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Key players provide inside look at Detroit bankruptcy Ford School panel focuses on impact of the city’s 2014 ‘grand bargain’ By JACKIE CHARNIGA Daily Staff Reporter
Key players in Detroit’s now-infamous bankruptcy proceedings convened at the Ford School of Public Policy on
Wednesday to discuss the city’s growth since the city first filed for bankruptcy in 2013. The panel focused on the impact of the Detroit “grand bargain,” which decreased the city’s $18 billion debt, restored public safety services and increased funding to city infrastructure. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven W. Rhodes, who oversaw Detroit’s bankruptcy, designed the $194.8 million bailout, known as the grand bargain, to
garner support for a deal from unions and retirees. Rhodes joined Wednesday’s panel along with Judge Gerald Rosen, Judge Mike Gadola, former State Sen. Randy Richardville, former State Rep. Thomas Stallworth and Chad Livengood, a political reporter for The Detroit News. The panelists examined how Detroit’s financial challenges halted the city’s full operation — from its road, school and emergency services to the pension plans and benefits for
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Brain tumor removal is the ultimate game of Operation. Remove too little of a tumor and it could be back within months. Remove too much and your patient may never speak or walk again. A new microscope, developed in the University’s Medical School, could help surgeons with the difficult task of tumor removal by showing the difference between healthy and tumorous tissue in real-time. A team of Medical School doctors and students spent years developing the new technology, called the stimulated Raman scattering — or SRS — microscope, alongside researchers from other institutions including Harvard and New York University. It could eventually help improve the outcomes for some of the nearly 700,000 people in the United
States living with brain tumors. Third-year Medical student Spencer Lewis, an author of the paper announcing the first clinical test of this technology, said it’s difficult to tell the difference between healthy and unhealthy brain tissue using the naked eye — making the technology all the more neccisary. “Brain tissue normally looks like a soft, tan mass with a very soft, jelly-like consistency,” Lewis said. “And tumor is often a similar color and is really only differentiated by texture. So it’s very difficult to tell by eye the difference, depending on the type of tumor.” The SRS microscope addresses this difficulty through a technique called Raman spectroscopy, which uses a laser to shine light at a piece of brain tissue that has been biopsied from the brain. The many molecules in the tissue have chemical bonds between them that are constantly wiggling, stretching and rotating. Each type of tiny bond movement affects the light in a different way. By detecting how the light is altered and scattered, scientists can infer what kind of bonds and molecules are in the tissue. The SRS amplifies this See BRAIN TUMORS, Page 3A
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Following an ongoing national conversation about the relationship between police and communities, Washtenaw County Police and Public Safety department will now implement additional measures to communicate with the public. On Wednesday, the 16th Annual Public Forum for the Enhancement of Police and Community Trust featured a panel of police from municipalities including Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Milan and Pittsfield Township, in addition to the Michigan State Police. Community members came from all over the county with questions about police relations. Stephanie Dawkins Davis,
executive assistant U.S. attorney, spoke about the importance of ensuring regular police correspondence with the community. Davis said community understanding of law enforcement has had positive results in southeast Michigan. “Justice doesn’t happen under a rock, the community has to understand what decisions are being made and what criteria is needed to make those decisions,” Davis said. She added that Detroit has a similar program to ENPACT called ALPACT — Advocates and Leaders for Police and Community Trust. According to Davis, the program has been extremely successful. She cited a recent incident when an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot a man in Detroit, pointing out that there were no riots from the city’s inhabitants in response. “We were able to have respectful dialogue,” Davis said. “We can’t say that something like See ENPACT, Page 3A
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city retirees — and credited the grand bargain with its revival. “From a constitutional perspective, this is the state of Michigan coming to the federal government to solve a problem that it could not solve on its own under our constitutional structure,” Rhodes said. Rhodes said when the city filed for bankruptcy, the largest portion of debt came from the water department’s secured debt and post-employment benefits See DETROIT, Page 3A
Forum draws law enforcement leadership from across the county
Medical School says 2014 was record year for startups New programs encourage historic number of patents By TOM MCBRIEN
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Kelsey Mitchell poised for breakout season in 2015-16 Barnes Arico touts senior forward’s progress coming off major injuries By TED JANES Daily Sports Writer
For any athlete, two years of injuries can incur just as much damage mentally as it can
physically. But for a senior on the Michigan women’s basketball team, a torn anterior cruciate ligament and a broken foot have revamped her mindset, leaving her looking to finish on a high. Wednesday, at the Michigan women’s basketball team’s media day, coach Kim Barnes Arico began her opening statement by mentioning a player that hasn’t been in many headlines: forward Kelsey Mitchell. After highlighting the new
additions to her staff and recapping the Wolverines’ WNIT run last spring, Barnes Arico discussed the small number of scholarship upperclassmen on the team (four), led by Mitchell and senior guard Madison Ristovski. “Out of those four (upperclassmen), I think the biggest surprise right now is (Mitchell),” Barnes Arico said. “She has had an injury-plagued See BASKETBALL, Page 3A
The University’s Medical School produced the most inventions and startups in its history over the last fiscal year, the school announced last Monday. Due largely to new programs designed to help researchers introduce their discoveries to the market, the Medical School broke its previous records in almost all tech transfer metrics including patents filed, startups produced, license agreements with industry and revenues. Especially lucrative was the partial sale of the Universitydeveloped drug Cerdelga’s licensing rights, which earned the University $65.6 million. Medical School Dean James Woolliscroft said the rise in See PATENTS, Page 3A
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BRAIN TUMORS From Page 1A effect, allowing doctors to see specific structural details. Lewis, working under Daniel Orringer, assistant professor of neurological surgery, said the development team currently uses the SRS microscope to detect proteins and lipids, two major structural components of cells and tissues. While tumor tissues look similar to normal tissues to the naked eye, they organize proteins and lipids very differently at the cellular level, allowing for easier distinction between the two. “That allows us to see the architecture of the brain in vivid detail that’s just not possible with traditional microscopy
techniques,” Lewis said. This gives doctors a potentially faster and more accurate distinguishing tool than the method that’s currently used, called the frozen-section method. By allowing doctors to shorten surgeries and confidently remove more of a tumor, Lewis said chances for relapse as well as for complications of surgery could be lessened. Lewis said the typically used frozen-section technique has a couple of drawbacks. “The problem is that it takes a while — 30 to 45 minutes,” he said. “And also it introduces a lot of artifacts like ice crystals that can mess with the accuracy of the pathologist’s read. SRS is done without labels and without damaging the tissue. It’s done
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on fresh tissue. You take it out, mount it on a slide and image it right there.” While the SRS currently takes about the same amount of time as a frozen-section, Lewis said optimizing the technology could get imaging times down to one second. The microscope could also help to improve the stereotactic brain surgery technique, which combines 3D models of the brain taken before surgery with probes attached to the surgeons’ instruments to show doctors exactly where their tools are during an operation. “The problem with this is that because the brain is soft and the brain can swell, it can shift during surgery,” Lewis said. “So, during the course of an operation, you can’t always tell where you are relative to the preoperative MRI as you are dissecting the tumor. And that leads to inaccuracy.” By identifying brain tissues in real time, Lewis said the SRS microscope could prevent these inaccuracies. The SRS microscope, which is the first commercial version in the world, has been used on more than 60 patient brain tissue samples since June. Until the team finishes development and procures FDA approval, however, no surgeons will use it to make clinical decisions. Lewis said that future improvements to the microscope and imaging methods, such as adapting the SRS to detect molecules that build up specifically in cancer cells, could have enormous impacts on surgery. “Essentially, you could highlight tumor cells specifically, which would be a tremendous advance,” he said. Next, the research team hopes to develop a probe-like model of the microscope that could examine tissues while they are still in the brain.
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The Michigan in Washington program, through which University students temporarily trade life in Ann Arbor to work in the nation’s capital, will turn a decade old this week. Since 2005, the program has given 45 to 50 students per semester the opportunity to spend either the fall or winter in Washington, D.C. “The MIW program was created to provide students with an opportunity to live, work and study in Washington, D.C.,” said Edie Goldenberg, a professor of public policy and political science who was the founding director of the MIW program. “The major idea is for undergraduates from any major at UM to use what they learn in their internships and what they learn in class to complement each other in meaningful ways.” On Friday, the program will hold a banquet at the National Press Club in D.C. featuring pre-recorded speeches from University President Mark Schlissel, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, as well as a live stream speech from LSA Dean Andrew Martin. Rep. David Trott (D– Birmingham) will keynote the celebration. The program experience begins before students leave campus since they are required to take a preparatory course the semester before leaving for the capital. Once in Washington,
participating students are paired with a University alumni mentor and are required to find an internship and write a research paper, in addition to taking classes — a feat Goldenberg says isn’t easy. “ MIW is academically rigorous,” Goldenberg said. “Every student completes 12-15 UM credits, nine of which are required and the others elective. The courses are designed to take advantage of being in D.C. rather than merely to duplicate what’s available on campus.” Though more than half of the 2013-2014 class was comprised of political science majors, the program accepts students from all fields of study, and students arrange to get credit for their major through their internship and research paper. Students are also encouraged to find an internship that best suits their interests. Members of last year’s class interned at organizations such as congressional offices, the U.S. Department of State, the Sierra Club, NBC’s “Meet the Press,” the Mexican Embassy and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. After 10 years of the program, the alumni base has amassed 460 individuals in all lines of work around the world. For many, their experience in Washington has opened up doors to future career options. “All of our alums are notable,” Goldenberg said. “MIW alums have won writing prizes for their research papers. Two have been chosen as commencement speakers. Roughly 40 have graduated and been employed in the Washington, D.C. area. Many others have been admitted to graduate schools of their choice. Several have published their work and others
have started charitable efforts.” Students currently studying in D.C. already feeling the benefits of the program. LSA senior Whitney Swart, who is interning at an organization that provides legal and social services to immigrants, said the opportunity has given her a better handle on her future goals. “In the Michigan in Washington Program, I have had the opportunity to make important connections, pursue my passions and fall in love with a new city,” Swart said. “It wasn’t until I lived and worked in D.C. that I truly understood my goals and found myself.” LSA junior Evan Viau, an intern for the Truman National Security Project, said his time in D.C. has helped him find his calling. “My time in MIW has been instrumental in refining my post-graduate career goals and allowing me to grow both intellectually and professionally,” he said. “I have had substantive opportunities to work with experts in my issue areas to research, develop, and advocate for national security policies that address the new challenges of the 21st century; an opportunity I probably wouldn’t have had if I didn’t spend a semester in the District through this program.” Viau said the work isn’t easy, either. “It’s certainly a challenging environment— being surrounded by some of the best and brightest around the country— but it’s comforting to see the impact of my hard work daily,” he said. “I applied to the program to find purpose and support, and I’ve definitely found it.”
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PATENTS From Page 1A commercialization represents the school’s understanding that research should be directly applied to society whenever possible. “Over a period of time, it’s really become understood that part of our mission is not only to pursue knowledge for knowledge’s sake or understanding’s sake, but to use it and apply it to improve the human condition,” he said. The University’s Office of Tech Transfer is responsible for commercializing research discoveries from all three University campuses. A recent press release announced a bevy of tech transfer improvements since last year. The Medical School produced 166 new invention reports compared to 133 from the previous year, 51 patent applications compared to 45, 10 new startups as opposed to one and $74.8 million in total revenue. Ken Nisbet, the Office of Technology Transfer’s associate vice president for research, said the new Fast Forward Medical Innovation program helped drive the commercialization increases. “The results are a function of several things,” Nisbet said. “I would say that FFMI, in particular, is a real influencer in the number of ideas that reach us.” A team of Medical School administrators and doctors started the FFMI program in 2014 to encourage researchers to commercialize their inventions. The program provides awareness programs, funding, idea consultations and business seminars to expand awareness about the opportunities in commercialization. The Office of Tech Transfer’s responsibilities are broader. It focuses on the entire commercialization process — including licensing agreements and intellectual property protection — and works with departments from all University campuses. The two organizations have partnered on many projects, however, including the Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization for Life Sciences Program, or MTRAC, which awards extra funding and consultation to especially promising projects. Nisbet said the University’s excellence in research is a factor in its commercial success. “Our researchers here — our faculty — win competitive grants to answer questions from the proposals that these federal agencies have, which is why we have $1.3 billion of total spending,” Nisbet said. “We have a number of very high-quality faculty that win these grants so we answer some basic science questions. So, that is sort of the root of everything here: our research operation.” Wooliscroft said the University’s excellence in a broad variety of disciplines is another reason for the recent success. “One of the things that we have here that is a phenomenal advantage over the vast majority of universities is that we have a topranked engineering college, topranked medical school, business school, etc.,” he said. “So there’s great expertise across campus the likes of which only one or two other universities can duplicate.” Nisbet said he believes these levels of success will continue because researchers will come back to the Office of Tech Transfer after successful experiences. “I think it’s a gradual build,” he said. “FFMI was definitely a major component, but there were a whole lot of other factors that led to it. And that’s good news because it means that this momentum will continue.” Woolliscroft said a new generation of wearable healthmonitoring devices, which could be developed through the Office of Tech Transfer’s IT health program, could revolutionize future medical practices. Despite this positive momentum, Nisbet and Woolliscroft said there are many hurdles to overcome. Both mentioned the sheer difficulty of guiding a product from conception to profitability. Nisbet said the threat of declining federal funding means the University will have to fight to increase the share of grants it receives, and Woolliscroft said regulatory issues often slow the progress. “Too frequently, our regulatory processes and agencies have not kept up with the progress in science and technology,” Woolliscroft said. “There’s a big push through the 21st Century Cures bill to modernize the FDA and these processes, but we’ll have to see with our political process if that goes forward or not.”
BASKETBALL From Page 1A career thus far, with a torn ACL and a broken foot and last season trying to regroup from those injuries, but in practice, she has been incredible. I know we are only 10 practices in, but we are hoping she can have a Cyesha Goree-type of breakout season.” Goree, a senior last year, stepped into the spotlight by improving her average of 1.1 points per game to 12.1 during her junior year. While Barnes Arico
DETROIT From Page 1A — like health care for retirees — which totaled $5 billion. Detroit’s two pension plans accumulated $3.5 billion in debt obligations Rhodes said. Bond debt was another factor, estimated between $500 million and $1 billion when the city filed for bankruptcy. “I assumed one way or another the debt would get worked out in the bankruptcy process,” Rhodes said. “What really concerned me was the anger of the people of the city.” Many Detroiters were angry their city’s bankruptcy proceedings were being handled by an unelected emergency manager, University alum Kevyn Orr, whom Rhodes said the people believed had unlawfully displaced their elected government. “They were protesting about that,” Rhodes said, “There were demonstrations in the streets.” Bargain and bankruptcy Rosen, who served as the chief judicial mediator for Detroit’s bankruptcy case, said in addition to the city’s financial obligations, there were human costs to Detroit’s debt. “Detroit was what municipal bankruptcy experts refer to as service, delivery and solve,” Rosen said. “That means for the city’s residents, businesses and visitors, the city really isn’t a city at all.” Rosen said prior to the filing, the city was not effectively providing basic public safety services like police, firefighters and emergency medical services. “Response time for police was running close to an hour against the national average of 11 minute response times,” Rosen said. Rosen said 12,000 fires a year went unanswered, and 40 percent of the city’s roughly 90,000 streetlights were out in Detroit, leaving large portions
ENPACT From Page 1A that would never happen, but the key to preventing something like that from happening is having dialogue.” Jim Baird, interim chief of the Ann Arbor Police Department, said fostering police-community relations is a priority throughout his time as interim chief. “I would like to reaffirm our commitment to continuing the relationships that we’ve spoken to already,” he said. Former AAPD Police Chief John Seto retired after 25 years with the AAPD. During the event, Baird said a new chief of police would be appointed by the end of the year. Attorney Angie Martell raised the first question of the dialogue, asking about police confrontations with Hispanics and transgender individuals. Martell said she wants to start a conversation with police about diversity training. Baird told the group the AAPD is working to target these issues. “We have had a diversity training and awareness level, understanding that there’s different perspectives,” Baird said. “I think that we can take that both ways so we can get perceptions of community, especially specific groups, and understand where they’re coming from and how they may experience the contact of police. We can also educate the community why we do some of the things we do.” The treatment of residents that may suffer from mental health issues, such as veterans or autistic individuals, was also addressed. Police leadership across the panel spoke to the issue, telling
News doesn’t anticipate those types of numbers right out of the gate from Mitchell, she expressed her excitement to finally witness the potential that has been tucked away for the past three years. Mitchell, at 6 feet, is one of the shortest forwards on the team, but she is still expected to play in the paint and size up some of the bigger guards in the conference. “Even though she’s only about 6 foot, her power is equal to (freshman center) Hallie Thome’s height (6-foot-5),” said sophomore center Terra Stapleton. “She knows how to maneuver around
of the city in the dark. “And of course, criminals thrive in the darkened streets,” Rosen said. Rosen said in 2013, the city had less than eight weeks of operating cash when it filed for bankruptcy. He said time was running out for Detroit, and the bargain could not wait. Stallworth, who represented Michigan’s seventh legislative district during the creation of the grand bargain, said it was heavily debated when it was introduced, and attributed its success to the strong leadership in the Senate and House interested in putting partisanship aside. As part of the deal, the state of Michigan, private donors and foundations cobbled together $800 million to pay down the debt. The bargain also resulted in cuts to pensions for many retired city workers. Pensions Controversy surrounded Detroit’s eligibility for bankruptcy when the General Retirement System and the Detroit Police and Fire Retirement Committee argued that by filing for bankruptcy, Detroit violated its pension policies protected under the state’s constitution. “The city wasn’t even making its contributions to the pensions, and the retirees who had given their working lives,” Rosen said. Stallworth said he still gets targeted by citizens who say he’s responsible for losing their pensions, but he is at peace with his actions during his time. Approving the grand bargain required pensioners to approve reductions to the benefits they owed as a condition of forgiving some of the city’s debt. “When we talk about outcomes, everyone wants to get well but nobody wants to take their medicine,” Stallworth said. Stallworth said police and
attendees they are working hard to give officers training related to mental health. Marlene Radzik, lieutenant with the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Department, said the department is confronting these issues with extra training. “We are moving towards crisis intervention training, which would help train the officers and allow us to be more capable of handling situations that involve mental illness,” Radzik said. In November 2014, Ann Arbor resident Aura Rosser was killed by an AAPD officer who was responding to a domestic violence call. Rosser reportedly suffered from mental illness. After the incident, many Ann Arbor residents called on the department to come up with better protocols for interacting with residents who may struggle with mental health issues. Chuck Warpehoski, Ann Arbor City Council member (D–Ward 5), brought up the mitigation of police bias when performing arrests. Local attorney Erane Washington agreed with Warpehoski that implicit biases present a significant issue in the community. She asked the panel to address implicit bias and cultural competency. “When we talk about implicit biases, we’re talking about a whole gamut of issues,” Washington said. “I don’t really know what cultural competency really means, so my question for the panel is to explain in more detail on what is cultural competency training.” Robert Neumann, University of Michigan Police Department chief, said
people, and she definitely knows how to body somebody.” Stapleton, whose locker neighbors Mitchell’s, said the senior is not the type of person “that’ll take no for an answer,” and that she’s been bursting with energy for the first handful of practices. All of Mitchell’s teammates attested that her confidence jumped this year, and she couldn’t deny it either. On the tail end of her Michigan career, it is reassuring for Mitchell to know she is, at long last, healthy enough to contribute.
Thursday, October 22, 2015 — 3A “I have to say I’ve improved most in my confidence in myself,” Mitchell said. “Just in my ability and knowing I’ll be physically OK to play at this high of a level.” The kind of gritty, hard-nosed presence Mitchell provides is just what Barnes Arico is looking for, as this year’s biggest concern is replacing the graduated seniors — a stalwart trio that made up 59 percent of the team’s total rebounding. Filling such a large void will take the entire team, but Barnes Arico believes Mitchell could put a chunk of that weight on
her shoulders. “I’m hoping that Kelsey can stay healthy enough, because she really has been a spark in practice,” Barnes Arico said. “She is showing things that I haven’t seen in four years. “She hasn’t experienced the grind of doing it on a regular basis, and that’s making me a little nervous about her because of the wear and tear on her body, but if she can hold off and be even half of what (Goree) was able to contribute (two years ago), it could be a special year.”
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Ann Arbor resident William Holllins entertains other Pop-X attendees at Liberty Square on Wednesday. Never formally taught piano, Hollins learned to play by teaching himself and using his hear.
firefighters were not required to take pension cuts under the bargain. The Detroit Institute of Arts An aim of the bargain was to preserve the Detroit Institute of Arts, and rumors circulated that the museum would be forced to sell city-owned artwork. “The art was the only readily monetized asset, as the only asset that I, as the mediator, had available to monetize,” Rosen said. However, Rhodes disagreed that creditors had the potential to monetize the art outside of bankruptcy. “Creditors would not have access to the art outside of the bankruptcy under any circumstance, and they admitted that,” Rhodes said. Rosen said liquidating the DIA would be devastating to the region and the state, however Rhodes could not override Orr’s authority as emergency
implicit bias is an important issue for police everywhere. “Every human being has implicit bias. No one is free of some kind of bias,” Neumann said. “Part of cultural competency training is helping everyone understand that they are a product of their experiences. First, recognizing that and recognizing that you’re not above making an unfair decision based on your implicit biases.” Though the forum raised a lot of topics, Warpehoski said
manager. “It would suck the life out of Midtown and create a civil war,” Rosen said. Detroit Public Schools Gadola said the grand bargain cannot be replicated to address Detroit’s other issues without the leverage of an asset like the DIA. “The DIA was the lynchpin of the grand bargain,” Gadola said. The panelists discussed how the bankruptcy had negatively impacted Detroit Public Schools. Livengood said bailing out DPS would require the state to spend $715 million over 10 years, doubling the amount of the grand bargain. DPS currently faces as $200 million deficit. “Not only is DPS failing, so are the charters,” Stallworth said. “There’s no real question of who’s to blame.” In confronting how the debt affected Detroit Public Schools,
Rhodes said there was nothing worse than denying there was a problem. “Denial is a river in Egypt,” he said. “Denial can play no part in the rational solution of insolvency.” Rhodes said the city exceeded its constitutional debt rate, and raising taxes would not increase their revenues, but actually lower them because people would flee the city. “Residents and businesses look at cost of living in a city compared to what services they get,” Rhodes said. “Detroit was in no position to compete, let alone if they raised taxes.” Livengood said people had to come to terms with what was in front of them, facts ignored by the former Gov. Jennifer Granholm administration, Detroit residents and the media. “It was a classic case of a city that had been mismanaged at several levels,” Livengood said.
further discussion is needed before the relationship of police and community is where it should be. “The challenge of a format like this is that there’s a little bit of conversation about a lot of issues with a lot of jurisdictions,” Warpehoski said. “We don’t get the chance to go in depth on any one of them.” He said police officers and community members need to keep communications open year-round and not just annually at these forums.
“This conversation about fundamental levels of training is something that we have the opportunity to make right and to make better,” Warpehoski said. “Whether we’re dealing with mental illness, dealing with race and diversity issues, dealing with conflict resolution, we need to create a clear standard and policies. We need a system of ongoing training where we’re continuously working with our officers on these specific issues.”
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FROM THE DAILY
Release course evaluation data ‘U’ should improve survey and build better scheduling system
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uring last week’s Senate Assembly Committee on University Affairs meeting, Engineering Prof. James Holloway, the vice provost for global and engaged education, announced the University’s plan to release student course evaluation data via a newly developed, restricted-access website. The announcement dismayed some committee members, who don’t believe the evaluations in their current form provide valuable information and see no merit in publishing them for student use. While there’s no discernible harm in releasing the data as is, the administration must emphasize that course evaluations were created as a method of improving professor performance rather than a tool for scheduling classes. The decision to release the course evaluation data came after prompting from the Central, LSA and Rackham student governments. While the information is currently available through Freedom of Information Act requests, it is difficult and time-consuming to access. Holloway and his colleagues are offering to expedite the process with a Universitysponsored website that would feature evaluations for each respective class. The format is relatively simple: All of the data is quantitative — comments are not included in the report — and publication is limited only to professors who have taught longer than seven terms. Only those with a University uniqname will be able to access the data. Some officials have expressed concern that the release of the data could have devastating effects on faculty who receive poor ratings, but because nothing is invasive or personal, this claim is questionable. Given faculty concern over the usefulness of the evaluations, the University should invest its resources in the expertise of researchers to improve the survey to ensure it provides constructive feedback for both teachers and students. In the meantime, the University should release the current version of course evaluation results as long as it makes extremely clear the purpose of the
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collected data: It is not meant to replace other professor-ranking sites like ratemyprofessor. com. Only once the University frames course evaluations in the proper context and makes improvements could this be possible. Flaws in the design of the evaluations aren’t the only problem. Instead of investing time and money into developing a separate website to publish the data, the University should work to create a central database for all course-related needs. Incorporating the data into Wolverine Access instead would simplify backpacking and planning by making all of the necessary resources readily available: Students could read syllabi, course descriptions and professor ratings all in the same place. A more in-depth evaluation coupled with a more integrated scheduling process could go a long way for students looking to make the most of their credit hours. Course evaluations in their current form may not aid students in choosing classes, but releasing them should be a relatively painless process. If, however, the University is open to improving upon the course-evaluation system in the near future, it would be a welcomed step in the direction of a simpler scheduling method and, consequently, satisfied student and faculty bodies.
I just want a home
s I stroll down State Street, I’m finding it difficult to enjoy my favorite season. The yellow leaves blowing across the road (despite the lack of nearby trees) or the autumn breeze as it picks up my hair (and throws it across my face) are not holding their usual charm. Honestly, they overwhelm me. More and more often I have been struggling with the recognition that time is passing. Already, I’m in PAYTON my second year of college. Already, the leaves are rashly LUOKKALA diving to the ground; the wind is prematurely becoming crisp. Everything happens just a bit too soon for my liking. Already, it’s nearly November, and already, I have to rent my first house. “It’s just what everyone does,” I defensively tell my mother after asking her for housesearching advice. She responds, “Why?” She cannot believe I’m this old either. My answer isn’t good enough for her. “Well,” I continue, “I’m not going to apply to be an RA, because I don’t think they would hire my personality, not because I couldn’t do the job, but because the personality, you know, my personality?” I ramble. “And my friends are starting to look and I don’t want to get left behind, not that I need to do what everyone else is doing, except that I do in order to pay rent and live and attend school. Mom. “I love school,” I say, breathing heavily. I may seem too nervous to someone who thinks I just started thinking about looking for a house that day. But what my mother did not know was that I had been thinking about it for weeks already, maybe even months. (Early and abundant nerves are some of my charms.) The first time I started to actively search instead of worry was near the end of September. A few friends of mine were going to look at what one of them thought was a relatively inexpensive apartment complex; I hedged her into asking the group if I could tag along. The following week we went for our scheduled tour, but as soon as I entered the lobby I knew something didn’t feel right. That is a nice painting above the front desk, I thought to myself. There is a gym. And it’s big. Throughout the tour I tuned out what our guide was saying, so much so that I repetitively tried to open a door the wrong way. “It’s push,” our guide said. So the staff
is helpful, too, I criticized. Why could I not describe what was wrong with this place? It was after the elevator ride up to the deck on at least the 10th floor that I realized what it was. When the now annoyingly attentive tour guide finally gave us a second, I pulled my friends together to share my epiphany: “This place is too good for us.” That was the truest sentence I have ever said. “I don’t know about you, but I am the average the college student. I am moderately quite poor, or I am quite moderately poor — either one. (Again, with the rambling.) But the thing is, while I am poor, I need to live like I am poor. I need to look like I am poor; I need to feel the poorness that I am.” There was a pause after the declaration that made it seem more revolutionary than it actually was, but my friends both looked relieved when finally they agreed. I rode down the elevator feeling somewhat victorious (one can only feel so victorious in an elevator). We were also back to the beginning. This time, we would properly search without dignity. The following week, I attended a housing fair at the Union, searching, though still not entirely sure what I was searching for. “This one has four bedrooms,” I informed my friends after accepting the listings from various property management companies. “This one costs this much,” pointing to what, without really knowing, is just a fairly arbitrary number. If I could be any less helpful, I’m sure I would be. “This one is blue.” After collecting many different flyers of rental options, we rifled through them, highlighters in hand, to narrow the search. But looking back now, even the highlighting was arbitrary. I could not reason why one house deserved fluorescence and the other did not. Four bedrooms, I was told to look for. I know now that it depends on the size of the bedroom and who is willing to share. Oh, that is a good price, I was told; but now, postcalculations, I have realized I can indeed pay that amount per month, if I never eat again. Navigating how to find your first house isn’t a simple task, and I should remember that the people I’m searching with are as clueless as I am. By this I mean that they’re also just practicing “how to adult” and so they don’t know what they need, let alone what I need. If I have to discuss my price range with my parents, how do I expect them to know what I can and cannot afford? My advice, then, in embarking on this new quest for shelter comes in three points: 1. Remember to put yourself first. Your friends might not know what you can and cannot afford, and I’m sure they will like you bet-
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iversity — the loaded term that describes variety in personal backgrounds, opinions and experiences, among seemingly countless other things. To acquire this bloated jargon is the mission of almost every reputable work- ALEXIS place and uni- FARMER versity. What constitutes diversity anyway? In workplaces and academic institutions such as the University of Michigan, quantifying and qualifying diversity is salient to intentional inclusion efforts. There’s a fine line between tokenizing identities to score points in the diversity index and purposeful recruiting and building support systems for a variety of backgrounds, ultimately deepening the intellectual and social development for students and faculty. In a study conducted by Deloitte and the Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative, millennials were more concerned with being surrounded by people who hold different cognitive viewpoints based upon their upbringing, rather than focusing on demographic features like gender, sexual orientation or race. These differing viewpoints are rooted in people’s demographic identities and cannot be monolithic in defining diversity. In order to experience the full value of varying viewpoints and perspectives, the University must invest more resources to recruit and retain a diverse student, staff and faculty population. #BBUM — a hashtag that stands for Being Black at the University of Michigan — sparked, last year, a University-wide dialogue about the deficiency in demographic diversity in the student body, and the scant institutional support for students of various backgrounds. #BBUM, which continued the legacy of the Black Action Movement and other activist movements on campus, was this generation’s uprising to challenge the University to reform its approaches to diversity, specifically in terms of recruitment and and retention. In response to the campaign, the University has adopted several approaches to refine their diversity strategies. In December 2013, Provost Martha Pollack established the Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to address the concerns of University students — particularly pertaining to the decline of minority students and accounts of an unwelcoming campus climate for students of color. One of the committee’s recommendations was to write a diversity report for each academic department. These reports should include data on staff hiring processes, plans to launch sustainable student recruiting ini-
tiatives, identify areas of improvement and make recommendations that create a supportive workplace climate for all. The committee is liable for holding each department accountable for their work around diversity while also providing them with tools and resources to promote diversity. Though broadening the diversity of the student body is a key priority of this initiative, efforts to increase the diversity among University faculty are just as critical to ensuring a well-rounded campus climate. In 2005, the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education reported that Blacks make up 5.4 percent of all tenured faculty. Throughout my four years at the University, I have not been taught by a Black professor. I have taken classes in a variety of disciplines, and the closest I’ve gotten to having a Black professor was an education class my sophomore year, in which the class was co-instructed by a Black female. This is the first year — my senior year — that I’ve had a Black GSI. I have yet to see a Black professor at the Ford School of Public Policy. Not one. To their credit, the dean of the Public Policy School is a Black woman. While it delights my soul that the face of the Public Policy School School is a Black woman, most students don’t get frequent face time with her. She’s amenable to meeting with students through organized lunches and forums, but it’s a different experience to have continuous interaction between faculty and students. As little as I have encountered Black female professors, I’ve encountered even fewer Black men in academia. I’ve grown so accustomed to the lack of Black and brown faces from my previous educational experiences that I failed to see it as an issue. Since I didn’t have professors that looked like me, I sought to find resources in Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs, the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives and other institutional mechanisms that were designed to embody safe spaces for people of color. I discovered a sense of belonging and found personal connections, solace and guidance from people who could relate to my experiences through these venues, which is what I desperately sought all along. I then realized the consequences of being unable to develop meaningful and sustainable relationships with faculty in times I felt my identity was threatened. Having a diverse body of faculty is critical for student engagement and development. Both nonwhite students and white students gain from learning from teachers of color. An article in The Atlantic about the benefits of increasing the number of teachers of color for students of color and white students pointed out, “Studies show that, academically, nonwhite teachers produce more favorable outcomes for students of similar backgrounds; emotionally
and socially, these educators serve as role models who share students’ racial and ethnic identity.” Students are often more comfortable around faces that reflect their own identity, as it empowers their achievement, and creates a safe space. Professors of color are likely to identify with and provide strategies for students on how to navigate spaces where they were “the only,” and affirm to them that being “the only” does not mean they are alone. “What hasn’t gotten much attention, however, are the potential gains for white students.” Teachers of color are often able to introduce materials outside of the Eurocentric curricula that primarily focuses on white American characters and narratives. This assists in disrupting the one-sided portrayals of the world. Diversity is about more than just race. Though I have been content with the number of female professors and the amount of ethnic diversity among my professors, I’ve had little interaction with professors who are disabled, homosexual, transgender, from a low or middle socioeconomic status or non-Christian. As a student in the Public Policy School and at an institution that prides itself on a community of the “Leaders and Best,” it’s a disservice and injustice to neglect the missing voices in our dialogue. The issue we discuss in and outside of the classroom and the way we approach problems we seek to solve as future leaders have inherent biases that impact diverse communities. Without learning from people — either educators or students — with characteristics different from our own, we’re missing out on a fundamental part of our intellectual and personal development. We cannot see or understand what we have not been exposed to. I’m hopeful for the future efforts in increasing diversity. Many administrators and some students are proud of the proactive steps the University has taken to ensure rapid implementation of diversity efforts. Educational leaders, especially those of color, have a significant role as coaches and trainers, enlightening generations about their own history and identity and how it impacts their approaches to a given subject matter. Furthermore, educational leaders serve as mentors, role models and personal life coaches who can help direct students onto the stepping stones of success. The University needs to increase its diversity in the student body, faculty and staff populations. We’re anticipating what changes can occur. The University’s reputation as a diverse institutional community for future generations rests on our shoulders, so we all must be keenly aware and and sensitive to the ways in which we approach facilitating a diverse academic community. — Alexis Farmer can be reached at akfarmer@umich.edu.
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS Claire Bryan, Regan Detwiler, Ben Keller, Payton Luokkala, Aarica Marsh, Adam Morton, Victoria Noble, Anna Polumbo-Levy, Melissa Scholke, Michael Schramm, Stephanie Trierweiler, Mary Kate Winn, Derek Wolfe GABRIELLA MEYER
ter in an apartment across town than in the room across the hall when it is January and you can no longer pay your portion of the rent. 2. Embrace the poverty. You cannot have everything. Chances are there will be too few bathrooms
E-mail Gabriella at gabsmay@umich.edu
and too few square feet. Chances are you will have multiple roommates and chances are one will not like you. On the positive side, you get to go to school. Are we not all here because we love to learn? (If you’re not, I suggest that along
with housing, you seek an attitude adjustment.) 3. Don’t stress so much. It’s bad for the immune system. — Payton Luokkala can be reached at payluokk@umich.edu.
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Wolverines fall to Bielfeldt settling in at Indiana Former Michigan prepares Penn State in five forward for final year VOLLEYBALL
By LANEY BYLER For the Daily
The enthusiasm seemed infectious Wednesday night in Cliff Keen Arena as the Michigan women’s 2 MICHIGAN volleyball PENN STATE 3 team took the lead over No. 5 Penn State during the second and third sets. The 23rd-ranked Wolverines set forward an offensive initiative during the second set, and the teams remained intensely close for the majority of the match. Smart offensive plays by Michigan and small defensive mistakes by the Nittany Lions ended up swinging the set in the Wolverines’ favor, 25-22. Michigan took the third set as well, but it was unable to maintain its intensity for the rest of the match. The Nittany Lions ultimately rallied to pick up a hard-fought victory, 3-2. The Wolverines may not have been able to hold on for the upset, but they thrived on the experience. “We love those situations,” said junior middle blocker Abby Cole. “A five-set match against a team like Penn State, that’s an awesome place to be.” Cole set the pace during the second set and continued it throughout the rest of the match, ending with a total of 14 kills. The third set favored Michigan as well, with senior setter Carly Warner proving to be a valuable asset to the success of the team. Warner had a solid 29 assists with a single kill, helping turn out another set for the Wolverines, 25-18, to put them in the lead, two sets to one. The first and fourth sets turned out to be strikingly
similar, with Michigan initially leading, only for Penn State to regroup defensively and retaliate with some hard hits of their own by senior outside hitter Aiyana Whitney, who led the game offensively with 18 kills and 40 total attacks. In the fifth and final set, both teams were visibly geared up for a battle. Penn State took up a solid defensive strategy in the back row unleashed a strong attack, which the Wolverines couldn’t seem to keep a hold on. Despite Penn State’s attack, two defensive players managed to keep Michigan afloat during the fifth set — sophomore defensive specialist Caroline Knop and senior defensive specialist Lindsey Lerg. Despite their strong defense, the Wolverines fell in the fifth set, 15-7, with the Nittany Lions taking home the win. “We talk about fifth sets all time in our locker room,” Knop said. “We talk about winning those. We’re going to be in dog fights for the remaining 11 games of our season this year, and we talk about that all the time.” Michigan’s next game will be Saturday at Cliff Keen Arena against No. 6 Ohio State. Michigan coach Mark Rosen praised his team’s performance against Penn State, claiming that the experience helped the team mature, though it didn’t end with a win. “Maturity comes with experience,” Rosen said. “To gain experience, I think tonight was a great learning opportunity for us. We’ll be in this situation a lot more over the next month, and I assume we’ll continue to get better and better in those situations, and we’ll end up on the other side.”
VOLLEYBALL
following transfer By LEV FACHER Managing Editor
As he did last season, Max Bielfeldt will play Big Ten basketball this year. But given his new school, new state and new academic routine, the list of similarities pretty much stops there. Bielfeldt transferred from Michigan to Indiana following his senior season with the Wolverines in 2014-15, accepting an offer from the Hoosiers after considering attending Iowa State and Nebraska, among other programs. The lone senior on Michigan’s roster last season, Bielfeldt joins an Indiana squad that features three others players in their final year of eligibility. He’ll have a chance to make an immediate impact, too, despite playing sparse minutes last year for the Wolverines. Following the May dismissals of two Indiana big men — Hanner Mosquera-Perea and Devin Davis — the Hoosiers were looking for help in the post. Mosquera-Perea was set to graduate anyway, and the dismissal of Davis, then a junior, only deepened the hole in their roster. “They said they are in need of a versatile big who can score the ball in a multitude of ways,” Bielfeldt told the Indianapolis Star in May, “and that I’m just the guy who could come in and help them.”
It hasn’t taken Bielfeldt long to notice distinct differences in the coaching styles of Indiana coach Tom Crean and Michigan coach John Beilein. Crean’s offense is less rigid in terms of cuts and the freedom to make plays, Bielfeldt said, and the teams’ logistical practices and communication styles vary substantially as well. “Coach Beilein has a month’s schedule printed out for us in advance,” Bielfeldt said Oct. 15 at Big Ten Media Day in Rosemont, Illinois. “(With) Coach Crean, you get a text three hours before practice.” In some respects, Bielfeldt left Ann Arbor just in time. This season, Beilein has taken to scheduling occasional 6 a.m. practices, something Michigan’s ninth-year coach said he’s never done in his four decades in the business. The new practice reached Bielfeldt’s radar quickly. Of Michigan’s current players, Bielfeldt said he speaks the most with the two closest to him in age: senior guards Spike Albrecht and Caris LeVert, the latter of whom is his former roommate. “Spike was telling me about that,” Bielfeldt said. “I think he got it from (Michigan football coach Jim) Harbaugh.” Beyond the on-court differences, Bielfeldt’s day-today life outside of basketball is drastically different, too. As part of a 15-month master’s degree program in strategic management, Bielfeldt is taking classes exclusively online. The plan is to leave Bloomington after having earned a second degree in only one year. Bielfeldt’s academic plan depended heavily on his school
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Michigan volleyball coach Mark Rosen believes his team will use its most recent loss as a learning experience. Rosen quoted a long-standing expression when discussing the Wolverines’ loss to Penn State on Wednesday. “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,” Rosen said. “(The loss is) not gonna kill us — it’s a volleyball game.” The 23rd-ranked Wolverines (5-4 Big Ten, 15-5 overall) fell to No. 5 Penn State (7-2, 18-2) in five sets at Cliff Keen Arena on Wednesday. The team lost in the first set before notching victories in the second and third sets, and ultimately dropping the final two. On a positive note for Michigan, its core players returned to the court for the first time in several games. Sophomore defensive specialist Caroline Knop played for the first time since the Wolverines’ victory over Michigan State on Oct. 3. Senior defensive specialist Tiffany Morales also returned to action after missing the previous game against Maryland. “Because of some injuries, we haven’t had the same lineup very much in the past few weeks,” Rosen said. “That’s part of having depth.” Rosen utilized many players throughout the match, including Knop in her natural defensive position despite using her as an outside hitter for parts of the last two seasons. “It was fantastic to be out there,” Knop said. “We did a great job of mixing (the positions) up.” Despite the loss, Knop and junior middle blocker Abby Cole
expressed optimism regarding the team’s performance. Michigan played its hardest-fought match against a ranked team this season — they had previously fallen to then-No. 20 Purdue and then-No. 4 Nebraska in three and four sets, respectively. This time, the Wolverines faced a mature Nittany Lions team that kept fighting, even after losing two sets in a row. Penn State scored the first three points in overtime and cruised to a 15-7 victory in the fifth set. “They came out and absolutely punched us in the face,” Knop said. “That’s something we gotta get better at. In the locker room, we talk about winning fifth sets.” Rosen explained that the team spent the last few days practicing point scoring, defensive drills and points in transition. Much to Rosen’s disappointment, it was not enough time. The loss only motivates the team as No. 6 Ohio State visits Cliff Keen Arena on Saturday. The game has implications not only because both Michigan and the Buckeyes are ranked, but also because of the rivalry between the two teams. Ohio State leads the series, 52-20. Players like Knop eagerly await the Buckeyes. “We cannot wait to get them in our house,” she said. “We have to absolutely attack people.” Rosen and his team will take many lessons from Wednesday night’s game against such a challenging team. They will go back to practice to fine-tune the same aspects they have worked on in the days since their last game. And after a little more improvement, they may be strong enough to get past their tough Big Ten competition.
“They came out and absolutely punched us in the face.”
selection. Iowa State, for instance, tempted him with its impressive agriculture program, especially considering Bielfeldt’s father earned a degree in agricultural economics. Ultimately, Indiana’s Kelley School of Business proved tough to turn down. “I’m happy coming here and doing the management degree,” Bielfeldt said. “I think I made the right choice.” Throughout the process of selecting a transfer destination, Bielfeldt cited Indiana’s proximity to his family’s home in
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Max Bielfeldt will be a fifth-year graduate transfer at Indiana this season.
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Inside Ann Arbor’s Artisan Market by Alex Intner, Daily Arts Writer It was a cold afternoon as I made the turn onto North Fifth Avenue. The streets were empty as I turned toward the large Ann Arbor Farmers Market enclosure. Despite the brisk October weather, the Sunday Artisan Market was fairly busy. Several artists lined the sidewalks under the overhang and a small group of customers were making their way up and down the aisles, stopping to talk to the artists or to try on something that caught their eye. Walking down the aisle, one could find a huge diversity of goods, everything from large pieces of wood furniture to tiny pieces of jewelry. Each of these items had an artist to go with them, ready and willing to share what they made and how they made it. The market was founded in 1991 by a group of local artists with one major phrase in mind: “From our hands to yours.” Each piece of work sold at the market is handmade, and is usually sold by the person who made it. Meghan Lee, the market’s manager, expanded on the market’s aims in an interview with the Michigan Daily. “The goal of the market is to provide that space to bring art to the community,” Lee said. “Also certainly sell (the artists’) work … and to help new artists grow.” One of the most striking elements of the market is the wide array of products sold there. Just walking down the aisle I saw photos, jewelry made from several different materials, soap, clothing, hats and wooden furniture. “I think there’s a lot of amazing work here in totally different veins,” Lee said “You can get fantastic soap, made by local artisans, that are more affordable than if you were to get some specialty soap at some fancy store,” Lee said. Though Lee indicated that the diversity of the wares often naturally equals itself out, she also said. Sometimes the market will put caps on the number of sellers within a certain category. “Each Sunday market differs,” Lee said. “Some artists come annually, others hold a booth for a full year and some just come for a day.” Indeed, the difference between my two visits to the market was noticeable. The second Sunday was a beautiful fall day and the market was noticeably busier. Many people milled around the artists lining the sides of the enclosure, sifting through the myriad of products that hadn’t appeared the week before. The market also does a few events each year, the biggest one being when self-titled Urban Fairyologist Jonathan Wright comes to sell posters and lead a scavenger hunt throughout Kerrytown. The market also features demonstration days, where, as long as it’s safe, artists will show off how they make their products. Live musicians stop by as well; at my second visit, local artist Ed Dupas played. “I think the music definitely adds atmosphere to the market, (providing) a nice background.” Lee said, of the music. She added that the artists also support the musical presence when it’s there.
“I’ll usually send around an envelope because artists will contribute, too, because it’s nice to have them here. You just want to make it a worthwhile opportunity for them, too. We appreciate (that) they’re adding to the market.” No season is more important to the market than the holiday season, which is the time of year artists often feature small trinkets or pieces of art that can be given as small gifts. Peter Smith, a woodworker who sells his carved furniture at the market, also noticed growth in his sales around the holiday season. “Towards the holiday, more and more people really are out looking for holiday gifts. A lot of the artisans have very unique products to offer,” he said And just as the products sold are diverse, so are the stories of how the artists got to where they are now. Teresa Kovalack, who has been going to the market for four years, makes crafts from repurposed items, such as birdhouses from teapots or garden decor from silverware. After she got pregnant, she started to make crafts after starting out as a painter. One of the aspects of her work that she emphasized is how each piece she makes is different from the other. “I don’t think anybody should have two of the same thing because nobody’s alike. So, why make things alike?” Kovalack noted. Mary Green Kerr is new to the market, having only been there for four weeks when we spoke. She makes products from fused glass, including jewelry and coasters that have pictures embedded in the middle. “I lost five in my family in one year, including my dad. My husband says, why not get a little microwave kiln,” she said. “It gives me something to do. I’m actually a photographer. I got into glass as a side, and I’ve been messing around with it ever since.” She continued to explain why she ended up selling her work at the market. “We thought it would be easier because I sell on Etsy, where you can’t really get the feel of the glass,” she added. “Being a photographer, I can’t take product photos very well … I thought, ‘get it out where people would see it.’ (And) it’s been doing good.” Some of the artists are retired workers, who picked up their pastime after leaving their jobs and were looking for something to do. Smith, a retired teacher, started a woodworking company called Pleasant Lake Hardwood with a longtime friend who owns a wood lot. “I went to him and said ‘Let’s use up some of the lumber we’ve sawed up for years, start a small business,’” Smith said. “We found that selling lumber is much harder than we thought, or at least that I thought. I thought we’d just do some value added. We’re both woodworkers, so we started selling these Leopold Benches at the market about four years ago.” See KERRYTOWN MARKET, Page 2B
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KERRYTOWN MARKET From Page 1A Ann Arbor resident Jean Walter has been going to the market for 10 years and was looking for something to do after retiring from a secretarial position at the University. So, she started knitting and selling her scarves and hats at the market. She has lived in Ann Arbor for many years. She emphasized the thrill of seeing people try on her hats. As I interviewed her, a few people walked up to her booth, and Walter’s face lit up each time. Walter was happy to talk to the customers and say how good the hats looked on their heads. Talking to the artists, one characteristic kept popping up: the sense of comradery and support that exists among the sellers. Several of them talked about how other artists in the market support them and how a community has formed among the artisans. “Everybody’s so nice.” Kerr said. “The first day here, we didn’t know anything. Everybody’s coming over to us. (We) made a lot of friends. It’s a nice atmosphere.” Kovalack spoke of how she felt inspired by the other artists in the market. “A lot of us will talk amongst ourselves, and visit each other and see our different art. It inspires you to have somebody say, ‘well that could be ... ’ or ‘you might wanna ... ’ (I
enjoy) being around people that are like-minded and creative.” She also told a story about how she helped an artist improve their product, saying, “I had said to the rock guy, he had made toilet paper holders out of his rocks. He takes a rock, he puts a rod-iron on it, and he makes it into a toilet paper holder … I said to him, have you thought about making it into a plant stand, and he’s like, ‘oh my god, that would be so cool. I’m gonna do that.’ ” For many artists, the Ann Arbor location is key to the market’s success. A wide array of locals patronize the market, some of whom are people who come many weeks in a row. “(The artists) have return customers that know where they are,” Lee said. “I’ll get a lot of inquiries here in the office like ‘Where’s so-and-so? I haven’t seen them. I thought they were gonna be here.’ ” Her response is usually, “Well, they’ll probably be here next week.” “It might be a cliché to say, but Ann Arbor is a community that clearly supports local business efforts,” Smith said. “I can say with confidence that most of the artists are local business people. I think Ann Arbor supports local, they support art. Clearly it’s the type of town, because of the University and the population here, they’re clearly in support of art.” However, the market’s popu-
lation isn’t exclusively locals. Kovalak said that over half her sales are from tourists who are from out of town. “I’ve had my teapot birdhouses go to New York, New Mexico, England, New Jersey, Indiana and the Chicago area. It’s neat to see my art travel. I like that, to know somebody from England has one of my birdhouses.” Lee encouraged students to take advantage of the market as a way to put their name out there and make a little bit of money in the process. “We’re always looking for new artists. Whether it’s students, (or) anyone (else) that makes things … I welcome them to go through the application process. There isn’t much risk. You can come and see how it goes. I think it’s a great place to get started.” Lee put it best when she said, “The artists are the heart of the market.” And, after spending time in the market, nothing could be more true. It’s the artists that make spending time in the market a worthwhile way to spend a Sunday. Listening to their pride and enthusiasm as they describe their process and talk about their pieces made for an entertaining couple of hours and brightened up an incredibly cold day. The next big event for the Ann Arbor Farmers Market is their Holiday Open House, which takes place Nov. 15.
FILM REVIEW
‘Crimson Peak’ is an excellent Goth-rom By VANESSA WONG Daily Arts Writer
A word of caution: don’t watch the “Crimson Peak” trailer. And don’t even dare glance at its promotional posters, because, as Aits heroine corrects us, “It’s not Crimson a ghost story. It’s a story with Peak ghosts in it.” The Legendary ghastly market- Pictures ing, promising a minefield of Rave & Quality 16 gore and stock horror at every turn, deters from the film’s legitimate triumph that under Guillermo Del Toro’s (“Pacific Rim”) operatic vision, a well-trodden tale of Gothic romance creaks back to life. And that, my friends, is why the focus should be on “Crimson Peak” — the film, and the film only. It’s high society New York at the turn of the century, and the elegant dresses, coiffed hair and wellironed businessmen are all bathed in a sumptuous gold glow. The aristocratic Sir Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston, “The Avengers”) sweeps in from across the pond and captures the heart of Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska, “The Kids Are All Right”), the daughter of a wealthy, self-made industrialist. Yet Edith, a strong-willed girl writing novels about ghosts, is no stranger to darkness. Since her youth, her mother’s ghost has
visited her — a spidery, slithery figure with a terrifyingly raspy voice, designed with slick style rather than camp — and warned to beware Crimson Peak. Viewers notice what Edith does not: Even as her lips meet her charming suitor’s for the first time, the lighting is split between the two, gold on her and a passionately burning crimson on him. When a tragic murder leaves her father dead, she’s whisked away to eerie Allerdale Hall, home to Sharpe and his sister (Jessica Chastain, “Interstellar”), where past spirits come back and the resplendent color palette fades cold and bleak as Edith unearths the old home’s secrets.
Caution: don’t watch the ‘Crimson Peak’ trailer. Wasikowska and Hiddleston are absolutely bewitching together, the ingénue and her dark prince taking on a modern sensibility when reimagined with Wasikowska’s intelligent gaze and Hiddleston’s growing introspection. With her immaculate poise, Chastain, too, is seductively sinister. She takes on
a cruel form of beauty, her face almost always unreadable but simmering with expertly bottled rage. The three leads, excellent individually, play off each other’s emotions well, and together, they stitch together a past where love, deceit, sacrifice and shame blaze as intensely as the red clay marking everything in Allerdale Hall ominously. The performances, lavish costumes, stark contrast in set design between Edith’s old and new homes intertwine marvelously with Del Toro’s always deft handling of characters’ emotional ecstasy. Though the plot is thin and predictable, the immersive Gothic atmosphere pays homage to horror’s classics. Only in the film’s excessively gory climax does the meticulously constructed buildup falter and devolve into camp. A film whose heroine refuses to pander to popular tastes in her fiction for the sake of mass appeal should follow suit. While there are some legitimately terrifying scenes that do venture into the realm of modern horror, this denouement felt thrown in just to fit the film into a genre that it’s not. With temperatures dropping, skies darkening, and leaves browning to decay, it might be to escape the midterm scuffle into the arms of a charming English gentleman with a questionable past, because despite the many warnings to “beware Crimson Peak,” its pull is far too seductive to ignore.
SINGLE REVIEW “Hip Hop is over for me,” Kanye declared in 2008, more a statement about his A upcoming art than an explaSay You nation for his Will feat. recent behavior. He had just Caroline lost his mother Shaw to a heart attack and his Kanye West fiancée to a break-up, and, in turn, had stunned us all with the innovative 808s & Heartbreak. The emotional project, full of minimalist beats, chilled synths and unconventional autotune, helped create the Kanye we know and (sometimes) love today — a universal icon, tastemaker and trendsetter. And now, in 2015, he returns to the album that began his transcendence into god-like status. In September, he performed 808s in its entirety at the Hollywood Bowl. And on Monday, he
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released two new tracks on his Soundcloud page, one a remix of the album’s opening track, “Say You Will.” Yeah, Kanye has a Soundcloud now, verified by rapper Travis Scott, who posted an Instagram of the track with the caption “It Starts.” What’s starting exactly? Yeezy season, and hopefully, the rollout of his new album, SWISH. And what a way to begin — with this
explosive version of one of 808s’s best, featuring vocals and composition by Caroline Shaw, 2013 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music. The fusion of contemporary classical music and hip hop is unconventional but not unexpected from Ye. And this track is both a tribute to his dark past and a nod to his bright future. - RACHEL KERR
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baked.buzzed.bored. in this series, three daily arts writers in varying states of mind visit the same place and write about their experiences. this week’s destination:
The Daily Defeats the State News The Daily vs. State News Game was actually way more enjoyable than I thought it would be. While I generally abhor crowds, yelling about dumb things and standing next to beautifully open seats, I was surprisingly entertained by watching people I vaguely recognize running around on a field and actually doing a great job of catching/throwing a ball. (Shout out to the brave souls on the team/organizers of the game, you guys were great.) Tonight I found what I was looking for when I went to the football games at my high school. There was actual school spirit and a sport that’s just boring enough to give everyone enough time to chat about vagina hearts and other essential subject matter. This game gave me the “Friday Night Lights” experience I’ve always dreamed of, minus hooking up behind the bleachers. (At least I didn’t hook up behind the bleachers. Did anyone else? Was there a bleacher orgy that I wasn’t invited to? E-mail our editors at foxy.michigandaily6969@ michigandaily.gov if you’ve got any scoop). (Cards on the table, I’ve never seen “Friday Night Lights,” I have projected enough of an idealized high school experience to pretend, though.) I’m high enough to get real with you guys — I didn’t love the Michigan/Michigan State rivalry I saw tonight. I understand friendly competition, but there’s a very hard edge to this one. I heard some rather vicious things from both sides of the field tonight. I don’t consider the fact that someone goes to a different school than me reason enough to make fun of the way they talk or act. And personally, I reject the idea that trashing someone else’s school reinforces the pride I have for mine. Downside to the game: It was cold as night on Neptune. Which is very cold. Yeah, I did my astronomy reading this week. A fellow Daily Arts writer was dealing with some very pointy nipples as a result of this weather. So the main lesson from this is: Wear your damn jackets and GO BLUE! —DAILY ARTS WRITER Like any self-respecting pregamers, we arrive after things are already underway — apparently it’s 1-1. I’ll admit first off that I’m not exactly falling down drunk on the sideline. In fact, I’m loving that I took a few shots of rum in the name of journalism right before, because now I’m the only one who’s carefree about how goddamn cold it is. I mean, people are squatting and jumping just to stay alive on the sidelines, and I’m all cozy with Captain Morgan snuggled up inside me. I’m telling you, though, when I’m listing off the great Daily alumni, Alex Taylor’s name will be uttered right between Adam Schefter’s and Arthur Miller’s. Chasing him down is like trying to two-hand-touch a cyclone, except that cyclone can also suddenly plant his back foot and bomb a ball 50 yards into the hands of a wide open receiver. Hey look at me being a sports writer #artsdoessports. You know Snooze is hardcore because they yell “bitch” after every first down they get. They also sing the entire fight song after every 20 yards they gain, but hey, I guess you gotta take the small victories however they come. Things get rough and tumble in the 2nd half. We see some guys bent over across the field, and we wonder what they’re looking for. I guess a Spartan lost a tooth? Daily Arts discussion ensues over whether our player is to blame or if it’s simply poor dental hygiene. Taylor also gets legit tackled, but he recovers and throws three straight touchdowns to make it 7-3 because only one of them counted? Snooze made us score thrice, and each of the first two times we jump the gun and scream “The Victors” anyway. We let them score quickly just so we can get the ball back and finish it. In Alex Taylor we trust, and sure enough, suddenly we’re running across the field forming a mob in the endzone. My voice is shot but I still screech out a few “It’s great! To be! A Michigan Wolverine!”s. Eleven in a row, squad. We did it — we ran out of fingers. So like 11 percent of my brain deep down knows that, from a neutral point of view, we’re the bad guys. We’re the undeniably more talented, unstoppable team that just destroys the underdog happy ending every time. And I feel a little cruel doing that, but then I see Snoozers who actually truly in their heart of hearts believe they have a better paper than us, and I realize it’d be even crueler to let them stay ignorant and delusional. Sorry little bro, that crushing disappointment you feel every year? It’s just tough love. —DAILY ARTS VICTOR
Since Baked and Buzzed missed most of the first half, for what should be obvious reasons considering the impromptu nature of this segment, I have to bear the burden of having the only full account of the game for this addition of BBB. But, I am merely an Arts writer with no real insights into how to properly report a game of football (or any sporting event, for that matter). So I’ll try to stay within my wheelhouse of television criticism in order to report what I witnessed on a cold Friday night. To describe the differences between the two football teams representing their respective student newspapers is to compare the two seasons of Nic Pizzolato’s anthology series, “True Detective.” On the one hand, there’s the well-constructed first season — sure, in hindsight there are some flaws, but overall it’s strong through all eight episodes. Then, there’s the second season — jumbled, confusing and no one really knows what’s going on. This results in a project that is, at best, half as strong as its predecessor. Considering the Daily’s 8-4 victory over the State News, it’s pretty easy to guess which is the first season. That’s not to stay the State News isn’t without its merits. Every program is inclined to have its showstopper moment, like a pick six or catch that would make any wide receiver jealous. But the lack of internal consistency calls to mind a Ryan Murphy series. Sure, there’ll be some fun, but is it really worth sitting through the whole thing? When it comes to a showdown of school newspaper football prowess, the Daily proved to be “The Americans” to the State News’s “Allegiance” — older, wiser and just better in the long run. —MATTHEW BARNAUSKAS
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Seven Mile Music in ‘The Key of B’ ‘U’ students document music education in Detroit By AMELIA ZAK Daily Music Editor
Just off I-96, bordered by Evergreen, Telegraph and Puritan Road in the northwestern portion of the city of Detroit is a four-squaremile quadrant named Brightmoor. Aesthetics reveal the sad reality that exists within this four-mile neighborhood: Tattered buildings, buckling roofs, abandoned homes, ill-kept parks and shattered windows all add to Brightmoor’s air of ominous emptiness. The murder rate in Brightmoor is 800 percent higher than the national average. The heavy crime rates led Brightmoor’s population to decrease by 35.3 percent from 2000 to 2010 alone. Three Brightmoor schools were closed between 2005 and 2012 as a result of budget cuts, lack of funding and debt, affecting about 900 students. The statistics associated with Brightmoor are bad — if not the worst — in terms of the area’s high murder and low graduation rates. Economically, Brightmoor holds no sustainable markets. Socially, the neighborhood of Brightmoor is ruled by the powers of drugs and gangs. The Wikipedia page on Brightmoor is dire, the media coverage on Brightmoor holds a general attitude of concern and the oral, statewide reputation of the neighborhood remains as the worst part of town in one of our country’s most frightful cities. And yet, despite the seemingly
unalterable fate of Brightmoor, strands of hope have started to weave into the community. Community centers, churches and schools have begun to team up in within and outside of the neighborhood. After-school programs, creative expression workshops and church functions have become heavily implemented to provide outlets to the violent forces that rule the surrounding neighborhood. A butterfly garden has been placed in what was once the most dangerous intersection in Brightmoor. A local church started providing contraceptives and meals to male streetwalkers in attempts to weaken the economic and social grip that prostitution has on the community. The Brightmoor community, and many more like it within the city of Detroit, is searching for outlets. They are calling out for any new channel of hope that will redirect or deter the negative influencers of the community. Many are uniting under the hope that human goodness can cure a situation most dire. Current SMTD Senior Sam Saunders offered up such a channel to Detroit communities in the fall of 2013. It was then that Saunders established a student-run organization, Seven Mile Music, which would work to provide free music lessons to inner-city youths in Detroit. Collecting teachers and their instruments from within the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, Saunders and his organization arranges weekly trips to several community centers throughout the city — including Brightmoor — to teach basic instrumentation to anyone interested. In the larger historical,
economic and social framework of struggling communities like Brightmoor and Woodbridge, the Seven Mile Music program can appear hopeful but small. And yet, when standing in comparison to the disparaged and damaged communities, the organization shines effervescently. Last semester, when searching for a possible topic of exploration for their documentary class, three students in the University’s Department of Screen Arts and Cultures noticed the beauty lying within Saunders’s musical mission. After participating in the Seven Mile Music program as a cello teacher, Jayden Hua, an Australian exchange student, introduced the topic of Seven Mile Music to his class with his two other group-mates, current LSA seniors Alexander Holmes and Maggie Marshall, as a possible avenue for a documentary. After gaining approval from the professor and class, the threesome set to work in documenting the Saunders organization and its respective influence on the community. Hua, according to Holmes, held a vision and was “interested in filming shit for a reason.” Holmes acted as the local that guided the documentarians through a neighborhood he had lived on the periphery of for most of his life. Having grown up practicing and performing with cathedral choirs across Detroit, Holmes held an individual intimacy with the musicality associated with the Seven Mile Music project. And as a Grosse Pointe native, Holmes was able to introduce Hua to the crucial difference between Brigh-
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“The Key of B” documents the work of Seven Mile Music, which provides free music lessons to youth in Detroit.
ton and Brightmoor, and helped to explain to the others what the culture of this particularly ravaged portion of Detroit would entail. With Holmes and Marshall’s technical skills, and Hua’s passion to find the story, the group set to work in capturing the Seven Mile Music mission. The rendered documentary, titled “The Key of B,” holds a depth of discovery. Although a majority of the documentary is spent relaying the efforts and effects of Saunders and his University-associated organization in Detroit communities, the short film quietly incorporates the spirit and heart already lying within the communities that Seven Mile Music touches. The incorporation of the perspectives and personal experiences of community leaders within Brightmoor and Woodbridge added immensely to the legitimacy, honesty and power of “The Key of B.” Pastor Semmeal Thomas, Sr. at City Covenant Church is an irreplaceable leader of the Brightmoor community. Holmes candidly describes him as the “glue to the society that holds the existing Brightmoor together.” As Thomas describes the necessity of creativity and imagination for societal reconstruction, the documentary
pans in from a colorful mural, bursting dynamically from a forgotten concrete wall. Then, as Thomas’s wise narration continues, the camera fades back into a smiling child, guitar in hand, plucking curiously at the strings. And then echoing voices of church singers creep into sound, reverberating from the cathedral walls from which they emerge. The documentary reveals that which was not aesthetically or objectively obvious: There is hope here; there is beauty here. “The Key of B” did phenomenally well and received numerous accolades from the Department of Screen Arts and Cultures. The hard work and achievement that culminated in the documentary’s submission and nomination as a finalist in a local film competition, Film Challenge Detroit. The winners of this festival are to be announced this week and will subsequently earn a trip to the upcoming Sundance Film Festival. Similarly, Hua, upon returning to Australia, began entering the documentary in local competitions and festivals. Winning at Film Challenge Detroit or garnering a following in the Australian film circuit
would be great personal successes for these early filmmakers. But, more importantly, the success of this documentary would represent a small success for the suffering communities of Detroit like Brightmoor. The success of this short film implies an increased scope of exposure to the social ills of Detroit. Brightmoor, and other communities like it, would be more likely to receive recognition and support in their efforts of resurgence. A strong distribution of this short film could accrue more awareness for any peripheral forces that wish to help. They will effectively become more aware of what the community needs: The struggling pockets of Detroit do not crave financial and social reconstructions alone. They thirst for creative outlets. They covet avenues of innovation, exploration and imagination. They desire those effective distractions. The artistic and imaginative forces within a society can become ignored during times of impoverishment and infrastructure collapse, yet they are the saving grace to so many. “The Key of B” recognizes this divide and, through this short film, attempts to bridge the gap that misunderstanding creates between creativity and poverty.
THE “HOTLINE BLING” MUSIC VIDEO REVIEW Drake hasn’t been this close to a number one record since 2009’s “Best I Ever Had”, and C he’s hell-bent on making Hotline “Hotline Bling” his first. The Bling desperation has Drake culminated in his most shameOVO Sound lessly commercial video to date, strategically released as the song peaks at number two. Ever
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since ©Drizzy Drake signed a $20 million deal with Apple Music and released a coveted sneaker with Mr. Jumpman, it seems everything he touches turns into an extension of an endorsement deal (word to Midas). The Jordan brand logo is literally the centerpiece of the opening shot, and the whole video feels like one of those old iPod commercials where the black silhouettes dance in front of monochromatic backdrops. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if Apple
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managed most of the creative direction of the video. There’s something vaguely Jonathan Iveesque about the curved corners of the rectangular panels and the not-so-subtle color palette. The new OVO Fall/Winter collection dropped less than a week ago, and damn near every single piece is showcased in the less than 5-minute video. Hilariously, the only out-of-season OVO item that makes an appearance is also the only one that hasn’t sold out on the online store – the cringe-
worthy “Woes” hat. Perhaps I’m being too critical. I mean, the song itself is fantastic; “Hotline Bling” was nothing short of an anthem last summer. Full credit to Drake for cashing out on his public image without allowing it to dilute his music. However, that doesn’t change the fact that for all of Drake’s uncomfortable dancing, he still isn’t the focal point of his own video. - SHAYAN SHAFII
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MUSIC NOTEBOOK
Turns out Cleveland isn’t as bad as it seems By DANIELLE IMMERMAN For The Daily
You have probably heard that Cleveland is the birthplace of rock ‘n’ roll, but what you don’t know is that Cleveland is currently the hotbed of modern rock music. Yes. There, I said it. Cleveland is actually good for something other than bad sports jokes. I, too, was unaware that Cleveland could be talked about positively until a year and a half ago when I saw The Moxies perform live at The Cleveland Agora. “Who are The Moxies?” you may ask. The
Moxies, like several other bands from Cleveland, are a threepiece rock band that are not only easy on the eyes, but easy on the ears as well. Their debut self-titled nine-track album was released in 2013 and I haven’t stopped listening to it since. Marco Ciofani’s gritty vocals, backed by Tyler Adams’s powerful bass and Landon Hall’s solid beat, make for a trio that makes you question everything that is wrong with the 21st century music industry. From “Nightcrawler” to “Raindance,” there isn’t one song that falls short of anything other than pure rock
bliss. Their music is a throwback to when rock was popular and the radio wasn’t complete shit.
Cleveland is good for something. Welshly Arms, like The Moxies, is another rock band that puts popular music to shame. Welshy Arms is an amalgam of dirty rock and soulful blues; the product is music reminiscent of The Black Keys, The White
Stripes and The Strokes, but 10 times better because they haven’t had any mainstream exposure. The four-piece band started producing music in 2013 with the release of their successful EP Welcome. Their music video for “Two Seconds Too Late” has received over 60,000 views on YouTube, and “The Touch” was featured on the CW’s “The Vampire Diaries.” Recently Welshly Arms followed up their 2014 Covers EP with their self-titled debut album. Songs off of the album, like “Love in a Minor Key” and “We Move Easy,” are just a few examples of how their lyrical brilliancy and instrumental creativity set them apart from mainstream “talented” bands that grace the stages during award show season. In addition to constantly churning out new music over the past two years, Welshly Arms has made a name for themselves in the Cleveland music scene;
The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com I’ve been lucky enough to bare witness to their sold-out show at the Beachland Tavern and their explosive performance at the House of Blues Cleveland, both of which secured them local celebrity status. Just this past week, I saw Welshly Arms play two consecutive shows with the energy and enthusiasm that is absent in most touring bands.
Cleveland is the hotbed of modern rock. Unlike most artists, Welshly Arms is a band that deserves to be played on the radio. The band’s music is timeless and classic, yet innovative. Classic rock vibes mixed with soulful blues undertones work togeth-
er to create a refreshing sound that is clearly distinct and stylistically the band’s own. Welshly Arms is amazing, and will probably (hopefully) break out of Cleveland in the coming months. The Moxies, on the other hand, have already left the gray tundra that is Cleveland. They now reside in Nashville, but every month or two they always grace us Clevelanders with a performance because they’re perfect and love to prove just how perfect they are. Not many bands out there can genuinely label themselves as rock, but Welshly Arms and The Moxies can. If there is any hope for the survival of rock ‘n’ roll or good music as a whole, this is it, and it’s happening in Cleveland right now. Welshly Arms and The Moxies are just two phenomenal rock bands, but in actuality, Cleveland is harvesting countless talented bands that will give rock ‘n’ roll the rebirth it so desperately needs.