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Ian Robinson, President of LEO and LSA lecturer, speaks about the unjust compensation University lecturers receive at the Michigan Union Thursday.

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After receiving what members called an “insulting” response to their salary proposal from the University of Michigan Monday night, the Lecturers’ Employee Organization held a press conference at the Michigan Union prior to the University Board of Regents meeting Thursday. Lecturers and allies addressed the board and University President Mark

Schlissel directly, emphasizing the union’s core demands, which include higher wages, enhanced job security and improved benefits. More than 75 people, including lecturers, allies, students and members of the Graduate Employees’ Organization gathered in support of LEO, many with signs, buttons and T-shirts. The press conference featured lecturers from the School of Social Work and University of Michigan-Dearborn, as well as LEO President Ian Robinson

and Heather Ann Thompson, professor of Afroamerican and African Studies. Robinson, a sociology lecturer, expressed worry at the meeting that in light of the University’s “shockingly low” offer, the union may not be able to conclude negotiations before its current contract ends on April 20. “We are not going to get to a contract by our goal of early April unless the administration rethinks the role that we play and the respect that we deserve and makes a much bigger offer

in response to our demands,” Robinson said. LEO, which represents nearly 1,700 non-tenure track faculty members across all three University campuses, has been bargaining for a new contract with the University since last semester. Right now, the minimum salary for a full-time lecturer is $34,500 at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, $28,300 in Dearborn and $27,300 in Flint. In its counterproposal, the University offered a $1,000 See LEO, Page 3

Joshua Johnson — host of NPR’s “1A” — navigated the issue of free speech on college campuses, and how to encourage free dialogue while also maintaining a comfortable and safe environment for students, at a live taping of his show Thursday night. The panel discussion “Speak Freely: Debating the First Amendment in a Changing America” was co-sponsored by Michigan Radio and Wallace House, a fellowship program for journalists at the University of Michigan, and drew hundreds of people to Rackham Auditorium. Johnson, a journalist for the show that focuses on politics, policy and technology daily, sat down with a panel featuring University faculty members Angela Dillard and Faith Sparr, who teach in the Departments of Afroamerican and African Studies and Communications Studies, respectively, as well as Rackham student Maximillian Alvarez and

LSA senior Jesse Arm. The conversation started with the panelists responding to the question of how universities should respond to controversial far-right personalities, such as white supremacist Richard Spencer, and whether universities are obligated to host these speakers. In October, Spencer requested to speak at the University without invitation, and after a lengthy negotiation process, the University announced in January Spencer would not be speaking this semester, though they would offer him potential dates to speak once the semester is over. Dillard acknowledged the University’s legal obligation of protecting free speech, but said people must acknowledge “the idea that we would have such a divisive, potentially dangerous person… and how disruptive that might be on our campus to the real work of our campus.” “It is not something that the University of Michigan is at one mind about,” Dillard said. See DEBATE, Page 3

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More than 125 million Americans are exposed to dangerous levels of air pollution, according to the American Lung Association’s 2017 State of the Air Report. The environmental and health ramifications of air pollution are well documented: Haze, ozone depletion, acid rain and lung cancer are among many of the consequences that result. But social costs, like increased criminal activity, may also result from the worsening air quality, according to research by a University of Michigan professor. Julia Lee, assistant professor of management and organizations at the Ross School of Business, explored the correlation between unethical behavior and air pollution in a study with researchers from Columbia University and Harvard University. The findings, soon to be published in the Psychological Science journal, demonstrate a relationship between the anxiety caused by pollution and social ills. Lee first became interested in behavioral ethics while earning her doctorate degree in Public Policy at Harvard. She began to look at the relationship between air pollution and unethical behavior with her former adviser Francesca Gino, a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School. “We had some initial data from

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When Kinesiology junior Okpalefe Edevbie transferred from Wayne State University to the University of Michigan’s School of Kinesiology, he was excited to learn about a major WSU didn’t offer — Sports Management — which focuses on the interactions of sports and business.” He knew there was less diversity at the University in comparison to WSU, but was surprised at how often he felt he was the only minority student in his courses, specifically in the sport management program. “In my classes, I’m usually one… if not the only minority student in a lot of my classes, which I thought was interesting particularly in sport management because African Americans influence sports and sports culture so much in this country,” Edevbie said. “But, I thought that there would be at least more African Americans like myself in the program.” According to La’Joya Orr, managing director for recruitment and admissions for the Kinesiology School, the school’s student population is 77 percent white, See KINESIOLOGY, Page 3

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FBI and EPA, but realized that putting together a large dataset and accounting for many possible confounds (e.g., demographics, # of police officers, etc) may be a daunting task, and that’s when we decided to team up with Jackson Lu and Adam Galinsky at Columbia Business School,” Lee wrote in an email interview. Lee and her colleagues analyzed vast datasets, combining the Environmental Protection Agency’s city-level

pollution data with the FBI’s citylevel crime data, allowing them to analyze 9,360 American cities in total. “Jackson loved talking about how comprehensive this dataset was by reporting that the data had 17 different cities across different states that were all named ‘Springfield,’” Lee wrote. Ultimately, the team found strong correlations between unethical behavior and pollution, and believe anxiety related to

pollution may be at the heart of the issue. “There is an existing body of work showing that air pollution increases stress and anxiety,” Lee wrote. “Francesca Gino and I had already done some work on how engaging in unethical behavior might reduce people’s anxiety at least temporarily, and demonstrated that cheating resulted in the reduction in participants’ stress See POLLUTION, Page 3

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On Thursday afternoon, the University of Michigan Board of Regents met for the first meeting of the semester, with many representatives of the Lecturers’ Employee Organization and Stop Spencer voicing their concerns during public comments. Topics discussed included increasing wages and benefits for lecturers, #StopSpencer, allocation of funds to several investments and renovations, and actions currently being taken by the Interfraternity Council to create a safer Greek life community. During University President Mark Schlissel’s opening statements, he offered his sympathies to the victims of the recent shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. “Before we get started, I’d like to acknowledge in great sadness the events in Florida and extend the sympathies of the entire University of Michigan community to the families and survivors of yet another terrible mass shooting See REGENTS, Page 2

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at one of our nation’s schools,” Schlissel said. “If we really can’t figure out how to keep our children safe, then there really isn’t much else that matters.” Schlissel also spoke on the recent wave of sexual assault and harassment conversations in higher education, Hollywood and the general public, an issue that has generated great publicity surrounding the trials of Larry Nassar, a former Michigan State University and USA Olympics doctor. In addition to Nassar’s charges, former Michigan Medicine doctor Mark Hoeltzel was recently arrested for child pornography and is under investigation for sexual relations with a patient. Schlissel said the University will be taking active measures, such as the hiring of © sudokusolver.com. For personal use only. an outside expert, to improve the puzzle by sudokusyndication.com reporting processes for survivors as well as the handling of cases

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reported to the University. Regent Denise Ilitch (D) echoed Schlissel’s sentiments and urged those who have experienced assault and harassment not to be afraid to speak out against perpetrators. “I really want to speak to the UM community and say: Report, report, report,” Ilitch said. LEO bargaining efforts Members and supporters of LEO took up a large majority of the seats in the meeting, with several lecturers, staff and representatives speaking on behalf of the organization. LEO was founded in 2003, and it currently represents approximately 1,700 non-tenure faculty across the three University campuses. The main goals of the organization include increased pay, greater benefits and the See REGENTS, Page 3

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POLLUTION From Page 1 hormone (cortisol). Based on these evidence, we predicted that air pollution may be related to unethical behavior by increasing anxiety.” These results demonstrate costs associated with air pollution are higher than previously recorded. Public Health junior Faith Reynolds hopes research on the social ills of pollution can motivate behavioral and political change. “We have known for so long that human actions and activity have harmful effects on our environment, but when it comes to affecting behavioral patterns it becomes more relevant to our everyday lives and decisions,” she said. “I really hope more work is done in this field and that it can motivate policymakers and especially polluters to make serious changes.” Not only do the recent findings impact cities, they also have implications on university campuses. It is possible air pollutants could correlate to academic dishonesty in the same way they do with crime and cheating, Lee said. “We haven’t tested whether students tend to cheat more

DEBATE From Page 1 After brief discussion, the conversation’s focus quickly shifted to whether conservative thoughts are attacked on campus. Arm is the co-chairman of the American Enterprise Institute’s Michigan Executive Council, a public policy think tank responsible for bringing controversial social scientist Charles Murray to campus earlier this year. Arm stressed how professors are given the ability to “teach policy as if it’s a matter of fact” and said academically, he has faced adverse consequences for his conservative views. “Grade retribution problems exist,” he said. Continuing, Arm criticized the degree to which professors expressed their personal political opinions in the classroom, especially during the 2016 presidential election. “You had University professors openly endorsing one candidate … in their classrooms and pushing their agenda,” Arm said. Arm said he thought the most effective mechanism in combatting controversial speakers like Spencer on campus was not by denying them a place to speak but by not showing up to their event. Alvarez refuted Arm’s claim, questioning the legitimacy of the narrative that conservative viewpoints were being attacked in the classroom, saying instead they were being challenged as all ideas should be in a university setting, and alluded to the issue of conservative victimization. “This kind of narrative of conservative victimization is actually feeding the very thing we are trying to fight against, and … gives dangerous people a protective blanket to come in here with their violent supporters under the banner of free speech,” he said. Alvarez continued, saying Spencer’s potential presence would inevitably attract other white supremacists and hate groups to campus, creating a dangerous environment. Johnson soon sparked a discussion regarding Murray’s talk at the University in October. Murray is a libertarian political scientist whose controversial book “The Bell Curve”, which draws

LEO From Page 1 increase to the starting salary in 2019, $750 in 2020 and $500 in 2021. The deal also included a 1.5 percent annual raise for lecturers in Ann Arbor, but not those in Dearborn or Flint. Though the Academic Human Resources Office handles the collective bargaining process, LEO decided to make its case before the board as well, who, according to the Michigan Constitution of 1963, have “general supervision” of the University and “the control and

on the days that were heavily polluted, but in general, I suspect that the overarching psychological mechanism would be the same,” she wrote. “I can imagine that students who work in the environment that is heavily polluted may be more prone to cheating.” Previous studies had found subjects who asked to look at anxiety-inducing images of pollution before completing an unrelated task were more likely to cheat than other participants. Deputy Assistant Dean Christine O’Neil handles LSA judiciary cases. While intrigued by the recent findings on pollution, she is already very familiar with the correlation between air quality and cheating. “With the connection between pollution and anxiety, I don’t find it surprising that individuals in this study were more likely to cheat if exposed to pictures of pollution,” she wrote in an email. “We see many cases where the student didn’t set out to engage in academic misconduct but did so due to anxiety in the moment. While we have little control over pollution in the area, there are ways we can try to mitigate anxiety with students in order to reduce instances of academic misconduct.”

connections between race and intelligence, is denounced by many other academics as racist. Along with AEI, Arm thought hosting Murray on campus would bring students from both sides of the aisle together and begin a dialogue. Instead, Arm claimed protesters at the event made a deliberate effort to shun Murray by turning off the lights during his speech and projecting the words “White Supremacist” on the wall behind the speaker. Arm saw the events that transpired as evidence of the attack on conservative views on the University’s campus. The day after the event, the New York Times published an op-ed authored by Arm of his response to the protesters. Alvarez, who was a leading protester at the event, refuted the claim that protesters inhibited Murray from expressing his ideas. However, Alvarez stressed while protesters gave Murray an opportunity to speak, it was important to shed light on the absurdity of Murray’s viewpoints. “Murray’s pseudo-scholarship has been rebutted and defamed for decades,” Alvarez said. LSA junior Anna Horton later said she identified with Arm’s struggle to express conservative views in the classroom. “I can say from a recent discussion with a professor that our views are not necessarily welcomed,” she said. Anthony Borden, a founding member of Progressives at EMU, discussed his concerns with Spencer and other controversial conservative speakers coming to speak on campus. “If you are inciting violence, your free speech should not be protected,” he said. An audience member inquired about the intersection — or lack thereof — between freedom of speech, social media and fake news. Johnson mentioned his disdain for the phrase “fake news.” “I hate the term fake news, because if it’s fake, it’s not news,” Johnson said. Sparr added that in current climate, it is important to be cognizant of the media audiences consume.

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In case of emergency

ast week, in an unfortunate and thankfully brief sequence of events, I found myself in the emergency room of the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. A progressively concerning headache brought a halt to my weekend visiting a friend, but my short and eventful stay in the ER that night revealed much about the flaws and dangers of the current United States health care system. Apart from the anxiety caused by my subpar health and the surrounding chaos of doctors and nurses, I was taken aback by an understated consequence of the ER—the financial burden. Sitting with an IV in my arm, a man came up to inform me that in addition to the hundreds of dollars in medical costs my insurance plan would cover, I had to pay a $150 copay out of pocket for my visit. Fortunate enough to be able to cover this expense, I did so while keeping in mind the prospect of someone unable to pay this cost for the treatment of the critical medical problem they might be experiencing. Because of the steep costs, emergency rooms deter countless low-income patients seeking immediate medical treatment, and those who come and cannot pay place an additional burden on the hospital. Until emergency rooms and hospitals make health care more affordable, they will continue to impose stresses on their patients as well as the medical service providers themselves. In a 2014 study conducted by the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, results highlighted that low-income patients comprised only 34.4 percent of total ER visits, despite the fact that adults who fall under the federal poverty line are five times more likely to report being in fair or poor health than those with incomes four times higher than the poverty line. This statistic illustrates the

dangers that high-cost health care can have on the well-being of those who cannot afford it. Poor adults, some of whom live in areas without adequate nutritional and medical resources, are at a preexisting disadvantage when it comes to bearing the burden of hospital costs. Without the means to sustain a healthy lifestyle, ER visits would seem more prevalent within this group, yet the data reveals a general inability to pay for these medical services.

I was taken aback by the understated consequence of the ER. According to the 1986 Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, in the case of an emergency, neither private nor public hospitals are allowed to deny care to any patient. This presents a moral dilemma to any patient who does not have health insurance to cover the costs: Either find another, less effective treatment to a potential emergency or go to the hospital knowing a collection agency will hunt you down should you not pay. While the data reveals the majority of low-income patients choose not to go to the ER at all, the hospital also bears a large burden from those who do come and cannot pay, a cost for “uncompensated care.” In fact, even when President Barack Obama passed the Affordable Care Act in 2010 to provide health care for more Americans, hospitals incurred about $40 billion in uncompensated care costs. With President Donald Trump’s constant attempts to weaken the ACA, it follows that the

uncompensated care costs for hospitals will increase as fewer people own health insurance. Ultimately, the consequences of a low-income, uninsured patient visiting the ER fall across a number of parties. The patient endures the stress of receiving medical care that is necessary, yet at the same time medical care that they know will cause longterm financial consequences. A 2016 study showed that an uninsured patient who visits the ER doubles their chances of filing for bankruptcy in the next four years, highlighting that the burden on the patient is financial as much as it is emotional. For the hospital, uncompensated care costs can lead to pay cuts for employees, layoffs and the cutting of certain services. But not all of these costs fall on the hospital —taxpayer money is used to support the debt accrued due to poor patients, and some government spending is allocated toward financing this deficit (per the ACA). Thus, it is evident the consequences of high health care costs for low-income patients who need immediate medical care are wide ranging and effect more than the patients themselves. And while most hospitals cannot turn a patient away at the door, most low-income patients make their decision not to visit the ER far before this would present an issue. If hospitals continue to charge high premiums for basic, necessary emergency care, the proportion of low-income patients with ill health and the burden on hospitals and taxpayers will all rise. Given that Trump wants to dismantle the ACA altogether, it will take a strong and animated defense of Obamacare principles to ensure that the health care system continues to advocate for the needs of the poor.

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What if we stood up for women

his past week, White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter resigned after a scandal emerged regarding allegations of domestic abuse from his two ex-wives. An article by The New York Times reported Chief of Staff John F. Kelly and Joe Hagin, deputy chief of staff for operations, knew about the accusations in late fall. In response to the resignation, President Donald Trump tweeted, “Peoples (sic) lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. Some are true and some are false. Some are old and some are new. There is no recovery for someone falsely accused - life and career are gone. Is there no such thing any longer as Due Process?” Amid the sentencing of Larry Nassar, former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University doctor, there will be an investigation regarding “reports and accusations that Michigan State officials and coaches were told of Dr. Nassar’s behavior years before it became public, yet did nothing to stop him from treating athletes.” According to an article by The New York Times, multiple victims shared their experiences with trusted university officials but were ignored or not taken seriously. Nassar’s reputation protected him from facing accusations for years. If you Google the question “who knew about Harvey Weinstein?” you will find a few pages worth of headlines and articles reiterating the claim that everyone in the industry knew about Weinstein’s behavior, even before The New York Times broke the story, even before The New Yorker published their investigation with accounts from multiple women. Women in the industry used whisper networks — informal communication channels used to share stories — to warn each other of predators who might run in the same circles. Actress Jessica Chastain tweeted, “I was warned from the beginning. The stories were everywhere. To deny that is to

create an environment for it to happen again.” I know that one of these things is not like the other. Nassar has been sentenced, Weinstein resigned from his company’s board and has been pushed out of the industry. Porter is just facing allegations and no investigations have been done; we only have the word of the women.

Those who had the knowledge and power to intervene did nothing. There is an interesting pattern here. These are just three examples of numerous instances in which people knew about the wrongdoing of reputable men and failed to speak out or step up. The careers and lives of Weinstein and Nassar were prioritized over the harm they continued to cause while they were left unchecked. Porter was given a privileged position in the White House despite the FBI’s report on his abusive background. From vulnerable young men and women in the film industry to children hoping for treatment for their athletic injuries, the victims were supposed to be protected, whether by agents, coaches or other authorities. None of these men were operating in total secrecy. But those who had the knowledge and power to intervene did nothing; they didn’t even seek to impose consequences until the accusations became widely known. Maybe it was a desire to not rock the boat, or denial that someone they knew could behave in such a way. Maybe it was belittling the trauma of the survivors of harassment, assault and abuse. Due process hasn’t gone anywhere. I don’t intend to advocate for the abandonment of due process or the notion of

innocent until proven guilty. But I think it’s important to keep in mind that the people who are victimized by the justice system, the ones whose lives and careers truly are ruined by falsehoods, are not the people the president is talking about in his tweet. A powerful, white man who held a position in the White House would not lose everything should it come out that the accusations are false. Some people will leap to defend men who have been accused. But we often don’t extend the same benefit of the doubt to the victims, often (though not always, by any means) women, who are speaking up. The individual accomplishments of the man are considered — his job, his success, his charm, etc. — are often presented as some sort of evidence for why he couldn’t possibly have committed the crime of which he was accused. But while this is happening, the accusers are being grouped into a cruel category: women who are lying, who are exacting revenge, who are just looking for attention. Speaking up often brings a slew of hate. Not speaking up right away comes, too, with its own problems. If they didn’t come forward right away, that’s cause for suspicion. There is no right way to be a victim. Accusers are othered; speculations are made regarding what might motivate someone to ruin a man’s life, and the notion that they are simply telling the truth, hoping for justice or to prevent further action, can be found near the bottom of the list. Who are victims supposed to trust, if they are not protected by a system put in place to care for them, or if they can’t count on someone with power and knowledge to stand up against what is obviously wrong? What are victims supposed to do, when their names and lives and dragged through the mud while their abuser is defended in the name of due process?

Danielle Colburn can be reached at decol@umich.edu

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grew up the son of a single mother who put herself through college while raising two kids. I vividly remember days as a kid when my mother would take me with her to college. She expected my sister and I to go to college when the time came. We also knew, however, that there wouldn’t be much in the way of savings to pay for it. My attendance at the University of Michigan is, in many ways, made possible by a stroke of luck. From my first days on campus as a freshman serving on Hall Council, to my time as a recruiter for the University and the College of Engineering, to my work on Central Student Government, I get up every day with the goal of trying to pay forward the many gifts I’ve been given in my short time here. CSG has built a lot of momentum toward a more equitable campus for all. This coming school year, we must pick up the mantle and carry on that work. I’ll be fighting to earn your vote to become the next CSG president so that we can continue the important mission of promoting justice and facilitating success for students of all backgrounds. I’ve seen firsthand both CSG’s great potential and its shortcomings. When students committed to service come together on this campus, amazing things can happen. But a culture of self-interest and division fractures the fundamental trust between CSG and students. Many students confess to me that CSG is a non-factor in their University experience. While some get by just fine without it, many others find themselves in great need of the advocacy

and assistance that CSG can provide. Our leadership must be united to have an impact. That’s why I’m running with LSA Representative Charlie Bingham, a junior majoring in political science and my good friend.

Student government has always been the clearest way for me to promote justice. Charlie and I are of the same mind when it comes to the responsibility CSG has toward the people it serves. My faith in him is ironclad, not just because we are like-minded on that most fundamental responsibility, but because he’s not afraid to disagree with me when the course of action isn’t clear. The course of action on the issues facing our campus is rarely clear. What our campaign seeks to do is foster a discussion about the policies we believe are most important — a robust, processoriented agenda with justice for students as our North Star. On our campaign’s website you can see our platform in its entirety. As our school makes plans to increase enrollment, we must be ready to adapt. Our team is ready to get to work for the student body, with the intent of increasing resources for mental and physical wellbeing, tackling academic affairs such as textbook affordability, adopting

successful Big Ten measures to promote student success, improving government relations—including expanding voting and housing rights—and addressing issues of sustainability and representation that can make the campus a better place down the road. In the coming weeks, we intend to publish several policy memos so as to prove the talk about our governance goes beyond conjecture. There are some battles that will seem unwinnable. But for our prosperity and for the sake of students yet to attend, we are obligated to rise to the challenge, to meet the problems head-on with a mind toward one day solving them. It is fruitless to identify a problem without attempting to tackle it. When it comes to securing justice for all students, we have our work cut out for us. We also have a great deal of momentum on which to capitalize. Student government has always been the clearest way for me to promote justice. As your CSG president and vice president, we will endeavor to serve with honor and dedication to build new programs that help people feel more at home here and reshape their relationship with the University, tear down barriers that have led to negative experiences for so many on our campus, and tackle the issues that affect us today and in the future. The strides we collectively take will determine our progress. This is our moment to define that progress. A.J Ashman is an Engineering Junior

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MUSIC ALBUM REVIEW

Sophia Kaufman: It’s time to take a hint The case of Aziz Ansari outside the #MeToo movement and the implicit expectations of reading signs and taking a hint

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MGMT refines its sound with new ‘Little Dark Age’ The American duo’s latest release marks a subtle resurgence MATT GALLATIN Daily Arts Writer

In retrospect, there was little that would have predicted the enormous reach of MGMT. The American duo exploded onto the scene in 2007 with Oracular Spectacular, an electropop tour de force that artists have continued to bite from a decade later. Oracular paved the way for the cheerful indie bands of later years, like Grouplove and Passion Pit, and that sound influenced a whole range of genres. Frank Ocean covered them; so did Katy Perry. That debut is still their defining album, propelled by the popularity of its singles. Nearly every millennial will recognize the simple bass line of “Electric Feel,” the dance-party-ready “Kids,” the exuberant opening chords on “Time to Pretend.” If that was your last point of contact with the band, their newest, Little Dark Age, will surprise with its subtler soundscape. The huge choruses and high pitched vocals of their earlier years are absent, replaced by more fully formed, impressionistic productions. They sound closer to their ’80s electropop predecessors — New Order, Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode — than ever before.

The title track was their first single, released back in Oct., and it immediately signaled a shift. The track starts quietly, then builds into a dark march of a chorus. There is a clear goth lineage here, with distant and moody vocals delivering statements of hazy disaffection like “Breathing in the dark” and “I grieve in stereo.” Suddenly that Bauhaus cover they did

Little Dark Age MGMT Columbia Records back in 2011 makes a lot of sense. MGMT have always written sad songs; they’ve just covered them up with a lot of excited synths. On “Little Dark Age,” their production matches their brooding mood exactly. The effect is one of the best singles released by the band since their debut, and a clear stand out on the album. They’re not a totally new band — just more matured, growing into themselves. In reality, MGMT never wanted to be pop. They were aiming for the more experimental and ambient (hell, they have a song called “Brian Eno”), but they didn’t quite succeed, and so ended up with a huge commercial

success on their hands. They’ve thankfully realized that ’80s revival is more their game. You can hear this on the opener, “She Works Out Too Much,” a slightly creepy track about a couple obsessed with working out on which the band literally welcomes us to the “shitshow” in verse two — “Grab a comfortable seat,” they add. It’s not all gloom. “Me and Michael” is a flirty track about friendship so powerful it reaches the romantic, and with its driving bass, pretty synth lines and ecstatic chorus, it’s one of the most addicting on the album, and a clear reference to their synth-pop influencers. It would be quite at home on a Walkman. There are moments on this album which become tiring, and it can be a bit repetitive. By “James,” there’s a sense that a different sound is needed to cleanse the palette, but they don’t reach that sound until the closer, “Hand It Over,” a slow-moving love song that recalls Tame Impala in their more pensive moments. On the flip side, they’ve created one of their most cohesive works in probably a decade. That synthpop is currently having a huge resurgence means that MGMT are once again at the right place at the right time. And all the while, they’re still just doing them.

TRAILER REVIEW: A24’S ‘HEREDITARY’

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The late 2010s could appropriately be called, “The Age of A24,” with major critical acclaim following releases such as “The Lobster,” “Moonlight,” “Room” and “Lady Bird.” With the new trailer for one of the company’s first 2018 releases, “Hereditary,” it seems like the indie studio has no plans of slowing down. One achievement is the trailer’s ability to convey just enough about the film’s plot to intrigue without giving anything away. Viewers finish the trailer with a gist of what the film is about — a creepy family dealing with some less-thanideal common behaviors — but don’t have quite enough information to figure out how the

film will play out. Scored to sparse, dissonant strings and ominous plucking sounds, the trailer does a tremendous job of unsettling the

“Hereditary” A24 viewer from the start and, for the rest of the runtime, drawing that tension to an unbearably chilling head. One of the most jarring elements of the trailer is the suddenness with which everything seems to be happening, seeing a shot of a house in the daytime suddenly pop into nighttime. Perhaps the only concern

that arises from the trailer for “Hereditary” is the possibility that it won’t be representative of the tone and pace of the film. The trailer for 2016’s “The Witch” comes to mind as an example of a trailer that portrayed the film as a terrifying thrill ride rather than the slow-burn atmospheric chiller it ended up being. “The Witch” was still a great film, although the disconnect between the film audiences was advertised and the film audiences saw likely hurt its overall reception. The trailer for “Hereditary” looks as if it could hit similar beats. – Max Michalsky, Daily Arts Writer

The issue of sexual assault in the workplace — and Hollywood specifically — feels kaleidoscopic. By the time you write about an aspect of it, everyone’s focus has shifted onto another angle. Another scandal has suddenly aired, and you have to update your argument and stretch your perspective to make it elastic enough to encompass all that you want to say. It feels paradoxical: Write about all of it, and you risk sounding hopeless and banal, offering nothing with nuance or originality. Write about only one part, and you risk sounding reductive. This is not a column about the trajectory of the #MeToo movement and the backlash against it as a whole; I haven’t quite mapped out the constellation I want to trace there yet. This is a column about the difference between reading minds and turning down mashed potatoes politely at your aunt’s house. On Jan. 14th, Babe.net published a story about an anonymous woman’s date and subsequent sexual encounter with actor Aziz Ansari in Sept. “Grace” felt that upon making it back to his TriBeCa apartment after their weird date, Ansari repeatedly ignored her verbal and non-verbal cues that she was highly uncomfortable and wanted him to stop his behavior. She felt coerced and violated, and told him so over text afterwards, telling him to be more mindful in the future. He apologized but indicated he felt everything was fun and consensual. His outspoken and lauded support of the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements made Grace want to tell her story. Was it assault? Or bad sex? This is the question that preoccupied and obsessed every conservative pop culture pundit, every feminist and antifeminist in the blogosphere, academics and TV critics alike. The website Jezebel published a rejoinder titled “Babe, What are you Doing?” noting that “a side effect of the tidal wave of sexual assault and harassment reporting since Oct. is that, having been long confined to explicitly feminist outlets, reporting about sexual impropriety is, all of a sudden, considered general-interest prestige reporting.” Jezebel was cynical about the fact that Babe had approached Grace rather than the other way around, and condemned some of the amateurish mistakes of the

The issue of sexual assault in the workplace — and Hollywood specifically — feels kaleidoscopic. By the time you write about an aspect of it, everyone’s focus has shifted onto another angle

inexperienced writer. Babe majorly screwed up the execution and writing of this story. But regrettable as this may be, what is almost worse is how the botching of this story bolstered one of the most

insidious false arguments that people who defend the men in stories like this one fall back on: That we can’t expect or assume men to be mind-readers. Caitlin Flanagan dubbed the Babe article “revenge porn,” writing that the anonymous woman and the author of the

SOPHIA KAUFMAN article “may have destroyed Ansari’s career, which is now the punishment for every kind of male sexual misconduct, from the grotesque to the disappointing.” On Jan. 15th, Bari Weiss wrote an op-ed titled “Aziz Ansari is Guilty. Of Not Being a Mindreader.” Each of these arguments are built on pillars that aren’t as concrete as their authors clearly believe them to be, but that’s another story — though for what it’s worth, I think Jezebel’s article is highly worth reading for how it points out flaws in Flanagan’s argument alone. Many, like Tucker Carlson and Ben Shapiro, argue that the #MeToo movement is reaching too far; that yes, sexual assault is bad, but innocent men are being dragged under for small actions or not being able to easily pick up on every clue. To them, it is a wildfire spreading out of control. The assumption that men should always be able to pick up on clues is expecting too much. They are sympathetic to the plight of single (well, not always) men in this day and age: The conflation of misreading mixed signals and rape is striking fear into the hearts of all our warm-blooded American males. Part of what is so discomfiting about stories like Ansari’s — and Louis C.K.’s, incidentally — is some of these guys have crafted personas as men who can understand and articulate the nuanced ways in which men diminish and dismiss women. Their comedy often depends on it. Until these stories come out, they’re praised for their awareness. If they can build reputations, make money and garner praise from being able to pick up on subtle cues — how can they be missing signals in their own real life? In 1999, Celia Kitzinger and Hannah Frith (of Loughborough University and University of the West of England) wrote an article titled “Just say no? The use of conversation analysis in developing a feminist perspective on sexual refusal.” In it, they argue that refusals in general — not just those centered around sex — are often complex conversational interactions. In other words, we are constantly in situations in which we prefer to say no rather than yes: turning down an invitation to a party where we know we won’t have fun, passing on a lunch date with a coworker we abhor, turning down a second serving of your lovely aunt’s horrible mashed potatoes. We say things like, “Oh I would, but I don’t know many people there,” or “I’ve got a lot of work to do, how about in a few weeks?” or “Thanks, Aunt Margaret, but I’m trying to cut down on carbs.” For the most part, we all understand how a polite or evasive refusal works. We give and get them all the time. The point of this article, in 1999, was that it should not be necessary for a woman to

explicitly say “no” in order for their refusal of a sex act to be understood. The focus on “just say no” implied that other forms of refusal were open to reasonable doubt, a weakness that was and has been exploited historically inside and outside of the courtroom in the dissmissal of women’s testimonies about assault and rape. They argued that the focus on rape prevention shouldn’t be so centered on refusal skills or assertiveness training. (This is a vast oversimplification of a tightly written 24 pages full of comprehensive research, but a full pdf of it is available online). While tactics like “just say no” have since evolved into mantras such as “yes means yes,” (many of which have culminated in the kind of university affirmative consent policies that are ridiculously impossible to enforce), the point still stands: The expectation that men should be able to pick up on obvious indicators of discomfort — verbal or nonverbal — is not going too far. It’s an attempt to demystify the boundaries of consent that seem

If you’re really that fantastically awful at reading body language, you’re probably not great in bed anyway

to be bewilderingly murky to so many men in this area alone. It would be foolish to think, by the way, that the horror over expecting men to pick up on — and then acknowledge and react accordingly — to cues of discomfort has nothing to do with the rich history of the sexualization and romanticization of the explicit lack of consent seen in the films and TV shows we voraciously consume as a nation. How many film scenes can you think of where a woman is yelling at a man, who then stops her by grabbing and kissing her? How many times does she then melt into his arms? (Though vaguely outdated now, I recommend a documentary called “Miss Representation,” a 2011 Sundance Film Festival Official Selection that captures how attitudes in the media filters into and shapes our collective consciousness). Besides, we understand hints, suggestions and evasive ways of communicating when they’re meant to signify interest, rather than a lack thereof: When someone says I love you without actually saying “I love you.” “If you’re a bird, I’m a bird.” (“The Notebook”). “As you wish.” (“The Princess Bride”). You get the point. Perhaps the most visceral image in Grace’s story is a description of one of Ansari’s repeated moves: sticking his fingers into her mouth. If you are in that close proximity to another person’s body — so intimately involved with them — and you are unable to tell they aren’t enthusiastically into it, you shouldn’t be having sex. So for the people who will read this (and pieces like this) and still protest about innocent men misreading signals — chances are, if you’re really that fantastically awful at reading body language, you’re probably not great in bed anyway.

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COMMUNITY CULTURE REVIEW

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American Ballet Theatre retells ‘Romeo and Juliet’ TRINA PAL

Daily Arts Writer

I’ve never seen the Detroit Opera House as lively as it was last Saturday night. It was the second day of the largest snowfall of the winter season, and, while waiting in line outside the Opera House entrance, I could sense the solidarity that the weather had created. Some guests stood shivering in short miniskirts and pencil heels, others had given up and worn their bulky snow boots, but we had all braced the outdoors and made it here. After trudging through slush and unplowed sidewalks, we were all ready. From Feb. 8 to Feb. 11, the American Ballet Theatre came to Detroit to perform one of the most classic love stories of all time: Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” The 1938 ballet, composed by Sergei Prokofiev is a classic in its own right, and these shows demonstrate its timeliness. They were co-sponsored by the University Musical Society, accompanied by the Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra and conducted by Charles Barker. For Saturday night’s show, Romeo was played by David Hallberg, a principal dancer with the ABT since 2006, and Juliet was played by Isabella Boylston, principal since 2014. Principal dancers for the other showings included Misty Copeland, Herman Cornejo, Hee Seo, Cory Stearns, Stella Abrera and James Whiteside. So much of Shakespeare’s genius lies in his dialogues, and I was worried about how a ballet with no speaking would be able to represent this. I had never been so wrong. Whatever Kenneth MacMillan’s rendition of “Romeo and Juliet” lacked in dialogue, it made up for in raw, heartbreaking emotion. The contrast in Romeo and Juliet’s personalities was apparent 10 minutes into the three-hour production. Boylston, as Juliet, gracefully leaped across the stage in a baby blue dress, playing pranks on her beloved Nurse, played by Nancy

Raffa. At one point, Boylston jumped right into the Nurse’s lap, soliciting laughs from the audience. Sitting there, with her arms wrapped around the Nurse and her feet curled under her thighs, Boylston was the perfect picture of childlike innocence. She hadn’t met Romeo yet, thus her life was untainted with messy love affairs and broken hearts. The moment that Romeo and Juliet met each other was the moment that I realized how wonderful this production was

The moment that Romeo and Juliet met each other was the moment that I realized how wonderful this production was about to be

about to be. When Hallberg laid his eyes on Boylston for the first time, he just stared. The stage was full of whipping skirts and laughter, but the section of the stage that Hallberg and Boylston occupied was frozen in time. Hallberg was awestruck; it seemed as if every limb of his body was focused on Boylston. Boylston’s naivety suddenly disappeared, and she adopted a sense of beautiful dignity instead. For a full thirty seconds, I couldn’t tear my eyes away from the couple. Finally, they both realized that their love was forbidden. After dancing tentatively with each other,

Hallberg and Boylston parted with a sense of unfinished business. Every subsequent time that Hallberg and Boylston met, varying emotions were reflected through their dancing. After meeting at the ball for the second time, Hallberg and Boylston embarked on a passionate and slow dance, each reveling in each other’s bodies and movements. Both afraid of being caught by their families, their dance was filled with haste and passion, like they wanted to squeeze out their last moments together before time ran out. In the famous balcony scene, Boylston and Hallberg’s slow movements dripped with romance and love. Boylston held her arabesques for what seemed like minutes at a time, letting the audience soak in her form and grace. When Romeo realized that he would be banished from Verona, Boylston and Hallberg’s dance was filled with sorrow and longing for a better fate. All this built-up emotion crescendoed beautifully in the final scene of the play. Romeo, upon seeing Juliet’s body and thinking she was dead, stopped moving. Hallberg’s face worked with emotion and his limbs froze. The audience could sense his helplessness and desperation at seeing his lover dead without warning. He rushed to Boylston’s body, held her in his arms and faced the audience head-on. It felt like the audience wanted to call out to Hallberg and help him; his pain seemed unbearable. After Romeo committed suicide, Juliet awoke from her slumber and saw Romeo’s lifeless body beside her. Sitting on the crypt in a pale pink slip, aghast that she could have caused this, Boylston was the picture of vulnerability. This one scene perfectly captured the whole production. Brimming with sentiment, sorrow and love, the ABT sprinkled more emotion into a play that was already heartbreaking to begin with. “Romeo and Juliet” was ravishing for the eyes and even more touching for the heart.

COMMUNITY CULTURE REVIEW

Concert band continues wind ensemble tradition RYAN COX

Daily Arts Writer

I was a huge band nerd in high school. I spent my summers going to band camps, playing in wind ensembles, learning about the repertoire, playing under various conductors and just enjoying the music. I’ve been playing in wind ensemble for the past 10 years of my life, and it’s a type of ensemble that I truly believe is underappreciated. Largely overshadowed by orchestras, I think that — unless someone ever played in a wind ensemble at some point — people

wouldn’t be able to tell you much about what they are. Because their origins stemmed from early marching bands, wind ensembles didn’t gain legitimacy until the second half of the 20th century, and even then, they were viewed as an inferior orchestra. But if there’s any place to experience a wind ensemble, it’s at the University. The Midwest has a tradition of great band programs, and it’s largely thanks to our obsession with football. Where there’s a football, there’s a marching band. Midwestern schools like the University, Michigan State

University, Illinois and Iowa have long-lasting legacies of great band and wind ensemble programs because of this emphasis on football. Because football became so popular, schools started to put more funding into band programs, which helped to promote the inclusion of wind ensembles in many music schools across the Midwest. The University’s band program, in particular, is particularly well-known because of its dominant tradition. Conductors like H. Robert Reynolds solidified the place of wind ensembles and

The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Song Suite” by Ralph Vaughn Williams, and it was also one of my least favorite pieces I had ever played. Every time we rehearsed that piece, I wanted to get up and leave. However, when the ensemble started with the opening theme to the march, I couldn’t help but hum along. It was just played in a way that engulfed me into the performance. Every rhythm was carried throughout the hall with style. The dynamic range was huge; I felt like I had to lean in to hear their quietest pianissimo. The group brought new life to a piece that was essentially dead to me. It was also nice to hear some Bernstein on the program, the ensemble no doubt celebrating the centenary of his birth. However, while there were many prolific composers from the past in attendance, two of the composers on the program were actually University professors who attended the concert. After their pieces were performed, both Roshanne Etezady and Michael Daugherty were invited to take a bow with the ensemble after their pieces were performed.

marching bands in the musical environment of the University. And the University’s Concert Band continues this legacy today. In their most recent concert, titled “Inspirations,” the ensemble played pieces from a variety of composers, with works written over the past 80 years. A lot of these pieces were standards in the wind ensemble repertoire, like Morten Lauridsen’s “O magnum mysterium” and Leonard Bernstein’s “Overture to Candide.” However, pieces like “Shoutout” by the University’s own Roshanne Etezady and “Fever” from “Lost Vegas” by another School of Music, Theatre & Dance Professor, Michael Daugherty, showed off works that will soon join the ranks of these classic, revered wind ensemble pieces. I was familiar with a lot of the music on the program, and even have had opportunities to see and play some of these pieces in high school. But I had never heard these pieces played so cleanly and so expressively. One of the last pieces I played in high school was “English Folk

Etezady’s piece, while short, was filled with opposing rhythms and tonalities that seemed to capture my attention for what seemed like much longer than the three minutes the piece lasted. Daugherty’s piece felt explicitly modern, featuring both the saxophone and trumpet sections (as well as several other sections) to create a soundscape that captured the excitement and jazz of the Las Vegas strip. I couldn’t help but smile when the saxophone section stood up in the middle of the piece and shredded through a technically demanding soli. With all of these contrasting styles, it did seem a bit hard for me to adjust my ears to some of the more drastic changes, but I think the program order made sense, and I appreciated the ideas director Courtney Snyder had, both in regards to programming and conducting. After playing in this ensemble for the past three semesters, it was an exciting experience to see it from the other side of the stage. With “Inspirations,” the University’s concert band shows that the wind ensemble is alive and well in the music world.

NEW YORK FASHION WEEK

Naeem Khan NYFW18 feminine silhouettes. At his Fall Winter 2018 collection, he maintained his reputation as New York Fashion Week’s most exciting evening connoisseur, juxtaposing American and Spanish influences through his creations and their musical accompaniment. SZA’s Ctrl boomed across the gallery space before the production began. Hoards of ageless women posed for photographs bathed in the runway’s orange light, toting characteristically Khan pieces

TESS GARCIA

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Disagreement is central to the art of fashion. Debates among industry insiders determine what’s cool, what’s not, what’s tasteful and what’s excessive. Yet there are a few things upon which they concur indisputably. Naeem Khan is one. A humble New York Fashion Week veteran, Khan is known for his intricate detailing of classically

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(a turquoise fringe shift here, a baroque embroidered pant there). As the orange glow dimmed, signalling the start of the show, it was replaced with the beam of dozens of backlit smartphones, each grappling for the best possible angle to capture the first model. SZA was halted and replaced by a more traditional, synth-heavy runway beat.

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Sophomore goaltender Hayden Lavigne will hope to slow down an explosive Notre Dame attack.

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One more Big Ten series against the top-ranked team in the nation. One win, and the Wolverines can confidently say they punched their ticket to the NCAA Tournament. “We want home ice in the playoffs. I think we’re finishing sixth in the conference, so we’ve got something to prove and we’ve got two games left to prove it,” said Michigan coach Mel Pearson. “And we’ll be ready. And I know Notre Dame will be ready, but we had two good games with them and we’ll look forward to it.” It’s almost like the final scenes of the movie Miracle, in which the U.S. national team had the chance to avenge an early loss to a dominant Soviet hockey team on the biggest stage imaginable. The atmosphere in Compton Family Ice Arena may not feel like the whole world is watching, but for the Wolverines and Fighting Irish, this last Big Ten series draws some stark comparisons with the backdrop of the ‘Miracle on Ice.’

The No. 18 Michigan hockey team (9-10-3 Big Ten, 14-13-3 overall) comes in at No. 15 in PairWise and is going into the lion’s den Friday to face off against No. 1 Notre Dame. The two teams will subsequently play on Sunday in Ann Arbor. The last time the Fighting Irish (16-3-1, 22-6-2) and the Wolverines met — on the weekend of Jan. 5 — Notre Dame took the weekend sweep and didn’t seem to slow down on its way to a headlining position in the NCAA. However, while many thought the sweep could’ve been a dagger in Michigan’s season, it did quite the opposite. The Wolverines were able to pick themselves up by their skates and come into contention for a playoff berth. In two wins this past weekend against Michigan State, Michigan proved that it could finally streamline its now-reliable backline to its highpaced front line. Junior forward Cooper Marody — who has clearly played himself out of midseason woes — and freshmen forward Jack Becker, along with defenseman Quinn Hughes, all notched goals

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Report: ‘M’ adding coach ORION SANG

Managing Sports Editor

Jim Harbaugh is closing in on a 10th assistant for Michigan’s coaching staff. As reported by The Michigan Insider’s Sam Webb and FootballScoop, former Florida head coach Jim McElwain is expected to join the Michigan coaching staff, replacing Dan Enos, who left for Alabama shortly after being hired by Harbaugh. McElwain and Florida parted ways on Oct. 30 this past season after the coach claimed that his family and players had received death threats; the University could not verify McElwain’s claims and sought to terminate him with cause. In three seasons coaching the Gators, McElwain compiled a 22-12 record, including two SEC East titles in his first two years. Before his firing, Florida had a 3-4 record — including a season-opening 33-17 loss to Michigan on Sept. 2 in Arlington, Tex. That wasn’t the only time McElwain came up against Michigan during his tenure in Gainesville. The Gators lost, 41-7, to the Wolverines in the 2016 Citrus Bowl at the end of Harbaugh’s first season coaching Michigan. McElwain’s hiring would fill Michigan’s coaching staff to capacity. Earlier this offseason, the Wolverines hired Sherrone Moore to coach the tight ends and Al Washington to coach linebackers. “We’re thrilled with the new additions,” Harbaugh said on Feb. 7. “Sherrone Moore, Al Washington, I think they’re fantastic.” A longtime assistant coach on the offensive side of the ball, McElwain has significant experience coaching quarterbacks and wide receivers. After a four-year career at Eastern Washington, McElwain stuck around as a graduate assistant between 1985-86, before taking over as the quarterbacks and receivers coach between 19871994. His next stop was at Montana State, where he added play-calling responsibilities.

McElwain does have some experience coaching in the midwest. After a three-year stint at Louisville under John L. Smith, he followed Smith to Michigan State, where he served as assistant head coach and oversaw the receivers and special teams unit. After brief stops with the Oakland Raiders and Fresno State, McElwain was hired by Nick Saban to call plays and coach the quarterbacks at Alabama. He stayed there for four seasons; in that span, the Crimson Tide won two national championships. McElwain’s offenses finished 25th, 14th, 2nd and 20th, respectively, according to the S&P+ Ratings, which take into account efficiency, explosiveness, field position and ability to finish drives, all of which are adjusted for a team’s schedule. McElwain got his first job as a head coach at Colorado State shortly after Alabama won the 201112 BCS National Championship. With the Rams, McElwain tallied a 22-16 record, improving the team’s record from 4-8 to 8-6 and then 10-3 in his final season. In December of 2014, he took the head coaching job at Florida. Given the current composition of the staff, it appears likely McElwain will coach the receivers, the role Enos was set to take on. This position group, along with Michigan’s passing attack as a whole, struggled often last season. Senior Grant Perry led the team with just 25 receptions for 307 yards, while freshman Donovan Peoples-Jones and sophomore Kekoa Crawford were close behind with 22 catches for 277 yards and 17 catches for 243 yards, respectively. The Wolverines lost freshman Tarik Black, one of their starters, to a foot injury just three weeks into the season. Harbaugh said on National Signing Day that he’s currently working to improve Michigan’s offense, which finished among the nation’s worst in scoring, passing yardage and sacks allowed. “On offense right now, we are going through a self-scout period,” Harbaugh said, “and looking at ways to get our offense up to where our defense is.”

on the weekend, proving a sense of versatility unparalleled by any prior performance. Sophomore goaltender Hayden Lavigne’s .905 save percentage provides the defense with a crucial safety net as well. “That’s why we come to play at a school like this, to play in these big games,” Lavigne said Tuesday. “With the pressure comes a little bit more excitement, comes a little bit louder fan base, so it’s a good atmosphere to be around.” However, it may be too easy to boast such statistics in a series against Michigan State, who ranks last in the Big Ten. This is Notre Dame we’re talking about. Fighting Irish goaltender Cale Morris claims the best save percentage in the NCAA with an astounding .950. Forward Jake Evans spearheads the Notre Dame offense with 32 points, but is supported by forward Andrew Oglevie — who scored twice in

the teams’ last contest — and defenseman Jordan Gross, who are both no less deadly. “I think we know what to expect,” Lavigne said. “I think that was kind of where you saw a lot of their early success in the season, it was their first year in the Big Ten, so nobody had really seen them consistently. “ … It’s definitely going to be a little bit (of a) different game I think than it was than the first two, but it’s still going to be a tight game for sure.” It’s never too late to have a fulcrum in a season. In a hostile environment Friday and then on familiar ground Sunday, Michigan has a chance to upset the Big Ten leader and solidify itself as a formidable foe in the postseason. But if other big games are any indication, the Wolverines often get out to early leads and let their opponents inch back. “We’ve got to learn how to play in tight games with a lead when there’s a lot on the line,” Pearson said. “We’re young, we’re young. We’ve got the third youngest team in college hockey. It’s not an excuse, maybe we’ve got a lot of guys who haven’t been in this position, in these games, and we’ve got to learn. “It’s nice to learn some lessons on winning. I know everyone talks about ‘well when you lose, ah we’ll learn from it and move on,’ well, bologna. Let’s win and learn from it and move on.” Notre Dame recorded losses against Minnesota, Wisconsin and Ohio State in the past month — two of which Michigan have prevailed over this season — meaning the menace is human, and the Wolverines could see an opening this weekend to attack.

“It’s nice to learn some lessons on winning.”

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Band always involved SARAH HURST

Daily Sports Writer

There is one common group at every Michigan women’s basketball game. Whether the Wolverines are winning by a landslide, in a tight match-up, or down by 35 points, they will cheer on Michigan come hell or high water. They keep the crowd excited, whether Crisler sits empty or full, and even have some influence on the game itself. They are the Michigan band. Every home game, they sit on the north side of Crisler Center just behind the hoop, decked out in maize shirts and white gloves, commanding attention. Along with playing the famous “Hail to the Victors” at every possible moment, the band has some fun antics that always provide a good laugh. During halftime, the band likes to get really involved with the fans in Crisler Arena. “For Blues Brothers, the trombones will always run off and go hang out,” said sophomore tuba player Maisey Schuler. “Sometimes they’ll go into the student section, sometimes they’ll go into the stands and sometimes the trumpets will join them.” The trombones always end up in a different area of the arena and never fail to startle a fan. In the past, they have sprinted to the complete opposite end of Crisler, run down onto the court or even sat down right in the middle of a group of spectators. No matter what they do, they never fail to get a laugh. The Michigan marching band also always aims to please the fans and play music just for them. One song known to all Michigan students that has worked its way into their repertoire is “Mr. Brightside” by The Killers. “This is something that started with football actually, we had a fan favorites show and brought in Mr. Brightside so we brought

that here,” Schuler said. “We also brought in music for the ‘90s theme night a couple weeks ago. So now we play ‘90s songs too.” In addition to playing music that every Michigan fan knows and loves, the band also leads the crowd in cheers. While Michigan’s opponent is shooting free-throws, the band will screech in unison at the top of their lungs in order to distract the shooter. Another surprisingly successful tactic that the band does is trick the opponent into taking a bad shot before the shot clock expires. When the shot clock shows 20 seconds left, the marching band will begin to loudly countdown from ten, hoping to trick the opponent — and has been successful on multiple occasions. “It’s hilarious,” Schuler said. “Every time we’re like ‘Wait, did they actually believe us?’ Sometimes, it’s just absurd. (There will) be twenty seconds left and they’ll shoot.” Even when morale is low, the band is always in high spirits and will be enthusiastic until the very last second. The rest of Crisler may be silent or have given up, but the band never will. The trumpets and tubas seem to fittingly be the loudest and most boisterous sections of the band and are constantly bringing in new ideas for cheers. “There are some leaders among us. Some of the veteran trumpets for sure always bring in new cheers and stuff that they come up with and they keep us pumped up,” said Schuler. “And of course the tubas do all kinds of goofy stuff like bouncing around the court after the third quarter for women’s games, and the goofy things keep us motivated.” Even if things are looking bad for the Wolverines or Crisler looks empty, you can always count on the band to bring energy, enthusiasm and a little bit of fun to women’s basketball games.

Film study: What to expect from Shea Patterson ETHAN SEARS

Daily Sports Writer

The sky fell in for the Michigan football team at quarterback last season. When Shea Patterson announced he would transfer to the Wolverines, it was lifted back up and then some. Think Falcon Heavy, if you need a point of comparison. It’s not hard to figure out why. Wilton Speight, John O’Korn and Brandon Peters, all of whom started under center at various points last season, combined to average a pitiful 5.65 adjusted yards per attempt. That would have ranked 88th in the country and ninth in the Big Ten among qualified field generals. To put it generously, there was room for improvement — and Patterson seems ready to fill the void. Though he played just seven games thanks to a torn PCL, Patterson threw for 2,259 passing yards with the Rebels as a sophomore last season. Michigan’s quarterbacks combined for 2,225 in 13 games. If Patterson is able to play next season — he could be deemed ineligible for 2018 as a transfer, but the NCAA is expected to grant him eligibility due to the situation in Oxford — he’s an instant upgrade, to say the least. He is not a savior. On tape, there are no shortage of kinks in Patterson’s game. His ball placement and footwork especially need refining. Though Patterson completed well over 60 percent of his passes last season, he frequently left yardage on the table by forcing receivers to adjust to the ball and slow their routes. Even on short and intermediate throws, Patterson had a worrisome tendency to put it high, not only preventing receivers from picking up yardage after the catch, but risking turnovers. Three of Patterson’s interceptions last season came on slant routes where his accuracy was just slightly off. All three were still within the receiver’s catch radius, but forced them to adjust. That means the ball in the defensive back’s catch radius as

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Shea Patterson (left) threw for 2,259 yards and 17 touchdowns last year while playing for Ole Miss.

well — especially if it goes off the receiver’s hands. Eliminating those few inches of chance is vital to Patterson’s development. Patterson’s footwork is the biggest issue in his game. When his feet are set and he throws from a good base, Patterson looks like a future top NFL draft pick. However, he doesn’t do so with consistency. Especially against pressure, Patterson’s footwork tends to lapse. Throw a blitz at him and suddenly, Patterson’s feet are both facing forward. Once that happens, he rarely resets, making it hard to get an accurate throw off. To his credit, Patterson is better at creating offense in those situations than most. He can make throws on the run and create highlights in doing so. But a lot of the time, he can be aimless, rolling out with his eyes down and without a plan in mind. When Patterson spots open receivers in those situations, he can make the throw, but he often doesn’t. Against pressure, Patterson’s footwork and mechanics both fall apart. He doesn’t reset his feet and often throws off his back foot when the pocket is collapsing, leading to turnovers. Blame Ole Miss’ offensive line for giving up pressure if you want, but Michigan’s isn’t exactly made up of world beaters. Pass protection was a constant issue

for the Wolverines last season and they’re losing left tackle Mason Cole, their most reliable starter, along with center Patrick Kugler. Rice offensive tackle Calvin Anderson may transfer, bringing help, but that won’t fix everything, nor is it guaranteed to happen at all. The potential for an adjustment period shouldn’t be underestimated either. Patterson played nearly every snap in shotgun last season in a spread offense, armed to the gills with run-pass options and zone reads. At Michigan, he’ll be in a prostyle offense, taking snaps under center with traditional three and five-step drops. There may be some spread elements worked in, but this is a wholly different system and perfecting it won’t be easy — especially given the Wolverines’ potential to struggle in pass protection. Part of that will be learning to audible, set protections and make checks at the line of scrimmage. Patterson wasn’t responsible for doing so with the Rebels, but there were numerous instances where they failed to make an obvious call at the line. On a 4th-and-5 in the middle of the third quarter during a blowout loss against Alabama, the Crimson Tide had just two defensive backs over three receivers on the trips side of a formation with the ball on

Alabama’s 31-yard line. Instead of taking advantage of the numbers with a screen or quick curl, the inside receivers both ran in-breaking routes, towards the rest of the defense. That failure was on the coaching staff, but next season, it will be Patterson’s job to make the adjustment at the line of scrimmage. All that being said, Patterson’s upside is scintillating. He can create offense by himself, both in and out of the pocket. Though his velocity isn’t great, Patterson has significantly more arm talent than any of Michigan’s other options. He can rainbow the ball deep so accurately the receiver never has to break stride, the type of play that five quarterbacks in the country are capable of making on a good day. Though his placement needs work, Patterson can also hit short and intermediate routes with consistency, especially when his feet are set. If that was his only selling point, the Wolverines would happily take it after last season. He can keep an offense moving — toss in a run game centered around rising senior Karan Higdon and Michigan’s offensive ceiling is pretty high. Patterson isn’t the answer — not in the grand, all-being sense. But he’s a pretty good start on the road to finding one.

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Simmons turning corner as regular season comes to a close ETHAN WOLFE Daily Sports Editor

Jaaron Simmons ambled into the media room like he was a regular. In reality, the fifth-year senior hadn’t been in a postgame interview since the Nov. 3 exhibition against Grand Valley State, but his confident gait to the top right corner of the room would have made you think otherwise. Just as he did over three months ago, Simmons entered donning a mesh, long-sleeve Michigan shirt with a sweat-soaked Gatorade towel draped around his neck. Simmons had just seen his most playing time — 12 minutes — since Dec. 16 against Detroit Mercy, catalyzing the Wolverines’ eventual runaway win over Iowa on Wednesday. He cracked a smile. “It feels good,” he said, “but it’s the same thing. I’ve gotta keep working everyday, continue to prepare myself everyday. That’s really it.” The smile had faded by the end of his simple answer — the quiet sentiment of someone who doesn’t want to celebrate his brief moment in the spotlight too much. His production in Wednesday’s matchup, though, demonstrated exactly what

John Beilein brought him in to do in the first place. And that’s something to celebrate. In the beginning minutes of the contest, the Hawkeyes’ extended zone defense visibly shook starting point guard Zavier Simpson. The sophomore ranks fourth in the Big Ten with a 3-1 assist-turnover ratio, but coughed it up three times in the game’s first 2:17, helping amount to a 7-0 deficit. Thus came the earliest entrance into a game in Simmons’ Michigan career. He channeled his University of Ohio days as a confident ball-handler, staving off Iowa defenders in its early full-court press and commanding his teammates around the court. Shortly into his shift, he drilled a three to lessen the margin to only one point. Five minutes later, Simmons was still in and Michigan had a three-point lead. He stole a telegraphed pass at the top of the key from Iowa’s Brady Ellingson and charged ahead for the fast break. Simmons doubtfully turned his head to see who was chasing him down — but nobody was even close, and he smoothly lofted it off the glass and in. For the first time on both sides of the ball, it looked like the Simmons experiment was

finally bringing positive results, as he registered a five-point, four-assist performance. The statline appeared as a blip on the radar, but in just 12 minutes for a team devoid of energy, it was the perfect display. “It takes a whole lot to learn the offense, and it’s a complicated offense,” said senior guard Muhammad-Ali AbdurRahkman, “but I think you’re starting to see him grow.” Added Simmons: “It’s easier to get into a flow because I know more. I know more of what we’re doing. In the beginning of the season it was very challenging. Going out there, you’re thinking a lot, me personally, because I’m learning new stuff every single day. “Now I’m starting to get it. Now I don’t have to think what

play we call, what we gotta do now. It’s more ‘we’re gonna run this’ and I can flow into it.” Simmons’ struggles have been no secret. After Michigan’s Jan. 21 game against Rutgers, Beilein said the graduate transfer “hasn’t worked out so far,” referring to his inability to play comfortably in already limited minutes. The rocky transition, Simmons claims, was a result of complex schemes that he never saw with the Bobcats. Remaining mentally tough was the only way for Simmons to get over the change. “(I) never ask why. ‘Why am I not playing or why am I not doing this?’ It’s just ‘How can I get better and put myself in a position to get out there?’ ” Simmons said. “... I don’t question stuff. I just — I’m ready. Just battle it out. Tough situations will come,

tough people last.” While his time with the Wolverines hasn’t gone as planned, he is on the verge of going somewhere he’s never been: the NCAA Tournament. But first, he will say goodbye to his short-lived Michigan tenure during Senior Day against No. 8 Ohio State on Sunday. Simmons , ironically, still calls himself a freshman given all of the new plays and terminology thrusted upon him in his lone season. As fast as he realized he was learning stuff he had never seen before, his final year was ending. And while he hopes to extend it to the uncharted territory of the Tournament, the enthusiasm of the team would say otherwise. “The way coach be talking, he’s talking like if we lose a game

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we might not even make it to the tournament,” Simmons said. “I’m just hoping we get there.” For Simmons, the tournament is priority number one. At one point, it may have been the NBA or even just filling Derrick Walton Jr.’s shoes. Later on, it may have been finding some semblance of his game from his Ohio days. Now, those goals are far, far behind him. He’s shown flashes of improvement as the regular season dwindles, but it remains to be seen if it is too little, too late. If the Wolverines take care of business down the stretch, though, Simmons will have the opportunity to play in his first tournament game, spotlight or not. That’s something to smile about.

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