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Students, faculty and staff attend the LGBTQ Inclusion in Research Symposium in Rackham Auditorium Thursday.

Symposium highlights LGBTQ inclusion, mentorship in research Audience members felt event lacked ethnic and racial diversity, grad student involvement LEAH GRAHAM Daily Staff Reporter

A group of about 60 faculty, staff members and students attended a day-long symposium Thursday on LGBTQ inclusion in research at Rackham Graduate School. Speakers discussed the range of LGBTQ scholarship and research at the University of Michigan, though some attendants criticized a lack of diversity in programming. Rob Stephenson, director of the Center for Sexuality and Health

Disparities and a department chair in the School of Nursing, spoke about how his identity intersected with his research. “Do I only have to do LGBT health or HIV (research) because I’m a gay man?” Stephenson said. “Is that all I’m allowed to do? No, that’s ridiculous. I’m a researcher, and I learn from my work with communities ... your identity doesn’t determine what type of research you’re doing. It should not preclude you from doing any research. You know, we have many cisgender heterosexual faculty at

the center who work on research on gay couples. People will say, ‘Well, what do they know?’ They have fundamental skills in research, and they work with communities.” Stephenson said leading by example was essential to mentoring younger researchers. He emphasized the importance of being an advocate and using his research to make a positive impact. “I think we have an ethical responsibility as scientists to mentor the next generation, and I think it’s doubly impactful

when you’re a sexual minority scientist to provide leadership and mentoring to other people,” he said. Gesturing around the room, Stephenson added, “This right here is a huge mentorship opportunity.” Daniel Shumer and Ellen Selkie, who founded the Child and Adolescent Gender Services Clinic at Mott Children’s Hospital, spoke at the symposium about their work with transgender youth. The clinic, which started about three years ago, provides See LGBTQ, Page 3A

The University of Michigan Professional Nurse Council will begin voting on a possible work stoppage next week. The union, which represents nurses at Michigan Medicine, has been bargaining with hospital administrators since January. Their previous contract expired June 30 and a new agreement still has not been reached. UMPNC is currently pursuing unfair labor practice charges against the University on the grounds that Michigan Medicine has broken a written commitment to maintain current nurse staffing levels. UMPNC has said securing fair staffing levels is one of their biggest priorities for the new contract. Thousands of nurses and their allies attended a rally held by UMPNC in July to advocate for safer staffing and a better contract. UMPNC representatives were not available to comment before

the time of publication, but Sara Wallenfang, associate executive director for professional and member relations at the Michigan Nurses Association, confirmed the union decided to hold a vote on the potential stoppage. At the July meeting of the University’s Board of Regents, UMPNC vice chair Donna Carnahan emphasized the union’s desire to care for and protect patients above all else. “We provide world-class nursing care,” Carnahan told the Regents. “The UMPNC’s bargaining concern is about patients and the care they receive… I no longer feel I can trust my lifelong employer. I fear the University is now prioritizing profits over patient safety.” Michigan Medicine said in a statement Thursday many priority negotiation issues have already been solved through bargaining. They feel progress has been made in contract negotiations, and they strongly oppose a work stoppage. See NURSES, Page 3A

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hike tuition in 2019-20 Regents also may move investment decisions to private funds committee MATT HARMON Daily News Editor

While you were away this summer, you may have missed some big stories from Ann Arbor. The Daily will be publishing recaps of the summer’s breaking news. This past summer, the University of Michigan Board of Regents weighed decisions involving student fees, tuition rates, investment approval protocol and more. In addition, a federal judge ruled the University’s Bias Response Team was not in violation of the First Amendment. Read more about the decisions below: University increases tuition, room and board rates At the June Board of Regents See REVIEW, Page 2A

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Events emphasize belonging, offer support for incoming minority freshmen CATHERINE NOUHAN Daily Staff Reporter

On a predominantly white campus, University of Michigan’s multicultural student organizations often play an critical role in creating communities for minority students. This year, multiple student organizations made strides to create a more inclusive Welcome Week for their new peers. Students groups such as Black Student Union, the African Student Association, the Caribbean Student Association, Arab Student Association and Assisting Latin@s to Maximize Achievement all held events during this year’s Welcome Week to welcome students back to campus. The Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs assisted in a number of events as well. While this year’s enrollment report has yet to be released, underrepresented minorities make up 12.8 percent of the undergraduate student body,

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according to last fall’s figures. Students participate in events for Black Welcome Week on the Diag Monday. Buy this photo Sarah Kunkel/Daily

The second annual Umoja Festival was one of the many events organized by the Black Welcome Week committee this year. “Umoja” is a Swahili word for unity, and the BSU, African Student Association

and the Caribbean Student Association all planned the event. The festival, held on the Diag at the end of last week, served as a way to connect the incoming freshmen with each See MULTICULTURAL, Page 3A

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The Michigan legislature voted today to adopt a measure that would raise the minimum wage to $12 an hour, eliminate the tipped minimum wage and allow workers one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked. The Michigan Senate voted to adopt the proposal Wednesday and the Michigan House followed suit Thursday. The decision to adopt means the issues will no longer have the chance to appear on the Nov. ballot, leaving some Michigan residents worried the Republican-led legislature only adopted the proposal to amend it. Democratic representatives, who are generally in favor of the policies, wanted the proposals See NOVEMBER, Page 3A

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BE HIND THE STORY Every Friday, one Daily news staffer will give a behind the scenes look at one of this week’s stories. This week, Ford senior Riyah Basha contributed reporting to a story on multicutural welcome week events. “I’ve been following most of these organizations for the last two years or so, and it’s been so inspiring to watch communities accomplish what they set out to do so many years ago. ALMA and SALAM both seemed to achieve great success in pipelining young students of color to the University, and Black Welcome Week sets the standard in bringing dozens of Black student organizations together. All three of these communities have been historically marginalized at the University. And so as a student of color myself, it’s important that younger generations are able to not just follow in the footsteps of previous classes, but achieve more, and push for better. It’s incredibly heartening to see these communities ensuring just that; drawing on their shared histories and empowering each other with love. Though I don’t hold the identities of these affinity organizations, I learn from them. I try to give their stories a platform. And I encourage our staff members (shoutout Catherine Nouhan for tying the story together!) to do the same.” Catherine Nouhan: “Multicultural orgs welcome new students with community events”

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(La Casa is) moving in a positive direction. We understand that there’s a lot of demands that can’t be solved in a certain timeframe. They require time, so I think we’ve been understanding on that end because (the administration) have been adressing the ones that are more immediate or easier to tackle. LSA junior Lesley Rivas on La Casa’s negotiations with the University over increased diversity,

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Editorial Staff sophomores — an average of 3.3 percent per year — and more for juniors and seniors.” Schlissel and the regents pointed to recent initiatives such as the Go Blue Guarantee — a full-tuition financial aid package for all in-state students whose families make less than $65,000 a year — as worthwhile affordability investments that require further funds to support. To counteract this tuition hike, this year’s budget included a 16.3 percent increase — about $28.9 million — in undergraduate financial aid funding. This 2.9 percent tuition increase still puts the University below the state’s increase cap of 3.8 percent. Room and board rates also increased by 3 percent — now between $296 and $400 more — as part of the vote. A statement in the University Record from the regents said the additional funds from the increase will be used to improve residence hall facilities. “This marks the ninth consecutive year of residence hall operating cost increasing by 1 percent or less,” the

statement reads. “With investment practices. LSA eight residence halls still in senior Christopher Olson, need of major upgrades, the an author of a resolution overall 3 percent increase from Roosevelt, requested will cover essential housing the University publicly meeting, the board, led by services while supporting characterize the nature of University President Mark future renovations and endowment funds and future Schlissel, voted to increase maintenance.” investments. student tuition rates for the Regents may move “As students we have a third year in a row. In-state investment decisions out of vested interest in how the tuition increased by 2.9 public meeting agendas endowment is used to promote percent and out-of-state rose University officials are the educational excellence of by 3.9 percent. Since 2002, currently considering this University,” Olson wrote. tuition revenue has increased removing voting on “Conf licts of interest with by more than 135 percent. investment decisions from University endowment have Compared to last year’s the regents meeting agendas, the potential to reduce the rates, tuition for Michigan bringing previously public returns of the endowment residents went from $14,826 investment conversations which in turn will reduce the to $15,262 and out-of-state behind closed doors. money which could be used to student tuition went from According to a statement reduce the cost of tuition.” $47,452 to $49,326. from the University, the board Judge rules in favor of The board voted 7-1 to would vote to establish broad Bias Response Team in First approve the tuition hike. guidelines for investment Amendment case Regent Andrea Newman, R, decisions and then allow the In May, a group of students was the only board member previously public votes to be backed by an advocacy group to oppose the hike. In the made by the investment office called Speech First sued the meeting, she said she voted staff. University for infringing against the motion in an University spokesperson on their First Amendment effort to keep University Rick Fitzgerald said in a press rights with the use of the costs affordable for students. release the current protocol Bias Response Team. A “I’ve said this before, far more public compared to federal judge sided with the and I feel this is the real other institutions and is not University in early August, opportunity to make this necessary. denying Speech First’s statement,” Newman said. “U-M goes beyond what motion to end use of the BRT. “In the past 10 years, we’ve peer institutions consider The BRT, housed under raised tuition over necessary by presenting new the Dean of Students office, Loadingin-state “Sudoku Syndication” 1/29/09 1:41 PM 30 percent for freshmen and investments to the Board responds to students’ reports of Regents in public of bias incidents involving session to be approved race, ethnicity, gender, before the investments sexuality, religion, age and are executed,” Fitzgerald other identities. wrote. “A more common The lawsuit was the first HARD practice would be for of its kind nationally and the Board of Regents to alleged the University’s annually approve the speech code was too types of investments that broad and vague to punish are appropriate for U-M students. As Judge Linda and what percentage of V. Parker stated, however, total investments are the BRT’s investigations do appropriate for each not constitute a significant investment type.” threat to a student accused of The decision came perpetuating bias. months after the Detroit “Even if the record Free Press published an ref lected that the BRT had investigation claiming the criticized an individual’s University had invested speech, there would be no funds into the properties First Amendment violation of large donors to the ‘in the absence of some actual University, including or threatened imposition Stephen Ross, Sandy of governmental power or Robertson and more. sanction,’” Parker’s ruling After the Detroit Free read. Press report, student The Department of Justice organizations such as filed a statement in support of Roosevelt Institute Speech First’s suit, accusing and College Democrats the University of censoring © sudokusolver.com. For personal use only. HEAT WAVE puzzle by sudokusyndication.com published public callsfor student speech. the University to be more transparent about See REVIEW, Page 3A Generate and solve Sudoku, Super Sudoku and Godoku puzzles at sudokusyndication.com!

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“Nurses are critical to the delivery of safe patient care,” the statement reads. “The most critically ill patients in the state come to Michigan Medicine. If any of our nurses go out on strike, their absences will put patient safety at serious risk.” Striking is technically illegal for public employees. According to Michigan Medicine’s statement, employees will not be paid for time out on strike. In a bargaining session between UMPNC and Michigan Medicine administrators Wednesday, the hospital offered a revised package proposal to union representatives. According to an email sent to nurses by Michigan Medicine president David Spahlinger and shared with The Daily by a Michigan Medicine spokesperson, the package includes 3 to 4 percent pay increases across the board over the next three years. The package also offers increases in shift differential, weekend and on-call pay, as well as limits on mandatory overtime and tuition reimbursement for graduate nursing programs.

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NOVEMBER From Page 1A on the ballot, warning that Republican representatives will only dismantle them in a process known as “adopt-and-amend.” Though no Republicans voiced support for any of the policies during debate, State Sen. Patrick Colbeck, R-Canton, was one of three Republicans who voted against adopting the proposals, saying adopt-to-amend is a “procedural gimmick.” “That’s not how we should be doing things,” Colbeck told The Detroit News. “We should be debating the merits.” Public Policy junior Katie Kelly, communications director of the University of Michigan’s chapter of College Democrats, expressed similar concerns. Though she supports the policies, she worries about Republican legislators gutting the initiatives in their lame-duck session later this year. “The voters should be the ones to pass these initiatives, not those who do not have the public’s best interests at heart,” Kelly said. “This is simply a ploy by the Republicans to take this initiative off the ballot and amend the laws after the election to suit their own interests.”

MULTICULTURAL From Page 1A other and the campus. Education senior Camyrea Barnes, BSU secretary, said Umoja and other Black Welcome Week events can be crucial programming for incoming students. “The Black community, when I was a freshman, welcomed me,” she said. “And I wanted to do my job as a senior to welcome the Black community and welcome the freshmen into the community, to let them know that when things go down, when they deal with microaggressions, when they deal with bias incidents that happen to them, or just being a student here — that they know that they have the Black community here to lean on.” Music, Theatre & Dance freshman Mattie Levy attended Umoja, and expressed her excitement about the SIBS mentorship program and the

Republican legislators have not made any comment on whether or not they intend to amend the proposals, but Michigan House Speaker Tom Leonard, R-DeWitt, said the legislature needs to have a say in what is in them. “Both of these citizensinitiated laws were poorly written,” Leonard said, according to The Detroit News. Some Democratic legislators voted against the proposals to avoid the “adopt-and-amend” procedure, even though they agreed with the policies themselves. State Sen. Curtis Hertel, D-East Lansing, said the adoption outcome was “a trick on the voters of Michigan, an attack on democracy,” according to The Detroit News. If the proposals are not amended, the Michigan One Fair Wage initiative would raise Michigan’s minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2022 and include tipped workers by 2024. Currently, a “tip credit” allows employers to pay workers who are tipped as low as $3.38 an hour. Tips are expected to make up the difference between the $3.38 wage and the minimum wage for workers who aren’t tipped, which is $9.25 an hour. The Fair Labor Standards Act requires employers make up any other

additional groups she plans on joining after Welcome Week. “SIBS is support for incoming Black students,” Levy said. “You can sign up to be a big sib or a little sib. So for freshmen, I’m a little sib so you’ll get a mentor ... at the event, they gave us soul food, they had activities and they had a magic show. I’ll probably join the Black Student Union too. That community is going to help you, always have people there for you, always have somewhere to go, someone to call.” Earlier in the month, Assisting Latin@s to Maximize Achievements held an additional student orientation for their student participants. The orientation was a fourday program through which incoming students were given introductions to faculty and given resources that promote their academic, cultural and emotional wellbeing. Last fall, ALMA participants painted messages of Latinx identity and pride on the Rock,

differences, but enforcement is said to be so relaxed, the One Fair Wage website calls wage theft an “epidemic.” Allowing tipped workers to earn full minimum wage would have huge effects on women and people of color. Studies from Cornell University have shown that Black workers earn less than white counterparts, and perceived attractiveness plays a large role in how much women get tipped. More than 7 in 10 tipped workers in Michigan are women, and the poverty rate among women who work for tips is 20.8 percent. The poverty rate for women of color who work for tips is 27.1 percent. The Michigan Restaurant Association frequently opposes minimum wage increases and paid sick leave, and said the proposal will increase costs by 241 percent and eliminate 14,000 restaurant jobs in the state. The MRA also argues employees like the tipping credit system –– according to Upserve, 97 percent of servers prefer the tip credit system. If the proposal becomes law, Michigan would become the eighth state to not use a tip credit. The University’s chapter of College Republicans did not respond immediately to requests for comment.

only to find racist graffiti plastered over the popular student landmark. Community members repainted the Rock in solidarity the next day, and students began more concereted efforts to organize.

“That community is going to help you, always have people there for you, always have somewhere to go, someone to call.”

“A year later and the momentum is still growing,” Ford senior Yvonne Navarrete,

LGBTQ From Page 1A medical services and support and conducts research focused on children and adolescents who identify as trans. “We are a young clinic,” Selkie said. “It’s a steep learning curve, I would say … At this point, very little that we do has any evidence behind it, which is frustrating clinically but exciting from a research perspective.” Selkie said the clinic seeks out input from patients and their parents when considering and conducting research. “When you’re doing research with a sensitive, marginalized population, you really need their input in how you are going

REVIEW From Page 2A In response, administrators eliminated multiple portions of its speech code in an effort to “remove potential ambiguity,” as University President Mark Schlissel put it. Dictionary definitions of “bullying” and “harassment” were removed

former La Casa lead director, wrote in a Facebook post this week. “The Latinx community bounced back and hasn’t looked back.” LSA sophomore Ronnie Alvarez, head of ALMA, shared his excitement about the turnout and meaningful relationships built during the orientation. “I was very surprised that the participants were able to create very meaningful relationships despite the large group and limited time,” Alvarez said. “They also have expressed that they feel a lot more aware of the resources that are available to them at the University. ALMA is important for this campus because it helps students transition into a space where they are largely underrepresented. ALMA participants become empowered through the workshops centered around their identities and also become much more aware of the resources that the University

to conduct the research and what your priorities are even going to be,” she said. “I think that in pediatric research that’s interesting because our specialty by nature is a paternalistic specialty because our patients are literally children, and so I think that we often ask for parents’ input, but we serve so many adolescents that it behooves us to involve the youth in our research.” At the end of the symposium, Associate Prof. Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes, director of Latina/o Studies, criticized the lack of ethnic and racial diversity among the speakers. “That should be addressed very specifically, perhaps taking advantage of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender and their programs,” La FountainStokes said during a question-and-

answer session at the end of the event. “Also, graduate students have been noting how they didn’t know about it and were not able to present, so in moving forward, it seems like it would be ideal to have more spaces for graduates to present.” Public Health student Hyuri McDowell agreed the symposium would benefit from more diversity, saying more inclusion— as well as increased involvement from graduate students— would have augmented the perspectives offered at the event. McDowell also said it was important to discuss the intersection of research and LGBTQ identity. “The intersection between those two is very important because no one has just one identity,” he said. “I think those two things have to work together.”

from the code. “We’re changing the way we describe things, but we’re not changing the function of these groups,” Schlissel said in a June interview. As students make their way back into classrooms this week, multiple departments and professors include clauses on free speech and dialogue in their syllabi. “Now as interim dean,

I plan to champion some fundamental values of a liberal arts and sciences education — citizenship, engagement, and true dialogue,” LSA interim dean Elizabeth Cole wrote in an email to students Thursday. “By dialogue I mean the ability to speak authentically about what you think and feel while also being able to hear, understand, and respect different perspectives.”

has to help them succeed.” The Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs and the Arab Student Association also hosted an event called SALAM — Successful Arab Leaders at Michigan. SALAM is a twoday program that aims to introduce incoming Arab students to campus resources, support networks and the Arab community. They met with current students and faculty, and as LSA freshman Hilal Bazzi recounted, the event was important for her social acceptance on campus. “Coming from Dearborn, we have one of the largest Arab and Muslim populations,” Bazzi said. “Coming to the University of Michigan — it’s a much more diverse population ethnically, racially, and religiously. I thought it was very important to stay true to who you are and be able to connect with others like yourself on campus. So finding this community, connecting with this community, and educating others about your

culture and identity I think is so important.” Public Health junior Nour Eidy, SALAM’s co-organizer, said she believes there are more steps to be taken when planning multicultural events. She thinks programs like SALAM are especially meaningful when building the social and emotional wellbeing of incoming students. “I know that we’ve done programs like Arab and Latinx Wolverine Day where we’re trying to show new admitted students all the community has to offer, but we really wanted there to be a follow up to that,” Eidy said. “Now you’re here, what now? Your journey has begun, where’s the community at, where’s that family aspect we were talking about? There’s such value in peer mentorship and when it’s organic, when you have shared identities and similar identities it’s this whole new level of comfort and trust that’s built up.”

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It’s time for new Democratic leadership

t’s been t wo years of about the leader, either. soul-searching and This is especially true of restructuring for the Democrats in swing states, such as Ohio and Democrats since Pennsylvania, the 2016 election because the when Republicans moderate vote is so won the presidency, important, and the the House of anti-establishment Representatives and message is loud. the Senate. Now, Notably, these are it is time to enact states that Donald the strateg y they Trump won in have formulated throughout these MARGOT 2016, and they past t wo years in LIBERTINI are important to potentially f lip order to tr y and win the House and Senate the House. The connection back in November. Thus to Pelosi appears toxic for far, this strateg y has been those in tight races. Some to largely focus messag ing candidates have gone so far as on the economy, as it is a to say they will not vote for her salient and relatable issue. if elected, while others simply Economic inequalit y is rising, speak vaguely of new leadership. causing major resentment and unease. The Democrats are certainly the major part y that is more likely to address this inequalit y, as they have a stronger backg round of enacting such policy. In a perfect world, that would be all that matters. Democrats have the better policy for the issues of today, and thus, they should be elected. However, the messag ing is not always so easy. In fact, much of the messag ing has nothing to do with the economy, or policy Clearly, she is not at all, because our era is so insanely polarized that presently a popular political all of that takes a back seat f ig ure — but why? Of course, to partisan politics. What some of it is pure Republican Their part y rallies Republicans together strateg izing. more than any thing? Shared is split bet ween Trump’s populism and disdain for Democratic nationalist leadership, namely Rep. the more traditional fiscal Nancy Pelosi, D–Calif, conservatism — two economic the minorit y leader in the visions that are quite at odds. House. More than a third Thus, rather than bridge that of Republican attack ads divide through seeking middle are focused on Pelosi, and ground candidates or smart she is a major aspect of the policy, they have decided to Republican strateg y for unite through use of a common keeping control of the House enemy found in Pelosi. But in November. The ads link why is her own party turning Democratic House candidates on her? Of course, a good to Pelosi and then attempt por tion of t he a nimosit y is to link Pelosi to a host of bot h ageist a nd misog y nistic. ridiculous accusations, such She’s a 78-yea r-old woma n, as secretly being in support a nd t hus people believe her of MS-13. Unfortunately, time ha s pa ssed. We ra rely this strateg y is inf luential, hea r t hat a ma n is get ting and Democrats are not in a too old for t he job, so t his position to take any risks in a spect of t he Pelosi problem this election. Thus, I would is unfor t unate a nd unfa ir. However, it is not entirely encourage Pelosi to remove fuel from the fire and step down about her age or gender. Nancy Pelosi has been the before November midterms. Further, many Democrats House Democratic leader for aren’t particularly enthused 16 years, including during

I would encourage Pelosi to remove fuel from the fire and step down before November midterms.

the 2010 elections, when the Democrats lost 63 House seats — a loss the party has yet to recover from. From that perspective, it does not seem that she ha s been pa r ticula rly ef fective in ra lly ing voters. The Democratic Pa r t y lost t he pa st four House elections, even a s t hey won t he presidency in 2012 w it h t he re-election of t hen-President Ba rack Oba ma. Fur t hermore, af ter ser v ing a s leader for so long, Pelosi t r uly is t he establishment. She ha s consistently rejected a t urn towa rd lef t-w ing economics, even a s t he pa r t y ha s show n a n ent husia sm for it t hrough t he popula rit y of Sen. Bernie Sa nders, D –Vt., in 2016 a nd t he recent prima r y elections of prog ressive ca ndidates such a s A lexa ndria Oca sioCor tez. These rea sons suppor t t he notion t hat she should step dow n before November in order to reinv igorate Democrats a nd cut of f a core Republica n st rateg y. Wit h f resh messag ing should come f resh faces. This ca nnot be t he Democratic Pa r t y of 2016 unless we wa nt to lose like t he Democratic Pa r t y of 2016. We need to update our leadership to represent t he pa r t y of economic a nd socia l justice for t he whole count r y. Rep. Tim Rya n, D – Ohio, cha llenged Pelosi af ter t he 2016 election, a nd he ha s indicated he might do so aga in. Hav ing pa r t y leadership f rom a Rust Belt state rat her t ha n Ca lifornia or New York would be a ref reshing a nd welcome cha nge for t he pa r t y. Above a ll else, we need pa r t y leadership t hat ca n ensure a w in in November. Bet ween sepa rating fa milies, continuing corporate ta x cuts, defending our adversa ries, t he state of t he Democratic Pa r t y a nd t he count r y a s a whole is incredibly dire. The Republica ns a re using Pelosi a s a way to f ire up t heir voters, a nd t here is too much at sta ke to lose a ny votes. Hopef ully, Pelosi w ill step dow n a nd a llow room for a not her Democrat to rise a nd ca rr y t his pa r t y for wa rd. Margot Libertini can be reached at mliberti@umich.edu.

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apa John’s has received significant media attention in the past couple of months, largely due to their outspoken leader, John Schnatter. Schnatter made headlines in December 2017 after he criticized the NFL’s handling of the national anthem protests. He infamously termed the whole affair a “debacle,” ignoring the purpose of the protests — which were intended to call attention to the disgraceful policing practices throughout African-American communities. Investors and consumers reacted to his remarks: Papa John’s shares fell 11 percent and sales dropped an estimated 5 percent in the weeks afterward. Schnatter, feeling the pressure, stepped down as CEO but retained his position as chairman of the board. Schnatter made headlines again in July 2018 when the media reported on his use of the N-word, along with other controversial remarks, during a conference call with an external marketing firm. During the call, he claimed he wasn’t a racist but ended up using the racial slur, “explaining that KFC founder Colonel Sanders used that word, but Papa John’s didn’t.” Schnatter resigned as chairman the day after the story broke, but he has been fighting the board to try and come back ever since. In July, the company’s sales suffered a 10.5 percent decline in its North American market. Along with covering his use of the N-word, Forbes released “The Inside Story of Papa John’s Toxic Culture” by reporter Noah Kirsch. The piece shed light on the problematic culture found at Papa John’s and at organizations across the globe. Kirsch wrote about the “bro culture” that was pervasive at the company. Female employees were mocked and asked time and time again if they were menstruating. Male executives made repulsive references to “gangbangs” and comments about whether women wanted “to jump on the train.” Employees at the

firm explained that it was Schnatter’s close circle of male executives that perpetuated this despicable culture. Forbes’s coverage of Papa John’s is of particular importance for two reasons. First, it’s clear that racism and racial insensitivity is alive and well even in the 21st century. People can choose to believe that racism is a thing of the past, but Schnatter’s remarks — at least in my mind — demonstrate the unwillingness of certain individuals to realize the social impact of their ignorance. Second, the culture that permeates through Papa John’s likely permeates through scores of other organizations. The degrading and disrespectful remarks, which contributed to the “bro culture” at Papa John’s,

Leaders can choose to do the right thing by reforming themselves and their organization’s culture. can certainly be overheard at other organizations. You can say that one man doesn’t speak for an entire organization – that Schnatter’s remarks shouldn’t define the abstract entity that is Papa John’s – but I would disagree. Leaders — especially leaders of multinational corporations with thousands of employees and millions of consumers — must recognize the impact they have on how individuals think and act. Instead of perpetuating arrogance, ignorance and dominance, leaders like Schnatter should use their global platforms to encourage more positive and constructive values. The #MeToo movement has played an important role throughout the coverage of cultural failings at not only

Papa John’s but also several notable organizations. Earlier this year, The New York Times published a piece about the firing of several male executives at Nike after women revolted over the company’s inhospitable culture. The authors discussed the company’s culture by mentioning that staff outings often ended at strip clubs and bosses were reported to have “referenced a staff member’s breasts in an email.” Nike’s corporate culture may not have been much different than Papa John’s, but leaders at each respective organization could not have acted more differently. Leaders at Nike decided to act and reform themselves internally before the bad publicity hurt its bottom line. The company has even been able to maintain stable stock price growth since The New York Times first published the piece in April. Nike should serve as an example for organizations everywhere on how to react to the increasing social awareness and consciousness in our current society. Gloria Feldt, co-founder and president of Take the Lead, wrote an incredible piece in Time magazine about how organizations should respond to the #MeToo movement. She writes, “…leaders will have to create work environments where women aren’t objectified and where implicit bias is at least recognized and at best eliminated from recruiting, hiring and retention practices.” I hope the coverage of Papa John’s, along with the ongoing coverage of the #MeToo movement, will cause more companies to reform themselves. I hope this serves as a warning sign to organizations across the globe that racial insensitivity and “bro culture” are not sustainable principles to maintain in our current society. Leaders can choose to do the right thing — while avoiding embarrassment — by reforming themselves and their organization’s culture. Erik Nesler can be reached at egnesler@umich.edu.

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To the disillusioned student

t a time in history when every political norm has been upended and replaced with partisanship and personal attacks, we remember the American hero, Sen. John McCain, R–Arizona. McCain, a selfless public servant for six decades, had an unwavering optimism in our political system and its ability to do good work for the American people. McCain was regarded as “the maverick of the Senate” for his uncommon courage to defy party lines and vote with his conscience. McCain will forever be remembered for his shocking Senate vote against the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, which McCain opposed on principle but voted to keep in place for the good of the country over the good of his party. Respected by many, McCain rose above ad hominem attacks to focus on the issues important to the people of Arizona and the rest of the country. His style and class are of a bygone era when issues of policy and substance dominated headlines. John McCain’s patriotic spirit is what must be reignited on college campuses across the country. Optimism in our system has fallen out of favor. Academia’s harsh criticism of politicians and the U.S. government over the past two decades has forestalled our generation’s optimism that through our democracy we can effect change in pursuit of a more perfect union. Look across historically politicallyactive campuses and notice the frightening lack of patriotism or belief in the government as a positive agent of change. The student movements of Berkeley and Ann Arbor in the ’60s have been replaced with

hashtags and social media “like activism.” Students have John McCain to look to as an example of how a dedicated civil servant and politician can move our democracy forward. Change takes decades to enact: We need to be proactive in pushing advocacy and strive toward making our campuses and communities better places to live and study. Our 2017 campus protests against the administration’s policies and directives were merely reactive. As students, we need to be proactive in our approach and continue to participate all year long, rather than just when it is popular or trending to do so. The next generation of American taxpayers has become jaded and bored by our political system. Too often, we forget that those on the other side of the debate are also patriots interested in what’s best for our country. As students, we ought to recognize the humanity of our opponents and respect their positions. As former President George W. Bush said in his eulogy for McCain: “He was honorable, always recognizing his opponents were still patriots and human beings. He loved freedom with a passion of a man who knew its absence. He respected the dignity inherent in every life.” Even in the most fraught of circumstances, McCain never gave into the personal attacks that have come to dominate presidential politics. Instead, he embodied decency in his respect for his opponents and continued to debate the issues of the day. In his farewell statement, McCain articulated this best: “We are three-hundred-and-

twenty-five million opinionated, vociferous individuals. We argue and compete and sometimes even vilify each other in our raucous public debates. But we have always had so much more in common with each other than in disagreement. If only we remember that and give each other the benefit of the presumption that we all love our country we will get through these challenging times. We will come through them stronger than before. We always do.” The spirit of John McCain survives through the voices of campus activists who speak up for the policies they believe in and then turn out to vote those policies into law. Engage, lean in, turn on and activate yourself to become a force for good and an impetus for change and reform. We do this not because it is easy or convenient but because it is our duty as an engaged citizenry. Our democratic system requires us to show up to vote instead of dismissing the effectiveness of one vote, as this lazy response is reserved for the uninterested. The “like activism” politics of today is mere virtue signaling intended for social media sites and is not enough. Hashtags do not effect change. Liking posts is not enough. Take responsibility for the campus, community, state and country you live in. Former President Barack Obama addressed audiences at the DNC admonishing the nation, saying, “Democracy is not a spectator sport.” We owe it to ourselves and to our future to get informed and get involved. Sam Kole is an LSA junior.

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Carole Kaye, the rhythm of a nation Bum. Bum bum bum. Bum. Bum bum bum. Bum. Bum bum bum. Bum. What do you think of when you read this line? The State Farm jingle? Red Robin? It’s really just gibberish, but to me, this series of “bums” is the thumping beginning of The Beach Boys’ innovative classic “Good Vibrations.” The electric bass carries that song through all of its crazy twists and turns right from the beginning. This is true to much of American pop music, and although the bass may be hidden under other rhythm parts, it is instrumental to the groove of a genuine hit. Imagine “Good Vibrations” without bass, or the “M.A.S.H.” theme, or Ike and Tina Turner’s “River Deep, Mountain High” or Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’”— it’s nearly impossible. The women behind all of these songs fell into bass as an accident, but made a permanent mark on American pop music forever. Without Carol Kaye, those iconic lines and many, many more simply wouldn’t exist. Though she is relatively unknown to people outside of music, Kaye is arguably one of, if not the most prolific studio musician in pop history. She boasts an estimated 10,000 studio credits on both guitar and bass, and her professional career lasted almost half a century. Now a grandmother settled in Antelope Valley, Calif., Kaye is not who you expect to be nearly the most recorded bassist of the last five decades. A petite blonde without frills, the musician is frank and straightforward in interviews. She wears sunglasses inside, and always has. She doesn’t use a decked-out, custom instrument, and instead plays a Fender Precision Bass, with a pick. In fact, Kaye didn’t even start out as a bassist, but rather a jazz guitarist, giving lessons and playing in clubs to make cash for her mother at 14 years old. I was almost embarrassed to find out about Carol Kaye for the first time a few months ago. I mean, how can someone so incredibly prolific and instrumental to

popular music fly so under the radar? But that’s the beauty of her talent — she was never in the studio for the fame, sex, rock ‘n’ roll and least of all, drugs. Instead, it was for a steady paycheck to feed her three children and mother at home. Her genius did not lie in charisma, but pure inventiveness. At 13, Kaye’s mother bought her a steel-string guitar and she began taking lessons on her own dime, taking odd jobs to gain extra income and support her single parent. Her teacher saw a special talent in the young girl, and soon, Kaye was playing jazz gigs in Los Angeles nightclubs. But she had a baby at 16, and had to keep up several day jobs to support her family. In 1957, Kaye was playing guitar at the Beverly Cavern in Hollywood when a producer asked for someone to play on Sam Cooke’s arrangement of “Summertime.” Going from live work to studio session playing, called “record dates” at the time, was a big decision — often, jazz musicians never returned from the studio in those days. Kaye had mouths to feed, though, so she took the job, and soon she was in demand. By then, she had married and had another child, so the meager sums of club life would not cut it. In the studio, she found a crew of similar musicians that had made the transition from jazz to the pop and rock hits of the time. Though it may have seemed like the Monkees and groups like them were playing their own instruments on each hit record, it was likely Kaye and her contemporaries, skillfully boiling down years of jazz performance into the catchy notes of a pop hook. In an interview with For Bass Players Only, she claims she never felt alienated as the only woman in the studio during most of her career, but Kaye was trailblazing a path for other female musicians with every move she made. One fateful day in 1963, the electric bassist on a Capitol Records studio date didn’t show up, and Kaye was called in to replace him. She had done some bass guitar work on hits like “The In Crowd” by Dobie Gray, but was by and far a guitarist first before that moment. The second she laid her hands on a Fender P-Bass for the first time, music history changed. It may sound like hyperbole, but it’s the

truth — Kaye soon rose to “first call” status as a session bassist and worked for days on end, sometimes sleeping on her instrument case in between takes. She was the rhythm behind much of The Beach Boys’ legendary 1966 album Pet Sounds, and both Brian Wilson and Quincy Jones have called her the greatest electric bassist of all time. Paul McCartney has even said that Kaye’s work influenced his contributions to The Beatles’ classic record Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club. Her talent was pure, unabashed and obvious to anyone who heard it. Her lines weren’t too complicated or basic or poppy or rock ‘n’ roll, but rather perfect elaborations on the simple rhythms put in front of her. She created a smooth and precise sound so famous that producers would ask other bassists to replicate on the rare occasion she couldn’t make it to a date. Most of all, Kaye was a master of the groove, following whatever her training and hands told her to do. In addition to her musical talent, Kaye was always a staunch advocate for herself and her ideas. Without this, she would have never left two unhappy marriages, hired a live-in nanny and provided for her entire family on her own for years. Her genius both allowed her to pave her own path in music history and be self-sufficient enough to prove any critic wrong about a woman’s place in the studio. Even beyond her years as a session musician, the bassist published instructional books to teach the next generation of players. She still gives lessons via Skype at the age of 83. Kaye would not deem herself a feminist hero, and neither would I — that’s never what she wanted to represent, and never set out to be anything other than a guitar player. But she certainly is a hero of some sort, especially to women in music. Such a prolific career on such iconic albums and with such legendary bands is an accomplishment that can’t even be fully understood by anyone but her. That number, 10,000 songs, is almost impossible to truly fathom, but for Kaye, it’s the reality of her life’s purpose. Anyone who has listened to the radio since 1958 has heard her play at one time or another, and I hope that one day they know her name.

about literature. The event is not only important for families and book consumers, but also writers, as it provides a variety of opportunities for authors to have their work showcased and new writers to bring their work to the community. “Writers generally are so involved in writing that they do not spend time thinking about the tough stuff: publishing,” Minnick said. “Once the manuscript is complete or close to complete there is still a ton to accomplish before your book gets to readers. This event will offer a treasure trove of information for authors to consider as they wind down their writing process and ramp up their publishing activities. There is a lot to consider in order

to publish a book you can be proud of.” When all three exciting elements come together — text, author and reader — real magic can happen. The community sees the need for independent bookstores, for new authors and for precious stories. The authors are inspired to write and the books tell the tale on their own. “Books are and will remain the most affordable vacation ever offered,” Minnick said. “In a world where people can’t get off screens, a paper book offers an escape and opportunity to focus on just one thing: a story, a narration, a biography, an interest. People forge relationships with physical books and this is across generations.” Between bringing the

community together, celebrating books and lifting up new and previously published authors, Booktoberfest seems to do it all. Most importantly, though, Booktoberfest restarts the conversation about storytelling. It ignites a fire under a community’s belly, mingling the writers with the readers and mixing the words with moments to make literary magic. “Books are people,” Minnick said. “We celebrate books because of what’s in them. Our history, our poetry, our stories.” Books are indeed people, and people are stories. Now, more than ever, we need so many of these things — stories, human interaction and words. But most importantly, all of us, whoever we are, need books.

CLARA SCOTT

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NETFLIX

‘The Innocents’ clumsily executes a clever premise SAYAN GHOSH Daily Arts Writer

Confused, angry and lovestruck teenagers running away from the oppressed tyranny of their homes is a tried and tested formula that even Netflix has jumped upon recently. The streaming service’s newest show, “The Innocents,” however, is one of their less impressive efforts. Just as Netflix’s “The End of the Fu***ng World” channeled the whimsy and irreverence of “Pierrot Le Fou,” “The Innocents” evokes the more cliché aspects of young adult dramas. “The Innocents” deals with the bizarre and the supernatural by chronicling the love story of teenagers June (Sorcha Groundsell, “Clique”) and Harry (Percelle Ascott, “Doctors”). Both are rather well-adjusted compared to most stereotypical TV teenagers. While they do explore their own fears and anxieties, the show portrays them as doing so with a more realistic sense of tact and maturity than expected of teenagers. June, who lives with a strict and controlling single father, decides to escape her home after her 16th birthday and on the eve of a move to Scotland. She is endowed with the ability to shape-shift, and discovers that she is being followed by Steinar (Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, “Game of Thrones”). Steinar turns out to be a fellow shape-shifter sent by her mother, who is under

the care of a mysterious caretaker Ben Halvorson (Guy Pearce, “Jack Irish”). “The Innocents” feels like a show comprised of two separate shows, each of which is strong overall but together, entirely

“The Innocents” Netflix Season 1 Episodes 1-3 dissonant. June and Harry’s romance is sweet and realistic, and the way they react to troubling situations is in tune to their own personalities. In the other “world” of the story, which is set in a stunning Norwegian landscape, Pearce plays a cleverly written, ambiguous caretaker of shapeshifters, with sharp dialogue and engaging sub stories amongst the various residents of the sanctuary known as “The Sanctum.” However, the show never quite successfully merges these two overarching storylines together. Steinar provides the early links, but they are never fleshed out in the early episodes. The scenes that are meant to be disturbing and/or enlightening are rarely so, with the exception of the actual shapeshifting scenes. In such scenes, the show rarely subverts but drowns in well-established tropes, also hurt by an unmemorable score.

Throughout the early episodes, the show bounces around several tones, but never seems to decide on one. Nonetheless, one of the things the show does have going for it is its sheer aesthetic beauty. The aforementioned Nordic landscapes are brilliantly shot, reminiscent of the lair of CEO Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac, “Annihilation”) in “Ex Machina.” They contrast well with the harsh, brooding skies and landscapes of the UK, where the bulk of the action takes place. Another positive aspect of the show is the secondary characters. June’s brother Ryan is a recluse suffering from agoraphobia, and who seems to deeply care for his sister. Harry’s scenes with his mentally disabled father are tender and some of the most emotionally charged in the show. These characters are fleshed out and engaging in their own right, and they suggest more sources of intrigue in later episodes. While not as engaging as its premise suggests, the early episodes of “The Innocents” pose a series of intriguing questions, especially about what in the world connects all of its seemingly disparate storylines. Fans of other Netflix series such as “Stranger Things” will appreciate the sci-fi angle the story takes, while others may appreciate the romance and simultaneous growth of the teen leads. Unfortunately, both of these aspects do not form a seamless combination.

COMMUNITY CULTURE PREVIEW

Booktoberfest will give AA a literary awakening ELI RALLO

Daily Arts Writer

I would never move to a city without ensuring that there was an independent bookstore within walking distance first. A community without a bookstore is akin to a chest without a beating heart. Unable to function, unable to exist, without life. A bookstore is the type of place that makes a community feel like a home. It is impossible to imagine a perfectly functioning city without at least the option to walk a bit and find perfect solace between the lines of a good book. It comes down to storytelling — the sweetness of it, the grittiness of it, the heartbreak of it and the necessity of it. We would not be much without stories. Our homes would not be much without stories. Our cities, our highrises, our public parks, our 9-to-5 jobs and our family rooms would not be much without stories. Our lives need independent bookstores. Our lives need books. In order for bookstores to function, people must read. Our communities need readers to buy and share books. In a world where Amazon is a click away and our eyes are glued to our phone screens, this proves no small feat. Enter: Thomson-Shore, a Dexter, Michigan book manufacturer, printer, publisher and distribution company with one goal: to celebrate books. In

Oct. of 2017 the company held its first annual “Booktoberfest,” which Lori Minnick, an employee at Thompson-Shore, described as an “opportunity to celebrate all things books with the entire family” in a recent interview with the Daily. The event is a celebration of authors, books and reading put on by ThomsonShore annually and aided by Ann

Booktoberfest Sept. 8, 2018 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Literati Bookstore Free Arbor’s own Literati Bookstore. Minnick went on to explain the event a bit more, which is scheduled for this Saturday, Sept. 8. “We have some great authors who will be sharing their stories and signing books, experts in the industry sharing insight, tours of our plant showing first-hand how books are made, a pitch your book contest for authors looking for a publishing deal and an opportunity for children to become published authors,” Minnick said. When asked to describe the event in more detail, Minnick continued with the idea that events like Booktoberfest are necessary to get the community

excited and passionate about reading, especially in a time of such technological advancement, in a world where we are all prone to be “too distracted” or “too busy” to take the time to read. “We celebrate our authors accomplishments,” she said. “We celebrate that the industry is still going strong and we celebrate the fact that people still want to hold and read real books.” It comes as a bit of a heartbreak that we must be reduced to such a phrase — “people still want to hold and read real books” — as though the practice is falling away from us in this 21st century. A bookstore is idiosyncratic in this way because it holds something for everyone. It is a romantic practice — book browsing and book purchasing and the idea of authors putting pen to paper. As consumers we are given the gift of bookstores — an opportunity to walk into a blind date empty and walk out in love at first sight with words we didn’t even know we needed. There’s something special about the ability of literature to transcend time and space, and there’s something incredibly important about ensuring that children are a part of the push to get people reading again. Booktoberfest seeks out a variety of activities and authors for children in order to ensure families will come with their young kids, get them excited to read new books and ravenous

SINGLE REVIEW: “SUSPIRIUM” Yesterday, Thom Yorke released a solo track entitled “Suspirium.” The song is a creepy pastoral waltz off of the score Thom Yorke has composed for the upcoming horror film “Suspiria.” The instrumentation is minimal, limited to just piano and f lute (what sounds like a harpsichord mirrors the piano). The work straddles the line between angelic and vaguely unsettling; the bittersweet quality is attributable to Yorke’s eldritch voice and what sounds like the heavy use of major/minor modality (a compositional gambit Radiohead is particularly fond of ), which has the

rhetorical effect of imparting a sense of instability. The cryptic lyrics contribute to

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this feeling of uncertainty as well, with lines such as “All is well, as long as we keep spinning / Here and now, dancing behind a wall / When the old songs and laughter we do / Are forgiven always and never been true” sounding like some Delphic prophecy. While most of Yorke’s solo

work is distinguishable from the music of Radiohead, “Suspirium” could easily be mistaken for a outtake from A Moon Shaped Pool, or a companion piece to “Like Spinning Plates.” Yorke’s ability to create such a beautiful effect while retaining simplicity of both orchestration and harmony is a testament to his prescient songwriting abilities. The piece is gorgeous, a simple composition tinged with complex implications of sadness and confusion. While I haven’t seen the movie this song was made for, “Suspiria” is already fighting an uphill battle if they want to live up to the score.

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BIG MACHINE

Taylor’s corner: A night at Swift’s ‘Reputation’ tour ASIF BECHER

Daily Books Editor

I caught myself looking at the screen a lot that night at Ford Field. It’s where I’m most used to seeing Taylor Swift, how my brain most comfortably processes her — broken up between camera angles, the editing making her into a collection of discrete, twodimensional images that can be twisted small enough to fit into a Twitter icon, or stretched out to a massive, inhuman size on the screens at the end zone of a football stadium. And yet, the real Taylor was right there, golden haired and sparkling in her many catsuits and dresses. Her presence looms so large in culture and memory that seeing her, tiny and present and so fundamentally real, felt like an earnest shock to the system. When the booming opening bass notes of “Ready For It” kicked off the show, we saw

her silhouette rising above the crowd, hooded and huge, but when the glow dropped, it was just her. Alone on the massive stage, tiny across the waves of people and lights in the crowd. The “Reputation” tour is an impeccable tour de force pop production, with lighting, stage design and choreography expertly conceived to create an experience that feels both massive and intimate. Apart from a small issue with the sound that slightly pitched up Taylor’s voice (though that might just be a consequence of broadcasting a mic feed across a ridiculously huge and kind of weirdly shaped venue), the show was impeccable, and full of brilliant creative details. Taylor Swift has never been much for subtlety, and in live performance, the melodrama was deliciously entertaining. Ninety foot snakes popped up during “Look What You Made Me Do,” dancers were mounted atop golden thrones in “King Of My Heart” and Taylor held

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her arms out as though she was being crucified on no less than two separate occasions. When the lyrics called for her to “beg you on my knees to stay” you can bet she dropped all five feet, 11 inches of herself to the floor. The girl commits. Like in her previous tour promoting 1989, each person in the audience was given a bracelet that lit up along with the show, and the result was a stadium that felt like a selfcontained galaxy, each of us equipped with our own little stars that shone in purples, reds, pinks, blues, golds. And really, the show felt like a world unto its own, a complete multisensory, multi-dimensional experience. It was a perfect tribute to Taylor’s many old and new identities, never condescending towards her past selves because she clearly understands the intimate way her audience invests our lives in her own history. Such is the power of a Taylor Swift song — personal to her, the writer, and

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personal to everyone who hears it. It’s unsurprising, then, that the best parts of the show found Taylor performing alone. Her stage presence and easy intimacy with tens of thousands of people at once just can’t be taught. The night’s highlight was “Delicate,” when Taylor stepped into a sparkling gold cage that floated her up over the crowds and across the stadium. The screens that usually displayed close-ups of her face were blacked out and speckled only in purple starry lights to match our bracelets, so that all you could see in the stadium were spots of lights and the gold orb containing Taylor, floating above our heads. “I know that it’s delicate,” she sang, her voice hushed and tender, and the song washed over 50,000 people. She made a great effort to bridge old and new material — the jaded cool-girl affect of “Style” merged seamlessly with the sweet earnestness of “Love Story”; the righteous anger of throwback “Should’ve Said No” melded with the petty fury of “Bad Blood.” The true stroke of genius, though, was when she sat at the piano and played “Long Live” and “New Years Day” together, weaving together with devastating precision two of the sweetest songs in her catalogue. “Hold on to the memories / they will hold on to you,” she sang before her voice dropped to a low murmur, “And I had the time of my life with you.” She let the piano notes hang in the air for a bit before she looked up at us, and her face broke into a smile as the audience let out the loudest cheer of the night. We cried, we loved Taylor Swift. As I was confronted with the jarring presence of a person who I’d only ever understood through screens, I found myself thinking a lot that night about what that must feel like to be Taylor Swift, actual human being, so small on a such a big stage, everyone looking at you

The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com and everyone seeing something different in your image. What it must feel like to run through a crowd of people carrying signs with your name and your face, hordes of strangers reaching for you with arms outstretched and trying to grab at different parts of you. What do we want from Taylor, and what does she want from us? What is it like to have complete strangers say they love you? What is it like to maybe love them back? It’s long been commented that Taylor’s most valuable skill as a pop star is her ability to make a sentiment, song

Taylor Swift has never been much for subtlety, and in live performance, the melodrama was deliciously entertaining

or moment intended to be consumed by millions feel as though it’s directed at each individual person experiencing it. And to be sure, there’s an element of manipulation to that, the way her public persona deliberately cultivates a parasocial relationship between her and her fans. Through little tidbits of admissions in her music, social media and public profile, her fans feel like we know her when we clearly don’t, like we might even love her. It’s a strange paradox — intimacy created not despite distance between audience and performer, but rather because of it. Still, I think the distance can be desensitizing sometimes. It’s easy to take a pop star of

Swift’s popularity, impact, fame and notoriety and see her only as a nexus of conversation, a figure onto which we can project pretty much anything. A concept that we can discuss, use as a framework for debates about gender, class, race and pretty much every other topic you can possibly think of. It’s easy to forget in all the talk about the concept of Taylor Swift™, that there’s a very real Taylor Swift. It’s only in these rare spaces where it’s possible to make a real life contact and connection that we can remember there’s a version of Taylor who’s just a person. Talented and charismatic and wildly wealthy and popular, sometimes kind and sometimes vicious, sometimes hungry and sometimes tired, sometimes her best self and sometimes her worst self — but at all times human. “Can I tell you guys a secret?” she asked halfway through the show, standing alone on stage in a glittery leotard and oversized patchy jacket, strumming her guitar. “This tour is the most fun I’ve ever had.” She looked out at us and smiled, and there was a cunning glint in her eyes as she let us into her world, each of us made to believe we were her co-conspirators and the keepers of her secrets. I saw real love in that look, too — but I’m sure someone else saw something different. She ended the show with a mashup of “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” and “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things,” storms of confetti raining down on us and the lights on our wristbands going haywire with colors. The screens and the stage were configured to look like an opulent mansion as she danced around in her glittering purple dress, leading the audience in a cathartic, floor-stomping chant. She took a bow and the doors of the mansion locked. Then said she loved us one last time — and in a flash, she was gone.

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2018 Schedule

The Michigan football team dropped its season opener to Notre Dame, falling to the No. 12 Fighting Irish, 24-17. Next up is a Western Michigan team that struggled against Syracuse in its season opener, falling 55-42. The Broncos travel to Ann Arbor this Saturday to kick off the Wolverines’ home schedule. The game starts a four-game stretch at Michigan Stadium, with SMU, Nebraska, Northwestern and Maryland visiting in the following weeks.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Patrick Nothaft, a reporter for MLive and the Kalamazoo Gazette, gives his take. On Saturday, Drake Harris will be on the same field as he’s been for the past four years, but it wasn’t supposed to go like this. The Daily breaks down how the Wolverines will fare against the Broncos. The Daily presents storylines that you should watch for in Michigan’s home opener.

Notre Dame (Sept. 1): Touchdown Jesus? Where is Touchdown Moses?

Wisconsin (Oct. 13): There’s no “I” in Chryst.

Western Michigan (Sept. 8): Row the NOPE! (please don’t sue us PJ)

Michigan State (Oct. 20): The Michigan Daily has beaten the State News 13 years in a row.

SMU (Sept. 15): More like Methodisn’t

Penn State (Nov. 3): The App State game gave us flashbacks even without the 7,000 replays on BTN.

Nebraska (Sept. 22): Nebraska is undeniably the worst state to drive through.

Rutgers (Nov. 10): Seriously, someone needs to drain the hot tub.

Northwestern (Sept. 29): No. No one cares that you went to Medill. Crawl back in your hole.

Indiana (Nov. 17): We spent 5 minutes debating who their coach was.

Maryland (Oct. 6): They need more swing sets in College Park.

Ohio State (Nov. 24): Brett XcXurphy

STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers pick against the spread for top-25 and Big Ten teams.

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Arkansas State at No. 1 Alabama (-36.5)

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No. 2 Clemson (-12.0) at Texas A&M

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No. 3 Georgia (-10.0) at No. 24 South Carolina

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Rutgers at No. 4 Ohio State (-35.0)

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Ball State at No. 8 Notre Dame (-34.5)

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No. 17 USC at No. 10 Stanford (-6.0)

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No. 15 Michigan State (-6.0) at Arizona State

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No. 16 TCU (-22.5) at SMU

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No. 18 Mississippi State (-8.0) at Kansas State

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UConn at No. 20 Boise State (-31.5)

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Behind Enemy Lines: A conversation with an MLive WMU football beat writer By MAX MARCOVITCH Daily Sports Editor

Michigan’s home opener this year comes without much of the normal pomp and circumstance. The curtain has been lifted on this team, and the opening act left much to be desired. Last week’s loss to Notre Dame eliminated some of the revelatory intrigue that often accompanies this week. In comes Western Michigan — traveling just over 100 miles to the east — to take on the Wolverines on Saturday at Michigan Western at Stadium. Both Michigan teams are 0-1. The Broncos Matchup: enter the game Western 0-1; off a 55-42 loss Michigan 0-1 to Syracuse, When: Saturday in hopes of 12 P.M. spurring an Where: unprecedented Michigan upset behind Stadium a surprisingly TV/Radio: ABC upstart offense. The Daily spoke to Patrick Nothaft, a reporter for MLive and Kalamazoo Gazette reporter, to learn about Western Michigan’s strength and weaknesses, and how the two teams might match up on Saturday. The Michigan Daily: From a national perspective, people knew Western for PJ Fleck — he sort of put Western on the map. How would you describe the state of the program at this point? Patrick Nothaft: I would say that, honestly, the excitement from that undefeated regular season is kind of wearing off, just from looking around town, you don’t see as much of the support around the street — all the Western flags in the business windows and all that kinda thing that you saw during the undefeated season. I will say the expectations were pretty high last year. I know a lot of people — especially after hanging tough with USC week one — were expecting better than 6-6. It’s hard to just look at the record and say the season was a total failure, because there were just so many injuries. They had 21 guys that were season-enders, including the quarterback. And as it turned out, the backup was not ready for

Division I college football. He left the program and isn’t playing football anymore. So it was a pretty rough go offensively. When other teams are putting 10 guys in the box daring you to throw, and you still can’t throw, it’s a pretty disappointing product as a fan to watch, just because you get in a lot of third-and-long situations and you can’t pass. Last year obviously didn’t go that well. It seems like reading some of the reactions from the fans this year, there’s just not that much excitement. They think a middleof-the-pack MAC finish is on the table this year. But I think that, as far as what the coaching staff is doing, they have the right people in place for future success. They only have 10 seniors on this team. I think they’re headed in the right direction. I think Tim Munster is a really good offensive coach, but it’s just going to take a little bit of time. TMD: What did you make of the game against Syracuse? Nothaft: I thought the offense was definitely a bright spot, at least in the second half. They hit some big plays. I think I said earlier, the passing game just couldn’t get on track last year at all. For them to come out, and drove for almost 380 yards and three touchdowns, including that 84-yarder from John Wassink to (D’Wayne) Eskridge. I thought that was really good to see. They still got their yards rushing the ball, even though they kind of abandoned the run game after they got that huge first-half hole. I think that the offense was really encouraging. But the defense, on the other hand, definitely wasn’t. To let a quarterback run for 200 yards on 15 carries is not what you want to see. I think people are going to find out as the season goes on, the Syracuse quarterback is probably one of the best dual threat guys in the country. He led Syracuse to a win over Clemson last year. They’re not really going to see that caliber of quarterback going forward. I think the defense will show improvement, but the offense is what really surprised me, with how well it’s clicking. TMD: Is that what you expected coming into the year — an offense that was going to be the strength of the year, with a defense that lags

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Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh is looking to go 4-0 in home openers with a matchup against Western Michigan on Saturday.

behind? Nothaft: I think that was a surprise. People had questions about quarterback John Wassink coming off his season-ending surgery to repair his broken collarbone. People didn’t really know what to expect. He started out terrible against USC and Michigan State, which isn’t too unexpected for a guy making his first two career starts on the road like that. He settled down in MAC play. I think people just kind of wondered if his 14:2 interception ratio that he posted in MAC play, if that was going to carry over. And it turns out that he’s picking up right where he left off, at least he did against Syracuse anyway. Things are going to go a little bit differently against Michigan because their defense is so good. I think him being able to hit those big plays and loss passes was definitely a surprise because they couldn’t do it all last year. That was the one weakness of the offense, was that they could not stretch the field. TMD: For Michigan fans who might be unfamiliar with Western, who are a few players they should be looking out for? Nothaft: I would say the running back Levante Dollomy. During the summer in practice, he ran a 4.32 40-(yard dash). So he is definitely fast. There’s probably very few Michigan players who

will catch him from behind if he gets loose in the open field. Their wide receiver (D’Wayne) Eskridge. He had that 84-yard touchdown catch against Syracuse. He’s another guy, he posted a 4.33 40-(yard dash) over the summer. If he gets behind Lavert Hill or David Long, it’s going to be really tough for those guys to catch him. If I were the Michigan cornerbacks, I wouldn’t gamble. I’d just try to keep him in front of me. If you can put a hit on him right as he catches it, that’ll work out in their favor a little bit more. I think those are the two big guys on offense. Those are pretty much Western’s two main playmakers. TMD: Are there any other matchups that you think might give Michigan trouble — specifically on the other side of the ball? Nothaft: Everyone knows how bad Michigan’s tackles have looked. Notre Dame has a real good front. Western has some decent defensive ends. I don’t want to call out anyone by name, but the ends of the offensive line kind of look lost. Whether or not they can beat Western’s defensive ends one-on-one is a fair question, I think. They’re not really the biggest defensive ends, I think they’re both around 240 pounds. That could be somewhere where Western Michigan has an edge, but I’d expect if Michigan’s having

trouble with that, they’ll just rely on the ground game, because Western’s interior defensive linemen aren’t very big and Michigan’s guys are huge. I think they could push them off the ball, and just run it and escape with a pretty easy win. TMD: If Western is to hang around in this one, what are a few keys to that? Nothaft: I think turnovers will be huge. If they can get to Shea Patterson and force some fumbles, that’s a really good way to put Michigan in a hole. If they can hit some big plays over the top, like they did against Syracuse — I’m sure that Michigan’s watched the film on Western, so they know they have some speed guys. But if Western can find a way to get some of their receivers behind defensive backs — no matter where they are on the field — that could be a touchdown. So I think those are the two big things: connecting on some keys plays offensively and then forcing some turnovers and getting pressure on Patterson. TMD: Prediction? Nothaft: I said at the beginning of the season it’d probably about 38-14, Michigan. I think it’ll probably be a little higher scoring, just based on how many points Western gave up against Syracuse. So I guess right now I’d probably say 42-17, Michigan.

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ALMOST HOME Mike Persak, Managing Sports Editor

Formally a Wolverine, Drake Harris will return to Ann Arbor on Saturday a Bronco. Drake Harris will run through the Michigan Stadium tunnel Saturday. His band will play the fight song, and his team will take the field. Since arriving in Ann Arbor five years ago, it will be the last time Harris will play in front of the Wolverine faithful. That’s because he transferred to Western Michigan this past year. Harris was supposed to be a lot of things: a basketball star, the leading receiver in Michigan high school history, the next great Michigan receiver. But after twists and turns, some bad luck and a few injuries, Harris’ new home is with the team that will be on the opposing sideline from the one he last called home. Drake Harris is a Bronco now. That’s not how it was supposed to be. *** Everyone thought Harris would end up a basketball player. He started playing in third grade, at Hoop City in his hometown of Grand Rapids, Mich. That’s where Harris first met Drew Zuidema, his best friend and a four-year basketball player at Spring Arbor University. At that age, talent is rough and hard to identify. But as Harris grew up, he got bigger, and his pure athleticism became apparent. First he joined the Grand Rapids Storm in the AAU and then moved on to the Chicago MeanStreets of Nike’s Elite Youth Basketball League. It’s the same program that produced

Derrick Rose, Eric Gordon and Anthony Davis. “I mean, I remember going to games and watching him go up against D’Angelo Russell, you name it, Stanley Johnson, and he killed them.” Zuidema said. “If we’re gonna be honest, he was night and day better than like all those dudes.” With that success, football took a clear backseat, and with good reason. By the time Harris began his freshman year at Grand Rapids Christian High School, he already had a scholarship offer from Indiana and had built a strong relationship with Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo. But Grand Rapids Christian football coach Don Fellows saw the impact Harris, a tall, lanky, athletic freak, could make on the football field. Harris had played football before, with the Seidman Boys and Girls Club in Grand Rapids when he was younger, but Zuidema says Harris sustained a few injuries playing the sport back then, and he shied away from it. With the help of Harris’ father Mike, though, and even some coercing from Izzo, who likes twosport athletes, Fellows convinced the young receiver to transition back to the football field. Harris played on the freshman team that season, then moved up to varsity his sophomore year. That’s when things started to shift, as Harris went for over 1,000 yards receiving with 12 touchdowns. But just as his football career was starting to ramp up, Harris committed to play basketball at Michigan State that summer, in 2012. “If Drake had to do it over again, he’d probably tell you that Coach

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Izzo was the coach that he trusts most out of this whole thing,” Fellows said. “And Coach has been really good to Drake since then, so that’s a compliment to him. But I think Drake committed to Michigan State early to get the pressure off of him.” The next season, Harris set the world on fire. He went for 2,015 yards, an Michigan High School Athletic Association record, and 25 touchdowns, the second-best mark in MHSAA history. In the state championship game, Harris accumulated 243 yards and two touchdowns against Orchard Lake St. Mary’s. The guy who matched up with Harris that game? Eventual Michigan State legend Jalen WattsJackson. From there, the offers came streaming in. Zuidema says Harris would get texts from football coaches across the country — sometimes 15 in a day — and it put the pressure right back on. “We’d be at home playing video games or something, because he basically lived with me in high school,” Zuidema said. “I mean, you name it, whatever college coach in the country was blowing his phone up. I mean, I remember teams like Tennessee and SEC coaches texting him like 10 or 15 times a day. He struggled with that a lot, because it was so many teams that hitting him up at that point, he didn’t know what to do, because it’s hard to respond to every single one, acting like you’re kind of interested.” In March of 2013, Harris decommitted from the Spartans. Just over a month later, Harris went on a visit to Michigan’s spring game in 2013. Zuidema, a Michigan State fan himself, came with him. “They laid out the red carpet,”

Zuidema said. “They did everything. Even I walked away from it, like, that’s pretty damn good. … He wanted to be close to home too. He wanted his family and friends to watch him.” A day after that visit, Harris committed to the Wolverines and coach Brady Hoke. ***

that. It is. He had to battle through all that, and, like I said, I think it made him stronger today.” Added Zuidema: “People would come up to me, and I’d be like, ‘Dude, I’m his best friend. He never did anything.’ … I think that was the local, I mean, people just talking. People didn’t like him, because you couldn’t really stop him, obviously. He had that

Local stardom isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, especially when things go wrong. Before Harris’ senior season even began, he suffered a hamstring injury, and he never played a game. In just two seasons, he finished with the fourthmost career yards (3,133) and the eighthmost career touchdowns (37) in MHSAA history. With that, rumors swirled. People wondered if Harris was really sitting out with an injury or if there was something else at foot, but Harris kept a cool head. “I hear people say he got in trouble,” Mike said. “And I’m like, ‘News to me! I’m his dad! I’m a cop! People can come up with the craziest stuff, you know, and the craziest thing is if you’re good at something, people want you to fail. It’s sad that some people are like

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hamstring injury, and it was legit, and he could never really rattle that. And I’ve never had a hamstring (injury), but he said it was the most painful thing ever and it kept coming back to him.” The season passed, but the hamstring injuries persisted. Harris left for Ann Arbor, joining a roster that was already packed with talent, still trying to return from his setback. Harris redshirted the 2014 season. That year, the Wolverines went 5-7, and at season’s end, Hoke was out and Jim Harbaugh came in. A new wrench was thrown into Harris’ plans. *** Harris and Harbaugh seemed, at first, to be a great match. Before the season began, Harris generated buzz. Next to the likes of Amara Darboh and Jehu Chesson, who ended up starting the season, Harris looked to be emerging as a strong option in Harbaugh’s offense. However, when the Wolverines opened their season with a loss to Utah, Harris didn’t catch a pass. It was a preview of the career to come. “I would be at mostly every home game with his parents, I mean, my dad would go, and we were so frustrated,” Zuidema said. “I mean that’s what it is. It’s the B1G. It’s D-I. Harbaugh comes in. He has his studs come in, and Drake would try every day in practice. He would send me videos like the last two years of Jabrill Peppers and (Jourdan) Lewis on him, just killing them. “… He always respects Harbaugh and all that stuff, it’s just that transition was tough for him.” Harris, the four-star recruit, one of the most prolific receivers in the history of Michigan high school football, played just 26 games in his Michigan career, finishing with nine catches for 60 yards and zero touchdowns. Mixed along the way were rumors of injuries and position changes. Harris was a long way removed from the days of dominating future NBA all-stars on the EYBL

circuit. “I think that the system that Michigan runs isn’t necessarily a system for Drake,” Fellows said. “I’ve always been amazed that people don’t take vertical shots with Drake, and the last couple years I have been watching them — obviously I’m not judging Coach Harbaugh — it just doesn’t seem like there were that many opportunities in their system to utilize him. So I think it wasn’t necessarily a personality conf lict or anything like that, I’m just not sure that Drake fit their system, per se.” Showing his mental fortitude again, though, Harris stuck it out. He earned his degree in marketing and sales, then transferred back to the west side, to join Western Michigan. ***

you know what? He got a great degree at a great university at Michigan. But, athletically, we just felt he never got the opportunities he should have, and you know hey it is what it is.” In his opening game, a Western Michigan loss to Syracuse, 55-42, Harris got eight targets, hauling in one of them for 12 yards. For some receivers, that would be disappointing. For Harris, it’s a welcome change to get those targets, to just get the chance to make a play again. Saturday, he’ll get another chance, this time against the Wolverines. He’ll meet up at pregame with his old teammates and then match up against them. “Drake is super polished on

knowing what to say, because he’s been dealing with this for eight, nine years,” Fellows said. “So he’s saying the right things, ‘This will be exciting for my teammates, this and that.’ But I know deep down, you

know, if he gets the opportunity to make a lot of plays, I think it’s just human nature to be able to prove people wrong, I think Drake is

excited about that opportunity. “But you’ll never catch him saying anything, nor has he said anything to me. I’m speaking for him. I think he’d relish the opportunity to be super successful in that situation.” From all accounts, Harris still wants a chance at the NFL. Saturday will be his best opportunity to show that he’s capable. Zuidema and Mike will be watching from the stands. Harbaugh will be watching from the sideline. The world will be watching from their television sets. Harris still has a chance to achieve the goals he always wanted. It’s almost like normal. But this isn’t quite how it was supposed to be.

Now Harris is a Bronco. Fellows helped with the that recruitment, as he knows Western Michigan defensive coordinator Lou Esposito. Mike says his son trusts Broncos coach Tim Lester like he trusted Hoke when he first committed. According to Zuidema, Harris had offers from all over the country again, but he wanted to stay close to home. “It was all up to Drake,” Mike said. “He’s old enough now to make his own choices, but you’ve gotta live with the choices. So we don’t have any regrets. Now, personally, with some of the things that happened to the kid, oh yeah, we’re a little upset about, but I’ll just keep that to myself. Because we know, Drake Harris is a great kid with great character. And my thing is, character-wise, he’s gonna stand out regardless when he’s done playing football above anything else. So my biggest thing with everything is he made the choices he made. “And

Breakdown: Michigan vs. WMU By ETHAN WOLFE Daily Sports Writer

Six days after losing to No. 8 Notre Dame, the sky still isn’t falling and Michigan football is still playing in its home opener on Saturday against Western Michigan. But what happened in South Bend was more realization than revelation — the oft-praised Wolverines (0-1 overall) had problems to manage on both sides of the ball. The offensive line alone provided a season’s worth of concerns limiting Michigan’s potential. But Jim Harbaugh announced that he had no plans to make personnel changes just yet. So the same rotation that took the field Sept. 1 will get its chance at redemption in front of its home crowd against the Broncos (0-1). Western Michigan lost its season opener in a shootout at home to Syracuse, 55-42. While the Broncos showcased an explosive offense, their defense was the polar opposite, a concern that set the Wolverines as the 25.5-point favorite to win. Here’s how Michigan matches up against Western Michigan on Saturday. Michigan pass offense vs. Western Michigan pass defense Tackles Jon Runyan Jr. and Juwann Bushell-Beatty would have been better off as ghosts on some plays against Notre Dame. All three sacks came from Runyan on the left side, but Bushell-Beatty had his own struggles surrendering pressure on the right. Even established players struggled. Sophomore center Cesar Ruiz allowed a hurry that resulted in a Notre Dame interception. Michigan has a more than capable quarterback in junior Shea Patterson, who has weapons at his disposal in a deep tight end and wide receiver group. But Patterson will need time to throw — a proposition that looks feasible against the Broncos’ weak defensive front. Western Michigan gave up just 11 completions against the Orange, but got burned for 226 yards and two touchdowns when the Broncos were already getting pummeled by 6B

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Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh and the Wolverines head into Saturday’s matchup with Western Michigan 0-1 after falling to the No. 12 Fighting Irish, 24-17, last Saturday.

the Syracuse rushing attack. Western Michigan’s defense totaled two sacks and three hurries, hardly surpassable numbers against stronger competition. It also f loundered against taller receivers — a fate that could bode well for 6-foot4 Nico Collins. Saturday could be a breakthrough opportunity for the Wolverines’ unproven offense. Edge: Michigan Michigan run offense vs. Western Michigan run defense Michigan’s supposed running back rotation never came to life against Notre Dame. Senior Karan Higdon toted the ball 21 times for 72 yards and a

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touchdown, while junior Chris Evans recorded just two carries the whole night. Higdon’s touchdown — the offense’s lone score — came in what was essentially garbage time late in the fourth quarter. The coaching staff clearly sees Higdon as a three-down back, despite rushing for only 3.4 yards per carry behind a f lat-footed offensive line. If there was ever a time to rotate with Evans and No. 3 back Tru Wilson, it’s in the nonconference slate. The running game should have no trouble getting back on track, though, against the Broncos. Against the Orange, Western Michigan surrendered 200 rushing yards to Eric Dungey, who now holds the Atlantic Coast Conference’s

single-game quarterback rushing record. The Broncos also allowed five touchdowns on the ground. Michigan is yet to establish a prominent run game, though history suggests that will be short-lived with Western Michigan’s front seven. Patterson doesn’t have to be a hero in this one. Edge: Michigan Western Michigan offense vs. Michigan defense

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Cornerbacks coach Mike Zordich knew Notre Dame would catch the ball against his secondary. The Fighting Irish’s primary receivers were no less than four inches taller

and 20 pounds heavier than his defensive backs, and their size was on full display in the first half before a relative shutout in the second half. Safeties Tyree Kinnel and Brad Hawkins led the way with eight and six tackles, respectively, while fifth-year senior cornerback Brandon Watson intercepted a pass. Star corners Lavert Hill and David Long struggled early on, but regained their footing. The defensive back rotation may not have much work to do

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given the pressure that Broncos’ quarterback Jon Wassink will face, but could see a different kind of battle on Saturday than they did the previous week. Western Michigan’s D’Wayne Eskridge, at 5-foot-9, put up video game numbers against Syracuse, hauling in eight catches for 240 yards and two scores. His counterpart, Jayden Reed, had a noteworthy seven receptions for 121 yards and a touchdown himself. The numbers are jarring, but Wassink will likely have less time to throw. Michigan’s secondary is still elite, and will ultimately have what it takes to limit the Broncos’ aerial attack. Edge: Michigan Western Michigan offense vs. Michigan defense

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LeVante Bellamy has 4.4 speed and a solid offensive line that helped him pull off a 64-yard touchdown versus Syracuse. But he is largely unproven and has never faced a defensive front like the one the Wolverines boast. Last Saturday, Michigan often found itself overcommitting against dual-threat quarterback Brandon Wimbush, who had success finding his receivers on crossing patterns or taking off running himself. But Wassink isn’t Wimbush, and the Wolverines mostly had success stuffing Notre Dame’s running backs. Western Michigan doesn’t bring anything that Michigan either hasn’t seen or has gotten burned on in the past. With Rashan Gary and Chase Winovich coming around the edges and Devin Bush and Khaleke Hudson crashing down,

the defense should have its way on Saturday. Edge: Michigan Special teams Early on, the Wolverines’ and Broncos’ special teams units are hardly differentiable, though Michigan holds the slight advantage. Sophomore Ambry Thomas broke off a 99-yard kick return touchdown when the Wolverines needed it in the worst way against Notre Dame. But sophomore Donovan Peoples-Jones misplayed a punt return to end the first half and showed little more. Sophomore Will Hart booted three punts for an average of 44 yards, compared to the Broncos’ five punts and 36-yard average. Michigan redshirt sophomore kicker Quinn Nordin hit a 28-yard field goal, but missed

his chance at a second when Hart botched a hold. Western Michigan’s Josh Grant missed his only attempt of the year, but was 6-for-6 on extra points. Both teams have their respective issues, but the Wolverines have had the more concrete results to start.

introduced the second-best recruiting class in the MidAmerican Conference, but are still putting the pieces together after an undefeated 2016 season. That chemistry doesn’t seem like it can happen at Michigan Stadium. Edge: Michigan

Edge: Michigan Intangibles Michigan has the most at stake given its expectations and desire to rebound. Patterson, while showing f lashes of confidence, is still looking to prove his worth alongside his receiving unit. The offensive line, deemed a strength by Ruiz, needs immediate improvement. Western Michigan is still working out the kinks with its second-year coach Tim Lester. The Broncos are young and

The Wolverines have the upper hand in every category, but as seen on Saturday, improvement opportunities are aplenty. Western Michigan has playmakers, but its defense could face problems against a Michigan offense that is still figuring through things on its own. Prediction: Michigan Western Michigan 17

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What to Watch For: WMU By MARK CALCAGNO Daily Sports Editor

Last week, the Michigan football team entered Notre Dame Stadium looking for a statement win. And as had been the case the previous 16 times the Wolverines played a ranked team on the road, they didn’t get one. On the surface, a 24-17 defeat at hands of the country’s twelfth-ranked team isn’t that concerning. But aspects of Michigan’s performance were. Western Michigan (1-0 overall) doesn’t provide a chance to snap an ugly streak or earn that marquee win. But it does supply the 21st-ranked Wolverines (0-1) an opportunity to shore up areas that cost them last week. Here’s what to watch for in Saturday’s home opener. Offensive line play Shea Patterson spent much of his Michigan debut under duress. The junior quarterback was sacked twice and pressured on numerous other occasions — sometimes even left with no fighting chance just moments after the snap. Simply, the Wolverines’ most glaring issue last week was its offensive line. But you wouldn’t have known it from what Jim Harbaugh said Monday. “Yeah, I thought it was improved,” Harbaugh said. “We look at it and there was probably a few boxes that you check and say, ‘Hey, this is improved.’ That was another area I think was improved and we continue to get better in that area, but I think it was one of the areas that I think we’re improving on.” Though many college teams have established chemistry by the end of camp, junior tight end Sean McKeon thinks more game experience will aid Michigan’s offensive line. “I thought (the line) looked good,” McKeon said. “The offensive line, obviously, they gotta work to build chemistry, maybe even more than they tried to build in camp. So just got to build more chemistry up front.” Well, Saturday is another chance for that — although one has to wonder if the Wolverines will consider playing redshirt freshman James Hudson or true freshman Jaylen Mayfield more 8B

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Senior left tackle Jon Runyan Jr. will play against Western Michigan Saturday despite being overmatched against Notre Dame.

at tackle. Senior Jon Runyan Jr. was noticeably overmatched against the Fighting Irish, but Harbaugh said he’s sticking with the same group of Runyan, Ben Bredeson, Cesar Ruiz, Michael Onwenu and Juwann BushellBeatty this weekend. Regardless of who finishes the game, however, for the sake of Patterson’s health and his offense, Michigan’s offensive line needs to show improvement. Tight ends, Oliver Martin Michigan’s tight ends were the lone bright spot of its passing game a season ago. But against Notre Dame, McKeon as well as juniors Zack Gentry and Nick Eubanks combined for just 31 yards on five catches. A 6-foot-7 target, Gentry helped the Wolverines pick up a first down early, but couldn’t pull down a catchable potential touchdown pass in the second quarter. McKeon and Eubanks, meanwhile, were held quiet by the Fighting Irish’s speedy linebackers. Yet the ho-hum effort could be viewed as a positive for Michigan. The Wolverines finally got solid production from their receivers, who caught just two touchdown passes all last year. Though they didn’t get to the endzone last Saturday, Nico Collins, Donovan Peoples-Jones, Grant Perry and Oliver Martin were productive with 17 catches for 181 yards. Now the challenge is ensuring the tight ends and receivers are effective concurrently.

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When asked if Michigan would look to its tight ends more against the Broncos, Harbaugh on Monday didn’t give an explicit direction. But the answer should be yes. The Wolverines need more from Gentry, McKeon and Eubanks. Combining the reliability the group provided last season with the f lashes the receivers showed Saturday would make life significantly easier for Patterson. And so would more of Martin. In his first collegiate affair, Martin did exactly what receivers are supposed to do with a scrambling quarterback: find open space. On a third-andseven late during Michigan’s lone offensive touchdown drive, Martin saw Patterson moving to his right and jolted towards the hash to catch a 21-yard pass. “I had a seam release corner, and cover-2, and I kinda got bumped outside a little bit early,” Martin said on Tuesday. “So I got on the sideline quick, and then I saw Shea scrambling and kinda motioned me in. And I saw the defense kinda overplay a little bit, so I just cut back across the field and there was that little hole in the defense that he hit me on.” Despite the lopsided score, the play didn’t go unnoticed. Receivers coach Jim McElwain mentioned that Martin and freshman Ronnie Bell would receive more playing time this week.

Josh Metellus’ (second) debut Josh Metellus finished his day in South Bend after just five minutes and 54 seconds. Attempting to dislodge a pass on the Notre Dame’s second drive, the junior safety was called for targeting and ejected. Cornerbacks coach Michael Zordich said the play made him re-examine how the targeting rule is called. “Was it helmet to helmet? I don’t know,” Zordich said. “Looked like a shoulder to me. But you gotta be smart. The play was made.” Sophomore Brad Hawkins was adequate after the ejection in replacement — besides allowing 43-yard touchdown pass to Chris Finke — but Saturday will be Metellus’ first true opportunity of the season. Despite being an All-Big Ten honorable mention in 2017, Metellus acknowledged he needed to improve in man and slot coverage — a priority across the safety position in fall camp. And though Western Michigan is no Notre Dame, it has weapons that could make Michigan’s defense pay. Wide receiver D’Wayne Eskridge caught eight passes for 240 yards and two touchdowns against Syracuse, using his straight-line speed to burn safeties over the top. Former Michigan receiver Drake Harris is also a threat for the Broncos — though he made only one catch last week. Still, there’s a rare challenge in facing a player who knows the

Wolverines inside and out. “We know Drake is a really good athlete. Hell of a basketball player,” Zordich said. “He can jump through the roof, so you gotta watch him. And then (Eskridge), really, damn good game last week. Really explosive, very fast, so there’s a challenge for (both) of those guys for us.” Added Harbaugh: “(They’re) very aggressive. The game against Syracuse was a hardfought game. They battled. So, that’s what we’re getting to know right now. We looked at the team in the summer. … Been impressed.” Bottom line and prediction Last week wasn’t a confidenceinspiring performance for Michigan. Notre Dame stepped on the Wolverines’ throat early, and even when momentum looked to swing, the contest never really felt close. Thus, Michigan needs a strong effort from start to finish this Saturday. That means no early defensive lapses while keeping its quarterback upright — in addition to capitalizing on redzone opportunities. It would take a lot for the Wolverines to fall, but a lackluster performance could further cut confidence in Jim Harbaugh’s team. Prediction: Michigan 27, Western Michigan 13

BY THE NUMBERS

Michigan vs. Western Michigan

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Passing yards by Michigan against Notre Dame

Sacks allowed by Michigan against Notre Dame

170

Passing yards by Notre Dame against Michigan

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Rushing yards against by Notre Dame against Michigan