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Certain frats see increase in policing at tailgates

Amid search for housing, students want transparency

Minority frats given several citations, white fraternies report no police presence

Management companies evade Ann Arbor ordinance with leasing reservations, early deposits and signings

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Upon arriving an hour and a half before the Prime Student Housing office opened Monday, Engineering junior Henry Burns was greeted by a sprawling line of almost 40 people who had beat him in his efforts to reserve an apartment. The long line so far in advance of the office’s opening was the first

indication of some off-campus properties attempting to navigate city ordinances to beat out their competitors. “This is the first day that you could reserve a spot for signing a lease because leases aren’t allowed to be signed until November 10,” Burns said at the leasing office. “A lot of places get around it by having you sign a reservation earlier than that actual sign date, and this is the first day you’re allowed to sign a reservation and their office opened at 9 so people started getting here several hours beforehand. I heard people camped out and

everything.” Students who were already residents of Prime Student Housing were allowed to place new deposits as early as Oct. 13 and have the opportunity to renew a current lease up until 5 p.m. on Friday — afterward the market will open for anyone to sign for the apartment. However, the office opened to the general public for deposits four days early on Monday. Only after deposits were placed would students be allowed to view their prospective apartments or residences, unless they had the chance to see the apartment of their own accord. Some currently-leasing students received an email regarding the deposit opportunity with Prime on Monday, while others did not. Those who did not receive the email were informed of this date because they called the office prior to Monday, also of their own volition. According to Business freshman Adya Pandey, Prime residences are in high demand due to their many different locations and relatively inexpensive pricing.

“I know that they have 20 other properties so it’s really popular and it’s really competitive because it’s cheap,” Pandey said. A majority of students who planned to lease through Prime began waiting in line as early as 2 a.m., though many cited a few students who were waiting since 10 p.m. the night before. During her three hour wait in line at the Prime Student Housing office, LSA freshman Rachel Westrick expressed confusion about Prime’s policies and the dates that students could place deposits. “We called a while ago and they told us that the 23rd was the day that all the renewals were due, so that was the day that everyone would come,” Westrick said. “But then my mom checked a while back and they said you could just drop off a deposit whenever you wanted, to reserve a spot. So we came today and so I guess there was a line today. I don’t really understand that.” Those who waited overnight at Prime to place a deposit were not all guaranteed housing; many — when finally through the door — See HOUSING, Page 3A

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Though any game day in Ann Arbor is bound to witness its fair share of police activity, the game against Michigan State University on Oct. 7 — the first night game since 2014, and against one of the University of Michigan’s biggest rivals — was certain to see more. Still, several arrests and citations made at tailgates hosted by Black and Latino fraternities have members objecting to the lack of communication they have with police — and aggressive tactics therein — as compared to older, predominantly white fraternities. There were at least six citations given out at the houses associated with Kappa Alpha Psi, a historically Black fraternity, and Latino fraternity Lambda Theta Phi house. At least two of the citations involved arrests, according to Ann Arbor Police Department reports of the incident retrieved by a Freedom

of Information Act request. The citations were for disturbing public peace, creating a nuisance, obstructing police and contributing to noise. All 10 predominantly white fraternities surveyed by the Daily reported no police presence or citations at house tailgates hosted Oct. 7. According to the police report, officers were alerted to the party by a text from a student. “(Reporting party) GOT A TEXT FROM A STUDENT REF A LARGE CROWD IFO (in front of) THIS HOUSE. RP IS NOT ON SCENE; STUDENT SHE GOT A TEXT FROM IS A PASSERBY,” the report read. Police reported there were approximately 1,000 people blocking the street in front of the Lambda Theta Phi house when they arrived. They then encountered one of the hosts of the party, who told them his party had gotten out of hand and he couldn’t clear people out, and he was subsequently cited with disturbance of public peace. See POLICING, Page 3A

Regents vote on Red Berenson Ice University ‘U’ student laser to get Rink, endowment increase at meeting attacked on

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University of Michigan hockey players will suit up Friday evening for the first time on the newly coined Red Berenson Ice Rink. The University’s Board of Regents voted unanimously Thursday to name the rink at Yost Ice Arena after Berenson, who served as the team’s coach for 33 seasons and retired this summer. The rink will feature his signature through the end of the calendar year, while center ice will change to display Berenson’s name next year. The Board and other executive officers gave Berenson a standing ovation at the meeting. “Going to Michigan was the best four years of my life,” he said. “I have spent the past 33 years trying to help others achieve their dreams.” The Board met at the University of Michigan at Flint, and executive officers spent the day in briefings on the state of the campus. Aside from brief comments by U-M Flint Chancellor Susan Borrego at the beginning of the meeting, the lingering water crisis did not figure heavily into the agenda. Robert Barnett, dean of the U-M Flint School of Education, presented a program to launch soon that will train Flint high schoolers to be certified early childhood educators by their high school

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The HERCULES laser, a scientific instrument used to study particle physics that’s housed in the University of Michigan’s Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, is getting a power upgrade after receiving a $2 million donation from the National Science Foundation. HERCULES currently holds the Guinness World Record for being the highest intensity focused laser, but this upgrade provides even more opportunity for advancement. The laser can utilize this power for only fractions of a second, but the scale of this power is immense. To give the power a frame of reference, Anatoly Maksimchuk, a research scientist in CUOS, compared the laser’s power to all power available in the United States’ grid. “The whole grid of the United States is only one terawatt,” Maksimchuk said. “With our laser, in one room, you have 300 terawatts. So compared to the whole grid of the U.S., it is 300 times more just in a single room.” See LASER, Page 3A

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graduation. Endowment rises by 13.8 percent The University’s long-term investment profile grew by 13.8 percent in the 2017 fiscal year to total $10.9 billion, up from $9.7 billion last year. After a dip last year Vice President of Development Jerry May said positive returns on investments and the Victors for Michigan Campaign contributed to the

push. The fund’s performance this year places the University ninth among all universities and colleges in the country, and the third highest public school system — after those of California and Virginia, as confirmed in a press release. University Spokesman Rick Fitzgerald noted, however, the endowment lags behind private institutions on a per-

student basis, ranking 86th in the nation. “(The University’s endowment is) much smaller than many private school peers, while supporting a much larger number of students,” he wrote in an email. Distributions to the general fund grew by $21 million to $325 million in the fiscal year. May pointed to Victors for See REGENTS, Page 3A

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Hill before State game

The family is offering a $10,000 reward for any info on, video of attackers MATT HARMON Daily Staff Reporter

On the afternoon of the University of Michigan vs. Michigan State University football game, a University student was attacked and beaten outside of East Quad Residence Hall, on the corner of Church and Hill Streets — next to the Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority house. The student, who wishes to remain anonymous, sustained serious injuries including a concussion and a broken nose after the attack, but has since returned to school. The student’s father, who also asked to remain anonymous while the incident is under investigation, said his son was standing with a group of friends outside East Quad that afternoon. Earlier in the day, a group of men had allegedly harassed a certain member of his son’s group who did not attend the University. The men returned later and a physical altercation broke out between the two groups. According to the father, one of the attackers blindsided his son and the fight became focused on him. See CRIME, Page 3A

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FRIDAY’S BICENTENNIAL FEATURE: MEMBERS OF LOCAL DOPE RING INDICTED Every Friday, The Michigan Daily will be republishing an article from the Daily’s archives from a moment in University history.

indictment. The charges are conspiracy to distribute marijuana, possession of marijuana and interstate travel to sell controlled substances. Also charged are five October 25, 1974 — One Mexicans, a Chicagoan, and of the most massive dope another as-yet unidentified smuggling operations in Ann person. Three of the suspects, Arbor history was exposed including Hyman, are presently Wednesday when federal in custody, and federal agents indictments were brought said the rest are being sought. against ten persons, including While details of the three local men, on charges operation are still incomplete, they smuggled a two and a half federal agents said yesterday ton truckload of marijuana that the marijuana apparently from Mexico to Ann Arbor in traveled in the following early April 1973. The value of fashion: the grass on the retail “market” From fields south of was estimated by police to Reynosa, Mexico, it was approach one million dollars. smuggled across the border to Steven Burns, Paul Morigi McAllen, Texas. In McAllen, and Mary Hyman, all identified the grass was loaded onto a as Ann Arbor residents, were semi-trailer truck owned by named by a Chicago federal one of the defendants, and then grand jury in a four-count driven to Chicago.

On Chicago’s south side, the marijuana, or all but a small part of it, was transferred to a Hertz rent-a-truck for shipment to Ann Arbor. Agents said the grass reached this city on about April 10, 1973. Asked how the case was broken, a federal agent in Chicago said “we have some information from informants, and extensive investigation into the case corroborated that information.” The agent, who asked not to be identified, said a customs raid in Chicago that uncovered five pounds of the grass shortly after the bulk of the marijuana was shipped to Ann Arbor, was instrumental in breaking the case. Both federal and local police said that two of the Ann Arbor men had no prior reputations or records to point to their

involvement in the massive smuggling. Hyman was the only local suspect to have a prior conviction, concerning a marijuana possession charge several years ago. He was given probation. One of the other suspects, Roosevelt Gandaria, was arrested a few days ago in Mexico, and charged with possession of twenty-two pounds of marijuana, an agent said. Investigators are continuing their probe into the affair to see if other large scale shipments took Place, but city police chief Welter Krasny said that the April 1973 run was “probably the biggie.” —DAVID BURHENN

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Lunch and Learn: Intern Abroad with CRCC Asia

WHAT: Learn about internship and work abroad programs for Spanish and German learners who want to improve their language skills. WHO: LSA Opportunity Hub WHEN: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: LS&A Building, Room 2002

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WHAT: Enjoy an elegant Indian dance performance inspired by Hindu and Sufi texts accompanied by South Indian Carnatic compositions. WHO: University Musical Society WHEN: 8 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Power Center

WHAT: Ever felt like a fraud whose academic and professional accompolishment is undeserved? Learn how to support each other and overcome imposter syndrome. WHO: Counseling and Psychological Services WHEN: 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: West Hall Room 411

WHAT: A performance by the widely acclaimed Wisconsin Brass Quintet, one of the “superb brass ensembles in the USA.” WHO: School of Music, Theatre & Dance WHEN: 4:30 p.m. WHERE: Stearns Building, Cady Room

WHAT: Get ready for Halloween season with a showing of Halloweentown and Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge. WHO: Center for Campus Involvement WHEN: 9 p.m. 11:59 p.m. WHERE: Michigan Union, Kuenzel Room

Translate-A-Thon 2017 WHAT: Join a tranlation marathon weekend where volunteers translate materials for local, national and international communities and network with other translators. All formats and languages are welcome. WHO: Language Resource Center WHEN: 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. WHERE: North Quad Language Resource Center, Room 1500

WHAT: An undergraduate group exhibition showcasing the works of current Stamps School students and class of 2017 graduates, followed by a reception at 6 p.m. WHO: Stamps School of Art & Design WHEN: 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. WHERE: Stamps Gallery

Residence hall multicultural lounges open without necessity of training Daily Staff Reporter

In an effort to increase inclusivity in University Residence Halls, the South Quad Residence Hall’s AfroAmerican Lounge is now open to all South Quad residents. Prior to this announcement, residents were required to take an orientation on the lounge’s history and rules associated with the multicultural lounge to gain access to the space. The Afro-American Lounge was established in 1972 following the rise of the Black Action Movement at the University of Michigan. The murals in the lounge represent AfricanAmerican history and celebrate African-American culture in a Syndication University setting. Before Sudoku BAM pushed for the space, no other cultural organization had proposed a living space to

meet and reflect on their shared experiences. Before this decision, the AfroAmerican Lounge orientation involved an overview of the lounge’s history, the significance of the artwork featured and a summary of the safety rules included in the lounge. Effective immediately, all students in South Quad now have access to the lounge for studying. Currently, there are 18 Multicultural and Minority Culture Lounges in University Residence Halls but only a few require an orientation to access the space. In a release to South Quad residents, Hall Director Dan Green wrote the lounge should be a space to share ideas openly as a part of the tradition the lounges represent. “Today the lounges are havens of support, solidarity, and sharing among residents,” Green wrote. “We encourage you to be

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Me too MEAGHAN WHEAT

his piece is for those of you not directly affected by sexual assault. It has to do with my own life experience and in no way is a mold for how others experience events or emotions. I feel inclined to write a trigger warning, for this contains some tough shit — so this is it: trigger warning. I’m sure you’ve heard of the recent news surrounding Harvey Weinstein. If you haven’t, he’s a famous director and producer who’s been accused of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment by at least 40 women, as The New York Times reported. It’s been such a big story because of the wide network of people in Hollywood who were affected or knew about Weinstein’s abhorrent acts. Weinstein has been engaging in this behavior for over three decades — longer than I’ve even been alive. To the naïve shock of some, I don’t feel surprised when I read these reports. This culture, rape culture, is one that I know well. As some prefer to eloquently put it, I’m a survivor of sexual assault. To me, that feels too fancy. In my head, it feels more right to call it what it was — a brutal rape. I do understand why people cling to the word survivor, though, because making it through each day since then has been an indescribable struggle. The first few months following were full of visceral flashbacks, it was as if he was on my skin again. I wanted so badly to peel it off and start anew. Can you imagine that? Feeling like you have so little control of your own body, being so disgusted with what’s happened to you that the only way you can fathom living in this body any longer is if you could peel bits of it away? I couldn’t sleep, either. And when I did, I was awoken by nightmares that replayed the

trauma over and over and over. Sometimes I would be walking down the sidewalk or hallway and all of the sudden he was there, biting me and tackling me to the concrete. I would dissociate for what feels like eternity. Eventually someone would bring me back to reality. Maybe it’s my mom asking again what I want for dinner. Sometimes it’s my professor

“The silence that you allow is the violence that plagues my skin.” repeating an exam review. Either way, it felt and still feels like I can’t escape. It’s been years and I still don’t, or rather can’t, comfortably let people touch me without being almost in a state of panic. Even the slight brush of my forearm sends shivers up my spine and adrenaline through my veins. Seeing distant family members over holiday breaks is a scene out of my worst nightmare — hugging and kissing multitudes of people, unable to say no comfortably. Some see my aversion to touch as an overreaction, but to me it’s a survival mechanism. Every day is a different challenge, a different barrier in overcoming the trauma. Constantly repeating to myself that I’m not worthless or undeserving of my humanity or just a body for someone else’s pleasure. Constantly shouting in my own head that it’s not my fault, that I didn’t make up my memories, that I belong on this Earth. I think this is why they use the word survivor. I want to tell you this because I want you to understand why I

can’t fight this battle by myself — or rather, why the victims of sexual assault and harassment can’t fight this by themselves. You might justify my request and your lack of action by saying that others don’t bear this level of pain, but does it matter? They probably wouldn’t tell you if they did, because the pain in you not believing us is almost like it’s happening over again; that we’re not worth our humanity, again. I want you to understand why we can’t fight this battle ourselves. We fight our own internal battles every day, and we need allies to take to the streets and help. We need others to stand up and say something when they hear comments implying acts without consent or even just sexualizing other beings. We need to know that you are here for us, that you will defend us and that you believe us. The silence that you allow is the violence that plagues my skin. When you hear “locker room talk,” stop it. Let them know that’s not accepted here. You may face resistance. People may ask why you care about their conversation or state that it has nothing to do with you, but please continue fighting this with us. Please know that you are fighting one of the noblest battles in existence. You are the voice for those whose have been robbed, silenced and doubted. And from the bottom of my heart, I will always be grateful for that.

Meaghan Wheat is an LSA junior.

This is the first piece in the Survivors Speak series, which seeks to share the varied, first-person experiences of survivors of sexual assault. If you are a survivor and would like to submit to the series, please visit https://tinyurl.com/survivespeak for more information.

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Humanizing women

eople don’t like to talk about women. Yet, from the slow emergence of mainstream feminism to the backlash and outrage in regard to the Harvey Weinstein allegations, discussions surrounding women and women’s rights have taken on a larger role in the media. As conversations turn to women, it’s easy to refer to women as a commodity. The term “women” starts to refer to a generalized object and not to nearly half of the world’s population. With this generalization comes an emotional distance that permeates the conversation. Politically, women’s bodies are under attack. A woman’s right to personal autonomy over her sexual and reproductive health is constantly threatened. At state levels, legislators are restricting access to abortion clinics and providers. At the federal level, elected officials aim to criminalize abortions by punishing abortion providers who perform the procedure after 20 weeks, as indicated by a majority vote in the House passed Oct. 3.

Abortion has been a taboo subject for as long as it has existed. The first United States law restricting abortions was passed in 1821. Since then, legislators have worked tirelessly to control and criminalize women’s bodies. From religious zealots citing bible verses to pseudo-science wielding misogynists, anti-choice advocates have employed any number of tactics to vilify abortion and the women who undergo them. Whether it be for fear of backlash or judgment, people who have had abortions often find it hard to tell their stories. When we talk about abortion, we tend to use statistics and macro-level statements. It becomes easy to forget that despite its prevalence, individuals’ stories tend not to be told. To decide whether to have an abortion is a subjective and personal choice often riddled with anxiety and fear. However, the extraneous circumstances that factor into this decision are often ignored or downplayed. An essential aspect of the pro-choice movement is the emphasis on individual choice, something so many women are

already without. At 6 p.m. on Saturday, Students for Choice will be hosting their fifth annual Abortion Speak Out in the Hussey Room of the Michigan League. This is an opportunity and space for members of the community to come together and share their experiences without fear of judgment or anger. Please bring your MCard with you to the event, and keep in mind that to maintain the privacy and safety of community members, Students for Choice asks that you refrain from using photography, videography or recording materials during the event. This year, Students for Choice will also be screening a new documentary directed by Tracy Droz Tragos titled “Abortion: Stories Women Tell.” If you have personal experience with abortion, consider sharing your story here confidentially and anonymously or at the Speak Out. If you haven’t had personal experience with abortion, Student for Choice still encourages you to attend in demonstration of support and solidarity.

Contextualize the Constitution

n the wake of the tragic mass shooting in Las Vegas, which claimed 58 innocent lives, political activists renewed the ongoing debate over gun control. In this iteration, the focus has been on “bump stocks,” the device that enabled the shooter to effectively convert his arsenal of firearms into automatic weapons. Invariably, this debate evolved into an impassioned reexamination of the Second Amendment, particularly over the extent to which it permits possession of modern weaponry. If anything, the tense divide over gun rights underscores the lack of political consensus when it comes to interpreting the Constitution. Furthermore, it represents a larger trend where modernization and technological advancement clouds the meaning of the Constitution and serves as a reminder that in order for the Constitution to retain its relevance and reverence, we must continually contextualize it. The text of the Second Amendment presents a more nuanced outlook than the oftrepeated right to bear arms: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” As the first clause indicates, the intention of the amendment was to arm those serving in a citizen militia. Though some liberals have argued this clause invalidates the right of non-militia members to bear arms, the Supreme Court has ruled otherwise. In the 2008 decision in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, which struck down Washington, D.C.’s ban on handguns, the high court ruled that the amendment’s opening clause does not restrict the scope of the second clause. In other words, Americans have a constitutional right to bear arms regardless of whether they are members of a militia. A secondary matter is the meaning of “arms,” which, taken out of context, seems to suggest a constitutional right to possess all weapons. However, in United States v. Miller, the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment does not ensure the right to possess weapons unrelated to the preservation of a well-regulated militia. This decision, which upheld a law that requires firearms to be registered, seemingly verified a constitutional basis for gun control legislation. Though these two cases seem to establish a functional interpretation that ensures a fundamental right to bear arms, while simultaneously

empowering Congress to appropriately regulate guns, the debate is far from settled. Just last February, a federal appeals court rebuffed a challenge to Maryland’s assault rifle ban, ruling that these weapons are not covered by the Second Amendment. Wherever this debate leads, it is crucial that our modern application of the Second Amendment balances the ideal of self-protection while effectively regulating weapons that can take the lives of many in a matter of minutes. The Second Amendment is just one of several sections of the Constitution requiring greater contextualization in response to technological advancement. Another is the Fourth Amendment, which ensures “the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures,” and also requires probable cause-backed warrants for searches. Drafted long before the age of electronic communication and surveillance, the Fourth Amendment now finds itself at the center of debates over the merits and constitutionality of surveillance measures designed to promote security, exemplified best by the PATRIOT Act. Though passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, the PATRIOT Act quickly attracted controversy for its perceived infringements on civil liberties. Several sections of the law were ruled unconstitutional, and after the act expired in 2014, its replacement, the Freedom Act, added some judicial oversight. A final area in need of examination is our electoral system. While democracy is arguably our nation’s most cherished value today, the Constitution was originally not very democratic. Many of the Founding Fathers feared the reactionary impulses of the people and restricted democratic access accordingly. As our nation’s ideals have shifted to become increasingly democratic, the Constitution has required many revisions, namely the 12th, 15th, 17th, 19th and 26th Amendments, which collectively extended voting rights, established the direct election of senators and reformed presidential elections. Today, we face new challenges in our attempts to ensure the Constitution aligns with our democratic values, including partisan gerrymandering and renewed scrutiny of the Electoral College. According to a Gallup poll, a narrow plurality of Americans

favor replacing the Electoral College with the popular vote. Interestingly, before the issue became heavily politicized following the 2016 election, an overwhelming majority of Americans favored a switch to the popular vote, which could be accomplished via a constitutional amendment or through a pact between states to award their electoral votes to the winner of the popular vote. The debate over the Electoral College is complicated by the fact that it was designed to select, rather than democratically elect, the president. It was only after state legislatures delegated the process of choosing electors to the people that ordinary citizens began to participate in the election of presidents. With regards to gerrymandering, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments earlier this month on Wisconsin’s Congressional districts, which were systematically gerrymandered using advanced computer algorithms to benefit the RepublicanParty.WhiletheSupreme Court has struck down race-based redistricting before, it has rarely addressed partisan gerrymandering. The Constitution says little about the redistricting process, and Chief Justice John Roberts warned in oral arguments that intervening in partisan gerrymandering would threaten the Supreme Court’s “status and integrity.” However, the court’s liberal wing was receptive to arguments against Wisconsin’s skewed districts, with several justices suggesting that partisan gerrymandering devalues the “precious right to vote.” Partisan gerrymandering is a clear case where a contextual interpretation is needed to preserve the Constitution’s relevance. The Founding Fathers understandably failed to foresee the proliferation of partisan, technology-aided gerrymandering, but this should not invalidate their intention for our elections to be fair. The late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia once exclaimed, “the Constitution I interpret is not living but dead.” Scalia’s originalism is a respectable judicial philosophy, but pragmatically speaking, taking this approach risks diminishing the Constitution’s applicability to modern issues. Simply put, the Constitution is an 18th century document, and failure to recognize this runs contrary to the modern needs of the country. Noah Harrison can be reached at noahharr@umich.edu.

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Prioritize your health

tudents in high school dream and breathe every waking moment about going away to college. In high school, students can feel stuck in a rut: same friends, same teachers, same homework, same pressure from peers to get good grades and from parents to ace the ACT or SAT, same competition from seemingly every student to get into the top schools. But in the distance, there is that exciting college scene, where we can go out, hang out, hook up, experiment with drugs and alcohol — all without any supervision, no parents to be accountable to. For freshman, the world is wide open: We can take classes we think we will enjoy, focus on studies and a possible major we think will fit, find relief from the pressure to ace the ACT or SAT and are excited about participating in a social scene on steroids, especially in the fall. It is heaven on Earth! Of course, students soon realize that the course load of “only” four classes is four times more than their eight classes in high school, and homework can bury us. College provides students with an immersive experience by living at the place we learn, but with that comes many challenges between balancing school, extracurriculars and social lives. And after game day and studying 24/7 for weeks on end, it happens: We get sick. Our parents are not here to tell us to get extra rest. We think we can push through what seems like a minor cold and ride it out if we just get a little extra sleep and leave the Thursday party at 11 p.m. instead of 2 a.m. Sometimes that works. Other times it doesn’t. As students at a top public university, the pressure of making a grade, making it to the game and making great friends often compromises our ability to focus on the most important factor of our existence: our health. Important practices that were

second nature to us when we lived with our parents can often seem like things of the past when it comes to coping with stress. We often think that if we stay up to finish the essay, we will be less stressed because we will get it done. But what if getting it done that night meant getting even sicker? At home, maybe our parents will remind us to get that extra sleep. But in college? All bets are off. Studies show that sleep has a tremendous impact on learning. When we do not get enough sleep, we are drowsy in lecture the next day and we don’t retain the full capacity of information that we could when getting the recommended amount of rest. This lack of sleep affects our immune system, which is essential in college. Think about all the doorknobs, tables, elevator buttons and water fountain handles we press in a day. And a weaker immune system makes one even more susceptible to getting sick. Lots of times, I forget to eat. Though it is not clear how many meals diet experts recommend, unless we take proper measures to eat healthy foods and satisfy our hunger, there are clear health risks down the line. But when our days are packed with classes, interviews, talks, meet-ups and office hours, it can be hard to remember that we need to sit down and eat a full meal, not just a venti iced coffee. It is common for students to joke about how little they have eaten in a day, how few hours of sleep they got the night before and how many cups of coffee they’ve had in the last hour. While it might seem comical on the surface, these subtle habits of placing academic and social activities before our health are the reasons we get sick. In many big lecture classes at the University of Michigan, iClicker points count as participation in class and can have

a large impact in students’ final grades. The competitiveness on campus accompanied by the rigor of the University makes students think that feeling unwell isn’t a valid excuse to miss lecture. Additionally, many upper level classes are smaller in size, which makes it obvious if someone is not there. Students place so much pressure on their commitment to the course that they neglect their body and their classmates by coming to class contagious. Transitioning from high school life to a college campus is stressful for almost every student. Figuring out which school to attend, where to do homework, who to hang out with and go out with seem like trivial things for someone to worry about, but are legitimate problems lots of first year students face. Successfully juggling all the social and academic elements of college students need to succeed can be hard, and this excessive stress can lead to not focusing on other important factors, like our health. As students, we need to realize that the only body we have in this life is the one that we are currently living in. Taking care of ourselves and our bodies are much more important than cramming all night for a midterm to try to get that extra grade boost; one that you may not even see and won’t matter much in the long run if we haven’t taken care of ourselves. The choices we make in response to stress hinder our ability to take care of ourselves physically, and we end up paying the price with a stuffy nose or a scratchy throat. Learning to take full responsibility for the decisions we make as students at the University that will affect our mind, body and health is essential to being successful and making it out of here alive. Michelle Phillips can be reached at mphi@umich.edu.

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My third day at the Chicago International Film Festival began with “Barrage,” a film from Luxembourg and the country’s submission for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Written and directed by Laura Schroeder in her feature length debut, “Barrage” tells a rather common story with flair. Schroeder’s film revolves around the trio of women — a mother, a daughter and the daughter’s daughter. The matriarch, Elisabeth (the legendary Isabelle Huppert, “Things to Come”), has raised her granddaughter (Themis

Pauwels, “Suite Française”) since her daughter, Catherine (Lolita Chammah, “Anton Tchékhov 1890,” and Huppert’s own daughter), skipped town. When the estranged Catherine returns, what was something of a cohesive relationship between grandmother and granddaughter disintegrates. Catherine all but abducts Alba, taking her to her own apartment and to a countryside home that stayed in the family. The idea of a mother returning to plead for a new role in her child’s life isn’t terribly new — last year’s “Krisha,” for instance, was a fantastic horror riff on the concept, and Meryl Streep’s Oscar-winning turn in “Kramer vs. Kramer” helped establish her career — but Schroeder’s screenplay draws its

characters rather vividly. This is no doubt due to the very real mother-daughter relationship between Chammah and Huppert. It’s awfully hard to hold one’s own against Huppert, but if there’s anyone who could attempt it, it’s her own daughter. Pauwels delivers a great performance as well: even at her young age, the film treats her with respect as an equal participant in the weekend’s events, not as a pawn in a fight between mother and daughter. The film’s boxy aspect ratio splendidly frames the lush green forestry, set against a dreary, gray sky, that drapes much of the film when Catherine and Alba retreat to the countryside home. At two hours, though, it can feel rather over-extended, and the needle

drops that dot the film’s runtime don’t land quite as powerfully as they should. Schroeder was present after the screening for a Q&A. I asked her what role, if any, improvisation played in the making of the film. “I didn’t have much time for [improvisation] because you have your crew and you have your schedule, too,” she said. “It’s very much prepared.” But even within these confines, she acknowledges that often the film demands some on-the-spot changes, when her actresses propose a new interpretation or, specifically in the film’s case, if the weather doesn’t cooperate. “I like it, the way it comes out in the film now, you know, but the weather conditions weren’t at all as I intended them to be.” — “God’s Own Country,” a love story between a British farmer’s son and his father’s Romanian hired hand, tells a familiar story in a new context. It’s “Brokeback Mountain” by way of British social realism, in a wonderful feature debut by Francis Lee. Johnny, the restless Brit, feels trapped at home on the family farm; he goes into town and heavily drinks each night, violently expunging his body of the alcohol-spiked shame in ritual cacophony in the early hours of the morning. Along comes Gheorghie, bearded and quiet and often in a knit sweater, who takes up some of the farm work after Johnny’s father (Ian Hart, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”) remains incapacitated after a stroke. At first antagonistic — Johnny calls Gheorghie a gypsy — their relationship develops over a stretch of days spent alone in cabin set up for birthing goats (or lambs, I’m no expert). They become intimate and the moments they share together brim with energy. Where “Brokeback Mountain” and Lee’s film diverge, aside from the British countryside, is how the protagonists’ sexuality is treated by the film’s world. Simply put, no one cares; no one is mocked or denigrated for being gay. And it’s so, so refreshing. Johnny has sex with

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other men and it feels unremarkable and, more importantly, normalized. When Gheorghie comes along, their intimacy is stylized and filmed with an artistic flourish, not with removed voyeurism, but with aroused participation. It’s sensual, and it’s about time. At just short of two hours, “God’s Own Country” can drag a bit, especially since its style, like other young British directors, is very bare in its felicity to realism (as an example, see Andrew Haigh’s 2011

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“Barrage” Alfama Films October 13, 2017 queer romantic drama “Weekend” or William Oldroyd’s “Lady Macbeth” from this summer). The film also includes, but does not address in any meaningful way, some degree of ethnic animosity from Johnny to Gheorghie when they first meet, which pretty quickly dissolves as their romance develops. But on balance, “God’s Own Country” is a splendid romantic tale that one can only hope serves as a harbinger for queer love stories to come. — “Princess Cyd,” the latest film

from Chicago-based filmmaker Stephen Cone (“Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party”), is, according to the writer and director, his “love letter” to the city. Unsurprisingly, then, it played well before the Chicago crowd (which included many crew members and the first gathering of the four main actors). Cyd (Jessie Pinnick, “Shameless”), a high school student, comes to Chicago in the summer to look at colleges. She stays at the childhood house of her mother, where Miranda Ruth (Rebecca Spence, “Easy”), Cyd’s aunt and a relatively successful novelist, lives. Cyd, like many teenagers, is interested in sex and love. Miranda, a bookish academic, is interested in other pleasures. The two have a strange relationship, not having seen each other for several years. It’s delightful. The weaves that unspool over the film’s brisk 96 minutes aren’t particularly unpredictable — Cyd starts to appreciate her aunt’s writing (and values), and Miranda starts to think of herself more sexually — but the on-screen between the pair feels so real because of how unique the relationship between aunt and niece is. They’re both caught off-guard by how little they know about each other. When Cyd confesses, or rather asks discreetly about, her attraction for another girl, Miranda’s response is inquisitive and friendly, like a supportive parent, but she also deftly maintains her ground in the liminal space between close peer and loving guardian. Many will be quick to praise Pinnick, which is fair, as Cyd is delightful, but the real star-making performance here is Spence, who has such a mastery of using the camera to her advantage. Cone’s cast is suffused with excellent Chicago theater actors, but Spence is the best of the bunch. Unlike Cone’s other films, “Princess Cyd” doesn’t wade too deeply in the waters of dissecting white Christian culture; religion is discussed a bit, but it isn’t one of the film’s central currents. But even without his usual subject, Cone’s film is deeply humanist. He adores his characters and it’s contagious.

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Douglas Trevor christens Opening the Chamber of latest ‘Wonders’ at Literati Secrets in our own stalls University professor read from his new collection this past Tuesday ALEX SUPPAN Daily Arts Writer

“The music of a short story … is made up of cymbals and screams and the metal of a DC-10, twisting and crashing into the cold, dead earth. No survivors, friends. No one makes it out alive.” No one at Literati on Tuesday night took Douglas Trevor’s death omen seriously. Or maybe they did. Either way, the bookstore’s second-floor was packed with readers (filling every seat and every place to stand) excited for the release of “The Book of Wonders,” the newest collection of short stories by Trevor, a professor of English and Creative Writing. The smells and sips of coffee brewing at the cafe (tempting for a coffee lover despite the dangers of drinking caffeine at 7 p.m.) delighted noses and tongues of attendees; ears and eyes were treated with a vibrant reading of the first half of Trevor’s story “The Novelist and the Short Story Teller.” It follows Thom, a shortstory writer of experimental fiction for obscure journals, and Ellen, a novelist of a work titled “Hand Job,” who both attend the “Upstart Conference in the Hills” for writers. While Ellen presents herself to the crowd with endearing words and a wave, it is the ominous Thom who claims that short stories are death music with “no survivors.” “The book’s really about exploring the ways that people at different junctures in their lives try to get through difficult times and … the ridiculous, and in some ways, the not-soridiculous ways that we try to connect with other people and reinvent ourselves,” said

Trevor in an interview with The Michigan Daily. At the same time, the stories that comprise “The Book of Wonders” include moments of goofiness that are intended to amuse readers. In this way, Trevor’s reading at Literati proved to be the proper way to inaugurate his new work. The humor in his reading was well-received with laughter from the audience, as would be expected in response

It endeavors to show how human connection manifests itself, even in the most obscure of circumstances

to Trevor reciting in a deep voice and with a low stare, “‘I love the circle jerk in Hand Job.’” And to release this collection — one that endeavors to show how human connection manifests itself, even in the most obscure of circumstances — in a communal setting where his potential readers could react and connect to the story together seemed perfectly in line with the book’s intentions. Together, the audience could see Thom’s attempt at conversation with Ellen about hand jobs as more than a humorous detail: It is an attempt to connect. “Short stories are constituted as much by what isn’t in them

as opposed to what is,” Trevor said. That being the case, the excitement and the challenge of writing a short story is “that you give your reader a glimpse ... into the given circumstances surrounding a given person, and the reader can connect with that person even if they only know that person over the course of a few pages.” Trevor is practiced in the literary challenge of short stories. He is a celebrated author who has won awards for his previous collection of short stories, “The Thin Tear in the Fabric of Space,” and for his novel, “Girls I Know.” Additionally, he has published stories in multiple literary journals. Trevor is also the Director of the Helen Zell Writers program, whose mission, as stated on the program’s website, — “to embody and value those practices that speak to the importance of empathy and compassion” — Trevor applies in his own writing. “Literary endeavor is one of the most important means by which we try to foster empathy in other people and remind people of the importance of different perspectives,” Trevor said. All of the eyebrow-raising and laugh-inducing stories in “The Book of Wonders” — one in which an isolated librarian seeks to satisfy his intense longing to feel the sensation of butterfly wings by touching a young girl’s eyelids, and another in which a lonely CPA invites a mysterious animal control man to live in her bed for days — are applications of literature as a tool to show how people connect. “The Book of Wonders” is now available in stores and available for anyone who wishes to read and connect to these accounts of various wondrous happenings.

Exploring the writing on the inside and what’s done on the outside Almost exactly one year ago, I spent a Saturday visiting all the girls’ bathrooms on campus to document the graffiti in them. I was writing an essay for a journalism / memoir writing class, and had been thinking about women’s spaces on campus after spending the summer doing research on the history of women at U-M. I had also been mulling over how the girl’s bathroom feels like an unusually influential place in girl’s lives — at least, it has been in my and all my friends’ lives. It has been both a place of exclusion and inclusion, of mental breakdowns and fun wild nights, a strange kind of solidarity. A lot of what I saw scribbled on stall walls was sweet: Messages of hope, funny anecdotes, quotes, even several political dialogues — one stall was literally covered in discussions of privilege, appropriation and the current political climate on campus. Somehow, the inspirational quotes scrawled in Sharpie on the inside doors of these bathroom stalls felt more intimate, despite their technically public nature, than, say, chalked inspiration on the Diag. By the end of the afternoon, I was excited; I felt like I understood the graffiti lexicon of the ladies’ room, and could definitely write an essay about it. On my way out of Angell Hall, I decided to check one final bathroom. In the last stall I looked into, under the toilet paper dispenser — so you could only see it if you were sitting down or bending over deliberately to look — I saw something etched into the wall, and underlined: “Campus rapists.” Underneath it, there was a single name, almost too faint to read. This bathroom looked like it hadn’t been painted in years; there was no way of knowing how long ago someone had decided to pull

out her keys and warn other girls in what might have been the only way she felt like she could. I went home and took a long shower after that. I’ve been thinking a lot about that etched name recently, as Harvey Weinstein’s name joins those of the past few years: Bill Cosby. Casey Affleck. Roger Ailes… the list, as we all know and choose to forget, goes on, and on and on. I’ve been trying to think about something new to say about rich and powerful men getting away with sexual

SOPHIA KAUFMAN assault in this industry. But there isn’t anything new to say. It’s all already been said, and reworded, and retweeted, and turned into a hashtag and a think piece, and said again. As per usual, people have combed through the media of the last decade looking for hints, suggestions, clues to prove that Weinstein’s behavior wasn’t unknown. In one video going viral, an interviewer asks Courtney Love for advice she would give to a young girl moving to Hollywood. There’s a flash of recognition in Love’s eyes; looking away from the camera, she says, “I’ll get libeled if I say it,” almost to herself. Then, making a decision, she leans into the camera and wryly remarks, “If Harvey Weinstein invites you to a private party in the Four Seasons, don’t go.” That was from 2005. I could write about what a

retrospective combing through clues by the media looks like to survivors of assault who are used to not being believed — even those whose stories have been corroborated time and again. I could write about all of the different hashtag trends that have been borne of this story — #womenboycottTwitter, #WOCaffirmation, and #metoo — and all of the inherent contradictions or problems with them. I could write about how exhausting it is to keep hearing simplistic debates over separating the art from the artist (although calling Weinstein an artist would be a bit of a stretch — and besides, I’ve already done that). As much as all of those thoughts are swirling around in my head — as I sit scrolling through Facebook, watching as #metoo appears on the profiles of well over half of my women friends from high school or college — I keep thinking about how Courtney Love struggled in front of a camera between that simultaneously public and private warning, ultimately choosing to risk it. About how we are constantly having to wrestle with ourselves in situations like this, negotiating between private whispered warnings and public shouts. Because the stuff in the middle — the obligatory self-aware Billy Cosby jokes at award shows, the semi-ironically given statistics on late night TV, the hashtags that get us banned from Twitter — none of it ever seems to make a difference. And more often than not, in this struggle to choose to go big or go home, going big doesn’t make much of a difference either. I can’t help but keep thinking about that faintly etched name on that bathroom wall. That chamber of secrets, if you will. A couple weeks ago, I checked that stall again, to see if it was still there. It had been painted over.

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middle of the episode, when Darlene is being pursued by Dark Army associates while in an underground hackerspace, I squirmed in my chair as the camera followed Darlene in the middle of an anxiety attack. Very few shows I have watched have ever provided the visceral physical response that Mr. Robot provides week-in and week-out. Another aspect of the production that continues to be excellent is the music. Sure, it contains the common trope of associating Trent Reznor’s “The Social Network”-style electronic montages with anything relating to “hacking,”

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but unexpected touches such as the use of Daft Punk’s “Touch” in a pivotal scene make certain moments instantly memorable. Regarding the storyline, the show is more unpredictable than ever. Elliot’s “other” personality, Mr. Robot (Christian Slater) does not appear anymore while Elliot is, well, Elliot, but he is definitely alive and well, eager as ever to exact revenge upon E Corp. Only he and Angela, however, seem to have a discernible motive for their actions. Whiterose (normally seen as Chinese defense minister Zheng) is still as enigmatic as ever, and it remains to be seen

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Watching “Mr. Robot” is rarely a comfortable experience. It’s a show that makes viewers constantly question every single detail of the world they are being presented, forcing them to see the world through the distorted lens of the brilliant but troubled protagonist Elliot Alderson (Rami Malek, “Buster’s Mal Heart”). As the show has progressed, the plot has become progressively more complex and intriguing, not to mention more violent and, at points, simply bizarre. With that being said, as I watched season two of the show (for which Rami Malek won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series), I couldn’t help but feel as if the plot sometimes devolved into a convoluted mess simply for the sake of being so. Despite maintaining its masterful grasp on creating tension and intriguing storylines, it lost

focus on the core conf lict of the show: Elliot vs. his own grasp on reality. After the revelation of the main twist halfway through season two, however, the show picked up this conf lict again, and the season three premiere

Mr. Robot Season 3 Premiere Wednesdays at 10:00 p.m. USA (titled “eps3.0_power-savermode.h”) effectively continues its development. We are left at the beginning of season three wondering about the fate of Elliot after his shooting at the hands of Tyrell Wellick (Martin Wallström, “Ashes in the Snow”), the unstable former E Corp

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executive. In the meantime, as the financial markets continue to plunge, the world descends further into chaos. The sinister Chinese hacker group the Dark Army continues to pursue Elliot’s sister and fellow hacker Darlene (Carly Chaikin, “In a World…”) while its leader Whiterose (B.D. Wong, “The Space Between Us”) continues to manipulate Elliot’s closest friend, Angela Moss. What seems to be one of season three’s most interesting additions is Irving. Played wonderfully by veteran Bobby Cannavale, in what is a rather unusual role for him, he is a used car salesman who appears to be a Dark Army operative. In a memorable first scene at a barbeque restaurant, we are introduced to a couple quirks including his everpresent Bluetooth headset and his unnervingly cool and composed way of speaking that probably belies just how dangerous he is. As usual, the cinematography is careful and methodical, adding to the dark and sinister atmosphere. Around the

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Barnett and Vile spin a hazy daydream on ‘Lice’ SELENA AGUILERA Daily Arts Writer

Courtney Barnett has become a leading artist across genres after her debut album, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit was released in March of 2015. This release gave the world a taste of her talent for writing hypnotic guitar riffs and enticing lyrics that effortlessly fall off the tongue. These abilities landed her a nomination for Best New Artist in the 58th Annual Grammy Awards, and prompted NPR to name her the greatest lyricist in rock right now. After a few tours and festival appearances, Barnett became acquainted with indie singersongwriter Kurt Vile. Vile is best known for being the founding guitarist in The War on Drugs. He eventually started writing his own lo-fi bedroom tunes and released his first solo album, Constant Hitmaker, in 2008. In 2015 after meeting while on the festival circuit, Vile wrote “Over Everything,” specifically for Barnett, and told Rolling Stone he had imagined singing it with her. After that, the two began communicating via email and Skype, sending each other half-

songs, bouncing ideas around. They did a few renditions of songs, wrote some of their own and decided there was enough material to release their collaboration album: Lotta Sea Lice. Some of the tracks on Lotta Sea Lice are beautifully done covers. The third track is a slow and dreamy cover of “Fear is like a Forest” by Jen Cloher, where their voices trail into the clouds, leaving soft hanging notes to hold onto, and the last

Lotta Sea Lice Courtney Barnett / Kurt Vile Matador track is a rendition of Belly’s 1993 “Untogether.” Barnett and Vile then immerse themselves into each other and their distinct, deadpan writing styles by covering each other’s songs: Barnett’s “Outta the Woodwork” and Vile’s “Peepin’ Tomboy.” Viles and Barnett’s voices immediately compliment each other on the first track, “Over Everything.” It starts with a soft drum pattern and traveling guitar riffs that pull from the bluegrass jam influence Vile is known for. The lyrics call attention to feelings of loneliness and explore how Vile

and Barnett console themselves with their art. “When I’m by myself and it’s daytime cuz down-under / Or wherever it is I live when it’s evening / You know I speed-read the morning news and come up with my / own little song also.” Each of the songs thereafter feel a bit lethargic. The two talents are mostly known for their lyrical work, and their collaborative poetry sometimes gets lost in the instrumentals of the record. The pair plays tunes that feel like an elongated jam sesh, especially in the four-minute long “On Script,” with only three verses sung above the instrumentals. Barnett takes her time hitting each note. Her voice feels like a breath of words hanging in the humid July air, so thick you can almost see it. The entirety of the record feels like a stream of consciousness. There is no specific beginning, end, or middle: It’s just a flow of emotion. Its lyrical content reflects on mundane, but important feelings that surround people in their everyday endeavors. It feels honest and human: things that Vile and Barnett are experts at embracing on their solo-projects. Vile’s rustic voice and Barnett’s angelic tone, all backed by hazy instrumentals, form a cloudy, long daydream that is Lotta Sea Lice.

FOOD

Ann Arbor’s Best Bites: HopCat’s Pretzel Nuggz TESS TOBIN

Daily Arts Writer

Writer’s Note: I enjoy two things in nearly equal amounts: eating, and telling people what to do. Perhaps above all is my love for telling people what to eat. Left unchecked, I will arrive at a restaurant with your order already planned. I eat systematically and strategically, controlling another’s order allows me to maximize my options, which is important because before I graduate I’d like to have eaten my way through Ann Arbor. It’s not a feasible quest: I won’t actually be able to eat everywhere in my two remaining years, but I’m going to see how far I can get. A conjoined perk of my Ann Arbor culinary adventures and love for telling people what to eat is that I’ve become pretty good at giving food recommendations. Which is

where this series comes in. I get genuinely excited whenever I come across something incredibly delicious, and my friends have only so many ears for listening. So I decided to create a series where I can expound upon my favorite things to eat in Ann Arbor. Best Bites isn’t a list of the top restaurants or places to eat, but rather a collection of the most delicious single items / dishes one can find in the city. — HopCat’s Pretzel Nuggz are reason alone to visit the brewery. Yes, I know the restaurant is known for its famous crack fries, and yes, they are extremely good, but I’m telling you, the pretzel nuggz are even better. I could wax poetic about the nuggz for hours. I talk about them to anyone one who asks, and many, many more who don’t. I’m a bonafide obsessee. First off, the word “nugget,” or actually in HopCat’s case,

“nuggz,” is enough to sell me on any item. I’m a fan of any food that’s a nugget in disguise (boneless wings, I’m looking at you). So of course, when I spotted the pretzel nuggz on the menu, I immediately pulled the trigger. As much as I like nugget-shaped foods, I was not expecting them to be this good. These nuggets are doughy pillows of pretzel perfection. They’re coated in a copious amount of butter and salt, and are served with a cheese dipping sauce. Butter, bread, salt and cheese is a winning combination in any context, but HopCat manages to marry the ingredients better than any other restaurant I’ve been to. Like I said, I’m obsessed. These things are scrumptious, they’re well worth a try. (Oh, one last thing, insider’s tip: All appetizers are half off on Monday nights.) Best Bites is Daily Arts writer Tess Tobin’s continuing series on her favorite food in Ann Arbor.

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Friday, October 20, 2017 — 7A

Breakdown: No. 2 Penn State set to overpower No. 19 Michigan BETELHEM ASHAME Managing Sports Editor

Michigan hasn’t beaten an opponent ranked in the topfive of the AP Top 25 poll since September of 2006. Eleven seasons ago, the 11th-ranked Wolverines dominated No. 2 Notre Dame in South Bend, delivering the Fighting Irish a 47-21 loss — the most points scored against Notre Dame at home in 46 years. Flash forward to 2017, and the No. 19 Michigan football team (2-1 Big Ten, 5-1 overall) has a chance to repeat the feat Saturday in State College against No. 2 Penn State (3-0, 6-0). With the ESPN College Gameday treatment, a primetime national television slot and a white-out crowd at Beaver Stadium, the Nittany Lions will certainly have an atmosphere built up in their favor. The Wolverines will try to play the spoiler, but whether or not they can pull it off is an entirely different question. Here’s how Michigan matches up against Penn State on Saturday night. Michigan pass offense vs Penn State pass defense Coming off fifth-year senior John O’Korn’s 10-for-20, 58-yard performance last week, this is the phase of the game that has induced the most anxiety among the Wolverine faithful — and for good reason. Throughout the first half of the season, Michigan’s offense has been inept. That’s no secret. But after last week, the Wolverines’ run game seems to be in much better shape, which leaves the passing attack as the biggest problem facing the team. The Nittany Lions and their vaunted defense have all the tools to exploit that problem to the fullest degree. Penn State ranks third in the nation in passing efficiency defense, as it has given up just 1007 yards in six games. The Nittany Lions have already

picked off their opponents nine times while allowing just three touchdowns through the air. This is a clear mismatch. It wouldn’t be a surprise to see redshirt freshman quarterback Brandon Peters take some snaps under center if things get out of hand. Edge: Penn State Michigan run offense vs Penn State run defense As alluded to in the previous section, Michigan’s ground game is moving in the right direction, in large part due to the rise of junior running back Karan Higdon. Prior to the season, Higdon seemed to be the third-string back in the Wolverines’ threeman rotation. Instead, he has taken the first half of the year by storm, breaking out from the pack as the clear starter. He topped off his emergence last week with a career-best 200yard, three-touchdown day against Indiana. While Higdon and his fellow backs have played well, they have yet to face off against a defense as tough as Penn State’s. The Nittany Lions average 3.09 yards allowed per rush and have given up just four touchdowns on the season. Penn State has the ninth-best overall defense in the country and has allowed the fewest touchdowns of any team so far. For an offense as anemic as Michigan’s, that will likely be too much to overcome. Edge: Penn State Penn State pass offense vs Michigan pass defense For as much Heisman hype as running back Saquon Barkley attracts, he might not even be the best offensive player on the Nittany Lions’ roster. That would be quarterback Trace McSorley. While some dual-threat quarterbacks use their legs to compensate for a lackluster arm, that couldn’t be farther from the truth for McSorley. He has one of the best passer efficiency ratings in the country at 154.1 after

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Junior running back Karan Higdon will face a steep challenge against the Nittany Lions, who currently boast the ninth-best overall defense in the country.

averaging 266.2 yards per game with a total of 13 touchdowns and a completion percentage of 67. On top of that, he boasts four rushing touchdowns and 2.5 yards per carry. But McSorley will have his most challenging test against Michigan’s No. 1 ranked defense. The Wolverines lead the nation in passing efficiency defense, specifically, after giving up just 828 yards in the air while tallying five interceptions and allowing five touchdowns. Behind junior safety Tyree Kinnel and sophomore cornerback Lavert Hill, the secondary looks ready for McSorley. But he might still be one step ahead. Edge: Penn State Penn State run offense vs Michigan run defense As good as Barkley is, he has seemingly hit a rough patch.

After rushing for over 200 yards against Iowa a month ago, he hasn’t broken the 100-yard mark in the two games since. Last week, Northwestern held Barkley to 75 yards on 16 carries, though he did score twice. And the week before, Indiana shut him down completely, keeping him out of the end zone while also holding him to a measly 56 yards on 20 carries. Neither of those defenses are anywhere near as good as Michigan’s. The Wolverines have given up an average of just 85.8 yards per game on the ground, including an average of 2.64 yards per rush, with a total of three touchdowns allowed. Michigan combined for seven tackles-for-loss against the Hoosiers, and then spent the week claiming that the defensive unit has yet to reach its full potential. That isn’t a good sign

Notebook: Point guard competition nears end MIKE PERSAK

Daily Sports Editor

MAX MARCOVITCH Daily Sports Editor

With the season less than three weeks away, Michigan men’s basketball coach John Beilein has yet to name his starting point guard. At Big Ten Media Day on Thursday, though, Beilein admitted he is getting closer. “It’s so competitive right now,” Beilein said. “The intensity is probably like nothing we’ve ever seen.” Fifth-year senior point guard Jaaron Simmons transferred to Michigan instead of entering the NBA Draft under the assumption, presumably, that he would man the starting role come Nov. 11 against North Florida. And he very well may. But sophomore Zavier Simpson and freshman Eli Brooks are competing for the spot as well, and what once seemed inevitable for Simmons appears to be up for the taking. Simpson’s minutes steadily increased last season in his role as the backup to Derrick

Walton Jr., though his offensive production often sputtered, averaging just 1.6 points per game. Recruited as the heir to Walton’s throne, Simpson saw a wrench thrown in his potential breakout sophomore campaign with Simmons entering the program as a graduate transfer and Brooks shining early in practice. His defensive tenacity, as it did last season, will earn him minutes on a team seeking intensity on that end of the floor. Youth may well be the only thing limiting Brooks at this point, as the buzz around his freshman season continues to churn. Talk of him starting is no longer purely hypothetical; he seems to be firmly in the mix, and will likely play a major role whether or not he is starting or coming off the bench. If history taught us anything with Trey Burke and Derrick Walton Jr., Beilein will not be afraid to start a freshman if he is ready. Though he refused to hint at which way he was leaning, Beilein believes the “healthy” competition will ultimately be beneficial for the group as a whole.

“This one is three guys going at it; it’s really tough to even decide because nobody’s making each other look good because the competition is so hard,” Beilein said. “It’ll be good for us when we play against other competition.” Wolverines will face tough early opponents “We maybe have the most challenging schedule that certainly I’ve ever had at Michigan or maybe Michigan’s ever had,” Beilein said in his opening statements Thursday. Clearly the Wolverines’ tough schedule has been on his mind, and justifiably so. In 22 days — from Nov. 20 to Dec. 12 — Michigan will travel to Hawaii, Columbus, North Carolina and Texas, with home games against Indiana and UCLA sprinkled in between. And then there’s the rest of the Big Ten schedule. Since the Wolverines have a team that includes many new faces in important positions, it will be important for the experienced players to play well. Fifth-year senior forward Duncan Robinson said as much on Thursday. He recognizes the

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Sophomore guard Zavier Simpson is in the middle of a battle for the starting spot with fifth-year senior Jaaron Simmons.

challenge as an opportunity for the older players to drive the team to success. “A lot of these young guys are going to have to grow up quick,” Robinson said. “It’ll probably be on us, as the older guys, to kind of help push them through the adversity in those times.” Beilein says this past month has been paramount in preparing for the upcoming schedule, saying that preparation now will allow the team an opportunity to spend time “off their feet” when they need to in the future. Two is better than one John Beilein and Tom Izzo agree on one thing: Michigan and Michigan State should play each other twice a year. For the 2017-18 season, the in-state rivalry will happen only once in East Lansing, but after a recent move by the Big Ten to expand conference play from 18 to 20 games, the homeand-home matchup looks to be protected for the following season and near future. “I think preserving rivalries that people have grown up on in this changing world was a very good move by the Big Ten,” Izzo said. “And I think it’s going to benefit a lot of us and hopefully it will catch fire around the country.” Added Beilein: “There’s never a doubt in any way, shape or form. And it’s what should be happening. I think it’s the way that — it’s really smart scheduling for us. … It just makes so much sense, both interestwise, financially, the whole deal. It’s just like a great concept that we’ve both embraced.” For the rest of the Big Ten, the move was intended to increase the frequency of other in-state rivalries and regional opponents. The change will likely boost the strength-ofschedule across the conference as weaker non-conference games are replaced, which could have implications on NCAA Tournament seeding come March. Daily Sports Editor Ethan Wolfe also contributed to the reporting of this article.

for Barkley. Edge: Michigan Special teams While both punters are evenly matched, between the two kickers, there is no competition. Redshirt freshman kicker, and former Penn State commit, Quinn Nordin continues to impress with his consistency, adding two more field goals to his name to run his record up to 14-for-16. Penn State kicker Tyler Davis couldn’t be much more opposite. He has made just six field goals out of 13 attempts, missing all but two of his attempts from farther than thirty yards out. After wresting the starting job away from sophomore Will Hart, freshman punter Brad Robbins made the most of it against Indiana. Out of nine punts, Robbins averaged 40.8 yards and downed three of them inside the 20-yard line.

Meanwhile, Nittany Lion punter Blake Gillikin has averaged 44.2 yards on his 26 punts — seven of which went longer than 50 yards. Edge: Michigan Intangibles Though it may be hard to believe, it was just a season ago that Michigan routed Penn State, 49-10. That latter team went on to run the table and capture the Big Ten title. The only game the Nittany Lions have lost since then was a hard-fought, 52-49 battle against USC in the 2016 Rose Bowl. A number of notable injuries and a questionable ejection surely sunk Penn State last September. It seems eager to correct the record against the Wolverines this year. Edge: Penn State Prediction: Michigan 10, Penn State 31

ICE HOCKEY

Yost Ice Arena rink named for Berenson

The former coach’s legacy will now be represented on the ice BENJAMIN KATZ Daily Sports Writer

If Red Berenson’s name wasn’t already etched in the hallow halls of Yost Ice Arena years ago, his legacy will now forever be celebrated and cemented on the ice. The rink inside the arena is now “Red Berenson Rink,” honoring the legendary Michigan hockey coach of 33 years who retired at the end of last season. The University’s Board of Regents unanimously approved the rink naming Thursday afternoon at its monthly meeting. “Red Berenson is a legend in the sport of ice hockey, a tremendous educator of young men and someone who has made a significant impact at the University of Michigan,” said athletic director Warde Manuel in a statement. “He has dedicated much of his adult life to develop hundreds of young men here at Michigan. This is an honor befitting his exceptional commitment to intercollegiate athletics and his championship success in the sport of hockey as both a player and a coach.” The new ice design — featuring Berenson’s signature near both blue lines — will be unveiled before Friday night’s home opener against Vermont, with a formal rink dedication on Jan. 5 when Michigan hosts Notre Dame. Next season, the words “Yost Ice Arena” in the center ice circle will be replaced with “Red Berenson Rink.”

A lifelong Wolverine, Berenson arrived in Ann Arbor as a student-athlete from Regina, Saskatchewan. The Canadian played four years of hockey and was named All-American twice, the 1962 WCHA Most Valuable Player and a team captain his senior season. After graduation, Berenson played 17 years in the NHL as a member of the New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, Detroit Red Wings and Montreal Canadiens. With Montreal, Berenson won Stanley Cups in 1965 and 1966, while simultaneously earning a Master of Business Administration degree at Michigan. After coaching in the NHL until 1984, Berenson returned to Ann Arbor as head coach and immediately revamped the hockey program into one of the most storied in the country. Under his leadership, Michigan captured 21 conference championships and made the NCAA Tournament in 23 of his last 27 seasons. From 1991 to 2012, the Wolverines received 22 straight tournament bids, a streak that still stands as an NCAA record. Berenson led Michigan to 11 Frozen Fours and two national championships in 1996 and 1998. Berenson retired with the fourth-most wins in NCAA ice hockey history with an 848426-92 career record. He also groomed two Hobey Baker Memorial Award winners, 73 NHL players and 140 Academic All-Big Ten selections.

Red Berenson is a legend in the sport of ice hockey

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Behind Enemy Lines: Penn State beat writer Jill Beckman ORION SANG

Daily Sports Editor

For Michigan, it all comes down to this. Win on the road against No. 2 Penn State, and the College Football Playoff is still in sight. Lose? Well, that outcome is much less rosy. The Wolverines will enter Happy Valley on Saturday night as the underdogs for the first time all year. It’ll be their biggest test of the season so far — the Nittany Lions boast the nation’s top scoring defense and have a high-powered offense led by running back Saquon Barkley, an early contender for the Heisman Trophy. The Michigan Daily spoke with Jill Beckman of The Daily Collegian and Philly Inquirer ahead of this week’s game about Barkley, Penn State’s defense and what it will take for the Wolverines to pull off an upset. TMD: “I really want to hear your thoughts on this team this year. 6-0, (ranked) No. 2 — what’s impressed you the most so far?” JB: “Yeah, you’re right, the undefeated record is really impressive, but also they haven’t had too much of a test so far. They’ve had some challenging Big Ten opponents but this three-game stretch is going to be the hardest of the season. What’s impressed me the most, obviously, (running back) Saquon (Barkley) is being Saquon. Franklin said that we’re going to see some new tricks from him the second half of the season. I think they were saving some big things for him, so I don’t think we’ve seen his full potential yet. And then our defense has been looking really good. Yeah, I would say right now, the defense and I think (quarterback) Trace McSorley have been impressing. His numbers have improved a little bit since last year, but the offensive line has been struggling so he hasn’t looked as good as he possibly could, but I still think he’s a solid quarterback.” TMD: “Yeah, so I noticed

Barkley has been held under 100 yards rushing for four out of the six games this year. How have teams really been able to stop him? Have they been loading up the box, or has it just been the offensive line unable to block six or seven people?” JB: “I think the offensive line is to blame completely. They haven’t been looking good, and we’ve been seeing Trace being sacked a number of times per game, and they’re containing Saquon. That’ll be a struggle too this weekend. I think it’ll be the biggest test basically on both ends — if Michigan’s defense can contain Saquon, that shows a lot from them and then if Saquon can get past the best defense in the country, then that shows a lot from Penn State’s offense. So I think it’ll be a test on both ends but the offensive line has been Penn State’s biggest struggle right now.” TMD: “That Iowa game — close call, but Penn State had nearly 600 yards of offense. I don’t think that’s quite sustainable for teams to try to upset, if they’re getting outgained like 600 to 273. What would you say is the more realistic path to an upset for Michigan?” JB: “I mean, it’s going to be them playing really solid on defense. I just don’t think, from what we’ve seen, that their offense will be able to put up a lot of points this weekend. I just don’t see that happening. So I think the way to the upset will be containing Saquon and the rest of the offense, getting to Trace because, like I said, the OL hasn’t been looking good. Yeah, scoring as many points as you can against Penn State’s defense — which isn’t easy — but I think the key to a Michigan upset would be showing that their defense is as good as it’s been all year, as good as people say it is.” TMD: “Another big part of that Penn State offense is (tight end) Mike Gesicki. He had those four touchdowns in the first two weeks, but it seems like he’s really slowed down in production in the four games since. What have teams been throwing at him to stop him?

Is it something where teams are focusing so hard on Gesicki that Penn State’s spreading the ball to the outside receivers, or is it something where Penn State just needs to get him going at some point?” JB: “I think teams have noticed that he makes the big plays once in awhile. He’s not going to be that guy every time, but he makes those big plays here and there, and they’ve noticed that. Gesicki wasn’t always this good, he had a few pretty bad seasons, and all of a sudden now, he’s this really great player. So I think Penn State, like you said, is trying to spread the ball out more because opponents are starting to pick up on that.” TMD: “You talked earlier about that defense. Michigan’s pretty highly-touted, but Penn State is No. 1 in scoring defense right now — what has stood out to you about Penn State’s defense so far?” JB: “A lot has stood out. They’re getting a lot of turnovers, which is a key part, and then you have a lot of guys who are really versatile and they’re making those big plays and if they get the ball on defense, they’re going to go score a touchdown. You’re seeing a lot of those big plays. It’s actually funny because at practice yesterday, (defensive end) Shareef Miller, he … basically said, ‘They’re acting like we’re nothing but we’re going to show them who the best defense is Saturday.’ I think that was it. So I mean, they can do a lot more. They can score. That’s going to be huge.” TMD: “On defense, what has been the most impressive unit to you so far? I know last year, I think Garrett Sickels is gone, he was that defensive end that was pretty good. Linebackers, cornerbacks, who has stood out to you so far on defense?” JB: “You have Marcus Allen, he’s been really impressing. He’s a safety. You have Jason Cabinda at middle linebacker, he’s been consistent the past few years. He’s always been solid. That’s a good question — there’s so many. I would say asides from those two, (cornerback) Grant Haley, he’s

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Penn State running back Saquon Barkley, an early Heisman Trophy contender, leads his team’s high-powered offense.

been really impressive. He just got named to some Watch List or Award List or something. Shareef Miller has been good. I think those guys are the key pieces.” TMD: “Looking at special teams, Tyler Davis the kicker last year put up elite numbers, 22-of-24, this year under 50 percent, what has gone wrong with him so far?” JB: “That’s a good question. I think we’re all kind of wondering the same thing. Last year, he was so impressive. I don’t know that I have the answer for you, to be honest.” TMD: “Are they going to bring in another kicker, or is this his job? Is it just his job until they find someone else, I’m not really sure who else they have on the roster.” JB: “I don’t think they have much depth at that position, as far as I know. It’s just going to be him unless something changes. To be honest, I can’t tell you what’s gone wrong with him. It was such a dramatic decrease in production from him. Last year, everyone was raving about him. This year, the stats are just not looking good at all for him.” TMD: “It seems like that’s one area that’s a little under-discussed when it comes to Penn State,

because you look at the offense, McSorley, Barkley, Gesicki. But it could really hurt them in big games, right, because against Iowa, two-point victory and he missed two field goals — you wouldn’t even have needed that touchdown if he had made those, right?” JB: “Yeah, definitely. And I think asides from Tyler Davis’s drop in production, I think the special teams unit has actually been really solid. Even this week, James Franklin actually said the special teams unit has had the best two days of practice that they’ve had since he became coach at Penn State. So they made some tweaks, I guess, so maybe we’ll see some better stuff from them this weekend. But that was something that stood out in my mind, for sure.” TMD: “And then to wrap things up — it really seems, in the past few years and maybe even before that, that this has taken on a new meaning, the game between these two teams. Would you see it as a rivalry, maybe, on par with Michigan-MSU, Michigan-OSU, or do you think it’s still on its way to getting there?” JB: “Looking at it right now,

obviously all three of those teams are ranked now, and at this point last year, we definitely could not say that Penn State is on the same level as those two teams. After that Michigan game last year, Penn State-Michigan, it was a disaster for Penn State. But now they’re definitely on that level. I’d say that, yeah, they’re definitely rivals now because it’s a competition. It’s not obvious that Michigan’s going to beat Penn State or it’s not even obvious that Ohio State’s going to beat Penn State. So I would say it’s a rivalry because they’re all playing at a really high level.” TMD: “Because it just seems like, in the week leading up to the game, from both sides there’s been a little different atmosphere when the players and coaches have been talking about this matchup in particular.” JB: “Obviously, Michigan and Ohio State, those Big Ten teams have always been, at least recently, our biggest games, but Penn State wasn’t at the level of a Michigan or Ohio State the past few years. So it’s definitely different this year now that Penn State’s ranked No. 2 right now. The Big Ten East is just so good right now.”

What to Watch For: No. 2 Penn State TED JANES

Daily Sports Writer

This week’s focus is all on fifthyear senior quarterback John O’Korn and the No. 19 Michigan football team’s offense. The Wolverines are No. 1 in total defense, but No. 98 in total offense. It’s clear where the problem lies. Michigan (2-1 Big Ten, 5-1 overall) scarcely beat Indiana last week and now faces a superior opponent in No. 2 Penn State (3-0, 6-0). Here’s what to watch for when the Wolverines take on Penn State this weekend as nine-point underdogs. 1. Can O’Korn connect with his receivers? When O’Korn lit up Purdue, it seemed as if the then-backup quarterback would do just fine. But in two games since beating the Boilermakers, O’Korn has completed just 47 percent of his

passes for 256 total yards and zero touchdowns. He notably overthrew freshman receiver Donovon Peoples-Jones on a wide-open go route last week. That is not only a pass that he is expected to make, but a type of pass that Speight had been able to before he got injured. O’Korn admitted this week that he needs to hit those open receivers. If he can land just two or three passes in the 20 to 30-yard range — which he couldn’t against Indiana — it will force Penn State’s secondary to play back a bit, which should help open the Wolverines’ run game as well. 2. How far can the running backs carry the Wolverines? Junior running back Karan Higdon stole the show against the Hoosiers, but all season long, the running back trio — which also includes fifth-year senior Ty Isaac and sophomore Chris Evans — has been the backbone of Michigan’s offense. Higdon leads the team with five rushing touchdowns, and Evans and Isaac trail him with two and one, respectively. Michigan has depth at running back and a handful of nifty plays in its back pocket. Sophomore receiver Eddie McDoom contributes with his jet sweeps, fifth-year senior Khalid Hill consistently gets the

short gains and even the highly anticipated redshirt freshman running back Kareem Walker got into the mix against Indiana. But Penn State surely knows all of this and will be prepared to stop the run. If the Nittany Lions pack the line of scrimmage with players, then only time will tell how far all these running backs can really go. 3. Was the offensive line’s performance against Indiana a one-time thing? Michigan’s offensive line played an all-around consistent game for the first time against the Hoosiers. The question is whether or not the offensive line can hold up again. With the left side of the line sured up by senior tackle Mason Cole and sophomore guard Ben Bredeson, the fate falls on redshirt junior right tackle Juwann BushellBeatty and sophomore right guard Michael Onwenu. Bushell-Beatty started last weekend and played the entire game. Pass protection was better than ever, as O’Korn wasn’t sacked — the first time this year that a Michigan quarterback didn’t get taken down. Indiana’s defensive line, though, is likely not as threatening as Penn State’s. The Nittany Lions have accumulated 17 sacks and 51

total tackles for loss this year. Can Michigan’s offensive line keep up with Penn State’s aggressive defense? We’ll find out on Saturday. 4. Switching it up. You know about Barkley and McSorley, but keep an eye on these other players for Penn State’s offense. Wide receiver DaeSean Hamilton has been the beneficiary of quarterback Trace McSorley’s relentless throwing arm over the past few years, and the trend has continued into this season. The fifth-year senior averages 61 receiving yards per game, and has four touchdown catches. Behind running back Saquon Barkley, Hamilton should be McSorley’s next most-targeted receiver. Finally, with an average of 16.6 yards per catch, Hamilton often finds himself on the receiving end of some of McSorley’s biggest throws. Tight end Mike Gesicki also has four receiving touchdowns for Penn State this year and has amassed a total of 176 receiving yards. Gesicki stands tall at 6-foot6, which should be a big red flag for Michigan’s undersized backfield. McSorley and Barkley are the Nittany Lions’ biggest playmakers, but Gesicki and Hamilton can be just as dangerous.

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Fifth-year senior quarterback John O’Korn needs to find a rhythm with his receivers for Michigan’s offense to succeed.

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FACEOFF 2017 SCHEDULE 2017-2018

Sept. 30

Western Ontario (ex.)

Jan. 12, 13

at Minnesota

Oct. 6

at St. Lawrence

Jan. 19, 20

Penn State

Oct. 7

at Clarkson

Jan. 26, 27

at Ohio State

Oct. 20, 21

Vermont

Feb. 2, 3

Wisconsin

Oct. 27, 28

at Penn State

Feb. 9

at Michigan State

Nov. 2, 3

Ferris State

Feb. 10

Michigan State at Little

Nov. 10, 11

Minnesota

Nov. 17, 18

at Wisconsin

Feb. 16

at Notre Dame

Nov. 24, 25

Ohio State

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Notre Dame

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Arizona State

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Michigan State

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at Michigan State

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semifinals

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at Notre Dame

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Mel Pearson has arrived, but his revival plan may take time. For Pearson, a return to Michigan is filled with history. Inside the Wolverines’ 2017-18 roster, broken down by position With the addition of Notre Dame, the Big Ten has a new look.

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One step at a time The arrival of Mel Pearson has injected new life into the program, but his renaissance will require patience.

hree weeks ago this Saturday, the Michigan hockey team left the ice at Yost Ice Arena having posted a 60-shot, double-digit scoring spectacle in its preseason faceoff with Western Ontario. Elation was palpable as the players and coaches filed into the locker room, but hints of relief ANNA and surprise MARCUS permeated the air as well. Michigan coach Mel Pearson was quick to address the elephant in the room. “The goal scoring,” Pearson said, “we were 42nd in offense last year, so we weren’t sure where the goals were going to come from.” And yet, nine of the Wolverines’ 10 goals came from players who were on the roster last season. Plainly, such a large margin of victory could not have been anticipated. Fast forward one week. Michigan began its regular season on a New York road trip, where its emerging offense outshot St. Lawrence in the Friday nightcap and Clarkson on Saturday. Yet while the Wolverines tallied a win against the Saints, their Saturday battle went down on paper as an inerasable shutout loss. Therein lies the point of reflection. Should losses like the one to Clarkson be taken at face value, or should they actually be interpreted as triumphs within themselves? There may not be one clear answer yet. Inarguably though, the Wolverines demonstrated growth in both of their opening outings. Michigan, both nights, created viable opportunities for itself. Michigan, both nights, had its offense outshine that of the opposition. The same could not be said for most of last season. When the weekend wrapped up, Pearson echoed this viewpoint. “In some regards, we played better (against Clarkson) than we played (against St. Lawrence),” he said. “And some nights the puck just doesn’t go in the net for you.” The elaborate, tiny details of each game will never be captured completely on a stats sheet. But that

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doesn’t make them trivial. And this year, winning games shouldn’t be the sole emphasis for Michigan. Let me be clear: It’s not that winning isn’t important, or that the Wolverines won’t be capable of beating a multitude of their opponents. But chiefly, the transformation of this program won’t happen overnight. Still, every small improvement displays the charisma Pearson has brought back to Michigan hockey. Every development prognosticates the program’s future success. No one wanted to focus on the preseason poll that predicted the Wolverines would finish second to last in the Big Ten. On Media Day, players collectively expressed that they aren’t letting it get to them, and that they are determined to prove the poll wrong. “It was a little bit of a topic of conversation,” said senior forward Dexter Dancs. “But, you know what, we’re not looking too much into it. But it will definitely be in the back of our mind when we play every team this year.” Despite how disheartening the

forecast of finishing sixth out of seven seems, it was anything but arbitrary. Michigan’s 6-12-2 conference mark over the 2016-17 season says as much. The Wolverines had the third-worst Corsi-percentage — a measure of puck possesion and shot differentials — in the country. The offense completely broke down, and was never able to regenerate. Michigan commenced the year with a No. 11 ranking, but it quickly faded, slipping to 37th in the nation by the end of the season. In contrast, No. 5 Notre Dame, No. 8 Minnesota and No. 11 Penn State all earned NCAA Tournament bids last spring. These three conference competitors, in addition to No. 6 Wisconsin, are all ranked above Michigan, and rightfully so. With an elite hockey tradition, a new coach and a revamped mentality, the Wolverines are eager to write off last season as a glitch and move forward. But commanding a high-caliber conference like the Big Ten is an ambitious feat for anyone, and Michigan sits only a week away from its conference opener against the Nittany Lions.

This team is going to have to be patient. All of the adjustments the Wolverines hope to make will not happen in a month, in a season or even in two. The bulk of the roster returns from last year, and the learning curve will be steep. But in the case of Michigan — a team aiming for complete reinvention — time is its friend. “It’s a process,” Pearson said after the Wolverines’ opening weekend. “And it’s going to be a process with this team.” And who better than Pearson — a coach extremely familiar to working with struggling programs — to guide Michigan through this process? Pearson embarked on his journey as head coach at his alma mater, Michigan Tech, in 2011. He joined a program that hadn’t seen a NCAA tournament appearance since 1981. Just a season before he arrived, the Huskies held a 4-30-4 overall record. Rebuilding the team to bring it national relevance once again was a daunting task. And yet, with time, Pearson proved it feasible. Development started out on a smaller scale, with gradual

improvements year to year. Michigan Tech didn’t see a winning record until the 2014-15 season. But that same season, the Huskies notched their first-ever No. 1 ranking and netted an NCAA Tournament bid. Obviously, the two circumstances are not the same. Michigan Tech hadn’t been hot for decades. Michigan had one bad year. But the Huskies are an unmistakable case of how a new set of skilled eyes and a little bit of time can revamp a program. Thirty games — almost a full season — remain ahead of the Wolverines. Michigan should focus now on what it can control. The offense is alive. Team chemistry is high. Newcomers are finding a groove and making contributions. The coach at the helm has experience working with teams and building their programs from the ground floor. The rest, with time, will fall into place. Marcus can be reached at annahm@umich.edu or on Twitter @Anna_H_Marcus.

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Mel Pearson: A home with a history JACOB SHAMES Daily Sports Writer

When Mel Pearson was hired as head coach of the Michigan hockey team, it almost seemed preordained. Of course, nothing in life is that simple. But Pearson’s accomplishments with the Wolverines — 22 years as an assistant coach under the legendary Red Berenson, 11 Frozen Four appearances and two national championships included — are impossible to ignore. The history of Michigan hockey is a long and storied one. It’s a history that Pearson takes great pride in. So while it may not have been destined, Pearson and Michigan are clearly a perfect match. And now, after six years as the head coach at Michigan Tech, Pearson is back in Ann Arbor once again, tasked with reviving the program he helped build. “I owe a lot to Michigan,” Pearson said. “And it’s my job to make sure we keep this program up and running and in the national spotlight.” *** Pearson credits his father, also named Mel, for instilling him with his passion for hockey. The elder Pearson played professionally for 16 seasons with 12 different teams. “I was at the rink with him a lot growing up,” Pearson said. “And I really fell in love and had a fascination for the game.” The Pearson family called Flin Flon, Manitoba — a mining town of about 10,000 where Pearson’s father had also grown up — home. But being the son of a professional athlete also meant

moving around to many different cities, an experience that was formative for Pearson’s childhood. “I remember I grew up a big Baltimore Orioles fan, they had some great teams back then,” Pearson said. “I lived in L.A. and still remember going to Dodger games and whatnot. You meet a lot of neat people, and to this day I still have friends I met in L.A., Baltimore and Portland.” In 1973, Pearson’s father’s playing days came to an end with the Minnesota Fighting Saints of the World Hockey Association. It was there that Pearson played high school hockey, at Edina High School, and also there that Pearson’s connection to Michigan can be traced back to. His high school coach, Willard Ikola, won national championships in 1951 and 1952 as an All-American goaltender for the Wolverines, and encouraged Pearson to consider attending Michigan. Instead, Pearson decided to play at Michigan Tech, because he felt more comfortable with the school and program. Under legendary coach John MacInnes, who coincidentally was also a Michigan alum, the Huskies had recently made three straight Frozen Four appearances, winning a national championship in 1975. “I grew up in a small town, and I knew a couple people on the team already,” Pearson said. “Michigan Tech at that time, the program was doing better than Michigan was. I felt it was a great hockey school and a place where I could get a great education.” Pearson, who played in 97 games in four years at Michigan Tech and scored 56 points, states that he “wasn’t what

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Michigan coach Mel Pearson brought his assistant from Michigan Tech, Bill Muckalt, along with him to join the Michigan program.

you would call a great player” in college. Instead, he described his playing style as a “good, honest player” and a “worker”. But Pearson’s college career had no shortage of memorable moments — the Huskies appeared in the Frozen Four in 1981 and won four straight Great Lakes Invitational championships. In fact, Pearson’s biggest goal came in the 1979 Invitational against Michigan, a tournament-winning goal in triple overtime which he described simply as “pretty cool”. In the second half of his senior year, Pearson began to think about coaching for the first time. Up until

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Michigan coach Mel Pearson spent 22 years as an assistant coach under Red Berenson, helping to bring Michigan to 11 Frozen Fours.

that point, he had envisioned himself as having the potential to be a minorleague journeyman for a few years. But with MacInnes’s retirement looming, assistants Jim Nahrgang and Herb Boxer approached Pearson about the possibility of coaching, and when Nahrgang took over for MacInnes in 1982, Pearson was part of his initial staff. “That piqued my interest because I love the game,” Pearson said. “You don’t have a job, it’s like a hobby. If you can find something that you love and enjoy doing, and you can do it for pretty much your whole life, then you’ve been pretty lucky and fortunate.” *** Two years after Pearson took his first college coaching job, Red Berenson became the head coach of the Michigan hockey team. Four years later, Pearson also found himself in Ann Arbor, interviewing for a position on Berenson’s staff. Pearson and Berenson were familiar with each other. Pearson’s father had played with Berenson on a number of All-Star teams, and Pearson and Berenson had interacted with each other while recruiting. But that didn’t make the experience any less daunting for Pearson. “I felt pretty comfortable around him,” Pearson said. “But I remember my interview down here, that was probably the scariest thing. I remember Red taking me up to Bo Schembechler’s office, because Bo Schembechler was the athletic director at the time. Red can be pretty intimidating, and then to go up and there you are and you have Red on one side and Bo on the other side looking at you, that can be pretty

nervewracking.” Of course, this was well before Berenson had built a dynasty. The Wolverines were on the upswing after having gone 22-19 in 1988, but that had been preceded by three straight seasons of 14 wins or less. So from the outset, Pearson’s focus was on strengthening the program through recruiting. It was also under Berenson that Pearson’s coaching style began to emerge. In fact, Pearson heavily credits Berenson for actively facilitating that development. “One thing about Coach Berenson that’s great is that he gives his assistants a lot of responsibility to get involved with all the aspects of coaching,” Pearson said. “From pregame scouting to postgame scouting to working on individual skills with players to working on the power play, so we had a lot of responsibility.” Added Michigan assistant coach Bill Muckalt, who played for Berenson and Pearson from 1994 to 1998: “Obviously they both have great track records, they both have a tremendous amount of success in coaching. Red’s had a tremendous influence on Mel, they both coached together for a long time and when you do that you pick up a lot of the same traits.” Berenson’s influence can also be seen in the aggressive, fast-paced offensive style that Pearson has attempted to bring to the Wolverines this season, mirroring the same goals Berenson and Pearson set for the team 30 years earlier. “We always talked that we wanted to play up-tempo,” Pearson said. “We’re in the entertainment business — now coach Berenson didn’t talk about that

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per se, but we are in the entertainment business. You want people to come into the building and be entertained and enjoy their experience here, and so we wanted to put a quick, fast, highenergy, high-scoring team together.” Those efforts were soon fulfilled. In 1991, Michigan qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 14 years, and stormed into the Frozen Four the next year. The dynasty was up and running, as the Wolverines made six Frozen Four appearances and won two national titles between 1992 and 1998, finishing among the top three teams in the country in goals scored each of those years. Three times, a Wolverine was the leading points-scorer in the NCAA — Denny Felsner in 1992 and Brendan Morrison in 1996 and 1998. With this success came the possibility of a head coaching job for Pearson — most notably, Miami of Ohio offered him the position in 1999. But through all Pearson’s years at Michigan, being just an assistant coach never weighed on him, as Berenson gave him and other assistants so much responsibility that “you felt like a co-coach.” “I remember talking to Red and I think Tom Goss was the Athletic Director at the time, and talked to Lloyd Carr, the former football coach,” Pearson said of declining Miami’s offer. “Because Lloyd stayed here for a long time and really didn’t have to go away to become a head coach, and he (asked), ‘Why make two moves if you don’t have to make any?’ “I always said back in the day I didn’t have to become a head coach to feel like I (had accomplished anything) as a coach, because we had touched so many players. But I love Michigan so much too, it (was) hard to consider leaving.” *** Berenson had once told Pearson that he wouldn’t be coaching at 60. But Berenson turned 71 during the 2011 season, and it was obvious he wouldn’t coach forever — although Pearson says it sometimes seemed that way. According to Pearson, thenathletic director Dave Brandon was open about the situation. “(He) said, ‘If Red leaves you’d be a good candidate, but there’s no guarantees,’” Pearson said, “‘and if you go out and get head coaching experience and do a good job, you’d probably be a better candidate.’” The opportunity to do so came in 2011, but it came a little too soon for Pearson. Just four days after Michigan had lost in the national championship game, a 3-2 overtime defeat to Minnesota-Duluth, Michigan Tech offered him its vacant head-coaching position. “I get that they wanted to make sure they get somebody quick before the season was too far over,” Pearson said. “(But) after you lose like that it’s gut-wrenching. It was an emotional time. You just lost the national

championship. That sticks with you; it still sticks with me now. So if you can imagine them saying, ‘We need an answer within 48 hours or so,’ I just wasn’t ready.” With time, though, the heartbreak of that defeat began to subside, and Pearson was prepared to make the move. In May 2011, he became the Huskies’ head coach, and went to work rebuilding a team that had gone 4-30-1 the previous season. “(It was) challenging at times, because you’re learning on the job too,” Pearson said. “You’re not sure if you’re doing the right things at the time. It’s easy to question yourself, but I had a great staff and we really believed that we knew that we could change things. Having come from a place like Michigan and how they run things, I think I was very well schooled by Coach Berenson and Michigan and even Coach MacInnes from Michigan Tech and Coach Ikola from high school — three Michigan men. Great coaching, great philosophies, great systems. “There was nowhere to go but up — they’d only won 15 games in the previous three years. But there were some good pieces there, I think they just needed direction and leadership.” Pearson hired two of his former star players at Michigan — Muckalt and Steve Shields — as assistant coaches. And just as he did with the Wolverines, Pearson emphasized tenacious recruiting to turn the Huskies around. “We got young men up to Michigan Tech that had our vision and fit our style of play that we knew that we could win with. That was the biggest thing,” Pearson said. “Slowly but surely, as you start winning you attract better recruits. I remember the first few days, you’d say you’re from Michigan Tech and they’d hang up right away.” However, the recruits that Pearson did sign often found success. Muckalt attested to Pearson’s ability to connect with players and help them reach their fullest potential. “One of Mel’s greatest strengths is the ability to get the most out of everyone,” Muckalt said. “He’s not a yeller or a screamer, but finds a way to get them to respond to help the team.” And as Pearson’s recruiting classes took shape, Michigan Tech took off. In 2014, the Huskies earned their firstever No. 1 national ranking, winning 29 games that season, and qualified for the NCAA Tournament twice in three seasons. Despite this success — or maybe as a result of it — speculation continued to run rampant about Pearson being a candidate at Michigan after Berenson’s retirement. Pearson doesn’t downplay the impact that it had, especially when it came to recruiting, even though he remained fully committed to Michigan Tech. “It was a distraction at times

because when you’re recruiting, first question that came up with recruits (was): ‘How long are you going to be here? Are you interested in the Michigan job?’” Pearson said. “There were no guarantees. I wasn’t sure if I’d ever come back to Michigan. I thought Michigan Tech was going to be my last job. “It was hard right from the get go. Day one. Your name was associated with that just because of the number of years I’ve spent at Michigan and the amount of success that we all had here together.” *** When Berenson retired in April, it set off what Pearson calls a “crazy” two weeks. “Crazy in the sense that everybody just associated myself with the job,” Pearson said. “I hadn’t talked to anybody. Anybody at Michigan. Even Coach Berenson. After a while it gets to be a little bit of a nuisance.” There’s a clear reason for that “craziness”, however. There’s no doubt that people view Pearson as a ‘Michigan Man’, having helped build one of the most prestigious programs in college hockey. And when Pearson was officially hired, it surprised no one. “Mel’s a great choice,” Muckalt said. “He’s earned it and been here a long time and had a lot of success and proven himself as a head coach. Obviously it’s a great progression for Michigan.” It wasn’t all about hockey, though — sentimental reasons also drew Pearson back to Ann Arbor. “I had 23 great years here,” Pearson said. “Lot of fond memories here — not just hockey memories. Whether it’s football and being in the stadium, watching Charles Woodson run the punt back against Ohio State or all the great sporting events, or being here when Michigan won its first softball national championship, basketball winning the national championship when I was an assistant coach here. Just the people of Ann Arbor, the town itself, the university. The University of Michigan. All my children went to Michigan.” After Pearson officially became Michigan’s head coach, it became even more hectic. Due to the nature of college athletics, the constant recruiting cycle and the pressures of having to find a place to live, Pearson wasn’t afforded any initial acclimation period or time to relax — “My golf game suffered”, he jokes — but he says that it was a time he “sort of enjoyed”. “You have to get straight into it,” Pearson said. “It’s right from contacting all the players that were currently here, contacting the recruits just to make sure they were still on board and there

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Mel Pearson isn’t worried about his legacy, but instead, is just happy to make his return.

was a place for them here and they felt comfortable with me. Then you jump right into the recruiting. It’s 24/7, 365 now. Not many days where you have a down day.” Of course, Pearson is no stranger to this. It’s his drive and work ethic that helped turn Michigan and Michigan Tech into powerhouses. It’s those same qualities that he hopes to apply to a young, raw but talented Wolverine roster this year. So far, Michigan appears to be receptive to both Pearson and his new staff’s demeanor and coaching style. “(Pearson and Muckalt are) super excited to be here,” sophomore forward Jake Slaker said. “They’re Michigan men and they always wanted to be here. Now that they got the jobs they couldn’t be more excited to be here. Their energy levels are high every day, they love to come to work, which makes it easier on us because we love to come to work as well.”

Added sophomore goalkeeper Hayden Lavigne: “It’s definitely different, in a good way. Coach Mel is very enthusiastic and very upbeat and I think the guys are responding well to that.” But in Pearson’s own words, he’s not here to create any legacy of his own. For him, it’s about the past — upholding the tradition that spans back from Berenson, to Al Renfrew, Vic Heyliger and countless other Michigan greats. “I’m just the gatekeeper here,” Pearson says. “I just make sure we keep things in order and keep Michigan hockey in the national spotlight where it should be.” Pearson knows the task of replacing a legend presents a challenge unlike any he has ever faced. He knows he isn’t the next Red Berenson, and he’s not trying to be. What matters to Pearson, though, is that he’s at home.

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Roster breakdown: Competition open between pipes, youth could boost ‘M’ Michigan coach Mel Pearson says that the starting goaltender will be named after eight games BENJAMIN KATZ Daily Sports Writer

Coming off major disappointment and a losing record for the first time since 2012-13, the Michigan hockey team seeks to rebound in a huge way this season, with expectations of an immense turnaround for the storied program. The Wolverines return an impressive 21 players looking to step up in leadership roles on and off the ice, and welcome six highly-touted newcomers determined to make an immediate impact. With a new head coach and fresh offensive and defensive systems, there will be trial and error as the season continues

to unravel. But over the first two games, Michigan has already started to show signs of renewed and reenergized play, putting more shots on goal and tightening its defense. The Daily takes an in-depth look at the Wolverine roster by position, deciphering which goaltender will be named starter, which veterans are primed to perform to potential and which freshmen could claim instant stardom. Goaltenders Michigan coach Mel Pearson has stated he isn’t one to rely on a goaltender rotation throughout a season. Nonetheless, until a definitive

starter emerges, sophomores Jack LaFontaine and Hayden Lavigne will continue to mind the net by committee, competing for the eventual starting role. At the onset, Pearson said they will split playing the first eight games, after which he plans to confidently announce a go-to goalie for the remainder of the season. Either LaFontaine or Lavigne — the two goalies on the team with considerable game experience — will have large skates to fill. They replace last year’s third head of the threeman goaltender rotation and team leader Zach Nagelvoort, who graduated last spring. Nagelvoort ended with a 33-266 career record, a .917 save

percentage — the second highest in Michigan history — and a 2.56 goals against average, the sixthlowest in program history. Last season, both LaFontaine and Lavigne saw almost identical action, but posted vastly different records while playing intermittently between Nagelvoort. LaFontaine entered 11 games and went 1-7-1 with a 3.34 goals against average, while Lavigne finished 6-6-1 and allowed 2.92 goals per game in 13 games. But the tides may have turned this year. With the starting job still up for grabs, LaFontaine may hold the early edge. He led the Wolverines against St. Lawrence, allowing only one goal on 24 shots in a 3-1 victory.

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Sophomore goaltender Hayden Lavigne conceded three goals after facing 24 shots against St. Lawrence, leading to the Wolverines’ first loss of the season.

The following night, Lavigne didn’t have the same fortune, giving up three goals on 19 shots in a 3-0 loss to Clarkson. While a clear frontrunner for the starting position has yet to materialize, once Pearson’s eight-game benchmark elapses, he will determine which goalie has risen to the occasion and can supplant Nagelvoort this season. Forwards After a season in which Michigan held the nation’s thirdworst Corsi-percentage — which measures shot differentials and puck possession — there are many promising aspects at the forward position to improve those numbers. The sophomore class returns four forwards, headlined by Will Lockwood and Jake Slaker. Last year’s team MVP, Lockwood will be at full health following an offseason shoulder surgery. Despite missing five games last season, the speedy skater racked up eight goals and 12 assists for 20 points, all second-highest marks on the team. Slaker was the backbone of the Michigan offense, playing in all 35 games as a freshman and posting a team-high 21 points. While returning a solid corps of sophomores spread throughout line configurations, a major loss is Alex Kile. The former team captain provided point production during his four years, totaling 78 points on 39 goals and 39 assists. Tony Calderone will try to replace Kile in the veteran role and was named team captain Thursday. The senior forward started this season strong, netting two goals and one assist in the 10-1 rout over Western Ontario in an exhibition game and one goal on seven shots in the first two regular season contests. After recording 20 and 18 points as a sophomore and junior, respectively, Calderone

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will add much-needed team leadership during his final crusade. Senior Dexter Dancs and junior Brendan Warren also figure to be offensive catalysts after disappointing drop offs last season compared to previous years. The answer to more shots on goal is likely tied to a group of highly ranked firstyear players. Five of the six are forwards, and the most anticipated arrival is freshman Josh Norris. Selected by the San Jose Sharks as the 19th overall pick in the first round of the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, he played the past two seasons with the United States National Team Development Program and collected a team-high 51 points in 52 games last year. Freshmen Jack Becker, Michael Pastujov — brother of sophomore forward Nick Pastujov — and Dakota Raabe, and graduate transfer Alex Roos — who spent the last four seasons at Colorado College — round out the new crop of forwards. Pearson expects Norris, along with the other newcomers, to spark the previously underwhelming offense. Defensemen Though Michigan lost captain and defensive mainstay Nolan De Jong, who now plays for the ECHL’s Colorado Eagles, the Wolverines boast eight veterans controlling the blue line. Seniors Cutler Martin and Sam Piazza lead the defensemen. After a junior season at forward, Martin returns to his comfort zone. As a freshman, his only full year as a defenseman, he recorded 15 points and a plus-12 rating, best among Michigan blueliners and second among all defensemen in the Big Ten. Conversely, Piazza is coming off a career year with 14 points — six goals and eight assists — in 32 games and a Big Ten Honorable Mention distinction. Freshman Quinn Hughes is the lone defensive recruit, but the learning curve shouldn’t be too difficult for the likely 2018 first-round NHL Entry Draft pick. The Orlando native played two seasons with the United States National Team Development Program — alongside Norris — and notched

47 points, including 38 assists, in 56 games. Hughes has already shown his presence on the ice, scoring his first collegiate goal in his first collegiate game against St. Lawrence. Junior Joseph Cecconi has also looked strong coming out of the gates, tallying three assists in the exhibition game and one against St. Lawrence. Sophomores Griffin Luce, Christian Meike and Luke Martin, and junior Nicholas Boka complete the rest of the defense. With Martin’s confidence in returning to his true position, Piazza’s evolution last year and Hughes’ track record, the back line seems destined to offset the hole left by De Jong and stay strong against Big Ten offensive juggernauts. Outlook With a strong freshman class and experienced veterans, it’s just a matter of time the two groups mesh within Pearson’s new schemes. This weekend’s series against Vermont is the last opportunity to sync before Big Ten play commences at Penn State. If the players catch their strides at the right time and execute in the big spots, especially early in the season, lofty expectations will be met, something last year’s team didn’t accomplish.

BY THE NUMBERS Michigan’s 2016 season

Goals scored by forward Tony Calderone — good for a team high.

Points recorded by forward Jake Slaker — good for a team high.

2.92

Goals allowed per game for goaltender Hayden Lavigne.

.203

Percentage of power plays converted.

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The Michigan hockey team is set for its home opener Saturday night, hoping to defy the odds of winning a talented Big Ten.

Big Ten Breakdown: Notre Dame shakes up conference landscape The Wolverines are undoubtedly underdogs, as they find themselves surrounded by four teams in the Top 20 ROBERT HEFTER Daily Sports Writer

Michigan opens up Big Ten play in State College against Penn State next weekend, while other teams have already had their conference debuts. The Big Ten is rife with storylines this season, as the Wolverines will look to redeem themselves after last season’s loss to the Nittany Lions in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament. Despite Penn State’s upset over No. 8 Minnesota in the 2017 Big Ten Tournament semifinals last season, the Golden Gophers are looking keen to avenge that upset this year as coach Don Lucia boasts an eclectic mix of talented young phenoms and seasoned veterans. Most notably for the Big Ten, Notre Dame joins conference play as the seventh affiliate. The Fighting Irish were a part of the WCHA and CCHA from 1971-1981 and 1992-2012,

respectively, two conferences in which a collection of Big Ten programs also competed in. The Daily breaks down the 2017 rendition of the Big Ten conference. No. 6 Wisconsin The Badgers (1-1 Big Ten, 4-1 overall) are coming off a heartbreaking double-overtime loss to the Nittany Lions in the Big Ten Championship game last season. However, Wisconsin clearly is not dwelling in the past, as its versatile offense is putting on a clinic, scoring first in all five of its games this year. Having their best start since 2004, the Badgers are challenging the preseason notion that Minnesota will be the dominant force in the conference. Forward Seamus Malone notched his first two goals of the season this past weekend, but of the nine goals Wisconsin

tallied in total, eight Badgers were responsible. Defender Wyatt Kalynuk also represents the shut-down defense as the best shot-blocker in the nation with 14 blocked shots. No. 8 Minnesota The touted frontrunners of the conference, the Golden Gophers (1-1, 2-2) already had a chance to seek revenge on Penn State this past weekend. But they split the contests, falling 3-1 on Friday, and narrowly escaping the formidable Nittany Lion attack Saturday, 6-3. Forward Brannon McManus stepped into the spotlight in Minnesota’s win Saturday with three goals in the third period, almost single-handedly saving the Golden Gophers from early humiliation. At the onset of the season, Minnesota was ranked third in the nation according to USCHO See BIG TEN, Page 8B

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BIG TEN From Page 7B polls. With four members of the Golden Gopher squad on the Big Ten Preseason Watch List, Minnesota’s team is undoubtedly talented. Forward Tyler Sheehy returns this season as a captain after a ground-shattering performance last season. Sheehy was named a First Team All-American and won the Big Ten Player of the Year award. With his experience, paired with McManus’ highenerg y start to the season, the Gophers have a well-rounded squad eager to make a statement on the national scale. Ohio State The Buckeyes (1-1, 1-1-2) wasted no time in starting Big Ten play, facing off against

Wisconsin and adding a win and a loss to their record. Despite falling early in the NCAA Tournament last season – a tournament it had not made since 2009 – Ohio State returns 15 upperclassmen, bolstering its proficient offense and effective power play. Last season, the Buckeyes’ 31.6 percent power-play conversion rate ranked highest in the NCAA, and their 3.92 goals per game ranked third. All-American and First Team All-Big Ten forward Mason Jobst and forward Matthew Weiss headline the Ohio State offense. No. 11 Penn State The reigning Big Ten Tournament champion Nittany Lions (1-1, 2-2) entered the season ranked 10th, and were picked to finish fourth in the

conference. Most notably, they were also tapped to finish fourth last season and ended up beating out the rest of the pool for a Big Ten Tournament title. Goaltender Peyton Jones and forward Denis Smirnov, both named to the Big Ten Preseason Watch List, lead Penn State. Jones already f launts 95 saves this season and Smirnov leads the team with three goals. With most of the Nittany Lion squad returning from its tournament championship run last season, it is looking to bring a new hard-nosed mentality to the ice to redeem itself after an NCAA Tournament loss to eventual national champion Denver. No. 5 Notre Dame The Fighting Irish (2-1) are stepping onto the Big Ten stage, ready to upset the ebbs and

f lows that make up a regular Big Ten season. Already predicted to finish second in the conference, Notre Dame is looking to put its team depth to work to make a statement for the future. With seven seniors returning, including Big Ten Preseason Watch List defenseman Jordan Gross, the Fighting Irish are taking a top-down approach that will involve all members of an assorted and dangerous squad. Forwards Jake Evans and Andrew Oglevie join Gross on the same list, whose prowess was put on display in Notre Dame’s opening two wins over Alabama-Huntsville. The Fighting Irish debut in the Big Ten on Nov. 3rd. Michigan State Much like the triumphant return of Michigan coach Mel Pearson, the Spartans’ prodigal

son in coach Danton Cole returns for his first season as the Michigan State head coach. Cole won a national championship with the Spartans in 1986 while a player on the team. Under new management, Michigan State has a lot to prove but has a chip on its shoulder. Predicted to finish last in the Big Ten and sporting 19 underclassmen – the fourth youngest roster in the nation – the Spartans will most likely have trouble with some of the other more experienced teams in the conference. Last season, Michigan State averaged 3.83 goals against and 2.40 goals for, which pale in comparison to those same statistics for other members of the Big Ten. In order to compete at a level worthy of a high ranking in the Big Ten, Cole will have to instill new values and reorganize the team’s structure.

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Sophomore forward Will Lockwood finished the 2016 season as Michigan’s team MVP with 20 points, and he will be looked to again to drive Michigan’s offensive success in a conference loaded with talent.