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Current and former UM athletes talk stereotyping Football and basketball stars discuss the representation of Black male athletes COLIN BERESFORD Daily Staff Reporter
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Students4Justice holds a sit-in in response to racist and anti-Semitic emails at the Michigan Union on Thursday.
Racist, anti-Semitic emails prompt ten-hour-long Union student sit-in
The protestors expressed discontent about the University’s response to the incidents ANNA HARITOS Daily Staff Reporter
Students4Justice held a sitin at the Michigan Union as a response to the emails sent to University of Michigan engineering and computer science undergraduate students and the defilement of a prayer rug in the ref lection room in the Shapiro Undergraduate Library. The event began Thursday with a march of approximately
60 students from the Diag to the Union, which they planned to occupy until it closed at 2 a.m. The crowd grew in size as the marchers chanted and progressed to the Union. Chants included slogans such as: “No justice, no peace, no racist police,” and “No alt-right, no KKK, no fascist USA.” Once at its destination, the group wound its way through the building before spreading out to occupy the study rooms on the first f loor. Over 150 students and community members took
part in the sit-in. Fliers were circulated that had a condensed version of the letter of demands that Students4Justice wrote in response to the racist f liers that first appeared last fall. Members of the organization said they wanted their voices to be heard. LSA junior Victoria Johnson, a leader of Students4Justice, said she does not believe the University’s response has been sufficient. “We feel like the administration hasn’t done enough,” she said. “It has been
silent. They’re not showing up and giving the support that is needed to the students that have been attacked. We’re going to sit in the union until they meet our demands.” Participants of the sitin worked on homework assignments, chatted with those around them and decorated the Union with posters and various f lags. LSA freshman Maria Tout said she noticed a feeling of inclusiveness even though the sit-in was a protest. See SIT-IN, Page 3
Ray Jackson and Jimmy King, two members of the Fab Five — the 1991 recruiting class for the University of Michigan basketball team — discussed the stereotypes surrounding Black male athletes, including athletics overshadowing academics and exploitation by brands. Jackson and King, joined by Maurice Ways, current football player and former Michigan and NFL football player Braylon Edwards, discussed the stereotypes and misrepresentations of Black athletes Thursday night in the Robertson Theatre in the Ross School of Business. LSA junior Maurice Ways began the night by speaking to his experience as a student athlete and going over his daily schedule, including when he has to fit in classes and when he has time that isn’t taken up by school or
athletics. Ways emphasized how people often don’t consider athletes to be students as well. “Someone told me the only reason you’re going to Michigan is to play football,” Ways said. “There’s a stereotype about the Black male athlete that he’s either/ or … I can be whatever I need to be whenever I need to be it.” Ways talked about the number of African-American men at the University and the number of AfricanAmerican male athletes. Only 740 of the 43,000 students at the University are African American men. “The football team makes up more than half of the Black male athletes at the University of Michigan,” Ways quipped. Kelsey Penebaker, an athletic trainer at the University, came to learn about the experiences of the students she works with. See ATHLETES, Page 3
Over 100 gather on Diag to protest New emails Campus sent to list Trump’s immigration executive order divided in
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Over 100 students and faculty members congregated on the Diag on Thursday to rally against President Donald Trump’s recent ban on immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries. President Trump’s executive order has temporarily suspended the immigration of citizens and refugees from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Yemen and Somalia from entering the United States. While a nationwide block has been placed on the ban by U.S. District Senior Judge James Robart in Seattle, the Trump administration is currently working on an appeal. The rally was organized by a group called Academic United — No to Visa and Immigration Ban: U Michigan, in an attempt to show their support for the immigrants, refugees and permanent U.S. residents affected by the ban. Organizers also spoke of the recent racist and anti-Semitic emails sent to students of the College of Engineering on Tuesday night, offering a sitin to provide support. A primary event organizer, who wished to remain anonymous due to concerns about her immigration status
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Following three racist and anti-Semitic emailssent to University of Michigan engineering and computer science students Tuesday night, an anonymous email was sent out Thursday morning to at least one graduate student email list, this time outlining an alleged incident of racism involving the sender, a Black woman, and two white men. The email expressed disgust with the University for failing to address the alleged hate crime with an investigation. University police, however, say they recieved the email tip a month ago and attempted to contact the sender, to no avail. The email — entitled “Pathetic, Outraged and Disgusted!!” reads: “Dear University of Michigan, you have lost my respect!! I don’t want to hear a freaking thing about racist emails!! I love the See EMAILS, Page 3
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from a country impacted by the executive order, stated the rally’s goal was to “raise awareness to the University of Michigan community so they will know that the people who are affected by this executive order are actually their colleagues, their friends, their lab-mates,
and people who they interact with on a day-to-day basis.” The goal of Academics United- No to Visa and Immigration Ban rallies, according to their Facebook page, is “to demonstrate the impact of this action on thousands of honest and ambitious students.”
Along with the rally and sit-in provided for students affected by the hate emails sent to College of Engineering students, organizers of the rally provided an open mic for those wishing to share their stories or relate messages of hope and inspiration to the See BAN, Page 3
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Students march through the Diag to protest the immigration executive order on Thursday.
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The U.S. Senate confirmed Betsy DeVos as secretary of education, with Vice President Mike Pence casting an unprecedented tie-breaking vote Tuesday. Despite a 24-hour effort by Senate Democrats to hold the f loor in protest of DeVos’ confirmation, they were unable to convince another Republican to change his or her vote. The Michigan native has been criticized for her lack of public school experience, which led Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.) to describe her as “uniquely unqualified,” a phrase originally coined by former President Barack Obama in reference to President Donald Trump. Additionally, many Democrats, including Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D–Mich.), expressed concern about DeVos’ focus on charter schools, which have proved largely unsuccessful in See DEVOS, Page 3
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ON THE DAILY: CSG HOSTS TWITTER TOWNHALL WITH REGENTS The University of Michigan’s Central Student Government hosted a Twitter town hall Thursday afternoon, asking students and other CSG members to submit questions to Regents Shauna Ryder Diggs (D) and Andrea Newman (R) by using the hashtag #AskARegent. Many of the questions touched on campus concerns that have risen over the past few weeks, including racist and antiSemitic emails, crime alerts and President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders halting immigration on several Muslimmajority countries. Several questions pertained to tuition at the University. Currently, it costs lowerdivision students $7,037 for undergrad — an increase from the 2015-2016 school year’s $6,764 2014-2015’s $6,579.
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Many students asked how specific efforts can be built that and Diggs lasted for an hour. they could further play a role match the spirit of this bylaw.” - NISA KHAN in the University and connect The town hall with Newman with the Board of Regents. Last semester, many students felt the Regents lacked transparency. CSG hosted a similar town hall last semester, with Newman and Regent Mark Bernstein (D). The student government has also taken steps to instating student voices on the board through the new Student Advisory Council. In early September, the board also voted and passed a bylaw to do so. “That bylaw highlights the importance of student input in University decision making,” CSG President David Schafer, an LSA senior, said during the meeting. “To reiterate, let’s not view this bylaw as the final product but rather as a KEVIN ZHENG/Daily Former Michigan and NFL Wide Receiver Braylon Edwards discusses the Black Male foundation upon which more
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WHAT: Written and directed by LSA and RC students, this play follows the struggles of five women as they experience the University for the first time. WHO: LSA Bicentennial Theme Semester WHEN: 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. WHERE: East Quadrangle, Keene Theatre
WHAT: The Ross School of Business’s longest-running conference will begin with a lecture by keynote speaker Susan L. Taylor, who will discuss minorities in business. WHO: Ross School of Business WHEN: 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. WHERE: Ross School of Buisness, Robertson Auditorium
WHAT: Assistant German Prof. Tyler Whitney will analyze several works by influential Dada writer and performer Richard Huelsenbeck to consider sound. WHO: Germanic Languages & Literatures WHEN: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Modern Languages
WHAT: Geoff Ward, sociology professor at the University of California - Irvine, will examine the socio-historical overlap between race, crime and justice. WHO: Department for Afroamerican & African Studies WHEN: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Haven Hall, Room 4701
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WHAT: This workshop through the Computer Showcase will teach about how to use social media and online dating services safely and responsibly. WHO: Information and Technology Services WHEN: 11 a.m. to Noon WHERE: Michigan Union, Room G312
WHAT: This seminar will aim to begin conversations about climate change, health and research. WHO: Climate and Health WHEN: 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: Palmer Commons, Forum Hall
WHAT: This workshop will feature guest lecturers who will discuss political communication and psychology. WHO: Center for Political Studies WHEN: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. WHERE: Institute for Social Research, Room 6050
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WHAT: Guests from Arabic, Armenian, Hebrew, Persian, Turkish and Yiddish language programs will discuss the languages they teach. WHO: Department of Near Eastern Studies WHEN: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Michigan Union, Pond Room ABC
SAPAC, Panhel partner in second annual speak out on sexual assault CALEB CHADWELL Daily Staff Reporter
The Panhellenic Association at the University of Michigan partnered with the University’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center to host the second annual Greek Life Speak Out at the Pendleton Room of the Union on Thursday. In front of a full-capacity audience of about 250 people, survivors of sexual assault came forward to speak about their experiences in an open-forum setting. Women spoke about instances of sexual assault they have experienced within and outside the Greek life system or beyond the University. Panhellenic peer educators — sorority members trained to assist and support survivors within their sororities — were
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event empowered and open to listening and providing support to others. “People are not always going to show you when they’re hurting,” Bouse-Eaton said. “Be conscious that people might be. If someone does feel comfortable telling you something, you don’t need to do anything other than say: ‘I believe you and whatever you need I am here.’ ” LSA junior Kelsey Snyder, another PPEP co-director, said bringing awareness to sexual assault on campus is key and it was encouraging to see so many male audience members there in support of the women who spoke. “You just want people to be more aware of what’s going on,” Snyder said. “It was also really great this year to see so many men involved and present.” Snyder also said they were providing support for people who needed to debrief after the event and she stressed the importance of building relationships and a supporting community for survivors. “I think it’s just great to build these relationships with people that you know are going through the same situation,” Snyder said. “Making it more of a community issue, rather than a women’s issue or just in Greek life.” First lady Sue Snyder of Michigan was in attendance at the event, but declined an interview with the Daily. At a summit on North Campus last October, Gov. Rick Snyder and Sue Snyder announced the continuation of a state grant towards prevention of sexual assault on college campuses. Last December, the University announced they received about $100,000 of these grants.
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The event aimed to provide support for survivors within Greek life community also on hand, with some sharing their own personal stories. Due to the confidential nature of the event, the Daily was asked to not record or quote speakers. Kinesiology junior Cass Bouse-Eaton, co-director of the Panhellenic Peer Educator Program, said she spearheaded the event after being inspired to provide a forum specifically for people in Greek life after attending a SAPAC speak out two years ago. “I just feel like this was something that wasn’t talked about in Greek life as a whole,” Bouse-Eaton said. “I thought it would be special to have a place where people in Greek life could speak about their experiences, because our experiences are sometimes different.” Bouse-Eaton said she hopes people will walk away from the
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EMAILS From Page 1 response that’s coming from the MARK, deans and news stations, but especially UM faculty. All of this concern!! That is complete crap, and let me tell you I am getting sick and tired of it.” The email goes on to say: “All of this over an email?? Yet, I give my FACTUAL ACCOUNTS of two white men threatening my life and trying to take my car wearing UM hats. FACTUAL events, that can be seen on 2 cameras that were in the back of a parking long (sic) and yet NO RESPONSE !!!! All of this solidarity, were all American stuff is complete BULL SHIT.” The email also goes into detail about the alleged incident, where the writer claims on Jan. 3 at 8:15 p.m., she walked out from a gym and was “met by two pickup trucks,” both with white male drivers. The writer described the white men in detail and later wrote what she claims the men said, including: “‘You’re not leaving tonight you whore, you can’t fucking park here you N****R.’ As I tried to ask him why he was so upset, he begin (sic) to continue the racial slurs shouting, ‘N****R… You fucking N****R can’t you fucking read?’ ‘YOU ARE NOT FUCKING LEAVING TONIGHT!!!’” The email is simply signed
DEVOS From Page 1 Michigan. “I am deeply disappointed that Senate Republicans confirmed Betsy DeVos to lead the Department of Education,” Stabenow wrote in a press release. “I’ve heard from an overwhelming number of Michigan families who have shared their strong concerns about her long record of pushing policies that have seriously undermined public education in Michigan and failed our children.” Rep. Dan Kildee (D–Mich.) agreed with Stabenow, citing DeVos’ charter school experiment in Michigan as proving her plan unfit on a broader scale. Additionally, Kildee expressed doubt that DeVos was confirmed based on merit. “Her failed experiment in Michigan pushing unregulated and unaccountable charter schools has led to terrible results for our children, who will bear the greatest burden of today’s vote,” wrote Kildee in a press release. “It’s also no coincidence that Betsy and the DeVos family have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to many of the Republican Senators who just voted to give her this job.” Republicans defend DeVos as being a true conservative who will change the status quo, which they see as having failed.
BAN From Page 1 supporters. One such speaker was Carlos Delgado, of the International Youth and Students for Social Equality, who said he was fighting for the rights of immigrants. “We fight to uphold the principle of open borders and the rights of workers to live and work in whatever country they choose will full citizenship rights,” Delgado said. “We stand opposed to the right-wing attacks on immigration and the reactionary measures that are being intensified by the Trump administration and pursued by both Republicans and Democrats for several decades.” Other speakers discussed how the ban was affecting other groups of minorities and cited many historical events they felt embodied some of the sentiments behind
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“The White Jane Doe (maybe the name change will help). #SecondofMany” The writer acknowledged she called the police following the incident. Crime logsreleased by the Division of Public Safety and Security, however, contain no such report on that date, nor does the Ann Arbor Police Department crime map report an incident. The email did not detail whether the incident occurred on University property or even in Ann Arbor. University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said DPSS first recieved an email tip on Jan. 5, but neither DPSS nor AAPD recieved such a report on the day the incident allegedly occured. “DPSS made every reasonable effort to contact the sender with no succcess,” he said. “They could find nothing in our own community. Ann Arbor (police) could find nothing either.” Fitzgerald noted the only affiliation with the University detailed in the email included the “UM hats” worn by the sender’s attackers. “People could be all around the world in Michigan hats,” he said. This email references the incidents earlier in the week, where three racist and antiSemitic emails were sent to the computer science and electrical engineering email lists. Students protested early Wednesday morning outside
University President Mark Schlissel’s house, demanding action from administration. Later, students and faculty responded to Tuesday’s emails, calling them inexcusable. It has been confirmed these emails were “spoofed” and were not sent by either of the named senders, a University professor and graduate student. The University confirmed it was collaborating with the FBI to determine the original sender of the spoofed emails. Students responded to the email sent to the graduate student email list on Facebook. One user, Rebecca Ruby Anuru, a Public Health graduate student, responded in support of the Jane Doe email. “Sooo whatever Black woman sent this email to UMich on mad listservs under the name Jane Doe (The White Jane Doe in the text of the email too, savage!), made the email address say ‘educated black student’, and shared her story of how UMich don’t give a f laming f lying fuck about her and her safety....Thank you, sis. You matter.” Fitzgerald took care to uncouple the two email incidents, but could not speculate as to the series of anonymous senders. “That’s the main question, and I don’t have answers” he said. “But one is an indivdiual forgery of someone on our campus, (and) the other is someone refusing to identify themselves (to DPSS).”
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette expressed support for her school of choice plans following her confirmation. “For 28 years, Betsy DeVos has made it her mission to ensure children receive a quality education, and now she will be able to do that on a much
larger scale,” Schuette wrote in a press release. “Secretary DeVos will be an excellent Secretary of Education, fixing our schools and at the same time providing children and families choices to find the school that fits their needs.” Engineering freshman Lincoln Merrill, publicity chair of the University of Michigan’s chapter of College Republicans, agreed with Schuette, saying DeVos’ opposition to the Common Core and support for school of choice will hopefully keep American students from being outperformed internationally. “We are living in a time when the status quo is being rejected left and right, and the matter of education is no different,” Merrill said. “America’s
schools are failing the nation, and the country needs a new direction with fresh leadership in order to improve it.” LSA junior Collin Kelly, president of the University’s chapter of College Democrats agreed that DeVos’s confirmation must be contextualized, but said he worries given the financial aid situation of many students, DeVos could bring negative consequences to many. “Higher education is more important yet more expensive than ever. Thousands of students here — including me — rely on federal support to come here,” Kelly said. “We need an education secretary who will find ways to increase funding of our schools and universities, not take it away. We don’t think Betsy DeVos is someone who will put students first, above special interests and partisanship.” Merrill pushed back against claims that DeVos will noticeably affect higher education immediately, considering that school of choice policies are targeted toward primary and secondary education. “We don’t know yet how she will handle the rising student debt crisis that has been a real issue over the past eight years,” Merrill said. “One thing that may happen is regulations for universities will likely be scaled back, allowing universities to save costs by hiring fewer faculty and staff.”
the immigration ban. The organizer referred to above spoke of her experiences as a Jewish woman and drew parallels between the current feelings toward Muslims and the feelings toward Jews during the World War II. “I think a big issue with our community is that we need our voices to be heard,” the anonymous organizer said. “If you don’t speak out, your voice won’t be heard.” These speeches were met with vocal approval from the crowd of more than 100 supporters dressed in a multitude of coats, hats, gloves and scarves to show their support despite frigid temperatures. The participants were sporting signs and banners featuring inspiring messages such as “Immigrants Are Welcome Here” and “No Ban, No Wall.” Two attendees of the rally, LSA sophomore Ali Rosenblatt and Public Policy senior Meredith Joseph, were also creating a video designed
to showcase their support for refugees and others affected by the immigration ban. “Turning away refugees is detrimental, and we don’t want to see that happening again,” Rosenblatt said. “We’re here for you, we stand with you,” Joseph said when asked what she would say to students suffering from the ban. “It’s all about standing in solidarity and making this community as welcoming as possible for everyone” The University of Michigan, in light of the recent email incident and the current protest, sent a representative to speak on the behalf of University President Mark Schlissel. Carol Fierke, dean of Rackham Graduate School and vice provost for Academic Affairs and Graduate Studies, discussed the University’s supportive stance on student inclusion and equality. “Our overwhelming message is; you are all welcome.”
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SIT-IN From Page 1 “It’s a loving and inclusive environment,” she said. “You wouldn’t think a protest to be like that, but it’s comforting that there’s a lot of people here, and that there are so many different people coming out to support this cause. Everybody has a different background, everybody is from a different place, but we are all American.” Students4Justice is a relatively new student group that aims to expose inequities on campus. The organizers encouraged attendees to bring homework, water, food, prayer rugs and posters to demonstrate their resolve. In addition to acting in response to the recent bias incidents on campus, Students4Justice also asked for their voices to be heard by the administration. A driving force behind the event was that the organizers felt a lack of action from the administration. Public Health student Vikrant Garg, a core member of Students4Justice, said he wants the administration to
ATHLETES From Page 1 “I am also a minority, so I wanted to come see what the perspective was and wanted to see what their perspective was from a male student athlete because I was a student athlete as well,” Penebaker said. “I wanted to see where (Jackson, Edwards and King) were coming from in their time and how things have changed.” LSA senior Braylon Edwards, who returned to the University this semester to finish his degree, followed Ways. Edwards touched on the inf luence of the media and the disparity between the ways white athletes are praised as opposed to Black athletes. “They do the same thing with Russell Wilson and Aaron Rodgers,” Edwards said. “They say Aaron Rodgers is mentally insane. They say the way he is able to predict lineman coming in, steps outside, gets around and when he throws passes, his laser sharp accuracy, pin-point, mental toughness. When (Russell Wilson) does the same thing, his athletic ability allows him … to get the ball down there.” Edwards continued talking about the experiences of Black student athletes with their academics, including the skills Black male athletes lack when they come to the University and how expectations put on their athletics can detract
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take a stand and do something. “We need (University President Mark) Schlissel to actually be present,” Garg said. “We need him to make actionable change if he wants us to feel welcome on this campus.”
LSA senior David Schafer, president of Central Student Government, said he found the solidarity of the students to be important in facilitating change. “I just think this event is powerful and important,” Schafer said. “It’s my hope that real and lasting tangible
change comes from this. I know those are buzzwords and buzz-phrases, but it’s the only way anything has ever been done at this school. It stems from the bottom up; it’s students who are tired of being tired and having their voices heard, ensuring a more just and equitable community is made possible.” The protest drew a diverse group of students as the sit-in carried on through the night. The students in attendance were there for various reasons, including political and religious ones. LSA freshman Tiana Brandon said she marched because she felt her identity was threatened by the current atmosphere on campus. “It’s always important to fight for what is right,” Brandon said. “In this particular situation it applies to me. As a woman of color, I have to fight for my life, and I don’t think people realize the seriousness of the matter. If I can’t feel safe on campus, how am I — a minority student — being welcomed here? Schlissel’s approach to this is not okay.”
from their academics. “Many Black athletes come to campus with poor academic preparation,” Edwards said. “(Jabrill Peppers) is no longer the student athlete, he’s the athlete … the pressure that comes with that, no one sees.” Business junior Nate Fisher said the viewpoints of the athletes at the event were ones he hasn’t been exposed to before. “I definitely was able to see the viewpoints that a lot of the Black athletes are bringing up, recognizing how in our society they are usually perceived in a certain way,” Fischer said. “It was really cool for me, as a white person, to take in this point of view to really have a more holistic view of different perspectives of different types of athletes.” Feb. 9 marked the 25th anniversary of when the Fab Five first started together. The Fab Five have been regarded as a cultural phenomenon, reaching the 1992 and 1993 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship games. Ray Jackson, the keynote speaker and a member of the Fab Five, highlighted his time as an athlete and what he has learned since then. Jackson emphasized his experience when he started his first game against Notre Dame on this day 25 years ago with the other members of the Fab Five. “From that day forward, I never thought about school on the same level as I did prior to
that,” Jackson said. “Before that day, I was making it to class all the time.” Jackson introduced another member of the Fab Five, Jimmy King, to shed light on his experiences as well, including the pressure on athletes and being exploited as a member of the Fab Five. “You don’t want to let your community down,” King said. “You have all this weight on your shoulders … that pressure can break you.” King also spoke about being exploited, including when Nike came to the Fab Five with five duffel bags full of gear, telling them they could have whatever they wanted. King and the other members of the Fab Five realized what was going on. “We’re basically unpaid consultants,” King said. “Whatever we pick is what they’re going to sell and make money on. (Nike) would rather talk about anything else but that. As soon as (the coach) mentioned compensation, they pushed away from the table, got up and left and didn’t say a word.” Jackson finished the night describing the Black male athlete and solutions to the issues posed throughout the night. “If we don’t educate our kids and our children coming up, we will continue to have athletes go broke, commit suicide, beat their girlfriends,” Jackson said. “That stems from lack of education.”
It’s my hope that real and lasting tangible change comes from this
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We are all immigrants here
y parents came Although we may be a model from China to the minority now, the last century United States in was rife with anti-Asian 1991, penniless but sentiment, and we filled with hope. cannot let our present They had faith relative fortune make that this new land us think that we have held promises nothing in common of a brighter with the many future; they had Muslims barred from to, otherwise entering or reentering uprooting the United States. themselves from From 1917, with the everything they Asiatic Barred Zone ASHLEY had ever known Act, to roughly 1943, would be all for with the repeal of the ZHANG naught. Coming Chinese Exclusion here was a gamble, and they Act, Asian Americans were the were all in. targets of immigration laws. The 1965 Immigration Act, We must not forget that, at one which eradicated immigration point, 70 percent of immigrants quotas, led to a large influx detained and interrogated on of immigrants from Asian Angel Island were Chinese. countries. For my parents The news would have you and many other Asians who think the United States is immigrated to the U.S. in the black and white, but in truth, late twentieth century, their Asians still face racism and sacrifices paid off. While bias in the U.S., sometimes juggling a new baby (my older blatantly and on national sister, age one) and late-night television, such as Chris Rock’s jobs in dishwashing and exploitation of three Asian hosting, my father earned his children for a racist joke at doctorate and my mother, her last year’s Academy Awards. master’s. They found jobs, However, these offenses do worked hard, kept their heads not receive as much media down and earned a spot in the attention or spark movements, United States’ upper-middle partly because there is a lack class. It’s the classic Asian of Asian Americans in politics immigrant success story, and and media to bring awareness it’s this trajectory that has to the issues, but also because earned Asians the title of the Asian Americans have a “model minority.” tendency to avoid “stirring the The title may seem like a pot” or being politically active. compliment, but upon further There are a few prominent inspection, the implications public figures who give a voice are troubling. Why are Asians to Asian Americans in the seen as the model minority? media — Constance Wu, who Is it because they work hard has no problem criticizing and frequently achieve the Hollywood on its white-savior American Dream? Or, is it casting of Matt Damon in “The because we stay relatively quiet Great Wall,” comes to mind about social issues and do not — but they are still a minority often speak up about injustices within a minority. More we face? commonly, Asian Americans
are comfortable as the United States’ model minority. Why risk the role over a few grievances? As a result, many Asian Americans feel distant from the issues that other immigrants and minority groups face in U.S. However, this mindset has to change. As we enter Donald Trump’s presidency, which has already imposed a travel ban on seven Muslimmajority countries and signed an executive order to begin construction on a wall between the U.S. and Mexico, it is more important than ever for Asian Americans to stand in solidarity with the new president’s targeted groups. Now is not the time to be bystanders, because although Trump’s policies may not targeting Asian Americans specifically, they are targeting an immigrant minority, and we are not strangers to that. We can no longer stay quiet and pretend these issues do not affect us. We can no longer turn the other cheek under the guise of not being “political.” President Trump will not reward us for being model anything. If he is waging a war on immigration, it would be naive to believe that Asian Americans are exempt from it. After all, he has already shown his dislike for Chinese and Japanese businessmen during his election campaign with a grossly racist impersonation. Asian Americans may not be Trump’s primary target right now, but that doesn’t mean we can’t be, won’t be or weren’t. We must remember that, besides those truly native to America, we are all immigrants here. And we must stand together. Ashley Zhang can be reached at ashleyzh@umich.edu.
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by Nia Lee
We don’t feel safe! Come on! We are all women!
Betsy DeVos’ swindled party
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t is obvious that the Republican Party currently maintains a higher position of power in the government because of the election of a new president. However, with many unqualified people being selected for important positions, a real question is posed: Is the Republican Party being convinced to follow its members without assessing how successful the candidates will be? On Tuesday, Betsy DeVos was confirmed as the secretary of education despite her worrisome background with education. As Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.) said in DeVos’ confirmation hearing in January, “the financial futures of an entire generation of young people depends on (her) department getting (its job) right.” Supporters of DeVos mention that they want control over schools to go back to states and communities. This could even allow for religious control over schools. This does not ensure that everyone will receive the same education, because it will cause standards to vary and be inconsistent, which will further divide our country. It is also essential that her followers realize that not everyone is a follower of her beliefs but that they should still receive equal and non-discriminatory education. Now that she has been confirmed, the quality of our public education could decrease, affecting at least 50.4 million public K-12 students and ultimately moving our society backward. There is minimal evidence for why Republicans voted yes on DeVos for everyone’s best interests, not just their own. Only two voted against her. Her visions do not have the best interests of any of us at heart. Proper education should not be a privilege, because with it, we are a better society. It seems as though the Republican Party does not care about education — the priority
for its members seems to be money. DeVos has personally donated about $115,000 to Republican senators prior to her confirmation, and her foundation contributed $1.45 million to the party and to candidates who lobbied for a Detroit Public Schools plan that ultimately would cause the poorly performing public schools to close, but not the bad charter schools. She has been blamed for destroying the public school system in Michigan, especially in Detroit. Our state’s education ranking has fallen over the years and is predicted to fall further by 2030. An exchange between Warren and DeVos affirms she has little to no idea about how financial aid works. Since she is someone of higher socioeconomic status, she cannot fully understand how money is a limiting factor for people of lower socioeconomic statuses in pursuing education. It’s hard to forget that she has not attended, worked in or sent her children to public schools. The way students will be treated will be affected because of her views. She cannot identify with many of us, and her actions will only benefit the families who can afford to send their children to private school because her policies will have little to no effect on them. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.) also questioned her during her confirmation hearing, asking, “Do you think if you were not a multi-billionaire, if your family has not made hundreds of millions of dollars of contributions to the Republican party, that you would be sitting here today?” Her rebuttal mentioned that she worked with low-income students, yet she has not even glanced at the under-funded schools in Detroit. Her “donated” money ultimately went into buying herself a spot in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet. She claims that every student should have access to high-
quality options for education, but she would not agree to work with Sanders to make public colleges free. Even for moral issues, she could not explicitly say she supports that every taxpayerfunded K-12 school be required to meet the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Care Act. Instead, she believes it should be up to states, which means she does not believe that the existing law that protects disabled students should be enforced. Sen. Tim Kaine (D– Va.) simply states why this is problematic: “Some states might be good to kids with disabilities and other states not so good and, what then, people could just move around the country if they don’t like how kids are being treated?” She had the same solution on schools reporting discipline, harassment and bullying: leave it up to the state. If she does not want to enforce a safe school environment for all children, how can the Republicans who voted for her identify with her and support her choices? Her actions hit even closer to home for many college students, namely because she could not commit to preserving Title IX guidance, passed to prevent gender discrimination and protect sexual violence survivors and act against sexual assault by investigating immediately, which Trump wants to repeal. Her donations include thousands of dollars to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, a group that has fought legislation aimed to prevent campus sexual assault. DeVos threatens schools not only in an ideological sense but also because of her inexperience and financial support of groups that are working against creating equality for all. Every student should be able to access public education without partisan politics muddling its quality. Anurima Kumar is an LSA freshman.
ROLAND DAVIDSON | COLUMN
Talking points of democracy
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ast month, after Rep. of intellectual hollowness John Lewis (D–Ga.), in talking past one another. a civil rights leader, At its best, democracy is declared that he a high-minded considers President battle of ideas. Donald Trump But our political an illegitimate discussions rarely president, Trump ref lect this. Liberals responded in a and conservatives series of tweets: are talking past one “Congressman John another. Lewis should spend The exact same more time on fixing thing happens with and helping his our nation’s debate ROLAND district, which is in on abortion: One horrible shape and DAVIDSON side is concerned falling apart (not with the morality to……mention crime infested) of denying a potential person’s rather than falsely complaining existence, while the other cares about the election results. about placing an undue burden All talk, talk, talk - no action on the mother. Embedded deep or results. Sad!” The liberal within our ideals of political response to Trump’s attack engagement is the idea of a was to juxtapose Lewis’s Hegelian synthesis, wherein record of activism during the each side debates one another 60s and Trump’s multiple and proposes their theses. military deferments and lavish Ultimately, both sides come upbringing. out with a new understanding, There are a number of ways an intellectual synthesis, with to explain why liberals would both sides being bettered. In follow this line of argument. reality, debaters just keep going An uncharitable reading is back and forth endlessly. that it makes them feel good But the United States is not but is ultimately ineffective. functioning anywhere close Democrats get to remind to those vague democratic themselves that they’re the ideals. It’s important that heirs to civil-rights-era no democracy truly be at activism and to that era’s that level. Realistically, it’s successes. This interpretation impossible to expect every also fits into both the American to substantively narratives that Trump is a understand every angle of an hypocrite and that, despite his issue and then substantively outsider status, Trump grew evaluate the pros and cons of up in the lap of luxury. each side. Once we’ve accepted However, is this reading that, we can understand the meaningfully rebutting political value these sorts of Trump’s argument? If you arguments have. Controlling read his initial tweet, he’s the way that a story is told criticizing Lewis’s work as a allows you to guide the ensuing congressman, not as an activist. conversation and help people The uncharitable reading is on the fence or shift the timbre not doing much to actively of conversation. dispel Trump’s narrative, and This makes logical sense, it’s primarily consolidating but it’s also been empirically liberals’ position. proven to be the case. A 1997 This reading is pretty easy study showed participants two to criticize. There’s a sort news stories about a planned
Ku Klux Klan march. The first framed the issue as one of freedom of speech: Should the KKK be allowed to march? The second framed portrayed the discussion as circling around civic order: Would the KKK’s march threaten people’s lives? Predictably, when the march went through the first frame, people were more tolerant of the KKK’s speeches by about 30 percentage points and more supportive of the march by about 20 points. The opposite happened when people were exposed to the public safety frame. Interestingly, studies have shown that framing effects are most powerful among better students and more educated people, so it’s not as though this strategy is a way to shape the masses. Even though it’s not the most intellectually glamorous rhetorical strategy, changing frames has been shown to be very effective. But there are going to be people who are resistant to these different frames. Framing effects can be effective for people without strong views on a topic, but don’t be surprised when these arguments fail to move the needle much. Additionally, a key moderating factor for a group’s ability to control the frame is not only about the relative merit of the frame, but also about how loud they are. Trump is incredibly effective at communicating his messages to millions of people, which may limit the power of these framing effects. Thus, to effectively combat Trump’s frames, liberals need to step away from liberal talking points and think about moral arguments in order to actually address his arguments head on. Roland Davidson can be reached at mhenryd@umich.edu.
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Bluegrass band Mountain Heart In season finale, ‘The Young Pope’ to perform at The Ark Saturday meditates as much as it vindicates “The crowd is not just subdued, they’re wide open,” Shilling said. “It’s very exciting … to be in a venue where people are so electric.”
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album. “Jeff, our bass player, also Daily Arts Writer sings incredibly well,” Shilling said, “and everybody onstage switches instruments, too. On One of the things I’ve always our albums, literally, there will liked about folk music is its be banjo, and then there will capacity for energy. The vari- be Hammond B-3 organ, and ety of different instruments then there’s an accordion and encourages a nuanced sound piano, mixed with mandolin that always amazes me. It isn’t and fiddle. So it’s very eclectic hard to see why people con- and unusual in that regard.” nect with the sound so much, All in all, the musicians of whether they’re hearing it Mountain Heart are inf luthrough their headphones or in enced by artists as diverse as the moment at a live show. Tony Rice, Ricky Skaggs, AliFew modern folk bands son Krauss, Darryl Scott and exemplify this energy with The Allman Brothers. quite the same fervor as Moun“We really just try to do tain Heart. A bluegrass and what we love,” Shilling said. soul-inf luenced band from This variety in musical taste Nashville, Mountain Heart comes together as a fusion of doesn’t shy away from the con- something new in the band’s nectable energy that comes music, and it can also lead out of folk music. Depending them into unexpected terrion the song, the tory in terms band will amp Mountain Heart of songwriting. up the genre to Shilling recountSaturday Feb. 11, a new level of ed a recent expeintensity, dial it rience in which 8:00 p.m. back to allow for the entire band The Ark heavier moments worked togethor maneuver it er to write a $35 into creative and song, which he genre-bending describes as a new territory. “Crosby-Stills-Nash throw“Other genres can be com- back.” partmentalized, if that’s the “You have to wade through right word,” said lead singer four or five opinions, and four Josh Shilling in an interview or five brains like mine that with the Daily. “You have to never stop,” Shilling said, but be a certain age, look a certain ultimately the band came up way.” With folk and Ameri- with a new song called “Restcana, though, “artists are less Wind.” allowed to be themselves.” “I would’ve never gotten “Your fan base will age with such a beautiful piece of music you, and allow you to age,” on my own,” Shilling said. Shilling said. Their new 2016 album, Blue In this way Americana is Skies, was written with the resistant to the idea of a musi- idea of playing it live in mind. cal “shelf life,” finding its “We tried to record things appeal more in a “grassroots that could be a set list,” Shilling following that doesn’t have said, referencing songs from anything to do with the radio the album like “Miss Me When … it’s not a pop culture thing, I’m Gone,” “Have You Heard it’s a thing that people connect About the Old Hometown” and to for life.” the titular track, “Blue Skies.” This type of f lexibil- He hinted that the band will ity allows for a lot of artistic play many of these songs this exploration, and Mountain weekend when they perform Heart takes full advantage live at The Ark, on Saturday. of this, doing a good job of Just as the songs from Blue not pigeonholing itself into Skies lend themselves to live one genre. Shilling person- performances, so, in a way, ally sings “more soulful stuff,” does venue of The Ark. Shileven though he was “born into ling is excited to get back to bluegrass” near the Blue Ridge the notable folk venue, where Mountains area of Virginia. Mountain Heart has played The other band members were several times before, and “initially huge into bluegrass,” where, he said, there is a “type Shilling said. “Molly (Cherry- of accessible energy” that isn’t holmes) … grew up in a band, often found outside of festival basically lived on a tour bus, environments. playing with her family band “The crowd is not just subcalled The Cherryholmes. dued, they’re wide open,” ShilShe’s kind of been around the ling said. “It’s very exciting for bluegrass world her entire life, us, to be in a venue where peosince birth … but loves soul ple are so electric like that.” music.” Part of this might come from Shilling went on to explain The Ark’s location far north of how Aaron Ramsey, a more tra- bluegrass’s origins. ditional bluegrass singer, sang “In the southeast, for “Maggie’s Farm,” a Bob Dylan instance,” Shilling said, “bluecover included on their new grass music, and folk music,
time ushers in. His emotions and actions often recall to life the Managing Arts Editor demeanor of Francis Ford Coppola’s take on Michael Corleone (Al Pacino, “Misconduct”) — a “The Young Pope” makes it kind of demeanor that led Cora point to leave you reeling. It’s leone to usurp his father and sibobnoxious and inflammatory, lings in regards to their cunning but miraculousand penchant for ly avoids being grandeur (the Pope “The Young Pope” unseemly. For a unfolding to his Series Finale show that finds own “family” in pleasure in conmuch of the same HBO stantly poking manner). He reviles and prodding its homosexuality, Monday at 10 p.m. viewers, its shelf demonizes abortion life manages to and ham-handedly surprise. Whether Lenny Belar- makes enemies and skeptics out do (Jude Law, “Spy”) is buried of would-be peers — all while the deep in his childhood melodra- Church was expecting an earma, or viciously — and laudably nest ambassador for their intend— politicking his way around ed institutional liberalization. Vatican City, the mask he dons as The world around him erupts in Pope Pius XIII never fails to con- protest, and Sorrentino advantafound, confuse, excite and ter- geously channels that fervor into rorize — oftentimes all at once. the kind of striking cinematograIn “The Young Pope,” cre- phy that nurtures the program’s ator, writer and director Paolo absurdity — an image of FEMEN Sorrentino (“Youth”) crafts a protesters bloodily painted with thematic paradox. He manages the word “bastard” littered to desecrate the tenets and tra- around the Papal Palace’s garden ditions of the Catholic Church isn’t a scene to forget. without impunity, while earBut Sorrentino carefully nestly glorifying its propriety guides the program’s narrative and affection in the same breath. in such a way as to highlight the His thematic intentions with nuances of time and progress. regards to the Church remain The Pope comes to us as a comlargely unclear, even as the dust plex man, in strong pursuit of a settles around the finale — but gripping and enigmatic legacy, ruminating over that is an exer- and for a sense of long-craved cise in futility. While HBO can familial affirmation. He first bill the show as pertaining to the goes about fulfilling his desires Catholic Church all they want, in ways that stun and polarize Sorrentino makes it no mystery his colleagues. Attempts to stain that the Church is but a carefully the Pope in scandal drip from curated backdrop for a story far the upper rungs of the Church, larger than the already portly and St. Peter’s Square becomes a institution. Sorrentino’s sto- jarringly empty enclave. Drunk ries are grand, and his visions on power, Pius — in the name behoove and arrest — but most of his ego — becomes unknowimportantly, they’re befitting for ingly hell-bent on becoming the kind of narratives he so des- the Church’s undoing. But the perately seeks to operate on. Pope’s self-orchestrated chaos Pope Pius XIII introduces transforms itself into a pertinent himself to us as a hawk who meditation, most evident in the lurches from the shadows. He finale. is a false promise sold by the Pius begins the program in Church to itself and, ultimately, the shadow of his more fundaa metaphor for the inevitable mental predecessors as a means impropriety and shortsighted- to strike fear into the hearts of ness that centuries of killing those around him, but those
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and acoustic music, are everywhere, and it’s really, really saturated … but it’s a little different from when you’re in New York City, or when you’re in Minneapolis or when you’re in Ann Arbor. Those people just absolutely love it. It almost seems like they need it, you know, or maybe they don’t get that kind of music often. I really feel like the support we get is just amazing in that part of the country (the North).” Mountain Heart also shares a unique tie with The Ark in that they recorded an entire live album there, The Road that Never Ends, in 2007. “That process was amazing, because we played for like four hours,” Shilling said. “We’d play, you know, for thirty minutes, and then mess something up. So we’d stop the song and tell the audience what happened, and then start the song over, because we were recording it!” He explained how that 4 hour-long show was edited to become The Road that Never Ends, and added: “We’d actually love to record again there.” Knowing the band’s history with The Ark, it is no surprise that they are excited to come back this weekend. “At The Ark, you see people who really, really get it, who really support it,” Shilling said. “We have friends who come from all over there … it’s just really special, it’s kind of like a family reunion.” This will be Mountain Heart’s first time at The Ark “with the project in hand,” meaning their new album. They will be selling copies of Blue Skies, as well as newly designed Mountain Heart tee shirts. This show is “one of the highlights of (the band’s) year,” according to Shilling, and it will be followed by many more exciting venues: Later this year, they plan to perform in Roanoke, Virginia (near where Shilling grew up), and in Flagstaff, Arizona, as well as at the world-famous MerleFest in North Carolina. If Blue Skies is any indication of what the audience can expect this Saturday, it will be a show full of layered emotion and energy. The connection that people feel with music through songwriting and live performances is “kind of the reason we all didn’t decide to put on a suit and tie and go get a desk job,” Shilling said. This commitment to the power of music is not unfamiliar to Mountain Heart, nor, it seems, to anyone who has seen them live in the past, whether at The Ark or elsewhere. With the power of live music, “you get to make people happy, even if it’s just for a short time,” Shilling said.
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intentions slowly become more telling of a wounded man on a lifelong search for personal equilibrium. As much as he casts his fists in violent deference, Pius is also man who suffers. He shields his face from public view to cloud himself in manufactured enigma, but one can’t help but ask if his unabashed, impulsive authority is just one grand coping mechanism for a man far more emotionally wrought than he’s proud to admit. His prodigious self-awareness finally becomes of use as he reconciles with the wounds of abandonment that have marred him for so long — and with that reconciliation comes a leader and savior far more fit for the papal regalia than anyone could have expected. The program relishes its last minutes, with the Pope finally revealing himself to a massive crowd in Venice’s St. Mark’s Square. After months of chastising and berating the public from afar, Pius delivers a sobering address that contradicts his otherwise taut predilection for authority and mystery. Drawing on the stories of the canonized (but, unfortunately, fictitious) Juana Fernandez — a Guatemalan teenager touted for her saintly love and affection — Pius addresses the crowd on the oft-misunderstood simplicity of devotion. He implores the crowd to smile. In rare form, he smiles. And he cries. An address meant to be a prescient reminder for believers and nonbelievers alike becomes symbolic of a personal vindication that may have never been in the cards for Pius. The Pope collapses after a final earnest smile. Papal infallibility mightily held in one hand, personal tumult in the other, Pope Pius XIII’s frequent shifts between ruler and child shows that even in the glory of a manicured image and regimented rule, the human soul wounds, nurtures and persists. The season one finale of “The Young Pope” premieres Monday, Feb. 13.
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Syd does things her way on ‘Fin’ Singer’s debut record propels her out of OFWGKTA’s shadow and showcases her musical individuality and independence tion is futile, because this is her proverbial badassness, proDaily Arts Writer jected. It’s there on “Shake Em Off,” to start. What could erroneousFor many, Odd Future (née ly be interpreted as an explicit Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill middle finger actually — with conviction — conThem All, or Fin veys uncertainty, OFWGKTA) was over deliberate some of our most Syd and luscious proformative lisColumbia Records duction. Immeditening — “Yonately, her current kers,” in all of state of being Tyler, The Creator’s large bug-eating, vomit- is taken in the context of her inducing, “threesomes with a past. While this is undoubtedtriceratops”-claiming glory, ly closer to what she did with was that video, the one we Matt Martians as The Internet, watched with our friends it strays, definitively, from the while feasting on our new- Odd Future vibe. This sound est convenience store candy is simultaneously foreign and acquisitions, probably while welcome. Gradually Syd builds an playing Call of Duty, angsty and rebellious for no good imposing version of herself, a reason. Like it or not, Syd will silent assassin-esque power. forever be inextricably linked “All About Me” f lexes via a to this group and its look. She paced, pulsing beat. Here is was Syd tha Kid when she was Syd’s foremost proclamation part of this brand, a key cog in of success. In what ultimately an iconic collective that still amounts to an appropriate sees the effects of its cultural boast, the singer reorients the explosion reverberate around listener’s attention to where it should be — her. the rap industry. “Smile More” shifts in This is fitting, however, because this machine, and its tempo, and it essentially f lares individual parts, function(ed) just right. The album’s most on disregard. This is Syd, and overtly sexual track slow jams this is her Fin (whatever that its way through levels of intiFin is). It’s the end of some- macy en route to “Got Her thing, maybe her Odd Future Own,” a more unabashedly life, maybe the beginning of cocky victory lap (“Know you some end, or maybe specula- seen her in the magazines, JOEY SCHUMAN
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your / Aunty might hate, but it’s f lattering, girl”). It’s all fun, certainly, but Fin would do better with more variation and depth; the instrumentals become repetitive and too often the very ethereality of the production masks shallow lyrical content. Alas, it thrives in its quiet confidence. There’s no Los Angeles hip-hop here, no Funky Bass or Prominent Drum, no Y.G.-esque thump-de-bump and certainly no Tyler fuckaround-ing. Syd strays, and appropriately so. “Dollar Bills” surprises with tropical guitar from Steve Lacy in addition to his own fun verse. What comes off as a surface-level shtick might, indeed, be a surfacelevel shtick, but the majority of the release is melodic beauty; even on “Over,” which exhibits a more melancholic grace, there’s an atmospheric quality (this time bolstered by a prodding 6LACK feature) that fundamentally cements the album as her own, unique thing. Perhaps Syd never fully identified with that potentially too-enveloping OFWGKTA brand. Perhaps she did, and is now more comfortable than ever with moving on from it. This, Fin, is a start, an unapologetic pronouncement of Syd, by Syd. Hopefully there’s more where it came from.
The TV show intro — the magic moments before your beloved program begins. The show’s 30 minute arc induces a strong emotional pull in you. Some skeptics consider the intro a lost art form, paling in importance to mighty primetime programming, and for others, it’s a disgrace to the holy ritual of watching their favorite show. But for me, these small vignettes of video and sound f low through my veins, pump blood through my organic vessels and bring me to life. This is my open love letter to the art of the theme song, the cast credits; the anticipation before the show begins. Some may call me crazy, a lovestruck fool or a hopeless romantic, enamored with the sound and light waves traveling from the screen to my consciousness. But these feelings are legitimate, real and stronger than ever. For me, the TV show intro is an amazing work of art and doesn’t get the recognition it deserves. Intros (back in the glory days of television) united us as Americans. It’s impossible to remember every episode of “Friends,” every intricate moment of “Gilmore Girls” or every joke made on “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” Those hilarious quips or iconic scenes have fallen by the wayside in the banks of our memory. But I bet anyone who has religiously watched these shows can recite their theme songs by heart. I bet they get up off
of the couch and groove to the tunes which radiate from the television and into their soul. These were the pop songs of our youth, the connecting threads of our young hearts, bridging cultural gaps and creating beautiful friendships in the process. Not only do the theme songs of TV shows make them great, but their ability to tell a story in such a short amount of time elevate them magnificently. Look at “Friends,” for example. Immediately, it’s obvious that this show is about friends goofing off together and doing silly things; it’s amazing that so much is conveyed in such a short time. Or in the show “Adventure Time,” the first 15 seconds takes the viewer on a whirlwind journey of whimsical fun, showing them that the theme song is all they need to see in order to grab their attention. It’s genius and it’s showstopping — it’s the magical art of the intro at work. Any reader might question my logic. “There are terrible intros in the world,” non-believers shout at me. “TV intros are annoying and unnecessary,” heretics say. Yes, I know that there are bad eggs in the bunch. Not everything is perfect; no relationship is what it seems on the surface. There are ups and downs that go on behind the scenes, and the intro and I are no exception. We have had our spats over things like why the intro to “Modern Family” was so lackluster or why “Stranger Things” was such a good show, despite the intro being just slowly zooming text. Like any normal love story, there
are bumps in the road, but we are able to move past them by working a little bit harder and focusing on the good times. And there have been many good times. TV show intros have made me the man I am today. They have stuck with me throughout my life and they are the one constant that I can always count on. When I was five years old, I was beaming with happiness whenever the “Dora the Explorer” song came on. At ten years old, I was giddily singing along to “Spongebob Squarepants” while munching on my cereal in the morning. At 15, I discussed the beautiful simplicity of the “Parks and Rec” intro with my friends. And now I’m 20, and I’m dissecting the intricate melodies and symphonic harmonies sprinkled into the “30 Rock” theme music that always puts me into a good mood. Whenever I need an old friend to turn to, I not only look for my favorite shows, but my favorite intros that accompany them. The classic tunes never get old, and my love for them grows each time I watch these programs. Television is a versatile medium that is constantly changing. Shows are evolving into new and exciting genres and formats, and so are their intros. One thing that will never change, though, is my unwavering infatuation for these beautiful gems. Love them or hate them, TV intros are here to stay, and I will be right there beside them, always giving them my love with a sweet embrace and a five-star rating.
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Cloud Nothings effortlessly and pointedly captivates at the El Club Band’s latest Detroit visit a reminder of their talent and staying power DOMINIC POLSINELLI Daily Arts Writer
This past Tuesday, El Club in Detroit was packed to near capacity with f lannelclad, mostly bearded twentysomethings eager to see one of indie rock’s most revered bands — the almighty Cloud Nothings. I (also f lannel-clad, slightly bearded and twentynothing) quickly slipped to the back of the crowd to enjoy the band for what was about to be my first time. Cloud Nothings expertly seized the crowd by opening with “Pattern Walks” from 2014’s Here and Nowhere Else, showcasing drummer Jason Gerycz’s insane skill. Gerycz’s control over his individual limbs bordered on absurdity, as his arms f lailed across his kit and the bass drum beat with incredible dexterity. I couldn’t tear my eyes away until the nearly eight-minute track closed, when I turned to my friend and said, “Just watching him play almost gave me an asthma attack.”
The band is touring in support of their phenomenal new record, Life Without Sound. By adding a fourth member to assist lead singer/song writer Dylan Baldi in covering their complex guitar melodies, the band was able to achieve a full, complete sound in performance. Highlights from the record included lead single “Modern Act” which had the crowd singing along to the anthemic chorus: “I want a life, that’s all I need lately / I am alive but all alone.” The band quickly fired up the crowd with the heavier cut “Darkened Rings,” exciting the already rowdy mosh pit — and finally motivating me to dive in. Baldi sounded as caustic and lively as ever, while remaining perfectly precise in his guitar playing. Each song sounded as tight as the recording, only amplified through the wildness of the crowd and the intimacy of the venue. The setlist consisted of tracks that boasted both his more melodic monotone and gravelly screams, commanding the crowd’s intensity with ease.
The band obliged the crowd’s pleas for an encore with Attack on Memory’s magnum opus “Wasted Days” — not only opening their set with a long track but bookending it with another. The crowd matched the band’s energ y to the very end, returning every scream of the mantra — “I thought I would be more than this” — while throwing each other in euphoric disarray throughout every impressive instrumental section. The band’s unison throughout the chaotic instrumentation was a stunning testament to their musicianship and hardearned status in the indie rock scene. The bottom line is, Cloud Nothings have cemented themselves as some of indie rock’s greatest talent. Through their captivating and engaging live performance, and continual ability to put out fantastic records (even according to the “holier-thanthou” Pitchfork) that emanate effortless talent, Baldi and company have proven to be some of music’s most essential artists of the 21st century.
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Behind Enemy Lines: James Blackmon Jr. ‘M’ to begin season The Daily sat down with Indiana’s junior guard at Big Ten Media Day in October at USF Tournament SOFTBALL
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The Michigan men’s basketball team certainly got its revenge. After losing to Michigan State, 70-62, in East Lansing on Jan. 29, the Wolverines welcomed the Spartans to Crisler Center and sent them home with a 29-point loss. Derrick Walton Jr. led the way for Michigan, finishing with a game-high 20 points on 7-for-10 shooting while also contributing eight assists and five rebounds. With his stat line, the senior guard became just the third person in program history — behind Jalen Rose and Gary Grant — to record 1,000 points, 400 rebounds and 400 assists in their Wolverine careers. But Walton and the rest of his team don’t have much time to dwell on the milestone. With a matchup against Indiana
at Assembly Hall on Sunday, the Wolverines are looking to notch their first road win of the season against the Hoosiers. The matchups away from Crisler have not been kind to Michigan, as it has lost by an average margin of 10 points on the road — including three blowouts at South Carolina, UCLA and Illinois. Indiana, though, seems to be the perfect candidate for the Wolverines to get over that hump. In the first matchup between the two, Michigan cruised to a 30-point victory, and the Hoosiers have lost four of their last five games. Still, they have played No. 7 Wisconsin and No. 16 Purdue competitively, losing to each by just five points. And Assembly Hall also can’t be forgotten, as it has always been a notoriously difficult venue to play in — something that is reflected in the Hoosiers’ 13-2 home record. Perhaps the biggest advantage Indiana will have, though, is the
return of James Blackmon Jr. The junior guard has been sidelined since sustaining a lower-leg injury during the first meeting with Michigan, but he made his return Thursday night against Purdue. Though he scored just 11 points on 3-for-14 shooting, he did notch a team-high 32 minutes, so all signs point to him being fully healthy as his team prepares for the rematch with the Wolverines. If he can return to his usual form — averaging 17.6 points and 4.9 rebounds — Blackmon could help send Michigan home still winless on the road. The Daily sat down with Blackmon at Big Ten Media Day in October to talk about the ACL injury he sustained during the 2015-16 season, his decision to not enter the NBA Draft and his role on the team following former Hoosier guard Yogi Ferrell’s departure. The Michigan Daily: You’re coming off an ACL injury that kept you out of the Big Ten season last year. How are you feeling?
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Indiana guard James Blackmon Jr. returned to the court Thursday night after sustaining a lower-leg injury.
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New faces make up Michigan’s rotation PAIGE VOEFFRAY Daily Sports Writer
Just two of the Michigan baseball team’s four starting pitchers from last year will be returning to the mound next week when the season begins. The Wolverines have no reason to worry, though. Junior left-hander Oliver Jaskie will still lead the pitching staff after an impressive sophomore season, and he has plenty of teammates capable of playing alongside him. Jaskie finished the 2016 season with a 3.19 earned-run average and seven wins in 14 starts. He was second on the team with 69 strikeouts and will enter his junior season with the most experience in Michigan’s pitching rotation. As a veteran player, he will be able to take advantage of this leadership role to help shape the Wolverines’ new staff. “Anybody on our pitching staff is going to be able to handle a lot of different types of roles,” Jaskie said. “We are just, top to bottom, filled with guys that throw a lot of strikes and love to compete on the mound, so I’m really excited for what this pitching staff has to bring this year.” With the departure of former pitchers Evan Hill and Brett Adcock due to graduation and the MLB Draft, respectively, holes were left to fill on the mound. Fortunately for Michigan, there is no lack of potential candidates to fill these positions. Junior right-hander Ryan Nutof’s role varied last season. He started 11 games but also contributed to the team as a reliever in 10 other contests. He ended his sophomore season with a 3.67 ERA through 54 innings. He boasts the secondhighest strikeout total of the returners with 50. Nutof will look to capitalize
on his versatile abilities and establish himself as a regular starter on this year’s squad. But, he will have to compete with junior right-hander Alec Rennard – a transfer from Santa Rosa Community College – whose accolades speak for themselves. He concluded his sophomore season with a 1.4 ERA and 90 strikeouts. After the 2016 season, Rennard was named Big-8 Conference Pitcher of the Year and was a First Team All-American, all after leading his team to a California State Championship title. “He’s got a winner’s mentality,” said Michigan coach Erik Bakich. “He’s definitely one of our top four starting pitchers and he’ll be in our rotation somewhere. Where he fits on the weekend, we’ll see.” Nothing is set in stone, though. Junior left-hander Michael Hendrickson was injured last season but is now healthy and ready to take a spot in the starting lineup, yet that likely won’t be an easy task. After pitching just 10.2 innings last year, his experience level lacks in comparison to Jaskie and Rennard. In addition, senior righthander Keith Lehmann started two games last year and could make a push to start more this season, while freshman righthander Karl Kauffman also aims to be in the rotation as well. If Kauffman doesn’t make an appearance this year, he is definitely one to watch for in the future. He was the No. 1 recruit in the state of Michigan after his senior high school season. With so many new faces – and a few old ones – Bakich has not yet finalized any decisions. Next weekend’s game will be the first opportunity to see who can handle the pressure on the mound for the Wolverines.
James Blackmon Jr.: Yeah definitely. I think I’m ready to play. I feel better than I did before. I feel more athletic and a lot stronger as an all-around player, and I feel like that’s completely from my rehab. TMD: Are you excited for the Big Ten season this year considering the fact you couldn’t play last year? JB: Definitely. Missing the season is so hard, so coming into this season, that’s one of the things I’m most looking forward to. TMD: You thought about heading to the NBA like your teammate Thomas Bryant, what do you think of the NCAA allowing players to test the waters of the NBA Draft before they decide whether or not they want to enter? JB: I think it’s a good rule. It gives players a chance to chase an opportunity and a dream. But at the same time, they can also go back to school. So you’re not losing anything, and you’re taking full advantage of your opportunities. TMD: Yogi Ferrell has not been liked by Michigan fans over the past couple years. What was it like playing with him? JB: It was good because every day he got the most out of me, and I did the same for him. We pushed each other every day and that’s what you need. You want a competitive guy to push you. TMD: Now that he’s gone, the point guard position is open. Is that a position you’re looking to play? JB: Yeah, I’m definitely comfortable with playing the point guard. But I think anyone can take that role on the team. It’s not just me. TMD: Being a leader on a team with such high expectations, how do you shoulder those expectations and play under that pressure? JB: I don’t think it’s really pressure. If you put in the work everyday and prepare, it should just come.
MARK CALCAGNO Daily Sports Writer
The road to Michigan’s potential third-straight Women’s College Softball World Series begins in the same place it has since 2013. The sixth-ranked Wolverines will play five games in three days at the USF Wilson-Demarini Tournament in Tampa Bay, Fla., starting with back-to-back contests against Delaware and Illinois State on Friday. But Saturday poses the toughest matchups for Michigan, as it opens the day with a showdown against No. 4 Florida, followed by an evening affair with No. 25 South Florida. The Gators defeated the Wolverines in game three of the 2015 championship, leaving Michigan coach Carol Hutchins short of her program’s first title since 2005. Last year’s seasonopening tournament saw Florida tear through that wound viciously with an 8-0 mercy-rule victory. Despite the history with the Gators, senior right-hander Megan Betsa refuses to treat Saturday’s matchup any differently than she would against another opponent. “I’m sure everyone is going to tell you the same thing: it doesn’t really matter who we’re playing,” Betsa said. “It’s the first weekend, so we’re just going to learn how to go out there and be better. It doesn’t really matter if we’re playing Florida.” In the same afternoon of the Florida beatdown last year, the Wolverines turned around to wallop USF, 11-2, in five innings. Saturday gives Michigan another chance at those opponents, especially — admittedly or not — at the Gators. While the warm weather and quality competition are benefits of early-season tournaments, they do pose two challenges for the
Wolverines: fatigue and managing the pitching staff. Playing the weekend’s five games in less than 48 hours forced Hutchins to alter her usual practices. “Going into this week, we had to be just as concerned with being fresh on the weekend,” Hutchins said. “We have to taper our swings, we have to taper our pitches and really shore our game up and shorten up practice. The first weekend is rough, they’re not in game shape. I can tell you they’ll be sore and tired on Sunday morning.” This means Betsa — the only established pitcher returning from 2016 — and junior Tera Blanco will share duties in the circle for Michigan, with sophomore Leah Crockett potentially joining them. Betsa, who posted a 1.98 earned-run average and threw over 200 innings last season, will get the ball Friday in the final opening day of her career. When Blanco gets the opportunity to pitch, her usual spot at first base will likely be taken by junior Aidan Falk. But Hutchins remains firm that the lineup has not been etched in stone. “I’ll have to see how they look, and I don’t have a set lineup,” Hutchins said. “We’re going to see who gets it done when it matters and go from there. It’s definitely an evolution.” Even with the collective accolades of Michigan’s senior class, Hutchins sees the team’s motivation deriving from the fact that 2017 is a new chapter in a storied program’s history. “This is team 40,” Hutchins said. “We don’t have any championships — they’ve done nothing. What teams 31-39 have done are on our history boards — they have no bearing for team 40. We motivate them with ‘Who are you, and what are you going to accomplish?’ We’re zero and zero.”
Michigan to face Spartans in “Duel in the D” AVI SHOLKOFF
Daily Sports Writer
For Cooper Marody, Joe Louis Arena represents the home of some of his favorite moments from his childhood. The sophomore forward recalls attending Detroit Red Wings games with his father and even a few Great Lakes Invitationals — while growing up. He always dreamed of playing at “The Joe,” and Friday night, along with the rest of the Michigan hockey team, he will play there for a final time during the regular season. Adding even greater significance, the Wolverines will face off against in-state rival Michigan State, as both are looking to claim the Iron D Trophy. “My whole life I’ve been a diehard Michigan fan,” Marody said. “I obviously didn’t like State, so every time you play these games there’s higher emotion, the whole crowd gets into it. There’s a lot on the line and we’re gonna try to play the best we can.” Added senior goaltender Zach Nagelvoort: “In the past, you could say ‘Oh it’s the last time (for me) at Michigan, but maybe you’ll be playing against the Wings in the coming years’. But this year’s different.” As a senior, Nagelvoort will relish one of his last opportunities to play at the arena when the Big Ten Tournament begins in midMarch. But after this season, the “Duel in the D” will move to Little Caesars Arena, and Joe Louis Arena will become a memory of the past. This week, former Michigan defenseman Zach Werenski published a letter online detailing his favorite memories and experiences at the arena. Nagelvoort and some of his teammates read the letter and couldn’t help but feel a similar nostalgia. “ … It’s always been really cool to have the opportunity to play there,” Nagelvoort said. “There’s a lot of people who make negative comments about what the facilities are like at the Joe. I personally love it. It’s one of my favorite rinks that I’ve had the opportunity to play at, besides Yost of course. It’s
exciting to get to play there again tomorrow. I know I’m gonna enjoy it, it’s gonna be interesting to catch myself looking around, enjoying the moment because it’s a really cool venue to play games at and it’s sad that it’s the last time.” The weekend series could also be one of the last times Nagelvoort and his fellow seniors will play against their counterparts from East Lansing. He grew up playing with certain members of the Spartans’ roster, and now, after nearly four years of playing against each other, Friday and Saturday night could be the the last time. There won’t be another GLI or “Duel in the D” — just two more matchups this weekend and perhaps an opportunity in the postseason. Though given where Michigan and Michigan State currently sit in the standings — second to last and last, respectively — a matchup in the postseason is unlikely. “Some of the kids (on Michigan State) I grew up playing against and playing with,” Nagelvoort said. “Guys like (Spartan forward) Joe Cox, we played our entire childhood together, we’re really good friends. On the ice, we hate the guys, it’s a fun rivalry, it’s a really intense game. But that all ends when you get off the ice. “It’s a fun game to be a part of
and it’s gonna be really exciting, especially because it’s one of the last two games we play against each other at Michigan. For it to be at the Joe is really cool.” In this final series against Michigan State, the Wolverines will look to build upon their offensive performance last weekend. For the first time all season, it seemed as if their offense finally came to life. They outshot an opponent consecutively — a first — and scored five goals in both games. Still, Michigan ended the weekend with only one victory, something that Michigan coach Red Berenson believes may have stemmed from struggling special teams play. In the last six games, the Wolverines have scored just three goals on the power play while allowing eight on the penalty kill, a margin that Berenson believes is imperative to improve should Michigan wish to compete in the upcoming stretch of the season. “I couldn’t have told you before the weekend that we would give up seven power play goals,” Berenson said. “On the other side, I couldn’t have told you that we would’ve scored 10 goals at home. We’ve only scored five goals once all year. You never know those things going in. You play hard, you play the right way, and then some
good things happen.” An added bonus for Berenson is the re-emergence of Marody, who, after missing the first half of the season due to academic ineligibility, notched his firstcareer hat trick Friday and added another goal in Saturday’s game. “I think he’s motivated, he couldn’t wait to play,” Berenson said. “He was practicing in October, November and December. He couldn’t wait to play in the GLI. Then, he was rusty, he wasn’t as quick, he wasn’t as sharp from practicing as he needed to be in games. I think every game he’s shown glimpses of what he can do, and last weekend he finally got some offensive things going. That’s the player that we were seeing in practices, but we didn’t see it in the first few games.” Friday, for one of the last times in their careers, Marody and Nagelvoort will play at Joe Louis Arena. Marody will reminisce about the times with his father and Nagelvoort will recall the three GLIs he played in at the arena over the years. But as a whole, Michigan will play a game against a bitter rival and hope to emerge from its last regular season game at a historic arena with a victory.
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Senior goaltender Zach Nagelvoort will play one of his last games at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit on Friday night.
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Wolverines set for matchup with Big Ten bottom dweller Wisconsin SYLVANNA GROSS Daily Sports Editor
For the second time this season, the Wolverines are hoping to scare off some Badgers. The No. 21 Michigan women’s basketball team will be hosting Wisconsin Wisconsin in its annual at Michigan Pink Game for Matchup: breast cancer Michigan awareness 9-2 Big Ten, Sunday. The 20-5 overall; Wisconsin Wolverines (9-2 Big Ten, 1-10, 6-18 20-5 overall) When: Sunday are coming off 2 P.M. ET their 20th win Where: Crisler of the season Center after dominating Purdue, 72-61, and have yet to lose at Crisler Center. “It’s just another game,” said freshman guard Kysre Gondrezick after a win against Iowa on Feb. 5. “But, ultimately, we talk about protecting the ‘M’ and protecting our own court.” The team motto, according to
Gondrezick, has been to “just find a way to win.” For the Wolverines, the crux of that has been Gondrezick, who scored a career-high 25 points to notch her fourth 20-plus scoring performance of the year. Gondrezick went 9-for-13 from the field and 4-for-7 from the 3-point range. The success against the Boilermakers was rounded out with contributions from sophomore Hallie Thome, junior guards Katelynn Flaherty and Jillian Dunston and senior guard Siera Thompson. Remarkably, Thompson played all 40 minutes of the contest. The defense, led by Dunston, has proven to be the backbone of this team. Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico has worked to improve both press and zone defense on her squad, which was evident in the comefrom-behind victory against Iowa in the final minute. “I think what happens sometimes, and it’s happened to us in the past, is when you change defenses and then come back to an old defense it shakes it up a little bit,” Barnes Arico said. “So when we went zone and then we save the press kind of until the end … it was more effective than just doing
it all the time.” But, it’s hard to fathom Michigan needing that much strategy in its upcoming contest. The impending matchup with the Badgers (1-10, 6-18) won’t be too threatening for the Wolverines. They are ranked for the first time since 2013 and have won 20 of its first 25 games for the first time in program history, while Wisconsin has only won one game against a conference team. The Badgers most recent game was that first win on Thursday against Nebraska. Wisconsin is sporting top players in junior guard Cayla McMorris and fifth-year senior forward Avyanna Young. The two lead the team, averaging 12.9 and 10.2 points per game, respectively. Yet, the Badgers poor shooting has hindered the team. They rank last overall in the Big Ten conference, and 13th — in front of only Rutgers — in scoring and field goal percentage. Wisconsin has managed to shoot just 46 percent from the field, compared to its opponents, who have averaged 45. In the last meeting between
the Wolverines and the Badgers, Michigan swept the court, 73-56. Thome led the charge with 37 points and 14 rebounds, while going 13-for15 from the floor and 11-for-13 from the free throw line. The Wolverines trailed by a point after the first quarter but managed to hold a seven-point lead at halftime to head a breakaway for the win. Wisconsin tends to lead strong, but Michigan matches that with its reputation of breaking away during the third quarter and suppressing its opponents on the defensive end. Michigan hopes to continue its home-court success while also notching another win against the Badgers. Its win streak at Crisler brings confidence, but no Michigan player wants to sit comfortably and assume a win. “Definitely looking at other team’s records (helps),” Thome said. “You have the (other team’s numbers) to prove that you can beat them. But, I think that in the Big Ten, any day, it’s like any team can step up and beat you. The Big Ten, knowing what kind of conference it is, you just got to bring your best game every day.”
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Senior guard Siera Thompson played a full 40 minutes against Purdue.