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Through the University of Michigan is currently embarking upon a series of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion initiatives, the University still ranks low nationally in socioeconomic diversity among students. According to a recent report from The Upshot in the New York Times, the median family income of a student is $154,000 — the highest of 27 public colleges classified as “highly selective.” The Upshot also reported that 66 percent of students come from the top 20 percent of the income distribution, and 9.3 percent of students come from the top 1 percent of the income distribution — also the highest of the 27 institutions. Additionally, the University ranked last out of 25 highly selective public colleges in terms of economic social mobility. The report states that
GOP intent to repeal ACA poses questions for Michigan Medicaid The state’s unique health care plan relies on funding from the national program CALEB CHADWELL Daily Staff Reporter
With both the United States’ House of Representatives and Senate voting to approve budget resolutions last week in the first step toward repealing President Barack Obama’s health care law, the future of health care — particularly Michigan’s unique Healthy Michigan Medicaid Plan — is uncertain. The Healthy Michigan Plan made available in 2014 uses
funding through the health care law or “Obamacare,” as it is commonly referred to, to expand Medicaid coverage to adults with incomes at 133 percent of the federal poverty level, or about $16,000 per year. A recent study conducted by University of Michigan lead researchers John Ayanian and health economist Helen Levy concluded Michigan’s Medicaid expansion will leave the state with more money than it actually spends on the program until 2021. Ayanian, director of the UM
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SAPAC director to leave ‘U’ on Feb. 5 Director to pursue role at EverFi, aims to develop campus health initiative KAELA THEUT
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After serving the University of Michigan for seven years, Holly Rider-Milkovich, the director of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center, announced on Jan. 13 she is stepping down from her position. SAPAC, a University entity, trains students to act as a peer network for survivors of sexual assault on campus and further aims to advocate for social change by offering professional services, such as counseling and crisis hotlines, for the campus community. During her tenure as director, the University was placed under Title IX investigation, and the sexual assault policy was updated. In an email interview with the Daily, University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald wrote RiderMilkovich contributed greatly in bringing sexual misconduct to the forefront of University discussion. “Holly Rider-Milkovich has been director of the U-M Sexual Assault Prevention and See SAPAC, Page 3
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Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, said the goal of the study was to evaluate the broader economic effect of the Healthy Michigan Plan, such as additional employment and economic activity. “As of January 2017, the state is responsible for covering five percent of the health care costs, and that will go up to 10 percent in 2020,” Ayanian said. “For 2017, Michigan is getting about $3.4 billion in federal funding for the Healthy Michigan Plan, so we wanted to estimate what effect
that has on employment, personal income and state tax revenues as those dollars come in.” The study concluded that in addition to over 600,000 lowincome adult enrollees, 30,000 new jobs and an additional $2.3 billion of economic activity will be generated in Michigan as a result of the plan. “We found that from 2015 through 2021 we estimate this funding is adding over 30,000 jobs to the state economy each year — about a third of them are in See GOP, Page 3
Social Impact Challenge to move in light of partnership with UM-Flint The competition will relocate from Detroit where it was housed for five years KAELA THEUT
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As a result of a new partnership between the Ross School of Business’s Center for Social Impact in Ann Arbor and the University of MichiganFlint’s Office of University Outreach, the sixth annual Social Impact Challenge will take place in Flint this semester instead of Detroit. In previous years, the Center for Social Impact has held its Social Impact Challenges in Detroit, where teams partnered with different community and nonprofit organizations to develop solutions to problems in the city. Last year, students aided in the launch of Detroit Police Athletic League’s Kids at the Corner Campaign in partnership with the old Tiger Stadium Conservancy. However, after the Flint Water Crisis left community members feeling devastated, student participants of the Challenge shifted the program’s focus to bring economic development to Flint neighborhoods, as well as the city center, through their collaboration, innovation and entrepreneurship. Glenn Bugala, marketing manager for the Center for Social Impact, said the Center is not only working with UM-Flint for the Challenge but also the city of Flint itself
in an effort to join the two communities together. “In addition to working with UM-Flint Office of University Outreach, we will be working on the case with community partners, the city of Flint and Skypoint Ventures — a venture capital and real estate company with strong social impact ties,” Bugala said. “Furthermore, our finals will be presented March 15 at the Flint Institute of Arts as part of the Arts
and Social Entrepreneurship Symposium, at which School of Music, Theatre & Dance Dean Aaron Dworkin will be a keynote speaker.” Bugala noted the connection between the Center for Social Impact and UM Flint is special because, for the first time, students can form teams consisting of participants from more than one campus, bringing diversity of thought to
the program. “Being in Flint puts us on the front line of a city that has captured the attention of the country,” Bugala said. “For the first time, we will be partnering with another University of Michigan campus to offer this opportunity. UM-Flint’s Outreach Office is uniquely poised to provide background, contacts and insights for future See SOCIAL IMPACT, Page 3
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only 10 percent of University alumni moved up two or more income quintiles. Stony Brook University in New York came in first with 34 percent and University of California-Irvine came in second with 27 percent. University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said it will take time for the DEI initiatives to make significant gains, but there are many promising programs in the works, and the University has already begun to see progress. Regarding the University’s 2016 enrollment, Fitzgerald noted first generation students made up 14 percent of the freshman class, up from 8.5 percent in 2015. The percent of Pell Grant-eligible students was 17 percent in 2016, up from 15 percent, and it has been on the rise in recent years. He added that the transfer student enrollees — a group which, he said, consists of relatively more first generation students, lower income students and students of underrepresented minorities — See INCOME, Page 3
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CSG aims to highlight students in 200 for 200 Facebook posts to feature influential students through bicentennial year RACHEL COHEN Daily Staff Reporter
The University of Michigan Central Student Government featured on their Facebook page the first five students who were selected to be a part of its new initiative, “200 for 200,” Wednesday morning. The “200 for 200” initiative, launched last semester, will feature 200 of the University’s most accomplished students in a year-long Facebook photo series in honor of the University’s bicentennial. LSA junior Aaron Cahen, chair of CSG’s Bicentennial Planning Commission, said the initiative was created by the Bicentennial Planning Commission to recognize heavily involved students currently enrolled at the University. “There would be no University to celebrate the past 200 years without the student body, so we wanted to take this opportunity to honor them,” Cahen said. Students can be nominated through a survey, which was created for CSG to receive a diverse array of nominees who are involved in many different parts of campus, Joe Shea, Public Policy See CSG, Page 3
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ON THE DAILY: ‘U’ STADIUMS RANKED AMONG BEST IN COUNTRY The University of Michigan offers one of the best all-around sports experiences in the country, with Michigan Stadium, Yost Ice Arena and Crisler Center each listed in the “Top 100 Stadium Experiences of 2016,” according to website and magazine “Stadium Journey.” The list, which evaluated the fan experience at 761 different college and professional sports stadiums in the United States, listed Michigan Stadium at number 16, Yost Ice Arena at number 68 and Crisler Arena at number 73. As the largest stadium in North America with a capacity of 107,601, the experience on a Saturday in Ann Arbor at the Big House earned high praise from the author of the article, Paul Swaney. “With the recent ascendancy of the program, this may just be the perfect time to see a game
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at Michigan Stadium,” Swaney wrote in the description. “The Big House and a Michigan football game should sit squarely on even the shortest list of must see venues for any sports fan. The grandiosity, history, and pure joy of a Saturday in Ann Arbor is a must for all avid stadium travelers.” The Wolverines’ chief rivals, Ohio State and Michigan State, did not fare well on the list and only had one entry: Ohio State’s Ohio Stadium ranking at number 35. The only other stadium in the state of Michigan to make the list was Comerica Park, home of the Detroit Tigers, at number 92. The three other major Detroit sports stadiums — Joe Louis Arena, Ford Field and The Palace of Auburn Hills — did not make the list. - CALEB CHADWELL
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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Science As Art Contest WHAT: Artwork expressing a scientific concept will be judged using scientific and artistic criteria. Submitted artwork may be visual, literary, musical, video or performance based. WHO: Science Learning Center WHEN: 9 a.m. to noon WHERE: Chemistry Building, Room 1720
EIHS Symposium: Study of Race in Latin America
International Institute Photo Contest Exhibit
Tech Talk: Storage & Collaboration Tools
WHAT: A symposium consisting of several panels will discuss the development of systems of racial identity in Latin America and the Caribbean. WHO: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies WHEN: 9:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Tisch Hall, Room 1014
WHAT: Award ceremony for a photo contest for students who have traveled abroad and the photos will be exhibited. WHO: International Institute WHEN: 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. WHERE: Social Work Building, International Institute Gallery, First Floor
WHAT: The Computer Showcase Workshop Series will feature core tools like Google Drive and Box. WHO: Information and Technology Services WHEN: 11 a.m. to noon WHERE: Michigan Union, Room G312
The Roy A. Rappaport Lectures: A Socialist Peace?
Life After Grad School: Breast Cancer Imaging WHAT: A seminar led by Gursharan Sandhu will discuss ultrasound tomography, a new technique in breast cancer imaging. WHO: Life After Grad School Seminars WHEN: Noon to 1 p.m. WHERE: West Hall, Room 335
WHAT: Mike McGovern will lecture on the Republic of Guinea and understanding and explaining the absence of war. WHO: Department of Anthropology WHEN: 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: Rackham, Assembly Hall, Fourth Floor
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CJS Film Screening: Happy Hour
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WHAT: “Happy Hour” will be screened for free with an introduction by and post-film Q&A with director Ryusuke Hamaguchi. WHO: Center for Japanese Studies WHEN: 5 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. WHERE: Angell Hall, Auditorium A
WHAT: Advisors will answer questions about applications. Registration for a half-hour time slot rquired. WHO: Ross Master of Accounting Program WHEN: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Ross School of Business, Room K2520
University claims no norovirus cases despite student concerns Daily Staff Reporter
According to an email sent by Charlie Houlik Wednesday night to members of the Sigma Kappa sorority living in the chapter house, “up to 30 Fraternity guys have been hospitalized with the Norovirus.” The email stated the sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma had closed its doors to any nonresidents, and encouraged members of Sigma Kappa to do the same. There were reports last week of a vomit-inducing illness originating from an unspecified fraternity when several members of Mary Markley Residence Hall suddenly became sick. “It started off with one girl, because I guess one of the frats on campus had it, and then her sorority mixed with them on Saturday so she got it,” said
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LSA freshman Haya Akbik last week. “Then she gave it to her roommate, and some girls in our hall got it, and last night a girl in our hall slept in my room because her roommate had it and
I can tell you with 100 percent certainty that no one has been hospitalized was puking all night, and then my friend on the other side of Markley has it.” University of Michigan representatives say they have not
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seen any evidence to substantiate the email. According to University spokesperson Kim Broekhuizen, there have been no new cases of gastrointestinal illness in the past week. “I can tell you with 100 percent certainty that no one has been hospitalized,” she said. “Typically, it’s my understanding that they don’t test to confirm norovirus unless there’s a significant concentration of an outbreak in one single area, and we haven’t had that.” Mary Masson, director of institutional positioning for Michigan Medicine (formerly known as the University of Michigan Health System), confirmed Broekhuizen’s statement. Though, a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity who asked to remain anonymous said he was diagnosed with norovirus at Michigan Medicine. “It was UMHS, and yeah, they said it was the norovirus,” he said. According to the website for the Center for Disease Control, the most common symptoms of norovirus are diarrhea, throwing up, nausea and stomach pain, while less common symptoms are fever, headaches and body aches.” The anonymous member of Phi Kappa Psi described similar symptoms. “I was really at the peak of it on Friday and Saturday,” he said. “It was mostly just throwing up and constant nausea along with a pretty intense fever. Overall it didn’t last more than 30 hours.” When asked about the content of the email sent to Sigma Kappa, the anonymous fraternity brother could not verify its accuracy. “I know there’s a couple of kids within Greek life that have it,” he said. “I haven’t heard of that many people being affected by it but I’d have no way of knowing.”
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INCOME From Page 1 has increased. “Even though the freshman class is just one snapshot, one class, all of those (efforts) are moving in the right direction,” he said. “It’s an indication that we’re working on this; we’re making some progress, and this will take some time.” In October, the University announced a five-year DEI plan. The plan, spearheaded by University President Mark Schlissel, offers a series of initiatives to improve the campus’ overall climate by encouraging the recognition and inclusion of students from all backgrounds. Fitzgerald also mentioned the HAIL Scholarship Program — a DEI program that aims to reach students from lowincome families in Michigan — welcomed 262 recipients as of October. The effort is still being evaluated for future improvements, but according to Fitzgerald, has been successful so far. “HAIL is not only a scholarship program aimed at low-income, high-achieving students, but also a test of a new way of communicating with those students and trying to reduce some of those barriers that we know exist for lowerincome students to apply to a place like the University of Michigan,” he said. In an interview with the Daily in November, Kedra Ishop, the vice provost for enrollment management, said the program is a direct effort to expand economic diversity at the University. “The HAIL scholarship is a
GOP From Page 1 health care and 85 percent in the private sector, so that generates additional income and sales tax revenue,” Ayanian said. Ayanian said the Healthy Michigan Plan included features not part of typical Medicaid programs, including the caveat that people over the poverty level were required to contribute two percent of their income toward their coverage, as well as financial incentives for patients to make healthy lifestyle changes, such as eliminating smoking and changing eating habits. “When the Michigan legislature approved the Healthy Michigan plan in the fall of 2013, they created certain features that are not typically part of Medicaid coverage,” Ayanian said. Gov. Rick Snyder dedicated a portion of his State of the State address on Tuesday to speaking about the benefits of Healthy Michigan and said he believes the plan has been successful in providing access to health care for many of the Michigan’s most impoverished citizens. “We have 640,000 Michiganders in this program,” Snyder said. “It has provided over 2.8 million primary care visits, over 400,000 preventative
terrific example of our deliberate efforts to bring in people from different backgrounds and of our efforts to inform prospective applicants that a Michigan education can be affordable,” Ishop said. “And this wasn’t necessarily a policy-driven change, but more of a shift in messaging. We want highachieving students to know that you should still apply even if you are unsure of how to pay for college because cost should not be a factor. The University can help (your needs).” LSA senior Sean JavaresDajour Smith, who identifies with a lower SES, said he does not think the University is integrated in regard to different SES. He said he thinks the University “compensate(s)” for admitting students from a lower SES by admitting students from
out-of-state who will pay full tuition. “There are still students coming from out-of-state, from that higher SES,” he said. “(The University is) doing that to make up the difference with the state giving less funding. There’s been budget cuts.” The University faced a 21.6 percent funding cut from the state in 2011. In 2015, University officials cited an increase in tuition dollars to make up for the decrease in funding. Though
they did not cite an increase in out-of-state enrollment, these numbers also continue to rise. Meanwhile, state funding has recently begun to approach pre2011 levels. Smith understands why more out-of-state students are being accepted given the circumstances, but said students from a lower SES are being neglected. “They might have a focus on us, but at the same time, I think that they’re targeting out-ofstate students,” he said. “They’re giving them priority. As a result of that, you’ve got students from inner cities, urbanized suburbs and rural areas who kind of get left out of the picture.” Another program aimed at improving economic diversity on campus, Wolverine Pathways, seeks to be a more long-term initiative, in which middleschool and high-school students from nearby areas like Ypsilanti and Southfield will have the chance to earn a full scholarship to the University. Through the program, students will work with tutors and other mentors who will help prepare them to apply to the University. The University is also a founder of the American Talent Initiative, which launched in the fall and aims to increase the number of low-income students attending top American universities. Fitzgerald also noted the net price of attending the University — the cost of attendance minus financial aid — is lower than the national average, and significantly lower than some of the University’s competitors such as Michigan State University, in-state, and Northwestern University, out-of-state. Additionally, Fitzgerald also said, referencing The Upshot report, a University of Michigan
education often leads to a higherpaying job. According to the report, Michigan came in third out of 25 highly selective public colleges, with a median student income of $68,700 at age 34. “That underscores what some other reports, including the Department of Education’s college scorecard, said about being a good value, a good investment, because it pays off,” Fitzgerald said. “The median salary for our graduates following graduation, some reports show as much as $25,000 higher than the national average.” In general, Fitzgerald said, the University is moving toward improvement. “Even with all of those things that we know are not where we want to be with socioeconomic diversity … that is a component of the DEI strategic plan, and all kinds of diversity,” he said, “including socioeconomic diversity, is something that we’ll continue to work on.” From a student perspective, Smith thinks the best tactic may be to increase enrollment of students from lower-income families and having these students be ambassadors. “If they gave us more opportunity, we’ll spark their imagination and the perception of U of M being inacceptable to low income students — maybe we’ll be able to dispel that myth, maybe we’ll be able to break that down,” he said. “I think their greatest asset and outreach program is to let more of us in. We’re the greatest ambassadors they could have.” Smith explained he was surprised to have received the amount of financial aid that he did, and that students from a lower SES may not be aware of the opportunities the University offers.
care visits and it’s saving us money.” Snyder also said he anticipates forthcoming changes to health care and would like to see Healthy Michigan serve as a model policy for the rest of the country. “There’s going to be changes in health care,” he said. “The important thing is we need to let them know that Healthy Michigan is a model that can work for the rest of the country. We look forward to reimagining health care for all Michiganders and our entire country with Michigan being a leader in that dialogue.” President-elect Donald Trump ran on a platform of repealing and replacing “Obamacare” amid problems of nationally rising costs in insurance premiums and prescription drugs. Congressional Republicans have yet to introduce a comprehensive replacement plan, but it is speculated that Rep. Tom Price (R–Ga.), Trump’s pick to head the Department of Health and Human Services, could be influential in future health care policy decisions. Price is a notable opponent of the Affordable Care Act and as a representative, he introduced the Empowering Patients First Act in 2015 as an alternative to “Obamacare.” Under Price’s plan, individuals would receive age-adjusted tax credits when purchasing insurance and the
plan would allow insurers to sell policies across state lines in an effort to drive down costs by making insurance more competitive. LSA junior Collin Kelly, chair of the University’s chapter of College Democrats, is a proponent of Obama’s health care law and said there are benefits for college students such as himself being able to stay on his parents’ health care plan. “It has so many provisions that are so helpful, especially for people like me,” Kelly said. “Staying on my parent’s insurance until I’m 26 is huge; I wouldn’t be able to afford it if that wasn’t the case.” In an ideal world, Kelly said he would like to see “Obamacare” amended and the country move toward a single-payer health care system, in which the state covers health care costs. “It just gets down to certain values you feel, that like people’s health should almost be a right and shouldn’t be some privilege where if you’re born into poverty or born in certain communities just by chance you can’t take care of your health,” Kelly said. Kelly said he believes the Affordable Care Act has been a success and he hopes Congress will reconsider keeping it in place, or at the very least replace it with a plan similar to “Obamacare.” “Hopefully there’s enough pressure on that they keep it, because seven years in, it’s
working and it’s now a part of not just our health care system, but our economy and government and it’s a part of people’s lives,” Kelly said. “We can’t just get rid of that with no solid replacement.” Engineering freshman Lincoln Merill, publicity chair of College Republicans, said in an email interview with the Daily he believes the Affordable Care Act should be repealed and replaced with a better system. “It needs to be repealed, but at the same time it also needs to be replaced with an improved healthcare system that allows greater competition and therefore drives down prices for everyone,” Merrill wrote. According to Merrill, the faults of the health care act as it stands is the lack of competition within the health insurance industry. “Some companies didn’t want to have to cover some people and so they dropped out of the program altogether. Because there are so few companies left, prices are rising at alarming rates due to the low competition - as high as over 100 percent in Arizona,” Merrill wrote. “These high costs and high deductibles, coupled with the lie of ‘if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor,’ which is false because so many companies won’t insure people, created a healthcare system with a good intention, that is providing health insurance for everyone, but critically flawed in execution.”
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SOCIAL IMPACT From Page 1 plans in Flint. For the first time, students from more than one UM campus will be able to team up to generate solutions in the Challenge. This extra layer of diversity of thought and multidisciplinary collaboration can only help the students better understand the situation on the ground.” Paula Nas, interim director of University Outreach at UM-Flint, said the partnership between the Center for Social Impact
CSG From Page 1 senior and CSG communications director, said. “The hope there is that friends of these students or other members of the organizations that these students are in will nominate them and be able to speak to the way that their leadership has impacted this climate in a positive way,” Shea said. Chosen students are highlighted in a Facebook post on the CSG page featuring a photo along with a bio of their accomplishments. Shea also noted the survey was publicized through social media when the idea for “200 for 200” first came out, and nominations are still being accepted. According to Cahen, the
SAPAC From Page 1 Awareness Center since 2010,” Fitzgerald wrote. “During her time on campus, U-M has emerged as a vanguard institution, leading the country with a visible and significant commitment to comprehensive approach to sexual misconduct prevention and response. We are deeply grateful for her many contributions and we wish her well with this new opportunity.” In an email to SAPAC employees, Rider-Milkovich wrote she will begin her new role as the Senior Director of Prevention for EverFi, an educational technology innovator that works to empower students and adult learners with experience that will aid them in attaining success, on Feb. 5. At EverFi, she plans to launch the Campus Prevention Network, a nationwide initiative to join institutions that have expressed their high-level commitments to preventing health and safety issues on their campuses. Rider-Milkovich wrote in the email she plans to take the skills she developed at SAPAC and use them to communicate the importance of sexual assault prevention to a wider audience. “My job now will be to take the lessons we have learned together and scale them up to the widest possible platform so that students at schools that don’t have the capacity or resources of a SAPAC (or U-M) might still
and UM-Flint has been off to a productive start. She also added everyone involved is excited to collaborate on team pitches, and is receptive of diverse ideas. “Last summer, we approached the Center for Social Impact to see if they would like to partner with UM-Flint and choose a project in Flint this year,” Nas said. “They were very receptive and have been working very closely with us to collaborate. We had our kickoff in Flint (Jan. 18) and the students, faculty and staff are thrilled to have the opportunity to Read more online at
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Bicentennial Planning Commission reviews the survey entries and nominees will be selected every Monday and Friday. He said the commission tries to choose student leaders who do not always get recognized for their actions. “We’re looking for people who are involved in essentially a variety of communities on campus and show dedication to both the University and affiliate communities but may not always have the recognition that they deserve,” Cahen said. LSA senior Alexjandria Edwards was one of the first five students featured in the “200 for 200” photo series and has been involved in a wide variety of organizations on campus.
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benefit from the most effective prevention work in the field,” Rider-Milkovich wrote. “This decision has been one of the most difficult of my career; it is tough to leave a job you know and love for one with great promise and a lot of unknowns.” LSA senior Elizabeth Nesbitt, who serves as a SAPAC event coordinator, said she is confident Rider-Milkovich will continue to succeed in her new position. She also added SAPAC will continue to serve the student body as they transition to new leadership. “I am so grateful to Holly for her work for SAPAC during her time as Director,” Nesbitt said. “Although it is sad to see her go, I know she’ll be doing wonderful work in her next position. SAPAC will continue to serve the University as it has and I’m excited to see where it heads with a new director.” Rider-Milkovich noted SAPAC’s services will continue uninterrupted, even through the careful process of hiring a new Director. “Vice President Harper is carefully considering how to implement the best leadership support for SAPAC, in consultation with me and the rest of the professional staff, while a new Director is being hired,” Rider-Milkovich wrote. “Rest assured that student voices will play an important role in the hiring processes. Also, please know that your groups, our programs, and SAPAC’s services to survivors will continue forward without disruption.”
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Deer cull is a necessary cost
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ast November, the University of Michigan announced it would participate in Ann Arbor’s deer cull efforts, a program first approved by Ann Arbor City Council by an 8-1 vote in August 2015. From Jan. 30 to Feb. 13, the city of Ann Arbor will begin the second iteration of the program, which will include a non-lethal method of sterilization in addition to the lethal methods used in last year’s cull to help control the city’s growing deer population. The University has authorized the cull to take place at certain campus locations, such as Nichols Arboretum and possibly on North Campus, and will contribute 15 percent of the total cost of the cull. Though controversial, the newest plan for the deer cull is a necessary and efficient response to deer overpopulation. The Michigan Daily’s Editorial Board supports both the deer cull and the University’s land and fiscal contributions to it. Deer overpopulation poses unique threats to Ann Arbor’s residents and environment. Many city residents have incurred substantial property damage, experienced aggression from deer and reported vehicle near-misses and collisions from rapid deer overpopulation. By removing the deer’s natural predators, like wolves and bears, deer populations go unchecked, wreaking havoc on the city’s natural biodiversity. Overpopulation of deer poses threats to Ann Arbor’s ecosystem, because they prey on native plants, eliminating habitats and food sources for other animals. New efforts for this year are more conscious of citizens’ ethical concerns about last year’s deer removal tactics. What’s more, the city has instituted safer, more humane methods of curbing Ann Arbor’s deer population. This year’s cull will include non-lethal sterilization, a noteworthy attempt to compromise with constituents’ concerns. Research has shown ovarectomies — surgical procedures that remove the ovaries completely — to be the most effective, least invasive and quickest method for destroying a deer population’s reproductive capabilities. Furthermore, the city will track migration patterns and survival rates of the deer
sterilized in this cull so more ethical culling methods may be implemented in the future. Furthermore, Ann Arbor City Council addressed issues of public safety in considering the parameters of this year’s cull. The upcoming cull will take place in fewer, more distinct places and away from areas of traffic like children’s routes to school, which was a concern for some constituents last year.
The deer cull will greatly benefit the entire Ann Arbor community, including the University community. Additionally, parts of this year’s cull will be conducted on University property, a necessity given the way University property is integrated into the framework of the city. Without access to certain campus areas, the cull would not be as effective. The University is also being cautious in opening its land in order to protect the student body; the cull on North Campus,
for example, will take place over Spring Break when there is less student traffic. The University will contribute 15 percent of the total cost of the cull, proportional to the area of property the University owns in Wards 1 and 2. The total expenses will not exceed $25,000. While it may be argued these funds should be used for services that help students more directly, the University’s involvement in the culling measures can help prevent deer overpopulation from becoming a problem in neighborhoods where students live, such as South Campus. In 2015, students made up about 37 percent of the city’s population. Considering the University’s contribution to the city’s population, this 15 percent “service fee” is negligible, especially as the University is exempt from paying property taxes. The deer cull will greatly benefit the entire Ann Arbor community, including the University community, by reducing additional damage to local ecology and personal property. While killing and sterilizing deer is certainly not ideal, it is a necessary measure of population control that has been carefully planned out to ensure the safety of our residents and the efficacy and ethics of maintaining our environment.
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am pretty good at keeping stairs. (In general. Just as an my personal information example. That hasn’t happened private, so I tend not to to me.) think of my banking In a way, I can app as part of my guarantee that we’ve online presence. all been dishonest Still, it somehow online (some of us found a way to fit into more than others). how I present myself I don’t necessarily online. Namely, when mean claiming on I log in to my banking Facebook that “I app, it prompts me have a girlfriend with a phrase and in Canada who you image that I can won’t meet but SARAH confirm are indeed absolutely exists” LEESON associated with so much as giving my account — an off a vibe of “I account I made at age 16 and drink champagne daily” on have not altered since. Instagram. The image and phrase I The lying we do through chose, while holding my first self-branding and omission paycheck and full of youthful online isn’t a negative thing ignorance, have shown necessarily, or even completely themselves over time to be avoidable. It’s simply not essentially gross lies. In the possible to accurately represent interest of protecting my bank who we are in all our wonderful account, I’ll give only a rough complexities on social media. explanation: the image is like Furthermore, we are a gold medal and the phrase is prone to censoring ourselves along the lines of “I am a huge when faced with a platform’s success.” shortcomings and unspoken Every time I log in now, I rules, such as limiting our laugh a little for a few reasons: cursing if family is going to A) I have a warped sense see a post or censoring our of humor that allows me to conspiracy theories in case a laugh at literally anything, future employer goes snooping B) laughing before I see my (despite the powerful impulse account balance is a good to convince everyone that primer for being more positive Jupiter isn’t real; we’ve all than I should in the face of been there). my meager sums and C) my In fact, these positive lies 16-year-old self had huge can be seen as aspirational; aspirations for what this new these posts may not represent bank account meant for me our true selves, but it’s how we and my future. The reality is might like to be seen or how perhaps less envious than what we wish we lived and felt all I might’ve hoped. the time. I may post concert I wish I could go back in videos and f lattering selfies time to hug my high-school on Instagram, but that’s not self and apologize, but also my day-to-day life. My online to thank her for believing in presence is more of a highlight us so strongly (and perhaps reel, leaving out the less than irrationally). That kid may stellar moments, like last have been an idiot, but she did week when I accidentally fell have chutzpah. asleep on top of a fun size Mr. In a larger sense, the weird Goodbar and woke up with mismatch between the login melted chocolate everywhere. phrase and my account balance There are legitimate reasons demonstrates to me that who I don’t share everything, from we are online is often not a desire for privacy to not ref lective of our reality. Online feeling the need to document we are given the opportunity the mundanity of my everyday to reinvent ourselves. We are life. More often, though, it much more prone to sharing comes down to wanting a our successes and good days positive response from others. online than posting pictures of I can rephrase my thoughts ourselves splattered with soup to come across as particularly after we’ve tripped down some eloquent or impactful, and I
can cherry pick the moments that I share, making public only as much as I want others to see. Our online revisions can be powerful things that let us display a filtered version of the best parts of ourselves. That being said, dishonesty is dishonesty, and it can have side effects on our happiness and self-worth. Studies show that while seeing positive posts online can inf luence us to think positively as well, seeing nothing but positive posts from others can lead us to negatively compare ourselves and our lives to the stories that others are sharing about themselves and their own lives. Knowing this, I’d like to challenge all of us, myself included, to live more honestly by documenting our failures. While I might happily post on Facebook about a new job, I can also push myself to acknowledge the handfuls of interviews that didn’t pan out before it. Or while I might post a picture on Instagram with my crew on a night out, I can also share a video of myself pawing through my clothes pile (closets are for quitters) to find something clean to wear and then crying over how bad I am at makeup. Now That’s What I Call Honesty! Maybe by not only documenting my aspirational, ideal self, but also my awkward, not-yet-successful self, I can create a digital archive of honest self-growth over the years, as well as a more realistic representation of myself online. If others are going to compare themselves to me, they might as well be doing it with something closer to the real thing. I might even make others feel better about their lives in comparison when they see a photo of me with soup spilled all over my jeans! (Again, just an example. Not a thing I’ve done recently.) Perhaps in trying this small extra layer of online honesty, I’ll one day merit that gold medal that my 16-year-old self felt I deserved. Maybe I’ll even earn the phrase, “I am a huge success.” Sarah Leeson can be reached at sleeson@umich.edu.
CENTER FOR RNA BIOMEDICINE | OP-ED
RNA can revolutionize medicine
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half-century ago, James Watson and Francis Crick became renowned for revealing the double helix structure of DNA, the molecule in each cell that provides the “blueprint” for human beings. This breakthrough laid the foundation for our understanding of how information is transferred in biology. Arguably one of the most profound scientific discoveries of the 20th century — solving the DNA structure — required the collaboration of scientists from the physical and biological sciences. Now, a collaboration at the University of Michigan has set out to bring insights from the molecular realm of RNA to bedside medicine. Rapidly emerging insights into how RNA, DNA’s close chemical cousin, helps modify, safeguard and translate genetic information in each of us is offering the promise of a personalized “precision medicine.” Most current medical treatments are one-sizefits-all, an approach that is successful for some patients but not others. Precision medicine is a modern approach to disease prevention and treatment that takes into account individuality, which is shaped by genetic inheritance, environment and lifestyle. While DNA provides the genetic code for a human life, it is RNA that determines which parts of the code are used and when. Over the lifespan of a human being, the parts of the DNA blueprint that are read
out by RNA constantly change, leading to aging and disease. Current discoveries in RNA biomedicine are paving the way for diagnostics that can detect problems early and therapies that fix problems at their roots, rather than simply treating symptoms. The premise of RNA-focused precision medicine is that human diseases, such as cancer and Alzheimer’s, could be cured with less invasive, more targeted treatments with minimized side effects, tailored to each of us based on our RNA makeup. In genetic diseases, segments of the human genome are reorganized in ways that can derail normal function. A notable example of RNA in precision medicine is the recently FDA-approved treatment for spinal muscular atrophy, a neuromuscular disease that is the leading genetic cause of death in infants. A research group led by Prof. Adrian Krainer at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York — incidentally, where Watson went on to serve as director and president — collaborated to study RNA splicing defects, or errors in editing the RNA sequences. The team was able to successfully correct a splicing defect that caused SMA by using the revolutionary therapeutic approach of injection of a stretch of modified RNA that corrected the defect, allowing the cells to make a protein necessary to keeping muscle nerve cells functioning. This groundbreaking therapy can save lives.
In the spirit of collaboration across the physical and biological sciences, University President Mark Schlissel has urged University researchers to embrace the potential of precision medicine, as the University’s faculty are leaders in this emerging field. One group addressing the molecular aspects of precision medicine is the members of the University’s Center for RNA Biomedicine. The CRB started in spring 2016, promoting and developing interdisciplinary collaborations across the University by bringing researchers together for bi-weekly seminars showcasing RNA studies from the physical to the clinical sciences, as well as for an annual symposium hosting RNA experts from around the world. This year, the Center is also funding four pilot grants, totaling $300,000, to forge new teams among UM researchers. On March 31, 2017, the CRB will host its second annual symposium, “RNA in Precision Medicine,” which will feature speakers in the fields of RNA diagnostics and therapeutics. All seminars and symposia are free and open to the University community. For more details on the CRB and how to join these collaborative efforts, visit the CRB’s website. Who knows? You may be the next Watson or Crick and will make a lasting impact in precision medicine by discovering and targeting the RNA underlying human disease.
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MUSIC REVIEW
NY rap makes a comeback SAL DIGIOIA
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The Flaming Lips in concert.
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The Flaming Lips’ new album inventive, dreamy While the band’s latest offering is uneven relative to past releases, the psychedelic project shows a group still grounded in innovation idealism of “There Should Be Unicorns,” the despairing Daily Arts Wrtier frustrations of “Sunrise (Eyes of the Young).” These songs are pensive and colorful, and If nothing else, The they are tied together by their Flaming Lips are known for strange representations of their experimental ventures balance between the clear and into the world of psychedelic the cloudy, the real and the rock. Some of these leaps have imagined. turned out extremely well in It is not until a few songs the past, while into the album, others have however, that Oczy Mlody misfired and things begin rocketed into to get more The Flaming Lips more confusing interesting. The Warner Bros. territory. Given catchy nearthe range instrumental of quality — “Nigdy Nie especially their more recent (Never No)” maintains the output — I wasn’t entirely rhythmic feeling of the songs sure what to expect from before it, while introducing Oczy Mlody, which details a little more edge and a primarily drug-oriented inventiveness in terms of the journey through the mind. My relationships between its doubt did resurface a couple of instruments — sometimes times throughout the album, harsh and fuzzy, sometimes but overall I was pleasantly fresh and clear, always quick surprised by The Flaming and insistent — and its sparse, Lips’ sonic explorations and almost choral vocals. “Galaxy their ability to keep diving I Sink” and “Listening to into new musical territory, the Frogs with Demon Eyes” even after over 30 years of both embody the interesting experimentation. dichotomy between vivid The album opens with clarity and lost abstraction and the titular “Oczy Mlody,” a fear that is presented by drug rhythmic instrumental track use and love alike. “Galaxy that lets the listener know I Sink” effectively employs what tone to expect from the many different instruments album: dreamy with a bit of and sounds — from the hard an edge, a musical feeling plucking of a guitar to the that seeks — and finds — a anxious surge of violins to balance between repetition an undertone of what sound and freshness. The Flaming like crickets, and “Listening Lips use this song to launch to the Frogs with Demon themselves into a 12-track Eyes” brings the cricket-like evaluation of the many noises back, along with the emotional and mental subtexts croaking of frogs. “One Night of love, drugs and violence. The While Hunting for Faeries and first few songs are lyrically Witches and Wizards to Kill,” intriguing because they a psychedelic journey through introduce some of the most some fairyland, is to me the central preoccupations of the most lyrically impressive song album — the violent confusion of the whole album, detailing of “How??,” the troubled a strange story of violence LAURA DSZUBAY
met with healing, of confusion met with clarity and leading toward love. Almost all of these songs explore the relationship between — and at times union of — clarity and confusion, trust and distrust. “Almost Home (Blisko Domu)” recedes from the album’s earlier strains of fantasy with philosophical questioning, expressions of uncertainty, and disillusioned recollections of “my fragile dream / of how the world is full of love.” Then comes the closing track, the single “We a Famly.” Miley Cyrus emerges as the voice of the beloved figure often addressed and alluded to throughout the album, and finally responds to all of the album’s troubled-yethopeful uncertainties about love and life, affirming, “It’s you and me, we a family.” This song represents a definitive decision on the part of The Flaming Lips to end this album, for all its doubts and anxieties, on a note of hope, faith, and togetherness. Brief laughter comes after the final proclamation of “We a family,” closing out the song, and with it, the album. Oczy Mlody does see a few low points – some of its earlier songs blend together musically, and the lyrics of, for instance, “Do Glowy,” are nothing to drop one’s jaw at. However, it comes together for a well-conveyed message about the merits of existential inquiry, about love in the face of confusion and darkness. Dreamy, fantastical and musically inventive, it is a drug trip, a love story and, above all else, a verification that The Flaming Lips still have something to offer the world of psychedelic rock.
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It’s been a minute since a New Yorker reigned as the hottest rapper. Without counting Jay-Z’s post-retirement victory laps, it’s probably been more than a decade. The Big Apple, the birthplace of hip-hop, was long-considered rap’s pinnacle city. But in the early 2000s, once 50 Cent’s debut album, Get Rich Or Die Tryin’, cooled off, so did the mainstream attraction to New York’s gritty, street-core lyricism. By then, other major metropoles — namely, Atlanta, Los Angeles and Chicago — had already established their own musical movements, ones that were inspired by alternative, perhaps more progressive, creative energies and have largely dominated the rap charts since. Today, among post-lyrical mumblers like Young Thug and Future, or even the soulful smoothtalkers such as Chance the Rapper and Anderson .Paak, a lot of the always-on-beat rhymers that have historically been deemed top-notch can seem strikingly out of place. It’s hard to imagine Fabolous, or Jadakiss, or Cam’ron, or even Nas earning a number one rap song in 2017 — not because they’ve lost their technical abilities (note: they have NOT!), but because of ideological static that exists between them and the culture’s youngsters. Today’s kids have spent their entire lives having a hip-hop hierarchy passed down to them by threatened adults who often conclude by saying that kids will just never understand. So those same kids went out and built something new, something that’s entirely their own, something that they can definitely understand. They launched a sort of rainbow revolution that aims not just to adjust, but to entirely rebuild hiphop’s foundation by establishing a new culture of acceptance within the genre. Less fazed by the gun talk and bullyish aggression of earlier eras, modern fans are most effectively drawn to artists that oppose convention. Successful boasts no longer broadcast body counts and bank receipts; instead, they brag about social media followers. Like Quavo from Migos said: “They bustin’ for Instagram / Get your clout up.” Alas, there is now a new movement at-large, one led by traditionalist gatekeepers (such as the once-inf luential radio DJ Funkmaster Flex) in vocal opposition to the mere existence of young, cartoonish, somewhat controversial hip-hop stars (think Lil Yachty and Lil Uzi Vert). While the ethical feud has already produced tangible results (lest we ever forget that mashup .gif of Funk Flex screaming “Motherf*cking baaaars!!” after Lil Uzi Vert moans, “Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!” on “Bad and Boujee”), it has also catalyzed larger conversations within hip-hop and revitalized an ongoing search for New York’s next prophetic rap star. Perhaps hip-hop’s changing of the guards was inevitable, a natural result of the genre’s spreading across the country, the world and, most recently, multiple generations. But try breaking that logic down to a purebred New Yorker donning Timberland boots and rapping every word of Nas’s Illmatic. Let me know how that goes for you (warning: it won’t go well). So, in 2017, I am betting on the Big Apple to strike back and properly reassert its vitality. There is a whole wave of fresh, young talent coming out of the five boroughs. You better expect these artists to come out shooting. Dave East Dave East is the oldest, most traditional and, well, least new of these newcomers. But he’s been inching towards the spotlight for a few years and, having recently been named a member of XXL Magazine’s current freshman class, is sure to continue garnering attention in 2017. Stemming from Harlem, East blew up after self-releasing his “Black Rose” mixtape in 2014, a project that proved his technical skills to be absolutely superior to his peers’, and eventually earned the attention of hip-hop legend Nas, who went on to sign the emcee to his label, Mass Appeal Records.
East released his first commercial project, Hate Me Now, in 2015, and though it demonstrated both his willingness to evolve into a wholistic songwriter and his ability to hold his own bar for bar with established veterans like Jadakiss, Pusha T and Styles P, it still left some emotional layers untapped; there was room for the rapper to go deeper. Thankfully so, because in September of 2016, East released his second project with Mass Appeal, Kairi Chanel, and while its songs maintain the gritty, or graphic, or even intimidating tone of his earlier work, they’re equally defined by the artist’s heart and self-awareness. Kairi Chanel is an almost perfect rap album: The skits are cinematic, vividly capturing disconnected conversations in a way that transplants listeners straight to the sidewalks of Harlem, and its songs are finer tuned than any of Dave East’s earlier work. “Keisha” is a wildly impressive street parable reminiscent of Biggie’s “I Got A Story To Tell”; “From the Heart” offers a fresh take on a classic format: rapping to a friend who’s incarcerated; “Don Pablo” is evidence of how organically East can find infinite rhymes in a single syllable; “Don’t Shoot” might be the most chilling commentary on police brutality to date. Dave East raps with the street knowledge of an industry legend in an era that probably won’t pay him the attention he deserves. If that sounds dope to you, it’s time to start listening. A. Boogie Wit Da Hoodie I swear, gun to my head, I still can’t pick my favorite A. Boogie harmony. So, to speed things up, I’ve settled on two: First is the deep-cutting, “I’m done with these Balenciagas, they keep on fucking my socks up / Nothing but foreigns behind us, we used to pull up in that Honda,” which appears on his prophetic single, “Not A Regular Person,” chronicling his evolution from aspirational Bronx kid to rookie rap star. But then, how could I not also mention the perfect bridge on “Jungle,” which made me comfortable with his singsongy rap style in the first place? “I was walking in the rain with my Timbs on, stepping over puddles full of pain / It’s a big storm, 13 on my Balmains / It’s a big storm, in the club, love to make it rain.” Those are some of the most quintessentially New York lyrics ever written, even with A. Boogie’s unwillingness to disguise his major “feels.” Born Artist Dubose and raised in the Highbridge neighborhood of the Bronx, New York, A. Boogie released his debut mixtape, Artist, on Valentine’s Day last year, and after “My Shit,” one of its featured tracks, turned into an essential summer hit, he found himself opening for Drake and Future’s Summer Sixteen Tour at Madison Square Garden. Since then, he has self-released a commercial EP, “TBA (The Bigger Artist),” to prolong his residency on New York radio. The five-song project is filled with hits: “Timeless (feat. DJ SPINGKING)” is a clubready anthem that inherits its vibe from Island dancehall music; “99 Problems & Messages” is a boastful romance rap that pays discrete homage to tracks by Jay-Z and 50 Cent; “Baecation” is a singsong one for the lady fans. Boogie harmonizes like most other post-Drake aspirers, but writes lyrics that feel more directly informed by those of the great horror-rap era wordsmiths. Even as a rookie, he’s proven himself capable of establishing a unique, recognizable sound that caters to a wide audience. He can be a braggadocious gangster or even threatening, but more often he is emotional, musical and publicly romantic. That’s the kind of balance needed to succeed in 2017, so I’m betting on A. Boogie. A lot of listeners already have. Don Q Don Q first emerged rapping aside A. Boogie on their crew mixtape, Highbridge the Label: the Takeover Vol. 1, counteracting his cohort’s more melodic moments with slick, piercing verses that add extra street credibility to proven hits “Bag on Me” and “Bando.” He already has the nasal twang of a seasoned emcee (think Jim Jones yelling out, “Haaarh-luhm”) and on his debut solo project, “Don
Season,” which released in July and is hosted by Don Cannon, he explores a diverse set of musical spaces, effortlessly proving himself capable of creating within each one. Don Q told REVOLT that he’s a fan of Jay-Z, particularly “the way he puts words together and flows,” but he also “fell in love with the punchlines” by listening to Cassidy, Loyd Banks and Fabolous. “Don Season” is packed beginning to end with straight bars — there’s no other way to say it. “By Accident” is a fully-equipped street banger reminiscent of old Dipset tracks and some Meek Mill heaters; “Look At Me Now” plays something like an unforgiving memoir; “In Love With The Music” and “Everyday” demonstrate Don’s range and musical ambition; “Everything Lit” is a firm reminder that his lyrical acrobatics alone are enough to carry a song. Be sure to watch out for Don Q in the new year and expect him to keep bullying his generation with hard-hitting verses. The entire Highbridge Label just might turn into the next big movement. Young M.A You know Young M.A. You may not know that you know Young M.A, but you know Young M.A. You’ve heard her breakout hit — “Oou” — at least a dozen times this year, maybe a hundred if you’re in a committed hip-hop circle, and you’ve seen her perfectly memeable lyric — “Like I ain’t got a hitter to the left of me” — on countless internet timelines, unprecedentedly accompanying your friends’ nongangster Instagram posts. You’ve also seen Young M.A, whether you’ve realized it or not, in the Beats By Dre commercial (“I’ve Got No Strings”) that has, like, every celebrity ever (Pharrell, Travis Scott, DJ Khaled, Amber Rose, Nicki Minaj and more) parading around in pastel headphones. During her spot, the Brooklynraised spitter is appropriately shown strolling through an alleyway, staring back at a woman that’s just passed and broadcasting her approval with a staple moan — “Oooou!” — that is among the elite few audio tracks allowed into the grandiose commercial. Young M.A first blew up in 2014 after her barrel-emptying verse on posse cut “Brooklyn (Chiraq Freestyle)” proved vicious enough to tick off of Dr. Boyce Watkins, a social commentator who struck back against the rap song and accidentally earned it more attention. Since then, she’s been acquiring credibility mostly through underground mixtapes and Soundcloud freestyles that reimagine famous rap songs into more street-appropriate forms, but in late 2015, the emcee commercially released six songs from her SleepWalkin mixtape as an EP, and ever since “Oou” turned her into superstar, those tracks have been earning a lot of attention. “Hood Love” is proof that even gritty gangster rap can come in approachable packages; “Through the Day” is a chilling reflection on the death of her older brother and the ways in which that motivates her to grind harder; “Get This Money” is well-equipped to be a radio hit, which is probably why it just recently got a music video. Young M.A might be one of the coldest female spitters — spitter, not artist, not musician, rapper, remember those? — to ever hold a microphone, yet she’s openly expressed weariness with working with others who might want to box her in by emphasizing her gender for marketing purposes. She turned down an acting spot on Fox’s hit television show Empire; she’s still weighing contracts from multiple records labels and isn’t in any rush to sign. “Nobody really said anything that we weren’t already doing, so I definitely gotta big-up my team,” she told Elle. In 2016, Young M.A received public endorsements — either through collaboration or vocal praise — from Beyonce, Serena Williams, Nicki Minaj, 50 Cent, The Game, French Montana, Meek Mill and more. The spotlight is already on her; the ball is in her court. You better expect Young M.A to steal the show this year!
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CLASSICAL MUSIC COLUMN
TV REVIEW
Love for ‘L’amour de loin’
NETFLIX
Neil Patrick Harris as Count Olaf.
‘Unfortunate’ fortunately fantastic the next. One of the many themes that is Daily Arts Writer drawn from “A Series of Unfortunate Events” is its comparison to the novels in regards to the closeIf you’re seeking a lighthearted mindedness of the adults, who conseries to add to your Netflix queue, tinuously ignore the children’s keen now is the time to turn away. The observations. As they are handed series itself warns viewers to “look off from one guardian to the next, away, look away, look away” as the each of whom is very noticeably opening titles for Lemony Snicket’s Count Olaf (Neil Patrick Harris, “A Series of Unfor“How I Met Your tunate Events” play Mother”) in disacross the screen. guise, the adults are And they’re not completely obliviwrong in advertising ous to the devious “A Series of the revival as such plot of their sinister Unfortunate Events — the series is, after guardian. Because all, modeled after the children are Series Premiere the very unfortunate looked at as wealthy (Episodes 1 & 2) events of the Baudeand somewhat laire children followspoiled to the pubNetflix ing the tragic demise lic eye, their comof their parents in a plaints regarding horrible fire. the labors and “A Series of hardships they’ve Unfortunate Events” lives entirely endured at the hands of the Count in its own little world, free from the and his band of goons often fall on constraints that a period piece can deaf ears. This ongoing theme is often put on a work of fiction. At any what makes “A Series of Unfortugiven moment, a trolley car could nate Events” unique, as it brings to pass by on the street or a character attention the oversight that children could abruptly make the switch often face at the hands of the “allbetween cell phone and typewriter. knowing” adults. It’s a role reversal This decision to keep the series out that is revisited time and time again of a set time period is a deliberate throughout the canon and Netflix and risky move, but in keeping with adaptation. The fact that “A Series the gothic, absurdist fiction of the of Unfortunate Events” dismisses novels on which the series is based this long held-belief and places an — it works. Without worrying too importance on the knowledge of much about the setting and relative children in a way that is often disera, it makes it easy to focus more missed in mainstream media is not heavily on the characters as they only unique, but keeps the series progress from one tragic event to interesting as well. MEGAN MITCHELL
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On that same note, Neil Patrick Harris is spectacularly spooky as the sinister Count Olaf, a distant relative-turned-actor intent on stealing the Baudelaire’s inherited fortune through trickery and devious plots. At first, it’s difficult to dismiss Jim Carrey’s (“The Mask”) performance in the 2004 film adaptation of the same name in place of Harris’ Count Olaf, whose performance is slightly softer than Carrey’s. However, one soon falls into a rhythm with the devious Count, who balances out his personality with a eccentricity that completes the dark humor of the series. As the episodes progress, Patrick Warburton (“Rules of Engagement”) appears on screen as the omnipresent narrator Lemony Snicket, whose sole purpose, it would seem, is to remind viewers of the dark and dreary situation in which the children find themselves. Anecdotes are often provided by the dreary narrator as he recounts the case of the Baudelaire children’s misfortunes and points out just how unfortunate their situation has truly become. The jokes are purposefully missing the punchline, as Lemony Snicket exists solely to remind us of the bad — there isn’t much good to begin with in this never-ending cloud of terrible, awful events. Then again, if you’re looking for a happier tale, you’ll probably be better off watching “Fuller House.” All eight episodes of “A Series of Unfortunate Events” are currently streaming on Netf lix.
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A production of “L’amour de loin” at the Metropolitan Opera
New York City’s most interesting compositional Metropolitan Opera is the voices active today. oldest and one of the most Immediately after learning respected organizationsw of that “L’amour” was going to be music drama in the nation, as performed, I set about trying well as the country’s largest to find a way to see it. I asked classical music institution. a few of my New York friends if Founded in the 1880’s, it can I could stay with them around trace its history back to the the holidays. I spoke with Gilded Age of America, when my parents about arranging its host city was dominated transportation to the City. by men with names like Over the course of the next Morgan, Carnegie few months, the and Rockefeller, trip began to take whose legacies live shape — the germ on in the City’s of my suggestion to famous landmarks. my parents ended In its modern-day up blooming into a location positioned full-f ledged family as part of Lincoln vacation to the City. Center, the Met sits Saariaho just across the street herself is what from Juilliard, and might be termed DAYTON its impressive arched a post-spectralist façade takes one’s composer. HARE breath away. Inside Spectralism, Classical Music Columnist the building the a movement gold and glittering originating the the surfaces dazzle the eyes, second half of the last century, while the opulent red carpets focuses on the study of the muff le your footsteps. The physical properties of sound chandeliers, which rise to the itself — its overtones, timbre, plane of eye-level as you ascend etc. — and the subsequent to the upper balconies, look construction of music based like mechanical sunbursts. To on these properties. Some attend a performance in that composers who are associated building is an experience like with this vein include the no other, and so when I stepped Frenchman Géard Grisey and off the plane at Laguardia at the the Brit Julian Anderson. beginning of Winter Break, the Saariaho, on the other hand, Met wasn’t simply something takes heavy inf luence from I looked forward to seeing — spectralism — in terms of her it was my entire reason for sound-world — but composes coming. music that is perhaps more Earlier this academic year Romantic in spirit, and more I glanced through the Met’s liberated. She takes the season when it was announced, sonorities of spectralism and expecting to find the usual, forms them into colorful, standard-fare Verdi, Puccini lower-case impressionistic and Wagner — the classics, the images. Her great strength lies tried-and-true and what have in her deft control over all of you. And I certainly did find the timbral elements within them, as anticipated, and all of her narrative, and the rich, those composers are excellent large-scale palette of “L’amour at what they do and masters of de loin” allowed her to display the form, but honestly, they just this to the full. don’t particularly interest me. “L’amour” has a simple plot, Mostly this has to do with the and, like an extremely high fact that my tastes tend to be number of other operas, it’s a more modern, or else be even love story. The events of the older than those three. But drama follow Jaufré, a French something else in the season nobleman and troubadore in was entirely unexpected and the 12th-century who, through electrifying. During the month words and the image woven by of December, the Met would a travelling pilgrim, falls in love be performing “L’amour de with the countess of Tripoli, loin,” an opera composed about Clémence, from across the 16 years ago by the Finnish Mediterranean Sea. With the composer Kaija Saariaho, who pilgrim as an interloper, and — to me at least — is one of the two begin a sort of extremely
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long-distance relationship, culminating in Jaufré crossing the Sea to meet the countess, only to die in her arms. In the Met’s production — the first time they’ve produced an opera by a female composer in over a century, and only the second time ever at that — the stage is intersected by dozens of strings of vibrant, luminous color, which throughout the production move and imitate the Mediterranean Sea. Visually, in this way the production was magnificent. Through the beautiful Frenchlanguage libretto, themes of idealized love, piety, devotion and obsession are all explored. Arias and duets are interwoven in a captivating manner. The music throughout remains as a sort of haunted dream-scape, moving by slight adjustment through the range of nebulous moods that populate the opera. After the curtain Fall, one thing in particular lingered in my mind: Namely, I contemplated the fact that a plot of such pure simplicity can nonetheless produce an engaging work of art. Much of this interest was surely generated through the arresting image on the stage, and the music propelled and commented upon the story in intriguing ways, but neither of these seem to fully explain the reason why the whole thing works. In the end, the only explanation I can propose is simply that we, as a species, are endlessly fascinated with the concept of the unattainable — a figure which is at the core of this opera. Each of us engages in idealistic fantasizing about that which we realistically acknowledge we can never attain, whether it’s a faraway love, a meaningful contribution to the world or anything else. Perhaps, because of our own obsessions, watching a tale of idealistic devotion play out onstage is a form of cathartic giving-over, a vicarious consummation of our desires. Or perhaps its presence onstage is a type of validation, a sort of acknowledgement that unattainable desire is a universal. Whatever it is, its place at the center of our art is key to an understanding of who we are.
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‘M’ to face Spartans in home-and-home series AVI SHOLKOFF
Daily Sports Writer
It’s his final year on the Michigan hockey team, and senior forward Evan Allen relishes his few remaining Michigan opportunities to play against State at rival Michigan State — with Michigan good reason. Matchup: Michigan State Throughout Allen’s first 0-6 Big Ten, 4-15-1 overall; three years, Michigan the Michigan 1-5, 8-11-1 hockey team When: Friday has earned 6:30 P.M. 10 wins in 15 games Where: Yost and notched Ice Arena another late TV/Radio: victory last BTN month. “It’s the biggest weekend of the year for Michigan hockey,” Allen said on Wednesday. “We just gotta come together and take pride in our defense, because goals are precious. We just gotta bear down and get going against Michigan State.” Defense will be crucial to the Wolverines’ success against the Spartans this weekend because goals are a luxury for them this season — Michigan averages just 2.6 per game. The Wolverines also struggle to find shots, which Michigan coach Red Berenson attributes to a lack of opportunities with the puck in the opposition’s zone. Last weekend in Minneapolis, the Wolverines showed some signs of offensive potential. They jumped out to an early lead Friday night and scored two late goals in the third period Saturday. In practice this week, while showing his team game film from the weekend, Berenson pointed out certain defensive mistakes to his players. “Our defense wasn’t gapping up on their forwards,” Berenson said. “They were giving their forwards too much room. We
showed them a couple of clips where we did gap up on Saturday and then we had a good shift, we took over the play in their zone. When we didn’t gap up, we gave them our zone, and then we’re chasing them in our zone.” It wasn’t solely defensive mistakes, however. Berenson explained that the Wolverines must improve their performance on special teams, an aspect of their game notably absent against No. 5 Minnesota. During that weekend’s series, Michigan earned just six power play chances — two on Friday and four on Saturday — and failed to score once. Defensively, the Wolverines’ penalty kill allowed two goals on 11 attempts, including a penalty shot. Michigan State, though, contains significantly less star talent on its roster than the Gophers do. The Spartans sit last in the Big Ten standings, the only team behind Michigan. Michigan State nearly beat the Wolverines in the Great Lakes Invitational, overcoming a 4-1 third-period deficit, before ultimately losing 5-4 in overtime. The Spartans have some impressive victories on their resume, defeating then-No. 5 North Dakota at Ralph Engelstad Arena on November 25th. That series alone gives Berenson cause for concern, even if Michigan State has yet to defeat a conference opponent. “(Michigan State) is capable of beating anyone on a given night,” Berenson said. “They get it going, and we saw it against us. We had them down and they came back in the third period, and they easily could’ve won the game. “It’s not about Michigan State. I know it’s a rivalry and both teams are going to play hard, but records don’t mean anything. I think their team’s better than their record and I think our team can be better than our record, but we gotta prove it.”
WOMEN’S TENNIS
Wolverines open with Michigan Invitational PAIGE VOEFFRAY Daily Sports Writer
As junior Mira Ruder-Hook watched her opponent’s ball land out, it was almost anticlimactic. She had battled through the match composed of highs and lows, which forced her to continuously make comebacks, and the final point seemed too easy. As the ball landed out, RuderHook’s teammates cheered not only for her, but also in celebration of their successful weekend. The Michigan women’s tennis team competed in the Michigan Invitational against Arizona State, DePaul and Tennessee, and though there was no team scoring, it was a perfect warm-up for the impending spring season. Ruder-Hook got off to a rough start, falling into a 0-4 hole. But once she switched to more offensive play, she won five straight games to gain the lead. Tennessee’s Gabby Schuck made her fight for it, though, and tied it at five games apiece. But it was RuderHook who took the first set after she drove a forehand deep into the corner of the court. Schuck’s aggressive style of play appeared to be too much for Ruder-Hook, who was down 4-1 in the second set. But after the line judge overturned one of Schuck’s calls, Ruder-Hook argued that it was Schuck’s third time being overturned. If it had been, RuderHook would be awarded a game. But after a dispute between Ruder-Hook, the umpire and the Volunteers’ coach, Ruder-Hook wasn’t awarded the game. That game might have made a big difference in the match’s outcome, because while RuderHook battled back to tie the game at five, Schuck ended up taking the set, 7-5. Both players were evenly
matched in the third set, but it was Ruder-Hook’s mental toughness that secured her the match, a point of emphasis for the junior. “I think mental toughness is something you always have to work on,” Ruder-Hook said. “For me, I just try to present myself like I’m really confident and so in the moment at least it looks that way. And then it transitions to me and I start to feel more confident. I just told myself, ‘One point at a time.’ ” Sophomore Kate Fahey and junior Alex Najarian continued their momentum from the fall season. The pair won the doubles title, winning every match of the weekend. The fourth-ranked duo’s most notable win came on Monday against the team of Savannah Slaysman and Kelley Anderson – the top pair for the Sun Devils. Fahey closed out the match, 6-3, with an ace up the middle. Former partners, sophomore Brienne Minor and Ruder-Hook both played with a freshman this weekend, and though there are signs of a bright future ahead, there is surely room for improvement. “I think there are a lot of things we need to work on, especially the doubles,” said Michigan coach Ronni Bernstein. “The goal is to go match by match and peak in May.” While this invitational was a good opportunity to get the team together again and to play real matches, it only makes the women even more excited for their real season to start. “What’s so unique about college tennis and what makes it so much more fun is that you get to play with your team, so when the season starts we’re all so eager,” Ruder-Hook said. “I definitely prefer the (spring) season.”
The goal is to go match by match and peak in May
MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING
Wolverines drop first dual meet since 2010 MAX MARCOVITCH Daily Sports Writer
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Michigan coach Red Berenson will lead his team into a tense rivalry matchup.
Sophomore forward Mason Appleton leads the Spartans offensively with nine goals and 19 points. His seven power play goals rank sixth nationally and second in the Big Ten. Appleton’s linemate, forward Joe Cox, will face off against the Wolverines for the fourth straight year. He is one of five players Allen has grown accustomed to seeing each time the two sides play. “It’s our fourth year playing against them,” Allen said. “Right now, I’m on a line with (senior forward Alex) Kile and (senior forward Max) Shuart. Hopefully, we can take that into consideration against their young team. We can use us veterans, take it to them, because we know how Michigan State plays. We don’t like Michigan State and obviously, they don’t like us.” Michigan has yet to win a conference game on the road
this season, losing to then-No. 6 Penn State and Minnesota twice. Saturday night provides another road test for the Wolverines as they will travel to Munn Arena for the series finale. For now, though, Berenson is focused on the first game Friday night because those nights have proven to be a challenge for Michigan this season. The Wolverines’ last series-opening victory occurred back in November when the Wolverines shut out then-No. 4 Boston University. “Let’s worry about Friday’s game,” Berenson said. “It’s on the schedule, and we’re playing it here. Let’s get excited about it. … We’ve gotta be better on Fridays.” If Michigan can keep the puck out of its zone, gap up on defense and take advantage of its shooting chances, it certainly will.
The last time the Michigan men’s swimming and diving team lost a dual meet, Rich Rodriguez was still the coach of the Michigan football team, Tik Tok by Ke$ha was the No. 1 song in America, Snapchat had not been created yet and the unemployment rate was at 9.8 percent. But with their 167-133 loss at No. 4 Indiana on Friday, so too vanished the Wolverines’ streak of 55 straight dual meet victories, dating back to November of 2010. “Obviously it’s very disappointing to lose a meet,” said junior PJ Ransford. “We’ve had a streak of wins going back to before I got to Michigan, and it’s disappointing to be the team that lets that streak end.” No. 13 Michigan — now 80-5-1 in dual meets since 2007 — was nearly able to squeak out the victory on the road in Bloomington, with narrow margins at the top of the scoreboard determining many of the races. Ransford even called the meet the Wolverines’ “best performance of the year.” Eight of the 16 races were decided by less than half a second, three of which were determined by less than a tenth of a second. The Wolverines also placed 2-3-4 in three events and 2-34-5 in two events. It was that first-place finish, though, that proved elusive in too many races to overcome. Despite victories from Ransford in the 1,000-yard freestyle, junior Tristan Sanders in the 200-yard backstroke
and freshman Felix Auböck in the 500-yard freestyle, the Hoosiers won 13 of the 16 races, enough to hold off the Wolverines’ depth. But with the Big Ten Tournament looming, the team thinks this loss could be a blessing in disguise. For the first time in years, Michigan will not head into the conference tournament as the prohibitive favorite, and Ransford does not seem to mind. “While we always go into (the Big Ten Championship) wanting to win, I think losing to these guys once this year just adds a little bit more motivation,” he said. “We have never really been in an underdog role in recent years, and I think we have to embrace that as a team over the next two months. Big Tens is going to be a battle, and every extra bit of motivation we can get will help” Added Bottom: “I think (motivation) depends on how much pain they feel and how much they don’t want to feel that pain again. They know what it’s like now to have a streak as glorious as the one we had broken. They feel the pain, and I hope they feel the loss. The word is ‘Hey, if you don’t want to have this happen again then we need to get better.’ ” The Big Ten Tournament starts in just over a month, with dual meets against Ohio State and Michigan State in between. And if the Wolverines are able to take down Indiana — along with plenty of other formidable Big Ten opposition — to win the title, they might just look back on this meet as the wake-up call they needed.
We have never really been in an underdog role
Michigan falters in fourth quarter, falls on the road to No. 3 Maryland NATHANIEL CLARK Daily Sports Writer
Before Thursday’s contest against No. 3 Maryland, Michigan women’s basketball coach Kim Barnes Arico told her team, “We need to win five minutes at a time.” With 38 MICHIGAN 70 seconds MARYLAND 83 left in the third quarter, it appeared that the strategy was paying off, as the Wolverines held a 61-60 advantage. But then junior guard Katelynn Flaherty was called for a foul, sending Terrapins guard Iesha Small to the free-throw line, where she made one of two shots to tie the game. Forward Kiah Gillespie then made a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to give Maryland the lead. The Wolverines unraveled from there, as they were outscored 19-9 in the fourth quarter en route to an 83-70 defeat. The Terrapins dominated on the glass as well as
in the paint, winning the secondchance points battle, 23-5, and the points-in-the-paint battle, 54-26. “I thought it was a great basketball game,” Barnes Arico said. “The final score didn’t really indicate how close of a game it was. Maryland is an outstanding team, and we knew that we were going to have a tough contest tonight. I was really proud of how our team responded for three quarters. I think Maryland’s depth and ability to force turnovers really helped them down the stretch.” Michigan (4-2 Big Ten, 15-5 overall) came out hot in the first quarter, racing out to a 17-10 lead with 1:57 left. Flaherty and sophomore center Hallie Thome combined for 12 points and two rebounds in the frame. At the same time, Michigan capitalized on five Maryland turnovers, turning them into six points. But then Thome picked up two fouls in the next three minutes, forcing her to the bench. Her absence was felt, as the Terrapins (6-0, 18-1) were able to string
together a 16-2 run into the early minutes of the second quarter. Although Thome still played for just over two minutes in the second frame, her mobility was limited due to her hesitance to pick up a third foul. But her cautious approach didn’t stop her from picking up an offensive foul with 3:08 remaining before halftime, and Maryland took advantage, acquiring a 39-26 edge with 2:08 left in the frame. “I think for big kids, their biggest strength in their development is to figure out the referees,” Barnes Arico said. But then Terrapins center Brionna Jones was called for her second personal foul, sending her to the sideline. Michigan seized the opportunity and went on a 9-0 run to end the half. “She’s tough,” Barnes Arico said about Jones. “She’s tough to double, she finishes, she’s got quick moves. But she’s really, really, really consistent.” The Wolverines’ good fortune was spearheaded by Flaherty, who
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Junior guard Katelynn Flaherty finished Thursday’s contest with 30 points, but it wasn’t enough against the Terrapins.
scored the five final points of the half. Junior guard Maria Backman contributed off the bench during the run with two free throws and six rebounds in the final stretch of the second quarter. Flaherty continued to put her team on her back in the third quarter. She scored ten points and nabbed a steal in the first three minutes of the frame, which allowed Michigan to attain a 47-46 advantage. Flaherty finished Thursday’s contest with 30 points. “My teammates put me in great positions,” Flaherty said. “(Senior guard Siera Thompson) is a great point guard. The rest of the team, they played to our strengths. They kept hitting me, and I think that helps. A lot of my points were in transition, and I like playing open court.” Michigan proceeded to commit three turnovers, setting up four Maryland points. Even though freshman guard Kysre Gondrezick made two 3-pointers and Flaherty sank three free throws, propelling the Wolverines to a 61-60 lead, it would be their last of the game. “We feel like we have great pieces that can score, that can score in transition,” Barnes Arico said. “We just got to be able to go for longer stretches like a team like Maryland does. And hopefully as the season goes on, we will continue to improve on that, and our younger kids will continue to get better and be able to provide some more minutes.” With the loss, Michigan has now lost all four games it has played against teams currently ranked in the Associated Press Top 25, though none were ranked below 16th. Luckily for the Wolverines, there are no contests against ranked opponents left on their regular-season schedule. Michigan’s toughest remaining adversary on paper is Michigan State, who is currently 47th in the Ratings Percentage Index, fourteen spots below the Wolverines.
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MEN’S BASKETBALL
Behind Enemy Lines: Illinois’s John Groce MINH DOAN
Daily Sports Editor
After a narrow loss at Wisconsin on Tuesday, the Michigan men’s basketball team will come home to Ann Arbor to face Illinois once again Saturday. The last time the two teams faced off was back on Jan. 11, when the Wolverines fell to the Fighting Illini, 85-69, in Champaign. Senior guard Derrick Walton Jr. was called for a technical foul in the first half, which changed the course of the game, as Illinois went on a 17-2 run to end the stanza and never looked back. After the game, Fighting Illini forward Maverick Morgan called Michigan a “white-collar” team, which didn’t sit well with the Wolverines, so there will be no shortage of motivation for the home team. The Daily sat down with Illinois coach John Groce at Big Ten Media Day in October to talk about dealing with injuries, the growth of his team and the next steps the Fighting Illini need to take to be a Big Ten contender. The Michigan Daily: Last season, you had a couple “almost” wins when you almost beat Maryland and you almost beat Penn State. In your mind, what does your team need to do to get over that hump? John Groce: We need to get healthy, and we have. I’m glad it happened now, but it wasn’t fun going through it (last season). But if you took any team (in the Big Ten) and took away their starting ‘1’, ‘4’ and ‘5’ and play the Big Ten schedule, that’s a lot. Everybody has an injury. Michigan’s had their fare share of injuries too, and it certainly hampers growth and development, and they’ve done a great job of thrusting through that. I thought our guys had that same mindset last year.
TMD: You mentioned that you’re glad it happened today. Why is that? JG: I thought we played well in the Big Ten Tournament, and it showed their character that they did want to keep playing. I loved how well we played overall, and I thought that was great heading into this year. Some guys got experience when they might not have otherwise. So now it’s become a blessing (to) have all those guys that are experienced and seasoned. It bodes well for us. TMD: Now that you’re healthy, what’s the next step your team needs to take? JG: The next thing for us is to get back to defending the way we did the first three years (of my tenure). Of course, a lot of things like injuries are tied to that last year, but our defense was not good enough. It was poor, and it has to be a lot better. TMD: What do you think about the defense is lacking? Is it the general hustle of the team or may (it be) tied to X’s and O’s? JG: I think it’s strength, and we’re a lot stronger this season. I think it’s experience. I think it’s health, execution of the little things and valuing the little things. It’s a lot of different things and we’re at a different place in those areas than we were a year ago with everything we’ve been through. TMD: When you talk about the “little things”, do you mean your team lacked grit? What do you mean by that? JG: We weren’t tough for me overall. We played a lot of young guys. They got knocked around a lot and were baptized by fire. Now the first three years (of my tenure), we were tough dudes. But we’ve got to get back to that toughness and that grittiness, and it’s exemplified certainly on the defensive end and on the backboard.
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‘M’ shows defensive improvement but happy medium yet to be found
Wagner, Wilson contained Wisconsin’s big men before foul trouble beset them BRANDON CARNEY Daily Sports Writer
Wisconsin coach Greg Gard had five days to prepare his side for a Michigan team lucky to be stumbling into the Kohl Center with a 2-4 Big Ten record. In the middle of Illinois at a conference Michigan basketball Matchup: season, that Illinois 2-4 length of time Big Ten, is almost an 12-7 overall; eternity. But Michigan five days is 2-4, 12-7 especially When: Saturday excessive 2:15 P.M. considering the discipline Where: Crisler of the Badgers’ Center roster and the TV/Radio: porousness BTN of the Wolverines’ defense coming into the game. But at the end of the first half Tuesday, Wisconsin had just 26 points on the scoreboard. The Badgers didn’t have any offensive plays worthy of making the SportsCenter highlight reel for later that night. And the students, who returned to the Kohl Center for the first time after their winter break, were planted in their seats at halftime, too bored to jump around after a forgettable 20 minutes of basketball. In that half, and for the first time in Big Ten play, Michigan’s defense showed sustained signs of life. Sophomore forward
Moritz Wagner and redshirt sophomore forward DJ Wilson, who were both exposed as the soft underbelly of the Wolverine defense against the likes of Maryland and Illinois, had firmed up. Wilson established his physical presence on the first play, blocking Wisconsin forward Ethan Happ at the hoop, and contained forward Nigel Hayes to 2-for-8 shooting. Wagner had just as much success with his defensive assignment and prevented Happ from finding any rhythm down low. If the physicality and aggression the pair had shown could have been matched for another 20 minutes, Michigan likely would have left Madison reborn with a signature win and realistic hopes of finishing in the top half of the Big Ten. But in the second half, the Wolverines turned the aggression dial all the way to 11. That proved to be a costly mistake. Within a span of three minutes, Wilson picked up three fouls. Forty-three seconds after that, Wagner picked up his third foul. And with 8:16 to go, Wagner was called for his fourth. The team that came into Tuesday’s contest committing the fewest fouls in the country had two of its starters a whistle away from disqualification at the game’s most crucial stretch. While the Wolverines left the Kohl Center feeling more confident in their defense than they have been in recent weeks,
Having us in foul trouble obviously doesn’t help us
questions still remain on where Michigan will move forward defensively. “Having us in foul trouble obviously doesn’t help us,” Wagner said. “So, we’ve got to find a way to be physical without fouling, especially in the second half. I think that four-minute battle where we just gave up too many easy foul calls to the post and rebounds.” Tuesday night was an overcorrection from the issues the Wolverines suffered on defense in their past few Big Ten games. In their defensive calamity against Illinois, Wilson and Wagner barely moved while defending at times. They let guards heading for the basket blow right past them, and set themselves too early for charges or too far from the hoop to grab rebounds. The two forwards now know where the two ends of the aggression spectrum are, and where they need to be defensively should be clearer now. “Our maturity level has to grow (so) that we know what is a foul and what (is) not,” Wagner said. “(We need to) practice harder to be able to play defense without fouling. It’s on us to change that.” But other defensive issues still persist, especially with the Wolverines’ options off the bench. Freshman center Jon Teske played his first important Big Ten minutes, much to the
delight of many Michigan fans yearning for an appearance from him. But in the three minutes he spent on the court in the first half, Teske showed exactly why he doesn’t have a larger role at the moment. Though his seven-foot frame is unique and not offered by Wagner or senior forward Mark Donnal, Teske doesn’t have the fundamentals to be an imposing option down low yet. The freshman gave up an offensive rebound and an easy layup while on the court, and was quickly replaced after those lapses. But even more important at the moment, Teske doesn’t have what makes Wagner and Donnal more valuable for the Wolverines offensively — a 3-point shot. Redshirt junior guard Duncan Robinson, who was as important for Michigan as he’s ever been offensively on Tuesday, still isn’t coming off the bench with the same level of physicality as his teammates. At a point in the second half against the Badgers, Michigan coach John Beilein grabbed his arm muscle as Robinson passed by the bench after allowing a basket, signaling to the redshirt junior that using his own could have prevented the score. The Wolverines will feel some relief knowing the ranges in which they have to defend physically. Now, Michigan has to find the defensive balance for a full 40 minutes to reach the potential it showed against the Badgers.
We’ve got to find a way to be physical without fouling
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Sophomore forward Moritz Wagner will need to maintain his new level of physicality in Michigan’s rematch with Illinois.