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Jadyn Freeman, Zoey Taylor and Sara Finachea experiment with chemicals and food dye to make ‘elephant toothpaste’ during FEMMES, Females Excelling More in Math, Engineering and Science, at the Medical Science building Saturday.
STEM passion, starting early FEMMES hopes to inspire young girls to pursue science fields
thetic limb works. That’s unless they attended the capstone event held Saturday by Females Excelling More in Math, Engineering. FEMMES is a student-run organization that hosted the first of its two capstone events. The group of both graduate and undergraduate students arranged for girls to spend a day participating in activities in different science, technology, engineering and math fields. The Michigan chapter of the organization was started in
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Most fourth, fifth or sixth graders don’t get the chance to learn from a college professor about how the brain sends signals to muscles or how a pros-
2011 after the national group was founded in 2006 at Duke University. Glory May Bradley, one of the 130 girls from nearby schools who attended, has returned to the event for the third time to further explore scientific concepts. “I like doing all of the experiments,” Bradley said. “And I’ve liked science since I could talk.” Rackham student Abigail Garrity, the co-president of FEMMES, hopes the girls will leave with exactly the feeling
Bradley described. “I want them to walk away with a sense of self-efficacy and empowerment,” Garrity said. “I want them to walk away inspired and excited about the experiments and the activities that they participated in.” Each of the activities at the event was created and taught by students and University professors. Activities ranged from making ice cream with liquid nitrogen to creating glow sticks. See STEM, Page 5A
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Though many faculty and staff have expressed concern with the implementation of the University’s new Shared Services Center, University officials assured faculty last week that no layoffs will result from the planned integration of human resource and financial services into the consolidated office. From the centralized location, they will provide those services to the University at large, rather than being placed with specific departments or colleges. In preparation for the merging of services, 50 finance and human resources positions were unfilled over the last few months, allowing the University to maintain positions for all current employees
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CSG elections to fill recently vacated seats Winners to take office during winter semester By AMRUTHA SIVAKUMAR Daily Staff Reporter
The Central Student Government will hold elections Wednesday and Thursday to fill spots vacated by recalled representatives over the course of the semester, but recruiting candidates is proving to be a challenge. Although the elected assembly representatives are generally elected for full academic-year positions, the representatives who are elected this week will serve only Winter 2014. This cycle, there are six available seats on the CSG assembly: two from Rackham Graduate School, two from LSA, one from the School of Information and one from the School of Public Health. Two parties are running candidates — the Defend Affirma-
tive Action Party and forUM — along with some independent candidates. Currently, the only contested seats are for the LSA representatives, with two candidates running with forUM, one with DAAP and one as an independent. Law School student Bryson Nitta, the election director, said it will likely be difficult to attain a high voter turnout for the fall elections because most races are uncontested. In an e-mail interview, LSA sophomore Meagan Shokar, vice speaker on the assembly, said the majority of representatives elected in March “have been fine with attendance” and those who left the assembly or have been recalled for missing more than six meetings. “Each and every representative wants the best for the student body and all of us at CSG want an assembly filled with representatives who have the time to dedicate to representing their college or school’s needs, wants, and See ELECTIONS, Page 5A
impacted by the change. Additionally, staff members who accept similar positions in the Shared Services Center are not likely to see a decrease in their base salaries. University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said administrators completed individual meetings with affected staff members Friday. Many of the employees affected are responsible for services like billing, employee expense reimbursements, travel benefits, vendor payments or registering new employees through Wolverine Access. Traditionally, departments or colleges have retained their own employees who handle these duties. In the new Shared Services Center, each employee will likely specialize in one of these tasks. Each staff member would focus on one area of the shared services spectrum at a University-wide level. The center will open in April and the remaining departmentlevel finance- and human-resources staff will transition there by See TRANSITION, Page 5A
Allowing Saturday to just be Saturday
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Stephen Rush, an associate professor in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, speaks at the MCubed Symposium Friday.
MCubed event showcases interdisciplinary research Faculty members collaborate on humanities-related research projects By CHARLOTTE JENKINS Daily Staff Reporter
More than 200 “cubes” presented research at the MCubed Symposium Friday in Rackham
Auditorium and the Michigan League. Launched in the fall of 2012, MCubed is the first part of the University’s Third Century Initiative, a five-year $50 million plan that aims to promote innovation and collaboration within the University. MCubed’s goal is to empower faculty members in different departments and colleges to work collaboratively to produce research that will have a large societal impact.
A “cube” is made up of three University faculty members from different disciplines who engage in humanities-related projects. Each cube received at least $60,000 of the $15 million in funds available from the program to hire one undergraduate student, graduate student or postdoctoral researcher to help them with their research. At the symposium, the cubes presented their research findings from the See MCUBED, Page 5A
EVANSTON, Ill. — For almost 58 minutes of game time, this was about as bad as football can be played. Neither Michigan nor Northwestern could score points — not because the defenses were playing particularly well, but because the EVERETT offenses were COOK just that bad. At one point in the fourth quarter, the Wildcats had the ball deep in their own red zone and were forced to punt. It traveled a grand total of seven yards. The Wolverines got the ball on the 10-yard line. You couldn’t ask for more of an offensive gift. They lost a yard and had to kick a field goal. It was ugly football. Northwestern dropped four potential interceptions. Two of them would have been pick-sixes. There were a combined 14 punts. On top of that, it was rainy and windy, a precursor to the massive storm that hit Chicago on Sunday morning. See SATURDAY, Page 5A
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‘U’ debates midnight dance curfew A committee was appointed to decide whether dances should have a midnight curfew. Students and professors expressed sentiments that dances should be closed at midnight unless they are tradition. Professor A. H. Lloyd, a member of the non-athletic committee, also proposed that better music be played and a restructuring of the chaperone system at dances. The decision as to whether these changes would apply to all dances in Ann Arbor for students was left up to the committee of students and the non-athletic
committee at a later date.
Though hesitant, the University approved the establishment of a residential college. The college would involve housing students in a residence hall with dining facilities, classrooms and faculty offices. Literary faculty members raised questions as to whether a residential college would be a part of the literary college, where it would be located and other technical questions. They also discussed alternatives to a residential college. A committee was established to further explore these questions.
The University announced that the Women’s Studies Department would offer a course on lesbian issues. The class would be the first to address gay issues within its own context. It was the first step in an effort to establish a permanent gay issues course and program at the University. The course, titled “Practical Feminism: Lesbian Studies,” would be a trial, and, if successful, would lead to a similar class at the 300 or 400 level.
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WHERE: Earl V. Moore Building WHEN: Friday at 1:10 a.m. WHAT: One arrest was made after four subjects were found on the roof of the building, University Police reported. One subject was taken to jail.
WHAT: Nursing Prof. Carol Boyd discusses drug misuse and abuse among teenagers. WHO: School of Nursing WHEN: Today at 12:30 p.m. WHERE: School of Nursing, room 1330
WHAT: The Career Center is hosting a virtual group discussion open to current law school applicants. A pre-law adviser will facilitate the Google Hangout. WHO: The Career Center WHEN: Today at 7 p.m WHERE: Online via Google+ Hangout
WHERE: 1200 block of Beal WHEN: Thursday at 2:50 p.m. WHAT: The Ann Arbor Fire Department put out a fire in a smoldering exterior trash can ,University Police reported.
WHERE: East Medical Center WHEN: Thursday at about 9:30 a.m. WHAT: Two sets of headphones were reported stolen between 4 p.m. Nov. 13 and 4 a.m. Nov. 14, University Police reported. There are no suspects.
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Last Thursday in Salt Lake City, a man asked for help from the residents of the home he was attempting to burgurlarize, the Huffinton Post reported. The 20-yearold man sustained a severe arm injury after breaking in through a window.
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Despite the return of Sophomore Mitch McGary, the Michigan basketball team was upset by Iowa State on Sunday in just its third game of the season. >> FOR MORE, SEE SPORTS, PAGE 1A
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A regional jet crashed on Sunday in Kazan, Russia, killing 50 people on board, the New York Times reported. Among the dead was Alexander V. Antonov, a regional head of Russia’s Federal Security Service.
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Midwest tornadoes, storms Boeing 737 crashes on its way cause damage, injury, death to Russia , killing 50 passengers At least three people are dead in central Illinois CHICAGO (AP) — Dozens of tornadoes and intense thunderstorms swept across the Midwest on Sunday, causing extensive damage in several central Illinois communities, killing at least three people and prompting officials at Chicago’s Soldier Field to evacuate the stands and delay the Bears game. “The whole neighborhood’s gone. The wall of my fireplace is all that is left of my house,” said Michael Perdun, speaking by cellphone from the hard-hit town of Washington, where he said his neighborhood was
wiped out in a matter of seconds. “I stepped outside and I heard it coming. My daughter was already in the basement, so I ran downstairs and grabbed her, crouched in the laundry room and all of a sudden I could see daylight up the stairway and my house was gone.” An elderly man and his sister were killed when a tornado hit their home around noon in the rural community of New Minden, said Mark Styninger, the coroner of Washington County in southern Illinois. A third person died in Washington, said Melanie Arnold of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. She did not provide details. By mid-afternoon, with communications difficult and many roads impassable, it remained unclear how many people were
killed or hurt by the string of tornadoes. In a news release, the Illinois National Guard said it had dispatched 10 firefighters and three vehicles to Washington to assist with immediate search and recovery operations. “I went over there immediately after the tornado, walking through the neighborhoods, and I couldn’t even tell what street I was on,” Washington Alderman Tyler Gee told WLS-TV. “Just completely flattened — some of the neighborhoods here in town, hundreds of homes.” Steve Brewer, chief operating officer at Methodist Medical Center of Illinois in Peoria, said 14 people had come to the hospital seeking treatment for minor injuries, while another Washington area hospital had received about 15 patients.
Plane caught on fire while landing at Kazan airport MOSCOW (AP) — A Boeing 737 jetliner crashed and burst into flames Sunday night while trying to land at the airport in the Russian city of Kazan, killing all 50 people aboard in the latest in a string of deadly crashes across the country. The Tatarstan Airlines plane was trying to make a second landing attempt when it touched the surface of the runway near the control tower, and was “destroyed and caught fire,” said Sergei Izvolky, the spokesman for the Russian aviation agency. The Emergencies Ministry said there were 44 passengers and six crew members aboard the
evening flight from Moscow and all had been killed. Kazan, a city of about 1.1 million and the capital of the Tatarstan republic, is about 720 kilometers (450 miles) east of the capital. The ministry released a list of the dead, which included Irek Minnikhanov, the son of Tatarstan’s governor, and Alexander Antonov, who headed the Tatarstan branch of the Federal Security Service, the main successor agency to the Soviet-era KGB. Some Russian air crashes have been blamed on the use of aging aircraft, but industry experts point to a number of other problems, including poor crew training, crumbling airports, lax government controls and widespread neglect of safety in the pursuit of profits. The Emergencies Ministry
released photographs from the nighttime scene showing parts of the aircraft and debris scattered across the ground. Ambulances lined up in front of the airport building. It was not clear why the plane’s first landing attempt was unsuccessful. Boeing said it would provide assistance to the investigation into the cause. “Boeing’s thoughts are with those affected by the crash,” the company said in a statement on its website. A journalist who said she had flown on the same aircraft from Kazan to Moscow’s Domodedovo airport earlier in the day told Channel One state television that the landing in Moscow had been frightening because of a strong vibration during the final minutes of the flight.
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Boy holding plastic gun shot by police, is minorly injured A 14-year-old boy was shot by Battle Creek police while holding a plastic gun. Deputy Chief James Saylor says the boy was crouching outside a convenience store Saturday with what looked like a real handgun. He tells the Battle Creek Enquirer that the boy’s injuries aren’t life-threatening. The officer is a 21-year veteran who has been placed on leave. State police will investigate. Saylor says police were called to the scene by someone who reported a man with a handgun walking with a woman on Upton Avenue.
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Two killed, 20 others injured in mining accident Two workers were killed and 20 others were injured Sunday in a mining accident near the southwestern Colorado town of Ouray. The Ouray County sheriff’s office was called to the Revenue Virginius mine at about 7:20 a.m., county spokeswoman Marti Whitmore said. The miners were trapped underground and were confirmed dead Sunday afternoon. “Anything that has been reported is speculative,” Whitmore said. “We don’t know what the cause is.” Star Mine Operations, LLC, the owner of the mine, couldn’t immediately be reached for comment, but Whitmore said the company has accounted for all of the workers at the site. She said 20 people were taken to area hospitals, and all but two have been treated and released. The conditions of those two hospitalized workers haven’t been released.
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Nelson Mandela ill, can’t speak, former wife says South Africa’s former president, Nelson Mandela, remains “quite ill” and unable to speak because of tubes that are keeping his lungs clear of fluid, though he is relaxed, his former wife told a South African newspaper. “He remains very sensitive to any germs, so he has to be kept literally sterile. The bedroom there (in his suburban Johannesburg home) is like an ICU ward,” Winnie Madikizela-Mandela told the Sunday Independent. “He is 95 years old and it is difficult for him, because of all the tubes that are in his mouth to clear the (fluid from his) lungs, and prevent an infection recurring.” Because of those tubes, she said, he communicates through his face. “But the doctors have told us they hope he will be able to recover his voice,” she said, adding that he is being treated by 22 doctors at his home.
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U.N. climate talks this week to discuss global failure U.N. climate talks head into a tense final week Monday after the diplomatic effort to reduce global warming gases was hit by a series of setbacks, including Japan’s decision to ditch its voluntary emissions target. The two-decade-old negotiations have so far failed to achieve their goal of slashing emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases that scientists say are warming the planet. They don’t seem to be getting any closer after a tumultuous first week at this year’s session in Warsaw. Despite a tearful call for action from a delegate from the typhoon-ravaged Philippines, no major carbon polluter raised their pledges to cut emissions. —Compiled from Daily wire reports
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In this Wednesday, April 17, 2013 file photo, Pakistan’s former president and military ruler Pervez Musharraf, center, leaves after appearing in court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Pakistan to try its former president with treason Musharraf to be first military ruler tried for crime ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s government plans to put former President Pervez Musharraf on trial for treason for declaring a state of emergency and suspending the constitution while in power, the interior minister said Sunday. Musharraf, a former army chief, would be the first military ruler tried for treason in a country that has experienced three military coups in its 66-year history. He could face the death penalty or life in prison if he is convicted of treason, but some question whether the country’s powerful army actually will let that happen. Musharraf has maintained his innocence. The government plans to send a letter to the Supreme Court on Monday asking that treason proceedings begin under Article 6 of the constitution, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said during a news conference. The government made its
decision after an investigating committee formed under the direction of the Supreme Court collected enough evidence for a trial, Khan said. “Gen. Musharraf is accountable to the nation and the constitution,” Khan said. He specifically mentioned Musharraf’s decision to suspend senior judges, including the chief justice of the Supreme Court, and detain them after he declared a state of emergency on Nov. 3, 2007. He was apparently concerned they would challenge his re-election as president. “The constitution was ruined and violated,” Khan said. “The judiciary was humiliated. Judges were manhandled physically, confined along with family and children.” The interior minister insisted that the government’s decision to put the former president on trial for treason was not a personal vendetta by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who was toppled in a military coup by Musharraf in 1999. The government didn’t indicate it would press charges against Musharraf for his coup, perhaps because the move was retroac-
tively approved by the Supreme Court and parliament at the time. One of Musharraf’s lawyers, Ilyas Siddiqui, said the former president’s legal team would decide its strategy once the court formally begins proceedings. The prime minister said in June that the government intended to try Musharraf for treason, but would consult with other political parties on the move. Senior lawmakers from the two main opposition parties expressed their support for the government’s plan to try Musharraf at the time. Musharraf governed the country for nearly a decade after the 1999 coup but was forced to step down in 2008 after growing discontent with his rule. He left the country soon after. He returned to Pakistan in March after years in self-imposed exile, with the hope of running in the national election that was held in May. But he was disqualified from participating in the vote because of his actions while in power and has spent most of his time battling legal cases. Musharraf was held under house arrest for months after
Libya residents protest city’s recent violent militia attacks Fights over weekend resulted in nearly 50 deaths TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Residents of the Libyan capital launched a general strike Sunday and held protests, demanding the city’s myriad of powerful militias be disbanded after violence in which nearly 50 people were killed over the weekend. Tripoli residents are seething with anger over the violence that erupted Friday, particularly directed at powerful militias from the western city of Misrata operating in the capital. The violence broke out when thousands of protesters marched on a neighborhood controlled by a number of powerful Misrata militias, prompting some militiamen to open fire, killing 43 people. A day later, another militia attempted to overrun a military base, resulting in a clash with government forces that left four dead. In an apparent angry response at the popular pressure, Misrata’s city council announced late Sunday that it is withdrawing its representatives from the interim national parliament and from the Cabinet. Misrata has at least two ministers in the government: the economy and culture ministers. The Misrata city council also called on all armed groups, even those who are working under the government, to withdraw from the capital for a 72-hour period. In its statement, the Misrata city council held the government responsible for the security situation in Tripoli and for the safety of citizens originally from Misrata. There was no immediate government reaction to the decision. Earlier Sunday, a security
official said the deputy intelligence chief was abducted as he left Tripoli’s airport. It was not clear who abducted Mustafa Nouh, whose family is originally from Misrata. Public anger had been directed at the militias from Misrata, who had developed a strong presence in the capital following the fall of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. Except for several protests, streets were deserted as the vast majority of Tripoli’s businesses and schools were closed, with bakeries, pharmacies, hospitals and gas stations the main exception. The head of Tripoli’s city council, Al-Sadat al-Badri, said the strike is to last three days. Fearing renewed violence, armed residents have set up checkpoints to protect their neighborhoods. On Sunday, nearly a hundred protesters entered the parliament building while lawmakers were in session, demanding legislation to disband the militias and forcing the session to break up. Lawmaker Fatma al-Misbari said the interim parliament was under strong pressure, but it did not specify from whom. “There is no consensus. There is pressure on the council and the government,” she said at the parliament building. Libya’s militias originated in the “revolutionary” brigades that fought against Gadhafi’s forces in 2011. Since his ouster and death, they have refused to disarm and have grown in size and power. Many have been enlisted by the state to serve as security forces, since the army and police remain weak, underequipped and underpaid. But many continue to act as armed vigilante factions with their own interests, sometimes turning political feuds into armed conflicts.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has secured public support from nearly half the Senate, but not enough votes, for her proposal to give victims of rape and sexual assault in the military an independent route outside the chain of command for prosecuting attackers. Gillibrand’s solution for a problem the military calls an epidemic appears to have stalled in the face of united opposition from the Pentagon’s top echelon and its allies in Congress, including two female senators who are former prosecutors. Opponents of the proposal by Gillibrand, D-N.Y., insist that commanders, not an outside military lawyer, must be accountable for meting out justice. Even so, major changes are coming for a decades-old military system just a few months after several high-profile cases infuriated Republicans and Democrats in a rapid chain of events by Washington standards. “Sexual assault in the military is not new, but it has been allowed to fester,” Gillibrand said in a recent Senate speech. The Senate this week is set to consider an annual defense policy bill that would strip commanders of their ability to overturn jury convictions, require dishonorable discharge or dismissal for any individual convicted of sexual assault and establish a civilian review when a decision is made not to prosecute a case. The bill would provide a special counsel for victims and eliminate the statute of limitations. Those changes in military law are backed by members of
the Senate Armed Services Committee. But overshadowing the revisions is the testy, intense fight over Gillibrand’s proposal to strip commanders of their authority to prosecute cases of sexual assault. She wants to hand responsibility to seasoned military lawyers outside the chain of command. Her solution has divided the Senate, splitting Republicans and Democrats, men and women, even former attorneys general, into unusual coalitions. The lobbying has been fierce, with dueling data, testimonials and news conferences with victims. Opponents invited Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Loretta Reynolds to the closed-door Republican caucus last week. Among Gillibrand’s 47 announced supporters are conservative Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Rand Paul, R-Ky., along with 16 of the Senate’s 20 women. Standing against the plan is the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich.; the panel’s military veterans John McCain, R-Ariz., and Jack Reed, D-R.I., and three of the committee’s women — Sens. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., both former prosecutors, and Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb. Gillibrand says she privately has received backing from more than 50 senators, but support remains short of the filibuster-proof 60 votes that likely will be needed for her amendment to the defense bill. To secure more votes, she said last week she was considering scaling back her plan to focus solely on sexual assault and rape instead of all serious crimes. That prompted complaints from her original backers that it would create “pink courts,” and Gillibrand said on ABC’s “This Week” Sunday she was reverting to her initial bill.
Syrians flood into Lebanon amid fights Clashes occur as government tries to limit rebel support
strategic region would deal a severe blow to the already beleaguered rebels on Damascus’ doorstep. Over the past month, Assad’s forces have made headway against the rebels on two key fronts, capturing a string of opposition-held suburbs south of Damascus and taking two towns and a military base outside the northern city of Aleppo. Still, the opposition remains firmly entrenched in other areas around Damascus and capable of carrying out large attacks. A massive bombing Sunday leveled a government office in the northeastern suburb of Harasta, killing at least 31 soldiers, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Three brigadiers and one major general were among the dead, according to the group’s director, Rami Abdurrahman. There was no immediate con- http://sudo firmation from government officials or state media.
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Uprooted without engagement University administration shouldn’t suppress staff input
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niversity administration’s plans to consolidate some support services drew ire from members of the Senate Advisory Committee for University Affairs last week. As part of the University’s Administrative Services Transformation project, the University plans on bringing together human resource and financial services into one main center at the University. While University officials maintain that no firings will occur as part of the planned transition, the administration’s disregard for faculty involvement in the project raises red flags. Under the administration’s plan, the new Shared Services Center will move human resources and financial staffs from individual departments into one centralized location. According to MLive, these positions work in “accounting, billing, financial accounts for units, expense reimbursement, benefit administration, data management, and employee time tracking.” In a letter written to University President Mary Sue Coleman on behalf of the Department of History, faculty members argue that moving the department’s financial administrators could hinder the department’s productivity: “(AST’s) short-sighted focus on task efficiency will undermine the long-term productivity that emerges from the daily personal interactions between staff, students, and faculty.” While it’s clear that the University’s plan to integrate these services into one building is an attempt to efficiently cut costs through streamlined services, the purported financial benefits of centralizing services appears to be, at the very least, questionable. Initially, AST’s project was intended to save the University $17 million, but now is “expected to be just $5 million in four years.” Plans similar to the consolidation project have had mixed results at other universities, such as the University of California,
Berkeley; Yale University; and the University of Texas system. At Texas, for instance, the consulting firm that devised the university’s shared services program cost the UT system nearly $1 million, angering staff within the Texas State Employees Union, which argued that the consultants based their restructuring recommendations based on “undisclosed research.” Department heads were notified of this change in September with the caveat that they not discuss it with faculty and staff. Kathleen Canning, the chair of the Department of History, said the gag was unprecedented. “It’s a bit confusing when you’re a public university professor and you’re told you’re not allowed to speak (about the changes).” The limitations on deans and department heads only adds to growing concern of the University’s lack of transparency. While streamlining services are no strangers to universities, the move to both consolidate staff members and suppress the voice of their respective departments is unprecedented. With questionable benefits and poor methods employed to reach its decision, the administration appears to have handed out a top-down order without regarding its employees. The University should not uproot its employees without, at the very least, engaging them.
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Share government, not services As presidents of the Graduate Employees Organization and the Lecturers’ Employee Organization, we must express our extreme concern regarding the Administration Services Transformation Project, euphemistically referred to as a “shared services” model. This model means that University employees in a wide range of financial and human resources positions are currently being required to reapply for new and fewer redesigned positions with no guarantee of rehire. Whether at this stage of the projector the next, some staff members will lose their jobs and others will be moved to a different employment unit. Reapplication is a degrading and fear-producing experience for workers. Years ago, LEO fought against a similar process that kept lecturers in a perpetual state of being new employees by requiring them to reapply on a yearly basis. This is not good for employees or the colleagues who rely on them. Uncertainty in one’s employment leads to anxiety in the workplace, loss of employee loyalty and increased tension between laborers and their supervisors. The University is promoting this as a cost-saving measure, but the estimates of just how much these drastic measures will save is continually dropping according to revisions. Based on the corporate model of downsizing, this “cost-saving measure” is a step toward the dehumanization of University employees and our working environment. In addition, the top-down and secretive nature of the Administrative Services Transformation Project flies in the face of shared governance, a cornerstone of academia. As academics, GEO and LEO members are committed to the concept of shared governance as an essential aspect of the University. The designers of ATS did not
fully engage faculty in the planning stages, and thus failed to understand that centralizing Information Technology Services and accounting services would cause utter havoc, especially in departments and colleges with multi-million dollar grant programs, with large numbers of graduate students employed as research assistants. Decreased efficiency and productivity has been the result of this model when tried elsewhere, including the University of California, Berkeley. GEO and LEO, as unions of laborers, stand in solidarity with the non-organized staff members who are being most affected by the current “shared services” reduction in force. We are committed to fair employment practices for all. We are opposed to the top-down management style of corporations becoming the operational style of our University. We call for full disclosure of the longterm shared services plan and for the inclusion of faculty in all future planning of the ADT Project. As committed members of this educational institution, we stand with our academic and staff sisters and brothers. We all have a stake in keeping the University a humane workplace, where workers and academics are a respected part of our educational community. Representatives of our unions will be participating in ongoing discussions with other faculty and staff with a view to ensure that our University does not pursue restructuring fads, originating in the for-profit corporate sector, that are at odds with our public mission and our tradition of shared governance. Bonnie Halloran is the president of LEO and Liz Rodrigues is the president of GEO.
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s first semester comes to a close, it’s becoming more and more difficult to avoid the inevitable: the job and internship search. As we proofread our resumes for the umpteenth time, some of the biggest and best companies and SARA MOROSI corporations are prepping to recruit at the University. But there’s another player in the fight for young talent: startups. “Startups have a number of advantages relative to other common choices for college grads,” Nathan Labenz, a startup co-founder and my former boss, explained. “Most important in my mind is the breadth and flexibility of the experience. At a typical startup, there are more jobs than people, so everybody ends up doing multiple things. This gives you a ton of opportunity to learn several domains in a hands-on fashion.” This summer I interned with Stik, a startup company stationed in downtown Detroit that puts word-of-mouth referrals online via platforms such as Facebook and LinkedIn to advance the businesses of local professionals and small businesses. I was confident with my decision to pursue an internship with a startup versus a big-name business, but stepping foot in the M@dison Building — Detroit’s startup hub — further solidified it. Over the course of the four months I was with Stik, I found the entrepreneurial spirit I experienced on a daily basis to be an unmatched source of encouragement moving forward both professionally and personally. I was instantly drawn to the startup scene; I loved the non-traditional
office feel. Long desks that engender conversation replaced cubicles. Stark white walls were swapped with abstract wallpaper and whiteboard paint. Brightly colored pod chairs filled communal spaces that overlooked Comerica Park. A ping-pong table was on the second floor. There wasn’t a dress code — many M@ dison tenants moved with urgency in jeans and t-shirts. While I found the innovativeness of the office landscape enthusing, it was the people that were most inspiring. I quickly determined that dreamers run startups. The youthful people I worked with see the value in pursuing an idea, and because of this, they are motivated, hardworking and passionate. They showed up early and stayed late, and did so because they wanted to. “Important is the opportunity to work very closely with highperforming people,” Labenz said. “At a startup, you should be working with outstanding people — or you should go elsewhere.” At the M@dison, the office scene and high energy combines to shape an environment that stimulates productivity, which is important when having a haphazard set of responsibilities. Being part of a small business means dappling in many areas of the company and both your successes and mistakes have a direct impact. I found this to be intimidating initially, which points to what can be seen as a disadvantage to working with a startup versus a large corporation. Oftentimes, the best way to learn is through observation, but starting a business from the group up meant my colleagues didn’t have the time to sit down with me on a daily
basis and delegate tasks or walk me through how to do them. While they were patient and answered questions when I had them, there were many things I had to figure out on my own. However, this lack of training and structure can be seen as a positive, as it forces young people to learn on their feet and pave their way. “Startups are a great way to get comfortable operating in the context of uncertainty, ambiguity and risk,” said Labenz. There are now programs sprouting up for young professionals looking to gain experience at a startup, one of the most notable being Venture for America. VFA funnels recent college graduates to startups in areas of the country experiencing growth through innovation, with the goal that these graduates “will become socialized and mobilized as entrepreneurs moving forward.” For students considering an internship or job with a startup in Detroit, consulting Detroit Venture Partners is another great place to start. My crash course in entrepreneurship wasn’t safe. I loved the unpredictability of it, of having only a rough idea of what the day had in store as I drove down I-94. But the “uncertainty, ambiguity and risk” that Labenz mentioned are exactly what led to high-value experience that I could not have found elsewhere. “For all the value of a college education, the available paths are generally quite safe and clear,” he told me. “Banks and consulting firms provide a college-like level of comfort and certainty, but they don’t prepare you to strike out on your own and accomplish something great.”
Entrepreneurship isn’t safe — but that’s exactly why I love it.
—Sara Morosi can be reached at smorosi@umich.edu.
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ast week I had the opportunity to interview Jacques Mistral, a French economist with extensive private and public sector experience who also happens to be a visiting professor at the University this fall. I started with a LISSA simple question: KRYSKA Why should students care about economic inequality? It’s a question that I ask myself every time I write this column, and while I have my own reasons for caring, I think the reasons that Mistral presented do an excellent job of summing it up. His response not only encompassed the moral implications of inequality, but also provided economic, social and political reasons that we should care about as well. The moral questions are the most obvious ones. Religion plays a role in many people’s moral compasses, and all three major monotheistic religions include mandates to care for the less fortunate among us. Conversations about inequality also tend to include discussions of work ethic, individual responsibility and fairness. Personally, I think it’s a moral imperative to work toward a less unequal society; but the moral question is something that everyone has to examine and decide for themselves. Mistral feels that it’s about finding the right balance of liberty and equality. There are also more concrete reasons why we should be concerned about rising inequality. On the economic side, Mistral noted that the common belief that inequality is the “price to pay” for an efficient economy doesn’t actually seem to hold. He pointed out the growing body of evidence showing that more equal
societies are also more economically successful. The Scandinavian countries are clear examples of this, as well as developing countries like Korea and Taiwan whose economies have seen more success than their more unequal counterparts in Latin America. A 2011 paper put out by the International Monetary Fund is one recent publication that supports this idea; its research showed that lower levels of inequality led to longer and more sustainable periods of growth. Socially, Mistral argued that the most efficient social protection network would also be the one with the largest constituency. He emphasized health care as a key issue in the question of inequality — unequal distributions of health care not only bring up difficult moral questions, but also often lead to higher health-care costs. In effect, there are many reasons to push for more equal access to healthcare. In terms of politics, Mistral is not the first person to express concerns about high levels of inequality compromising democracy. “Money is not a person, and wealth is not free speech,” he argued, contrary to the viewpoint of the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled in Citizens United v. FEC that spending is, in fact, a form of free speech. Therefore, they ruled, independent spending cannot be limited in elections. The result was that the 2012 presidential and congressional races were the most expensive in our nation’s history, with CNN reporting that $4.2 billion had been raised by Nov. 5, 2012. The outsize effects of money in our politics are viewed by many Europeans as
“clearly anti-democratic,” Mistral noted. I have to agree that it’s hard to see multi-million dollar donations supporting candidates and their campaigns as anything other than a fast track to corruption. And with higher inequality, the wealthiest few gain a much larger say in politics at the expense of the rest of the population. With economic, social and political reasons to decrease inequality, the question then becomes: What can I do about it? Unfortunately, to really decrease the inequality in America will require large-scale changes, which students don’t get much say in aside from how we cast our ballots. Mistral’s advice: Don’t forget to become an educated citizen during your college years. Gaining expertise and knowledge in technical and liberal arts fields is important, but it’s also important to know and understand what’s going on in the world. University students are going to go on to do great things, and eventually, we’re all going to face a choice between moving toward a more or less equal society. It’s important that when that time comes, we are able to recognize it, which requires understanding how everything in our society interacts. We need to go into that decision as well-educated citizens, so that we can understand the consequences of our choices and be comfortable with those consequences. In the end, it will be up to us to decide what kind of society we want to become.
More equal societies are more economically successful.
— Lissa Kryska can be reached at lkkryska@umich.edu.
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TRANSITION From Page 1A October 2014. Fitzgerald said the University would recoup savings not only from employing 50 fewer staff members, but also by making operations more efficient, saving about $5 million during the first few years. “As you move forward, the data indicates we’ll continue to have savings through more efficient operations,” Fitzgerald said. “By having skilled specialists in place working together, we believe we’ll continue to handle an increased number of transactions more effectively.” The University piloted this model by centralizing services for offices in the Fleming Administration Building with no adverse effects, Fitzgerald added. However, at the Senate Advisory Committee for University Affairs meeting Monday, faculty voiced concerns regarding the University’s handling of the change, including a Universityissued gag order imposed to prevent department chairs from discussing shared services. Fitzgerald said Friday he did
ELECTIONS From Page 1A hopes,” she said. Public Policy junior Sam Dickstein, a forUM spokesperson, said the party decided to run LSA junior Pavitra Abraham and LSA senior Tyler Mesman for the elections because it felt as though it would be beneficial to have representatives with more “CSG experience” on the assembly. Abraham currently serves as a LSA Student Government-
SATURDAY From Page 1A And yet, a little less than 50,000 people paid money to sit on a metal bleacher and watch, storm and all. Most Michigan fans, probably half the crowd, stayed until the end. They sat, soaking wet, to watch a middle-of-the-pack Big Ten team that once had aspirations of a Big Ten title and was now fighting for a chance to play in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl. This is a Michigan program that scored six points in the first 58 minutes against a team that doesn’t have a conference win, and a Wolverine team that had rushed for negative 69 yards in the past two games. This is not a juggernaut, and neither is Northwestern. Not by any stretch. People who work very hard at their jobs to earn money decided to spend it on this game and this team. Think about that for a second. They were rewarded, of course, with a play that Michigan coach Brady Hoke called the best he’s ever seen and a play that turned Michi-
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not have any first-hand information to share regarding what some faculty members have characterized as a Universityimposed gag order. He said the University treats every decision-making process on a caseby-case basis and the extent to which information is shared varies. He added that he could not elaborate on University precedent or protocol related to keeping such discussions confidential. He also noted the University has maintained a website that explains the shared services transition for months. Still, he said the University could have done better in addressing concerns earlier on. “There’s been some level of information available, but it’s clear we didn’t communicate enough info early enough in the process to include people in the process,” Fitzgerald said. In the statement to faculty, University Provost Martha Pollack; Timothy Slottow, executive vice president and chief financial officer; and E. Royster Harper, vice president for student life, acknowledged the University’s failure to distinctly communicate the changes and seek input from
the University community. “It is clear we were not sensitive or consultative enough in the planning and communication of this initiative,” they wrote. “We deeply value every member of the university community, and regret that the early stages of the process did not live up to our shared values.” The administrators added that the University did not clearly articulate available support for staff affected by the transition. “As this process has moved forward, we do now have enough information about the process to address at least a couple of the important concerns that were raised,” Fitzgerald said. The letter stated that the University would provide training for every member who accepts a new position. In addition, the University plans to provide support for units whose relocated staff held additional duties in the department or college. “It is true that we sometimes have to make difficult changes to continue to protect the resources that are so vital to our core academic mission, but it is our responsibility to do so in the most respectful and supportive manner possible,” the statement read.
appointed representative on the assembly. Only two candidates are running for the three available Rackham seats and there are no students running for the School of Information seat. A write-in candidate with the majority of votes will secure a seat, but in the case that no write-in is eligible for the position, the respective school or college student government will appoint a representative. Given current conditions, DAAP will secure at least three
seats on the assembly for uncontested Rackham and School of Public Health representative positions. DAAP is the oldest party to run candidates in the student government elections. Created in 1997 before CSG existed in its current constitutional form, the party is known for its longstanding support of race-based affirmative action when the Michigan Student Assembly — the previous student government — endorsed affirmative action at the University-level in 2001.
gan’s season from a dumpster fire into something salvageable. They stuck around until the end to see a wide receiver with nine catches for the season save the game with a slide and a kicker that couldn’t win a game despite three chances in Happy Valley last month nail a 44-yard field goal at literally the last possible moment. They stuck around to see a player who has taken more criticism than anyone over the last two months pass for a touchdown and then run for another before converting a two-point conversion to seal the game. They stuck around because at its core, this is what college football is all about, the chance to see something like the last 120 seconds on Saturday, even if the first 58 were maybe the most unimpressive minutes they’ve witnessed in recent memory. The odds for that type of ending aren’t high, but they exist. And for once this season, it doesn’t have to be more complicated than that. It doesn’t have to be about offensive coordinator Al Borges and his repetitive play calling, or about why freshman run-
ning back Derrick Green hasn’t been getting more carries up until this point, or about how this affects who goes to what bowl. We don’t need to draw out big conclusions or make sweeping judgments, just like we do every other week of the year. None of that stuff matters. For the most part, this is not a good football team. The 2013 season is not going to go down in the hallowed annals of Schembechler Hall. So, whether this team plays in the Outback Bowl or the Gator Bowl or the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl is not important. What’s important is the last two minutes of Saturday’s game, and the potential for those two minutes that kept 50,000 soaking people in their seats, waiting for a miracle ending from a team that gave no indication of being able to pull off such an ending. People left the stadium drenched, cold and sniffling. They left with their wallets lighter. But they also left with an improbable memory, of slides and overtimes. Maybe the season doesn’t matter anymore, but for a night, nobody cared.
STEM From Page 1A FEMMES hosts the event to help them realize their potential in STEM fields, with the long term goal of easing the shortage of Americans in STEM-related careers. “There are a couple of different aspects to the crisis in STEM education,” Garrity said. “One aspect of it is that a lot of our
MCUBED From Page 1A past year. The program was originally scheduled to end in August 2014. However, during the event, MCubed announced the launch of the External Funding Program, which will allow outside investors to get involved with the projects on the MCubed website. The MCubed Symposium was the first gathering of all 222 cubes. More than 1,200 people attended the event, including University faculty, staff and students. “Only at Michigan would we see political scientists and a computer engineer using satellite data to study how variations in energy access lead to political unrest,” wrote University President Mary Sue Coleman in the symposium’s brochure. “MCubed powerfully reflects the spirit of innovation that drives this institution, whether in the laboratory, studio, clinic, classroom or library.”
Monday, November 18, 2013 — 5A high-school students in the United States are not fully prepared for science and math when they get to college.” State Rep. Adam Zemke (D– Ann Arbor) also attended the FEMMES capstone event and was able to engage in activities with the kids. Zemke, who has worked with the state government to increase grant opportunities for organizations like FEMMES, said
he recognizes the benefits of more technical education opportunities. “STEM education, in particular the hands-on application of math and science technical concepts, is really important because Michigan has such a technical driven economy,” Zemke said. “The ability to attract and retain highly educated, technically educated talent is really important.”
Tony Fadell, CEO and founder of the technology company Nest and inventor of the iPod, delivered the keynote address. “Don’t do something just because it is the way it is has always been done; think of new ways to innovate and improve,” Fadell said. The symposium highlighted specific cubes, including the Holy Braille, which sought to create technologies that would allow blind people to use devices like smart phones. The project brought together professors from the School of Engineering and the School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Sara Soderstrom, an assistant professor of Organizational Studies and the Program in the Environment, said the program offered a lot of flexibility in research. She said the money provided by MCubed was very generous, especially for research in the social sciences. “All you had to have was an idea, and they would give you the money,” Soderstrom said. Soderstrom’s cube included
professors from the Business and Kinesiology Schools. Their research focused on food sustainability, in partnership with FoodLab in Detroit. Soderstrom’s cube employed four University undergraduates and one graduate student over the summer to conduct research. Rackham student Nayiri Kaissarian said she attended the event because as a student researcher, she usually goes to research talks, but she was excited to hear presentations on social science research. Public Policy senior Kelsey Rhodes assisted in planning for the MCubed Symposium as a speaker liaison and coach because of her previous experience with TEDxUofM. She said members of the MCubed board admired TEDxUofM and wanted to bring some of the spirit of TED Talks to the Symposium. “When you go to research conferences they can often be cut and dry; this was supposed to tell the actual human story and recruit new donors,” Rhodes said.
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CollegeHumor set 2 to return to A Comedian Streeter Seidell talks live tour By LENA FINKEL Daily Arts Writer
The CollegeHumor boys are taking the show on the road. Stand-up comic Streeter Seidell and his pals Jake Hur- College witz and Amir Humor Live Blumenfeld (from College- Monday at Humor’s “Jake 8 p.m. and Amir”) are travel- Ann Arbor Comedy ing across the Showcase country on their first offi- $15 cial live tour and stopping in Ann Arbor on Monday. This certainly isn’t the first time that Jake, Amir and Streeter are joining forces, however. According to Streeter, the group has “basically travelled the world together at this point,” but this will be the first time they will do theater shows. Luckily, Ann Arbor is familiar territory for them. “Our Michigan show last
year was so much fun, and the crowd was incredible,” Streeter said. “The show was good, and all the kids lined up to meet us after. They were really friendly.” In addition to Ann Arbor, the tour will cover seven cities — beginning on the East Coast with Arlington, Va., and finishing up in midwestern cities Madison and Minneapolis. “We definitely have enough material ... but I’ll try to write some jokes for each venue we go to,” Streeter said. “I’ll try to write some jokes about Zingerman’s or Ohio.” The rest of the show will cover an array of topics and jokes that are more universally funny. “At this point, the kids in college and I, we don’t really share any common denominator anymore — we didn’t listen to the same music or same shows,” Streeter said. “Instead of pretending that we watch the same things, I just talk about things that are funny to college kids.” Considering his packed résumé, Streeter is certainly more than qualified to know what’s funny — at least to college kids. Since starting at Colleg-
eHumor in 2005, Streeter has performed on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and hosted MTV’s “Pranked” along with Amir, and has become the editor-atlarge of CollegeHumor. Despite all his achievements, he still maintains that standup is his true passion. According to Streeter, the presence of a crowd makes stand-up the most instantly rewarding work he does. “Even doing a video online that gets 10 million views and has lots of comments is all very exciting. But at the end of the day, you’re still by yourself with your computer,” he added. “It doesn’t compare with seeing people actually laugh at your jokes. Plus, it’s fun to meet the fans and hang out with them.” His partners-in-crime Jake and Amir also have extensive experience they hope to bring to the stage. Their self-titled web series, “Jake and Amir,” is the longest running show on CollegeHumor, and the two have been dubbed “comics to watch.” Streeter, Jake and Amir will appear in Ann Arbor for one night only, after which they will host a meet and greet for all the attendees.
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Tapping back into hit HBO show, ‘The Wire’ By DREW MARON Daily Arts Writer
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As pretentious as it sounds, there’s really something to binge-watching a TV show that reminds me of getting lost in a great book, especially when said TV show is HBO’s “The Wire.” The epic crime drama is joined by “The Sopranos” and “The West Wing” in the category of “great shows not on TV anymore but everyone should still watch” — along with newest member “Breaking Bad.” But these shows aren’t alone. “Freaks and Geeks.” “Firefly.” “Twin Peaks.” So many great shows go off the air yet remain
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available online. I can think of no greater example than “The Wire,” which is currently available on HBO GO and at Askwith Media Library. Created by former Baltimore journalist David Simon, “The Wire” follows the ins and outs of the Baltimore drug trade through the eyes of the police, the dealers and pretty much everyone else involved (which turns out to be damn near the whole city). It also happens to be one of those shows people shouldn’t just watch because it’s great television, though it certainly is. “The Wire” might be, fiction but it’s just as insightful as any piece of nonfiction or journalism, and it succeeds as a piece of art, entertainment and an account of modern history.
Years later, this classic gem is still worth another watch.
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It’s the best kind of realism, focusing not on grim and dour details (I’m looking at you, “Low Winter Sun”) but on complexity, intelligence and depth. The show also succeeds because of its style, in that there’s very little of it. Oh, don’t get me wrong, there’s plenty of action, flamboyant characters, witty one-liners and twists, but it never feels less than authentic. “The Wire” proves if something is inherently interesting or engrossing, there’s no need to dress it up. It’s frustrating writing anything about “The Wire” and having to choose just a few characters to talk about. There’s Dominic West (“300”) as working-class detective and lovable degenerate Jimmy McNulty. Then there’s Idris Elba (“Pacific Rim”) as ruthless but intellectual gangster Stringer Bell. There’s the tragically pathetic junkie Bubbles (Andre Royo, “Heroes”), the terrifying enforcer Snoop (Felicia Pearson, “The Wendy Williams Show”) and the flawed but idealistic council-
man Tommy Carcetti (ironically played by Aiden Gillen, who fans of “Game of Thrones” will recognize as the scheming Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish). And then there’s Omar. That Michael K. Williams (“Boardwalk Empire”) never won (or was never even nominated for) an Emmy for his performance as stick-up man Omar Little is a travesty. In a world where shows on cable are pretty much required to be morally ambiguous, Omar is the true encapsulation of what it means to be an anti-hero. Omar acts with a code of his own, playing “the game” for himself and those he cares about. He robs only those involved in the trade, namely the drug dealers, gives to the needy and even helps out McNulty and the rest of the police. He may very well be the truest form of a modern-day Robin Hood and the fact that he’s also openly gay subverts prejudicial stereotypes by making Omar a streetwise, gun-toting badass. “The Wire” is one of the best shows of all time and possibly even one of the most important works of fiction in the past 50 years. Yet, the term “fiction” is almost misleading. These events are real. These people are real. Day in and day out, we wage war on drugs without changing strategy or the broken system producing it. From the opening scene where McNulty and a murder witness discuss the fairness of “the game,” “The Wire” makes a clear statement: The system is broken, incapable of upholding the law in the context of right and wrong and exploited by those in power to stay in power. It then spends the next five seasons showing you exactly how said system impacts or corrupts every aspect of the American city: the working class, politicians, journalists, lawyers, teachers, students, even the police department itself are all trapped in a never-ending cycle of dysfunction the rest of us allow by simply ignoring it. “The Wire” is documentarian in its facts but Shakespearean in its characters. It is, simply put, one of the greatest feats of storytelling I have ever seen and one I keep going back to whether or not it’s still on the air.
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TV REVIEW
SUNDANCE SELECTS
Ex-girlfriend No. 1.
Falling for ‘Blue’ French film explores desire, sexuality By ANDREW MCCLURE Daily Arts Writer
Nudity in non-erotic film is nothing new. Still, nudity rarely buoys above the drowning censure of “too postmodern,” A+ “offsetting its lacking narra- Blue is the tive” or, more Warmest bluntly, “porColor nographic.” Regardless, At the it invariably Michigan ruffles feathers. “Blue Is Sundance Selects the Warmest Color” runs a three-hour long marathon that ultimately unpacks much more than unclothed close-ups and homoerotic proclivities. Rather, this bildungsroman about a confused French schoolgirl prefers to illustrate the respective life roles of hunger, education and skin. Sex just happens to permeate profusely into all of these compartments. “Blue” has been stirring up contention because of its copious graphic sexual sequences — one lasting a sweaty, loosen-your-collar seven minutes. As a result, the Tunisian-born helmer Abdellatif Kechiche (“The Secret of the Grain”) has attracted more press about his directorial practices than the Palme d’Or-winning film itself. Post-release, one of the two lead actresses called the director a “sadistic and perverse manipulator.” This up-in-arms discourse over the filmmaker-actor relationship has clouded the honesty and observation of the film. The nudity
is neither auxiliary nor detachable; it instead enriches an otherwise conventional first-love story of age disparity. Adèle (Adèle Exarchopoulos, “Les enfants de Timpelbach”) is a shy, pretty 17-year-old with a penchant for classic literature. She has a circle of friends that insists on chatting about sex, boys and sex with boys. Adèle’s self-consciousness is depicted nonstop onscreen as she readjusts her sloppy hairbun and hikes up her jeans. We get used to seeing her face as the lens often fixates inches away. Her beestung lips barely reveal her front two teeth, and her curious eyes penetrate the silver screen. These features suggest a void within her, a hunger. After her brief sexual fling with the most desired guy in her class, Adèle seems directionless. To add to the confusion, a female classmate, on a whim, kisses Adèle following a “you’re the cutest girl in our grade” compliment. To her own disbelief, Adèle likes it — so much so that she later peregrinates to a lesbian bar. Out of place, Adèle locks eyes with the familiar bluehaired woman across the room. Her name’s Emma (Léa Seydoux, “Midnight in Paris”), she paints professionally and she’s five years older. So begins the first-love story. Their relationship starts as purely dialogic, mostly Emma versing her new apprentice, for example, in the philosophy of French existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre. This big sister link then turns for the hypersexual — no stone is left unturned on either of their undressed bodies. The intimacy of their verbal exchanges translates into the bedroom, creating robust roots on which their joint bellflower can blossom. Their sinuous odyssey through budding professional
lives brings along with it real tears, youthful regret and age-long gazes. Exarchopoulos and Seydoux act their asses off, conveying an unprecedented mutual trust through deft improvisation and organic gesturing. Exarchopoulos immerses deeply in Adèle’s naiveté — her averting eyes around Emma’s arty colleagues reveal her discomfort. Emma’s unassuming wisdom and intellectual security serve as a foil for Adèle — her gentle half-open eyes fear nothing and embrace all. The local lens makes us feel like the invisible third wheel, pensive in the other’s eyes or climactic in the sheets. The only reasonable element of the “pornographic” argument is that both actresses showcase flawless skin and frame. But “Blue” wants to talk about skin: Our lead Adèle ventures into untrodden territory vocationally and existentially and, most importantly, sexually. Before meeting Emma, sex merely sated an ephemeral, unthinking desire. Now, it bridges a gap between sentiment and education. Kechiche doesn’t see people like most. Out in public, those close to him say he tends to simply stare at people, absorbing them, dissecting them, appreciating them. He transposes this practice onto the set of “Blue,” where, at all times, two cameras float in front of each actress’s face. You can’t cheat expression with that closeness. For better or for best, he sought to remove fabrication and make them confess to the camera with everything they have. And only through this dear bond between him and his leading ladies could he portray the film’s beating heart: One person can change your life.
TV REVIEW
‘Floor’ avoids generic love story By JOE REINHARD Daily Arts Writer
Boy meets girl: It’s an overused routine that somehow still works. Well, sometimes it works, and other times it falls completely B flat, depending on the com- Ground petence of the Floor creative team involved. For- Pilot tunately, TBS’s Thursdays “Ground Floor” at 10 p.m. manages to avoid the trap- TBS pings of this generic setup. It delivers a good mix of comedy and lighthearted drama, enough to satisfy and amuse even if you’re familiar with the material. The premise is basically Shakespeare-lite, evoking ideas from “Romeo and Juliet” but without the drastic stakes. Skylar Astin (“Pitch Perfect”) plays Brody Moyer, a successful banker who has a one-night stand with Jenny Miller, played by Briga Heelan (“Cougar Town”). Feelings between the two linger past the night, but problems ensue when Brody discovers Jenny comes from the bottom of the social ladder, working in the maintenance room of Brody’s workplace. The socioeconomic differences threaten to end their relationship before it even begins, and though this may seem dire, I would say chances are “Ground Floor” won’t be an epic tragedy on the scale of “Romeo and Juliet.” Instead, much of the show’s humor is derived from the tension their different
TBS
“Scrubs” with suits.
social backgrounds create. Not only are Brody and Jenny unsure what to think of their romance, but their coworkers are rather frustrated with their brewing relationship and warn the couple against moving forward with things. This is where the supporting cast really shines. Rory Scovel (“Conan”) plays Mark “Harvard” Shrake, a maintenance worker who also expresses interest in Jenny. The conflict between him and Brody never becomes too serious, and really he just highlights the amusement one can get from watching people from such different backgrounds interact. Meanwhile, John C. McGinley (“Scrubs”) has a standout performance as Brody’s boss Remington Stewart Mansfield, a crazed, workobsessed man who acts as a caricature of a one-percent businessman. The writers wisely use McGinley’s talent sparingly, so he still manages to steal the scenes he’s in but without undermining the rest of the cast’s effort. Despite the sometimes shallow portrayals of both the rich and the poor, both sides probably wouldn’t take much offense to “Ground Floor” ’s material. The pilot always retains a sense of fun exaggera-
tion, so that one never takes it too seriously. Regardless, this doesn’t mean the actual drama fails to be interesting. Jenny and Brody’s romance is perhaps the show’s weakest element by itself, but it doesn’t drag the first episode down too much, seeing how much of the comedy spins off from their growing feelings and how their coworkers react. Still, as the show progresses, this factor needs the most improvement if the show’s to reach greater heights. The humor isn’t always on target either, but for now it’s solid and makes the show worth checking out.
A new take on boy-meets-girl. Though it sometimes becomes a little generic, thanks to a seen-itbefore setup, the show has a good handle on its comedic elements and develops a great supporting cast. As it stands by itself, the pilot is a little rough around the edges, but nonetheless, “Ground Floor” has a strong opening and plenty of promise.
FOX
“You should grow a beard.”
FOX losing confidence in underrated ‘Hope’ By ALEX INTNER Daily Arts Writer
Usually, when a network moves a show to Fridays, it’s signaling it doesn’t want to keep that show around for a Along time. In this particular Raising case, FOX is Hope keeping “Raising Hope” until Season four it has enough premiere episodes for Fridays at syndication. But 9 p.m. it’s a shame that FOX is dump- FOX ing this show on Fridays because “Raising Hope” is one of the most consistently funny and warm comedies on television right now. The show follows the Chance family after Jimmy Chance (Lucas Neff, “The Beast”) impregnates a serial killer and ends up raising their baby, Hope. The show doesn’t have a story arc that lasts over multiple episodes, like “Parks and Recreation.” Instead, it tells single stories each week, portraying different adventures in the lives of this family. These stories are as funny as they are because, by this point, the ensemble works together like a finely tuned machine. Neff has never been the best actor; however, supporting actors like Garret Dillahunt (“Deadwood”), Martha Plimpton (“The Good Wife”) and Shannon Woodward (“The
Riches”) more than make up for his lack of acting skills because of their natural comedic abilities. The writers can throw almost anything their way, and this cast will make it funny. Plimpton and Dillahunt are especially great as Jimmy’s mom and dad — they’re one of the best married couples on TV today, with a genuine sense of warmth and chemistry between them. Even Cloris Leachman (“Blue Mountain State”) has become one of the show’s strongest assets as they’ve figured out how to write for her character and have integrated her into the show’s storylines.
Friday night is where shows go to die. In certain plotlines, the show tries to toe the line between laughing at the behavior of the Chance family and laughing with them. In the first season, the writers struggled to figure out how to write “Raising Hope” in a way that makes us not laugh at the Chances’ stupidity. With a new showrunner, “Hope” is going through the same process again on a smaller scale. Mike Mariano has been with the show since the beginning, and he clearly knows how to write it, but the issue has
crept up again. In the second episode, featuring a plotline where Burt and Virginia create their own economy and figure out the downfalls of the system, it felt like the point of the story was to laugh at their characters, which was problematic. For the most part, the writers solved this problem by refraining from creating storylines that are simply stupid characters doing stupid things, and by creating a warm tone for the show. There’s a genuine sense of warmth in the way the characters interact with one another. Both of the episodes that aired Friday ended on a moment of heart, with the characters together and happily smiling. What this show does — and shows like “Modern Family” don’t — is let these moments occur naturally. This allows these emotions to feel earned, not forced. At this point in the series, “Raising Hope” has done enough character work, and that progress allows the show to do this successfully. Given that this show is airing on Fridays, it’s clear that FOX is only thinking about keeping “Raising Hope” on the air for one more season. That being said, the show, despite a slightly rough plotline in the second episode, consistently does great character work and is still very funny. Even if it’s just running out the clock at this point, it’s still worth watching.
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EVANSTON — lone on the sideline, Brendan Gibbons kept the same routine, the same steps: Back, back, back, back. Right, right. Then a pause. Thump. Around him, Michigan’s game with Northwestern had turned harried. But here, there was ZACH peace in the familiar steps HELFAND and sounds. Back, back, back, back. Right, right. Pause. Thump Just 2:18 remained, and the Michigan football team trailed 9-6 to Northwestern. The Wolverines took possession on their
own 22-yard line, desperately trying to mount a final drive. About even with the line of scrimmage, on the sideline, Gibbons was kicking away. Something seemed strange: the net was positioned a few yards in front of a patch cut out of the Ryan Field grass. Each time Gibbons stepped back, he stepped into the divot, set below the dirt and filled with slick artificial turf. Back, back, back, back. Right, right. Pause. Each time he started the kick, he had to stride over the obstacle to avoid it. It looked awkward. Why make the kick more difficult? Why didn’t he just move the net? Thump. ***
On the field, Drew Dileo was slogging his way through a forgettable evening. At the start of this final drive, Dileo had zero receptions and had been targeted only once. To this point, the game had been almost comically bad. For 59:48, it was miserable. Gardner threw four would-be interceptions, but Northwestern dropped them all. On the other side of the ball, the Wildcats once punted from their own three-yard line. The kick went just seven yards. Still, Michigan lost a yard and could only manage a field goal. It all seemed so meek. And so meaningless. Here were the Wolverines, already eliminated from Big Ten title contention. What was there left to play for? The team said its goal was 10 See KICKING, Page 3B
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TOP: The Michigan football team celebrates its win over Northwestern in three overtimes on Saturday. BOTTOM: Fifth-year senior Brendan Gibbons kicks the game-tying field goal, with junior receiver Drew Dileo on the hold.
After 3 overtimes, Devin Five Things We Learned: Gardner makes final escape Michigan vs. Northwestern By ZACH HELFAND Daily Sports Editor
By EVERETT COOK Daily Sports Editor
EVANSTON — There was one more pack of people for Devin Gardner to weave through, one more escape to make before answering questions from the media about one of the craziest, improbable wins of his career, a 27-19 triple-overtime victory over Northwestern on Saturday. After wading through a throng of fans, the redshirt
junior quarterback hugged his family, whispering into their ears and smiling before walking further into the tunnel. Before the media room, a group of children — Michigan fans — were the last obstacle that remained for the Wolverine that hadn’t been able to avoid any sort of contact the last three weeks. They swarmed, just like Michigan State, Nebraska and Northwestern had, and surrounded him. Smiling, Gard-
ner took a step back. He wasn’t going to get trapped again. Last week, the same player that had 584 total yards against Indiana was struggling to get off the turf after yet another failed third-down conversion that ended in a sack. For much of Saturday, not much seemed to have changed. Gardner was sacked five times on Saturday by the Wildcats. That makes 19 combined in the last three games. He’s See ESCAPE, Page 3B
1. The flaws remain, despite the win. Everything had fallen into place for the Michigan football team’s offense. The execution, the bounces, the luck — it had all gone Michigan’s way to set up the best scoring opportunity of the game. Michigan trailed by six to open the fourth quarter when senior receiver Joe Reynolds downed a punt from junior Matt
Wile on the 1-yard line. Reynolds tiptoed the goal line before falling into the end zone. The defense did its part, suffocating the Northwestern offense and allowing just two yards on the drive. Even the Wildcats pitched in with a miserable, seven-yard punt that set up the Wolverines on the 10-yard line. If Michigan could score a touchdown, it would take the lead. But Michigan went backward. After a stretch run to freshman Derrick Green lost a yard, redshirt junior quarterback Devin Gardner threw a badly under-
thrown pass to sophomore Devin Funchess and then a badly overthrown pass to senior Jeremy Gallon. Michigan settled for a field goal. Michigan won, ultimately, and the 27-19 score betrayed what was another anemic offensive performance. In regulation, Michigan scored just nine points. It was 0-for-13 on third down before overtime. There were improvements. The line opened up some of the biggest holes it has in weeks. Michigan didn’t turn the ball See FIVE, Page 3B
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Michigan regains a star but loses the game in road test at Iowa State Cyclones spoil the return of Mitch McGary with comeback win By NEAL ROTHSCHILD Daily Sports Editor
AMES, Iowa — A mild nonconference mingling in the plains
of the Midwest, it was not. The No. 7 Michigan men’s basketball team’s 77-70 loss to Iowa State on Sunday exposed the Wolverines to some new things. For one, they got MICHIGAN 70 their preIOWA STATE 77 season AllAmerican back, as forward Mitch McGary returned to action. For another, they played a close game. They also suffered their first loss.
2 NOT BETTER THAN 1 n The Michigan hockey team has two capable goalies. That doesn’t mean both of them should be starting, writes Greg Garno. Page 2B
The team and the atmosphere in Hilton Coliseum became one in the same as the clock struck zeros. Cyclone fans stormed the court, intermixing with the players they had been yelling at earlier. Those booing, screaming and chanting just minutes prior took over the hardwood, and the players were left to retreat to the locker room. The adversarial relationship had swung in favor of the host.
Hundreds of students lined up outside Hilton Coliseum hours before the game. Ten minutes before tipoff, there wasn’t an unfilled seat. Johnny Orr, the winningest head coach in both the Wolverines’ and Cyclones’ history was announced to the Cyclone band playing “Here’s Johnny.” One fan said she couldn’t remember the arena like this. In a departure from the past few weeks for Michigan, a pre-
mium was placed on each possession Sunday. Turnovers led to considerable momentum shifts, and tipped passes and rebounds wound up causing a swing of as many as six points. Ultimately, the Cyclones (3-0) made more of their possessions. Michigan held a lead for much of the second half, but a 3-pointer by guard DeAndre Kane with seven minutes remaining drew Iowa State to a tie. Then, with more
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than three minutes remaining, forward Georges Niang drove the right side of the lane, drew the foul on McGary and converted the layup to give the Cyclones a 69-63 lead, one they would not relinquish. Clutch shooting kept the Cyclones in the game when the Wolverines (2-1) tried to break away in the second half, and it was that shooting that put MichiSee BASKETBALL, Page 4B
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By MAX COHEN Daily Sports Writer
By JAKE LOURIM
Freshman goalie Taylor Bucklin needed only one save on the night, a point-blank stop after In the first round of her final fifth-year senior defender Holly go-round in the NCAA Tour- Hein gave the ball away in the nament, senior forward Nkem box. The Michigan defense setEzurike wasn’t ready to hold tled down from there, securing anything back. its sixth shutout in eight games. Ezurike scored twice in the Besides the early near-goal, first half the Wolverines were strong from to lead UW-MILWAUKEE 0 the outset, recovering from a 4 first-round Big Ten Tournament Michigan MICHIGAN to a 4-0 loss last week. rout of Wisconsin-Milwaukee “We weren’t satisfied, weren’t in the first round of the NCAA happy with what happened at the Tournament on Saturday at U-M Big Ten Tournament,” Hein said. Soccer Stadium. “We wanted to come out hard The senior forward wasted against Milwaukee, and I think no time getting the Wolverines that showed in our performance on the board early, taking a pass that we scored in the first five from freshman forward Madis- minutes and kept going at them.” son Lewis on the left flank — her Wisconsin-Milwaukee turned fourth up the assist to (1) Virginia aggres2013 NCAA Women’s Ezurike St. Francis (Pa.) sion, push(1) Virginia Soccer Tournament Georgetown La Salle this ing players Georgetown season forward — and Wake Forest and allowMorehead State Wake Forest haming Michi(4) Penn State Monmouth mering gan plenty (4) Penn State it past of space to (3) Michigan goalie operate in Milwaukee (3) Michigan Natathe final Illinois State State lie Fet- Illinois third of Louisville tinger. the field. Iowa “It’s By halfNotre Dame Notre Dame a match time, the Western Mich. Michigan’s Western Mich. made in (2) Marquette game was Region heavout of en,” reach. said Michigan coach Greg Ryan. “Just from the start of the “I mean, you’ve got Madi Lewis, game, when we were preparing, who’s faster than a rocket ship we wanted to get forward and and can run past defenders at get after them in the first couple will. And then you’ve got Nkem, minutes of the game,” Ezurike who loves to sit in front of the said. “I think we did a very good goal and knock them into the job of that, getting behind the back of the net.” defense.” Michigan (9-1-1 Big Ten, 16-3Shots were even at nine in the 1 overall) almost gave away the first half, but the Wolverines’ lead three minutes later, though, three goals came in and around when the Panthers tipped a the box, while the Panthers shot toward the goal. The ball fired shots from outside the box. appeared to cross the goal line, Michigan started to play back in but play continued and the Wol- the second half, limiting Wisverines cleared it away. consin-Milwaukee (6-1-0 HoriDaily Sports Writer
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Senior forward Nkem Ezurike scored twice in the first half in Michigan’s 4-0 win.
zon League, 10-8-1 overall) to only five shots. From there, it was all Michigan. Senior midfielder Meghan Toohey added an insurance goal in the 17th minute from just outside the 18-yard box off a pass from senior midfielder Tori McCombs. In the 28th minute, Lewis tapped in a cross, but she was called offside. Two minutes later, Ezurike added her second goal, cutting across the middle of the field and taking a pass from sophomore midfielder Corinne Harris. Ezurike, who also scored the overtime game winner in Michigan’s first-round NCAA Tournament win last year, pulled within one point of Michigan’s all-time points record. She did set the school record with four NCAA Tournament goals, however. “We were so fast in the counter and so quick with Madi Lewis and Nkem and Toohey and then
ICE HOCKEY
5 Things We Learned: UNO By JEREMY SUMMITT Daily Sports Editor
1. The power play is emerging as one of the nation’s best. Just two weeks ago in Michigan’s series against Michigan Tech, the power play was doing just fine. The Wolverines had converted 25 percent of their power-play chances heading into Nebraska-Omaha but had netted only one goal on the man advantage since Oct. 18. That all took a turn for the better when Michigan capitalized on three of its eight power-play opportunities this weekend, good for a 38-percent success rate. “It’s funny because a lot of them were broken plays,” said senior forward Andrew Copp. “But the two (Friday), we ended up hitting Moffatt in the middle for a good play.” Boasting the fourth-best power play in the nation — converting on 11-of-40 opportunities this season — the Wolverines’ offense now has something to build off of after a slow start to the season. 2. J.T. Compher is finding his groove. The highly touted freshman forward hadn’t scored in any games leading up to the weekend series in Omaha but hit twine twice to silence the critics. To be clear, there wasn’t much skepticism about Compher’s abilities as a first-line center to begin with. But this week after practice, some of his teammates jokingly told him to talk to the media about how he hasn’t gotten his first goal in a Michigan sweater. Compher’s first tally came off a one-timer from the left circle late in the second period in Friday’s loss. He had been working from that spot in practice all week and watched the puck fly into the top corner to break his drought. Compher is now second on the team in points, tied with junior forward Phil Di Giuseppe with eight.
3. The defense was exposed for the first time all season. You could say NebraskaOmaha’s explosive, speed-laden offense was the reason Michigan’s defense didn’t look like a unit that’s allowing just two goals per game. Boasting one of the nation’s top scorers in forward Josh Archibald, the Mavericks were never going to be easy to contain. But with just one final tuneup game before the Big Ten PATRICK BARRON/Daily season gets rolling, the WolverFreshman goaltender Zach Nagelines have to be concerned about voort split time with Steve Racine. allowing six goals in two nights. On Nebraska-Omaha’s game- saves in his first start since suswinning goal Friday, Archibald taining a groin injury on Oct. 18. blazed by the defense and fooled Having two starting goaltenfreshman goaltender Zach Nagel- ders shouldn’t stir up any controvoort for an easy breakaway tally. versy for the Wolverines, though. It wasn’t just that the Mav- Multiple players have expressed ericks were faster than some of full confidence in both netmindMichigan’s defensemen. Guys ers, and the rare luxury provides were caught flat-footed, even a slight advantage against other once on a 4-on-4 where you can’t conference foes. afford such a mental lapse. “That’s just a little detail mis- 5. The line shuffling doesn’t look take on us,” said senior forward like it will subside. Luke Moffatt. “They’re a fast team, and we’re a fast team. It’s Berenson has shuffled his just a positioning mistake.” lines, both offensive and defenTo be fair, Michigan coach Red sive, nearly every game this seaBerenson had little to work with son. In hopes to find the right in terms of blue-line pairings, combinations before Big Ten play as freshman Kevin Lohan and starts, he made changes to every junior Mike Szuma were unable offensive trio heading into Friday. to travel with the team this weekThe most noticeable change end. Lohan will be sidelined for came with splitting up the freshthree months with a knee injury, man line that had accumulated 11 though Szuma isn’t expected to points together. Some good did miss much time after suffering come from disbanding the team’s an undisclosed injury in practice second-most productive line, as Wednesday. the Wolverines posted more than three goals for just the second 4. No one knows if there will be time all year. a true No. 1 goaltender any time Berenson did a bit more of soon. his experimenting in Saturday’s game when he decided to place Berenson decided to play both junior forward Andrew Sinelli in Nagelvoort and sophomore Steve place of sharpshooting freshman Racine in between the pipes this Evan Allen on the fourth line. weekend on Friday and Saturday, The offensive combinations respectively. Both performed to were arguably the most effecBerenson’s liking, despite allow- tive they’ve been all season. ing three goals each. The defensive pairings simply Nagelvoort made 25 saves and weren’t, and the possibility of staved off several 2-on-1 opportu- more shuffling seems inevitable nities, while Racine recorded 40 for the coming weeks.
Corinne at the end,” Ryan said. “If you look at the quality of chances, we created chances that would be difficult to miss.” Harris added the exclamation point in the 85th minute, redirecting a cross from Lewis in the box. The goal-line call wasn’t the only break the Wolverines got. Illinois State upset Louisville, meaning Michigan will play the Redbirds on Friday. Then, Western Michigan (9-5-5) stunned No. 2 seed Marquette (18-3), the equivalent of a No. 15 seed beating a No. 2 seed in the first round of the NCAA Basketball Tournament. That means that Michigan’s next two games would be at home against unranked teams. “We were just glad we weren’t the third upset,” Ryan said. “It’s fantastic — stay at home, kids get to sleep in their own beds, prepare here. Everybody else is traveling.”
DETROIT —The Detroit Mercy women’s basketball team got the first laugh Saturday when guard Senee Shearer slashed to Michigan’s hoop and scored in the first minute of the game. But the Wolverines got the next laugh, and a few more after that on their way MICHIGAN 83 63 DETROIT to an 11-2 lead they never relinquished. The Titans failed to muster a single significant comeback, and Michigan laughed its way to an 83-63 victory. The Wolverines’ offensive arsenal worked on all cylinders in the first half. Whether scything to the basket or posting up beyond the 3-point line, Michigan continued to pile up points on its way to a big lead. Michigan sophomore guard Madison Ristovski started the 11-0 Wolverine run with a 3-pointer from the corner. Junior guard Shannon Smith and junior forward Cyesha Goree continued it by driving to the basket for scores that were the result of good positioning. By the first media timeout, Michigan had a commanding 13-4 lead. The final score made it seem like Detroit had more of a chance than it did. The Wolverines continued to score baskets from everywhere on the court with little resistance from the Titans. “We shared the basketball really well, we had a lot of assists, we made extra passes,” said Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico. “I thought overall it was a solid performance.” Michigan shot 53.8 percent from the field in the first half, the product of its sturdy positioning under the basket for much of the half. Everyone got involved in the scoring for the Wolverines. Of the nine players who saw playing time in the first half, seven scored at least four points.
The 3-point line was also a friend to Michigan in the half. Ristovski, Smith and freshman guard Paige Rakers combined to go five-of-six from beyond the arc, inflating the Wolverine lead to 47-29 by the half. Smith led the way for Michigan with 12 firsthalf points. The second half started off similarly for the Wolverines. Goree opened the half with a bucket near the basket, and Smith followed it with another 3-pointer. Detroit failed once again to make a significant run, ebbing slightly into Michigan’s lead. Still, the Titans weren’t able to cut the lead fewer than 15. Smith’s offensive fireworks persisted in the second half. She finished the game with 32 points on 10-of-14 shooting, including going five-of-six from 3-point range. Smith provided the program its first 30-point game since 2005, when Ta’Shia Walker scored 32 against St. Bonaventure. “It was good to shoot well,” Smith said. “It’s just a thing of consistency. My coaches talk about that all the time.” Before the game, Smith set goals with Barnes Arico of gathering in eight rebounds and going to the free-throw line seven times. Smith accomplished both goals, meeting her target of eight rebounds and exceeding her free-throw goal by going to the line nine times. “Shannon made shots today, but it really is those other things that really made a difference,” Barnes Arico said. As a team, the Wolverines shot 52.6 percent from beyond the 3-point line in the rout, a vast improvement from its 17.6 percent mark in their previous game against Xavier. “I think sometimes we’re going to make shots, sometimes we’re not,” Barnes Arico said. “That’s why it’s important for us to be able to get to the free-throw line and be able to do different things.”
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OMAHA, Neb. — he members of the Michigan hockey team are doing what any good teammates would do after splitting their series against Nebraska-Omaha this weekend. When the second-ranked Wolverines (7-2-1) were prompted to weigh in on Michigan coach Red Berenson’s decision to start freshman goaltender Zach Nagelvoort on Friday night — a 3-2 loss — and sophomore Steve Racine on Saturday — a 4-3 DAILY win — their WRITER answers were somewhere between that of a broken record and a prerecorded answering machine. “We’re definitely confident in both of those guys, and I definitely think it’s a huge bonus for us to be confident in two guys,” said sophomore forward Andrew Copp. Added senior forward Derek DeBlois, “We know we have two great goalies that can come in and win us games. It’s a great situation to be in.” Earlier in the week, associate head coach Billy Powers added: “If the goalies can make it hard on you, then that’s a good problem.” But there’s no need for it to be a problem in the first place. When Nagelvoort filled in admirably after Racine suffered a groin injury on Oct. 18 at New Hampshire, the problem was solved. It wasn’t until almost a month later, the week leading up to the series against NebraskaOmaha, that Racine said he was 100-percent healthy. And now, Nagelvoort should continue to start this season until he gives his coaches a reason to replace him. He may not be the
better of the two goalies, but he does have the hotter hand, and at this point in the season, it’s necessary to find consistency. After all, the Wolverines have almost always been a one-goalie team — it’s a strategy that worked well enough to qualify for 22 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances. It helps that Michigan has had standouts like Josh Blackburn, Marty Turco, Al Montoya and Shawn Hunwick in net, but they all had the spot to themselves. The Wolverines used a twogoalie system three years ago, when Berenson and the rest of the coaching staff alternated Hunwick and Bryan Hogan between the pipes until the Big Chill at the Big House, when Berenson opted to start Hogan. If anything, the decision proved to be more stressful than effective for Hunwick. A junior at the time, Hunwick felt the pressure to win when he lost or keep looking over his shoulder when he did win. “I’ve never really done well when we are splitting like that,” Hunwick said in an interview two years ago during his senior season. “I get a little bit too worried about the other guy, and all that other stuff before worrying about myself. I definitely was way too nervous and worried about Hogan way too much, how the team was playing in front of him and how they were playing in front of me. It was hard for me just to concentrate on the game at hand.” But Hogan injured himself before the game, so Hunwick stepped in as a result. From that game on, Hunwick continued to play extremely well, even after Hogan recovered. Michigan rode Hunwick all the way to a runner-up finish in the NCAA Tournament later that season. Last season, the Wolverines played three goalies throughout
the season. Michigan got off to one of its worst starts in recent program history and never recovered until, you guessed it, it found consistent goaltending. If the system has worked so well for so long, why change it up? Nagelvoort allowed three goals in Friday’s loss, and Racine allowed three goals the next night in a win. Who’s to say the Wolverines couldn’t have done the same on Saturday in front of Nagelvoort? Berenson wanted to see his original starter tested after his absence, which of course makes sense. But it helps when the offense steps up, and the defense prevents open looks. It’s not quite fair to replace one goalie after a subpar performance, especially after he has posted a 1.47 goals-against average, a .947 save percentage and a 4-1-1 record prior to the weekend. His performance would earn him a starting job in almost any other program. Even after his worst performance statistically, Nagelvoort still sits sixth nationally among goaltenders in goals allowed and save percentage. Starting Nagelvoort allows him to be more comfortable and find consistency in arguably the most important position in hockey, on top of helping his teammates do the same. Berenson can switch up the two all he wants since both have proved they’re capable. But when the season comes down to a door-die game, and one needs to stand out above the rest, Berenson will have to choose. If it didn’t work for one of the best goalies in Michigan history, why would it work for a true freshman? -Daily Sports Editor Everett Cook contributed reporting. — Garno can be reached at ggarno@umich.edu or on Twitter: @G_Garno
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wins. So what? This was a battle between the Legends Division’s bottom dwellers, and it showed. Now, the game hung in the balance on this final drive of regulation. To start it off, Gardner looked to Dileo. His first reception went for six yards. He hurried back to the line as the clock ticked away. The race was on. *** Only on big plays would Gibbons stop and watch. Back, back, back, back. Right, right. Pause. Now it was 4th and four, so Gibbons looked up. Gardner found Devin Funchess. Michigan stayed alive. Gibbons resumed, striding over that
ESCAPE From Page 1B been holding onto the ball for too long while working with a helpless offensive line, one of the best athletes in the Big Ten rendered ineffective by way of brutality. Northwestern dropped four would-be interceptions against Gardner. Two of those likely would have been returned for touchdowns. Gardner ran for just 19 yards and completed 56 percent of his passes. He was by no means perfect. But at the end of the game, a Northwestern player crouched in the end zone, head down and eyes closed before flinging his helmet away. That was because of Gardner. On the last drive of overtime, on 3rd and 23 with 16 seconds left and no timeouts, he completed a sixteen-yard pass to set up the game-tying field goal from fifth-year senior kicker Brendan Gibbons. He threw the go-ahead touchdown pass in the first overtime, and then in triple overtime, he faked an option pitch and barreled through two Wildcats for what would wind up being the game-winning touchdown. The two-point conversion was finished by a Gardner run, too, even though it was a designed quarterback run and Northwestern knew it was coming. “At that moment, you aren’t worn out,” Gardner said. “If you’re worn out, you’re not a competitor. I gotta give it all I got, and that’s what I did.” Gardner looked like a completely different player once the regulation clock turned off
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Dileo’s struggles continued. On the next play, Gardner threw another pass Dileo’s way, but it was incomplete again. Two more plays, and Michigan faced another 4th and four. Again, Funchess made the reception. But now time had become an issue. Gardner was sacked for a loss of 13 yards. The field goal would be 60 yards from there, out of range. Less than 30 seconds remained. Another pass went incomplete. Michigan needed yards, but it also needed to stop the clock, and it was third down and no timeouts remained. *** At some point, Matt Wile,
and overtime rules were on the table. With his back to the wall and a fire of disappointment licking at his heels, Gardner made Michigan’s season into something salvageable. “I don’t know if there’s any one thing,” Michigan coach Brady Hoke said. “I wouldn’t think he was any more focused or anything else, maybe he just got into more of a rhythm.” Of course, none of this happens without a miracle field goal at the end of regulation that required a slide from holder Drew Dileo and a conversion from Gibbons on a wet, windy field. Without that, there are no smiles or two-point conversions. If Gardner leads Michigan down the field but Gibbons misses, it’s a completely different story. But the hypothetical game doesn’t exist in college football, so Gardner ran off the field with his arms outstretched and a grin on his face, ready to slap hands with the fans who booed this team a week ago. He took their praise, took their congratulations, and ducked into the locker room to sing The Victors. Before heading to the media room and after hugging his family, he stopped for the group of children. In unison, they raised their hands. Some held up one, some held up two. Gardner slapped them all. Walking into the media room, where he would smile in a press conference for the first time in a while, Gardner heard one of the children say, “That was awesome! I got a high five from Devin Gardner!” He turned around and grinned. Being Devin Gardner was fun again.
Michigan’s long-distance kicker, grabbed Gibbons and took him near the line of scrimmage and close to Michigan coach Brady Hoke. Gardner flung a pass to Jeremy Gallon. He caught it 16 yards down the field, inbounds. Twelve seconds remained, and counting. Half the team was running off the field and the field goal unit was running on. “Hurry, hurry up!” Gibbons heard Hoke yell, as the coach waved his hands. “Hurry up!” And so he ran onto the field. *** Dileo had run a route on the opposite sideline, so he was the farthest player from the line of scrimmage. The line was just about set, but Dileo, the holder, was still on the wrong side of the ball. Six seconds remained, then five.
FIVE From Page 1B over once. But that was largely because Northwestern dropped four would-be interceptions. And when it counted, Michigan often came up short. There was the failure to capitalize on the short punt. And then on the next drive, Michigan went for it on a fourth-and-two instead of kicking the game-tying field goal. Gardner ran the ball on a keeper. He lost a yard. “Well we wanna score more,” said Michigan coach Brady Hoke. “But I think everyone in the country wants to score more. But I like how we ran the ball. That’s the first time I guess we were in positive yardage. That’s the first time in three weeks, so we’ll take that.” 2. The kids are alright. Fitzgerald Toussaint stood on the sideline Saturday, his helmet in hand. For about two and a half seasons now, Toussaint has been the Michigan football team’s preferred choice at running back. But now the fifth-year senior watched as two true freshmen took the snaps that usually go to him. Hobbled with an unspecified injury, Toussaint was unable to practice for much of the week, according to Hoke. He didn’t play a single snap. Hoke said he held him out of the game because he didn’t get enough work in practice. Instead, Green and De’Veon Smith shared every carry from the tailback position. Together, they totaled 120 yards on 27 carries. It was Michigan’s first game in positive rushing yardage in the last three weeks. Green got the start and the bulk of the carries, but Smith rushed
Michigan practices these hurried field goals often. The team runs them four or fives times a week during fall camp, Hoke said. Each Friday during the season, it practices more. Hoke counts down, and he counts fast. Still, Hoke said he’s never been in a game situation this tight. Now, the crowd counted down for him “Four!” Rain had fallen steadily throughout the second quarter, and the field was muddy. “Three!” Dileo sprinted, and he needed to stop, quick. As Dileo ran, Gibbons started his routine. Back, back… “Two!” There wasn’t enough time. Gibbons shuffled to a spot that looked right. The field was slick and divoted, and now, one more obstacle: time. For 59:48 this was a miserable,
meaningless game. But now the win was achievable, and the sideline buzzed. Michigan was playing for their teammates and for themselves and it didn’t matter what it was playing for because it was playing to win. Still, the Wolverines only had a prayer. Dileo slid like a baseball player does into second base. Gibbons is a lefty, so Dileo was already on the correct side. Now, kicker and holder were together. “One!” Gibbons didn’t even have a chance to pause. Jareth Glanda threw back the snap. *** Soon, the rain picked up, and the wind whipped up loose objects and made it so loud that you had to yell to the person next to you. Michigan would dogpile after three overtimes, victorious 27-19. Fans would crowd over the
stands lining the walkway next to Michigan’s locker room like a canyon. Gallon and Gardner and Taylor Lewan lingered there in the driving rain, basking in the feeling. Lewan disappeared into the locker room, then reemerged to give a sweatband to a young child. Hoke would say, “It might be the best single play I’ve ever seen. ‘Cause it was a team play.” Michigan didn’t need anything extra to play for. There was a game to be won. But Gibbons still had to make the kick. The routine had gone to hell. There was another obstacle to dodge. Dileo’s slide stopped him at the right place. Thump. Gibbons knew it was good the moment it left his foot. Helfand can be reached at zhelfand@umich.edu and on Twitter @zhelfand.
just as well. He averaged 5.1 yards per carry on eight rushes — the highest average from a Michigan running back except for Green’s 5.3 yards per carry in the season opener. Toussaint’s highest average was 5.0 against Connecticut. Hoke said Toussaint will still the be the starter moving forward, but the Wolverines finally saw some life from its young rushers. 3. Found: Pass rush. Michigan has been searching for a pass rush all year, and it may have finally found the right combination. Senior Jibreel Black, junior Frank Clark and freshman Taco Charlton pressured each of Northwestern’s quarterbacks for much of the game. The Wolverines finished with two sacks, but the pass rush showed life and collapsed the pocket often. On one play, Clark beat his lineman with a spin move, but he was unable to get the sack. Still, the pressure forced a quick throw and an incompletion. “We’re trying out new stuff,” said Black, the only defensive lineman with a sack Saturday. “We’re not going to get it right away. And I feel like we’re really starting to jell together.” 4. Dileo is a good base runner. Gardner ran off the field so quickly on the final play of regulation that he missed the lastsecond, 44-yard field goal from fifth-year senior Brendan Gibbons. That meant he also missed fifth-year senior Drew Dileo’s rather unusual hold. After the game, Gardner said, “A lot of guys were in the locker room talking about, ‘Did you see Dileo?’ “I was like, ‘He’s the holder,
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Redshirt junior Devin Gardner led Michigan to an overtime win on Saturday.
what do you mean did I see Dileo?’ ” What he missed was a play more often seen in baseball. Dileo was the furthest player from the line of scrimmage, so he had to run to get back for the snap. With a wet field, Dileo slid like a base runner to stop himself at the right spot. In fact, Dileo was a talented baseball player in high school, winning three varsity letters and two Louisiana state championships. For Michigan, that paid off.
5. Bold Prediction: Derrick Green will get more carries than Fitzgerald Toussaint for the rest of the season. Toussaint is still the presumed starter, but Green showed promise on Saturday. At this point, is he a better option that Toussaint? It’s close. But Green is the running back of the future. My guess is Michigan will work on his development.
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In loss, a silver lining: McGary By SIMON KAUFMAN Daily Sports Writer
AMES, Iowa — With 16:17 remaining in the first half, Michigan basketball fans rejoiced as sophomore forward Mitch McGary entered the game for the Wolverines to make his season debut. At the 14:50 mark, Michigan coach John Beilein nodded his head as McGary went up for a defensive rebound and came back down with the ball in his hands — a familiar sight for the big man who averaged more than six rebounds per game last year. A little more than two minutes later, the Wolverines’ bench stood up when McGary put up an offensive rebound for his first points of the season, then followed it up 18 seconds later with a steal and finish on the other end. With 11:55 on the clock in the first half, McGary fell backward while trying to make a defensive play. He lay on his back — the back that until Sunday night had been injured and kept him sidelined this year — and for just a moment, Michigan waited. The 6-foot-10 forward shot up his hands, but not in pain, and he reached for the hands of teammates who pulled him up. McGary stood up, and the maize and blue breathed a collective sigh of relief — a little longer this time, a little more stressfree. Before the season started, the country was told to keep its eyes on McGary. He was one of five players named to the AP preseason All-American team, and on Sunday night in Michigan’s game against Iowa State, McGary found out that the country listened to the preseason predictions — he was a target. He endured tough physical defense, and perhaps an even more grueling assault of verbal abuse thrashed out by the student section at Hilton Coliseum where Iowa State (3-0) upset No. 7 Michigan, 77-70. “They have great fans. It’s a little shaky when they single out one person,” McGary said. The insults didn’t seem to faze him, but his presence alone on the court couldn’t propel Michigan toward a win in its first road
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BASKETBALL From Page 1B gan away down the stretch. Iowa State forward Melvin Ejim, just like McGary, was questionable for the game. And like Michigan’s star player, Ejim made a big impact. He drained a jump shot to dwindle the Iowa State deficit to three — a shot that marked the last time the Wolverines would hold a lead. The Canadian scored 22 points on 14 shots. McGary, too, wouldn’t just blend in with the environment in his return, making his presence felt on both ends of the floor in his first game back from a back injury. He cleaned up around the rim, finishing with nine points and six rebounds. His active hands on defense helped turn the momentum early in the second half when Michigan grabbed the lead, and he finished with four steals. He also tolerated chants against him throughout the game, namely one bearing his last name with an unkind, fourletter word preceding it. “It was a little shaky when they single out one person,” McGary said about the crowd. “But they got a good atmosphere.” Down the stretch, an inability to secure the ball doomed Michigan. Passes were tipped, dribbles were interrupted, and even if the Wolverines retained possession, their rhythm was thrown off, and they couldn’t get open shots. Sophomore guard Nik Stauskas did what he could to keep the Wolverines in it. With no clear option on the team to make the difficult shot, Stauskas seemed ready to take the responsibility. He led the team with 20 points and six assists. With sophomore wings Glenn Robinson III and Caris LeVert struggling to find the basket, Michigan coach John Beilein started to call plays for Stauskas. “Mitch had just one full practice under his belt,” Beilein said. “Glenn was not having his best day. He’ll have better days ahead of him. So Nik had the hot hand, it made sense. We’d do the same thing if Glenn had the hot hand
or Mitch or Spike or Caris or anybody.” Six minutes into the half, Stauskas drove on the left side and gently banked a shot that bounced around the rim before dropping in to extend the Wolverine lead. On the opposite end, he grabbed a Cyclones miss, dribbled the length of the floor and kicked out to sophomore forward Glenn Robinson III for the 3-pointer to put Michigan up 53-45. A few minutes later, with a hand in his face, he drained a 3-pointer from the left side. Later, with the shot clock winding down, he flew through the left side of the lane and soared from yards away from the rim to slam it with his right hand. Trouble was, he didn’t have a lot of help. Robinson and LeVert combined to shoot 6-for-23 and 2-for-10 behind the arc, and freshman point guard Derrick Walton’s jump shot wasn’t steady. “Obviously I think we’re a better team when we’re making threes, but we were getting really good shots today,” Stauskas said. “And those are shots that guys normally make. So we’re not going to be to worried about it. Hopefully next game those shots go down for us.” After the Iowa State lead advanced to 69-63, Stauskas tried to bring Michigan back with an off-balance 3-point make and a nifty bounce pass to assist a Robinson layup, but the offense came to a halt there. Down five, Robinson missed a 3-pointer and after a Stauskas offensive rebound, LeVert missed another one. The Cyclones would close the game out from the free-throw line, and then the Cyclone faithful would spill onto the court. Fans danced, they held up signs. Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg cracked jokes afterwards, and the home players left smiling. It was an occasion to celebrate, and Michigan was unlucky to be excluded from the afterparty. “It was an awesome environment for anyone that loves the game of basketball,” Stauskas said. “I think both teams had a lot of fun out there.”
“We’re a better team when we’re making threes.”
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Sophomore forward Mitch McGary made his season debut after sitting out the first two games of the year with a back injury.
game of the season. It did, however, allow for a sneak peek of what’s to come from the Chesterton, Ind. native in his second year. Michigan (2-1) started the game with the same lineup it had used in its first two games, but McGary came in early to replace redshirt junior forward Jon Horford who has started at center in McGary’s absence. He made a quick impact, putting in eight points in the first half. McGary had only one point in the second half, but still he brought elements to the game that Horford and fifth-year senior forward Jordan Morgan simply cannot. He scrapped for tough rebounds, fighting off several Cyclones by himself around the rim, and came up with four steals, grabbing and clawing at Iowa State players with the ball. “It was great to be back,”
McGary said. “(I’m) just trying to find the chemistry on the court. It’s difficult in the first game.” Some parts of McGary’s game did look rusty. He struggled at times to keep up with the Cyclone’s fast pace and his timing on offense appeared delayed — all byproducts of not having played at game speed since April. “Now he’s got to get into shape to be able to play,” Beilein said. “The bigs can’t play for more than three to four minutes anyhow because of the fact of how busy the game is for bigs right now. So he’ll go in, and he’ll go out, but the timing is the thing that he’s got to work on now.” Certainly, this is a different Michigan team with McGary healthy. If he’s able to adjust his timing and show the same dominance that brought him the spotlight during his performance in the NCAA Tournament
last season, he’ll quickly learn to embrace being the target.
BY THE NUMBERS McGary’s 2013-14 debut
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Points, on 4-of-7 shooting.
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1-for-4 Free-throw shooting.
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 (29): Alabama beat an unranked Mississippi State by only 13 points. Nick Saban may be on the hot seat.
2. FLORIDA STATE (3): The Seminoles were ruthless. They wouldn’t even let Syracuse score as many points as letters in its name
3. OHIO STATE : Carlos Hyde had more rushing yards than Illinois had students in attendance.
6. AUBURN: Nothing special happened. Tigers win over Georgia.
7. MISSOURI: Missouri’s holder could really learn something from Drew Dileo.
8. CLEMSON: Georgia was seen leaving with yellow jackets on to comfort themselves after.
4. BAYLOR: The Bears raided Texas Tech, rushing for 340 yards and scoring over 60 points.
9. STANFORD: Remember the last time you saw USC rushing the field after beating Stanford? Neither do we.
5. OREGON: Guess Utahns really don’t like olives, huh? They didn’t even come close to Oregon.
10. LSU: Les Miles spent the bye week smiling because he wasn’t coaching Michigan.