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Ann Arbor Mayor Chris Taylor presents Tom and Rosanne Bloomer with a proclamation for the Greenbelt 10th Anniversary at a City Council meeting Monday.

City Council discusses new street and sidewalk millage Body also approves proposal to rezone land along Pontiac Trail By ISOBEL FUTTER Daily Staff Reporter

During their meeting Monday evening, the Ann Arbor City Council approved

measures regarding new housing developments and improvements to Ann Arbor streets and sidewalks. The Council approved a resolution to rezone 31.77 acres of land on Pontiac Trail from multiple-family dwellings to single-family and multiplefamily dwellings for the North Sky Development. This new housing development is one of three proposed large residential housing units in

the area. Though it passed, many Council members, such as Councilmember Jane Lumm (I–Ward 2), expressed concern over the potential impact on the area from a large inf lux of new residents “If this were the only residential housing development proposed in northeast Ann Arbor I would not have any of the reservations and concerns I

have,” Lumm said. “We are talking about almost 1,000 new residential units in this area — let me pause when I say that — 1,000 units, that’s a huge amount of new traffic volume.” Transportation was also a central theme during the evening’s Council meeting. City Council approved a resolution directing the City Administrator to prepare a See COUNCIL, Page 2

Voting for representatives, executives begins Wednesday By CAMY METWALLY Daily Staff Reporter

The 2016 Central Student Government elections are March 23 and 24. Here’s everything you need to know about the three parties running for executive offices. Party: Defend Affirmative Action Party Who: LSA junior Keysha Wall and LSA sophomore Chalse Okorom Platform: LSA junior Keysha Wall and LSA sophomore Chalse Okorom are running on DAAP’s executive ticket for president and vice president, respectively. The party hasn’t released a platform for the 2016

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Study suggests exposure to lead leads to obesity ‘U’ researchers use mice in experiment on element’s effect on weight By KEVIN BIGLIN For the Daily

The long-term effects of lead exposure at young ages could increase the risk of obesity later in life, a University of Michigan School of Public Health study found. The study — which researchers noted shows a possible life-long impact in the state for Flint residents in particular, due to the cities water crisis — was a controlled experiment performed on young mice from 2012 to 2014 that considered the impacts of lead on the mice’s weight. The study was performed by Dana Dolinoy, associate professor of environmental health sciences, along with Chuanwu Xi, associate professor of environmental health science. The mice used in the study were the offspring of female mice who were exposed to lead before breeding, Dolinoy said in an interview. The female mice were exposed to lead for a three-week period of gestation and another three-week period of lactation after birth. Then for nine months, the newborn mice matured without further lead exposure, while their weight and gut microbiome compositions were measured. Unlike other similar studies about the effects of lead, Xi said this study focuses on the long-

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term effects of short-term lead exposure. “It is not immediate,” he said. “We are particularly interested in the long-life effects.” Xi added that the team was able to show that lead exposure changes the composition of bacteria in the gut microbiome. Specifically, the ratio of anaerobes, bacteria that can grow without oxygen, to aerobes, bacteria that grow with oxygen, indicated links to obesity in both male and female mice because of the ratio was at levels corerlated with obesity. In the experiment, these microbe populations each have specific groups where some populations of anaerobic bacteria increased, and others of aerobic bacteria decreased since the oxygen concentration became limited due to lead exposure. Though both female and male microbiota changed, only male mice were found to have bodyweight gain. “The composition of the gut microbiome is quite complex,” Xi said. “So what we found is, we don’t really see a dramatic change in terms of complexity of the gut microbiome. But what we see is that the abundance of specific microbe populations change. That’s clearly demonstrating you have a changing gut microbiome.” The study used a range of lead levels on mice, including a level higher than the current levels to simulate historic levels from the 1960s and 1970s, Dolinoy said. Xi added that this is because the concentration of lead from the past can still be found today in paint and old lead pipes, such as those See LEAD, Page 3

elections; however, much of the DAAP platform fromprevious years applies to the group’s current mission. In a recent debate hosted by The Michigan Daily, the candidates stressed the need for increasing minority enrollment at the University, pointing to the Texas 10-percent rule, which guarantees students in Texas high schools who graduated in the top 10 percent of their class admission to state universities. They have also proposed several other initiatives to increase diversity, equity and inclusion, such as removing standardized testing from the admissions process and expanding financial aid programs. The party also pushes for creating a safer, more inclusive campus atmosphere for all minority groups, including racial minorities and undocumented students, and has spoken about the need for greater accessibility to mental health resources. See ELECTIONS, Page 3

newMICH rally on Diag emphasizes student voice CSG party candidates hold event ahead of elections By NISA KHAN Daily Staff Reporter DEL/Daily

Owners Jon Carlson and Greg Lobdell, who are heading the revival of the Pretzel Bell, explain their vision for the new restaurant at its location at the corner of Main and Liberty Monday.

Historic restaurant Pretzel Bell set to reopen in April Owners say they hope to maintain old traditions in new business

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A team of University of Michigan alumni and athletes are bringing back the iconic restaurant Pretzel Bell back to Ann Arbor. Open from 1934 to 1984, the original Pretzel Bell served as a city hotspot for students, faculty and community members to celebrate birthdays, spend game days and enjoy time with friends, Greg Lobdell, owner of the new restaurant, said. It’s new location on Main Street will open on April 14. “The spirit of this place was

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really celebrating everything that is good about Ann Arbor and everything that is great about the University of Michigan,” Lobdell said at a walk-through of the restaraunt on Monday, which is currently under construction. “We thought, ‘Let’s create a new place that has those traditions that will live on.’ ” Jon Carlson and Lobdell, two of the restaurant’s nine owners, joined a team of former University of Michigan athletes and University alumni, who they said had great memories at the Pretzel Bell and are invested in bringing it back to Ann Arbor, for a restaurant walk-through. “Traditionally we have three or four partners at each restaurant,” Carlson said. “For this one we formed a team. We thought that was important. If we’re going to represent what the University meant to us, we can’t do it from two guys who

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were here from ‘89 to ‘93. So we have a team of 22 investors, some of them fairly prominent either athletes, or business people in the United States.” Steve Seyferth, one of the restaurant’s investors, graduated from the University in 1977. He said because his brother played football for the University, he quickly discovered that Pretzel Bell was a popular place on campus. “When I came out here from Connecticut to watch my brother play, the place to go was the Pretzel Bell,” he said. “We quickly learned that you can get a great environment, great ambiance, great tradition. It made you feel like you were part of the whole Michigan athletic scene as well as just the downtown flavor of Ann Arbor at the time.” While Seyfreth said the See PRETZEL, Page 3

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newMICH — a Central Student Government party running against Your Michigan and the Defend Affirmative Action Party in the upcoming election — held a speak out in the Diag to spread awareness about the party Monday. newMICH co-chair Shamaila Ashraf, an LSA junior, said the speak out aimed provide an opportunity for University of Michigan students to talk to the representatives about what they wished to see in CSG next year. “A couple of our main initiatives is putting the student voice back into the administration and University in total,” Ashraf said. “Another thing we want to do is connect the students back to CSG and offer them scholarships.” Representatives spoke about various topics during the speak out, including increasing funding for mental health facilities and hydration stations during game days. Speakers also emphasized they are the only party advocating for a student representative on the Board of Regents. newMICH campaign manager Anushka Sarkar, an LSA sophomore, said the speak out was meant to give students a fun setting to personally connect with CSG representatives. See SPEAK OUT, Page 3

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ON THE DAILY Central Student Government hopefuls are looking to members of the University of Michigan football team to help them gain student support ahead of campus-wide elections Wednesday and Thursday. Both newMICH and Your Michigan have released video endorsements, from freshman safety Jabrill Peppers, a LSA sophomore, and junior tight end Jake Butt, a LSA junior, respectively. Each of their video endorsements have received more than 3,000 views from Facebook users. In his endorsement, Peppers echoed newMICH’s platform to reform CSG, and said he intended to vote for the party’s executive ticket —presidential candidate David Schafer and vice presidential candidate Micah Griggs, both LSA juniors — in the upcoming election. During the campaign, Schafer and Griggs have

stressed fostering a more inclusive environment on campus by creating a leadership scholarship for low-income students, increasing funding for Counseling and Psychological Services and the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center and putting a student on the University’ Board of Regents. “It’s time for a Central Student Government that is inclusive, representative and productive,” Peppers said. In his endorsement, Butt had a similar message about Your Michigan, saying that the party represented student voice. Your Michigan has also heavily emphasizes increasing support for SAPAC, as well as improving mental health resources on campus. Led by Ford junior Thomas Hislop and LSA junior Cam Dotson — who are vying for president and vice president respectively — the party also has a slate of other

initiatives, including creating a team of trained volunteers who will transport students from North to Central Campus who are in need of counseling from CAPS. “This is your time, your voice, your Michigan,” Butt said. The third party with an executive ticket, the Defend Affirmative Action Party, led by presidential candidate Keysha Wall, an LSA junior and vice presidential candidate Chalse Okorom, an LSA sophomore, have not announced an endorsement from a member of the football program. On their public Facebook group, DAAP states their platform is to double minority enrollment at the University and to build a new civil rights movement with the spirit of Ferguson. The Michigan football team as a whole does not endorse any party vying for CSG executive office.

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WHAT: Author Tani Barlow and visiting professor W.F. Chao will discuss womanhood in state affairs. WHO: LieberthalRogel Center for Chinese Studies WHEN: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: School of Social Work, Room 1636

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WHAT: “Buddhism in Our Time,” a discussion of Buddist views on issues by Dr. Yifa, will also discuss Buddhism in mainland China. WHO: Asian Languages and Culture WHEN: 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. WHERE: Rackham Graduate School, Amphitheatre

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WHAT: This round table will discuss the disease’s impending viral spread through Latin America. WHO: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies WHEN: 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. WHERE: School of Social Work, Room 1636

WHAT: The Social Work and Education Collaboration will host a panel discussion about the current deteriorating state of the Detroit Public Schools. WHO: Maize Pages Student Organizations WHEN: 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. WHERE: School of Education

proposal to include a street and sidewalk millage on the upcoming August municipal election ballot. Councilmember Chip Smith (D–Ward 5), a sponsor of the resolution, noted that the current millage for street and sidewalk expires in November, emphasizing the importance of continuing to fund road repairs. “Also, I think it is worth noting how important the sidewalks millage component is — we put in over 22,000 slabs of sidewalk since this was first passed by voters,” Smith said. “I think this is a really elemental tool to making our streets and sidewalks better — keeping them up to the standard we expect.” Councilmember Sabra Briere (D–Ward 1) said she she thought it was crucial that the resolution appear on Syndication the August primary ballot Sudoku as opposed to the November ballot. Though there will be

WHAT: Students will perform original and interpretive poetry to peers and judges. WHO: Lloyd Hall Scholars Program WHEN: 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. WHERE: Alice C. Lloyd Hall, Vickie Barner Lounge

a lot of people voting in the November election, Briere said the new implementation of straight-party voting in that election will mean a lengthy ballot that may overwhelm voters. “August however is a primary,” Briere said. “It’s focused on local issues; there will be most likely other initiatives on the ballot that are also focus on local initiatives.” Councilmember Chuck Warpehoski (D–Ward 5) expressed some concerns over current restrictions on millage funds. “I support the resolution as written because it will allow us if we so choose to have f lexibility in terms of how the millage funds would be used,” Warpehoski said. “Right now it is difficult to use millage funds to address things like our ability to put in handicapable accessible ramps, improve crosswalks or fill sidewalk gaps — key features that all of our community use — and my hope is that when the millage is passed we will have some of that additional f lexibility.”

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The Senate Assembly voted on new members to replace up to six open positions on the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs at their meeting Monday. The 10 nominees included Classical Studies Prof. Sara AhbelRappe, Engineering Prof. Michael Atzmon, Radiology Prof. Ruth Carlos, University of Michigan Librarian Beau Case, Kinesiology Prof. Weiyun Chen, Bob Fraser, UM-Dearborn Librarian, Medical School Prof. Paul Kileny, Chemistry Prof. Neil Marsh, Social Work Prof. Robert Ortega and Engineering Prof. Bill Schulz. At the last Senate Assembly meeting, the assembly voted unanimously to hold a term-blind election, meaning the candidates would not be associated with the term length then want to have. Instead, nominees were ranked

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person who received the most votes will serve for the longest term they are willing to hold, at a maximum of three years. The next candidate with the most votes also got their choices, given there is an available position, and so on. The candidates in order of most votes were Schulz, Atzman, Carlos, Marsh and Ortega tied for fourth, Fraser, Kileny, AhbelRappe, Case and Chen. As of now, there are four slots open for candidates. However, SACUA Chair Silke-Maria Weineck and SACUA member Stefan Szymanski, Sports Management prof., may also be vacating their positions due to sabbaticals, so up to six positions may be available. Because Marsh and Ortega are tied for fourth, this may lead to a runoff election at the next Senate Assembly, unless Weineck and Szymanski step down as well. If not, Marsh and Ortega will have to face off in a second vote. Weineck said the assembly will know if another vote is needed at their next meeting on April 18. The next steps for the nominees are to choose term lengths and

fill the positions in order of votes received. This process will be completed when Weineck and Szymanski finalize each of their plans regarding their positions on the committee. Before the vote took place, candidates discussed their platforms with many saying they felt the role of faculty governance on campus needed to be changed. “We need to remind our administrators of our values,” Atzman said. Third-place candidate Carlos echoed Atzman’s sentiments and said she did not feel that the University provides the faculty with enough power, instead leaving them in an explicitly advisory role. “We do not have a strong tradition of centralized practice in the University,” Carlos said. Marsh said he felt administrators treat faculty as employees and one of his initiatives on the committee would be to change this dynamic. “More and more, there are administrators who see faculty as not being citizens of academy, as essentially being employees to be managed,” Marsh said. Schulz, who currently serves on

SACUA, said administration will not give SACUA what they want: more governing power. “We have peers that have much stronger faculty governance than us and that’s not been a recent phenomenon,” Schulz said. “We’ve always been weak, we’ve been more advisory than a real player in shared governance.” In addition to elections, Weineck also updated the Senate Assembly on the Faculty Governance conference that happened last week. The conference hosted faculty governances from across the country to discuss topics such as due process protections, Title IX, academic freedom and the role of faculty members in higher education. The conference also hosted Northwestern Communications Prof. Laura Kipnis, who delivered her lecture titled “Stupid Sex.” Overall, Weineck said the conference shed light on weaknesses in the University’s current system. “The University of Michigan has the weakest faculty governance system of any of the students we talked to,” Weineck said. “Our role is almost entirely advisory, with very few decision making powers.”

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Gov. Snyder calls for stricter lead standards for Flint Gov. Rick Snyder released a plan on Monday, which will decrease the tolerance for lead in drinking water with a more stringent base level to trigger a response by regulators, the Detroit Free Press reports. The plan was released following criticism of the governor for his delayed response to the Flint water crisis. Snyder’s plan addresses issues ranging from children’s health to economic development. It also sets up both short-term and long-term goals for health, infrastructure, educational and economic development. In a press release, Snyder said he is working on plans to support the residents of Flint into the future. “These action plans lay out our next steps as we continue to work together as one Michigan to solve the challenges residents face,” he said. The announcement of his plan follows Synder’s testimony before a congressional committee, where members of the committee accused him of negligence.

Heavy snowfall expected in Lansing, Grand Rapids Large portions of Michigan are expected to experience several inches of snow Wednesday night and Thursday morning, according to the National Weather Service. The storm will move in from the Great Plains and will cover the counties surrounding Lansing with up to six inches of snow. Areas farther north of Lansing could experience more than six inches. The snow could come in a mixed form of sleet and freezing rain. The National Weather Service additionaly issued a storm warning for Sunday, but the affected area does not include Ann Arbor. The Ann Arbor area is expected to miss the bulk of the snow and instead experience rain.

University physician honored as a top doctor in the U.S. University physician and researcher Eva Feldman was honored as one of the nation’s top doctors in the 11th Annual National Physician of the Year Awards in New York, presented by the Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. Feldman is one of three recipients of the Clinical Excellence Award. The annual award honors doctors who pratice exemplary clinical medical practice. “It is such an honor to be recognized, but this is truly the result of tremendous teamwork,” Feldman said in a press release. “The University attracts such talented and dedicated people to serve our patients in every way, through brilliant staff, cuttingedge research and world-class facilities. I feel deeply privileged to be a practicing clinical scientist at the University of Michigan.” Feldman’s research team is overseeing trials for stem cell research in Lou Gehrig’s disease. Feldman was named as the first director of the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute in January 2008. The institute was created to support research in diseases like adult and childhood cancer, ALS, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and hearing loss. Feldman has published 325 original peer-reviewed articles, 60 book chapters and three books. She has previously recieved the University’s Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award and has been elected to the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. —LYDIA MURRAY AND ALLANA AKHTAR

FYI: In last year’s platform, DAAP called for the restoration of affirmative action practices. It is important to note that affirmative action was deemed illegal in the state of Michigan following a statewide vote in favor of ballot measure Proposal 2 in 2006, which bans the use of affirmative action in public college admissions in Michigan. Party: newMICH

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newMICH vice president candidate Micah Griggs , a LSA junior, at the newMICH Speak Out Monday at the Diag.

SPEAK OUT From Page 1 “CSG is about representing the students of this body, not arbitrary power grab.” Sarkar said. Other executive candidates include Public Policy junior Thomas Hislop and LSA junior Cam Dotson are running for president and vice president, respectively, with the Your Michigan, LSA sophomore Chalse Okorom and LSA senior Keysha Wall are representing DAAP. Parties recently debated their platform points at a debate on Wednesday, as newMICH presidential candidate David Schafer, an LSA junior, repeatedly calling into question Hislop’s position at the University, which he said was

LEAD From Page 1 used to carry water in Flint. “Lead is a historical problem,” Xi said citing severasl ways humans can be exposed to lead. “The other route (to lead exposure) is lead-contaminated pipes for drinking water, like Flint.” Though a 10-percent average increase in body weight in adult male mice was recorded, when predicting human weight effects, Dolinoy said it gets more difficult since the mice experiment was controlled, whereas many factors can impact human health. “Along with this mouse model we have different human cohorts where we study similar things,” Dolinoy said. “But as you can imagine, waiting for a human baby to grow up takes decades when we can answer similar questions in mice over just a few years.” Xi emphasized that this study, though revealing new information, should be seen only as a risk, not a concrete outcomes. Speaking to ways to avoid weight gain, Xi said the weight gained from lead exposure can be controlled or reversed. Referencing the heightened levels of lead found in Flint water in 2015, Xi suggested those exposed to lead adopt a lifestyle of eating healthy and exercising. Dolinoy added that a having a

PRETZEL From Page 1 spirit of the restaurant will stay the same, he added there will be changes in the food and traditions. “You don’t want to get too much in the past,” Seyferth said. “There’s great tradition, but we want to bring that tradition forward and build new memories. The food is going to be different, the ambiance is going to be a bit different.” Executive chef Neal Diebold said the focus of the food will be to bring a sense of home to the students. He noted that students come to campus from all around the country, and he wants the food to have a relaxed and homey feel.

priveleged. Hislop emphasized his prior leadership in Greek life as a way to bring about change. Schafer and vice presidential candidate Micah Griggs, an LSA junior, also spoke out about inclusion within CSG at the rally. “newMICH was created by passionate people from across campus who really think that it is time to make CSG and campus inclusive, representative and productive,” Griggs said. Sarkar also emphasized the speak out aimed to highlight what the University community wanted to see from student government, citing the Idea Box on the newMICH website. The Idea Box is a suggestion form that allows students to let newMICH know what they would like to see on campus. Along with remarks from newMICH members, the event

featured performances by dance groups such as Michigan Manzil and a capella groups, such as Angels on Call and 58 Greene. There were six groups in total, performing for 15 minutes each. The performances alternated with newMICH members detailing what they hope to achieve if they win the election. LSA junior Samer Alkhalili, who attended the rally, said he was enthusiastic about the party, despite having a negative opinion of CSG in the past. “Honestly I’ve had mixed feelings towards CSG, and that’s because everyone approaches you talking about diversity and inclusivity,” Alkhalili said. “But this year I got aboard with newMICH because they are actually going to enact that change rather than throw buzzwords.”

strong social network of family and friends helps too. “They (the children of Flint) have the long-lasting effects,” Xi said. “You need to pay more attention to your own lifestyle to mitigate the potential risk. This is more like an alert to the individuals.” Kinesiology freshman Devlin Francis, a volunteer in Flint, said he thought Dolinoy and Xi’s research shows there is still a lot of work to do in Flint. “This was already a crisis to begin with, so now it’s only worse,” Francis said. “I just think it gives an even larger reason as to why we all need to do something to help out. And, like, we’re not going to achieve anything by pointing fingers at the governor or the city officials or anyone, like a lot of people have. You can do that later when the problem’s been solved, but right now there isn’t really time for that because people actually need help.” Engineering freshman Charlie Velis, philanthropy chair of Delta Tau Delta, said he thinks it is unethical to ignore the water crisis in Flint, especially in light of the new research and the help residents require to rebuild their infrastructure. “We live in a bubble as college students, and I think that one of the hardest things for me is when I see peers try hard to remain in that bubble and refrain from understanding the really important issues around them,” Velis said.

Xi said it will be difficult to know until further studies are done, despite the changing microenvironment of the gut microbiome, what other types of health impacts lead exposure could have. In the future, he said he hopes to take a retrospective look at past human populations to find causal effects of disease and health on current populations. Xi noted this could be helpful for helping the children of Flint, noting action should still be taken to help them in the meantime. Dolinoy added that Flint is a public health issue, and work should be done to ensure that residents have the knowledge to combat the risks of lead to the best of their abilities. “This really tells us that we need to invest in our public health infrastructure,” Dolinoy said. While studies on mice are the start, Dolinoy said they have five cohorts of human populations being studied, which will be the next indicator in this process. This additional work being done to work will be completed when the human cohorts reach adulthood. “Now we know the kids are already exposed to the lead, so they need to take a mitigation approach,” Xi said. “We know this information is really good for the kids. It is unethical (to not take action). If we know a certain population is exposed to lead, we know there is an increased risk.”

“We are trying to create a sense of home,” Diebold said. “You are away from home, and you have studies, you have stress — then you come here and you are supposed to relax and have memories. This is like your second home and this is what I am trying to create menu-wise.” One of the restaurant’s original traditions was to let students celebrating their 21st birthdays stand on a stool and a ring a bell after drinking 21 beers. Carlson said he and the other owners want to keep the birthday aspect of the tradition alive, but will not make drinking 21 beers necessary to ring the bell. “So what we are going to do is take that tradition and have it for everyone’s birthday,” Carlson said. “When you come

here you will get a special gift, which is a little brass bell. You will be able to go behind the bar upstairs or downstairs and ring the bell, and you also get a couple gifts.” Past traditions and memories will also be maintained through black and white photos on the restaurant’s walls. The photos will be of the owners and University sports, arts and academics. “We feel that this is important to show our partners and the history of Michigan,” Carlson said. “Not just sports … This has to be about the arts, this has to be about music, has to be about student life. We felt that was significant to get a feeling of why we all are here. It is the University of Michigan that brings us all together.”

Who: LSA junior David Schafer and LSA junior Micah Griggs Platform: On newMICH’s executive ticket is LSA junior David Schafer, running for president, and LSA junior Micah Griggs, running for vice president. The party’s platform emphasizes issues surrounding diversity, inclusion and student engagement. In terms of amplifying student voices, the party has urged for student presence on the Board of Regents and a semesterly meeting between regents and the University Council, a student governing board comprised of members from each degree program. Recently, the candidates have been stressing that a student regent would further several wellness initiatives, including the expansion of mental health resources and the addition of Counseling and Psychological Services staff members — a goal Your Michigan has publicly supported as well. The platform also proposes Q&A sessions with students, administrators, faculty, staff and the Division of Public Safety and Security. Both newMICH and Your Michigan have discussed the need for outreach to underrepresented communities such as Detroit, and newMICH expanded on this goal in their platform, calling for mandatory Intergroup Relations and identity training for Central Student Government Executive and Assembly members and in-state tuition for undocumented graduate students. Currently, undocumented students qualify for in-state tuition, typically if they attended and graduated from an American high school. FYI: Schafer is currently an LSA representative on CSG and assists in the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives. Griggs is also an LSA student representative,

and this year she was a member of the LSA Race and Ethnicity Review Committee, which was tasked with investigating the R&E requirement and making recommendations to improve it. Also noticible is the debate surrounding the party’s initiative to add a student to the Board of Regents, as the creation of a voting position on the board for a student would require amending the state constitution. However, in an interview with the Daily, Schafer noted that a nonvoting position was also a possibility, saying that in that capacity, a student presence on the Board of Regents would be invaluable. Party: Your Michigan Who: Public Policy junior Thomas Hislop and LSA junior Cameron Dotson Platform: Public Policy junior Thomas Hislop and LSA junior Cam Dotson are running on Your Michigan’s executive ticket for president and vice president, respectively. The party’s platform focuses on increasing the transparency of CSG and the inclusivity of the University Council, cultivating a strong sense of community across campus and making the University more accessible, beginning with incoming freshmen. Your Michigan’s five-step plan includes electing a freshman council delegate to the UC, updating meeting minutes regularly for UC, increasing collaboration between CSG and the UC, hosting UC meetings in different campus locations and allowing a diverse group of smaller student organizations to sit on the council. They’ve also highlighted plans aimed to create a more positive campus environment by uniting The Maize Rage and increasing school spirit — according to the party’s website, Hislop has already met with nowformer Interim Athletic Director Jim Hackett and the Athletics Department to begin discussing the initiative. FYI: Hislop is an elected representative on CSG and currently serves as chairman of the Ethics Committee, and Dotson is a representative in CSG and a leader on the Student Renovations Advisory Committee, a group involved in the upcoming Union renovations that are expected to be completed in 2018. He has been vocal about ensuring that the renovated Union have more appropriate, extensive spaces for mental health and student organizations.

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Are we all Donald Trump?

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n Feb. 1, 2016, I heard the words Trump makes, we should see him for what coming from presidential candidate he is, which is a reflection of what America Donald Trump’s lips on national has become today. As we try to separate television: ourselves from his words, we should take a “I want to thank the good look in the mirror and ask ourselves: people of Michigan,” after Are we all Trump? he won the Michigan Do we, even to a small extent, all Republican primary. embody what Donald Trump portrays on Seeing the popular international news stations? Do we fear support for Trump in my those who are different from us or hold home state sparked my implicit prejudice views of others, which curiosity to answer the Donald Trump is simply stating without question: Why do people apologizing for it? Do we really do things support Trump? What only for our own monetary success without RABAB I discovered was many thinking of the consequences of our actions? JAFRI Trump supporters want If we are Trump, then how is it that we can security for themselves, point to Trump supporters as bigoted or a strong leader who does outliers in the American viewpoint? After not walk on eggshells and/or economic all, these supporters claim themselves even prosperity from a leader they think cannot more American than say, a small Muslim be bought by lobbyists. Trump gives people, woman from the suburbs of Oakland County, at face value, exactly the type of anti- Mich. And maybe they’re right, maybe they establishment rhetoric they look for and he are just more American and we cannot blame always has a solution for problems presented them for wanting Donald Trump to become to the public, but at what cost? president — they just want someone to give Trump supporters highlight that his hate- them what politicians and the media refuse filled rhetoric and hasty generalizations them: A secure future. are not the source of the problem, but are People are tired of living in fear, but the instead simply the manifestation of fear that people they blame for their problems are U.S. politicians and mainstream media have their American neighbors. Donald Trump perpetuated for years. runs the slogan “Make He puts the blame on America Great Again,” “Progress is about minorities, which causes but what does that really an increase in the negative mean? Is it back to the moving forward and portrayal of minorities time when blackface — a cost that has great worn in theaters recognizing mistakes, was ramifications in Black and and put in headlines? brown communities. This Donald Trump is just Is it one where we have also encourages people a president that the showing us what those Mexican president and to express themselves using hateful speech, Pope liken to Stalin? mistakes are.” essentially normalizing it. Progress is about This is dangerous in itself moving forward and because instead of taking recognizing mistakes, a nuanced approach to each issue, people and Donald Trump is just showing us what look for action and quick solutions. those mistakes are. What Americans are As Trump supporters use the slogan brought up to believe is that this nation was “Make America Great Again,” we should built on ideals of liberty and freedom, but the think about the implications of such a truth is that the constitution was not written statement and what it means to go back to to include minorities or women. Since that an America of the past. Trump’s rhetoric time, great progress has been made in the really is not so far from what people have way of obtaining rights for these groups, but been hearing in the past years, but what he in a time when police brutality, racism and is doing is offering solutions that are hard- Islamophobia are on the rise, the movement lined and to the point. As Islamophobia to rid political correctness is a dangerous one. in America is perpetuated by the media, As people begin to believe that hate speech illegal immigrants are used as a scapegoat is an acceptable form of freedom of speech that for America’s economic problems and Black should be upheld as something progressive, youth are portrayed as thugs, the American more and more people are harmed by the people are left with the fear of seemingly rhetoric of Donald Trump and find it acceptable imminent threats with no tangible solutions. to unleash the part of us that is Donald Trump Trump is thus seen as the savior from the — the part of us that lives our lives based on fear same chaos that has been prophesized by of one another and clings to an old glorious past the very media and the very politicians who that never existed. speak against him now. When the foundation On the chance that Donald Trump does of fear has been built up this high, it is become president, I will not live my life in fear. possible that there is no stopping the chaos I will not let myself be Donald Trump. from unfolding if Donald Trump becomes president. As many of us try to separate —Rabab Jafri can be reached ourselves from the comments that Donald at rfjafri@umich.edu.

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Who will lead CSG?

our Time, Your Voice, Your Michigan” Election season is in high gear on campus as we take to our annual tradition of deciding who will lead the student body in the upcoming school year. The six words quoted at the beginning of this article have no doubt been seen by a significant portion of our campus. These six words are the words being used by one party, Your Michigan, to campaign on a platform of unity on our campus. These six words, I fear, are a campaign promise by this party’s leaders that will go unfulfilled. Last week, Central Student Government hosted its presidential and vice presidential debate. As the School of Education representative on CSG and as a concerned student, I attended to see if the debate would sway my vote in the election. Both parties, after all, offer solid platforms based on real changes needed to improve our University. From safety and mental health to minority representation, both mainstream parties are represented by a presidential and vice presidential candidate who have done amazing work to make the University of Michigan better. This article, I hope, is seen not as an attack of their character, but rather a discussion of their ideas. After hearing their ideas in the debate, I now believe that only one party’s leadership has a conception of leadership that will truly let it represent Michigan in full, and that leadership is David Schafer and Micah Griggs of newMICH. Now, mine is an opinion that is but one voice. However, after being on this campus for five years, being a student leader for three of those years, having worked in and with University administration, and now looking forward to becoming an alum in just a little over a month, I believe I have gathered a perspective that can be viewed as valuable. Over my time at Michigan, I’ve learned how to think about the narratives people use to discuss issues facing communities — including our community of Michigan — and it is precisely those narratives that, for me, distinguish the groups most. Take the narrative on working with administration. At the debate, Thomas Hislop, presidential candidate for Your Michigan, made a clear distinction between how he would “work with” the administration instead of just “demanding” things as newMICH planned to do. Where I believe this narrative fails is that the history of our own University demonstrates that the changes that have most greatly affected students on campus have only come when students demanded them. Some prime

examples are female students working to build the league and the Black Action Movements only a few short decades ago and even the #BBUM movement currently. Demand does not have to be combative — in fact, it can be cooperative — but what demand does is hold our University accountable to a student body that changes every year. Student leaders can have demands and still be cooperative and accomplish many great things, which the #BBUM campaign has surely demonstrated. Surely, many — if not most — of the great things about this university have come from such demands on the parts of students. Michigan’s students make Michigan great. Then there were the narratives concerning representation on campus. In terms of discussing identity, I honestly believe both party’s leaders have a long way to go, but I do believe David and Micah are much better equipped to handle this topic from their first day in office than Thomas and Cam. One way these narratives were demonstrated in the debate was the discussion about increasing minority enrollment. Thomas and Cam both discussed their plans of outreach to “urban” or “innercity” schools. While these outreach programs may certainly be helpful,

“Minority students do not come to this university to appease our ideals or bolster our image, they come for an education.” they do ignore the fact that a student being from an urban city implies nothing about their race or other identities. Their narratives also spoke of these students in very privileged ways, assuming that they merely lack motivation to succeed and decide to come to a place like Michigan. As a future educator in the city of Detroit, a narrative like this is not one I would want my students exposed to from college leaders they would otherwise admire. Rather, I would elevate the narrative both David and Micah discussed of improving the environment on campus where students from all backgrounds would feel welcomed, a theory the administration would do well to consider in addendum to its current initiatives. Minority students do not come to this university to appease our ideals or bolster our image, they come for an education. The conversations on campus sorely need to shift from what we can

do to get students from different backgrounds here to what we can do to make them want to come and stay and be proud to become a Michigan alum. Schafer and Griggs made it clear to me that they understand that. Hislop and Dotson made it clear that they did not. This lack of true reflection on identity was apparent numerous other times in the debate as well. When discussing Greek life, all those debating generalized our Greek life community in problematic ways. Both parties seemed to forget that numerous identities are present within and between Greek life organizations. For instance, Schafer and Griggs made the point of CSG not seeming representative because of its heavy Greek life presence; however, the issue is significantly more complex, as there are plenty of Greek life students who most likely don’t feel represented by the Greek life students on CSG. While CSG does need diversification, looking solely to lower the proportion of Greek life students present is an essentialist rhetoric that does little to solve the true problem of representation. The same issue of missing the true problem was present in the discussion on mental health. All four candidates wanted to discuss increasing resources — something truly and definitely needed — but only the Defend Affirmative Action Party candidates discussed working past these reactive measures and finding proactive ways to improve mental health on campus, in addition to working to figure out what on our campus is causing our mental health to worsen. So while Your Michigan’s leaders may want their campaign to be based on your voice, the narratives they use to describe the University’s students and their experiences make me question whether that voice is simply one of a majority or one that is truly inclusive of all the University’s students. Who would be leading if they were to be elected: the leaders who think all voices should be heard or the ones who actively silenced some voices during our last assembly meeting? If we want our fellow Wolverines to feel “heard, protected and empowered” — as Hislop and Dotson have claimed they want to — erasing their experiences in a guise of unity is merely a negative peace which removes contention instead of a positive peace which promotes inclusion. So as we take to the polls, I ask our student body, who will lead CSG? —Michael Chrzan is a graduating senior in LSA and the School of Education.

The untapped power of streaming

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month ago, I signed up for a 30-day trial with Tidal, a new music streaming platform, to listen to the new Kanye West album The Life of Pablo. I spent those 30 days forming my opinions of his new music before ending my trial with the streaming ZACH service. I BROWN already pay to stream music with Spotify, and I don’t need a second monthly subscription payment for this one particular album. But then, Kanye announced he would be making adjustments to the album, tinkering with songs and fixing instrumentals. This is great news for Tidal as it may cause fans like myself to return to the platform. These adjustments to the album are hardly surprising — given Kanye’s recent manic behavior — but equally unheard of. Changing an album after its release hasn’t been possible to this extent before the age of streaming. TechCrunch is calling Kanye’s The Life of Pablo the first “Streaming as a Service” album. What that means is by adding bonus tracks and updating existing songs, Kanye can transform The Life of Pablo from a static product to a fluid service. Treating albums like software — with minor updates, new artwork and additional content — redefines the album experience. Instead of streaming simply being a more convenient way to listen, its convenience enables albums to live and grow in real time on these platforms. It took an overconfident, experimental artist

to show us an opportunity that’s been here all along. We’ve been too focused on streaming as a means to greater efficiency, rather than what that efficiency can make possible. However, there are questions that need to be answered: How will this change consumer habits? Does having multiple versions of an album improve or detract from the value of an album? Could this be applied to playlists as well? In my opinion, the most important question is how to effectively display each version. Should new versions replace the old ones or exist concurrently? Should you be able to identify new updates similarly to annotations via SoundCloud and Google Docs? The answers are not intuitive because we haven’t historically thought about music in this manner. Such a model, if it catches on, could mean that we are entering a more interactive era of music. At a time when experiences seem to be

“Treating albums like software... redefines the album experience.” valued more than material objects, an interactive model could very plausibly have large-scale appeal. I expect some amount of resistance toward such a large philosophical shift. People will argue that it diminishes the art in some way, evidenced by the fear that iTunes, for example, would disrupt the recording industry. However, if we can embrace a contemporary way to

engage with the creative process of music, the economic implications of adoption are large. This is good news for streaming services. Tidal has an opportunity to lock in subscribers and guarantee return users. This is even better news for artists if they can generate revenue throughout the process of building an album. This would not only potentially impact the way we perceive albums, but also how we think about album releases. Kanye is showing us that artists need not complete an album before capitalizing on it financially — that’s the untapped power of streaming. Kanye is known for treating each album as an opportunity to do something completely new. His previous albums (i.e. 808s & Heartbreak and Yeezus) each took risks sonically that influenced how hiphop sounds. The Life of Pablo may change music in a much larger way. It’s possible that his decision to publicly change the album’s name and tracklist multiple times was part of an attempt to frame this album as the first of its kind. He has even acknowledged the project as a “living breathing creative expression.” If Kanye were aware of the implications this innovation could have on the album format and contemporary music in general, perhaps his manic behavior was more calculated than we thought. Maybe his rants about the greatness of this project were not alluding to lyrical content or instrumentation — he’s still updating those elements anyway. I think Kanye knew what he was doing all along and we’re just realizing it now. ­—Zach Brown can be reached at zmbrown@umich.edu.

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Stamps presents Gwen’s bright ‘Truth’ unique animator By SAM ROSENBERG Daily Arts Writer

David O’Reilly gives St. Patrick’s Day talk on his creative life By MADELEINE GAUDIN Daily Arts Writer

On St. Patrick’s Day, The Michigan Theater and Penny Stamps Lecture Series appropriately welcomed Irish-born animator David O’Reilly. Known for his stripped-down 3D graphics, O’Reilly has earned acclaim for his short films, video games and animation work on the hilarious video games in Spike Jonze’s “Her.” “It started when I was about fifteen, and I discovered the work of Egon Schiele,” O’Reilly said of his career Thursday night. He walked the audience through the past fifteen years of his creative career, explaining how he went from a techniqueobsessed draftsman to an unconventional 3D animator. “For years when I first started, I just wanted to be good at drawing,” he said. This obsession with being “good” structured much of O’Reilly’s early career as a concept painter, until he discovered 3D animation. “I sort of threw that all away when I made my first film which is ‘RGB XYZ.’ ” When he first dove into the world of 3D animation, the medium was reserved almost exclusively for commercial work. “This wasn’t something that people were doing alone … It wasn’t something for a creator to do,” he said. “You couldn’t do anything poetic in it.” O’Reilly has extensively studied the history and theory of animation. He points to the work of John Kricfalusi as an inspiration

and, in his opinion, as the peak of 2D animation. “It felt like 3D was something totally different, like it didn’t have to play by those rules,” he said. As with any new medium, the process of learning and mastering 3D animation was not an easy one. O’Reilly keeps a folder of screenshots of his glitches, which he views as sketches of his finished work. “When you make something in 3D it’s a constant process of everything falling apart,” he said. What O’Reilly seems to strive for — and achieve — more than anything in his work is empathy. The films he considers “failures” share a certain lack of empathy, and likewise his successes abound with it. Even “RGB XYZ,” one of his earlier and visually cruder films, finds tremendous emotional depth and complexity. “Somehow there is empathy going on with this character, and that was mind-blowing to me,” O’Reilly said. The emotional response the film sparked in his audiences was surprising to O’Reilly, he added. “So many rules are discarded here, so much of this is about letting go of this nostalgia that was around animation.” But, O’Reilly doesn’t necessarily think of himself as a storyteller. “I think the word storyteller is mostly bullshit and its just kind of a meme word nowadays,” he said. For him, film is about collecting ideas and information and presenting it to the viewer in a way that is compelling. Even his more narrative work, like his most popular film “Please Say Something,” is more a collection of related scenes that it is a linear story. And despite its lack of narrative, the film is tremendously compelling and heartbreaking. O’Reilly riffs on the

classic animation cat and mouse story as he follows their passionate and tumultuous relationship. The film’s lack of narrative and basic, stripped down design lends an air of absurdity to O’Reilly’s work. The films are hilarious on their own — a short O’Reilly screened Thursday about a horse trying to make friends was met with an uproar of laughter — but the crude quirkiness of their visuals heightens the humor. Recently, O’Reilly has focused his attention on video games. In 2014, he released the game “Mountain,” a role-player game without any controls in which the user plays as a mountain floating in space. O’Reilly laughed as he discussed the uproar from the gaming community at the game’s unconventional structure. “I think for a lot of people this felt very abstract or conceptual, but it’s very, very simple and it just follows the line of thinking that we can emphasize with anything,” he said. That thinking carries through into his forthcoming game “Everything,” which he demoed on Thursday night. Like the name would suggest, the game allows players to play as anything, moving through the world as a rock or a bear or an atom or even, as O’Reilly showed the audience, a dancing solar system. O’Reilly is a master of emotional responses. He finished his talk by reading a letter from a mother whose son was deeply affected by “Mountain,” finding himself both mentally stimulated by and empathetic to the mountain. Despite his unconventionality, O’Reilly taps into something deeply emotional and personal in everything he does — whether it’s a short film about a cat and mouse or a video game about a mountain.

TV REVIEW

An off the rails start to ‘Bates’ season four By MEGAN MITCHELL Daily Arts Writer

The season four premiere of “Bates Motel” leads the show from a slow-burning thriller to the unavoidable trainwreck it was always A meant to be. Freddie High- Bates more (“August Motel Rush”) portrays the young Nor- Season 4 man Bates in Premiere the series, who, in the span of a Mondays at 9 p.m. season, has gone A&E from the creepy kid down the street to the psychotic killer and motel manager in Hitchcock’s 1960 thriller “Psycho.” From the beginning, fans have always known what to expect out of “Bates Motel,” as the concrete fiveyear track the showrunners established at the start will lead up to Marion Crane’s doomed check-in to the motel. Norman Bates, previously only psychologically unbalanced, is about one grain of sand away from becoming the infamous son-turned-psychotic serial killer. Season three was arguably the most thrilling season, starting with a funeral and ending with a bang — and by “bang” I mean another murder. We (almost) saw Norman escape his mother for good, despite her restraining attempts to keep him home, and finally run away into the theoretical sunset with Bradley (Nicola Peltz, “Transformers: Age of Extinction”). Even though Norman, during this time, is psychologically unstable, maybe some time away from his mother (Vera Farmiga, “The Conjuring”) would help him work out those incestual desires he’s been having? Well, we were wrong. So, so wrong. It only

took an exit sign at the city’s borders before Norman ultimately became “Mother.” He’s no longer hallucinating his mother; he actually thinks that he’s Norma Bates. So “Mother” bashed Bradley’s head against some rocks, and season three ended with a loving embrace between mother and son. All of this chaos just makes up the precursor to season four’s premiere. After killing Bradley, Norman has been missing for a few days. While Norma is out of her mind with worry, Norman is just out of his mind. He’s found in a field, seemingly yelling at nobody, but we all know he’s talking to “Mother.” This scene is important because before it, we didn’t really have any idea just how far Norman had gone. Highmore’s performance is out of this world and believably psychotic. Not shortly after, Norman is admitted into a psychiatric hospital (at which point I’m certain there was a chorus of “finally!” among fans) and we once again get to see Highmore creepily staring at the ceiling with a blank, expressionless face. I don’t think Norman is all right. But apparently Norma does, as she discharges him and takes him back home ASAP. Meanwhile, Emma (Olivia Cooke, “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl”) is receiving the lung transplant that could save her life. Amid all of the drama and lies … more drama. But this is a different kind of drama. Whereas the “Norman drama” of the show leads to a skin-crawling feeling that leaves you thinking that he’s finally lost all touch with humanity, the “Emma drama” focuses more on the emotional, heart-wrenching aspect of the series. Who wouldn’t be scared to get a transplant? We get to see Dylan’s (Max Thieriot, “Point Break”) love for Emma,

which really adds an emotional relief to the darkness that’s been falling on the Bates family recently. Especially now that Emma is out of the woods, we can focus more on what we’re going to do about Norman, who just spontaneously murdered Emma’s absentee mother in the psyche of none other than “Mother.” The murders are coming quicker now, and Norman’s mannerisms are shifting to become more feminine. Highmore is becoming completely invested in his character’s transition from the son to the mother — all it would take is a wig and the audience could become thoroughly convinced that Highmore is a woman. Yup, Norman has finally lost it. And Norma is thinking that she should have gotten him help a lot sooner. From there, we get to see Norma’s poor care, or lack thereof, of Norman’s psychiatric issues. During the episode, multiple psychiatrists get to call her out for abuse, so maybe Norma is finally coming to the realization that blackouts that lead to murderous rampages is something she should look into. Overall, it’s ultimately unclear the direction the show will be taking for the season. To keep Norman out of state care, she has to find him a doctor and obtain a diagnosis. Especially since Norman can no longer distinguish dreaming from blacking out, a wedge in their relationship will surely form over who is actually committing the murders — Norma or “Mother”? However, it won’t be too long until something sets him off again, leading to the final murder of Norma Bates and the ultimate climax in the birth of Norman’s persona as “Mother.” Although Hitchcock coined “we all go a little mad sometimes” from an older Norman Bates, our Norman is too far gone for “sometimes.”

One of the many great lines from the vastly underrated 2014 romcom “Obvious Child” seems to speak to struggling artists B+ everywhere: “Creative energy sometimes This Is comes from the What lowest point the Truth in your life.” Whether you’re Feels Like a writer, filmmaker or musi- Gwen Stefani cian, a crappy Interscope moment in life can be the best starting point to something great, even if means starting over completely. Gwen Stefani is no stranger to grappling with this kind of experience. After ending her 13-year marriage with Gavin Rossdale, Stefani hit a few bumps on the road to her comeback record, which was originally scheduled to be released in 2014. Luckily, a fresh perspective on her songwriting and a burgeoning romance with “The Voice” co-star Blake Shelton culminated into what would become her third record, This is What the Truth Feels Like, a relentlessly optimistic album about letting go of the past and relishing in the glory of the present. Throughout the record, Stefani focuses on this duality between the past and the present, especially on

the bouncy opener “Misery,” where she discusses forgetting about a previous lover as she accepts a new one. Even after “Misery” trickles to a close, Stefani manages to keep the song’s refreshing energy going throughout the rest of This is What the Truth Feels Like, such as with the trap-inspired “You’re My Favorite” and the ska-infused “Where Would I Be?” But perhaps Stefani’s biggest breakthrough moment comes at the record’s fourth track, “Make Me Like You.” In addition to its wonderful, bright music video, “Make Me Like You” is Stefani’s best and most polished work since 2006’s “The Sweet Escape.” The track’s buoyant, glamorous rhythm and infectious lyrics perfectly encapsulate the giddy adrenaline rush of starting a new romantic relationship (in this case, with Blake Shelton). But while Stefani’s gushes are playful and sweet, her true feelings and emotional maturity are palpable. This isn’t just a silly love song about a girl with a simple crush — it’s about someone who’s ready to move on with her life and who has found someone new to share her life with. The central theme to This is What the Truth Feels Like may grow tiresome at times, but Stefani’s glowing ambition only fuels more innovative breakup anthems and romantic odes. The acousticheavy “Truth” and saccharine synth jingle “Used to Love You” are sensible both in their sound and lyrical delivery; the groovy dance-

hall jam “Send Me a Picture” and the vaudevillian “Naughty” are fun detours into flirtation; “Me Without You” and “Rare,” the record’s final tracks, are among the album’s catchiest and funkiest. There are, of course, a few weak moments on the record, particularly with “Asking 4 It,” a trivial hip-hop exercise with a head-scratching feature from Fetty Wap. Even more cringeworthy is Stefani quasi-rapping on the strange, operatic “Red Flag,” which slightly undermines Stefani’s personal growth. But honestly, what would you expect from the singer who did “Hollaback Girl” and “Wind It Up”? If there’s one person who’s an expert in expressing the ups and downs of relationships through pop music, it’s Gwen Stefani (though Taylor Swift also has a compelling case). This skill can be traced back to 1995, when Stefani’s rocky romance with her No Doubt bandmate Tony Kanal inspired hits like “Sunday Morning,” “Hey You” and most notably, “Don’t Speak.” But what makes This is What the Truth Feels Like so distinctive from other pop records is its ability to deftly balance both the closure of old relationships and the excitement of new ones. Considering Stefani’s scope and breadth of musical experience, her words have been able to transcend the barriers of music. Despite only three albums under her belt, Stefani’s influence over pop is powerful, especially with an album as wholesome as This is What the Truth Feels Like.

TV REVIEW

Heartbreaking ‘Day’ By ALEX INTNER Daily Arts Writer

It was a hot summer day in July when my dad and I stepped into the Circle in the Square Theater in New York City to A see “Lady Day at Emerson’s Lady Day Bar & Grill.” We were ush- at Emerered into our son’s Bar seats, an area and Grill with tables and chairs set up HBO like a jazz club in the center of the theater’s in-the-round seating. The band was playing some music, setting the mood for the evening to come. Then, the lights came down, Audra McDonald (“Private Practice”) walked from the back of the “club” to the stage and we were taken for a journey neither of us will ever forget. That was my perspective before watching HBO’s taping of a special New Orleans performance. “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill” is one of my favorite productions I’ve seen on Broadway. I hoped I could relive the experience of being in the room where it happened through the taping. And relive it I did. McDonald brought the same power to her portrayal of Billie Holiday as she did during that day nearly two years ago, bringing back

the same emotions from me as she is nothing short of amazing in it. “Lady Day,” billed on Broadway as a play with music, portrays a fictionalized account of one of Holiday’s last concerts in Philadelphia in March 1959, four months before her death in July at age 44. During the “concert,” she sings several of her seminal jazz hits, including “God Bless the Child” and “Strange Fruit.” Interspersed between the songs are scenes of dialogue, where Holiday tells stories from her life and of her troubles, as she loses control of herself throughout the evening due to drinking and drugs. While the vocal transformation McDonald does to play Holiday could easily become a bad impersonation, McDonald is able to bring layers to the character through pure emotion and performance ability. The most impressive element of her performance is how she modifies her voice to match Holiday’s. McDonald traditionally has a big, bold and gorgeous soprano, but to play Holiday, she restrains it. Instead, her voice is soft and sweet, gradually growing weaker as Holiday deteriorates throughout the night. She embodies Holiday’s voice, bringing a sense of beauty to every note she sings. What stops the performance from being a pure impersonation is the amount of pathos she brings to

the character through the show’s dialogue. She delivers a remarkable amount of emotional layers to her performance as Holiday talks about how she was raped at age ten, how she was a prostitute as a teenager, her tough relationship with her mother and the racism she faced as she toured around the country. When Holiday got to the point where she needed to take drugs to continue performing, McDonald made me feel Holiday’s pain. This show is just Holiday, her band and a microphone, and McDonald carries it all the way through. “Do you know what I want? I want a beautiful home. And some kids. And I wanna cook. And I want something else too. I want a club. My own club. It’s very small, it’s very cozy. It’s just someplace where I can sing to all my friends. What else is there?” That’s the last line of dialogue in the show, and it breaks my heart every time I hear it. Holiday never had a chance at that life and deserved so much better than what she had, and that’s the tragedy that drives “Lady Day.” McDonald won her record-setting sixth Tony Award for her performance on Broadway, and HBO giving people this opportunity to see her brilliance makes me so happy. Or at least as happy as being able to relive one of my favorite theatrical experiences.

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FILM REVIEW

‘Home’ depicts a somber New York Re-release of 1977 experimental film shows a cold Big Apple By DANIEL HENSEL Daily Arts Writer

1977 was New York’s year in film. Between “Annie Hall” and “New York, New York,” cinema’s two unabashed New Yorklovers, Woody AAllen and News from Martin Scorsese, released Home their love letAnn Arbor ters to the city. Film Festival That same year, Belgian Michigan Theater experimental filmmaker Chantal Akerman (“Jeanne Dielman”) released her ode to the city: “News from Home,” shown on Wednesday at the Ann Arbor Film Festival in a new 16 mm print that was making its American debut. “News from Home,” simply enough, is 85 minutes of Akerman reading aloud letters sent to her from her mother when she lived in New York in the early 1970s. Essentially, we read what she was reading. And we see what she was seeing, too. Each shot is a meticulously crafted slice of New York life. Akerman’s New York is far from idyllic. Rather, it’s cold and empty. Its residents seem unwelcoming and always on the move.

Akerman was all of 21 when she moved by herself from Belgium to New York. For a young woman alone in its streets, the expanse of New York is at once captivating and terrifying. Akerman refuses to romanticize. She is documenting. From the first shot of the film, a narrow corridor, only slightly wider than an alleyway, with an occasional pedestrian or car passing, it’s clear that Akerman wasn’t living as a tourist in the city. She was, instead, a quiet resident, observing the character and characters of the “real” New York. At times dark and eerie, and at times whimsical, Akerman shows us the daytime (and occasional nighttime) New York of Sidney Lumet and Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese and Spike Lee. The letters from Akerman’s mother are our only characters. Each letter reprimands Chantal for not immediately responding, describes some bit of minutiae in the older Akerman’s everyday life, or requests that Chantal spend some of the money she has sent. Time seems to slow as the film progresses, with the space between each letter widening and widening. Towards the beginning, the letters come frequently, and her mother’s nagging is, frankly, annoying. And yet, as time passes, we begin to miss the letters. The New York scenes can grow repetitive, or even mind-numbingly boring, that we begin to cling to something new. For a later portion of the film, in which Akerman is driving along the coast of

Manhattan, looking inward to the city, seconds, minutes, hours seem to pass until when we next hear from the mother. Perhaps, for Akerman, the thrill of independence died after a few weeks or months, and the painstaking ache for contact from loved ones grew and grew. To the extent of determining whether the film captures Akerman’s experience in New York from 1971 to 1972, “News from Home” is impossible to judge. The film is miniscule in its aim — to capture one person’s emotions and city experiences over the course of year — yet could stand in to represent the New York immigrant artist experience of the 1970s, or perhaps even the entire immigrant experience. And yet, it never seems like a complete depiction of her time there. Where does she live? What does she do daily? How do people treat her? In the film, everyone is going somewhere — walking, driving and riding the subway. We rarely see a destination, a place where people have arrived. Even Times Square — the ultimate New York tourist spectacle — is reduced to its corresponding subway stop. Perhaps this is how Akerman perceived the New York experience — always on the move, never stopping at a destination, only endless ambition. Whether that determination is to be respected or detested is never addressed. The experience is left up to endless interpretation, but only Akerman knows the answers.

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is upset that everyone she’s ever known is currently killing each other, and asks David to intervene in the experiment. David, the biggest liar who’s ever lied, says, sure, honey, just come with me and I’ll talk to the Council, who are the Real Bosses. Meanwhile, the Bureau has Four suited up, skimming the post-apocalyptic hellscape for settlements. He descends upon one with a hundred other Bureau meatheads and witnesses the Bureau taking children back to its not-irradiated tech castle. They leave the parents of the kids to die out there, or in some cases, shoot the parents themselves. Then they wipe the kids’ memories. They seem to have the technology to completely de-irradiate people, but they rip the families apart anyway. No explanation. This isn’t one of those moral cliffhangers that turns out to have a twistybut-reasonable explanation. It’s just insane. They fly around saving starving, irradiated kids whose families have no weapons that could possibly pierce their personal force fields, and yet they tote giant guns and screw the parents for no identifiable reason. This is top-shelf nonsense. So Tris goes to the Council, finds out that David is a liar, and hightails it back to Chicago to save her people. Four has already tried this, but he was remarkably ineffective, so his rebel-turneddictator mom locked him up and now Tris has to save him in addition to stopping the war. Only now, David wants to mass-wipe the memories of everyone in Chicago with the same memorywipe gas he’s been using on the settlement children. Why is he suddenly cool with intervening in his own experiment to save lives? No idea, but if there were ever a good reason to mind-control an entire city, it would be to stop ongoing genocide. Tris isn’t cool with this, however. She saves Four and they blow up the gas machine. The kids save the day, except for that genocidal war that’s still going on. But we’ll get to that in the next movie. The last moral lesson in this movie is that violence solves problems and nuclear unmanned drones are an awesome idea. Tris’s crew puts a bomb in an unmanned craft, sets it on autopilot and sends it back to the Bureau. The last scene in the movie is the crown jewel of unintentional Hollywood irony. Tris and her homies watch their drone-nuke blast the Bureau to smithereens from the edge of Chicago, while Tris’s overdubbed voice explains the importance of working together and eschewing constructs that divide and hurt people. I mostly blame the main writer, Noah Oppenheim (“The Maze Runner”), but frankly, no one involved with this movie has any excuse. This whole franchise is The Hunger Games on a bad acid trip. My IQ has dropped twenty points and my soul needs a shower. Let Chicago burn. I’m done.

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Michigan’s long-awaited return T

he night the streak ended, they rolled out a red carpet. It was March 24, 2013, at Joe Louis Arena, and that carpet, extending from the rink’s entrance, became the only thing KEVIN separating SANTO Notre Dame from its CCHA Championship trophy. Its purpose was to celebrate the Fighting Irish, but as the carpet unrolled, bit by bit, it also served to taunt Michigan, which saw its streak of 22 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances reset to zero that night. Still in his net several minutes after the final horn stood Steve Racine, embraced by his senior captain A.J. Treais, watching a strip of red cross out his team’s sparkling record. For the ensuing three years, the broken streak has been all anyone cared about. Racine’s senior class, and those that came after it, were burdened with a historic legacy as a measuring stick. Making the tournament was the expectation that came with signing a letter of intent for Red Berenson. In 2000, when Mike Komisarek signed his own letter, that standard was apparent. Even then, Michigan had already appeared in the NCAA Tournament for a decade straight, and he added to that total during his two-year career. When Komisarek returned to Ann Arbor as an undergraduate assistant coach in 2015, the winning standard neither

changed around him nor within him. To him, the goal for the Wolverines’ current squad was simple. “It’s about getting back to where we were, where we’re supposed to be,” Komisarek said in October. Saturday, with a 5-3 win against Minnesota, Michigan made damn sure it would be back this year — earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament with its victory. And in a season that has come full circle from 2013, the fact that the Wolverines will face Notre Dame for the first time since that March night seems like a symbol of fate. The road back to this point has been a long and painful one, to be sure. It only recently became a straight path — one on which Michigan exorcised the demons that have followed it since Racine and his senior classmates were left on the wrong end of the red carpet. In 2013, they were tasked with starting over when, in reality, a fresh start was impossible. Twenty-two years on the national stage erase that option. For three years, that pressure continued to mount on their shoulders, and consistently, it proved too daunting to overcome. Each of those years, the Wolverines entered the conference tournament needing one extra win in order for their season to live on. And every time, their season died there — first against Notre Dame, then in the opening round against Penn State in 2014 and finally in the championship against Minnesota in 2015. Recollections of mid-season stumbles and late-season collapses began to simultaneously push the 22-year run farther from people’s memories and

further cement it as the measure of success. The team’s legacy was being written, and they didn’t have any way to edit it. Michigan entered this season having felt the pain that comes in place of a postseason too often. Its players had fielded questions at a final press conference with bloodshot, teary eyes too many times. And while they never said it, it sure seemed like they had heard enough of the 22-year streak they had yet to rekindle. That’s why, to begin their campaign, the Wolverines didn’t want to leave anything to chance. They didn’t want to scrape into the NCAA Tournament. They wanted to earn their bid in February. They didn’t want to just beat teams. They wanted to bury them. And while Michigan wasn’t perfect, it started to turn heads, and quickly. The Wolverines won the Great Lakes Invitational and lost just three games through Jan. 27. They swept Penn State on the season, outscoring the Nittany Lions, 33-11. Freshman forward Kyle Connor and junior forwards JT Compher and Tyler Motte emerged as a first line that could be the engine behind Michigan’s postseason push. Then it all culminated in a rematch of the 2015 Big Ten Tournament championship — only this time, the script had been flipped. The Wolverines had their NCAA Tournament bid in hand before the puck dropped Saturday. Minnesota was on the wrong side of the bubble, and Michigan was playing for reparation. The Golden Gophers were playing for survival. And just like the season before, the team in desperate need of a

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win had a nail hammered firmly into its coffin. “I wouldn’t say it was a chip (on our shoulder),” Compher said. “But I think that we had teams — we called it, ‘We owed these teams’ — Penn State being one of them, Minnesota (was another). “We came here to play in big games. That’s why you come to Michigan, that’s why you want to be a part of this tradition.” Compher was right; the Wolverines “owed them.” But that would be an understatement. Minnesota and Penn State weren’t just teams Michigan had lost to. They were two teams that had begun to write the Wolverines’ legacy for them. They were two teams responsible for piling the pressure onto

Michigan’s shoulders. They were two teams that continued the wrong streak. But this past weekend, the Wolverines made a statement. They dominated Penn State. Then they finally won the close game they had lost for the previous three years. For the first time in what felt like forever, Michigan sent another team to a press conference with bloodshot eyes and buried its demons somewhere deep in Xcel Energy Center. It ended another team’s season, and now the Wolverines are back where they were, where they’re supposed to be. And not even that provides enough satisfaction. “We know the group we have in that room, though, that

this isn’t enough,” Racine said Sunday. “We need to go further, so we’re just trying to stay in the moment, be humble and keep working hard and try to get past this (round).” It’s only fitting that Racine is the man to push the boundaries of what this team defines as success. After all, he was the man in net when Notre Dame ended the old streak — the same one he’s been measured by his entire career. Now, he’ll be between the pipes against the Fighting Irish in Cincinnati. There will be no red carpet waiting that night. If the Wolverines are really back, they’ll make sure Notre Dame has no chance to see one.

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Cole, McCallum taking on leading roles as freshmen By MATTHEW KENNEDY Daily Sports Writer

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The Michigan baseball team struck out 34 times in a three-game series against Oklahoma State over the weekend. The Wolverines won one of the three games.

Wolverines whiff against Cowboys Michigan takes one of three from Oklahoma State in strikeout-heavy series By ETHAN WOLFE Daily Sports Writer

Michigan baseball coach Erik Bakich has stressed how important consistency is for a game as volatile as baseball. In its three-game series against No. 19 Oklahoma State (13-7), Bakich’s team was consistent, but for all of the wrong reasons. Despite picking up a win in Sunday’s game to avoid getting swept, the 23rd-ranked Wolverines (125) struck out 34 times over the weekend.

It was Michigan’s pitching that once again anchored the team in its victory and kept the previous two games within reach. Wolverine pitchers allowed a total of 11 hits while letting up just 13 runs between the three contests, typically a stat line conducive to winning games. But as was true in its earlier season losses, Michigan’s lineup struggled to even make contact at the plate versus Oklahoma State. The 7-8-9 hitters had an especially rough weekend, as they contributed 15 of the 34 strikeouts. The problem was not entirely with the bottom end of the lineup, though. In Saturday’s matchup, Cowboy pitchers fanned 17 batters, and every batter struck out at least once. Bakich was especially astonished by Oklahoma

State starter Trey Cobb’s performance — he punched out 13 batters and allowed one run in six innings against the Wolverines on Saturday. “(Cobb) was throwing a slider,” Bakich said. “It tunneled just like his fastball, and when you get a guy who has an exploding slider like that, it’s really tough to hit. He had a great day. A good pitcher had a great day.” Michigan struck out 10 times in its final game on Sunday and collected 11 runs in its three games, but Bakich was reluctant to point out any notable high points for the offense over the entire series. “I think the easy answer would be the inside-the-park home run (by designated hitter Drew Lugbauer on Saturday),” Bakich said. “But there are no offensive highlights when you strike out 17

times and lose the game.” Currently, the Wolverines rank 66th in batting average with a .295 clip. Though that puts them in the top quarter of Division I baseball teams, they are tied for 10th in the Big Ten for runs scored. Michigan players and Bakich have shown confidence that they can win the Big Ten Championship once again, but its problems at the plate have already proven costly this season. They struck out just 5.6 times per game last year and have climbed to 7.1 to begin this season. Bakich gave advice to his team how to combat the issue. “When you do get two strikes,” Bakich said, “you just got to choke up and have the mindset that, ‘There’s no way I’m not putting the barrel of my bat on this ball.’ ”

For the Michigan men’s gymnastics team, “upperclassman” is almost a foreign word this season. After winning back-to-back national titles in 2013 and 2014, the senior-led roster was drained, forcing the team to rebuild with younger gymnasts. With just four seniors and three juniors out of a group of 24, this year’s team dynamic is different than two years ago — and almost any other in the country. “It’s been a little hard so far coming in with all of these freshmen,” said freshman Emyre Cole. “We’re definitely learning; we’ve made some mistakes.” The team is led by 13 freshmen and four sophomores, a recipe that has been causing some issues for the Wolverines (1-6 Big Ten, 4-9 overall) this season. Yet, as the season has progressed, the athletes stepping up the most for Michigan have been a pair of freshmen: Cole and Anthony McCallum. “They both got off to a slow start,” said Michigan coach Kurt Golder. “This is quite an adjustment from junior programs, (where) you go to long competitions where there is no support, nobody cheering for you, and you have a meet every three to four weeks. Now you have one every weekend … but they’ve been picking it up.” Throughout the year, both McCallum and Cole had competed in multiple events each meet, with McCallum having competed in the all-around previously. But Saturday’s meet against Penn State marked the first time both of them competed in the allaround.

In his debut performance, Cole showed that he had been making the progress Golder was talking about, narrowly finishing in second with a score of 86.850. In every event but the rings, Cole came in the top five, including finishing second in the vault only 0.050 points shy of first. McCallum also had a good night, finishing third in the all-around with a score of 85.400. Though he was more inconsistent than his teammate, he also excelled in the vault, narrowly beating out Cole to take home the crown in the event. “It’s still strange because I didn’t know how much the team was going to rely on me,” McCallum said. “Now I’m kind of comfortable in that position (where) the team needs me, and hopefully the rest of the team can get stronger so I’m not as relied on. But I kind of own that position now; I think that’s the best thing to do in the situation.” Fortunately for the rest of the team, McCallum and Cole seem to be peaking at the right time. The Wolverines have only one more dual meet, against a University of Illinois at Chicago team they defeated earlier this season, before competing in the Big Ten and NCAA Championship meets. And even if this season doesn’t end in anything special, McCallum’s and Cole’s early-learned expertise and leadership should be beneficial down the road. “Now that we’re in March, they’re finally in shape,” said senior Nolan Novak. “They’re getting the groove of things. They’ve stepped up and kind of fit the shoes of being an allarounder already, so that will bode well for them when they’re seniors.”

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Nearly three weeks ago, the state of the Michigan hockey team was in flux. Prior to the Ohio State series, the Wolverines had only trended upward. Senior netminder Steve Racine was playing his best hockey of his life. The feared CCM line — freshman Kyle Connor and juniors JT Compher and Tyler Motte — was scoring endless goals and the defense was finally erasing the kinks that plagued it in past years. Then came the series against the Buckeyes. The Wolverines traveled to Columbus, eager to continue their strong season, but couldn’t forge ahead. They let in 13 goals and were swept — one coach said prior to the series that Michigan’s goal was to limit the Buckeyes to five goals on the weekend. It was a giant step backward, and the team was playing a type of hockey that you don’t want to play with the postseason just weeks away. But it didn’t faze them. The Wolverines went on to promptly sweep Penn State by a margin of 13-2 before beating the Nittany Lions again, 7-1, and Minnesota, 5-3, to capture the Big Ten Tournament championship. If you ask the team what changed defensively, they’ll tell you it was a whole-team effort. Every player became accountable: forwards, defensemen and Racine. Starting with the forwards, Compher mentioned throughout the year that the forwards needed to backcheck more. But backchecking was all but absent in Columbus. However, the captain’s message rang deep during the Big Ten Tournament. “We won more battles, we were harder working, harder to play against, especially against Minnesota,” Compher said. “Our ‘D’ did a really good job gapping up and taking away space from their forwards. It was probably the hardest our team has backchecked all year, and it really took away a lot of what they were trying to do.” Added Berenson: “A lot of things had to happen and our team battled harder as a group. But then there were individuals who made plays that saved goals, which are just as important as the individuals who scored goals, starting with Racine and then (sophomore defenseman) Cutler Martin on that two-on-one.” Berenson referenced, perhaps, the play of the game. And it wasn’t another goal from the CCM line. Knotted at three midway through the period

after Michigan let in three unanswered goals, Minnesota capitalized on a turnover to force a two-on-one opportunity. With the way the game’s momentum was shifting, it felt like the Gophers would capitalize. Instead, Martin decided to challenge the puck-carrier head-on, diving toward him and knocking the puck toward Racine, who scurried the puck away from the danger zone. “I told Marty that it was the play of the year for him,” Racine said. “It was an awesome play. He took a chance and it worked out.” Added sophomore defenseman Zach Werenski: “We work on two-on-ones a lot throughout the week and it seems to have paid off. I don’t know if that was safest play or way to do it, but it was one of the plays of the game in my opinion.” Martin’s play shows that when Michigan takes chances, it plays its best hockey. When the defensemen have pinched down the boards to keep the puck in the offensive zone, more goals have occurred. In the Ohio State series, the defensemen got away from that. They tried to play to close to home, allowing the game come to them rather than being the playmaker. “I think we are buying into what is in front of us. We know we can make a run,” Werenski said. “When we want to, and commit to playing defense, we can do it. It’s just, as a team, it hasn’t been there all season, which is a tough pill to swallow thinking about what we could’ve done earlier in the year. “I think when you can gap up on the other forwards and not give them much time to make plays, it helps us a lot. It’s been nice having our forwards do a good job coming back hard and it gives us more confidence to step up and make plays.” Then there’s Racine, who has looked like a bona fide goaltender for the majority of the year, but has also suffered through down weekends like the one three weeks ago in Columbus. “He didn’t have his best series at Ohio State and he was the first to admit that,” Compher said. “We’re going to help as much as possible, and when he gives you big saves like the one he had on that two-on-one last night, that was a game-changer. If he can make those saves and we can put in our opportunities, then we can beat anyone.” If that’s true, it has to start with the forwards backchecking hard and the defensemen playing aggressive. The rest should take care of itself.

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has also been a boost for the Wolverines. Thompson is known as a lockdown defender, guarding each team’s respective best player. But in the WNIT, Thompson has topped her career high in points in both games with 19 and 20, respectively. Against the Toreros, Thompson will likely be given the task of defending guard Malina Hood, who averages 18.5 points per game. Malina’s twin sister, Maya, is second in scoring for San Diego with a 14.4 average. With the twins leading the way, the Toreros have lost all but one game by single digits. San Diego is strong in guard presence, but lacks height, priming Michigan freshman center Hallie Thome to have another standout performance. Against Bucknell, Thome tallied 24 points and four blocks. With San Diego’s tallest player standing at 6-foot-2, Thome’s

6-foot-5 frame and shifty footwork could allow her to pad the stat sheet in the paint. Her scoring has been instrumental in the Wolverines’ 81- and 95-point displays so far in the WNIT. “If we can continue to score like we have the last couple games, that’ll put us in great shape,” Barnes Arico said. Michigan’s best seasons may lie in the future with younger players continuing to develop and another ranked recruiting class coming in next season, but the seniors are still the focus of this year’s Wolverines. They want to send guards Madison Ristovski and Halle Wangler and forward Kelsey Mitchell off with a WNIT championship. It wouldn’t be as prestigious as the NCAA Tournament bid that Michigan wanted, but the WNIT is an opportunity to finish the season the way the Wolverines started it — with a win.

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After surrendering 16 turnovers in the first round of the WNIT against Wright State, Michigan had just seven turnovers in the next round against Bucknell. The Wolverines will have to be even more careful Tuesday night. “San Diego is a real tough team, they’ve had a tremendous season,” said Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico on her weekly radio appearance with WTKA. “They’re playing exceptionally well. They’ve been in the Midwest for the duration of the WNIT. “They’re a great, great defensive team, and they’re gonna change the pressure on us. They’re really going to get up and force turnovers, they forced 25 turnovers the other night. They’re gonna be scrappy and all over the place.” Along with cutting down on turnovers, the stellar play of junior guard Siera Thompson

Junior right-hander Megan Betsa struggled with her control early in the season, but she struck out 11 batters and walked none in her most recent start.

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Junior guard Siera Thompson has averaged 19.5 points per game in the Wolverines’ WNIT run this month.

The No. 2 Michigan softball team has had a long buildup to conference play. The Wolverines (21-2) have WMU at traveled across Michigan the country to Matchup: tournaments WMU 8-12; in Florida, Michigan 21-2 California When: and Kentucky, Tuesday facing a host 4 P.M. of nationally Where: diverse — and Alumni Field talented — TV/Radio: opponents, including No. MGoBlueTV 1 Florida, No. 7 Washington, No. 11 Florida State, No. 13 Missouri, No. 14 Oklahoma and No. 16 UCLA. But the team finally returned to Ann Arbor last Wednesday to play its first home game of the season, clobbering Eastern Michigan, 14-1.

Tuesday’s home game against Western Michigan represents the end of Michigan’s journey to Big Ten play. After facing the Broncos (8-12), the Wolverines will begin a 23-game conference schedule, with the exception of one game against Central Michigan sandwiched between series against Maryland and Penn State at the end of April. Michigan’s strong start has been boosted by an offense that ranks fourth in the nation in scoring and 10th in batting average. Its pitching, however, lags behind in comparison, with the rotation giving up four or more runs in five games this season and ranking 38th in the nation in earned-run average. For a team with championship potential that has been ranked No. 2 all year — and came in at No. 1 in the first RPI rankings of the season — the Wolverines haven’t been very balanced. But that seems to be changing. Over its last eight games,

Michigan’s pitching staff has hurled five shutouts and has a combined team earned-run average of 0.94. For junior right-hander Megan Betsa, walks have been a thorn in her side all season. Currently, she has given up more free passes than hits. In her past two starts, she has tempered the problem, giving up just two walks and tossing what was easily her best game of the season in her most recent start. Betsa threw a complete game shutout with 11 strikeouts and no walks. Betsa is building off of an All-American season last year, and Michigan will need her to continue to return to her previous excellence if it hopes to experience more postseason success. Sophomore right-hander Tera Blanco has bounced back as well. In her first start of the season, Blanco gave up seven runs (five unearned) in an 8-0, run-rule loss to No. 1 Florida, but she has since thrown two shutouts in her past

three starts. Fifth-year senior right-hander Sara Driesenga has been the most consistent of all the pitchers, sporting a gaudy 11-0 record with a team-best 2.12 ERA. But even she struggled earlier in the season, giving up 13 runs in 20.1 innings pitched at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic. Since then, however, she has given up only one run in the past 18 innings she has pitched. With its staff rounding into shape, the Wolverines are an even more dangerous team than before. Even if pitching alone can’t win championships, consistently good pitching can only help a team with the caliber of offense that Michigan has. “If we can get our pitching to consistently keep us in the game, our offense has the ability to do their part, which is score more runs,” Hutchins said. “That’s really what we try to stress every day with our pitchers to take the pressure off them. They don’t have to be perfect.”