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Polar Plunge raises $130K for Special Olympics org. Denard Robinson, Brady Hoke judge costume contest By EMILIE PLESSET Daily Staff Reporter
After making it through January’s polar vortex, about 420 members of the Ann Arbor community decided it was a good time for a swim.
Dressed in an array of costumes, participants dove into an icy pool for the University’s second annual Polar Plunge. The event was held at Michigan Stadium and aimed to support Special Olympics Michigan. Special Olympics Michigan is an international organization that provides training and competition opportunities for athletes with intellectual disabilities.
Sarah Henry, the development and events coordinator for the state’s chapter of the organization, said the money raised through the Polar Plunge allows special Olympics athletes to participate for free in the group’s events. Throughout the winter, the Michigan branch of the organization holds 30 Polar Plunge events around the state and raises about $1 million from all the plunges combined.
This year’s Big House plunge was the second largest event in Michigan and raised about $130,000. “It’s one of those life things you participate in,” Henry said. “Some people run marathons and other people want to jump into freezing cold water in the middle of winter to raise money.” While participants can jump individually, many peoSee POLAR, Page 3A
When the University’s basketball team beat Michigan State Sunday afternoon, the energy inside the Crisler Center was unmatched. But for University students standing outside in line several hours earlier, the atmosphere was a little different. Controversy arose early Sunday morning over the formation of two different lines for first-come, first-served student seating. One line formed at the student gate at around 6:45 a.m. and was composed of students who were part of a pre-line at Kipke Drive that formed around 5 a.m. The second, was formed by a member of Maize Rage, converged in the parking lot of Crisler between 7:00 and 7:30 a.m. At 7:30 a.m., Crisler security guards told the first line to move to the back of the Maize Rage line, which students in the first line objected to since they had been waiting outside longer. Maize Rage is the student organization
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This week and the week following Spring Break, The Michigan Daily will feature profiles on each of the six newlyselected Thurnau professors. Check back to learn about the recently honored professors’ passions for undergraduate teaching, their subject matter and innovations in pedagogy. A typical day in a class with Prof. Alejandro HerreroOlaizola — associate Chair of Romance Languages and Literatures — might involve a discussion on the themes behind the use of narcotics in Columbian
tellanovellas. On North Campus, Prof. Jamie Phillips, who teaches electrical engineering and computer science, uses a flipped classroom technique — lecturing online and coaching through problem solving exercises in class — to introduce young engineers to circuits and semiconductor devices. Herrero-Olaizola and Phillips are just two of six who have recently been honored with an Arthur F. Thurnau professorship for their commitment to undergraduate teaching. In addition to HerreroOlaizola and Phillips, four other University professors hailing See PROFESSORS, Page 3A
dedicated to creating a prominent fan base for the basketball team. LSA freshman Josh Deyoung, who arrived at Kipke at 4 a.m. and was part of the first line, said there was a lack of communication between the two lines at the beginning of the process. “We waited probably for 15 minutes right by the gate, where precedent was set that you line up and at that point there were rumblings behind us of, ‘Hey, this isn’t the line, there’s a secondary line back there,” Deyoung said. University Police were called in around 7:30 a.m. It’s unconfirmed who called them, though representatives for Maize Rage and the University Athletic Department both said they were not the responsible for the call. Police directed students to either move to the back of the line or leave the property, adding that they would be arrested for trespassing if they stayed where they were. No students ended up being arrested, University Police said. Following the police announcement, most students moved to the Maize Rage line but 119 students who remained in the first line were brought into the visiting football team’s locker room by Associate See BASKETBALL, Page 3A
forUM sets sights on inclusion in campaign Candidates for CSG’s top positions talk election goals REBECCA KEPHART/Daily
Comedian Melvin Bender hosted Kappa Alpha Psi’s annual multicultural talent show in the Michigan Union Friday.
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Featuring spectacles ranging from yo-yo performances to light shows, Kappa Alpha
Psi hosted their 25th annual “A Night at the Set Talent Showcase” on Friday. Nearly 400 students and Ann Arbor locals filled the Michigan Union Rogel Ballroom as10 solo and group acts competed for the $1,000 grand prize. Detroitbased comedian Melvin Bender hosted the event. LSA senior Scott McPhersonMoncrief, Kappa Alpha Psi’s
historian, said the purpose of the showcase was to celebrate campus diversity. “The show is all about having as many diverse acts as we can and representing as many communities as possible,” he said. The show was judged by members of the University community, including Courtney Monroe, an adviser for the UniSee SHOWCASE, Page 3A
In their second election goaround under new leadership, forUM is looking to focus on empowerment over politics. Earlier this month, forUM nominated Public Policy junior Carly Manes as the party’s candidate for CSG president and LSA junior Pavitra Abraham for CSG vice president. Since their selection, Manes and Abraham have been laying the groundwork for the March 26 to 27 elections and said they see themselves as student activists, not politicians. “It’s about empowerment, See FORUM, Page 3A
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Meal plan disputes cause drama 60 Years Ago This Week (Feb. 24, 1954)
39 Years Ago This Week (Feb. 28, 1974)
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Residents of West Quad’s Winchell Hall walked out of a Quad Council meeting after a dispute regarding the new house rotating policy for dining hall meals. The decision went into effect two days prior to increase social opportunities, but the resulting need to change dining halls several times a week was a point of contention for students. A solution was later proposed allowing students to change dining halls less frequently, resulting in co-ed dinners only once or twice per semester. After the motion was defeated, the men of Winchell House exited in protest.
Percy Danforth, known as “master of the bones,” played his unique instrument in the Michigan Union. Danforth created music with two 3- to 4-inch rib bone-shaped pieces of wood, holding the wood pieces between his fingers with one “bone” against the heel of his hand and allowing the others to swing back and forth, resulting in a unique clacking rhythm. Danforth ended his performance with a brief explanation of the genre of ragtime music, where the use of musical bones became popular.
Three University basketball players were caught stealing from the Ann Arbor Dairy Mart. Ray Jackson, Jimmy King and Chris Fields stole several 12-packs of Molson Ice beers from the East University Avenue store. Allison Chenault, the Dairy Mart clerk working at the time of the incident, saw the students taking the beer but did not make any effort to stop them. Instead, she was seen on videotape hugging the three players. Chenault was subsequently fired from Dairy Mart and received the same sentence as the players. — SARAH BERNARD
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Acclaimed rapper 50 Cent announced autonomy from Interscope Records, Aftermath Records and Shady Entertainment. In his first independent video for his new song “Funeral,” 50 Cent narrates the funeral of a young boy. His new album will be released Mar. 18.
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Men’s lacrosse BY MINH DOAN
The Wolverines ended their two game winning streak Saturday when they lost to Johns Hopkins 13-5. For the second time this season, the Wolverines failed to score in the first quarter. Despite playing better in the second half, the team was unable to secure a win.
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Detroit police feel bankruptcy woes Grenade thrown Low pay and old facilities wear down morale despite positive changes DETROIT (AP) — It has come to this: Even some criminals sympathize with Detroit’s cops. Baron Coleman thought he’d heard it all in his 17 years patrolling the streets. But then came the city’s bankruptcy, a 10 percent cut in police salaries, followed by support from a most unlikely corner — the bad guys. “When they saw us take a pay cut they were in shock. We were arresting guys ... and they were like, ‘I can’t believe your city would do you like this.’ ... I say, ‘Thanks for caring,’” the veteran officer says with a smile. “It’s just funny because I don’t like communicating with a person who has just committed a rob-
bery how sad my life is.” Detroit police officers have long known adversity: They’ve worked in crumbling station houses with busted pipes, driven run-down cars, tangled with balky radios. They’ve navigated darkened streets — Detroit has thousands of broken street lights — chasing criminals, breaking up fights, encountering drug dealers who may be carrying AK-47s or wearing their own bulletproof vests. As Detroit tries to rebound — a plan to emerge from bankruptcy was filed Friday — few groups, if any, have been feeling the pain of the city’s financial collapse more than the police. Despite some recent positive changes — a new chief, new cruisers, new plans — there’s worry, frustration and anger among the rank and file. Paychecks have shrunk. Morale is low. Co-workers have fled to more lucrative jobs. And those
who remain face a formidable task: trying to protect a sprawling, often violent city where hidden dangers lurk among tens of thousands of abandoned houses. Baron Coleman knows it’s hard being a police officer anywhere. In these trying times, it may be a lot harder in Detroit. ___ Nearly a generation ago, when Coleman traded a factory job for a badge and crisp blue uniform, he had certain expectations: a good salary, great benefits and a pension. The bankruptcy erased all that. The city’s financial future is uncertain. So is his own. Though he still enjoys being an officer, Coleman he says he never dreamed that as he approached age 50, he’d be working seven days a week — moonlighting in security jobs — to pay for two kids in school and compensate for a $15,000 drop in benefits and wages. “Right now, the dream of Sudoku Syndication what I came on for has been destroyed,” he says. “I’m worried. Is my pension going to be
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there? If I get injured, is the city going to cover my family? ... Before I would tell my wife, ‘If I die, I know you’ll be taken care of.’ Now, I tell her, ‘If I die, you’re on your own.’” The plan by Detroit’s emergency financial manager to pull the city out of bankruptcy would give police and fire retirees at least 90 percent of their pensions after eliminating cost-ofliving allowances (other city workers would likely get at least 70 percent). But that plan probably faces court challenges and hinges on proposed state funding, among other factors. While so many unresolved issues linger, the department is under new leadership. James Craig knew all about the department’s troubles, but the former Detroit police officer who spent much of his 37-year law enforcement career in Los Angeles eagerly returned home last summer to take what he called his “dream job” — chief of police. He is the fifth man to hold the position in five years. But he is undaunted.
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from the School of Kinesiology, School of Art and Design, LSA and the College of Engineering were honored. The winners include Associate Prof. Melissa Gross, who is appointed in School of Kinesiology and the School of Art & Design; Associate Prof. Anne McNeil, who teaches chemistry in LSA and macromolecular science and engineering in the College of Engineering; Associate Prof. Megan Sweeney, who is appointed in the LSA departments of English language and literature, women’s studies and Afroamerican and African studies; and Prof. Michael Thouless of mechanical engineering and materials science and engineering. Herrero-Olaizola is appointed in the LSA Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and Phillips is of the College of Engineering’s electrical engineering and computer science department. The professorship is named after Arthur Thurnau, who was a University student from 1902 to 1904 and who later endowed the program. In interviews with The Michigan Daily, the professors emphasized their love for teaching and excitement to be named a Thurnau professor. “I feel like I’ve learned so much from my students and colleagues,” Sweeney said. “I have been inspired by them and it feels like such a wonderful honor to be recognized as somebody who cares a lot about teaching, who loves doing it and love learning from my students and my colleagues.” Herrero-Olaizola also named students as key components of the classroom community and discussion. “The students really make the class,” he said. “We tend to think of professors making the class, but I really think the students are the ones making the class happen. I see myself more as a facilitator.” Tenured faculty who receive the title also receive a $20,000 grant to support teaching activities, such as buying books, travel and graduate student assistance. They are also designated as Thurnau professors through the duration of their University career. As for his plans with the money, Phillips said he will provide support for graduate student researchers in his lab. HerreroOlaizola said he anticipates using the money for a bigger projector and screencapturing tools for his students’ film studies. The Thurnau Charitable Trust, established by University alum Arthur Thurnau, funds the professorship. He attended the University from 1902 to 1904. Deans, associate deans, chairs or academic program directors nominated professors, followed by an endorsement by each nomineee’s overseeing dean and letters of support from students and colleagues. These nominations were submitted in Decmber 2013. University Provost Martha Pollack then recommended recipients to the Universitye’s Board of Regents, who approved and announced the recipients at their February meeting.
Athletic Director Rob Rademacher. Rademacher apologized to the students for the seating issues and told them they would have preferred admittance to the game in a section adjacent to the student section. “This is the best and only way to manage this,” Rademacher said to students. “I can’t emphasize this enough.” In an interview with The Michigan Daily after he addressed the students, Rademacher said he was made aware of the issue at 6:45 a.m. and arrived shortly after. He added that the Athletic Department consistently reflects on common seating issues, such as the exact time that students can line up, barrier usage and security
SHOWCASE From Page 1A -versity’s National Pan-Hellenic and Multicultural Greek Councils, who has judged the event for the past three years. She echoed McPherson’s words regarding the event, adding that it showcases campus-wide talents. Profits from the event were dedicated to the Piney Woods Country Life School, a historically Black boarding school in Mississippi. Photonix, a student group who uses glow sticks, strings and other devices, won the event after performing an elaborate light show. LSA sophomore Randee Shapiro performed with Dance 2XS, a multicultural hip-hop dance group. She said events like the talent show “really bring together a lot of different groups and you kind of just see what other people are working on.” LSA sophomore Charvez Wesley, a member of Kappa Alpha Psi, said the event is sends an important message for the campus community. “We just wanted to bring out a multicultural experience on campus for people to enjoy that,” he said.
FORUM From Page 1A not politics,” Manes said. “This isn’t political. It’s about doing what’s best by the student body,” Abraham added. Manes’ involvement in student government began her freshman year, serving as an elected representative in LSA Student Government during her freshman and sophomore years. She is currently an LSA representative in the CSG Assembly. Outside of her involvement in student government, Manes is the founder of Students for Choice, a campus organization dedicated to advocating for reproductive rights. Also serving as an LSA representative in the CSG Assembly, Abraham is in the midst of her first year working in student government. She was appointed in October after a seat was vacated and ran a successful campaign in the December midterm elections. Despite being relatively new to the group, Abraham has extensive campaign experience. She served as a field organizer for President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election bid and took her sophomore fall semester off to work for the campaign. When she returned to classes last winter, Abraham helped organize forUM’s 2013 campaign. Abraham said she is able to
POLAR From Page 1A ple formed teams to fundraise throughout the year and take the plunge together. A team from the University’s Galens Medical Society raised $37,000 through a bake sale and soliciting donations from
News presence to improve attendees’ experiences. “After every game, we sit down and say, ‘How’d it go? What went well and what went wrong?’ And we’ll do the same thing today,” Rademacher said. “We adjust from game to game.” LSA senior Sasha Shaffer, president of Maize Rage, also apologized to students, for Maize Rage’s role in creating the confusion. “This will never happen again,” Shaffer said. Following the comments by Rademacher and Shaffer, the 119 sequestered students were then led to Section 130 in the lower bowl, commonly referred to as “The Wedge.” The section, which is part of traditional student seating, is separate from Maize Rage bleacher seating and is behind the hoop instead of along the court’s baseline. Rademacher said he felt the section 130 seating was the best way to resolve the situation.
“You had a group of students who came to the front of the line – whether they were first or not I don’t know – but they were there prior to 7 o’clock,” Rademacher said. “What I didn’t want to do was take this group of students and throw them to the end of the line, then that would have created more problems. I looked upon the best solution by accommodating them in a way where they still had good seats.” Deyoung said although he understood the issues the University Athletic Department and security faced, he was disappointed with how the experience unfolded. “I just wish that it was handled differently up front,” Deyoung said. “I wish they had the proper security there. I wish they had proper guidelines set. I would like to be reimbursed in some sort of way because I spent a lot of money and I was planning on camping out and getting the full experience and
bring her practical experience from working on the Obama campaign to the world of student government. “My tactical skills are my ability to take everything I learned during that campaign at a grassroots level and bring it to student government,” she said. Manes and Abraham met on the Obama campaign, as Manes was one of the students Abraham coordinated with. Since then, they have worked alongside one another in the CSG Assembly. During their tenure as representatives, Manes and Abraham organized retreats for CSG representatives, which are held each semester and last three to four hours each. The events aim help foster a collaborative atmosphere within student government. Transparency is one of forUM’s main platform points, Manes said. Abraham added that the two hope to increase communication between CSG representatives and their respective schools. In early February, Manes said one of her campaign goals is to add a student representative to the University’s Board of Regents. The board currently holds eight representatives who were all popularly elected by the voters of the state of Michigan. “It is a disservice to students to not have a student voice in the room when such prominent decisions are being made about where our money is going, what our campus life is going to look like,”
Manes said. While voter turnout for CSG elections is usually low, Abraham said she hopes to systemize voter registration efforts to increase active student voting turnout. “Right now, there is no centralized way for students on this campus to register to vote and really engage themselves in the political process,” she said. The candidates said they are meeting with upwards of five student organizations per day to find out what their needs are and the challenges that they face. forUM hopes to work with these organizations as well to spread the party’s message and campaign goals. “All students feel empowered through student government and can use student government as a platform for empowerment to elevate the work they are already doing in their community,” Manes said. Manes and Abraham are also trying to distance the current forUM leadership from last year’s nominees and marred election. forUM’s previous nominee for CSG president, now-LSA senior Chris Osborn, won the popular vote but was later disqualified by the University Election Commission for allegedly influencing students while they were voting. Manes said forUM’s controversial history is irrelevant to this year’s campaign. Instead of dwelling on the past election, Manes said student should focus
friends, Medical student Christina Sarmiento said. Sarmiento and Medical student Rashmi Patil participated in a Polar Plunge in Belleville last year and ran into the Big House with the team from the Galens Medical Society. “This year, it feels like we’re doing it at home,” Patil said. “It’s a pretty nice day I think for a dip. The sun is shining and it’s
above freezing.” In addition to the plunge, the event consisted of a costume parade with teams and individuals wearing costumes ranging from Superman, hula girls and Speedo-clad men. Former Michigan football players Denard Robinson and Jordan Kovacs, as well as Michigan coach Brady Hoke served as the judges for the costume contest.
Monday, February 24, 2014 — 3A I don’t feel like I’m going to get that now.” Both Rademacher and Shaffer told students they would be able to voice their concerns to Maize Rage and University Athletic Department representatives in the future. In an e-mail interview with the Daily Sunday afternoon, Shaffer said she would address concerns at the next Maize Rage meeting, which is scheduled for Monday at 7 p.m. Rademacher told the 119 sequestered students that they would be contacted for participation in a forum discussing Sunday’s seating issues. In an interview with the Daily Sunday afternoon, Business senior Michael Proppe, CSG President, said today’s complications illustrate a systematic problem with student seating. “The bottom line is that there needs to be more student seating in the lower bowl,” Proppe said. “It is kind of insane that people
could get there at 5 a.m. and not be able to get a bleacher seat.” LSA freshman Eric Montag, who was one of the 119 sequestered students, expressed a similar sentiment. “I think that a lot of the other big basketball programs wrap around the entire lower bowl to some extent,” he said. “The fact that there’s just the bleachers that hold literally 400 people at the most is just way too small.” Deyoung said overall, the experience made him feel like the University Athletic Department values profit over student experience. “I know it’s a moneymaking business, but it seems like they’re not trying to serve us as much as they’re trying to serve themselves and that’s frustrating for me,” Deyoung said. “I think they’re going to lose a lot of support in the future as far as donations and fans, just because they treat us like patrons rather than students.”
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Public Policy junior Carly Manes, forUM’s CSG president candidate, hopes to push CSG beyond politics and refocus on student empowerment.
on her qualifications and goals for CSG. “It’s really important to look at the current executives, what they’ve accomplished, what they haven’t accomplished and looking at the track records and the motives of why the people run-
ning are in the race,” she said. Manes and Abraham bring a variety of experiences to forUM’s ticket. Abraham said she and Manes compliment each other with their different skill sets. “She’s the visionary, and I’m the executioner,” Abraham said.
Many participants cannonballed, belly-flopped and flipped into the water. However, as soon as they resurfaced, participants ran quickly back into the locker rooms to change and dry off. “You forget how cold it is,” Nursing freshman Ashley Richmond said. “You jump in and your body goes into shock but it wears off really fast and it was a lot of fun.”
After drying off and warming up, participants were provided a warm lunch in the Jack Roth Stadium Club. “A lot of people think it’s really intimidating getting in the water but it’s for a really good cause and there’s a lot of great people that come out here to do it,” Richmond said. “It’s a lot of fun and it’s definitely worth it.”
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Donating to school priorities
The regents need to push donors to fund University priorities
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n Thursday, the University’s governing Board of Regents approved a series of renovations that will change the landscape of the institution. These initiatives again demonstrate a recent pattern of priorities that allocate funds to large and successful programs within the University that only benefit a small percentage of the student body. It additionally must be called into question whether or not some of these primarily brick-andmortar projects will benefit the University in the most effective way. In order to provide more students with a superior academic experience, the University must refocus on raising money for underserved areas of the institution. The changes approved by the regents include a new Biological Science Building, a new academic building for the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, the refurbishment and modernization of the historic President’s Residence and an extensive renovation of the Kresge Business Administration Library. Additionally, the regents also approved the endowment and naming of the head football coach position, which will now be called The J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Head Football Coach. The changes are not inherently problematic; they will no doubt improve the University’s offerings and benefit students in the long run. But these most recent projects fail to triage the University’s most pressing needs, and that’s where the problem lies. The Business School will now build a new academic building, renovate its library and implement an exterior cladding project to Sam Wyly Hall, the Business Administration Executive Dormitory and the Hill Street Parking Structure. The total estimated cost of this project is $135 million, albeit funded completely by donations. Though these are positive changes for the school, these changes raise several concerns. For instance, these changes only benefit a small percentage of the student body. Furthermore, it must be asked if an aesthetic renovation is what a school that is painfully lacking in diversity really needs. These funds could be better invested into addressing the fact that the school severely underrepresents females and minorities. The Bachelor of Business Administration Class of 2015 has a class size of 505, according to the Business School’s website, but women make up only 30 percent of the overall class population. Most astonishingly, only three percent of the
student body comes from underrepresented minority groups — half of what it was for the class of 2013. Especially in light of the #BBUM campaign, even a small portion of Stephen Ross’ recent donation to the Business School might be better spent trying to recruit underrepresented minorities and implementing programs to make Ross more accessible to these students. The University needs to consider what can be done to change the pattern of donations and improvements being allocated for schools and programs that do not need more funding. There is of course, nothing wrong with donating to schools and programs that already receive a lot of funding. It is natural for graduates to want to donate to their home schools. However, uniform policies should be written to help fund essential programs that are being neglected and address problems that are being ignored — and the Victors for Michigan campaign takes a step in the right direction. Its three goals do not explicitly include capital improvements, and while some donors may be interested in funding a building, the campaign’s focus on student support, engaged learning and (somewhat more nebulously) “bold ideas” emphasizes experiential possibilities over physical plant changes. Additionally, Regent Mark Bernstein (D– Ann Arbor) ran on a campaign that proposed that a single-digit percentage of all donations should be automatically set aside for financial aid. He has held his position for more than a year and should push more strongly for this policy change so it has a greater effect during the Victors for Michigan campaign. This could help make donations, such as the Ross donation, benefit more people in ways that are a greater priority for the institution as a whole.
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Does the ‘U’ protect people or profits?
This Tuesday, the Student Union of Michigan will be joining together with its allies to protest the handling of the Brendan Gibbons expulsion. We will gather in the lobby of the Rackham Auditorium at 2 p.m. and march through campus. In this article, we will briefly outline some of the reasons why we are protesting. Before beginning, we want to emphatically say we believe survivors have the right to control their stories, and as allies, we are obligated to respect their choices. Survivors should be allowed to heal without their traumas being routinely and graphically described and scrutinized by an uninformed public. We do not support demands for the release of details about this case. We wish to express our solidarity with the survivor and hope the public chooses to respect her privacy. That being said, the administration owes us some answers regarding its response to student outrage over the revelation of Gibbons expulsion. All of us deserve to feel safe on this campus, and the response of top-level administrators to this situation has left many in our community convinced there is no institutional justice. This makes our campus feel unsafe and prone to abuse. This has to be addressed. When The Michigan Daily broke the story about Gibbons’s expulsion, one of the first questions people asked was when Michigan coach Brady Hoke found out about the expulsion. Gibbons had not played in the last games of the season. Hoke told reporters he missed the game against Ohio State University because of an injury, and the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl because of a “family matter.” The Daily uncovered a fax to the Athletic Department that communicated Gibbons expulsion days before the press conference about the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl. We do not know how Hoke possibly could have not known about the separation before he called the expulsion a “family matter.” We find the injury story suspicious. At the very least, it looks like Hoke created an alibi to cover up the expulsion rather than simply decline to comment. It looks to the public like Gibbons was receiving special treatment because of his status as a football player. It looks like Hoke does not have to follow policy. These implications are chilling. They suggest we are on a campus where it is acceptable for certain people to commit acts of violence with impunity and protection. How could anyone feel safe knowing that? The University has made great strides in addressing cases of sexual assault and we do not want to move backward. We don’t want lies like this to have a chilling effect.
We suspect Hoke’s alibi was an attempt to evade scandal. Scandal is embarrassing and often reduces profits for the University. It requires time and attention and damage control. It requires people hired to do one thing to divert their attention to something unpleasant and embarrassing. However, it is not Hoke’s right to invent an alibi and cover someone else’s tracks. There is a difference between declining to comment and being misleading. We are also completely baffled as to why the University administration did not do a better job communicating how its sexual assault policy works. As far as we can tell, the extent of response to this winter’s uproar was University President Mary Sue Coleman and Hoke’s “statements” asserting that athletics in no way influence how sexual assault is handled at the University. These statements were published with a brief description of the University policy. University policy regarding sexual conduct changed in 2011 to adhere to the mandate issued by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, outlined in their “Dear Colleague Letter,” and avoid losing access to federal financial funding. We are still in the process of understanding this change, but we believe that the 2011 mandate, which obligates investigations of all reported incidents of sexual misconduct and without placing an undue burden on the survivor, is probably very significant. We find it concerning that these changes had to be prompted by the threat of federal funds being revoked. These incidents have riddled us with doubt about the University’s commitment to protecting our bodies and our stories. We do not understand how they can be so cavalier about such serious matters. Rape is a huge problem on college campuses, but we imagine that the problem would be somewhat relieved if highlevel administrators took it more seriously. Sadly, while so much of this appears to be carelessness or laziness or lack of coordination, it reveals a lot about the administration’s values. At this point, how could anyone believe the administration is committed to a climate of safety and respect? How is this response possibly acceptable? Their top priorities should not be avoiding the inconveniences of scandal, but rather creating a safe, respectful, fruitful learning and working environment for all members of the University community. This article was written by members of the Student Union of Michigan.
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A step backwards
n August 4, 1961, a mixedrace baby boy was born to Stanley Ann Dunham in Honolulu, Hawaii. Ms. Dunham was white; her husband, black. Though it was legal in Hawaii at the time, interracial marriage was PATRICK still illegal in MAILLET 16 states in the United States. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 would not be passed for another three years, meaning that Ms. Dunham and her husband could still be rightfully barred from employment, housing or public accommodation simply based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability and age. Ms. Dunham’s husband was Barack Obama, Sr., and their child eventually became the 44th and current president of the United States. We have come a long way in these last 50 years, and though Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream is still far from realized, widespread discrimination based solely on skin color is fading away. Though the fight for racial equality is still far from over, we are now being faced with the next chapter of the Civil Rights Movement. Last week, Arizona’s state legislature passed Senate Bill 1062. This bill grants legal protection to business owners who refuse to serve gay customers because of their religious beliefs. While LGBTQ advocates expectedly denounced the bill, Arizona’s Republican state legislators claim the bill does not endorse discrimination, but instead protects religious freedom. In defense of the bill, Joseph E. La Rue, legal counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian legal organization in Arizona, said, “In America, people should be free to live and work according to their faith, and the government shouldn’t
be able to tell us we can’t do that.” La Rue went on to say that “Faith shouldn’t be something we have to leave inside our house.” Though La Rue is a staunch supporter for anti-gay legislation including, but not limited to, SB 1062, his logic in support of this bill is ironically similar to that of LGBTQ advocates in opposition to the bill. Let’s make a simple substitution with the word “faith” for “love.” Now let’s see La Rue’s statement in a new light: “In America, people should be free to live and work according to their love, and the government shouldn’t be able to tell us we can’t do that. Love shouldn’t be something we have to leave inside our house.” How can Conservatives claim their political movement values individual liberty and personal freedom while simultaneously believing in laws that inhibit open expression of sexual orientation? When Conservatives vote on measures to allow assault weapons that can fire 100 rounds per minute or cut environmental standards for corporations, they argue that government has no business in peoples’ lives. Yet when it concerns private matters, such as who someone loves within the confines of their own bedroom, or even with whom they want to go for a walk while holding hands, the government suddenly has all the right to regulate and deny rights. The bill recently passed by the Republican-dominated Arizona legislature is state-sponsored discrimination and eerily similar to a pre-Civil Rights Act America where Blacks were refused service in most private enterprises. America is unfortunately moving in two separate directions. Current-
ly, gay marriage is legal in 17 states, while 33 states still have a same-sex marriage ban. Though Arizona is the first state to pass a “religious freedom” bill such as this one, similar legislation has been introduced in Ohio, Mississippi, Idaho, South Dakota, Tennessee and Oklahoma. Although the Arizona bill awaits the approval of Republican Gov. Janet Brewer, the very concept that a bill like this can make it all the way to a governor’s desk is terrifying. One day, I will unfortunately have to tell my grandchildren of the days when “No Gays Allowed” signs were welcomed in some places. I will inevitably have the look of sadness and borderline embarrassment on my face — the same look my grandparents had when they would tell me of the days of “colored water fountains.” They will stare at me with huge, innocent eyes and ask how people could have been so bigoted, just as I did when I was their age. Fifty years ago, few people would have believed that America could elect a Black president. When Blacks weren’t even allowed the right to eat at the same restaurant as whites, how could you blame them? Right now it seems as if America is far from fully embracing homosexuality. I don’t know when America will elect a gay president, but in order for that to happen, America must learn from its mistakes and treat gay rights just as it treated civil rights. If we were able to elect a mixed-race man born in an America where some states didn’t recognize his parents’ marriage, then surely we can fight together to grant a newborn who might be gay the same rights as his/her straight counterparts.
Right now it seems as if America is far from fully embracing homosexuality.
— Patrick Maillet can be reached at maillet@umich.edu.
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS Barry Belmont, Nivedita Karki, Jacob Karafa, Jordyn Kay, Kellie Halushka, Aarica Marsh, Megan McDonald, Victoria Noble, Michael Schramm, Matthew Seligman, Paul Sherman, Allison Raeck, Daniel Wang, Derek Wolfe KATE STENVIG, AHMED MOHAMED AND TAYLOR JONES | VIEWPOINT
A promise long overdue The new anti-racist movement building on this campus has the power to force the University to take the long overdue steps needed to keep promises it made in the 1970 Black Action Movement agreement. On April 1, 1970, the University administration and the University’s Board of Regents, under the pressure of an integrated and powerful student strike, promised Black and Latin@ students to take steps to increase the number of minority students on campus. BAM, an umbrella organization comprised of all the Black student groups, and the small but growing Latin@ and Chican@ organizations on campus, began by recognizing that the gains won from the Black students’ actions beginning in the mid-1960s, including the creation of special minority scholarships, hiring of Black faculty and new high school outreach programs for Detroit had failed to make the University a more welcoming and less racist campus. BAM understood that increasing minority student enrollment was the prerequisite to changing the University. The main slogan of the BAM struggle was “Open it up or we will shut it down.” In 1970, Black students constituted a mere 4 percent of the student body. Latina@ students were treated as invisible. The University administration did not even try to keep accurate statistics on the number of Latin@ or Native American students on campus. BAM demanded and won the promise from the University administration and the regents that Black student enrollment would increase to 10 percent of the student body by the 1973-74 school year. It won a second demand to increase Latin@ student enrollment, and agreed to take special measures to increase Latin@ enrollment, including a special recruiter for Chican@ students as a first step. The promise to take the actions necessary to increase Black student
enrollment to 10 percent has been broken for 40 years. The University ranked 147th on this year’s U.S. News and World Report diversity index. The #BBUM campaign launched this fall documented how pervasive racism is at the University now. If the administration and the regents continue to break the promises they made to minority students and communities 40 years ago, the downward cycle of recruiting and retaining minority students will continue to get worse. Ten years after the Supreme Court victory for affirmative action in Grutter v. Bollinger and 40 years after the BAM strike, the proportion of Black and Latin@ students at the University is declining. In a state that is now over 14 percent Black, Black students comprise less than 5 percent of the student body. The proportion of Latin@ students dropped from 5.6 percent in 2006, to 4.75 percent in 2012, even though the Latin@ community in Michigan continues to grow at a rapid rate. The proportion of Native American students at the University is less than half of the proportion of the Native American population of Michigan. It is time for a change. It is time for the movement to force the University administration to keep the promises they made in 1970. This is a modest demand given the fact that the University has had ample time to keep its promises. The administration has always known how to achieve an increase in underrepresented minority student enrollment. If they claim not to know now, the movement can tell them how. The creation of scores of committees, numerous “fireside chats,” and the pledges made by every incoming University president to advance diversity, have done nothing to change the campus climate. To make the University a campus that welcomes, nurtures and provides minority students with the same opportunities to learn and
develop that it offers to white students, the University must carry out the promises they knew and agreed were necessary in 1970. Keeping its pledge to raise Black student enrollment to 10 percent, reversing the drop in Latin@ enrollment, creating a Dream Scholarship for undocumented students and doubling the number of Native American and other under-represented students are the first steps the University needs to take now to keep the promises it made to provide the an equal quality education for every minority student on this campus. Meeting the 10 percent demand is the one measurable and transparent action the University can take to prove to minority youth and communities, especially to the students of Detroit, that its commitment to diversity and integration is more than just lip service. If the University will not fulfill the promises they made 40 years ago, there is no reason for the new student, civil rights and immigrant rights movement to believe that the vague and minor promises it is making behind closed doors will ever materialize. Over the next several years the state of Michigan will provide the University with new, much larger public grants. In 1970, the student movement demanded and the regents agreed to spend tens of millions of dollars to increase minority enrollment. The new movement has the power to make the regents use the new infusion of public funds they will start receiving this year to finally fulfill the historic agreement they entered into in 1970. Only by keeping the letter and spirit of the promises made in 1970, can the University of Michigan become the great university it claims to be. Kate Stennvig is a University alum, Ahmed Mohamed is an LSA junior and Taylor Jones is an LSA freshman. The authors are members of By Any Means Necessary.
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Notorious drug lord Gorbachev addresses caught by wiretaps Ukraine political reform Police use cell phone technology to find “El Chapo” CULIACAN, Mexico (AP) — After fruitlessly pursuing one of the world’s top drug lords for years, authorities finally drew close to Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman using a cellphone found at a house where drugs were stored. The phone belonging to a Guzman aide was recovered with clues from a U.S. wiretap and provided a key break in the long chase to find Guzman, officials told The Associated Press on Sunday. Another big leap forward came after police analyzed information from a different wiretap that pointed them to a beachfront condo where the legendary leader of the Sinaloa cartel was hiding, according to a U.S. government official and a senior federal law enforcement official. When he was at last taken into custody with his beauty-queen wife, Guzman had a militarystyle assault rifle in the room, but he didn’t go for it. A day after the arrest, it was not yet clear what would happen next to Guzman, except that he would be the focus of a lengthy and complicated legal process to decide which country gets to try him first. The cellphone was found Feb. 16 at house Guzman had been using in Culiacan. By early the next day, the Mexican military had captured one of Guzman’s top couriers, who promptly provided details of the stash houses Guzman and his associates had been using, the officials said. At each house, the Mexican military found the same thing: steel reinforced doors and an escape hatch below the bathtubs. Each hatch led to a series of interconnected tunnels in the city’s drainage system. The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss how Guzman was
located, said troops who raided Guzman’s main house in Culiacan chased him through the drainage pipes before losing him in the maze under the city. A day later, on Feb. 18, Guzman aide Manuel Lopez Ozorio was arrested and told investigators that he had picked up Guzman, cartel communications chief Carlos Manuel Ramirez and a woman from a drainage pipe and helped them flee to Mazatlan. When he was finally in handcuffs, the man who eluded Mexican authorities for more than a decade looked pudgy, bowed and middle-aged in a white buttondown shirt and beltless black jeans. Now 56, he had successfully eluded authorities since escaping from prison in 2001 in a laundry truck. He is likely to face a host of charges in Mexico related to his role as the head of the cartel, which is believed to sell cocaine, marijuana, heroin and methamphetamine in some 54 countries. He also faces extensive allegations in the United States, where grand juries in at least seven federal district courts, including Chicago, San Diego, New York and Texas, have indicted him. Federal officials in Chicago were among the first to say they wanted to try Guzman, followed by prosecutors in Brooklyn, N.Y. In an email Sunday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Tiscione in Brooklyn said it would be up to Washington to make the final call. A Justice Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity because it’s a matter of sensitive diplomatic discussions, said no decisions regarding extradition have been made. During his 13 years on the run, Guzman was rumored to live everywhere from Argentina to Mexico’s “Golden Triangle,” a mountainous, marijuana-growing region straddling the northern states of Sinaloa, Durango and Chihuahua. Under his leadership, the cartel grew deadlier and more powerful, taking over much of
the lucrative trafficking routes along the U.S. border. Guzman watched from western Mexico’s rugged mountains as authorities captured or killed the leaders of every rival group challenging Sinaloa’s perch at the top of global drug trafficking. The stocky son of a peasant farmer even achieved a slot on the Forbes’ billionaires’ list and earned a folkloric status as being too powerful to catch. Then, late last year, authorities started closing on his inner circle. The son of one of his two top partners, Ismael “Mayo” Zambada, was arrested at a border crossing in Nogales, Ariz., in November as part of a sprawling, complex investigation involving as many as 100 wiretaps, according to his lawyer. A month later, one of the Sinaloa cartel’s main lieutenants was gunned down by Mexican helicopter gunships in a resort town a few hours’ drive to the east. Less than two weeks later, police at Schipol Airport in Amsterdam arrested one of the cartel’s top assassins, a man who handled transport and logistics for Guzman. The noose got tighter this month. Federal forces began sweeping through Culiacan, capital of the Pacific coast state of Sinaloa, where they closed streets, raided houses, seized automatic weapons, drugs and money, and arrested a series of men Mexican officials carefully described to reporters as top officials for Zambada. On Feb. 13, a man known as “19,” whom officials called the new chief of assassins for Zambada, was arrested with two other men on the highway to the coastal resort city of Mazatlan. Four days later, a man described as a member of the Sinaloa cartel’s upper ranks was seized along with 4,000 hollowed-out cucumbers and bananas stuffed with cocaine. Then a 43-year-old known by the nickname “20” and described as Zambada’s chief of security was arrested transporting more cocaine-stuffed produce.
Former Soviet premier says heavyhanded tactics alienated populace
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said Sunday that the political crisis in Ukraine, which has seen its president driven from the capital after months of protests, stems from its government’s failure to act democratically. He spoke a day after demonstrators took over Kiev and seized President Viktor Yanukovych’s office as parliament voted to remove him and hold new elections. Protesters first took to the streets of Kiev late last year after Yanukovych abandoned an agreement that would have strengthen his country’s ties with the European Union in favor of seeking closer coopera-
tion with Moscow. “Ultimately this is the result of the failure of the government to act democratically” and to engage in dialogue and fight corruption, Gorbachev said during an address at the International Government Communication Forum in the city of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. He added that the root cause of the unrest in Ukraine was an “interruption of perestroika,” referring to his reform policies, and “an interruption of the democratic process” there. Gorbachev also criticized the disparities that have resulted from globalization, which he described as a “blind process” that has led to uneven development and created more losers than winners in the developing world. The 82-year-old Gorbachev was the last leader of the Soviet Union, and the reforms he put in place helped lead to the fall of Communism. After becoming the Soviet
leader in March 1985, he pursued the policies of using “glasnost” or openness, and “perestroika” or restructuring. While his intent had been only reform, the policies brought about democratic changes that eventually led to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Gorbachev won the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending the Cold War, but he has little influence in today’s Russia. Recently he has become increasingly critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin. In December 2011, Gorbachev urged then-Prime Minister Putin to step down as tens of thousands of protesters demanded free elections and an end to Putin’s rule in the largest show of public outrage since protests 20 years ago that brought down the Soviet Union. Moscow has backed Yanukovych. He is widely despised in western Ukraine, but has strong support in the Russian-speaking east.
Israeli prison raid ends in death of U.S. murderer Sheinbein fled 17 years ago after killing, dismembering a man SHARON PRISON, Israel (AP) — Israeli special forces raided a prison in central Israel Sunday after an inmate stole a gun, shot several guards and barricaded himself inside the compound, killing the notorious prisoner who was serving time for a gruesome murder carried out in the U.S. Police identified the inmate as Samuel Sheinbein, an American who fled to Israel after murdering and dismembering another man in Maryland in 1997 and whose case sparked a high-profile row between the two allies.
Police special forces rushed to this prison in central Israel after Sheinbein stole a weapon and shot three guards, wounding two of them seriously. He then barricaded himself inside the compound where a standoff ensued, with counter-terrorism units dispatched to the scene. The inmate then opened fire again, wounding three more guards, before the forces shot him dead, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. Hospital officials said one of the wounded guards was fighting for his life. Police and the Israel prison service have opened investigations into the incident. Sheinbein’s lawyers told Israeli TV that their client was under duress and that the Israeli prison service has ignored their warnings.
Sheinbein, 34, was tried in Israel in 1999, two years after he fled to the country and successfully sought refuge from extradition, enraging Maryland authorities and briefly threatening U.S. aid to the Jewish state. An Israeli court sentenced Sheinbein to 24 years for his slaying and dismemberment of 19-year-old Alfredo Enrique Tello Jr. Sheinbein was 17 at the time of the killing and could have faced a life sentence in Maryland. His extradition to Maryland was blocked after a yearlong battle between Israel and the United States over an Israeli law that prohibited it. Following that embarrassment, Israel changed its laws to allow the extradition of Israeli citizens on condition that they are returned to Israel to serve any sentence imposed. Sheinbein, of Aspen Hill, Maryland, confessed to strangling Tello with a rope and hitting him several times with a sharp object. Sheinbein then dismembered the body with an electric saw and burned it, authorities said. Another teenager charged in the killing, Aaron Needle, committed suicide while in jail in Maryland. Sheinbein fled to Israel days after Tello’s remains were found in a garage. He successfully sought refuge under a law that prevented the extradition of Israeli citizens to foreign countries. Sheinbein had only passing contact with Israel, but his father, Saul, was born in the country and Sheinbein qualified for Israeli citizenship. Israel refused to extradite Sheinbein, prompting protests from senior officials, including then-Attorney General Janet Reno. Some congressmen who had otherwise been friendly to Israel threatened to cut aid in response. Nitzana Darshan-Leitner, who represented Sheinbein in 1997, bemoaned the “terrible tragedy” that befell the families of both the wounded guards and the shooter and challenged the system for how it has handled her client. “When he was sentenced, he was 17, without a criminal background, a kid from a normal background,” she said. “It is hard to understand how after all these years in prison it was not able to help him rehabilitate.” Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler, who tried to extradite Sheinbein back to the U.S. as a state’s attorney in the 1990s, said Sheinbein was a troubled young man whose mental health issues continued into adulthood. Gansler said the timing of Sheinbein’s prison outburst was most striking because he was close to serving two-thirds of his sentence and becoming eligible for parole.
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Engineering
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Arts
8A — Monday, February 24, 2014
TALKING FUNNY
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COMEDY CENTRAL
More than just ‘Millennial.’
‘Broad City’ stars talk comedy, life Raw emotion makes a
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Rising comediennes discuss Comedy Central show By MADDIE THOMAS Daily TV/New Media Editor
Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, the stars of Comedy Central’s latest breakout hit, “Broad City,” are not afraid to tackle the important questions plaguing our generation today: “Who would you rather have go down on you: Michael Bublé or Janet Jackson?” asks Glazer’s character, Ilana Wexler, in a recent episode. On the record, Jacobson and Glazer both agree that Jackson is the better choice (though Jacobson’s ideal situation would be to also have Michael Bublé in the room, singing). “Broad City,” which is only five episodes into its first season, has received critical acclaim (see: The Michigan Daily’s coverage of the show, including Erika Harwood’s pilot review and Kayla Upadhyaya’s column) for its unique voice and chemistry between its two leads, Abbi and Ilana, who are real-life best friends and alums of the improvisational comedy group, Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB), in New York City. Jacobson and Glazer’s characters — fictionalized versions of themselves — are dirty, raunchy, awkward and lazy. Critics are quick to peg the comedians as feminist icons for bringing these less-than-“ideal” women to the silver screen, but Jacobson and Glazer maintain that, while they’re happy to be sending a positive message, comedy is their priority. “When we’re shooting, we don’t have that agenda of being like, ‘We gotta make sure that this is feminist.’ That word is
an awesome word to describe us and the show, but at the same time, while it’s great to be described that way, we’re not female comedians. We’re not female writers. The show is a comedy about people,” Jacobson said. It’s true, the show is about people — especially the people of Generation Y. “Both of these characters went to college, used it and abused it, and now they’re trying to make it after this fouryear vacation. Our generation has a little bit of a prolonged adolescence, so ‘college life’ can extend into your early twenties,” Glazer said. The two young comedians showcase the trials and tribulations of being a millennial twentysomething through the lens of their bizarre humor. “(Our comedy) is like a heightened realism. We like to keep you grounded with the characters’ relationship, but then we take things to an exaggerated, silly, level,” Jacobson said. The key to pulling off that surrealist humor (see: Fred Armisen in an adult diaper in the pilot episode) is the touch of reality that Jacobson, Glazer and their writing staff inject into each episode. “We try to base the seeds of every episode on something that’s either happened to us or friends of ours or the writers that write the show with us or their friends, so somewhere within the episode or scenes in general is the inkling of something that’s happened in real life,” Jacobson said. “Like, for example, on last night’s episode (episode five, titled “Fattest Asses”) we were at this crazy rooftop party that Abbi and Ilana felt really uncomfortable at, and that’s based on a party that Ilana and I went to where we felt that way.”
Unlike their unmotivated characters, Jacobson and Glazer are enjoying some serious and well-deserved success during their post-college years. In the last two years they have gone from co-creating a littleknown web series (also called “Broad City”) on YouTube to co-running a TV show on Comedy Central and working with comedy icon (and fellow UCB alum) Amy Poehler, who produces the show. This March, Jacobson and Glazer will be f lexing their improv muscles on a live “Broad City” tour across the U.S. (featuring a show in Pontiac, MI on March 12). Despite all the recent hype, Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer never forget how lucky they are to be doing what they love; the real-life ‘broads’ are nothing but grateful and earnest. “I think we both know how rare of an opportunity this is and Comedy Central really lets us go in terms of what we wanna write about. It’s pretty awesome,” Jacobson said. Glazer agreed, adding, “We are definitely sincere versus snarky or sarcastic. And sometimes we’re like … ‘are we lame?’ But it is what it is. We sincerely want people to like this. We never put out like, a ‘fuck you’ joke. We want people to escape and enjoy when they watch our show.” “Broad City” is crass, charming, magnetic and funny. In a world where Brooklyn-based sitcoms about twentysomethings are a dime a dozen, Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer have cultivated a show that, while familiar in premise, is still the most refreshingly original comedy on TV today. Don’t believe me? Check out the full pilot episode on the show’s website. Then make sure to tune in every Wednesday at 10:30 p.m. on Comedy Central.
real and effective ‘Past’ By ANDREW MCCLURE Daily Arts Writer
Relationship movies often multi-manage the same ingredients, but the most profound ones don’t exploit oft- A recycled tropes like The Past cozy lensing and a weepy Michigan score. The best Theater relationship Sony Pictures movies carefully calibrate Classics into naturalism with enough awkwardness and unease to convince you that you’re screening a documentary. Up-and-coming filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, who delivered the sensational divorce-centric Iranian film “A Separation” in 2011, finds his rhythm again in “The Past,” this time with more bite and a timeless performance by his leading lady. The movie starts in Paris when Marie (Bérénice Bejo, “The Artist”) picks up her estranged husband Ahmad (Ali Mosaffa, “Leila”) from the airport — time to finally ink the divorce papers. Ahmad soon finds out that Marie lives with her new married boyfriend (Tahar Rahim, “Grand Central”) and his young son. Yet it’s the eldest of Marie’s two daughters, Lucie (Pauline Burlet, “La Vie en Rose”) who best complicates the story.
Lucie doesn’t like the boyfriend, her mother or, really, her own (lost) identity, complete with a compellingly insecure and rebellious carriage. Once Lucie realizes that her mother was having an affair with a married man, she acts on a sense of restitution, creating a hellfire of veiny screaming and waterfall tears amid the two families. The movie never tries to rectify any of the characters’ decisions, because that would imply a “mistake” was made. As the title suggests, “The Past” cleverly fuses the notso-bright pasts of the key plot players, leaving us room to root for no one in particular, yet we empathize with everybody bereft of the victimization tropes that many acclaimed movies in 2013 seemed to project. You know the kind: feel sorry for the depressed weirdo in “Her,” the protagonist in “12 Years a Slave,” the oppressed in “Fruitvale Station” and so on. The drama is so real that we feel on a different emotional wavelength than we’re used to when watching a melodrama that tells us it’s drama. We instead feel on an even keel with these characters, as if they were our just-as-troubled-as-us next door neighbors. Bérénice Bejo as Marie quarterbacks this palpable realism with vim and affect. After trialand-erroring her way through several relationships, she gradu-
ally loses any grip on her increasingly disobedient daughter and her complex marital mess. A climactic scene captures her violently shaking Lucie, screaming, “Why would you do this to me?!” She angrily informs us that she’s finished with Ahmad and wants to tread forward with her new boyfriend, but too many things hold her back in the subtlest of ways: Lucie’s resistance; Ahmad’s comfort with the children and the boyfriend’s contagious pessimism. Her vacillating feelings lead the story into a darker but more honest place.
Timeless authenticity. The minimalist camerawork complements the film that needs no score. That doesn’t mean the film is unsuitable for a full-on orchestral soundtrack, but our helmer elected to let his characters and their raw crossings create music, both authentic and without superfluous notes. We like the Bejo-Farhadi actor/filmmaker tag-team. They play off each other’s seriousness with humility and authenticity. Totally snubbed at the Oscars this year, “The Past” is a brute cinematic force, one that isn’t afraid to show how ugly a separation can get.
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Two benches, two coaches: one loud, one quiet
o Tom Izzo is talking about injuries — and he has a lot recently — when the lights go out. This is in the press room after the Michigan men’s ZACH basketball HELFAND team has beaten Izzo’s Spartans, who are crippled by injuries. Well, actually, one injury: a selfinflicted broken-hand suffered by their fourth-leading scorer. So Izzo is talking about injuries, and the lights go out, and Michigan has just beaten Michigan State, 79-70, with a torrid, two-man effort in the second half, and John Beilein is beaming. It’s a few moments after the game. Beilein emerges out of the tunnel leading from the locker room. The University’s Presidentelect, Mark Schlissel, meets him there with a smile and a handshake. Then Beilein walks to his own press conference, past the few fans that remain in the arena, where he doesn’t mention any injury that may be hampering his own team. Such as the likely season-ending injury to his preseason All-American forward, Mitch McGary, for instance. “It’s a great win because of who we just beat,” Beilein says. But now Izzo is in the room. After 10 minutes, he says Michigan State got beat by a better team, “but I’ve never been through anything like this. I mean when you add up
the number of people that have missed practices... “I understand there’s gonna be some points — things aren’t gonna go real smooth,” he continues. And that’s when the place goes dark. “That’s perfect,” he says. Yes, Coach, it was. **** But, yes, about the game. There was 18:42 remaining, Michigan down two. Jordan Morgan tried to take a charge in the backcourt. His feet were set. The referees called it a block. Beilein pounded the floor and — read his lips — yelled “No f------ way! No way!” And the referees knew they flubbed it and so did Izzo because on that same Spartan possession, Gavin Schilling was whistled for not doing much of anything, really. Make-up call. Izzo smiled and clapped and pointed at Beilein as if to say, “You got it back.” He signaled to the referees, and, still laughing, said, “Even!” Actually, the two have not been even, recently. Since 2010, Beilein’s teams have played Izzo’s better than perhaps anyone in the nation. The win improves Beilein record to 6-2 against Izzo over that period. In that time, Beilein has established himself as perhaps one of the best coaches in the conference. For years, Izzo has been among the best in the nation. Each seems to respect the other, and each seems to be a decent person. But the differences are stark. Izzo is demonstrative and
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Michigan State men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo has built a perennial powerhouse in East Lansing, but his Spartans have struggled to succeed against Michigan.
loud on the sideline. Beilein, at least as far as basketball coaches are concerned, is more subdued. Izzo speaks his mind. It’s refreshing. Ask him a question; he’ll answer it. Beilein is more calculated. Ask him a question, and sometimes he’ll answer it, and sometimes that answer won’t mean anything. So, when hit by a truly terrible string of injuries this year — notably to Adreian Payne, Keith Appling and Branden Dawson — Izzo reacted thusly: He told Sports Illustrated he didn’t want to make excuses, but there had just been so many darn injuries. After Michigan beat Michigan State in January, he said, “I played guys that hadn’t played in
a month.” Two days later, during an eventual overtime win over Iowa, he told a sideline reporter, “I’ve got some weird guys in there right now.” Beilein has lost guys too. But Mitch McGary has become something of an afterthought. The cavalry isn’t coming. It’s two different approaches to coaching, or a small part of it, anyway. That approach has behooved Beilein. He has gone on that 6-2 run against Michigan State using, mostly, very young teams. Trey Burke replaced Darius Morris who replaced Manny Harris. For Izzo, the past is cause for complaint, and the groans aren’t unjustified.
For Beilein, the past doesn’t exist. The show goes on. **** But, briefly now, let’s return to the past. Izzo had pointed at Beilein and given a laugh and declared, “Even!” Nik Stauskas said otherwise. Stauskas didn’t miss for 15 minutes in the second half. For 10 minutes, he and Caris LeVert combined for 23 straight points for Michigan. Stauskas had 15 of them. LeVert was responsible for the pair’s only miss in that span. Michigan was down five. They finished that span up 10. McGary watched from the sideline in a suit.
**** These two teams, these two coaches, will meet again. Quite possibly in the Big Ten Tournament. Maybe even after that. And the Spartans will remain one of the best teams in the nation. But now, after this game, Izzo says, “It’s not going to be back to normal. Normality is not going to hit our team.” But for Michigan, another game against Michigan State has ended in a win. That, for Beilein and Izzo, has been the new normal. Helfand can be reached at zhelfand@umich.edu or on Twitter @zhelfand
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‘M’ falls in one-run games Potent hitting, lights-out By BEN FIDELMAN Daily Sports Writer
Michigan baseball coach Erik Bakich knew his team was going to be in some tight games early in the season, and this weekend’s series against Houston proved that thought to be true. The Wolverines (1-5-1) lost all three of the weekend’s games by one run each. The series opened Friday night, and it started with plenty of action through the first four innings of play. Michigan jumped to a quick 1-0 lead courtesy of back-to-back hits, followed by a sacrifice bunt and a sacrifice fly to bring home the run. Scoring went dormant for a few innings, as both teams got into a rhythm of letting one or two runners to reach base and then working their way out of the jam. Junior left-handed pitcher Trent Szkutnik navigated through the opening innings of the game with the backing of some outstanding team defense — a stressed component of Bakich’s gameplan. Houston (7-0) caused trouble for the Wolverines in the bottom of the fourth inning. Two singles and a sacrifice bunt put a pair of Cougars in scoring position with only one out. An infield hit plated the first run of the game, followed by a fielder’s choice that allowed Houston to take a 2-1 advantage. Michigan put runners in
scoring position in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings, but failed to knock one home, and the final score rested at 2-1 in favor of the Cougars. “Those were all what we call two-out RBI, and they’re worth their weight in gold,” Bakich said. “Unfortunately we didn’t get them this weekend.” The second game of the weekend was another low-scoring affair. No runs crossed the plate in regulation, and the Wolverines headed to extra innings for the third time in their first six games of the season. Saturday evening’s result fell in line with the other two extra-inning outings — a walk-off loss. Sophomore left-handed pitcher Evan Hill rebounded after a shaky first start last weekend, and came through with seven shutout innings for the Wolverines. But Houston right-hander Jake Lemoine gave an outing that tamed the hot Michigan bats. The Texas native dominated Michigan. Not only did he fail to allow a hit through 5.2 innings, but the Wolverine bats had trouble even getting ahead in the count until Lemoine began to fatigue in the seventh. After freshman right fielder Johnny Slater was caught stealing in the middle of the next at bat, junior center fielder Jackson Glines ripped a deep shot to center that landed him on
third base. The hit ended Lemoine’s four-hit, eight-strikeout outing. The Houston reliever retired the next Wolverine hitter to extinguish the threat. Junior right-handed pitcher James Bourque came from the bullpen to throw the tail end of the game for Michigan, and was very solid, allowing one earned run off of three hits and two walks. That earned run came in the bottom of the 10th when the Cougars got runners on the corners and brought the winning run of the game home on a safetysqueeze bunt play. Sunday, redshirt junior first basemen Kendall Patrick provided all of Michigan’s run support in the 4-3 loss with a second-inning solo home run and a two-run single in the fourth. Despite the results, starting pitching for the Wolverines was outstanding all weekend, and fifth-year senior pitcher Ben Ballantine wasn’t going to break that trend. After giving up a first-inning run to the Cougars, Ballantine settled into a nice groove through the middle part of the contest, retiring seven Houston hitters in a row. “Our pitching coach lit a fire under my ass (after the first inning),” Ballentine said. “That got me pounding the zone the way I should have and put us in a good chance to win.”
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pitching highlight sweep By MAX BULTMAN Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan softball team had already shown flashes of greatness, with mercy-rule victories and strong pitching performances highlighting the first two weekends of the season. But what the Wolverines hadn’t yet done was put together a weekend of complete dominance. That changed this weekend. The sixth-ranked Wolverines went 5-0 in three days at the FAU Kickoff tournament in Boca Raton, Fla., picking up wins over Kent State, Pittsburgh, Florida Atlantic and No. 5 Kentucky and showing off their versatility in the process. Friday, Michigan’s bats were overpowering. Sophomore shortstop Sierra Romero got the action started with a one-out RBI single in the first inning against Kent State, and her teammates didn’t let off the gas pedal for the rest of the day. The Wolverines posted seven runs against the Golden Flashes (6-4) and nine more against Pittsburgh in the second half of the double header. Sophomore left fielder Sierra Lawrence went 3-for-4 against Kent State with three RBI, and Romero went 1-for-1 after being pitched around for most of the game, drawing two walks and adding a sacrifice fly. Later in the day, against the Panthers (7-7), senior right fielder Nicole Sappingfield took her turn as sparkplug. Up by two with two outs in the second inning, Sappingfield stepped to the plate with runners at second and third and knocked one over the right-field
fence. The home run ignited a seven-run inning, all her team needed to cruise to a 9-0 victory. “We definitely got in a rhythm,” Sappingfield said. “We kind of realized what we can do and what potential we have. We just really relaxed and played our game.” The hitting clinic put on by Michigan (12-2) on Friday overshadowed dominant pitching performances by freshman right-handed pitcher Megan Betsa and junior lefty Haylie Wagner, but the pitchers quickly became the team’s focal point Saturday. That morning, Michigan sent Wagner back into the circle in its matchup with No. 5 Kentucky. The southpaw was nearly flawless in the outing, giving up just two hits and striking out five with no walks in a 3-0 victory. “(Wagner) has been one-pitch focused,” Hutchins said. “She’s throwing relaxed and not trying too hard. She’s pitching with confidence and got better from Friday to Saturday.” But the Wolverines’ pitching prowess didn’t stop with just Wagner. Junior righthanded pitcher Sara Driesenga bounced back from a pair of uncharacteristic outings the week before — she gave up six runs to Louisiana Lafayette and five to Boston College — to throw the first seven innings of an extra-innings rematch against the Golden Flashes Saturday afternoon. After trading zeros on the scoreboard all afternoon, Michigan finally broke through in the bottom of the ninth.
“We’ve got three great pitchers, and that really pushes us.”
With Sierra Romero placed on second to start the inning — an extra-innings rule in college softball — Lawrence walked before junior catcher Lauren Sweet grounded out to advance the runners with Sappingfield coming up. The senior delivered once again, lacing a walk-off single down the right-field line. Driesenga held Kent State to four hits and no walks before yielding to Wagner, who ultimately came away with the win after pitching the game’s final two innings. Between the two games, Driesenga and Wagner combined to pitch 16 scoreless innings, giving up just six hits while striking out 12. “We feed off of each others’ games,” Wagner said. “We just trust each other and believe we can get the job done. We’ve got three great pitchers, and that really pushes us forward.” Against Florida Atlantic (7-7) on Sunday, the narrative was much the same. Betsa got the nod in the circle and didn’t disappoint, striking out 11 in a complete-game shutout — the Wolverines’ fourth in a row. Any other result would’ve likely meant a loss, as the Michigan offense mustered just three hits and scored its lone run on a bases-loaded walk by Sweet. “The pitchers really did their part,” Hutchins said. “They didn’t get caught up in the circumstances they didn’t control, which was our offensive production. “They can only keep us in the game with our defense and their pitching. And I thought all three did a nice job with that.” Most games, the Wolverines won’t need their pitchers to post straight zeroes. Still, the type of poise Michigan displayed in the circle this weekend is a coveted commodity — one that separates teams that are just talented from those that are truly dominant.
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Turnovers plague Wolverines Michigan salvages ICE HOCKEY
Defensive miscues lead to Friday loss By JEREMY SUMMITT Daily Sports Editor
Defensive inconsistencies have plagued the Michigan hockey team all season, and those same theatrics played out in a second consecutive weekend filled with disappointment. With a 3-1 lead late in the second period of Friday’s game against Penn State, the Wolverines looked poised to snap a three-game losing streak. But a Nittany Lions goal with 35 seconds left made things interesting heading into the second intermission. Then, Michigan selfdestructed. It was as if the Wolverines pointed a 12-gauge shotgun at their bare feet and pulled the trigger, collapsing against an opponent that has won two conference games all season — both against Michigan. “When you have the lead at home, you should build on it,” said Michigan coach Red Berenson. “In the third period the game is on the line, and we gave it away. They earned it, but we gave it away.” There had been plenty of defensive miscues in previous games, but this was far from an isolated mistake. Veteran players made elementary blunders, and a string of three costly turnovers resulted in three Penn State goals. It was junior forward Alex Guptill’s miscue at the offensive blue line early in the third period that resulted in forward Dylan Richard’s shorthanded breakaway goal to tie the game. Though Guptill later scored what should have been Michigan’s go-ahead goal, his lackluster effort in the defensive zone all evening caused Berenson to bench him
for Saturday’s game. “We need him to work hard every shift, the whole game,” Berenson said. “You’ve got to play both ends of the rink. You’re never going to be a good hockey player if you can’t play hard at both ends of the rink.” Senior defenseman Mac Bennett has been the catalyst of a young defensive corps, but his gaffes late in the third period and in overtime Friday ultimately pushed his team toward defeat. With 10 ticks on the clock, Yost Ice Arena was buzzing in anticipation of a victory. Then, Bennett swung a blind pass behind his own net and into the corner where two Nittany Lions waited patiently. And 5.4 seconds later, the puck Bennett just had safely in his grasp was sitting in the net. Yost fell silent, and fans shifted in their seats waiting for overtime. With under a minute remaining in the extra period, Bennett mishandled the puck in the offensive zone, springing
Penn State to an odd-man rush. Forward David Goodwin roofed a shot past freshman goaltender Zach Nagelvoort with 43 seconds left, and Bennett probably wished he were anywhere but under the microscope of thousands of Michigan fans. “This doesn’t come down to talent, and this is really hard work and just sticking with it,” Berenson said. “The defense and hopefully the goalie will make up for your mistakes. And tonight, it didn’t happen.” It’d be easy to make excuses about defensive lapses, especially since two starting defensemen — freshman Michael Downing and junior Andrew Sinelli — were both suspended from Friday’s game for illegal hits Feb. 15 at Minnesota. But as expected, the Wolverines refused to make any excuses. Instead, sophomore forward Andrew Copp talked about how the loss stains the reputation of a place like
Michigan. “I think everyone knows we need to pick it up, because this is flat out unacceptable,” Copp said. Copp realized the magnitude of another embarrassing defeat, and the next evening, the Wolverines had to respond. They needed a victory, and they got one, dominating Penn State as they should have the night before, 5-2. It wasn’t anything to be too overjoyed about, but Berenson and his players were somewhat content, and perhaps even relieved. But Friday was the dealbreaker. With a chance to bounce back from a lackluster weekend at Minnesota on Feb. 14-15, Michigan stumbled and fell flat on its face. One win in a two-game series against the lowly Nittany Lions was far from ideal. And for a team that’s now hovering around a .500 conference record with a slew of defensive concerns, Michigan might just be fortunate to stay
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Senior defenseman Mac Bennett didn’t return to Saturday’s game after suffering an upper-body injury in the first period.
An unacceptable performance W hen Michigan takes the ice at Yost Ice Arena, it’s introduced with a video that boasts an extensive list of accolades: Nine national championships, 24 Frozen Four appearances, 35 NCAA Tournament appearances — all the most in college hockey. But the players who started that NCAA Tournament run aren’t ALEJANDRO these ones. The ZÚÑIGA teams that won those championships aren’t this one. And facing Penn State Friday night, the worst team in the Big Ten, this Michigan lost. Plain and simple. “(The Nittany Lions) were the hungrier team — you could see it,” said Michigan coach Red Berenson. He was right. The Wolverines blew a pair of two-goal leads. They gave up the game-tying goal with fewer than five seconds left in regulation. They allowed the sudden-death winner in front of a stunned and silent Children of Yost student section. All that to a program that has existed for less than two years. To a team that can’t win a conference game, except when the opponent dons a winged helmet. Michigan, which is fighting for the No. 2 seed in the Big Ten Tournament and an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, was outworked by a team that had nothing but pride to play for. “When you come to a place like this, with all the tradition, all the history, the legacy, playing for Coach Berenson, for us to be putting forth this effort is unacceptable,” said
sophomore forward Andrew Copp, a look of disgust plastered on his face. Why unacceptable? Because the talent is there. The Wolverines climbed all the way to No. 2 in the nation for a reason. They beat Boston College and Boston University and passed a road test at New Hampshire. They lost freshman defenseman Kevin Lohan and sophomore goaltender Steve Racine to injuries, but they didn’t lose games. That’s what’s keeping this team’s NCAA Tournament hopes alive, but it’s also what makes the sudden incompetence all the more maddening. Michigan, despite all the tradition and pregame pizzazz, sits dangerously close to the bottom half of the Big Ten and to missing the NCAA Tournament for a second straight year. Before last season, the Wolverines had made every NCAA Tournament since 1990. A championship team doesn’t lose to Penn State because it couldn’t be bothered to play hard, even with so much on the line. It doesn’t split the season series to the conference cupcake. If Michigan needs an attitude change, the time is now. There are no more games left to give away. “This is flat-out unacceptable,” Copp repeated. Yes, Michigan won Saturday to salvage a home split, but the problems were still there. The Wolverines took a penalty 20 seconds into the game. They committed mindnumbingly obtuse turnovers in their own zone. The Nittany Lions actually outshot Michigan on the first three Wolverine power plays and then cut a four-goal deficit in half to turn a blowout into a somewhat competitive contest. Afterward, Berenson and Michigan praised the change
in attitude and bemoaned the previous night. “We kind of got embarrassed in our own building last night, and that is unacceptable being at Michigan,” said senior forward Derek DeBlois. “We knew we had to bounce back.” And to give them credit, they did, holding a trigger-friendly Penn State offense to just 20 shots. When the final horn sounded, the Children of Yost yelled, “The Victors” blared, and for a moment, everything was OK. But it’s not. Thanks to their own failures, the path to the NCAA Tournament isn’t easy, and the Wolverines may have to navigate it without senior captain Mac Bennett, the heart and soul of the team and the thread that holds the patchwork defense together. He suffered an upper-body injury in the first period Saturday. Upon taking the hit that knocked him out of the game, Bennett laid on the ice staring
up at the roof of Yost, where the banners hang. The 32 pennants are memories of those championships and the moments that created them. They’re the lore and tradition that Michigan flaunts so boldly in its pregame video. There is room for a 33rd. “It’s time to set our place in Michigan history,” Bennett’s voice resonates in that video. The Wolverines are flawed. They’ve lost half of their games this calendar year. They could very well finish the inaugural Big Ten season closer to the bottom of the conference than the top, especially if they play with the same mindset as Friday. DeBlois said it. Copp said it. This is unacceptable. So where will their place in history be? Zúñiga can be reached at azs@umich.edu and on Twitter @the_zuniga
series, earns split By GREG GARNO Daily Sports Editor
Senior defenseman Mac Bennett lay on the ice, clutching his shoulder with all of Yost Ice Arena silent and holding its collective breath. The No. 10 Michigan hockey team was already PENN STATE 2 5 MICHIGAN reeling after its defense surrendered a two-goal lead in a 5-4 overtime loss the night before to the worst team in the Big Ten, Penn State. But rather than sulk without their captain, the Wolverines held the Nittany Lions to 20 shots in a 5-2 victory for a weekend split. With the win, Michigan sits in sole possession of third place in the conference and remains five points behind second place Wisconsin. Freshman forward Alex Kile and junior forward Phil Di Giuseppe each scored two goals to lead the way, while freshman forward Tyler Motte added a goal and an assist. “I like the way our team responded tonight,” said Michigan coach Red Berenson. “I thought we were a different team tonight.” Nearly six minutes into the game, Bennett skated near the boards with his head down, and Penn State’s David Glen dropped his shoulder in a clean hit that sent him flying. Bennett didn’t return in the game due to an upper-body injury, according to a Michigan spokesperson. Berenson said after the game that Bennett had been transported to the hospital for X-rays as a precautionary measure in case of a fracture, but his status otherwise remains unknown. “It’s tough seeing him go down,” said senior forward Derek DeBlois. “But different guys have to step up, and I think we did a good job (responding).” Nearly two minutes after Bennett’s injury, the Wolverines relieved some of the pressure when junior forward Zach Hyman took a loose puck in his own zone down to the other end of the ice for an easy feed from behind the net to an open Motte, who tipped in the goal. Forward turned defenseman turned forward again, Andrew Sinelli saw six minutes in his original position before he was shifted back to defenseman for the rest of the night in place of Bennett. After allowing the Nittany Lions to fire 44 shots the night before, Michigan’s defense prevented a potent offense from ever getting good looks. “I think we played harder on the man, harder on the puck,” Berenson said. “We got pucks deep, we played more in their zone, and we blocked more shots in our zone.” It helped that Penn State was called for three consecutive penalties in the second period and four altogether, preventing it from finding a rhythm and having enough men forward to apply pressure.
Sophomore goaltender Steve Racine, making his first start in net of the weekend, received plenty of insurance in the second period. “(The defense) played unbelievable tonight,” Racine said. “We knew we had to be better defensively, and they really stepped up tonight.” Kile scored on a deflection seven minutes into the frame after he was denied on a shot moments earlier. Di Giuseppe tallied midway through the period to capitalize on a penalty for his second goal of the weekend after scoring only one in the previous 16 games. Kile tacked on his second later in the third on one of several Penn State defensive breakdowns. The goals were Kile’s second and third of the year after he was held scoreless since Nov. 22 against Niagara. “It definitely gives me a lot of confidence,” Kile said with a grin across his face. “I got put in this position and I needed to produce.” The freshman was placed on a line with DeBlois and freshman forward JT Compher in place of junior forward Alex Guptill. Berenson said Guptill was a healthy scratch, citing his failure to play well defensively Friday night. The Nittany Lions got two goals back in the final five minutes of the game. The first came on a breakaway attempt from Curtis Loik and the second on a shot from Taylor Holstrom that took an awkward bounce off the skate of freshman defenseman Michael Downing. But Di Giuseppe added an empty-netter to put the game away to inspire confidence after Michigan looked threatened and deflated two periods earlier with the loss of Bennett. What happened Friday: Michigan needed to hold a lead for just two minutes and two seconds, but it couldn’t put the Big Ten’s bottom feeder away on Friday night. Penn State scored the gamePENN STATE 5 tying goal 4 MICHIGAN with 4.6 seconds remaining in regulation, erasing what looked to have been the go-ahead goal from junior forward Alex Guptill less than two minutes prior. Guptill finished with a goal and an assist to lead the Wolverines while senior forward Derek DeBlois and junior forward Zach Hyman each added two assists. Though the defense as a unit struggled mightily, freshman defenseman Lohan’s return was a positive for Michigan. Back in uniform for the first time since suffering a knee injury on Nov. 2, Lohan held his own in his return. Lohan took part in the Wolverines’ first penalty kill and blocked four shots. Paired with senior Kevin Clare, his line combined for nine of Michigan’s 27 blocks. By Erin Lennon, Daily Sports Writer
“We kind of got embarrassed in our own building.”
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Senior forward Derek DeBlois called Michigan’s performance against Penn State Friday “unacceptable,” and he responded with two assists in Saturday’s 5-2 win.
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Four games to go, but the hard work is done
t was a matchup between the two best teams in the Big Ten, the ones perched atop the standings. Michigan and Michigan State were ahead of the rest of the pack, and this was the teams’ last scheduled matchup of the year. If I didn’t know better, I might say that this game would determine the Big Ten champion. The NEAL Wolverines ROTHSCHILD wouldn’t have any tough games after this one, and the Spartans would continue to get their injured players back and in rhythm. Luckily for Michigan, it got the grand prize — a season sweep and a Big Ten title. But not quite in the eyes of the team. “We know we’ve got four big games left, so it’s definitely going to be tough,” said sophomore guard Nik Stauskas. Even against Purdue, Minnesota, Illinois and Indiana? “To be honest, we try to treat every game that way, every game like a Big Ten Championship,” said fifth-year senior forward Jordan Morgan. But wasn’t this game even more for a Big Ten Championship? “We have four games to play,” said Michigan coach John Beilein. “What it does do right now is put us in position to be in position. That’s all it does.” Fine. *** There are four games left, but this was a signature win for a program that hasn’t stopped stockpiling signature wins
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Sophomore forward Glenn Robinson III wasn’t afraid to talk about what Michigan’s rivalry win Sunday meant for the team’s Big Ten Championship aspirations.
over the last four years. It was a game against Michigan’s toughest rival in the most important game of the season. Yes, there are four games left, but because of this one, Michigan only needs to win three of the last four to win a share of the title, and if Michigan State loses again, for an outright title. All of the circled games on Michigan’s schedule have come and gone. The tough part is over. The remaining games on the calendar are against teams in the bottom half of the Big Ten with the road contests coming against the conference’s No. 9 and No. 11 squads. On Sunday, the Wolverines landed the big fish. At least one of the
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Wolverines’ players felt that way. “We didn’t talk a lot about the Big Ten Championship at the beginning of the (game),” said sophomore forward Glenn Robinson III before conceding that he brought it up late in the contest. “But I said, ‘We’re playing for a championship. We’ve got to win this game.’ ” Four games left, but this was the one where Nik Stauskas rediscovered how elite he can be. It’s hard enough to become a
top player, and it’s even harder to maintain that form once you’ve become a marked man. For the last three weeks, Stauskas has been hounded by opposing teams. Whatever defensive weapons Indiana, Nebraska, Iowa, Ohio State and Wisconsin had, they stuck on the Mississauga, Ont. native. But on Sunday, a switch turned in Stauskas’ head. What the other team did need not matter. He took it upon himself to have the best game of his
“It says that we’re back. Michigan’s back in so many ways.”
season, scoring 25 points on 69-percent shooting with five assists. “Maybe (it was) a little bit of the stage and me getting fed up with it,” he said. “I’m a basketball player. I like taking pride in being one of the best players on the floor every time I step out there. “When teams shut me out, it’s frustrating, and I didn’t want to let that happen anymore.” Four games left, but this one meant dominance over Michigan State. Having won six of its last eight against the Spartans, Michigan has asserted itself as the top basketball presence in the state, at least for the time being. Six of eight isn’t just a few
good years — it’s sustained success. It’s Keith Appling and Adreian Payne having come and gone without ever winning in Ann Arbor. With four wins in the next two weeks, it means two Michigan Big Ten titles to Michigan State’s one for its senior class. Over a four-year period when Michigan sports have been pockmarked by mediocrity on the football field, where the Spartans have laid Michigan to waste, the basketball team swung back. Michigan State may have stolen the gridiron, but Michigan has taken the hardwood. “It says that we’re back,” Beilein said. “Michigan’s back in so many ways. … If you compete with Michigan State, then you’re competing with all the other top schools. We hadn’t been there for a while. It’s just good to be in that position. … Consistency is the things that Wisconsin and Michigan State and Ohio State have been able to do. “Their kids don’t know what it’s like to (not) go to the NCAA Tournament. That’s the mentality that we want.” Of course, Michigan has to perform in the four games left, but the title was earned on Sunday. The Wolverines’ performance was the material that Big Ten championships are made of. Over the span of seven minutes in the second half, Michigan flipped a 48-43 deficit into a 64-52 lead. It was a run Michigan State couldn’t withstand and one that has Michigan sitting pretty for its first outright Big Ten championship since 1985-86. Four games left, but this was the big one. Rothschild can be reached at nealroth@umich.edu or on Twitter @nrothschild3.
Sophomores lead Michigan to sweep Stauskas, LeVert and Robinson combine for 63 points vs. MSU By SIMON KAUFMAN Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan men’s basketball team has been waiting for a game like it had on Sunday for nearly a year. It’s been anticipating it since forward Glenn Robinson III announced his return last April, since guard Nik Stauskas emerged as the team’s top player this season and since guard Caris LeVert surfaced as the Wolverines’ most-improved player. Michigan has been waiting to see the sophomore trio — each capable of single-handedly taking over a game — do so together. On Sunday, when the three shared, shot and scored in ensemble fashion, the result was a 79-70 win over Michigan State. Stauskas, LeVert and Robinson combined for 63 points — the most between them all season, scoring 25, 23 and 15 points, respectively. In the first half, LeVert stepped up. With Stauskas and Robinson taking just seven shots, LeVert attacked the rim to keep the Wolverines in the game by himself. He scored 14 points on 5-of-10 shooting from the field in the first 20 minutes, and his buzzer-beater 3-pointer as time expired at the end of the half helped cut Michigan State’s lead to just two. The corner three cut what was once an 11-point deficit into a onepossession game and gave the Wolverines the momentum heading into the second half. “It was kinda a bang-bang play,” LeVert said. “(Michigan State guard Gary) Harris got a layup at one end, and they probably thought the half was going to be over, and I just snuck out in transition and Nik found me. … Us getting the last bucket, that was big for us, big for our crowd.” In the second half, LeVert
took a back seat, and Stauskas and Robinson took control. The two combined for the first 18 points of the second frame. With 13 minutes left in the half, Stauskas finished a layup to tie the game at 48. Just more than a minute later, he pulled up and knocked down a jumper at the top of the key to pull Michigan ahead by two points — a lead it wouldn’t give back. In his best half of the season, Stauskas shot 7-of-10, including three treys, finishing with 21 points in the frame. With 2:33 left in the game, Stauskas penetrated toward the hoop, drawing two Spartan defenders, and then tossed an alley-oop dunk to a wide-open Robinson. Robinson reached behind his head for the ball, threw the dunk down and drew the Crisler Center crowd to its feet. “When I threw it, I thought
it was a horrible pass because it was way behind him,” Stauskas said. “And he kinda paused in the air and reached back. It was a great play by Glenn.” The 6-foot-6 forward had 11 points in the half including two free throws down the stretch to help seal the deal for the Wolverines. “I think all three of us were feeding off each other,” Robinson said. “For them two, they’re shooting the ball well, or driving, that (makes it) easy for my cuts.” Added Michigan coach John Beilein: “Everybody was really connected the whole game. We had no one ball-begging. We had no one not willing to share the ball because they hadn’t had a shot in a while.” It was just the fourth time in Big Ten play this season that each member of the threesome has scored in double digits. They accomplished the feat on the road
“Us getting the last basket, it was big for us, big for our crowd.”
against Nebraska and in both of their games against Wisconsin. In Michigan’s upset of the then-third-ranked Badgers in Madison, the three sophomores combined for 57 points. On the season, when they’re all in double figures, Michigan is 6-2, with the two losses coming against then-No. 1 Arizona, and at home against Wisconsin. Sunday was a glimpse at what could be when Stauskas, LeVert and Robinson all perform at the top of their games. It’s a team that can play the topranked Wildcats until the final possession, hand the Badgers their first loss at home this season and down a state rival in the most anticipated home game of the season. “We’re a team that likes when other people succeed,” LeVert said. “We really love each other out there. “So when we see one guy’s got it going, we just try to get him the ball as much as possible.” Unselfish and sharing the load is how the sophomore trio has set the Wolverines up for a chance to control their own destiny and take home the conference title.
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Forward Nik Stauskas headlines Michigan’s trio of sophomores, who guided the Wolverines to a sweep of Michigan State.