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State Theatre reopens after yearlong, $8.5 million renovations Transformation effort includes two new screens, elevator, modern seating with leg room LEAH GRAHAM Daily Staff Reporter

Hours before the State Theatre opened Friday afternoon after a year-long renovation, construction workers made last minute

adjustments to the double door entryway and cut holes into red sheet metal beneath the neon marquee on State Street. The Michigan Theater Foundation — a nonprofit that oversees the operation of both the Michigan Theater and State Theatre — managed the transformation renovation

effort, which included the addition of two new screens, an elevator, modern seating with increased leg room, new movie projectors and new sound systems. Russ Collins, executive director of the Michigan Theater Foundation, said the new State Theatre offers “all of

the bells and whistles of a great movie experience.” “The State Theatre has gone from a kind of quirky, fun but problematic place to watch a movie to what we think may be the best place in town to watch a movie,” Collins said. “The decorative f lourishes that See THEATRE, Page 3A

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Emma Kinery, editor in chief, The Michigan Daily Journalism is changing tremendously — which, in some ways, makes being the editor of a college paper more difficult than it has ever been — but it’s also pretty exciting. The Michigan Daily operates editorially and financially independent of the University of Michigan; coming into the role of editor in chief, I didn’t realize there would be such an emphasis on the business side of things and on monetizing content, but that’s a necessary shift. When

Bias Incident Report Log illustrates Professor pens book trends and problems around campus

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on slavery in Detroit

Most of the 80 cases reported this semester involve race, religion or national identity

Tiya Miles highlighted topics from her books at Rackham on Friday

The classroom, dorm rooms and hallways, or even in passing walking around campus: That’s where University of Michigan students are most likely to fall victim to a bias incident, according to a log of self-reported data collected by the University’s Bias Response Team. The team’s online log tracked 80 individual bias incidents since this September, with 16 additional prior events occurring over the summer. Most cases in the log involve race, religion or national identity. Encompassed in the BRT’s scope are any instances in which a student is targeted for their identity, including but not limited to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, age or religion. At the close of a semester rocked by highprofile incidents of racism, the BRT records illustrate the majority of bias incidents are commonplace experiences that do not always make headlines. Most of the reports are attacks expressed verbally or in written form, either via email or graffiti. “Regarding trends, there have been an increase in reported bias incidents that occur on-campus (vs off campus) since 2014,” University spokeswoman

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Distinguished author Tiya Miles, professor of American Culture and Afroamerican & African Studies spoke at the Rackham auditorium Friday to discuss her new book on racial history in the city of Detroit. In “The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits,” Miles offers an alternative origin story of Detroit. The book, according to her, “allows us to see Detroit’s beginning and industrial age ‘progress’ and recognize Detroit’s invisible ancestors.” Miles argued that Detroit, which has a population that is over 80 percent Black, still “feels the aftershocks of systematic racism and white supremacy” prevalent in the 18th century. For context, she presented African-American and Native American stories of enslavement as two adjacent entities that worked together to shape the dogma of the time. She discussed the See BOOK, Page 3A

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Kim Broekhuizen wrote in an email. “What you see reported is a testament to how much the community cares about reporting and supporting each other.” Results from a campus climate sample survey administered last year found one in five students reported experiencing a discriminatory incident in the last year, with Black and Hispanic students

519 percent and 132 percent more likely to experience discrimination, respectively. Out of 21 incidents occurring in residence halls, West Quad Residence Hall surpasses all other residence halls with four incidents in the last three months, followed by Bursley Residence Hall and then Mary Markley residence hall on the Hill. A Central Campus Diversity Peer Educator who

requested to stay anonymous due to University Housing policies explained dorms might be commonly cited locations of bias incidents due to strict policies in Housing surrounding reporting. DPEs are student residential staff members serving as social justice educators and developers of each hall’s community identity. The See BIAS LOG, Page 2A

80 bias incidents reported on campus this semester 15 incidents involved a University employee 16% virtual

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I first began at The Daily, we were discussing whether to prioritize print or digital, and we had just launched our new website. Now, there isn’t a discussion about whether to put digital first — it’s a given. It’s about creating compelling content, as well as thinking about how students and the community interact with The Daily. Newsrooms all over the country that have much greater resources and experience than we do are tackling these same issues, but the benefit of being a studentrun paper is that there is greater leeway to take risks and make mistakes. The Daily is unique in that we serve as the only five-day circulation paper in all of See AXIOS, Page 3A

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Weekly MI state house legislative wrap-up Bills introduced around deer culls and municipal employee retirement plan LYDIA MURRAY Daily News Editor

Each week, The Michigan Daily will be publishing a wrap-up of the most important bills proposed in Michigan Legislature over the past seven days: HB 5321: State Rep. Triston Cole, R-Mancelona, introduced legislation which would prohibit the sterilization of deer as a method of population control. Cole told the Detroit Free Press he believes hunting is a more humane approach to the issue, as the tranquilization process causes stress for the animal. “I was a hunting guide, so I strongly support the use of sportsmen for this activity. They pay to help manage wildlife species and that’s the direction that I want to continue to see the (Department of Natural Resources) use,” Cole said. “It’s the most cost-effective and efficient way to manage wildlife species, particularly in urban environments.” In Ann Arbor, the deer cull See WRAP-UP, Page 3A

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WHAT: Dr. Sung Won Choi, a professor in the department of pediatrics, will present her work on disease prediction modeling. WHO: Industrial and Operations Engineering WHEN: 4:40 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Lurie Biomedical Engineering - Room 1123

Tensions between Science and Public Health embedded in Sickle Cell Disease WHAT: Public health professor Melissa Creary will present her research on sickle cell disease in Salvador, Brazil. WHO: Science, Technology & Society WHEN: 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. WHERE: Tischa Hall - Room 1014

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Accidental Photographer: Seoul 1969 WHAT: A Q&A session with Margaret Condon Taylor, whose photography during her time as a Peace Corps volunteer in South Korea will be exhibited in the Nam Center. WHO: Nam Center for Korean Studies WHEN: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. WHERE: 202 S. Thayer, Osterman Common Room

an earlier interview with The Daily, he lamented the lack of security he felt around campus. “Maybe people do those things as a joke but they don’t realize what psychologically impact that can have on a person,” he said. “Especially since I am at the University to study and get an education. But then I have to worry about the feeling of oppression and not being accepted. I have to watch my back at all times. And that just puts extra pressure on me on top of regular college life.” Broekhuizen wrote University Housing offers an ongoing training program for student and professional staff on reporting and responding to incidents, as well as understanding “how a single incident can affect students in one community in diverse ways.” “Prevention and mitigation of bias incidents begins with awareness,” she wrote. “It is key to have staff trained in how to defuse a situation where harm could take place, as well as on how to identify when a

A Developmental Perspective on Substance Use during Adolescence WHAT: Psychology professor John Schulenberg will present his research on youth drug use at this brown bag lunch session. WHO:Department of Psychology WHEN: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. WHERE: East Hall - Room 4464

Department of Voice Recital WHAT: Students in the Department of Voice will put on a recital of the latest pieces they’ve been working on. WHO: School of Music, Theatre & Dance WHEN: 6:45 p.m. WHERE : Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall

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WHAT: Students and professors of the German language will be present at this hour of conversation in German. All are welcome to attend. WHO: Germanic Languages & Literatures WHEN: 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. WHERE: East Quad - Greene Lounge

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THEATRE From Page 1A pay tribute to the original art deco design and the modern technology that goes into the reproduction of the movies.” The $8.5 million project to restore the 75-yearold venue began after the Michigan Theater Foundation purchased the State Theatre in 2014. Prior to the renovation, the venue had narrow seating and curved screens in two auditoriums, the result of partitioning a single, larger screen. It also lacked accommodations for people with disabilities. “It was uncomfortable. You kind of sat sideways to the screen,” Collins said. “We got a lot of complaints. The people in wheelchairs, you just couldn’t service them. Only the most able bodied were able to go to the movies.” Despite “unforeseen circumstances” that delayed the ribbon cutting ceremony, the State Theatre was still able to open members of the Michigan Theater Foundation Friday and the general public Saturday, according to Diana York, who oversees marketing for the restoration campaign. York said the ribbon ceremony will be rescheduled, most likely to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the cinema. At its construction, the State Theatre was the “only theatre actually designed for the sole use of showing motion picture,” according to a 1942 Daily article. It stands just down the street from the Michigan Theater, which opened in 1928 to show silent films. C. Howard Crane, a prolific architect who designed numerous theaters around the country including the Fox Theatre and the Fillmore, both in Detroit, also designed the State Theatre. Henry Aldridge, a former professor of film at Eastern Michigan University and volunteer organist for the Michigan Theater, said the State was bigger than the Michigan Theater by 200 seats when it first opened. “It was considered very modern at the time when it opened,” Aldridge said. “It was fully air conditioned, which was very unusual in the 1940’s. It had seats that popped up when you got up. You didn’t have to f lip your seat up, they came up by themselves — little

things like that.” Aldridge formed the Michigan Theater Foundation in the 1970s to stop plans to turn the venue into a food court. For more than a decade, the Michigan Theater has overseen the film scheduling at the State Theatre. Aldridge said the four new screens in the State Theatre, in addition to the three in the Michigan, provide great opportunities for dynamic programming. “There are not many cities that have two historic theaters within a half a block of each other, both of which are going to be fully operational,” Aldridge said. “What makes the State special is that it’s been saved, or at least a part of it has, and that it will be a state-of-the-art screening facility for the University community, for the citizens of Ann Arbor and the region.” With its four screens, the State now offers 360 seats in total. Shows on Friday were cancelled temporarily in one auditorium due to projection issues. The problem was resolved shortly thereafter, allowing for the rest of the weekend’s scheduled programming to resume. LSA senior Andrea Sahouri saw the “The Disaster Artist” starring James Franco at the State Theatre Saturday night. “I thought the theater was amazing,” Sahouri said. “I like how they kept it looking how it did before. They didn’t change too much, which keeps its character. They didn’t change it visually too much. I can’t imagine the work that was put into it, but it’s really great.” In addition to new releases like “Lady Bird,” starring Saoirse Ronan, the opening weekend movie lineup included “The Big Lebowski” and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” LSA sophomore Phoenix Vavzincak played Janet in the shadow cast of the “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” at the Michigan Theater in late October. She said the State Theatre’s screening of the 1975 cult classic is better suited to “die-hards” rather than casual viewers. “I think the difference between the State and the Michigan Theater is when you go to the State Theatre to see something like ‘Rocky Horror,’ then you get the real die-hards, you get the feeling of what Rocky Horror was originally about,” she said.

“It’s a small scale, and you get to watch the movie and relate to it. At the Michigan Theater, I feel like that’s when it can become the big event that it is when we did the shadow cast and everyone came.” Vavzincak said she’d prefer to continue putting on the shadow cast at the Michigan Theater, where the Halloween showing of “Rocky Horror” sold out the 1,700 seat auditorium. “You couldn’t expect to

It’s a legacy art form that resonates deeply with the human psyche

be doing that type of a show when they play it at the State Theatre, because the State Theatre is a more personal feel and I think the Michigan Theater makes more of a spectacle with it,” Vavzincak said. Collins, an Ann Arbor resident, remembers going to “Fantasia” and “Jaws” as a kid at the State Theatre, he said movies play a key role in the way people tell stories. “I don’t know whether it’s because it resonates with that primordial sense of sitting around a campfire, hearing a shaman tell a great tribal story about your culture, about your time, about life’s transitions and that kind of thing that goes back to prehistory, or because with a movie, it’s brilliant storytellers telling a story with f lickering light,” he said. Regardless of why people go to the movies, Collins said, he is optimistic about the future of the theaters like the State and Michigan. “Even though people can watch movies at home, they still like to get out in a crowd and do it,” he said. “That’s why movies aren’t going away. It’s a legacy art form that resonates deeply with the human psyche. That’s why we invested all of this time, money, energy and enthusiasm in preserving a movie exhibition piece.”

AXIOS From Page 1A Washtenaw County. This means our audience is split between Ann Arborites and U-M students. With the data from a several-year readership survey and our new analytics team, we are seeking to engage our audience in more ways than ever before. We found community members are more likely to pick up a physical copy of the paper than students, who read our stories on the mobile site or social media pages; this affects what we decide to put on the front page. The physical paper tends to have stories on 1A that pertain to administration or the city, whereas the homepage of the website will often feature stories related to student life. We are very interested in how readers engage with Daily content. The Daily recently launched the second beta version of our content app and will have it up on the App Store in coming weeks. This semester we also launched two new podcasts. We’re focused on increasing engagement on social media by looking at our post analytics and making headlines SEO- and social media-optimized, as well as putting a greater focus on bolstering our video team. Our greatest successes, though, have been in evergreen content such as the campus map and LSA Grade Guide. In the making of the grade guide, we submitted FOIAs for class grade distributions so students registering can see the

Monday, December 11, 2017 — 3A ranges of grades for classes. Despite being published over a year ago, the grade guideis consistently one of our most-read pieces. Currently, we are working on increasing the data and making grade guides for other colleges within the University of Michigan. As media is changing, we are working to be a resource for students and are thinking critically about how to distribute our content and engage with our audience in new ways. It’s been a challenge rife with trial and error, but it’s a welcome one. Mike Allen, co-founder and executive editor, Axios Thank you to Emma and her colleagues at The Michigan Daily for welcoming Axios to campus for our Smarter Faster Revolution event this Wednesday at Ross School of Business, from 1 to 2 p.m. (sharp – we know you finals to study for). RSVP here. I’ll lead a trio of rapid-fire conversations with three top CEOs: Postmates’ Bastian Lehmann on “The Era of the Entrepreneur,” Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase & Co. on “Defining the Future of Work” and TaskRabbit’s Stacy Brown-Philpot on “Tech-Tonic Changes at Work.” Why it matters: We’re building Axios to make people smarter, faster with news and information they can trust on the topics that will shape the world that Emma and her fellow Wolverines will run. Axios is Greek for “worthy,” and the Smarter Faster Revolution is aimed at helping college students – our future bosses! – share worthy information

on business, tech, media trends, politics, the future of work, the world, science and more. My favorite word in Emma’s article is “data.” I love that you’re trying to understand your readers, which will allow you to serve them better. When we wrote the Axios Manifesto, our first principle was: “Reader first!” We’re obsessed with reaching the most demanding news consumers with our efficient “smart brevity” format. We tell you “What’s new” and “Why it matters,” and skip all the white noise we’re so used to seeing in the media. Another reason I loved your piece was your evident enthusiasm for serving the whole campus community. I had a blast on my college paper – The Ring-tum Phi, at Washington and Lee University in Virginia – and it gave me the bug for the fun life I have lived since then. Along with the honor of interviewing the world’s leaders and pioneers, I was scolded by a nun for opening my laptop in the Vatican, and was yelled at by my more senior colleagues when I got in the wrong van when babysitting a dinner run by President Bill Clinton. The findings by Emma and The Daily about the campus audience are very resonant with our theory of the case: The way for a news organization to win today is to be where the audience is, whether they want to watch, listen or read. The old days of getting automatic eyeballs – when people picked up the paper out of habit, or turned on the tube at a specific time – are gone. Now, we’re in minute-byminute war for attention.

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BOOK From Page 1A stereotypical notion of an enslaved Black man working on a cotton plantation and instead offered a picture of society in which the main focus was the slavery of Native American women during the fur trade. “Slavery and enslaved people both Native and African American were essential to the development of the city of Detroit,” she said. “They demonstrate the reach, depth and adaptability of the American slave trade, such as in the case of making Native women most vulnerable to enslavement. The ideas about inferior people were prepositioned by the ideas of slaves being used as a ‘resource.’” In researching for the story Miles analyzed records from slaveholders such as John Askin and personalized stories of enslaved women such as Elizabeth “Lisette” Denison Forth, who was enslaved in Detroit in the early 1800s and later became a successful businesswoman. According to Miles, personal accounts from these women are essentially untraceable, which made her work more difficult. “Sources do not describe indigenous women with any specificity, their name is only sometimes included, their nation of origin occasionally, but they lack the narrative, let alone the accounts of their inner life,” she said.

Rackham student Nina Jackson Levin said she believes this story is essential to understanding the beginnings of the racial atmosphere of Detroit. “By bringing Black and Native histories together in a historical context and applying that lens very proactively to Detroit, I think does something new, at the same time to something that is not at all a new story,” she said. “She bridges so many

The question of ‘at whose expense’ and ‘at whose pocket’ allows a much more nuanced and robust critique of things that we categorically define as inequality and poverty

narratives in order to make them one cohesive story.” Miles stressed these racial inequalities introduced above are still prevalent today –– his is especially true within the city of Detroit today.

“Native people and Black people did not give in or back down,” Miles said. “People have done and will still do terrible things in the name of progress. However, we are the beneficiaries of the abuses and also the inheritors of sets of ideas and modes of action that help us to reveal and rewrite those wrongs.” Rackham student Jallicia Jolly said she found the talk relevant to the current political climate. “This subject is critical for not just knowledge production but to showcase how we are humanizing people in our everyday lives beyond academia,” Jolly said. “Conversations like these have to absolutely center around the lives of marginalized voices in this way. It is not just relevant in history and contemporary history, but also in our national and political landscape. It really shows how power is not just embodied, but how it is told in history, and how it shapes policy.” Rackham student Aunrika Tucker-Shabazz expressed a similar sentiment. “Conversations like this really throws the wrench in the discussion of power when we ask the question of who is winning at the expense of others, and this book really challenges this idea through its use of narratives, and through its focus on history,” Tucker-Shabazz said. “The question of ‘at whose expense’ and ‘at whose pocket’ allows a much more nuanced and robust critique of things that we categorically define as inequality and poverty.”

WRAP-UP From Page 1A has been a controversial issue since first approved in August 2015. City Council recently unveiled the city’s 2018 plan which increases the number of targeted deer from 100 to 250. Lorraine Shapiro, president of the Ann Arbor Non-Lethal Deer Management told The Daily in July that she believes sterilization is a more humane approach to population control. “I feel it is inhumane to kill animals who are completely innocent,” Shapiro said. “They’re being punished for living, basically. This past

winter, we were able to have the city agree to a plan where they would do culling and deer sterilization.” Municipal Retirement: State Reps. James Lower, R-Cedar Lake, and Tom Albert, R-Lowell, are working with the governor’s office to create legislation which would change municipal retirement. The new plan would address pension and healthcare liabilities. The Responsible Retirement Reform for Local Government Task Force reported that up to $7.46 billion in unfunded pension liabilities and $10.13 billion in unfunded healthcare liabilities exist in local governmental

budgets. House Republican spokesman Gideon D’Assandro told MLive the plan has been under development for some time but is finally nearly finished. “They’ve all been talking about a consensus plan for months and this is the time when they’re starting to get close to an agreement,” D’Assandro said. Last December, a push for similar legislation was made but faced strong opposition from various municipal workers such as firefighters and police. Following protests, Gov. Rick Snyder formed the task force in order to gather further information on the issue.

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really just cannot bear the elite class of journalists on it any longer. In the Fox & Friends, Morning Joe, the aftermath of the 2016 Blaze and pretty much all CNN presidential election, and even programming. What does all of somewhat before this mean for 2018, then, I had heard they ask? What do about this mysterious Trump voters think phenomenon by of all this? What’s which Americans worse: a criminal became unable to or a Democrat? And stomach another why is our society headline, another one that is inherently minute of CNN hostile to victims and programming or institutionally sexist? another picture of Important questions, BRETT Donald Trump. As GRAHAM one and all. a political junkie, None of them though, this phenomenon had attack the very root of the never affected me; the palace problem. We need a better intrigue, celebrity feuds, vetting process, so that men like party infighting, scandalous this are not elevated to positions revelations, love and loss — I of power in the first place — was tuned into all of it with whether that comes in the form laser focus. of political office, celebrity or However, the eight regular time on a television weeks since the avalanche network. After all, what do we of allegations of sexual have in place now? Scrutiny from harassment, sexual assault the media and public opinion? and rape hit Harvey Weinstein Clearly, our investigative powers squarely in the chest have been are subpar at the moment. just exhausting. And not just The natural solution would for the brave women who have be to add a layer of scrutiny. come forward, but for me too. For each potential office holder, With each new day comes Hollywood star or television another name that needs to be icon, why not consult a group of dragged in the mud. And it’s not people with intimate knowledge just the Roy Moores of the world, of their lives? The first three the presidentially-endorsed evil members of such a commission and hypocrisy you might expect. could be chosen from among No, it’s been beloved television the applicant’s ex-girlfriends, stars like Louis C.K, Kevin at random. Some of them may Spacey and Jeffrey Tambor (God have parted on good terms, but help us if something scandalous there will have been a messy comes out about Bryan Cranston break-up or two in the mix and or Ty Burrell, or next year’s those are voices we need to hear Emmy’s will be so depressing), as well. Next, a low-level staffer charming politicians like Al at Wikileaks looking to prove Franken and trusted newsmen themselves. I’m not entirely like Charlie Rose. Creeps, it sure what the dark web is, but I seems, one and all. Allegations want to know what’s on it about like these have come out in a potential senator or whomever the past, but something is might star in the next hit Netflix profoundly different this time. series. Then, to round things out, Namely, I never watched much of a casual acquaintance — friends The Cosby Show and I’ve always on Facebook, but not close — been lukewarm on Bill Clinton, from their high school years so I wasn’t that disappointed. could share the juiciest gossip What’s perhaps most that was circulating about them infuriating about all this is 40 years ago. that the discussions that have Forget bland statements been sparked in the wake of from senior members of their this so-called “Weinstein own party or nominations effect” are not the right ones. from the Academy, these are Unimpeachable outlets we the endorsements I care about. all trust to provide sober, The public could count on their thoughtful commentary on the absolute honesty. Only truly news of the day have instead worthy candidates with squeaky chosen to tackle issues of clean records would receive all variable, though all secondary, five yeses. Two to four votes importance. I’m talking about would make it a judgment call

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for each individual voter and anything below that would be an immediate red flag. These committees of five would singlehandedly revolutionize primaries and casting calls. Think how much time, column inches and heartache we’d owe them! But then again, as I think about it, that would be a logistical nightmare. Plus, there are too many potential holes in the system. We need something simpler, cleaner. So naturally my mind turns to eunuchs. Harassing women would be a lot harder without a sex drive. And what ever happened to them? For hundreds of years, they played important roles at court, in religion and in entertainment. Nowadays they’re little more than a gimmick on Game of Thrones. It wouldn’t be a requirement by any means — don’t be ridiculous. Instead, it’d be more of a strong suggestion. People could even frame it in a folksy way. “Well everyone knows, if you want to get elected in the Wisconsin 1st, you’ve got to be like a Ken doll down there!” See the problem with that is I’m not sure any man is so obsessed with power, committed to public service or needy for fame that they’d willingly submit themselves to that kind of lifestyle. There might be a few, but not enough to fill both houses of Congress. All seemed lost, as though we were condemned to a world run by perverts. Then it hit me like a ton of bricks. All of this scandal, scrutiny and disappointment has one common denominator. They’re all men. We could just elect women, watch shows starring women and get our news from women. I’ve never been represented in Congress by a woman, but it seems like the safer bet. I’d like to try it sometime soon; “Veep” is consistently funny, and I’ve always enjoyed Martha Raddatz. Ever heard of sexual misconduct from Debbie Stabenow or Julia Louis-Dreyfus? Probably not. Until the culture shift is complete, electing men and then hoping that resignation or public shaming will be enough to right the wrong is just too risky. That horse is already out Brett Graham can be reached at btgraham@umich.edu.

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ome people know exactly what they want to be when they grow up. I am not one of those people. When I started my first semester of college, the only thing I knew was I wanted to study a subject that would allow me to help and support people. My adviser recommended an introductory course in biomedical science because at first, I wanted to explore going into medicine. To put it nicely, I did not enjoy the class one bit and knew this type of science was not for me. Then, I began to take classes in psychology, religion, women’s studies and sociology. I decided to pursue psychology, so I could go down multiple paths that would allow me to work with individuals in any field. In these courses and conversations with friends and family, I have realized that I want to go into social work one day. But first, I must finish up my degree, and this will take about another year and a half. I think it’s extremely frustrating that after my first two years of college, I feel like I am ready to apply to graduate school, but instead I have to continue courses for graduation and major requirements. So, I’m here taking classes that do not build off of one another, where I feel like I am learning the same thing over and over again. Every once in a while, I learn something new, but it doesn’t feel profound. I am aware some fields of study have courses that build from one to the next, but not every field does. I’m just filling my audit checklist so that I can get my degree and move on to greater things. It feels incredibly meaningless and, honestly, like a waste of time. I find this pathetic. I am sad that I feel like I am wasting money, time and energy taking courses I don’t have interest in nor will teach me the skills to grow and learn. It makes

it feel like I’m here only for the diploma, just waiting to graduate. I am here to just go through the motions until I can reach the finish line. I know some would argue they learned so much from a full four years of undergraduate school or taking those college requirements changed their entire field of study and impacted what they do now. I see this in the way LSA has Race and Ethnicity and area distribution requirements to give us opportunities to discover new fields and to become wellrounded graduates. However, this learning can definitely happen in a shorter amount of time than four years. I never imagined my college experience to be so repetitive, mundane and even bureaucratic. I have many friends who feel the same way. It’s not that we don’t want to have extra time to be with our friends for another year or two, enjoying our social lives and student organizations; it just feels like the institution of undergraduate education is not respectful of students’ time and money. I have friends who have changed majors or transferred programs between schools and are now required to take extra semesters. I even have friends who started off taking fewer credits after consulting with advisers and now have to take an extra semester. They then have to spend more time and money to take requirements that will ultimately just result in one sheet of paper. I can’t help but see the way this impacts the higher education industry. A bachelor’s degree is the new minimum required for many careers. Still, some would argue a bachelor’s degree is the new high school diploma, because students regardless of major are not guaranteed a job with just their undergraduate degree. This indicates students will have to complete graduate

degrees on top of all of these years of education — which ends up requiring more time, and, unless the graduate degree is funded or subsidized, more money. Graduate degrees are going to be the new way to guarantee you are knowledgeable in your field. This means students are spending more money to get degrees at higher ranking undergraduate institutions or getting graduate degrees that expands their debt before they enter the workforce. I think we need to take a closer look at our institutions of higher education and see if students are truly gaining what we deserve from the way programs are designed. We spend thousands of dollars every semester expecting to learn new things, be challenged and graduate in a timely manner. Some smaller or more elite colleges have programs that are designed to give students more freedom. One program is Open Curriculum at Brown University, where students have the flexibility to study and take classes they want. Brown makes curriculum suggestions, and students can opt to use these or create their own paths. With all of this to consider, I will still need to finish my undergraduate degree to apply for a job or master’s degree programs if I want to be successful in a society that values professionalism and wealth. So, here I am — just taking my courses and trying my best to get the most out of my current situation. The way undergraduate education is designed at big public universities will not just change overnight. As students, we have every right to point out the flaws in this system because it will ultimately affect our futures as individuals and as a society. Ellery Rosenzweig can be reached at erosenz@umich.edu.

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re you sure that sitting at the front of the class won’t help?” “Are you sure it’s not that you just aren’t paying attention?” “Why can’t you just get a translator?” Since my diagnosis as hardof-hearing at 14, I have heard these types of questions from many of the adults in my life. These questions make me cringe; I always get the feeling that the asker thinks they know more about my disability than I do. While I understand those who ask these questions mean well, they reflect ignorance surrounding the issues of not only the deaf and hard-ofhearing community, but the disabled community as a whole. All of these questions have made me wonder: What type of training and how much of it do educators receive to support disabled students? The answer? Very little. Current teacher training does not seem to be servicing the students that need the most support. As of 2007, the average general education teacher only takes about 1.5 courses with a major focus on inclusion or special education. Additionally, university and job site training does little to prepare teachers for the situations they might face teaching students with disabilities. Looking back, I have experienced problems dealing with educators because of the lack of training they receive. Mostly, it is the occasional snarky comment on how I am just not paying attention in class or that I should change my behavior to make my own life easier — believe me, if I could I would. I hope if educators are trained better on disability

education, there might be a realization that these comments are insensitive and misguided. It is natural to wonder why a general education teacher would need special education training in the first place. In the past, general education teachers did not need this training, as they only dealt with “traditional” students. Today, however, there is a push to include special education students in general education classrooms. Studies show this push for inclusion has a variety of benefits for a special needs student. A 2017 article from The Atlantic explains, “Students with disabilities who are placed in general-education classrooms get more instructional time, have fewer absences, and have better post-secondary outcomes.” For students who have social or behavioral issues, being incorporated in a general education classroom helps them develop greater social skills. Because of the benefits that disabled students receive, schools should continue to integrate special education students into their general education classrooms. Consequently, teachers should receive training that will allow them to cater to the needs of a variety of students. At the University of Michigan, the School of Education does not mention an explicit special education requirement for their elementary or secondary education programs. Most university education programs do not emphasize training on the needs of special education students, and the University of Michigan is no exception — but we need to set an example for other universities to follow. The University needs to update

its requirements, especially as schools move to integrate special education students and students with disabilities into its classrooms. Training programs will better prepare educators for the adaptability necessary to teach disabled students. It is obvious each student’s needs are different, regardless of whether they are a disabled student or not. For myself, I am very independent and do not need much assistance. As I said earlier, I mostly deal with insensitive questions or people who refuse to modify their speaking so I can understand them. However, some students with physical, behavioral or emotional disabilities need more support to succeed. An important part of this kind of training is learning how to adjust teaching styles to the needs of the student. The lack of training current teachers have makes it difficult for them to adapt the way they need to in order to support disabled students. I am excited schools are becoming more willing to include students with disabilities in their classrooms. Strong evidence points to the success disabled students who are taught in a general education classroom can have. However, we need to start preparing our educators for teaching a wider variety of students. It is unfair of us to expect teachers will just know how to support a disabled student without the proper training. Universities and job training programs need to aid teachers by requiring special education courses and training. Emily Huhman can be reached at huhmanem@umich.edu.

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With a movie as infamous as “The Room” and a figure as idiosyncratic as Tommy Wiseau, it would have been all too easy to make “The Disaster Artist” — the story behind that much-maligned film’s production — a straight-up comedy. The laughs would have come easy through the simple reproduction of scenes, and caricaturizing Wiseau’s already larger-than-life personality would have provided star James Franco (“The Deuce”) with easy, hammy fodder. Instead, the final product walks a much more difficult, but much more rewarding, line. The best comedies exist at the intersection of humor and heart; they make their audience laugh, of course, but they don’t forget the humanity of the characters delivering the jokes. “The Disaster Artist” accomplishes this perfectly. Not only is it every bit as hilarious as fans of the “‘Citizen Kane’ of bad movies” would hope, but it provides a surprisingly poignant look at filmmaking, unlikely friendship and unlikelier success. At the center of the film is Franco-as-Wiseau in the most ironically Oscar caliber performance of the year. I was initially wary of Franco casting himself in the role, both for that aforementioned fear that Tommy would be the butt of one too many jokes and because, shallow human

being that I am, he didn’t quite look the part in the trailers and promotional materials. All my fears were assuaged within moments. In context, Franco completely inhabits the role, mining comedy not from peculiar mannerisms but from Tommy’s interactions with other characters — his reaction to the acting playing Chris-R (yes, that hyphen is in the film), setting up a later reveal which plays almost as a metatextual twist, is one of the biggest laughs of the year.

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Even better than his comedic moments are the times when Franco, also in the director’s chair, lets the drama flow. “The Disaster Artist” doesn’t shy away from how hard rejection can be, even to seemingly unstoppable forces of nature like Tommy, as shown by an almost heartbreaking quiet scene between him and Greg Sestero (Dave Franco, “Nerve”), his best friend and future costar. The filming of one of “The Room”’s many sex scenes, on the other hand, plays out as if in terrifying slow motion, building to a blistering confrontation between Tommy and Paul Scheer’s (“The League”)

Raphael Smadja, the film’s director of photography, over Tommy’s harsh treatment of his female lead. The rest of the cast is terrific, as well. The younger Franco brother’s portrayal of Sestero is arguably the main character of the movie — it’s predominantly told from his point of view, in any case, as the writer of the excellent book on which “The Disaster Artist” is based — and while his role is much more thankless than that of his brother, he is never completely upstaged. Seth Rogen (“Steve Jobs”) stands out from the packed supporting cast as the perpetually nonplussed script supervisor and de facto director, Sandy Schklair. As teased by the first trailer, the scene in which he must guide Tommy through the legendary “Oh, hi Mark” scene is one of the best the film has to offer. The cast list from there on down is mostly celebrity cameos — even Dave Franco’s real life wife, Alison Brie (“GLOW”), is mostly relegated to the sidelines playing his onscreen girlfriend — but these are never too gratuitous, and the elder Franco is wise to keep the focus on Tommy and Greg. This is their story. “The Room,” for how insane a motion picture it is, sprung from their friendship, and “The Disaster Artist” is at its best when it allows their relationship and their personalities to supply the comedy and the drama. When it works, and it almost always does, the movie about their movie is an almost unparalleled, pitch perfect comedy.

I wasn’t always the type of person who liked reading really old texts. I was one of those people who thought that most of the “classics,” with a few exceptions, were boring. I’ve always loved reading and writing, of course, and I had planned on being an English major long before I got to college. But when my high school English teachers would assign books like “Beowulf” and “Middlemarch,” as weird as it might sound, it would often be hard for me to muster up any real interest. I’ve gradually found, though, that whether or not I appreciate a text has a lot less to do with whether or not it’s old, and more to do with what it is and how I come across it. (“How I come across it” is my subtle way of saying that not all of my high school English teachers were excellent motivators) I do actually like a lot of classic literature. My gateway book was “Catch-22,” and within the past few years I’ve found myself getting really impassioned about writers like Shakespeare and Jane Austen, more than I really would have expected of myself toward the beginning of high school. It makes sense, then, that college should introduce me to a ton of amazing historical writers whom I may not have given as much of a chance when I was younger. Recently, my thoughts have been stuck on one of these writers in particular: Julian of Norwich.

I first learned about Julian of Norwich last year, and recently revisited her in my Horror Literature class (which I would highly recommend). To me, Julian is a prime example of the ways in which writing both intersects with history and stands outside of it, depending on how you look at it. Julian of Norwich lived in England in the 14th century and wrote a series of revelations, or “shewings,” that are now considered to make up the first known English book known to have been written by a woman.

LAURA DZUBAY The shewings documented a series of visions she had at the age of 30, when she took seriously ill and thought she was on her deathbed. The visions, which she described vividly, included a bleeding crucifix and several images of Jesus Christ. Julian would go on to become an anchoress, meaning that she secluded herself from society, voluntarily and completely, as an act of devotion to her Christian faith. Anchoresses

were rare and venerated, and the amount of personal conviction that it took to decide to become one meant that they were deeply respected. The history of Julian’s life is very interesting, from her detailed visions to her life as an anchoress. Her writing itself is also incredibly visual and eloquent. Middle English writing may feel distant or foreign to us instinctively, which in some ways I think is justified — I, for one, had never heard of anchoresses before I learned about Julian, and I’d never really read anything older than Shakespeare. I’m also not Christian. It would make sense, then, for all of this to feel somewhat alien to me at first glance. But early texts such as Julian’s provide us with one of the most straightforward keys to better understanding not only what people’s lives were like during the Middle Ages, but also how they thought and what was important to them. As the oldest published work written by a woman and one of the oldest works of English literature in general, Julian’s revelations is a crucial piece in the never-ending puzzle of understanding our own history and our own nature. That’s what I love maybe more than anything else about literature, what gets me so excited about it: The idea that because somebody cared enough about something to write it down, you have a kind of opportunity to meet that person, even from miles and centuries away.

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Daily Arts Roundtable presents: ‘Curb’ finale I don’t know if you guys heard, but “Curb Your Enthusiasm” came back. Oh, you did? Well. With such an influential and widely lauded show returning for a ninth season, a few Daily Arts writers had to sit down and hash out some final thoughts. Nabeel Chollampat: So, I guess we’ll start with the big question: Was “Curb” good this year? Connor Grady: For “Curb,” the overall season was incredibly inconsistent from episode-toepisode, and not in a good way. The highly-touted revival season started slow by focusing on Larry’s fatwa, which was neither funny nor compelling. Seeing the bald David in a shitty, long-haired disguise worked for a couple cheap laughs, but never more than that. Once the series started to transition away from this storyline, it had much more success, with David turning in a couple of strong episodes in the middle of the season, led by “Running With the Bulls.” Unfortunately, these episodes were sandwiched between a couple of complete duds in “A Disturbance in the Kitchen” and “Namaste.” Both of these entries struggled to find their footing in terms of humor and came off as forced, as David leaned entirely on his tried-and-true gags, like his infamous stare-downs. Worse, even, were “Never Wait for Seconds!” and “The Pickle Gambit,” which were both lazily written misfires. That’s easily my biggest gripe with this season of “Curb” — the whole season felt like a montage

of classic Larry moments copied and pasted into a new context. The nostalgia factor was apparently too high for David, who chose to spend much of the season reminiscing about old jokes from the series rather than developing new ones. “Curb” was not good this year. Joey Schuman: Connor has a point. I’d even take it a step further by claiming that this season fully killed the grace period for Larry’s asshole naivete. Consider the “chat ‘n’ cut.” Larry taught us this lesson in season eight, and it exemplified everything great about the show: exposing the hypocrisy in ‘standard’ human behavior, outhacking others’ lifehacks, that type of thing. When Larry tried to repeat the same magic this season, like with the tong / cookie fiasco in “The Pickle Gambit,” it felt like elementary humor. There were very few moments this season where I found myself thinking, ‘wow, that’s quite an innovative way to be a complete prick.’ So yeah, I guess I wanted something more fresh. N: Yes! The chat ‘n’ cut! Give me more of that! If there’s one way, I think, to summarily say what I felt was missing this season, it’d be that: no classic scenes or moments, no quotable phrases or new additions to the “Seinfeld” / “Curb” Extended Universe lexicon. And if there were, they felt forced, like Larry David was simply playing the “Greatest Hits” and hoping people would like it. Which brings me to episodes like, say, “The Pickle Gambit.” I agree, Connor, that that was a dud of an episode, but I think it’s kind of a microcosm of what this season of “Curb” was for

me: inconsistent. The idea — Larry, Leon, Funkhouser and Funkhouser’s prodigal-son nephew brawling to open a pickle jar, which results in the nephew breaking his pitching elbow and subsequently renders him unable to jack off — is hilarious. It’s one of those quintessentially “Curb” moments; I love it. But then there’s an extremely uncomfortable sex scene with our friend from the best “Curb” episode ever, “Palestinian Chicken,” and I feel weird. That’s what I think about whether the show was good this season: I laughed, but I also felt weird. J: So, going off of that, what were your guys’ favorite episodes or moments from this season? C: For me, it would easily be David facing off against his frail, plant-thieving neighbor, Rose Shapiro (Carol Herman, “Freaky Deaky”), on “Judge Judy” during what is easily the season’s top episode, “The Shucker.” Everything about this scene was perfect — Leon’s (J.B. Smoove, “The Millers”) ridiculous witness testimony, David’s questioning of the court’s tap water, and Shapiro’s before-and-after pictures of the plant. Beyond David’s hilarious courtroom antics, I also loved the entire eulogy scene from “Running With the Bulls.” I’ll never forget Marty Funkhouser’s (Bob Einstein, “Arrested Development”) deadpan look after Larry crashed his nephew’s funeral. Larry’s halfassed apology afterwards deserves to be in the “Curb” hall of fame, if one existed.

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Blink, and you might have missed the Michigan men’s basketball team’s comeback. Blink again, and you wouldn’t have seen UCLA take back control of the game. If you blinked a third time, an apology is due. Despite lackadaisical frontcourt defense and inconsistent shooting that resulted in a 15-point deficit, Michigan used a late run led by junior forward Moritz Wagner and sophomore guard Zavier Simpson to push the game into overtime, where the Wolverines flew past the Bruins to win, 78-69. “These last stretches we just all looked each other in the eye and we said we’re gonna ride or die regardless of the results,” said redshirt sophomore Charles Matthews. “So when we came out there we said, ‘Look, if we lose we lose, but let’s go out there like some dogs, like

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some soldiers. Lay it out on the line.’ ” Trailing by six points late in the second half, Wagner hit two 3-pointers and added a fast-break dunk to trim the deficit to two — UCLA’s smallest lead since 4:15 in the first half. Wagner also brought a defensive intensity previously unseen in the contest to stymie the Bruins’ low-post offense. From there, the undoing of UCLA’s lead came at the hands of Simpson. First came an improbable scoop off the glass as the shot clock expired at the 2:35 mark. Then came a steal and fastbreak layup with 18 seconds left to reduce the deficit to one. “(Simpson) gave us a spark halfway through the second half,” Wagner said. “Just contesting everything, stealing a lot, deflecting a lot of the balls. We were running the heck out of the ball, too.” Simpson’s starting counterpart, Eli Brooks,

had his own career-defining moment. The freshman hit two game-tying free throws with 10 seconds remaining to send the game to overtime. “How about that?” John Beilein asked. “I don’t think, if you guys checked, that he’d made two in a row all year long. He always missed one of them. … For the freshman to be in that stage late in the game. That was huge for him to go in and knock them down. It shows a lot about Eli.” In the extra period, it was all Michigan. Simpson’s career day — he had a careerbest 15 points — continued immediately with a three from the top of the key. Matthews followed suit, and UCLA could never make up for the offensive barrage. The comeback was muchneeded for the Wolverines, who surrendered a 20-point lead to Ohio State in their previous game. The fact that they were even competitive in the contest, evidenced by a poor shooting display from

the free throw line, seemed improbable. “I’ve never seen anything like this,” Beilein said. “When you go 8-for-22 from the foul line and you win a game, it’s really a great testimony to our kids that we did everything that we could to play inefficient basketball, but when we really needed to suck it up and get work done at the end, we got it done. I’m hoping it’s a huge benchmark for our team as we go forward.” Michigan should consider itself lucky to have been down by just three points at halftime, given that the Wolverines were outrebounded by a lopsided 26-10 margin — 41-30 for the game — and fared marginally better with their frontcourt defense. The line between a narrow deficit and a blowout was perimeter defense — Michigan allowed only one trey and forced 12 UCLA turnovers in the half, an effort spearheaded by Simpson. Meanwhile, Bruins center

Thomas Welsh had his way with Wagner down low, going 5-for-6 with eight boards in the first 20 minutes. Wagner almost responded in kind, with an 11-point, threerebound output of his own in the first half. Like last year’s matchup between the two sides, the Wolverines took a nosedive to start the second half. They had as many turnovers in five minutes as they did in the first half, and they continued to have difficulty containing Welsh. But in a two-minute stretch, Matthews had had enough. The redshirt sophomore went on a personal 8-0 run to cut into UCLA’s lead. Just as Michigan seemed to be turning a corner, an offbalance, shot clock-beating 3-pointer from Bruins guard Aaron Holiday halted its momentum. “I felt like I lost these past two games for us because I wasn’t really bringing a lot of energy,” Matthews said. “I

can’t let my teammates down again. This team looks at me a lot to step up when we’re down and I need to do what I need to do.” The Wolverines, of course, didn’t take long to regain that momentum. Their electrifying late-game run catapulted them to a win they badly needed, and offered a glimpse of what this team could look like come March. Two non-conference losses and a tough upcoming date at Texas is about what Michigan’s tournament résumé expected to look like at this point. But a 15-point comeback victory over UCLA surely sweetens the deal for a team battling inconsistency. “The journey of this team,” Beilein said shaking his head, “and of you all that happen to be fans (who) are trying to figure out what Michigan is going to show up: get used to it. Our personality, our identity is not there yet. “… Just hang on, I’m trying to hang on.”

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A Saturday for Shea

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he sign was on full display, hoisted by members of the Maize Rage from the first row of section 130. Written across poster board in big script letters were the words “Ole Mich.” Below KEVIN the script, SANTO though, there was a second message that required no interpretation: #WeWantSHEA. And so began the official courting of Shea Patterson. *** Patterson is the former No. 1 quarterback recruit in the 2016 recruiting class. He, along with safety Deontay Anderson and wide receiver Van Jefferson, took a visit to Ann Arbor this weekend — part of a unconventionally integral recruiting effort that came in the wake of NCAA sanctions handed down to Ole Miss. All three were in attendance for the Michigan men’s basketball team’s matchup with UCLA on Saturday. The day, as it turns out, was void of many tangible recruiting efforts directed toward Patterson. And though the message was innocuous enough, even the sign was quickly confiscated. LSA freshman Andy Rubin took credit for the inception of the sign but shared it with Dylan Wittenberg and Josh Goldstein — freshmen in the College of Engineering and School of Kinesiology, respectively. Rubin said they were told the sign must be removed due to NCAA compliance rules that stated they were prohibited from actively recruiting

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Potential Ole Miss transfer quarterback Shea Patterson visited Ann Arbor this weekend and was in attendance at Saturday’s men’s basketball game against UCLA.

Patterson. Writing his name on a sign fell under that category. Chanting his name did not. And so they chanted — the same message they paired with a hashtag. It didn’t gain much traction, but according to Rubin, Patterson noticed — raising his hand in acknowledgment from a row over. The players noticed the sign, too, laughing at it and taking pictures. To the trio of students, the rationale behind their antics was simple. “If the best player is available,” Goldstein said, “then you wanna go get him if you can.” Added Rubin: “Obviously if you look at at least three or four of the games this year, it came down to quarterback play,”

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Turnovers an issue for

‘M’ in weekend split ROBERT HEFTER Daily Sports Writer

Something changed when the Michigan hockey team walked off the bus in East Lansing on Friday. The Wolverines (3-5-2 Big Ten, 7-7-2 overall) seemingly imploded in a 5-0 loss, which followed a commanding 4-0 win just the night before. “I think, after the win yesterday, we got a little too comfortable,” said senior defenseman Sam Piazza. “We had a bad start and it just got worse from there.” Onlookers were left wondering what happened against the Spartans (2-71, 8-9-1). A high-octane offense that saw senior forward Tony Calderone net a hat trick in the game Thursday apparently lost its spark, unable to get on the board Friday. This time, the Michigan defensive front wasn’t the problem – as it has been in recent weeks – but rather, the transitionary game was. The Wolverines turned the puck over in the neutral zone, in the attacking third of the ice and even behind their own net. This wasn’t the case the night before, as 29 shots and four goals showcased the Michigan offense as a seamless streamline from the back line to the front. However, the Wolverines’ woes were solidified when forward Patrick Khodorenko scored the Spartans’ second goal with just 4.9 seconds remaining in the first period to give them a two-goal lead. Throughout the game, Khodorenko and forward Mitch Lewandowski – who tallied Michigan State’s third

goal Friday – were giving the Michigan defense a substantial amount of grief. Alongside forward Taro Hirose – who added to the Spartans’ behemoth of an offensive performance with three assists – the duo wreaked havoc in all facets of the game. What was shocking, though, was their silence the night before. When the Wolverines were in East Lansing, they somehow could not hold onto the puck long enough to generate scoring opportunities. The aforementioned turnovers in all portions of the ice significantly stymied the Michigan offense. “They checked us a little bit tighter,” said Michigan coach Mel Pearson. “We didn’t take care of the puck as well as we needed to.” And as a result, Michigan State’s odd-man rush was able to make the Michigan defense look like Swiss cheese. “We had more odd-man rushes tonight than we might have had over the last month,” Pearson said. “A lot of the cause was turnovers. We just didn’t take care of the puck.” Back-passes from the slot to the blue line sailed back into the neutral zone, dumps were not contested by the right and left wings and the Spartans’ forwards out-bodied the Wolverines’ defensemen for pucks near the net. So, the question remains, how can a team play the same team with such ease one night, and have a total shutdown the next? Turning over the puck on most possessions didn’t help, and the Wolverines will have to use yet another break period – returning to play Jan. 1 – to iron out the kinks.

We didn’t take care of the puck as well as we needed to.

Rubin said. “And he’s obviously what we need. And next year, we’re gonna have all of our best players — they’re gonna be juniors. “It’s gonna be a time to push for a national championship, and obviously Peters and McCaffrey are great, but just to have one year with a stud quarterback with Rashan Gary and Devin Bush in their junior year, it’ll be crazy. We’ll open the season top three, we’ll be national title contenders.” And so begins the mania. Neither Goldstein nor Rubin is wrong. The Wolverines should want to pursue Patterson, and it looks like they are doing just that. Michigan would likely have finished above 8-4 with better quarterback play.

But suddenly, Patterson is already the Messiah in Ann Arbor. He has yet to officially commit to the Wolverines. Many likely don’t know him beyond his Ole Miss stat line. And yet he is tied to hopes of a national title. For what it’s worth, Patterson is undoubtedly a special talent. Falling in love with his stat line — 3,139 yards with 23 touchdowns and 12 interceptions through 10 games — is easy. Still, the future — both Patterson’s and Michigan’s — isn’t certain. Ask Cesar Ruiz, who hosted all three Ole Miss players this weekend and played with Patterson at IMG Academy, if a new quarterback is coming to Ann Arbor, and he’ll grin as

he delivers the answer. “I know as much as y’all do.” Ask Ruiz if his old teammate would fit well with the Wolverines. “I think he’d be a good fit in anybody’s program. He’s a good quarterback.” Ask Ruiz what Patterson’s best attribute is. “He a little funny, goofy dude.” But until that “little funny, goofy dude” officially pens his name to paper, Maurice Hurst may have a more measured take at what a transfer like Patterson could bring to Ann Arbor. “I think it’s always a good thing to have competition,” the fifth-year senior defensive tackle said Thursday. “I know I’ve always been one to believe that

competition brings out the best in everyone. I think that’s kind of where Coach Harbaugh is probably going with this. “He’s probably thinking that, you know, ‘I can bring in some great players from Ole Miss, kind of guys that have already proven themselves.’ They’ll just be a great addition to the team, just adding another great dimension to a team that’s already pretty good.” Maybe that’s the perfect evaluation then. Michigan is pretty good. Bring Patterson, and for one of two reasons, the Wolverines have potential to be great. If the Ole Miss transfer is as good as advertised, Michigan has itself a hell of a quarterback in 2018. If Brandon Peters or Dylan McCaffrey beats Patterson out, then Michigan still has itself a hell of a quarterback in 2018. That, though, is all in the future, and entirely dependent on Patterson’s decision to come to Ann Arbor in the first place. So let’s stay in the present for a moment. This weekend, Shea got a taste of the adoration people already feel for him and — whether he realizes it or not — a taste of their expectations as well. He got a taste of Michigan Stadium, going onto the field before the basketball game to throw a few snowballs around. And he got a taste of the atmosphere, with the crowd at Crisler Center chanting as loud as it has all year while the Wolverines recovered from a 15-point deficit, forced overtime and ultimately topped UCLA. All in all, Shea had himself a Saturday. Maybe he’ll have a few more of them here, too. Santo can be reached at kmsanto@umich.edu or on Twitter @Kevin_M_Santo.

Michigan flexes muscle in win over Oregon State JACOB KOPNICK Daily Sports Writer

As he stepped onto the mat, fifth-year senior Kevin Beazley knew he had the most daunting challenge of the day. The 197-pounder was the only Wolverine facing a nationally ranked wrestler during Michigan’s matchup against Oregon State. Tensions rose throughout Cliff Keen Arena as the wrestlers squared off, but all doubt was quickly erased as Beazley pinned the 11th-ranked Corey Griego in the middle of the first period. The match started off poorly for Beazley, who was taken down by Griego early in the round. Beazley responded in kind by quickly escaping and then taking down Griego before grinding out a hard-earned fall. Beazley inevitably won with a left-handed headlock. “That was a great moment,” said Michigan coach Joe McFarland. “He had to dig his heels in and really drive through that — but he stayed tough and kept driving and driving through it and was able to get him on his back and

secure the pin.” This match was largely indicative of the meet as a whole, as every wrestler found his hand raised by the referee at the end of his match. Michigan looked dominant from start to finish as the Wolverines shut out the Beavers, 48-0. In total, the meet contained two falls and three technical falls, a feat which helped the Wolverines (2-1) earn a statement win for the program. Michigan had suffered a sluggish start to its season after squeaking by 11th-ranked Arizona State, 21-18, and losing big to 10th-ranked Lehigh, 8-27. However, the Wolverines are showing signs of a massive momentum shift after an impressive showing at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational and a shutout win against Oregon State (2-1). “Against Lehigh, we got punched in the face,”

McFarland said. “We got beat on basic fundamentals out there, we got beat on mat wrestling, and so we’ve been working a lot on those areas — and we saw a lot of that today.” The numbers corroborate McFarland’s claim, as no Wolverine wrestler trailed at the end of any period throughout the meet. Another bright spot in Michigan’s performance can be found in freshman 157-pounder Reece Hughes. Hughes’ redshirt was pulled as he subbed in for the injured redshirt sophomore, 165-pounder Logan Massa. Not only did Hughes win his collegiate debut, 5-0, but he did it while wrestling up a weight class. “I’m real proud of him,” McFarland said. “It’s tough — you go out there for the first time, in a Michigan singlet, in front of the nice crowd, but he

I think the biggest thing is feeding off of each other.

stayed totally focused, was on task and did a great job.” From here, the Wolverines have a break until they begin Big Ten play on Jan. 5. McFarland wishes to continue along this positive track through the break and further refine his wrestlers’ abilities. “This break is going to be awesome,” Beazley said. “We get to break down some technique and keep getting better. Focusing on getting better mentally, getting better physically and just improving every time we step on the mat.” The Wolverines’ shift in momentum may also be attributable to the friendly rivalry that exists within the Michigan squad. The wrestlers frequently compete with each other to see who will earn the most points in a given meet or even score the most falls in a season. “I think the biggest thing is feeding off of each other,” Beazley said. “We had a little bit of trash talk going in the group chat — and we just feed off each other, so we’re just pushing each other and having fun when we’re out there.”

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Simpson helps lead Michigan to unexpected comeback over UCLA Improved and more experienced, sophomore could be answer

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omewhere amid the hazy, ever-changing point guard

battle lies an answer. Only twice in John Beilein’s tenure at Michigan MAX has the MARCOVITCH starting point guard played fewer than 32 minutes per game. This season, Zavier Simpson has slightly edged out Eli Brooks for the lead in point guard minutes. Neither eclipses 20 minutes per game. At some point in the season — likely soon, if not now — Beilein will no longer subsist with a three-way revolving door at his most coveted position. If the entire precedent of Beilein’s offensive philosophy means anything, one point guard will become the guy. What if that guy could be a former four-star, top-50 recruit? What if, in theory, that said recruit merely needed time to develop his offensive skill, to find his niche within a highly complicated offensive system and time to adjust to the speed and nuance of college basketball? This is where Zavier Simpson was supposed to be in his second year on campus. This team was supposed to be his. Yet in many ways, Simpson is still the forgotten man of this point guard battle. He doesn’t have the collegiate all-conference background of Jaaron Simmons, and he’s not the new freshman garnering regular praise for the ability to adjust to college basketball like Eli Brooks. Last season, Simpson averaged just 1.6 points per game, and shot just 37 percent from the field, a particularly troublesome number given his propensity to shoot closer to the basket. Along for the ride

of Derrick Walton Jr.’s magical journey last year, Simpson was a mere afterthought. He wasn’t forgotten on Saturday, though. Star UCLA guard Aaron Holiday certainly won’t forget him. Simpson entered the game with just over four minutes left as Holiday continued to terrorize Michigan’s guards. Holiday had 23 points at the time and seemed to have an answer for every punch the Wolverines tried to throw in their comeback bid. Simpson’s thought process was quite simple. “To go in and play defense. To try not to let him score, to try and just shut him out.” Spurred by his trademark energy and tenacity, he did just that. He held Holiday scoreless for the remainder of regulation, including a steal off a lazy Holiday pass with 18 seconds left and a strip as Holiday tried to elevate from the free throw line in a tied game on the last possession. Then Simpson opened up overtime by nailing a 3-pointer and capped it with a contested layup. He scored a career-high 15 points and cemented his claim to do away with the ongoing point guard roller coaster. “They’re both really good kids,” Beilein said. “We haven’t had fussing by all three of them. We made a decision going in we were going to play two of them… based on practice and games it’ll be two different ones. But we felt that they weren’t getting, nobody was really getting to feel what they needed to feel in a game. So we went with those two today, it could change at any time.” But it doesn’t have to change at any time. A meritocratic decision only lasts until someone cements his merit. With a renewed, more complete skill set, Simpson might be ready for that. “I’m not surprised,” said redshirt sophomore guard Charles Matthews, when asked about Simpson’s performance. “All he

needed was his opportunity to get out there and get his rhythm, get his flow. I see how hard he works, night in and night out, and I know what type of dog he has in him, so I wasn’t surprised. I was just happy that he finally unleashed it.” Defensive prowess has never been in doubt for Simpson. And there are signs that Simpson’s offensive growth — however incremental it may be — is real. In an admittedly small sample size, Zavier Simpson has improved his three-point percentage from 26 percent a year ago to 47 percent this season. His field goal percentage has seen a similar jump, from 37 to 56. And in his two most recent performances, in which he was afforded his “rhythm” as Matthews described by playing 20-plus minutes in each, Simpson has combined 10-for-14 for 26 points, including a game-altering four-steal performance Saturday. Zavier Simpson has the pedigree. Now his game might be rounding into form. What if the answer to the season’s preeminent question is just that simple?

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Anthony McCallum was, literally and figuratively, the high point of Saturday’s intrasquad meet for the Michigan men’s gymnastics team. Though his Blue team ultimately fell to the Maize team, it took the junior all of 30 seconds to post the top score of the day with his Tsukahara double pike vault. His vault, which consists of a round-off onto the springboard, a half-turn onto the table and two backflips in the pike position, is one of the most difficult routines currently being done. As the defending NCAA Vault champion, McCallum’s primary challenge will be maintaining an upward trajectory this year. “He’s in championship form right now,” said Michigan coach Kurt Golder. “We just hope that nobody can catch up to him.” Thanks to his powerful tumbling and the routine’s high level of difficulty, McCallum also won the individual all-around with a score of 80.85. But unlike the vault, McCallum’s all-around victory wasn’t a foregone conclusion. Freshman Cameron Bock gave him a run for his money leading up until the final rotation. Then, a fall on his parallel bars dismount dropped him into

second. Bock’s performance, including a first-place finish on the still rings and second place on the pommel horse, high bar and the all-around, sent a message to the team’s veterans: don’t get too comfortable. “I think what’s gonna help them is (the freshmen) putting heat on the upperclassmen,” Golder said. “They’re gonna take some lineup spots.” But with his fall in the final rotation, Bock also demonstrated some of the same struggles that led the Wolverines to a disappointing seventh-place finish in last year’s Big Ten Championships. “We’re gonna focus more on consistency,” Golder said. “If we can establish a little better consistency, it’ll take us a long way.” Even more than the pommel horse — an event that has plagued Michigan in the past — Saturday’s meet revealed a need to focus on the parallel bars. Due to McCallum’s lofty 15.8 start value, he won the apparatus despite putting his knee down on his double pike dismount. The news on parallel bars isn’t all bad, though. The team now knows what it must focus on in preparation for regular season meets. “Make a few adjustments,” Golder said. “Sacrifice a little bit of difficulty so that we’re reducing the risk of missing a routine.” Amid tentative performances

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With 4:23 left in the game, Zavier Simpson checked into a three-point game. At that point, he had five points, three steals and a rebound to his credit. Bruins guard Aaron Holiday, meanwhile, had 23 points and had scored the last six to maintain his team’s lead. So Michigan coach John Beilein turned to the sophomore guard. Simpson recalled his coach’s instructions. “Play defense. Keep playing defense.” He did that and more. With just over 2:30 remaining, Michigan still trailed by four. The shot clock was running down on the Wolverines’ possession, and Simpson had the ball on the left wing. Senior guard MuhammadAli Abdur-Rahkman was running off a double screen, but he was covered tightly. Simpson faked a pass, eurostepped into the lane and threw up a near-hook shot with his right hand. It bounced off the glass and

in. “I didn’t think it was going to be glass, but I knew it was going in once I released; it felt good,” Simpson said. Michigan’s work was far from over, though. With 43 seconds left, UCLA had the ball with a threepoint lead. The Wolverines needed a stop. Simpson provided. He stole the ball from Holiday and took it coast-to-coast for the layup. One-point game. “It’s just unbelievable the way he impacts the game with his hands, how solid he was on Aaron Holiday,” said junior forward Moritz Wagner. “Aaron Holiday is a heck of a player, by the way. (Zavier) didn’t make dumb fouls like Muhammad and I did, so he stayed with it and led us.” But then Beilein pulled Simpson out of the game. He replaced him with freshman Eli Brooks, who’s more of an offensive-minded guard. Brooks didn’t disappoint either. After Bruins forward Gyorgy Goloman hit one of two free throws, Brooks ended up with the ball on the right wing. He drove

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Sophomore point guard Zavier Simpson tallied 15 points and played solid defense throughout Michigan’s win Saturday.

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Point guard’s late-game heroics prove key in 78-69 victory

from some of his teammates, junior Uche Eke provided the Maize team with much-needed steadiness. Though he competed only on the high bar, parallel bars and pommel horse, Eke contributed the top execution score on all three — good enough for top-three finishes despite low start values. But Eke has more up his sleeve. He didn’t showcase the full difficulty of his routines due to a hand injury, but he’s been training a new release move that could make him an even bigger asset on high bar for the Wolverines. “It’s a big-time skill, very exciting,” Golder said. “We’ll have that back in for sure.” A recent surgery limited freshman Jacob Moore to just three events, but he too flashed immense potential. He placed first on floor with a 14.3 — the second-highest individual score of the meet — and third on the pommel horse with a 13.65. On the former, Moore made his case to be a worthy addition to the lineup on one of Michigan’s strongest events. On the latter, he provided some much-needed stability to a potential Achilles heel for the Wolverines. At full strength, Moore’s form and execution make him a threat in the all-around, indicating that bigger things are to come for a young Michigan squad.

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Junior gymnast Anthony McCallum posted the highest score of Sunday’s meet with a Tsukuhara double vault.

to the basket and drew a foul. However, that wasn’t exactly a comforting occurrence for the Wolverines. Michigan had been abysmal from the charity stripe up to that point in the game, shooting just over 31 percent. Add to that Brooks’ inexperience – he’d only attempted 10 free throws in his career – and the uneasiness grew. But Brooks calmly stepped to the line, hit both free throws and sent the game to overtime. “How about that?” Beilein said. “… For a freshman to be in that stage late in the game, that was huge for him to just go in and knock them down.” Simpson came back in to start the overtime period, and on the first possession, he drilled an open three from the top of the key. He added a layup and a free throw to finish the day with 15 points and four steals, and the Wolverines polished off a 78-69 victory. “The point guard sets the tone on the offensive and defensive end,” Simpson said. “So I just wanted to come in and set the tone. I knew it would be contagious, and I knew it would rub off on my teammates.” After the game, Brooks and Simpson led the Wolverines in singing “The Victors.” It’s a far cry from where they’ve been in the past few games. Simpson entered the game averaging 3.4 points per game. Brooks was averaging 4.1. Though both had shown flashes, neither had established themselves as a consistent contributor. And on a team that didn’t seem to have an answer for when good opponents went on runs, Brooks’ and Simpson’s shortcomings were easier to see. In that sense, Saturday felt familiar. UCLA went out to a 15-point lead, and Michigan needed somebody to step up. Thanks to Simpson’s defense and timely shooting and Brooks’ free throws, though, the Wolverines’ response was rather unfamiliar.

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Michigan begins season with scrimmage BRIAN SAMIMI For the Daily

After a mediocre performance in the 2017 season, the Michigan men’s gymnastics team sought to bounce back by getting its squad loosened up and ready to head into competitive play with its annual scrimmage. Saturday, the Wolverines commenced play at Cliff Keen Arena, where the Maize team defeated the Blue team, 399.35 to 388.35. Junior Anthony McCallum, the defending NCAA Vault champion, picked up where he left off and led the scoring with 14.9 points on the vault and 80.85 points in the all-around for the Blue team. For the Maize team, freshman Cameron Bock showed promise, scoring 80.55 in the all-around to make a

push for a rotation spot. Michigan coach Kurt Golder – who did not lead either the Maize or Blue team explicitly for this match – was impressed with McCallum, asserting his vault performance Saturday would have won again. The Wolverines have an experienced squad as very few seniors graduated last year. They also picked up a considerable number of freshmen this past year, and Golder expects them to compete and occupy some of the spots in the rotation. “I think what will really help us is the freshmen that came in putting the heat on the upperclassmen,” Golder said. Though some of the gymnasts had shaky performances on the pommel horse and rocky landings off the horizontal bar, Golder wasn’t concerned. He mentioned the biggest issue

his team will have to work on going forward is to cut out the mistakes and focus on consistency. Golder also noted that he doesn’t expect the long holiday break to have much of an impact on the players’ form going into the season. Despite many players coming from far regions, he expects his gymnasts to be practicing in their hometowns regularly during the off period just as they did before they came to the team. “When they go back home, they’re always welcome to go back to their home club gyms, and we’ll have voluntary practices over break for those who are staying along,” he mentioned. With a solid mix of experience and fresh blood, it seems that they will start 2018 on the right foot.

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Michigan recovers from early deficit to defeat Golden Flashes Flaherty struggles, ‘M’ still comes out on top SARAH HURST

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Kent State’s bench went wild as guard Alexa Golden nailed a buzzer-beater to end the first quarter. The Michigan women’s basketball team’s bench remained quiet. By the end of the opening frame, Michigan’s leading scorer hadn’t made any baskets. Senior guard Katelynn Flaherty was 0-for-3 on 3-point shots, and the Wolverines were down by 10. That didn’t change much. The Wolverines’ outcome did. By the end of the day, Michigan recovered to notch a 54-41 victory over the Golden Flashes. “I think that team did a great job of game planning and trying to limit Katelynn’s touches and make her work for everything else,” said Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico. “Some other people had to step up and try to make plays.” That’s exactly what junior center Hallie Thome eventually did. She had an awkward landing coming down from a rebound and was helped off the court — all while the Wolverines held their breath awaiting her fate. Immediately after Thome was taken out, Kent State scored twice and began to take the lead. They continued to score — while Michigan had no answer — throughout the duration of the first quarter and ended the frame ahead, 15-5. But Thome reentered the game for the second quarter and made the first shot and a free throw — keying Michigan on a run to close the 10-point deficit with a taped-up ankle. “I think that she knows that she’s an essential part of our team,” said freshman forward Hailey Brown. “It’s part of her character to want to be on the court and playing.” With an injured Thome bringing Michigan within striking distance, Flaherty finally scored her first

basket of the game with four minutes left in the frame. A pass from Thome gave junior guard Nicole Munger a wide open 3-pointer to give the Wolverines the lead, 19-17. Munger’s shot brought out the energy that Crisler had been lacking throughout the first half, as the crowd erupted when Munger gave the Wolverines their advantage. Munger attributed the comeback to their defense. “What we were saying to each other during the breaks and on the court was, ‘Get stops because that’s the only thing we can control,’ ” Munger said. “Our best offense is when it comes to our defense. If we can get a steal and go in transition or a big rebound and go in transition, we know that’ll lead us to easy buckets.” The Wolverines scored two

unanswered baskets to open out the second half, the first by Thome. Brown led the charge for the Wolverines at that point, as she had eight points at the four-minute mark of the third quarter. She was followed by Munger, Thome and Robbins, each with five. At that point in the game, Flaherty had only scored four. But her contributions came nonetheless. In the final seconds of the third quarter, Flaherty snuck a pass to Munger, who sunk a shot from beyond the arc and gave Michigan a 10-point lead to close out the frame. The fourth quarter started off slowly, with no points scored in the first two minutes. But Thome finally broke the stalemate, and the Wolverines finished the game comfortably — holding a lead by nine or more points for the rest of the game.

Thome plays through injury in Wolverines’ win ROHAN KUMAR Daily Sports Writer

Midway through the first quarter, junior center Hallie Thome hit the ground hard after going up for a rebound. She immediately grasped her right leg while lying on the floor and needed help as she limped back to the bench, not putting any weight on her injured leg. The No. 24 Michigan women’s basketball team (8-2) entered its season with a dream of making the NCAA Tournament, but on Sunday afternoon against Kent State, the Wolverines had to confront the possibility of that dream evaporating into thin air. “Anytime any of our kids go down,” said Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico, “you get a little nervous.”

Though she returned to the game for the second quarter after receiving assistance, her team felt her absence for the five minutes she was out. Michigan struggled without Thome, scoring just two points until late in the opening quarter. The Wolverines trailed 15-5 after the first 10 minutes and seemed lost without their star center. But Thome’s injury turned out to be just a minor one, and after taping her ankle, she came back stronger. Throughout the second quarter, she played through the pain and had an active presence

on the court, helping her team bounce back from the early deficit — the game was tied at 19 at the half. “She was critical, her getting back into the game for us,” Barnes Arico said. “She didn’t look like she was hobbling. Her face was wincing in pain, so I’m sure it was throbbing, but she didn’t look like she was hobbling.” In the second half, Thome led Michigan to an eventual 54-41 victory. She finished with 11 points, tying for the team high, and grabbed six rebounds as well. While senior guard Katelynn Flaherty struggled and scored just four points, Thome stepped up to give the team the spark it needed. She thrived when the Wolverines lacked steadiness, and she prevented what could have been an upset. “It was incredible,” Barnes Arico said. “In the start of the second half, we went to her right away and she really made some plays for us to get us a little bit of a lead. … She’s been banged up a little bit — she hurt her wrist in practice the other day — but she was able to get back in the game and play through that which was really impressive.” Thome’s toughness will help Michigan down the road since she is the team’s only true center. Her height and touch around the rim have been staples of the Wolverines’ success, and will be crucial as they work toward a postseason run. So while there may have been some panic at Crisler Center, Michigan’s tournament dreams didn’t suffer a fatal blow, all thanks to Thome.

She was critical, her getting back into the game for us.

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Junior center Hallie Thome returned from an apparent ankle injury on Sunday and scored 11 points to help the Wolverines earn a comeback victory over Kent State.

Wolverines get blown out, settle for series split against Michigan State ANNA MARCUS Daily Sports Writer

EAST LANSING — A home advantage, historic rivalry or explosive crowd are all factors that can turn the tables in a college hockey game on their own. And unfortunately for the Michigan hockey team, all three were present in a packed Munn Ice Arena on Friday night. Following the Wolverines’ shutout of Michigan State on Thursday — their first of the season — they may have thought they had some breathing room heading into the second part of the homeand-home series. Instead, they were left suffocating. The Spartans’ offense came to life early in the game, giving them a lead that would only grow as the game wore on. Michigan (3-5-2-1 Big Ten, 7-7-2 overall) ultimately suffered a sizable 5-0 loss to conference bottom-dweller Michigan State (2-7-1-1, 8-9-1), forcing the Wolverines to head home with a series split. “The tables were reversed tonight,” said Michigan coach Mel Pearson. “They made their chances count, and we couldn’t score. I think it was just a tale of two games. Last night, we got the best of them, and tonight they were the better team.” Right out of the gates, the rival teams played a back-andforth game, with the puck continuously launching from one side of the ice to the other over the first eight minutes. But almost halfway through the period, this pattern quickly came to a halt. Michigan suffered the first penalty of the game, as senior forward Niko Porikos was sent to the box for boarding 8:13 into the period. After the power-play faceoff, Michigan State capitalized on the manadvantage, as forward Patrick Khodorenko slapped the puck into the net five seconds into the penalty. This early goal demonstrated a clear shift from the previous

night — a lopsided game in which the Spartans gave the Wolverines little to worry about. Additionally, it ensured that sophomore goaltender Hayden Lavigne, who was given the start for the second straight night, would not see another shutout between the pipes. Despite Michigan’s numerous attempts to equalize the score over the next few minutes — the Wolverines had double the on-target shot count of Michigan State until the final two minutes of the period — none of its shots broke through Spartan goaltender Jon Lethemon. While it looked like Michigan would escape the first period with just a onegoal deficit, Michigan State had other intentions. With just four seconds dwindling on the clock, Khoderenko challenged Lavigne yet again — this time with his team at full strength. His next attempt was successful, sending the Spartans into the first intermission with a twogoal lead. Just 2:06 into the second period, the Wolverines were

given a chance to answer with a power play as Michigan State was called for slashing, but they failed to make use of their first man-advantage. The Spartans showed they would not sit comfortably with a 2-0 lead, striking again midway through the second period. Nine minutes in, junior forward Brendan Warren was sent to the box for hooking, giving Michigan State another power play. Forward Mitch Lewandowski put the advantage to good use, tacking on the Spartans’ third goal of the game. As Michigan’s offense lay fairly dormant, Michigan State continued to avenge its embarrassing loss from the previous night, showing no signs of stopping throughout the rest of the second period. With just under six minutes remaining, the Spartans fired again, and this time it would be defenseman Mitch Eliot who chipped in to the efforts. Eliot knocked in Michigan State’s fourth goal of the night, leaving the Wolverines desperate for a large rally heading into the

final period of play. Michigan sent sophomore goaltender Jack LaFontaine into the game to guard the net, but LaFontaine would soon face a similar fate as his counterpart. The Spartans continued their offensive onslaught, recording seven shots on goal within the first four minutes of the third period. On their eighth shot — yet another power play — Michigan State struck gold, proving that it could test LaFontaine as well. Forward Logan Lambdin punched the puck past the netminder, leaving Michigan players scrambling to recover from a five-goal deficit. “I think (the crowd) does give the home team a spark, there’s no question about it,” Pearson said. “But goals give your team a spark. And they got the goals at key times to get their team on the board. We had some good looks and good chances at key times, but we didn’t finish. And when you can’t finish, you’re not going to win many games.” Simply put, the Wolverines

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Senior forward Dexter Dancs and Michigan had no answer for Michigan State, and the Spartans dominated on Saturday.

were never able to find the Spartan net. Michigan left East Lansing empty-handed, with a shutout loss following a shutout win just the night before. The Wolverines won’t have to wait long before confronting the Spartans again at the Great Lakes Invitational in early January. In many ways, Friday’s

game served as a reality check for the next encounter. “Anytime you face State, it’s huge,” said senior defenseman Sam Piazza. “Yesterday we were incredibly fired up and ready to rock, and we played well and won by a lot. And we got too comfortable. So next time we cross their path, we won’t be so comfortable.”