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Students walk out of classes and gather in the Diag to protest the University’s consideration of hosting Richard Spencer as part of the #StopSpencer events in November.

University agrees to push Richard Spencer event to after semester

Administration will offer Spencer spring, summer dates once semester is over MAYA GOLDMAN & AMARA SHAIKH Daily News Editor & Daily Staff Reporter

White supremacist Richard Spencer will not be speaking at the University of Michigan this semester, according to

a statement released Friday afternoon. The University will offer Spencer dates after the end of the winter semester. University President Mark Schlissel announced in November his administration will move forward with Spencer’s request, provided

they can ensure a safe environment for the speech. “Consistent with earlier U-M communications, the university will continue its ongoing safety and security assessments and will offer possible dates based on these assessments,” the November statement reads. After a lawsuit regarding

Spencer’s request to speak on Michigan State University’s campus, MSU has agreed to allow Spencer to speak on their East Lansing campus on March 5.

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“(We ask questions about) how you would travel under new scenarios,” Levine said. “What route would people take? We build models based on the data that comes out of hypothetical questions we ask.” One of the team’s greatest technical challenges comes in the form of using cloud computing and artificial intelligence to optimize routes and ride-sharing in the shuttles. “What we are doing behind the scene is analytics: Designing the system and predicting what people are going to do,” Van Hentenryck said. “We want to dispatch the vehicles as quickly as possible and maximize ridesharing.” Taubman graduate student Jacob Yan works with Levine on his team. He described the social responsibility that comes with designing an

they felt their story was validated, to community members listening and learning, I know the importance of this section. Stories matter. Representation matters. As I enter my final year with MiC, I feel a sense of bittersweet accomplishment. I’ve seen MiC evolve from a radical column to an established section and the growing pains that come with it. In the same way, I’ve seen the way I’ve grown. Before MiC, I was confused about my purpose on this campus. Every other organization and community I tried to join just didn’t feel like home. With MiC, I found my voice was heard and my actions were recieved. I wouldn’t be the

MSU From Page 1A said he was “not running away from anything.” “This was not an easy decision for my family, and you should not jump to any conclusions based on our decision – listen to facts,” he said. “Much attention has recently been given to outside investigations into the University and the Athletic Department, including those both by the Michigan Attorney General and the NCAA. Let me be clear, that in retirement, I will fully cooperate with these and any other investigations.” Furthermore, an ESPN investigation published Thursday showed administrators did not report the 2014 complaints to federal officials, despite the fact that officials were on campus that year investigating MSU’s handling of sexual assault accusations. In response to her resignation letter, Simon was widely criticized for what many interpreted as defiance and a refusal to accept responsibility for enabling and failing to stop Nassar’s abuse and the culture that led to it, asserting “there is no cover-up.” “As tragedies are politicized, blame is inevitable,” Simon wrote. “As president, it is only natural that I am the focus of this anger.” A second ESPN investigation, released Friday, reveal a culture of sexual abuse and domestic violence within MSU’s athletic department to a degree not previously known.

innovative transportation system. “We have been talking about the travel agencies: how they might re-define the system, and how the aggregate demand for the system will look, how this will impact low-income populations,” Yan said. Ultimately, one important goal for the RITMO project is to work with communities to revolutionize transportation by making it accessible, efficient and cost effective. While we have seen the transformation of taxi systems with applications such as Uber and Lyft, public transit has yet to become more dynamic, according to Van Hentenryck. “We are trying to improve accessibility,” Van Hentenryck said. “In the U.S, the best predictor of poor social mobility is whether you have a car or not. If you make people walk even a quarter of a mile,

person I am today without the opportunities I’ve had here. I want to thank the mentors and community I found while at MiC. To the amazing women of color founders whom I never met, your courage is an inspiration — look at everything that has happened because of you. To Toni and Demario, you two will forever remain my social justice icons; I continue to aspire to the passion and care you two showcased in every interaction. Last, but not least, to Sivanthy, Adam, Christian, Halimat, Jason, Tanya, Areeba and Neel: thank you so much for the love and support over the past year. Long nights were easy because of you all.

Lauren Allswede, who worked at MSU as a sexual assault counselor until she quit in 2015, told ESPN sexual assault and domestic violence complaints involving athletes or coaching staff were handled mainly by the athletic department itself. “It all got kind of swept away and it was handled more by administration [and] athletic department officials,” Allswede said. “It was all happening behind closed doors. ... None of it was transparent or included people who would normally be involved in certain decisions.” The investigation implicates MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio and basketball head coach Tom Izzo, two of the university’s most prominent figures, in the mishandling of investigations. According to the investigation, an undergraduate student-assistant coach for the basketball team was allowed to continue coaching after being criminally charged for punching a female student in the face in 2010. Allswede said in response to her voiced concerns regarding the athletic department’s handling of sexual assault complaints, MSU’s general counsel’s office sent an attorney to reassure her. What she was told, though, only concerned her further: addressing a sexual assault accusation against one of his players, Allswede said the attorney told her Dantonio responded only by having the player talk about the accusation with his mother. Dantonio called the story –– as well as any other accusations of his mishandling of reports of sexual assault against his players –– “completely false”.

you lose 50 percent of your ridership. People don’t want to walk very far to be picked up, you have to be picked up very close to your location.” The RITMO project has strong ambitions for the future. They hope to incorporate autonomous vehicles to create a more cost-effective University transit system, as well as use electric vehicles. “At some point, we also want to have all of these vehicles electrified to reduce greenhouse gas emission,” he said. “(Using shuttles could be a) way to integrate electric vehicles.” RITMO will continue expanding on North Campus this year, focusing especially on serving graduate students who live within two miles of campus. Down the road, services like RITMO may be scaled to larger cities, increasing efficiency and access for all commuters.

Opinion

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Pick up a book

rowing up, I was one of and it was all thanks to the those weird kids from vast amounts of reading I had a weird family. In an done. My books had taught attempt to shelter me everything from my siblings and astronomy to world me, my parents history to global refused to have economics. internet or cable I continued to television in the read throughout high house. For a time, school, striving to we had a hunky finish two or three desktop plugged books every month. into the ethernet It helped me to cable where we improve my writing LUCAS could spend 20 as well and taught DEAN minutes a day me to read critically. playing games on Miniclip I felt much more comfortable or Disney.com. But when our writing academic papers and time ran up, we had nothing my college application essays. to connect us to the outside I can say I wouldn’t be at such world. As a homeschooled kid a prestigious university if it in the backwoods of the Upper weren’t for the skills I had Peninsula, I really didn’t have gained while locked away in the option of hanging out with the bathroom. the local kids, especially since It was a habit I let go when I the nearest neighbor under first began my college career, the age of 60 was about five because of my busy schedule miles away. So that had me and all the excitement that goes turning to my own world: my along with being a freshman in world of books. college. As a result, I suffered Without the distractions of the worst grades I had ever the rest of the world, I spent every free moment engrossed in “Robinson Crusoe”, “The History of The World” and even Isaac Asimov’s “The Intelligent Man’s Guide to Science”, along with any other book I could get my hands on. I would read in the hayloft in order to hide from my siblings. I would read by f lashlight when everyone else was sleeping. I would even lock myself in the bathroom in order to finish another chapter. I was addicted to reading and it was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. As I got older, I continued earned. Ever. As a kid who my reading frenzy, and when was grounded more than once I joined the public-school for bringing back a progress system in high school, I was report that proclaimed an A-, I the class nerd. Not in a bad was appalled at myself (to this way either — it was easy to day, my own mother hasn’t a integrate when everyone clue, heaven have mercy). wanted to sit next to you, When my second year even if it was for all the wrong rolled around, I told myself I reasons. I was top of the class would pick up reading again,

As a kid who was grounded more than once for bringing back a progress report that proclaimed an A-, I was appalled at myself.

in an attempt to distance myself from the distractions of technology and social media. The results? I received exponentially better grades, a feeling of better self-esteem and, surprisingly, more time on my hands. I was amazed at what a difference it made for me and rather disappointed in myself for having lost that. I hadn’t realized what a profound impact such a simple habit had on my life. According to a study conducted at Stanford University, “reading is the workout the brain needs in order to stay in its optimal health.” It serves to improve vocabulary, analytical and communicative skills, as well as enhance your memory and ability to focus and concentrate. It can even help to reduce stress and, according to Anne E. Cunningham’s paper “What Reading Does for the Mind” it serves to keep you sharp as you age. If you don’t believe me, listen to Lisa Bu’s TED Talk, “How Books Can Open Your Mind.” In today’s world, books are more accessible than they have ever been before. More accessible than they have been throughout history. With e-books, public libraries and school campuses, it is nearly impossible to find yourself without access to a book. There is even a “take-a-bookleave-a-book” library next to Washtenaw Dairy, and many others like it all over the country. You don’t even need a library card! So what are you waiting for? Join the likes of self-proclaimed avid readers Steve Jobs and Phil Knight (among a multitude of others), get down to your local library and set those brain cells to the grindstone — the results might just surprise you. Lucas Dean can be reached lbdean@umich.edu.

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A response to CSG’s affordability guide

grew up in a household that I always considered to be absolutely middle class. Food was always on the table, but the idea of buying a Canada Goose jacket or going to college out of state was never seriously entertained. And this was fine, because where I grew up, in a small rural town in Northern Michigan, no one could afford anything from the Canada Goose brand, and almost everyone was working hard during the summer to afford a community college education. So I never really felt like I was poor until I came to Ann Arbor. To be clear, I wouldn’t consider myself poor. I am perhaps on the lower end of the socioeconomic scale for a student at the University of Michigan, but I have been given a lot of privileges that many of my peers haven’t been afforded. My dad’s life insurance coupled with my family’s money-saving sav viness and a helpful scholarship has ensured that I will graduate from the University debt-free. I live with the knowledge that if my dad hadn’t passed away, I might not have been able to afford to go here, which is something bizarre and somewhat disturbing that I’ve had to cope with. But during my time in Ann Arbor, I’ve never gone hungry and I’ve never worried about not having enough money to pay my rent — circumstances which I’m sure many of my peers have unfortunately faced. Still, I think I speak for many lower-income students when I say the University of Michigan sometimes doesn’t feel like a real place. When I was in high school, it was common for me to hear that a friend didn’t have enough money for gas, or that they couldn’t afford the school lunches. Here, it’s common for me to hear peers complain

about how their parents are upset at them for eating out too often at expensive restaurants. I’m not here to pass judgment — if my family made enough money, you bet I would eat lunch every day at Tomukun and complain about my mom getting on my case about it. I’m just saying that when you hear your peers complaining about things that aren’t an option for you, you beg in to feel like you live in a cit y where rea l-world issues don’t rea lly exist. So when I found out Central Student Government had created a “Campus Affordability Guide” and

We’re tired of explaining why we can’t just give up things we’ve never been able to afford. that many students were complaining that this g uide was out of touch, I was really not surprised. And honestly, at this point, I don’t have the energ y to be angry about these things anymore. I’m graduating in a few months knowing that taking an unpaid gap year or traveling the world isn’t really an option, or that even grad school isn’t a possible opportunity until I find a job. I’m tired, scared and ready to get out of this expensive city. So what I’m really trying to say is I’ve accepted that the University has a pretty upscale campus, ranked as having one of the wealthiest student bodies of any public university in the United States, and I realize it will

take major social upheaval and institutional change in order to change this fact. All I ask is that the wealthier members of the student body recognize this, and stop assuming that everyone is of the same socioeconomic background. I’m asking that students stop being surprised when they find out some of their peers are unable to join student organizations because of their work schedule, or not everyone has the connections necessary to get a job or internship at a major institution. I’m asking that we recognize that the University is an incredibly privileged campus and that the lives many of us live are unimaginable to a decent portion of the country. I, along with many other students, am tired of having to explain why we can’t live up to the expectations of those among us who have never had to worry about money. We’re tired of explaining why we can’t just give up things we’ve never been able to afford in order to save on cash. We’re tired of our explanations as to why our lives are inherently different from our wealthier peers being met with condescension and the general feeling that our thoughts are unwelcome. And once a major portion of our campus realizes they are in fact a lot wealthier than those classified as having a low socioeconomic status, then we won’t have to explain ourselves anymore. And at that point, we can actually start addressing the real issues and barriers poorer students face. Because to be clear, wealthy students aren’t the problem, but a lack of understanding and representation is.

Elena Hubbell is an LSA Senior and Senior Opinion Editor

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The making of an activist

alking into the Diag assault, I never fully understood on an unusually the power of a march. Like warm and sunny many others, I read the Saturday morning, I melted into newspaper and consider myself a a crowd filled with politically-conscious hundreds of women, individual, able to men and children all defend my beliefs attending this year’s and support my women’s march. reasoning. However, Signs filled the immersion within crowd with mantras the Ann Arbor like “it’s not criminal Women’s March to be an individual” showed me the and “the power of power and change the people is stronger that participating in JULIA than the people in a tangible movement COHN power.” There were brings. women dressed in costumes Every individual marches from Margaret Atwood’s for his or her own reasons. infamous book and the new But recognizing why you show “The Handmaid’s may, or may not, march is Tale” with their red bonnets what demonstrates where striking against the blue sky. your true beliefs lay. Political Standing with these fellow activism is not a straight path. protesters in solidarity was a Each individual brings his or powerful force. Each person her beliefs, convictions and came from a different walk of capabilities to a movement. life, with different views on One may grow into political justice. But all were united in activism, or jump into it forceful solidarity. headfirst. Recognizing what It is easy to feel powerless issue you truly care about and in today’s world. I often find committing to fight for it is myself turning off the news, how an individual turns into overwhelmed and ashamed of an activist. the government we have today. To quote Nobel Laureate As I hastily close out of my Elie Wiesel, “Do not stand idly news browser, it is easy to want by if you witness injustice. to complain with degradation, You must intervene. You must to ask how we, our country, interfere.” Choosing to stay its citizens — even the world quiet — whatever issue, side — got to this point. Yes, to or cause it may be — only retreat is easy, especially lets the status quo persist. when you see no place for The only way to make change streng th and redemption. from where we are today is to I did not attend a women’s get up, find your calling and march last year. Though I am take action. passionate about speaking One considerable way to out against the continuous ensure you do not remain existence of workplace quiet is to remember the harassment and sexual activists of the past and the

present who found their passions. Susan B. Anthony never lost sight of winning women the right to vote, and endless fig ures, from all different social movements, followed her visions. Discover what you want to change and never lose sight of this goal. Attending Ann Arbor’s Women’s March empowered me to commit to the change I want to see in our nation. But it is important not to let this motivation slip as social problems continue to arise. In a New York Times article, march participant Nadya Agrawal explained that she hopes the people marching across the nation today will not forget about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or Black Lives Matter protests that occur subsequently. But I want to challenge myself, my peers, friends and mentors to take a stand. The passage of every moment lends itself to history. It is up to us, whether it be on this campus, in your hometown or in the government. Activism is what this country and its citizens need. I challenge you not to take the easy route. We can all be activists. But you must set your mind to the cause that empowers you to make change. March. Call your senator. Volunteer. Keep marching, until you are part of the change that you wanted to see happen.

Julia Cohn can be reached at julcohn@umich.edu.

Arts

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DAILY LITERATURE COLUMN

Monday, January 29, 2018 — 5A

DAILY SUNDANCE COVERAGE

In the defense of Sundance: ‘Foxtrot’ is joy and fear plagiarism in art one as almost impossibly hopeful. At the same time, Daily Arts Writer a number of birds-eye shots reveal his confinement and his entrapment, forced to confront In “Lebanon,” Israeli his grief with no forewarning. In the second act, we director Samuel Maoz experimented with witness Jonathan in action, confinement, restricting the and it’s a mixture of unbridled entire film to activity within joy and harrowing fear. The a single tank. “Foxtrot,” his first mention of the film’s title latest film, which played last comes when a fellow soldier explains that September at the foxtrot is the Venice Film actually a dance Festival and won and, in a musical its Grand Jury Sony Pictures Classic interlude, Prize, explores dances with a different kind Sundance Film explosive of confinement. Festival 2018 energy, in stark A tragedy in contrast to when three acts, “Foxtrot” is a master class the soldiers must actually do in extracting tender feelings their job, which is to monitor a from audiences, then stomping supply route, checking to make on the last remaining hope sure everyone who passes one might have. It’s absolutely through will not pose a danger to them or to the country. How devastating. It would be cruel to be often are we lucky enough to clued any plot details, so I’ll experience such a cavalcade try to be as vague as possible. of raw emotion, and wildly “Foxtrot,” whose three variant emotions at that? That acts each feature a single we may move from grooving mistake and the ripples that emanate from it, begins with sad news: When two Israeli soldiers knock on the door of Michael (Lior Ashkenazi, “Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer”) and Daphna Feldmann (Sarah Adler, “Tsili”), Daphna collapses in shock, before even hearing that her son, Jonathan (Yonatan Shiray, “A Tale of Love and Darkness”) has been killed in the line of duty. Michael, too, becomes nearly catatonic; he’s unresponsive and lashes out at the family dog when it comes to comfort him. He’s just broken inside. And we, thanks to Maoz’s excellent camerawork, are right there with him. Repeatedly filmed in a tight close-up, it’s impossible to avoid Michael’s anguish and, as uncomfortable as those moments are, it’s an intrepid effort in empathy that strikes DANIEL HENSEL

I know, I know. I know what if I were one of those people whose words Dylan had used, it sounds like. Let me start off by saying I might feel differently. But then again, there is that no, I’ve never straight-up copied somebody else’s work a definite tradition, in folk and tried to pass it off as my music and in folk literature own. I’ve never, for instance, — in all literature — of meticulously unearthed borrowing. “Borrow” is the some obscure passage from word that we often use because it sounds a lot nicer Joyce Carol Oates than “steal,” which or Katherine Anne after all means Porter and turned “plagiarize.” But it in for a fiction isn’t stealing workshop and been what it is? It’s like, I hope it’s good, not like we give it’s only a first draft! anything back, (Which I’m realizing right? There’s a now probably sounds famous quotation like a weirdly attributed to Pablo specific example. I LAURA Picasso: “Good haven’t. I promise.) DZUBAY artists copy; great But let’s take the fact that most of us aren’t artists steal.” I’ve been writing since I conniving schemers and set that aside for a moment, shall was very little, but even back we? Barring the fact that we then, it never came completely all rock, I think there’s a little naturally; I paid attention more here to explore. And I to the way it looked on the think that when we say we’re page, the lengths of sentences only here for original ideas, and the distribution between there’s a hidden truth there paragraphs and dialogue, and that we’re not really telling. Maybe it would help if I strip away the word “plagiarism.” It’s understandably kind of a buzzword. There are a million other words I could use that would make it easier to get behind this argument: “Riffing.” “Reworking.” “Reimagining.” Even words as harmlessly vanilla as inspire and inf luence have their place on this list. My dad is a composer, and a couple of days ago, I went to a concert where one of his pieces was being performed by the Orion String Quartet. The piece was a string quartet, “Astral.” The second movement was called “Starry Night,” inspired by mostly just copied the way Van Gogh’s painting of the that I saw other people doing same name; the fourth was it. These days my writing style called “Wintu Dream Song,” is a little bit more specific and was based off of a Native to me, but I still borrow American funeral song text extremely heavily from other from the Wintu tribe of the people. Just within the last west coast. This is something year or so I’ve written one I’ve noticed my dad, and some short story based entirely on other composers, doing a lot the lyrics from a John Prine in their work: setting their song, and another with a music against ideas borrowed narrative voice that I basically from poetry, stories and other shoplifted from John Updike’s forms of art. One of the other story “A&P.” The stories are pieces performed that night, independent creations, of Brett Dean’s String Quartet course, but I still would have No. 2 (“And once I played written them very differently — or not at all — if it weren’t for Prine and Updike. But “plagiarism” is indeed a sharp word for this sort of thing, and one that’s inherently negative. Of course, it’s negative for good reason, and it’s not up to me to try to figure out where the line is between the bad kind of stealing and the good kind. For instance, one could argue — and many have — that fan-fiction is also a form of plagiarism. I personally think that, like any other type of writing, there is value in fan-fiction as a writing exercise, but that’s a topic for another time. Maybe the line is between acknowledging your source and leaving it out. Or maybe it has something to do with the division between what you’re saying and how Ophelia”) did the same thing you’re saying it — and as long with scattered lines from as you’re doing one of those things in a new way, you’re “Hamlet.” That concert got me doing something right. Obviously, I’m not going to thinking, and the more I think about it, the more I defend people who straightrealize that “riffing” on other up copy other people’s work people’s work is a trademark and try to take credit for it. of nearly every type of art, But on the other end of the including literature. The first spectrum, I’m not sure that I example that comes to mind entirely believe people when (perhaps a problematic one) they say that their work is is Bob Dylan’s “Chronicles: completely original. I think Volume One,” which the truth really exists in some came under criticism for middle ground, one in which appropriating a wide variety reworking other people’s ideas of sources without attributing — as long as you do it in an proper credit. When I brought original way and acknowledge this up to my friend who loves their inf luence — is one of the Dylan, she said yes, she knew best-established and most it didn’t look good, but this is time-worn traditions in any what Dylan does — he’s a folk art form. It’s not really for me singer, he borrows old lines to say either way, but I think and ideas and rearranges them it’s at least worth thinking and finds a way to make them about. And yes, I know I’m not the his own. I think that this is fair up to a certain extent, but first person to say that.

I’m not sure that I entirely believe people when they say that their work is completely original

There’s a famous quotation attributed to Pablo Picasso: “Good artists copy; great artists steal”

“Foxtrot”

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to Michael and Daphna, confronting their grief. Though they remain more distant than before, their melancholic reunion is both quietly heartbreaking and somewhat uplifting. Maoz’s screenplay’s slight vagueness is resolved at the film’s conclusion, in a devastating shot, but the preceding half hour or so can be obfuscated by lingering questions left unresolved. It’s a shame, because after the film’s middle third, which is some of the most staggeringly intoxicating filmmaking I’ve ever seen, the film doesn’t quite match itself. In an interview with Film Comment, Maoz described the film as an emotional journey: first act as shock, the second as hypnotization and the third as being moving. It’s no stretch that Maoz has found success in his latest film. As allegedly controversial as it may be in its home country, “Foxtrot” is a film that undoubtedly shocks, hypnotizes and moves us. It’s definitely worth seeking out.

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EnspiRED sexy and ‘RAW’ TESS GARCIA

Daily Style Editor

On Saturday, Jan. 27, student organization EnspiRED hosted their 12th annual charity fashion show, entitled “RAW,” at the Alfred A. Taubman Biomedical Research Building. “Every year, the show is formed after some good theme that’s based upon social experience,” said Travis Jones, an LSA senior and model in the show. “This year’s theme is RAW, and I feel like that’s a big social experience that a lot of people can relate to.” Spoiler alert: He was right. From my vantage point, the first three of the show’s six “chapters” featured some distinct form of social commentary. Chapter one brought attendees a critique of consumerism, featuring traditional hallmarks of luxury — think fur, gemstones and shopping bags from highend stores — interspersed with more forward-thinking pieces, like Nicopanda x Urban Outfitters puffer pieces and the ubiquitous Kurt Cobain sunglasses. Chapter two gave us an assessment of “eat, sleep, work” capitalist culture, complete with zombie-walking models clad in workwear with slight eccentricities (a blazer with no shirt beneath, a trench coat belt around the head) and set to the soundtrack of Kendrick Lamar’s “LUST.” Chapter three subverted prescribed gender norms, sending the girls out in leather, buckles and lace-up boots, while the boys worked the runway in sheer fabrics, tight pants and one very niche shag coat reminiscent of Big Bird. Cut to intermission. Show staff brought out free pizzas for the audience, and I felt like I was on Oprah. Soon enough, it was time for the classic intermission runway walk challenge — an oldie, but a goodie. Two little girls rocked it together, and the entire audience melted, still munching on their Domino’s. After a few PSAs from some impeccably dressed students with walkie-talkies, it was time

for Chapters four through six. Chapter four presented us with all things satin, velvet, iridescent and glittery, accented with PVC purses and jackets. One orange spaghetti-strapped dress seemed to glow beneath a set of ultraviolet spotlights. At this point, I thought I’d seen the sexiest of it; there had already been plenty of shirtless boys and a handful of girls wearing only leotards. Then, RAW brought us Chapter five, coming in hot and heavy and ready to prove me wrong. The chapter opened with a seamless routine by two pole dancers dressed in silver and white. Accompanied by a soft, throbbing melody, the women continued even as models walked the runway, dressed appropriately for the sensual mood set by the gravity-defying performance. They sported a variety of lacey, undone numbers, as though they just rolled out of bed, but Tyra Banks asked them to “make it fashion.” We transitioned to a few girls in lingerie, with some boys wearing satin robes over jeans. As is the norm at an EnspiRED event, the audience ate everything up. Shouts of liberation and pride rang through the space as the dancers contorted themselves in tandem (“Yes, ladies!”), as models openly loved every square inch of themselves (“That’s right! Do you!”). Chapter five served as a reminder of how beautiful sexuality can be when we decide to see it as an asset, rather than a flaw. It was a celebration of every beating heart in the room, not only the models and staff. Chapter six took a turn back to the streamlined, though not accompanied by an explicit theme. Earthy colors in trendy silhouettes dominated, with the exception of one pair of thigh high, crystal-studded boots, à la Saint Laurent spring summer 2018. From six, we moved onto the highlight of the night: EnspiRED’s community involvement segment. This year’s show raised over $900 (and counting) for Ozone House, explained Asia Green, an LSA sophomore and EnspiRED’s

community service chair. According to a representative, Ozone has been serving the Washtenaw community for over 50 years through providing intervention and prevention services to at-risk, and often homeless, youth. “EnspiRED is more than just fashion. It’s community,” she said before introducing the performers of SpeakOut, a branch of Ozone House comprised of formerly homeless youth who tell their stories to other communities. SpeakOut performed one poem, “School,” and a short excerpt from an original play called “Foster Care.” Both left the once lively audience without words. Reinforcing their emphasis on community, RAW culminated with a final model walk, or what EnspiRED dubbed, “the Red Scene.” All participating models returned to the runway wearing red, white and black, clearly having loosened up since their last jaunts onstage. Some danced, some sang along to the show’s blaring soundtrack, while others maintained their high-fashion alter egos to the bitter end. The Red Scene was followed by a similar victory lap by EnspiRED’s executive board to seal everything off. The personality that emerged from each left the crowd smiling and laughing and dancing in, and out of, their seats. “I feel like we have a very diverse group of of people,” said Valencia Jackson, an EnspiRED model and LSA junior. “I mean, you talk to people from EnspiRED, and they’re in everything from engineering to dance and music and everything. As far as the scale of EnspiRED, we do a lot of charity, a lot of philanthropy and our productions are the best (laughs). I think that’s what separates us.” EnspiRED’s 12th annual show conveyed honest truths of the human experience through fashion, while still maintaining a central focus of communitybuilding and giving. To be equal parts critical and loving — that’s what it means to be RAW.

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A doctor’s call for veganism JENNA BARLAGE Daily Arts Writer

Renowned cardiologist, clinical professor and bestselling author Dr. Joel Kahn spoke at Literati on Thursday to promote his new book, “The Plant-Based Solution.” In his book, Kahn explores the benefits of following a vegan diet through scientific research. Kahn proposes a compelling argument for plantbased nutrition, both for general health and the prevention and reversal of chronic illnesses. “The Plant-Based Solution” draws from Kahn’s many years of medical and personal experience to encourage readers to use veganism to take control of their own health. Kahn himself has been following a plant-based diet since he was 18. “I walked into the East Quad dormitory in Ann Arbor in 1977 to start the Inteflex combined premed-medical program,” Kahn wrote in an email interview with The Daily. “I was observing Kosher dietary rules and the salad bar was the obvious option. Soon after, a few places like the salad bar at Pretzel Bell on Liberty, the market at Kerrytown, and ... Zingermans indicated to me I could do this all the time ... The last time I had a hamburger and such was in 1977. I started to learn about nutrition in medical school (just a bit but enough for me to pursue studies on my own) and I became a student of the health, environmental and compassionate foundations for a vegan diet.” Though there is often suspicion surrounding plant-based diets, by both the medical community and the general public, Kahn explains that veganism is the most healthconscious diet an individual could follow. “There is never enough nutrition science as it is very hard to organize

and fund long term studies where group A eats one way and group B eats another,” he wrote. “So you have to take clues from five areas of science: basic research, studies of long lived populations, epidemiology, randomized trials and the study of complex systems. Most fad diets have at best one of these pillars. Take the ketogenic diet — the rage right now. It has at best a few epidemiological studies but none of the others. A diet of nearly or completely plant foods has the strongest support based on all of these pillars.” In addition to health benefits, the vegan diet is beneficial in the context of the environment, due to America’s often inhumane and environmentally detrimental farming practices. “Initially (my influence to go vegan) was ‘survival’ and then health,” Kahn wrote. “A book in the 1980s appeared, ‘A Diet for A New America,’ by John Robbins which indicated to me for the first time that a bigger picture of ethical and environmental concerns were favored by my diet, and I incorporated those reasons to stay on target.” Kahn also dispelled arguments about the accessibility of veganism, for it is broadly considered expensive and inconvenient: “Veganism is the hottest food trend internationally and it will be sustained,” he wrote. “The tipping point has occurred. It may need to be negotiated during travel, and I often eat only side dishes at restaurants like a steakhouse. A website called www. happycow.net lists restaurants anywhere in the world to help out. If budget is an issue then beans — dried or canned — rice or other grains like buckwheat, frozen or fresh produce, herbs and spices and a few sauces can make infinite number of combinations.”

“The native diet of remote areas in Asia, Africa and South America are largely whole food complex-carbohydrate menus from the garden and market, and we need to go back to those roots,” he continued. “A friend of mine in Detroit is a nursing educator and travels to Indian reservations in the Southwest to retrain Native Americans in the foods their ancestors ate and get them off of government subsidized diseasecausing foods. We all need to shun some of the convenience foods that have destroyed our health.” Even from my perspective as a vegan, Kahn’s conversation at Literati was illuminating. Though I find myself answering questions (often rather defensively) about my diet, I’ve never answered them in the context of a medical perspective. I often fall back on my undying love for animals and mission of single handedly saving the environment to explain my personal decisions — which usually results in both me and my meat-eating opponent either laughing or falling into an awkward post-argument silence. Kahn, however, provides concrete medical evidence for the benefits veganism in both his speech and writing — evidence that can enlighten carnivores and that can save vegans in any argument. Through his work, Kahn allows space for readers and listeners to consider what they are putting into their bodies and why. He dispels common assumptions around veganism, such as suspicion around nutrition, executability and accessibility, and forms his argument in an unbiased, factbased way. His speaking and writing is accessible to vegans, the vegan-curious and the die-hard carnivores interested in learning about veganism from a medical standpoint.

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‘Divorce’ season two is a shadow of its former self SYDNEY COHEN Daily Arts Writer

HBO’s “Divorce” examines the messy and exhausting process of ending a marriage, with a specific brand of comedic neuroses. Sarah Jessica Parker (“All Roads Lead to Rome”) and Thomas Haden Church (“Cardboard Boxer”) co-star as Frances and Robert, a couple whose slow drift apart from one another leads to an aggressive and hostile feud, playing out with upper-middle class suburban flare. But what would otherwise be a contrived narrative of divorce is elevated with sharp writing and well-timed comedic performances. While Parker is refreshingly better than her usual melodramatic self, Church carries the show, being both sincere, comedically vindictive and a nimble wordsmith. “Divorce” is preoccupied with the process of separation — the lengthy back and forth that involves spouses, children and friends. Season one showed that this awkward and unique process is rich in comedic material and psychological explorations into what it looks like when a 10-year marriage quickly crumbles. With honesty and sentimentality, the

season showed that Frances and Robert could still have moments of sweetness among moments of chaos and acid. It was an entertaining, funny and candid portrayal of a broken marriage that doesn’t break cleanly.

“Divorce” Season 2 Premiere Sundays at 10 p.m. HBO Unfortunately, season two is a shadow of its former self. The change became evident in the first episode, when Robert shaved his notorious mustache and effectively transformed from the sharp lead to a sort of melted, pathetic skin sack. Parker also lost her momentum, fading back into the breathy theatrical act that works in “Sex and the City” and nowhere else. With season two, it feels like the show doesn’t really know what to do with itself. After Robert and Frances finally sign their divorce papers in the first episode, the season drags on aimlessly, flitting between their different flings and job endeavors without the spice and fire of the first season. The

auxiliary characters are also more annoying. Molly Shannon (“Will and Grace”) plays Frances’s best friend with a tired performativity that completely undercuts her skills as a comedian and a nuanced actor. Tracey Letts (“Lady Bird”), another Hollywood genius, is reduced to a man with anger issues and a random obsession with gourmet cooking. Even the kids are obnoxious, picking fights and whining for the sole purpose of adding noise to a scene. “Divorce” started out strong as a show about middle-age problems with a universally resonant brand of comedy and intelligence. With its second season, the show completely loses its footing, fumbling between problems that aren’t problems, overdramatized characters and situations and an overall sense of pathetic sadness that comes with people who have separated but can’t quite seem to get over each other. It lacks the vitriolic bouts of anger, the calculated “fuck you”s, and the acute hilarity of it all. The thing is, Frances and Robert seem fine being divorced, but season two is washed-out and stringy, struggling to make an amicable post-divorce relationship dramatic and interesting, and failing to do so.

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Wolverines swept by sixth-ranked Buckeyes ANNA MARCUS

Daily Sports Writer

OLUMBUS — Ohio State has notoriously won games this season by gaining a firstgoal advantage. The Buckeyes had done so in 11 of their 16 wins prior to Saturday night, emblematic of a team that can hold onto early-game momentum. Given this, when freshman forward Jack Becker cracked Ohio State’s net first, the Michigan hockey team — who hadn’t seen a single goal Friday night — was provided with a glimpse of hope. But Saturday, this stat wouldn’t matter. The Buckeyes didn’t score first. However, with another lightsout performance on their home turf, they didn’t need to. After being neutralized the night before, No. 17 Michigan started strong, but eventually deteriorated. For the second time this season, No. 6 Ohio State (10-5-1-0 Big Ten, 17-54 overall) swept the Wolverines (7-92-1, 12-12-2), this time handing them a 5-3 defeat.

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For Michigan, who had been able to cruise past Minnesota and Penn State in its previous two weekends, the series in Columbus served as a wake-up call of sorts. “We may have been getting by, and as coaches, we knew that we had to clean some things up,” said Michigan coach Mel Pearson. “We got a little bit of a reality check this weekend. Ohio State is a very good hockey team, you can’t take anything away from them, but we made it too easy for them with the goals they scored all weekend.” The game opened up sloppily, with an absence of smooth passing and urgency evident on both sides of the puck. Ohio State notched the first man-advantage 4:29 into the first period, as a tripping call sent senior defenseman Sam Piazza to the box. Despite many close opportunities and the fact that the Buckeyes capitalized more often than not on their power play the night before, the Wolverines escaped the penalty unharmed. And less than three minutes later, Michigan did something it couldn’t all of Friday — find the net. Despite

having two Ohio State blueliners wedged between him and the goal, Becker sent a long-range shot straight at the net, passing both the defensemen and Buckeye goaltender Sean Romeo to get the Wolverines on the board. But Ohio State wouldn’t let this advantage stick for long. Halfway through the period, forward Freddy Gerard successfully tipped the puck in off a rebound, equalizing the game as Value City Arena erupted. In the final two minutes of the period, Michigan’s first line had a few dangerous chances in the Buckeye zone. However, the Wolverines were unable to capitalize a second time, sending both teams to the locker rooms tied neck-and-neck at 1-1. Ohio State had no desire to waste time coming out of the intermission. Just 26 seconds into the second period, Gerard broke away from a pack of Michigan defensemen, challenged sophomore goaltender Hayden Lavigne for the second time of the night, and again sent a blast past the netminder. Holding a 2-1 lead, the Buckeyes were given the first power play of

the second period, with a Wolverine penalty for roughing with 5:48 left in the frame. Michigan fended off the Buckeyes again, allowing just one on-target shot over the stretch. Unfazed by their deficit, the Wolverines fired again midway through the period. Michigan’s fourth line would find the net for the second time that night, as freshman Dakota Raabe found Niko Porikos right outside the crease, and the senior lit the lamp for his first goal of the season. And as the game presented a competitive energy completely absent the night before, it was not long before Ohio State’s offense challenged again. Three minutes after Michigan’s goal, Buckeye forward Ronnie Hein fired the puck past Lavigne to gain a 3-2 edge. With just over three minutes remaining in the second, the back and forth nature of the game quickly came to a halt. Ohio State forward Brendon Kearney found the Wolverine net, widening the gap to two for the largest lead of the night. The Buckeyes demonstrated their offensive depth, with three different lines supplementing the night’s four

goals thus far. “I just did not like our defensive awareness, and our puck management tonight was not good and led to two or three of their goals,” Pearson said. “I wouldn’t say their goals were unearned, we just can’t play like that against a team like Ohio State. We knew how they play and we talked about managing the puck tonight and we just did not do a good job of that.” Though Michigan was unable to answer, Ohio State incurred an elbowing penalty with 12 seconds remaining in the period, giving the Wolverines their first power play of the game to start the third. This man-advantage was fruitless for Michigan, as it was shut down by the Buckeyes’ penalty kill — the top in the nation — that boasts an elite .905 average. Because of this, the Wolverines had been looking anemic on their power play all weekend. Ohio State saw a few close opportunities for short-handed goals Friday night that fell flat, but this would no longer be the case during the second half of Saturday’s third period. With 8:12 dwindling in the game, Buckeye

forward Mason Jobst broke away with the puck, evading Lavigne with a short-handed blast, tacking on a fifth Ohio State goal. The Buckeyes continued their dominance on the penalty kill, preventing Michigan from finding the net while the Wolverines were on a significant two-man advantage. With 2:30 left on the clock, Michigan attempted a final lategame rally as sophomore forward Jake Slaker scored, bringing the game to 5-3. “I think I was kind of like, ‘Well, we’ve got two minutes, we could try to get back in this,’ ” Slaker said. “But it was also super frustrating, because it was so late.” At this point in the game, every Wolverine on the ice exhibited this same frustration. Michigan had just come off two competitive series in which it had claimed all the points. This weekend, it walked away with none. “Obviously, it’s not good enough,” Porikos said. “Coming in here, leaving with no points, it’s not what we wanted. But it is what it is.” Added Slaker: “There’s not much to say after a weekend like that.”

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Time’s up

y journalistic scope is usually limited to Michigan athletics, but the most important sports story of the week didn’t happen in Ann Arbor. It happened in East Lansing. There have been plenty BETELHEM of voices ASHAME speaking out about the devastating events of the past week, but I want to add mine to the chorus. I am a woman in a male-dominated field, and as much as this has been treated as a news story, it is also a sports story about female athletes in a male-dominated sphere. A story about sexual assault run rampant and a culture of silence that enabled its existence. Unfortunately, it is not the first such story. But it is arguably the biggest sports scandal in the history of collegiate athletics. And as such, it has made it clear that this is a reality we have accepted for far too long. We cannot afford to continue to do so any longer. After a year in which histories of sexual abuse throughout the entertainment and media industries entered public consciousness in harrowing fashion, the sports landscape seemed to escape relatively unscathed. But what is done in the dark always eventually comes out into the light. It has been a week of reckoning for the Michigan State athletic department. Last Wednesday, former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison for first-degree sexual misconduct — on top of his 60-year federal sentence on charges of child pornography. In an Ingham County courthouse, upon the order of Judge Rosemarie Aquilina, justice was

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The Michigan State athletic program has been implicated in a massive cover-up scandal after a report from Outside the Lines was released on Friday.

served. But that shouldn’t be the only repercussion. One hundred and fifty-six women, survivors of sexual abuse at the hands of the formerly famed physician and their families, dug deep and delivered detailed accounts of the pain they have suffered over the past three decades. Those women shed light on medical appointments that turned into sites of molestation, traumatic memories that haunt them to this very day and a flawed athletic system that kept them silent until now. Their testimonies were called impact statements inside the courthouse. They have certainly lived up to that billing outside of it as well. Branding themselves as an army of survivors, those women put the country on notice to a dangerous mentality that circulates throughout the sports

landscape. As one of the most popular structures in our society, sports have frequently been given a pass when defamatory incidents garner national attention, whether in regard to domestic violence, drunk driving or sexual assault. And that is just the tip of the iceberg. Stories are written and soon forgotten. Cases are reported and later discarded. Realities are acknowledged and then ignored. As much as institutions shoulder the blame, we should share in it. The truth is that we all have turned a blind eye, pretending that those faults don’t exist or that they don’t matter. After all, it is easier to stomach a heartbreaking loss in a championship game than a star player raping a fellow student the night before. In the case of the team doctor who molested young girls under the guise of medical treatment,

the army of survivors once had their voices stripped away from them as well. Their innocence was masked as ignorance in order to manipulate them. In a highly competitive sport where one misstep can be the difference between a gold medal around a neck or a red target on a back, they fell victim to the culture of silence. Hidden in the locked rooms of the arena is a fertile breeding ground for powerful men to take advantage of vulnerable girls. After the moving accounts delivered in that courthouse, it is now nearly impossible to brush off the gravity of the situation. Michigan State learned that the hard way. Longtime university president Lou Anna Simon stepped down Wednesday night after the state’s House of Representatives put pressure on the school’s Board

of Trustees. Athletic director Mark Hollis did the same Friday morning, after he learned of a forthcoming report from ESPN’s Outside the Lines that uncovered a disturbing pattern of sexual abuse and insidious denial in his athletic department. Based on its contents, football coach Mark Dantonio and men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo could also potentially be implicated in the far-reaching scandal. That might not even be the end of the ramifications for the university, particularly after its Board of Trustees’ insultingly brazen response to Nassar’s sentencing hearing. Last Tuesday, vice chairman Joel Ferguson claimed that, “There’s so many more things going on at the university than just this Nassar thing,” before the whole board apologized for its “collective inaction” Friday.

Due to rising public outrage over its part in enabling Nassar, the United States Olympic Committee demanded that the entire board of directors of USA Gymnastics resign. Friday, they complied. Michigan State’s board may yet be forced to follow suit. As encouraging as those developments are, there is still much work to be done to combat one of the most sinister epidemics in our society. If we are serious about addressing the havoc that sexual assault has wreaked across the country, then it’s time for the punishment to fit the crime. Nassar isn’t the only one who deserves jail time. It’s time for his accomplices to face the same fate. Michigan State covered up allegations of sexual abuse for three decades, the extent of which still isn’t fully known. University officials protected a criminal, and those individuals need to be held accountable for their actions. Someday, they — whoever they are and however many there are — need to sit in that Ingham County courthouse and receive a sentence for the crimes they allowed to happen. That is the only way to send a message that this behavior will not be tolerated. Because this isn’t just about Michigan State. Aly Raisman, who won two Olympic gold medals for the United States as part of the “Fierce Five” in 2012 and the “Final Five” in 2016, said it best in her impact statement. “My dream is that one day, everyone will know what the words ‘me too’ signify,” she said. “But they will be educated and able to protect themselves from predators like (Nassar), so that they will never, ever, ever have to say the words, ‘me too.’ ” The culture of silence in sports has gone on for far too long. Time’s up.

Ashame can be reached at ashabete@umich.edu or on Twitter @betelhem_ashame.

Plagued by season-long problems, Wolverines swept at No. 6 Ohio State BENJAMIN KATZ Daily Sports Writer

COLUMBUS — The No. 6 Ohio State hockey team can do it all. On offense, it scored 3.62 goals per game in its last eight coming into this past weekend. Unsurprisingly, the Buckeyes are the only team with three of the Big Ten’s top-10 scorers. Their defense ranks fourth in the country, allowing just 2.04 goals per game and two or fewer goals in 17 of 26 contests. And Ohio State’s special teams are as well-rounded as any in collegiate hockey. Its penalty kill stops 90.82 percent of power plays to rank first in the NCAA — the only team over 90 percent. After starting the season 0-for20 on the power play through their first four games, the Buckeyes now have the fifth-best power-play unit since Oct. 19, converting 25.58 percent on the man advantage. In its previous five games before the weekend, Ohio State was 9-for-47 — a whopping 40.1 percent. So when No. 17 Michigan traveled to Columbus to face its archrival, the problems that plagued the Wolverines throughout the season played right to the Buckeyes’ strengths. For Michigan, turnovers in the defensive zone, an inability to create quality scoring chances and a failure to execute on special teams were all on display Friday and Saturday night, resulting in an Ohio State sweep for

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Junior forward Cooper Marody and the Michigan hockey team had their season-long issues exposed this weekend.

the second time this season. The Buckeyes jumped on every opportunity to exploit holes in the Wolverines’ game that had largely been forgotten during Michigan’s four-game winning streak entering the weekend. “It was a little bit of a wake-up call for us,” said Michigan coach Mel Pearson after Saturday’s 5-3 loss. “We may have been getting by and as coaches, we knew that we had to clean some things up. We got a little bit of a reality check this weekend.” Atop the list were mental lapses on defense, as the Wolverines continuously failed to clear the

puck from their zone. Michigan currently ranks 41 out of 60 schools in team defense. Meanwhile, the Buckeyes aren’t prone to squandering scoring chances handed to them off miscues. Friday night, turnovers allowed for considerable Ohio State oddman rushes — more than Pearson says he had seen in the previous four games combined — and subsequent goals. Twenty-four hours later, more errant passes near the blueline contributed to Michigan’s downfall. The most glaring was an obvious miscommunication between freshman forward Josh Norris and his teammates, resulting

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in a two-on-one advantage and the Buckeyes’ third goal of the night. “We have to get back to our game and we have to manage the puck better,” Pearson said. “We talk about it all the time — and you’re probably tired of me saying it — but you can on see the goals that they got this weekend, we got caught out of position, we’re thinking too much on the offense, turned the puck over in some bad spots that led to some of their goals.” Michigan was also caught out of position on the penalty kill, where it ranks sixth-worst in the country with a meager 76.24 percent success rate. Though the Wolverines held Ohio State 0-for-5 Saturday on the power play, the Buckeyes’ 2-for-3 performance the night before gave them their second and fourth goals — insurance that solidified a hometeam win in the series opener. All the while, the Wolverines struggled on the power play, going 0-for-7 for the weekend. Ohio State consistently outmuscled Michigan for possession, easily clearing the puck and creating shorthanded rushes. Saturday night, the Buckeyes notched a shorthanded tally on the penalty kill when forward Mason Jobst split the Wolverine defenders and beat sophomore goaltender Hayden Lavigne for his team’s fifth goal of the game, all but sealing the sweep. Michigan is the nation’s

13th-worst team on the power play — converting a dismal 15 percent of its chances — and it showed the entire series. In the third period Saturday, the Wolverines found themselves on a five-on-three advantage for 1:20 following two Ohio State penalties. But against the best penalty kill unit around, the puck never found the back of the net. “You’re not going to get many ‘grade-A chances,’ ” Pearson said. “We did have a few on that five-onthree, but that was the difference. They capitalized on their scoring chances and we couldn’t. We’ve got to get a little hungrier around the net, especially in those situations.” These problems carried over to even strength, where Michigan was continuously limited with quality shots on goal, coupled with impressive saves by Buckeye goaltender Sean Romero. “We just have to get back to the basics, keep everything simple,” said sophomore forward Jake Slaker, who scored the Wolverines’ third goal with 2:30 left in Saturday’s contest. “Get pucks deep, get in a forecheck and get back to the game we know we can play. It was one of those weekends where bounces weren’t going our way and we weren’t playing the way we need to play.” As Saturday night’s game progressed, it looked more and more unlikely Michigan would salvage a series split. With frustration boiling over for the visitors, pushing and shoving ensued after seemingly every whistle. Five roughing penalties were assessed to the Wolverines en route to a seasonhigh nine trips to the box. Despite Pearson stressing the importance of managing the game and controlling emotions, Michigan was far past listening to either. “I was pretty frustrated, it was a tough night and tough weekend for myself,” Slaker, an assistant captain, said. “It starts with the leadership, and you know, I’m one of the leaders on this team, and I didn’t bring it this weekend.” Following Saturday night’s loss, the consistent media questions about the Wolverines’ sore spots continued. And Pearson’s answers remained the same, as they have for most of the season — a lack of

defensive smarts, inconsistencies on special teams and not scoring when favorable shots presented themselves. Pearson heavily focuses on reversing weaknesses in practice, which doesn’t always pay off when the lights shine brightest against the best of the best like Ohio State. Maybe Pearson didn’t have to address those issues as much the previous two weekends, when Michigan looked like a viable NCAA Tournament contender. It may have gotten away with the mistakes against then-No. 9 Minnesota and then-No. 12 Penn State during its most recent hot streak, but the Buckeyes made sure to punish the Wolverines. And Pearson’s metaphor from the first series between the teams this season — when Ohio State handed Michigan its first sweep on the year — stood true the second time around, too. “The makeup came off and we saw a lot of the blemishes this weekend,” Pearson said Nov. 25. “We were able to cover some things up, (but) this weekend we saw a little bit of some of the issues that we’re going to have going forward.” The makeup from the last two weekends have finally been washed off, and the blemishes shown through in spades. Pearson partially chalks the setbacks up to youth and Ohio State’s plethora of talented veterans, a group that makes him believe the Buckeyes may be one of the nation’s two best teams. “They’ve got juniors and seniors sprinkled through their lineup and they play like that,” Pearson said. “They play with that patience and a little bit of confidence that a young team like us didn’t have this weekend.” However, players believe the weekend was within their grasp — youth be damned — but got away. “It’s one of those things where any night any team can win,” Slaker said. “Tonight and last night weren’t our games, but they could have easily been our games. We could have come out of here with six points and two wins, but that just didn’t happen that way this weekend. “We don’t think about how good they are, we just think about how bad we played.”

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Running inspired: Erin Finn makes history

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Fifth-year senior Erin Finn broke her own school record at last week’s Simmons-Harvey Quad with a 8:58.69 time in the 3,000-meter.

JACOB KOPNICK Daily Sports Writer

Last week, Erin Finn made history at the Simmons-Harvey Quad. After running an astounding 8:58.69 in the 3,000-meter, the fifth-year senior broke her own school record. After an injury-shortened 2017 season, the performance served as an emphatic announcement that Finn is back. Finn is no stranger to injury. A recurring stress fracture in her foot had kept her from competing in her career’s biggest moments, devastating the promising athlete. Her first fracture came during her sophomore season where her absence detracted from an elite cross country team. The injury bug then reared its ugly head again prior to her junior season, causing more devastating effects. Finn was robbed of a chance to compete at both the collegiate and Olympic levels and was forced to helplessly watch from the sidelines.

In her fifth and final season, Finn looks to make a lasting statement and craft a legacy that grows larger than her injuries. Now, in only the second meet of that campaign, she has set a school record. “It felt like I was completing something,” Finn said. “I felt the joy of finally just completing something that I’ve been working towards. It’s been almost two years since I’ve PR’d in any of my distance events. I PR’d in the mile last year, but that’s not really one of my true events.” This season will also be a significant one for Finn as she has spent her latest recovery period discovering what her life looks like outside of running. She ventured beyond the sole identity of being a runner and found new purpose in her running. “I don’t run because I have to. I run because I love it,” Finn said. “My junior year I was setting unhealthy expectations for myself, so my performance wasn’t as great as I wanted it to be. “That indoor season, and

that outdoor season, I ended up getting hurt, so it was just a long road of getting healthy and then finally competing with joy. Competing free of having to do things but rather getting to do things.” Finding the joy in running was not an easy task. After going through a lot of soul searching — and a campus ministry program called Athletes in Action — she finally feels ready to unlock her full potential on the track. “Also, my faith is really important to me,” Finn said, “And I just know that I’ve been given gifts, and I want to use them with joy and not use them with fear.” While pinning an athlete’s identity to an insatiable desire to compete and a relentless aggression may seem desirable, Finn has found both to be unhealthy, taking away from her

ability to compete. “Part of it was realizing that what I was doing last year wasn’t working,” Finn said. “Why would I impose these rules and miserable things on myself when I’m doing something I love?” Finn is looking forward to contending in the future with a renewed sense of purpose, but sat out this past weekend as a group of less experienced runners took to the track at Saginaw Valley State’s Jet’s Pizza Invitational. Those runners are where Finn was many years ago — striving to make names for themselves. Now Finn is somewhere completely different. She is a four-time NCAA Championship runner up and has never been able to climb that final hill. The hope is now — with a redefined reason for performing — she finally can.

“I don’t run because I have to. I run because I love it.”

Wolverines suffer first loss at Nebraska

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Greg Ryan, Michigan part ways RIAN RATNAVALE Daily Sports Editor

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Senior Paige Zaziski led Michigan with a 9.875, though her team was upset by No. 12 Nebraska.

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For a team that recorded the highest score in the nation two weeks ago, losing to a team ranked four spots behind them wasn’t exactly expected. But for the No. 8 Michigan women’s gymnastics team, that’s exactly what happened. The loss came at the hands of No. 12 Nebraska, who stands undefeated this season with a 3-0 record. After the Wolverines suffered a seasonlow vault total last week against Illinois, and barely managed to scrape out a win, troubles in the event contined to plague the team this weekend. But this time, it sentenced them to their first loss of the season, 196.875-196.525. Michigan began the meet on an event that would end up being its second-best of the night — the uneven bars. Senior Paige Zaziski led the squad with a 9.875, finishing in a tie for second with the Cornhuskers’ Taylor Houchin. Freshman Lauren Farley was next with a 9.850 for fourth. Out of the remaining four gymnasts, senior Brianna Brown and sophomore Polina Shchennikova recorded 9.825s, while junior Olivia Karas and freshman Syd Townsend rounded out the rotation with a 9.800 each. These scores would amount to the Wolverines’ most consistent rotation of the night and a final score of 49.175.

“We are a good bar team, but we’re equally as good on the other three events as well,” said Michigan coach Bev Plocki. “I expect that all four events are going to be consistent.” The next rotation was anything but consistent. With an overall lackluster vault score of 48.875, Michigan again found itself outnumbered in the top five. Zaziski claimed another 9.850 for a third-place finish, while freshman Sydney Townsend was the only other gymnast to break the top five with a 9.800. But two scores of 9.775, one 9.675 and a 9.275 were less than a point away from sentencing the Wolverines to their worst vault rotation of the year. “I’m a little bit disappointed. I think that we underperformed in a couple of places, and Nebraska is too good of a team to be able to do that and think that you’ll be able to come away with a victory,” Plocki said. “We did poorly on vault … We were not at our best, but we did well enough on the other three events. But you can’t afford to do that on vaulting. We come out against Ohio State and rocked vault, and two weeks since, we haven’t been able to replicate that and I’m not really sure why.” The following floor rotation was a highlight for Michigan, particularly from Emma McLean. The junior earned Michigan’s only event title of the night with a 9.950, and junior Olivia Karas

followed with a 9.875 to tie for second. But again, mishaps nagged the Wolverines. A 9.175 from senior Lauren Marinez on floor, combined with the rough patch on vault, was enough to deter Michigan from a chance at the top spot. On the beam, that trend continued. While Zaziski, senior Brianna Brown and senior Lauren Marinez each scored a 9.850 to tie for third, it wasn’t enough to save the Wolverines from their first loss of the season. “The routines are there, the talent and the ability are there, but it’s being able to dig down in your gut and pull out what you’re capable of doing under any circumstances,” Plocki said. “If we want to do well in the postseason, we’re going to have to learn how to fight and dig down and be able to get ourselves to our best each time we’re getting ready to perform. Right now, these past two weeks, I’m just not sure what the issue was or why we didn’t perform up to our capability.” Michigan doesn’t have a lot of time to figure it out, because even though the postseason is still a few months away, conference competitiors Maryland and Michigan State are coming up within the next two weeks. And even if this team did tally the highest score in the nation two weeks ago, it hasn’t been the same since.

Anthony McCallum’s vault looked good in the air. The junior sprinted down the runway, did a half-turn onto the table and catapulted himself high into the air before performing two backflips. But as he landed, he over-rotated his second flip and fell forward. It was, in a way, a metaphor for the No. 9 Michigan men’s gymnastics team’s meet. Despite leading through the fourth rotation, the Wolverines ultimately fell to No. 1 Oklahoma, 411.650-403.650. Of course, competing with Oklahoma — whose 82-meet winning streak is the longest currently in NCAA in any sport — is no easy task. And while Michigan outscored the Sooners in the floor exercise, the event foreshadowed the inconsistency that would plague the Wolverines throughout the meet. Redshirt junior Alec Krystek — a walk-on who has elevated himself to co-captain — hit a near-perfect routine, sticking four of his six tumbling passes for a 14.5 — the highest floor score of the afternoon by nearly half a point. “(He) competed three events, counted on all three, won floor,” said Michigan coach Kurt Golder. “It’s just, he’s getting the job done.” But immediately after Krystek’s routine, senior Dmitri Belanovski fell twice and received a meager 10.6, forcing Michigan to count an earlier score of 11.7. On pommel horse — a historical weakness — the Wolverines flipped the script. Michigan hit all six routines and outscored Oklahoma by over two points on the event. And despite the loss, the pommel horse was a big accomplishment in and of itself. “It’s just part of the progress showing up,” Golder said. But the Wolverines forfeited

the advantage they had built on still rings and vault. Though clean, their routines lacked difficulty compared to the Sooners. McCallum, the reigning NCAA vault champion, was supposed to remedy that, but he was unable to execute. “He’s had a couple of rough weeks,” Golder said. “He needs to take a step back, and you need to do that in this sport a lot of times … sometimes you have to take a step back, go back to the basics, perfect your basics, attack it again and work your way forward.” Just as McCallum couldn’t hold onto his vault landing, Michigan couldn’t hold onto its lead. Though the Wolverines led by a slim margin after the fourth rotation, the Sooners put on a clinic on parallel bars and high bar to claim the lead after the fifth rotation. Michigan, meanwhile, showcased some impressive skills — McCallum’s 5.8 difficulty rating on parallel bars was secondhighest of the competitors — but lacked consistency. Even if they didn’t fall, many gymnasts had form breaks or costly steps on the landings. “You saw (a) three-time national championship team,” Golder said. “They’re down with two events to go. They got tougher. They got more enthusiastic. We got a little bit quieter.” Still, it would take nearperfection for any team to beat Oklahoma, and that Michigan came close is a good sign. Though the ultimate result was disappointment, the Wolverines can approach the rest of their season with newfound confidence. “If you’re gonna win championships, you have to beat the best teams in the country,” Golder said. “We had them on the ropes, and we ended up losing to them. But hopefully, we showed ourselves that we can compete with them.”

For only the second time in program history, the Michigan women’s soccer team is looking for a new head coach. Athletic director Warde Manuel announced Jan. 26 that Greg Ryan won’t come back to Ann Arbor next year after serving as head coach for 10 seasons. “It has been determined that Greg Ryan will not return as our women’s soccer coach,” Manuel said in a press release on MGoBlue.com. “We thank Greg for his 10 years of service and wish him success in the future.” Prior to working at Michigan, Ryan was the head coach of the United States Women’s National Team for two years. The former professional soccer player most notably coached the national team at the 2007 Women’s World Cup, leading them to the quarterfinals. Before that, Ryan also coached at Wisconsin, Colorado College and Southern Methodist. Ryan took over the program right after the World Cup from former head coach Debbie Rademacher, who stepped down after building the Wolverines’ program from scratch in 1993. Rademacher finished 3-9-6 in her last season. Ryan’s hire at the time was seen as a way to inject energy into a stale program; Michigan made the NCAA Tournament in nine out Rademacher’s 14 years, but didn’t advance past the first round in any of her last four seasons. But the Wolverines followed an eerily similar path under Ryan as they did under Rademacher. During his tenure, Ryan amassed a

103-64-36 (.596) record but finished this past season 3-5-3 in Big Ten play (6-6-6 overall). Just like Rademacher’s teams, Michigan missed the NCAA Tournament its first three seasons with Ryan as the coach and followed that up with a period of relative success. Both coaches went as far as the NCAA quarterfinals. Unlike his predecessor though, Ryan’s time as coach was marred by inconsistency. The Wolverines have not advanced past the first round of the tournament since 2013, when they made a run to the

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Northwestern comes to Ann Arbor in desperate need of a resume boost

After the Wildcats’ historic 2016-17 season, this year’s campaign has been less fruitful for Chris Collins and his squad MAX MARCOVITCH Daily Sports Editor

The history of Northwestern basketball operates in two realms: before the 2016-17 season and after. Prior to last season’s Northwestern magical run, the goal of at Michigan reaching Matchup: the NCAA Northwestern Tournament 4-5 Big Ten, for the first 13-9 overall; time in school Michigan 6-4, 17-6 history reigned over When: Monday 7 everything. P.M. ET Success was heavily Where: Crisler Center predicated on breaking TV/Radio: through that FS1 ceiling. “That was as great a pressure as I probably ever have been a part of with a team,” said Northwestern coach Chris Collins at Big Ten Media Day. “Just with the media and the fan base and the alumni and everybody wanting it so bad.” Then it happened. The Wildcats ripped off a magical run — including a dramatic, buzzer beating win over Michigan — on the way to an NCAA Tournament berth. Not stopping there, they topped Vanderbilt in the first round and nearly upset No. 1 seed Gonzaga in the second round. The loss couldn’t mitigate the most historic season in program history. But expectations are merely

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Northwestern coach Chris Collins led his team to its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance last season. This season has not gone nearly as well.

a product of past success. So when one goal is achieved, it becomes a baseline for the future. Beyond a single NCAA Tournament appearance, Collins sought sustainability. “I can tell you when I came to Northwestern, the NCAA Tournament was a goal,” Collins said, “but it wasn’t the end goal.” With guards Bryant McIntosh and Scottie Lindsey,

“That was as great a pressure as I ... ever have been a part of.”

and forwards Vic Law and Dererk Pardon, returning for another season, expectations shot through the roof. The four veterans accounted for 68 percent of the team’s scoring during its 201617 campaign. The heart of the team — the “cour fore,” as Collins called them — that captivated the hearts of fans and national media was back. It seemed the most successful

team in program history could only improve. But even from the beginning of the year Collins cautioned against that sentiment of inevitability. A long-time assistant under Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski and son of long-time NBA coach Doug Collins, the Wildcats’ coach knew better than to assume anything. “We don’t talk about last

“(The NCAA Tournament) wasn’t the end goal.”

year,” Collins said. “I told the guys, like, ‘there’s nothing to talk about.’ Every team is different. Every season is different. … And if you don’t have that edge, if you don’t have that chemistry, the fine line from winning and losing in this league is a very, very narrow margin.” Perhaps more often than expected, Collins and his team have found themselves on the

wrong side of that narrow margin. Northwestern enters the game Monday bruised and battered, sitting below .500 in conference play and with a middling 13-9 record overall. Short of contending for an increasingly doubtful NCAA Tournament bid, a veteranladen Northwestern team is merely left contending for its pride. While McIntosh, Pardon, Lindsey and Law have sustained their statistical success, the team as a whole has largely fallen f lat. Slowly but surely, though, the Wildcats are starting to play up to snuff. Last Saturday, they avenged an early-season loss to Penn State, topping the Nittany Lions 70-61. Three days later, they went to Minneapolis and took down the Golden Gophers for the second time. “There’s no room for more slip-ups,” Collins told media this past week. “We know there’s a lot of ball left, we know all the goals we had are still attainable.” Any hope of attaining the most immediate goal — returning to the NCAA Tournament — hinges on Monday’s game at Crisler Center. A resume-boosting win at Michigan would send the Wildcats toward a frenzied finish to the season. A loss would almost certainly doom them. And that’s the reality of Northwestern basketball post 2016-17. There’s a new foundation for success, and close is no longer close enough.

“We know all the goals we had are still attainable.”

Michigan rolls Northwestern, 80-59 Michigan upsets No. 4 Iowa on the road CONNOR BRENNAN For the Daily

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Junior center Hallie Thome dominated in the post against Northwestern, scoring 19 points in the first half alone.

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The Michigan women’s basketball team is letting the good times roll. The sixteenth-ranked Wolverines (8-2 Big Ten, 19-4 overall), added onto what is now a six-game winning streak on Saturday, beating Northwestern (2-7, 9-14), 80-59. They took their first lead two minutes into the game and never gave it up. Junior center Hallie Thome was the early catalyst, as Michigan spent the first half feeding her in the post. She started the game with two straight hook shots and didn’t slow down. The Wolverines built up a 21-9 first quarter lead through a cascade of spin moves, drop steps and hook shots, all from Thome. By the end of the first half, Thome’s tally was up to 19 points on 8-of-11 shooting, more than she totaled in four of her last five games. The rest of the Wolverines combined for 18 in the same span. “Her footwork was so outstanding and we were able to get her the ball,” Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico told MGoBlueTV. “And that’s something we talked

about before the game — we need to establish her.” As Thome dominated, however, the Wildcats managed to stay in the game. A Bryana Hopkins floater at the first quarter’s buzzer kept the margin at a manageable 13 and Northwestern cut it to 10 midway through the second. From there, it was a familiar formula: an entry pass, a postup, a left-handed hook shot, two more points. Though Thome piled up seven more points late in the half doing just that, the Wildcats stayed within reach by limiting everybody else. Senior guard Katelynn Flaherty was the Wolverines’ second-leading scorer with seven points in the first 20 minutes, and even that was on 3-of-11 shooting. In the second half, that changed. Northwestern started to double-team Thome, but the rest of the offense subsequently revved up. “When (Thome’s) in one-on-ones, she can score every single time and I think that’s what changed things for us in the second half, cause they really had to double her,” Barnes Arico said. “... And then that opened things for our guards

Junior center Hallie Thome was the early catalyst.

on the outside.” Junior guard Nicole Munger and Flaherty began to heat up almost immediately. The former found the latter to set up a transition layup early in the third. A few possessions later, Flaherty hit a trademark 3-pointer from well beyond the arc. What had been a nine-point lead quickly turned to 15. By the end of the third, Michigan led 63-47, having scored two more points than the Wildcats averaged per game coming into Sunday. Needless to say, a comeback wasn’t in order. After struggling throughout the first half, Flaherty finished with a typical 27 points and six assists, hitting five-of-seven triples and kickstarting the Wolverines’ transition attack. This was the third time in her last four games she finished with over 25. In addition to keeping the winning streak going and staying a game behind No. 14 Maryland in the Big Ten loss column, the victory also marked Kim Barnes Arico’s 400th as Michigan’s head coach. In the locker room, the Wolverines greeted her with cardboard cutouts spelling out the milestone, as well as one of her own face. “It just means I’m getting old,” joked Barnes Arico. “I think that’s what it means. But it’s nice that 300 and 400 weren’t that far away.”

“(Iowa’s) atmosphere there is unreal,” said 197-pound fifth-year senior Kevin Beazley. “Their fans are ruthless.” That is the atmosphere the seventh-ranked Michigan wrestling team had to face Saturday night. Any dual meet against a top five team is difficult, but facing the fourth-ranked Hawkeyes in their venerated Carver-Hawkeye Arena is another task entirely. The Wolverines didn’t start the meet with any particular gumption, as three out of their first four matchups ended in defeat. The run included a technical fall in the first match at 125 pounds by third-ranked Hawkeye Spencer Lee against freshman Drew Mattin and 149pound redshirt sophomore Ben Lamantia getting pinned in the second period by second-ranked Brandon Sorensen. From a team perspective, the lone bright spot for Michigan in those four matches was 133pound redshirt sophomore Stevan Micic, who won his match by major decision. Heading into the fifth match the Wolverines were down 14-4 and every bit lifeless. Coming alive, however, redshirt junior Alec Pantaleo shifted the tide with a two-point takedown and two-point reversal consecutively, to win 5-2.

“I don’t think he wrestled that first period the way he wanted to,” said coach Joe McFarland. “I’ll tell you what he did a great job of though, is he rode that kid the second period. I think that put him in the driver’s seat. He accumulated his riding time and opened it up a little more in the third period. That was a big win for us.” Even though Michigan saw a 14-7 deficit heading into the visitor’s locker room at the halfway point, spurred on by Pantaleo’s performance, the second part of the lineup began to shift the momentum in its direction. “We were pretty calm going into halftime,” Beazley said. “We knew they had some studs that could put up some points against us, but we knew where our horses were and that we could finish strong.” The Wolverines’ “horses” came through in a big way. Excluding a loss by 165-pound redshirt sophomore Logan Massa in a close match, Michigan won the last four matches to close out the dual meet. Among these were three highly anticipated matchups. Following a win by 174-pound redshirt sophomore Myles Amine, and Domenic Abounader — a fifthyear senior and the fifth-ranked wrestler in the 184-pound weight class — won his matchup against No. 20 Mitch Bowman by a score of 4-1.

Arguably the biggest result of the night, however, came in an upset win by Kevin Beazley over No. 5 Cash Wilcke. It was a backand-forth match with takedowns from both wrestlers throughout the first two periods. Ultimately, Beazley was able to score an escape in the third period and clinch a victory by a single point. “I knew 197 was going to be really close,” McFarland said. “We felt we could control 174, 184 and even heavyweight. We knew 197 was going to be one of those toss-up matches. We knew it was going to be a great match, and I thought Kevin did an exceptional job.” Now down by just two points, the Wolverines sent out their ace, heavyweight Adam Coon, to take control of the meet once and for all. The fifth-year senior was able to score a pivotal takedown early in the first period that proved too much for the third-ranked heavyweight in the country, Sam Stoll, to overcome. The victorious finale — thanks to Coon — was enough to push Michigan over the line and leave Iowa City with an upset win, 19-17. “Carver’s a hostile environment,” McFarland said. “It’s a loud crowd. It’s a tough place to win. But I’m proud of the way the guys did it. We did it the tough way. We did it the hard way. We were able to dig down deep and win those matches we needed to. It’s nice to come away with a win. I’m proud of the guys.”

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Fifth-year senior Kevin Beasley was a big part of his team’s win, upsetting fifth-ranked Cash Wilcke.