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Attorney Khawla Wakkaf shares her desire to alleviate suffering in Syria at the 7th Annual TEDxUofM Conference at the Power Center Friday.
TedxUofM event emphasizes creating change in society Community members discuss topics from Syria to the environment By BRANDON SUMMERSMILLER and ANDREW HIYAMA Daily Staff Reporters
TEDxUofM’s annual TEDstyle conference, held on Friday in the Power Center, focused on
change — both creating it and responding to it. The conference featured more than 10 TED-style talks from Ann Arbor community members including Business Administration Prof. Wayne Baker, attorney Khawla Wakkaf and LSA junior Sam McMullen. Reciprocity was the focus of Baker’s talk, in which he examined the paradox of people continually asking one another for what they need. To examine reciprocity he created and studied a “reciprocity ring.” Participants
in the ring could ask for help and others could pay it forward. “When we first started doing this, I thought that giving was going to be the problem,” Baker said. “That’s not true. Generosity isn’t the problem — most people are willing to help. The real problem is getting people to ask for what they need.” Baker is currently working at an Ann Arbor startup company to create a reciprocity app, based on his research with the reciprocity ring. The app would allow users to ask for help from other users
for various problems, Baker said. “I think the app has real potential to create a big, positive impact on the world by spreading the practice of paying it forward far and wide,” he said. Following Baker’s lecture the audience was instructed to break into groups of four to create their own reciprocity ring. They were then challenged to ask for specific, tangible requests that had to be delivered within an allotted amount of time. Engineering senior Emma See TEDXUOFM, Page 3A
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Representatives of prevention orgs discuss goals, challenges By TIM COHN Daily Staff Reporter
More than 100 anti-sexual assault student activists from 14 different public and private colleges and universities across Michigan attended a conference in the Michigan Union Saturday aimed at connecting student activists and encouraging organizational collaboration. The event, hosted by the University of Michigan’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center, was the first of its kind on campus. Organizers said it offered a unique opportunity for representatives from different institutions to meet with other student activists and share their experiences of working for sexual assault prevention organizations. “This is the first time in history
that all of these schools have come together.” Public Policy senior Emma Zorfass, the event coordinator, said. “We are trying to use our collective activism to make our respective communities stronger. So we are doing a lot of activities that involve networking, coming up with different ideas.” Each school’s representatives participated in a Share Out session about their work. Schools also created informational guides about their sexual assault prevention organization to distribute, which included information about the number of volunteers, their organizational structure and their goals. A focus of the Share Out was facilitating a dialogue between different types of institutions, such as private Christian colleges like Hope College in Holland, Mich., as well as commuter-heavy schools like the University of Michigan campuses in Flint and Dearborn. Hope College junior Elena Galano said the Christian mission of the college is present in the sexual assault prevention organization as See PREVENTION, Page 3A
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10th FestiFools celebrates local art, performers
Standing for transgender students on our campus From T HE M ICHIGAN DAILY On March 23, North Carolina legislators passed a law prohibiting transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals from using bathrooms and locker rooms that do not match their birthcertificate-assigned sex. The law has received loud and immediate pushback because it promotes blatant discrimination against transgender people. Republican lawmakers unanimously favored the bill on the basis of safety, claiming females should not be forced to use the same bathroom facilities as biological males. However, it passed in North Carolina is an unacceptable act of discrimination that cannot be tolerated. Legislators in North Carolina — and closer to home, both legislators in Michigan and administrators on campus — must act to protect the rights of transgender people and uphold both Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause. On our campus in February See OPINION, Page 4A
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LSA freshman Anna Krauss and LSA junior Raivynn Smith talk with a passerby about putting pronouns on class rosters in the Diag Friday.
Students petition in Diag to use preferred pronouns Supporters plan to ask administration for change to Wolverine Access By KATHERINE CURRAN Daily Staff Reporter
Wolverines for Preferred Pronouns set up a table on the Diag Friday afternoon to garner support for a petition asking the
University of Michigan to put pronoun preferences on class rosters. The petition addresses what its supporters said they believe is a common issue for transgender students at the University, as many transgender students identitfy as one gender but are listed as another on class rosters and in the University’s records. The petition charges that transgender students at the University must currently reach out to their professors or
GSIs on their own concerning their identity, or risk being misgendered in the classroom. The founder of the initiative, LSA junior Felix Boratyn, said the group wants the administration, specifically University Provost Martha Pollack and Kedra Ishop, associate vice president for enrollment, to create a space on Wolverine Access to clarify students’ gender in the Campus Personal Information section. Boratyn said though See PRONOUNS, Page 3A
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This weekend WonderFool Productions partnered with local businesses and schools, the University of Michigan and the city of Ann Arbor to celebrate the 10th FestiFools. Students, families and community members gathered to attend a FoolMoon celebration on Friday night and FestiFools parade on Sunday afternoon in downtown Ann Arbor, where public art displays, music performances and elaborate costumes and puppets filled Main Street. FestiFools is an Ann Arbor tradition founded by Shoshana Hurand, Lloyd Hall Scholars Program former student and Mark Tucker, the UM
LHSP arts director, who was inspired to create the event by the art of cartapesta, also known as papier mâché, during his travels to Italy. Every year, if festival attendees are sure to see giant paper mâché faces, glowing animals and performances like the Violin Monster, violinist Zachary Storey, who has performed at the event for the past five years. Wellknown as the Violin Monster for his unique performance and costume, he said he appreciates the foolishness of the parade, which is why he returns year after year. “I enjoy the complete and utter foolishness,” he said. “I return from my winter migration every year to witness it.” Ann Arbor resident Julie Knick who attended FestiFools for the first time this year, it’s a one-of-a-kind event that can only be found in a city like Ann Arbor. “I really enjoy local events, which are unique to this area,” See FESTIFOOLS, Page 3A
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Following the spring game Friday evening, University of Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh showed off his singing skills Saturday night, taking the stage at Hill Auditorium with rapper Lil Dicky to sing the national anthem. Multiple attendees posted videos and pictures of the Michigan football coach leading the crowd in song. The rapper wore a #88 Jake Butt jersey while Harbaugh sported, as usual, khakis and a Michigan hat. Lil Dicky himself retweeted a number of accounts—from Bleacher
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Retired U.S. women’s soccer star Abby Wambach was arrested in Portland, Oregon early Sunday morning for driving under the influcence. She was later released on her own recognizance, The Washington Post reported. Wambach is one of the most decorated in women’s soccer history.
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topics like white privilege and rappers’ lavish lifestyles. Harbaugh’s appearance onstage yesterday comes just two months after “Signing of the Stars,” his blockbuster signing event that featured guests from Tom Brady to rapper group Migos. Harbaugh has gained some other onstage experience recently when he made a cameo in the University musical, Big Fish — and appears to have recovered from his 4th-place loss as a write-in candidate for Central Student Government president earlier in the month.
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WHAT: The School of Music, Theatre & Dance will premiere a movie filmed on Weestern classical music during a 2014 visiting artist residency. WHO: School of Music,
WHAT: Susan Gelman, a Distinguished University Prof. of Psychology and Linguistics, will explore abstract foundations of cognition. WHO: Department of Linguistics WHEN: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: Rackham
visiting professor of gender studies, will analyze ways U.S. policy affects Arab feminist activists.
WHO: Arab and Muslim American Studies WHEN: 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. WHERE: Angell Hall, room 3222
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WHAT: The Department of American Culture will celebrate its 80th anniversary with performances from majors and minors. WHO: American Culture WHEN: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. WHERE: Michigan Union, Rogel Balroom
WHAT: Venue organizeres will present two upcoming Ann Arbor artists ready for the spotlight. Tickets are $10 for nonreserved seats. WHO: Michigan Union Ticket Office WHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: The Ark, 316 Main Street
Prof. Amy Porter will perform. Graduating flute students will be featured in solos.
WHO: School of Music, Theatre & Dance WHEN: 4:45 p.m. WHERE: Earl V. Moore Building, Britton Recital Hall
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Ann Arbor’s city limits filled with Hash Bash attendants Saturday who had traveled from
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across the state to participate in rallies advocating for lighter political drug restrictions and beyond. The 45th iteration of the annual event was held at two different locations: the University of Michigan Diag and the Monroe Street Fair on Monroe Street, between Tappan and Oakland streets. Hash Bash started as a grassroots movement in 1972, protesting the arrest of Ann Arbor
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social activist John Sinclair for his possession of two marijuana joints. The drug remains illegal in Michigan except for medicinal purposes. In Ann Arbor it is decriminalized, meaning consequences for possession are $25 for the first offense, $50 for the second and $100 for a third offense, though it is still illegal on campus. Speakers for this year’s event included Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero, State Rep. Jeff Irwin (D–Ann Arbor) and actor Tommy Chong. Despite temperatures dipping below freezing and snow, hundreds gathered to participate in a decades-old event. Speeches largely centered around the beneficial attributes of marijuana, its long lasting effects on quality of life and the upcoming presidential election, with a large focus on advocating for marijuana legalization to be put on the statewide ballot in the presidential election. Irwin, who has been a proponent of legalization, proposed legislation for statewide legalization last year. Darren McCarty, a former Detroit Red Wings player, spoke to the crowd about his personal struggles with alcohol and pill addiction, saying marijuana was a safe and healthy way for him to rebalance his life. “It is about education, and me standing up here, as a full blown alcoholic who has fought years and years that demon, pills,” McCarty said. “Because when you play the game we play, the doctors will prescribe you anything to get you up, get you out there, and get you to bed, and that is no way to live. Through this plant, there is life.” Chuck Foksel, an Ann Arbor resident and legalization activist who attended the event, has been working on collecting signatures for a petition to put marijuana to a statewide vote. “I believe cannabis is something that is harmless, and something benign compared to things such as alcohol,” he said. “I believe it (legalization) could bring a large See HASH BASH, Page 3A
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Italian fast causal restaurant Piada opens on State Street Owners emphasize unique atmosphere, affordable dining options By NEIL SCHWARTZ For the Daily
The wait for a replacement to the state street Five Guys is over. Piada Italian Street Food — a fast, casual Italian restaurant — celebrated the public grand opening of their Ann Arbor location on State Street Friday. The new restaurant is the third Piada in Michigan and the 29th in the country for the franchise, which is based in Columbus, Ohio. Other locations in Michigan include Troy and Shelby Township, in addition to restaurants spread out across the Midwest and as far south as Texas. Piada’s concept, comparable to other establishments such as Chipotle and Pancheros, emphasizes speed and value without sacrificing quality or freshness to separate itself from other restaurants in Ann
Arbor, according to Director of Marketing Matt Eisenacher. “Where can you go for five to 10 minutes and get calamari as fresh as what we have?” Eisenacher said. LSA sophomore Maureen Wiltsee said this preparation concept is one of Piada’s appeals to her. “I like that it’s a create-yourown kind of meal,” said Wiltsee. “It’s like Subway or Pancheros, only with pasta instead of burritos” The menu of Italian-style cuisine offers the option of choosing one of three customizable main courses — a pasta bowl, salad or piada. The piada is the cornerstone of the restaurant’s menu. Consisting of a wrap made with thin crust dough, customers have the option of filling it with their choice of meats, cheeses, vegetables and other toppings. “From the first point where you order, in two to three minutes, you get things like fresh salmon and fresh calamari,” Eisenacher said. “It’s the combination of quality and speed, which we think has really made us unique in the fast-
casual space.” He also noted that Ann Arbor has one of the most developed and varied restaurant scenes in the country, making sense for the company to expand to the city. “One of the reasons that we targeted Ann Arbor is because we always knew that it has a very food-oriented culture,” Eisenacher said. “We hope we add to the foodie culture.” In addition to the main customizable courses, Piada also offers Italian-inspired seasonal sides such as Tuscan kale, quinoa and orzo crunch. Mike Schack, a partner of the restaurant and head chef, said Piada has a healthy appeal that other restaurants may not. “It’s somewhere fast where you can get something good,” Schack said. “It’s not a greasy burger. It’s somewhere where you can be healthy and feel good about yourself.” The Piada chain also emphasizes giving back to the local community, something Eisenacher believes is a vital part of the restaurant’s success. “Every community we enter, See PIADA, Page 3A
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FESTIFOOLS From Page 1A Knick said. “I am happy that FestiFools is so popular and so many people look forward to it every year.” Sunday’s parade included a performance by the Michigan Marching Band and other various musicians. While the majority of
PRONOUNS From Page 1A professors are usually well intentioned and a transgender student can e-mail a professor or GSI before a class about what gender they identify with, students can still be referred to with the wrong pronoun. “I have had one teacher do that to me in front of the whole class,” Boratyn said. “He said she instead of he.” Situations like these, he added, could be easily avoided if there were clarifications on class rosters. Other colleges have already instituted this change, including Harvard University, Tulane University and University of Vermont. Social media sites such
HASH BASH From Page 2A amount of much needed tax revenue to the state, while at the same time being one of the largest social justice issues of our time. We lock up so many people in a cage over a plant — it is ridiculous.” For some, Saturday’s celebration represented more
PIADA From Page 2A we usually have very distinct ways of giving money back to local organizations” Eisenacher said. “We don’t have any national organizations that we give to. We allow our chefs and our locations
TEDXUOFM From Page 1A Hyde said she attended the event because she has seen many TED and TEDx talks online and wanted to see one in person. “Just being able to come this year was kind of a must-do before I graduate,” Hyde said. “For me as a person it’s always really important to hear about different perspectives.” Wakkaf delivered a lecture on the current state of the Syrian people and how citizens of the world ought to use their voices for people who don’t have the opportunity to speak for themselves. The region is currently in the middle of a civil war, which has resulted in over 250,000 deaths and displaced over 6 million, according to the United Nations. She told the story of her friend — a student at the University of Aleppo — who had to complete his studies in the face of constant violence, once walking to class half an hour after three of his neighbors had been killed by a bomb dropped in front of his apartment building. Wakkaf said after reflecting on her and her friends’ experiences, she knew she had to create positive change, but not for the whole world and not all at once. “I don’t have to carry the world on my shoulders,” Wakkaf said. “All I need to do is to make small improvement in my own corner of the world.” She also spoke about the experience of growing up and becoming disenchanted with the possibility of making a difference in the world, but said the solution was realizing how to be content with making a difference in your own community. “We can’t always travel thousands of miles in order to help someone,” she said. “But what we can do is open our eyes to the reality that suffering exists around us, because to change an ugly reality we first need to acknowledge its existence.” LSA sophomore Kristy Allen,
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the attendees were city residents, a number of UM students participated in the events. LSA sophomore Karly Carson attended FestiFools for the first time this year. Dressed in a joker costume, Carson said she was looking forward to the entertainment of the day. “I am excited to see all of the creativity that people have,” Carson said.
Ann Arbor resident Susan Irwin has volunteered at FestiFools for the past two years, selling costumes and T-shirts for FoolMoon. Irwin said she thought the primary audience of FestiFools is families with young children. “It’s such a fun, family-oriented event,” Irwin said. “It’s fun for all to be foolish.”
as Facebook also offer users the option to identify as transgender female or transgender male. “As the leaders and best we should be on the forefront of this issue,” Boratyn said. “And I find it surprising that we are not.” The petition currently has more than 500 signatures and attracted attention from students passing through the Diag throughout the day. LSA sophomore Jessica Drucker, who signed the petition Friday, said she agreed with the reasoning of Wolverines for Preferred Pronouns. “It’s a really good cause,” Drucker said while signing the petition. “I don’t think people generally think about it, but it can make a huge difference for those it affects.” The club said they are hoping to partner with Central Student Government in the near future
to put more pressure on the administration to make these changes. LSA sophomore Elizabeth Marck, a member of the group, said CSG had already approached them, offering to help them better connect with the administration on the issue. “Getting something passed through CSG would be incredible,” Marck said. The club is hoping to continue to expand the petition past 500 signatures to attract the attention of University administration. Boratyn said he does not think the University is intentionally neglecting the issue, but rather that it hasnt garnered significant attention yet. “It’s probably not happened yet because this is a very big school,” Boratyn said. “It’s a matter of distance from the problem and prioritization of issues.”
than just the fight for legalization of marijuana, but the success of peaceful protest. LSA sophomore Peter Dolan said he thought Saturday’s protest was tame compared to other campus events. “Compared to a game day this is nothing,” he said. “No one is drunk or passed out; everyone seems very respectful. It is good that the University lets them put this on, and the people are able to do it in way that is not disruptive.” According to Diane Brown,
spokesperson for the University’s Department of Public Safety and Security, the event ended with only two arrest and few citations issued throughout the day. Last year, three arrests were made. “Many people perceive it (Hash Bash) as a one-day amnesty against laws and anything is allowed because of the event. It is not,” she said. “Political laws hold and can be enforced, but safety is the most important for our officers.”
to give back locally.” Schack and Eisenacher added that they both believe the customer’s experience is important to Piada’s success, saying the attitude of the staff and the overall atmosphere contributes to a positive diner experience. “I feel that our team wants to
be here,” Schack said. “And that is something that the guests can feel.” Eisenacher said he wants every customer to feel welcomed and a part of the Piada family. “What we hope to do is make sure that anyone who walks through those doors has an awesome experience,” he said.
who is one of TEDxUofM’s three co-directors, said TEDxUofM chooses its speakers based on whom the staff members know and what new perspectives those people might be able to bring to the conference. “It’s very much so based on our team just talking to people in the community and meeting people that they feel have interesting ideas,” Allen said. Allen also noted TEDxUofM’s sense of community, and how it serves to connect individuals in new ways. “We seek to create events that encourage an atmosphere that allows for barriers to be broken and people to interact on different levels and have conversations that you wouldn’t normally have and think about realms that you normally wouldn’t have considered,” she said. LSA junior Sam McMullen was also a featured TEDxUofM speaker, talking about seven months in which he attempted to live a trash-free life. He encouraged the audience to embrace the challenging nature of tackling climate change through conscious lifestyle choices. McMullen said his experience with living a trash-free life wasn’t easy, and his effort couldn’t be completed alone. “By living without trash, I had to enlist the help of everyone around me,” McMullen said. “My professors had to agree to let me send in homework via e-mail. My wait staff had to remember not to put the straw in the water.” By asking for outside help, McMullen felt he was at times imposing his personal beliefs onto others. He said it got easier once he checked his ego and acknowledged the fact that what he was requesting was unorthodox. “The beautiful thing about this whole thing is that once people have been an accomplice to an act of trashless-ness, they start to think about their own impact,” he said. “We’re confronted with this massive issue where cause and effect are completely separated. And if you live in the developed
world like I do, you’re probably never going to see the whole impact that your lifestyle actually has.” Following the conference was a reception at the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, where conference participants were provided with dinner and an opportunity to discuss the day’s talks. At the reception, University Psychology Prof. Thad Polk said he decided to deliver a TED-style talk because he himself is a fan of TED talks. “I’ve watched a lot of TED talks and I’m just very inspired by people sharing big ideas,” Polk said. “When I was invited I was very honored and jumped at the chance.” Polk said he thought students were drawn to TED-style talks because of their unique format and speaker intimacy. “It seems like TED talks have captured a particularly compelling way to distill key ideas,” Polk said. “The speakers really try to condense down to, say, 12 to 15 minutes just one key idea and then focus on presenting it in a really passionate and compelling way and it’s extremely effective.” Among conference attendees was LSA junior Reid Klootwyk, who went to the TEDxUofM conference to see old ideas in a new light. Klootwyk said the TED-style talk that most resonated with him was one regarding mental health and awareness by political science lecturer Lynn River. “I realize that it’s a problem that affects a lot of students and a lot of people in general,” Klootwyk said. “It affects everyone, and it’s really important to know.” He added that he walked away impressed knowing students could help create and manage high profile events like the TEDx conference. “Students can put on a big-time event like this and bring people not only from the University, but all around campus together and share perspectives on all sorts of different ideas,” he said.
PREVENTION From Page 1A well. “At Hope College, since it is a Christian school, we are focused on living the Christian mission,” Galano said. “And we believe that being aware of the needs of our students and being mindful of their health, well-being and safety goes hand-in-hand with our faith. If you believe that every person is a child of God, then you should believe that every person deserves respect and deserves to live in an environment where they do not feel threatened.” UM-Flint senior Julia Norris said the nature of her campus as a primarily commuter school influences the orientation and goals of the sexual assault prevention organization there. “We do have a small population of students that choose to live on and around campus at UMich Flint, but most choose to live away from campus,” Norris said. “We have roughly one-third of our student population that are non-traditional students, those with families, or those who work in addition to being students. So getting people to become engaged with campus life can be difficult. One way that we want to get more involved with our student body is by getting into the classroom and educate people on sexual assault and bystander intervention.”
Monday, April 4, 2016 — 3A The conference participants additionally listened to student volunteers from all participating schools on how each program is operated, and they educate the student body on issues of sexual assault, rape and sexual violence. “It is interesting to hear from representatives of other institutions at this event,” said LSA freshman Eve Hillman, a SAPAC volunteer. “Especially since how established SAPAC is on campus here, and some other organizations are just getting off the ground. So it’s great for us to engage with them, but also, since these groups may still be new, they have a lot to offer. I have seen so many people here with great ideas about how to get different demographics of people on campus involved.” Each institution’s representatives provided examples of ways their organization interfaced with student government, and university administration. In particular, effective communication with university policy makers was emphasized by each organization. LSA junior, David Schafer, CSG president-elect, said he appreciated the chance to meet with individuals from around the state and talk about often underlooked issues. “Now it’s just a matter of taking the conversations that we had and furthering them, and institutionalizing these goals,”
Schafer said. Keynote speaker Alex Ngo, a University alum who studies social work at the University of Chicago, spoke broadly about intersectional activism, and about their traumatic experiences with sexual assault, as well as struggles with marginalization as a genderqueer person. Ngo emphasized the importance of accepting all types of people in student activism to the audience, warning that failing to engage society’s most vulnerable groups often leaves the most marginalized unheard and misunderstood. “By speaking out and sharing my experiences as a survivor of sexual assault, I learned to heal from the margins, instead of running away from them,” Ngo said. Ngo connected the topics of inclusion and intersectionality with the #BlackLivesMatter movement, a recent North Carolina law that prevents specific anti-discrimination rules for LGBT people for public accommodations and restroom use, and Kesha’s legal battle with her producer, Dr. Luke, who was accused of sexual assault. Ngo ended their speech by urging the audience to not lose sight of the human side of activism. “We have to make sure that we center our activism around love in a way that helps with everyone’s health and well-being,” Ngo said.
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2010, the Michigan Student Assembly passed a resolution changing the language of the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities to be gender-neutral. However, this doesn’t do enough to ensure equality on our campus. Transgender rights deserve continued efforts. One start would be to listen to the voices of signatories to a petition launched by the student group Wolverines for Preferred Pronouns, which advocated for students’ preferred pronouns to appear on class rosters. Though Title IX ensures that students have the right to use the restroom aligning to their gender identity, the Office of Student Life and the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities should explicitly state that transgender students can use any bathroom on campus they feel most comfortable using. The administration must set this precedent to ensure gender-inclusive policies are consistently upheld in our University community. If the student petition is approved, Wolverine Access would have a space for students to choose which pronoun they prefer teachers to use on classroom rosters. This would enforce respectful treatment from teachers and classmates for all transgender students and reduce the stress of transgender students having to notif y their teachers on their own of their pronoun preference. Other universities, including Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley, have already taken steps to provide students with options like these. Specifically, Berkeley provides six different options for students to choose on their application forms: male, female, trans male, trans female, gender queer/gender nonconforming or a different identity. The University currently offers optional gender-inclusive housing, and East Quad Residence Hall hosts the Gender Inclusive Living Experience. Genderinclusive bathrooms are located around campus and are featured in some dorms, but not all. In addition, access to these facilities are often restricted — especially in living spaces. As well, inside all dorms (including ones with gender-inclusive bathrooms), students must use a housing key card to access any restroom. Will Sherry, Director of the Spectrum Center, said the University allows students to self-designate their gender, but each student is assigned bathroom access in residence halls based on their current legal sex. Therefore, you are assigned bathroom access based on this legal sex and granted access to one of two genderspecific restrooms. When neither male nor female restrooms fulfill a student’s needs, the current practice is that the student must contact their hall director to gain access to gender-inclusive restrooms. Amir Baghdadchi, the director of communications for University Housing, said the department works closely with
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the Spectrum Center to make arrangements like these for students efficient. Though it’s good University Housing and the Spectrum Center work closely together on matters pertaining to transgender students’ individual dorm experiences, the two must also work together to change the overall issue — granting access to bathrooms based on legal sex — to instead grant bathroom access aligning to self-designated gender. While gender-inclusive bathrooms should be applauded, they are questionable on the basis that they continue to separate transgender people from the status quo. The current process is problematic because it adds additional stress as students must contact their hall director to gain this access. Additionally, students can misuse gender-inclusive restrooms (using them for sex, smoking, etc.), distracting from their purpose and potentially prompting restrictions on gender-inclusive hall card access. Requiring a key card to gain bathroom access was meant as a safety precaution against break-ins when first implemented at the University in the 2000s, but the logic that gendered bathroom access is a necessary safety precaution suggests the University assumes students must be protected from one another in private spaces. This logic places disrespect as the expectation and respect as the rule, when instead the University should expect students to be respectful toward one another and punish them when they aren’t. Many university campuses, including Berkeley, Brown University and Illinois State University, have all-gender bathrooms, where females and males all use the same facilities. This is a solution to problems that arise when students misuse gender-inclusive bathrooms, the problem of assuming students of different gender orientations will disrespect one another when given the chance to comingle in private spaces and the problem of othering transgender students that all arises from the bathroom distinctions the University currently provides. While we do not expect the University to transition to all-gender bathrooms overnight, it is a goal to aim toward in the future. The University should ensure the protection of the rights of all students by including more widespread use of all gender-encompassing policies. These policies should not be limited to allowing students to use whichever bathroom they wish to use, but also include the opportunity to share correct pronouns with professors. Administrators should also look to include further policies in the future to ensure gender equality on campus. The approval of the Wolverines for Preferred Pronouns petition, and progress on inclusive bathrooms, will aid in making campus culture more accepting of transgender equality and show that our campus stands in solidarity with transgender people in the wake of the North Carolina law.
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Why we left Detroit TO THE DAILY: Overall, I enjoyed Anay Kaytal’s article on the J. L. Hudson department store from Detroit’s past. However, when he states, “People who once called Detroit home ended up fleeing at the slightest indications of trouble,” he shows not only an utter ignorance of the changes that happened in Detroit after the 1967 riots, but also his naiveté about people leaving homes they had lived in for decades. My parents, like many other Detroiters, never wanted to leave Detroit. Detroit had a huge middle class, and the large majority of Detroiters owned their homes. Apartment dwellers were rare. The bus system was fantastic then — so good that my father never drove nor owned a car. He took a couple buses to work six days a week. However, things changed quickly in my parents’ Detroit neighborhood after the riots. The crime rate increased dramatically. New people moving into the neighborhood owned guns, most of them for protection. But not my family. Once in the late ’70s, my father was walking the block and a half from
the bus stop to our little ranch house after work when two people accosted him right in front of our house to rob him. They had a sawed-off shotgun pointed at him to ensure their success. Then, one of them stuck the shotgun up his nose and said, “Let’s waste this …” Right in front of my father they proceeded to argue with each other on whether or not to blow his brains out. Luckily, they didn’t kill him. However, my father never recovered fully from the emotional trauma. My parents ended up leaving the home they loved. Many other lifelong Detroiters left Detroit because either they didn’t want to go through an experience like this or they did have such a traumatic experience. Being so overwhelmed by so much crime, the Detroit Police Department never caught these sorry excuses for people. And this is fleeing Detroit at the slightest indication of trouble the author is referring to? It was not just a slight indication of trouble that caused people to leave Detroit. Rather, it was the serious crime that erupted there that pushed people from the places they once called home. Robert Frank
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The choices we get when we stream
potify revolutionized how we listen to and discover music. Prior to its release, the ~Youth of the Internet Age~ had to trawl through YouTube to listen to songs or resort to piracy. There had never been a streaming service so ROLAND intuitive; DAVIDSON the fact that Spotify was free launched its popularity to another level. The fact that I can search up nearly any commercially published song is nothing short of a digital miracle. While it’s easy to simply marvel at how great Spotify is, I think it’s valuable to take a closer look at the effects of Spotify both in terms of the app itself and the broader effects of consumers having so much choice. None of Spotify’s choices are innocuous. From a purely logical perspective, how Spotify presents music shouldn’t affect what we end up listening to; people should just gravitate toward the songs they like the most. But this isn’t the case — how Spotify presents songs has deep implications for how we listen to music. *** Jay Z recently took down much of his music from the free streaming service, Spotify, to bolster his own streaming service, Tidal. For the Patrices and Jeffs (Moms and Dads). Jay Z has two certified classics: The Blueprint and Reasonable Doubt, both of which were taken down; his other work includes from great (The Black Album) to unmentionable. As
an avid hip-hop fan, I was initially dismayed that I couldn’t listen to some of my favorite albums. However, eventually I found myself exploring much more of his discography, such as his criminally underrated American Gangster once those other two albums were removed from Spotify. In a 2005 study, Markus Prior discovered that increasing media choice increases the political knowledge of all members of society, regardless of their interest in politics. However, those with a greater predilection toward politics learned more than others, thus increasing societal gaps in political knowledge. This effect carried over to other television programs. People interested in sports watched more sports; people interested in gossip watched more trash. I think there’s a similar phenomenon at work here if we were to replace the different genres of television with different genres of music. Streaming services have increased everyone’s access to music, and people tend to gravitate toward what they already liked. However, crossover artists have their popularity reinforced. For example, every millennial has a favorite Kanye song. But we can use this analytic framework to go deeper. We can substitute music genre with music artists. I gravitated toward albums I already liked and picked up a smattering of tracks from other albums. However, once Jay Z took his most acclaimed albums off Spotify and my choices were lessened, I began listening to other parts of Jay Z’s body of work. Reducing my choice in music counterintuitively allowed me to discover more music. It’s easy to view more choices as being intrinsically good and not delineate
the effects of choice. This isn’t to say having more options is bad, but to put a finer point on the effect of having much choice. *** I previously mentioned that every millennial has a favorite Kanye song (Shock is the only emotionally appropriate response to a Kanye neophyte; as the refrain goes: “You ain’t got no Yeezy?”). Many of us would probably list the same songs within our pantheon (“Paris,” “Bound 2,” “Touch the Sky”). Part of this is because these songs are a cut above the rest. However, the way Spotify constructs its interface has contributed to these songs’ popularity. When one looks up on artist on Spotify, one of the first things presented is the artist’s most popular collection of songs. We naturally gravitate toward options that require the least effort, and the app’s elevation of these songs means that we will be pulled toward them. Some might respond by claiming that the effort required to choose a different song is marginal and shouldn’t have any effect. This underestimates our susceptibility to influence. Putting healthy food at eye level at a supermarket has been shown to increase its consumption by 18 percent. Clearly, exogenous factors beyond our preferences have a profound effect on how we consume — both media and foodstuffs. Spotify is not a neutral force that allows us to access music at will, and to view it as such is naive. It fundamentally changes how we discover and interact with music. Roland Davidson can be reached at mhenryda@umich.edu.
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Grow up a little, talk about consent
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h how I hold my high school days near and dear to my heart. How thrilling it was to have rules to break and lines to cross for the first time. I will always remember, with nostalgia, my first sips of alcohol and sneaking boys over while my parents were at work. But no way in hell would I go back. In high school, everything was exciting and new, but nothing beats liberation: the great release of living on my own, choosing my own future and being independent in most aspects of my life. Is there anything more satisf ying to brand-new adults than exercising their freedom in any and every way they know how to? The answer is a resounding “no” from every freshman who just escaped helicopter parents, and anyone who loved watching “Project X.” And, inevitably, with this hedonistic entrance into adulthood sometimes comes sex. Lots and lots of sex. If there is one thing that all students garner from their college experience, no matter what their major is, it is the fact that sex is often a part of life. Not everyone in college is having sex — in fact, a large portion of students on our campus aren’t — but the topic of sex is a near-inescapable aspect of college culture. There is no one definition of sex, but rather an infinite number of ways to demonstrate intimacy. Some people define sex as kissing, while others may define it as
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intimate touching. There is seldom a weekend that passes when I do not hear and partake in drama involving someone who hooked up with someone else, “hooking up” also being a vague term that everyone seems to define differently, leaving the specific intimate act open to inference. Of course none of it is my business, but nonetheless I am invested. And really, aren’t many of us? Still raging with the hormones of adolescence but free from its restrictions, how could we not talk about sex? We are at an age where sex is not merely an activity; it is an obsession. Our obsession with sex is not so depraved as is the way we talk about it. We oftentimes recount our sexual escapades with embellishment, for sure, but also without refrain and respect. I have heard far too many bedroom stories beginning with the words “this bitch.” We may gloat about our adventures with an arrogance that makes it seem like sex is not a two-person endeavor, but rather an independent crusade for the most awesome story to tell the next day. But sex isn’t independent. On the other end of every lie story is a real person — a person whose feelings and humanity are often left out of these epics. It’s all in good fun, as they say. The problem is that lines are being blurred: the line between politically correct and incorrect, between respect and disrespect, between consent and assault. It’s easy to talk about sex in the classroom, aside from the
obvious discomfort. It’s easy to regurgitate the definition of consent, “a clear and unambiguous agreement, expressed in mutually understandable words or actions, to engage in a particular activity.” It’s easy to keep the words “sober and enthusiastic” in the back of your mind. What is not so easy is to apply them — both to yourself and to your friends, whose definitions may be blurred or forgotten. Consent is a crucial part of human relationships that has too often become more educational than practical. Yes, it is sometimes hard to be the voice of social justice, as asking for consent can feel awkward or embarrassing. But there is an easy fix: Grow up. You are not an adult until you learn to respect other people. You cannot count your college years as free passes to be assholes, at least, not when it comes at the cost of the safety of others. If many of us are just trying to find ourselves in college and become “real adults,” why do we insist on being as childish as possible? The real symptoms of growing up are respect, empathy, tolerance and a firm resolution to be kind to others. So by all means, go nuts; these are the freest years of your life. But respect should take precedent over everything. No survivor of sexual assault cares whether it’s “not cool” to talk about consent. If you do, maybe you shouldn’t be having sex at all. Nora Akcasu is a networking publicity activism SAPAC volunteer.
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TV REVIEW
Monday, April 4, 2016 — 5A
COMMUNITY CULTURE PREVIEW
‘The Path’ leaves Experimental ‘We’ you wanting more unexpected and fun By ALEX INTNER Daily Arts Writer
In releasing its original series, Hulu has bucked the trend set by Netflix and Amazon Prime. Unlike its competitors, the netB work puts out an episode of The Path its show weekly, instead of Series Premiere putting out New Episodes entire seasons Wednesdays at the same time. Hulu Hulu made its name by making episodes available as they air from major broadcast and cable networks, so this makes sense for them as a whole. However, in the case of “The Path,” the show might have benefited from releasing more than two episodes at the same time. There’s nothing in “The Path” that’s explicitly worthy of harsh criticism, but the first two episodes don’t do the legwork to support what is actually an intriguing premise. “The Path” follows a wide array of new and old followers of a cult called “Meyerism.” There’s Mary
Cox (Emma Greenwell, “Shameless”), a person who was “rescued” by the group from a tornado and is adjusting to life in her new community. Cal Roberts (Hugh Dancy, “Hannibal”), the de facto leader of the religion’s East Coast section, tries to expand the Meyerism’s reach. Meanwhile, Eddie Lane (Aaron Paul, “Breaking Bad”) struggles with his commitment to faith after catching the leaders in a lie while on a trip to the headquarters to “climb the ladder,” while his wife, Sarah (Michelle Monaghan, “True Detective”), tries to figure out what’s going on. Within each of these stories, there’s something the writers can grab onto and leverage to make an absorbing series. There are questions of faith and the meaning of religion in the face of personal struggles, but the show doesn’t quite do enough to play with them. Take Eddie, whose struggle puts him in conflict with his wife and everything he holds dear. The show is obviously trying to get this idea to stretch across the 10-episode season by having him waver back and forth a lot in the first two episodes. Once he reaches a point of conviction, the story may
gain momentum. Until then, it just leaves me wanting more. Without strength in the story, the drama leaves the intriguebuilding to its cast, which is brimming with talented actors who elevate their material. The series marks the return to television of Paul, who was remarkable throughout the entire run of “Breaking Bad.” All the compelling elements of Eddie’s early struggle can be attributed to Paul’s performance. Dancy, who was robbed of multiple Emmys for his work on “Hannibal,” conveys the aura of mystery around his character that you would expect from a cult leader. His storyline is going nowhere in the first episodes, but he’s building enough dimensions that when the show does decide to use his character, he’ll be ready. Somewhere inside the stories and themes of “The Path,” there’s a powerful show waiting to open its eyes completely. As it moves through the first season, there’s potential for the payoff of these stories to resonate strongly and deeply. However, it’s just not there yet after the first two hours. At least, like any good cult, the series did leave me wanting to learn more.
STYLE RECAP
NOiR brings fashion By MARIAM SHEIKH and HANNAH SPARKS Daily Style Editor and Daily Arts Writer
Since 1999 NOiR Runway Fashion has been bringing Ann Arbor fashion, philanthropy and awareness of the importance of community involvement. The University of Michigan-established organization’s efforts culminate each year with their annual fashion show — this year, the theme was the “Elements.” The organization defines “element” as a group of people singled out within a larger context, which is indicative of the organization’s commitment to their sense of identity. The extensive planning of their fashion shows often starts immediately after the closing of the previous year’s show. “I’ve really seen (NOiR) revolutionize fashion and philanthropy on campus,” said first-year School of Social Work graduate student, Kendall Johnson, the president of NOiR. “We are a very unique organization in that we mix fashion and philanthropy.” All of the proceeds from the show go to a particular charity each year. This year, NOiR chose the WIN Network, formerly known as “Sew up the Safety Net,” to donate their proceeds to. The WIN Network is run through Henry Ford Health System and helps to reduce the infant mortality rate in Detroit by providing disadvantaged new mothers with the necessary supportive resources to raise their child. When it comes to thinking outside the box, Johnson notes that NOiR tries to “think big and go big.” She said one of the biggest challenges in holding their fashion shows are the costs associated with it. Putting on a show of such size and scope is expensive, so members of NOiR are constantly fundraising. “It takes a lot of hard work and a lot of hours,” to host the event with success, Johnson said. That work appears to be paying off, though. With a recordbreaking number of 550 tickets sold, the organization completely sold out for this year’s event. The preparation for the runway show starts well in advance, such as casting calls for models. NOiR holds the casting calls as early as the fall each year. Though members of the organization are usually locals, the model calls are unique in that they are not exclusive to University students. In fact, Johnson noted that many of the models in this year’s show hailed from
many different universities and colleges throughout the state, including Eastern Michigan University and Central Michigan University. To be considered to walk in the show, models must audition, which may include showcasing their signature “walk.” Out of the 100 people who auditioned this year, only 47 were selected. This selective process was clearly showcased through each model’s impressive runway presence at the show. In addition to being featured in the show, both NOiR models and executive board members were required to complete a set number of community service hours. When it comes to the fashion itself, NOiR tracks the latest trends, and tries to cater their clothes to the theme of the show. Even amid the typical Michigan snowy weather, the energetic atmosphere inside the tent on Ingalls Mall never faltered. The fashion-week inspired event was meticulously planned and calculated, from the playlist executed by DJ Vincent, all the way down to the model walks. “Elements” was compiled of ten scenes, with roughly 18 looks per scene. Elements’s segments included: Earth, Air, Water and Fire. The final segment of the show is always the NOiR scene, which was more emblematic of the organization as a whole. It showcased NOiRinspired outfits styled by famed celebrity stylist Dutch the Omen, who has styled pop-culture icons such as Rihanna and Nicki Minaj. The four elemental scenes featured clothing and designs from local Ann Arbor stores, such as Bivouac, Renaissance and Pitaya, as well as handmade pieces from aspiring student designers. The University does not have a fashion or textiles major, so it was refreshing to see designs not only from local stores, but trendy pieces that came straight from the minds of dedicated and young fashion designers. The first scene, Earth, was a showcase of lingerie and Amazon-themed clothes. It featured minimalist work from students with a touch of subtleness and craftsmanship. Featuring camisoles and slips with a nude palette, the lingerie models wowed with ornate gold headpieces and ethereal makeup to complete the look and feel of the set. A white lace bodysuit, in particular, stunned audience members. With both male and female models, this scene embraced the true forms of the masculine and feminine bodies.
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On Wednesday, the School of Music, Theatre & Dance Digital Music Ensemble will perform works by and inspired by We are composer Alvin Lucier at Playing in the University of Michigan a Room Museum of Wed., 7 p.m. Art. This UMMA performance is a part of Free their SMTD@ UMMA series. For the last seven years, UMMA has hosted six to eight SMTD concerts based on special exhibits, permanent installations, or simply on using the unique space of the museum as a part of this ongoing partnership with SMTD. Lucier’s works include experimental music and sound installations that challenge the way listeners perceive and define music. His best-known work, “I am Sitting in a Room,” is on display at UMMA until mid-May. This special exhibit will be open for half an hour following Wednesday’s concert. “This will not be your typical concert-going experience,” said Lisa Borgsdorf, UMMA’s manager of public programs. “You never really know what to expect, which is part of the fun of it.” The Digital Music Ensemble is directed by Music Technology
Prof. Stephen Rush. They will be performing one of Rush’s original works, “Music on the Fish Line,” inspired by Lucier. The concert will be held in the museum apse — the large, high ceiling area at the center of the galleries in the old wing. There will be a fishing line, held taut over the length of the room and mic’d, which the performers will press in different spots roughly labeled zero through nine. On this fishing line, the performers will “play” their phone numbers, which results in different pitches and a complex, if entirely random, sound experience. “I’m taking something that you wouldn’t think of as being interesting sonically, and it ends up sounding like a pretty complicated string ensemble,” Rush said. The ensemble will also be performing two lesser known works by Lucier, “Vespers” and “Heavier than Air.” In “Vespers,” performers are blindfolded, roaming the performance space of the apse trying to find each other using cricket clickers, a children’s toy. In “Heavier than Air,” performers speak “meaningless memories” into carbon dioxidefilled balloons. Since carbon dioxide is significantly heavier than air, listeners can’t hear the performers’ words clearly until the balloon is pointed directly at them, creating a unique sound experience. Guest composer Judy Dunaway, a student of
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Arts
6A — Monday, April 4, 2016
FILM REVIEW
Insidious ‘Knight’ Terrence Malick’s latest relies on sinister objectification By JACOB RICH Senior Arts Editor
There was an alternate cover to Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo that was shared on social media, but never used. On it, the wedding photo of the smiling African-American family used in the official cover is juxtaposed with a photo of a mostly nude white girl with a huge ass, accompanied by the caption “WHICH / ONE” repeated in large text in proximity to the two photos. This binary moral quandary — traditional
family values vs. booty — is the extent of the thematic depth of “Knight of Cups,” an overlong, pseudo-ponderous essay written and directed Dby Terrence Knight Malick. Here we of Cups have a twoState Theatre hour film one can understand Broad Green immediately and entirely Pictures by watching its two-minute trailer. Christian Bale (“The Dark Knight”) plays Rick, a successful but depressed Hollywood screenwriter who combats his internal struggle to find existential pur-
pose by living a life of sex with rich, beautiful women. An ensemble cast of Hollywood’s most gorgeous, talented actresses (Cate Blanchett, “The Tree of Life,” Natalie Portman, “Black Swan,” et al.) accompanies Bale as his six lovers — less characters, more representatives of different aesthetics of heterosexual male desire. The film’s emotional narrative calls for these women to be superficial presences in Rick’s life — a commentary on Hollywood sexual culture, to be sure. But none are given enough screen time to feel even realistically unlikable. While the film itself is aware of its treatment of these women as sexual objects for Rick to feed
upon, I’m not so sure the film is aware of its deeper, more sinister objectification of women as means to an end. Women are portrayed as experience points on a chivalrous male’s journey to enlightenment in a role-playing game, emotional chalices for the “Knight of Cups” to sip and discard. It is immediately evident that this central narrative is meant to reflect the life of its writer/ director. And while I have no doubt other ultra-wealthy, aging straight white men will have little trouble connecting with our wandering spider monkey of a protagonist, the narrative of “Knight of Cups” is inherently disadvantaged as an effective drama because a vast majority of the population won’t be able to relate to it. Many narratives in popular film concern the upper class, but this one in particular has an elitist exclusivity inherent to its central struggle. Rick’s struggle is visualized with dumbfounding simplic-
The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ity. There are several sequences where Rick just stands longingly over beautiful natural vistas, silent, pondering something. These laughable moments call to mind a high school film student considering which shooting locations in his hometown are the “deepest.” His interactions with women are juxtaposed with interactions with his family (Wes Bentley, “American Beauty,” Brian Dennehy, “Romeo + Juliet”), whom we learn little about besides that they’re angry and petty. The film also utilizes a recurring theme of “ugly Americans” seeping into the lifestyle of the wealthy. The use of images of unattractive and deformed people portraying the L.A. unfortunate (homeless people, robbers, etc.) is troublingly incoherent at best and disgustingly classist at worst. A certain shot of a crouching Christian Bale pondering next to a sleeping homeless woman like a paleontologist poring over
a dig site was so insulting to my intelligence I considered leaving the theater. Is this supposed to be interesting? Is this supposed to be saying something meaningful about class? Or is this just Malick being hateful towards Black homeless people? The film is so compositionally muddled I could not tell you which is the case. There are two things that save “Knight of Cups” from being a complete waste of time. Antonio Banderas (“Desperado”) is admittedly entertaining in his very brief appearance as Tonio, a suave Hollywood playboy — the only character in the film I would want to spend any time with. And Emmanuel Lubezki, coming off of an Oscars hat trick in the cinematography category, mercifully delivers images composed so engagingly that when the film’s structure, themes, acting and editing fail to execute on ideas remotely worth giving thought to, at least the pictures are fun to look at.
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IRREPLACEABLE Michigan sweeps Indiana as Hutchins breaks all-time NCAA wins record By ORION SANG Daily Sports Writer
As Michigan coach Carol Hutchins embraced her players one by one after the secondranked Wolverines’ 8-0 win over Indiana on Saturday, senior outfielders Olivia Richvalsky and Mary Sbonek crept up from behind carrying a large Gatorade jug. Hutchins noticed the duo at the last second and unsuccessfully tried to escape the impromptu shower. Nonetheless, she appreciated her players’ celebration of her new status as the all-time NCAA wins leader. “One of my favorite things to do is to be with my team, and we were all in it together,” Hutchins said. “I told them, ‘This is not about me; this is about us.’ I think my team continues to represent every woman who’s ever played before them. That’s an important tradition to uphold, and it’s an important duty, one that comes with wearing the Block M.” Now, Hutchins can add winningest softball coach in NCAA history to a list of life accomplishments that reach far beyond the softball field. Hutchins, as a student, successfully pursued legal action against the Michigan State administration over equal treatment of female athletes, and hosts the Michigan Softball Academy, an annual event that both increases awareness about breast cancer and raises funds for the American Cancer Society. “She’s more than just a
softball coach,” Montemarano said. “She’s touched so many people’s lives, she’s affected my life in such a positive way and she’s there for you no matter what. She’s worked so hard — not just in softball — for women’s rights, to affect people’s lives. It’s a blessing to play for her and to learn from her every single day.” Hutchins was quick to attribute her record to the efforts of those around her. “It’s an achievement by the University of Michigan softball program,” she said. “It’s not a personal achievement. It’s a reflection of every person who has ever been involved with Michigan softball, including our support staff. Everybody’s committed to the same thing. We’re very proud, and I thought our kids were very excited to be a part of that.” The victory on Saturday was one of three of a successful weekend for Michigan. The Wolverines (5-1 Big Ten, 27-3 overall) jumped out to an early 5-0 lead in the series opener Friday, before the Hoosiers (3-3 Big Ten, 20-13 overall) cut the lead to two in the third inning. But that was the closest Indiana would get, as Michigan scored six more runs en route to an 11-5 victory. After giving up two runs off four hits and three walks in four innings of pitching Friday, junior right-hander Megan Betsa came back strong Saturday. Betsa tossed five innings of shutout ball, with nine strikeouts and only one walk, as the Wolverines cruised to a 8-0 run-rule victory. “I thought (Betsa) really
stepped it up this weekend and did a great job,” Hutchins said. “After she struggled a little bit Friday night, she came back yesterday and was just really solid in really difficult conditions — the winds were just absolutely horrendous.” In Sunday’s game, the Wolverines’ bats stayed hot. Michigan launched four home runs, including two grand slams. After freshman catcher Alex Sobczak started the home run parade in the second inning, senior second baseman Sierra Romero followed her lead by launching a homer — her third of the weekend — to begin the fourth inning. Later in the See HUTCHINS, Page 4B
“One of my favorite things to do is be with my team.”
BY THE NUMBERS Carol Hutchins
1,459
Career wins for Hutchins, who set the all-time record with Saturday’s victory at Indiana
11
Women’s College World Series appearances, including a title in 2005
2006
Year Hutchins was inducted into the NFCA Hall of Fame
7
Total years of Michigan softball before Hutchins arrived 32 seasons ago
Berenson to return for 33rd season as hockey head coach in 2016-17 By MAX BULTMAN and KEVIN SANTO Managing Sports Editor and Daily Sports Writer
Red Berenson is coming back. Eight days after the Michigan hockey team was eliminated from the NCAA Tournament, Berenson announced at the team’s annual banquet Sunday that he would return for his 33rd season as head coach. Many wondered whether the 2015-16 campaign would be Berenson’s last, but at the banquet, Berenson said he had spoken with Michigan Athletic Director Warde Manuel and decided to continue coaching the Wolverines.
BY THE NUMBERS Red Berenson
835
Career wins for Berenson at Michigan (the Wolverines have just 821 combined in their other 62 seasons of hockey)
11
Frozen Four appearances in Berenson’s 32 years at Michigan
2005
Year Berenson was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame
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Michigan’s record in the three years before Berenson took over in 1984
“I’m excited about the direction of the program and the challenge of working with our student-athletes to improve on a daily basis and achieve our goal of winning championships,” Berenson said in a press release Sunday afternoon. “This season has been inspiring for our team, our staff and the fans. Our success has been the motivation to return to help the program take another step forward. I feel fortunate to be at Michigan and appreciate the support from our new athletic director.” In early October, undergraduate assistant coach Mike Komisarek talked about how this season was a collective effort to get the Wolverines “back where we’re supposed to be.” And they did just that, returning to the NCAA Tournament this season after missing out on a bid the three previous years. But when asked if Michigan hockey is “back” this past Tuesday, he set a high bar of expectations going forward. “I think it was back this year,” Berenson said. “But until you put a string of years together, you can’t say that.” Now, it seems, Berenson has returned to ensure that terminology can be used in the near future. In 2016, Berenson led the Wolverines to the Big Ten Tournament title and the team was one win away from the Frozen Four. Michigan’s season ended with a 5-2 loss to North Dakota in the Midwest Regional final. Berenson won the 2016 Big Ten Coach of the Year award, but his body of work goes far
“I was always like, ‘Man, he cares more than half our team does.’ ”
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deeper than a conference coach of the year honor. He took over the program in 1984, after Michigan had compiled a mediocre 92-89-8 record in the five years prior. Berenson, though, saw the team as a diamond in the rough. “I just recall my whole first year when I came in, how Red was so into it,” said associate head coach Billy Powers — who was a member of Berenson’s first recruiting class — in October. “He was so into it, and he was so passionate. … He wasn’t going to accept the fact that some of these guys had been so used to losing. I was always like, ‘Man, he cares more than half our team does.’ “His passion and his will, it was everyday. I was so impressed with how he attacked it. I remember that part, and through the good things and mostly the bad things — because we were losing — he never wavered. You could see like, wow, he’s gonna change this thing.” Though Berenson notched a losing record in his first three seasons, he produced winning records in the three years that followed. Then, in 1990-91, he left no doubt as to why he was handed the reigns in Yost Ice Arena. The team bumped its 24-126 record from 1889 to 34-10-3, and began the 22-year streak of consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances that Berenson catalyzed. That run is the longest ever in the history of college hockey, and it was during that spell that Berenson captured his two See BERENSON, Page 4B
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WOMEN’S WATER POLO
Michigan wins Big Ten opener By MATTHEW KENNEDY Daily Sports Writer
Going into halftime Saturday, the No. 8 Michigan water polo team found itself in a precarious position. The 11 MICHIGAN 8 INDIANA Wolverines (1-0 CWPA, 20-6 overall) were tied, 4-4, facing No. 15 Indiana on the road — and if that wasn’t enough, it was the Hoosiers’ Senior Day as well. Despite the close game, Michigan head coach Marcelo Leonardi still felt calm, and the Wolverines’ emotion matched his, as they came out victorious, 11-8. “The rigor of our schedule in the non-conference play has been able to prep us for moments like this,” Leonardi said. After the halftime break, the Wolverines regained their sharpness almost immediately after getting back into the pool. Forty-five seconds into the third quarter, freshman defenseman Kim Johnson scored her first goal of the game, giving Michigan a lead it wouldn’t relinquish. Just 40 seconds after her goal, Johnson was able to find senior attacker Kelly Martin, who put the ball in the back of the net to stretch the lead to two goals. Johnson wasn’t done, though. A minute and a half after Martin’s goal, Johnson scored once again, capping off a magnificent three-minute start to the second half that gave Michigan a 7-4 lead. The Wolverines managed to score two more goals in the third quarter, including one with two seconds remaining, to head into the fourth quarter with a
9-5 lead. “I think the difference between the first half and the second half was that our pressure defense did a better job of capitalizing on turnovers, which created opportunities on the counterattack,” Leonardi said. The fourth quarter was significantly less productive for Michigan. Indiana responded with two goals to narrow the lead to 9-6, but the Hoosiers weren’t able to pick up any momentum past that. The Wolverines started the game off strong with sophomore attacker Caroline Anderson notching the first goal of the game. But the rest of the half was characterized by back-and-forth scoring, with Indiana responding in fewer than 35 seconds to each of Michigan’s first three goals. “I would’ve liked to start the game off a little bit sharper to set the tone,” Leonardi said. “But you have to give Indiana credit. They’re playing with a lot of emotion.” Though Michigan is ranked in the top 10, it is the third highestranked team from outside of California. But Leonardi says he doesn’t pay attention to the standings, only the RPI. The Wolverines could get an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament at the end of the season if their RPI is high enough. But, for safe measure, Leonardi would rather secure the automatic bid that comes with winning the conference tournament. “We want to win every single conference game,” Leonardi said, “to be able to get the No. 1 seed at the CWPA championship, and then ultimately position ourselves to get a conference championship and go the NCAAs.”
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
‘M’ falls to OSU By JORDAN HERBSTMAN Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan women’s lacrosse team gave No. 18 Ohio State a scare in its Big Ten opener OHIO STATE 10 Saturday 9 MICHIGAN afternoon. The Wolverines played impressive defense throughout the game, but the Buckeyes proved to be too much in the end, winning 10-9. After going down 1-0, Michigan (0-1 Big Ten, 5-7 overall) flipped the switch and showed energy it did not appear to have in the first 10 minutes of the game. The Wolverines gained possession after a foul by Ohio State (1-0, 10-1) and pushed the ball upfield quickly, allowing junior attacker Tess Korten to find the net and get Michigan on the scoreboard. Only one minute later, the Wolverines scored again when junior midfielder Kim Coughlan wove through the defense and bounced a shot past the Buckeyes’ goalie. Two minutes later, Coughlan scored again, sniping the shot right past the goalie’s head. Up 3-1, Michigan looked as if it was en route to an upset victory over the rival Buckeyes. “(Getting the early lead) isn’t something that usually happens for us, but it was a great confidence booster,” said Michigan coach Jennifer Ulehla. “We have to own the first five and the last five of every half.” Ohio State would not go away easily, though. The Buckeyes scored a goal with 14 minutes left in the first half. Michigan held on to its one-point lead with the help of impressive defense, which forced Ohio State to take contested shots. However, the Buckeyes tired out the Wolverine defense and put a shot in the net nine minutes before halftime. Michigan’s offense had gone quiet to end the half and allowed another goal to the Buckeyes. Down one with just under a minute left, the Wolverines had an opportunity to tie the game, but junior midfielder Lauren Oberlander missed a shot with an open net in the final
seconds of the half. Just as it did to start the game, Michigan came out strong to start the second half, and Korten scored her second goal of the day just 90 seconds into the half to tie the game at four. Coughlan impressed as well, netting her third goal of the day and tying the game at five. Just two minutes after Korten’s goal, Coughlan scored again to give Michigan its first lead since early in the first half. “We were working on moving and cutting through, and I think it really showed,” Coughlan said. “I saw a lot more lanes today to drive through.” After taking the lead, the Wolverines were in a strong position to secure the upset, but Ohio State would not go down easily and flipped the switch on Michigan. The Buckeyes then went on a 5-0 run in the next 10 minutes of the half, giving them a four-point lead, the largest of the day. Down 10-6 with nine minutes left, the Wolverines were forced to call a timeout. “I didn’t have to say much,” Ulehla said. “They were the ones doing a lot of talking, and they expressed a lot of heart, and really at that point, it was about getting possession of the ball. We (weren’t making) the adjustments we needed to and we regrouped. They showed a lot of heart.” After the timeout, Korten looked determined to get Michigan back within striking distance and scored her third goal of the day, cutting the lead to three. Coughlan also continued her impressive offensive play, and her fifth goal of the game put her team within two with five minutes left to play. The Wolverines continued to attack on the offensive end, but the Ohio State defense remained tough and didn’t allow a goal until there were just 23 seconds left. But it was too little too late for Michigan, as the Buckeyes won the following faceoff, allowing them to run off the remaining time and earn a hardfought victory.
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Former Michigan forwards Jon Horford (left) and Jordan Morgan (right) are teammates once again for the Canton Charge of the NBA Developmental League.
Opposite paths lead Morgan, Horford back together CANTON, Ohio — Jordan Morgan didn’t sleep much during his first night back in the United States. His flight from Paris landed in Detroit on the evening of March 24, and he needed to be in Canton early the next morning for a physical with MAX his new team, COHEN the Canton Charge of the NBA Developmental League. His professional basketball career is nearly two years old now. He has lived in Paris and he has lived in Rome; he has packed up his entire life in less than 24 hours to move cities and switch teams; and he has been told to pack up all of his belongings only to hear that a potential deal with a team had fallen through. At times, the best reminder of home was eating at Chipotle. So it was a relief to Morgan when, upon arriving at his physical about 12 hours after landing in America, the first face he saw was a familiar one. It was the face of a teammate, an on-court rival, a former roommate. When Morgan got out of his car to embark on his next basketball journey, there was Jon Horford, walking into the Canton Civic Center. “It was a cool moment to see him again and say, ‘What’s up, man? How you doing? How is everything?’ ” Morgan said later that morning. It has been two years since they last suited up together for Michigan, two years since they jockeyed for playing time and manned the middle for the Wolverines’ 2013-14 Elite Eight team. Morgan and Horford were never the first options at Michigan, never the stars in the spotlight. The spotlight, typically, belonged to guys like Trey Burke, Tim Hardaway Jr., Mitch McGary, Glenn Robinson III, Nik Stauskas and Caris LeVert. And now, two years later, the situation is similar: Five of those teammates are in the NBA with LeVert soon to join them, and Morgan and Horford are tasked with finishing out the D-League regular season and the playoffs with the Charge, an affiliate of the Cleveland Cavaliers. “Me and Jordan played together for four years, lived together for two years, won championships together, been through everything,” Horford said. This time around, a man who has watched them play for years brought them together. Like Morgan and Horford, Charge General Manager Mike Gansey played under John Beilein in the Elite Eight — he was one of West Virginia’s stars in 2005. He considers the Beileins a second family and lived with Beilein’s son, Patrick, for two years in Morgantown. The D-League, by reputation, is known for overeager scorers who feel as though they can only make the NBA by scoring and
standing out individually. Morgan and Horford both acknowledge that will not be their path, and when Gansey saw that Morgan’s contract had expired with his team in France, he reached out to his agent. Horford has been with the Charge since December. The Michigan connections with the Charge don’t end with Horford and Morgan, either. Hardaway, who lived with Morgan and Horford in college, had a brief stint in Canton earlier this season as he returned to form following an injury. “I’m going to bring in good guys, good teammates, good workers and guys that want to play together,” Gansey said. Morgan earned two engineering degrees in his five years at Michigan while Horford notably read books on ancient Chinese philosophy during the team’s NCAA Tournament runs. Stereotypical jocks they are not. The teammate from Michigan with whom Horford most frequently keeps in touch is former walk-on Eso Akunne — they text weekly about manga, a type of Japanese comic. Former Michigan captain Josh Bartelstein lived with Morgan and Horford during the 2012-13 season along with Hardaway, and believes their eclectic interests are derived from a desire to understand how the world works. When they were at home, away from basketball, they’d discuss politics, big business and the state of college athletics. But at practice, the relationship was different. Throughout their careers, each stood in the other’s way of playing time. “They went at each other,” Bartelstein said. “You would never know they were roommates. They would talk trash and go at each other on the court. Off the court, we were all best friends.” The presence of McGary, who emerged as a star during the team’s run to the national championship game in 2013, only added to the intensity of the competition. Morgan had started most of that season, his fourth year in Ann Arbor, before McGary took over during the most important part of the season. Morgan’s role was diminished during the team’s NCAA Tournament run, and coaches from other programs reached out to him after the season, trying to tell him he should take advantage of the graduate transfer rule. But in the end, the pull of finishing his time at Michigan was too strong. He had given his all to the program and could not bring himself to leave. Even at his lowest point, when he had essentially been benched during the 2013 NCAA Tournament, he still made the best of it. He took a charge in the Final Four that sent the Wolverines to the title game. Then, after the highs and the lows, he had an opportunity to finish strong with a fifth and final year.
“I felt called — honestly, I tell you — I felt called to stay,” Morgan said. “There’s something more than what you can see on the surface. Something was telling me I needed to stay.” He would not regret that decision. Morgan not only maintained his starting role during his final season, but Michigan wouldn’t have made the Elite Eight without him. Horford faced a similar decision that offseason, one year after Morgan had decided to stay. Even with McGary out for much of the 2013-14 season, he had still taken a backseat to Morgan. He wanted to go somewhere he knew he’d play, somewhere he could have a new experience. He transferred to Florida for one final season, where he received the minutes increase he desired. Horford played 20 minutes per game, averaging 6.5 points and 4.8 rebounds. Morgan says he never gave Horford a hard time for this decision. He understood where his roommate was coming from and never even asked him exactly why he decided to leave. “It was a great experience in terms of personal growth because it took me out of my comfort zone,” Horford said. “I had to play with all new teammates, I had to learn a new system, I had to learn the tendencies of other coaches and what they needed and what they liked to see.” In some ways, Morgan and Horford are still chasing playing time, chasing new and better opportunities. Horford has played 32 games with the Charge, averaging 18.6 minutes, 4.3 points and 7.0 rebounds. Morgan has played just three games in the D-League, averaging 15 minutes, 2.3 points and 4.7 rebounds. The fact that they’re playing together now is almost mere coincidence. Just like they did for their final college seasons, Morgan and Horford have actively chosen different paths in terms of going about their professional careers. Horford opted to play in the D-League instead of going to Europe, where he could have made more money. Morgan went to the D-League mainly because his other option, after his contract ran out in France, would have been to sit around and wait for summer league. “It’s a chance to get experience, to get exposure, all of that,” Horford said of playing in the D-League. “And I’m young, I don’t have a family or anything, so money isn’t too big of a concern for me right now.” In many ways, Horford said, playing at Michigan was more glamorous than playing in the D-League. The Wolverines traveled on charter flights, received constant access to a gym and a weight room, ate catered meals and had better tools for recovery after games and practices. The players on the
“Something was telling me I needed to stay.”
Charge do not receive those perks. The difficulty of pursuing a professional basketball career in leagues other than the NBA requires mental discipline, too. Horford estimates he has read a book given to him by Greg Harden, the director of athletic counseling at Michigan, called “As a Man Thinketh,” more than 100 times to stay upbeat. “It’s literally about how your thoughts create, your thoughts literally create your reality,” Horford said. “No matter what your circumstances, your situation is, if you can change your thoughts to more positive thoughts, then you can’t help but get positive outcomes. Like one of the lines is like, ‘Nothing can come from corn but corn, nothing can come from metals but metals.’ So if you think of your mind as a garden, whatever you plant in the garden is what you get.” Neither Morgan nor Horford knows where his basketball career will take him. Horford views the NBA as his eventual destination, which is why he came to the D-League in the first place. Morgan holds a similar goal, but appreciates the way his basketball career has served as a vehicle for seeing the world. He will suit up for the Cavs in summer league and will see his opportunities from there. There is a chance, albeit a small one, that he won’t play basketball next year. He feels as if he’s actively seeking out the right opportunities, not the first thing that comes his way. If it doesn’t work out, he knows he will have plenty to fall back on: His two engineering degrees; the vast network that comes with being an elite student and an elite athlete at Michigan; and his charitable foundation, which serves underprivileged children in Detroit. “Because of the foundation I’ve laid for myself with my education and my network, really tried to build up who I am off the court, because of that, I don’t necessarily have to rely on basketball to define me,” Morgan said. “If I don’t like the options I have as far as basketball goes, I can do something else and still be happy with that.” But for now, his focus is basketball. After his physical and first shootaround with the Charge, he stayed on the court to get acquainted with the team’s coaching staff. The rest of the players had disappeared into the locker room, except for one. With almost nobody else watching, Jordan Morgan and Jon Horford did drills all over the court. That night, before the team’s final home game of the regular season, the old-new teammates were inseparable during warmups. Morgan didn’t play in the game so he could get a little bit of rest, but he sat by the baseline with Horford anyway, chatting away. When the game started, they retreated to the bench, teammates once again. Cohen can be reached at maxac@umich.edu and on Twitter @MaxACohen.
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‘M’ sweeps Northwestern By COLE ZINGAS Daily Sports Writer
Before a trip to Evanston this weekend, it seemed as if the Michigan baseball team was already firing on all cylinders, as it was undefeated on a six-game tear. However, the Wolverines showed they were capable of even more, tallying three dominant wins against Northwestern to open Big Ten play undefeated and bring their win streak to nine. As they have all season, starting pitchers Oliver Jaskie and Brett Adcock excelled on the mound, earning their fifth and third wins of the season, respectively. The defense was outstanding as well, and for the first time this season, it went a weekend without recording a single error. But against the Wildcats, the Wolverine offense stole the show. Michigan (3-0 Big Ten, 20-5 overall) racked up 33 runs in three games to sweep Northwestern. Jaskie started the first game
of a two-game doubleheader Friday, and almost immediately, he was given some room to work. Michigan pushed across three in the third, and was up 8-2 by the top of the fifth inning. Sophomore third baseman Jake Bivens batted in a run in the ninth, adding to his threehit performance in helping the Wolverines to a 10-4 win. Getting the first win of the day was a plus for Michigan, but the weekend was highlighted by a performance in game two Friday that Michigan coach Erik Bakich says he hasn’t seen in 20 years. In the top of the first, fifth-year senior Matt Ramsay drilled the first good pitch he saw over the fence for a two-run homer and then hit another one in the third. Ramsay wasn’t done, though. The No. 2 hitter said the ball started looking as big as a watermelon coming out of the pitcher’s hand, and he gave the Wolverines an eight-run lead in the sixth with yet another two-
run blast. “(In game one), I had some tough (at-bats), and had to make an adjustment between games with coach Bakich,” Ramsay said. “I got a 2-0 fastball my first at-bat. Sometimes, that’s all you need is a 2-0 fastball to get you out of a rut.” All in all, Ramsay was 5-for-6 in the game, with three home runs and seven RBI. His contributions were just part of a 21-hit parade by the Wolverines for a 12-3 victory. Sunday, even without a multi home-run effort from Ramsay, the Wolverines managed to plate 11 runs on their way to an 11-9 comefrom-behind victory. This time, the Wildcat offense made itself known by getting ahead early in the game. Michigan sophomore righthander Ryan Nutof started but was knocked out of the game early, and left-handed reliever Keith Lehmann gave up a grand slam in the third inning, putting Michigan down, 8-6. The Wolverines wasted no time
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Senior outfielder Matt Ramsay hit three home runs and added seven RBI in Michigan’s second game on Friday.
in staging a comeback, however. For the third straight game, the Northwestern pitching staff was unable to stop the stampede of hits from the Michigan offense. Senior outfielder Corey Bruder led the charge, slapping a liner into the right-field corner to score two runs and tie the game at eight in the fourth. Then, sophomore first baseman Drew Lugbauer put the Wolverines back in the lead with a single brought Bruder around from second to score. An RBI from junior catcher Harrison Wenson and another from Bruder gave Michigan some insurance in the seventh. Northwestern threatened in the eighth, but sophomore righthander Bryan Pall didn’t let the Wolverines squander their advantage. With a three-run lead, Pall came in the game with the bases loaded and nobody out. Pall worked out of the jam, finishing the inning with only one Northwestern run scoring. “In a situation like that, we need strikeouts, we need pop ups and we need weak ground ball contact. Bryan gave us all of those things,” Bakich said. Pall finished the deal in the ninth for the two-inning save and an 11-9 win to seal the sweep. Besides the outburst of power from Ramsay on Friday, Wenson points to the Wolverines baserunning ability as their main source of runs. “We knew we could take advantage of swiping bases and getting guys in scoring position,” Wenson said. “Getting people moving, having some extra 90s … we scored a lot of runs because of that.” The strong performance this weekend adds to an even stronger start to the season, reaching 20 wins through 25 games for the first time since the “glory days” of Michigan baseball in the 1980s. But a spectacular weekend with a ton of fireworks, both offensively and defensively, doesn’t have the Wolverines resting on laurels.
Michigan falls at NCAA Regionals By LANEY BYLER Daily Sports Writer
All across Crisler Center, eyes were glued to the scoreboard, waiting in anticipation. The No. 7 Michigan women’s gymnastics team had been behind since the first rotation, and it needed an almost-perfect score during its last rotation on bars to tie as NCAA Ann Arbor Regional Champions, which would allow the Wolverines to continue on to the Super Six Tournament. With three scores of 9.950 before her, junior Nicole Artz was left to shoulder the pressure. If she could secure a perfect score on bars, Michigan would tie for first. And while Artz and the rest of the Wolverines gave one of their best performances on bars of the season, the scoreboard read 9.950, still an almost-perfect routine. Almost, but not enough. The team fell short by half of a tenth, scoring a 196.475 and keeping the Wolverines out of the Super Six. Michigan’s loss started on the beam. As the first event of the day and the rotation where the Wolverines consistently struggle most, it proved to be a problem again. Freshman Olivia Karas was the leadoff and had a fall in the first routine of the day. She ended with a score of 9.125. Since one score per rotation can be dropped, this wouldn’t have been a problem. Artz almost redeemed the team on beam, scoring a 9.900 and tying for first. But Karas’ fall wasn’t the only one. After a solid routine by sophomore Brianna Brown that resulted in a 9.850, sophomore Lauren Marinez was next up. And like Karas, she suffered a fall on beam, ending with a 9.150. “I still thought we were in a really good place,” said Michigan coach Bev Plocki. “Even though we had counted a fall, it wasn’t horrible. It wasn’t like all was lost. However, instead of going out there and competing to win, I felt like they were a little bit tentative and were trying to compete without making
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Junior Talia Chiarelli scored a 9.900 on the floor exercise at the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional, qualifying for nationals.
mistakes.” This showed in Michigan’s floor rotation, which followed a bye rotation. Michigan has consistently dominated on the floor, previously ranked No. 2 in the nation in the event. But the majority of the Wolverines’ floor scores didn’t back up that high ranking. Senior Lindsay Williams struggled with a few of her landings, losing her footing after a tumbling pass and almost stepping out of bounds. She ended with a 9.450. Karas had this same problem, bringing in a 9.850. The only Michigan gymnast to hit a 9.900 was junior Talia Chiarelli. With that score, she tied for first and advanced to nationals in the event. The Wolverines rallied in the last two events, starting with vault. Four gymnasts from Michigan tied for second with a 9.850, including Chiarelli, Karas, senior Austin Sheppard and
freshman Emma McLean. However, Michigan redeemed itself on bars. With sophomore Nichelle Christopherson as the leadoff, she scored a 9.875, which Sheppard mimicked right after. Williams, Karas, Brown and Artz each managed to score a 9.950 for the last four routines of the night — but it still wasn’t enough. By .050 of a point Michigan lost its chance to advance to nationals, where it would have tied with No. 6 Auburn and No. 18 Stanford for first with a score of 196.525. “We hit routines, but we gave up a tenth here and a tenth there,” Plocki said. “Even had we counted the (other) fall on beam, there were 10 other places I could have found that extra half a tenth.” Despite the team’s season being over, three individual gymnasts will be advancing to nationals. Artz, who tied for second on the bars and first on the beam,
received a second-place finish and final all-around score of 39.450. She will advance to nationals in the all-around. “I don’t think any differently when I get to an event,” Artz said. “No matter what people have or haven’t done in front of me, I just go up there and do what I am capable of doing. I just focus on myself.” Sophomore Brianna Brown will also be advancing to nationals for the all-around, taking third with a final score of 39.375. She also tied for second on the uneven bars. With her first-place finish on floor, Chiarelli will advance in the single event. But while these three athletes will continue their season individually, the team’s end result was tough for Plocki. “My heart breaks for this team,” Plocki said. “I think they just wanted it so badly that they tried too hard. But we win together and we lose together.”
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Scrimmage comes down to goal-line stand on final play By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor
Jim Harbaugh’s second Spring Game at Michigan ended the same way two of his team’s games did last season: with an all-out battle in the trenches at the goal line. Afterward, one team’s players raised their hands in the air with glee, while the others turned their attention toward the video board, begging for a reversal of the call on the field. But this time, both sides were on the same team, and the play came at the end of a meaningless scrimmage in the grand scheme of the upcoming season. When redshirt junior fullback Henry Poggi fell short on a last-second twopoint conversion try, it set off a celebration resembling the end of last year’s game GRANT HARDY/Daily at Minnesota, when the Jim Harbaugh held a dramatic Spring Game on Friday, his second at Michigan. Wolverines made a similar game-winning goal-line stand lines, and the teams combined for in 15 plays over 7:12, scoring on seven points. the first series of the game. He as time expired. This year, however, the game converted two third downs with This time, the result — Maize 14, Blue 13 — didn’t count, but featured more highlights as the his legs and another with a 30-yard nobody told them. It was what Wolverines continued to fight pass to redshirt sophomore wide Harbaugh has tried to instill for playing time. The three main receiver Drake Harris. Finally, he pitched every day since he arrived at competitors the ball to Michigan 15 months ago: ruthless for the starting quarterback redshirt junior competition, every day. quarterback “We want to out-compete, position Shane Morris, outwork and out-challenge threw or ran who then whoever we play,” said redshirt for all four found a widesophomore Jabrill Peppers, who touchdowns. open fifth-year played on the losing Blue team. Redshirt senior running “And if we start that in-house, it sophomore back Drake just becomes habit. Because we’re tight end Ian Johnson for creatures of habit. We are what we Bunting hauled a touchdown repeatedly do. If you’re constantly in a 49-yard pass. competing, it’s just going to be reception, and redshirt junior running back Ty Redshirt sophomore second nature to you.” Wilton Speight A year ago, the Spring Game Isaac was the game leader in all- quarterback answered with a 13-yard was considerably less dramatic. purpose yards with 83. Redshirt junior John O’Korn touchdown pass to Jake Butt on Both teams’ defenses took advantage of patchwork offensive led the Blue team down the field the ensuing possession. Speight
“We’re creatures of habit. We are what we repeatedly do.”
later scored on a naked bootleg in the third quarter. The Blue team didn’t score again until the final seconds, when O’Korn scored on a six-yard scramble before the missed two-point conversion. “We competed ’til the very end,” said senior running back De’Veon Smith. “I feel like we still got that touchdown — might have to take that to the NCAA, look it over. But when you see two teams out there competing like that, and know that that’s your team, you’re on that team — it’s a great feeling. You get butterflies in your stomach.” For the second straight year, the winning team’s reward was a postgame steak dinner, while the losing team settled for spaghetti. “It definitely made it more memorable,” Peppers said. “It was definitely more exciting. I wish I could have run out there, but ultimately they did and we didn’t. They finished, and we didn’t.” Isaac took advantage of being the game’s featured back. He received 10 carries — three fewer than the rest of the running backs on both teams combined — and totaled 78 yards. After managing only one run longer than 15 yards last season, he went 30 and 29 yards on two plays Friday. The five first-string offensive linemen were split between the teams, three on one and two on the other. But both lines held their own against strong defenses. Forty-one rushes between the two teams averaged 4.4 yards apiece. The only turnover was Morris’ interception on a Hail Mary at the end of the first half, and the rest of the game was even until the end. Even the result, in the end, was insignificant. But Harbaugh got what he wanted: In their last taste of competition until fall camp starts in four months, the Wolverines treated it like a game, no matter the importance. “Same approach,” Peppers said. “Always.”
at Big Ten meet McCallum’s title on vault not enough to lift Wolverines By ANDREW EHRENBERG Daily Sports Writer
Friday evening, the Michigan men’s gymnastics team was outmatched in Columbus. While the Wolverines certainly were not the tournament favorite, they did not expect to finish last. However, after the team competition, Michigan finished with a total of 417.250, the lowest among the seven participating Big Ten teams. Despite a poor outcome, head coach Kurt Golder remained focused on the positives. “I’ve seen a team like Penn State do badly in Big Tens and then win NCAAs the following week,” Golder said. “I’m just going to try to restore their confidence. I’m always big on the positives. Take the good that we have and just build on that.” Golder was not wrong. Despite a poor overall performance, Michigan had outstanding performances on Friday in team competition and then in the individual championships for the five Wolverines who qualified for the NCAA Championships. Freshman Anthony McCallum was the story of the weekend for Michigan. McCallum stayed true to his No. 1 national ranking in vault, as he held the highest score both days with a
“I’m just going to try to restore their confidence.”
Speight impresses at quarterback By KELLY HALL Daily Sports Editor
Two days after fifth-year senior quarterback Jake Rudock led the Wolverines to their 41-7 victory over Florida, passing game coordinator Jedd Fisch texted the quarterbacks who would be taking over in Rudock’s absence. Fisch’s message came in loud and clear: it was going to be the most intense battle that the quarterbacks had ever been in, but it would also be the most rewarding. Exactly four months after the Citrus Bowl came to its close, redshirt sophomore Wilton Speight confirmed after the Spring Game that Fisch was right. It has “absolutely” been the most fierce competition he’s ever been in. Last season, Speight didn’t even play in the Spring Game. He was out with a groin injury and watched from the sidelines as Shane Morris headlined the competition. This year, he took the first snap for the Maize team, leading his teammates to a 14-13 victory over the Blue team. He was responsible for both of the Maize team’s touchdowns, completing a 13-yard pass to senior tight end Jake Butt for one and running into the end zone off a 6-yard bootleg for the other. Though Speight dealt with early nerves on the field, he expected to get any anxiety out of his system in his second play. He knew that he was going to throw a “launch ball,” and with that pass, he planned on ridding himself of extra adrenaline and restlessness. On that second play, he overthrew sophomore Grant Perry, who was able to catch the ball, but was a yard out of bounds. After that, Speight completed the rest of his passes, going 5-for-6 for 46 yards. His renewed confidence partially stems from his performance at Minnesota last season, where he led a gamewinning touchdown drive when Rudock left the game with an
15.400 on Friday and a 15.675 on Saturday, breaking his personal record. With a remarkably high degree of difficulty, McCallum achieved this score without a perfectly stuck landing. While satisfied with McCallum’s performance, Golder believes the All-American freshman still has room to grow. “(McCallum will) probably just get a little more consistent at perfecting the landing,” Golder said. “The vault was already a very high difficulty, and it is a very clean vault, but he usually gets a three-tenths deduction on the landing. He can make a huge score if he can stick.” According to Golder, McCallum has a very bright future ahead. However, McCallum was not the only Wolverine freshman honored over the weekend. Both he and fellow freshman Emyre Cole earned firstteam All-Big Ten accolades. Cole finished sixth in the all-around on Friday with an 84.950 and qualified for Saturday’s individual finals on floor. Senior Colin Mahar, meanwhile, qualified in the still rings with a score of 15.400, matching his career high for the third meet in a row. He went on to achieve another impressive 15.000 in the individual championships the next day. Despite the team’s performance, Golder remains confident in his athletes. With plenty of young talent, the Wolverines have a lot of potential for upward mobility. Michigan will look to avenge its woes in two weeks at the NCAA Championships.
HUTCHINS From Page 1B frame, the Wolverines extended their lead off Montemarano’s grand slam, and senior center fielder Sierra Lawrence put the game out of reach with another grand slam in the sixth. “I’m pleased,” Hutchins said of her team’s performance. “We got better in some areas, and that needs to be our focus — just trying to get better every day. Indiana is a feisty team. They’ve got good, young pitchers, and I thought our kids did a nice job. We played well for the most part. “We took better cuts. We put Alex Sobczak back behind the plate, and I (think) she’s getting better. And I thought we jelled as a group. I thought we really played as a team. Sometimes we get a little individual, whether that’s on the mound or at the plate. I thought our kids were locked in as a team, and that’s when we’re at our best.”
BERENSON From Page 1B
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Redshirt sophomore Wilton Speight has emerged from spring camp confident with a legitimate chance to win the starting quarterback job in the fall.
injury. “(Playing against Minnesota last season) was huge,” Speight said. “Not that you live in the past, you never want to do that, but to go out there and say that, ‘Well I’ve done this on the road in a hostile environment, why can’t I do it in Glick (Fieldhouse), or why can’t I do it in a Spring Game, or why can’t I do it next year versus Hawaii?’ It’s big and it’s kept me calm.” He also gets a sense of calm from Fisch, who has kept the quarterbacks composed throughout the spring season. Redshirt juniors John O’Korn and Morris showed that sense of calm at times on Friday night as well, combining on a trick play
for the first touchdown of the Spring Game. O’Korn started under center for the first snap of the game and led an impressive drive that included a 30-yard deep ball to redshirt sophomore wide receiver Drake Harris, who got one foot in at the 11-yard line. A few plays later, Morris lined up at receiver. O’Korn pitched the ball to Morris, who completed a nine-yard touchdown pass to fifthyear senior Drake Johnson for the first score of the game. During the second quarter, Morris proved that he was capable of leading a drive, completing consecutive passes to Joe Hewlett and Drake Harris for five and eight
“(This spring camp) has really just been so fun for me.”
yards, respectively, and then following up with a 15-yard run of his own. But shortly after, the quarterback tailed off. As shown in previous seasons, Morris has a cannon, but he overthrew his next three targets. On 4th-and-10 with six seconds to go until halftime, Morris flung the ball into the air, but senior safety Dymonte Thomas intercepted the ball in the end zone. While all three competing quarterbacks can scramble, O’Korn proved that he could move under pressure. In the final seconds, O’Korn dove into the end zone for a touchdown. The Maize team attempted a two-point conversion on the final play of the game, but the Blue team stuffed redshirt junior fullback Henry Poggi. Speight watched the final play next to Butt on the sidelines. “We were able to stuff them and then we just had fun just clowning around, running around
on the field and stuff,” Speight said. “It was a cool feeling.” Though winning was nice, proving his ability might have been better. “(This spring camp) has really just been so fun for me,” Speight said. “Last year, I tore my groin, and the year before that, I was an early enrollee and didn’t know what was going on. It really wasn’t enjoyable. But this spring, I was healthy and getting reps with the ones and doing well and enjoying the game of football. “It was so nice to get back to that kind of feeling.” The Spring Game doesn’t count for much except for bragging rights, but after the game, the winners were rewarded with steak and the losers sat down to spaghetti. The quarterback battle is far from over, but Friday night, Speight headed back for steak. O’Korn and Morris had spaghetti.
national titles. Among those 22 NCAA Tournament runs, 11 were Frozen Four appearances as well. Berenson currently boasts an 835-407-89 record though 32 seasons and is just the fourth collegiate coach to reach 800 career victories. His win total is good for fourth on the college hockey coaches all-time win list. In 2016-17, he will return to a team that still has many questions this offseason. The Wolverines will lose defensemen Michel Downing and Zach Werenski, who signed professional contracts this past week, but the statuses of star forwards Tyler Motte, JT Compher and Kyle Connor remain unknown. In the week leading up to the announcement, Manuel, Michigan’s newly hired athletic director, had publicly stated his desire for Berenson to return if the coach wanted to. Now, he will get his wish.
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