges and the Wolverines stick to the offensive look they didn’t originally want to employ, whatever offense struggles that occurred earlier in the season might head to the backburner. It’s different, but it’s working, and that’s what should matter. “We kind of put (the spread) in for Indiana,” Lewan said. “We’ll see what we do in the future. I know we’ll still do stuff like running downhill because that’s the type of team we want to be and we have the guys up there to do it, it’s just doing it consistently. But if (the spread) works, we aren’t just going to throw it to the side. Coach Borges is a smart guy and our coaches know what they are doing.”
issues on the defensive line. Mattison likes to rotate linemen constantly. That’s difficult when the offense runs the hurry-up. If there is one other team in the Big Ten capable of cycling plays as fast as Indiana, it’s Ohio State. Michigan will have to be more prepared for it in The Game.
ald Toussaint ran for 151 yards, his highest total in his last 20 games. Now, Michigan must decide what kind of team it wants to be. Hoke said the opposing defense dictates how much spread Borges will use. Indiana, they felt, was more vulnerable to the spread. Michigan has had more success in those formations. But the vision for the program is the downhill, under-center running game. “That’s what we want to do,” said fifth-year senior left tackle Taylor Lewan. “That’s the kind of team we want to be.” But in year three under Hoke, Michigan is still in limbo, a downhill running team without all the parts necessary to run downhill. As it becomes increasingly clear that’s not the best option, will they fully commit? And then what, exactly, is the identity of Team 134? “That’s a great question,” Hoke said. “And so good that I don’t know if I can answer that.”
has taken better care of the ball. But having another weapon didn’t hurt. “It’s hard to combination two of them,” Hoke said. “And if you do, then the other guy on the other side is by himself. I think there’s no doubt that having Devin Funchess out there in the open space helps.”
By the second half, when fifthyear senior receiver Jeremy Gallon already had 170 yards, it was inconceivable that he had not drawn a double team. He exploded for 50 more yards, to move his total to 220. Then another 70
yards made it 290. Then 53 yards on the next drive for 343. Still, Gallon remained in single coverage. His 369 total yards was an unprecedented individual accomplishment in Big Ten play. But Gallon also has sophomore tight end Devin Funchess to thank. By now, Funchess is a tight end in name only. Most of the game, he was split out wide on the same side as Gallon. The formation creates a dilemma for defenses. Leave Funchess in single coverage, and he can beat smaller cornerbacks with his size. Yet leaving Gallon one-on-one proved worse for Indiana. In Funchess’s first two games split out wide, defenses still keyed on Gallon, and they mostly kept him in check. In two games against Minnesota and Penn State, Gallon totaled nine receptions for 134 yards and one touchdown. Comparatively, that’s pedestrian. Funchess, meanwhile, had 11 receptions for 263 yards and 3 scores. Indiana decided to give more attention to Funchess. It did limit his production, and he finished with four receptions for 84 yards. But Gallon made the Hoosiers pay over and over again. Remember, also, that redshirt junior quarterback Devin Gardner’s rebound after a bad string of turnovers coincided with Funchess’s move to receiver. Gardner
against a team that hasn’t beaten the Wolverines since 1987, then what are they going to look like when November rolls around and it faces the meaty part of its schedule? That’s not to take away from Gardner and Gallon’s accomplishments. But that kind of performance is not realistically
sustainable — they aren’t still going to be smashing the same kind of records when Ohio State rolls into town. And then, what will the Wolverines have to cover up its miscues? Hoke will dream about it, though. “I’d like to see the same
offense show up,” Hoke said about the Wolverines’ next contest, in East Lansing after the bye. Then he paused. “Maybe a different defense.”
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Rachael Mack set the Michigan record for most career goals. As the overtime game OHIO STATE 1 winner. 2 MICHIGAN Against Ohio State. As a Michigan field hockey player, you can’t ask for much more. In a hard-fought overtime game, the 19th-ranked Wolverines field hockey team (2-2 Big Ten, 9-6 overall) pulled off a 2-1 victory over Ohio State in Columbus. In addition to adding a conference win to their record Sunday afternoon, the Wolverines celebrated the enormous success of senior forward Rachael Mack, who netted both goals for Michigan and secured her place as the Wolverines’ all-time leading goal scorer. The offensive star recorded her 69th career goal in the sixth minute of sudden-death overtime play. Mack hit the right side of the net after receiving a long pass from redshirt junior midfielder Lauren Hauge, dodging a defender and ripping a shot from an open area at the top of the circle. Michigan came out strong in overtime, starting off the scoring opportunities with an early penalty corner followed by a high shot by redshirt junior back Leslie Smith. The Wolverines secured the win with Mack’s recordbreaking goal. “It feels phenomenal,” Mack said. “It’s something I’ve been working towards since my freshman year, so to actually achieve
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Senior forward Rachel Mack scored her 69th career goal to set the new Michigan career scoring record.
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son, that’s not a fluke — that’s the opponents looking to take advantage of a vulnerability. 2. Tempo can burn the Michigan defense. During the week, Hoke said he wouldn’t plan anything different in practice to adjust for Indiana’s up-tempo offense. Michigan’s practices, he said, are naturally speedy. That would be preparation enough. The Hoosiers, though, caused confusion by hurrying to the line. On multiple occasions, they scored touchdowns as the defense struggled to communicate. On Indiana’s second possession, it took just 10 seconds from a first-down play to the next snap. Taylor, Hoke said, was trying to get the call from fifth-year senior safety Thomas Gordon. Meanwhile, wide receiver Cody Latimer streaked past Taylor. The safety help Taylor believed would be there never came. The play went for 59 yards and a touchdown. Later, after Taylor dropped the interception, Indiana hurried to the line. Again, an Indiana receiver was able to get over the top of the secondary for a touchdown. Up-tempo offenses also caused
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criticizes anything too harshly — perhaps summed it up best, when asked about his reaction to the defensive performance and such a high-scoring game. “A lot of frustration,” he said.
3. Borges has shown a willingness to commit to the spread. In an ideal world for Michigan coach Brady Hoke and offensive coordinator Al Borges, the Wolverines’ offense would likely look much different from the one that put up 63 points on Indiana Saturday. Not that anyone is arguing with the results. Hoke and Borges came to Ann Arbor with the promise of a traditional power running game. Some pictured the three-yards-and-acloud-of-dust offenses of the Big Ten’s past, but Borges has always shown more nuance than that. Still, big, road-grading linemen would abound. The inside running game would flourish. Well, the inside running game hasn’t flourished. The road-grading linemen, at least on the interior, haven’t flattened much of anything. So against on Indiana, Borges committed to the spread, and the offense exploded for 751 yards of total offense. Finally, the running game broke out. Fifthyear senior running back Fitzger-
“Sick feeling.” Fifth-year senior safety Thomas Gordon said that the Hoosiers’ fast tempo caught the Wolverines off guard, though it certainly came as no surprise — they’d been preparing for it all week. But if the Michigan defense struggled this much on Saturday
4. Defenses can contain Jeremy Gallon or Devin Funchess. But not both.
5. Bold Prediction: The Legends Division winner will have two losses, but there will be no outright division champion. Northwestern looked most promising to start conference play, but the Wildcats lost their first three Big Ten games. Write them off, but don’t be surprised if they play spoiler in the Legends Division. Michigan also has a conference loss, and winning out is a tall task. Nebraska is unblemished in the conference but still must play Northwestern, Michigan State and Iowa and at Michigan and Penn State. Winning three of those five games isn’t too shabby. Michigan State looks to be in the driver’s seat, with the best shot to finish with less than two losses. But the Spartans still have issues on offense, plus games against Michigan, Nebraska and Northwestern. Can they win two of those three? Maybe. But in the weak Big Ten this year, don’t bank on it.
— Vukelich can be reached at elizavuk@umich or on Twitter @LizVukelich
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THE MICHIGAN DAILY TOP-10 POLL Each week, Daily sports staffers fill out ballots, with first place votes receiving 10 points, second-place votes receiving nine, and so on. 1. ALABAMA (23): If HaHa Clinton-Dix isn’t the best name in college football history, we give up.
2. OREGON : Their title hopes will end with a late-season loss to a middling Pac-12 team, just like every Oregon season ever.
3. FLORIDA STATE (1) : Is getting your ass kicked by Bill Murray a career highlight or low-light?
6. BAYLOR: Its new stadium has a place for sailboats to tailgate. That’s all.
7. STANFORD: Did you ever envision a victory over UCLA being a marquee win?
8. MIAMI (FL): What is it with teams recovering from NCAA sanctions being better than ever?
4. OHIO STATE: Almost lost to Iowa at home and still remains by far and away the best team in the Big Ten. 9. LSU: One of those teams that everyone thinks is good but no one actually knows why.
STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers do their best to predict, against the spread, what happens in the 2013 football season.
Zach Helfand
Matt Slovin
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No.2 Oregon (-39) vs Washington State No.3 Clemson (+3) vs No.5 Flordia State
5. MISSOURI: “The SEC is so dominant! The Big 12 sucks!” Hello, Missouri. 10. CLEMSON: Signature win is against a three-loss Gerogia team. So, there is no signature win. Why are they on here again?
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Ezurike sets program record for goals scored in Wolverine win
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There stood senior forward Nkem Ezurike, three feet in front of the goal she’s hit so many times, looking for another break. She finally caught one when the ball fell right on her foot. Ezurike cashed in and set Michigan’s all-time scoring record with 45 career goals, leading the Wolverines to a pair of weekend wins that 1 PURDUE 3 kept them MICHIGAN in contention for the Big Ten title. Michigan rallied past Indiana on Friday, 1-0, and Purdue on Sunday, 3-1. After weeks of developing a supporting cast around Ezurike, Michigan (6-1-1 Big Ten, 12-2-1 overall) went back to an offense that ran right through its star. The senior finished with 18 shots in two games, and although just four were on goal, she hit the back of the net on three. “It took us a little bit to get untracked, but I was pleased throughout the match that when we went to goal we were creating really good chances,” said Michigan coach Greg Ryan. “I’m always happy with three goals, but I wouldn’t have been surprised to see more goals today because we meant business.” Purdue took the lead in the 24th minute on a long shot, putting the Wolverines in an early hole. Ezurike had an answer 11 minutes later — her record-tying goal came on a penalty kick. The Wolverines allowed just three shots on goal and had little trouble holding the one-goal lead. Michigan remained tied into the second half until Ezurike slammed home the rebound of sophomore forward Corinne Harris’s shot. Senior midfielder Christina Ordonez tacked on an insurance goal in the 69th minute. Purdue (3-5, 8-7-1) came in
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Senior forward Nkem Ezurike now has 45 career goals, a new program record.
as the worst defensive team in the Big Ten, giving up 34 goals in 15 games. Michigan suffered its fourth straight scoreless first half. “They do a good job of putting on pressure,” Ezurike said. “You have to take them one on one to get your chances. It’s just focusing to get your chances and take that step away from them to get that shot.” With the exception of the onegoal deficit, Friday’s game looked similar to Sunday’s. Michigan struggled to put away its chances until Ezurike’s second-half breakthrough. Harris passed a ball right down the middle to Ezurike in the box for the finish, and the Wolverines held on for the final 15 minutes. “Indiana’s a good team — it’s going to be tough to get our chances against them,” Ezurike said. “I think we just kept playing our game, getting the ball wide and getting inside.” As with many Big Ten teams,
Indiana (4-4, 11-4-1) played physically with Ezurike, drawing some frustration from the forward and Ryan. “It’s part of the game, I try not to let it frustrate me,” Ezurike said. “But it is what it is.” Ezurike continues to play through the contact as opponents continue to try to stop her. She scored twice against Indiana last year in a 3-0 victory. “We just tried to stay compact and not let her turn, make sure we stayed an arm’s length away,” said Indiana coach Amy Berbary. “I thought we fought hard, I thought we tackled hard and that’s something we’ve been working hard to be better at.” The quest for the record is over for Ezurike, but Ryan said it won’t make much of a difference. “It wasn’t a distraction. I never cared,” Ryan said. “For me, these things just happen because a player’s a good player, and she continues to go hard. I knew she was going to get it, never thought about it twice.”