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In Detroit, young people split housing market MAZIE HYAMS/Daily
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Due to future developmen projects. Lucky Kitchen, located on East University Ave., is closed.
High-rises in Ann Arbor spark mixed reactions from residents New apartment complex on South U. closes down several local businesses BRIAN KUANG
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When Jenny Wu learned she would have to sell the Lucky Kitchen’s Central Campus location to make room for an apartment high-rise, she wasn’t
surprised. It has been common knowledge among the small business owners along South University Avenue, Wu said, that large property developers — attracted by rising rents largely paid by students — are seeking to acquire real estate near Central Campus to erect new
apartments. The change seemed inevitable. “We heard over the years that this was happening, and it was just bound to happen to us and we just didn’t know when,” Wu said. “We were surprised though to be the first ones to be approached, so we really didn’t have any choice.”
Originally founded in 1993 near North Campus and expanding to East University Avenue in 2001, Lucky Kitchen has become a staple of the University of Michigan community, winning accolades as students’ top choice for the best Chinese food on campus. See HOUSING, Page 3
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After years of struggle, Detroit’s housing market is on the rebound — and young professionals may be the cause. Following a three-year-long fall of Detroit’s housing market, neighborhoods such as Midtown and Downtown are now seeing growth in property values. According to the Detroit Free Press, Detroit homes sold for the cheapest they ever have in 2009 — the median listed price of a home was $7,000 with many houses going for as low as $1 because of liability of ownership.
Top Japanese sociologist discusses Students for Trump workplace equality issues for women
However, the median price just hit an eight-year high of $165,000 in May of this year. Several factors could be contributing to this growth. Some experts say this new trend can be attributed to a low supply of habitable houses, not neccessarily a resurgence of the city. Kim Page, a Detroit real estate expert, said the number of inhabitable houses in Detroit has dropped, increasing the value of houses that are still inhabitable. “There are a lot more buyers moving into the city of Detroit, especially within the Downtown and Midtown area, causing prices to increase maybe See HOUSING, Page 3
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Leadership of chapter graduates and is not replaced CALEB CHADWELL Daily Staff Reporter
On a campus that is overwhelmingly ‘blue,’ student supporters of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump are in the minority, with no official group currently on campus for supporters, though the candidate has been endorsed by the College Republicans. In a recent Michigan Daily poll of 1000 students, respondents indicated overwhelming support for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton — 74.3 percent compared to only 5.9 percent who said they would vote for Trump. In the same survey when thirdparty candidates were included, Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson received more than double Trump’s support, with 13.2 percent indicating they would vote for Johnson. In Washtenaw County overall, Trump was also the second choice, receiving 27.5 percent of the county’s vote to Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s 34.1 percent in the GOP primary earlier this year. While being outnumbered doesn’t deter some Trump See TRUMP, Page 3
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Fertility and gender equality in Japan are both low — on Monday, leading Japanese sociologist Setsuya Fukuda asked an audience of about 30 people on campus why. From a policy standpoint, parental leave, family policy and employment opportunity laws in Japan are surprisingly comparable to that of nations in the European Union and the United States, Fukuda said. However, but Japan’s population is shrinking due to aging and low birthrates, and social roles may be to blame. Fukuda is a senior researcher in the Department of Planning and Coordination at Japan’s National Institute of Population and Social Security Research. His lecture focused on issues women face in the workforce, and subsequent impacts on birth rates, Japan has 3.45 million potential female workers, and Fukuda cited several to social pressures that may disincentivize women from working. “I personally believe that gender issues or reconstructing gender roles in Japan is becoming the most important challenge for Japanese society,” Fukuda said in an interview with The Michigan Daily. He presented several statistics on how Japan’s share of women in managerial and leadership positions, as well as
the country’s gender pay gap, ranked poorly when compared to other advanced economies. Fukuda also pointed out that many women in Japan work full-time until childbirth and then return to the workforce as part-timers after childbirth. During his presentation, Fukuda proposed several solutions to the issue for a nation with policies that have worked elsewhere, but aren’t
working there. Japan’s tax and social security laws are based on a model where the man earns most of the family’s income, but Fukuda said these laws should be adjusted to the reality of a society where more women want to continue working fulltime along with their husbands after childbirth. Japan should also abolish tax deductions for dependent spouses who make less than
a certain annual income that are putting pressure on women to stay at home or work parttime to achieve equity, Fukuda added. Another solution may be to implement EU-like labor laws to strictly regulate working hours. Fukuda said Japan’s corporate culture, which stresses loyalty to the company, is forcing men to frequently See JAPAN, Page 2
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Setsuya Fukuda, senior researcher at the Department of Research Planning and Coordination, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research in Japan gives his presentation on Gender Equity in Japan in the School of Social Work Monday.
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Sally Howell discusses importance of building communitiy ties KEVIN LINDER
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While the population in Detroit has fallen over recent decades, the Muslim community in the Detroit area has grown, in part due to the inf lux of refugees. Sally Howell, director of the Center for Arab American studies and associate professor of history at the University of MichiganDearborn, spoke on the long, rooted history of Muslim communities in Detroit at her lecture Monday evening. “I noticed in 2010 that if you look at the census maps of Detroit, Detroit as most of you probably realize, is losing population, bleeding population for quite some time now” she said. “The only zip codes or census tracts that showed population growth between 2000 and 2010 were also zip codes or census tracts where Muslims are living.” The number of people of Yemeni, Syrian, Iraqi and Lebanese, backgrounds have been growing in Detroit since about 2000. The See COMMUNITIES, Page 2
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ON THE DAILY University of Michigan Theta Xi’s decision to host a concert with Detroit native rapper Big Sean in October has drawn criticism from a number of students on campus, as well as the UM Black Student Union. Students cited a prior incident of racial insensitivity from the fraternity in criticizing their decision to host Big Sean, one of the most widely popular Black artists. In 2013, Theta Xi planned a “Hood Ratchet” themed party, sparking campus-wide anger. The party, which planned to include a “twerking contest” and had various gang references in the Facebook description, prompted disciplinary measures against the fraternity and led both the fraternity and the University to issue an apology. Many on campus argued the party and the language of the Facebook page parodied Black culture and misogynized women. After the 2013 incident, the University suspended the fraternity from the IFC and gave them five sanctions, including designing an educational program on issues of race
and attending bystander intervention workshops. The fraternity eventually cancelled the event and apologized, stating the party was not “the result of a chapter decision, vote or endorsement” despite being created with Theta Xi’s name. The Big Sean event also is scheduled on the same date as Black Homecoming, a prominent party hosted by HEADS and Sister 2 Sister. In a series of Twitter posts Monday afternoon, students criticized the concert and said the 2013 party was what prompted #BBUM, a Twitter hashtag later that year aimed at allowing Black students to share their campus experiences which went viral. The UM frat that tried 2 throw a racist party is now trying 2 have a concert with a black artist on the same day as Black Music, Theatre & Dance junior Diego Zimmerman, speaker of the Black Student Union, tweeted, “Insult the Black community, bring one of the best performers to concert at the same time as their annual homecoming, more like #ThetaSigh.” Zimmerman did not respond to a
request for additional comment at the time of this article. LSA senior Cam Dotson and vice president of finance of the Interfraternity Council tweeted that he thought “theta Xi is moving forward with building a positive culture and this event is brought
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historical Nation of Islam was founded in the city in 1931, and Eastern European Muslim communities, composed of people from countries such as Albania and Bosnia, have lived in Detroit communities for more than 100 years. Howell also spoke about the idea of a Halal space, which is a community that develops where people live in accordance with Muslim law, and Muslims can feel comfortable and safe. She discussed how these spaces come to be defined by factors such as territory, behavior and group relations. Howell added that mosques are one form of a territorial factor, and that community relationships with city administration or other government groups lead to the forming of Halal spaces. She mentioned Hamtramck, which is believed to be the first city in the United States to elect an Arab-majority city council. “When Muslims do make into a space and make it their
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own, that space will change,” she said. Howell said grassroots organizing has played a major part in the development of Halal spaces. She gave the example of a mosque located in northern Hamtramck, and explained how its leaders contributed to the communities to appeal to Muslims who were considering leaving the area during the housing market collapse of 2006 by buying and renovating houses in the area and renting them to Muslim families. “This is in the city of Detroit where you don’t necessarily get a lot of government support in a neighborhood like this one far from public gaze,” she said. “This is one example of grassroots work.” Howell said one other local organization called Dream of Detroit is trying to develop the street that they are living on near the neighborhood Waverly Place. It is near the Muslim Center of Detroit, the largest African-American mosque in the city. LSA senior Courtney Crawford said she really enjoyed the lecture because of
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her lack of previous knowledge on the topic, adding that she thinks Muslim communities often are misrepresented by the media. “It is something that you never hear about because of all the negative press on these communities and nothing on what they are doing,” she said. LSA sophomore Leah Crockett attended the lecture as an extra credit opportunity but felt that she was able to gain a better perspective on communities that she is unfamiliar with. “I learned about the history of Detroit in a couple of other classes, so it was really nice to hear this aspect of it and how it applies to Arab-American lives and cultures,” she said.
JAPAN From Page 1 work overtime and neglect household and child-rearing duties, which obligates women to stay home. “We need to change the game, or the rules of work environment,” Fukuda said. “Japanese people have long work hours and that’s because companies don’t have any laws to limit the work hours, so people compete with each other to get promotions by working a really long time.” He also proposed an additional solution based on his experience researching European labor and family policies, suggesting emulating the policy of the Netherlands, where flexible work arrangements boosted female labor participation rates. Fukuda pointed out that in addition to the Dutch labor model, which allots more time for parents to be with their children, salaries between fulltime and part-time employees who have the same job are also not as disparate as those in Japan. Fukuda ended his lecture by stressing that “equal pay for equal work” is a major key in tackling Japan’s labor problems. “If the Netherlands can do that, why not Japan?” he said.
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HIGHRISE From Page 1 Recently, however, Wu and several of her neighbors — including the owners of Pita Pit and Mia Za’s — were compelled to sell their downtown lots to the Missouri-based Collegiate Development Group for a 13-story, 91-unit project targeted at student tenants. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of housing units in structures with at least 20 units in Ann Arbor has increased by 32 percent from 2010 to 2015, nearly quadruple Ann Arbor’s overall housing growth of 9 percent. Of the 4,132 housing units added to the city in the past five years, 73 percent of these units have been in buildings housing 10 or more people. Many of these housing units are in the numerous high-rise structures newly erected near campus like Sterling Arbor Blu, Landmark and Foundry Lofts. One of the main incentives for real estate developers to construct more high-rise apartments — high rent — also does not seem to be abating. In the past five years, median rents in the city have increased 14 percent to $1,075 per month, according to the Census Bureau.
TRUMP From Page 1 supporters on campus from standing by their candidate, there is currently no operational Students for Trump chapter on the University of Michigan’s campus after the leadership of an existing chapter graduated last year and were not replaced. The University’s chapter of College Republicans only recently endorsed the TrumpPence ticket, several months after Trump officially became the nominee. In comparison on campus, there is currently an active chapter of Students for Clinton and the University’s chapter of College Democrats endorsed the nominee in July, right after she clinched the nomination. Engineering senior Kevin Kuang is a supporter of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and was loosely affiliated with Students for Trump last year, saying he was on the email listserv and attended a few group-affiliated events, though he stopped receiving emails over the summer after the leadership graduated. “I think it was mostly like a group of friends that set it up,” Kuang said. “Most of them were seniors last year and graduated. I didn’t follow them too much, but I went to a few of their events.” Because of his general lack of involvement in the group while it was active, Kuang said he was indifferent to the group’s dismantlement. He noted that he is not a member of College Republicans, but considers himself to be a conservative and still supports the Republican nominee because of his economic policies. “Growing up in Detroit, lowermiddle class, I feel like a lot of his policies help out the middle class,” Kuang said. “I’ve read through all of his visions and policies for
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Collegiate Development Group, which is also in the process of constructing a 229unit apartment off of South Main Street, did not respond to requests for comment. The insurgence of new residential high-rises — often displacing other businesses and public spaces — has not been without resistance from both long-time Ann Arbor residents and students. A proposal to sell a vacant lot adjacent to the downtown Ann Arbor District Library to a highrise developer drew a year-long petition drive by local residents, many of whom wanted to have a public park built in the space, aiming to force the decision onto the November ballot. In June, 5,779 signatures were submitted to the City Clerk but were rejected several weeks later due to insufficient valid signatures. At September’s Board of Regents meeting, David Schafer, Central Student Government president, told the board one of his priorities for this semester is coordination with the city government to alleviate growing off-campus housing costs. As well, during this summer’s primary election for City Council, several candidates unsuccessfully challenged incumbents with platforms including skepticism
of greater urban residential development. Local attorney Eric Lipson, who ran against City Councilmember Graydon Krapohl (D–Ward 4) in the Democratic primary in August, said poorly planned and zoned high-rises come at the expense of existing residents by crowding out green space and leading to excess traffic and parking congestion. “I think the majority of city residents don’t want to see excessive development that impairs the quality of life in town,” he said. Lipson noted, however, that not all high-rise developments have met pushback from residents, comparing the relatively positive community reception to the Zaragon West building on 402 Thompson St. to a chillier reception for the Foundry Lofts tower on 413 E. Huron St. He said he thinks Zaragon was not opposed by most residents because it blended into an already dense area of downtown with adequate infrastructure. Meanwhile, Foundry Lofts drew ire from citizens because of its direct adjacency to a low-density historical residential district. “There are certain areas where there are serious mistakes in the zoning,” Lipson said. “Foundry Lofts was a disaster for all of the
America and I feel like he’s for me.” Engineering sophomore Jack Kuchta was never a member of Students for Trump, but considers himself to be a supporter of the candidate. Unlike Kuang, who rarely feels impacted by the generally Democratic-leaning campus climate, Kuchta said he can feel hostility on campus when telling people he is supporting Trump in the presidential election. “I was hesitant to join Students for Trump, just because of the bad vibe I had been getting from liberals on campus,” Kuchta said. “Last year I purchased a Trump shirt as kind of a social experiment, to walk around on campus and, I guess, see what would happen. The reactions were exactly what I thought they would be, with a few surprises.” When confronted by people with opposing political views on campus, Kuang said he asks them for reasons why they don’t approve of Trump, finding that they oftentimes can’t give him a straight answer. “They usually just say he’s a racist or bigot and I ask them for examples,” Kuang said. “They usually tell me, ‘I don’t know too much, it’s just what I hear.’ It’s mostly media.” For the most part, however, Kuang said he doesn’t often notice the political climate on campus or among his peers. “I feel like the majority of people don’t really talk about politics at all,” Kuang said. “Most of my friends and the clubs I’m in know I support Trump, but I don’t really wear my ‘Make America Great Again’ hat outside or anything.” Kuchta pointed in particular to his experience wearing his shirt before a rally by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on campus in March. Walking through campus, he said he encountered a group of students who harassed and threatened him.
“They were just yelling stuff like ‘What’s wrong with you?’ and ‘Why are you wearing that?’, just being immature. Honestly, that’s what I assumed would happen,” Kuchta said. He noted that he’s also had some pleasant surprises, such as a polite exchange with a Sanders campaign volunteer “She definitely saw my Trump shirt, politely asked if I would like a flier, I politely said ‘no,’ then she smiled and went on her way,” Kuchta said. Among his peers and friends with differing political opinions, Kuchta said he’s also had a generally more positive experience. “I’ve basically picked the friends who are very liberal, but who I know I can actually have a good policy debate or actual good conversation with, without there being animosity,” he said. Kuchta added that he feels it’s disconcerting when he faces personal attacks simply for expressing support of a candidate. “Some see me as ‘Oh, you’re a racist, you hate Black people, you hate Muslims’ and I mean it’s really demeaning,” Kuchta said. Trump made some questionable comments in the primaries, Kuchta said, adding he is unable to stand by everything the candidate says. However, he said he would much rather vote for Trump when faced with the prospect of a Hillary Clinton presidency, especially when it comes to the nomination to replace conservative justice Antonin Scalia’s on the Supreme Court. “I was drawn to him when I saw his Supreme Court justice list. A lot of conservatives were very happy with it,” Kuchta said. “Those picks can last a generation, while Trump or Hillary will only be there for four to eight years; (Trump and Clinton) don’t have as big of an impact as the choices they pick for Supreme Court justices.”
homes to the north of it … It’s shading buildings, it’s causing trees to die and it’s having a serious impact beyond the expectations of when the zoning was changed.” Many of Lipson’s points were echoed by local resident Ray Detter, leader of the Downtown Area Citizen’s Advisory Council, which advises local government on downtown planning issues. Detter said downtown development would ideally allow for mixed residential and commercial use as well as economic diversity in residents, meaning he supports what he calls “good” developments such as the Liberty Loft condos off Second and Williams Streets. “We’ve always wanted to encourage as much diversity in the downtown area as possible, both in types of people and income levels,” Detter said. “We were rather surprised by the fact that so much of the development in the city has been moving in the direction of students.” Detter charged that the increase in student high-rises has been straining the limited land supply of downtown, as well as driving away other residents who cannot afford the rents charged by luxury student apartments. “If you’re a person such as an artist, not making much money,
HOUSING From Page 1 50 percent in comparison to what they were last year,” she said. Young people’s interest in living in Detroit is also often cited as a reason for market growth and rising prices, particularly in Detroit’s Historic District and trendy neighborhoods. This includes areas like Palmer Woods, Lafayette Park and Grandmont Rosedale, where property values never dipped below $50,000, the point at which lenders generally stop issuing mortgages. Houses in these areas can now go for as much as a few hundred thousand dollars. Ryan Cooley, owner of O’Connor Real Estate, said young people are the main reason this area stayed fairly stable and now has begun to grow. “We are starting to see people want to move here just because of the interest in Detroit right now, where before it was always ‘I grew up in the area’ or that kind of thing,” Cooley said. Though Detroit’s reputation includes negatives — there remains a high unemployment rate and lack of basic services — some young people are still attracted to the city for their first homes, a logic that Mike Seger, a music producer living in Detroit’s east side, says comes down to simple math. “A young person can move here with $10,000 and start up a small flex space for artists or artists’ studios,” he said. “It’s the uprising of the youth being able to have the opportunities to make a future for themselves.” Robert Fishman, interim dean of the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, noted that while these spikes in housing prices represent a wave of
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 — 3 where would you move?” Detter asked. “There are a lot of people who can’t afford $1,200 a bed. In the remaining space we’ve got downtown, what should we have? We’re always in support of more housing. But what should the housing be, who should it appeal to and how should it be designed?” City Councilmember Sabra Briere (D–Ward 1) said concerns over increasing residential density is not unique to Ann Arbor. “There’s been a lot of complaints about density in the city. These complaints could be transposed to nearly any other city in the U.S.,” Briere said. “Nobody seems to be really happy about more housing being built in the city, and to some extent we all share that concern because more housing means more people means more wear and tear.” Briere, who is the council’s liaison to the Planning Commission, noted that the city government does not have the power to directly limit new development, outside of enforcing pre-existing zoning and building codes. “Private property rights are very strongly supported by local government because they’re required by statewide government,” Briere said. “It’s difficult because sometimes
improvement for the city to come, as of now they are contained to these wealthier neighborhoods like Midtown and Palmer Woods. He added that Detroit cannot be viewed as one singular market — there is the housing market in this small bubble of higher income downtown, and then there is everywhere else in Detroit. “There are at least two housing markets in Detroit, one of which is the famous 7.2 square mile Downtown and Midtown, which is starting to show some life after many years of being as stagnant as the rest of the city,” he said. “Many other parts of the city are sadly still under the influence of the foreclosure crisis and, if anything, have not yet recovered from it.” Urban Planning Prof. Margaret Dewar attributed the dual market in Detroit to the large number of residents who have left poorer areas, leaving behind few residents and many abandoned homes. “In some neighborhoods prices are increasing, but in other neighborhoods they are not because population has continued to decline,” Dewar said. “I’m worried that those will be neighborhoods that do not realize price and demand increases because there are just not as many households.” Interest in Detroit isn’t just growing among young people — many academic fields now use Detroit’s trajectory as a sort of case study upon which theories and examples can be applied. In 2012, a lecture series called “The Detroit School: Conversations in Urban Studies” was started in the Taubman College that created a concentration within the college specifically on Detroit. This establishment makes Detroit the third American city, behind Chicago and Los Angeles, to serve as
people think what that we are going to stop a development, but mostly our job is to allow development but within constraints.” For students on campus, the advent of new housing has brought both negatives and positives — especially when it comes to projects that displace businesses, like the South U. developments. LSA senior Julian Tabron said he thought increased density was necessary, but added that he has been disappointed by the trend of small businesses being pushed further from campus to make space for new housing, particularly Lucky Kitchen. “I’ve noticed a lot of restaurants on South U and East University shut down in recent years,” Tabron said. “It’s just crazy.” LSA senior Sydney Ohl said she was disappointed by the closure of Lucky Kitchen’s Central Campus location due to its sentimental value — she dined there on the day she first moved to Ann Arbor as a freshman — though she understood the demand for more housing. “Of course we need places for students to stay,” Ohl said. “But it’s really unfortunate it has to come in the way of small businesses, especially ones students really enjoy having around.”
the concentration for a field of study. “Detroit is neither a dense, industrial Chicago nor a sprawling, fast-growing, immigrant-rich Los Angeles,” reads the program’s website. “Yet Detroit is representative of a host of cities that have experienced sustained and substantial deindustrialization, depopulation, and disinvestment since World War II” Dewar, who serves as faculty advisor to the program, said the purpose of this program is to help students not only understand the city, but also to help improve it through collaboration with organizations and groups invested in Detroit. Fishman said he thinks the recovery of Detroit has been a long and strenuous process, but now that it is underway, the city will be back soon with more to offer than ever before. “It is my belief that the recovery of Detroit has been slower than the recovery of any other major American city but it’s definitely underway and I think it will be one of the most striking recoveries of any city in recent years,” he said. He said University students can benefit from seeing Detroit both as an example for understanding urban planning and economics concepts, but also as a hands-on learning experience if students engage with the city and get involved. “There certainly are a great many opportunities for University of Michigan students that simply did not exist 10 or 20 years ago, such as being a part of this growth and transformation, and I think that’s a good thing,” he said. “Healthy cities thrive in part by people who have a choice choosing to come there and stay there.”
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Dress codes are sexist
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got a job offer the other day and since then, I’ve been thinking about how annoying it will be that I’ll probably have to start shaving my armpits again. Since all the communist lesbian farmers in this town who want to put taco trucks everywhere have radicalized me, I’ve disowned razors and burned all my bras. I’m half joking: Sometimes I shave my legs because my leggings pull on my leg hair and it feels like when you leave your hair in a ponytail for too long, and sometimes I wear a bra because my shirt is made of mesh and there’s only so much nipple I’m willing to expose to my Spanish class. For the most part though, no one really bothers me about my hair and boobs while I’m in school — which they shouldn’t because fuck them, I’m not here for their evaluations of my body. But when I got my job offer, I realized I’d have to enter the sexist labor market that can in fact legally tell me what to do with my body hair, boobs, makeup, etc. and punish me if I don’t comply (i.e. fire me). Maybe I was wrong, though, so I Googled something like “Is it legal for an employer to make you shave your legs?” and came across this gem of a Yahoo Answers page. I generally try to avoid Yahoo Answers and comments sections everywhere, but I think that sometimes we have a responsibility to sift
through the muck of these relatively anonymous online forums because it can be a good place to access peoples’ (and by extension, our culture’s) unfiltered attitudes, assumptions and biases. So, the situation: The original poster, Ashley K., is asking a question for a woman friend who works at Sears and apparently was told by her boss that she either needs to shave her legs or not show her legs at work. Ashley K. asks the people of Yahoo Answers (from now on referred to as the POYA) if this “ultimatum” is legal or if it constitutes some kind of gender discrimination. Ashley K. also makes it clear that she doesn’t give a shit about your opinions on women shaving or not shaving their legs; she just wants to know the legal stuff. The POYA predictably give her their opinions instead of pointing her to the website of, say, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The POYA say, yes, requiring women to shave their legs for work is definitely legal, since no, it’s not a matter of gender discrimination, it’s a matter of “hygiene” and “dress codes.” We’ve accepted that men and women have different “appearance standards,” and hey, men have to shave their beards so yeah, obviously ladies need to shave their legs. And if she’s really gonna complain so much about it, “she can always find another job.” The POYA argue that a dress code/hygiene standard that requires women employees to shave their legs does not
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constitute gender discrimination because such a rule merely reflects our social understanding of the proper ways for women and men to present and conduct themselves in public. Though the POYA aren’t especially eloquent, they’ve actually synthesized pretty well the outcome of the 1989 Supreme Court ruling in Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins. In Price Waterhouse, the Supreme Court ruled that gender stereotyping is a form of sex discrimination and is therefore illegal. The issue in the case was that Ann Hopkins was denied partnership at her accounting firm because in an evaluation of her work, men in charge of her wrote that she was too “macho” and suggested she take “a course in charm school.” So, while employers can’t say and do explicitly sexist stuff like that anymore, what sexism they’re legally allowed to enforce through dress codes is a bit murkier. The Workplace Fairness organization claims that in the vein of Price Waterhouse, if a woman employee who wears pants or does something else gender-bending faces discrimination, she might have a case of sex discrimination based on gender stereotyping. But, the same website also says that the ruling in Price Waterhouse has not prevented employers from having different dress codes for men and women.
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ast night, a friend of beautiful thing to recognize mine told me about one’s place within a community quipu, the system used where every member feels by the Incas to keep track of a vibrant, pulsing need for numerical information. Quipus, everybody else — we isolate also known as “talking knots,” ourselves into our own are made up of thousands of machines, away from each knotted strings, which, when other and away from our own examined by a working, conscious contemporary judge minds. Sitting in a or clerk, reveal lecture taking notes certain financial on my computer, I information. am an automaton, Quipucamayocs, or typing the words quipu specialists, the professor were like a modernsays without day accountant or consideration. stenographer — Shouldn’t we talk recording what they about the topics we ISAIAH saw around them. are learning about This conversation ZEAVIN-MOSS to each other as we triggered a series learn about them? of questions for me. Most In so many of my classes, we prominently: What does our talk about the importance of culture lose from having considering who is telling the information at our fingertips story, and which narrative we at all times? Is there something are supposed to believe as fact. to be gained in needing to In my field of American Studies, knot together pieces of fabric we believe no singular narrative to, for example, calculate can be called objectively true. certain statistics? Why has Instead, we piece together ideas contemporary society chosen from literature, film, music, to move in the direction theater, commercials, etc. to of making information, get a sense of how people and pertaining to essentially entire communities described any subject, instantaneously a certain moment or place. How available? these ideas stacked up against It seems that today’s world each other, how they clashed gears itself toward eliminating and fought and played and the amount of irretrievable agreed with each other. And material out there — questions then we go from there, to form we do not know how to answer. our own beliefs — constantly Our world eliminates questions checking ourselves and that, when posed, we have checking the notions provided nothing to hold or point to as to us by scholars, authors and the correct response. What’s artists alike. the capital of Djibouti? What’s In a study published 489 x 333? 162,837. I look the in Psychological Science, question up; I answer it based social psychology graduate on what my phone tells me, student Pam A. Muller then, in a way, I feel as if I know and Associate Professor of the answer, as if I am the one Cognitive Psychology Daniel feeding the information to the M. Oppenheimer, found world. that the process of using But what happens with computers solely to take notes so-called irretrievable answers? — even without other alerts and Questions about which we can windows popping up — results only deliberate and discuss, in shallower processing. There guess at and witness? Instances is something gained by taking where we don’t just look up notes by hand, especially an answer force us to talk to when we rephrase the words one another, to put our own of our professor into our own. theories and ideas to the test By doing this, we check our of the community — the people professor and run their ideas with whom we surround through our own filter. This ourselves. And this is why we combination — their minds make friends in the first place! with ours — produces what we To have people in our lives with learn. whom we can shape our own The emphasis on blind, perspectives. Because we need instant knowledge extends other people to do this. We to how we consume political cannot do this, any of this, on coverage as well. Every day, our own. we read headlines about But instead of acknowledging new speeches presidential and embracing this fact — it’s a candidates give, trading barbs
anniversary of Sept. 11 runs in tandem with Republican nominee Donald Trump’s campaign’s embrace of groups that believe the tragic events of 9/11 were orchestrated by the U.S. government. The campaign has brought these disturbing, factually inept, racist, rightwing populist groups into presidential politics as sources of truth and fact. It is important to see how this specific niche of ultra-rightwing American politics has been accepted as verifiable sources. As noted by The Rachel Maddow Show on Sept. 8, Donald Trump has been using infowars.com, (a popular conspiracy theorist website calling for a revolt against the so-called “New World Order”) not only as a source of factual reporting, but as an accredited media outlet in which he has conducted interviews and embraced the leaders of these fact-free, white nationalist websites. Trump’s campaign has validated these fringe groups of extreme reactionaries as factual sources of news. Groups that were rightly shunned for their deplorable rhetoric and ridiculous theories now apparently are sources of fact for a major party nominee seeking election to the most powerful position in the country. Unsurprisingly, Trump has become the unifying member of the alt-right movement. His campaign has been built on attacks against the media, intellectualism, elites, immigrants, minorities and liberals, and this has finally come to head with the gathering
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ur country, like any Sept. 11 served as the leading other, experiences story for which these theorists horribly tragic events achieved moderate levels of fame that redefine our history — tragic with their nearly hysterical rants events that imprint themselves and positions — positions that into the minds of every American went on for 15 years, buttressed by and go on to influence policy even more heinous and ridiculous decisions years afterward. The theories that incorporated the resulting aftermath of these same racist and nationalistic events is often met themes as before. All with temporary during this time, their panic and confusion. online presence helped Despite these form and organize feelings being brief, segments of the “altas a society we seek right,” solidifying their out specific answers place on the furthest and facts about right end of American such events hoping politics. Thankfully, to prevent such their fact-free tirades heinous acts from are accepted only by MICHAEL happening again. mere sliver of our MORDARSKI apopulation. From establishing They stayed investigative congressional on the fringes of accepted political commissions that use every discourse, and they and their resource available within the followers are rightly categorized country, to increasing funding for as conspiracy theorists. our already massive intelligence Today, conspiracy theorists and defense departments, we go use these events as excuses to to unbelievable lengths to seek scream their racist and nativist actual truths. positions barely hidden under Yet these searches for truth the unbelievable theories they among the rubble are often construct. Their community is plagued with fringe members stricken with white nationalism, of society not just questioning, xenophobia, anti-Semitism but completely denying verified and a crippling degree of factual evidence. Conspiracy blind chauvinism. Within our theorists construct fantastical hyperconnected digital world, positions and unverifiable their deplorable rhetoric is stories that they believe reveal so easily transmitted to the the actual “truth.” For example, misinformed and misled in after the tragedy of Sept. 11, they order to grow their support. capitalized on the disaster and Most recently, these conspiracy began searching for false evidence theorists have gained new in the pursuit of discovering some supporters from the uppermost massive conspiracy the U.S. levels of presidential politics. government had orchestrated. The arrival of the 15th
and insults and, rarely, new policy proposals. We discard the candidates’ histories as archaic and outdated and irrelevant, opting instead to consider who they are today, right now. And here, once again, we are not meant to question these figures or to question the system. We are meant to consume it all, automatons, stuck with two candidates whom a heavy majority of us believe to be corrupt. From peers and colleagues and pundits alike, I often hear the following political mode of thought: I really wish things could be better in this way, but that’s unrealistic, so, they can’t improve, so I have to vote for Clinton/Trump. And nothing frustrates me more. Because this mindset operates under the belief that “we, the people” have no power, that our votes do not impact anything, that we and the system are somehow separate entities. That we are nothing more than spectators packed into the Big House, cheering and booing and yelling, unable to actually impact what we witness. If we all got together in forums and discussions and all heard ourselves describing the world with this defeatist logic, we would soon discover we do have power, and if we all actually want to change the world for the better, we have the means to do it. In Greece, the current ruling political party was founded in 2004, and polled around 4 percent for the first few years of its existence — the Green Party in the United States polls at this same figure today. Change happens quickly and abruptly if we provide the space for it. But that space will only come if we engage each other and hear each other. And by “hear each other,” I don’t mean to type verbatim each other’s words. Because this is not learning. Instead, we ought to weave together, like the Incas, all of the ideas that we ourselves have, along with those that we consume. And as we knit, we can add our own flair and flavor to the project, no doubt fundamentally influenced by those around us, but ultimately creating an ideology uniquely our own.
of these collective conspiracy theorists supporting him. What is so disturbing is that Republican leaders continue to support this campaign, which has now reached new levels of insanity by embracing and continuing to use conspiracy theorist websites as factual news. The Trump campaign has praised the leaders of these right-wing, fact-free groups. These are leaders who believe that the Clinton family murders their adversaries, believe the shootings of Aurora, Sandy Hook and Orlando were orchestrated by the government simply to enact more gun control and believe the U.S. military has “weather weapons” that it uses against its citizens. The current presidential nominee of the Republican Party is using a website that believes juice boxes are lined with chemicals that can make your children gay as a factual source of news. This terrifying reality is what the Republican Party has chosen. This is their candidate, and the lack of disavowal of his abnormal presidential campaign reveals the consequences of the intense partisanship within our country. The embracement of the alt-right and conspiracy theorists from the Trump campaign is yet another of the countless examples of Trump campaign’s ineptitude — and why Trump is truly dangerous to the future of our country.
Michael Mordarski can be reached at mmordars@umich.edu
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Oliver Stone’s ‘Snowden’ a weak, laughable biopic Not even Nicolas Cage can steal a good movie out of this mess The Guardian. We see Cage’s character sitting in a La-Z-Boy, smoking a cigarette in front of Within the first 20 minutes his television set in a ’70s-style or so of “Snowden,” Nicolas home. He exclaims from his Cage (“National Treasure”), recliner, “He did it!” and the playing a teacher scene cuts away. at a CIA trainBut if bad diaing facility, logue was the only engages Edward problem the movie Snowden (Joseph had, it could have “Snowden” Gordon-Levitt, still been a decent Open Road Films “Inception”) production. in a conversaUnfortunately, the Rave & Quality 16 tion about vice. rest of the movie The back-andfollows suit — at forth goes a bit least stylistically, something like this: Cage asks the quality doesn’t improve. At Gordon-Levitt what his vice is. one point, Snowden has a seiGordon-Levitt says he doesn’t zure and Gordon-Levitt falls to drink or do drugs. Cage retorts the ground to do his best reenthat he must have a vice. Gor- actment of this medical emerdon-Levitt replies, “Comput- gency. What makes it awful is ers, I guess.” Cage says, “Well, the way director Oliver Stone this sure is a whorehouse of (“Platoon”) chooses to portray computers…” the experience of a seizure. From there on, it’s just more Snowden is cooking up some of the same. A not-so-small spaghetti, and his glasses start percentage of time, the dia- to fog from the steam. The camlogue is unbearable. Quips like era and his body begin to wobthese are consistent through- ble back and forth. The screen out film. They left me and becomes stained with the same those around me in the theater fog that was on his glasses. laughing at the sheer absur- Randomly, the movie switches dity of the things being said in to a point-of-view shot as Gorsupposedly serious, emotional don-Levitt falls to the ground, scenes. Another highlight in and in blurred vision, his girlabsolute trash dialogue occurs friend rushes over. The whole after Snowden makes it onto scene turns a serious medical the news after talking with scenario into a hokey plot-point JOE WAGNER
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action scene. The movie mostly revolves around Snowden finding out new and creepier information about what the NSA is doing. He finds something out. He is disturbed by it. He doesn’t do anything about it. This cycle continues until the end, when Snowden (surprise!) finally does something about it. The story jumps back and forth in time between the interview with The Guardian in his hotel room in Hong Kong and the events that have taken place in the last few years. Much of the movie is told with one of the interviewers asking Snowden a question and him narrating the scene that takes place on screen. The storytelling feels cheap, like a shortcut to certain events in Edward Snowden’s life. The movie ends with an interview in an auditorium where Snowden appears on a computer monitor from his current residence in Russia. At the very end of the interview, the movie cuts back to Edward Snowden — the real Edward Snowden, not Joseph GordonLevitt. Dramatically, this cut to the real person adds nothing. It feels like a trick, like Stone is saying “Hey! Look! This movie is based on a real person.” Yes, we know.
FILM REVIEW
Frank Zappa documentary shows viewers the legend in his own words “Eat That Question” will please both novices and hardcore fans. WILL STEWART
illustrate his career are futile. Watching a random music historian try to talk about him Frank Zappa once said in an would feel phony, something interview, “I don’t think any- Zappa would find hilarious. body has ever seen the real Frank Zappa was no stranger to Zappa, because slander in the being interviewed press, and the is one of the most media was just abnormal things another instruthat you can do ment for Zappa “Eat That Question: to somebody.” to manipulate. Frank Zappa in His Zappa’s words are “Eat That QuesOwn Words” a warning label, tion” addresses a way to tell the false claims, like Sony Pictures audience that the idea that Classics the person in the Zappa frequently documentary is used psychenot the person it’s portraying. delic drugs, with vengeance. For the next 90 minutes, audi- His disapproval toward drugs ences see interviews in which may not shock devoted fans, this abnormality is explored, but those influenced by these diving into the idiosyncrasies media reports will be surprised of Zappa. Can anything he says to hear Zappa never took LSD be taken seriously, or is every- and disliked marijuana, because thing just another act? Regard- his workaholic tendencies and less of his warning, “Eat That endless discography would have Question: Frank Zappa in His been dampened. If there needed Own Words” is the closest thing to be an anti-drug role model in fans will get to knowing the real the 20th Century, it should have musical mastermind. been Zappa. Thorsten Schütte (“NamibThe documentary juxtaposes ia Generation X”), a director the interviews and Zappa’s zany known for TV documentaries, performances to discover the retells Zappa’s diverse career motives behind his acts. Every from his bicycle orchestra on lyric and every charade had a “The Steve Allen Show” to purpose, and there was never his battle with cancer. Rather fluff in any of his material. The than rely on narration, Schüt- documentary, unfortunately, te exclusively uses footage of fails to live up to such high staninterviews and live perfor- dards at all moments. Though mances. Zappa is such a dis- predominantly engaging, it tinct personality that he is the overstays its welcome when only qualified source to recount introducing his brief tenure as a his work. Any other efforts to pseudo-ambassador for CzechoFor the Daily
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slovakia. Although this displays Zappa’s eclectic life, it feels like a digression from what impacted fans the most: his music. “Eat That Question” does not attempt to summarize Zappa’s entire life; basic facts like his date of birth or miscellaneous trivia can be found easily and don’t require a documentary. Rather, it uses Zappa’s own words to give the viewer insight into the meaning behind his offbeat melodies and mockery. Zappa satirized everything from the hippie subculture to new wave music; every trend was prone to his wrath. If he found something depressing or uninspiring, he didn’t shy away from saying it. For him, the obsequious nature of Americans was despicable. “Eat That Question” features an extended look at “Bobby Brown,” a song that scrutinizes the American Dream. “Bobby Brown” shows Zappa’s eccentricity and skeptical outlook most efficiently, and the retelling of this song feels funnier than ever. In an age when fitting in is optimal and individuality is thrown out thanks to social media, everyone can learn a lot from Zappa. He proved that distinguishing oneself from the crowd is what makes us whole. The documentary highlights his authenticity and inspires viewers to not live blindly. Although it lags at times, “Eat That Question” successfully resurrects Zappa’s legacy for a new generation of music lovers.
KITH NYC
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All you need to know from the stylish craziness of NY Fashion Week SS17 Daily Style Writers recap the biggest showcases of the week DAILY STYLE WRITERS Stunning, jarring, intriguing, scary — all apt descriptors for hullaballoo that has been the latest iteration of New York Fashion Week. To provide some nuanced imagery about the past week, your Daily Style writers have compiled a few of their favorite collections that graced this season’s runway. Kithland Kith, for the most part, is a stark contrast from Fashion Week’s traditional mainstays. Largely for that very reason, their New York debut was met with a flurry of surprise and intrigue. In embracing and celebrating the label’s newfound stage (and audiences), founder Ronnie Fieg took the opportunity to craft an experience, stylized “KITHLAND,” that deviated far from the conventions of a typical runway show, streaming his new digs to the masses online and allowing fans of his to relive the experience through virtual reality at one of his many flagship Manhattan stores. With an audience that boasted the likes of Iman Shumpert and Ja Rule, Fieg had much of the modern hype machine intently watching for what Fieg had in store. He split his show into three different offerings, “City,” “Mountain” and “Beach” (for his upcoming Miami flagship store), respectively, with the show conveying much of Fieg and Kith’s bread and butter, showcasing a cohesive mix of flashy sneakers and ’90s throwback couture. Kith has been experiencing a gradual rise in clout and popularity among Manhattan and streetwear’s more cultured patrons, but in Kithland, Fieg cemented his label’s newfound status as fashion’s “nouvelle élite,” adding patrons of high fashion to his ever-growing list of fans. — Anay Katyal Tommy Hilfiger Tommy Hilfiger was the talk of day three of New York Fashion Week as he debuted the brand’s first ever “see-now-buy-now” collection, called #TOMMYNOW. The designer, well known for going above and beyond with runway design, featured a carnival theme to set the stage for Hilfiger’s collaboration with supermodel Gigi Hadid. The 21-year-old Vogue regular sported a slew of looks that embodied the usual themes of Hilfiger’s design: all-American, nautical and classic. Combining Hadid’s image with the brand allowed Hilfiger to appeal to a younger market. Hadid, a Victoria’s Secret Angel, gives the classic brand a youthful twist, especially since the Hilfiger brand has existed since 1985, and was in serious need of a revamp. Through the Fall 2016 collection, Hilfiger and Hadid provided several new personalities — for starters, the collection can be bought in stores right now and not in six months, as is usual with Fashion Week collections. Additionally, the clothes took Hilfiger’s classic look and made it attractive, com-
fortable and stylish. — Isobel Futter Jason Wu “Florals — for spring? Groundbreaking.” Jason Wu’s spring 2017 collection is heavy on florals, but still breaks boundaries. Wu’s spring collection is full of dichotomies, yet feels effortless and fluid. The collection begins with heavy navys paired with iridescent blues and shifts towards nudes and neons. Wu uses dark colors traditionally more suited for fall with lightweight fabrics — though this isn’t a new tactic for the designer, who relied heavily on stiff, dark shades in his spring 2016 collection. Perhaps the pops of color and nudes seen near the end of his show were a concession to the more traditional spring fare. His collection was focused on both the creation of flow through the use of draping and pairing with other pieces which use rigid neon lines to create structure. But despite the collection’s variety, it still feels cohesive, and new: florals are fresh. — Emma Kinery Vera Wang Vera Wang showcased a monochromatic style at Fashion Week this year. The designer, who’s been moving towards collections solely in black and white in the past few years, definitely stuck to that theme. The looks were not intricate — simple skirts, shorts and cropped tops, paired with oversize jackets and blazers — but were chic and fitting to the brand’s minimalist
theme. The designer also opted for a natural hair and makeup for the models, and all the models sported the same black socks and black boots. Overall, the designer chose for her entire show, collection and appeal all to adhere to “less is always more.” In doing so, spectators can focus on the clothes, what they bring to the wearer’s body and how the simplistic designs differ ever so slightly from one another. No surprises from Wang, as the brand played to its strengths and provided Fashion Week with an artistically modest, yet elegant and nuanced, collection. — Isobel Futter Carolina Herrera The show began with perhaps the strongest look in the collection: a structured denim dress a la Britney Spears at the 2001 VMAs, except it was channeling elegance rather than gaudiness. That being said, not all of the pieces in the collection strode the same path. Herrera’s collection is mainly black and white, with some striped pieces feeling more circus than chic. The focus was on making the everyday picnic style feel evening and in that it succeeded, even if on the individual level it felt tired: at times the ties on several sleeves of the looks were a bit much. She made fabrics and patterns from the everyday — white blousey cotton, denim, gingham — into the spectacular. Herrera’s use of structure compensates for the areas which feel less refined and makes pieces like this black coatdress shine. — Emma Kinery
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LITERATURE COLUMN
The stories of America’s pastime I
’ve always had an underlying suspicion that I could be incredible at baseball. Not right away, of course. But maybe if I trained hard for say, three years or so, I could be terrific. I could thrive on the lack of prolonged running, or indulge in the hilarious furtiveness of the steal. It’s REBECCA completely LERNER unfounded in any sense of reality; the game of baseball just has a universality that makes even the most uncoordinated of literature columnists dream of major leagues. Every game of baseball is a story, with primal, relatable goals and high stakes that will make you stop scarfing down peanuts for a second and watch. Perhaps this is why American literature has paid so much tribute to baseball, even as baseball falls out of favor to more complicated, hurried games. Baseball in our current cultural landscape means something much different than what it means on the page — today, the average salary for a pro baseball player is four million dollars. When my grandfather was invited to play for the New York Yankees in 1951, he turned it down because he had two kids and could make more money as a truck driver for a beer company. When baseball was becoming synonymous with American ideals, there wasn’t the absurd financial incentive that exists for ball players today. There was only a love of the game. But now even though the players are millionaires, the history of baseball in this country still goes deep enough to make it an integral part of American literature.
Americans have been living out their fantasies of baseball vicariously through the English language since the game’s invention in 1839 in New York. But the stories we hear are rarely basic stories of winning and losing — baseball lends itself as a metaphor for the human experience. It accepts projection of sadness, loss, mirth and triumph. Stories like Ernest Lawrence Thayer’s “Casey at the Bat,” which my father read to me when I was probably three or so, are incredibly depressing. Casey’s failure has become an unavoidable part of our culture. When he strikes out, we’ve become so invested it feels as though we ourselves have lost a hero. His irreversible mistake changes everything, stripping him of his identity and the people of his town of joy. We’re so willing to allow events to be representative of ourselves and our lives, which is why this story is so devastating — we either are or have been the disappointed citizens of Mudville.
Every game of baseball is a story with relatable goals. Stories about baseball, like the 2011 novel “The Art of Fielding,” are also often subtly about the way we struggle and become ourselves. In Chad Harbach’s book, we meet Henry Skrimshander as a freshman at the fictional Westish College. For his entire life, Henry has been an almost magical, zero-error shortstop, defining himself through the game of baseball. But like “Casey at the Bat,” standing with the weight of the
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and HBO’s relative dominance (specifically “The People vs. O.J. There’s no such thing as a Simpson: American Crime Story” perfect awards show. Sure, it and “Game of Thrones”), the might be odd to open this way in highlight of this year’s ceremony a review of what was how the comwas, by and large, mittee found ways one of the best to honor the lessEmmy Awards I’ve er-publicized but 68th Primetime ever seen, but it’s truly worthy perEmmy Awards true. Even the most formances, writgenerous of awards ing and direction. ABC committees can’t Louie Anderson’s honor every win for his deeply Aired Sunday, Sept. deserving recipiodd but stunning 18 ent, and that’s not performance on even consider“Baskets” was a ing the sheer number of scripted sure sign of changing, more comtelevision shows that aired in the prehensive tides. Aziz Ansari past year, or taking into account and Alan Yang’s writing on the the fact that one man’s deserving “Parents” episode on “Master recipient is another man’s over- of None” — which was, for me, a rated trash. And then there’s the bit overrated — was still heartentirely different, but still tangen- warming to see honored, and led tially connected, train of thought to one of the better speeches of that leads to difficult questions the night. And “Transparent” ’s like, “Wait, why do I care about Jill Soloway’s award for directing this?” and “Does any of this even “Man On The Land” was a muchmatter, in the grand scheme of deserved underdog win against things?” So imagine my surprise HBO heavyweights “Veep” and — an apt word to describe Sun- “Silicon Valley.” day’s telecast — at an Emmys that It would be difficult to talk was satisfying, efficient and … about this year’s ceremony withkind of great? out also mentioning the number The first sign of a pleasant of genuinely moving acceptance surprise: Jimmy Kimmel was speeches, from Patton Oswalt’s funny. His late-night persona short, touching shoutout to his late often smacks of smug, smarmy wife to Jeffrey Tambor’s undercomedy, but after overcoming a stated but impassioned plea for painfully unfunny pre-recorded inclusivity to Julia Louis-Dreyintro, Kimmel was energetic, fus’s tearful tribute to her father. brisk and agreeable. (I will con- It’s weird to judge people on their tinue to ride for Andy Samberg’s specific brands of stunned gratiperformance last year as long as tude, especially when they’ve just I have to — we must protect his been judged on their actual work, ascension to Steve Carell-level but Rami Malek and Sarah Paulnational treasure.) The sand- son deserve the unofficial Emmy wiches stunt and predictable Award for Outstanding AccepMatt Damon bit played well; tance Speeches. Malek’s perfectly even the introductions and one- paced and delivered ode to “all liners landed effectively. As one the Elliots out there” comes seccan only hope good hosts will do, ond only to Paulson’s retroactive he kept things moving. and heartfelt apology to the real And to be sure, despite FX Marcia Clark. For the Daily
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Yes, we can complain about certain omissions. “The Americans,” while finally being nominated after four seasons of thriller perfection, still failed to win an award outside of Margo Martindale’s repeat Guest Actress win, though Malek’s win over the incredible Matthew Rhys is hard to argue with. Tatiana Maslany also pulled off the upset over Keri Russell in recognition of the utterly transfixing body of work she’s put together as a whole in “Orphan Black.” “Fargo,” whose second season was one of the most perfect seasons of television in recent memory, also went home empty-handed. (I’d be remiss if I didn’t somehow throw Bokeem Woodbine’s name in here somewhere, so there. That’s his name, and his performance in “Fargo” is one I’ll never forget.) And I’d rather not discuss the utter disrespect shown to “The Leftovers,” which is, in this writer’s opinion, the best show on television and the recipient of a whopping total of zero nominations. But it’s tough to complain about an Emmys that awarded hard-working actors like Sterling K. Brown and Courtney B. Vance, finally honored the comedic brilliance that is “Key and Peele” and found “SNL” ’s first openly lesbian cast member, Kate McKinnon, at a rare loss for words. It’s an easy line to draw from the Emmys’ general air of progressive politics to the standard “TV is doing diversity better than movies” argument. It is, of course, not that simple. There’s still work to be done. Still, the 2016 Emmys were a heartwarming celebration of “Peak TV” and how much more is possible on television than ever before. As Leslie Jones put it in the night’s most optimistic, confident and touching segment, the Emmys just wanted to feel beautiful, y’all.
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‘Little Men’ ponders male friendship specificities. This gentle treatment of adolescence extends to all the It’s no secret that Ira Sachs children in the film. The kids (“Love is Strange”) has a gift in Tony and Jake’s acting class for emotional realism. Never pulse with the same level of has that been realism. In an more apparent especially lifelike than in his lat(and very funny) est film, “Little moment, one of “Little Men” Men,” which folthe girls tells Magnolia Pictures lows the budTony that she’s ding friendship really “into older Michigan Theater between Tony guys” when he Calvelli (newasks her to dance. comer Michael Barbieri) and These small celebrations of the Jake Jardine (newcomer Theo everyday are what make the Taplitz). The two meet at Jake’s film as realistic and powerful grandfather’s funeral — Tony’s as it is. mom owns the store beneath The film misses out every the grandfather’s apartment — moment that it chooses not to and instantly become insepa- spend with its two young leads. rable. The parallel plot of the squabThe friendship is treated ble between the Jardines and with a patience rarely seen in Leonor (Paulina García, “Glofilm. The young men are given ria”), Tony’s mother, is not only plenty of screen time to just be less compelling, it’s poorly exetogether. Long shots of the two cuted. Brian, Jake’s father, is rollerblading, sitting, stand- played unconvincingly by resiing, walking and doing almost dent indie dad Greg Kinnear anything else thirteen-year- (“Little Miss Sunshine”). He old boys do in silence follow and Lenore (Paulina Garcia, most scenes of dialogue. Those “Narcos”) navigate a legal mess stretches of silence are perhaps with a lack of passion that borthe film’s strongest moments. ders on boredom. This dryness Sachs shows what friendship is only made more apparent looks like without letting the when compared to the pure audience in on its secrets and vitality that threatens to break MADELEINE GAUDIN Daily Arts Writer
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through the screen whenever either of their sons are on camera. As fate would have it, the two little men are not allowed to be best friends forever. Towards the end of the film, the parental subplot takes over. Rents and voices are raised, and Lenore must close up her shop. Without the common ground of the store, the boys drift away from each other. The boys’ breakup itself is raw and heartbreaking — never more so than when Jake tries to rollerblade back to Manhattan. But its power and poignancy is undercut by the slog of legal narrative required to reach that moment. Keeping with the trend of Sachs’s other films, a gay subtext could be detected in Jake and Tony’s friendship. But keeping in the reality of the simultaneous sexuality and sexlessness of thirteen-yearolds, the film decides to hint rather than commit — and it’s better for that choice. Characterized by the most realistic and poignant representations of adolescence in recent history, Sachs’s film is a beautiful ode to the everyday. It’s just a shame “Little Men” isn’t only about its little men.
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OPP 15.0 15.3 140.0 3.6 2 156.0 45.6% 5.9 3 2 65.0 296.0 10.5% 37.5% 1.7 19.5 17.5 35.8 1-4 6/2 60.7 28:42
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Defense learns from first-quarter test Just after the No. 4 Michigan football team started to gain momentum off a blocked puntturned-touchdown to draw within a score of Colorado, redshirt junior linebacker Mike McCray jumped offside on the Buffaloes’ ensuing drive. The penalty gave Colorado the first down it needed, and just under four minutes later, an efficient 67-yard, 10-play drive gave the Buffaloes a 21-7 lead to close out the first quarter. In the season opener against Hawaii, McCray didn’t have any such miscues. In his first game after missing all of 2015 due to injury, he recorded nine tackles, 3.5 for loss, two sacks and a forced fumble — garnering Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors. Though Saturday’s game against Colorado wasn’t perfect, McCray isn’t focused too much on his misstep. “I don’t think I’m struggling — I just think I’m just out there trying to play hard and have fun,” McCray said Monday. “I don’t think about my mistakes during the game, because mistakes are going to happen, so we gotta keep playing and moving on to help the team.” The Wolverines ultimately fought back to victory, and so did McCray, who collected five tackles and half a sack. After allowing three touchdowns, Michigan scored 17 unanswered points to take its first lead of the game. McCray said that coming out of halftime, the message was to be patient. As a linebacker dealing with plenty of playaction passes, he wanted to stop the running game first, which hurt the team. But after halftime, he felt like the
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Redshirt junior linebacker Mike McCray, who had five tackles and a half-sack against Colorado, thought Michigan’s defense responded well to early mistakes.
linebackers adjusted well. Going into the season, the linebackers heard a lot about how they would be the most inexperienced unit on Michigan’s defense. McCray and senior Ben Gedeon were the only two experienced linebackers to return in 2016, not counting redshirt sophomore Jabrill Peppers, who recently made the switch to the position. Though the rawness showed on Saturday, the unit also displayed its ability to bounce back. “We didn’t get a lot of respect coming into the year, and I feel like we still don’t have the respect that we deserve,” McCray said. “I feel like we’re still in the process of getting that respect, but as a whole, I feel like we’ve gotten a lot better
since spring ball.” After the first-quarter ambush, defensive coordinator Don Brown, who is known for being fiery and spirited, managed to calm down not just the linebackers, but all of his players. “He was real level-headed — he wasn’t being rowdy or anything,” McCray said. “He was just keeping us upbeat and confident, getting (us) ready to go back out there. I feel like that helped us a lot after the first quarter. It settled us down.
‘We got this.’ I feel like we proved ourselves after facing adversity.” Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh also likes to watch the defensive fight, and said Monday that he likes to watch the players, even when he should be planning the next series. The support from the head coach instills necessary confidence in players like McCray. “I feel like (Harbaugh) trusts the defense a lot and talks about us in practice all the time, and I
“I feel like we still don’t have the respect that we deserve.”
feel like he knows what we’re capable of,” McCray said. “I think he just wants to see us go out there and compete and have fun.” The first-quarter test against Colorado proved to be an important learning moment for McCray and the rest of the defense. Now, heading into Michigan’s first conference matchup of the season, it has the experience it needs to deal with more efficient offenses. “We weren’t thinking as much as we were in the first quarter,” McCray said. “I feel like we were thinking a lot — thinking too much, really — and I feel like we calmed down. We consider ourselves one of the best defenses in the country, and we wanted to go out and prove that.”
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He wore a blue-collared shirt with his name on it, but Erik Magnuson wasn’t there to make metaphors about lunch-pail workmanship. Instead, as Michigan’s fifthyear senior tackle spoke to reporters in the Crisler Center media room Monday, Magnuson revealed another purpose for his attire. “It’s my piggin’ shirt,” Magnuson explained. “Wear it when we go piggin’.” A hulking right tackle with a beard that would make Paul Bunyan proud, Magnuson was initially hesitant to explain the meaning. But then he did anyway. “Setting me up to be a headline on the other team,” he said. “So I can’t really say, but just understand, defensive line’s a bunch of pigs. Gotta get ’em.” Against Colorado on Saturday, Magnuson did just that. He was Michigan’s highest-graded offensive lineman for the game, according to Pro Football Focus, and Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said “Mags” has probably been the team’s top pass protector so far. He was named to the watch list for the Outland Trophy (awarded to the nation’s best interior lineman) this past summer, and he has lived up to it so far. Magnuson said Monday that he has not yet given up a sack, knocking on wood after he answered. That’s an indication his early-season quest to fend off the “pigs” has been successful. Magnuson is no newcomer to animal metaphors — he compared Jabrill Peppers to a tiger last year — but for this
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Fifth-year senior right tackle Erik Magnuson (78) said he has not allowed a sack all season but can still find ways to improve alongside right guard Kyle Kalis (67).
one, he is sharing the credit with fellow fifth-year senior Kyle Kalis. Magnuson said he and Kalis, his former roommate, originated the term piggin’, and now others on the offensive line are in on it. As early as Monday night, Magnuson proclaimed, the pair might release a web show called “Gone Piggin’ ” in the mold of Wayne’s World. “There will be a show,” Magnuson said. “Whether or not it’s going to be available for you to see, yet to be determined.” He declined to say where
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the studio would be, and he even declined to say whether it would even be released for public consumption “depending on how much criticism Coach thinks we’ll get for it.” Magnuson said they plan to have guests — senior tight end Jake Butt confirmed he had been invited on the show — and that they planned to film Monday. Late Monday evening, a photo including Magnuson and Kalis appeared on the Instagram page of the WOLVTV show Wolverine Women, announcing “Gone Piggin’ ” as
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a new weekly segment. “It could be launching tonight, or tomorrow, or never,” Magnuson said Monday. “Stay tuned.” But coming off a game in which redshirt sophomore quarterback Wilton Speight was sacked three times, Magnuson also knows he can’t rest on his piggin’ laurels. “We can get better at piggin’,” Magnuson said. “Every week you can improve on your piggin’, but it depends on the attitude going into that. That’s why you’ve gotta wear the piggin’ shirt.”
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Asked what the defensive line thought of the “pig” nicknames, Magnuson said it was a friendly nickname and that the defense had names for the offensive line, too. He did not specify what the names were, but perhaps redshirt junior defensive tackle Maurice Hurst gave a hint earlier in the afternoon. As both Magnuson and Hurst sat at a podium, they were asked why offensive linemen were more prone to grow long beards than defensive linemen. Hardly missing a beat, Hurst responded: “Uh, they’re ugly.”
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Abby Wambach scored more goals in her career (184) than any player in soccer history. She recently released her new memoir, “Forward.”
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Sophomore outside hitter Carly Skjodt now ranks second on the Wolverines behind Abby Cole with 106 kills this season.
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Many know Abby Wambach for her success with the United States Women’s National Soccer Team. Almost 11 months after the star announced her retirement, a new, post-soccer Wambach visited Rackham Auditorium on Saturday night to discuss her life after retirement and her new memoir “Forward.” She discussed her book with Doug Tribou, the host for Morning Edition on Michigan Radio, and mentioned how the story not only highlights her successful career, but also casts a light on the darker times in her life. At the event, sponsored by Literati Bookstore, Wambach discussed times during her childhood and growing up with six siblings. She said she searched for attention at home and didn’t receive it, so in order to satisfy her craving for the limelight, she became one of the greatest soccer players of all time. Wambach didn’t always love being in the spotlight, though. She describes herself in two ways: as “intense Abby” and “chill Abby.” One part of her would love to compete, while the other didn’t necessarily have a passion for the game. Unlike many athletes, Wambach didn’t know right away that playing soccer is what she wanted to do with her life. Growing up, she was never able to watch soccer on television and didn’t think her
career was possible. It wasn’t until she saw the U.S. win the World Cup in 1999 that she knew being on the national team was something she had to do. After playing in the 2008 Olympics, Wambach became a household name, and with fame came more stress into her life. In her memoir, Wambach doesn’t shy away from her struggles with alcohol and substance abuse. In fact, it is the highlight of her book. She knew that she wouldn’t be able to tell her full story the way she wanted to if she wasn’t honest. For Wambach, there was not a moment that sparked her realization that she had a problem. At first, it was her crumbling marriage due to her intense training and travel schedule. Then, it was her decreasing minutes on the soccer field. And finally, it was her impending retirement and the fear of what came next. Her arrest for a DUI in April was her rock bottom. Wambach described her feelings of shame and said she felt like a fraud. It may have appeared on the soccer field that she had everything figured out, but that wasn’t the reality. She said writing “Forward” was therapeutic and has given her a chance to look ahead. Even after all the championships and the records she has broken, she said, “Forward” may be the one thing she’s the most proud of.
She said writing “Forward” was therapeutic.
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After a difficult first set in which the No. 23 Michigan volleyball team unexpectedly lost to Colgate, the Wolverines needed a big play to separate themselves from the Raiders. With the set tied at 18, sophomore libero Jenna Lerg served the ball. Players watched as it shot off her hand, and they began to hit back and forth until Colgate outside hitter Katie Stebbins jumped to spike the ball to the Wolverines’ side. Senior middle blocker Abby Cole and sophomore outside hitter Carly Skjodt knew their task. The two players anchor Michigan’s offense, leading the team with enthusiasm from their positions in the front row. Saturday night, the duo combined for a powerful block, giving the Wolverines a lead
they would not relinquish en route to a set and eventual 3-1 match victory over Colgate at Cliff Keen Arena. Skjodt finished with seven kills, five digs and two block assists, despite leaving the final set due to a leg injury. In Friday night’s game against Auburn, she notched eight kills and nine digs. As a sophomore on a team with seven new freshmen, Skjodt has found herself in a leadership role. “We had a huge freshman class, but as sophomores we still know the ‘Michigan way,’ ” Skjodt said. “(We tell the freshmen) what we’re supposed to do and help them through.” With the help of her strength and conditioning coach Mike Favre, Skjodt spent the winter and spring terms in the weight room improving her physicality and strength. And it looks like her work is beginning to pay off.
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Skjodt averages 2.79 kills per game — 0.91 more than last year — and improved her attacking accuracy by .63. Her coach and teammates have noticed her efforts. Michigan coach Mark Rosen emphasized her tremendous physicality and versatility on the floor, while Cole detailed Skjodt’s passion for competition. After their dynamic block, the duo high-fived and embraced their teammates. “She’s touching higher. (She is) more physical with everything she does, and she’s hitting the ball harder so it’s allowing her to compete in those situations,” Rosen said. “One of the things we look for in her on the court is her full game. She’s a six-rotation, five-skill-set type player who can do everything.” Added Cole: “(What stands out is) her ability to compete . . . she’s coming in and competing
her hardest every single match. She’s just doing a very good job of competing and I think that’s an edge that we haven’t always had on our team.” Though Skjodt is just a sophomore, she has asserted her status as a veteran teammate throughout Michigan’s nonconference schedule. Even from the sideline, she could be seen yelling words of encouragement and giving high-fives as players returned to the bench. Heading into Big Ten play — a conference that both Cole and Rosen termed the most difficult in the country — the Wolverines will look to Skjodt to help mentor the younger players through vocal leadership during games. And if she continues this guidance and continues her physical presence at the net, it bodes well for Michigan’s future this season.
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Diverse attack leads ‘M’ can’t capitalize on Michigan in easy win shot advantage at MSU Ten goals come from six different players against Central Michigan MIKE PERSAK
Daily Sports Writer
When sophomore forward Marleise Emrhein scored her second goal Sunday for the Michigan field hockey team, it didn’t change much in terms of the game. The Wolverines were already up 9-0 on Central Michigan with less than 10 minutes remaining, and the outcome had long been decided. But the goal came from an unusual scorer, one of many contributions from bench players Sunday. Six different players scored for Michigan (1-0 Big Ten, 6-1 overall), and all 22 on the roster saw playing time against the Chippewas. And with tough matchups approaching this weekend against Ohio State and No. 4 Penn State, that kind of spread out attack is exactly what the Wolverines were looking for. “We need everybody’s fresh legs,” said Michigan head coach Marcia Pankratz. “So getting experience and having people play in positions that we’re going to need this weekend was good practice for them.” The bench players did more than just relieve tired legs, though. In the midst of one of the toughest stretches of their schedule, the Wolverines were given a confidence boost that could prove valuable in the long run. “It’s actually really fun when the goals keep coming back
and back,” said senior forward Courtney Enge. “We get more hype, and we know what the job is — we know that we need to stay cool and composed. But once we get more goals, it’s like we feel more comfortable and we have more confidence on the field.” Added junior midfielder Katie Trombetta: “Being able to see everyone get thrown into these positions and keep the level of intensity and the style of play that we started with — no matter who’s in, the level is still the same.” The 10 goals on Sunday were the most scored in a game by Michigan since 2013, and it came thanks to a diverse scoring output. Along with Emrhein’s offensive outburst, freshman midfielder Meg Dowthwaite earned her first career goal, while freshman goalkeeper Claire Stemper was called upon to preserve the shutout at the end of the game. But even with the positive results the Wolverines enjoyed this weekend, the team knows the road gets harder from here. “Obviously, winning 10-0, it’s a fun game,” Pankratz said. “But we still have to focus on the things that will make us better for the next match. So that was kind of the focus.” Still, the experience gained by Michigan’s depth player’s left the team with a good feeling in the end. And if nothing else, that confidence has the Wolverines feeling poised to take on the next portion of their schedule.
“Once we get more goals, it’s like we feel more comfortable.”
NATHANIEL CLARK Daily Sports Writer
EAST LANSING —If soccer games were decided by shots instead of goals, the Michigan men’s soccer team would be 6-1 this season. But they are not, and instead, the Wolverines are still searching for their first win. Sunday, Michigan (0-30 Big Ten, 0-4-3 overall) once again outshot its opponent, by a margin of 16-10, but still fell to Michigan State (2-0 Big Ten, 5-1 overall), 1-0. A goal in the eighth minute by Spartan defender Brad Centala proved decisive. “(Soccer) is a game of inches and margins,” said Michigan coach Chaka Daley. “We had four or five chances down there and the goal is cursed. That’s college soccer.” In the first half, Wolverine freshman forward Jack Hallahan created the majority of Michigan’s scoring chances. In the 14th minute, Hallahan found senior defender Rylee Woods, but Woods’ shot went high. Later, Hallahan found redshirt junior midfielder Michael Kapitula in the 38th minute but was blocked by a Spartan defender. Hallahan tallied three shots for the day. “We’re able to get in and around the opponents’ net,” said senior midfielder Brett Nason. “It shows that we’re looking to score. Some games, unfortunately, we’ve not scored. The only way you can score is by shooting. A lot of shots is not a bad thing for sure.” Sophomore midfielder Robbie Mertz also threatened to cause problems for Michigan State. With less than one minute before halftime, Mertz got his head on a cross from Kapitula in an attempt to walk into intermission tied at one. Unfortunately for Michigan, Spartan goaltender Jimmy Hague was perfectly positioned to intercept the
header and preserve his team’s 1-0 advantage. Mertz did not have to wait long into the second half for his next opportunity. Three minutes after intermission, Mertz came up with an interswinging service from the left that found Kapitula. Once again, Hague successfully defended it and the Wolverines remained scoreless. Michigan was largely devoid of shots after that until the 75th minute when Mertz kicked the ball from the left side to Hague. The Wolverines got a better chance three minutes later when Mertz earned a corner kick, but they were unable to capitalize on it. Mertz finished Sunday with four shots. “We’re young in a lot of places,” Daley said. “We’re youthful in a lot of ways, but it still doesn’t excuse what I think was a missed opportunity with the quality of chances we had.” Sophomore midfielder Francis Atuahene — who was Michigan’s lead scorer last season — saw his first scoring opportunity in the 81st minute when he made a toe poke shot that was caught by Hague. Senior defender Lars Eckenrode was nearly the Wolverines’ hero, but his volley with 1:20 remaining in the game went just above the goal. For Michigan, the task moving forward will undoubtedly be turning its shot advantage into a goal advantage. “We just need to fight harder,” Nason said. “There were a couple of shots late in the second half where the ball hit the crossbar and the ball was just bouncing in front of the net. Just fight harder, be in the right spot at the right time. Just keep to the game plan and on forward from there.” The Wolverines will get a quick opportunity to capitalize on their shots when they return home to face Western Michigan on Wednesday.