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In Daily poll, support for third parties sees decline Preference for Clinton grows in leadup to presidential election Tuesday CAITLIN REEDY Daily Staff Reporter
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President Bill Clinton speaks in support of his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, at the United Auto Workers office in Lansing, Michigan Sunday.
Bill Clinton appeals to blue-collar workers in Michigan UAW speech
During the lead up to the presidential election, The Michigan Daily is polling students about campaign issues every two weeks. This is the fourth and final iteration of the survey. Overall, polling data can be seen here.
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Former president cites his own work in creating jobs, economic prosperity CALEB CHADWELL Daily Staff Reporter
LANSING — Sunday at the Lansing United Automobile Workers chapter, President Bill Clinton spoke to a crowd of 300 in a bid to convince state residents that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton could create economic prosperity in the state . Bill Clinton’s speech came just two days before the election and is part of a blitz of visits to
Michigan from both Democrats and Republicans as the race in the state tightens, including a stop in Ann Arbor by President Barack Obama Monday. Currently, Clinton is leading Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in Michigan polls by a margin of 4.7 percent, but previously led by a 11.6 percent margin as late as Oct. 21, according to the RealClearPolitics polling average. A Republican presidential candidate has not won in Michigan since George H. W. Bush in 1988. Bill Clinton told the crowd he
believed Hillary Clinton would win Michigan easily in a normal election, but acknowledged Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s current momentum, tying it to frustrations about stagnating middle-class incomes after the financial crisis in 2008. That economic stagnation has been a core part of Trump’s message, especially in typically blue states like Michigan with high proportions of blue-collar workers. “It’s close to the elections
This week, the survey was sent to 1,000 University of Michigan students and received 205 responses over a period of five days. The sample was chosen randomly from University undergraduate and graduate students and reported in the aggregate. The majority of respondents See DATA, Page 3A
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and I believe Hillary will carry Michigan if we turn out — in a normal election, it wouldn’t be close,” Bill Clinton said. “We all know what’s going on, there’s a lot of road rage out there, because after the financial crash, it took a long time before income started going up again.” In a bid to speak to that frustration, Bill Clinton noted he has been devoted to helping the middle class get ahead, especially during his time in office as president. See CLINTON, Page 3A
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Donald Trump
76%
Hillary Clinton Source: Michigan Daily student survey (rounded to nearest percent)
Sarah Palin leaves Detroit campaign In last days, Mich. gets event early after a fight breaks out
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Protesters threw beer and opened a can of pepper spray during a visit from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R) visit to the Town Pump Tavern in Detroit on Sunday night where she was slated to campaign for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and participate in an interview with Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly. Palin was in Michigan as part of a series of stops in the state planned by the Trump campaign in the leadup to the election amid a tightening race in the state, which hasn’t been won by a Republican since 1988. Clinton currently leads by five points, according to an aggregate of polls, and has stepped up her presence in Michigan as well. Shortly after Palin’s arrival at the Detroit bar, two men began to yell obscenities and antiTrump rhetoric before they were removed by the owner. According to an eyewitness, a woman threw beer on the bar owner while he
LYDIA MURRAY Daily Staff Reporter
With campaign stops from both presidential candidates and their surrogates just days before the election, Michigan’s importance as a possible swing state in the presidential election has never been more apparent. Both Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will hold rallies in the state on Monday. Additionally, Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence will campaign with Trump, and President Barack Obama will be in Ann Arbor in a Get Out the Vote rally for Clinton. Over the weekend, former president Bill Clinton stopped in Lansing and See SWING, Page 3A
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was walking the men out of the bar. “I saw two guys being dispersed while Palin was talking (to the crowd), and they were being put out by what
I understand to be the bar’s owner,” the eyewitness said. “And then this woman who was sitting at the bar, who was drinking a beer, splashed it on the owner as he was escorting the
men out. This caused him to react in a violent way — he threw them all out.” Once outside, the two men continued to cause a disturbance, See PALIN, Page 3A
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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) listens for her cue from an ear piece as supporters of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump pull the blinds down on a protestor outside of the window at Town Pump Tavern in Detroit Sunday.
The No. 3 Michigan football team made light work of Maryland, beating the Terrapins, 59-3, Saturday at Michigan Stadium to move to 9-0 on the season.
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Sunday, just two days before Tuesday’s presidential election, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made a campaign stop in Sterling Heights, Mich. More than 8,000 people attended the Trump rally, held at the Freedom Hill Amphitheater, the Detroit News reported. The Michigan Daily was denied credentials to this event, as well as to the Trump campaign’s stops last week in Grand Rapids and Warren. During his speech Sunday, Trump spoke to the crowd about a range of issues, including unemployment, taxes and See TRUMP, Page 3A
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BRIEF: STUDENTS LINE UP FOR TICKETS TO SEE PRESIDENT OBAMA Students hoping to see President Barack Obama when he visits campus Monday to campaign for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton will first need to pick up tickets Sunday between noon and 7 p.m. at the Ray L. Fisher stadium and on the Diag. According to the campaign’s website, the public event will last from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m Monday. Obama is slated to speak around 11 a.m. The University’s chapter of College Democrats, who were on the Diag distributing the tickets, also shared the event on their Facebook page, warning students than reserving tickets online would not guarantee them a spot for tomorrow’s event. College Democrats chair Collin Kelly, an LSA junior, said Monday’s rally aims get voters in the state of Michigan excited and out to the polls. “Getting out to vote is the most
important thing for a Democrat to do,” he said. “So that is why President Obama is coming to Michigan, to get everyone energized. He is very very popular nationwide and especially in the state of Michigan.” Kelley said Obama’s appearance in Michigan will bring more voters to the polls on Tuesday. “His presence here is great and is a huge help to pump everyone up for our GOTV (Get Out The Vote) efforts on Tuesday,” he said. “It helps to carry the momentum throughout the campaign through election day.” Obama’s visit, his third to the city during his presidency, comes one day before the general election, and is one of a multiple stops to campus made by high-ranking Clinton supporters. Both Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), the Democratic vice presidential nominee, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) have visited campus recently to campaign and stressed the need for student turnout
on Election Day. It is also one in a series of visits to the state in the lead up to the election - Hillary Clinton will be in Grand Rapids Monday, and Bill Clinton is in Lansing Sunday. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign is also slated to have a heavy presence in the state in the last few days before the election - the candidate himself is in Sterling Heights Sunday and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, the GOP vice presidential nominee, will be in Traverse City Monday. Though Clinton currently holds a 5 point lead in Michigan and a Republican hasn’t won Michigan since 1988, her lead has tightened in some recent polls and Trump has consistently said he would like to flip the state. In a survey distributed by the Michigan Daily, 70.3 percent of student respondents on campus favored Clinton. LSA freshman Jennifer Maiorana, who was waiting in line
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on the Diag for tickets, said she heard about the event through a friend’s Snapchat. Maiorana was her way to the baseball stadium, but stopped when she saw the College Democrats giving them out on the Diag. “Just to see the President talk is an amazing opportunity,” she said. “I am really excited to see what his perspective is on this election since it is so polarizing and just kind of a great opportunity here on campus.” LSA freshman Kailan Metha and LSA freshman Nikita Bazaj both said they heard about the event through word of mouth. “I always have been a huge fan of Obama,” Metha said. “This may be my last chance to see him and this election coming up is really important.” Bazaj also said she was a supporter of Obama. “I didn’t think I’d ever get the chance to see him, so this is a great opportunity on this campus,” she said.
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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Korean War veterans panel WHAT: Veterans from the Korean War will speak about their experiences during and after the conflict. WHO: Veteran and Military Services WHEN: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. WHERE: Michigan Union, Pond Room
Psychology Accelerated Master’s Degree WHAT: An information session for juniors and seniors interested in pursuing research with a mentor in the Department of Psychology. WHO: Department of Psychology WHEN: 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: East Hall, room 3021
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WHAT: The Bonderman Fellowship offers graduating LSA seniors $20,000 to travel the world over the course of eight months. WHO: Center for Global and Intercultural Study WHEN: 12 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. WHERE: Angell Hall, room G155
WHAT: An assistant professor of history at Cornell University will give a lecture on the necessity of understanding history across imperial boundaries. WHO: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies WHEN: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: School of Social Work, room 1636
WHAT: Artist Mary Mattingly’s project will attempt to portray rituals associated with consumption. Students will package collected objects into sculptures. WHO: Institute for the Humanitites WHEN: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: the Diag
Disabilities in China WHAT: Harvard prof. William Alford will overview the treatment of disability in Chinese history and implications of such practices on contemporary society. WHO: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies WHEN: 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: School of Social Work, room 1636
Frankel Speaker Series WHAT: This installment will focus on Louis D. Brandeis, an early 1900s Supreme Court justice, and his impact on the country’s legal landscape, with focus on his impact as a Jewish American. WHO: Judaic Studies WHEN: 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Rackham Amphitheater
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The smell of burning sage and the sound of ceremonial drum beats filled the air around the roughly 500 supporters that gathered in front of the Michigan State Capitol building in Lansing Saturday at a protest against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The protest was a display of solidarity for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, who are protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline, a 1,200-mile-long shale oil pipeline project slated to run underneath the Missouri river. Members of the tribe have argued that the pipeline threatens to contaminate the river, the tribe’s primary source of drinking water. Last Monday, many University of Michigan students “checked in” to the Standing Rock Indian
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heated in recent months. According to a recent article by The New York Times, violence reported from both sides reached a high point last week, with at least 142 protesters being arrested on Oct. 28 for allegedly engaging in a riot and conspiracy to endanger by fire and explosion. Several speakers at the Lansing rally Saturday encouraged peace, and at one point called for police standing by on the Capitol grounds to join a ceremonial circle dance that included everyone in attendance of the event. Kerry Herron, a mother from Mount Pleasant and member of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, said escalating tensions at the protest site have made it too dangerous for families to take their young children. “I know when it first started, people were taking their kids out there and showing them what is going on, but with the police showing the force that they are, and attacking peaceful protesters, it’s not safe to take your kids out there anymore,” she said. To draw attention to the protests in Standing Rock, Ahmad and a group of other students said they were there to conduct interviews and gather information to produce a zine, a short magazine-style work containing information about the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and the DAPL issue. The group plans to use the zine to collect donations to support the protest effort. Saturday’s rally was organized through a collaborative effort of grassroots activists statewide, according to lead organizer Regis Ferland, a Mount Pleasant resident and member of the Canadian Mohawk nation. Several tents and tables were set up on the Capitol building grounds to provide more information See PROTEST, Page 3A
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WHAT: Griffin’s music presents a blend of Southern roots and Northeastern poetry. She will play from her latest album, “Servant of Love.” WHO: Michigan Union Ticket Office WHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: The Ark, 316 N. Main St.
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In a display of solidarity, attendees support North Dakota Sioux tribe Reservation Facebook page to show their support for those protesting the development. On Saturday, some students, such as, like LSA senior Noor Ahmad, also attended the rally. Ahmad said she joined the rally because supporting the rights of indigenous people is an important issue for her, and she chose to show solidarity. “I came here to support indigenous resistance and indigenous autonomy, and to support the fact that people travelled here from all over Michigan to show their support for Standing Rock,” she said. “We are here to learn, we are here to listen and we are here to support in any way that we can.” Ahmad said she travelled out to Standing Rock over Fall Break with other students who felt there was a limited quantity of mainstream media coverage on the issue, which has become
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TRUMP From Page 1A immigration, according to the Detroit News. “In two days, we are going to win the great state of Michigan,” he said. “We will stop the jobs from leaving your state.” Statewide polls previously gave Clinton a comfortable lead in Michigan, but the most recent averages by RealClearPolitics place her only five points ahead of Trump. Clinton’s drop in the polls came at the same time new information was disclosed by FBI Director James Comey nine days ago investigating possibly classified emails that could have included some of Clinton’s emails. This information was released during a separate investigation of former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, who is
CLINTON From Page 1A “I’ve now spent half my life trying to help people get a job, get a pay raise, save a business, save a farm, get a business loan, get health care for their kids,” Clinton said. “It’s what I’ve done with my life.” Several speakers highlighted Michigan’s auto manufacturing industry in particular, a key component of the state’s economy. Several years ago, amid the recession, multiple large automakers in Detroit declared bankruptcy and were bailed out by the federal government. Unemployment in Michigan reached 14.9 percent in 2009, though it has shrunk considerably since. Former Michigan Gov. James Blanchard (D), who introduced Bill Clinton, criticized comments Trump has made about the decline of auto manufacturing. Blanchard said Trump’s view of the state of auto manufacturing is inaccurate, citing a recent record number of auto sales. “We’re dealing with many people who have an alternate view of the truth,” Blanchard said. “For example, a few weeks ago, (Trump) stood out here and said ‘manufacturing is a disaster in Michigan’ … that same week we announced record auto sales in the United States of America.”
DATA From Page 1A in this iteration of the survey continued to identify themselves as Democrats, at 54 percent, with students identifying as Republicans forming less than half of that at 19 percent. Remaining respondents identified as Independent, Green, other or had no identification. In comparison to previous Daily polls, more students identified themselves as Democrats or Republicans rather than third party supporters. Students continued to follow a national trend of millennials overwhelmingly supporting Democratic nominees. When asked who they would vote for given the choice of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and thirdparty candidates Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson and Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein, 76 percent said they would vote for Clinton — a 6-percent increase for Clinton since the most recent polling on Oct. 26. LSA senior Lauren Gallagher, president of Students for Hillary, wrote in an email interview that she thinks student voice can be a powerful determinant in this election. “Compared to other generational blocks, millennial turnout is typically extremely low, but, with that being said, we’ve seen in past elections how powerful the student voice can be,” Gallagher said. “Big name surrogate visits to our campus is the campaign sending a message that our voices matter, that the decision about what direction this country is headed in is up to us. It’s my hope that students don’t take this lightly and turn
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married to top Clinton aide Huma Abedin. Sunday evening, however, Comey published a new letter declaring the FBI found no criminality in the new emails, reaffirming the FBI’s verdict in July exonerating Clinton of any criminal behavior. Nonetheless, Trump still continued to criticize Clinton on the email issue Sunday night. “It’s a totally rigged system,” he said. “You can’t review 650,000 new emails in eight days. You can’t do it, folks.” Trump also criticized incoming refugees and immigrants. 25 percent of Sterling Heights residents were born in another country, according to The Detroit News, and Michigan was the top destination for Syrian refugees as of August, NBC News reported. “Here in Michigan, you’ve seen firsthand the problems
caused with the refugee program,” Trump said. “A Trump administration will not admit any refugees without the support of the local community where they are being placed.” Trump’s visit comes amid a flurry of last-minute campaign events in Michigan by both major party candidates. Donald Trump Jr. will be in Detroit and Warren on Monday on behalf of his father, while Trump Sr. will make a last stop in Grand Rapids in his campaign’s last official rally. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is also focusing her efforts on Michigan. Surrogate President Barack Obama will be in Ann Arbor today alongside Chelsea Clinton, while Clinton herself will be at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids on Monday afternoon in her first visit to western Michigan in the presidential race.
Blanchard added that he thought life for workers during Bill Clinton’s presidency was much better than the view Republicans paint. “When Bill Clinton was president, the Republicans have said it was a difficult era,” Blanchard said. “They are playing the American people for suckers: When Bill Clinton was president we had 24 million new jobs.” Echoing Blanchard’s sentiment, Clinton acknowledged manufacturing workers’ frustration after the 2008 financial crisis He reminded the crowd that his time in office was one of the only times in history when income rose. “When I was president, it’s the only time in 50 years when we all rose together; the bottom 20 percent’s income increased in percentage terms, even more than the top 20 percent,” Clinton said. “It was the first time since the advent of trickle-down economics when we grew the economy from the middle out and the bottom up.” Clinton added that he thought Trump’s rhetoric of anger and division would only lead to greater hurt for the middle class. “I spent a lot of time doing this. It worked out pretty well for you when I was there,” Clinton said. “I actually believe that answers are better than anger, that empowerment is better than resentment, that cooperation is
better than endless conflict.” He also charged that Trump’s policies would be regressive and would lower taxes for the wealthy and corporations, contrasting them with Hillary Clinton’s plan to create jobs through investment in infrastructure. “What we need is first to create a lot more jobs that pay above average wage,” Bill Clinton said. “We need a major infrastructure program. Flint, Michigan is not the only place in America that needs new water pipes.” Speaking to Trump’s tax plan, he said the businessman would cut taxes on big business, enabling business owners, while Hillary Clinton would impose penalties on businesses that unnecessarily move manufacturing jobs out of the United States. “(Donald Trump) wants to cut taxes for all corporations; (Hillary Clinton) says not so fast,” Bill Clinton said. “I would not cut taxes on people who are making money and they leave the country anyway, I would raise them … I wouldn’t let them send stuff back to America.” Expressing confidence in his wife’s record, Clinton said he was confident the economy would strengthen under a Hillary Clinton presidency. “I have been knowing this woman a long time,” Bill Clinton said. “She has never touched anything she did not make better.”
out tomorrow, it’s our future’s that are on the line right now.” Support for Trump remained the same at 13 percent while support for Johnson and Stein continued to drop, with support for Johnson dropping 7.3 and support for Stein dropping 2.4. The majority of respondents were confident Clinton will win the election, at 87 percent. In response to Clinton’s high unfavorability among the general public, Gallagher said she has seen passion and excitement for Clinton among fellow students and hopes that the narrative of the “millennial problem” will be a thing of the past. “We value a leader who supports the rights and potential of all individuals, regardless of their race, gender, religion, nation of origin, sexual orientation, or socio-economic background,” Gallagher said. “Clinton is the progressive choice in this election, her vision for the United States is a country that continues to build on the diversity that makes us great, not take us back to a time where divisions hindered our progress.” However, plurality of students responded that this election season only had a moderate influence on their confidence in the Democratic process at 30 percent. The rest of the responses were polarized, with respondents saying it had either a lot of influence on their confidence or none at all. This presidential race has set itself apart from previous campaigns in that the two major candidates are the most unpopular in election history after beating out multiple competitors during the primaries. In addition to the general unfavorability of the candidates, many incidents throughout the campaign have left not just students but the general population stressed about the outcome of this
election. 47 percent of respondents also said they view Clinton favorably or very favorably rather than a neutral stance or dislike for the candidate. 38 percent also said they were neutral when asked if they were excited at the prospect of a Clinton presidency. In comparison, 76 percent of respondents said they had a strong dislike for Trump, and 76 percent also said they were not enthused at the prospect of a Trump presidency. For 86 percent of respondents, this is their first time voting in a presidential election. Capturing first-time voters has been a major push in this election as millennials now outrank baby boomers as the largest generation and thus the largest voting electorate. Especially for the Clinton campaign, convincing millennials to both vote for her and participate on Election Day has been a large part of her campaign, with President Barack Obama and Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I–Vt.) making visits on her behalf to college towns including Ann Arbor. Despite low support from University students, Michigan as a whole is at play and has been frequented heavily by both campaigns. LSA junior Enrique Zalamea, President of College Republicans, said that he believes this could be the first time since the election of George H. W. Bush in 1988 that Michigan could cast its electoral votes for a Republican candidate. “Clinton’s campaign manager Robby Mook described how Michigan has gotten so close it can now be considered a battleground state,” Zalamea said. “With the incredible uptick in Republican campaign speakers across Michigan, I truly believe that this election may be the first time since 1988 that Michigan may vote red.”
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Ypsilanti resident Orin Kennedy and his family examine fossils from the Bristle Mammoth at the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History Saturday.
PALIN From Page 1A knocking on the windows and yelling Palin’s name, prompting her to respond directly. “I wish you had the guts to come in here and say that to my face,” she said to the protesters through an open window. The direct engagement between Palin and the protesters led several patrons to leave the establishment and confront the protesters. One man at the event, according to the eyewitness, used pepper spray. “The guys who were put outside were beating on the window, and some guys went outside,”
PROTEST From Page 2A to those interested in donating or committing to traveling out to the protest site. “Our two main goals are to get bodies out there to North Dakota from Michigan and to gather supply donations, and then I guess there’s a third aspect too and that’s to get the word out there” he said. “There are still people who don’t know what’s going on out there.” Ferland said they didn’t have an exact number of committed names of those interested in joining the efforts in North Dakota, but said he has personally spoken with about 100 people who expressed
SWING From Page 1A Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) visited Detroit. The high number of visits from candidates the day prior to the election is somewhat unusual considering polls in Michigan have consistently shown Clinton beating Trump and the state has not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since 1988. Communications Assistant Prof. Josh Pasek said a few weeks ago, following the presidential debates and scandal surrounding the tape recording of Trump using lewd language speaking about women, that Michigan would not have been in play, but due to the renewed Clinton email investigation, the race in Michigan is much closer. “That shifted the map back in many respects to where it had been before the debates,” he said. “From that perspective it is not too shocking that Michigan is in play because, given what we expect in a traditional election between Democrats and Republicans, Michigan would be in play.” Pasek said he thinks one of the
the eyewitness said. “Then the protesters were trying to come back in but then the next thing I knew there was pepper spray. Me and the rest of the people sitting near the door couldn’t breathe all of a sudden. Of course the man was trying to spray it at the protesters, but the wind took it back inside.” Shortly thereafter, two police officers arrived at the tavern and dispersed the protesters. Palin then conducted the interview in front of a small crowd of about 50 supporters without further issue. Palin also made stops in Cheboygan, Alpena and Midland during the weekend. In her interview for “The O’Reilly Factor,” Palin said she was confident in Trump’s ability to win Michigan given the state’s
industrial history. “There is no reason why (Trump) wouldn’t win here,” Palin said. “There are these ‘Reagan Democrats’ here, these bluecollar, hard-working Americans here. Maybe they are registered as Democrats, but they so want these positive changes for their businesses and for that industry to be ushered in.” Palin also voiced her ambivalence toward polls, which show the Clinton campaign maintaining their statewide lead. “As I’ve said before, Bill, polls are only good for strippers and for cross-country skiers,” Palin said. Following her interviews, Palin left the Town Pump Tavern after shaking hands and taking photos with supporters.
interest. “We have had probably 30 people who were like, ‘I’m not even waiting for the rally. I’m heading out so get ready for us at the host tent,’ ” he said. He added that he returned to Michigan to galvanize support for the protests because he has seen a decrease from the 8,000 protesters who were at the site this summer. Several people in the crowd expressed their commitment to travelling out to North Dakota, including Zahra Ahmad, a senior at Central Michigan University who said she and five other students who are planning on raising money to take supplies with them to the Standing Rock site.
“A big part of it is that we just want to deliver that money to them, we want to show them that we are standing with them, that CMU is supporting them,” Ahmad said. Madison Clayford, a CMU junior who is a member of that group, said they are raising money for heating equipment rather than a more traditional clothing drive because they were told by organizers that was lacking among the protesters. “One of the challenges that people face is probably the cold, and that’s where the generators come in to keep people warm,” she said. “We were initially thinking about doing a coat drive but they said ‘Do not send clothes,’ they have more than enough. ”
main reasons the candidates are hosting rallies in the state so close to Election Day is the lack of early voting opportunities. Michigan is one of 16 states that does not offer no-excuse early voting, which Pasek said means candidate visits just prior to the election have a greater impact. “Those states are much more dependent on the vote on Election Day than any other vote that happens before,” he said. “So attempts to sort of reach out in Michigan and Pennsylvania in particular right before the end have a chance to make a particular impact.” Pasek said for both candidates, the state of Michigan’s electoral vote is essential to securing victory. “If Hillary Clinton wins in Michigan, she is basically locked in to win, save the possibility that Pennsylvania goes the other way,” he said. “But if Trump wins it then he has a pretty good chance at getting into this race.” LSA junior Collin Kelly, chair of the University’s chapter of College Democrats, wrote in an email interview with the Daily that though he believes the surrogate visits indicate the prominence of Michigan in this election, Michigan
will still support Clinton. “Michigan is a blue state — it has been solidly Democratic for the past two decades — and we don’t think that will change,” he wrote. “The amount of surrogates in Michigan just signifies how important Michigan is to the election, but the polls have been consistently favoring Secretary Clinton and we do not expect the results to be any different.” According to Pasek, the main motivation for candidates this close to the election is to encourage those who support them but are less enthusiastic to actually get out and vote. Additionally, young people traditionally have low voter turnout rates and tend to lean toward Democratic candidates. Pasek said, given the popularity of Obama, he has a notable ability to encourage students to vote, which would benefit Clinton. “There is a substantial goal around trying to mobilize a bunch more students to try to vote than might do so otherwise,” he said. “Sending Barack Obama in, who is very popular among the student body, is probably a really good surrogate move in terms of trying to wring some more voters out of the student community.”
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THOMAS AIELLO | OP-ED
Your vote for Clinton matters
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acist, misogynistic, idiotic, corrupt, conniving, demonic. These are just a sampling of the colorful adjectives I’ve heard used to describe the major party nominees for president of one of the oldest and most powerful democracies on the planet. Such a vitriolic campaign has fractured the partisan divide into a gaping chasm, with many conservatives denouncing Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton as a criminal, and many liberals condemning Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump as an orange-tinted Hitler wannabe. A veritable cascade of scandals has left about 60 percent of voters viewing both Trump and Clinton unfavorably and has even discouraged many from casting a vote at all. The grueling campaign has especially disillusioned young voters: 9 percent are still undecided about a candidate. Considering young people must live with the next president’s actions the longest, sitting out the election isn’t an option. Despite both candidates’ low favorability, I implore any politically disheartened collegeaged peers to vote for the only rational choice: Hillary Clinton. Voting matters. In our republican system, casting a vote can influence the course of citizens’ lives for years to come. To willingly forgo voting is to throw away a voice and waste the opportunity to be a voice for those within this country unable to vote, including children, those without citizenship and those silenced by often racially motivated voter identification laws. Whoever takes office in 2017 will have a dramatic impact on the rights of minority groups, college affordability, national security, the environment, education, health care and much more. In addition, the next president may be in office for as long as eight years, enough time for a current 20-year-old to cycle through a few jobs, get married and have a child. Given that the next president’s policies have the potential to shape my generation’s most formative years, this election is much too important for young people to sit out. Part of this election’s importance
stems from the president’s ability to nominate future Supreme Court justices. Because of Justice Antonin Scalia’s death and the advanced age of many current justices, the next president could appoint three or more justices. I cannot overstate the significance of these appointments: A liberal-majority court versus a conservative-majority court would likely rule very differently when confronted with cases concerning LGBTQ equality, religious freedom, gun reform, women’s reproductive rights, financial regulation of corporate America and immigration. Trump runs on a platform promising to nullify court decisions protecting a woman’s right to choose and marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples. Trump also promises to appoint justices committed to protecting gun rights against even moderate reform. In stark contrast to Trump, Clinton would likely appoint justices who support LGBTQ and women’s rights and are more critical of the financial sector’s excesses. Withholding a vote in the face of a Trump-appointed Supreme Court represents tacit approval of the legal subjugation of the marginalized, corporate greed and needless gun violence. Don’t throw away the opportunity to legally ensure a safer and more equitable country. A vote on Nov. 8 is also a vote between two different visions of the country’s approach to diversity. Trump’s policies mirror his well-known racist rhetoric. On immigration, Trump plans to erect a wall spanning the entirety of the United States-Mexico border and detain and deport anyone entering the country illegally. He also plans to temporarily cease all immigration into the United States from countries with “a history of exporting terrorism” and require aspiring immigrants to take ideological tests before entering the country. Moreover, Trump has stated that the Black Lives Matter movement incites racial violence. In contrast to Trump, Clinton promotes an easier pathway to citizenship and plans to introduce comprehensive immigration reform legislation within 100 days of taking office. She also plans to combat mass incarceration and police racial profiling. Clinton’s vast superiority on matters of diversity and racial
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justice means not voting represents tacit approval of Trump’s racist vision for America. The candidates could also have profound effects on the future of the planet itself. Climate change’s potentially cataclysmic effects harm the youngest generations the most. Though this issue will persist long after the next president leaves office, the impact of Trump or Clinton’s environmental decisions will span centuries. Trump has stated he believes climate change is a myth created by the Chinese and plans to scrap the Clean Power Plan designed to reduce carbon emissions. Clinton endorses the Clean Power Plan and hopes to reduce carbon emissions by up to 30 percent by 2025 through expanded use of renewable energy and reduced consumption of fossil fuels. The coming generations most harmed by climate change don’t have a vote in this election, so it’s up to the present generations to elect leaders who take this threat seriously. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton champion dramatically disparate visions for this country’s future and I believe it’s highly unlikely for a voter to find both platforms equally unfavorable. Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson and Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein exist as options, but their likelihood of victory leave only Trump and Clinton as serious candidates. I have presented just a small sampling of the issues people who refrain from voting effectively ignore. Though many voters may find both candidates personally unappealing, one of them will be elected Nov. 8 and their policies will have a colossal impact on all citizens in the years to come. I believe any rational person would agree Clinton’s vision for America would be vastly more welcoming and prosperous than Trump’s. So for your own sake and the sake of the country, I urge any discouraged voters to carefully research the possible futures for the United States on the ballot and cast a vote for Hillary Clinton this upcoming Tuesday.
Thomas Aiello is a sophomore in the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.
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ith the ability to What’s more, the expanded boost the regional transportation system will also economy, create major contribute to bringing in new conveniences and improve the types of employment. Successful region’s transportation mass transit will infrastructure, attract young and expansion of the educated workers to Regional Transit the region. Empirically, Authority is arguably cities with extensive the most important public transportation piece of local become more legislation on the attractive to educated ballot in Southeast millennials, thus Michigan. The case importing a productive for regional transit has sector for the MAX a plethora of no-cost workforce. Connecting LUBELL arguments that make suburban areas, along it an absolute necessity to vote with more urban centers such as yes on the approval of the RTA Detroit and Ann Arbor, can create master plan. this effect for the region. The The Regional Transit increase in employment options Authority master plan, will have a critical impact on the if approved, will expand local economy. bus transit lines, create an Increased public transportation affordable airport express will directly increase employment service, increase senior citizen options, which in turn grows the paratransit services and create regional economy. The major a rail line connecting Ann Arbor critics of the transit authority and Detroit, while other types come from those opposed to the of transit will connect these increased tax that comes with it. two cities to Dearborn, Wayne The plan would create a 1.2-mill and Ypsilanti. The transit plan tax that will cost the average will create seamless travel household $95 per year. For some between counties and suburbs in the Macomb and Oakland in the region, many of which are county areas, the tax increase currently unconnected by any is perceived as unrewarding, as means of public transit. the transit opportunities will not The lack of regional transit in directly impact them. I believe the status quo creates a massive these arguments are nonsensical barrier to regional employment and unfounded. opportunities. It leaves many The regional economy without a means of transporting boost, caused by the increase in to major suburban job centers. employment, would justify the Today Southeast Michiganders tax increase no matter where live farther away from one lives in the region. For every employment opportunities than dollar invested into the transit before the collapse of the auto system there will be a $4 return industry. Lack of regional transit on investment. Such logic makes in Southeast Michigan has a the tax increase a no-cost option direct effect on these barriers for the region. and the lack of employment The major critiques of the opportunities. Voting yes on the RTA master plan all seem to RTA’s master plan can change come from the same line of that, creating transit options that reasoning: Individuals who link these employment centers will not be connected to or will with potential employees. This not use public transit believe plan, when implemented, will regional transit will not be be incredibly useful for business beneficial for them. There are owners, who will gain a reliable several reasons this line of source of employment that pulls reasoning is unfounded. The from an increased population economic boost makes the of people who have access to proposed RTA master plan reliable transportation to and beneficial to everyone, even in from work. counties not directly connected
to the transit lines. The millage will also be advantageous for business owners, even if they do not personally use public transportation — reliable transportation is often a requirement for employment, so the expanded transit options will make more people employable. Dispelling the economic arguments, public transportation is also a major convenience. Imagine having a rail line to take you to the airport or major city centers without hassle. Perhaps car culture is so ingrained in the common American that the idea of using public transit seems too far-fetched. If so, then that is the exact reason we need public transit: to eliminate the car culture mentality that makes so many regions inaccessible for citizens without reliable access to a motor vehicle. The boost to the local economy makes the proposed RTA master plan a sensible and no-cost option. Voters should consider not only the logical benefits to the transit authority’s master plan, but also the way we want our region to look. Transportation infrastructure is crumbling throughout the nation. Michigan can be seen as a staple child for the country’s transportation problems, and our public transit is an excellent example of that. Do we want our region to be one with a crumbling public transit system, where demand for public transportation to employment sectors drastically outweighs the supply of transit options? Do we want to live in a region where residents have to remain unemployed simply because they don’t have a way to get to work? Do we want to live in a region where we force a resident to walk 21 miles every day traveling to their job and back home? Well, that is the region we live in now, but voting yes on the proposed Regional Transit Authority master plan would provide the opportunity to change that and improve our region for everyone.
Max Lubell can be reached at mlubell@umich.edu.
AARON KALL | OP-ED
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mid the chorus of tightening polls in Michigan, President Barack Obama will make his fourth visit to Ann Arbor as president on Monday to campaign for Hillary Clinton. The campaign hopes a capacity crowd of 4,000 will be in attendance at the University of Michigan’s Ray Fisher Stadium to witness the president’s closing argument for Clinton before voting begins Tuesday morning. No Republican presidential candidate since George H. W. Bush in 1988 has won the state of Michigan, but Clinton’s once double-digit lead has narrowed significantly in the past week. Clinton currently enjoys a fivepoint lead in the state, according to the RealClearPolitics average of recent polls. This mirrors the most recent FOX 2 Mitchell Poll of Michigan that was released Sunday. Despite this solid edge, Clinton’s lead isn’t insurmountable and the campaign of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has some reason to be optimistic. He easily dispatched of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) during the March primary by 12 points, while Clinton was unexpectedly defeated by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) 50-48. All polling heading into the Democratic primary showed Clinton comfortably ahead, and Trump hopes a similar undervote exists for him in Michigan during the general election. His message on free trade and outsourcing resonates with many Michigan voters and the campaign has pinned its hopes of a comeback victory by turning Michigan red. Numerous surrogates and a wave of advertisements blanketed the state this last week; Trump has even scheduled a concluding
rally in Grand Rapids for late Monday night. President Obama’s popularity and positive experiences in the state make him the ideal surrogate for Clinton — a well-received speech from him could help her cross the presidential finish line. While Clinton’s approval ratings are dragging because of questions surrounding her honesty and trustworthiness, President Obama is enjoying some of the best polling numbers of his presidency as he prepares to leave office. Fifty-four percent of Americans now approve of the job he’s doing as president, according to a recent CBS/ New York Times poll. Similarly, Gallup finds his job approval rating at 53 percent. President Obama has also experienced a tremendous amount of political success in Michigan, carrying the state by 16 points in 2008 and 9.5 points in 2012. President Obama is no stranger to giving a terrific speech, but explicitly reaching out to millennial voters is the most important thing he can accomplish on Monday. Clinton currently leads Trump among this critical demographic group by over a 2-1 margin, but millennials are notorious for inconsistently turning out to vote. Only 46 percent of this group voted in the 2012 election and Clinton is hoping to significantly raise these numbers. Because Michigan doesn’t have early voting, ensuring that millennials are highly motivated to turn out could determine which candidate wins the state. President Obama is especially popular with younger voters, as his job approval rating is over 60 percent with this crowd. Being the father of two teenage daughters enables him to further connect with this target audience and a college campus will provide the perfect backdrop for the president to lay out his final case on Clinton’s behalf.
In addition to the fate of Michigan’s 16 electoral votes, President Obama’s legacy is also on the line during what is likely his last visit to Ann Arbor as commander-in-chief. The fate of the Affordable Care Act and several signature executive orders will be determined by the outcome of the election. A Clinton victory would be perceived in many ways as a third term for his administration and validation of his presidency. This adds an additional layer of pressure to the speech, and Michigan will no doubt be the political epicenter of the nation on Monday. A Democratic candidate hasn’t visited the state this late in the election cycle since John Kerry in 2004. Reince Priebus, Republican National Committee chairman, said this weekend that if Trump wins the state of Michigan, “it’s all over.” An unexpected victory here could leave a fatal crack in the Clinton blue firewall and enable a path for Trump to accumulate the 270 electoral votes needed to be president. The Clinton campaign and its chairman, John Podesta, are publicly expressing confidence about prevailing in Michigan, but the dearth of early voting has injected uncertainty into the race and is certainly the cause of so many late high-profile visits to the state. President Obama has been dispatched to ensure that there will not be another major political upset in Michigan this year. He has an excellent track record delivering under pressure and there is no other surrogate Clinton would rather have making her closing argument to voters given the magnitude of the moment. Aaron Kall is the director of debate for the University of Michigan Debate Team.
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“What do you mean you didn’t like ‘Because the Internet’?!”
‘Atlanta’ finale fits season Donald Glover superbly ends first season of acclaimed show in order to co-parent their baby daughter. Following D.R.A.M.’s hit jingle “Broccoli” during the episode’s title After an incredible first season, sequence, Earn wanders on a quest the FX critical darling “Atlanta” to find the jacket and attempts to is still hard to describe. It’s not retrace his steps, checking Paper enough to call it a coming-of-age Boi’s Snapchat story and a nearby story about chasing fame, success strip club for clues. The majority of and the American the episode’s humor dream in the comes during these Southern hip sequences, with hop scene. With Earn watching Donald Glover’s his drunk self “Atlanta” unconventional on Snapchat brand of comedy and awkwardly Season Finale and Hiro Murai’s describing who Tuesdays at 10 p.m. meticulous might have the direction, each jacket to a stripper FX of the show’s 10 seeking a guest episodes showcases appearance in a a surrealist vision Paper Boi music of the Georgian capital through video. the eyes of Earnest “Earn” Marks, He seeks help from Paper his cousin and on-the-rise rapper Boi and Darius at their outdoor Alfred “Paper Boi” Miles (Brian couch spot, a sly visual reference Tyree Henry, “Vice Principals”) to their first meeting in the pilot and Paper Boi’s trusted sidekick, episode. During their conversation, Darius (Keith Stanfield, “Short Darius drops some of his typically Term 12”). unexpected words of wisdom: But even then, “Atlanta” is a “If we spent the time we spend program so strange and mystifying thinking about not spending that perhaps Glover calling it money and spent that time on “Twin Peaks with rappers” is the spending money, then it’d be time closest concrete description of the well spent.” show. That four-word synopsis It’s a line that’s not only is illustrated especially in the hilarious and well-delivered, but show’s season finale, “The Jacket,” also serves as another reminder which manages to make the most of the show’s offbeat asides and mundane of situations seem how captivating Darius is as a compelling and thought-provoking. supporting character. Right before After a crazy night out with Paper that statement, though, Darius Boi and Darius, Earn wakes up in a makes an odd comment about how trashed mansion and searches for Black people’s number one problem his missing blue bomber jacket. is that they don’t know how to We’ve seen Earn wake up in an have fun. “I really disagree with unfamiliar environment before, that being Black people’s number both in the teaser trailer for the one problem,” Earn replies with a show and in the penultimate flabbergasted look on his face. episode “Juneteenth.” But while Later, Earn makes a phone this visual motif represents his call to his Uber driver from the aimlessness, it also shows Earn’s previous night during a threelack of a place to call home. Where minute long take that incorporates does Earn actually live? Is he just a variety of intriguing aesthetic constantly couch-surfing? He choices: telephoto lens, soft focus isn’t allowed to stay at his parents’ and most importantly, dynamic house, and he occasionally crashes sound design. The sound aspect at his on-and-off again girlfriend of the scene might not be crucial Van’s (Zazie Beetz, “Easy”) place or even necessary, but Paper Boi SAM ROSENBERG Daily Arts Writer
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and Darius’ off-screen dialogue maintains an authenticity that most other TV shows and even films ignore. Fortunately, Earn is able to get his jacket, but Paper Boi and Darius need to drive him to a specific destination. They arrive in an all too-quiet neighborhood until a SWAT team suddenly appears to intercept them and a shootout occurs in a disquieting sequence, both for its violence and its casual attitude toward that violence. But even in its most affecting moments, “Atlanta” ’s dark humor is still present, as Earn uncomfortably attempts to retrieve the jacket from the shooting victim. Seeing Earn in dark spirits, Paper Boi offers him his five percent of their income in a subtly sweet scene between the two. Things continue to look up for Earn as his friend retrieves and returns the jacket to him, but as it turns, what Earn really needed was a mysterious key inside the jacket’s pocket. After another brief but beautifully intimate sequence, this time with Van, Earn walks to an unknown location to the beat of OutKast’s “Elevators (Me & You),” a fantastic music choice that matches both the atmospheric mood and recurring theme of fame in “Atlanta.” In the final minutes, Earn opens up a dimly lit storage space with the mystery key and lies on a couch, staring at the two $100 bills in his hands. He may not have a place to call home, but this is the closest Earn has come to having some form of financial and emotional stability. That particular moment, punctuated by Big Boi and André 3000’s lyrics, is small yet pivotal in Earn’s journey to making something out of his life, whether it’s taking care of his child, being a manager for a hip hop artist or finding meaning in the dreamlike metropolis that is Atlanta. “The Jacket” may not have been a very climactic finale and it leaves many questions unanswered, but “Atlanta” remains one of this year’s most remarkable TV shows and that’s as best as I can describe it.
STYLE REVIEW
Kenzo collaborates with H&M on an affordable collection to mixed results While not their most interesting work, the line will still sell well TESS TOBIN For the Daily
Parisian fashion houses like to be inclusive just about as much as fish like fishermen. Luxury brands function to financially nudge out the working class citizen; some will go so far as to burn their merchandise rather than sell it at a semi-affordable price point. However, in recent history, Parisian fashion houses are beginning to ditch their only-the-richest attitude in favor of collaborating with mass-market retailers. Isabel Marant partnered with H&M in 2013 to debut a more palatably priced collection. Two years later Balmain followed in suit. Most recently, on November 3, Parisian fashion house KENZO launched their collection in collaboration with H&M. The collection debuted to a website crash. The server could not support the trove of fans salivating at the thought of wearing a KENZO piece,
both kidneys intact. Those who wanted to own a piece from the collection had to wait in line — and many did. Some dedicated frugal fans, with stars in their eyes (perhaps, in part, from the dizzying-kaleidoscopic nature of the collection), queued in front of stores well over 12 hours before the doors actually opened. Was the wait worth it? Check their shopping bag. The collection, while well representative of the brand, was not consistent. Some pieces were excellent, others far from it. Kenzo stayed true to their acid-trip-jungleadventure aesthetic; the pieces were just as vibrant and printheavy as always. The prices were tamed, the looks were not. The designers, Carol Lim and Humberto Leon, played with now ubiquitous trends, like exaggerated ruffles and prairie-inspired designs, in novel ways. As a result, many pieces were equal parts cool and cutting edge. Those less inclined to adopt high-fashion aesthetics were not ignored.
The brand made sure to pander to its streetwear fans with some simple, yet eye catching, sweatshirts and hats. But among the dynamic, fashion forward pieces sure to allure thrifty fashionistas lurked looks that seem better suited for another, younger, crowd. Some pieces were astoundingly juvenile — they look as if they were pulled straight off the body of the punkest kid on the playground. Throw on a “Yo Gabba Gabba hat and you’ve got yourself a cohesive look. The combination of inexpensive textiles with electric print proved fatal in many pieces. Some pieces are so youthful they’re practically unwearable. Fuzzy animal print, in conjunction with pattern and color mixing, is harder to pull off if you’ve passed 6th grade. While the collection housed many dynamic pieces, it was not as strong as H&M designer collaborations of the past — but that won’t stop you from seeing KENZO x H&M litter your local streets.
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This is your posture when the stress of a million nations is placed on your shoulders.
Michael Moore’s ‘TrumpLand’ more about Clinton than Trump Michigan native Moore explores the election days before it ends feels so ripe for provocation. It’s odd, and a little disappointing. Daily Arts Writer There’s even a hint of tenderness in Moore’s voice when he tries— For Michael Moore’s (“Where almost earnestly—to empathize to Invade Next”) latest, a sneak with Trump supporters. The attack film released only 11 days supporters in particular that after being filmed, Moore travels he addresses are those of the to Wilmington, upper mid-west, Ohio— the singular the Michigan, town in Clinton Ohio and country with that Pennsylvania overwhelmingly former middle “Michael Moore in favors Trump. class who were TrumpLand” Once there, Moore hit most hard by Michigan Theater performs a onethe automobile man show that feels industry crisis IMG Films like a cross between and 2008 stand up and a TED recession. His talk: the sort of analysis of their thing ripe with the kind of sound support is one of a few moments bites that flood Facebook feeds. in the film that feels like a small If you came to this movie— revelation, even if it’s prior as I did—expecting a dig into knowledge. the core of Trump’s evil or a Moore stands on stage, for profile of his supporters or an the entirety of his performance, examination of his rise to power, in front of large black and white you’ll be disappointed. This isn’t photographs of young Hillary a documentary about Trump. Clinton. It’s sweet and a little bit And aside from some disjoint weird; as is the ode he spins to quotes that open the film, it isn’t her in the latter half of the film. about his supporters either. It Despite its oddities, the picture is rather a love letter to Hillary he paints of her is—to quote from Clinton. Moore’s 1996 book “Downsize The biggest surprise of This!”—one of a “shitkickin’ “Trumpland” is just how feminist babe.” He understands unsurprising it is. Moore her enough to understand her is perhaps the tamest he’s flaws, her stoicism and her ever been. He’s far from the patient rise to the top. He draws provocateur he normally is, comparisons to Pope Francis despite a subject material that and FDR. He plays a sound clip MADELEINE GAUDIN
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of her graduation address to her classmates at Wellesley, in which her message is clear, but her voice shakes, as if to prove her humanity. “Trumpland” is very much like a standup special in that it has a sort of “you really had to be there” quality to it. Moore is funny, but his humor requires the supplement of an audience. It’s exactly the sort of thing that can’t make you laugh out loud if you watch it alone. What “Trumpland” might suffer from (and I cannot believe I’m going to actually say this) is a lack of Trump. The film premiered in New York on October 18 at the same time the news of the Trump tapes was breaking and blowing up. Of course Moore could not know then what we all know now. But in light of that news it seems odd not to use that platform to condemn him. And it’s just that oddity that’s the problem with this entire election. Why can’t we elect Hillary Clinton because of her merits, her qualifications, her passion, her goodness and not because of her opponents evils. What Moore uncovers, almost accidentally, is that even without Trump as her foil, Hillary holds her own as one of the most resilient, companionate and badass figures in modern politics.
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Mel Gibson returns to top form with ‘Hacksaw’ Subversive war film puts Andrew Garfield through hell across as so incredibly earnest. There’s never a moment when Daily Arts Writer it seems like he’s deliberately overplaying a certain part of the Mel Gibson’s films ordinarily character for effect, whether in treat violence as a symbol of his scenes opposite Teresa Palmer passion. William Wallace leads a (“Lights Out”), with whom he bloody revolution for the freedom shares adorable chemistry, or of Scotland in “Braveheart.” in his scenes with his father Jaguar Paw must (Hugo Weaving, kill his captors to “The Matrix”), return to his wife which are nothing in “Apocalypto.” short of quietly “Hacksaw Ridge” Jesus is tortured devastating. As and crucified to Desmond’s PTSDRave & Quality 16 save his followers stricken father, Summit in “The Passion Tom, Weaving of the Christ.” gives one of the Entertainment With that in mind, best supporting it’s strange that performances Gibson would of the year as he choose a project in which the portrays a man completely broken main character shows his passion by war and killing who doesn’t through staunch peace and want the same fate to befall his nonviolence. That’s not to say that sons. He’s a hard man, and the “Hacksaw Ridge” isn’t a violent film doesn’t excuse his behavior, movie, but Gibson utilizes the but Weaving manages to make violence here to sharply contrast him one of the most sympathetic with Desmond Doss’s (Andrew characters. Garfield, “The Amazing SpiderOnce Doss leaves for boot Man”) vow not to take a life. He camp, Gibson draws on welltells the story of a man surrounded worn war movie tropes, but even by darkness who refuses to let in doing so, cleverly subverts it consume him, and injecting it them. Vince Vaughn (“Wedding into a film with a perfect cast and Crashers”) plays Doss’s drill action set pieces that are nothing sergeant, Howell. At first, he short of incredible. acts as is expected; he hates As jaw-dropping as those war Doss, considers him a coward scenes can be, the opening scenes and makes life hell for him as a of the film, which paint a picture result. There’s nothing here that of Doss’s upbringing, are just as hasn’t been done in just about powerful; the audience witnesses every war movie ever made. It’s as the poignant evolutions of the their relationship progresses that relationships and ideals which Howell becomes a more complex come to define Doss through character, and his actions the war. As he does for most of become less straightforwardly the film, Garfield carries these antagonistic and more believably scenes with a charm that could human. have been grating had it not come Then comes the war. There’s JEREMIAH VANDERHELM
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no mincing words here: these scenes are brutal, as brutal as war movies have ever been. Instead of, say, Spielberg’s approach to “Saving Private Ryan,” in which he followed Tom Hanks’s Captain Miller for most of the Omaha Beach scene, Gibson frequently switches the point of view between the characters of the supporting cast, leading to a feeling of disorientation and chaos that is likely similar to what soldiers at Okinawa felt. The enemy Japanese soldiers are rarely seen, and the soldiers, along with the audience, feel completely blind. Still, what is most surprising about “Hacksaw Ridge” is the deft way Gibson deals with the complexities of war. America is, of course, in the right here, but it is clear that not every decision an American soldier makes is the right one. Doss’s convictions are never called into question, but neither does Gibson dismiss those who disagreed with him completely out of hand. It shows remarkable maturity from a director who has obviously had issues dealing with those different from him in the past. “Hacksaw Ridge” is a remarkable war film. Its cast is nearly perfect, and both Garfield and Weaving may garner awards consideration as the year continues. The characters are complex and, likable or not, achingly human, and its war scenes are both devastating and awe-inspiringly crafted. With his first film in ten years, Mel Gibson has crafted a testament to true bravery, exhibited in both those who choose to fight and those who don’t.
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The burden of being a completist The critic-coined ‘Bad Relationship Show’ continues to haunt Ben
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watch a lot of TV. This is old example of this pattern, waffling news. Sometimes, though, between promising and abysmal my obsession with keeping so rapidly it induced whiplash. up with TV gets unhealthy, Rachel (Lea Michele, “Scream particularly when I’m unwilling Queens”) and Kurt’s (Chris to quit a show I don’t even like Colfer, “Struck by Lightning”) anymore. move to New York It’s “The Walking briefly revitalized Dead.” “The the show with a Walking Dead” is new setting, but what I’m talking the new characters about. back home were left Critic Matt Zoller in the dust when it Seitz calls “The came to interesting Walking Dead” storytelling. an example of the Subsequent seasons “Bad Relationship featured countless BEN Show, taking plots that went its audience for ROSENSTOCK nowhere, and yet granted or treating I kept watching; it like garbage for weeks, then it felt wrong to invest so much doing or saying something that time in the show only to stop momentarily makes you think the five years in. I thought, at least, series is delivering on its promise, that the show would end on a only to backslide quickly and high note, recovering with an become ostentatiously mediocre emotional series finale that again.” made you remember the show in I’ve stayed committed to far too its prime; that’s what happened many Bad Relationship Shows. with “The Office.” Nope. It was I watched all eight seasons of bad. “Dexter” and all six seasons of “The Walking Dead” is the most “Glee,” two shows that repeatedly prominent show in pop culture sprinkled hints of potential in that fits this mold, still getting their later, bad seasons, only to huge ratings despite its repeated fail at delivering on that promise. violation of the audience’s trust. When Debra (Jennifer Carpenter, The fourth season was a recovery “Limitless”) from “Dexter” season of sorts, and the fifth discovered her brother’s secret season was by far the best of at the end of the sixth season, the the show’s whole run. Then the show impressively depicted the sixth season happened, and I got fallout, giving her the agency to burned worse than ever. break off her relationship with Enough think pieces have been Dexter (Michael C. Hall, “Six Feet written at this point, so I don’t Under”) — only to lionize him need to explain why the latest and slaughter Debra’s character “The Walking Dead” premiere development with an ill-advised was so bad. I’ll just say that after a quasi-incest plot. horrifically bad season finale last “Glee” was the ultimate year, a lot would have to be done
to earn back my goodwill, and the premiere did not do that. It was more of the same, and it should’ve been the straw that broke the camel’s back. I should’ve just made the definitive decision to stop watching. And then the second episode aired, and it was pretty good. The new character of Ezekiel (Khary Payton, “General Hospital”) instantly established himself as the most interesting one on the show — at this point, most of the main cast has far outstayed their welcome — and the episode had a surprisingly hopeful message, with a healthy dose of levity and a refreshing element of surreality. (Ezekiel leads a community called the Kingdom, reigning as a “king” with a CGI tiger at his side). To be clear, I don’t think this means the show’s going to actually continue on its upward trajectory. “The Walking Dead” has done this countless times, and I have no faith that it’ll suddenly improve and stay good for more than a couple episodes at a time. There’ll be some decent episodes, then one that comes close to breaking me. As Zack Handlen from The AV Club said, the ideal way to watch the show is to “Enjoy the moments, but don’t necessarily expect them to add up to anything more than themselves.” Part of me knows, though, that even if the show gets to a point where I don’t enjoy any of the moments — even if every episode is dull, pseudo-philosophical, and unrelentingly, mundanely grim — I’ll probably still keep watching. That’s the burden of the hopeless completist.
BEST CONCERT EVER
Coming of age alongside Avril Lavigne In this series, Daily Arts writers reflect on their favorite concert experience MARIA ROBINS-SOMERVILLE Daily Arts Writer
I was irrevocably taken with Avril Lavigne’s “Sk8er Boi” when I heard it for the first time in 2nd grade. My best friend Sophie and I had started to move out of our respective “girly-girl” phases and into “tomboys,” stars in our eyes at the possibility of shedding our tutus for skateboards and baggy jeans. If our childhood were a Disney Channel show, you would have seen us sharing a split frame, cross-legged on our respective beds, each with a red Discman in hand and the lyric booklets at easy reach where we would memorize and analyze them like holy texts. We marveled at Avril’s attitude, how she’d put her feet up on the table when she did interviews and swear and shop in the boy’s section for her clothes. We giggled at Avril’s lesser known song “Naked” and shamefully memorized all the words to “Nobody’s Fool,” where she raps. Although we were still in a phase where we refused to admit that we found boys anything less than revolting, I know that we both applied Avril’s angsty heartbreak lyrics to our first crushes. Aside from being incredibly catchy and often easy for my almost tone deaf voice to sing along to, I isolated lyrics from Avril’s lyrics that sounded like they just “got” me. Exhibit A: on “In my World” she sings “I never spend less than an hour / watching my hair in the shower / it always takes five hours to make it straight” (I have and have always had a frizzy and unruly mane of hair). On “Nobody’s Fool,” “I’m not the milk
and cheerios in your spoon” (hey, I’ve eaten those!). The heart-wrenching stuff, although it hadn’t materialized practically in my life, was still down there somewhere I think. Avril gave big f-yous to guys who treated her like crap and sang about feeling out of place. I loved to rock out to hits “Complicated” and “My Happy Ending” although my deep love for Avril’s work was mildly pretentious. Sophie and I claimed a fierce loyalty beyond the hits — we held fast to the deep cuts. Here, I want to thank my mom for being a cool mom. Not the “Mean Girls” type of cool mom; she was not about underage drinking or letting us call her Michele. She’s a cool mom because she let me skip school 12 years ago to see Avril perform live. It was November 1st and she wrote me a note excusing me from that day of fourth grade. I sat with my mother somewhere in the nosebleed seats of the FleetCenter and wore an overpriced Avril Lavigne shirt that fit me like a dress. I felt the stadium vibrate beneath me and it was so loud that my mom gave me earplugs. I remember clutching her arm, with some certain level of fanaticism, saying “I can’t believe it’s really her.” I kept my eyes forward, and my mouth moving quietly to the lyrics, not wanting to miss a moment of sharing that celebrity space. In “Happy Ending,” Avril sings, “All the things you hide from me / all the shit that they do.” I anticipated this line painfully and when it came I blushed at the thought of listening to the same
song I’d listened to hundreds of times on my own with my mom by my side. Although I worshipped at the feet of a punk princess, I was a rigid rule-follower and as much as I wanted to get loud and provocative, I was anxious at my mother knowing I even existed in the same world as the word “shit.” As I said, my mom is cool mom, so of course she did not comment about the lyric and later noted that Avril had a beautiful voice and sounded a little like Sinead O’Connor (I did not know who Sinead O’Connor was). That night, I fell asleep in a dreamy haze and returned home where I continued my religious listening for maybe a year or so. That said, Avril as we knew her was changing — she was adding pink to her hair and getting married and straying from the moody and darkly stubborn tones to catchier radio pop-punk that Sophie and I refused to listen to. We chose to hold on to the Avril I saw live in 2004, the one we saw as our rebellious older sister who inspired us to buy skateboards we would barely learn how to ride. We’ve changed our red Discmans for Spotify premium. My spot in Avril’s stadium is now in a small venue somewhere filled with PBR and manbuns. That said, the magic is still in there somewhere in the form of pop-punk and room shaking as it did when I saw Avril live for the first time 12 years ago. We’re 21 now, and if you need us, we’ll be in the corner defending the merits of Under my Skin and Let Go, lyrics committed to memory and a lifelong promise to never end up like that sad ballet girl in Sk8er Boi.
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Michigan 59, Maryland 3
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The waiting game For the third straight year, the Michigan women’s soccer team is on the bubble, hoping to see their name Monday
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The tales are now famous, those of the physical, bloody, all-out basketball game that DJ Durkin and Jim Harbaugh once played at Stanford when Harbaugh was the head coach and Durkin the defensive ends coach. The game started spontaneously out of an informal meeting at the team’s facility. Each man shoved the other, and both had too much pride to call fouls. They played to seven, as the countless stories have recounted. The game took more than an hour, the two coaches brawling with each other for every point, neither willing to surrender an inch. The intensity and competitiveness they showed on that basketball court has led them up the ranks of their profession, Harbaugh to the helm of the No. 3 Michigan football team and Durkin to his first head coaching job at Maryland at age 38. They have spent time together since then, and each spoke highly of the other in the week leading up to their first matchup against each other. Around 2:50 Saturday afternoon, Durkin — Harbaugh’s defensive coordinator in 2015 — stood at the 25-yard line at Michigan Stadium and snuck a peek at his former boss’ team on the other side of the field. Moments later, the two exchanged what appeared to be a cordial greeting. But soon thereafter, they were back on that same Palo Alto basketball court. This time, Harbaugh’s team was simply better and left no doubt about it. Michigan demolished
Durkin’s Terrapins, 59-3. “We knew he was going to have those boys fired up and coming ready to play, so we’re going to approach it like any other game, but we’re going to play with a chip on our shoulder for sure, because we know what type of mentality Coach Durkin brings,” said senior running back De’Veon Smith. “And we want to match it, and actually go forth and put ’em down in the dirt, really.” The Wolverines (6-0 Big Ten, 9-0 overall) never let up, dealing one of their most dominant beatings of the year in a season full of them. They gained 31 first downs and amassed 660 total yards, their most of 2016, even greater than in their 78-0 thrashing of Rutgers. From the outset, Michigan gave Maryland (2-4 Big Ten, 5-4 overall) no breaks. On the first play from scrimmage, Speight threw incomplete to fifth-year senior wide receiver Amara Darboh down the right sideline. Harbaugh erupted, wanting a pass interference call, and he broke out his “train” formation on the next play. The Wolverines converted their ensuing third down and did not face another until they led 21-0. Harbaugh unleashed another new trick play on the next series, again utilizing do-it-all redshirt sophomore Jabrill Peppers. Redshirt sophomore quarterback Wilton Speight handed off to Peppers, who threw across the field back to Speight, who hit a wide-open Jehu Chesson downfield. Two plays later, the 6-foot-6, 243-pound Speight — who had minus-49 rushing yards on the season entering Saturday — scampered 10 yards
into the end zone untouched. “It’s not a one-dimensional offense where we’re trying to let one person dominate the game, and everybody understands that, so nobody’s going to be complaining if balls don’t come their way, or if they don’t get opportunities,” said senior tight end Jake Butt. “Because right now, we’ve got a great thing going, and we’re winning games.” Of Michigan’s nine wins on the season, six have been decided by halftime, and Saturday’s was no different. The Wolverines led 35-0 at the break, extending their advantage in first halves this season to a total of 264-38. As in many of those games, the offense faced almost no resistance. “That’s the players — that’s the guys that are out there doing it, and it deserves recognition, deserves a pat on the back,” Harbaugh said. “They’re the ones that are doing it. That’s what I would say to the offense.” Durkin’s team stayed competitive for most of the first quarter as Michigan’s defense showed some cracks, giving up its second-highest yardage total of the season at 367 (Michigan State gained 401 last week). The Terrapins managed to move the ball early with their 12th-ranked rushing attack, and their first two drives lasted a combined 9:02, attempting to keep Michigan’s offense off the field. But Maryland could never do enough to keep the game close. On their second drive, the Terrapins rolled all the way to the 1-yard line before they moved backward three times and then clanked a 29-yard field goal off the right upright. See FOOTBALL, Page 4B
Aerial attack Wilton Speight again played his best game of the season as Michigan shredded Maryland’s passing defense
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Ryan, Michigan await another anxious Monday It’s a Wednesday, which means it’s a day, which means Greg Ryan is optimistic. The Michigan women’s soccer coach always seems to be positive about his team, always seems to think its best days are still ahead. In a few hours, Ryan’s team JAKE will board LOURIM a plane to Minneapolis for the Big Ten Tournament. The Wolverines will take on No. 1 seed Minnesota in the semifinals two days later, a game that very well could determine their NCAA Tournament fate. Ryan, meanwhile, believes his team is safe either way. He remains hopeful, which is difficult, because this time of year brings back memories of days that were anything but that. A year ago Wednesday, Michigan’s 2015 season ended in its locker room. The Wolverines lost to Penn State in the same round of the Big Ten Tournament, the semifinals. They thought they’d be playing again the next weekend. They weren’t. Most teams’ seasons culminate on the field — they lose in a penalty shootout, or they give up a late goal, or they’re just outplayed. Instead, Michigan’s players last year came home from State College, gathered under the stands at U-M Soccer Stadium and found their name absent from the NCAA Tournament field for the second year in a row. “We were just sick. I don’t think there’s a good explanation for it,” Ryan said. “There were teams that were mathematical points ahead of us by two that we had beaten twice, and they took them above us. There were
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teams behind us RPI-wise that they pushed in front of us because they had beaten us head to head. So from our perspective, we felt like we’ve been left out two years in a row.” Ryan called those two days the two most disappointing moments he has had in nine years at the helm of Michigan’s program. And another tense day is coming around Monday, when the NCAA announces the field for this year’s tournament. The Wolverines are on the bubble again — ranked No. 44 in the Ratings Percentage Index — but given how their last two seasons have ended, you can understand why even Ryan is hesitant to be optimistic.
“To be honest,” he said, “I’m just sickened by what’s happened the last two years.” Michigan wasn’t as close in 2014 as last year, but still had a chance. Two years ago, the Wolverines entered the selection show ranked No. 53 in the RPI, which is typically not good enough to make the cut. They also had a mediocre strength of schedule and played in the country’s fifthbest conference, and they were still rebuilding from graduation losses after making the Elite Eight the year before, the best season in program history. Last year stung worse. Michigan appeared to be in good shape to make it back. The Wolverines emerged from the
Big Ten Tournament ranked No. 46 in the RPI. They outranked Washington, yet the Huskies made the tournament on the strength of a head-to-head win against Michigan. The Wolverines beat Northwestern in the Big Ten Tournament, yet the Wildcats made the tournament on the strength of their RPI, which was two spots higher. Hence the feeling of sickness. Last year, Michigan expected to watch the show, see its name, celebrate and then go practice in preparation for an NCAA Tournament game. Instead came that feeling of emptiness that plagues any team in any sport that watches the show and doesn’t see its name.
“It was pretty tough, mostly because I just felt bad for the seniors, and I felt like we let the seniors down after they gave so much to this program,” said senior defender Madisson Lewis. “It was just really disappointing because we felt like we did enough, but now we know that we can’t ever think that we’ve done enough — we just have to keep winning. That’s the only thing that we can do.” A few hours after she said that, the Wolverines left for Minnesota to try to keep their season alive. The Big Ten semifinal counted as one game, the same as the other 18 Michigan played this season. But Ryan’s team was not under any illusions — he has been around
long enough to know that these ones are more meaningful. “They just are,” he said. “… People that tell you, ‘Aw, it’s just any other game,’ they’re just trying to make everybody calm. It’s not any other game.” Friday, they gave up a goal in the eighth minute and couldn’t sneak an equalizer past the Golden Gophers’ lights-out defense. It has surely been an anxious couple of days, and it will be an anxious next few hours until the NCAA announces the bracket, team by team, Monday at 4:30 p.m. But Ryan can still rely on his optimism — he has his team’s credentials readily available. Last year, their best win was against No. 44 Northwestern. The Wolverines have played nine games against top-50 opponents and beaten three top-25 teams, including No. 5 Notre Dame, 2-0, back in August. So even after Michigan’s elimination loss on Friday, Ryan stayed positive: “Honestly, I think they’re gonna call our name. I think they’re gonna put Michigan in the NCAA Tournament. I don’t think it’s questionable. I think it’s 100 percent that we’ll be in, but based on the last two years, I do have some concerns.” The Wolverines could have made it much easier on themselves by eking out a couple of wins this weekend and stealing the automatic bid. Now, they’ll just have to wait through a tenuous time. They know they have reason to believe this year, and they know they can compete if they see their name announced Monday. But the wounds from past heartbreak are still fresh. “I would say,” Ryan started, pausing. “What can I say? There’s a lot of determination in this team to get back into the NCAA Tournament. … We’ve got a lot to prove.”
Michigan falls to No. 1 Maryland Wolverines fall in B1G Semifinals in Big Ten tournament shootout MARK CALCAGNO For the Daily
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It was déjà vu for anyone who follows the Michigan men’s soccer team. The Wolverines played No. 1 Maryland for the second time in one week and took the game to a second overtime once again, but they couldn’t change the result this time around. For the second straight week, Michigan fell, 3-2, and this time, the loss ended its season. The golden goal went to the Terrapins. Maryland midfielder George Campbell shielded senior defender Lars Eckenrode from the ball and managed to rattle off a shot to the lower-right corner. He beat the Wolverines’ backup goalkeeper — redshirt junior Braden Horton who replaced injured starter Evan Louro — and maintained Maryland’s unbeaten record. The Wolverines opened their Big Ten Tournament run on Saturday afternoon in College Park against Rutgers. Goals from sophomore forward Francis Atuahene and sophomore midfielder Ivo Cerda propelled Michigan passed the Scarlet Knights, to win 2-1. It was a quick turnaround for the Wolverines, who had to play the Terrapins on Sunday evening. They opened the game with a lot of energy, but they were constantly trying to fight their way back after trailing for most of the game. Michigan senior defender Andre Morris was the first to score in the 30th minute, though not for his own team. Maryland crossed it to the near post, and Morris attempted to clear it wide, but it grazed the top of his laces and found its way to the back of the net for an own goal. It just took two minutes for the Wolverines to find an answer. Eckenrode headed a ball to the top of the box to the feet of senior midfielder Tyler Anderson, who buried it into the back of the net for the first goal of his career.
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Lars Eckenrode and the Wolverines saw their season end on Sunday.
Only a minute later, the Terrapins were ahead again. After a slow clearance attempt from sophomore defender Marcello Borges, Maryland connected passes in the box and forward DJ Reeves slipped it past Michigan’s goalkeeper, putting them up, 2-1. It was clear from a halftime interview that Maryland coach Sasho Cirovski was not pleased with his team’s first-half performance, and his team came out firing in the second half. The Wolverine defense could barely catch a breath due to the near-constant pressure from the Terrapins. It seemed that any time they got near the goal they were a threat, but they struggled to finish their chances. Michigan had one shot on goal in the second half, and it found the back of the net. Senior defender Rylee Woods crossed it from the left to Atuahene who easily headed it home, equalizing the score. The Wolverines managed to force the game into overtime. The last five minutes of regulation
found the two posts to be the best defender on Michigan’s side, stopping three goals. The constant pressure on Louro proved to be too much, as he exited the game with an injury before the start of the first overtime period. Horton had only played in one game this season, and he entered the most important game for Michigan this season at the most important time. Unfortunately for the Wolverines, he wasn’t able to keep their season alive. Michigan’s final game symbolizes its disappointing season. The team almost pulled it off, but just couldn’t finish the job. “They were very resilient, much like they have been all season,” said Michigan coach Chaka Daley. “The soccer gods went against us a little bit. Certainly in those moments I don’t think we deserved to have that done to us. I don’t think we deserved some of the unfortunate things this year, but that’s soccer sometimes.”
Sarah Jackson picked the ball out of the net and disgustedly punted it to midfield. The redshirt sophomore goalkeeper’s response to Minnesota’s game-winning goal was a summary of the Michigan women’s soccer team’s frustration the entire match. The fourth-seeded Wolverines (6-3-2 Big Ten, 10-5-4 overall) were outplayed by the topseeded Golden Gophers (7-1-3, 15-3-3), losing 1-0 in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals Friday in St. Paul, Minn. Forward Julianna Gernes scored the lone goal for Minnesota, as she buried an attempt into a wide-open net off a rebound from midfielder Josee Stiever’s shot that drew post in the seventh minute. Gernes was the beneficiary of a Golden Gopher attack that rarely gave the Wolverine defense a rest in the first half. It was a Michigan turnover just outside the box that lead to the 3-on-2 scoring-chance for Minnesota. “We gave away a silly goal — it was just so horrific,” said Michigan coach Greg Ryan. “You can’t give up those kinds of goals. Those are layups. We talked about not beating ourselves before the
match, but we beat ourselves on that play.” As the Wolverines found themselves with just 45 minutes to equalize, Ryan attempted to orchestrate a more offensively threatening formation by positioning his players higher up on the field. That desperation also contributed to a more physical style of play — Michigan committed seven fouls in the final frame. But the formation and tenacity proved futile on the scoresheet, as the Wolverines were able to muster just two shots on net in the second half, leading to Gopher goalkeeper Sarah Hobbs’ 10th clean slate of the season. “At the end of the day, (Minnesota) got a couple good looks on goal, and we didn’t get any — that was the difference,” Ryan said. Michigan’s best scoring opportunity came during the game’s first minute, when junior Ani Sarkisian cut quickly upfield and blasted a shot off a Minnesota defender and out of bounds, resulting in a Wolverine corner. But the nerves of the heavyweight Minnesota club settled following Michigan’s initial rush — the Golden Gophers’ aggressive play led to their possession and shot
domination in the opening frame. With the loss, the Wolverines will have their NCAA Tournament fate determined by the selection committee for the third consecutive year, as Michigan hopes to hear its name called for an at-large selection on Monday. But after two consecutive years without a postseason berth despite respectable seasons, Ryan doesn’t have much confidence in the selection committee’s inclination to give the Wolverines their fourth appearance under the current head man. “Based upon what the NCAA has done the last two years, I have no evidence to support that (we’re going to be selected),” Ryan said. “We’ve got three wins against the top 25 and a tie against Minnesota — we’ve never had a better resume to get in. I don’t have a lot of confidence in the committee to figure this out.” Though the fate of the Wolverines’ season is still in question, Michigan plans on practicing Monday as if it indeed has a place in the NCAA tournament. If Ryan’s team gets selected and breaks its twoyear postseason drought, maybe practice will consist of Jackson launching a punt in triumphant joy rather than frustration.
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Redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Sarah Jackson and Michigan fell to Minnesota in the Big Ten semis.
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Michigan opens with exhibition win BETELHEM ASHAME Daily Sports Editor
Though the Michigan men’s basketball team absorbed a couple of significant losses to its NCAA Tournament squad from last year, the starting lineup was supposed to be the ASU 49 MICHIGAN 77 area that provided this year’s team a sense of stability. But when the Wolverines stormed out of the tunnel under the veil of darkness at Crisler Center on Friday night, two familiar faces were missing from the public-address announcer’s introductions: junior guard Muhammad-Ali AbdurRahkman and senior forward Mark Donnal. A late scratch due to an ankle injury suffered in practice Thursday, Abdur-Rahkman sat out of Friday’s season-opening exhibition game against Armstrong State. But Michigan found a capable replacement for the night, as senior forward Sean Lonergan jumped at the opportunity, providing an early spark for the Wolverines. Donnal, on the other hand, has been locked with sophomore forward Moritz Wagner in a highly competitive battle for the ‘5’ spot in the lineup, and after a strong summer of improvement, Wagner earned the starting nod. In a matchup against a Division II opponent, Michigan wasn’t challenged, so those two differences might not have been influential. But the impact made by Wagner and Lonergan in the Wolverines’ 77-49 victory over the Pirates warrants considerable attention. While some might have been surprised to hear his name called, Lonergan wasted no time quieting the murmurs. With an assist and a block in his first minute as a starter and pair of driving layups soon thereafter,
he helped propel Michigan to a 12-4 lead just five minutes into the game. “Sean knows every position out there, and we didn’t feel we were in a point where we wanted to trade people around,” said Michigan coach John Beilein. “... Sean sees the game pretty well and got us off to a really good start.” Reaping the benefits of his new role, Wagner packed most of the punch for the Wolverines against the Pirates. Tallying 15 points on 7-for-9 shooting in 25 minutes, he showed off the growth of his game since the end of last season. “I mean, you see the way he runs the floor, and you saw his skill level a couple of times, too, so that’s big — his development is huge,” Beilein said. “He’s going to have to get out there, like you said, and his defense is much better and he stayed out of foul trouble. He really understands that.” For much of the game, Michigan had its way with Armstrong State, but the nearly 30-point blowout wasn’t always safely in the Wolverines’ grasp. For the opening five minutes of the second half, Armstrong State gave Michigan a run for its money, going on a 13-4 tear to shrink the lead to 11. Unhappy with the sloppy play of his team, which had succumbed to a string of bad turnovers and unforced errors, Beilein called a timeout to set the players straight. “I hate turnovers, you know, they just lose you games,” Beilein said. “I think we had two missed dunks, and we had a couple of lob opportunities that just were lazy passes — they’re just bad turnovers.
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Senior forward Zak Irvin tied for the team high with 15 points Friday.
“A missed dunk is a lob turnover, so we always say, ‘I want you to dunk like crazy, whenever you want to, just make sure it goes through the basket.’… Highlights are highlights because they rarely happen. You can’t try to make every play a highlight play.” Instead of brushing aside nonchalant play as part of shaking off the rust, Beilein took the opportunity to teach his team a lesson. The Wolverines responded immediately, erupting with an outburst of 15 straight points to stretch the lead back to 22 and holding the
“You can’t try to make every play a highlight play.”
Former Wolverine returns to Ann Arbor as assistant coach for Armstrong State, says ‘This is uncharted waters’ With the band playing “The Victors” behind him and the cheer and dance teams running across the court to get in place for the Michigan men’s basketball team’s pregame introductions, Cazzie Russell walked out on to the court behind the Armstrong State players. For the first time in his life, Russell was on the opposing side at a Michigan basketball game. It was an unfamiliar position for the Pirate associate head coach to be in during Michigan’s 77-49 exhibition win over their Division II foe. This was a man whose jersey is retired in the Crisler Center’s rafters, a man who is No. 5 on Michigan’s all-time scoring list, and most importantly the namesake in the title, “The House that Cazzie Built,” a moniker for the Wolverines’ current home. But being on Michigan’s opposing bench wasn’t the only unfamiliar position Russell was in — the whole experience itself was unfamiliar, a peculiar place for one of the most-acclaimed Wolverines to be in. “I didn’t know what to say,” Russell said. “This is uncharted waters.” Standing at midcourt was the man that made the construction of the Crisler Center possible, and it was completely new territory. *** Russell played at Michigan until 1966, one year before the Crisler Center was built. He plied his talent in the Yost Field House, which is now Yost Ice Arena.
But Russell, of all the Michigan legends, had the biggest influence in the construction of the Crisler Center. And he almost didn’t come to Ann Arbor in the first place. When Russell was picking colleges, it came down to three schools: UCLA, Cincinnati and Michigan. “Oscar Robertson comes to my high school and says, ‘Well you got to go Cincinnati,’ so I go up and take a visit, and then I visited John Wooden and UCLA,” Russell said. “Now, I had to narrow down my chances, and I’m wondering why I hadn’t heard anything from Michigan? “So I prayed about it, and the Lord said to call Michigan.” That call was just what Russell needed, and it turned out that Michigan had thought Russell lost interest. After the two sides reconciled, the Wolverines told him to come visit Ann Arbor. After a long visit and talk with thenMichigan coach Dave Strack, the rest was history. Russell led the Wolverines to three-straight Big Ten titles, along with three straight NCAA Tournament berths, placing third in 1963. Russell also garnered Player of the Year honors in 1966, which propelled him into the NBA Draft, where he was selected No. 1 overall by the New York Knicks.
is evident to most Michigan fans. But for Russell’s players at Armstrong State, visiting the arena where their coach’s jersey is retired contextualized just how great of player Russell was. It gave the Pirate associate head coach some validation. “Kids hear about you,” Russell said. “It’s been 54 years since I came to Michigan, and they hear about you, and that holds them. Now you got to give them something that makes them know that you know what the hell you’re talking about. “For them to see where it all started for me is a great feeling.” Inside “The House That Cazzie Russell Built” on Friday night, Russell was given the floor before the game to say a few words to the Crisler crowd. Russell used the time to ask the fans permission to let him be on the opposing sideline. “When I left, I told myself I would never play or coach against Michigan,” Russell said. “Tonight, just give me this one game.” And while Russell’s one game ended with 28-point loss to the home team, Russell was just happy to be back. “To be blessed to come here and play in 1962, and to be alive to come back here in 2016 to see that transformation,” Russell said, “all I can do is thank God for this gift.”
“All I can do is thank God for this gift.”
*** The impact Russell has had
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Pirates scoreless for over seven minutes to end any real threat. While it may not have been the most convincing of victories or the most important of games, Michigan walked away with enough promising performances across the board to feel optimistic about the season. “There’s so many things that you can grow from when you have opportunities to just go play against somebody else. I find it very helpful,” Beilein said. “And probably the most beneficial time you’ll have during your early season will be the cut of the film after the first exhibition game, if you’re playing a game with some good quickness and you’re playing a game that merits the watching of the film, and I think that (game) does.”
After struggling in many facets of the game last weekend, the Michigan hockey team corrected many MICHIGAN 4 of those ARIZONA ST. 1 mistakes on Friday, beating Arizona State, 4-1. Much of the focus this season has been on the goaltending situations for the Wolverines, and against the Sun Devils, the Wolverines decided to go back to senior Zach Nagelvoort in net. Nagelvoort hadn’t started since the first game of the season for Michigan, but he stood strong in net, accruing 31 saves. After his performance on Friday, there still isn’t a clear-cut starter for the rest of the season — freshmen Jack LaFontaine and Hayden Lavigne have shared the bulk of the action so far. But as far as teammates are concerned, all of them have the rest of the Wolverines’ full support. “I think we have all of the confidence in the world in all of them,” said senior defenseman Nolan De Jong. “They’re competing their asses off, and they’re getting the chance to play. Today (Nagelvoort) showed that he was prepared and ready to go. So we’ll see what happens next week and what the coaches do with the starting goalie, but he’s a guy that we all trust back there to do well.” For his own part, De Jong joined the offensive output for Michigan. The senior notched the first goal in his four years with the Wolverines, and while it isn’t necessarily his role to be a scorer, De Jong was certainly relieved to get the monkey off his back. “It’s been a long time since I scored a goal in a meaningful game,” De Jong said. “So it feels good, but it’s nice to be able to contribute again offensively, and
finally get back in the win column.” And while De Jong’s goal began the scoring for Michigan, its other goals came from the most watched group on the team: the freshmen. Forward Will Lockwood scored two goals, one shorthanded, while fellow forward Adam Winborg contributed with a goal of his own. Winborg’s was his second of the year in as many games. And though the offense was finally impressive for the Wolverines, arguably the team’s most impressive unit of the night was its penalty kill. Michigan was called for seven penalties in the game, but its penalty kill stood tall. The unit didn’t allow any goals all night, keeping Arizona State off the scoreboard throughout the night. “It’s just part of the game, and those are the minutes that I like to play,” De Jong said. “Any way that I can help the team, or the guys that kill penalties can help the team, we’re more than willing to put our bodies on the line. We had some big blocks from guys like (freshman forward) Steven Merl, and (freshman defenseman) Luke Martin was really good on the penalty kill. So I think we know what we have to do.” The Wolverines will now face potentially the best team on their schedule, when they face No. 4 Boston University next weekend at Yost Ice Arena. And even with the win against the Sun Devils, Michigan knows it still needs to improve to pull out an upset. “It’s going to come back to defense and goaltending,” De Jong said. “I think we gave up too many odd-man rushes where we didn’t get a bounce and gave up 2-on-0 and a few 2-on-1s where they could have capitalized. And we can’t afford to give up those opportunities to Boston. “But we’re going to continue to improve and be ready for Boston.”
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Walking onto the court with a rose in one hand and the other hand in the arms of their parents, the Michigan volleyball team stood huddled on the court with a game plan and an urgent sense to win. The 17th-ranked Wolverines came out strong this weekend with back-to-back wins against Illinois and Northwestern. This followed Michigan’s first twogame losing streak this season the previous weekend to Purdue and Indiana. Saturday at Cliff Keen Arena, the Wolverines witnessed their fifth straight sold-out crowd. Riding momentum from its 3-1 win over Illinois Friday night, Michigan took down Northwestern in four sets, dropping only the second. “Coming off of a win is especially motivating,” said senior middle blocker Abby Cole. The game ended with three Michigan players earning doubledigit numbers in kills: Cole, junior middle blocker Claire KiefferWright and Carly Skjodt. Skjodt earned her fifth kill-dig doubledouble this season. Welsh started the first set with an assist to Kieffer-Wright for the first kill of the game. KiefferWright, finishing with 13 kills, led both teams in the first set with five kills over 10 attempts. With the match remaining close, Michigan finally sparked a threepoint run to establish a solid lead. Northwestern called for a timeout to attempt to turn the momentum. Kieffer-Wright helped close out the first set with two kills and a block during a 6-1 Michigan run that ended the set, 25-17. Serving was a strength for the Wolverines in the match versus Illinois, where they tallied 11 service aces, including the gamewinner. However, in the second set, Michigan’s service became a liability. The problem wasn’t about errors, it was just soft serving, which led to Northwestern dominating the set. “I thought we just served too easy,” said Michigan coach
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Senior middle blocker Abby Cole totaled 17 kills in Saturday’s win.
Mark Rosen. “I thought in the second set, we were just putting it into play and we were making a team look good because they were able to control the ball well. Service is first contact. Pass is first contact. You want to win the first-contact battle.” Northwestern started out aggressive, going on a 9-4 run to start the set. The easy serves allowed the Wildcats cleaner receptions, outscoring Michigan in digs, 17-10, in the second set. Northwestern, with a prior lead, went on a five-point run and took the set 25-17. The third set proved to be a challenge for both teams. With six lead changes and seven ties before either team reached 10 points, Michigan went on a 7-1 run after a substitution to bring junior opposite hitter Katherine Mahlke into the game. “It really just depends on the opponent, and so I thought in that situation, (Mahlke) came in and made a great impact,” Rosen said. “She came out because we were
looking for a different matchup, and it was mainly about blocking.” The Wolverines won the third set largely because of their blocking. They gained six block assists in the set, and seven players totaled 16 over the course of four sets. A series of attack errors by Wildcat opposite hitter Symone Abbott allowed Michigan to quash any attempt to shift the momentum, as the Wolverines’ Kieffer-Wright and redshirt freshman middle blocker Cori Crocker helped lock down the third set with blocks and kills. In the fourth set, again, Michigan and Northwestern battled for the lead early — but the Wolverines clinched the set, 25-17. Michigan made up for its serving problems early in the game by serving an ace for the win. Welsh placed the ball to the left, bouncing off an unprepared hitter as the ball spiraled out of bounds, over the heads of pursuing players to put on the finishing touches.
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MICHIGAN From Page 1B The news only worsened for Maryland in the second quarter, when Hills went down on the first play and did not return. Caleb Rowe replaced him under center, and whatever momentum the Terrapins had disappeared. Most of the second half was merely a formality. The stands cleared out, and the clock ran quickly. Early in the fourth quarter, Rowe moved Maryland into Michigan territory with a 39-yard pass. Moments later, the Terrapins managed their only points on a 37-yard field goal. When it went through the uprights, the fans remaining at Michigan Stadium let out a smattering of boos in disappointment. They, like Harbaugh and Durkin on Saturday and like the two coaches on the famed basketball court years ago, were unhappy to yield anything.
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Wilton Speight didn’t know his coach would casually toss his name into Heisman Trophy discussion Saturday night. It wasn’t long ago that Jim Harbaugh wouldn’t even publicly declare Speight the starter. But after Speight completed 19 of 24 passes for 362 yards and two touchdowns in No. 3 Michigan’s 59-3 dismantling of Maryland, Harbaugh wasn’t shy about touting a second player’s campaign for college football’s highest honor. “The way he’s been playing all season,” Harbaugh said, “it’s time to throw his hat into the ring.” Harbaugh went as far as to say Speight’s first half — in which he
racked up 292 of those yards on 13-of-16 passing — was the best half of football he’s ever seen from a Michigan quarterback. Speight was, indeed, exceptional. He made few — if any — mistakes, he made a handful of spectacular plays, and he did so while pushing Michigan’s offense to a new level of effectiveness. On the Wolverines’ second drive of the game, Speight handed off to Jabrill Peppers, who ran right, then threw back to Speight. Speight waited a moment with the ball, and even while a Maryland defender barreled toward him, he stood in and delivered a 40-yard strike to fifth-year senior receiver Jehu Chesson. Speight’s presence was one of the themes of the game. He
evaded tacklers, stepping slightly inside or outside to keep plays alive, and did so without being especially fast. With 42 seconds left in the half, Speight stepped ahead of what looked destined to be a sack, then reset and found Chesson all alone in the back of the end zone. Michigan’s redshirt sophomore quarterback is frequently compared to Ben Roethlisberger of the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers, and on Saturday, he looked the part. “I watch a lot of Big Ben film and I see how he anticipates it, which is to wiggle there, a wiggle here, then gets his eyes right back to downfield to fire a touchdown,” Speight said. Asked why he was so effective at eluding tackles, Speight credited his ability to running a
spread offense in high school. He had to scramble, and now, he’s seeing the benefits while playing in a pro-style offense. At a self-declared 6-foot-6, 245 lbs., Speight’s size plays a role in his elusiveness, too. (“I can’t imagine that’s that easy to bring down,” he said.) He has demonstrated an ability to shake off tacklers, and in some sense, he can empathize with those who are tasked with pressuring him. But perhaps the most telling difference is Speight’s patience. Early in the season, he had a propensity to force throws when under duress. Often, they worked out anyway. Lately, though, he says he has felt a shift in the feel of the game. “I feel like everything is slowing down,” Speight said. “I
feel like I’m becoming a better leader throughout the game in the huddle, and stepping into situations that I need to and letting them ride out when I need to.” That was evident on Saturday. Speight reset and refocused while under pressure, and rarely were any of his throws off target. But even though he likely played the best game of his career, Speight wasn’t about to proclaim himself a Heisman contender like his coach did. “I don’t want it to take away from anything Jabrill’s done,” Speight said. “That was a cool compliment that he gave me, but Jabrill deserves to be there in New York. Whatever happens with the rest of my season, statistics wise, we’ll let it ride out.”