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Bentley Historical Library maintains seal on anti-immigrant activist records JENNIFER MEER Daily Staff Reporter
The University of Michigan is allegedly blocking the release of records donated by retired ophthalmologist John Tanton, an activist who opposes immigration and founded the Federation for American Immigration Reform, according to the Detroit Free Press. FAIR says it is a nonpartisan organization representing “concerned Americans” on the
topic of immigration, while Tanton is considered by the Southern Poverty Law Center to be the “architect of the modern anti-immigrant movement.” Beginning in 1984, Tanton donated several documents, many of which express his anti-immigration views, to the Bentley Historical Library at the University. However, only 14 of the 25 boxes he has donated are open to the public; 11 are classified until 2035. According to the Free Press, in December 2016 immigration
attorney Hassan Ahmad filed a Freedom of Information Act request to gain access to the 11 boxes; he argued the records should be made public seeing as Tanton’s anti-immigrant sentiments are relevant to the views and policies of President Donald Trump, which tend to negatively affectimmigrants. When Ahmad was denied these documents, he filed a lawsuit with the Michigan Court of Claims. Ahmad told the Free Press it is important for the public
to know about Tanton’s racist actions and the effects they could have on immigrants in the United States. “The organizations founded by Dr. John Tanton are currently informing U.S. immigration policy,” Ahmad said. “I think the public interest is served by investigating the connection between his thought and the current immigration policies. The rise of white nationalism, as we’ve seen in Charlottesville, seem to make this all the more See LIBRARY, Page 3
Artist Mark Dion discussed his work “Waiting for the Extraordinary,” which was inf luenced by the original blueprint of the University of Michigan, Wednesday night at the Penny Stamps Speaker Series at the University of Michigan Museum of Art. The event was part of a series and was held in collaboration between the Institute for Humanities and the UMMA with the goal of showcasing the innovation and art that exists across a wide range of disciplines. Dion is an internationally lauded artist whose work centers on the interplay between public institutions and our understanding of the world. Dion’s current installation at the Institute for Humanities is a restaging of his original work, “Waiting for the Extraordinary,” which was commissioned by the
University in 2011. In his lecture, Dion cited University founder Augustus Woodward as the inspiration behind the original piece. Dion said the distinctive language devised by Woodward to explain the 13 disciplines he believed the University should be organized around caught his attention. “He was absolutely fascinated by mixing Latin and Greek, as though they were cars approaching each other 60 miles an hour and crashing in the middle,” Dion said. Amanda Krugliak, curator for the Institute for the Humanities, emphasized the sense of whimsy and spontaneity in Dion’s work while retelling her experience accompanying Dion on his initial research in 2011. “(It was an) expedition as a treasure hunt,” she said. “This huge university of systems and silos and rules See EXHIBIT, Page 3
Student governments navigate C.C. Leinweber Women’s Foundation Little building renaming, ‘U’ racism golf places
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After a tumultuous first month with racist incidents and controversial speakers, student governments on campus are taking steps toward finding possible solutions to amending the campus climate. LSA senior Anushka Sarkar, president of Central Student Government, released sent an email Wednesday afternoon announcing the first Diag Assembly, in which the CSG body will host its Tuesday night meetings on the Diag. The governing body will be “debating and discussing campus climate-specific resolutions” and there will be time for students to voice their concerns to their representatives. Members of the University of Michigan administration will be present. “Our commitment to a better Michigan must start with the acknowledgement that our campus is not perfect — we’re not,” the email reads. “It’s not true to say that ‘hatred has no place here’ because it evidently does have a place here; as long as we are passive about hatred’s presence here, as long as we rely on the same people to demonstrate against it time and time again, hatred will continue to show up in our classes, at our doors, and on our street corners.” After passing its own
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The Leinweber Foundation has donated $8 million to the Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics in LSA, according to a press release in Michigan News. The new funds will be used to attract more highly qualified physics staff members, expand research efforts and dive deeper into the topics of particle physics and cosmology. As a thank-you for the gift, the Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics will be renamed the Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics. The gift also establishes the Leinweber Fellows program in the Department of Physics and supports student physics fellowships. Larry Leinweber and Claudia Babiarz of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., are the heads of the foundation and have previously donated to the University of Michigan to establish the Leinweber Software Scholars Program See PHYSICS, Page 3
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resolution to support the rename the C.C. Little Science Building, LSA Student Government is currently attending other meetings and garnering support from other student governments on campus. The LSA governing body started discussions on the renaming of the building midsummer. At the same time, but separately, an initiative started by History professor John
Carson and LSA senior Joshua Hasler led to the creation of a 20 page proposal on renaming the building. Upon learning this, LSA SG President Nicholas Fadanelli explained, decided to lobby on behalf of the proposal. The science building is named after former University President Clarence Cook Little, a known eugenicist. Last month, LSA SG hosted a panel
with academics on renaming — the event was taken over by protesters wearing bloodied white gowns to demonstrate the violence of eugenics. CSG is currently discussing its own resolution, introduced by Fadanelli and Rep. Kristen Ball, LSA junior, on the renaming of the C.C. Little Science Building. The body’s Twitter, however, posted a See STUDENT GOV, Page 3
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12th in invitational Duke won tournament with a score of 833, Michigan scored 875 ROHAN KUMAR Daily Sports Writer
Confidence is essential in golf — especially when up against some of the best competitors in the nation. It is even more important — yet harder to find — when you are a freshman. But freshman Ashley Kim didn’t have that problem over the weekend, leading the Michigan women’s golf team at the Ruth’s Chris Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C. The Wolverines finished in 12th place out of a strong 18-team field, with a three-day score of 875. Duke won the tournament with a score of 833. Michigan struggled in Friday’s opening round and sat in 14th place with a substandard score of 299 at the end of the day. It was not the start the Wolverines had hoped for, particularly considering that they have found trouble in their last few tournaments. “We certainly didn’t do ourselves any favors in the first round,” said Michigan coach Jan Dowling. “We kind of dug See GOLF, Page 3
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ON THE DAILY: WOLVERINE TURNED UBER-DRIVER Maurice Hurst, Michigan football’s defensive tackle, has taken up a part-time job as a driver for Uber. In an interview Monday night with “Inside Michigan Football,” Hurst revealed he occasionally does an Uber run when he’s not busy with football. “I do it sometimes just to clear my head or just to enjoy riding and talk to someone that I don’t know,” Hurst said. He drove for Uber in the summer of 2016, mostly for the extra cash and f lexible hours. He said he has since enjoyed his on-and-off bouts with the company. “I’m the best Uber driver in Ann Arbor,” Hurst said, later posting his 4.96-star rating on his Twitter account. “I don’t know who gave me
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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Creating a Campus: A Cartographic Celebration of U-M’s Bicentennial
SUMIT_2017: U-M’s Cyber Security Conference
WHAT: Different exhibits highlighting U-M’s campus and how it’s evolved over the years. WHO: University Library WHEN: 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. WHERE: Hatcher Graduate Library, Clark Library, Second Floor
WHAT: A conference that aims to educate people about cyber security and raise awareness for related issues. WHO: Information and Technology Services WHEN: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: Rackham Graduate School, Auditorium
Modernism and the Little Glass Dress WHAT: A talk that focuses on the history of the “little glass dress” through 19th-century and contemporary artists. WHO: Department of English language and literature WHEN: 4 to 6 p.m. WHERE: Angell Hall, Room 3222
Paint No Pour WHAT: Paint No Pour is a way for students to expand their cultural lens and participate in multicultural activities. WHO: Trotter Multicultural Center WHEN: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. WHERE: Trotter Multicultural Center
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WHAT: U-M art professor Jim Cogswell is putting up a series of vivid images and connecting viewers to the origins of objects. WHO: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology WHEN: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
WHAT: Dutch immigrants and other Dutch speakers are gathering to eat lunch together and converse in the language. WHO: Germanic Languages and Literature WHEN: Noon to 1 p.m. WHERE: Modern Languages Building, Room 3308
Slavic October Film Festival WHAT: As part of their October Film Festival, students and instructors will gather to watch a Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian films. WHO: Slavic Languages and literature WHEN: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. WHERE: North Quad, Video Viewing Room
Open Swing WHAT: Open swing dancing session for anyone who is interested in swing dancing. Beginners are welcome. WHO: Mswing WHEN: 8:30 p.m. 10 p.m. WHERE: Room D., 3rd floor, Michigan League
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Underestimate by transportation manager chalked up to miscalculation Daily Staff Reporter
The cost of building a new Amtrak train station at Fuller Park — the city of Ann Arbor’s preferred location for a new station — is about $5 million higher than previously thought, MLive reported Wednesday afternoon. The $5 million margin was due to “an arithmetic error,” the city stated. The error was first noticed by Rita Mitchell, a member of the citizens group Protect A2 Parks. At Mitchell’s prodding, Eli Cooper, city transportation program manager, conducted a review and confirmed Mitchell’s finding. The city of Ann Arbor released a draft environmental assessment report mid-September, detailing possible options for a new station. Fuller Park, which is near the University of Michigan Hospital,
was named the preferred location. Plans for the new station included elevated it above the tracks that run past Fuller Park on the south side of Fuller Road. This preference for the new spot came over its current location, which is on Depot Street. City Mayor Christopher Taylor supported the Fuller Park station in his 2016 year-in-review letter. “I have previously stated my belief that the Fuller Road location would likely work best,” Taylor wrote last year. “It has more space for necessary parking, better access for the mass transit that will be necessary to move commuters from the station to other areas of the City, and it is right next to the highest employment center and most visited location in the County, the UM Health System.” Protect A2 Parks, however, opposes the construction of a new station in Fuller Park because the construction of a new station on
Depot Street, where the Amtrak Station is already located, would be a better use of land. City Councilmember Sumi Kailasapathy, D-Ward 1, whose ward encompasses Fuller Park, was skeptical about the new location in a previous interview with the Daily. “People don’t ride the trains because there’s a new train station. … They take the train because the train is convenient,” Kailasapathy said. “So if additional trains are driving in a timely manner, at reasonable rates and at convenient times, I really don’t see the need to spend $81 million on a new train station.” Wednesday, Cooper said the arithmetic error pertained to “an adjustment due to the time of construction.” In determining the costs for a “full-buildout scenario” by the year 2035, the team responsible for the calculations estimated the full cost for a Depot Street station is $94 million, $97.1 million for a ground-level Depot Street station and $81 for an elevated Fuller Park station plus the estimated $5 million more, nearing $86 million. That additional $5 million, Cooper said, would be reflected in an updated version of the draft of the environmental assessment report (in which the city announced its preference for a station at Fuller Park) before it is finalized. Cooper and his team estimated the total cost of a Depot Street station ranges from $94 to $98 million dollars, and the (now updated) cost of a Fuller Park station would be $86 million. The difference in the estimated costs comes from the fact a Depot Street station would require widening the Broadway Street bridge and acquiring property from Amtrak and DTE Energy. Cooper warned, though, the actual costs could be up to 50 percent higher or lower than these preliminary estimates.
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GOLF From Page 1 ourselves a big hole.” During Saturday’s round, however, the Wolverines found the answer they needed. Ashley Kim, who had shot a 74 in her initial round, rallied to card a six-under 66 with six birdies and no bogeys, moving her into a tie for 10th place. “It was super impressive,” Dowling said. “It’s pretty rare to have a bogey-free round, and that says a lot about her consistency.” Other Michigan golfers performed well on Saturday as well, including senior Kathy Lim who tallied a one-under 71. Senior Emily White and junior Elodie Van Dievoet both carded scores of 75, and senior Megan Kim carded a 78. The Wolverines finished the second round with a oneunder 287 and moved into 13th place. It was a significant improvement from their opening round. “I’m proud of them for bouncing back the way that they did,” Dowling said. Michigan continued to make progress during Sunday’s final round. Van Dievoet led the team with a three-under 69. She finished the tournament in 43rd place with a score of 219. Lim shot an even 72 to finish in 49th.
EXHIBIT From Page 1 and rigmaroles suddenly felt surprisingly intimate. As if everything was possible. Maybe we would never have found what Dion was looking for if it hadn’t been such an adventure, a leap of faith and sometimes a cliff hanger.” The 2011 piece featured a three-dimensional waiting room for Woodward’s office, which Dion explained had “all the charm of the department of motor vehicles.” The room was furnished with blue pleather chairs and obscure magazines. It was monitored by a jaded receptionist, uninterested in helping those who entered. Those visitors who sustained the seemingly endless wait were allowed to enter the
STUDENT GOV From Page 1 link to a petition of its renaming several times. Sarkar and CSG Vice President Nadine Jawad, a Public Policy junior, released a statementreferencing the building after condemning Charles Murray’s views when he came to speak on campus. “For the same reasons that Nadine and I condemn Murray’s beliefs, Nadine and I also support the renaming of the C.C.
White and Megan Kim carded scores of 75 and 73 in the final round, finishing in 51st and 80th place respectively. “We really played well the last two days,” Dowling said. “We finished well, which is nice.” Ashley Kim wavered in her final round but still managed to finish in 37th with a score of 218. This tournament was another strong performance in her already-impressive freshman year. “She’s playing on much
I’m proud of them for bouncing back the way that they did
longer golf courses that are set up more difficult than high school golf,” Dowling said. “For her to come out and do that in her first semester really says a lot about her talent level and her drive, and I think
office of Woodward — a dark room with glow-in-the-dark objects, each representing one of the 13 areas of knowledge. Seven years later, as the Institute for Humanities celebrates the Bicentennial with the yearlong theme “Archives and Futures,” Dion was invited back to the University to restage “Waiting for the Extraordinary.” The restaged piece is an imagination of the exterior of the original waiting room for Woodward’s office. The threedimensional cube is fashioned with wall moldings, a door, coat hooks and several clocks matching the time zones of the locations Dion inhabits. Krugliak said the restaged piece is designed to “serve as an archive of the original, a glance back, moving forward.” Dion then moved away from
Little Building,” it read. “People like Murray and Little, who shout from the rooftops that racism exists because certain people are inherently inferior do not deserve glorification.” Fadanelli, an LSA senior, has expressed his concerns regarding the name of the building and how this issue has been previously disregarded. “I just think it’s appalling to have this mixed message,” he explained. “On the one hand having the University, which tells its students, ‘You belong here,’ and on the other
that’s going to give her a lot of confidence moving forward. … We are really pumped for her — it’s pretty great.” The Wolverines were much more consistent in this outing compared to past tournaments. It also seemed to be more of a team effort, with different players scoring well throughout the weekend. “It helps the team to know that there are multiple people that can go low,” Dowling said. “This time, two out of our three rounds were up to our potential. The last two tournaments, only one round was up to our potential of the three rounds.” The field was very competitive and included powerhouses such as Duke and Alabama. Three other Big Ten teams — Iowa, Ohio State and Michigan State — also competed. It was a challenging test, but Michigan came to play. “You gotta bring it every single day in the women’s collegiate golf world these days … and that’s easy to say and hard to do,” Dowling said. “ … our final two rounds should give us a lot of confidence that we can compete with some of the best teams in the country.” Ashley Kim’s confidence showed this weekend, spurring the rest of the team and proving her legitimacy in the face of tough competition.
speaking about Ann Arbor in the lecture and discussed his work reimagining “follies,” which he defines as an 18th- or 19th-century building designed to produce a specific situation. Dion has created “follies” encouraging visitors to interact with the environment in destinations ranging from Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge to the mountains of Norway. LSA junior Julia McMahon attended the lecture and said she was captivated by the trust Dion has for those who enjoy his artwork. “I did like how trustworthy he was of people,” she said. “I think a lot of people have a negative outlook of others … and he had a positive outlook on life, which I think he presented in his artwork.”
hand having in one of the most prominent locations on campus … a building that glorifies a man who believed that a majority of students do not belong here.” LSA SG has reached out to the administration and to the student governments representing other schools within the University. Fadanelli expressed gratitude for the amount of support from the student governments and the University, especially within LSA. “I cannot state enough how much I appreciate what the college of LSA administration
important. … It’s important for us to be aware of how his thought may be poisoning our policies.” Ahmad said the closed records include FAIR’s meeting minutes, Tanton’s private correspondence and folders addressing immigration, among other documents. In an interview, Terry McDonald, director of the Bentley Library, explained the library has 11,000 collections. About 6,000 have been given by individuals, while the rest have been provided by University units and departments. McDonald said it is not unusual to have a conversation with a donor about when the contents of his or her donation will be made public. “When an individual is giving you their collection, especially if it involves their own lifetime, they frequently ask about the possibility of the collection being closed for some period of time, and they’re usually thinking about the people that they interacted with, that sort of thing, kind of not being around when this opens,” he said. “It’s a pretty standard conversation with an individual donor of private papers or their personal
PHYSICS From Page 1 in the College of Engineering, which provides undergraduate scholarships for computer science students. Leinweber said though he is not in a physics field, he is very invested in the advancement of physics research and knowledge. “I’ve always been fascinated by scientific discoveries, including research around the origin and scope of the universe we exist in,” Leinweber said. “With this gift, the Leinweber family wants to help the University continue to attract talented students and provide faculty with enhanced resources to make
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archive about whether or not they want it to be open immediately, or open at some point in the future.” McDonald said certain collections have restrictions. “This is not about Tanton, this is about a pretty common conversation that we have with
donors when they think about or agree to giving us their collections … exactly when will this open,” he said. McDonald highlighted the 14 public boxes have been used for research. “A substantial portion of the collection is open and has been used by researchers, and has been used by the researchers that are unfavorable to (Tanton),” McDonald said. “So it’s not as though you can’t use this at all.” McDonald said the library
has also been collecting and archiving the websites of Tanton’s organizations; these archives are accessible online. He also explained the legal issue at hand is whether a public university can make such commitment to a donor to keep their documents private. “That’s actually a pretty significant question for archives at all the public universities, because, of course, it’s standard professional practice to have this conversation,” he said. “Our desire is always to have things open ultimately, but in some cases in order to have that open over some length of time we will agree to have it closed for some period of time.” McDonald said the library takes no position on Tanton, his causes or the content of the collection; he said the library will maintain the agreement unless they are asked to do otherwise by the University or the court. University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald wrote in an email there is not much information to share given the lawsuit. “It is important to note that many of the papers are already available through the Bentley Library and others will be available at a later date, under the terms of the gift agreement with the donor,” Fitzgerald wrote.
groundbreaking discoveries. The University will also share their discoveries with the public through community engagement and outreach.” LSA Dean Andrew Martin said in the press release the gift will spur educational discovery and will improve society’s understanding of lesser-known physics topics. “The Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics acts as a discovery hub where questions about some of science’s most fascinating and complex questions are answered,” Martin said. “The foundation’s gift will enable researchers to better understand the composition of our universe and share exciting new knowledge with the public.” The Leinweber Center researches physics and
spreads its findings through conferences and seminars. Center Director Aaron Pierce said the gift from the foundation will bring new and innovative researchers to the University. “The Leinweber Foundation’s gift enables the center to continue to promote excellence in theoretical physics,” Pierce said. “Their gift will be essential in attracting the top young talent to Michigan and empowering cutting-edge discoveries in exciting, fundamental directions. It also allows Michigan to remain a nexus for conferences and workshops — a place where leading physicists gather to discuss breakthroughs and generate new ones. We’re so grateful for this generous support.”
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and faculty have done so far on this issue,” Fadanelli said. Fadanelli and LSA senior Ryan Gillcrist, LSA SG Vice President met with University President Mark Schlissel’s special council last week. They discussed President Schlissel’s new system of renaming buildings and how they are learning to amend and improve the process along the way. They also touched on how to make the administration’s actions and proposals more transparent and accessible to students. “They have been very
amicable in terms of being as transparent, open and honest as they can be,” Fadanelli said. In addition to the science building proposal, the administration is also considering renaming Winchell House in West Quad Residence Hall, as Winchell’s work has been cited by white supremacists. Fadanelli also brought up the renaming intiative during University Council. He said he stopped by Engineering Student Government’s meeting to propose a renaming resolution to their assemblies. He explained
there was a lot of “verbal support” from the other student governing bodies. During his discussion with ESG, he said its president, Engineering senior Breanna DeCocker, was very open to discussion. ESG is voting on their resolution Wednesday night. Rackham Student Government passed their resolution in renaming the building, 16 in favor and 2 against and six abstained. The Rackham governing body did not respond to requests for an interview.
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n the finale of the third season of Amazon’s “Transparent,” the Pfefferman family goes aboard a cruise ship during the Jewish holiday of Passover. Traditionally during Passover seders, Jews recite the religious platitude “next year in Jerusalem” to mark the thousand-year longing to return to the land of Israel. Perhaps not coincidentally, season four of “Transparent” does just that: Maura, the matriarch and protagonist of the series, presents a lecture on gender, Judaism and the Cold War in Tel Aviv with daughter Ali in tow. As gender and Judaism continue to be preeminent themes in “Transparent,” this season the characters also struggle to balance tradition and evolving mores. The new season, released in the midst of the High Holy Days, is fitting for inner observation of collective and individual behavior. In a time of major social upheaval, “Transparent” helps us deconstruct the walls that divide us. In the era of identity politics, what exactly does it mean to be Jewish? How do different social positions either reinforce or nullify certain axes of oppression? These relevant questions reveal the nexus of spirituality, political power and social consciousness. As students come to grips with mounting antiSemitism, racism and Islamophobia on college campuses, such moral and emotional predicaments become even more pressing. Against the backdrop of the Arab-Israeli conflict, these complexities illustrate how the Pfeffermans react to these schisms ingrained in their psyches. First, let me explain the history necessary to understand this season. In “Land and Power,” Anita Shapira describes the paradigmatic shift in Zionist art and literature during the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. After hundreds of years of persecution and marginalization, Zionist leaders forged a new mythology and an archetype to reimagine Jewishness. The “new Jew” was a male, muscular, strong-willed individual who contributed productively to the national community. This stood in opposition to the diasporic Jew: weak, dependent and emasculate. As Shapira notes, what marked men passing from the diaspora to
the Israeli community in literary texts was his integration with the kibbutz, a space where hard work and collectivism shaped his milieu. The same representation of gender and masculinity in the diaspora and national Jewish communities still plays out in the mythologies of mass culture today, as demonstrated in “Transparent.” Jill Soloway, the creator of “Transparent,” both challenges and feeds into this overplayed mythology. Soloway makes viewers question the histories and emotions that bind humans together. Borders and binarisms that separate — whether they are psychological or physical — are inconsequential insofar as they uphold the existing structure and authority that first erected them. How entrenched these separations are is irrespective of the fact that they once were manufactured. By moving to Israel, Moshe, Maura’s long-lost father, was able to reclaim his masculinity. Juxtaposed alongside the nonIsraeli branch of the Pfefferman family, American Jewish masculinity operates in a very different way. When the family’s Israeli security detail cajoles Maura’s son Josh into shooting a gun — an object so ubiquitous in Israel — for the very first time, he nearly shoots his mother. This is a sign of his personal deficiencies and insecurities, both a result of his disorienting upbringing. However, the most nuanced and provoking representation of Jewish and gender identities this season comes from Ali, the youngest of Maura’s three children. Ali embodies the growing young Jewish sentiment that questions the legitimacy of the establishment. Ali’s gender-bending performance at the Western Wall is one such example this season. Ali’s transgression is indicative of a larger attitude of alienation and inquisitiveness. Struggling with what it means to simultaneously act independently and belong to a larger community is a quandary not unique to Ali, but reflective of where many Jews stand today. Faced with representational and spiritual exclusion, Jews are increasingly creating alternative community spaces. College students specifically are forging alliances with other faith communities for mutual cultural understanding and solidarity.
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Between family in Tel Aviv and friends in Ramallah, Palestine, Ali learns about politics from a different vantage point. Ali’s political realization coincides with another revelation — that of nonconforming to gender. Both Jews and Muslims claim the Temple Mount — one of the most contested sites of the conflict — as theirs for religious significance. As Ali scoffs at the comparatively smaller portion women are allotted at the Western Wall, they covertly put on a yarmulke and walk over to the men’s section. Their persistent questioning of the status quo impels a dialectic negotiating between multiple identities: woman, nonbinary, Jewish, American, ally. Soloway, who also came out as nonbinary this summer, views the political ecology of this season through the lens of intersectionality. As they recently explained to Vulture, “One of the meaning (sic) of intersectionality is that even if I wanted to choose between my queerness and my Jewishness, I wouldn’t, I couldn’t.” Placing the friction brought upon gender identity issues alongside this more-than-70-year sociopolitical context begs the question: How did we arrive at this moment? During the Jewish High Holy Days, the inclination for introspection summons feelings of remorse and improvement. Coming together as a community is integral to understanding how to put the concerns and needs of others in mind. Reaching an equilibrium helps us move beyond rigid preconceptions and see things for what they truly are, not as what they should be. While issues of social injustice maintain their place within the public’s consciousness, college students must utilize their position to reinvigorate modes of critical inquiry. It needn’t be obligatory for everyone to be gender studies scholars like Maura and Ali to engage in the discourse surrounding social issues. To recognize one’s place as an individual within a larger community is enough to conceptualize how close we actually are.
Levi Teitel can be reached at lateitel@umich.edu.
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here is the line Capturing that demographic between productive wins us more than electoral debate and victories. If we truly want to dangerous discourse? change this country, At what point do if we actually want we, as the collective to be the progressive public, identify generation that specific “speech” advances American as blatantly racist society past this rhetoric that is not hellish episode of meant to be discussed our history, we need or debated, but to convey our liberal instead only meant to and progressive inspire and amplify concepts to a segment MICHAEL the message to the of the United States future followers of MORDARSKI we have become modern-day fascists openly hostile to. who endanger our democracy? Because there are individuals Last week, several of our fellow who regret voting for Trump. students decided that a speaker There are Republican, rightinvited by the University’s chapter leaning and moderate Americans of College Republicans was exactly who are looking at the lunacy that — a racist whose speech would of this administration and do nothing other than poison understanding there may be a the minds of tepid followers and need for a rational response to the further endanger the rights and nationalistic and ignorant policies lives of minorities on campus. that are plaguing this nation. And to be clear, Charles We’re on the right side Murray and his bestseller, “The of history; we just need to Bell Curve,” are on the wrong communicate to the others why. side of history. His academic But instead of that, we lock work provides racists with an ourselves away within our actual source on which to base cities and strike “invaders” with their ignorant and disgusting silencing attacks, drowning claims. But attempting to silence them out as the equivalent to anything this man had to say the Nazis or the Ku Klux Klan. was ultimately a detriment to We further entrench ourselves the cause of winning the literal within these operating bases that culture war we seem to be are found within the most liberal descending into as a country. echo chambers of major cities Aside from the blatant disregard and college towns, continuing to of the very right of freedom of bounce the same condemnations speech on public universities that of the lunacy of Trump and all protesters, professors and myself those who voted for him off one so easily engage in, these actions another, doing nothing to engage have undeniably further pushed a those who may even disagree in segment of Americans away from the slightest. us and our ideas. Last week, the protesters As students of this elite served as an example of that. But university, we are some of the most again, to be clear, Charles Murray intelligent, active, informed and is a moron. His blatantly racist well-connected members of our writings are disgusting. Yet in the generation; thousands of us will totality of the spectrum of this most definitely go on to change ideological struggle, silencing our society for the better. Yet it is this man was no victory, for it only actions like this that automatically added ammunition to the Tucker disengage and distance a Carlsons of the United States who demographic of the population will go on to exploit this and drive that we need. the wedge of division further.
Because the protesters, our fellow students, will be painted in very broad and factually incorrect strokes. Their actions will add to the many other instances that craft this false narrative of the uncompromising, liberal, coddled, safe space-having, triggered, antifa-supporting millennial population that is going to destroy the country. If only we could send our generation to fight a couple world wars, maybe we would toughen up and stop caring about our “feelings.” The students who protested are none of those things, though. They are overwhelmed. Donald Trump, a dotty old racist, is president. He is so incapable of doing his job, it’s not even worth the column space to write about anymore. The literal open displays of racism occurring within the country are alarming — so it is understandable that a reaction to a speaker such as this occurred. Yet again, it ultimately will add to our loss in bringing more Americans onto our side. As Murray said about the event, “This was being streamed tonight, right? The number of people who are going to see what went on there and are going to be moved further right compared to the number of people who saw that and say, ‘Oh that’s great, this is what we want’ — and there’s asymmetry there.” “This is what we want.” I recognize I am writing this from a position of privilege, but I must stress that I believe there is no merit in granting these idiots what they want — for us to react in this silencing, oppressive manner. Attacking and silencing this moronic old racist that a handful of mini-Paul Ryans wanted to hear last week strategically may not have been the best course of action. The far-right has more ammunition now, and it will distort, warp and exploit this for as long as possible. Michael Mordarski can be reached at mmordars@umich.edu.
LUCAS MAIMAN | COLUMN
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Look to the liberal arts
niversity of Michigan networks in its professional President Mark schools at the expense of its Schlissel has always liberal arts program. said the right things This need not and about the value of a should not be the liberal arts education. case. LSA’s reputation In 2015, he said that a as a leading liberal liberal arts education arts program is “prepares students to well-deserved and lead in increasingly must be supported. multicultural A Pew Research workplaces and Center survey of community 1,408 technologists, environments.” He practitioners and LUCAS has since echoed education leaders those remarks, stating MAIMAN concluded that the at a meeting with most important student leaders at the University skills in a rapidly automating job of Michigan’s Dearborn campus market will be those that are more in 2016 that “the toolbox of the irreplaceable and intangible, like humanities is really essential for creativity, curiosity and empathy. every educated person.” Contrary to some current Schlissel’s explicit support thinking, the liberal arts should recognizes the University’s not be and, in fact, are not seen proud history and strength in as a luxury reserved for affluent its liberal arts curriculum. More students, either. One survey of than 40 LSA programs rank in 5,000 graduating seniors found the top 10 nationally, and the LSA that the students most likely faculty reads like a who’s who in to major in the humanities or academia, with two professors in social sciences were the first LSA receiving MacArthur genius in their family to have earned grants just last week. college degrees. On paper, the University can No single remedy exists to shift certainly lay claim to being focus away from more specialized a liberal arts powerhouse. pre-professional schools, but In practice, though, LSA the University has many tools increasingly seems to defer to promote the liberal arts and to the undergraduate pre- preserve LSA’s reputation. Here professional schools at the are some straightforward steps the University, whether through University can take: funding, attention or general 1. Court more donors for caretaking. Facilities and liberal arts scholarships. The classrooms primarily used fruits of liberal arts are so widely for liberal arts studies appear appreciated in disciplines beyond antiquated next to those in the humanities that even those who Ross School of Business and the have endowed schools at the Ford School of Public Policy. University can surely be persuaded Advisory services and activities to support multidisciplinary to promote a sense of community education. After all, two of the for students in LSA also lag University’s 10 largest donations in behind the intimate networks school history have partially gone created by those schools. toward liberal arts studies and a These deficiencies do not third, a $50 million gift from Helen reflect a lack of commitment by Zell for the Helen Zell Writers’ the University staff and faculty. Program, was earmarked solely A student seeking help from a for the liberal arts, albeit in the professor undoubtedly will receive graduate program. assistance from the best minds 2. Invest in improved anywhere on campus. classrooms in liberal arts buildings. Where the University stumbles, Students who view their classroom however, is the disproportionate environments as supportive and attention seemingly given to positive tend to learn better. The developing communities and University is taking the right steps
with renovation plans for Weiser Hall and the LSA Building, but two of the biggest hubs for the liberal arts — the Modern Languages Building and Mason Hall — would benefit from more modernized classrooms. No significant renovations have been made in the Modern Languages Building since its construction in 1972. Only one major renovation, a $35 million project completed in 2003, has been made in Haven Hall and Mason Hall in the past 65 years. In comparison, there has been $292 million in projects for the Business School since 2004. 3. Make cohorts and mentorship within LSA and liberal arts programs more visible. Peer mentorship lets students serve as advisers to one another and in turn tempers the scale of a school as vast as LSA. While many departments have peer advisers, not many students know about these resources. The Business School has successfully adopted similar forms of peer mentorship. 4. Better publicize extracurricular opportunities related to the liberal arts. A more accessible and dynamic website advertising undergraduate journals, internships and research opportunities would increase student involvement on campus. The LSA Opportunity Hub is a big step in the right direction. Increasing awareness of similar initiatives would further elevate our liberal arts program. 5. Encourage students enrolled in pre-professional schools to pursue interests they have in the liberal arts. Business leaders as diverse as Mark Cuban and Slack’s Stewart Butterfield have championed the values of a liberal arts education. Campus participation in a liberal arts education should extend past requirements typically completed in a student’s freshman year. As President Schlissel has said, “A liberal education teaches citizenship.”
Read more at MichiganDaily.com Lucas Maiman can be reached at lmaiman@umich.edu.
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FILM FESTIVAL COVERAGE
Edgefest to bring vibrant musical talent to campus Ann Arbor’s annual jazz festival returns this week to Kerrytown FALLON GATES Daily Arts Writer
‘Last Flag Flying’ is one of the many films playing at Chicago Film Festival this month
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“12 Days,” a documentary by French filmmaker Raymond Depardon (“Journal de France”), is a bore. Even at under 90 minutes, the film feels like a painful marathon. In “12 Days,” Depardon trains his eye on an odd quirk of the French legal system: When an individual is brought into a psychiatric ward, likely against his or her will, after 12 days the individual is brought before a judge, who determines whether the inmate will stay or will be released. “12 Days” is largely restricted to capturing the proceedings of these semitrials. In these interviews, the patients remain closed, or more rarely open up. They may be confessional, they may lie. Each patient is given an anonymity that cloaks his or her true feelings. But this is a psychiatric ward, after all. After we hear one patient ramble about being a part of the holy trinity, the judge mentions that he had murdered his father. Depardon’s documentary invites viewers to question the desirability, let alone legality, of a system that ostensibly lets its captives determine their fate, while allowing a largely removed judge to ultimately make the call. Some cases are open and shut, one or two in particular are heartbreaking. A few have rather grisly and painful details. But while the film’s subject matter and the questions about civil liberties it raises are vital, Depardon can’t rely on topicality alone to create a compelling film. Each interview session, through editing, lasts around seven minutes, but many feel like an eternity. We hear a modestly made plea, a great deal of incoherence, a summary from a lawyer and a reliably sober judge’s decision. Monotonous and languorous, “12 Days” lays the foundation for critical non-fiction work but forgets to make it interesting. Other direct cinema documentaries of the sort, such as Frederick Wiseman’s latest masterwork, “Ex Libris,” mine a large collection of footage for the best material. It seems Depardon only shot 87 minutes of film and cut nothing. Though it doesn’t justify sitting down for the full 87 minutes, three almost otherwise silent interludes, scored by Oscar-winner Alexandre Desplat (“The Grand Budapest Hotel”) are
splendid and almost poetic in their minimalism. Depardon, after a number of interviews, looks to the facility’s grounds outdoors to see a man, not quite lost but certainly confused, walking in circles; toward the end he examines the entryway to a store and the rolling grass of the facility’s main square; after the last interview, he captures a gorgeous mistladen twilight. Desplat’s score, which unfortunately only plays in these scenes, is haunting, composed mostly of despair but with a tinge of hope and uplift,
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“Last Flag Flying” Amazon Studios Set for release Nov. 3 like the facility’s inmates. The first American film I saw at the Festival, aside from “The Florida Project,” which wasn’t playing at the Festival but was playing at the same theater, was “Last Flag Flying,” a follow-up to “The Last Detail,” a 1973 film directed by Hal Ashby. In “The Last Detail,” two men in the Navy (played by Jack Nicholson and Otis Young) are tasked with escorting a much younger third (played by Randy Quaid) to a Navy prison to serve an eight-year sentence for petty theft. Given a per diem and seven days to make a four-day trip, the two sailors plan on spending much of their money and time on the way back. But when they start to develop a liking for the young shipman, they decide to, in their parlance, show him a good time. A follow-up, based on a 2005 novel written by Darryl Ponicsan, the same author as the first film’s source material, makes perfect sense for director Richard Linklater. “The Last Detail” is a sort of proto-Linklater hang movie, akin to “Dazed and Confused” and last year’s “Everybody Wants Some!!,” and who better than Linklater, whose “Before” trilogy and “Boyhood” capture aging and passing time better than any other director, to pick
up the trio’s story. Unfortunately, Linklater’s latest lacks much of the charm of his other movies and the original 1973 film. Granted, “Last Flag Flying” is much more mournful because of its general plot, but its attempts at comedy aren’t nearly as potent. Sure some laughs land, but this a largely sterile film, focused on artificially creating a plot where one perhaps shouldn’t exist. “Last Flag Flying” takes place in the Northeast U.S., just like its predecessor, this time with the backdrop of another conf lict that has since come to be understood as a foolish quagmire. The names have changed, as has their backstory, but a trio reunites. Early in the Iraq War, Larry “Doc” Shepherd (Steve Carell, “Battle of the Sexes”), who continues Quaid’s character, drops in on bartender Sal Nealon (a Jack Nicholson-impersonating Bryan Cranston, “Trumbo”) and Reverend Richard Mueller (Otis Young incarnate Laurence Fishburne, “John Wick Vol. 2”). Doc’s son, Larry, was killed in Iraq and he wants Nealon and Mueller, all of whom haven’t seen each other since their days in Vietnam, to accompany him to the funeral. The Marines plan on burying Larry at Arlington, but Doc has other plans, eyeing to bury his son in Portsmouth, NH, where he lived and where Doc’s recently deceased wife is also buried. The trio conspires to outwit the Marines and, in the process, bump up against each other, reminiscing and arguing as old friends might do. Where the film stumbles, besides some of its uncharacteristically stale dialogue, is its odd attempt to distance itself from the original film while still holding tightly to its premise. In my recollection, Vietnam is not even mentioned in “The Last Detail,” but the Iraqi undercurrent in “Last Flag Flying” almost necessitates the comparison, but it feels artificial. The name changes and the variation in the backstory are somewhat perplexing and definitely jarring. A crucial emotional moment in the film involving Cicely Tyson (“The Help”) feels very forced. Cranston and Fishburne appear uncomfortable in their roles and play exaggerated archetypes, but Carell is simply incredible. He’s a defeated man, between his time in the brig and the two deaths in the past year, so when he’s finally able to laugh, it’s an outburst of melancholic catharsis.
The soul of the saxophone, the pounding of percussion, the mellow of the cello — these sounds blend into a traveling tune, dancing through the air to the ears of the crowd. Edgefest, the four day festival of avantgarde music, features a plethora of world-renowned artists, each a master of their own form of music. Ground-breaking musicians, influenced by jazz, rock and classical, are bringing innovative and improvised melodies to the Kerrytown Concert House this weekend. With several performances throughout the evening each day, there are plenty opportunities to make time for musical talents that radiate with passion and expertise. Founded in 1997, Edgefest started as a one-day festival that quickly grew into its present fourday celebration. It began when two exceptional groups of musicians happened to come through town at the same time. Dave Lynch had the thought to simply add another group and turn it into a festival; thus, Edgefest was born. It’s the year of percussion. Every year, the festival rallies around a theme to tie it all together, such as bass or saxophone in years past. This year, the musicians are connected by their mastery in percussion. The festival will illuminate the ingenious role of drummers within the avant world of music. The badum tish, the gada gada, the groans and moans, the jars, even the rataplan: all the beats to shake your senses and lull
you into the rhythm of the drum. said. The community of Ann Arbor With a student population clamors with anticipation over from all over the world, the bright this valued attraction each minds of Michigan’s community year. In an interview with the are perfectly suited to Edgefest. Daily, Deanna Relyea, founder Many of this year’s artists are of Kerrytown Concert House in from New York, San Francisco and 1984, said Edgefest is “really one of Europe; students from those areas the most important festivals of its will probably recognize some of kind in the world.” Nowhere else the names of the artists. can you hear the same exceptional “We are happy when the house gathering of music. is full — at 120 people,” Relyea “You don’t get thousands of said about KCH’s attendance. people stampeding the stage,” “That’s the way it is in New York Relyea said. “It’s a too. People playing very specific music, in downtown yet it’s a mixture: Manhattan, with Edgefest some improvised, rave reviews by the some composed.” New York Times, October 19thThis isn’t the are happy to get 21st music you hear 40 people.” During on the radio. This Edgefest, however, Kerrytown music is real, the house often Concert Hall requires talent finds itself sold out and actually the popularity General: $45 for with means something. of the festival. Each the day, $15 per act is different; it’s The typical jazz instruments original. There is concert will be featured no headliner act. as well as some Instead, all groups Student: $5 per atypical cultural are well known in concert instruments and their musical field, some cutting-edge and it becomes electric appliances a collaborative — it is wholly unusual. Instead of environment among musicians. the songs being rehearsed ahead Too often does this genre get of time, you will be faced with over looked by the millennial’s on-the-spot melodies, tunes that obsession with pop culture and come right from the heat of the what’s “cool.” Jazz is not an old moment. form of music, but a genre that is That’s what makes this music continually developing, reshaping special — what you hear in that and adapting with the times. If you moment will not be heard in the think jazz can’t create a charged, same way again. A night spent electric feel, you are wrong. If at Edgefest is a night unique and you think jazz can’t rock the truly your own. house down, you are wrong. If you “I feel that young minds grasp think jazz is dead, you are most the roots of this music,” Relyea definitely wrong.
ALBUM REVIEW
How do you say “dvsn”?
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dvsn’s sophomore album is Very Good, if not Great JOEY SCHUMAN Daily Arts Writer
For most of the 2000s, Mark Buehrle was a well above-average baseball player. Known for excellent pitch location, killer offspeed stuff and refreshingly fast pace on the mound, the White Sox left-hander earned five All Star nods in addition to a World Series championship in 2005. He was good — very good — but not quite legendary, and although he’ll always be a fan favorite in Chicago, he’ll forever be cemented in baseball purgatory, an area one notch down from Fame: the Hall of Very Good. On Oct. 13, dvsn released Morning After, a sophomore follow-up to 2016’s Sept. 5th, and if that debut was Buehrle’s no-hitter, this is his perfect game — better refined, likely more memorable, a more successful push beyond minimalistic stricture and another accolade to tack onto — at best — a very above-average career. On that debut we got gems (e.g. “With Me,” “Too Deep”) that oozed, simply and unapologetically, of sex, and the theme is also in effect here. This time, the duo — one half Daniel Daley (vocals) and other half Nineteen85 (production) — feels more comfortable toying with this sexual foundation. While standard alternative R&B elements are noticeable, “Don’t Choose,” for example, adds something extra
with its muffled, pitchy hook. We space. It’s natural to look for more hear a plea, of sorts, and it leads a second time around, but the duo up to an especially gospel-y outro realistically can only function as its that’s equal parts unexpected and most organic self, an inextricably fun (and maybe the highlight). OVO-inked, Toronto-linked, This moment smoothly transitions Drake-child of crooning output. to “Mood,” an airy piano carrying Accepting this makes a track like into Daley’s boldest falsettos on “Think About Me” that much the entire album, which sets the better, even if it feels conservative scene for a lush ballad. Consider in light of other recent Nineteen85 this stretch equivalent to Buehrle’s beauties like PartyNextDoor’s time with the “Not Nice” or Toronto Blue Jays, Drake’s “Madiba Morning After the city from where Riddim.” dvsn themselves Morning After dvsn hail; the pitcher is simultaneously saw success with a a high quality OVO Sound/ new level of finesse release that also Warner Bros. in the twilight of falls victim to the his career as he inescapability of played with speeds and spots. its own cadre of love-oriented Similarly, dvsn mixes in refreshing artists and fellow collaborators instrumentation to stabilize each — PartyNextDoor and Majid ballad. Jordan come to mind — and it The album as a whole is ultimately defines the release. a ballad, after all. Certain “Conversations in a Diner” might straightforwardness is to be be the best example of this, a expected; Morning After contains back-end choral reinforcement 13 tracks, each grounded providing an extra punch on a thematically in love and the track that still somehow ends up frustrations that stem from it. sounding familiar. There’s a very The songs that stand out are those real ceiling here, and it becomes where the production falters increasingly curious if / when it for one reason or another: “Nuh can grow. Buehrle never really had Time / Tek Time” relies on an that moment — he was really good, underwhelming beat switch, while an incredibly satisfying form of “Claim” utilizes too much mid- entertainment, and yet, due to the 2000s sounding synth. Both tracks nature of his own game, maybe quickly become forgettable. not the realest thing. The analogy dvsn finds itself tiptoeing a resonates here, especially in light tight line because it still excels of its latest release. Welcome, dvsn, in a certain comfortable alt-R&B to the Hall of Very Good.
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CONCERT REVIEW
Can we label ‘Blade Runner’ as a classic? Looking at the effect this can have on the film’s viewing experience
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A nonchalant, undeniably hype GoldLink electrifies The producer/singer performed at St. Andrew’s Hall last Tuesday SHIMA SADAGHIYANI Daily Arts Writer
Before even showing his face on stage, D.C. rapper D’Anthony Carlos (more commonly known by stage name, GoldLink) captivated the audience. Hidden from view on the sidelines, his voice bounced around the expanse of St. Andrew’s Hall as he shouted expletives that mingled with colorful strobe lights. By the time he graced the audience with his presence, casually strolling out with a grin and a puffy jacket, the crowd was in an uproar. Armed with only a microphone in one hand, GoldLink struck an unassuming figure against the clamoring backdrop of red, blue and yellow. Five minutes later, jacket lying forgotten in the back corner, crowd dissolving into a pit of thrashing arms and bouncing feet, “unassuming” (and all other associated synonyms) was nowhere to be found. Ricocheting from one beat to the next, never faltering in speed or energy, GoldLink proved his solo presence as a force to be reckoned with. The layering of smooth rap over a playful menagerie of melodies turned the small corner of Detroit into lit fireworks. With songs that pull inspiration
from a wide range of sources — everything from house to soul — GoldLink was unapologetically uncontained as he constructed his rolling patchwork of sound. Unapologetically uncontained seemed to be the theme of the show, as even the opener, Masego, blended styles of music in a similar fashion. Bursting on to the stage in crooked sunglasses and a miniature saxophone necklace matching the actual saxophone in his right hand, Masego’s lighthearted demeanor welcomed all. Easygoing and laidback, he danced from one song to the next, each its own intricate tie-dye swirl of hip-hop, jazz and electronica. Aside from occasionally pausing to gift a delighted audience with suave saxophone solos, Masego was constantly in motion, a blur of gangly legs and shuffling shoulders. GoldLink couldn’t have asked for a better introduction. From the bouncing funk of “Herside Story” to the bright fizz of “Summatime” to the thumping staccato of “We Will Never Die,” GoldLink remained nonfrivolous; his show was refreshingly uncomplicated, remaining free of unnecessary frills. The dragging tempo of “The Parable of the Rich Man” contrasted the driving beat of “Kokamoe Freestyle,” but GoldLink performed both songs similarly: leaning over the edge
of the stage, one foot perched on a speaker and completely nonchalant underneath the concentrated spotlight. As he cycled through the majority of At What Cost, jumping from “Meditation” to “Roll Call” to “Crew,” GoldLink could get up close and personal. Unhindered by loud displays or a cluttered space, all eyes were on GoldLink. Rather than making the show monotone, the uniformity allowed his emotions to be on clear display. Personability infused every melody. There is a complexity found in everything GoldLink has produced: from the many appearances of other up-andcoming D.C. rappers in At What Cost, to the wide-ranged sampling of D.C.’s regional style of go-go in The God Complex. This intricacy, however, is not what causes the songs to be memorable. Rather, it is GoldLink’s passion that drives his music; it’s a sentiment that effortlessly translates to his live shows. The connection GoldLink has to his hometown, his music and his fans was undeniable during his performance. Underneath elaborate twists of hard rhymes and a vigorous BPM, there was authenticity: a honest dedication that has established GoldLink as a multifaceted powerhouse, despite his relatively simple presentation.
In the run-up to the release of “Blade Runner 2049,” my housemates and I decided it was time for us to watch the original “Blade Runner” from all those years ago. Heralded today as both a classic and one of the defining science fiction films of the 20th century, no one in my house had ever seen the movie. Of a panel that included a film major, an avid film/TV buff and just your average film watcher, upon finishing the movie, only one of us professed to having liked it. That was me. My film buff friend thought it was boring and way too long, and moreover he professed that he thought he would’ve enjoyed it more if he hadn’t heard all these great things about it, creating high expectations going in. My friend who just watches movies causally didn’t care for it at all. Both of them felt the film’s label as a “classic” had made them dislike it even more, because they were expected to like it automatically. My film buff friend continued to insist that it was his expectation for the movie that had primarily ruined his experience of it. He believed that in the wake of movies like “The Matrix” and TV shows such as “Black Mirror” and “Westworld,” the themes being pushed by “Blade Runner” seemed relatively quaint. This is similar to me to when
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It also seems to me that certain movies, like “Blade Runner,” require the audience to sit with them for a bit before making a final judgment. Nowadays it’s expected that everyone has their gut reactions to any given moment or event ready to go instantly, but media that asks deep questions of you sometimes demands that you give it time. My film buff friend who hated “Blade Runner” in the
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immediate moment following our viewing has now insisted that we need to watch “The Final Cut” of the movie before we go see “Blade Runner 2049” this week. He said he’s begun to appreciate more what the movie was trying to do now that he’s given it some time and that he’s curious if director Ridley Scott (“Alien: Covenant”) fixed any of the perceived mistakes of the original film with one of his director’s cuts. Does the moniker of a “classic” give a film expectations it can never live up to? If you’ve built up in your mind the idea of “Blade Runner” as a Harrison Ford action adventure, does that mean you are doomed to hate the actual “Blade Runner” for the rest of your life? Maybe the answer is that it’s important to remember that movies like “Blade Runner” became cult classics over time. No movie is a classic on the day it’s released. It took decades for “Blade Runner” to obtain its status as a monumentally inf luential piece of science fiction, so it’s unfair to expect people seeing it for the first time to necessarily accept it totally at first sight. Given time, it seems my film buff friend will eventually come around. As for my other friend, he barely made it through the movie the first time. You can’t please everyone.
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I showed a hallmate “Star Wars” for the first time and she insisted that the movie was derivative and very familiar to “Harry Potter,” “The Lord of the Rings” and many other fantasy films. When we live in a media culture inspired and inf luenced by certain seminal works, sometimes it’s hard to watch the thing that started certain trends without feeling like you’re watching a more basic version of something you’ve already seen.
The most impressive and innovative way that students of the University’s School of Music, Theatre and Dance are creating theater is through the work of Basement Arts. A completely student run theatre group housed on North Campus that consistently runs a few shows per semester, Basement Arts situates its shows back to back, weekend to weekend — providing a space for students to exercise creativity and agency in the theatre. Students who are interested in being a part of Basement Arts can propose both original and established works to be produced, directed, performed and designed by students to the Basement Arts board, an elected team of students in the SMTD. The turnover is quick, with rehearsal time being about three weeks and funds being minimal — but time and time again the students of the SMTD and the Basement team produce magic. Next up on the Basement Arts agenda is “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised],” which is being directed by Elle Smith and showcases two BFA performance majors and a BFA musical theatre major. Elle decided to propose this piece because it stands out as being different from conventional ideas of Shakespeare. “I first saw a VHS recording of the original production with the Shakespeare club I started with a few of my friends from
Shakespeare camp — I was a very seriously, and drama needs super cool kid,” she said. “It emphasis on comedic moments.” was the first time I realized that The piece she is currently Shakespeare directing, wasn’t always “The Complete this serious Works of form of drama; William Basement Arts it could be really Shakespeare presents “The funny.” (Abridged) Complete Works Smith is no [Revised]”, stranger to the which will be of William field of directing performed Shakespeare — she has been this coming (Abridged) directing both weekend [Revised]” in and out of through the University Basement Walgreen Drama for her entire Arts, is a play Center — Towlsey college career, written by having already Adam Long, Studio directed for Daniel Singer October 19th both Basement and Jess Arts and Winfield. 21st @ 8:00 P.M., other student The play October 20th @ run theatre experienced 11:00 P.M. organizations great success on campus in New York Free like Rude and many Mechanicals. other cities Last year she nationwide. It directed “The Importance of includes 37 Shakespeare plays Being Ernest” and “Dear.” in 97 minutes and was London’s After longest running comedy in graduation, Smith London’s West End. The entirety plans to pursue of Shakespeare’s major works directing and is are condensed into one play, hoping to land an played by three actors. Though apprenticeship at the piece did originally debut a regional theatre in London, it has had thrived in either New on stages in the United States as York or the Mid- well. West. She has Smith prides herself on being been passionate different in her directorial style. about her directing “Everyone in the directing career since department has a different senior year of style,” she said. “I’m really high school when into reimagining classic works she was urged by with a modern twist — like my a teacher to go all-female production of ‘The into directing. With that, she Importance of Being Earnest’ switched her career plan from last fall. I also have an amazing actor to director. concept for a zombie production She has directed for UPROD of ‘Hamlet.’” and student run pieces, for With such vision, “The comedies and tragedies — but Complete Works of William when asked about how comedy Shakespeare (Abridged) and tragedy differ, she claims, [Revised]” is sure to breathe “In my experience, I’ve found fresh, fast life into nearly fourty that comedy needs to be treated classic plays.
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Michigan pulls out late win over Omaha Zakyi plays the hero MEN’S SOCCER
The Wolverines were pushed to double overtime before earning a 2-1 win JACOB SHAMES Daily Sports Writer
As players jostled for position in the box awaiting the free kick, Mohammed Zakyi felt his jersey being tugged by the Omaha defenders marking him. Seconds later, it was Zakyi himself grabbing his jersey and ripping it off in celebration. Omaha goalkeeper Joseph Ghitis couldn’t control Tristan Jacob’s high-arcing set piece, and the ball fell in front of Zakyi. The freshman forward outstretched his foot and knocked the ball into the net, giving the Michigan men’s soccer team (4-1-1 Big Ten, 8-4-2 overall) a 2-1, doubleovertime victory over the Mavericks. “I remember a defender was telling me that I’m trash, I can’t do anything, I’m just a freshman,” Zakyi said. “But I was like, ‘If you keep telling me (that) stuff, I’m going to do work’ because that keeps me going.” This trash talk and physical back-and-forth play exemplified Saturday’s contest from the opening kickoff to Zakyi’s gamewinner, which came after 106 minutes of gritty, hard-nosed competition from both sides. While it was a non-conference game, Michigan coach Chaka Daley stated it didn’t feel that way. “That game was as in-conference, passionate fighting as it gets,” Daley said. “And Omaha made it that way.” The Wolverines began the game looking “lively,” according to Daley. Michigan took five of the first seven shots, and Omaha’s only serious threat in the early going came off a Wolverine clearance error. Due to Omaha’s physical style, however, serious chances from open play were hard to come by. And the Mavericks took advantage — in the 37th minute,
forward Diego Gutierrez finished off a counterattack by firing a shot past freshman goalkeeper Henry Mashburn. But when the teams went to the locker room at halftime, Daley wasn’t worried. “I thought we were in control in the first half,” Daley said. “They scored a goal against the run of play. But in saying that, they’re a very tough team to play against. They were a challenge to us and we had to fight, scrap and claw for everything that we were going to get.” To Daley, the problem wasn’t that his team was being outhustled. Instead, the emphasis at halftime centered on clinical finishing and set piece execution, two areas where Omaha was stronger in the first half. “We wanted to tidy some things up and tighten up the ship,” Daley said. “We could have done a better job in the final
third of making more dangerous services.” Michigan certainly did after the break. Sixteen minutes into the second half, freshman midfielder Marc Ybarra drove a free kick deep into the six-yard box. Zakyi flew forward to meet the ball with his head, tying the game at one apiece. But the Mavericks were undeterred, threatening to break the deadlock on multiple occasions. Forward Fred Frimpong had a one-on-one with Mashburn just 10 minutes after Zakyi’s goal, but Mashburn made an impressive save with his legs. Three minutes later, an Omaha goal was disallowed due to an offside call. And in the 87th minute, Elvir Ibisevic surely would have scored the gamewinning goal if it weren’t for junior defender Daniel Mukuna being in perfect position to clear it.
The first overtime period, however, mostly belonged to the Wolverines, as they fired four shots to the Mavericks’ one. Zakyi found himself all alone on the edge of the box with seconds to go, but his effort was wide left. His next attempt, however, was not. “From a character standpoint, I thought it was great for the group,” Daley said. “We were exhausted at the end, and they made us work for it.” After a tiring stretch of four games in 12 days, Michigan has plenty of time to recover before it travels to Ohio State on Saturday. But there’s more than a heated rivalry at stake — a Wolverine win would clinch a top-four finish in the Big Ten, and give them the opportunity to play at home during the conference tournament. “You know how those games always go between our schools,” Daley said. “It’s a huge one.”
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Michigan coach Chaka Daley gave the Wolverines the halftime talk they needed to turn the match around in their favor.
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The Michigan soccer team was sputtering offensively Saturday against Omaha until freshman striker Mohammed Zakyi turned the match on its head. With the Wolverines down 1-0 in the 60th minute, freshman midfielder Marc Ybarra launched a free kick. His in-swinging cross over the top of the Omaha defense found Zakyi, who was able to sneak behind the Maverick back line to place a diving header to the left of goalkeeper Joseph Ghitis and knot the score at one. “(Zakyi’s) a smashing young player,” said Michigan coach Chaka Daley. “We’re excited to see his growth as a footballer. He’s a natural center forward, he scores goals.” Forty-five minutes later, with Michigan locked in a tight overtime battle, Zakyi played the hero again. Daley drew up the same play, with a nearly identical result. Ghitis thwarted Zakyi’s initial header, but the freshman’s relentlessness paid off, as he arrived first to the ensuing scramble and slotted the ball past the flailing Omaha defenders to give the Wolverines a 2-1 victory. “In practice, we work on free kicks a lot because in college, it’s really hard to (score from) through balls,” Zakyi said. “With free kicks and corner kicks it’s really important to just put your body on the line and (the second goal) was really scrappy, I just put myself on the line because it’s for the team.” Michigan’s scoring troubles were on full display in the first half of Saturday’s match, as it was unable to find holes in the Mavericks’ defense, relying on ambitious long-balls and crosses to try to equalize after Omaha’s opening goal. Success hasn’t come automatically to Zakyi in his first season in Ann Arbor, either. After scoring 10 minutes into his college career in the season opener against
William and Mary, he missed nearly a month with an injury. After being eased back into play following his return, he regained his starting role five matches ago against Oakland and hasn’t looked back, tallying four goals and three assists since then. But Saturday was his best performance yet, signaling the completion of his transition to the college game. “In high school, I (was able to) carry the ball a lot and dribble through players,” Zakyi said. “But in college, everyone is really physical … so you have to work extremely hard.” While the increased physicality may have affected Zakyi early in the season, it is clear he has adapted, as his ability to win an aerial challenge with the Mavericks’ keeper caused the ball to fall to him for his matchwinning goal. The two goals were not his only contributions, as he repeatedly challenged the Omaha defense in his 67 minutes — both with dangerous balls into the box and runs behind the Mavericks’ backline. He nearly ended the match in the first overtime, narrowly missing with a rightfooted shot from a tight angle after controlling a long ball and beating a defender one-on-one to get through on goal. “Coming in as a freshman and playing against bigger guys. … They think that I’m going to be really weak and that I won’t be able to fight hard,” Zakyi said. “My team captain, (senior center back Billy Stevens), he’s really inspirational and he tells us we can do anything. (He) keeps me going no matter what so I think Bill has been an inspiration to me, making me play very well today.” Saturday’s performance was just the most recent chapter in Zakyi’s young college career. With his confidence growing, and new heights seemingly being reached in every match, Zakyi’s continued success will be crucial for the Wolverines going forward.
Wolverines take third ‘M’ falls in rivalry match with Spartans place at SMU Classic WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING
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As junior Siobhán Haughey touched the wall first in the final leg of the 800-yard freestyle relay on Friday night, it was clear that the defending Big Ten Champions had picked up right where they left off. The relay squad that anchors the Michigan women’s swimming and diving team – senior Gabby Deloof and juniors Catie Deloof, Rose Bi and Haughey – won the event by over five seconds and notched an NCAA “A” time of 7:00.71. The sixth-ranked Wolverines did not perform as convincingly as a whole, but they still showed their talent in the SMU Classic on Friday and Saturday. They finished third with a score of 322 behind perennial swimming powers No. 10 Louisville and No. 5 USC. No. 21 UCLA, Miami, and SMU rounded out the field. Haughey, who represented Hong Kong at the 2016 Rio Olympics, noted that there was “a lot of competition”, as she squared off multiple times against Louisville’s Mallory Comerford. Comerford, a sprint freestyler who won the 200-yard freestyle at last year’s NCAA Championship, won five gold medals at this summer’s World Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary. In the 200-yard freestyle, Haughey put up a fight against the defending NCAA champion, touching the wall less than a second after Comerford. In the 100-yard freestyle, she came up short against Comerford again but recorded a school-record time of 47.22 in the process. The meet was not a traditional one — each team was allowed to
bring just eight swimmers and one diver to the contest. Each event was comprised of only one swimmer from each school, giving the pool a “select” feel not usually present so early in the season. “They were really thinking about fighting for their team back home in Ann Arbor,” said associate head coach Rick Bishop. Added Haughey: “We were racing for them. ... They made a video to tell us good luck.” Bishop credited “great leadership” from senior team captains Clara Smiddy and Gabby Deloof in helping to keep the team focused in such a small group. “They lead from the front,” Bishop said. “Their performances were great.” Smiddy, in particular, led by example with her dominance in the backstroke events, winning the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 52.55 and placing second in the 200-yard backstroke. She also finished second in the 200yard individual medley. In addition to veteran leadership, Michigan’s young talent shined. Sophomore Miranda Tucker led the way in the breaststroke races, touching second in the 100-yard event and third in the 200-yard event. On the boards, freshmen diver Nikki Canale finished third in both the one-meter and threemeter diving events. Five months out from the 2018 Big Ten Championships, the SMU Classic served as an early test for a Michigan team that already has its sights set on a third consecutive Big Ten title. “This is just a meet in a very long journey,” Haughey said. “Our end goal is a Big Ten Championship.”
They were really thinking about fighting for their team
The Michigan women’s soccer team fell, 2-1, to rival Michigan State in a game defined by missed scoring chances. The Wolverines (2-4-3 Big Ten, 5-5-6 overall) can’t seem to beat their rivals, falling short to Michigan State (2-7-0 Big Ten, 6-10-0 overall) after a loss to No. 17 Ohio State last week. Going into the matchup, it 1 MICHIGAN MICH. STATE 2 seemed like Michigan would have blown out the Spartans. The game, originally postponed for weather conditions, was a shock for both sides. The Wolverines started off strong offensively, dominating possession of the ball and notching four shots within the first four minutes. Junior forward Reilly Martin was the first to convert on a pass from freshman midfielder Nikki Hernandez, soaring past Michigan State defenders and scoring a 10-yard goal inside the box just over five minutes into the game. “I think our chemistry together has really developed over the season,” Martin said. “It’s really great having a freshman who can step up and just take part in such a big role.” The Spartans were quick to tie the game at though. Roughly three minutes after Martin’s goal midfielder Lexy Warner, tapped in a rebound inside the box. “We had a number of situations where the ball’s falling and it seems like Michigan State is a step closer than us,” Martin said. “The one goal they scored in the first half, the ball was knocked in the box, dropped down and their player put it in. That was the difference.” The match remained tied, 1-1, for the remainder of the half,
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Junior forward Reilly Martin opened the scoring five minutes into the game, but Michigan couldn’t maintain that lead.
as the Wolverines struggled to convert their shots to goals. The period ended with the Wolverines totaling 15 shots and one save compared to the Spartans four shots and five saves. “Well you know, unfortunately for us today we hit a lot of shots high, a lot of shots wide. We just didn’t hit the target well,” said Michigan coach Greg Ryan. “Certainly not often enough with all the chances we had.” At the start of the second half, Martin continued to implement the Wolverines’ strategy, which, according to her was to, “put high pressure on them for 90 minutes.” Though she was unsuccessful in giving Michigan a lead, Martin’s skill and talent didn’t
... we should have definitely put more goals away
go unnoticed. “Reilly was the best player for either team today, she showed for the ball, she got a ton of balls,” Ryan said. “She was dangerous every time she touched the ball, she dribbled by multiple Michigan State players, she took a lot of chances and scored a goal. It’s great to see Reilly rising to the occasion, she’s our most consistent scoring threat.” Eventually, the Spartans found a scoring threat of their own. As the rain started to pour down with just over 58 minutes remaining, Warner set up the assist to break the tie. This allowed for forward Kristelle Yewah to head the ball into the goal, making the score 2-1. The Wolverine attack continued pressuring though, letting eight
more shots fly in the remainder of the half. Overall, the Wolverines outshot the Spartans, 32-10, but lacked accuracy in shots on goal, often shooting high and wide. “I think we needed to do a better job of creating higher percentage shots, so instead of shooting from outside the box, working a little bit harder to create chances inside the penalty box, which are higher percentage scoring chances,” Ryan said. “It’s something we’re going to work on every week and you know your hope your execution is good.” Added Martin: “Unfortunately things didn’t fall our way, I think we outshot them by a lot on the attack and the field was not ideal, but that’s not an excuse we should have definitely put more goals away.”
Reilly was the best player for either team today
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Enjoying dominant final season, Hurst Lommer clinches presents major problem for Penn State ITA Regional title
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The sophomore earned an automatic bid to the ITA Nationals in November JUSTIN FANNON For the Daily
Coming into the ITA Midwest Regionals, sophomore Chiara Lommer was not expected to outshine her teammates on a senior-laden Michigan women’s tennis team. But the sure-handed Lommer set herself apart, dropping only one set in five matches en route to the Midwest Regional title and an automatic bid to the ITA National Fall Championships this November. Lommer was granted a first-round bye, as were the four other Wolverine singles competitors in the tournament. But by the end of the thirdround match against Ohio State’s Olivia Sneed, she was the sole survivor of the group of five. With her teammates cheering in the stands above, the 115th-ranked Lommer dominated Illinois’s Mia Rabinowitz in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2. Yet the score did not paint a clear picture of the grueling points won by each player during the match. A fortunate double-break including long rallies of up to 15-plus shots characterized the battle between Lommer and Rabinowitz. In game three of the second set, Lommer found a crucial break that snowballed into two and a needed momentum boost in the match. Resilient through tough deuces and break points, Lommer’s durability would not truly be tested as much throughout the remainder of the tournament.
Following the quarterfinal matchup, a quick turnaround led to Lommer meeting Illinois’s Emilee Duong in the semifinals. Lommer routed her second Illini challenger in a row in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2. Duong had played in a total of eight matches throughout the course of the tournament and was struggling, particularly on serves, and presented Lommer with few obstacles. Michigan coach Ronni Bernstein said Sunday afternoon prior to the title match that Lommer always represents the Wolverines well and fights for every point, and that she notably stepped up to the challenge of becoming the sole Michigan competitor to make it past the third round. “Chiara is a confident kid, and even before the tournament, she’s trying to win the whole tournament,” Bernstein said. “She’s gonna take one match at a time and try to win the thing.” In the championship match on Tuesday, Lommer battled against Ohio State’s Shiori Fukuda. Riding the momentum of her earlier matches, she jumped out to a 2-0 lead after a break on the first serve eventually leading to a 6-0 romp. In the ensuing final set of the match, Fukuda jumped out to an early 3-1 lead with strong serves. But Lommer was able to break back on Fukuda’s serve and then serve for the match, winning in straight sets 6-0, 6-4. Her prize was the singles title and an unexpected championships berth in California next month.
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Yes, Michigan’s defense is good. The Wolverines rank first in the nation in total defense — allowing just 223.8 yards per game — first in pass efficiency defense, sixth in rushing defense and eighth in points allowed per game — giving up an average of 14.7. Those are pretty eyepopping numbers. Yet, according to Maurice Hurst, Michigan has yet to reach its full potential. “I think we’re getting better each week, and I think we’re really starting to create our own identity and really gain (an) understanding of our defense and who we are as
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played really good last week.” Receiving a similar performance from Hurst this week will be crucial to the Wolverines’ efforts against No. 2 Penn State this weekend. And if past history is any indication, Hurst most certainly will present a challenge to the Nittany Lions’ offensive line. In Michigan’s 28-16 win over Penn State in 2015, Hurst — then a redshirt sophomore — tied for second on the team in tackles, recording four with 0.5 for loss. Then, Hurst played an even larger role in the Wolverines’ scintillating defensive performance last year, recording six tackles (three for loss) and one sack. Hurst’s history against the Nittany Lions — coupled with his play this year — makes it all the more likely that he’ll enjoy success in his final game against Penn State on Saturday night. And, if Nittany Lions coach James Franklin’s comments on Tuesday were any indication, Penn State is already well aware that its offensive gameplan will have to account for Michigan’s man in the middle. “Very disruptive, (I) went back and kind of researched (Hurst) a little bit, in terms of what people are saying about him,” Franklin told reporters Tuesday. “(They’re) saying he’s going to be a first-round pick, probably a top-10 pick, and it looks like that on tape. “I’ve got a lot of respect for him and his game and how he plays and the motor that he has. He’s an impressive guy to watch.”
(They’re) saying he’s going to be a first-round pick
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second-best player from Week 7 after Michigan’s 27-20 win over Indiana — just one week after Hurst posted the nation’s top performance in a 14-10 loss to Michigan State, according to the scouting service. He has earned accolades from his own coach, as well. On Monday, Jim Harbaugh named both Hurst and sophomore defensive end Rashan Gary as Michigan’s linemen of the week. “Mo makes a field goal block,” Harbaugh said, “and Mo really played good this week,
Fifth-year senior defensive tackle Maurice Hurst believes his team’s defense has yet to reach its full potential this year.
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a defense,” Hurst said. “We kind of knew who we had last year and this year’s been a little more unknown, but I think we’ve really been able to develop into our own.” Hurst said that identity meant stopping teams on third down, stopping the run and pressuring the quarterback. The fifth-year senior defensive tackle is certainly a large part of those efforts. After deciding to return for his final season, Hurst has lived up to all of the hype. On Monday, CBS Sports analyst Matt Miller listed Hurst as his 20th-best overall player for the 2018 NFL Draft, declaring Hurst the secondbest defensive lineman and the best run stopper. Pro Football Focus graded Hurst as the
Michigan loses match in four sets DYLAN CHUNG Daily Sports Writer
Carly Skjodt fired an arcing serve that dipped over the net and left several Spartans sprawling on the f loor. After the ace from the junior outside hitter, No. 10 Michigan State’s lead was cut to just 24-21 in the third set. The three unanswered points appeared to be a glimmer of hope that the Michigan volleyball team (3-6 Big Ten, 13-8 overall) could perhaps steal the set — and the match lead. Or perhaps not. Spartan outside hitter Brooke Kranda promptly fired a missile to the center of the Wolverine defense, and Michigan State closed out the set. The Spartans (7-2, 14-4) ripped off a huge 10-3 run toward the end of the fourth set to remove Michigan’s final glimmers of hope and win the match, 25-19, 25-27, 25-21, 25-16. Michigan State excelled offensively behind an extremely balanced attack on Wednesday night. Five different Spartans had nine or more kills. “Their setter does a great job, she’s got a lot of options to go to and that’s what makes them so dangerous,” said Michigan coach Mark Rosen. “They control the ball well enough to let their setter run their offense and she’s got lots of weapons to go to.” Similar to the rest of its season, Michigan failed to rise to the challenge against an elite opponent. Since entering the gauntlet of Big Ten play, the Wolverines are 3-6, losing three of those matches in straight sets. On the season, Michigan is sporting a dismal record of 0-6 against top-25 teams. “We’re not good enough,” Rosen said. “We’re trying to get better every day and we’re not good enough yet.” Although they dropped the match in four sets, the Wolverines showed f lashes of brilliance. Skjodt, in particular, was
exceptional. She delivered an all-around performance, notching a double-double with a season-high 24 kills and 10 digs. While the majority of her team struggled against the defense of Michigan State’s hulking middle blockers, Skjodt repeatedly gashed the Spartan defense with an array of tip kills and booming spikes. “(Skjodt’s) got such a great competitive spirit,” Rosen said. “She’s somebody who just battles.” In the second set, Skjodt’s kills were crucial to a tense Michigan win. The teams jostled for position throughout the set, with eight lead changes and 11 ties. Senior middle blocker Claire Kieffer-Wright also had a huge set, earning two of Michigan’s last three kills. Both kills came courtesy of her excellent movement. She swung to the right of sophomore setter MacKenzi Welsh and
pummeled the ball past the Spartan defense each time. Above all, however, the Wolverines closed out the second set due to solid team play and excellent passing. Despite an outstanding performance from Skjodt and a great team performance in the second set, the Wolverines were simply outplayed by the Spartans, who boast a roster full of experience. “They have six seniors on the f loor who’ve been playing together their whole career,” Rosen said. “They’re very smooth.” The Wolverines will face yet another tough task as they travel to Ohio State on Sunday, and they still have two more ranked teams on their schedule. According to Rosen, Michigan’s upcoming game plan is simple. “We’ve got to get better.”
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Junior outside hitter Carly Skjodt delivered an all-around performance in a loss.