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RED BERENSON RETIRES

FOLLOWING 33 YEARS AT MICHIGAN, FAMED HOCKEY COACH ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT ORION SANG

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On April 10, nearly one month after finishing his 33rd season as head coach of the Michigan hockey team, Red Berenson announced he would be retiring. “I’ve thought about this for a long time and I think this is the right time and it’s the right thing to do for the Michigan hockey program,” Berenson said in a press release Monday. “My heart will always be at Michigan and I look forward to the team taking the next step and making me proud as a former coach.” Added athletic director Warde Manuel: “Red Berenson is a legendary figure at the University of Michigan as well as in our ice hockey history. Throughout his career, Red has focused on the academic and athletic success of the young men who have come through our program while shaping the sport as we know it today. He has developed an astounding 73 NHL players but, more importantly, he has positively impacted hundreds of young men. We are forever grateful for his contributions to the University of Michigan and I look forward to continuing working with Red for years to come.” Berenson has pondered retirement in recent years. He said Monday that he had received questions on the recruiting trail about his future and how long he planned on coaching. It bothered him, he admitted, that it was an issue, and it played a part in his conversation about retirement with Warde Manuel last year. The original plan was for Berenson to step down following last season. But Manuel was still settling down into his new job — according to Berenson, he hadn’t even moved to Ann Arbor yet. The new athletic director coaxed Berenson into staying, and so began the last year of his career in Ann Arbor.

And what a career it was: to trace its outline with each of its stops is to follow the history of the sport — and even history itself. To put the longevity of Berenson’s term at Michigan into context, the last time the Wolverines took the ice without him behind the bench was during the Cold War, with Ronald Reagan serving as president of the United States. Many fine players have filed in and out of Ann Arbor over the years, doing their part to fill the trophy cases and bring glory to the program. Yet it is Berenson’s name that has become synonymous with ‘Michigan hockey’ — and rightfully so. Berenson himself was once the star on ice, playing for the Wolverines for three seasons between 1959 and 1962. He enjoyed an illustrious career in the NHL, becoming one of the league’s first expansion stars as it doubled in size during the late 1960s. Once his playing career ended, he became a coach for the St. Louis Blues — the team he had become famous playing for — and won coach of the year in just his second season. In 1984, he returned to his alma mater, where he would remain for the duration of his career. It took longer for Berenson to achieve success in the collegiate ranks. Michigan, once mighty but since humbled, was in dire straits. It had been nearly a decade since the team experienced its last postseason success, and the onus was on Berenson to rebuild the program. It was no easy task. To begin his tenure, he endured three consecutive losing seasons. He took another step forward once the team was full of players he had recruited, leading the team to three straight winning seasons — but with zero NCAA Tournament appearances. The final breakthrough occurred in Berenson’s seventh year. The Wolverines recorded over 30 wins for the first time in school history and finished as an NCAA See BERENSON, Page 3

GOVERNMENT

Janet Yellen talks the Fed’s role and relationship to gov. Chair of U.S. Federal Reserve touches upon new policies born out of ’08 recession

AMELIA CACCHIONE/Daily Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen talks with Susan Collins, Dean of the Ford School, as part of the Ford Policy Talks series at Rackham Auditorium on Monday.

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Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen conversed with economist Susan M. Collins, dean of the Ford School of Public Policy, about her experience as the leader of multiple public policy initiatives to a packed Rackham Auditorium Monday night. University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel introduced Yellen, outlining the importance of the Federal Reserve to the University of Michigan, specifically the Public Policy School, which hosted the event. Regents Kathy White, Andrew Richner and Ron Weiser were also in attendance. “The University of Michigan’s academic strength is further enhanced by the Ford School’s connections to the Federal

Reserve,” Schlissel said. “Many UM students and graduates have interned or worked at the Fed.” Yellen then launched into her discussion, starting with her experience in carrying out the dual mandate Congress places on the reserve: to uphold low and stable inflation rates and to maximize employment. Yellen said the current economy, in comparison to the economy during the 2008 recession, is relatively healthy. “In terms of the goals Congress has assigned us, we’re doing pretty well,” she said. “The economy is growing at a moderate pace, mostly supported by consumer spending. But housing is a little bit healthier than it’s been, investment spending that had been quite weak last year is showing greater strength and the global economy, which was quite weak, now seems to be operating See YELLEN, Page 3

HAIL Scholarship leaves recipients University Discovery made with feeling tokenized by the ‘U’ program comes to ADMINISTRATION

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Other students believe the program is not widely advertised, holds limitations

University researchers identify protein that could be linked to cell death

In LSA freshman Ashley Soto’s hometown of Livonia, the University of Michigan is not always a feasible option for high-school seniors. With an average in-state tuition rate of $28,776 per year, Soto said most lower-income students don’t even consider the University when applying to colleges. “Coming from the west side of the state, Michigan is not a name you hear very often,” Soto said. “It’s mostly Grand Valley and Ferris State University … I think the biggest thing that scares people is the price tag … I actually have friends who I encouraged to apply to become freshmen next year and even teachers told them not to because they didn’t think they would make it.” LSA freshman Daija White did not consider the University as her first choice either when applying to colleges last year. She could have gone across

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University of Michigan researcher Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy, a professor of chemistry and biophysics, made a breakthrough in his research on age-related diseases, and he and his team have received a grant from National Institutes of Health to conduct further studies. The team has discovered a protein that appears to be significantly linked to the cell death that causes memory loss in Alzheimer’s patients. They are working on discovering how this protein and the cell’s membrane interact to cause this cell death. “We are investigating See RESEARCHERS, Page 3

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the border to Canada as a dual citizen, and would have likely paid much less for her degree. However, when she received an advertisement in the mail for the High Achieving Involved Leaders Scholarship, she said her thoughts about the University and her future changed.

“I had already known I was going to apply to the college,” White said. “It definitely wasn’t my first choice but I had known I was going to apply and at least see what the outcome was … (HAIL) was a large part of it.” The HAIL Scholarship is a full-tuition scholarship that

reportedly targets low-income students across Michigan that have the ability to succeed but might not be able to afford the cost of attendance. The scholarship is listed in the 49-page Diversity, Equity and Inclusion plan as a method of improving socioeconomic See HAIL, Page 3

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negotiation with GEO

Contract includes wage increases, protects against hiring discriminations MATT HARMON Daily Staff Reporter

The University of Michigan Graduate Employees’ Organization members and allies established a negotiated contract with the University late Monday afternoon after the GEO held its third sitin of the semester earlier that morning during the first meeting of a graduate DEI labor task force created by Chief Diversity Officer Robert Sellers, vice provost for equity and inclusion. According to GEO President John Ware, a Rackham student, bargaining sessions reconvened Monday morning at 9:30 a.m. and continued until 6:30 p.m. The new tentative contract was then taken to the GEO membership meeting and the members present at the See GEO, Page 3

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ON THE DAILY: UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR WINS PULITZER PRIZE

Heather Ann Thompson, a professor of history in the AfroAmerican and African Studies Department, was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in history for her novel “Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy.” In an email interview, Thompson — who is also in the Residential College Social Theory and Practice Program — wrote she found out about her award during class and looked at her students in disbelief. “I am so deeply grateful for this, it’s hard to put into words,” she wrote. “It is amazing to have one’s work recognized for sure, but, mostly and overwhelmingly, I am grateful because the story of all that the men inside of Attica really endured back in 1971 — prisoners and guards alike — is being honored.” In a University of Michigan press release, President Mark Schlissel said the award shows how dedicated University faculty are to their work. “Dr. Heather Ann Thompson’s

Pulitzer Prize in history is an outstanding example of our faculty’s talent and commitment to academic rigor being recognized at the highest levels,” he said. “I am proud to congratulate her on this amazing achievement.” Thompson’s book highlights the Sept. 9, 1971 incident, in which nearly 1,300 prisoners took over the prison and held guards and employees hostage to bargain for better living conditions. The takeover lasted four days and ended when New York state troopers shot and killed 39 prisoners and hostages and injured hundreds of others. After the demonstration, the state of New York tried only the prisoners and did not provide any legal or financial support to the families of victims or survivors. In her novel, Thompson recounts the demonstration and the aftermath and places the event in the context of the civil rights movements in the United States. “Drawing from more than a decade of extensive research,

historian Heather Ann Thompson sheds new light on every aspect of the uprising and its legacy, giving voice to all those who took part in this forty-five-year fight for justice: prisoners, former hostages, families of the victims, lawyers and judges, and state officials and members of law enforcement,” Thompson’s publisher wrote. A New York Times review

by Mark Oppenheimer wrote Thompson made the entire event thought-provoking by focusing on the inmate conditions and smaller details of the uprising that many would never consider.

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Members also pass resolution stating Senate Assembly’s support of student health sector organizations … they’re disproportionately working with folks who are marginalized and our students disproportionately are not.” Callan said other areas of concern included cultivating and maintaining relationships between faculty members and community leaders and facilitating these connections between the University and community organizations. “We’re not trying to be the only door; we want to be a clear door in and out of the University,” Callan said. Additionally, Callan noted many community and faculty members felt the center prioritized student needs over the center’s needs in the past, which she explained they hope to avoid in the future through renewed efforts. In conjunction with this feedback, the Ginsberg Center has recently hired Neeraja Aravamudan as the assistant director for engaged learning with a primary focus on balancing community engagement. Aravamudan was also in attendance at the meeting and explained how they strive to commit to all three components of the Ginsberg Center participation: students, faculty and community partners. “One of the other things we’re doing and we’ve been doing is that in every place that we are, we mention all of them,” Aravamudan said. “One of the things that’s really been happening among our staff is having conversations across those people that are facing the different stakeholders. Our communication, no matter which one of us goes out, is that it’s a shared voice … We recognize that each stakeholder has different interests but that we need to be aware that they’re all at play.”

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BERENSON From Page 1 quarterfinalist, marking the beginning of a 22-year NCAA Tournament streak that remains the longest streak any team has ever put together in college hockey. During that streak, Michigan made the Frozen Four 11 times, finishing as the runner-up once while collecting two national championships. Berenson has left an enduring legacy not only with his achievements on the ice but off of it, as well. A graduate of the university’s Ross School of Business, Berenson has stressed the importance of education to all of his teams, priding himself on molding boys into men. Some of his players have even returned to the University after the end of their playing careers to take graduate classes — like Berenson once did. In recent years, he has sought to raise money and awareness for the cause of Scott Matzka, a former Wolverine who is currently fighting ALS. Michigan will be in uncharted territory next year. This past year, the Wolverines struggled through

YELLEN From Page 1 in a more robust and healthier way.” The economy’s relative health has shifted the Fed’s current focus to sustaining economic strength, and Yellen said she hopes to gradually raise interest rates to a more neutral rate. While the economy seems to be growing now, that was not the case during the Great Recession of 2008. In December of that year, Yellen effectively lowered the overnight interest rates to zero as a possible solution. When that wasn’t enough to revitalize the economy, longer-term interest rates had to be lowered as well. Shockingly to Yellen and her colleagues, those rates remained for seven years — an unprecedented amount of time. “We gave to monetary policy all that we had. We did everything we possible could to support the economy,” she said. The shock of the Great Recession spurred many changes within the Fed, according to Yellen. Its focus has expanded to banks outside the formal banking sector, and yearly stress tests are performed to analyze how the system would respond to severe economic stress. Yellen said these tests have been highly successful. “We would examine where these institutions would be, what their capital would be if there were a highly adverse shock to hit the financial system,” Yellen said. “We want to be ahead of the curve and not behind it.” However, this supervision has been criticized as overstepping the bounds of the federal government in the economy. Now all banks, including shadow banks, are a part of the banking system and are subject to supervision by the Fed. Yellen said this extension is an accomplishment, as it forces banks to hold more capital and more liquidity as opposed to being reliant on short-term

RESEARCHERS From Page 1 how this membrane plays a role in protein aggregation, that would lead to different types of aggregated species,” Ramamoorthy said. “Before they go into needle-like structures, you see that plaque. Needle-like structures are not toxic, but the intermediate structures are the most toxic species. So my research has been investigating this intermediate species. We would like to know their highresolution structure, at what times they can form, how they execute cell membrane toxicity, so that we can develop compounds to incubate this

their worst season in three decades, missing the NCAA Tournament for the third time in four years. They will bring back the bulk of the team barring any unexpected early departures to the NHL, and may even have a new head coach with ties to the program — such as Michigan Tech’s Mel Pearson, a longtime assistant, or current assistants Billy Powers and Brian Wiseman. Berenson, in his new role as a special advisor to Manuel, will surely have a say in who his successor is, as well. “I hope there’s some Michigan awareness or Michigan connection for a coach that will feel the right way about what a Michigan man should be like or what a Michigan team should be like,” Berenson said. “We’ve got some of those coaches here today, and we’ve got some great alumni here today. I’m sure Warde will make the right decision. It might be an easy decision, it might not be. We’re going to get a lot of people interested.” But regardless of any ties the new coach might have to the program, things will undoubtedly feel different. It is the end of an era and oh, what an era it was.

funding, thus helping them control risk. “Our supervision has changed in its character and is much better and focused on risks in the financial system as a whole and not on each individual institution — or the trees in the forest, as opposed to the forest,” she explained. Yellen acknowledged the system of supervision isn’t perfect and noted much of the criticism comes from community banks that feel overburdened by the Fed’s regulations. Yellen says the Fed tries to tailor its

The fact that you could create that many jobs in the context of growth that is so low points to a significant problem

approaches to shield community banks and some midsize banks from the regulations that are appropriate for highly systemic banks alone. “I think we ought to tailor supervision so that it is appropriate to the risk of a particular organization,” Yellen said. “The most systemic institutions really deserve and require the highest degree of rigor and supervision and regulation.” In addition to the successes of the Fed, Yellen highlighted some of her economic concerns. She noted the economy has only grown by about 2 percent overall since the recession and productivity growth has been slow, in part because of

kind of toxicity. And they may become potential drugs to treat disease, or they would aid in the design of compounds to treat these diseases.” Ramamoorthy also discovered these proteins can punch holes in the membrane, which is the second mechanism they have found to cause this cell death and memory loss. “It is like a tornado,” Ramamoorthy described. “When a tornado comes, the buildings get destroyed, and when the protein aggregates like a tornado, it just rips out the whole cell membrane.” While the research team is focused particularly on Alzheimer’s due to the grant they received, they have also

GEO From Page 1 meeting voted to ratify the contract. He said the contract will be sent to all union members electronically and he expects it will be ratified by the organization. This negotiation has been in the works for months as GEO members have held grade-ins and sit-ins to vocalize their concerns with the contract-bargaining process they have been engaged in with the University since November. Many of the proposals GEO representatives believed were not met by the University include the creation of paid staff positions for those working on diversity programs as part of University President Mark Schlissel’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion plan launched last October, protections for international students and expanded health care benefits. Last month, an op-ed was published in the Daily calling for the University to pay Graduate Student Staff Assistants and Graduate Student Instructors for their work in implementing DEI initiatives. However, new paid GSSA DEI positions were included in the new contract. Additional highlights of the new contract include a 3.35 percent wage increase this coming September for GSIs and GSSAs, another 3.35

diminished technical innovation. To help solve this, Yellen recommended reallocation of labor from less productive to more productive firms. “The fact that you could create that many jobs in the context of growth that is so low points to a significant problem,” she said. Additionally, Yellen said certain bills, including the Audit the Fed bill, would end the Fed’s independence in making monetary policy decisions. Another bill seeks to simplify Fed’s decision to use a mathematical rule in setting interest rates. Deviance from this rule would require the Government Accountability Office to step in. Despite the message these bills are sending, Yellen said she sees independence as integral to the ethics of the Fed. “The U.S. is well served by having a nonpartisan group shielded from short-term political pressures making these important decisions,” she argued. Laurien Gilbert, a joint PhD student in public policy and economics, asked for clarification in regards to inflation. “Students are often told that inflation is everywhere, a monetary phenomenon,” Gilbert said, hoping to see more of a detailed explanation often not given to students. Yellen responded that, though the concept of inflation — too much demand for too small a supply — is simple, consumers often believe inflation negatively directs their buying habits. In response to a question asked by Public Policy graduate student Matt Hillard, she said though the caution involved with articulating thoughts on policy is sometimes hindering, her career has been fulfilling. She advised students to explore their passions and urged them not to define themselves by the power of their jobs. “The core of having a satisfying career first and foremost was finding something to do that I really love and am really interested in,” she said.

discovered proteins that could tell more about Type 2 diabetes, AIDS and bone diseases. Mi Hee Lim, an associate professor of chemistry at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology in Korea, wrote in an email stating she thought the diversity of backgrounds in this team had a big effect on making this discovery. “This research field absolutely needs multidisciplinary approaches in order to identify such a big question,” Lim wrote. “Working with this team has been very fruitful to verify challenging questions in Alzheimer’s disease.” Magdalena Ivanova,

percent increase next September, a third 3.3 percent increase the following September, protections against hiring discriminations for international graduate students and other new benefits. Ware said, though the wage increases were a large win for GEO, there is still a wage gap between GSIs and GSSAs between the University’s Ann Arbor and Dearborn campuses and the Flint campus. He said GEO will help to close this gap until the University intervenes. “The total costs to close that wage gap is about $2,500 a year, so until the time that the University steps up with that $2,500 a year themselves, we, the GSIs, through our union, through our dues, we’re gonna pay ourselves to close it, just out of solidarity with our colleagues in Flint,” Ware said. University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said the University was content with the way the negotiation went. “I think that this worked exactly how the collective bargaining process should work,” he said. “The parties give and take and work through it and we’re pleased that there’s a tentative agreement well ahead of the expiration of the current contract.” In response to an agreement between GEO and the University being reached, the walkout that was proposed Thursday and authorized

HAIL From Page 1 diversity at the University, and has been lauded multiple times by University President Mark Schlissel. The scholarship is valued at about $60,000. According to a University press release, 262 HAIL recipients enrolled at the University in 2015. Some of those students, however, say they remain estranged from the larger campus community. White said when she told one of her classmates in high school about how she was awarded the scholarship, he said it was only because she was Black and of lower socioeconomic status. Even though White knew this wasn’t entirely true, she could not find any solace while at the University to prove her former classmate wrong. “In the effort to become more diversified, they’ve … alienated people at the same time,” White said. Students from higher socioeconomic levels are currently disproportionately represented in the University’s undergraduate student body. As originally reported by the Equality of Opportunity Project, the median family income of a student at the University is $154,000 and 1 in 10 students are from the top 1 percent of the income distribution — the University ranked last in social mobility among elite public colleges. In response to criticism about the University’s lack of socioeconomic diversity, Kedra Ishop, vice provost for enrollment management, said the HAIL Scholarship is one way to help low-income students choose the University. “We started this pilot scholarship to recruit … a group of low-income students from Michigan with … a pretty detailed communication packet that goes to the student, that goes to the student’s inf luencers — meaning the

an assistant professor of neurology and biophysics and a member of Ramamoorthy’s research team, said while she is more of a biochemist, her expertise complements that of Ramamoorthy. Ivanova has no personal connection to Alzheimer’s, but she believes Alzheimer’s and other diseases caused by aging should be things of public concern by all. “Most aging people are developing Alzheimer’s disease, more or less,” Ivanova said. “So the longer you live, your chances increase significantly. So with the increased lifespan, everybody starts to worry about these things.” Ramamoorthy does not have a personal connection

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Sunday night has now been called off. “There will be no pickets,” Ware said. “GSIs and GSSAs will be at work on Wednesday as usual, doing what we’re here to do and what we love to do — teaching our students and making the University the best that we can.” Fitzgerald also said the University is glad the walkout was called off. “We think that’s good news,” Fitzgerald said. “It’s good for our students. As (students) know, it’s the last week of classes and it’s important to keep all the class schedule intact and I hope that will be the case now that there is a tentative agreement.” Earlier, at Monday’s sit-in, a number of GEO members had been vocalizing their concerns that GEO’s GSSA and GSI proposal should be considered by the task force as a way to push DEI initiatives and see even larger outcomes. GEO Staff Organizer Denise Bailey, a Rackham student, said the task force should seriously consider GEO’s requests. “We think that we have a really good idea about how to make (DEI) work sustainable within the University’s structure,” she said. “We would like for the task force to really consider that particular idea, which is to make sure that the positions are adequately paid … but also given benefits and the other

sort of protections that come with unionization.” Information graduate student Vidhya Aravind, GEO DEI Committee member and organizer of the sit-in, also said earlier that not being able to do the work she wants to with regard to diversity leads to a lack of sustainable growth in inclusion. She also said the DEI work GSIs and GSSAs could be doing is usually done by faculty members who have extra time and the ability to work without pay. “With the amount of work there is, (with) the qualification and expertise that marginalized grad students have in making campus better for marginalized students, it’s super important that they get involved in all the work that they can possibly be doing and there’s kind of a lot of it,” Aravind said. Ware said, despite gains made in Monday’s contract, more work can and will be done by GEO in the coming months to create more DEI GSSA positions on campus. “In this campaign, we got our collective foot in the door on a lot of issues and we’re not done and we’re not going away,” he said. “We’re going to keep fighting for more DEI GSSAs … We absolutely need more and we’re going to keep fighting and I know that everybody who cares about this issue and who cares about the position and the work of marginalized students on this campus is going to keep fighting.”

parents get an information packet, the high school principal and counselor get an information packet,” Ishop said. “(We’re) helping the student know that, ‘if you are admitted to Michigan, if you apply to Michigan and get admitted to Michigan, your tuition is covered.’ ” White and Soto both said the information packet did not explain why they qualified for the scholarship and left them in the dark about the program. Soto said she still is not aware what the requirements of HAIL

best friend from K-school and preschool, we all got accepted and we were in the top 10 percent of our (high school) class and we were really excited to get here, but once we were here, we realized that people that come from our communities aren’t very represented and it kind of felt like (the University) was trying to meet a quota in a way.” Ishop said the University attempts to connect students with resources on campus, but improving diversity is a trial and error process for everyone. “We all have a responsibility to make sure that we help our students become part of the UM experience,” Ishop said. “It’s a challenging endeavor for us and we don’t always get it right the first time but I think we’ve put a great deal of effort … into identifying students, identifying their needs, to make sure they’re supported by the University.” The scholarship is still a pilot program in its second year. According to the DEI plan, the program will be re-evaluated after three years of data have been collected, and changes will be made accordingly. White agreed the scholarship should be more of an integration-based program. As of right now, she admitted, HAIL attracts students to the University, but does not make them feel comfortable in their new academic environment. “(HAIL) can be improved 110 percent,” White said. “I just think it was a good idea on paper but as far as application, it kind of fell short in the end. As far as what they’re trying to do, I think it would be better to have more of a program and more integration into the University. If they really, truly wanted these people to come here, you’d think they would make them feel more accepted and more welcome.” This article is the third part of “Hurdles,” an ongoing series of articles on institutional barriers faced by all members of the campus community.

I just think it was a good idea on paper but ... it fell short in the end

are; all she knows is it’s helping her pay for school. White said there was no information about the scholarship online. “When I first got the (packet) in the mail at the end of junior year … I honestly thought it was spam because I tried to look it up on the Internet and I could not find anything about it and it was very vague, the language,” she said. “They didn’t say why I was selected and even now, talking to some of the other scholarship recipients, I can’t really see one set commonality between all of us.” Soto and White also both said the scholarship tends to tokenize students from lowerincome backgrounds. Soto said she sometimes feels as though she was only admitted to the University through the HAIL scholarship to fill a diversity quota. “(Tokenization) is actually something me and my friends talk about pretty often,” Soto said. “My boyfriend and my

to Alzheimer’s either, but his father did suffer from Type 2 diabetes, which served as a personal motivation for him. “I’m very interested in brain-related diseases,” Ramamoorthy said. “We are living in an electronic world, but nature has chosen the brain to control everything. And the brain is so complicated, so contributing towards understanding of these molecule events that disrupt the brain is exciting.” Ramamoorthy was excited about these new developments, but acknowledged there is still a great deal of work to be done in understanding the brain. “I wish a day would come where we could clean up our

brain the same way you clean up your body,” Ramamoorthy said. “We could go where the proteins are aggregated and put the brain back.” Ramamoorthy laughed, and said hope is “like a sciencefiction.” Ivanova shared a similar sentiment, saying there is still a long way to go in terms of creating a drug to combat Alzheimer’s. “Drugs are not so simple,” Ivanova said. “I think this is a big step forward to finding a cure, or knowing what to target and what to modify, so in that respect I’m optimistic that this could lead to a drug, or at least finding a good target to develop a drug.”

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What my GSIs did for me

n light of the ongoing hours with a graduate student contract negotiations and progressed from a D the between the University previous semester to a B in of Michigan and my first term of members of the second-year Graduate Employees’ theory and an A Organization, I felt in my final term. moved to write a This graduate piece that details student helped my experience with me effectively Graduate Student reach the point Instructors and the where I not only tremendous impact understood the they have had on material, but I was ZACHARY my educational able to teach myself COX experience here. to understand As a dual-degree it on my own, student in both LSA and the helping me gain educational School of Music, Theatre & independence. I believe Dance, I have had wonderfully that part of the educational supportive relationships with experience at a university is the vast majority of GSIs I learning how to learn, and in have had in my courses, and this context, it was because it is mostly because of the of the tremendous dedication support they provided through of a Graduate Student an extraordinarily high level of Instructor that I was allowed instruction that I find myself where I am today. The work GSIs do more than warrants certain benefits such as an annual 6 percent increase in salary to cover the high cost of living in Ann Arbor and instituting a hard 20-hour work-week cap. The inability of the University to properly compensate its graduate student employees will make it difficult for them to perform at a high level. This consequently detracts from the educational experience of both myself and all other undergraduate students at the University the opportunity to do so. due to the significant number After succeeding in theory of classes that have GSI and finding an interest in instruction and the help the field of communications provided to undergraduate studies, I took it upon myself students by GSIs in their to complete the prerequisite pursuit of an education. coursework for declaring One of the most prominent a major in the Department and helpful experiences I’ve of Communications. The had with graduate student instruction I received from the instruction was last year, in GSI in the introductory courses my second-year written theory was paramount to my success course. This required course and ability to pursue this major. built on the concepts taught At each stage in a difficult termthe year before, which I did not long research project for one put much effort into learning of the prerequisite courses, during my first go-around as a my GSI met with me multiple freshman. I arrived in my first- times and reviewed my work. semester, second-year class His feedback, both related and determined to make up for lost unrelated to my project, was time. After struggling through essential to my educational my first few assignments, I interests, career goals and quickly realized that I needed personal development. Without extra assistance. this GSI’s assistance, I would not My professor referred me have the same understanding to a few graduate students of the narrative power of who would be able to tutor advertising that I do today. me and help me catch up on Moreover, the services that concepts. I worked countless my GSIs have provided me

The service that my GSIs provided me transcended merely helping me understand the coursework.

transcended merely helping me understand the coursework at hand. They not only helped me to know the purpose behind the concepts I was trying to understand, but also the context in which they appeared in the real world and what I could do to take what I learn to affect change in the world as a student and professional. My communications GSI, serving as both an instructor and mentor, gave me valuable insight into the broader field of communication studies, what my professional opportunities were with a communications degree and helped me understand the relevance of what I was doing in regards to my future coursework as a communications student. It was the experience that I had with this GSI — and other GSIs ever since — that, more so than professors, brought my learning full circle, as he was able to connect the metaphorical dots for me in a way that I could not have done on my own at the time in a oneon-one, personalized setting. The invaluable help and guidance that I received from my GSIs is not unique to me. Without GSI contributions, my education and the education of many other students would be undoubtedly lessened. GSIs routinely make themselves available to help students like myself with coursework through holding weekly office hours that supplement those of professors, which makes the attainment of an education at the University more accessible. These office hours served me with the valuable link between material mentioned in lecture and the important concepts that I retain for use on exams and future academic and professional endeavors. The impact of the work GSIs do is significant to undergraduate student’s educational experiences, and because of this, the University should collaborate with instead of combat the bargaining efforts of the GEO. Without GSI instruction, both my own educational experience and that of other undergraduate students would not be the same. Zachary Cox can be reached at coxz@umich.edu.

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’m sure many of us have Rome wasn’t built in a day heard “social media is and neither was my Instagram bad” and “it’s ruining profile. I arranged plates at millennials’ lives” restaurants to take enough. I won’t add the perfect shot of insult to injury, but the foods I ate. I as someone who quit made people stop to social media almost take “celeb” shots two years ago, I can of me as if I were safely say I have felt a fashion model. I winds of change, became obsessed and I am better off with things that because of it. were aesthetically I was a social pleasing, colorful and GINA media “enthusiast.” spatially organized. CHOE When I was in 7th Having perfect grade, some of us didn’t profiles at the touch have cell phones yet. So, when of my fingers made Instagram AOL Instant Messager became a comparing machine. Do popular, almost everyone had I have more “likes” than an account. I spent my entire other people? Is my profile summer glued to the computer better-looking than theirs? screen. The sense of privacy and direct messaging was precious throughout my angsty teen years. About this time, people were moving away from MySpace to Facebook. While MySpace allowed us to customize our home pages, Facebook had new features such as photo albums, status posting and “like” buttons. These new features were highly attractive; I was constantly told to be “photogenic” and “funny,” and I found myself craving more Do I consistently have more of these accolades. I posted followers than them? Though statuses that would draw in taking pictures and editing in attention and edited selfies moderation can be a fun and to invite more compliments. a creative process, Instagram I knew I spent a lot of time was something else — it was on Facebook, but my excuse a competition. Small actions, was the classic fat talk: “If like what restaurant to go to, everyone else is doing it, why and important life decisions, can’t I?” like which friends to keep Shortly after Facebook around, were all inf luenced by grew popular, Instagram was how I wanted to portray myself launched, and it was better to others on social media. than Facebook in many ways. I became sick of it. I Instagram specifically targeted couldn’t enjoy being in the the younger generation, and moment because I lived it was a photo-based social life through the lens. The network, so aesthetics became time, energ y and attention relevant. People posted I put into Instagram was so pictures of food, outfits, damaging that I wanted to traveling and perfectly-edited quit social media entirely. shots of themselves that fit the The transition to quitting theme of their page. One would social media did not happen cut another’s throat to have a in a day. It began with telling more “artsy” Instagram page. myself to go on it every few

Time, energy and attention that I put into Instagram was so damaging.

hours and then every few days. It began with deleting apps off my phone and re-downloading them several times over the months. There were urges I couldn’t resist. There were fears I would miss out on opportunities. There was anxiety without my social media presence. There were thoughts that deleting social media would mean losing my voice. But it was quite the opposite — I regained my voice and my life. Looking down at my phone in elevators turned into chats with strangers. Taking pictures before eating turned into a time to express gratitude for a wonderful meal. Scrolling through Instagram before class turned into reading the news. Taking pictures of the Law Library turned into efficient study time. Bingeing on social media after a long day turned into playtime with my dog. And with all the extra time that I gained from quitting social media, I learned to cook, work on small art projects and become more involved in my own life. My case of social media dependency is actually not that special. I personally know people who are far worse than I was, and I see similar cases of dependency everywhere — people just can’t stay off social media. I hope that my transition to a happier and healthier lifestyle can be a small reminder to focus on important things in your life and make experiences your very own. Pictures I take from trips, refined focus toward school, time I spend with friends and family and all the conversations I have with people are now my own memory, excitement and wisdom. They all became things that I want to share with others, off line.

Gina Choe can be reached at ginachoe@umich.edu.

IBRAHIM IJAZ | COLUMN

Getting As and Zs

love a good snooze. more fascinating is the wide Entering my beloved array of slumber patterns that dream world constitutes coexist on campus. One of my my most consistent friends, for example, day-to-day goal. goes to bed at 10 But it can be p.m. every night challenging finding and wakes up at 6 a good enough a.m., without fail, chunk of time to each morning. He get some shut-eye then eats breakfast, when burdened exercises for a bit with essays, exams, and finishes up emails, essays any remaining and more essays. schoolwork. One Yet, no matter IBRAHIM of my roommates, how hard I try to on the other hand, IJAZ secure the doctorlives each day as an recommended eight hours independent entity, separate of sleep, my energ y levels from the other days in the somehow manage to only week. I remember finding him allow me six, on average. And one early morning wide awake no matter how content I am after getting up at 2:30 a.m., with my zzz’s, people still going to the local mosque for tell me I need eight hours the Islamic dawn-time prayer to succeed. Empirically, and going on a run by the they’re right. Studies show Huron River. Needless to say, time and again that adults he crashed at around 9 a.m. In need between seven and nine his own words, “as long as you hours of sleep. But it’s also make up your sleep at some important for students to point, you’re good.” individualize their sleeping Being around different habits, as this can greatly sleeping styles makes me impact overall well-being. question why I’m such a night For example, when I get too owl. I think it’s because I value much sleep, I’m often much nighttime differently than the more tired throughout the day daytime. In the daytime, I and find myself in need of a can see how much of the day nap. Too little sleep, and I’m is left depending on the angle struggling to stay alert. Six of the sun and the lengths of hours seems to be perfect for the shadows. This creates an me, which is to say students hourglass effect for me. No struggling with sleep-related matter what time of day it is, stress should learn how their I feel like there’s still much bodies react to over- or under- more to do before that eversleeping. Apps like the Sleep oncoming sunset. The day is Cycle alarm clock are perfect always f leeting, and unless for storing and organizing I can “carpe diem,” I’m left data like sleep quality and worrying about what’s still on hours slept. This kind of the to-do list. tool can help students better But nighttime is different. understand their sleep-related It’s more quiet, more stable, needs and better acquaint more blissfully abundant themselves with their own in opportunities. In the biological clocks. night, my mind shifts into Honestly, it’s tough having a productivity mode. Creativity non-traditional sleep schedule. f lows through my fingers When society decides to wake and ink f lows as I make up at 8 a.m. and go to sleep calligraphy. Words connect in after 10 p.m., it can be difficult coveted eloquence as I write operating on a different papers I had procrastinated. circadian rhythm. What’s even There are fewer people active

on social media, fewer mass emails being sent and fewer interruptions to my focus. The only downside? It’s so hard to find an open restaurant in the middle of the night to work at. Nighttime is also filled with fewer requirements and greater discretion on how I can use my time. I have a nightly routine that really helps maximize my happiness. Happiness is an odd variable, because it can’t be quickly quantified, like hours spent working or sleeping. Based on my experiences, however, going to sleep happier, even if that means fewer minutes of sleep, keeps my stress levels low. Each night, I finish my homework, watch some Netflix with my roomies and make my best efforts to pray the night “salah,” one of the five Islamic daily prayers. Praying, for me, is a form of meditation. It’s integral to ensuring I go to sleep clearheaded and focused on what I find important. With exams right around the corner, it’s the perfect time to maximize healthiness and happiness through individualized sleeping styles. In my case, there are some nights when an extra 30 minutes of sleep seems to outweigh praying “salah.” However, those extra 30 minutes don’t offer me the same meditative and relaxing utility I get from praying. In this instance, I’m breaking free from the cookie-cutter approach to sleep in order to get a better night’s rest by praying, even if it means sleeping for a bit less. I encourage students to critically think about the days they feel more rested or happier and how their style and duration of sleep inf luences this so everyone can make individualized, informed decisions when it’s time to hit the hay. Ibrahim Ijaz can be reached at iijaz@umich.edu.

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at USC, was also classmates at Yale with Hearne, Shaw and Cloud. This sort of exchange of ideas and inspirations is the type of symbiosis to which Cloud referred when she spoke of this program being about relationships between the musicians. “I came up in conservatory in the early 2000s, right, I graduated in 2004, and at that time the people we were supposed to be studying as, like, making the best contemporary classical music, those composers who were older, a lot of the people who were entrenched in school in our education, they were not that inspiring to me,” Hearne said. “There’s a lot of composer colleagues of mine who I think probably feel the same way, but for me, I really came to be inspired by some of the other composers I met along the way who were my age, who were in my generation, who were influenced by a lot of things around them besides the

venerated canon of classical music … so I think that, for me, the people that I’m most inspired by are my peers.” Another piece of Hearne’s will be featured on the program, “Coloring Book,”

Performance is an act of social communion. which was written for Roomful of Teeth and aims to explore themes of identity. “‘Coloring Book’ is an appropriation of the words of African-American writers. It’s five movements, and I think we’re doing two movements that are texts taken from Zora Neale Hurston and one movement with texts by Claudia Rankine,” Hearne said. “Both incredible writers,

but talking about identity and specifically AfricanAmerican identity, so the idea of appropriation plays into that a lot as well, because of course I am not able to speak about any sort of AfricanAmerican experience, but rather the conceit of the piece, the idea, is sort of an identity shift, examining the nature of identity itself by stepping into the words of someone who is different, and [asking] ‘what can that mean?’ ” Performance is an act of social communion. It’s about the way we interact with one another, how we convey and receive our experiences. Wednesday’s program will stand as an example of the sort of ecstatic music making that can spring from the close friendships that form between musicians. Combining two of the most interesting composers and two of the most captivating ensembles active today, the evening promises to capture its listeners.

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Shaw, Hearne and Cloud talk with us about their upcoming show DAYTON HARE Senior Arts Editor

At its heart, public music making is about the way in which we exist in the same time and place as other people. It’s about how we communicate with and relate to one another. The playing of music is a conversation of sorts, an interaction undertaken between the musicians and the listeners, each member of the dialogue giving something and taking something away. It’s not a coincidence, then, that some of the most interesting and engaging music composed both throughout history and in the present comes from a wellspring of mutually supportive and inspiring relationships between musicians. On Wednesday night, concert goers at Rackham Auditorium will have the chance to witness the fruits of some of these relationships in a joint concert by the contemporary music ensembles A Far Cry and Roomful of Teeth. “It’s a funny thing, often in popular culture classical musicians are portrayed as being very competitive and cutthroat with each other,” said violinist Miki-Sophia Cloud. “Which of course is true in some circles and true to some extent, but what’s really beautiful about this program is that every single one of the pieces on the program comes from a really respectful and inspiring and beautiful relationship between musicians that were either contemporaries or had a very close relationship.” Cloud is a violinist with the Boston-based contemporary music chamber orchestra A Far Cry, which was founded in 2007 and has since rocketed towards the forefront of the new music scene. Nominated for a Grammy in 2015 for the their first album, Dreams and Prayers (a recording of Osvaldo Golijov’s piece of a similar name), the ensemble has been active in both performing works by living composers and commissioning new compositions. On Wednesday the chamber orchestra — along with the acclaimed, Grammywinning contemporary music vocal octet Roomful of Teeth — will be presenting a diverse program which spans centuries and features three compositions commissioned by either one or both of the ensembles performing. “As we’ve been living with this program, we’ve realized that it has a very special thematic tie, which is that all of the pieces on the program are really about the relationships that musicians have with each other,” Cloud said. In addition to works by Prokofiev and the Renaissance composer Josquin

des Prez, the concert features compositions by two living composers, Caroline Shaw and Ted Hearne, both of whom are friends with members of the ensembles. “When I was in grad school, at Yale School of Music, I was in a quartet with Caroline Shaw, actually, we both played violin in a quartet together at school, and we were great friends, and near the end of her time in school she started composing,” Cloud explained. “My first time hearing her music was at her Master’s recital, and I was so taken by what she wrote, I really specifically remember having this really involuntary emotional reaction to the piece she wrote, and just weeping in the concert hall, in the balcony, and thinking ‘oh my God.’ Not only is she talented in so many other ways, but she’s a really special voice as a composer as well.” It wasn’t until several years later that this friendship blossomed into the composition

A Far Cry with Roomful of Teeth Wednesday April 12, 7:30 p.m. Rackham Auditorium $24 - $46: Students $12 - $20 “Music in Common Time,” which was written for A Far Cry and Roomful of Teeth and will be the final piece on Wednesday night’s concert. “When I moved back to New York, we got together for coffee one day,” Cloud recollected. “And [Shaw] was telling me about this group Roomful of Teeth she was singing with, and how they just recorded their first album, and she wrote them a piece and she felt pretty excited about it, and I was like ‘Oh my gosh, you should write a piece for A Far Cry.’” They decided that Shaw should write a piece for both A Far Cry and Roomful of Teeth, of which Shaw is a member. “We were all really excited about it, and then a few months later, maybe like the following Spring — that was in the Fall — in the Spring, you know, she won the Pulitzer Prize,” Cloud said. “And we were kind of laughing that we were lucky we got a place on the list before she got famous. So she wrote this beautiful work for our two groups.” “This one — Music in Common Time — is a really important one to me,” Shaw wrote in an email interview. “I dove deep into the sound of strings and voices, into the world of A Far Cry (many of them are friends of mine, from my violin life) and Teeth. I’m

not really ready to talk about this piece yet. Maybe in a few years.” In 2013, at the age of 30, Shaw became the youngest person ever to win the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for Music, for her composition “Partita for 8 Voices,” which appeared on Roomful of Teeth’s debut album. “Music in Common Time” was commissioned prior to the receipt of the prize, but after the composition of “Partita.” “My friends Alex and Miki asked me to write this piece! Way back in 2013, before all the Pulitzer crazytimes,” Shaw wrote. “It was my first real commission, and it was a dream idea, and I am so grateful for them for thinking of this beautiful program.” Shaw has an active compositional life, collaborating on pieces with the likes of Dawn Upshaw, So Percussion, Renee Fleming and Jonathan Biss in the classical world, and such well-known and iconic figures as Richard Reed Parry and Kanye West outside of the classical genre. On top of this, however, she maintains a presence as a performer, and will be appearing in her role as a member of Roomful of Teeth on Wednesday night. In this respect, the other featured contemporary composer on the program is similar. “This will actually be a very special performance because Ted Hearne, the composer, will actually be singing tenor in Roomful of Teeth, which is a first,” Cloud said. “He was a classmate of both Caroline and mine at Yale, and we’ll be playing two of his pieces.” Hearne, who is a member of a group of composers known as the Sleeping Giant Collective and an assistant professor of composition at USC, was commissioned by A Far Cry to write his piece “Law of Mosaics” a few years ago, excerpts of which will be performed on Wednesday’s concert. “‘Law of Mosaics’ is a piece that is sort of based on this idea of appropriation, you know, of the classical music canon and music in general,” Hearne said. “So the conceit behind that piece is that it’s made up of pre-existing music, there is actually no quote-unquote original music that was written for it, it’s kind of a patchwork of pre-existing pieces arranged in a new way.” One of the movements of “Law of Mosaics” featured on Wednesday’s concert is “Palindrome for Andrew Norman,” which appropriates music from Andrew Norman’s “Companion Guide to Rome,” a string trio which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2012. Norman, who like Hearne is a member of the Sleeping Giant Collective and teaches

Michelle Branch’s recent album was released April 7th

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I want to love ‘Hopeless Romantic,’ but I just can’t Fourteen years later, Branch makes mediocre return to music DOMINIC POLSINELLI Daily Arts Writer

The early 2000s were an incredible period for alternative music — especially those in the singer-songwriter vein. From Vanessa Carlton to Avril Lavigne, pop anthems were produced at an alarming rate. But the true pioneer of this movement was Michelle Branch, responsible for insanely catchy, cathartic tracks like “Everywhere,” “All You Wanted” and “Breathe.” Fourteen years after her initial success, Branch is back. Delayed by issues with previous record label Warner Bros., Branch recorded her newest effort Hopeless Romantic with Black Keys drummer and current boyfriend Patrick Carney. The result is vastly different from the sound that marked the early 2000s, but it’s nonetheless a mostly solid, varied addition to modern pop. The album opens with a rocky start on “Best You Ever,” a bass heavy track about selfefficacy in love. It’s a bit cliché to begin a record titled Hopeless Romantic with such a track, but it’s far from indicative of the rest of the material. The instrumentals are a great example of Branch’s expanding sound but do little to resurrect the song beyond its basic content. The album quickly reaches

what can be expected from Branch was a continuation of the modern pop standards, but catharsis from her previous two rarely exceeds it. “You’re records — they were drenched Good” is easily comparable to in emotion. While Hopeless a Carly Rae Jepsen track, while Romantic features some good single “Fault Line” is the most pop tunes, it’s heavy pop uniquely Branch’s. “Just when focus masks the characteristic I was thinking that I couldn’t emotion that launched Branch be lonely any longer / You start into the spotlight. Despite the to pull me under when I try to separation of over a decade, it’s keep my head above the water” impossible to separate turn-ofBranch sings on the first verse the-millennium Branch from of the song, using Branch today; a metaphorical the record just Hopeless approach to her feels like less lyricism. of an artistic Romantic Branch hasn’t progression, and forgotten how more of a decent Michelle Branch to write a pop entry point into Verve banger though. modern pop. “Heartbreak Competition Now” brings also detracts from in poppy horn melodies over the record. In a world with pop dreamy synth, and it stands out giants like Grimes and Marina among the rest. It’s a beautifully and the Diamonds, pop artists crafted track need a sound that strongly where Carney’s differentiates themselves in the production “Top 40” sea. Again, Hopeless shines brightly Romantic is great, enjoyable — let’s be honest, music, but it lacks a signature horns make feel that would compel listeners almost any song to keep returning. I want to better. love it as badly as I love Spirit Branch also Room, but the fact of the matter isn’t afraid to is that today’s world is cruel, stray towards and it doesn’t contain the the more R&B spark needed to survive on the side of pop — a battlefield of pop music. scene mostly Branch’s third studio album dominated by contains fun pop tunes with Lana Del Rey classic (probably too classic at and FKA twigs. times) heartbreak lyricism. Its The title track sound is thankfully varied and puts a rollicking beat to the rarely stale, but it also pales in music, while Branch brings its attempt to be compelling. her prior soprano tone down Branch is back, and if her record to a deeper slurring. Again, it’s is any indication, her continued a great showcase of diversity evolution in the modern world on the record, but it also fails of pop could be something to to be very memorable, despite pay attention to in the future — sharing its name with the but for now we’ll have to wait record. for her to find a sound that is What we really needed from hers alone.

Its heavy pop focus masks the characteristic emotion that launched Branch into the spotlight

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‘The Zookeeper’s Wife’ is humble, heartbreaking Film explores nature of a man and an orphanage during WWII BECKY PORTMAN Daily Arts Writer

“Righteous Among the Nations” is a term used to identify and honor the non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. Oskar Schindler, remembered in “Schindler’s List,” and University of Michigan alum Raoul Wallenberg are two among the over 11,000 people considered “Righteous Among the Nations” by Yad Vashem Museum in Jerusalem. Jan and Antonina Zabinski were also among the righteous, but only now has their story come fully to light. “The Zookeeper’s Wife” details how the Zabinskis sacrificed everything to do the right thing. Telling the stories of the righteous sheds a little light onto the darkness of tragedy. Directed by Niki Caro (“Whale Rider”), “The Zookeeper’s Wife” is based on Diane Ackerman’s nonfiction book of the same name. The film tells the story of Warsaw Zoo runners, Jan and Antonina Zabinski and how they risked their lives to save over 300 Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto. They developed a strategy in which they smuggled Jews from Ghetto into their zoo for safekeeping until they could escape to safety. Shockingly, the Germans used the zoo as an arsenal; little did they know that the Zabinskis were hiding Jews

right under their noses. by Jessica Chastain (“Zero Dark The story is a beautiful portrait Thirty”) as the passionate and kind of compassion and courage, yet it Antonia, the zookeeper’s wife with does not shy away from showing a slight Slavic accent and a strong the pain and suffering in the grasp of right and wrong. The film Ghetto. The camera does not hide shows Antonina as an empowered, the death, starvation and disease brave woman who, partnered that permeated its walls. Among with her husband, saved the lives the darkness of the Ghetto, there of many while sacrificing their existed a small light, a little piece of own. Shira Haas (“A Tale of Love unknown history. and Darkness”) Yet there’s another plays the silent and “The Zookeeper’s scarred Urszula, a story that has yet Wife” to be told correctly: young girl from the that of the Ghetto who was Focus Features children’s doctor, brutally assaulted educator and author and raped by two Rave Cinemas, Dr. Janusz Korczak. Goodrich Quality 16 Nazis. Jan, having Dr. Korczak was witnessed Urzsula’s renowned in tragedy, takes her Poland for his work in children’s in and brings her to the zoo where education, but now he is known she finds healing, love and bunnies. more as the smiling, storytelling, Daniel Brühl (“Inglourious father figure of the Warsaw Basterds”) is haunting and sinister Ghetto orphanage who died with as “Hitler’s Zoologist” Lutz Heck — his children in Treblinka. “The for a zoologist, he is quite involved Zookeeper’s Wife” highlights the in the war effort. many opportunities to escape that The title of the movie seems Korczak refused in order to stay unfitting, because Antonina was with his children. Jan Zabinski not just a wife, and Jan was not (Johan Heldenbergh, “The Broken just a zookeeper. Together, their Circle Breakdown”) tries to save zoo became a place of refuge. Dr. Korczak twice in the film, but Ironically, the cages became each time Korczak declines. Even freeing and the locks liberating. as the doctor lifts his orphans into The film is honest without being the train car that will eventually insensitive, heartbreaking without take them to their dark fate, being melodramatic and uplifting Korczak tells them whimsical without being contrived. “The stories about Dr. Z and the planet Zookeeper’s Wife” is a harrowing Ro. and humbling film that shows The film’s strong cast is led humanity in the face of inhumanity.

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honeyed French track drips over the whole saga. Scenes of utter tragedy and madcap fatalities are interspersed with a depiction of Gordon-Levitt drunkenly stumbling around a bar-top. People are going wild, and it’s this enormous celebration of morbidity. And then it struck me: I’m going to die and so are you. Sorry. Everyone dies. Everyone. For some reason, this banally obvious fact hit me heavy. I think it’s because I was devoted to this notion that there was a way for life to be perfect. If I could only just find the right person or land in the right place, life could exist perfectly. This was my other side. Ironically enough, watching this animated clip about the real other side is what drove me to the realization that mine isn’t real at all. I absolutely love the idea of another side, but I also can’t stand it. It makes me feel like I’m not enough, and no one should make you feel like that — especially not yourself. Tomorrow is exhausting to think about, and eventually tomorrow is going to become today: It’s the whopping f lank of life. Letting go of the idea that the future is some elusive other side is one of the biggest moments of release I’ve ever felt. Not to have a, “dude, we’re like alive right now” moment, but dude — we’re, like, alive right now. We all exist in the same world, and we’re all going to leave it at some point. There is no other side; there’s only us. Collaborating and conglomerating and purely coexisting — that’s what we all have, together, here. Let’s create something of it.

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Don’t bother getting your hopes up for “The Son” New AMC drama struggles to tell multiple narratives well JACK BRANDON For the Daily

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I have this recurring dream where I’m stuck at a friend’s wedding reception. People are throwing bread, I’m eating key-lime pie and there’s this sense that I’m undoubtedly cooler than everyone else. My apologies — I’m not a blatantly shallow person, but somewhere deep down I know I’m part lagoon. The thing is, I’m not cool, and I don’t even like keylime pie. Nonetheless, there’s this, “Gah, one day!” mentality that I’ve been clinging to for a while now. What never occurred to me is that there might not be a one day; maybe there are just days. Founded by Joseph GordonLevitt and his late brother Daniel, hitRECord is an online open-collaborative production company built to connect artists across the globe. They put out all kinds of media (albums, stories, videos, etc.), which they’ve coined as “RECords.” Their TV show, “HitRecord on TV,” is brilliant and had a two-season run on Pivot for which it won the 2014 Emmy in Social TV for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media. Each 20-minute segment is hosted by Gordon-Levitt, who goes by RegularJOE on the site. RegularJOE sends out a theme and challenges to go along with it, and people upload various mediums of art in response. Users can combine the work of others or add in layers of their own. In a world where originality gets hyper-competitive — everyone is trying to design better, sing better, write better —

hitRECord gives artists a space to build off each other, working in tandem to create something fantastic. Every episode takes on a different topic. Simply seeking to spark discussion and breed creativity, “HitRecord on TV” lives in the gray areas of existential crises and everyday musings. Gordon-Levitt takes the show through music videos, webcam discussions, short films, open-ended questions and other forms of art similar to the way “Saturday Night Live” travels from skit to skit. I was completely addicted to this series upon discovering it. I get into these manic phases where I’m so, so desperate to know and feel and understand the world and to know how other people are doing the same thing. It makes me restless, obsessive even. I obsess over what Hilary Duff is up to, despondent movie montages and the way the sunrise drapes that one highway in the most delicate shade of pink. And so it goes. Lounging around watching the first season, one episode in particular took an unwarranted hold over me: “The Other Side.” The other side of life, the other side of the screen, the other side of the story — the segment explores all the queries people have about the other side and whether the grass is actually greener or whether someone just hired a killer lawn care service to chemically delude everyone. My favorite portion of the episode is the music video, “Adieu.” With hand-drawn animation from 22 different artists and lyrics by user joerud, the song is raucously sinister. Lives are ending every which way, and this smooth,

“Great goddamn way to start a birthday party.” Cattle rancher Eli McCullough (Pierce Brosnan, “GoldenEye”) means “great” sarcastically, of course, as “The Son” teeters between this meaning and the literal meaning of “great” in its series premiere. Based off the novel by Philipp Meyer, the show chronicles the life of Texan Eli McCullough at two points in his life: 1915, as a rancher and oil magnate determined to confirm his legacy and 1849, as a young boy (Jacob Lof land, “Mud”) left orphaned and imprisoned by Comanche raiders. In the 1915 era, Eli is the patriarch of a large household. We are given a taste of the McCullough family’s complexities and tensions, but they are never explored enough. The key characters in this timeframe — Eli, his son Pete (Henry Garrett, “Zero Dark Thirty”) and Pete’s daughter Jeannie (Sydney Lucas, “The Skeleton Twins”) — take a back seat to the progression of plot. Granddaughter Jeannie is rebellious and feisty, eager to resist the expectations to be a lady and adhere to gender norms, but her moments are overshadowed by her father’s and grandfather’s quests on the frontier. By the end of the second episode, her defiance reads as petulant and whiny instead of indignant and progressive. It’s a shame, because her presence as a

young, female character is and disrespect him, except for much needed to balance the Toshaway (Zahn McClarnon, machismo of the cowboys. “Fargo”). Their bond is With such a broad scope, compelling, yet sorely ignored. there are opportunities for While Young Eli’s narrative characterization and depth is more intriguing than Old that seem lost in the pursuit Eli’s, both are unified by of drama and conf lict. Pete’s strong visuals. The fires that older brother Phineas (David ravage Eli’s childhood home Wilson Barnes, “Capote”) and only oil rig are dramatic, proves himself consuming and to be more accompanied resourceful and by ambient “The Son” knowledgeable, if music that AMC not as masculine suggests tragedy and physical as and discord. Series Premiere Pete. Phineas Expressive shots (Episodes 1 & 2) also makes of the Texas multiple passes landscape convey Saturdays 9 p.m. at Pete’s wife, the hostility and who graciously grittiness of the accepts them. people that dwell While perhaps not central there. The physical appearance to the narrative, these seem of characters is appropriate, like missed opportunities to too. They look sweaty and f lesh out Pete’s f laws. The dishevelled when at work or show’s leading man struggles in the wild, manicured and to find his footing, too, as the primped when at social events. patriarch of the McCullough Overall, the show struggles family. By all appearances, to braid its narratives together. Brosnan is the head honcho, There is a disparity between but he struggles to fill the the screentime in each era. boots of a man weathered by 1915 gets more attention while the harsh conditions of the brief scenes in 1849 reveal Texas landscape. He seems too Eli’s background, which is clean and civilized for a man necessary to understand him that has experienced what in the 1915 era. Young Eli isn’t young Eli has. featured enough to make Old Young Eli, however, redeems Eli a sympathetic character. some of the show’s misgivings In addition, actions that take through emotional depth that place in the 1915 era feature old Eli lacks. In a harrowing multiple characters at a scene, Eli watches his Native choppy pace, so it’s hard to get American captors stab his a sense of anyone’s true self. older brother with a spear This strategy may work better repeatedly as Eli is held down on the page. While television by a member of the tribe. Point does afford some advantages, of view shots on the ground it can’t hide the deficiencies immerse the viewer in Eli’s inherent in the structure of pain and frustration. Suffering the show. Give the rest of the characterizes his experiences season a try, but don’t hold with the Comanche, who beat your hopes too high.

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THANK YOU, MR. BERENSON On Tuesday, Red Berenson announced his retirement as the head coach of the Michigan hockey team after 33 seasons. With his career coming to a close, former Michigan Daily hockey beat writers chose to reflect on their time covering the Wolverines under Mr. Berenson. Avi Sholkoff, 2016-17: Prior to beginning my studies at Michigan, I knew little about hockey or Red Berenson. After only one year in Ann Arbor, I learned all about the famous head coach and his work at the helm of the Wolverines. In my second year, I had the opportunity to cover the Michigan hockey team for the Daily. About a month into the season, I went to Yost Arena after class one day to interview him by myself. Before he answered my questions, he asked me about where I was from and what I studied. Once learning I intended to minor in Spanish, he commended me for my decision to study a language and explained that he was once in Finland with some Finnish and Russian players who could speak multiple languages, while he could only speak English. It really warmed my heart because it showed that he cared what we Daily kids did. Additionally, as someone who stutters, I’m often self-conscious of myself when I ask questions in press conferences. When I told Red about my stutter, he encouraged me to continue to asking questions and to not be afraid. I’ll always cherish my year covering the Michigan hockey team and the time I spent speaking with Red Berenson. Mike Persak, 2016-17: The first time I met Red Berenson, I nervously shook his hand as he walked out of the room. The bones in his hand cracked loudly as I grabbed it, and he continued to walk, seemingly unfazed. Whether it was talking about hockey, or telling me off to the side of practice how he was worried about millennials using their phones too much, Red had a fascinating way of being commanding without seeming angry or scary. I’m grateful for his acceptance of the Daily and his willingness to give us all the access we had. Talking with other writers around the country, I’ve come to realize that we might have it better than any other college paper in that sense. Because of this, I believe my writing has come an extremely long way, and I have Red’s generosity to thank. Laney Byler, 2016-17: I’ll never forget when Red Berenson told me he would look for my story in the paper the next day. It might not seem like much — it was a simple story about the history of Yost — but it was a story I was excited to write, and the fact that Red wanted to read it made it seem that much better. Everyone always talks about how much Red Berenson meant to college hockey, and I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that the impact he made will last forever. But if there’s one thing I want to make clear, it’s that Red Berenson meant just as much to the college journalists he worked with. His generosity was unparalleled as he let our beat (and many before us) fly on the team plane to attend games we otherwise couldn’t go to. He gave us honest answers and expected us to act like real journalists, whether we were a group of 19-year olds or not. But covering Michigan hockey with Red Berenson was never something I didn’t look forward to; it wasn’t easy, but it was unbelievably rewarding. The Daily was lucky to have a coach like Red to cover, but not as lucky as the student journalists who experienced it firsthand. Orion Sang, 2016-17: One doesn’t have to look far to understand the impact Red Berenson had on

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Michigan coach Red Berenson announced his retirement Saturday afternoon at the Junge Family Champions Center after leading the Wolverines for 33 years.

everyone he touched throughout his career. Just open up Twitter and scroll through the few hours around 3 o’clock Monday, and you’ll get a good idea. But it wasn’t just those on the rink who Berenson had an immeasurable impact on — the way he handled writers, especially us young cubs at the Daily, was truly remarkable. He didn’t have to sit down with us after every weekday practice, yet he did — sometimes running perilously close to his scheduled radio show at Pizza House in the process. He didn’t have to offer us two seats on the team plane for road trips, yet he did — and the plane didn’t even leave without us when we showed up at the wrong side of Willow Run Airport. And he didn’t have to be just so damn nice to us, as we worked on our craft and asked him questions he may not have felt like answering. Yet he did, and I will forever be grateful to him for that and all of the other gestures. Jason Rubinstein, 2014-16: In my opinion, there was no coach friendlier to the media than Red. He always went out of his way to accommodate the Daily, including taking us on the team plane to cover away events. You truly had to no excuse to be uneducated about the team and if you were, Red would call you out or simply give you his famous blank stare. I always felt like Red cared about my life outside of hockey writing as well, and he helped me decide what I wanted to do with my future. I’ll be forever grateful to Red. Minh Doan, 2015-16: Red didn’t just understand hockey himself, but he wanted everyone to understand with him. Whether it was giving me a blank stare when I didn’t notice he had switched lines in practice (which happened regrettably often) or explaining to me how the umbrella power play system worked after practice one afternoon, Red wanted me to be knowledgeable about hockey and went out of his way for me to be so. But in my mind, that not what I’m the most thankful for about Red. That award would go to Red’s level of care for those around him. And the access he gave to the Daily exemplified that. By taking us on the team plane to opening up every practice to us, Red made it really hard for us to do a bad job. He gave us everything we needed to do a good job, and after covering college hockey for a year, I really believe

that no college hockey outlet had it better. That’s what I valued the most about Red. He truly cared about my success, whether it was within journalism or outside, and it’s for that care that I’m incredibly thankful to have had the opportunity to cover him for a year. Kevin Santo, 2015-16: There are just two stories that I need to tell. Last November, roughly a month after I started covering the Michigan hockey team, Red walked out of his office while I was waiting to interview one of his players. He stopped in the doorway, turned to me and said, “Just so you know, the first thing my wife asks me when I get home is, ‘Did you bring home a Daily?’ ” The second happened a couple months later, when I sat down with Red to watch one of the team’s practices. We didn’t mention a word of hockey. Instead, I asked him where he thought his life would have gone without the sport, and he told me of all the things that piqued his interest in college. What surprised me was that he then asked me about my future plans. I told him I wanted to go into journalism. He paused. Then he looked me in the eyes and told me, “You know, you’re gonna need to outwork a lot of people for that.” It was something I already knew, but hearing it come from Red was a kick in the ass I needed at the time. So I just want to say thank you Red, for always caring about the college kids who covered your team, and thank you Mrs. Berenson, for caring about what those same college kids were writing. Zach Shaw, 2014-15: Like everyone, I learned a lot from Red Berenson, probably more than I realize yet. But my main lesson has to do with Red’s comical desire to fly the student hockey reporters to all the road games. I mean, who does that? Red does, whether his administrators wanted him to or not. But what impressed me most was why he did it. Red is not this charismatic storyteller that loves to have bumbling student reporters ask him questions or write stories about him, and the Daily has a long history of not

holding back when hockey players get into trouble on campus. The flight was not a gift to show his appreciation, it was a lesson. When you get to be as close to a team as Red let the Daily get, you learn just how human the team is. You learn what that flight home is like after a curb-stomping loss, and you learn how emotional an injury can be for the entire team. Living, studying and spending all of your time with your teammates is a phenomenon unique to college athletics, and it’s so difficult to truly understand it from the outside. But when I thanked Red for letting me cover the team at the end of the season, and he said “I hope we gave you a better understanding of what we go through,” I realized he put us on the inside not just for P.R. or goodwill, but to give us that inside experience so few ever get. Every time I write a story, I draw on that experience that Red went out of his way to give me. Erin Lennon, 2013-15: I knew nothing about ice hockey when I started writing about it. Red Berenson knew that as well as I did, though he never asked and never once called attention to questions that exposed my untrained eye. Instead, Red’s answers were coated in thoughtfulness and filled with a type of confounding wisdom that resonated far beyond the ice rink. I’ll remember his gentle delivery, the anecdotes and the drawn out metaphors, the crooked smirk he’d make when he delivered a line he knew would become the pull quote in my article — “With cement trucks out there, you have to decide how fast you’re willing to go. There’s a risk involved in using that speed. Do you want to go or is it safer to stay here?” And I’ll never forget the hushed plane ride back from a losing effort against the Gophers in Minnesota. I was making my way back to my empty row from the restroom when Red looked up from his game notes and gestured toward me in the aisle. He wanted to make sure I’d also received one of the warm cookies and milk that his players were wolfing down behind us, compliments of the charter plane. Yes, I had. Thank you, Coach. Greg Garno, 2012-14: The thing I appreciate about Red is that he never tried to BS me. With Red, you could count on his honest thoughts. He wasn’t afraid to say how poorly his team played if they had a bad game (and they did). He never tried to praise someone too

much if they had a game (there was still more they could do). And he made sure to tell me I should have gotten a business degree instead of something else (he was right). When so many coaches aren’t willing to speak with media members or decide to spin something in order to avoid backlash, Red was a refreshing anomaly. There he was in the blue chair at the head of the room, Monday through Thursday ready for questions. Perhaps I was spoiled by that honesty as I continued reporting, but I know that I was better because of it. Alejandro Zúñiga, 201214: His eyes tell stories. That’s what I remember. You would be talking hockey with one of the sport’s legends, and occasionally a question would make his eyes sparkle. And you knew that, for a moment, the man who so often spoke about winning the next game was reminiscing about some other game, weeks or years or even decades before. Sometimes, if you were lucky, you’d hear a piece of history that would haunt you the next day, because you knew your writing could never do it justice. Red Berenson often thanked the Daily for covering hockey, for caring about his teams. That always struck me as silly, because of course we cared. We cared about the stories he told, the players he coached, the program he revived. And Red, it was an absolute honor. Liz Vukelich, 2011-13: One September afternoon, I found myself sitting in Red Berenson’s office conducting a preseason interview. Somehow the Daily’s sports editors thought it would be OK to put me on the hockey beat, despite the fact that I had never sat through a hockey game before and in all honesty, had very little understanding of how the game worked. I’m happy to share I’m not that shaky, hockey illiterate person anymore and that is solely thanks to Red Berenson. Though Red never coached me on the ice, he coached me and every other Daily writer who ever had the pleasure of sharing a post-practice interview with him just as much as any athlete who has ever played under him. He had a patience that I’ve never encountered in any other coach and he cared about turning every single student journalist he crossed paths with into a bona fide hockey pro. No question was too simple — he’d pause interviews to make sure us Daily writers had a firm

grasp of the concepts he was talking about. Red cared about us in such an unsuspecting way and is one of the most generous people you’ll ever encounter when it comes to his time. Even when I reached my goal senior year of covering Michigan football, part of me still thought how lovely it would be to just go back to sitting in the hockey media room again and listen to Red chat about hockey and life. A few weeks before I graduated, myself and a fellow beat mate made an appointment to meet with Red, to see if we could express to him how much of an impact he had had on our time at Michigan. The three of us talked — he asked about our post-graduate plans and we shared some happy memories that we had made covering his team. After a few minutes of conversation, it was time to leave and we asked if we could take a quick picture. And Red, who had shared some incredible stories over the previous years, uttered the seven greatest words I’ve ever heard come out of his mouth: “Is this going to be a selfie?” Matt Slovin, 2011-13: Some of my best memories of college came from covering Red’s teams. Rare is the coach that commands the level of respect he did. I remember flying back from the Upper Peninsula on the team charter after a particularly stinging loss, and not a word was spoken the entire way back to Ann Arbor. Those losses were uncharacteristically frequent for Red’s teams during the two years I covered him, but even so I realized that I was in the presence of a coaching legend. Like so many Daily writers before me, I attribute my love of hockey to Red. Zach Helfand, 2011-12: Everyone in 6th Bush in South Quad my freshman year, or at least everyone with hockey student tickets, knew that the second shot before leaving for Yost was sacred. That one was always reserved for a toast: “To Red Berenson.” A year later, when researching a story, I’d find out that just about all that we loved about Michigan hockey games could be credited to Berenson; without him, there’s a decent chance there’s no more hockey program to speak of. Which also would’ve meant a lot fewer sportswriters. Berenson showed clear fatherly disapproval of us Daily kids heading full steam into a dying profession, was a big reason we were heading full steam in the first place. We all heard stories about Red. He was terrifying. And we thought if we could win over Berenson we could take on just about anyone. The truth really was, Red was kind of a softy. He wouldn’t say it, but if you showed up every day, worked hard and wrote fairly, you were one of his guys. And he’d take care of you. Because we cared a lot about our hockey coverage, we needed a way to get a writer up to Green Bay, on short notice, for the skatearound the day before the NCAA tournament started. Red, we found out, cared a lot about our hockey coverage, too — or least cared about us. And so a spot opened up on the team charter. We were riding with Red. We wrote an article that day about a possible line change, a nugget he probably would’ve preferred stay unpublished. But fair was fair, and he took care of us. So from a grateful sportswriter (sorry, Red), a toast to a very deserved retirement: To Red Berenson. Everett Cook, 2011-12: On the 43rd anniversary of his six-goal game, Red sat in his usual chair and fielded the usual questions. We sat in our regular spots, Zach and I to his right and Liz and Slovin to his left, and talked lines and pairings. We did not discuss one of the greatest scoring outbursts in the history of the NHL, the night Red See RED, Page 8

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Berenson revived ‘M’ with family atmosphere

ed Berenson was Michigan hockey. For the last 33 seasons, he has been the Wolverines’ head coach. And before that, Berenson tallied 43 goals in his senior season at Michigan in 1961-62. That total still stands today as the most goals in a season in Wolverine history. After his collegiate playing MIKE career, PERSAK Berenson immediately moved to the NHL, competing in the 1962 playoffs with the Montreal Canadiens the same season. It was the start of a long 20-year professional hockey career for Berenson. And after that ended, he bounced around the NHL, coaching in St. Louis and as an assistant in Buffalo, before finding himself back in Ann Arbor as the head coach at his alma mater. But on Tuesday, that will no longer be the case. In his time at the helm of the Wolverines, Berenson has grown to legendary status in the hockey community. He has led Michigan to two NCAA Championships, 11 Frozen Four appearances and 11 CCHA Championships as well as a streak of 22-straight NCAA Tournament appearances from 1991-2012. But that’s not what Berenson is most proud of. Two days after winning the Stanley Cup with the Canadiens in 1965, Berenson began taking classes in the business school at Michigan. He claims that was the best day of his life, trumping both the victory with the Canadiens and the championship parade that

followed. It was the first sign of the family atmosphere he would eventually try to build, as the University and its students felt like a family to him. The effect the degree has had on him is evident, as he now preaches the importance of academics to all of his players. But it isn’t the only value he’s instilled in them. “One of the biggest things I’ve taken away from Red is that you’re going to treat people with respect,” said former goaltender Shawn Hunwick, who played under Berenson from 2007-12. “You’re going to do things the right way. You’re going to do it day in and day out, and it’s going to shape who you are as a person. “And for me, (the) thing about not being a ‘hockey bum’ and life after hockey — I only played one year after Michigan. I decided that Michigan was the pinnacle of my playing career and I wanted to move on, and I took his advice to heart. He helps mold great, young men who play in the NHL, but more so the guys who go off into the work force and in family life.” Over the last year, Berenson was asked to be a guest speaker in Classic Civilizations Professor Chris Potter’s course at the University, where he discussed his entire career. He wanted to leave a lasting impression on the class, especially since there were so many student athletes in attendance, so he gave them a bit of advice. “I think the clearest thing

he said to everybody is don’t count on sports,” Potter said. “… I think it was very powerful to see someone who’d been as successful in the athletic arena speaking out to athletes and others saying, ‘You really have to plan your life, and you have to try to excel at whatever it is that you’re doing. Not to simply say to yourself that I’m this great hockey player or whatever, but that the values I bring to the rink are the values I bring to everything else.’ ” Berenson’s impact was seen Monday in his last moments as head coach. Along with local media outlets and current team players, multiple former players and various other Michigan coaches stood in the Junge Family Champions Center for his farewell press conference. One of those in attendance was men’s basketball coach John Beilein. Beilein came to support his colleague, and his respect for Berenson was apparent. “I usually go to one game a year,” Beilein said. “It’s unfortunate that our schedules cross over so much. We were rarely able to attend each other’s events. He’s come to my practices, I’ve been to his games. I just think there’s a great crossover in just the same values. “… Here’s one thing that resonates that he told us: ‘Practice like you’re in second place, and then play like you’re in first place.’ I just said it to my team before we went to the tournament, when we had all the success.” The reason that Berenson

has earned so much respect all around the University is not just because of his success on the ice. It’s because of how much he loves the University itself. Berenson came back to the University looking to cultivate a family atmosphere in his program. Monday, as he ref lected on his time at Michigan, he considers his attempt a success. “I want this to be a big family,” Berenson said. “I want the players to feel like this is family. Even the guys I came to school with in the late (1950s), we’re still the best of friends and we stay in touch. I think it’s a big Michigan family, and we tried to establish that. One of my first problems coming back was to get the alumni back on board. … They’re back, and I feel good about that.” Ironically enough, though, one of the most prominent examples of Berenson’s family atmosphere is a player he’s only coached for one season — freshman forward Will Lockwood, who was the second-leading scorer on the team with 20 points. Lockwood came to Michigan 32 years after his father, Joe Lockwood, who played on the first Berenson-coached Michigan team. For Joe, the opportunity for his son to play on a team coached by a man who had brought him so many life lessons was something he relished. “I wanted Will to have a chance — I’m glad he got one year, I’ll just say that,” the elder Lockwood said. “Red’s

more than just a coach. He’s all about the University, he’s about the hockey, he’s just a great representative of the athletic department. I’m glad my kid had a chance to play for him for one year anyway.” Joe Lockwood isn’t alone in his sentiment. It’s one that is considered the norm for anyone who has played for Berenson, and for as important as he’s been to Michigan hockey, his legend reaches far beyond the ice. He’s taught the people around him life lessons that they’ll take with them for the rest of their lives. Whether it’s coaches who have been alongside him through the years, players who have learned from him or students who have simply observed his teams, there is an indelible mark that Berenson has left on the University. For him to be gone now is going to be hard for many to swallow. “For me, it gives you an idea that the people that believe in you and that stood behind you, that they’re not always going to be there,” said Michigan goaltending coach Steve Shields. “When I think of what’s important to me in my life, Michigan hockey is just about number one. Not having Coach there and having the coach be somebody I don’t know, you think about it, and you want to be a part of it, but it’s sad that things like that have to happen.” Added Hunwick: “Coach talked about his best day of his life being when he was in class at Michigan. … But the

best day of my life was when Coach said I can come play at the University of Michigan. … I was giving up hockey because I was coming to be a third goalie. Coach told me, ‘You’re going to be a good teammate, you’re going to be a member of this team, you’re going to have to be a good student. He is a legend. I’m a walk-on, thirdstring goalie, and he treats us like the Hobey Baker winner. … He’s the same guy to everybody in the room.” Berenson was Michigan hockey. Tuesday, he won’t be anymore. But the mark Berenson left is permanent. He has built an atmosphere where former players are willing to send their highly-touted sons to play for him. It’s an atmosphere where alumni of the program are willing to come back at the drop of a hat to support another former player who is suffering from ALS. Berenson is one of the most well-respected, living figures in hockey. The day before announcing his retirement he joined other legends of the game in commemorating the closing of Joe Louis Arena, where he coached the first game played there with the St. Louis Blues. Berenson said himself Monday, it’s time for the program to go in another direction, and he may have a point. But Berenson and his accomplishments won’t be forgotten anytime soon. He and his teams have inspired fans to continue to pack Yost Ice Arena despite the up-and-down teams in recent years. But the reason the fans keep coming back is the atmosphere that Berenson has worked so hard to cultivate in the last 33 years, and for that, Michigan will always owe him gratitude.

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One day, early in the season, we asked about Michigan’s next opponent, Alaska Fairbanks. Fairbanks was famous for not allowing many goals. When we asked about (this), Berenson initially did the usual coachspeak. Then, he stopped. I’m not sure if he sensed we didn’t understand or had just been watching National Geographic, but he asked us if we knew what musk ox were. He explained they were longhaired, bison-looking animals that lived in the arctic. When they sense a threat, they form a circle around their young and forced their attacker to try to break through. Alaska did that, but around their net. We left the lounge that day both with more clarity on Alaska Fairbanks’ defensive system and a better understanding of the natural world. Mark Burns, 2009-11: “Who wrote the Louie column?” Red Berenson casually asked as we began our usually after-practiceinterview-sessions upstairs at Yost Ice Arena, with Berenson carrying his customary coffee mug and plopping in the same blue chair. I had written a column midway through 2009-10 season in January, basically asking where was thenjunior forward Louie Caporusso’s production on the ice. It was

pretty scathing in hindsight. And yet, Caporusso made me eat my words six weeks later as I wrote an apology column to him. Berenson was referencing the latter column that March. After a few moments of silence, I slowly raised my hand and without words he knew. “Good...good... good,” I can remember hearing him saying back. “Ok, first question...” Yes, it was one singular moment in two years of the covering the Michigan hockey team, but you knew how much Berenson cared about his players based on that, albeit brief, exchange. He was sharp as a whit despite being around 70 at the time — and still is, I’m sure of it. I think he appreciated, more than anything, the Daily hockey beat writers’ commitment to their craft and covering the team at nearly every single game, even if it meant a 48-hour excursion to New Hampshire and back for, yes, one measly game against a non-conference foe. He knew we were dedicated, even giving us the occasional shoutout at press conferences at Joe Louis Arena in front of 20 other media members who only covered the team during big games. So with that, enjoy retirement, Coach Berenson. Thanks for the memories and being able to sit with you for those interviews after

practice. Those were pretty special. Andy Reid, 2007-08: My first major beat at The Daily was the hockey team. The first time I met Red, he walked into the hockey office after practice in his socks, sipping a coffee. He sat in his cushy recliner and looked expectantly at us. I’ve never been more intimidated in my life. But Red went out of his way to make the student writers at the Daily feel at home. He understood we were learning to be professionals, just like his players. He saw me walking home from a post-practice press conference once, pulled over and said, “Get in.” Not a question. Not a suggestion. And gave me a ride home and asked about my studies and life. He was stern, but he cared. About Michigan, not just the team. Red, I’m sorry I wore a green hat into your office that one time. I’ll never do it again. But thank you for allowing me, however briefly and tangentially, to be involved in your career. There will never be another one like you. Nathan Sandals, 2007-08: It’s hard to pinpoint any particular story, but I will never forget the weekend Bo Schembechler died, the hockey team was at Ferris State. It was all hands on deck at the Daily for a special Saturday edition, so no one from the hockey beat was at the game on Friday night. After the game on Saturday night (during which another Michigan team lost by three points in Columbus) we went to Red’s press conference. “I don’t think I saw any of you guys last night,” Red said to me and my beat mate, with a mischievous smile. He was busting our chops a little bit, but as a beat writer, we knew he appreciated our work and even when he gave us grief (which happened from time to time), he was always generous with his time and cared to see that student writers had every chance to succeed as they learned their trade. One other point: Red was not my professor, but I spent at least 15 minutes a day in his office hours for two years. I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to learn from one of the greatest teachers of hockey and life that the University has ever had. James Dowd, 2005-07: Having followed Michigan hockey from a young age, it was an intimidating experience to come face to face with Coach Berenson for the first time at the GLI during the 2004-

05 season while filling in on the hockey beat. Over the next two seasons with The Daily and the following years with Inside College Hockey, the nervousness subsided and I was lucky enough to learn a vast amount about the game, both on and off the record, from Red. Chatting in his office after practice, press conferences or phone conversations, Red always required you to be prepared and be your best and made all of us who covered Michigan hockey better journalists by coaching us to be students of the game. I’ve always admired the deep relationships he built and maintained with his players, be them Stanley Cup champions, members of the Armed Forces, neurosurgeons or businessmen. I’ll always be grateful for the standard he held myself and my colleagues to and for the legacy he leaves for the University of Michigan. Scott Bell, 2003-04: During my time at the Michigan Daily, I had the opportunity to interview a lot of big names — from Lloyd Carr all the way to Bo Schembechler. But nothing had me worried and downright terrified like the time I was given the assignment to interview Red Berenson after the hockey team’s year-end banquet. None of the normal beat writers were available, and I was a very eager — albeit very green (that’s another word for terrible) — freshman reporter that was very familiar with the Berenson stare. But Red put up with my stumbling and stuttering because he knew I was prepared and he knew I was familiar with his team. And no matter how gruff he may have been on the exterior, all he really wanted was people who respected his team and his sport, and he’d return that respect tenfold. Brady McCollough, 2001-02: As a 19-year-old sophomore, you could only learn so much from the Daily’s senior sports editors. Red Berenson took it upon himself to teach a very valuable lesson to each writer who was lucky enough to cover his hockey team: The more you put in, the more you get out. Red expected us to be there every practice, and he definitely took note which of us took advantage of the access he offered. I actually decided I wanted to be a journalist within a few months of joining the beat, which was no coincidence. It was a special feeling being taken seriously

by such a legend. Joe Smith, 2000-01: Red Berenson played a role in me having my dream job now. It was the time I spent covering Michigan hockey as a sophomore in 2000 that sparked my interest in wanting to become a sportswriter. I learned a lot from Red in his daily talks with us. He was so gracious with his time, especially if you showed up for practice. Which I almost always did. He was a little intimidating at the time, but I learned how to be a pro. And grew a passion for the sport I still have today. Thank you Red. Jeff Weinstein, Michigan hockey sports information director,w 2013-16: There was nothing quite like listening to Red Berenson talk hockey. If ever there was a man to connect hockey and Michigan’s past, present, and future, it was Red, a man who fondly recalled driving a tractor back in Saskatchewan as a boy as easily as a goal scored by Dylan Larkin in a Red Wings game the night before. For any reporter with the opportunity to interview Red in recent years, it was a treat, a chance to hear a story from a man who embodies well over a half century of hockey history. I know because I tried to sit in on every interview he gave, not because I needed to, but because I didn’t want to miss any one of those great hockey stories or nuggets of hockey wisdom. I think the biggest reason Red connected so well with players a quarter his age towards the end of his career was a shared passion for the University and the program he embodied. After a weekend sweep, that passion was never so evident than in the locker room and look of absolute joy on Red’s face in the huddle with the guys, singing The Victors. This is the source of one of my favorite Red Berenson moments. Michigan won the 2015 GLI, and the team had just completed “singing the song,” when a rap song was put on by one of the players in the room (I believe it was Up on a Tuesday). Red with a big smile on his face, turned to Michael Downing and asked him – “What does that mean?” Downing tried to explain but couldn’t come up with the words - he might has well have been speaking a different language to Red. A hockey legend, and the ultimate Michigan Man, I’ll never forget the three years I had the opportunity to spend around his program.

tallied double hat tricks as a forward for the St. Louis Blues, because we forgot to bring it up. As he walked out, Red mentioned this to us. Beat writers had always asked him about the Nov. 7 anniversary, and we hadn’t. This was Red. He could’ve lectured us or said nothing, even let ego cloud the lesson. But he knew we were young and he knew we were learning and so he instead decided to teach us about diligence and research in his own, gracious way. I’ll be hard pressed to ever cover a coach that generous again. Michael Florek, 2009-11: In two years of covering Red Berenson’s hockey teams (2009-10 and 201011), I, like most Daily reporters covering the team, spent almost every day in the lounge outside of the hockey offices talking with Red for 15 minutes or so. In me and my beatmates’ time with Red, we talked about hockey, but we also talked about the journalism industry, his playing days, and how to find good pucks by smelling them. We learned a lot of lessons there. Some of them we’ve already forgotten, but I’ll never forget the musk ox protective circle because of him.

“I want the players to feel like this is family”

“I’m glad my kid had a chance to play for him”