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Elizabeth Riter, an advisor in the College of Engineering, is emotionally embraced by her husband on the corner of College and Woodruff Ave outside the police cordons after an attack on the OSU campus on Nov. 28 outside of Watts Hall.

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Top: Police vehicles line up alongside College Road after the attack on Ohio State’s campus on Nov. 28. Bottom: Columbus Police, Fire and other Federal agencies surround the attacker’s car that hit multiple students outside of Watts Hall on Nov. 28.

Attack at Ohio State injures at least nine Suspect, identified as a student, crashed his vehicle into pedestrians and cut victims with a knife LYDIA MURRAY Daily Staff Reporter

A attack on the Ohio State University’s campus Monday morning left at least nine victims injured. According to a statement from OSU police, a suspect, who was shot by campus police, ran victims over with a car and cut individuals

with a butcher knife. Eight of those injured are stable, but one is in critical condition, according to the Associated Press. The AP also stated that the shooter has been identified as OSU student Abdul Razak Ali Artan by the university’s public safety director Monica Moll. Artan was killed by Alan Horujko, a police officer at

the university, after crashing his vehicle into pedestrians and attacking students with a knife. A shelter in place on campus was lifted late Monday morning, after initial reports of an active shooter situation. Law enforcement officials are still conducting an investigation and campus sweep.

OSU police told media they did alo receive reports of shots fired in a campus building, although no reports of bullet wounds or injuries have been released. No deaths have been reported aside from a shooter, according to the AP. OSU emergency management tweeted Monday morning alerting students about the situation, urging them to seek

refuge and defend themselves if necessary. According to the tweet, a shooter was active in Watts Hall, OSU’s materials science and engineering building. The “run, hide, fight” recommendation is part of standard active shooter protocol, advising students to evacuate if possible, get See OSU, Page 3

Three weeks after Election Day, the 2016 presidential election has officially been certified in Michigan by the state Board of Canvassers, with President-elect Donald Trump winning the state popular vote — along with all 16 electoral votes — by a 10,704vote margin over Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. In total, Trump won 2,279,543 votes to Clinton’s 2,268,839, according to the Michigan Secretary of State. Candidates now have 48 hours to file for a recount. Jill Stein, former Green Party presidential candidate, announced Monday that she has filed petitions to recount the vote in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, charging that there might have been hacks or irregularities in the way votes were counted. “After a presidential election tarnished by the use of outdated and unreliable machines and accusations of irregularities and hacks, people of all political persuasions are asking if our election results are reliable,” Stein wrote in her statement. “We See BALLOTS, Page 3

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About 150 students gathered Monday afternoon in an Angell Hall auditorium for “Election 2016: Looking Under the Hood and Down the Road,” a panel of University of Michigan’s political science faculty also discussed the recent presidential election as a monumental shift in American politics. The panel consisted of six LSA faculty members with concentrations in American politics, political psychology, public policy and the Middle East. Each presented an individual response to the election based on their concentration. Political Science Prof. Lisa Disch moderated the panel and said the event was predominantly a data-based response to the election. “We in political science are in a position where we’re able to look at the events of the past month in a way that’s

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On Monday, Laurence Ball, professor of economics at Johns Hopkins University, charged that the United States Federal Reserve was partially responsible for the 2008 bankruptcy for neglecting to bail out the Lehman Brothers. The lecture was in Hutchins Hall to a group of about 30 students. Lehman was the fourthlargest investment bank in the United States when it declared bankruptcy. A combination of falling stock prices, rating downgrades, increases in credit default swaps premiums on its debt and negative commentary in the media would result in the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. See LEHMAN, Page 3

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about fact, not perception, and we can help explain what might be coming next,” she said. Each panelist emphasized in their remarks the general

uncertainty of the data already collected about the election and the future political climate. Panelist Ted Brader, a professor of political science, discussed

the reliability of pre-election polls, emphasizing that they fell ultimately within a fair margin of error but were clearly not infallible. See ELECTION, Page 3

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Political Science Prof. Nicholas Valentino discusses gender attitudes towards the election at Angell Hall Monday.

Jason Furman, President Barack Obama’s chief economist, spoke to a crowd of about 165 on public policy’s role in reducing poverty and the effect of certain Obama administration policies on income at the University of Michigan Monday. During the talk, Furman said the United States has recently experienced a surprisingly strong recovery after the 2008 financial crisis, a worldwide economic downturn that resulted in mass job loss and decreased consumer spending. In the years following the crisis, the unemployment rate has fallen below expectations, See ECONOMIST, Page 3

Zak Attack For better or worse, the Michigan men’s basketball team is relying on Zak Irvin for a large portion of its production.

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BRIEF: UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS PEN LETTER TO TRUMP In the three weeks since the election of President-elect Donald Trump over Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, many colleges and universities are speaking out to urge the president-elect to promote unity and peace in light of the rhetoric Trump promoted during his campaign Leading the charge is Bennington College, which has collected more than 110 signatures from college and university presidents on a letter calling for President-elect Trump to condemn acts of hate seen around college campuses and the nation. Many students on campus have expressed concern about the comments he has made on the campaign trail, which include increased immigration laws, promises to limit women’s health access and anti-Islam rhetoric. Mariko Silver, the president of Bennington College, led the effort in creating the letter. In an interview with Inside Higher Ed, she said the letter came from discussions from students who felt “anxiety and

uncertainty” because of the incidents on Bennington’s campus. The letter quotes Trump’s promise at his election night rally to “seek common ground, not hostility; partnership, not conflict” and urges him to take advantage of his leadership and empower the vulnerable. It also outlines the values of the United States as “human decency, equal rights, freedom of expression, and freedom from discrimination,” encouraging Trump to reinforce these principles during his tenure. Since the election, two incidents classified as a type of hate crimes have occurred at the University of Michigan. In one of the incidents on Nov. 11, a man demanded that a female student remove her hijab or he would set her on fire. On Nov. 12, a female student was yelled at by two men for being American, referenced her religion and pushed down a hill. Additionally, a student came home to a swastika drawn in his apartment that week. University President Mark

Schlissel has sent out Universitywide emails condemning incidents such as these and has outlined resources for students who have experienced attacks or harassment, but has not signed the letter started by Bennington. One of Schlissel’s biggest initiatives during his presidency so far has been his Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Plan, which aims to create a more diverse and welcoming campus for students of all identities. However,

Schlissel has been criticized for not doing enough in terms of increasing diversity, and students have expressed their frustration throughout the semester at protests and community forums. University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said Monday in an email interview that he had no information regarding the letter and whether Schlissel would be joining the list of signatures.

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WHAT: A screening of the film “Generation Startup,” which examines the experiences of six college graduates who built startups in Detoit. WHO: University Library WHEN: 7 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. WHERE: Walgreen Drama Center, Stamps Auditorium

WHAT: Currently employed as a staff social worker in the psychoncology clinic at the University Cancer Center, Sara Wiener, LMSW, will share her experience as a therapist and social worker. WHO: Health Sciences Scholars Program WHEN: 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. WHERE: Couzens Hall, Multipurpose Room

WHAT: This panel, featuring experts on grant funding, angel investing and venture capitalists, will answer questions about startup funding. WHO: Innovate Blue WHEN: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. WHERE: Shapiro Library, Innovation Space

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Robert Neumann, police chief of the University of Michigan’s Department of Public Safety and Security, spoke with faculty leaders about prominent safety issues on campus on Monday, including the department’s handling of rape allegations and the extent to which campus police are armed. The discussion was part of a Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs meeting. Neumann and Richard Friedman, Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs police oversight chair, discussed the importance of DPSS being armed in light of emergencies like active shooters. Earlier Monday, a

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Smith regarding whether there is a conf lict of interest when athletes who bring in revenue for the University are being investigated in a rape allegation, Neumann said DPSS is always objective and professional in their investigations. “The administration understands our role as an independent law enforcement agency is that Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office trusts us to be objective and follow the facts where they lead,” Neumann said. “Athletics in particular is an area with a lot of sensitivity and so they probably get less slack than anyone else, quite honestly.” Neumann also explained the process by which DPSS sends out crime alerts, saying the alert may not go out until, at times, several days after the crime was committed. After a man threatened to set a student on fire if she did not remove her hijab on campus earlier this month, a crime alert was sent out a day after the attack. At a City Council meeting on Nov. 21, a University lecturer spoke about being assaulted on campus, called for University action including a crime alert. “Sometimes the incident doesn’t come to our attention until a day or two later and that’s a factor, an ongoing investigation or the case may be solved very quickly are also factors,” Neumann said. “To the extent that we can release information that we are highly confident is accurate, clear and timely and will help keep the community safe — these are some of the factors that go into it.” SACUA members also discussed how to respond to a potential visit by white nationalist Richard Spencer, See SACUA, Page 3

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At SACUA, DPSS chief discusses armed ‘U’ officers, campus safety 20-year-old student attacked at least nine people at Ohio State University, leaving one victim in critical condition. The attacker, a former OSU student, was killed by Alan Horujko, a police officer at the university, after crashing his vehicle into pedestrians and attacking students with a knife. “What happened at Ohio State is exactly why the University or any police department to operate effectively needs to have the ability to take down an active shooter with a field rif le,” Neumann said. UMPD officers carry pistols, but often do not carry stun guns, tasers or other nonlethal weapons, Neumann later said. In response to a question asked by Pharmacy Prof. David

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ECONOMIST From Page 1 real wages —wages adjusted for inflation — have grown and income has increased for people in lower and middle classes. But Furman said despite these factors, the United States’ recovery is not complete. He cited lowered productivity growth, which is the measure of efficiency of production, as a longer-term issue for the economy and said the decline seen in the the levels of firm entry and growth results in the decline of competition in the economy. Furman also discussed increased inequality following the recession, which he said resulted from a rising demand for skilled labor and a slower increase in the rate of education. He added that an increase in unionization resulted in an increase in percentage of money going to the bottom percent, noting that the real value of the minimum wage has decreased. “(The United States) is not just higher than everyone else in terms of the share when we talk 1 percent, but also has seen faster increase in inequality for the top 1 percent than in other countries,” he said. Furman cited decreased labor

ELECTION From Page 1 In particular, Brader said key constituencies of the Republican and Democratic parties turned out in fewer numbers, which for him demonstrated the inaccuracy within projected voter models. Following with the theme of partisan politics, panelists Charles Shipan and Jenna Bednar, professors of political science, highlighted possible consequences of a Republican president and Republican Congress.

LEHMAN From Page 1 history. In his remarks, Ball emphasized that the bankruptcy played a role in the economic recession that began in 2008, saying that despite other large investment firms also failing around the same time, he believes Lehman’s bankruptcy was particularly consequential. “I think it’s quite possible to likely that the financial crisis would’ve been less severe had Lehman been rescued,” Ball said. Citing the disruption, he challenged the Federal Reserve’s choice not to bail it out, saying the reserve could have kept all of the Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. in operation for months with well-secured liquidity support. Instead, he said Federal Reserve officials claimed they did not have the legal authority to lend Lehman the money it needed to survive. The Federal Reserve used Section 13-3 of the Federal Reserve Act, which states Federal Reserve officials cannot take on substantial financial risk,

SACUA From Page 2 who coined the term “alt-right,” a movement that promotes white supremacy and racism. Spencer told The Washington Post he would visit campus, but University spokeswoman Kim Broekhuizen said in an email statement Sunday the University was not aware of any. David Potter, an LSA representative to SACUA, said it is important for the University to be prepared. “Maybe we should start thinking about coordinating with other groups on campus so that when we start getting people like Spencer showing up there is a coherent response,” Potter said. “We cannot wait until after he is already here.” Engineering prof. Michael Atzmon, an Engineering representative to SACUA, noted instances of previous visits by similar individuals. “There will always be

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force participation. Furman said the labor force participation as another barrier, saying the participation rate peaked in the 1950s, but has been declining ever since. “For women, we saw this big increase which is what caused the overall increase, but that stopped around 2000, has declined since then, and there’s a huge gap between the trend we were on and what has happened since then,” he said. Along with the economy, Furman discussed effects of policies enacted during the Obama administration. He said the Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare,” has shrunk the uninsured rate to below 10 percent for the first time, and health care spending has grown slowly in both public and private sectors. Rackham student Elird Haxhiu, an attendee, stressed the importance of learning about public policy, and said Furman brought up very interesting points about inequality, job growth and wage stagnation. “I wasn’t aware that the female labor force participation had been declining since the 2000s; that was new to me,” Haxhiu said. “It was interesting to hear some of the policymakers reiterate some of the same things that we talk

about. When we’re voting for leaders, I think it’s important to know that their proposals could actually go in practice and what effect those proposals might have.” Public Policy graduate student Esi Hutchful echoed this sentiment, noting the overlap between material covered in the talk and her economics classes. “That moment he talked about the thought experiment he did on his own, on what would have happened if productivity would have increased and everything else stayed the same, if wages increased and everything else stayed the same, etc., was really interesting,” Hutchful said. She also said the talk highlighted importance of understanding public policy and how it can lead the nation to be more informed and participate in political discussions. “Public policy really determines everything you can touch on and determines potential solutions to the problems we have now — it’s where we are able to define what exactly these problems are, who are going to be the winners and losers of any given policy,” Hutchful said. “Even if you’re not determining what the policy is, being able to understand that conversation is obviously really important.”

Johns Hopkins University professor Laurence Ball discusses whether Lehman Brothers should have been bailed out by the Federal Reserve at Hutchins Hall Monday.

Shipan said there was large potential for intense debate within Congress regarding the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act. Bednar said the states could experience decreased autonomy that would affect issues such as education, health care and gun control under a unified Congress and presidency. Political Science Prof. Mark Tessler also posed concerns about a potential departure from current U.S. policies toward the Middle East under a Trump presidency. Trump has called for increased immigration laws over the

course of the campaign and has used anti-Islam rhetoric. “It’d certainly be disturbing if the registration of American Muslims became a reality as Trump has discussed,” Tessler said. “And, what would be the larger implications for antiAmericanism in the Middle East from such action?” While there were no definite answers about the outcome of the election presented at Monday’s event, Political Science Prof. Nicholas Valentino showed data from his research that concluded gender attitudes and the emotional responses of voters may

have contributed to Trump’s election. “It’s not just the predispositions of voters that matter, it’s also about the emotional state of the public and anger as seen more in Republicans seemed to be much more mobilizing in the public than the fear that dominated the Democrats,” Valentino said. Rackham student Emmamarie Haasl, a member of the audience, said she found the panel beneficial in processing the results of the election and considering the spectrum of political views. “I think this was helpful in

to justify their decision. But Ball said his calculations show they could have prevented Lehman’s bankruptcy with negligible risk, because Lehman had $570 billion of available collateral. Only an $88 billion loan would therefore have been necessary to substantially aid the Lehman firm. He also charged that they chose not to bailout Lehman because of intense political opposution and a waning hope that the damage could be contained. “My assessment of the Fed is that a lot of the claims they make are contradicted by evidence,” he said. “Their reasoning would not go over well on an undergraduate banking test.” Ball also noted that the political attitudes of many citizens in 2008 included a wariness and distrust of Wall Street and large investment corporations. Some of the students present said they respected the tenacity with which Ball analyzed the numbers behind a potential Lehman rescue. Engineering freshman Aniket Wankhede said he agreed with Ball’s argument.

violence in a case like that,” Atzmon said. “I remember when the KKK came to Ann Arbor.” Kevin Hegarty, vice president and chief financial officer, also spoke at the meeting and answered faculty questions about the financial situation of the University. Hegarty began by brief ly discussing his responsibilities, which include the University’s finances, facilities and operations around campus, investment of the University’s portfolio as well as other duties. He said the University performed well, financially, this year, noting it’s debt. “(The University) closed in very strong financial shape,” Hegarty said. “From a debt perspective, we ended the year with about $2 or $2.1 billion of debt, which I can tell you is not by any means overleveraged.” In response to LSA Rep. and former SACUA chair Silke-Maria Weineck’s question regarding the ethical considerations of investment of

“He talked more about the inner workings of the Fed with respect to the Lehman crisis,” he said. “And the discussion about the investigation that ensued was very interesting. More than political were the economical implications and everything that happened afterward.” Shomik Ghosh, a Law School student, said he approached Ball’s speech analytically. While he said he thought Ball’s approach was original and interesting, he also noted that many approaches to the Lehman bankruptcy puzzle exist. “I think Ball presents a novel hypothesis that this decision may have been far more volitional and consequential than even the Federal Reserve may have known,” Ghosh said. “But in Lehman there was an actor that possibly misrepresented its own holdings and has engaged in really risky financial behavior. I think if he accounted for how Lehman might’ve been a bad actor, a separate angle may be that the feds had concern over whether saving them would’ve perpetuated what you may consider a disease in the system.”

University funds, Hegarty said profit is the overall objective. Many campus activists have urged the University to divest funds from companies they deem as unethical, such as those that have businesses in Israel or oil and coal companies. “The board has taken the position that gives us the guidance as to how they want that portfolio ultimately invested,” Hegarty said. “They don’t want it to be a political football. They want to achieve the maximum return that they possibly can.” Weineck responded to his answer by saying there is no way to invest the University portfolio without making a political statement. “I think some people would say the very fact that certain ethical concerns are being handled politically is a political act,” Weineck said. The annual investment report will be released Dec. 8 at the Board of Regents meeting, according to Hegarty.

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OSU From Page 1 silently out of view or fight only if necessary. Additional tweets from emergency management requested that students seek shelter in place and asked that students only contact police if they have new information. University of Michigan Division of Public Safety and Security spokesperson Diane Brown said University police are aware of the situation and are continuing to patrol Ann Arbor carefully in the wake of OSU’s situation “Our officers are aware of the situation and are diligent in their U-M patrols,” she said. “As always, we encourage anyone who sees something suspicious to call 911 right away.”

trying to get into the minds of voters and where they’re coming from in a more clinical way,” Haasl said. LSA sophomore Dominic Valentino, son of panelist Nicholas Valentino, and LSA senior Lalitha Ramaswamy said they were disappointed at the lack of events initiating dialogue between students on opposite sides of the aisle. “I was hoping for more of a discussion about how people felt about the election and people that disagreed with what was said today because I think that would be more productive for the campus

University spokesperson Rick Fitzgerald wrote in a statement that the University is glad the injured were attended to quickly and situation was handled. “We followed closely the situation this morning on the Ohio State campus and we were heartened to learn that the injured are being treated and police quickly stopped the attack,” he wrote. As the news spread Monday morning, many University of Michigan students, staff and units expressed support for OSU online. LSA Dean Andrew Martin also tweeted in solidarity from his personal account.

climate,” Valentino said. Ramaswamy agreed with Valentino and compared the structure of the panel to discussions sponsored by LSA. “I think panels like this can help in understanding multiple perspectives, but I think more dialogue is necessary at this point,” she said. “The same people show up to these events and the same ideas are recycled, so using faculty to mediate student discussions could be more beneficial.”

BALLOTS From Page 1 must recount the votes so we can build trust in our election system.” In a statement, Michigan Secretary of State said they are confident the ballots were counted correctly the first time through. “The detailed county canvassing process ensures that Michigan residents can have full confidence in the accuracy and integrity of the results,” the site reads. Gov. Rick Snyder said there are no problems with the ballots in Michigan in a tweet Monday evening, and added that Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence need to now focus solely on governing.

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he Oxford Dictionaries The “sincerely held religious just named “post-truth” belief” in question in this case the word of the year. They had to do with contraception. define “post-truth” as “relating The Green family, the owners to or denoting circumstances of Hobby Lobby, and the Hahn in which objective facts are less Family, the owners of Conestoga influential in shaping Wood Specialties, public opinion than both rejected having appeals to emotion to provide their and personal employees with belief.” The popular access (through examples of “postinsurance under the truth” culture are Affordable Care Act) the rhetoric used by to four specific types the Brexit campaign of birth control: and Donald Trump’s IUDs, copper campaign. and hormonal, There’s an and emergency interview with Newt contraception pills, CLARISSA Gingrich at the RNC Plan B and ella. DONNELLYthat is painfully The Greens and representative of the DEROVEN the Hahns believe(d) “post-truth” era. A that life begins at news anchor says to Gingrich conception, and by conception that violent crime rates are they mean fertilization. They down. Gingrich corrects her morally reject these four that there are some cities types of birth control because where violent crime is up, and they think they can prevent a the news anchor concedes fertilized egg from implanting this point, but maintains that in the uterus, which they though in some places violent consider to be an abortion. The crime is up, nationally violent issue here is that scientists who crime rates are down. Gingrich actually study contraceptives says that doesn’t matter. He says that when everyday Americans wake up in the morning, they don’t feel safe, and they feel like violent crime rates are up. The news anchor says they might feel that way, but the facts say otherwise: Violent crime rates are down; we are “safer.” Gingrich then says, “No, that’s your view” and she says, “No, these are facts,” these are FBI statistics, and he says, “What I said is also a fact.” No, what Gingrich says is not a fact, it’s a belief. But we can’t just dismiss the conflation between facts and beliefs as something only done by power hungry, insincere and the reproductive system politicians. The distinction say that IUDs and emergency between facts and beliefs is contraceptive pills do not stop increasingly blurred, and not an already fertilized egg from only in the realm of electoral implanting in the uterus. politics. There is, in fact, a legal IUDs and emergency precedent for the murky and contraceptive pills will not vanishing difference between stop an existing pregnancy. facts and beliefs, and it’s found They are not abortion pills. in the Supreme Court ruling in Emergency contraception Burwell v. Hobby Lobby. works by preventing the sperm In Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, from fertilizing the egg, either the court ruled that closely held by trapping the sperm in mucus for-profit private corporations or preventing the egg from can be exempt from certain being released and fertilized, laws that go against the depending on the kind of corporation owner’s “sincerely contraception you take. If the held religious beliefs” if there sperm has already fertilized is another way to enforce the the egg, the emergency law through means that won’t contraception will have no violate the owner’s religious impact. It will not stop a beliefs. What I’m interested in fertilized egg from implanting is the concept of a “sincerely in the uterus and it will not do held religious belief.” anything if a fertilized egg has

It doesn’t matter if your beliefs are factually accurate so long as they are sincerely held.

already implanted in the uterus. This is all to say: There are factual, biological explanations for how these processes work. But in the Hobby Lobby case, SCOTUS decided that none of this matters: It doesn’t matter if your beliefs are factually accurate so long as they are sincerely held. It doesn’t matter that emergency contraception doesn’t cause an abortion, it only matters that people feel like emergency contraception causes an abortion. In effect, SCOTUS ruled that facts matter less than certain powerful people’s feelings. The interview with Gingrich and the SCOTUS ruling in favor of Hobby Lobby support Oxford Dictionaries’ nomination of “post-truth” as the word of the year. Objective facts appear to have lost ground in the minds of many people in our country, evident in statements from current politicians, but also extending back to Hobby Lobby and beyond. What’s also problematic is that this acceptance of subjective facts (i.e., feelings) as objective facts only seems to be acceptable when it’s done by certain powerful people (read: conservatives and Republicans) to support and maintain their political interests. In cases where subjective facts ought to play a larger role in the discussion, such as in the case of sexual assault or when people of color, LGBTQ people, Muslims, etc. express feeling terrified at the reality of a Trump presidency, those same conservatives and Republicans mock the use of feelings and emotions in discussions. What’s apparent from all this is that the fact/feeling distinction operates in lopsided ways. People of oppressed identities and survivors of sexual assault, among other people, are not allotted the same leeway to make arguments based on feelings, to have their feelings taken as facts, as personal realities and truths, as are their white, conservative counterparts. There is an exclusive group of people and movements that is allowed to use feelings as facts, and while “post-truth” is definitely a thing with legal and historic precedent, using feelings as facts is not accessible for everyone, even when it might be necessary and useful.

Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven can be reached at cedon@umich.edu.

MICHAEL MORDARSKI | COLUMN

Thin-skinned Trump

n Oct. 11, 1975, NBC Clinton, “SNL” used the men and released a show called women seeking and holding the “Saturday Night office of the president as a means Live,” which brought with it of relatable comedy. It was all a revolutionary easy to write, easy to new genre that act and recognizable was based around to every American. sketch comedy. One It suddenly became particular recurring part of the job — when sketch within the first becoming president, few episodes set a you should expect successful tone that the your own comedic and show, and many others moronic doppelganger like it, would continue. to constantly satirize Cast member Chevy every potential choice MICHAEL Chase sat behind a you make. desk in a mock Oval MORDARSKI So when the first Office and clumsily episode of “SNL” reported to the United States following the election capitalized as the president and University on the fact that the Trump alum, Gerald Ford. The era of transition was not running as television’s comedic presidential smoothly as some had hoped, Alec impersonations began with Chevy Baldwin put his incredible acting Chase hilariously capitalizing skills and the seemingly endless on the fact that President Ford amount of comedic material to unfortunately had a few accidents use. He delivered a hilarious that made him appear clumsy and performance of our president-elect, awkward — traits that “SNL” and frantically asking Siri, “How do I Chase transformed into comedic beat ISIS?” and realizing that the gold. And all of this was received, border along Mexico is actually both by the American public and by 2,000 miles long. Ford, to some degree, in a positive And almost right on schedule, and jovial way. our president-elect dropped all And this sketch continued. other “adult” responsibilities Every president and presidential surrounding the peaceful candidate following Gerald Ford transition of presidential was impersonated and recreated administrations, and fell again through several talented actors into his juvenile and bullycapitalizing on any trivial claim like Twitter rants in which he that could be stretched and condemned the entirety of “SNL” overacted to make America laugh. and the poor impersonation they From Dana Carvey as the WASP-y had presented of him. This trend, and nasally George H.W. Bush, this ongoing sketch that satirizes to Kate McKinnon playing the the most recognizable position in almost robotic Secretary Hillary the world, is crossing the line for

our president-elect. Yet, I view this single outburst of angry emotion from a 70-year-old billionaire as one of many that prove to serve as testament to the fragility of his ego and the focus of his actual attention. Throughout the entirety of his life, President-elect Trump has focused an unbelievable amount of time, money and effort toward the retribution of those who criticize his name, looks and actions. From the constant threatening correspondence toward Spy Magazine, which stated he was a “short-fingered vulgarian,” to the actual lawsuits he filed against comedian Bill Maher, who stated he would donate $5 million to charity if birther Donald Trump could prove his mother was not an orange-haired orangutan, Trump hunted down any critique of himself with every asset on hand. Anyone who damages his ego is a viable target, and as demonstrated by the “failing” New York Times in its piece, “The 282 People, Places and Things Donald Trump has insulted on Twitter” — a list that includes every single major-party presidential candidate, entire nations, every major TV network, journalists, the residential lectern in the White House, a gold star family and my favorite, the pope. And one could assume that all of those petty and ridiculous rants and immature verbal onslaughts usually ending in “Bad!!” would somehow guarantee that this insufferable 5-year-old would be deemed incapable of becoming president. Yet America has surprised us all again.

CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONVERSATION But now Trump and his fragile image of himself holds the most powerful office in the world. And the implications of this situation should be very clear. His pettiness and lack of affability toward comedic representations of himself have been blatantly demonstrated throughout the entirety of his public life. The man cannot stand an ounce of criticism — whether it be Alec Baldwin simply restating things Trump has said verbatim, or the pope saying that building walls is not the Christian answer to immigration issues, he has countered with some of the most deplorable and disgusting rhetoric within American political discourse. So if it is even possible, set aside the other horrific factors that will become the Trump presidency. Set aside Vice President-elect Mike Pence and his blatant hatred toward women’s and LGBTQ rights. Set aside National Security Adviser Mike Flynn, who believes Islam is an ideology meant to destroy America. Set aside Steve Bannon, a man who has been the voice for racists and white supremacists across the country. Set aside every disturbing thought associated with who and what will influence this future administration, and simply picture how Trump will respond to such goofy and comical criticisms from “SNL” when he has the power of presidency behind him. Michael Mordarski can be reached at mmordars@umich.edu.

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MUSIC COLUMN

FILM REVIEW

The musical legacy of Barack Obama LAUREN THEISEN Daily Music Columnist

UNIVERSAL PICTURES

He looks like my Finnish cousin’s husband.

‘Loving’ finds humanity in a landmark legal case Drama documents the couple who helped legalize interracial marriage D.C. and returning to their home in Carolina County, Virginia, the Daily Arts Writer couple is arrested and forced to Any movie released after Nov. leave the state for 25 years. 8th — which is consequently a large While living in D.C., Mildred chunk of the Oscar contenders — is writes a letter to Bobby Kennedy, going to be viewed, and the couple more so than ever, is contacted by through the lens of an ACLU lawyer, the modern world, surprisingly played “Loving” especially a period by comedian Nick piece about the fight Kroll (the Douche Universal Pictures for civil rights and from “Parks & especially a movie Recreation”). Michigan Theater like “Loving.” While a departure Out of context, from Kroll’s usual “Loving” is simply breed of comedy, a story of power — both political he’s still funny in “Loving,” and racial — being used to impose leaning on earnestness rather than the ethos of one person or group crudeness for laughs. on the lives of an entire nation of What separates “Loving” from people. It’s about the roots of that other court case period pieces is ethos being grown in the soil of its disregard for the legal side of hate and fear. But more than any things. There’s only one shot of the of that, it’s about the people who Lovings in a courtroom, and most are forced to bend to the will of the of the legal dealings are handled dominant ideology. off screen. The scene in the Loving v. Virginia was the Supreme Court is only two shots: first Supreme Court case with a one of each lawyer delivering a ruling that implied marriage is a small speech about love and rights fundamental right. The marriage and slavery laws. What we do in question was an interracial get is an inside look at the lives marriage between Mildred of Mildred and Richard Loving. Loving, a Black woman, and We take on the role of the Life Richard Loving, a white man. Jeff Magazine photographer, sitting Nichols’s (“Midnight Special”) in the corner while they and their fictionalization of the case follows children simply live. Mildred, played brilliantly by The life they live is simple and Ruth Negga (“Warcraft”), and beautiful. Eventually, they move Richard (Joel Edgerton “Midnight to a big home in the Virginia Special”) from their engagement countryside. Their three children until the Supreme Court ruling. run in the fields. They eat dinner After marrying in Washington together and watch TV. Nothing MADELEINE GAUDIN

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about them is spectacular and that seems to be the point. The Lovings are just a family, living exactly the way you’d expect a family to in 1967. And it’s a quiet life, quite literally. Few words are spoken between any two characters. Richard plays the familiar, tightlipped countryman. He’s gruff with everyone but Mildred and his children, and even with them, he speaks mostly monosyllabically. Mildred is more open and idealistic — two attributes that have never been more wonderfully visualized than they are in Negga’s big, bright eyes. But even she is shy and speaks softly and infrequently. The film’s hush and its turn away from the dramatic, herofilled courtrooms falls in line with a recent cinematic shift to the everyday. With movies like “Moonlight” and “American Honey” casting away strict plot rules and big climaxes, filmmaking seems to be trending towards structural realism, and “Loving” follows suit. “Loving” is the sort of story that makes you say, “Gosh! Can you believe there was a time when interracial marriage was illegal?” This sentence will be repeated by our children when they talk about gay marriage and their grandchildren when they talk about some other civil liberty we have not even thought of granting yet. That’s perhaps what makes the Lovings’ story feel at once so distant and so present.

TV REVIEW

The ladies of ‘SNL’ shine on T-Gives Holiday special highlights universality of Thanksgiving tradition EMILY BICE

of the holidays – introducing a significant other to the family. It’s a scary concept, to bring someone Thanksgiving is a time of new into an established world. overeating, family tension and What if they don’t fit in? leaving your Sometimes, childhood bed as the new addition little as possible. to the family fits “Saturday Night in perfectly. The “Saturday Night Live’s 2016 special reminds Live Thanksgiving Thanksgiving viewers of this too, Special” Special” reminds with “The Bird us of all that, plus Family.” The sketch NBC other sentiments is a visit back to Wednesday, Nov. 23 what some might that come with the holiday. It call the SNL glory takes the normal days (late ’90s/ Thanksgiving early ’00s) when problems and makes them Will Ferrell, Jimmy Fallon, Ana weirder, more over-the-top and Gasteyer, Molly Shannon, Chris much funnier. Parnell and Rachel Dratch reigned The first example of this comes supreme. about 20 minutes into the special, In “The Bird Family,” Ferrell with “Thanksgiving Guest.” Trey and Gasteyer play the parents of a (Josh Hutcherson, “The Hunger unique family — parents who feed Games”) returns home from their children like baby birds. This college with his new girlfriend, means exactly what it implies, Elyse (Vanessa Bayer, “Saturday that they chew food up in their Night Live”). The family — SNL own mouths and then spit it into cast members Aidy Bryant, Kyle the mouths of their kids. Add a Mooney, Bobby Moynihan and new girlfriend, Karen (Julianna Beck Bennett – is excited to meet Margulies, “The Good Wife”), into her, but there’s a catch: Elyse is the mix, and the sketch is a recipe a turkey. The blind-sided family for hilarity. Karen ultimately finds this incredibly awkward embraces the bird feeding (rightfully so) given the fact that method and joins the family for a they have prepared Elyse’s next- uncomfortable, albeit enjoyable, door neighbor for the main course. Thanksgiving. The sketch ultimately devolves Family dynamics can be strange. into Elyse breaking up with Trey Going home for the holidays can and running out on dinner. be difficult. But it doesn’t have to Hopefully no one’s be. In fact, going home can be the Thanksgiving dinner this year exact opposite. For some, being at actually included their family the parent’s house is basically the eating his or her new girlfriend’s same as being a king or a queen. next-door neighbor for dinner. The At least that’s what “Back Home absurdity of the sketch, however, Ballers” implies. The best sketch highlights a real component of the night is the 2014 digital Daily Arts Writer

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short created and performed by the ladies of SNL. Dressed like they’re in a stereotypical rap video, the ladies (Cecily Strong, Kate McKinnon, Sasheer Zamata, Cameron Diaz, Vanessa Bayer and Leslie Jones) sum up how it feels to be home for the holidays. The free food, awkward conversations with neighbors, childhood art projects hung on the wall, PG family outings … it’s all there, in a delightful rap song. Arguably the best part of the digital short is Leslie Jones’s bit about the various bowls which can be found at her mom’s house. Bowls of potato chips, potpourri, M&Ms, seashells, bowls for other bowls — being a “back home baller” means something different to everyone, and for Leslie Jones, it means a lot of bowls. Ironically, I write this article sitting on my couch at home in my childhood pajamas, with a giant bowl of potato chips while my two sports bras tumble gloriously in the laundry machine. A “backhome baller,” indeed. The “Saturday Night Live Thanksgiving Special 2016” provides a much welcomed twohour laugh during everyone’s favorite time of year. Given the nature of the episode, it’s not an escape from the holidays, but rather an excuse to poke fun at and satirize every possible aspect of it. With over 42 seasons of comedy, the annual Thanksgiving special takes “Saturday Night Live” ’s best, worst and most questionable holiday sketches and throws them back into the fire. Didn’t get enough? “SNL Christmas 2016” is right around the corner. Ho, ho, ho.

an. 20, 2009 — The most famous people in the world are gathered in Washington D.C. for what feels like a transformative moment in American history. Barack Obama has been sworn in as president of the United States, and the occasion has been celebrated with performances from iconic musicians like U2, Bruce Springsteen and Aretha Franklin, just to name a few. The greatest moment, though, comes at the first inaugural ball, which features the Obamas’ first dance as the most powerful couple in the free world — the lone figures on the center stage as Beyoncé sings the Etta James classic, “At Last.” Of course, “At Last” is the quintessential first dance song, but in this backdrop it turns into the kind of unreal moment that brings tears to your eyes. Beyoncé, Barack and Michelle are all dressed stunningly and smiling so brightly. I can’t begin to imagine what’s going through the Obamas’ minds in that moment. Are they paralyzingly nervous about what’s to come? Are they stunned with disbelief? Euphoric? Relieved? Looking at them, looking at each other, nothing outside the present seems to matter. At the time, or at least in my naïve pubescent mind, this felt like a new beginning, like Beyoncé was washing away the sins of old America with her beautiful voice, that we could slowly fade to black on the image of the Barack and Michelle slow dancing and enjoy a happy ending. Now, as the country faces an uncertain future, it’s painfully obvious that this was yet another middle chapter — a good time, but still a moment undetached from the scariest, most painful passages of American history. Transformative as it might have felt, the Obama presidency, unfortunately, did not truly put an end to anything. But regardless of what comes next, that breathtaking Beyoncé moment set the tone for a huge part of the legacy of the presidency of Barack Obama: an unprecedented relationship with artists — especially musicians — and a kind of creative credibility that no president before him had ever earned. Succeeding a leader who faced protests from artists as diverse as Kanye West and the Dixie Chicks, President Obama saw and promoted the benefits of music in a new way, and his

administration made connections with artists from across all genres. The Obama White House was where Lin-Manuel Miranda debuted the first song of his phenomenal juggernaut “Hamilton.” Watching the old video of Miranda’s performance now, it’s amazing how much of a novelty it seemed, like he’s a tryingtoo-hard history teacher. That first drop of “Alexander Hamilton” sounds like a punchline. Miranda himself looks too young to be at such a serious event. But the Obama administration put him up there and gave the future MacArthur Genius and superstar a chance. And Miranda was just one of the earliest of the Obama White House’s immensely talented musical guests. President Obama hosted one of the greatest performances of Aretha Franklin’s long, storied career. He had Prince play a private party. He welcomed boundary-pushing, revolutionary artists like Kendrick Lamar and Janelle Monáe, who in presidencies past would likely have been dismissed as being too “extreme.” He appeared via satellite at a Jay-Z festival show, and he sang on stage with B.B. King and Willie Nelson. The great thing about President Obama was that he approached music as a fan, not as a politician. He didn’t look for big stars to co-opt for votes (see: Reagan and Bruce Springsteen); rather, Obama truly seems to love and appreciate what music can accomplish. He organized festivals at the White House so he could both see the artists he loved and give them larger exposure. The dude could start singing Al Green at the drop of a hat. He was so obsessive that he couldn’t narrow down his favorites into one summer playlist, instead releasing “Day” and “Night” versions that, combined, would run for over two-and-a-half hours. He even has the passionate opinions of a fan. When Kanye West infamously interrupted Taylor Swift at the 2009 VMAs, President Obama offered his (ostensibly off-the-record) response: “He’s a jackass.” As Aziz Ansari said when recounting his own Obama story, “This dude acts the exact same way I would act if I was the president.” As Common remarked after being invited to the White House to discuss the My Brother’s Keeper initiative, “It was myself, A$AP Rocky, Rick Ross, J. Cole,

Chance the Rapper and many more in this room, and I’m looking at a picture of George Washington with the President right there next to me, and I’m like, ‘Man, I know George Washington never would have seen this many brothers in the White House!’ ” As Jay-Z put it, simply and triumphantly after the 2008 election, “My President is Black.” But now, with the impending inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, artists for the first time in a generation will have to deal with a president who is not their friend. As a country, we have swung from one of the most passionate lovers of music ever to that guy who says he “likes everything” but really just listens to The Chainsmokers and Maroon 5. Like, seriously, who is even going to sing at his inauguration? Ted Nugent? Pat Boone? The Naked Cowboy? Literally, per Wikipedia, those are 30 percent of his musical endorsements right there. I mean, even Nixon, the least cool president in history, still got that one weird photo op with Elvis. Somehow, despite his recent remarks, I don’t see Kanye being allowed anywhere near the Oval Office. So everything will be different. The festivals will likely cease. The Correspondents’ Dinner will be a lot less cozy. After an era of good feelings, artists will have to fight harder to be heard. They will be asked to directly challenge the Executive Branch for the first time in almost a decade. They might even provoke direct Twitter fights with the most powerful man in the free world. But if I’ve learned anything, it seems clear that yet again, we’re not at the end of America or a new beginning. The Trump Presidency, like the presidencies of Andrew Jackson, Franklin Pierce, Herbert Hoover, Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Clinton and Bush, is another middle chapter, only with a few more pages in front of it. That’s not to discount the very real damage that Trump can do, or the lives that are put at serious risk due to his election. But it’s a reminder that this is a continuation, not the end, and we don’t have the luxury of stopping all that was easier under Obama. Artists have seen how good it can be, and now, they’re going to have to fight to keep that alive. Theisen was univited from Trump’s inauguration. If you are Vince Neil, email ajtheis@umich.edu.

ALBUM REVIEW

‘Jessica Rabbit’ won’t draw you back It’s not lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with this former buzz band Us Now” exemplifies this discomfort, with a beat that is jarringly stop-start and hip-hop Brooklyn-based, pop duo Sleigh beats overlaying rough guitar Bells was one of those bands with riffs. The track doesn’t work as the world at its feet. Songs from well as you’d hope — it’s like two their 2010 debut individual songs album Treats have were written several million and then pasted plays on Spotify to together, thus Jessica Rabbit this day, with “Rill failing to capture Rill” currently at the song’s Sleigh Bells 18 million streams. potential. Torn Clean They were receiving A similar story critical acclaim and can be found became a “buzz on “Throw Me band” — a term synonymous with Down the Stairs,” which is an short-lived fame. angry song with odd interjections However, much has changed of ethereal noises and vocalist and now, as the duo enters its Alexis Krauss’s soft cooing. It eighth year as a band and their doesn’t seem to work surrounded fourth studio album, Sleigh Bells by the rest of the song and keeps a relatively high profile, ultimately renders it forgettable. despite waning media interest. This is sadly something that Taking a few years off from continues throughout the rest of the relentless recording of the album. There are moments their first three albums seems of pure brilliance, often carried to have hindered the band on by Krauss’s amazing vocal range its new album, Jessica Rabbit. and variety. “I Can Only Stare” is Many tracks are disjointed, a definite standout for the album, with overlapping sounds and with synths humming in the vocals that sit uncomfortably, background and the vocals taking and instead of making a forefront, while little in terms of something complete, it’s all sadly guitar appears at all throughout unsatisfying. the song. The tracks that lean Album opener “It’s Just toward a more vocally dominant MEGAN WILLIAMS Daily Arts Writer

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sound are the songs that are the most likely to stick in the mind. “Crucible” is another standout. It’s one of the only songs that manages to blend the experimental sounds and Krauss’s voice together, and it works brilliantly. It has a chirpy sampling that runs throughout, perfectly blending with the vocals and beats. “Crucible” seems to be what the potential of this band is, but it’s only realized in a few moments, while a lot of the other songs on this album fall undeniably into a bland, noisy background. Some tracks are just shy of the two-minute mark, having little impact on the listener, and it’s just a confusing decision to have them included at all. Listening to the album as a whole leaves a disappointingly unsatisfying feeling of “it could have been better.” There is nothing remotely generic about this album, which is something to be both applauded and considered part of the problem. Although definitely worth the listen, Jessica Rabbit fails to produce anything that might draw you back for a second listen, with only a few standout songs present.

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Brazilian architect imagines a world without The Wall in his new exhibit “The Other of The Other” highlights Latin American contributions North Americans. He used yet another colorful story to illustrate the traditional In the short story “On attitude: Picture a different Exactitude in Science” by sort of map, this one reflecting Argentine writer Jorge Luis not the world as it is, but as it Borges, a society was conceived obsessed with by Western “The Other of The maps embarks on thinkers. It’s Other” its most ambitious a map of the project to date. To classical arts, November 18 to them, maps always with Ancient December 2 seemed too small, Greece and too inadequate in Rome as its Duderstadt Gallery representing their base, the pillars Free world in all its holding up the vivid color. After foundation and all, why scale down Europe and the when something United States is always lost in translation at the top as the pinnacles of when doing so? They decide to modern artistic expression. create a 1:1 map of the world — Lara simply doesn’t think this each object, each person, each conception is true — not now, not mountain, valley and clamorous ever. Not even when maps like river would be drawn in full that were really drawn from the detail, mirroring its own exact 16th century onward. Instead, size and shape in the real world. he sees the colonial encounter Spoiler alert: they give up. itself as the basis for ideas of Maps may reflect the world Western superiority in the around them, but they can arts. It may have been Europe’s become worlds themselves just encounter with the Americas as easily — more than plain that breathed new life — as well old pictures, they become as free labor and a wealth of microcosms of the very places natural resources — back into a they are meant to encapsulate. floundering Western Europe. Borges’s imaginary project of This same dynamic is alive mapping, of world-building, and well today. After studying proved too bold. A map can grow Latin America’s vibrant only so large, the world so small. architectural heritage for decades, Lara feels now more than ever that nothing can be separated into hierarchies of merit, least of all the arts. The Americas are an interconnected place, and always have been. Latin America has never been truly separate from America — not architecturally, not politically, and not ethnically or linguistically. “After writing this book on Latin American architecture, Brazilian architect and I no longer want to be a Latin scholar Fernando Lara Americanist. I want to be an approaches his projects with Americanist,” Lara said. “We similar ambition and scope, share a lot in the Americas — but also with more self-control. much more than we are aware A lively, passionate speaker, of.” he told the Borges story, and The implications of Lara’s several others, at a talk at work extend beyond the UMMA. Lara remarked with a Americas into the larger global laugh that his work, particularly architectural sphere as well. His the architectural “map” he own practice in Rio de Janeiro was here to promote, had to be completes community-minded slightly more selective in which public projects for the Brazilian buildings it included, and which government — something that it left out. has dried up as the country faces Lara and his collaborator, a political and economic crisis Mexican architect Luis of unprecedented scale in the Carranza, wrote a lauded book modern era. Brazil’s mistakes about modern Latin American and failures in architecture architecture in 2014 — the first and public design reverberate ever comprehensive survey throughout a world wracked of the field. To complement with similar challenges: rapid their text, now a standard in and chaotic urbanization, wellarchitecture classrooms around meaning public works initiated the world, they designed an by unreliable governments, exhibition, “The Other of the alarming population growth Other: Modern Architecture in and the rise of informal housing Latin America.” This enormous, in slums and favelas. interactive map of prominent It is the ascent of informal modern buildings throughout living, of the informal city Latin America has made its existing outside and within way to Ann Arbor after touring the formally constructed throughout the Americas metropolis, which drives Lara’s over the past two years, and practice. is currently on display at the “Informality is everywhere Duderstadt Center. — it’s a matter of degree,” he The story of Lara’s map is said, comparing Rio’s slums to indeed as compelling, layered the shoddy complexes thrown and labyrinthine as a Borges up for budding entrepreneurs story. In constructing an in Silicon Valley. “It’s a group architectural map of their of characteristics that can apply region, Carranza and Lara to urban settlements lived in by didn’t just transcribe the world over one billion people today,” around them. They traced Lara added. As his interviewer architecture from the 20th cited, in the next 35 years, the century into the 21st, from the world will need to build as much deserts of northern Mexico new housing as has been built down the continent’s thin spine in the previous 5,000 years of to the low hem of the Andes. human existence. In doing so, they charted Latin Informality in Latin America America’s tumultuous century isn’t the only architectural of progress and conflict in its phenomenon that has informed most noteworthy architectural architects globally. Latin creations, and challenged America’s legacy of modernist the traditional assumption innovation, which sits at the of Western, North Atlantic heart of Lara’s work, has dominance in contemporary the potential to offer the architecture. stagnant architectural sphere “We needed to engage this of the United States and North Atlantic knowledge Europe new ways forward. center with our own narrative,” Because it was considered Lara said at his UMMA talk. out of the architectural “It was a strong desire to tell mainstream during the 20th this story from the perspective century, visionary architects of Brazil, Mexico, Argentina. experimented with building That’s what drove this work.” styles in Latin America that All too often, Lara believes, wouldn’t surface here until the story of contemporary decades later. architecture is told from the “When we look at modern viewpoints of Europeans and architecture,” he explained, MERIN MCDIVITT Daily Arts Writer

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Lil Uzi brightens up Gucci “Stop the track to tell my children that I’m proud of them.” On 1017, Daily Arts Writer he’s not just applauding from a It must have been impossible distance. Gucci is running around for Gucci Mane — the 36 year old on a playground in Lil Uzi Vert’s Atlanta-raised rapper who was colorful fantasyland. just released from 1017 vs. the prison in June, World is a gift to but has already the culture from dropped two fulltwo of its most length albums since eccentric, exciting 1017 Vs. The World then — to know and cartoonish Lil Uzi Vert x Gucci exactly how large ambassadors. The Mane his influence over beats are provided hip-hop would almost exclusively Generation Now become during his by longtime Atlanta incarceration. affiliates Zaytoven In 2012, when and Honorable Gucci was convicted of firearm C.N.O.T.E, while Uzi’s erratic possession, the trap rap style vocal inflections juxtapose Gucci’s that he helped usher to national classically cold, straightforward attention had not only blossomed rhyme patterns to create a tug-ofinto a sub-genre, but by June 2016, war style trap project that blends his less technical, more stylish youthful optimism with veteran approach to writing lyrics had realism. become a subject of emulation for On intro song “Changed My countless other artists. Many of Phone,” Lil Uzi calls himself hip hop’s biggest stars — 21 Savage, “Invader Zim” because “[he’s] not Future, Young Thug, A$AP Ferg from this earth” while Guwop and more — seem to have inherited is busy talking about business, elements of their sound through dropping the boastful lines: “I’m Gucci Mane’s influence. Now that signed to me, I’m managed by me, he is free, Guwop is an ultimate shit I feel like I’m pimpin’ me.” gatekeeper. Later, on “Fresh,” Gucci Mane So what does it mean that cuts deep by calling himself a last week, just hours before “coke dealer dressed like a rap Thanksgiving and allegedly days figure” while Lil Uzi Vert is caught away from the arrival of Gucci up on his “Red Gucci leather” and Mane’s next mixtape, The Return “Raf Simons sweater.” Though of East Atlanta Santa, the world they’re united by hip hop and was given 1017 vs. the World, a the status that it’s afforded them, seven-track, collaborative EP by these artists are orbiting on two Gucci and reigning rookie of the different axes. year Lil Uzi Vert? It means that Lil Uzi Vert is just starting out, Guwop is officially endorsing Uzi having released three mixtapes as a part of his empire. since 2015. Though he has ridden Earlier this year, Gucci released their acclaim to top of his class, he a track titled “All My Children” is still yet to release an album. Yet, that celebrates the success of those despite his rookie status, Lil Uzi he has influenced with lines like: Vert remains in control for most of SALVATORE DIGIOIA

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1017 vs. the World. Gucci Mane does not appear on “Today” at all, and though airtime is basically equal on other songs, those with Uzi on the hook tend to be more exciting than “Blond Brigitte,” the only track on which Gucci dominates the microphone. There’s something fresh and modern about Uzi’s screechy crooning, even if it does become borderline piercing upon one’s sixteenth listen of the EP. When placed so plainly aside Gucci Mane, a veteran who we have already heard from plenty, perhaps more so than any other rapper, it seems inevitable that Uzi would emerge as the main event. Still, Guwop’s stamp of approval is sure to serve him well. In the few days since the release of 1017 vs. the World, both rappers have already dropped new music. Gucci Mane released “St. Brick Intro,” the opening song for his upcoming holiday project, while Lil Uzi Vert posted videos of himself head-bobbing to a new song on Twitter. Eventually, this EP may be confusedly bundled up in the back of our minds along with the 10 or 20 other projects that we can expect to hear from these two artists. However, right now, it’s perfectly fit to act as a buffer between their more serious releases, to help boost Uzi — who is set as the opening act for the Weeknd’s upcoming world tour — to superstar status and to further Gucci’s online buzz. This EP is full of fun songs and ultimate Guwop one-liners like: “Pockets looking like an encyclopedia / Baseball money like Derek Jeter.” I’m going to have it on loop for a while; I suspect the same is true for a lot of eager fans.

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“We have to design the border without a wall,” Lara said.

“It was tested in Latin America before it was built in the U.S.” Flip through the pages of Lara’s book and see. A picture of a brutalist concrete building seems to be from 1970s Boston. The caption below, though, tells a different story: 1940s Mexico City, perhaps, or 1950s Caracas. The last century saw Latin America as the playground for the rich and famous of the United States. Little did they know that blueprint by blueprint, the region was being transformed into an architectural hotspot. Today, with the work of scholars like Lara, architects south of the border can finally get their moment in the sun. This revelation — that Latin America has a great deal to contribute, in arts and in every other major global arena — seems comically obvious. But its significance has as much to do with contemporary politics as it does with architecture or academia. Just as the United States has been slow to recognize the contributions of artists and architects from other parts of the Americas, Lara feels its present-day political developments have generated an atmosphere of mistrust and exclusion for foreign cultures. An internationalist who values openness and heterogeneity to foster artistic growth, he was particularly critical of President-elect Donald’s Trump’s proposal to construct a 2,000 mile concrete wall. Lara teaches at the University of Texas at Austin, just a fourhour drive from the U.S./Mexico border. It is not just the physical, but also the psychological effects of the proposed wall, as well as its symbolism in the international arena, that upsets the Brazilian scholar. To him, it speaks to the same closed-off attitudes and cultural hierarchies that portrayed Latin America as second-class, and treated Latinos as secondclass citizens, for so long. So he decided to do something about it. “We have the responsibility to propose things that make the world better,” Lara said. So at the start of classes this fall, the professor presented his students with a unique challenge: “We have to design the border without a wall.”

“We have the responsibility to ... make the world better.” All fall semester, Lara and his architecture graduate students have been absorbed in their work. Now, the project is complete. Their border may lack a physical wall, but it is far from lawless. After all, Lara pointed out that just as drugs and human beings continue to pass north through today’s highly militarized border, illegal arms flow south, exacerbating narcotrafficking conflict and day-to-day violence. Crisscrossed with a network of humane law enforcement facilities and safety mechanisms, it encapsulates the ideal of the open border without sacrificing peace of mind. The President-elect has offered one possible solution to the issue of immigration and border control. Lara and his students have offered another, but many American voters may have already made up their minds The United States might not be ready for Lara’s solutions. Just as with modernist architecture in the last century, once again, it’s Latin American thinkers leading the vanguard. Skepticism and reactionary views don’t seem to faze Lara; he learned his craft from a patient crowd, after all. “We have to think of the border this way,” Lara concluded. “We may be generations away from it. But we must envision it.”

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hough many members of the Michigan women’s basketball team shared

their excitement ETHAN to play in WOLFE the Virgin Islands at the On Hoops aptly named Paradise Jam, it wasn’t just beaches and sunshine. The Wolverines were to be tested on the hardwood against two ranked opponents, No. 25 Gonzaga and No. 10 Florida State, and Winthrop. It was a daunting task for unranked Michigan. And while it’s still too early to tell what the NCAA Tournament implications will be for the Wolverines, if there are any at all, they knew going in that they would have to at least make the games competitive to earn respect. And they did just that, going 2-1 for the weekend with an upset over Gonzaga, throttling of Winthrop and a tight contest against Florida State. Unlike the past three seasons, it wasn’t about earning the respect of being a worthy adversary. It was the respect of being a top-tier team in the country, and putting a number before its name opponents’ schedules. Michigan saw its last top-25 ranking in the 2012-13 season, when it peaked at No. 23 in the Associated Press poll during week 12 — the last season it made the NCAA Tournament. Monday, the AP Poll again left them out of the rankings with just 22 votes, good for 33rd. But if the Wolverines’ performance in the Virgin Islands is any indication, it is time that their unranked streak comes to an end. Prior to facing Gonzaga for its first game on Thursday,

Michigan hadn’t even received a vote in the AP Poll this season. So when it met a lengthier Bulldogs team that had trounced No. 11 Stanford on the road in its previous game, it seemed like it would be a long night. But it wasn’t. The Wolverines not only upset Gonzaga, 78-66, but also outplayed them wireto-wire without giving up their lead. Michigan’s three-headed monster of Katelynn Flaherty, Siera Thompson, and Hallie Thome combined to shoot 23-for38 from the field and dished out 14 assists — proving yet again they make up one of the most dynamic trios in the country. The Wolverines were impressive against the Bulldogs, but it was their matchup against Florida State that shed the most light on Michigan’s potential. The final score was lopsided in favor of the Seminoles, 76-62, but for three quarters, the Wolverines held their own against a top-10 team. Michigan’s deficit came as close as five points in the fourth quarter. It topped Florida State in nearly every category on the stat sheet, but was ultimately plagued by foul trouble, getting outshot at the free-throw line 34 attempts to 11. Notwithstanding the loss, Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico sees her team’s confidence growing. “(There were) definitely a lot of positives and hopefully this continues to motivate us moving forward,” Barnes Arico said. “I think our team is really excited about what we have and what we can be.” We’ll never know what the score would have been if Michigan committed fewer fouls, but one thing is abundantly clear: The Wolverines look legit through their first seven games. Playing against all calibers

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Kieffer-Wright keys Senior Night sweep TIEN LE

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Kim Barnes Arico and her team made a case to be ranked last week.

of competition, Michigan holds the fourth-best scoring margin in the country (34.1 points per game), the amalgam of the 11th-best scoring defense and 12th-best scoring offense. “If teams don’t see us,” Barnes Arico said, “they don’t understand how fast we really like to go, how much we share the basketball in transition, make extra passes and how we can knock down shots.” Even with a three-guard offense reliant on mid-range and 3-point shooting, the Wolverines still have the nation’s secondbest field goal percentage (51.8). Michigan, of course, isn’t perfect. It has battled inconsistent ball handling and foul troubles — both byproducts of a more up-tempo, aggressive gameplan. And 14-point losses

aren’t flukes. But all of the pieces are there: an All-American shooting guard, a floor general, a plethora of rebounders and a bench that can run five players deep. Even the coaching staff has stuck together, now in its third season. Thus far, these pieces have put together a stat sheet that tells the story of a top-25 team. And if that isn’t enough, the Wolverines have looked pretty damn good on the eye test, too. With powerhouses like Maryland and Ohio State in the Big Ten, Michigan still may be a ways away from being conference title contenders. But the Wolverines aren’t a walk in the park, either, and they should garner the respect of being a true threat. A spot on a national poll would do just that.

Cliff Keen Arena was abuzz from start to finish as the No. 18 Michigan volleyball team celebrated its Senior Night with a win against No. 14 Michigan State. On this emotional night, it wasn’t a senior who may have made the biggest impact in a 3-0 sweep — it was sophomore middle blocker Claire Kieffer-Wright. Coming off of a road game in which she posted a career-high 16 kills, Kieffer-Wright aimed to use her momentum from the previous match to start off strong in Wednesday’s game. “Claire has such a great attitude, and whenever she gets going, she pulls someone else with her,” said senior middle blocker Abby Cole. “She gives the momentum to someone else. She shares that.” Her success indeed carried over to the team as the Wolverines gained an early lead in the first set and finished it, 25-16, without trailing once. Kieffer-Wright helped close the set, scoring four of the last five points and leading the team with six kills and an attack average of .455. Kieffer-Wright’s finishing performance during the set was met with roaring approval by the sold-out crowd in the arena. While emotions ran high in the last home game of the season, Kieffer-Wright held a strong mental fortitude that she had worked on throughout the season. Carrying her sharp focus into the second set, Kieffer-Wright scored the first point to spark a 17-4 run. She recorded two blocks and two block assists during the stretch. She ended the set — which Michigan won, 25-11 — with a spike down the right of the court.

As the team headed into the locker room after the second set, Kieffer-Wright’s impact loomed large over the game, especially thanks to her effect on her teammates. “She’s so much more connected to her teammates because she’s not in her own mind, and I think you just see her maturing as an athlete,” said Michigan coach Mark Rosen. “Physically, she’s a great athlete, but mentally, she’s sharp. She is very in tune with the game.” Looking to make the third set the final one, Kieffer-Wright entered the court again with the same mindset she had at the start. And in similar fashion as the second set, Kieffer-Wright opened the third with a kill that led to a Michigan run. Her kills set the pace for the aggressive style of play the Wolverines adopted. Unlike the first two sets, however, Michigan struggled to maintain its lead as the Spartans tied the set late after a fourpoint run. However, KiefferWright had key plays that kept the Wolverines in the game and stopped the momentum from going the Spartans’ way. Scoring the advantage point twice as both teams battled for the two-point advantage, she relieved a large amount of pressure from the Wolverines so they could continue to be aggressive and ultimately win the set, 32-30. Kieffer-Wright recorded her seventh consecutive match with double-digit kills (12) and recorded an attack average of .476. “This has been a really big season for her,” Cole said. “She’s made more of an impact than I can even explain. Not only is she a team player, but emotionally I think she gets big plays when they’re needed.”

‘M’ fined for Harbaugh’s rant Calderone reaps benefits of effort JAKE LOURIM

Managing Sports Editor

As a punishment for Jim Harbaugh’s postgame comments about the officiating in his team’s loss at Ohio State NOTEBOOK on Saturday, the Big Ten office fined the University $10,000 and issued a public reprimand to Harbaugh. The penalty is a minor one for Harbaugh, who makes more than $9 million per year, according to USA TODAY. It’s also the Big Ten’s standard response to an offense like Harbaugh’s. Most recently, former Nebraska coach Bo Pelini faced the same penalty for criticizing a pass interference penalty after a game against Iowa. Harbaugh spent most of his postgame press conference Saturday lamenting the officiating, saying he was “bitterly disappointed.” The Big Ten ruled that the comments violated its sportsmanship policy, which requires “all contests involving a member institution to be conducted without compromise to any fundamental element of sportsmanship.” On the second-to-last play of double overtime Saturday, on 4th-and-1 from Michigan’s 16-yard line, Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett took a hit and dove forward toward the first-down marker. The officials ruled that Barrett made the first down, prolonging the game, and the Buckeyes won on the next play. “There wasn’t a first down,” Harbaugh said, holding his hands out and adding, “by that much.” He continued: “I am bitterly disappointed with the officiating today. That spot, the graphic displays, the interference penalties. The one not called

on us on Grant Perry, clearly was being hooked before the ball got there. And the previous penalty they called on Delano Hill, the ball’s uncatchable and by the receiver. So I’m bitterly disappointed in the officiating. Can’t make that any more clear.” Harbaugh also believed that the officials missed multiple holding and false-start penalties against Ohio State. Near the end of the third quarter, Harbaugh drew an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty of his own by arguing and breaking his headset in frustration. An Athletic Department spokesman had “no additional statement following tonight’s news from the Big Ten.”

“I am bitterly disappointed in the officiating today.”

PLAYOFF PRIMER: The chances of Michigan making the College Football Playoff after losing to Ohio State on Saturday are very small. We’ll start to find out how small on Tuesday night. The playoff committee will release its weekly rankings to set the stakes for the final weekend of the season. The Wolverines came in at No. 3 in last week’s poll and should fall from there after the loss, but how far they’ll fall is unclear. The slim margin and the fact that the game was on the road should help Michigan’s cause. Alabama has been No. 1 in every edition of the rankings and should be again after beating No. 13 Auburn on Saturday, 30-12. The Buckeyes should stay at No. 2 after winning Saturday, making them a near-lock for the playoff since they don’t play this weekend. After that, Michigan needs some help. No. 4 Clemson appears poised to move into the Wolverines’ old spot after trouncing South Carolina, 56-7. The Tigers are heavy favorites

in the ACC Championship Game against Virginia Tech this weekend. No. 5 Washington also scored a convincing victory against Washington State on Friday. If the Huskies can take care of business in the Pac-12 Championship Game against Colorado, they should snag the final spot in the playoff and leave Michigan on the outside looking in. If they can’t, the door is open for another Big Ten team — either Michigan, Wisconsin or Penn State. The sixth-ranked Badgers and seventh-ranked Nittany Lions, both 10-2 like the Wolverines, play in the Big Ten Championship Game on Saturday night, earning another chance to prove themselves. Wisconsin can likely move past Michigan with a win in that game, while the Nittany Lions will have a harder time considering the Wolverines beat them in September, 49-10. All of this, of course, is subject to the decision of the committee, which is what makes Tuesday so important. If Michigan can hold firm in the top four or five, the Wolverines can hope chaos this weekend vaults them into the playoff, as unlikely as the odds are. AN EARLY AWARD LOOK: Michigan defensive coordinator Don Brown is one of five finalists for the Broyles Award, given to the nation’s best assistant coach, as recognition for his unit’s terrific season. In Brown’s first season, the defense ranks second in total defense, first in passing defense, 14th in rushing defense and second in scoring defense. The Wolverines are also the best in the country at stopping thirddown opportunities. The other four finalists are also coordinators: Alabama’s Jeremy Pruitt (defense), Clemson’s Brent Venables (defense), Colorado’s Jim Leavitt (defense) and Pittsburgh’s Matt Canada (offense). The Broyles Foundation will present the award on Dec. 6

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Daily Sports Writer

Tony Calderone found himself with the puck and a clear view of the net halfway through the second period of No. 20 Michigan’s game against Lake Superior State. Sandwiched between two defenders, the junior forward had merely a split second to get his shot off — something he might not have been able to do last year. But this season’s version of Tony Calderone spent all summer working on his timing, shooting an endless number of pucks to speed his shot up. He had noticed while watching his former teammates Tyler Motte and Kyle Connor last year that while the duo didn’t necessarily have the hardest shots, they were able to get it off quickly when under duress, and he wanted to add that to his offensive repertoire. So on Friday, armed with a quicker shot, Calderone took the touch pass from linemate Dexter Dancs during a power play, spent just the briefest of moments controlling the puck with his stick and threw it on net as quickly as he could to beat the Laker goaltender five-hole. It was his fifth goal of the year — he would score his sixth the following night — and while he is now tied for the team lead in goals as Michigan begins conference play, it hasn’t been easy for Calderone to transfer his work from the offseason to scoring goals. After all, shooting pucks on an empty rink is a bit different from the real thing. In order to see the results he wanted on the ice, Calderone first had to fix his mindset. “I was worried about making mistakes too much at the beginning of the year,” Calderone said Monday. “And (now) I’m kinda just starting to relax and making some confident plays, and it’s worked out.” Added Michigan coach Red Berenson: “We’ve seen a little bit of (his new shot). That comes and goes with his confidence. Some players get the shot away quick and they don’t know where it’s going. When Tony is dialed in, he gets

his shot away quick and he knows where it’s going. He can place the shot, he can beat the goalie with a good shot, top shelf or stick side or wherever he wants to shoot in. When he’s not dialed in, he gets his shot away and it might not hit the net. So that’s a part of it, too.” Berenson and his staff had a preseason meeting with every player, and in Calderone’s case, the plan — a vision — was clearly laid out: Michigan needed him to produce. Scoring goals is familiar territory for Calderone. After all, he had arrived in Ann Arbor with a reputation for lighting up the lamp. In 2012, he was the United States Hockey League’s first overall draft pick, and in 124 games between two seasons, he scored 53 goals. That output failed to follow him to his first two seasons at Michigan, but it seemed only a matter of time before Calderone broke out. After the departures of players such as Motte and Connor, Calderone was in line for more playing time and more chances to display his new shot. But goal-scoring wasn’t the only thing Berenson wanted from Calderone. He needed Calderone, one of the older and most experienced players on

the team, to show the younger players the ropes. So Calderone sought to emulate the style of last year’s captain JT Compher, who Calderone says was “one of the best captains ever.” “(Calderone’s) an older junior, he’s probably the same age as our seniors, and so I think he’s got respect on the team,” Berenson said. “... If you’re going to say something, you’ve gotta do it. You can’t just be a talker, and Tony knows that. It’s important, if you’re talking to another player about, ‘We gotta do this, we gotta do that,’ it starts with me.” It may have taken some time for that transformation to take place, but it appears Calderone has got the hang of it now — and he just so happens to be seeing an uptick in production as well. “When he scores, he gets more confidence, and then he plays better,” Berenson said. “Saturday, I thought, was his best game of the year. And he could’ve had four or five goals, the way that he worked hard, he was in the right place and the line was playing well. So I think it rubs off from what he does in the summer. And he’s a honest kid. He’s a kid that tries hard every day to be a good player, and when it all comes together, it shows up in his goal-scoring.”

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Now more than ever, ‘M’ needs Irvin KEVIN SANTO

Daily Sports Editor

If the Michigan basketball team is a train, Derrick Walton Jr. might be the conductor. But Zak Irvin is the engine that drives it. Prior to the Wolverines’ season-opening exhibition against Armstrong State, Michigan’s senior wing admitted as much. “We know that the team goes as Derrick and I go,” Irvin said on Nov. 3. “We’ve recognized that and we know that we have to play at our best, be at our best — offensively, but defensively as well. I think we set the tone going into every game and we have to know that and we can’t have any let-offs.” It was a refreshing dose of realism from the veteran who comprises a leadership group that has been quick to say this season’s outcome will be determined by a collective team effort. While that may be true, the stark reality is that this team could live or die by Irvin’s performances. That much showed itself in the Wolverines’ matchup against South Carolina last Wednesday, where they learned for the first time that if Irvin doesn’t go, then they may not go at all. After committing eight turnovers and scoring just five points on 2-for13 shooting, Irvin was forced to watch from the bench after fouling out with 5:33 left to play as Michigan swallowed a 61-46 loss against the Gamecocks. But Irvin rebounded from the dismal performance with a team-high 14 points against

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Senior wing Zak Irvin is a critical component of the Michigan men’s basketball team, which could see its fate swing with Irvin’s performance this season.

Mount St. Mary’s, leading Michigan to a 17-point victory. “You go out there and hit your first shot and it’s like, ‘Finally, thank you,’ ” Irvin said on Saturday. “I was definitely getting reps in before the game so I was happy to see the first three went in.” Added Beilein: “I made the correlation. It was like Caris Levert’s (Southern Methodist) game last year. Nothing could go for him. He just didn’t make

“We know that the team goes as Derrick and I go.”

some plays that we’re used to Zak making. So I love it. He had great energy, he took the coaching really well the last two days about how he may be trying to do too much sometimes, about some tendencies that he’s had that are out there on scout that he’s gotta realize he can’t continue to do or people will take away.” The pressure on Irvin’s shoulders is nothing new. His statement in early November was more a ceremonial token of seniority than a final declaration. After spending his career in Ann Arbor playing on a team decimated by injuries, the

Wolverines’ outcomes have been determined by Irvin for a long time now. There’s plenty of evidence of that, but last year’s matchup against Michigan State at Crisler Center may be the only evidence needed. Michigan was blown out by 16, but Irvin tried to will his team over a hurdle by pouring in 19 points on 8-for-16 shooting. He tried to inspire the Wolverines verbally, too, storming into the huddle and screaming at his teammates to wake up. But now, to say Michigan will perform as Irvin does is truer than ever. While Irvin could rely on Kameron Chatman to come

off the bench in relief last year, Chatman’s transfer left freshmen guards Ibi Watson and Xavier Simpson as the Wolverines’ best options to back up Irvin. Right now, those aren’t reliable options, as their defensive games have left something to be desired for coach John Beilein. “I can’t give the rest — tomorrow, they have rest, and then we’ll work hard Monday, Tuesday with X and Ibi so that every day they get closer to getting in there,” Beilein said on Saturday. “If we’re still playing this way in the middle of January and February, it’s going to be a hard year. These guys,

we’ve just got to bring them along, win games, rest, bring them along, win games, rest.” As Beilein indicated, the freshmen development process is certainly a pressing one for his team. Through six games, Irvin is averaging the most minutes played per game on the team with 33. If that number holds through the season, things could turn ugly for Michigan — especially given the fact that Irvin played 35 games after recovering from a back surgery last year. Given the Wolverines’ injury history, that workload could quickly become a dangerous test of fate. That might not show up against teams like the Mountaineers, but the stakes are higher when facing Virginia Tech or a conference opponent. Irvin’s performance in the Big Apple showed he has the ability to handle that. Eleven days ago, Michigan traveled to Madison Square Garden and left as the champion of the 2K Classic. Lost among Walton’s barrage of 3-pointers and redshirt sophomore forward DJ Wilson’s dunks in the tournament championship was the second of two performances that earned Irvin the tournament MVP honor. Irvin combined for 32 points on 11-for-22 shooting and 13 rebounds, en route to helping push Michigan into the top-25 for the first time this season. But when Irvin went cold against South Carolina five days later, the Wolverines followed suit and went colder, losing that ranking as soon as they earned it. And with the rest of the season ahead, the last 12 days have made it clear: Irvin was right at the beginning of November. As he goes, Michigan will go with him.