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Students socalize at the LGBT Queer Welcome Carnival at Regents Plaza Thursday.

Spectrum Center hosts second LGBT Queer Welcome Carnival Event aims to foster community and inclusivity as new semester begins ALEX COTT

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The University of Michigan’s Spectrum Center hosted their second annual LGBT Queer Welcome Carnival Thursday in Regents Plaza, greeting students

with free T-shirts, cotton candy, popcorn and carnival games. Some carnival attendees were returning students, while others were new students coming to their first LGBTQ community event. Several students noted the welcoming and inclusive environment characterizing the

event. “I think it’s really cool to see friendly faces and see that they are welcoming and that it’s a safe space,” said Engineering freshman Jazmyn Rivera. “It’s great to have a community that you belong to on campus.” Attendees also included

international students who were experiencing everything the Spectrum Center has to offer for the first time, allowing them the opportunity to reflect on themes of diversity and inclusion. “Coming from a country where it is a taboo topic, this (welcome See CARNIVAL, Page 3A

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Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton hosted a press call with college students from across the country Thursday morning, discussing her commitment to younger voters. The call followed a recent push by the Clinton campaign to engage with more reporters. Clinton has only recently started talking directly with reporters again after not holding any press conferences since the start of 2016. On Monday, she announced

she would allow her press pool — the team of reporters designated to cover every aspect of Clinton’s campaign — to travel on her plane. During most presidential election years, the candidates begin traveling with a press pool shortly after the official nomination at respective conventions. This year, both Clinton and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump have been much more reluctant than usual to allow their respective press pools to f ly with them. Trump still uses his personal plane without the press on board, See CLINTON, Page 3A

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U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D– Dearborn) announced recently that the University of Michigan would receive three awards from the National Science Foundation. A cumulative $8,062,199 will span across three separate academic areas to combat a diverse range of global issues. “This NSF funding will go towards advancements in STEM education, manufacturing systems and food production that will help solve some of our most pressing challenges and ensure we continue to lead in a 21st century global economy,” Dingell said in press release. The largest of the three awards, $2,999,968, will be allocated to a project called “Advancing Technologies and Improving Communication of Urine-Derived Fertilizers for Food Production within a RiskBased Framework,” which aims to convert human urine into a safe fertilizer for agricultural crops. See AWARD, Page 2A

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As part of the University of Michigan’s Complex Systems Seminar Series, LSA Dean Andrew Martin spoke Thursday afternoon at West Hall about the “MartinQuinn” scores, a measurement of the liberal or conservative ideologies of U.S. Supreme Court justices, which Martin researched and developed with Kevin Quinn from the University of California at Berkeley’s School of Law in 2002. Martin and Quinn’s model encompasses every member of the court from October 1937 to October 2015. It was referenced in multiple academic journals, and most recently in a New York Times article on the Supreme Court. “I think the model does a quite reasonable job of telling us something about the U.S. Supreme Court,” Martin said. “The overall project goal is that we were trying to accomplish is to develop a structural model of revealed preferences, the preferences of the nine justices who sit on the U.S. Supreme Court.” Martin said the model focuses a lot on the “median” justice of the Supreme Court, the one who sits in the middle of the ideological spectrum and is an indicator of how the court’s ideology will impact

decisions. The “median” justice is especially important for the future ideological balance of the court in the wake of conservative Justice Antonin Scalia’s passing last February, leaving the Court with only eight justices. “The passing of Justice Scalia has put the Supreme Court at a crossroads,”

Martin is quoted as saying on the LSA website. “If a Democrat appoints the next justice who is confirmed, then Justice Breyer will become the median justice and the liberals will control the court for the first time in a generation. On the other hand, if a Republican appoints the next justice who is

confirmed, Justice Kennedy will once again become the median justice.” Martin said Thursday that scholars try to make inferences about the past based on the model, but reiterated that playing hypotheticals like these are unrealistic. He said it is See DEAN, Page 2A

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Washtenaw County Prosecutor Brian Mackie will face a challenge at the ballots this November from a grassroots activist who aims to bring police accountability and voter engagement to the forefront of county politics. Mackie’s challenger is D’Real Graham, program coordinator for 826michigan — a volunteer educational organization. Graham said he wants the role of county prosecutor to be more visible to the public so voters will make informed decisions and not blindly vote along party lines. “When you think about corrections and who is making decisions, when you identify leadership, the county prosecutor is high on the list,” Graham said. “If we are hoping to have local officials ready to amplify our values we have to know them, we have to talk to them, we have to challenge them.” A teacher professionally, Graham hopes to increase civic engagement at the local level and greater transparency overall. “If we don’t understand how See PROSECUTOR, Page 3A

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WHAT: Heads of the Justice Department’s Environmental and Natural Resources Division from the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations will discuss environmental law and policy challenges. WHO: MLaw Environmental Law and Policy Program WHEN: 11:45am - 1:30pm WHERE: South Hall, Room 1225

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DEAN From Page 1A implausible to use the model to attempt to predict how, for example, a historical justice like Louis Brandeis would have voted on a case such as Bush v. Gore. While the model lacks the ability to make hypothetical inferences, Martin said he believes it gives an accurate

representation of the ideological climate of the court over time and allows for a deeper conversation on the future of the court, especially with a new confirmation possible soon to replace Scalia. “We care about the ideological climate, we care about who is in the middle and we care about how that lineup and the coalition has evolved over time,” Martin said. Emphasizing that this model is just a starting point,

Dance Master Class WHAT: In the school year’s first Modern Lab Master Class Repertory Series, new theatre faculty member Tzveta Kassabova will present an original work, introduce her aesthetic style, and participate in a Q&A. WHO: School of Music, Theatre & Dance WHEN: 12:10pm - 2:00pm WHERE: Dance Building, Betty Pease Studio Theatre

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Martin said in the future he would like to see a similar model produced to also fit the ideological data available on the U.S. Congress. “While we love having the model in the press and while we love having people citing it all the time, from a modeling standpoint this is just step one,” Martin said. “I hope I’ve convinced you that this is at least somewhat useful in some context.”

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AWARD From Page 1A Engineering Prof. Nancy Love, along with four other University researchers, will kickstart the project by installing special waterless urinals and “source-separating” flush toilets in the George Granger Brown Memorial Laboratories on North Campus to direct all urine to a holding tank. The urine will eventually be used as fertilizer in the Matthaei Botanical Gardens. Love was unavailable for

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UM Regents name International Institute an instructional unit New designation allows for joint faculty appointments TIMOTHY COHN Daily Staff Reporter

The University of Michigan’s Board of Regents has approved a measure to designate the International Institute as an instructional unit. This change, according to LSA Dean Andrew Martin, will give the institute the ability to make joint appointments of faculty members across a range of departments, eventually creating the potential for a new Master’s degree in International Studies. “Shifting a portion of faculty effort to the International Institute will allow staff the flexibility to help grow existing programs and to plan for new ones,” Martin wrote in a memo to the board. “It also establishes greater faculty involvement and creates stable curricula for students in its undergraduate and master’s programs.” Since its creation in 1993 as a funding-only unit with a budget for teaching by faculty with appointments in other schools and colleges, the International Institute has seen growth in enrollment and student interest in affiliated programs. Currently, the institute

CARNIVAL From Page 1A carnival) is great,” said Engineering freshman Jaim Befeler. “Knowing that there is an event specifically for LGBTQ people is amazing.” Chelsea Noble, the graduate coordinator for professional development at the Spectrum Center, described the event as an important opportunity for members of the campus community who identify as LGBTQ to kick off the school year. “The Spectrum Center wants to make sure we have a visible presence and welcome our students to campus,” Noble said. “It matters so much in the new school year to find people and friends so we hope that also strengthens the LGBTQ community on campus.” The carnival also included faculty on the University of Michigan OUTlist — an internal database that allows members in the University LGBTQ community to connect with one another and find resources and support.

PROSECUTOR From Page 1A the current system operates, we won’t understand how we are losing a workforce every 10 years,” Graham said. “We have more people entering the county jail than we have graduating from Eastern Michigan University. That should register as a problem for … anyone in this community.” Mackie could not be reached for comment Thursday night. Among Graham’s main objectives is to extend alternative programming and put a system in place for care and custody of nonviolent offenders. Graham also wants to see true reform of policing in Ann Arbor. “It’s going to be my responsibility to also ensure that public defenders, investigators and advocates are humble and not just leaning on their specialization or their expertise,” he said. At the focus of his candidacy is the Aura Rosser case, which brought the national controversy surrounding police accountability and racial justice close to home in Ann Arbor. Aura Rosser was a 40-yearold Black woman who was fatally shot by a police officer in 2014 after a domestic violence call by her boyfriend. Though the police officer responsible for the shooting was cleared of charges due to Rosser’s history of mental illness and drug abuse, protestors have consistently challenged the outcome.

oversees 17 centers and programs that offer four concentrations and eight minors for undergraduate students, as well as six degree-offering programs open to graduate students. The memo to the board cited issue of regularity with course offerings and further development of graduate programs as important components to the board’s resolution authorizing the institute’s rebranding, especially for new programs. “In order to serve students across the (International Institute), it needs dedicated faculty with area studies expertise who can develop and offer consistent courses to meet students’ curricular needs,” the resolution states. “Looking ahead to creating a new master’s degree program in International and Area Studies and offering an Accelerated Degree Program in International Studies, the (International Institute) will need faculty to teach and mentor students in these programs.” Graduate students seeking master’s degrees in international studies can soon expect to find a curriculum that more closely reflects the ones established for undergraduate

students, which requires specialization along thematic or regional lines, according to the resolution. The institute’s director, Pauline Jones, wrote in an email that the recent change will not mean an increase or decrease in its annual $4 million budget. However, professors can now work with institute staff to develop more internationally focused courses and study abroad programs. Jones said the institute has already begun the process of employing tenured UM faculty to collaborate with the institute faculty by transferring a number of faculty directors from the 17 centers and programs to the institute temporarily. “This allows us to ‘borrow’ faculty effort to run our centers and programs as well as to teach courses for us. This enables us to ensure that students have access to a regular set of courses taught by tenured U-M faculty each year,” Jones wrote. Though the institute’s new designation will allow for the appointment of tenured UM faculty, the resolution notes that their tenure may not be housed under the International Institute, but rather through their respective departments.

When asked what he enjoyed most about being a part of the LGBTQ community at Michigan, Befeler simply answered, “No judgment.” The event was also a chance for upperclassmen to return to a community that has supported them throughout their college careers, such as Nursing senior John Shaver, who became actively involved in the Spectrum Center’s Queer and Christian Club as a sophomore. “Every other week was a hangout and then the in-between weeks were Bible studies,” Shaver stated. “It was intentionally creating a space for queer Christians because oftentimes churches aren’t the most welcoming to queer people.” Shaver said that the Spectrum Center provides a welcoming space that helps normalize the idea of embracing an active LGBTQ community on campus — an especially important goal given the recent implementation of several diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at the University. “I think being queer is somewhat normalized in our

generation, but I think for a lot of us, where we come from, it’s not,” Shaver said. “So for new students it lets people know it’s not a really big deal to be out and about. I think the people are very welcoming and whatever your experience is, there’s someone there that understands that and is empathetic to that.” Noble said that the center will continue to host such community-oriented events throughout the year, such as for National Coming Out Week and LGBTQ+ Health and Wellness Week, in addition to more educational events, including trainings on LGBTQ identities and the Guidance Perspective Support peer mentorship program. In providing these programs, Noble said the center takes a personal approach to helping students join the LGBTQ community at the University. “It mattered to have a really tight-knit community, to have a center where I can go and fully be myself and know that people got that, so it’s important for me to offer the same for our students here,” she said.

In light of the Aura Rosser aftermath, Ann Arbor’s Human Rights Commision released a report requesting reforms to police oversight. “I don’t know if 60 days is enough time to decide if a law enforcement agent exhibited undesirable behavior while on duty,” Graham said. “If I understand what happened to Aura Rosser, she was lynched. She didn’t go through the correctional system or the judicial system and there was not proper justice.” Graham also said that first responders to emercency calls like Rosser’s don’t need to be police officers. He stressed that he would have advised the city of Ann Arbor to handle the case differently had he been prosecutor at the time. “Not only would I have advocated that the city of Ann Arbor invest money to mobilize an alternative crisis intervention unit, but also to hire individuals who have expertise and skill to receive individuals who may not be a threat to society but may at that time need a source to heal and to recover and the ability to govern their faculties,” Graham said. His candidacy was welcomed by racial justice activists on campus. Austin McCoy, a postdoctoral fellow at Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning who used to lead the on-campus United Coalition for Racial Justice, wrote he believes Graham can bring the necessary institutional reform necessary for greater equity in policing locally.

“I think it’s great that D’Real is running because he is a grassroots leader who is in touch with the needs of the most vulnerable in our community,” McCoy wrote in an email interview. “D’Real’s desires for local leadership to re-examine the various institutions that comprise Washtenaw County’s criminal justice system is consistent with his organizing work around policing in Ypsilanti. He’s committed to ensuring justice for everyone in Washtenaw County.” Graham faces several obstacles, as he faces an incumbent candidate who has been in office since 1992. He lacks the JD degree and legal experience traditionally associated with the position, though a JD is not a requisite for county prosecutors. However, he said he challenges the public to reevaluate the expectations of county prosecutor currently established in mainstream politics. “The county prosecutor is not a practicing attorney,” Graham said. “This is a governmentlevel manager, so do we need a practicing lawyer in his capacity to ensure public safety? Do we even need to use the term ‘county prosecutor’ to address this official? Isn’t he or she or they simply the superintendent of public safety? Shouldn’t I be concerned about your public safety and the safety and security of public county residents?” The election for prosecuter will take place Nov. 8.

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University launches investigation into North Quad roof failure six years after construction Two approved repair projects will cost $11 million RIYAH BASHA

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As workers continue another year of unexpected repairs to the roof of North Quad Residence Hall’s residential and academic wing, the University of Michigan is preparing to pursue an investigation into the roofing system’s failure just six years after its construction. The $175 million North Quad complex opened in

CLINTON From Page 1A though he invited the press on board for a recent f light. Both have faced criticism about their treatment of the press — Clinton, because of her lack of press conferences, and Trump because of his recently lifted order to blacklist certain news outlets from events. In the call Thursday, Clinton spoke for approximately 10 minutes, spending half of the time answering two questions from students, both of whom were unaffiliated with news outlets. Initially, the call was scheduled to last an hour, but due to a delay in start time, lasted about 20 minutes. Campaign staffers spoke for the other half of the call, highlighting their involvement with the campaign and relevant past experience. LSA junior Collin Kelly, chair of the University of Michigan’s chapter of College Democrats, said in response to the call that he thought

2010, featuring widely hailed state of the art technology and internationally focused residences and dining halls. The University of Michigan’s Board of Regents has approved two separate repair projects for the North Quad roof — one in April 2015 and another this past April — totaling $11 million over the last two summers, citing the failure of 55,000 square feet of roofing. The most recently approved action request stated that construction will

be completed this fall. University spokeswoman Kim Broekhuizen wrote in an email interview that the roof, contracted through Walbridge, had an expected life of over 50 years. According to Broekhuizen, funding for the repairs will come from investment proceeds and an in-depth search for the cause of the failure is ongoing. “The University is pursuing all potentially responsible parties,” Broekhuizen wrote.

Clinton reaches out to voters by addressing them directly. “Secretary Clinton has been focusing on her message to the American people whether that is through going across the country to listen to their concerns or by talking to reporters and the media, like she did in her recent press conference,” he said. On the call, Clinton spoke broadly about the importance of student participation and involvement in the campaign. She encouraged the students to volunteer during the election season and to stay involved after November. “I’m counting on you in this campaign to take the important issues our country faces … not only in the campaign but after the election as well, to help me fight to make them a reality,” she said. Clinton also highlighted voter registration drives across the country. Her campaign aims to register 3 million new voters by Oct. 8 — the last day to register for the November election. At the University, College

Democrats has been working toward this goal by holding voter registration drives every week. The organization plans to continue doing so until the deadline to register. Clinton also brief ly touched on her commitment to students and her plan to make college debt-free. Her higher education reform plan — the New College Compact — sets the goal of allowing any student attending an in-state public institution to graduate without debt. She also states in the plan that she intends to make colleges tuition-free for families earning less than $125,000 per year, and help those with existing student debt refinance their loans. Clinton said since Trump has been able to refinance loans —citing his business record — students should be offered the same opportunity. “If Donald Trump can refinance his loans after bankrupting his companies six times, you should be able to refinance yours with lower interest rates and get this paid off,” she said.

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Safe spaces don’t stop free speech

n a letter to incoming freshmen on Aug. 24, John Ellison, University of Chicago’s dean of students, denounced the use of safe spaces and trigger warnings on the college campus, writing that they impede the ability of faculty and students to engage in free speech — an integral component of the educational experience. This letter attracted both support and dissent, reigniting a discussion at universities nationwide. This week, University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel joined the conversation, addressing the student body in an op-ed. While Schlissel’s letter discusses the importance of respect and diversity fostering freedom of speech on campus, his op-ed did not use the terms “safe spaces” and “trigger warnings” specifically. These are two concepts that University professors implement in their classrooms — both in syllabi and during class itself. Yes, the debate over whether these two concepts are productive or detrimental to free speech is politicized and widespread nationally. But, most importantly, students are directly influenced by how their universities choose to respond to the debate. Just this past March, hate speech on the Diag catalyzed a widespread debate over when speech should be protected on campus. Therefore, the University has a responsibility not just to promote the Expect Respect campaign, a noble initiative, but to respond directly to the use of these two controversial terms. The Michigan Daily does not support any sort of policy requiring safe spaces and trigger warnings. At a public university such as ours, institutionalizing or creating policy including these terms would be a violation of the First Amendment. However, the University should make clear that faculty have the individual right to use these terms to facilitate freer, more inclusive discussion. Trigger warnings and safe spaces are not an opposition to free speech. The terms “trigger warning” and “safe space” have become some of the most contentious phrases concerning student life and, as a result, they have developed negative connotations. Ellison’s letter, like many critics of trigger warnings and safe spaces, functions under the assumption students use trigger warnings as excuses to get out of engaging with difficult material and safe spaces as means to avoid

hearing opinions that differ from their own. This is entirely untrue. We understand trigger warnings as any message that helps students who may have experienced trauma or distress brace themselves before addressing an issue that, when mentioned, could elicit a strong emotional or psychological response — not ones that simply make the students uncomfortable. In turn, the trigger warning creates a safe space where students feel their experiences have been honored and respected. These two concepts are ofen conflated, though it is important to note the distiction between the two: Trigger warnings can help create safe spaces, but safe spaces can be created by other means as well. Trigger warnings and safe spaces do not negate the opportunity for free speech; rather, they provide an environment where all people are equipped to face — not avoid — topics that could cause them emotional distress and are some of the toughest issues of today. When a student has been medically diagnosed with a mental illness like PTSD, for example, a trigger warning is a vital way to encourage and enforce that the student enters a challenging discussion and adds his or her experience to the free exchange of ideas. With just a mention of upcoming challenging material, students who would have otherwise been triggered by a past traumatic or otherwise distressing event — which may have previously caused them to remove themselves from a classroom or conversation — can now mentally prepare themselves, separating their past experiences from the subject matter at hand. Large educational institutions like our University are indispensable hubs of free speech. This hub is only bettered when everyone on campus is prepared to participate fully in the free exchange of ideas.

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s we get closer to the polls opening on Election Day, it’s easy to see Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton don’t MAX agree on much. But after recentRYSZTAK ly listening to the two candidates talk about free trade in major economic speeches, it’s clear the candidates have similar views on this issue. Take the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a multinational trade deal between the United States and numerous countries that increases trade and reduces tariffs, resulting in a massive trade deal with global economic implications. Donald Trump argues, “The Trans-Pacific Partnership is the greatest danger yet.” Surprisingly, Hillary Clinton now agrees with Trump’s stance after previously supporting the deal. She said at a campaign event in Warren, Mich., “I will stop any trade deal that kills jobs or holds down wages, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership. … I oppose it now … and I’ll oppose it as president.” It sounds like Clinton and Trump might agree on something, but unfortunately, they are both wrong on the actual policy. The economic benefits of free trade deals like TPP are well known. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, a federal agency specializing in American trade policy, argues that TPP reduces taxes to make U.S. farmers and manufacturers more productive, increases the exports of American-made products and strengthens middleclass wages and jobs. Most economists and researchers agree that TPP makes the United States more competitive in Asia, which is key to repositioning ourselves as a major economic player in the region. Countless policy experts directly contradict the candidates’ statements on this trade deal, which demonstrates the candidates’ misunderstanding, or politicization, of the issue. Why should students care, though? Most Michigan students don’t think about trade when it comes to voting. But they should.

Beyond free trade’s economic benefits, especially in the state of Michigan, trade correlates with a cleaner environment — a top issue for Michigan students and millennials nationwide. According to The Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom, countries’ environmental performance, a measurement of the environmental health of a country, increases as they become more economically free. Economist Nicolas Loris writes, “Freer economies have access to more products and technologies that make our lives

“It sounds like Clinton and Trump might agree on something, but unfortunately, they are both wrong on the actual policy.” healthier and the environment cleaner. … As a country grows economically, it increases the financial ability of its citizens and businesses to care for the environment and reduce pollutants emitted from industrial growth.” The TPP trade deal even has environmental provisions. With many updates to international environmental protection commitments, TPP modernizes some of the United States’ other trade deals (like NAFTA) so traders are held more accountable. It also adds protections to different species of fish and marine environments, and provides more enforcement for laws on fishing, hunting and preservation. This area of policy unites both sides of the political spectrum. Republicans, who are traditionally more focused on the economy, have been reluctant to support environmental protections due to potentially harmful economic

effects. Democrats, however, often find that the benefits outweigh the costs to conserve and protect the environment in the long run. By opening the United States’ borders to trade, however, fiscal conservatives can help the prospects of our planet, while environmentalist liberals can increase domestic competition and exports. While no trade deal is perfect, this issue should unite almost all Americans, especially when the modern political discourse is so contentious. Students across American campuses, furthermore, have a unique role to play in this debate. Pew Research Center finds a broad support of free trade among adolescents. As the largest age demographic of free trade supporters, millennials need to counteract isolationist economics coming from both Democrats and Republicans with the truths of economic openness. And as one of the most vocal groups on the environment, we need to effectively communicate that we can do both: We can help the environment and help the economy. Students across the country should be rising up — telling candidates of all parties — that they don’t care about the politics, they care about the solutions. Young people want to protect their environment for future generations, but they also strongly support free trade — one of the best ways to improve the country’s economy. These two issues go hand in hand and millennials need to make their voices heard. There is a lot of potential to bring the left and the right together, on both free trade and environmental protection. To be successful, however, we need to forget the politics and focus on the actual policy. Trade and environmental protection are issues with real solutions; they are debates that impact everyday lives throughout the nation. They are discussions our generation cares to have, with actual proposals our generation supports. It’s time politicians in both parties take note of that. —Max Rysztak can be reached at mrysztak@umich.edu.

The party is winding down

emocrat. Republican. Human being? It seems a bit odd that an individual would identify firstly as JEFF a member of a BROOKS political party and secondly as a member of the human race. But, strangely enough, that seems to be the reality of our current political climate. In the age of the 24-hour news cycle and social media, it appears the vast majority of people have already made up their minds on a variety of issues before even hearing the details, as they feel an obligation to follow party lines. They assume that the other side is automatically wrong — or, even worse, purposefully trying to destroy the very fabric of our country. The combative nature of the twoparty system seems to be ingrained in the very DNA of the nation’s people; we are essentially taught from birth that you are either a Democrat or a Republican and that there is no in-between. But this in no way needs to be the case. In a world where divergent thinking is encouraged and we are told that there are nearly limitless numbers of ways to solve just about any problem we encounter, it seems asinine to believe that the U.S. political sphere, which contains some of the most complex and ambiguous problems facing man today, could be boiled down to just two possible options. Like children, we have spent an inordinate amount of time attempting to push a square peg into a round hole, forcing our ideas onto others and hoping that they will one day stick. This behavior seems ludicrous given that the political system is meant to foster the synthesis of new ideas by allowing individuals with differing views to engage in a reasoned forum and find a middle ground. Sadly, this system has been distorted, and we as citizens have been conditioned to believe that differing views somehow translate to opposing views, that is simply false. Maybe it’s in human nature to engage in competition, and that’s why we cling to and defend the ideals

of our political parties with the fervor and intensity of a lifelong fan on game day, but the reality is that our political system should not be considered a “political arena,” as we should in no way be focused on fighting each other. Politics is not a brutal gladiator match where your sole goal is to destroy your opponent; rather, it is a cooperative effort to aid your fellow man in achieving an outcome that is mutually beneficial for society as a whole. The truth is that politics should not be an argument but a discussion. More than 200 years ago, during his farewell address upon leaving the office of the presidency, our very first president, George Washington,

“Maybe it’s in human nature to engage in competition...but we should in no way be focused on fighting each other.” warned of the impending danger of the rise of political parties, stating “the common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and the duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it. It serves always to distract the Public Councils and enfeeble the Public Administration. It agitates the Community with illfounded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection.” Washington feared that the interests of the parties would one day overpower the interests of the nation, and it appears that we have reached a point where that may in fact be true. We are currently in the midst of an election cycle where the two major party candidates have the lowest favorability ratings in history. An election where many Democrats

are voting not out of support for Hillary Clinton, but out of a hatred toward the opposite party, and vice versa for the Republicans and Donald Trump. We are just several short years beyond the time in 2010 when former Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell claimed that the number one goal of the Republican Congress was to ensure Obama was a one-term president, rather than passing legislation. Our country has never been so divided along party lines. While it is certainly great television to highlight this “ideological war” by plastering two talking heads onto a television screen to yell incessantly at each other, this in no way aids our nation. The complex issues that are at play concerning unemployment, abortion rights and income inequality will not be fixed by continuous conflict, but rather through comprehension and compromise. Individuals on both ends of the political spectrum need to make a concerted effort to reach a mutual understanding of where the opposite side is coming from. The truth is that someone with differing views from yours is in no way attempting to destroy our country or take away any part of what made it great in the first place. There is more than one way to run a country, just as there is more than one way to approach any issue, and both sides are genuinely attempting to do what they believe is best for our nation. We as a people must remember that no matter our race, religion or political affiliation, we are, in fact, people first. This realization necessitates a degree of compromise and understanding from all individuals, no matter their background or ideology. We are now 240 years into our nation’s great history; the night is no longer young. Our political party is winding down, and just unwanted guests remain. It seems best to return to our shared home of humanity, lest we overstay our welcome. —Jeff Brooks can be reached at brooksjs@umich.edu.

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Arts

Friday, September 9, 2016 — 5A

MUSIC NOTEBOOK

AMAZING OR MALAISING

Seeking songs for the end of Summer 2016 By ADAM THEISEN Managing Arts Editor

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How can they sing along if he’s rapping nonsense?

Nonsense is the new sense in rap Young Thug is creating new rules for the game By HARRY KRINSKY Daily Arts Writer

“Amazing or Malaising” is a new series in which Daily Arts Writer Harry Krinsky decides if a piece of culture is wonderful or trapped in malaise. I’m gonna throw out some rap lyrics. Stop reading when you see a pattern. “I look good as your dad on a Friday.” –Young Thug “I want the M’s and I’m not talking Micky D’s. My jewelry gold like the tokens at Chuck E. Cheese.” –Young Thug “I’m a Pisces but I’d rather be a killa whale.” –Andre Nickatina “Chuck Taylor down like the Ramadan / Catch a feelin’, slipped in on a banana peeling / You got a scheme homie what you dealin’.” –Andre Nickatina “Who come through doing kung-fu / Jinjitsu, eating kung pow when the thunder storm tornado sized symbol on my Guess jeans / You on the guest list? You wanna French kiss? I gotta double check your French tips.” –Riff Raff “I’m at the Pizza Hut / I’m at the Taco Bell. I’m at the Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell” –Das Racist “Timmy Timmy Timmy Turner, He been looking for a burner.” – Desiigner That was sort of a trick question. There really isn’t a pattern. Really, the only pattern is that none of those lines make any sense. There is no connection between a Pisces and a killer whale, or Chuck Taylors and Ramadan — and no amount of Rap Genius will help you figure out what these lines mean. They are barely coherent. Now, it’s really easy to call this rap low quality. It’s easy to frown at this departure from substantive, highly lyrical, socially conscious rap music that just about everyone from Kurtis Blow to Jay Z has taken a part in. Even when they were being vulgar or superfluous, at least they were being witty (and even when they weren’t being witty, at least they made sense). So, one way of grouping the above songs is that they are connected by the fact that they are all lyrics from shitty vapid rap songs made by shitty upstart internet rappers. (With the exception of Nickatina; he’s been making no sense longer than I’ve been alive). It’s really not that hard, then, to extrapolate that my generation’s obsession with these rappers points to millennials’ short attention spans, lack of appreciation for tradition and inevitable destiny to ruin the world. That is the 2002 USA men’s basketball team way of grouping those songs. I like to categorize those lyrics, of which I have only included a small sample size, as something called Curated Nonsense. Curated Nonsense, on one level, is rap music that intentionally doesn’t make conven-

tional sense. It’s defined by punchlines that don’t quite hit, or non-sequitur bars or dated references or just straight-up gibberish. My favorite Curated Nonsensical rapper ever is Young Thug. Thugger is by far the biggest and most mainstream of the above list. He is the biggest rapper to ever not make any sense. This is important, generational, and I think has something to do with the internet and all the fuckedup, senseless shit going on in the world right now. He isn’t, however, the first rapper to not make any sense. Thugger, consciously or not, is just the newest member of a lineage that at least includes Bay Area legends Mac Dre and Andre Nikitina, and contemporaries like Das Racist, Lil B and Riff Raff. Thugger also, if you need any more evidence of his proclivity for nonsense, just changed his rap name to “No, My Name is Jeffery.” You might say that curated nonsense is a ridiculous way to describe anything, let alone rap music, and I’ll admit, it’s a bit contradictory, even oxymoronic. But Big Sean is little and Lil John is old; music is laden with contradiction and hypocrisy, so why can’t my made-up subcategory have a splash of the sauce? Also, full disclosure, I think curated nonsense is a great name of a category. It rolls off the tongue and sounds vaguely intellectual, like the type of thing someone who also says “postmodern” a lot might say (which, for better or for worse, I do). But what’s most important about giving a name to this type of rap music is that it acknowledges Thugger, Mac Dre, Riff Raff et al. as legitimate contributors to the contemporary artistic landscape, not just a bad version of normal rap music. I’m not saying the music deserves an A or even a B; I’m saying it deserves a grade. Parsing out good Curated Nonsense from bad Curated Nonsense is no easy task, and I think that’s one of the reasons it gets lumped together with bad rap music. For example, I’m listening to Anderson Paak as I write this piece. Anderson Paak is NOT Curated Nonsense. If anything, he’s curated sense, which is ostensibly the goal of most music and doesn’t need its own category. Paak gets the people that call Curated Nonsense trash, excited. (Also Anderson Paak is just fucking dope and transcendent, and unquestionably amazing.) To compare Anderson Paak to, say, Kendrick Lamar, might be difficult since they’re both great artists that have relatively different sounds, but it’s ultimately way easier than comparing, say, Young Thug to the Ying Yang Twins. The Ying Yang Twins weren’t Curated Nonsense either, they were just nonsense. Intention is crucial to fit into my category. But tracking intention is exponentially more difficult than tracking lyrics or drum progression. Welcome to postmodernism (ugh). Thugger and the Ying Yang twins both don’t make any sense — they’re both sort of southern rappers — but

Thugger is unquestionably better in my mind. His nonsense makes sense. His voice is an instrument, and he’s aware of the fact that it’s hard to comprehend. Part of the joy in listening to Thugger is constantly having to play catch-up. It’s possible that Thugger’s rise to fame simply coincided perfectly with some cultural current that made his music more accessible than the Ying Yang Twins were in 2005, which complicates the comparison even more. Comparing Kendrick to Paak is like comparing J-Kidd to Steve Nash. They do very different things on the court, but they play the same position. Comparing Young Thug to the Ying Yang Twins is like comparing Draymond Green to Yi Jianlian. This debate matters more than just giving credit to a few quirky rappers. The debate exposes the skewed way many people look at rap. So much of rap listening culture is based in decoding the lyrics and then, and only then, getting to the heart of a song. Rap Genius, Reddit threads and the entire Drake ghost-writing fiasco are evidence of this idea. Curated Nonsense rap challenges the assumption that, in order to relate to a song, we must understand where it came from and what it means. That might sounds simple, but in practice it requires a fair amount of mental gymnastics. I get the rap OG narrative. Lyrics are really important. It’s not too much of a stretch to call rap music poetry with a beat. Actually, it’s not a stretch at all. That is exactly what rap music is. Ironically, though, the comparison to poetry shows what makes Curated Nonsense special. We are taught in school that the best way to consume poetry is to do so without attempting to break its code. Poetry is just meant to exist in the world and be taken in; it can have multiple, conflicting and complicating meanings. To steal from Emily Dickinson, the goal of poetry is to “tell all the truth but tell it slant.” The way a poem makes you feel is just as important as the words on the page. Poems are interpreted, not understood. To argue that poetry needs to make sense is simultaneously reasonable and deeply limiting. Just like calling a Young Thug song convoluted is both reasonable and deeply limiting. We are left, maybe, with some schools of analytical thought that are at odds with each other. The pervasive rap narrative is: bitterly analyze, fact check and code break. The traditional poetry narrative is: don’t analyze too much, feel, introspect, drink Sweetwater’s coffee and be nostalgic. My main question is: Why can’t Young Thug be a poet? When I listen to Young Thug and can only make out syllables and shifts in the tone and speed of his voice, I feel something. When I listen to Paak or Kendrick spit bars that make me think, I also feel something. Most people would feel the same if they got off their pretentious hip-hop high horse. Final verdict: Amazing.

Technically speaking, the song of Summer ’Sixteen was undeniably Drake’s “One Dance.” Not only did it top the Hot 100 for 10 straight weeks, but its parent album, Views, drew in such an unprecedented number of streams that it’s practically unbelievable. And even if you don’t follow the charts, anyone listening to Top 40 FM in the past few months would tell you “One Dance” was by far what they heard the most. But even as I constantly heard “One Dance” on the radio, I couldn’t quite accept it as the “Song of the Summer.” I kept asking one very important question: Where are the memes? I don’t mean that the song of the summer should have been Young Thug’s “Harambe” — God, I definitely don’t mean that. But more than any other artist, Drake has mastered the art of going viral. From “Draft Day / Johnny Manziel” to “Summer Sixteen”-branded air fresheners to the “Hotline Bling” video and the popularization of “The 6” as a nickname for Toronto, Aubrey Graham and his team can seemingly make anything hot, whenever they want. But songs of the summer, specifically, have always been about memes — each one sticks a phrase into the culture. “Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy.” “First thing’s first / I’m the realest.” “We’re up all night to get lucky.” “Why you gotta be so rude?” “Hey, what’s up, hello!” And “One Dance” doesn’t seem to have that. Of course, that opening “I need a one dance” hook,” is easy enough to remember, but can you quote any other part of the song? Do you make jokes on Twitter about it? Do you even talk about it? Look at how Drake closed out last summer — performing his Meek Mill-killing “Back to Back” at OVO Fest in front of a screen filled with corny branded

tweets. There’s no equivalent, nothing that dominated the popculture conversation, with any track off Views, except for maybe that cheesecake line off “Child’s Play.” Compared with how Meek v. Drake was just naturally the big story this time last year, “One Dance” feels more like a mediocre track made inevitably popular by Tim Cook’s marketing machine. And so, at least where I was, for the first time I could remember, there didn’t seem to be one clear song of the summer. Beyond Drake, it could have been anything from Ariana Grande’s “Dangerous Woman” or Sia’s “Cheap Thrills” to Schoolboy Q and Kanye’s “THat Part” to Fifth Harmony’s “Work From Home” or Desiigner’s “Panda.” All were fun tracks played pretty often on the radio, though none felt inescapable, and none got the kind of momentum needed to permanently make a home in our heads. Music writers seemed to feel the fatigue, too. After a few summers in a row where publications rushed to crown whatever was a hit in March the first song of the “summer,” this year felt less like a horse race, and critics relaxed. Most of their “songs of the summer” were more whimsical, less charts-based. The New Yorker ran a series of “Song of the Summer” articles that included idiosyncratic picks like “Bawitaba” by Kid Rock and the 1929 fiddle track “When Summer Comes Again” by something called The Lewis Brothers, while Deadspin — which last year ran an article titled “Calling It Early: ‘Trap Queen’ is the Song of the Summer” — declared 50 Cent’s “Hate It Or Love It” to be “the song of the summer, and also every single other day of life.” For me, then, with no regard to universal relevancy, the SotS was Michael Jackson’s “Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough.” I went up to Lake Michigan with a bunch of old friends for a weekend in July, armed with six-packs and a master playlist that stretched

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over 24 hours long. Somehow, though, “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” played at least 3 or 4 times that weekend — while we were out playing volleyball, making a big dinner together, or just goofing off. When I look back at one of the highlights of my summer, I hear that Michael Jackson falsetto. But if I had to pick a current track to represent my Summer ’Sixteen, I have to go with “I Got The Keys,” the DJ Khaled joint featuring Jay Z and Future. It’s not that the song itself is great — though Hov’s verses are solid, and Future’s energy is infectious — but it just feels like summer. DJ Khaled always sounds like he’s yelling out a window while cruising on a lazy afternoon, Future’s DS2 was one of the biggest hits of last summer and Jay rapping on the radio just brings me back to when The Blueprint 3 was the shit and “Young Forever” got blasted every hour at the swim club. And I think that’s why I’m bummed out about not having a clear song for this year’s summer. Music usually isn’t a race, and it’s tough to anoint winners without controversy, but that’s not the point. The song of the summer isn’t about a winner — it’s about having something we all share. This summer for me was defined by Michael Jackson and Jay Z, but those songs don’t bring back memories with the same kind of power as a track from Teenage Dream or 21. When “California Gurls” plays, I feel a little sunburnt, and I hear people splashing in a pool and I relish the cool breeze on my face. I’ve avoided “Rude” for the last two years, but I know that song will take me back to being on a boat with my friends on Fourth of July. I love the fact that I know millions of people feel the same way, that these songs are a big powerful collective time machine we can all access, and since that feeling got broken up into millions of tiny, unique feelings this summer, it’s seemed like something was missing.

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6A — Friday, September 9, 2016

ALBUM REVIEW

Vince Staples is back and bleaker California MC still haunted on new EP ‘Prima Donna’ By MATT GALLATIN Daily Arts Writer

Vince Staples has never been one for linearity. He can jump between dejected soul and inspirational activist, often within the Asame track, even the same Prima line. Density Donna and expression Vince Staples are far more important than Def Jam moving from point A to point B – a doubleedged sword that Staples has wielded skillfully in releases past and now present. This was clear on the closing track of Staples’ masterful debut album Summertime ’06, stating “Next time on Poppy Street…” and cutting off not 45 seconds into the track. The effect keeps us on edge, ready for what’s around the corner, an allusion to the frenzied and dangerous life on the Long Beach streets that Staples portrays. Never mind that the teaser never materializes in full on Prima Donna; Staples continues where he was cut off with a claustrophobic atmosphere and vigor to match that of his debut. For those even vaguely familiar with Staples, Prima Donna will play as immediately familiar. The production, though this time handled by a wider scope

of producers (including British electronic artist and singer James Blake), fits squarely within the scope of Summertime ’06. Even the track titles can cause chronological confusion: Was is “Loca” or “Loco” which was on Summertime? Haven’t I heard this line before? While some artists can be dragged by redundancy with this kind of repetition, Staples manages to use it to further his politically charged work. That it becomes difficult to distinguish musically between his work today, a year ago or two years ago rehashes Staples’s protest: the police brutality and systemic racism he dealt with then hasn’t changed so much today. Perhaps it has even gotten worse. The most noticeable progression on Prima Donna is in Staples’s tone, which can sound more downtrodden and dystopic than anything he’s released before. The EP opens with a croaking spoken word segment, simply repeating “I’m gonna let it shine” over and over, distant, like a man sitting in a dark corner cupping a fledgling flame. And then, “Crack!”, we’re shot into the first legitimate track, “War Ready” — on first listen the jolt can actually frighten you. Staples is apt at capturing his audience’s attention with these kind of musical breaks, intruding on silence and moments of lull with loud noises and sudden transitions, forcing you to pay closer attention and disallowing casual listening. The third Andre 3000 verse from “ATLiens” is sampled to start the track, and his words from 1995 are eerily in line with those from Staples, nearly 20

years later. The jump between downtrodden and optimistic that Staples uses liberally is clearest on the transition between that first full track “War Ready” and the next, “Smile,” an upbeat, guitar driven anthem. He acknowledges the distress voiced just before, but looks up and tells the world – and himself – “… when life gets hard / And you just think / You wanna end it all / Smile for me.” Prima Donna also finds Staples experimenting with different flows and rhythms, clearest on closing track “Big Time,” a testosterone-fueled gang boast produced by James Blake. He stretches his voice to a higher pitch and bites the pulsing beat, similar to Detroit rapper Danny Brown’s cadence. It’s one of his most successful street anthems to date, and one of his most adventurous. The beat could easily drown out less consuming rappers, but Staples controls it, making it bow to him.

Staples sounds more dystopic. And again, this release ends with a teaser: “Next time on Poppy Street… .” This glimpse is far darker than the last though, with rainfall in the background and a scared voice asking “Hello, is anybody there?” Whether these teasers somehow materialize onto Staples sophomore LP or not, the message is clear — there’s no time to wait.

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TV NOTEBOOK

NETFLIX

“Nancy Jo, this is Alexis Neiers calling.”

Does binge-watching help or hurt viewers? By ALEX INTNER Daily Arts Writer

I have a mixed relationship with binge-watching. A fad that started with the release of TV shows like “24” on DVD in the early 2000s and was popularized by streaming services like Netflix, binge-watching has become all the rage. Still, as a TV viewer, I have an up-anddown relationship with the idea. On one hand, when a story is compelling, it’s hard to stop myself from pressing play on the next episode. On the other, there are times where I wish I would take a step back and reflect on what I’m watching. This past week, I watched the entire first season of Netflix’s “Stranger Things.” The eight episodes feature the perfect combination of storytelling features for binge-watching: introducing elements of a mystery, twists and turns that changed the course of the show and a series of nasty cliffhangers that push you into the next episode. It’s a show that’s perfect for the Netflix model and is compulsively watchable. It benefits from the momentum that watching multiple episodes at a time brings. For every show I find irresistibly binge-able, there’s a show I wish I hadn’t rushed through. I watched the second season of FX’s “Fargo” over the course of three days so I could include the show on my best-of-2015 ballot.

As I made my way through the episodes, I found myself longing to take a step back and just think about what was happening. “Fargo” tells its story in a way that services a week-to-week viewing in how in unfolds its character arcs and stories. But instead of looking at each step along the way, everything blended together. Yet, with some series, it’s impossible to avoid watching them on a binge. The biggest example of this is “Orange Is the New Black.” It seems that with every release of a new season, the race is on to finish every episode before you stumble upon a spoiler from a friend or Twitter. It took me a week to work my way through the season, and I was still unable to avoid finding out about the key death at the end of the show’s fourth season. The drama’s fourth season, in particular, is one that would have benefited from taking a step back to process each step, as it built a story with strong themes and some strong character arcs. Yet, binge watching is a necessary part of my television diet. During a semester, it’s hard for me to keep up with more than a few shows at a time. During breaks, I take advantage of my time off to watch as many shows as I can, moving from show to show at a rapid pace. It’s easy to go from “Stranger Things,” to the back half of the second season of “unREAL,” to “BoJack Horse-

man,” to working through “The Get Down” in the span of a few weeks. It’s how I can get to even a tenth of the massive amount of scripted shows out there. Ultimately, my issues with binge watching could just come from a lack of self-control. (What’s to stop me from taking a break between episodes?) But, with so many spoilers out there and having the next episode right there ready to play, it’s hard to avoid just powering through a season’s episodes. The TV industry is slowly changing to encourage this type of viewing. This is not only because of Netflix’s success with the model but also because of how networks are starting to push for the rights to stream every episode of a season during a show’s run in an effort to encourage viewers to catch up quickly. But, the question remains: does binge-watching hurt the television I watch? The answer seems to be a mix of yes and no. For series like “Stranger Things” or “24,” it enhanced the momentum of the storytelling to see it without breaks or something separating it. For “Orange Is the New Black” or “Fargo,” a little more space between episode would have been appreciated to sort out the shows’ deeper thematic development. So, there doesn’t seem to be a right answer to whether or not to binge watch, which only makes my feelings of love and hate toward the practice even more unclear.

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“Are women funny?” Of course, you jerk. By KELLY MARTINEK Daily Arts Writer

I hate hearing that women aren’t as funny as men. Women make me laugh every day. My mom, my sister, my best friend, my favorite Twitter accounts and my favorite authors are all funny women. The shows I’ve been binge-watching on Netflix all summer are female-driven TV shows, helmed by strong, funny women. I love “How I Met Your Mother” and “The Office,” but I also love “The Mindy Project,” “30 Rock,” “Girls” and “Jane the Virgin.” So don’t tell me that women aren’t funny. Don’t discredit the work of Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Lena Dunham, Mindy Kaling, half the cast of SNL, the cast of “Bridesmaids,” every female screenwriter and showrunner who creates the funny male characters you love. I could go on, but I’m not going to (for now). Women are funny, and I love female writers and female-driven TV, but I can’t help but notice a difference in my own preference when it comes to stand-up comedy. At this point, Netflix knows what I like: Bo Burnham, John Mulaney, Louis CK, etc. Netflix is smart enough to recommend “Shows With Strong Female Leads,” but only suggests comedy specials by male stand-up comedians. In fact, there’s about one comedy special by a female comedian for

every five by a male comedian on Netflix anyway, so maybe I’m not the only one who feels this way. There just isn’t a single woman on the list of stand-up comedians I can actually say I watch and really enjoy. As in every situation, I hesitate to blame myself. I want to find female stand-up acts I enjoy, but every time I watch one, I find the comedian fits into one (or both) of these categories: Somehow More Sexist Than Male Comedians: Sure, male comedians say some pretty awful things about women (I don’t like them, either). But when women do it, it just feels like, come on girl. Let’s at least be on our own side. If you have to resort to making fun of your own gender — our helplessness, our sluttiness, our appearances — how funny are you really? These comedians recycle the same topics: gynecologists, masturbation, being old and unmarried. It feels like I’ve heard it before, and it all just feels a little misogynistic. Just Gross: This one isn’t just for women either. Joking about something like abortion, anal sex or STDs gives an act shock value, which makes these topics a really easy way for comedians of any gender to get a laugh out of their audience. But it just feels like cheating. I get it, a lot of comedy is really vulgar, and maybe that’s just not my thing. It feels like a crutch used by comedians who aren’t funny enough to get a laugh the hard

way. One of my favorite standup comedians is John Mulaney (“The Comeback Kid”), not just because he’s funny, but because he’s funny without resorting to the shocking. It’s situational, observational comedy, and that takes more talent than telling dick jokes. One of my least favorite stand-up acts is Amy Schumer. I like her on Twitter and in “Trainwreck,” but as much as I want to like her stand-up routines, I just don’t. Her jokes are almost constantly selfdeprecating. She says she’s fat; she says she’s loose; she says she’s a drunk. She mocks herself and her gender and even when she does make me laugh, I find myself asking, why is this funny? It’s cheap humor that relies on the taboo. I admire funny women. I want to watch female comedians perform stand-up and I want them to make me laugh until I can’t breathe and I want the jokes to be about something other than getting a pap smear or giving a blow job. I’m just asking female comedians to be better. But this relies on audience response, too. So now I’m looking at you, audience: don’t only think women are funny when they’re making fun of women. Don’t only think women are funny when their comedy is crude. Don’t only think men are funny when their comedy is crude either. Respond to smart humor. Respect women. Respect yourself. Demand better stand-up comedy.

September 10, 2016: Central Florida

Only in Harrison

Max Bultman, Managing Sports Editor

2016 Schedule

The Michigan football team’s season opener lived up to the enormous hype, as the Wolverines trounced Hawaii, 63-3. Next up is a Central Florida team that finished 0-12 last year and has already snapped that skid. The Knights will be another tune-up for a Michigan team facing several injury questions. It would take a few more to put these teams on a level field.

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Central Florida pays its first visit to the Big House to face a top-five Michigan team. Jourdan Lewis only has so many spare weekends, but in late April, he spent one in a place he won’t soon forget. UCF’s new up-tempo offense will have its hands full with the Wolverines’ defense.

Hawaii (Sept. 3): Alohahahahaha.

Illinois (Oct. 22): No matter what happens on the field, both teams will (hopefully) take Champaign showers.

Central Florida (Sept. 10): Future Big 12-rejectees can take a big step toward justifying their destiny.

Michigan State (Oct. 29): It’s setting up to be the most exciting Michigan-Michigan State game in years.

Colorado (Sept. 17): The Buffs will come in riding a high, no matter what happens the week before.

Maryland (Nov. 5): Congratulations, DJ Khaled Durkin, you played yourself.

Penn State (Sept. 24): Statues are foreve--oh.

Iowa (Nov. 12): With a win, Kirk Ferentz receives ANOTHER contract extension with a special clause that names him lifetime governor of Iowa.

Wisconsin (Oct. 1): We were going to try and be funny, but the dumplings in Madison are no joke.

Indiana (Nov. 19): We’re here for the chaos. We’re always there for the chaos.

Rutgers (Oct. 8): The Ahmir Mitchell Bowl.

Ohio State (Nov. 26): Who schedules a game two days after Thanksgiving? No one’s gonna go to that.

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STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers pick against the spread to predict scores for the top 25 and Big Ten in the 2016 football season.

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Michigan welcomes rebuilding Central Florida to Ann Arbor Speight, defense look to repeat impressive opening-week performances By KELLY HALL Daily Sports Editor

Though it may be the first-ever meeting between Central Florida (1-0) and No. 5 Michigan, nothing too unexpected is anticipated for Saturday’s UCF at matchup at Michigan Michigan Matchup: Stadium. UCF 1-0; In the Michigan 1-0 Wolverines’ When: Saturday second straight 12 P.M. home game, they will likely Where: Michigan have another Stadium field day against the Knights. TV/Radio: ABC Michigan bulldozed Hawaii, 63-3, and Central Florida isn’t much better. Last season, the Knights went winless, finishing 0-12. Though Central Florida is off to a much better season already — defeating its Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference opponent South Carolina State, 38-0, last week — it has a rough road ahead. Knights quarterback Justin Holman went 14-for-28 against the Bulldogs, despite a lack of defensive pressure. Last season, Holman finished the season with a 50.8 completion percentage, so he’ll have his hands full with Michigan’s deep secondary. Senior safety Delano Hill recorded a 27-yard pick-six in the second quarter against Hawaii, but the defensive onslaught didn’t end there. Senior cornerback Channing Stribling added another score in the third quarter by returning an interception 51 yards to the house. This all happened without

All-American senior cornerback Jourdan Lewis, who Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh indicated was injured prior to the Hawaii game. Rather than potentially worsen the injury, Lewis sat out, but he should be back against Central Florida. Redshirt junior linebacker Mike McCray will also be pressuring Holman. McCray was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week after recording 3.5 tackles for loss, including two sacks. “He was good,” Harbaugh said Monday. “Outstanding tackles for loss, tackles, sacks, pressures. He was our defensive most valuable player of the game. Got the most helmet stickers — another indication of really good play. And he’s been consistently good all through training camp, spring practice. Top performer on defense for us.” Fifth-year senior running back Drake Johnson also sat out with an undisclosed injury, while redshirt sophomore defensive tackle Bryan Mone and defensive end Taco Charlton had to leave the game due to injury. Though it is unclear whether or not Johnson, Mone or Charlton will return against Central Florida — Harbaugh said he doesn’t expect the latter two back — Michigan will have plenty of freshmen to lean on. Freshman running back Chris Evans proved he could be a capable contributor this season when he ran for 112 yards and two touchdowns, leading the team in rushing yards. Freshman defensive end Rashan Gary can also step in for Charlton and freshman defensive tackle Michael Dwumfour can help fill the void left by Mone. It seems that the Knights’ biggest offensive threat will come from kicker Matthew Wright, who went 4-for-4 on field goal attempts, hitting two from 45 yards and beyond. If Holman can hold up against the secondary, wide receiver Tre’Quan Smith may also be able to snag a few catches for Central Florida. The 2015 All-American

“I don’t think you could have asked for too much better.”

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Conference Rookie of the Year caught four passes for 65 yards and a touchdown against South Carolina State and was the leading receiver on the team last season with 724 receiving yards. Michigan fans will also get another look at new starting quarterback Wilton Speight, though it’s unlikely that they’ll learn much more from this game. Speight went on to finish 10-for-13 against Hawaii after opening with an interception, proving that he can be cool in stressful situations, but observers didn’t discover much else about him. “I was real happy with the way he played,” said passing coordinator Jedd Fisch on Wednesday. “I don’t think you could have asked for too much better. We missed three throws out of the 13 we attempted. … Threw some beautiful balls. Hit, I think, 11 different receivers or something to that effect. Played smart, played good.” Speight will get another chance to show what he can do this weekend, but it’s more likely that we’ll discover more about the backup quarterbacks and the rest of the second team.

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Redshirt junior linebacker Mike McCray (top) returned from injury to help lead the Michigan defense, and Jim Harbaugh (bottom) said he was the unit’s top performer.

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ONLY IN HARRISON Max Bultman, Managing Sports Editor

In April, Jourdan Lewis spent a weekend in a town he won’t soon forget HARRISON, Mich. — When Tucker and Tyler Vasher’s large gray van pulled into the Dairy Queen, they could see the employees inside buzzing. In the car was perhaps the most famous athlete to visit Harrison in recent memory, and word had spread. Jourdan Lewis only has so many spare weekends, and yet here he was, in a two-stoplight town with a population of just about 2,100, pulling into a Dairy Queen in late April. “We can see them inside the little building and they’re just freaking out, jumping up and down,” Tucker Vasher said. “So we pull up, and Jourdan’s sitting (behind) me, and I’m like, ‘Dude, you gotta get up, you’ve gotta say something to these

guys.’ ” Lewis obliged and took photos with them, but he wasn’t there to meet the kind folks of Dairy Queen. He was there for the Vashers. On the surface, it’s hard to identify what connects them. Lewis is an All-American cornerback, one of the nation’s elite athletes who will almost certainly be a high pick in next April’s NFL Draft. Tucker and Tyler are 21-year-old twins with osteogenesis imperfecta, commonly known as Brittle Bone disease, who are confined by their fragility to electric wheelchairs. Months earlier, Lewis had begun talking to the Vashers after Tucker tweeted him to say what a big fan he was. They started playing Xbox together online, some Madden and some NBA 2K, and soon they were playing semi-regularly. Now, Lewis was coming to visit. Lewis does not remember ever breaking a bone. The Vashers estimate that they have broken hundreds. Once, Tucker broke his arm picking up a cup of soda at

McDonald’s. They used to avoid watching scary movies for fear of scenes that might make them jump. When they sneeze, the best they can do is hope that nothing breaks. Lewis is a Detroit native who now lives in a bustling college town. The Vashers live in Harrison, a city so small you could fit its entire population in Michigan Stadium 50 times over. Driving there from Ann Arbor, you see the first sign for the city right about the same time you see your first horse and buggy. One-hundred-fifty-eight miles northeast of Ann Arbor, it’s one of those Michigan cities that sits comfortably under the umbrella name “up north.” Tucker and Tyler love to tweet and meet famous athletes. Just scroll through their feeds and you’ll notice all of the athletes they reach out to. Mike Trout. Antonio Brown. Justin Verlander. The list goes on. In their living room, they have a signed bat from Trout. They’ve been invited to games as guests of Verlander and Ndamukong Suh.

They’re sports fans who actually get to meet their sports heroes. It’s kind of their thing. And given their situation, it makes sense that athletes like Verlander, Suh and Trout have acknowledged the twins. Who doesn’t love a good inspirational story? But to lump Lewis in with those players would be a mistake. Those players have each given things to the Vashers, not the least of which was simply recognizing their existence, but none of them actually came and spent a weekend in Harrison. Lewis did. As they sat in the drive-through, Lewis took pictures with fans he didn’t know he had in a place he had never been to. He was asked if this happened to him all the time in Ann Arbor. “Only in Harrison,” he said. *** It was Saturday, April 23, when Lewis came to visit. Tucker had a doctor’s appointment, so Tyler went to Ann

Arbor with two friends to pick up Lewis. This was at the end of the academic year, before 7-on-7 started, and it was a rare weekend off. It meant going to stay with a family he had only met once — when he visited Tucker after one of his surgeries in Ann Arbor. But there was something about their invitation that drew him in. “They just felt like really real people,” he said. “They weren’t hiding anything from me. They’re really honest and told me everything about Harrison. It was just like, ‘Why not?’ ” On the drive up, Lewis says, his hosts talked about all the things they wanted to show him when they arrived. Harrison is the epitome of small-town life. Its claims to fame are its “20 lakes in 20 minutes,” and the Clare County Fair. So their list of activities wasn’t a typical set of tourist attractions. They hit golf balls with baseball bats. They played NBA 2K. (And, they say, Lewis insisted they play on “Hall of Fame” difficulty). They

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Tyler Vasher (left) and Tucker Vasher (right) befriended Michigan cornerback Jourdan Lewis through Twitter and hosted the All-American senior on a visit to Harrison, Mich., in April.

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played live basketball, too. When Lewis showed them how to dunk, the Vashers could not even attempt it. But while their obvious differences could have drawn a dividing line, Lewis saw a connecting one. “The way they go about life,” Lewis said. “They don’t think about (their limitations). They don’t think about any repercussions of what they want to do, they just go out there and they do it. And that’s honestly what you have to have to play football, and that’s what they have to have to go about their everyday life.” Tucker loves to fish, but he also vividly remembers breaking his arm while fishing and getting the bone cut down as a result. And then there’s the time he says he broke both arms, both legs and a femur when he fell out of his wheelchair

into an old firepit. His friend, Reed, had to save him from being crushed by the chair. Tyler is a little bigger, his arms aren’t quite as crooked and he’s stronger than his brother. But these are all relative terms. But in this little slice of smalltown Michigan, they make their own fun. They live on a lake, though it’s a different house than the one they lived at when Lewis visited. They move around this town often — their mother is a real estate agent — and yet their place within it seems to remain the same. It’s not hard to see the appeal. “I was talking about, it would be cool if I went out there and just lived out there,” Lewis said. *** April 23 was also prom night in

Harrison, a night that usually means dresses, dancing and dinners. But Jourdan Lewis was in town for this prom night and, again, word travels fast. “Before he came over, I was gonna say, ‘Watch how many of our “friends” come around,’ ” Tucker said. “(And say) ‘Oh, hey man, I haven’t talked to you in a while. Oh by the way, I heard Jourdan Lewis is coming over!’ ” Sure enough, they came, dressed for prom but stopping by to meet Lewis. “It was crazy,” Lewis said. “Usually you go out to dinner or something like that, you go hang out with your friends. You don’t go see like an athlete or anything like that.” But while the rest of Harrison was treating him like a celebrity, Lewis appreciated that the Vashers

let him experience their world. He liked spending a day in a community like that. The fact they invited him, he says, is how he knew they were more than fans. “When they let me come up there, honestly, and see how they lived,” he said. “They treated me like I was part of their family. It was so special to see they didn’t treat me any (more special) than they would treat Reed or anything like that. It was just a great feeling to know I was just part of their family.” That’s how Lewis wanted them to think of him, too — like a regular guy. Lewis has earned a reputation as somewhat of an ambassador for Detroit. When an NCAA ruling on satellite camps jeopardized scouting at the local Sound Mind Sound Body camp, Lewis took to Twitter to publicly express

his discontent. He occasionally sounds off on social issues, too. He comes from one of the nation’s most storied cities and now lives in one of America’s most revered college towns, and that makes his reaction to Harrison all the more noteworthy. “It was just an environment of just pure joy and happiness,” Lewis said. “It was just so much fun. It was never a down moment when I was there. It was just so much fun every second I was there. It was just something that you had to experience, honestly.” That Saturday night, around the bonfire, Vasher recalls Lewis video chatting with De’Veon Smith. Smith wanted to know if Harrison really was that cool. “Yeah man,” Vasher recalls Lewis saying. “We’ve gotta bring you up here sometime.”

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Jourdan Lewis gave the Vashers his game-worn jersey from the Michigan-Penn State game in 2014. Lewis had an interception in Michigan’s 18-13 win over the Nittany Lions.

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UCF Q&A with the Knight News Knights come into Michigan Stadium with new coach, higher intensity By MICHIGAN DAILY STAFF Central Florida pays its first visit to Michigan Stadium on Saturday for a noon kickoff. Football writer Tyler Graddy from UCF’s student newspaper, Knight News, took some time to shed insight on Michigan’s unfamiliar opponent this weekend. The Michigan Daily: What’s been your impression of Scott Frost so far and the impact he’s had on the program? Knight News: Scott Frost has completely recharged the atmosphere surrounding UCF Football. The level of excitement around the program is at the highest levels since the Fiesta Bowl, and players have all talked about how grateful they are for the changes made. Practices are more intense and up-tempo with music constantly playing, and players are no longer playing scared. Recruiting has seen a significant bump as well. The program has been more relevant on social media, more aggressive in involving recruits and more approachable with a coach less known for his traditional brand of old-school, no-nonsense football and much more concerned with creating a player-friendly environment. TMD: Where have you seen the biggest difference in the team from last year? KN: The conditioning. Frost’s brand of UCFast football requires constant hustle and it showed in the home opener against South Carolina State. Both sides of the ball still have kinks to work out in their respective systems, but the Knights had plenty in the tank all game. Summer practices were structured to simulate longer and more intensive physical efforts than a game ever will, though the mental game still is in its infancy. As for the players themselves? The Knights look like they’re having fun playing football again. Last year every game seemed almost like a burden for the winless squad. TMD: Finishing 0-12 last year

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Fifth-year senior defensive lineman Chris Wormley and Michigan’s front seven will have another chance to wreak havoc on an opposing offense Saturday against UCF.

had to have been humbling for UCF. What do you think are the team’s expectations for this year after that? KN: To be sure, expectations have been tempered after winning a share of the conference title in 2014 and then not winning a game in 2015. These players have done a remarkable job dropping the aura of that haunting season, however, and the expectation is for the program to return to winning ways this season. That being said, Frost has emphasized that he and the coaching staff are less concerned about the scoreboard every week and more concerned with seeing continuous progress. TMD: How about for this week? What are the expectations in taking on a very tough Michigan team?

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KN: If the Knights can at least execute their game plan well, I think the team will consider it a success. Most of these guys have never even seen a crowd like this, let alone played against a top-five program. The talk this week was that the Knights are carrying confidence with them from a great first step last week, but that the most important thing this week is execution. TMD: What weapons does UCF have that could potentially give Michigan problems? KN: Quarterback Justin Holman is the lifeblood of this offense, but with a receiving corps still working to establish firm footing, look for the running game to take a central role in the UCF attack. Frost has four quick running backs that he has

pledged to rotate in and out this year, keeping fresh legs in the game and Holman has been asked to run more than ever before during his tenure as a starter. Eight different Knights had at least a single carry in the first week, but watch for Taj McGowan and Jawon Hamilton to lead the way. TMD: How has UCF’s offensive line looked so far, heading into a game against one of the best defensive fronts in the country? KN: To say that the line is a work in progress may be a bit of an understatement — only one senior on the roster has seen significant action headed into this season: Justin Rae. The unit performed admirably against SCSU, blocking to rack up almost 200 yards on the ground but did allow three

sacks — to an FCS team that led the nation in quarterback takedowns last year. Michigan will have ample opportunities to get after Holman. TMD: Do you have a prediction for the game? KN: Predictions can be tricky even when both teams are known commodities, but the talent disparity will be too much for the Knights to handle. Michigan wins 59-31, but UCF covers the spread and leaves with a much better idea of where the bar needs to be set in order to return to the glory days of 2013.

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Breakdown: Michigan vs. UCF By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor

In October of 2013, when the Michigan football team scheduled a game against Central Florida for this weekend, it looked like it would be a tough non-conference test. Then quarterbacked by future No. 3 overall pick Blake Bortles, the Knights rolled to a 12-1 season, an American Athletic Conference championship and a victory against Baylor in the Fiesta Bowl. After they lost Bortles, they still managed to win nine games in 2014. But last year, the wheels fell off the proverbial wagon as coach George O’Leary retired midseason and UCF finished 0-12. Oregon offensive coordinator Scott Frost arrived to take over the program, and though early results are promising — a 38-0 win against South Carolina State last week snapped the skid — the Knights are still in the middle of a rebuild. Here’s how they match up with the Wolverines for Saturday’s noon kickoff at Michigan Stadium: Michigan rush offense vs. UCF rush defense The Wolverines ran the ball at will last weekend against Hawaii, racking up 306 yards at a rate of 7.8 per carry. They can fire a series of running backs at UCF, including senior De’Veon Smith, freshman Chris Evans, redshirt junior Ty Isaac and sophomore Karan Higdon. Smith injured his ribs on his fifth carry of the game Saturday and only touched the ball once more after the three-minute mark of the first quarter. But coach Jim Harbaugh expects Smith to be good to go Saturday. Evans stepped in and led the team in rushing with 112 yards on eight carries with two touchdowns. Isaac chipped in 52 yards on nine carries. On the outside, fifth-year senior wide receiver Jehu Chesson and freshman wide receiver Eddie McDoom add speed. Michigan started sophomore Grant Newsome at left tackle after a long battle through camp and was only missing fifth-year senior left guard Ben Braden, who sat out as a precaution but also should return Saturday. If he does, the Wolverines will be back to full strength and have a sizable advantage against the Knights’ 3-4 front. UCF returns most of its team

from last year but does lose three starters and one reserve from the defensive line. Nose guard Jamiyus Pittman is the biggest threat up front, with seven tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks last year. The Knights bring back all of their linebackers except, notably, leading tackler Domenic Spencer (104 stops, 9.5 for loss). They limited South Carolina State to 85 rushing yards last week, but they’ll be overmatched at Michigan Stadium. Edge: Michigan Michigan pass offense vs. UCF pass defense Redshirt sophomore quarterback Wilton Speight recovered from an early interception to turn in an impressive first showing, finishing 10-for-13 for 145 yards and three touchdowns. The interception notwithstanding, Speight showed why he won the starting job, with poise in the pocket and the ability to roll out. He didn’t attempt many long throws downfield, but passing game coordinator Jedd Fisch admitted that, in a 63-3 blowout, the Wolverines didn’t see much benefit in doing so. Speight also appears to have a deep cast of receivers at his disposal, perhaps even deeper than last year. They include wide receivers, tight ends, running backs and fullbacks, and all options are available Saturday. UCF’s secondary, meanwhile, continues to rebuild after losing all four starters to the NFL heading into last season. Though the Knights suffered from those departures in 2015, they appear improved. Still, they haven’t faced an opponent of Michigan’s caliber in a while. Edge: Michigan UCF rush offense vs. Michigan rush defense The Knights have adopted Frost’s up-tempo spread attack from Oregon, where he enjoyed success with it. They ran 91 plays in 32:22 against South Carolina State, or one every 21.3 seconds. Michigan had trouble with a similar tempo last season at Indiana, but UCF’s offense is still a work in progress. The Knights rushed 55 times in their season opener but struggled to pile up yardage, managing just 3.6 yards per carry. Their leading

rusher was true freshman Jawon Hamilton with 53 yards, followed by Taj McGowan with 48 and quarterback Justin Holman with 40. On the line, UCF shuffled personnel often last year, trying eight different combinations of starters. That’s not typically a recipe for success against Michigan’s front seven. The Wolverines ambushed Hawaii with 10 tackles for loss Saturday, and they could record more this week, depending on who plays. The only question is depth. Redshirt junior defensive tackle Maurice Hurst is still recovering from an injury, and senior end Taco Charlton and redshirt sophomore tackle Bryan Mone are unlikely to play after they suffered injuries last week. Even if none of them play, Michigan could still trot out a starting group of Chris Wormley, Rashan Gary, Ryan Glasgow and Matt Godin. Behind them, the allnew starting linebacker corps of Ben Gedeon, Mike McCray and Jabrill Peppers also gave Hawaii problems last week. The only potential issue for the Wolverines is fatigue against a no-huddle offense, but if they capitalize on their advantages, they might not be on the field long enough for it to matter.

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Freshman Rashan Gary could make his first career start in Taco Charlton’s absence.

Edge: Michigan

returns, and Tristan Payton added a 47-yard kick return. We’ll see how many of those opportunities are available Saturday.

UCF pass offense vs. Michigan pass defense

Special teams

Edge: Push

Michigan fifth-year senior Kenny Allen performed all three kicking duties in the season opener — sort of. Allen was the starting field-goal kicker and kickoff specialist, but for the fourth time in program history, Michigan did not punt. If one such situation arises Saturday, Allen will handle that, too. He didn’t have to attempt any field goals last weekend, only converting five extra points. So we haven’t seen him do much, but his track record from last year is positive. The Wolverines also didn’t have many chances in the return game, but Peppers is a threat to score every time he touches the ball. Expect UCF to kick away from him whenever possible, as Hawaii did. The Knights were strong on special teams against South Carolina State. Matthew Wright converted field goals of 46, 34, 45 and 37 yards. Caleb Houston averaged 44.7 yards on three punts. Chris Johnson had a couple of good punt

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Holman struggled along with the team last year, throwing 14 interceptions against just seven touchdowns. He’s back and healthy this year, though, and seems to have picked up Frost’s new offense. He completed 14 of 28 passes against South Carolina State for 193 yards and two touchdowns, though the 50-percent completion rate doesn’t bode well for his chances against Michigan’s defense Saturday. Holman’s top target is wide receiver Tre’Quan Smith, who totaled 724 yards last year and added 65 last week. If Michigan senior cornerback Jourdan Lewis returns this week, he should draw Smith. Lewis would also bolster a ballhawking secondary that already started four seniors without him last week. Channing Stribling and Delano Hill each returned interceptions for touchdowns to provide the highlights for the season opener, but the Wolverines

were dominant for most of the afternoon.

UCF’s first win since 2014 had to be a motivating factor, and the Knights should be fired up to test themselves against a top-five team. But many of their players have never played anywhere that’s even close to matching Michigan Stadium’s size, and if they need time to adjust, the game could get out of hand early. The Wolverines, meanwhile, should brush off another lesser opponent, but if the past is any indication, they won’t be uninspired. The defensive players, especially, have spoken about finishing the job this week and getting the shutout that eluded them last week. Though Frost may have some tricks in mind to put points on the board, Michigan should deliver another strong performance at home. Edge: Michigan Prediction: Michigan 55, UCF 7

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What to Watch: Injuries, backups By JACOB GASE Daily Sports Editor

After jumping into the top five of the Associated Press poll for the first time since before the 2007 season, the No. 5 Michigan football team will be a heavy favorite for the second straight week at Michigan Stadium, this time taking on Central Florida. The Knights (1-0) did pick up a 38-0 win over South Carolina State in their season opener, but they are coming off a winless 2015 campaign with an average margin of defeat of 23.8 points. If all goes well for the Wolverines, this weekend should be just another chance to experiment in preparation for the Big Ten season, as well as another opportunity to give plenty of freshmen and backups playing time. Even if Michigan pulls off another blowout, here are a few things to watch for on Saturday. 1. Who’s still hurt, who’s not and who fills in? The one downside to the Wolverines’ 63-3 rout of Hawaii last week was the growing number of injuries the team suffered, both before the game and during it. Senior cornerback Jourdan Lewis, fifth-year senior offensive lineman Ben Braden and redshirt junior defensive tackle Maurice Hurst all could return this week after being held out by Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh as a precaution last week, and senior running back De’Veon Smith should be back in the starting lineup after leaving the Hawaii game with banged-up ribs. However, the Wolverines will likely be missing fifth-year senior running back Drake Johnson, redshirt sophomore linebacker Noah Furbush, senior defensive end Taco Charlton and redshirt sophomore defensive tackle Bryan Mone. Johnson and Furbush didn’t dress last week, and Charlton and Mone both left the game with lower body injuries and aren’t expected to return Saturday. Keep an eye on freshman defensive linemen like Rashan Gary, Michael Dwumfour and even offensive lineman Michael Onwenu (who played both sides of the ball last week). All three might be called upon to help fill out defensive line coach Greg Mattison’s typical eight-man rotation. As for the linebackers, expect the Wolverines

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Senior cornerback Channing Stribling was one of two Michigan defensive backs to return an interception for a touchdown Saturday against Hawaii.

to get creative behind their lockedin starters (seniors Ben Gedeon and Mike McCray and redshirt sophomore Jabrill Peppers) — even redshirt sophomore cornerback Brandon Watson has been mentioned as a potential fill-in at the position. 2. Which quarterback will emerge as the more deserving backup? Redshirt sophomore Wilton Speight pretty much controlled Michigan’s quarterback competition from start to finish, but his backups have come a long way as well. Redshirt juniors John O’Korn and Shane Morris each entered the game and led touchdown drives last week after the score got out of hand, and neither threw an incomplete pass in his limited time on the field. O’Korn figures to have the edge for backup duty right now, especially given his proven mobility in the pocket, but Morris showed some athleticism as well with a 14-yard red-zone scramble last

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week. Harbaugh has hinted that the backup competition was still ongoing, so the two quarterbacks will want to be ready to show what they can do with another inferior opponent on deck.

might expect the Wolverines to pull off some more mid-air robberies on Saturday.

3. Can the Wolverines’ secondary keep catching the ball?

In the days leading up to the game, much has been made of the fact that new UCF coach Scott Frost was once the starting quarterback at Nebraska — a team that infamously split the national championship with Michigan in 1997. After both teams finished the season undefeated and didn’t play each other in a bowl game, Frost was extremely vocal in persuading voters to choose the Cornhuskers, going so far as to say, “I can’t see how any coach outside the Big Ten or the Pac-10 would vote for Michigan.” Frost has since insisted that the past is in the past, and that his players will not care at all about any lingering conflict between him and the Wolverines. Harbaugh has been known to, as he puts it, “fire shots over the bow” of coaches who have a bone to pick with Michigan, but

When senior safety Delano Hill and senior cornerback Channing Stribling both returned interceptions for touchdowns against the Rainbow Warriors, they made history as just the fourth duo in Michigan history to accomplish the feat in the same game. This week may provide more gifts for the experienced Wolverines’ secondary, as UCF had the thirdhighest interception rate in the country last year. Add in the fact that Lewis, Michigan’s best all-around cover man, should be back this week and that fifth-year senior cornerback Jeremy Clark missed out on the fun last week after leading the team in interceptions last year, and one

4. Will any 1997 drama resurface?

he was already playing in the NFL in 1997, and none of the current Wolverines were older than 4 when the controversy took place. Still, don’t be surprised if that narrative is played up numerous times during and after the game.

BY THE NUMBERS Michigan vs. UCF

Michigan’s ranking in the Associated Press poll, its highest since before the 2007 season (also No. 5)

21.3

Seconds per play run by UCF’s up-tempo offense last week

85%

Completion rate for Michigan’s three quarterbacks in the season opener

10-1

Combined current record of Michigan’s last 11 opponents