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Award-winning journalist discusses Afghan refugees Ford Policy Talk features panel on human rights, Middle East policy By JOEL GOLDSTEIN Daily Staff Reporter
The Ford School of Public Policy kicked off the semester of Ford Policy Talks with a panel discussion on the refugee crisis in the Middle East, featuring journalist Luke Mogelson, NPR editor Joel
Lovell, Public Policy Prof. John Ciorciari and Public Policy Prof. Susan Waltz. Much of the talk featured Mogelson discussing his 2013 New York Times Magazine article, “The Dream Boat,” which examines his journey across the Indian Ocean with Middle Eastern refugees in search of asylum in Australia. For the article, Mogelson won the prestigious Livingston Award, which is sponsored by the University. Awarded to top journalists under 35 years old, the award’s previous recipients
include CNN correspondent Christiane Amanpour and New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof. Working in Kabul, Afghanistan, for The New York Times Magazine, Mogelson embarked on the dangerous trip undertaken by Afghans trying to escape the country. He began his journey in Sarai Shahzada, Kabul’s currency market. Posing as Georgian asylum seekers, Mogelson and his photographer paid smugglers $4,000 each to transport them to Australia’s Christmas Island. “The fact that your smug-
gler could call at any time, day or night, meant that you were forever suspended in a state of high alert,” Mogelson wrote in the article. “It also meant you couldn’t venture far. Most of the asylum seekers, additionally fearful of police, never left the building.” Like refugees, the journalists flew to Indonesia and took a small boat from Jakarta, Indonesia, to Australia. In the article, Mogelson explains that a refugee could wait for months in Jakarta, drown in the open See JOURNALIST, Page 3
Schlissel announces campus-wide study on ‘U’ culture, misconduct policies By ALLANA AKHTAR Daily Staff Reporter
University President Mark Schlissel announced early Monday morning the University’s plans to conduct a student survey gauging the climate surrounding sexual misconduct on campus. In an e-mail distributed to the student body, Schlissel said 3,000 randomly selected students will receive the roughly 15-minute long survey asking about their knowledge, perceptions and opinions of the University’s resources, policies and culture related to sexual misconduct. “Learning about the experiences of students and the degree to which students feel safe and respected will help us
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Republican Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation Monday afternoon to advance a plan for funding upgrades to Michigan’s aging roads and bridges. The plan will remove the current sales tax on fuel, which currently supports schools and local governments, and replace it with a wholesale tax on motor fuels, such as gas and diesel, earmarked for funding transportation. The plan is expected to result in a 20-percent drop in yearly appropriations from the School Aid Fund to public universities, though the legislation includes provisions to offset the losses with General Fund dollars. To protect schools and local governments from losing revenue as a result of these alterations to the fuel sales tax, a proposal will go before the electorate in May that includes a 1-percent increase in the sales tax to 7 percent. The result from this 1-percent increase would be an additional $300 million per year for schools and $94 million per year for local governments. The legislature would raise approximately $1.3 billion per year for transportation. Approximately $1.2 billion would go
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to restoring the roads and $127 million would be allocated for public transportation after two years of debt reduction. “This is a solution that takes care of our roads in terms of a billion dollar plus investment, does it in a way that does not harm other parties,” Snyder said. “In fact, it actually provides more resources for our schools, for our local governments, for our mass transit, mass public transportation.” Gretchen Whitmer, former State Senate Democratic leader, said there were tough negotiations in determining the legislative package, but she noted she was proud of being a part of this process. “This represents an investment in critical things, like our infrastructure, our roads, our bridges, which translates into the safety of our people, but it also represents a real investment in our schools, which I think is something that is going to be critical as we go to the ballot in May. That is something I think we are all invested in making sure we’re successful,” she said. In an interview with The Michigan Daily on Dec. 18, Snyder Press Secretary Sara Wurfel confirmed that if the proposal is approved, General Fund dollars will be allocated to substitute higher education funding no longer provided by the School Aid Fund, though it is unclear if this funding will fully make up for anticipated losses. In an e-mail interview on See ROADS, Page 3
better understand how we can more effectively address and prevent sexual misconduct,” Schlissel wrote. Though the survey data will be made public, student identities will remain confidential. The University will offer participating students the choice of either personal payment or a donation to United Way, a support group that promotes education, financial stability and good health for Washtenaw County citizens, as compensation for completing the survey. The University has hired Ann Arbor firm Survey Science Group to conduct the survey. University spokesperson Rick Fitzgerald said the University has worked on the survey for some time based on a recommendation from a White House task force designed to combat sexual misconduct on college campuses nationwide. “We hope the survey will give us an initial information on what students understand about the policy, what services are See SURVEY, Page 3
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IT officials update faculty body on changes to University guidelines By CARLY NOAH Daily Staff Reporter
The Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs convened in the Fleming Administration Building Monday to discuss potential updates to University Information Technology Policy. Alan Levy, IT policy and compliance lead for the University, and Sol Bermann, the University’s interim chief information security officer, joined the committee to review IT-related
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revisions to the University’s Standard Practice Guide, the document which includes University-wide policies regarding specific standards and expectations for University employees. Levy introduced updates to three policies that applied specifically to SACUA and have not been revised since their initial implementation, including the Proper Use Policy, an umbrella IT policy written for University employees to abide by in 1990. Proposal use policies are intended to stipulate the ways in which networks or websites are used. The second program, a subset of the Proper Use Policy, was written in the mid-1990s and has also never received revision. Levy said the IT depart-
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ment wishes to add a paragraph to clarify that the program will apply to students. “We want to represent the culture and ethos of this institution,” Levy said. “We have written drafts that we hope and believe are the U-M way of doing things.” The third proposal was to implement a new softwarelicensing standard to replace the previous versions, which were developed in 1979 and 1993. “We have not done a good job with keeping up with what is going on in the software world,” Levy said. SACUA also discussed the election process for LSA’s executive committee, which includes several faculty members See SACUA, Page 3
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Since the departure of Brady Hoke, former Michigan football coach, LSA juniors Zachary Bruch and Ryan Luck have been eager to welcome Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh to Ann Arbor — or as they call it, “Ann Arbaugh.” Bruch and Luck filed to trademark the phrase “Ann Arbaugh” on the day of the press conference announcing Harbaugh’s arrival Dec. 30. They started selling affiliated products the day before. “Before the press conference, we went ahead and decided to file for the trademark. We kind of just took the risk,” Luck said. With the help of Luck’s friend Benjamin Frost, owner of Frostees Apparel, a Tallahassee-based screen-printing T-shirt company, Luck and Bruch designed apparel, most of which reads “Ann Arbaugh” across the front. “We wanted that ‘Ann Arbaugh’ name on the chest,” Luck said. “Everyone’s been proud to rep that.” Bruch and Luck now sell a variety of products through
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Poet chronicles year abroad you’re a kid, you think the world tends to happen to you or happen all around you. Being able to close and open a book or being able to write something that was free of any judgment was really profound for me. So I was pretty young when I started writing and I never really stopped. What is your book “Seam” about?
How did you start writing? I was a really shy, awkward child and I felt like both reading and writing opened up a world of wonder for me. It also sort of gave me something that I could control, which I thought was really powerful at the time. When
It’s a book of poetry. In 2010 I went to Bangladesh for a year on a Fulbright Scholarship and I researched the 1971 liberation war in which Bangladesh won its independence from Pakistan and I was in Bangladesh to specifically research and interview
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Bangladeshi women who were raped or taken as sex slaves during that same war. The book chronicles that year abroad and the experience I had there as well as the interviews. There are also a number of poems that are written from the perspective from one of these women, who were raped during the war.
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Zimmerman charged with aggravated assault Police report violence committed against ex-girlfriend (AP) — George Zimmerman became angry and threw a wine bottle at his ex-girlfriend when she tried to break up with him, according to a police report released Monday. Zimmerman denied throwing the bottle and disputed her claim that he destroyed her cell phone last week, according to the report, which chronicles his latest run-in with police since he was acquitted of murdering Trayvon Martin in 2013. The killing of the unarmed black teen touched off protests across the country. Instead, Zimmerman said, he was only trying to prevent her from entering his home. The former neighborhood watch volunteer was arrested
Friday in Lake Mary and charged with aggravated assault. He was released Saturday on $5,000 bond. Zimmerman didn’t respond to a message left on his cell phone Monday by The Associated Press. Officers patrolling the neighborhood where Zimmerman lives last week heard the sound of glass shattering, and then saw the former girlfriend drive out of the driveway. They pulled her over for a traffic stop a few streets over because she didn’t have her lights on. She explained that Zimmerman became angry after she told him she didn’t want to take the relationship further, and they also argued over a painting she had that he wanted returned. Zimmerman made threats and threw the wine bottle, which didn’t hit her, she said. Detectives described her as “extremely emotional, crying, mad and upset” and said
she became reluctant to cooperate when she realized that officers might be conducting an investigation. She called her former boyfriend “that psycho, George Zimmerman” and said several times that she should have known better than to get involved with him. The ex-girlfriend, whose name is redacted, told investigators that she had had an “intimate relationship” with Zimmerman since the end of last year. “She indicated that this began at a time when she was emotionally vulnerable,” the report said. Zimmerman was arrested at his house on Friday, four days after the confrontation. Detectives said in the police report that he refused to come to the door for more than two hours despite their repeated knocking. They said they could hear the television on and a dog barking. Zimmerman eventually came outside after police officers agreed to allow him to keep his attorney on his cell phone with him while he was interviewed, the report said. Zimmerman was acquitted in 2013 of a second-degree murder charge for shooting Martin in a gated community in Sanford, Florida.
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Economists say wealthy get richer, others plateau In resort towns, working class squeezed out amid growing wealth gap (AP) — At first, Loly Garcia didn’t have to travel far to her jobs in the chic hotels of this fabled tourist town. She shared a tiny studio apartment with her father, brother and a cousin after arriving from El Salvador
more than 20 years ago. But after she married and wanted a home of her own, she had to drive 23 miles west, past tracts of empty land and vacant mansions whose owners visit only a couple of weeks a year, to the mobile home park where she now lives. The drive eventually wore her down, and she decided to take lower-paying work closer to home. “That commute — it becomes 10 hours a week. It’s like working an extra day,” said Garcia, 49. “It’s hard to live here.” Resort towns like Aspen dramatically demonstrate an unnerving trend: Across the country, the rich are getting richer while the rest of the country is essentially treading water. From 2009 to 2012, inflation-adjusted income for the wealthiest 1 percent of U.S. households surged 31 percent, according to economist Emmanuel Saez of the University of California, Berkeley. For everyone else, income inched up just 0.4 percent. In Aspen, the division is especially stark because it goes beyond mere money. The wealth gap is also a geographic divide.
The people who clean the vacation homes, maintain the mansions’ gardens and work in the hotels must find housing in mobile home parks or subdivisions squeezed into the few acres of developable space dozens of miles to the west. A lucky few — about half of Aspen’s year-round population of 6,700 — are able to score units in the town’s unusual affordable housing program that, on the open market, would sell for millions of dollars. Meanwhile, residents who struggle to find affordable real estate watch an increasing number of houses in town become rarely inhabited vacation properties. “It’s a mirror image of Detroit, where wealth, not poverty, is driving population down,” said Mick Ireland, a former threeterm Aspen mayor. Aspen’s dilemma is similar to that of other resort towns, from Nantucket, Massachusetts, to Park City, Utah, especially those nestled in the jagged terrain of the western United States. In the West, vast tracts of public land and sheer mountain faces prevent the easy development of suburbs to house workers, pushing clusters of more affordable housing many miles away.
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Uganda says it wants to try rebel leader who surrendered Uganda’s government said Monday it wants to try the Lord’s Resistance Army rebel commander who recently surrendered to U.S. forces for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Dominic Ongwen is in U.S. custody in Central African Republic after surrendering there on Jan. 6. He is wanted by the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. “Some of our partners want him tried by the ICC but we want him tried in Uganda because we have the capacity to try him,” said Uganda State Minister for Regional Cooperation Asuman Kiyingi. Kiyingi said a decision would be made during consultations between the African Union, Uganda, U.S. and United Nations. —Compiled from Daily wire reports
their website, ann-arbaugh. com, including three different short-sleeved T-shirts, three long-sleeved T-shirts and three sweatshirts. The short-sleeved shirts go for $15 each; the longsleeved shirts cost $22; the sweatshirts are $30. In addition to the “Ann Arbaugh” prints, they also have variations that read “The Khakis, The Khakis, The Khakis” in honor of storied coach Bo Schembechler’s mantra, “The team, the team, the team,” and Harbaugh’s well-known preference for khaki pants. LSA freshman Rachel Steir was the first “Ann Arbaugh” customer. She discovered the product in Bruch and Luck’s post in the Facebook group “University of Michigan Class of 2018”. “I was really impressed; I thought it was really creative,” she said. “My whole family has ordered the shirts; we love them.” The orders, however, are not only coming from Michigan students, Luck said. They’re coming from Kentucky, Texas, Kansas, California and all over the United States. As their business grows, Bruch and Luck say they are unsure what to expect next, especially as the process happened very quickly and their trademark application has yet to be approved. Stephanie Wydick, an assistant of social media for the Detroit Red Wings, also filed to trademark “Ann Arbaugh” on Dec. 30 — the same day as Bruch and Luck. Her request appears to have arrived hours after the one made by Bruch and Luck,
SURVEY From Page 1 available, perhaps give us better data on the incidence of sexual misconduct,” he said. “All of that would be the kinds of additional feedback that’s unique to our campus and would help inform any further changes in additional resources.” Fitzgerald said he expects an analysis of survey results be released this summer. The University will also participate in another studentwide survey on sexual misconduct administered by the Association of American Universities, a non-profit organization comprised of 62 research universities, according to a news release. In November, the University released its first report soley focused on sexual misconduct. The report listed the University’s response to 129 reported instances of assault. The allegations increased by 46 reports in 2014 compared to 2013. Following the release of the
SACUA From Page 1 tasked with choosing faculty fellowship recipients. SACUA member SilkeMaria Weineck said the general consensus was to have a uniform policy and encouraged SACUA members to take part in the election process. “The biggest problem is
ROADS From Page 1 Monday, David Murray, Snyder’s deputy press secretary, said the governor has been a proponent of prioritizing “P-20” education, which includes elementary through higher education. “We know that a rock-solid education is essential to build a talented workforce in Michigan that will attract and retain businesses and grow more and better jobs for the state’s residents,” Murray said. Murray also noted Snyder is a supporter of increasing dual
News according to the United States Patent and Trademark Office website. Wydick’s application was filed on an intent-to-use basis, meaning she would plan to use the slogan if approved; whereas Bruch and Luck’s filing was on an actual-use basis, meaning they had already begun selling their product before applying for trademark. According to Chris Falkowski, an intellectual property attorney based in Detroit, actual use applications are in a stronger position than intentto-use applications. Falkowski added that there could be a few hurdles as far as attaining a trademark for “Ann Arbaugh.” The first is that Ann Arbor is a geographic location — one that cannot be trademarked. While “Ann Arbaugh” is not directly a geographic location, it could potentially raise some issues. The second is that Harbaugh himself has the right of publicity to his name and he could potentially claim that right. Bruch and Luck, however, are not concerned. “We’ve been talking about this idea forever,” Bruch said. “We’ve known that this is our idea, our content, our intellectual property.” The pair expects to hear about the trademark ruling within the next couple of weeks. In the meantime, they’re enjoying the process. “It’s been great, it’s a great opportunity — and Harbaugh, Harbaugh’s going to be here for a while,” Luck said. “It’s going to be the Harbaugh era … there’s this whole new buzz and excitement at the school. We’re really glad to be a part of it.”
report, Schlissel said campus climate surrounding sexual misconduct is a top priority as administrators are working on ways to study and reduce the number of reported and occurrences of sexual misconduct. “This is an issue we’re going to have to keep working on until the number is zero,” Schlissel said in an interview with The Michigan Daily in December. Many students have voiced their concerns on how the University handles sexual misconduct on campus last semester. Survivors and allies of sexual assault and misconduct protested across the University in October in part of a national “Carry That Weight” campaign. The organizers also announced a list of seven demands for University officials to address sexual assault on campus. In Septmeber, the Office of Student Conflict Resolution also hired a sexual misconduct program manager to further address the issue.
that LSA faculty are under the power of the dean,” Weineck said. “The dean is most likely to respond to grievances. The process of electing board members is unclean. There was a general agreement to have untenured people on the board.” University Provost Martha Pollack will attend the next SACUA meeting on Feb. 2.
enrollment opportunities for high school students and the cost of higher education, which he outlined in the fiscal 2015 budget. “The fiscal 2015 budget, which went into effect in October, includes a 3-percent increase in operations funding for community colleges and a 5.9-percent increase for state universities,” he said. “Universities were required to limit tuition increases to 3.2 percent or less in order to receive their funding increase.” Murray added that Snyder’s State of the State address, which is next week, will preview additional recommendations for the upcoming fiscal year.
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JOURNALIST From Page 1 water or be turned around by officials along the way. Mogelson noted that almost all of the refugees he encountered, including a pregnant woman, were diverted to detention centers in Papua New Guinea and the Republic of Nauru. “The most common word they used to describe their lives back home was ‘na-aomid’ – hopeless,” Mogelson wrote. Most refugees were either unaware or indifferent to Australian laws that instruct officials to move refugees away from the country. Mogelson’s boat carried 57 mostly Iranian refugees for three days before being diverted to one of the smaller island nations.
According to Mogelson, the refugees he traveled with probably will not reach Australia, or any other developed country. “They manage to convince themselves that there’s hope, when there’s not,” Mogelson said. After recounting the story, Mogelson and the panel discussed the current refugee problem. Ciorciari, a professor of public policy, explained that while people fleeing war and natural disaster are popularly called refugees, legally, one can only be considered a refugee if they are specifically targeted. Ciorciari said this presents problems for people displaced by calamity, but are not legally protected in the same way as political opponents and victims of genocide. Waltz said people are either displaced within their own
country, forced to travel to a neighboring country or internationally to avoid danger. Waltz said each state is largely free to set up its own protocols for dealing with refugees and displaced people. “Because the world community was not ready to set up a central mechanism, it left to individual states ways to grant people political asylum to whoever they wanted to grant it to,” she said. While each state scrambles to deal with asylum seekers, there are more displaced people now than there have been in recent history. According to the United Nations, there are now 51.2 million people who are forcibly displaced, more than there have been since the end of World War II. Internationally, states have pledged to resettle about 1 percent of these people.
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A questionable ACT
Change to SAT in Michigan brings both positives and negatives
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he Michigan Department of Education announced on Jan. 7 that starting in spring 2016, the state will require high school juniors to take the SAT instead of the ACT, the state’s college-entrance test of choice since 2007. The College Board, a nonprofit organization that administers the SAT, and ACT, Inc. engaged in a competitive bidding process to decide which test would be administered to students. The College Board’s bid of $17.1 million over the course of three years was chosen over the ACT’s $32.5-million bid. While the shift could prove to be beneficial in saving the state money and creating uniformity throughout the education system, the suddenness of the change raises questions about the MDE’s motivations and potentially adverse effects. According to the College Board, more than 3.6 million students take the PSAT, the SAT preparatory exam, each year. Therefore, high schools administering the SAT ensure consistency of students’ learning trajectories. Most prominently, the change saves the state money, potentially allowing for more investment in resources — including teachers and curriculums — to continue to prepare students for the SAT. Similarly, Michigan high schools will retain one important aspect of the old system: the ACT’s WorkKeys exam, which holds a $12.2 million threeyear contract. The exams tests general job skills for all high school juniors, including assessments in applied mathematics, locating information and reading for information. According to University spokesperson Rick Fitzgerald, “the University has accepted both tests for many years, so this will not have a significant change.” While this change may not affect University applicants directly, several challenges could present themselves to high school students during the transition process between tests. Michigan’s short, three-year contract with the SAT could create future difficulties, as there’s no guarantee the state will not switch back to the ACT or another exam. These switches have potential detrimental effects for both schools’ and students’ test preparation prior to the exam. The switch from the ACT to the SAT also presents challenges for long-term educational data collection in Michigan. It will be difficult to compare SAT exam scores, as the state collected data on the ACT for eight years. The
decision was seemingly made for monetary reasons, without much input from students and educators. “They just pulled the rug out from under us, with absolutely no warning,” Michael Boulus, Executive Director of the Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan, told the Detroit Free Press. “It’s very clear from the news release that this was done purely out of cost savings, with little concern for the students and the admissions process we’ve been using for years.” Currently, there are many resources dedicated to ACT preparation, including courses and tutors. However, there are virtually no state-issued or curriculumbased preparation resources for the SAT. The transition process for tutors and students to learn a whole new test and set of strategies presents must be monitored closely in order to avoid creating a learning gap between tests. Despite possible benefits to this switch, the decision to switch to the SAT was first and foremost for the state’s economic benefit; it was a decision that seemingly did not take into account the difficulties families and students will face during the transition process. While the switch saves the state money that could potentially be invested in bettering elementary and secondary education, Michigan should have been more transparent in its decision and included community input in the process. However, since the state has already decided to move forward with this change, close monitoring of schools should be the next step in the transition process.
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Improving the pre-med curriculum The University offers over 75 majors and over 100 minors — and that’s just in its College of Literature, Sciences, and the Arts. Ranging from majors in English and microbiology to minors in oceanography and economics, the University has everything. Well, almost everything. While 40 LSA programs rank among the top 10 in their field, the University lacks a degree program that caters to its future doctors. Instead, the University encourages its future doctors to acquire a balanced and challenging liberal arts education. The liberal arts education that lies at the core of the University’s LSA graduation requirements includes courses focused in the humanities, race and ethnicity, and quantitative reasoning. Students who aspire to become doctors must take courses toward a major, courses toward the distribution requirements and the medical school prerequisite courses. Many of the classes required to apply to medical school, such as introductory science courses, count merely as prerequisites toward LSA degree programs. Being in LSA is awesome; I get to major in Spanish, while also completing minors in biochemistry and business through the Stephen M. Ross School of Business. While I love the diversity of my education, the breadth of knowledge comes with vast requirements, forcing many premedical students to take courses during spring and/or summer terms. To better serve its pre-medical students, while also maintaining its integrity as a comprehensive liberal arts education, LSA should create a program designed for pre-medical students. Ideally, this program would allow
the required courses needed to apply to medical school to count toward a degree. In this fashion, pre-medical students would be able to both learn everything they need to know to apply to medical school and take advantage of the wide variety of programs ranked so highly. Just as being a doctor requires more than just medical and scientific knowledge, so should being a pre-medical student. A well-rounded education would produce doctors who are better able to connect with and holistically treat patients. The course requirements for applying to medical school continue to increase for classes applying after 2016. New requirements, which are also tested on the new Medical College Admission Test beginning in April 2015, include sociology, psychology and biochemistry, an extra 11 to 12 credits designed to create future doctors with broad knowledge. The American Association of Medical Colleges, the governing body of medical schools and admission, has also created a list of 15 core competencies to evaluate potential doctors. Among these competencies are scientific inquiry, teamwork and social skills. As the landscape changes regarding what courses and experiences medical school admissions committees desire and expect, so too should the undergraduate education of the future doctors. Pre-medical students at the University of Michigan look like elementary students contorting their bodies while playing a game of Twister. At times, the balancing act is impressive. At other times, students collapse to the floor. Marc Schlessel is an LSA junior.
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Gentrifying the student ghetto
welve years ago, “student ghetto” meant Greenwood Avenue — the one-way street home to hanging sneakers and the Ann Arbor Police Department’s favorite block party. Even former Mayor John Hieftje agreed with the label, telling the Daily in 2003, JAMES “That’s what it’s BRENNAN called, and it’s part of being in a university town.” More than a decade later, Hieftje still sees symptoms of a student ghetto at Greenwood, but recently shifting real estate trends could change this. What were previously student neighborhoods, Hieftje told me, are beginning to see families and non-students move in. In Ann Arbor, the term “student ghetto” may only last as long it takes to build a luxury high rise. In the last decade, the area surrounding Central Campus has seen a development boom, as lofts like Zaragon, Landmark and Varsity have elbowed their way into the Ann Arbor skyline. Ann Arbor Blu, currently a hole in the ground next to Pizza House, should be finished and open for business in the fall of 2015. Given the increasingly wealthy makeup of Michigan’s student body, it’s hard to see the number of lofts staying stagnant for long, especially as the University continues to renovate dorms potentially, creating short-term housing shortages. Many residents of Ann Arbor, including less wealthy students, supported the development of these monstrous apartment buildings, largely in the hopes of lowering rent costs. For non-student residents, this hope may soon be realized. As wealthier students move into high rises, landlords owning moderately expensive housing shift
their focus from the remaining student renters (who would require reduced prices) to new families or young professionals. These non-students can afford rent close to campus, which is lower than a house or an apartment near Main Street. As these neighborhoods become increasingly non-student, valuelowering factors like trash, noise and poor maintenance will peter out, raising overall prices. For now, low-income students can still afford a limited amount of housing near campus, often by splitting rooms, packing houses, or accepting shoddy living conditions. If the above prediction plays out, it will limit options for low-income students even more, pushing them as far away from campus as Ypsilanti (from where some low-income and otherwise frugal University students are already commuting). In the big picture, these trends are troubling for several reasons. One issue that has already begun to play out is greater campus segregation and polarization. For poorer students, this means living only near other low-income students while being forced to commute to campus by car or bus. Conversely, lofts like Landmark concentrate large numbers of wealthy students all in one place, while their close proximity to campus means that residents rarely leave their comfort zone for much of anything. This residential polarization also has snowball-like political consequences. According to Ann Arbor’s City Charter, City Council wards are to be drawn like slices of a pie, with the pieces converging near the center of the city, i.e., the center of campus. This layout divides the student vote across each ward, meaning no single district is likely to elect a student or a candidate focused on student issues. With heavier concentration in the city center, this problem may only become worse. Rather than a diabolical gerrymandering scheme (my original
theory), Kestenbaum believes the city wanted to avoid creating one ward with only a few likely voters. According to Kestenbaum, who is also an attorney and history blogger, the layout of the city wards was decided before the voting age was reduced to 18, meaning most students couldn’t vote anyway. The fear, Kestenbaum explained, is of a ward with so little voting activity that its elections could be easily manipulated. Given the current boundaries of City Council wards, the student vote is set up to be watered down for any City Council election. If wealthy students continue to crowd even closer around the center of the city while poorer students are forced into the outskirts or out of the city completely, the student voice may suffer even more, especially for those who need it the most. And as student voices dissipate, city government will have fewer and fewer incentives to craft policy favorable to both students and non-students. Many of the necessary pieces for the above scenario are already in place. For future low-income students, their time on campus does not look particularly promising — and let’s not forget that the only important City Council elections in Ann Arbor, the Democratic primaries, are held in August, when most students are gone. However, there is one glimmer of hope: general elections, which are held in November, include ballot proposals. Hieftje noted that many candidates won office running on hugely popular issues in the 1970s thanks to students. What kind of issues galvanized the student vote forty years ago? According to Hieftje, it was decriminalizing marijuana possession to a $5 (now $25) fine. The student ghetto may soon be a thing of the past, but in Ann Arbor, some things may never change. — James Brennan can be reached at jmbthree@umich.edu.
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Expanding gender education
t was a new semester. New professors and new classmates and new subjects and greater enlightenment waited ahead. I filed into my 500-person lecture early, eager to make new friends as the term started anew, and anxious to proceed through the KAREN course with a new HUA study buddy. Luckily, a plain-looking guy plopped this bags next to mine, and we easily struck up a conversation. He was amiable, eloquent in speech and seemingly open-minded. We were all Michigan liberals in a Race and Ethnicity requirement class that heightened a sense of progressivism inside us all. He started by asking about the classes I was taking — standard. I was taking blah, blah, blah and Working Women’s Class Literature — the one class that stuck out to him. “Oh, so you’re a feminist,” he suddenly chuckled — scoffed. Confused, I rebutted with wavering confidence, “Yeah … Yes. I am.” I probed further. “Is that bad?” I asked. “Well, I guess not. But you’re a feminist. You’re one of those,” he answered, as if the title was a disease. Reflecting in retrospect, he turned what is, at the core, simply the support of gender equality into a pejorative concept that the media often portrays negatively. His understanding of feminism was based on the rants of Tumblr extremists, the angry Facebook posts of his “feminist friends” and radical perspectives brought to light by the news. Feminism to him only had one degree: extreme. It equated to a hatred of men and a disavowal of anyone who disagreed. Feminism has now become a concept people love to hate — an idea stigmatized by people’s ignorance on the subject. As shocked as I was by his lack of understanding, I realize that as
a feminist, labeling or condemning people for being “dumb” or despicable is neither a solution to the problem nor a way to demonstrate my support for feminism. That day in lecture, I could have berated him for his gross misconceptions, and then indoctrinated him with what I believe to be correct. However, I most likely wouldn’t have inspired him to change his outlook by belittling his intelligence. In his eyes, I probably would’ve exemplified the exact social-media radical feminist that he envisions. Rather, it is important to understand that some people are simply misled about the subject of feminism. Thus, where better to implement this education than in college? It is becoming increasingly necessary for universities — namely, Michigan — to have a gender studies requirement as part of the core distribution. Historically, racial progress has typically come before progress of gender equality. Most prominently, African-American men were initially granted the right to vote in 1865, about 55 years before the 19th Amendment was ratified. This is not to overshadow the significance of any civil rights advancement. However, in similar fashion to the precedent history has set, it seems like an appropriate progression to extend the University’s Race and Ethnicity requirement to a Gender Studies course as well. The University currently requires every student to take at least one Race and Ethnicity course for a minimum of three credits. As the LSA page explains, an approved Race and Ethnicity requirement discusses “the meaning of race, ethnicity, and racism; racial and ethnic intolerance and resulting inequality as it occurs in the United States or elsewhere; (and) comparisons of discrimination based on race, ethnicity, religion, social class, or gender.” Even though the University’s Curriculum Committee requires courses to be re-certified as a Race and Ethnicity requirement every five years, there is a reason these courses are labeled as they are, where discussion of gender study is limited. Though many Race and
Ethnicity requirement classes do sometimes address feminism, students can only be provided with a fractional understanding — superficially glazing over women’s rights and skimming over transgender issues. Just as with accepting racial and ethnic equality, gender equality is not — or should not be — a revolutionary concept. Especially at a college that prides itself on its diversity, we must reflect that through our academic courses. As students, we learn about the oppression, the history and the gradual improvement of different cultures in our country. Yet we often overlook the struggles of half of our population. Essentially, discrimination to different ethnicities feels different from oppression of different sexes. Every identity feels social struggle and social advancement differently. Our society is becoming increasingly aware of feminist issues, especially with recent campaigns promoting female equality, such as the United Nations He for She and the White House’s It’s On Us this past September. We are college students with malleable mindsets before the real world hardens us; we are young adults at the peak of fighting for what we are passionate about. It is the prime opportunity to teach us about injustices, inequalities — or simply, diversity — in the world so we have the opportunity to ameliorate them in our lifetime. Even as students at a reputable college such as Michigan, there is still so much we do not understand. We represent some of the “leaders and best” in the nation, yet not all of us are equipped with a complete understanding of all facets of the society we will soon lead. We are all uneducated about our own respective topics. We can’t all be radical feminists who will lead to the reform of the entire system of societal thinking. But we can at least equip students with the literature and tools to develop their own opinions, which hopefully will be for greater equality in our society. — Karen Hua can be reached at khua@umich.edu.
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Arts
Tuesday, January 13, 2015 — 5
FILM REVIEW
EVENT PREVIEW
‘Gambler’ still leaves chips on the table By CONRAD FOREMAN Daily Arts Writer
AARON WADE
#KillingIt.
‘Bonnie & Clyde’ to steal the show Famous crime duo make their way to Mendelssohn Theatre.
“The fun of a show like this is that the audience knows how it ends, even though the cast members don’t,” Baumanis said. “So the audience sees it coming from a mile away and it adds to some of the suspense.” Baumanis is the first to By ALEX BERNARD admit that Bonnie & Clyde Daily Community Culture Editor were anything but the idealized, front-page news, Through ice and snow and a super criminals that history wind that gives frostbite in the remembers them as. same way my mom texts me “They were two dumb kids. about getting a job (a lot), the When they died, they were cast and crew 25 and 23 ... They were kids. of “Bonnie & Imagine people at U of M Bonnie Clyde” lumber graduating and suddenly going into rehearsal, and Clyde on a killing spree for the next shake off two years. And (the police) shot Thursday, the cold, hug ‘em down.” each other for Friday and As I watched the cast – out warmth and Saturday at 8 of costume, off set – I found settle in for p.m., Sunday myself incapable of focusing a long night at 2 p.m. on the notes I was taking for, of practice – well, this article. After all, how Lydia Mendelssohn the final runcan you expect to write if you through before Theatre keep tapping your pen to the they move $13-25 music? Stuck-in-your-head into the Lydia country numbers like “You’re Mendelssohn Going Back to Jail” and “When Theatre. I Drive” the gospel punch of The space buzzes with “God’s Arms Are Always Open” movement and final Bonnie’s heartbreaking point preparations. that “Dyin’ Ain’t So Bad.” The assistant director Whatever number it was, I tightens a screw in their had to wait until its end before trapdoor. An actor puts on a returning to my notes to add cowboy hat and clips a sheriff’s checks and stars next to the badge to his zip-up sweater. song titles: Remember this one The whole cast pins numbers too. to themselves – makeshift The show is a credit to Civic’s microphones until they rehearse cast, who range in age from in a space that isn’t half the over-70s to in eighth grade and size of the Mendelssohn. The who will make you forget that music director calls everyone they’re not earning a paycheck together for warm-ups. for this show. And then “Bonnie & Clyde” is off and running. The musical tells the story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, the infamous lovers and robbers who spent the Great Depression plundering and thieving in the central United States. Composed by Frank Wildhorn, “Bonnie & Clyde” opened on Broadway in December 2011, and starred Laura Osnes and Jeremy Jordan. “These people are not ‘24/7 This time around, Ann theater.’ They all have jobs Arbor Civic Theatre brings during the day so they come in “Bonnie & Clyde” to the Lydia from whatever they’re doing. Mendelssohn Theatre from We have a neurophysicist, Thursday, January 15th to the and we’ve got a doctor and 18th. Though the Broadway we’ve got accountants ... but version closed after just four they all have musical theater weeks (much to the chagrin of backgrounds,” Baumanis said. delighted audience members), You wouldn’t know it Civic director Ron Baumanis, watching Baumanis’s cast. As an Ann Arbor Civic Theatre Clyde Barrow, Dan Clair leads veteran, believes crowds will the show with an immensely be surprised by the musical’s entertaining, vein-popping unapologetic authenticity. vocal performance and an even In the opening moments of better acting job. There’s no “Bonnie & Clyde,” the audience pretense or romanticization sees what a few bullets can do here. Clair’s Barrow is no hero, to a car door, a windshield and just a kid in way over his head. two kids. You might worry that Meanwhile, his Bonnie this could deprive the play of its Parker, played by Kimberly uncertainty and suspense, but Elliott, is charged with both Baumanis says the opposite is reviving an American icon true. and not disappearing next to
“It’s a more intimate musical than people expect.”
WHAT’S NEW ON
Clyde’s massive shadow and charisma. Where one might strive to outperform, even upstage her fellow lead, Elliott delivers a considered, cautious performance that stands tall against Clair’s electricity, setting a key foundation for Parker and Barrow’s obsession and moral degradation. But talent isn’t limited to Baumanis’s leads. Kyrie Bristle – who plays Blanche Barrow, Clyde’s sister-in-law – delivers heavy, emotional vocals with a nuance and touch that makes one wish she had her own musical, maybe called, “Blanche & Blanche”? I’d see it. To prepare their cast and the show, Baumanis and his music director Tyler Driskill received some first-hand advice from the writers of the show, including Frank Wildhorn. “Our music director talked to Frank Wildhorn and said, ‘What about this?’ and ‘Why this?’ and ‘Why is this harmony here?’ And they are super, super enthused about making their production work, because they love this piece of work.” As though input from the director, writers and composer wasn’t enough, the cast also had a special visit to prepare them for the show’s passionate, often complicated, material. “We had one of the cast members (Daniel Cooney) from the (Broadway) show come in and talk about the show and what it was like to do it in New York. It let the cast ask questions about characters ... and how people made choices about how they present certain scenes and songs.” In their cramped rehearsal space, the leads danced two feet from my sneakers and about three feet from my lap, as I remembered something Baumanis told me earlier: “It’s a more intimate musical than people are going to expect. You get to know these characters pretty well.” The show will use projections and firearms, death and country, robbery and gospel music. But more than anything, Civic’s “Bonnie & Clyde” is a story about dedication and loyalty ... to a fault. “These are kids that were very much in love,” Baumanis said. “Despite the fact they were both idiots.” Theater is just fancy lying; but these kids are real. Stupid. Hopeful. Doomed. But real. After rehearsal, I opened the backstage door, stepped knee-high into what I imagine Greenland feels like, and began the long walk home, warmed by the fact that I’d be seeing these idiots again on Thursday. The show starts at 8 p.m. See you there.
Expectations for “The Gambler” may be for something along the lines B of “21” — a fastpaced thriller The about genius Gambler gamblers that easily make for- Rave 20 and tunes in single Quality 16 nights. Instead, Paramount “The Gambler,” a remake of the 1974 film of the same name, is a study of gambling addiction, personal fulfillment and self-destruction. In addition to working as literature professor at a fictional university, Jim Bennett (Mark Wahlberg, “The Departed”) leads a doublelife as a high-stakes gambler. Possessing an affluent background and high intellect, Bennett’s potential is obvious – except that he can’t walk away from the table when he’s up big. Despite many advantages and having a desirable career, Bennett feels inadequate as a writer, leads an apparently empty personal life and has a tumultuous relationship with his mother. When these problems come to a head, Bennett finds himself in
steep debt to three vicious loan sharks – with only seven days to pay off the balance. Surprisingly, gambling itself takes somewhat of a backseat in the film’s plot. Bennett’s addiction catalyzes the entire story, but little screen-time is allotted for actual gambling. Unlike the 1974 version, the film includes a romance between Bennett and one of his students (Brie Larson, “21 Jump Street”), a prodigious writer whom he openly gushes over in front of a large lecture hall. Needless to say, Bennett’s teaching methods are unorthodox if not downright inappropriate. Bennett’s profession plays into the plot with another student of his, a university basketball star and non-stop in-class texter, whom Bennett approaches about fixing a game. The film minimally explores this topic, though it raises complex questions about the morality of cheating for the sake of one’s family and the value of sportsmanship. The film would benefit from greater depth to the nature of Bennett’s relationships with his students, especially his love interest and the basketball star. Apparently without any previous history, Bennett feels comfortable approaching both students in remarkably forward manners. While this can
be chalked up to a character trait, more development and build-up to Bennett’s interactions with his students would add to the weight they carry. The most entertaining character is Frank (John Goodman, “Flight”), one of the loan sharks. Bald and goateed, Frank doesn’t simply resemble a fattened Heisenberg, but possesses the same crucial characteristic of a fierce underground businessman: a fuck-you attitude. Though he causes trouble for the protagonist, Frank also sees Bennett’s potential and pushes him to aspire for freedom — not only from his debts, but also from his own self-destructive tendencies. Director Rupert Wyatt (“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”) and editor Pete Beaudreau (“All is Lost”) shine as bright spots for the film, from the opening car sequence to the quick, tense cuts during gambling scenes. The film also visually makes a nice point about students’ texting habits during class, with subtle inserts during Bennett’s lectures. “The Gambler” exudes creativity and sufficiently navigates deep themes without attempting to take on too much or make too grand of a statement. Though no aspects of the film are spectacular, every component serves its purpose.
FILM NOTEBOOK
DISNEY
#KillinItAgain.
Not another sequel! By CONRAD FOREMAN Daily Arts Writer
More is always better when it comes to pizza, but sadly that’s not the case for movies. Hollywood loves to overdo it with sequels, prequels and spin-offs. For example, this year will mark the release of the seventh installment in the “Fast and Furious” series. There are many reasons that studios love franchises, but the most obvious reason is that no one can really ever know whether an original, non-sequel movie will be successful. One genre where franchises are valued highly is the superhero movie. Unless a superhero movie really sucks (i.e. “Green Lantern” starring Ryan Reynolds), a sequel will almost certainly be made. But recently, franchises have started encompassing a wider swath of the superhero genre. No longer is a hero limited to solely his or her own follow-up films: we have entered the age of the cinematic universe. We’ll begin with Marvel Studios, pioneers of the concept. Marvel’s ever-expanding universe was created with the 2008 release of “Iron Man,” a surprisingly successful and acclaimed project. This Marvel film was the first to include a post-credits scene, and boy, was it prophetic. The short scene depicts Nick Fury speaking to Tony Stark. He says, “Mr. Stark, you’ve become a part of a bigger universe. You just don’t know it yet.” Sure enough, later in summer 2008, Tony Stark made a post-credits appearance in “The Incredible Hulk,” promising audiences that he was “putting a team together.” Then came
“Iron Man 2,” “Captain America: The First Avenger” and “Thor,” which all converged in 2012’s “The Avengers.” Except for “The Incredible Hulk,” each film has multiple sequels of its own, in addition to crossover appearances by many characters.
Hollywood loves to overdo it with sequels. So far, the model has been overwhelmingly successful. The last two Marvel installments, “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” were some of the most acclaimed of Marvel’s releases, and this summer’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron” is a safe bet to pull in a billion dollars, if not more. Success means these expansive superhero universes aren’t going away anytime soon. 20th Century Fox decided it wants a piece of the action, and is moving forward in a similar fashion with the two Marvel franchises to which it owns the rights: X-Men and the Fantastic Four. 2014’s “X- Men: Days of Future Past” attempted to tie together the story lines of all six previous X-Men films, at least half of which were never meant to exist in an overarching universe, and indeed, this retroactive merging created continuity issues. Beyond this, Fox has a reboot for “The Fantastic Four” set to hit theaters this August, and its sequel already has a release date, (set even before its
predecessor even started shooting). DC Entertainment, in competition with Marvel, has begun constructing its own cinematic superhero universe, building on 2013’s “Man of Steel” and the upcoming “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.” Characters like The Flash, Wonder Woman and Aquaman will all get solo films, before ultimately coming together for a “Justice League” movie. My point is that maybe these studios are biting off a bit more than they can chew. Marvel will release 11 more movies into its universe between now and 2019, including sequels for “Captain America,” “Thor” and “The Avengers,” as well as outside-the-box choices “AntMan,” “Black Panther” and “Captain Marvel.” In addition, Marvel produces the television series “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” which also exists in Marvel’s movie universe. Only the diehardest of die-hard fans can keep up with every character and plot, and while that must certainly be rewarding for a select few, where does that leave casual fans? The real question, though, is how does it end? What will happen when Robert Downey Jr. is too old to play Iron Man, or when Samuel L. Jackson is sick of playing Nick Fury? It seems likely that the films’ canon may soon become as convoluted as their source comics, meaning that finding a conclusion satisfying to fans, that also ties up loose ends, will be virtually impossible. Are Marvel Studios and others taking the trend of cinematic universes too far? I don’t know, but trying to keep up with these vast stories sure is exhausting.
Arts
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TV REVIEW
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TV REVIEW
OXYGEN
I woke up like this.
‘Living Different’ Blind ‘Hindsight’ struggles to subvert VH1
I’ll be there for youuuuuuuuuu!
Poor writing and unoriginality hold back VH1’s new series By KAREN HUA Daily TV/New Media Editor
Despite an intriguing, if unoriginal, premise, the pilot of VHI’s “Hindsight” is full of clichés. In areas where the Bwriters could have offered a Hindsight fresh lens, they Series Pilot succumbed to hackneyed VH1 plot points and Wednesdays awkward diaat 10 p.m. logue. Becca (Laura Ramsey, “She’s the Man”) is a woman past her prime – the middle-aged romantic finds herself facing a second wedding, as she is now engaged to a man (Nick Clifford, “The Opportunist”) she once found repulsive. Even now that she has discovered “new love,” Becca remains perpetually unhappy with her love life and career. But just as she wallows in self-pity about how she reached her discontented state,
Becca suddenly finds herself rewound to her first wedding day in 1995. How opportune – and how overused. Becca’s past life features her hunk of an Australian fiancé (Craig Horner, “Legend of the Seeker”) and her once inseparable, eventually estranged best friend Lolly (Sarah Goldberg, “The Dark Knight Rises”). Soft grunge is back in vogue, as are choker necklaces, pagers and AOL. Her first day caught in the past consists of begging Lolly to believe she’s from the future, and contemplating the love and happiness so elusive to her life. Becca is determined to use this opportunity to live life differently without making the same bad mistakes, which culminated in the ever-so-original run from the altar. However, the show’s stock dramatic irony is that we foresee Becca making different mistakes – ones that just lead to a life of different unhappiness. The show is reminiscent of “13 Going on 30,” except Ramsey can’t quite exude that retro presence like Jennifer Garner. Becca and Lolly’s friendship is uplifting, but the other relationships have little potential for development. Additionally, many plot aspects feel forced, especially when Lolly almost
immediately believes Becca’s time-traveling scheme. Lolly’s blind assumption has less to do with her adherent devotion to her best friend, and more with an unbelievable lack of awareness. The show gradually becomes too scripted, which f lattens all the characters, including the protagonist. The script allows for good introspection, as the audience hears Becca’s every thought, pondering questions we must all ask ourselves about the meaning of happiness and the existence of fate. As inspirational as this initially may be, her inner dialogue soon becomes juvenile, every line rewording empty truisms with clunky philosophical language. Ultimately, the writing feels lazy – using voiceovers and external narration to recount exposition. It breaks a crucial law of writing: the necessity to trust audience intelligence. While “Hindsight” ’s pilot has some redeemable qualities, its unoriginal script hampers its potential, wasting a potentially compelling premise. Not only does Becca rewind the clock, but the show reverts back to overdramatic, stale sitcom tropes as well.
By SOPHIA KAUFMAN Daily Arts Writer
“I never in my life would have guessed that I’d be giving tesBtosterone shots to my girlfriend Living once a week to turn her into a Different man.” Minieries Pilot The premiere episode Oxygen of Oxygen’s Tuesdays at 9 p.m. new four-part special “Living Different” kicked off with this line, immediately letting viewers know that they were about to get a fresh take on what exactly “different” means from a group of nine women from a variety of backgrounds. This episode, titled “#LoveWithoutLabels,” focuses on two of the nine: Lizz, a woman who has been warily anticipating telling her conservative Mexican Catholic family that her girlfriend is not only her girlfriend but also transgender, and Rain, a woman whose androgynous looks allow her to model as both a man and a woman. As a show that actively focuses on groups that have been silenced by the media and have experienced prejudice before, it has potential to help spread new understandings of
different sexualities and lifestyles. Lizz is the first of her family to graduate from college, and she struggles with whether to tell her family when they come for her graduation that her partner is transgender. She has to deal with the reactions of both her family and friends, one of whom asks her in a puzzled tone as they sit in a bar, “Are you gay or are you bi? Because if she’s turning into a boy … ” Rain was mistakenly booked as a male on her first modeling gig; she goes along with it and models as both genders. She is more comfortable with male modeling shoots and is nervous doing a lingerie shoot in this episode, as she hints she may be developing a crush on her female photographer. Additionally, Rain grapples with wanting a relationship with her emotionally distant father, as her ease with and control of her own gender fluidity — especially modeling as a man but dating both men and women — makes him uncomfortable. As with most reality TV, the danger with this show lies in the potential to be exploitative instead of explanatory, pernicious instead of progressive — and the premiere episode leaves viewers distrustful, still wondering which way the show will go. The camera’s influence on all of the people in
the show is all too apparent, even for reality TV, and the resulting awkwardness in stilted conversations is palpable. Further, the long-winded and smooth soliloquy-esque voiceovers don’t feel authentic. However, there are flashes that demonstrate a concern for portraying the genuine frustration of those who don’t conform to societal norms. Such instances as Lizz’s reaction to her brother’s misunderstanding the meaning of transgender (“Gay? I mean I don’t want to get into all the details … ”) and Rain’s wondering tone when she says, “This whole androgynous thing is actually paying the bills,” are particularly powerful. Though “Living Different” doesn’t feel like it’s quite living up to its title yet, it shows brief glimpses of what reality looks like for people in these unconventional situations, contributing to discussion about representation of diversity in media. Future episodes will feature Hasidic musicians, an MMA fighter and a psychic-medium, among others. These are all women who are used to others questioning their lifestyles or choices, and they seem united in a certain hope: that by watching them push boundaries and live in acceptance of themselves, audiences might be inspired to do the same.
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Gray sweats, gray crew neck. We have all done it at some point: the unmistakable and completely atrocious groutfit (a portmanteau of gray and outfit, if you live under a rock). There are two distinct roots behind a mind that chooses an all gray getup: 1) You, like my father, simply don’t care what you’re wearing, especially if it is just around the house, or 2) you, like me, have lost your mind and your life is just in shambles (see: finals week). So, my question is: if someone with a decent sense of fashion like myself opts for an ensemble representative of all 50 shades of grey, why must you kick me when I am down?
From one groutfitter to another: embrace it. Comments come from siblings, verbal harassment from friends and “oh, honey” looks come from hall mates. Groutfit rockers understand they exceed the comfort levels of others with their choices, but believe me when I say groutfits are the official uniforms of rock bottom. Once there are three essays, a French presentation and a Michigan Daily article on the line, fashion goes out the window, down a hill and drowns itself in tears and coffee. Instead of the aforementioned reactions, give a hug, thumbs up or
a slightly creepy wink to show you’ve been there too. As a personal rule, I try my hardest to never leave the house in my groutfit and all its greatness, but hey, shit happens. A quick trip for Kroger sushi does not present enough motivation to put on a different colored pair of sweatpants or sweatshirt. So we can extend the family and friends rule to strangers in supermarkets … You know my groutfit, not my story. So kindly step off and let me have my $4 California roll with a sliver of dignity. What’s even with the color gray? Why are my gray sweatpants so much more enjoyable than my black ones? Why is my gray UM crew neck superior to the blue one? Maybe it is all in my mind and that of my fellow groutfitters … (Just realized Urban Groutfitters would be a great Etsy store). Also, in defense of the color gray: is there a better color (excluding black) to create an entire outfit out of? A student in my high school once wore green sweatpants and a green sweatshirt (he went to State … if that needed further explanation). It was awful, and I would pick a groutfit any day over a greenfit. Or a red, blue or yellow ensemble as well. From one groutfitter to the rest: embrace it, and don’t let any person in jeans tell you shit. Rocking a groutfit is rocking a state of mind – a state of mind that says “leave me alone and let me desperately try to get my life together.” And for those who wear groutfits because they just don’t know anything about dressing themselves (I’m talking to all of the fathers out there): stop. You’re making the rest of us look like fools.
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Hebdo, ‘Interview’ stir dialogue on free speech Attacks on outlet, threats to film lead to international outcry
Jay Pickthorn / AP Same-sex marriage supporters rally outside the Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional South Dakota judge says couples have right to marry
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday declared South Dakota’s same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional, but marriage licenses won’t be immediately issued because the ruling was put on hold pending a potential appeal. U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier sided in favor of the six couples who filed the lawsuit in May in Sioux Falls. The lawsuit challenges a 1996 state law and a voter-approved 2006 constitutional amendment that ban gay marriage. “Plaintiffs have a fundamental right to marry,” Schreier wrote. “South Dakota law deprives them of that right solely because they
are same-sex couples and without sufficient justification.” Attorney General Marty Jackley on Monday said the state will appeal the case to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a conservative-leaning federal appeals court that in 2006 affirmed Nebraska’s right to ban same-sex marriages. “It remains the state’s position that the institution of marriage should be defined by the voters of South Dakota and not the federal courts,” Jackley said. He said he’s obligated by law to defend both the state constitution and state statutes. Two other states — Arkansas and Missouri — already have appealed similar federal district court rulings to the 8th Circuit. The U.S. Supreme Court again is considering whether to hear a gay marriage case, and more appeals court rulings — especially if they conflict — could increase the like-
lihood the justices will do so. In November, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals based in Cincinnati became the first appellate court to recently uphold state bans on same-sex marriage. Plaintiffs from Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee are asking the court to reverse that decision. Four other appeals courts — based in Chicago, Denver, San Francisco and Richmond, Virginia — have ruled in favor of gay and lesbian couples. Arguments over bans in three Southern states were held last week before a New Orleansbased appellate court. Romero said that the more cases that are pending at the 8th Circuit will only increase the pressure on that court to issue its ruling. But the court could put the cases on hold if the Supreme Court decides to take on the issue.
LONDON (AP) — These are dark days for those who want to believe that the pen is mightier than the sword. The attack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo has caused grief and soul-searching around the world, and exposed the risks humorists can run — only intensified in an era of instant global communications where starkly opposed ideologies can collide. British cartoonist Gerald Scarfe expressed his anguish in the Sunday Times newspaper with the image of a sword slicing off a hand holding a pen. In the Sunday Telegraph, Bob Moran depicted a cartoonist in full body armor under the slogan “Keep Calm and Carry On.” For centuries, satirical stories and cartoons have mocked the powerful and sacred in the societies that produced them. Often they drew a harsh reaction. Offending an absolute monarch could mean death. Well into the 20th century, comedians from Lenny Bruce to the editors of British magazine
Oz were prosecuted for offending society’s sensibilities. Today, societies in countries like France are more diverse than ever before. Once overwhelmingly Catholic, France is a now an officially secular country with 5 million Muslims, about 7.5 percent of the population. There’s less consensus on what’s taboo and where the boundaries of taste and offense lie. And now that words and images move around the world at the click of a mouse, there more chance for provocative humor to collide with rigid ideas, whether Islamic fundamentalism or North Korean communism. When comedian Seth Rogen and his collaborators chose the imagined assassination of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, who presides over one of the world’s most isolated countries, as the plot of slacker comedy “The Interview,” the distant leader took offense. North Korea condemned the movie as an “unpardonable mockery of our sovereignty and dignity of our supreme leader.” There were threats against U.S. movie theaters, and Sony was hit by a cyberattack that spilled sensitive commercial data and
embarrassing emails across the Internet. (U.S. authorities have blamed North Korea for the hack, though some cybersecurity experts have their doubts). Charlie Hebdo springs from a French satirical tradition that reaches back to the republic’s revolutionary roots: rude, scabrous, an enemy of power and piety. Its targets have included popes, politicians — and the Prophet Muhammad. Many Muslims believe all images of the prophet are blasphemous; Charlie Hebdo’s cartoons could be deliberately crude and outrageous, once showing Muhammad as a star in a porn shoot. Some witnesses reported that the attackers who killed 12 people at the paper’s offices shouted “We have avenged the prophet.” The attack is another bloody chapter in a story that stretches back to Salman Rushdie’s 1988 novel “The Satanic Verses,” whose ironic take on the prophet drew a death edict from Iran’s religious authorities. The British Rushdie lived in hiding under police protection for years. Many miles from both Britain and Iran, his Japanese translator was stabbed to death. Rushdie’s Italian translator and Norwegian publisher were also attacked, but survived.
Developers of complex in LA expect paybacks Senior executive says the project will not use public or taxpayer dollars LOS ANGELES (AP) - The developers behind a sprawling sports and housing complex in the Los Angeles suburbs — whose centerpiece stadium could become home for an NFL team — expect to recoup up to $100 million in local tax dollars in the first five years of operation, an Associated Press review has found. When the proposal was unveiled last week, Christopher Meany, a senior executive with the joint venture designing and financing the project, emphasized that “there will be no public dollars, no taxpayer dollars, used for this project.” While the plan does not include any upfront tax money to build the 298-acre community of homes, offices and entertainment venues, a 187-page outline released by developers includes provisions for multimilliondollar public paybacks to them over time from tax dollars generated by the project, which would cover costs ranging from installing street lights and fire hydrants to running shuttle buses and providing police secu-
rity on game days. The documents submitted to officials in Inglewood, where the stadium would be built, say that if annual tax revenue to the city from the completed project exceeds $25 million as expected, the developers, including a company controlled by the owner of the St. Louis Rams, would be entitled to reimbursements for funds they invested in streets, sewers, parks and other projects deemed dedicated to the public. Chicago-based sports finance consultant Marc Ganis said claiming no tax money would be used in the project is “hyperspin” and could damage the project’s credibility. “It’s not an outright lie ... but there will be people who think it is,” Ganis said. “They might be prospective tax dollars, and it might make sense for Inglewood to contribute them to the project, but they are tax dollars.” Inglewood officials are reviewing the proposal, but Mayor James Butts said the deal appears favorable because the city isn’t required to invest hundreds of millions of dollars into the development. The city about 10 miles from downtown Los Angeles could end up with a steady source of tax income and a vibrant entertainment mecca, he said.
“We get revenue that we didn’t have to make a financial investment for. That is unheard of in a project of this magnitude,” Butts said. The proposal envisions a domed, 80,000-seat stadium rising on the site of a defunct horse track and would also include a 6,000-seat performance venue and parking. It’s the latest in a string of stadium proposals in the Los Angeles area since the Rams and the Oakland Raiders abandoned Southern California after the 1994 season. According to the plan, developers could be reimbursed an estimated $50 million to $60 million for building the structural backbone of the site: sidewalks and road work, landscaping, water mains and utility lines. Meany said in a statement that those costs are expected to be paid back within the first few years from tax revenue generated by the project, and they represent a fraction of the overall investment. Additionally, the records say developers can be reimbursed by the city for costs on event days for police, emergency medical crews and shuttle bus services from off-site parking. They estimate that could tally $8 million annually, or $40 million for a five-year period.
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AP In this file photo taken from a video shot March 16, 2014, James Boyd, 38, left, is shown during a standoff with officers in the Sandia foothills in Albuquerque, N.M., before police fatally shot him.
New Mexico police officers charged in shooting ill man Camera footage shows police killing mentally ill homeless man in March ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Two Albuquerque police officers were charged with murder Monday in the shooting death of a knife-wielding homeless man that led to sometimes violent protests and a federal investigation into the city’s police force. The decision to bring murder charges occurred at a time when police tactics are under intense scrutiny nationwide, fueled by the fatal shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old in Ferguson, Missouri, and the chokehold death of another unarmed man in New York City. Grand juries declined to charge officers in those cases, leading to large protests. Acknowledging the frustration over the secrecy of the proceedings in those cases, the Albuquerque district attorney said she would bypass the grand jury process and instead present the murder case to a judge at a preliminary hearing that will be open to the public. “Unlike Ferguson and unlike in New York City, we’re going to know. The public is going to have that information,” District Attorney Kari Brandenburg said. Police said SWAT team member Dominique Perez and former detective Keith Sandy fatally shot James Boyd, a mentally ill homeless man who had frequent violent run-ins with law enforcement. Video from an officer’s helmet
camera showed Boyd appearing to surrender when officers opened fire, but a defense lawyer characterized him as an unstable suspect who was “unpredictably and dangerously close to a defenseless officer while he was wielding two knives.” “I’m looking forward ... to the DA’s office presenting one single witness that says this is murder,” said Sam Bergman, a lawyer for Sandy. The district attorney refused to provide specifics about the reasons for bringing the case, but said it was a lengthy and deliberate process involving several members of her staff. Each officer faces a single count in the March death of the 38-yearold Boyd. The charges allow prosecutors to pursue either firstdegree or second-degree murder against the officers. Even before Boyd’s death, the U.S. Justice Department was investigating the use of force by Albuquerque police. The department recently signed an agreement to make changes after the government issued a harsh report. The agreement requires police to provide better training for officers and to dismantle troubled units. Since 2010, Albuquerque police have been involved in 40 shootings — 27 of them deadly. After Boyd’s death, outrage over the trend grew and culminated with protests that included a demonstration where authorities fired tear gas and another that shut down a City Council meeting. The criminal charges were the first Brandenburg has brought against officers in a shooting.
She is in her fourth term as district attorney and is waging a fight with the Albuquerque Police Department over allegations that she committed bribery while intervening on behalf of her son in a burglary case. Police believe she should be charged with bribery because, they say, she offered to pay a victim not to press charges. The attorney general’s office is handling the matter. Brandenburg said the charges against police had nothing to with the agency’s investigation into her and that her office got the case long before the bribery claims came to light. The next step in the case will be a preliminary hearing where a judge will decide whether the case can proceed. The officers have not been booked or arrested. That would not happen until a judge renders a decision at the preliminary hearing. A date has not been set. Brandenburg has been criticized for her office’s decades-old practice of using grand juries to affirm prosecutors’ decisions that no probable cause existed to charge officers in shootings. Under a revamped system, county prosecutors now decide whether there’s probable cause that a crime was committed and either take the case to a grand jury or opt to file a “criminal information” charge on their own. Bregman said there is “not one shred” of evidence to support the case and insisted the officer had no criminal intent when he encountered Boyd. He said Sandy followed training procedures outlined by the police department.
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A duo years in the making ‘M’ looks to cure ICE HOCKEY
Elmblad, Goree head into final chapter of illustrious careers
road struggles By JEREMY SUMMITT Daily Sports Editor
By KELLY HALL Daily Sports Writer
With 1:05 left in overtime, senior forward Cyesha Goree leapt up to the glass and grabbed an offensive rebound after senior guard Shannon Smith missed both of her free throws. Fourteen seconds later, Goree drew a foul and had to step up to the line herself. After missing both of her free throws, she fought her way to the rim and pulled down yet another offensive board, her 18th rebound of the night. This was Ohio State she was playing, after all, and she wasn’t going to let anyone else benefit from her mistakes. Goree grabbed one more at the glass before the game ended in a 100-94 victory for the Michigan women’s basketball team. It’s easy to assume that the game would have concluded in a much different fashion if Goree hadn’t scrapped for 19 rebounds. But that would be assuming that senior forward Nicole Elmblad wasn’t there to help her out. Elmblad — who ended the afternoon with nine rebounds herself — always complements Goree well. “It’s great to show how no matter what position you play or what kind of person you bring to the team, you can always play if you know each other, and we worked on (our dynamics) a lot in practice a few days,” Goree said. Added Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico: “I think they had a really great week of practice
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Cyesha Goree and Nicole Elmblad have become top players and senior leaders in their final season for the Wolverines.
this week. We really worked on (Elmblad and Goree) playing off each other, and I think they connected really well tonight. Really well.” The two have been playing together since their freshman year under thenMichigan coach Kevin Borseth. They’re also the only two remaining from their original recruiting class. After completing their first season of college ball and learning how to play in the NCAA, they had to face adversity together once again. Borseth resigned, and Barnes Arico was hired before their sophomore season. Even with the makeup of the program changing, Goree
and Elmblad have remained consistent for the past four seasons. Before Goree had her breakout junior season, Elmblad was already a regular starter for the Wolverines. “(Elmblad) was able to play her freshman year and play a lot her sophomore year, so that kind of made me look up to her as far as what I needed to do in order to be successful and play like she did,” Goree said. “That gave me someone to look up to, even though we were the same age and came together.” But after a season in which she averaged 12.1 points and 9.3 rebounds, Goree found herself on the scouting report alongside Elmblad. They each started 32
“I’m so glad we’re both here together and finishing our years (together).”
‘M’ looks to stay hot at OSU By LEV FACHER Managing Editor
The Michigan men’s basketball team appears to have bounced back from a rough non-conferMichigan at ence showing Ohio State with a 3-1 start to Big Ten play. Matchup: But the road Michigan 10-6; Ohio State 13-4 gets tougher when it travels When: Tuesto Columbus day 7 P.M. on Tuesday for Where: Value a rivalry clash City Arena with No. 20 TV/Radio: Ohio State. ESPN Despite having won the last three games in the series, the Wolverines (3-1 Big Ten, 10-6 overall) are clear underdogs. Three seniors form the core of the starting lineup for the Buckeyes (2-2, 13-4), and that trio includes Shannon Scott, who averages 7.2 assists per game, good for fifth in the country. Many of Scott’s assists have come thanks to the offensive prowess of Ohio State guard D’Angelo Russell, who ranks second in the nation in scoring among true freshmen, averaging 17.9 points. Russell, who stands 6-foot-5, presents a challenge for whoever ends up guarding him — likely junior guard Caris LeVert,
who has been known for his defensive skills since his freshman season. Michigan coach John Beilein has taken notice of Russell’s efforts, and praised him effusively. “He’s got the unique skill set right now,” Beilein said. “He’s really shooting the ball well … And with his assist numbers, he’s got flow to his game that is just, he snap-passes the ball, he sees (the floor), he’s got great quickness and a nose for the rim, gets to the foul line enough.” Though they have benefited from it in years past, the Wolverines can’t currently relate to the concept of having a freshman post such dominant figures in the opening months of his career. Beilein’s young squad features just three upperclassmen and a plethora of freshmen who have yet to contribute in a major way, and taking on a ranked team laden with seniors presents a daunting challenge. While talented, Michigan’s newcomers have yet to contribute at the same level as Russell, or come particularly close. Though freshman forward Ricky Doyle has shown marked improvement throughout the season, no other Wolverine freshman is averaging over five points per game. And if Michigan wants to maintain its early-season Big Ten success in
the long-term, it couldn’t hurt to see more of its rookie class bump its productivity and join Doyle among the ranks of Michigan’s consistent contributors. “They’ve all had their little points during the season,” Beilein said, citing Doyle and Chatman’s performance in the Wolverines’ 68-65 win over Syracuse on Dec. 2. Beilein also pointed to freshman guards Muhammad-Ali AbdurRahkman and Aubrey Dawkins as others who have shown occasional sparks of productivity. Adding the hostile road atmosphere and rivalry pressure is the cherry on top, but in Beilein’s mind, it all represents yet another opportunity for growth. “All the (Big Ten) venues are very similar in that they’re loud,” Beilein said. “The student bodies are very innovative.” Albrecht agreed, stating that his role — along with that of LeVert, plus sophomores Zak Irvin and Derrick Walton Jr. — is critical in keeping the Wolverines’ youngest contributors’ heads in the game, something they’ve struggled with in other high-pressure situations on the road. “I probably can’t share some of the things their fans say,” Albrecht said. “It’s going to be a very hostile environment, very similar to Arizona, so we’ve got to do a much better job this time around.”
out of 33 games in their junior season. After each game, the coaching staff awards stickers to the players who execute the “intangibles” — things that don’t show up in the box score, like diving after the ball, taking a charge or fighting for position under the basket. According to Barnes Arico, Goree and Elmblad are head and shoulders above everyone else. And since both appear most comfortable when they’re sprawled out on the court fighting for the ball, the image of one helping another off of the hardwood is ingrained in every Michigan fan’s brain. “It’s an honor to play with Nicole,” Goree said. “I’m so glad we’re both here together and finishing our years (together).” Without the other, each would still be successful. Both have the necessary drive to prosper. It’s just more fun this way.
The Michigan hockey team has won eight of its past nine games and has scored 5.8 goals per game in five conference NOTEBOOK matchups, enough to propel it to the top spot in the Big Ten standings. All of that sounds fine, but hardly any of it will matter for the next six weeks. Why? The Wolverines have to play games on the road — six of them in the next month — an assignment that has become a bewildering problem for them. Holding a 1-5 record this season in road games, there hasn’t been any rhyme or reason for their shortcomings. “Whether it’s been special teams, our goalie, our defensive play, we’ve got to get better in our D-zone and our overall defensive game,” Berenson said. “Whether it’s back-checking, penalty killing (or) goalkeeping, I think we’re a better team now, and we’re going on the road, but we’ve got to prove it on Friday.” Michigan has a real opportunity to distance itself from the rest of the conference if it can crack the code to winning in another team’s barn. Of those six away games, four are against Ohio State and Wisconsin, two teams unable to find any consistency this season. Six games against what have arguably been the conference’s three most underachieving teams typically comprise a slate destined for success. But the Wolverines are a completely different team on the road, getting outscored by an average of 4.33 to 2.83. HYMAN HUMMING: Zach Hyman is enjoying a dynamite season at the right time, when
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Behind Enemy Lines: OSU’s Sam Thompson By MAX BULTMAN Daily Sports Editor
Sam Thompson remembers what it’s like to transition to college basketball. Ohio State’s senior forward averaged just two points and fewer than two shots per game in his freshman campaign. During his first season, Thompson was able to learn from veteran Buckeyes how to adapt to the nuances of the college game, en route to a Final Four appearance. Now, Thompson is the veteran voice in the locker room of an Ohio State squad led by a true freshman — highly touted guard D’Angelo Russell. And with the Buckeyes’ early exit from last season’s NCAA Tournament serving as motivation, the senior will be tasked with ensuring a smooth transition for Ohio State’s young talent. If Thompson can guide Russell into his groove, the Buckeyes have enough experience around the floor to return to the type of success Thompson experienced in his first years at Ohio State, in which the Buckeyes made trips to the Final Four and Elite Eight. The Michigan Daily sat down with Thompson in October at Big Ten Media Day in Chicago to talk about his leadership role and what Russell and others bring to this year’s roster. The Michigan Daily: You had a ton of success coming
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into college with a couple state championships in high school and a Final Four your freshman year. Has the last year or two made you appreciate that even more? Sam Thompson: Yeah, I mean, my sophomore year we had some success too. We were a tip-in away from winning another Big Ten Championship, we won the Big Ten Tournament, we made the Elite Eight. But I think last year really put things into perspective, how easy it is to go from an elite level of college basketball to the kind of disappointing season we had. Last year was definitely a humbling year. It really makes you appreciate every day that much more. Every day it’s so important to get better — to get something out of that practice, something out of that game, something out of that workout — so that you can continue to get better and be the best basketball team you can be. TMD: How different do you think things will be with Shannon Scott running the offense rather than Aaron Craft? ST: I think we’ll be a lot faster. Shannon is one of the fastest guys I’ve ever seen baseline to baseline with the ball in his hand. I think we’ll have better pace offensively, and he’s really shown a lot of good things in practice. He’s really been vocal, really made shots, really made plays for his teammates and himself. I’m excited about it. I know he is. TMD: What is it like to be
“Last year was definitely a humbling year.”
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Spike Albrecht will lead the Michigan men’s basketball team into a tough road environment Tuesday at Ohio State.
Michigan has needed a consistent leader the most. He broke out last season when Hyman recorded a career-best 17 points (seven goals and 10 assists) in 35 games. This season, he’s already surpassed that in just 19 games, scoring 11 goals to go along with 15 helpers. “I think it’s his time,” Berenson said. “I predicted before the year that Zach Hyman would have his best year. Right from his freshman year, things didn’t go as well, sophomore year a little better, junior year a big step. And I could just see it coming.” Last year, a large root of why Michigan failed to live up to expectations was that it lacked a consistent goal scorer, a player to take over when games got tight or when the Wolverines fell behind. In Friday’s 4-3 overtime win against Minnesota, it was Hyman who delivered a no-look, backhand pass to junior forward Justin Selman, who finished to tie the game. “This is a classic case of a college player just developing every year and getting better, and now he’s coming into his own,” Berenson said. “Everything comes together — your strength, your experience, your confidence, your role on the team — and he’s ready now to handle a role that he wasn’t ready to handle as a freshman or a sophomore.” TROUBLE FOR TRAVIS: In the second period of Saturday’s 7-5 win over Minnesota, senior forward Travis Lynch laid out to block a shot and was immediately shaken up. On Monday, Berenson confirmed that Lynch suffered a broken right hand, and that he’ll be sidelined for at least one month, meaning that the earliest he could return to the lineup would be Feb. 13 at Minnesota.
able to rely on some freshmen this year? ST: Those young guys are super, super talented. They’re wise beyond their years. They can do a lot of different things. They’re freshmen, so obviously there’s going to be a little bit of an adjustment time, but they’re crazy talented, so they can help us win. TMD: What have you taken away from the older players you’ve had above you, and how will you pass it on to this year’s freshman crop? ST: It’s just about my everyday approach. It’s about how I approach every practice, every shot, using every opportunity I can to get better. It’ll show in the games. TMD: Who’s the biggest clown on this year’s team? ST: D’Angelo Russell. Well, it’s really all four of the freshmen. Those guys are wild dudes, man. They come in with some confidence, they’ve got some swagger to them. TMD: What’s going to be the biggest difference in you guys this year? ST: Offensively, I think that we’re gonna be a very different basketball team. I don’t think we’re going to have one guy dribble the ball for 15, 20, 25 seconds. I think there will be a lot more player movement, a lot more ball movement, the ball moving from side to side. Definitely a lot more athletic. I think we’re more talented than we’ve been in the last few years. We’ve got the size, we’ve got the athleticism, we have the shooting. We have the tools. So it’s all about how we put it together and how we grow as a basketball team.
“Those young guys are super, super talented.”