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Lawrence Porter, the assistant national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party, speaks about the political conspiracy behind Detroit’s bankruptcy on behalf of International Youth and Students for Social Equality in the League Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Liquor store closes doors Blue Front shop owner says rent was too high
inventory this past week, Blue Front locked its doors to the Ann Arbor community after more than two decades of business. The 701 Packard Street convenience store, recognizable by its blue awning and cone-shaped roof, sold beer, wine and other convenience items. In 2005, owner Suresh Bhagat bought the establishment, which was founded in 1988.
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“STORE CLOSING” signs plastered the door of the Blue Front party store in January. After selling the last of its
Bhagat acknowledged that although rent has not changed in the last few years, business has declined. Inability to make up for the price of rent was a primary factor in the store’s closure. “Rent was too high — that’s why I closed the store,” Bhagat said. “That’s it.” Robert Kesto, who owns two University-area liquor stores, said smaller businesses like Blue
Front lack the luxury of being able to lower their prices and make up for the losses. “You can’t lower your prices so much to stay in business on campus, because rent is so high,” Kesto said. “So you have to run it as if there’s no competition.” Kesto owns Champions Party Store at 1227 South University Avenue and State Street Liquor at 340 South State Street. See STORE, Page 3A
Gov. Rick Snyder’s budget for public universities grows by $80.3 million By SHOHAM GEVA Daily Staff Reporter
On Wednesday, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) announced his executive budget proposal for the 2015 fiscal year in a presentation to a joint session of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees. The budget, which totals $52.1 billion, includes significant increases in several areas such as K-12 education, as well as proposals for tax relief and assistance for Detroit during bankruptcy its proceedings. Public universities were recommended to receive a substan-
HEALTH
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CVS’ removal of tobacco gets mixed reviews
Students weigh in on the convenience store’s historic move By MICHAEL SUGERMAN Daily Staff Reporter
CVS Caremark, the nation’s largest second-largest drug store chain, announced Wednesday that it would stop selling tobacco products in its 7,600 stores by Oct. 1, becoming the first drugstore chain to adopt such a policy. Under the new policy, CVS estimated that it will lose out on approximately $2 billion of annual tobacco-related revenue. However, this figure is only a fraction of its $123 billion in annual sales, according to reports from 2012. Mike DeAngelis, director of public relations for CVS Caremark, said the financial losses linked to tobacco sales aren’t a huge concern, adding that health is the company’s main focus. “Pharmacies are becoming more involved in chronic disease management to help
patients with high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes,” he wrote in an e-mail interview. “All of these conditions are made worse by smoking and cigarettes have no place in a setting where healthcare is delivered.” Robert Winfield, the University’s chief health officer, said reducing access to tobacco products will positively affect communities nationwide. He called tobacco a “substantial killer” and said any means to reduce its use could be beneficial. Winfield acknowledged that CVS’s decision to take tobacco off the market won’t stop everyone from smoking, but this kind of policy coupled with community pressure may change the minds of some smokers. “When we were deciding to have the campus become smoke-free, we knew that we would be addressing the community issue because we were going to change the environment and make it a less welcoming place for people to smoke,” Winfield said. “The fact that CVS is choosing to not See CVS, Page 3A
tial 6.1-percent funding increase amounting to $80.3 million, which represents both the largest increase in higher education funding since 2001 and a structural reversal from the 15-percent decrease in education funding Snyder proposed in 2011 during his first year as governor. State Rep. Jeff Irwin (D– Ann Arbor) said the increase in education funding, along with proposed tax relief measures, represented some of the major differences between the governor’s latest budget proposal and those from previous years. “You can tell it’s an election year with how different this budget is from the previous budgets I’ve had the opportunity to vote on,” Irwin said. “We’re actually seeing education get the money; we’re actually seeing tax relief being targeted more broadly rather than just at wealthy indiSee BUDGET, Page 3A
Greek orgs., PULSE host health fair to aid students Program aims to increase awareness about diversity of services available By JULIA LISS Daily Staff Reporter TRACY KO/Daily
Michigan forward Glenn Robinson III scored 23 points to lead the Wolverines to a 79-50 win over Nebraska.
Student disabilities office celebrates 40th anniversary Panelists discuss center’s progress, future initiatives By CHARLOTTE JENKINS Daily Staff Reporter
The Office of Services for Students with Disabilities is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year with a series of presentations. SSD collaborated with
the Career Center Wednesday to present “Navigating the Road to Work: Making the Connection Between Students with Disabilities and Employment.” The event, which was held in Hatcher Graduate Library, featured panelists from the University and companies to advise students with disabilities. Ashleigh Maynor, career consultant at the Career Center and liaison between SSD and the Career Center, helped initi-
ate the collaboration between the two offices. “I noticed students coming into the Career Center with a lot of questions about talking about disability with an employer,” Maynor said. Maynor said she hopes the event will begin a collaborative initiative that will educate the University community about an increasingly common issue. She added that the program See DISABLED, Page 3A
As students braved the blustery weather, others manned stations throughout Central Campus dedicated to promoting health and wellness. The Greeks for Wellness division of PULSE, a student-run organization sponsored by University Health Service, held a health and wellness fair Wednesday afternoon. Called “7 Wonders of the Wellness World,” the event featured stations around Central Campus focusing on major health issues that college students often face. The stations focused on seven significant health issues for students, including mental health, academics, body image, sexual health, healthy relationships, nutrition and exercise. The stations were spread out See GREEK, Page 3A
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What were you involved in during your time at the University? VIRGINIA LOZANO/Daily
I was at the University for undergraduate and graduate
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school. I studied Aerospace Engineering (as an) undergraduate and received an MBA in graduate school. During my undergraduate years, I played on the varsity baseball team and was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
sonalities. Also, as an athlete, I learned to manage my time and work with the team to meet our goals. These abilities have served me well over the years.
How do you think the University’s education prepared you for your current job?
My fondest memory of my undergraduate years was learning I had made the varsity baseball team. I was with my friend, Chris Brewster (who ran track), when I found out. My fondest memory of graduate school was meeting my wife, Carolyn, whom I have been married to for 21 years. — ALEXANDRA DITOMMASO
My Michigan education gave me the technical and financial skills I use in my job today. It also taught me how to perform in a group environment and effectively work with all sorts of per-
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Crying over spilled oil
Kremerata Baltica
Beginner meditation
WHERE: 613 Oxford Rd. WHEN: Wednesday at 1:30 a.m. WHAT: A subject reported he had fallen on an icy sidewalk, University Police reported. The subject did not sustain any injuries.
WHERE: 1300 Block Beal Avenue WHEN: Tuesday at 8 a.m. WHAT: A quantity of oil was spilled, likely from a vehicle that had already departed, University Police reported. No liquid made it into the drain system.
WHAT: Violinist Gidon Kremer and his chamber ensemble Kremerata Baltica honors the centennial of Benjamin Britten’s birth. Tickets start at $10. WHO: University Musical Society WHEN: Tonight at 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Hill Auditorium
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WHAT: The weekly event will cover basic meditation skills to relieve stress and anxiety. Participants come on a drop-in basis. WHO: Counseling and Psychological Services WHEN: Today from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Michigan Union,
WHERE: 200 Fletcher St. WHEN: Wednesday at about 2:20 a.m. WHAT: A driver was arrested during a traffic stop for possession of alcohol as a minor and possession of what was suspected to be marijuana, University Police reported. He was processed and released, pending warrant authorization.
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Antinuclear Writer to writer protest lecture WHAT: University profesWHAT: Noriko Manabe, assistant professor of music at Princeton University, leads a lecture on music in the antinuclear protest movement of postFukushima Japan. WHO: Center for Japanese Studies WHEN: Today at 12 p.m. WHERE: School of Social Working Building, Rm. 1636
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WHERE: Ann Street WHEN: Tuesday at about 1 p.m. WHAT: A University bus and a University service vehicle reportedly collided into each other. No injuries were reported. The accident was handed over to the Ann Arbor Police for response.
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Derek Kerr earned his undergraduate degree in aerospace engineering in 1986 and his MBA in 1991, both from the University. He is currently the chief financial officer for American Airlines. He met his wife of 21 years during their time in graduate school at the University and his daughter is an LSA freshman. He and his wife are also involved with the University’s new Victors for Michigan campaign.
LSA senior Heather Barlow and LSA senior Rachel Gefen discuss stress relievers for students at a Greek life health station in the Union Wednesday.
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NBC reported snowboarder Shaun White has bowed out of the slopestyle event at the 2014 Sochi Games. White said he will solely focus on “trying to bring home the third straight gold medal in halfpipe for Team USA.”
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Fans of Kraft Food are in a state of distress after Velveeta and Polly-O string cheese experienced a shortage of cheese, ABC News reported. Kraft said the shortage is due to a “premature spoilage” and “minor manufacturing challenges.”
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Utah district explains why $2 school lunches were seized Cafeteria manager, district supervisor on paid leave during investigation SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah school district that came under fire for taking away $2 school lunches from some 40 students whose parents owed money on food accounts are vowing to make systemic changes to ensure it never happens again. Salt Lake City School District child nutrition department director Kelly Orton on Tuesday night delivered a brief, preliminary report to the school board pinning the incident on violations of agency procedure and a failure to notify parents that their children’s lunch accounts were empty or in the negative. “We took food trays away and embarrassed students, and
for that I am sorry,” Orton’s report says. “No child will have their meal tray taken away ever again.” To avoid that happening again, Orton said they’ve created new communication guidelines for kitchen managers. The district also plans to notify parents when their balance is at $10, when its’ empty, and then every day after as it accrues a negative balance. The incident occurred Jan. 28 at Uintah Elementary when students trying to buy lunch had their meals thrown away, angering parents and stirring outrage around the country. The district put a cafeteria manager and a district supervisor on paid leave as the investigation got underway last week. The report didn’t indicate whose decision it was to toss the lunches. The children who had their meals thrown out were given milk and fruit, a standard prac-
tice when students don’t have lunch money. Several dozen parents attended the meeting, and some said the report was vague and that the cafeteria worker put on leave was being scapegoated, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. Some parents urged district leaders to hold Orton and his staff accountable. “The lunchroom staff should not be held accountable for the policies implemented by their supervisors,” said Lynn Lonardo, who said her daughter’s lunch was confiscated last week. But Heather Bennett, board vice president, said the move wasn’t disciplinary. District Superintendent McKell Withers said the leave is typical during investigations and was meant to protect the affected workers from threats. Police investigated several threatening phone calls made to the school following the incident, but determined they were not credible, Salt Lake City School District spokesman Jason Olsen said. School officials cited privacy concerns in not identifying the two workers on leave. Bennett and other board members said they were as upset as the parents who attended the meeting. “We share your real horror at the specific happening that’s brought us here,” she said. Under board member questioning, Orton said his department didn’t properly tell parents about a new electronic payment system, and he promised efforts to prevent meals from being tossed again. He said the investigation was ongoing and his report wasn’t definitive. Many parents were unaware of the system swap that makes it harder to set up email alerts about balances, Orton said, whereas the old system automatically sent out messages. He said the new system is more cost-efficient and processes payments quicker.
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Eric Heinze, Political Science and International Studies Prof. of the University of Oklahoma speaks at the Human Rights in Conflict Series in Rackham Auditorium Wednesday.
Syria and South Sudan the focus of human rights and norms talk Panel examines role society plays in humanitarian issues By MAYA KALMAN Daily Staff Reporter
Building on the conversation about the ethics and politics of humanitarian intervention in Syria and South Sudan, Human Rights Through Education hosted a panel discussion with about 50 attendees Wednesday evening in the Rackham Amphitheater. The panel featured Megan Schmidt, outreach officer at International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect, an organization of NGOs that advocates increased for human rights measures, and Eric A. Heinze, associate professor of political science and international and area studies at the University of Oklahoma. The hour-long discussion began with an introduction by Schmidt, who joined the panel via Skype, where she described the goals of the ICRtoP. The RtoP movement aims to protect populations from genocide, war
crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing, Schmidt said. She also described the critical role civil society plays in responding to violations of human rights and the difficulty in finding an adequate way to respond to these violations. “This really serious response gap left the international community to essentially choose between the lesser of two evils,” Schmidt said. “So you have on the one hand doing nothing, largely in part to the principle of non-interference, or on the other, misuse of military force.” Conceding that many advancements have been made in addressing issues of human rights violations, Schmidt said there are still many pressing challenges ahead, including raising awareness, monitoring indicators of human rights violations and assisting in recovery efforts. The discussion continued with a short lecture by Heinze, who discussed the internal and external dimensions of human rights. Heinze described the internal dimension as “the state’s responsibility to protect its own people,” and the external
as “the international community’s responsibility to assist other states in developing the capacity to prevent those sorts of atrocities within their own boundaries, as well as the international community’s responsibility to protect people in other countries.” Heinze also discussed the establishment of international norms of human rights and the conflict between adhering to those norms while maintaining state sovereignty. He added that because these standards of expected conduct aren’t binding for governments, violations of human rights are allowed to continue. “Just because the norm prohibiting torture is frequently violated, (it) doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist,” he said. He also addressed the question of when humanitarian intervention should take place, adding that this shared responsibility by the global community conflicts with the principle of state sovereignty. Sovereignty — the principle that governments have the right to act as they please within their nation’s boundaries See RIGHTS, Page 3A
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CVS From Page 1A carry tobacco is really an interface between the community and policy. They will influence people by making it harder to get.” Although LSA sophomore Jordan Roth is a regular cigarette smoker, he said he supports CVS’s decision to halt tobacco sales. “I’d have to go ahead and be a hypocrite and say that it’s admirable if it’s for reasons like not wanting kids to smoke,” he said. “I smoke myself and I don’t think I should and I don’t think other people should.” CVS’s decision stands in stark contrast to its competitor, the Walgreen Company, which appealed and managed to over-
STORE From Page 1A Last year, Bhagat said he asked the landlord of the property, Jill Warren, for lowered rent and renovations to areas of the building. Business revenue alone could not pay for necessary repairs to the property. “I asked the landlord to remodel part of the building and she refused,” Bhagat said. He added that there were no disputes between the business and Warren. She also owns the two apartment units above Blue Front. Across the street from Blue Front is Campus Corner, anoth-
DISABLED From Page 1A aims to ease students’ fears about having a disability by educating them about available resources and how to navigate finding a career after graduation. The question and answer portion of the presentation demonstrated this anxiety. One student asked whether he should disclose his ADHD when applying to jobs. Another student asked how he should handle his dyslexia if he is asked to read or use numbers suddenly during a job interview. SSD was established in 1974 following the passage of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act. Section 504 of that act states any institution that receives any
RIGHTS From Page 2A — makes humanitarian intervention even more difficult. Heinze added that while important progress has been made in strengthening international norms of human rights, there is much work still to be done. “At least as it pertains to humanitarian intervention, my observation is that RtoP hasn’t really changed the consensus that much,” Heinze said.
turn a San Francisco anti-tobacco sales law in 2008. CVS is second only to Walgreens in retail locations nationwide, but analysts say CVS leads in sales. Target was the last major chain to cease tobacco sales in 1996. Locally, this policy change may push more Ann Arborites to buy their tobacco products at smaller convenience stores and drugstores like Walgreens, which opened a location in January near CVS. Local Walgreens management was not available for comment. Bill Gee, an employee at State Street Liquor, said he doesn’t expect CVS’s policy change to increase traffic to the liquor store, which does sell tobacco products. He added that people who smoke cigarettes will simply
find other places to buy them. However, J Evitts, a cashier at the 7-Eleven on State Street, said the store sells a lot of tobacco products and affirmed that CVS’s new policy will help sales at 7-Eleven. Roth, the student, said he likes the familiarity of local businesses and shops for his cigarettes at an Ann Arbor convenience store. His retailer will occasionally provide them for a discounted price. However, he added that he would consider shopping at Walgreens, which is closer to his house, and likely sells its cigarettes for lower prices. According to a 2009 study by the Center for Global Tobacco Control, less than 5 percent of national cigarette sales occur in pharmacies.
er convenience store with a liquor license. Campus Corner sells liquor in addition to beer and wine, which are Blue Front’s sole alcoholic wares. Campus Corner Owner Gus Batwo said the ability of small stores to pay rent is a growing challenge. According to Batwo, Ann Arbor has given too many business licenses to drug stores such as CVS, which opened in 2011, and Walgreens, which opened in January. Unlike local liquor stores, drug stores do not make their money by selling alcohol. Batwo said students may walk to CVS for groceries and other goods, but liquor stores have a more comprehensive selection of alcohol.
Although individual stores must compete against cheaper prices, they have held onto their niche within the Ann Arbor community. “To tell you the truth, Champions and State Street Liquor do not compete against our competition,” Kesto said. “Our competition competes against us.” Kesto said the owner of a small business must understand his surrounding area. The fear of competing against larger chains often discourages newcomers from opening individual stores in the downtown area. “Some customers believe in local stores and mom-and-pop party stores,” Kesto said. “We really appreciate their support for us and their business.”
federal funding must provide accommodations for students with disabilities. Caleb Adams, career-planning coordinator at Peckham, Inc. in Lansing, said it is important that students learn how to navigate the job pool with a disability. “There is a growing number of employers now who are actively recruiting people with disabilities,” Adams said. “Right now, there is a mismatch in supply and demand.” Adams added that the stigma of disability is decreasing. “Most employers are realizing they already employ people with disabilities,” Adams said. “It’s nothing new or different than what they’re already doing.” SSD Director Stuart Segal said the job of SSD is to serve both the
institution and the students. Segal said he is concerned that students who have disabilities are unaware of the office and that they might be entitled to academic accommodations that they’re not receiving. The greatest challenge for these students, he said, may be the fear of discussing their disabilities because they think that they will not be accepted. Adams said this fear should ebb as disability becomes less of an issue in the future. “I am hoping that within 10 years, the question about why should an employer hire a person with a disability will be absurd,” Adams said. “It will be ridiculous to question that and select someone out of a job because they have a disability.”
However, he stressed the importance of educational events on human rights intervention. “I think events like this are critically important to raising awareness on these issues,” Heinze said. “It’s one thing to be aware of what RtoP is. It’s another thing to have knowledge about some of the challenges associated with it.” LSA junior Courtney Rygalski said the panel offered interesting ideas about how political entities face issues of morality related to human rights. “I don’t think there’s an easy solution but I think that debate
will help make it better than the situation is right now,” she said. Another event organizer, LSA junior Shelbie Rose, said she hopes to “be able to educate the wider campus on humanitarian intervention because it’s such a relevant topic right now.” LSA senior Allison Punch, another event organizer, noted that the event presented two different perspectives on the topic of human rights. “But unfortunately we haven’t been able to hear from the voices of people who are directly affected by these atrocities that we’re seeking to prevent.”
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GREEK From Page 1A between the Central Campus Recreation Building, the Shapiro Undergraduate Library, the Michigan Union and Chemistry Atrium, with each station’s location corresponding in some way to the issue being addressed. The mental health station was in the Union, where the Counseling and Psychological Services office is, while the academic stress station was in the UGLi, where many students do homework and study. At each station, students were given pamphlets with information pertaining to that specific issue and related wellness tips, as well as lists of on-campus resources available to them.
Every station had free giveaways, most of which were donated by various campus organizations. The Alumni Center donated Blue Books for the academics station, Sexperteam, an student organization dedicated to educating others on sexual health, donated free condoms for the sexual health station and Body Peace Corps, a program aimed to promote positive body image, donated bracelets. LSA senior Heather Barlow, one of the coordinators of the fair, said the goal of the event was to put a positive spin on common wellness issues and to promote the various resources available on campus. “The amount of health resources we have is unbelievable and a lot of people don’t know about all of them,” Barlow said.
She added that the event was the first of its kind, and depending on how things go, it may become an annual event. It’s also the first time the Greek community and PULSE have put on a campus-wide program together. “The event isn’t directed towards just Greeks but we’re showing that Greek (community) as a front is committed to promoting health and wellness on campus,” Barlow said. LSA senior Rachel Gefen, president of PULSE, said she believes the first event was a success. Though there were flyers and a Facebook event advertising the event, Gefen said the majority of the people who stopped by the stations were students who happened to be passing through the building, all of whom were “really friendly, interested and engaged.”
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BUDGET From Page 1A viduals.” During his announcement, the governor linked this year’s increase in higher education funding to Michigan’s improved financial situation, calling the initial cut in 2011 one of the tough choices that had to be made in light of budget deficits. In response to questions from state representatives after the announcement, State Budget Director John Nixon said the governor’s office didn’t necessarily see the decrease in education funding — among other areas — as a permanent decision, and wants to work on bringing them back up. “We’d like to at least get them to back to the level where we were before the governor took office,” Nixon said. The proposed increase comes with one main condition: Universities receiving increased state funds must keep tuition increases at or below 3.2 percent. Along with performance measures, tuition caps have become fairly common stipulations for higher education funding in the state in recent years. Last summer, the University’s Board of Regents approved the lowest tuition increase in 29 years: 1.1 percent for in-state students and 3.2 percent for out-ofstate students. In the fall of 2012, the University received an additional $1.1 million from the state for keeping tuition increases below 4 percent. In a statement released Wednesday, Cynthia Wilbanks, vice president for government relations, characterized the increase in funding as great news for higher education accessibility
and affordability. “State investment in higher education is a smart investment in the future of Michigan,” Wilbanks wrote. “Of course, we also have to do our part in higher education. That includes continuing to trim costs, finding more efficient ways to operate and seeking the support of donors. She added that in the past 10 years, the University has cut ongoing costs by $256 million and is committed to cutting another $120 million in the next five years. In addition to pursuing costcontainment strategies, University President Mary Sue Coleman has frequently lobbied state legislators to restore funding to institutions of higher education. Mike Boulus, executive director of the Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan, said the increase — though it didn’t restore funding to where it was in either 2001 or 2011 — was nonetheless an important step in restoring state support. “This has to be looked at as a strategic reinvestment in higher ed,” Boulus said. “It’s going to take more than one year to restore higher ed funding to levels they once were. We understand that.” K-12 education and the city of Detroit also received significant boosts in funding. In K-12 education, an area in which the governor has recently been facing heavy Democratic criticism because of previous funding cuts — the extent of which are disputed — Snyder proposed a 2.8-percent funding increase toward per-pupil allocations and retirement funding. For Detroit, the governor proposed a $350 million investment over 20 years to ease pension issues with the city’s bankruptcy settlement. A $103 million tax relief initiative for lower- and middle-class
families was also proposed, while $120 million was allocated to Michigan’s Budget Stabilization or “Rainy Day” fund. Donald Grimes, senior research specialist for the University’s Center for Labor Market Research, said in an e-mail statement that maintaining rainy day funds is especially important for states and municipalities. “Since states and local governments are limited in their ability to borrow money, when they suffer a recession they must have sufficient ‘savings’, the rainy day fund, to sustain operations during a period of increased demand for social services,” Grimes wrote. “Neither Michigan nor most other states had nearly enough ‘savings’ during the most recent recession.” Irwin said overall, he was glad to see causes like universities and early childhood education in Wednesday’s budget proposal, but he added that there are many aspects of economic recovery that the governor’s budget didn’t address. The governor has focused much of the last month on building his reelection campaign around the state’s recovery, calling Michigan a “comeback state.” “The governor is doing some good things with this budget,” Irwin said. “But I think it’s a little frustrating to hear all the happy talk about the Michigan economy when we still have so many families that are struggling, we still have high unemployment, and we still have schools that are packed with too many kids and colleges and universities that are at historic low levels of funding, even after this increase.” The budget will not be official until each appropriations measure it contains is passed by the legislature, which typically takes several months.
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Clearing the air Smoking ordinance should be approved to promote community health
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nn Arbor City Councilmember Chuck Warpehoski proposed an ordinance Monday night to extend existing prohibitions and create new ones for outdoor smoking in Ann Arbor. It proposes to ban smoking within 20 feet of entrances, windows or ventilation systems of city buildings and the Blake Transit Center, within 20 feet of bus stops and in parks or portions of parks where the city administrator has approved a sign prohibiting smoking. The ordinance should be approved because of its potential to increase the city’s air quality and public health. Warpehoski said he wrote the ordinance in response to complaints about smoking in parks and bus stops and from businesses that are located near popular smoking areas. Currently, there is an ordinance banning smoking near building entrances, but only the Washtenaw County Health Department can enforce it. Under the new ordinance, police will have the power to write citations for violations for as much as $50 if the smokers refuse to comply. During Monday night’s council meeting, Warpehoski asked for the official ruling to be postponed, saying he wanted more time to finalize it and talk with the Park Advisory Commission. The council will revisit the issue on March 3. The proposed policy would benefit the citizens of Ann Arbor who do not smoke and do not want to be exposed to secondhand smoke. While one has the right to smoke or not smoke, there are not always opportunities to avoid secondhand smoke in public places. Bus stops are often crowded and those in that area have to be in close proximity to other riders for upward of 15 minutes. Furthermore, disallowing smoking in congested areas of public parks allows more citizens to enjoy the area and will protect children who frequent the parks. Smoking is a personal choice and the right to make that choice should not be unnecessarily encroached on. However, the health rights of others are just as important, and no one has the right to infringe on those of others. The new policy looks out for the well-being of Ann Arbor citizens while allowing ample legal outdoor areas in which to smoke. Parks will not
automatically receive a no-smoking sign, and in some cases only parts of a park will be designated as non-smoking. If enforced, the ordinance will protect everyone in the designated areas from secondhand smoke, which poses significant health risks. According to the Centers for Disease Control, exposure to secondhand smoke can raise a non-smoker’s risk of developing lung cancer by 20 to 30 percent and raise the likelihood of having a heart attack. Having children exposed to secondhand smoke in playgrounds, parks and bus stops is especially troubling. It can lead to coughing, induce an asthma attack, and, if persistent, might inhibit lung development. Despite the health consequences of tobacco, the decision of whether or not to smoke is still a personal one. For that reason, Ann Arbor, or any other area, should not implement a full smoking ban. The value of this proposed ordinance lies in its efforts to limit secondhand smoke in areas where escaping it would be unreasonably difficult. Other areas should be preserved as smoker-friendly. There is no need to limit smoking on all outdoor public property, and doing so would violate the rights of smokers. Instead, the city should make every effort to create outdoor smoking areas and allow smoking where doing so would not violate the rights of non-smokers with a need to use the same space. The city council should approve the ordinance in order to create a safe environment for city children, citizens and visitors. A cleaner Ann Arbor would improve its image, citizen health and usage of certain businesses and parks.
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS Barry Belmont, Rima Fadlallah, Nivedita Karki, Jordyn Kay, Kellie Halushka, Aarica Marsh, Megan McDonald, Victoria Noble, Michael Schramm, Matthew Seligman, Paul Sherman, Allison Raeck, Daniel Wang, Derek Wolfe
MELISSA SCHOLKE | VIEWPOINT
Redefining victory
At eight years old, a tiny girl with blonde mop-top hair discovered the pinnacle of her klutziness. It was a time marked by the purchase of my first pair of ice skates and the recurring formation of purple splotches on my skin. I blame every bump, bruise and fall upon one event — the Winter Olympics. While I abhorred the unending stream of sports that usually hypnotized my brothers, I loved watching the Olympics. Watching the graceful routines of figure skaters — such as Michelle Kwan — enchanted me. I revered the athletes and desperately wished for the agility to mimic those magnificent spins and jumps. One decade later, I — as a mildly cynical college student — no longer see the Olympics for its former glory. The beauty, the majesty and the skill have all faded into a bleak tundra of injustice. Young men and women who once sat crossed-legged in front of their parents’ televisions and dreamed of hitting the slopes or gliding on Olympic ice are now being denied their rights as athletes — and more importantly, as human beings. Athleticism and international cooperation are supposed to be the focus of the Winter Games. Likewise, sexual orientation has nothing to do with athletic talent. However, Russian President Vladimir Putin changed the rules when he signed legislation that instituted a ban on the circulation of any “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations” in 2013. Under these rules, any public display illustrating membership in or support for the LGBTQ community in front of children could result in a prison sentence. Gay athletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics, held in Sochi, Russia, are now expected to face the irony of hiding part of their identity while they are watched on one of the world’s biggest stages. Despite the rage and discrimination athletes and LGBTQ advocates feel, the International Olympic Committee has already warned athletes against protests by citing Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter. This rule states, “No kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas.” Yet, the IOC has had little problem glossing over another section of the charter that prohibits discrimination in the games. According to principle six, “Any form of discrimination with regard to a country
or a person on the grounds of race, religion, politics, gender or otherwise” is not accepted in the games. Technically, the selection of Sochi as the host city occurred in 2007 — before this debacle of humanity became an issue — and this fact allows me to swallow a bit of the IOC’s hypocrisy and apathy. However, I refuse to believe Putin’s reassurances that gays present at the Olympics “should feel at ease.” It’s utterly naïve to expect anyone to feel at ease when their voice is stifled in front of the world. When a single display or a simple acknowledgement of one’s sexuality could upheave long-held aspirations and years of rigorous training, how can the IOC and Putin expect athletes to passively participate? They won’t. Passivity is the last thing I hope to see when I turn on my television later this month. Despite efforts to quell the protests, some athletes are willing to risk their chance at a medal. Also, advocates spectating at the games will likely prepare to face the possibility of arrest. I’m thrilled to see the national response to this blatant disregard of human rights. In particular, I support President Barack Obama’s decisions to be absent from the games and to include three “out” former athletes in this year’s U.S. delegation. Future protests in the Olympic realm should follow a similar example and be performed with a good combination of respect and radicalism. Even if these protests are received horribly and cost the United States a few medals, Russia and the rest of the world need to recognize Olympians are not merely objects of entertainment for spectators. They’re human beings with voices and basic rights. This year, I want to see the Olympics transform into a venue for equality as well as an exhibition of amazing talent. I hope to see role models of tolerance and activism that the public will wholeheartedly wish to mimic — especially those children Putin desperately wants to “protect.” If spectators and athletes take a stand, the greatest victory will not happen on the ice or the snow. Instead, the true accomplishment will happen within the minds of the audience members watching their favorite athletes compete. Melissa Scholke is an LSA sophomore.
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en million people will suffer from an eating disorder in their life. 43 percent of college-aged students report having body image issues, and 33 percent of college students use unhealthy weight control behaviors. Those are MICHAEL scary statistics, SCHRAMM but here’s something even scarier: these statistics apply exclusively to men. Now, some may argue I’m only presenting certain statistics to make male eating disorders appear more problematic — arguing that only 10 to 15 percent of anorexia and bulimia casualties are males. Since anorexia and bulimia are the two most acknowledged eating disorders, it appears that men actually represent a small minority of sufferers. But this statistic actually shrouds the truth. The ideal male body image differs from the female because males want to gain weight. As stated by the National Eating Disorder Association, the ideal male body image is muscular. Just as girls are societally pushed to look skinnier, guys are societally pushed to look muscular. Therefore, men having low anorexia and bulimia percentages makes sense since minimizing caloric intake would only hinder a male from achieving a “perfect” muscular body. We see this when examining binge eating, a form of eating control that would aid in gaining muscle. This is something 40 percent of men suffer from, a disorder in which men and women suffer in similar percentages. Binge eating isn’t the only eating disorder males suffer from. Many suffer from eating disorders not given a definition. The guy consuming unhealthy amounts of workout supplements has an eating disorder. The guy who eats a ton of
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protein-dominant foods yet — even though he intakes 3,500 calories — is terrified to eat a 150-calorie cookie has an eating disorder. The guy who goes to the gym so much that it influences his grades and social life has a serious body image issue, signaling an eating disorder. Considering so many suffer, why is no one talking about this? The answer is rather intuitive. Our society tells guys to be tough, so guys think that seeking physical or psychological health for body image issues deflates their masculinity. But this is creating a huge issue; the guys suffering are too afraid to break social standards to get help. We need to be talking about this. After hearing these statistics, hopefully it’s easy to identify guys in your life that could have an eating disorder. Think about your friend whose entire life seems driven by gaining more muscle. Sure, you and all your friends joke about his abundance of supplements, overeating and obsession with the gym, but have you ever questioned whether he actually has a serious problem? That underneath the chiseled pecs lies a crushed heart and damaged self-esteem? Because, he could be suffering. And this doesn’t account for the men that have body image issues but not eating disorders. 43 percent of men suffer. That’s almost one in two men. Think about your guy friends that everyone perceives as the “thin guy.” I’m sure many people mention how skinny he is, and I’m sure that he takes the jokes. But, underneath the laughter, he could hate his appearance. And think about the guys who are — for lack of better term — a little bigger. How many times have you brought their size up? How many guys do you know who are waging an emotionally charged, exclusively internal war against their body? And this low self-esteem isn’t totally self-induced. Take a look at any magazine cover and you’ll undoubtedly see a picture of Ryan Gosling, Zac Efron or Channing Tatum. They’re definitely attractive,
but their body types are simply unattainable for guys without naturally muscular builds. There’s nothing wrong with emphasizing their attractiveness, but we shouldn’t only emphasize the attractiveness of one body type. We should glorify every body type. Just like there’s a push to portray other women’s body types, there needs to be a push for other male body types. And while we’re on the topic of women’s body issues, the silence over male body issues could definitely be contributing to women’s. From my experience, the guys holding themselves to unrealistic expectations pressure girls to fit society’s unrealistic beauty definition. Why would they do otherwise? If they’re pouring hours into the gym and consuming 4,000 calories to look their best, they’re gonna expect girls to look their best. I’m not condoning their actions, nor am I claiming this is the case with every judgmental guy, but in treating the males suffering from body image issues, we would make serious strides in helping women. Now, I don’t think that men wanting to be muscular is necessarily bad — eating healthy and exercising regularly is good for you. And not all men that work out and eat proteindense diets have eating disorders and body image issues. However, a man’s desire to change his body needs to be self-driven. It should be a personal goal that he wants to achieve, not a push to fit societal norms. He should love seeing progress and selfimprovement, not feel shame over feeling distant from his goals. This issue is huge — for both men and women. I’ve seen a lot of Facebook posts, blog posts and articles about improving women’s body image, and that’s great, but we need to change the movement from women-exclusive to everyone. Body image issues and eating disorders are a societal problem, and they won’t improve until we help everyone suffering. — Michael Schramm can be reached at mschramm@umich.edu.
Taking a closer look at the ACA
n his State of the Union Address last week, President Obama attempted to instill public confidence in his administration and assert executive authority by pledging to advance a highly contested agenda with renewed force. Among his LAUREN priorities was MCCARTHY the inevitable endorsement of health care reform, focusing on benefits of the law that have already begun to positively impact Americans, as well as its potential to protect Americans from unforeseen, crippling medical expenses. Likening health care reform to economic security, Obama asserted, “That’s what health insurance reform is all about — the peace of mind that if misfortune strikes, you don’t have to lose everything.” Though the Affordable Care Act is a topic of severe criticism for its immediate impacts and initial oversights, many Americans fail to view health care reform from a broader perspective. As Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R–Wash.) noted in her GOP response — amidst also providing her prosaic personal backstory — for some Americans, their previous health insurance policies were canceled because they failed to meet the law’s new benefit standards. These standards are necessary in order to, over time, facilitate a higher degree of quality, accessibility and affordability of health care in the United States. Attention to detail has skewed public opinion of this stipulation. Many blame the ACA for the loss of their original providers, but employers and insurance agencies frequently tweak their coverage in ways more advantageous for themselves, violating the law’s new standards and consequentially leaving consumers without the healthcare coverage to which they were accustomed. Yes, I am aware that the Affordable Care Act’s implementation has been problematic thus far. Yes, I understand that many Americans are aggravated and unenthused, but repealing the law altogether will harm the United States far beyond these first few months of logistical frustration. Following Obama’s re-election in 2012, a study conducted by Harvard University’s Institute of Politics discovered that more than two-thirds of millennials, defined
as people ages 18 to 29, reported that they heard about the ACA through the media. Only one out of every four young Americans said they discussed the law with a friend or through social media. Our young generation has cultivated an environment in which our opinions rely primarily on, and ultimately become congruent with, what is presented by a new era of coverage that thrives on ratings and conflict. These news sources are comprised of and led by professionals much our senior who bear different financial standings, job security and familial responsibilities than students. As a result, their coverage will reflect concerns that correspond with their own, addressing the immediate consequences and neglecting to discuss how policy changes such as the ACA will impact our up-andcoming generation. I challenge my fellow millennials to review the Affordable Care Act and gauge its impacts free from media commentary, editorial analysis or scrutiny. In doing so, college students will come to realize both the existing and succeeding benefits that President Obama proudly announced in his address. As the President stated last week, “Already, because of the Affordable Care Act, more than three million Americans under age 26 have gained coverage under their parents’ plans.” Prior to the ACA, children could receive coverage through their parents’ insurance until they were 25, but only if the child was a full-time student, disabled or otherwise a dependent of their parents for tax purposes. The amendments made by the ACA did away with technicalities and stipulations, and allow all children to remain covered by their parents plan until they are 26. In 2013, the official unemployment rate for graduates under age 25 was 7 percent, but that statistic did not reflect the expansive number of post-grads who are underutilizing their educations. Termed “mal-employment,” the number of college-educated workers under 25 who are working in positions that do not require a degree tops 36 percent. As the job market remains increasingly saturated and young adults either struggle to find a sustainable position or aim to increase their employability by pursuing a graduate degree, sec. 2714: Extension of Dependent Coverage proves crucial for our generation. President Obama also emphasized the statistics
concerning pre-existing conditions and gender throughout the State of the Union, announcing, “Because of this law, no American — none — zero — can ever again be dropped or denied coverage for a preexisting condition like asthma, or back pain, or cancer. No woman can ever be charged more just because she’s a woman.” The definition of a pre-existing condition extends to include psychiatric diagnoses, a stigmatized résumé blemish that formerly hindered applicants in obtaining both employment and insurance coverage. Under sec. 2705 of the ACA, which went into effect Jan. 1, mental health services are now classified as among the 10 “Essential Health Benefits.” At the National Conference on Mental Health in June of last year, President Obama asserted, “In any given year one in every five adults experience a mental illness … 45 million Americans suffer from things like depression or anxiety, schizophrenia or PTSD.” Subsequently, the 2013 American College Health Assessment reported that a combined 56.1 percent of college students suffer from pre-existing conditions, 13.3 percent of which fall under psychiatric diagnoses — a consistently escalating statistic. In the most recent annual report, the University of Michigan’s Counseling and Psychological Services Center reported scheduling 17,208 clinical appointments during the 2011-2012 school year, a number that has increased by 9.3 percent since 2008. A CAPS study conducted from 2004-2010 shows that nearly one-third of Michigan students have reported having some form of a psychiatric diagnosis. Critics of the ACA specifically argue on behalf of “healthy, young Americans,” claiming they should not be forced to purchase health care they do not need. However, statistics suggest that idealized perception of “healthy, young Americans” is flawed. If 56.1 percent of millennialaged people can already benefit from these provisions included in the ACA, their peers are not far behind. Looking past the hyperbolized media criticism, the scandalized website blunder and the general attacks on the Obama administration, it is evident that the Affordable Care Act and its prospective intentions will provide long-term, low-cost health care that serves substantial benefits to young people. — Lauren McCarthy can be reached at laurmc@umich.edu.
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DNR culls 160 trees for new Belle Isle state park The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says it has completed the clearing of at least 160 hazardous trees on Detroit’s Belle Isle as the state prepares to take over management of the park next week. The 982-acre Detroit River island opens Monday as Michigan’s 102nd state park. The state will operate it under a long-term lease from the city of Detroit. The DNR’s Forest Resources Division staff has spent the past several months examining the island’s trees and identifying at risk of falling and injuring visitors. A video that the department released Wednesday shows dead trees that towered over play areas until crews felled them.
ROCHESTER, Minn.
Would-be burglar apparently scared by singing fish Big Mouth Billy Bass apparently got the best of a would-be burglar in Minnesota. Authorities in Rochester say the motion-activated singing fish apparently scared off an intruder who tried to break into the Hooked on Fishing bait and tackle shop. The novelty bass had been hung near the door and would start singing “Take Me to the River” whenever someone entered the shop. The Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office says the fish was found on the floor after the intruder knocked it down while breaking the door to get in late Sunday or early Monday. Sgt. Tom Claymon tells the Star Tribune the would-be burglar left without stealing anything, including cash that had been left in “a very visible spot.”
Police groups complain that laws will hinder success of crime-solving
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In this Jan. 11 photo, Dennis Olsen measures a fissure which he said was about an inch wide and at least eight to 10 inches deep, in his rural driveway following a frost quake in Waupun, Wis.
Mysterious noises revealed to be result of ‘frost quakes’ Rare weather conditions cause quake-like weather phenomena ST. LOUIS (AP) — Chuck Herron heard the loud thud, then another and another. It sounded like someone was dropping big snowballs on the roof of his home. The house is more than 100 years old and creaks, Herron said, but he had “never heard anything like that before.” As his neighbors in tiny Paris, Mo., huddled around televisions Sunday for the Super Bowl, many were startled by similar strange noises. Some even saw flashes of light and called 911. Scientists say the community experienced a rare natural phenomenon known as a “frost quake,” which happens when moisture in the ground suddenly freezes and expands. If conditions are just right, the soil or bedrock breaks like a brittle frozen pipe, generating mys-
terious noises that range from an earthquake-like rumble to sharp cracking sounds sometimes mistaken for falling trees. This winter has been ripe for frost quakes, known technically as cryoseism. Temperatures have been frigid, but occasional warm-ups have allowed for thawing. And the temperature swings have sometimes been abrupt. That was the case last weekend in Missouri, where temperatures in the 40s on Saturday gave way to singledigit readings by Sunday night. In Mark Twain’s hometown of Hannibal, Mo., 100 miles north of St. Louis, police and emergency dispatches received several calls within about two hours. Facebook feeds were filled with worries. Some people compared the noise to a sonic boom that rattles windows, said Michael Hall, executive director of the 911 center that covers the Hannibal area. Others described it as sounding like “somebody banging on their house.” Missouri isn’t alone. Frost
quakes were reported last month in Canada and in several other states — Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin. In DeKalb, Ill., Lisa Kammes and her family were getting ready for bed earlier this winter when the loud popping noises began. “The louder ones sounded like somebody was throwing snowballs at the house,” Kammes said. Neighbors heard noises too, and several contacted police. “It wasn’t the regular noise you hear when your house is creaking, blowing in the wind or ice is breaking,” Kammes said. The light flashes reported by some people are believed to come from electrical changes that occur when the freezing compresses rocks. Robert Herrmann of the Saint Louis University Earthquake Center said frost quakes are far different from real earthquakes. Tremors typically occur a mile or two underground. Frost quakes are near the surface and do not show up on seismographs.
CHICAGO
Seemingly endless winter creates salt shortage As piles of snow grow taller during this seemingly endless winter, the mounds of salt for spreading on the nation’s icy, slushy roads are shrinking, forcing communities to ration supplies or try exotic new icemelting substances. Cities have already gone through most of their salt well ahead of the time they traditionally really need it — when the coldest part of winter gives way to temperatures just warm enough to turn snow into freezing rain and sleet and roads into ribbons of ice. “If we don’t get the salt, at some point people are going to be sliding all over the place like what you saw in Atlanta,” said Julius Hansen, public works director in the Chicago suburb of Glen Ellyn, citing last week’s television images of thousands of motorists getting stranded on ice-covered roads in the South.
TEHRAN, Iran
Iran: U.S. ‘wishes won’t come true’ at nuclear talks Iran’s foreign minister said Wednesday that Washington’s “wishes are unlikely to come true” in talks between the Islamic Republic and world powers over its nuclear program, the government’s latest apparent attempt to deflect criticism from hard-line skeptics who say that President Hassan Rouhani will give up too much for too little in upcoming negotiations over a final comprehensive deal. Mohammad Javad Zarif indicated the U.S. wanted Iran to give up major parts of its nuclear program but said such demands won’t be carried out.
—Compiled from Daily wire reports
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TV’s “Science Guy” Bill Nye speaks during a debate on evolution with Creation Museum head Ken Ham, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, at the Petersburg, Ky. museum.
Bill Nye and Ken Ham face off in debate about evolution Debaters fear for country’s future if children adopt other’s views PETERSBURG, Ky. (AP) — True to his passionate and animated TV persona, “Science Guy” Bill Nye tapped on the podium, threw up his hands and noted that science shows the Earth is “billions and billions” of years old in a debate at a Kentucky museum known for teaching that the planet’s age is only 6,000. Nye was debating Creation Museum founder Ken Ham and promoting science in the snappy way that made him a pop culture staple as host of “Bill Nye The Science Guy” in the 1990s. The event was meant to explore the age old question, “How did we get here?” from the perspectives of faith and science. Ham, an Australian native who has built a thriving ministry in Kentucky, said he trusts the story of creation presented by the Bible.
“The Bible is the word of God,” Ham said. “I admit that’s where I start from.” Nye delivered a passionate speech on science and challenged the museum’s teachings on the age of the earth and the Bible’s flood story. Like most scientists, Nye believes there is no credible evidence that the world is only 6,000 years old. “If we accept Mr. Ham’s point of view ... that the Bible serves as a science text and he and his followers will interpret that for you, I want you to consider what that means,” Nye said. “It means that Mr. Ham’s word is to be more respected than what you can observe in nature, what you can find in your backyard in Kentucky.” The event drew dozens of national media outlets and about 800 tickets sold out in minutes. Ham said ahead of the debate that the Creation Museum was having a peak day on its social media sites. “I think it shows you that the majority of people out there, they’re interested in this topic, they want to know about this,
they don’t want debate shut down,” Ham said before the debate. At times, the debate had the feel of a university lecture, with slides and long-form presentations. Responding to an audience question about where atoms and matter come from, Nye said scientists are continuing to find out. Ham said he already knows the answer. “Bill, I want to tell you, there is a book that tells where atoms come from, and its starts out, ‘In the beginning ...,’” Ham said. Nye said there are plenty of religious people around the world who don’t question evolution science. “I just want to remind us all there are billions of people in the world who are deeply religious, who get enriched by the wonderful sense of community by their religion,” said Nye, who wore his trademark bow tie. “But these same people do not embrace the extraordinary view that the Earth is somehow only 6,000 years old.”
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Angry over revelations of National Security Agency surveillance and frustrated with what they consider outdated digital privacy laws, state lawmakers around the nation are proposing bills to curtail the powers of law enforcement to monitor and track citizens. Their efforts in at least 14 states are a direct message to the federal government: If you don’t take action to strengthen privacy, we will. “We need to stand up and protect our liberty,” said Republican Missouri state Sen. Rob Schaaf, author of a digital privacy bill. Police groups, however, say the moves will in some cases hinder efforts to deter or solve crimes. “It would cripple law enforcement’s ability to do investigations,” said Bart Johnson, executive director of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. Proponents say the measures will overhaul the definition of digital privacy and help increase oversight of specific surveillance tools that law enforcement agencies have been using in the states that critics say mirrors federal surveillance technology. The bills include a Colorado proposal that would limit the retention of images from license plate readers, an Oregon bill that would require “urgent circumstances” to obtain cellphone location data and a Delaware plan that increases privacy protections for text messages. Republican and Democratic lawmakers have joined in proposing the measures, reflecting the unusual mix of political partnerships that have arisen since the NSA revelations that began in May. Establishment leadership has generally favored the programs, while conservative limited government advocates and liberal privacy supporters have opposed them. Supporters say the measures are needed because technology has grown to the point that police can digitally track someone’s every move. Devices such as license plate readers and cellphone trackers “can tell whether you stayed in a motel that specializes in hourly rates, or you stopped at tavern that has nude dancers,” said David Fidanque, director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon. “It’s one thing to know you haven’t violated the law, but it’s another thing to know you haven’t had every one of your moves tracked,” he said. As for digital privacy, bills promoting broader protections against email surveillance have popped up recently in various states with varying results. One
proposal became law in Texas last year, but a similar measure was vetoed in California where the governor said it was too onerous for police to follow. But proposals focused specifically on police surveillance are a new variety. Schaaf’s proposal for a legislatively mandated ballot measure in Missouri would add electronic data to a list of property protected from unreasonable search and seizure. If it passes, it would go before voters in November. “The people in Missouri, if they get the chance to approve it, will send a message that other states can, and must, do the same thing,” Schaaf said. “We can’t wait on Congress to pick up the banner.” In Indiana, legislators have put forward a bill that would ban the warrantless use of a portable device that can track cellphone movements within a mile, as well as the numbers of incoming and outgoing calls and text messages. Indiana lawmakers also want to use warrants to limit the use of tracking devices and surveillance cameras. “You could get to the point where you’re just tracking everyone’s car just for the fun of it,” said Republican Rep. Eric Koch. Clatsop County, Ore., District Attorney Josh Marquis said the legislators’ concerns are misplaced. He said state agencies aren’t collecting the kind of metadata the NSA collects and bills curtailing the ability of local authorities to gather intelligence could do more harm than good. Under NSA surveillance programs that NSA analyst Edward Snowden revealed, the agency sweeps up information about millions of Americans’ phone calls: the number called from, the number called and the duration of the call. That information is stored at NSA facilities until a secret court known as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court gives intelligence officers permission to examine the phone call if investigators believed there was a connection to a terrorist. Another similar program examines Internet data and email traffic. “People think of the NSA as this group of agents trotting the globe, snooping on people,” Marquis said. “That’s not the case. They’re geeks and analysts. They don’t want your data. What they’re looking for is four numbers in Lahore, Pakistan.” Instead, local law enforcement agencies are using the technology to run surveillance on drug cartels or lure sex predators into online communication that leads to an arrest, Marquis said. After months of NSA revelations, President Barack Obama last month proposed changes that would require bulk telephone data collected by the NSA to be stored outside the government to reduce the risk of abuse and put limits on the number of people who could be watched.
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Military scandals cause leaders to urge reform in ethics Cheating, fraud, sexual assault all cited by Defense Secretary as issues WASHINGTON (AP) — Concerned that ethical problems inside the military might run deeper than he realized, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered service leaders Wednesday to add urgency to their drive to ensure “moral character and moral courage” in a force emerging from more than a decade of war. Almost a year into his tenure as Pentagon chief, Hagel had been worried by a string of ethics scandals that produced a wave of unwelcome publicity for the military. But in light of new disclosures this week, including the announcement of alleged cheating among senior sailors in the nuclear Navy, Hagel decided to push for a fuller accounting. Last month the Air Force revealed it was investigating widespread cheating on proficiency tests among nuclear missile launch officers in Montana, and numerous senior officers in all branches of the armed forces have been caught in embarrassing episodes of personal misbehavior, inside and outside the nuclear force. The Air Force also is pursuing a drug use investigation. At the same time, hundreds of soldiers and others are under criminal investigation in what the Army describes as a widespread scheme to take fraudulent payments and kickbacks from a National Guard recruiting program. The steady drumbeat of one military ethics scandal after another has caused many to conclude that the misbehavior reflects more than routine lapses. “He definitely sees this as a growing problem,” Hagel’s chief
spokesman, Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby, told a Pentagon news conference Wednesday after Hagel met privately with the top uniformed and civilian officials of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. “And he’s concerned about the depth of it,” Kirby said. “I don’t think he could stand here and tell you that he has — that anybody has — the full grasp here, and that’s what worries (Hagel) is that maybe he doesn’t have the full grasp of the depth of the issue, and he wants to better understand it.” Hagel’s predecessor, Leon Panetta, had launched an effort to crack down on ethics failures more than a year ago, and the matter has been a top priority for the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, for even longer. Kirby said Hagel has come to realize that he needs to investigate as well. “We don’t fully know right now what we’re grappling with here and how deep and serious it is,” Kirby said. “And I think, you know, for a leader at his level with the responsibilities that he carries every day, not knowing something like that is something to be concerned about. And he wants to know more.” Hagel believes that the vast majority of military members are “brave, upright and honest,” and he is encouraged by efforts already under way to curb misconduct, including sexual assaults, Kirby said. But Hagel told the service leaders Wednesday that he “also believes there must be more urgency behind these efforts” and that all Pentagon leaders must “put renewed emphasis on developing moral character and moral courage in our force.” Kirby was asked whether Hagel believes ethics lapses are a symptom of over-use of the military for the long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“He believes that that is a factor that should be looked at,” the spokesman said. A significant portion of the concern about military misbehavior is aimed at two segments of the nuclear force: the Air Force’s land-based nuclear missile corps, and the Navy’s training program for operators of nuclear reactors used as propulsion systems for submarines and aircraft carriers. Neither of those fields was directly involved in significant ways in either of the wars since 2001. The Navy announced on Tuesday that it had opened an investigation into cheating allegations against about 30 senior sailors representing about one-fifth of its instructors at a Charleston, S.C.,-based school for naval nuclear power reactor operators. Unlike an Air Force cheating probe that has implicated nearly 100 officers responsible for landbased nuclear missiles that stand ready for short-notice launch, those implicated in the Navy investigation have no responsibility for nuclear weapons. The Navy said its implicated sailors are accused of having cheated on written tests they must pass to be certified as instructors at the nuclear propulsion school. A number of them are alleged to have transmitted test information to other instructors from their home computers, which if verified would be a violation of restrictions on the use and transmission of classified information. The matter is being probed by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Separately, Kirby announced that the Pentagon has picked two retired officers to lead an independent review of personnel problems inside the Air Force and Navy nuclear forces. They are Larry Welsh, a former Air Force chief of staff, and John Harvey, a retired Navy admiral and nuclear-trained surface warfare officer.
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Robbers steal 299-year-old, $5 million Stradivarius violin Known as one of the best, instrument is one of only 600 to 850 remaining
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Violin virtuoso Frank Almond was walking to his car after an evening performance at the Wisconsin Lutheran College when someone jumped out of a van, shocked him with a stun gun and seized the rare and extremely valuable Stradivarius on loan to him. The robber got back into the waiting vehicle, which sped off. Almond, who’d been knocked to the ground, wasn’t seriously hurt. But he was devastated by the loss of the violin, which was crafted in 1715 and has been appraised for insurance purposes at $5 million. The brazen Jan. 27 crime set off a frantic search and raised questions about why someone would steal an item that would be nearly impossible to sell. Wouldbe buyers in the tiny market for rare violins would certainly know it was stolen, and keeping it in hiding would mean never getting to show it off. The case in which Almond kept the instrument was found, and the Milwaukee Symphony
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Orchestra announced someone was offering $100,000 for the instrument’s safe return. But there weren’t any breaks in the robbery until this week, when prosecutors confirmed Wednesday that three people had been arrested in connection with the theft. However, Police Chief Ed Flynn said at an afternoon news conference that authorities haven’t recovered the violin, and he hoped the reward would induce the public to come forward with tips. “It’s a reasonable supposition that it’s still in our jurisdiction,” Flynn said. He declined to go into detail. Kent Lovern, a Milwaukee County assistant district attorney, said he didn’t expect a charging decision would be made before Thursday. Flynn said the suspects were two men, ages 41 and 36, and a 32-year-old woman. He wouldn’t say how police tracked them down, but he said there was physical evidence linking them to the crime. Flynn also wouldn’t speculate on a motive, although he said the suspects seemed to be working for themselves, not on behalf of a larger art-theft ring. He also said one had a previous association with art crime. The violin is known in musi-
cal circles as the “Lipinski” Stradivarius. Its previous owners include virtuoso Giuseppe Tartini, who was known for his “Devil’s Trill” Sonata, and Polish violinist Karol Lipinski. It was passed down through generations, eventually landing with the heirs of Estonian violinist Evi Liivak, according to Stefan Hersh a Chicago-based violin curator who helped restore it to playing condition after it was removed from storage in a bank vault in 2008. The current owner’s name has not been revealed publicly. Hersh, a friend of Almond’s, said he used to watch how carefully Almond would care for the violin. While some musicians see their instruments as objects or tools, Almond understood the historical significance of the Lipinski, Hersh said. “He had a special case made for it, he kept it highly protected in his car, he never let it out of his sight,” Hersh said. “As a performer nothing shakes him, but after the theft he was highly shaken. I’ve never known him like that.” A message left for Almond through the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra wasn’t immediately returned Wednesday. Police have asked that he not speak to the media while the investigation was going on.
Google reaches legal agreement with EU Site to institute significant changes in search results BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s antitrust watchdog on Wednesday accepted “far-reaching” concessions offered by Google to settle allegations it is abusing its dominant position in Internet searches, bringing the three-year-old case close to an end. Google would significantly change the ways it displays some search results in Europe in favor of its competitors. But reaching a settlement will spare the company a longer antitrust procedure that could have resulted in fines of up to 10 percent of the company’s annual revenue, or about $5 billion. EU Antitrust Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said he’s “strongly convinced” the U.S. company’s proposals — its third attempt to address the competition concerns — are sufficient. “This is an important step forward,” he told reporters in Brussels. Google’s proposals will now be sent to the 18 original plaintiffs for evaluation before the Commission makes a final decision in the coming months. Initial reactions from plaintiffs and consumer groups were unanimously negative, but Almunia said he was confident the deal with Google will be upheld. Under its latest proposal, Google will commit to display results from three competitors in a similar way to its own whenever it promotes its specialized search services like Google
shopping, restaurant or hotel searches. It will also label more clearly search results stemming from its own services to allow users to distinguish between natural search results and those promoted by Google. A shopping search for a gas grill, for example, would yield two boxes of the same size and position at the top of the search results page, one showing three “Google shopping results” and immediately to the left of it three results labeled “Alternatives”, according to an example provided by the Commission. At present, only Google’s own results are displayed prominently above all other search results. The changes will also be valid for search results displayed on mobile devices. “Without preventing Google from improving its own services, it provides users with real choice between competing services presented in a comparable way,” Almunia said. The results from three competing search providers would be chosen using Google’s web search algorithm and, in most cases, other search services would have to pay for their placement through an auction mechanism — a solution that competitors and consumer groups alike criticized for strengthening Google’s already dominant position. The EU commission last year threw out two sets of proposed concessions by Google because they were deemed insufficient. “We will be making significant changes to the way Google operates in Europe,” said Kent Walker, Google’s general counsel. Google declined to discuss financial repercussions of the decision.
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Peppers, eight other recruits commit to ‘M’ By JAKE LOURIM Daily Sports Writer
Wednesday, the Wolverines secured the rest of their 16th-ranked recruiting class. Here’s a rundown of each of them and how they fit into the rotation: Jabrill Peppers (Paramus, N.J.) — No. 1 cornerback, No. 2 overall (ESPN): Peppers (6-foot-1, 205 pounds) is the star of the 2014 class for the Wolverines. He made an impact on both sides of the ball in high school. In the Under Armour All-American Game, he returned two kicks for 65 yards, blocked a field goal and even lined up at quarterback. While Peppers could see some snaps on the offensive side next year, he projects as a cornerback at the next level. Michigan returns both of its current cornerbacks, junior Raymon Taylor and redshirt sophomore Blake Countess, but Peppers has the size, athleticism and instincts to compete for a starting spot. Drake Harris (Grand Rapids, Mich.) — No. 10 wide receiver, No. 85 overall (ESPN): Harris (6-foot-3, 172 pounds) fell off the radar a bit last season with a hamstring injury, but he enrolled early at Michigan and is still one of the top wide receivers in the class. Redshirt freshman Jehu Chesson (221 yards) and sophomore Dennis Norfleet (46 yards) are the only returning wide receivers who caught a pass last year. Sophomore Devin Funchess, who split time between tight end and wide receiver, will be in the mix at wideout along with sophomore Amara Darboh, who had foot surgery before last season. Still, Harris has a chance to compete for playing time immediately.
pounds) already has the size for college football. The tough, physical lineman can use his strength for both run and pass protection. He also started the Under Armour All-American Game. With the proper technique improvement, Bushell-Beatty has an outside shot at providing immediate help to a unit that struggled mightily in 2013. With fifth-year senior Taylor Lewan graduating, the line will lack a clear leader but the Wolverines have several players with experience who can step in. Ian Bunting (Hinsdale, Ill.) — No. 6 tight end, No. 200 overall (ESPN): Bunting (6-foot-6, 223 pounds) has good hands and body control, making him a great pass-catching tight end. He struggles with blocking, though, with a smaller frame. The Wolverines already have three established tight ends in Funchess — when he plays tight end — sophomore A.J. Williams and freshman Jake Butt. Bunting won’t see much game action early, but he’ll have an opportunity to get stronger as a tight end. Maurice Ways (Beverly Hills, Mich.) — No. 59 wide receiver (ESPN): Ways (6-foot-4, 193 pounds) fits the mold of Michigan coach Brady Hoke’s tall wide receivers. His smooth stride and good hands make him a viable pass catcher at the next level. He isn’t as heralded a prospect as Harris, but he has the ability to gain separation from the defense. Whether he can get onto the field next year remains to be seen, but he could compete.
Noah Furbush (Kenton, Ohio) — No. 21 inside linebacker (ESPN): Furbush (6-foot-4, 235 pounds) has good size for his position. He’s a hard-hitting linebacker with good closing speed. Early enrollee Michael Ferns, a 6-foot-3, 228pound linebacker from Saint Clairsville, Ohio, is the higherranked prospect at his position. With junior starter Desmond Morgan and sophomore backup Joe Bolden also returning at middle linebacker, early playing time for Furbush seems like a bit of a stretch. Jared Wangler (Royal Oak, Mich.) — No. 71 outside linebacker (ESPN): Wangler (6-foot-1, 215 pounds) has good athleticism, allowing him to defend from sideline to sideline. He’s a solid tackler, but he could add muscle early on to become a contributor. Like Furbush, Wangler isn’t as highly ranked at his position as Chase Winovich. With fifth-year senior Cam Gordon leaving, Wangler and Winovich could compete for backup reps behind redshirt junior Jake Ryan, and then for a starting spot in 2015. Brady Pallante (Naples, Fla.) — No. 117 defensive tackle (ESPN): Pallante originally planned to be a grayshirt, enrolling this year but not participating in team activities until 2015. In November, he reclassified, meaning he’ll be on scholarship this fall. No. 7 defensive tackle Bryan Mone, an early enrollee, is the more seasoned prospect, so Pallante (6-foot-1, 278 pounds) could take a year to develop.
Lawrence Marshall (Southfield, Mich.) — No. 13 defensive end, No. 121 overall (ESPN): Marshall (6-foot-3, 228 pounds) needs to get a bit stronger at Michigan, but his quickness off the edge makes him a formidable defender. He’s also a strong tackler against the run. The Wolverines return junior starters Brennen Beyer and Frank Clark at defensive end, as well as backups Mario Ojemudia and Chris Wormley. Early on, Marshall might struggle to earn playing time, but he could develop into a strong defender. Juwann Bushell-Beatty (Paramus, N.J.) — No. 11 offensive tackle, No. 142 overall (ESPN): Bushell-Beatty (6-foot-7, 330
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Offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier could use Jabrill Peppers in his system.
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Defensive coordinator Greg Mattison (left) and head coach Brady Hoke (right) have excelled on the recruiting trail.
A small, but efficient class By ZACH HELFAND Daily Sports Writer
Michigan’s recruiting season featured the flirtations of a star, the (literal) feasting of a defensive tackle and some innovating with hedge trimmers, but by 10:53 a.m. Wednesday, the Wolverines had their 2014 class. National Signing Day was a quiet one for the Michigan football team, which will add just 16 recruits, the lowest total in more than a decade. With limited spots in this year’s class, the Wolverines addressed nearly all of their needs and added one of the nation’s best talents in Jabrill Peppers. But Michigan did whiff on a few big-name targets that would’ve pushed the class into the elite level. ESPN, which ranked Michigan’s class 16th nationally, is highest on the class, followed by 247Sports (20th) and Rivals (31st). Peppers is the only five-star recruit, and the three recruiting services give Michigan between six and 10 four-star-rated players. Seven players have enrolled early for the 2014 winter semester. “Actually, I’m a huge fan of this class,” 247Sports’s Steve Lorenz said. “They really did a good job of mixing guys that can come in and play early with under-theradar sort of guys.” Peppers, the explosively athletic athlete from Paramus Catholic (N.J.), is the crown jewel. Peppers hinted late last fall that he would consider visiting other schools, but he stuck with Michigan and faxed in his letter of intent at 8 a.m. Wednesday. The question now is how to use him. Peppers played on both sides of the ball in high school, and his athletic ability and what Michigan outside linebackers coach Roy Manning called “Olympic speed” make him a versatile weapon. Manning told MGoBlue.com that both Peppers and Michigan would be open to playing anywhere. At a press conference later Wednesday, Michigan coach Brady Hoke indicated he’d
be a defensive back first. “Let’s get him in here and let him be a corner for a while,” Hoke said. “Do I think he’s very talented? There’s no question. Can he return kicks? Could he? Yeah. I don’t think there’s any doubt about it. And could there be a plan somewhere for him offensively? There could be. But let’s let the kid walk on campus, go to a class during the summer and be a freshman.” Peppers has garnered a large bulk of the attention, but Hoke indicated five or six freshmen could contribute next season. Lorenz said the likely candidates are Peppers; tight end Michael Ferns; two wide receivers, most likely early enrollees Drake Harris and Freddy Canteen; tight end Ian Bunting; and defensive tackle Bryan Mone. For a small class, the Wolverines recruited efficiently. Michigan director of player personnel Chris Singletary said Michigan had extra scholarships but opted to hold them, potentially for a deeper 2015 class. And though the Wolverines failed to add a few high-profile targets, they added coveted, if less-touted, recruits. Mone, a defensive tackle who is listed at 6-foot-4, 328 pounds and who shared a rather large meal with Hoke in December, topped Michigan’s list, according to Lorenz. “He was pretty much their No. 1 overall guy on their entire recruiting board for ’14,” Lorenz said. “He was the first guy they offered. They had him rated higher on their board at defensive tackle than anybody.” And then there are players like Noah Furbush — a 6-foot-4, 229pound linebacker from Kenton, Ohio — who could become major contributors within a few seasons. Hoke praised Furbush’s
attitude, citing the time last season Furbush removed a cast from his hand using some hedge clippers. “He thought he should do that, but I wouldn’t recommend it,” Hoke said. After the verbal commitment of Peppers in May, some recruiting services ranked Michigan’s class near the top of the country, and several additional big names loomed. Defensive end Da’Shawn Hand, considered by some to be the best player in the class, appeared to be a Michigan lean, and defensive end Malik McDowell was also considering Michigan. Ultimately, Hand committed to Alabama, citing its engineering program, and, on Wednesday, McDowell picked Michigan State. “I think the only need they missed on was defensive end,” Lorenz said. “Missing on McDowell and Da’Shawn Hand was a huge blow.” The top two recruits in the state of Michigan ended up at the Wolverines’ biggest rivals: McDowell to the Spartans and cornerback Damon Webb to Ohio State. Webb committed early, but Michigan’s 7-6 campaign in 2013 could have impacted some late decisions. Singletary said he didn’t think the 2013 season became an issue. Lorenz agreed. “I would say the effects actually have already been worse for the 2015 class,” Lorenz said, adding it would cause recruits to wait longer before committing. “I think with Hand it may have played a role. The thing about McDowell, I don’t necessarily think that it was a success-on-thefield type situation that maybe pushed McDowell to Michigan State. It didn’t hurt, but I don’t that’s really what necessarily his primary concern was.”
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No contest: Wolverines blow out Huskers Irvin, Michigan bury Nebraska with barrage of treys, move to 9-1 in Big Ten play
By NEAL ROTHSCHILD Daily Sports Editor
By the time the late-arriving Crisler Center fans even got to their seats, they may as well have picked right back up and turned for the exits, because the Michigan men’s basketball team had all but locked up its ninth conference NEBRASKA 50 win of the MICHIGAN 79 season. The 10th-ranked Wolverines started hot Wednesday night and got even hotter as the first half went on. They used 8-0, 12-0 and 15-0 runs throughout the first half to open up a 30-point lead and cruised to a 79-50 win over Nebraska (3-6 Big Ten, 11-10 overall). “As soon as Michigan came out and made their barrage of threes, it felt like we tried to match them,” said Nebraska coach Tim Miles. “You can’t match Michigan. You just gotta endure the punishment they’re going to give you for that time. Hopefully it subsides.” At one point in the second half, the lead reached 41 points. With an early start and Ann Arbor roadways filled with heaps of fresh snow, the only contest left to play by the time fans arrived was Zak Irvin vs. Nebraska. The freshman guard, having drained four 3-pointers, led that battle 16-15 with three minutes remaining in the first half before a 5-0 run by the Cornhuskers — with Irvin on the bench — gave them a 21-16 lead at the half. “We had a whole bunch of turnovers and rushed shots early,” Miles said. “Those are all bad offensive decisions that lead into really difficult defensive situations. And so Irvin’s just running down like he’s in open gym.” After scoring just 52 points on 18 made field goals three days ago against Indiana in Bloomington, Michigan (9-1, 17-5) had 49
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Sophomore forward Glenn Robinson III scored a game-high 23 points.
points on 15 makes at halftime. Sophomore guard Caris LeVert kicked off the game with two straight 3-pointers, and then the rest of the team chipped in. Michigan made nine 3-pointers in the half and 13 in the game, their most since a December blowout over Houston Baptist. The defensive performance also produced an opponent’s lowest output since November. “We were a little angry about that (Indiana) game,” said sophomore forward Glenn Robinson III. “We tried to get as much anger out as possible on defense as you can. I think we did a great job of that. It’s hard to hold a team under 50.” Nebraska has given the Big Ten all it can handle this season, beating Ohio State, Minnesota and Indiana, and coming within one point of knocking off Michigan in January. The problem for the Cornhuskers is that those games have all come at home in Pinnacle Bank Arena, and Michigan wasn’t about to head there for a second trip.
“I wanted a huge boulder on our shoulders after that loss (to Indiana),” said Michigan coach John Beilein, who was celebrating his 61st birthday. “You only have so many opportunities to win the Big Ten Championship and it comes every game in these little pieces. So come in there with a chip on your shoulder. Anger, mad — whatever. Just come in and get done what you have to get done.” The laughter gave Michigan a chance to put up some stellar individual performances. Robinson broke out of a 3-point shooting funk to tie a career-high 23 points, making 3-of-7 from beyond the arc. While Irvin cooled off in the second half, his 16 points were the most of his Big Ten career. LeVert tied a career-high five assists to add to seven boards. Most went well for Michigan on Wednesday night, but unfortunately for Irvin, the Cornhuskers beat him handily in the end, 50-16.
Three weeks ago, the Michigan men’s basketball team held its breath as the ball spun around the rim while time expired in its game against Nebraska. The ball popped out and the Wolverines escaped Lincoln unscathed. Wednesday night, the rematch was over at halftime, when Michigan headed into the locker room with a comfortable 27-point lead over the Cornhuskers. The 10th-ranked Wolverines scored just four points in the final 10:34 and still won, 79-50. The huge differential, and easy win, came thanks in large part to superb 3-point shooting from Michigan (9-1 Big Ten, 17-5 overall).
BY THE NUMBERS Michigan vs. Nebraska
13
Total 3-pointers, the most the Wolverines have tallied in a Big Ten game this season.
100
Free throw percentage, helping Michigan jump out to a big lead.
21
Points scored by Nebraska in the first half. Irvin had 16.
4
Points in the final 10:34 for the Wolverines, which still won by 29.
Leading the charge was freshman guard Zak Irvin, who contributed 16 points on 6-of11 shooting — just the second time he’s scored more than 15 points in a game. Irvin entered the contest midway through the first half to replace sophomore forward Glenn Robinson III and made an immediate impact. He knocked down a jumper before nailing two 3-pointers in his first three minutes. Later in the first half, he had the ball beyond the arc again and fired another 3-point attempt. The ball hit the back of the rim, sat on the front and then dropped in. “I knew it was gonna be my night when that happened,” Irvin said. “I definitely didn’t see that ball going in. … Once I made the first one, my teammates were just telling me to keep shooting it, and it just gave me a lot more confidence.” The luckybounce 3-pointer set Irvin up for a strong run at the end of the half. Michigan made two defensive stops on the ensuing possessions and Irvin made two more 3-pointers on the other side. At the time of his last trey, the 6-foot-6 guard had singlehandedly outscored the Cornhuskers (3-6, 11-10), which had just 15 points with three minutes left in the first half. Irvin wasn’t the only one enjoying his time behind the arc — sophomore guard Caris LeVert and Robinson each knocked down three of their own from beyond the arc. Robinson led the team in scoring with 23 points, shooting 8-for-14 from the field. It was the first time since late
December that Robinson had scored more than 20 in a game, and he attributed the sharp shooting to an adjustment he made in his technique earlier this week. “Shots just fell,” Robinson said. “I told you guys my shots were gonna fall. I had no doubt in my mind. My teammates did a great job of passing me the ball when I was open, and I shot it with confidence.” The Wolverines were relieved to finally see their shots start to go in after shooting just 40 percent against Indiana earlier in the week and hitting just three 3-pointers in that game. “We had better pace, better spacing out,” LeVert said, comparing Wednesday’s win to the loss at Indiana. “We took easier shots today.” The trio of Irvin, Robinson and LeVert combined for ten of Michigan’s 13 treys — the most they’ve made in a Big Ten game this season. The spot-on shooting beyond the arc — particularly from Irvin — was certainly enough to please Michigan coach John Beilein on the night he celebrated his 61st birthday. “To have a guy come off the bench and do that,” Beilein said, before pausing. “Truthfully when that ball goes in the air — because his delivery is a little unique — it’s like you don’t know what’s gonna happen, and it’s been going in at 40 percent, so I just close my mouth and say ‘Keep shooting, Zak.’ ”
“Once I made the first one, my teammates were telling me to keep shooting.”
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ICE HOCKEY
Hyman starring on retooled third line with Motte, Moffatt Junior’s move back to center sparks Michigan offense By JEREMY SUMMITT Daily Sports Editor
One month ago, Michigan hockey coach Red Berenson was trying to dig his team out of a four-game losing streak. He sat down to tweak his lines, and ended up finding an answer. His name is Zach Hyman. The answer has been there all season. He’s not in the shadow of his teammates and not always on the score sheet, the junior forward has earned his start in all 22 games. Berenson says Hyman is one of the hardest-working players on the Wolverines’ roster, and that much has been evident during the team’s current fourgame winning streak. The streak began on Jan. 23 against Michigan State. That day, Berenson decided to move sophomore forward Boo Nieves from his traditional center spot. Hyman replaced Nieves by making the move from wing to center, and it has worked out just as Berenson might have hoped. “Back at center, he’s more mature, more responsible and more confident at both ends of the ice,” Berenson said. With Hyman centering the third line between freshman Tyler Motte and senior Luke Moffatt, the performance of all three players has quickly escalated. Hyman and his linemates combined for four goals in two games against
Wisconsin last weekend and supplied high energy in the offensive zone. “We’ve been working down low on the opponents real well,” Moffatt said. “Even in the State weekend, we didn’t produce on the score sheet, but we did have a lot of good in-zone offense on them, and a lot of sustained pressure down low and cycling.” During the two-game sweep of Michigan State, Hyman had several chances that refused to hit twine. The red iron around the netting acted as more of a stoplight than anything when two point-blank opportunities from the slot clinked off the post in the first period. Even then, with frustration inevitably creeping in, Hyman remained composed. More than a week later, he crashed the net in the second period of last Friday’s 3-1 victory over Wisconsin and jammed home a rebound for his first goal in seven contests. “He’s getting chances, and now it seems his line has got some chemistry,” Berenson said. “I’d like to see Zach keep hammering pucks at the net, and I think the more he does, the more he’ll score.” Hyman played center for the majority of his youth hockey career, and he stayed there for the beginning of his freshman campaign. But his defensive inconsistencies pushed him away from center and to the wing. Hyman has progressed well throughout his career, gradually proving why the NHL’s Florida Panthers drafted him in 2010. His teammates now label him one of the better
two-way players on the team. The junior’s speed and ability to play both high and low in the defensive zone have been trademarks to his success. “Red preaches defense, and that’s what I’ve been trying to get better at ever since I got here as a freshman,” Hyman said. “I think it’s improved greatly from the start of my freshman year to the start of this year.” He’s found his way back in a familiar niche as a center man, and it’s been beneficial for all aspects of the Wolverines’ game. He looks comfortable there but says he’ll play whichever position Berenson finds most fitting. This week, Berenson called Hyman the catalyst of his line, and he’s earned that praise. Not much about his game is flashy, but he grinds the opposition in the offensive zone and seems to get to the right places at the right times. With just two goals in 22 games, his emergence doesn’t mean filling up the stat sheet every night, but that’s just fine by him. Michigan already has proven goal scorers, at least recently. The Wolverines need Hyman to supply what he’s been doing for the past four games — and all season, really. They need his work ethic to shine through, because that effort can go a long way in bringing out the best in players around him. Hyman’s a big believer that when you work hard, good things will happen. He’s back to working as a center, and great results have been coming Michigan’s way ever since.
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