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CITY
A2 prepares for ruling on same-sex marriage
NEWS
M Famers Market Market offers fresh produce at various locations on campus >> SEE PAGE 2
NEWS
City Council approves closure of Fourth Avenue after decision is released
Graduation Gap Study shows discrepancy in college completion rates >> SEE PAGE 3 BEN SCHECTER/Daily
University President Mark Schlissel speaks at a conference discussing the University’s Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Misconduct at the Union Wednesday.
OPINION
Wage War Proposed bill seeks to lower wages for young adults >> SEE PAGE 4
ARTS
True Detective Season 2 Premiere brings new characters, storyline and location. >> SEE PAGE 6
SPORTS
Camp Harbaugh Jim Harbaugh, Jedd Fisch kick off inaugural quarterback camp >> SEE PAGE 9
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Thursday, June 25, 2015
University releases sexual misconduct survey results Findings prompt administration to review prevention, awareness policies By EMMA KERR Summer Editor in Chief
University President Mark Schlissel spoke at a conference today following the release of survey results from the University’s Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Misconduct that Schlissel said sought to conduct a “thorough, transparent and honest self-examination” of sexual misconduct on campus. Accompanying Schlissel at the conference were William Axinn, a professor at the Institute for Social Research, and Holly Rider-Milkovich, director of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center. The survey, which Schlissel announced on January 12, was distributed to 3,000 randomly selected students starting at the beginning of April.
In response to the survey’s results, Schlissel said the University is taking immediate action by increasing the number of staff members involved in handling sexual misconduct on campus in addition to moving forward with a review of the current Sexual Misconduct Policy. “We are adding staff to help us develop and deliver the best possible prevention and education programs, to speed up sexual misconduct investigations and to help counsel and support survivors,” Schlissel said. While the timeliness of the University’s process in handling sexual misconduct cases has been a criticism in the past, Schlissel said due to the complex nature of sexual misconduct cases, the University is seeking to “make sure that our process is both fair and thorough.” In 2013, the University received national attention following the University’s decision to permanently separate from Brendan Gibbons, the Michigan football team’s starting kicker,
four years after allegedly violating the Student Sexual Misconduct Policy. Highlighting survey results relating to number of reported instances of sexual misconduct, Schlissel said only a “small fraction” of sexual misconduct incidents are reported — an issue Schlissel said needs to be further addressed by the University. Rider-Milkovich cited the need to adjust current methods of educating students on sexual misconduct, saying work needs to be done to ensure students feel safe and comfortable reporting instances of sexual misconduct. “This data is critically important to our work on this campus because it provides institution specific information for the first time that we will use to shape additional prevention efforts going forward as well as identifying increased efforts educating our students on our policies, our resources, and to strengthen and refine our already existing significant educational efforts, which See SURVEY, Page 3
By ALYSSA BRANDON and LARA MOEHLMAN Summer Managing News Editors
As the release of the Supreme Court’s decision on several consolidated same-sex marriage cases draws near, preparations for the decision that may legalize samesex marriage in all 50 states are in full swing in the Ann Arbor community. The Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments for several consolidated cases challenging same-sex marriage bans in four different states under the case titled Obergefell v. Hodges in April. One case the courts are considering includes DeBoer vs. Snyder, challenges Michigan’s ban on same-sex marriage. In January 2012, Michigan residents April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court, challenging Michigan’s ban on adoption by same-sex couples. DeBoer and Rowse separately adopted one son and two daughters, respectively, but were unable to jointly adopt their children because Michigan law does not recognize same-sex marriages, and only grants joint parent adoption rights to married couples. The Court’s decision in DeBoer vs Snyder, and the all other consolidated cases, in part will determine if the Court considers the 14th amendment to require states to recognize marriages between same-sex couples. The decision is expected in the See SCOTUS, Page 3
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M Farmers Market provides students produce on campus Program emphasizes sustainability education through partnership with local farms By ALAINA WYGANT Daily Staff Reporter
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What’s green, looks like lettuce, and now appears at the Michigan Union, U-go’s, Wolverine Towers and other locations each once a week? The University’s new M Farmers Markets fresh produce. From strawberries to kale to celery, in-season vegetables and fruit will be available from M Farmers Market at various campus locations. M Farmers Markets is the result joint collaboration between MHealthy, CSG, the University’s Sustainability Initiative and Michigan Dining. Community Supported Agriculture, a new program in which faculty and staff can buy shares from local farms and pick up ready-made boxes of produce once a week, will begin working with these various groups toward creating a wider variety and increased number of available fruits and vegetables. According to the M Farmers Market’s schedule, fruit and vegetable deliveries are between 11a.m. to 1p.m. on Mondays at the Michigan Union, Thursdays at the University Hospital Courtyard, and Fridays at Pierpont Commons. The market also delivers on select Tuesdays at Wolverine Tower and at the North Campus Research Complex. Michigan Dining contacted Zilke Vegetable Farm in 2011, one of the farms partnering
with the University to bring more vegetables and fruits to campus, with hopes that the farm could receive the necessary certification in order to sell their produce on campus. Vicky Zilke, one of the owners of the vegetable farm, said the farm works hard to provide a variety of crops for the market. “We are able to grow virtually everything — or, at least, a large number of products. So my husband and I grow a wide variety of crops that grow in Michigan. So I will bring what’s in season,” said Vicky Zilke. Keith Soster, director of Student Engagement for Michigan Dining, said education about sustainability is a large aspect of the M Farmers Markets. Soster also said when the program was introduced in 2011, assessments revealed students liked the idea, but wanted a greater variety of options and for the produce to be available more often. “Students over the last couple of years have talked about food insecurity or food deserts around our area, so it made it more important to have produce available and affordable,” Soster said. Christine Rogers, a rising sophomore studying Biopsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience (BCN), is a Michigan dining ambassador for Fireside Café at Pierpont Commons and works behind the U-go’s Zilke M Farmers Market produce stand. Rogers said one of her responsibilities while working the stand is educating visitors about sustainability. “I’m supposed to stand over there and tell people about Michigan Housing and greenSee MARKET, Page 8
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Study finds discrepancy in graduation rates Research highlights gap among students of different backgrounds By ALAINA WYGANT Daily Staff Reporter
A recent study conducted by University Prof. Susan Dynarski, a public policy, education and economics professor, highlights a discrepancy in college graduation rates among students who come from different socioeconomic backgrounds.
SURVEY From Page 1 our incoming students,” RiderMilkovich said. Survey results show that 51 percent of female undergraduates and 39.2 percent of male undergraduates have attended or participated in Relationship Remix, a University program created for first-year students that seeks to educate students on relationships, sex and decision-making. Data from the survey revealed that 42 percent of respondents were “very likely” to report incidents of sexual assault to the University’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center. Another initiative RiderMilkovich said is new to the University is the expansion of educational and prevention programs for graduate and professional students. Schlissel said the level of the survey’s detail should help the University determine what methods of prevention and support are working, and gaining a more clear understanding of to which avenues students feel most comfortable reporting cases of sexual assault. Though some students found the survey to be emotionally triggering, Schlissel said the detailed nature of these questions meant the survey was very explicit but thorough. The survey asked students to identify themselves in different demographics, an aspect of this survey that Schlissel said is unique to the University. According to the survey, females are 7.7
According to Dynarski’s article discussing her research, which was featured the New York Times, the study found that across the country, 14 percent of the poorest students sampled in 2002 had gone to college and graduated, whereas 60 percent of the richest had gone to college and graduated. Both students’ socioeconomic and educational backgrounds — for instance, if a student’s parents had gone to college — placed them in categories labeled as ‘advantaged’ and ‘disadvantaged.’ The study found that the graduation gap between the advantaged and the
times more likely to experience non-consensual oral, vaginal or anal sex than males. Sorority and fraternity members are 2.5 times more likely to experience nonconsensual oral, vaginal or anal sex than average students. Axinn said verbal pressure was another particularly important new finding discovered through the survey. Eight percent of female undergraduates answered yes when asked if verbal pressuring was involved in their experiences of non consensual oral, vaginal, or anal sex — a finding Schlissel and Axinn cited as significant and new. The issue of verbal coercion, in addition to criticism of the timeliness of the University’s handling of sexual misconduct cases, was key in one student’s experience with sexual assault, as detailed in an investigation conducted by The Michigan Daily in April. Finally, the survey found that among undergraduate students who did experience some form of sexual misconduct, 41.2 percent of sexual misconduct cases occurred off-campus. “This was a baseline survey,” Schlissel said. “We intend to discuss the findings more broadly in the fall with our student, faculty and staff.”be a time of significant change in higher education,” she said. “After much consideration and consultation with my closest advisers, friends, and family, I have decided that I want to turn the focus of my professional service to the broader problems and opportunities facing universities.”
disadvantaged is larger than the enrollment gap. The advantaged are more likely not only to go to college and but to graduate as well. “Put bluntly, class trumps ability when it comes to college graduation,” Dynarski wrote. She argued differences in test scores and academic abilities between socioeconomic classes do not explain everything about the difference in who graduates. Ability by itself is not the only factor that effects graduation rates — it plays a smaller role in the graduation rate difference between rich and poor, according to the article.
“Here’s another startling comparison: A poor teenager with top scores and a rich teenager with mediocre scores are equally likely to graduate with a bachelor’s degree. In both groups, 41 percent receive a degree by their late 20s,” she wrote. Dynarski drew much evidence for her analysis from the Educational Longitude Study. Conducted in 2002, the study followed a sample of high school sophomores across the U.S. as they progressed through high school and college. The national graduation average in 2012 was 59 percent,
according to the National Center for Educational Statistics. At the University, it was 90 percent in 2012. According to the University’s admissions website, the University is a less expensive option for in-state students. For in-state students, the University meets 100 percent financial need, which is measured by subtracting a student’s expected family contribution from the University’s cost of attendance. It is cheaper to attend the University as an in-state student and receive substantial financial aid than to attend a college that See DISCREPANCY, Page 8
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SCOTUS From Page 1 coming weeks before the end of session, possibly as early as Thursday morning. Ann Arbor City Council approved the closure of Fourth Avenue from Catherine to Kingsley on the day the court’s decision is released, per a request from the Jim Toy Community Center, an Ann Arbor based gay rights advocacy group. The street will remain closed from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. during which supporters are expected to rally along with plaintiffs DeBoer and Rowse.
Hopeful that the Supreme Court will decide in favor of same-sex marriage, Councilmember Julie Grand (D-Ward 3) said a decision against couples represented in the cases could result in the loss of valued Ann Arbor residents. In an interview with the Daily, Grand expressed her support of closing roads in anticipation of the Ann Arbor and larger Michigan response to the decision’s release. “It puts our state, and by extension Ann Arbor, at a disadvantage if we don’t have marriage equality,” Grand said. “I believe we have been losing really valuable residents who are making important
contributions to our community... because of this issue. For moral and ethical reasons, of course, I want to see us have marriage equality. I believe it’s the right thing to do.” In addition to reactions that may occur on the closed streets downtown, attorneys representing DeBoer and Rowse will appear in Braun Court to answer questions and offer remarks on the court’s decision at noon. DeBoer and Rowse will also offer remarks outside Braun Court, where supporters are expected to
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FROM THE DAILY
Waging a war on youth pay
Proposed legislation seeks to lower wages for young adults
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rospective legislation under the consideration of the Michigan Senate intends to decrease the minimum wage for workers under the age of 20. If approved and eventually signed into law, Senate Bill 250 would permit employers to pay any employee under the age of 20 a reduced wage that’s typically reserved only for workers under the age of 18. While the proposed legislation may offer some economic incentives for employers and businesses, the bill is highly presumptuous in nature, and if enacted, it would deny a livable wage to a population of young adults who may be relying on a minimum wage income for more than just spending money. Currently, legislation in Michigan permits employers to provide young workers under 18 with an income that is 85 percent of either the state or federal minimum wage, depending upon which wage is the greater of the two. These young workers can be paid an hourly wage of roughly $7.25 instead of the statewide hourly wage of $8.15. The proposed Senate Bill 250 intends to extend this practice to individuals 20 years old or younger. However, the intent of the bill operates under the assumption that a majority of the workers in the targeted demographic are merely students or kids seeking a supplementary source of income and have access to other forms of financial means. Additionally, while a lower wage is logical for inexperienced workers who may just be entering the workforce, those 18 or older have reached legal adulthood and often possess financial obligations that require them to be paid as such. A sizable portion
of this particular age demographic — rather than attending college — may immediately enter the workforce full-time after high school and an initial minimum wage job may act as their sole source of income to cover all of their expenses. For students, this income may be heavily depended upon to pay tuition or for other related living expenses. This legislation would be particularly disastrous considering recent rises in tuition rates across the state; the University Board of Regents recently approved a 2.7 percent tuition increase. MSU and EMU will also raise their tuition by 2.7 percent and 7.8 percent respectively. In the midst of college tuition increases, students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds who must work to pay increasingly high tuition rates simply cannot afford to be paid less than minimum wage. In fact, the emergence of this legislation only threatens to further increase the overwhelming
financial burdens individuals in this age demographic face. One beneficial aspect of the bill is its intent to increase the “training wage” workers can be paid as they gain knowledge of their newly obtained position within their first 90 days of employment. The proposed increases would raise this introductory wage from $4.25 to $6.25 an hour. This, however, in no way excuses the general objective of the legislation. It’s likely that the legislation was created under the misconception that all adults who are 18-20 years of age are still reliant on parental support. However, this is far from the reality for many young adults. This legislation is not only unnecessary, but unjust. Why should they not earn a living wage simply due to their young age? There is absolutely no legitimate reason to deny one group of adults in Michigan the right to a living wage that all other adults in Michigan are guaranteed.
Social media validation
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ith summer well underway, pool parties, sandy beaches and sunny skies appear splashed all over social media. ANNA Three weeks ago, POLUMBOmy friend confessed LEVY to me that after changing her profile picture, she was constantly checking Facebook to see how many “likes” it received. Then last weekend, I was spending time with two friends who had both posted photos on Instagram. One of my friends turned to the other, after being disappointed by the low number of “likes” her post acquired and said it was probably because she had posted it at a bad time of day. I don’t only hear these kinds of concerns amongst my friends, but I hear them as I sit in lecture halls and from strangers chatting next to me on the train or in the airport. Best-selling author and social media strategist, Julie Spira, calls a recent trend of social media induced anxiety, Social Media Anxiety Disorder, which includes worrying about the “likes” on photos on Facebook, Instagram or otherwise. Although it’s not part of the most recent Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, SMAD describes a very real and current response to one of the challenges we face in the digital age. There are many things I really enjoy about social media outlets, such as Instagram and Facebook. On Instagram, I enjoyed the pictures of cute baby animals, delicious food, monuments, nature hikes and important moments in people’s lives. On Facebook, I always laugh when I see the silly photos friends post of each other for their birthdays, and there are some great articles and
videos about current events circulating on the site. I like being able to keep up with friends that are far away — as a student attending college out of state, social media can be a great way to stay connected. But what worries me about these social media sites is that they produce a situation in which users are constantly checking Facebook for “likes” on their recently updated profile picture or how many followers they have on Instagram. Should “likes” on posts really become the focal point of Facebook and Instagram? It seems to me that more and more, social media is making it harder for individuals to be satisfied with self-validation. I’m not criticizing social media users who keep checking back for likes on their photos, because that’s something many people do. That behavior is the result of the format of the website, and these designs play on our human desire for social acceptance. However, it is important to highlight that using social media outlets can be more stressful than enjoyable at times. When usage of these sites becomes stressful, it’s a good idea to reevaluate the time and energy spent on capturing that perfect sunset or the profile picture without a hair out of place, because one day you may realize you aren’t doing it for yourself. People always ask me why I don’t have an Instagram. For a while, I did. I posted, checked for “likes” and followers and noticed when people unfollowed me. After a while, I realized I was no longer really having fun. When I first got Instagram, I thought it would be a cool way to share moments in my life with friends and family. It didn’t cross my mind at the time that it could also leave me feeling like “likes” were validation. I realized after some time on Insta-
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gram, that when I posted something, I wasn’t posting photos because I was excited to share something in my life, or for my own enjoyment. Rather, I was posting photos for the followers that I had. “Likes” began to carry too much weight for me to be comfortable with. That’s when I knew it was time for a change. Going off of Instagram isn’t a solution for everyone, of course, but I do think it’s time that we step back and take a moment to think about why we are on Instagram and Facebook. Who are we on there for? I believe the only way that Instagram and Facebook can stay enjoyable, and not become places of competition and anxiety, is if we are posting for
ourselves, because we are excited to share our graduation or the birth of our child, and we aren’t worried about approval from others through “likes.” It’s time we talk ourselves down from the place where “likes” are indicative of the people in our lives who like us. Since Instagram and Facebook are not going away anytime soon, it’s important we remember that our value isn’t the number of “likes” we have on our profile pictures or the number of Instagram followers we have. We are all worth so much more than our online profiles.
“Likes” began to carry too much weight for me to be comfortable with.
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— Anna Polumbo-Levy can be reached at annapl@umich.edu.
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We are adding a staff to help us develop and deliver the best possible prevention and education programs, to speed up sexual misconduct investigations and to help counsel and support survivors.” — University President Mark Schlissel in his response to the survey results from the University’s Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Misconduct.
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My tattoos are for me
ate last Saturday morning, I went to a garage sale with my best friend/ sister-inlaw, Caitlin. (We were best friends before she fell in love with, married and had a baby with my year- AARICA MARSH younger brother). They were renovating and trying to move into our childhood home. Caitlin was interested in a black, older but good condition table/shelf combo. After seeing it first, then walking around the small, unappealing garage sale, we returned to the furniture set, and she bought it for $10. A plastic, 1986 Bud Light mug with a bull terrier mascot was added to the purchase for my brother because it was kind of comical. The older man hosting the garage sale was insistent on helping load the furniture into the back of Caitlin’s seven-passenger Yukon. He was taking a break from strategizing on how to fit both pieces when he noticed my tattoos half covered by my t-shirt sleeve. Reaching his hand toward the top of my arm, the man acted as if he was going to lift my shirtsleeve up. He motioned for me to show him the rest of my tattoos, without a word about whether or not I appreciated his curiosity. A globe, four-inches in diameter, covers most of the front, top part of my arm. It’s slightly old-fashioned with longitude and latitude lines filling the blank oceans. There’s some shading around the globe, with
the phrase “We need not wait to see what others do.” staggered in two lines beneath it, in a straight-lettered, all-capital type of font. It’s a Gandhi quote. Look it up. Where the word “DO” ends, a separate, older tattoo begins, running parallel to my bicep. Two words, 12 letters, “keep swimming” is etched in a typewriter-like font from the middle of my bicep to three inches away from the top of my shoulder. I’ve always received interesting but cliché remarks about my thoroughly simplistic tattoo. In the two years that I’ve had it, the comments I receive usually seem to fall into one of four categories: 1) General, nice pleasantries: “I like your tattoo.” Thank you for being kind and respectful. 2) Something involving swimming: “Are you on the swim team?” Do I really look like I’m on the swim team? 3) Finding Nemo themed: “Doesn’t Dory say that in ‘Finding Nemo’?” Yes she does, but that doesn’t necessarily mean I got a tattoo inspired by the movie. 4) And the worst of all — an exclusively personal remark: “So what’s the real meaning behind your tattoo?” I can barely tell my best friends the meaning, and I’m supposed to tell a complete stranger? Now, I’ve added another tattoo that’s at least five-times the size of my original inquiry-maker. Since mid-May, the number of times people have asked me to lift my shirtsleeve to show them the rest of my tattoos is innumerable. A few weeks ago, I was on my way home from the Matthaei Botanical Gardens with three
friends when we started discussing tattoos. I made a comment about how I really don’t like attention being drawn to mine, and one of my friends made an interesting remark: “Isn’t that what they are for?” Nearly having a quartersleeve on your upper-right arm isn’t really discrete. Whenever it’s hotter than 60 degrees out, the public catches a glimpse of my permanent artwork. I can’t be completely rude to random strangers for their annoying but innocent curiosity about my obvious tattoos. Sure, there’s no need to be rude, but those interested in others’ tattoos need to be more mindful as well. I didn’t spend hundreds of dollars that I earned to have someone permanently put ink into my skin for anybody, but me. After all, it’s me that wakes up to the daily reminders on my arm, visible in my sightline whenever there’s no clothing covering it. It’s me who has to endure the endless comments and jokes about things that are deeply meaningful to my life. It’s me who wears longer sleeves to larger social functions just to avoid seemingly critical eyes. Listening to incessant comments and enduring endless staring makes me feel insecure about my tattoos, like the words, phrases and pictures I’ve decided to indelibly mark on my body are stupid, worthless or ignorant. My body is mine, and mine alone. I appreciate when people admire the tattoos I hold dear to my heart, and I honestly don’t need validation for my decisions. But sometimes, it’d be nice if people just kept their comments to themselves. — Aarica Marsh can be reached at aaricama@umich.edu.
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TV REVIEW
MOVIE REVIEW
‘True Detective’ re-up, ‘Inside’ works ambitious yet uneventful despite its issues Season Two premiere offers exposition and little action
By REBECCA LERNER Daily Arts Writer
By MATT BARNAUSKAS Daily Arts Writer
Last year, “True Detective” premiered on HBO and became an instant phenomenon. Viewers followed detectives Rust ACohle (Matthew McConaughey, True “Interstellar”) and Marty Hart Detective (Woody Harrel- Season 2 son, “The HunPremiere ger Games”) into the backwaters HBO of Louisiana and a dark world of crime, the occult and torment unfolded over eight episodes. The announcement of the show’s continuation as an anthology series, with a new cast and location, brought simultaneous excitement and speculation. Following up such a highly regarded first season is not an enviable task for creator and sole writer, Nic Pizzolatto (“The Killing”). While crafting the series as an anthology allows the show an opportunity to book big-name talent and start fresh each season, there’s the burden of what came before. Because it falls under the name “True Detective,” Season Two needs to fulfill an obfuscated obligation to live up to what was established in the show’s inaugural season while carving out it’s own identity as a separate entry in the anthology. While Season One tackled and subverted several of the tropes that make up the buddy cop genre, Season Two approaches the classic film noir narrative. Trading the bayous of Louisiana for the more traditional noir setting of Southern California brings forth multiple tales of corruption, depression and the morally gray that are bound to collide. All these plotlines are established in the first episode, “The Western Book of the Dead,” but
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unfortunately the story is spread so thin between the main characters that there is a lack of nuance that prevents anyone from standing out beyond the broadest characterization. There’s Ray Velcoro (Colin Farrell, “In Bruges”), a crooked detective in the pocket of criminal Frank Semyon (Vince Vaughn, “The Internship”). Ray initially stands out the most from this season’s characters. The man possesses no control in his life, forced to work for Frank while struggling to expand his custody for a son, Chad (Trevor Larcom, “Fresh Off the Boat”), who might not even be his. The only consolation Ray gets is in the bottle or by violently lashing out at those around him. However, Ray is driven so quickly to the extreme, tracking down one of Chad’s bullies and beating up the boy’s father in front of him, it comes to question whether this character has any chance of being humanly sympathetic. In contrast, Frank appears to be heading down the right path, finding a way to go through some rail project involving federal money that isn’t explained very well. The project is “A chance for the grandkids to be part of the old California families, where they don’t even know where the money comes from,” Semyon claims. Everything is in place, until Semyon’s partner in the venture goes missing. Vaughn is the biggest risk for this season, a traditionally comic actor taking on a much darker role compared to his usual fare. But so far the character hasn’t provided enough
for Vaughn to show whether he was the right choice for the job. The cycle of misery extends to all the other characters in “True Detective.” Detective Ani Bezzerides (Rachel McAdams, “Sherlock Holmes”) deals with unresolved issues with her cultish father (David Morse, “The Hurt Locker”), who may be connected to the disappearance of a young woman. McAdams gives a solid, stone cold demeanor to her character but hopefully she is more than just, as her father puts it, “An extended criticism of my values,” a character who purely relies on another to define her. Meanwhile, Paul Woodrugh (Taylor Kitsch, “Friday Night Lights”), a highway patrolman on leave, is struggling to adjust to civilian life after serving as a mercenary in Iraq. All these characters sound familiar, archetypes already established in some form of film, television or literature. Their success will come from how “True Detective” utilizes and twists what has come to be expected of these types of people, but right now they remain stuck in their preordained box. “True Detective” does a lot to lay the groundwork for its ambitious redirection, but by doing so much, it feels like very little is being done. So when the three main law enforcement characters finally meet at the end of the episode only a few steps are taken in moving the story forward. Hopefully, “True Detective” can soon make strides instead of trudging through a tale of woe.
As I walked into my hometown theater full of screaming toddlers and side-eyeing tweens on the opening night of APixar’s latest creation Inside Out “Inside Out”, I was genuinely Pixar & excited for Walt Disney them. Know- Pictures ing that most of them would Rave 20 & soon be going Quality 16 through the same rather lackluster public school mental health education that I did, it was calming to know that more knowledge on the subject was so accessible. “Inside Out” is a lively journey through the mind of eleven-year old Riley (Kaitlyn Dias, “The Shifting”). Riley is a happy kid from Minnesota, mostly because her emotions are controlled by a very peppy chief emotion, Joy (Amy Poehler, “Parks and Recreation”). Joy is both helped and hindered by Riley’s other emotions, Fear (Bill Hader, “The Skeleton Twins”), Anger (Lewis Black, “The Daily Show”), Disgust (Mindy Kaling, “The Mindy Project”) and Sadness (Phyllis Smith, “The Office”). The personifications of her emotions all amicably fight over a dashboard that directs Riley’s behavior and over time create her likable personality manifested in different “islands” — Goof ball, Hockey, Honesty, Friendship and Family. A shift occurs when Riley’s mother (Diane Lane, “Man of Steel”) and father (Kyle Maclachlan, “Portlandia”) decide to uproot from Minnesota to San Francisco. After a beautiful and thankfully shortened road trip, the family arrives at a dreary apartment and finds their furniture will be days late. To add to the stress of the situation, Riley’s parents start arguing ... and the pizza in San Francisco has broccoli on it. While trying to calm the other emotions, Joy insists on keeping a happy face,
which means excluding Sadness from activity. After an argument, Joy, Sadness and Riley’s core memories are thrown into the confusing maze of her longterm memory. They have to navigate long term memory to try to make it back to headquarters, where they are urgently needed. Without them, Riley cannot feel joy or sadness, leaving Disgust, Anger and Fear to be her primary emotions during stressful events such as the first day of a new school and hockey tryouts. What makes “Inside Out” special and deserving of the hype is not just its visually stunning animation and the likable and funny characters; the film changes the formula of children’s movies fundamentally with one characteristic — it doesn’t have a villain. All of the characters, even ones that would have been easy to denigrate with ulterior motives, are actively rooting for Riley. Unlike other kid’s movies, the viewer has to accept that no one is inherently good or bad; the world is much more complicated than that. However, as “Inside Out” so articulately demonstrates, there is a mix of good and bad in everything — including the movie. As the film serves as a supplement to mental health education, the representation of body types must be addressed. Joy, the most conventionally “good” and likable character, is tall, thin and white. Her counterpart is Sadness, who is portrayed as blue, overweight and wearing a droopy turtleneck and glasses. For all its other positivity, the film unfortunately connects sadness with fatness and happiness with beauty. Pixar can do better than feeding into stereotypes that children constantly absorb from other media sources. Despite the issues of body image, Pixar has created a film that will inspire children to consider the importance of their own feelings and have more consideration for those around them. “Inside Out” is a humorous and engaging reminder to pay attention to the voices in our heads.
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‘Wives Club’ is not ‘Mad Men’ By SOPHIA KAUFMAN Daily Arts Writer
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‘Dope’ sure to be classic Plot successfully balances the serious and lighthearted By LAUREN WOOD Daily Arts Writer
Starting from the most major points, let’s at least try to categoA rize “Dope,” the Rick Famuyiwa Dope (“The Wood”) picture that came out Significant this past week. Productions First, there’s the main charac- Rave 20 & ters — a group of Quality 16 geeky high school kids getting their shoes stolen in the hallways, organizing their hip punk band in after school classrooms and working toward attending big schools like Harvard. Who, at the same time, are part of a group of teenagers growing up in the hood, selling dope through an online black market and evading the police and other dealers to stay on top. Second, there’s where they live, Inglewood, CA, with gangs blocking off nearly every street corner and friends shot while waiting in line for fast food. Where outrunning gangs and cops isn’t downplayed exactly, but shown through a lens of teenage invincibility — punctuated by bouncy ’90s rap, peppered with laughter and that indefinite security of solidarity under pressure. And finally, we have the film itself. Part John Hughes adolescent understanding, part hood film, part satirical documentary biopic. Indefinable and resistant under the all that shiny California sun. “Dope”, overall, is a
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huge success, a piece that expresses itself in the space between categories, following its teenage characters as they try to do just the same. “Dope” introduces high school senior Malcolm, played by newcomer Shameik Moore, as a classified geek whose life consists of obsessing over ’90s culture, playing in a makeshift punk band (called Awreeoh, or Oreo, black on the outside but white in the middle) and working toward a Harvard acceptance. He and his best friends, Diggy (Kiersey Clemons, “Transparent”) and Jib (Tony Revolori, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”), are uncool in a way that’s completely cool, with thrift shop style and offbeat but catchy music that really only results in them getting beaten up or having their bikes stolen. But, after getting themselves into a birthday party for a neighborhood dope dealer and ending up with a backpack of stolen molly and a gun, the group must figure out how to navigate the landscape of drugs and violence in the neighborhood they have always been part of. As it turns out, the Harvard alum Malcolm interviews with is the head of the drug ring he’s been pulled into, and instead of judging Malcolm’s character and smarts with a formal sit down talk, AJ (Roger Guenveur Smith, “American Gangster”) decides that seeing how Malcolm handles a situation like moving thousands of dollars’ worth of dope would be a more than accurate test of self. The story, though somewhat serious in subject matter, is kept fresh and optimistic in the way the film blurs the line between the fictionally ridiculous and larger topics of race and class. Having to sell drugs because your college mentor wants to see what you can do is
as far-fetched as it gets, but being pulled into a world of illegal dealing because it’s the only option for success is all too real for many. In this way, “Dope” isn’t a film that’s about race or class, holding these issues on some untouchable pedestal from which we all discuss afar. Instead, Famuyiwa tells us a story about friendship and growing up and succeeding, organically addressing how race and class might influence any of these pivotal moments and play into the lives of his characters. This fresh attitude the film holds while exploring the realities of a group of kids from Inglewood is carried over to the filmmaking itself. From the music to the style to the issues at play, “Dope” is a film that firmly places itself in 2015. It’s indie without being inaccessible, and honestly one of the only films in recent memory where the use of technology or social media doesn’t feel like a command from some high up production exec to get some of that Facebook in there!” “Dope” presents a film full of creatively edited party sequences, a satirical narrator, suspenseful split screens, and ordinary moments of stupid jokes and laughter — a film kept fresh and self aware not only through its subject matter but its storytelling as well. “We blur the line between category and definition,” Malcolm proclaims in his Harvard admissions statement, deciding finally that there is no one category to find a place in, but success is found in the overlap. A focus on teenagers growing up in Inglewood that finds its voice in the balance between the serious and lighthearted, “Dope” establishes itself as a fresh, generational classic.
The day “Mad Men” ended was a sad, sad day in the television world. But at the same time, the show’s writers wrapped every- C thing up well — leaving us with Astronaut tears in our Wives Club eyes, maybe, but ultimately Series Preleaving us with miere a laugh and the knowledge that ABC the show got the attention and the ending it deserved. We felt at peace. And then, a couple of days later, we started twitching from the “Mad Men” withdrawal. ABC jumped at the chance to fill that void in our hearts with “Astronaut Wives Club,” their shiny new period drama. Despite being based off of a true story — that of the astronauts of the Mercury Project during the Cold War era — almost everything about “Launch” falls flat. In the first scene, we are introduced to seven women and their husbands at a party in a dizzying five minutes. There is a lot of dancing, a lot of polite yet barbed small talk and a lot of judgmental looks shooting from this wife to that one to that one’s husband. Watching these women check out the competition — not for themselves, but for their husbands, one of whom will be the first man launched into orbit — is uncomfortable. Watching them shoot thinly veiled jibes at each other after being introduced is painful. The women go down to Florida to surprise their husbands, who are working hard — getting drunk, swimming in pools, trying to impress other young women, etc. A few of these funloving husbands are less than happy to see their wives. After they all find out who will be the first man to go to space, his wife rejects the home-cooked dishes prepared by the other women as a gesture of wifely solidarity.
Later, she graciously accepts the food and emotional support, and the episode ends with a cute, heartwarming scene of all of the women dancing together in celebration — and anticipation for what the following months will bring. This show could’ve be titled The Real Housewives of the 1960’s for the amount of depth it holds so far. The treatment of women isn’t as nuanced as in “Mad Men,” to which it will absolutely be compared. It lacks the subtle wry humor that “Mad Men” had, instead touching only briefly on the most superficial levels of sexist attitudes of the time — if there are jokes, the jokes are lost. Like the film “The Help,” the show is so self-indulgently beautiful — scenes in soft golden sunlight, flattering camera angles, painstakingly perfect hair and makeup, and cherubic children — that you almost forget it is attempting to portray a real story. However, the actors do the best with what they’ve been given, and many of the women show promise; if the following episodes slow down, flesh out the storylines of each couple and give each of the wives time and space to take a deep breath, we will see something more than just perfunctory performances.
The show is so self-indulgently beautiful “Mad Men” proved that people can be captivated by shows that shine a spotlight on specific times in our history; “The Astronaut Wives Club” has a long way to go before it can reach the kind of love lavished on Don Draper and Peggy Olson. The historical detail found in the clothing and scenery is amazing; if the writing catches up, the acting will too. And then maybe — maybe — it will give “Mad Men” a run for its money. Not likely, though.
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DISCREPANCY From Page 3 does not meet 100 percent financial aid. Students who benefit from financial aid, however, still have a lower graduation rate than students who do not receive any financial aid. Sixteen percent of undergraduates received Pell Grants, the federal grant for mainly lowincome students for the 20122013 school year according to the Fifth Edition of the Michigan Almanac. Similar to other selective academic institutions, the financial makeup of undergraduates is comprised of a majority of students from higher-income backgrounds. According to Deborah Greene from the Office of Public Affairs, the University does not have socioeconomic data for all University students on graduation rates. In an e-mail to the Daily, she said the Office of Budget and Planning’s information on Pell Grant recipients is the best estimate of graduation rate data based on Socioeconomic status. Students receiving Pell Grants, who are an economic minority on campus and are more likely to be lower-income students, graduate at lower rates than the University’s average. In 2008, 85% of students receiving Pell grants graduated from the University compare to the 90% class average. Though this is the highest the University has seen in recent years, graduation rates are still low compared to class averages.a lot of people to come to North Campus, Maddix said. “Sometimes, in the library world, things are more isolated and people don’t get a chance to get to North Campus. Also, North Campus has amazing facilities that we can use.”
tive, said similar sustainability programs will continue in the future. “We have a direct buying relationship with the Zilke Farms to put into the (residential) halls,” said Hagan. “We don’t want to add on a bunch of famers and then have nobody get business from us that’s profitable, so we’re going maybe a farmer at a time and making sure we can absorb all of their crops and make it profitable for them.”
One such the facility is the UM3D Lab, which had a live demonstration of 3D printing. The UM3D Lab, part of the Digital Media Commons at the Dude, provides 3D printing access, learning and services to the University. Nathan Diroff, who works in the lab, this lab provides services such as printing files for people who send them, as well as training people to use 3D printers. “3D as a medium and as a method for production is amazing,” Diroff said. “Some of these things are different human anatomy that have never been printed in this way before, you can print things that have never actually existed in the physical realm before.” The art gallery and exhibit will remain open in the Duderstadt through June 5. the program.” Drawn in by the diversity of course options available to Liberal Studies students, Emma Davis, who is also a lecturer and dance instructor at UM-Flint, enrolled in the program. She said the flexibility of the curriculum helps her tailor an education that fits her needs and that increased online offerings will help her meet those needs. “With Liberal Studies, I was able to bring my interest in dance, community work and writing all together to form my own graduate focus. I shaped my own program as opposed to entering a program where a strict agenda is in place,” she said. “A lot of people of are working, including myself, while in the program, so sometimes it can be hard to come straight from work and sit in class for three hours in the middle of the night. The cool thing about an online format is now work can be done at your own time and that really goes along with the independent nature of Liberal Studies.”
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really know how to throw a baseball,” said Collins, who led the Wolverines in 1993 and 1994 before a 15-year NFL career. “I played three sports in high school and most of us were multi-sport athletes, but now there’s an increase in specialization and most of these guys are training year-round. “You need to be athletic to play quarterback.” The campers also had to listen, because like everything else in his life, Harbaugh made the camp a competition. In his quest for the new model of Michigan quarterbacks, any dissenters were shown the door. “Hopefully that doesn’t offend anybody that this will be a competitive environment,” he said. “I hope everybody is OK with that. Because if you’re not, guess what? You’re playing the wrong position. You’re literally playing the wrong position if that’s an issue. “You touch the ball every snap, so it’s important that you learn to win and do well. Most importantly, it’s important that you learn to compete and you embrace it.” Ultimately, Michigan four-star 2016 commit Brandon Peters succeeded in enough of the drills and competitions to win the all-around title. But the quest for a championship-caliber quarterback will rage well beyond the camp. That’s why Michigan’s roster will boast at least 10 quarterbacks in the fall — more than any team in a power-five conference, because, to Harbaugh, you can’t put a price on a quality leader. “While other positions don’t put quite as much pressure on the
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quarterback position, anybody can tell you that’s played the position, you should already know by now that playing quarterback matters. There’s a lot riding on it.” Added Jack Harbaugh, who was the quarterbacks coach when Michigan began earning the label Quarterback U with Dennis Franklin in 1972: “The quarterback position is like no other position — there’s only one of you. You have four defensive backs, you have three or four linebackers, you have four defensive linemen, but there’s only one quarterback.” Saturday was only the beginning of Michigan’s quest, as the relentless recruiting tactics of Harbaugh and his staff won’t quit even if the results come. The quarterback factory has been remodeled, and the result is a model unlike anything else in the country. No other school has had a camp like this, no other school has Michigan’s history and no other school has brought it all together on one field before. “If you’re a quarterback leaving high school, where else do you want to go to get to the NFL or maximize your talent than here?” Collins said. “I’m a little bit biased, but there’s truth to it.” Years from now, Quarterback U graduates will litter the NFL. They’ll have the arm of Henne, the craftiness of Robinson, the toughness of Collins, the fire of Harbaugh and the desire to do anything it takes to win, no matter the level. You can bet they’ll be damn good at dodgeball, too. Welcome to Quarterback U.
“This will be a competitive environment.”
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Michigan and NFL greats were on hand as coaches at Saturday’s “Ann Arbor Aerial Assault,” held at Michigan Stadium.
‘Quarterback U’ begins new stage at inaugural A4 camp Former greats, future stars join forces in all-QB camp at Big House By ZACH SHAW Summer Managing Sports Editor
Jedd Fisch huddled his team up. With a bit of the game under its belt, Michigan’s passing game coordinator was ready to push his team to the next level. It wasn’t enough to just throw hard, he explained to the team. They needed to be selective, pick their spots and find a way to win. “Let’s get creative, we’re quarterbacks!” The group trotted back out to the field. There were no receivers, linemen, pads or even footballs, but the intensity was in full bloom. These quarterbacks had a dodgeball game to win. Welcome to Quarterback U. Michigan has been known for years for its ability to produce successful quarterbacks. Whether it’s
the versatility of Rick Leach and John Wangler, the grit of Jim Harbaugh, the precision of Elvis Grbac and Todd Collins, the cannons of Chad Henne and John Navarre or the creativity and charisma of Denard Robinson and Devin Gardner, the Wolverines have been able to turn productive quarterbacks into professional athletes in each of the past five decades. That’s no coincidence. It was also no coincidence that such tradition was on display Saturday, with many Michigan greats on hand for the dodgeball, baseball and soccer festivities in Ann Arbor’s Aerial Assault, a camp dedicated solely to quarterbacks. But the inaugural camp wasn’t just fun and games. The A4 camp kicked off the newest era of Quarterback U, in which Harbaugh and his staff will pull out every stop imaginable to mix old school and new school to concoct Michigan’s greatest leader yet. That mission began in a big way Saturday, as the Michigan greats were joined by 15 NFL quarterbacks such as Jay Cutler and Greg McElroy, “QB gurus” such as Ken
“Where else do you want to go to get to the NFL?”
Mastrole and Dowell Loggains and the Michigan coaching staff, littered with coaches with NFL and college experience. “As many resources as you can possibly have,” Harbaugh said. And while outsiders — and maybe a few campers — would laugh at the idea of playing baseball or dodgeball at a one-day camp for quarterbacks, the games had as much of a point as the fine-tuning or speeches about the position — as Michigan has said time and again that the most successful quarterbacks are athletes who can learn to lead at anything, including other sports. “You could tell some guys didn’t
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dance of running abilities made him an appealing choice for the Jacksonville Jaguars at running back — a whole new position. Thanks to his time under center in the maize and blue, however, that transition was easier than Robinson expected. As the Jaguar speedster described, the key to his positional transition is that he learned to read defenses as a quarterback, giving him an upper hand at the highest level. “Being able to see blitzes and stuff helped me more,” Robinson said. “As a quarterback you have to know where the blitz is coming from so you can turn the FILE PHOTO/Daily protection up. As a running back Former Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson is now a running back for Jacksonville . now, you look at it, I say ‘Here is a rotation from the safety, now if the safety tops the linebacker or nickel will.’ “Now you know he might be coming and I can see that. Little things like that help me as a running back, because as a By KEVIN SANTO sharpies, anxiously hoping for an quarterback you had to turn the Daily Sports Writer opportunity to get his autograph. protection that way or send differWhen it was time to walk back ent things to help.” At Jim Harbaugh’s Ann Arbor to the stadium for lunch, the MichThough Robinson hasn’t put Aerial Assault camp Saturday, it igan faithful held their phones up eye-popping number thus far was clear that I wasn’t the only at the ready, in anticipation of an in his NFL career, his stats speak person who remembered Denard opportunity to get a picture with for the strides he is making to Robinson. the man they know as “Shoelace.” improve. When Harbaugh split the quar- Never mind the dozens of other In 2013, his rookie season, Robterback pool into groups, the fans NFL and Michigan quarterbacks, inson was given just 20 running followed the one that Denard led it was Denard! attempts, which yielded no touchto Al Glick Field House. But in reality, his days of con- downs, three fumbles and 3.3 When there was a break in trolling the huddle are over. A lack yards per carry. the action, fans whipped out the of throwing prowess and abunBut 2014 showed the impact
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that Robinson can have from his new position down the road. The coaching staff entrusted Robinson with 135 running attempts, and he treated those carries with care — conceding just two fumbles. He increased his yards per carry to 4.3, while accumulating four touchdowns and 582 total yards. Specifically, he became the first Jaguars running back to boast back-toback 100-yard performances since Maurice Jones-Drew in 2011. Packaged into those performances was Robinson’s longest rush of the season — a 41-yard burst against Miami on a misdirection. He showed glimpses of being a dual-threat as a receiver out of the backfield as well, tallying 23 receptions for 124 yards. Robinson credited part of his fluid NFL transition to another former Michigan quarterback, Chad Henne. The two gear up next to each other before every game and share adjacent lockers, and Robinson said that has fostered a relationship in which he can easily get in contact with Henne. One of Robinson’s biggest issues in the NFL has been acclimating to a situation in which he doesn’t serve as a dual threat as a scrambling quarterback, but that
doesn’t stop him from continuing to embrace his love for the game. “Now they’re (only) accounting for you as a runner. In college they didn’t account for me. Well, teams did after a while, after I made them pay,” Robinson said with a laugh. “Now they account for me as a runner, and they make sure they’ve got someone (to cover) you. “For the most part, it’s still the same thing. Still playing football, still having fun and enjoying it. I mean it’s the biggest stage, so I just enjoy playing football, being in a team environment, all that stuff.” Yesterday, Robinson was coaching campers through a drill aimed at hitting a receiver running a fade route to the corner of the end zone, and he gave his apprentices one rule: if you score a touchdown, give him a celebration to watch. And while there’s no telling what’s in store for Robinson in the 2015 campaign, it’s obvious that he has embraced the challenge of succeeding at a position that is foreign to him at the most competitive level. He’s a running back now. But with the calculated mind of a Michigan quarterback still active in the NFL, Robinson may be giving them a celebration to watch instead.
“(I’m) still playing football, still having fun.”
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Jack Harbaugh reflects on bringing up quarterbacks By JACOB GASE Daily Sports Editor
At Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh’s Aerial Assault quarterback camp on the eve of Father’s Day, it was only fitting that one of the most famous fathers in Michigan football history was standing on the sideline. Wearing a white Michigan pullover, khaki pants and a familiar wide grin, former Michigan assistant coach Jack Harbaugh stood and watched his son address the hundreds of campers on the field at Michigan Stadium early Saturday morning. The camp already boasted the presence of numerous current and former Michigan and NFL quarterbacks — “as many resources as you can possibly have,” Jim would say. But Jack had come to the Big House with Rick Kaepernick,
father of current San Francisco 49ers quarterback and former Jim Harbaugh pupil Colin Kaepernick, to deliver a unique message about raising greatness — one aimed just as much at the parents in the stands as the sons on the field. “What a journey,” Jack said. “Looking back, when our youngsters — (current Baltimore Ravens coach) John, Jim and daughter Joani — went through these types of experiences, the things we shared as parents, we found there’s really three things. “We used to have a sign here at Michigan, that’s probably the best way to tell you. ‘Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently believe, enthusiastically act upon will inevitably come to pass.’ ” A paraphrased quote from Paul J. Meyer, a businessman and philanthropist who created a foundation based on motivating people for
success, this philosophy perfectly applied to Jack’s experience raising a young quarterback. According to Jack, the first step of vivid imagination starts with childhood daydreaming — in Jim’s case, adolescent fantasies of becoming a star quarterback. The second step is the most important. Once a child “ardently believes” they can do something, Jack said, that’s when it’s time for a parent to step in. “Once you find out they have the passion and love for something, and they’re willing to believe in it and willing to work for it, now I’m gonna do everything as a parent to help you achieve that goal,” Jack said. In Jim’s case, helping him achieve his goal meant instilling in him the competitive fire necessary to play the quarterback position. That fire is the reason why, even at a
camp where everyone has an equal opportunity to learn, Jim installed a leaderboard on the stadium jumbotron to directly pit the young quarterbacks against each other. “It kind of tells you who Jim Harbaugh is,” Jack said. “What you have to do to be the number one quarterback, you have to take someone else’s job. And if you aren’t competitive, and you don’t like competition, and this kind of bothers you ... you might want to look at a different position.” A young quarterback also requires plenty of wisdom and advice. Just like Jack, a coach for 40 years, was able to impart that wisdom on his son growing up, Jim surrounded his young campers with walking sources of quarterback knowledge. Nearly 40 years of Michigan quarterbacks coached at the camp, including Rick Leach, who started
for four years when Jack Harbaugh was on the coaching staff in the 1970s. “To see (Leach) out there working with other quarterbacks 40 years later, that’s what Michigan tradition is all about,” Jack said. After Jim finished his opening remarks and Leach, Denard Robinson and the other seasoned veterans began to instruct the next generation of quarterbacks, Jack wandered up into the stands. As he looked at the young faces on the field — plenty of which were showing signs of vivid imagination or ardent belief — he easily identified with the parents seated around him. “It’s not my goal, it’s not my dream, it’s (the kids’) dream,” Jack remembered thinking. “And I’m gonna do everything in my power to make sure that I give them every chance to achieve that goal.”
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Graduate Iowa transfer Jake Rudock arrived in Ann arbor five weeks ago, and will try to beat out nine others for the quarterback job.
Rudock, Morris ready to battle for starting QB job By KELLY HALL Daily Sports Writer
A competition was brewing in Ann Arbor, and it wasn’t just between the high school quarterbacks pitted against one another at Michigan’s Aerial Assault quarterback camp. Two camp counselors were battling as well. Junior quarterback Shane Morris and Iowa graduate transfer quarterback Jake Rudock helped coach over 200 students Saturday, and both made it clear that they intend to continue that leadership into the fall. “I think I can win the starting job because I have the mentality to do so,” Morris said. “Right now it’s my job to lose. I’m just gonna keep working hard and not let my competitors take it away from me.” Though he stopped short of naming himself the favorite, Rudock has no intention of sitting on the bench for his final year of eligibility. “I mean, I want to play. I think every guy who’s in that locker room wants to go out and play.” Morris made his only start of the 2014 season against Minnesota on Sept. 27, when he completed 7-of-19 passes for 49 yards and threw one interception. Morris made four other appearances, and completed 14-of-40 passes for 128 yards and three interceptions overall. Morris believes that his team-
mates view him as their leader. “You gotta keep working hard every day,” Morris said. “You have to show up to practice every day with the same mentality: that you’re competing for your job. That’s college football, that’s why I’m here.” Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said that the junior quarterback outperformed his teammates in the Spring Game, but that was before Rudock was on campus. Rudock arrived in Ann Arbor just five weeks ago, but the transition hasn’t been difficult for the fifth-year senior. Without classes to take until the fall, Rudock spends most of his time in Michigan’s football facilities. “(Playing for Michigan) was weird for the first week,” Rudock said. “But these are my brothers now. I still have great friendships at Iowa, but I’m feeling comfortable with the guys and (Ann Arbor).” After starting at Iowa for two seasons and throwing just five interceptions in 2014, the fewest of any starting Big Ten quarterback, Rudock believes his experience can help him win the job. “I’ve had to compete every single year at Iowa, so this is very similar in that regard,” Rudock said. “In Big Ten football, you have to earn everything you get, that’s just the name of the game, that’s how football is, and that’s a big Coach Harbaugh thing. “Nothing is ever given, it’s
earned.” Rudock’s main concern is meshing with his new teammates and learning the Michigan offense, which is mostly pro-style with some West Coast mixed throughout. At Iowa, Rudock played prostyle, and that previous experience will help him in the battle. Former Michigan quarterbacks Denard Robinson and Devin Gardner were also at the camp, and they made it clear that competition is healthy and expected. Even though both players are gone and graduated, they’re still competing with one another. “I’m pretty sure Devin would say the same thing, that he thinks he’s better than me (at quarterback),” Robinson said. “We’re both competitive, so of course I’m gonna say yes, (I think I’m better). “That’s the one thing I tell Shane, just do the best you can and at the end of the day you can live with yourself and say, ‘I did everything I could possibly do to be a starter.’ He has the talent. He has everything a quarterback needs to be a starter here. He can take the team to the Rose Bowl or the National Championship.” Confidence and competition are key at the quarterback position, and there doesn’t appear to be a lack of either on Morris’ part. “You know, (Rudock) came here to take my job, and I’m just not going to let it happen.”
Recruits rolling in Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh added a new four-star lineman to the 2016 class Wednesday. Offensive tackle Devery Hamilton committed to Michigan over Stanford and Maryland. Hamilton is now the fourth four-star offensive line prospect in the class, joining offensive tackles Ben Bredeson and Erik Swenson and offensive guard Michael Onwenu. Not joining the class is Farmington Hills Harrison four-star defensive end Khalid Kareem, who chose Alabama over Michigan Wednesday afternoon. Harbaugh has now picked up 13 recruits this month, bringing the 2016 class to 18 total. Hyman signin’ Former Michigan hockey forward Zach Hyman signed a twoyear contract Tuesday with the Toronto Maple Leafs after being traded by the Florida Panthers last week. The first team All-American and Toronto native was first drafted by the Panthers in the fifth round of the 2010 Entry Draft. Minick pleads guilty Michigan associate athletic director for football Jim Minick pled guilty Wednesday to a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. After refusing a breathalyzer test, Minick took a blood test
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which revealed a .185 blood alcohol content, per the Detroit News. He received eight months of probation and a fine of $1,325. Maezes going pro Former Michigan infielder Travis Maezes signed a contract with the Kansas City Royals Saturday, joining former teammate Jacob Cronenworth, who signed with the Tampa Bay Rays, in the MLB. The Ann Arbor native was taken by the Royals in the 13th round of the First-Year Player Draft. Maezes has a career .305 average with 39 doubles, seven triples and home runs and 92 RBI. NHL Draft primer Several Michigan hockey players are projected to be picked in the NHL Entry Draft on Friday and Saturday. Freshman defenseman Zach Werenski impressed this year, playing in 35 games with nine goals, 16 assists and 25 points. He was ranked ninth among North American skaters by NHL Central Scouting. Incoming freshman forward Kyle Connor took the No.13 spot in the same ranking after a standout season in the USHL, giving Michigan two probable firstround picks. Fellow incoming freshmen Brendan Warren, Cooper Marody, Nick Boka and Connor Murphy are also potential draft picks.
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for years, and numerous players have taken that beyond their time in Ann Arbor. Nearly all of Martin’s assistants on Saturday have had their own camps or events, and they were happy to make the trek to Pioneer on their own dime to return the favor. “A lot of guys who play football came from bad areas or not the best areas, and the opportunity to give back is huge,” said Taylor Lewan, a 2014 first-round draft pick and former All-American offensive tackle at Michigan. “If you can take one kid and inspire him to give back to his community someday, then you’re helping things come full circle.” Less than a quarter mile away from Michigan Stadium, Martin’s charisma had brought everyone together. It was clear that it was a special event for everyone. “We can relate to a lot of the things they’re saying because we know the area and a bit of what they go through,” said Brandon Graham, a former Detroit native and Michigan standout who currently plays for the Philadelphia Eagles. “You might have gone to the same schools or know some
of the same people. The conversation and connection is there because you’re from the same place. You feel right at home.” While drills and conditioning were a part of the event, the primary focus was on inspiration and fun. Michigan coach Greg Mattison was among the many speakers, all emphasizing respect and dedication to anything you do. After that, NFL stars and kids alike were drawn together for scrimmages, races and all-around fun. So to Magnetic Mike Martin, it was mission accomplished. “It’s amazing, man. I’ve gone to other camps to help out, and I’ve never had my own,” Martin said. “So to turn the tables and for me to be the guy hosting it, especially with kids from my hometown, it hasn’t really sunk in yet, but it’s special.” “I’ve known Mike for a long time,” Lewan said. “Just to see him around people, he’s always smiling always there for everyone, so it’s only fitting that there’s going to be a few hundred kids here running around and having a blast.”
“(Martin’s) just got a magetic personality ... I’m so proud.”
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Former Michigan and current Titans defensive linemen Mike Martin held his first Youth Football Camp, which was free for all campers.
‘Magnetic’ Mike Martin attracts hundreds to camp Over a dozen NFL players and coaches convene at Pioneer for free youth camp By ZACH SHAW Summer Managing Sports Editor
Mighty Mike Martin has been a hit with Michigan fans for years. After winning state championships in football, wrestling and shot put at Detroit Catholic Central, turning himself into an All-Big Ten defensive lineman at Michigan, then becoming a successful Tennessee Titan, it’s tempting to call Mighty Martin a hometown hero. But on Saturday, with kids draped around his tree-trunk legs and an even wider smile on his face, it wasn’t Martin’s mightiness that made him a hero. Instead, at the first annual Mike Martin Youth Football Camp, a free camp for
elementary and middle school athletes held at Pioneer High School, it was Magnetic Mike Martin who was making everyone’s day. “He went to a lot of these camps when he was young,” said Theresa O’Hara, Martin’s mom. “With the men he saw (back then), he wants to emulate that. Not just the qualities of being a football player, but giving, working hard for something and dreaming big. “He’s got such a big heart and is so personable. Even when he was at Michigan, he would get right down at the kids’ level and would sign their shirts and hats. He’s got this magnetic personality.” The camp was completely free for Metro Detroit kids. Growing up going to similar camps, Martin knew how impor-
“A lot of guys who play football came from bad areas.”
tant it was to make the camp accessible and worthwhile. He bussed campers in from his hometown of Redford, talked and signed autographs for anyone who asked, and made sure that — with a dozen NFL players helping out, a full-service DJ and the Detroit Pistons’ Flight Crew performing a trampoline dunk show — it was more than just a day at the football field. “The big thing for me is to get everyone out here,” Martin said. “At first the camp was limited to 200 kids, then we made it 300, then we moved it to 350. It was hard to say no, but I’m glad everyone is having a good time, because that’s what it’s all about. “Trying to connect communities and make it go full circle, bringing all the kids together and trying to do something good — get the kids excited about learning new stuff and getting to know everyone.” Martin’s camp wasn’t the first free youth camp held by an NFL player, and it certainly won’t be the last. Michigan has endorsed giving back to the community
“It hasn’t really sunk in yet, but it’s special.”
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Nearly 400 children from grades 3-8 participated in drills, games, and contests at Pioneer High School during the four-hour camp dedicated to fun and football.