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Freshman at ‘U’ runs for school board spot Lucas Cole, Skyline High School grad, running progressive campaign LEAH GRAHAM Daily Staff Reporter

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Michigan Gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer, Senator Bernie Sanders, D-Vermont, and Whitmer running mate Garlin Gilchrist speak at a rally for Gretchen Whitmer in Rackham Auditorium Friday evening.

Bernie Sanders rallies for Whitmer With less than three weeks until midterm elections, over 1,000 students attend rally for Democrats DANIELLE PASEKOFF Daily Staff Reporter

With less than three weeks until midterm elections, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer is teaming up with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders to garner support.

University of Michigan’s chapter of College Democrats hosted a rally Friday evening in support of Whitmer in Rackham Auditorium. Over 1,100 students, faculty members and Michigan residents filled the main auditorium and an overflow room on the fourth floor. In addition to Sanders and

Whitmer, the event featured U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, U.S. Sen. Gary Peters and Garlin Gilchrist, Whitmer’s running mate for lieutenant governor, and various candidates for state and local office. Public Policy senior Kellie Lounds, chair for the College Democrats, spoke on Whitmer’s

strengths in regard to mobilizing young people, noting the impact an endorsement from Sanders has made on her platform. “College students here love her because they know she’s going to fight for them, but there are also more moderate people that love her because they know she’s going to lead a strong government that’s

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transparent, effective and useful,” Lounds said. In light of historically low turnout rates among University students in recent elections, Lounds said building momentum is more important now. According to the Ford School of Public Policy, about 14 percent of University See BERNIE, Page 2A

LSA freshman Lucas Cole is more invested in school than the average freshman — not just when it comes to his classes in the University of Michigan’s Residential College, but all of Ann Arbor’s public schools. Shortly after graduating from Skyline High School last spring, Cole launched a campaign for the Ann Arbor School Board of Trustees. He said his experience as a former student informed his perspective as a candidate. “I think that if you talk to students in the district, from what I’ve experienced, students really know that they don’t have a voice, that people don’t really care what they think and they’re upset by it,” Cole said.

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Stanford political scientist discusses In Conversation: Regent candidate Jordan Acker the rise of populism in Eastern Europe Democratic challenger discusses his decision to Anna Grzymala-Busse explained why such countries have faced democratic erosion BENJAMIN ROSENFIELD For the Daily

The University of Michigan Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies hosted Anna Grzymala-Busse, a political science professor at Stanford University, Friday afternoon for a lecture about the modern challenges to democracy. More than 50 students and faculty attended the event, titled “Populism and the Erosion of Democracy,” and were able to engage in an active discussion concerning the implications of a recent surge in populist support. Busse, who is currently researching the surge in support for populism in former Communist countries, aimed to define the populist ideology and explain why it is on the rise in Eastern Europe. She also detailed how populism has contributed to the deterioration of democratic institutions worldwide. “All populist parties and movements basically make two claims,” she said. “The first claim is that the elites are a corrupt and self-serving cartel. So business elites, political elites, whether politicians or businessmen or journalists, they’re all in it for themselves.” According to Busse, this political stance has resulted in increasing distrust of liberal democratic institutions and a

push to minimize their power. “The first target are the courts,” Busse stated. “What they do, basically, is to politicize the courts and reduce judicial autonomy, as that could be a major constraint on these parties.” Busse also cited recent populist policies of court packing, judicial age limits, changes to legal framework and, in some cases, large-scale revisions of national constitutions. In Hungary, she stated, one party member was put in charge of all national judicial appointments, all but eliminating the presence of checks on party power. In her explanation of this

threat to democracy, Busse mainly cited the examples from Poland and Hungary, nations where the populist PiS and Fidesz parties gained supermajorities in their national congresses, giving them unchecked legislative power. “In both of these cases, they are going to be governing unconstrained by any coalition partner, or frankly any forms of checks and balances,” she said. As Busse’s research proved, recent surges in populist support have been largely linked to economic downturn and the failure of mainstream parties to respond appropriately to public concerns.

“These mainstream parties have increasingly failed to absorb and to respond to popular fears,” Busse explained. “Fears about the economy, about immigration, about what’s going on in the world and how rapidly it’s changing. Instead, what they followed was basically a mainstream policy consensus.” LSA sophomore Yuting Chen is studying political science and expressed curiosity at the end of the lecture with the points brought up both by Busse and members of the audience.

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The Michigan Daily Administration Beat will be conducting interviews with the incumbent and challenging candidates for University of Michigan Board of Regents prior to the November midterm election. Our first interview is with Democratic challenger candidate Jordan Acker. Acker is a University alum and worked for the Barack Obama administration in Washington, D.C. He currently works at a law

firm with his father and resides in Oakland County with his wife and two daughters. The Michigan Daily: What made you decide to run for regent this year? Jordan Acker: There’s two real days in my life that made me want to do this. The first one was where I graduated from undergrad … My parents signed me up for a bunch of (College Savings Programs) that allowed me to graduate free …

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Standford Professor Anna Grzymala-Busse speaks about populism and the erosion of democracy at the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Friday.

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University to study sociology and women’s studies. She got involved as a research assistant in Profs. Elizabeth Armstrong and Sandra Levitsky’s Title IX lab in the Sociology Department, which involved

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ON THE DAILY: ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER RALLIES IN AGAINST GERRYMANDERING Arnold Schwarzenegger, the former actor and California governor, spoke Friday at a rally held in East Lansing to voice his support for Proposal 2 and thegroup Voters Not Politicians. The advocacy coalition endorses the creation of a nonpartisan commission that would redraw district lines. Proposal 2 will appear on the Nov. 6 Michigan midterm ballot. If the proposal passes, the Secretary of State will

oversee the selection of 13 commission members — four Republicans, four Democrats, and five independents or thirdparty affiliated. Schwarzenegger said the issue of gerrymandering needs to be fixed, commending the work of Katie Fahey, founder of Voters Not Politicians. “It’s easy to complain, but then to go up and say, ‘I’m going to do something about it’ — that’s what she did,” Schwarzenegger

said. “I’m so proud that all of you are here today.” California is the only state to have a similar system to the one Proposal 2 would create if passed. As governor, Schwarzenegger backed the California Citizens Redistricting Commission, which was passed in November 2008. Schwarzenegger has also supported efforts in updating the redistricting process in

Missouri, Colorado and Utah. Actress Jennifer Lawrence has also been an outspoken advocate for Proposal 2. Represent Michigan, the state’s chapter of the national group RepresentUs, released a video with Lawrence endorsing the proposal this week. While addressing the crowd at the rally, Schwarzenegger encouraged the state to “terminate gerrymandering.”

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Twisting meaning: my religion Being the only WOC in the room LYDIA MURRAY MiC Columnist

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I am a dancer. I worry what you hear when I say that is I like dancing. Which to be fair, I do. I love going to Brown parties and busting out all the latest Bollywood moves, or trying to see if my muscles remember the motions from long ago ballet classes, or trying and failing to imitate those cool K-Pop routines. But that’s not what I said. I said, I am a dancer. Specifically, I am an Indian classical dancer trained in the North Indian style known as Kathak. It’s a beautiful form that originally was a temple dance before getting bastardized as a whore’s dance by the British, before getting bastardized again by Bollywood before being reclaimed once more in recent years. It’s a part of my culture, but it feels like, just with every beautiful aspect of my heritage that I so cherish, it gets warped. Like the other day, when my Dada (paternal grandfather) and I spoke. For those of you who don’t know, one of the most important religious texts for the average

Hindu is the Bhagavad Gita, and not once does it say anything to the effect of “man shall not lie with man” or some other bullshit nonsense like that. So why was there such a toxic backlash toward the LGBT community? The repeal is too recent to have changed the national culture toward queerness. That shouldn’t be my culture, because that’s not what my religion preaches, but somehow that’s a part of my culture now. My religion teaches us the power of women: these angry, glorious women who killed demons, brought their husbands back from the grips of the lord of the dead, stayed strong in the face of terror, and represent knowledge and wealth. Somehow, it’s been twisted into this belief that girls are burdens. The same people who say a daughter-in-law is a form of Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, taking human form also bemoans the fact that they have a daughter in the first place. (These are the same people who ignore daughters-in-law used to come with dowries because daughters were sold into marriage). It’s hypocritical and I hate it. The deities who are depicted in caves and ancient art as dark

skinned. The deities became blue skinned when Victorian artists decided it was more aesthetically pleasing. Yet also, Bollywood only rewards light skin and every aspect of media shows fair and lovely is better than any kind of melanin. It makes it so hard to love myself, including my heritage. There’s this distance between my culture and my religion and I can’t understand how these discrepancies formed. It can’t only be the last stubborn remnants of colonization, can it? I feel like I constantly have to twist myself to defend a religion I don’t practice very faithfully in order to feel somewhat proud of the culture I am so grateful to have inherited. I have to weave through the bits and pieces I believe are wrong to settle into what feels right. When it comes to my identity, I’m always dancing around the labels and categories that come with my heritage to put together something that bridges the gap between what I’m taught and what I see. I don’t stop performing when I’m off the stage, because I can’t. I am a dancer. And sometimes, it feels like that’s all I’ll ever be.

The soundtrack of the revolution NADA ELDAWY MiC Columnist

In Arabic class this week, our infamous textbook AlKitaab transitioned from one controversial and politicized topic to the next, the new lesson being about violent Arab revolutions and governments as opposed to the previous lesson on marriage traditions. One advantage of this stark shift in topics is that a lot of the content material was reminiscent of the 2011 Egyptian revolution, and discussions of the chants used by protesters made me think of the music that arose as part of the movement. Despite not living in Egypt when the revolution broke out, this music connected me to my country, taking a distant cause and making it accessible to everyone. “Yalmidan” (Oh Square) Cairokee ft. Aida El-Ayoubi “Oh Square, where were you long ago?” This ode to Tahrir Square, where the protesters gathered in Cairo, captures the spirit of the revolution more than just about any other song in my opinion. The singers attribute their success to the Square, personifying it with all of the vigor and emotion behind the revolution. They tell it, “You have turned on the lights and collected around you a broken people. We are born anew,” crediting the Square with unifying the Egyptian masses and their struggles. What really stands out to me about this song is the fact that it isn’t looking at the revolution through rose-colored glasses. “Yalmidan” invokes the reality of life in prerevolution Egypt, helping listeners understand the long-lasting desperation and essential nature of finally speaking out against the regime and the hope they gained as a result. They describe how “The sound of freedom gathers us, our lives now have meaning. There’s no going back, our voice is now heard, and to dream is no longer forbidden.” Additionally, the anxiety of where the revolution would take them and whether the momentum would pay off is not forgotten as Aida El-Ayoubi sings, “Sometimes I’m scared we will

become a memory, we move away (from you) and the idea dies,” but she later reaffirms her faith in the movement, reassuring listeners that “Our idea is our strength.” “We will protect our country, as will the children of our children, and we’ll restore the rights of the youth who died for it” “Sout el Horeya” (The Sound of Freedom) - Cairokee “I came down and said I’m not coming back And I wrote with my blood in every street We made ourselves heard by those who weren’t listening And all the barriers were broken” To me, this song always evokes an image of the whole country holding their heads up in the face of injustice and poverty, and working toward a common goal. This image is translated beautifully into the music video of different protesters singing the lyrics in the sea of demonstrators. One particular lyric calling out the regime’s selfishness by telling those in charge to stop using the word “I” embodies the community and connectivity of the protesters who were truly fighting for something bigger than themselves. “In every street in my country The sound of freedom is calling” “Hor” (Free) - Black Theama This song, while not explicitly referencing the revolution, is essentially a list compiled by my absolute favorite Egyptian band, Black Theama, of simple things they consider part of becoming free. While these things included being free to style their own clothes or choose what time they sleep, they also touched on more complex freedoms that we may take for granted, like being free to dream, pick their religion or love their country. They also mention freedom to live their childhood and hate their government, both rights that were robbed from them as conditions didn’t permit some kids to just be kids without the weight of the world on their shoulders, and criticizing this corruption was punishable by imprisonment. They explain the need to fight for these freedoms and not stand idly by while the government profits off of their impoverishment, saying clearly

“I like to live a peaceful life, but if you force me to be violent, I will be violent because I’m free.” It is also important that they describe their desire to be peaceful but being forced to action as I think media tends to portray violence as the first resort for Arabs as opposed to a final one. Perhaps the main point Black Theama is trying to make is that freedom means not only being afforded the opportunity to make decisions, but also being given a platform to say what’s on their mind. This desire for independence and to be heard is best articulated when they say, “I won’t be part of a machine, I won’t be a human extra. On my own I want to be important, and important means I’m free.” “Ezzay” (How?) - Mohamed Mounir This song, also by a personal favorite, Mohamed Mounir, quickly became an anthem for the revolution. In it, Mounir asks Egypt, “How come I raise your head up high, but you push my head down, how come?” He goes on to describe how he is Egypt’s oldest street and biggest hope, pleading with the country, imploring why he was left vulnerable and abandoned when all he has ever done was hope for the country’s prosperity. This song explains the injustice brought about by a corrupt regime to the people who have lived their whole lives loving and working for the same country that is bringing them down. “Irhal” (Leave) - Ramy Essam One of the most powerful and unifying aspects of the revolution were the chants used by the protesters to call for Hosni Mubarak to step down. These chants were colloquial and accessible to the masses, making it all the more powerful as thousands of protesters united in shouts of defiance and anger against the regime. Aiding in this accessibility was Ramy Essam’s song “Irhal,” collecting many of the chants into one combined song that he often performed in Tahrir Square during the revolution. The chants used in this song are translated and listed below.

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ome things are out of our control, like gas prices and traffic. You can’t control what others do or say, just like you can’t pick who’s in your family. Unfortunately, most of us assume we cannot control climate change. Eyebrows have furrowed and anxiety levels have risen since the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report earlier this month, outlining the treacherous path Earth is taking toward increased temperatures. Scientists now believe the point of no return is when our climate changes by 1.5 degrees Celsius, not 2.0 degrees Celsius as previously thought. If we don’t “act dramatically” to reduce the carbon dioxide levels in our atmosphere, global temperatures may become irreversible in as soon as 12 years. Time is running short; realistically, how can one of us in a sea of 7.6 billion earthlings keep the planet from getting warmer? We do it one person at a time. Experts offer their opinions on whether we should consume less or consume smarter. At the Society of Environmental Journalists conference in Flint, Mich., this month, recognized experts gathered to discuss how to mitigate climate change and literally “Cutting the Crap”. Is reducing waste or recycling the key to cleaning up the world? We need to truly “figure out how to recycle” and keep those plastic molecules in play, said Tony Kingsbury, founder and president of TKingsbury LLC, an international sustainability and plastics consulting firm said at the panel. “The problem is that waste is managed at a local level, on a city-by-city basis,” Kingsbury explained, denouncing the lack of standardized recycling policies from Ann Arbor to Detroit. Further, the material recovery facilities we have today were predominantly built to handle paper and not the plastics we consume at astronomical levels. “We set up the collection for paper… and don’t have the infrastructure for plastics,” Kingsbury said. In other words, to slow global warming, we need to rethink consumption by introducing fewer plastics into the world, and studying how to reuse the “crap” we already have. On the other hand, Annie Leonard, the executive director of Greenpeace USA, argued we need to target the factories and eliminate environmental evils at the source. Plastic is practically a euphemism for fossil fuel, she

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trouble, I didn’t want to step on any toes and I never wanted to be worse than neutral in someone’s eyes. People tend not to take issue with you when they associate you with dessert, and my irksome craving to be liked kept my kitchen busy. “I make smiles with a big silver bowl” is the first line of a poem I started when I was 17 but never finished. It still conjures for me the feeling of cradling a mixing bowl in the crook of my arm as I slide a silicon spatula around its edges with a practiced twirl. It is a nostalgic feeling — I don’t have the same time, space or energy to cook in college as I did in high school. I also don’t have as much time for the sentiment. Though appeasing others remains my instinct, I work hard to convince myself that it is neither necessary or healthy. There are arguments to make, policies to propose and national political battles to be fought, and none of them will be solved with fudge (actually, I would argue that my chili-chocolate fudge could probably go a long way to mitigate national conflicts, but you get my point). I have always fled from conflict. I joke with friends that choosing a major like public policy, where every essay and assignment means choosing a side on a divisive topic, was a somewhat masochistic choice. Disagreements make me squirm. Serious confrontation is like torture. However, in my adventures down the rabbit hole of modern politics, I’ve found that there are certain conflicts that don’t make me want to run and hide. I will happily do battle for a woman’s right to choose. Immigration reform and immigrants’ rights? I’ll confront you ten ways to Sunday. Policies that disenfranchise minority voters? Debate me, I dare you. Passion shuts up my inner peacemaker. I have come to see the part of myself that replaces conflict

truth and motivation to act. The pamphlet explained in the ’60s, the U.S. was running out of water because as the population grew, the amount of rain stayed the same; the population grew from 150 million in 1950 to 190 million in 1964, and has nearly doubled since 1950 as we approach 2020. Water use per person was also growing, the booklet explained. From 1900 to 1964, individual water use had quadrupled, bringing total water use as a country to about 300 billion gallons per day. Showers, lawn sprinklers, washing machines and industry were a few of the main culprits. Water, the essential component for everything living on Earth, was facing the possibility of a shortage. What was the practical, longterm answer? According to the booklet, the key was reusing water and taking political action with federal, state and local governments. It urged the public to ask the right questions and seek accurate answers. This is precisely what our campus, town, state and country need today: the facts. Did you know that our country uses more than 322 billion gallons of water per day, and Washtenaw Country uses 30.3 million gallons per day? Let’s try to use less. The U.S. transportation sector is responsible for roughly 30 percent of our country’s emissions of greenhouse gases, which contribute to climate change. The auto industry is therefore headed toward autonomous, electric cars to make the environment “cleaner.” What you should know, however, is that driverless cars do save fuel and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but electric cars might not be as clean as we think. We can listen to Leonard or Kingsbury, or even combine both of their arguments; however, the truth is some 18 billion pounds of plastic wind up in the ocean each year. We need to figure out how to stop that — perhaps by consuming less, or perhaps by cleaning up what’s already out there. We seemingly cannot control climate change, but the resources and knowledge are here, folks. We need to first know the facts, since countering climate change starts with the people.

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y family isn’t big on birthday presents. Most years I get a nice sweater, wool socks to replace those I have worn through and a homemade cake. So I was surprised on my 18th birthday when my mom, straining from the weight, handed me a massive box wrapped in red paper. I tore it open to find a bright white KitchenAid mixer, with three paddle attachments and a big silver bowl. I suspect most 18 year olds would only be so excited to receive a kitchen appliance to celebrate their first year of legal adulthood. I, however, was ecstatic. Since middle school, I have loved to bake. I love the creativity of it. I love concocting new recipes in my head, the feeling of flour on my fingers and that sore ache in my arms after kneading dough or whipping egg whites. I love making a cheeky little piece of goodness. I love getting to lick the spoon. Most special to me, though, was how my baking made others feel. It became tradition that I made a birthday cake for each of my friends, and I enjoyed making them feel worth all the time it took to decorate. I loved baking fudgy brownies to make studying for AP exams a little more bearable for my friends. I reveled in the look on people’s faces when I walked into the room with my signature redtopped tupperware, and how they all gathered around to wait for me to lift the lid and reveal whatever heaven I had whipped up for that day. Baking was also a ploy to make myself likable. I figured out early on in my baking career that bringing cupcakes to class was a great way to get on everyone’s good side, and I became very comfortable living there. It made interacting with others feel safer, as though I already knew their evaluation of me would come out as a net positive. I never wanted any

said, and if we focus all of our energy on recycling, dangerous toxins will still contaminate our environment. The process of consumption starts with the earth and move from factories to homes to landfills, at which point it’s too late. As a country, she argued, we need to design waste out of the system and change the demand for products such as petroleum, coal and natural gas. Recycling can’t keep up with our plastic intake where the EPA says 34.5 million tons were generated in 2015 alone. Instead of sweeping the problem under the rug (to China), Leonard suggests we remodel our economic base without utilizing fossil fuels; fighting fossil fuel extraction would stop the expansion of single use plastics. “Only 10 percent of plastics get recycled,” Leonard pointed out, shining a light on the real outcomes of recycling campaigns. I offer my opinion, as well. It starts with the people. No matter how we do clean up the planet, via recycling or redesigning, the facts need to be dispersed and understood. It is inspiring to hear a room of environmental professionals discuss the future of the world, but now what? What about the rest of the country — college students, kids in elementary school, the ones who don’t read the newspaper every day? We were kids when schools began cutting worksheets in half in order to save paper. We are the ones who refill water bottles and opt to ride bikes instead of cars. This is where behavior change starts: consumers must become aware and use that knowledge to act accordingly. In the 1960s and ’70s, concern about the environment spiked for the first time, as did the desire to utilize reusables and recyclables. However, environmental activism was not born overnight. One by one, U.S. citizens began to recognize what we had done to our environment, and consequently changed their ways. “People start pollution, people can stop it” was a popular motto of the era, Kingsbury said. He says the ’70s gave rise to terms like “litterbug,” which deflected the responsibility of waste from manufacturers to consumers.To incite behavior change, the people who knew the facts took the podium. In 1976 the EPA published a report that outlined the problems of pollution. The small set of pages was sent around the nation; it provided the public with the

with cookies as this older woman who just wants everyone to sit down for some tea and chat about “This Is Us.” Turns out, though, that she lived through the ‘60s and burned her fair share of bras and marched in her fair share of protests. She fights her own battles, she just also loves pie. Conflict is certainly not something I seek out, but I have come to realize how important it is to be willing to disagreewithsomeone,bothformyself and for the nation in this particularly divisive time when national values formerly deemed intrinsic have been called into question. Respectful debate and argument are valuable and help us grow and learn. Positive conflict can be like eating your vegetables. It’s not everyone’s favorite thing, but it makes you stronger and better, and it’s unhealthy to avoid it completely. I love to bake. I love the warm comfort of making something that will make someone else content for a moment. But a growing young woman needs more than just pleasantries and chocolate. She needs to be challenged and pushed. She needs to learn to construct a valid argument, to engage with the world around her and be willing to fight for something she believes in, even if it means finally suggesting to her roomates that they clean their dirty dishes in the sink. I’ll always make smiles with my big silver bowl. But from now on when I find the precious time to slip on my apron and roll up my sleeves, I will try to do it for myself and not to avoid an interaction that could encourage me to grow. A balanced meal can be difficult to come across in college, but we should all try to remember to eat our vegetables before we get around to dessert.

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ears, the retailer found in shopping malls across the U.S. and “The Original Everything Store,” filed for bankruptcy early in the morning Oct. 15. The 125-year-old American staple reached a deal with lenders that involved closing 142 stores by the end of the year. What lies ahead for the company is uncertain, but its seven-year streak of net losses signal that the company may face complete liquidation in the foreseeable future. Liquidation will have overarching implications for the nearly 70,000 individuals currently employed by Sears. These lives will take a drastic turn for the worse when the company finally closes all of its doors and these individuals find themselves out of work. The liquidation will also affect over 100,000 pensioners who earned that regular income when they once worked at the company. Sears is yet another instance of the serious implications that technological disruption has had on the retail industry. The expansion of online shopping, due to the rise of Amazon, has had drastic consequences for the U.S. economy. In the years from 2012 to 2017, 250,000 department store employees found themselves unemployed from aggressive industry-wide layoffs. While this statistic is concerning, it’s nothing compared to the 6.2 million individuals who could find themselves without a job in the future thanks to intense competition with Amazon.

Retailer woes While technological disruption and Amazon is certainly causing headaches in the retail industry, many retailers struggle with something else: Retailers are battling to overcome the hefty debt burdens brought on by private equity investors. To illustrate this problem, let’s look at Toys R Us, the toy retailer that was forced to liquidate in June this year. Toys R Us was bought out in 2005 by the private equity firms Bain Capital and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts along with the real-estate firm Vornado Realty Trust. To purchase the company, the private equity investors loaded the company with debt to minimize risk and boost their eventual return. Bryce Covert detailed the impact of this buyout in a piece published by The Atlantic. He wrote that 2007 interest expense (cash that needs to be paid every year to creditors) consumed 97 percent of the company’s operating profit. As the company faced fierce competition, Toys R Us should have used this operating profit to fund projects that could have improved the company’s performance, like upgrading stores or enhancing its online presence. Instead, the firm was forced to use its capital to pay off creditors. When the Great Recession hit and revenue fell, Toys R Us struggled to afford its regular interest expenses and debt repayments. The debt burden hurt the firm’s chances of weathering

the recession and overcoming the challenges posed by the rise of online shopping and Amazon. As it turns out, private equitybacked retailers that have filed for bankruptcy are more common than you may expect. In this past year, Payless ShoeSource Inc., the shoe retailer with 22,000 employees worldwide, and Gymboree, a clothing outlet with 11,000 employees, filed for bankruptcy. Both companies, along with a slew of others, struggle with the massive debt burden forced upon them by private equity investors. FTI Consulting found two-thirds of the retailers that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2016 and 2017 were backed by private equity. As retailers struggle to fight back against Amazon, their debt burdens will put them at a serious disadvantage. The combination of these components will have major implications for the millions of individuals affected and the U.S. economy as a whole. As Amazon grows, retailers will increasingly end up like Sears or Toys R Us. Amazon needs to recognize and manage its immense impact on the economy. While the company has made progress in providing more value to the workforce, like its recent decision to raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour, the company could be doing more. Erik Nesler can be reached at egnesler@umich.edu

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MUSIC ALBUM REVIEW

WORLD MUSIC COLUMN

Catch me in my element: Mid-Air Thief accrues Empress Of stuns on ‘Us’ an online following SAYAN GHOSH

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TERRIBLE RECORDS

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Lorely Rodriguez makes music that weaponizes awkwardness. Her debut album under the alias Empress Of, 2015’s Me, has a kind of chaotic momentum to it, at once a little messy and compellingly energetic. It sounds both like the majority of pop music and also

Us Empress Of Terrible Records like nothing in particular. At her best moments, she produces a convincing synthesis, capitulating neither to the undertow of dance music or the voice-centeredness of pop (see: “How Do You Do It” and “Kitty Kat”). Her lyrics are ambiguous and occasionally bizarre, close rhymes piling up on top of each other and sentences left unfinished. Her vocal delivery is delicate, and her instrumentals bristle, crackle and cut. Her first few projects are comparable in style to FKA Twigs, Björk and Grimes, although her music is strongly individual and she’s resisted comparisons to Grimes, specifically stating, “You can’t hear the lyrics in a lot of her songs, but for me, when I mixed this record I needed to hear every word. The lyrics are my story and I needed my story to be heard.”

Her new album, Us, released three years after Me, clarifies and updates her sound. In the time between, she has collaborated with Dev Hynes (aka Blood Orange), Jerome Potter (half of DJDS) and Khalid, and her style shows a new maturity as well as some stylistic traits of her collaborators. The big-room EDM is largely replaced with R&Binflected grooves, while keeping the electropop scaffolding. “Trust Me Baby” is a good example: It has the mobile bassline and synths of her earlier music while adding 808 drums and neater phrases. Even when she does write a fouron-the-floor groove (“Just The Same” and “Love For Me”), the beat has a newfound shuffle, with none of the motoric quality of her older work like “Water Water.” Her sound design and mixing similarly borrow from R&B in a way that they haven’t before, and the album benefits tremendously for it. Her synths lose their overwhelming quality, and her talents as a songwriter and vocalist are front-and-center. A lot of what makes Me feel messy is how much high-end frequencies crowd out the vocals. While Us generally solves this, her abilities as a producer still shine through — the airy energy of “I Don’t Even Smoke Weed” or the breathtaking space of “Again” are recognizable to her style, as are the meandering melodies and sharp percussion that cover the album. She alchemizes the

sometimes unclear energies of Me into self-assured sultry slow dances (“Trust Me Baby”) and energetic electropop tracks (“I’ve Got Love”), transmuting the washed-out pastels into a Californian neon-and-sunset glow. It’s interesting that the two tracks in which Rodriguez explores her insecurities in the same way that she did in Me are

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also the two tracks that resemble the first album sonically. “All For Nothing” and “When I’m With Him” both have the sort of stuttering melodies and repetitive drums of her first album. These are songs where there are lyrics about feeling unsure (“I can’t help but repress / all the signs / that tell me I’m not fine,” “I feel like I’m on the outside looking in / when I’m with him” ). So much of her first album was about struggling to get somewhere, artistically and otherwise — “I’ve been Release Date: Monday, October 22, 2018 living below the standard / with a hunger that fuels the fire” Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis from “Standard” 51 Club with 20-, 35 Speak wildly 2 One of music’s ACROSS is emblematic. 1 Online auction Three Bs 32-, 42- and 39 Saying “Quiet!” to venue 3 Savanna 57-Across as 40 Very popular Us seems to show 5 Waffle House springer members? 41 Get on in years a newfound competitors 4 Simple question 43 “__ the end of my 53 Kidney enzyme confidence 10 Mine extracts type that regulates rope!” 14 Wind-driven that suits her 5 Singer known as 44 Return from work blood pressure device the “Godfather of 45 Enter steadily, as 54 Essential rose oil well, but songs 15 Complete extent Punk” a line of students 56 Snow house like “All For 16 City founded by 6 Put the kibosh on 46 Rwandan native 58 Prefix for “ten” Nothing” make Pizarro 7 Nebraska city 59 __ sapiens 47 “Border” dog 17 Simple __ of a connection 8 Less tainted 60 Towering 50 More lamb than kindness 9 Pittsburgh between her 64 Pastrami bread tiger 18 Cause of footballer older material squinting 10 Cassini of ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: and this 19 Sometimes-puffy fashion I’s? newfound 11 Southpaw’s 20 English king ambition. opposite married six times 12 Be a ham She ties the 23 Circular coaster 13 Obama album together feature daughter 24 Guthrie at with the closing 21 Rice-A-__ Woodstock track “Again.” It 22 Tiny bit 25 Vietnamese 26 Honor society seems to respond export letter 26 Vietnamese soup to her anxieties: 27 Got ready for the 28 Denials “I know it’s not surprise party 30 Site for crafters always perfect surprise 32 “Three cheers” 29 Deposed Iranian / if I had the cry despot 36 Inventor’s spark chance I’d do it 37 Prefix with -gram 31 Clog or moc all again.” A song 33 Bad-joke 38 Govt. workplace is the perfect response monitor 34 Tres menos dos vehicle for a 10/22/18 42 How wealthy people live statement that 47 Arrived can otherwise be 48 One-man show a platitude, and about Capote 49 Salt Lake City in the context athlete of the album, it 50 Bay Area airport builds a bridge letters between the 52 Gillette razor 55 Bluesman anxious energy Redding of Me and her 57 Keep something newfound in mind confidence. 61 Christmastide 62 In first place The embrace of 63 Perjurer imperfection is 65 Bana of “Hulk” not a new theme, 66 Orange Bowl city 67 Sole but when done 68 Perlman of by an artist like “Cheers” Rodriguez who 69 Kenneth Lay’s has shown so scandalized company much of herself, 70 Eye rudely the listener feels the full weight DOWN of lines that 1 Longoria of “Desperate By Ed Sessa 10/22/18 would be cliché Housewives” ©2018 Tribune Content Agency, LLC elsewhere.

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Every once in a while, among the hordes of wannabe Mac Demarcos and uninspired Tame Impala clones, a gem pops up on Bandcamp. One recent such gem called Crumbling comes from South Korea. An album by the group Mid-Air Thief, it seems to have received literally no promotion until it suddenly gained traction on internet fora such as RateYourMusic. No interviews with the group exist, and the Bandcamp page features little else other than a thank you message in Korean. However, the album itself is a breath of fresh air and one of the strongest, most unique releases of 2018. Despite its lo-fi aesthetic, the album is actually impeccably produced. For the most part, it is rather straightforward indie folk or pop, but its best moments come from the points it transitions into

more psychedelic territory. The opening track “Why” is the best example of this. It begins with a minute of your standard acoustic strumming and breathy vocals before entering a powerful chorus backed up by a variety of synthesizers. The track quickly deconstructs, spending the following three minutes with synth glitches crossing back and forth between both channels, eventually accompanied by the lead singer’s wordless vocals and an irregular drum pattern. The second track, “These Chains,” is the album’s strongest. It constantly experiments with its own core melody, eschewing traditional structure and also using different ranges to heighten the effects of the psychedelic flourishes. Moreover, unlike most lackluster examples of psychedelic rock, the psychedelic moments are not there for the sake of existing, but rather to complement and enhance the main melody

extremely well. Influences from all over pop up in this album; from Animal Collective to Cocteau Twins to Real Estate and Grizzly Bear. Crumbling manages to synthesize these influences into a whole that is even more layered and intricate. Even after multiple listens, there are little details to notice, especially during the breakdowns such as the second half of the track “Curve and Light.” Its brightest moments remind me closely of Real Estate’s Days, which also contains several moments where the band “locks in” and creates a rare moment of bliss. Crumbling is the quintessential fall album in all aspects, with even the album art contributing to the necessity to listen to it on a cloudy day at the beach or a misty morning. It is creatively produced and an increasingly rare example of psychedelia with actual pop sensibilities done right.

FILM REVIEW

‘Apostle’ is a predictable exploration of cult life

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EMMA CHANG Daily Arts Writer

It’s spooky season and, normally, I like to steer clear of any Halloween movie that isn’t from Disney Channel. “Apostle,” however, wrecked that so thoroughly detailed strategy of mine, with its creepy and increasingly gory

“Apostle” Netflix depiction of life in a religious cult on a remote island which some random white man named Thomas Richardson (Dan Stevens, “Downton Abbey”) infiltrates in order to save his sister. The movie begins with a gorgeous, wide view of the Welsh countryside and a very Harry Potter-esque train peacefully ambling towards the camera. Inside, however, Thomas is anything but peaceful as he gets closer and closer to the home of the cult. Upon arrival to the island, there are various wide-set shots of lush nature, lulling the audience into a false sense of security only to jar them back to reality with a shaky close-up of Thomas’s bloodshot eyes. On the surface, “Apostle” reads like any movie focused on a religious cult would. It’s set in a society built on the lies of Prophet Malcolm (Michael Sheen, “Passengers”), a powerhungry, albeit faithful, leader and his equally greedy partner Quinn (Mark Lewis Jones, “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”). The two apparently spread the message that “she” sends and, rather than worshipping God or Malcolm, the people apparently worship an island goddess. This goddess, however, is not just some made-up higher being. About 30 minutes into the movie,

the audience learns that she is an actual, physical woman that Malcolm and Quinn had trapped years earlier when they discovered that feeding her blood resulted in successful crops. The issue they face now, though, is that she is apparently poisoning the land, making it impossible for the community to survive and the real reason Thomas has come to the island. As one would also expect, sexual tension is rampant throughout the movie. Thomas and Prophet Malcolm’s daughter, unsurprisingly, have a few moments but the real emotional turmoil comes from the teenage relationship of Ffion (Kristine Froseth, “Sierra Burgess is a Loser”) and Jeremy (Bill Milner, “X-Men: First Class”) that flowered in spite of, or maybe because of, the natural religious distaste of anything sexual occurring out of wedlock. This subplot was arguably the best part of the movie, and the saddest, as our star-crossed lovers had to deal with the consequences of an unplanned pregnancy. Inevitably, the two were murdered by none other than Quinn, Ffion’s insane father. The sad part is you really knew that Jeremy and Ffion loved each other. Even worse, Jeremy and Thomas developed a brotherly relationship. So not only did we have to watch two young lovers die, but we also had to watch Thomas lose one of his only friends on that island. There was really no one else on the island like them and, when they died, I lost any hope I had for any kind of happy ending. “Apostle” is predictable in its exploration of a cult and, when Netflix tries to combat this with the island goddess twist, the movie becomes just another scary Halloween movie instead of a psychological religious

thriller. The one thing that kept nagging at me throughout the whole movie, though, is how similar “Apostle” was to the recent kid’s movie “Smallfoot.” Both were forays into societies built on propaganda and their subsequent demise, yet one had catchy songs and didn’t give

‘Apostle’ is predictable in its exploration of a cult and, when Netflix tries to combat this with the island goddess twist, the movie becomes just another scary Halloween movie instead of a psychological religious thriller

me nightmares. “Apostle” also had a very similar premise to Disney’s “Moana” in that both islands are being poisoned by an angered goddess who just wants her life back. “Apostle,” then, is simply a creepier, more British, and less entertaining version of two very good kid’s movies.

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Emily Duffelmeyer discusses Jean Jean Vintage TESS TOBIN

Daily Arts Writer

After nearly a decade of E-commerce business, Jean Jean Vintage needed a physical space. The vintage and antique jewelry store had previously lived exclusively on Etsy, but owner Emily Duffelmeyer was constantly fielding requests for in-person appointments. In a phone interview with The Daily, Duffelmeyer opened up about her business. “I was getting more and more requests for appointments, especially from people who were wanting to invest in higher priced items, and they really wanted to see them first and try them on first,” Duffelmeyer said. “And I really had no way of hosting appointments because I was working out of my house.” But Duffelmeyer’s motivations for breaking ground extend further than run-of-the-mill growing pains. She also cited a strong desire to be a visible part of Lansing’s small business community, and to have a space “where (she) could sort

of continue to build the brand identity of Jean Jean visually, so the store could start to be associated with the brand; what are the colors, what does it smell like, what’s the music like, what’s the vibe of the store?” As someone who has made the pilgrimage to Jean Jean’s physical location — and very nearly got stuck in Lansing in the process — I can speak from experience about the store’s affect. The place looks as crushed velvet feels. It is dark, moody and has a quiet opulence. The walls are painted a forest green and exquisite glass jewelry cases line the edges. It is clear to all who step foot in the premises that the store was designed by a masterful eye. When asked about her inspiration for the space’s design, Duffelmeyer confessed an interest in creating a place reminiscent of the natural history museums of her childhood. “I remember going to old natural history museums on college campus when I was a kid — my parents worked at Iowa State University, and my grandparents were at (the University of Kansas). Those dimly-lit natural history museums from the ’60s, where the

colors were sort of dark and the lights were low, and you had this sense that you were going back in time a little bit. So, I wanted the space to be a luxurious museum feel.” In our conversation, Duffelmeyer also expressed a wish to diverge from the normal when it came to Jean Jean Vintage. “(Jewelry stores tend to be) really bright and sparkling and there’s track lighting everywhere and everything is shiny and sparkling, and I wanted to basically do the opposite of that.” The store houses Jean Jean Vintage’s extensive vintage and antique jewelry collection, although most of the items can still be found on the Etsy shop that started it all. In both locations, one can find incredible one-ofa-kind items such as an antique Russian Imperial gemstone insect brooch or a vintage ’30s Art Deco onyx and diamond cocktail ring, although Duffelmeyer tends to stock pieces that are between 70 to 120 years old. “I would say that what I’m known for is Victorian and Art Deco costume and fine jewelry,” Duffelmeyer said. “And in the

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last couple of years I’ve started shifting my focus to bridal jewelry from the same period.” However, this was not always the case; when she was first starting, Duffelmeyer sold primarily costume jewelry, and initially built a name for herself through her collection of Czechoslovakian glass jewelry. She explains, “in the late 1800s and into the early 1900s the United States imported a lot of glass jewelry from Czechoslovakia, (then the) epicenter of fine handfaceted crystal and glass. Czech glass jewelry is something that collectors love because it is very intricate, and the glass is beautifully cut and it’s usually brightly colored and set in brass — but there’s oftentimes beautiful enamel accent. It has a lot of defining characteristics and it’s not made anymore.” However, unlike other vintage and antique jewelry stores, Jean Jean Vintage paradoxically does not exclusively sell vintage and antique jewelry. In addition to acquiring and selling archival pieces, Duffelmeyer produces her own signature collection, the Jean Jean Vintage cachet collection. The cachet collection

is at once new and antique: The pendants, rings and cufflinks are cast from letter seals from the 1800s. “If you were living in (the) mid-19th century and writing letters you probably had some wax seals at your desk,” she said. “You may have used a family crest, like in ring, to seal all of your correspondence, or you may have had sort of a set that you could rotate through to pick the right seal for the right letter. And the idea of sealing, besides being utilitarian way of closing a document, (was that) the seal on the outside was the first thing the recipient would see. And so, whatever you chose to stamp in that seal was kind of like a preview to the content of the letter or the message.” An old-fashioned email subject line. The collection is captivating, in large part because the sentiments expressed on the pieces still resonate in a modern context. “I love that it’s made from 200-year-old artifacts that — even though they’re old sentiments — they’re Victorian sentiments — (are) still really relevant today,” Duffelmeyer said. The pieces bear an image and

an inscription, either in French, Italian or Latin. One popular piece features a sailboat on a turbulent sea, with the phrase “e cosi la mia vita,” or “such is life,” on one side, and a butterfly approaching a flower with the word “attendo,” or “I am waiting,” on the other. “As if the flower is talking to the butterfly (saying), ‘I’ve been waiting for you to come land on me,’” she said. “It would be the kind of seal you would use to seal a love letter.” As for the name, Jean Jean Vintage comes from Duffelmeyer’s middle name. “My dad called me Jean Jean when I was a little girl. He died before I started the business so when I was thinking of names, that just kept coming to mind. My mother’s middle name is Jean, too, so it’s kind of like the doubling of the name with my mom as well as the happy memory of that nickname from my dad.” When listening to Duffelmeyer describe the origin of the name, I was struck by the poetry in it; a name handed down from older generations has come to represent a business that hands down heirlooms to individuals who wish to connect with history.

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FINAL FROM EAST LANSING

Michigan holds on for big win against in-state rival MARK CALCAGNO Daily Sports Editor

EAST LANSING — No. 24 Michigan State had many of the requisite elements to upset the No.6 Michigan football team in crushing, season-tarnishing fashion. Turnovers, poor weather and missed opportunities threatened to prevent the Wolverines from delivering their dagger — just as they had in previous years.W For a moment Saturday, it looked like Michigan State could retain the Paul Bunyan Trophy. But two second-half touchdowns were enough to lift Michigan over the Spartans, 21-7, in East Lansing on Saturday, in the 950th win in program history. Senior running back Karan Higdon, on a rain-drenched field, slipped and relinquished

Michigan’s second fumble of the third quarter with the score tied at seven. Despite the Wolverines’ seeming control of the game, momentum flipped the Spartans’ way. Feeling the weight of the moment, junior quarterback Shea Patterson snuck into the defensive huddle before the ensuing drive. “(He said), ‘Y’all keep doing your thing. Let’s get the ball back, we’re gonna score,’ ” said junior linebacker Devin Bush. The defense did just that — the fourth of six occasions the Spartans went three-and-out — before Patterson took things into his own hands. Towards the end of the third quarter, Patterson completed to sophomore receiver Donovan Peoples-Jones in-stride, who went the distance for a 79-yard, go-ahead touchdown. “The throw to Donovan was

right on the money,” said coach Jim Harbaugh. “Donovan did a great job at the line of scrimmage against press coverage and created the space. And (he) created more space after the release, made a fabulous over the shoulder catch.” After another Michigan State three-and-out, the Wolverines were faced with a fourth-and-two in Spartan territory. When the defense collapsed on sophomore fullback Ben Mason, Patterson tucked it away and picked up the conversion with an 11-yard scamper. It proved to be critical. Michigan made it 21-7 soon after with a Mason five-yard scoring run. Dagger delivered indeed. “We’ve been a really good third-quarter team and fourthquarter team,” Harbaugh said. “Guys are playing hard and smart

the entire ball game. I think we’re a well-conditioned team, we’re a smart team. I think all that factors into it.” The contest didn’t go without its usual rivalry drama, however. Up 7-0 early in the third quarter, junior running back Chris Evans fumbled on Michigan’s seven-yard line. The turnover prompted Michigan State’s infamous trickery. Off a double reverse, receiver Darrell Stewart completed to quarterback Brian Lewerke to tie the game. But the Spartans’ poor passing attack rendered their offense disjointed and unable to further take advantage. Michigan State gained just 94 yards the whole game and was 0-for-12 on 3rd down. Lewerke, pulled in the fourth quarter, finished an abysmal 5-for-25 passing. “Those are the kinds of

statistics you dream (of),” Harbaugh said. “That was a dream game.” Ten minutes of gameplay in, inclement weather delayed the contest an hour-and-15 minutes. Michigan continued its first scoring drive when play resumed. On third down near mid-field, Patterson attempted to thread the needle to senior receiver Grant Perry, but the pass was deflected. With Spartans swarming for the interception, it was sophomore wide receiver Nico Collins who corralled the ball for a first down. Five runs and a 25-yard completion to junior tight end Nick Eubanks later, Patterson found Collins — cleanly — for a six-yard touchdown pass. But, spectacularly, that was the Wolverines’ only score of the first half. Michigan dominated the field position battle while stifling

the Spartans’ offense, starting four-straight drives in opposing territory during the second quarter. But it translated into zero points. Unable to move the ball, the Wolverines elected to punt from inside Michigan State’s 40-yard line on three consecutive possessions. And when Quinn Nordin finally got to test the rain-drenched field, the redshirt sophomore placekicker shanked a 36-yard attempt. Despite a total yardage advantage of 170 to 49, Michigan took just a 7-0 advantage into halftime. But even with the momentum teetering back-andforth during the second half, the Wolverines found their way to a needed victory. “It’s a message to other teams that we ain’t coming to play,” Bush said. “We’re coming to handle business.”

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Bitter Rivalry is Better

In-state Split

Michigan and Michigan State showed on Saturday why their rivalry is the best, most entertaining one either program has going.

The Wolverines beat Western Michigan on Friday then fell to the Broncos on Saturday.

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Saturday shows why Michigan, Michigan State rivalry is great During his weekly teleconference Sunday night, more than 24 hours after it happened, Michigan State coach ORION Mark SANG Dantonio was asked about Saturday’s pregame fracas between his team and Michigan. “I’m not gonna bother commenting on it,” Dantonio said. “The whole thing to me was sort of juvenile to me.” You can call it juvenile. You can call it bush league. You can call it B.S. Those are the words Dantonio and Jim Harbaugh used when talking about the incident. I don’t care how anyone describes it. What happened yesterday was amazing. This is the best rivalry that both teams have going for them right now. With the exception of 2016, every game in the series’ current chapter — Harbaugh vs. Dantonio — has been incredible and incredibly weird, at the same time. It makes for high-quality television. It makes for outstanding football games, no matter how sloppy they may get. But the previous three games were missing something. They were missing exactly what Dantonio thought was “sort of juvenile.” Let’s go back and examine what happened. Around two hours before the noon kickoff, a group of Michigan players were on the field stretching. Michigan spokesperson Dave Ablauf said that the Wolverines thought the Spartans would arrive for the team’s traditional pre-game walk at 9:50; hence why Michigan was on the field at 10, for the warm-ups before the warm-ups. We don’t know whether there

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The Wolverines notched a 21-7 win over Michigan State in East Lansing on Saturday, their first win on the road over a ranked opponent since the 2006 season.

was a miscommunication, but Michigan State did not arrive at 9:50. The Spartans arrived at 10 and began walking down the field with their arms locked and helmets strapped on at 10:02. Michigan’s players didn’t want to move. Michigan State kept walking. Which meant everyone else got to watch both teams play a weird version of Red Rover. Fifth-year senior defensive tackle Lawrence Marshall got into it with several Spartans. Sophomore cornerback Lavert Hill’s pair of very nice black headphones were not-so-nicely ripped off.

Junior linebacker Devin Bush Jr. was held back as he yelled at Michigan State. Then, minutes later, he dug his cleats into the ground and mangled the Spartan logo at midfield. Damn. I haven’t even gotten to the game itself yet — which was an absolute doozy. There was a long weather delay. There were improbable completions off def lected balls. The bad weather came back. Michigan State paid homage to Nick Foles and the Philly Special. There was a one-handed snag by a punter, who proceeded to rip one for 60 yards. One offense

“The whole thing to me was sort of juvenile...”

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Pre-game antics fire up ‘M’ defense MIKE PERSAK

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EAST LANSING — There was a bit of a show before the Michigan football team’s 21-7 win over No. 24 Michigan State. The details of it, however, are unclear. The Spartans did their usual pregame tradition, the “Spartan Walk,” in which each member of the team links arms and walks the length of the field. Senior safety Tyree Kinnel said Michigan State was late, and that the Wolverines had been given the go-ahead to warmup on the field. So when the Spartans began their walk, they ran into fifth-year senior defensive tackle Lawrence Marshall, junior corner Lavert Hill and junior linebacker Devin Bush. Neither side backed down. Michigan says Marshall was clotheslined and Hill had his headphones ripped off. Coach Jim Harbaugh says Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio was walking behind the team, smiling. Dantonio says that’s not true. It all culminated in Bush, standing on the midfield logo at Spartan Stadium and stomping repeatedly on the log, leaving a large, noticable mark in the middle of it.. “I just heard about it, I didn’t see it,” Harbaugh said. “… Total bush league. Apparently, Coach Dantonio was five yards behind

and all smiling, so, yeah, I think it’s bush league. That’s my impression of it. But our guys, they didn’t blink. They didn’t come here to back down or get intimidated by anybody.” Added Bush: “It was pure emotion. I did what I did, and, you know, I can’t take it back, so it is what it is.” However you want to describe the pregame antics, and however you want to describe how it affected the game, the results speak for themselves. The Wolverines involved in the skirmish were all defenders, and the defense showed out. Michigan held the Spartans to 94 total yards. Michigan State quarterback Brian Lewerke went 5-for-25, throwing for just 66 yards. The Spartans went 0-for-12 on third-down conversions. They averaged just 1.8 yards per play, and they possessed the ball for 18:57, compared to the Wolverines, who held it for 41:03. The list goes on and on. “Our defense was lights-out today,” Harbaugh added. “Holding an opponent to 91 yards of total offense, and they were 0-for-12 on third-down conversions. I mean, that’s the kind of statistics you dream, as a dream game.” The defense was needed, too. For much of the afternoon, Michigan could get nothing going on offense. It squandered opportunities, and in the second

half, it turned the ball over. In fact, the only time Michigan State scored was after junior running back Chris Evans coughed up the ball and the Spartans recovered on the 7-yard line. The Wolverines did make things interesting for themselves at the end of the game, on what turned out to be Michigan State’s final drive. The possession began with 2:38 left, and on the first four plays of the drive, Michigan committed a penalty, giving the Spartans some life and, eventually, the ball on the Wolverines’ 24-yard line. The next play, Bush screamed through the offensive line and sacked Michigan State backup quarterback Rocky Lombardi. The play after that, junior defensive tackle Michael Dwumfour did the same. Just like that, any hopes the Spartans had of getting back into things were snuffed out, once and for all. When the game ended, Michigan grabbed the Paul Bunyan Trophy and paraded around the field. Bush did a few backflips. It culminated in the Wolverines jumping up and down, holding the trophy above their heads on the midfield logo, the same spot Bush made his statement just a few hours earlier. “I mean, we won,” Bush said. “So, I mean, we’re gonna celebrate our win. We’re taking Paul home, and we let everybody know that.”

heated up down the stretch. The other stayed cold all game. When the game ended, Michigan rushed the field — as if it had won a national championship, said Michigan State play-byplay announcer George Blaha during the live radio broadcast — and Bush did several backf lips to celebrate his team’s 21-7 victory. Later, Harbaugh sat at a podium and made his “bush league” comment. In the room next door, someone relayed Harbaugh’s comments to Dantonio, who said, “That’s B.S. You heard me. That’s B.S.”

“You guys get your cameras out,” he continued. “It’s all on Fox. I’m not gonna go to that. Go ahead, next question.” A few seconds later: “Bush league? Mmmhmm.” Like I said, incredible. We are back to where this rivalry was 11 years ago, when former Michigan running back Mike Hart called Michigan State “little brother” after winning his fourth consecutive game against the Spartans. Dantonio, then in his first year coaching the Spartans, hit back. “I find a lot of the things

“Sometimes your little brother starts acting up...”

they do amusing. They need to check themselves sometimes. Let’s just remember, pride comes before the fall,” he said. “They want to mock us, I’m telling them, it’s not over. They want to print that crap all over their locker room, it’s not over and it’ll never be over. It’s just starting.” Then he coached Michigan State to six wins in the ensuing seven years leading up to Harbaugh’s arrival. In 2014, former Michigan linebacker Joe Bolden drove a stake through midfield. But that gesture felt hollow. The Spartans trounced the Wolverines that day, 35-11, and former Michigan coach Brady Hoke later apologized for what Bolden did. The series has been much closer since then. Both teams are now 2-2 in the past four years. No one is apologizing for anything. Let’s hear from fifth-year senior defensive end Chase Winovich: “We knew that they couldn’t hang with us. We did what he had to do. Sometimes your little brother starts acting up, and you just gotta put them in place.” After the game, he tweeted, “I’d like to take this moment to apologize...FOR ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! Go Blue!” These two teams hate each other, they have always hated each other and now they’re not going to bother trying to conceal it. That’s great. That’s how it should be. One team is going to spend the next year thinking about what went wrong Saturday. The other team is going to remember what went right for a very long time. Next year, they’ll do it all over again. Can’t wait. Sang can be reached at otsang@umich.edu or on Twitter at @orion_sang.

Peoples-Jones’ touchdown changes Michigan’s trajectory ETHAN WOLFE Daily Sports Writer

EAST LANSING — Nico Collins and Donovan Peoples-Jones talked earlier in the week about their touchdown celebrations if they scored at Michigan State. It’s practically a weekly ritual for the sophomore wide receivers. The duo, thrusted into the spotlight as the team’s premier pass catchers, knows opportunities to find paydirt are more frequent than last season. But in a rivalry game, the conversation was quick — mimic the stance on the Paul Bunyan Trophy, the one that belongs to them. And on the season’s most perfect throw at the most critical juncture of the No. 6 Michigan football team’s 21-7 victory, Peoples-Jones did exactly that. The Wolverines and 24th-ranked Spartans were tied, 7-7, with 2:35 left in the third quarter. Positioned at the Michigan 21-yard line, PeoplesJones pushed off Michigan State’s Tre Person in man coverage, and had a step on him streaking down the right sideline. “We had Donovan in one-on-one coverage, good luck with that,” said junior quarterback Shea Patterson, who finished with 212 yards and two touchdowns. “Just threw it up to him and he made a hell of a play after the catch.” With all the time in the world, and with Sean McKeon and Zach Gentry blanketed on mirrored out routes, Patterson stepped up and hit Peoples-Jones in stride. Patterson lunged, and Peoples-Jones kicked out of his grip to stroll into a 79-yard touchdown and the Bunyan stance. “From the start, the line did a great job of giving Shea time to deliver, which I think was the most perfect pass that he’s delivered,” Peoples-Jones said of his touchdown. Added coach Jim Harbaugh: “That was the huge one, the one to Donovan. That throw was really right on the money. Donovan did a great job at the line of scrimmage against the press coverage and created some space, then created more space after the release. Made

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Wide reciever Donovan Peoples-Jones scored a touchdown on Saturday.

a fabulous over the shoulder catch. “… That was a great time for that play to happen in the ball game.” The Wolverines, muffled from over-conservative play-calling and insufficient execution, were initially writing a story for another armwrestle with the Spartans. But the connection between Patterson and Peoples-Jones — the first true deep shot of the game — represented more than commanding a lead. After a laborious game that, up to that point, featured 16 punts, three fumbles and momentum in Michigan State’s favor, the pass signified all the differences a year can make. Patterson read his progressions comfortably behind a confident offensive line — one that senior running back Karan Higdon called the “best in the country” for the second straight week. Behind that line, Patterson was a capable thrower who can place a football with pinpoint accuracy. The touchdown deflated Michigan State, which struggled wire-to-wire to generate any offense of its own. It’s No. 1 rush defense in the country surrendered almost triple its per game average, with 144 of the yards belonging to Higdon. “We were motivated from the

start,” Higdon said. “They were talking trash all week, we stayed quiet, stayed in our space and we knew what it was gonna be when we got here and we just elevated our enthusiasm.” It was a dogfight clouded with the revelry that this historic rivalry possesses, but with a differencemaking touchdown that redefined the image of 2018 Michigan football. Following resounding wins over Michigan State and Wisconsin in back-to-back weeks, the noise of a team that doesn’t show up in big games was muted. It’s a credit to an unwavering defense that has shined each year of the Harbaugh era. And now, it’s also a credit to the Patterson-led offense that can air out the ball when it needs it most and succeed. “That was one of the most gritty games I’ve been a part of,” Patterson said. “The defense put us in good situations, they were playing lights out. That gave us confidence to stay within ourselves, so that when we get that moment to break through we’re not gonna give it back.” And with PeopleS-Jones’ touchdown, the Wolverines never relented. The Paul Bunyan Trophy turned from celebration to hardware returning to Ann Arbor.

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It’s time to believe

EAST LANSING — It was a scene not even Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio MAX himself MARCOVITCH could have scripted. Rain pouring down for the second storm of the day, for the second consecutive year, Spartan fans gradually rising from the prior malaise with each passing moment. All it took was a Chris Evans fumble on Michigan’s own 10-yard line to turn that energy up to a fever pitch. Then, in a trademark Dantonio Moment, the Spartans tied the game on a wide receiver pass to quarterback Brian Lewerke — the Philly Special, as seen most famously in last year’s Super Bowl. You’d seen this script before, and you knew how it ended. This is where Michigan lays down. The mentally-tough Spartans do what they do the way they want to do it, the way they’ve done it eight of the past 11 seasons against the Wolverines. After seven breezy weeks, you wanted a test of this team’s mental fortitude? There it was. And with it rested the hopes and dreams of Michigan’s season, teetering precariously in the balance. Then, junior quarterback Shea Patterson found Donovan Peoples-Jones for a 79-yard touchdown — a throw PeoplesJones called “the most perfect pass” — and the rain subsided.

And so did the monkey draped on Michigan’s back, as it paraded to a 21-7 win. “This was big time. Every week it seems that people will … find a reason to critique us, about why we don’t deserve to be a top-ranked team,” said junior running back Karan Higdon. “Last week it was we don’t show up in big games. This week it’s Michigan State has the number one run defense. “Blah, blah blah.” Certainly, though Higdon may dismiss them, many of those questions have been warranted. Prior to this win, the best road win of the Harbaugh era was either the 32-23 win in East Lansing two years ago, against a team that would finish 3-9, or a come-frombehind win over Minnesota in 2015. Neither of those approach this triumph. Along the step-ladder that has been the last seven weeks, there has been appropriate skepticism. It had to come against a ranked opponent. It had to come on the road. It had to come against a rival. Check. Check. Check. And you know what, Michigan fans? It’s time to believe. You can believe this team is different, that those scars unearthed in the week one loss to Notre Dame are healing. After beating a ranked opponent for the first time since 2006, the first time in 18 attempts to do so, you can

believe that this program is turning a corner. Perhaps permanently. And you can believe that Saturday marked a new chapter for Michigan in this rivalry. Or so Wolverines players would like you to believe. Two hours before the game, both teams got started as you might expect. With Michigan on the field for pregame warmups, Michigan State started their “Spartan Walk,” in which the players link and walk across the field. When the Wolverine players wouldn’t move, fifth-year senior Lawrence Marshall was clotheslined by a Michigan State player. Minutes later, junior linebacker Devin Bush walked toward the logo on the middle of the field and adamantly scuffed it up with his cleats. After the game, fifth-year senior Chase Winovich, still unquestionably pumping with adrenaline, channeled his inner Mike Hart in 2007. “We came in here. I openly, in the public, called it a ‘Revenge Tour.’ Called them out, said they’re next. We came in here, slashed their field before the game, and we still came out here and just got after them every single play. “We knew that they couldn’t hang with us. We did what we had to do. Sometimes your little brother starts acting up, and you just gotta put them in place.”

“We knew that they couldn’t hang with us.”

Put aside for a moment whether this will be used as motivation for the foreseeable future (it will) or whether Winovich — off to the NFL next season — will have to deal with the repurcussions (he won’t). That was the exhalation of a decade’s worth of frustration, a privilege he and his teammates have now earned. After the game, Harbaugh mentioned a quote he’d come across for this week, from Alonzo Mourning. “Adversity introduces a man to himself.” Saturday afternoon, Michigan faced adversity like it hadn’t since South Bend. There was every form of precipitation, fumbles galore, a road crowd, one giant mental hurdle weighing down the program. And on the other end the Wolverines found out who they are: a team with legitimate post-season aspirations, and with the mental fortitude to get there. None of this is to say this team is assured a Big Ten title or a College Football Playoff appearance. Penn State and Ohio State will surely have something to say about that. But it’s now safe to say this team is different. As the yards continued to churn and the clock wilted away, as fans in green and white streamed for the exit and the chants of “Let’s go blue” steadily gained volume, that became abundantly clear. And then the clouds cleared and sunshine peaked through. Marcovitch can be reached at maxmarco@umich.edu or on Twitter at @Max_Marcovitch.

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Fifth-year senior defensive end Chase Winovich recorded four tackles against Michigan State in Michigan’s 21-7 win over the Spartans on Saturday.

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Michigan tops OSU in overtime thriller MOLLY SHEA For the Daily

It was a goal 87 minutes in the making. Both teams were exhausted heading into a second overtime, and a back-to-back Big Ten regular season title was on the line for Michigan. The Wolverines’ break came with just over two minutes remaining in the second overtime. Sophomore midfielder Kayla Reed found herself alone along the baseline with the ball on her stick and the game in her hands. Reed carried the ball along the right baseline directly toward the goal and snuck it behind the keeper. With the goal, the No. 7 Wolverines (11-5 overall, 6-1 Big Ten) successfully clawed their way to a double-overtime victory against No. 21 Ohio State (11-6, 4-3), and with it, another conference title. “I guess I was lucky enough to find myself along the baseline ... tried to look for the pass but they’d cut them off,” Reed said. “I’d seen the goalie so I just popped it down and hoped for the best.” The game began slowly, with both teams failing to score in the first half. Michigan dominated possession but struggled offensively. The Wolverines had the momentum at the first half’s end, but it quickly switched in favor of the Buckeyes at the start of the second frame. Ohio State tallied six shots and five penalty corners.

A string of three corners led to Buckeye midfielder Esther Clotet scoring off a low, hard shot to the corner. No more than ten minutes later, the Wolverines had an answer to Ohio State’s goal. Reed sent a hard shot toward the goal off a restart, and junior forward Meg Dowthwaite deflected the ball into the net from the right post. It was not smooth sailing for Michigan heading into overtime with the game tied at one. The Wolverines competed with a player down for five minutes of the first ten-minute overtime period — the result of a yellow card to junior Fay Keijer in the 65th minute of regular time. “I mean it’s extraordinary to go through an overtime down a player and survive that,” said Michigan coach Marcia Pankratz. “Once we got our player back, I felt really confident that things were gonna go our way.” With the defeat of the Buckeyes, Michigan finished the regular season 7-1 in the Big Ten, good enough for a share of the conference title with No. 2 Maryland. The Wolverines finished the season 8-0 at home and will host the first round of the Big Ten Tournament next Sunday. “I love playing home, it’s such a good experience,” Reed said. “Just a sense of pride, keeping a clean slate on your field. It’s always a good atmosphere, it’s really cool to have your friends in the stands, cheering you on.”

“I love playing at home, it’s such a good experience.”

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Sophomore midfielder Kayla Reed scored the game-winning goal on Sunday.

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Wolverines fall to Western Michigan despite opportunities TIEN LE

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Shooting yourself in the foot is putting it lightly. It’s easier to say after No. 11 Michigan dropped its matchup against No. 19 Western Michigan, 5-4, that it had shot itself in both. On Saturday, the Wolverines simply weren’t careful enough. They let the Broncos strike early, and they let them strike hard, which put a lot of pressure on Michigan to respond. And while it did to an extent, the response just wasn’t enough to compensate for the sloppy performances given by the team. “No question. We were loose with the puck,” said Michigan coach Mel Pearson. “Our puck management in the danger zone in our end was not good, it led directly to three of their goals tonight.” Less than two minutes into the game, Western Michigan saw its first chance. Freshman goaltender Strauss Mann — while talented — was still inexperienced, having just started his first regulation game. After forcing a turnover in the Wolverines’ defensive zone, the Broncos had an odd-man attack in play, which they executed to perfection. It was a textbook performance. Two players on both sides of the goaltender to divide his attention. Passes between the two to further the confusion. Though a Michigan player dropped back in time to contest one of the Western Michigan players, it wasn’t enough to allow Mann to commit himself to the other. A quick strike ensued and an early deficit followed. But Michigan didn’t relent. The aggressive style of play of the Wolverines, often countering a Broncos’ push with one of their own, forced opportunities. Michigan just couldn’t capitalize. In the first period, Michigan had six power plays. They converted zero of them. Western

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Freshman goaltender Strauss Mann notched 19 saves out of 24 shots in Michigan’s 5-4 loss to Western Michigan on Saturday night in Kalamazoo.

Michigan simply saw through the schemes, intercepting the passes or blocking the shot before it could even reach Broncos goaltender Austin Cain. “They blocked a lot of shots tonight,” Pearson said. “They played with some urgency and some desperation and that threw us off a little bit. And that’s how it goes.” It was only through a fouron-four did Michigan find the answer to the early goal. Sophomore defenseman Quinn Hughes scored after a scramble in traffic behind the net pushed the puck towards him, near the blue line. With plenty of room to skate, he pushed forward and hit

a straight-away shot in center-ice to tie the game, 1-1. Discipline looked to be the deciding factor to controlling the first period. While the Wolverines received six penalties, they only committed three. It just happens that Western Michigan converted the one it needed. Bronco Hugh McGing had a clean shot from the center and took the opportunity given from a five-on-three situation to end the first period on a high note. “We can’t put ourselves fiveon-three,” Pearson said. “Like I told the team, both penalties we took to put us on five-on-three were slashing. And it’s not like we

“No question. We were loose with the puck.”

were preventing a goal, it was just a lazy penalty. I call those lazy penalties, we have to get those out of our game.” And the Broncos carried that momentum into the second period. Coming out fast, Western Michigan kept the offensive pressure on. With another turnover in the defensive zone, Michigan just couldn’t recover in time. The two-on-one situation, not unlike the firstperiod turnover, ended in the same result — bringing the score further in favor of the Broncos, 3-1. As the period wound down, however, the Wolverines found the success they needed from

“I call those lazy penalties, we have to get those out...”

Special teams tell the story in series split BAILEY JOHNSON

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Griffin Luce doesn’t score many goals. The No. 11 Michigan hockey team’s junior defenseman had just two goals in 62 games played entering Friday night’s matchup against No. 19 Western Michigan (3-2). But on the power play in the third period, Luce received the puck from redshirt sophomore forward Luke Morgan in the right circle and fired a shot that found twine. Goaltender Trevor Gorsuch never saw the puck — not until it was going over his right shoulder into the net. “(I) liked our power play,” said Michigan coach Mel Pearson after Friday’s 6-5 victory. “(I) thought our power play obviously got us back in the game in the second period, got us the lead.” The Broncos played a physical game, providing the Wolverines (1-2) with multiple power play opportunities. They were penalized eight times, including three times in the second period. Michigan converted on two of those chances, allowing the Wolverines to come back from a 3-1 deficit to tie the game. In total, Michigan scored on three of its seven power plays — a conversion percentage of 42.8 percent, which would rank first in the nation if the Wolverines’ pace continued for the full season. But Saturday night, Michigan’s power play struggled to find that same success as it fell, 5-4, to Western Michigan. The Wolverines lit the lamp on only one of their eleven chances, and that one goal came from a rarely-utilized power play unit of senior forward Brendan Warren, junior forward Jake Slaker, junior defenseman Luke Martin, freshman defenseman Jack Summers and Morgan. Morgan’s shot was blocked by

the facets of the game they had struggled with prior in the match. Senior forward Brandon Warren converted the first power play goal for Michigan and soon after, with blazing speed, sophomore Josh Norris broke down ice and got the lead against two defenders. With a flick into the five-hole, Norris tied the game at three apiece. It was the hustle and pace control the Wolverines had lacked all game that helped turn the tides in their favor. And riding the momentum shift was junior center Nick Pastujov, who quickly followed suit scoring, this time off a rebound for Michigan’s first lead.

Scoring three straight, two in quick succession, can allow a team to dictate control of the game. Committing a penalty right before the period ends doesn’t. The Wolverines wanted to capitalize on the scoring streak late in the second period. But it wasn’t possible with a five-onthree disadvantage to start the third period. “Unfortunately, to start the third period, we had some momentum, going into the period,” Pearson said. “We gave up that five-on-three within two minutes of the third period. We just did not have a good start. We shot ourselves in the foot.” If there was any more proof, it came five minutes after Western Michigan scored the equalizer from the five-on-three at the start of the period. In a fastpaced sequence where multiple shots were traded from both sides, Michigan attempted to clear the puck in its defensive zone. Lockwood got the puck and attempted to leave the zone, but lost control just as Bronco Josh Passolt cut from the blue line to the goal. Watching the puck sail to the top right corner of the goal post, all Mann could do is shake his head defeatedly and slam his stick against the crossbar of the goal. “Strauss did a good job,” Pearson said. “I thought he kept us in the game at times, I’m sure he’d like that fifth one back a little bit. He made some big saves, made them look easy, and obviously the five-on-threes were tough, he didn’t have a chance at those.” It wasn’t Mann’s play that determined the game for Michigan. The Wolverines went one for 11 on the power play, notched three turnovers in the defensive zone that resulted in goals and had two five-onthree situations, both in crucial moments. It couldn’t be more clear that while they lost to Western Michigan, they also lost to themselves.

1. Alabama: It’s hard to get Tua creative with this one. 2. Clemson: Are we really going to allow a team whose best win is at home against NC State to make the playoffs? 3. Notre Dame: The Irish are back. 4. LSU: More like WSU! These guys keep winning! EMMA RICHTER/Daily

Junior defenseman Griffin Luce scored his third career goal on Friday night in Michigan’s win over Western Michigan.

goaltender Austin Cain and Warren was able to tip in the rebound for his first goal of the season. “I think we almost had too many power plays tonight,” Pearson said. “You get out of sorts and you’re continuing to play your top guys. Our only power play goal came from a group that we really haven’t worked with, and they go out there and just keep it simple and they get one.” Just like the power play, Michigan’s penalty kill had an up-anddown weekend. It was nearly perfect Friday, allowing just one goal on six chances for the Broncos. On that one goal, Slaker and Martin let forward Ethen Frank slip behind them to stand just outside the right circle in the perfect spot to receive a pass across the ice from defenseman Corey Schueneman. Frank fired a wrist-shot that beat junior goaltender Hayden Lavigne and

“I think we almost had too many power plays tonight.”

allowed Western Michigan to take the lead. But the Wolverines’ penalty kill settled in after that, and the Broncos managed three shots on each of their three following power plays. Michigan’s penalty killers had five shorthanded shots on the night — the same number of power play shots they allowed Western Michigan. In contrast, on Saturday, the Wolverines allowed the Broncos two goals on five opportunities, shooting themselves in the foot. Twice, a Michigan player was penalized while the Wolverines were already on the penalty kill, creating five-on-three chances for Western Michigan that it capitalized on. “We can’t put ourselves fiveon-three,” Pearson said. “Like I told the team, both penalties we took to put us on five-on-three were slashing. And it’s not like we were preventing a goal, it was just a lazy penalty.

“Unfortunately, to start the third period, we had some momentum going into the period. We gave up that fiveon-three within two minutes of the third period. We just did not have a good start, we shot ourselves in the foot.” With the pace and physicality of college hockey, special teams cannot be overlooked. An extra-man advantage opens up scoring opportunities that can make the difference between winning and losing. When both the power play and penalty kill succeed, a team has extra chances to recover from a deficit and pull itself back into contention. But when special teams units struggle — like on Saturday, when Michigan scored on just one of eleven power play opportunities and allowed two goals while on the penalty kill — a win can become out of reach. The Wolverines learned that the hard way this weekend.

“We gave up that five-onthree within two minutes...”

5. Michigan: Michigan is less back than Notre Dame. 6. Georgia: Athens, GA has the most bars per square foot in the country. In related news, yes that is vomit on your shoe. 7. Texas: Texas is less back than Michigan, which is less back than Notre Dame *galaxy brain* 8. Oklahoma: Their best player prefers baseball. Baseball. 9. Florida: Florida is less back than Texas, which is less back than Michigan, which is less back than Notre Dame *exploding galaxy brain* 10. Ohio State: Urban Meyer earned his sad slice of Papa John’s this week.