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CSG seeks input from students on search Proppe e-mails survey, wants leaders for student commitee By AMRUTHA SIVAKUMAR Daily Staff Reporter
To maximize student input in the search for the next University president, LSA student government has created a survey to determine what qualities the college’s students seek in President Mary Sue Coleman’s successor. Student government leaders e-mailed a link to the survey Wednesday. The survey poses six questions focused specifically towards the needs of LSA students and improvements the next president should focus on. “This input will be instrumental in helping the regents choose the best candidate to lead the University after President Coleman retires in the spring,” the e-mail said. LSA-SG President Sagar Lathia said leaders hope responses would demonstrate the school’s diversity.
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Public Policy junior Carly Manes speaks to Engineering sophomore Samantha Rahmani during a Diag debate on abortion rights Wednesday.
Abortion debate hits Diag Opposing groups face off to garner student attention
of Students for Life set up 915 pink crosses in front of the flag post, along with large pink signs explaining each cross represents the number of abortions that, according to the Planned Parenthood Project, are performed in America by Planned Parenthood each day. The Planned Parenthood Project is not affiliated with the Planned Parenthood network of healthcare clinics. Rather, the project is a touring group spon-
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The two sides of the debate on abortion rights were clear on the Diag Wednesday as groups staged dueling demonstrations. The University’s chapter
sored by Students for Life of America that criticizes the organization, which is a major provider of abortions in the United States. The University is one of 41 stops for the project. The 18,041-mile tour encompasses campuses in 20 states over an eight-week period. LSA sophomore Amanda Salvi, Students for Life’s publicity chair, claimed that many people are misinformed about
Planned Parenthood. “In a recent survey, 55 percent of Americans did not know that Planned Parenthood commits abortion,” Salvi said, in reference to a poll performed by the Students for Life organization. “Since it’s such a controversial issue, not many people talk about it, let alone know about it, so we’re here to stir some conversation.” Members of the University’s See ABORTION, Page 3A
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“One of the biggest things I wanted to make sure was that the LSA constituency got heard no matter what,” Lathia, and LSA and business senior, said. “It’s just to assure that LSA students could get their word out.” Less than 24 hours later, a similar stride was taken through the office of the Central Student Government. As promised at that assembly’s Tuesday meeting, CSG President Michael Proppe sent an e-mail to the entire student body today, informing them of the upcoming student involvement in the presidential search process. Last week, the University Council — a governing body consisting of student presidents from all the University schools and colleges — introduced a resolution that would create a studentdriven committee to provide input to the University’s Board of Regents until the next president is selected. Organizers say student committee was created due to a lack of student representation on the regent’s Presidential Search Advisory Committee. See INPUT, Page 3A
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Officials gear up Ann Arbor for bike share
‘U’ program to combat obesity goes statewide
City, University planning tentative spring launch
Building Healthy Communities spins off from UMHS initiative
By YARDAIN AMRON For the Daily
The end of winter term may seem an eternity away, but come springtime, Ann Arbor is aiming to have its own bike share program for public use. With the Ann Arbor City Council’s approval last month to partner with Clean Energy Coalition — a nonprofit that promotes clean energy technologies — funding for Phase 1 of the program fell into place. The question now remains whether the program will have similar success to the fast-growing number of bike share programs popping up across the country.
To use the system — which is tentatively scheduled to open on April 1, 2014 — riders must first buy a membership, with rates ranging from $60 annually, $20 weekly or $5 daily. These fees allow members to swipe their Mcards at any station, where they can ride free of charge for up to 30 minutes. For every subsequent half-hour, a yet to be determined usage fee is charged to the member’s account. Bikes can be returned to any station on campus. Steve Dolen, the University’s executive director of parking and transportation services, said officials have discussed the possibility of linking B-cycle membership to the Mcard system, but that is low on the priority list compared to getting the system up and running. See BIKE, Page 7A
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Eileen Quintero, a business systems analyst in the School of Dentistry, and Dentistry student Amir Aryaan compete in an inflatable basketball game during the MHealthy Play Day on Ingalls Mall Tuesday.
MHealthy hosts multi-day fair to promote wellness Activities include games, flu shots, free massages
By STEPHANIE SHENOUDA Daily Staff Reporter
From bouncy houses to flu shots, MHealthy is working to bring wellness to campus
with a series of events focused on encouraging exercise and healthy living. MHealthy Champions — a group of staff and faculty who aim to create a healthy work environment — hosted the second annual Health and Wellness Fair outside the Ford School of Public Policy Wednesday, continuing to spread awareness about all aspects of healthy liv-
ing. They also promoted Active U Autumn, a six-week program where students and staff can log their physical activity and compete for prizes. Nearly 300 people received flu shots and other wellness-related services, including complimentary massages from the University of Michigan Health System Massage Therapy Program and fresh, See MHEALTHY, Page 7A
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The B-side looks at new Ann Arbor art installations.
Does the Univesity science culture stacks the deck against women?
Let’s do it for the kids — or at least their eating habits. Working closely with academic and commercial partners, a University program aimed at fighting obesity in local middle schools has expanded into a statewide initiative aimed at fighting obesity, encouraging exercise and promoting healthier lifestyles. Building Healthy Communities — a new offshoot of the University of Michigan Health System’s ‘Project Healthy Schools’ initiative — is in the process of implementing programs in 28 middle and elementary See OBESITY, Page 7A
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Syrian military tied to August attack due to rocket trajectory Mountain troops evidently fired sarin gas on civilians
The United States, Britain was from private meetings, said: and France cited evidence in “It was 100 percent clear that the the report to declare Assad’s regime used chemical weapons.” government responsible. RusThe diplomat cited five key sia called the report “one-sided” details, including the scale of the and says it has “serious reason to attack, the quality of the sarin, BEIRUT (AP) — The trajec- suggest that this was a provoca- the type of rockets, the warheads tory of the rockets that deliv- tion” by the rebels fighting the used and the rockets’ trajectory. ered the nerve agent sarin in last Assad regime in Syria’s civil war. A Human Rights Watch month’s deadly attack is among The report, however, provid- report also said the presumed the key evidence linking elite ed data that suggested the chem- flight path of the rockets cited by Syrian troops based in the moun- ical-loaded rockets that hit two the U.N. inspectors’ report led tains overlooking Damascus to Damascus suburbs were fired back to a Republican Guard base the strike that killed hundreds from the northwest, indicating in Mount Qassioun. Nikolas Giakoumidis/AP of people, diplomats and human they came from nearby moun“Connecting the dots providRiot police walk past a burning garbage bin in front of the Bank of Greece during a protest in Thessaloniki on rights officials said Wednesday. tains where the Syrian military ed by these numbers allows us to Wednesday. The Aug. 21 attack precipitat- is known to have major bases. see for ourselves where the rocked the crisis over Syria’s chemiMount Qassioun, which over- ets were likely launched from cal weapons. The U.S. threatened looks Damascus, is home to one and who was responsible,” said a military strike against Syria, of Assad’s three residences and Josh Lyons, a satellite imagery which led to a plan negotiated by is widely used by elite forces to analyst for the New York-based Moscow and Washington under shell suburbs of the capital. The group. But, he added, the eviwhich the regime of President powerful Republican Guard and dence was “not conclusive.” Bashar Assad is to abandon its army’s Fourth Division, headThe HRW report matched belonged to Golden Dawn. A Authorities said 41 people chemical weapons stockpile. ed by Assad’s younger brother, what several experts concluded knife with traces of blood was were detained in Keratsini, and A U.N. report released Mon- Maher, has bases there. after reading the U.N. report. found near his car. 36 in Thessaloniki. daySyndication confirmed that chemical A senior U.N. diplomat, speak- http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ The U.N. inspectors were not Clashes broke out Wednesday Earlier, friends of the victim Sudoku weapons were used in the attack ing on condition of anonymity instructed to assess which side evening between riot police and and residents left flowers and but did not ascribe blame. because some of this material was responsible for the attack. thousands of protesters holding candles at the spot of the attack, “While the U.N. stuck within its KERATSINI, Greece (AP) anti-fascist demonstrations in where blood still stained the mandate, it has provided enough — Violent clashes broke out in Fyssas’ memory in Keratsini and sidewalk. The head of a small data to provide an overwhelming several Greek cities Wednesday another five cities. right-wing opposition party, case that this had to be governafter a musician described as an In Keratsini, violence broke Panos Kamenos of the Indement-sponsored,” said Anthony anti-fascist activist was stabbed out near the scene of the stab- pendent Greeks, was briefly HARD Cordesman, national security to death by a man who said he bing, with hundreds of protesters assaulted by protesters when he expert at the Center for Strategic belonged to the far-right Golden attacking a nearby police station. attempted to visit the site. and International Studies. Dawn party. More than 75 peoThe confrontation lasted more Deputy Prime Minister EvanThe inspectors described the ple were detained. than two hours, with riot police gelos Venizelos, whose Socialrockets used to disperse the sarin The death of Pavlos Fyssas, using tear gas to repel youths, ist party is part of the coalition as a variant of an M14 artillery 34, drew condemnation from who set fire to trash bins and government, said Golden Dawn rocket, with either an original or across Greece’s political spec- smashed up sidewalks with ham- had “violence as its priority and an improvised warhead, which trum and from abroad. While mers to throw rocks at police. must be dealt with as a criminal the rebels are not known to have. the extremist Golden Dawn The clashes left a busy sub- organization.” There is no conceivable way to has been blamed for numerous urban road strewn with rocks Hannes Swoboda, president prove the rebels could not have violent attacks in the past, the and smoldering trash for sev- of the Socialists and Democrats gotten them, Cordesman said, but overnight stabbing is the most eral hundred meters (yards). Group in the European Parliahe added that the modification of serious violence so far directly Traffic outside the busy port ment, urged Greek authorities the rockets pointed to the regime. attributed to a member. of Piraeus was disrupted as to examine banning the party The U.N. diplomat in New Golden Dawn leader Nicho- police cordoned off streets to altogether. York pointed to citations in the las Michaloliakos denied that stop protesters from reaching “Golden Dawn’s openly U.N. report and a private briefthe party had anything to do the area. xenophobic, neo-Nazi hatred ing to the U.N. Security Council with the attack. Similar scenes played out in even goes as far as murderby chief inspector Ake Sellstrom Fyssas, a hip-hop singer Thessaloniki, Greece’s second- ing political opponents. This that reveal the scale of the whose stage name was Killah largest city, where about 6,000 is shocking and intolerable by attack: The seven rockets examP, died in a state hospital early demonstrators marched. Greek any standards, and more so in ined had a total payload of about Wednesday after being stabbed media also reported violent a European Union country,” he 350 liters (about 92 gallons) of twice outside a cafe in the Kerat- clashes in the western city of said. sarin, including sophisticated sini area west of Athens. 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Michigan colleges use grants for job training Colleges and universities across Michigan are sharing more than $26 million in federal funds to expand and develop job training programs. The grants announced Wednesday come from the Labor Department and are part of $475 million going to schools across the nation. The largest state grants are going to Baker College in Flint and Macomb Community College in Warren. Macomb is getting about $9 million as the lead college in a consortium of eight educational institutions in Michigan.
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Detroit Zoo to build $21-million penguin exhibit The Detroit Zoo will be home to the largest center in the U.S. dedicated to penguins, thanks to the most substantial private donation in its 85-year history, the zoo announced Wednesday. Construction on the $21 million facility will begin “in earnest” in March and is expected to open in late 2015, said Ron Kagan, the zoo’s executive director and CEO. “We don’t think there is anything comparable,” Kagan said at a news event that featured a 3-D film and “snow” that fell on attendees. “To the best of our knowledge, this is the largest ... facility that is entirely dedicated to penguins.”
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Mexico flood kills 80, leaves many stranded The toll from devastating twin storms climbed to 80 on Wednesday as isolated areas reported deaths and damage to the outside world, and Mexican officials said that a massive landslide in the mountains north of the resort of Acapulco could drive the number of confirmed dead even higher. Interior Secretary Miguel Angel Osorio Chong said federal authorities had reached the cutoff village of La Pintada by helicopter and had airlifted out 35 residents, four of whom were seriously injured in the slide. Officials have not yet seen any bodies, he said, despite reports from people in the area that at least 18 people had been killed. “It doesn’t look good, based on the photos we have in our possession,” Osorio Chong said, while noting that “up to this point, we do not have any (confirmed) as dead in the landslide.” Osorio Chong told local media that “this is a very powerful landslide, very big ... You can see that it hit a lot of houses.”
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Child beauty pageants may be banned in France Child beauty pageants may soon be banned in France, after a surprise vote in the French Senate that rattled the pageant industry and raised questions about how the French relate to girls’ sexuality. Such contests, and the madeup, dolled-up beauty queens they produce, have the power to both fascinate and repulse, and have drawn criticism in several countries. France, with its controlling traditions, appears to be out front in pushing an outright ban. French legislators stopped short of approving a measure banning anyone under 16 from modeling products meant for grown-ups — a sensitive subject in a country renowned for its fashion and cosmetics industries, and about to host Paris Fashion Week. —Compiled from Daily wire reports
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Eraldo Peres/AP A life size image of Jose Dirceu, chief of staff for former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, stands inside a mock prison cage placed by protesters outside the Supreme Court in Brasilia, Brazil on Wednesday.
Brazilian court accepts appeals in high-profile corruption cases Dozen former politicians and business leaders previously convicted RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Brazilian Supreme Court on Wednesday accepted the appeals of a dozen former political and business leaders found guilty in the nation’s biggest corruption trial, paving the way for new trials and dealing a blow to those who hailed the earlier convictions as a turning point against impunity. The case involves a scheme that came to light in 2005 in which top aides to former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva created a scheme to pay off legislators so they would support the ruling Workers Party initiatives in Congress. The guilty verdicts for 25 defendants last year were seen as a positive sign in a country where public service has been marred by corruption and impunity for centuries. On Wednesday, the 11-member court weighed a technical wrinkle in the case and decided in a 6-5 vote that defendants have the right to a new trial for the criminal counts for which they earlier received at least four not-guilty votes. That means 12 defendants will get new trials, including Silva’s former chief of staff Jose Dirceu and the former Workers Party
president Jose Genoino for conspiracy, and Joao Cunha, the exleader of Brazil’s lower house of Congress, for money laundering. Justice Celso de Mello cast the sixth decisive vote in favor of the appeals. He had been the harshest critic of the defendants during last year’s trial, but said it was his duty to defend the law and not bend to widespread support for a quick end to the case. “If it’s true that the Supreme Court is a place for the protection and defense of fundamental freedoms ... then it can’t expose itself to external pressures as a result of popular outcry and pressure from crowds,” Mello said. The move will not totally clear most of the defendants because they were convicted on at least one other charge by too wide of a margin to allow for an appeal. But it could allow them to win a less harsh kind of imprisonment and be eligible for parole earlier. Some, like Dirceu may avoid serving their sentences fulltime in prison by being placed in a “semi-open” regime that allows them to do supervised work during the day and sleep in prison at night. Nobody has yet been jailed in connection to the case, which has angered Brazilians. The court has not yet decided when the appeals will be heard. The Estado de S. Paulo newspaper lamented in a Wednesday editorial that the top court would miss the opportunity to
reject the appeals and signal that “a tradition of impunity has been broken” and “the powerful will no longer be above the law and beyond its reach.” The newspaper said impunity is partly the fault of judges in Brazil’s notoriously slow and complex legal system, with the dominant idea being that “the more time-consuming a decision, the more appeals there are” the better the ruling. Joaquim Falcao, a law professor and legal expert at Rio de Janeiro’s Getulio Vargas Foundation, Brazil’s top think tank, said the justices were faced with a tough and legitimate technical question. He said the top court’s internal legal system allows appeals on counts that receive at least four not-guilty votes, but the constitution doesn’t mention such appeals, leading to the sharp divide between the justices. Falcao said he understands that frustrated Brazilians just want the case to end, but he defended the court’s responsibility to work through the process. “If the Supreme Court eventually absolves the defendants, then you could have a situation in which the democratic institutions are gravely discredited,” he said. “There may be some disillusionment with this ruling, but I don’t think it’s institutionally grave for democracy. I think it’s more of a delayed opportunity for justice.”
Egypt’s ousted president speaks to family for first time since removal Military government permits Morsi one phone call CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s ousted president, Mohammed Morsi, told his wife and children he is in good health in his first conversation with his family since the military removed him from office and detained him in a secret location more than two months ago, one of his lawyers said Wednesday. The phone calls were an apparent gesture by the military as authorities prepare to put Morsi on trial on charges of inciting the killing of protesters during his year in office — though no date for the trial has been set. Morsi’s legal team has so far not been able to talk to him, said the lawyer, Mostafa Atteyah. The trial of Egypt’s first freely elected president is one link in a wide-scale crackdown on his Muslim Brotherhood that has eviscerated its leadership and much of its crucial mid-level organizers. More than 2,000 jailed Brotherhood members are facing potential prosecution in multiple cases, with at least half a dozen cases already referred to trial. Members of the Brotherhood’s legal team say the process so far has been confused and opaque, with their lawyers given little access to their clients or knowledge of the cases against them. Atteyah said they have not been able to attend Morsi’s questioning and have not been shown the prosecutors’ final case referring Morsi to trial. The Islamist leader has been
held almost completely incommunicado in an undisclosed facility since the head of the military ousted him on July 3 in the wake of mass nationwide protests against him. Since then, the Brotherhood, which dominated power during his year in office, has been reeling under the crackdown. At least seven of the 18 members of the Brotherhood’s top executive body, the Guidance Bureau, have been arrested. The most recent were two detained along with the group’s Englishlanguage spokesman in a raid Tuesday. Among those held for weeks is the Brotherhood’s top leader Mohammed Badie, whose trial on incitement charges is the only one to have begun so far. Nearly 1,500 mid-level administrators are in custody — about 60 percent of the regional managers who do much of the Brotherhood’s nationwide organizing, Atteyah said. Also arrested are most of the Brotherhood members who served as provincial governors or lawmakers during Morsi’s year in office. The crackdown even netted 56 people on the legal team formed to defend Morsi and other group members, said Atteyah, one of 24 people left on the team. The rest of the group’s leaders are in hiding, with the remaining members of the Guidance Bureau managing the group while on the run, said one Brotherhood member, who spoke on condition of anonymity for security reasons. The Brotherhood and Morsi’s other supporters continue near daily protests demanding his reinstatement. But their protests have been smaller since security
forces violently broke up their main sit-ins in mid-August, sparking days of violence that left over a 1,000 dead, mostly Morsi supporters. Authorities accuse the Brotherhood and allies of seeking to undermine the new order through a wave of violence since the anti-Morsi protests began on June 30 — when his supporters repeatedly clashed with opponents — and after the president’s ouster, when there was a backlash of Islamist attacks on government offices, security personnel and churches. Authorities say the group stockpiled weapons and supported the attacks. Most of those arrested have been on allegations of inciting violence. The Brotherhood insists its protests against the coup are peaceful. Morsi, who turned 62 last month in detention, was allowed to speak by phone with his wife and children last week and a second time two days later, Atteyah said. The lawyer said he reassured his wife he is in good health. Morsi also spoke at length with his son Osama, the Brotherhood member said. “I will remain steadfast to the last breath,” Morsi told his family, according to the Turkish news agency Anadolu, which first reported the calls. Morsi did not seem to know where he was being held, the report said. Atteyah confirmed the Anadolu report. The only visitors Morsi is known to have seen were EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and an African Union delegation. A delegation of Egyptian rights groups was also permitted to see him, but he declined.
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The rebels who overthrew Central African Republic’s president six months ago are killing scores of civilians with impunity, in one case shooting a woman walking down the street and leaving her for dead with a wailing baby still strapped to her back, an international human rights group said Wednesday. In a report that documented slayings and the “wanton destruction” of more than 1,000 homes, Human Rights Watch called for targeted sanctions against leaders responsible for the abuses. The group also urged the international community to help support an African Union peacekeeping mission aimed at protecting civilians in the aftermath of the March coup led by a coalition of rebel groups known collectively as Seleka. “Seleka leaders promised a new beginning for the people of the Central African Repub-
ABORTION From Page 1A versation.” Members of the University’s chapter of Students for Choice were present to provide Planned Parenthood’s side of the story. LSA senior Sydney Gallup, a Students for Choice chair member, said after hearing about a similar demonstration performed by Students for Life Tuesday at Eastern Michigan University, her group wanted to provide counterclaims to the information the Planned Parenthood Project distributed on the Diag. “They hand out false information that really paints Planned Parenthood in a horrible light,” Gallup said. “We’re trying to get the truth out there, answer any questions people have and show support for people who support choice.” The two competing demon-
INPUT From Page 1A tion on the regent’s Presidential Search Advisory Committee. To aid the student committee in acquiring general student opinions on the presidential search, Proppe’s e-mail included a link to an additional survey and a hashtag to collect social media posts. At the University Council meeting, CSG Vice President Bobby Dishell said survey results compiled by other schools, colleges and student interest groups — such as the survey administered by LSASG — would also be taken into
lic, but instead have carried out large-scale attacks on civilians, looting and murder,” said Daniel Bekele, Africa director for the organization. In one attack documented by Human Rights Watch, witnesses said a self-appointed mayor “went door to door in the village, reassuring fearful residents it was safe to come out to talk to the Seleka.” Five of those who did venture out from their homes were then tied together and grouped under a tree. The fighters shot them one by one, the report said. When one victim did not die, his throat was slit, witnesses recalled. On Tuesday, the United States said it was “gravely concerned about the recent upsurge in violence” in Central African Republic. “We remain concerned about continuing violations of international humanitarian law and reports of widespread human rights abuses by these rebels. All perpetrators of these crimes must be held accountable,” said Jen Psaki, spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department.
strations succeeded in sparking conversation. Students, both those with an opinion on the issues and those who were unsure, passed through and spoke to members from both organizations. Education graduate student Griffin Pepper said he moved to Michigan from Washing ton D.C., where he saw peaceful protests outside of Planned Parenthood every day. He said the event on the Diag seemed like a respectful discussion. “I tend to lean left and think Planned Parenthood does a lot of wonderful things for young women in this country by providing low cost medical care for those who can’t necessarily afford it,” Pepper said. “I don’t think anyone should decide medical care for anyone else, except the patient and the doctor.” —Daily Staff Reporter Ariana Assaf contributed to this report.
consideration when the student committee compiles its final data. On Sept. 26, members of the Presidential Search Advisory Committee will hold a public forum to solicit student input. While the newly created student committee would be tasked with presenting a report of their surveyed findings, approximately 30 other speakers from the student body will have the opportunity to speak at the forum. In his e-mail, Proppe said CSG would choose 30 individuals from those who show interest to “represent a diverse group of speakers and topics” at the forum. If time permitted, additionally speakers may be called upon at the meeting.
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Encourage entrepreneurship Universities should offer financially support student innovation
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ocated in Palo Alto, Stanford University has long been known to have deep ties to the surrounding culture of startup companies in Silicon Valley, but now the school is taking steps to foster its direct involvement. StartX is a student-created nonprofit that helps Stanford students develop their start-up ideas. Students must go through an application process to receive assistance from StartX. Those accepted receive training, office space and mentoring and the program also connects students with potential investors. Stanford University recently announced that they are forming a partnership with StartX to create the Stanford-StartX Fund to invest in these startups. Programs that provide resources for student entrepreneurs through funding opportunities are immeasurably helpful, but may lead to a conflict of interest between the school and its students. While the university “will participate as a minority investor alongside other venture capital and angel investors,” it’s Stanford’s first attempt to make money from entrepreneurs coming out of the university. The fund will support the operations of StartX, and what’s called the “entrepreneurial education program” which can essentially invest any amount of money in a company. However, Stanford also received criticism when it became public knowledge that some professors would invest in their own students’ companies, a clear conflict of interest. The Stanford-StartX fund is particularly helpful due to the typically high barriers to entry in the ultra-competitive tech industry of Silicon Valley. StartX has helped to create a number of successful companies, including MedWhat, a search engine that allows users to ask questions regarding health or medical problems. If other universities invest in such programs, they should establish guidelines in order to ensure the academic and educational priorities. If a university-backed program encourages students to drop out to pursue a business opportunity it would be contradictory to the principles of an academic institution. Stanford has garnered controversy regarding their focus on entrepreneurship due to a concern over whether these types of initiatives detract from education and create pressure on students who are not interested in startups.
There are also ethical questions that come about when a university invests funds in companies founded by undergraduates. Conflicts of interest may arise when the university has a profit-making agenda over its students. Recent Stanford alumni have suggested that the intentions of these start-ups have shifted from solving world problems to founding companies for the prestige of owning a successful startup. Universities looking to fund student-led startups should carefully screen whether students are dedicated to having an impact. Here at the University, student, faculty and administrators alike have been pushing for more entrepreneurial opportunities on campus. OptiMize is a program that offers funding to startups that combine entrepreneurship with social service, furthering the University’s principles while encouraging student initiative. Startup Academy by MPowered Entrepreneurship hosts a series of sessions on coding languages and starting a business taught by successful entrepreneurs or professors, while providing networking opportunities for everyone involved. While the increased emphasis on entrepreneurship is noteworthy here in Ann Arbor — even getting a shout-out in the White House’s blog — the University should take note from Stanford’s model. An increased access to responsible funding for student businesses is key to keeping students competitive in an already competitive field.
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An American hypocrisy
On June 30, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill into lawthat prohibits the distribution of “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations” to minors. If you are unclear as to what “non-traditional sexual relations” are, look no further than the explanation from the Russian government itself: “relations not conducive to procreation.” Basically, Russia is now forbidding the gay community from promoting LGBT equality and justice — as if they were so lenient in their policy before. Rightfully, many gay activists around the world — Americans largely included — jumped at criticizing the bill, urging countries to dissuade the Russian government from supporting the homophobic legislature. Though the Russian law is disconcerting, the American public is being hypocritical by calling to overturn the law when a similar U.S. amendment has largely been in practice since 1988. In the 1980s, the United States finally decided to take some action after years of non-response by providing federal funding for AIDS awareness. Before the 1988 fiscal appropriations bill for the Department of Labor, Health, Human Services and the Department of Education was officially passed, Senator Jesse Helms (R–N.C.) proposed an amendment that would prohibit the Center for Disease Control and Prevention from funding AIDS programs that “promote, encourage or condone homosexual activities.” Since the early cases in Los Angeles in the 1980s, AIDS has disproportionately affected gay men in the United States. In a recent report the CDC determined that men who have sex with men — or MSM — accounted for 79 percent of all the estimated HIV diagnoses among men 13 years of age and older. In statistics that include both sexes, MSM accounted for 62 percent of all diagnoses in 2011. In 1987, the Gay Men’s Health Crisis organization published a pamphlet called “After The Gym” in an attempt to counter the rapidly spreading disease. GMHC carefully segregated their finances to make sure government funding was not spent on activities that might be deemed controversial like the “After the
Gym” publication, which could be deemed “pro-homosexual.” That October, Sen. Helms marched into the Oval Office, pamphlet in hand, telling President Ronald Reagan that the GMHC had received $600,000 in public funding to publish disturbing pamphlets that advanced a “homosexual agenda.” Helms then quickly drafted his antigay amendment. This efficiently disabled the public from learning about the potential risks associated with anal sex or similar sexual activities. Local, state and federal agencies were afraid to publish any information that could be deemed as homoerotic. At a crucial time when stigma ran rampant, the U.S. government could’ve stepped in and educated the American gay community about the dangers of unprotected sex and the ways HIV/AIDS is transmitted. Instead, they failed their citizens and specifically prohibited the federal government from teaching its people about a vulnerable population. The Helms amendment seemingly fell out of practice with the CDC funding some education in the gay community. However, even today only 10 percent of CDC funds are allocated to specific HIV/AIDS risk groups, with just 33 percent of that funding MSM educational material (Let me remind you, MSM accounts for nearly 62 percent of all diagnoses). The allotment of federal financial support for AIDS awareness targeted at gay males is unreasonably small at 3.3 percent. Educating the public on prevention and testing is the only way to inhibit HIV/AIDS. But how can the U.S. government achieve this when there’s limited financial support available for educating the most affected group? The government need to increase their attention to AIDS awareness and funding. Though infection rates have drastically declined since the end of 20th century, HIV/AIDS is still an epidemic killing thousands every year. It deserves the government commitment for prevention and treatment. Aarica Marsh is an LSA junior.
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Second-class scientists
n Sunday night, I nearly had a double heart attack due to basic cable programming. The first occurred continuously over an hour as Breaking Bad hurtled across the American Southwest toward its methfueled rampage JULIA of a conclusion. ZARINA The show has been the subject of debate about the glorification of the male antihero and, conversely, the prominent hatred of female characters, like Skyler White (played by Anna Gunn), who don’t conform to archetypical ideals. On television, men don’t have to be good to be celebrated as being interesting and they certainly don’t need a moral compass to be celebrated as “good”. Female characters aren’t written to the same degree of flawed complexity very often and are even less frequently praised in roles where they are. The second happened when University alum Nina Davuluri made history when she was crowned the first Miss America of Indian-American descent. In the days that followed, she graciously brushed off racist complaints that she doesn’t look or act the part of a “typical” Miss America — whatever that’s supposed to mean. In the entertainment industry, like other fields where there’s a wellestablished majority, being a minority often comes with the expectation that if you want to succeed, you conform to the long-standing cultural status quo or you destine yourself for a niche market. If you’re simultaneously successful and a minority, then your description usually comes with qualifications. Nobody writes of a strong male TV character, a best-selling EuropeanAmerican author, or a famous man in computer science because those qualities are implied. To appropriate Toni Morrison, being a minority and a scientist, or a minority and a comedian, or even a minority and an American still means you “have to hyphenate” your title. I’ve found this to be especially true as a woman studying engineering. Here at the University, 23 percent of students in the College of Engineering are female and only 8 percent of all Engineering students come from historically underrepresented backgrounds. These statistics reflect national trends: According to
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recent studies, less than 25 percent of jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields are held by women, despite the fact that today women make up almost half of the workforce. This data quantifies a frustratingly obvious duality for minorities in STEM fields. Although discriminatory policies are legally prohibited in the United States, an internalized culture of exclusion often prevails. As recently as 2005, Lawrence Summers, former president of Harvard University, was infamously quoted on his beliefs that the underrepresentation of women in science is due to inherent biological shortcomings, not because of “discrimination or socialization.” Attitudes like these are particularly damaging in light of actual facts. According to studies funded by the National Science Foundation, young women express an initial interest and aptitude in STEM studies at similar rates to men, but many who start off in these fields later drop out. When interviewed, nearly 40 percent of women and minority students report feeling discouraged from pursuing careers in these fields due to the culture of those professions. Even the way textbooks are written can impact female interest in certain fields. Word problems that deal with cars and baseball, for example, are tailored to interests socially perceived to be masculine. As students get older, this culture intensifies. From the professor who discourages wearing skirts to the career fair because employers won’t “take you seriously,” to declining enrollment of women in computer science in part due to “stereotypes they had grown up with”, many women perceive there to be a narrow range of social acceptability in STEM fields. The accepted median, or so it seems, is male-oriented. Popular stereotypes help guide perspectives that women are second-class citizens in the sciences. Femininity in pop culture is often portrayed — inaccurately — as being inherently superficial and emotionally guided. In environments built on rational analysis, these stereotypes are especially detrimental. Being associated, however unfairly, with superficiality and analytical shortcomings automatically excludes being feminine from what is seen as
serious engineering culture. Being praised for not “acting like a girl” is a misplaced designation of value. Just as I hated being told in high school that I had “become American” after I started dressing and speaking the part of a middleclass white girl, I find it frustrating to be told I’m “one of the boys” and expected to take it as an unshaded compliment. I take it as a fact. Just like I take my status as a woman as a fact, not a condition in need of remedy. The prevailing culture in STEM fields isn’t inherently invaluable. However, the expectation that to be relevant as women we must fill a certain role is not only marginalizing, but also defeating of a main tenant of engineering philosophy. As scientists, we seek innovation and value global perspectives and diverse opinions as essential to growth. So, if you want to show up to your thermodynamics class in heels and a dress, rock it out. Take yourself seriously, because defining yourself as feminine shouldn’t be stigmatized. To everybody else, recognize that we look fly as hell and move on. Equality isn’t reached by degrading the majority voices, but by elevating the minority ones. When the playing field is level, true equals compete and collaborate. When one group has to spend a disproportionate amount of time and effort just proving they are competitors, they are competing not to thrive, but to survive. While valuable resources tailored towards minorities in STEM fields exist, we must recognize problems that persist. Science and engineering teach us to never accept adequacy, that we as components of a complex system must be constantly evolving and that by definition, no system is perfect. As scientists, we’re driven by the pursuit of something we have yet to achieve. As members of one of the world’s most influential engineering universities, we need to continue to support programs encouraging minority involvement in STEM fields. Until women and other underrepresented minorities have an equal place, our STEM culture is inherently lacking.
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— Julia Zarina can be reached
at jumilton@umich.edu.
C’mon, Common Core
ver the past few months, the Michigan state legislature has been carefully deliberating over the implementation of a nationwide education initiative known as Common Core State Standards. Since 2010, 45 states — including Michigan — JAKE have adopted the OFFENHARTZ standard, and of those 45, the vast majority has either implemented the program or plans to do so by 2014. While the Michigan Department of Education adopted the policy in 2011, in June 2013, a coalition of conservative lawmakers successfully blocked the funding needed to implement the policy. Led by state Rep. Tom McMillin, these conservatives have spent much of the summer garnering support for their cause. The debate over Common Core is complex and of of huge importance. With the budget going into effect on Oct. 1, it’s a time-sensitive issue as well. But while the congressional battle may be nuanced, it’s clear that education reform is desperately needed in Michigan. First, let’s agree that secondary education in the United States is not where we’d like it to be. According to Organization for Economic, Cooperation and Development polls, the United States is now ranked 22nd in high-school graduation rates among 27 industrialized nations — a statistic in which we once held the top spot. If country-to-country comparisons seem irrelevant or arbitrary, it’s worth noting that, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, every two out of three eighth graders can’t read proficiently, while three of four can’t write proficiently. This is far from ideal. Second, let’s agree on some broad solutions to the problem of depreci-
ating educational quality: emphasizing critical thinking in the classroom over rote memorization, rewarding our most dedicated and successful teachers without stifling their creative freedom and providing an opportunity for clearly failing public schools to reverse course. This list is by no means exhaustive, of course, but it’s a good place to start. The question then becomes: Does the Common Core initiative aspire to meet these objectives and can it be successful in raising the current standard of U.S. education? I believe the answer is yes, and — far more importantly — so do an overwhelming amount of educators. According to a recent poll from the National Education Association, about two-thirds of teachers support Common Core either whole-heartedly or “with some reservations.” Teachers, more than any other stakeholder, possess the compass for raising the condition of American education. Their approval of the new standard may be the most crucial and telling statistic available. Perhaps most importantly, the recent poll lends credence to the argument that Common Core can be an alternative to former President George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind legislation — an act widely condemned among educators — and not an extension of it. While Common Core is similar to NCLB by awarding federal money to schools that meet certain standards, the scope of those standards and method of assessing them varies greatly between the two initiatives. For one, Common Core is a stateled initiative and addresses a major criticism of NCLB — that national, uniform standards would create a one-size-fits-all curriculum. On the contrary, Common Core is a set of
minimum expectations developed on the state level that specifies what students should know at each grade level, while still permitting each district to design its own curriculum. The argument that Common Core will only exacerbate the problem of teaching-to-the-test is similarly bankrupt, as each state is given the option to develop an independent assessment — intentionally moving away from the model of standardized testing that so many object to. It’s this benchmark assessment that has set off some Michigan representatives, who worry that the adoption of the Smarter Balanced assessment — a state-led consortium aligned with the Common Core standards — will lead to even poorer test scores from Michigan public schools. But a fear of failing the assessment proves the necessity of adopting it, especially considering that more than half of students in the state failed the math, science and social studies portions of the Michigan Educational Assessment Program. Common Core standards are not an allencompassing antidote to the sorry state of American education. The standards won’t pay our teachers more, they won’t eliminate the woes of poverty on our schools and they probably won’t make American kids smarter than their Japanese counterparts. They will, however, provide our educational system with a path toward much-needed reform. If they fail to restore the funds necessary to implement Common Core, Michigan lawmakers are ignoring the recommendation of teachers and, above all else, the needs of students.
Education in the U.S. isn’t where it should be.
— Jake Offenhartz can be reached at jakeoff@umich.edu.
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BIKE From Page 1A The collected fees will go toward the estimated $1.55-million, threeyear pilot cost, according to the CEC. There will be 14 stations — accommodating a total of 125 bikes — during the pilot phase. The CEC and Ann Arbor are jointly covering $750,000 in initial costs, while the University will provide $600,000 toward the $800,000 estimated operational costs. Usage fees are expected to cover the $200,000 difference. Initially planned to launch fall 2013, Dolen said the program should hopefully come to fruition in April. If the electrical and siting requirements are not worked out before the winter, however, Dolen said the program’s start date could be pushed back to summer 2014. “There’s all kinds of hurdles, and that’s probably why we’re a little further from implementation than we originally wanted to be,” he said. CEC hired B-cycle, a bicycle sharing company that has operations in 18 U.S. cities, to provide the stations, bicycles and operating systems. The 14 stations will house six to 12 “blue bikes” fashioned with a front basket, automatic front and rear lights, chain lock and internal RFID and GPS. The GPS enables B-cycle to record data on member and bike usage, including location. B-cycle’s website allows users to track distance, duration, calories burned and carbon offset during bike rides. It also has a section titled “B-effect,” which can calculate energy and cost savings of bicycle usage in a given community. Aaron Champion, CEC project manager and coordinator for the Detroit area, said with Ann Arbor’s size, all 14 locations would be located between a quarter-mile and a half-mile of each other. “The literature has been pretty clear in showing that, especially with bus stops and transit stops, people aren’t really inclined to walk more than a quarter-mile,” Champion said. Stations will primarily be located downtown and on Central Campus — with a single station on North Campus — and will provide service to both student and resident markets. “That’s the beautiful thing —
because the University of Michigan is a truly urban campus, there is no distinction as far as the stations are concerned,” Champion said. “You’re going to get excellent coverage for both of those markets.” The University of Colorado–Boulder, which has also partnered with B-cycle, provided a blueprint for CEC in decisions regarding Ann Arbor’s program, as the square mileage, population and climate of the two cities are roughly comparable. According to a press release from Boulder’s B-cycle branch, the Boulder bike share program began with 12 stations and 100 bikes back in 2011, and will have an additional 20 stations by the end of fall 2013. Boulder B-cycle estimates that 50 stations, for a total of 500 bikes, would allow for a sustainable bike-share system. But similarity does not guarantee success, as the University learned during its first bike-sharing attempt in the ‘80s. Ann Arbor resident Bill Loy, who has been the owner of the long-standing Campus Student Bike Shop for 50 years, remembers the time clearly. “They tried that once already,” Loy said. “It was called a ‘Green Bike.’ They just trashed them.” “Green Bike” was a failed campus initiative where a fleet of green bikes was placed at various locations across campus for student use, Loy said. But without locks or maintenance, the green bikes disappeared or rusted away. “There’s too much on bikes — I’ve been at it a long time — too much maintenance,” Loy said. “They need service. I have 300 rentals, and I have to service them all the time.” “It’ll wreck my business,” he added. But 30 years later, the CEC’s plan is more elaborate, and students seem supportive. LSA sophomore Lea Ono, who can’t transport her bike from her home in New York sees the bike program as a solution to an out-of-state problem. “I’m not the only one in this situation, a lot of out-of-state students feel the same way, or international students,” Ono said. “I think I would use it. I would want to bike for fall (and) spring.” “My only concern is storing a bike and with a bike share program, you don’t have to worry about that,” she added.
News MHEALTHY From Page 1A locally grown produce. Event coordinator Heather Mozes, an administrative assistant in the office of the executive vice president and chief financial officer, said the group tried to invite as many internal vendors for the event as possible. Volunteers came from multiple University institutions, including the Kellogg Eye Center and the School of Dentistry. “We couldn’t have asked for a better day to kick off fall and let everyone know what we’re about,” Mozes said. “A lot of faculty, staff and students aren’t aware of what we have here, with the eye center and dentistry, Rec Sports and physical medicine. The fact that we can spread that around is really great.” Mozes said it can be difficult to maintain wellness in college and beyond, but hopes events like these will be helpful in their choice to prioritize healthy living. “I think at any age if you get out of the routine of something, like getting enough water or remembering to exercise, then it’s hard, especially when you don’t exact-
OBESITY From Page 1A schools across the state. The program is the result of collaboration between the University, health insurer Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Wayne State University, the Michigan Fitness Foundation and the United Dairy Industry of Michigan. The program is intended to reverse Michigan’s growing obesity problem. About 26 percent of Michigan adolescents are overweight or obese, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Internal medicine Prof. Kim Eagle is the co-founder of Project Healthy Schools, which has been working with local middle schools since 2004. He said the program is designed to make cafeteria food healthier, limit the availability of junk food and sugary beverages in vending machines and encourage exercise. “For each school, we develop enrichment programs that may focus on walking clubs, volleyball programs
Thursday, September 19, 2013 — 5A ly know what’s offered,” she said. “This is a way of making these resources available and sharing our lifestyle with everyone else.” Wednesday was the second day in three days of events that MHealthy is hosting this week. On Tuesday, the area surrounding the Modern Languages Building looked more like a carnival than a college campus, as MHealthy teamed up with Rec Sports and other University organizations to host a Play Day event. As opposed to the Health and Wellness Fair, this event emphasized exercise. Many students and faculty were seen taking a break between class and meetings to partake in activities including hopscotch, Frisbee golf, hula hooping competitions and an inflatable obstacle course. “People think exercise has to be drudgery, but it so does not,” Colleen Greene, an MHealthy senior wellness coordinator said. “We have a lot of activities, so there’s definitely something for everyone; if you get them having fun they won’t even know they’re doing something good for them.” Greene estimated that several hundred people participated throughout the day. In celebration of its 100th birthday this
year, Rec Sports encouraged people to do 100 repetitions of any type of physical activity, such as lunges, sit-ups or jumping jacks. “We’re trying to get involved in all kinds of events as we celebrate this milestone of keeping students and staff in shape with physical activity,” Jon Swerdlow, senior assistant director of Rec Sports said. “Exercise helps your brain and helps you in all ways, especially when you’re busy because it keeps you sharper, you sleep better, and are emotionally, mentally and physically better.” Swerdlow said involvement had been “non-stop” and people seemed excited about the midday opportunity to get active. LSA freshman Bianka Kristen stopped by the event and made a beeline for the obstacle course after class. “It’s nice to be outside after being inside all day and sitting around a lot, so this was a fun way to do that,” Christen said. “It’s one of those things that even when you’re busy you have to want to make time for exercise because it’s so important.” MHealthy is hosting another Play Day event tomorrow in front of the University Hospital from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
or creating a school garden to further enrich the experience for middle schoolers,” Eagle said. This is the first year for Building Healthy Communities, which works with middle schools of associated with Project Healthy Schools and adds elementary schools. Eagle said the collaborative strategy was made possible by their partners modeling elementary-school programs off Project Healthy School’s established plan for middle schools. “Our health system has created a model that other health systems in the state … want to emulate, where they give back to their communities through a very clear activity that is working with schools to try to create healthier environments and educational messaging to improve the health of our youth,” Eagle said. Eagle said the program’s main focus is on low-income areas, which often lack options for residents to buy nutritious food at affordable prices. “The (obesity) rate is particularly high in lower-income communities where the resources or access say to fresh foods and vegetables through
typical grocery stores or the access to safe recreational facilities and/or programs are reduced because of financial pressure,” he said. Eagle said the 28 schools were chosen based more on a “keen willingness” to implement the initiative rather than any concrete criteria. St. Thomas the Apostle in Ann Arbor is the only school within Washtenaw County to be a beneficiary of the program. Eagle said the program’s administrators are working on achieving funding self-sufficiency within a few years. Once initial set-up costs have been covered and volunteers have been trained to run the educational programs, he anticipates upkeep costs will be minimal. “All the evidence and data show that when children are healthier, they are more likely to succeed in the classroom and beyond,” said Registered dietician Shannon Carney Oleksyk, an advisor for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. “These programs encourage children to make healthy choices at a young age, laying the foundation for a healthier, stronger Michigan future.”
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After Sweet 16 berth, tennis starts anew The Wolverines return their singles lineup and adds strong recruits By JASON RUBENSTEIN Daily Sports Writer
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Senior midfielder Meghan Toohey said Michigan’s first loss of the season, against Butler, won’t be forgotten. “We don’t ever want to feel like that,” she said.
Ryan may make changes after 1st loss By JAKE LOURIM Daily Sports Writer
A month ago, life was good for the Michigan women’s soccer team and its coach, Greg Ryan. The Wolverines rolled off 6-1 and 3-0 wins and were all smiles after the games. Nearly every player on the roster saw action. Ryan sat cheerfully on the shaded bench after games — “my new office,” he called it. Sunday, Butler hit Michigan with something it hadn’t seen before — a loss. Now it must respond. “We’re not going to forget that loss,” said senior midfielder Meghan Toohey. “(We’ll) know just what it feels like. We don’t ever want to feel like that.” The Wolverines have talked for weeks about a Big Ten title, which Penn State has won for 15 seasons in a row. The conference schedule begins Sunday at Iowa. “If we were going to face adversity or have a loss, the Butler game was the game to do it,” said junior defender Chloe Sos-
enko. “It’s something that we’re not going to forget.” The loss on Sunday in Indianapolis wasn’t the kind of game the Wolverines were used to. The Bulldogs sat back in a five-defender formation and kept Michigan out of the box. “To be honest, I think the tough part was just that they threw something at us tactically that we haven’t seen before,” Ryan said. Butler scored late in the first half on a counterattack, and it wasn’t the kind of goal the Wolverines were used to. It was an uncharacteristic goal, one in which Ryan said “five players (made) mistakes, all on the same play.” Ryan kept his hands off the leadership and let his players carry the team to its best start ever. Now, heading into the Big Ten season, he may have to make some changes. He said he will talk this week with a few players who have not been performing up to their potential. “It’s up to the players coming
off the bench,” Ryan said. “If they can perform at a really high level, I’ll continue to use the bench. If they can’t perform at a high level in the Big Ten season, you’ll see a smaller lineup.” This season, Ryan has mentioned depth as one of Michigan’s strengths, but as the games become more important, he will consider playing his starters more as necessary. Other than a one-goal deficit against San Diego State on Sept. 1, this is the only true adversity the Wolverines have faced. With another deficit seemingly inevitable at some point during the Big Ten season, Michigan may have to get used to these battles. “Our team has tended to get frustrated when things aren’t going as planned for us,” Toohey said. “It’s a mindset, knowing we’re good enough to do it.” The Wolverines, who moved down to No. 15 in this week’s Top 25, will need to rebound quickly before heading to Iowa (8-0). The Hawkeyes, though undefeated, have not beaten any teams receiv-
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The Michigan women’s tennis team is eyeing a fresh start. Despite getting ousted by UCLA in last year’s NCAA Sweet 16, the Wolverines return their entire singles lineup while adding a star-studded recruiting class. The rejuvenated lineup faces its first test when it plays in this weekend’s Wolverine Invitational. Michigan will face Notre Dame, DePaul, Tulane, Purdue and Arizona State in a mixture of singles and doubles. Sitting atop the lineup is junior Emina Bektas, who is ranked No. 25 in the preseason ITA poll. Bektas was voted to the All-Big Ten first team and changed her summer routine to
Bolender: “I’m very impressed with the freshmen. They came in knowing that they were freshmen, but at the same time knowing they were a big part of the team. We need our freshmen to contribute as much as everyone else, and they’ve come in strong.” Michigan especially needs its freshmen to step up in the doubles game. The Wolverines tried many different pairings last season but couldn’t consistently produce at the bottom spots. Bektas and Bolender were often the only duo to secure victories at dual meets, and their success earned them a No. 3 ranking in the preseason poll. But despite the ranking, the two might not be partners. “We actually don’t know if we are even going to play together,” Bolender said. “We need to put out three of our best doubles teams, whether or not Emina and I are together. The coaches haven’t decided yet.” Splitting the pair would mean losing out on a one-of-a-
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Junior Emina Bektas is ranked No. 25 in the preseason ITA poll.
refine her craft. “Mostly this summer, I tried to stay in a competitive shape by playing tournaments,” Bektas said. “Last summer, I didn’t do a good job of that and being in competitive matches is something you can’t just practice.” Sophomore Ronit Yurovsky should also make an impact. The reigning Big TenFreshman of the Year saw time at the No. 1 slot, and with Bektas, forms one of the strongest one-two punches in the country. But don’t count out the three newcomers. Sara Remynse, a five-star recruit according to TennisRecruiting.net, highlights the freshmen class. The Richland, Mich., native is the No. 31 player in the nation. Joining Remynse are Colombia native Laura Ucros and Annie Weirda from Holland, Mich. And all of them are already making themselves known in practice. “The freshmen have been great,” Bektas said. “They have really provided a new aspect. Sara, Annie and Laura have all been great and have a great chemistry with us already.” Added senior Brooke
kind, aggressive strategy that has led to success in college, but also at the professional level as well. The duo won a doubles futures event in Evansville, Ind., this summer. However, this weekend will allow coach Ronni Bernstein to toy with all types of combinations in order to find that perfect lineup. Highlighting the competition this weekend is Notre Dame’s Brittany Sanders, who has given Bektas a difficult time in the past. The two players split their matches last year. But Bektas has a game plan. “I do need to continue to work on my defensive game and play those longer points,” Bektas said. “But if that’s what I’m doing the whole match, I’m probably going to be in trouble, so using my forehand and getting in is what I need to do.” This weekend will provide the Wolverines a chance to see new competition and allow them to figure out their team’s identity. Who will play in each spot? Only time will tell, and this weekend is just the beginning of a long road.
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Handler, Pogue named captains Juniors will lead team with 11 newcomers and a lot of potential By REBECCA DZOMBAK For The Daily
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Redshirt sophomore cornerback Blake Countess was injured in the first game of the season in 2012. He used the time off to text in-game help and learn the nickel.
Countess used injury to study By LIZ VUKELICH Daily Sports Editor
Three interceptions in two games is an impressive feat for anyone. You could call it being a smart player or you could call it being lucky. Or, in the case of the Michigan football team, you could call it the return of Blake Countess. After sustaining a season-ending knee injury in the opening game of the Michigan football team’s 2012 campaign, the redshirt sophomore cornerback is back in full form for the Wolverines’ secondary. “There’s some times where you see (Countess) just a lot tighter on a guy,” said defensive coordinator Greg Mattison. “That comes from having confidence. I mean, for Blake to come back from a whole year off and to do what he’s doing, I’m pleased
with that.” It’s a good thing Mattison feels that way considering Countess still doesn’t have his position solidified. He’s currently rotating between cornerback and nickel. It sounds more complicated than it is — Countess has no difficulty remembering to switch mindsets at a moment’s notice. “I asked if I could learn the nickel position in the spring,” Countess said. “I always see the nickel as always around the ball because they have that freedom. That was one thing that I liked, and I pursued it and it just so happened that I fell into the starting role.” If Countess’ injury gave him anything, it was time to decide that nickel was a position he wanted to try. In between his sometimes twice-weekly rehab sessions last year, Countess spent the remainder of his time study-
ing film. He took notice of the aggression associated with the nickel position and decided that was a place he could see himself fitting in. In between rehab and deciding to take on the nickel position, Countess found other ways to fill his time during his injury. With a handful of other injured Wolverines, Countess watched Michigan games from the comfort of his dorm room, where his teammates demanded he act as an extra set of eyes. Former Michigan cornerback J.T. Floyd insisted that Countess text him throughout the course of the game with every little thing that he noticed. “J.T. told me, ‘If you don’t text me at halftime, you’re going to hear from me and you’re not going to like what you hear,’” Countess said. “(He) took my advice with open arms.”
As far as the knee, Countess doesn’t even notice it anymore. Over the summer, redshirt junior quarterback Devin Gardner dared Countess to do some back flips, a little homage to Countess’s past as a gymnast. Countess accepted Gardner’s bet, just to prove he could — as he says, he wanted to “push the limits.” He successfully performed the back flips. And though Countess is hesitant to say his knee is back to where it was before the surgery, he acknowledges that it’s different, in a good way. “Once you get out there and really start flying, (the knee is) the last thing I’m thinking about,” he said. “I haven’t thought about it in forever. Every so often I’ll go in and do some tune-up rehab but that’s just to stay on top of things.”
Juniors Brook Handler and Taylor Pogue, the new captains of the No. 17 Michigan women’s cross country team, thought they’d take the first mile easy and let Purdue set the pace at the Michigan Open on Aug. 30. But when Purdue hung back, Michigan sprang at the opportunity. Handler, Pogue and sophomore Shannon Osika formed a tight pack and didn’t look back, dominating with a strong one-two-three finish within a 40-second window. Both Handler and Pogue said that the Michigan Open served as a great kickoff for the season. The girls were strong, hungry and ready to go after their preseason camp at the end of August. “It was a good race,” Pogue said. “We were feeling really good after camp, and we finished really strong – stronger than we started, which is always good.” Two weeks later, at the Purdue Invitational, Pogue took her first collegiate win. So what got Handler and Pogue to the rank of captain? For Handler, it was adhering closely to what Michigan coach Mike McGuire had to say. “All the little things add up eventually,” she said. “It’s just a matter of adopting that set of values as your own.” Handler feels she’s done this well. Pogue believes that her leadership skills came from having strong captains her freshman and sophomore years. “I think they did a really good job of leading the team and giving us advice,” Pogue said. “They served as really great examples of how to bal-
ance academics with our athletics.” As for leadership styles, the women agree that they will complement each other well. The performance of the team as a whole is their first priority, although individual performance is important as well. Handler said that Pogue is more “motherly and affectionate,” whereas she tends to take a slightly more aggressive approach. But there is little doubt that they will work well together and be strong leaders for the season. Both captains have been honored multiple times by the Big Ten for their academic achievements. Pogue is studying sociology, while Handler studies chemical engineering. “It’s a definitely difficult program, but I see myself as having an advantage being on the team,” Handler said. “We work together, we study on the bus.... If I’m not feeling motivated and I look over and see someone plugging away on their calculus, that helps me get motivated.” Motivation shouldn’t be an issue for anyone this year. Preseason camp was a huge confidence and energy booster, the captains said, and gave them a good preview of what the season may look like. With 11 freshmen, there’s a lot of new blood – and potential – on the team. Pogue and Handler agreed that the freshmen are a well-rounded and extremely talented group and are excited to see them compete. One in particular, Erin Finn, stood out to both at the Michigan Open when she took a risk and started out really strong at her first collegiate race. Handler described her as “a great recruit.” “She’s had great high-school success, and we’re really excited to have her,” Handler said. The women’s cross country team next races Oct. 5 at the Rim Rock Farm Classic in Lawrence, Kan.
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Michigan women’s basketball coach Kim Barnes Arico loves Ann Arbor. Among other things, she loves the weather, the school spirit and, of course, her team. But after spending 10 days in Europe, Ann Arbor seems bleak by comparison. “I now call Ann Arbor home,” Barnes Arico said. “But boy was that trip incredible.” Thanks to super fan Nancy Lohr, the Wolverines had the opportunity to travel to France and Italy for the first foreign trip in program history. “I honestly can’t say enough about it,” Barnes Arico said. “I’ve been coaching for a long time, and this was the first time that I’ve done a foreign trip. “I don’t really know if I ever want to do (a trip) again because I don’t think it could ever top the experience that we had. I just think part of the reason it was so incredible was the people that were there. Our kids were so appreciative and just incredible. They’re truly Michigan kids, and they really valued the experience. Plus, our chemistry was terrific.” The team left Aug. 19 and started in Paris where Michigan visited the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower while also taking a river cruise down the Seine. On Aug. 22, the team took a train to Nice, France, and made trips to Monaco and Lake Como the next day. Barnes Arico pointed to Nice as one of the best spots. There, she went parasailing, while the team went on a banana boat, and everyone had the opportunity to swim in the Mediterranean Sea. The Wolverines’ first stop in Italy was Florence before they headed to Rome. There, the team hit the top tourist spots like the Piazza Novana, Pantheon, Spanish Steps and the Trevi Fountain.
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Michigan then visited the Coliseum and the Roman Forum. The trip concluded with a visit to the Vatican, the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica. “Each place was a little bit different, and you got to experience something different in each place that we went,” Barnes Arico said. “The Coliseum and the Vatican were great,” Barnes Arico said. “I mean just such rich history and tradition, architecture, it was just phenomenal. I don’t have a favorite, the trip was my favorite.” It wasn’t all sightseeing for the Wolverines, who also played three games while overseas. In its first game, against AMW France, Michigan played two strong halves of basketball to easily defeat its first international opponent, 102-34. Fresh-
man guard Siera Thompson led the team with 23 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals. The Wolverines played their next two games in Italy, first beating the Italian All-Stars, 11237, before trouncing Stella Azzurra, 117-15, three days later. “I thought it really helped our program especially being so young and inexperienced like we will be next year,” Barnes Arico said. “It gave us an opportunity to get some people on the court, give them a little bit of confidence, and really give an opportunity for everyone, myself included, to get to know each other off the court.” Despite coming off one of its best seasons in program history, when Michigan tied a program record with 22 wins and
advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, Barnes Arico has a young team to work with. The Wolverines are an unknown coming into the season — they welcome four newcomers as well as four players returning from anterior cruciate ligament injuries who didn’t see the court last season. The foreign trip also allowed the Wolverines to have 10 extra practice days prior to departure. “We have one player on our roster that’s returning that played over 10 minutes a game, possibly two, (sophomore guard) Madison (Ristovski) and (senior forward) Nicole (Elmblad),” Barnes Arico said. “We have a lot of inexperience, we have a lot of youth, but those are sometimes the most exciting.”
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Manziel texts Gardner support By ZACH HELFAND Daily Sports Editor
One week after Devin Gardner received congratulatory texts from Johnny Manziel, Tajh Boyd and other members of what Gardner calls his “quarterback fraternity,” Gardner’s phone again buzzed with messages last Saturday. This time, Manziel and the others reached out to commiserate. In one week, Gardner, the redshirt junior, had gone from his best performance as the Michigan quarterback to his worst. Against Akron, likely the weakest team the Wolverines will see all year, Gardner selfdestructed. His four turnovers killed drives and allowed the Zips to hang in the game. Michigan escaped only after a last-second goal-line stand. This week of practice has been the most trying of Gardner’s career. He said that he has never experienced a game like he had against Akron, even dating back to high school. Most weeks, Gardner speaks with the media on Monday, but Gardner’s scheduled press conference this week fell on Wednesday. When Gardner finally took questions, he was as hard on himself as he has ever been. During the week, Michigan coach Brady Hoke and fifth-year senior left tackle Taylor Lewan emphasized mistakes made by the team. But more than once Wednesday, Gardner took the blame. “It was because of us it was
that close, and a lot of it because of me,” Gardner said. At another point, Gardner said it was his fault he didn’t stem the avalanche of mistakes. “It starts with me,” Gardner said. “My mistake, and then others making mistakes and just, they kept compounding, and that’s one thing that we can’t do. It has to be me that picks us up when mistakes are being made to make sure that we turn it all around.” Gardner was just a part of a cascade of errors against Akron. Sluggish routes by receivers and abysmal offensive line play compounded Gardner’s mistakes, but Gardner’s were the most prominent, and the most damaging. That has become an alarming trend this season. Gardner threw two interceptions against Central Michigan in Week 1. He was masterful against Notre Dame, but an interception in Michigan’s own end zone threatened to erase Michigan’s win. More vexing, Gardner has avoided repeating the same mistakes from game to game. That means Gardner is processing what offensive coordinator Al Borges is teaching him. But it also means each turnover comes from a different source, which makes correction more difficult. “My biggest thing with any position, not just quarterback but any position, is how much do I have to re-coach you? How many times am I telling you the same thing time and time again, and you’re just not getting it?” Borges said. “Devin is actually pretty good at not being re-
“It has to be me that picks us up when mistakes are being made.”
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Redshirt junior quarterback Devin Gardner had four turnovers against Akron which killed drives and allowed the Zips to hang in the game until the final seconds.
coached. He’s smart and an error he makes, he generally won’t make it again. But these scenarios, they’re different all the time.” To Borges, the key to Gardner’s consistency is decisionmaking. Gardner has the skills to extend plays. He rightly has confidence in his strong arm. But sometimes that becomes a problem. In one interception against Akron, Gardner thought he could fit the ball through tight coverage to fifth-year senior receiver Jeremy Gallon. The defensive back undercut the route and got to the ball first.
Borges said that a quarterback must ask himself, “ ‘When do I cut my losses?’ You heard me say it with Denard all the time. When do you do it?” On Gardner’s other two interceptions, he misdiagnosed the coverage on a screen that turned into a pick-six and also had a pass bounce off sophomore tight end Devin Funchess’ chest and into a defender’s hands. If Gardner’s dynamic, sometimes risky play lends itself toward boom and bust games, he has enjoyed mostly booms. He has thrown for less than 200
yards in just two of eight games. In 2012, Gardner never threw more interceptions than touchdowns in a game. He has never completed less than half of his passes. Even against Akron, Gardner still passed for 248 yards and two touchdowns and led Michigan on a game-winning drive late in the fourth quarter. That just further underscores Gardner’s place as Michigan’s most important player. With Denard Robinson out, Michigan was supposed to be a more balanced team. But so far, the offense relies on the
quarterback nearly as much as it did under Robinson: Gardner accounted for 83 percent of the Wolverines’ offense Saturday. Gardner understands. He answered each question at his Wednesday press conference, but seemed eager to put the week behind him. Near the end of the 11-minute press conference, Gardner let out a deep breath, half sigh and half chuckle. “This week has been so long and we’re only halfway through it,” he said, then added: “And then we’ve got an 8 o’clock game, so it’s gonna make it even longer.”
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f you were in Ann Arbor this spring and summer, you might have seen a painting or two hanging around — not just in the University of Michigan Museum of Art or at the Art Fair, but on the sides of restaurants, at the Fire Department and peeking out of alleyways. For a few months, Ann Arbor was a museum all its own. Thanks to the Detroit Institute of Art’s Inside|Out program, high reproductions of Matisse, Sargent, Church and other artists featured in the DIA’s galleries decorated the city streets. Kerrytown Market & Shops, fittingly, had on show Il Pensionante del Saraceni’s “The Fruit Vendor,” an early Baroque piece depicting a woman haggling with a man at his fruit stand. Installations of paintings like these were made possible through a partnership between the Ann Arbor Public Art Commission and the DIA. The museum approached the commission during the fall of 2012 during its search for new Michigan communities likely to have an interest in participating. Ann Arbor agreed to be one of the 13 cities to do so, and Artemsia Genileschi’s “Judith and Her Maidservant,” among six other reproductions, was installed in Ann Arbor. City residents were also given free admission to the museum during a “community weekend,” so they could see the original pieces. See PUBLIC ART, Page 4B
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She’s living in the shadows of Kim, Kourtney and Kendall. But being like Khloé K. doesn’t have to be a bad thing. Out of all her sisters, Khloé is seemingly the most “real” on camera and doesn’t hesitate to state her opinion. She’s blunt and bold and has stayed strong throughout all this Lamar drama. And even though she may be accused of just piggybacking off of Kim’s success (which, let’s be honest, is true to some extent), she’s really trying to come into her own. And hey, even though that “X Factor” gig didn’t pan out, I bet her momager, Kris, still has a few things up her sleeve! Khloé’s more than the “other” sister, and she’s more than the ugly duckling. And if she uses her
success right, she could definitely end up being a great role model (That means no more DUIs!). She could really be something to young girls with body image issues or girls who are having trouble fitting in. But she needs to play her cards right. And Khloé’s starting to do just that. She began with her blog and used it to open up about her experiences getting bullied. She’s since moved on to bigger platforms, like her appearances on “E! News” and her interviews in Cosmopolitan U.K. To “E!,” she spoke about getting bullied as young as age 9 for her bigger physique, and in Cosmo, she proclaimed, “I lost about 30 pounds before I did ‘Kourtney And Khloé Take Miami.’ I was feeling so good about myself, and I was still so critiqued. I thought, ‘Oh, my gosh, if I’m not good enough now …’ And that’s when something clicked in my brain: I have to do whatever is good for me.” She may not be the queen of the anti-bullying campaign yet, but it looks like she’s making headway. Let’s all just hope that this Lamar nonsense will stop soon so she can get back to business! So, here’s to Khloé Kardashian and all the young girls out there just like her. Hopefully she can take advantage of her (unwarranted) time in the spotlight and actually use her power for some good. Finkel is becoming a Kardashian. To stop her, e-mail ljfinkel@umich.edu.
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ere’s to you, Khloé Kardashian. Lamar Odom’s in rehab. He’s not in rehab. He’s a cheater. And a liar. And the biggest drug addict on the planet — bigger than Lindsay Lohan. Yup, once you get caught up in the whirlwind of gossip, it’s pretty much impossible to stop it. Too bad Odom seems to be trapped in that tornado. But the only thing worse than being Odom right now? Being his wife, Khloé. Based on what the public knows, Khloé has done absolutely nothing wrong — other than marry a troubled man, of course. Yet she must face the constant stream of gossip, the pestering of the paparazzi and the news headlines around the web. Every day, more rumors come about, each more ridiculous than the last (How many girls did Odom supposedly cheat on Khloé with? Is it up to five now?). And this is all while her seemingly flawless sisters enjoy the picture-perfect family life with their boyfriends and babies. But Khloé has long been portrayed as different from her sisters. Some call her the black sheep of the Kardashian clan, others call her the “ugly sister” (how mean!). But let’s call her what she really is: unlucky. When Kim books multiple-page spreads in OK! Magazine, Khloé gets fired as the host of “X Factor: U.S.” While all of her sisters rock nearly perfect bodies (I mean, little sister Kendall is a model, for
goodness sake!), Khloé sticks out like a sore thumb. And though her sister Kourtney has one of the most repulsive boyfriends around — c’mon, does anyone like Scott Disick? — even she isn’t facing all this drama. Khloé has long been the other Kardashian sister, but I think we all know a few “Khloés” in our life. We’ve all seen that sorority girl who tries to fit into clothes two sizes too small just to look like her sisters or have had that friend who always seems to get upstaged, even on her birthday.
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I wasn’t high when I entered the festival and got the photo pass from the media booth while holding no camera equipment whatesover on my body, and I wasn’t high when Youth Lagoon, with the mystic-blanket-covered keyboards and ombré-haired Trevor Powers, made Paul and Harrison show the first signs of life in the festival’s crowd — bouncing up and down like embodiments of joy outfitted in hip demeanor — but now, now I am high. Who knew that two puffs of a joint (when held in the lungs for an exaggerated span to take in every last particle of THC) could actually get a frequent smoker a little fucked up. But yeah, here I am now at CHVRCHES jamming out and falling in love with the cute lead singer and every semi-attractive hipster girl within a visible range of distance. Later, Kayla and I are jamming the fuck out to Icona Pop, occupying our own dance stage in one of the pavilion rows. My body movements are displaying to everyone a nice, Look you hoes, I can fucking grooooove!!! Bet you didn’t know I could grooooove!!!!!, but no one except Kayla is looking or even dancing. Another joint, thank God (Emily), comes around as Sigur Ros hits its peak and I’m not that high, but I nonetheless drift into an apocalyptic vision of terrifyingly vague faces surrounded by devastating strings and nonsense emotion words and I start to feel anxiety creep into my consciousness. Afterward, when the high starts to wear off, my throat opens up again to allow oxygen into the system as I float through a set from The National that I would appreciate more if I weren’t so goddamn sleepy and hungry or if I weren’t just nearly decapitated by Matt Berninger’s microphone chord. — DAILY ARTS WRITER Detroit is a lot greener than I remember. More hipsters, too. But whatever, I’m here with approximately the entire population of Kerrytown, and I’m ready to get my festival on. Hold up — $10 for shitty beer? WHY. Oh well, give me three, please. NO ONE IS DANCING? But we are. WHY ISN’T ANYONE ELSE DANCING? I don’t want to be dramatic, but I think Warpaint just stole my heart. But wait, now Alunageorge has my heart. She’s wearing DIMEPIECE. And a sports bra that says “Baby Girl” on it?!! Andrew gives her a 4/10 so I send him 17 knife emojis. We pause for a brief intermission so Emily can braid my hair whilst we sit on these hay couches. Who invented hay couches? I want to high-five you. J.L. and I are the only members of our group going to Icona Pop because everyone else is a hater, I guess. BUT MAN THEY ARE MISSING OUT. We are still the only people dancing because Laneway attendees did not get the memo to go hard today methinks. That’s OK! J.L. and I are basically a sideshow during this Icona Pop set which is killer btw. Aino is wearing a metallic silver maxi dress (!!!) and Caroline is in high-waisted leather shorts and a red+black leather jacket — I need to tell Instagram! Now it’s Solange o’clock, and homegirl is a hundo-percent killin’ it. Did she just point at me? SOLANGE JUST POINTED AT ME. Flume tho. K.G.R. says no one is allowed to talk about Sigur Ros because Sigur Ros makes him feel too many feels. If I were to summarize Laneway in an emoji, it would definitely be the dancing twins. Or the dancing tango lady. Or the hearts-in-eyes cat. All of the above. —KAYLA UPADHYAYA Your first time is always a little awkward. Things are too big, things are too small and no one knows where anything is for sure. For its first go in the United States, St. Jerome’s Laneway Music Festival had all the markings of a first-timer. The music festival started in Melbourne, Australia and most recently added Detroit as its eighth location. The inaugural experience, highlighted by performances by Sigur Ros and the National, was intimate to say the least. With only about 7,500 attendees, the comfort of easily spotting friends was outweighed by the awkwardness of tiny crowds at many of the acts. Solange and Icona Pop, two energetic shows by great performers, were made low-key by the enormous Meadow Brook pavilion dwarfing and spreading out the crowd. Sometimes space is good — but for shows that are about jumping around and letting your 19-year-old drunk girl out, something is just off. This is to be expected with the first U.S. attempt, and sobriety certainly didn’t take the edge off the awkward. Note to self: Never see Sigur Ros sober. Ever. — ANDREW WEINER
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TV PROMO REVIEW If you’ve somehow managed to avoid any exposure to Showtime’s charged thriller “Homeland” and were to happen across C the trailer Homeland promoting its upcoming Showtime third season, it’d be easy to mistake the series for a melodramatic soap opera. Set to the Cinematic Orchestra’s “To Build a Home” (honestly, who picked this song?), the promo drips with melancholy and heavy-handed emotional triggers. The explosion at the end of the last season has set off a series of consequences, including a Senate hearing that has Saul looking as exasperated as ever and Carrie making her signature all-mushed-up sad face. Brody’s bloodied and bald, and his once-again-abandoned fam-
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ily is unraveling at the seams. Dana’s apparently giving sexting a whirl (a storyline I’m not looking forward to), and dabbling in Islam as well (a slightly more promising plot path). “Homeland” isn’t just a post-9/11 spy series; the show expertly injects human experiences and emotions amid the bombs, moles and shootouts. At times, it looks closer to a family-centric drama than an
action-thriller. That emotional drama is heightened in this trailer, and the tone crosses into downright schmaltzy territory that’s almost laughable. Hopefully the promo is as misleading and over-embellished as most tend to be. Otherwise, we’re in for a whole lot of slow-mo, close-ups of hands and intense whispering this season. —KAYLA UPADHYAYA
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Tree Town grows with Leaving my phone behind new art installation Catherine Widgery chosen to spearhead latest AAPC project By ANNA SADOVSKAYA Senior Arts Editor
Naturally garnished with big burrs and ornamental oaks, Ann Arbor’s “Tree Town” nickname is appropriate, given the nearly 50,000 trees lining its streets. Struck by the vast presence of mature trees within Nichols Arboretum and throughout the rest of Ann Arbor, artist Catherine Widgery designed an art installation set to decorate the East Stadium Boulevard bridges and underpass. The search for an artist was conducted through the Ann Arbor Public Arts Committee, which sanctioned a set budget for the public-art project. “Usually what happens is (the committee) sends out a call to artists when we have a project idea or a location in which the commission has selected to put an art project in,” said Public Art Administrator Aaron Seagraves. “We review them based on the criteria of the project goals, evaluate the artists based on qualifications.” From there, three or four artists’ concept designs are chosen as finalists and after interviews and closer inspections of design attributes, one artist is selected. The committee, made up of stakeholders and community members, elected Massachusetts designer Catherine Widgery to undertake
the project. “I think with this particular proposal, it used a lot of the area that we were hoping to place artwork in,” Seagraves said. “The theme of using imagery of trees and placing them in a transparent background, on glass, using acrylic, so it’s see-through, I think it was the theme that really struck people.” Having completed close to 40 public art installations across the United States and Canada, Widgery is no newcomer to the art scene. Her interest in environmental sculptures and infusing nature into art led her to a career involving public installations. “Public art puts art in the public spaces and in an environment where it’s not a museum,” Seagraves said. “It can be enjoyed by a lot more people, viewed by a wider audience. What I think public art does, when it’s really successful, is identify a particular spot or area, and lends an identity to an area.” Along with lending an identity, public art creates a common culture for the community and distinguishes a city from others. The Rock, on the corner of Hill Street and Washtenaw Avenue, is a notable Ann Arbor landmark that unites the city’s inhabitants through a paint-based tradition. “It’s not public art in the sense that it’s an art sculpture, but it’s a participatory type of art project,” Seagraves said. Though arts funding has been kept up in Ann Arbor, many municipalities and institutions in
the United States have seen cuts and decreases in their resources. But Widgery calls to mind successful art installations that gave purpose and notability to an area, like Millenium Park in Chicago. “I think people underestimate the financial as well as the aesthetic aspect of art,” Widgery said. “I’m a great believer that it really contributes to the quality of life in the town.” Her own project, “Arbor Winds,” aims to do just that. Without giving too much away, Widgery explained that it will be situated on the East Stadium Boulevard bridges and feature treeinspired prints on pieces of glass and a larger, more immersive installation at the passageway. “There’s the underpass and then the raised elements that will be all along the bridge, so that when people drive over them there will be colorful points of animation across the bridge, and a larger work right at the entrance,” Widgery said. “It’s still in development, but it’s exciting to feel there’s this give-and-take, back-and-forth exchange based on all the public feedback that there was.” Though the feedback allows for the project to grow, it also makes pinning down an exact design difficult. Widgery believes it is this aspect of collaboration that gives artists their work edge. “When you first come to an idea, it still has the possibility of evolving into something better,” Widgery said. “I don’t even know
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MUSIC VIDEO REVIEW To call Capital Cities’s most recent video “peculiar” is a bit of an understatement — not since Fall Out Boy’s “Sugar, B We’re Going Down” reel Kangaroo has there Court been such an emphasis Capital Cities on fusing Jive anthropromorphism with semi-coherent storytelling. Let’s set the scene: The world is inhabited by people with varioius mamalian faces. Just deal with that right now. A zebra-man, our protagonist, tries to get into “The Kangaroo Court” night club, and is shown a sign and turned away — no zebras allowed, it seems. Then, the music begins. “Kangaroo Court,” the song, is actually a pretty fun,
club-inspired tune: “There’s a dark part of town / Where the girls kick down / And I cannot wait for a chance to go.” You can guess the plot from any number of stories — zebra-man comes back, disguised as a stallion, and proceeds to dance the night away. Overall, the ride is a strange one, from lusty poodles to jealous pitbull-boyfriends, as an animalized Capital Cities rocks
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on in the background. As long as you can get past the strangeness of it all, “Kangaroo Court” is at the very least unpredictable, though the analogy here (class distinction, savage partying, even the justice system) is a big foggy. But who knows — you’re here to dance first, and be entertained second. “Kangaroo Court” gets its priorities straight. —ELLIOT ALPERN
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Despite will.i.am’s position as executive producer for Spears’s new record, “Work Bitch” is said to be the only track on the album that he will pointedly produce. The former Black Eyed Peas rapper strives
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s I contemplate the themes I want to explore this year with my health and fitness column, I’ve decided to take a new approach to the concept of “health” and focus more explicitly on the mental aspect — what’s going on inside plays a pivotal CARLY role in dictatKEYES ing what’s happening on the outside. At least, I know it does for me. This week, I want to talk about technology. More specifically, I want to talk about social networking. Inventions ostensibly provide an equal number of benefits and detriments: The movie camera revolutionized the entertainment industry and provides millions of jobs and opportunities for artistic expression, but it also encourages a sedentary lifestyle. The car, the plane, the train … these allowed the expansion of our country and help us get from place to place to see our loved ones, do business and vacation. But the widespread use and heavy reliance on these methods of transportation is now killing our environment. Social networking offers a similar benefit in that it’s created an industry and helps us stay connected to individuals across the globe with the click of a mouse; these are just a few of the positives. But in a recent study on the relationship between Facebook and depression, it appears that this pastime can foster a severe negative impact on our mental health.
Live in the moment. In a May 2013 study titled, “Is Facebook creating ‘iDisorders?,’ ” California State University researchers tested whether the use of specific technologies or media (including certain types of Facebook use) would predict clinical symptoms of six personality disorders (schizoid, narcissistic, antisocial, compulsive, paranoid and histrionic) and three mood disorders (major depression, dysthymia and bipolar-mania). Teens, young adults and adults completed an anonymous, online questionnaire that addressed these concerns. Based on their testimonies, researchers found that simply the number of friends had by a Facebook user has a significant impact on mental health. Having more Facebook friends predicted more clinical symptoms of bipolarmania, narcissism and histrionic personality disorder, but fewer symptoms of dysthymia and schizoid personality disorder. In simpler terms, Facebook users’ self-esteem may vacillate from high to low
based on the number of “friends” they have. But if we’re spending so much time building our online social network and caring about our collection of digital connections, are we then sacrificing our efforts to form, strengthen and maintain legitimate relationships? I value and derive far more esteem from an enjoyable conversation in person at a coffee shop than from a Facebook chat session while sitting at home on my couch. Let’s not fool ourselves; the latter scenario still demonstrates isolative behavior. And no matter how many Facebook friends I have, if I’m not participating in my life outside the cyber world, I’d become depressed. Playing devil’s advocate, I’ll pose that it’s not the vehicle that births the consequences, it’s how a person uses it: Guns don’t kill people, people kill people; junk food is never forced down our throats, etc. The key for me is to “Facebook responsibly.” I need to recognize when it’s appropriate to pay attention to my phone and when it’s important to pay attention to my company. At the end of this past summer, I went up north with my family to fill my tank with as much R&R as possible before the semester kicked off, and we stayed at a beautiful cabin on the water. My main concern: Is there Wi-Fi? I couldn’t not take my laptop. I didn’t have homework to do, obviously. I didn’t have a specific reason for bringing it other than the fact that, without my laptop, a device I use every day, I feel ... odd. That experience forced me to evaluate my behavior, but I didn’t feel inclined to change it quite yet. As soon as I admitted that technology possesses some level of power over me, things kept happening. Recently, a video went viral called, “I Forgot My Phone,” which depicts personal scenarios where the need to “capture the moment” on a phone prevents individuals from capturing the moment inherently, and I found myself saying, “Yup, I do that, too.” At a comedy show I attended at DTE Energy Music Theatre, despite the fact that copious signs stated, “No photography,” I instinctively whipped out my phone to film segments from our sixth-row, center seats — not because I wanted to relive the experience later, but because I wanted to show off the killer view to my friends who were sitting on the lawn in cheap seats. But the clincher occurred last Friday when I went to see Yellowcard, one of my favorite bands of all-time. At the start of the show, the lead singer made a serious announcement: “Take all your pictures and videos, and send your tweets now, because I do not want to be looking at the backs of your phones the entire night.” I put my phone in my pocket, and from now on, I’m leaving it in my car. Keyes is going phoneless. To suppoert her, e-mail cekmusic@umich.edu.
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SINGLE REVIEW Thump, thump, thump. The club-banger brews its beat, melting all genre-ambiguity away. Ladies and gentleAmen, Britney Spears has Work Bitch brought Britney Spears another dance track Jive into our midst. “Work Bitch” builds progressively while straying from excess. The beat is mighty, yet built over a single, dominant kick. The synth is single-layered and dirty, but nothing short of an adrenaline rush. The pop princess also carries some “Scream and Shout” aftershock. The recent #willpower collaboration, and this debut track from Spears’s eighth studio album, suggests some curious new trends for Brit — specifically that she still sounds like a Brit.
myself how the creative process works, except that I am very open; I keep the blinders off.” Too much input could lead to difficulties for the finished product, as taggers and graffiti artists’ input could come in the form of an art installation of their own covering the “Arbor Winds.” But Widgery is not afraid of this outcome — she believes that her art will coincide with what graffiti artists are attempting to do. “The community has to embrace the work, and by involving the public in every step of the progress, there’s a sense of ownership. Art should be considered like everything else: It needs care and some maintenance,” Widgery said. “(Graffiti artists) respect fellow artists’ work.” Despite having visited Ann Arbor only twice, Widgery seems to have a grasp of the city’s feel. Though local artists were also considered for the project, ultimately Widgery believes that her outside perspective can add something. “I try to come to a place with no preconceptions. I don’t come with any visual ideas in mind,” Widgery said. “I’ve been back now twice (to Ann Arbor), two different visits. There’s a lot of physical beauty because of the trees and the nature everywhere, and I think that it has a youthful energy that people respond to. My use of the imagery of wind in relation to the energy of trees has the embodiment of that intangible, but present, energy in the town.”
for a fresh, contemporary accent to his production, making him the foremost choice for the cutting-edge trendsetter that Spears has proven to be. —GREGORY HICKS
Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan screaming at each other? About sex? In the ’50s? Color me DTF (in the figurative B sense). If it were possible Pilot to immure Masters of Sex Showtime’s new series, Showtime “Masters of Sex,” into a four-sentence back-and-forth with oneself, it would be that back-and-forth. After trudging through the entire 64-minute premiere, one comes to the disheartening realization that any notion of summarizing this first episode, which Showtime has conveniently made available on YouTube, is as nonexistent as mid-20th-century America’s understanding of women. The biggest issue is that showrunner Michelle Ashford stuffs way too much plot development into an hour. “Masters of
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ties, a reality that Ashford references throughout the episode, yet never succeeds in solidifying until the final few minutes. Despite moments of true humor and sadness, everything whirlwinds forward at such an irregular pace that we never get a chance to connect with any character. But this is just the pilot. As long as it’s about sex in the ’50s, I’m DTF. —AKSHAY SETH
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THE D’ART BOARD Each week we take shots at the biggest developments in the entertainment world. Here’s what hit (and missed) this week.
Leo to Play “famous” President Leo will portray Woodrow Wilson in the next project
We are now in the post-pon era Laura Prepon will only appear in one episode of Season 2 of OITNB. Prep gone
Gucci Insane Gucci arrested (again), for marijuana and gun possession
Taystee addition to “Girls” Different people, same zombies
Danielle Brooks of OITNB joins the cast of HBO’s “Girls”
“Walking Dead” companion series announced by AMC
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PUBLIC ART From Page 1B While it was the AAPAC that partnered with the DIA to make this all happen — deciding where to put each piece and working with business owners during installation — it was not, in fact, the AAPAC that funded the project. A Miami-based organization dedicated to weaving “the arts into the fabric of communities,” called the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, was responsible for funding one of the first pieces of public art in Ann Arbor, since the suspension of the Percent for Art program by the Ann Arbor City Council and the public art millage’s failure to pass in the November election. Both events — as well as the Inside|Out program, which Ann Arbor residents may have unknowingly deemed a tax-funded endeavor — raised questions about public art in Ann Arbor and how it was going to take form in the future. The death of percent for art In 2007, the Ann Arbor City Council implemented the Percent for Art program, which required all Capital Improvement Projects funded by Ann Arbor to set aside one percent of their project construction funds for public art. Percent for Art also stipulated that, though the art did not need to be located on the site itself, it should relate in some way to the capital improvement funding source. Originally, the AAPAC started as the non-profit Art in Public Places, an organization with the goal to raise money for public art in Ann Arbor. “Some of the projects that were started on that dollar were the Fourth and Washington parking structure … and they also helped manage some of the smaller projects that led up to the (creation of the) public arts commission,” said Bob Miller, chair of the AAPAC. But later, when the commission needed a more systematic way of funding public art, it turned to the Percent for Art system. To those unfamiliar with the Percent for Art program or how public art gets from the sketchbook to your local park, here’s a brief runthrough: The AAPAC has a public art ordinance that allows it to oversee public-art projects for the city of Ann Arbor, and it is responsible for the approval of all art projects as well as selecting locations and artists for those projects. Recommendations for future pieces come from the commission, though they have also surfaced from city council, city staff or resident suggestions. When the commission approves a project, it forms a task force made up of the arts community, the relevant neighborhood community and city administration, consisting of AAPAC members, among others. The task force sends out a general call to artists, and then reviews their past work and proposed goals for the project. Eventually, they
narrow the applicant pool down to one. Once City Council approves the contract, the artist can begin fabrication, construction and eventually implementation of the piece. The public-art millage proposed in the November 2012 elections would have created a three-year tax to go along with this program and could have generated an estimated $459,273 in public-art funding not just for physical installations, but for the performing arts as well. But the millage lost — 56 percent against — leading city council to suspend the Percent for Art program until spring 2013. At the time, the suspension wasn’t supposed to affect public art funding in any immediate way, as CIPs are usually scarce during the winter. Yet, to date, the program still hasn’t returned. “There is no more Percent for Art,” Miller said. “The program is suspended, and I don’t think that it will be resurrected any time soon.” The new program, which has not yet been tested or implemented, is supposed to extend the process from two years to as many as six, which has its benefits and disadvantages. “The new funding mechanism bakes in projects,” Miller explained. “As in, it incorporates (public art) projects into the other potential (Capital Improvement) projects.” The city will assess potential locations for public art on a more case-by-case basis by evaluating what future CIPs will benefit from them. “We will be getting that list in a few months, and we will look at the Capital Improvement Projects the city is looking to undertake,” Miller said, “and we will identify the projects that we think can or will benefit from enhancement, and those enhancements mean public art.” This buy-in time gives the AAPAC an opportunity to raise community awareness about upcoming projects. “The most important thing is to allow the public to understand the process of how artwork is brought to the city.” On the other hand, “baking in” projects also removes any guarantee that there will be public art at all. “The downside for the new process is that it is totally at the mercy of the city administration and the City Council to decide if art will be placed anywhere,” said Miller. “And there are no funds allocated to arts at all until they decide there are.” Though much is in the transition phase, the AAPAC’s attempt to involve the community in the public art process is one aspect of the new program that is already budding. The Argo Cascades, one of three project sites that was ongoing when the Percent for Art suspension was announced, has been the commission’s stepping stone for these types of improvements. “They’re doing a lot of public outreach,” Miller said of the Argo Cascades task force. “They’ve had
in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Harries and Rosen-Queralt have actually gone head to head before, which is bound to happen to artists who work within the same medium, and who explore similar themes in their art. “Yeah, it’s competitive,” Harries said of contending with RosenQueralt. “I think in this case, Jann is a great artist and I think we’re good artists, so you’ve got two great artists who are going to think up something great for the cascades.” Before starting work on their proposals, Rosen-Queralt, Harries and Heder were invited to visit Ann Arbor and the Argo Cascades to get a feel for the area. “We did a little walking tour of the downtown and the college
campus, and a little bit of the history and a review about our public art,” Kotarski said. The artists also took kayaks down the cascades before meeting with residents for a meet and greet. “(Residents) could give their input about what they think should go into the artwork and ask questions about their artwork or just about the artist,” Kotarski said. Both artists were given a $3,000 stipend for their proposals and will return in October to present their designs to the public. Harries wouldn’t disclose any specifics about her plans for the site or even the approach she was taking to the project, only commenting, “I want to bring something brave and specific that can happen nowhere else.”
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The water-based sculpture by German artist Herbert Dreiseitl is untitled.
walk-throughs. They’ve brought the project to the attention of different committees within the city. They’ve also brought people out to the site and they’ve had online surveys. They’re trying to gather as much public input into that project as they can before they make any final decisions. I think that is a very good way to move forward with how we do projects: That’s a good model.” City Council member Chuck Warpehoski (D–Ward 5), who in the past has expressed a desire to give Ann Arbor residents a louder voice in the creation of public art, likes the direction the AAPAC is going. “I saw one of the commissioners down at the farmer’s market with a clipboard trying to make sure that everybody knew about (the Argo Cascades project) and make sure everyone got a chance to meet the artists,” he said. “The art commission is trying to involve the community in making sure we’ve got art that best reflects Ann Arbor, best reflects our community.” Uncharted waters The Argo Cascades, between Furstenburg and Gallup Park, is a popular tubing, kayaking and paddle boarding spot for Ann Arbor residents and tourists. In April 2012, the AAPAC approved the site for a public art project with a budget of $150,000. While the Argo Cascades is one of the last three sites to receive funding through the old mechanism, the task force is trying to take a progressive approach to the process, especially in terms of community outreach. AAPAC Commissioner John Kotarski recognizes that he’s navigating somewhat uncharted waters. “We’re kind of rebuilding the ship that’s left port,” he said.
Regardless of the funding transition, public art projects can often encounter obstacles. One of the art pieces to most recently be installed in Ann Arbor is the untitled waterbased sculpture by German artist Herbert Dreiseitl on East Huron Street. The work was proposed in 2009, but wasn’t fully functional until July of 2012 because of clogged water pumps and other electrical problems. But for the Argo Cascades, things have been moving, more or less, according to schedule. When the AAPAC sent out a call to artists — including 48 local art organizations and over 48 regional art organizations — it received more than 50 submissions. “It was the kind of outreach we wanted to have happen,” Kotarski said. “And we took extra care to try and attract local artists.” Since then, the artist count has been reduced to two — Jann Rosen-Queralt and a design team consisting of Mags Harries and Lajos Heder. “We have two very quality artists that are both nationally recognized,” Kotarski said. “They work with natural materials and work with sustainable water issues. … We look forward to seeing what they come up with.” Rosen-Queralt has been active in the art world since 1990. She teaches at the Maryland Institute College of Art and has won numerous awards in and around Maryland. In 2011, she was the lead artist for a large art installation at the Brightwater Wastewater Treatment Facility in Seattle. Harries and Heder have completed more than 25 public-art installations together, though they’re both accomplished individual artists as well. Heder won international prizes with his design for Expo ’96 in Budapest. Harries’s work has been exhibited
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