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Firefighters look on as employees of DTE Energy clean up a car crash on State Street near Al Glick Field House Wednesday.
Car crash knocks out power Driver lost control of vehicle after ‘medical emergency’
in the area. Captain Jim Budd of the Ann Arbor Fire Department said the crash occurred around 3:30 p.m. Suffering from a “medical emergency,” the driver struck a fire hydrant near on the side of the street nearest to the Al Glick Field House, Budd said. The car then crossed the street, hitting a guard wire that was stabilizing a power pole in the area. It finally came to rest after hitting the house’s porch, knocking out a gas meter in the process. A util-
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A car crashed into a house at Granger Avenue and South State Street near the Al Glick Field House Wednesday afternoon, destroying part of the home’s porch and knocking out utilities
ity box full of wires near the also appeared to be damaged. Most of the vehicle’s airbags appeared to be deployed in the crash. The car was towed from the scene shortly before 5:30 p.m. Huron Valley Ambulance spokeswoman Joyce Williams said the victim was taken to University Hospital in unstable condition. No further details were available about why the driver lost control, due to privacy laws. DTE Energy crews were on
scene repairing the electrical lines and inspecting the gas main for damage. DTE spokeswoman Randi Berris said crews checked the broken meter, but found no gas leak. She said the house’s gas line had not activated. About 470 customers were affected as a result of the electric outage. Crews were still working at the scene as of 6:40 p.m., but power should be restored sometime Wednesday See CRASH, Page 3A
On the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this month, anti-affirmative action activist Jennifer Gratz, who was the plaintiff in the 2003 U.S. Supreme Court case Gratz v. Bollinger, did not placate the buzz around her potential candidacy for the University’s Board of Regents. At an on-campus talk Tuesday, Gratz said she has not ruled out a run. In an interview with The Michigan Daily, Gratz said after her remarks her decision will likely hinge on the Court’s decision in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, the case for which Gratz traveled to the court earlier this month. Schuette v. Coalition challenges the state of Michigan’s
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School gov’t leaders get to work on goals Leaders working on branding, housing and syllabi database By WILL GREENBERG Daily Staff Reporter
The University’s student governments are looking to regroup and move forward this year as each school heads its own projects and increases cooperative efforts. LSA-SG WANTS TO MAKE DEGREE MORE ATTRACTIVE Initiatives for some of the larger organizations, such as LSA Student Government and Rackham Student Government, want to increase the student enjoyment at the University and improve prospects for the future. Sagar Lathia, president of LSA Student Government, said he’s hoping to use this year as
an opportunity to rebrand the University’s largest school. Lathia said many LSA students have been wary of their future job prospects compared to students from the more technical or specific programs. He wants to better inform underclassmen of the resources and opportunities within LSA, to help them see the long-term benefits of an LSA degree. “Hitting it on both fronts, I think, will comfort people in the sense that they’re already in the major that they love but knowing that they can do what they want and they have the support of LSA to get to their career goals is something that I think LSA students will really, really appreciate,” Lathia said. He added that LSA-SG plans to have alumni involved in the rebranding campaign as well, to give students real-life examples of their future options. Additional LSA-SG projects include reorganizing the budget to a rolling budget —which Lathia says should allow them to fund more student organizaSee GOALS, Page 3A
2006 ballot initiative, which banned the consideration of race and gender in college admissions. Though Gratz is neither plaintiff nor defendant in the case that’s currently before the court, she is no stranger to the affirmative action debate. In Gratz v. Bollinger, the high court ruled on the University’s use of affirmative action in undergraduate admissions. In the following years, Gratz played a key role in passing Proposal 2, Michigan’s 2006 affirmative action ban. With the state’s policy banning affirmative action again in the national spotlight, Gratz has reemerged as one of its main proponents. If the court determines that a state can’t make laws against race- or sex-based admissions and that a university’s governing body has the autonomous authority to determine affirmative action policy, Gratz said the only way to influence the issue would be from a seat on the Board of Regents. Conversely, if the court upholds the state constitutional See REGENT, Page 3A
Squatter complicates move-in for students Unapproved tenant kept six students from moving into house in Sept. By MAX RADWIN
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Marjorie Heins, founding director of the Free Expression Policy Project, delivers the Davis, Markert, Nickerson Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom at Hutchins Hall Wednesday.
Civil rights lawyer lectures about academic freedom Heins reflects on ousting of three faculty accused of being communists By AMABEL KAROUB For the Daily
Civil liberties attorney Marjorie Heins spoke at the Senate Assembly’s 23rd Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Free-
dom at the Law School’s Honigman Auditorium Wednesday afternoon. Heins talked about her book, “Priests of Our Democracy: The Supreme Court, Academic Freedom, and the Anti-Communist Purge,” which describes U.S. Supreme Court rulings that have redefined academic freedom in recent years. Much of her lecture describing the history of academic freedom through discussing Supreme Court cases that
involve the topic. When defining academic freedom, Heins referred to the Supreme Court’s standard, which defines it as a university’s right to “determine for itself on academic grounds who may teach, what may be taught, how it may be taught, and who may be admitted to study.” She said this definition is problematic because it does not protect freedom of speech for teachers, only the institution as See FREEDOM, Page 3A
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Moving into a house on campus can be a stressful process. But it’s even worse when you discover someone is already living there and refuses to leave. The tenants of an Elm Street house operated by Investor’s Property Management delayed moving in due to a “squatter” that refused to vacate the unit. The man living in the house had sublet the residence through the prior tenants without the approval of IPM. Details of the debacle weren’t available earlier this semester due to ongoing litigation. But now, the inconvenienced students and IPM officials are talking about the mishap. On Aug. 27, IPM notified the six University students who were See SQUATTER, Page 3A
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Education for those without Geraldine and Willard “Bill” Tayler met as students at the University in 1958 and currently reside in California. They will have been married for 54 years this December and have been partners in a project to raise funds for the construction of public schools in Zambia. These schools will edcuate orphans and other at-risk children.
nity schools, they’re not church schools — for anybody who can join. And they have these schools in their sanctuaries, which are small and dark and they’ve got one room. They’ve got all the grades in the one room, and there’s not room for many kids. And, so, when we build the schools, it’s a real building. And what happened was, when we went there the first time, there were 97 kids attending this school in the sanctuary. And now in that school there are about 320 kids. I used to always say to people: The goal of the project is to build schools. But that’s not really the goal. The goal of the project is to provide opportunities to more kids.
Tell me about your work in Zambia. Bill: What happens over there is that the people we’re dealing with as the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian and they run schools — they’re commu-
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Gerry: No. But I think that, from my perspective, what Michigan gave to me — and I have talked to some of the alumni about that — they gave me a broad perspective because of the international community that’s around. And they taught me how to stand on my own two feet and to speak my opinion, and I feel very strongly about that because I don’t think I had that when I came.
WHERE: Fletcher Carport WHEN: Tuesday at about 12:10 p.m. WHAT: An individual using the parking lot was arguing with a staff member about paying for visitor parking, Unviversity Police reported. An officer was on-site to help diffuse the dispute.
WHERE: Computer and Executive Education Building, 700 E. University Ave. WHEN: Tuesday at about 6:50 p.m. WHAT: An unattended wallet was stolen from the second floor of the building on Monday, University Police reported.
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WHERE: Michigan Union WHEN: Tuesday at about 2:55 p.m. WHAT: A cash shortage was discovered at the Union Ticket office, University Police reported. Management dealt with the dilemma accordingly.
WHAT: Students will have the chance to connect with internationally focused organizations that offer internships and volunteer opportunities. WHO: Career Center WHEN: Today from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. WHERE: Michigan Union
WHAT: The musician will perform a set from his album that explores his chaotic, complex life. General admission seats are $30. WHO: Michigan Union Ticket Office WHEN: Today at 8 p.m. WHERE: The Ark, 316 S. Main St.
Feminism, Global climate welfare lecture crisis lecture WHAT: Premilla Nadasen,
WHERE: Washtenaw Ave. WHEN: Tuesday at about 10:25 a.m. WHAT: A motorcyclist crashed and drifted into oncoming traffic after losing control of his vehicle, University Police reported. He was taken to the emergency room soon after.
WHAT: Prof. David Victor will discuss the prospects of international cooperation in regards to climate control, as part of the Harold Jacobson Lecture series. WHO: Political Science Department WHEN: Today at 4 p.m. WHERE: Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery, Room 100
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Trial to determine status of Detroit’s bankruptcy Case serves as the largest public filing in U.S. history
in a circle outside the courthouse filing? No way, they said. with signs that said, “Bail out The judge stood to get a better people not banks.” view as Jennifer Green, an attorIn his opening statement, ney for pension funds, used a attorney Bruce Bennett said he screen to show months of emails “could stand here for hours” and memos from state and city DETROIT (AP) — An attor- to describe the “mountain of officials talking about bankruptney representing Detroit urged evidence” that shows Detroit cy preparation, not fruitful talks a judge Wednesday to allow the is insolvent. Without relief, he with creditors. city to fix staggering financial added, 65 cents of every dollar Sharon Levine of the American problems through bankruptcy, in residents pay in taxes could be Federation of State, County and arguing that without it about 65 needed to address the problem, Municipal Employees said talks cents of every tax dollar eventu- leaving little for everyday servic- between Detroit and its unions ally would be gobbled up by debts es for 700,000 residents. should have lasted months not and other obligations. “This is one of those cases weeks. Another lawyer, Babette The extraordinary trial, where the data speaks very clear- Ceccotti with the United Auto CLAUDIO PERI/AP expected to last days, brings the ly and persuasively on its own. Workers, said the bankruptcy US Secretary of State John Kerry, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands for the media on the bankruptcy case to its most cru- It needs no gloss,” Bennett told filing was aimed at using federal occasion of their meeting at Villa Taverna, the US Ambassador’s residence in Rome on Wednesday. cial stage since Detroit in July Judge Steven Rhodes. law to attack pensions, which made the largest public filing He was followed by a line of otherwise are protected under in U.S. history. If a judge finds attorneys, representing unions, the Michigan Constitution. certain legal requirements were pension funds and retiree groups, “Chapter 9 was already a formet, the city would get the green who didn’t seem to challenge the gone conclusion” before the city light to restructure $18 billion in ruinous condition of Detroit’s last met with creditors a week debt and possibly slash pensions finances but zeroed in on a key before the filing, Green said. for thousands of people, the most test under bankruptcy law: Did http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ Bennett, however, said emerSudoku Syndication controversial target so far. the city negotiate with creditors gency manager Kevyn Orr’s team Hundreds of protesters walked in good faith before the Chapter 9 was cooperative and open to sugbuild a nuclear bomb. sanctions against Iran until it gestions. 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REGENT From Page 1A ban on affirmative action, Gratz said she wouldn’t see as much of a reason to run for the Board of Regents. “I think the Constitution should really determine what the University can do,” she said. In an Oct. 10 Detroit News opinion article, Gratz said, as regent, she would have the ability to impact policy at a University she still admires. “I want to take the battle full circle,” Gratz said. “I’d be there to address hard issues.” Gratz graduated from UMDearborn and cited the University Hospital’s role in saving her brother’s life during a battle with cancer. Additionally, Gratz said on Tuesday she would also consider other contenders in the race and determine “if they espouse the principles important for the Board of Regents.”
GOALS From Page 1A tions — and continuing to address student needs presented through the online forum. GRADUATE STUDENT LEADERS WORK ON HOUSING, RELATIONS The Rackham Student Government has already been very active this year, specifically on housing for graduate students, under the direction of RSG President Phil Saccone. RSG worked with University administration on the Munger Residence Hall at a forum last month, but Saccone said the RSG has even more on the horizon. As early as next week, RSG will work with the Washtenaw Area Apartment Association on gathering student input on their apartment-leasing ordinance, Saccone said. He added that RSG is trying to determine student opinion on possible changes to the current law, which takes apartments off the market for 70 days following a lease signing. “I suspect that they would be at least in favor of keeping the current ordinance and not extending the amount of time because it puts a lot of pressure on students to make a decision in
SQUATTER From Page 1A set to move into the house for a lease starting this fall that someone was still living in the house, and that their move-in date, scheduled for Aug. 29, would be delayed. But Engineering senior Jaclyn Reimann, one of the incoming tenants, is doubtful that IPM became aware of the situation that close to the move-in date. “They had to have known,” Reimann said. “That’s when you go and clean the houses and get everybody out.” The following day, IPM and the squatter attended a court hearing, during which a judge informed representatives of the company that although the man was not paying rent, the city could not legally force him to leave, because he had received occupancy from the company’s previous, lawful tenants, IPM property manager John Wade said. “In the court’s eyes, they still saw him as a legal occupant,” Wade said. According to Michigan law, tenants must be provided with a 30-day eviction notice if they stay
CRASH From Page 1A evening, Berris said. DTE’s outage map estimated that service could be restored by 7:30 p.m. Power returned later
To run in the November 2014 general election, Gratz must become one of the two Republican candidates nominated by the state convention to face off against the two chosen Democratic candidates. The state party’s nominating conventions do not occur until later in 2014. In 2012, three Republican candidates tussled for a spot on the Republican ticket. So far, alum Ron Weiser, an Ann Arbor businessman, former chair of the Michigan Republican Party and the current RNC Finance Chairman, has been the only Republican candidate to throw his hat in the ring. Weiser sought the position in 2012, but he was not nominated to run on the general-election ballot. In November, Democratic candidates Mark Bernstein and Shauna Ryder Diggs defeated the Republican candidates, cardiologist Rob Steele and Dan Horning, a former regent. If Gratz achieves her party’s nomination, she will likely face
two incumbent Democratic regents, whose eight-year terms will expire in January 2015. Regents Katherine White and Julia Darlow, both Ann Arbor attorneys, will have to run for reelection to retain their seats on the board. In a statement to The Michigan Daily on Tuesday, White said she plans to seek a third term as regent. She was first elected in 1998. Darlow said in a statement she has not yet decided if she will seek a second term. If Gratz were to win a seat, she could face a Democratic majority board. The board’s makeup is currently six Democrats and two Republicans. The two Republicans currently on the board are Regents Andrew Richner and Andrea Fischer Newman. Gratz said Tuesday she was not worried about finding allies on the board in either party. “Whether I found allies or not, I would stand up for what I believe in, and I think I have a proven record of that,” Gratz said.
a relatively short period of time,” Saccone said. RSG also looks to build better student-faculty relations in the graduate school, improve the resources in the career center and implement instructor evaluations online, he said. Other governments are heading similar efforts in their respective schools. The Public Health Student Assembly, led by President Cameron Glenn, will seemingly start from scratch this year to try and emphasize collaboration between the Public Health departments and an increasingly diverse student body.
acknowledged that more collective action could be beneficial to the student governments and the University overall. While in the past collaboration between Central Student Government and the various individual governments may have been lacking, the presidents are looking to increase partnership this year. CSG President Michael Proppe said there is room for increased collaboration on some larger projects, calling LSA’s segregated efforts in improving digital access to syllabi as a “missed opportunity” for unity. In the past, individual student governments have primarily focused on their own agendas and rarely on campus-wide initiatives, Proppe said. “It’s kind of a two-way street,” he said. “The other student governments come to us as well as making sure we’re going to the other student governments to uphold that communication.” Proppe added that better organization of the University Council, headed by CSG Vice President Robert Dishell, should allow for more joint projects in the coming years. Proppe said collaboration has seen results so far this year, noting Rackham Student Government’s forum on the Munger Residence Hall, appeals against the new footballseating policy and expressed concerns about the presidential search committee.
ENGINEERING COUNCIL WORKING ON SYLLABUS DATABASE Engineering Council President Cristine Zuchora is working on an online syllabus database for the engineering school to meet an overdue request from students. Earlier this year, LSA Student Government leaders launched their own archive of syllabi, the result of a two year effort. The Engineering Council is also working to amplify connections with student organizations and help the groups’ funding. Across the board, student government presidents said they are pleased with the resources they have and can reach their own goals individually. Still, many
past the natural end of the lease. Since the house’s occupier was protected by the rule, it forced Reimann and the new tenants to wait. IPM pushed back this year’s tenants’ move-in date to as late as Sept. 19th, and offered to put the six tenants in hotels near Plymouth road and Briarwood Mall in the meantime. Because it wasn’t clear if they’d be compensated for the hotel stay, the tenants decided to stay with friends or live at home instead. Two of the tenants did not have cars to commute to and from campus, so the hotel option wasn’t practical. A secondary hearing was held Sept. 4. The squatter, who attended with his social worker and stepfather, found other living arrangements and agreed to leave the Elm Street house that day. Within the week, IPM had cleaned the property and given the new tenants their keys. Reimann said IPM is waiving rent for her and her roommates during the timespan in which they weren’t able to move in. She said they’re also looking to get compensation for commuting to and from campus. Wade didn’t detail how the tenants would be compensated.
Gayle Rosen, housing attorney at the University’s Student Legal Services, said in an e-mail interview that subleasing problems are frequent, but rarely involve a subtenant staying too long or refusing to vacate the unit. Rosen added that she more commonly sees instances of building damage and nonpayment of rent, but noted that these cases usually occur in the spring and summer, when more students are subletting. Wade, the IPM property manager, warned students to think twice before they sublet their homes. “I think it certainly proves that it makes a lot of sense to go through the proper channels, to check with their landlord, to make sure they’re following proper procedures,” Wade said. “This points in the direction of, well, how much economic relief are you getting (from subleasing) versus what are some of the other risks that you may be undertaking?”
Wednesday evening. Jim Grob, an Ann Arbor resident, said the driver was still awake when emergency personnel helped him from the vehicle. “I was sitting my house when I heard what was a hell of a crash ... the porch moved,” Grob said. “He looked alright when he got in the
ambulance.” State Street between Arch Street and Stimson Street had been closed down since the crash, but the street reopened shortly after 5:30 p.m.
—Editor’s note: Daily Staff Reporter Kaitlin Zurdosky was one of the incoming tenants in the house. She was not interviewed for this article, per Daily policy.
—Daily News Editor Alicia Adamczyk contributed reporting.
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FREEDOM From Page 1A a whole. This distinction was crucial in determining the fate of the three former University professors that the lecture honored: H. Chandler Davis, Mark Nickerson and Clement Markert, who were suspected of communist affiliations, testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee regarding. When these professors refused to testify, all three were suspended from teaching at the University, ultimately leading to Davis and Nickerson’s permanent dismissal. The University’s choice to fire the professors was controversial, because the termination was due to “extramural speech” — speech, or affiliations with political groups outside of the University. Heins noted the practice of these dismissals and similar cases were addressed in the
Thursday, October 24, 2013 — 3A 1968 court case Pickering, in which the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion asserted that under the First Amendment, teachers could not be punished for their remarks on public issues unless their expression could be proven to interfere with “workplace efficiency.” While some believe that the ruling in Pickering v. Board of Education resolved the issue of teachers lacking first amendment rights, universities are now left to decide whether or not the extramural speech of their professors interferes with their ability to do their job. Heins said sometimes professor’s opinions might differ from those supporting universities, causing the institution to decide that their public opinions do interfere with workplace efficiency. “The trustees don’t like it, and they bear pressure on the university to fire the professor,” Heins said. In an interview before the lecture, Heins said opinions on academic freedom are complex because, while it has a legal
meaning, it is also subject to the standards of a university. She said it is time for the University to make a firm stance on where the line is drawn between professional workplace and personal freedom. “Even though the First Amendment only applies to what public universities do the concept of academic freedom should apply to all colleges and institutions,” Heins said. “It’s the basic underpinning of what we understand higher education to be, but it’s not unlimited. Yes, there should be free speech on campus … the professor ought to have a lot of freedom but not complete freedom — there’s got to be some protections.” After the lecture, Rackham student Vishal Khandelwal said it’s important that professors and researchers take notice of the issues Heins brought up. “It’s really relevant to how we’ll be conducting academia in the future,” Khandelwal said. “I wish she could have stressed more on the opposition that faculty face from within the academic establishment.”
Student charged in teacher’s murder 14-year-old boy found walking on state highway DANVERS, Mass. (AP) — A well-liked teacher was found slain in woods behind this quiet Massachusetts town’s high school, and a 14-year-old boy who was found walking along a state highway overnight was charged with killing her. Blood found in a secondfloor school bathroom helped lead investigators to the body of Colleen Ritzer, a 24-year-old math teacher at Danvers High School who was reported missing when she didn’t come home from work on Tuesday, Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett said.
“She was a very, very respected, loved teacher,” Blodgett said. The suspect, Philip Chism, was arraigned on a murder charge Wednesday and ordered held without bail. The teenager, described by classmates as soft-spoken and pleasant, also did not come home from school the day before and was spotted walking along Route 1 in the neighboring town of Topsfield at about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday. Officials didn’t release a cause of death and haven’t discussed a motive in the killing. A court filing said Ritzer and Chism were known to each other from the high school, but it did not elaborate. The arrest was made based on statements by the suspect and corroborating evidence at multiple scenes,
investigators said in court documents. Ritzer’s family said they are mourning the death of their “amazing, beautiful daughter and sister.” “Everyone that knew and loved Colleen knew of her passion for teaching and how she mentored each and every one of her students,” the family said in a statement provided by her uncle Dale Webster. At his arraignment in adult court in Salem, Chism’s defense attorney argued for the proceeding to be closed and her client to be allowed to stay hidden because of his age. The judge denied the request. The lawyer, Denise Regan, declined to comment outside court. No statement had been released from his family byWednesday evening.
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New York, New York Regents trip to NYC further diminishes students’ involvement
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he University’s Board of Regents is planning a private “strategic planning session” in New York City for Jan. 16 and 17 of next year. In place of the monthly public meeting, the regents will meet with leaders of other prestigious higher-education institutions, as well as with potential donors. This trip is part of the University’s zealous fundraising effort for its new capital campaign, Victors for Michigan, that kicks off in November. With fundraising as the focus, the public sessions that are open to students and faculty will now be decreased, once again, to 10 meetings instead of the usual 11. While the trip addresses the University’s growing need for private fundraising as well as other administrative functions, it further diminishes students’ already limited involvement with the regents, especially during this crucial presidential selection process. A similar meeting was held last January in California with leaders from University of California, Berkeley and Stanford among others, to gain insight from a system going through similar financial strain. This time, issues — such as the possibility of a negative 2014 fiscal year attributed to the mass of newly insured patients under the Affordable Care Act, $800 million spent on the Epic System and $750 million spent on the new C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital — will be addressed. The trip also coincides with a donor event held by the University’s most recent prolific benefactor, real-estate tycoon Stephen Ross. These looming concerns necessitate that the regents to focus on fundraising and discovering new sources of revenue. This especially holds true because Michigan has cut investments for public universities by 32 percent since 2008, which in part caused significant increases in tuition rates, thus putting a strain on maintaining academic excellence. With this drastic loss in state revenue, it’s imperative
that the regents fundraise from private sources — a responsibility they have effectively taken up. However, the regents’ role shouldn’t be primarily focused around fundraising, especially when it comes at the expense of involving the community in the board’s functions like the presidential search process. The 10 public meetings are the only interaction students can have with the regents. The need for student involvement should be accentuated by the fact that the University is in the midst of selecting a new president. Yet, there is no student voice that actively advises the board, let alone the Presidential Search Committee. On top of that, the University never specified why the trip is private instead of public. The lack of public funding has forced the Board of Regents to take upon the crucial duties of fundraising and therefore, the subsequent to trips to California and, now, New York. But while these trips and efforts are justified, they should be coupled with transparency and other avenues for student feedback.
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A venture for adventure
I want to travel. To Europe. To Asia. Anywhere. Well, maybe not Ohio. But, it’s just so expensive. I mean, we’re talking thousands of dollars per trip out of the country. So, let me ask: If you could travel anywhere in the world for free, with the only catch being maintaining a blog and collecting some research — maybe — would you do it? I sure would. And that’s exactly what a new website, called Trevolta, floating around my Facebook newsfeed is trying to accomplish. By using crowdfunding — a fundraising strategy where donors can pitch in how much or little money they want — Trevolta aims to offer people the opportunity to travel at the expense of generous friends and sponsors “who are looking for extraordinary, unique and unforgettable trips which will be followed and shared by hundreds of thousands of people.” And in return for their donations, the travelers will complete “specific tasks to be performed along the trip.” Trevolta’s success is questionable and remains to be seen, but I believe in its mission, and I think that’s what will keep it around for good. Although I have to question why someone would pay for me to have an incredible experience if they could afford to go themselves. But, OK, let’s say it does work and there are those people and companies out there willing to fund these trips. Then this is a truly extraordinary opportunity. It’s always tossed around that “you should travel while you’re young.” And I can attest to that. In the summer between my freshman and sophomore year of high school, I spent 35 days traveling across the western United States. I backpacked in Yosemite National Park, played capture-the-flag in Goblin Valley State Park and climbed to the top of Angels Landing in Zion National Park. And while it certainly didn’t come cheap, I learned much more about myself and what this country has to offer than at any other point in my life. I became more mature, more independent
and realized despite the amount of time I spend in front of technology, my greatest memories have been when I was farthest away from it. It was life changing in the best possible way. More people need to have this experience. And it doesn’t just need to be through a studyabroad program. Travel, even without having to go to a classroom, has the potential be as impactful on a person as a college education. Put simply, traveling teaches. Imagine the feeling and lessons from completing a climb of Mt. Everest or a scuba dive through the Great Barrier Reef. And I guess that’s why I think Trevolta will work. It has the feel of a scholarship — perfect for giving the college-aged student that breathtaking — while — educational experience, he or she wouldn’t have been able to have without this opportunity. And it’s important to note that Trevolta and the sponsors aren’t just throwing out money for these trips. Getting your trip funded takes effort. Your trip page needs to be fully detailed, including a video pleading your case — so I would bet that vaguely titled “Vegas Trip” probably wouldn’t rack up funds. What I like most about Trevolta is that it promotes altruism — a culture of unselfish giving — in what feels like a very selfish world. Laws are being enacted purely based on self-interest. The government was shut down because some people couldn’t accept defeat. And it seems like nearly every day you find out about how someone scammed thousands of people out of money. These crowdfunding sites give me hope that we are better than what the media often portrays. That even though I don’t understand why someone would pay for my trip to climb Half Dome, someone is paying for my trip to climb Half Dome. That even though school supposedly teaches us to be independent, critical thinkers, it’s OK to get help and support from others. Now, can someone teach me how to book a flight? Derek Wolfe is an LSA sophomore.
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A failed justice system
have a running joke with the opinion editors of The Michigan Daily that they never use the titles I send in with my articles. When I finished my last piece, I titled it “Fuck the Police” as a joke — it was not meant to be used in print or JAMES online, but that’s the title that ran. BRENNAN That being said, I am not blaming my editors for a title that may have offended some. I wrote it, I sent it in and, therefore, any offense taken or any anger generated should be directed at me and only me. Furthermore, this is not an apology. I don’t just stand by the Daily, my editors and my title, but I stand by the legitimacy of the phrase “fuck the police.” When the rap group N.W.A. released their infamous song in 1988, they were not trying to be controversial or attract attention. “Fuck tha Police” expresses much of the outrage felt by the Black community in post-civil-rights America, where racism and discrimination has largely shifted to the “colorblind” criminal justice system. As I stated in my previous column, my criticism and distrust for police is not rooted in a hatred for individual police officers, the overwhelming majority of whom are decent people of integrity. My distrust in police is rooted in a hatred for the policies that dictate their actions. As Michelle Alexander describes in her book, “The New Jim Crow,” federal, state and local policies incentivize and enable police to dis-
proportionately criminalize Black men in urban areas. Though minorities and whites use drugs nearly the same rate, more than 80 percent of “stop-and-frisks” by police in New York are of Blacks or Latinos. Police perform as many stops on Black New Yorkers as there are Black people in New York. They assume guilt rather than innocence, filling required quotas instead of helping people in the most crime-ridden areas. This seems to be the norm in most of the United States, where the prison population has more than quintupled in the last 30 years, with nearly half of those incarcerated being Black. While other factors play a role in the racial disparities of the criminal justice system, the majority of the blame still falls on the shoulders of police. By focusing on quotas, targeting poor, African American areas and failing to address the inherent anti-black biases in individual officers — including officers of color — police overwhelmingly target minorities for arrest, throwing them into the merciless depths of the criminal justice system. The high sentences and overwhelmed attorneys don’t help, but the fact of the matter is once you’re in court, your chances of getting away without a conviction are slim no matter who you are. Once someone is arrested and charged, the turning gears of the criminal justice system are hard to stop. After the shooting of Trayvon Martin, dozens of individuals wrote testimonials about “the talk” that Black parents often feel compelled to have with their sons. My father had a similar sit down with me a handful of times as a teenager, but he never had to tell me that the color of my
skin made me a target for police. He never once mentioned that police would look at me with extra scrutiny, assuming I’m a criminal because of my hair, and he never had to emphasize that because of the way I choose to dress, I have to remain calm and move slowly or I may catch a bullet. Individual police officers are not bad people, just like any other group of Americans. But like everyone else, they follow their boss’s orders and act on imperfect, human impulses. The only differences between police and everyone else are their badge, their gun and their authority to use both. No law enforcement body will ever be perfect, but with one in every three Black men in America going to prison, the United States criminal justice system has proven itself an utter failure. Even as a privileged, white male I will never be able to see a police officer or squad car without being overcome by anxiety — I cringe trying to imagine what goes through the heads of my friends of other identities in the same situation. These feelings do not highlight something wrong with us, but rather point out the massive flaws with police in America. Police policies are a driving force for racial and social injustice, and this was evident long before N.W.A. released their infamous anthem. Until law enforcement shows that its true interest is in promoting public safety rather than attacking people of color, me and countless others will continue to say it loud, say it proud, and say it with plenty of justification: Fuck the police. — James Brennan can be reached at jmbthree@umich.edu.
The enigma of Guantanamo Bay
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ith many U.S. citizens focused on the aftermath of the government shutdown and debt ceiling battles and the Affordable Care Act, the illegality of Guantanamo Bay Detention Center has been pushed to the back burner. MAURA There are still LEVINE 164 prisoners being detained at Guantanamo. Oddly enough, 86 of these prisoners have been told they’re cleared for release — some as long as five years ago — yet they’re still incarcerated. These men are held without being informed as to why and have been given no notice or hope of trial. The ongoing torture at Guantanamo Bay violates not only the principles of the Constitution through the Sixth and Eighth Amendments, but also basic human rights and the Geneva Convention. The Guantanamo issue has not gone away; it has just been swept under the rug. The inhumane torture is real, current and must be stopped. In March 2013, details of a hunger strike began leaking out of the prison walls. The reason the prisoners went on hunger strike “is disputed,” according to The New York Times, but in transcripts by several prisoners, they explain that they were offended when the guards stormed their cells, tore their belongings apart and engaged in the sacrilegious and disrespectful act of rifling through their Korans. Additionally, several prisoners reported they were striking because they were cleared for release, yet are still being held. To combat the hunger strike, the guards have taken it upon themselves to physically force the prisoners to eat. Twice daily they enter the
prisoners cell, strap them to a chair — reminiscent to an electric chair — and force an invasive catheter down their noses to their stomachs, scratching their innards along the way, before pumping liquid food into the prisoners’ stomachs. The transcripts report that the men experience immense pain. A graphic, animated video created by two British journalists depicts force-feeding scenes from the transcripts. Force-feeding of this nature is considered cruel and unusual punishment and would likely not be tolerated within the continental U.S. prison system. But these aren’t the only forms of torture that the prisoners experience. Reports outlined by the Center for Constitutional Rights explain beatings, solitary confinement and other disgusting torture methods. How is our government getting away with this abusive punishment that is inflicted on people who may or may not even be responsible for any terrorism? The answer is that they shouldn’t be. The Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution prohibits holding prisoners without telling them the nature of their accusation, and it also provides for a “speedy and public trial,” which obviously these prisoners have been denied. The Eight Amendment provides for no use of cruel or unusual punishment. Guantanamo, however, originally got beyond these parameters through loopholes. In 2002, the Bush administration proclaimed that Guantanamo Bay, based on its geographical location, could be considered outside of U.S. legal jurisdiction, and thus outside of the U.S. protections for prisoners. The “enemy combatants” of the global War on Terror were to be kept and tortured there — and no one could save them. According to the Center for Constitutional Rights, U.S. military intelligence officers have been reported as saying, “You
are in a place where there is no law — we are the law.” But what about international laws designed to protect prisoners from this type of punishment through the Geneva Convention? Interestingly enough, the Bush administration strangely claimed that the Geneva Convention did not apply to the U.S. conflict with al-Qaeda. The U.S. Supreme Court, however, disagreed. The Boston University News Service writes that in four separate cases, the Court, “held that international law applies to Guantanamo detainees, that they cannot be held indefinitely without trial, that constitutional habeas corpus protections apply to them … ” Furthermore, Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions was upheld for all individuals in conflict. Thus, fair and humane treatment must be given to the prisoners at Guantanamo — see Hamdan v. Rumsfeld. So, while this battle seems to have been legally won, that was seven years ago. The government has still not abided by these decisions and the men continue to sit in Guantanamo, being tortured daily. Contrary to public opinion, this debate has not grown cold. In May 2013, President Barack Obama promised to take steps towards closing Guantanamo by transferring cleared detainees to other countries, yet four months later he has yet to fulfill this promise. On Oct. 7, 2013, the ACLU and other humanitarian organizations sent a letter to the President, urging him to close the prison and end the torture. Guantanamo Bay has become an enigma: a legal quagmire of embarrassing and disgusting violations of human rights that has been stealthily avoided since 2002. The Supreme Court’s decisions must be respected and the torture must be stopped. — Maura Levine can be reached at mtoval@umich.edu
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Wolverines make hostility their own By JAKE LOURIM Daily Sports Writer
EAST LANSING — Six thousand, one hundred and eightythree people stood, watched and yelled. Every moment, whenever the ball hit a Michigan State player’s hand, the crowd was ready to explode. And it didn’t faze Molly Toon. “In my mind, I pretend they’re cheering for us,” said the Michigan senior outside hitter. “It’s just a little trick that I have. It’s fun.” Wednesday, the Michigan volleyball team had to win by taking every one of Michigan State’s punches and punching back. And that was difficult at times, because 6,000 people were rooting for them not to do so. On three set points and a handful of others, the Michigan State crowd thought every bounce would go its way — every attack attempt, every block attempt, every set. But every time, Michigan had just enough to keep it alive. At one point, the ball simply bounced off freshman middle blocker Abby Cole’s hand by accident, right to senior outside hitter Lexi Erwin. “We have to win some like that,” said Michigan coach Mark Rosen. “We’re not going to win every one pretty.” Michigan State pulled away to win the first set, 25-20, and looked like it could hand Michigan its sixth Big Ten loss. It certainly had the chances to do it. But the Wolverines wouldn’t die. They won the last three sets, 25-22, 26-24, 32-30. When Michigan made the 60-mile trip to East Lansing, got through the rain and cold and stepped into a packed Jenison Field House, it knew it was getting into an all-out war. It was a true test of willpower, of who wanted the 26th point more, then the 27th, then the 28th and so on, until Erwin’s final kill dropped and 6,183 people stood stunned. In that war, the Wolverines were playing on the wrong turf. In that war, the Wolverines had five match points — all they had to do was finish one. Of course, the atmosphere didn’t make it easy. “This has always been really loud,” Toon said. “Ohio State is really loud, but this is really loud.”
There were so many points at which Michigan could have fallen apart on its rival’s home court. Starting at 13-12 in the fourth set — when a Michigan State serve initially ruled out was overruled by the referee — Rosen argued into a yellow card, and then he sent Erwin over to argue the call. Of course, it was Erwin with the kill on the very next point. The Spartans had the first set point, and all 6,000 rose and cheered. Michigan State outside hitter Lauren Wicinski hit a ball to the corner. The referee ruled it out, and the crowd erupted. From there, everything descended into turmoil. A reporter asked Toon after the game if the game ended up being decided by who made the last play. It ended up being decided by who made the late play, then another, then another. “We ran out of subs, so some people had to play back row that normally don’t,” Erwin said. “We knew we had to figure out a way to win.” Toon set up a match point with a kill, but Michigan State fought it off with another kill. Toon set up another match point with a tip, but Cole committed two straight hitting errors to give the Spartans an opportunity. “You just have to let things go really quick,” Cole said. “I just made a couple bonehead mistakes at the end, but my team was there to cover for me, and that’s what teams do.” Five tension-filled points later, Erwin finished off the match with back-to-back kills. Increasingly, as the final points continued, the fans could not believe what they were watching. Yet, 15 minutes later, Rosen emerged from the locker room, appearing calm and collected. “I don’t really notice that (noise),” Rosen said. “I didn’t notice if our band played tonight. Somebody said they did, but I don’t remember them playing at all.” The game started off as a coach’s worst nightmare — a sloppy, gritty slugfest. More than two hours later, his team won that sloppy, gritty slugfest. He took it. He knew his team kept fighting back. The Wolverines stole the match from the Michigan State players and the 6,183 fans who witnessed it in wonder.
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‘M’ stuns Spartans on road By JOHN KOPKO For the Daily
EAST LANSING — The Michigan volleyball team traveled to East Lansing on Wednesday night for a battle with rival Michigan State. Brisk autumn weather and patches of rain did nothing to keep a huge crowd of Spartan fans from packing into Jenison Field 3 MICHIGAN House, MICHIGAN ST. 1 with lines forming at the gates more than an hour and a half before the first serve. The atmosphere was electric, and the tension and energy between the two teams demonstrated the usual feelings of animosity so often associated with the in-state rivals. Michigan State used everything it had up its sleeve in order to “Jam Jenison.” The Spartan cheerleaders, band, and mascot all made appearances to fire up the home fans. A handful of Wolverine band members sat nestled into the upper deck of the arena, rallying the small number of maizeand-blue-clad spectators against deafening cheers from the Michigan State faithful. Early on, it looked like the visitors bit off more than they could chew deep inside enemy territory. But none of it ended up mattering, as the Wolverines took down Michigan State in four sets, 20-25, 25-22, 26-24, 32-30. The Spartans (6-2 Big Ten, 17-3 overall) started the first set strong, capitalizing on an early 6-0 run to take a 13-7 lead. Michigan State’s balanced offensive attack led by senior outside hitter Lauren Wicinski put Michigan (3-5, 13-6) on its heels. After stretching the lead to 22-15, the Spartans held off the Wolverines to take the set, 25-20. Four Michigan State players registered multiple kills in the opening stanza, including three from Wicinski, and two apiece for freshman outside hitter Chloe Reinig and freshman middle blocker Allyssah Fitterer. The second set featured a rejuvenated Michigan attack. The Spartans fought to a 16-12 lead
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Senior outside hitter Molly Toon had 11 kills and two digs in Michigan’s hard-fought road victory on Wednesday night.
behind Wicinski and Reinig, but this time the determined Wolverines wouldn’t go away. Led by freshman middle blocker Abby Cole’s five kills, Michigan began to hit back. After tying the score at 17, the teams traded blows. Michigan State earned a 22-20 lead and looked ready to close out the set and put a firm hold on the match, but a five-point run by the Wolverines gave the set to the visitors. “We practiced a lot of those pressure situations,” said senior outside hitter Lexi Erwin. “It was just trusting every player to do their job.” The third set became an all-out war to score points, highlighted by 13 ties and 10 lead changes. Neither team could build more than a three-point advantage. The set grinded on, the score stayed locked at 20-20 and both teams grappled for an advantage. A kill by freshman middle blocker Autumn Chirstenson propelled the Spartans to a 24-22 advantage. After a service error brought Michigan within one, a
Wicinski attack attempt found a gap in the Wolverine block. As Michigan State celebrated what it thought was a successful kill, the line judge gestured with his flag, indicating the ball had in fact landed out of bounds. After the Spartans thought they had clinched the third set, a questionable call gave Michigan new life. Energized by a break in their favor, the Wolverines rallied around senior middle blocker Jennifer Cross to steal the set, 26-24. “It was huge. This is a twopoint conference,” said senior outside hitter Lexi Erwin. “You don’t see teams winning by 10 points.” Added Michigan coach Mark Rosen: “Early in that third set, we decided as a team that it wasn’t going to be a pretty night.” As they entered the fourth stanza, little did the Wolverines knew they were entering into a 30-point slugfest that involved 23 tie scores and 11 lead changes. Much like the third set, neither team could gain more than
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Michigan’s lopsided and destructive offensive beast By EVERETT COOK
VOLLEYBALL
Cole forms unlikely bond at hospital By KELLY HALL For the Daily
Daily Sports Editor
Michigan’s offense was always relying on the little guy, but it took a big, big man to make sure that little guy could shoot up to his highest potential. When Michigan finally found another receiving threat alongside fifth-year senior Jeremy Gallon — who is probably shorter than his listed height of 5-foot-8 — nobody thought that the end result would be the single greatest statistical receiving performance in the 134 years of Michigan football. But when sophomore tight end Devin Funchess split out wide three games ago, the Wolverines’ offense suddenly became a lot more dangerous. On Saturday, it helped Gallon more than anyone. Before Funchess — who is probably taller than his listed height of 6-foot-5 — made the transition to a wide receiver that sometimes lines up as a tight end instead of the other way around against Minnesota, Gallon was getting little to no help from the other wide receivers. Through seven games, there isn’t a wide receiver on the roster with more than eight catches, other than Gallon and Funchess. The results were immediate for Funchess — 15 catches for 347 yards and three touchdowns in the three games since he switched, as opposed to eight catches for 146 yards and one touchdown in the four games in which he was used predominately as a tight end. And yet, the impact he had in the shootout win over Indiana last week was more about how he helped Gallon than about his own statistics. After breaking Michigan and Big Ten records for receiving yards in a game (369 on 14 catches and two touchdowns), Gallon said that one of the reasons he was so open was because the Indiana defense was afraid of giving up a big gain to Funchess. The defense had to pick its poison, and on Saturday, it picked Gallon. The beauty is that next week, it might be the other way
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Fifth-year senior wide receiver Jeremy Gallon and sophomore tight end Devin Funchess have combined to make Michigan’s offense very dangerous after Funchess converted to a wide-receiver role three weeks ago against Minnesota.
around. “There’s no question that’s a big part of it,” Michigan coach Brady Hoke said after the game. “The threat that (Funchess) is vertically down the field, so I don’t think there’s any doubt he had a lot of attention from Indiana and their secondary. That in turn helps obviously if you’re going to combo or double a guy or whatever. It helps another guy out.” Even just a few weeks ago, there was real concern over Michigan’s offense. It was inconsistent and turnover prone and looked like it was going to be a real issue against teams like Michigan State, Nebraska and Ohio State. Those issues still might be valid over the next month, but the offense is in a much better state
to handle the Wolverines’ toughest road stretch of the year than it was even three games ago. It’s impossible to give all that credit to Funchess, but his positional switch has been a major reason for the revitalization of the offense and not just for the receivers. Redshirt junior quarterback Devin Gardner has also benefited from having more than one bona fide, legitimate receiving target. In the four games with Funchess playing tight end, Gardner completed 57.4 percent of his passes, threw eight interceptions and just seven touchdowns and threw for 200 yards per game. Now, over the last three games, Gardner has a 66.2-percent completion rate, with just two inter-
“It helps another guy out.”
ceptions to go along with six touchdowns and is throwing for 326 yards per game. Some of those stats are inflated because of how awful Indiana’s defense was, but the comparison still stands. If Funchess was back in his previous role, who knows how the Hoosiers would have covered Gallon and how that would have affected the outcome of the game. Certainly, there would have been more attention paid to him, as the secondary was laughably lax in its coverage, even after Gallon had hauled in more than 300 receiving yards. And maybe when we look back on this 2013 season, we will look back on the moment that Funchess became a wide receiver as the turning point for the offense. But right now, what we do know is that there’s nothing scarier for a defense than having to deal with a two-headed monster, especially if one head is higher than the other.
When Abby Cole visits C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, kids ask for her autograph. The freshman middle blocker doesn’t understand why. “It’s a big deal for them, they get so excited,” she said. “They go, ‘Sign this, sign that,’ and I’m like, ‘I’m really not cool, why do you want my signature?’ ” But to the Walker family, she’s the coolest. Abby is much more than a starter for the Michigan volleyball team and a recent Big Ten Freshman of the Week — she is the friend of a family that’s fighting for a loved one. Cole first met the Walker family on Oct. 10 during one of her weekly trips to the hospital. She’s only met the family once, but the bond is strong enough to assume that she will be reunited with them again soon. Clary Walker, a 16-year-old from Traverse City, Mich., has been at Mott since Aug 29, after being flown in and diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. It’s been extremely difficult for his family of six, especially his three younger siblings who have to miss school in order to see him. When she walked into the hospital room at Mott, Cole grabbed the family’s attention for something other than her 6-foot-5 frame — her compassion for the Walker family was clearly evident. “We consider Abby our friend,” said Laura Walker, Clary’s mother. “She has a heart of compassion and genuine care for others. We sure look forward in the months ahead at Mott that we get to see our friend Abby.” Cole not only makes a significant impact on the court, but also in the hearts of many patients and families as well. The Walkers are an example of that. Cole didn’t just make a quick pit stop
to sign autographs — she created a real relationship with Clary, as she does with many of the children she has the opportunity to visit. Cole created a special bond with the entire Walker family that night. She chatted with Clary’s little sisters about their interest in sports, and even left tickets for the Walkers to watch her team take on Nebraska and Iowa at Cliff Keen Arena. According to the nurses, the kids look forward to the athlete visits all week, and it means a great deal to the children to meet the stars of their favorite sports. Although the volunteering is generally meant to brighten the days of the patients, Cole doubts that they enjoy it more than she does. “I get 100 percent more out of it than they do,” she said. Cole visits the hospital every Thursday night when she is in Ann Arbor and not on the road. For her, visiting Mott is a way to take a step back from school and volleyball and gain some perspective. “It’s the one thing every week that brightens everything up and kind of resets my mind to what’s really important,” Cole said. For the Walker family, it’s comforting to know that people like Cole exist. She somehow juggles her student workload on top of a demanding practice schedule and still finds the time to visit Mott. Many athletes have the opportunity to lend a hand, but for Cole, it’s a regular part of her weekly agenda. Cole can’t wait to see the Walker family again. “Now that I’ve met this boy Clary, and his sisters, and their family, I can go back and try to get on the seventh floor to go see them again,” Cole said. The Walker family motto is “No one fights alone,” regardless of whether they are at Mott or on the volleyball court.
“We consider Abby our friend.”
‘M’ returns to Yost for tough weekend slate By ALEJANDRO ZÚÑIGA Daily Sports Editor
The Michigan hockey team is undefeated, but coach Red Berenson isn’t exactly pleased. The fourth-ranked Wolverines (3-0-1 overall) have been lucky to win, he says, and they’ve spent the year finding ways to not lose. Relying on good fortune alone just won’t last. Despite opening the season with three of four games against ranked teams, Michigan’s schedule doesn’t get any easier. It welcomes No. 13 Boston University and No. 18 Massachusetts-Lowell to Yost Ice Arena this weekend.
Berenson watched film of Boston University’s game against Wisconsin last week. The secondranked Badgers played well, taking a 1-1 tie into the first intermission. But when the final horn blew, the scoreboard at Agganis Arena flashed a 7-3 Terrier victory. “BU is going to be really good,” Berenson said. “This’ll be the best team I think we’ve played.”
Given the level of competition Michigan has already faced, that’s a high compliment from the veteran coach. The Wolverines already beat Boston College, a perennial NCAA championship contender, 3-1, then they traveled to Rochester Institute of Technology, where they toppled the Tigers in front of more than 10,000 fans. And last weekend, Michigan
“This’ll be the best team I think we’ve played.”
earned a hard-fought win and a tie at then-No. 13 New Hampshire. Meanwhile, Boston University (3-1-0) has played its first four games at home, and its only blemish came at the hands of No. 12 Rensselaer. Despite the Wolverines’ nearperfect record, Berenson has noticed plenty of flaws in the early season. At RIT, the lopsided scoreline masked a disastrous second period in which Michigan allowed a four-goal lead to completely evaporate. And in the first game against New Hampshire, the Wolverines were whistled 11 times for penalties and barely hung on for a tie despite being horribly out-shot. Those are issues Berenson has been trying to correct all week. Boston University went 3-for-7 on the power play to dominate Wisconsin, and Michigan can’t afford to take a period off or spend too much time down a man. “The times we’ve ran into a little bit of trouble is when we’ve been in the box a lot,” said senior defenseman Mac Bennett. “We’ve got the stay out of the box, obviously.” Saturday’s game against Massachusetts-Lowell (1-3-0) won’t be any less of a challenge. Semifinalists in last year’s Frozen Four, the River Hawks were the top-ranked team in the preseason polls. They lost their first game of the season in stunning fashion to Sacred Heart — a team that won just twice last year — and since then, Massachusetts-Lowell has won only once, 5-2 over Massachusetts-Amherst. But the River Hawks still have the makings of an elite team. Netminder Connor Hellebuyck posted a 1.38 goals-against average last season, and defenseman Christian Folin returned to the team after a stellar freshman year.
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Senior defenseman Mac Bennett leads an undefeated team into a tough weekend.
“We’ve gotta get our feet moving on Friday, and then we’ll worry about Saturday,” Berenson said. “These are both top-10 teams.” That challenge excites Berenson, and he says it’ll help the Wolverines when the grueling Big Ten season begins in late November. “If we were fooling ourselves and playing weak teams week after week, whether we’re winning or losing, we’re going to have some false sense of confidence or security,” Berenson said. “There’s no place to hide right now. We’re playing good teams, and you can either play with them or you can’t. The Wolverines will be with-
out their top netminder, sophomore Steve Racine, who pulled his groin making a save last weekend. But freshman Zach Nagelvoort has filled in nicely, allowing just two goals on 39 shots for a .949 save percentage. And junior forward Alex Guptill will be playing for the first time on home ice after he was suspended earlier in the year for off-ice issues. But that won’t matter when the puck drops. “If we execute the way we want to execute, there’s not a team in the country that we can’t beat,” Bennett said. “That being said, every team in the country can beat us.”
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Breakfast People for the
By: Austen Hufford, Daily Arts Writer
The sun isn’t up yet, but already the large multipurpose room has lots of tired-looking people eating breakfast, talking and beginning their days. The room is filled with about 100 patrons, mostly sitting around circular tables on foldup white chairs. A piano sits on one wall, and the edge of a curtained stage has been co-opted into a lean-and-eat area. Hot oatmeal, grits and pastries are served buffet-style, right from the kitchen. A table with coffee, spreads and cereal is popular, and a toast-and-butter station is also set up. Diners drink coffee from different styles of mugs, break open hard-boiled eggs and munch on the food. Some tables are loud with conversation about last night's game, someone retelling a crazy story, complaining about Michigan’s toocold weather or even where to find a job. Others are silent with people just eating or staring into the distance. Some are dressed nice and have smartphones and iPods; others look shabby and have multiple layers of ragged clothes. The breakfast, in some ways, is completely normal, and the same scene could easily be seen at West Quad or in a Kerrytown co-op. Old friends reconnect, and new table groups form. However, this is not your typical breakfast: It’s the free breakfast program at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, which is a nonprofit organization that serves disadvantaged individuals a morning meal seven days a week.
Since 1982, the breakfast program has been divvying out free breakfast to all who come. Volunteers and patrons can’t remember a single day when breakfast wasn’t available. A few years ago, an outage left much of southeastern Michigan without power. All was not lost for the breakfast streak: Candles were placed on tabletops, and breakfast was still provided. When St. Andrew’s temporarily closes for renovations or new wiring, the program moves to a nearby Methodist church, said program director Shannon Chase. Between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. every day of the week, everyone is welcome to come, eat breakfast and relax for the hour. Located across the street from Community High School, the large, gothic Episcopal Church complete with a tall tower has white text painted on a window giving the hours for the breakfast program. The program was started by members of the St. Andrew’s congregation and quickly expanded from a weekend program to a daily event. In recent years, the program has become its own separate nonprofit organization and now rents its space from the church. Many church members are still actively involved in the organization, but plenty of volunteers are not affiliated with the church. Most volunteers are retirees or University students, but some work full time. Others are students from a nearby high school. Chase said she helps manage hundreds of volunteers throughout the year with varying levels of commit-
ment. In 31 years, the program has deliberately remained consistent. The organization wants to accomplish its one job and do it right. “I think it’s easy to spread ourselves too thin,” Chase said. “So we just focus on breakfast every day of the week, every week of the year.” People simply walk in. No registration is required, nor is proof of income of any kind. Some come for a single meal or just a few weeks’ worth, while others have been eating here daily for years. For many diners, the simplicity is a great benefit of the program. It allows for them to come and leave when needed — no questions asked. Azula is a 20-year-old who said he is struggling financially and comes to the program for both a good breakfast and to interact with the people. At the breakfast program, patrons commonly know each other by only their first names. “A lot of people forget how to ration their money and use it for the right things, and that’s why this is a big support to them in this community,” Azula said. For some other local programs, there is a time limit or other requirement such as staying clean or mandatory jobseeking. This program has no such rules, and it’s extremely easy to take advantage of it — just show up. See BREAKFAST, Page 3B
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COMMUNITY CULTURE COLUMN
Straying from the downtown grid
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ed, yellow, brown and what green remains drift by like people: Dog walkers, coffee drinkers, photographers and families of three, four or five; professors and friends, the mid-term anxious or the relaxed in stroll; shoppers of all kinds JOHN and buys, BOHN the bikers and the joggers, Michael Crichton and Judith Butler readers, all in their routine or sporadic pleasures. They’ll walk by left and right, places to go there and here and there. But everyone seems to take their steps just a little slower. It is fall, you know. The more you leave downtown, the less of the “here and there’s” you see. Ann Arbor unfolds into the quiet trees and winding sidewalks of the suburbs. Most students, during their four- or five-year stay, probably don’t wander too far off the downtown map. But sometimes, it’s nice to get lost in Burns Park or the Old West Side for reasons of which I’m not entirely sure. Maybe downtown and campus are too inscribed with the school-day schedule, and it’s nice to get away. Maybe, for students, it never feels like you’ve seen all of Ann Arbor, and there’s an urge to venture off. So much
of the town is hidden away in the sleepy corners or down the long, riverside roads. Townies, I apologize, but I’m about to hype up one of the gems you have folded away outside of town. The Last Word, Circus, 8 Ball, Blind Pig and Kiwanis probably form the farthest edge of town for most students. But if you’re willing to take the hike a few blocks further West (and in the fall weather, why not?), you’ll reach Jefferson’s Market. It’s in a rather interesting side of town. Amid the rows of houses are an old church, an elementary school and some spacious University buildings that feel like the downtown area might re-emerge among the trees, yet doesn’t. It’s not a large space by any means: less than a dozen tables, with an open kitchen, and for a long while, Joy Division and New Order playing on the regular (please bring that back). While it wouldn’t have been feasible for most students to go to Jefferson’s Market a year ago — it only served lunch during the weekdays — recently, the café has begun serving brunch on Saturdays and Sundays with its own brunch-style dishes. I usually order the Mt. Rushmore, a scramble of vegetables, eggs and hash browns, but sometimes I’ll split that along with an order of their specialty french toast or pancakes with a friend. The menu has its staples, but it also has seasonal
rotations to mix things up. And for the coffee lovers, expect spot-on, local brews for your morning wake-up. In addition to its weekday lunch and weekend brunchhour eats, Jefferson’s Market also has a bakery and cake shop. I can’t speak from experience here, but if anyone reading this happens to be on the lookout for a wedding cake, first of all, congratulations on your engagement and, second, look no further. It seems as if there is no real reason to leave downtown Ann Arbor. So much is condensed into the area that one could certainly be occupied during their temporary stay. But for some, this may be the only time one lives in Ann Arbor. For that reason, why not go on an adventure to break up the routine or even find new routines? For me, Jefferson’s Market provides new tastes and scenes for the second half of my stay. With a to-go cup of coffee in my hand and the beat of “Temptation” by New Order in my head, walking out of the market is one of the lasting pleasures of the place. You’re not thrown into the mix. You have time to stroll through the shady suburban streets and take a breath for a second. Especially during midterms, it’s nice to know that life goes on.
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NETFLIX TV PIX
Daily Arts Writers dig through recent Netflix releases to find the shows worth revisiting or discovering.
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“The Following”
“Louie”
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here: “The Following” is not a feel-good, happy-ending thriller. If the prospect of a supremely intelligent Edgar Allen Poe-worshipping professor-turned-murderer doesn’t sound like the stuff of nightmares, take comfort in the fact that Joe Carroll (James Purefoy) has a Rolodex of well-connected sociopaths he can call upon for everything from kidnapping to public suicide. Ryan Hardy, played by Kevin Bacon, constantly struggles with being a step behind the mastermind as clues about the cultists’ identities and motives come to light. Not for the faint of heart, “The Following” is a great watch for the Halloween season.
By this point, everyone has heard of Louis CK — the hottest comic working right now, the dude that’s quickly becoming the stand-up comedian to which our age looks toward when we think “funny.” Do yourself a favor and check out the last season of his brilliant sitcom, “Louie,” recently released on Netflix this month. The show’s always taken a less-than-optimistic look at life, framed perfectly by Louie’s generally apathetic worldview, but for the first time in our protagonist’s arc, we get to see him work toward advancing his career. The results are heart-wrenching, endearing and, above all, funny.
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EPISODE REVIEW It’s probably a bit sadistic of me to write an episode review of “Susan 313.” After all, the Sarah Silvermanstarring sitcom never A made it to Susan 313 series. NBC pulled the “Pilot” plug before the start of the 20th Century Fox 2012-2013 TV season, passing it over for projects like “Animal Practice,” “Go On,” “Guys with Kids” and “The New Normal” … you know, those comedies that never made it past the one-season mark. The unaired pilot — posted in its entirety on Jash.com earlier this week — has its missteps, but the jokes land almost every time, the script soaked in Silverman’s cynical comedic voice. It’s a simple premise, but “Susan” ’s bitingly sardonic meta-mocking of itself makes the failed project innovative. Too innovative, it
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would seem, for NBC’s increasingly trite slate of by-the-numbers comedies. Though not quite as niche as “The Sarah Silverman Program,” “Susan” stands out with its feisty humor, doled out not only by its leading lady but also through endearing performances from supporting stars Tig
Notaro, June Diane Raphael and Harris Wittels. Yes, if “Susan” had lived, we could have watched comedy goddesses Tig, June and Sarah hang out every week. Add this to the reasons we’re mad at the Peacock this week. —KAYLA UPADHYAYA
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It has been on Netf lix for quite a while, but if you haven’t fallen in love with Toby, Leo, Josh, C.J., Sam, Donna, Charlie and, of course, President Jed Bartlett yet, now’s the time. With D.C. shut down, it was nice to spend time with a government that actually does a good job. It might not be as dark as “Breaking Bad” or “House of Cards,” but it’s still easily one of the most binge-worthy shows on Netf lix, as well as one of best dramas in television history.
Her show might be smaller than “The West Wing,” but government worker Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) and her fight for change in Pawnee, Ind. has been a fan-favorite and critical darling for the past six seasons. While real life parks departments shut down all over the country, “Parks and Rec” has an odd timeliness to it. Netflix just released the fifth season online while the sixth season’s been put on hiatus by NBC until Nov. 14, giving you plenty of time to binge until then.
TRAILER REVIEW Ever wonder what would happen if a bunch of A-list Hollywood actors started selling narcotics? AWhile making fashion The statements? Counselor Wonder no more! This 20th Century Fox weekend, prepare to be blown clean off the face of the earth as you watch the likes of Michael Fassbender, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Brad Pitt and Javier Bardem dive into the seedy world of drug trafficking in Ridley Scott’s latest, “The Counselor.” In addition to the stellar cast, the trailer promises us a character-driven story about greed and vice that only Cormac McCarthy (author of the script) could have thought up. Though plot details, as they shouldn’t be, are never
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divulged, this film doesn’t look to be the melancholy contemplation on the passing of time that “No Country for Old Men” became. Instead, we get glimpses at white-hot bursts of violence and Cameron Diaz, playing a bisexual sociopath, petting, I shit you not, her two pet cheetahs. Ridley Scott, over the past few years, has established
himself as one of those directors that likes to forsake substance for the extra ounce of style. I’m happy to say “The Counselor” looks to extend that streak. It may be two hours of under-developed and unnecessarily flashy performances, but as long as Bardem keeps that hairstyle, I’m not complaining. —AKSHAY SETH
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HIP-HOP COLUMN
BREAKFAST From Page 1B
The legend of Snoop’s ‘Doggystyle’
A way to start the day Every morning, one or two volunteers arrive about an hour early to begin the hot meal preparation, with the others arriving at 7 a.m. to set up. Coffee, juice, milk and water provide rehydration, while oatmeal or grits make up most meals. Jars and jars of peanut butter and jelly are beneath the counter. Many family-sized containers of grits and oatmeal are in a nearby room. More food is prepared and refilled throughout the hour. The patrons line up outside the church and enter once everything is set up. They accept coffee, juice, pastries and hot cereal from dedicated servers while serving themselves cold cereals and toast. Many choose to save some food, and the breakfast program provides bags for pack-your-own lunches. On Wednesdays and Sundays, the very popular hard-boiled eggs are on the menu; they travel easily and pack a lot of calories. People come and go throughout the hour, with most arriving during the first half. At 8:30 a.m. sharp, plates are collected, and most people quickly leave. The volunteers dry dishes, clean up and leave by 9 a.m. Having an early morning breakfast program allows for people who have jobs to still take advantage of it, Chase said. Also, making breakfast is less expensive and simpler than lunch or dinner. Some patrons appreciate the early hours, saying that forcing them to wake up to get breakfast is a great incentive to start their days. Without the incentive to get up at 8 a.m., breakfast-goer Nick said he might just sleep late. The early morning program helps him structure his time. He has an Electronic Benefit Transfer card, and the program lets him stay on budget. Homeless individuals — especially early in the mornings — can struggle with finding places to stay. Mary has taken advantage of the free breakfasts on and off for several years. She is currently staying at a local homeless shelter and said everyone has to leave in the morning, about when the free breakfast program starts. “It’s a place to go at 7 o’clock in the morning when it’s dark out,” Mary said. “It takes up some of your time, which is a good thing.”
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Many pastries are donated to the breakfast program by Ann Arbor bakeries.
Building community one meal at a time The breakfast program is more than just a free meal; it gives people a community. It gives people a place to be and a group of people to know who are experiencing similar hardships. Mary said she not only appreciates the warm room and the food but also the volunteers and the other participants. “It’s kind of like a meeting place for everyone, and no one judges anyone. We’re all here, down on our luck, and we all have our own stories,” Mary said. For many low-income individuals, the difference between having a place to live and not having a place to live is the safety net of friends and family. Many who become homeless don’t have that available to them. The breakfast program and the community it fosters allow for some of that community and the safety net to potentially be established. Anne Piehl, a University alum and a weekly volunteer, said the vast majority of people who partake in the breakfasts live in single-member households. “Finding a place where there’s community, I’m sure, is huge in their lives,” she said. “It’s got to be.” Carl works at a grocery chain, but comes to St. Andrew’s before work to help him stay afloat. He only recently started eating there, but views its community as a great resource to learn about benefits. “You do have a sense of community here,” he said. Carl said he worries others might view the program as a permanent crutch instead of a stepping stone to move up. Chase estimates that between one-third and half of the program’s patrons are regulars who
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After breakfast, all the volunteers work together to wash and dry the dishes.
have been coming consistently for a year or more. The rest, she said, come and go — a month here, a week there. “They greet each other; they’ll help each other,” Chase said. “They look out for each other, and they know each other.” Many of the people who eat the breakfasts don’t have consistent schedules or places to stay. The breakfast program may be one of the only places where they know they will be every day. Mary mentioned how she sometimes might not see a friend for six months, but they can come together at St. Andrew’s and reconnect. “We are able here to allow for people to stay for an hour and sit,” Mary said. “I do see a sense of community; I do see people sitting together in this group or that group.” Serving all The breakfast program serves a huge spectrum of people of all ages and races and needs. Each breakfast is extremely diverse with many different ages and races represented. The needs of each individual also vary significantly. Many have alcohol or drug addictions, and some have mental disabilities. Dealing with this large sample of humanity all in one room does sometimes cause issues. Halfway through one breakfast, Chase stood up and loudly blew a whistle. Everyone respectfully got quiet and listened; this had clearly happened before. Chase announced someone had drawn graffiti in the bathroom and that it might be closed if the behavior doesn’t stop. Some sighed while others groaned. All those interviewed said the program was kept very calm and safe. Any issues are quickly dealt with. The number of people fed daily ranges from 70 to 140, Chase said. There doesn’t seem to be a clear trend, and it’s very hard to predict the number of mouths to feed and so the yearly expenditure changes a lot. According to Chase, the organization is in the process of attracting more corporate donors and grants so that the program doesn’t have to rely on small personal donations as much. Whether the program is funded by church members or corporate grants, all those in need will be able to fill their stomachs and reach a friendly community for years to come. “They’re doing something right,” Carl said. “I mean they’ve been doing it since ’82, so they’re doing something right here.”
SINGLE REVIEW AFI, most commonly recognized for its one-of-a-few-hitwonders “Miss Murder” (which was featured on “Guitar C Hero 3”), released its 17 Crimes eighth studio AFI album, “Burials,” on Oct. 21. Republic To raise hype for this latest effort before the CD’s release, the band dropped three songs prior — one of which was “17 Crimes.” The beginning of the track will probably remind alt-rock fans of a simplified Underoath, with a comparable drum line — featuring Carson pummeling on the crash and snare — accompanied by a basic guitar riff in the background, and then a sudden decrease in volume to transition to the high-hat, and calmly introduce the vocals. The singing itself is quite
off, hadn’t Snoop ever made an album this good? Why can’t I just write entire columns full of rhetorical questions (I so would if I could)? Let’s start with a couple songs. “Gin and Juice” might have one of the most memorable choruses in rap history: “Rollin down the street, smokin’ indo, sippin’ on gin and juice / laid back / with my mind on my money and my money on my mind.” “Gin and Juice” is a view into Snoop’s ideal house party, filled with Seagram’s gin, ladies from Long Beach and Compton and “some bubonic chronic that made me choke.” Doggystyle is full of gems like this — the smash single “Who Am I (What’s My Name?)” is classic G-funk, while “Ain’t No Fun (If the Homies Can’t Have None)” features maybe the best Nate Dogg verse of all time. Dre’s UFO synths, funky bass and thumping drums created the perfect soundscape for Snoop’s syncopated, rhythmic flow. For all its party music, however, Doggystyle is still known for its incredible lyricism. Kurupt absolutely slayed every song he jumped on. Take “Serial Killa”: “It’s time to escape, but I don’t know where the fuck I’m headed / Up or down, right of left, life or death / I see myself in a mist of smoke / Death becomes any nigga that takes me for a joke,” he spits on the song’s first verse. The lyrics are explicit, violent and sexist, and Snoop received his fair share of criticism for the album’s content. Even today, the lyrics of some songs are tough to read out loud, as they celebrate a society in which women are simply objects utilized for whatever a man wants in the moment. What Snoop would say to this, and I agree, is that he was simply narrating his life story. You have to understand that in his culture — 1990s Long Beach gang life — this is simply how it was. This isn’t an excuse, but it does help understand why Snoop said the things he did. Hip hop is the genre that it is due to this transparency: Rappers rap about what they see and what they live. Snoop’s tale of life on the streets certainly shocked the public, but you can’t say he wasn’t telling the truth. This point is only reinforced by one of Doggystyle’s most famous tracks, “Murder Was the Case (Death After Visualizing Eternity).” Around the time of the album’s release, Snoop was charged in connection with an actual murder. Though he was eventually found innocent, the trial had a profound effect on him, and he released these feelings in his music. More, Dr. Dre and Fab Five Freddy actually made a short film in 1994 starring Snoop called Murder Was the Case,
which featured music from Snoop and a story about Snoop’s death and resurrection by making a deal with the devil. Snoop’s storytelling is at an all-time high here: “As I look up at the sky / My mind starts tripping / A tear drops my eye / My body temperature falls / I’m shaking and they breaking trying to save the Dogg.” Other classics, like “Lodi Dodi,” “Tha Shiznit,” “Serial Killa” and “Gz and Hustlas,” among others, still remain in many listeners’ rotation (including yours truly’s). Doggystyle embodied not only life through Snoop’s eyes, but also life in general for a man in his young 20s, trying to figure it all out. In addition, Snoop, alongside N.W.A., 2Pac and others, brought back the West Coast at a time when the only “legitimate” hip hop was seen to be from the East Coast. Though the EastWest feud between Puff Daddy’s Bad Records (with The Notorious B.I.G.) and Suge Knight’s Death Row Records (with Snoop and 2Pac) ultimately had tragic consequences, it greatly heightened hip hop’s popularity during a crucial era in which hip hop was still being debated as a serious art form. So, what about Snoop? Since 1993, he’s endorsed Adidas, made songs with Katy Perry and briefly changed his name to Snoop Lion. He’s released 10 more studio albums, 17 compilations and 127 singles, and sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Yes, he’s been successful. Nonetheless, Doggystyle remains his best reviewed and highest selling project and will most likely stay that way. Dre’s presence was crucially absent from Snoop’s next album, 1996’s The Doggfather, due to Dre’s falling-out with Suge Knight. Snoop then released three subpar albums on Master P’s No Limit Records and bounced around from Priority to Geffen to Pharrell’s Star Trak in the last 10 years. A few of his albums, including The Doggfather, 2002’s Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss and 2006’s Tha Blue Carpet Treatment, are still quality albums, and his numerous appearances on Dr. Dre’s sextuple-platinum, landmark album 2001 are some of the best guest spots in rap history. Today, Snoop is a public figure known by preteens and gangsters alike, a man of a million identities who is as much pop as he is rap. That’s fine. I’m happy for Snoop. I still enjoy his other music (“Beautiful” is one of my favorite songs ever). But still, nothing compares to Doggystyle, a G-funk masterpiece filled with misogyny, partying, West Coast lingo and a whole lot of that genuine Snoop Doggy Dogg flavor. Howard is letting the Doggs out. To bring them back, email jackhow@umich.edu.
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monotone, so much so that even the infrequent changes in pitch sound more like a mere addition or subtraction of emphasis. Havok also provides long, dramatic pauses between virtually every line of each verse with occasional echoes — oh, how very deep and brooding. As for the guitar, the main riffs (expectedly) consist of a few basic chord progressions,
noop Dogg may be known for his acting roles, various product endorsements, hilarious lingo and jawdropping marijuana intake, but once upon a time — 20 years ago as of next month — the rapper then known as Snoop Doggy Dogg changed hip JACKSON hop with his HOWARD debut album Doggystyle. The significance of Doggystyle on Snoop Dogg’s career, West Coast gangsta rap, Dr. Dre and hip hop as a musical genre, among other things, is momentous. Before he was Snoop, Calvin Broadus was a 22-year-old, drug-dealing Crip from Long Beach, Calif. However, upon being discovered by Dr. Dre and placed on the now-legendary track “Deep Cover,” Snoop’s nasally voice, complex flow and undeniable swagger had the hip-hop world buzzing. His hype only increased with his show-stopping performances on Dre’s classic album The Chronic, where he appeared on many of the album’s songs and ghostwrote most of Dre’s raps. Coming into 1993, the anticipation for Doggystyle was unbelievably high. The album carried over Dre’s signature G-funk sound from The Chronic, drawing influences from funk bands such as Funkadelic, Parliament and Zapp & Roger, as well as finding inspiration in West Coast Los Angeles culture, full of women, weed and weather. By working only with Dr. Dre on the project, Snoop established a cohesive sound that is still uncommon in hip hop. This cohesive sound, though, didn’t only depend on Dre. Working on his first record, Snoop had the ability to really collaborate with anyone he wanted and used that freedom to bring in the only people he knew. Daz, Kurupt, Nanci Fletcher, RBX, Jewell, Lady of Rage, Warren G and Nate Dogg — all longtime friends of Snoop — joined forces in a completely natural way to form Doggystyle. This myriad of guests not only gave the album its unique sound, but also challenged Snoop lyrically. Artists like Kurupt and Lady of Rage especially were renowned lyrical assassins, and some of the best verses of Snoop’s career come on songs where he trades bars with them. OK, you get it; this was an important album, Dr. Dre did some cool stuff on it and Snoop became famous, whatever. But why is Doggystyle still considered by many as one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time and one of the best albums released in the 1990s? Why, though his career took
and about halfway through there is a very unimpressive solo (if you’d even call it that) that even the less musically inclined listeners could tell is just some kind of scale. The song is an ordinary gothic punk-sounding track with a pop flair, making it a depressing twist on Taylor Swift’s “22,” minus five years. —KEN SELANDER
Visuals paired with music work best when the imagery complements the tone of a song. In the video for A “Afraid,”off of the Afraid NeighbourThe hood’s I Neighbourhood Love You, Columbia these visuals work with the song lyrics to create a sense of paranoia and discomfort. The aptly named “Afraid” opens with a “viewer discretion advised” warning and delves straight into disorienting images superimposed on a blinking eye. The stark, black-and-white backdrop enhances the sense of dread in the lyrics, which focus on a fear of the meaningless and a lack of personal identity. The nudity of the band also helps to demonstrate the
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vulnerability that the song invokes. The slowed-down video also features jarring jumpcuts designed to invoke a trippy sensation, leaving the viewer with a visual hangover. The result — a druggy atmosphere — is exaggerated by the slowed down transition toward the end of the song, with a shift in tone to create
a hazy, purple ambience. This splash of color is darkly appropriate to the thematic content of the Neighbourhood’s single, which stands by itself as a topnotch recording. “Afraid” is ultimately an enjoyable visual experience emblematic of the typical Neighbourhood experience: bleak, but catchy. —JOSH FRAZIER
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4B — Thursday, October 24, 2013
The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
BRUNCH O’CLOCK
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Though it began as a place for just coffee and crepes, Café Zola has expanded to include a dinner menu.
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Owners Hediye Batu’s and Alan Zakalik’s Turkish and Polish heritage influences the cuisine at Zola.
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Zola is located on Washington Street, next to the Grizzly Peak Brewing Company.
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The restaurant is best known for its diverse selection of crepes.
Zola finds right recipe for brunch Café offers more than just crepes and coffee By CONRAD FOREMAN Daily Arts Writer
Brunch (noun): the mystical meal that bridges breakfast for the late-risers with lunch for the early birds in a hellacious fury of scrumdiddlyumptiousness. Brunch is a wonderful thing. At any joint with a good brunch menu, the spread includes everything from standard scrambled eggs to artisan sandwiches and a plethora of deliciousness in between. It was on a cold Monday that I set out for a perfect brunch-date experience at Café Zola, a place I’d heard about from several people but had never visited myself. To me, it had always been one of those places, to borrow a phrase from Yogi Berra, where nobody goes because it’s always too crowded.
Our timing on this day couldn’t have been better, though, as we walked into a mostly empty Zola (apparently other people don’t think 3 o’clock is a normal meal time — poppycock). We were promptly seated and left with water, menus and the daunting task of deciding what to order. I’d never tried crepes before, so I ordered the complete savory crepe filled with egg, ham and cheese — with a side of potatoes, of course (Breakfast!). My lady friend chose the Italian sandwich (Lunch!). I also got a cappuccino, because I like to pretend to be an adult when I go out to eat. I devoured my crepe and potatoes while, across the table, someone could only finish half of her loaded sandwich (no complaints on her part — she had won the leftover lottery). After our tummies were filled and our plates cleared, I had the chance to chat with Lucia Lagoy, the assistant to the own-
ers, Hediye Batu and Alan Zakalik. First things first, I had to ask about the enormous menu. “They designed the place to be a café that did crepes and coffee,” Lagoy said. “That’s kind of how it started. We didn’t have the dinner menu until about five years ago; they added that later on. Over time, they built the menu, but it started off as a smaller operation.” Crepes and coffee … sounds oddly familiar. So what was the inspiration for this expansion from a simple coffee-andcrepes place to the smorgasbord of foods from all over the world that Zola offers today? “Hediye is Turkish, and Alan is Polish,” Lagoy explained. “And they have a lot of international friends.” Variety is all well and good, but what really makes a great restaurant is the quality, not quantity, of the menu options. Of course, Café Zola offers an abundance of both.
“One thing I’d want to emphasize about our menu here is that everything is either made inhouse, or we get it from the very best suppliers,” Lagoy said. “Our maple syrup comes from a company in Michigan, up north. We could get maple syrup from Vermont, but we get it from Michigan because we try to support local businesses when we can, but we’re always looking for the best ingredients.” Lagoy went on to rave about some of her favorite brunch menu items. “We make eggs right,” she said. “Our potatoes are delicious. They’re not hash browns; they’re roasted rosemary potatoes, cut really well — we cut them by hand.” Not even the coffee was free from her ringing praise. “It comes from a company called La Colombe. … They just make amazing coffee, and they’re also a company that’s really into ethics and helping out communi-
ties.” But those are Lagoy’s taste buds speaking. What do the people love? According to Lagoy, the Turkish eggs and the crab cake benedict are two of the most popular items on the brunch menu, along with the farmhouse and artichoke omelets. Of course, a bad atmosphere can ruin even the best of meals. But even here Zola excels, providing a friendly experience and interesting decoration, including a diverse set of pictures lining the walls and a concrete bar. “At Zola, we strive to give somebody a whole experience,” Lagoy said. “It’s not just about the atmosphere; it’s not just about the food and the service. Our staff, our team, what we look for is to give someone an overall great experience. From the food, to the drinks, to the service, to the atmosphere, to the conversation, we just want them to come here and (say), ‘Wow, that was a really nice meal that I had. And
not just because the food was good.’ ” Being on the other side of Main Street from campus, Café Zola manages to stay off the map for many students who keep their Ann Arbor wanderings close to campus. But while Zola is perhaps more popular among grown-up Ann Arbor, that doesn’t mean it lacks student clientele. “We get a little bit of everybody,” Lagoy said. “We have a pretty strong base of regular customers. .... We do get a lot of student business, too. We get a lot of students who bring their parents. .… I’d say we get a very diverse clientele. Our menu is big enough that we have something for everybody.” Indeed, Café Zola has something to offer even the pickiest of brunch-munchers. The diverse menu, complemented by fresh ingredients and friendly service, makes brunch at Zola a rich Ann Arbor restaurant experience.
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.
Texas Forever “Friday Night Lights” stars Scott Porter, Matt Lauria, Gaius Charles, Zach Gilford, and Kevin Rankin post reunion photo on Instagram
It’s On Plans for an “Entourage” movie are officially announced
Super Series Kimye Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are engaged
Despite mixed success for ABC’s “S.H.I.E.L.D.,” Marvel plans to pitch four new TV series and a miniseries to VOD and cable networks
Government Shutdown NBC quietly places “Parks and Recreation” on hiatus
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