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Margot Lee Shetterly, author of Hidden Figures, discusses the makings of her book, and it’s subsequent Oscar nominated film, at Rackham Auditorium on Tuesday.

Margot Shetterly outlines social significance of novel-turned film

“Hidden Figures” author discusses civil impact of true story to full Rackham Auditorium COLIN BERESFORD Daily Staff Reporter

Author Margot Lee Shetterly’s lecture focusing on her “Hidden Figures” book filled Rackham Auditorium and its overflow room. The event, which was sponsored by ¬¬the University of Michigan

College of Engineering, highlighted the importance of Shetterly’s novel in social and political contexts. “Hidden Figures” is the story of African-American female mathematicians at NASA in the years before and during the space race. The women, whose stories were covered up in history, helped put Apollo 11 on the moon through

their work. The book was adapted to be a movie and has since been nominated for three Oscars. Following an introduction by University President Mark Schlissel, Shetterly began by explaining the plot of the story, highlighting how the characters in the story pushed themselves to excel at school and were agents of much larger social

change. “Their next step was to convince their colleagues to look beyond, to look beyond their race, to look beyond their gender,” Shetterly said. “Their goal was, of course, not to stand out because of their differences, but fit in because of their talent.” See MARGO, Page 3A

Professors encourage students to engage in environmental, sustainability projects JORDYN BAKER For the Daily

More than 150 students, faculty and community members gathered Tuesday in Palmer Commons to hear five panelists address possible concerns regarding the future of environmental sustainability under President Donald J. Trump. Panelists began by each giving a brief statement regarding the challenges environmental scientists and activists might anticipate under the new administration, including encouraging citizen education on issues related to natural sciences. Trump has received criticism from environmental activists

Israeli-Palestine lunch resolution met ‘U’ robotic technology with mixed response from CSG leaders

throughout his campaign because of his promotion of an increase in oil drilling and arguments that funding for the Environmental Protection Agency should be reduced or cut altogether. However, Laura Rubin, executive director of the Huron River Watershed Council, argued that the idea of the president being the most productive section of government in regards to environmental care is a misconception. She explained the new administration in terms of the “sustainability spider web” analogy. “You sort of have sustainability in the middle (of the spider web), and really when we understand that the role of the U.S. See ENVIRONMENT, Page 3A

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Central Student Government representatives Gaby Roth, an LSA junior, and Eli Schrayer, an LSA senior, introduced a resolution Tuesday night to fund monthly lunches promoting dialogue regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which was met with mixed reactions from the rest of the body. “There were a lot of calls for us to take action and work together to address the issues that were brought up.” Roth said. “In trying to find something that we could really collaborate on we realized that until we actually stopped trying to correct each other’s narratives and just really try to work to understand each other … we need to acknowledge each other’s truths.” Roth referred to Students Allied for Freedom and Equality’s resolution to divest its investments in several companies that allegedly commit human rights violations against Palestinians. The divestment appears in the body annually — this year, the resolution failed with 34-13. LSA senior Devin Jones, one of the authors of the resolution, criticized the assembly after the resolution was rejected. “When you argue on the claim that we did not know what we were talking about, that you

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A new research initiative at the University of Michigan will use germ-zapping robots to counter infectious, antibioticresistant bacteria in Detroit hospitals. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, antibioticresistant bacteria pose a fatal threat to hospital patients, as one in seven catheter- and surgery-related health careassociated infections are caused by these bacteria in acute-care hospitals. The germ-zapping robots have long been supported to be effective countermeasures of the spread of these bacteria. Each unit uses pulsed xenon UV light to kill the bacteria. Keith Kaye, director of clinical research in the Michigan Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases, will lead a team in monitoring the results of using the robots. Using a grant from the National Institutes of Health’s Agency for Healthcare Research and See ROBOTS, Page 3A

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are somehow better than us … that is the epitome of privilege,” Jones said in November after it failed. “(I am) paying tuition, in which a portion of my tuition goes to companies that go to the oppression of my people … You have to live with this. You have to stare me in the the face.” Roth appealed to the board for $200 to support the lunches, hoping to talk to a selected group of people who would

fill out a questionnaire before the event. Roth and Schrayer stressed the importance of fostering meaningful interactions especially in light of the recent election. This proposed resolution received mixed results, with some members pointing out it would be unethical if the lunches were being funded by CSG but weren’t open to all CSG members.

CSG President David Schafer, an LSA senior, believed CSG was not in the right place to address the situation, stating the body should not fund divisive issues of this nature. “My suggestion would be to look through different avenues, such as Hillel, such as other organizations on campus who might be more invested in this,” Schafer said. “I would See CSG, Page 3A

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Kevin Yang speaks to CSG members on behalf of the Student Organization Funding Commission at the CSG meeting on Tuesday.

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‘U’ Nursing Association finds name exclusive, not representative of services ERIN DOHERTY Daily Staff Reporter

The recent renaming of the University of Michigan Health System to Michigan Medicine, which took effect Jan. 9, is receiving criticism from nurses of the health center who believe the new title is exclusionary and unrepresentative of the hospital system as a whole. John Armelagos, president of Michigan Nurses Association and grievance chair of the University’s Professional Nurse Council, spoke on behalf of the associate and voiced his displeasure with the name change after the announcement was made. “The University of Michigan Health system was much more inclusive to include all employees at the medical center,” Armelagos said. “As we looked at the term ‘medicine,’ it more implied physician dominated practice.” The University Medical School and Medical Affairs recently came together as one system under the leadership of Marschall Runge. The name change was meant to signify the See NURSING, Page 3A

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ON THE DAILY: CANTINA TO MAKE COMEBACK WITH NEW CHEF Cantina Taqueria + Bar, formerly known as BTB Cantina, is beginning the year with a brand new look. The nine-year-old bar, known for its late-night dancing and Mexican cuisine, revamped its taco menu and redesigned its interior space over Winter Break. Adam Lowenstein and Justin Herrick, co-owners of Cantina and five other bars and restaurants, said the makeover came from a need to give the dancing space, bar and restaurant area each their own identity. “We felt like we really needed a refresh,” Lowenstein said. “The idea was to basically separate BTB from Cantina.” To accomplish this, they brought all the booths into one space and unified the paint color to make it look the same. “Cantina has multiple identities,” Lowenstein said. “The whole problem that we have here

is to try and really nail each one of those identities. It’s a bar at night and it’s a club; it has that whole South U kind of drinking aspect to it. But we have a restaurant too that operates through lunch and dinner. So we wanted to make it function — lunch, happy hour, dinner, latenight — and really have a smooth transition throughout the day.” Lowenstein said the biggest part of the menu changes was making seven different kinds of tacos. Over the summer, Cantina partnered with chef Magdiale Wolmark, a two-time James Beard nominee. “We met up through some mutual friends,” Lowenstein said. “We decided to partner up on the menu. We needed to go above and beyond. Our whole idea was bringing in a chef and focusing on this menu to really nail these flavors and bring the quality of the food up, in order to create a destination.” Their collaboration sought to

shape Cantina’s new identity in focusing on a handcrafted taco menu with unique flavors and local sourcing. Herrick lauded Wolmark’s background in promoting and serving local food, and said they were able to work quickly. “(Wolmark) brings the whole farm to table ethos to the menu,” Lowenstein said. “So our sourcing is local as much as it can be. Really where we put a lot of our time and energy was crafting this taco menu. At Cantina, we’re focusing on tacos, that’s our goal here. So we really fleshed out the taco menu.” The drink menu now features craft and Mexican beers, as well as a margarita soda on tap. One feature the owners are won’t be changing, though, is the already successful Taco Tuesday. “That’s one of our best days here,” Lowenstein said. “So we decided to really focus in on that success and really identify ourselves

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as an awesome taco joint.” Lowenstein said students have reacted positively to the changes, especially the new flavors of tacos. “We feel like it’s a comfortable space to hang out with a group,” Lowenstein said. “People don’t give students enough credit for their palette and their exposure to cool trends and cool foods that are out there. I think people have been really positive about the changes.” Lowenstein said though Cantina is still a bar and a club, he hopes students will begin to recognize Cantina as a restaurant too. “We have people who don’t even recognize Cantina as more than just a bar,” Lowenstein said. “So hopefully as people get to understand the breadth of what we do and try the food, things will begin to change.”

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WHAT: Camilo Vergara will talk about his photography collection about Detroit from more than three decades, which document the depopulation, disinvestment and resilience of the city. WHO: Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning WHEN: 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. WHERE: Literati Bookstore

WHAT: English Prof. Peter Ho Davies will read from and discuss his book, “The Fortunes,” which recastes the story of America through the lives of Chinese Americans. WHO: Author’s Forum WHEN: 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. WHERE: Hatcher Graduate Library, Gallery 100

WHAT: Yelp and Michigan Hackers will present on projects currently happening on Yelp for engineers, as well as iOS continuation for their platform. WHO: Yelp Engineering WHEN: 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Bob and Betty Beyster Building, room 1670

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WHAT: In order to improve mental health resources on campus, CSG will analyze survery materials and discuss new policies and programs with students, faculty and administrators. WHO: Central Student Government WHEN: 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Michigan League Ballroom

WHAT: The second annual Work It Fashion Forum will host a panel of professionals in the industry for those interested in the editorial and business sides of fashion. WHO: SHEI Magazine WHEN: 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Michigan Union, Pendleton Room

WHAT: History Prof. Dario Gaggio and Psychology Prof. Joshua Rabinowitz discuss the history and social psychology of nationalist politics from Mussolini to the “alt-right.” WHO: Museum of Natural History WHEN: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Conor O’Neills

University Symphony Orchestra WHAT: The University Symphony Orchestra will perform during a live screening of “The Planets,” a film made by University of Michigan alum Jose Francisco Salgado. WHO: SMTD WHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: Hill Auditorium

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Business faculty member Ted London spoke about the need for private enterprise to develop solutions on a large scale to tackle global poverty on Tuesday at the Ross School of Business. The talk, which was sponsored by the Center for Positive Organizations, drew approximately 150 students, faculty and locals to the Business School Colloquium. London is also the vice president of the Scaling Impact Initiative at the University of Michigan’s William Davidson Institute — an independent, nonprofit organization focused on providing private-sector solutions in emerging markets — and has worked on a variety of projects throughout the developing world. Having dedicated his life to researching the pervasiveness of poverty throughout the planet and

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also believes it is important for businesses to develop solutions that can be crafted on a scale large enough to make a significant dent in eradicating global poverty. “If you are thinking about billions of people, scale becomes so crucial,” London said. “I think we can solve vexing social problems, including impoverishment faced by the world’s poorest citizens, but we have to deliver results that are sustainable at scale.” Business graduate student Anuj Narayanan said he believes London’s thoughts on how businesses can create value for the global poor imbued in him a sense of how a wide range of industry has the potential to help lift people out of poverty. “Companies can create value for the bottom of the pyramid, and also for themselves,” Narayanan said. “If they can do that at scale, they can actually bring the majority of people in the bottom out of poverty.” According to London, businesses and corporations that aim to tackle global poverty by developing solutions at the necessary scale must adhere to four principles: design for success, plan for scale, manage value creation and develop partnerships. Yet, to London, Western companies and organizations aiming to develop solutions for poor populations in Africa and Asia must enlist locals to tap into their knowledge of local customs, politics and business. Business graduate student Pranay Lagadapati, who is planning to work at an energy company in India after graduation this spring, said he believes Western organizations and companies too often fail to enlist locals in projects, but locals lack knowledge of how to develop businesses and products that could help alleviate poverty.

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Tribute to Granny: An American Muslim IBRAHIM IJAZ

e sat in her hospital room, just my granny and me, as she told me about her solar technology patent. The topic transported her mind from her blue gown lit by fluorescent lighting to her classroom at Virginia Tech. A well-prepared lecture evolved out of her weak speech as my visitor’s chair turned into a desk. Like a song from her childhood, she rhythmically told me about sputtering techniques and thin film solar converters. Upon forgetting just one colleague’s name, she looked at me and laughed at her “old mind.” On Jan. 8, 2017, my brilliant granny passed away after a lifetime of teaching. Her greatest lesson to me will be how to be an outstanding citizen and an amazing Muslim. Lubna Razia Ijaz was born in 1936 in Lahore, Pakistan. By the time she began studying at Government College in Lahore, she had already skipped multiple grades. I remember her telling me stories of being one of the few girls in her class. Once, a male classmate asked her why she didn’t wear the Islamic headscarf, to which she responded, “Are you a girl? Why do you care?” That classmate would go on to marry my granny and become my grandfather. The two lovebirds moved to Florida in 1960 to pursue higher education. I cannot begin to imagine the possible instances of prejudice they must have faced coming into America’s civil rights era as people of color. Perhaps this is because she never told her grandchildren stories of prejudice. She only depicted the America that welcomed her with grace and respect. Her hallmark story from the Florida days is how she and my grandfather presented a Quran to the president of Florida State University, Gordon Blackwell. In 1965 the two moved to Virginia. But it wasn’t just Virginia — it was Blacksburg, Virginia, a town neighbored by Christiansburg and Lynchburg. Take a second to imagine the mindsets of my grandparents’ townspeople. Their presence was so revolutionary that a local newspaper photographed my grandparents with the title, “These are Moslems.”

However, rather than being discouraged by the apparent obstacles to inclusion, they were excited to be involved in the community and the culture. Coming from the villages of the Punjab, my grandparents had a deep love of the land, which was a central part of the Virginian lifestyle. As a result, every visit to Virginia is filled with fingers pointing from the car windows at the acres and acres of land my grandparents developed. While she was cultivating both her family and the Virginian landscape, my granny pursued her Ph.D. in solar physics and education from Virginia Tech. It makes me so optimistic to know that she earned her doctoral degree at a time when less than 5 percent of all Ph.D.s in physics were awarded to women. She fervently believed in the Islamic principles of education for everyone, not just males, and led by example in the American education scene. Her dedication to her faith was evident when she took office as president of the women’s auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA from 1969 to 1971. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is America’s oldest Muslim community, established in 1920. Three of the first 313 adherents to the Ahmadiyyat were my granny’s father, grandfather and great-grandfather. They were some of the first members of a revolutionary social movement, founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, India, championing “Love for all, hatred for none.” It’s inspiring that she took her deeply rooted spirituality and put it to practical use in order to help empower women in the early ’70s. In addition to her work with the women’s auxiliary, she was constantly looking for opportunities to develop the American Muslim community. In 1983, my grandparents sought to build a mosque for Muslims in the surrounding states. An newspaper titled “Islam in Virginia” says the mosque was being established in “the heart of the ‘Bible belt,’ ” underscoring the adversity of its construction. Due to financial issues the mosque project was never fully completed, but her disregard for possible cultural roadblocks inspires me to this day.

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Practicing Islam was never an inhibitor to her acceptance into society. In today’s political rhetoric, Muslims are often made out to seem incompatible to the American way of life. During the second presidential debate in October 2016, President Trump called for an extreme vetting of Muslims. The goal of this kind of rhetoric is to say Muslims and Americans don’t, can’t and won’t mix. But my granny is clear evidence that the only thing “extreme” is the extreme lack of conflict between being Muslim and being American. For example, I would often imagine what it was like being in my granny’s classroom. What was it like learning from her with her South Asian accent and Pakistani saris? Apparently, it was great! In 1976, Lubna Ijaz was awarded a Woman of the Year award in education by Montgomery County, Va. Her breakthrough teaching styles emphasized the practical applications of physics and reduced the stress on examinations for students. My uncle often tells me that she would pass out physics exams with the answers attached, tell her students her assessment was of concepts, not equations. In 1996 she established a Virginia Tech scholarship in her name to annually award a student who “has shown great commitment to the science of physics.” It was no surprise that students loved socializing with my granny. One photograph shows my granny, wearing traditional shalwar kameez, standing in the family apple orchard surrounded by her students, all adorned in highwaisted bell-bottoms. I love that photograph. It shows me that cultures and religions are not obstacles to unity. Cultural differences and religious diversity are necessary for a society to progress and prosper. That single photograph shows me that being an American Muslim is not an oxymoron, but a beautiful indicator of society moving towards a bright future. More than anything, that photograph shows me that my granny was an American Muslim woman, unafraid of any obstacles to unity, ready to break glass ceilings and win over the hearts of her fellow Virginians. Ibrahim Ijaz can be reached at iijaz@umich.edu

It’s OK to be bored

ne of my New Year’s This is not an attempt to bash resolutions was to social media; there are many live a life consisting useful and enjoyable aspects of of less phone time, including these platforms, and it would be checking it less often hypocritical of me throughout the day. to call for a complete Current status: little ban when I have no to no progress. At this intention of deleting point, all I have done my own accounts any is forgotten to bring time soon. No, this is a my phone a few times call to begin resisting when I go to leave the urge to check your for class. When I do social accounts when have it, I still check you have nothing else it directly before to do. I want you allow ALEXIS and after my classes, MEGDANOFF yourself to be bored. during meals and any Traditionally, the other spare moment in between. possibility of boredom is seen I am addicted to checking as a negative. There are many texts, emails, Facebook, studies suggesting boredom Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, leads to a decrease in academic weather and every other type success; however, there are also of notification or app that studies that define several types of can immediately give me boredom that have a positive effect information on what is going on on individuals. According to one in the world. If my phone screen study, “indifferent boredom” is does not light up throughout one such type that leaves someone the day, I assume something in a calm state with generally is amiss or I am out of the loop positive feelings. We must put that I feel I need to be “in.” Even ourselves in these situations. while writing this, I have been When boredom is positive, distracted several times by the research shows more creativity little blue notification light on is expressed afterward. In a my phone screen even though I study at the University of Central know it is an email that does not Lancashire, participants involved need a reply right now. in a boring activity were able As I walk around campus, I to report a higher number of see I am not the only one whose solutions to a creative problem life is driven by the number of afterward than those who did dings their phone emits every not complete the boring activity. day. This lifestyle is what leads to Therefore, when we give in to publications and blog posts titled our urges to turn to our phone “I quit social media for a month,” when we are not being stimulated as if the act is a life-changing by something else, we are not moment that the world needs allowing our later selves to to know. But perhaps one of the generate positive creativity that is subtlest effects of social media is crucial to success. our habits of turning to these sites There have been many times when we have nothing else to do. throughout the last few years in Instead, we should be turning which adults who are a generation to the friends and environment or two older have asked me if around us for inspiration. I could ever live without my

phone. Mostly it has been in a joking manner, but I am realizing that for many people my age, the answer is a terrifying no. I do not believe this is solely because we are unable to socialize face to face, but research shows that social gratification can entice a higher rate of phone usage. Many millennials will argue filling their bored moments with social media and screen time is not a waste of time, that they are using their resources to scan through breaking news or building friendships virtually. This may be true at times, but often those short news clips turn into viral videos starring cats and people making fools of themselves. This is clearly not the best society has to offer. Knowing this, I propose we all have something better to do with our boredom. While there is no magical activity that will inspire greatness in everyone, everyone does have something else they could be engaged in that has higher benefits than social media. I am not suggesting we all stop using our social media accounts right now and never turn back. I am suggesting we begin to accept our feelings of boredom and turn them toward an activity that promotes creativity within ourselves. It could be reading a book that has been on your list for years, completing a project you started a while ago or even taking a nap. Whatever it is, channel all your social media urges into this new task. A piece of advice: It helps if you leave your phone behind when you go engage in this activity. Trust me, Twitter will still be there when you finish. Alexis Megdanoff can be reached at amegdano@umich.edu.

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Resolving science and religion

e all know a friend religiousness in their Catholic or two who grew homes. Maybe their devout up Catholic but no Catholic grandparents wouldn’t longer associates themselves with understand; they don’t know religion. “What a shame,” an older how to bring it up or they just devout Catholic might think, “that don’t care. But the main reason young people just don’t appears to reside understand life.” What in our tendency to we may not realize, circumvent conflict. A though, is that this friend once remarked, generational gap is an “My dad told me that opportunity for us to two things I should become good debaters. avoid talking about Millennials have with people are been labeled as politics and religion.” “the least religious I personally have generation” in experienced this GINA CHOE history. It’s true — ambivalence myself. I young people are grew up in a Catholic leaving the church. In fact, household, but my relationship according to a longitudinal with Catholicism grew tenuous research study conducted by over the years, especially when I Jean Twenge, a psychology first took biology in college. The professor at San Diego State very first day, as the professor University, church attendance of explained the fundamentals of high-school seniors decreased by evolution, he stated, “There is no half from 2000 to 2013, and three such thing as God.” times as many college students The students’ reactions don’t affiliate themselves were divided. Some people with religion compared to the reacted adversely, while some previous generation. What does others, like me, were intrigued that mean for us? by his bluntness. This brings me back to a Throughout the course, I conversation from last summer I became engrossed in biology and had with my uncle, who is a priest. understanding the universe as a “I hope you find meaning in little scientist, a passion that may be things in life through connection looked down upon by some devout with God,” he said in reference Catholics. As Dr. Kalanithi writes, to a tree. “You’ll find ways to “I, like most scientific types, came do that as you grow older.” The to believe in the possibility of a trouble with this line of thought material conception of reality.” is that people tend to assume that However, by viewing life in the millennials lack empathy and fail Darwinian sense that life has no to seek meaning in life — if I don’t higher purpose, I grew up torn pray before dinner, do I fail to between the scientific mind and express gratitude? desire to foster love; between Twenge finds that millennials’ respect for my family’s beliefs and decline in religious involvement having my own voice. is not age-dependent. Instead, As I lived my conflict, I she suggests that it may be due began to initiate conversations to a cultural rise of individualism with my own family. I told my of our modern generation. In parents the things I learned an individualistic society, there about evolution, while they is less desire to conform and a reminded me about the greater attempt to maintain sense importance of fundamental of self. But we fail to recognize human experiences such this fact in practice. as hope, love, suffering and From conversations with striving. By doing so, I realized friends, I find that many students that my preference to leave avoid talking about their non- my church was not due to lack

of purpose and meaning, but rather quite the opposite. It was in these discussions with my parents that I began to recognize the complementary aspects of science and religion. I have come to realize that we need an anti-Darwinian society, as Richard Dawkins suggests. We need to learn evolution to understand why we exist, but we should not live by it. Understanding evolution can help us learn what to avoid in human life — how to uplift those who need it most and not cast them aside. But, are religion and science even in conflict? According to Pew Research, the famous religion versus science debate may still be relevant. Six out of 10 adults express the view that scientific knowledge and religion are at odds with each other, especially on the topic of the creation of the universe. Michael Evans, a research associate at Dartmouth College, provides an interesting perspective: “Public conflict involving religion and science reflects a fundamental conflict over good debate.” In making this comment, Evans urges us to talk to one another to not only advance our own positions, but more importantly, to listen to one another. To better engage older generations and millennials, I find it that we need to begin these conversations at dinner, which is the place people avoid talking about religion the most. To remind us the importance of argument, Megyn Kelly writes in her book “Settle for More,” “I believe in the right to offend. To insult. Even to horrify. It’s not that we’re supposed to enjoy it, it’s that we’re supposed to allow it and then respond in a more persuasive voice.” Avoiding conf lict is counterproductive to our education. Let’s become better debaters, starting at the dinner table. Gina Choe can be reached at ginachoe@umich.edu.

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On Sunday night, the sight at Detroit’s El Club is impossible to miss: At 8:00 PM, hundreds of twenty-somethings lined up for blocks, eagerly awaiting Isaiah Rashad, Top Dawg Entertainment’s young rap prodigy. The changeable letters on the announcement board show two words beneath the Tennessee-raised rapper’s name: SOLD OUT. For fans standing in line, the words are unsurprising: Isaiah Rashad is a technicallyprofound, critically-acclaimed emcee with a cultish following, and 2016 was his biggest year yet. Rashad released his second album, The Sun’s Tirade, in September, and due to the massive success of his debut LP, Cilvia Demo, which came out in 2014, his fanbase and creative space were already well-established. At the meet and greet, where I had a chance to stop by, about 100 people were lined up, and the rapper received each one with a smile, an organic embrace and warmth, so much so that it was easy to forget they were his paying customers. Standing aside the merchandise table — because that’s where the best lighting is — he poses for photo after photo while his peer acts as a cameraman, shuff ling through endless fans’ iPhones as each one stands with the star. For the most genuine fans, the real-life interactions looked emotional, moving and, above all else, memorable. Rashad’s followers feel personally connected to him because he offers himself wholly and unashamedly in his lyrics. He publicly wrestles with drugdependency and depression in some songs but, even then, there’s no embarrassment in his inf lection: He is a confident, hyper-aware storyteller spitting parables for people to struggle with and learn from. Life is often troublesome but, in Isaiah Rashad’s music, forward-movement is the end goal. So, for his most dedicated fans, meeting him is something like meeting Superman. Among the crowd of earlyenterers is LSA junior Vincent Haze, wearing a University of Michigan long-sleeve t-shirt and waiting to meet with the rapper. Haze is at the show with Anthony Ellis, a friend he grew up with in Ann Arbor, and though the two of them have been listening to Isaiah Rashad’s music since 2013, neither has seen him perform live. When I ask if they’re fans of Top Dawg Entertainment — the record label that hosts Rashad, Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, SZA and others — they confirm my suspicion. “That would be putting it lightly,” one says. TDE loyalty is common in this crowd. Some time around 10:00 P.M., Jay IDK — a Marylandraised newcomer with a lot of

grit and energy — popped on stage to open the show, but not before his DJ turned the standing room into a mosh pit by asking, “D-town, what the fuck is up?” and leading off with the Migos’ party catalyst, “Bad and Boujee.” Jay IDK walked out wearing a rubber Ronald Reagan mask for a creative skit built on one of his most defining lyrics: “The Reagan Era put a fucking voice in my head,” he raps on the crack-thrilled song, “The Plug (King Trappy III).” Though he goes on to glorify the salesmanship and slyness of successful drug dealers, the introductory line remains the root of the story: The Reagan Era turned naive kids into criminals. Or, at least, it did according to Jay IDK. But that’s his whole shtick: The IDK stands for “Ignorantly Delivering Knowledge,” so you should expect him to rap with thorough theses and to deliver hot takes. “Mentality” was next on the setlist, but it wouldn’t arrive without another clever performance: First the DJ shocked the crowd by playing “Bye, Bye, Bye” by N’Sync, setting Jay IDK up

Isaiah Rashad is an evolutionary figure, a human who has struggled to explain that he can’t bring his DJ anywhere because he always “fucks it up.” Jay then played “Mentality,” on which “fucking things up” is an ongoing theme, and the whole thing proved to be a bit. “She Blocked Me” and “I Picture” came next, followed by a heartfelt accapella verse on which Jay IDK found himself watching “The Breakfast Club” and wondering, “How can I get in the conversation?” He closed with “God Said Trap,” two performances of “Boy’s Innocence” and a wild leap into the crowd, where he turned up with the rowdiest attendees. By the time Jay IDK walked off stage, the venue’s volume was at its maximum and a handful of unsure attendees had surely been converted into fans. 11 P.M. rolls around, and a “T-T-T-T-Top Dawg Entertainment” soundbite comes erupting through the speakers as DJ Chris Calor emerges to ask the packed, excited room, “Do y’all fuck with TDE?” After playing Kendrick’s “M.A.A.D. City” and A$AP Ferg’s “New Level,” with the energy peaking, Isaiah Rashad emerged. In-person, he’s shorter than expected (shorter than me, and I am only 5’9”), but on stage he’s larger than life and able to command the crowd like a legendary figure. A huge chunk of the audience knew every word to every song (though his music is

seldom played on the radio) and the small club felt just enough like a basement to create a real hip-hop illusion (think the last scene in “8 Mile”). Isaiah Rashad thrived off of the energy. He opened with “Smile,” a single from 2016, then tore through “Brenda,” “Soliloquy,” and “Dressed Like Rappers” before sandwiching a seemingly improvised singsong about hydrating via drinking water in between “R.I.P. Kevin Miller” and “Tity and Dolla.” His songs range from chilledout, f lowing rap to angsty, aggressive gangster music, but it’s his conscious which creates the cohesion. By the end of “Heavenly Father” and “Rosegold,” Rashad was so worked up that he had to change his sweatsoaked shirt. “Menthol,” “Stuck In The Mud” and “4r Da Squaw” came next, with the rapper pushing forward at a rapid pace that demonstrated both immense professionalism and and an eagerness to appease every type of fan. He jumped back into older hits, playing “Ronnie Drake,” “Webbie Flow,” “Banana” and even “Shout You Down” and then closed with a string from his The Sun’s Tirade. Considering the concert kicked off with an artist wearing a Ronald Reagan mask, the night unraveled rather apolitically, especially for a conscious rap show that occurred on the weekend of Donald J. Trump’s inauguration. Early in the night, between the sets of Jay IDK and Isaiah Rashad, a DJ onstage claimed to be curious if the crowd “felt the same way” as him about a current issue, then proceeded to play “F*ck Donald Trump” by YG, a protest rap that’s been earning a lot of attention recently. For a while, it seemed like that might have been the most pointed commentary of the night. But at the close of his set, after he had finished performing all of his own songs and was simply thanking the crowd for coming out, Isaiah Rashad bopped and moved with the attendees as Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright,” an anthem of empowerment that seeks out positivity in darkness, blasted through the venue’s amplifiers. In that moment, his genuine engagement spoke louder than any prepared statement could have. Isaiah Rashad is an evolutionary figure, a human who has struggled (like all do), both privately and in lyric, yet has remained unswervingly focused on continuing to grow, both personally and artistically. The Lil Sunny Tour is his largest headlining effort yet, and he’s fought for this moment his entire life. No one can take it away from him — not even the president. Isaiah Rashad is “gon’ be alright.” As a matter of fact, he’s going to be more than that.

It’s “La La Land” ’s world list. Amy Adams and Ralph and we’re all just living in it. Fiennes (for “Arrival” and “A Early yesterday morning, Bigger Splash” respectively) while you were sleeping both gave performances through your 8 A.M., the I thought deserving of Academy of Motion Picture nomination. Especially since Arts and Sciences released both have climbed to the top their nominations for the 89th of the Hollywood without Oscars, including picking up a golden 14 nominations statue along the way. for Damien What was really Chazelle’s surprising though “millennial — a rather relieving musical.” The surprise — was how only other films diverse the top of the to land that many ballot was. After last nominations are year’s Oscars were “All About Eve” strikingly white, there and “Titanic,” was worry in the film both of which community (or at least took home the people on twitter) that centerpiece Best this year’s awards Picture award in would similarly ignore their respective MADELEINE the contributions of GAUDIN years. actors and filmmakers So, “La La Senior Arts Editor of color. Land” is good. It would be easy After the film cleaned up at (and I’ve heard it said already) the Golden Globes earlier this to say that the Oscars are no month (walking away with longer “so White.” They’re the award in each category noticeably less White, for which it was nominated), especially in the acting it wasn’t a surprise to see its categories. Six Black actors are name all over the Oscar list. nominated this year—setting a There were some nice little record. Mahershala Ali seems surprises. Lucas Hedge’s to be the frontrunner in the Supporting Actor nomination Supporting Actor category for his role in “Manchester and Viola Davis is a lockby the Sea” comes to mind, in for Supporting Actress. as does the screenplay for Additionally, three of the films “The Lobster” by Yorgos nominated for Best Picture Lanthimos. Both are unlikely (“Moonlight,” “Fences,” and to take home a statue, but “Hidden Figures”) center deserve to keep company with around a predominantly Black the other nominees. cast. However, while Black There were some bizarre actors stepped further into the surprises like Hollywood spotlight, Asian and Latinx pariah Mel Gibson being performances were noticably brought back into the light missing, with Dev Patel with a Best Director nom and picking up the only nomination the complete vacancy of the for an Asian performer for his controversial “The Birth of role in “Lion.” a Nation,” a film which, this But there’s still a huge race time last year, was already disparity in the technical being praised as a Best Picture categories. Bradford frontrunner. In other odd, Young, who is nominated record-breaking news, “OJ: for the cinematography in Made in America” became the “Arrival” is the first Black longest film ever nominated, cinematographer ever at a whopping 467 minutes. nominated for the award—a Similarly, some expected tragedy intensified when names were missing from the you realize he’s the same

guy responsible for the stunning cinematography in “Selma,” for which he was snubbed a nomination. In an interview with Ava DuVernay, who he worked with on “Selma,” he notes that he is only the seventh Black cinematographer inducted into the American Society of Cinematographers. One exception is the Documentary Feature category—four out of the five directors of the films nominated are Black. And, even better, these directors are all also producers on their films, meaning they’ll get to walk away with a statuette if their film’s win. So the Oscars are still pretty White and, more specifically, dominated by White men. Unfortunately, the only categories in which we can see women regularly nominated are Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. There are, yet again, no women nominated for the award for Best Directing. Only one woman, Allison Schroeder who co-wrote “Hidden Figures” with Theodore Melfi, was nominated in the writing categories (for which there are ten nominees). The only woman nominated in the editing category is Joi McMillon, who is nominated alongside her partner Nat Sanders for their work on “Moonlight.” McMillon is also the first Black woman nominated in this category. That there are women and people of color nominated in these categories is an improvement from past award shows, but their limited numbers seems to hint to a larger deficit in Hollywood on non-White, non-male filmmakers. Hollywood has gotten better—at least a little better—at making movies about women and people of color, but fares less well when it comes to the other side of the camera.

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Kristen Bell as Eleanor Shellstrop in “The Good Place.”

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‘Good Place’ ends on high note problem: Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell, “Veronica Mars”) Daily Arts Writer ended up in the “Good Place” (the show’s non-denominational heaven) even though she acted Serialization in sitcoms is a horribly to the people in her life rare thing. Most, while they do on Earth (like how she left her have continuous friend’s dog she arcs, focus on a was supposed singular story to feed to go to a each week. Still, Rihanna concert). many sitcoms are She meets her “The Good Place” at their best when “soulmate,” they allow stories Chidi (William Season 1 Finale to gain momentum Jackson Harper, NBC over time. This “The Electric is especially Company”) who prevalent in sitcoms quickly became created by Michael one of TV’s best Schur, creator of straight men, her “Brooklyn Nine Nine” and “Parks proudly philanthropic neighbor and Rec.” The former started its Tahani (Jameela Jamil, “T4”) fall hot streak with a brilliant and Jason Mendoza (Manny three-parter that benefitted from Jacinto, “The Romeo Section”), the extra time and the latter a Floridian DJ who is mistaken thrived in the narrative arc (with for a Buddhist monk. As she my favorite example being Leslie reveals herself and her past life running for city council). In each to the “neighborhood,” the show case, the alternative strucute paid continued to move forward with off as it built over the course of compelling plot points at every several episodes. However, no turn. network sitcom this year has been With its narrative momentum, as serialized as NBC’s “The Good “The Good Place” ’s finale Place.” The comedy wrapped produced a twist that completely up its first season with a finale changed the fabric of the show. that built off the work that came While the characters struggle before it to create an ending that with the decision of who to send blew open possibilities for season to the torturous “Bad Place,” two in an incredibly exciting way. wEleanor realizes that they have As “The Good Place” winded been in the Bad Place all along, in through its first season, it a world perfectly built such that constructed a story that was the core cast tortures each other. as twisty as it was intriguing. It’s the kind of twist that makes It burned through its plot with me rethink the show I’ve been abandon. Moments that would watching for an entire season, as normally come at the end of the it’s both shocking and sensible. season were happening halfway Of course these people were through. It started off with a placed together to torture each ALEX INTNER

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other. Ted Danson’s (“Cheers”) ridiculous smile as he’s revealed to be an evil architect is about as laugh-inducing as comedy can get. The twist sets up a second season where the core cast’s memory is wiped and they are split apart, with Eleanor leaving herself a note to “find Chidi.” A season where the core cast will have to navigate their hell and find each other sounds like something “The Good Place” will do well. Not only is the show’s use of serialization fascinating, it’s also a fun show to watch. Following in the footsteps of “Parks” and “Brooklyn,” there’s a certain lighthearted nature to everything that happens. The characters clearly care about one another, and it shows in their interactions, which the series mines for humor so well. The relationship between Jason and the neighborhood’s robot assistant, Janet (D’Arcy Carden, “Broad City”), put two characters together to great results. There were so many great jokes in the finale about the two of them trying to have sex that wouldn’t have worked if we didn’t get to know these characters throughout the season. The character work and light tone makes “The Good Place” special. Add in the captivating twists along with strong performances, and NBC has one of the best comedies on television. However, the network hasn’t renewed the show for a second season yet. The ratings are not bad by any stretch, but they’re not good enough that a pickup is guaranteed. Still, the finale set up a fascinating season two that I really hope NBC gives us.

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Participants at Women’s March reflect larger political climate.

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A note on hidden spaces Music at 2017 Women’s March highlights intersectionality SHIMA SADAGHIYANI Daily Arts Writer

On Saturday, January 21st at the 2017 Women’s March on Washington, artist Janelle Monáe stood before an evergrowing crowd and stated: “I am so proud to stand here as a woman, an African-American woman; my grandmother was a sharecropper. She picked cotton in Aberdeen, Mississippi. My mother was a janitor, and I am a descendent of them, and I am here, in their honor, to help us move forward and fem the future.” Even though I traveled to D.C. to witness the historic march, I, unfortunately, was not able to see Monáe’s powerful speech in person; stuck on a metro train caught in a three-hour delay due to the sheer number of people making their way into the city, I was only able to hear Monáe’s words after the march had ended, stretching out sore legs in my aunt’s house. There I was surrounded by my family, all of whom are immigrants. All marched underneath the blank slate of the cloudy sky for their rights, both as women, and as immigrant women. It was there that I listened to Monáe’s voice blast out of tiny computer speakers, talking about her pride to march both as a woman and as an AfricanAmerican woman: Enfolded by the faces of women whose femininity enclosed a duality. In 1989, civil rights activist Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term “intersectionality” as she studied the overlap between race and gender. In her prominent essay, she focused on the struggle of Black women, stating that the discrimination they experience does not fall deftly into the categories of either “racism” or “sexism,” but rather, due to their converging identities of being both “AfricanAmerican” and “woman,” is a combination of the two. From there, intersectionality grew to become generally known as the concurrence of multiple social identities and the consequent surrounding systems of discrimination and oppression. Monáe’s song that she performed at the march, “Hell You Talmbout,” brings to light the conf lict that can exist within the intersection of being Black and being a woman. A majority of the song simply lists the names of the many Black women unfairly killed by the police followed by a repeated chant of “say her name,” as a reference to the recent #SayHerName movement; while the names of the Black men illegally and immorally killed by police forces have started to gain national attention (like Eric Garner or Freddie Gray) the names of these women (like Sandra Bland or Mya Hall) are much less wellknown, pointing to the idea that there is an invisibility in intersectionality; within their bisecting identities, the unjust and inequitable crimes against Black women have become excluded and hidden from the public eye. The inclusivity and

recognition of intersectionality in mainstream feminism is necessary, especially from the women who do not share the same conf licts and experiences. The issue of unfair violence and police brutality against Black women does not include White women; part of the way we can help include the perspectives of black women in mainstream feminism is by making sure our voices are never raised louder than the women of color who are affected daily. However, America has never had a positive history of creating equal spaces for marginalized groups to feel comfortable speaking in without the threat of being pushed to the side. The music scene, specifically, has always been a platform for social change, especially for the progression of women’s rights. However, within that context, there has previously been a monopolization of recognition and relevancy. Especially within third-wave feminism, White women have been primarily thought of as the instigators of the infusion of feminist ideals in music, creating a space where female artists of color have either been talked over or ignored completely. When looking at the history of music and feminism, the second-wave feminism movement that started in the early 1960’s and lasted throughout the late ’80s was relatively restricted, both in terms of how little it leaked into pop culture and how little it included marginalized groups. However, in the sequential third-wave feminism movement beginning in the early ’90s, borders became much more relaxed, and the movement began to cross boundaries, bleeding into music, art and public discourse. Third-wave feminism took on a more individualistic approach to feminism; it critiqued second-wave feminism for being exclusively White, middle-class women, and tried to alter the term “feminist” to fit a more inclusive definition. While the third-wave did embrace the importance of intersectionality in theory, this openness was not always directly translated into practice. Third-wave feminism’s materialization in music is still considered a primarily White woman effort, with the overwhelmingly allWhite riot grrrl movement taking up most of the spotlight during the ’90s. Bands like Bikini Kill and Sleater-Kinney explored the empowerment of female sexuality in their music, redefining what it meant to be empowered through aggressively and explicitly calling attention to their own female sexuality. The problem arises when this particular expression of female empowerment during the ’90s is considered the only expression of emancipation. And it usually is, with many people solely noticing the riot grrrl movement, linking it to the girl power of the Spice Girls in the early 2000s and completely ignoring the efforts of artists of color; bands like TLC and Destiny’s Child, while well-known, were not given

the same revolutionarily and radically feminist status as the riot grrrl bands, despite sharing the same timeline and emergence. Part of it has to do with the fact that these divergent bands came from different genres of music, but part of it also has to do with the fact that riot grrrl’s (and, more generally, White women’s) expression of female empowerment was considered the principal form of expression; the zine-filled clamor of angry performances where lead singers stripped themselves down to solely bras turned into the face of third-wave feminism in music, overlooking the fact that empowerment read differently for women of different races; women of color had (and still have) a harder time portraying themselves as agents of their own empowered sexuality because of how they have historically been painted as hyper-sexual and debauched in comparison to the pure and innocuous standard of white femininity. Ignoring the role of intersectionality, and the subsequent stigma that surrounded artists of color as they strove to find their place during the sexual revolution of third-wave feminism, can lead to the emphasis of the accomplishments of White women while simultaneously viewing the activities of women of color as merely contributions, if not inadequate representations of female empowerment. Principally: to ignore the many different forms and voices feminism can take, both inside and outside the realm of music, has the power to distance, ostracize and suppress. It is an issue that did not die out in the ’90s and still is extremely prevalent today. In fact, as the Women’s March on Washington began to gain more and more attention, apprehensions began to rise as well, with many women of color wondering if the steps of the Capitol on January 21st would be a space reserved mostly for White women or a space inclusive of all identities. It is a concern born out of a history of marginalization, and a concern I held myself as I considered the multi-faceted identity of my own family. However, as I saw Janelle Monáe’s commanding rendition of “Hell You Talmbout,” as I saw Alicia Keys standing tall as she honored all the different ways femininity can be expressed, as I saw posters of all varieties champion for the recognition and celebration of Black women, Hispanic women, Muslim women, undocumented women and LGBTQ women, my apprehensions slowly began to fade away. While the current situation for minority women, specifically for women of color, is far from perfect, the relative inclusivity of the Women’s March on Washington (though far from perfect itself ) gives rise to hope: both within music and within the overall social sphere of feminism. Women of all distinctive individualities are moving to march forward, not back.

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Yost Ice Arena: A Michigan hockey tradition LANEY BYLER

Daily Sports Editor

Eight thousand, four hundred and eleven people filed their way into Yost Ice Arena back on January 29th, 1988. It was the highest attendance for a single hockey game in the building’s history. At the time, maximum capacity for Yost was listed as 8,100. But Michigan State was rolling in from East Lansing, and no one wanted to miss it. So, an extra 311 people crammed their way into one of college ice hockey’s most traditional buildings for a genuine in-state rivalry showdown. Due to multiple renovations over the years, Yost’s capacity has decreased to 5,800. The average number of attendees for the 2015-16 season was 5,457 — a far cry from 8,411, but enough to topple over a 90% attendance rate. Sophomore defenseman Nicholas Boka can attest to that kind of atmosphere after last weekend’s matchup against the Spartans. “I keep using the word special, but it’s really special,” Boka said. “Seeing a huge crowd the other night playing Michigan State when we’re a .500 team. … It’s definitely an honor to play here.” Established in 1923 as a multi-purpose athletic facility, the Fielding H. Yost Field House was originally home to an eight-lane running track, a portable basketball court and a winter practice facility for the baseball and football teams — all while leaving room for 7,500 spectators. It also provided locker room space and conditioning facilities to the football teams of Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler. This was the facility Michigan hockey coach Red Berenson remembers during his first few

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The Michigan hockey team has played in Yost Ice Arena for the past 43 seasons, and durng that time, it has become one of the most iconic facilities in the country.

visits to Yost. “I was in school, and I came to a track meet. It was an indoor track meet and Tom Robinson was a runner,” said Berenson. “He was a friend of mine; he was from the Bahamas. He broke the world record for the 60-yard dash indoors here, at the time. … And then I came to a basketball game here. I actually came for a baseball tryout my freshman year, might’ve been the first time I was in the building. They gave us an old ball to play catch with and that was about the extent of the tryout.” About 10 years later, the Fielding H. Yost Field House began converting into an ice arena. It maintained most of the original architectural aspects, including the recognizable grand windows and drafty

ceiling. Consistently referred to as a “barn,” the hockey facility boasts an incredible record since its transition to a rink in 1973. Not including the current season, 819 games have been played at Yost Ice Arena, and holds a win-loss-tie record of 570-209-40. Attendance peaked during 2003-04 season, when 148,124 people made their way into Yost to watch Michigan play hockey. Yet, more incredibly, over four million people have attended Yost during its 43 seasons as a hockey arena. “I had no idea what it would turn out to be because it wasn’t built for hockey,” Berenson said. “When I first saw it — I think I played an exhibition game here with the Red Wings when I was

with Detroit — and we played in here, it was like, ‘Gee, this is alright.’ And then it went from there. I came back as a coach and this looks like a hockey building right away. “It’s become one of the iconic hockey buildings now. It’s not going to be here forever, but it’s been here for nearly forever.” For many, the past 43 seasons of Michigan hockey at Yost have been tradition. For Boka, it’s where he and his family sat, year after year, watching the Wolverines pass pucks around on the ice. It’s even where he asked to have his birthday party as a kid. Now, Boka is one of those guys out on the ice. “It was always a dream of mine to play hockey here,” Boka said. “I mean, I grew up

going to Michigan games. For that birthday, I got a Michigan penalty box that my grandpa built me. It’s pretty cool to look back on as a kid, just growing up and watching all those guys you see on the wall out there. “(The first time I played hockey at Yost) was pretty surreal. I looked up in the stands where we had our old season tickets, and to think that I was once a little kid sitting there watching guys and thinking one day I would play here. I’ve got so many memories here as a kid. It was very special.” The same goes for freshman forward Will Lockwood. A second generation Michigan hockey player, and third generation Wolverine, Lockwood had always been a Michigan fan. Like Boka, Lockwood is now

on the ice after a childhood of spectating. And even though he spent so much of his time at Yost watching hockey games, nothing compared to his own first game. “It was incredible, it was better than I ever expected it to be,” Lockwood said. “I always knew what the environment was like, but actually being on the ice and playing in the game was on a whole different level. … You have some of the best fans in college hockey and one of the best rinks in college hockey. So putting the two together makes for one of the best environments.” Throughout the past 43 seasons, Yost has bred an environment that is complementary to college hockey. And many have found their way into the National Hockey League, like Dylan Larkin and Luke Glendening for the Detroit Red Wings, or Zach Werenski for the Columbus Blue Jackets. And even more have found positions in the American Hockey League and East Coast Hockey League. And they all have something in common — a barn in Ann Arbor. “There’s history to these old buildings. Minnesota had an old building before they built the new Mariucci, and it was a great old building, just like Yost,” Berenson said. “Wisconsin had an old building they used to play in, the Dane County Colosseum. These were buildings that were known all over the college hockey community. It could be traditional buildings, and that’s what Yost is, it’s a traditional building. It’s not one of the new, nicest and glitziest rinks like North Dakota is, or some of those other new rinks that are really nice. “But this has an atmosphere, this has a feeling in it that’s special, and you can’t replace it with a new building.”

Wolverines return home to battle Northwestern ‘M’ coach Kim Barnes Arico needs only one more win to reach landmark total SYLVANNA GROSS Daily Sports Editor

Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico is one game away from reaching 100 wins at Crisler Center, and the only obstacle Northwestern between her and second at Michigan place on the Matchup: all-time list Northwestern for coaches 4-2 Big Ten, in program 15-4 overall; Michigan history is 5-2, 16-5 Northwestern. When: The Wednesday Michigan 7 P.M. women’s Where: Crisler basketball Center team (5-2 Big Ten, 16-5 overall) will be hosting the Wildcats (4-2, 15-4) on Wednesday. The Wolverines are ranked third in the conference, but Northwestern isn’t far behind. Both teams have received votes in the latest AP and Coaches polls in the past weeks. “Northwestern is a great, great team led by a young lady named Nia Coffey,” Barnes Arico said in an interview with WTKA on Tuesday. Barnes Arico followed up that statement with a long list of Coffey’s achievements, including her prediction as a first-round WNBA draft pick, an AllAmerican candidate and a firstteam unanimous all-conference pick. Barnes Arico was also sure to point out that she can typically average a doubledouble. “They are an experienced group of seniors,” Barnes Arico said. “They start four kids that have been playing together

for four years, so they really have a ton of experience. They really play exceptionally well together, they know each other inside and out. They’re going to be a tough matchup.” The Wildcats lead the alltime series, 38-31, and the all-time series in Ann Arbor, 16-14. Their most recent win was Feb. 14, 2015 in a 63-62 battle. The game featured double-digit scoring efforts from then-freshman Katelynn Flaherty and then-sophomore Siera Thompson with 10 and 15 points, respectively. It was Northwestern’s Coffey who made the final layup of the day to push the Wildcats to their first lead of the day, and clinched the game for her team. “We’ve had some great games with them the last few years,” Barnes Arico said. “I would expect tomorrow to be a great contest.” Yet, the advantage for this game might go to Michigan, considering the team is 10-0 at Crisler Center this season — and 3-0 against Big Ten foes. The Wolverines have made a habit of taking advantage of the third quarter while at home, outscoring opponents, 248128, in the first ten minutes after the half. The Wolverines will be midway through conference play by the end of this week, making it just the third time in school history where Michigan has won 16 of its first 21 games. The last two times have been in the 2011-2012 and the 2012-2013 seasons — Barnes Arico’s first year at the helm of the program was the latter. Notably, in both of those seasons, the Wolverines went on to an appearance in the

NCAA Tournament. The contest could hold more groundbreaking moments other than Barnes Arico’s personal record at Michigan. Junior guard Katelynn Flaherty has a total of 1,693 career points — securely in third place for alltime points in school history. But, she is just 21 points away from bumping Jennifer Smith, who played from 20002004, out from second. Flaherty is leading the Wolverines in scoring, averaging 20 points per game. Additionally, senior guard Siera Thompson is just three assists away from Jenny Ryan

(2009-2013) for second place in all-time assists for the Wolverines. Thompson is also en route to breaking into the top-10 career scoring list. With just 38 points to go — and half of the conference season left — Thompson could easily join Flaherty on the all-time list by the end of the year. “I think we feel very, very confident at home, we want to win for the fans and the people that come here,” Thompson said after Michigan’s last home game against Minnesota. “(Barnes Arico) always talks about protecting home court and the block ‘M’ so I think

The first thing on that board is to protect that block ‘M’

we take pride in that every day when we play in front of everyone at Crisler.” Added Barnes Arico: “The first thing on that board is to protect that block ‘M.’ That’s our responsibility.” Northwestern is coming off a two-game winning streak and ranks 13th in the country — and first in the Big Ten — in blocks per game (6.0). In the Wildcats’ previous matchup against Michigan State, Northwestern guard Amber Jamison tallied a game-high 22 points. Jamison was 8-of-12 from the field and 5-of-6 from behind the arc.

The true test for the Wolverines will be to prevent the Wildcats from reaching 70, or more, points because Northwestern has a 10-1 record when reaching that threshold. Concurrently, the Wildcats are 14-1 when holding their opposition to 69 or fewer points. Northwestern might be in trouble, though, as Michigan averages 83.7 points per game on 48.5-percent shooting at Crisler Center. “I’m happy that we’re back at home,” Barnes Arico said. “It will give us an opportunity to play in front of our fans on our home court.”

It will give us an opportunity to play in front of our fans

I think we feel very, very confident at home

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Senior guard Siera Thompson is also poised to move up in the Michigan record books, as she is just three assists away from second place on the all-time list.

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Evaluating Michigan’s NCAA Tournament résumé The Wolverines still have work to do to earn a spot in the field of 68 BRANDON CARNEY Daily Sports Writer

As of right now, the Michigan men’s basketball team is on the outside looking in to the NCAA Tournament. According to bracketmatrix. com — a database that compiles bracket projections from across the Internet — the Wolverines were among the first four teams left out of the tournament before Tuesday night’s games. But in the coming weeks, Michigan will have plenty of opportunities to face quality opponents and prove that it belongs in the field of 68. With that in mind, the Daily breaks down what the Wolverines have done and what they will have to do in order to improve their NCAA Tournament résumé by the time Selection Sunday rolls around: What does the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee look at? The 10-member NCAA selection committee uses its judgment (“eye test”) along with several key metrics to evaluate a team’s performance. According to NCAA.com, some of those metrics include: Ratings Percentage Index (RPI); strength of schedule; performance against top-50 teams; home and road records; various computer metrics such as Ken Pomeroy and Jeff Sagarin; head-to-head results; and results versus common opponents. Michigan’s Key Numbers (as of Jan. 24)

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Michigan coach John Beilein will need the Wolverines to win the big games left on their schedule in order to give themselves a better shot on Selection Sunday.

Road Record: 0-5 RPI: 69 Michigan’s current résumé Ken Pomeroy Ranking: 43 Jeff Sagarin Rating: 38 Strength of Schedule (according to Ken Pomeroy): 54 Record vs. RPI Top 25: 0-4 Record vs. RPI Top 50: 2-6 Record vs. RPI Top 100: 5-6 Record vs. NCAA tournament teams (using bracketmatrix. com): 3-5

Overall Record: 13-7 Home/Neutral Record: 13-2 Conference Record: 3-4

The first factor that jumps out from Michigan’s résumé is its lack of wins against NCAA Tournament-caliber teams. The Wolverines have yet to record a win over RPI top-25 teams, and those struggles extend to their 2-6 mark versus RPI top-50 opposition. Michigan needs to show the selection committee it can be competitive with teams expected to make the field of 68 and, so far, the Wolverines’ only convincing evidence are their two wins against Southern Methodist and Marquette in New York. Here’s the good news for Michigan: The Wolverines

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have yet to suffer a bad loss. Michigan’s worst loss was at Iowa — No. 113 in the RPI — with the rest of the Wolverines’ defeats coming to teams within the RPI’s top-50. Rutgers is the only remaining team on Michigan’s schedule with an RPI over 100. As long as the Wolverines don’t drop that game, they’ll steer clear of any ugly blemishes on their résumé. Michigan also scores well in the computer rankings that the selection committee will begin to factor in this year. Those high marks primarily hang on the Wolverines’ strength of schedule and wins over the Mustangs and Golden Eagles in New York. Michigan will have chances to boost its ratings in the coming

weeks, and the computers seem to have a favorable view of the Wolverines, which will come in handy in March. How can Michigan’s résumé improve? To put it simply: By winning the big games left on its schedule. The Wolverines will have plenty of chances to pick up some impressive wins in the next few weeks. Michigan plays Indiana and Michigan State twice each in its next five games. Both the Spartans and the Hoosiers have gotten off to sluggish starts in the Big Ten, but are still projected to make the tournament field. Over

this stretch, the Wolverines can potentially reshape their record against top-50 teams — an important criteria for the selection committee. Michigan also needs to improve its road record. The Wolverines are currently 0-5 in true road games, and they will have plenty of chances coming up to post some away wins on the board. Michigan’s next three road games are against Michigan State, Indiana and Northwestern. Because the Wolverines dropped winnable away contests at Iowa and at Illinois, they’ll need to win a couple of these more challenging road games to make up for those early losses. There are some metrics that Michigan can’t control that can end up helping it come Selection Sunday. The Wolverines’ strength of schedule can continue to improve if Michigan’s nonconference opponents maintain their winning ways. Southern Methodist, South Carolina and UCLA all currently rank in the top-3 of their respective conference standings. Marquette pulled off an upset victory over Creighton over the weekend, and Virginia Tech defeated Duke a few weeks ago. One team to keep an eye on out of the Wolverines’ non-conference opposition is Marquette. Just like Michigan, the Golden Eagles are a bubble team, currently projected to barely make the field of 68. If both teams continue down that path, and only one spot remains in the tournament field, how much will the committee value the Wolverines’ November win over Marquette? In the best case scenario, Michigan hopes its play on the court will improve to a point where it won’t have this question hanging over its head on Selection Sunday.

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Little Things: Treat Yourself the Way You Would Treat Your Daughter B Y E R I K A S H E V C H E K , D A I LY A R T S W R I T E R

his past Saturday, I stood in the campus Diag and saw countless signs for the Women’s March in Ann Arbor. Some of them were witty and creative, others were more direct and serious. But there was one sign in particular that stood out. Reading it made me re-evaluate how I see myself as a woman. The sign, simply put in black and white, read: Treat yourself the way you would treat your daughter. I had to go over this message in my mind because, no, I don’t have a daughter, and I couldn’t wrap my mind around the meaning. Most signs were direct messages or questions, many revolving around women’s empowerment, LGBTQ rights, racism and President Donald Trump’s misogyny. So, it was odd to see a sign that provoked so many questions and made me reflect on how I respect myself. I felt like it made an assumption that I do not treat myself with the respect I would and should give to my hypothetical daughter. At first I was confused and somewhat insulted, but after much consideration, this message rightfully began to make sense. Far too often, there are times when I verbally beat myself up. Whether it be my body, my actions, my regrets or my relationships, I am consistently blaming myself for not believing in my full potential. And, no, this is not how all women treat themselves, but unfortunately I’ve noticed that I and the women around me share this notion (the Women’s March and movement is changing this norm — thank god). So I actually asked myself: “How would I treat my daughter?” Clearly, I would treat her with

unconditional love: tell her she is beautiful the way she is, to never let anyone bully her, to fight for what she believes in, to wear what she wants, to say what she wants — the list would go on. I immediately thought of my past, the regrets and painful moments scattered in my mind like a swarm of bees. Memories of being bullied, of all the apologies I should not have been sorry for, of all the times I gave up, of all the times I devoted so much to guys who treated me like shit, of all the times I cried because I didn’t like the way I looked, and, most painfully, the time I was sexually assaulted.

My assault happened my first term freshman year. Looking back, it feels so fast, so odd and so fuzzy — I did everything to block it out of my head. Anyone who has been assaulted might still feel those hands unbuttoning their jeans, can still smell the breath of the attacker, can still feel the surface they were being pushed up against, can hear the sound of pushing the attacker, the monster, off of them. It breaks my heart to know that that is not always the case. The most mentally grotesque part of my story could be that, for an hour after, I thought it might actually have been my fault. If that were my daughter,

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I wouldn’t even let her finish that sentence. I would hold her tight and tell her, “don’t you ever think that way.” I would tell her this is not OK and it will never be OK. I would tell her to report this and to have her voice be heard in marches, like the one this weekend — standing in front of a sea of people who understand what she has been through. I would teach her and all my children that being a woman, in any and all aspects, is not something to beat yourself up about. It is not something to apologize for. Being a woman does not mean being inferior. After sharing my story with friends, they, too, shared stories similar to my own. The fact that I can find this much common ground within my community of friends surprises me. This is what boils my blood. And then the sign comes back into focus. I don’t want to just tell my friends “I’m so sorry” and “I understand.” I want to tell them, “Treat yourself the way you would treat your daughter.” I want them to take care of themselves the way they would take care of their daughters. And yes, maybe it’s not that simple in some cases, but maybe this is an opportunity to change our perspective on how we see ourselves as women. If I could see that woman who held that sign again, I would thank her for opening my mind to a new kind of confidence and self-care. The next time I judge my body, apologize for something unnecessary or doubt my potential, I will remind myself of those nine simple, but groundbreaking words. Treat yourself the way you would treat your daughter.

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Golden State Worrier: Just Keep Tapping B Y H A R R Y K R I N S K Y , D A I LY A R T S W R I T E R

’ve been to two therapists in my life. The story behind the first guy isn’t that interesting. I was a nervous 11-year-old; like, a really nervous 11-year-old, and I was lucky enough to go to a therapist and even luckier to have therapy who actually helped. My second therapist is a more interesting story. I found her by Googling “Ann Arbor Hypnotherapy” and choosing between the two options that came up. The deciding factors were some combination of the two websites’ aesthetic, their testimonials and the ease with which I could locate their email addresses. For some reason, technological wherewithal was a quality I valued in a hypnotherapist. It was toward the end of my sophomore year of college. The anxiety I had worked so hard in my youth to keep at bay was creeping back into my life, in part because I had actual worry-worthy things to worry about. It was the type of nervous cocktail that created thoughts like “If I don’t get this internship, I’m going to contract a fatal respiratory infection and die.” I don’t exactly know why I pursued hypnotherapy instead of other, more

mainstream types of therapy. I know a guy who tried hypnotherapy and said it worked, and as a kid was obsessed with “Molly Moon’s Incredible Book of Hypnotism,” but other than that, I have no affiliation with hypnosis. Weird flex by me, but whatever. I emailed my prospective therapist, the one with the better website. I will call her Molly for nostalgia and anonymity. She responded quickly and we set up a time to chat. During our first meeting, she showed me her gold pocket watch, a family heirloom that had been passed down through generations and embedded with magical hypnotic powers. She told me to sit back in the chair, relax and follow the watch with my eyes. What felt like two minutes later, I woke up, with almost no recollection of the event. I’m kidding — there was no pocket watch, or magic, or loss of memory. Though I would be lying if, prior to my first meeting, some percentage of me legitimately thought something like that would happen. It didn’t. At our first meeting Molly probably asked me 50 questions about my life, taking detailed notes and giving some feedback on my responses.

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The most notable piece of advice from this session was that if I drank more water, that would solve all my anxiety issues. I chuckled when she said this, before quickly realizing she wasn’t joking. In truth, hypnosis only describes a fraction of what Molly does. She really is an oracle of all things related to spiritual and alternative healing. In addition to hydration tips, Molly’s repertoire of healing practices includes teaching me a set of yoga breathing techniques, facilitating guided meditations tailored to my specific anxieties, and assigning me homework assignments like “spend three hours this week doing something that exclusively benefits other people.” Shoes are forbidden in her cramped office, so we’d make casual conversation as I removed my boots and placed them outside her door before entering. I’d sit on a tan reclining chair with a partially broken lever and she’d tell me about Chi, and natural energy, and traditions that predate any ibuprofen by an uncountable number of lifetimes. For most of my life, I was a staunch skeptic of all things related to the spiritual and alternative. That is, I would guess, pretty normal for being an American-born 21-year-old. Western medicine is built on the trust in empiricism and some alternative healing practices simply don’t have the data to back up their performance, or don’t have the data that the Western world trusts. It also might just be Western arrogance, it really might just be Western arrogance. In any case, I was happy to indulge Molly’s conversations about Chi and natural energy flow, but I always thought of them as more interesting mental exercises, rather than anything actually altering an iota of my body. I’d think of them in terms of more mainstream mental health practices, reflecting my learned American exceptionalism. I’d commend Molly’s practices on reaching the same conclusion as the clearly more “correct” Western medicine therapies. When she first brought up “tapping,” the skepticism remained. Tapping, or emotional freedom therapy, is a style of healing that involves tapping

on certain points of the body that are believed to stimulate one’s life energy, or Chi. Molly told me that anxiety and depression can be caused by a stoppage of energy flow. She said there are more than 100 spots that could be touched on the body to stimulate the flow of energy; she gave me 11 of these spots to start with. Even a year later I remember her final words on the technique: “The best part is, you don’t need to believe it’s working for it to work.” So, in the tan chair with the broken lever, I hesitantly began tapping. She adjusted my form, because apparently I was missing the imaginary spot on my body that was going to stimulate the imaginary life energy going through my body. I tapped and thought about what was overwhelming me. I thought about how certain I was about all the terrible stuff coming my way, and how uncertain I was about what my survival plan was. Then, rather quickly, some of those worries began to slip away. The muscles in my neck unclenched and the wave of impending things to do and things done wrong started to seem farther and farther away from me. I let out something like a gasp when I was done, embarrassed at how pleased I must have looked, and how clearly not sold I was prior to the exercise. “See?” she said, giving me a smile that was equal parts I-told-ya-so and glad-I-could-help. To this day, I still tap. I tapped last week when I heard norovirus was back. I tapped on Jan. 20, for some reason. I tap before plane rides, tests and hard conversations. Molly and her tapping therapeutic powers helped me in two ways. The first being the obvious one: giving me this new tool to combat anxiety. The second gift was a lesson in humility. When I tap, it reminds me of how little I know about how my body works. It reminds me that maybe there is Chi in my body that gets clogged up sometimes, or maybe some of the “certainties” in my life are things I’m not so certain about at all. I often get caught up in anxiety about what my future holds. Tapping is a much-needed reminder that more often than not, I don’t actually know.

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STRONGER AS ONE POST ELECTION COMMENTARY FROM CAMPUS ACTIVISTS BY ADAM BRODNAX, AREEBA HAIDER, TANYA MADHANI, HALIMAT OLANIYAN, CHRISTIAN PANEDA, JASON ROWLAND, NEEL SWAMY, ASHLEY TJHUNG, SIVANTHY VASANTHAN

Editor’s Note: Following the inauguration of President Donald Trump on Jan. 21, editors of Michigan in Color — a section by and for people of color, dedicated to publishing inclusive and intersectional content about race — interviewed and reflected on the commentary of eight student social justice leaders in the article below.

he 2016 presidential election has dominated this past year’s news cycle. This year, we said farewell to the first Black president of the United States and inaugurated a man who has reflected the cultural divides of a nation roiled by social and economic transformation. He narrowly flipped states that Obama had won twice while articulating support for a ban on Muslim immigration and hinting at a discriminatory Muslim identification registry. He wants to build a wall separating the United States from Mexico, and he ignorantly painted all Black communities as crime-ridden, uneducated and unemployed. The division has not been without reaction — the day following Trump’s inauguration, millions in cities across the country participated in the Women’s March for civil rights. Many of us who identify as people of color have experienced an attack on our racial identities over these past few months. As a voice for students of color on campus, we the editors of Michigan in Color set out to discover how marginalized students are feeling about the state of our campus and country in the opening days of Trump’s presidency. Instead of asking for their political views or opinions on specific policies, we aimed to focus on how they plan to turn their feelings into action. In the face of heightened racial anxieties, we found that students of color on our campus share both concern and a desire to impact change following the election of President Donald Trump. Though students from across the University of Michigan bring diverse perspectives to our campus, one thing is

clear: We are stronger as one and, as one, we must take action. Now more than ever we cannot let the political climate fill us with hate or divide us further. The saying “love trumps hate” is more than a political slogan — it is a fact. Love connects where hate divides. By giving a voice to student leaders of color, we aim to rally the student body in celebration of our differences. We also want to shed light on the highly personal nature of protest — the ways one person expresses their right to assembly is not the way another activist fighting for the same cause does. Through these leaders’ voices, we hope to reveal the work that has been done and the work that’s still left to do to address inequality on campus and beyond. Most importantly, however, we aim to reveal some of the people behind it..

Michael Heyward LSA Sophomore Involvement: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Student Advisory Board Before the election, I was extremely confident in (Hillary Clinton). Not only because of her amazing aptitude — I genuinely believe that she was the most qualified candidate to run for any office — but also because I figured my fellow countrymen and women would reject the hate spewed by Donald Trump. As we all know, I was wrong. On November 8th, Americans voted to “take back their country” — a move I presume was racially motivated. After eight years of a Black president, Americans rejected this progress by electing a racist chauvinist. Looking back, I regret not doing more to stop Trump’s ascension to the Oval Office. If more people knew about the damaging effects that Trump’s policies would wreak on everyday Americans, instead of the “alternative facts” spewed from his campaign, maybe people would have thought twice before casting their Photo by CAROLYN GEARIG/ Daily

vote. For progress to be made in the future, it’s essential for Democrats to not alienate working-class people. Instead, a message should be crafted that focuses on uniting all people — including people of color and other marginalized backgrounds — under the promise of a better, more equitable future. Additionally, I am incredibly wary about Trump’s cabinet picks. His choice for attorney general, Jeff Sessions, is a known racist. I do not believe he’ll represent my interests as an African American, and I certainly don’t feel that he will fight to protect the tens of millions of Americans of marginalized identities. Likewise, I fear for female Americans who now live under a commander in chief who’s openly admitted to sexually assaulting women. For now, I protest because I have to. But I personally don’t think that unprivileged people should be on the frontlines begging to be treated equally. In an ideal world, people with privilege would speak up for those without, using their power for good. As it stands now, that isn’t the case. I’m forced to fight to be recognized as an equal human being, and I will continue fighting for my rights and the rights of others until it’s no longer necessary.

Kayla Hatcher LSA Sophomore Involvement: Black Undergraduate Medical Association Recently, this white boy just came real close to me and got in my face about my Black Lives Matter shirt. I get weird looks every time I wear that shirt. Either people will give me dirty looks or just not talk to me. I still wear my Black Lives Matter shirt and have my sticker on my laptop. The looks I recieve when I do are a result of the media portraying the movement so poorly. Supporters are ignorantly looked at as people who hate other races, but I

want people to understand that I am a person — I will be your friend. And I think that today’s climate with the Women’s March has been amazing and needed. I don’t think it was too late, but I definitely feel these things should happen sooner and more often. I’m very worried about undoing so quickly what we have worked so hard to do. I want people, no matter what color, to not be selfish. I go to marches when I can. If something is happening, I’ll go support. People need to vote. The presidential election is not the only election that exists. There are hundreds of other people in the House and Senate who also have a say. It’s scary that this orange, racist man is the new president.

Zainab Bhindarwala LSA Sophomore Involvement: SAAN, Intergroup Relations Council To put it bluntly, I do not feel safe in Trump’s America; nor do I think anything positive will happen over the next four years. In fact, I think the next four years will be very rough for many Americans. By the end, we’ll need to work hard to repair the damage left in his wake. But somehow more concerning to me is the potential for damage committed by Trump’s supporters. And with him as president, I don’t foresee any dip in the number of hate crimes we’ve seen against marginalized groups since Trump announced his candidacy. This constant state of fear, for myself as well as my fellow Americans, is, quite frankly, exhausting. Perhaps the only silver lining I can draw from Trump’s presidency is that his goal to divide people ended up uniting us. While Trump’s victory may have been because he pitted people against one another, the women’s marches last weekend showed the world that we are united as one against hate and bigotry. Still, there is much more progress to be made when it comes to coalition building. While marching is a great way to exercise political opinions, it’s crucial that future movements don’t forget intersectionality. Someone who marches for women’s rights should also find themselves marching on the streets for #BlackLivesMatter and LGBTQ+ rights, to name a few. Moving forward, it’s essential we make more of an effort to communicate with others. I truly believe that if more Trump supporters had ever met and had a conversation with a Muslim, a Latinx, an African American or an immigrant, Donald Trump would not be in the Oval Office today. It’s easy to vote against a group you’ve never met; it’s much harder to vote against a fellow human. Even on our “diverse” campus, students should still make an effort to reach out to those different than themselves. When

this occurs, we will start ridding ourselves of the misconceptions that fueled the rise of Donald Trump.

Jules Merringer LSA Freshman

will continue to change. For me, Obama’s greatest impact he’s had is instilling hope and that is something we cannot forget.

Mark Anthony Lingaya LSA Senior

Involvement: Michigan Community Scholars Program, Alternative InvestInvolvement: UMHS Volunteer, Afriment Club can Students Association, Minority Health and Healthy Disparities InternaMany minority groups on campus are tional Research Training, Circle K understandably concerned about where they stand over the next four years. Will their rights be taken from them? What’s going to happen? Trump has said a lot of scary things, and people are worried about the future. I see a lot of parallels between the recent Women’s March and the civil rights movement. While people think about Martin Luther King Jr. when they think civil rights, the march on Selma was organized by Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee — a group of people just like us. Many people from different backgrounds united under one voice to try to persuade a privileged group to give them full equality. People need to put aside differences and come together to create that collective voice in the struggle for equal rights because not one group can do all of this. Coalition building is necessary for success.

Jonathan Kuriakose LSA Senior Involvement: Global Medical Missions Alliance, Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-health honor society, Volunteers Involved Every Week, Michigan POPS Orchestra For people of color to be effective, I think it is a two-pronged attack. We need to not only improve our situations on an individual level, but also on a societal level. We often feel that our impact is small, but I think it is important for us to keep these topics in our conversations with our friends and family — the people we can really affect. We have to continue to take a stand with non-violent protests. If we can truly show our pain and suffering to another, that’s how the perception of people of color will truly change. I am not worried about a facetious rule. A lot of the president’s statements are unbacked. I think they were superficially said and used to gain votes. I truly believe and hope his statements won’t come true. I worry about the increased power of big business because America’s greatest weakness comes when those of power gain more control. It’s important for us to remember what America stands for because at the core we cannot change America, though society

I did not let my frustrations with the results of the election stop me from taking advantage of the opportunities I have as a student of the University of Michigan. Had I done so, I would not have been accepted as a participant for MHIRT, the Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training program. Over the course of this summer, I will travel to Ghana to fight the health disparities I am so passionate about. Whatever feelings you have as a person of color are valid, and you have the right to express them in the ways you feel are best. However, you should not let these feelings inhibit you in any way; rather, let them fuel you. The election is over and it is time to think of the best ways to move forward. I am worried that the president is not going to listen to some of the issues people of color face when they should listen to all of those who are affected by their policies. I will continue to tackle health disparities and medical racism with all that I am and in all I do. Along the way, there may be setbacks, but I will still push forward with the passion and drive to accomplish my goals.

Andrew Mei Business Junior Involvement: Student Organizational Funding Commission, Center for Positive Organizations, Gates Milennium Scholars Michigan. For students of color, you know that the way other students of color are treated indirectly affects you. As an Asian-American male, the racial oppression we have faced hasn’t been as highlighted as other groups, but that doesn’t mean we can’t stand in solidarity with them. By supporting other students of color, I know I can contribute to the fight for equal justice, which improves racial conditions for groups even if their struggles aren’t as well-known. Knowing that can be powerful, impactful and can go a long way. From taking Intergroup Relations last semester to being more invested as a student of color on campus, I feel that I can speak more openly and freely to other nonstudents of color surrounding racial issues

on campus. For non-students of color, their voices have the most resources and most power to bring about change, especially in the political process. It’s important for them to realize that there are policies and systems put in place that unjustly and unfairly lessen groups of people, and they need to realize that non-students of color have the power to do something and ultimately help provide a more positive and just society.

Vidhya Srivatsan First year Masters of Information Involvement: CommonGround, Students4Justice People of color have different needs; different marginalized communities will have different needs and different fears. A lot of our activism has to be productive in a defensive way. We are a lot less free to make activist choices — which more privileged identities can make in terms of protesting. I’ve skipped out on a few protests because I am a brown trans-woman. If I am arrested and end up in a male prison cell, that would do bad things for my mental health and for my ability to keep going and doing this work. I also have to worry about whether action will be inclusive of all my identities, which it’s usually not. I have to do what I can, which is participating in more education-oriented work and in safer spaces. At first I was a little down on myself for that, but I realized I’m still doing positive work. I’m still making a difference. The first thing people of color need to do is selfishly take care of our own needs. In the upcoming months, we will lose a lot of resources and things important to us. We need to do our best to exist. A big thing I try and tell marginalized people is existence is a form of resistance. Much of the greater world at large, whether they’ll admit it or not, wants our existence to be limited to certain modes of being in specific places where they can choose to avoid. Beyond taking care of ourselves, people of color need to find ways to educate white people. It sucks because that’s not our responsibility and not an expectation I have for people of color, but also one of the only ways they will learn is by education from us. White people need to be educated on our needs, our fears, the things we need them to be doing for us. of Color need to find ways to educate white people. It sucks because that’s not our responsibility and not an expectation I have for People of Color, but also one of the only ways they will learn is by education from us. White people need to be educated on our needs, our fears, the things we need them to be doing for us.

Wednesday, January 25, 2017 // The Statement

Personal Statement: I’m Not an Art Person

ometimes my mind takes me back to that one day in early September of freshman year, when I visited the University of Michigan Museum of Art with a group of strangers; students from my hall, from orientation, people I thought would become my best friends. In reality, they just became even more distant. How cultured and sophisticated, I thought to myself back then. When I started college, I pictured constantly expanding my horizons — traveling to different places and trying new things. I was excited to explore more of Ann Arbor’s culture and be the kind of artsy person I saw on my Instagram newsfeed, with pictures of graffiti alleys and hidden fairy doors. This seemed like what college would really be about. I imagined the group of us moving through the museum in a sepia-toned haze, talking about Neo-Impressionism or tempera paint, armed with cups of overpriced coffee from down the street because we were too good for Starbucks. For me, that day was disastrous. Despite having religiously pored over a glossary of art terms the night before (thanks, Google), I found myself hopelessly inept. Standing in front of an incredibly detailed painting twice my size that must have taken months, if not years to complete, I felt small. Who was I to critique someone else’s work? What

ILLUSTRATION BY KATIE SPAK

by Rhea Cheeti, Daily Staff Reporter business did I have tossing around terms like sublime or naturalistic when I didn’t understand anything about art? It slowly dawned on me that I’d probably never had an eye for art in the first place. I’d look at a piece and think it looked pretty neat, while the person next to me would talk about the motivation behind it and how the artful brushstrokes created an illusion of depth. As we moved through the next few rooms, I found myself falling back a little more each time, eventually making a swift exit, while the rest of the group was busy laughing and talking, bonding over a particularly interesting photograph. You see, I’ve never described myself as a visual art person. A writer? Sure. A musician? I can work with that. But when I see a blank canvas and rows of paint, I’ve never felt the urge to create. I’m not immediately struck by a vision, and I don’t know how to take an idea and visualize it in a way that is comprehensive and beautiful. At best, I can scrawl out a vague stick-figure-esque drawing or maybe paint one of those generic-looking landscapes. Maybe. I’d watch my friends in high school effortlessly create gorgeous pieces of art and wonder in envy at how their brushes seem to glide smoother than mine, how they just intuitively knew where to place

the next stroke of paint. I spent years wishing I had that skill — taking art classes in high school and practicing whenever I had time and a pencil — but it was never instinctive for me. Which is why I never thought that I’d end up in an art class my sophomore year of college. Through a unique combination of requirements and the program I was in, I found myself taking LHSP 230, Creative Communities, a class focused on public art and creative expression. It was a terrifying prospect to me: Art was something I’d been trying (and failing) to do for a long time, and now I’d be in a space entirely focused on it. And I wasn’t entirely sure how I felt about that. Living in a learning community focused on writing and the arts, I had friends who were incredibly artistic and seen what they’d created in these classes. The work they made was amazing, and I was nervous because I wasn’t sure what exactly was expected of me. I knew, without a doubt, that I wouldn’t be able to make anything even remotely as good, but I’d resolved myself to trying as hard as I could. Even then, I felt pressured to achieve perfection. Our first assignment had us creating “luminaries,” which were threedimensional structures made out of wire, paper-maché and lights. I’d gone into this assuming we’d start out with something

small, but our professor had larger plans for us — specifically, to be a part of a popup parade at ArtPrize in Grand Rapids. So not only was I forced to face my fears much sooner than anticipated, there’d be an audience of people who actually appreciated art watching my every move. There were moments where I’d find myself in Alice Lloyd Hall’s art studio, huddled under a workbench, the overhead lights occasionally blinking off as if mocking my catatonic state. As I looked at the tangled mess of wire and tape that was supposed to be my project, and compared it to the perfect ones all around me, I was frustrated and confused. Those first few weeks were hard — nothing made me feel more incompetent than not being able to create something with the apparent ease that everyone else in the class possessed. I think it was one of those 2 a.m. moments when I had nothing to show but the battle scars left by metal splinters (wire is harder to work with than you’d think) that I finally realized — I was the only one that cared this much. While everyone else was having fun and creating things, I was stuck inside my own head, too infatuated with rigid definitions of “art” and “artist” to do anything at all. I’d spent years building the entire concept of art up in my head as if it were some sort of mysterious and elusive force that I’d never be able to understand, something that was unattainable. I’ve constantly been telling myself that I can’t create art, when it can be interpreted in so many different ways, and constructed with a variety of mediums — there is no singular definition. Art doesn’t have to be understood, just to be appreciated. It’s hard to convince myself that after years of thinking the exact opposite, but I’m allowed to have my own definition of art — and I’m allowed to create things, whether or not other people think they’re good. When it comes to things that are so subjective, I’ve learned that over-analyzing every single move only held me back. I still don’t know much about neoimpressionism except that “Starry Night” is pretty cool, and I’m vaguely sure that tempera is some sort of egg paint. On some days I’ll go to the UMMA and sit in front of my favorite painting, “Broadway Melody.” I appreciate the subtle blues and pinks and the intricate patterns, and how it invokes thoughts of jazz and happiness. On those days, I don’t wonder what neo-impressionism means, or what tempera is made of — I just focus on being in the moment.

Wednesday, January 25 2017 // The Statement

Personal Statement: Seasons’ Feelings by Allison Taylor, Daily Arts Writer

eather It is strange to visit a place full of dead bodies that have decomposed, or are in the process of decomposing, and think about your loved ones in this way — no longer breathing the fresh air above the ground they now lie beneath. When I kneel down in front of her, my eyes fill with thunderstorms and my body shakes like a hurricane. My mind is spinning like a tornado, but the world that surrounds me would appear cheerful to any other person; the sun bright and beating down on the green grass below, complimented by the blue sky that is so clear — it almost seems ironic.

The Kiss

Her favorite painting was Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss. A few days after her funeral, my mom and I went to her house to start going through her things. We didn’t know how to start; when we walked into her bedroom, her closet, her office, it was as though she had just left it for a few minutes and was going to be back any second. We touched her clothes, clothes she had just worn the week before, clothes she had just bought the week before with intentions of wearing. We touched her makeup, her millions of shades of lipstick, so numerous that, if she were there, we would have made fun of her for owning three of the exact same color. When we walked into her office I saw a planner for 2014 on the front of her desk with a picture of The Kiss on the cover. I opened it up to find it blank, which wasn’t a surprise considering she passed during the first week of January. It broke my heart to see that she had bought a planner for the new year because it made the fact that she had had no idea she was going to die so clear, and I thought about how she should have had this year and next year and the year after that to fill out her days in a little book that had her favorite piece of art on it.

seat where my dad was sitting and I heard her say she thought she was going to be sick. When we got to the funeral home, a man who worked there asked us if we would like to see her body and I declined because I refused to have my last sight of her be lifeless and pale. I watched my mom follow the man, and over the loudspeaker that bled into the waiting room I could hear her scream “Mom” as she sobbed into my father’s shoulder. After that day, I never took a second with her or any member of my family for granted because that sound of her screaming echoes in my mind, and that memory makes me sick and I realized that I really do not think my soul would be able to handle it if anyone else who I loved died. I know this is completely unreasonable, and I know that everybody dies, but the mere idea of losing someone else makes me feel crippled and shaky and paralyzed.

him if he knew how much the film cost and I asked him what exactly I was going to do with a picture of Grandma just sitting on his bed, a picture that I wasn’t even in. I misplaced the picture of my grandma. I wish, I wish, I wish I could have saved that picture because God, I remember now that my grandma really looked so pretty simply sitting there, flashing her gorgeous smile, and having that tiny picture would now mean so much more to me than any of the other pictures I took with those girls who I am not even friends with anymore, or with the stupid boy that cheated on me, or of the ice cream cones from that place down the street that I now realize are upsettingly replaceable.

Shoes

Shoes are so personal. Someone puts their whole body, their whole being, their whole weight into two pieces of wardrobe that they take with them everywhere they go. Traveling, to the supermarket, shopping, exercising. She always had the best shoes. One of my favorite parts about myself has always been that I fit into her shoes. After her death, I inherited all of them. There must have been 50 pairs. It is always a weird feeling when I buy a new pair of shoes and when I wear shoes that weren’t hers. God, I wish they were.

Flowers

As a little girl, I would have dance recitals that my mom would always invite my grandma to come see and when I got on stage in my little black tap shoes to perform my routine, my eyes would search the audience, No one ever tells you how strange holidays and birth- until I found her and the signature bouquet of roses in days will be without someone who has been at every cel- her hands that she always brought for me. ebration for as long as you can remember. They were the prettiest flowers. When my 17th birthday came — four months after My mom would put them in a vase next to my bed and my grandma passed away — I did not realize how much they would last about a week before they began to wilt, I would miss her presence on my birthday until I got a until one day I would walk into my room and they would card five days late with my name on it that was sent from no longer be there. her address — but inside was a plain check for $50 sent My mom loved to clean up. from the man she was married to instead of a day spent I now think about the flowers that are brought to my making memories together like we used to do, every sin- grandmother’s grave and I think about how one day it gle year. was her that was no longer there, and when everything comes rushing back I think about how comforted I felt when I would look out into the audience and see her face For my 15th birthday I asked for a Polaroid camera. and her lipstick-painted smile beaming at me. I rememShe got it for me, of course — she loved to spoil her ber how she looked at me and I remember how she loved grandchildren and I was no exception. me and it makes everything worse and everything better I asked my dad to do the honor of taking the first picture — a picture of me and my mom; I told him to look through the little viewfinder eyepiece and to be careful because he only had one shot at taking the picture. He pressed down the little button on the top and the camera flashed and as he handed it back to me with the small picture that had instantaneously printed out, I set both the camera and the picture down on the kitchen counter to wait for the picture to develop. I cannot recall where I went or what I was doing but 10 minutes later when I came back the camera was gone. I stormed into my then 9-year-old brother’s bedroom, (somehow I knew he was guilty), to find him with my camera in his hand and I saw that he had just taken a picture. I yelled at him for taking what was mine and I asked

Birthdays

Polaroids

Mom

I have always been close with my mom. She is my best friend, my rock, my heart. With a street education straight out of Queens, N.Y., and a formal education from Cornell University, she’s the strongest, toughest and smartest woman I know. When Grandma died, it was the first time in my life I saw her weak. I had never heard her cry so hard and I had never seen her emptier than when we were in the car on the way to the funeral. She looked over to the driver’s

ILLUSTRATIONS BY CLAIRE ABDO

Wednesday, January 25, 2017 // The Statement

V I S U A L S TAT E M E N T: WOMEN’S MARCH P H O T O S B Y T H E M I C H I G A N D A I LY P H O T O S TA F F

This series of photos were taken on Saturday, January 21st, the day after President Donald Trump’s inauguration. The visual statement highlights events occuring from the Diag all the way to Washington D.C. Women across the United States marched to defend their fundamental rights in reaction to Trump’s rise to power. Wearing pink and holding up signs, people of all identities and backgrounds came out to stand up for what they believe in.

Art and Design senior Kelsi Franzino holds up a uterus sign at the Women’s March on the Diag on Saturday. (Photo by Max Kuang)

A woman holds up a sign at the Ann Arbor Women’s March on Saturday. (Photo by Emilie Farrugia)

Hundreds of people marched in the Women’s March on Washington on Saturday. (Photo by Carolyn Gearig)

LGBT individuals and people of color proudly marched in the Women’s March on Washington on Saturday. (Photo by Carolyn Gearig)

A young girl reaches out for a giant bubble while on her father’s shoulders during the Ann Arbor Women’s March on Saturday. (Photo by Evan Aaron)

A woman holds a sign during the pre-march rally in Washington D.C. (photo by Alexia)