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Research on treatment for ALS aided by stem cells Testing of new surgical treatment moves to Phase II By IAN DILLINGHAM Daily Staff Reporter ALLISON FARRAND/Daily
TOP LEFT: LSA junior Rebekah Kreckman gives tours of the campus farm during the Sustainable Food Program’s annual harvest festival at the Matthei Botanical Gardens Wednesday. BOTTOM LEFT: Musicians perform for students as part of the fesitval. RIGHT: Graduate student Lauren Materne participated in a doughnut-eating contest.
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Renovations head north Pierpont Commons, Mitchell Field to recieve upgrades By YARDAIN AMRON Daily Staff Reporter
North Campus-ers feeling left out from the dizzying residence-hall renovations on Central Campus will soon have their own to boast about — albeit on a smaller scale. The Commons Café is sched-
uled to close for renovations in March as part of a larger, campus-wide project to update student facilities initiated by Building a Better Michigan, a student-run organization created to advise renovations across campus. Through 2020, the project hopes to bring improvements to aging facilities including Mitchell Field, the three recreational sports buildings and two of the three unions. Built in 1965, Pierpont Commons has apparently lost much
of its student appeal. Through information from student surveys distributed by Building a Better Michigan, dissatisfaction with the food options and usable study and organizational spaces became apparent. “(Pierpont Commons) doesn’t offer healthy, affordable and attractive dining options,” LSA senior Louis Mirante, co-chair of Building a Better Michigan, said. “It doesn’t facilitate the academic, social or physical well-being to the degree that it should.” Renovations to the café hope
to address this by offering an increased variety in food choices and better study space. Four new, restaurant-like serving areas will bring in a range of quality cuisine, such as those found in the recently renovated dining hall of East Quad Residence Hall. A ‘Fire & Ice’ station is in talks to serve freshly-prepared Ramen or stir-fry; a hearth-oven station will serve gourmet flat-bread pizzas and freshly baked bread; an international cuisine station See RENOVATIONS, Page 5A
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Regents will have to weigh the benefits of ‘U’ experience vs. outside perspective By AMRUTHA SIVAKUMAR Daily Staff Reporter
University President Mary Sue Coleman broke long-standing precedent when she was appointed despite not having any prior affiliation with the institution. By July 2014, that aberration may become the start of a new trend. As the first president to be appointed from outside the University since 1979, Coleman proved to stakeholders worldwide Filling Fleming that she could manage the ropes of three university campuses, an athletic department with the fifth-largest national revenue and a consistently top-ranked health sysSee CANDIDATES, Page 5A
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Though the Food and Drug Administration remains closed due to the federal government shutdown, researchers at the University are pushing forward the development of stemcell therapies, with the hope of improving the quality of life for individuals with life-threatening disabilities. Researchers at University Hospital and the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute are exploring the use of stem cells in the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis — also known as Lou Gerhig’s disease, a neurodegenerative condition that causes cell death in spinal cord neurons that control movement. Patients with ALS suffer from loss of muscle control and often die of respiratory failure. Neurology Prof. Eva Feldman presented recent results from her research at an event Wednesday evening at the Taubman Institute’s Kahn Auditorium for an audience of about 40 students
and faculty. Feldman discussed the completion of Phase I trials of the new stem-cell therapy and her plans for Phase II. While Phase I trials typically test the safety of a treatment in human patients, Phase II tests the treatment’s efficacy. Feldman’s research team received approval for Phase II of their research in May and has since begun tests. Shortly before the event Wednesday afternoon, a third patient enrolled in the trial had the surgical procedure, in which a surgeon injects stem cells into specific regions of the spinal cord. Although it is too early to record changes in disease progression, Feldman said the three patients have experienced “no adverse consequences” from the procedure. Stem cells have the unique ability to fulfill a wide variety of tasks by developing into specialized cells depending on their environment. When these cells are injected into the spinal cord of ALS patients, they surround diseased cells and slow the progression of cell death, Feldman said. “Depending on how you grow them … they can become any cell in the body,” Feldman said. Feldman’s treatment uses a See ALS, Page 5A
‘Generation’ will compete in four-day, 1,800-mile race in Australian desert ALLISON FARRAND/Daily
Art & Design freshman Sophie Schank tests her group’s Rube Goldberg device at the Art & Architecture Building Wednesday.
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Equal pay advocate talks gender discrimination Lilly Ledbetter is namesake of Obama’s first law By CAROLYN GEARIG For The Daily
Lilly Ledbetter, a gender-equality advocate and namesake of the 2009 Equal Pay Act, made remarks to a
crowd of more than 200 people at Rackham Auditorium Wednesday evening. “If I say one thing tonight that will change an individual’s life, I will have done my job,” Ledbetter said at the beginning of her speech. In 1979, Ledbetter said she faced discrimination at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Alabama, where she worked as a supervi-
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sor. In 1998, after 19 years of alleged sexual harassment and gender discrimination at the company, she received an anonymous note that showed the salaries of three of her male co-workers who held the same position as her. The three males monthly salaries were nearly $6,000, while hers was $3,727. Ledbetter originally won a See EQUAL, Page 5A
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One hundred team members. Seven national championship titles. Five top-three world championship finishes. This Sunday, the University Solar Car Team is competing in the World Solar Car Challenge, and they’re hoping this will be their year. After spending the last two years building and designing Generation, the team’s latest car, several members have traveled to the Australian outback, where they’ll compete with teams from around the world in a 1,800-mile race to the finish and the title of world solar-car champion. Over the course of four days, competitors from 40 schools and 23 countries will race from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and then charge their cars until 7 a.m. the next
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morning for the next day of racing. LSA junior Ian Sullivan, the team’s business director, spoke to The Michigan Daily from Arizona, where he was currently attending a sponsorship conference. He said he learned at the conference how to effectively work with companies to gain resources for the coming year. “We’re all definitely really excited about Sunday’s race,” Sullivan said. “Though we’re proud to consistently be in the top, this is our best chance ever to win, and that’s always our goal, so we feel like we just need to go in and take it.” Sullivan noted a rule change this year that mandates that each car have four wheels instead of three, which will make this year’s car more efficient and competitive. He said the team is always working on improving technology and sustainability, but this has probably been the most major change their design has undergone. Engineering and Business junior James Kauney, a thirdSee SOLAR, Page 5A
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Businessman also teaches Brad Keywell is the co-founder and managing partner of Lightbank, a venture fund investing in technology businesses. He’s also co-founder and director of Groupon, co-founder and director of MediaBank and co-founder and director of Echo Global Logistics. Are there any experiences you had during your time as a student that you use in your career today? There were many experiences. I started in the LSA program then I switched into the BBA program, and I also went to law school at Michigan. The same time that I was going to school, I was starting
businesses; I had five different businesses that I started over the course of my time in Ann Arbor, and I had a number of employees by the time that I was a senior. And the process of starting and growing businesses across various disciplines while at the same time going to school offered me lots of experiences and lessons that I still use. As both a professor and entrepreneur, how do you bring some of your personal experiences into your instruction?
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Member of University’s chapters of Delta Delta Delta sorority and Chi Psi fraternity colect donations for Mott’s Children’s Hospital on the Diag Wednesday.
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WHERE: 1420 Washington Heights WHEN: Tuesday at 9:35 a.m. WHAT: A purse was stolen from a inside a backpack on the fifth floor of the Thomas Francis Jr. Building, University Police reported. The theft occurred between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Monday.
WHERE: 911 Hill Street WHEN: Tuesday around 9:40 a.m. WHAT: A vehicle began to back out of a parking spot and hit a moped driving by in the street, University Police reported. The driver of he moped was not injured but the moped was not so fortunate.
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WHERE: LSA Building WHEN: Tuesday at 4:45 p.m. WHAT: A subject was reported to be selling University-owned equipment for his or her own monetary gain. No further leads have been provided to University Police.
WHERE: 900 block of South University Avenue WHEN: Wednesday at 1:45 a.m. WHAT: A bicycle outside of the UGLI and fastened with a cable lock was stolen between 8 p.m. on Tuesday and 1:40 a.m. Wednesday, University Police reported.
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‘Q’ and ‘A’ with Fresh produce WHAT: Fresh fruits, musician vegetables and other local WHAT: Alumnus Michael Wayne, a successful orchestral member and solo performer will share the tricks of the music trade with students. WHO:School of Music, Theater, and Dance WHEN: Today at 10:40 am. WHERE: Moore Building
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Government shutdown hits MPowered expands off campus hard for American Indian tribes during annual competition Tribal programs take cuts and furloughs hundreds CROW AGENCY, Mont. (AP) — American Indian tribes have more than access to national parks on the line with the government shutdown, as federal funding has been cut off for crucial services including foster care payments, nutrition programs and financial assistance for the needy. For the 13,000 members of southeast Montana’s Crow Tribe, the budget impasse had immediate and far-reaching effects: Tribal leaders furloughed more than 300 workers Wednesday, citing the shutdown and earlier federal budget cuts. As a result, tribal programs including home health care for the elderly and disabled, bus service for rural areas, and a major
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irrigation project were suspended indefinitely. “It’s going to get hard,” said Shar Simpson, who leads the Crow’s home health care program. “We’re already taking calls from people saying, ‘Who’s going to take care of my mom? Who’s going to take care of my dad?’” Some tribes intend to fill the gap in federal funds themselves, risking deficits of their own to cushion communities with chronic high unemployment and poverty against the effects of the budget battle. “Do we just throw kids onto the street, or do we help them? Most likely we’re going to help those families and do whatever we can until this is unresolved,” said Tracy “Ching” King, president of northern Montana’s Fort Belknap Reservation. But for other tribes, basic services stand to take a direct hit. That includes programs heavily subsidized by federal agencies
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and others paid for with tribal money that is suddenly unavailable because it’s being held by the Department of Interior, tribal leaders said. Essential activities such as law enforcement, firefighting and some social services will continue, said Bureau of Indian Affairs spokeswoman Nedra Darling. Programs that did not make the list include residential care for children and adults, cash assistance for the poor and payments to vendors who provide foster care. How long those programs will continue on reservations depends on the duration of the shutdown and how much money individual tribes can spare. The BIA provides services to more than 1.7 million American Indians and Alaska Natives from more than 500 recognized tribes. Crow Chairman Darrin Old Coyote said his tribe decided to furlough workers now, hoping the move will be only temporary, rather than push into deficit a budget stretched thin by earlier federal cuts and recent declines in revenue from a coal mine on the reservation. “We’re taking a proactive approach,” Old Coyote said. The 316 furloughed workers represent about half the tribe’s employees. In South Dakota, Yankton Sioux Tribe Vice Chairwoman Jean Archambeau said the shutdown means money for heating assistance won’t be coming this fall. “I don’t know what we’re going to do,” she said. “They’re already predicting snow out west and possibly in this area of the state.” General assistance payments, which help people with general needs not covered by other programs, also have been cut, Archambeau said. The National Congress of American Indians and tribal leaders said the “double whammy” of the shutdown and the earlier automatic spending cuts known as sequestration illustrates their vulnerability in the federal budget process.
Entrepreneurship group tries pilot program at Penn State By CARLY FROMM Daily Staff Reporter
It’s just over a week into the annual 1,000 Pitches competition, but MPowered is already close to hitting 1,000 student pitches. The competition, hosted by MPowered — a studentrun entrepreneurial group on — encourages students to get involved in entrepreneurship by pitching unique business ideas in various categories. Last year MPowered received almost 5,000 pitches. Engineering junior Chris O’Neil, the president of MPowered, said he wants every student to find their inner entrepreneur. “There are going to be a lot of people in the world that could be the greatest entrepreneurs ever and just never know that it was an option,” O’Neil said. “We don’t want that to happen to anyone at Michigan.” Students have seven weeks to submit their pitches. The top 200 pitchers then enjoy a two-week development period where they can speak with experts and collaborate with one another to better develop their pitches. The winners of the competition — one for each category, ranging from health to education to mobile apps — will receive a $1,000 prize to further their business ideas.
This year, MPowered is expanding its outreach past Ann Arbor, as Pennsylvania State University’s entrepreneurial campus organization, Innoblue, is hosting a 1,000 Pitches competition of their own. O’Neil said MPowered hopes to expand 1,000 Pitches to campuses across the country, with Penn State acting as the pilot program. “Penn State is an experiment,” O’Neil said. “They’ve created a platform for as many schools as possible to start filing under the 1,000 Pitches brand.” Eli Kariv, president of Innoblue at Penn State, said he’s excited the competition will help to stimulate creativity on his campus. “We were eager to bring 1,000 Pitches to Penn State because of the cultural change that it created at Michigan,” Kariv said. “It seems like 1,000 Pitches has created an environment and culture at the University of Michigan where people value their own ideas.” Innoblue and MPowered are engaging in a competition, though MPowered has a significant advantage with its established popularity on the Ann Arbor campus. Kariv said Penn State’s goal is to receive more than 1,000 pitches in its first year, as well as “get the ball rolling” on a cultural change at the university. Business sophomore Zachary Wloch, the director of marketing for MPowered, wishes the best for the 1,000 Pitches competition at PSU. “Hopefully, we’ll see them
get 1,000 pitches — reach the namesake — this year,” Wloch said. “It’s a friendly competition.” This year, MPowered not only hopes to expand to other campuses, but integrate itself further into the University community as well. Wloch is optimistic about new tactics to expand 1,000 Pitches’s outreach on campus this year, using methods such as “Pitch Stations” — which will allow students to pitch on the go — and new social-media strategies. The organization is also hoping to set up sponsored pitch stations — the typical pitch stations accompanied by representatives from an entrepreneurial company. Students, along with pitching the idea on video, will be able to pitch their idea to the company on site and receive feedback. Wloch envisions that the sponsored “Pitch Stations” will change the process of recruiting. “(Companies) can see students’ creative processes at work, and then they can see how they develop the pitch,” Wloch said. “So rather than just finding out someone’s name and getting a résumé, you really get to see what the person is like and how they might be able to work for your company.” He said he views 1,000 Pitches as a platform for further development. “We can encourage winners of 1,000 pitches and participants to start using other projects within MPowered to develop themselves,” Wloch said.
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Doctor accused of fraud to stay in jail A Detroit-area cancer doctor accused of intentionally misdiagnosing patients and ordering unnecessary treatments will remain in jail until trial, a judge said Wednesday after prosecutors insisted he might flee to the Middle East. Dr. Farid Fata, in custody since Aug. 6, wanted the judge to lower his $9 million bond to $500,000 and give him a chance to win release. But the decision was worse for the Oakland County man: No bond. “Obviously there is a presumption of innocence ... but the court feels there is a serious risk of flight. The charges are serious,” U.S. District Judge Paul Borman said.
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Tesla Model S fire worries investors Flames that engulfed the front end of a Tesla electric car near Seattle also burned in the vehicle’s battery pack, making it difficult for firefighters to extinguish the blaze, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. In an incident report released under Washington state’s public records law, firefighters wrote that they appeared to have Tuesday’s fire under control, but the flames reignited. Crews found that water seemed to intensify the fire, so they began using a dry chemical extinguisher. After dismantling the front end of the vehicle and puncturing holes in the battery pack, crews used a circular saw to cut an access hole in the front section in order to apply water to the battery, according to documents. Only then was the fire extinguished. Shares of Tesla Motors Inc. fell more than 6 percent Wednesday after an Internet video showed flames spewing from the vehicle, which Tesla has touted as the safest car in America.
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Disrespecting flag in Egypt could lead to prison Egypt’s interim government decided Wednesday that insulting the flag and refusing to stand for the national anthem is an offense punishable by law. The decree follows a media fracas sparked by reports that an ultraconservative Islamist sitting on a committee to amend the constitution refused to stand for a moment of silence honoring policemen killed on duty during a raid on a militant stronghold last month. It recalled earlier controversy over reports that members of the ultraconservative Salafi trend have refused to stand for the national anthem for religious reasons.
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Activists charged with piracy Greenpeace said Wednesday that 14 of its activists who were detained after protesting at a Russian oil platform have been charged with piracy, a crime punishable by up to 15 years in prison. The environmental activists from Argentina, Brazil, Britain, Finland, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia and Sweden were among 30 people from 18 countries who were on board the Greenpeace ship that was seized by the Russian coast guard following the Sept. 18 protest. Those charged Wednesday by the court in the Arctic city of Murmansk included 13 Greenpeace activists and a freelance British video journalist. Two of the activists had tried to scale an offshore platform owned by Russian state-controlled energy giant Gazprom to call attention to the environmental risks of drilling in Arctic waters. More activists were expected to be formally charged on Thursday and Friday, Greenpeace said. All 30 were being held in jails in Murmansk, a port above the Arctic Circle. —Compiled from Daily wire reports
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Iran’s new President Hassan Rouhani waves after swearing in at the parliament, in Tehran, Iran in August. As Iran’s diplomatic profile rises with attempts to recalibrate its dealings with Washington, the Gulf rulers will have to make adjustments, too, and that’s not such an easy thing for the monarchs and sheiks to swallow.
Rouhani says Iran is open to discussing nuclear activities Iran’s new president has made overtures to the West to cool diplomatic tensions TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday that Iran is open to discussing “details” of nuclear activities including the enrichment of uranium, hinting that the Islamic Republic is willing to broaden the terms of negotiations with world powers. He spoke shortly after receiving support from a wide range of legislators for his policy of reaching out to the West. Rouhani emphasized Tehran’s longstanding position that its fundamental right to enrich uranium, a key ingredient of nuclear weapons that Iran says it needs for peaceful purposes, is not up for discussion. But his statement was a veiled hint that Iran is open to negotiating on the level of uranium enrichment as part of a deal in return for lifting of sanctions. Rouhani was elected this summer with the backing of centrists and reformists, pledging a new approach to relations with the West. During a visit to New York for the U.N. General Assembly last week, he held a historic phone conversation with President Barack Obama, a gesture aimed at ending three decades of estrangement between the two countries. In his remarks Wednesday after meeting with the Cabinet,
Rouhani said Iran has drawn up a “precise plan” to put on the table at the next round of talks with the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany in Geneva later this month. “Iran’s enrichment right is not negotiable but we must enter into talks to see what would the other side proposes to us about the details,” he said. Uranium enrichment is a technology that can be used to produce nuclear fuel but further enrichment makes it suitable for use in nuclear weapons. The U.S. and its allies fear that uranium enrichment could be used in developing a nuclear weapons capacity. Iran says its program is peaceful and geared toward generating electricity and producing isotopes to treat cancer patients. Foreign ministers of Iran and the six-nation group — the U.S., Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China — met in New York last week in a first meeting since Rouhani was elected president in June. The next round of talks will be held Oct. 15-16 in Geneva. Rouhani has reached out to the West, hoping that his policy of moderation and easing tensions with the outside world will lead to a nuclear deal. Over 230 lawmakers, out of a total of 290, signed a statement Tuesday to endorse Rouhani’s policy of détente and interaction, signaling that he enjoys support from both moderates and conservatives within the ruling establishment. Iran’s Supreme Leader Aya-
tollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say on all state matters, has supported a strategy of “heroic flexibility” in foreign policy, opening the way for Rouhani’s outreach. Rouhani reiterated Iran’s pledge that it’s not seeking nuclear weapons, and that it will keep its nuclear facilities open to inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog group. “This is our principle: to keep doors of our nuclear facilities open to IAEA inspection,” he said. “We have nothing to hide. Our record is clean and our hands are open.” Iran is living under U.N. sanctions as well as tough U.S.led oil and banking sanctions that have slashed oil exports by half and shut Tehran out of the international financial system. Rouhani said he was not surprised to see Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressing anger at Iran’s “charm offensive.” Netanyahu on Tuesday called Rouhani “a wolf in sheep’s clothing” and accused the leader of being “a loyal servant of the regime” who has done nothing to stop Iran’s nuclear program since he took office in June. “Such remarks show that we are moving in the right direction,” Rouhani said. “When Israel sees that its sword doesn’t work and that wisdom has prevailed in the world and that the Iranian people’s message of peace is heard . they definitely get angry.”
U.S. and global stocks fall over fears of protracted gov. shutdown Concerns linger over potential sovereign default if debt ceiling isn’t raised
NEW YORK (AP) — Fear of a protracted U.S. government shutdown is making global investors increasingly nervous. U.S. and European stock markets fell Wednesday as investors and world leaders worried about the threat to the global economy. Europe’s top central banker called the partial shutdown “a risk if protracted.” Boston’s Federal Reserve Bank president cited the budget battle as a reason the Fed refused to pull back its economic stimulus last month, and President Barack Obama appeared on financial network CNBC to urge Congress to pass a budget and avoid derailing the nation’s economic recovery. After shrugging off the first day of the shutdown Tuesday, Wall Street made it clear on the second day that it was more and more nervous that the budget fight could turn into something worse, a failure to raise the nation’s borrowing limit. “I’m not going out there and beating my chest and saying the world is coming to an end here,” said Brad McMillan, the Chief Investment Officer at Commonwealth Financial, an investment adviser. “But we face the possibility for significantly greater disruptions.” The looming crisis has been growing for weeks. Republicans
in the House of Representatives are insisting that Democrats negotiate over a new health care law as part of the budget talks. Senate Democrats, led by Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, insist that Republicans pass a straightforward temporary funding bill with no strings attached. The political gridlock could prevent the U.S. government from borrowing more money to cover its bills and pay back creditors later this month. The financial market sees that as a disastrous move that could send the U.S. into recession. On Wednesday, the major indexes opened sharply lower, as U.S. lawmakers appearing unwilling to yield in their entrenched positions. After Obama summoned Congressional leaders to the White House later in the morning, the market started to recoup some of its losses, but the recovery faded throughout the afternoon. “The markets are sending a loud message to Washington lawmakers to get their act together and resolve the budget crisis,” said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital. The Dow Jones industrial average ended the day down 58.56 points, or 0.4 percent, at 15,133.14 points. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 1.13 points, or 0.1 percent, to 1,693.87. The Nasdaq composite declined 2.96 points, or 0.1 percent, to 3,815.02.
Six of 10 industry sectors in the S&P 500 fell. Declines were led by the makers of consumer staples and industrial companies. Defense companies, which rely on government contracts for a large part of their revenue, led declines for industrial companies. Raytheon fell $1.73, or 2.2 percent, to $76.08. Lockheed Martin dropped $2.42, or 1.9 percent, to $125. Earlier, European Central Bank head Mario Draghi said that the partial U.S. government shutdown was a risk to economic recoveries in the U.S. and globally.
On Wednesday night, the League of Women Voters hosted a second forum featuring Ann Arbor City Council candidates — this time hosting hopefuls from Wards 1 and 2 — to discuss a range of issues, including city infrastructure, downtown development and transportation. The event, which complements Tuesday night’s debate with representatives from Wards 3 and 5, is in anticipation of the Ann Arbor City Council elections on Nov. 5. In the first round of debates Wednesday, incumbent Sabra Briere (D) faced off independent candidate Jeff Hayner to garner votes in Ward 1. The two first discussed crosswalk safety, a topic sparked by the recent automobile incident in which a bicyclist was struck at a crosswalk on Plymouth Road. Hayner called for increased education about crosswalk safety backed by more effective police enforcement. “The City Council’s responsibility should be to put the proper amount of money into educating the public — drivers and pedestrians and bicyclists — so we can share the streets safely,” Hayner said. While Briere agreed that the issue needed to be dealt with, she said she wasn’t sure how to proceed, since most of the incidents stem from irresponsible behavior, rather than unsafe crosswalk policies. Hayner addressed city infrastructure, which he said was overdue for needed repairs to old and unsatisfactory roads, pipes and draining systems. Briere acknowledged these concerns, but pointed to the complexities and realities in approaching such issues. “We could do what people in the past have advised — and that is tear up the streets, put in giant systems to conduct the storm water quickly away from the neighborhoods — but we believe that damages the river. Everything we do is a moving picture,” she said. Hayner also supported an expanded regional-bustransit system, as long as the regional parties would be willing and able to pay their shares
equally. Briere acknowledged that there would be a problem expanding the current system without also funding it — a cost decision the community needs to confront and decide on together, she said. In reference to the funding of the Downtown Development Association, Briere stood by her past position to put a cap on DDA funding. Hayner noted the inevitability of growth, but also acknowledged downtown growth as a significant concern to the community. “I think the downtown is getting pretty big, and when I go door-to-door people are concerned about it,” Hayner said. Incumbent Jane Lumm (I–Ward 2) debated Democrat candidate Kirk Westphal and Independent candidate Conrad Brown, an LSA senior and a member of the newlyformed Mixed-Use Party. Lumm expressed a need to align city spending with the needs of its citizens by focusing on basic amenities and services to the public, including public safety, fixing streets, addressing water and sewage infrastructure, as well as tackling the pedestrian ordinance. “It is all about priorities in so many ways,” Lumm said. Westphal, a government consultant and chair of the City Planning Commission, identified long-term economic prosperity, proactive neighborhood engagement and an better budgeting process as three focus areas — stressing city revenue, community awareness and council priority and efficiency in defining and explaining the city’s major problems. “I’m not an advocate or somebody driving for a single issue — I’m a data person,” Westphal said. Brown, a member of the newly formed Mixed Use Party and current University student, reiterated the party’s most central concerns, including infrastructure and urban sprawl. He also articulated a need to limit the amount of tax dollars controlled by elected officials in the downtown authority and exercise caution towards investing public funds in private interests. “Growing up in Flint, Michigan has given me a unique perspective on what government and fiscal mismanagement will do to a town as once vibrant and proud as Flint,” Brown said.
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Dollars for dining Targeted scholarships address needs of lower-income students
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anuary, the University of Michigan, Flint campus will begin to implement a new program, which offers meal-plan scholarships for up to 10 students, on or off of campus. Provided by Sodexo, the dining company that services the Flint campus, the scholarships consist of either five $1,400 scholarships or up to 10 meal-plan scholarships of $700. By highlighting specific costs associated with attending college, Flint is addressing costs that disproportionately affect lower-income students. The University should follow suit. Implementing meal-specific scholarships acknowledges the varied costs students face while in college. These scholarships are likely to target students from lower-income backgrounds — those who are more likely to be impacted by daily costs. By allowing students to stay on campus for meals during the day, these scholarships will also save students time, while ensuring access to healthier food options. For students who struggle to pay for food on top of tuition, books and other academic costs, unhealthy meals may be the only affordable option. But with the food-based scholarships in place, students can gain access to nearby, healthy food options. Furthermore, there are health benefits with eating in a dining hall, aside from the healthier food. Results of a study conducted at Kansas State University revealed a correlation between eating in a collegiate dining hall among peers and higher GPAs as well as greater-perceived social support. Through
this new program, Flint is ensuring that students — regardless of financial need — may be able to be a part of this university community. Though the criteria for the new scholarship will not be entirely need-based, the proposed scholarships offer options to those struggling to make ends meet. For instance, the scholarships could help those middleclass students whose parents’ income leaves them without full financial aid support. Currently, the University here in Ann Arbor has more than 200 financial-aid scholarships, but none are category-specific. Following Flint’s lead, the University should implement these tailored scholarships. Tuition isn’t the only factor that makes college expensive; the cost of living — including food — can remain a barrier to those with fewer financial resources. One University of Michigan campus is on the edge of innovation through its meal plan scholarship program — hopefully, others will take note.
DA I LY E D G E CHEVY CHASE VS. CHEVY TRUCK CATEGORY: Horsepower When violently rolling down a steep hill, Chevy Chase has enough power to knock over at least four large horses. Yet, the Chevy Truck has been engineered to get 34 miles for each gallon of grape drink. ADVANTAGE: CHEVY CHASE CATEGORY: Top Speed Chevy Trucks, on average, can reach 95 miles per hour. Occasionally, Chevy Chase’s amnesia will cause him to hallucinate being back on “The Chevy Chase Show”, causing him to flee that god-awful program at an impressive two miles an hour. ADVANTAGE: TRUCKS
CATEGORY: Torque If its commercials are to be believed, the Chevy Truck boasts enough torque to drag, on on a good day, 47 and one-half Chevy Chases. However, Chevy Chase was once addicted to painkillers he took for falling too many times on SNL. ADVANTAGE: CHASEMASTER
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can’t say why the scattering of professors, adults and students were at Lilly Ledbetter’s speech Wednesday night, but I have a guess. Her name is now synonymous with the first bill President Barack Obama signed into law, the Lilly ADRIENNE Ledbetter Fair ROBERTS Pay Act of 2009. When I told my friends that I was going to see Ledbetter talk, they gave me a weird look and I quickly had to follow with, “Oh, you know, it’s that woman whose name is on that one bill Obama signed about fair pay.” She’s almost a quasi-political celebrity now, and I went to see her speak for the same reason most other people probably did: to say I saw her talk. This woman has very little in common with me except that she’s vocal about feminist ideals: She’s 75, from a small town in Alabama and worked as an overnight supervisor at Goodyear. I doubt that many students on campus, including myself, can say that they strongly identify with her. Yet, as she told her story, there was one part specifically that many students can identify with. When Ledbetter found out that she was making less than half of what her fellow male employees were making, she understandably just wanted to quit her job. But because she had student loans to pay back, dinner to put on the table and bills to pay, she couldn’t fathom not receiving a
paycheck for even one week. For the 2006 and 2007. seniors out there, this could literHarvard decided to give “itself ally be us in six months time. Scary, a gender makeover.” The school right? The prospect of not being tried to change the way students able to quit a job because you can’t spoke and socialized with each afford to not work is frightening. other by installing stenographers And then, add on the fact that in classrooms to guard against if you’re a woman college gradu- biased grading and providing priate, you’re probably making signifi- vate coaching to untenured female cantly less than your male peers. A professors. This was met with some 2012 report by the American Asso- backlash, and after implementing ciation of University Women shows the changes, one male student said that women one year out of college it had “been a painful experience.” working full time were making, on So much for progress. average, 82 percent of what their The problem is sadly societal. Legmale peers were islation can only making. After pass if people controlling for actually recAs we enter the “occupation, ognize and are workforce, there’s no discouraged by college major, employment this discrimiguarantee that we’re sector, and other nation. Most going to get paid fairly. don’t — and sex factors associated with pay,” discrimination the pay gap does is being actively shrink, but it doesn’t disappear. The perpetuated everywhere, from a wage gap isn’t a problem reserved Goodyear plant to a Harvard Busifor women who grew up in the Deep ness School classroom. Ledbetter’s South in the ‘40s. This could very talk reminded us that, as many of us well affect many of us in less than a enter the workforce in the next few year’s time. years, there’s no guarantee that we’re However, the problem is more going to be paid fairly. And there’s complicated than women simply also no guarantee that we’re going making less than their male coun- to recognize this, let alone be finanterparts. It’s that women are less cially stable enough to quit our jobs likely to work in careers that typi- if we do. What’s encouraging is that cally pay more, such as engineering the University is bringing people like and finance. Ledbetter to this campus. As much Universities, for their part, are as we might not readily identify with trying. For example, the Harvard her specific situation, even her presBusiness School noticed a trend ence causes a conversation that we with their women students: They all need to be having. were falling behind their male peers quickly. Additionally, a third of their —Adrienne Roberts can be female junior faculty left between reached at adrirobe@umich.edu.
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Male student blues
Every September, the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor comes to life again. Incoming students from all over the world arrive eager to embark on their new college adventures and ready to start their independent lives away from home. For many of these new students, excitement fills them; however, for many others, stress and anxiety may also occur. As the school year quickly picks up pace, students often find themselves feeling homesick and overwhelmed with the academic rigor at Michigan. They experience difficulty making friends and stress over how to balance their new lives. Many students begin to adapt and readjust, whereas others find themselves facing depression. Depression is found worldwide and affects everyone regardless of gender, age, race or any other demographics. A 2011 study from the American Psychological Association revealed that the rates of depression among college students are steadily increasing. Furthermore, although it has been found to be more prevalent in women, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, more than 6-million men face depression each year. Research has also shown that men are often unable to recognize their own symptoms of depression or feel embarrassed by their depression due to the stigma behind it. So even though free resources for treatment of depression are available through the University’s Counseling and Psychological Services, because men are often less aware of their symptoms (which can vary from women’s symptoms) and feel ashamed about seeking help, men frequently leave their depression untreated. During my freshmen year, a close friend of mine expressed to me how he felt sadness for varying reasons, found himself lacking any motivation, had problems concentrating and was feeling helpless. I suggested to him that he speak with someone at CAPS, but he did not know what CAPS was and was skeptical
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as to how the office could help him. Moreover, he felt that his symptoms weren’t significant enough to seek the help of professionals and he believed that he could simply “handle it on his own.” The stigma behind depression, the lack of education regarding depression, and the transparency of resources around campus continue to affect many students, specifically males. When depression goes untreated, students may see a significant drop in their academic performance, relationships can be strained, risky behaviors may increase and, at the most extreme, students may attempt suicide. As a caring and close-knit community, the University needs to address this problem. Similarly to the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center on campus, CAPS should organize and conduct workshops for each incoming freshmen class. This can be done through required residential hall meetings at the start of each school year or during orientation sessions throughout the summer. The workshops and presentations should focus on educating students on the causes and symptoms of depression, as well as the treatments and free resources available on campus. They should also divide groups of students by gender for a portion of the workshop to address gender-specific issues regarding depression. Specifically for our male students, it’s important to address the stigma behind depression in men and the varying symptoms that men can face. With CAPS providing our students, specifically our male students, with awareness and education regarding depression, we hope to increase our students’ academic performance as well as increase their ability to flourish as well-rounded individuals graduating from the University. Equally as important, we hope to promote healthy physical and mental lifestyles here in our community. Margaux Stanton is a Social Work graduate student.
Asking the right questions
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f they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about answers.” This little “proverb for paranoids” — the third of five in Gravity’s Rainbow, a book by Thomas Pynchon — succinctly points out a cruBARRY cial element of all critical think- BELMONT ing: There are right and wrong questions to ask of this world, and knowing which is which makes all the difference. In fact, it’s the very essence of critical thinking. Just as right and wrong answers exist for many questions, so do right and wrong. And yet this fact is rarely acknowledged, discussed or entertained with the exception of conmen and congressmen. Worse still, there are those who would have us believe that all knowledge is relative and that any way of gathering it is as justifiable as any other. This is wrong both in its diagnosis and prognosis of the situation — not all opinions are valid. Those who might think that I’m perhaps too dismissive of other positions or unfairly characterizing what it means to be relativistic in this context must, at the very least, be claiming that my opinion is in some way wrong. That’s fine. It might be. And that’s the point. I can be wrong. I have been wrong. I’m probably wrong about at least a couple dozen things in my life at this very moment, and some of them may even be espoused in some of what I write here. But these are
things I can correct by asking and who has long stopped listening to being asked the right questions. In proffered answers lies an optimal a very real sense, the casting away balance of questioning and accepof incorrect opinions is the surest tance, knowing and not knowing. method for being less wrong, and, Unlike a fact without context, hopefully, being more correct. a question, however ill-posed, is To this end, the importance of liable to hijack our cognitive appaquestioning far outweighs that of ratuses. Questions spark investifacts. Facts without context are gations, and send our minds off meaningless, but questions without searching for solutions, looking purpose are wasteful. An orphaned for reasons and figuring out new fact often does little to distract us questions to ask. Our brains were from matters at hand: Whether equipped long ago to be patternFranklin D. Roosevelt was the 32nd seekers. To seek a pattern means to or 33rd president of the United ask what pattern may exist and go States won’t typically deter conver- about finding it. We can go beyond sations about the modern relevance this base level of thinking by asking of the New Deal’s policies. More- further, “How might we go about over, facts are easily amenable to finding that pattern?” or, “How will objective arbitration: We can plug I know if a pattern is meaningful?” numbers into calculators, look up Questions are the filters we use quotes and pinpoint dates. Facts can to separate signal from noise. If we be known with fail to recognize or without callthat this sort of ing upon our positive inquiry I can be wrong. I critical-thinkthe process of have been wrong. I’m isextracting ing skills. meanThe same is probably wrong in some ingful informanot true of asktion from an of what I write here. ing questions. otherwise incoAsking quesherent mess, we tions is at base will fail to avail all there is to our critical thinking ourselves of our most effective means skills. If our thinking didn’t require of figuring out the world around us. rigor there would be no motivation So, “Where have I gone wrong?” to question any part of it. Therefore, is a more powerful question than the very nature of critical thinking “What facts have I gotten wrong?” stems from the fact that we’re ques- because it encapsulates a broader tioning our reasoning in an effort context of thinking as a process of to be less wrong and vicariously analysis and not merely as a recitamore right. tion of facts. But just as not all opinions are However, let us remember that valid and not all facts are relevant, this can all be wrong. And the only not all modes of inquiry are cre- way any of us can ever know is by ated equal. Somewhere between knowing the right questions to ask. the incredulous silence of complete complacency and the inces—Barry Belmont can be reached sant, bottomless ‘whys’ of a child at belmont@umich.edu.
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ALS From Page 1A relatively new strain of human embryonic stem cells developed at the University through partnerships with the National Institutes of Health. She referenced the work of Physiology Prof. Gary Smith at MStem Cell Laboratories — the University’s stem cell institution — as a crucial component to the development of the treatment. “What we’ve done here at the University of Michigan … is make embryonic stem cell lines, which are now being used for understanding disease course as well as for treatment,” Feldman said. Stem cells have the potential to aid in the treatment of not only ALS, but a wide range of debilitating and life-threatening diseases, including Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis, Feldman said. “I know that the potential of human embryonic stem cells is really in its infancy,” Feldman said. “As we engage in understanding of what stem cells do, we will really then begin to more fully understand their complete potential. I really don’t think we’re even at the tip of the iceberg.” Although the results from the trials are still preliminary, Feldman said four of 15 patients tested in Phase I experienced a “stable or improved disease course.” Prior to human studies, the research team demonstrated the capability of this treatment to slow the progression of symptoms in rats with the disease. “Stem cells placed into the spinal cord of these rat models of ALS caused the large motor neurons to survive,” Feldman said. “And also actually allowed the rats to have continued function and not to die as quickly from their disease. We’re very excited about that.” Prior to 2008, Feldman spent 10 years investigating ALS treatments in California, while stem-
cell research was still illegal in the state of Michigan. After the passage of the Michigan Stem Cell Amendment, which loosened restrictions on stem-cell research, Feldman moved her research back to the University and has continued here ever since. Although the research — in particular, embryonic stem-cell research — is still controversial in some areas of the country, Feldman said the research has the potential to impact the lives of people suffering from degenerative diseases. “I am more pro-life than anyone because what I do is take embryos that were previously literally discarded down a garbage disposal, and I take those embryos and we create new embryonic stem cell lines,” Feldman said. “And I think you can see today the hope that these new stem-cell lines can offer for what are really fairly devastating diseases.” After studying ALS at the University for almost 25 years, Feldman said she is equally interested in understanding the disease as well as the treatment. Martin Fischhoff, managing director of the Taubman Institute, said this focus on “translational research” is important to the future of federally funded research projects. “There’s been a disconnect between the research being done in the laboratories and the development of new treatments for patients,” Fischhoff said. “We’re doing important research, but there hasn’t been the same emphasis of bringing them to patients through new treatments and new therapies, which is what we’re trying to do at the Taubman Institute and I think throughout the University.” “To do this kind of pioneering stem cell research here at the University of Michigan is something everybody in the state should be proud of,” he said.
— Brie Winnega contributed reporting.
Pressure builds for quick fix to health exchange issues (AP) — The pressure is on for the federal government and states running their own health insurance exchanges to get the systems up and running after overloaded websites and jammed phone lines frustrated consumers for a second day as they tried to sign up for coverage using the new marketplaces. In some ways, the delays that persisted Wednesday were good news for President Barack Obama and supporters of his signature domestic policy achievement because the holdups showed what appeared to be exceptionally high interest in the overhauled insurance system. But if the glitches aren’t fixed quickly, they could dampen enthusiasm for the law at the same time Republicans are using it as a rallying cry to keep most of the federal government closed. “It was worse today than it was yesterday,” Denise Rathman of Des Moines said after she tried for a second day to log onto the Iowa site. Rathman has insurance through Dec. 31 but said she is eager to sign up for a policy because of her psoriatic arthritis, which has caused her to be denied insurance in the past. David Berge, a pastor with two young children in Shoreview, Minn., tried unsuccessfully at least 10 times to create an online account on the state-run site MNsure. His high-deductible plan expires at the end of the year. “I’m anxious to see what the insurance is going to look like for my family at the beginning of the year,” Berge said. “That’s a big unknown right now. I want to figure that out as soon as possible so we can begin planning.” In California, home to 15 percent of the nation’s uninsured, officials pulled the enrollment portion of the Covered California site down overnight for emergency upgrades. It was restored midmorning Wednesday, and 7,770 people had started applications by then, spokesman Roy Kennedy said. California is one of a hand-
ful of mostly Democratic states that opted to set up their own exchanges rather than let the federal government do it for them. In the 36 states being operated by the federal Department of Health and Human Services, consumer patience was still being tested. Agency spokeswoman Joanne Peters said many Americans successfully enrolled on the first day, but she declined to put a number on it. She said the delays were due to “overwhelming interest” and high volume. It’s not as if nobody warned them. Just three months ago, the congressional Government Accountability Office said a smooth and timely rollout could not be guaranteed because the online system was still getting finishing touches and had not been fully tested. The Obama administration shrugged off the evaluation. The bumpy debut has the hallmarks of a technology project that may have rushed to meet the Oct. 1 deadline, said Bill Curtis, chief scientist at CAST, a software quality analysis firm, and director of the Consortium for IT Software Quality, which develops standards. “When you are in a rush, you typically make a lot of mistakes and you don’t have time to test them all out,” he said. High volume can also expose software flaws that were not detected in testing, Curtis said, like the recurring problem consumers encountered trying to set up accounts on the federal site. Drop-down menus that were supposed to provide security questions did not work. The department issued survival tips for aggravated consumers after 4.7 million unique visitors logged in to the healthcare.gov website on Tuesday. As new health insurance markets went live around the country, the federal call center also received 190,000 calls. In suburban Cleveland, Sharon Schorr finally gave up on the federal exchange website after eight hours of failed clicks.
RENOVATIONS From Page 1A will invite a variety of foreign flavors provided by local Ann Arbor vendors; and an expanded salad and soup bar will offer grab-n-go and personalized options. Keith Soster, food service director for the University Unions, currently heads operations at the Commons Café and has played a large role in the renovation plans. “The nice thing about these four
SOLAR From Page 1A year team member, is a part of the leadership committee where he oversees timelines, budgets and recruiting. “I definitely fell in love with Solar Car because of what a realworld project it is,” Kauney said. “It’s inherently creative and multidisciplinary, and we have all types of engineers and even LSA and Ross kids that we’re able to bring in collaborate with, so there’s always something going on and there’s always something to learn from someone.” Kauney echoed his teammates’ sentiments about winning, but says this week’s race is especially important to him because he’s been working on the car’s design from the beginning. “When you’re working 20
EQUAL From Page 1A sex discrimination case against Goodyear, but the ruling was overturned on an appeal. “I was devastated, humiliated and could not let it go,” Ledbetter said. Over the next eight years, Ledbetter’s case made it to the U.S. Supreme Court, where the justices ruled in favor of Goodyear, saying that she should have filed a case within 180 days of her first unequal paycheck, even though Ledbetter was unaware of the discrepancy for nearly 20 years. “I could not let a major corporation (take advantage of) me and
CANDIDATES From Page 1A tem. However, over the next 10 months, the University Board of Regents will be tasked with choosing whether to once again seek a candidate from outside the University or turn within the boundaries of its campuses. The advisory committee in charge of short-listing presidential candidates recently released a Presidential Profile detailing their expectations. In an e-mail interview, Regent Katherine White (D), the vice chair of the board and acting spokeswoman during the search process, wrote that each candidate, regardless of prior affiliation with the University, would bring “something unique to the equation” and be judged based on the profile. “All candidates will be evaluated on their own merit, whether they are internal or external,” she
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individual restaurant-type concepts is the stations are designed to be versatile,” Soster said. “So that as the trends or needs or desires of the students change, we can help modify the menu.” The café’s cafeteria-like dining area will also get a face-lift. Tall stools, booths and soft lounge seating will be added to the standard cafeteria tables and chairs. An additional 60 to 70 seats will be fitted in the dining area to accommodate an influx of student traffic and create a more conducive environment for group
and individual study over longer periods of time. “That whole space will lend itself to great opportunities for collaborations for students,” Soster said. Mitchell Field will be renovated alongside the café with a focus on improving lighting, constructing a support building for Rec Sports staff and creating a student space for intramural and club teams. The total project cost to renovate Mitchell Field, the three recreational sports facilities, Pierpont Commons and the
Michigan Union is estimated at $174 million. A $65-per-semester student fee will be implemented in fall 2014 to pay for the projects. Nearly 22 percent of the revenue from the student fee will be converted into financial aid. A poll conducted by Building a Better Michigan poll in 2012 found broad support for the fee, which was approved by the University’s Board of Regents in April. “This (fee) is not a minority opinion, and the University is offering financial help to the people who are going to need it,” Mirante said.
hours a week on this one project all year, it’s definitely a lot of work, but you’re all doing it together,” Kauney said. “There’s definitely camaraderie that comes into it, and you want to do your best and see the car do its best for the University, for yourself, and for everyone else.” While dedication and high rankings may have proven to be staples of the Solar Car Team, Kauney said the one thing that has changed this year is the car’s name. “Every other car we’ve designed has had the letters UM somewhere in it, but we decided to switch it up this year and go with something completely different, deciding on ‘Generation,’ ” he said. “It’s a tribute to everything we’re a part of, the 1,200 alumni of the group, and the 12 car cycles.” Engineering sophomore Connor O’Brien, a second-year mem-
ber, explained that after the race, the team will have time to regroup and experiment, which he enjoys. “With everything already done for Sunday’s race, we’ve kind of surpassed the climax of the season and will have time to restructure and rebuild as a team, which I’m really looking forward to,” O’Brien said. “Now we’ll have time to try out different things and reorganize our workspace, which will be nice.” As an engineer, O’Brien said the skills he has learned on the team are very different from those he learns in the classroom. “The things we learn at Solar Car don’t reinforce the things I’m learning in my classes because they’re different aspects of engineering, but I like that it broadens my scope and skill set,” he said. He added that the most
important part of racing strategy is to “expect the unexpected.” He recalled a 2011 race where the course involved driving through unanticipated smoke due to brush fires, which resulted in an emergency stop and threw off their race strategy completely. “The nicest part about this year is how there haven’t been any major engineering problems with the car,” O’Brien said. For O’Brien, Solar Car is more about being a part of something big. “Being a part of our team means you’re a necessary part of one of the best engineering projects in the world,” he said. “We’re kind of the poster child of the College of Engineering, and we get a lot of exposure, and we take a lot of pride and caution in making sure that everything we do is deserving of that title.”
my family,” she said. In 2009, Ledbetter made national news again. This time her name became the symbol of President Barack Obama’s first piece of legislation signed as president: the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. On average, women make 77 cents to every dollar men earn, and the discrepancy is even worse for women of color. Under the act, more time is allowed for lawsuits to be filed for discriminatory wage practices. Since then, Ledbetter has toured the nation speaking about gender equality. “(Inequality) is going on every day — as I speak tonight — in this country, and that’s why I still do
this today,” Ledbetter said. “This country is better than this, and we need to correct these problems. We have to get some laws to protect the people.” LSA senior Brianna Henderson said she attended the lecture because she had heard many different perspectives on the Equal Pay Act and wanted to hear from Ledbetter herself. Ledbetter was invited to speak by the Department of Women’s Studies and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender for their annual Vivian R. Shaw lecture, part of a series highlighting issues affecting women or gender. An open question-andanswer section preceded her speech. LSA senior Elizabeth
Schapiro voiced her concerns as a woman soon entering the workforce. “I’m shocked by the timeframe of your case,” she said. “I thought we’d be talking about the 50s and 60s. As a senior entering the workforce next year, I’m now concerned about my salary.” A signing of Ledbetter’s book “Grace and Grit: My Fight for Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond” followed. “This has been a journey, and it has been very rewarding,” Ledbetter said. “And no, I do not buy Goodyear tires.”
wrote in an e-mail interview. “It is difficult to generalize about pros and cons based solely on whether a candidate is internal or external.” E. Royster Harper, vice president for student affairs, said in a September interview that some of the internal issues she believed the upcoming president would be faced with include keeping college affordable, maintaining a balance between academic and athletic excellence, and improving diversity and inclusion. “I don’t know if it’ll be a challenge, but we certainly want a president that understands the history of this place and the students’ role in it,” Harper said. Michael Bastedo, an associate professor of education, said he believed that an internal president had the advantage of needing less time to build connections within the University. “I think we can learn that hiring someone externally doesn’t
mean they make a bad president,” Bastedo said. “Even though she was hired externally, now the perception of President Coleman is she’s a very Michigan person — not somebody that wants to just act autocratically.” By July 2014, the regents’ decision to choose a president from within the University will depend on their valuation of leadership qualities. Matt Chingos, a fellow in the Brookings Institution’s Brown Center on Education Policy, said although having a top University administrator step up to the presidency would be a more “natural transition,” someone from the outside would be more likely to bring an out-ofthe-box perspective to the institution.
The solution may be to choose someone who had held a position in the University for only a short period of time, Bellman said. Coleman said in a September interview that her experience serving as a president of the University of Iowa prepared her to serve the same at another Big Ten university. It took a few years, she said, but over time she believed she was able to learn the ropes of the University. “It’s like drinking from a fire hose,” Coleman added. “You have to just learn, learn, learn and listen intently, but it can be the most exhilarating.”
— Daily Staff Reporter Jennifer Calfas contributed to this report.
— Daily Staff Reporter Jennifer Calfas contributed reporting.
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‘M’ hunting for first win in East Lansing since ‘98 By BRAD WHIPPLE Daily Sports Writer
After ending the weekend with its first tie and Big Ten loss, the Michigan women’s soccer team dropped eight spots in the NSCAA coaches’ poll to No. 21. The Wolverines now look to rebound in East Lansing, focusing their efforts on endMichigan at ing scoring droughts that Mich. State have plagued Matchup: the team over Michigan 7-7-1; the last two MSU 7-2-2 weeks. When: Thurs“We defi- day 3 p.m. nitely have Where: high hopes,” DeMartin Socsaid Michigan cer Complex coach Greg TV/Radio: Big Ryan. “We’re Ten Network determined to go into Lansing and try to get a win out of that game. Last year was our first win over them in a long time. We know it’s going to be a very, very tough game, but we’re also very confident that we’ve got a great game plan.” Thursday, the Wolverines (1-1-1 Big Ten, 7-2-1 overall) will contest their in-state rival Michigan State (1-2, 7-2-2) at the Spartans’ DeMartin Soccer Complex at 3 p.m. Over the weekend, both teams hosted their first conference opponents. Michigan had a winless weekend with a tie. Meanwhile, Michigan State had a win against Minnesota (1-2, 8-3) followed by a loss to Wisconsin (2-0-1, 7-1-2). The last time Michigan won in East Lansing was Oct. 16, 1998. “(Michigan State is) very good in the counter attack,” Ryan said. “If we give away the ball in the midfield, they’re gonna be running down our throats very quickly. That’s how they created numerous chances against Wisconsin. For us, it’s making sure we’re playing the well, keeping
the ball (and) not giving the ball (up) in our own end because if we do, they’re gonna get great chances.” The Wolverines played to their first tie of the season against the Badgers on Friday night, followed by their second loss Sunday against the Gophers. Michigan’s defense played excellent against both teams. It kept opponents to the outside of the field and made it difficult to cut inside to get a shot opportunity. Freshman goalie Taylor Bucklin had a career high seven saves against Wisconsin, as well as two more against Minnesota. Senior midfielder Meghan Toohey was also one of the most productive players of the game, putting pressure on the opposing teams’ most aggressive players. “I think defensively we do have the right mentality,” said senior defender Shelina Zadorsky. “Even on attacking players, we know how to defend well.” Though the defense stood its ground, the offense was lackluster. The Wolverines continued to struggle with their shot accuracy, and despite outshooting Minnesota 5-3 in shots on goal, they came up with nothing. “Well, we’ve been working a lot on finishing,” Ryan said. “We’ve done all sorts of finishing exercises and training, training under pressure so it’s not just shooting the ball at the goal with nobody putting you under pressure.” Added Zadorsky: “We talk about the mentality that you need to have in front of the goal. You need to be able to focus in the final moments just to get that quality finish or that quality final pass.” Meanwhile; Michigan State pulled off a 3-0 victory against Minnesota on Friday but was shut out by the Badgers 2-0 on Sunday. Michigan State junior goalie
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Courtney Clem also set a career high in saves with 12 against the Gophers. Clem is a very sharp goalie, and it will be difficult for the Wolverines’ attack to get one past her. The Spartans’ offense has also proved difficult to defend with 12 different players scoring at least one goal this season. Michigan will have to keep an eye on sophomore defender Mary Kathryn Fiebernitz. She headed one into the net off of a corner kick with three minutes left in the first half against Minnesota and leads the team in scoring with four goals. Sophomore midfielder Allyson Krause leads the team with 10 points, coming from three goals and four assists. “The main thing to take away is Michigan State is a very, very good team,” Ryan said. “A key player for them (is) Allyson Krause, who plays on top. She’s very good at running in, behind the back line, very good in the one-on-one (and very good at) getting her shot off.” Another thing to look for in this week’s matchup is the physicality that comes with the Big Ten conference. The Wolverines saw new levels of intensity with numerous slide tackles and a number of moments where players struggled to recover from
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hard hits. This week’s competition should exhibit even more of this type of brutal play. “Every single Big Ten game is going to be a difficult matchup,” Zadorsky said. “I think this one especially because there is so much on the line. There’s a lot of pride and history and we want to win again just like we were able to last year.” The last time these teams played was last October in Ann Arbor. The game was decided in the 99th minute when Zadorsky launched one from the corner to former Michigan midfielder Emily Jaffe. Jaffe had only been in the game for nine minutes, but she made the most of them by heading a game-winning goal past the Spartans’ goalkeeper to lead the team to a 2-1 victory. Last year’s victory was the Wolverines’ first over the Spartans since 2003, which was a 2-1 overtime win. With the 2012 win, Michigan improved its alltime record over the Spartans to 9-5-7. Coach Ryan is looking for win No. 10. “You go one game at a time,” Ryan said. “You get ready for Michigan State. We go after that one to win just like we went after (the win against Wisconsin and Minnesota).”
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After coming up just six points short of a national championship in 2012, the sophomores of the Michigan women’s rowing team pledged that they would bring a championship back to the Boathouse before they graduated. The time to prove that is here. They had tasted success: a second-place finish at the NCAA championship meet in 2012 and a No. 14 final ranking in 2013. Second and 14th overall is nothing to scoff at, but it doesn’t make a permanent legacy — and that’s what they are now aiming for. With 17 of the 44 roster spots belonging to seniors, this year is the final stand for the class of 2014. The seniors attribute the slide to a lack of focus throughout the squad. With a season beginning in the fall and spanning the next eight months, it is difficult to stay focused when there isn’t a race weekend — as is the case through the winter portion of the schedule. It was a challenge that the seniors were sure to not let affect them again. “This senior class came in and there was a lot expected of us, and I don’t think we’ve really lived up to that potential yet,” said senior port/starboard Bryna Oleshansky. “This year we are ready.” “It’s way more intense this year. Last year there was a lull, and we weren’t reminded all the time that NCAAs were coming and that every single day mattered,” said senior starboard Lauren Anderson. Some teams are cautious not to look too far into the future — this isn’t one of those teams. As is evidenced by the countdown to the national championship and Big Ten race that is displayed vehemently on a board in the clubhouse. Pounding these big picture goals into your head in October gives you motivation to work as hard as you can. Work whose results will be seen in June, when the Wolverines are staring down a nasty headwind in a pivotal race, and don’t bat an eye — they are prepared. To take an extra step toward reaching full potential, the senior class created a substantially harder summer and fall workout schedule than they had seen in the three prior off-seasons. By adding a level of off-season commitment that would rival any collegiate varsity sport, the team is hitting the ground running this fall. “In the past, our falls have been used to get back to speed, taking it nice and slow, being very technical, but after last season the seniors decided that if you’re not training over the summer, you’re not going to make a top boat,” Oleshansky said. Every week the team runs in the Big House, has early morning practices four times and afternoon practices six times. No piece of cake. “We work harder than anybody else, and we are really confident about that,” said senior port/starboard Chrissy Holm. “Everybody wants to win, obviously that’s why you’re in a sport, but having that confidence is what could tip the scale from losing to winning. Our class is
really good about not slacking off and putting in the work now so that we have that confidence on race day to really step up and preform.” The ratio of seniors to the rest of the squad can be a doubleedged sward in rowing, where there are only eight spots on the top boat. There will be some seniors who either don’t make a spot on the top boat, or have their spot taken by an underclassman. But there is a wealth of experience and leadership in the lower boats, where they may end up. “It brings us together knowing that other teammates are pushing hard for your seat, and you can never be comfortable, and that brings you together in a competitive way,” Anderson said. One early trial of the seniors’ leadership is how they help teammates in other boats improve. At meets, Wolverine teammates turn into opponents. The challenge then will be how to keep a mindset in practice that promotes learning while preparing the athletes for rigorous competition at the same time. “Sometimes (struggling is) just the process some boats have to go through, and they have to go through a few bad strokes to get to the good ones, so (how much we suggest to other boats) is a sensitive boundary,” Holm said. “If I come from a place of ‘This is going to make the team faster’ or ‘We see you guys working hard, you guys will push through’ helps more than ‘This is what you should be doing, listen to me because I’m in a higher boat.’ ” With such a large roster, there are sure to be social disputes throughout the year — which is why the Leadership Council was created in 2012. The council consists of two team members from each the sophomore, junior, and senior classes. If two teammates have a dispute, rather than having the coaches deal with the conflict, a council member will meet with both parties and lead them to resolution. “It’s really good,” Livingston said. “Last year there was a little disconnect. The purpose of it is to bridge the gap between our team and the coaches. During my freshman year there would be problems on the team and they would just fester. They wouldn’t be resolved until the end of the year, which was just too late. Now people feel comfortable going up to their own teammate and meet and discuss the problem and make the necessary adjustments.” Identifying problems from past years is no easy task, and fixing them all at once is even harder — but that’s what the seniors have set out to do. With a national championship in their sights, nothing is intimidating them. “We have a lot of unfinished business to take care of,” Holm said. “Seeing Virginia on the stand being able to do their cheer when they won the team title was heart-wrenching. Being able to top off all of the hard work that we have done is going to be a big thing. Really, (we just want to) put it out there for Michigan. The school has given us so much, and it’s really time for us to give back and take the title.”
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Bryant in, Miller out on ‘M’ offensive line Graham Glasgow shifts to center as Hoke tries to fix scuffling line By MATT SLOVIN Managing Editor
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Redshirt junior quarterback Devin Gardner has critics, but said “when you play as bad as I’ve played, you kind of earned that.”
Like Robinson, Gardner responds to his critics By LIZ VUKELICH Daily Sports Editor
Devin Gardner likes to call himself a “student of the game.” He watches extra film. He takes time to learn the playbook. He wants to make sure there are no surprises. But his studies extend beyond the football field, too. Over the past few weeks, Gardner has come back to something he learned in a psychology class. “You need 10,000 hours to get out of a habit,” Gardner said. “When you get into the heat of the moment, you can revert back to the old ways of doing things.” Did Gardner put in the full 10,000 hours necessary over the past two weeks to kick his turnover tendency? Not quite. Nevertheless, he feels confident saying that his eight turnovers over the course of four games are more of the anomaly than the rule. Whether or not that is the case once Big Ten play starts this weekend remains to be seen. But even if Gardner hasn’t been able to completely solve the interception problem, at least he’s getting
better at brushing it off afterward. By now, the Wolverines have a routine for when interceptions happen: fifth-year senior wide receiver Jeremy Gallon simply pats Gardner on the helmet, and the offensive line tries to provide as many encouraging words as they can. Gardner is all too aware of his errors, and though he’ll always exchange a few words with Hoke when he comes off the field, he prefers to just “chill out and think about what happened.” Gardner may be learning how to cope with major criticism for the first time in his career, but Hoke’s been through this before — former Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson threw 12 interceptions during his senior season, and often came under a storm of criticism for his difficulties throwing the ball. Before Gardner was the one throwing the picks, he was the one on the sidelines consoling Robinson as he came off the field. Now Gardner’s the one answering for his actions. Gardner hasn’t reached out to Robinson for advice on how to handle the criticism — according
to Gardner, he doesn’t want to bother Robinson, who is busy in his current role as a wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars. But Gardner learned a lot from his predecessor, who was known for his quieter demeanor and actions-instead-of-words attitude. “That was beneficial for me because I could see how much it couldn’t bother (Robinson),” Gardner said. “I’ve probably thought about the way he handled things in general as the quarterback. He was an example of how to behave and how you should act.” The Wolverines are quick to defend Gardner from criticism, and the coaches are too — as Hoke continuously reminds the media, the only noise he wants his players to listen to is the kind that comes from their teammates and coaches. Even so, Gardner smiled when he acknowledged that he does deserve some of the backlash that’s come his way in recent weeks. “When you play as bad as I’ve played, you’ve kind of earned that,” Gardner said. “I just can’t wait to play on Saturday.”
After weeks of deliberation, the Michigan coaching staff has opted for a personnel change in the unit that has caused the football team the most strife through four games — the offensive line. Michigan coach Brady Hoke announced at his Wednesday press conference that NOTEBOOK redshirt sophomore Graham Glasgow will now be the starting center, replacing fellow redshirt sophomore Jack Miller, whose play has been at the forefront of questions concerning the inexperienced interior line. Taking Glasgow’s place at the left guard spot for Saturday’s game against Minnesota will be redshirt sophomore Chris Bryant. The switch comes a week after Hoke’s comments that he would only move linemen around if a suitable replacement at guard stuck out. “These guys have all done
a tremendous job competing,” Hoke said Wednesday. “If we were going to kick the ball off today, Graham would be the center. Chris Bryant would be the left guard.” Hoke added that redshirt junior Joey Burzynski and true freshman Kyle Bosch are also possibilities to enter the rotation come Saturday. When pressed, Hoke said that the cause for the moves was “just competition. Simple. Competition at both positions.” “Chris has been close all year, to be honest with you,” he said. “His knee became a problem for three or four days, then he had a little nick in the shoulder — a boo boo. He’s come through that pretty well.” Last season, Bryant battled a fractured leg that kept him out for the entire season. Hoke also noted that the team’s biggest obstacle to a successful offensive line thus far hasn’t only been the center position, but rather finding the five players who will do the best job together. During the Brady Hoke Radio Show on Wednesday night, broadcast on the Michigan IMG Sports Network, Hoke said the difference between this year’s offensive line and that of previous seasons is the increased com-
petition. RYAN REPORT: Redshirt junior linebacker Jake Ryan, who has been recovering from a spring anterior cruciate ligament tear, is participating in full contact team activities, according to Hoke. “We’re smart with him, though,” Hoke said. Hoke said his star defensive player will be back “hopefully soon,” adding “he’s doing a lot more every day.” October has been the target month for Ryan’s return since fall camp. TEXT SPEAK: Considering how much redshirt junior quarterback Devin Gardner has struggled through the first month of the season, it’s no surprise that offensive coordinator Al Borges has been spending extra time with Gardner, trying to work out the kinks. As it turns out, Gardner has been texting regularly with his 57-year-old coach, especially since the Connecticut game, when Gardner turned the ball over three times in the 24-21 win. Film study is when Gardner and Borges have been communicating electronically the most. “When I see something the other team is vulnerable in, I just text him … that we may be able to exploit the weaknesses,” Gardner said Wednesday.
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Redshirt sophomore Graham Glasgow will switch from left guard to center, replacing redshirt sophomore Jack Miller.
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The No. 10 Michigan hockey team has itself a brand-new strength and conditioning coach. And he has himself a pair of shiny, new skates. Joe Maher comes to the program highly touted from his former employer — the 2012-13 national championship-winning Yale men’s hockey team. At Yale, Maher’s conditioning responsibilities also included the women’s ice hockey, track and field, baseball, field hockey and crew teams. In addition to a Frozen Four win, Maher aided in the successes of several programs — namely four consecutive rowing national championships between 2007 and 2010 — in six years with the Bulldogs, while earning a bronze medal at the international level for the junior U.S. hockey team in 2011. A former hockey player at Rhode Island, Maher is the first strength and conditioning coach in 30 years under Michigan coach Red Berenson with prior experience on the ice — an asset that should prove invaluable this season. The ability to train both in the gym and on the ice gives Maher an edge over most strength and conditioning coaches in the nation. But for the time being, Maher is the new guy with the challenge of pitching a new style to this team’s seasoned veterans. “For the most part, there’s still that trust factor, that feeling-out
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Michigan coach Red Berenson skates during practices, even at 73. But until this year, he never had a strength and conditioning coach with prior experience on the ice. That changed with the hiring of Joe Maher, from last year’s champion, Yale.
period,” Maher said. “I’m that new guy coming in so I don’t expect everything to run the way I want it to run because I have to earn that respect and that trust. I expect more of that to come in the long run.” Until the exhibition opener against Waterloo, Ont. on Sunday, NCAA regulations prevent coaches from spending more
than two hours a week on the ice with the team. Maher, though, is allowed full access to on-ice practices in the weeks leading up to the regular season. And though it remains to be seen if Maher will have full jurisdiction over on-ice conditioning throughout the regular season, an extra set of hockey-trained eyes will be an advantage should
assistant coaches like goalie coach Josh Blackburn — who is currently enrolled in graduate courses at Michigan — miss practices. “Once I get the confidence that he’s got the feel for what our team needs, we’ll see,” Berenson said. “I can tell you he had an impact on that Yale team last year, according to their coaches.
I think he’ll be a good fit here.” For the Wolverines, the 201314 season begins with the bitter aftertaste of last year, when a team many expected to contend for a 10th national title missed out on its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 22 years. Senior defenseman and captain Mac Bennett and sophomore forward and alternate captain Andrew Copp have since placed partial blame for the demise on a lack of team chemistry and
focus. “We’re just kind of desperate,” Copp said. “I think all of the returning guys have amped up their summers because of what happened last year. “Getting a full-time guy like Joe has been awesome. Coming on the ice is something (former strength and conditioning coach Jim Plocki) couldn’t do. He brings a new attitude.” Tuesday, Maher took charge of the final 30 minutes of practice. He began with a 10-minute speed skate in which everyone from forwards to fully-padded goalies — who often tripped over themselves — were forced to change pace with each whistle blow. The team then ran a cone drill that forced several players to double over. In it, a pair of skaters weaved around cones, touching the blue line before slicing in toward center ice several times on the width of the rink. In a brief moment between sets, it became clear that Maher isn’t at Michigan to play games. “He is kicking our butts, but in a good way,” Bennett said. “He just said, ‘Get these guys going. We’re not doing things fast enough.’ We need it. He’s a guy who demands respect. I think just the fact that he can skate and he’s played before, everyone respects him for that. He knows what he’s doing, so whatever he wants to do, we’ll do.” —Daily Sports Writer Greg Garno contributed reporting
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Redshirt junior midfielder Tyler Arnone broke Michigan’s 245-minute scoreless streak with a goal in the second half to put Michigan on the board and tie the game.
A tale of two halves in win over Western Michigan By MINH DOAN For the Daily
The men’s soccer team took a break from its Big Ten schedule as Western W. MICHIGAN 1 Michigan 3 MICHIGAN (3-6-0) traveled across the state to take on the Wolverines. But Michigan also seemed to take a break from the first half of the game. It took a lifeless first 45 minutes before the Wolverines rallied with three second-half goals en route to their 3-1 win. Any progress that the Wolverines made during their previous game against Northwestern on Saturday, when they dominated possession, was stunted in the first half as Michigan was outhustled by the Broncos. Mainly, the Wolverines lacked passion and energy in a very listless first half. Michigan seemed to not have the final pass to goal and had little offensive production because of it, exemplified by its two shots, both off target. “(The halftime talk was) about work ethic and having pride,” said redshirt junior midfielder Tyler Arnone. “A conversation you don’t really want to have because it’s expected at Michigan.” Western Michigan, on the
other hand, showed more life in the first half as defender Connor Furgason scored his first goal of the season to the delight of the large Western Michigan crowd on hand for the game. The ball was whipped in on a free kick by midfielder Edu Jimenez and Furgason beat his defender and struck a vicious header that hit the bottom of the crossbar. The shot was just out of reach of redshirt junior goalie Adam Grinwis before crossing the goal line. “We weren’t as sharp as we thought could be,” said Michigan coach Chaka Daley. In the second half, though, something turned on for the Wolverines, and they came out of the gate flying. Just 23 seconds into the half, Arnone collected the ball from junior midfielder TJ VanSlooten outside the 18-yard box and rifled a shot into the lower left corner of the goal. It was just out of reach of Broncos goalie Chase Rau and gave Arnone his first goal of the season. The goal was Michigan’s first in 245 minutes. “Everyone’s heads were down
in the locker room,” Arnone said. “For me, I wanted to instill some positive energy.” The Wolverines continued to press and rattled off three more shots in the next two minutes before the Broncos could even get down the field. Redshirt junior midfielder Colin McAtee received an assist in the 65th minute when he weaved his way past two Bronco defenders on the goal line before playing a low hard cross across the goal mouth. The cross was redirected into the back of the net by senior forward Malcolm Miller, his first goal of the season and the eventual game winner. After the second goal, Michigan seemed to be in the clear, but Western Michigan wouldn’t go down without a fight. The 67th minute saw action for the Broncos when Jimenez made a run down the right flank and crossed the ball into the box. Grinwis punched out the ball, but it was not far enough and Western Michigan forward
“Everyone’s heads were down in the locker room.”
Matheau Rogers got a foot on it. But the shot went wide. Just a minute later, Furgason — the Broncos’ goal scorer — had a golden opportunity to tie the game when he found himself wide open on the far side of the goal after a cross. Once again, Western Michigan was not able to put the ball on frame, and Michigan came out unscathed. The Wolverines added another goal in the 80th minute when junior midfielder Marcos Ugarte tapped in a rebound off a shot from sophomore forward James Murphy. “I thought Marcos did very well and scored a really good goal,” Daley said. Overall, Michigan played a better second half and outshot the Broncos 21-5 in the frame. The hustle and energy, missing in the first half, was evident. The game served as a good reminder for the Wolverines that they have to play a complete game if they want to do well the second half of the season. However, the offensive outbreak does give Michigan some confidence as it heads into its first road Big Ten matchup against Ohio State on Sunday. “We still have a ton to play for,” Daley said. “We want to be a consistently competitive team.”
After a 245-minute scoreless drought that spanned nearly three games, the Michigan men’s soccer team finally broke through less than a minute into the second half Wednesday against Western Michigan. The last goal scored by the Wolverines, a golden goal five minutes into overtime two weeks ago against West Virginia, was falling further and further from memory. But Michigan redshirt junior midfielder Tyler Arnone fired a shot into the bottom left corner from just outside the 18-yard box on the right wing. The goal not only ended the drought for the team, but it also started an offensive explosion in the second half for the Wolverines, who piled on three goals from 21 second-half shots to beat Western Michigan, 3-1. The 21-shot eruption was a far cry from the two Michigan mustered in the first half, which came as a bit of a surprise coming off a very strong showing just a few days ago against No. 7 Northwestern. One reason for the slow start was the absence of senior midfielder Dylan Mencia, who missed the game with an ankle injury. “I thought Dylan was our best guy against Northwestern,” said Michigan coach Chaka Daley. “We missed his presence, his competitiveness, his leadership. Hopefully we can nurse him back to health quickly.” Replacing Mencia at midfield was senior Fabio Pereira, who dropped back from forward to fill the spot, while senior T.J. Roehn got the starting nod at forward. Junior TJ VanSlooten, Michigan’s leading scorer this season, came off the bench and assisted the drought-breaking goal to start the second half. “We had a good combination play up the field, the ball popped out to me and I looked toward the top of the 18-yard box to Tyler and he slammed it home,” VanSlooten said “I started out the season well, and then went through a bit of a slump. It felt really nice to get on
the stat sheet tonight.” The whole team has been off the stat sheet lately, so it was a welcome change when it fired 10 of its 21 second-half shots at Western Michigan sophomore goalkeeper Chase Rau. Daley credits the second-half breakthrough to a change in mentality. “Just to kind of focus in,” he said. “Where we are in our season, we still have a ton to play for.” If the Wolverines can continue to get contributions from players like Arnone, who netted his first goal of the season tonight, they may be able to put all the talk of their offensive struggles to rest. In fact, none of Michigan’s goal scorers tonight had scored prior to the game. Along with Arnone, senior forward Malcolm Miller and junior midfielder Marcos Ugarte got their first tallies of the year. “We talked a lot about being relentless,” Arnone said “Usually it’s a lot about tactics, but today it wasn’t about tactics, it was about work ethic and having pride. Today, he kind of fired us up instead of going over tactics.” Daley, though, said that he gave his team “just a few words” between halves. Whatever he said, it worked, as the Wolverines looked like a different team after the break. “I don’t know if we were particularly flat, but we weren’t as good as we were in the second half,” Daley said. “I think in the second half we demonstrated a little bit of Northwestern…with goals,” he continued, referencing the Wolverines’ failure to capitalize against the Wildcats despite an impressive showing. Michigan (0-1 Big Ten, 3-3-3 overall) will look to replicate its level of play from the second half on Sunday, when it travels to Columbus to take on Ohio State in a game Daley described as “not a difficult one to get motivated for.” VanSlooten certainly seems up to the challenge. “Come Ohio State, you’d better believe we’ll be ready for that one,” he said.
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Junior midfielder TJ VanSlooten collected an assist Wednesday against Western Michigan, and he is the team leader in goals scored, with three.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Michigan adds four-star forward Kameron Chatman By DANIEL WASSERMAN Daily Sports Editor
The Michigan basketball team’s run to last year’s National Championship game was supposed to solidify the Wolverines on an entrenched position amongst the elites on the national recruiting trail. But despite continually finding itself in serious contention for several top prospects in the 2014 recruiting class — players set to come to campus next year — Michigan repeatedly found out that like the title game, coming up close doesn’t quite cut it. Finally, the commitment drought ended Tuesday night, when the Wolverines secured a verbal pledge from four-star
2014 MICHIGAN VERBAL COMMITS -Ricky Doyle, C 6-foot-9, 225 pounds -Kameron Chatman, SF 6-foot-7, 200 pounds -Austin Hatch, SF 6-foot-6, 210 pounds forward Kameron Chatman — their first since three weeks before appearing in Atlanta. Chatman, a versatile, 6-foot-7 wingman, is a consensus top-30 player in the nation. The Portland, Ore. native is regarded as
a tremendous rebounder for his size and position, something Michigan will certainly benefit from, especially if the team loses its starting wing, sophomore forward Glenn Robinson III, to the NBA Draft following the season. Chatman joins three-star center Ricky Doyle in the Wolverines’ current haul, which hopes to capitalize on the newfound momentum. Michigan is looking to compliment the incoming frontcourt players with a prolific shooter out of the backcourt. The team is currently in the mix for shooting guards Devin Booker and James Blackmon Jr. — a former Indiana commitment that took an official visit to Ann Arbor
last weekend. Booker, who many analysts believe is leaning towards attending Kentucky, is planning to make his own official visit to Michigan for this weekend’s football game against Minnesota.
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5:30 p.m. Beneath a gray September sky, kissed by rays of a waning sunset, a few shuttered windows framed with stone arches stare down from the white façade of the old Jam Handy building on Detroit’s East Grand Boulevard. Above the arches, on a blue sign with faded lettering, read the words, “The Jam Handy Organization,” testament to a bygone era when this neighborhood housed an advertising studio that owned many of the buildings on the street, employing between 500 and 600 people — General Motors its biggest client. Down the block, in an abandoned gas station with graffiti-stained pumps, weeds and grass spring from cracks in the pavement — a scene of terrible beauty. A black cat wanders the street, pausing briefly and staring at its own tail, as though curious or bored. A man emerges from a nearby home, taking out his trash. He calls to the cat. “Where you going?” he asks. “Huh? What you doing?” A moment passes. He laughs, shakes his head, and then swings his trash bag into the bin, before crouching low on his front steps and lighting a cigarette. But inside the old Jam Handy, the pace of life moves faster this Sunday evening. Volunteers dash about the cavernous warehouse, making last-minute adjustments for the evening’s upcoming event that will temporarily transform the space into a hub of creativity: Detroit SOUP, a monthly dinner that uses money given by attendees at the door to fund microgrants for community projects seeking to improve Detroit. For $5, anyone can attend the dinner — which consists of donated soup and salad — and listen to four different presenters discuss their plans to better the city. At night’s end, diners vote on which project to donate the night’s proceeds to. Projects can range from a recycling education program to a non-profit dedicated to assisting relatives of prisoners. “Detroit SOUP reaches those people you don’t read about in the news,” said Kristen Selle, whose MACC Lit literacy and tutoring clinic won the August 2013 SOUP dinner. “It’s grassroots. It’s small and it’s on a very personal level.” Slowly, people arrive. Some park cars in the gas station, haphazardly filling up unused space. Others arrive by bicycle or by foot, gravitating toward the entrance of the old Jam Handy. Upon entering, smiles and laughs are exchanged and money is deposited in a large
steel pot. In the room, people mingle. There’s an excited buzz to the atmosphere. Twentysomethings newly relocated to Detroit for City Year swap stories with local residents about urban farming initiatives and entrepreneurial opportunities. An iPhone playlist transitions from Miles Davis’s “So What” to Outkast’s “So Fresh, So Clean.” Next to the entrance, pinned to the beige wall, paint peeling from its surface, are handwritten signs advertising brands of beer being served at the bar: Pabst Blue Ribbon, Stroh’s, Miller High Life, Busch. The beer is free, but $2 donations are recommended. Eventually, some people take their seats in foldable chairs at long rectangular tables, while others opt for floor seating at tables assembled from pieces of plywood, covered with black tablecloths and stacked on crates. On each table rest two loaves of bread and a candle. Inspired by Sunday Soup, a meal-based micro-grant dinner started in Chicago in 2007 by the arts research group InCUBATE, Detroit SOUP is but one iteration of the Sunday-Soup model. Similar micro-funding projects have emerged in more than 60 cities around the world. In 2010, visual artist Kate Daughdrill and Detroit musician Jessica Hernandez brought SOUP to Detroit, holding the first dinner above the Mexicantown Bakery on a snowy Super Bowl Sunday, with fewer than 40 artists. On that day, nobody shared proposals. The goal was simply to explore what SOUP could be and what it could become. Since then, the event has expanded and grown. It has changed locations twice, finding its current home at the old Jam Handy. The types of proposals receiving funding have shifted from art to communitybased projects, often with a creative bent. And with recent grants from the Knight Foundation, United Way of America and the Brooks Family Foundation, SOUP has begun neighborhood dinners based on the same model, allowing Detroiters to give back to Detroiters on a more regular basis, giving each other the cash they need to spur their ideas onward. To date, after 50 Detroit SOUP dinners, $50,674 has been distributed in microgrants. “It’s becoming a little bit more formal, and it’s becoming a lot more rooted in the community,” said Amy Kaherl, the program’s director. See DETROIT SOUP, Page 4B
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COMMUNITY CULTURE COLUMN
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‘Breaking Bad,’ not ‘Breaking’ virgin boundaries recaps ‘Felina’
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hose who read The New Inquiry’s repost of the 2012 essay “Walter White Supremacy” during that anxious week-long wait before the “Breaking Bad” finale, may have, like me, realized that their ability to identify systems of oppression JOHN at work was BOHN more poorly cultivated than they thought. Upon reading that article, I began to wonder what value a show like “Breaking Bad” has for a community. Becoming emotionally invested in a product of popular culture is a vulnerable position to be in. It brings people together, but around what? Around whom? Of course, feel free to challenge the articles claims — after you’ve read it. Malcolm Harris, the author, encourages us to employ a critical lens to popular culture that can “pay attention to our attention, to look at how it’s being held, on what, and how someone’s making money on it.” And many people are making money off of “Breaking Bad” — a hell of a lot of money off of it. The Huffington Post reported that AMC sold 30-second ad space for upwards of $400,000 during the finale. And companies paid. This is a show about a meth kingpin. Why would any brand be interested in associating themselves with such sport? As Harris argues, “Breaking Bad” has essentially whitewashed the drug economy and made it palatable for companies like Chrysler who defend their product placement in the show as “the right fit in terms of the plot line and the character.” Harris emphasizes the fact that the drug economy wouldn’t operate as we see it in “Breaking Bad.” The notion of “paying more for a better product” is a more familiar practice of middle-class consumer ethics than the reality of profitthrough-dilution in the drug trade. And in a scenario where that sort of trust and collaboration between producer and distributer doesn’t operate, Walter and Jesse would need to work closer with the actual meth users to make sure the product’s purity and
value isn’t lost during distribution. The wider visibility of such a demographic, whom we only catch so little of in actual “Breaking Bad” — early minor characters such as Spooge, Wendy or the kid who kills Combo — might not be the most appropriate association for (insert any product ever). Then there is “Breaking Bad” ’s representation of the drug cartels. Harris argues that “Breaking Bad” is another story of the “Mighty Whitey.” When Jesse Pinkman out-cooks a cartel’s top scientist, the message is clear. For all their seemingly endless resources and skill, the cartel of “Breaking Bad” just can’t beat the white man. By the end of the series, Harris continues, Walter, the white “underdog” in an “openly racialized conflict,” is so “successful” — or should we say “supreme” — that there are no people of color competing by series end. After reading this article, I wasn’t sure how I could then go on to say, “but I really love this show.” This was the first serial production I had become invested in as it was being produced. Until “Breaking Bad,” I hadn’t really experienced the high excitement and anxiousness of waiting for the next chapter in a series I loved. My investment in this program, too, was corroborated by its function as a communal bringing-together of my friends. At least for the second half of season five, Sunday night at 9 p.m. was a weekly event. Sometimes upwards of 20 people would be gathered. And it was un-quantifiably important to me that we were able to do that amid our hectic schedules.
Walter Whitewashed, corporationapproved While “Breaking Bad” had generated debate among my friends and I, we generally gave Vince Gilligan the benefit of the doubt. If “Breaking Bad” was a commentary on the logic of capitalism (which
we’ve amended time and time again), it was consciously and intelligently mediated as such. After reading Anna Gunn’s now famous article “I Have a Character Issue” or Emily Nussbaum’s piece in The New Yorker about the controversial phone call of “Ozymandias,” the discussion — disgusted by the culture of hate surrounding Skyler White — gave credit to the writing behind “Breaking Bad” as attempting to subvert common stereotypes of women’s representation in media. You can still have a hero at that point. However, during that final stretch, when reading about the ways in which “Breaking Bad” plays cleanly into corporate pockets by whitewashing drug markets and reinforcing racial otherness, I was in a different state of mind. I was skeptical of what all these relations and communions with others had been built on. Not only had I let myself get lost in the plot, I had let my critical lens slip. Obviously, this happens time and time again throughout the history of popular culture. Our seemingly most advanced cultural productions, even in this new “Golden Age of Television,” have their issues. What, then, are demographics participating in the popular media experience to do with these potential sources of communal togetherness? How can we derive communal pleasure without participating in the obfuscation of social realities? There is clearly a lot of work to be done in our community. With all the micro-aggression, marginalization, misogyny and silence that permeates our campus, how can we transform these broken works of popular culture into the source of communities and publics that are not predicated on these asymmetries? Perhaps I’m asking too much of these works. In fact, I most certainly am. But for a hot second, I enjoyed the thrill of the investment, and I enjoyed the connectedness with those around me. What is to be done?
Bohn is “not” making meth. To “not” join, e-mail jobohn@umich.edu.
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TRAILER REVIEW Watching a trailer is like indulging in a free sample at an ice cream parlor. The spoonful of flavor you A choose must intrigue and 12 Years entice you A Slave enough for you to bang Fox Searchlight your hand on the counter and say, “Yes, I’ll have this one!” The trailer of Steve McQueen’s (“Shame”) “12 Years a Slave” is a perfect example. It takes us on Solomon Northup’s journey from a respected violinist to a slave through the emotions of contentment, hopelessness, despair, defiance and hope. Relying on Northup’s true story as told in his autobiography, this film looks to be one for the ages. The trailer
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No, I don’t watch “Breaking Bad.” Yes, I’ve heard that’s it’s amazing. No, I haven’t “tried watching a couple of episodes.” That is, untl recently, when I sat through my first-ever hour of what many consider to be one of the best shows in the history of TV. It also happened to be the series finale, and what resulted is probably the most thoroughly ignorant recap of “Breaking Bad” out there. But, hey — maybe I offered a fresh take on the whole thing? Who knows. Before diving into the recap, I have to admit — I’m not a total “Breaking Bad” virgin. It’s inevitable that I would have picked up on a few things about the show here and there just by stepping out of my front door. So before we start, this much I do know: “Malcolm in the Middle” ’s dad — a.k.a. Walter White — has some form of cancer, and to pay for his chemo he sells drugs using the vast knowledge of science that also qualifies him to teach high school chemistry. How does a high school teacher know that much about drug making? I’m not sure. Why didn’t this dude just get health insurance in the first place? Who the hell knows. Will I finally understand why my friend’s cover photo says, “Call Saul”? Let’s hope so. All right, here we go: We start in a car covered in snow, I’m guessing in Alaska or Canada or maybe just Wisconsin in May. Walter White doesn’t look too hot. He has cancer, right? So that’s probably why. He’s not bald though. I thought he was supposed to be bald? In the car, he searches around for something but it turns out to be just his keys, which was a letdown. I thought it was going to be meth or crack or a gun. Does Walter White do drugs and have cancer? What a gangsta. Then it transitions to Walter driving in some hot, open desert. I’m going to say Texas or maybe Mexico. Either way, that was quite a change in seasons. He must have covered some ground. Walter gets some gas and messes around with some pill bottles (drugs? I hope it’s drugs). He calls some woman at the New York Times and pretends to be David Lynn asking about a phone interview with someone named Schwartz, who I’m guessing is Walter’s arch-nemesis that he is tracking down to kill/steal back his woman/overthrow for the drug empire. Nope. I think Schwartz is just this dopey looking guy in the next scene complaining about Thai food. No way is this Walter’s enemy. I miss the guy’s name — let’s just call him Wonderbread — but the woman’s name I think is Gretchen. Regardless, both of them are boring, rich and white as shit. Kind of rooting for them to die. Which looks probable at first, because Walter just lets himself
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into their house — Wonderbread’s wife nearly pisses herself when she sees him standing there in the kitchen. But unfortunately he doesn’t kill them. Instead, he just gives them $9 million. Whatevs. Oh shit, but then to make sure they don’t squeal on him he hires two hit men to follow Mr. and Mrs. Wonderbread 24/7, which Walter demonstrates by having the snipers put their red dots on the couple’s chests. Does Walter White have an ARMY now? How much power does this dude possibly have just from selling some drugs on the side? Psych, they tricked me again. It’s two goons in the bushes with laser pointers. And one of them is hilarious. He must be expressing the whole philosophical dilemma of the entire series. He asks Walter if what they’re doing is wrong — “For real yo. Like morality-wise.” Best character yet. Brilliant. Walter talks with these two guys about someone selling “Blue Meth.” The morality-conscious guy says, “That shit is choice, yo” — so you know it’s the real deal. Apparently it’s Jesse that’s “cooking” this Blue Meth and Walter isn’t so happy about it. Ok, so Jesse = Bad. Let’s go with that for now. Then it switches to a guy (maybe Jesse?) polishing a surfboard or building something from Ikea. Not really sure. Flash to Walter sitting in a diner eating bacon. WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THAT?!? “Random Malcolm in the Middle” Flashback where Walter is wearing a sweater. Shit, this show is all over the place. It’s hard to follow, even with commercials every five minutes. The next scene is super confusing: Two people are seemingly on the most awkward date in the history of television. The ginger guy talks about the woman’s blouse and she’s like, “What are you even saying to me right now?” Walter interrupts them, thank God. At first I can’t tell if he knows them or if he’s going to take them hostage or something. But then he starts talking about meth — so yeah, Walter definitely knows them. He makes a business proposal to them but they aren’t buying what he’s selling, so he lets them continue on with their awkward-as-shit-date. The blonde is Skyler, I think. She gets a call from a pasty brunette about Walter “being back.”
Seriously, she is so pasty. And she makes it sound like Walter is a terrorist. Is he going to blow something up? That’s what she makes it sound like, damn. That’s, like, a whole different level. Wait, Walter was with Skyler during that whole phone call. Skyler = Wife. Walter says goodbye to his infant son (or daughter?), but then there’s a kid on crutches that he creeps on who might also be his son. Not sure. Kind of touching, though. Now Walter is at like a garbage dump or a construction site of some kind that is secretly a drug factory/ gang headquarters. There’s lots of drama with the trashy ponytailed guy in the purple sweater. Walt makes his offer again, but ponytail isn’t having it. Ponytail = Uncle Jack? I think I heard that right. So then they’re taking Walter out back to kill him and they STOP so Uncle Jack can talk some smack. Why do bad guys talk so much shit RIGHT BEFORE THEY’RE GOING TO WIN? Seriously, you could have shot Walter right then, Uncle Jack. Right. Then. Instead he brings in some guy in chains, like a drug-prisoner-slave guy (do they even do that in real life? Is that a thing?) and (finally!) it turns out to be Jesse. This next part gets a little bananas: A machine gun thing pops out of Walter’s trunk and shoots everybody. Walter grabs Jesse at the last second, but everyone else is mowed the fuck down. I guess that was the most efficient way for the writers to tie up loose ends. So Jesse is free, and decides to not shoot Walter (why was that even a debate? Walter just saved him after all). And then Jesse just drives away, laughing like a crazy person. Walter’s like, “Oh shit I got a ricochet bullet to the gut I’m gonna die.” So he goes over to the meth-making area and holds his gas mask lovingly and pats the meth-making equipment with a nostalgic grin on his face like, “It’s been a good ride, old friend.” Didn’t realize drug dealers had so many feels. The cops roll up but good-’ol-Wally is already long dead by then. Damn. Heavy shit. The show’s pretty good, though, from what I saw. Might have to watch it from the pilot, even if I did just ruin it for myself.
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is filled with poignant and inspiring moments, and somehow we know that this is only the tip of the iceberg. The music does wonders to add the necessary punch to the dialogues, most notably when Northup screams in utter defiance, “I will survive! I will not fall into despair!” The trailer’s two and a half minutes enticed me to watch
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it repeatedly for the next 10, and I can say with handbanging-assurance, “Yes, I will see this one!” Oh, by the way, the cast features Chiwetel Ejoifor (“2012”), Michael Fassbender (“Promtheus”), Benedict Cumberbatch (“The Fifth Estate”) and Brad Pitt (“World War Z”). If that isn’t stellar, I don’t know what is. —MAYANK MATHUR
When did “New Girl” become so mean? Viewers fell in love with Jess and the gang when we Bwere laughing with New Girl them, not “Nerd” just at their expense. FOX It’s getting harder and harder to sympathize with people when they’re either cheating or contemplating cat murder (even though it’s hysterical). The show is at its best when it’s at its most relatable and though “Nerd” has its share of classic “New Girl” moments (Nick and Jess bribing the “cool” teachers with free drinks, Winston breaking up with Daisy by also taking her cat), the story of Schmidt cheating on Cece with Elizabeth
casts a fog over the rest of the episode. Schmidt’s antics have always been over-thetop but never have they been more than innocent. Cece is a great character and it’s just cruel to watch him cheat on her. These characters are not
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CREATIVE KICKER
Where have all the femcees gone?
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Detroit-based art gallery provides space and options for up-and-coming artists in the area.
City Drift backs Detroit’s artists Art gallery builds bridges between public, creators By OMAR MAHMOOD Daily Arts Writer
A few weeks after the news broke that Detroit was finally declaring bankruptcy, around the time former mayoral candidate Mike Duggan was making gains despite being taken off the ballot, my dad and I set out with an old friend to scout the lots that lay decrepit in the shadows of grand skyscrapers. It seemed everyone wanted a piece of Detroit now, with the public auctions nearing. What drew my dad’s friend to the streets, to Cass Corridor and Grand River, was art. He was a long-time oncologist-turned-muralist, scouting for his own gallery in midtown. Jennifer Junkenheimer, a curator hailing from New York, works in contemporary art and has partnered with City Drift which, according to its website, is an enterprise and worldwide project that resurrects nontraditional art of the city under the “umbrella of the derive,” that has now turned its eyes on Detroit. “I don’t call myself an artist, really. I’m a curator. So my job is to … bridge gaps between artists and the public,” Junkheimer said. She took the job with a calm sureness, treading carefully away from sensationalism. I had been to the City Drift gallery that weekend. It was on a broken-down corner, a forlorn brick building that used to be a bank. A few paces down the street arched a rusting bridge emblazoned “Welcome to Detroit,” in an almost satirical beauty, when only across the
wiry playground fence was an old car warehouse overgrown with weeds and shattered windshields. There was an inextricable connection between City Drift and the auto industry. Maybe it was the murals of Diego Rivera that, as far away as they were on the courtyard walls of the Detroit Institute of Art, seemed to watch over the pieces. And the pieces themselves spoke of cars. One was a mountain of old tires, all identical. Another, called “Bumper Cars,” featured a string of old car grills and bumpers, with Chrysler, Dodge, Ford and GMC still emblazoned, welded stubbornly onto their frames. Yet another was a sledgehammer strung onto a windshield which the viewer was supposed to smash apart. The wall opposite was lined with carved metal shapes, beautifully woven scraps and manifestos from unions and protestors were written in simple little notes under each one. When asked what she made of the heavy auto motif, Junkenheimer thoughtfully explained: “It’s probably not because the culture of the city is so much about cars or anything. If you look around Detroit, a lot of the empty businesses had to do with cars, so that’s what the artists have to work with now.” As a part of the art community, her job was not to worry about trends and to name things. It was clear, though, that something was up-and-coming. She talked of her friend Thomas Bell, the man behind Bumper Cars. The artist and his partner had moved to Detroit, of all places, from New York, of all places. Why? “New York is just so expensive. … And artists tend to come from lower economic status, so you know, when New York
got unbearable they just kicked out anyone who couldn’t pay,” Junkenheimer said. It seemed that Thomas Bell had found a living in Detroit. He had his own gallery, for once. And he wasn’t the only one. That’s how you know when the city is on the up: when the artists start moving in. Junkenheimer insisted that artists have found a new home in Detroit. “Although I don’t live in Detroit, for the record,” she clarified. She was part of the Detroit arts circle, but a new voice and one removed as well, because her partner was a professor at the Stamps School of Art & Design here. She emphasized the need to change an attitude: “Detroit for us can’t just be a Tigers game,” she said. When she takes students out to see sites, they come upon places that are nice, that are glossy, places that you’d never expect to see in Detroit. She talked about one recent project of hers where she took viewers out to a Finnish sauna at 2 a.m. Everything about the project seemed to be about subverting stereotypes about Detroit. A Finnish sauna, right in someone’s backward. In Detroit. Take Adil, our oncologistturned-muralist. He hails from the suburbs and has spent his career as an oncologist. His art has long been a basement matter, but now he’s moved out into the open and has found that Detroit is asking for something more. City Drift itself shows off pictures of the doctor painting Urdu poetry on the “Wall of Freedom,” next to bubbled graffiti native only to Detroit — prayer of the mother, read the blue letters, air of heaven. “Detroit is gritty; Detroit is tough, ” Junkenheimer said. “If someone were to ask me where to go for art, I wouldn’t say Ann Arbor. I would say Detroit.”
MUSIC VIDEO REVIEW One time I watched a My Bloody Valentine music video, and it was exactly everything you would expect an MBV music B+ video to look like. The song Heavenly was “SwalBodies low,” and its Tamaryn video featured slow-motion Mexican Summer close-ups of a strumming guitar, completely faded over with bluish-pinkish streams of light. It was muddled and hazy and perfectly MBV. The music video for New Zealand vocalist Tamaryn’s track “Heavenly Bodies” is decidedly similar. The video for slowly comes into focus, revealing a blue sky as viewed from underwater. The whole video has a wet, aquatic feeling to it, overwashed with various hues of purples, blues and greens. It lends an overall feeling of drift-
who had prominent positions in some of rap’s most storied crews. These women were not just placeholders, though. Da Brat, Foxy Brown, Lil Kim, Eve, Missy Elliott and Lauryn Hill all released platinum albums in the 1990s, while TLC, featuring the talents of the incredible, late rapper Left Eye, sold a whopping 21 million records. What is important to note, in addition to the record sales, is these artists’ subject matter. While the lyrics had certainly shifted from feminist pioneers like Latifah and Lyte in the late 1980s to a more party-centric and sexedup approach, by no means was sex the only subject matter for these women. It was, as it was for men, just another aspect. No two rappers demonstrated the unimportance of blatant sex appeal in their raps as did Missy Elliott and Lauryn Hill, two of the most successful and talented artists — male or female — of the past few decades. Missy’s groundbreaking debut, 1997’s Supa Dupa Fly, pushed sonic boundaries with the help of a then-up-and-coming producer named Timbaland and proved that female rappers didn’t have to exude sex to be successful. Hill’s magnum opus The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill went eight times platinum and won five Grammys, including Album of the Year. Even more remarkable was the fact that the album centered on themes of love, race, class and religion, not necessarily the makings of a pop smash, especially from a woman rapper. With the successes of the aforementioned women and the revolutionary projects put forth by Hill and Elliott, it’s clear that the ’90s — specifically the latter half — were the femcee golden age.
Sexualized lyrics spell demise for female rappers. The 2000s, however, were the beginning of the end. As more female rappers focused solely on sexual and degrading music (Khia, Trina, Jacki-O, Foxy Brown, even Missy in later years), the lyrical standard for women began to fade. Lady of Rage, Da Brat, Rah Digga and Three 6 Mafia’s Gangsta Boo (among others) fell off the map by the mid2000s, while, maybe worst of all, Lauryn Hill completely stopped making music, plagued by personal and legal troubles. Eve released a platinum album in 2001, a gold one in 2002 and then not another until this past
year, while Lil Kim (before going to jail) and Missy Elliott both released their final projects in 2005. What went wrong? One theory could be that the three most admirable and successful femcees — Eve, Lauryn Hill and Missy Elliott — stopped putting out albums for a variety of reasons, leaving their fellow rappers with no leadership. Another theory is that in the mid-2000s, rap as a genre was in a serious crisis (Nas named his 2006 album Hip-Hop Is Dead) and lyricism was no longer appreciated. However, I believe that what ultimately set back female rappers is, unfortunately but not unexpectedly, the increasingly sexualized nature of their raps, certainly influenced by being women working in a genre that has a history of promoting misogynistic and degrading sexual content. Simply put, their subject matter has been limited to only matters of sex. For many femcees, it was either sex up or fade out, and the few who continued to sell records were those who kept their sex appeal at embarrassingly high levels. Just look at Trina’s first verse from her aptly titled song “No Panties,” released in 2002: “Look boo, what’s the deal? / You got my cash so you can stick it here? / I know you be packing the steel / But I can’t suck your dick and get my lipstick smeared.” Subtle is clearly not in Trina’s vocabulary. Nicki Minaj is a great example of this pressure. Discovered by Lil Wayne as a hard-spitting battle rapper out of Queens, N.Y., Minaj is now an overly-sexualized, selfprofessed “Barbie” who seems to turn on her lyrical abilities — of which she has plenty — only when forced to. Today, major crews like Rick Ross’s Maybach Music, Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music and Jay-Z’s Roc Nation lack female rappers, and though there is hope with young rappers such as Azealia Banks, Jean Grae, Angel Haze and Rapsody — artists who aren’t as pressured by rap music’s pre-existing standards into over-sexualizing themselves through sacrificing their lyrical content and personal integrity — the window of opportunity for female emcees appears discouragingly small. “A woman can bear you, break you, take you / Now it’s time to rhyme, can you relate to / a sister dope enough to make you holler and scream?” Queen Latifah asked on “Ladies First,” and until the rap game and the American public begins acknowledging female rappers again for their lyrics and not their bodies, ladies will continue to be second. Howard is looking for Missy Eliott. To help, e-mail jackhow@umich.edu.
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ing underwater, slowly sinking, aimless and relaxed with shimmers of light occasionally shining through from above. Tamaryn appears several times, her hair stringy and wet, makeup smeared and skin dewy, an overlay of water droplets sliding down a glass wall occasionally appearing. And of course there’s the obligatory close-up of a guy playing a guitar that shows up
he first verse on the introduction to Snoop Dogg’s landmark debut album Doggystyle is aggressive, witty and rapped with force. Here’s an excerpt: “Never will there ever be another like me / You can play the left, cuz it ain’t JACKSON no right in HOWARD me / out the picture, out the frame, out the box I knock em all / Smack em out the park, like a friendly game of baseball / Grand, slam, yes I am / Kickin up dust and I don’t give a goddamn!” Do you know who rapped that? It wasn’t Snoop, Dr. Dre, Daz, Kurupt or Warren G. Instead, it was a rapper by the name of Lady of Rage who, in the early 1990s, was considered such an incredible lyricist that she — not Snoop himself — was given the honor of rapping the album’s first verse. There once was a time when female emcees (femcees) were not only given the same respect as their male counterparts, but actually achieved similar levels of commercial success. Today, however, the story couldn’t be more different. Since 2005, only one female rapper has attained as much success and acclaim as her male contemporaries: Nicki Minaj. Every other female rapper of the past 20 years has either stopped recording or faded into oblivion. What happened to the female emcee? Why, since the early 2000s, have female rappers been on the steady decline, both in numbers and in record sales? And, last but maybe most intriguing, why does it seem like the American public has lost interest in female rappers? There is no definitive answer. However, if we look back at the history of femcees, some clues emerge. Between 1988 and 1989, Queen Latifah, MC Lyte and Roxanne Shanté exploded onto the scene with three classic debut albums. These rappers relied on their lyrics — not their bodies — for success, and preached predominately feminist messages in their songs, highlighted by Latifah’s classic “Ladies First.” The 1990s, though, were the real height for female rappers. Almost every hip-hop label or crew during the decade boasted a femcee on its roster at some point: Lady of Rage and Storm on Deathrow, Lil Kim on Bad Boy, Eve on Ruff Ryders, Remy Ma on Terror Squad, Da Brat on So So Def, Rah Digga on Flipmode and Foxy Brown — who actually started solo on Def Jam — later on Roc-a-fella are just some of the many female rappers
several times. There’s nothing in this video that you couldn’t imagine by just closing your eyes and listening to “Bodies.” And though Tamaryn won’t be getting any creativity points for the video, it’s a nice nod to the artists who pioneered the genre and style of shoegaze, and it’s certainly a lovely piece of art to accompany the song. —KATIE STEEN
Later this month, Fall Out Boy will be reissuing their latest album, Save Rock and Roll, and with it an 8-song EP B entitled Pax Am Days. The Love, Sex, EP’s single Death “Love, Sex, Fall Out Boy Death” is a blistering Island whirlwind of raw energy, an ode to the band’s roots in the Chicago-hardcore scene and the antithesis to everything that Save Rock and Roll intended to be. Produced by acclaimed punk/alt-country veteran Ryan Adams, Pax Am Days strives to show the pop-punk boys at their most unrefined, while — according to their site — “Making noise for no reason (but) ... just the camaraderie of fast, loud songs.” On “Love, Sex, Death” this crude ambition is evident.
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The track — clocking in at 85 seconds — sounds more like Patrick Stump wandered into an underground punk band’s jam session and just started shouting vocals than it does a FOB original. The song’s heavy bass levels, abrasive guitar work and frenetic drumming are all derivative
of hardcore and its many outgrowths, while offering little in the way of innovation. Still, after the overstated and under-executed Save Rock and Roll, Fall Out Boy’s spontaneous venture into more energetic terrain should come as a pleasant surprise. —JAKE OFFENHARTZ
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4B — Thursday, October 3, 2013
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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.
I knew you were trouble Taylor Swift joins the cast of “The Giver”
No Need for this movie Disney and Dreamworks releases first official trailer for the video game-based movie, “Need for Speed,” which confusingly stars Aaron Paul Breaking records “Breaking Bad” broke viewership records for the show, drawing 10.3 million for the finale
Garfunkel and Oates and TV IFC picks up 10-episode series featuring the comedy folk duo Riki Lindholme and Kate Micucci
Kanyimmle Rages On The rapper and late-night host continue their Twitter riff as Kimmle challenges Kanye to a rap battle
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DETROIT SOUP From Page 1B 6:00 p.m. Simeon Heyer, owner of the old Jam Handy, paid $13,000 for the building, a fact he still has trouble wrapping his mind around. “I don’t have any money,” Heyer said with a laugh. “The idea of me owning anything is absurd.” Wearing a thin green sweater and pants that sagged low on his waist, he leaned against a wall in a corner near the entrance, a canary fluttering in a birdcage by his side next to a semi-circle of chairs holding ukuleles for a performance later in the night — the canary belonged to the club. Originally from Minnesota, Heyer moved to Detroit from Madison, Wisconsin when he was “bitten by the bug” — attracted, like many others, to the city’s do-ityourself culture. But, more importantly, he wanted to be in a place where he felt he could make a difference. “In Madison, you have a lot of DIY stuff that’s not necessary,” he said. “Whereas here there are so many things that are needed, whether it’s SOUP or just a gettogether.” He bought the building with his brother three years ago as an acquisition property from Wayne County. After the Jam Handy organization left in the late 1970s, the property transitioned into a televised church, Faith for America, followed by a string of other churches and even, for a time, a karate studio, before it became deserted, Heyer said. Renovating the property, for him, has become “more than a
full-time job.” It’s a “lifestyle,” he said, funded by creative ventures to which he rents the space, such as theatre groups and Detroit SOUP. He makes fixes based on necessity — fundraising for heating, installing plumbing, electricity. “Stuff happens as it’s needed,” he said. His view of the space reflects the kind of ground-up, community-building mentality inherent to SOUP. “To the unaccustomed eye this neighborhood looks bombed out and unsafe. But it’s not,” he said. “As with a lot of parts of Detroit, people need a reason to go there. I think SOUP, and a lot of things that happen here, are a testament to what people trusting each other can accomplish.” For the time being, he said, part of the city’s character resides in individuals’ willingness to rely on each other — after all, they kind of have to. “The city being weak and disorganized creates terrible problems for a lot of people,” he said. “But it also creates opportunities. And the city is not capable of breathing down your neck. This wouldn’t be possible anywhere else.” 7:00 p.m. The word “democracy” comes to mind. Before a crowd of about 300, presenters get four minutes each to share their ideas and woo their peers for votes. Once the presentations finish, in informal give-and-take sessions reminiscent of a town-hall meeting, audience members ask questions, grilling presenters on how exactly they plan to spend the money. “That’s my favorite part,” said LSA senior Isabella Morrison, who started a SOUP-style dinner in Ann Arbor back in March. “People want to know where their money is
going.” Proposals are submitted on Detroit SOUP’s website, with a cutoff date of the Sunday before the dinner. Typically receiving between 10 and 25 submissions per month, Kaherl and a team of neighborhood SOUP leaders decide which four submissions appear most dedicated to helping Detroit and most deserve the chance to present. Winners are then required to return to a later SOUP to report on how they have used the money, a means of holding them accountable. As Kaherl told the crowd before presentations began, there are two rules to presenting at Detroit SOUP: Projects must be about Detroit and technology cannot be used to present, in keeping with the stripped-down, barebones vibe of the event. Still, later in the evening, Kaherl introduced the new mobile Detroit SOUP app, allowing you to keep up with all things SOUPrelated around the city. Tonight’s four presenters include Green Living Science, a non-profit devoted to educating Detroit youth on environmental issues; Eve’s Angels, an organization that aids women trapped in the sex industry; Project PEACE, an organization that aids families of prisoners and exfelons; and Ec2 Lab, a mentoring program fostering creativity among young people. Though some presenters were poised, others grew nervous from anxiety — four minutes is just not much time. At one point, Felisha Hatcher-Taylor, presenting with her daughter Jordan on behalf of Ec2 Lab, broke into tears, overcome with emotion. “We won,” she said after presenting. “The fact that we were here to raise awareness — that is winning.” Kaherl, acting as the evening’s emcee, implored everyone, if they had any ideas for funding or support for these organizations outside of SOUP, to write their ideas on a sticky note and post the notes on posters near the voting table by the building’s rear exit. “Even though only one project is going home with the money raised this evening, everyone goes home a winner!” read a pamphlet distributed on each table. When presentations conclude, people literally break bread with their neighbors. Discussions of the projects were encouraged. “Turn to your neighbor and ask this question: What project are you going to vote for?” Kaherl told the crowd before people began lining up for soup and salad, provided by Avalon Bakery. 8:00 p.m. Before leaving her home in Munich, Germany for a week-long trip to Detroit, Theresa Juranek knew one thing about the city: The food is cheap. “We only read bad stuff about
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The Detroit SOUP program meets once a month at the old Jam Handy building on Detroit’s East Grand Boulevard.
it back in Germany,” Juranek, 29, said at her table, surrounded by people she’d only met minutes earlier. “You just read about how bad it is, and we wanted to see if it was true.” An automotive journalist, she’s here with her boyfriend Axel Gundermann, a photographer, to research and write a more positive story about Detroit for people back home. The reality, they said, has been a welcome surprise. In their short stay, they’ve been charmed by the city’s warm and welcoming atmosphere. When they meet Detroiters on the street, they’re engaged in friendly conversation, which wouldn’t happen back home, they said. Between mouthfuls of bread, Gundermann said an event like SOUP would likely fail back in Germany. When asked why, he turned to Juranek and spoke a few words to her in rapid-fire German. After a moment, they both sighed. “(Germans) are too uptight,” he said. “For whatever reason, crowdfunding works much better in the U.S.” While Kaherl said SOUP has become more formal since its creation three years ago, the atmosphere here is mellow. Engineering junior Chelsea Pugh helped start a t-shirt company called DCH Apparel with four other University students last year that teaches design and marketing skills to students at Detroit Community High School. The company won funding at last December’s SOUP dinner. What began as a class project in “Change by Design,” a class in the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, has persisted — thanks, in part, to the SOUP micro-grant. Pugh remembers the casual, laid-back atmosphere from when her group won nearly a year ago. “There are some events where
it’s really professional and everyone’s dressed up and pitching these entrepreneurial ideas,” she said. “But (at SOUP) it was really nice to see that everyone was a normal person. It wasn’t like venture capitalists or anything. It was normal people who wanted good ideas in their community.” More than just time to think about voting, the dinner itself is a kind of theatrical experience. A bearded man in a top hat goes table to table, lecturing strangers on the vital importance of the <em>schwa</em> sound in linguistics as a means to develop a universal, global language; a ukulele club performed; a small child chased a dog through the crowded mass of bodies. But mainly people chat, networking and finding new ways of working with each other to get ideas and projects started. “What I like about it is that the people are deciding,” said Mary Luevanos, a Detroiter and president of the Community for Latino Artists Visionaries and Educators. “The folks here are making the decision and when they’re done with it they go off and use the money that they need it for. It’s not a foundation deciding. No one’s pulling the strings.” 8:45 p.m. The winner is announced: It’s Eve’s Angels, the organization dedicated to assisting women in the sex trade. Marissa Sheehy, presenting for the organization and a self-described “rescued angel,” says the $1,519 they’ve received will help establish a safe house for the girls. “We won $1,500, which is amazing for speaking for four minutes,” she said shortly after winning. By night’s end, crumbs and plastic bowls lined with red streaks of soup sauce lie scattered across tables. Yet, within minutes, the plywood, tablecloths, collapsible chairs, candles, bread and soup are whisked away in
efficient fashion by eager, capable volunteers, jumping at the chance to help clean up and play their part. Soon, the room is empty, save for a few stay-behinds. A group of bearded men in flannel shirts and tight pants drinks beer and laugh by the bar. Most of them live in the neighborhood; some live in the same building. Sheehy does a video interview, still in shock over her win. Standing by the entrance, where a man has begun to play a white piano, Kaherl lets out a deep breath. She says the event was a success. “Everyone walked away with some sort of resource, some sort of knowledge about how they can participate together,” she said. She plans on taking the next day off, but then it’s right back to work. “With Detroit SOUP we’re just going to keep moving into neighborhoods, giving people the chance to share their hearts, their ideas.” And by the rear exit, Heyer is locked in heated conversation with two friends, who are also heavy into the Detroit-renovation scene. He gestures wildly, like a man possessed, as he discusses the many buildings he knows of in the city that deserve repurposing. When asked what’s next for the old Jam Handy now that Detroit SOUP has finished, he shrugs. SOUP will be back in November, he says. Until then a couple will get married here the following weekend, a theatre group might use it for rehearsal space. But primarily, he’ll keep working — maybe adding lights, painting walls, replacing doors. Whatever it is that needs to be done. “As with most things here, everything’s so informal,” he said. “We just do a little bit at a time. It’s still mostly just a shell of a building.”