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TEDx event announced to be Black Box themed Annual event aims to ask participants to discuss topics that have not been solved JULIA FORD For the Daily
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CSG members vote at the CSG Divestment Resolution meeting in the Modern Languages Building Tuesday.
Students reflect on #UMDivest decision, discuss divided campus
After CSG passes resolution to encourage ‘U’ to divest, students concerned for safety JORDYN BAKER Daily Staff Reporter
During Tuesday night’s Central Student Government meeting, which extended into early Wednesday morning, the resolution to call for a committee within the University of Michigan’s Board of Regents to investigate and consider divesting from companies allegedly involved in Palestinian human rights violations passed for the first time in the University’s Ann
Arbor campus history. The results of this vote were met with a wide range of intense emotions from students across campus as well as attendees of the public meeting. For those in support of the resolution, the announcement of the final vote — 23 in favor, 17 against and 5 abstained — yielded hugs and tears of joy followed by celebration outside the Modern Languages Building. One member of Students Allied for Freedom and Equality, the group that proposed the resolution, contrasted these tears from those
of disappointment shed in years past by resolution supporters. “We see tears after every resolution for people that want it to pass because we’re so sad that it didn’t pass. But the tears this time, it was tears of joy, tears of disbelief, and people were really sobbing because it was so unprecedented,” the SAFE member, who asked to remain anonymous for safety concerns, explained. They spoke of one Palestinian student who, before coming to the University, was urged by
family members to choose a different university because of the marginalization of Palestinian voices the family had seen on campus. When the results were announced, the SAFE member explained, this student fell to the ground in astonishment. LSA senior Hafsa Tout explained the atmosphere of the room as the results were announced. They especially noted the uncertainty they felt that the resolution would pass. “Up to the very moment of See RESPONSE, Page 3A
Thursday night, a large, painted cube sat in the Diag and invited passersby to chalk their answers to questions such as: “What is a mystery that can’t be solved?” The cube, along with hot chocolate, donuts and glow sticks were featured for the reveal of TedxUofM’s 2018 conference theme: “Black Box.” While the speakers have yet to be announced, eight University of Michigan affiliates will present talks in February, all centered around the idea of “Black Box.” Kinesiology senior Jackie Katz, co-director of the conference, said selecting a theme was a lengthy process. “We chose ‘Black Box’ this year kind of with the idea of when you know the input and you know the output, but you don’t know what’s happening on the inside,” Katz said. “It’s
like a mystery that needs to be solved, kind of like unknown. Also, the black box is a term for the recording device in an airplane, so it holds the secrets.” TedxUofM aims to select an inclusive theme that will work for a variety of speakers and strive to find a concept that will excite their audience. Business sophomore Neil Desai, attendees lead co-director, said he was impressed with the reaction within the membership to this year’s selection. “Black Box is kind of unique because someone shouted it out at one of our meetings, and right away, the immediate reaction was like ‘ooh, wow,’ and everyone just started talking,” Desai said. “That’s the biggest thing, we want people to be talking about this theme.” Engineering senior Umang Lathia, TedxUofM speaker coach, said members research and try to select speakers See TEDX, Page 3A
Shift talent show celebrates cultural University A2 police team wins individuality through performance oversight
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Featuring visual art, poetry and performances from University of Michigan students and organizations about the experiences of immigrant and first-generation students at the University, the Shift Talent Showcase drew a crowd of 100 students, faculty and Ann Arbor community members to the Pendleton Room of the Michigan Union Thursday night. Hosted by University organizations Redefine, Call for Humanity, the Iraqi Student Association, Refugees To College, Students Organize for Syria and Zeta Omega Eta, the showcases highlighted performers and artists on campus who seek to express their individual cultures and create dialogue for social issues. Prior to the performances, attendees circulated in the back of Pendleton, browsing photo exhibits and illustrations by University students and the Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County, a refugee resettlement organization. The exhibits and performances displayed themes of cultural individuality, acceptance in the United States and combatting cultural stereotypes. According to LSA junior Mariam Reda, a cofounder of Redefine and organizer of the event, the idea for Shift was developed in August and is
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Earlier this month, the University of Michigan took first place in the Adobe Analytics Challenge. The challenge focuses on giving college students access to Adobe’s analytics products and data from real-world organizations and companies. This year the groups analyzed MGM Resorts International, using data science to compete for the grand prize of $35,000. This year’s team, “Adjusted R Squared,” was comprised of three Business graduate students: Rajiv Khattar, Rei Liao and Erica Kirshensteyn, along with their academic adviser, Prof. Hyun-Soo Ahn. Kirshensteyn said though they did not know each other before they got started, they quickly became a very strong team. “The call for teams was fairly early on in our programs, so admittedly, our group was somewhat randomly assembled,” Kirshensteyn said. “However, our various backgrounds and perspectives complemented each other, with Rajiv coming from HR See CHALLENGE, Page 3A
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Redefine’s first event. She said the founders wanted to focus on cross-cultural communication and art. “We thought that, in the campus climate right now, it’s really necessary for students of all different backgrounds and ethnic groups to come together in one room with all their creative talents and be able to discuss one topic and I feel like, right now, it’s a really good time to have
something like this happen,” Reda said. “Through this, we really just try to promote the connection and congregation between art and social justice.” Cultural exhibitions from regions including the Middle East, Brazil, India, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico and others were included in Shift. The performance element of Shift kicked off with a demonstration from the
University’s Capoeira Club, an organization on campus that practices the Afro-Brazilian form of martial arts. Inviting audience members to perform and play instruments along with the organization fostered community among cultures from the beginning of the event. Performances from individual students and groups followed, including spoken word poetry, See SHOW, Page 3A
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AAPD event drew both support and opposition from local community ANDREW HIYAMA Daily Staff Reporter
Eight months after Ann Arbor City Council approved a $200,000 review of the practices and policies of the city’s police department by the Chicago-based security firm Hillard Heintze LLC, many residents and City Councilmembers expected the review would result in the recommendation to create a citizen oversight board. The firm has released its comprehensive 105-page report on the department, which includes 67 recommendations. Chief among those is the recommendation to create what many residents see as a watered-down version of an oversight board –– what Hillard Heintze is calling a “Co-Produced Policing Committee”. Unlike a civilian oversight board, the CPPC would not have the power to conduct its own investigations of complaints against the AAPD –– instead, it would review investigations conducted by the AAPD’s office of internal affairs and communicate with AAPD regarding such investigations on behalf of the community. At a City Council work session See AAPD, Page 3A
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FRIDAY’S BICENTENNIAL FEATURE: U.S. SCIENTISTS PLOT AGAINST MOON Every Friday, The Michigan Daily republishes an article from The Daily’s archives from a moment in University history. August 7, 1957 — American scientists are hatching plot against the complacent, ageless moon. Missile men of the Army and Air Force already are deeply into plans to shoot the earth’s nearest neighbor. The ingenious details of their conspiracy are ‘a startling reminder of how close man himself is to taking the first gigantic step through space. List Plans The scientists say they will: 1. Send a rocket careening around the moon to get some closeup pictures of both its known and unknown sides and bring them back to earth. 2. Actually hit the moon with a rocket that might hurl grenades fire mortars in an effort to find out what the moon is made of. 3. Perhaps, in the distant
future, land a sort of automated tank at would roam the lunar surface, measuring conditions and reporting them back to earth. Authorizes Probes Earlier this year the Defense Department authorized a half dozen lunar probes on recommendation of the Earth Satellite Panel of the United States National Committee for the International Geophysical Year. “Although it is impossible to predict how quickly man himself will follow his exploring instruments into outer space,” the panel said, “the inevitable culmination of his efforts will be manned space flight and his landing on the nearer planets. It is clear that he will develop the ability to do this and it is hard to conceive of mankind stopping short when such a tempting goal is within reach.” The moon is a mere 238,000
miles away-perhaps a couple of days by a rocket that takes time to pick its course. When scientists eventually make the trip in person, they will get a taste of the difficulties to be encountered on later trips to the next two space stops, Venus, 28 million miles away, and Mars, 48 million miles distant. For now, however, the scientists must content themselves with much simpler lunar chores- probing for clues as to the nature of the moon; how it and earth were born and perhaps even the origin of the universe. Goals Specified Their immediate goals are to measure the moon’s size and weight, its gravity, its magnetic field if any and its atmosphere or lack of it. A rocket that would encircle the moon could get part of the job done. By charting the rocket’s position at regular intervals against the background of the
star-filled universe, scientists could compute the pull of the moon’s gravity and its mass and weight. Sensitive telemetering equipment might detect a lunar magnetic field. Error Noted Estimates of the moon’s weight are believed to have a possible error of 0.3 per centnot much if, you are buying a ton of coal. But apply that margin to the estimated weight of the moon and the possible error turns out to be 237 quintillion, 384 quadrillion short tons, A rocket carrying packages of instruments to the surface of the moon would improve on the earlier measurements and perform some new tasks. They might even stick a scientific thumb into the moon’s surface. - JOHN BARBOUR
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24th Ann Arbor Polish Film Festival
WHAT: Celebrate what would have been the 100th birthday of legendary music director and composer Leonard Bernstein with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. WHO: University Musical Society WHEN: 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. WHERE: Hill Auditorium
WHAT: In celebration of the Nam Center’s 10th anniversary, experts of Korea ranging from scholars to former ministers will discuss the past, present and future of South Korean society. WHO: Nam Center for Korean Studies WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5:25 p.m. WHERE: Weiser Hall, Room 1010
WHAT: A film competition to determine the best documentary, short narrative and debut films from Poland. The audience will have a chance to interact with distinguished directors, actors and producers. WHO: Copernicus Program in Polish Studies WHEN: 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. WHERE: Michigan Theater
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WHAT: Traverse through the halls of Ruthven discovering clues and solving puzzels with your team to uncover the secret behind the “forged” fossil. Registration required beforehand. WHO: Museum of Natural History WHEN: 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Ruthven Museums Building
WHAT: Experience the raga-taga of Hindustani classical music through the performance of Abhik Mukherjee on sitar and Amit Chatterjee on tabla. WHO: SPIC MACAY WHEN: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. WHERE: Michigan League, Ballroom
WHAT: Matika Wilbur, an acclaimed photographer from the Tulalip & Swinomish tribes, will share her insights into modern Native American life. WHO: Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs WHEN: 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Michigan Union, Kuenzel Room
UMix Around the World in 240 Minutes WHAT: Learn about cultures around the world through watching a film in another language, painting in a foreign style and learning a new style of dance in this global UMix. WHO: Center for Campus Involvement WHEN: 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. WHERE: Michigan Union
Making A Difference: Art and Activism in South Africa Today WHAT: Join Prof. Annie E. Coombes in exploring the role women artists play in grassroots political activism in South Africa and the projects that have been taken to address its social issues. WHO: Institute for Research on Women and Gender WHEN: 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Lane Hall, Room 2239
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Kingi @trademarktaz Damn Zimbabwe’s army took over the country and ousted Robert Mugabe, surprised that’s not bigger news.
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TEDX From Page 1A with original content from a variety of fields. “We hope that anyone we’re choosing is doing things that are more pushing the barrier than things that are more typical, so we try to find speakers that are doing pushing-edge things,”
We hope that anyone we’re choosing is doing things that are more pushing the barrier than things that are more typical Lathia said. Due to the diversity of speeches, Katz believes the conference will inspire new dialogues among University community members. “All the speakers are affiliated with the University whether it’s professor, alumni,
RESPONSE From Page 1A the vote I wasn’t sure how it was going to go, and in fact I wasn’t feeling good about it,” Tout said. “I definitely was not expecting it to pass, so I was surprised.” LSA senior Haleemah Aqel, a member of SAFE, expressed similar sentiments in the surprise she has felt since the passage of the resolution. “I just can’t believe it,” she said. “Three years later this resolution passed and I honestly wouldn’t have expected it to pass by the time I graduated.” Aqel, a Palestinian student who has visited Palestine five times, described the difficult experience she faced in 2015 when, during a visit to the nation, she underwent a twoweek lockdown. This incident, which she compared to those experiences faced by many other Palestinians on campus while visiting Palestine, she explained, follows suit in the alleged human rights violations committed by companies to be investigated as outlined in the resolution. Students who opposed the resolution, however, left the meeting upset with the results. One student stated, “I think it’s a really sad day for freedom of thought on this campus,” as she exited the auditorium. LSA senior Gaby Roth, a member of University of Michigan Hillel, an organization providing programming for Jewish students on campus, and in opposition to the resolution,
student,” Katz said. “It’s cool to get people from the U of M community together sharing ideas. I think people are all so interested and keep coming back because the conversation it starts with other students in the community.” Though the obvious draw to the conference is the speakers, the attendees team creates audience-participation activities to break up the fourhour-long event. Desai, who helps create these components, said a substantial part of the conference experience is interacting with other audience members. “Everyone that goes to the conference is always passionate,” Desai said. “You have the option to livestream it, so the people that do decide to go are obviously really passionate about Ted talks and learning something new.” According to Lathia, curious and ambitious people often attend the annual conference, and the resulting conversations are refreshing. “People get excited about things and I think that makes such cool conversation because you’re not talking to people about their school or their major, what’s on their daily mind,” Lathia said. “You’re talking to them about their big ideas and what they want to change and what they’re inspired by and what they actually want to do with their life.”
explained her reaction in an email interview with The Daily. “I am happy that members of SAFE, Palestinian students and allies were given a platform for their concerns to be heard. However, I am deeply upset that the address of these concerns meant that Jewish students’ sentiments about feeling marginalized were pushed aside. It is so upsetting to me that last night, people were pitted against each other and that the vote was framed as a win or a loss,” she wrote. Roth also described her disappointment in CSG’s vote against approving Prof. Victor Lieberman, who teaches a class on the Arab-Israeli conf lict, to be included in the lineup of speakers for CSG’s Tuesday meeting. University of Michigan Hillel circulated an announcement following the resolution vote, also condemning the decision regarding Lieberman. While praising students who spoke out against divestment and who expressed their commitment to and relationship with Israel, announcement describes the resolution as “one-sided and hurtful” and encourages administrators to condemn the resolution. “We trust that the Board of Regents will speak out against this one-sided resolution, as they have in (the) past, and remind the campus community that they have already rejected this resolution when it passed at University of MichiganDearborn last winter,” the announcement reads. “We also hope that the University will expand its partnerships with
AAPD From Page 1A on the report Thursday night, dozens of residents expressed their frustration and lack of faith in the effort put into the review. Since June, residents and City Councilmembers have been dissatisfied with the quality and amount of outreach to marginalized communities in Hillard Heintze’s community survey of perceptions of police practices. Resident Shirley Beckley pointed out the more-than20-year careers Debra Kirby and Kenneth Bouche –– the Hillard Heintze executives who managed the review –– had with the Chicago Police Department and the Illinois State Police. “You all are ex-cops. We ask that they don’t have ex-cops, so they pay attention to the community. So I don’t expect you to give us, the community, any kind of credence,” Beckley said. “And I hope our City Council has some kind of heart about them, and not use all your brain power, but some of your heart, to know that we need this citizens’ oversight committee.” AAPD Chief Jim Baird criticized the idea of a civilian oversight board when it was proposed in 2016, saying it should not be done without a third-party audit. Bouche said civilian oversight boards generally became tools for
Israel, develop new avenues for students to study in Israel, and encourage faculty to deepen their research ties with Israeli institutions.” Several students took to social media to express their reactions on the resolution’s passing. Postdoctoral fellow Austin McCoy, in a public Facebook post, gave his congratulations to supporters and authors of the resolution. “This is big,” the post reads. “It’s taken them years of doing the hard work of organizing (and defeats), protests, and coalition building to get this resolution passed. A great example of long-term organizing featuring a diversity of tactics.” On Twitter, under the hashtag #UMDivest, an array of opinions could be found by those who either supported or opposed the resolution. Other divestment and Students for Justice in Palestine groups at universities across the country, such as at Ohio State University and University of Wisconsin-Madison, acknowledged the resolution’s passing via social media. SAFE sent out a press release Wednesday morning describing the work of #UMDivest in allowing Palestinian voices to be heard on campus and affirming the organization’s dedication to continue to work for equality, safety, and freedom of Palestinians. “The struggle is not over. Efforts to dialogue and build relationships with our classmates must, and will, continue,” the press release reads. “SAFE continues to work
film showings, an Indian dance performance and piano and vocal compositions. Engineering freshman Maryam Younus combined multiple spoken word poems on preserving cultural identity and the impact colonialism and Western countries have on foreign identities for her performance. She said her piece aimed to encourage pride in individual cultures. “No one should feel ashamed of who they are and what their names mean or any of the labels that are associated with that,” Younus said. “They shouldn’t feel afraid of other people not wanting to or not making the effort of saying their name properly … (and) empowering people to do this, empowering people to embrace who they are and own that.” Reda said the event aimed to
residents to air grievances in ways he said were unproductive. “Civilian oversight does not solve community relations issues and it does not bring to resolution critical issues within the police department. It takes issues that are one, two, three, sometimes five years old, puts them in front of civilian review, and they’re generally old enough to where the police department really doesn’t even have that much accountability for them anymore,” he said. “It becomes a mechanism for people who are sometimes disenchanted with police departments to become more disenchanted, because all they see is the problem.” Councilmember Jack Eaton, D-Ward 4, pointed out that if investigations into complaints are conducted internally by the AAPD, as they are now, civilians have less incentive to come forward with complaints and less reason to believe those complaints will be handled fairly. “If someone wants a place to go other than the police department to lodge a complaint, and they want somebody to respond and say, ‘This is what we found to be true,’ it’s more particular than you’re talking about,” he said.
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to uproot seeds of division, and affirm the humanity of all groups on campus. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. SAFE will never stop fighting for what is right.” The SAFE member interviewed by The Daily described the group’s next steps, specifically highlighting the importance of conversation with those of opposing viewpoints to help create a campus of inclusion for all students. “We recognize that right now there are people that aren’t necessarily happy that this resolution did pass and we really identify with that feeling and we understand how it feels,” they said. “Reaching out to all of the people that have been invested in this resolution, whether pro or against, and ensuring that people feel comfortable, ensuring that people understand that their identities are still welcome on this campus and creating more of a conversation around that dialogue.” Roth, while in agreement of the importance of dialogue and conversation, explained her concern about the future effects of the anti-Semitic nature she and other students feel to be present within the resolution. “I worry that because CSG leaders were unable to see the subtle yet crucial forms of antisemitism lying in this resolution and the broader BDS movement it represents, people will feel emboldened to let these types of subtle antisemitic comments run rampant,” she wrote. “We have so much work to do to address hate in all
Friday, November 17, 2017 — 3 promote intercultural dialogue through mediums like art and performance instead of vocal speech. “We’re trying to promote a … space on campus where any and every talent can really come together in one room and showcase whatever they want about a certain topic and through this,” Reda said. “We’re trying to set the precedent that dialogue does not only have to be through speech.” LSA junior Tariq Mekkaoui said Shift not only promoted dialogue on immigration and artistic expression but also encouraged positivity among the performers and the audience. “This was the first event that I’ve been to at the University of Michigan that really emphasized a sense of happiness and sometimes that’s forgotten, especially in marginalized communities and marginalized identities,” Mekkaoui said. “It’s nice just to see a sense of
culture and identity around this central theme of happiness and acceptance and it was just nice to see all these different orgs coming together for that central theme and understand that diversity can produce happiness in ways that I didn’t understand before.” Younus said while events like Shift showcase the amount of cultural diversity at the University, she often encounters situations where she is the only student in a class wearing a headscarf. She said seeing this lack of representation in the classroom can be daunting but events like Shift bring cultures together in a positive and collaborative manner. “It gets a little discouraging sometimes so when you get a large group of people like this together where you’re all embracing each other’s culture and learning more about each other, it’s refreshing and nice,” Younus said.
consulting, Rei from technology marketing and myself coming from market research/digital media.” Adobe Analytics is a multileveled competition requiring a range of skills and knowledge. The first round consisted of a twohour training session to learn the program and two weeks to master the program, the hardest part in this complex competition. “As far as preparation for our submission, a good amount of time was spent simply learning how to use the tool and which variables and fields we needed to conduct our analysis,” Kirshensteyn said. “Then, it was a lot of trial and error to find the insights we ultimately presented. We came up with loose hypotheses and areas of analysis interest and began putting together tables and charts we thought might be interesting, which led us to looking at the data slightly differently and creating new analyses we thought might be useful.” Teams analyzed MGM’s data in the Adobe Analytics program and presented their findings and suggestions. Only 15 to 20 teams got past this initial screening and went on to the semi-final round. The semi-final judging panel consisted of expert analytics consultants, who watched each of the teams give a web-conference presentation, which up to six teams passed through to the final rounds in Lehi, Utah.
The finals in Utah contained mainly the same aspects as the semi-finals, only at higher stakes. Teams had the chance to change their slides to add more information and analysis and present it all in 15 minutes with an additional five minutes for questions from the judges, who were Adobe representatives and other experts in the industry. After the judges were done, “Adjusted R Squared” was named the first-prize winner of the competition. Liao expressed her excitement at the announcement. “We randomly came together as a team and I really enjoyed getting to know them in a personal level through this competition,” Liao said. “Both of them are very good at interpreting the big data in a structural way and drawing insights from their professional areas, which really inspired me a lot. I just can’t thank them enough for the tremendous support along the way.” Khattar said she appreciated learning about data analytics. “I definitely want people to know that we — both our team and other Rossers — can deal with data,” Khattar said. “It’s a common phrase right now to say that data is the new oil. I want to continue learning more about data analysis and how I can marry it with my skills in business to become an indispensable part of an organization. Tactically, I’m currently learning R and SQL to help out with some of the ‘harder’ data science skills to round out some of the more visualization work that we did with Adobe.”
forms, and I hope we can work toward doing this in a way that does not cast any group aside.” Aqel described her ideas for moving forward, suggesting a potential mirroring of other universities that have passed resolutions similar to Tuesday’s. “A good idea is to see what other universities similar to the University of Michigan, what their groups that have passed resolutions in this nature, what they did following the passing of their resolution,” she said. University administration has spoken on the resolution following its announced result. According to University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald, the University’s investments are undertaken so as to “generate the greatest possible income” to assist the University in its overall missions and to adhere to the desires of donors. Because of this, Fitzgerald explained, the University’s investment portfolio must be “diversified across a full range of legally recognized entities.” “The University’s longstanding policy is to shield the endowment from political pressures and to base our investment decisions solely on financial factors such as risk and return,” his statement reads. “This approach has been underscored consistently by university leaders, including the Board of Regents, most recently in December 2015. We do not anticipate a change in this approach or the creation of a committee.” In an interview with The Daily, E. Royster Harper, vice president for student life,
also explained this concept, stating the decisions behind the University’s investments are primarily made on finance rather than any social movements. When asked about concern for potential bias incidents against certain groups on campus following the resolution’s passing, Harper described the effort the administration has been making to ensure support is given to communities who may feel targeted. “We have Jewish students that are worried about their safety; we have Muslim and Arab students that are worried about their safety,” she said. “So we have a pretty active Department of Public Safety right now trying to be attuned to and mindful of this, and this conversation in the context of a national conversation.” Still, Tout explained, the initial reactions of students who worked in support of the resolution have continued to change — especially for those students whose relatives attended the University and worked for this same cause. “In all of the work that we do around the resolution, we sort of forget that as much as it means to us it means infinitely more to Palestinian students,” Tout said. “It’s amazing that it’s generations of their families … who came and worked on the same resolution and the fact that it passed this year is just way more shocking to them, and amazing and restores their faith in Central Student Government and the student body even more than it does for us.”
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n the wake of the Interfraternity Council’s suspension of all fraternity social activity due to serious allegations of sexual misconduct, hazing and dozens of hospitalizations due to alcohol-related incidents, it would seem plausible that students would have more concrete information than just rumors and whispers. Yet, in the days since the Interfraternity Council held this vote, we have yet to hear anything approaching a complete explanation as to what happened and what they plan to do in response and to prevent future incidents. The Michigan Daily Editorial Board finds this silence troubling and inexcusable. We understand the need for discretion to complete their ongoing investigation. However, we believe that behavior serious enough to warrant the extreme response of suspending social events, at the very least, deserves a public explanation. We call on the IFC to be more transparent, admit mistakes and readily disclose how they plan to reform. News of the ban would have been better received if the Interfraternity Council issued a direct statement to the public on what led it to take this action. The IFC’s statement to the press merely states its members were not living up to IFC’s standards. That’s putting it mildly if the lines crossed, in fact, endangered three students’ lives. The emails The Daily obtained reveal IFC officials encouraged members to vote for the suspension to stave off punishment from the University of Michigan and to give themselves the agency to lift the ban at a time that they deem fit. It is not lost on us that this self-suspension comes amid the incidents at Louisiana State University, Florida State University and Penn State University, where administrators all took action against fraternities in the wake of the deaths of students who were pledging. The IFC’s entire public face regarding this self-suspension calls us to question whether the council is truly dedicated to protecting the University community or if they are just protecting themselves.
Part of our concern for the IFC’s lack of transparency stems from the council’s failure to outline how they plan to confront the problems facing fraternity culture, especially since none of these allegations are new. The University’s 2015 sexual misconduct climate survey detailed a 2.5-times-greater risk of sexual misconduct among members of Greek life compared to those not in Greek life. Hazing resulted in the IFC revoking recognition of Sigma Alpha Epsilon in 2011, and since then, several fraternities have been kicked off campus for other incidents. For those of us outside of Greek life, it is cumbersome to get meaningful information about what is being done to confront this culture, apart from the extreme step of the University itself terminating or suspending the “bad apples.” The IFC says it is working with campus resources like the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center to change their culture on the issue of sexual misconduct. However, given recent allegations of bystander retaliation in the
case of students who attended a Zeta Psi party, we are left to wonder what changes are actually being made. Greek life is a significant part of this campus, making up much of the visible social life and providing a community for almost one-fifth of the undergraduate population. The allegations that led to this selfsuspension have the potential to demonize swaths of students who most likely had nothing to do with these serious charges. We implore the IFC and Greek life as a whole to be more open with other members of the University community about issues as they arise and how they plan to tackle them. By not being transparent about the allegations leading to this drastic action, the Interfraternity Council has opened the entirety of Greek life to rumor and speculation. And with little explanation so far as to tangible plans to address and prevent these issues going forward, we are hesitant to believe that IFC is serious about remedying these troubling problems within the community.
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When laws don’t work
ean-Jacques Rousseau, the boundaries, or is not abiding by the great 18th-century Genevan contract, the people have the right philosopher, wrote in The to demand a new government. Social Contract the However, what processes to establish happens when political a political institution. laws are set into place, The bedrock idea put assuring the safety of forth in his writing the citizens, and the is that there are two laws do not work as parts to society: the intended? sovereign and the Is this an government. The individual or an sovereign consists institutional error? of the populace, and Is the “sovereign” an DAVID develops an infallible institution? KAMPER “general will,” the It shouldn’t be a collectively held desire that strives surprise that most Americans want for the common good of the society. stricter gun control measures. Moreover, to form the sovereign, According to Rousseau, this the people must devote themselves majority will of Americans is to each other through conversation always correct. Therefore, when and debate. Therefore, since it is the U.S. Air Force made multiple an introspective assembly, the errors in carrying out currently sovereign must find “some way to existing gun regulation law, they be assured of their fidelity.” This is certainly did not carry out the the government’s role. In trusting general will of the sovereign. the government to conduct According to Rousseau, we have applications of law, the social the right to demand reparations contract set by the sovereign can and a change, which in my view ensure their safety and protection. is a significant part of our own Certainly some of that trust government today. was broken when a shooter by However, when reading about the name of Devin Kelley shot 26 the many errors the U.S. Air Force people and wounded 20 others at made, I wondered how much of a Texas church on Nov. 5. In 2012, this is due to a few bad apples as Kelly escaped from a mental health opposed to a larger institutional facility. From 2010 to 2014, as a problem. This is important to member of the U.S. Air Force, Kelly differentiate. If it were an error was imprisoned for domestic abuse by a few individuals, that would against his wife and stepchild — mean that the institution shouldn’t which he would eventually be need to change, but rather that the discharged for on bad conduct. He individuals who made these errors had also tried to carry out death need to be removed. Moreover, threats against his superiors and I think that this issue yields the snuck guns into his Air Force base larger question of what should in Holloman, Texas. be considered “institutionalized” Yet, even after all his previous issues — for example, sexism in incidents, Kelley was still able to Hollywood or police brutality purchase multiple guns. Sadly, a — and what should be the number of laws and regulations responsibility of select individuals were already in place in order to involved in the specific incidents. prevent this from happening. When In a time where the norms and Kelley escaped from the mental institutions of our country are health facility he was never entered being tested and questioned, how into the department’s missing or do we deem an institution corrupt? endangered person’s database, as Firstly, we need to ask the was protocol. Moreover, the U.S. question of whether the Air Air Force had two opportunities Force members prior to this to stop Kelley from purchasing shooting should be judged by their guns but they failed to enter him individuality or if they are a part into national criminal databases of a larger problem. In considering used for background checks, the Air Force, if only a few people which would have disqualified him in its history have made errors such from owning a gun. Subsequently, as these, it would make more sense he went through multiple to reprimand these few individuals background checks and still rather than the institution as a received the weapons. whole. Nevertheless, in this case, Rousseau wrote that if I question whether you can clearly the government exceeds its define when individual problems
within the Air Force administration cross over and become institutional problems. And if you can, can we even calculate it? For example, how do we tangibly measure that 50 percent of the people in an institution are deemed corrupt? Secondly, how much complacency is considered to be the institutionalized issue? In the time of the late-nineteenth to the midtwentieth century, the Jim Crow laws were obvious institutional measures against a group of people. Today, we see this obvious measure again with the Rohingya Muslims and other groups for which there is an institutionalized effort to enforce discriminatory policies. But today’s issues are highly nuanced, and not entirely clear. There are clear measures to try and combat issues such as the shooting in Texas, but they fall through the cracks. Therefore, how much error on the part of the Air Force makes the Air Force a corrupt institution? With these issues, I find that accountability is the most important part of making the contract work. Rousseau states that the contract, in terms of power, should form a “one-to-one” ratio between the government and the sovereign. I stand that the Air Force is not a corrupt institution, but rather there were many issues with some people within the organization. For this reason, I find that with Rousseau’s logic, that the institutions support and develop policy, but errors made within institutions policies are due to individual actions. Moreover, I deviate from Rousseau’s philosophy slightly, where I think the sovereign’s only use is for accountability. As citizens, we must do our due diligence to ensure we understand as many of the policies outside the influence of social pressure and then come together to discuss our differences before creating the general will. It is also important to recognize that the general will only exists through compromise. Though it is difficult, given the complexity of our governmental policies, I assure you that holding individuals tasked with maintaining our contract accountable will ensure more safety in the future. David Kamper can be reached at dgkamper@umich.edu.
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Don’t ignore divestment’s history
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erhaps to your chagrin, this is another column regarding the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement at the University of Michigan. In BDS’s iteration on campus, only the “D” — divestment — was up for proposal. Rather than formally opposing or supporting one side of the debate, I wish to contextualize both the origins and current situation the University community is grappling with: the vociferous and drawn-out Central Student Government debate and subsequent vote over whether the University’s Board of Regents should create a committee to investigate companies in Israel accused of human rights violations against Palestinians. Speeches from students and community leaders of all affiliations highlighted their personal narratives that shaped their outlook on the resolution. As we understood Tuesday evening, there are too many sides not just in the Arab-Israeli conflict, but also concerning BDS. What exactly are the stakes of what’s being argued? In the end, these concerns reveal the emotions people invest in this issue and the contention that ensues as a result. For all sides, it’s sometimes difficult to articulate this into words when instead actions may serve more apropos. In many transnational conflicts, land and nationhood are both symbols of pride used to formulate their own identities and differentiate themselves from others. I recognize that by presenting “both sides” to this argument I am omitting the nuances and multiple perspectives groups and individuals bring when discussing this issue. My intention, therefore, is to highlight the central concerns and history of what exactly is being thrust into the limelight. In the eyes of both BDS’s
supporters and detractors, each side considers the other to be expunging history. This month was the centennial of the signing of the Balfour Declaration, which some historians view as ground zero of the “100 year war” between Jews and Arabs. Though the current situation in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank bears little in common with the genesis of this schism, both sides of the BDS debate on Tuesday night cited the need to reinvestigate the circumstances that enabled the present-day reality. The timing of the divestment vote and the Balfour Declaration’s centennial could not be more fitting. In the midst of the centennial, academics are contemplating what the current status of the Arab-Israeli conflict means. Bernard Avishai and Rashid Khalidi published pieces in The New Yorker and Jacobin, respectively, addressing these concerns. Understanding the parallels between the present and past allows us to see the continuities in political debate. Avishai, though more circumspect in his telling, stresses that from the outset the Balfour Declaration had an “equality of obligation,” in the words of the British Colonial Office, to both Arabs and Jews. While the Balfour Declaration became reified in 1917, Jewish immigration to Palestine had long been in place and would only increase in the years before the Israeli state was established in 1948 (and thereafter). Khalidi, on the other hand, is more deterministic in assigning the Balfour Declaration as the birth of the conflict. From his perspective, the “triple bind” of Zionist colonization, British imperialism and lack of international sympathy played into the shorthand of the stick Palestinians received.
From the outset, the United States has considered assistance to Israel in the national interest. President Harry Truman was one of the first international leaders to express support for the nascent Jewish state when it declared statehood in 1948. Since then, support has ebbed and flowed. Most Americans today hold Israel in high regard, but both generational and ideological differences are indicators of either support or disapproval. BDS has thus become a linchpin of where one stands with Israel. From the movement’s official website, BDS is a global campaign and “Palestinian-led movement for freedom, justice and equality” that “upholds the simple principle that Palestinians are entitled to the same rights as the rest of humanity.” Divestment entails foregoing investments with any companies that deal directly with Israel. In this case, the movement targets Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Hewlett-Packard — all of which contribute to the University’s endowment. While conservatives are contemptuous of college students for not supporting free speech ideals, Palestinian students (of whom Students for Allied Freedom and Equality — SAFE — spoke on behalf ) contend that they have been continuously silenced for speaking out on what they believe is an injustice to themselves and their community. All such concerns stem from a fear of further marginalization at the hands of a student government that has rejected their proposal in successive fashion.
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How Disney movies made me not want kids At some point over the past few months, I tweeted something about being supremely uninterested in any feminist discourse surrounding Disney princesses until there was one with the personality of Jessica Jones. This was probably partly because I had fallen down a rabbit hole of reading angry blog posts about Disney princesses while reading about the social implications of every Halloween costume ever invented. While I’m still waiting for that Jessica Jonesesque princess (though not as impatiently as I am awaiting the sequel to “The Incredibles,”) I’ve changed my mind about the feminist discourse part, because I’ve finally been able to figure something out that has been puzzling me for a while. Why I balk — and have always balked — when people assume I want kids is due to a number of reasons that don’t need to be aired on a public platform, and it’s such an exhausting, complicated conversation to have that I usually don’t. The number of times any attempt at a joke involving not wanting kids has resulted in: “Oh, you’ll change your mind,” “oh, but you have such good hips for kids” (that is the worst) or any number of increasingly rude or invasive comments is material for another article. Yet I realized that there might be a correlation between my knee-jerk reaction about assumptions of my future parental status and the Disney heroines I grew up relating to. Sometimes it feels like the tendency to sort ourselves into random curations of pop culture references is universal; I remember sitting around doing it at sleepovers, way before we reached the golden age of Buzzfeed quizzes. When I was very young, one of the most popular sorting games was with Disney heroines. There were a couple that were
close to my heart — like Ariel from “The Little Mermaid” and Wendy from “Peter Pan.” I spent a couple years relating very strongly to Ariel and Wendy both; they both wanted something more than what they had, a different kind of magic in their lives. They both decided to take chances on the adventures of a lifetime, even when they were scared. I wanted to be just like them; in some ways, I thought I was, or could be.
SOPHIA KAUFMAN But then I watched the sequels to both of those movies, and, not to be melodramatic, but my heart was torn. For a long time, I couldn’t decide if I loved or hated Jane and Melody, the daughters of Wendy and Ariel respectively. Unable to parse it out for myself, I chalked up my overreaction to the sequels as a kind of “they’re never as good as the original” snobbery. But I’ve realized the problem I had for years with those sequels, was not that I had a love hate relationship to the heroines; it’s that I loved Jane and Melody and hated that I related to them. It felt like a kind of betrayal to their mothers. I resented the movies for making me align myself with Ariel and Wendy, and then just a few years later, still pre-pubescence, do the same with their daughters. That put me in the uneasy position of watching someone I had related to as a girl, become a mother, while I was still a girl myself — before I had had the
chance (or the desire) to grow up. I resented the fact that once Wendy and Ariel were both adults, they were basically barred from the magic and adventure they had had as kids and teenagers. I felt like I understood the frustration Wendy and Ariel felt with their parents (like every other angsty kid) — and then understood it, again, once that frustration was directed at them through their children. It was a bizarre feeling when I was a kid; it’s still bizarre now. What I internalized from all of that was: Growing up for girls meant becoming mothers, and becoming mothers meant losing out on the magic that I held dear to my heart. And this isn’t something I ever saw in movies with boy protagonists, even when they grew up. Within the world of “Peter Pan,” even Peter gets to go back and have magic once an adult, in the critically acclaimed (by me, I’m the critic) “Hook.” This, too, seemed fundamentally unfair to me as a child. Was I reading too much into the relatability politics of Disney movies and their sequels as a pre-teen? Yes. Am I still overthinking those implicit assumptions now? Probably. Thinking about the ending to “Return to Neverland,” when Peter can’t believe seeing the calm, grown-up Wendy in front of his eyes, still leaves me with a bittersweet ache that I don’t think I’ve been able to do justice to here (and the book is even more heartbreaking). Chances are I still need some time to think about what all of it means, before I can write about it with the eloquence I want. (Until then, I’ll keep counting down the days until the sequel to “The Incredibles.” And woe betide any small child who thinks that I am too old to be sitting right next to them in that theatre).
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Legends King Crimson to play Michigan Theater progressive rock movement of the ‘70s, King Crimson was Daily Arts Writer formed in London in 1968. Currently an eight-piece lineup, 2017’s King Crimson “I don’t think King Crimson includes founding member has ever been a band that’s Robert Fripp (guitarist, inf luenced by composer and the times, as producer), Tony in, I think it’s Levin (bass), its own thing. I Jakko Jakszyk The Michigan don’t think it’s (vocals, guitar), Theater trying to follow Mel Collins (f lute, anybody else saxophone), Wednesday, or trying to do Gavin Harrison November 22 @ something that (drummer, multi7:30 p.m. fits in,” said instrumentalist), Jeremy Stacey, Pat Mastelotto SOLD OUT one of King (drummer, multiCrimson’s three instrumentalist), drummers, in an interview Bill Rief lin (drummer, multiwith The Daily. “It’s its own instrumentalist) and Stacey. beast, as it were.” In ‘69, they opened for The Jumping in early on the Rolling Stones in London. In ARYA NAIDU
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the ‘80s, they toured under a different name (“Discipline”) after a brief disbanding. Now, King Crimson is coming to the Michigan Theater in the final leg of their North American Fall Tour. King Crimson is, and always has been, a collection of incredibly impressive musicians: Fripp played guitar on David Bowie’s “Heroes,” (a tune which the group covered in Berlin in 2016). Bassist Tony Levin has played with the likes of Peter Gabriel and Paul Simon. Stacey, who joined the group in 2016, has worked with an unbelievable diversity of artists, including Noel Gallagher, Eurythmics and Joe Cocker. “[King Crimson is] the most different thing I’ve ever done,”
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‘reputation,’ and the many heads of Taylor Swift not possibly be a sexual being. On reputation, Swift sheds the good-girl image, asserting that she is an adult who can do adult things. “...Ready For It,” Looking at Taylor Swift’s the album opener and second career, each of her previous single, is a perfect concoction five albums come with extreme of sexually mature content calculation. Beginning as and a self-awareness of her a teeny-bop country girl in own deceptive nature. Swift 2006, Swift took pre-measured describes “stealing hearts and strides away from country and running off and never saying into pop with each album. With sorry” and, for once, feels like ruler in hand, she means it. “I Swift accurately Did Something matured with her Bad” reinforces audience, slowly this new Swift Taylor Swift introducing only who owns slightly suggestive her conniving Big Machine lyrics into her nature. This Records music as her once Swift is young audience believable, grew with her (see Red’s painting a picture of a woman “Treacherous.”) Even while in her 20s who owns her faults committing to pop music with and knows her value. With 1989, the “old Taylor” continued heavy electronic synthesizers to embody girl-next-door and 808s beats, her adult innocence. With reputation, persona aligns well with the this old Taylor is dead, but production; Swift wants you the identity of this new Taylor to picture her in the club — is unclear. reputation excels vengeful and sexy, finally in its instrumental cohesion, enjoying her adult self. but Swift’s three seemingly However, at times a different, disparate selfs — the new, a more clichéd Swift shows the old and the real Taylor her face, and the paparazzi that ostensibly exists beneath shot of Swift in the club is less them both — create a Hydra- convincing. On “This Is Why esque character that left me We Can’t Have Nice Things,” disoriented. Swift turns up the party girl Ref lecting on “old” Swift, image into a patchwork of it’s important to recognize sarcasm, drinking references that much of her media and clickbait. The song is criticism comes from a place distastefully bitter, referencing of sexism not uncommon in the beaten horse of the Kanye child stars’s careers. The feud in saying, “It was so nice difficulty that Miley Cyrus and being friends again / There Britney Spears experienced I was giving you a second parallels that of Swift, both chance / But you stabbed me apotheosized as wholesome in the back while shaking my role models for young women hand.” The track attempts the and subsequently scrutinized same melodramatic technique for sexual expression. Like that made “Blank Space” so many before, Swift acted as intriguing, but instead of an asexual representative for self-criticism, Swift plays a young listeners, referencing character to draw pity. Her little more than a kiss. Even petty persona surfaces and as Swift grew up, her image the credibility of adult Swift remained crystallized in wavers. purity, and when Swift did Even while Swift asserts express herself, she was herself as an adult, she shamed. At nearly every award continues to make sweeping show, Swift’s dancing was generalizations that allude to ridiculed, not because it was the old Swift being very much necessarily poor form, but alive. This Swift is familiar but because the concept of Swift feels uncomfortable over deep dancing suggestively was bass and autotune, begging deemed laughable. Swift, a the question of whether 20-something woman, could Swift really matured. “Call
It What You Want” is full of classic Swift one-liners about how “she brought a knife to a gunfight” and “wants to wear his initial on a chain.” What made earlier Swift able to deliver such idyllic naivety was her innocent image — the concept that someone young and immature can believe in fairytale statements. Unfortunately, people grow up and realize that life (and especially relationships) can’t be reduced to such simplification. The album closer, “New Year’s Day,” finally finds that third persona: The real Swift. She’s somewhere between old and new — singing over only a piano and guitar about picking up after a party. Listeners get a glimpse behind the reputation veil at an artist who is lonely and hurt, fearing that another lover will become a stranger. The song is a stark contrast to the rest of the album, devoid of any electronic sounds or percussion but, perhaps for that reason, feels the most revealing. This Swift still parties (“there’s glitter on the f loor after the party”) and owns her sexuality (“you and me from the night before”), but delivers in a vulnerable manner that doesn’t align with the album’s aggressive and vindictive theme, leaving me wondering if even Swift is sure of her own identity. Throughout reputation, there are points of extreme bitterness, some valid selfawareness and even more laughable martyrdom, but one thing is consistent: Swift is scattered. For an artist so committed to brand cohesion historically, reputation feels like a battle among Swift’s many heads. Together with her three producers (Jack Antonoff, Max Martin and Shellback), Swift delivers an album that excels in conveying a sexualized, independent woman, but feels disjointed in its lyricism. reputation is a cacophonous experiment from an artist pulled so many ways: Fans who want her to stay the same, the media looking for controversy and Swift who wants, finally, to express herself as a 27-year-old.
Stacey noted, most likening his experiences with the band to working with jazz in his 20s. “I was always doing lots of things with lots of different people. I think the thing about jazz is that you improvise,” he said. “To improvise, you have to understand how the form of the piece goes, otherwise you get lost. It was very good
transcends description. “It’s very difficult to explain what it’s like being in the band — it’s very difficult. All the other things I’ve done all follow a path that’s similar to other paths that are followed by other artists — it’s standard. There’s nothing about this that’s standard in any way. There’s nothing about it that’s straightforward or normal. It just isn’t,” Stacey said. “It feels
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King Crimson is, and always has been, a collection of incredibly impressive musicians for listening, which I think is the most important thing [as a musician].” Unconstrained in his work, Stacey is the epitome of King Crimson’s charm: A bit nostalgic, a bit novel and just
restless enough to be fearless. “For me, my whole life has been musical,” Stacey explained. “I always feel like I’m on a journey. I’m very interested in doing extremely different things, and the more extremely different, the better… I don’t want to be typecast in any way.” A fan of the simpler tracks, Stacey’s favorite song to play live is “Starless,” from the group’s 1974 album Red. “It’s one of my favorite pieces by King Crimson. I also get to play drums and keyboard [on it],” Stacey said. “There’s a freedom to playing whatever I feel on the night. I think (it’s) my favorite moment of the gig, normally.” This autonomy Stacey mentions is laced throughout King Crimson’s work: Each piece is malleable to the group’s interpretation. “I feel that I’m involved in it more than I’ve been in other projects,” Stacey said. “It’s not like doing a job. There is input, and it’s a very in the moment form of input on stage … I can’t compare it to anything.” The experiecne often
King Crimson is set to play this Wednesday at the Michigan Theater like a very good thing to be doing.” King Crimson is set to play this Wednesday at the Michigan Theater.
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explained, it’s sometimes not without a solid 20 to 30 minutes of head scratching over what the relevance of these scenes are to the overall plot. Other elements of the film were just plain predictable; more than one or two would-be big reveals are squandered by being visible from a mile away. These hiccups could be due to fault subtitle translation, but regardless the result is
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writing and performances fill the Brazilian badlands with an array of vibrant characters. The story, f lawed though it may be, almost feels secondary to a film that’s more of a stylized portrait of a time period and a place. It has a central story, but overall the film seems better suited as an invitation for audiences to be immersed in the rough, wild and gritty world that it portrays.
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audience is stupid. In “The Killer,” however, narration is skillfully used as a means to help convey the legendary, larger than life weight of the characters and events in the film. As the narrator tells Cabaleira’s story over a campfire, one can’t help but be drawn in. If this weren’t enough, the cast offers solid performances that couple with strong writing to create vivid, memorable characters. The villainous Blanchard family in particular are the types of villains that are unbelievably fun to hate. The film is certainly not one you’d expect to have a musical number, but it happens nevertheless as the despicable Monsieur and Madame Blanchard sing in a cabaret show about their desire to burn their enemies homes to the ground and have sex on the ground in front of the inferno. Yep. Perhaps the one place the film falters is its story, which is at some times predictable and at others hard to follow. The story takes several twists and turns, following several tangentially related characters’ storylines, occasionally leaving audiences wondering “Who are these people?” While everything is eventually
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Seeing this collaboration is a really unique experience, and it’s something that often leads to some truly magical moments. The school is proud to be a promoter of fresh music, and these collaborations between composer and performer are no better example of that. The School of Music, among other things, is known for its promotion of new music, and the Composition Department is at the forefront of this movement. Hertz said that performers are “hungry for new music,” and the Composition Department is happy to deliver. The program consists of a diverse group of pieces, written over an expansive period of time. “We don’t limit when the piece has to have been composed,” Hertz said. “However, they have to be shared with their [the composer’s] studio teacher… so sometimes people will put on a piece from a few years back; pieces that they might have revised and are premiering a new interaction — it’s very open.” For composers, hearing their work realized can be an even more incredible experience. Hearing a digital recording of their piece performed by electronic, or MIDI, instruments can only do so much. “MIDI only goes so far,” Hertz said. “It takes live performers to really take a piece to that next level.” The Student Composers’ Concert is an opportunity to see new music be realized. It’s a transformative experience for composers and audiences alike. Hearing performers put expression into different composers’ work is an amazing experience.
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What to Watch For: No. 5 Wisconsin KEVIN SANTO
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The Michigan football team is heading into a hostile environment this weekend. ESPN’s “College GameDay” will be on the scene when the 19th-ranked Wolverines get there, and they will be facing a top-five opponent. Sound familiar? This time, that hostile environment is Madison, where the fifth-ranked Badgers await. And the outcome of Michigan’s next two contests could very well determine the entire perception of its season, as it searches for its first road win against a ranked opponent since 2006. The Wolverines got a tune up against the likes of Rutgers, Minnesota and Maryland. Wisconsin, on the other hand, is the only team left in the Big Ten with an undefeated record, vying for a spot in the College Football Playoff. One loss could all but extinguish those hopes for the Badgers. Here’s what to watch for this Saturday as Michigan looks to derail Wisconsin’s playoff hopes Saturday. Peters’ party? There are a lot of things we’ve learned about Brandon Peters through the past three games. The redshirt freshman is unquestionably Michigan’s starter. He can manage a game well. And he has said that he can do anything the coaches ask of him in this offense. The time has come to find out just how true that is. Michigan’s run game has excelled in each of Peters’ meaningful games, averaging 288.3 yards through the last three contests with 10 touchdowns. Against Wisconsin, though, the Wolverines may find their first legitimate opposition to that run game. The fifth-ranked Badgers boast the best rushing defense in the nation, allowing just 81.5 yards per game on the ground. For all the success Karan Higdon and company have had, Saturday could
be the first time Peters is asked to legitimately win a game for Michigan. “They are a very good defense,” said offensive coordinator Tim Drevno. “They’ve got a very solid front — they’re an odd front. They like to try to knock you back, the (linebackers) do a good job of flowing, the secondary is outstanding. If you’re looking for depth, I think they’re all juniors and seniors.” It’s undoubtedly encouraging that Peters has yet to turn the ball over since taking over under center against Rutgers. But if Wisconsin does shut down the ground attack, taking care of the ball won’t be enough to escape Madison with an upset. Starting slow To state the obvious, Michigan’s offense hasn’t been able to start games with a bang. Since facing Cincinnati on Sept. 9, the Wolverines have scored more than seven points in the first quarter only once. With the exception of a matchup against then-No. 2 Penn State — during which the Nittany Lions scored 14 points in the first quarter — the Wolverines’ defense has managed to negate Michigan’s offensive flaw. And really, that’s been the story of the season. But another test is on the horizon, one that this defensive unit may not be able to limit so easily. In running back Jonathan Taylor, the Badgers have the conference leader in rushing yards (1,525) and touchdowns (12). The longer Michigan waits to counteract that offensive threat, the more likely it could hurt. If there were a time for the Wolverines to come out firing, this Saturday is it. A one, a two, a 3-4 On Monday, fifth-year senior center Patrick Kugler didn’t shy away from admitting that Wisconsin’s unconventional 3-4 defensive front will be a challenge for Michigan’s resurgent offensive line. Drevno echoed that sentiment Wednesday, elaborating on the
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For the first time since its blowout loss to then-No. 2 Penn State, the Michigan football team is back in the College Football Playoff rankings. On the heels of a three-game winning streak, the Wolverines have checked in as the 24th-best team in the country in the eyes of the College Football Playoff Committee. While the opponents Michigan has faced between then and now are relatively small fish, the Wolverines will attempt to fry a big one this weekend. Saturday, Michigan (5-2 Big Ten, 8-2 overall) will travel to Madison to take on No. 5 Wisconsin (7-0, 10-0), eager to redeem its record against top competition. Here’s how the Wolverines match up with the Badgers on Saturday. Michigan pass offense vs Wisconsin pass defense Redshirt freshman quarterback Brandon Peters
may have received his first taste of game action on the road last Saturday at Maryland, but he will have the biggest test of his young career in Madison. Michigan has faced plenty of stingy defenses this year, but none can hold a candle to Wisconsin. The Badgers have the top-ranked defense in the country, and they also rank first in both team passing efficiency defense and rushing defense. Wisconsin allows an average of just 247.6 yards per game and has notched 15 interceptions while allowing merely 11 touchdowns. The Badgers are the only team in the nation holding opponents to a passer rating below 95, as they have given up just eight scores through the air. If Wisconsin’s defense posts even an average performance, Peters could be in for a long day. Edge: Wisconsin Michigan run offense vs Wisconsin run defense The Wolverines’ ground game has been on a good run of late,
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Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh’s team is unlikely to pull off the upset Saturday.
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Redshirt freshman quarterback Brandon Peters will face his biggest test yet.
challenges the scheme may present. “It’s a little bit different, and they play a traditional 3-4 where they’re a yard off the ball with those defensive linemen,” he said. “They’re trying to knock you back and free up the (linebackers). They’re trying to take away some different things on that front. So it’s unique. “Most people that play that front want to move the front, so they start to slant themselves out of it and bring zone pressure trying to defeat your passing game and different things. But they’re trying to win it on the back end with the secondary and try to create some pass rushing, different things, gonna get to third down and bring some exotic looks.” While the Wolverines’ offensive line has experienced a midseason renaissance of sorts, it is facing its biggest test of all Saturday — much like the quarterback it will be protecting. The last straw There was a time earlier this season when a small contingent of Michigan faithful took to Twitter,
advocating for Quinn Nordin to be this year’s Heisman winner. For the redshirt freshman kicker, that must feel like a long time ago. With his miss from 31 yards against Maryland, Nordin has now failed to convert on a field goal attempt since Oct. 14 — missing two extra points in that same span. The botched attempt against Maryland yielded an animated discussion between Nordin and Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh on the sideline. And Harbaugh’s message was simple: start making them. “He didn’t really snap back,” Harbaugh said. “I said to (Nordin), ‘I’m giving you one more shot. You’ve got to make the next one.’ And he said, ‘I got this. I will make the next one.’ ” Nothing had changed in that regard by Monday, as Harbaugh reiterated his message to Nordin, albeit with more a more interesting expression. “Strap on the iron jock,” he said, “and kick the ball through the uprights.”
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but it will be at less than full strength at an inopportune time. Junior Karan Higdon and fifth-year senior Ty Isaac are both dealing with injuries, though the severity of each has been kept relatively under wraps. Higdon left the game against Maryland and did not return, while Isaac has missed Michigan’s past two contests. Whether or not they end up suiting up against the Badgers, the load will be left to sophomore Chris Evans. Though Evans has come into his stride in recent weeks, Wisconsin’s rushing defense is even better than its passing defense. Opponents average a measly 81.5 yards rushing and have scored just three touchdowns against the Badgers this season. The Wolverines’ resurgent ground game may come to a screeching halt Saturday. Edge: Wisconsin Wisconsin pass offense vs Michigan pass defense If there is one area of the game in which Michigan can gain the upper hand, it will be up to its secondary to make it happen. The Wolverines aren’t far behind Wisconsin in team passing efficiency defense, ranking third in the nation while allowing one less touchdown than their counterpart through the air this year. Michigan is second in passing yards allowed, as opponents have gained an average of just 144.5 yards. Badger quarterback Alex Hornibrook has thrown for 17 total touchdowns in addition to an average of 186.3 yards per game, but he leads an offense that places more of an emphasis on the running game. The Wolverines will have a chance to take advantage of this matchup, and they can’t afford to waste it. Edge: Michigan Wisconsin run offense vs Michigan run defense Penn State running back Saquon Barkley deserves all the plaudits he receives, but Wisconsin’s Jonathan Taylor isn’t far behind as one of the best backs in the Big Ten.
Considering how Barkley ran all over Michigan to the tune of 108 yards and two touchdowns, that isn’t a good sign for the Wolverines. The Badgers are a groundand-pound team, and Taylor leads the charge. He averages 152.5 rushing yards per game and has scored 12 touchdowns on his own. Michigan has a strong defense, allowing an average of just 110.3 rushing yards, but it might not be enough to stop Taylor. In a battle of two highlyranked defenses, the Wolverines’ unit doesn’t quite measure up. Edge: Wisconsin Special teams This phase of the game will be a decided by a contest of kickers. Redshirt freshman Quinn Nordin has endured a rough stretch of late, missing three consecutive field goals and two extra points as well to drop his season record to 14-for-19. Wisconsin kicker Rafael Gaglianone may have been tested less often, but he maintains markedly better, making 10 of his 12 field goals, good for an 80-percent completion rate. Earlier this season, it would have been hard to bet against Michigan’s special teams unit, but with Nordin’s recent struggles, that is no longer the case. Edge: Wisconsin Intangibles The Wolverines have a lot on the line in this game, as they would drop out of the Big Ten championship picture with a loss. But the Badgers have a lot more at stake. An undefeated season and a spot in the College Football Playoff hang in the balance. Camp Randall Stadium, one of the most energetic environments in college football, will likely be an even more hostile atmosphere for Michigan than that of Beaver Stadium last month. While the Wolverines will seek to play the spoiler, the odds are stacked against them. Edge: Wisconsin Prediction: Michigan 24, Wisconsin 31
Jake Butt was the Big Ten’s tight end to watch last year. Michigan will face his successor this weekend in Troy Fumagalli. Fumagalli, a senior for No. 5 Wisconsin, finished second in the conference in receiving yards last year. He’s in first place through 10 games this season, having tallied 33 catches for 422 yards and three touchdowns. He possesses all the passcatching prowess of Penn State’s Mike Gesicki (or Butt) — and is also quite the capable blocker. The Wolverines’ tight ends are certainly cognizant of Fumagalli’s skillset. “Yeah, I watched (his) film against Maryland when we were studying for them,” said sophomore Sean McKeon. “He’s a great tight end, great technique and pass catcher for Wisconsin. So I think he’s going to probably get drafted this year and go pretty high, so I think he’s a great player.” Perhaps the most impressive thing about Fumagalli is that he has done all this with just nine fingers, losing one the day after he was born from a birth defect. The Daily spoke with Fumagalli at Big Ten Media Days in July about Wisconsin’s passing game, his impression of the Wolverines and whether he thinks Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst — who coached the tight ends when Jim Harbaugh quarterbacked the San Diego Chargers — shares any similarities with Michigan’s head coach. Q: How did you injure your finger? TF: When I was born, no circulation got to it, so they had to cut it off. It’s called amniotic band syndrome. Two days old. Q: Does it hinder you in any way, shape and form? TF: Nope. Nothing I can think of, honestly. TMD: You and Jazz (Peavy) finished 14th and 15th in the conference in receiving yards last year. With both of you coming, how big of a base does that give your passing game to work off of? TF: It’s big. We’re both seniors now. I think we’ve got to set that standard and move that forward. I think we both — I can speak for Jazz too — we do expect to bring that forward and be a more pivotal part. But it is big, just knowing that we can turn on the film from last year, Alex (Hornibrook) and us two, and even A.J. (Taylor) and Quintez (Cephus), who played quite a bit, and just know that we can
look at our own film and learn from that and see where we need to grow. TMD: How does that change the pass coverages you guys see, with how often you run the ball? TF: The biggest thing that I notice is we always got a lot of safeties downhill, a lot of guys in the box. It gives a lot of one-on-one matchups most times, which is good, and the more we can run, the more play-action works, and we can bounce those two off of each other. Q: What do you know about Michigan off the top of your head? TF: Not a whole lot. I know that they’re losing a ton of guys. But I do expect Michigan to have guys ready. I think they have a ton of talent, obviously. They’re going to be very competitive. Q: What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the word ‘Michigan’? TF: I guess kind of that football, I don’t know, sanctuary that they got going. They got the Big House and all that. And a ton of people you see around, huge Michigan football fans, and I’ve got a lot of respect for that and what they’ve done. Q: Everyone talks about how well Ohio State and Michigan recruit. Are they off-thecharts talented, or are they just another Big Ten team? TF: I think any team can beat any team, and any team can lose to any team in the Big Ten. But yeah, I think those guys are very competitive. I got a chance to go against Hooker last year, (former Buckeyes’ safety) Malik Hooker, I thought he was one of the better, if not one of the best, safeties I’ve played all year. I thought he was very good instinctually and the way he hit, it was good. Q: Going back to Michigan, do you see any similarities between you and them with the pro-style offense and kind of defense they play? TF: Yeah. Similar to a lot of the Big Ten schools, you can match the physicality they have. The effort they play with is also there, I would say. Q: Do you see any similarities with Coach Harbaugh and Coach Chryst? TF: Uh, I don’t know enough about Coach Harbaugh. But I know they used to be friends back in the day. Forgot what I heard. Something about how they used to do some football thing together. But I’m sure that they think they are similar. You know, they’re obviously pro-style guys and stuff like that.
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In its first two games, it seldom looked easy for the Michigan men’s basketball team. Both North Florida and Central Michigan challenged the Wolverines with zone defenses rarely utilized at the college level. But against a mostly manto-man defense — facing Michigan’s weakest opponent to date statistically in Southern Mississippi — it seemed like the night the Wolverines would finally roll. It wasn’t — at least until late in the game. After trailing at the half, the Wolverines (3-0) used a 21-1 run during the second half to dispatch the Golden Eagles (1-1), 61-47, at Crisler Center on Thursday night. That run started with the fingertips of junior forward Moritz Wagner, who hit a freethrow line jumper to bring Michigan within two points. Then, fifth-year senior forward Duncan Robinson hit an open corner three — as he did two possessions later to extend the Wolverines’ advantage to seven. Moments later, sophomore forward Jon Teske — who again showed that he’s a muchimproved player this year with 10 points and 11 rebounds Thursday — added a pair of jumpers and Robinson hit another three. Robinson and AbdurRahkman led Michigan in scoring with 12 and 14 points, respectively. Defensively, Michigan forced Southern Mississippi to miss nine straight shots and concede four turnovers in what was the Wolverines’ best stretch of their young season on both ends of the floor. “We just played and trusted
The 3-point line is 20.75 feet away from the rim in college basketball. In the Michigan men’s basketball team’s past two games, its 3-point shooting has seemed like the distance is closer to 50 feet. After a lackluster 10-for-34 showing from beyond the arc against Central Michigan on Monday, the Wolverines (3-0) followed it up on Thursday with another pedestrian 8-of-23 performance in a 61-47 win over Southern Mississippi. Michigan was just 4-for-18 before the Golden Eagles (1-1) ran out of gas and relaxed their man-to-man defense. “Games like this, we need to really understand and work at what make offenses click,” said Michigan coach John Beilein. “It’s not clicking right now because the ball is sticky. We’ve gotta move the ball and just trust what it does. (Southern Mississippi coach) Doc Sadler plays really good defense — his teams no matter where they’ve been. A bad defensive team wouldn’t have exposed that.” Lights-out long-range shooting is typically a mainstay of Beilein’s offense. During the Wolverines’ weak non-conference slate, however, it evidently hasn’t been a significant factor for the win column. But the disappointing results forecast doubt upon a team that will potentially play two AP top-25 teams next week in the Maui Invitational. Then, they will no longer be able to skate by with such poor shooting. “I don’t know if we’ve got the Hardaway-, Stauskas-type volume and success out there that we’ve had before, but I don’t think we’re a bad shooting team,” Beilein said. “… I don’t think we’re
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Sophomore forward Jon Teske earned the first double-double of his career as part of Michigan’s decisive 21-1 run.
what we were doing,” said Michigan coach John Beilein. “A whole lot of good things were happening there.” Added Teske: “We knew our shots would fall in the second half. So, defensively, in the second half, we really just got down and guarded.” The Wolverines were nearly as solid to start the contest, too. Unlike the two previous games, Michigan was dominant to start the game and rode the scoring abilities of Wagner and senior guard MuhammedAli Abdur-Rahkman out to a 14-point lead midway through the first half. But just as things began to look comfortable for the Wolverines, Southern Mississippi caught fire, using a 9-0 run to close its deficit to one. And in the final moments of the first half, Golden Eagles guard Tyree Griffin stepped back
and sunk a corner three to give Southern Mississippi a 33-32 lead going into the break. Suddenly, the Wolverines were in another battle. The start of the second half provided back-and-forth, defensive-minded action, as the teams combined for just 13 points eight minutes into the frame. Shortly later, strong ball movement allowed Michigan to have three consecutive open looks from the perimeter. After he missed the first two, Robinson connected from the left corner to give the Wolverines a lead they wouldn’t relinquish. Despite the win, Beilein wasn’t impressed with his offense, which stagnated at moments throughout the contest. Just 61 points on 13 assists marks Michigan’s worst scoring output of the year. “Our offense was awful today,” Beilein said. “I think a lot of that has to do with the fact
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that we hadn’t played a game of man-offense since maybe our scrimmages. It was stagnant and not good, and the ball was sticking all over the place.” But a bright spot on that end of the floor was Teske, who earned his first career double-double Thursday. Just as he did in the Wolverines’ first two games, Teske provided a spark off the bench. After hitting a 15-footer and grabbing a defensive rebound, Teske put back a missed Abdur-Rahkman 3-pointer just moments after coming off the bench. “I’m just playing my game,” Teske said. “Guys are pushing me every day in practice and telling me that I’m capable of doing that. It just showed tonight. “First double-double of my college career is definitely special. Now that I’m done with that, I know I have a lot more in the tank to give to this team.”
taking bad ones. We’re trying to hunt them sometimes when they don’t need to get hunted.” On Thursday night, fifth-year senior Duncan Robinson was the first to take a three against the Golden Eagles. Clink. Up only a bucket, junior forward Moritz Wagner launched one with 26 seconds remaining the first half. Clink. Tied at 36 early in the second half with a lifeless Crisler Center crowd, senior guard MuhammadAli Abdur-Rahkman had two open, long-range opportunities to change the tide. Clink and Clink. Amidst a handful of other untimely misses, Michigan finally managed to flip the switch after Robinson drained a three at the 11:37 mark to give the Wolverines a 41-40 lead, one it would never relinquish. At that point, though, the game could only be considered a sight for sore eyes despite a breakthrough performance by sophomore center Jon Teske. “It might be an early season thing, or just a day thing,” AbdurRahkman said. “We got a lot of open shots, we just weren’t knocking them down. I think we started knocking them down a little bit in the second half. But we gotta shoot better, and if we don’t shoot better, we gotta play better defensively.” On the defensive end, Southern Mississippi shot a conservative 6-for-13 from behind the line, including an off-balance 3-pointer by point guard Tyree Griffin that put the Golden Eagles up by one at the half. Against better competition, this shooting discrepancy simply won’t cut it. When Michigan travels to Maui, nearly 4,400 miles away from Ann Arbor, it may be a refreshing escape for an inconsistent Michigan team. As for the 3-point line? The Wolverines would like it to seem much, much closer to home.
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‘M’ taken for ride in whirlwind Wolverines look to stay on a roll road defeat to No. 5 Louisville ROBERT HEFTER Daily Sports Writer
ROHAN KUMAR Daily Sports Writer
The No. 24 Michigan women’s basketball team went on a rollercoaster Thursday night in Louisville. And it was a bumpy one. After leading by five after the first half, the Wolverines were outscored 42-12 in the final two quarters, MICHIGAN 49 LOUISVILLE 74 falling to No. 5 Louisville, 74-49, in the Preseason WNIT semifinals. As with any rollercoaster, the beginning was manageable and Michigan looked to have properly fastened its seatbelt. The Wolverines started off hot, led by senior guard Katelynn Flaherty. She drained three consecutive 3-pointers early in the game to give her team a spark, and she tallied on another one before the quarter ended. “Yeah, I mean we came out and we were able to make shots early,” said Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico to WTKA. “Kate was off to a great start. We did a really good job of finding her early.” The Cardinals played aggressively from the start with a defensive press — creating problems for Michigan. The Wolverines handled it well, though, with decisive ball movement that helped them make the most out of their scoring opportunities. Michigan’s defense held up well throughout the first quarter, led by senior forward Jillian Dunston. She finished the night with 13 rebounds and five steals. The Cardinals still found the basket, though, and Michigan had a 22-21
lead at the end of the quarter. The Wolverines seemed to be handling the ride well. The second quarter was fairly smooth as well. Michigan found a steadier offensive tempo while Flaherty continued to shine, forcing a Louisville timeout. The timeout was exactly what the Cardinals needed, though. They turned their defense up a notch, forcing more turnovers and not giving the Wolverines any space to operate. Michigan struggled to get shots up, and had multiple shot clock violations. Louisville maintained this tight defense until halftime, and started to look much stronger than the Wolverines, who somehow managed to hang on to a 37-32 lead at halftime. The end of the second quarter turned out to be a trial run for the rest of the game, as the Wolverines couldn’t hang on anymore. It was the point in the ride where you teeter at the top of the hill in anticipation, and then come plummeting down at full force — that period where you think you can handle it, and then a moment later everything takes a turn for the worst. The Cardinals dominated the entire second half, going on a 7-0 run following halftime. The ride was rough for the Wolverines, who struggled to find the rim. They went nearly six minutes into the second half without scoring, and tallied just four points by the end of the third quarter. At that point, Louisville controlled all aspects of the game, and Michigan trailed by 10 points. “We got really stagnant on
Yeah, I mean we came out and we were able to make shots early
offense, and I think we have to get better at that,” Barnes Arico said. “They turned up their defense and they overplayed, and we didn’t handle the pressure as well as we’re capable of.” Not much changed in the fourth quarter — just more bumps and rough patches. The Wolverines failed to box out well, and Louisville took advantage, finishing the game with 35 rebounds — 12 of which came on offense. To make matters worse, junior center Hallie Thome fouled out and everything started to collapse. While it was a rough ride, Michigan still had positive takeaways from the game. Before Thursday night, Flaherty needed just nine points to pass Diane Dietz’s program scoring record. She accomplished the feat in style with five 3-pointers, finishing with 23 points. “I’ve heard about Katelynn since she’s been in about the third grade,” Barnes Arico said. “We lived in the same state and it was going around that there was this third grade girl that was incredible.” “She was eight then (and) she’s 22 now and I’m lucky to be her coach,” Barnes Arico added. “She’s a legend. She’s a legend in the state of New Jersey, and she will be a legend at the University of Michigan.” There was also the adrenaline rush when the Wolverines had the upper hand in the first half. They showed they can compete with highcaliber teams, but now need to figure out how to do so for four quarters. If Michigan does learn, it might be able to design the tracks moving forward. “We have to use it for a learning tool,” Barnes Arico said. “We obviously have a long season ahead and have to move forward, and we saw what we are capable of in the first half.”
Senior forward Tony Calderone fired a shot last Friday night that found the back of the net and fans leaped out of their seats in a deafening uproar of cheers and applause. The Wolverines would go on to notch their first win against a top-10 team in the nation. They won’t hear those cheers this weekend. The No. 17 Michigan hockey team (2-1-1 Big Ten, 6-3-1 overall) travels to Madison this weekend to face off against No. 9 Wisconsin (2-2, 7-5-1) for the Wolverines’ second top-10 matchup in two weeks. On an Olympic-sized rink that Mel Pearson described as feeling like playing on an ocean compared to an inland lake, the Michigan coach noted that the hostile environment will require
a heightened level of play. “We have to play better defensively,” Pearson said. “That can be from your goaltender to your penalty killing to just puck management, we have to really be sharp and really know where we’re putting pucks.” While the Wolverines are coming off an impressive weekend against No. 7 Minnesota, the Badgers boast yet another high-powered offense that will give Michigan reason to be wary. With six goals and five assists under his belt, Wisconsin forward Ryan Wagner should be the biggest threat to break through the Wolverines’ defensive line. “We’ve got to make sure we get to the net,” Pearson said. “And on the other end defensively, we’ve got to make sure we play between the dots and not extend ourselves out to the boards when we have to protect the middle of
the ice.” Pearson has made it clear in the past that he wants his team to improve defensively, but it would be hard to apply that same logic to the offense. Spearheaded by Calderone and sophomore forward Jake Slaker – who both have seven and six goals, respectively – the Michigan offense ranks highest in the conference in goals scored per game with 3.90. Conversely, the Wolverines are also tied for the secondlowest total goals allowed defensively. To say that the matchup this weekend will be contentious is a severe understatement. Wisconsin is coming off a loss to Michigan State and is looking to avenge the defeat, but the question is whether the Badgers will be able to stop the inertia of a Wolverine squad fresh off a momentous weekend.