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LSA professor Edward Cho gives a lecture titled, “The Unexpected Benefits of Pain, Passion, and Pets” before he is awarded the Golden Apple Award at Rackham on Monday.
Edward Cho accepts Golden Apple with lecture on benefits of passion
Economics professor also discusses relationship with cat, chronic illness and teaching MAYA GOLDMAN Daily Staff Reporter
As the winner of the Golden Apple Award, an award given to one outstanding University of Michigan professor each year, Economics Prof. Edward Cho took the stage of Rackham Auditorium on Monday night to tell a crowd of adoring students and community members about his upbringing, his struggle with a repetitive strain injury and his legendary cat, Munchy.
The award, which is the only student-selected teaching award at the University, is in its 27th year. Every professor who receives the distinction gets the opportunity to give a “last lecture” — their ideal class. According to LSA senior Allisa Newman, one of the co-chairs of the award committee, the award is inspired by the teachings of Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrkanos, and celebrates teachers who give every lecture like it’s their final one. “It’s based on an old teaching
from the Rabbi … he advocated that you should get your life in order one day before you die, and this is for outstanding teachers who teach every lecture like it was their last,” Newman said. The audience was made up largely of Cho’s students, like LSA senior Sindhu Devineni, who wanted to hear more about his life — and his cat. “He has such a great energy that I really felt compelled to come,” Devineni said. “I just really want to hear more about his positive outlook on life. And
he’s going to talk about his cat, Munchy, and she’s his world, so that’s really the highlight for a lot of people.” Cho found out he had won the award when the committee burst into his Economics 102 lecture in March. He said before Monday’s lecture that the reality of the award didn’t sink in until a few days later, but he had put a lot of thought into what to say since then. “It didn’t really hit me until a few days later,” Cho said. “At See CHO, Page 3
Stumbling Blocks display Citizens protected showcases lost diversity at ‘U’
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by new city ordinance
Installation dedicates itself to students of color after Prop 2
City Council ordinance to prevent police from asking about immigration status
The sea of over 950 maize and blue chairs in the Diag and the ticker-tape sign above the Michigan Union’s doors are just two of the seven installations of Stumbling Blocks that will have students walking through history on campus for the next week.
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Daily Staff Reporter
Following weeks of activism and pressure on the part of Ann Arbor residents, City Council passed an ordinance Monday evening intended to protect undocumented residents from federal involvement. The Solicitation of Immigrant Status ordinance, which prevents local police and city officials from asking residents about immigration status, passed with an 8-1 vote, with only Councilmember Jane Lumm (I¬¬¬–Ward 2) opposing the ordinance. The ordinance was originally crafted in response to President Donald Trump’s executive order, signed in January, that aimed to cut funding for jurisdictions that do not cooperate with federal agencies in identifying and detaining undocumented immigrants. The city was urged by residents over phone, email and in public hearings to support those in danger of deportation and to resist cooperation with federal agencies like the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. “This ordinance isn’t perfect,” See CITY, Page 3
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These pop-up art exhibits are scattered throughout Central, Medical and North Campuses and were created by the Future University Community to commemorate some challenging aspects of the University of Michigan’s history as part of the bicentennial celebration. The exhibits are designed to attract attention to sensitive issues surrounding
the University’s history that could otherwise be overlooked during the bicentennial celebration. These include: the Native American land gift of 1817 that served as a source of income for the University’s endowment, equity for women on campus, Proposal 2 — the state’s ban on race- and gender-based affirmative action — and See DISPLAY, Page 3
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The University sets up 950 empty maize and blue chairs as part of the President’s Bicentennial Colloquium movement Stumbling Blocks to help imagine minority students who did not attend the University after Affirmative Action was deemed unconstitutional at the Diag on Monday.
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Q: You guys ran on a platform of diversity, having very specific experience with the ramifications of a lack of diversity can have on mental health. How do you see this play out over the course of your administration, particularly following this November presidential election? David Schafer: To start, I’m just extraordinarily proud of the strides that we’ve made in working to ensure that CSG (Central Student Government) is more inclusive and representative of the student body. We commissioned the firstever demographic report in September, which showed how much work we really needed to commit ourselves to in the future. I think it’s a commitment that all future CSG administrations need to make, as well as the University (of Michigan) administration to enhancing the diversity of our school as well as the inclusivity and equitability. I think a public college education is the best vehicle for personal and professional advancement in the world and everyone deserves an equal opportunity to realize the ability to achieve a college degree and a college education. And I think it’s the responsibility for each and every member of the Michigan community, regardless of what our identities are and what our background is to stand up in support for each and every member of our community. And to never forget that an offense against one is an offense against all. Q: One thing I want to talk about is the Bystander Intervention Training through SAPAC (Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center), I just want to know, so you planned this for leaders
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seeking funding of — I believe — over $1,000, so what were the concrete benefits you’ve seen so far? Schafer: I am so unbelievably proud of the work of everyone involved in the Bystander Intervention Training policy. I think special credit and honor is deserved to the folks at the SAPAC Bystander Intervention and Community Engagement Cohort Program, folks in Wolverine Wellness, specifically PULSE, all of SOFC (Student Organization Funding Commission), the Student Health and Safety Commission within CSG and all of the members who volunteered their time and gave their energies and deeply believed in this program and helped the staff throughout this past semester, and it personally exceeded my wildest expectations about how successful and impactful it would be. We reached more than 315 students from more than 205 student organizations across the campus community, many of whom had never gone through a SAPAC or Wolverine Wellness training around sexual violence prevention, around mitigation of alcohol and other drug hard reduction and general risk. Being a student leader at the University of Michigan is a responsibility and it’s a privilege and we need to set the example for every student on this campus, especially younger students, right? The way in which we act, in many ways will guide their future at Michigan and will either inspire them or will turn them off, so this training imparted to a lot of student leaders the importance of their role and the importance of serving as good role models to every member of the Michigan community, as well as the importance of relaying information about consent education, about best policies and practices to reduce alcohol and other drug risk to members of their See INTERVIEW, Page 3
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ON THE DAILY: FLY BLUE Delta Airlines is holding a competition to provide a University of Michigan student a free flight to an educational opportunity abroad. The contest will close on May 12. Students can apply with an essay answering the question, “Why should Delta assist with your pursuit of education abroad?” The contest dictates applicants must be in one of the following programs: University of Michigan semester study abroad, summer study abroad, international internships and international volunteer or service programs. Since 2015, Delta has worked with nine other colleges along with Michigan, including Michigan State University, Penn State University and Duke University as part of their goals to connect with students, but
they already had partnerships with Boston, GIT, University of Georgia, University of Minnesota, University of North Carolina and Syracuse. Other signs of Delta in campus life include career counseling and recruitment. Jeff Robertson, then vice president for product development, sky clubs and marketing communications at Delta, said in a 2015 press release Delta hopes to become a partner for college students in a tangible way instead of just spreading their brand. “College students are a savvy group of consumers,” Robertson said. “By creating campus and alumni events that incorporate our people, our unmatched focus on customer service, leadership and more, we will give students and alums the opportunity to really get to know our airline.” University alum Catherine
Doyle, who was interning at Delta at the time, said in the release she was hopeful about the relationship between the University and Delta. “During this internship, it was clear that our campus insight
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Angela Dillard @adillard4 “U of Michigan Union, 1931. Privileges of Women. Except in the cases above … Women shall not be admitted to the building” #UMich200 #Equity
JOSHUA HAN/Daily Adam Michnik, editor-in-chief of Poland’s biggest daily newspaper Gazette Wyborcza, discusses the state of Poland in the late twentieth century in the UMMA on Monday.
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Dinosaur Tour
Musicology Lecture
WHAT: Docents will lead half-hour tours of the current dinosaur exhibits. WHO: Museum of Natural History WHEN: 2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: Ruthven Museums Building
WHAT: Joy Calico will explore the relationship between Schoenberg’s scandalized 1913 concert and noise. WHO: School of Music, Theatre & Dance WHEN: 5 p.m. WHERE: Earl V. Moore Building, Room 2038
Movie Night: “Lion” WHAT: Graduate and professional student appreciation week will feature this Academy Award-nominated film. WHEN: 7 p.m. to 9p.m. WHERE: Rackham Ampitheatre
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SMTD@UMMA WHAT: “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg” will be combined with a live chamber jazz performance and a performance of the dialogue of the film. WHO: Museum of Art WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Museum of Art
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Michigan in 1817
Ending AIDS
Fictions of Fabric
WHAT: Weather permitting, observers will be able to look through the Fitz refractor at the Detroit Observatory in Ann Arbor. WHO: Department of Astronomy WHEN: 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. WHERE: Detroit Observatory
WHAT: Using various sources from the William L. Clements Library, Brian Dunnigan, the curator of maps, will explore what the University was like 200 years ago. WHO: William L. Clements Library WHEN: 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. WHERE: William L. Clements Library
WHAT: Author Jon Cohen will discuss his work investigating the AIDS epidemic in Africa and the United States. WHO: Communication Studies WHEN: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. WHERE: Michigan League, Hussey Room
WHAT: This panel discussion, featuring University and visiting professors, will look at ways to explain fabric’s multiple meanings, including through art, literature and design. WHO: Institute for the Humanities WHEN: 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: 202 S. Thayer St., Osterman Common Room
President Mark Schlissel defends commencement plans at SACUA EMILY MIILLER Daily Staff Reporter
University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel addressed students concerns about commencement, President Donald Trump’s proposed budget cuts to research funding, the reorganization of Michigan Medicine — formerly known as the University of Michigan Health System — and Medical School integration at the Monday meeting of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs. During their weekly meeting, SACUA also approved Robert Ortega, an associate professor of social work and current SACUA member, to replace current Chair Bill Schultz, a professor of mechanical
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been very challenging to find anybody in the political domain because everybody offends somebody these days in politics. We’ll go back to having speakers in subsequent years’ graduations, but for this one time, we decided to do something different.” He acknowledged student complaints that their voices were not heard during the decision process, but he emphasized the efforts of the University to make the bicentennial commencement unique. “I heard them, but I didn’t obey, in effect,” Schlissel said of student voices. “I think that’s healthy, I think the student voice is always important, it’s always welcome, but I think it’s misleading to think that it’s always determinative.” Despite the student body pushback, Schlissel emphasized his belief that commencement will still be memorable for all those who are graduating. “We’re stepping away from tradition for the sake of making this a special graduation,” Schlissel said. “I’m confident it’s going to be great.” Schlissel also discussed the University response to the proposed “skinny budget,” which would potentially cut National Institutes of Health funding by 20 percent and materially impact the funding of research at the University. “We’re lobbying on this,” he said. “We’re reaching out to the people we have contacts with who understand the importance of research and the fact that it’s a longterm investment, and we See SACUA, Page 3
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The Board also discussed concerns with the federal budget and Michigan Medicine engineering, next year. Schlissel clarified the plans for the bicentennial commencement ceremony, specifically the choice not to have an outside speaker, which has sparked negative reactions from students. He cited recent commencement speakers like Michael Bloomberg, who was criticized for his discussion of safe spaces and trigger warnings, and the founders of Zingerman’s, who some students considered not sufficiently “prominent” to speak at commencement, to show how controversy over commencement is an annual occurrence. “I point this out to say it’s always controversial,” Schlissel said. “In this particularly politically polarizing era, it would have
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CHO From Page 1 that moment it was kind of like what just happened? It was a complete surprise … (This lecture) is very personal, and I’m hoping students will be able to take something away from this that’s more than just classroom material.” Cho started his lecture, titled “The Unexpected Benefits of Pain, Passion, and Pets,” like he begins his classes: by asking the audience to turn to their neighbors and introduce themselves. He then had the crowd practice his trademark classroom phrases — “Yuh” and “Nuh.” When Cho said “Yuh!” into the microphone, the entire auditorium responded with a resounding “Yuh!” After a short slideshow featuring pictures of his cat, Munchy, who Cho said was “basically his daughter,” he began talking about his upbringing on a farm in Cupertino, Calif. His parents both stopped formal education after junior high, and Cho grew up in a much lower socioeconomic bracket than most of his classmates. This led to insecurities later in life. “Thinking back to high school, there’s a lot of insecurities,” Cho said. “The one that hit me the hardest, that I didn’t even realize until I wrote this speech — it was hidden in my brain almost — is probably the most pernicious one. It was, ‘do I have the ability, do I have the DNA, can I do this?’ … For those of you feeling the same self-doubt, the same ‘am I good enough?’, I want to tell you that you are. There’s nothing different about you.” Cho did overcome those insecurities, and eventually found himself working toward a Ph.D. in economics from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The remainder of his lecture focused on his time in graduate school, and a story he said he hasn’t shared publicly before. “Graduate school can be summarized for me in the
But after that, I could reorganize my life and my priorities, and in the end, it turned out that this story had a good ending simple equation, graduate school equals pain,” Cho said. When he was in graduate school, Cho began to feel pain in his wrist. He would try to ignore it while he sat at the computer for hours a day, coding and organizing data for his dissertation. However, the pain didn’t go away. Instead, it began to spread. “I kept going, I kept typing, and it started getting worse and worse,” he said. “I should have listened to my body. I didn’t. It started spreading all into my hand, all up this arm. It’s almost as if they did not belong to me, that my arms were someone else’s.” Soon, the repetitive strain injury stopped Cho from being able to use his arms at all. Still determined to finish his Ph.D., he began to use voice recognition software to code the data, but eventually this wore out his throat as well. “I never knew you could do that, that you could hurt your throat from talking too much,” he said. “This is definitely the
most difficult part of my life. There’s two things happening: there’s so much pain in my throat that I just couldn’t talk anymore. I was mute. And my arms were shot … I remember having thoughts about cutting off my arms because they were the source of my pain … Pain warps your thinking.” A year went by, and still Cho couldn’t use his voice. He didn’t know if he would ever get better, and he began to feel hopeless. At his darkest moment, he decided to turn to the animal shelter. This, he told the audience, was when he found Munchy. “I thought, I’m like an animal, in the sense that I can’t talk, I can’t speak,” he said. “I can just run around and look at stuff. We’re the same.” Like Cho, Munchy didn’t make noise. She would never meow, and the two spent their days staring at each other. Eventually, Cho began voice therapy and slowly regained the use of his voice. Miraculously, Munchy began to meow at the same time. Cho said this made him feel even closer to her. Though the experience of his pain was difficult for Cho, he also counts it as one of the best things to happen to him, because it was what led him to teaching. “It’s the best and worst thing that’s ever happened to me,” he said “Had I not sort of experienced all that pain, I probably wouldn’t be an educator. I probably would be in private industry somewhere, and maybe I’d have a different set of priorities. But after that, I could reorganize my life and my priorities, and in the end, it turned out that this story had a good ending.” The evening ended when the Golden Apple committee presented him with the official Golden Apple Award. As they handed him the award, the entire audience gave Cho — and Munchy — a standing ovation.
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can’t lurch from good funding to bad funding.” At the mention of searching for alternative funding sources like the Food and Drug Administration, SACUA member David Smith, a professor of pharmaceutical science, said researchers at the University should strive to retain a high standard of research, even with the uncertainty of funding sources. “We can fund ourselves and wind up being a very good mediocre school,” he said. “In no way would I encourage anyone to give up on NIH.” Schlissel also spoke about the progress toward reorganizing Michigan Medicine as a cohesive unit. “This reorganization, the goal of it is to make our health care delivery and academic enterprises a single enterprise so that their shared responsibility of all the leaders will be the success of both sides of that house in order to teach the research side, the clinical side,” he said. “The idea of bringing those two positions together and setting up a leadership group that work together on problems on both sides of the organization is to try to ensure that integration.” Sami Malek, an associate professor of internal medicine and an upcoming member of SACUA, said, in his personal experience, he has found the University Medical School is in need of some sort of change. “I think we’ve gone through the dark ages,” he said. “I just don’t think they had what it took to run such a thing on a competitive level. I think we all have to make sure things get better because it wasn’t good.” At the end of the meeting, Schultz asked for further nominations for both the chair and vice chair positions for the next academic year. Ortega, the only nomination for chair, won with acclamation and the election of vice chair was postponed to provide further opportunities for nominations.
organizations and beyond. And I love to think of it like this: If we assume the average student organization has, let’s say 10 or 15 students, then this program impacted upwards of 3,000, if not more, students, and I think that’s an unbelievable accomplishment and something I deeply hope the next CSG administration will continue. Q: You both endorsed eMerge, which was arguably the most experienced party, can you explain why that was a choice for you? Micah Griggs: Well personally, I endorsed Anushka (Sarkar) and Nadine (Jawad) as the executive ticket because I felt that those two people would be the best for the organization, including their CSG experience. They’re wellversed on a lot of issues on campus, they’re inclusive in their work and their speech and I think they will move the organization forward. Schafer: I’ve just come to so deeply admire personally and professionally Anushka and Nadine. Both of them are some of my closest friends on campus and I’ve seen the work they’ve done and they’re two of the best change makers that I’ve ever met, not only in my time at Michigan, but throughout the course of my life. I know for certain, and I’m sure I speak on Micah’s behalf as well on this point, that Anushka and Nadine will never quit, especially when the going gets tough. I honestly meant it when I said that a vote for them was the best CSG-related vote that any student at this University would and could ever cast. And I’m extraordinarily proud of those two for the campaign they ran, the issues on which they ran, and I look forward to bearing witness, albeit from the sidelines, to the great work they’ll do next year Q: The DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) plan still isn’t favored strongly
among members of the student body. As you are the main liaison with the administration, can you speak to student concerns that you’ve heard over the past year regarding ambiguities within the plan or any sort of things you’ve heard? Schafer: I think one of the major questions that students have raised, at least from my eyes, is the timeline. I think some students have the perception that we’re waiting five years, or the University administration is waiting five years to implement everything, and I don’t believe that’s necessarily the case. I think, obviously, you have short-term initiatives and you have longterm initiatives. Real change is hard and it takes time, but that’s not to say that students should not continue to hold the administration accountable, because they must, and they should. Q: You guys advocated very strongly to get a student on the Board of Regents. There still isn’t a student on the board, so can you tell us a little about what that journey was like for you and what barriers you came across? Schafer: Of course I’m disappointed it didn’t happen, but again, it’s a long-term initiative that takes time. So at the start of the year, with an indispensable foundation set by the previous CSG administration, we were able to push through an addition to the Regents’ bylaws, 701, that discusses the importance of student participation in University decision making, and guarantees that such participation will be sought and encouraged by key decision makers and other University administrators, including the Board of Regents. I think institutionalizing that language is something tangible that future CSG administrations can grasp and point to and say, ‘listen, students need to be involved in key decisions at the University.’ For example, we used that language to advocate
DISPLAY From Page 1 surrounding controversies, student protest, the growth of ethics in biomedical research in a global context and the future of nuclear research. Presidential Bicentennial Prof. Martha Jones, one of the coordinators of Stumbling Blocks exhibits, discussed the importance of commemorating these events. “This project tries to bring the questions that the bicentennial raises out into the public light of the campus, beyond auditoriums and seminars and lecture halls to places like the Diag and the Michigan Union,” Jones said. “It also recalls difficult, challenging and complicated moments of our past so we can think better about the future.” According to Jones, Stumbling Blocks was greatly inf luenced by a project by German artist Gunter Demnig called “Stolpersteine,” or Stumbling Stones. His project originated in Berlin and has now spread throughout Europe. Demnig has removed cobblestones from sidewalks and streets and replaced them with brass plaques to memorialize the people who perished in the Holocaust. “History is always there,” Jones said. “But it is often invisible or muted. By creating these installations, the invisible history can become more visible, and become a part of our contemporary memory.” Five of the seven Stumbling Blocks were created by staff who have their own markers. The Fleming Administration building has been renamed, for the week, the “33,616 Staff Building,” in honor of the 33,616 staffers who work for the University. Nearby, the sign in front of the Michigan Union ticks
for the inclusion of student presence on the provost search advisory committee. So to have that student is big because that’s a key University decision. Going forward, it is my continued hope that students work to strengthen student engagement with the Board of Regents because the Board of Regents is unique among its peers in the Big Ten and across the country for not having a student presence on the board.* So maybe if we had a little more time, but I’m proud of the groundwork and foundation we laid and I believe that it will happen one day. Q: So we wanted to talk a little bit about the Leadership Engagement Scholarship. Some students raised concerns over the $5 fee, and I just want to learn a little about your experience with them and a little about the process of going through the article and how will the scholarship move forward in the upcoming year? Griggs: Well, firstly, the Leadership Engagement Scholarship was created to award emerging and established leaders on campus who face financial barriers to getting involved on campus and we’ve participated in a variety of efforts to increase funds for the scholarship. We’ve done outreach to donors and participated in Giving Blue Day, so we were thinking of other objectives and ways to increase funding and we did take the route of advocating for a student fee. We’ve decided to work with the administration to increase funding for the scholarship, so going forward we’ll be working with the administration to find ways to increase funding for the scholarship. We’ll still be participating in Giving Blue Day and doing outreach to alumni. Schafer: For me, the leadership engagement scholarship is without a doubt the proudest thing I think we were able to accomplish this year. We’ve raised more than $180,000 over the course of this year alone and that money, as well
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endlessly to demonstrate the restrictions on women’s use of the building from its construction in 1919 to 1968. The Union, according to the sign, was built as an exclusive men’s club, and women were required to enter through a side door and have a male escort accompanying them during specific hours and days. Equal access to the entirety of the building did not come until 1968, when the Billiards Room allowed women entry. A sign outside the exhibit displayed words from Michigan Union Director Amy White that progress can still made. “We want all students to feel at home here,” the sign read. “To feel like this is their space. Our challenge — and that of the future university community — is to continue to evolve to meet the needs of students of
Our challenge and that of the future university community - is to continue to evolve to meet the needs of students all genders and identities.” Many students and faculty had strong reactions to the 950 empty maize and blue chairs in the Diag, which symbolize the number of underrepresented minority students who did not attend the University after Proposal 2 deemed race- and gender-based affirmative action unconstitutional in the state of Michigan. LSA senior Brian Sutherland discussed
as the money yet to come from other alumni and donors, as well as, like Micah touched on, the administration, will better the lives of student leaders for generations to come, frankly for the life of this Michigan. And it’s just the belief that every student regardless of who they are and where they come from deserves the ability and the opportunity to have those same memories and to have those same Michigan experiences that so many of us have been afforded during our four plus years on campus. Q: Also, we had the Student Support & Action Committee. They aim to work with bias response (the Bias Response Team) to promote positive messaging. I was just wondering how did it work out, what were the outcomes of this committee? Schafer: The whole goal of that is obviously not to replace what the Dean of Students does because we’re incredibly thankful for the work of their office, from the Bias Response Team perspective, but really to help them. So the whole goal and impetus of this committee is, it’s maybe to address and to mitigate the impact of those harmful messages by spreading positive messages. I believe this is the case but I remember talking with senior administrators, both of us, after the racist and awful fliers were posted in September and October and they said ‘legally, we cannot remove the fliers.’ Students are not compelled or bound by the same legal obligations or restrictions that administrators are. Q: After you graduate, how do you hope to stay connected to the University? Do you plan on still being involved with the campus? Schafer: I think I’m going to maybe not come back for a few years. No, I don’t say that sadly, because as the old cliché quote goes, I think absence makes the heart grow fonder. My ultimate goal from this year is to best understand what this role and this position has given me and what I’ve learned from it.
how he feels the chairs carried a sense of urgency. “It captures the eye so quickly,” Sutherland said. “People think that an event is going to start, but once they see and read the signs they realize that this is actually has a deeper meaning to it … I definitely did not know about Proposal 2 before this.” About 100 meters away, a plaque in Ingalls Mall that commemorates the Native American land gift to the University has been blown up to an 8-ft by 8-ft model with three sides and artificial lighting. According to Jones, this is so people will deliberately encounter the plaque and is meant to encourage them to have conversations about it. “I was very inspired by a conversation with a colleague,” Jones said. “When I mentioned to them that we had a marker on Ingalls Mall, they exclaimed that they literally stumbled on it on their way to my office. So I thought that this idea that someone would accidentally or inadvertently encounter history seems like something we could work with.” Encountering the monument, Music, Theatre & Dance junior Noah Kieserman commented how he felt enlarging these aspects of history has had a strong impact on conversations of diversity and inclusion. “I think it’s important to make sure we remember the foundations of our University,” Kieserman said. “As well as continuing to support diversity and provide support for all groups and all walks of life at the University, I think it’s important to make everyone feel included. This is crucial especially during the bicentennial.” Jones encourages students to Tweet using the hashtag #UMich200 to engage in the dialogue about the bicentennial and the University’s history.
CITY From Page 1 Jessica Prozinski, who is active in the organization Stop Trump Ann Arbor, said during the meeting. Prozinski was one of the supporters of the ordinance, and called on the city to do more as federal policies restrict undocumented individuals’ freedom. “Our goal with this ordinance at this time is to give greater protection to the undocumented people in our community, to lessen the fear and to decrease the chances that people will be arrested for immigration related charges, detained and deported,” Prozinski said. “I think this ordinance does that.” She went on to list other actions Stop Trump Ann Arbor wanted the city to take, including refusing to cooperate with federal agencies in arresting undocumented immigrants and refusing to arrest people based on administrative warrants. A main point of concern for City Council in passing the ordinance was the risk of losing federal funding. As such, the ordinance currently does not explicitly defy any federal policy. Lumm, who voted against it, stressed the importance of remaining in compliance with federal policy, and pushed for an amendment that explicitly called for compliance from employees of the city. “I will not support something that places federal funding at risk and shifts the burden of paying for city priorities to local taxpayers,” Lumm said. The council convened for a closed session to discuss the amendment, after which they deliberated publicly, eventually voting against it. Councilmember Jack Eaton (D–Ward 4) argued the language from the amendment was vague, and made the work of city police and officials uncertain. “This language actually creates uncertainty for our staff, as you’re telling them it’s not meant to cause a violation of a valid law,” Eaton said.
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Stand by our international campus
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t the end of March, Mark Schlissel, Lou Anna Simon and M. Roy Wilson, presidents of the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Wayne State University, respectively, co-wrote an op-ed arguing the three universities better serve society because there are international students and faculty who study and work on their campuses. Though there is always more to be done, this op-ed sends a strong message of solidarity with our international community, which contributes to our campus not only through the economic contributions described in the op-ed, but also through contributions to diversity on campus. It is Schlissel’s job to advocate for the best interests of the University community, especially in the midst of a federal administration that promotes nationalistic values. The Michigan Daily’s Editorial Board commends Schlissel’s outspoken support for the international community. Support for international students and faculty from university administrators across the state is urgently needed right now within a political landscape that encourages xenophobia. The University boasts a robust international student community, which accounts for about 15 percent of total student enrollment. Furthermore, 1,277 nonimmigrant international employees and 533 international visiting scholars worked on our campus last fall, contributing immensely to the University experience. When many international students and faculty may feel unsafe or marginalized because of travel ban restrictions, it is important for these administrators to voice their support for them. The op-ed highlights the value international students and faculty bring to these universities through their contributions both to research institutions and to Michigan’s economy. The university presidents cite that international students at their universities are almost as likely as domestic students to continue to work in Michigan post-graduation, stimulating the state economy by providing skilled work. Moreover, attracting an international faculty roster brings about economic benefits
not just in research funding for the University, but also in the state as a whole. One example of a person who has brought economic prosperity to the state offered by the op-ed is Engineering Prof. Kamal Sarabandi, an Iranian immigrant. Sarabandi currently holds 14 U.S. patents and has brought $60 million to the Ann Arbor area by co-founding his first company, EMAG Technologies Inc. Though the op-ed highlights the economic advantages of an international campus, it neglects to account for more immeasurable, humanistic value a diverse student body and faculty bring to the University. In our globalized society, experience working in internationally diverse communities is integral, as students will more likely than not interact on a global scale throughout their careers. Most students do not have exposure to international communities until coming to the University; the University must foster an environment where students are encouraged to engage across national lines. Furthermore, nation of origin — while of course not the only factor influencing diversity — plays an essential role in contributing to the
diversity on campus. International students help bring diversity to leadership roles when they engage in organizations and classrooms across campus, bring stronger advocacy of certain marginalized communities and contribute new ideas from different worldviews. International diversity in classrooms encourages nuanced thought on difficult issues and offers students many unique perspectives to learn from those who may have different life experiences. One program that fosters these ideals at the University is the Global Scholars Program, which is a livinglearning community that encourages the creation of globally-minded citizens. Without students from many countries, this kind of community learning would be impossible. An internationally diverse campus community is valuable for the state economy as well as our University experience. The University and its administration should continue to support our international community. In times when our country’s stance on immigration and diversity is called into question, it is respectable to see that our school administrators still see the value in an internationally diverse campus.
CHRIS CROWDER | COLUMN
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Fallible human beings
y therapist recently don’t change unless we have told me about the productive conversations. concept of FHBs — At the same time, this does not fallible human beings. We all are mean refutes should be weak in fallible. From myself to President nature. Refutes should be firm while Donald Trump, we’re recognizing everyone all humans who will is fallible. We all mess inevitably mess up. up. However, I do think This concept was increased criticism originally shared with is viable when the me because I’m usually decisions an individual hard on myself when I or group makes are struggle or fail. I tend routine instead of an to be a perfectionist isolated slip up. who wants to be the The concept of the best to everyone, and FHB can be applied to CHRIS I kick myself when I many situations. Before CROWDER fall short. But I’ve also I engage with an issue, I been trying to use this concept to take a deep breath and play devil’s accept my family and friends’ faults advocate. How would I feel if I and resolve conflicts we may have messed up something important? with one another. I’m sure I would feel terrible and While it’s justified to be angry would appreciate constructive about disagreements, the quickest criticism. way to get past them is to accept Without acknowledging our the person as human. When a family and friends as fallible, our disagreement occurs, I try to concerns will not be heard. People remember that the person was are much more likely to listen when doing their best in their own mind. you meet them at their level and try On the other hand, it’s difficult for to understand their situation. the person you’re quarreling with I’ve had conflicts with friends to miraculously have a change of and family when I messed up. I’ve heart or do something different said things I didn’t mean to friends before you state your displeasure. and I haven’t always supported They can’t read your mind. my family as much as I would like It’s very easy to blame someone to. I was at fault. I’m sure you can over a disagreement when thinking think of a time when you did the about a scenario retrospectively. same. What I appreciated in those This is why it’s good to discuss moments was some time to reflect personal disdain for a controversial after someone met me where I choice after it’s made. But there’s was at, by being firm in resolving a difference between having our conflict, while being honest empathy while voicing concerns and loving. I was being seen as a and not giving a person a second human being. chance. Not everyone shares the There is a difference between same backgrounds, perspectives forgiving loved ones and people or thought processes. Opinions in positions of power or influence,
but that doesn’t make them any less human or less likely to mess up. Across many issues, people are justified in their pain and desire for change in a person or issue. I’m also speaking somewhat from a position of privilege as a Black man, where I’m able to speak freely as a student without an enormous amount of ridicule. Other groups of people in the United States and across the globe are in situations where the circumstances are much more dire. This message of aspiring for reconciliation is not for them because it may not be attainable and is more complicated than just recognizing that people mess up every once in a while. I’m also speaking from a perspective where my conflicts and concerns I have with my loved ones have been minor. Others have bonds that have been broken over much more severe circumstances. In those instances, it may be more difficult or even impossible to forgive, which is justified. I just wonder what looking at everyone as FHBs would look like when there are disagreements. Would potential denial or rebuttal be less likely, or would a calm, reasonable demeanor not quite grab someone’s attention? I believe our bonds with the people we love could be improved in the present and future if both see each other as fallible. It may unlock a potential to resolve conflict that resides in the affected person’s mind and with others. Seeing people as fallible is freeing, personally and relationally. It’s a path to selfesteem and decreased anxiety. Chris Crowder can be reached at ccrowd@umich.edu
Feminine perceptions
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n high school, no one “outdated” community. While I took me seriously. This may no longer be as negatively may sound bitter, angry, perceived on the basis of perhaps even petty, my appearance, but it was true. I many identities was a bright-eyed at this university and bushy-tailed continue to face teenager. I came harsh judgment and to school (almost) criticism on the basis every day with an of their image. overtly positive For centuries, disposition. I took modes of gender AP classes and spent presentation have hours longer than been incredibly MEGAN required at school, particular. Though BURNS deep in the throes of we’ve progressed student council or drama club from corsets and waistcoats to or marching band practices. I Canada Goose and athleisure, loved every moment, and I was the ways humans choose unwaveringly happy. But no to present themselves have matter how hard I tried, I was been influenced heavily by very, very rarely taken seriously. how others perceive these For one, being inherently presentations. Consider how optimistic and pleasant does you would perceive someone not predispose one to be seen dressed in chainmail at as academic. As well as I did a Renaissance festival as in my classes, my scores meant opposed to shopping for deli nothing to my peers who saw meat at Meijer. Your perception me as too sunny and cheerful to of this person would be deeply be considered an “intellectual.” influenced by their apparel, I was girly, happy and appearance, gender, age and, curious, and these traits were importantly, the context in perceived as conflicting with which they appear. intellectualism. Having an For some, perception and affinity for young adult novels judgment are not as influential or “unrefined” television shows into their presentational were deemed incompatible decision making. Some are with high-brow academia. content to present themselves Even things I couldn’t change, as they please, regardless of such as my body or my voice, judgment or perception; yet for defined how others perceived most women, this disregard for me. Clothes worn by other appearance seems improbable girls without comment were and unattainable. viewed as inappropriate on my For women, particularly frame. Year after year I was women of color, non-genderconditioned, like so many other conforming individuals and young women, into believing individuals passing as women, my body was shameful and presentation is incredibly hypersexual, something to be important. Women in malecovered and hidden away. dominated fields often feel My community is perhaps compelled to downplay their outdated in its views, but that femininity to be successful. Men is by no means uncommon. The are able to feel more comfortable University of Michigan is a far in fields such as medicine more accepting community, or computer science, where and I am no longer so negatively appearance is viewed as unrelated perceived on the basis of to the technical work being done. being feminine or optimistic. The field of business comes with However, our perceptions are its own dress codes and policies, no clearer or less vindictive some requiring women to wear than the perceptions of my high heels and makeup.
These struggles are only exacerbated when another identity, such as race, ability or sexual orientation, is considered. This topic was discussed in an early episode of the show “Insecure,” created by Issa Rae. On the show, Molly, a young, successful, Black lawyer is introduced to a new summer associate at her firm. The associate, also a young Black woman, is depicted as confident and loud, and Molly is asked by a senior associate to tell the young woman to tone it down. Not only must these women grapple with being women in a male-dominated field, but they also must navigate their field as racial minorities, taking care to avoid racial stereotypes. The perceptions of their coworkers almost entirely dictate their choices in appearance and portrayal. I am lucky to be able to express myself as I please without major consequences, though I dread the near future when professionalism will trump (or restrict) my creative expression. Others are not so lucky. As liberal and openminded as our University claims to be, perceptions tainted by prejudice are still incredibly pervasive. The age-old idiom of “don’t judge a book by its cover” remains applicable, and our motivations to maintain a particular appearance are still inf luenced by a fear of judgment. Not all judgments on the basis of appearance are unethical or unreasonable. Consider your perceptions of others and instead of reprimanding yourself when you judge another person on the basis of their appearance, ask yourself, “Why do I associate ‘x’ appearance with ‘y’ personality trait? Is what I’m doing helpful?”
Megan Burns can be reached at megburns@umich.edu.
EMILY KAUFMAN | LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Represent trans people well
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y name is Emily Kaufman. I am transgender, and this aspect of my identity is intrinsic to my sense of self. But I am more than that: I am a human, a woman, a friend, a leader, a writer and a poet. In three separate instances, The Michigan Daily has either misrepresented or erased my identity. I want to start, however, with an example of accurate and honest reporting that I expect of the Daily. On Jan. 17, an article was written about being trans on campus that included a few quotes I provided during an interview. Other transgender people were included and interviewed, offering an array of opinions on the issue. LSA junior Grant Strobl, the infamous chairman of Young Americans for Freedom was mentioned, but not interviewed. This is important to note because in a later article I was interviewed for, published on Feb. 23, Strobl was interviewed. This article was not about free speech, something championed by Strobl’s group. No, this was about transgender people in bathrooms, and seeing that Strobl is neither transgender nor a policy maker, I hardly see why his opinion is relevant. Should he wish to voice his opinion, he has that right, but for the Daily to purposefully seek out Strobl for an interview is not only offensive to me, but it adds to the narrative that transgender people need cisgender people to affirm their right to exist, when I and all transgender people do not need — nor do we want — that affirmation. I am here, I am trans and including narratives from people who do not respect my identity is disappointing and harmful. An article published on Feb. 13 in regards to free speech also included a small portion from an interview I participated in. This article was many paragraphs long and
contained only five lines from my interview, but included an in-depth interview with LSA junior Andrew Krieger, a member of the aforementioned Young Americans for Freedom, who invited the now-notorious Milo Yiannopoulos to speak in February 2016. I went to this event to try to be a voice against Yiannopoulos and to do my part to show that there were many people at the University of Michigan who didn’t want him there. After hearing Yiannopoulos rant and rave about how rape culture is a myth, that third wave feminism is a travesty and that women were the true “privileged ones,” I waited in line, behind lots of men, to ask my question. I interrupted and asked him if he thought rape culture was a myth, how could he explain the Ke$ha situation. (For those who don’t remember, at the time, she was battling her former producer who raped and abused her, in court). Yiannopoulos went on to dismiss my claim and called me “sir.” He is one of the most vile people to roam this earth, and the Daily needs to be accountable when interviewing people who support his “right” to vilify and condemn people like me. The final straw for me was when I performed in this year’s production of The Vagina Monologues. I wrote my own piece entitled “My Vagina,” in which I explained the process through which I got my gender reassignment surgery this past October. After the show, a Daily report sent me a Facebook message asking for my take on The Vagina Monologues. Instead of including a single word of my response, the author instead cited an audience member who said, “I really loved the transgender woman’s speech, and in general all of the ones that they wrote themselves were absolutely mind blowing — but hers in particular was really amazing.”
I am glad the student watching enjoyed my piece and she felt that it gave transgender women a voice, because indeed it did. I am upset because after asking for my take on the show, the author ignored me and instead cited another person’s view of me, and all I became was “the transgender woman.” There was, in fact, another girl like me in the show, and it is upsetting that people assumed I was the only girl assigned male at birth who performed. Because how could there be any other transgender women on campus? I am constantly tokenized as the only trans woman in almost every space I occupy, and many of my trans sisters are not interviewed by the Daily five times a semester. I have the awesome burden of representing my community to the University community, and I cannot hope to share the vast array of voices trans-feminine people possess, but I feel that people look to me to see what transgender women are, when I am only one person. I want the takeaway from my criticism to be this: Do not marginalize trans identities in articles published in the Daily. I would be happy to do future interviews, but I ask that I am covered by someone with experience on social justice issues so I can read some of their prior work to ensure I am accurately represented. Additionally, I would like confirmation that, if I am being interviewed for something so relevant to me, I am not a side note, but take up a fair portion of the article. As a frequent contributor to the Daily, I do not want trans voices to be marginalized — not again. We will never go back and I want everyone at the Daily to help me fight for trans liberation, instead of contributing to our seemingly perpetual existence in the shadows. Emily Kaufman is an LSA junior.
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TV REVIEW
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FILM REVIEW
Jenna Elfman in ABC’s new “Imaginary Mary”
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‘Imaginary Mary’ falls flat and fails to deliver ‘Raw’ is a delicious blend New ABC comedy doesn’t intrigue or captivate in its quest to tell the story of a commitment-issue-riddled, single woman of coming-of-age horror
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French horror flick, “Raw”
JACK BRANDON For the Daily
ABC’s new sitcom “Imaginary Mary” is mindless, and not in a good way. Struggling to find comedy in the conflicted life of a nevermarried, wealthy marketing executive, “Imaginary Mary” tells the story of Alice, (Jenna Elfman, “Dharma & Greg”) a woman caught off-guard by a handsome salesman, Ben (Stephen Schneider, “Broad City”), who is divorced and has three children. Alice’s childhood and adolescence were spent in turmoil following her own parents’ divorce. As a result, a figment of Alice’s imagination, Mary (voiced by Rachel Dratch, “SNL”), appears to guide her. The framework of the comedy is glaringly obvious: Watch this successful woman try and fail to face her childhood trauma, conveniently delivered in the form of a hot man with kids! There is nothing subtle and in turn, the show fails to capture the audience by surprise — which is a cornerstone of humor. After Ben and Alice’s first meeting, time flashes forward to the two of them in bed being interrupted by Ben’s kids. Jenna flees, unable to face them so suddenly, igniting the tension between the couple and within Alice that causes the eponymous character, Mary,
to appear. Mary’s main job is By the time Alice and Ben to reveal Alice’s character and arrange a formal meeting with provide some asides, which are the kids, Alice is a woman snappy and sharp. However, for afraid of marriage and Ben is a a character whose existence is hunky divorcee who is ready to inherently strange and maybe set the plot in motion. There are funny, she fails to contribute no other major descriptors or anything truly significant traits that complicate the story. except bad advice. She appears Despite large structural only to Alice and the viewer, flaws, there are some charming but the show moments. Ben struggles to is delivering a “Imaginary take advantage presentation to of potential for Alice when they Mary” comedy here, first meet, but Series Premiere too. In ensemble his computer scenes, Mary freezes on his ABC gets swallowed dating profile. Wednesdays 8:30 up by the real, His webname is PM living characters’ DivorcedRadDad actions. and his profile “Imaginary picture depicts Mary” is clear in demonstrating him wearing crocs and socks. that its comedy supposedly lies Sick moves, dude! Later, when in Alice’s foibles and Mary’s Alice opens up to the idea of commentary. It’s no secret that meeting the kids, Ben starts Alice falling for someone — a getting an erection, and divorcee, no less — is ironic. explains that “emotional stuff Alice’s maneuvers to avoid the gets me excited.” sudden reality that she may While some of its missteps be both a mother figure and may be due to the amount a wife take shape in Mary, of exposition necessary to who gives awful advice to a establish the framework middle-aged woman. There’s for the sitcom, “Imaginary humor in this incongruity, Mary” fails at making a strong too. However, the show’s form first impression. Alice, the does not complement any of protagonist, is a flat character the ironies present. For a 30 who is hard to root for. She minute sitcom, the program is characterized only by her packs in plenty of background childhood trauma, which is and exposition through jumps explored briefly. The issues in time and montages, but the may be fleshed out with more consolidation of time stifle the episodes, but the show still fails completeness of the characters to hit any comedic high notes. and core conflict of the series. Don’t wait up for this one.
French horror film is a gorey delight as it explores the life of a woman suppressing, and eventually giving into, cannibalism DOMINIC POLSINELLI Daily Arts Writer
The coming-of-age story is nothing new to cinema — but the coming-of-age horror f lick is definitely quite the curveball, especially in the context of an aggressive pledging process for veterinary school that is nearly congruent to tales of fraternity hazing. It’s the absurdity of juxtaposing awakened cannibalism with hell week at vet school that makes French film “Raw” excel as smart horror. The film centers on quiet, unassuming vegetarian Justine (Garance Marillier, “Junior”) beginning vet school, following family tradition by joining her bold sister Alexia (Ella Rumpf, “Tiger Girl”) at the school their parents attended. It’s an innocent enough premise — until one taste of raw meat during a ritual, however, awakens a hunger in Justine that sparks her gradual transition from shy to carnal. The film functions best in its awareness of its own ridiculousness. Watching our heroine tear into a human finger like a chicken wing was so gruesome it produced uncomfortable laughter from the audience. But it’s also quick to remind us that cannibalism is a very real, horrifying fact of humanity that occurs in conjunction with psychopathy
— that is to say it isn’t all that downright odd, mostly unrealistic. While the film involving sexuality. Justine isn’t nearly as gruesome as is paired with a gay male the internet hyped it to be, it roommate (shocker, I know), certainly had hearts racing with whom she shares a very as the audience anxiously strange sexual tension. Its wondered what (or who) culmination and aftermath Justine would sink her teeth was incredibly bizarre, albeit into next. emotionally charged. The Marillier’s performance pairing of awakened sexuality gives a tantalizing dive into and uncontrollable addiction addiction, one as incredulous provided some terrifyingly to herself as it is to the taut scenes, but its premise was audience. Transitioning from ultimately unbelievable. perpetually uncomfortable Yet, the most poignant at college ragers facet of the film to predatory is this framing drunk girl gliding of learning by “Raw” through the sexual shame Focus World dancef loor, her with untamable transformation addiction. The Michigan is visceral and Justine struggles Theater palpable. The to find a balance cinematography between by Ruben Impens expressing (“Belgica”) her sexuality. perfectly adds to Social pressures, the tension of her progress, especially those from her expertly capturing insatiable sister, force her to explore her hunger by the end of the film. growing sexuality — all while The film isn’t without constantly battling a craving atmospheric fault — struggling she refuses to acknowledge. to really zone in on a specific With her first fullenergy. Oftentimes the film length effort, director and felt impressively real, and then screenwriter Julia Ducournau would just as quickly change (“Junior”) has crafted a to the surrealistic horror fantastically tense entry in reminiscent of Dario Argento’s modern horror. “Raw” is a “Suspiria.” The entire film film that feels fresh in a world is a great work of horror, but plagued with stale horror, the changing levels of realism thanks to its talented cast and added more confusion than cleverly thematic premise — psychological tension. proving to be a worthy watch There were also additional for horror fans craving an plot nuances that were original take on the genre.
ALBUM REVIEW
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Dylan’s ‘Triplicate’ brings classic American sound
Dylan, in first album since Nobel Prize, covers the classics LAURA DZUBAY Daily Arts Writer
I’ll put it simply: Everybody knows about Bob Dylan. When he won the Nobel Prize in Literature last fall (which he
only picked up this past week), everyone had something to say about it, from the folks who have been with him since the sixties to young people who have only just discovered his music, from dedicated fans who love everything about him to
more disgruntled cynics who claim not to like his voice. Triplicate is the first album he’s released since then. It’s an expansive collection made up of covers of classic American songs, and it marks his thirtyeighth studio album to date.
Although this is Dylan’s first three-disc album, he’s done cover-comprised albums before — namely, his last two studio albums, Fallen Angels and Shadows in the Night. As with any album of this type, it makes sense to raise the concern: OK, these songs have all been done before. What new is being brought to the table? This is arguably especially true in the case of Dylan, who has received praise decade after decade for his ability to write groundbreaking and beautiful original lyrics and melodies. If the songs on this album were all written by other people, what is it about the album, other than the composition, that stands out? But to ask this question might be to ignore something very integral to Dylan’s musicianship, and that is his basic love for what he does. Fallen Angels and Shadows in the Night weren’t his first forays into the realm of classic covers; in fact, he got his start in this style as early as the sixties. His very first album, Bob Dylan, had only two original songs on it. What caught the attention of listeners back then, and what continues to stand out today in Triplicate, is his ability to harness a piece emotionally and to recreate it using his own
original feeling. Just because the songs were written before doesn’t mean that they can’t be composed anew. “The Best is Yet to Come,” for instance, is originally a Frank Sinatra song, written by Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh. The original version has a classic, undeniable Sinatra feel to it: It’s full of the joy of swing, the class of Hollywood. Dylan’s version is more, well, Dylan: The
Triplicate Bob Dylan Columbia panache is all there, but the edge is a little softer, the locale a little closer to home than Hollywood. It’s not a matter of it being better or worse than Sinatra’s version; it’s a matter of Dylan using his own musical inclinations to breathe a new and different kind of life into a piece that he already loved and admired. This comes through also in “When the World was Young,” a classic song by Philippe-Gérard, Angèle Vannier and Johnny Mercer, with a theme of nostalgia that Dylan captures perfectly. It is also worth noting that Dylan has always been attached, in certain ways, to ideas of
legend. Many of the songs that have made him famous have been ballads introducing or reviving old stories, folkloric narratives and inventive reworkings of traditional sequences. It is easy to see, then, where Dylan would fit in, adding his own personal interpretations to the legacies of timeless songs like Hoagy Carmichael’s “Stardust.” It is also beneficial to have these new versions, because even though these are old songs, hearing Dylan’s versions of them may help us to understand them in a new way. Triplicate is overall thoughtfully put together, and worth a listen for anybody interested in hearing Dylan’s take on these songs. Even after so many years of prolific success, he isn’t slowing down, and it says something about his dedication to his craft (albeit something we all probably already knew by now) that he is still putting this level of attention and personality into his work. To be a skillful artist is to have enough compassion for the world to be able to replicate it completely, to say something about it that is truly meaningful in the form of a piece of art, and Dylan does this instinctively in all of his work, both covers and originals alike.
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COMMUNITY CULTURE PREVIEW
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NOiR S/S ’17 to showcase fashion for a worthy cause Organization devotes event to a minority student’s tuition TESS GARCIA
Senior Arts Editor
University of Michigan organization NOiR Runway Fashion will be presenting their 18th annual runway show, NOiR S/S 2017 this Saturday. The show will feature clothing designed by University of Michigan students, styled by celebrity stylist Dutch Davis, who has worked with the likes of Nicki Minaj and Miley Cyrus. “The production is really that of a professional runway show,” said NOiR President Alexis Wilson, an LSA senior. “I can promise it’s like nothing this campus has seen. NOiR has made it an effort to be innovate and grow in everything we have done throughout the year, so expect the show to be the best yet.” NOiR prides itself not only on its fashion, but on its community involvement. The organization
regularly participates in we decided to be more intentional community service initiatives, with our service. We wanted to especially those involving make sure we had a local and minority students. national impact. Proceeds from this Focusing our year’s event will go service efforts toward the Hip Hop in the Southeast Sisters Network, a Michigan Crisler Center nonprofit founded community and by rapper MC monetary April 8th @ 7 P.M. our Lyte devoted efforts on to empowering a national General young men and scholarship did Admission $17, women to pursue exactly that.” Floor Seating $20 education and Doors open to professionalism in the public at 6:30 the entertainment PM, while VIPs industry. NOiR’s will be admitted donations will at 6:00. Though be specifically VIP tickets are allocated to fund one semester of sold out, general admission a minority male’s college tuition. (which includes elevated seating) “We have worked really hard is $17 per person, and preferred on establishing ourselves as not admission (which includes floor only a fashion organization, but seating) is $20 per person. For a service organization,” said more information about NOiR or Alexa Abbott, NOiR Philanthropy to purchase tickets to NOiR S/S Director a Ross senior. “This year 2017, visit noirrunway.org.
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‘Ursa Minor’ yet another lowfi win for Nana Grizol The indie band makes a successful return after seven years SEAN LANG
Daily Arts Writer
Nana Grizol, after seven years of silence — in terms of official releases — has returned with its distinctly unrefined brand of lo-fi indie folk rock with an album that combines the best aspects of its first two efforts. The explosive energy of Love It Love It meets the more measured, pared back quality of Ruth on Ursa Minor, delivering a surplus of the both self- and externally-aware commentary that we’ve come to expect from the band. Both smart and casual, a central aspect of Nana Grizol’s identify remains the voice of frontman Theo Hilton, which never seems rushed, even over the frantic horns that punctuate the album. Upon listening to Nana Grizol, your first thought may be “Wait, is this Neutral Milk Hotel?” You would be forgiven for wondering. Nana Grizol hails from Athens, Georgia, the base of the storied Elephant Six Recording Company (Neutral Milk Hotel, The Olivia Tremor Control, of Montreal). Although they are signed to Orange Twin — a label owned by members of Nana Grizol and Elf Power — the band has taken significant cues from the Elephant Six since their inception, and Neutral Milk Hotel band-members Laura Carter and Robbie Cucchiaro are regular contributors. Nana Grizol heavily echoes NMH in terms of brass, but, while NMH focuses on the otherworldly and immaculately strange, Nana Grizol is rooted in the moment and, more importantly, in reality, actively deconstructing
the special meaning that we, as tracks on the album fall between humans, give to the meaningless. these instrumental interludes. “Today we explored the halls First, on “Explained Away,” of heroes past / All we found Hilton reflects on an idea akin to inside were autographs / And the saying that “history is written so I picked up one or two / But by the winners,” half-talking, I still can’t tell what they do / I half-singing: “I thought of who it think I will return them in the is whose story gets remembered morning,” closes the opening in the end / And through how track of Ursa Minor, “Nightlights many careful tellings does one I.” It would be easy to write off practice their defense / Some Nana Grizol’s lyrical content as nuances the narrator selectively far too similar to the pseudo- omits / A once collective memory intellectual musings of a John is destined to forget.” On the Green character, but Hilton’s immediately following “TV intent is pure, not tainted by Song,” largely about ‘fake news!!’ commercialism; he simply and highly partisan reporting, tells it how he he leverages an sees it, offering attack directly Ursa Minor his stream-ofat the current Nana Grizol consciousness administration: reflections and “War machines and Orange Twin realizations to power dreams and Records anyone who will racist, homophobic listen. The result schemes / can’t is self-indulgent orient themselves at times, but ultimately so to give the people what they completely human in nature that need.” it’s hard to blame him. Across its 34 minutes, the Regardless, the musical album oscillates between these content of the album should sorts of macro issues and personal be enough to keep any curious hardship. Disillusionment with listener coming back for more. not just government but human Like Ruth’s instrumental, “Alice society in general characterizes and Gertrude,” Ursa Minor “Mississippi Swells,” which features two short instrumentals laments the grand disorganization — “Ursa Minor I” and “Ursa and indistinguishable nature of Minor II” — pleasing-but- large cities, while “Bright Cloud” hollow-sounding piano ballads finds our narrator grappling overscored by a longing oboe with a recent breakup, “Trying melody. Though only just over to find thoughts to explain / The two minutes in combined length, significance of the newfound these tracks are important in solitude.” Characterized by a balancing the band’s otherwise general sense of melancholic word-heavy approach. Rather nostalgia, Ursa Minor is proof than rely on choruses to bolster that even over time, Nana the lengths of their songs, Nana Grizol remains overwhelmingly Grizol, more often than not, goes consistent in their delivery, the without them. Every song is a sort of quietly humble underdog densely packed, linear narrative. that so obviously deserves more Two of the most substantive attention than it has ever gotten.
STYLE NOTEBOOK
An Ode to the Rollerball TESS TOBIN
Daily Arts Writer
Want to know an un-fun fact? Perfumes spoil in six to 18 months. And that’s if they’re stored properly, and I’m going to guess that they’re not. Because who in the world stores their perfume in a cool, dry place with no sunlight, i.e. a closet? So in all likelihood your scents will wither away sooner. I have an embarrassing confession: I have purchased ungodly amounts of perfume under the pretense of a truly absurd fantasy. In my little reverie, a male colleague will find himself casually in close proximity to the nape of my neck — maybe it was purposeful, but it probably was not. While there, he will take note of my subtle but sweet scent, a mental double take will occur and suddenly he will find me both alluring and mysterious. Yes, I know, it’s ridiculous, but it still fueled many purchases. Yet faced with the reality of my rapidly depreciating perfume, it was suddenly much harder to justify the purchase of a $100 perfume, of which I will only use about 15 percent.
That being said, perfume holds a certain romanticism that extends past the desire to smell good after skipping a shower, and I was not quite ready to let go. Thankfully there was a solution, right underneath my nose: the rollerball. Perfumes are really
I have purchased ungodly amounts of perfume under the pretense of a truly absurd fantasy
expensive, rollerballs not so much. Forking over $75-100 for a bottle smaller than your hand is not the most fun. And, as previously established, the bulk of that money will go to waste, which makes the purchase all
the more painful. Rollerballs are much more moderately priced (roughly $15-35) and you can smell exactly the same without having to rationalize spending a ton. What’s more, rollerballs are incredibly convenient. Just throw ’em in your bag, your pencil case, or even your pocket. Their teeny travel-sized state means you can have them with you at all times. This is majorly convenient because you don’t have to overdose on your scent. Perhaps I am just incompetent, but I have yet to master the right amount to spray on in the morning. In an attempt to survive the whole day smelling pleasantly, I cloak myself in a true cloud of perfume. I leave the house with near eye-watering levels of scent. My apologies to anyone who has gagged in the presence my borderline-toxic level of fragrance. Oof, I cringe at the memory. Thankfully, this is an issue you can completely sidestep with the good ’ole rollerball. With a rollerball, just apply a moderate amount and touch up throughout the day. You’ll be riding a scent nirvana the whole day. Buy a rollerball, thank me later.
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Michigan falters against Maryland ‘M’ finishes second ROWING
MIKE PERSAK
Daily Sports Editor
The Michigan women’s lacrosse team has been searching for a signature win since the program’s conception four years ago. Saturday, the Wolverines had another opportunity to earn their first win over a ranked opponent against No. 1 Maryland. Michigan would have to wait a little longer, though. The Terrapins (2-0 Big Ten, 11-0 overall) jumped on the Wolverines early, scoring the first three goals of the game in under just eight minutes. Michigan coach Jennifer Ulehla called a timeout to regroup her team, and though the Wolverines answered with two goals in the next two minutes, they couldn’t keep up with Maryland, eventually losing, 20-7. “Defensively, I just had to get in the message,” Ulehla said. “The message was we were just too scattered, and we needed to focus
more on playing man-to-man — really bodying up, forcing them wide as we could and working with our goalie. We had too much switching going on, too much help happening when we didn’t really need to, and then we weren’t shifting back. “… We actually came back, and I believe we scored two goals. I really felt like that could be a big growing point for us, but obviously in order to win a game you need a lot more of that.” Michigan was outplayed in nearly every facet of the game, losing the shots total, 34-18, the turnover battle, 18-9, and committing 22 penalties to the Terrapins’ six. The one category in which the Wolverines got the edge was in draw controls. Though Maryland is No. 12 nationally in draw controls per game, Michigan dominated that category Saturday, 18-11. “We keep improving as a team,” said senior midfielder Kim
Coughlan on winning the draw control battle. “(Senior midfielder) Anna Schueler has been doing awesome on finding the ball off the draws. I think today she beat her record and got 10 draws today.” Throughout the season, the Wolverines have rotated their goaltenders somewhat regularly. Sophomore Mira Shane and redshirt freshman Alli Kothari have played in 11 games each, and have similar statistics to show for it. Saturday, Shane got the nod in net and struggled, saving just eight of the 28 shots she faced on net. But despite her performance, Ulehla feels that Shane gives Michigan the best chance to win. “Right now Mira is the more solid goalkeeper,” Ulehla said. “She’s just more consistent. We take a lot of shots in practice, and she’s the one really coming up with most of the saves. For the most part, with the amount of shots she saw (Saturday), she
made some great saves. We could always use a few more, but I think defensively if we had stood a little bit stronger, she would have had a better opportunity.” The Wolverines will return home Tuesday to take on Niagara before getting another opportunity to beat a ranked opponent, as they travel to face No. 20 Johns Hopkins next Saturday. If Michigan is to get its first win against a ranked team, there are many areas in which it has to improve. But Ulehla believes the Wolverines can learn something from their loss to Maryland. “Even when you watch Maryland on film, when you get them in person, they’re just incredibly explosive,” Ulehla said. “… Maryland has this push, a presence about themselves that we just haven’t grown into yet. We still have a young program. But all week, all year long, playing in the Big Ten and against Maryland, it’s like, ‘What do you have to lose?’
at Pac-12 Challenge ANDREW VAZQUEZ For the Daily
In one of its first big tests of the season, the Michigan women’s rowing team showed that it will once again be competitive with other top programs across the country. In the Pac12 Challenge this past weekend, the third-ranked Wolverines rowed alongside No. 1 California, No. 2 Ohio State, No. 4 Washington, No. 7 Virginia and No. 10 Stanford. Overall, Michigan placed second behind the Golden Bears in Redwood City, Calif. “All six are perennial contenders,” said Michigan coach Mark Rothstein. “It was good to see that speed this early in the season.” The Wolverines fared well on Saturday, as the 1v8 and 2v8 boats defeated the Cardinal. The 1v4 boat, on the other hand, lost its race against Stanford by 1.2 seconds. Saturday afternoon was a different story, as it saw Michigan lose all three of its races against Washington, the closest of which was the 1v8 boat’s 2.62-second loss. “We need to continue to build our aerobic pace and fitness,” Rothstein said.
“Holding the strokes better, especially when things aren’t going well will be important as we move forward.” However, the Wolverines’ 2v8 boat had a big Sunday morning, notching an upset over California. They defeated the Golden Bears’ 2v8 boat with a time of 6:22.81, while California finished the race with a time of 6:26.62. “They are a very talented boat,” Rothstein said of his 2v8 boat. “They raced their best race so far.” While neither of the other two boats were able to defeat the Golden Bears’ boats, Rothstein was very excited about what he saw on the water this weekend. “We showed good speed this weekend,” Rothstein said. “But we didn’t do that well this morning. There is still speed to be gained, and things to work on.” Michigan had a good weekend in California, and will next turn its sights to the Big Ten Dual Meet in East Lansing next weekend. “Every meet is a chance to progress,” Rothstein said. “All competitions are an opportunity to improve.” The season is just underway for the Wolverines, but based on the show they put on this weekend, they could be on their way to a good one.
“It was good to see that speed this early in the season.”
“We need to continue to build our aerobic pace.”
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Michigan coach Jennifer Ulehla and her team couldn’t stifle the top-ranked Terrapins’ offense, conceding 20 goals Saturday afternoon in College Park.
Wolverines finish eighth in Greensboro Michigan wins in MEN’S TENNIS
enemy territory JAKE KARALEXIS For the Daily
The No. 18 Michigan men’s tennis team finished the weekend with two road victories in conference play, routing Indiana and Purdue. Coming off a tough loss in their most recent match — a 4-1 home defeat to No. 3 Ohio State — the Wolverines (4-1 Big Ten, 14-4 overall) rebounded in dominant fashion as they blanked the Hoosiers (1-3 Big Ten, 10-8 overall) 7-0 on Friday in Bloomington before beating the Boilermakers 6-1 on Sunday. “It was a good win for us on the road, Purdue’s a good team,” said Michigan coach Adam Steinberg. “They’re much improved from past years. To win 7-0 and 6-1 on the road like we did this weekend is a big improvement from us.” The Wolverines were spearheaded against Purdue (2-3 Big Ten, 13-10 overall) by their No. 1 and No. 2 singles players, senior Jathan Malik and junior Alex Knight, who each won tight matches in three sets. Malik fought back after losing the first set, 6-1, by taking the second set, 7-5, and winning the deciding tiebreaker, 10-4, over the Boilermakers’ Gergely Madarasz. Knight also came from behind against Ricky Medinilla after losing the first set, 6-3, by winning the second set, 7-5, and then outlasting Medinilla in a close 10-8 tiebreak to hand Michigan a key early advantage. Sophomore Myles Schalet followed this performance up with a victory at No. 3 singles, ousting Benjamin Ugarte, 6-3, 6-1. Also contributing were
junior Carter Lin with a win at No. 5 singles over Renan Hanayama, 6-0, 6-2, and junior Davis Crocker with a win at No. 6 singles over Athell Bennett, 6-2, 6-4. These victories offset the loss by junior Runhao Hua at No. 4 singles to Purdue’s Stephan Koenigsfest, 6-3, 6-4. All six of Michigan’s singles players were also victorious in their matches against Indiana on Friday. The Wolverines notched wins in two out of three doubles matches against Purdue, with Malik and freshman Connor Johnston holding off Madarasz and Medinilla, 6-3, in the No. 1 doubles match. Michigan also won, 6-3, in the No. 3 doubles matchup between Schalet and senior Kevin Wong against Purdue’s Bennett and Koenigsfest. That capped off an undefeated week for Michigan doubles, which stands as one of the key areas of improvement for the team this season. “We’re playing more aggressive in doubles and getting more belief in singles,” Steinberg said. “We have such a deep team that we can withstand some injuries and other things. It gives us an air of confidence.” The Wolverines will return home this weekend with three matches against Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Aquinas on a high note after taking care of business on the road. “Our goals are always the same, our goal is to win a National Championship here at Michigan so that’s what we’re working towards,” said Steinberg. “Each match is another step towards that. The guys have a lot to be proud of, they’ve come a long way.”
“The guys have a lot to be proud of, they’ve come a long way.”
MATTHEW KENNEDY Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan women’s golf team played its closest meet geographically all season – 480 miles from Ann Arbor. After traveling to South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, Florida and California for tournaments earlier in the season, the Wolverines made the relatively short trip to the Bryan National Collegiate in Greensboro, N.C. To Michigan’s benefit, many of the players on the team had played the course before – the Wolverines finished 11th in the same tournament last season. Still, Michigan coach Jan Dowling said that past experience with a course can only be so helpful. “It’s nice to have some familiarity with the course, to know some of the lies and the layout of the holes,” Dowling said. “But every tournament is different, so we have to come
prepared to play.” Play at the Bryan Park Golf Course was scheduled to begin on Friday, but the round was postponed due to inclement weather. Earlier in the day, the tournament organizers decided to push the day’s round back, creating a 36-hole Saturday. Michigan was finally able to tee off Saturday morning, shooting a score of 296 – good for seventhbest in the tournament. Leading the Wolverines was senior Grace Choi, who shot a 72 for the round. Junior Megan Kim and freshman Alisa Snyder followed Choi with each shooting a 74. After round one, there was no time to relax back in the clubhouse, as Michigan went back out for its second round of
the day. The Wolverines shot a team total of 299, putting them at ninth out of 18 teams heading into the final day. Choi once again led Michigan with a 71 and Snyder was again not too far behind, recording a 74 of her own. The Wolverines’ last day turned out to be their best, as the team shot a combined 290. For the third straight day, Choi led the team with a third-round mark of 70. “We had the fifth-lowest score of all of the teams on Sunday, in a field which included multiple top-20 teams,” Dowling said. Sunday’s total put the Wolverines at a weekend total of 885 – 21 over par – and leapfrogged them to eighth place over No. 12 Wake Forest.
“It’s nice to have familiarity with the course.”
The score was 34 strokes higher than first-place Alabama’s, but just 20 strokes behind runnerup Georgia’s – a difference of slightly more than one stroke per golfer per round. Choi entered Sunday tied for ninth place overall, and her performance in the final round cemented her position. She finished with a three under par total of 213 – just three strokes behind first-place Kristen Gillman of Alabama. Michigan has a week off before playing closer to Ann Arbor than ever before again, in the seemingly neighborly city of Columbus. But despite having to travel across the country every weekend, Dowling insists the golfers do not mind. “In order to play golf we need warm weather, and the South has that,” Dowling said. “The girls like going on all of the trips, but as we keep going farther into spring we start to have more tournaments in the North.”
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Senior Grace Choi finished three under par on the weekend to place ninth overall, while the Wolverines finished eighth in the Bryan National Collegiate.
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Four takeaways from Michigan’s 12-game win streak BENJAMIN KATZ Daily Sports Writer
Over the past three weeks, the No. 20 Michigan softball team (6-0 Big Ten, 26-7-1 overall) has mounted an impressive 12-game win streak — 11 of which have come at home. With the majority of the season’s home schedule complete, the Daily looks at four main takeaways from the Wolverines’ recent success, as the pieces are slowly coming together to make them a formidable threat against Big Ten competition. Pitching dominance continues Michigan’s rotation of righthanders Megan Betsa and Tera Blanco has ironed out earlyseason kinks to display pure dominance, pitching seven straight shutouts, including three last weekend against Northwestern. Together, the hurlers have offset the Wolverines’ difficulty in generating runs. Betsa continues to prove she is one of the best pitchers in collegiate softball, leading the country with 221 strikeouts alongside 48 consecutive scoreless innings. Displaying a newfound confidence after self-doubt and uncertainty with mechanics in years past, she has limited opponents to an anemic .139 batting average while posting a stellar 1.23 earned-run average. The senior’s three complete-game shutouts this past week — adding to her own seven straight shutouts — earned her the third consecutive Big Ten Pitcher of the Week award. Blanco has shown similar effectiveness on the mound. Recruited as a pitcher but converted to first baseman her freshman and sophomore years, the junior has stepped into the second spot in the rotation. Boasting a 13-2 record and 1.87 ERA, she has looked more poised than ever during the recent homestand. Blanco has gone the distance in 11 of 15 games, allowing Betsa to fully rest on scheduled days off. “She has to carry the other half of the load because Megan is not
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Junior right-hander Tera Blanco has pitched a complete game in 11 of her 15 starts, boasts a 1.87 earned-run average and has notched 13 wins for Michigan.
going to be effective if we pitch her all the innings of the season,” said Michigan coach Carol Hutchins. “Tera has done her part and embraced pitching. She wants to win and wants to be good. She’s improved in every category and most importantly in attitude.” Tasked with mentoring Blanco at the season’s outset and developing her pitching arsenal, Betsa and Blanco continue to learn from one other, the mentorship now a “two-way street.” “We’re just working really well together,” Betsa said. “And Tera’s come a long way. She’s worked really hard, and her confidence has risen along with mine. That’s something you have to have to dominate in the circle, and so that’s something we both try to get better at every single day, and we work well together.” Canfield, Vargas add offensive spark
Sophomore second baseman Faith Canfield and junior designated player Amanda Vargas have risen to the occasion in big ways to help a struggling offense. Canfield has consistently hit the cover off the ball, batting .356 with 37 hits, 34 runs and 65 total bases. Not usually known for her power, the sophomore presents a matured approach at the plate, making hard and solid contact almost every at-bat. “Faith has been just working hard and improving,” Hutchins said after a 17-0 rout over Penn State on Mar. 26. “I think she plays with a great energy, which I think helps you play better. … She has great rhythm and is swinging well. So, she is making it look kind of easy. I’d like to think that that inspires the group — that ‘You can do it, if I can do it.’” Despite starting just 15 games, Vargas continues to make the most
of her opportunities, sporting the team’s third-highest batting average of .364 and a .591 slugging percentage. When senior center fielder Kelly Christner dropped to seventh in the order, Vargas assumed the third slot and has held onto it ever since. Though not playing in the field, Vargas believes her role as designated player has its perks. “It gives you a little bit more time to think about your at-bat, and what I did wrong or what I did right, and really focus on just hitting,” Vargas said. “… I’m always going to be ready whenever Coach needs me or whenever the team needs me and I’m open for any position … I’m always excited to help the team in whatever we need.” Senior impact improving After a first month in which she earned Big Ten Player of the Week honors, Christner’s dominance at the plate tapered off. Though her
average still hovered around .450, the senior experienced a major setback during a 10-game stretch, batting just .208 with two runs batted in and no extra-base hits. As Christner headlines the seniors’ offensive muscle, her lack of production was noticeable, which led to a move to the lineup’s seven hole. But after this weekend against Northwestern, Christner’s production may be back, this time coupled with the success of senior shortstop Abby Ramirez at the plate. Thanks partly to a new batting stance, Christner has hit .636 in the last four games with six RBI and two extra-base hits, including a game-winning home run last Tuesday against Central Michigan. On top of that, she notched a 2-for-2, four RBI performance on Friday against Northwestern. Ramirez returned to her consistent self too, going
4-for-7 with four RBI and three runs over the weekend. Hutchins believes upperclassmen turning the corner is vital to the Wolverines’ lateseason fate. “To have the kind of success that they are aspiring to, you really need the seniors,” Hutchins said. “I count on Kelly Christner, I count on Abby, I count on (senior third baseman Lindsay Montemarano) and I count on Betsa. We count on them. If they don’t have good weekends or good seasons, we’re not going to have one, that’s just a fact. Your best players have to contribute regularly … or you’ll be average or less.” Permanent lineup starts to take shape After continuously tweaking the batting order through the first half of the season, it remained fairly consistent against Central Michigan and Northwestern, inferring Hutchins has found the best recipe to maximize offensive output. With Vargas playing extremely well as of late, Hutchins has started her at designated player. But with junior Aidan Falk and her .315 batting average waiting in the wings, Hutchins holds the happy dilemma of who to start at designated player and first base — a position that both Falk and Blanco play — when Betsa is pitching. After moving around offensive and defensive personnel, Hutchins toyed with her outfield, starting Falk in right and shifting sophomore outfielder Natalie Peters to left. This way, Falk can produce at the plate while Vargas and Blanco remain in the order. “I want Vargas in the lineup and I want Aidan in the lineup and I want Tera in the lineup, but I only have one first base position,” Hutchins said. “So this way, I can start Aidan in right, let her have an at-bat or two, then put in the true outfielder. We’re just trying to keep our best offense moving, which is hard to tell some days who’s our best offense.”
‘M’ rolling into midweek matchups Notebook: Duffy leaves for Miami (Ohio), no clarity on Gondrezick BASEBALL
ROBERT HEFTER Daily Sports Writer
The No. 18 Michigan baseball team (4-2 Big Ten, 22-6 overall) is Notre Dame coming off at Michigan three blowouts Matchup: over Penn Michigan 4-2 State this past Big Ten, 22-6 weekend and overall; Notre will look to stay Dame 4-8 hot going into ACC, 10-16 two midweek When: Tuesday games tomorrow and 7 P.M. ET Wednesday against Notre Where: Ray Fisher Stadium Dame and Bowling Green, TV/Radio: respectively. BTN Plus The Wolverines’ offense fired on all cylinders this weekend, amassing 39 runs and 38 hits. Arguably more impressive, though, is that Michigan’s pitching staff limited the Nittany Lions to just nine runs. The Wolverines’ matchups against the Fighting Irish (4-8 ACC, 10-16 overall) and the Falcons (3-3 MAC, 7-17 overall)
will serve as a brief break from conference play before facing Illinois (0-3, 9-16). “The focus is more on how we play,” said Michigan coach Erik Bakich. “And so, we just have a trust factor that the scorecard is going to come out in our favor.” Considering both Notre Dame and Bowling Green have faced off against a common foe in Northern Illinois before, the Wolverines can gauge their competition. The Fighting Irish battled Northern Illinois on March 21 and prevailed, 12-1. The Falcons also played the Huskies this weekend, dropping their first matchup, 11-0, but scraped back to win both games in a double-header the next day. When Michigan played Northern Illinois in a weekend series earlier in the season, it won three of the four games by close margins. However, with the way the Wolverines have been playing recently, any past context may not be relevant. Headlining the Michigan squad offensively is senior shortstop Michael Brdar — hitting .327 with 37 hits and 21 RBI — and junior third baseman
Drew Lugbauer — hitting .296 with eight home runs and 34 RBI. Notre Dame’s highest producing player on offense is Nick Podkul, hitting .299, with no other member of the team hitting over .300. Meanwhile, Bowling Green is led by Greg Basalyga, who currently boasts a .310 batting average with 10 runs and 13 RBI. With the Fighting Irish and the Falcons posting .229 and .218 team batting averages, respectively, their offensive outputs pale in comparison to Michigan’s .290 cumulative batting average. To tilt the scales even further in Michigan’s favor, junior righthander Alec Rennard is expected to take the mound against Notre Dame. Rennard has been a staple for midweek starts as of late, with a 4-1 record and 3.08 earned-run average. The Wolverines will have to take this week one game at a time without looking ahead to their Big Ten matchups against Illinois this weekend. Notre Dame’s starting pitchers boast a 4.42 average ERA, which could be solid enough to give Michigan’s offense a run for its money.
NATHANIEL CLARK Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan women’s basketball team just finished celebrating its victory in the championship game of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament. Beginning next season, the Wolverines will be able to look up at the rafters in Crisler Center and see a banner of their very own. “We got the banner for that senior class,” said Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico. “It’s just incredible. They deserve it. They’ve meant so much to our program.” But even though the offseason just started for Michigan, there has already been a departure from and an addition to the Wolverine family. Megan Duffy Hired at Miami (Ohio): Just two days after winning the WNIT, Barnes Arico is officially looking for a new assistant coach. After three seasons coaching the Wolverines’ guards, Megan Duffy has accepted the head coaching job at Miami (Ohio). The job will be a homecoming of sorts for Duffy, who grew up in Dayton, Ohio, just 40 miles from Miami’s campus. Duffy’s presence will certainly be missed by Michigan, as she was responsible for coaching junior guard Katelynn Flaherty to 2,019 career points, All-Big Ten honors and the Most Valuable Player award in the 2017 WNIT. Duffy is a longtime veteran of Barnes Arico’s staff — dating back to Barnes Arico’s time at St. Johns. Duffy’s first coaching job after her threeyear WNBA career was on Barnes Arico’s Red Storm staff. During Barnes Arico’s time with St. John’s, Duffy served as recruiting coordinator while also working with guards, game planning, scouting and scheduling. Her efforts paid
off, as the Red Storm earned a No. 3 seed in the 2012 NCAA Tournament and advanced to the Sweet 16. The Redhawks hope that Duffy’s magic as an assistant coach will translate to headcoaching prowess. Miami’s record under former head coach Cleve Wright was a dismal 35-87, including an 11-27 showing this season. Michigan gets a new recruit: Back in Nov. 2016, threestar wing Priscilla Smeenge of Carroll High School in Southlake, Texas committed to the University of Florida. Smeenge, the 38th-highest ranked wing in the country according to ESPN, earned a spot in the 2017 McDonald’s All-American Game as one of the nation’s top prep players. But the Gators will not be getting her services. On Monday, she announced her decommitment from Florida and will instead be signing with the
Wolverines. She joins forward Hailey Brown and guard Deja Church in Michigan’s 2017 recruiting class. Still no word on Gondrezick situation: Speaking of recruits, Barnes Arico’s biggest accomplishment on the recruiting trail last year was Benton Harbor, Mich. guard Kysre Gondrezick, who scored 72 points in a high-school playoff game in 2016. She lived up to her billing this season, averaging 14.9 points and 3.6 rebounds and a spot on the Big Ten All-Freshman Team. But prior to the Wolverines’ third-round WNIT game against St. John’s, they announced that Gondrezick was taking an indefinite leave of absence for “personal reasons.” Michigan has remained mum as to why Gondrezick has been absent, and the Wolverines have not released any information on when — or if — she will return.
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Assistant coach Megan Duffy accepted a head coaching job at Miami (Ohio).