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Brandon Stanton, creator of Humans of New York, speaks about his experiences interviewing and photographing strangers at the Power Center Thursday.

Creator of Humans of New York talks pursuing passions Brandon Stanton speaks in Hill on his path to photojournalism

University of Michigan despite high winds and rainy weather Thursday night. Brandon Stanton, renowned photojournalist and creator of the book and blog “Humans of New York,” delivered the Center for Campus Involvement’s annual Change Our World Lecture to a sold-out Power Center for the Performing Arts. According to CCI’s website, the annual Change Our World lecture was created in 2015 to spark a conversation among students on creating positive

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impacts within the University community and the world at large. This year’s event was sponsored by other institutions and organizations at the University, including the Center for Social Impact, the Stamps School of Art & Design and the Office of Global Education and Engagement. During the lecture, Stanton recounted the life events that led him to pursue photojournalism and create his largest blog and photojournalist compilation, “Humans of New York.” Followed

by more than 14 million people on Facebook, HONY is comprised of street portraits of New York residents accompanied by quoted captions about their day-to-day lives. However, HONY wasn’t always the international sensation that it is today. Stanton said before starting the blog, he was a bond broker in Chicago hoping to earn enough income to pursue his true life passions. After two years on the job, he was fired and left without much See HONY, Page 3

Dialogue focuses on experiences with mental wellness on campus By TANYA MADHANI Daily Staff Reporter

During their last mass meeting of the year, the Black Student Union allotted time for a mental health dialogue to address the topic within the African-American community both on campus and at large. Discussion at the event focused on the lack of minority clinicians in Counseling and Psychological Services, as well as lack of knowledge about mental health resources and the effects of attending a predominantly white institution like the University of Michigan. LSA junior Janice Allen and LSA senior Darian Lasenby moderated the event, which almost 50 students attended.

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ART 2.0 tool makes course data available Evaluation information now available to undergraduates By ISOBEL FUTTER Daily Staff Reporter

Just in time for backpacking and class registration, a new tool that displays course data from the past five to six years — Academic Reporting Toolkit 2.0, or ART 2.0 — has become available to students. The course evaluation data does not include individual professor evaluations or courses that had fewer than 30 evaluation responses, and students do not have access to grade distributions or average GPAs for the courses taken. The tool, which went live Tuesday, is designed to give students an interactive platform to answer questions about course evaluations, enrollment during each semester, the major and year distributions of students who took the class and the preenrollment, co-enrollment and post-enrollment of other classes. It was developed by the Digital Innovation Greenhouse, a program within the Digital Education and Innovation department, which was established last year to increase academic software on campus. Information graduate student Christanna Hemingway is one of the

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student fellows who worked on ART 2.0. Hemingway said they originally planned to make more information available to the public, but decided to limit available information due to faculty concerns. “Originally, we had some ideas of showing more information, and then in consulting with faculty colleagues we decided to step back,” Evrard said. “There were some trade-offs that we needed to make in order to get here. What we want to see from the student engagement is to see if you are actually using this tool, what you’d like to see and then engage in conversation with the Provost’s office and the deans across the University to align ourselves with respect to what should students know.” The tool uses selected data from the course evaluations taken every year. For all the schools besides Ross School of Business, answers to questions on the desire to take the course, whether the student learned a great deal from the course and whether the course had a large workload are available. For the Business School, the questions shown are whether the student had a strong interest to take the class and whether the material is helpful. It is currently linked to on both Wolverine Access and the LSA Course Guide last week. Physics Prof. Gus Evrard, the ART 2.0 team lead, said the project is part of a number of initiatives, such as releasing See EVALUATION, Page 3

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Allen said hosting a mental health dialogue was imperative to getting members of the Black community on campus to talk about the stigmas that they face. “It’s seen as something that is an issue, but not a serious issue that you need to seek help for,” she said. “You put it off to the side or it’s something that you put in the dark.” LSA sophomore Shavon Edwards said she is an active member of the BSU and found the topics of the meeting important, especially addressing mental health and illness concerns raised by her peers. “I’m a part of the community, so I know from experience that these issues are very much valid and true,” she said. “It’s just a simple lack of not knowing and the struggles we face as a community contributes to the fact that we don’t know the signs of mental illness.” These struggles, Edwards said, are what she and others See HEALTH, Page 3

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Elizabeth Rohr, intern at the University of Michigan’s Center for the Education of Women, leads a discussion on issues of discrimination and`microaggressions at the Duderstadt Center Thursday.

Entrepreneurship seminar discusses microaggressions Event highlights women in the workforce, gender gap By CAITLIN REEDY Daily Staff Reporter

The University of Michigan Society of Women Engineers and the Center for Entrepreneurship held a seminar and group discussion titled “Strategies to Overcome Gender Stereotypes” Thursday afternoon for an audience of nearly 40 students. The discussion was a part of

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a new lecture series called Empowering Women through Entrepreneurship, which explores how business ethics and power ethics can defeat gender inequality in the workplace. The discussion was led by Elizabeth Rohr, an intern from the University’s Center for the Education of Women. Throughout the session, Rohr focused on helping the group recognize and address microagressions as well mediating small group-led conversations. Rohr described microagressions as everyday verbal or nonverbal environmental slights, snubs

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and insults; more often than not, she said, they are subconsciously performed by an individual with a privileged, or majority, background. “Through years of my training and experience in social work, I automatically pick up on instances when people say ‘all of mankind,’ ” she said. “It makes me, and other women, feel excluded, like we were not a part of the history as well.” As an example of a microagression, Rohr discussed instances like when men will spread out their legs on public transportation, possibly taking up two seats, while women are See GENDER, Page 2

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Last weekend, the Michigan hockey team was able to go to the Big Ten Tournament without worrying about its season ending — the Wolverines had already secured a spot in the NCAA Tournament. With the conference tournament over, Michigan (12-5-3 Big Ten, 24-7-5 overall) moves on to the NCAA Tournament, where the situation is a little more desperate: Either win or go home. The seventh-ranked Wolverines head to Cincinnati to face No. 12 Notre Dame (15-5-2 Hockey East, 19-10-7) on Friday night. And if last weekend’s Big Ten Tournament win was an indication of anything, Michigan is ready to go. The Wolverines demolished Penn State for the third straight game, winning 7-2 behind freshman forward Kyle Connor’s four goals. The team followed the thrashing with a 5-3 win over Minnesota the next night to win the title. “The past few years, it seemed to come down to whether we won our conference championship if we got into the See HOCKEY, Page 3

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WHAT: A folk music performance by the band Birds of Chicago. Their music is a modern take on traditional gospel music. The band was formed in 2012 and features Allison Russell and JT Nero. WHO: Michigan Union Ticket Office WHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: The Ark, 316 S. Main St.

WHAT: The History Department will host WHAT: Katie Hill will a panel discussion on share her experiences past challenges and new as the first openly initiatives with history transgender person to graduate high school in the graduates. WHO: Eisenberg state of Oklahoma. Today Institute for Historical Hill is an author, activist, Studies model and student. WHEN: 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. WHO: LGBT Michigan WHEN: 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. WHERE: Tisch Hall, room 1014 WHERE: Chemistry Building, room 1800

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WHAT: The Center for WHAT: University of Illinois Campus Involvement will host an instructional at Urbana-Champaign prof. business etiquette Jose Ignacio Hualde will luncheon. give a talk on the language. WHO: Romance Languages WHO: The Center for Campus Involvement and Literatures WHEN: 11 a.m. WHEN: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. WHERE: Hutchins WHERE: Michigan Hall, room 250 League, Koessler Room

expected to cross their legs and take up as little space as possible. Rackham student Jessica Chen said she was intrigued by the topic and decided to attend the seminar particularly to discuss issues like the gender gap among minority groups. “I’ve always been interested and involved in women’s rights,” Chen said. “I do a lot of volunteering and the organization I’m involved with, we’re very interested in promoting a way to lessen the gender gap and for underrepresented minority groups.” In addition to discussion of personal experiences and ways to resolve workplace issues resulting from microaggressions, the seminar also focused on progress made in recent years in gender equality. Many of the statistics in the presentation pertained to those in STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and math — Sudoku Syndication including that women make up 20 percent of engineering graduates,

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WHAT: Professor of Chinese Linguistics at the University will give a talk titled “Bayesian Approahes to IndoEuropean Phylogeny.” WHO: Department of Linguistics WHEN: 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: Lorch Hall, room 403

Economic theory talk

WHAT: Three first-year Masters of Fine Arts candidates will display their work. WHO: Penny W. Stamps School WHEN: 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: Stamps Graduate Studios

but only make up 11 percent of the engineering workforce. Rackham student Jamie Do, who also attended the seminar, said she wanted to better understand how these microagressions and stereotypes play out in everyday life. “I thought the title sounded interesting, and it would be neat to recognize how people view others and find out how to take away what I learn here to break down those barriers for my own sake,” Do said. Ashleigh Bell, a student administration assistant for the Center for Entrepreneurship, said the center decided to start the seminar series in the College of Engineering because of the significant gender disparity in those fields. “I really believe in the power of entrepreneurship as a means of empowering everyone, but especially women and individuals who are underrepresented in STEM,” Bell said. “I want them to really pursue their goals, whether that be starting your own company someday, working for a startup or innovating within an existing industry.”

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At an open house held to discuss theproposed plan for the Ann Arbor Connector Thursday night, local residents raised concerns about the University of Michigan’s financial role in the joint project and how much city residents stand to benefit. The proposed Connector would either take the form of a light rail, a type of public transport similar to a tramway, or a high-capacity bus service. The rail would link the southern end of Ann Arbor from Briarwood Mall, through the University’s Central, Medical and North Campuses, to the city’s northern extreme at US-23 and Plymouth Road. Thursday night’s meeting was the second held regarding the connector — another was held earlyier in the day. During both,

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city and University officials met with community members and students to discuss the project. According to representatives of AECOM, the consulting firm hired to manage the project, the preliminary study on the light rail is complete, and public input will be collected before the next phase will proceed. The entire process of design finalization, procurement and construction is estimated to take between six and 12 years. Jeremy Winsor, one of the AECOM representatives, described the Briarwood MallPlymouth Road corridor as the busiest transportation corridor in the entire state of Michigan — with 28 percent of the city’s residents and 51 percent of the city’s jobs within walking distance of the proposed path — and the place where most of the city’s future growth would take place. He also noted that current bus traffic between downtown Ann Arbor and North Campus — at one bus every 90 seconds per stop and 50,000 daily trips — has exhausted existing road capacity. Winsor said the project is expected to reduce travel times along the corridor by 43 percent

and increase rider capacity by 52 percent, at an estimated cost of $500 to $700 million for construction and an 8 percent increase in annual transportation operations expenditures by the city and University. “If you were to go online to the (Federal Transportation Administration) and look at all the new projects they have around the country in major metropolitan areas, this project, for the amount of ridership, ends up looking like a bargain,” Winsor said, adding that a combination of state and federal grants would also likely pay a large portion of the cost. However, many of the residents in attendance expressed concerns about whether the University would be the primary beneficiary of the connector at the expense of city taxpayers. Ann Arbor resident Vince Caruso pointed out the majority of traffic along the proposed connector route is University students, saying the University should therefore pay a larger share of the costs, drawing nods of approval from the crowd. “This is really a U of M corridor; this is not an Ann Arbor corridor

…and that’s fine,” Caruso said. “Maybe they should be asked to step up and provide a lot more funding than they previously stated they would.” Jim Kosteva, community relations director for the University, acknowledged residents’ concerns. In an interview, he said the University intends to pay for 75 percent ofthe next phase of environmental reviews, and to continue to financially contribute in subsequent phases. However, he said the exact amount the University would contribute for the entire project is still to be determined. “It’s unquestionable that University ridership will be a primary beneficiary of this project,” Kosteva said. “We’ve paid for that system today, and we’re prepared to pay a proportional cost for any future system.” Caruso — who said he has many family members who work or study at the University — added after the meeting that most of the proposed stops along the connector route are only at University locations, further limiting how much it could benefit city residents.

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‘U’ study finds benefits of medical marijuana A study released Thursday afternoon by the University determined consumption of medical marijuana decreases patients’ use of opioids, or traditional pain medications. Researchers from the school of Public Health and the Medical School surveying 158 patients from a local medical marijuana dispensary found respondents suffered fewer side effects from their medications and a 45 percent improvement in quality of life after using cannabis to manage pain. The researchers suggested medical marijuana may be a viable option for patients currently taking costly prescription pain medication. The study’s findings come a week after the Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued a release highlighting the exponential increase in prescriptions for opioids since 1999. The CDC recommended the medical community cut down on prescribing opioids in light of their addictive qualities.

Officials tighten security following Brussels attack Law enforcement officials in Detroit have been on high alert since Wednesday’s terror attacks in Brussels, Belgium. Though law enforcement across the country has heightened security measures, local authorities reported additional scrutiny due to Detroit’s shared border with Canada, the Detroit Free Press reported on Thursday. The Detroit police department has increased the presence of officers at key areas in the city, including the Rosa Parks Transit Center, though no credible threats to the city have been disclosed. The city’s FBI department also boosted surveillance of “priority subjects” in the metro Detroit area. U.S. attorney Barbara McQuade stressed regional law enforcement would not profile Muslim or Arab residents, and is instead working closely with communities to guard against hate crimes and backlash.

Student earns competitive scholarship Karl Winsor, an LSA and Engineering senior, has been awarded a Churchill Scholarship from Cambridge University for graduate studies, the University announced Thursday. Winsor is one of 15 recipients this year, and the University’s 13th Churchill Scholar since the program’s inception in 1959. Winsor will graduate with a dual degree in LSA and the College of Engineering, concentrating in mathematics, electrical engineering and computer science. His research with professors at multiple universities covers subjects from complex dynamics and elliptical curves to quantum computation. Winsor plans on seeking a master’s degree in mathematics at Cambridge, and a Ph.D. afterward.

Study highlights phosphorus in Lake Erie A study conducted by the University’s Water Center announced the state needs to make drastic adjustments in order to achieve its goal of a 40 percent drop in Lake Erie’s phosphorus levels, Michigan Radio reported Thursday. Both U.S. and Canadian governments agreed to the reduction last month, but the study found stronger changes to current farming practices will be necessary and challenging to produce harmful algae blooms. The lake’s contamination became so extreme in 2014 the city of Toledo was forced to shut down access to tap water for two days. —RIYAH BASHA

HOCKEY From Page 1 tournament,” Michigan coach Red Berenson told reporters Thursday in Cincinnati. “Even though we did win our conference championship, our team earned their way into this tournament (before that).” Notre Dame is the second Hockey East opponent that Michigan has played this season — the first was Boston University back in November, when the Wolverines split a two-game series in Boston. The Fighting Irish will head to Cincinnati after not playing this past weekend. They were knocked out of the Hockey East playoffs by No. 13 Northeastern, who is on the other side of the NCAA regional bracket. But Notre Dame forward Thomas DiPauli sees that as a blessing in disguise. “The week off was good for us. It let us get our heads straight,” DiPauli said Wednesday in Cincinnati. “We could focus on fixing a few of the little things. I think we are ready for tomorrow’s game. The pace is definitely going to be fast, and that’s a part of our game that we have been focusing on.” The Wolverines’ offensive output leads the nation. Yet, the Fighting Irish are not far behind at No. 15 and are led by

EVALUATION From Page 1 course evaluations and data about classes, to expand access for students. “We wanted to take a look at the behavior, various aspects of behavior, of students, and we set up a small group of people to oversee the project,” Evrard said. University Provost Martha Pollack said the tool allows students to interact with one another in a new way. “It’s a tool where you can go in and you can find out obvious sort of things like what are the prerequisites, and you can find out things like, of the students who took this course, how many took this other course, or how many took this course at the same time,” Pollack said. “It helps you think about courses in context. It’s a way of sharing student knowledge and what students have experienced themselves with one another.” Rachel Niemer, a director of the project, said the tool allows students to find information about courses more efficiently and in a consolidated space.

HEALTH From Page 1 in her community have to face every day. “The struggles that we face day to day in being at a PWI (Predominately White Institution), being around people that don’t really understand where we’re coming from,” she said. “The struggles we face in always having to overcompensate for the things that we do because of how society is and how it portrays the Black community.” Allen said one of the primary reasons for having a mental health dialogue was to reassure others in the organization that there is support network that will exist for them. “People can know and understand that this is something important that you need to talk about, that you need to seek help for, that this is a real issue, that people care about you, that they love you,” she said. “In our community we don’t take care of ourselves health-wise, so I think it’s important to have these meetings so that people know that you need to take care of your health.” LSA junior Brianna Jenkins said she found the event to be a good way of spreading community awareness and solidarity. Mental health dialogues, like this one, are an opportunity for people to empathize and relate to one

News forward Anders Bjork and Jake Evans, who have both tallied 33 points this season. Notre Dame’s defense is driven by goaltender Cal Peterson, who boasts a .928 save percentage, good enough for 13th in the nation. Peterson will be tasked with stopping Michigan’s first line of junior forward Tyler Motte, JT Compher and freshman forward Kyle Connor. “Definitely playing against the highest-scoring team in the country is going to be a challenge for our whole team,” Petersen said. “But I think we prepared ourselves and our defensive structure, and I think that will translate well into tomorrow’s game.” The Fighting Irish are led by coach Jeff Jackson, who has coached Notre Dame to six NCAA Tournaments and two Frozen Four appearances. In 2008, Jackson led the Fighting Irish to a 5-4 overtime win over Berenson and the Wolverines to make the title game. “Jeff’s a real good coach,” Berenson said. “He put Notre Dame on an even keel, and he’s done a good job there.” The winner of the two athletic powerhouses will take on the victor of North Dakota and Northeastern. North Dakota is led in scoring by its top line, forwards Brock Boeser, Drake Caggiula and Nick Schmaltz. Earlier

this season, Fighting Hawks goaltender Cam Johnson earned the second longest shutout streak in NCAA history by not allowing a goal in over 298 minutes of play. Northeastern comes into the tournament hot and has lost only once in its past 23 games — a remarkable feat given that its record going into 2016 was 3-12-3. The Huskies are led in scoring by forward Zach Aston-Reese, who has 14 goals and 29 assists to date. Before Michigan has the opportunity to face the Fighting Hawks or the Huskies, however, it must get past Notre Dame, a team the Wolverines haven’t played since the last CCHA Tournament title game in 2013. But Wednesday, the Fighting Irish announced they would be leaving the Hockey East for the Big Ten for the 2017-18 season. “I think Notre Dame is a perfect fit: academically, they’re in our geographic footprint, competitiveness and they have a great facility and program,” Berenson said. “I think it’s a win-win situation for the Big Ten and Notre Dame.” So while the teams haven’t seen each other in three years, they will be seeing a lot of each other in the near future. They might as well start getting acquainted with one another now.

“One of the advantages that we see is by having data, students don’t have to go online and search,” Niemer said. “They can, in fact, use what other students have said in course evaluations and what the data are common trajectories through curriculars.” Niemer said she thinks the tool is particularly helpful for students who are exploring majors and subject levels because they can see what kinds of students are taking particular courses. Chris Teplovs, the lead developer at DIG, said the data included is from more than 9,000 undergraduate courses, going back six years for every course. Teplovs said the team worked on providing the most aggregate, objective source for students. “It’s attractive; it’s not distilled down from other sources and it’s not based on requests to access the information,” he said. Because the tool uses internal data collected by the University, Niemer said the tool is more useful than other online sources. “By looking at the data and the graphs available, they can

get a real sense of what actually happens as opposed to what they hear from their RA or their roommate or from friends said happens,” she said. “With more data comes more educated decision making.” The project is a second version of an interface created in 2006, ART, that was only available to faculty and showed enrollment, pairs of courses taken simultaneously and grade distributions, among other data sets. The team for ART 2.0 said they wanted to take that experience, present it in a userfriendly way and deliver it to students. Though the program is now available to all undergraduate students, Evrard said the interface is likely to change over time with feedback from users. “This is very much a beta product that may change as we move into Fall 2016,” he said. “We have room to grow so one of the things that we’d like to do is get feedback from students on utility of the services we’re providing. If there are negative aspects that you feel are important for us to know, then we simply want to hear from you.”

another on an often ignored topic, she said. “It’s not talked about enough and people suffer in silence and it’s not OK to just sit there,” Jenkins said. LSA sophomore Deashia Johnson said minorities are often silent about mental health issues they may face because mental health is often understood as a problem for white people. She said this cultural rejection makes it difficult for others to recognize symptoms of mental health issues they may be experiencing. “There is that complete stigma that we have to be better than everybody else or we aren’t supposed to go through feelings like this,” she said. “Growing up, your parents would tell you that if it’s something that you feel like you’re going through, that’s not really what it is, and it’s just looked at as an excuse. At the same time, people don’t realize, even within themselves, to what extent they’re actually going through these issues until it’s too late for them to do something about it.” Allen said she hoped students who attended the event understood mental health is a serious issue and a prevailing student concern on campus, with resources available for those who need them. “This is a real issue, and you really need to be proactive about your mental health,” she said. “There are resources on campus and outside of campus that can really, really help

you. The help is there — you just need to get it and need to realize that it’s important for you to seek out those resources.” Kinesiology senior Capri’Nara Kendall, speaker of the Black Student Union, said she does not believe the University is doing enough to support students with mental illnesses, adding that attending a predominantly white institution contributes to mental health concerns among minority students, especially Black students. “I’m the only Black woman in all of my classes, except for one, and that’s an African American Studies class,” she said. “When you go in class and you’re the only representative of your race and your gender as they intersect, it’s hard because now I deal with the Black people stereotype of being extremely lazy and piss poor, but I also deal with the stereotype of being a woman. So I walk in and I’m already mentally not there.” When students are away from their comfort zone, Kendall said, they don’t know how to handle Predominately White Institution environments like that of the University. “We have people here who have never seen Black people before and never seen Latino people before or never had to engage with them unless their parents were overseeing them,” she said. “That has a lot to do with our experience as students and it’s not an easy one.”

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HONY From Page 1 saved money. Looking back, Stanton said losing his job as a broker was a significant setback, but in turn caused him to reassess his true goals for his life. “Two years had gone by where I had lost my thoughts; they’d been taken away from my true goal in life,” he said. “I realized that no amount of money that I made in those two years could possibly have bought that time back.” Stanton said he soon after adopted a goal to have a fulfilling life while pursuing his true passions in photography. “This is the decision that Humans of New York was founded on, and everything that came was built upon,” he said. “I made my decision that I’m going to structure the rest of my life to where I can make just enough money to control my time.” Stanton said shortly after being fired, he moved to New York to further pursue photography, enabling him to separate his identity from the broking market. “Photography was like a treasure hunt for me,” he said. “Just going out onto the streets and not knowing what you’re going to find, and just to find to something amazing and be able to capture it, it was so fun to me.” The early stages of his photography in New York were only photographs of buildings, people and other subjects throughout the city. He said a pivotal moment for his work was when he photographed a woman standing on a sidewalk and attached a quote to the photo when he posted it on Facebook. “Ever since that moment, Humans of New York became all about my mission, and became all about getting as good as I possibly can get at stopping a person on the street and creating an atmosphere,” he said. “A style of conversation where with a very short amount of time I could have a very deep and meaningful conversation with a complete stranger that will reveal glimpses into their lives,” he said. Stanton also shared comical asides and anecdotes throughout the night about interacting with his photography subjects globally. In addition to capturing subjects in New York, Stanton has also traveled to Iraq, Iran and Pakistan, where he has interviewed refugees affected by violence in the Middle East. After the event, LSA junior Ryan Mak, a CCI program assistant, said Stanton’s experiences photographing subjects in the Middle East made him the perfect fit to deliver the lecture. “We felt that Brandon was one of the best speakers to come because of his work with the Syrian refugees as well as the prison inmates,” Mak said. “It’s something that everyone resonates with because everyone loves stories, and so we thought that this would be the best speaker to come and give the greatest impact to students who come tonight.” In a Q&A session after the event, Stanton said traveling to

places like Iraq and Pakistan was beneficial in countering dominant misconceptions about life in the Middle East. “I find that Humans of New York is most effective and most impactful in places that are feared,” he said. “In these countries they have such a string of negative news coming out of them — it results in us having an unnatural fear of these countries.” Even though HONY often grapples with difficult subject matters, Stanton emphasized his work aims to highlight untold stories. “Every revolution, every turn that I’ve made, every strategic decision that I’ve made with Humans of New York has been based on this core understanding that Humans of New York is not about photography, it’s not writing, but the soul of Humans of New York is all about the interaction with perfect strangers.” He ended his remarks by encouraging students to reflect on their true aspirations in life. “My goal was to figure out a way to make just enough money to do what I loved all day long,” he said. “That is something I am positive, if you’re willing to work, you can figure that out too.” Stanton’s remarks resonated with many University students who attended the lecture, including Engineering freshman Marc Chattrabhuti, who said he decided to attend because he’s followed Stanton’s work for several years. “I think HONY is a very noble cause,” Chattrabhuti said. “I would say it’s also really unique because you’re talking to everyday people who you don’t think would have very interesting stories.” Chattrabhuti added he would remember Stanton’s words about finding an identity that would help him pursue his dreams. “I really feel that people lose sight of their identity, and that’s why they change so much, and their goals are just completely skewed,” he said. “I really think I can apply that to myself because identity is what allows me to stay true to myself, allows me to know what I want to do and it really allows me to be rooted in my passions.” First-year Law student Xun Yuan said he wanted to attend the lecture because he used to be a New York Times journalist and has worked with Middle Eastern refugees in Turkey. “I think what (Brandon) does is just so fantastic,” he said. “It’s so different from anything I’ve ever done and anything else anyone else has ever done.” Yuan said he plans to carry Stanton’s words of not giving up on your dreams during his time at the University. “Start something you are passionate about and then don’t just get surrounded by your future plans, because things might change,” Yuan said. “If you’re passionate about something, go for it.” The Trotter Multicultural Center will host a follow-up event Friday to discuss themes Stanton highlighted during his remarks.

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t mystifies me how despite nearly 24-hour coverage by every major media organization, there are still people surprised that Donald Trump is the frontrunner for the Republican nomination. Sure, there are plenty of Americans whom Trump’s bigotry and slogan of “Make America Great Again” speak to, but that’s nothing new in American politics. What’s new is the entertainment value. A candidate running on a platform of building a wall that Mexico will pay for, and banning an entire religion from entering the United States looks more like someone running to be a Saturday Night Live caricature than president of the United States. The media, however, began this race as if Trump was a serious candidate, and the effect has been like a snowball ever since. Trump gets more TV time, meaning more people see him, meaning the media feels the demand to focus on him. While The Huffington Post may add an editor’s note to all Trump articles reminding their readers he is a racist and xenophobe among other things, no serious organization has had the common decency to say they won’t be drawn into this madness. News organizations around the country long ago abandoned their need to cover what’s truly important for what will bring in revenue, but this is one of the first times this choice has serious repercussions. It’s this legitimization of Trump’s bigotry by the media that has led voters to support him in droves, but there is a way to end this. It’s as simple as saying no. This past weekend, I attended the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s Policy Conference in Washington D.C. As a bipartisan organization, AIPAC invited all active presidential candidates to address the more than 18,000 delegates about their views on the American-Israel relationship. All but Sen. Bernie Sanders accepted the invitation. There was immediate outcry

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from the Jewish and pro-Israel communities that allowing Donald Trump to speak would legitimize his bigotry and send the message to the world that AIPAC condones these beliefs. AIPAC clarified their position, saying they weren’t endorsing Trump, but that given Trump has a significant chance of becoming president, it is important to build a relationship with him. Given how legitimized Trump has become, it’s tough to see the error in this. Yet while AIPAC may have felt the need to hear from the likely nominee, I and many others did not. Most of the conference was a bastion where pro-Israel supporters from all walks of life came together for a common purpose. But when Trump took the stage, a community that had talked for two days about the need for peace applauded a candidate who has called for banning Muslims, the group so vital to a productive peace in the Middle East, from entering the United States. So, I and hundreds of delegates in the arena stood up and quietly walked out. I joined a group of about 30 rabbis, students and activists in a protest titled Come Together Against Hate. While attendees inside the arena applauded Trump’s pander and bigotry, we joined together in a sports bar just outside to learn from the Jewish texts about the need to educate those who stray from the path of decency. We learned, we sung and we were respectful. While responding to Trump with loud protests may seem natural given his vitriolic behavior, so far it only empowers him. Stopping Trump doesn’t require posters, signs and screaming, it requires turning off your TV. It may be impossible to stop Trump’s road to the nomination now, but it isn’t too late to stop our national embarrassment.

ith the new $112 million renovation to the West Quad Residence Hall, pretty much everything has changed. Additional study spaces, improved plumbing and better Wi-Fi and computing have brought this residence hall into the 21st century. While many things have been improved, a lot of the same aspects of the 1939 building remain in place, including the original names of every house in the building. There are nine houses in West Quad, and most of them are pretty meaningful and are not a problem. For example, houses like Michigan House and Chicago House are named after places, Allen House and Rumsey House are named after the founders of Ann Arbor and other houses are named after famous professors. However, there is one distinct house that is different than the rest. On the north side of West Quad, on the fourth floor lies Winchell House, named after a professor from the late 1800s. Alexander Winchell was a professor of engineering and physics between 1853 and 1872 and of geology between 1878 and 1891. Like the namesakes of many other buildings on this campus and across the country, Winchell’s views on race are concerning. Winchell was a part of the “scientific racism” community, which, in short, tried to find biological proof of white supremacy. In 1878, he published a famous paper titled “Proof of Negro Inferiority,” which to him was proof that African and AfricanAmerican people were biologically inferior because of random physical features. In his paper, he performs many types of pseudo-scientific methods to prove this difference. This is truly a sickening read, with Winchell making comparisons between Black people and orangutans, and “proving” through body measurements the idea of their inferiority. This disgusting paper now circulates on white supremacy websites and is cited by some as justification for their racism. Later, in the 1930s when West Quad was built, someone decided to name

—Jeremy Kaplan is a senior editorial page editor

Foolish for a cause

hat good can it do to be foolish? Each year on the weekend nearest to April Fools’ Day, hundreds of Ann Arborites and University of Michigan students share their interpretations of the answer to this question in the form of a gigantic, bizarre parade of puppets. Mark Tucker, art director of the Lloyd PAYTON Hall Scholars Program, LUOKKALA a Michigan Learning Community that encourages students to pursue passions of art and writing, is the father of the project. Together with former LHSP student Shoshana Hurand, he founded the festivities in Ann Arbor in 2006 in hopes of bringing the Ann Arbor community together with a little foolishness. Tucker (or as some of his students affectionately call him behind his back, Marky Mark) hatched the idea after traveling to Europe “to learn the fine art of cartapesta (papier-mâché) from esteemed float builders in Viareggio, Italy.” Full of life and color like Tucker himself, thousands of people annually flock the streets of Italy to partake in the crazy, human-powered celebration. Adding his own unique style, he used the Italian influences to create his own unreasonable but crowd-pleasing event. This year, FestiFools celebrates its 10th anniversary. At last year’s event, I helped a friend perform with her giant piece. She had made a large, mustached Monopoly man — social commentaries are popular among the event’s puppets — that commented on the greed of our society. The man himself took three people to control — one person to hoist and balance the pole going through the puppet’s body and two others to animate each of his arms. In order to contribute chaos to the crowd, my friend also made several Monopoly game pieces — a tinfoil car, train and iron that she had convinced

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others to wear on their heads while they run around the puppet’s gesticulating arms. She also made a separate Monopoly man head, which she made another girl wear. Because the girl could not see through the mask, my job was to watch her and make sure she did not fall onto a small child. Certainly, the event is a sort of chaos: children dressed as butterflies and monsters blowing bubbles; dragons and banners weaving and wrapping around participants; giant puppets including robots, historic figures such as Marie Antoinette, octopi and gigantic babies holding cell phones. There are even bands playing shiny instruments and the audience sitting, squealing, clapping on the curbside. Aside from the intriguing public art created by the participants, the implications go beyond the tangible fantastic — through the event’s creations and performances, the community hopefully is brought a little closer. According to the WonderFool Productions website, the group is “a nonprofit organization dedicated to engaging communities in dynamic, educational, collaborative and entertaining public art experiences.” The art is free and accessible to all, involving people of all ages. As a relatively new Ann Arbor resident, it is difficult for me to try and determine how FestiFools has changed the community. Upon first glance, FestiFools might seem small and insignficant in our community, but FestiFools can do no harm. FestiFools makes art more accessible and enjoyable and it joins people of all different ages to create, celebrate and be uncomplicatedly foolish. Only positivity can come from that. One thing you should know: When Mark Tucker throws an event, it always rains. Bring a raincoat, but leave your inhibitions at home. Stay foolish. A FoolMoon (pre-FestiFools night parade and street party) takes place from dusk on Friday, April 1, until midnight on downtown Ann Arbor’s Main Street on Sunday, April 3, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. —Payton Luokkala can be reached at payluokk@umich.edu

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Change Winchell House a house after him, and the name stuck. Seventy-six years went by, and nobody noticed the obvious problem with naming a house after a racist person. Across the nation, schools like Yale, Georgetown and Princeton have had large-scale student protests over the naming of buildings. Though there have been some successes, many complaints from students have been ignored. In Mississippi, students at the University of Mississippi pushed to change the name of Vardaman Hall, which ironically housed the Institute for Racial Reconciliation. Rather than changing the name, the university decided to put up markers and signs to embrace Vardaman’s past, rather than moving on from it. Last month, The

“We can’t set a tone of inclusivity and acceptance on campus if we have memorials to racists.”

Michigan Daily reported on a talk by Lawrence Ross, which highlighted, among other things, the struggle and failure of students at Clemson University to rename a building that is named after a former slaveholding governor. The issue of building names is at the forefront of campus-climate issues today. In January, I brought this matter to the University of Michigan’s attention and met with Marilyn De LaRoche, who is the director of University Housing. To the University’s credit, those I have talked to in University Housing have been more than helpful, and have assured me that they are investigating and trying to change the name. Unfortunately, issues like this, and the naming of any University-owned building, fall under the jurisdiction of the Board

of Regents, a group that may be resistant to progress on this matter. On January 22, Regent Andrea Newman (R–Ann Arbor) tweeted that she thought the issue of building names was “an interesting discussion, but also a part of our history.” This tweet was responded to in agreement by Regent Mark Bernstein (D–Ann Arbor). Progress is hard to come by on an issue like this; however, progress is needed, and it is unacceptable to name spaces in buildings after people with such flawed views on race. We, as a community, need to move on from our racist past and embrace a more accepting future. While some may argue that retaining building names on campus is a good way to remember our past as a university, I challenge them to think of the greater impacts of the name above that of simply the words on the door. Having memorials to our racist past is a step in the wrong direction. We must ask the question of whether or not the impact of this racially charged name is more harmful than letting go of the history of his name. In this case, and in many other cases, moving forward from our racist past is more important than remembering the man himself. I urge the University community to speak up. The name of Winchell House needs to be changed. We can’t set a tone of inclusivity and acceptance on campus if we have memorials to racists. Many argue that the names of buildings are a way to remember our history, but I’d like to provide another way that they can be beneficial. We as a community can use this as a chance to open up a community-wide conversation about the history of racism. We can and should talk about how much progress we’ve made, but how much further we have to go. Many buildings across this country are named after racist people, and in many cases, we may not even know it. By becoming aware of their history and the history of their namesakes, we can work together to make this campus a more inclusive place. —Kevin Sweitzer is an LSA freshman

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believe there’s a sense of achievability that comes with being on a college campus, especially one as prestigious as this university’s. We all came to Ann Arbor with the belief that our experiences here would be life-changing; that we would, in some way, make an impact on our surroundings and be remembered by the students following after us. Ever since freshman orientation, we’ve been told that we’re the “leaders and best” because we’ve been accepted into the University of Michigan, and therefore we will someday change the world. And despite the endless hours of stress that this institution will end up putting us through, there’s a sense of invincibility, a sense of invulnerability, that comes with being a University of Michigan student. In many ways, this type of environment suits a college campus. It helps to foster ideas and creativity, and it encourages students to take the risks that will make them better workers and thinkers in the future. It’s this type of self-confidence that has inspired great thinkers and scholars for millennia. Accepting challenges that may or may not be out of one’s league has become a crucial part of the college process, and college campuses foster an environment that tells everyone they can and will succeed at whatever project they take on. Failure is a taboo word, never discussed and never accepted. But Icarus flew too close to the sun, and likewise, Michigan students sometimes overstep their bounds. This happens all over the campus, when students decide to talk about topics they don’t necessarily understand, arguing

for or against certain positions and then taking action based on those discussions. Especially in the case of social justice, students feel that because they took a sociology course or attended a protest that they are qualified to speak on behalf of a marginalized group they may not be a part of. In some ways, this can be a positive thing; at least people are aware of and discussing issues that really are important to the world. But on the negative side, what type of information is being spread?

“Though it may be hard, sometimes admitting you don’t know enough about an issue to act on it is the most impactful thing a person can do.” Is this information truly helpful to the marginalized group, or is it actually working to silence and oppress these individuals more? I recently attended a discussion about anxiety and depression where the facilitators had not been trained to talk about the specific topic at hand. As a result, one of the facilitators inadvertently insulted a participant for the decisions they made with their body. In their defense, the facilitators were very receptive to the criticism they received from the attendees. In my opinion, the organization, who does do great things on campus and of which I am a proud member, should have

been more sensitive and hired trained professionals to host this dialogue. This type of insensitivity is also prevalent in discussions regarding sexual assault on campus. I recently heard someone running for Central Student Government talk about this topic using heteronormative pronouns, with “her” referring to the survivor and “him” referring to the perpetrator. Using this type of language demonstrates a lack of awareness, as people within the LGBTQ community face sexual violence at a distressing rate and is detrimental as it takes away the voices of the people within this community, discouraging them from seeking help. Here at the University, we are told that we can do anything. On this campus, people have found the inspiration to become doctors, writers, movie stars and politicians. This environment has cultivated some of the best learners and thinkers of our time. As students here, we are constantly being told that nothing is out of reach and that our work will someday change the world. But we are never told that in some situations it’s not our place to speak out, that it’s OK to be quiet. Though it may be hard, sometimes admitting you don’t know enough about an issue to act on it is the most impactful thing a person could do. I will freely admit there are a lot of issues I would not be confident to speak out on, knowing that my well-intentioned words could accidentally harm someone. In this type of situation, the best course of action is to educate oneself before moving forward. ­— Elena Hubbell is an LSA freshman

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Japanese jazz hit ‘Scenery’ excels By ANAY KATYAL Daily Arts Writer

Thelonious Monk taught us the beauty of improvisation. Louis Armstrong helped us find fun in swing. Duke Ellington A showed us the wonder and joy Scenery to be had with a big orchestra. Ryo Fukui Ryo Fukui had all the mate- Trio Records rial to make a similar impression on the world of jazz with the modal masterpiece that is 1976’s Scenery, but among some of music’s biggest injustices, the lack of a global stage for musicians of Fukui’s ilk is one of the most unfortunate. When listening to Scenery, it’s hard not to think about the countless other potential works of art that the Western musical zeitgeist has failed to account for. Jazz’s liberating nature separates it from other genres of music. Artists are free to stitch together a variety of styles and sounds effortlessly, affording them a significant level of cre-

ativity and improvisation. In Scenery, Fukui provides listeners a refreshing take on some jazz classics, like “Willow Weep For Me,” “Autumn Leaves” and “I Want To Talk About You.” While he relies on the works of other musicians, he has an undoubtedly unique take on every song. His rework of “Autumn Leaves” contains an eclectic, soulful introduction before he breaks into the slow, subdued jazz standard. While “Autumn Leaves” is an oft-used piece for beginner jazz musicians to acquaint themselves with jazz harmony, Fukui still manages to create something original out of an otherwise rudimentary piece of music, adding an upbeat cadence and flair throughout the song. The drums are thunderous, but at the same time expertly restrained, and his keyboard has an air of both swing and finesse. Even in his original arrangements, the giants of jazz piano are channeled through the sounds of Scenery. Fukui’s style is immediately reminiscent of Bill Evans, and his modality recalls to life the masterpieces of the John Coltrane Quartet. In

the track “Early Summer,” his transition between chill melodies and slapping chord progressions culminates in a grand three minute solo, mirroring a lot of the grandiosity found in both Evans and Coltrane’s repertoire. Though Fukui remains calm in some arrangements, he switches gears on frenetic, seemingly improvised pieces like “Early Summer,” a fitting apex for the album. While jazz in America was going through a crisis of identity and relevancy, Japan had an artist whose talent and adherence to the purity of the genre’s sound created some of the world’s best, and most unnoticed, works of art. Scenery is both an expert homage to jazz’s best, and a damning illustration of an artist whose talent can almost match the musicians he honors. Scenery fuses elements of modal, bop and cool jazz, creating an unbridled spirit of majesty and excitement. While even some of jazz’s most loyal patrons may have failed to survey Fukui’s work, it’s never too late to rediscover the mastery of Scenery.

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FILM REVIEW

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Lichtenstein-esque ‘Sixty Six’ exuberant By VANESSA WONG Daily Arts Writer

1960s pop art and Greek mythology collide in a dizzying explosion in Lewis Klahr’s collage film series “Sixty Six.” Paper cutouts A of Lichtensteinesque blondes Sixty Six scuttle Lewis Khair through period magazine Ann Arbor imagery, Film Festival background prints and photographs of modernist LA architecture in dynamic stop motion. It’s the Silver Age of Greek mythology played out with the pulpy suspense and visual identity of the Silver Age of comic books. Unlike some experimental films, Klahr’s work usually has a fairly defined, linear narrative, but an idiosyncratic method of reveal. He creates a scrapbooklike collage, physically overlaying flat cutouts and 3D found objects, then intercuts them with digital imagery, flashes of bold color and soapy sound bites that guide the storyline. The twelve films in the series work together as chapters of a larger storyline, one which switches easily between ominous melodrama and playful irony. “Helen of T” features a time

period appropriate jazz to follow a seductive blonde grappling with the loss of her youth and beauty. He then switches visual styles in “Mercury,” a short fight between comic book superheroes. Choppy cuts hover in on various small details — the point where a punch meets or a muscle straining — sparking motion to what was once a static physical image. Then there’s “Ambrosia,” a respite from graphic imagery, focusing on banquet table photographs alone to tell a story of the guests unseen. “Lethe,” inspired by the eponymous river flowing through the Underworld, draws revolvers and top hats from slick noir cinema for a bored housewife and mad doctor’s romp through death and rebirth. Klahr says his films are from the “present tense, looking back”: that is, situating present iconography within the context of ideas that lead up to it. Cultural symbols may define an era, but aren’t exclusive to it. “Sixty Six” revives found imagery to uncover what relics of history have stuck and what they’ve become. After all, Greek myths were once narrative fodder for popular entertainment, just as the Pop Art movement drew from mass culture. Still, calling “Sixty Six” a modern retelling of traditional archetypes doesn’t encompass the complexity of its scope. Klahr sources from an eclectic variety of well-known cultural

markers, but disregards the chronological continuum that structures the ideas. He hints at how past ideas inform modern thought, but spends more time reversing it, finding fresh angles on things that have now wormed their way into collective consciousness. He meshes images together, then flings them in unexpected directions so all of these threads of perspective — Greek mythology, 60’s culture and the modern viewer — are at once recontextualized under his interpretation and stripped of context to create building blocks that the viewer can rearrange themselves. He invites viewers to engage with the films within the context of their own lives, prefacing the screening by recommending that audiences unfamiliar with experimental film approach his series like listening to music. Just as song lyrics re-enter the mind during completely different situations than the original song, Klahr says because these cultural markers are already absorbed deeply into American popular culture, reassembling them is “about the way we personalize those images,” as Klahr said in the Q&A. With its delightfully distinctive collage style, “Sixty Six” has an unparalleled exuberance that truly does inspire audiences to make nostalgic imagery their own.

‘Daredevil’ continues ‘More Water’ flops by along a sinister road trap-rap standards MUSIC REVIEW

By MEGAN MITCHELL Daily Arts Writer

The cast of Marvel’s “Daredevil” has finally come into its own, entering the second season more comfortable in their roles than Athey were last season. Daredevil The complete Season Two new season of (6 Episodes the hit series Reviewed) began streaming on March Netflix 18, and since then, pausing an episode has proven crazy difficult. Before the first appearance of the vigilante Daredevil, the Marvel Cinematic Universe was solely characterized by shiny technology and the crisp suits of the Avengers. But when lawyer-by-day, hero-by-night Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox, “Boardwalk Empire”) finally graced our screens, we were taken to the darker, sexier side of Marvel. Showrunners Doug Petrie (“American Horror Story”) and Marco Ramirez (“Orange is the New Black”) helm the new season of “Daredevil,” taking the reigns from predecessor Steven DeKnight (“Spartacus”). So far, they’ve been sprinting ahead with the figurative baton. This season sees the addition of the Punisher (Jon Bernthal, “The Walking Dead”) and Elektra (Elodie Yung, “Gods of Egypt”), who, at first appearance, are meant to juxtapose the actions of Daredevil, but ultimately end up encouraging them. Where a stark line once stood between the actions of Murdock and season one antihero Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio,

“Jurassic World”), season two explores the morally gray area that comes with vigilantism. It’s obvious that Petrie and Ramirez are taking a different approach to “Daredevil,” putting Murdock’s hero under the same scrutiny that Christian Bale’s Batman underwent in Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight.” The season begins strongly as Matt struggles to balance his dual identities despite the urging of partner and longtime friend Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson, “Mockingjay: Part 2”) to give up the mask. As a break from the secrecy of the first season, it’s refreshing to have Foggy in the loop on Matt’s late-night activities, and this season, he seems to be acting as the voice of reason. Although we may have prematurely pinned Foggy as the sidekick to Murdock’s Daredevil, Nelson is taking over as a solid force in the series, shining in the duality of sarcasm and seriousness. Another driving force in the show, Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll, “True Blood”), becomes more comfortable in her skin, falling into the trio smoothly with her strong will and unwavering loyalty to the clients of Nelson & Murdock. Just as the characters begin to find balance in the mayhem, the unanticipated return of Elektra, a past lover of Murdock’s with a taste for blood, begins to deteriorate Matt’s relationships. In the beginning, the audience is enticed by Elektra, with her suave, ninjaesque moves. Slowly, her sadistic thirst for vengeance breaks her facade, showing something much darker beneath the mysterious exterior. Especially since Karen and Matt have just begun to act

on the spark of their relationship, Elektra’s arrival comes at a really a bad time. As the trial of the century between the DA’s office and Nelson & Murdock over the fate of the Punisher begins, we see Matt choosing to abandon Foggy at the trial’s most crucial point, chipping away at their friendship right at the hinges. As the season goes on, it becomes harder to endorse Daredevil’s actions. Considering the second episode showcases Foggy’s desperate plea that Matt end his days as Daredevil, worried that his actions will ultimately lead to his demise, it’s irritating to see Matt fail to reciprocate Foggy’s loyalty. Petrie and Ramirez are making it increasingly difficult to root for Murdock as the series progresses. Surprisingly, the only common feature of the first and second seasons of “Daredevil” is the cinematography. There’s one stairwell fight scene that is so smoothly choreographed and stylistically pulled off that it could’ve easily appeared in the first season. Overall, “Daredevil” seems to be balancing on the cliff between one of Marvel’s rare treasures and the cinematic graveyard. Hopefully, the slightly rushed plot lines that characterize the first episodes of the season will be outliers compared to the smoothness that eventually characterizes the following episodes. If “Daredevil” is picked up for another season, it should focus on this smoothness so the series doesn’t burn through plot too fast. As far as the cinematography and character portrayal is concerned, though, “Daredevil” might just be headed towards the same pedestal as “The Dark Knight” if they play their cards right.

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At one point during a Vice Media mini-documentary about Atlanta rapper iLoveMakonnen, the rapper eats an hallucinogenic mush- C+ room, and as it hits him, Drink More he remarks, Water 6 “I need a iLoveMakonnen goddamn bed with the Warner Bros. booth, you know what Records I’m saying, just lay down and record some shit.” It’s a funny moment and seems to (mostly) be a joke. It also explains the appeal of Makonnen’s sound better than any formal interview can. A peak Makonnen track sounds somewhere between the thoughts of a rapper about to go to bed and the thoughts of a rapper who just took shrooms, all the while percolating in a brain raised on the Atlanta trap-rap sound. Unfortunately, Makonnen’s most recent EP, Drink More Water 6, does not sound like the musings of a sleepy tripper. The tape, more than anything, sounds like the cold authenticity-killing power of a rapid rise to fame and a major record deal. This is Makonnen’s first major studio album. While it’s been marketed as a mixtape, and comes as the sixth installment of his Drink More Water series, this is his first commercial release. The album-mixtape ambiguity seems to manifest itself in the project. From top to bottom, Drink More

Water 6 feels like a collection of Soundcloud releases, rather than an album. It’s not particularly unique, nor is it necessarily a misstep, for rappers to dump a bunch of tracks in a mixtape and release it without much thought — Lil Wayne seemingly did it every other month for a few years. If Drink More Water 6 was simply a free mixtape track dump, it still wouldn’t be very good, but it wouldn’t have been as much of a disappointment as it was. Drink More Water 6 is, or at least should have been, Makonnen’s coming out party. He’s done the heavy lifting. He convinced the rap world that a goofy, shroompopping rapper with repetitive pseudo-melodic choruses and hard Atlanta beats can be absolute fire. He’s been featured on a Drake song and rapped on DJ Mustard and Carnage beats. In spite of all his recent success, Makonnen feels strangely risk averse on Drink More Water 6, as if his response to a major studio deal was to just not mess anything up for himself. On “Sellin,” and “Pushin’,” Makonnen sticks with rapping broadly about the drugs he sells, without much nuance to his angle. Even his love songs “Back Again” and “Turn Off the Lies,” which are rapped to an elusive female (or females) he refers to as “you,” don’t contain the relatable boyish emotion that makes “Second Chance” work. His hyped-up braggadocio tracks like “Uwonteva” and “Live for Real” don’t come close to the snarlinducing tracks like “Where Your Girl At?” and “I Live Tuh” from his 2015 campaign. It’s possible that “Solo,” probably Makonnen’s

most unique track on the mixtape, could have worked if it were surrounded by equally strange songs. But on Drink More Water 6, the track alone doesn’t have a long shelf life, and by the third listen it starts to lose its initial appeal. While the album is regrettably generic, it’s only generic by Makonnen’s standards. The album still has moments of the fun weirdness that characterize a peak Makonnen track. On the final track, where Makonnen best captures the hallucinogenic trap-rap fusion, he raps “two phones going ham, watch the bag triple double,” over a simple baseline, next to a subtle snare progression and under a whacky distorted set of echoing chimes. The line, along with the beat, is dripping with the duality of playful weirdness and serious subject matter. Ultimately, though, this album does not exude the feeling that time or effort was put into it. It’s a set of throwaway tracks that aren’t even the good kind of throwaway tracks. Makonnen had the opportunity to harness all his pent-up strangeness and push the envelope on how far the Atlanta trap-rap sound can stretch. He had the opportunity to belt quirky yet witty lyrics in his tonally questionable voice and have the rap world eat it up. On Drink More Water 6, he did none of that, but the flop of an album will not come as a death sentence. Makonnen will have another chance to show the world what it’s like to fall asleep, trip, trap and rap, all at the same time.

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‘The Bronze’ not funny as intended Sundance darling doesn’t stick the landing By MADELEINE GAUDIN Daily Arts Writer

Once upon a time, Hope Ann Gregory (Melissa Rauch, “The Big Bang Theory”) was America’s sweetheart. She won the titular bronze in the 2004 Olympics and with it, C the hearts of fans across The Bronze the United Sony Pictures States. Classic Twelve years later, State Theater back at home in Amherst, Ohio, not much has changed in Hope’s mind. She’s still an “American hero” deserving of free food at the mall food court. Except there’s a new child prodigy in town and, following the death of Hope’s old coach (and some complicated business with her inheritance money), Hope is forced to step up and help Mighty Maggie (Haley Lu Richardson, “The Young Kielowski”) on her path to stardom.

“The Bronze” takes its time getting to that so-called stardom. Hope initially sets Maggie up for failure, filling her with junk food, Avril Lavigne and a highly potent “green” smoothie. Then a quick change of heart alongside the promise of money turns her around. From there, Hope must struggle with being an absolutely miserable person and her fear that Maggie’s success will overshadow her own. Rauch plays the insufferable Hope perfectly. So perfectly, in fact, that she’s absolutely unbearable to watch. She swears in a thick Midwestern accent and snorts Claritin each morning to start her day. She bullies everyone from her angelically patient dad (Gary Cole, “Tammy”) to her weed dealer. While her abrasiveness and complete lack of selfawareness are clear attempts at comedy, Hope induces more cringing than laughing. Poor Thomas Middleditch (“Final Girls”) seems destined to play the same twitchy nerd he always does. This time he’s Ben, the nervous gym assistant and Hope’s eventual (read: inevitable) love interest. Who could ever love someone like Hope, you might ask? Only this guy, who she is relentlessly

cruel to. “The Bronze” tries to break free of its formulaic narrative by throwing in as many plot twists as it can. It twists and turns so much that it finds itself in much the same place where it began. Loyalties change and change back and change back again. People fall in love on and off the high bars. “The Bronze” actually does its best when it sticks to the narrative formula. But it tries too hard to surprise its audience. In the end, things are (somehow) resolved and, by some miraculous salvation, Hope is not the absolute worst person ever. “The Bronze” is almost funny. In its quieter moments, it’s entertaining — a sweet moment between Ben and Hope is peppered with gentle awkwardness and Ben asking Hope if she tapes down her boobs in an attempt to tell her she’s pretty just the way she is. But, unfortunately, “The Bronze” relies too heavily on the crutch of raunchiness, favoring crude sex jokes and swearing over well-developed humor. So “The Bronze” doesn’t stick the landing, that’s clear. But even worse, much like its main character, it doesn’t know when to quit.

It’s not easy to generalize the variety of films shown at this year’s Ann Arbor Film Festival, but solitary living was a running thread in the tenth set of shorts that were Bscreened on March 20. Films in The strong Competiproduction value and tion 10 quality of Michigan subjects and actors Theater filmed was Ann Arbor consistent Film Festival throughout. The collaboration of several countries was showcased as well, demonstrating how film can allow diverse groups of people to coalesce. This was most notable in the documentary “Le Boudin,” in which German teenager Elias Greißler shares his experience of being forced into the French Foreign Legion. Portuguese filmmaker Salomé Lamas effectively strengthens the authority of Greißler’s story by splicing it with testimony from Portuguese serviceman Nuno Fialho. The striking similarities between the two men’s experiences brings gravity to the young man’s scary time in military service with another country. The fact that the two subjects are so distant in age and country of origin makes the issue addressed in the documentary all the more real. The highlight of the set is the documentary “Omnia,” by Amena Al Nowais of the United Arab Emirates. Omnia, a young Egyptian woman, retells a horrifying childhood experience when she was in excruciating pain and could not use her legs to get away. Her blunt, simple language powerfully conveys her

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2016 Baseball Preview Breaking down Michigan’s roster By NATHANIEL CLARK Daily Sports Writer

While the Michigan baseball team lost some firepower from last year’s offense that won the Big Ten Tournament, there is still considerable talent on the roster. Below, the Daily breaks down the 2016 Michigan squad. Outfield The departure of centerfielder Jackson Glines, who was a 10th-round pick in June, leaves big shoes to fill from last year’s offense. Glines finished the 2015 season with a .369 batting average, an on-base percentage of .440, five home runs, 83 hits and 34 runs batted in — the latter two were both good for third best in the Big Ten. But there is a returning starter from last year to fill the vacancy: senior center fielder Cody Bruder, who has taken up residence in the fifth spot in the Wolverines’ batting order. Bruder is currently hitting .353 with 24 base hits and 15 RBIs. He possesses the thirdhighest batting average on the team, the third-highest hit total and the second most RBIs. Junior right fielder Johnny Slater has also seen significant playing time of late. Though he recorded nine multi-hit games in 2015, and came up with several clutch at-bats during Michigan’s late-season run, he has been struggling at the plate so far this season. His batting average is sitting at .185 and he has mustered just 10 hits. Beyond the returning starters, there are some newcomers to the outfield, most notably senior left

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fielder Matt Ramsay, who arrived in Ann Arbor this year as a transfer from Wofford College. Ramsay has been productive in the second spot, with a .294 batting average, 20 hits and 14 runs scored. Infield Any assessment of the Wolverines’ infield must take into account the departure of first baseman Jacob Cronenworth to the Tampa Bay Rays. He started in each of Michigan’s 64 contests last year, when he posted a batting average of .338, hit 18 doubles and three triples, smacked six home runs, drove in 48 runs and was the Big Ten Tournament’s Most Valuable Player. Junior first baseman Carmen Benedetti has been tasked with filling Cronenworth’s role. And Benedetti is ideally suited to do so, having hit .353 last year with a Big-Ten-leading 71 RBI and conference-best 25 doubles. While Benedetti’s 2016 batting average is only .298 at the moment, history suggests that number may climb during Big Ten play after hitting .398 over the conference season last year. Another player who has been asked to fill big shoes is senior catcher Harrison Wenson, who is taking over for Kendall Patrick, Michigan’s home-run leader last season. Wenson has embraced the role so far, as he has posted a .386 batting average, hit three home runs, driven in 16 runs and manufactured 22 base hits. His stats earned him possession of the cleanup spot in the Wolverines’ batting order. Sophomore Jake Bivens — who was moved from second

base to third base this season — has been a force in the leadoff spot thus far for the Wolverines. He leads Michigan with a .389 batting average, 28 hits, 16 RBI and a 1.062 OPS (the sum of on-base percentage and slugging percentage). His speed has also shown with four stolen bases so far, which is nearly half of his total of nine in 2015. Designated Hitter Sophomore Drew Lugbauer is Michigan’s starting designated hitter. Lugabuer’s hitting has improved greatly from last year, and he has already driven in four more runs than his 2015 total before the start of conference play. Lugbauer was highly touted for his raw power when he came to Michigan, and he is showing that much more this season than he did last year. Starting Pitchers Sophomore left-hander Oliver Jaskie has been the strongest starter so far for the Wolverines. He is 3-1 in four starts while compiling a 1.69 earned-run average, striking out 21 and giving up 13 hits in 21.1 innings. Jaskie’s performance earned him Big Ten Pitcher of the Week honors twice during nonconference play on Feb. 22 and March 7. Jaskie’s strength comes from the fact that he is capable of pitching a solid fastball, changeup, curveball and slider. Junior Brett Adcock came into 2016 as the pitcher with the most hype after being named to the College Sports Madness Preseason Big Ten First Team. While his record sits at 1-2, his

stats tell a different story. Adcock has tallied a 2.89 ERA and 32 strikeouts, holding opposing hitters to a .103 batting average. He struck out 12 against Hawaii on Mar. 11, but he did not earn the victory as the bullpen squandered a 4-1 lead in the ninth inning before Michigan won the game, 5-4, in the 10th. Senior left-hander Evan Hill has played a much bigger role on the team this year after being sidelined for the first two months of last season with an injury. Hill’s 2016 record stands at 3-1, and his earned run average is 2.84 through 19 innings. Relievers Sophomore Bryan Pall is 1-0 as Michigan’s primary closer so far this year with two saves. In 9.1 innings pitched, he has given up three earned runs and six hits while striking out 16. His lone blemish came in the form of a blown save on Mar. 11 against Hawaii, when he gave up three runs in the ninth inning. Junior Keith Lehmann is a veteran presence delivering in Michigan’s bullpen and has yet to give up a run in 6.2 innings. One newcomer has logged significant innings for the Wolverines: freshman William Tribucher. In 13 innings this year, he has compiled a 2.08 ERA, and struck out 17. Unlike 2015, when Michigan was buoyed by a high-powered offense and wins and losses depended on the pitching performance, the 2016 Wolverines are anchored by their pitching staff and their five losses are attributable to an up-anddown offense.

Believe in Erik Bakich

n 2012, the Michigan baseball team was an afterthought. The Wolverines finished with a 22-34 record and ETHAN their second WOLFE straight 10th-place On Baseball finish in the Big Ten under coach Rich Maloney. But in late May of that year, Maloney’s contract wasn’t extended, and the head coaching vacancy was left to be filled. At the time, Erik Bakich was a young face who was the perfect fit to re-energize the oldest varsity sport at Michigan. Bakich started as a volunteer assistant and hitting coach at Clemson in 2002 — coaching a team that reached the College World Series later that season. From 2003 to 2009, he worked as the hitting coach and recruiting coordinator at Vanderbilt. In every one of his seven seasons with the Commodores, he had a top-25 recruiting class. He was then hired at Maryland for his first head coaching gig. Though his record didn’t jump off the page, he secured the Terrapins their first ranked recruiting class in school history. Wherever Bakich went, success seemed to follow. He established a reputation as one of the most prolific recruiters in college baseball, and it was this reputation that led him to Michigan. “I was immediately drawn into his energy,” said graduate student outfielder Matt Ramsay, who transferred to Michigan during the summer of 2015. “When I first visited with him, I was like, ‘Does this guy ever stop? How am I supposed to keep up with his energy?’ ” On Bakich’s first day on campus in 2012, his presence was felt immediately. At his introductory press conference, Bakich assured that Michigan baseball would be winning championships at a consistent rate. It’s no easy task to take a team with a losing record into championship contention, but the Wolverines’ record has improved

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Michigan’s Evan Hill (top) and Michigan State’s Alex Troop (bottom) hope to pitch their red-hot teams to a Big Ten Championship at the end of this season.

Big Ten Preview: Michigan, MSU the frontrunners In-state rivals off to strong starts; Ohio State, Nebraska not far behind By SYLVANNA GROSS Daily Sports Writer

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Michigan coach Erik Bakich (second from right) has his team poised to take another big step forward in 2016.

every year since Bakich became the skipper, and they are on pace to continue that trend once again in 2016. Though it seems that Bakich is primarily focused on winning, many of the Wolverine players have stressed that Bakich’s main goal each year is to make each athlete the greatest teammate and student they can be. “We have a saying, ‘Champions behave like champions before they become champions,’ ” Bakich said. “Of course, everyone wants to win a championship at Michigan, but we don’t go into our training thinking about outcomes and statistics and titles. We talk about being the highest and best version of ourselves every day, knowing that those external things will take care of themselves later in the season.” The athletes don’t just admire what Bakich has done for

them, but also how he works to improve himself. “He never stops talking about (getting better every day),” Ramsay said. “He never stops practicing it. You can see it when he’s out there on the field. He’s trying to get better as a coach. It’s one thing to say it to your players, but it’s another thing to practice it as a head coach.” Added junior utility player Carmen Benedetti: “He’s implemented so many things into my game that has allowed me to slow the game down, enjoy it and realize that it’s just a game. I couldn’t ask for a better coach.” The team’s hot start cannot be disregarded, however. Michigan headed into this season with the expectation of maintaining the Big Ten Tournament title and has already shown championshipcaliber play with victories over top-25 opponents California and

“He never stops talking about (getting better every day).”

Oklahoma State. Michigan isn’t winning national championships just yet, but the team secured its first Big Ten title since 2008 last season. Bakich has made baseball at Michigan relevant again. He has inspired a culture in the locker room that seeks to create talented athletes and wellrounded characters. And like his time at Clemson, Vanderbilt and Maryland, the success has followed with time. “I’m extremely excited about this team and the opportunities in front of us,” Bakich said. It’s hard not to get excited. Though the 2016 season is just getting underway and the Big Ten title is up in the air, Michigan is right up there at the top of the standings. The Wolverines’ starting pitching ranks in the top-10 nationally in earned-run average, and the batting order has also shown flashes of brilliance. If it wasn’t apparent when he was first hired, it should be very clear now: It’s time to believe in Erik Bakich. Wolfe can be reached at eewolfe@umich.edu.

The 2016 Michigan baseball team has all the makings of a perfect storm. It’s just the fourth year under Michigan coach Erik Bakich and his staff, but it’s shaping up to be one of the most successful yet, after the best season start since 2009 with five straight wins. The 2015 Michigan team went to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2008. Though the Wolverines lost at the NCAA Regionals, this year could potentially see national play beyond that point. At the start of the 2016 season, Michigan was picked by a committee of conference coaches as the favorite to win the Big Ten Championship. This prediction could play out well for the Wolverines, who were the only nationally ranked team in the conference. For those who are eager for a look at what lies ahead, the Daily breaks down the teams that will compete for the coveted Big Ten title. Michigan State (15-3) Michigan State — ranked sixth in the Big Ten preseason polling — has started to shed its historic underdog coat and make significant program strides. This year, the team was ranked in the top 25 for the first time since 1988 by Baseball America. To start off the season, the Spartans had a hot start with a 14-game win streak, the best in program history. The Spartans are currently the only team in the country to rank in the top 10 in the country for both batting average (.333) and earned-run average (2.28), good for sixth and eighth, respectively. Despite averaging 7.1 runs per game and allowing just 16 earned runs in 55 innings, the team managed to rebound off a losing streak that might be the difference in beating out the Wolverines for the top spot in the conference. Their first contest will be Friday, April 29. Michigan State has the third-

and fourth-best players in the conference in junior infielders Dan Durkin and Jordan Zimmerman, respectively. Durkin has a .421 batting average and, like Zimmerman, has started all 17 games this season. Zimmerman boasts a .418 batting average and is in his first season with the Spartans after transferring from Mesa Community College. Michigan State did not earn a berth in the NCAA Tournament for the 2015 season, nor did it advance past the third round of the Big Ten Tournament. This year, the Spartans don’t look like they’ll let that happen again. Ohio State (12-6-1) The Buckeyes are on a fourgame winning streak heading into conference play, led by senior infielder Nick Sergakis, who ranks fifth in Big Ten with a .419 batting average. Sergakis will be a player to look out for when he’s on the basepaths as he’s scored in all 19 games. One player does not a great team make, as the Buckeyes didn’t even make it onto any preseason polls. The 2015 Ohio State team couldn’t make it out of the second round of Big Ten Tournament play and lost in the NCAA regionals. The 2016 Ohio State team has one of the largest senior classes with a total of 10 players — the majority were starters or key reserves on the 2015 team. The experience and maturity on the team will definitely help the Buckeyes, but won’t guarantee them a strong season finish. The team is in the top five for many Big Ten offensive statistics, including first in home runs — 21 in 19 games so far — and runs batted in. Nebraska (13-7) The Huskers finished the 2015 season without an NCAA bid and just scraped out of the first round of Big Ten Tournament before losing quickly in the second. Nebraska hasn’t made any national polls, but might have an ace up its sleeve with lefthander Ben Miller or left-hander Jake Meyers. The junior and sophomore, respectively, have led the Huskers on a four-game winning streak and don’t show signs of slowing down. Nebraska potentially could be a formidable opponent for Michigan.

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Newsome settling in Sophomore ready to step in at left tackle after learning from Mason Cole in 2015 By KELLY HALL Daily Sports Editor

Last season, as a true freshman, offensive lineman Grant Newsome had some misgivings about his ability to face a true Big Ten defensive line during a game. But in his first appearance against Minnesota, he realized that his daily combat with the nation’s fourth-best total defense was enough to prepare him for game time. This offseason, he still gets to go up against what he thinks is one of the best defensive lines in the country. “We get to practice, as an offensive line, against one of the best defensive lines, if not the best defensive line, in the

country every day,” Newsome said. “Football-wise, it was a great experience to get that learning experience on the field. At the same time, it wasn’t as big of an adjustment as I thought it would probably be just because of how great our defensive line is, and that was positive.” Now, Newsome frequently lines up across from Chris Wormley and Taco Charlton in practice. Newsome says he can hold his ground, but against a defense that’s so stout, he’s always going to be battling in practice. “Who aren’t some of the toughest guys to block out there?” Newsome said. “They’re just so talented, we’re so deep. We’re going to have two or three lines defensively who are just absolute studs.” Furthering Newsome’s comfort on the field is the constant direction he has received from offensive lineman Mason Cole. Cole has two years of starting

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experience as a junior, and following offensive lineman Graham Glasgow’s graduation, Cole is expected to take over at center after playing two seasons at left tackle. As the natural successor as left tackle, Newsome has a true mentor in Cole. Throughout this offseason, Newsome has gone to Cole for any question he might have, even likening Cole’s football knowledge to that of Glasgow’s. It also doesn’t hurt that of the five offensive linemen who played regularly last season, four will be returning, including fifth-year seniors Kyle Kalis, Ben Braden and Erik Magnuson. “There’s definitely some pressure (this season), but I think it’s more pressure I put on myself to keep up the standard that Mason set,” Newsome said. “It’s definitely been good, but there’s definitely a long way to go. … (Cole) is so footballsmart. He’s just got it all down. Whenever I can tap his brain, I love doing that.” In 2015, though Newsome enjoyed receiving playing time, he valued his bench time reviewing the starting offensive line’s dynamics. The combination of playing and studying helped Newsome, and now he feels more than ready this offseason. Last summer was his first offseason experience, and after hustling to keep up with some of his early-enrollee teammates, the first three months felt like a whirlwind. This time around, though, he knows what it’s like to play under the lights and won’t be anxious about getting his first game under his belt. “It was nice that I had that buffer year to get that experience and, at the same time, watch Mason,” Newsome said. “I really got to understand the tools of the trade through him and (offensive coordinator Tim Drevno).” Now, with the spring season reaching its peak at the Spring Game next Friday, Newsome will be able to showcase his freshly honed abilities and confidence on the field to try to win the job.

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Junior catcher Harrison Wenson (far right) is finally starting to gain consistency and realize his potential this season. Now, as an upperclassman, he hopes to become a leader of a team on a Big Ten title chase after an NCAA berth in 2015.

Harrison Wenson hitting his stride in his junior year Catcher has become a fixture in the Wolverines’ lineup By COLE ZINGAS Daily Sports Writer

From the minute he set foot on campus, junior Harrison Wenson expected to start at catcher. Cracking the starting lineup was not a far-fetched prospect, and he was the frontrunner for the job in each of his first two seasons. But each time, Wenson couldn’t maintain his status as a starter. He graced the lineup early in the season as a freshman in 2014 but soon dropped out of the everyday rotation. After playing in just 22 games that year, he saw even less time in his sophomore campaign — appearing in just 12 contests. In a year when fellow underclassmen Jake Bivens and Carmen Benedetti helped lead the team to a Big Ten Championship, Wenson couldn’t carve out a spot in the lineup, frustrated by inconsistency, both at the plate and behind it. But it wasn’t his size and strength that kept him off the field. Wenson came in as a 6-foot-3, 220-pound 18-year-old, plenty big enough to compete for a spot as the starting catcher. He was drafted by the Detroit Tigers out of high school — one of just three players in his graduating class in the state of Michigan to be selected. Physically, the pro scouts thought he was ready, and so did Michigan coach Erik Bakich. “Harrison’s a guy who has always had an outstanding physical skill set,” Bakich said. In addition to an impressive build, Wenson had the intensity needed for the job. “His motor never stops pumping,” said fifthyear senior outfielder Matt Ramsay. “He’s always hitting in the cage super early, and if you’re not, he’s going to give you grief about it.” Wenson has dedicated himself both in the cage and in the weight room, gaining 20 pounds in the last two years. To him, life is about competition, which speaks to an innate drive he doesn’t expect to slow down. Wenson has always been an intense competitor — a

trait instilled by his father, Paul, a Michigan baseball legend who played from 1984 to 1986 — so his work ethic was not the problem, either. Instead, the biggest challenge was between his own ears. “If you think too much, it’s gonna bite you right in the butt,” Wenson said. “In baseball, you’ve got to have consistency, and I didn’t have that whatsoever.” To gain the mental consistency he was lacking, Wenson took a page out of fifth-year senior catcher Dominic Jamett’s book. “Dom, throughout the last three years, has really helped me out. I’ve never really had a big brother, but I can definitely look at him like a big brother,” Wenson said. “Baseball’s about consistency, and Dom brings consistency in everything he does.” Added Jamett: “We’ll be doing a blocking drill, and we’ll constantly try to one-up each other. There’s a lot of trash talking that goes on between us, but at the end of the day, we’re just happy to be teammates.” Through a steady approach on the field and endless work ethic this season, Wenson has avoided the mental peaks and valleys, which has taken his game — both offensively and defensively — to the next level. And with a consistent mindset has come consistent playing time. Wenson has started every game thus far for the 12-5 Wolverines, impressing his coaches with his bat and his prowess as a defensive catcher. Bakich has seen Wenson’s development and rewarded it — he moved Wenson into the cleanup spot, and Wenson has no intention of giving it up. Wenson has stepped up at key moments this season in the middle of the order. He leads the team with a .596 slugging percentage and has knocked in 16 runs — good for second in the Big Ten. Against Hawaii, the Wolverines relinquished a threerun lead in the ninth and were on their heels heading into extra innings. Wenson came to bat in the 10th with Ramsay in scoring

“His motor never stops pumping. He’s always hitting in the cage.”

position, and smashed a single to score Ramsay and put the Wolverines ahead for good, 5-4. In that game, and throughout the first stretch of the season, Wenson has provided an essential big bat behind Benedetti, a preseason All-American. But the Farmington Hills, Mich., native has added much more than power to the Wolverine lineup. In the series against No. 22 Oklahoma State, with runs hard to come by, Wenson proved he was an exception. With two outs in the fifth, Wenson worked the count full. He laid off the final pitch of the at-bat, drawing his 11th walk of the year. This set the table for the Wolverines to score a run, which ended up being the game-winner. “If he’s starting an inning, he does a great job of drawing a walk and seeing pitches for the rest of the guys hitting behind him in the order,” Ramsay said. “He does an absolutely wonderful job of setting the table when he needs to and driving in runs when he needs to. Having someone like that in the middle of the lineup is crucial.” And beyond his patience and toughness in the batter’s box, Wenson has proven himself a leader. His coaches, as well as his teammates, have recognized a huge step up in his voice within the locker room. His desire to succeed extends beyond himself, and Ramsay pointed out that Wenson is always trying to push his teammates to their full potential. “He’s always got your back,” Ramsay said. Wenson has always had a strong personality, and now, as an upperclassman, he is making that strong voice heard. His leadership, along with a clear mind and a hot bat, bodes well for Michigan. The Wolverines hope Wenson’s growth will eventually translate into improvement for the team in the postseason — which means building on a 2015 Big Ten Tournament title. The last time the Wolverines went to the College World Series, it was 1984 and Harrison’s father was on the roster. It took 30 years for another Wenson to join the roster and two more for him to get comfortable. But now, as Harrison Wenson hits his stride, he’ll hope to help Michigan recapture the same success his father had.

“If you think too much, it’s gonna bite you right in the butt.”