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After #BBUM, regents vow to take action on race relations Administrators voice support for students of color at meeting By JENNIFER CALFAS Daily Staff Reporter
While #BBUM trended nationally on Twitter, its message reached the University’s Board of Regents. The board heard Thursday heard from student leaders and administrators about the campaign and offered a glimpse at how they might respond. The Being Black at the University of Michigan campaign gained momentum Tuesday as students took to Twitter to share their experience and thoughts about what it means to be Black at the University — both good and bad. Over the past two days, #BBUM — created by the Black Student Union — has been used more than 16,000 times and spread far beyond the confines of campus. National figures have responded in solidarity with the students and the hashtag has inspired a similar movement at Michigan State University, #BBMSU. Although some administrators have already responded to the movement on Twitter, the meeting marked the first time the officials addressed
the campaign in person. The official University Twitter account initially responded on Tuesday, saying administrators are listening. During her monthly report on the Division of Student Life, E. Royster Harper, the division’s vice president, said the administration is working to address the issues brought up by the campaign. “It’s quite an informative and robust and honest and painful conversation among the community about the experiences of African-American students,” Harper said. Earlier in the meeting, Physics Prof. Timothy McKay gave a presentation on predicting student success at the University. The presentation included statistics demonstrating that students in less supportive environments tended to not perform to the best to their academic abilities academically. Many of the students who contributed to the BBUM discussion said they often felt isolated in their classes and with their nonBlack peers. Harper, who said she was struck by the presentation’s findings, said the administration will work toward improving the University’s focus on celebrating diversity — “the commitment that this institution has and will continue to have.” See BBUM, Page 3
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Ed Seaberg, Vice President of IT Operations at Rockwell Automation, speaks at “Leading Inclusion in Corporate America” in the Chesebrough Auditorium at Chrysler Center Thursday.
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Dining options to change University expands Dining Dollars, makes meals unlimited By CAROLYN GEARIG Daily Staff Reporter
After encouraging students to waste less food in the new trayless initiative, University Housing is implementing unlimited meals with all meal plans. For the 2014 academic year,
all plans will include unlimited meals, a certain amount of Dining Dollars and no Blue Bucks for students living in residence halls and Northwood III Apartments. Blue Bucks will be available for purchase but will not automatically come with any plan. The unlimited plan will be included in students’ room and board rates. The new offerings also include several different options to balance Dining Dollars and guest meals. The Bronze Plan comes at no extra cost and will include
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With $4.5 M grant, researchers look at video game therapies Simulations could help young adults with disabilities By IAN DILLINGHAM Daily Staff Reporter
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In response to the recent slew of letters from department chairs concerning the proposed Shared Services Center, the University released a statement noting the latest developments. University administrators apologized to concerned department chairs Thursday about the lack of communication and clarity in their decisionmaking process about the center, which is expected to cut costs by $5 to 6 million by consolidating humanresource and finance services to a centralized location. Timothy Slottow, the University’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, sent an e-mail to faculty Wednesday correcting previous factual errors and clarifying the University’s relationship with Accenture, the consulting firm contracted for the project. The Accenture contract is valued at $11.7 million. Slottow’s e-mail focused largely on a report released to faculty on Nov. 18 by purported alumni and graduate students concerning the University’s contractual relationship with the consultSee SERVICE, Page 3
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ing hall,” Siegel wrote in an e-mail. “We are hoping that the plans will encourage students to use our dining facilities as hubs for socializing and studying.” Currently, a 125- or 150block meal plan comes at no extra cost with room and board rates. The 125 plan includes 125 meals, 300 Dining Dollars and 75 Blue Bucks, while the 150-block plan includes 150 meals, 100 Dining Dollars and 100 Blue Bucks. The 200-block plan, Unlimited plan and Unlimited+ plan See DINING, Page 3
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25 Dining Dollars and two guest meals. The Silver Plan costs an extra $175 per semester, and will include 200 Dining Dollars and eight guest meals. The Gold Plan costs an extra $275 per term, and will include 300 Dining Dollars and 12 guest meals. Christine Siegel, senior associate director of housing services, said University Housing has been studying the design of new plans for over a year. “We want students to feel comfortable that they can eat as often as they like in the din-
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Rackham student Ben Alterman, Jim Struve, Michael Fox, and Jeffrey Glover share their stories as male survivors of sexual abuse at “Dare to Dream: Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse Movie/Discussion” at Kraus Auditorium in the Natural Science Building Thursday.
Screening discusses stigma of being a male survivor Men discuss healing after sexual assaultw By JACK TURMAN For the Daily
While many events regarding sexual abuse are guided toward raising awareness for female survivors, an event held Thursday night aimed to raise awareness, show support and explain available resources for male survivors of sexual abuse. The event, entitled Dare to Dream, was co-sponsored by the Central Student Government and the Rackham Dean’s Strategic Initiative Grant. The
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event emphasized that healing is possible for male survivors. The event started with a viewing of the documentary “Boys and Men Healing,” which tells the story of three male survivors and how their abuse impacted their recovery process. After the documentary, Chris Anderson, executive director of MaleSurvivor, and Jim Struve, one of the nonprofit’s original founders, facilitated a panel discussion. MaleSurvivor is a national organization that supports male victims of sexual abuse. Rackham student Ben Alterman coordinated the event with help from MaleSurvivor and many other University
and local organizations. Currently, one in six males are sexually abused before the age of 18 and one of every eight adult rape victims are male, according to Anderson and Struve. According to Alterman, 3,584 out of 7,446 sexual abuse survivors at the University of Michigan are male. Alterman, Anderson and Struve are survivors of male sexual abuse and believe that the first step toward recovery is reaching out to people. While this may not seem hard in theory, Anderson described that social stereotypes are huge barriers toward reaching out. Struve explained that sociSee SURVIVOR, Page 3
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At the intersection of video games and medicine lies a new University initiative to construct a center for the development of medical technology. The U.S. Department of Education’s National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research recently awarded a $4.5 million, five year grant to a team of collaborative researchers from multiple disciplines and departments across the University. This grant will fund researching therapies for adolescents and young adults with physical, cognitive and neurodevelopmental disabilities. Michelle Meade, an assistant professor in the Medical School’s Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, said the project — called Technology Increasing Knowledge, Technology Optimizing Choices — will likely spawn a new research center at the University, tentatively named the Center for Self Management and Rehabilitation Technology. Such a center would aim to supply practical therapies to improve the lives of patients with debilitating physical
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impairments. Among other projects, this includes the development of rehabilitation video games intended to provide patients with support in their daily lives, Meade said. “No matter what level of injury someone has, there is a capacity for that individual to have a happy, productive life,” Meade said. “How people do that often depends on their personality and the resources they have available.” One resource that Meade and collaborators are developing is SCI-Hard, a computer game that engages the patient in simulations of common daily struggles they may face at home. By solving problems and developing strategies to win the game, patients simultaneously develop tools that help them in the outside world. “That game is focused on teaching self-management skills — the attitude that people with spinal cord injury can and should be able to get out and manage their health and, once they’re able to do that, take on all the other challenges that life throws at them,” Meade said. The grant is also funding the development of a “virtual coaching” application that will track the body movements of patients with limited mobility and provide them with feedback from a health professional. Meade said researchers hope the app can See VIDEO GAME, Page 3
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how their abuse impacted their recovery process. After the documentary, Chris Anderson, executive director of MaleSurvivor, and Jim Struve, one of the nonprofit’s original founders, facilitated a panel discussion. MaleSurvivor is a national organization that supports male victims of sexual abuse. Rackham student Ben Alterman coordinated the event with help from MaleSurvivor and many other University and local organizations. Currently, one in six males are sexually abused before the age of 18 and one of every eight adult rape victims are male, according to Anderson and Struve. According to Alterman, 3,584 out of 7,446 sexual abuse survivors at the University of Michigan are male. Alterman, Anderson and Struve are survivors of male sexual abuse and believe that the first
step toward recovery is reaching out to people. While this may not seem hard in theory, Anderson described that social stereotypes are huge barriers toward reaching out. ANDREW ALMANI Struve explained that sociFor the Daily etal myths, such as the idea that male survivors are gay or weak, While many events regarding have hindered survivors reaching sexual abuse are guided toward out. Struve believes that social raising awareness for female surstigmas associated with sexual vivors, an event held Thursday abuse have caused men to think night aimed to raise awareness, that they can hide their traumatic show support and explain availexperience and can recover on able resources for male survivors their own. SANG TAN/AP of sexual abuse. “The definition of masculinAneeta Prem, founder of Freedom Charity, speaks during an interview in central London, Thursday. Freedom Charity helped to rescue three women from a house in south London who were held as slaves for 30 years. The event, entitled Dare to ity in our culture really creates a Dream, was co-sponsored by the strong disincentive for any man Central Student Government to come forward and to say that and the Rackham Dean’s Strahe has been victimized,” Andertegic Initiative Grant. The event son said. emphasized that healing is posWhile Alterman, Anderson sible for male survivors. and Struve have extensively The event started with a viewresearched and discussed this Sudoku ingSyndication of the documentary “Boys and topic, many students who attend- http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ Men Healing,” which tells the ed the event were shocked about police said. tions and conditions were they story of three male survivors and the stories and statistics disKevin Hyland, head of the subject to? Did neighbors ever cussed. Rackham student MalMetropolitan Police’s human see them, or did they ever try to lory Fuhst described that this trafficking unit, said the women escape? event expanded her perspective are “highly traumatized” having The women — whose names of sexual abuse. had “no real exposure to the out- have not been released — are now Others, such as Rackham stuside world” for the past 30 years. safe at an undisclosed location in dent Ramon Martinez, praised “Trying to find out exactly Britain and have been working the willingness and strength the LONDON (AP) — Three what has happened over three with severe trauma experts since panelists had to share their stowomen have been freed after decades will understandably take their rescue, Hyland said. ries. spending 30 years held captive some time,” he said. It is not known how the women “It’s a real issue,” he said.to in a south London home, includPolice initially said they did ended up in the house. The learn… be an ally in a variety of ing one woman believed to have not believe any of the victims 30-year-old, who would have had ways,” McGee said. spent her entire life in domestic were related. Later, however, to either been born in the home slavery, police announced Thurs- they appeared to backtrack, say- or enter it as an infant given the day. ing the relationship between the police timeline, appears to have London’s Metropolitan Police three women is part of the inves- been held in domestic servitude spoke about the rescues after two tigation and they will not specu- for her entire life, police said. people — a man and a woman, late on it. The Irish woman called the both 67 — were arrested early The force also said there is no charity from what appears to be Thursday on suspicion of forced evidence to suggest anything of an “ordinary house in an ordilabor and domestic servitude. a sexual nature — but cautioned nary street,” said Aneeta Prem, The arrests came as part of a that the investigation is still not founder of the charity that proslavery investigation launched finished. Police would not specu- motes awareness of child abuse, after one of the women contacted late on any motivation, name the forced marriages and honor killa charity in October to say she suspects’ nationalities or say if ings. was being held against her will the suspects were a couple. Police said the woman “found along with two others. The charThe revelations raised numer- the courage to call” in October ity went to the police, the force ous questions — all still unan- after seeing a documentary on said. swered — about how the women’s the BBC about forced marriagThose freed on Oct. 25 are a ordeal began and why it endured es. What followed were secret, © sudokusolver.com. For personal use only. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com TGIF. 69-year-old Malaysian woman, for so long. What brought them to “in-depth” conversations with a 57-year-old Irish woman and London? What freedoms — if any the women, Prem told Sky a 30-year-old British woman, — did they have? What restric- News.
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Four grants given to reduce toxins in the Great Lakes The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded four grants totaling over $3.6 million for projects designed to reduce exposure to mercury and other toxins for people eating Great Lakes fish. State health departments in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin about nearly $1 million each. Cornell University got about $600,000 for a project to reduce toxic exposure among urban anglers in the Great Lakes region. The grants came from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, an Obama administration program that focuses on some of the most persistent environmental problems affecting the lakes, including toxic pollution, invasive species and habitat loss. PA regional administrator Susan Hedman said Wednesday that despite significant progress, 10 percent of babies born along the north shore of Lake Superior had mercury levels above the agency’s dose limit.
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Florida legislator enters rehab center for substance abuse Florida Republican Rep. Henry “Trey” Radel, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of cocaine possession and received a year’s probation, said Thursday he has checked himself into a rehabilitation center. The freshman lawmaker said in a statement that he is seeking treatment and counseling in a Florida center for his drug and alcohol abuse. “It is my hope, through this process, I will come out a better man,” Radel said. “I will work hard to gain back the trust and support of my constituents, friends and most importantly, my family.” On Wednesday, Radel called a late-night press conference to announce that he is taking a leave of absence from Congress and donating his salary to charity.
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Colorado shooter’s case postponed for insanity evaluation The judge in the Colorado theater shootings case on Thursday indefinitely postponed the trial of James Holmes so attorneys can argue whether he should undergo further psychiatric evaluation. Holmes’ trial had been scheduled to begin with jury selection in February. Holmes, 25, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to charges of killing 12 people and injuring of 70 during a packed midnight showing of a Batman film at a suburban Denver theater in July 2012. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
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Activists upset by lack of progress at U.N. climate meet Hundreds of environmental activists walked out of U.N. climate talks on Thursday, saying they were deeply disappointed by the lack of results with just one day remaining. Wearing “Polluters talk, we walk” T-shirts, the activists streamed out of Warsaw’s National Stadium, where rich and poor countries were arguing over who should do what to fight global warming. The two-week session in the Polish capital was never expected to produce any big decisions or breakthroughs, but the protesters said in a statement that the talks were “on track to deliver virtually nothing.” —Compiled from Daily wire reports
BBUM From Page 1 In his monthly report to the board, CSG President Michael Proppe, a Business senior, stressed the importance of swiftly addressing the issues raised by the campaign. While briefing the board on #BBUM, Proppe acknowledged the movement brings to light an experience that the majority of University students do not have. “This is not an experience that I will ever have,” he said. “It is not an experience that 95 percent of our student population will ever have.” The University’s enrollment of Black undergraduates dropped from about 7 percent in 2006 to 4.65 percent in 2013. In 2006, Michigan voters approved Proposal 2, a ban on affirmative action in higher education. Although the University has worked to create alternate recruitment programs for underrepresented minorities, the programs have not been able to stanch the decline in Black and Native American enrollment. Hispanic enrollment has fallen as a percentage of the overall student body but remained fairly constant in terms of absolute numbers since the student population has grown overall. To improve the University’s diversity education, Proppe said LSA should change its Race and Ethnicity requirement to include classes offered by the Program on Intergroup
DINING From Page 1 are available at an extra cost of $143, $420 and $558, respectively, per term. While Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 off-campus meal plans have yet to be announced, University Housing Spokesman Peter Logan said he tentatively expects to have 50-, 75- and 125-block plans with different amounts of Dining Dollars. Additionally, University Housing will make significant changes in the function of Dining Dollars and Blue Bucks. Beginning in Fall 2014, Dining Dollars will be accepted at 25 locations inside and outside of residence halls. Blue Bucks will be disconnected from meal plans and will be available for purchase at any time by students, faculty or staff. The use of Blue Bucks will be expanded to items other than food, such as books and equipment rentals. Currently, Dining Dollars can be used only at residential dining halls, cafés and convenience stores. Blue Bucks are accepted in those places as well as at University Unions, athletic stadiums, library cafes, laundry rooms and dozens of other on-campus locations. Logan said feedback from the Residence Hall Association and members of the University Housing Student Advisory and Input Group was considered in the process of developing the new meal plans. “Most students have
SURVIVOR From Page 1 etal myths, such as the idea that male survivors are gay or weak, have hindered survivors reaching out. Struve believes that social stigmas associated with sexual abuse have caused men to think that they can hide their traumatic experience and can recover on their own. “The definition of masculinity in our culture really creates a strong disincentive for any man to come forward and to say that he has been victimized,” Anderson said.
Relations. Since eligible classes for the requirement must be at least three credits, the two-credit IGR classes do not currently qualify to fulfill the requirement. IGR courses are intimate, student-driven classes that discuss gender, race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, religion and sexual orientation, among other culturally relevant topics. Proppe added that the University should continue to listen to students, as they have on thegeneral-admission policy for football games, the Munger Residence Hall and the presidential search advisory committee — to gauge student voice and concern about diversity and related topics. Proppe added that he looks forward to working with the board to find real solutions. “Students are tired of talking; students want to see some action,” Proppe said. On behalf of the board, Regent Denise Ilitch (D) said the administration is working on programs to better approach problems facing diversity on campus. Although Ilitch said the process of implementing programs may take a while, she said the board shares the same passion to solving the problems as the students. “We’re as frustrated as the students, but we’re very committed to these topics,” Ilitch said. The next meeting of the Board of Regents is scheduled for Dec. 19.
responded positively — especially in light of the dining renovations and new options that will be available at South Quad,” he wrote in an e-mail. “Student surveys over several years indicated that these plans result in the highest levels of satisfaction.” Logan added that he has been in contact with other universities across the country to discuss students’ meal plan preferences — with unlimited meal plans largely preferred. Engineering sophomore Matt Chudoba, who currently lives in Bursley Residence Hall, said he supports the unlimited meal plans. As a freshman living in Mary Markley Residence Hall, Chudoba said the 125block meal plan provided more than enough Dining Dollars, Blue Bucks and meals, but the same plan is not as effective in Bursley. However, LSA sophomore Kaia Parenti thought the unlimited meal plans will be unnecessary for some. With her 150-block meal plan, she has only used two-thirds of her meals, and spends Dining Dollars and Blue Bucks a couple of times a week. While Parenti said she will purchase a Silver or Gold Plan next year to save money, she said she thinks a plan with fewer meals and more Dining Dollars would be a better option for some. “It really depends on where I’m living but I think overall, I wish I could get more Dining Dollars,” she said. “Twentyfive is nothing. It’s going to last me two weeks.”
While Alterman, Anderson and Struve have extensively researched and discussed this topic, many students who attended the event were shocked about the stories and statistics discussed. Rackham student Mallory Fuhst described that this event expanded her perspective of sexual abuse. Others, such as Rackham student Ramon Martinez, praised the willingness and strength the panelists had to share their stories. “It’s a real issue,” he said.
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SERVICE From Page 1 ing firm. The report suggested Accenture was “taking over financial and IT management” at the University. “I assure you that this is simply not true,” Slottow wrote in his e-mail Wednesday. “Well trained University of Michigan employees with deep expertise are managing our day-to-day finance and IT operations.” Additionally, since Rowan Miranda, associate vice president for finance, previously worked for Accenture, Slottow said Miranda took himself out of the selection process “to eliminate any possibility of real or perceived bias.” The report had accused Miranda of a conflict of interest because of the involvement of his former employer in the Shared Service Center’s creation. Addressing concerns that lower-income women were particularly burdened as part of the
VIDEO GAME From Page 1 bridge the gap between the hospital and home environments. “This acknowledges both the issues of the spinal cord injury and the priority of folks being
transitional staff, the statement said that planned Shared Service Center staff shares similar demographics with the rest of the University’s staff positions. Three separate forums led by Laurita Thomas, associate vice president for human resources, were held during the week to provide more detailed information about the center’s organization and transition process. The current structure of the center will feature six functional lead positions and about 20 other leader roles. Interim LSA Dean Susan Gelman reiterated in an e-mail interview that there will be no layoffsin the transitional process and voiced her support for staff members’ moving to the center. “In my view, this was the most urgent of all the concerns that have been raised regarding AST, and it is tremendously reassuring that our staff will continue to have a place within the university,” she wrote.
During the public comment portion of Thursday’s Board of Regents meeting, two faculty members and one graduate student expressed concerns about the Shared Services Center. Women’s Studies Prof. Celeste Brusati, Rackham student Elizabeth Walker and Women’s Studies Prof. Maria Cotera all touched on similar points. Their comments were mostly concerned with the possible dehumanization of faculty members and lack of communication and interaction between faculty and students. In her address to the regents, Walker said she chose the University’s graduate program over other competitive higher education institutions because of the interactions she had with staff on campus when she visited. “I want you to realize that by doing this program you’ll be taking something vital from my education,” Walker said. “There is no possible way the staff could continue their level of service in a different location.”
out and doing things in real life, as well as the knowledge of the health-care provider,” Meade said. Acquiring the funding and intellectual resources for the six projects outlined in TICTOK was an interdisciplinary effort, with contributions from the Medical
School, the School of Information, the College of Engineering, the School of Public Health and the College of Pharmacy. In light of recent cuts to federal support for research, Meade said the grant provided encouragement to everyone involved in the research.
Kony has reportedly been in talks with Kenyan president Subject of massive manhunt believed to be in the southeast NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Central African Republic’s government said Thursday that Joseph Kony, an accused war criminal hunted by African troops and U.S. advisers, is believed to be in the country’s remote southeast and has been talking with the president. U.S. officials and others expressed doubt the reported talks represent a breakthrough in efforts to bring him to justice. Kony, who has been indicted on charges of crimes against humanity, has evaded capture for decades and was the subject of viral video seen by more than 100 million people last year produced by the advocacy group Invisible Children. His fighters with the Lord’s Resistance Army are known for hacking off the lips and ears of their victims, and turning young girls into sex slaves. Reports over the years have claimed that the brutal jungle gangster was hiding in Sudan’s Darfur region or in a remote corner of volatile Central African Republic, where LRA fighters have killed at least 33 people since January and abducted more than 100 others. Central African Republic government spokesman Gaston Mackouzangba said Thursday that Kony is now believed to be in the town of Nzako. None of the groups searching for Kony
reported any indication that Kony was really there. “The president said he had spoken by telephone with Joseph Kony who wants to lay down his arms,” Mackouzangba told The Associated Press. “The negotiations are ongoing.” The government also said it had sent medicine to Kony at his request. The African Union envoy in charge of pursuing the LRA said Wednesday that many reports indicate Kony is seriously ill. The State Department said Thursday that U.S. authorities are aware that CAR officials have been in contact “for several months” with a small LRA group “that has expressed interest in surrendering.” The U.S. said it’s clear the LRA is facing significant pressure from African military forces hunting for LRA fighters and Kony. “At this time, we have little reason to believe that Joseph Kony is part of this group,” the State Department said, adding that Kony and his senior commanders have used “any and every pretext to rest, regroup, and rearm, ultimately returning to kidnapping, killing, displacing and otherwise abusing civilian populations.” The Resolve, a U.S. aid group that carries out anti-LRA work, said the report of talks with Kony is based on a series of engagements between an LRA group near Nzako and local authorities. A few mid-level LRA leaders say they are interested in
settling peacefully in the area, said spokesman Michael Poffenberger. “They have referred to involvement from ‘the big boss’ but there has been no evidence of actual involvement from Kony in this process. On the contrary, there is some indication that the group may be acting independent of his direction,” said Poffenberger, whose group helps run the LRA Crisis Tracker, a website that charts LRA attacks. The spokesman for Uganda’s military also said Thursday that he’s pessimistic that the reported contact with Kony or his fighters will bear fruit. Lt. Col. Paddy Ankunda said Uganda supports in principle any initiative by Central African Republic to engage in talks with Kony, but he noted that it’s the third time there have been reports of such efforts. Uganda has about 2,500 troops working to find Kony in CAR and the surrounding region, Ankunda said. The U.S. also has about 100 special forces stationed across central Africa who are helping advise in the hunt for Kony. Uganda’s military is the principal player in the multi-country hunt for Kony, who kidnaps men, women and children, forcing some to become fighters and others to become sex slaves. The LRA, which originated in Uganda in the 1980s as a popular tribal uprising against the government, has waged one of Africa’s longest and most brutal rebellions.
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Re-evaluating R&E requirement The University should require a freshman class on identity issues
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n Tuesday, the Black Student Union organized a “Being Black at the University of Michigan” campaign both on social media and University spaces, where Black students were encouraged to tweet and share their experiences of being Black at the University. The #BBUM campaign is just one of many student movements to point to declining minority enrollment and a lack of support from University administration as instrumental in creating a hostile racial climate. Since Michigan is devoted to promoting and nurturing a diverse institution, the administration should demonstrate this commitment by requiring all freshmen to take a course concerning contemporary identity issues. Earlier this semester, We Are Michigan organized a “Freeze Out” protest, where minority students and allies banded together to form a circle surrounding the Diag, carrying signs that read “We want real diversity,” and “I am that one Black girl in your class” along with other signs outlining the low minority representation on campus. Following an offensive “Hood Ratchet Thursday” party planned by the University’s chapter of Theta Xi, student leaders have responded by organizing forums to raise awareness and urging campus leadership to hold students accountable for irresponsible behavior and, more importantly, to stop treating these aggressions as isolated instances. As part of their general LSA requirements, every student must take at least three credits from a list of approved courses that fulfill a race and ethnicity requirement. To be approved, classes must discuss the meaning of race, ethnicity and racism, inequality resulting from racial and ethnic intolerance, and comparisons of discrimination based on race, ethnicity, religion, social class or gender. The goal of this requirement is to prepare students for working in multiethnic, multiracial environments in school and beyond. However, many of these classes are history courses that are highly theoretical in material. This is misleading because they imply history alone is more relevant than discussing the very tangible lasting effects and contemporary legacy of that history. Students should be required to take specific courses that openly discuss issues related to racism, classism and sexism as they exist and inform their interactions — in society generally and particularly on this campus. Instead, a required course about identity will help us nurture a more socially aware and
responsible student body, and will serve as an unprecedented demonstration to students that University administration is committed to promoting and institutionalizing diversity education. This required course should replace the current race and ethnicity requirement and should become a part of every incoming freshman’s schedule. The course should discuss social identity in its multiple forms — spanning issues of racism, sexism, LGBTQ discrimination, classism and discussing the ways in which power and privilege play an unignorable role in sustaining these issues. Learning and reading material, assignments and discussions should challenge students to consider their own identities and the role they play in society. To nurture meaningful discussions and a safe space, the course should be dialogue-based, with facilitators who are trained by the University’s Program on Intergroup Relations and the Office of Student Conflict Resolution. We recognize that students in this course will interact and respond to the material very differently, and some may feel uncomfortable. However, if the University is serious about creating a climate that is safe for all identities, it must urge students to confront the serious and often uncomfortable questions that our campus community cannot afford to overlook. Since the University has already instituted the race and ethnicity requirement, it only makes sense that it be refined and modernized to fulfill the goal for which it was created and adjust to the needs of our shifting campus climate. Only upon having these serious conversations, both with themselves and with others, will students be prepared to enter a diverse world without threatening the safety of others in that space.
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urely by now everyone has heard of the blog Return of Kings and their recent post, “5 Reasons to Date a Girl with an Eating Disorder.” This disgusting, demoralizing and disturbing article has rightfully caused an uproar from allies and opponents alike, all while gaining massive traffic on their website. The thesis of the article is exactly what it purports MAURA to be — no sarcasm includLEVINE ed. These men genuinely want, “to usher the return of the masculine man in a world where masculinity is being increasingly punished and shamed in favor of creating an androgynous and politically-correct society that allows women to assert superiority and control over men.” As laughable as this sounds, these misogynists aren’t kidding. In fact, due to their previously low website traffic, they engineered the article about the positivity behind female eating disorders in order to generate a wild controversy and thus get their name out in the press. Websites and blogs such as Return of Kings and Total Frat Move are notorious for this kind of behavior. People should combat their attention-seeking actions by ignoring their taunting and lurid posts. When being teased as a child, we were always told that people would keep teasing you if they could get a rise out of you. That is basically what these websites are doing. While they do probably believe the heinous words they publish, they also write to further their cause. By replying to them, in agreement or vehement protest, you are promoting them. According to the International Business Times, the eating disorder article is an offensive attempt at “trolling the Web” to raise the profile of Return of Kings and to profit off of the ensuing controversy. As more and more people flood the website after their friends post the link to Facebook, Twitter and other social media outlets, the website is gaining popularity from all the hits. It has gone viral — doing exactly what the nasty creators wanted. Along the same lines, as Dean Obeidallah beautifully opined for CNN last weekend, by doing outrageous and attention-seeking actions, the highly publicized Miley Cyrus has achieved
exactly what she always wanted: fame. By writing more articles about her and her bizarre actions (and even by mentioning her here) we are only encouraging and perpetuating her extreme behavior and fame. The more weird stuff she does on TV, the more her name is spoken, the more fame she has and the more money she rakes in. This same principle applies to Return of Kings and its brother website, TFM. The obnoxious and infuriating articles, which often promote treating college women as nothing more than mere sex objects, have made TFM one of the most popular websites for college men. By giving specific examples of TFM articles here, I would only be perpetuating the sick culture these misogynistic men have easily created through use of the quick and accessible Internet. While others may say that these websites are “all in good fun” or are untouchable because of freedom of speech, it does not change the fact that their backwardness is harming society. By constantly gaining popularity for talking about women negatively, some part of their mentality seeps into society’s consciousness. It promotes not only gender inequality but also rape culture through its constant treatment of women as mere objects. Whether or not these articles should be taken as a joke, they have gained popularity and are encouraging a sick, complacent group of college-aged men who think that just because someone on TFM posted about it, it is OK to act that way. While these websites are going viral and spiraling out of control, with positive or negative comments, you can stop their prominence by not posting links to them. Truly ignoring these websites would stop them in their tracks. This is not a request to stop caring about the issues they bring up, because open dialogue is important, but this is a request to stop funding their ignorance. By replying to them and showing all your friends their links, all you are doing is adding to their growing popularity. There are other, more positive and helpful arenas where issues of misogyny and inequality can be discussed without sponsoring the instigators at their core. Join me in silently protesting the Internet-monster-men who are instigating uproar for money. —Maura Levine can be reached at mtoval@umich.edu
W
hen The Michigan Daily hired me to write a biweekly column, I promised myself I’d never become one of those self-important student writers, adopting an unqualified opinion on issues I had little expeJAKE rience with or OFFENHARTZ treat recently acquired esoteric knowledge as something that our student body should know and care about. The thing is, in researching the U.S. embargo on Cuba for a term paper, I’ve become convinced that the outdated policy is not only irrational but also a clear example of the inherent dangers in both electoral politics and our lingering Cold War mentality. I’ve grown increasingly aware that while the embargo may have little impact on the average American — aside from depriving us of the world’s finest cigars — its continued implementation has had major repercussions for the health and well-being of the Cuban people. For the past five decades, the United States has imposed an economic, commercial and financial embargo on the nation of Cuba. The embargo comprises thousands of laws, including strict travel restrictions and U.S. Treasury-enforced penalties on international banks’ doing business with Cuba — all intended to topple Castro’s longstanding communist regime. As 50 years have passed and Castro’s government remains in power, it’s clear that the embargo has been unsuccessful in its stated intent. And yet the policy persists. The nature and aim of the embargo have changed considerably since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Once a Soviet-allied nation only 90 miles off the coast of Florida, Cuba can no longer be seen as the major threat it once was. The embargo, then, is not upheld today for purposes of Cold War containment. The
economic quarantine can also not be seen as having any legitimate potential to end the communist regime, as nearly 200 other nations allow trade with Cuba, bringing useful foreign currency into a nation that we are attempting to starve. Instead, the embargo is maintained as an alleged moral stance against the Cuban government’s repressive, undemocratic tendencies. This justification, however, does not hold up within the context of overall U.S. foreign policy. Despite numerous accounts of human rights violations, the United States trades with Venezuela, Vietnam and China. Additionally, American citizens are permitted to travel anywhere else in the world, including Iran, Burma and North Korea. The fact that Cuba is singled out among these blatantly more threatening and repressive nations is clear proof that the embargo and travel restrictions are not based on logic but Cold War ideologies. A 1998 report from the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency echoed this assertion, finding that, “Cuba does not pose a significant military threat to the U.S. or to other countries in the region.” The international community has been even more vocal in its opposition, condemning the embargo annually for 22 straight years, with the most recent UN General Assembly vote coming in at a lopsided 188-2, with only Israel joining the United States in support. Unfortunately, but perhaps expectedly, electoral politics play a major role in our continued insistence on maintaining a largely unpopular policy. Though the intensity of their opposition has waned since Fidel Castro handed control to his brother Raúl Castro, the elderly generation of Cuban exiles — many of whom
lost enormous wealth and land during the communist revolution — has been staunchly averse to normalizing any relations with a Castro-led government. As these Cuban-Americans make up a sizable community in the historically critical swing-state of Florida, many politicians have sidestepped the issue for fear of alienating an important voting bloc. Ignoring the ineffectual policy has had major implications for the social and economic rights of the Cuban people. Though certain restrictions on American exports have been eased in the past decade, access to medical technology and other necessities remains extremely limited within Cuba. In 1997, the American Association for World Health released a comprehensive report on the subject, finding that the embargo “contributed particularly to malnutrition affecting especially women and children, poor water quality, lack of access to medicines and medical supplies, and limited the exchange of medical and scientific information due to travel restrictions and currency regulations.” While the arcane policy has had little success in bringing an end to the Castro regime, it has been widely effective in crippling basic human rights for much of the Cuban population. Some may excuse the embargo as a matter of Cold War inertia, sure to end once the aging exiles lose their political pull or the memory of the Cuban Missile Crisis fades from our nation’s collective consciousness. But there is no justification for this calamitous destruction, and no apology should be issued for a policy that harms innocent people. The enduring existence of the Cuban embargo is unacceptable, and its abolition is long overdue.
No apology should be issued for a policy that harms innocent people.
—Jake Offenhartz can be reached at jakeoff@umich.edu.
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Being white means holding myself accountable TO THE DAILY: After reading through some of the thousands of #BBUM tweets, I’ve been challenged to think about what being white at the University of Michigan means to me. This is in no way a parody of #BBUM, but rather a reflection of my own experiences and what I’ve seen of others’ experiences in comparison. Being white at the University guarantees that I can walk into just about any setting here and feel welcomed and comfortable in my skin. I have never had the experience where a peer in my classroom has questioned my acceptance to this university. I have never felt alienated based on my race and I can rest assured that I will not stand out from the seas of white
The University can help Detroit by divesting TO THE DAILY: Dear President Coleman, On Dec. 7, members of The Divest and Invest Campaign will be taking a Toxic Tour of Detroit, and we request that you join us. The University of Michigan has long touted a strong relationship with the city of Detroit, and over the past decade in particular, Detroit-related programs at the University have increased in number and popularity. From the Semester in Detroit program to the new Detroit Center connector bus, it’s clear that the University has many ties to the city of Detroit. However, the Divest and Invest Campaign feels obligated to call attention to the fact that the University has engaged in practices that are entirely antithetical to its pledge of belief in Detroit. Our University has over $1 billion invested in the fossil-fuel
Send letters to: tothedaily@michigandaily.com that fill my classrooms and that my responses to classroom questions will never be attributed to my race. The largest problem I have found with understanding my white identity is that it’s become something I’ve only ever had to think about in these privilege comparisons. I’ve often times found myself wondering, is being white even an identity? After much thought, I’ve realized what my whiteness means to me. Being white, for me, is forcing myself to unlearn what society has engrained in me through the institutional racism I’ve seen before my own eyes. It’s about putting in the work to understand the ways in which I perpetuate this racism and making a conscious effort to stop myself. It’s heightening my awareness to the experience of the underrepresented minorities. It’s about opening my eyes. Being white is learning to take a step back, read and listen to my Black
counterparts rather than trying to speak on their behalf. Being white at the University of Michigan is holding myself accountable. Being white has given me a choice. Do I react to what I saw on my Twitter feed? Do I think twice about the many messages that were displayed on the posting wall? I can walk around knowing that no matter how many of my friends have experienced these sentiments, I could just as easily ignore them. I’m making the choice to listen and I’m hopeful that my white peers will join me. I stand in solidarity with the #BBUM movement that the Black Student Union has begun. The University has said that they are listening, and I can promise you that I am, too.
industry, an industry that is creating a detrimental legacy in the city to which we claim allegiance. The fossil-fuel industry has a long history of polluting low income and minority communities. Our investments allow the fossil-fuel industry to continue harming communities like Detroit without consequence. These investments include significant holdings in the Marathon Petroleum Corporation. Their expansive oil refinery in the city is responsible for making Detroit’s 48217 zip code the third most toxic in the nation, with a toxic burden score over 50 times larger than the state average, according to a 2006 University of Michigan study. The Toxic Tour, led by Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice, will take us to this refinery and many other sites of pollution in the city of Detroit to see first-hand the human impacts of the fossil fuel industry. President Coleman, you state on “A Partnership for Progress,” that “the university’s bonds with the city and metropolitan area are
deep and strong… We are pleased to work alongside Detroit residents to strengthen the community and its citizens… Strong ties with Detroit make for a strong University of Michigan.” It’s unethical to strive toward a strong connection to Detroit and its people, while simultaneously supporting an industry that is directly responsible for harming the health of its citizens. In order to appreciate the damaging impact the University’s investments are having in Detroit, it’s necessary to see the results first hand and to speak with those affected. We ask that you, President Coleman, join us on this tour, on Dec. 7, 2013 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., while we learn more about our role in the struggle for environmental justice, and how the University can play a key role in striving toward equality and environmental sustainability.
Blair Sucher LSA sophomore
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In battle of wills, Wolverines try to prove toughness against Iowa By LIZ VUKELICH Daily Sports Editor
Iowa’s Kinnick Stadium is notorious for being a destination of disarray for visiting teams. For one, the away locker room is painted pink, intended to be Michigan demeaning and belittling to at Iowa the Hawkeyes’ Matchup: Michigan 7-3; opponents. Then there Iowa 6-4 are the fans, When: Saturwhose seats day 12 P.M. are so close Where: Kinto the field nick Stadium that the playTV/Radio: ers can hear Big Ten them shouting Network not just their names, but also the names of their parents and siblings, according to fifth-year senior left tackle Taylor Lewan. To top it off, the forecast in Iowa City calls for a cool 25 degrees on Saturday. So it’s not surprising the Wolverines (3-3 Big Ten, 7-3 overall) keep throwing around the word “tough,” when describing the challenge they face this weekend, their penultimate game of the regular season. But Michigan plans to counter Iowa’s toughness with its own,
in a contest Lewan dubbed as a battle of wills. And with redshirt junior quarterback Devin Gardner leading the way, Michigan sees that as a very achievable goal. On Monday, Michigan coach Brady Hoke called Gardner a “fighter.” Lewan said he was surprised by the tenacity the quarterback showed last weekend against Northwestern, especially the way he rallied in the third overtime to score the game-winning touchdown and two-point conversion. “I knew Devin was tough,” Lewan said. “I didn’t know he was that tough. Obviously we don’t want him to get sacked the rest of the season, but if he does, I know he’s going to get up every time. That speaks volumes about him as a leader, as a quarterback, as a person.” Against the Wildcats, Michigan had to call a timeout when Gardner temporarily lost feeling in his left arm. Despite that, Gardner says he’s feeling the healthiest he has in weeks. “I always thought of myself as a pretty tough guy,” Gardner said. “The competitive juice that I have, that helps me fight through some pain if I’m a little beat up.” Gardner’s hits may not be behind him, though. In fact, he might well be staring them dead
in the face again come Saturday. Hoke said that Iowa is much improved from last season, especially on defense. Its linebackers mostly consist of seniors now, giving the Hawkeyes confidence to blitz more frequently. As for the rest the rest of their offense, the Wolverines expect to have a more established, balanced ground game this weekend. Fifth-year senior running back Fitzgerald Toussaint didn’t play in last week’s game, due to missing practices from a concussion. In his place, freshmen Derrick Green and De’Veon Smith handled most of the carries. But with Toussaint slated to return, Hoke said Wednesday that he has divided the snaps in practice into thirds. Saturday is by no means a marquee matchup, with both teams in the bottom half of the Legends Division. But in a year where little else except a 10-win season can be gained, Gardner is anxious to prove that last week’s overtime win wasn’t a fluke. “I always knew I was the ultimate competitor,” Gardner said. “That’s what really drives me. Becoming so close to my teammates, that really helps. You’re not only fighting for yourself, but you’re fighting for your teammates, your brothers.”
CROSS COUNTRY
For Gibby, McGuire, awards represent stages of success By MAX BULTMAN For the Daily
Not all awards are created equal — even when they bear the same title. During a meeting Monday, Michigan men’s cross country coach Alex Gibby opened an e-mail from one of his runner’s parents. He clicked the link inside the message and read the list of regional accolades posted on the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association website before turning to women’s cross country coach Mike McGuire. “Hey, you’re Coach of the Year,” Gibby told McGuire, while also noticing his own name in the matching column on the men’s side. It’s only fitting that Gibby and McGuire won men’s and women’s Great Lakes Regional Coach of the Year awards just days after they coached their respective teams to regional championships —the first time in program history the men and women have won in the same year. In fact, the coaches share many similarities. Their offices are right next door to each other, they both preach the importance of hard work and preparation over wins and losses and they both instill a sense of pride in their runners. But even though they were both honored Monday, the awards acknowledge the journeys of two coaches of very different programs at two very different stages. McGuire is the elder statesman of Michigan cross country. His women’s team has been a juggernaut for years, with a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Championships last season and five top-six finishes in the past 10 years. They’ve won three straight regional titles, and McGuire has been named Great Lakes Coach of the Year eight times, including the past three seasons. He’s coached Olympians, All-Americans and led his teams to nine Big Ten titles. It’s safe to say McGuire’s legacy is cemented. “I’m really thankful for having Mike in the office next to me,”
Gibby said. “He’s been a great resource for me in terms of getting to know Michigan, its history, the mechanics of the department, you name it.” McGuire even went to school at Michigan, running for the cross country team from 1976-79. That’s when he learned to covet what all Wolverines coaches come to covet — Big Ten Championships. “We’ve done really well at the national level,” he said. “But I was raised on the importance of Big Ten titles. Those mean as much as anything.” But as critical as McGuire has been to the program, and to the school’s trophy case, his impact on his runners has exceeded it. “It’s actually kind of funny, his personality has been coming out more and more each year,” said senior Brook Handler. “He’s telling us stories he never would have told us my freshman year. Getting to know him better as a person has been really fun this year. We make jokes about him being like our dad sometimes.” As for the coach in the office next door, Gibby is still building his legacy at Michigan. He came to the University after an extremely successful stint at William & Mary, where he led the Tribe to four straight top-16 NCAA finishes and won three Southeast Regional Coach of the Year awards. But when he got to Michigan just four years ago, Gibby joined a program that had failed to qualify for the NCAA Championships the year before. The previous coach, Ron Warhurst, had been the boss for 36 years. He coached McGuire when the women’s coach was still a student-athlete. Warhurst shaped Michigan cross country. There was going to be a transition period. “When I first got here, the women were leaps and bounds ahead of us,” Gibby said. “So we’re excited for own progress. We’re excited that we’re living up to the standard our women’s team has established. We’re excited to join the club, if you will.” This year, all of the runners on Gibby’s roster have only ever
“Hey, you’re Coach of the Year.”
run for him. And appropriately, it was this year that Gibby and the Wolverines finally dethroned Wisconsin at regionals, where the Badgers had won 11 straight championships. “We’ve been progressing the whole time since he got here,” said senior Mark Beams. “The way Gibby’s coaching works is that it’s a rather developmental program. Once you have a few years of investment, you can start to really see the payout.” After the Wolverines took home their first outright regional title since 1997, the celebration period was brief. Gibby praised his runners and talked about how pleased he was with the program. With nationals a week away, one could hardly blame him for quickly turning his thoughts to Terre Haute, Ind., where his team is poised for its best finish in years. But his excitement didn’t seem to match the accomplishment. That’s because Gibby is a Michigan coach, and the Wolverines didn’t win the Big Ten this year. “We measure our success by three championships,” Gibby said. “The Big Ten, the regional and the NCAA meet, they’re all pretty equal. But the regional is definitely third on the list of three.” Gibby values the regional title. He knows it’s a barometer for the team’s progress. He knows that, at that meet, he beat Indiana — the only team that kept the Wolverines from the Big Ten title — and perennial powerhouse Wisconsin. But he certainly doesn’t hold being a Great Lakes Regional champion in as high regard as he does being a Big Ten or National champion. “We like to think we have bigger and better things in our future,” Gibby said. “And I think we have the personnel to accomplish that.” On Saturday, both teams will eagerly wait behind a white chalk line in Terre Haute. Both coaches will step off their respective buses with the title “Great Lakes Coach of the Year” attached to their names. Their expectations will be high; they will both emphasize the process more than the result. Then the gun will sound. In the coaching race for Michigan, McGuire has an 18-year lead. But he shouldn’t look back, Gibby isn’t far off the pace.
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Freshman running back Derrick Green could make his second consecutive start against Iowa on Saturday.
Breakdown: Iowa’s ‘D’ will test backs By MATT SLOVIN Managing Editor
The Michigan football team hasn’t won in Iowa City since 2005, but that’s exactly what it’ll need to do in order to keep its revised goal of a 10-win season in play. While the defense impressed last weekend against Northwestern, allowing just 19 points in regulation and three overtimes, the offense didn’t come to life until fifth-year senior kicker Brendan Gibbons knocked a lastsecond field goal through the uprights to force overtime. The Hawkeyes and Wolverines are jockeying for bowl position after Iowa became bowl-eligible, steamrolling Purdue two weeks ago. Michigan pass offense vs. Iowa pass defense Had Northwestern capitalized on even one of Michigan redshirt junior quarterback Devin Gardner’s four near-interceptions last weekend, Gibbons probably wouldn’t have even gotten the chance to send the game into overtime. Chances are, the Hawkeyes won’t be so forgiving of any Gardner miscues. Iowa’s defensive line has begun to look more like the strong units of years past, and it just might dominate that young, struggling Michigan interior line. The Wolverines have allowed 19 sacks in the past three games, and it seems likely that the Hawkeyes will be able to pressure Gardner into at least one mistake. Edge: Iowa Michigan rush offense vs. Iowa rush defense
Overall, Iowa has the country’s ninth-best defense. But last weekend marked the return of the Michigan ground game, though fifth-year senior running back Fitzgerald Toussaint sat with a concussion. Freshmen Derrick Green and De’Veon Smith turned on the jets against the Wildcats, and though Hoke has insisted Toussaint is still his go-to out of the backfield, he also said there is a role in the offense for all three running backs. This week in practice, the carries were divided in thirds, according to Hoke. It’s crucial that the Wolverines set the tone early for a big day running the ball. If not, the Wolverines could well be stuck with yet another stagnant offensive outing. Edge: Iowa Iowa pass offense vs. Michigan pass defense The Hawkeyes’ aerial attack is not going to turn many heads. Jake Rudock starts at quarterback, leading a pro-style offense. He has thrown nine interceptions this season. Meanwhile, Michigan continues to rotate its safeties, giving time to redshirt junior Josh Furman and senior Courtney Avery. Those two have been more of a liability than an asset. Expect senior safety Thomas Gordon to play most of the snaps after looking very strong last weekend, securing the gamewinning interception. Edge: Michigan Iowa rush offense vs. Michigan rush defense This is where the Hawkeyes
have the potential to do some damage. Iowa won’t hurt you through the air, but junior running back Mark Weisman has shown he is capable of carrying the offense. Damon Bullock is the other running back the Hawkeyes use, though he gets fewer carries. Michigan is 12th in the country against the run this season, giving up 111 yards per game. The linebackers were key in last weekend’s win and will need to be again in Iowa City on Saturday. Edge: Michigan Special teams It’s safe to say Gibbons is back on track, recovering nicely at Northwestern after some unsteadiness in recent weeks. Iowa kicker Mike Meyer hasn’t missed in the month of November. The Hawkeyes are not a good return team, especially on kickoffs where they average just 18 yards per attempt. In a game that could easily come down to special teams, Michigan should have a slight edge. Edge: Michigan Intangibles Michigan seems to be at least a little rejuvenated after snapping its mini-slump, but playing on the road is always an adventure for Hoke’s teams. It’s senior day for Iowa, and the Hawkeyes will want to finish on a high note at home. Their four losses have all come against competition that is, at least, decent. Edge: Iowa Prediction: Michigan 17, Iowa 14
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‘M’ hosts first second- Still searching for round game since 2002 offense against Niagara By BRAD WHIPPLE Daily Sports Writer
It has been a while since U-M Soccer Stadium has played host to one of its teams in late November – not since 2002 to be exact. So Friday, when the Michigan women’s soccer team will host a second-round NCAA Tournament match, you can bet the stands to be full. One more win puts the Wolverines in the Sweet 16, matching the run they had last year. While it looks favorable for the team to advance in the tournament, Michigan coach Greg Ryan refuses to look that far ahead. “I don’t think our chances differ at all from previous years,” Ryan said. “You look at Michigan basketball — two or three years ago they were out in the first round and they had a good team. Last year they go to the final with a good team. (1) Virginia “It’s St. Francis (Pa.) (1) Virginia all per- La Salle Georgetown formance Georgetown on the Wake Forest day and Morehead State Wake Forest (4) Penn State you only Monmouth get your (4) Penn State days one (3) Michigan at a time. Milwaukee (3) Michigan Illinois State Anything Illinois State else down Louisville the road Iowa Notre Dame Notre Dame doesn’t Western Mich. Western Mich. matter.” (2) Marquette Following a 4-0 shutout over UW-Milwaukee, Michigan (9-1-1 Big Ten, 16-3-1 overall) will host Illinois State, which is coming off an upset over Louisville, marking the first time the two teams have met. Apart from having the luxury of not traveling, it seems as though the Wolverines have truly built a home-field advantage. In Ann Arbor, the team is 8-0 in NCAA Tournament play. Michigan is also on an 18-game home winning-streak against nonconference schools, dating back to 2011. This year’s Redbirds (6-0 Mis-
souri Valley Conference, 14-6-1) are the first in program history — and the Missouri Valley Conference — to move on to the second round of the tournament, due in large part to the help of two freshmen forwards, Hannah Leinert and Dagny Olson. On Saturday in Kentucky, Illinois State overcame the Cardinals in penalty kicks (4-3) earning it a 1-1 victory. Leinert, named MVC Freshman of the Year, scored the only goal for the Redbirds in regulation, while Olson sealed the victory with her sixth goal of the season. Though Illinois State couldn’t beat the three Big Ten teams it faced this year, the Redbirds are by no means a push over. They are ranked 11th in the nation with 51 goals, and are led by junior forward Rachel Tejada, ranked 31st in goals scored. Tejada was recently named her conference’s player of the year 2013 NCAA Women’s for the Soccer Tournament third season in a row. “We know they’re really strong attackingly, and we can’t take that Michigan’s for grantRegion ed,” said senior forward Nkem Ezurike. “We played really well defensively on Saturday, so we’re just making sure that our focus is still as high and that we come out strong on Friday. Added Ryan: “Their coach, Drew Roff, has been organizing them in ways that brings out the talent of each player.” Of the 323 Division I schools, Michigan ranks fourth in goals allowed (10). With the help of freshman goalkeeper Taylor Bucklin and the Wolverines’ backline, Michigan has limited opponents from cutting inside the final-third for shot opportunities.
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Michigan coach Greg Ryan hopes to take his team to the Sweet 16 for the second year in a row.
While the defense makes any shot attempt almost impossible to convert on, Michigan has also created multiple scoring opportunities on offense. Ezurike is dangerous downfield as she tends to linger in front of the net, waiting for the perfect cross — as was the case Saturday. Meanwhile freshman forward Madisson Lewis had an explosive performance on Saturday that made the first-round win possible. Lewis’ ability to be a key player reflects the maturation of the Wolverines’ younger players this season. “It’s having a huge effect for the team right now,” Ryan said. “When we were struggling, it was because we weren’t getting the same level of impact form these players. We needed these guys to really pick it up for us, and they have.” A lot of Michigan’s success comes from having the right mentality. The team has focused on not looking too far ahead, and the Wolverines are especially cautious now in a six-game tournament where elimination can come at any moment. “We work on making sure the kids are focused on the process of winning,” Ryan said. “You’re not going to win because you want to, but you’re going to win because you perform well.”
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Monday, Michigan coach Red Berenson said the only reason his team has a winning record is because of its defense. Niagara at In Friday’s Michigan game against Matchup: defending Atlantic Hock- Niagara 3-7-1; ey champion Michigan 7-2-1 Niagara (3-7-1), When: Frithe Wolverines day 7 P.M. will be just fine Where: Yost in the defen- Ice Arena sive zone. But TV: it’s a different Comcast story inside the attacking zone. “Goals have been precious for us this year,” Berenson said. It’s been an issue getting players not named Andrew Copp, JT Compher or Luke Moffatt involved. You could also blame a load of penalties — 13.10 minutes per game — for disrupting any sort of groove Michigan gets into during the course of a game. But perhaps the biggest contributor to the shortage of points doesn’t have to do with the forwards at all. In 10 games, zero defensemen have scored a goal for the Wolverines (7-2-1). “We don’t want the defense to leave the goalie out to lunch just because they want to score goals,” Berenson said.
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The Wolverines have had great success against Niagara lately, winning seven of the past eight games – six of those wins coming at Yost. But Berenson hasn’t been happy with his team’s play at home this season, partly based on the offensive struggles. “Our offensive rushes, when we get scoring chances, should be better,” Berenson said. “We should be able to finish our chances better than we have.” He always says playing at home gives Michigan a one-goal lead before the game even starts, and a quick tally might help put the Wolverines in the driver’s seat. In the team’s seven wins, it has netted the first goal of the game. In its two losses, the Wolverines allowed the first tally. The scoring opportunities have been there for Michigan, but those chances on net have soared high or crept just wide on multiple occasions. With Big Ten season looming in just a week, this weekend marks an opportune time for the Wolverines to get their offense back on track.
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Instead, Berenson points to goals like junior forward Derek DeBlois’s game-winner last Saturday. A shot from the point took a deflection and found DeBlois in front of the net where he easily buried it. Without a shot from the point, there wouldn’t have been a goal. It all starts with getting quality shots off from the blue line, but too many have been wide or blocked thus far this season. Michigan’s return to Yost Ice Arena, after splitting last weekend’s series at Nebraska-Omaha, will give it a chance to rework some of its offensive shortcomings. Niagara hardly boasts a stingy defense, allowing 3.64 goals per game, largely due to inconsistent goaltending with Jackson Teichroeb and Adrian Ignagni splitting time in the crease. The Wolverines had some success last weekend, particularly Saturday when they scored four goals. It was the first time Michigan netted more than three in a game since Oct. 12 in a 7-4 win at Rochester Institute of Technology.
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15 rebounds. Against Detroit Mercy and Western Michigan, every Wolverine that dressed saw game action. At home against the Panthers, four players reached double-digits, and Michigan shot better than 50 percent from the floor for the first time this season. “That really shows the growth of our team,” said Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico. “Once we get against those experienced teams in our league, those teams that we’re going to play next weekend, we need everybody clicking on all cylinders.” 2. The Wolverines have a lot of stamina. Three games in five days is a lot, even for a professional team, so the pressure to succeed was especially strong for the Wolverines during this stretch. But rather than crumbling under the pressure of strenuous scheduling, the team showed endurance on the court. In the Pittsburgh game, five Michigan players saw more than 20 minutes on the court, and four saw more than 30 minutes. “For those of you that haven’t seen our team in a while since last year, you will recognize the difference in their appearance immediately,” Barnes Arico said at media day. “They’ve all really committed to getting themselves in better shape, and getting themselves where they need to be in order for us to be successful this year.” Their victories are not only a testament to the commitment the team has made to workouts in the gym, but also an indication of the maturity and focus this young team has. After struggling to get to the free-throw line against the Broncos on Monday, the Wolverines posted a season-high 22 attempts from the charity stripe against Pittsburgh. Barnes Arico has stressed that making small changes bring about big results, and Michigan proved her right on Wednesday. 3. Working on rebounds really pays off. Barnes Arico has stressed the importance of rebounding again and again since the start of the season. And apparently, her team has caught on. The team total for rebounds versus Detroit was 48, and two days later against Western Michigan that number rose to 59.
The Wolverines have outrebounded all but one team they’ve played this season. Junior guard Nicole Elmblad, the only starter from last season, continues to lead the team in rebounds with 10 per game. 4. Michigan knows how to handle the world’s tallest teenager. Against Pittsburgh on Wednesday, size was a serious concern. The Panthers roster boasts four girls measuring at or above six feet, but one in particular stands out. The world’s tallest teenager, freshman center Marvadene “Bubbles” Anderson, stands at 6-foot-11. “With their athleticism, their ability to drive to the basket and their big kid inside, we said, ‘Let’s pack it in the paint,’ ” Barnes Arico said. “And then they go out and take 25 3s.” While the game plan was thrown off, Michigan was able to adjust its defense without leaving Bubbles open down low. The Wolverines forced her into foul trouble in the first half, and 6-foot-4 senior center Val Driscoll laid on the pressure, recording a career-high three steals. 5. Goree and Elmblad will continue to make an impact. Michigan only has three players returning from last season who saw playing time, and they have all stepped up to lead the team this season. Against Western Michigan, Elmblad recorded her fourth straight game with at least 10 rebounds. Two days later, she got her fourth doublefigure game of the season with 19 points, tying the career high she set against Xavier. “She came out in the second half and just was incredible,” Barnes Arico said. “She was really a difference maker, led our team in rebounding and just finished plays.” Sophomore guard Madison Ristovski has found a niche on the offensive side of things, and Goree has also shined on the court. Goree hit the buzzerbeater to send the Wolverines into overtime against Arizona and is averaging 10.5 points and 8.2 rebounds in 27.5 minutes per game. Both Elmblad and Goree have recorded two double-doubles this season and are tied for the Big Ten lead.
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Stauskas leads 3-point barrage By DANIEL WASSERMAN Daily Sports Editor
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Sophomore guard Nik Stauskas scored a career-high 24 points to lead all scorers in Michigan’s 85-61 victory over Long Beach State on Thursday.
Michigan wins first-round tilt with Long Beach State By DANIEL FELDMAN Daily Sports Writer
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — After seeing two underdogs, Northeastern and Charlotte, prevail in the first two games of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off on Thursday, the Michigan men’s basketball team wasn’t taking anything for granted against Long Beach State — a team over which Michigan was favored by 16. With a considerably larger fan base present, the 61 LBSU MICHIGAN 85 14th-ranked Wolverines struck quick, taking a 7-0 lead. After winning the tip, freshman guard Derrick Walton Jr. swished a three from the corner to open up the scoring for Michigan. The same result followed on its next possession as sophomore forward Glenn Robinson III hit the bottom of the net in the team’s 85-61 win. Walton would make another 3-pointer to push Michigan’s lead back to seven after an early pushback by the 49ers. Factoring in the letdown of their loss to Iowa State, this game was a pick me-up for the Wolverines. “What happened in Ames, Iowa was really helpful for tonight,” said Michigan coach John Beilein. While the Wolverines (3-1) made 12 of their first 17 points from beyond the arc, Long Beach State (1-4) was having no issue attacking the basket either. That seemed to change when sophomores Mitch McGary and Spike Albrecht came into the game with 13:14 left in the first half. With all five players from last year’s recruiting class on the floor, Michigan went to work. The Wolverines ran the floor, going on a 15-0 run, beginning with McGary getting an and-one opportunity, but he would miss the free throw. Guards Nik Stauskas and Caris LeVert followed with 3-pointers – one looked so good Albrecht was already trotting back on defense before it went in.
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Michigan coach John Beilein and the Michigan basketball team escaped the upsets that shook other first-round favorites.
With solid defense on the other end, the run spanned nearly four minutes and saw Michigan extend its lead to 18. When the 49ers chipped away at the Wolverines’ lead, cutting it down to single digits, Michigan kept countering back. LeVert forced a turnover and converted an off-balance jumper near the basket to push the lead back to 10. Stauskas added a dunk on a backdoor pass from McGary. Stauskas knocked down another triple before halftime to give Michigan a 13-point lead heading into the break, as the Wolverines matched their amount of threes made against Iowa State (eight), but on 18 shots, 11 less than was needed on Sunday. Stauskas led Michigan in scoring for the second straight game, tallying 16 of his career-high 24 in the first half on 5-for-7 shooting. Additionally, LeVert and Robinson scored 20 and 14 points each, respectively. But, like the second halves of the tournament’s previous two games, there would be a comeback. The Wolverines 18-point lead began to diminish. “I think that Long Beach State just wouldn’t go away,” Beilein said. “They hit six threes and
were right there. Thank goodness we shot it even better than that.” After a 3-pointer by freshman guard Zak Irvin with 13 minutes remaining in the game, Long Beach State answered with a 12-3 run to once again cut the lead to nine. “You know at this time of the year, given the experience on both teams, there’s going to be runs,” Beilein said. “They made a great run.” It was after a miscalled and corrected shot clock violation that Michigan finally ended the run. With 16 seconds put back on the clock, Michigan took advantage of the second chance as Stauskas nailed his fourth 3-pointer. “We didn’t have much time but we picked up on the clock mistake and Nik made a big, big, big shot,” Beilein said. “That’s probably one of our first big shots of the season because it was going the other way quick. That wasn’t part of a play. That was Nik doing what he does.” With one final chance to go on a run with less than five minutes left, the 49ers faulted as LeVert hit two dagger 3-pointers to push the Wolverines’ lead to 21 with 2:27 left. Michigan would finish with 14 threes, while shooting 53.4 per-
cent from the field. “We did a really good job in the second half (in) that last 10 minutes stretch of really just pulling away,” Stauskas said. The Wolverines will be back in action on Friday night, playing Florida State, which beat Virginia Common Wealth, 85-67.
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From Puerto Rico, ‘Vamos Azul’ By DANIEL FELDMAN Daily Sports Writer
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — It may have been a smaller group than what Michigan is used to when playing at home or on the road back in the United States – excluding territories – but the Michigan cheering section on Thursday, at the Puerto Rico TipOff, was more than proficient. Taking up the majority of the court-level seats behind the Wolverine and Long Beach State benches, the group of 200 fans made its presence known from before the game began. It started outside Coliseo Roberto Clemente at 4 p.m. as Georgetown and Northeastern fans exited the building following the conclusion of their game. With the arena closed off due to a break in action – Thursday’s four games were divided into two
sets of back-to-back games – fans stood in maize and blue patiently awaiting the night’s game. As the team took the court at around five to warm up, the section didn’t look so full. As Michigan took the locker room for its pregame speech by coach John Beilein at 5:30 p.m., the section started to fill. By the time the Wolverines came back out 20 minutes before tipoff, they were welcomed with a huge applause. A Puerto Rico flag in Michigan’s colors appeared. A man with a cowbell started to begin the traditions of a football game at Michigan Stadium. While the crowd couldn’t compare to one at the Big House, it remained consistent in keeping up a chant of “Go Blue!” and “Let’s go Blue!” throughout the night. As the players were introduced, Michigan’s starting five
clearly drew louder applause, increasing in increments as the next player was announced. By the time the game started, a decent amount of fans stood for the duration. With some wearing homemade shirts, some customized ones and some in maize “Vamos Azul!” shirts, the section got loud as Michigan began the game on a 7-0 run. It only got louder when the Wolverines went on a 15-0 run later in the first half. The only time when Long Beach State’s fans really made noise was when it cut an 18-point lead to nine in the second half. And it could have been louder too. Michigan fell victim to a shot clock violation that the 49er fans erupted in elation to when the clock hit zero. But that was reversed when Michigan sophomore guard Nik
Stauskas hit a 3-pointer to end the run and noise. While the game remained in Michigan’s favor from that point on, it wasn’t until two late triples by sophomore guard Caris LeVert that the noise approached what it had been in warmups and the beginning of the game. After the game ended and Beilein had concluded his press conference, he started to walk back to Michigan’s locker room. With the lower concourse located in the bowels of the building, the possibility of Beilein or any player or coach interacting with fans – who were promenading back to the locker room – existed. Beilein was approached, but not by a group of Michigan alumni though. Heck, it wasn’t even by any college-aged students. It was by a small group of young boys, maybe 12 years old, asking for a selfie with the coach.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Mitch McGary was named to several preseason All-America teams, and had Glenn Robinson III declared for the NBA Draft, he would have been a lottery pick. But through four games, it’s looking like neither McGary or Robinson will be the Michigan men’s basketball team’s go-to scorer. Sophomore guard Nik Stauskas has exploded as the Wolverines’ top offensive weapon, and as play-by-play announcers in almost every Michigan game like to remind their audiences, he’s more than just a shooter. But despite an impressive knack for finding multiple ways to score this season, Stauskas is still at his best when shooting from distance. And on Thursday, the sophomore made the basket look as wide as the Atlantic Ocean, which is visible from Coliseo Roberte Clemente. Stauskas scored a career-high 24 points to lead all scorers in the Wolverines’ 85-61 victory over Long Beach State. It was the third time in four games that the sophomore has scored 20 or more points, after eclipsing the mark just twice last season. Stauskas now leads the team in scoring with 18.5 points per game. Playing thousands of miles away from his hometown of Mississauga, Ont., Stauskas looked right at home on the Caribbean island, shooting a highly proficient 7-of-10 from the field, including 4-of-6 from long range. He was also 6-for-8 from the free-throw line for the third time this year — an encouraging sign for the guard, who has been able to capitalize on the respect other teams have been giving him from long range. “Our guys did a really good job of getting into the lane and finding me when I was open,” Stauskas said. But it was an unassisted bucket — one the sophomore created for himself — that put a stop to a 49er run that had chopped the Wolverines’ lead to nine with less than nine minutes to play. Michigan coach John Beilein termed it a “big, big, big shot” — calling it the team’s first big shot of the young season. “It wasn’t part of a play. It was just Nik doing what he does,” Beilein said. The coach has stressed all offseason that his team would need to replace the production it got from Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway Jr. last season, and while Stauskas admitted that, “it’s kind of tough to replace that,”
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Sophomore guard Nik Stauskas has become Michigan’s go-to scorer early in the 2013-14 season.
he has stepped up as the early front-runner for Michigan’s top option. Stauskas wasn’t the only Wolverine who had a field day from beyond the arc, though. Long Beach State opened with a triangle-and-two defense, which freshman point guard Derrick Walton Jr. and Robinson quickly turned into back-to-back threes on Michigan’s opening possessions. Sophomore guard Caris LeVert matched Stauskas’s four 3-pointers, and Walton’s three long-range makes helped the Wolverines set a new tournament 3-point field-goal record with 14. After the team shot just 27.6 percent from deep in a loss to Iowa State on Sunday, Thursday’s 46.2-percent mark was a welcomed sight for Michigan. But still, the Wolverines’ reliance on 3-pointers — reminiscent of Beilein’s early years with the program — could prove worrisome when the team goes cold like it did in Ames, Iowa. The 30 3-point attempts against the 49ers were a season high, though the team shot 47 total 3-pointers in its previous two games — well above last year’s average of 19.7. Still, if Stauskas is receiving the bulk of those looks, Michigan should be in a good place. The sophomore’s touch from deep — certainly one of the best in the nation — went cold throughout most of Big Ten play last year, but after adding 16 pounds in the offseason, teams shouldn’t be able to easily outphysical him any longer.
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Brooklyn Rider Physics series to to revive classics dive into black holes By CAROLYN DARR
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If you ever thought classical music was tedious, then you probably weren’t listening to the right performers. The music Brooklyn of the New York string quartet, Rider and Brooklyn Rider, Béla Fleck is anything but Sunday at boring. 4 p.m. Formed while work- Rackham ing in Yo-Yo From $30 Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, Brooklyn Rider was born out of a desire to use the rich medium of the string quartet as a vehicle for borderless communication. The group features violinists Johnny Gandelsman and Colin Jacobsen, violist Nicholas Cords and cellist Eric Jacobsen. With its wildly eclectic voice, Brooklyn Rider is re-fabricating the 300-year-old form of the string quartet as an essential and innovative 21st-century ensemble. Through the University Musical Society, the quartet will perform this week for Ann Arbor audiences. Brooklyn Rider will also collaborate with Béla Fleck, a world-class banjo player. Together, Fleck and the quartet will put on a show-stopping performance that will include original compositions by both artists. One of the unique features about Brooklyn Rider that distinguishes it from other performers is its performance style and how it relates to the audience. Speaking to their listeners between pieces and showing their respect for music is one way that the musicians interact with the audience. The group also performs standing because being on their feet helps to energize the musicians, and they find that this energy
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Their latest album, Recursions, to merge works of a variety of composers.
translates to the audience’s experience. “We reject the idea that a concert is a static experience,” said violinist Nicholas Cords. “I think there has been this thing in the past when you’re a performer, and when you get up on the stage, you purposely build a wall in front of you to deliver your work like a finished project. I think we totally reject that. The audience is a huge part of the performance for us — they give the energy and the feedback — and this affects our music-making a lot.” While it may not be the most daring or radical group to use the string quartet in contemporary classical music, over the last few years, Brooklyn Rider has steadfastly demonstrated that it’s one of the most broad-minded groups of individuals. “Whether it’s American music or music from Iran or from the indie rock world or from the core classical tradition, like Beethoven,” Cords said, “Or whether it’s music that we write, we’re actually trying to define what we do really broadly, which is the most exciting place to be
at.” Brooklyn Rider doesn’t limit its repertoire to any one part of the world or a single era. Its 2012 album, Seven Steps, brought together Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, “Together Into This Unknowable Night” by the young composer Christopher Tignor, and the group’s own collectively composed response to the piece. This year, the quartet released another album, Recursions, that merges the works of a variety of different composers, including Igor Stravinsky, Paul Hindemith, Alan Hovhaness, Edmund Rubbra and Cords himself. In one of Fleck’s most recently published works, The Impostor, Brooklyn Rider collaborated with the artist to make a concerto of banjo and string quartet. “Today, there are so many different kinds of languages that are next to each other in a world where I think people’s fears may be more open than they ever have been in terms of audiences,” Cords said. “I think it’s a great time to be alive as a musician for that sole reason.”
BOOK REVIEW
‘Phone Call’ balances science and belief By GRACE PROSNIEWSKI Daily Arts Writer
Mitch Albom made the jump from sports columnist to bestselling author through works like “Tuesdays with Morrie,” “The Five People You Meet in Heav- B+ en” and “The Time Keeper.” The First His newest Phone novel, “The Call From First Phone Call from Heaven Heaven,” conMitch Albom tinues in the same vein of its Harper predecessors, examining the complex issues of grief, belief and hope with the warmth and heart we’ve come to expect from Albom. The novel revolves around the various residents of the small northern Michigan town of Coldwater (not to be confused with the real town of Coldwater, located in Branch County). It’s a typical, quiet small town. That is, until residents begin receiving phone calls from what appears to be their deceased loved ones. No one’s quite sure whether to think these calls are a miracle or a hoax. Before long, the outside world finds out about the phenomenon, and masses of people — believers and skeptics alike — flock to Coldwater. Much of the story is told from the perspective of disgraced ex-pilot Sully Harding. At the beginning of the story, Sully has just been released from prison, serving a 10-month sentence related to the plane crash he was in the night his wife ended
up in a coma and eventually died. Returning to his hometown of Coldwater, a grieving Sully finds himself surrounded by messages of heaven and the afterlife. When Sully finds out his young son is carrying around a toy phone in the hopes that his mother will call him from heaven, he devotes himself entirely to disproving the calls. The skeptical Sully serves as a nice foil to the enthusiasm of the rest of the town, and keeps the story from straying too far from reality. This is Albom’s first work that plays out as a real “whodunit” mystery, using Sully as lead investigator and representative of the reader. In general, Albom succeeds in this foray. Interspersed throughout the narrative are bits and pieces of information about the life of Alexander Graham Bell and the 1876 invention of the telephone. You might think these interludes would disrupt the flow of the story, but Albom smoothly handles the transitions, working them to his advantage in furthering the plot. Plus, you learn a lot of really interesting facts about Graham Bell. For instance, his wife Mabel Hubbard was completely deaf due to a near fatal bout of scarlet fever. Crazy! The book’s a bit longer than Albom’s other novels. It’s not an arduous read, though, as it relies heavily on dialogue and uses short, to-the-point descriptions. There’s a reason Albom’s works stay on bestseller lists for weeks on end; he’s an engaging writer. There are no frills or long, flowery intervals
(impressive since most of his works have a theological slant). There’s a spark in the simplicity of his writing that keeps his work dynamic. The longer length of “The First Phone Call from Heaven” allows for some nice character development, shown primarily through the evolving relationships of the townspeople. There’s also a good critique of extremism on both sides of the religion-versus-science debate, as the two camps consume the small town in conflict.
Are you there, God? It’s me, writer Mitch Albom. The only problematic aspect of the story is its supposedly ambiguous ending. A novel dealing with the concepts of heaven and belief almost needs to end in uncertainty; of course no one knows what happens after death. While Albom tries to play up this ambiguity, culminating in a singular event, I found the incident too easily explained away by previous events in the novel. It’s not quite the spinning top at the end of “Inception.” If you’ve enjoyed his previous works, chances are you’re going to like “The First Phone Call from Heaven.” If, however, you don’t count yourself an Albom fan, this will be the one to change your mind.
This weekend, the physics department will once again host its Saturday Morning Physics event, this time on the fascinating topic of black holes. Started in 1995, Saturday the series invites anyone from Morning the Ann Arbor Physics community to join in exploring Saturday at questions that 10:30 a.m. captivate the Dennison great minds of Free today. Lecturers mostly consist of University postdocs — those who have received their Ph.D., but are not quite faculty. The series began both as a way to reach out to the community and a place for postdocs to get teaching experience. Dr. Fred Adams, a theoretical astrophysicist and professor in the physics department at the University, has been around since the series’ conception. He has been the chair of the series for the last five years and has given a few talks himself. “There’s always this pressure, and there should be pressure, for scientists to communicate to the general public, but that’s actually a hard thing to do,” Adams said. “It’s hard for anyone to take the science and make it accessible for the public, but the public is actually not that excited about it either.” Saturday Morning Physics, however, has seemed to capture some attention. Due to uncertainty about public reception, the first lecture was held in a classroom, but to the delight of the series coordinators, there wasn’t enough room and a larger lecture hall had to be opened up. Today, because of the size of the audience, an overflow room is created in the lecture hall next to the primary one where the talk is piped in and the slides are posted.
“The public is of course very diverse, and by the public we mean people who are not scientists,” Adams said. “These are public lectures available to anybody who is willing to think for a little bit. You don’t have to have physics or math backgrounds to understand. We have a sort of local following. Over the years we’ve developed a regular audience of older people, college students and even some high schools will send their students for extra credit.” Over the years, the series has played host to a variety of topics and speakers, including some big names. When Complicite, the British theater company, came to Ann Arbor in 2008 to perform “A Disappearing Number,” about the mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, the series hosted a panel discussion with them. When Philip Glass was here with his opera “Einstein on the Beach,” Glass, Adams and others participated in another panel discussion for the series. Last year, to celebrate the newly renovated Hill Auditorium, the series invited Scott Pfeiffer, an acoustic engineer who aided in the renovation, to talk about the physics behind the acoustics of the venue.
Topics aim to inform laymen. “We choose the topics based on what’s happening and who’s available,” Adams said. “There’s a lot going on in physics this year. We had two talks on the Higgs Boson before the Nobel Prize was even awarded. We were pretty sure it was going to be in the running, but even if it wasn’t it was still a big thing of the year. Basically, anything that’s cool in physics, we try
to cover.” For this talk on one of the most interesting phenomena in the universe, black holes, Adams asked Dr. Rubens Reis to speak. Reis, who came to Michigan from Cambridge, is an Einstein Postdoctoral Fellow and a Michigan Society Fellow. He has been studying stellar mass and supermassive black holes for the past six years. “Black holes have a certain romantic feel to them,” Reis said. “It is talking about the unknown. This idea that there’s something that we just do not understand. If you look from a mathematical perspective, the formula that describes a black hole goes to infinity. It’s where this equation breaks down.” Reis explained that many black holes, like Sagittarius A* — the one in our own Milky Way Galaxy — are inactive. This means that, while it’s still a powerful force in our universe, it doesn’t really affect things around it unless they get too close. In the event that something, perhaps a star, does get too close to the event horizon (the place past which nothing can escape the gravitational pull of the black hole), the black hole becomes active. The material from whatever has come too close gets accreted onto the black hole and forms a disk around it, which powers massive jets shooting out from the center of the black hole. “The black hole in the center of our own Milky Way could potentially become active,” Reis said. “One of the exciting things that is happening now is there is a gas cloud that is getting very close to the black hole and there is a possibility that sometime next year it will be accreted into the black hole. It will be pretty impressive for us who are looking for it.” If you can’t make it on Saturday or just want to learn more about the inner workings of our world, all the lectures are available free for download on the Saturday Morning Physics website.
BOOK REVIEW
Candid and meditative ‘Journal’ By MAX RADWIN Daily Fine Arts Editor
Flannery O’Connor wrote the collection of journal entries that appear in “A Prayer Journal” when she was 20 years old, the same age as many students Bon campus. Young readers A Prayer will relate to her urgency, Journal doubt and ten- Flannery uous relation- O’Connor ship with the future. Art- Farrar, Straus ists working and Giroux in all mediums, and those who failed to follow a path that would have allowed them to do so, will find it nostalgic or heartbreaking. Her entries are short — even the longer ones — and so is the book itself. This isn’t a grand assemblage of the author’s notes, but rather a modest, sparsely used notebook from her time at the University of Iowa in 1946 -’47, discovered years after her death. At times, in all its chaos and ambiguity, her collection barely coheres to a logical progression. “The rest of us have lost our power to vomit,” she suddenly concludes in a May entry about Christ and modern prophets.
As prayers, O’Connor’s entries are always unique in this way, and occasionally exceptional in spite of their rushed honesty. “No one can be an atheist who does not know all things. Only God is an atheist. The devil is the greatest believer & he has his reasons,” O’Connor writes for another day. But this is not, despite its title, a book about God; it’s a jewelry box for her artistic anxieties. O’Connor’s deep religiousness helps her cope with the shock of moving from Georgia to Iowa City. But in many ways, these prayers interact with God as if he were a muse, so that her spirituality fuses with the literary.
O’Connor explores the complexity of religion. “If I ever do get to be a fine writer, it will not be because I am a fine writer but because God has given me credit for a few of the things He kindly
wrote for me,” she scribes in plain, legible cursive. “Right at present this does not seem to be His policy. I can’t write a thing. But I’ll continue to try — that is the point.” It’s this determination that charges her wandering thoughts with urgency. Even when they distract themselves, thoughts like these tug on deeper heartstrings that allow the short collection — and its facsimile — to be worth this publication and marketing. The urgent tone asserts the book’s validity. Because, if at times you find yourself among your art asking, “What will I be?” — you are also O’Connor. Her words have been your thoughts. “This evening I picture theoretically myself at 70 saying it’s done, it’s finished, it’s what it is, & being no nearer than I am. This moral turpitude at 70 won’t be tolerable.” And those words hold weight with us because her work squashed those fears and fulfilled her hopes. Does that ultimately, in some way, ease the reader — make them feel better? In the end, probably not. Not permanently, anyhow. But they demonstrate a vulnerability shared by all, which drives us to pursue unlikely ends through available means.
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