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LEFT: Ann Arbor residents Keith Orr and Martin Contreras toast during a celebration for their anniversary and the anniversaries of 300 same-sex couples who married one-year ago before the ban was upheld. The gathering took place at the couple’s bar, Aut Bar, on Tuesday. TOP RIGHT: Some of the same-sex couples who married last year raise their hands. BOTTOM LEFT: Ann Arbor residents Alexi and Jennifer Chapin-Smith toast during the celebration.

Same-sex couples celebrate first wedding anniversaries One year ago, 300 married in Mich. before judge granted emergency stay

By ALLANA AKHTAR Daily Staff Reporter

Outside a small Ann Arbor pub Sunday evening, dozens of couple drank champagne, chat-

ted excitedly and blew bubbles in celebration of their wedding anniversaries. However, in the minds of many, Sunday was no ordinary anniversary celebration.

Same-sex couples from the Washtenaw County area gathered at Aut Bar on Sunday to commemorate the anniversary of their first year of marriage — unions granted during a one-day period last year when same-sex marriage was legal in Michigan.

On March 22, 2014 — the day

after U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman struck down the state’s same-sex marriage ban — Washtenaw County recognized 74 same-sex marriages. The state issued 300 marriage licenses and married more than 100 couples directly within a five-hour period.

However, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette (R) requested an emergency stay on the decision, which the Court of Appeals granted the day after Friedman’s ruling. Once the emergency stay

By ALLANA AKHTAR Daily Staff Reporter

Several members of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity will face criminal charges for vandalizing a Gaylord, Mich. ski resort in January, the Otsego County prosecutor said Friday.

In a press release, Otsego County Prosecutor Michael Rola said several members of the fraternity will be charged, including the SAM president, treasurer and another member.

The president and treasurer have been charged for minors in possession of alcohol and drugs and the other member will face a felony charge of Malicious Destruction of Building over $1,000, but under $20,000.

The fraternity has already said it will pay the restitutions in full.

The prosecutor said charges

One could say that this year’s MUSIC Matters headlining act has a certain amount of “glory.”

He’s known for his philanthropy and his meaningful lyrics. He’s “faithful,” he’s “funky for you” — and at the end of the day, signing him just seems like common sense.

Common will take the Hill Auditorium stage April 17 to close SpringFest. He follows in the footsteps of 2 Chainz in 2014, Ben Folds in 2013 and J. Cole in 2012.

Though Common has been a mainstay in the hip-hop community for years, he has recently received acclaim for his collaboration with John Legend on

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Sigma Alpha Mu executives face criminal charges will likely be brought against additional members, as more identification information becomes available. The release said the Treetops Resort does not have security cameras in their common areas at the time of the ski trip.

“Due to the significant number of students attending at the time of the event in question determining the identities and specific actions of other individuals believed to be involved has been hampered, however additional steps are currently being taken to hold them accountable, and also to see to it that persons who were not involved in any of the alleged criminal activity are not falsely accused,” the release stated.

According to the Michigan State Police post in Gaylord, the state police has closed its investigation, which had been in process over the last few months.

In January, the fraternity caused an estimated $250,000 worth of property damage to the Treetops Resort. Resort officials also reported $200,000 in damage to the resort’s brand, lost revenue and legal fees.

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went into effect, same-sex marriage was no longer permitted.

Even so, the district court decided to recognize the 300 marriages preformed prior to the stay.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld the Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban last November. The case is now before the U.S. Supreme Court, which will hear oral arguments on April 28.

Keith Orr, co-owner of Aut Bar, See ANNIVERSARY, Page 3A

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Former fraternity brothers charged with destruction of property, MIPs

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Workers demolish North Hall, the building that housed ROTC departments, to make way for the new Biological Sciences building on Friday.

Sixth TEDxUM explores ‘constructive interference’ Annual conference draws 1,200 participants for lineup of 14 speakers

By EMMA KINERY Daily Staff Reporter

“Constructive Interference” was the theme at play during the sixth annual TEDxUofM event Friday at the Power Center. The event drew 1,200 people and

featured 14 keynote speakers, all whom are affiliated with the University.

Constructive interference, in physical application, refers to waves meeting when traveling along the same medium in opposite directions. The TEDx conference transformed this concept to discuss how the confluence of conflicting ideas can shape each of the originals for the better.

Broken into four sessions of three to four speakers each, the day-long event included perfor-

“Glory,” a song from the film “Selma” that won both a Golden Globe and an Academy Award this year. He also won a Grammy in 2003 for Best R&B Song, “Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop).”

Business senior Darren Appel, MUSIC Matters president, said the organization signed Common to close SpringFest because his background aligns with MUSIC Matters’ philanthropic goals.

In addition to funding an endowed “Big Thinkers” scholarship that is set to support its first recipient in Fall 2016, MUSIC Matters is in the process of funding and designing a summer leadership camp through the University for underrepresented youth from the Metro Detroit area that will launch in summer 2016.

Student tickets for the event will cost $15 for balcony seats, $30 for mezzanine, $40 for main floor and $70 for front row.

Non-student tickets will cost See COMMON, Page 2A

mances by students and local acts and lunch provided by local venues. Those who purchased tickets beforehand were able to attend a dinner after the event supplied by Zingerman’s, which allowed the audience to meet the speakers.

Throughout the day, organizers promoted communicating with its participants through social media. People were encouraged to send any questions they had for the speakers via Twitter with the hashtag See TEDX, Page 3A

‘U’ organizers narrow project proposals to 70 before final round

By BRANDON SUMMERS-MILLER For the Daily

Three months after receiving almost 500 startup pitches from high school students, Startup High School has narrowed its pool to 70 semifinalists, all of whom gathered for an “Entrepreneurship Field Day” in Ann Arbor on Saturday.

Innovatrium, a local consulting firm, hosted the event in its downtown Ann Arbor office.

Startup High School, now in its third year, is run under the umbrella of MPowered, one of the University’s flagship entrepreneurship-focused student organizations. Startup High School will help winning applicants prepare to launch their own project pitches.

Business sophomore Ovijit See STARTUP, Page 3A

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Regents release pres. search docs Baker called Gregorian just before the Board was set to announce its nomination.

“I did call the man,” Baker said in an interview with The Michigan Daily.

“I told him I would not support him. I did what I thought was good for the University.”

Gregorian withdrew his name from consideration following Baker’s phone call.

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The regents’ search was secret, with the Board insisting that the candidates’ privacy superseded efficiency. To avoid violating the Open Meetings Act, which says a group of public officials cannot meet secretly, the regents met in groups of four throughout the search process.

The search took 14 months, cost more than $90,000 and incurred an additional $337,000 in legal fees.

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Supernatural episode “The Things They Carried,” focused on a parasitic worm that infects people and eventually kills the hosts. Unrelated to the episode, Batchelor mentions the Las Vegas Convention where Jensen Ackles, the actor who plays Dean in the series, treated the audience to a couple of musical numbers.

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presses from the Midwest. A book fair allowed participating presses to display works and publications.

“The Midwest is usually considered flyover states,” Russell said. “This is a really cool way to show everyone what great authors we have and how different they are.”

Last year, the event had 23 different presses and journals.

This year, the festival was expanded to 36 professional and student publications from Ann Arbor, Michigan and other midwestern states.

Representatives from journals such as the Iowa Review, Pleiades, Southern Indiana Review and cream city review came from Iowa, Missouri, Indiana and Wisconsin, respectively, to join the festival.

“We want to show all the different voices of the Midwest,” Russell said. “It’s so vast. There

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Midwestern Gothic, an Ann Arbor-based literary journal, hosted the event in conjunction with the University’s Residential College.

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The University’s Board of Regents released all documents pertaining to the 1988 presidential search following a sixyear legal battle with two newspapers.

The files revealed the Board was prepared to nominate Vartan Gregorian, the president of the New York Public Library, for the job in June 1988.

Regent Deane Baker (R– Ann Arbor) was the only board member opposed to Gregorian’s nomination.

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organized the ceremony to bring together all couples that wed the day after Friedman’s ruling. Orr and his husband Martin Contreare so many states and there is so much uniqueness.” ras, the other co-owner of Aut Bar, Student publications from were among the couples celebrating their first anniversary. the University such as Xylem, Fortnight, RC Review and the “We realized that within days, Lloyd Hall Scholars Program: 320 couples were going to have the same anniversary, and we were Arts and Literary Journal also took part in the event. going to have to do something that LSA junior Kara Mullison, day,” Orr said.

Washtenaw County residents a member of the Residential College’s RC Review, said she Diane VanDorn and Connie Greer was glad the festival took place also wed during the brief window same-sex marriage was legalized. in East Quad and included Though the two had been together student publications.

“It’s nice that the festival is for nearly 18 years and have raised four children together, they said in East Quad where the RC is they were elated after they finally based,” Mullison said. “Student received government recognition publications might not seem relevant but you come here and and protection.

“It was exciting because our see that they are.” children are safe now,” VanDorn On top of the book fair, there were also multiple panels said. “My spouse has had cancer and I’ve had a stroke and for them throughout the day. The first panel was a faculty and student to be protected if something haphttp://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ discussion on the publishing pens to one of us is really important. And now we know that they process. In the next panel, writers Melba Boyd, Caitlin are safe.”

Washtenaw County Clerk Larry Horrocks, C.J. Hribal and Kestenbaum also attended the Marcus Wicker spoke about the Midwestern landscape. ceremony, and recalled his experience issuing marriage licenses folOther panels included gender in the publishing industry and the use of Midwestern fables and myth. There was also an COMMON open mic where community From Page 1A writers could share their work.

The event concluded with a keynote lecture by Stuart $10 more at each seating level.

Dybek, author of “Ecstatic The concert’s proceeds will go Cahoots,” a book of short stories. toward MUSIC Matters’ charity Dybek spoke about how the projects. physical place where literature “Some of the work that he’s is produced and the history of done with the Common Ground the location impacts the writing Foundation and helping to teach itself. underserved youth in Chicago, “Writers have had this huge we thought it tied in very well to magical ability to create our some of the goals with the leadversion of how we respond to the ership camp that we’re trying to places that we live in,” Dybek build with underserved youth in said.

Detroit,” Appel said.

Recent LSA graduate Sydney Information junior Madi Salley said she was impressed by Chone, MUSIC Matters talent the entire festival. and concert chair, added that “It’s incredible how big it is, Common’s recent spike in popuhow many people are coming larity and connection to culture from all around and how there’s shift make him a relevant perinterest from within students former for a University audience. and outside,” she said.

“What (Common) has done — it’s breathtaking, it’s beauti-

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lowing Friedman’s decision.

According to Kestenbaum, there was concern about a statemandated stay as soon as the decision was announced. He said amid the worry, the county supported him, allowing him to work overtime and keep offices open to issue as many licenses as he could.

“A lot of people felt urgency to do something,” Kestenbaum said.

Kestenbaum said he felt disappointed by the ruling of the Sixth Circuit Court to uphold the ban.

He added that he believes the political affiliations of some Sixth Circuit judges were why they supported the ban.

“I was angry when the state came down, I was disappointed at the time of the ruling but I knew the ruling was not going to stand,” he said. “So I wasn’t that concerned about it, other than that it was going to delay everything by another year or so.”

The Supreme Court decided in January to take up the legality of Michigan’s ban on same-sex marriage, as well as similar bans in other states. The Court is likely to rule by June.

Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor (D) attended Sunday’s gathering to support both the couples that were issued licenses and those still awaiting the ban’s overturn.

“Hopefully the Supreme Court

will recognize that it’s peoples’ right to be married without regard to gender and that same-sex marriage will be the law of the land,” Taylor said.

Kestenbaum said he believes the Supreme Court will rule in favor of same-sex marriage, as Justice Anthony Kennedy and other justices have been open to marriage equality in the past.

“I think the Supreme Court decision in June will be very much along the lines of almost all the other federal court rulings on the matter and that this will settle and be done,” he said. “From there, I’m not sure what the next issue is going to be, but I think this is a pretty big one.”

Orr echoed Kestenbaum’s optimism, saying the state will only have true marriage equality once all, not just some, same-sex couples have the opportunity to get married.

“One of the things I say all the time is that for us, we didn’t get marriage equality a year ago,” Orr said. “If we got marriage equality, Sandy and Linda over there would be married as well. We got something that straight couples have already, which is marriage privilege. So what we’re hoping for is a good Supreme Court ruling in June that will give true marriage equality for everyone.”

ful, everything that he’s accomplished,” she said. “But outside of that, I think, considering his Oscar and Grammy win, and just the work that he’s been putting out recently, there isn’t really a more relevant artist socially that we want to provide a platform for.”

Common, born Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr., founded the Common Ground Foundation over a decade ago “to use creative arts to expose youth to new opportunities,” according to the foundation’s website.

“I think hip-hop now is kind of being elucidated as an art form that has a lot of potential to move social justice and to affect changes,” Chone said. “I think (Common) is not just a prominent figure in that right now, he’s one of the figures that’s responsible for founding that.”

The foundation’s education initiatives include the Dream-

er’s & Believers Youth Mentoring Program, partnering on the Chicago Youth Jobs Collaborative and creating job training for underserved Chicago youth.

“I started the Common Ground Foundation because I wanted to help,” Common wrote in a statement on the website.

“I always believed that if we started with the youth then we would be planting the seeds for our future to blossom.”

LSA senior Marli Siegel, MUSIC Matters communication chair, echoed Appel’s sentiment that Common’s involvement aligns with the organization’s mission. She said this year’s iteration of SpringFest highlights the idea that “it’s put on by students for other students,” not only in the University community but elsewhere.

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TEDX From Page 1A #TEDxUofM. After their official lectures, the speakers answered these questions in interviews, which the University then posted on its Snapchat story.

Prior to the event, attendees were asked to complete the sentence “The source of my energy is...” Their answers were printed on their nametags to spark conversation. LSA sophomore Anthony Okaneme’s nametag said his source of energy was “drive.”

Some speakers discussed overcoming hardships in their respective fields, others groundbreaking work in areas such as technology and health and others of combining different passions to solve problems. University professors, who discussed using outside passions to enhance their students’ learning experience, gave two of the most popular talks.

Herbert Winful, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science, spoke about incorporating music into one of his engineering courses after one of his students died in a car crash.

In the talk, “How Hidden Passions Can Connect People,” Winful explained that combining the two disciplines helped his engineering

CHARGES From Page 1A “If you just look at our out-ofpocket expenses, things we’ve paid to contractors, third parties, it’s around $230,000. It doesn’t take into consideration management time or damage to the resort’s reputation. Our accountants and attorneys are saying that this could be up to an additional $200,000,” Barry Owens, Treetops Resort general manager, wrote in a statement Friday.

The University’s chapter of SAM was disbanded earlier this week by its international board in part for refusing to cooperate in an investigation, as members declined to name individuals involved in the destruction.

The current members have been placed on alumni status, meaning they cannot affiliate with another chapter, do not have the rights associated with undergraduate membership and are ineligible for SAM scholarships.

STARTUP From Page 1A Datta said roughly 200 more high school students submitted pitch ideas this year, due in part to the fact the expansion of Startup High School’s advertising. The organization previously only catered to Detroit-area schools — this year, however, it appealed schools in areas including Metro Detroit, Grand Rapids and Battle Creek.

Datta and other members of Startup High School visited numerous Michigan schools and delivered guest lectures encouraging students to submit to the competition.

Datta explained that the workshop was meant to provide a learning experience for the semifinalists, who will now be allowed to re-submit their original pitches with their “field day” lessons in mind.

Saturday’s event consisted of several guest speakers, a presentation at the headquarters of the business accelerator Ann Arbor SPARK, a tour of Google’s Ann Arbor offices and workshop activities for the students.

Bill Mayer, SPARK’s vice president of entrepreneurial services, spoke to the high

students cope with and pay homage to the student.

Winful said it was relatively easy for him to choose the theme for his talk because the event’s theme of constructive interference was an idea that he teaches every day.

“I teach optics, and in optics we deal with waves, and waves get constructive interference,” Winful said in an interview after the talk.

“I thought, wait, maybe I’ll combine what I do in engineering with my passion for music, and see how they’ll interfere constructively.”

Winful also discussed how music has helped him overcome other struggles throughout his life. He admitted that this might be unexpected for someone whose career focuses on optics and photonics, but added that his grandfather was a music composer, and subsequently music has played a significant role in his life.

He ended his talk by fulfilling a dream of his — performing a song of his own composition titled “Spirited Away” on the piano. He said he is currently teaching a class on risk-taking and it only felt natural to end the talk on that note.

“I really liked Herbert Winful’s whole discussion on engineering and art connecting and stuff, and how you can bridge the path and find out things you don’t know by taking things that aren’t usu-

News ally seen together and combining them,” Okaneme said, adding that the talk was one of his favorites Saturday.

Comprehensive Studies Lecturer Jill Halpern’s talk, “Beyond STEM: The Whole Flower Classroom,” was memorable for both her message and delivery. Halpern spoke in rhymes for a portion of the presentation, mimicking the form of Dr. Seuss’ “The Sneetches.”

She used the metaphor of a flower’s growth to describe the community she built within her classroom. Halpern teaches Calculus II, which she said was formerly known as “the most failed class at the ‘U’ ” by students — now, she said, the course ratio yields roughly 103 students with A’s and B’s, and only one with a grade falling in the D and E range.

Halpern told the story of how she was lenient toward a student who was caught cheating by discussing her motives for cheating instead of just doling out punishment. This process, Halpern said, allowed the student to grow and later admit that even though she was tempted to cheat again, she did not.

Halpern incorporated humor throughout her talk, which kept the audience captivated and laughing.

LSA senior Anuhya Bhogineni,

The chapter members must move out of their house by May 3.

In February, the University’s disciplinary proceedings ruled that the fraternity would no longer be recognized as a campus organization and could not reapply for a return to campus for four years.

The sanction was the most severe penalty the University could levy on a student organization. It requires SAM to pay the damage to Treetops in full and participate in “restorative measures” in the Gaylord community.

University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said the University is still in the process of reviewing the investigation, but will consider initiating individual complaints through the student judicial process.

“We have said all along that we wanted individual accountability and that if additional information became available we would consider that information,” he said.

The Sigma Delta Tau sorority was also on the ski trip with

SAM and faces a two-year disciplinary suspension, but will continue to be recognized by the University.

LSA junior Alex Krupiak, president of the Interfraternity Council, said Greek life leadership has previously said the events in Northern Michigan were unfortunate and disappointing.

“We have always hoped and expected that the involved members would be held accountable for their actions,” he wrote. “We are confident that Greek Life will continue to move forward and impact campus in a positive manner.”

“These incidents simply do not reflect the University of Michigan’s values or its expectations,” E. Royster Harper, vice president for student life, said in a statement. “The behaviors are a contradiction of what it means to be in and of a community, and we do not believe that being away from campus is a license to act in destructive and irresponsible ways.”

school students about the pros and cons of entering the entrepreneurial field.

“I find it very valuable to present to people that are in high school,” Mayer said. “They’re thinking about their college choices, and if entrepreneurship is something that they’d really like to explore as a career choice after they graduate, having a university with a good entrepreneurship curriculum is very important.”

Mayer said joining a startup tends to yield a meager salary. However, he added that recent college graduates are often eager to work on startups because they provide a unique environment with a direct connection to an issue those students care a great deal about.

“It’s a very nice path,” he said.

“The earlier we can start, the better.”

After the presentation at Ann Arbor SPARK, the high school students were given a campus tour of the University, followed by a visit to Google’s Ann Arbor office, where Ed Lee, an employee of Google for Entrepreneurs, reminded the high school students that even Google was a small company at one point, but became a thriving, multi-billion-dollar corporation through

innovative ideas.

After the presentation, the students were invited to interact with one of Google’s newest products — Google Cardboard.

The toy is a simple cardboard box that, when fitted with a smartphone and special application, create a virtual reality experience.

At the end of the day, students split into startup-related workshops led by members of Startup High School. One group, for example, discussed the importance of networking in developing a product.

Another group focused on product marketing. In this group’s main activity, students were given an amusing object and were then tasked with creating a series of selling points for it. Among these objects were a coconut bra and a pair of rainbow suspenders.

Among the semi-finalists was Evan Morton, a senior at Detroit Edison Public School Academy in Detroit. He said that he came to the event to re-evaluate his pitch and to get some outside help.

“They had a lot of useful information, especially breaking off into the workshops,” he said. “I wouldn’t trade this for anything. It was very valuable.”

whose energy source was “hope,” said she has watched TED videos online and had been to two other TEDx events, but was eager to attend the event Friday because all of the speakers were affiliated with the University. Bhogineni pointed out Halpern’s talk as one of her favorites.

Other talks throughout the day centered on the constructive interference within social media.

Cliff Lampe, associate professor at the School of Information, and Researcher Kyra Gaunt, a member of the University’s ethnomusicology faculty, took different approaches to this concept.

Lampe argued against the common narrative that social media is bad for people by noting its benefits in his talk, “Social Media is Good For You.” He said most people spend the majority of their time around people like themselves, but can interact with a more diverse range of people through social media, gaining new information and perspectives with which they would otherwise not come into contact.

He acknowledged that anonymous social media platforms like YikYak can be places for cyber bullying; however, he added that they also serve as forums where people can gain help for things they would feel uncomfortable turning to their

COMMON From Page 2A junior Jibran Ahmed, MUSIC Matters fundraising chair, referenced the organization’s pending summer leadership camp for underrepresented Detroit ninth graders.

“Our hope with that camp is to bring together these students, show them that one, college is attainable and something that is very much tangibly in reach for them, and two, to provide them the resources, experience, mentorship that allows them to continue their higher education pursuit,” he said.

He added that the summer program will likely form a relationship with its participants

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In summary, Lampe said, social media is a place for “social grooming.” In some cases, he said, people can feel loved by others through sites such as Facebook.

“One of the important parts of social media is this social grooming effect,” Lampe said. “The likes, the votes, the shares, the comments, what we consider banal, can be extremely important.”

While Lampe said he does not think that, on his birthday, all of his 500 Facebook friends would send him a cake, and he probably would not want 500 cakes, if they had not posted “Happy Birthday” on his wall, they probably would have not reached out to him at all.

After the talk, Lampe explained why he chose to speak on the positive aspects of social media.

“When I was talking with students, I realized that a lot of them felt really bad about their social media use,” Lampe said. “A lot of them were talking about how they’d gotten off Facebook, and they felt ashamed of their social media use, and I thought ‘you know what? I’m just going to do a very simple social media is good for you talk,’ and that’s the one (the organizers) really clicked with.”

Though Gaunt agreed in her talk, “Broadcasting Black Girls’ Net Worth,” that the social grooming

through the University’s Detroit Center that allows the students to regularly return to Ann Arbor for continued mentorship with MUSIC Matters students throughout high school.

As far as SpringFest goes, Siegel said the layout will remain the same as last year’s event.

Participating student organizations will be stationed throughout the Diag up to North University Avenue, and split into five sections: arts, innovation, sustainability, social identity and philanthropy.

Food trucks will line up North University, along with a local farmers market and a station for MTank — where a panel of judges will evaluate startup pitches from University students. Ahmed noted that

aspect of social media is important to study, she said this is not so for the positive reasons that Lampe described.

Gaunt, who earned her Ph.D. in musicology and ethnomusicology from the University, began her speech by recounting her audition process in the Power Center years before she broke out into an opera song. From there, using her personal anecdote of overcoming her feelings of low self-worth, she transitioned into her research today on Black girls younger than 18 twerking in YouTube videos online.

While Lampe discussed how social grooming helps build people up, Gaunt spoke on how it deteriorates young African American girls’ self worth. She said 40 percent of the videos that fit into this category are uploaded by men, and the comments section sexualizes and degrades the minors featured in the video, which is harmful for their self-confidence.

Okaneme, the LSA sophomore, said he would like to see more events like TEDxUM. “I’ve always really enjoyed going to TED talks and have watched them online,” he said. “The chance to do this on campus sounded great. It’s been really interesting, there’s a lot of different speakers from across different disciplines, and I thought that was really nice.”

SpringFest will also feature its inaugural fashion show, bringing together a number of student groups in the “fashion realm.”

The event’s overall theme will focus on social activism.

“A big thing too, with Common, having someone like him with his respect at a historic venue like Hill, where all these speeches have been, where Martin Luther King (Jr.) has been … Hill is seen as that historic place where all sorts of impactful speeches have been given,” Ahmed said. “To bring someone like Common in there just kind of merges the venue’s historical value with our mission with his mission, and we just really think that’s a nice mesh.”

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Isn’t that a song already?

f, while listening to Robin Thicke’s, “Blurred Lines,” featuring T.I. and Pharell Williams, you couldn’t help but wonder — isn’t that a song already? The answer would be yes … or at least parts of it are, according to a federal judge.

Earlier this month, a federal judge ruled that “Blurred Lines” violated the copyrights of Marvin Gaye’s 1977 song “Got to Give it Up.” VICTORIA The case awarded almost NOBLE $7.4 million to Gaye’s family, and set a precedent that a song’s feel — not just its lyrics, composition or recording — is protected by copyright.

The decision complicates an already convoluted mess of copyright rules and precedents that increasingly fail to respond to the needs of digital music production.

Sampling lyrics and progressions — never mind “feels” — from other artists’ work is commonplace and benefits consumers by yielding new creative works sporting the sound and style of familiar tunes.

Sampled work is popular. Kayne West’s No. 1 album, Yeezus, features at least nine tracks that sample, and it debuted as the best-selling album on the Billboard 200 chart. But even as West has seemingly profited from the ability to build off of other artists’ works, fledgling artists often lack the means to do so legally.

Artists wishing to sample from a copyrighted work have limited options.

They can seek permission to use a portion of the work, often agreeing to pay steep fees in exchange for the right to sample seconds of content. They could also use the sample without permission, risking a costly lawsuit if the copyright holder decides to challenge the use in court and expensive fines if their use of the work isn’t deemed fair use by the court.

Fair use is a set of squishy factors — including the reason for and size of the sample, the creative content of the sample and the effect that sampling might have on the market — under which using a copyrighted work is permissible. Even the courts have had trouble deciphering the fair use clause, prompting the Supreme Court to resolve the contradictory precedent set forth in the various rounds of expensive and drawn-out lawsuits.

The Copyright Act of 1976 needs revision.

Instead of requiring artists to play lawsuit roulette with their creative work, the law should be amended to include clear, specific definitions for permissible music sampling in its definition of fair use. The knowledge that using a sample of a specific type or length — for example, chord progressions lasting less than ten seconds — could promote the creation of new, legally compliant works by eliminating the current law’s ambiguity.

And just how necessary is a revision of fair use? Revisit the title of this column, where I have used lyrics from Secondhand Serenade’s track “Vulnerable.” Under current guidelines, whether or not this column breaks copyright law is ambiguous, and definitively unknowable unless challenged and ruled on in court.

Future copyright policy should focus on addressing two massive shortfalls of the Copyright Act: the unfairness of the law and the chilling effect the law has on musical creativity.

The new law should clearly define fair

use in a way that adequately reflects the constitutional purpose of copyright law: to promote progress. The current law abjectly fails in this task. In effort to amply protect artists who have already profited from their work, the act fails to allow sufficient creative space for new artists, especially those wishing to take advantage of digital mixing technology and those coming from the hip-hop genre.

A clear and expanded definition of what constitutes an acceptable sample would further the mission of the Copyright Act by allowing for the progression and growth of the music industry. While incomes of individual music labels and artists may arguably decline due to the increased right to sample, it’s far from clear that the music industry itself will suffer, as new artists are incentivized to create sans the stifling fear of litigation.

Furthermore, allowing sampling will reduce the inequality created by the current law. The current legal process surrounding copyright features a wildly expensive discovery processes and all but requires expert legal counsel. Simplifying the law may allow artists to better understand their rights, even if they can’t afford an attorney.

Industry giants can afford to pay licensing fees or engage in the fair-use litigation game.

But, ostensibly, less-established artists are extremely disadvantaged by a system that requires them to risk participation in lawsuits or pay fines they cannot afford. When artists can’t afford to play by the Copyright Act’s unfair rules, many quit the game altogether — choosing instead to flout the rules or stop producing. The effect is dichotomous: a massive silencing of nascent creativity and huge advantages for established artists. As the blog Priceonomics puts it, “a law that makes it impossible to play by the rules is not a good one.” Amending the fair use clause of the Copyright Act to definitively allow reasonable sampling will reduce the likelihood that new artists will find themselves choosing between two options that they cannot afford.

Music labels may counter with the argument that the effect of a less arduous policy will be hugely detrimental to an industry that has recently seen a substantial decline in revenue. But even with decreased profit margins, the music industry sustains extremely competitive supply, as up-andcoming artists vie for benefits like fame, arena tour sell-outs and advertising contracts. Enormously high profits and power experienced by former captains of industry — or their heirs — are not necessary for future industry growth. A more relaxed copyright policy may actually help the industry by providing legal avenues for newcomers to sample in the same ways that established artists do. Because artists will still be sufficiently incentivized to produce, and more artists may be producing, the industry will likely benefit from this policy.

Regardless of opposing pressure from music industry behemoths, it’s essential that Congress amend the Copyright Act to include a precise, but permissive provision defining what constitutes a sample. Promoting creativity and fair competition is far more important than protecting the profits of the industry’s wealthiest.

— Victoria Noble can be reached at vjnoble@umich.edu.

Why we enjoy social media

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hy do we enjoy social media?

What attracts us to it? What do we find enjoyable about it?

Maybe the obvious answer is that social media sponsors a new form of voyeurism — that is, watching someone without them knowing that you’re watching them for pleasure (especially sexual pleasure).

But what attracts us can’t only be social media’s ZAK voyeuristic capabilities, WITUS because social media also allows us to interact with other people. Inter-subjective interaction with the sex object used to be antithetical to voyeurism, but that’s no longer true with social media. Social media has created a new kind of voyeurism — interactive voyeurism. Social media has thus created the possibility for high levels of fantasy previously exclusive to our dreams. We can now enjoy peeping on people without them knowing while simultaneously interacting with them (e.g., messaging with a person before, after or

while viewing photos of them without their knowing).

Overall, though, the way we interact with people over social media — take Facebook, for example — is not so unlike the way we interact with people in “real life” (by which I mean ordinary, non-digital intersubjective/interpersonal social life). Critics often want to condemn social media as pseudo-interaction or pseudocommunication, but it does, in truth, operate on the same basic principles as any other form of interpersonal human interaction.

In our ordinary, non-digital life, our mind constructs virtual representations of people.

We never deal with the person per se, only the mentally processed (or post-cognized) person. How do we mentally process people? Our mind censors lots of information about a person when it creates virtual representations of him or her, especially what we might call the “undesirable” or “impolite” information.

When I’m conversing with my friends, I’m interacting with a virtual representation of them that consists in their faces, maybe their clothing, what they’re saying, etc. But what isn’t included? Gross/disgusting stuff like their bowel movements, their sweat,

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their saliva, etc. — these elements often don’t come into my conscious awareness. My mind filters out all this “disgusting” information automatically before I perceive the person (more precisely, before I perceive my virtual image of the person). And it’s not like I couldn’t have access to the censored information if I so desired. If I thought about it — that is, if I made a concerted effort to bring such knowledge into my conscious awareness — I could integrate the gross/disgusting stuff into my virtual image of the person. For example, as the children’s potty training book taught me, “Everybody Poops,” I know declaratively that all the gross/disgusting stuff is going on, but I have an unconscious psychological censor that keeps me from actively thinking about the gross/ disgusting stuff, and thus keeps this knowledge from entering my (conscious) virtual reality.

When we interact with people over social media, we are already interacting with these sterilized or cleaned-up versions of other people — that is, their virtual selves. Social media expedites the censorship or filtration process. It does so in two ways: (1) the user puts forward the virtual image of themselves that they want to represent them, and thus the burden of censorship is reversed and transferred to the gross/disgusting individual, not the person interacting with him, her or them. (2) The social media provider (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.) limits the expression of its users by defining what virtual representations of people are possible such that only clean, virtual versions of its users can exist within the social media. Through these two complementary cyber process-

es, the social media platform, along with other people/users, expedites the work of censoring the undesirable elements of themselves and constructing clean, virtual versions of people for us to interact with.

In short, social media is the device of the lazy fantasizer. We still have to do some work compiling the often fragmented images of people — and by images I don’t simply mean their photos, rather the full spectrum of components of users’ virtual (social media) self-representation — but largely, the work of fantasy production has largely been co-opted from the individual psyche and reallocated to the given social media paradigm and its users.

Apart from these two main processes of the construction of social media’s virtual reality, there is the element of the user’s individual choice of the content he or she encounters. I, as a Facebook user, can, to an extent, choose what content I want and don’t want. I can’t choose beyond what the social media paradigm allows me to choose, and if I choose to include other users, I often can’t choose which of their posts I see and which I don’t. But, I can choose who I am friends with on Facebook, who I follow on Twitter, what pages I “like,” etc. And so, in this way, I, as a user, exert more control over my virtual reality than I often can exert in everyday life, where images and information flow at me chaotically — that is, my encounter with them is often beyond my control. This great-

er element of control in the virtual world over the “real” world gives me pleasure. As a result, I may enjoy social media’s virtual reality even more than “real” virtual reality and therefore, in this sense, prefer it.

Bottom line: We enjoy social media because it offers us a stable, sterile, prefabricated virtual reality through which we can “peep” on other stable, sterile, prefab “people” or users. We are always alone even when we are with other people, but when we are with other people through social media, we are even more alone with even more people. In ordinary, everyday conversation, people can disrupt our virtual representations of them by, say, farting or otherwise drawing attention to the elements of themselves that our mind automatically and unconsciously censors.

But through social media, it is more difficult to disrupt our virtual reality or fantasy.

Social media allows us to be alone with other people like never before. We can enjoy our fantasy world with sterile, virtual users kept clean, tidy and at arm’s length much more easily than we can anywhere else (except, perhaps, in our dreams, which is the ultimate place where we can be alone with people). Social media allows our fantasy to be constructed for us and to go on with relatively little interruption.

Social media allows us to be alone with other people like never before.

­­— Zak Witus can be reached at zakwitus@umich.edu.

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Little green planets

t’s Saturday, March 21, and I hear the beeping of my iPhone at 9:30 a.m. I lift my hand from the top of my black and yellow covers to a text message regarding pregaming in an hour.

Today’s designated to celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. It’s a day-long MICHAEL shit show where SCHRAMM students flock to fraternities. They dance on ledges and take pulls of Crystal Palace while belligerently drunk.

I head to a pregame hosted by my friend. Walking alone, I see a group of friends draped in green clothing.

One girl has a green four-leaf clover taped on her cheek. She’s wearing a green shirt and a green tutu covering her pants. A guy is wearing a green cap, green suspenders and a green tank top with a shot glass cup necklace. I see another group of friends. A guy is wearing a white and green tank top, a leprechaun hat and green pants. He’s throwing Lucky Charms at a girl in a green snapback and green shorts. She eats them as her eyes glaze over, overly intoxicated. Everyone’s homogenous. Everyone looks the same.

I walk faster to my friend’s house. I arrive and head upstairs.

We quickly pound a few rounds in order to head out quickly.

We head to the nearest frat party.

I enter an open space divided by friends interacting within their circles. Everyone’s wearing similar green outfits and talking only to their friends. They’re like little planets, and I revolve around them until I’m at the center, asking for a drink.

I continue revolving with the green planets around the green grass in the backyard. I see two planets collide as two girls recognize each other. They look so happy interacting. Then they head back to their planets, continuing the same pattern, continuing to revolve,

halfheartedly amused.

I see one of my friends. She’s dancing on a ledge, so I join her. We find more friends and continue dancing.

But we’re not really dancing. There’s not enough room on the ledge. We resort to compact motions.

I’m happy to be with my friends.

We break out of our little planet to take a picture. It’s nice. We’re all smiling. But the smiles are deceptive. When that picture gets posted to Facebook, people will think that I spent the whole day ecstatic at these parties.

At least, that’s what I think when I see those pictures on my newsfeed. The reality is that I’m only happy to be with my friends, and I’d be much happier if I was with the same people in a different context. A context that’s more my style, like a house party, at a bar or chilling at my house.

I’m still on a ledge dancing with my friends, but the monotony from performing the same motion is getting old. I look around. On the sidewalk I see dozens of green people, pulsating through the grid of downtown Ann Arbor, looking for the right party to revolve around, looking for a place to belong. I look to my right and see a guy tugging on a girl’s wrist, trying to get her to leave the party. She looks flustered. She wants to stay here. I watch the scene until it ends to make sure she’s okay, and I proceed to watch her rejoin her planet.

I continue looking around and see everyone dancing on the ledge.

I’m met with a dozen faces plastered with a dozen shades of fabricated enthusiasm. Perhaps I’m being too presumptuous, but almost no one looks like they’re having the kind of fun that warrants standing outside in 40-degree weather, wearing eclectic green clothing.

I stop and take a look at myself.

I’m wearing a pair of bright green

pants and a headband that I purchased for last year’s partying. I’m nothing more than a component of a planet revolving around the system.

I can’t help but ask myself, “Why?” Why do I commit myself to attending these parties at places where I clearly don’t belong? Why do I convince myself that I’m having fun to justify attending again?

Why do I go out of my way to wear stupid clothing to look like everyone else? If it’s genuinely to avoid the fear of missing out, how much of a coward am I that I can’t disassociate from a system I don’t love?

I’m sure that some people are having fun at St. Patrick’s Day darties. I do see stares of genuine excitement, and I’m sure not everyone I perceive as bored actually is bored.

But I see too many people looking unamused to think it’s just me, and I text too many friends after these events only hearing about lackluster experiences. Why do we so easily succumb to being little green toys in a little green backyard revolving around our little green planets when this isn’t what we want to do? The homogeneity and ridiculousness would make sense if everyone gushed with fun, but that doesn’t appear likely.

Getting into this school means someone thought you were special. I’m not saying that to brag; it’s a reality. To get here, admissions officers holistically evaluated you and thought, “Wow, that person is both smart and unique enough to be here.” So why is untethering from these uninteresting, conforming traditions so challenging for so many of us?

I don’t have an answer. Do you?

Getting into this school means someone thought you were special.

— Michael Schramm can be reached at mschramm@umich.edu

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Beloved FOX series was the voice of a generation

Though higher education is ideally the gateway to the professional world, there is often discrepancy between material taught in class and its practical application. In an attempt to bridge the gap between academic and professional settings, the University offers various degree-specific programs outside of the classroom, such as The Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning’s Spring Break Connections externship program. Though Spring Break is often regarded as a relaxing departure from rigorous coursework, many architecture undergraduates spend their weeklong vacations learning the real-world applications of their scholastic endeavors.

Months prior to each Spring Break, the school’s Career Services Coordinator Beth Berenter is hard at work, serving as a liaison between students and architecture firms. Berenter has catered to Taubman students desirous of professional experience since 1999, pairing them up with firms based on their location preferences.

Berenter is inspired by the admirable work ethic of her student clients.

“Architecture students typically work a lot of hours; school isn’t just going to class and going home,” Berenter said. “They literally live in the studio. The fact that they’re willing to give up any kind of break before the final push before graduation or the end of the term is a testament to the firms giving them a good experience.”

In terms of the feedback she receives each year, Berenter insists the program is less about studying and more about students’ saturation within a professional environment. Each firm exudes a unique character specific to the organization, and Berenter stressed the indelible experience of students’ immersion within a specialized workplace.

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Every generation has a television series that defines their coming-of-age experience.

B For us – generation Y, mil- Glee lennials, call it what you will Series Finale – Ryan MurFOX phy (“American Horror Story”) created “Glee,” a theatrical representation of the American adolescent experience. As young adults now, we may have spent the past few years repressing our high school identities. But ultimately, whether we know it or not, whether we like it or not, part of us has been shaped by the “Glee” phenomenon.

The series pilot first graced our screens in the spring of 2009 – for some of us, at the peak of middle school; for others, during our entrance into high school – for all of us, post “High School Musical” phase, right at the tumultuous threshold of the tween-to-teen transition. Almost immediately upon hearing the a capella notes of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” (or maybe Salt-n-Pepa’s “Push It”), we all dual-enrolled in our respective high schools and William McKinley High in Lima, Ohio.

But somewhere between that first moment and now, we grew older and forgot about “Glee.” The final season even had the lowest viewership and ratings of the entire series. Some former hardcore-Gleeks didn’t even know the series took its final bow and exited stage right as the curtain closed indefinitely this past Friday.

The two-hour finale, appropriately titled “Dreams Come True,” was first a flashback to the 2009 pilot, then a flash forward to 2020.

The episode was just as perfect and just as flawed as the show always has been. And for one last time, it tried to tie up the loose ends at which viewers incessantly screamed.

In the present, McKinley is converted to a performing arts school, and the remaining alumni celebrate the exponential progress that developed before their very eyes over the seasons. In more ways than one, the episode wasn’t only the reunion of New Directions – it was the final union of this cast as they waved goodbye to an era.

Project forward into the future: all the characters have reached their theatrical and musical aspirations, as well as their relationship goals. Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer, “Struck by Lightning”) and Blaine Anderson (Darren Criss, “A Very Potter Musical”) are also expecting a baby, whom Rachel, finally a Tony-award-winning actress, is carrying as a surrogate.

Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch, “Two and a Half Men”) has managed to become vice president of the United States, but she also shows a softer, more mature side, in contrast to the jaded bitch we grew to know throughout the series. She makes sincere amendments in too-good-to-be-true monologues of inspiration and even rededicates McKinley’s auditorium to the deceased Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith) – a noteworthy tribute to Monteith’s memory after he unexpectedly passed away two years ago. And everyone gives their greatest thanks to Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison, “What to Expect When You’re Expecting”), the man who started it all.

The finale, like the rest of the series, was not completely plausible – superficially glossing over issues of continuity and using coincidences for expository convenience. How could all the students have continued to be wildly successful? The despicable Sue Sylvester is future vice president of the United States? Almost every single high-school-sweetheart relationship worked out?

Most of us slowly lost interest in the third season and

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eventually stopped watching by the fourth, primarily because the plot increasingly became unbelievable. As we gained our own experiences and grew slightly more cynical, we began to realize how the show’s depictions of reality were too perfect and too simply resolved. The show grew cheesy as we grew mature.

However, “Glee” addressed this point in the finale, when Sue Sylvester repeated an iconic Finn Hudson quote: “See the world not as it is, but how it should be.” Not everything needed to be a replica of reality in order for it to be powerful and poignant. The show was never perfectly accurate, but it showed us the possibility of what situations could be – what characters have the potential to be – even if these representations may not be completely true in real life.

The fact is, we were also cheesy and tacky and unoriginal and hyper-overdramatic and pseudoinspirational; a superficial sheath of makeup complexions and football jerseys, a mask of insecurities and inadequacies and idiosyncrasies. Our critique of and eventual disdain for the show was just a cringing reflection on the characters we were during our tumultuous teens.

Regardless of what “Glee” has become, we cannot renounce the fact that we grew up with it. From middle school, the show held our hand as we stumbled through our own high school’s dim corridors. Rachel Berry’s (Lea Michele, “New Year’s Eve”) voice soothed us to sleep after our first bad date or heartbreak. A little bit in all of us strove to be as effortlessly popular as Quinn Fabray (Diana Agron, “I am Number Four”), to be so naturally badass like Noah “Puck” Puckerman (Mark Sailing, “Rocky Road”). However, for all the freaks and geeks, the outsiders and loners, we found solace among the other misfits of McKinley. What we all soon realized was that we all, in some form or fashion, had a big ‘L’ on our foreheads. We all struggled to fit in; we all cried over our identity crises; we all had our respective haters – but we all found our refuge in glee club on Tuesday nights after school.

“Glee” shined a direct spotlight on our lives, but it taught us how to stand tall and proud, to take command over our own stage-fight of adolescence. By guiding us with uncomfortable renditions of “Bootylicious,” and touching ones like “Cough Syrup” and “Imagine,” “Glee” gave us all the talks the adults in our lives couldn’t – or wouldn’t in high school.

“Glee” maturely addressed the nuances of sex, dating and relationships – miraculously providing progressive perspectives without making us cower in fear or scrunch our noses in disgust. The show demonstrated multidimensionality behind the most controversial issues: it showed humility in even the most loathsome of characters, urging us to examine deeper and disperse empathy to all characters equally. Being a homosexual buff football player, being an upperclass pregnant cheerleader, being a clumsy boy in a wheelchair – being in love with theater, song and dance – that was all ok, even if the real people in our lives never told us they were. Regardless of our identities, the series taught us

how to tackle adversity with grace under pressure.

The fact is, “Glee” didn’t changed – we did. “Glee” transitioned from the show we loved, into the show we liked ironically, then finally into the show we loved to hate. The show was never a piece of cinematic art or screenwriting brilliance; what made the show memorable and significant was its timing at the crux of our generation’s malleable adolescent years, right when we needed it most.

Even if we haven’t sustained our devotion to “Glee” for the past few years, it was almost impossible not to cry during the series finale. It was still difficult to digest the final end notes: “do-ba-do-ba-do-badah-dahhh” as the credits rolled one last time. Regardless of how hard we try to bury our adolescent years, they are a period of life we can never negate. As awkward, confusing and uncomfortable as they were, they undeniably helped us define who we were – and who we are. As we turn from our teens into our twenties now, whether we like it or not, “Glee” had some sort of impact on raising us.

We are a Gleek generation.

ate students have never seen the inside of an architecture firm, so they get an eye opening experience of what it’s actually like to be in a firm,” Berenter said.

Though originally created exclusively for undergraduate and graduate architecture students in the early ’90s by the American Institute of Architecture Students, the program has grown to also include graduate urban planning students. This year, 45 undergraduate architecture students participated in an externship.

Among this year’s undergraduate architecture externship participants were Taubman sophomore Taylor Boes and Taubman senior Nathaniel Rosneck. Boes travelled to Raleigh, North Carolina where she spent the week at Integrated Design.

Rosneck chose Cooper, Robertson & Partners, a firm in New York City.

Boes began her education at Taubman last year as a member of the first class to be admitted as freshmen. She contributed to the college’s Research Through Making exhibition, which explored various tactile fabric therapy systems for autistic children.

“It’s really cool to see immediate outcomes of your work,” Boes said. “Creating an environment that can do different things is really interesting to me.”

At Integrated Design, a smaller firm of six architects, Boes had fully packed days from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. She opted for the Raleigh firm due to her sister’s residence in the city and its being the workplace of 2010 University alum Sam Berner.

In retrospect of her first externship, Boes spoke positively of her experience. She found a greater understanding of how an architectural firm functions through editing projects, sitting in on meetings, working on renderings of three-dimensional models and attending an urban design conference.

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always just ‘oh here’s the finished product,’” Boes said. “It was nice to see how architecture is outside of an academic context. It’s very different studying something and then going into the actual field.”

This year was Rosneck’s second externship experience. Last winter, he participated in Disney’s college program for the duration of the winter semester at HuntonBrady firm in Orlando.

This spring, he decided on the more concentrated environment of New York City at Cooper, Robertson & Partners.

“At Cooper Robertson, we worked on the design for a new lifeguard headquarters in Asbury Park, New Jersey,” Rosneck said.

“I think what I found so interesting about them is that they do a lot of urban planning projects.”

Rosneck and three fellow students worked in a team alongside two architects. The duration of their workday consisted of exploring the facets of urban sustainability in the exploration of materials and researching New Jersey codes and regulations for eco-friendly building on the coast.

Rosneck believes this year’s externship taught him the value of professional collaboration, which he regarded as a refreshing departure from the more individualized work throughout the school year.

“I think that when you get into a work environment, you really realize how important collaboration is,” Rosneck said. “I think in studio projects we really tend to wrap our heads around our own project.

You kind of zone in on what you’re doing, and in the real world that’s totally not the case.”

Both Boes’s and Rosneck’s beneficial externship experiences wouldn’t have been possible without Berenter’s help, and Rosneck wasn’t shy to emphasize his appreciation.

“We’re so demanding, and I’m fascinated by how (Berenter) has been so accommodating and so well organized,” Rosneck said.

“She’s a fantastic resource for the university.”

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TV REVIEW

FILM REVIEW

More hype than Young cast carries lackluster ‘Insurgent’ depth in ‘Empire’

By NOAH COHEN Daily Arts Writer

Mega-hit FOX show proves spectacle sells big

By ALEX INTNER Daily Arts Writer

From the moment “Empire” debuted, it was a hit. In its first week, it tied “How to Get Away with B Murder” for the largest drama Empire premiere of Season 1 the broadcast Finale season in the key 18 to 49 FOX demographic and scored 9.9 million viewers (which fell below “Murder” and the new CBS dramas). The vast majority of shows drop somewhere in the range of 10 to 25 percent in their second week, but “Empire” grew, adding 400,000 viewers. In its last episode, it garnered 17.6 million viewers and a 6.9 rating with a 21 share in the demo. This means that one out of every five people watching TV between ages 18 to 49 were watching “Empire,” making it the highest-rated network drama telecast since the “House” season premiere in 2009. The finale ratings will also easily surpass 20 million viewers when a week’s worth of DVR viewing is counted.

Numbers like that cement “Empire” ’s place as a cultural phenomenon. What are the pieces that supported it’s meteoric rise?

Primarily, it’s how well the show does with African American viewers. According to ratings-guru Joe Adalian at Vulture, among African Americans aged 18 to 49, the highest-rated episode of this show in that demo had more people watching than the Super Bowl. In addition, FOX was able to stack the episodes on their VOD and online platforms, meaning that they could keep more than the normal five episodes online at one time, giving people the opportunity to catch up.

In fact, earlier this month, Gaude Morose, a FOX publicist, tweeted that 100,000 people were watching the pilot every day. There’s also the music. The “Empire” soundtrack sales were so high in its first week of release that they actually topped the sales of Madonna’s new LP, the first time she didn’t have the number one record during a debut week

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Empire State of Mind.

since the ’90s.

Notice that I haven’t actually mentioned anything related to the actual content of “Empire” ’s finale. That’s because “Empire” the cultural phenomenon is much more interesting to me than “Empire” the TV series, because “Empire” the show is a bit of a mess. The finale had some fantastic moments, yet it shoved aside some of the best elements of the series and wasted some of the considerable talent in its arsenal.

Both hours of the finale of “Empire” put the focus on Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard, “Iron Man”). The main story of these episodes is about the characters gearing up for a tribute concert to the music mogul. Over the course of the season, Lucious has been the most frustrating character on the show because he is probably the furthest from an actual human being. These episodes had those same silly moments, like him giving a pillow as a “gift” to Cookie to represent her trying to smother him, or him looking at the camera through the bars at the end of the episode saying, “it’s game time bitches.” However, him repairing his relationship with his son Jamal (Jussie Smollett, “Revenge”) was enough to salvage his character. Those moments appeared to be genuine, and getting over his homophobia actually showed character growth.

This focus on Lucious occurred at the expense of some of the show’s best pieces. In the role of Cookie Lyon, Taraji P. Henson (“Person of Interest”) is the show’s heart and soul. (I would be surprised if she’s not nominated for an Emmy in September.) She was brilliant in

her featured moments, including the meeting with Malcolm (Derek Luke, “The Americans”) in her office and her attempted murder of Lucious after realizing he killed her cousin. However, there wasn’t enough of her. She was pushed aside to service Lucious’s story and that’s a shame. The series also had Jennifer Hudson (an Oscar winner for “Dreamgirls”) on for several episodes and never really found a way to give her an interesting character. She got to sing, and she sounded gorgeous when she did, but her character never got to evolve beyond the religious music therapist. It was a slight waste of her talents.

Despite some of the story issues, the “Empire” finale maintained the show’s strong production qualities. The episodes had a slick look, especially the second hour which was directed by the talented Debbie Allen (“Fame”). The music continued to shine as well, with two memorable performances by Smollet in the rap battle and in the final performance of the new Luscious song (which featured the incomparable Patti LaBelle).

“Empire” is not even close to a perfect show. Some of its story twists and characterizations during the first season didn’t make sense. However, the series has enough intrigue left to support a second season, with Lucious in jail, the hostile takeover of Empire in progress and the possible ramifications of the murder of Vernon (Malik Yoba, “Alphas”). It remains to be seen whether the show can maintain its momentum after a lengthy break, but it has enough on the table to make it worthwhile for those who return.

ALBUM REVIEW

Lyrical wit abounds in Barnett’s debut

By CHRISTIAN KENNEDY Daily Arts Writer

Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett’s debut album Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit is B+ exactly what the title says. Sometimes It depicts a I Sit and fascinating trip through Think and Barnett’s Sometimes mental workings; I Just Sit sometimes Courtney profound, Barnett sometimes nonsensical, Mom + Pop Music but more than anything else, fascinating. In some facets she seems to know herself and everyone else better than anyone deemed possible, but in others she admittedly knows absolutely nothing. The juxtaposition of stream-ofconsciousness rambling, slow crooning with oh-so-subtle cymbals and in-your-face guitars successfully reveals a world of contradictions cloaked in a sleek sheet of tongue-incheek humor.

The LP’s opener, “Elevator Operator,” recounts the day of

one Oliver Paul. The first half of the song is hard to follow due to Barnett’s quick delivery, but once Paul finds himself in an elevator with a woman, they’re both headed to the roof.

“Don’t jump little boy, don’t jump off that roof,” she says. “I think you’re projecting,” is his response. We don’t know what happens to her, but Paul heads to the room to play an imaginary game of SimCity. “Pedestrian at Best” is Barnett’s recognition that she is fully capable and prone to dick moves. She chants the chorus “Put me on a pedestal and I’ll only disappoint you / Tell me I’m exceptional, I promise I’ll exploit you / Give me all your money, and I’ll make origami, honey / I think you’re a joke, but I don’t find you very funny,” over head-banging guitar riffs.

“An Illustration of Loneliness” feels like a night alone in an apartment filled with marijuana smoke. You stare at the ceiling, think about palmistry and miss someone a lot. At this point in the album, it’s confirmed that Barnett seems to know stuff we don’t. Her depiction of stories is poignant to the point where listeners will take anything she has to say as fact.

She’s in the know in the same

fashion as Jayden Smith, but less annoyingly so.

The narrative style present in “Elevator Operator” returns on “Depreston” and “Aqua Profunda.” The former is a combination of the words “depressing” and “Preston,” the town in which she finds herself looking at a house. The mundane delivery of the mundane subject turns into a social commentary. She is sad to move away from coffee shops, and then she sees a picture of the deceased owner and is unable to concentrate, but nearly instantly finds herself thinking, “I wonder what she bought it for?”

The track comes to a close with her agent stating, “If you’ve got a spare half a million / You could knock it down and start rebuilding” six times. With each repetition the irony in her voice becomes consistency more prominent to reveal the ridiculousness of the statement.

“Aqua Profunda” narrates her experience attempting to impress a fellow swimmer at the pool, but in her vain attempt, she passes out from holding her breath and once she awakes, he is gone.

It is the storytelling present in tracks that make the album interesting. The lyrics are not miraculous themselves, yet somehow through delivery and produc-

The idea of partitioning people by virtue – bravery, cleverness, service – was believable in the case of Hogwarts because it was a school Bwhose single, final arbiter was Insurgent a talking hat. Rave and In “Insurgent,” Quality 16 the adult society commits to the Lionsgate wildly childish trope of separating by kind, and when our action kids inevitably break the bounds of that artificial division, it encourages the young adult viewer to be bigger, more complex than what society tells her she’s allowed to be.

Imagining people complexly is a common theme in movies starring nerdfighter Shaliene Woodley (“The Fault in Our Stars”), a privately weird young adult who has been rising through a familiar starlet-to-star channel these past five years. Woodley plays Tris, the “100% Divergent,” who possesses the virtues of all five segments of society and who has abruptly become the face of an uprising which looks suspiciously like a similar rebellion of virtuous young people against conniving adults, where the true leader of the young protagonists is one more cruel adult. Sound familiar?

Woodley, playing the trueblue mascot and allegory, does a remarkably good job. Given a role that demands rigid compliance to certain expectations, Woodley fulfills those expectations. She’s a good role model for the teens and tweens whose parents are crazy enough to take them to see this actually startlingly violent movie.

More praise for Woodley: her young adult movies actually have sex in them, and the sex isn’t totally messed up. In “Insurgent,” the romance could easily have strayed into uncomfortable territory.

Her partner, Four (Theo James,

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“Bedlam”), had been her instructor and a figure of authority over her, but as he and Tris show each other their true colors, they reach an equilibrium of trust, and by the time Tris chooses to have sex with Four, he’s every bit as emotionally vulnerable to her gaze as she is to his. The chemistry between the two of them is stellar.

Ansel Elgort (“The Fault in Our Stars”), meanwhile, has a softer, more familiar sort of chemistry with Tris playing her brother, thanks to Elgort and Woodley’s history as onstage romantic opposites. In their case, it was better to go from playing lovers to siblings than siblings to lovers. At least, it helped “Insurgent.”

Young adult books-turnedmovies have been getting very dark, so Peter (Miles Teller, “The Spectacular Now”) is a breath of fresh air, one realistically goofy frenemy in a sea of murky jokeless subterfuge. In a small way, he carries the action through dramatic junctures where the plot begins to spin off its wheels.

The plot’s general direction is trite and known, so the director’s job of shaking things up is not an easy one. Robert Schwen-

tke (“The Time Traveler’s Wife”) does a better job than Neil Burger (the director of “Divergent”).

Schwentke creates something that manages by the barest of margins not to insult the intelligence of the young adult viewer.

However, both of them fail the higher standard of constructing lastingly good movies.

Ordinarily, I would decry the pillaging of a book for the sake of moviemaking profit, but the Divergent series is a whore of the young adult genre, capitalizing on the successes of its betters. It can’t expect to be remembered, so it might as well get paid. The final book in Roth’s trilogy, Allegiant, will be split into two movies, dooming the remainder of the franchise.

Elgort, Woodley and Teller, on the other hand, each seem to have bright futures, and can expect deeper roles as they age.

The eldest “kid,” 31-year-old Theo James, is adequate eyecandy to roll forward on his looks and penchant for action roles. It’s rare that you have a young cast carry a badly structured film, but here’s one example. Not bad.

MUSIC NOTEBOOK

New stars of summer

By CATHERINE BAKER

Temperatures hit a high last Monday, and my spirits skyrocketed alongside them. (Seriously, where did that 70 degree weather come from? And where did it go?)

While it might not be summer quite yet, there is no stopping my Spotify playlists transforming from soothing, contemplative ballads to summer songs. Yes, you know the ones — upbeat, danceable, sometimes obnoxious, songs reminiscent of Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” that will govern the radio for the next four months.

Named one of Nylon magazine’s South by Southwest Artists to Watch, HOLYCHILD is a frontrunner to dominate the summer song scene this year. Self-diagnosed as “brat pop,” the LA-based duo takes traditional pop music (or as traditional as pop music can be) and adds a sarcastic spin to its construction, pairing experimental chords and an intense drumline to create an entirely new subsection of pop. A remix of HOLYCHILD’s most recent release, “Running Behind,” is currently featured the new Apple Watch commercial, allowing brat pop to take to televi-

sion screens across the nation.

HOLYCHILD, comprised of Liz Nistico and Louie Diller, formed when the pair met as juniors at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. With a sound similar to Icona Pop (whose love child with Charli XCX, “I Love It,” monopolized the summer of 2013), Nistico and Diller make music that should be listened to with the volume turned up and the windows rolled down. It’s fun, sugary sweet and inventive in ways that haven’t been explored yet. “Running Behind,” characterized by powerful, steady percussion and looping choruses, sets the stage for these new methods and dictates the direction of HOLYCHILD’s vision. Although much of the focus remains on syncopated beats and repetitive electronic riffs, the sarcastic lyrics of “Playboy Girl” explore the unrealistic expectations placed on women in relationships. Despite its bubblegum pop sound, many of the songs on HOLYCHILD’s first EP MINDSPEAK indirectly address larger societal issues without alerting the casual listener.

These up-and-coming artists often take to their Twitter to interact with fans and express

their desire to stay true to themselves amid the hectic journey to fame. While their authenticity is refreshing in a world primarily revolving around appearances, it’s also interesting to see the reflection of their personalities in their music. Liz and Louie’s rebellious tendencies frequently manifest themselves in their mocking lyrics, singing “I would lie if I say I did know / My true love and my silly symbol” in “Pretend Believe.” Set to release their first full length album on Jun. 2, HOLYCHILD’s The Shape of Brat Pop to Come will attempt to define this new genre and kickstart the summer with catchy and innovative musical techniques fit for the Top 40.

Some songs are meant to be summer songs. They aren’t ones that will be remembered in 50 years or played in the background of a graduation slideshow (my mother was partial to Billy Joel’s “Vienna”), and that’s okay.

These are songs that that you’ll find on that throwback playlist and they’ll launch you back to that road trip or those nights in the park. This is exactly what HOLYCHILD strives to do — create songs that make memories.

tion, Barnett manages to make impressive songs that don’t even have infectious choruses.

The stand out track of the second half of the album, “Nobody Really Cares If You Don’t Go to the Party,” is a commentary on extroverts and introverts: the party girl vs. Barnett. She sees the girl’s qualities as valuable. “You always get what you want,” she sings. After the chorus, her tone changes. “Why are you so eager to please?” She appreciates her own social style. The repetition of the chorus “I wanna go out, but I wanna stay home” closes the track. The conflicted persona she presents may be one of the most

relatable of all time.

Dropped in her three-minutesong-style is a pair of seven-minute tracks. Her crooning introspection on “Small Poppies” is balanced by a small dig: “I’m sure it’s a bore being you.” On “Small Poppies” and “Kim’s Caravan” Barnett is confused. “Small Poppies” displays that she simply (or complicatedly?) does not know who she is and searches for answers in her tumultuous relationship over rock-band-level guitars. In “Kim’s Caravan,” she likens the Great Barrier Reef to a whore who has been raped out of greatness. Finally, she sees Jesus (whom she refers to as “she”) and runs out of things to say.

Has she said everything already?

Is she simply dumbfounded? Dealer’s choice.

The album closes with “Boxing Day Blues.” This track, specifically placed as the album’s finale, seems to be reflective of her work as a whole. Lines like “I know that I let you down / You’re not keen on what you found” are inferences on how listeners feel at the end of her work. Her parting words, “I’ve got no idea,” allow listeners to wait for her. Despite her feelings, it seems she has a wealth of ideas: some extremely poignant, others extremely mundane. Nonetheless, her ideas are worth hearing (and enjoying).

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Wolverines fall to Minnesota in Big Ten championship, end season without NCAA bid

By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Writer

DETROIT — Fair or not, the Michigan hockey team’s season has been defined by one play three seasons in a row. Not for glory or success, but for embodying a season that fell hairs short of expectations.

In 2013, it was an outstretched Steve Racine lunging for a shot while being pulled off the bench, only to have the puck fly into the net just out of reach, suddenly ending a streak of 22 consecutive NCAA Tournament trips.

Last year, it was the sight of a puck sitting right on the goal line, one inch from vaulting the Wolverines to an overtime win and a return to the NCAA Tournament that was eventually cleared away, just like Michigan’s dream of a postseason.

This year, things went quicker, but the sting of falling just short won’t go away any sooner.

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ETROIT — Red Berenson leans back in his chair with a scowl. He sips some water as he tries to process how the past hour could have left him smiling.

For the third straight season, he finds himself in the same position JEREMY with the same SUMMITT discomfort and the same questions to answer. But that doesn’t make it any easier.

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his team has missed the NCAA Tournament.

For the third straight season, it has been only one game — in fact, one period — that has kept the Michigan hockey team from receiving a bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Sometimes, even legends are defeated.

Berenson hasn’t been to the national tournament since 2012. Before that, he had led his team there for 22 consecutive seasons.

His glossy eyes match his players’.

It isn’t any easier for a 73-year old Hall of Fame coach to stomach the gutwrenching blow his team was dealt on Saturday — a 4-2 defeat against

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Minnesota in the Big Ten Tournament championship.

“He was pretty heartbroken like we were,” said freshman defenseman Zach Werenski.

Berenson didn’t say much to his team after the game. Words are tough to construct in a state of such heartbreak.

There’s little you can say to the faces of grown men when those faces are coated with tears.

Even in his 31st season behind the Wolverine bench, Berenson is often stoic and stern. He would have welcomed a reason to smile after Saturday’s loss, but there wasn’t any.

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omething was wrong when, just 40 minutes before puck drop at Joe Louis Arena, the attendant at the box office scoffed when I asked if the game was anywhere near a sellout.

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Michigan State! And it’s the semifinal of the Big Ten Hockey Tournament, where the stakes are highest — the winner plays for a berth in the NCAA Tournament, and the loser sees its season end at the hand of a bitter rival. What could be better?

The attendant tried to talk me into paying extra for seats near the glass, but my friend and I wanted to be closer to the bands. So, with a pair of upperbowl tickets in hand, we walked up the stairs, through the metal detectors and onto the main concourse. There were no lines for food, at merchandise kiosks or at restrooms — and anyone who has been knows there’s always a line at the Joe. We figured we might have some difficulty sitting where we wanted, but the only busy section at the arena was the one occupied by the Children of Yost, the Wolverines’ student supporters. Across the rink from them stood just three members of the A-Team, Michigan State’s equivalent.

And believe me, the Children of Yost noticed the attendance disparity.

“Where are your students?”

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Improving a quiet tournament they chanted. “Where’s the A-Team?”

The three Spartans waved back.

But this isn’t a dig at either school’s students, because the rest of the arena was mostly empty, too. This is a suggestion of how to fix a flawed Big Ten Tournament, because a premier conference’s most important contests shouldn’t be played in front of empty seats.

The biggest game of Michigan’s season didn’t feel like it at all. And that’s a problem.

I’ve traveled the northern United States covering hockey, men’s basketball and football, and no one is quite as crazy as hockey fans. They’ll stalk Tinder profiles (Michigan), throw a fish at your feet (New Hampshire), ring cowbells incessantly (Nebraska-Omaha) and everything in between just to rattle opponents.

In Columbus, the band forms Script Ohio on ice, while, in Ann Arbor, the referees toss candy into the stands — just two of the countless traditions unique to the sport.

Standing with the Children of Yost is the best atmosphere you’ll experience on campus.

But at Joe Louis Arena, their chants were routinely drowned out by pop music or commercials blaring over loudspeakers. Even the Blues Brothers dance, a secondintermission staple, was cut to only one round.

The game itself, a dominant 4-1 victory for the Wolverines, exuded the chippiness and intensity of the rivalry. But the scattered fans couldn’t match

that energy.

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hree steps to improve the Big Ten Tournament 1) Don’t invite the conference’s worst teams.

Here’s a crazy thought: The 20-game Big Ten season should mean something. If a team is No. 6 in a six-team conference, it doesn’t deserve a chance to compete for an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. (Want that opportunity? Play better in the regular season!) Not only does this make for higher-quality hockey, but it also makes the end of the regular season more interesting. Suddenly, the end of February and the begging of March isn’t just a competition for first place — it’s a battle for fourth place and a crack at the postseason, too.

2) Play at campus sites.

In the current format, the top two seeds receive a firstround bye.

That’s not possible with a four-team tournament, so reward the regular season’s best teams by letting them host the semifinal games. The Big Ten has some great fans, and this is a good way to give the tournament the in-person support it deserves.

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Joe Louis Arena was mostly empty over the weekend for the Big Ten Tournament.

There would have been more than three Michigan State fans at Munn Ice Arena had the Spartans hosted Michigan in a semifinal.

Minnesota’s hockeyobsessed culture would’ve loved another home game as well.

The arenas would be packed, and the passion would be unrivaled.

That’s what college hockey is all about.

3) Keep the final the way it is.

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The biggest game of Michigan’s season didn’t feel like it at all.

goal is to determine the conference’s best team, so let them do it at a neutral site.

Right now, the final rotates annually between Minneapolis and Detroit, and it’s reasonable to keep it that way.

Under the new format, this year’s tournament would have featured: Friday: No. 3 Michigan at No. 2 Michigan State; No. 4 Penn State at No. 1 Minnesota Sunday: Minnesota vs.

Michigan at Joe Louis Arena How much fun is that? ***

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ifteen minutes before Friday’s puck drop, stadium ushers invited my

friend and me into the lower bowl — it didn’t matter what our tickets said.

So, for the most important night of both Michigan and Michigan State’s season, during a game played in the state of Michigan, I watched the third period from the fourth row.

Nobody was sitting to my right or left, either.

And while I’ll never turn that deal down, I’d take a rowdy, sellout, true college hockey environment over better seats any day.

Zúñiga was also disappointed in the lack of alcoholic beverages available at Friday’s game. He can be reached at azs@umich. edu or on Twitter @ByAZuniga.

MEN’S LACROSSE

Drexel tops ‘M’ at Michigan Stadium

By LELAND MITCHINSON Daily Sports Writer

After 60 minutes of play, the Michigan men’s lacrosse team walked off the field disappointed.

The Wolverines (4-4) fought hard but couldn’t overcome a go-ahead goal by the 9 DREXEL 7 MICHIGAN Dragons (3-5) in the final minutes of the game, losing 9-7.

“I really felt like we missed some opportunities today,” said Michigan coach John Paul. “We gave a few back that were unforced and that’s us continuing to work on our (stick handling). It’s also some of the decision-making process, when to push it when not to push it, those are some things that we need to get better at as well.”

The first quarter of the game saw only one goal, with Drexel converting on a rebound after redshirt sophomore goaltender Gerald Logan made an initial save.

The game escalated offensively in the second quarter with two more goals for the Dragons. Junior midfielder Mike Hernandez got the Wolverines on the scoreboard, though, with a bouncing shot midway through the quarter.

Seconds later, Drexel responded with another goal to make the game 4-1 in its favor. However, junior faceoff specialist Brad Lott won the ensuing draw, which led to his team’s second goal, scored by junior attacker Peter Kraus.

“You have to take what they are giving to you, and today they were really focused on stopping our midfielders,” Paul said. “As soon as we realized that was what was going on we started talking about our attack really being more assertive and dodging hard on the re-dodge after our midfielders forced a slide.”

A second faceoff win in a row for Lott led to a goal for attacker Mike Francia. The senior scored on a fadeaway shot just outside the crease after receiving a pass from Kraus.

“I won every quarter except the third — I went 0-for-4 in the

third, which was kind of big,” Lott said. “Every other quarter I was getting every single clamp.

Later in the game he was slowly tying me up. If I could have gotten one or two more, I think we would have probably come out with a win.”

With less than six minutes to play in the half, the Dragons went a man down as a result of a holding penalty, and the Wolverines took advantage of the situation going back to the Francia-Kraus combination for the goal. Drexel added one last goal to take a 5-4 lead going into halftime.

Less than three minutes into the second half, the Dragons put one on the board after they had worked the ball around well on their offensive end. Michigan responded with a Kraus wraparound goal from behind the net, and minutes later, senior midfielder Will Meter scored an almost exact replica of the previous goal.

Tied heading into the final quarter, Drexel went ahead on a goal with 8:09 left in the game.

However, the Wolverines tied it right back up on a goal from Francia, who completed his hat trick with an intelligent cut to the front of the net where redshirt junior midfielder David Joseph found him with the pass.

With just 4:21 remaining in the game the Dragons scored what turned out to be the go ahead goal. Drexel won the following faceoff and was able to run two minutes off the clock without Michigan touching the ball.

As soon as the Wolverines gained possession of the ball, a timeout was called in order to prepare for the attempt to tie the game. Out of the timeout, Michigan moved the ball well around the offensive box, but eventually lost control of the ball.

“We saw that they were in zone and we have plays and formations to kind of work against that zone,” Francia said. “In that kind of game it gets pretty hectic as you can imagine, with time winding down. We just have to connect on the little things and I think it would have gone our way.”

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Hutchins earns 1,400th win Michigan dominates Ohio State in Columbus for threegame sweep

BASEBALL

Nebraska handles Michigan in sweep

By ISAIAH ZEAVIN-MOSS Daily Sports Writer

By CHRIS CROWDER Daily Sports Writer

Three wins away from becoming just the third coach in college softball history to reach 1,400 victories, Michigan softball coach Carol Hutchins needed an undefeated weekend to etch her name further into the record books. And with three games against Ohio State, Hutchins and the Wolverines would not be denied the milestone.

Michigan dominated the Buckeyes, sweeping them with scores of 13-1, 13-1 and 20-0.

“Ohio State is a very good hitting team, and they’re very athletic,” Hutchins said. “I was very pleased to only give up two runs. We did a great job of taking a lot of free pitches, and we did a really nice job of taking good at-bats. The key was getting base runners and having timely hitting.”

The series opened Michigan’s Big Ten season, and on Friday, the Wolverines sent a message to the rest of the conference. Their performance — the only win not achieved by run rule — was highlighted by sophomore righthander Megan Betsa’s lights-out pitching. She tallied a careerhigh 14 strikeouts in a completegame win.

“The highlight of the weekend was Megan Betsa having one walk in both of the games that she threw,” Hutchins said. “She’s worked really hard on her game and her pitches, but it’s really a matter of gaining confidence at what you work at and not getting caught up in the outcome or your opponent.”

Added Betsa: “I just focused on getting ahead of the batters and

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Michigan coach Carol Hutchins surpassed another career milestone in her team’s sweep of Ohio State.

keeping the hitters off balance.”

Betsa didn’t need much run support, but the offense gave her plenty of cushion regardless.

The offensive onslaught was bolstered by home runs from junior rightfielder Kelsey Susalla, catcher Aidan Falk, junior second baseman Sierra Romero and freshman infielder Taylor Swearingen.

Saturday was almost a mirror image of Friday’s contest for the Wolverines, as Michigan won by the same score, tallying four home runs and 12 walks.

Four minutes into the game, after a walk and a hit batter, Romero sent her 13th home run over the stands. Also flexing their

muscles by way of the long ball were junior centerfielder Sierra Lawrence, junior rightfielder Kelsey Susalla and freshman infielder Amanda Vargas.

Vargas’ thirdinning home run was a grand slam and her first collegiate homer.

With Hutchins’ standing on 1,399 wins, Michigan entered Sunday’s contest with more to play for than just a win over its rival.

And the Wolverines came out on fire, scoring 20 runs to match a season high. Betsa got early run support by way of a six-run first inning and a 10-run second.

Michigan also hit five home runs in the series finale, all by the

“I just focused on getting ahead of the batters.”

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freshmen. Vargas and infielder Taylor Swearingen each knocked out two, and catcher Aidan Falk hit one of her own. Betsa again racked up strikeouts, earning nine. She ended the fifth and final inning on nine pitches, sealing Hutchins’ 1,400th win nicely.

After the game, the Wolverines had a short-lived celebration, taking a team photo commemorating Hutchins’ record victory.

But to everyone in the Michigan locker room, especially Hutchins, the milestone is not the focus.

Hutchins took her team picture and then moved on, focusing on what she can do better for next week’s games.

She’s not being boastful about her accomplishment. She sets an example with not just her record, but her philosophy. As soon as the game is over, she’s thinking about how to beat who’s next.

In college athletics, games between conference opponents tend to bring a greater intensity, especially as teams vie for postseason seeds and bragging rights against their most bitter rivals. Conference games often represent the hardest part of a team’s schedule, requiring another level of mental fortitude and physical toughness.

After this past weekend, the Michigan baseball team will need to reassess the intensity with which it comes to fight for the remainder of the Big Ten season.

Michigan (0-3 Big Ten, 11-11 overall) began Big Ten play with a three-game series against Nebraska. In the series, the Wolverines were outscored 25-7 and compiled a dreary .260 team batting average. The pitching staff allowed the Cornhuskers (3-0, 17-6) to score at least one run in each first inning of the series, and Michigan was always playing from behind, and, ultimately, was soundly swept.

The shutdown in both offensive and defensive production came as a surprise to the Wolverines, who had previously won nine of their last 12 games and looked to be finding their groove on both sides of the ball.

In Lincoln, though, Michigan was badly unprepared. In Friday’s matchup, a 14-3 defeat, the Wolverines committed three errors and were already trailing by five after the first frame.

Saturday, Michigan stranded nine runners on base in a lackadaisical 6-1 loss.

And on Sunday, as the

Wolverines looked to salvage some positive from an otherwise traumatic weekend, a four-run seventh inning broke open a 2-1 nail-biter and gave Nebraska a lead it would not relinquish, as it went on to beat Michigan, 6-3.

Though Michigan coach Erik Bakich was unable to find any positives from the weekend’s losses, he believes that his team will find a fighter’s instinct to keep trudging on.

“It’s just like getting knocked down — you get back up,” Bakich said. “We’re down, but we’re not out. And we have to get back up, we have to get tougher, we have to find a way to have some more fight.”

Tuesday, the Wolverines hope to rediscover some of the success they were having before this fateful trip to Lincoln, as they play their first home game of the season against Bowling Green.

While Bakich is looking forward to playing on his own grounds for the first time this year, he does not believe that having to travel is a valid excuse for such a hapless display of effort as the one shown in Lincoln.

“It’s good to play at home because you get to compete in front of your own fans, there are a lot of positives that come with playing at home,” Bakich said.

“But we’re not building in excuses for playing 22 straight games on the road, either.”

For a team that is looking to use this season as an opportunity to compete on the highest level and to win tangible results, perhaps this series against Nebraska served as a welcoming, an invitation into what it means to play winning baseball.

“We’re down, but we’re not out.”

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Coon finishes second, ‘M’ to face Toledo in WNIT Wolverines take 11th

By MINH DOAN Daily Sports Writer

Five total wrestlers earn All-American honors, led by heavyweight Coon

By MICHAEL GRIFFIN Daily Sports Writer

It was the end of the overtime period at the NCAA heavyweight wrestling semifinal, and Adam Coon was on top of the world.

He had just defeated Mike McMullen of Northwestern with a crushing pin as the clock expired. As Coon climbed off his opponent, pumped his fist and raised his arms, his coach, Joe McFarland, stood and cheered.

A day later, as the NCAA Wrestling Championships drew to a close, and Michigan had secured its place as the 11th-best team in the country, Joe McFarland spoke about his team’s performance with similar emotion.

“I’m real proud of our guys,” he said. “I felt that we did a great job of carrying our momentum into the national tournament.

Then to have half of our guys make All-American, that’s something special.”

This year’s NCAA Championships were a huge step in the right direction for a team in the middle of a wrestling renaissance. Michigan ended the meet with five wrestlers earning All-American honors, matching the team’s secondbest showing in its 94-year history.

Adding to the impressive performance was the fact that the Wolverines achieved it with a team led mostly by underclassmen. Nine of the 10 wrestlers at nationals will return next year. Even more impressively, every single All-American matched or

surpassed the expectations set in seeding.

Sophomore Adam Coon, team captain and a standout all year, entered the tournament seeded No. 6, then advanced to the championship final.

Despite tying the score at six late in the third period against the defending champion, North Carolina State’s Nick Gwiazdowski, he was unable to come away with the victory, losing 7-6.

Gwiazdowski secured the lead with 15 seconds left on the clock, escaping Coon’s hold.

Nonetheless, McFarland was extremely pleased with his star.

“He really fought through these past two days to get to the championship match,” McFarland said. “He was disappointed that he didn’t get the win, but I thought it was a great effort, and a great season.”

Several other wrestlers finished in the top 10 of their respective events.

Fifth-year senior and team co-captain Max Huntley, who was coming off of a fifthplace finish at the Big Ten Championships, came in eighth, earning All-American honors for the first time in his Michigan career.

McFarland praised Huntley, who has captained the team for two years and has spent the season regaining the edge lost last year to a torn pectoral muscle.

“We’re really going to miss his leadership,” McFarland said.

“When you have a guy like that come into your program, and then after four years he comes out and has a year like this,

that’s really great to see.”

Redshirt sophomore Conor Youtsey, who wrestles at 125 pounds, entered the tournament unseeded, but advanced to the fifth-place match, where he lost to Nahshon Garrett of Cornell but secured sixth place and All-American honors.

Youtsey was perhaps the biggest surprise of the tournament for the Wolverines, as the only one of four unseeded Michigan wrestlers to advance past the first round.

Brian Murphy, a sophomore wrestling at 157 pounds, locked up seventh place and his first All-American honor with a win by forfeit over Lehigh’s Mitch Minotti. He finishes up an exceptional season in which he was 7-2 in dual meet competition and placed fifth at the Big Ten Championships.

The final All-American was Rossi Bruno, the group’s lone junior, who ended the meet eighth with a 4-3 record.

Bruno, who missed earning AllAmerican honors by one match last year, finished the season strong despite being injured for most of the dual meets.

While the other five wrestlers Michigan sent to St. Louis did not come away with honors, the number of wrestlers that the team sent to the tournament was an accomplishment in itself. There were 10 Wolverines at the NCAA Championships compared to eight last year.

Perhaps more importantly, however, all but one of those who qualified will return to the team next year, giving Michigan an early edge to compete for a national title next season.

“I thought it was a great effort, and a great season.”

The Michigan women’s basketball team is still alive.

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Savage Arena The Wolverines (8-10 Big Ten, 17-14 overall) are coming off a convincing 71-50 win over the Vikings on Wednesday night in which Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico used an unorthodox method to pick her starting lineup.

She used a points-based system to reward players for their work during the week leading up to the game.

At the end of the week, freshman forward Emoni Jackson held the No. 5 spot in the points standings, earning her first start of her collegiate career.

And Barnes Arico’s unorthodox method paid off, as Jackson totaled eight points and four rebounds in 14 minutes of

action.

“She’s just got a little bounce on her,” Barnes Arico said.

“She was able to rebound the basketball extremely well and just find a way to finish plays around the basket. She gave us a great lift, and I was really happy for her.”

Michigan’s defense shut down Cleveland State, which shot a paltry 25.9 percent in the first half, scoring just 20 points.

Senior forward Cyesha Goree returned to her double-digit scoring form, finishing with 18 points after scoring just a combined seven points in her last two games.

Even with her successful experiment, Barnes Arico acknowledged that her regular starters — senior guard Shannon Smith, sophomore guard Siera Thompson and freshman guard Katelynn Flaherty — would have big parts in the Wolverines’ next game.

But Barnes Arico was happy with her squad’s depth.

“Siera and Shannon have proved themselves all year long,” Barnes Arico said. “We’ll have to sit down and we’ll evaluate the next couple days and kind of see what happens, but it’s nice to have that depth and to be able to have to make those decisions, which are great decisions as a coach to have to make.”

For Toledo (11-9 Mid-

American Conference, 19-13), guard Inma Zanoguera leads the Rockets in scoring with 15.4 points per game. She also leads the team in boards, averaging 6.7 rebounds.

Five years ago, the two opponents found themselves in the exact same position.

Michigan and Toledo faced off in the second round of the WNIT in 2010, when the Wolverines used a 21-2 run out of the halftime break to win 72-57 and advance to the round of 16.

That Michigan team went on to semifinals before bowing out to Miami.

The Wolverines and the Rockets have faced five of the same opponents this season in Purdue, Detroit, Eastern Michigan, Cleveland State and Western Michigan. Michigan is a combined 5-0 against the five squads, while Toledo is 3-5.

The winner of the game will face Missouri in the round of 16 after the Tigers defeated Kansas State, 67-48, on Sunday.

But to get to Missouri, Michigan will have to tame a rowdy Toledo crowd — average attendance at Rockets games is over 3,500. Winning won’t be easy, considering the Wolverines are just 4-10 away from home.

But if Michigan wants its postseason to continue, it’s going to have do just that.

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MICHIGAN From Page 1B off a Band-Aid, the puck bounced right out of the empty net, but the damage had been done.

With 34 seconds left in the Big Ten championship game, the Wolverines (12-8 Big Ten, 22-15 overall) got the dagger they have grown all too familiar with.

Minnesota netted its fourth goal of the night en route to a 4-2 win.

“From our perspective, it was a great college hockey game,” said Michigan coach Red Berenson. “I was proud of our team. I thought they played hard and that they played well, just not well enough.”

When the Wolverines cruised through the Big Ten Tournament, outscoring Wisconsin and Michigan State, 9-1, en route to the final, it seemed that Michigan would play well enough, and a triumphant return to the postseason was simply destiny.

The team had stumbled to its worst start since 1986, but rebounded in incredible fashion.

Led by breakout senior forward Zach Hyman and his linemate, freshman upstart Dylan Larkin, the Wolverines became the nation’s top offense, posting blowout scores while masking an inexperienced and developing defense in the process.

But with its back to the wall at Joe Louis Arena, it looked like things would click for Michigan, it really did. Against Wisconsin and Michigan State, the Wolverines came out swinging, outshooting and outscoring both teams by comical margins.

Saturday, it became clear it wouldn’t be as easy. The experienced and deep Minnesota team dominated possession, outshooting the Wolverines, 20-7, in the first period and testing the defense like never before this season.

But Racine and the defense were there for every shot, quieting the doubters, and, more importantly, setting the tone for the game when the offense couldn’t.

Things changed quite quickly in the second, however. After

earning a power play, Minnesota’s Travis Boyd parked by the right post. After about a minute, the puck found him, and the senior buried it to give the Gophers an early lead.

But as he has countless times throughout the season, Hyman responded by putting the team on his shoulders. Skating from the boards deep in Minnesota’s zone less than 90 seconds later during a power play, the Big Ten scoring champion threaded across the ice, skirting through three Gopher defenders before firing a highlight-reel shot so baffling that netminder Adam Wilcox had to sit in disbelief while Hyman woke up fans and teammates alike in celebration.

“He just powered through the trap to the front of the net and then beat the goalie like he singlehandedly tried to take the team on his back,” Berenson said. “He’s been doing that all year, and it’s been a pleasure for me to coach him and watch him emerge as the player he’s become.”

As the only members of the Michigan hockey team who have ever played in the NCAA Tournament, Hyman and his fellow seniors knew what was at stake Saturday, and wouldn’t imagine anything less than the biggest effort of their careers.

“It’s definitely the biggest game of my career here, one game to win a championship, it couldn’t be better than this,” Hyman said Friday. “If you win a Big Ten Championship, you have a chance at a national championship, it doesn’t get bigger than that.”

They refused to go down easily.

Two and a half minutes later, sophomore forward Alex Kile found twine as the final leg in a tic-tac-toe goal. Though Wilcox followed the development of the play, the 2014 Big Ten Player of the Year was unable to track the work of the sharpshooting sophomore.

With a 2-1 lead and a largely favorable crowd in the stands

above it, Michigan looked to be clicking in all areas of the game.

Even Racine — who took turns with sophomore netminder Zach Nagelvoort at thriving, then struggling all season — continued to look as good as ever, making a highlight-reel save on a 2-on-1 Minnesota breakaway, one of 30 saves on the night.

Minnesota found more luck just past the halfway point of the second period however, when forward Kyle Rau, fresh out of a visit to the penalty box, broke through Racine on another dazzling onetimer, giving Minnesota a new sense of purpose.

Eventually, one of Michigan’s less-thandesirable staples — a defensive miscue — led to the team’s demise. With two defensemen preoccupied on a hit during a Minnesota power play early in the third period, Gopher forward Justin Kloos found himself open, or open enough, to score the go-ahead goal.

“We had our chances,” Berenson said. “We needed to capitalize on one of those chances to get the go-ahead goal, and we couldn’t get it, and sure enough, they did.”

A flurry of attacks by the feared and revered offense came at Wilcox, but to no avail.

Eventually Racine was pulled, but it didn’t take long for the puck to travel the length of the ice, extending Michigan’s tournament drought, cutting the Wolverines’ season short and robbing Hyman of destiny in the process.

“We showed up,” said junior forward Andrew Copp. “We had the right attitude and mentality.

Thursday and Friday were pretty good days for us, and we were pretty confident going into today just to keep the momentum rolling. The bounces just didn’t go our way. We didn’t play our best, but we felt like we played good enough to win.”

“It’s definitely the biggest game of my career.”

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SUMMITT From Page 1B reporters, Berenson walked straight to the team bus. He sat there as his team filed out of the locker room, heads down and optimism dashed. Berenson sat in the front of the bus as thoughts on another season of underachievement rushed through his head.

Hardly anyone takes losing as hard as Berenson does.

“You know what, I went through that three-year stretch where we didn’t make it,” said Minnesota coach Don Lucia.

“You don’t even want to watch the NCAA Tournament because you’re bummed out, because you’re competitive, and Red is as competitive as anybody else.”

Berenson has said he would be the first to step down if he thought he couldn’t lead the Michigan hockey program to its full potential. The team means too much for him not to.

But his coaching ability hasn’t faded. The Wolverines needed their best weekend of hockey to have a chance at winning the Big Ten Tournament and, defensively, they got that.

In the final month of the season, Berenson pushed his team to buy into a defensive philosophy that was lacking beforehand. Following a disheartening loss to Ohio State on Feb. 20, Berenson called a team meeting.

The Wolverines’ defense was in flames, and Berenson’s message was simple — play better without the puck. It took time for the team to buy in, but it bought in this weekend, when it mattered most.

Berenson preaches defense, and he preaches work ethic. His team played through the philosophy of its legendary coach. The effort was there, the desperation was there and the defensive corps was consistently stout for the first time in a long time.

Winning and losing are separated by the smallest of margins. The dichotomy between how a person feels after winning

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Red Berenson’s season ended without an NCAA Tournament berth again.

and how a person feels after losing, however, is immense.

“Very few teams and individuals get to finish their season on a winning note,” said undergraduate assistant coach Mike Komisarek. “So, that’s where we want to be, and that’s where we want to get at.”

And Berenson will be a part of it. The 73-year old coach has one year remaining on his contract, and he has admitted he thinks about retirement a lot.

But this is not the summer that Berenson walks away from what he’s most passionate about.

He loves coaching because he loves competition, but he loves coaching most when he gets to watch his young players grow as people and as hockey players.

“Our team really came up and our young guys came up,” Berenson said. “I mean, who would have thought (Cutler) Martin would be playing regular, the way he has, as an unknown coming in and so on. I could go through our lineup, and it wasn’t just the freshmen, it was the seniors as well.”

As a man of few words, Berenson likely won’t express how much this weekend stings, nor will he admit how long it

might sting for. He’s used to being at the top of the hockey world.

This is an uncomfortable and unfamiliar position for a coach of his stature.

He has won two national championships with Michigan, coached dozens of NHL players and created a program built on hard work and integrity.

After Saturday’s game, Berenson insisted the podium wasn’t his to take, though it has been his for the taking throughout his entire career.

“Look, I don’t want to take any more time,” he said. “This podium should be for the winners, OK? Thank you.”

He then sauntered out of the room as a coach whose season ended prematurely and as a legend who has been left emptyhanded. There wasn’t anything left to say anyway.

Berenson had his chance to speak at the loser’s podium, but he’s more comfortable in the winner’s circle. He’ll have to wait a year before he gets back, but there’s little chance Berenson won’t speak as a victor once more.

Jeremy Summitt can be reached at jssumm@umich.edu and on Twitter @jeremysummitt.

Michigan wins Big Ten title Hyman’s career ends painfully ICE HOCKEY

Second-highest score in program history earns championship

By JASON RUBINSTEIN Daily Sports Editor

By CINDY YU Daily Sports Writer

At the Big Ten Championships, the No. 6 Michigan women’s gymnastics team embodied the quartz-themed leotards senior Sachi Sugiyama designed.

As the most recognized type of crystal, quartz symbolizes power, energy and clarity.

“The stone epitomizes teamwork and transforms negative energy into positive energy, and that we were going to be strong and have clarity,” Sugiyama said.

Indeed, the Wolverines lived up to their expectations, resembling the powerful stone.

Michigan (18-0 Big Ten, 21-2 overall) dominated the Big Ten Championships with a seasonbest team total of 197.825, the second-highest score in program history. Already the winningest program in the conference, this achievement Saturday inside Crisler Center marks the Wolverines’ 23rd Big Ten title.

“It’s just such a chilling experience,” said sophomore Nicole Artz. “We were brought to tears at the end.”

Artz won the all-around title with a career-best score of 39.650, and Sugiyama and freshman Brianna Brown matched their career-high scores of 39.550 to tie for fourth.

Brown was named Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Year, and Plocki was named Big Ten Coach of the Year. And to top it off, Artz, Sugiyama, Brown, junior Briley Casanova and sophomore Talia Chiarelli were named to the All-Big Ten Championships team.

“This was by far the best meet in all four events that we’ve had so far this season,” Plocki said.

“Hopefully, we’re just hitting our stride right now, and we can carry this into regionals and nationals.”

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Freshman Brianna Brown matched a career-high score of 39.550 to tie for fourth in the all-around competition.

Beginning with a bye, Michigan listened to Bo Schembechler’s “The Team, The Team, The Team” speech during the first rotation. As the team emerged from the tunnel to march to its first event of the evening, the gymnasts walked out to a standing ovation from the fans.

Fired up, the Wolverines set the tone on the floor exercise, delivering the top floor rotation of the day.

Sugiyama and Chiarelli led the team with their 9.925 performances, tying Minnesota gymnast Lindsay Mable for first place on the event. Sugiyama matched her career best for the fourth consecutive week, while Chiarelli rebounded from an uncharacteristically low 9.675 routine the previous meet.

“This was kind of redemption,” Chiarelli said. “To be able to do a good floor routine in front of a big crowd is really fun and exciting.”

Artz was also a major contributor to the floor lineup, earning a score of 9.900 to share a fourth-place finish with Nebraska gymnast Hollie Blanske.

After the completion of one event, Michigan narrowly led No. 16 Illinois, 49.450-49.400.

“Our goal was to come out of

the gate really strong, and I think we did that on floor,” Plocki said.

Moving to vault, the Wolverines gained upward momentum, as all six gymnasts in the lineup scored at least 9.850. It was evident that their focus on sticking in practice this week translated to competition.

“I think this was our best vaulting of the season,” Plocki said.

As she did on floor, Chiarelli led the team on vault. Her powerful Yurchenko full with just a small hop back on the landing earned a 9.900, enough to tie her career best from the first meet of the season.

At the halfway point, Michigan and Illinois were neck and neck, with the Wolverines carrying a slim 98.850-98.825 lead.

After another bye, Michigan had its best rotation of the season on bars, scoring 49.525. Artz tied her career best of 9.950 to win a share of the Big Ten title with Nebraska’s Jennie Laeng.

When Artz stuck her double layout dismount, cheering erupted from all around Crisler.

She even earned a second round of applause when a judge flashed a perfect 10.

Brown, ranked in the top five in the nation on bars, earned a 9.925 to tie for third.

Leading by just 0.275 points going into the final rotation, Casanova set the standard in the leadoff position on beam. In her wobble-free routine, she tied her season-best score of 9.900 and finished second on the event, even despite illness.

“Briley was sick as a dog,” Plocki said. “But she was a superstar.”

Brown was also able to match Casanova’s score for a spot on the podium.

The highlight of the night came from Artz, who tied another career best and scored her second 9.950 point total to win the event outright. When she stuck her one-and-a-half twisting dismount, both her teammates and the fans held up 10 fingers to show approval.

At the conclusion of the meet, Michigan had widened its gap over Illinois to 0.575.

“I was just incredibly proud of all of these young ladies to handle that pressure the way they did, and to not just hit beam but rock beam,” Plocki said. “All season long, I’ve known these are tough competitors, but this is a different level.

“This is the level that’s going to take us into the national championship and get on the podium.”

DETROIT — Zach Hyman entered the press room after Saturday’s loss teary-eyed, but understandably so.

He knew his season was over.

He knew his Michigan career was over. He knew his incredible year, one in which he tallied 22 goals and notched over 50 points, had ended sooner than he planned.

And he knew that his time playing next to freshman Dylan Larkin — the other half of the team’s dynamic duo — was done.

Michigan coach Red Berenson found solace, though, knowing that Hyman did everything he possibly could to extend the Wolverines’ season.

“You could see how he drove the net and he had a guy on his back,” Berenson said of Hyman’s goal on Saturday. “He just powered through the trap to the front of the net, and then beat the goalie. He singlehandedly tried to take the team on his back, and he’s been doing that all year.

“It’s been a pleasure for me to coach him and watch him emerge as the player he’s become, and as a person and so on.”

Hyman was the centerpiece of this Michigan hockey team.

When the team needed a goal, Hyman was there. When the team needed a talking-to for lackluster play, Hyman was there. But now, Hyman won’t be there anymore, at least while wearing a Michigan hockey sweater.

“I’m upset because my career is over here,” Hyman said before taking a big gulp of water. “I’m not upset because of the way we played.”

Still, the atmosphere in the locker room after the game was one each Michigan player will remember forever, and not for the right reason. Freshman defenseman Zach Werenski had never experienced such sorrow on his teammates’ faces.

“I can’t say I have,” said freshman defenseman Zach Werenski. “The locker room, it was devastating. It was very hitting in the locker room, seeing the seniors’ faces. It’s not what you want to do.

It’s not what you see.”

And for Michigan, it was especially hard to see Hyman’s sorrow.

Mike Komisarek, Michigan’s newest assistant coach who played two seasons for the Wolverines before a 11-year career in the NHL, expressed a similar sentiment, noting the future is bright for not only Hyman, but for Michigan.

More notably, Komisarek emphasized that a team can rebound from such a gutwrenching blow.

“Very few teams and individuals get to finish their season on a winning note,” he said. “I think you never forget the feeling coming off the ice, watching the other team celebrate, or hearing them from the locker room through the walls. It’s something you use for fuel and motivation.”

Werenski, who is arguably Michigan’s best defenseman, knows he will hear about this game for some time, adding to any motivation he already has for next season.

The 17-year-old has multiple friends that play for Minnesota.

Defenseman Ryan Collins was one of them. He and Werenski played for Team USA together, most recently at the World Junior Championships in late December.

Werenski and Collins coincidentally exited the Joe Louis Arena at the same time through the same door. That meeting could’ve been tough for Werenski, knowing a close friend ended his impressive freshman campaign.

But Werenski and Collins hugged, and no hatred was spewed. Werenski knows he’ll have another chance to get the last laugh, even though it will take some time to crack a smile.