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LSA professor Rudolph “Butch” Ware discusses issues surrounding the Muslim identity in Hatcher on Friday as part of a panel with performers in “Beyond Sacred: Voices of Muslim Identity.” Ware provides context before the Ping Chong performance, considering issues of the Muslim experience.
Ping Chong theater performance explores Muslim experience in U.S.
Award-winning artist talks Muslim identity, politics during Trump Administration YOSHIKO IWAI
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In light of recent events like President Donald Trump’s attempted ban on seven Muslimmajority countries, over 1,000 University of Michigan students, faculty and locals from Ann Arbor
and Detroit attended a University Musical Society event performed by Ping Chong + Company on Saturday night. The event, named “Beyond Sacred: Voices of Muslim Identity,” worked to explore stereotypes of Muslim identity. Ping Chong + Company is a unique theatre ensemble based in New York, which works to
address civic and social justice issues through the performing arts. Founded in 1975, Ping Chong has collaborated with various universities and organizations to push the boundaries of identity, equity and community, through oral history performances and largescale cinematic productions. Chong was awarded the 2014 National
Medal of Arts by then-President Barack Obama. “I’m really just creating a space for people to speak,” Chong said. “Because the media is not creating a space for them to speak, the media is just perpetuating stereotypes.” Saturday’s production is a part of a series, “Undesirable Elements,” a See CHONG, Page 3A
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The University of Michigan Hillel, the Black Student Union and NOiR fashion runway hosted an open Shabbat dinner Friday evening, followed by a conversation about intersectionality and activism facilitated by Yavilah McCoy, an African-American Jewish activist and educator. This event was a follow up to Thursday evening’s event, where McCoy spoke on similar topics. Hillel’s weekly Shabbat dinners are normally attended by several hundred students, most of whom are Jewish, each Friday. During this event, about 20 non-Jewish
students in leadership positions in BSU and NOiR joined them, sitting at round tables with Jewish student leaders in the center of the dining room. The conversation McCoy facilitated focused on developing relationship-building skills and how these depended on an honest communication of personal truths. Making the connection to the current political climate, McCoy expressed the importance of communicating personal truths — like the ones found in religious tradition — as key to outreach in difficult times. “Tonight when we go into the secondary room together, we’re going to talk about what is See HILLEL, Page 3A
Ann Arbor residents march to raise Effects of Protesters travel ban awareness of global climate change clash over
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Students and faculty alike ditched their winter coats and flocked outside Saturday to study, work or simply enjoy the sunshine and warm temperatures. But for environmental activists, this sudden increase in temperature was no blessing — it served as a reminder of global warming and the effects of climate change seen each day. That afternoon, hundreds gathered to rally for a cleaner planet and to promote a healthier future for generations to come. Bearing signs with slogans such as “listen to the 97% of climate scientists,” “respect your mother” and “there is no Planet B,” protesters marched from downtown Ann Arbor to the Diag, where they heard from an array of speakers passionate about promoting protection of the environment and public health. Engineering sophomore Lyndsey Covert, member of Epsilon Eta, the professional environmental fraternity on campus that co-sponsored the event, explained the importance of mobilization and the encouragement of community members to get involved in issues that matter to them. “I think that the most important part of activism like this is just getting the word out to people who don’t really understand,” she said. “It’s just
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An audience of about 50 Rackham students and community members gathered Friday evening at the Walgreen Drama Center for a panel discussion on the effects of President Donald Trump’s executive order banning travel and immigration from seven different Muslim-majority countries to the United States. The panel, sponsored by the Engineering Office of Graduate Education and tailored toward graduate students, aimed to clarify questions surrounding the legality and status of the executive order. It began with remarks from University President Mark Schlissel, who reiterated the words of his initial statement regarding the ban. He was among the first of university presidents to publicly denounce it, confirming the University of Michigan would not release the immigration status of any of its students. “The leadership of the University appreciates that we’re a nation of immigrants,” Schlissel said. “We wouldn’t be who we are without successive generations of talented, See BAN, Page 3A
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mobilizing to get people who aren’t really engaged in the movement curious about it, and maybe the more people that we have informed, the more people we have who are trying to do what’s right for the planet and the people who live on it.” The rally came one day after the United States Senate confirmed the appointment of Scott Pruitt to the Environmental Protection Agency. Environmental activists
expressed their concerns about the actions Pruitt has taken that they feel will potentially harm the well-being of the planet. State Rep. Debbie Dingell (D–Dearborn) was the opening speaker at the event, where she highlighted these arguments opposing Pruitt’s policy. “We now have a director of the EPA that says that global warming isn’t real,” she said. “His entire career has been dedicated to
undermining the agency he was appointed to lead and opposing the laws he was asked to enforce. It’s scary — he’s the poster boy of rolling back environmental safeguards to benefit polluters and irresponsible business practices.” Dingell further discussed issues that are even more concerning to environmental activists of Michigan specifically, See CLIMATE, Page 3A
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In light of recent events like President Donald Trump’s attempted ban on seven Muslimmajority countries, over 1,000 University of Michigan students, faculty and locals from Ann Arbor and Detroit attended a University Musical Society event performed by Ping Chong + Company on Saturday night. The event, named “Beyond Sacred: Voices of Muslim Identity,” worked to explore stereotypes of Muslim identity. Ping Chong + Company is a unique theatre ensemble based in New York, which works to address civic and social justice issues through the performing arts. Founded in 1975, Ping Chong has collaborated with various universities and organizations to push the boundaries of identity, equity and community, through oral history performances and largescale cinematic productions. Chong was awarded the 2014 National Medal of Arts by then-President Barack Obama. “I’m really just creating a space for people to speak,” Chong said. “Because the media is not creating a See PROTEST, Page 3A
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ON THE DAILY: ON THE DAIRY Local dessert lovers, “donut” miss out on Ann Arbor’s newest late-night delivery service. Washtenaw Dairy now delivers donuts between 9 p.m. and 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights. The local business, which has been operating since 1934 and delivering dairy products to Washtenaw County for 75 years, launched the new service on Friday. According to a tweet from the dairy on Thursday, the business will deliver anywhere within a three-mile radius of the store. The expected delivery time is between 30 and 45 minutes, and it asks for 12 hours’ notice for orders of more than 10 dozen donuts. There is also a minimum purchase of one dozen donuts, and each dozen costs $11 including shipping. Types of donuts include plain/cinnamon, chocolate-
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frosted, maple-frosted, maple nut, coconut, sprinkle and vanilla. Prior to the establishment of the late-night service, the dairy delivered donuts every weekday to businesses. On the service’s second night, the dairy tweeted to apologize to customers for busy phone lines. According to its website, the dairy prides itself on producing the only zero trans-fat donut in Washtenaw County. It offers 50 f lavors of ice cream, as well as shakes and malts. It delivers these specialties in addition to milk, cheese, cream and other dairy products. The dairy also provides customized donuts in a variety of colors.
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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES The Return of Protectionsim to Japan and the United States: The Manchurian Example WHAT: Hisashi Harata of the University of Tokyo will lecture on Japanese law. WHO: Center for International and Comparative Law WHEN: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Queers with Careers WHAT: An interactive panel and resources will help LGBTQ students who are navigating the job or internship market. WHO:University Career Center WHEN: 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. WHERE: Student Activities Building, Program Room (3003)
Leaks, Whistleblowers & Big Data: Collaborative Journalism Across Borders WHAT: Knight-Wallace fellows will discuss data leaks and effects of collaborative journalism. WHO: Knight-Wallace Fellows WHEN: 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: Rackham Ampitheatre
CJS Film Series: Pale Flower WHAT: A screening of 1964 film “Pale Flower” about a hitman, recently released from prison, who is grappling with the influence of his criminal past. WHO: Center for Japanese Studies WHEN: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. WHERE: Michigan Theater
Crtl+Z: The Right to be Forgotten WHAT: Visiting lecturer Meg Jones will discuss whether people should be able to delete or hide personal information online in the digital age. WHO: Science, Technology and Society WHEN: 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. WHERE: Tisch Hall, Room 1014
Panel on Space Careers WHAT: Professionals from a variety of fields in the physics, astronomy, space and engineering realms will discuss their careers. WHO: Maize Pages Student Organizations WHEN: 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: 340 West Hall
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More than 200 students and community members came out Saturday night to celebrate and support Indonesian culture with Indonesian speakers, performances and dance. The annual event, held and organized by the Indonesian Students
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state. Rosmalawati Chalid, the consulate general of Indonesia from Chicago, also came to the event, where she spoke on behalf of Indonesian people and shared with the audience facts about the identity and backgrounds that make up the diverse country. She stated the country has more than 300 ethnic groups speaking about 700 languages and emphasized the presence of a variety of religions being practiced, a majority of which, however, are predominantly Muslim. Furthermore, she reflected on the similarities between the political climates in both the United States and Indonesia, emphasizing the importance of embracing diversity to ensure the future of these nations. “Looking back now at history and also in current political situations in Indonesia, tolerance and respect for diversity is key if Indonesia wants to prosper,” Chalid said. “We have to work hard to nurture the culture of tolerance, the respect for diversity, the respect for differences among the population if we want to prosper as a nation.” The culture night kicked off with a performance from glow-sticking group Photonix, traditional Indonesian dances and the Chinese YoYo team Revolution. Audience members also got to see a reenactment of the Rara Jonggrang, an Indonesian folktale that originated from Central Java in Indonesia, which aims to explain the origin of the Ratu Boko Palace, Sewu temple and the well-known Durga statue.
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WHAT: Activist and writer Rebecca Solnit will talk about hope and crisis in the current political moment. WHO: Institute for the Humanities WHEN: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. WHERE: Rackham Auditorium
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Ferns of Southeast Michigan WHAT: Carol Clements of the Wayne County Parks Nankin Mills Interpretive Center will give a presentation about ferns in the region. WHO: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum WHEN: 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. WHERE: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
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CHONG From Page 1A 25-year project of interviewbased performances. The five speakers of the event shared diverse experiences of being Muslim in the United States, with a common thread of coming to age after 9/11 in New York City. “I think the urgency of the xenophobia that is rampant in our president’s new administration makes it very important to have Muslim people speak for themselves across this country,” Chong said. “These are real Muslims, they’re not actors. These are people who actually lived their lives in that culture, in that faith.” The 75-minute production has been performed more than 50 times nationally and internationally. Though the show was accompanied with music and choreographed for timing, hand gestures, etc., the script is based solely on interviews of the five speakers. LSA sophomore Marilyn Schotland reflected on the performance after watching. “These stories are so eloquent in the way they intermingle and intertwine, and the way they tell it on the stage,” she said. “I think about how I present my identity to other people and it’s a very interesting conversation to have.” Sara Zatz, associate director of Ping Chong + Company, co-wrote Saturday’s performance. In a Q&A following the performance, she spoke about reaching larger audiences and using the show as a call for action. “It’s really easy to think that we’re in a liberal bubble in Ann Arbor,” Zatz said. “It’s really easy to think you’re a liberal bubble in New York City ... Right now, the call to action is to take the next step beyond being sympathetic and being an ally, and being someone who is standing up and fighting — whether that is making sure your campus is a sanctuary school ... People need to go beyond being sympathetic and to being advocates and activists.” One of the performers, Maha Syed, is a human rights and gender equity advocate. She spoke about working in social justice and protesting every day in New York City. “I’m seeing Black Lives Matter
CLIMATE From Page 1A such as the Flint water crisis, Enbridge Line 5 pipelines and the Great Lakes nuclear waste dump. Another common theme throughout the rally was the promotion of the reality of climate change and the statistics used to argue for its existence. Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor explained that with an increase in average warmer temperatures, at night and during the day, there has been a nationwide increase in precipitation and shorter winters. “We have more precipitation over the last 60 years, 45 percent more precipitation each and every year,” he said. “That is dozens of Michigan Stadiums filled with water that we have in our community because of climate change, and it’s something we have to address.” According to Taylor, the city has been working to promote environmental awareness and protection with methods that include increasing solar energy
BAN From Page 1A hard-working people from all over the world that come here to educate themselves … please don’t be discouraged by what I hope is a hiccup in American history. Please realize that we’re committed to you as members of our community, and we’ll do all the things we know how to do … to support you and your education.” As a citizen of one of the seven banned countries herself, event organizer Mina Jafari, a Rackham student, expressed her own confusion about how the ban inspired her to bring information to her peers. “I’m from one of those
turn up for the Muslim ban,” she said. “I’m seeing Muslims turn up for the ICE raid bans. It’s amazing and it’s the thing we’ve been in lacking for so long. To work in social justice, you have to believe in the goodness of people... People are starting to see the intersections of these systems of oppressions. If we all got together and did this together, we could change the way this works. So I really hope that is the shining light that comes out of so much pain.” Syed said the performance gives a small sample of what the human experience looks like, particularly highlighting the diversity despite belonging to the same faith. She spoke about the performance an opportunity to reach out to Muslims, as well as non-Muslims. “All of these things need to be examined inside and out,” Syed said. “There are issues within the Muslim community on racial diversity, on tolerance just like every other religious or small community. Everyone needs to hear from everyone else.” LSA senior Josephine Tan also reflected after the performance. “I really like the intersection of identities. When you first read it, you think, ‘Oh, they’re just Muslims.’ But when you hear the stories, you know they are African American and Muslim, a feminist and Muslim, all of these different identities, and it’s really interesting to hear the intersection of these identities.” LSA senior Brittany Chew echoed Tan’s remarks on the boundaries of identity. “You see how everyone’s experiences are so different and it’s based on all of these different identities you hold. It shows it’s not additive — your identity is so much more complex based on the intersections of it,” she said. Jim Leija, UMS director of education and community engagement, spoke about wanting university and highschool students to start more conversation after the show. He reflected on his own education and said the performance allows for younger generations to have a dialogue on Islamophobia, identity and other issues. Music, Theatre & Dance senior, Tsukumo Niwa echoed Leija’s sentiments. “Being an artist, myself, I see how difficult to put yourself out there,” she said.
Niwa also discussed wanting to maintain dialogue of the five performers to spread word on campus. “We don’t have to rely on these five folks to keep telling their stories and wear themselves down,” she said. “We can’t always have this space. We, as spectators in this performance, learning just a little more about their identities and their stories — it’s really important for us to keep the story going.” One of the five speakers, Amir Khafagy, is a Muslim of Arab and Puerto-Rican heritage. In the Q&A, he discussed how much the increasing salience and meaning of the performance to him. “It’s very important to tell your own story — the more you continue to allow other people to tell your story for you, to speak on behalf of you, or about you, you lose some sort of power,” Khafagy said. “I think doing this show, it gives the general public that Islam is not just this one thing — it’s diverse.” He also talked about inaccurate media portrayal of Muslims in the United States. During the performance, he spoke about the difficulties of assimilation. “There comes a point when you get sick and tired of a seeing a Muslim on an airplane, and people thinking he’s about to blow it up, (rather) than just go on a vacation,” Khafagy said. “Every time you turn on the news, we’re the bad guy, and that gets so tiring and you come to hate yourself. Growing up as a kid, as I talked about in the story, I hated myself.” Chong agreed with Khafagy’s ideas of Muslim identity. “There are Muslims who wear chador, the headscarf, and there are Muslims who don’t. There are Muslims who are feminists, there are gay Muslims — it’s just like anybody else,” he said. “I want them to see the human faith of people who are Muslim and to see that it’s much more complex than a cardboard idea of what a Muslim is.” Chong’s use of light, projection and sound — both musical and clapping — allows for a unique intersection of the artistic and political to intersect. “I feel it’s important as an artist to facilitate some sanity into the discourse.” Chong said. “Sanity — meaning stability, meaning not creating lies about people.”
use throughout Ann Arbor and improving transportation infrastructure to help reduce emissions. In 2012, City Council unanimously passed its Climate Action Plan with the hope of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the long-term goal of seeing a 90 percent decrease by 2050. With the efforts of local governments like the one in Ann Arbor, speakers urged attendees to strive to create even more change. They explained the importance of coming together to rally, to organize and to promote issues like protecting the environment. During his presentation, state Rep. Yousef Rabhi (D–Ann Arbor) asked citizens at the rally to look at the American flag waving behind them on the Diag and to understand its multifaceted importance in promoting all people and causes. “That flag does not stand for greed, it does not stand for pollution, it does not stand for a climate that is warming,” he said. “That flag stands for our national parks. That flag stands for clean air and clean water. And someday
soon, I know that that flag will stand for the nation that will take a lead in climate change fighting in this world.” This sort of leadership is one that is encouraged at events such as Saturday’s rally, and one that often begins with the individual. Business senior Anna Norman explained how crucial it is all people take action to promote ideas they are passionate about. “It’s definitely a time for active engagement,” she said. “I think a lot of us say that we care about these issues, but unless you leave your house on a Saturday and participate, you’re not really doing your part.” Following the rally, participants were invited to participate in advocacy activities in the Dana Natural Resources Building. Participants were given prompts to make phone calls and write letters to legislators, and in another room a large chalkboard with the “5 Pillars of Waste Reduction” was available for attendees to write statements about what they will do to improve on the pillars of refuse, reduce, reuse, repair and recycle.
seven countries, and this whole situation, especially the weekend after the executive order, raised lots of questions and concerns among people affected and even people who are not directly affected,” Jafari said. “It’s not just international students from those seven countries; the entire international community is very worried about what’s going to happen next.” Panelists aimed to satisfy this need for knowledge by speaking about the legal and administrative aspects of the executive order. Each stressed the complexity of the issue and encouraged students to reach out to any of their offices for individualized assistance in
navigating the ban. Cynthia Wilbanks, University vice president for government relations, spoke about the University’s collaboration with other organizations and officials like the Association of American Universities since the introduction of the ban. “These activities, one on their own is not sufficient, but collectively, in ways that we try to join the other interested and very seriously impacted organizations helps us to amplify the messages we want to be sure are heard,” she said, explaining the collaboration aimed to advocate for students’ rights under the order.
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PROTEST From Page 1A space for them to speak, the media is just perpetuating stereotypes.” Saturday’s production is a part of a series, “Undesirable Elements,” a 25-year project of interview-based performances. The five speakers of the event shared diverse experiences of being Muslim in the United States, with a common thread of coming to age after 9/11 in New York City. “I think the urgency of the xenophobia that is rampant in our
HILLEL From Page 1A it that we’re enduring right now,” McCoy said. “What is at stake in this current storm that we’re in? Who are you? What do you bring? How can you feel centered not just in yourself, but in what about you preaches outward? A stand I have as an activist is not just what does our tradition say, but does it preach?” She also explained the truth of Judaism was to stand up for racial equity and justice, and to speak out against xenophobia, homophobia and transphobia. At the end of the
Monday, February 20, 2017 — 3A president’s new administration makes it very important to have Muslim people speak for themselves across this country,” Chong said. “These are real Muslims, they’re not actors. These are people who actually lived their lives in that culture, in that faith.” The 75-minute production has been performed more than 50 times nationally and internationally. Though the show was accompanied with music and choreographed for timing, hand gestures, etc., the script is based solely on interviews of the five speakers. LSA sophomore Marilyn
Schotland reflected on the performance after watching. “These stories are so eloquent in the way they intermingle and intertwine, and the way they tell it on the stage,” she said. “I think about how I present my identity to other people and it’s a very interesting conversation to have.” Sara Zatz, associate director of Ping Chong + Company, co-wrote Saturday’s performance. In a Q&A following the performance, she spoke about reaching larger audiences and using the show as a call for action.
dinner, McCoy talked about how her Jewish identity informed her activism in the form of finding truth and justice in the world. “My lived experience as a Jew is equity and justice,” she said. “That means that when I think of Torah — which is our Jewish tradition, our system of law — I define Torah as the way we understand what it means to go out into the world and stand for what is true.” LSA sophomore Alona Henig said McCoy gave her a new perspective on the connection between Judaism and activism. “I do think about my Jewish identity, but not in terms of when I’m doing social justice work,”
Henig said. “But that was a new way of seeing it, with tradition and culture and community, in a way that I haven’t seen in Hillel before.” In the workshop following the dinner, students answered prompts asking what emotions they felt most and least comfortable expressing in the contexts of home and social justice by standing next to posters in the room labeled with what McCoy called “core emotions” such as sad, mad, joyful, powerful and peaceful.
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uring my senior year Union and United States, of high school, I the starkest of which is the went on an overnight geographic distance between Catholic retreat. Greece and Syria, The organizers of and the United the retreat reached States and Syria. out to the attendees’ Given that many friends and families refugees f led to collect letters extremely desperate about all sorts of circumstances things: what we with a few precious meant to them, what belongings, it makes their faith meant to sense that refugees them or even just weren’t arriving on VICTORIA American shores in offering general NOBLE advice as we prepared the same numbers to leave for college. they were on Watching the Greece’s shores. response around the country Many migrants travel and on campus to President through Turkey and cross the Trump’s divisive policies and Aegean Sea to get to Greece rhetoric, a line from one of these — a water crossing that is letters stuck out in my mind: only about four miles at its “People often claim that hate narrowest point. Despite this is the opposite of love (I think relative proximity, more than they bought into that hate/love 3,000 refugees have died T-shirt or something). That’s attempting to reach European not really true. The opposite of shores as of September 2016. love is not hate, but rather fear, Under similar conditions, the and from this fear, all negative nearly 6,000-mile journey and painful emotions f low.” from Syria to New York seems From the data alone, almost impossible under Trump’s signature policies similar conditions. thus far — the former travel In stark contrast, the ban and the border wall United States admits a small — seem indefensible. The number of refugees who pass administration defended the the strictest vetting processes travel ban as being necessary required of any immigrant for national security, but none group, and as far as all of the 9/11 conspirators came available data is concerned, from any of the seven countries are actually less likely to targeted by the travel ban. commit acts of deadly terror Furthermore, since 9/11, there than Americans born in the have been 10 deadly terrorist United States. A whopping 84 attacks on American soil — but percent of jihadist terrorist none of the terrorists came were born in the United States. from any of the seven countries (Note: These numbers don’t affected by the ban. include other major sources Yet when the media reported of domestic terrorism like stories of individuals seemingly right-wing terrorist groups, deserving of exceptions to including white supremacists the travel ban barred from and neo-Nazi terrorist entering the United States groups, and left-wing terrorist — long-time U.S. residents, groups.) individuals who risked their None of this is to suggest that lives to help the U.S. military, terrorism is not a real or credible college students and babies threat — it is. But there is little traveling to the United States reason to believe that this travel for life-saving surgery — many ban would save American lives. still supported the policy by Additionally, in many respects, arguing that it was necessary U.S. post-9/11 counterterrorism to protect Americans from efforts have been successful. potential terrorists. Further improvements should Facts and data may not focus on strengthening the be capable of explaining intelligence gathering efforts this reaction, but fear can. that have proven crucial to the In Europe, massive f lows of fight against terrorism thus far. refugees — as many as 10,000 But fear doesn’t engender per day and an estimated evidence-based decisions. 1 million total in 2015 — Fear promotes a try-anythingpoured over the weak, under- and-everything approach. resourced southern borders Fear prompts ordinarily of already financially and rational people to project their politically strained countries concerns and anxieties on like Greece. This caused undeserving targets. massive social and political In this case, those targets are shocks and damaged Europe’s refugees. In other cases, those tourism industry. Some of the targets are Black and Hispanic refugees perpetrated deadly men blamed for small upticks in terrorist attacks. violent crime rates, women and However, there are immigrants blamed for taking obvious differences between jobs that would ordinarily go the realities of the refugee to white American males. situations in the European Violent crime and economic
stagnation are legitimate fears. The United States needs solutions to the problems of gun violence, widening income inequality and illegal immigration. But projecting these anxieties onto others and letting that animosity shape policy will not result in solutions to the very real challenges we face. In practice, letting fear — not evidence — drive policy may actually worsen our problems or create new ones. Even to those who accept harming members of a marginalized group as a cost of assuaging their fears should not accept outcomes that make the whole country worse off. In 1947, the then-called U.S. Department of War released an anti-Nazi propaganda video titled “Don’t Be a Sucker.” The central character of the video was named Mike, an American everyday man who seemed to have everything going for him: He was young, healthy and owned a prosperous factory where free men and women from all over the world worked to produce products used all over the world. “Mike’s got something, all right,” the narrator told viewers. “He’s got America. But there are guys who stay up nights, figuring out how to take that away from him.” Who wanted to take America from poor Mike? The video cuts to an angry white man addressing a crowded park, shouting, “We’ll never be able to call this country our own until it’s a country without … Negros, without alien foreigners, without Catholics, without freemasons.” By attempting to protect our country and ourselves from outsiders, we risk strangling the things that make America truly great. We prevent others from bringing their new ideas, work ethic and diverse ways of looking at the world and the problems it faces— all essential ingredients to the innovation and enterprise that made our country the leader that it is. Helping to preserve that beautiful version of America requires more than simply opposing Trump and his policies. If we really want to keep America great, we need to continuously challenge our own beliefs and address our own fears and their many manifestations. If we don’t, we leave ourselves vulnerable to those who want to use them against us in support of policies that will make us — and our country — worse off in the long run.
Victoria Noble can be reached at vjnoble@umich.edu.
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ver the past 20 years or so, it seemed like a new world order was emerging. Globalization took hold and we caught a glimpse of nationstates disappearing and cultures intermingling. We seemingly saw ideological conflicts fade away and an increase of communications and free commerce. But was this nothing more than a tantalizing glimpse of what the world could be? Now, more than ever, we are seeing a return to the strong nation-state and to nationalist ambitions. Politicians who advocate standing up for their country and making it “great again” have grown in power and influence, and not just in the United States. According to President Trump, in order to make America great again, we must make national security a top priority. So what is national security? Traditionally, national security is centered around the idea of protecting the institutions of the nation-state. In the recent years of globalization, however, traditional security has been challenged by advocates who believe that security should be focused on the needs of the individual. National security is no longer limited to the protection of the nation itself, but now extends its concern to notions that are more intimate — the protection of human rights. This new extensive definition of national security that includes issues of human concern shifts attention away from the traditional statecentered notions of security, characterized by state borders, to an approach centered around the people within.
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As we return to the age of nationalist ambitions, we also return to the notions of traditional security. Yet the biggest security threat to face the nation, and the world, is not one that can be looked at in terms of traditional security. That threat is climate change and the depletion of vital resources. According to Michael T. Klare, author of “The Race For What’s Left,” the world is facing an “unprecedented crisis of resource depletion.” Currently, all of
Since resource scarcity and human-induced climate change are global problems, they should be handled at an intergovernmental level. Earth’s accessible areas are being exploited, demanding a search for new, and often environmentally dangerous, methods to extract resources. In a nationalistic world order, this could be extremely dangerous. As non-renewable resources are used up, those who advocate for traditional security would seek unconventional methods such as the use of extra heavy oil, transforming coal to liquids or extracting gas from shale formations, known as hydrofracking — processes that would lead to great environmental risks and human suffering.
Furthermore, because traditional security is focused on the state rather than the individual, it can be assumed that the centralized government has sole decision-making power, with no international regulation by which to abide. This is dangerous. Since resource scarcity and humaninduced climate change are global problems, they should be handled at an inter-governmental level, with notions of human security at the forefront. While the United States might benefit economically in the short term by pursuing unconventional methods, as a citizen of the world, it is incumbent upon the United States to rise to the challenge to discover alternatives that limit the adverse impact of its policies on the world community at large. If every nation followed this approach, it would be possible to replenish scarce resources while limiting human-induced climate change. With respect to resource depletion, nations should not rush to extract the remaining vital resources, but rather engage in a race to adopt new materials and methods that would free the world from its dependence on finite vital resource supplies. As students at the University of Michigan, it is critical that we embrace ideas that provide security for all— whether that is investing in clean renewable energy, advocating for universal health care or fighting for equal access to quality education. After all, we are all just citizens of planet Earth.
Carolyn Ayaub is an Editorial Board member.
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ELLERY ROSENZWEIG | OP-ED
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The power of storytelling
here is nothing better than hearing your close friend share an intense, silly or emotional story from their day-to-day life. You giggle over the details of how they slipped down the stairs in front of a cute boy, you cringe when they had a panic attack on their way to their first exam and you feel heartbroken when they found out their grandma was sick. Through the give and take, you are invited to share their experiences. This is a way we catch up and learn from the people in our lives. Stories create a snapshot of their individual experience and we are granted full access to their unique perspective. I have recently become fascinated with stories from complete strangers. One platform that showcases storytellers is The Moth. They have live shows, competitions, Radio Hours and a podcast online. The Moth airs and presents true stories told by real people from all over the world. I most likely will never meet these people, or even see a picture of them, but will know something intimate that they decided to share with the world. I began listening to The Moth on long drives and found the stories so captivating that sometimes I would have to pull over to finish them. Last week, I was finally able to attend a live event, a StorySLAM, here in Ann Arbor. StorySLAMs are themed,
open-mic competitions where those who want to share a story put their name in a hat and 10 are chosen to present for five minutes. Assigned audience members judge each storyteller’s piece individually. Their rating of each story is charted throughout the show and the winner of the SLAM moves on to the GrandSLAM, a larger scale competition show where the StorySLAM winners compete. The Ann Arbor Distilling Company was jam packed. I walked into a room full of lively individuals, who filled all the seats, leaving standing room only. While I was anxiously waiting in line for the bathroom and trying not to miss the first story, I met a woman who drove with a group of friends all the way from Cleveland to join in on this special experience. I was amazed and humbled by The Moth listeners’ commitment to traveling near and far to support the live storytellers. The theme of the night was “bouncing back.” The stories ranged from experiences of bad breakups, childhood bullies, moving out of hometowns and other general moments of life’s confusion. The atmosphere of the crowd changed with each story, from smiles and laughter to silence and sympathy. The community of listeners was fully engaged in each story, following the lead of each storyteller on their narrative journey.
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As I listened, I realized that I could relate many of my own experiences to those that were being presented at the mic. I could not help but start thinking of an outline for my own story that would fit this particular theme. Any one of us could find something in our lives to share under this general theme. I was reminded that everyone is a member of the shared human experience. We live in a world with many categories and binaries that seek to divide us, but often we are more similar than we are willing to admit. The Moth’s platform highlights these similarities through real stories that connect us all. I truly believe if we take the time to listen to strangers’ stories we could learn from people who have vast differences from us. Even if our version of “bouncing back” is different than someone else’s, together we can work to understand complex issues from all perspectives. If you want to join in on this human experience come to the next StorySLAM at Ann Arbor Distilling Company on Feb. 21 at 6:30 p.m. Have a time conf lict? You can always listen to stories online through TheMoth.org or through your local radio station.
Ellery Rosenzweig is an LSA sophomore.
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Hayes ponders self-image Where do we go now? in new poetry collection Lo Theisen talks The Menzingers, the going and the leaving LAUREN THEISEN
MARIA ROBINS-SOMEVILLE Daily Arts Writer
Terrance Hayes’s most recent poetry collection “How to be Drawn” builds upon the idea of the word “drawn” in a broad sense. In addition to being a poet, Hayes is a visual artist, his work pondering what it means to sit for a figure drawing. In an interview, he posed questions such as: “What does it mean to sit? What does it mean for someone to let me draw them?” He also pondered what it is to be “withdrawn” as well as how to move about the world, and drawn as in the sense of a horse-drawn carriage, wondering what it is to be seen and be engaged. Terrance Hayes read in the apse of the UMMA this past Tuesday as part of the Zell Visiting Writers Series. Hayes is a former MacArthur fellow and recipient of 2010 National Book Award as well as recently appointed Chancellor of the American Academy of Poets. He read from his most recent collection of work, “How to be Drawn” and additionally shared a series of unpublished sonnets, each bearing the same title: “America’s Sonnet for my Past and Future Assassin.” Hayes opened with a poem titled “Gentle Measures,” which alludes to an 1871 text that instructs parents on strict child discipline. In the poem, Hayes transcends time and space to navigate legacy, abandonment, God and love as one generation flows into the next. He ends one stanza, “Goddamn, I want to be as hardcore as my daddy,” and two stanzas later writes, “But I will not claim to know other people’s loneliness.” He mentions children growing up all over the globe, from Bolivia to Syria, moving seamlessly into reverence for things as small and tangible as a tongue painted inside a doll’s mouth and back to high-stakes statements of passion such as: “I have said I am in love with beauty,/but my heart is so mangled, it spills blood on everything.” With this he suggests a love that exists within the crossroads of inexorable pain and hardship, worthy because it is under such constant and complicated threat, something persistent across racial, geographic and theological lines. He read “American Sonnet for
Wanda C.” — a sonnet dedicated to Wanda Coleman, a poet who acknowledged the sonnet as an inherently exclusionary poetic form and worked to reclaim it. Expressing her experience as a Black woman, she titles her sonnets “American Sonnets” as a way of probing previously accepted notions of American identity. In a tribute to her, Hayes writes: “If there is no smoke, there is no party. I think of you, Miss Calamity/Every Sunday.” He embraces what can be made wild, radical or unpredictable within the confines of conventional form. As a reading that took place on Valentine’s Day, it seemed only fitting for Hayes to read sonnets, best known as 14-line poems addressed to a lover, yet his sonnets are by no means swoony or adoring, as they dwell in imagined deaths and deep-rooted fear. He introduced his series of unpublished sonnets, each bearing the title “America’s Sonnet for my Past and Future Assassin,” a collection Hayes began the day after the election. He described the poems as “weird.” “They’re not like normal stories,” Hayes said. “People are used to thinking of poems and most things that are written as narrative.” He claims that his poems do not always contain clear narratives, but are often are driven by tone or image. “I recognize that my imagination is strange but I’m always trying to put people at ease,” he said. The addressees of the sonnets range from a stinkbug to President Donald Trump to the color white. He revisits the omnipresent tension between light and dark with a line such as “part sanctuary, part panic room.” He pulls in references to music icons such as Prince and Jimi Hendrix (Hayes suggested that poetry is indeed music, the absence of instruments replaced by breath and voice). In writing these sonnets he asked himself: “Can I write a political poem phrased as a love poem?” In one poem he repeats the n-word, associating it with different body parts — the repetition haunts the space and the poem ends with the line: “you will never assassinate my ghost.” Another poem addresses Sigmund Freud’s grandson Lucien Freud, an artist who encapsulated the perverse and strange. The
poem dwells in the corporeal and contemplates the notion of the voyeur, using the word “pussy” liberally, much to the discomfort of the audience and even eliciting discomfort in Hayes himself. However, this notion of discomfort or what one audience member identified as “provocative” is central to Haye’s poetic philosophy. He said that he likes to surprise and be surprised by his own work, exploring uncharted territory as far as writing poems that make him squirm a little. Hayes said that to read a piece of work that might make him anxious is a reminder. “It just means that you’re still in the water, that you’re still working, that it’s a living breathing thing. It’s not even about perfection for me, it’s just about working. I like it because it makes me more alert,” Hayes said. In another sonnet he addresses Donald Trump, invoking the color orange with phrases such as “goldfish pumpkin,” and a line, “I know your stage.” Another poems recounts images of whiteness in the form of a near-alphabetized list — “Aryans, Betty Crocker, blowfish, bullhorns, carcasses, etc.” Hayes’s adherence to the traditional sonnet form amplifies his contained restlessness, as his final sonnet contains the eerily comprehensive lines, “You just wanted change is all,” and, “May your restlessness come to rest.” This constant motion, a pursuit of restlessness and slight discomfort supports Hayes’s philosophy as a teacher of poetry. “It is a practice. It’s not a product. It’s a process,” Hayes tells his students. “I’m trying to say you should always be thinking about what you’re making, what the next thing is, opposed to letting the dust gather on a handful of really great poems you’ve written. I don’t think that’s what it’s about.” Hayes concluded the reading by sharing “The Rose Has Teeth,” a poem resembling a lyrical ode to the body and the piano and a lover that contains moments of music such as “I was trying/to limber your shuffle, the muscle wired/to muscle” and “I wanted to be/a ghost because the skull is just a few holes/covered in meat,” as he ponders bodily motion as one observes and exists and lives out the poetic process and indulges in what Hayes refers to
Daily Music Columnist
The Menzingers aren’t the first band to make youthful music for those who aren’t so young anymore, but they’re probably the most up front about it. The very first chorus on their new album, After the Party, asks the question that looms over all of the next 12 tracks: “Where are we gonna go now that our twenties are over?” Usually, when rock bands get older, they get softer. Compare the unhinged-complit-major bellowings on The Hold Steady’s Separation Sunday with the tighter, more traditional and melodic work of that band’s last two albums. Look at The Clash recording “Should I Stay or Should I Go” only a few years after “White Riot.” Not only is it difficult to keep up youthful fury an entire career, but most long-standing punk bands also switch up their sounds because, eventually, loud and fast becomes too tight a box. The Menzingers have bucked this seeming inevitability. After the Party is a clear turning point for the band, but it doesn’t feel like anything was lost in this evolution. The band plays a show in Detroit next week, and these new choruses should get the crowd jumping and shouting just as much as older beloved work. Songs like the title track, “Midwestern States,” “Bad Catholics” and “Lookers” all feature immediately memorable melodies, no-frills guitar work and unrelenting drumbeats, just like you would expect from The Menzingers. Meanwhile, the slight structural experimentations of “Charlie’s Army” and “House on Fire” emerge as standouts on later listens. It’s clear, though, that the bandmembers have learned a thing or two since their breakthrough album On the
Impossible Past. While the band has been singing about the passing of time ever since they started making music, the nostalgia on old Menzingers tracks felt aspirational and naïve, as though singer Greg Barnett was crafting future memories that he anticipated looking back on. The images on classics like “Gates” and “Casey” are almost too expertly arranged, with cigarette-smoking waitresses f lirting with hackey-sack playing stoners in a beautiful mural of Midwestern suburbia. Barnett seems to know exactly which words he needs to sing with his unpretty, garageband voice to get all his fans reminiscing on their fondest moments of adolescence. After the Party’s details feel lived in, rougher and truer to life. The opening track puts us in a clear age, a fixed point in time rather than a hazy, curated nostalgic landscape. And so an early reference to “On the Road,” that cliché symbol of young male adventure, doesn’t prompt eyerolls, because it ends up on an album next to lines about falling asleep to dumb shows on Netf lix. Lyrics that doubt the value of a college diploma hit hard with a whole generation. A violent ex-boyfriend sparks real menace, because we know that in real life, we’re not guaranteed safety and happy endings. These aren’t inspiring narratives of romantic Midwest heroism, but songs of self-doubt and earnest ref lection. But what I’ve been trying to decipher most about After the Party is how universal it feels despite being written from the perspective of one definite age. Just as The Menzingers have crafted more specific songs with precise details, they also seem to have expanded their potential fanbase. Sure, it’s understandable that a youthful break-up anthem like “Gates” may only inspire passion among a crowd that spends its
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nights waiting for service at Steak ’n Shakes and drinking pitchers in bowling alleys, but then why would After the Party reach anyone who hasn’t just turned 30? More bluntly, how am I, a 21 year-old senior in college, identifying with so much of this album? When I hear the couplet “Everybody wants to get famous/But you just wanna dance in a basement” I see the most vivid scenes of my friends at parties singing along to top40 pop. “There’s beer left, so I think I’ll stay” is a line I’ve definitely heard before. “Waiting for your life to start then you die/Was your heart beating in the first place?” feels terrifyingly urgent no matter what your age. The truth, I think, is that The Menzingers have managed to write an evergreen chorus and then sustained it for a whole album. In my head, I can easily hear Bruce Springsteen singing something like that first song: “Where am I gonna go now that my sixties are over?” Ten years from now, it would be no surprise if the band’s new album leads off with: “Where are we gonna go now that our thirties are over?” To me, when I listen, I actually hear: “Where am I gonna go now that my college is over?” What The Menzingers really get right is that After the Party isn’t any kind of ending any more than your thirties and beyond are a mere epilogue to your twenties. What one discovers over the course of this record is that it’s almost ridiculous to worry so much about dividing life into such distinct decades. In reality, we slowly and unknowingly evolve and reinvent ourselves, keeping the good stuff and gradually shedding what no longer feels true. We move from one thing to the next, but rarely is anything truly “over” until the very end. After the party, there are usually just a few missed alarms and, if you’re lucky, a delicious breakfast.
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Rihanna, who celebrates her 29th birthday today
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Happy Birthday, Rih: An ode to fashion’s badass TESS GARCIA
Senior Arts Editor
Happy birthday, mom. Every morning, when choosing my outfit for that day, I try to imagine Rihanna wearing whatever I’ve chosen. If I can’t, back in the closet it goes. If I can, however, I will wear those clothes. I will wear them and I will walk around campus and I will feel like I matter more than anyone else because I am Rihanna, dammit. She may be turning 29 Monday, but Rihanna has been making and breaking all of fashion’s most ubiquitous rules since her debut on pop’s world stage in 2005. She could wear
a paper bag and it would be art. From epitomizing every clothing trend of the early 2000s to reminding us that women have nipples, you, me and Anna Wintour have badgalriri to thank for bringing bravery to the forefront of 21st century fashion. She may be the baddest bitch in the Western Hemisphere (fact-checked), but Rihanna is proof that anyone with guts can become a fashion icon in their respective community. Long since passed are the days of “I could never pull that off” — where would our sexy pop goddess be if she’d relented to self-doubt? Not rocking that 15 thousand-dollar Saint Laurent heart cape, that’s for sure.
The Barbadian beauty queen carries indisputable clout in the world of fashion. She is currently the Creative Director of her own high-end line with Puma alongside Design Director Melissa Battifarano. Yet more transcendent than the frilly athleisure of Fenty x Puma is Rihanna’s everyday street style. A Gucci tracksuit here, a Balenciaga stole there. The woman can do no wrong; if she does, the rules will just change and the fashion industry will be on its merry way. Rihanna is my fashion mother. If she won’t wear it, neither will I. Here’s to 29, badgalriri. Thank you for the boundary-breaking, the beauty and the courage. Be sure to pour it up tonight.
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TV REVIEW
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‘Humans’ requires time ‘August Snow’ presents lively testament to Detroit ALEX INTNER Daily Arts Writer
A recent trend in cable dramas has been taking several episodes to build their story. They take their time by unfolding ideas slowly until the plot explodes in the last couple hours of the season. Some showrunners have embraced this ability, especially on Netflix where dramas are meant to be binged in a short time frame. Only some shows are able to pull this off, however, because they have strength behind their themes that to allows them to unfold their story slowly. Shows like “The Americans” use time to build their characters and allow the tension to become palpable. AMC’s “Humans” tries to use this
format, and so far it’s been able Fall”) and Max (Ivanno Jeremiah, to pull it off. “Humans” tells a “The Veteran”) have been trying fascinating story, but its slow story to track down the synths that have rollout will undermine all that become sentient in order to protect work without great payoffs. them while Mia (Gemma Chan, “Humans” picks up a few “Fantastic Beasts and Where to months after the events of the Find Them”) starts to work for the season one finale. Niska (Emily owner of an ice cream shop. The Berrington, “24: Hawkins family Live Another tries to move on “Humans” Day”), hiding from Joe (Tom Season 2 Premiere in Berlin after Goodman-Hill, escaping with a “Mr. Selfridge”) AMC block of code that cheating on his wife, can make robots Laura (Katherine Mondays at 10 p.m. sentient, releases Parkinson, “The the code and Kennedys”), with struggles to form a relationship Mia. with a girl she meets at a club “Humans” is interested (Bella Dayne, “The Man in the in dealing with deeper ideas High Castle”). Since she released surrounding how robots deserve the code, Leo (Colin Morgan, “The to be treated, especially as they gain more human traits. In this world, robots are used for slave labor. They take on jobs as cooks, miners, factory workers and maids, among other occupations. They’re being used to fill out roles in the workforce more cheaply. (In fact, Joe is laid off from his managerial job in the premiere, and is replaced by a robot.) When the robots gain consciousness in the premiere, they escape their jobs to try and figure out what else is out there besides the holes they live and work in. Robots aren’t being treated like people, so when they do achieve sentience, there’s a moment when they realize what humans want their role to be. The robots struggle with this much more than the humans do, and it’s one of the driving factors behind Niska’s actions. These fascinating questions are at the core of the show, and inherently make “Humans” worth following. “Humans” tells its story at a very deliberate pace, which has mixed results for the show as a whole. The premiere spends a lot of time starting to build its plans
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It’s always a weird feeling to be reading a story set in an area one knows. For this reason, “August Snow” feels like an eerie walk through well-known areas near Ann Arbor. Set in Detroit’s Mexicantown area, mentions of the University of Michigan and Traverse City abound. The way it paints Detroit is one of the greatest joys of reading this book, leaving no stone unturned on the misfortunes of the city, but yet still sounding well and truly in love with the city, despite the f laws. Following lead character Aug ust Snow, the novel carries the reader through a thrilling mystery as Grosse Pointe rich widower Eleanor
It’s these small little moments that really make the book stand out Paget is murdered at her home. Despite Aug ust not being in the police service due to a long lawsuit that took place previous to the book’s arc, he feels morally obliged to investigate and uncover the truth, as he carries an inherent distrust of the police and Detroit politics. “August Snow” is an absolute joy to read from start to finish; Stephen Mack
Jones has infused a real love background characters that of Detroit into every page. crop up occasionally, and each Characters are full of life, with time they’re more memorable August being a modern day than the last. A stoic FBI agent anti-hero to a T, burdened with with a wry sense of humor, a responsibility he never asked lesbian couple who live in a for but with the moral compass mansion near Traverse City, to ensure that he gets the job and a couple of old ladies who done regardless. It’s almost a wear odd knitted hats are just break of convention from the a few personal favorites. reluctant, mopey heros that Even at the story’s most many authors stagnant are turning moments, it is “August to. August is consistently Snow” a community saved by the leader, cares high level of Stephen Mack about his peers, characterization. Jones and has been Later in the through a crazy book, in the more Soho Crime life and yet still action-oriented is thoughtful, scenes, there polite, and a thrill to follow is still enough good banter through his adventures from between the characters to his viewpoint. This backstory ensure the story is not lost is only alluded to throughout behind the occasional action the plot, and helps to create sequence. In fact, nearly every a little intrigue in August; seemingly small conversation despite the book being written that occurs seems to have some in first person, nothing is greater significance that may revealed clearly about August’s not reveal itself until several past. chapters later. On his journey One of the main themes to solve the murder, August of this book is the strong talks to many people, however sense of community that it is never clear until the very August builds around himself end of the book who it may throughout the plot. As a self- have been. When the big reveal described ‘blaxican’ (Black eventually happens, it’s almost father, Mexican mother), a nonchalant thing, as the August attempts to balance murder has taken the back seat both aspects of his heritage to a darker secret. throughout the book. In several Stephen Mack Jones has touching scenes, he attempts produced a lovable ode to help an undocumented to Detroit and the many immigrant family, surprising characters that live there, them by being able to speak and although the plot is not Spanish when they are initially groundbreaking by any means, wary of him. the liveliness of the world he Despite being a crime drama, creates is something to behold. it’s these small little moments With a potential for more that really make the book books about August, we can stand out as something special. only hope this isn’t the last we There’s such a wide range of see of him.
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Michigan pushed the Golden Gophers to overtime at Williams Arena but couldn’t convert during crunch time, falling, 83-78 BRANDON CARNEY Daily Sports Editor
MINNEAPOLIS — Down three with the final seconds ticking away, Duncan Robinson had nowhere to go. The redshirt junior wing — one of Michigan’s most reliable 3-point shooters — was doubleteamed behind the arc, and had no choice but to pass the ball to an open DJ Wilson positioned 30-feet from the basket. With limited time and options, the redshirt sophomore forward could only square up and cue up his best stroke from well beyond the 3-point line in NBA range. To the surprise of everyone in Williams Arena, Wilson’s shot found nothing but net. It looked like Michigan would be able to grab momentum heading into overtime and turn its comeback into a memorable victory. “It wasn’t drawn up for me at all,” Wilson said. “It was drawn up for (Robinson). They did a
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great job as far as running him off the line. I ran to the back of him, and he pitched it back. I thought about it for a second and looked at the clock and let it go, and it went in.” But what may have been dubbed the “Miracle in Minnesota” wasn’t to be, as the Golden Gophers outscored the Wolverines 11-6 in the extra period to pull out the 83-78 win. “Time and time again, this team has a resiliency about it,” said senior guard Derrick Walton Jr. “We thought once it got to overtime, the game was ours. We were making the right plays, and down the stretch, even though a lot of stuff didn’t go our way, we still got a chance to win.” Junior guard Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman gave Michigan its only overtime lead with a 3-pointer 1:42 into overtime, but he also missed two consecutive free throws with 1:40 remaining that would have put the Wolverines back on top.
Abdur-Rahkman’s misses encapsulated Michigan’s uncharacteristic struggles from the free-throw line Sunday night. The Wolverines shot just 50 percent from the charity stripe despite entering the game with the secondhighest freethrow percentage in the conference at 77.8 percent. In a contest with 18 lead changes and eight ties, there was never a moment when either team felt it had fallen too far behind. But for a moment, Michigan’s coaching staff appeared to have lost its collective mind, and may have ultimately lost the Wolverines the game. With 4:39 to go, senior forward Mark Donnal was called for a controversial defensive foul at the top of the key. In disbelief, Michigan coach John Beilein
and his assistants appeared to have crossed the technical area while chasing after the referees for an explanation and were called for a technical foul. Following the technical, Minnesota gained its biggest lead of the night — eight points — on a stretch that included four free throws directly after the call on Michigan’s sideline and a four-point play. Michigan, though, showed no quit and continued to try and find a way to fight back, with Walton leading the way. Eight of Walton’s 16 points came with under four minutes to play in regulation, as he once again attempted to will his team out of a deficit late in a game. He and Wilson combined to score 15 of Michigan’s final 17 points in the fourth quarter to extend the game for another five
“We wanted to win so bad and everybody showed that”
minutes. “Everybody on the team loves the moment,” Walton said. “The moment was there, so everybody wanted to step into it. I couldn’t be more happy for (Wilson) for making those big shots to even give us a fighting chance after so much didn’t go our way.” In the extra period, Walton had the Wolverines’ best opportunity to send the game into a second overtime. With Michigan facing yet another three point deficit and the final seconds of the first overtime winding down, Walton had an open look from just beyond the arc. His shot looked just as clean as Wilson’s, but it ended up rimming out with multiple Golden Gophers below the rim to grab the ensuing rebound. Minnesota made its free throws, and that was enough for the Golden Gophers to put away the Wolverines. “Of course I wanted to take the shot, but it was about taking
what the defense gave me,” Walton said. “Most of the guys were into (Wilson), so I had a clean look. It felt like one of the better shots I had taken all night. It rimmed out. That’s all I can say about it.” With Michigan, Minnesota, Michigan State and Northwestern all emerging in recent weeks as contestants to fight for fourth place in the Big Ten and final double-bye in the conference tournament, Sunday’s game will go a long way in shaping that race. Though Wilson’s heroics may have increased the Wolverines’ chances to get the win and pull into pole position, Michigan’s poor free-throw shooting was the loose string that led to the Wolverines’ undoing in Minneapolis. “We wanted to win so bad and everybody showed that,” Walton said. “We showed a different type of resiliency and fight that I think we should carry over going forward.”
New expectations
Kim Barnes Arico has helped turn around the Michigan women’s basketball program, simultaneously bringing new standards to the team.
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t’s impossible to encapsulate a season in one game, and there’s been plenty of good news for the Michigan women’s basketball team this year. The 20th-ranked Wolverines are 21-7, one win shy of tying their all-time best JAKE mark. They’re LOURIM a near-lock to secure their seventh NCAA Tournament bid. And on Sunday, against Michigan State at Crisler Center, they shattered their previous attendance record of 5,991 with an announced crowd of 12,707 (though that figure measures tickets sold). Then came an image that might linger for a while: By the end of the afternoon, three sections of Michigan State fans were the only ones cheering in the Spartans’ 86-68 win. In front of those fans, the Wolverines reached a crossroads: They saw how far they have come, and also how far they have to go. They played in front of a record-breaking crowd, yet they failed to match it with a result. They were undefeated both at home and when playing after a loss this season, yet they tarnished both of those marks. They played while ranked against an unranked Michigan State team for the first time this century, yet they couldn’t take advantage. The crowd factor has always been a focal point for the Wolverines. The problem has been establishing that fan base. When she was hired in 2003, former coach Cheryl Burnett made the atmosphere at Crisler an immediate priority. Early in her first season, she told the
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A Sunday at a crossroads Daily, “I believe that our support system — which is the crowd, the fans — can help us win games. I’ve seen it, I’ve experienced it and I believe it.” But the Wolverines couldn’t establish momentum, finishing 35-83 in Burnett’s four years. Then, in 2010, after Kevin Borseth’s Michigan team routed Syracuse to win its 21st game and advance to the WNIT semifinals, Borseth said: “I’m hoping Wednesday we can really lure a lot of people out here. It’s going to be a great night obviously, because there’ll be not a lot on TV, not a lot going on. It’s a Wednesday, should be a great day for basketball to fill Crisler. I think our record is 5,500, I think we can get 13 grand. I would
love to see that.” Michigan drew 2,456 and lost by 17. Kim Barnes Arico was next at the helm, and she arguably has the program in better shape than it has ever been. Two years ago, after the Wolverines’ season ended in the WNIT semifinals before an announced crowd of 2,209, Barnes Arico thanked the fans for what she called the “best atmosphere I’ve been a part of since I came here.” She said that again Sunday — calling it the best atmosphere of her career except for her trips to powerhouse Connecticut while at St. John’s — and it was legitimate. The best team in program history drew the best crowd in program history. Everything after that went
south. For a day, Michigan eased its problem of low attendance. But there was another hex the Wolverines couldn’t break — their struggles against Michigan State. They are now 18-66 against their rivals from East Lansing, 4-27 in the last 31 meetings and 4-18 against Spartans coach Suzy Merchant. “I always talk about, from the first time we played them, they’ve been the team in the state,” Barnes Arico said. “They’ve been the benchmark. They’ve been the program. They have had tradition. We’ve tried to learn from them, and we’ve tried to grow from where our program was.”
The Wolverines have always struggled to match their rivals in building a program. Michigan State boasts 13 NCAA Tournament berths to Michigan’s six and three Sweet Sixteens to Michigan’s zero. Over the past eight years entering this season, Michigan’s highest attendance average was 2,593. Michigan State’s lowest was 5,844, and the Spartans ranked in the top 10 in the country in six of those years. It’s a difficult gap to bridge, and it’s hard to build a program in women’s basketball because of the margin between the top tier and everyone else. No. 1 Connecticut has both of the two longest winning streaks in college sports history.
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Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico has moved the program forward since taking over in 2012, but Sunday was an indication of progress that still needs to be made.
But the Wolverines have made progress. Their record this season speaks for itself, they are generating more buzz and Barnes Arico pointed out that Michigan beat out Michigan State for top recruit Kysre Gondrezick out of Benton Harbor, Mich. Sunday was a reminder that these transformations don’t happen overnight. “What happens is, once you start winning a little bit, everybody expects you to win every one,” Barnes Arico said. “It was funny, we lost at Indiana (on Thursday) and we came home and it was like the world had come to an end, around Ann Arbor, around the office. It was like, ‘What happened? What happened?’ “I was like, ‘Golly, we’re not Connecticut. We’re probably not going to win every one, and coming into the year, those weren’t the expectations. But once you start winning, those expectations significantly change.” Sunday’s loss may sting for a while, in part because of those new expectations. It was Michigan’s second-most lopsided loss of the year, its first in 14 games at home and its first backto-back defeat as well. Now Barnes Arico must manage those expectations. She said after the game it’s important for her team to stay confident. She told star guard Katelynn Flaherty — who shot 2-for-12 and scored four points, her lowest total since Feb. 28, 2015 — to keep her head up. Barnes Arico knows that, at third place in the Big Ten, her team is still in a good position, if a new one as well. “Uncharted territory,” she said, “for sure.” Lourim can be reached at jlourim@umich.edu and on Twitter @jakelourim.
The good, the bad and the ugly ‘M’ drops first home game SYLVANNA GROSS Daily Sports Editor
Amid a crowd of 12,707 – a soldout crowd at Crisler Center – bespeckled with maize, blue, green and white, the No. 20 Michigan women’s basketball team fell to Michigan State (8-6, 19-9) in the second-to-last home game of the regular season. Despite a two-game losing streak — to Indiana and now the Spartans — Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico isn’t bending under the pressure. “Once you start winning, everybody expects you to win every one,” Barnes Arico said. “We’re not going to win every one, and coming into the year those weren’t the expectations. But once you start winning, those expectations significantly change.” Added sophomore guard Nicole Munger: “We’re not afraid of hard work, and that’s what this week is going to be about. Get ready for a big bounce-back.” The Wolverines battled through seven-lead changes throughout the game and managed a 43-42 Michigan lead going into halftime. They used scoring-runs by sophomore center Hallie Thome (21 total points), freshman guard Kysre Gondrezick (19), freshman forward Kayla Robbins (8) and Munger (12) to try to power past Michigan State. But, ultimately, a poor defensive showing and a dominant Spartan guard, Tori Jankoska, led to the Wolverines’ downfall. The Daily breaks down where Michigan stands after this weekend’s performance. The good The Wolverines (10-4 Big Ten, 21-7 overall) reached the 20-win mark faster than any other season in program history. And, if the team wins its upcoming games against both Nebraska and Penn State, Michigan could still tie for mostever wins in a season, reached only in 1999-2000 and 2012-2013. The fan base is noticing the upward trend of the Wolverines, and proved it by breaking the previous record for tickets sold by more than 200 percent. “That was probably the best
atmosphere I’ve ever been a part of,” Barnes Arico said. “If I could just thank the Michigan fans and the crowd today, it was incredible …That was a really unbelievable, incredible atmosphere. “My first year here it was a great crowd, and it was mostly green, which was horrible. But today, it was mostly maize and blue, and it was unbelievable.” Other good looks included “spark plugs” like Munger, who was used in the last half of every period to push past deficits. Munger sunk 12 points, grabbed five rebounds and contributed an assist in 21 minutes of play-time. “I love coming in and playing ’12,’ that’s our defense that I’m at the top at,” Munger said. “Even if it is just for a couple minutes, (I’m) bringing that spurt of energy.” The bad Even with this weekend’s loss, the Wolverines are still two games ahead of both the Spartans and the Hoosiers, who trail them in the Big Ten rankings. Michigan is still poised to notch a spot in the NCAA Tournament, something Michigan State is vying for with intensity. “Everybody might be, ‘What’s going on? You just lost two games back-to-back,’ ” Barnes Arico said. “But we lost two games against two really good teams, and I think it’s important for our program at this state to remain positive and to keep our confidence and to continue to try to practice to improve everyday.” But, Michigan is facing pressure to perform in these next two games to keep its spot open. Any major dip and its chances at a spot in the tournament for the first time since Barnes Arico’s first year here could be in jeopardy. The ugly Defensively, the Wolverines had trouble staying strong. In two instances, Michigan State trumped Michigan’s efforts to keep afloat. The first was a 14-4 run in the first half of the third quarter – typically, a strong portion of the Wolverines’ game – and the second was a 19-10 success in the final period. Added to that was junior guard Katelynn Flaherty’s inability to reach the rim. With just four
points, Flaherty’s typical presence on the court was missed. “I think teams have scouted us,” Barnes Arico said. “I think the last couple games we played against teams that are pretty good teams. So they are in Katelynn Flaherty’s – she didn’t, I don’t think, she got an easy look at all tonight. I thought she had to work for everything. So we got to, as a program, as coaches, try to get her some easier looks.” Jankoska befuddled the defense using a “right-to-left, behind-the-back crossover, step-back for a ‘3,’ ” according to Munger. Despite the Wolverines’ best efforts, the Spartan was impenetrable in her approach to the basket. “I keep using the term ‘get better,’ because there’s a lot of different things we got to get better on.” Munger said. “I think our one-onone defense has been pretty poor the past couple of days. In practice, the past few days, we really focused on that and I think we got better at it. Michigan State just did a great job of hitting shots today. Really hard shots. We were contesting them, but that’s no excuse because we need to get right up next to them and make it a harder shot for them.”
ETHAN WOLFE Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan women’s basketball team was well aware that its OHIO STATE 86 matchup MICHIGAN 68 against Michigan State would have an intensity unlike anything it has seen this season. On top of the storied in-state rivalry, the Wolverines sought to break their attendance record at Crisler Center. Michigan fulfilled that goal and then some, more than doubling its previous record of 5,991 fans set in 2011, with 12,707 attendees on Sunday. Unfortunately, the energy from the crowd wasn’t enough for the Wolverines (10-4 Big Ten, 21-7 overall), as they ultimately couldn’t keep up with the Spartans’ potent offense, falling 86-68. The loss to Michigan State (8-6, 18-9) ended Michigan’s perfect home record — the team had won its previous 13 contests in Ann Arbor this season. It was also the Wolverines’ worst
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Freshman guard Kysre Gondrezick and Michigan lost to the Spartans on Sunday.
3-point shooting performance of the season, going a paltry 3-for-17 behind the arc, with usual 3-point specialist Katelynn Flaherty scoring just four points. “We’re trying not to live and die by the three because we have an inside presence with Hallie (Thome),” said sophomore guard Nicole Munger. “Today we weren’t making them and they were, but we can’t let that control our effort on defense and other facets of the game.” In the first quarter, Michigan’s defense was attacked early and often. Despite Thome scoring the Wolverines’ first eight points, the Spartans were nearly indefensible, hitting six of their first seven shots. Michigan State forward Tori Jankoska, in particular, shot a perfect 5-for-5 from the f loor to tally 13 points — 28 for the game — and put her team up, 26-18, at the end of the quarter. “To be able to set the tone for defense and offense, I think that starts with me,” Jankoska said. “I like to be able to do that for the team in the first quarter especially.” Added Michigan State coach Suzy Merchant: “To come out with that intensity with Tori - she’s our energy guy. When she’s making shots good things are going to happen.” Freshman forward Kayla Robbins, who has played sparingly in Big Ten play, was a welcome sight in the first frame for Michigan, as she scored eight straight points after Thome’s run for the Wolverines. The two were the only Michigan players to score in the opening quarter. Eager to right the ship in front of the team’s largest home crowd ever, the Wolverines began the second quarter with a 3-pointer and a breakaway layup courtesy of sophomore guard Nicole Munger and freshman guard Kysre Gondrezick, respectively. The Spartans continued their torrid scoring pace, but
were unable to generate any offense in the paint. Low post pressure forced a number of turnovers and off-balance shots inside, and the Wolverines capitalized. Gondrezick went off for 13 points and two steals to spark Michigan’s comeback effort. The Wolverines hit six of their final eight field goals to retake the lead, 43-42, going into halftime. But the real story at the half was Michigan’s defense. The Wolverines were winning the turnover battle, 11-4, and held Jankoska scoreless in the second quarter to make up for her outburst in the first. The game of runs wasn’t over, though. After trading baskets to begin the second half, the Spartans used a 10-0 swing to take a nine-point lead that would quickly balloon to a 13-point deficit for Michigan. Baskets by Munger and Thome ate into Michigan State’s advantage, but seven thirdquarter turnovers ultimately plagued the Wolverines, as they were down by nine going into the final frame. “Once they went back to full strength at the start of the third, we didn’t adjust well and they got the lead,” said Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico. “At this stage of the game, people are (going to) know what you’re gonna do and we’ve gotta execute.” From there, the Spartans’ offensive onslaught continued, and Michigan shot just 3-for14 to compensate. Despite the record number of Wolverine fans in attendance, the Michigan State contigent overpowered Crisler Center with chants of “Go Green! Go White!” early in the quarter with the Spartans up by a decisive margin. The loss exposed the Wolverines’ vulnerability to talented Big Ten foes, and they now have just two games remaining in the regular season to get back on track after dropping back-to-back games for the first time this season.
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Michigan’s improvements Wolverines go 3-1 in Raleigh not enough to top Badgers ANNA MARCUS Daily Sports Writer
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MADISON — Eight seconds into Saturday’s game, Wisconsin forward Trent Frederic scored. After that, it was a game of catch up. Two Michigan forwards — freshman James Sanchez and junior Cutler Martin — each scored a goal afterward to put the Wolverines’ hockey team in the lead. And then the Badgers scored two goals, and Michigan scored one of its own, and on it went until Wisconsin finally claimed the game at the end of the third period, 6-4. It was the Badgers’ second win of the weekend, sweeping the Wolverines (2-10-2-2 Big Ten, 9-16-3 overall) with a similar 5-2 win on Friday. Both losses were tough to absorb. Despite the sweep, though, certain aspects of Michigan’s game appeared better this weekend than it has in the past. “We did some good things and we have to keep building on the good things,” said Michigan coach Red Berenson. “And we’ve got to eliminate the not-so-good things. … Our mistakes are too costly. I don’t think we’re playing high-risk hockey, I think we’re playing the right way. Right now we’re just not good enough. “We’re not deep enough, we’re not good enough, and defensively it’s showing up. I mean, we scored four goals on the road. Most years that’s going to win you a game, but not this year.”
In a season in which the Wolverines had established an unfavorable early trend of being outshot by the majority of their opponents, the past few weeks have shown improvement. On Saturday, Michigan outshot Wisconsin 38-29. Last Friday, it outshot Michigan State, 31-19. And the Friday before, it topped Ohio State with 38 shots compared to the Buckeyes’ 29. It’s not perfect and it isn’t happening every game. But in comparison to earlier in the season, when the Badgers outshot the Wolverines 41-21 and 35-19, or when then-No. 6 Penn State outshot them 58-23 and 48-29, it’s definitely an improvement. The youth of the team has proven to be imperative to the team’s growth, as the freshman forward duo of Jake Slaker and Will Lockwood are No. 1 and No. 2 on the team in points, respectively. Lockwood is also second in goals with seven, while Slaker is in a three-way tie for third with six. Special teams have also improved for Michigan. At the beginning of the year, its penalty kill was ranked, but that ranking has since fallen. The decline came to a low-point two weeks ago when the Wolverines faced No. 11 Ohio State and gave up seven power-play goals over
the course of two games. But this weekend, the penalty kill stepped back up, allowing only a single power-play goal. “Special teams, we were good,” Berenson said. “The power play was pretty good. The penalty killing was pretty good. They’ve got a dangerous power play, they ended up scoring, but they’re going to get their chances. I thought it was a step forward for our special teams.” But even with improvements, Michigan still isn’t recording wins. Turnovers and defensive lapses marred the Wolverines’ performances this weekend and left them struggling to catch up with the Badgers in a lopsided back-and-forth series. And consistency hasn’t been friendly to Michigan this year, providing yet another hurdle for the team to overcome before it can tally any additional wins. Overall, the past weekend provided insight into the progress the Wolverines have made this season. They’re better than they have been — but they’re still not good enough to record their first sweep of the season. “I thought we played a pretty good game, and I’m tired of saying it with the result we’re getting,” Berenson said. “We can’t outscore our mistakes. We did a lot of good things, we missed some chances we needed in the last minute before they got the empty-net goal. Sanchez had a rebound chance. If that goes in, the game is tied up again. But that’s what we’re doing, we’re chasing our mistakes.”
“But that’s what we’re doing, we’re chasing our mistakes.”
“Most years that’s going to win you a game, but not this year.”
In its first game on Saturday against Notre Dame, the No. 11 Michigan softball team simply was not playing good softball. As the Fighting Irish set the tone with a three-run homer in the top of the first, the Wolverines played an unfortunate game of catchup that did not come to fruition, stranding 15 runners on base along the way to a 6-4 loss. But Sunday was a new day for Michigan. The Wolverines settled the score, taking a 9-2 victory over the Fighting Irish with a complete team effort. Michigan notched double the amount of hits as Notre Dame with 12 and six, respectively. It saw home runs from four separate players and a 4-for-4 performance at the plate from senior shortstop Abby Ramirez. But in the circle, the efforts of junior right-hander Tera Blanco proved essential in neutralizing Notre Dame’s offensive command. “In (Sunday’s) game, she pitched with purpose and with confidence,” said Michigan coach Carol Hutchins. “I hope that she continues to gain confidence because a confident Tera Blanco, that’s what we’re striving for.” Blanco emerged as a force to be reckoned with, going 2-0 in the circle and allowing just two runs in 12 innings pitched at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge this weekend in Raleigh, N.C. Despite their sole loss to Notre Dame, the Wolverines (6-3) found their rhythm at the tournament, routing North Carolina State in 12-0 and 11-0 run-rule shutouts on Friday and Saturday, respectively. And after exacting revenge on the Fighting Irish Sunday morning, Michigan finished the weekend with a winning record, 3-1. The Wolverines covered their bases with both Blanco and senior right-hander Megan Betsa frequently finding the efficiency
and consistency they wanted at the mound. The offense also heated up dramatically, launching 10 home runs on the weekend compared to Michigan’s lone homer during its opening weekend. The Wolverines’ burst of offensive production can be attributed to their main focus in practice last week: timing. In the past week, Michigan focused on relaxing and being loose at practice, as the team was a bit bogged down and tight after opening weekend. It all seemed to pay dividends for the Wolverines. “We’re really just taking the game and making it simple,” Blanco said. “We’re playing loose and having fun.” Michigan began its success against the Wolfpack on Friday when senior center fielder Kelly Christner stole the show. Christner blasted a trio of homers — the fourth Wolverine in history to do so in a single game — and set a career-high with seven runs batted in, boosting her batting average to .556 in the process. “(Christner) was on fire that game,” Hutchins said. “She really resonated with some of the timing things we had done in practice throughout the week.” Taking advantage of an early lead, Michigan tallied nine runs in the first two innings, and NC State could never recover. Senior third baseman Lindsay Montemarano and junior designated player Aidan Falk each had a home run apiece, with Montemarano’s notably driving in three runs. Betsa allowed only one hit in the shutout against the Wolfpack, while striking out nine. Sophomore right-hander Leah Crockett made an appearance in the circle for the fifth and final inning, earning two strikeouts of her own. Saturday morning against Notre Dame, Betsa continued with a high strikeout count of 11, but gave up six hits and two walks, including two homers. Michigan’s offensive
struggles were highlighted in the bottom of the sixth when the Wolverines had no outs and the bases loaded, yet were unable to capitalize. Michigan returned to its groove after the frustrating morning, delivering the Wolfpack a similar fate as the previous day with a run-rule shutout. The Wolverines completely controlled the game, tallying 13 hits and scoring 11 runs. Saturday afternoon, Blanco, who pitched the full game, didn’t let her appearance in the circle stop her from succeeding at the plate. The hurler went 3-for-3 and earned two RBI on the day. With the bases loaded in the fifth and the score at 7-0 in favor of Michigan, sophomore second baseman Faith Canfield needed only one RBI to secure the runrule victory. Instead, Canfield crushed a grand slam over the leftfield wall — the first of her career — ending the game, 11-0. Canfield carried her power hitting into Sunday’s game, delivering a two-run homer in her first at-bat in the top of the first. Falk and sophomore catcher Alex Sobczak hit back-to-back home runs in the second, and junior pinch hitter Amanda Vargas hit the Wolverines’ fourth long ball of the day in the seventh inning to close out the tournament in a satisfying fashion. Though largely pleased with Michigan’s performance this weekend, Hutchins views Saturday’s loss to Notre Dame as problematic — the Wolverines left runners stranded on third base in six of seven innings — a consequential concern. As a result, upcoming practices will focus on taking advantage of runners in scoring position before next weekend’s Mary Nutter Classic in Palm Springs, Calif. “We need timely hitting when it appears to be a pressure situation,” Hutchins said. “That will be what we work on this week — just being clutch.”
Wolverines repeat as Big Ten champions ‘M’ falls in Madison ICE HOCKEY
MIKE PERSAK
Daily Sports Editor
MADISON — With just under nine minutes left, it looked as though the 4 MICHIGAN Michigan WISCONSIN 6 hockey team might be gaining some momentum against No. 20 Wisconsin (10-4 Big Ten, 17-101 overall) — the Wolverines had gained a lead in shots while the score sat tied at four. But any semblance of momentum was halted when Wisconsin forward Will Johnson fired a shot toward the net that Badger defenseman Peter Tischke tipped into the net for the game-winning goal en route to a 6-4 victory. It was a high-scoring game, and the goal-scoring started almost immediately. Wisconsin forward Luke Kunin controlled the opening faceoff and shot it into the Michigan zone. Fellow Badger forward Matt Ustaski reached the puck first and passed it up to forward Trent Frederic, who beat Michigan goaltender Zach Nagelvoort just eight seconds into the game. The Wolverines (2-10-2-2, 9-16-3) didn’t stay down for long, though. Just 35 seconds later, junior forward Tony Calderone corralled the puck behind the net. He then passed it back in front of Wisconsin goaltender Matt Jurusik, where freshman forward James Sanchez was waiting to tie the score at 1-1. “No one wants to see us get scored on so fast, or in general, for that matter,” said junior forward Cutler Martin. “… I think it was the next shift, we bounced back, scored a goal. That got us back up on our feet, back into the game.” The teams would go back and forth to end the first period, with Martin scoring one himself for Michigan and Frederic tallying another one for the Badgers. In the second period, a
nice individual effort from Wisconsin forward Aidan Callini put the Badgers back on top. But once again, the Wolverines answered back. This time, it was junior forward Joseph Cecconi, who ripped one from the blue line to beat Jurusik high to his glove side, evening the score at 3-3. It was the first goal of Cecconi’s career, and after a somewhat subdued celebration, the sophomore collected the puck for himself. “I’m not a big goal scorer,” Cecconi said. “If I score, when I do score, I’m not going to go down and do the nice celebration like some of the forwards do. I’ve been there before, like any other hockey player, so I was excited. It was awesome to get the first one. “(The puck) is in my bag right now. I think I’ll probably give it to my dad when I get home, or my grandpa or something like that.” In the third period, there was more back-and-forth action. After Wisconsin defenseman Jake Linhart scored a goal off his leg, freshman defenseman Luke Martin handled the puck at the Wisconsin blue line. He fired a somewhat slow shot toward Jurusik, and freshman forward Adam Winborg deflected it into the net to tie it up at 4-4. “I thought we played a pretty good game,” said Michigan coach Red Berenson. “I’m tired of saying it with the result that we’re getting. We can’t outscore our mistakes. We’re doing a lot of good things. We missed some chances — even in the last minute, before they got the empty net goal, Sanchez has a rebound chance. If that goes in, the game’s tied up again. “But that’s what we’re doing. We’re chasing our mistakes, and we weren’t good enough.” After a disappointing weekend against the Badgers, Michigan will travel to Columbus to take on No. 14 Ohio State next weekend looking to right the ship once again.
ZACH GAN For the Daily
As soon as it became official, 28 members of the Michigan women’s swimming and diving team — donning Big Ten Champion baseball caps and T-shirts — hurled themselves into the diving well at Boilermaker Aquatic Center on Saturday night. Coach Mike Bottom followed suit, entering the water emphatically with a victorious front-flip. When the Wolverines began to sing a splash-filled version of “The Victors,” reality set in — Michigan had just won back-to-back Big Ten Championships. “I don’t swim like I used to swim,” Bottom laughed. “But I float a lot better than I used to float.” After sophomore Siobhan Haughey was disqualified in the 200-yard IM final on Thursday night after touching first, Michigan’s chances at repeating looked bleak. The Wolverines, who would have been in first place if Haughey had won, sat in third going into the final two days of the meet — trailing Indiana by 30. But No. 6 Michigan was up for the challenge. “I looked at the team and basically said, ‘Hey, what are we gonna do about this?’” Bottom said. “They responded very well the next day. We had incredible swims — we had one of the best mornings I think this Michigan program has ever seen.” The Wolverines recorded 47 career bests and 10 new school records en route to winning their 16th Big Ten title. It marked the first time the team took home consecutive conference championships since the 1997-98 seasons. Michigan finished the meet with 1,287 points, while Indiana placed second with 1,125 points and Wisconsin rounded out the top three with 1,101.5 points. Michigan was aided by topnotch performances when it needed them most. Junior G Ryan had a dominant showing, tasting victory in the 500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle and 800-yard
freestyle relay. “I was really just determined to score as many points as I could for Michigan, that was what I came here to do,” Ryan said. “The 500 and the mile were great because I could see my team on the side of the pool, so every time I breathed that way I knew that I had the team behind me.” In the 200-yard freestyle, Haughey defended her Big Ten title, posting school, Big Ten and Big Ten Championship records with a time of 1:42.49. The sophomore picked up second place in the 100-yard freestyle as well. Junior Clara Smiddy — the defending Big Ten champion in the 100-yard backstroke — placed second in both the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke events, while freshman Vanessa Krause touched second and third in the 200-yard and 100-yard butterfly events, respectively. Junior Emily Kopas set a school record in the 100-yard breaststroke (59.54), finishing fifth in the event. From start to finish, relays played an integral role in the Wolverines’ scoring. Michigan kicked off competition with a win in the 800-yard freestyle relay (sophomore Yirong Bi, Haughey,
junior Gabby DeLoof, Ryan), breaking school, Big Ten and Big Ten Championship records. In the 400-yard medley relay (Smiddy, Kopas, Krause, Haughey), the Wolverines set yet another school record and claimed third. To close out the meet, Michigan placed second in the 400-yard freestyle relay (sophomore Catie DeLoof, Haughey, sophomore Becca Postoll, Gabby DeLoof). On the boards, senior Keegan McCaffrey took home 13th in the one-meter diving event, while freshman Kristen Hayden and senior Allie Murphy placed 16th and 21st, respectively. Hayden finished 11th and McCaffrey finished 19th in the three-meter event. In the platform diving finals, junior Dani VanderZwaag, Murphy and McCaffrey placed 11th, 12th and 13th, respectively. “Our divers scored a lot of points,” Bottom said. “On this last night when we knew we had to beat Indiana, all five of our divers scored. That was huge.” For Michigan’s seniors, it was certainly an exciting way to finish their Big Ten careers. Seniors Maddy Frost, Madison Horton, Celia Keany and Julia Fiks Salem all made finals in at least one of
their events. “It was fun to see our senior leadership — who have not always been the leaders in the water because they weren’t the best of swimmers — all score today,” Bottom said. But the Wolverines’ success did not come easy. When Michigan was just about counted out with two days remaining, coach Bottom delivered one simple message to the team. “We talked about understanding who we are — using the emotions, whatever the emotions are … to move us forward as champions,” Bottom said. Added Ryan: “He talked to us about belief — belief in each other and what we’re capable of — and we never let go of that and that’s why we ended up champions tonight.” But for Ryan and many others, the magnitude of a conference championship still has not set in. “It hasn’t processed at all yet,” Ryan said. “It’s amazing — that much I know right now. It’s incredible to watch this team grow even more year after year. “It’s an honor to be able to say that we’re the best in the Big Ten this year.”
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The Michigan women’s swimming and diving team repeated as conference champions for the first time since 1997-98.
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Trouble at the line dooms Michigan Wolverines split opening weekend ‘M’ shoots 50 percent from the line, falters in Minnesota
ROBERT HEFTER Daily Sports Writer
MINH DOAN
Daily Sports Editor
MINNEAPOLIS — Uncharacteristic. That’s how Michigan coach John Beilein described the Wolverines’ performance from the free-throw line. It was also how both redshirt sophomore forward DJ Wilson and senior guard Derrick Walton Jr. described it. It was that kind of night for the Michigan basketball team (7-7 Big Ten, 17-10 overall), as it shot just 50 percent (9-for18) from the charity stripe. It was an overall dismal performance for a usually good free-throw shooting team — the Wolverines are ranked No. 4 in the NCAA with a 78.9 percent conversion rate — as Michigan was dealt a crushing 83-78 overtime loss to Minnesota (8-6, 20-7) Sunday afternoon at Williams Arena. “It was very uncharacteristic of us to go 9-for-18 at the foul line,” Beilein said. “That was a big point in the game.” Added Wilson: “It was uncharacteristic of us to miss those free throws down the stretch. I think we shot 50 percent, and we’re one of the leaders in the country as far as free-throw shooting, so that’s no excuse.” And like Wilson said, it was at the most crucial times in the game that the Wolverines failed to convert from the line. With 1:40 left in overtime, junior guard Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rakhman went to the charity stripe to shoot two with Michigan down by one.
The junior guard put up the first shot. The ball hit the inside of the bucket before rimming out. Abdur-Rakhman didn’t have much luck on his second shot either, as the ball rimmed out once again, wasting a big opportunity for Michigan to at least tie the game. Earlier in the game, senior guard Derrick Walton Jr. missed three straight free throws — including the front end of a one-and-one — to cast away the possibility of putting Michigan ahead with less than 10 minutes left in regulation. After the game, Walton had no answers for why the Wolverines’ free-throw shooting was off Sunday afternoon. “Just a very uncharacteristic tonight when I miss three big critical free throws,” Walton said. “Muhammad missed two big ones, and then ( junior wing Duncan Robinson), out of all of us, missed one. It’s just one of those games where you can’t really describe what’s going on. “We just couldn’t make them. A lot of them rimmed out halfway down the basket, and they just came out. I don’t think anybody changed their routine, and everybody shot it to make it, of course, but the ball just didn’t go in.”
“It’s just one of those games where you can’t really describe what’s going on”
While Michigan struggled from the free-throw line down the stretch, the performance was in stark contrast to Minnesota’s night from the charity stripe. The Golden Gophers struggled early, making just 5-of-12 free throws in the first half. But Minnesota improved down the stretch, hitting 15 of its last 16 free throws to increase a lead that Michigan couldn’t come back from. “It’s cliché, but they don’t seem to get too high or too low,” said Minnesota coach Richard Pitino of his team’s resiliency. “They’re a very mentally tough group.” But while the ball didn’t roll Michigan’s way either from the charity stripe or at the end of the game, when Walton’s potential game-tying 3-pointer at the end of overtime rimmed out, there were some positives. Mainly, the fact that the Wolverines were still in the game despite their struggles from the free-throw line against a top-25 RPI team. “For me, it adds an little extra boost of confidence to know that we’re missing these free throws and we’re still in the game down the stretch,” Wilson said. While Michigan’s loss at Minnesota won’t push them off the NCAA Tournament bubble — a conference loss on the road to a top-25 RPI team shouldn’t do that — there will come a time when the Wolverines will need to hit clutch free throws. And the implications will be much larger than they were Sunday night in Minneapolis.
“It’s cliché, but they don’t seem to get too high or too low.”
The Michigan baseball team kicked off its preseason tournament against Seton Hall this weekend in a four-game bout, with the frenetic weekend ending in a 2-2 split. The series was highlighted by two games in which a single run decided the outcome. “Close games are always decided by one play, one pitch, one swing,” said Michigan coach Erik Bakich. “It seemed to be back and forth, there was no quit in either team.” Junior left-hander Michael Hendrickson took the mound for the preseason finale that ended in disappointment in the top half of the last inning. The match followed a 10-7 victory earlier in the day over the Pirates in a continuation of the previously delayed game. The Wolverines got off to a slow start, as Seton Hall earned three hits that culminated in two runs in the second inning. Responding quickly in the bottom of the second, senior catcher Harrison Wenson tripled, and was driven in from an RBI groundout from senior shortstop Michael Brdar to tack on a run shortly after. Sophomore second baseman Ako Thomas started the offensive engine, though, in the bottom of the third inning with a single, before eventually stealing third base. Junior first baseman Jake Bivens reached first on a walk, and redshirt sophomore left fielder Miles Lewis drove him in on an RBI single. Lewis and junior third baseman Drew Lugbauer would score in the same inning on backto-back RBIs to give Michigan a 5-2 lead. Heading into the ninth inning, the Wolverines led 6-3 due to a run from Thomas off a Bivens RBI and a Seton Hall run in the fifth. Sophomore right-hander Jack Bredeson came in to pitch the ninth inning and gave up
five unanswered runs, featuring a three-run home run from the Pirates. They would go on to take the last game of the series, 8-6. “As a team, we did a good job battling,” Wenson said. “We played pitch-to-pitch and did a good job with that. They’re a really scrappy team and put the bat on the ball.” In its season opener in Port St. Lucie, Fla., junior left-hander and ace Oliver Jaskie took the mound for his first start. The Wolverines pounced first in the third inning after Jaskie’s two-inning shutout that included only one surrendered double. Sophomore first baseman Jimmy Kerr jumpstarted their offense with the team’s first hit of the season on a one-out single. Brdar followed in Kerr’s footsteps with a single, and senior outfielder Johnny Slater lofted a sacrifice fly to bring in the pair. Thomas drove a single into the outfield, picking up another RBI and giving the Wolverines a 3-0 lead. The Pirates did not back down, though, and in the third inning drove in a lone run, followed by three runs in the fourth to take a 4-3 lead. Michigan responded in style, as right fielder Nick Poirer lofted one over the fence to force the game to a tie heading to the top of the fifth inning. Even with a one-out double from Lugbauer, the Wolverines could not drive in another run in the contest, and they sacrificed a run in the fifth inning that ultimately was the dagger. Junior right-hander Alec Rennard took the mound Saturday to begin Michigan’s doubleheader redemption day. And redeem themselves they did, as the Wolverines were able to tie the series, 1-1, with a walkoff single from Lewis. “It was great,” Lewis said. “I have to give credit to the guys getting on before me and doing their job.” After a scoreless first inning, the game started in similar
fashion to Friday’s debut. But this time, Seton Hall struck first with two runs in the top of the second. The trio of Wenson, who started the surge for Michigan’s comeback with a liner into left field, sophomore right fielder Jonathan Engelman, who went 3-for-4 on the contest, and Lewis all led the charge for the Wolverines. Rennard forfeited an RBI double in the top of the third inning but Michigan was able to dig itself out of the hole quickly with two back-to-back runs off RBIs from Engelmann and Thomas, tightening the Pirates’ lead to one. The Wolverines’ climb back to victory took hold in the fifth inning. Lewis earned a run off a Wenson RBI, and Engelmann followed with a two-run RBI double to give Michigan its first lead of the day, 6-5. Under the dominant performance of junior righthander Jayce Vancena, the Wolverines were able to sit down Seton Hall and produce an RBI single from Slater in the seventh to give them a 7-6 lead. The Pirates would not shut down, though, and a run in the top of the eighth inning would send the game to extra innings. In the bottom of the 10th inning, Lewis chopped one to shallow right field to drive in the winning run from third base and earn Michigan’s first win of the season. In their second game, only going seven innings, the Wolverines jumped out to an extremely fast start with an RBI double from Kerr that highlighted a nine-run inning. The Pirates responded in the third with four runs and in the fourth with three runs, but Michigan added to its lead and established a 10-7 advantage. After a delay due to darkness, the Wolverines never scored or forfeited any runs, allowing them to transition into the last game of the weekend on a 15-hit, 10-7, win.
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Redshirt sophomore left fielder Miles Lewis notched five RBI in the Wolverines’ opening weekend against Seton Hall.