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Sunrise Movement activists occupy US Rep. Dingell’s office in protest Staged sit-in advocates for Green New Deal, urges to fight climate change ANGELINA LITTLE Daily Staff Reporter

Activists from Sunrise Movement Ann Arbor, a group focused on climate change and committed to garnering support for the Green New Deal, occupied the office of U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Ann Arbor, in Ypsilanti on Friday. About 50 students and community members participated in the sit-in which began at about 4:30 p.m. They sang, chanted

and shared stories about why the Green New Deal matters to them. Dingell was not present. After about two hours, a majority of protesters left, but a smaller group who said they were willing to take an “escalated risk” spent the night in her office. On Saturday, three of these protesters were arrested at about 2:15 p.m. Sunrise Movement Ann Arbor protesters have staged multiple sit-ins at Dingell’s office asking her to co-sponsor the Green

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The University of Michigan’s Outlaws and OUTreach student organizations hosted “#TransMatters in Law,” at the Trotter Multicultural Center on Friday. The event discussed the current status of name changes, gender markers and current law related to transgender rights. The event started with an overview of the name-changing process of an individual in Michigan, which involves five major steps: filing a petition, going through fingerprint and background checks, filing required documents, publication of the name change in legal journals and attending a hearing. Law School student Richard Phillips is a member of OUTreach, a law-student-run, pro bono project team aimed at advocating for LGBTQ rights. Phillips explained the current state of name changing in Michigan. “I think there is this idea that doing legal changes and taking control of your own identity and changing something as intimate as your own name is something that one can do easily,” Phillips said. “But as you will find, with even just some cursory research, you will find that there is this convoluted process, and it cost a lot of money.”

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resolution. Although she is not a Green New Deal sponsor as of publication, Dingell has not been inactive in the fight against climate change. On Thursday, Dingell introduced the 100% Clean Economy Act of 2019, legislation setting a nationwide goal of achieving 100 percent clean energy economy with netzero climate pollution by 2050. SeeNEW DEAL PAGE 2A

Palestinian-American activist speaks on intersectional feminism Arab Student Association hosts Linda Sarsour for discussion on identity ANCHAL MALH For The Daily

Palestinian American political activist Linda Sarsour joined students on Friday as a part of the Arab Student Association’s Focus Week to discuss issues in the Arab community. Sarsour’s talk was the last event of the club’s Focus Week and touched upon feminism in Arab communities. About 100 students gathered in Rackham’s Auditorium on Friday night for the event. Sarsour hails from Brooklyn, New York, and identifies as an Arab, Muslim and Palestinian woman. During her talk, she discussed the importance of her identity and how

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New Deal, a resolution to fight climate change and economic inequality first introduced by U.S. Rep. Alexandria OcasioCortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass. Sunrise protesters initially met with Dingell in February to urge her to sign on, staging their first sit-in at her office last April and again this September. Dingell was not present at either protest and has not given a definitive response on whether she plans to sponsor the

Faculty directors of the Semester in Detroit program, an initiative that allows University of Michigan students to study and intern with communitybased organizations in the city of Detroit, published a statement Tuesday questioning the ethics and effectiveness of the newlyannounced Detroit Center for Innovation. The statement represents the views of SiD directors and does not speak on behalf of SiD as a University and Residential College program. The Center, which they anticipate will cost upwards of $300 million, will provide teaching in subjects like technology and artificial intelligence to undergraduate and graduate students. It will also serve as a conference center and hotel in downtown Detroit. Plans to open the 14-acre center have received backlash from students and faculty

all of her identities intertwine to make her the woman she is today. She also talked about how each identity intersects to influence her work as a political activist. Sarsour was the co-chair of the Women’s March in 2017 in Washington D.C. During the event at Rackham, she told the audience her perspective on becoming a representative for the Arab and Muslim community in America. Sarsour said when she joined the committee, it became a goal for her to ensure all of the groups she identifies with were heard during the event. “I had a pact to make and this is what women of color do,” Sarsour

said. “If I’m on the table, I pull up chairs to the table that I’m at. It was my opportunity to say, ‘Who do I bring to the table from the communities that I come from?’” Sarsour also said through her work with the march she wanted to challenge stereotypes surrounding Muslim-American women. “(The March is) figuring out how to kind of reintroduce what Muslim-American and ArabAmerican women are, and that we too have a seat at the table when it comes to what feminism looks like,” Sarsour said. Dentistry student Maya Youness told The Daily she was excited to get to hear Sarsour speak. She

said her biggest takeaway from Friday’s event was learning not to sugarcoat the problems in different communities. “Don’t compensate,” Youness said. “Talk about things the way they are.” Sarsour said feminism in Western culture is often limited to a Caucasian perspective and leaves out what women of color experience. Sarsour explained white women often feel uncomfortable when she begins to discuss political and social conflict that affect women of color and their communities.

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since the announcement was made on Oct. 30 by University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel. Days after the announcement, Amytess Girgis, One University spokesperson and LSA junior, circulated a petition calling on the University to consult with Detroit residents before undertaking large development projects. It also criticized the University for building the Center on the site of a sincefailed Wayne County jail. As of publication, almost 400 people have signed the petition. Tuesday’s statement was written by SiD Director Stephen Ward in collaboration with other SiD faculty and poses four questions to the University related to the funding of the Center and the impact the project will have on Detroit residents.

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Panel looks at policies of Chinese President ‘Who is Xi’ examines socialism, economy of current administration NEETI BHUTADA For The Daily

Approximately 200 people attended a panel Friday entitled, “Who is Xi: A Chinese Political Saga of the New Era.” The event focused on Xi Jinping, the current leader of China and was hosted by the Michigan China Forum, a nonprofit student organization that seeks to empower future leaders in the U.S. and China to excel on a global landscape. The event started off with an introduction of the panelists: associate professor of Public Policy Ann Lin, Public Policy professor Alan Deardorff, Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies fellow Jundai Liu and Political Science professor Mary Gallagher. After talking about their academic backgrounds, the panelists jumped into a discussion of several topics. The panelists discussed President Xi and his methods of reshaping contemporary Chinese politics. Lin explained how Xi came to power. For a long time before 2013, there was a lack of central power in China, she said. Lin believed Xi was a very influential leader for China in that he was able to guide China’s growth and trigger significant change during a time of stagnation.

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NEW DEAL From Page 1A Sunrise Movement activists insist Dingell take more extreme action to fight climate change in her district. Protesters were determined to elongate their protest this time and stay until Dingell gave a definitive answer regarding the Green New Deal. Sunrise Hub Coordinator and LSA sophomore, Arya Kale, expressed the group’s frustration with her lack of response. “It’s not even that she’s saying, ‘no’; she’s just not giving us an answer — if she says ‘no,’ we know what action we have to take, and that’s putting somebody else into office,” Kale said. Naina Agrawal-Hardin, Sunrise hub coordinator and Washtenaw International High School student, explained why Sunrise members keep coming back. “We’re sitting in because of these twin crises we’re seeing in our country, which

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are climate change and also this skyrocketing inequality that’s costing millions of Americans not only their right to a livable future, but also their right to a good job and a living wage and dignified work,” AgrawalHardin said. “We’re here to tell Congresswoman Debbie Dingell she can’t ignore us anymore; it’s been 10 months, and we need an answer.” At the sit-in, protesters took turns sharing why they believe it is critical for Dingell to co-sponsor the Green New Deal. Many highlighted the fact Dingell has accepted more than $40,000 from DTE Energy in campaign contributions, sharing concerns this money could be a factor in Dingell’s lack of support for the Green New Deal. Students took turns giving testaments to their personal experiences with consequences of climate change. They spoke of the health implications of declining air quality and the environmental consequences of oil pipelines and deforestation, among other

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concerns, urging Dingell to take decisive action. At one point, protesters went around the room explaining the reasons they each fight for the Green New Deal. Responses included worries about the futures of younger siblings and future children, the disproportionate effects of climate change on marginalized communities, and the preservation of Michigan’s Great Lakes. After 22 hours of protest in Dingell’s office, Ypsilanti police removed LSA junior Preston VanAlstine; Washington University in St. Louis senior Allie Lindstrom; and Chair of Young Democrats of Michigan Leaha Skylar Dotson from the office. The protesters were taken to the Ypsilanti police station and released about two-and-ahalf hours later. In a statement to The Daily, Maggie Rousseau, Dingell’s communications director, said the congresswoman encourages constituents to visit her office. “Congresswoman Dingell always welcomes constituents to her offices. She and her staff listen and help,” the statement said. “This group was accommodated overnight, for almost 24 hours in extraordinary circumstances. The terms of our lease in this building prohibit people from sleeping in the space and a note from the building manager made that clear. Dingell and her staff strive to be good tenants to continue serving the people of the 12th Congressional District from her Ypsilanti office.” Lindstrom explained why the three chose to remain in the office. “We didn’t want to go quietly,” Lindstrom said. “We felt that if we left, it would feel like we were being silenced. We felt like Congresswoman Dingell didn’t feel the pressure to answer and tell us what she was going to do for our generation and how she was going to take action.”

Abdul El-Sayed, former 2018 gubernatorial candidate and former executive director of the Detroit Health Department, made an appearance at the protest, giving a speech expressing his support for the protester’s work. He emphasized the importance of working together to solve climate issues. “What we’re saying is that we are not willing to wed our children and our children’s children to a system of economics, to a climate, that fundamentally fails them,” El-Sayed said. “... Who suffers the most? People of color, our poor folks, our people in urban and rural communities. We’ve got an opportunity to say that enough is enough, that we need a Green New Deal.” El-Sayed spoke to The Daily regarding the importance of the Green New Deal for Michigan. “We’ve got a responsibility to act, and this is one of the most progressive districts in the state, and our representatives ought to represent us,” El-Sayed said. “The beautiful thing about the Dingell legacy is that it was once the most progressive on issues related to climate, and I’m not seeing that right now — and we can do so much better. And what these folks in here recognize is that we don’t have time, and we’ve got a set of solutions, and the question is, why are they not being enacted?” Ultimately, Lindstrom said the experience was frustrating but it would not deter Sunrise activists from returning. “We need a congressperson in office who’s going to fight as hard for our futures as we are, and while we left the office on Saturday, that is not the last time Congresswoman Dingell will hear from us, because this is not something we can take lightly,” Lindstrom said. “Our lives are at stake, and we’re not being heard. We will continue to show up until we know we are.”

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Black history does not begin with commodification.It has existed and thrived in many parts of the world before the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade. This is more evident with people

such as “Yasuke,” otherwise known as the first Black Japanese Samurai. Arriving from Kyoto, Japan in the year 1579 as a servant for European missionaries, Yasuke gained the attention from the Japanese warlord Oda Nobunaga. The warlord was so impressed by his charcoal skin, beautiful features and physique that Yasuke became Oda Nobunaga’s Samurai uniting Japan until 1582.

Hey Black child YASMEEN LUDY MiC Blogger

Hey Black Child, The one that still lingers in the body of a twenty-one-yearold young woman, struggling to find her place, do you know who you are? To the nine-yearold girl who struggles with her natural hair, do you know who you want to be? And to the oneyear-old little girl, still fresh and innocent, do you know who you can be? If you’re listening, I want to share something with you. My mom made me read a book called The DNA Field and The Law of Resonance, and from viewing the title of the book my initial reaction was disappointment. The title screamed pretentious scientific theory, which decreased my level of interest. Ever since I was young, I never really liked science. For me, learning the concepts always seemed too complicated and I always ended up feeling dumb afterward. I’ve felt like this for a long time, until I gave the book a chance. To my surprise, I learned something I did understand. I learned about the heart. I learned that the heart is the most powerful generator of energy in the human body. The heart has an electromagnetic field that is 60 times stronger than the brain. So corny cliche sayings like, “follow your heart,” are actually valuable, and not just filler lines for the endings of Disney movies. The book says the power of your heart is so strong that if you really trust your heart, if you really wish with your heart, then the things you deeply want to manifest are not so far behind or out of reach. Initially I thought this was so cool, but then reality settled in. The soft voice that grew up but remained tied to my being, asked me a question. The Black child within me asked, “Why did we stop trusting our heart?” That was a valid question and

called for a moment of self reflection. Black child, we grew up. We started trusting our brain over our heart. But that’s not all we did. We were forced to grow up. Black child, we were forced to recognize our place in the world. And by place, I mean the place in which society has tried to keep us stagnant. We had to learn how to conduct ourselves in a society that continuously monitors and judges our behavior. We had to learn how to breathe in a world where the air is so heavy and polluted with stereotypes. We had to learn that no matter the complexion of our pigment, we were still beautiful, no matter what the world said. We were so preoccupied with learning how to heal the wounds that cut through our melanin, we forgot about our heart. We were so busy growing up and learning, we simply began relying on our mind. We forgot about our heart. But Black child, it’s okay. Self-reflection is good and leads us into a moment of self enlightenment. I told you in the beginning I was going to share something with you. Black child, I want you to know your heart is so strong. I hope you never forget that. We become so consumed in growing up and trying to become what we want to be, we’ve settled with the power of our minds. But the same way your mind can help you finish an exam and write a paper, your heart can help you manifest anything you want. Black child, remember the cliche disney lines that tell you to be true to your heart, because this world is tough. Sometimes remembering to love your melanin is tough and that’s not something the mind can teach. Keep your heart close because it’s been scientifically proven that its the strongest force in your body. Black child, your heart can help you manifest

who you want to be. Black child, we were born in this skin for a reason. Your skin is divine. The way your hair kinks, coils, and curls in its own order is divine. The way your skin glistens boldly under the sun, is divine. The way you rise like the sun time and time again, is the heart of a divine child. You’re going to learn that there are stereotypes about you that aren’t true. You’re going to learn to navigate this world that feels like it loves the aesthetic of your culture, but couldn’t care less about you. But Black child, as you learn with your mind I want you to remember that your heart is your greatest power. When they call you ghetto for dancing the way you dance, it’s easy to let those words marinate in your mind. But remember the sacred rhythm between you and your heart. No one hears it but you, so keep dancing. Let that remind you of who you are. When they tell you you’re too loud and you find yourself trying to be quieter, don’t let it consume you. Don’t let it marinate your mind. Sing your song from the roof to the mountain tops. You are not loud, you are not ghetto, your heart is just creating a world where you can be who you want to be. You are your own order and you are divine. Don’t think what you can be, feel what you can be. Black child, it’s okay to grow, it’s okay to flaunt your intelligent mind, but please remember your roots. Remember your heart and that it is full of life and nutritious like fruit. Hey Black child, one last thing, In the words of Countee Cullen, “Hey Black child, do you know who you are? Do you know who you really are? Do you know you can be what you want to be?” Just ask your heart, not your mind, and your manifestations will come easily.

Summer Walker and Black mental health CAMILLE MOORE MiC Blogger

Every now and then, there is an increase in awareness of mental health and wellness issues. These spikes in attention occur after events such as World Mental Health Day or a highly publicized incident of suicide. Thus, it’s extremely important to advocate for mental health but there are times when people fail to be compassionate or understanding. On Nov. 12, writer and singer Summer Walker canceled most of her North American tour due to her struggles with social anxiety. The 23 year old had been receiving backlash from some fans who had criticized her for not interacting with them during the concert meet and greets. She has a strict no hugging or touching policy when fans meet her which left some feeling unappreciated and like they were not getting what they paid for. Walker defended herself on Instagram and said she avoids contact with others due to her experience as an empath. Being an empath means

absorbing other people’s energies and feelings, so if someone is stressed, she gets stressed, and if someone has negative energy, she can feel it too. Despite this explanation, people are still saying that she is “scamming” or invalidating her mental health issues and telling her to do her job. Some fans may not completely understand her reasonings for cancelling the tour, but this situation brings up an important dialogue about the pressures artists, especially Black women in the music industry, face. Black women in America are often not taken seriously in so many aspects of life, especially considering artists like Selena Gomez and Ariana Grande have canceled tours and meet and greets for mental health reasons and were met with understanding, not anger. Similarly to the terrifying discrimination we face when going to the doctor’s office and being told our pain is just an over exaggeration, the dismissal of our struggles with mental health is summed up to being a ‘scam.’ Why can’t other people trust us when we say enough is enough? Why is it that we have to prove our pain and

struggles for other people to sympathize? I want to know, would they feel the same way if she cancelled her tour due to a broken leg or a bad case of the flu? I doubt it, because as a society, we do not look at health holistically. Taking care of yourself is more than drinking water and eating vegetables. It’s also knowing your limits and taking a step back when things become overwhelming. There needs to be an understanding of personal boundaries that people create to protect themselves. Although being a celebrity is known as a position of privilege, and in many ways it definitely is, there is a lot of pressure to open your life to the world and accept any criticism that comes your way. Personally, I’m very proud of Summer for knowing when enough is enough and making changes in her life to protect her own mental health. What is the point of anything in life if you’re not doing it for your own growth and happiness? Many people can take a play from her book and reevaluate what you can cut out of your life to make it better for you.

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Agents of Atlas as Agents of Change ELIZA HO MiC Blogger

With the release of Marvel and DC movies, superheroes have experienced a meteoric rise in popularity. Since the reintroduction of comics into mainstream pop culture, the superhero genre has been subject to all the usual questions of diversity. (Notably, it wasn’t until 2018 that Marvel finally introduced its first film to star a non-white superhero.) Comics giant Marvel attempted to address this issue, with new, diverse characters taking on the names of iconic heroes. After Carol Danvers took on the moniker Captain Marvel, a Pakistani American teen becomes the new Ms. Marvel. When Bruce Banner lies dying from radiation poisoning, a Korean American named Amadeus Cho turns into the next Hulk. However, all this progress seemed doomed to come to a grinding halt. Marvel had been accused of pandering in their creation of these new superheroes. In a 2017 interview with ICv2, Marvel sales executive David Gabriel said, “What we heard was that people didn’t want any more diversity. They did not want female characters out there. That is what we heard, whether we believe that or not. I do not know that that is really true, but that’s what we saw in sales.” “We saw the sales of any

character that was diverse, any character that was new, our female characters, anything that was not a core Marvel character, people were turning their nose up against. That was difficult for us because we had a lot of fresh, new, exciting ideas that we were trying to get out and nothing new really worked,” Gabriel said Gabriel’s statements sparked much backlash, and it seems, two years after the interview, that Marvel has reversed its stance. As part of a storyline event, Marvel released a series called The New Agents of Atlas. The comics star an unlikely team of Asian and Asian American heroes who team up across several Asian metropolises to save the world. Agents of Atlas demonstrates what representation can be: Their identity is an important part of their character, but is not the only thing that defines them and often presents subtly. The team challenges the myth of the monolithic Asian and combats the oft-cited criticism that casting a person of color is merely a cosmetic choice. Their individual ethnic identities can be essential to their character. In the case of White Fox, her name isn’t just a colorful moniker: she is a kumiho, a magical nine-tailed fox straight out of Korean mythology. Meanwhile, Shang Chi and Crescent are masters in martial arts from their respective countries. And Luna Snow is a double threat, working as both a K-pop singer

and a superhero. As a Chinese American, I was thrilled to finally be able to see parts of myself and my friends, especially in the smallest things. From mentions of lack of fluency in the “mother tongue” to popular dishes, the comics serve up an authentic depiction of Asian and Asian American culture. One great example is when the team goes into hiding, all they have to eat is spam. They eagerly make good use of it, making spam fried rice, spamsilog, and spam musubi – dishes that are popular in the Philippines and Hawaii. After New Agents of Atlas, Marvel brought the heroes back in a five-part series Agents of Atlas. Now, we’re nearly at the close of that series. (Issue #4 was released on November 13.) So, what’s next? I’m hoping that Marvel will make Agents of Atlas a permanent part of their lineup. It’d be a good opportunity to explore the new characters it’s created, like Wave, its first Filipina hero. And these two series have already successfully brought niche characters – like White Fox, who was created for Marvel’s foray into webtoons, Korean webcomics – into the main Marvel universe. Most importantly, Agents of Atlas has proven that a win for representation can be a win for Marvel, too.

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ith each passing provider based in Texas, demonstrated the day, I, and many has other st udents successf ul repurposing of carbon into f uel. at the Universit y This company has of Michigan, g ive carried out both more and more large quantities hours of thought of carbon to how we can capt ure as well use our deg rees as a sig nif icant af ter college. This increase in oil decision ta kes time production, to plan out, rethink sig nif ying a and develop into a KIANNA revolutionar y caref ully planned MARQUEZ method of trajector y for what we expect our societal repurposing a nonrenewable purpose to be. Af ter months resource. In addition, the of thinking ever y day about company has set itself by implementing where I want to go in life, apart I decided on a specif ic a process that uses and eng ineering pathway I could reuses nat ural resources. In this way, Petra Nova is pursue: carbon capt ure. A relatively novel topic of showing the practicalit y of research, carbon capt ure is carbon capt ure and storage. the process of recollecting Consequently, the company carbon dioxide emit ted is allowing other instit utions into the atmosphere and to realize the feasibilit y of reinserting the material implementing the carbon back into underg round capt ure process. A f inal example can be storage. By converting the carbon dioxide gas into its seen with Shell’s mentalit y liquid form for easy storage, when it comes to the the carbon capt ure process creates an immediate ef fect of g reenhouse gas reduction in the atmosphere. Based on the extent of g reenhouse gases that can be ta ken away from the atmosphere using this method and other similar ones, I believe the process of carbon capt ure will be the def ining method to f ight climate change in several major ways. For instance, Chev ron demonstrated one major benef it of carbon capt ure by developing g reenhouse widespread implementation gas mitigation technolog ies. of the carbon capt ure and process. Sally This company has been one storage of the pioneers of developing Benson, a director of Shell’s this process despite Global Climate and Energ y challenges in the research Project, commented on the process and in ma king idea that the research energ y this process economically companies do to develop feasible. In this way, Chev ron the carbon capt ure process is g uiding the models for doesn’t carr y any meaning if carbon capt ure and storage it ’s not used or implemented implementation throughout by policy. “As academics, we can do global instit utions and fra meworks geared towa rd all the laborator y research reaching the goals of the to show the technolog y ’s Intergovernmental Panel on power. But until we have Climate Special Report on the industr y implementing Carbon Capt ure and Storage. projects and sharing their Consequently, the company insights, we’re not going is doing its part to promote to ma ke the sig nif icant the systematic and ef fective prog ress required to meet development of the use of our climate goal,” she said. carbon capt ure and storage In this way, this company is working toward ma king technolog ies. In another example, policy ma kers aware of the Petra Nova, an energ y importance they hold in the

The process of carbon capture will be the defining method to fight climate change

f ut ure of our contribution to climate change solutions. In different circumstances, these three companies exemplif y only a few of the many ways that the process of carbon capt ure can create a crucial, benef icial impact on our societ y today. By leading the initiative to promote the use of these technolog ies, providing information that proves this process’s f unctionalit y and emphasizing the sig nif icance of systematic implementation of the research behind these technolog ies, these companies are propelling societ y ’s perspective on the carbon capt ure process. In doing so, they have demonstrated the inf luence that carbon capt ure can have not only on the qualit y of our environment, but also on how our societ y approaches the climate issue. Considering the proven benef its of carbon capt ure, I believe the adoption of the initiative models are enough to ef fect the drastic change necessar y for environmental improvement. Therefore, these adoptions should occur at instit utions throughout the world. Here at the Universit y, College of Eng ineering facult y and staf f are leading the Blue Sk y Initiative aimed at reducing and removing the emission of carbon dioxide into our atmosphere as well as repurposing collected carbon gas into other infrastruct ural materials. Volker Sick, DTE Energ y Professor of Advanced Energ y Research, commented on the opport unit y that we have as a societ y to utilize the carbon capt ure process: “ We believe innovations in carbon dioxide removal and utilization technolog ies can generate a carbonnegative, dollar-positive ef fect that will reduce emission footprints while generating billions of dollars of economic activit y in the decades a head.” As a result, we should continue to push for this t y pe of interdisciplinar y, multibenef icial work for its monumental inf luence on the qualit y of our environment. Kianna Marquez can be reached at kmarquez@umich.edu.

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Cancel culture” is back engagement allows more ads in the news thanks to to be sold. Because of this, President Barack Obama’s companies focus on driving user engagement, recent comments searching for ways on the standards of to grab users’ “wokeness” among attention and hold young people and it for as long as in social media. As possible. And what people argue cancel content drives the culture’s merits and most engagement? causes, they invariably Studies find that point to generational negative, divisive or political factors, CHAND emotions such as such as the unique sensitivity of RAJENDRA- fear and anger do. So, thanks to the young people or a NICOLUCCI structure of social particularly offensive political atmosphere. However, media, posts that provoke these these explanations miss the emotions – content related to mark. To fully explain the cancel culture certainly fits phenomenon of cancel culture this category – rise naturally. we have to look at the structure Additionally, the emphasis on virality leads to features that of social media. Young people calling out quickly amplify and distribute harmful speech, demanding content. Twitter trends, the resignations and organizing Facebook news feed, the boycotts is not new. What has YouTube recommender system changed is the means by which and the Instagram discover they do these things. Before page simultaneously push viral the growth of social media, content to keep you engaged people were limited to paper and use you to make content petitions, in-person protests more viral, a positive feedback and newspaper op-eds for loop that circulates posts spreading their message and quickly and widely. This is how taking action. Now, anybody a disproportionate amount of can log on to Twitter and send content related to cancel culture out a tweet, and if things go ends up in our feeds, on our right, it will go viral, potentially minds and in our conversations. Without social media, cancel reaching millions of people. This is incredibly powerful. It is culture would manifest itself as what has driven movements like relatively normal generational the Arab Spring and #MeToo. activism. There would be good It has contributed to genocide and bad, overzealousness and in Myanmar and mob violence moral clarity. All still exist today, in India. Analyzing cancel but now they exist alongside the culture requires examining democratization of information, the powerful mechanisms that the magnification of shame, the anonymity of social media drive social media. Often, it seems as if cancel and the growth of permanent, digital records culture takes place in another searchable universe. Typically, I don’t know of our lives. This emboldens the cancelers or the canceled some people and makes others personally, but I see their content feel vulnerable, leading to online and feel the effects of aggression, defensiveness and their interactions offline. How self-censorship, fueling the does a small group of people influence of cancel culture as on the internet dominate the a concept and as an agent of national conversation and change. But what about the good, have real effects on people’s lives? Through platforms that the speaking of truth to power, encourage virality, engagement the legitimate criticism that is often labeled derogatively and extremity. Social media companies’ as cancel culture by those primary source of revenue is threatened by it? Doesn’t social advertisements. More user media empower movements

like #MeToo? Doesn’t it give a voice and a platform to the marginalized? Yes. This is the paradox of social media — its vast capacity for both good and bad. Implementing technology that deemphasizes virality or engagement could undermine important social movements and mute constructive criticism. Yet, maintaining the status quo is clearly not desirable either. Does the answer lie beyond technology? Education, morality and art — do these institutions have the answer? It seems to me that these non-technical institutions do indeed hold the answer, if there is one. Social media companies have no incentive to change the mechanisms driving their platforms — virality and engagement are key to their bottom line. Additionally, it’s not clear we should want them to. Many of the same features that drive the negative parts of cancel culture give a platform to marginalized people, and are an important tool for social movements. This is where non-technical factors come in. Education, morality and art all have the ability to change people’s minds. For example, Mary Gaitskill’s novella “This is pleasure” explores cancel culture and #MeToo from multiple perspectives, producing a complicated, nuanced piece that is thought-provoking and demands moderation from readers. Theoretically, art like “This is pleasure” could inspire meaningful, widespread changes, making people less likely to use social media for gratuitous denunciation and encouraging less charged, more offline engagement. I’m not particularly optimistic about such a transformation, though. It would require a collective awakening that seems impossible in today’s highly polarized environment where more pressing issues such as climate change fail to garner a similar response. I guess we can hope though. Chand Rajendra-Nicolucci can be reached at chandrn@umich.edu.

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It is time to kill the death penalty

odney Reed was closer, petitions for a new scheduled to be dead trial circulate the internet and by Thanksgiving. the accused sits in his cell (it is almost always a After sitting on man, as only 54 of the death row in Texas almost 2,700 people for over 20 years, on death row are his death sentence women), wondering was suspended if he will be granted indefinitely. Reed a new trial. The was arrested complications in 1996 for the surrounding the murder of Stacey death penalty make it Stites, a 19-yearJOEL so problematic that it old woman. WEINER should be abolished. The key piece Even if someone supports of evidence tying him to the crime was the semen, the death penalty on moral appearing to match Reed’s, grounds, they may support found in Stites’s body. He its abolition because of maintains that the two of them how expensive it is. In were in a consensual sexual Pennsylvania alone, estimates relationship, but at the time of put the cost of the death his conviction, no witnesses penalty at more than $350 came forward to corroborate million. the statement. However, Reed’s lawyers say someone has recently backed up Reed’s claim of a consensual sexual relationship with the victim — a claim that should lead to a new trial. Moreover, his lawyers say that Stites’s fiancé at the time, Jimmy Fennell, a former police officer, admitted to the crime while imprisoned for kidnapping and rape of a different woman in 2008. In addition, the District Attorney’s office has refused to test the murder weapon, Judges tend to be more a belt, for DNA. Examples in hearing of convictions where there sympathetic still exists some doubt as appeals of death penalty cases to whether the defendant than in most other cases. The is guilty, such as Reed’s majority of cases in which the case, demonstrate that the prosecution seeks the death death penalty is an immoral, penalty do not end in capital expensive and biased form of punishment. The ones that do go through a lengthy appeals punishment. Cases like these rise to process, during which many prominence every few years: of the sentences are reduced Someone who has been sitting to life without parole. This on death row for an extended means that most of the death period of time tries as hard penalty cases will end with as possible to be heard when the same ruling as life without they say they are innocent. the possibility of parole, but The media tends to report it the process will be far more as the date of execution draws expensive due to an appeals

White people are deciding that Black lives should end at a higer rate than white lives

process and draw resources away from areas where they could have more of an impact. These extended processes, however, are necessary for the death penalty to continue because of how serious such cases tend to be. One of the greatest risks in any trial is the possibility the accused is actually innocent, but those stakes become exponentially higher in death penalty proceedings. Capital punishment is also biased in its sentencing because it is disproportionately used against African-American defendants. More than half of the current death row inmates are people of color. In the early 20th century, when it was most used against people accused of rape, 89 percent of the defendants were Black. Moreover, in the 38 states that still use the death penalty, 98 percent of the prosecutors are white. That means white people are deciding that Black lives should end at a higher rate than white lives. Capital punishment, therefore, worsens the inequality of an already discriminatory system. Such disparities are unacceptable in a country that bases its criminal justice system on the idea of equality under the law. The death penalty is also unequal genderwise. The vast majority of people on death row are men, and defendants are almost seven times more likely to be handed a death sentence if the victim is a woman. That brings us back to Rodney Reed. He has fought tirelessly to get a new trial, and was lucky enough to receive it. Regardless, the high costs and problematic enforcement of the death penalty means it should be abolished. Joel Weiner can be reached jgweiner@umich.edu.

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CONCERT REVIEW

DiDonato’s dream ScHoolboy Q at The Fillmore: Good at Hill Auditorium GIGI CIULLA For The Daily

ZACHARY M.S. WAARALA Daily Arts Writer

This past Wednesday evening, Hill Auditorium hosted the Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal as part of the group’s 2019 United States tour. According to the program, Orchestre Métropolitain began in 1981 with a mission “to share its passion for symphonic music and make it accessible to all.” Today, the Orchestre Métropolitain is the premier orchestra in Quebec and regularly tours to parade their musical capacity. The Orchestre Métropolitain visited the University Musical Society at a key point in the group’s history, as they will embark on their 40th season in 2020. Hill Auditorium was packed wall-to-wall with appreciators of classical music. Despite the impressive turnout, I did not see many students in the seats. The performance from Orchestre Métropolitain and Joyce DiDonato was a showcase of pure musical talent at the classical, refined level. The Orchestre Métropolitain is an example of career orchestral musicians, and I believe it is beneficial for students to see the results of that kind of musical passion in the form of a beautiful performance from groups like the Orchestre Métropolitain. The Orchestre Métropolitain were joined by multiple Grammy Award winner Joyce DiDonato. In the past, DiDonato has held residencies at Carnegie Hall and the Barbican Centre in London (an artist-in-residence is someone who is recruited by a particular institution to produce creative work for them on a regular basis). DiDonato treated Hill Auditorium to her sought-after vocals, absolutely sweeping the Ann Arbor audience off of their feet, yielding many a rose upon the stage at the end of her performance of excerpts from Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito, K. 621.”

DiDonato treated Hill Auditorium to her sought-after vocals, absolutely sweeping the Ann Arbor audience off of their feet. The orchestra was led by Maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who has an extensive track record as far as musical directorship goes. Nézet-Séguin has been the conductor of the Orchestre Métropolitain since 2000 and has directed music at the Metropolitan Opera, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. One aspect of Nézet-Séguin’s work that caught my eye was his level of comfort with being at the center of the stage. Nézet-Séguin cracked smiles, embraced DiDonato and found ways to make the audience laugh. The conductor is a position that would seem to carry immense pressure and duress, but I saw genuine joy from Nézet-Séguin as he guided the orchestra. It was apparent that Nézet-Séguin truly enjoyed the music he was cultivating, and it was heartwarming to see real passion at the root of this masterful directorship. It was a remarkable experience to watch the combination of masterful conductorship and pure vocal talent with a robust orchestra to back it all up. After leaving Ann Arbor, the Orchestre Métropolitain will continue their tour in New York and Philadelphia.

I had never been to The Fillmore before I went last Wednesday night for a ScHoolboy Q concert, with Nav as the opener. It seemed counterintuitive to me to see a herd of hyped-up young adult rap fans in such a classically beautiful theater. Talk about an interesting juxtaposition. The wooden f loors were what really concerned me: I’ve seen the way wooden f loors react to lots of jumping, and I wasn’t certain they were going to make it through the show. I calmed down and rationalized that the people running the venue knew what they were doing. When Nav came out, I was concerned for the fate of the rest of the show. The crowd was dead and the performance had little energ y behind it, with Nav simply walking slowly back and forth across the stage, attempting to get the audience to sing along to no avail. I never do this at concerts, but I stood looking at my phone or talking to my friends most of the time. I kept complaining about my legs hurting. It was already 8 p.m. and I had class the next morning. I kept my hopes up for ScHoolboy Q. I had wanted to see him in concert ever since some of my high school friends told me that he is a terrible live performer. I had heard he performed even his most energetic songs in such a half-hearted way that the audience couldn’t get invested in the performance. This fascinated me, as SchoolBoy had always been an artist whose music pumped me up. I wanted to put it to the test and see if he could prove his critics (my friends) wrong. Long story short, he did. Although not f lawless, the performance itself, in combination with the energ y from the crowd, allowed for a perfectly imperfect concert. ScHoolboy himself sounded great, rapping a large portion of the most of the songs, as opposed to letting the audience or backing track do the work for him. The audience was filled with diehard fans who screamed their approval after the first note of every song played. One thing that pleasantly surprised me was how he actually played the majorit y of his songs all the way

through. Many of his most popular tracks, such as “THat Part” with Kanye West, “CHopstix” with Travis Scott, “Floating ” with 21 Savage, and “Collard Greens” with Kendrick Lamar, have substantial features on them. Many of the rap artists I’ve seen live only perform their portions of the song and then move on. For ScHoolboy, it definitely worked in his favor to perform the full versions of the songs. When there were lulls in the energ y of the crowd, he would play one of the fan favorites and get everyone back into it again. Even the people in the balcony were standing up and dancing around to “Man of the Year” and “Numb Numb Juice.” ScHoolboy said the crowd at The Fillmore was the best he’d ever seen in Detroit. During pretty much the only time he spoke to the crowd, he said: “I’m not gonna lie, I don’t really be having that much fun in Detroit but tonight is kinda fun, dog, this is kinda tight.” Giving us the credit we deserved was a smart move on ScHoolboy’s part because the energ y in the theater amped up even more after his speech. The setlist itself was quite comprehensive, covering most of his biggest hits while also covering a decent portion of the album behind this tour, CrasH Talk. The one place where ScHoolboy erred was with the song he chose to end the show. His penultimate song of the evening was “Hell of a Night,” which, by all standards, would have been a great song to close with. It’s a popular, highenerg y tune that had all of The Fillmore jumping off the walls. Unfortunately, ScHoolboy tried to do something a little different by ending with “Blessed,” a slower song that isn’t available on any streaming services. Although it would have been a wonderful addition to the setlist at any other point (who doesn’t love an ode to the original fans?), ending the show with it killed the excitement that the rest of the show had built up. I still left sweaty and buzzing, but definitely not as much as I would have if he’d ended with a more “predictable” song. Despite being disappointed by the final note, I still left the concert satisfied and impressed by both his performance and the excitement of the crowd. For my first concert in Detroit, I really can’t complain.

Although not flawless, the performance itself, in combination with the energy from the crowd, allowed for a perfectly imperfect concert. ScHoolboy himself sounded great, rapping a large portion of most of the songs, as opposed to letting the audience or backing track do the work for him.

MUSIC NOTEBOOK

It’s Dolly’s world: On the power & politics of Miss Parton KATIE BEEKMAN Daily Arts Writer

When I tell someone that I’m a country music fan, I usually hear one of three different responses. Unless the person is a fan themselves, they either laugh me off completely, contextualize their interest in the genre (“I listen to it in the summer sometimes”) or they mention Dolly Parton. The latter comment is demonstrative of “the great unifier” at work, a term that the WNYC podcast “Dolly Parton’s America” coined for Dolly in its first episode. The podcast’s host, Jad Abumrad, claims that deciphering this universal admiration for Dolly is what sparked the creation of the series in the first place. Which other musical artist can boast crowds of drag queens and red hat wearers alike? Which other musician can do this as a woman over 70 years old? Only Dolly. My first introduction to the blonde, bedazzled “Backwoods Barbie” was memorably immersive. In the summer of 2013, my family took a trip to Dollywood in Tennessee. The theme park draws its inspiration from the Smoky Mountains that surround it, close to where Dolly actually grew up. In fact, a replica of her childhood home sits tucked away amid roller coasters, carousels and food stands in the center of the park. Dolly is omnipresent throughout the park’s 150 acres — on lamppost signs, in loudspeakers, etched on the backs of benches. But this two room cabin is undoubtedly the heartbeat of the Dolly verse. When my family huddled inside, we all spoke in hushed tones. Then another couple entered behind us and simply stared. Although it hit me then that Dolly is somehow

sacred, I still didn’t understand why. At first glance, she’s a walking, talking contradiction. Displaying a tiny cabin in the middle of a commercial theme park and presenting both as authentic is just one instance. Claiming to be “real” underneath her over-the-top appearance is another. But the examples continue. On recent albums like 2014’s Blue Smoke, Parton draws inspiration from a place and lifestyle that she left over 50 years ago. Dolly is a serious song writer, but in any given interview you’ll find her making a joke about her breasts. Her iconic hit “9 to 5” is a feminist anthem, but Dolly steers clear of making any overtly political statements. In 2019, artists making a stand is not only encouraged, but expected. Dolly has seemingly already made a stand by penning and singing “9 to 5,” so what would be the harm in weighing in on the politics of today? If anything, my inclination is that not speaking up would be career-damaging. This is what the fifth episode of “Dolly Parton’s America,” titled “Dollitics,” investigates. As it turns out, Dolly has her own set of rules. “I don’t do politics,” Parton asserts in an interview with Abumrad, “I have too many fans on both sides of the fence. Of course, I have my opinion about everything, but I learned years ago to keep your mouth shut about things.” This was disheartening to hear. As a woman with so much fame, wealth and reach she could a lot of good with her platform politically. “Keeping her mouth shut” sounded more like a business strateg y. But as Abumrad points out as the episode continues, Dolly doesn’t actually keep her mouth shut at all. She just doesn’t throw stones. Her implicit activism spans back to the beginning of her career. Never one to back down from difficult topics in song, “The Bridge” from 1968 is about an unmarried pregnant woman

Which other musical artist can boast crowds of drag queens and red hat wearers alike? Which other musician can do this as a woman over 70 years old? Only Dolly.

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committing suicide. In 1980, an even more popular Parton released the album 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs, which includes several songs advocating for the humanity of marginalized people. In “Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos),” she sings for the migrant workers that are sent back to Mexico and end up dying in a plane crash. “The radio said they were just deportees,” Dolly cries. In “Dark as a Dungeon,” Dolly illuminates the poor working conditions in mines. And in the sixth episode of “Dolly Parton’s America,” a frustrated present-day Parton admits that “(She hates) those Christians that are so judgemental” toward the LGBTQ+ community. She refuses to go right out and say it, and she refuses to bash anyone, but Dolly is very much her own kind of activist — one that charmingly disarms others by making jokes about her own appearance, one that accepts everyone, but definitely doesn’t always agree with them. Her stance is quiet in interviews, but loud on her albums. This is just one piece of the puzzle that makes Dolly so enchanting, but it’s especially relevant in 2019. As the election cycle picks up speed this year, I’m curious to see how artists respond. Will more statement songs like “This Is America” be released and become popular? Will pop instead lean away from reality and into otherworldliness or escapism? If one thing is for certain, it’s that Dolly Parton won’t be endorsing anyone. But I still think that her approach to politics is useful. It’s a strateg y for starting a dialog ue. Acceptance as a means of meeting people where they are, not as a way to let harm continue unnoticed.

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FILM REVIEW

Netflix’s Christmas miracle, starring Vanessa Hudgens SAMANTHA NELSON Daily Arts Writer

The dawn of the holiday season calls for one thing and one thing only: a new Netf lix Christmas f lick starring Vanessa Hudgens. If we cannot have “High School Musical 4,” at least we can rely on an annual romcom starring Hudgens to spread tidings of comfort and joy. Last winter, we were gifted with “The Princess Switch,” where Hudgens plays a successful baker who trades places with her princess doppelganger and winds up falling in love with a prince. Though not exactly the “The Princess Switch” sequel we asked for, “The Knight Before Christmas” offers the same cheerful spirit and fairytale romance that we’ve been yearning for all year. The movie starts with Sir Cole (Josh Whitehouse “Poldark”) who, at one moment, is a medieval English knight preparing for

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his younger brother’s knighthood, and the next, is magically transported by a wise old witch into a small town in Ohio in the year 2019. Heeding the witch’s advice, Cole is determined to search for his life’s “quest” before Christmas day. Upon his arrival to the modern world, Sir Cole bumps into Brooke (Vanessa Hudgens “High School Musical 3”), a kind, but romantically skeptical high school science teacher. After an awkward, yet pure encounter, the pair meet again later that night, when Brooke nearly runs Sir Cole over with her car during a snowstorm. Out of both guilt and intrigue, upon learning that Sir Cole has no place to go, Brooke offers him a bed in her guest house. As the days leading up to Christmas go by, Sir Cole and Brooke prepare for the holidays together, Sir Cole teaching Brooke about the customs in his world and Brooke sharing the traditions in hers. A friendship between the two soon develops, which of course, quickly begins to morph into something more. Though at surface level “The Knight Before Christmas” is intended strictly for a preteen, female audience, the movie is arguably enjoyable for anyone in search of a little holiday pep with a sprinkle of romance. Unsurprisingly, this movie follows a similar framework to “The Princess Switch”: a twist of fate, followed by a meet-cute, which ultimately leads to a budding romance. The unpredictable elements of “The Knight Before Christmas” are far and few in between, and the film certainly does not pack a whole lot of cinematic punch; however, it does successfully invoke a sense of nostalgia for the most wonderful time of year.

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With the majority of their time together filled with breadbaking, tree-chopping and hot chocolate drinking, Brooke and Sir Cole are certainly no Kate and Leopold, but their love story is sweet and seasonal, which is a box that all holiday movies should check. I’ve seen my fair share of low-budget Netf lix films — some are truly awful, without purpose or direction. But, despite its lack of originality or spunk, “The Knight Before Christmas” is a wholesome reminder that the holiday season is around the corner and maybe that is all that it needs to be.

TV REVIEW

‘Blind Date’ is pointless but has returned to television SOPHIA YOON Daily Arts Writer

These days, it’s hard to tell whether reality television is scripted or not, especially when some Kardashian scandal just so happens to get leaked to the press right before the latest season of “Keeping Up With the Kardashians.” The “reality” aspect makes it more entertaining to watch because it takes us away from the drama in our own lives,

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the entirety of their date, Slick 23 refuses to tell her his real name, yet they somehow make it to the hot tub until Angelique decides to leave. Probably for episode length reasons. While the first date was bad, the second one did not allow the show to redeem itself in any way, but was admittedly a pinch more entertaining simply from the absurdity of it all. The show also inserted random meme-like edits to make fun of the characters, which were hardly ever funny or additive to the quality of the episode as a whole. Reality television is supposed to be trashy and dramatic, but this show is so far detached from “The Bachelor”-level trashy television that I had a near-existential crisis thinking about its place in the world of television as a whole. Save yourself the precious half-hour that “Blind Date” took up in my life and take a power nap or call your mom. It’s not worth it.

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even if deep down most of us know that it’s all scripted and carefully produced. But this transformation to more realistic reality television came after a renaissance (watch some clips from the first seasons of “Keeping Up”), and there’s one show that seemed to miss the memo. That show is “Blind Date,” a reboot of a show from the early 2000s by the same name. Each persona is made to be a caricature of a person that couldn’t possibly exist in real life, which is the main indicator that this show didn’t make enough effort to assimilate to the current standard of the reality television genre. The premiere follows two pairs every episode and takes each of them through their first date from an activity, to a bar, to a hot tub. The first pair’s introduced as “Party Peter” and “Sexy Kristen,” which you can immediately tell are the only two characteristics the episode is going to milk for the rest of their date. The immediate labeling of these two was already concerning, but what was even more alarming was the daunting realization that Peter referred to himself as “Party Peter,” a self-declared “fun drunk.” This was maybe after three shots. The only hint of three-dimensionality we see in Peter is his initial interview, when he takes on the “I work too much to find love” persona, which sounds like something out of a Wattpad story in itself. And it gets worse. The second pair, Angelique and Slick 23, have perhaps the most uncomfortable and cringey date of human existence, as if the first one wasn’t torture enough. It kicks off with an interview with Angelique, who repeats an unnecessary amount of times repeating how lying is a turn-off for her. They meet, and he introduces himself with an accent that he doesn’t have, then they go to BRAVO a sex toy shop for a wholesome first date. For

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My fight against the winter blues STEPHANIE GURALNICK Daily Arts Writer

Cozy is one of those words that seems to have been exploited by Pinterest. It’s all about “cozy” interior decorating, “cozy” recipes for winter weekends or “cozy” winter trends. Cozy seems like milk foam in coffee: pretty, but perhaps unnecessary. However, when you take into consideration the bleak and barbarous backdrop for the word, you might feel a bit more in its corner. Cozy fights the cool grey wash that hovers over everything in the winter, battles the glum exhaustion that plagues student’s faces and replenishes everyone’s deprived senses, which are exhausted from the boredom of a snowcovered world. Really, cozy feels like a small soldier in a transitional time. Out of all your transitions in flux at the University right now — between Thanksgiving break to finals season, from home life to campus life, from worrying about your current classes to building next semester’s schedule — the overarching transition is from late fall to established winter, a winter that has lost the excitement of initial snowfalls and has settled into something slower and darker. And quieter, too. The whiter the world looks, the quieter it gets. Natural sounds and human voices are pretty much gone, and if you take your earbuds out and listen to the ambient noise around you, you’ll find all that’s left is the mechanical noise of traffic and heating units. It’s not very pleasant, I’d actually highly recommend putting your earbuds back in. Once you plug your earbuds in, you might find yourself in the middle of a cozy playlist. You know the kind — singers murmuring,

soft and low, among the susurrus of guitars and ukuleles, cellos and basses ringing rich and deep; all of the noises are soothing but a bit incomprehensible. That’s okay, though, because somehow the music fills a very human need: it’s warm. If the purpose of art is to accompany humans through life, then cozy art is vital. We slog through winter in search of warmth and company and are often met with bleak grey skies and an overwhelming feeling of isolation. All of winter can often feel like one massive, unending cloud passing over the sun, whose warmth is just barely out of reach. So we make art that has warmth at its heart. It’s humanity’s take on hibernation. We consume warm music and comforting movies and spiced dishes to fill our souls, as well as our senses. This art is a way to create a fire. We hang string lights and burn candles and brew tea to bury the bleakness of the ice and cold. The only true thing I know about transitions is that they are always happening. We as human beings are in a perpetual state of transitioning. Even endings and beginnings are not completely definite. Rather than endings, life seems to be strung together by infinite beginnings dovetailing one another. I think the same is true of the art we consume. The last few songs of our playlist often become the first few songs of our next one. One movie we like leads us to seeing another from the same director. We drift through art as we transition from excitement at winter into a slower seasonal sadness, from being able to freely enjoy the warmth of the world to being cooped up inside, from the comfort of a brief break at home to facing finals. Winter can feel like one big blank page, equally intimidating to artists, students and humans alike. And so we fill it with our own warmth, our own art. With art, we make our own homes, we ease our endless transitions.

We consume warm music and comforting movies and spiced dishes to fill our souls, as well as our senses. This art is a way to create a fire. We hang string lights and burn candles and brew tea to bury the bleakness of ice and cold.

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The night Nico Collins fused talent with production MAX MARCOVTICH Managing Sports Editor

Nico Collins took his time walking off the field Saturday night. Helmet off, Collins peered up at a cluster of visiting Michigan fans. He heard a few “Let’s Go Blue” chants mixed in with “Beat Ohio,” a smattering of yells rendering both incoherent. Collins looked up and pointed his right arm at the fans. They responded in kind. It was the final act — disappearing into the locker room shortly after — on a night Collins likely won’t forget any time soon. One in which the talents that have been plainly apparent to any casual fan finally met the expectations that came with them, when potential fused with production and became a tantalizing reality. “Nico was just ridiculous out there today,” said Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh. “Great game for Nico Collins.” As Collins and senior linebacker Josh Uche sat down to speak to the

media following Michigan’s 39-14 drubbing of Indiana on Saturday, Uche grabbed hold of the stat sheet, gestured to Collins and pointed to what could only have been Collins’ line. As he saw it — six catches, a careerhigh 165 yards and three touchdowns — Uche’s eyes widened in excitement. Collins shook his head and smiled. It’s a smile that the junior has worn through questions about targets and opportunity, frustration and struggles. One that’s stayed steadfast as he’s been handed the mantle of explaining the inexplicable: How a 6-foot-4 receiver with All-American-level ball skills had just 66 career catches coming into Saturday. There will be no such questions any longer. “Man’s a beast,” Uche said. “I been know that. Everyone in the organization, we knew that. But it’s like, anyone can be a practice AllAmerican. But to see it come to fruition on game days is magical. Knowing what somebody’s capable of doing and seeing them execute, it’s just great to

see.” For Collins, it wasn’t a night that seemed preordained for anything out of the ordinary — at least, at first. His outsized performance began, in earnest, in the middle of the second quarter, shortly after he and his unit had made some tweaks. “As the game went on, we found ways to attack the defense. And that’s what we did,” Collins said. “It was kind of just, like, going to the sideline, (offensive coordinator Josh) Gattis asked us, ‘What do we see out there? What plays are working?’ And we told him.” That gave Collins the chance to vocalize what he saw: Frequent oneon-one coverage with scant safety help over the top. Against an overmatched Hoosiers’ secondary, Collins knew what he could do if given the chance. “I was like, ‘The cornerback, I’m left one-on-one. (There are) backside opportunities,’ ” Collins recalled saying. “(Senior quarterback) Shea (Patterson) believed in me, and I believed in him.”

He and Patterson subsequently connected on a 24-yard touchdown, leaping over a cornerback after a simple “go route” into the end zone for a 21-14 lead. But he was just getting started. Late in the third quarter, the game teetering for Indiana, Collins darted over the middle on a slant route. Patterson delivered a bullet before the safety could cut it off, and Collins did the rest, galloping 76 yards for the knockout blow. “It was good to get Nico on some crossing routes, some slant routes, some deep ins,” Harbaugh said. “He’s very good at it, he’s a big target, a big catch radius, and his assortment of routes that he’s running has picked up quite a bit. And he’s coming through.” His third and final touchdown came on a play that has become a staple in Michigan’s red zone arsenal, with Collins running a post over the middle, posting up like a power forward and using his big body to box out the cornerback. When executed, there are few cornerbacks that can win that

battle one-on-one. This particular instance — the exclamation point on the night — was a 19-yard connection to extend the Wolverines’ lead to 39-14, where it would end a quarter later. Collins stood up and flexed both arms. He walked to the sidelines, where he’d remain the rest of the night. Collins’ 165 receiving yards spearheaded a receiving corps that accounted for 366 in total. Things won’t come nearly as easily next week against Ohio State, perhaps the nation’s best team. But as the Wolverines try to pull off a feat few expect, facing a challenge that requires the best performance of the season and then some, there is one main source of hope. “Shea’s going through the reads, finding all the receivers,” Collins said. “That’s pretty much it. He’s just going through the progressions, finding the open receiver. He’s giving us a chance.” Saturday, Nico Collins took his chance. Next Saturday, Collins will be instrumental in helping his team take theirs, too.

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oments like these are the reason Michigan went out and got Shea Patterson in the first place. Why they brought him to the Big House to toss around snowballs two winters ago and why his visit to a basketball game was treated like a parade. He is not, MAX never was MARCOVITCH and never will be the savior of this program — and those who expected as such placed an unattainable burden on his shoulders. Those people set themselves up for failure before Patterson even took a snap. But they nabbed Patterson, a blue-chip, five-star recruit, from the transfer market because he is the most talented player to play quarterback at Michigan since Denard Robinson, and it’s not particularly close. By certain traits, his talents even supercede those of Robinson. He’s the most natural passer Michigan’s had since Chad Henne; he’ll finish this year with the most efficient two-season stint at quarterback since Henne in the mid-2000s. None of that is hyperbole. And right now, he’s playing the position at a level this program hasn’t seen in quite awhile. Just in the nick of time. Michigan went on the road Saturday and beat a quality Indiana team, 39-14, behind 366 passing yards and five touchdowns from Patterson. In the last two weeks, the senior has 750 yards, nine

touchdowns and one interception, while completing over 67 percent of his passes. He’s thrown for four-plus touchdowns in consecutive games for the first time in program history. “We’re riding him,” said Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh after Saturday’s game. “His play has just been outstanding. But he’s really seeing the field well, he’s taking care of the football at all times.” After an uneasy first half of the season, Patterson has settled into offensive coordinator Josh Gattis’ new offense, making quicker and more deliberate decisions to put the defense in conflict horizontally and vertically. He’s doing so in a way that oozes command and gives his talented receiving corps a chance to make plays. “When Shea has time like that, we know we can move the ball,” said junior receiver Nico Collins. “We were just out there having fun today. And I feel like we’ve been having fun as an offensive unit since the second half of that Penn State. I feel like we’re finally clicking. “We’ve got one game left, and it’s time to finish strong.” Which brings us to this week, a game which requires no clarification to espouse its importance. Ohio State comes to town as arguably the most complete team in the country. The Wolverines are rightly a hefty underdog. But with Patterson playing the way he is, and the offense subsequently humming, Harbaugh and his staff have a luxury they haven’t had in this game in the previous four meetings.

When Shea has time like that ... we can move the ball

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Senior quarterback Shea Patterson has thrown for 750 yards and nine touchdowns in his last two games, while completing over 67 percent of his passes.

In 2015, Jake Rudock went into this game on a good run in his own right. But the talent gap between those teams — the Wolverines in their first year under Harbaugh facing a Buckeyes squad that went on to win the National Title — was too wide for it to matter. The year after, Michigan wasn’t sure Wilton Speight would play due to injury. Even when he suited up (a few boneheaded mistakes clouding an otherwise underrated performance), Speight was never able to do the things Patterson can. In 2017, John O’Korn’s dreadful performance, capped by an inexplicable arm punt on the drive that could have won the game, marred what was otherwise a masterful gameplan. An average quarterback probably leads Michigan

to a win that year. Last year, Patterson was efficient, but stuck in an offense that inherently compressed his skillset. He threw for 187 yards and three touchdowns against the Buckeyes, but the contrast in offensive paces and styles stuck out like a sore thumb. Ohio State boat raced the Michigan defense for 62 points with ease; the Wolverines scratched and clawed for everything they could. This year, the combination of talent and system are coalescing at the perfect time, and they give Michigan one clear reason for hope going into Saturday. “We understand the level of intensity this game brings,” Patterson said Saturday. “Everything we do leading up to this game next week is

already plain throughout the season. I think Ohio State, just the word ‘Ohio State’ in itself is enough for us.” If the Wolverines somehow pull off a win for just the second time in 16 years in this rivalry, it will all but surely come with another monster performance from their senior quarterback. For the first time in the Harbaugh era, that hypothetical seems far from outlandish. The staff doesn’t have to go into this game holding their quarterback’s hand. They aren’t asking him to simply manage the game. The goal isn’t to avoid

turnovers and let the defense go win a rock fight. They are not designing a game plan in spite of him; he’s at its crux. They’re going to ask Shea Patterson to go out and win this football game, to play his game and lead this team to a win that would reconfigure the perception of Michigan football. They’re going to ask that because he can do it.

We’re riding him. His play has just been outstanding.

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Irish outlast Wolverines, 76-72 ‘M’ finishes best season in six years WOMEN’S SOCCER

with Sweet 16 loss at North Carolina LILY ISRAEL

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Junior forward Hailey Brown nailed two 3-pointers early in the second half in what felt like a turning point.

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Down three with 30 seconds remaining on Saturday, the Michigan women’s basketball team had an opportunity to force overtime against Notre Dame. Freshman guard Michelle Sidor found herself open from three, with a chance to keep the Wolverines’ perfect season intact. The shot clunked off the right side of the rim, sealing a 76-72 victory for the Fighting Irish (4-2). The Wolverines (4-1) started off strong offensively, largely thanks to tough play down low from their bigs. In the first quarter alone, they picked up six offensive rebounds that led to nine second-chance points. Senior forward Kayla Robbins led this effort, picking up three first-quarter offensive boards. “Kayla was outstanding,” said Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico. “We really challenged her this week to get a double-double and try to be a great rebounder, and I thought she was really a great rebounder for us tonight.” The Wolverines’ dominance in the paint continued through the second quarter. They added six more offensive rebounds, two of which came from sophomore

forward Naz Hillmon. At the end of the first half, Michigan had 22 total rebounds to Notre Dame’s 10. Late in the first half, the Wolverines struggled to pull away, largely because they had several players in foul trouble. Robbins, senior guard Akienreh Johnson, and freshman center Isabel Varejão each picked up two fouls in the first quarter, which limited their minutes for the rest of the half. “(Losing players to foul trouble) doesn’t give subs to everybody else and it forces people to play a lot of minutes,” Barnes Arico said. “I thought that also when we tried to put them back in in the first half, they were very tentative, and not playing aggressively because they were afraid to foul.” Errant passes and miscommunications also hampered Michigan offensively. They gave up 11 turnovers in the first half, and Notre Dame tallied 13 points off of those turnovers. A flat offensive start in the second half allowed the Irish to jump to a three-point lead. After three minutes without a bucket, Michigan turned to its upperclassmen for offense. They responded in a big way. Junior forward Hailey Brown nailed two straight 3-pointers,

and Robbins converted a three point play in what felt like a turning point. But Notre Dame kept up the pressure. Led by guard Destinee Walker’s nine third-quarter points, including two 3-pointers, the Irish cut the Wolverines’ lead to four entering the game’s final period. The fourth quarter was all Notre Dame. Defensive adjustments allowed the Irish to shut Michigan down in the paint, and the Wolverines only managed two field goals in the entire quarter. They didn’t help themselves on free throws, either — they were a poor 7-of-12 from the line in the fourth. As the buzzer sounded, Michigan knew it had let this one get away. It had led for almost the entire game and used its superior height to dominate off the glass. But its careless mistakes and 24 turnovers ultimately led to their defeat. “I would definitely say that they were more so our turnovers (and not forced by Notre Dame),” Brown said. “Whether that be a travel, or even we’re catching it, reversing it and throwing it right to the team’s hands.” Added Barnes Arico: “I think we just need to be able to make our free throws and finish games out.”

2013 was a very different time. Barack Obama had just entered his second term, Avicii was at the top of the charts and the Michigan women’s soccer team was in the Sweet Sixteen. The players on this year’s team were just entering their preteen phase then, and Michigan coach Jennifer Klein was coaching in Washington. Fast forward six years and the Wolverines found themselves in the same spot as that 2013 squad. In one of the team’s most prolific campaigns in recent history, No. 19 Michigan (17-6-1 overall, 8-2-1 Big Ten) made its deepest run into the NCAA Tournament since 2013 before falling to No. 2 North Carolina (22-1-1, 9-0-1 ACC) in the Sweet Sixteen, 4-0, on Sunday. Prior to the loss, the Wolverines relied on their improved goal-scoring ability, balanced offensive attack and depth in their 3-2 victory over Texas Tech on Friday in the second round of the tournament. Against the Red Raiders, Michigan dominated from the opening whistle. In the fifth minute, Big Ten Midfielder of the Year, junior Sarah Stratigakis, was given a penalty kick and got the goalkeeper out of place, only for the ball to hit the post. But, just three minutes later, she had the opportunity to atone for her miss. She took the ball down the field by herself and blasted a leftfooted shot to the upper right corner of the goal. She gave two thumbs up after the goal and kept moving forward. “I think it speaks to her strength and determination not to allow for something like that to get her down,” Klein said on Friday. “Stratigakis is a player that has the ability to bring pressure on the goal and create opportunities not only for herself but for her teammates.” Stratigakis’ goal was a

confidence builder and provided the Wolverines with a sense of relief. Coming into Friday’s game, Michigan was 13-0 when Stratigakis had at least one point in a game. Texas Tech then equalized the game in the 22nd minute, killing Michigan’s momentum. The score carried into halftime. After playing an action-filled first half, the Wolverines had depth to their advantage. They were able to give their starters time to breath and the ability to have a fresh set of legs. “We really feel the deeper the bench is the more opportunities the team gets,” Klein said. “We knew it was going to be a physical battle and required a lot of players to run. We wanted to make sure we were rotating them to keep them fresher longer.” Freshman forward Danielle Wolfe came off the bench and proved to be exactly what was needed to break the tie. Less than two minutes after entering the game, Wolfe headed in a perfectly placed pass from senior midfielder Brooke Cilley into the goal. This broke the tie, putting the Wolverines ahead, 2-1. “I think she values the minutes that she is given,” Klein said. “She knows she has the opportunity to be impactful with what she is given and takes advantage of it. She is a team-first mentality kid.” The freshman’s impact wasn’t over. She added another goal in the 83rd minute, heading it in off a pass from sophomore midfielder Skylar Anderson. Her second goal of the day proved to be the game-winner, putting the Wolverines ahead 3-1. The Red Raiders were able to notch another goal in the 88th minute, but it was too little too late. No one on this roster had ever played in a game of this magnitude before, but to Wolfe, as a freshman, playing in the Sweet Sixteen had an added significance. “Its nothing like I have

played in before,” Wolfe said. “Definitely an experience and a moment that was super surreal. I never thought I would get here and definitely took it all in.” After the game, Klein and her team relished in their victory but remained focus on the task at hand — beat No. 2 overall seed, North Carolina. “Our job is not done yet. We are going to shock the world,” Klein said after the win over Texas Tech. It didn’t happen. The Tar Heels presented a level of competition that proved insurmountable. North Carolina posted an NCAA-high 18 shutouts and outscored opponents, 60-8, coming into the game. With only one loss on the year, the Tar Heels came as advertised. Six minutes in, they notched their first goal. Michigan managed to keep up with North Carolina’s offensive pressure and fast pace of play for the first 20 minutes, as the two teams had equal shot totals. However, the Tar Heel’s bench proved to be better than that of the Wolverines. North Carolina was subbed in six different players at a time. They were able to play 21 players to Michigan’s 17. The Tar Heels went on to win, 4-0, in pursuit of their 23rd national title. The Wolverines were outshot 19-7. Junior goalkeeper Hillary Beal tallied eight saves in the effort. Her strong play was unable to overcome the opposing offensive onslaught. The team knows there was a silver lining to this loss and the season as a whole. In only her second season as coach, Klein’s emphasis on offensive efficiency led the team to nearly double its goal total from a year before. 2013 and 2019 have come and gone for Michigan. But Klein has led her program in a direction that could make the Wolverines’ next Sweet Sixteen hiatus considerably shorter.

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Michigan tops Hoosiers, 39-14

With defensive turnaround, ‘M’ looks to Ohio State

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BLOOMINGTON — Five minutes in, and the game already seemed like a nightmare. Indiana running back Stevie Scott punched the ball in the end zone and here it was, prophecies of a “trap game” coming true right in front of Michigan’s eyes, the monkey that is the Hoosiers still on its back. Then, the Wolverines got the ball. And as soon as Michigan’s offense got going, it didn’t really stop. Senior quarterback Shea Patterson moved the ball all over the field, throwing for five touchdowns as the wide receivers put on a show and the 13th-ranked Wolverines (9-2 overall, 6-2 Big Ten) pulled away in the second half to beat Indiana (7-4, 4-4), 39-14, in a prelude to next week’s matchup with Ohio State. “We heard this week that their coach was saying that they’re one of the toughest teams in the Big Ten and we took that as disrespect,” said fifth-year senior offensive tackle Jon Runyan. “So we came up here and we showed them how we play football. And we’re happy with the results.” The game began with a span of 19 frenetic minutes in which the teams scored two touchdowns each, in a reversal of your usual November Big Ten tilt. Michigan’s first drive was as methodical as the Hoosiers’, capped off with a 50-yard pass to freshman Giles Jackson and then, two plays later, Ronnie Bell’s first touchdown of the season. Quarterback Peyton Ramsey ran the ball in from the one-yard line to begin the second quarter. Junior wideout Donovan Peoples-Jones responded with a highlight-reel catch for a score of his own, then flexed for the crowd. “Just man coverage, and then he ran a heck of a route and I just got the ball where he could catch it,” Patterson said. “All those guys out there tonight — Nico (Collins), Tarik (Black), Ronnie, Donovan — just give them a chance.” After that touchdown, Don Brown’s defense seemed to remember what it was. The Wolverines adjusted to Indiana’s pass-first, spread-style offense and forced three consecutive three-and-outs. Meanwhile, Patterson threw 29- and 24-yard passes to Collins, the latter for a touchdown. Michigan led by just seven at halftime. It seemed the perfect blueprint to another one of those Michigan-Indiana games that’s far too close for far too long, but as the third quarter dawned, the Wolverines began to pull away. First, it was a Quinn Nordin field goal. Then, Collins found himself open in the middle of the field with only green in front of him for an easy touchdown — and Michigan tacked on a two-point conversion with backup quarterback Dylan McCaffrey to increase its lead to 18. After that, a strip sack gave the Wolverines the ball on the Hoosiers’ 19-yard line, and Patterson connected with Collins again for the wideout’s third touchdown of the day as his teammates flashed three fingers to celebrate. “Just momentum changing, that we were able to get the ball out and then Nico capitalized on that,” said senior linebacker Josh Uche. “... It was just a great momentum killer for them.” Indiana threatened to put together a few drives, getting to Michigan’s 32 before the fumble in the third quarter and driving to the Wolverines’ four at the start of the fourth before a failed fourth-down conversion left the Hoosiers empty-handed. As the clock wound down, Michigan continued to have its way, relishing — finally — an easy win over a team that seems to always make it difficult. Cheers of “Let’s go blue” and “Beat Ohio” rained down over Memorial Stadium as the Wolverines got their 24th-straight win in the series. All week, people spoke of this as a trap game, the game before The Game against a deceptively good opponent Michigan couldn’t overlook. And for a few seconds, the ingredients for an upset were there. But as they settled in, the Wolverines changed the recipe and dominated — just the way they knew they could. “We knew after those first two touchdowns, when they started slowing down a little bit, we knew the game was ours,” said sophomore defensive end Aidan Hutchinson. “All the momentum stayed with us the rest of the game and you could hear the crowd simmer down for the rest of the game. They know what team is in control.”

BLOOMINGTON — Peyton Ramsey watched the play and jumped. His arms flew upwards. He landed past the goal line. He pumped his fist once, then pumped it again. He shouted. It was only five minutes into Saturday’s game, and if Indiana had come in wanting to make a statement, there it was. An 80-yard drive into the end zone where the Hoosiers’ offense hummed, where Michigan’s defense was set on its heels. A shot across the bow. And Indiana kept attacking. Three drives into the game, the Hoosiers had 153 yards of offense, two touchdowns and a chance to expose the Wolverines a week ahead of their biggest game. A chance to make beating Ohio State seem like a pipe dream. That early success ended up being nearly all Indiana got. It wasn’t a matter of adjustment, sophomore defensive end Aidan Hutchinson would say hours later, seated in front of a microphone still in uniform. It was about just settling in and letting the defense do its thing. “We knew after those first two touchdowns, they started slowing down a little bit,” Hutchinson said. “We knew the game was ours.” After the promise of the game’s opening 20 minutes, Indiana ran into the same wall that befell Michigan State, Maryland and Notre Dame. In the end, Michigan won, 39-14, holding an offense that came into Saturday ranked top-15 in SP+ to less than five yards per play and next to no production after three opening drives that seemed to poke holes in a maize and blue facade. Instead of Ramsey flying upwards, his fist swinging in celebration, the lasting image of this game for Michigan’s defense will be sophomore linebacker Cam McGrone facing the Michigan sideline, swaggering towards the bench and pointing his left arm to the side, indicating change of possession a second before it was called. That came toward the end of the third quarter, after Josh Uche, Carlo Kemp and Hutchinson converged on Ramsey, notched the third sack on the day and forced the ball loose. One play later, junior wideout Nico Collins was in the end zone with Michigan’s last touchdown of the day, a blowout having been codified. “I finally was able to get one, got the ball out and then my man Nico capitalized on that,” Uche said. “… It was just a great momentum-killer for them.” By that point, though, the Hoosiers’ momentum was all but dead. And a week before the Ohio State game, Michigan’s defense changing course mid-game and coming out with an emphatic win brings to mind what it couldn’t do against the Buckeyes last year. When Ohio State hit the Wolverines with crossing routes early on in Columbus last year, Michigan tried to adjust with zone coverage. But when the Buckeyes moved their pieces on the chessboard in accordance, Don Brown’s defense had no answer — ending in a 62-39 defeat. This year’s game won’t be last year’s. But with everyone’s eyes looking forward to Nov. 30, the Wolverines’ defense figuring something out on the sideline and dominating the rest of the game will at least placate some nerves. “We just did what we were supposed to do, just stayed on the little things, on the details,” Uche said. “We just executed. Each player was executing their assignment. We just hunkered down on that. Coach Brown called an excellent game, and we just did what we were supposed to do.” The schematic similarities between the Hoosiers and Buckeyes, both of whom run up-tempo, spread offenses, were brought up postgame. Left unsaid was the obvious: that stopping Indiana and stopping Ohio State are two entirely different things, both in theory and in practice. “We don’t see them as unbeatable,” Hutchinson said of Ohio State. “Every team can be beat and we’re just gonna go out there and do our job.” By his own estimate, Jim Harbaugh will take about six hours to revel in Saturday’s win before he moves his thoughts forward. “I stop thinking about this game,” he said, “and pretty much go right to this one.” The next week will grapple with a situation as frustrating as it is true. Michigan’s defense is playing about as good as it could be right now, and that still may not be enough next Saturday. Still, at around 1 a.m. Sunday morning, when the enjoyment wears off and Harbaugh starts thinking about the weight that has dragged down his first five years in Ann Arbor, he’ll know his defense is as ready as it can be.

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Senior quarterback Shea Patterson threw for 366 yards and five touchdowns against Indiana, helping Michigan to a 39-14 win.

sheaturday night fever Patterson’s five TDs lead Michigan over Indiana THEO MACKIE Daily Sports Editor

BLOOMINGTON — Shea Patterson’s previous pass had fallen hopelessly incomplete, a wide-open Donovan Peoples-Jones looking on as the ball clattered to the end-zone turf. Staring into a third-and-9 from the Indiana 11 with Michigan trailing by seven, Patterson could have easily wilted. He could have found Nico Collins underneath, short of the first down, or fled the pocket in search of a few extra yards. And a few weeks ago, that’s what he might have done. Why risk an interception with a field goal all but assured? That’s the mentality Patterson seemed to play with earlier in the season, throwing just five touchdowns in the Wolverines’ first five games. But not now. This Patterson stood in the pocket, unfazed by the Hoosiers’ blitz, and fired a perfectly-thrown back-shoulder pass to Peoples-Jones, allowing his star receiver to make a play. Seconds later, this Patterson took to the air, both fists clenched in celebration. And when it was all over, this Patterson jogged off the field victorious, with 750 passing yards and nine touchdowns over his last two games. “He beat his man and ran a heck of a route,” Patterson said, understandably shifting the credit onto Peoples-Jones’ highlight-reel catch. Then, in a rare moment of public self-reflection, he turned the praise onto himself: “I just gave him the ball where he could catch it.” Over the next three quarters,

Michigan never looked back en route to a 39-14 win. And as a nervous first half devolved into an unexpected rout over the 7-4 Hoosiers, that mentality — as simple as it seems — carried the Wolverines. It’s what allowed Patterson to find Collins for a trio of touchdowns, including two on contested end zone throws he might not have attempted a month ago. As Collins took a slant route 76 yards to the house on the second of those touchdowns, it would have been easy to heap praise on him. Doing so would have been justified, with his afternoon providing enough content for a fine NFL Draft highlight package.

His rhythm, his getting the ball out, is all on time. Everything has become very precise. It would also ignore the catalyst that makes this offense go. “Shea’s going through the reads, finding all the receivers,” Collins said. “That’s pretty much it. He’s just going through the progressions, finding the open receiver. He’s giving us a chance.” The offense, of course, doesn’t start and end with Patterson. When asked about their connection, Collins’ first reaction was to credit the offensive line and that’s fair. This offense, so predicated on options,

only works if the quarterback has enough time to go through his reads. It also only works if the run game keeps defenses honest — something it struggled with at times early in the season — and if receivers are getting open. It’s why Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh repeatedly defended Patterson in the face of early-season criticism. Even now, he’s wary of pinning too much credit or blame on one player. “A lot goes into each and every (play) — all 11 (players),” Harbaugh said. “All 11 being in sync.” None of that, though, happens without Patterson. “His rhythm, his getting the ball out, is all on time,” Harbaugh said. “Everything has become very precise with Shea, with the receivers, with the tight ends, backs. The passing game has been operating on time extremely well.” When the Wolverines were written off for a dead a month ago, Patterson was ridiculed for saying, “We’re right where we want to be.” Saturday night, sitting at a podium beneath Memorial Stadium, he acknowledged that wasn’t the case — it took “growing pains” to get where Michigan is now. But with one game left to define his legacy, he also knows what’s left to play for. “Just the word Ohio State in itself is enough for us,” Patterson said. Minutes later, as Harbaugh sat in the same seat, extolling his quarterback’s performance, he paused and turned to a team spokesperson. “Another record I think today?” First Michigan quarterback to throw for four touchdowns in backto-back games, came the response. “First quarterback in Michigan history? Wow.”

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Michigan’s defense turned the game around after giving up 14 points on Indiana’s first three drives, shutting it down the rest of the way.

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Michigan falls to Wildcats, 3-2, in OT ROHAN KUMAR Daily Sports Writer

DURHAM, N.H. — After surviving a tough third period in which it was outshot by nine, the Michigan hockey team (4-8-2) found itself heading to overtime against New Hampshire (6-5-1) on Saturday night. The quick break didn’t offer enough of a reset, though, and just over 30 seconds into the extra period, forward Angus Crookshank stole the puck in the low slot and capitalized. With that goal, Crookshank stole the Wolverines’ chance for the weekend sweep, as they fell, 3-2, to the Wildcats. “Tough loss,” said Michigan coach Mel Pearson. “I like our team at times, I think, through the first two periods tonight. Obviously, third period we ran out of gas. … We were on our heels, and we just never recovered from that, even in overtime.” Just like Friday, Michigan started Saturday’s game spending considerable time in its defensive zone. That said, at no point during the opening frame did things seem out of control. The Wolverines’ penalty kill unit was successful on both of its runs during the first period. The first of those penalties came within the first two minutes. And soon after that, Michigan found its footing on the attack. Halfway through the first period, the Wolverines went on their first power play of the night after forward Chase Stevenson interfered with senior forward Nick Pastujov. Michigan put the extra man to use, with senior forward Will Lockwood and sophomore forward Jimmy Lambert getting multiple shots. And then with about 30 seconds remaining with the advantage, junior forward Michael Pastujov collected the puck near the right

side. He worked his way to the right circle and sent a wrister through two defenders and into the net to give his team a one-goal lead. New Hampshire’s offense had a streaky element to it. Once in the offensive zone, it used bursts of speed to quickly attack, but the Wolverines’ defensemen excelled early. They used their sticks effectively to defend rushes and also blocked multiple shots. Senior goaltender Hayden Lavigne — starting for the first time this season — looked calm early on. Nevertheless, just over a minute into the second frame the Wildcats scored on him. Sophomore defenseman Jake Gingell collected a pass in the defensive zone but Crookshank stole it and successfully took on Lavigne. Pearson was still pleased with Lavigne’s overall play, though. “Well, he earned it last week at Michigan State,” Pearson said. “He played extremely well. He’s a senior, he has won a lot of games for us, and he has worked hard in practice. So, it was his time and his turn. I thought he did a good job tonight.” With the score tied early in the second period, the game started to get more physical around the boards as both sides searched for the edge. Michigan seemed to have established that edge with under seven minutes to go in the frame. Sophomore forward Garrett Van Wyhe took the puck down the right wing and dished it to senior forward Jake Slaker in the crease. Slaker then went forehand to backhand and snuck one past goaltender Mike Robinson for the lead. But then just a few minutes later, after freshman forward Johnny Beecher got called for cross-checking, defenseman Max Gildon leveled the game from the right circle. That goal started a pause from scoring, as neither side took claim in the third period. New

Hampshire hit resume shortly after, though. What’s hard to swallow for the Wolverines is that they excelled in many facets but couldn’t come out on top. The offense showed signs of improvement from prior weekends. The penalty kill unit showcased its consistency, shutting down four opportunities Saturday against a top-tier special team’s unit. It wasn’t enough. “We worked really well as a unit of four,” said senior defenseman Luke Martin. “Everyone knew if we got strung out, what to do. If you were in a different spot it didn’t matter. I thought we did that really well, and we had really good sticks. And just a good commitment. “Everyone was bought in. Could really see it.” Yet with all the bright spots, there’s a certain level of disappointment that comes with letting a potential road sweep slip from one’s hands. With all the glory, there is still pain. “No moral victories,” Pearson said. “We have to find a way to win those games.”

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Two costly turnovers end sweep bid BAILEY JOHNSON Daily Sports Writer

DURHAM, N.H. — Almost before anyone knew what was happening, Jake Gingell’s attempt at a pass out of Michigan’s defensive zone ended up on the tape of forward Angus Crookshank’s stick. The sophomore defenseman couldn’t do anything but watch as Crookshank steadied the puck and fired home a shot that cleanly beat senior goaltender Hayden Lavigne. In the blink of an eye, New Hampshire tied the game at one goal apiece. Thirty-nine minutes of backand-forth hockey later, the Wildcats were once again on the receiving end of an errant zoneclearing pass. Once again, it was Crookshank who intercepted it. Once again, his shot found twine — this time, to end the game just 36 seconds into overtime. Two plays rarely tell the story of an entire game, but for the Wolverines in Saturday’s 3-2

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Michael Pastujov scored a power play goal on Saturday against New Hampshire.

overtime loss to New Hampshire, the pair of defensive-zone turnovers that directly led to goals come pretty close to summarizing the night. “We had a lot of turnovers in the third period tonight in what I call the danger zone, the top of the circles to the blueline, and that’s on our forwards,” said Michigan coach Mel Pearson after the game. “We didn’t do a very good job for our defensemen, helping them out. Our forwards turned the puck over a number of times, and on the winning goal, same thing.” In the third period, Michigan recorded just two shots on net while the Wildcats fired 11 shots at Lavigne. The total number of attempted shots, which includes shots that were blocked or missed the cage, was even more damning — the Wolverines were outattempted, 34 to 5. Michigan struggled throughout the weekend to clear its own defensive zone and create extended pressure in the offensive zone. Saturday’s third period was a microcosm of the issue — difficulty clearing coupled with a few key penalties and an inability to capitalize on the few scoring chances that arose ultimately was the Wolverines’ downfall. On Friday, Michigan was able to grind out a win because it finished just a couple more chances than the Wildcats did, and the turnovers were rarely at key moments of the game or in high-danger areas. On Saturday, the reverse was true. The Wolverines most noticeably slipped in the third period, but the issues that led to New Hampshire’s overtime winner were present throughout the game. Michigan was on its heels early after senior forward Jake Slaker slashed a Wildcat just under two minutes into the

game. While the Wolverines were able to kill off the penalty, having to go on the penalty kill so early — and then kill four more penalties throughout the game — put pressure on Michigan’s defensemen. When New Hampshire began to pressure harder and harder late in the third period, the Wolverines had little left after killing four of five penalties in the game and eight of nine on the weekend. “They pushed hard, we ran out of gas,” Pearson said. “We couldn’t get out of our zone. … We took a couple penalties, obviously, bad penalties, and we were on our heels. We just never recovered from that, even in overtime.” And along with having to work to kill numerous penalties, Michigan struggled to clear the puck out of its defensive zone. Whether there was a turnover in the neutral zone, or a bad pass out of the defensive zone, or any other of the number of ways the Wolverines failed to clear the puck, Michigan couldn’t buy time in the offensive zone. The Wolverines could hardly press for a go-ahead goal as the game wound to a close. Every time Michigan was on the breakout, the Wildcats there to pounce on an unforced turnover or force one themselves. “The turnovers are going to kill you,” Pearson said. “We have to get that out of our game.” On Saturday, it was two turnovers that killed the Wolverines’ chance for their first sweep since Oct. 18-19. One led to a tying goal early in the second period and one led to the overtime game-winner. In both situations — and throughout the game — it was mistakes by Michigan that led to chances for New Hampshire, and the Wildcats were ready to capitalize.

Wolverines get past Wright State in penalties, 5-4, advance to Sweet 16 AIDAN WOUTAS Daily Sports Writer

The Ultras had moved from their resident bleachers and congregated at one end of the field. With each penalty kick came screams and gasps from the stands which were filled to capacity. As junior midfielder Marc Ybarra lined up to take his shot, though, there was a moment of near silence, punctuated by nervous murmurs. Everyone knew Michigan’s season hung in the balance. Ybarra launched his shot to the right side of the goal as the keeper dove left. The crowd erupted in cheers. After a hard-fought game that remained 0-0 after regulation, No. 17-ranked Michigan (11-4-5) prevailed over Wright State (10-83) to win 5-4 in a shootout, ensuring its place in the third round of the NCAA Tournament. The first 90 minutes held no guarantees of such success, though. The Wolverines were tasked with finding their defensive footing with the absence of junior defender Jackson Ragen, replaced by freshman Carter Payne who has seen little playing time in the last

month. “For Carter, who hasn’t played since early in the season, to just jump in and compete was great,” said Michigan coach Chaka Daley. “Corfe (on Wright State) was a special player to go up against and (Carter) got noticeably stronger as the game went on.” Offensively, both halves as well as extra time were defined by close chances for Michigan that couldn’t be converted. The Wolverines took 15 corner kicks over the course of the game but were unable to get on the board, despite a few resulting shots on goal. A near goal in the 14th minute captured this dynamic, as a corner kick from senior forward Jack Hallahan put a loose ball right in front of the net, but a shot from junior midfielder Carlos Tellez sailed it right over the crossbar. After relative dominance in possession during the first 20 minutes, the Raiders’ attack activated and brought about a number of close chances in Michigan’s territory. Wright State’s offense produced numerous shooting chances only

to be stumped by the Wolverines’ defense at the last second. Raiders midfielder Deri Corfe almost scored on three occasions, his nearest miss coming in the 24th minute as Michigan freshman keeper Owen Finnerty swatted his shot from the bottom left of the goal. This dynamic continued into the second half, with the Raiders often hovering in and around Michigan’s box. The crowd appeared especially frustrated in the 76th minute when a shot from junior forward Mohammed Zakyi missed the right goal post by inches. A string of opportunities for Michigan from multiple free kicks and corner kicks in the last five minutes of regulation also fizzled out. During extra time, the Wolverines regained much of the control they had lost but still couldn’t convert their opportunities in the box. A moment of hope was quickly extinguished in the 103rd minute as sophomore forward Derick Broche launched the ball into the back of the net off a pass from Zakyi, only to find out that Michigan had been called offsides. As the clock approached the end of 110 minutes of frustrating play

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for both teams, a potentially seasonending shootout seemed inevitable. But Michigan had prepared for this possibility. “It was definitely a hard fought game and by the end everyone was tired,” Ybarra said. “We knew we had to put ourselves in a spot where just a few moments of keeping your head clear and a bit of quality on the shot meant you knew you were going through.” The Wolverines carried this mindset with them into the shootout. A save from Finnerty gave them the margin they needed and Ybarra’s shot made it official. “Finnerty ran all five the right way,” Daley said. “We teach our guys be clinical in their approach so that they can save one — if they can save that one it gives us a chance.” That isn’t to say Michigan was necessarily content squeaking by so narrowly. “We’re lucky with these shootouts at home,” Daley said. “We’re 2-for-2 in the last two years at home but 0-for-2 away. “So we learned we probably can’t let it get to that point. But any way you can advance this time of year, you take it and run.”

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Owen Finnerty’s penalty save gave Michigan a win over Wright State.

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