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Night Owl closes first month with many riders Ridership averaged around 320 per day during trial period By MICHAEL SUGERMAN Daily Staff Reporter ADAM GLANZMAN/Daily
Republican Gov. Rick Snyder speaks about his transition from business to politics at Blau Auditorium at the Ross School of Business Monday.
Snyder appeals to students Govenor encourages graduates to stay in Michigan and help rebuild economy By ALICIA ADAMCZYK Daily Staff Reporter
After kicking off his reelection campaign with an unconventional ad during the Super Bowl last Sunday, the nerd returned to the University Monday night. Over 300 students filled the Blau Auditorium at the Ross
School of Business as Gov. Rick Snyder (R) — who holds a BGS, MBA and JD from the University — addressed his transition from the private to the public sector. Before becoming governor, Snyder served as the chairman of the board of Gateway, Inc. from 2005 to 2007 and founded two venture capital firms based in Ann Arbor. Snyder’s speech was part of Ross’ 100/100 Initiative, a series of events for graduating BBA and MBA students in the 100 days leading up to graduation. However, the event was not just limited to the Business School as students from across
campus attended the governor’s speech. During the hour-long event, Snyder touted his record in office, particularly the transformation of Michigan’s $1.5 billion budget deficit into a billion-dollar surplus. He also emphasized Michigan’s, and specifically Detroit’s, potential for future job creation and a high standard of living. “It’s one of the coolest places in the country,” Snyder said of Detroit. “I’ve told people, if you want to be another yuppie, go to Chicago. If you want to make a difference, move to Detroit.” During his speech, Sny-
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Parties begin to announce their CSG nominees Make Michigan and forUM have named their candidates for top leadership By GIACOMO BOLOGNA Daily Staff Reporter
Asking students to join its members in the “movement to ‘Make Michigan,’” campus’ newest party plans to enter the race for Central Student Government president and vice president. Public Policy junior Bobby Dishell, CSG vice president, and LSA sophomore Meagan Shokar, speaker of the CSG assembly, will represent the new Make Michigan movement, running for president and vice president, respectively. The Make Michigan party hopes to focus their party on providing for students rather than on politics. LSA junior Emily Lustig and LSA senior Andrew Craft, the chairs of Make Michigan, said Make Michigan is not a party; rather, it is a movement that will focus on concrete, achievable goals including health and safety on campus. While it is uncommon for two high-ranking CSG members to run on the same ticket, Dishell and Shokar will square off against Public Policy junior Carly Manes, the only other declared candidate in the race.
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Manes is an LSA representative in the CSG assembly and was nominated Sunday as forUM’s presidential candidate. Outside of student government, Manes founded Students for Choice her freshman year. The organization advocates for reproductive rights and has roughly 32 active members. forUM has not yet announced its vice presidential candidate. After two consecutive years of elections marred by hearings and lengthy court battles, Lustig and Craft said maintaining a positive election focused on the issues is paramount. “The political garbage that’s been happening … it takes away from the goal,” Lustig said. forUM won a plurality of CSG’s Assembly seats in last year’s election and initially won the presidential vote, but forUM’s executive candidates were disqualified for influencing students while voting. LSA senior Chris Osborn ran for president on the forUM ticket in 2013, winning the popular election. However, he was later disqualified from the election after reviews by the University Election Commission found him in violation of the election code. During the April 2013 Central Student Judiciary hearing on the matter, Rackham student Chris Stevens—CSJ chief justice—told the Daily it “sickened” him for elections to be decided by court See PARTIES, Page 3
der also discussed other topics including his career path, renewable energy and entrepreneurship. However, he returned multiple times to addressing the need for graduates to stay in the state and help with Detroit’s revival, which he said is already well under way. The governor said many students aren’t aware of the highpaying career options that are already available in Detroit. He also emphasized that while reviving the city would be a challenge, University graduates would be essential to rebuilding and recreating the city from See SNYDER, Page 3
At the beginning of the Winter 2014 semester, Central Student Government and the Interfraternity Council unveiled their late-night bus route, the Night Owl. The pilot program fulfilled what Business senior Michael Proppe, CSG president, called his “most difficult-toachieve campaign promise.” A month after the system’s launch, the Night Owl has been met with positive student feedback, Proppe said. Running Thursday through Saturday from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. each night, the Night Owl buses have amassed 320 riders per night on average, according to data from the University’s Parking and Transportation Services, which have been contracted to run the service. The Night Owl bus route currently employs two Blue Buses, making stops at popular off-campus locations, as well as Oxford Residence Hall, East University
Avenue and the Thompson street area. There are also transfers for North Campus and the Central Campus Transit Center. Proppe said his goal is to eventually have 500 riders per night, adding that this cutoff would make a good return on CSG’s investment. CSG and the IFC each spent $15,000 to start the Night Owl bus program, which covers the service fees for the Winter 2014 semester. The CSG assembly contributed an additional $10,000 to cover advertising and other incidental costs. The system came as a response to a perceived increase in crime near campus. In a January press release, CSG officials said 84 percent of University crime alerts occurred late at night, with 67 percent of them happening offcampus. “People feel safer now when they’re not on campus,” said LSA sophomore Michael Fakhoury, CSG chair of off-campus transportation and safety. “They have a safe ride to get home. It’s free, it’s accessible and they’re able to maneuver easily.” Fakhoury said the current rider rate is good but has room for improvement. Now, CSG is reaching out to offSee TRANSPORTATION, Page 3
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New contest hopes to up new business innovation Michigan Collegiate Innovation Prize to award $100K in prize money By IAN DILLINGHAM Daily News Editor LUNA ARCHEY/Daily
Business senior Sijia Hao works on her 3D piece in Clay for Non-Majors at the Art & Architecture Building Monday.
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Researchers probe West Nile and Dengue fevers New understanding of protein behavior gives clues for eventual vaccine By ANASTASSIOS ADAMOPOULOS Daily Staff Reporter
In a recently published study, researchers from the University and Purdue University reported new findings that could help better understand and treat of a pair of deadly mosquito-born diseases: West Nile fever and Dengue fever.
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The report was the first to outline the structure of the NS1 protein responsible for helping the viruses spread. The research was led by Biological Chemistry Prof. Janet Smith and Richard Kuhn, director of the Bindley Bioscience Center at Purdue University. “We’ve had it in our sights for about 10 years,” Smith said. “We’ve been working pretty intensively on it, I would say, for five or six years.” West Nile fever, which was first introduced to North America in 1999, and has since been found in each of the lower 48 states. In 2013, there were
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36 reported cases of the disease in Michigan, resulting in two deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control. More than 400 million people worldwide are infected by Dengue fever annually, with seven reported cases in Michigan in 2013, according to the CDC and the U.S. Geological Survey. The disease affects most of the countries in the equatorial belt and has reached the southern United States. Both West Nile and Dengue fever are transmitted to humans via infected mosquitoes and can result in high fever, muscle pain, headaches See FEVER, Page 3
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Entrepreneurialism could mean big bucks for some students — even before their companies are off the ground. As students at the University work to create a new entrepreneurial climate on campus though organizations such as MPowered, the Michigan Collegiate Innovation Prize aims to encourage similar endeavors across the state. This contest, which will award $90,000 in prize money on Friday, will offer students financial and academic resources to pursue a variety of business ventures. “This is a way to keep Michigan talent in the state,” said Contest Director Amy Klinke, associate director of corporate relations at the University’s Center for Entrepreneurship in a press release. Teams of college students from 16 institutions of higher education across the state were interviewed before judges selected the 23 finalists that will receive prize money. Judges made evaluations, in part, based See INNOVATION, Page 3
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Prof. talks disabilities in literature ability in the Literature and the Arts”. One of the reasons I really enjoy it is that the questions I find myself posing in the class don’t have any official answers because no one has been asking the kinds of questions about how disability appears in these different fields. These are very young questions in the field. What piece of your scholarship are you most proud of? I’d have to say the thing I’m most proud of is a work of creative nonfiction that I did a number of years ago called “Among Men.” And it is my attempt to write as beautifully as I know how. I feel
What’s your favorite class? My favorite class to teach is actually the one I’m doing right now. It’s called “Reading Dis-
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that I have had some success at accomplishing that goal, and that is an area that I have great pride in. Why is criticism (literary or otherwise) important? I think that any kind of criticism in the University is important because it asks us to challenge things as they are. If you’re asking specifically about lit criticism: if literature is important to study ... then criticism is important because criticism is the only way we can challenge how we read books. — MAX RADWIN
WHERE: Shapiro Undergraduate Library WHEN: Sunday at about 12:45 p.m. WHAT: A panini maker was reported stolen from the first floor dining area, University Police reported. The theft alledgedly occurred Saturday night or Sunday morning. There are no suspects at this time.
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WHERE: Bursley Hall WHEN: Sunday at about 10 p.m. WHAT: A suspect reported a stolen watch, University Police reported. The theft alledgely occured in the third-floor women’s restroom around 7:50 a.m. on Jan. 29.
WHAT: A selection of works by artists from the Korean Folk Art Association are on display to celebrate Minhwa. WHO: Nam Center for Korean Studies WHEN: Today at 7 a.m. WHERE: Michigan League Lobby
I’ve got fire... Weekend at It’s mutiplying Bursley WHERE: North Quad WHEN: Saturday at about 7:25 p.m. WHAT: Officers responded to a reported grease fire in the kitchen area, University Police reported. The fire was able to be contained by officers on the scene.
WHERE: Bursley Hall WHEN: Sunday at about 1:55 a.m. WHAT: A visitor to the hall was arrested for possible marijuana possession, University Police reported. Two other individuals at the scene were cited for minor in possession of alcohol.
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Explosion at ball bearings plant leaves fifteen injured Investigation underway after fire, HAZMAT respond PETERBOROUGH, N.H. (AP) — An explosion rocked a smalltown ball bearings plant on Monday, shaking walls, shattering windows and sending at least 15 people to the hospital, but a company spokeswoman said none of their injuries appeared to be life-threatening. Hazardous-materials teams responded after Monday afternoon’s explosion at the New Hampshire Ball Bearings Inc. plant in Peterborough, but firefighters said there didn’t appear to be any environmental damage. A plant machine operator, Paul Clark, said he was outside in the parking lot on Monday afternoon when he heard the blast. “I was in my car backing out Sudoku Syndication when I felt a rumble and heard a bang,” he said. “I looked up, and snow on the building’s roof was
flying into the wind.” The blast blew out windows on the three-story building’s ground floor, Peterborough Fire Department spokesman Eric Bowman said. There was heavy explosion damage, and the first arriving firefighters saw a column of smoke, he said. The cause of the explosion was under investigation, but all indications were that it was an industrial-related incident, Bowman said. First responders will try to determine the extent of the damage to the facility, company spokeswoman Kathy Gerrity said. It was unknown when the facility will be back in operation because it would need to be inspected and deemed safe first, she said. The plant, in the southwest New Hampshire town that was the inspiration for Thornton Wilder’s play “Our Town,” manufactures high-tech parts for the aerospace industry and employs 700 people. Gerrity said she wasn’t sure how many people
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were inside when the explosion happened Monday afternoon but there are usually about 450 working around that time. Clark, who operates a machine used in a rolling procedure, said his girlfriend, Andrea Painchaud, was at work in the shipping department when the explosion knocked shelves off the walls and part of the roof came down around her. He said she was uninjured. “Smoke came pouring out,” said Clark, who lives in nearby Pepperell, Mass. “I could hear somebody screaming.” ANDY WONG/AP Bill Brock, owner of the ManAustralia’s Sam Hall jumps during the men’s moguls qualifying at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park at the 2014 Winter hattan East Hair Design shop Olympics Monday. about a quarter-mile from the plant, said he heard and felt something but didn’t know what it was. Then about 30 ambulances and fire trucks went by. Gov. Maggie Hassan said the state emergency operations center was open to monitor the situation and she was “very encourder attack after asking viewers in tarianism under Putin. http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ aged” to hear that all employees January whether the Soviet Union AN “UGLY” MONUMENT had been accounted for. should have surrendered LeninU.S. television network CNN “My thoughts and prayers go grad, now St. Petersburg, to save caused a firestorm when it includout to those injured in today’s the lives of the 1 million people ed a war monument in Brest, a city explosion, to their families and who died during the nearly 900- in the former Soviet republic of Beloved ones, and to the entire Peday Nazi siege of the city during larus, in an article on the “world’s terborough area where NH Ball the war. The station quickly pulled ugliest monuments” published last Bearings is such an important the poll and apologized, but Presi- month. The piece said the Soviet member of the community,” she MOSCOW (AP) — The Sochi dent Vladimir Putin’s spokesman soldier “emerging from a mounsaid in a statement. Winter Olympics are making Rus- said the station had crossed a “red tainous block of concrete looks as if Police advised drivers to avoid sians beam with pride. But while line.” Russian cable providers lined he’s about to thump the West into Route 202 through Peterborthe opening ceremony left out up to drop Dozhd from their pack- submission before hurling North ough, which has about 6,400 World War II at the behest of in- ages and prosecutors opened an America at the sun.” It also noted residents. ternational Olympic organizers, investigation. that others think the soldier “simLocal hospitals were asked to Russia’s role in defeating Nazi The poll struck a nerve with ply looks constipated.” prepare for patients who may Germany is still one of the nation’s Russians for whom the resistance On Feb. 6, CNN edited the have been exposed to hazardous proudest moments, as some have in Leningrad exemplified the sufstory on its website and added a materials. Two of the 15 people found out the hard way. fering and heroism of the war. But note apologizing for the offense it who were treated at Monadnock Perceived slights to Russian the station’s owner and editor have caused in Belarus and Russia. Community Hospital later were pride caused an independent tele- accused the Kremlin of using the The following day, the Russian flown to other hospitals, spokesvision station to be forced off the poll to shut down Dozhd because Foreign Ministry took the unusual woman Laura Gingras said, and air and the Moscow correspon- of its critical reporting. The sta- step of summoning CNN’s Moscow the rest were released by Mondent of a U.S. network to be sum- tion has provided a platform for correspondent for an official repriday night. moned to the Foreign Ministry for opposition leaders and reported on mand. The journalist was told that Peterborough, besides inspiran official reprimand. In the latest allegations of official corruption, “mocking the memory of Soviet ing “Our Town,” a Pulitzer Prizedisplay of Russian displeasure, a including during Olympic prepara- soldiers who gave their lives for winning play first performed in prominent anchor on state televi- tions. the victory over fascism cannot be 1938, is home to the MacDowell sion insinuated that U.S. Marines After major cable and satellite justified or forgiven,” the ministry Colony, a prestigious retreat for depicted in the war memorial near providers dropped Dozhd, its view- said in a statement on its website. artists, writers and composers. Washington looked as if they were ership has fallen from 17 million The U.S. network then withWilder based the fictional town engaged in gay sex. households to 2 million, according drew the article entirely. of Grover’s Corners on PeterborHere is a look at what caused to station owner Nataliya Sindeye“CNN apologizes for the unough, where he often spent his Russians to react so strongly and va. While never able to compete intended offense caused by an summers. how the Kremlin responded: with the state channels, Dozhd has article from a contributor that New Hampshire Ball Bearings’ LENINGRAD LEGACY been popular with urban middle- was intended to be a humorous corporate headquarters are in The independent television sta- class Russians disturbed by the look at monumental architecture Chatsworth, Calif. It’s a division tion Dozhd, or TV Rain, came un- corruption and growing authori- worldwide,” it said in a statement. of Japanese company Minebea.
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Kremlin responds to slights over WWII victory, media Russia counters Olympic organizers while political tensions escalate
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Woman’s body found, foul play not suspected Authorities are awaiting toxicology results to determine how a 22-year-old St. Clair County woman died. Police say an autopsy Monday on Samantha Ward’s body revealed no signs of foul play. Ward, of Columbus Township, was out Friday night in Macomb County’s Richmond with friends at a tavern. Police say she took a different path as the group started to walk to their homes. Her body was found about 9 a.m. Saturday without a hat, jacket or gloves. Temperatures early Saturday morning were near or below zero. Police were reviewing surveillance video from shops in the area.
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Airport mix-ups an increasing issue At a time when a cellphone can guide you to your driveway, commercial pilots attempt to land at the wrong airport more often than most passengers realize or government officials admit, according to an Associated Press search of government safety data and news reports since the early 1990s. On at least 150 flights, including a Southwest Airlines jet last month in Missouri and a jumbo cargo plane last fall in Kansas, U.S. commercial passenger and cargo planes have either landed at the wrong airport or started to land and realized their mistake in time.
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Yemeni officials tasked with fixing many local issues A key Yemeni panel tasked with devising a new system to address the local grievances that have fed the impoverished Arabian Peninsula nation’s instability agreed Monday to transform the country into a state of six regions. But the system of federalism chosen by the panel, to have six regions rather than two, is opposed by southerners who feel dominated by the more populous north. The decision comes at the end of two weeks of talks by delegates from across the country on a new political map to end decades of centralization that fed internal conflicts in the north and south. The federalism plan will be included in the new constitution, to be put to a referendum.
SEOUL, South Korea
North Korea rescinds invitation to U.S. diplomat North Korea has canceled for a second time its invitation for a senior U.S. envoy to visit the country to discuss a long-detained American’s possible release, the State Department said Monday. The cancellation comes only days after detained American missionary Kenneth Bae told a pro-Pyongyang newspaper that he expected to meet this month with the envoy. It signals an apparent protest of upcoming annual military drills between Washington and Seoul and an alleged mobilization of U.S. nuclear-capable B-52 bombers during training near the Korean Peninsula. North Korea calls the planned drills a rehearsal for invasion, a claim the allies deny. Bae’s sister, Terri Chung, said the family is alarmed and saddened that North Korea has rescinded the invitation. But she said the family is encouraged by a growing number of people calling for his freedom — Jackson in particular. Chung said she and her mother have met with Jackson and support his humanitarian mission to bring Bae home. —Compiled from Daily wire reports
NIGHTOWL From Page 1 campus communities to increase Night Owl ridership. Next week, fliers will be distributed to offcampus residential areas highly populated by mostly students, like the Varsity Apartments and Sterling 411 Lofts, Fakhoury said. Proppe added that CSG is working to add the Night Owl routes to the University’s “Magic Bus” application, although he said this hasn’t been possible because the University cannot ascertain
FEVER From Page 1 and vomiting. In certain severe cases, both diseases can be deadly. The NS1 protein described in the report originates in infected cells, and is responsible for the viruses’ development. Once it’s in the bloodstream, it can cause bleeding, and hide the infection from the immune system. “What we didn’t know before but we know now is which parts of the protein are responsible for helping the virus to get replicated inside cells and which parts of the protein are involved in interactions with the immune system when it gets secreted into the bloodstream,” Smith said. The structure of the protein was illuminated through a process known as x-ray crystallography, which uses x-ray beams to determine 3-D structure of crystalline solids. The imaging procedure was performed at the
INNOVATION From Page 1 on the demand for such technology in the marketplace and how the teams distinguished themselves from competitors, according to the press release. On top of financial support, contest winners will receive access to curricula produced by the National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps. The sevenweek program, which is being offered to undergraduates for the first time, will provide students with business skills necessary to develop and market their innovative ideas. Several of the projects focus on areas of medical technology. Such programs include Safe Sense, a head impact sensor designed for use in football safety; iSuture, a surgical suture simulator and Savant, a program that could help doctors better use DNA data to diagnose patients. Another project, Carbon Cash, will allow users to better track their environmental impact and
News who owns the software. The drive to increase the number of students taking the Night Owl reflects CSG’s efforts to expand the program and make it marketable to the University’s Administration, which Proppe said he hopes will fund the late night bus routes starting next year. During Night Owl’s planning stages in June, the University’s parking and transportation administrators told CSG representatives that 20 riders per bus per hour on average would put CSG in a place to secure funding for a permanent route. Ridership
already exceeds this rate. Although CSG representatives will not give a formal funding proposal until March, Proppe said administrators and the University’s Board of Regents have already given the project soft support. “This is a kind of important initiative, and it’s relatively inexpensive for the University to take on,” Proppe said. “If we can get to 500 (riders per night), that’d really just blow it out of the water. It’s really our plan not to just continue the program, but to expand as well.”7
Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois, but the difficult process of purifying the protein was performed in Smith’s lab at the University. “A lot of times in crystallography, when you do this technique, one of the major blocks is to be able to produce enough protein that is uniform, homogeneous” Kuhn said. There are currently no known effective treatments for these diseases, but the research team said they are hopeful that their findings could lead to the development of vaccines. “We are planning a whole series of experiments to think about antivirals and think about developing vaccine strategies,” Kuhn said. NS1 is an unusual protein because it comes out of the infected cell, which makes it a target, Kuhn said. The protein also has various jobs throughout the infection cycle. The right antiviral could potentially attack the protein in multiple steps in
the life cycle of a virus and disable it. Kuhn said he has been in discussions with companies to develop vaccines against Dengue virus. However, finding the right vaccine for Dengue virus is a complicated process, since there are four different strains of the virus. Scientists are still working to better understand the interactions between these forms of the disease. “People get the most severe forms of the disease, it seems, when they’ve been infected by more than one of the four types,” Kuhn said. In the future, Smith said she wants to explore if NS1 is related to this differentiation, which is an important factor in the creation of a vaccine that could target a specific form of the disease with minimal complications. Smith will give a lecture on crystallography on Feb. 20 at 4 p.m. at Palmer Commons.
promote energy efficiency. According to a 2012 report by Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, a London-based organization that produces annual international economic reports, entrepreneurial activity in the U.S. is at its highest point since the beginning of the survey in 1999. However, a recently published five-year study found that the University Research Corridor — a research alliance between the University, Michigan State University and Wayne State University — was not competitive with other similar university clusters nationwide when examining the number of startups each group was responsible for. The report indicated that t he University of Michigan was responsible for 11 of 14 startups in the URC. Ken Nisbet, associate vice president for research at the University’s Technology Transfer Office, said economic factors in Michigan may have contributed more to the lack of startups than a lack of innovation. “When you start a company, you don’t do it in a vacuum,” Klinke said. “We’re connecting
students to local mentors and venture capitalists and engaging them in the Michigan entrepreneurial ecosystem. The hope is many will stay due to the roots they’re growing through this program.” Last July, University President Mary Sue Coleman addressed the need for students to create an impact on the economic condition of the state, specifically the revitalization of Detroit. “We all know that there’s a lot of work to do, but right now, it’s more important than ever to recognize the powerful, youthful energy that we feel has real momentum in Detroit,” Coleman said. Detroit revitalization was also cited as a key component in the decision to move this year’s MHacks to Detroit, event organizers said. The event drew about 1,200 students to the city for a 36-hour programming competition, allowing companies to showcase technological resurgence occurring in the city. Final prize announcements will be made this Friday at 2 p.m. at the Stamps Auditorium.
Nevada officials refuse to defend gay marraige ban Governor, attorney general say voterapproved prohibition isn’t viable CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s attorney general and governor said Monday that they won’t defend the state’s gay marriage ban when it goes before a federal appeals court, saying that a recent court decision makes the state’s arguments supporting its constitutional amendment “no longer defensible.” Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto, in a motion filed with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, said Nevada’s legal arguments defending the voter-approved prohibition aren’t viable after the court’s recent ruling that potential jurors cannot be removed from a trial during jury selection solely because of sexual orientation. “After thoughtful review and analysis, the state has determined that its arguments grounded upon equal protection and due process are no longer sustainable,” Masto said in a statement. Nevada’s move comes as the federal government and courts
around the country in recent months have chipped away at laws the prohibit marriage and benefits for same-sex couples. In a one-month span from December to January, two federal judges struck down state bans on gay marriage for the same reason, concluding that they violate the U.S. Constitution’s promise of equal protection under the law. Gov. Brian Sandoval, a Republican seeking re-election this year, said he agreed with the Democratic attorney general’s action. “Based upon the advice of the attorney general’s office and their interpretation of relevant case law, it has become clear that this case is no longer defensible in court,” Sandoval said in an email to The Associated Press. The state’s move was hailed by gay rights advocates and civil libertarians. “This is fantastic evidence the state has recognized that equality for all people in Nevada and certainly across the country is of utmost importance,” said Tod Story, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada. The state’s move was an about-face from January, when the attorney general’s office filed a lengthy brief supporting
the gay marriage ban that voters approved in 2002. Eight same-sex couples, some married for decades, sued the state, arguing that the law is unconstitutional. A federal judge in Reno upheld the law in 2012, sending it to the appeals court in San Francisco. One of the plaintiffs, Caren Jenkins, said she was delighted by the development, though it doesn’t mean gay marriages are imminent in Las Vegas’ wedding chapels. “This issue is far from resolved. The constitutionality issue still needs to be dealt with,” Jenkins said. “But it certainly is something to celebrate.” Tara Borelli, senior attorney with Lambda Legal, a gay rights advocacy group that represented the couples, said Nevada’s move is “a signal there’s no longer any excuse to defend this discrimination.” “I think it will send a powerful message to the court that no Nevada official is willing to defend the ban any longer,” she said. Leaders with the Coalition for the Protection of Marriage, a conservative group that pushed for Nevada’s gay marriage ban, did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.
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SNYDER From Page 1 the bottom-up, an element that’s missing in other urban areas such as Chicago. “We need our corporate community in particular ... to do a better marketing job,” Snyder said. “We know how to make things, so we’re poised to be in the center of a big comeback, and that’s what I’ve been trying to create.” He added that students would be more inclined to stay in state if they were aware of the options for high-skill, highpaying jobs, particularly in the auto industry. Because he is focused on filling high-paying jobs, he said he isn’t concerned with raising the minimum wage in the state, an issue that has drawn popular support lately, especially among college students. Of the many questions raised by students on social issues, Snyder refocused them to ballot-box issues as opposed to something he would focus on as governor. “I appreciate the social issues, but right now we still
PARTIES From Page 1 cases. Craft explained that Dishell and Shokar are the kind of people who students can trust to advocate concrete change and veer away from bureaucratic issues. “When I see someone that I can believe in that can do really
need to stay focused on helping people find jobs,” he said. “I don’t want to screw it up.” Snyder ended his speech by encouraging students to aim high and “be bold.” Andy Hoffman, a professor in the Business School and the School of Natural Resources and Environment, moderated the talk. In an interview after the event, he said the question of jumping between sectors was interesting because of the many opportunities students have today to develop career paths that don’t fit into traditional molds. “He’s an intense guy, he’s very business,” Hoffman said. “I think he was probably an outlier for his day, and I think students can learn from that.” Business graduate student Damian Chatman, president of the Ross Student Government Association and organizer of the event, said he thought the governor had an interesting perspective to give students on the intersections of the public and private sectors. “I think the governor had some great words for the students going forward,” Chatman said.
great things for the student body, I want to get behind it,” he said. The other two parties from last year’s election, MomentUM and youMICH, are inactive, and it is unclear if any other parties will run candidates for executive positions. Additionally, the Defend Affirmative Action Party has run candidates every year, but has not yet announced their nominees.
NYC mayor talks inequality in first address State of the City speech focuses on lessening income disparities NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio used his first State of the City address Monday to press government to marshal its power to battle income inequality, a liberal call to action that will be closely watched around the nation. By virtue of a campaign focused on income disparity and landslide win that installed him at the helm of the nation’s largest city, de Blasio has become a leading spokesman for a growing movement to narrow the gap between the haves and havenots. He promises to help by hiking taxes on the rich to pay for prekindergarten, raising the minimum wage and providing ID cards for people in the country illegally. “We’re fighting to give everyone a fair shot,” he said Monday during the speech at a community college, “so that city government doesn’t set its priorities by the needs of those at the very top ... while ignoring the struggle of those born under a less lucky star.” The first Democrat to deliver the address in more than 20 years, de Blasio unveiled a decidedly leftleaning agenda. His signature issue, to which he devoted the climax of his speech, was to again call for a tax hike on New Yorkers making more than $500,000 a year to pay for universal prekindergarten. “Many wealthy New Yorkers ... know that a gilded city isn’t the New York they signed up for, even if they currently find themselves doing quite well,” de Blasio said. “Raising taxes on the rich makes our commitment to our kids more than just words.” The plan, welcomed in
the cities’ liberal circles, has run into obstacles. De Blasio can’t raise taxes without approval from state lawmakers, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo has steadfastly refused to consider the issue, instead offering to dedicate existing money in the state budget to pay for the program. And on Monday, even as de Blasio spoke, State Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos told reporters that he would not allow legislation containing a tax hike on city residents to advance. But prekindergarten is not the only front on which de Blasio is pressing state lawmakers in the capital of Albany. He revealed in the speech that he plans to ask them next week for the power to raise the minimum wage in the city. “We will send a powerful signal to the people of New York that we honor work and that we are committed to making work pay,” he said. De Blasio, who did not specify what he wanted the new minimum to be, joined a national push to raise minimum wage levels. Last month, President Barack Obama called for the federal wage to be raised from $7.25 to $10. And Cuomo and lawmakers reached a deal last year to raise New York’s minimum wage to $9 by the end of next year. De Blasio, who expects nearly lockstep cooperation from the Democratic-controlled City Council, also said he wants to expand existing living wage legislation and wanted municipal ID card to be available to all residents this year regardless of their immigration status. “To all of my fellow New Yorkers who are undocumented, I say: New York City is your home too, and we will not force any of our residents to live their lives in the shadows,” the mayor said. Previous measures to issue statewide ID cards have faltered, but other U.S. cities, including San Francisco and New Haven, Conn., issue similar documentation.
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Expand educational excellence Snyder must encourage schools to adopt the IB programme
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ecently, a Michigan public school district took a drastic turn with its curriculum when it decided to completely embrace the International Baccalaureate programme, applying the teaching style from preschool all the way up to high school. IB is very different from the traditional education system because it avoids simply memorizing information to spit out on exams. With an emphasis on languages and global awareness, as well as problem solving and critical thinking, this unique educational system seems to successfully prepare students for college and the real world. The state should provide funding to allow more schools to adopt the program. Oxford Community Schools, a school district in Oakland County, has been pleased with the results of switching to IB. Though IB standards are more rigorous than Common Core State Standards — the educational curriculum of the majority of Michigan public schools — Oxford Superintendent William C. Skilling said the Common Core does not prepare students for “a global world that’s changing 24-7.” Students are just as happy with IB, claiming that they feel that they are learning more and having fun doing it. With a program so unique and radically different from our current educational regimen, many teachers, parents and schools may be hesitant to switch. Although IB is more liberal and less structured than a traditional curriculum, the Common Core system fails to teach students any of the skills that IB does. The Common Core curriculum relies focuses solely on preparation for standardized tests, often requiring no thought beyond textbook memorization. Students’ ability to memorize information is not an effective indicator of their potential or intelligence. Students who just know how to do well on multiple choice standardized tests are not coming into college prepared. The IB programme is necessary to teach students useful lifelong skills during their formative learning years. The IB programme is divided up into four parts, each emphasizing different aspects of development. Starting from age three, children are told to “take responsibility for their own learning,” with teachers only helping to guide students toward establishing a firm set of personal values. As the students mature, they are encouraged to stay aware of current world events and undertake projects that help them develop a skill set. Because the IB programme
serves students from a variety of cultures, each student is required to take at least two languages to facilitate teaching others and learning about all cultures. With most colleges — especially the University — emphasizing diversity and employers looking for potential employees who can communicate with a diverse set of people, the fostering of these skills seems highly appropriate. In addition, with an IB diploma students can more easily study outside of the United States if they want to. However, there are some concerns with IB. Many students won’t stay in the same school district from preschool to high school, and some feel that it is hard for students who transfer into an IB program to catch up with the IB curriculum. A sudden switch into an IB program may also create a difficult learning curve for both teachers and students. In order for Michigan IB schools to be effective, policies must be put in place to ease the transition and ensure the cooperation of all parties. Fortunately, because the IB programme focuses on teaching skills rather than facts and materials, students should be able to adjust. In addition, the program caters to students with special needs, so any student is able to thrive in the program. In the IB programme, students learn skills that they can use in the real world, and students who go through this program will improve their chances of performing better in college. In addition, the global aspect of this program makes students more desirable for colleges and employers. Unfortunately, the full IB Diploma Programme costs about $600 per student. Since Republican Gov. Rick Snyder is planning on increasing funding for schools, he needs to set aside money to help expand the IB system to other schools in Michigan. and employers.
COMMON SENSE ACTION | VIEWPOINT
Our chance to effect change Not everyone believes in the power of our generation. Millennials have often been labeled as “selfish,” “lazy” and “emotionally detached.” Whether it is because we were the first generation to grow up with the Internet or the first generation who maybe relied too much on our parents, we have created a bad reputation for ourselves. When taking a closer look, our generation is something unique. We are a generation who will face obstacles unlike any other. Will we receive the same social security benefits awarded to present-day retirees? Will we be able to achieve the American Dream though a hard work ethic like our parents once did? Will we ever know true privacy or will we just assume that our conversations are being monitored by the government? These are obstacles we will inevitably face. If we choose to, we can face them together. Last semester, readers of The Michigan Daily were introduced to Common Sense Action, a national bipartisan grassroots movement created by Millennials and for Millennials. We have chosen to work together, no matter our political affiliation, and craft solutions to the problems facing our generation before it’s too late. We care about a diverse set of issues including: education, tax reform, social security, incarceration and energy. We will not follow the example Congress has set for us. We refuse to accept partisan gridlock as an answer for inaction in Washington on the most pressing policies to our generation’s future. After our University’s CSA chapter researched and crafted policies culminating in our “Campus Congress,” two members of our team traveled to Washington, D.C. for the Agenda for Generational Equity Summit where they debated policies and lobbied Congress. Students from chapters across the nation gathered at the Bipartisan Policy Center to discuss the policies formed on their respective campuses, including those formed here at the University of Michigan. They found ways to make sure that higher education was a feasible goal for all students,
no matter their socioeconomic background. They brainstormed ways to ensure that social security would exist well into the future, that formerly incarcerated individuals have a way to integrate back into society, and that America’s infrastructure is reliable for our future. These students, with bright, diverse and politically oriented minds, together created one concise policy proposal that holistically represented Millennials around the nation — the national Agenda for Generational Equity. The group of students that gathered at the AGE Summit in D.C. proved that 20-somethings can accomplish great things when common sense solutions are placed as priorities. While not every policy was framed exactly the way students here at the University wished them to be, they represented our interests as students in the United States and the interests of Millennials from a broad range of backgrounds. We are proud to have contributed to such a thorough and representative piece of work that will be advocated for across the nation for years to come. Now that the AGE policies have been finalized, CSA will begin its mobilizing phase: spreading our message to Millennials and policymakers around the nation, thus building a national bipartisan movement. As passionate Wolverines, we are starting here, on our own campus. We will advocate our message of generational equity across campus through a series of actions. We will work with candidates, empower voters, host events and draw media attention on our policy priorities, seeking to change American politics and return government to an engine for the people: for Millennials. We aim not only to involve members of our organization, but all students of the University as we create a national network of Millennials — left, right, center, moderate and independents who are passionate about common sense, solutions and action. Common Sense Action can be reached at csamichigan@umich.edu.
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Engineering for the ‘real world’
ong before I came to Michigan, I knew I was meant to be an engineer. This belief may have come as much from my love of science and math as it did from the hope that I would find a community of people I belonged with: people JULIA who skipped ZARINA middle school dances to write letters to NASA about the technical similarities between the Mars Rover and R2-D2. People who can’t play Angry Birds for extended periods of time because they get angry when the trajectories of the catapulted birds don’t obey the laws of classical mechanics. People who love the challenge of creating, of making their own mark on the world and learning to better understand it from a perspective they identify with. Somewhere towards the end of freshman year that all changed. In high school I had been a straight-A student, but in college I struggled to keep up, lost in a sea of people who all seemed to tirelessly and deftly juggle classes, clubs and internships. I was inspired, but I was also vastly unprepared for the competitiveness, the workload and most of all, the culture. I came from a high school where diversity meant far more than a brochure cover, and the cost of an education was a concern as real and as present as getting admitted to a university in the first place. Here, I felt acutely like an impostor — as though the admissions department had made some grave administrative error and I was wasting everyone’s time by believing I could compete, let alone succeed. For me, the counter-evidence to this came not from an A on an exam or a compliment from a respected professor. It came from my own self-affirmation: the first time I recognized that my degree was more than a piece of paper or a measure of my worth calculated to two decimal points. It was the moment I looked in the mirror and saw myself for who I was — my own culture, gender and experiences — AND as an engineer, and felt that these two identities coexisted agreeably, that being one did not make me less of the other. I wanted to make my education
and my title totally my own — I didn’t want or need it handed to me, prepackaged in someone else’s experiences and expectations. On a more literal note, this revelation also came when someone broke into our kitchen at the beginning of my sophomore year. In response to this, my landlord began installing various locking mechanisms on the doors in our house. After arriving at the property one night to find his 1998 gold Ford minivan parked with the accuracy of a homing beacon in the precise geographical center of our front yard, I entered my home to discover that I was the proud owner of a padlock. Well, not a padlock per se, but a metal hinge device like one might find on a trunk that, when properly installed and paired with an actual padlock, provides a fairly effective means of securing valuables. Unfortunately, said mechanism was not properly installed, a statement that was informed primarily by my engineering training, but additionally by the casual observation that he had bolted the metal hinge to the center of my door, ensuring that either one of two options were available to me: 1) Securely padlock the hinge to itself, allowing for uninhibited door opening/closing abilities while having a nice padlock-themed door decoration, or 2) Construct an elaborate system of bungee cords and chains that would span the width of the door frame and provide me with that “sociopath lair” image that’s so useful for keeping undesirables out of your room. Concerned about these security measures being sufficiently effective, I designed and constructed a RubeGoldberg intruder alarm straight from the deleted scenes of Home Alone, complete with pulleys and a hammer that would strike a cookie sheet, alerting me to the presence of an unwelcome intruder. What exactly I would do (beyond immediately fear-vomiting) at that strike of the cookie sheet was unclear to me, but it was unimportant at the time. I was triumphant. I had successfully engineered a solution to a real-world problem. I had used my major, and though it was in a way that was absurd, minor and inconsequential, it was also in a way that was wholly my own. From the mundane to the
revolutionary, real world experience is critical. In a purely practical sense, it is a foundation required by employers in an increasingly interactive and interdisciplinary global economy. In a more idealistic sense, learning to create — to be unique and meaningful in the world — is the ultimate objective of an education, a goal which often gets abstracted in the pressure to get a higher test score, a higher GPA and a better-paying job. Even at one of the top-ranked engineering schools in the country, the standards set by and for our education system often encourage narrowly defined guidelines for success. Beyond that, “real world” experience as implemented by many engineering programs is limited in the scope of what it defines the real world to be. When I wait for the bus inside North Campus buildings, I scan the names on the walls of honored engineers and find no women and few people of color. When I read the enrollment statistics, the numbers reflect only a marginally better representation. There is little to indicate that engineering has embraced and accepted the “real world” beyond the pictures on the first pages of a recruiting brochure. Even in the face of increasing objections, the College of Engineering still has no Race and Ethnicity or language requirements for its students, as these subjects are not seen to be essential to an engineering career. This is simply no longer true. In a world that is infinitely connected and multidisciplinary, it is impossible to ignore elements that influence our perspectives and experiences — elements such as gender, culture, race and background — and it is detrimental and discrediting to try to. Engineering is a profession dedicated to technical and scientific excellence, and introducing academic requirements that encourage students to think in social contexts will elevate, not detract from these values. We need to commit to education beyond equations and computer code, not only to inspire and include capable students who don’t fit the traditional mold, but to set and live up to a higher standard of real-world-driven, socially responsible engineering. — Julia Zarina can be reached at jumilton@umich.edu.
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The value of an idea
he on campus entrepreneurship scene is always buzzing. Among the many brilliant students and their innovative ideas, there are some people who stand out more than others, especially at the initial stages of the development NIVEDITA KARKI of an idea. Sometimes this is due to the fact that their idea itself is brilliant — but often times it is so because they’re looking for people to work with them on their idea. These students, invariably, turn out to be smart ones who just didn’t choose to code, or to study business. They need an iOS/Android/Web-developer/designer and maybe someone for business development. So they talk to anyone and everyone who will listen, and their ideas becomes well known. Reggie Brown was a junior studying English at Stanford University in the spring of 2011 when he approached his friend Evan Spiegel with an idea — an app that allows users to send pictures that disappear within seconds. Spiegel, a product designer who could code, responded by saying, “That’s a million-dollar idea,” and the two recruited a third partner, hard-coder Ryan Murphy. In 2013, Brown filed two lawsuits against Snapchat. “Ousted” from the company, Reggie’s lawyers claimed in November 2013, “This is a case of partners betraying a fellow partner.” It appears as though a settlement has still not been reached between the two parties. For those who’ve watched the “Social Network,” or just keep tabs on the lawsuits against Mark Zuckerberg, this might sound similar to the Winklevoss twins and Eduardo
Saverin situation. But at least the Winklevii received a handsome $65 million for what started out as their idea, and Saverin, along with a nondisclosed settlement, got reinstated as a co-founder of Facebook for his initial work as a business developer. The Winklevii and Saverin were all economics majors at Harvard University. These lawsuits have become a staple, cautionary tale in the startup industry. Even on campus, you will occasionally come across students who’ve zipped their mouths as far as ideas are concerned. What’s funny is that these people are usually the ones who have the skills to implement their idea (yes, this includes my fellow computer science peers). These are times when 20-yearolds are making billion-dollar decisions that affect millions around the world, times when every business discussion involves the mention of the Silicon Valley — a place that boasts of success stories conceptualized in dorm rooms. Today, the idea that hard programmers fuel entrepreneurship might be the idea of the startup-life itself. Ideas by themselves are not enough. Without the execution, an idea remains what it is — a mere thought, which will be forgotten in time. It is in no way comparable to working hard to build a company or putting out a product to sell. The implementation of the idea is what makes it successful. So what happens to those who choose not to code? Or even those who choose not to go to business school? Is there no place for them in the exciting world of college startups? They
are imaginative thinkers, but will they not have the skills required to implement their own, or for that matter any, ideas? If ideas are worth nothing, where do they stand in the bustling arena that is collegiate entrepreneurship? And so they ask for help, for people interested to work with them on their ideas. They look around, talk to people. Whereas those with skills sit and work on their ideas by themselves, hoping no one else would put out a similar — or worse, — a better product. Looking at the Snapchat lawsuit, you can’t argue that you feel bad for Brown — the English major. In court documents and coverage in the media, it comes across as if there is something morally incorrect about what happened to Brown. He should definitely be compensated for the work that he did. But the question is, what does this compensation entail? And for that matter, these lawsuits from Silicon Valley point to an even bigger question — what does it mean to invent/create something? What is worth a billion dollars? Coming up with a brilliant idea? Turning it into a product? Relating it to your customers? Selling it to the right people? Solving a global issue? I don’t know, but I am overwhelmed. This is a campus of startup weekends and social innovation challenges, of Hackathons and career fairs, and of just kids with ideas looking to make some change in the world. Is any one part of the conceptualization of these ideas really worth more than the other?
Today, the idea that hard programmers fuel entrepreneurship might be the idea of the startup-life itself.
— Nivideta Karki can be reached at nivkarki@umich.edu.
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Arts MUSIC COLUMN
FILM REVIEW
Is Pussy Riot still rioting for social change?
WARNER BROS.
Better than ‘The Dark Knight’
‘Lego Movie’ fun regardless of age This movie contains many small parts
By KARSTEN SMOLINSKI Daily Arts Writer
Emmet Brickowski (Chris Pratt, “Parks and Recreation”), an ordinary construction mini-figure, lives just like everyone else Ain Lego City. Everyday, he The Lego watches the Movie same dumb television pro- Rave and gram, listens Quality 16 to the same Warner Bros. “Everything Is Awesome” song, performs the same routine job, and always, always follows the building instructions. However, when the master builders, a group of Legos who believe that all Legos should build freely without following the instructions, mistake Emmet for the savior of Lego-kind and the most important person in the universe, the simple construction worker finds himself caught in a battle against the evil President Business (Will Ferrell, “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues”), who forces everyone to follow the instructions and glues them together so they can’t build anything new. This rather neat and fitting plot
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should resonate with any Lego fan, even those whose love comes mostly from nostalgia. A lego set’s instructions always tell how to build some amazing things, but the most fun comes from ditching the rules and creating something unique. The movie smartly focuses on the theme of creativity, featuring frantic action sequences where the heroes construct and modify their creations – submarines, spaceships, and double-decker couches – on the fly. These frenetic battle scenes look like a laser light show painted by a surrealist, with a million different dazzling colors flashing across the scene almost too fast for the viewer to process. Pirate-robots, unicorn cats, and dragons duel tentacle-covered drones, sending Lego bricks careening through the air. Along with the non-stop action, “The Lego Movie” delivers a hysterical gag about every half-second thanks to both the slapstick humor and ludicrous characters backed by the voice talent such as Elizabeth Banks (“The Hunger Games”), Morgan Freeman (“March of the Penguins”) and Will Arnett (“Despicable Me”), the latter of whom voices Lego Batman. In fact, much of the film’s humor comes from its clever references to pop culture titans such as Star Wars and DC Comics. For one gag, Morgan Freeman’s character confuses Dumbledore for Gandalf and for another, the heroes borrow the Millennium Falcon’s hyperdrive. With all these allusions to other major brands and insider
references to old Lego sets, some critics will certainly dismiss “The Lego Movie” as a shallow marketing scheme meant to reinforce brand loyalty and sell merchandise. Undoubtedly, those criticisms carry some truth. However, such critics overlook the witty satirical character of President Business. Evil lord, president and CEO all rolled into one, this cunning super villain wants all Lego people to uniformly follow the same set of instructions, talk about the same stuff and use the same product. He serves as an obvious stand-in for the heads of massive companies such as Microsoft or Apple. However, “The Lego Movie” brilliantly argues that the ordinary people can enjoy these products without conforming to every last instruction. Buying a Lego set doesn’t oblige anyone to follow the directions, and enjoying “The Lego Movie” doesn’t obligate anyone to buy a Lego set. Though critics will deride it as an extended commercial, “The Lego Movie” entertains with a rocket-fueled pace, zany characters and some of the freshest looking animation since Pixar came out with its own film about living toys. Then, it blows the audience away by extending the creativity of its own world to the creativity of our world, delivering a thoroughly appropriate message for a movie about the world’s greatest building blocks. Instead of relying on Batman or Gandalf to save the day, the task falls to an ordinary, yellow construction worker.
Back when I first inherited this column my junior year, I followed up my inag ural article with a commentary on the Russian band Pussy Riot after two of its musicians had been convicted of “hooliganism.” Desperate to make an original ELLIOT opinion on ALPERN a controversial issue, I took on the devil’s advocate to some degree, asking if perhaps the band members were entirely blameless. It was naiveté at its finest, and with recent news of the band coupled with the ongoing Sochi Olympics, I wanted to revisit the issue at this tail end of my tenure as music columnist for the Daily. First and foremost: After being released from prison in December of last year, both Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina were essentially kicked out of the band this past week. I think the standard reaction here would be confusion or frustration. Why, after gaining so much traction as advocates against various types of oppression, would the other musicians force out the two band-members who represent strongest their plight against persecution? Once again, the issue is more complex than headlines would indicate. The decision seems to have been solidified, in some part, from a performance in New York City on Feb. 5: the Amnesty International Concert. Both Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina took the stage after being introduced by none other than Madonna — is anyone really surprised that the <em>Amnesty International Concert</em> would feature two of the most prominent human rights activists in the music world? Yes — according to the rest of Pussy Riot, this is the antithesis of their movement. “Our performances are
always ‘illegal,’ ” an open letter posted on the band’s blog said. “Staged only in unpredictable locations and public places not designed for traditional entertainment … Unfortunately for us, (Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina) are being so carried away with the problems in Russian prisons, that they completely forgot about the aspirations and ideals of our group — feminism, separatist resistance, fight against authoritarianism and personality cult…” It will be interesting, to say the least, to watch what happens with Pussy Riot as we move forward. The two jailed ex-bandmates seem in no way ready to stop as they shift more toward exposing the human rights abuses of the Russian jails — but more intrig uing are the possibilities with the rest of the band as it stands now.
Sochi Olympics put global spotlight on Pussy Riot. Especially with the Sochi Olympics now underway, Russia has spent an uncomfortably long time in the spotlight for its human rights abuses ( like the recent, much-condemned antigay propaganda laws) and widespread corruption. And despite Pussy Riot’s penchant for underground resistance movements, this is the type of stage to send a message, however “illegal” or disruptive it needs to be. The interest is there — just last week, Russian snowboarder Alexey Sobolev was reported to have a graphic of a “female figure in a balaclava wielding a knife” on his snowboard, an iconic image of the band. “Anything is possible,” he said when asked if it was a direct allusion to the band — “I wasn’t the designer.”
The reason that this becomes an even more critical juncture for action comes with an analysis of the Russian population as a whole. Back when Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina were sentenced to the absurd punishment of two years in jail, even Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said he thought the band members didn’t deserve prison time. But public opinion told a different story — despite Western condemnation, about two-thirds of the Russian populace thought that the sentence was either appropriate or not heav y enough. It’s not difficult to see the reason why — the percent of Orthodox Christians has risen from around 15-20% of the overall population in 1989 to near 70% in 2013. Combine that with Pussy Riot’s staunch criticism of the Russian Orthodox Church, and it’s not difficult to see why the group has fallen out of favor even among their own people. It’s important, here, to clarif y — there’s obviously nothing wrong with being religious. We’re taught that tolerance and acceptance of cultural differences is our best public policy. The complexity of the issue comes with the fact that the recent anti-gay laws aren’t, at least, as unpopular in the populace of Russia as it is here in the US. The blame can be pointed anywhere, but a growing conservatism born from an increasingly religious population must at least be considered. Yet even in St. Petersburg and Moscow, LGBT communities are still alive and f lourishing — and those are the battlegrounds where awareness can not only be spread, but maybe even diffused into the more conservative communities from there. And it will take local activists, like Pussy Riot, to really spark that social revolution. Alpern has Pussy on his mind. To distract him, e-mail ealpern@umich.edu.
ALBUM REVIEW
‘Outsider’ brings us in By GREG HICKS Daily Arts Writer
As a label tack for The Outsiders, “experimental” would be an understatement. Eric Church’s palette holds more colors Athan any other country artist The on the current Outsiders market, and this time the Eric Church painting is grittier, grimier and EMI Nashville poised for controversy. This dark-rock fourth studio album is a follow-up to the singer’s careerhiking record Chief — most notable for its critically-acclaimed single, “Springsteen.” Church is a wise fellow: Practice musical divergence while the going is good, the venues are full and the fans are alongside, blazing a hot trail. The country artist’s musical reappearance is a head-first plunge into rock-y waters with its lead single “The Outsiders.” A looming electric guitar intro ushers in a garage-rock chorus as stadium chants endorse Church’s opposition to his airy “Springsteen” days. The introductory talksing, however, falls short of the intimidation factor that the style was reaching for. A stormy introduction from “The Outsiders” turns the rest of the album’s tracks into aftershock pieces. “Broke Record” and
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“Rollercoaster Ride” smack the same bass notes on a poorly-tuned saloon piano, offering a bit more country flavor to the record’s rock facets. The literal take on the track title even gives “Broken Record” some pop-esque wordplay when Church belts “you got my heart, heart, skip, skip, skippin’ a beat.”
Church gets experimental. In all of its irony, “Like a Wrecking Ball” softens the country rock singer’s attitude with mellow, lightly phased vocals and a chopped-apart electric guitar melody. The song doesn’t swing in two tons of force, but its following track “That’s Damn Rock & Roll” is a swift reminder of what we’re dealing with. The continued talk-
singing reiterates its questionable effectiveness, but the bulky female backing vocals — practically worthy of being labeled lead vocals — give the track its fighterform. Classically rebellious. On an album that seeks to probe many off-the-beaten-path production styles and modes, the appearance of “Talladega” doesn’t fit the record’s mold (or lack thereof). The chord progressions are elementary, and the fun-yet-reflective country styling doesn’t belong on a Church record — let alone this Church record. In its overall risk-taking nature, however, it’s not outlandish to place a one-size-fits-all country music track to keep some balance. Ditching many of the acoustics will harvest mixed reactions in the country realm — potentially even among Church’s fans — but that’s what being an outsider is all about.
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North Carolina dumps coal ash deal with Duke Following toxic waste leak, agency drops former settlement
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s environmental agency sought late Monday to delay its own settlement with Duke Energy a week after a busted pipe at one of the company’s coal ash dumps spewed enough toxic sludge into the Dan River to fill 73 Olympic-sized pools. Lawyers for the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources asked a judge to disregard their proposed settlement with the nation’s largest electricity provider. Under the deal, Duke would have paid fines of $99,111 over groundwater pollution leaking from two coal dumps like the one that ruptured Feb. 2. The state’s letter came one day after a story by The Associated Press in which environmental-
ists criticized the arrangement as a sweetheart deal aimed at shielding Duke from far more expensive penalties the $50 billion company might face under the federal Clean Water Act. The settlement would have required Duke to study how to stop the contamination, but included no requirement for the company to actually clean up its dumps near Asheville and Charlotte. “DENR asks this court to hold in abeyance any further consideration of the proposed consent order while DENR undertakes a comprehensive review of all North Carolina coal ash facilities in view of the recent coal ash release into the Dan River,” said the state’s letter to Wake County Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway, a copy of which was obtained by the AP. “DENR will advise the court when it has completed this additional review of North Carolina coal ash facilities and the requirements of the proposed consent order.” Drew Elliot, a spokesman for
the state environmental agency, said late Monday that he had not yet seen the letter and could not comment. Duke Energy spokeswoman Tammie McGee said it is the company’s policy not to comment on pending litigation. On the afternoon of Feb. 2, a security guard patrolling the grounds of Duke’s Dan River Steam Station discovered that a pipe running under a 27-acre toxic waste pond had collapsed. The company reports that up to 82,000 tons of coal ash mixed with 27 million gallons of contaminated water drained out, turning the river gray and cloudy for miles. The accident ranks as the third-largest such coal ash spill in the nation’s history. The public was not told about the breach until the following day and initial reports provided by Duke and DENR did not make clear the massive scale of the disaster. It took six days for the company to finally seal the pipe.
Private tapes reveal Morsi felt suppoter protests were ‘useless’ Members of former president’s defense team threaten lawsuit CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi says protests by his supporters and the violent crackdown against them are “useless” in a recording of a private conversation with one of his lawyers that was leaked by security authorities eager to show the Islamist leader in a less defiant posture. Morsi also asked his lawyer, Mohammed Salim el-Awah, for money to be deposited in his prison account for living expenses since he is not allowed visits by friends and family, according to the recording, excerpts of which were released by the privately
owned Al-Watan newspaper. Another member of Morsi’s defense team, Mohammed elDamati, denounced the recording, calling it a violation of privacy and the Islamist leader’s constitutional rights, and threatened to file a lawsuit. Morsi was ousted by the military on July 3 following repeated demonstrations calling on him to leave office. He is now held at a high security prison near the Mediterranean city of Alexandria. His incarceration there followed four months of detention at an undisclosed location. The leaked conversation reportedly took place on the sidelines of Morsi’s trial earlier this month as he faced charges of inciting the murder of protesters during his year in power. Two security officials told The Associated Press the recording was released to show the public
that Morsi knows protests will not bring him back to power. The two spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss the issue publicly. Demonstrations led by the Muslim Brotherhood calling for Morsi’s reinstatement have frequently led to violent clashes between his supporters and security forces. While the protests have waned as hundreds have been killed and thousands of Brotherhood leaders and supporters detained, violence has been on the rise, with an increasing number of suicide bombings, drive-by shootings, and assassinations targeting mainly security forces. An Islamic militant group, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis — Champions of Jerusalem in Arabic — has claimed responsibility for many of the attacks.
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After inaugrual year, Vatican praises Pope Francis’ efforts Pope Benedict’s longtime adviser pushes message of continuity VATICAN CITY (AP) — It was the quietest of announcements that had the effect of a thunderclap on the Catholic world: A year ago Tuesday, Pope Benedict XVI said in a voice so soft that cardinals strained to hear (and in a Latin not all could easily follow) that he was becoming the first pontiff to resign in more than half a millennium. On the eve of the anniversary, Benedict’s longtime private secretary credited his boss’ stunning decision with opening the way to the “enormous impact” Pope Francis is having on the church and world at large. Monsignor Georg Gaenswein’s comments sent out a message of continuity between the awkward, bookish Benedict and his charismatic, super-star successor, the first Jesuit pope and the first pontiff from Latin America. It also may suggest that Benedict approves of the dramatic changes that Francis is bringing about within the church — even if many seem to go against the grain of his more
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restrained papacy. “We are all seeing the impact that Pope Francis is having on the world, not just the faithful in the church but in the world — it’s an enormous impact — and this impact was also facilitated by Pope Benedict in resigning,” Gaenswein told Vatican Television. “He opened a possibility that until then wasn’t there, and we can see that Pope Francis has taken this situation in hand and we’re delighted.” Gaenswein is in the historically unique situation of serving two popes: While he remains Benedict’s secretary, lives with him in his retirement home in the Vatican gardens and takes daily walks with him each afternoon, Gaenswein is also the head of Pope Francis’ household, arranging his schedule and appearing regularly with him at his Wednesday general audiences and other public events. Gaenswein was by Benedict’s side on that Monday morning, Feb. 11, 2013 when, during the course of a routine announcement of new saints on a Vatican holiday, Benedict announced that he no longer had the “strength of mind and body” to be pope and would retire at the end of the month. Francis was elected about a month later and has dazzled the
world with his simple style, message of mercy over moralizing and a tone of welcoming that has thrilled progressive Catholics and troubled conservatives. He has since been named “Person of the Year” by Time magazine and has injected new life into an institution that was crumbling following a decade of scandal over sexual abuse, and more recently over the theft of Benedict’s private papers by his own butler. As the anniversary of that momentous day approached, Vatican officials have sought to stress Benedict’s generosity, courage and service to the church in deciding to step down as they battle to preserve his legacy amid the increasing temptation to contrast his often problematic papacy and reserved personality with his crowd-pleasing successor. It’s no easy feat when no one ever made a “Super Pope” wall painting of Benedict or created a life-sized chocolate statue of him — as has been the case with Francis. Recently, the Vatican spokesman felt the need to defend Benedict when Rolling Stone magazine put Francis on the cover and compared his “gentle revolution” to the “disastrous papacy” of his predecessor.
Chinese, Taiwanese governments discuss eventual reunification in Nanjing meetings Negotiations include mention of potential trade agreement between the states NANJING, China (AP) — Representatives of China and Taiwan gathered Tuesday in Nanjing for their highest-level talks since their split in 1949, with representatives of the two governments preparing to meet despite Beijing’s refusal to recognize the self-governing island’s sovereignty. The choice of Nanjing as the venue has special resonance because it was the capital of Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist government during the war against Mao Zedong’s communists before the Nationalists were forced 65 years ago to flee the mainland for Taiwan. It also is home to the tomb of the founder of republican China, Sun Yat-sen, who is revered in both Beijing and Taipei. China is eager to nudge the self-governing island democracy toward its eventual goal of reunification, though the Taiwanese electorate has been increasingly cool to the idea. In the meantime, the two sides have increasingly boosted their economic and cultural ties, opening investment opportunities and travel across the 150-kilometer (100-mile) Taiwan Strait, an outgrowth of a couple of decades of talks and confidence-building measures. No official agenda has been released, but Taiwan’s lead nego-
tiator Wang Yu-chi has said he hopes to discuss setting up of permanent representative offices on each other’s territory and will push for greater Taiwanese representation in international organizations — something Beijing has actively resisted. Wang, head of Taiwan’s Cabinet-level Mainland Affairs Council, is scheduled to meet with Zhang Zhijun of the Chinese Cabinet’s Taiwan Affairs Office. Beijing wants to see Taiwan ratify a trade services agreement that would allow the sides to open a wide range of businesses in each other’s territory. While Beijing reveled in the signing of the pact more than six months ago, it remains stuck in Taiwan’s legislature, a reflection of public fears of being overwhelmed by their giant neighbor. Expectations for the meeting were measured. Richard Bush, a Taiwan expert at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., said he believe the parties mainly want to nail down their accomplishments thus far. “My impression is that this meeting is to consolidate and ensure gains already achieved rather than to seek new ones,” Bush said. There have been indications China is eager for movement on the political front, in addition to the growing economic ties. “We cannot hand these problems down from generation to generation,” Chinese President Xi Jinping told a Taiwanese envoy at an international gathering in Indonesia last year.
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Five things we learned: Michigan vs. Purdue By SHANNON LYNCH
Boilermakers the upper hand. “I thought we started the game with great energy and great effort, and we were able to build that lead,” Barnes Arico said. “They started to push the ball and score easy buckets on us and really penetrate to the basket, and that was something we wanted to take away, but that’s what brought them back in the game.” The Boilermakers did a great job of managing their halfcourt defense as well and kept Michigan’s top scorers at bay. Guards Shannon Smith and Siera Thompson, who both average just over 14 points per game, finished with just six and 10, respectively.
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Last Sunday’s 65-56 loss to No. 25 Purdue highlighted the current issues the Michigan women’s basketball team is dealing with, and offered perspective on the probable future for the team in 2014. 1. Fouls causing problems for Wolverines. There’s no argument that forwards Cyesha Goree and Val Driscoll have played major roles in Michigan’s success this season. Goree, a 6-foot3 junior, nabbed her seventh double-double this season against Purdue. Driscoll, a 6-foot-4 senior, has anchored the Wolverines’ defense with 54 blocks. The tallest players on the roster also have more experience than most on Michigan’s roster — both had seen time on the court prior to the 2013-14 season. Each has shown strong leadership and aggressiveness this season, but the duo’s positive impact has been hindered by personal fouls in a number of games. Sunday, Goree fouled out and Driscoll had three heading into the second half, putting her under pressure for the last 20 minutes of play. “Both Cyesha and Val, I thought, got a little down by being in foul trouble,” said Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico. “When we’re playing against a rebounding team like (Purdue) and we don’t have two bigs in the game, it really affects us.” At this point, the Wolverines have a seven-player rotation, meaning that when Driscoll and Goree are forced to sit out valuable minutes every game, Barnes Arico and her coaching staff have few options when it comes to replacing them. That spells trouble for the Big Ten Tournament.
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Junior forward Cyesha Goree has had a productive season after spending much of last year on the bench, but staying out of foul trouble will be key down the stretch.
2. Determination in conference play hasn’t gone unnoticed. Now 6-5 in the Big Ten, Michigan has fallen to sixth place in the conference after losing four of its last six games. The Wolverines have faced most of the Big Ten’s best in the last month but have rarely gone down without putting up a fight, and they’ve shown resilience and growth even in defeat. They lost to No. 15 LSU by just two points back in November, and three of their five conference losses have been by 11 points or fewer. “We knew when the Big Ten schedule got here that it was going to be extremely difficult. We knew that we were going to be challenged,” Barnes Arico
said. “But I think we’ve shown to be competitive night in and night out. We had a tough one against Nebraska, but I think that’s probably the only game that wasn’t a game, so I’m really proud of the effort.” According to Barnes Arico, the locker room attitude is still very positive, and there is a lot to be happy about despite the more recent losses.
from beyond the arc. Against Purdue, she tied her career high with three 3-pointers, the fifth time she has done so. Ristovski has struggled with her consistency from beyond the arc this season, failing to knock down a 3-pointer in seven different games. But when she’s on, it matters. If Ristovski can manage to keep up her outside shooting percentage in Michigan’s remaining games, she could be the difference between a deep run in the Big Ten Tournament and a nonexistent postseason. “When she plays well, usually we win,” Barnes Arico said.
“I’m really proud of our effort.”
3. Ristovski is bound to impress as time goes on. Sophomore guard Madison Ristovski has been one of Michigan’s strongest players off the bench, shooting 43 percent
“But there are bumps in the road. You’re fighting fatigue, you’re fighting the grind, you’re fighting our schedule — you’re fighting all those things, and coach is still trying to tell you to get up 200 extra shots a day.” 4. Transitions make all the difference. Against Purdue, the Wolverines started off strong with a 6-0 run, and they held a 14-point lead with just over five minutes left in the first half. But Michigan started to slow in transition and allowed the Boilermakers to get the defensive rebounds that sparked offensive bursts. Purdue ended the half on a 14-2 run and then had another strong 12-0 run midway through the second frame that gave the
5. Lack of focus is weighing on Michigan. Barnes Arico has continued to address the rigorous schedule her young team has faced and the amount of pressure it has put on the Wolverines. While most of their recent losses have come down to the wire, they look worn out in the last minutes of the game, leading to unnecessary turnovers and missed assignments on the defensive end “We need to be smarter on the defensive end and not pick up silly fouls,” Driscoll said. “Everybody on the floor, everybody on the bench, we all need to be focused and checked into what our game plan is.” Goree, Driscoll and Barnes Arico all say that the team is dealing with inexperience rather than fatigue. “Sometimes, we may have mental lapses that cause us to hurt at the end — if it’s in the beginning of the game, the middle of the game, it still affects us late at the end,” Goree said. “I believe that we are in good shape, and we always work hard and play hard, so at the end of the day it comes down to a mental thing.”
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Nagelvoort’s inconsistency reopens goaltending battle Racine impresses in 45-minute relief stint at Penn State By ERIN LENNON Daily Sports Writer
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Michigan coach Erik Bakich has held practices outdoors to teach his Wolverines about how to overcome adversity.
Wolverines build confidence By BRAD WHIPPLE Daily Sports Writer
The seats at Ray Fischer Stadium are blanketed in snow. The only evidence of a baseball field are the foul poles and fence in the near distance. But in left field, there is a patch of green. In left field, there are footprints in the snow. In left field, there’s confidence. There haven’t been spectators in the stands or pitchers on the mound, but the Michigan baseball team has built a resistance to the cold and learned what it takes to live up to expectations. Michigan coach Erik Bakich has been prepping ‘Team 148’ for Friday’s opener since the first day of the school year, facilitating significant improvements all around and seeing that the team’s core values fall in line. Winter classes resumed Jan. 8, but the NCAA start date for team practice is Jan. 24. Bakich left it to the players to use the 16 days in between to voluntarily work out and participate in small-group activities, telling them it would build and hit the ground running on day one of winter training. The indoor facilities at Oosterbaan Field House don’t hinder any of the team’s development, but Bakich would rather be outdoors because nothing truly beats it.
Assuming the temperatures are above single digits and snow isn’t hammering Ann Arbor, Bakich wants his players outside as much as possible. The team starts by shoveling off the field, and then the Wolverines run through their drills. After the 2013 season, the natural field was transformed into a turf diamond and outfield. The new surface makes playing outdoors possible despite the uncooperative Michigan weather. Bakich says that there’s a toughness element that he wants his players to endure, something that will shape his players’ character. Michigan trained before winter break as well. The fall term, Bakich said, was meant to “get guys out of their comfort zone and teach them about being comfortable being uncomfortable” through team-building activities, one of which involved traveling to other colleges and high schools to play. Oosterbaan Field House doesn’t have an indoor baseball field. Bakich settles for two outfielders in indoor scrimmages. But he feels the Wolverines have made the best of their situation indoors by controlling what they can. Each practice is extremely fast-paced with high energy. Bakich’s hope is that the games
will feel a bit easier if his players go through a tough daily routine. Michigan starts with a dynamic warm-up, moves on to a throwing program, works on individual and team defensive drills and then steps to the plate in the batting cages. To finish practice, the team participates in a fun competition that offers a competitive edge without the high stakes. Another one of Bakich’s focuses is to have each of his players embrace being a “Michigan man,” stressing that the defining values of such a model are one of the most important things this year for a new team still trying to find an identity. “Michigan is an extremely special place,” Bakich said. “Our No. 1 guiding principle in the Michigan Athletic Department is that we demand integrity. You’re a person of integrity when your actions line up with your words.” During the first days of winter training, the Wolverines struggled to get their bat on the ball. They hadn’t seen live pitching in months. But after weeks of high-intensity training, Bakich notices the confidence his players have gained at the plate and beyond. He notices the improvement that has come out of the preseason. He notices the patch of grass in left field.
On any other team, Steve Racine is a starting goaltender. Last season, the thenfreshman emerged from a first half filled with question marks as the Michigan hockey team’s strongest option in net. In 25 games during his firstyear campaign, Racine boasted a 12-6-3 record, leading the Wolverines to the CCHA tournament finals with a .899 save percentage. His performance during his team’s final games of the season earned him a spot on the CCHA All-Tournament Team and was good enough for Michigan coach Red Berenson to declare Racine the starter in September, prior to the beginning of the 2013-14 season. “He’s been through a year of the routine,” Berenson said before the season opener. “Of school, and hockey and off-ice training, and he’s had the ups and downs. Fortunately, he finished on a high.” Then, on Oct. 18 — just three games into the year — Racine suffered a groin injury that forced him off the ice for four weeks. Up until that point, in slightly more than eight periods of play, Racine posted a 2.22 goals-against average and a .931 save percentage, numbers that stood out considering the Wolverines’ young and inexperienced defense. If sitting out wasn’t bad enough, Racine’s replacement gave his coaches something to ponder. Freshman goaltender Zach Nagelvoort was unbeaten in two overtime contests that weekend against New
Hampshire and only improved in the weeks to come. Now, nearly four months later, Racine’s October injury still plagues him. Though it appeared the 10th-ranked Wolverines would go with a two-goalie system in November, Nagelvoort was given the nod most often through the first half. Dressed in full uniform and mask, Racine watched the freshman — who now ranks among the nation’s best netminders — start seven straight games, begging the question: had Nagelvoort solidified himself as Michigan’s starter? Though Berenson felt no need to seal the envelope, Nagelvoort’s stellar performance against then-No. 9 Wisconsin two weeks ago all but did the answering for him. But on Saturday at Penn State, Racine — on in relief of Nagelvoort, who allowed three goals in fewer than 14 minutes of play — reminded the Wolverines why he was their starting goaltender in October. Racine stopped 30 of the 31 he shots faced in his first appearance since Dec. 28. Though Michigan’s dormant power play couldn’t muster a comeback, the sophomore gave the Wolverines an opportunity to come back for the better part of two periods. His performance was all the more impressive given Michigan’s shaky defense and the pressures that come with taking the ice in the middle of a period without ample time to warm up, especially after six weeks on the bench. “It’s obviously never how you want to get in there,” Racine said. “When you’re standing on the bench, it’s hard to stay focused, but it’s just something you have to do. You just have to be ready whenever.” So, as the Wolverines prepare for a pair of marquee matchups
against No. 2 Minnesota, Michigan’s coaching staff has more questions to answer. “We’ll have to wait and see,” Berenson said. “(Nagelvoort) has played really well, and then all of a sudden he had a stinker. That happens to the best of goalies. “I like the way Steve responded. He jumped in, and I still thought we had a chance to win that game … but he gave us a chance.” Though it’s a small sample size, Racine boasts a .930 save percentage and has allowed just 2.64 goals per game. And though Nagelvoort disappointed against Penn State, he has proven he can play against any team. The coaching staff makes decisions about goaltenders on the Thursday before each series, and Berenson said this week will be no different. If nothing else, the door has been opened a little wider for Racine. “We’re watching how they’re playing, how they’re handling it, and so on,” Berenson said. “But I don’t think we’re going to overthink it.” Still, 40 minutes of solid netminding doesn’t fully characterize a starter. Racine’s numbers may make him a shooin for starting goaltender at nearly any other program in the country, but this is Michigan, a team with two worthy candidates, and there’s only room for one in net. NOTES: Michigan will likely skate without junior forward Alex Guptill this weekend, Berenson said Monday. Guptill left late in the second period Saturday with an upper-body injury after being pinned by two Penn State players and didn’t return for the final frame. … Freshman defenseman Kevin Lohan, who suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament on Nov. 1, won’t play this weekend, but will be evaluated again next week before the Wolverines host the Nittany Lions on Feb. 21.
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Bring on the Buckeyes: ‘M’ faces road test LeVert’s offensive role, assignment on ‘D’ have hampered his performance By DANIEL WASSERMAN Daily Sports Editor
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Sophomore forward Nik Stauskas was shut down by Indiana and Iowa, and Michigan’s offense struggled as a result.
Wolverines hope to retain first place in season’s lone game against Ohio State
fifth game in 13 days. These clusters of games in such a condensed timeframe are so troublesome to Beilein that the coach is addressing the issue, saying that he’ll “continue to have conversations with the Big Ten about it.” In the By DANIEL WASSERMAN meantime, Beilein is doing his Daily Sports Editor best to simply ready his team for its next opponent. Since the start of the 2011“We’re going to be as ready 12 season, John Beilein’s teams as we can be,” Beilein said. have lost just 24 times. “It’s very hard to get better It’s an impressive mark for when you’re just preparing for the Michigan a game.” men’s basketball After the Wolverines were Michigan at carved coach, up defensively on Ohio State Saturday, especially in their especially considering that Matchup: Ohio transition defense, Beilein said a majority of his State 19-5; all he truly wants is to have team’s games Michigan 17-6 some time to hold a couple came against Big When: of fundamentals-oriented Ten opponents, Tuesday 9 P.M. practices rather than focusing widely almost exclusively on game Where: Value considered preparations. But he also City Arena to be the best acknowledged that after losses conference in TV: ESPN like the one at Iowa, sometimes the nation over getting back on the court that stretch. quickly can be a blessing. But even more impressively, “It is a beauty that one of just two of those losses were the good things in basketball followed by another loss. is you play sometimes two or So, if history is any indication, three times a week. One of the Wolverines should be the bad things in basketball riding high when they enter is sometimes you play two or Columbus on Tuesday night to three times a week,” he said. take on an inconsistent Ohio “You either get over a loss or you State squad. The 22nd-ranked get your momentum going.” Buckeyes, once the No. 3 team Thanks to Michigan State’s in the nation before losing loss on Sunday, Michigan will four straight and five of six in still hold a share of the Big January — including a shocking Ten’s top spot when it takes the home loss to Penn State — have floor against the Buckeyes (6-5, welcomed in the new month 19-5) in a primetime, nationally with an unblemished 3-0 record televised spot. in February. At 71.9 points per game, good Beginning Feb. 1, Ohio State for ninth in the conference, Ohio knocked off a pair of ranked State’s offense stands in stark foes, Wisconsin and Iowa, contrast to Iowa’s top-ranked before dismantling Purdue on offense that ran circles around Saturday. the Wolverine defense. Taking The same month, though, after its best player, Aaron Craft hasn’t been as kind to Michigan — perhaps the best perimeter (9-2 Big Ten, 17-6 overall). defender in the country, but at After the Wolverines’ 10-game times a complete non-factor on win streak was snapped at offense — the Buckeyes’ defense Indiana on Feb. 2, Saturday’s is good enough to keep them in loss at Iowa was embarrassingly any game, but their offense can uncompetitive. For a team be enough of an eyesore to lose struggling away from home very winnable contests. this month, Tuesday night Michigan shouldn’t have represents Michigan’s third to worry about another road game in 10 days and its opposing player lighting it up
like Michigan State’s Garry Harris, Indiana’s Yogi Ferrell and Iowa’s Roy Devyn Marble have in the past few weeks, but it’s Craft’s ability to take the Wolverine of his choosing — likely sophomore guard Nik Stauskas — out of the game that has Beilein worried. Stauskas is far and away Michigan’s best offensive weapon, but in two losses last week, he was held to just 16 combined points on 4-of-12 shooting as he struggled to fight out of ball denials. Stauskas should see a large dose of Craft, who averages 2.6 steals per game, but Ohio State can also throw guard Shannon Scott, who averages 2.0 steals per game, at the Mississauga, Ont. native. Together, the duo form one of the best defensive backourt pairings in the country — “as good as I’ve ever seen,” Beilein said. On Saturday, Stauskas showed visible signs of frustration as a hostile crowd — aided by his poor shooting night — compounded into an afternoon worth forgetting. It has become apparent that Michigan’s offense goes as Stauskas does. Learning to handle that load physically, but perhaps more importantly, mentally, will be the key going forward. “When you put up the numbers that Nik’s put up this year … you’ve got to be ready to take the other teams’ best shot,” Beilein said. “You have to be emotionally really strong, especially on the road where you are the villain, you are not being applauded by everybody. “So staying emotionally calm through all that is challenging for everybody. It was for (former guard Trey Burke), it will be for Nik — it’s part of the process.” NOTES: Of the Wolverines’ last eight games, five have been against ranked teams. ... Zak Irvin is shooting 53.3 percent from 3-point range over the past two contests. ... Michigan split the season series with Ohio State last year.
If there was one Iowa player Michigan couldn’t afford to lose sight of, it was senior guard Roy Devyn Marble. Marble, the Hawkeyes’ leading scorer, should’ve been the focal point of the Wolverine men’s basketball team’s defense, the first one to be picked up in transition, and perhaps even shadowed and defended the way opposing teams have been forced to treat sophomore guard Nik Stauskas. But there he was on Saturday, time and time again, racing down the floor in transition unmarked and open for uncontested 3-pointers. He sunk six of them in total, each in the first half, for 22 first-half points — more than enough to suck the life out of Michigan. Marble — who grew up in Southfield, Mich., about a half hour from Ann Arbor — was held to just four points after halftime, but the brunt of the damage was already done against the team that passed up on the local product, as Michigan folded, 85-67. It was the third consecutive weekend that the 15th-ranked Wolverines could do little to slow an opposing team’s leading scorer; for the second-straight weekend, it landed Michigan in the losing column. Two weeks ago, Michigan State guard Gary Harris went off to the tune of 27 points, though the Wolverines pulled off an impressive come-frombehind win in East Lansing. The following weekend, Indiana’s Yogi Ferrell took his turn scoring 27 points, shooting
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Aaron, master of his Craft Daily Sports Writer
With a medley of awards for academic and athletic achievement, the reigning Big Ten Tournament MVP returned for his senior season to win a national championship. In October, the Daily sat down with Ohio State guard Aaron Craft at Big Ten Media Day in Chicago to talk about his last go-round with Ohio State, his final battle against Michigan and the lessons he picked up while living with roommates. Oh, and tacos, too.
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that has seemingly emerged: LeVert’s increasing role on the offensive end is seemingly detrimental to his defense. In games against the Spartans, Hoosiers and Hawkeyes, LeVert averaged 17 points per game while attempting 11.7 field goals per game, almost four more than his average in the Big Ten prior to the Michigan State game. It’s clear that LeVert has become the Wolverines’ secondary option on the offensive end, and while Stauskas sputtered for six and 10 points, respectively, against Iowa and Indiana, LeVert was thrust into the role of Michigan’s go-to scorer. But despite a significant upgrade in the amount of time spent with the ball in his hands attacking the rim — against Iowa, he shot 11 free throws — he’s still tasked with defending the opposing team’s most dangerous player. It wouldn’t be a stretch to question whether his propensity to draw fouls is taking a toll on his body, as evidenced his defensive matchup shooting at surefire rates in the aforementioned three games. His 6-for-12 shooting mark in Iowa City doesn’t stand out, but considering that after each of his six misses, he had to then had to recover and attempt to mark Marble in transition — more often than not, he struggled to find him — it certainly offers another part of the story for why his defense may have slipped. The soft-spoken LeVert is never one to make excuses — “It’s pretty frustrating,” he said, before going on to say that, “They’re all great players.” But the numbers make it clear that going forward, Stauskas’ offense needs to pick up. Michigan can’t beat good teams by relying on LeVert to carry it on both ends of the floor.
Sophomore guard Caris LeVert has accepted a larger workload on offense, but that has affected his performance on ‘D.’
By DANIEL FELDMAN
Sophomore forward Nik Stauskas was held scoreless when Michigan last played Ohio State at Value City Arena.
a lights-out 7-for-8 from beyond the arc in Michigan’s first Big Ten loss of the season. If there was a defensive bright spot in the stretch, it was the Wolverines’ stifling of Nebraska guard Terron Petteway, who averages close to 18 points per game but was held to just five points in Michigan’s blowout win last Wednesday. But on Saturday, the Wolverines again were unable to contain the player who was presumably at the top of their defensive keys to victory. For sophomore guard Caris LeVert, Michigan’s best perimeter defender, Marble represented another player he was tasked with guarding who didn’t seem to miss. LeVert, Stauskas and Michigan coach John Beilein were each quick to isolate Marble’s performance from the other two. “I think on Yogi, we did a really good job at making him shoot contested threes,” Stauskas said on Saturday. “I think a couple times, we just missed (Marble) in transition and he got off to a hot start. That’s what got us today.” Added Beilein: “Someone said to me, ‘It’s like Yogi Ferrell all over again.’ No, we had someone close to Yogi Ferrell. Somehow, (Marble) just got open, and we’ve got to figure out what happened.” There’s certainly something to be said for the Hawkeyes’ transition offense — “one of the best teams in the country at it,” according to Beilein, who then called his own team’s transition defense “very average.” But Marble’s success wasn’t limited solely to the game’s up-and-down tempo. On multiple half-court possessions, he was simply given too much space, or he created it himself by utilizing the motion offense, resulting in open threes. But in both instances, either in transition or half court sets, there’s an underlying narrative
The Michigan Daily: It feels like you’ve been at Ohio State forever, according to Michigan fans. This is your last season. Are you angry it’s your last one against the Wolverines? Aaron Craft: If anything, I’m a little upset we don’t go to Ann
Arbor this year. I was looking forward to that opportunity. I have a losing record there, so I wanted to find a way to even that up. But we’re excited. You know, we’ve been here for four years — we’ve been here for the long haul — and we think the best is ahead of us, so we’re going to make the best of this. TMD: Two years ago, when talking about Michigan and Ohio State, the matchup was Trey Burke against Jared Sullinger, since they grew up together, and then last year it evolved into a battle of point guards between you and Burke. What do you see it as this year? AC: I think it’s just going to be a battle. You know, you had the freshmen last year that were great (who now) have a year under their belt. They’ve been in the battles — they’ve gone to the National Championship game. They’re only going to get better. (Michigan has) great role players, which is great for any team. So I’m excited. I always love playing in this conference
because you play against great players — some of the best in the country — and some of the best teams, and Michigan is obviously one of them. TMD: One point of emphasis this year for the sophomore class is bonding together. One of the things you do with your roommates is a weekly taco night. Would you suggest they try that? AC: Yeah, whatever they need to do. I think they do a pretty good job of hanging out together and enjoying themselves. I would recommend spending some time away from them, too. You spend a lot of time with the team inside the gym, and getting away helps, too. TMD: Is there a certain type of taco you like to make — one that separates itself from all the rest? AC: We just get after it. We’re eating them tonight and I’m excited because I haven’t had them in a while with practice and things. It’s going to be a good day.