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John Negroponte, former US Deputy Secretary of State and former Director of National Intelligence, discusses his view on leadership and foreign policy at Weill Hall Thursday. Negroponte focused on his career in the foreign service to answer audience questions on current events.
Speaker chastised at vigil Ford School hosts controversial diplomat John Negroponte By ANASTASSIOS ADAMOPOULOS Daily Staff Reporter
Protesters were lined up Thursday night to condemn the Ford School of Public Policy’s guest speaker John Negroponte, a former director of national intelligence, deputy secretary of state and currently a professor
at Yale University. Public Policy Prof. Melvyn Levitsky, who previously served terms as the U.S. ambassador to Brazil and Bulgaria, led the event, which discussed Negroponte’s work. Following the discussion, a vigil awaited Negroponte outside the Annenberg Auditorium to chastise Negroponte’s alleged crimes. Negroponte served as an ambassador to Honduras, Iraq, Mexico, the Philippines and the United Nations. The discussion was largely about Negroponte’s career and his leadership positions. During the discussion,
Negroponte said the United States often gets too involved in international issues, and said other nations are able to find stability on their own. “Based on my experience in the foreign policy, I don’t think we’re too good at nation-building,” he said. “I don’t think we do that quite very well. I don’t think we are too good at regime change.” Negroponte, ambassador to Iraq from May 2004 to 2005, questioned whether the invasion in Iraq happened too soon. He was also very critical of torture as a means of extracting information. He denied that
there were covert torture centers while he was in Iraq and referred to Abu Ghraib — the prison in Iraq where members of the U.S. military and the CIA tortured inmates in 2003 and 2004 — as “a great humiliation and embarrassment to the United States.” He added that was not sanctioned by the government. “If you want your troops to be treated properly under the Geneva Convention you better treat other people likewise,” he said. Negroponte said his tenure in Honduras —from November See SPEAKER, Page 3
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While the monthly meetings of the University’s Board of Regents could be considered efficient, complaints have recently been surfacing that the University’s governing body is abusing Michigan’s Open Meetings Act. At the open and public meetings, held by the regents, members and executive officers address and pass new policies for the University and offer an opportunity for the public to share thoughts or concerns, as required by law. However, the regents rarely publicly disagree with one another at the meetings or even make statements for the record. Most discussions are assumed to occur behind closed doors and in informal sessions. According to Section 3 of Michigan’s Open Meetings Act, “all meetings of a public body shall be open to the public and
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Dean of School of Ed. receives national award Loewenberg Ball helped create program to train new teachers By YARDAIN AMRON Daily Staff Reporter
Deborah Loewenberg Ball, dean of the School of Education, received the 2014 Edward C. Pomeroy Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teacher Education, the University announced Thursday. The award will be presented Monday by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education — a national alliance of public and private colleges and universities dedicated to educator training — at its 66th annual meeting in Indianapolis. Loewenberg Ball said she was notified about the award via e-mail a few weeks ago. “I was very surprised, extremely honored — it’s a major organization of all the institutions in the country that prepare teachers — so it’s just a very big honor because there are about 1,400 different universities that prepare teachers,” Loewenberg Ball said. “It’s a very nice recognition of the amount of work we’ve been doing here at Michigan.” Gail Bozeman, vice presi-
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dent of meetings and events at AACTE, said the award is very prestigious and that Loewenberg Ball is a more than deserving recipient. “Part of the award deals with recognizing outstanding contributions to teacher education, especially around an individual or an institution that may have produced or developed materials that will promote more effective methods of teacher education at the collegiate level,” Bozeman said. Bozeman said out of 14 candidates, Loewenberg Ball stood out for her notable involvement in numerous national teaching initiatives including TeachingWorks, an organization dedicated to improving the quality of new teachers. Loewenberg Ball said historically, first- and second-year teachers often report learning the bulk of their skills only upon entering the classroom. “What TeachingWorks is setting out to do is to say that kids really deserve to have skillful teaching every year that they’re in school, and people who agree to become teachers deserve to be trained well enough to be responsible for children,” she said. TeachingWorks is dedicated to three main pillars: defining the key knowledge and practices a new teacher needs before See DEAN, Page 3
shall be held in a place available to the general public.” On Tuesday, Feb. 18, state Rep. Tom McMillin (R–Rochester Hills) held a legislative hearing before the Michigan House of Representatives Committee to listen to the public’s general concerns about the act. Herschel Fink, one of the Detroit Free Press’ legal counsel and a speaker at the hearing, stated publicly that the regents are “serial abusers of the Open Meetings Act.” Fink called for a constitutional amendment to make clear that the regents, as well as the Board of Trustees at Michigan State University and the Board of Governors at Wayne State University, are bound by the Open Meetings Act and Freedom of Information Act. “The quote-unquote ‘formal monthly meetings’ are nearly perfunctory,” Fink said. “They simply rubber-stamp the regents’ work committees to which the public is not allowed to participate or be present.” Fink is not the first to complain about the regents’ secrecy. In 2010, University alum Robert Davis sued the regents for not See REGENTS, Page 3
AATA may expand its operations if vote succeeds $700,000 plan is on to the voters for final approval of more transit services By EMMA KERR Daily Staff Reporter
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Students protest John Negroponte following his discussion about foreign policy at Weill Hall Thursday. The opponents of Negroponte claimed that he is a war criminal for his activities across several countries.
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Professor draws inspiration from multiple mediums Melissa Gross uses experience to take interdisciplinary approach By PAULA FRIEDRICH Daily Staff Reporter
In Rembrandt’s painting The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp, inquisitive doctors in ruffled, white collars and goatees lean over a cadaver lit in the soft focus of the painter’s signature light. A print of this piece of inter-
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woven science and art is perhaps nowhere better placed than where it hangs above the desk of Melissa Gross, associate professor of movement science, in the Central Campus Recreation Building. “I’m really drawn to the edges,” she said. “To the inbetweens. That’s where I feel comfortable.” Recently honored with an Arthur F. Thurnau professorship, Gross has appointments in both the School of Kinesiology and the School of Art & Design. In her Behavioral Biomechanics Laboratory, she uses motion capture animation
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to quantify the way movement changes when emotion does. This line of questioning means her research reaches across and pulls from psychology, technology, art, physics and movement science. Thurnau professors are honored for their exceptional undergraduate teaching and innovation. The award comes with $20,000 as well. After finishing her Ph.D. at the University of California, Los Angeles, Gross worked as a research scientist at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Palo Alto before coming to the UniSee PROFESSOR, Page 3
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The debate continues over the expansion of the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority. The future of the AATA’s services is hinged on a proposed $700,000 millage that will appear on the May 6 ballot in three Washtenaw County communities. While the “More Buses” campaign champions connecting people and better serving Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti and Ypsilanti Township, the opposing campaign, “Better Transit Now,” questions whether expanding the current system of transit is best when there may be other — and potentially better —alternatives. State Rep. Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) and councilmember Chuck Warpehoski (D–Ward 5) support the referendum while other councilmembers remain undecided in the matter. The referendum boasts a 44-percent increase in transit services at the cost of $33 per year for residents whose homes at valued at $100,000. This transit plan would include extending both evening hours and weekend hours, as well as services for the elderly or See AATA, Page 3
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California governor Jerry Brown to seek re-election 75-year-old incumbent hopes to continue to tackle challenges in office LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown formally launched his re-election campaign Thursday, stepping into a contest that the former threetime presidential candidate is expected to dominate. The announcement was understated — a written statement posted on his website, with an accompanying tweet — in keeping with Brown’s reputation for shoestring-style politicking. The 75-year-old Democrat said he had filed required paperwork to seek the office and was ready to deal with a raft of pressing issues, from a potentially devastating drought Sudoku to aSyndication pension system mired in longterm debt. “At this stage of my life, I can
say without any hesitation that I am prepared and excited to tackle these challenges,” said Brown, already the longest-serving governor in California history. “There is nothing I would rather do.” The announcement was expected. Brown has been stockpiling campaign cash for months — he has nearly $17 million for the race, far more than any of his little-known Republican rivals. He enters the contest with significant advantages — his party holds a 2.6 million voter edge over Republicans, and Democrats control every statewide office. You’d have to go back a generation to find a Republican presidential candidate who carried the state, George H.W. Bush in 1988. After winning voter support for a tax increase, Brown has been credited with easing the state’s long-running budget mess, at least for now. Recent statewide polling found most Democrats and independents approve of the job he has been doing, a key measure in a state where GOP registration has
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dipped below 30 percent. But California is troubled by a wide range of problems: cratered freeways that are strangled with traffic, alarming dropout rates at many schools, a withering middle class, and illegal immigration. Brown’s signature project, a $68 billion high-speed rail line, has lost public favor and faces an uncertain future. “Californians can’t afford another four years of Gov. Brown’s failed leadership,” former U.S. Treasury official Neel Kashkari, one of Brown’s Republican rivals, MARKO DROBNJAKOVIC/AP said in a statement. Anti-Yanukovych protestors are sitting on top of an army vehicle in front of the parliament building in the Crimea Region of State Assemblyman Tim DonUkraine. Dozens of pro-Russia protestors stormed the area early Thursday and seized local buildings. nelly, a Republican from Twin Peaks, also wants Brown’s job. In a trendsetting state, Brown has proven a durable fixture. The son of a former governor, he traces his political career to the 1960s and served his first stint as governor from 1975 to 1983. Along the way, he’s been state attorney http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ general and mayor of Oakland. He The escalating conflict sent termination not to lose Ukraine to sought the Democratic presidenUkraine’s finances plummeting fur- the West. tial nomination in 1976, 1980 and ther, prompting Western leaders to Thursday’s dramatic develop1992. He won his third term as prepare an emergency financial ments posed an immediate chalgovernor in 2010. package. lenge to Ukraine’s new authori“Millions of our families are Yanukovych, whose abandon- ties as they named an interim struggling and too many men and ment of closer ties to Europe in government for the country, whose women cannot find work or the favor of a bailout loan from Russia population is divided in loyalliving wages they deserve,” Brown set off three months of protests, ties between Russia and the West. said in his statement. “I won’t SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (AP) finally fled by helicopter last week Crimea, which was seized by Rusmake everyone happy every time — Masked gunmen stormed parlia- as his allies deserted him. The hu- sian forces in the 18th century unbut I will listen and I will seek to ment in Ukraine’s strategic Crimea miliating exit was a severe blow to der Catherine the Great, was once find the best and fairest way forregion Thursday as Russian fighter Russian President Vladimir Putin, the crown jewel in Russian and ward.” jets scrambled to patrol borders, who had been celebrating his sig- then Soviet empires. Ventura County Republican the stirrings of a potentially dan- nature Olympics even as Ukraine’s It only became part of Ukraine Chairman Mike Osborn said the gerous confrontation reminiscent drama came to a head. The Russian in 1954 when Soviet leader Nikita GOP has a deep reservoir of issues of Cold War brinksmanship. leader has long dreamed of pulling Khrushchev transferred jurisdicto raise with voters, from high While a newly formed govern- Ukraine — a country of 46 million tion from Russia — a move that was taxes to heavy government regument led by a pro-Western tech- people considered the cradle of a mere formality until the 1991 Solation. nocrat in Kiev pledged to prevent Russian civilization — closer into viet collapse meant Crimea landed It’s possible other candidates any national breakup, there were Moscow’s orbit. in an independent Ukraine. might join the race, he added. A mixed signals in Moscow: Russia For Ukraine’s neighbors, the In the capital, Kiev, the new Republican can oust Brown, Osgranted shelter to Ukraine’s fugi- specter of Ukraine breaking up prime minister said Ukraine’s fuborn predicted, “we just have to tive president, Viktor Yanukovych, evoked memories of centuries of ture lies in the European Union, but generate excitement.”covering while pledging to respect Ukraine’s bloody conflict. with friendly relations with Russia. the acres of ash with giant tarps to territorial integrity. “Regional conflicts begin this Arseniy Yatsenyuk, named keep rainwater out. Yanukovych was said to be holed way,” said Polish Foreign Minis- Thursday in a boisterous parliaIn a local television interview up in a luxury government retreat ter Radoslaw Sikorski, calling the mentary session, now faces the Wednesday, McCrory said his and to have scheduled a news con- confrontation “a very dangerous difficult task of restoring stability preference was for Duke to reference Friday near the Ukrainian game.” in a country that is not only deeply move its dumps, but that other border. Russia has pledged to respect divided politically but on the verge options would also be considered. As gunmen wearing unmarked Ukraine’s territorial integrity. But of financial collapse. The 39-yearEchoing a contention made earcamouflage uniforms erected a the dispatch of Russian fighter old served as economy minister, lier by Skrvala, the governor sugsign reading “Crimea is Russia” in jets Thursday to patrol borders foreign minister and parliamentary gested scooping out the toxic ash the provincial capital, Ukraine’s in- and drills by some 150,000 Rus- speaker before Yanukovych took and hauling it away might actually terim prime minister declared the sian troops — almost the entirety office in 2010, and is widely viewed cause more environmental harm Black Sea territory “has been and of its force in the western part of as a technocratic reformer who enthan leaving it in place. will be a part of Ukraine.” the country — signaled strong de- joys the support of the U.S.
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Conflict between Ukraine and Russia continues to grow Russian military stirs chaos in Crimea after country establishes new government
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Teacher involved in fighting video to remain employed A Michigan elementary school teacher is fighting efforts to fire her for shooting cellphone video of a student who got stuck trying to squeeze through the back of his chair and allegedly replaying the footage later for her class. In a 54-second clip of the November video taken in Nicole McVey’s fifth-grade classroom at Oaktree Elementary School in Goodrich, a woman can be heard asking the trapped student, “How did you get into that situation?” When the woman tells the boy that a maintenance crew is on its way to help free him, a man can be heard saying, “It’s not really an emergency in their book.” The video was shown to the class on three occasions, said Patrick Greenfelder, a lawyer for the boy’s mother.
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Teenage cancer survivor wants to research for a cure First the teenager survived a rare cancer. Then she wanted to study it, spurring a study that helped scientists find a weird gene flaw that might play a role in how the tumor strikes. Age 18 is pretty young to be listed as an author of a study in the prestigious journal Science. But the industrious high school student’s efforts are bringing new attention to this mysterious disease. “It’s crazy that I’ve been able to do this,” said Elana Simon of New York City, describing her idea to study the extremely rare form of liver cancer that mostly hits adolescents and young adults.
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Democrats want to make GOP split a campaign issue Gov. Jan Brewer’s veto of a bill allowing businesses to refuse service to gays exposed a fracture within the Republican Party between social conservatives and the GOP’s pro-business wing, a split that Democrats hope to turn into a midterm election campaign issue. The Republican governor has made job creation and business expansion the centerpiece of her administration, and she was more than willing to disregard the wishes of social conservatives amid protests from major corporations such as American Airlines and Apple Inc. As a result, the GOP base was left dispirited, and opponents of gay marriage are struggling to find their footing after significant losses in the courts and statehouses.
having a public meeting when discussing an NCAA probe of the University’s football program. At last month’s meeting, in which the board approved more than $510 million worth of campus renovations, announced the creation of the new administration position of associate vice president for enrollment management and the consideration of an endowment and naming of the head football coach position, there was little to no discussion of the proposals. The regents simply listened and voted in approval. “There are a lot of unanimous votes on various items,” University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said in an interview with the Daily. “But there is, from time to time, discussion about items before there is a vote during the public session.” The regents meet informally, separately from the formal monthly meetings, to discuss certain issues. These generally meetings include two or three regents and other University officials. According to Frank LoMonte, the executive director of the Student Press Law Center, “there has to be a voting majority of the
DEAN From Page 1 entering the classroom, providing enough experience and practice for a new teacher, and developing new assessments. In a statement, University Provost Martha Pollack said the award was a fitting one for the dean and is a testament to her dedication. “Her work has added a vital element to the national discourse on teacher prepara-
PROFESSOR From Page 1 versity in 1991. In Ann Arbor, she continued to work across disciplines, collaborating with Andy Kirshner, associate professor at the School of Art & Design and the School of Music, to teach an interdisciplinary course. Art & Design and Kinesiology students worked together to make motion capture animations to answer research questions. “She’s really good at modeling curiosity for her students,” Kirshner said. “In this class students were designing experiments that nobody really knew the answer to. I mean, Melissa didn’t know the answer to, I didn’t know that answer to and neither did the students, so it felt like it was genuine research.” After the course with Kirshner ended, Gross decided to learn the animation software herself so she could continue teaching a similar course through the School of Kinesiology.
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Oscar nomination not shown at home Directors of Egypt’s first Oscarnominated film will be walking the red carpet at the Oscars ceremony next week in Los Angeles, but most Egyptians have yet to see the hard-hitting movie that chronicles the country’s unrest over the past three years. Far from being widely celebrated in Egypt, the film has not been shown at Egyptian film festivals or theaters after running into problems with censorship authorities. The filmmakers say they have been blocked because of their portrayal of the country’s military-backed governments. They still hope to get approval for wider distribution. “It’s a kind of politics disguised in bureaucracy,” said Karim Amer, the film’s producer, taking a line that one of the film’s central character uses to describe the government’s counter-revolutionary actions.Booms from the mountain could be heard 130 kilometers (80 miles) away in Surabaya, the country’s second-largest city, and even further afield in Jogyakarta. —Compiled from Daily wire reports
people with disabilities. The opposing “Better Transit Now” campaign, which supports the expansion of and investment in Ann Arbor transit, claims the city is acting without considering other transportation options that would better meet the needs of residents. Lou Glorie, an Ann Arbor resident, said the “Better Transit Now” campaign is a group of concerned residents who see flaws in the five-year AATA plan. The two main issues they cite are the unfair distribution of taxation on Ann Arbor residents while residents of surrounding townships don’t contribute equally but benefit, and concerns about the effectiveness of the pulse model of transit for Ann Arbor.
body, a quorum of the members, present in order for it to be an official meeting.” Fitzgerald said there are two segments of public comments during the meetings. The most utilized public commentary segment is at the ends of meetings, when a limited number of speakers, who sign up in advance, can address the regents on any issue they want for five minutes. The second, but not generally used, public portion of the meetings is at their beginning, when any member of the public can speak up about a proposal on a meeting’s agenda. “There is always an opportunity for people to address the regents on anything that is on that meeting’s agenda before any of the voting takes place,” Fitzgerald said. He said this time slot is always reserved, but rarely used. LoMonte said the rarity of these early meeting dialogues is an example of the minimal engagement between the public and the regents. “The places where people tend to complain are the places where the official meetings don’t seem very substantive,” LoMonte said. The meeting agendas, with detailed proposal descriptions, are posted online the Monday prior to every monthly Thursday
meeting. The minutes of every meeting are posted online for public review afterward. “The process that the board operates under is well-established and well-grounded in the state law,” Fitzgerald said. “This has been an effective way to work and we believe it is compliant with the Open Meetings Act.” In January’s special regents meeting, during which the board named University Presidentelect Mark Schlissel, new concerns about the regents’ secrecy were in regard to the presidential search process. The formal meeting, when regents voted on the approval of the new president, was held open to the public. A 1999 Michigan Supreme Court decision allows the University — and all Michigan public universities — to conduct presidential searches in private. A significant reason for keeping the search process private was that candidates do not want to jeopardize their job when the search is open, according to Regent Andrea Fischer Newman (R). “Your pool is much broader and much bigger if you can keep the search process private,” Newman said in a January interview.
tion and on the key role that teaching plays in children’s life chances,” Pollack wrote. “Her leadership in the field, including her work with policymakers at local, state and national levels, will point the way to ensuring that every child in our nation’s classrooms receives skillful teaching.” The award is named after former AACTE Executive Director Edward C. Pomeroy and recognizes “distinguished service to the teacher education community for the development and pro-
motion of outstanding practices at the collegiate, state or national level.” Loewenberg Ball said the award was more a testament to the work of her colleagues in the department. “I feel incredibly fortunate to have been here over the last decade working on this with my colleagues so the award in many ways is a credit to the whole school,” she said. “I feel very honored to be recognized but honestly it’s about the work we’ve all been doing here.”
On Wednesday, she was still in the Duderstadt Center’s 3D lab at 5 p.m., even though her “Motion Capture and Animation for Biomechanics” class had ended half an hour earlier. A handful of students were still clustered around the computers, talking in numbers and equations. On their screens, what looked like characters from a video game walked across the gridded animation software. Gross’ goal is for students to see the science they have been studying. Students are asked to be creative, to choose camera angles, to learn software they probably have not used before and to really look at what they are making. “So often in movement science the end result is the number,” she said. “You never get to see what the numbers mean.” Using these numbers to make an animation means students are going back and forth between graphs and visuals, so they can see exactly how small changes in data play out in the actual movement.
“Melissa’s genius is in recognizing that teaching and learning don’t happen if curiosity isn’t present,” said Linda Kendall Knox, the Duderstadt Center’s learning design librarian, who has worked with Gross since her first foray into using animation as a teaching tool in 1995. “She just can’t help but share her curiosity about the world with her students.” Gross also teaches “Human Musculoskeletal Anatomy,” a course that has strict guidelines about what must be covered by the end of the semester. But she still pulls from different disciplines to teach. An extra credit project asks students to visit the University of Michigan Museum of Art to critique anatomical drawings from the 18th century. “She understood that you can use a lot of different lenses to look at the same problem,” Kirshner said. “I think that’s part of what was so stimulating about teaching with her, is that ability to kind of make connections across fields.”
“I think that since we pay for this system, we should be paying for a system that works for us, right?” Glorie said. “So I would prefer to see a modification, not a complete abandonment of the hub system, there is some logic to it, but there are certain nonsensical gaps in our service that are caused by a foolish consistency in adhering to the hub system almost religiously.” “I think of them as ‘Better Transit Never,’” Warpehoski, a supporter of the plan, said. “The way to have better transit is to have more buses, more places, more often. The only way we can get better transit is to fund it, and this is the plan to fund it.” In March 2013, AATA found the current model of transportation services, a hub-and-spoke system, is best suited to meet the needs of Ann Arbor and sur-
rounding residents. The Urban Core Campaign, an advocacy organization working on transit issues, concluded that this type of transit system works best for U.S. cities with fewer than 500,000 residents. “It distributes trips efficiently. It makes it possible for a person to get from nearly anywhere in Ann Arbor to anywhere else in Ann Arbor with a travel time of no more than 45 minutes,” the report stated. Referencing a 2007 study conducted by Parsons Brinckerhoff for the AATA, staff and representatives determined the hub and spoke model was best suited for Ann Arbor since roads are not set up in a grid-structure — a requirement for alternative systems. But with two months until a vote, the debate will likely continue.
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SPEAKER From Page 1 1981 until 1985 — was during a very turbulent period. “Basically the term I like to use was Honduras was surrounded by trouble,” he said, referencing the conflicts in El Salvador and the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua. “If Washington is divided about what to do, it really makes your job that much harder.” Negroponte also discussed negotiations for the creation of the North America Free Trade Agreement, which began under President George H.W. Bush and were successfully concluded under President Bill Clinton in August 1993. As the discussion concluded, students at the back of the auditorium invited other attendees to join the vigil to berate his alleged crimes. According to the protesters, Negroponte arranged funding for militias and “brutal regimes” in Central America, participation in the creation of NAFTA that led thousands of Mexicans to poverty and used of death squads in Iraq. The vigil was held outside the Annenberg Auditorium while Negroponte and the other guests stood a few feet away at the discussion’s conclusion. Rackham student Geoff Hughes, who led the vigil, said Negroponte was trying to protect his reputation, reworking his interpretation of history during the discussion. “If you look at his statements now he is either criminally negligent or he has basically changed his story in a very kind of cynical way,” Hughes said. The demonstrators formed a circle and held papers with attacks aimed toward Negroponte. The group chanted “Death squads aren’t democracy,” and “War criminals are not welcome on campus.” The
chants continued as Negroponte walked up the stairs and the group followed him. Demonstrators read names of dead in Iraq and those who perished in the El Mozote massacre in El Slavador. “I wanted to shift the focus of the event on the victims and I think we were able to do that to some degree,” Hughes said. Kevin Young, an academic affiliate who wrote a Viewpoint in The Michigan Daily criticizing the University’s invitation of Negroponte, said people may have been fooled by Thursday’s event if they had come into it without any previous familiarity with the subject. “The thing that really struck me was just how cordial and friendly and congenial it was,” he said. “We didn’t really hear anything about the onthe-ground consequences of the policies over which John Negroponte presided. All the questions tended to focus on the kind of instrumental rationality behind policy.” “We feel that in cases where officials have committed verifiable war crime on a large scale, as Mr. Negroponte has done, that they shouldn’t be invited to any respectable academic forum,” he said. Rackham student Seema Singh was one of the two students who asked questions submitted by the crowd. Singh thought that this was a good opportunity to learn and was happy that Negroponte offered his perspective and experiences. She added that the event allowed for freedom of opinion. She noted that there were no distinctions made with regard to the type of question, and that those chosen were mostly representative of the rest. Laura K. Lee, director of communications and outreach at the Public Policy School, said the event was funded by donors, as all public events for the school are.
Plan formed to halt lake’s algae growth State of Michigan seeks contaminant to quell blooms in Lake Erie TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Sharp cutbacks in phosphorus runoff into Lake Erie are needed to counter a worsening problem of algae blooms that degrade water quality, harm fish and chase away tourists, a U.S.Canadian agency said in a report to both governments Thursday. The International Joint Commission, which recommends policies dealing with the Great Lakes and other border waterways, recommended targets for lowering daily amounts of phosphorus flowing into the ailing Erie. It’s the smallest of the five lakes yet has the most abundant fish population and supports a billion-dollar angling and boating industry. The commission said the level must drop by 46 percent to shrink by half a “dead zone” where algae saps so much oxygen that fish can’t survive. It called for a 39 percent decrease on the western side of the lake where algae blooms have been particularly widespread. Phosphorus, a nutrient that feeds algae, was among pollutants that had so degraded Lake Erie by the 1970s that some declared it dead. The problem improved significantly with laws requiring steep reductions in phosphorus releases from wastewater treatment plants and factories. But it returned in the late 1990s and has steadily worsened. A bloom in summer of 2011 was the largest on record, coating a 1,930-squaremile surface area with greenish slime. The algae is poisonous enough to kill animals and make people sick. An Ohio township last year ordered residents not to drink tap water for two days because of algae pollution, while Toledo and other cities have tested and treated their supplies. When the algae dies, foul rotting mats wash onto beaches or sink to the bottom, robbing the water — and fish — of oxygen. The report largely blames the algae’s resurgence on manure and chemical fertilizer from farms, along with urban sourc-
es such as lawn fertilizers, pet droppings, leaky septic tanks and storm water drains. It proposes designating the lake as an impaired waterway under the federal Clean Water Act to force phosphorus limits. “It’s time for governments at all levels to put the lake on a diet by setting targets and achieving real reductions,” said Lana Pollack, chairwoman of the commission’s U.S. section. The reduction targets should be met by 2022, the report said. Overall levels have not risen since the mid-1990s, according to the report, based on two years of study by more than 60 scientists with universities, private firms and government agencies. But a type called dissolved reactive phosphorus, or DRP, has more than doubled — and it’s the variety “most easily used by the algae for growth,” said Don Scavia, director of the University of Michigan’s Graham Sustainability Institute. DRP chemical fertilizers are popular for producing corn used as animal feed on large industrial farms, Scavia said. Manure also can undergo a process that generates DRP. In the past couple of decades, farmers increasingly have applied both in fall and winter, when the material sometimes has remained atop frozen ground or snow instead of soaking in. Farmers also have done less tilling. Such changes prevented fertilizers from being worked into the soil, making them more apt to wash into streams and eventually the lake during the spring melt, Scavia said. As the climate has warmed, more intense rainstorms have boosted phosphorus flushing. The report urges states in the Lake Erie watershed, including Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana — as well as the Canadian province of Ontario — to ban spreading farm fertilizers on frozen or snowcovered ground. Farm groups acknowledge a role in the problem but favor voluntary best-management practices to cut down on runoff, such as making sure fertilizer comes in contact with the soil, said Larry Antosch, environmental policy director with the Ohio Farm Bureau. Regulations don’t allow enough flexibility, he said.
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Updating an outdated law Michigan must include the LGBTQ community in the ELCRA
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recent Gallup poll revealed glaring discrepancies between public perception and the realities of anti-discrimination laws in the state of Michigan. While nine out of 10 people mistakenly believe protections exist for members of the LGBTQ community, current laws are disgracefully outdated and do not encompass guarantees for LGBTQ citizens. The Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act — Michigan’s anti-discrimination law — provides protection to individuals on the basis of numerous categories. Yet, individuals who identify as — or are even suspected of being — homosexual, transgendered or bisexual continue to face the unjust possibility of being denied employment, housing or access to public accommodations. To ensure the equality and fundamental rights of all members of the state, Michigan needs to amend the ELCRA to be more inclusive. As a result of Michigan’s “at-will” law, employers don’t need to provide a justification for firing an employee. Similarly, the absence of protections under the ELCRA allows LGBTQ members to be denied access to restaurants and hotels. Michigan’s lack of protections demonstrates that the state’s legislation is archaic compared to the advancements in many parts of the country. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced in February that the Obama administration’s decision to extend equal rights to legally married same-sex couples in federal matters. Likewise, discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is outlawed in 21 states and the District of Columbia, with 17 states instituting protections on the basis of gender identity. While a sizable portion of the United States is proactive in its efforts to guarantee equality, Michigan currently possesses a subpar set of protections. Select municipalities in the state — all of which are located in the lower peninsula of Michigan — enforce LGBTQ protections for citizens at the local level. However, these laws vary greatly between cities on both the type of discrimination and the identities they protect. Citizens shouldn’t need to worry about whether their rights will be encroached upon or denied if they leave
a particular city and travel elsewhere in the state. Unified and comprehensive legislation is needed in order to ensure the rights of all Michigan citizens. Republican Gov. Rick Snyder needs to stop relying on local governments to handle these issues and should instead push state legislators to create a comprehensive plan. Earlier this year, Snyder was reported to have had “a number of other things ... as priorities” when he was questioned about his lack of a stance on issues such as LGBTQ employment discrimination and gay marriage. Michigan can’t continue to allow a portion of its citizens to suffer under unfair legislation. The state should follow in the steps of California and Massachusetts, which guarantee LGBTQ members equal access to housing, employment, government services, marriage and adoption rights. At a time when the rest of the country is moving forward and growing more open to equal rights for LGBTQ members of society, Michigan is severely lagging behind. Granting full equality protection to LGBTQ citizens is an initiative a majority of voters approve of. Updating the ELCRA will help Michigan become more inclusive and propel the state into a leadership role in the battle for equal rights.
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 ALICIA ADAMCZYK | VIEWPOINT
I thought I had more time This weekend, I won’t be waiting in the line at Skeep’s. I won’t be relaxing at home, binge-watching “House of Cards” on Netflix. I won’t celebrate the end of midterms with friends. Instead, I will celebrate the life of my grandmother. I will go home Friday morning, I will sit with my family in an impersonal room in the intensive care unit of St. John’s Hospital in Warren, Mich., and I will watch one of the most important people in my life take her last breath as she is taken off of life support. I don’t write this so you pity me. I write this for my own sense of closure. I last spoke to my grandmother on Valentine’s Day, when I called to see if she had any plans with friends, or with my parents, or my uncle, because I worried about her being alone. She didn’t. She said she might visit with my papa, in the cemetery where he’s laid for the past four years. I felt guilty, I remember. I had plans with my living, breathing boyfriend that night. I have yet to visit papa at his grave. She asked me about all the developments in my life, which I was all too excited to share. I rambled on about my work at the Daily, and my internship for the coming summer and all of the amazing, coming-of-age milestones that were consuming my life. Out of obligation, I asked her what was new in her life. Nothing much, she said. Even now as I try so hard to remember every last word she said to me, I can’t. I told her I couldn’t wait to see her in two weeks, when I would be home for spring break. That didn’t seem so long away at the time. My grandma, my nana, was stubborn. She was proud, and she had strong beliefs and she was good and giving. There were many moments when we didn’t get along, but there were so many more when we did. I loved listening to stories about her life growing up, and about her family and papa, and everything else. My biggest regret, the
irony of which is not lost on me as I attempt to establish myself as a journalist, is that I did not ask her more questions. How many nights did I spend scrolling through my Twitter feed or locked in my room, as she sat in my living room, anticipating conversation and company? How did I not realize that she was so much more interesting than whatever fashion blog I was reading, that her nights were so much more precious than mine, so much more finite? I had been meaning to sit her down to make a family tree, before all of the faces and names that had once defined her life were replaced with the absence of mind that so often accompanies old age. I thought I had more time. My only solace is knowing that the last conversation my parents had with her was a happy one. My mother bought her a ticket to Florida, where we are traveling for Spring Break, scheduled to leave this Sunday. They asked if they should get insurance for her plane ticket. She said no. This weekend, I don’t want to go home. I don’t want to go to the hospital, I don’t want to see the rest of my family, I don’t want to sift through Nana’s belongings and I don’t want to face my friends and pretend everything is ok. I do want Nana pestering me again to peel the potatoes at Thanksgiving, even though the turkey won’t be done cooking for another hour. I do want to miss 15 minutes of family movie night to make her coffee, and I want to be sent back to the kitchen to put the right amount of cream into the steaming cup. I want to explain to her, again, the difference between the Internet in general and Facebook specifically, and I want to call her on Valentine’s Day every year for the next 20. I don’t want to say goodbye. Alicia Adamczyk is an LSA senior.
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peaking on campus earlier this month at the Ross School of Business, Republican Gov. Rick Snyder implored students — a sizable portion of the 300 attendees in Blau Auditorium — to remain in-state after graduation, ALEXANDER emphasizing HERMANN opportunities in Detroit in particular. It’s a script Snyder has repeated frequently since assuming office — why be just another yuppie in Chicago when you can make a real difference in Detroit? Further, Snyder contends that many recent graduates and young professionals simply aren’t aware of the opportunities available to them here. And he’s right. There are numerous unique opportunities in Detroit meant to attract young professionals seriously considering relocating to the Motor City for the first time or those who might otherwise depart for greener pastures. Consider, for example, Challenge Detroit, a “leadership and professional development” fellowship that pairs 30 participants from across the country with Detroit-based employers in every industry and sector. Fellows become immersed in Detroit’s social scene, volunteer opportunities, and leadership and networking events. Challenge Detroit is accepting applications through March 9, and is an excellent prospect for graduating students looking to jumpstart a career while making a difference in the city. The program is only one of several fellowships providing incentives for young professionals to broadly impact Detroit. The Detroit Revitalization
Fellows Program similarly matches development professionals with key economic and community development agencies across the city. The D:hive Residency Program is also specifically tailored to attract recent graduates with limited professional experience to Detroit. If nothing else, these programs contribute to and accelerate the promising trend in Detroit’s urban core that’s currently witnessing a much-needed talent infusion. According to “7.2 SQ MI: A Report on Greater Downtown Detroit,” in 2011 nearly 1,000 young professionals — defined as 25- to 34-year-olds with bachelor’s degrees — were selected for three-month to two-year fellowships and internships in Detroit through programs like Challenge Detroit, the D:hive residency, Teach for America and the Detroit Revitalization Fellows. Additionally, the report — commissioned by the Hudson-Webber Foundation and other partners a year ago — claims that over 2,600 young professionals reside in the 7.2mile area comprising Detroit’s Greater Downtown, including the Central Business District and several adjacent neighborhoods. Similarly, 95 percent of rentals in Midtown and downtown have remained occupied since 2012 and currently hover near 98 percent, even as prices have risen, due in large part to the interest of young professionals. Improving the population’s education, occupancy and rental rates represents important signs of progress in a city that needs these short-term wins. But one must caution, of course,
that these positive developments are no substitute for a cohesive agenda that strengthens Detroit neighborhoods and simultaneously builds capacity outside the immediate downtown-area to complement urban core revitalization. As Thomas Sugrue, author of “The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit” — to many, the book on Detroit — recently talked with the Detroit Free Press about the city’s future. “The future of a city, if it’s going to be successful, the future of Detroit is going to be improving the everyday quality of life for residents who are living a long way from downtown and a long way from Midtown, who probably aren’t ever going to spend much time listening to techno or sipping lattes,” Sugrue said. But with the right energy and a commitment to social justice, young professionals can certainly make meaningful progress benefitting everyone in the city. For example, 24 of 27 fellows from Challenge Detroit’s inaugural cohort remained in Detroit. And of all the fellowship programs mentioned above — from Teach for America in Detroit to D:hive to Challenge Detroit to the Detroit Revitalization Fellows — none has been around longer than four years. These impacts will only improve and become more obvious as these programs leave their infancy, and past participants advance even further in their careers.
With the right energy and a commitment to social justice, young professionals can make progress.
— Alexander Hermann can be reached at aherm@umich.edu.
MATTHEW MANNING | VIEWPOINT
Sochi: the disaster we wanted As the cleanup in Sochi continues this week, the impending disaster that had been so frequently discussed before the event has been averted. There wasn’t a terrorist attack, the facilities were finished, and, by and large, everything ran smoothly — so much smoother than we wanted. In the lead-up to the Winter Games in Sochi, the negative press surrounding the games was staggering. Everything ranging from Russian legislation against homosexuality, to the mismanagement of funds and allegations of corruption. Even the poor stray dogs of Sochi made headlines, with the discovery of a Russian plan to eliminate the feral population before the arrival of hundreds of thousands of tourists, many with a penchant for petting animals on the streets without a second thought to the possible health risks the animals carry. Following the coverage closely, I started to believe that we wanted something bad to happen. To our delight, we whetted our palate with proof of the imminent disaster as the press arrived in Sochi. Photos and comments began pouring out from the press about the “conditions” in Sochi. “Sochi Disaster” started trending on Twitter. Looking closer at many of the “issues,” things like not being able to flush toilet paper or the tap water being undrinkable aren’t really characteristics of a lack of preparation or any form of disaster, but conditions that exist in most devel-
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oping nations. It’s frankly embarrassing that these minor peccadillos captured the imagination of the Western public. A great deal of the world’s population lives in conditions similar to these. I suppose Russia should offer a heartfelt apology to the journalists, because the hotels in Sochi weren’t, in fact, the Hilton in London or the Marriott in New York City. I’m sorry that Russia wasn’t as nice as Vancouver in 2010 or Turin before that. But things are looking up! South Korea is next and perhaps they are developed enough for the press. But unlike similar or worse conditions that were rampant at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa (which caused an influx of more than 40,000 prostitutes in the country), Russia is somehow held responsible for being different. Even as the ice has all but melted from the Cold War, the West still takes an adversarial approach to Russia. Putin has, without a doubt, tyrannical tendencies and his regime should be open to criticism, but belittling Sochi for some non-functional toilets or broken curtains is nothing but Western elitism. We live in a world with lingering Cold War prejudices, a world in which the average American still views the average Russian as their backwards rival. Yet as the American media throws allegations of corruption on Russian officials in Sochi, they seemed to have conveniently forgotten the allegations of bribery that accompanied the Winter Games in
Salt Lake City in 2002. So severe were those offenses that several members of the Olympic International Committee, the governing body of the Olympics, were forced to resign. Good thing Mitt Romney was there save the day. We are also quick to forget our own sordid history with homosexuality. Michigan and 16 other states still have a law banning sodomy. It took a Supreme Court case in 2003 to overturn these laws. While no longer enforceable, these laws remain on the books in these states, and little effort is being made to change or amend them. The laws that caused such protest in Russia are arguably less severe than the law Michigan lawmakers crafted. There’s an old line of jokes that go something like “In Russia, car drives you!” focusing on the overall backwardness of the nation. Interestingly, a minor amendment could make this remark applicable for the United States. “In the United States, media drives you!” We listen to the media and it drives our perception on what will or should happen. The Western media’s complaints are shameful and show how spoiled and disconnected we really are. The disaster the media wanted, that it marketed so fiercely to the public, didn’t happen. I guess there’s some truth in one of these jokes. Although driverless cars may be right around the corner. Matthew Manning is a graduate student in the School of Public Policy.
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Arts STYLE COLUMN
ALBUM REVIEW
I’m in fashion, just not fashionable
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“Season four of ‘Game of Thrones’ looks weird”
‘St. Vincent’ comes into her own style Indie rock singer releases self-assured fourth album BY ERIKA HARWOOD Senior Arts Editor
Off icially four albums deep into an eclectic oeuvre, Annie Clark further cements Aherself as the brand St. St. Vincent Vincent on her new self- St. Vincent titled album; Capitol a guitar-playing, lavender afro-sporting art rocker. As an artist who’s never breached the threshold of mainstream indie, like Vampire Weekend or MGMT, St. Vincent has managed to maintain her eccentricities while crafting an accessible album. From the distorted guitar solo on album opener “Rattlesnake” to the staccato horns carving the foundation on
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“Digital Witness,” St. Vincent establishes itself as an album open to veteran fans along with St. Vincent virgins. Despite the controlled chaos in the erratic “Bring Me Your Loves,” Clark’s voice is sweet and welcoming, creating what could be considered avant-garde for dummies. It’s easy enough to bob your head and sing along yet something always seems a bit off or too weird, but in the best way. Many artists, once they are categorized as Indie, have either lost their artistic focus or tried so hard that their efforts are overshadowed by a poor product. St. Vincent, however, is growing in her artistic cred, alternating between the bizarre and the beautiful, the unruly and the controlled — all in a single song. The up-tempo, ultra-catchy “Birth In Reverse” begins with the line “Oh what an ordinary day / Take out the garbage, masturbate.” No detail is spared, each lyric and brass introduction being finely tuned and executed. At this point, Clark’s musi-
cal confidence is apparent. After four albums (this doesn’t include her collaborative record with David Byrne), her sound is now identifiably St. Vincent and it’s near perfect; an angelic voice paired with unexpected musicality prompt a fine contradiction. While it may be a declaration that could have been confirmed years ago, St. Vincent — while beginning to navigate the mainstream scene more than she once was — has transcended the idea of the typical indie rocker. Instead of churning out lo-fi hits, mixing synths and distorted samples — a sound that has earned a place in its own right — she creates, mixing genres, experimenting with instrumentation, challenging herself lyrically. Clark’s music is much bigger than the indie scope. While St. Vincent takes off into well-known territory, it’s just as fresh and exciting as we’ve come to expect from the artist, who does what she does best — make art.
As I scan the contents of my admittedly cluttered room, I see issues of Vog ue (September and then some) weighing down my nightstand, old shopping bags haphazardly littering my f loor and a bowl that used to contain some rice that I ERIKA should con- HARWOOD sider washing soon (that last one is more of a mental note to myself ). Yet as I survey myself, I see five-year old yoga pants, mismatched socks and a sweatshirt I’m g uessing hasn’t been washed since 2013. “I’m someone who loves and cares about fashion, you just can’t tell by the way I dress,” one of my friends told me the other day. This hit close to home. Too close to home. In high school, I aimed for the trivial, senseless affirmation that was the “Best Dressed” award. I mapped out looks the night before with professional effort and efficiency; I made sure I never repeated an outfit, for that had the potential to exude weakness and defeat; I also let everyone know that I really fucking wanted that stupid mock award. In the end, on that fateful and long-awaited evening in May, I received my “Best Dressed” certificate, which has now been retired to a plastic tub somewhere between
the metro-Detroit area and central Illinois. The moment my award was announced was f leeting, with the hosts of Eaton Rapids High School’s senior night quickly moving on to the next one — probably something weird and intimate, like “Best Eyes.” (Congrats, Brenin Richardson. We were all rooting for your baby blues). Soon after, I went to college, began writing for style blogs and joined a business-related fashion club. This was the most connected I’d ever felt to the fashion industry, and yet the most dis-
Best dressed, ERHS class of 2011. tant my closet had ever been to it. With late night, caffeinesponsored study sessions, days of back-to-back classes and a f luctuating waistline, I have — for the lack of a better term — let my style (and myself? I’ll save it for another column) go. Leggings, unwashed f lannels and outfit repeating haven’t become a reservation for off-days so much as they’ve become my norm. It’s a look that people ascribe to being a “hipster,” but I’m going to call it like it is: straight up lazy. My own interest in fashion hasn’t declined since my days of attempting to strut
through the tiled halls of ERHS — if anything, it’s continually growing. I still ogle at Grace Codding ton’s editorials, have a mild panic attack during each Marc Jacobs livestreamed show (followed by a severe panic attack when it tries to buffer in the middle of it) and furrow my brow when my dad asks “who?” at each of my mentions of Anna Wintour. You bought me “The September Issue” for Christmas, man. We’ve been over this. I should note that I still try to present myself in a way that could be deemed acceptable by society. Not so much for that fact itself, but for the sake of losing my own sanity when I metaphorically hand over my hopes and dreams the moment I decide it’s OK to meet with my professor while wearing my pajamas. Still, I struggle to think if there’s a place for my type in the fashion world. A world full of day vs. night stilettos, perfectly tailored pants and waking up with ample time to put together “the look.” Despite my lull in personal style, which even at its grungiest point is still at a point of evolution, I’d like to believe there is. Whether or not I find myself pursuing that world in the future, I’m not entirely sure. But if I do, I’ll try my best to wear heels to the interview. After that, I can’t make any promises. Harwood is reading her old yearbook. if you want a copy, e-mail erikacat@umich.edu.
MOVIE REVIEW
COMMUNITY CULTURE NOTEBOOK
Looking at myself as far more than just lines on a resume By COSMO PAPPAS For the Daily
Spin a globe, close your eyes and let your finger land where it will. Pack up, say goodbye, since your one-way ticket is for tomorrow. You have to leave your life to lead your life, as they say. This is how the logic of college admissions and career pursuit — in a phrase, achievement and mobility — unfolds today. Usually, however, it’s better at concealing its objectives. If the reader will indulge me a bit, I’d like to quote GermanJewish philosopher Theodor Adorno for explanation. “It is part of the mechanism of domination,” he says in Minima Moralia, “to forbid recognition of the suffering it produces.” It never struck me until recently that my Fulbright fantasies, furnished with every detail you’d expect — Parisian cafes, Neoclassical columns and a heaping, unflattering share of self-importance — are a farce. Now, I’m not setting out to deride achievement and prestige in any form or context. Aspiration and rigor are the ingredients of good work, in my opinion. I can’t help but think, though, that if were I to relocate myself to Paris or Moscow or London, I would spend less time Living the Life than I would cursing myself for having consigned my youth and well-being to student debt and exorbitant rent — the mausoleums of the happy life. I would be missing the mark to suggest that these are problems specific only to our historical moment or that people don’t or can’t lead fulfilling lives in
big cities. Rather, the way that we, as a society, imagine mobility and lived experience is mistaken at its core. The way it is, you’re expected to pack your bags and go running at the best opportunity available, all in the service of a luminous, salaried future. The “dream” as a form of thinking fundamentally neglects the most basic needs of lived experience. By this logic of mobility, you’d think that people were essentially detachable from the communities they’re enmeshed in and that uprooting yourself from one locale you’ve invested years of your life into would be as easy as pulling a tooth. The metaphor holds true in the reverse, though: integrating
The downsides of the modern metropolis and such. yourself into a radically different environment is about as easy as putting the tooth back in. The problem, as I said, isn’t with the downsides of the modern metropolis (though that certainly shouldn’t fall away from the discussion, as rents approach ever more unmanageable rates for ever more unlivable conditions). It consists in living as a résumé, as a commodity. It is the violence of transplanting yourself regardless of the connections you have to stabilize yourself wherever it
is you’re going. I would be speaking out of place to discuss the problems of identity and community in the context of immigration, since many migrate due to reasons much more life-threatening than trying to snag that hip internship in L.A. However, this is a critical perspective to consider. The violence is amplified boundlessly when you’re crossing national, cultural and linguistic borders. Far be it from me to exclude these other dimensions from the conversation. We engage, necessarily, in abstraction all of the time. Every time you describe yourself, you are abstracting — not least of all because language does not always correspond to material, embodied reality. But capitalism’s skills of abstraction are unprecedented, the résumé being an exceptionally successful distillation of that process. An application (for grad school, for an internship, for a job) does not ask for the number of nights cried to sleep because of mistreatment at the workplace, how many lies you’ve slipped to your parents about your self-care so you don’t raise their blood pressure or how few friends you’ve made than you thought you would in the big city. The denial of living as more than a free-floating resume that characterizes our day and age is radical and traumatic. Emotionally crippled, financially beggared, socially alienated — “the contract didn’t mention any of this!” If only we had learned sooner that Adorno’s maxim is in the fine print.
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Clumsy ‘Non-Stop’ crash lands By MAYANK MATHUR Daily Arts Writer
If there’s one thing worse than a goofy movie, it’s a goofy movie that takes itself too seriously. Why can’t certain films just C+ embrace what they are with- Non-Stop out pretending to be heavy Quality 16 when they’re and Rave really just pure Universal popcorn flicks? This is a question you’re sure to ask yourself after seeing Jaume Collet-Serra’s (“Orphan”) latest offering titled “Non Stop”. The film focuses on Air Marshall Bill Marks, played by Liam Neeson (“Taken 2”), and his struggle to prevent a passenger from killing others every 20 minutes aboard a flying aircraft. He is aided in his efforts by fellow passenger Jen Summers (Julliane Moore, “Don Jon”) and airhostesses Nancy (Michelle Dockery, “Anna Karenina”) and Gwen (Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slave”). The murderer informs Marks via text that he will continue to kill people on board until 150 million dollars are transferred to his account. As time flies by, the body count rises. The situation soon gets out of hand as passengers and crew begin to suspect Marks, who is revealed to be an alcoholic and a disgraced for-
mer police officer, of hijacking the plane for his personal gain. Can Marks successfully pit his wits against the killer and find him before it’s too late? Can he convince the passengers and crew of his innocence? Can he smoke and drink in the toilet on the plane? You bet he can — it’s Liam Neeson we’re talking about here.
Not ‘Taken’ with this turbulent new Neeson endeavor. However, despite doing all those things, Neeson cannot save a film that repeatedly shoots itself in the foot throughout its 106-minute running time. On paper, the story seems interesting enough — there’s a troubled protagonist caught in a compromising situation, the stage is set for a classic “whodunnit?” and there’s scope for continuous evolution of the plot every 20 minutes as the killer picks the passengers and the crew off one by one. However, the clumsy handling and execution of a potentially promising script handicaps any possible advantages the film and the script
might have had in the first place. The thrills take too long to come and are eventually too dull to inspire any genuine suspense. The film does provide some laughs — most of which are intentional — but laughs aren’t what keep an action thriller buoyant; as the name suggests, it’s the action and thrills that must do the job. Unfortunately, this film falls short by a long way in both departments. The action set pieces are saved for the climax, but are ultimately too goofy and poorly executed to carry any serious weight. The film deals itself its biggest blow when it offers a gritty viewpoint on airline security post-9/11. By offering its thoughts on such a controversial topic, the film disrupts the flow of chaotic idiocy that had come to typify its tone. It combines comedy with suspense – functioning as a very unique ‘comedy-thriller’ – but then abandons its silliness by offering perspective on a sensitive topic. It’s easy to take the film with a grain of salt and forgive the many errors until it reaches the climax because it is at least entertaining until that point. By attempting to deal a heavy handed message amidst chaotic handling of a promising story, the film does itself no favors and ultimately crash lands, taking any joy derived from its clumsy handling with it and ultimately leaving viewers with a bad taste in their mouth.
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Postseason berth on the line By GREG GARNO Daily Sports Editor
The Michigan hockey team finds itself in an uncomfortable position this weekend. No longer can it rest on its laurels from its impressive first half of the season. No longer can it rely on stel- Ohio State lar goaltending at Michigan to bail it out. Matchup: No longer can Ohio State it afford to be 15-10-3; Michigan inexperienced. 15-10-3 This week, the When: Friday 6:30 P.M.; 13th-ranked Sunday Noon Wolverines will play a Where: Yost home-andIce Arena home series TV/Radio: with Ohio BTN State (5-6-3 Big Ten, 15-103 overall) and this weekend the Wolverines will play with their figurative backs against the wall. “We can’t afford to lose any more games and I think everyone in that locker room knows that,” said senior forward Derek DeBlois. “We’re fighting for a playoff spot every day.” Added Michigan coach Red Berenson: “Everyone is getting better and we may not have gotten better as a team. A lot of our individuals have continued to improve but has our whole team gotten better? I don’t think so.” Michigan (7-6-1, 15-10-3) sits eight points behind secondplace Wisconsin and a bye in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament, and just three points ahead of the fourth-place Buckeyes. A loss would not only mathematically eliminate the Wolverines from finishing in the top two of the conference, but would also put them on the bubble of a berth in the NCAA Tournament. Standing in their way will be
‘M’ faces another ranked opponent By MINH DOAN Daily Sports Writer
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Senior forward Derek DeBlois and the rest of the Wolverines look to shut down a potent Ohio State offense.
a pair of forwards that lead Ohio State’s offense, which sits No. 7 in the nation. Together, Ryan Dzingel and Tanner Fritz have combined for 32 points this season on a team that averages 3.39 goals per game. So to help his team shut them down, Berenson distributed an article on the importance of defense. It’s been going on longer than any senior can remember, and no one knows who wrote it, but it preaches that defense doesn’t require a special skillset so much as a special mindset. “Defense is all heart and all will,” said senior forward Luke Moffatt. “Offense might not come every day, but with defense you can show up every day.” Unfortunately, Michigan will be missing one of its hardest workers in senior defenseman
Mac Bennett. The captain will miss the weekend after he suffered an “upper-body injury” in the second game of last weekend’s series against Penn State. Questions also surround the goaltending position, after freshman netminder Zach Nagelvoort allowed five goals — albeit with a porous defense in front of him — on Friday night. Sophomore goaltender Steve Racine held the Nittany Lions to two goals, which makes the decision for the weekend increasingly harder. Nearly one year ago against the Buckeyes, Berenson started Racine in the hope of sparking his offense. The result was an 8-1-1 record in the final 10 games. The loss puts more pressure on forwards to shut down Ohio State’s potent offensive
duo. Berenson will have to excel at making line changes this weekend to match his top line with the Buckeyes’ on a consistent basis. But Michigan’s forwards also proved they are capable after holding Penn State to 20 shots last weekend. “The fact is that we need to play better and find a way to generate more wins on a consistent basis,” Berenson said. “We have to play a lot better than we have in recent games. It’s that simple. If we do well, then we’ll have a chance of having a good Big Ten Tournament and then being an option in the NCAA. If we don’t win, then we don’t make the tournament and won’t deserve it. “We have to start playing better, starting this Friday.”
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After starting off the season shattering program records for scoring, the Michigan men’s lacrosse team’s offense came to an abrupt halt last weekend against No. 8 Johns Hopkins losing, 14-5. This weekend, the schedule gets no easier for the Wolverines (2-2) when they take on No. 15 Cornell on Saturday afternoon at the Oosterbaan Fieldhouse. The Big Red (2-0) enter Saturday following a good start to the season by defeating Hobart and Binghamton. Cornell took on Binghamton on Tuesday night and used a five-goal run in the second quarter to come out victorious, 14-8. Cornell is coming off a very successful 2013 spring campaign in which it went undefeated in the Ivy League and appeared in the NCAA Final Four. But gone from the team is attacker Rob Pannell, who was the 2013 Ivy League Player of the Year and the Big Red’s program leader in career points and assists. Pannell led Cornell to become the second-ranked scoring offense in the country last season. Defender Jason Noble, a 2013 1st Team AllAmerican, also graduated. Leading the offense this season for the Big Red are attackers Dan Lintner and Matt Donovan. The pair leads the Cornell offense with ten and six goals, respectively. The duo was responsible for nine goals in the Big Red’s win over Binghamton. Neither the Wolverines’ offense nor the defense had a particularly good game in the loss to Johns Hopkins and both units aim to bounce back against the Big Red. The Michigan offense is headed by freshman attacker Ian King, who leads the team with eight goals, but against the Blue Jays, he could not find twine and the top four scorers for the Wolverines could only muster two goals collectively. “There are two things that really stood out against Hopkins
that we need to fix,” said Michigan coach John Paul. “We weren’t doing a good job in our initial dodges. We couldn’t get to the spots we needed to get to get good shots off. We also were impatient and took some poor shots.” On the other side of the field, the defense also had a lackluster game last week. After a stellar two games against Mercer and Detroit, the defense took a step back against Johns Hopkins, allowing nine goals in the first half. The Wolverines improved in the second half to allow just five, highlighting their problems with inconsistency. “The defense is just very young,” Paul said. “At the very most we have guys playing in their third season. They just have to learn from practice and in every game. We highlight in film all the little mistakes we’re making and if we can correct a couple of those mistakes every week, we’re going to end the season with a pretty good defense.” Added senior defensive midfielder Jeff Chu: “The big thing we need to do is make adjustments throughout the game. Once we settle into the game plan, we need to figure out what (Cornell) is doing and make changes in the huddle.” This will be the first meeting between the two teams in history, but will be Michigan’s third match against a ranked opponent this season after playing No. 10 Penn State and the Blue Jays earlier in the season. “(Playing ranked teams) shows us the improvement, but also highlighted the things we need to do better to compete with top teams,” Paul said. “Most new programs don’t do this, we’ve done it because we want a benchmark.” The Wolverines have preached all season about not just building a program, but becoming a team that can compete with the best. One win over a ranked opponent like Cornell won’t prove they are a powerhouse just yet, but it will go a long way in proving to themselves that they can succeed.
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Women look for first-ever victory By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Writer
In its inaugural season, the Michigan women’s lacrosse team will see many firsts. Heading into their second game of the season, the Wolverines have an opportunity to achieve their most important first: their first win. Friday against Marquette, the team will play its first-ever home game at Oosterbaan Field House. By falling to Villanova, 20-7, last Saturday on the road, the Wolverines (0-1) began the season on the wrong end of the win column. Michigan will need to be patient with an all-freshman squad in one of the nation’s toughest conferences, and will likely be the underdog in every game it plays. But with Marquette in just its second season as a program, Michigan coach Jennifer Ulehla sees an opportunity for early success. “I’m calling it the youth-versus-youth game,” Ulehla said. “In our first game, (Villanova) threw a funky defense at us and it was a lot to deal with as freshmen. I’m sure Marquette will do something like that as well, but I think we’re going to be a little more composed. We’ll be competing and showing a lot of effort, and I think the team that’s more composed with a young group will win.” After dropping their first game by double digits, the Wolverines were forced to quickly regroup and prepare for the Golden Eagles (0-2). According to Ulehla, having game experience to learn from has been a huge boost in practice, and should show up in the final results.
“With a group of young freshmen, there are no upperclassmen to teach them at what level they’re supposed to compete at in practice,” Ulehla said. “They understand it to some extent in a game, but if you don’t practice it every single day, in every practice, you can’t execute it at this level in a game.” Because the adjustment to the athleticism of college lacrosse affects the entire team, the Wolverines must find alternative ways to gain an edge Friday. “We’re learning strategically how to adjust to different defenses and how to execute the defense we want to play based on what another offense is doing, and those X’s and O’s just take some time,” Ulehla said. “After going over film, they were able to really learn a lot from the mistakes that we made.” On such an inexperienced team, the learning curve applies to everyone. Last week, five different Wolverines scored in the seven-goal effort and 17 players saw action. Without experienced veterans, the bench remains active, and it’s hard for anyone to be considered a leader or star player. Ulehla is looking for leadership by committee with 28 freshmen on the team. “I want everyone to step up and be leaders on the field,” Ulehla said. “We’re all freshmen, and I need more from each player on the field. Each one has more in them, and this week I’m trying to get it out of them. “Even our leaders need people to help lead them. We’re looking for everyone to bring something to the table and lead every other person to a win,” Ulehla said.
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‘M’ with chance to control destiny By SIMON KAUFMAN Daily Sports Writer
When sophomore forward Glenn Robinson III’s shot fell at the buzzer against Purdue on Wednesday night, it meant that the Michigan men’s basketball team would escape West Lafayette unharmed, still in control of its own destiny Minnesota in the Big Ten. Three more at Michigan wins, and Matchup: for the first Minnesota time since 18-11; the 1985-86 Michigan 20-7 season, the When: Saturday 16th-ranked 6 P.M. Wolverines will be Where: Crisler Center outright conference TV/Radio: champions. BTN The road to the title seemed easy after Michigan (12-3 Big Ten, 20-7 overall) ran past Michigan State at home on Sunday. After that win, the Wolverines had four games left against Purdue, Minnesota, Illinois and Indiana — all teams in the bottom half of the conference — and it seemed they could coast to the conference title. After the win over the Spartans, Michigan coach John Beilein stressed that there was still a lot of basketball left to play, and that the next four games would be as challenging as any. But after taking care of Michigan State — widely predicted to win the Big Ten at the beginning of the season — many thought that the next four games would be soft obstacles in the way of the Wolverines collecting a banner. But as Robinson’s shot sat on top of the rim for a moment at Mackey Arena, it looked as though Michigan had blown its chances of controlling its own fate against a Boilermaker team with just five conference wins. But as the clock hit zero, the ball fell through and Michigan was one step closer to its goal. “You gotta have these (close games),” Beilein said. “This is
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The other Pitino: Minnesota’s Rich By DANIEL FELDMAN Daily Sports Writer
While the No. 16 Michigan men’s basketball team (12-3 Big Ten, 20-7 overall) sits in the driver’s seat of the Big Ten, right in the middle of the pack is Minnesota (7-9, 18-11). Coming off of a win against No. 20 Iowa, the Golden Gophers stand within striking distance of an NCAA Tournament bid. Behind the bench of the bubble team is first-year head coach Richard Pitino. The Daily sat down with Pitino at Big Ten Media Day in October to talk about his father — Louisville coach Rick Pitino — almost coming to Michigan, the wintry conditions of Minnesota and why he left his father’s coaching staff to venture out on his own. The Michigan Daily: It’s your first year at Minnesota. Coming from Florida International, have you experienced the coldness of Minnesota as of yet? Richard Pitino: Not yet. But I went to high school in Boston, went to college in Rhode Island, so I’m kind of used to that cold winter weather. What’s great for me, honestly, the weather’s phenomenal and it starts to get colder when the season starts. And that’s when I’m like a zombie walking around during the season so I don’t pay much attention to that. TMD: Back in the early 2000’s, your father (Rick Pitino) almost took the job at Michigan. Do you remember that at all? RP: I was in college, and I remember it like it was yesterday. I was on spring break in the Bahamas and my dad told me he was taking Michigan. And I remember I was at a craps table and I was with my friends, and all of a sudden I look up and see ‘hey it’s your dad’ and it’s got a Cardinal bird underneath and I go ‘what
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Michigan coach John Beilein will try to keep his team from resting on its laurels when Michigan welcomes Minnesota.
the way it’s gonna be. I mean, this is it. We just gotta embrace it, and say we’re gonna work hard for everything.” On Saturday, Minnesota will attempt to do what Purdue couldn’t — upset the Wolverines and stymie their chances of owning the conference title by themselves. The Gophers (7-9, 18-11) nearly did it in early January when they hosted Michigan in Minneapolis. In that contest, Minnesota missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer that would’ve sent the game to overtime, giving the Wolverines a 63-60 win. But that was two months ago, and that was a different Wolverine team, just coming to terms with losing sophomore forward Mitch McGary, likely for the entire season. It hadn’t quite figured out how to get
enough scoring from everybody else to make up for his absence. An unlikely hero, sophomore guard Zak Irvin, saved the team with two clutch 3-pointers late in the game and led Michigan with 15 points that night. When the Gophers come to Crisler Center on Saturday they’ll be greeted by a very different opponent — one that has learned to count on a trio of sophomores in Robinson, and guards Caris LeVert and Nik Stauskas for scoring, and not so much depend on a big man in the paint. In the first matchup between the two teams — the Wolverines’ first Big Ten game of the season — the sophomore threesome took just 19 shots. They were still adjusting to their new roles and the team’s reliance on them to
“We’re gonna work hard for everything.”
be the focal point of the offense. In contrast, against Purdue on Wednesday, the three combined for 41 shots, each obviously much more comfortable in his role as a scorer. Minnesota is led by guards Andre Hollins and DeAndre Mathieu, who have averaged 14.8 and 12.9 points per game this season, respectively. Mathieu, a 5-foot-9 guard, shoots better than 50 percent from the field and is one of just two players who has started every game this season for the Gophers. But the problem for Minnesota is that its scoring defense, the ninth-best in the conference, gives up 67.9 points on average. Michigan’s game against Purdue proved that in the Big Ten, records can be thrown away once the game starts. Any night can belong to any team. But on Saturday, playing on its home court, it’s hard to imagine that Michigan doesn’t walk away a winner, one game closer to a conference title.
the heck is that?’ That’s how I learned that we were moving to Louisville and not Michigan. It was an amazing story. TMD: Were you happy with that decision? What was really your opinion at the time? RP: I was shocked, just because we’ve grown up at the University of Kentucky and I didn’t want anything to be taken away from his success. I didn’t want anyone to feel as if, you know, what he did there in the eight years may be a little different now that he’s the head coach at Louisville. So at first, I was a little nervous about it, but it’s turned out to be a great decision. He loves it there, certainly. TMD: Michigan played Louisville in the NCAA Championship game last year. And you’re in the Big Ten now, did your father give you any advice about Michigan up to this point? RP: No. We haven’t even talked about Michigan. That feels like it’s years away, the Michigan game. What I’m worried about more than anything is practice, getting these guys better. TMD: Was it better for you to leave Louisville when you did to go to Florida and learn from Billy Donovan? RP: I think the best part, more than anything, was to go and work for another Hall of Famer. That’s an opportunity that impacted my life greatly. Everyone says ‘Oh, you’re Rick Pitino’s son.’ If you actually watch the way that we play and the way that we do a lot of things, you’ll see a lot of University of Florida and Billy Donovan influence in the way that we do things. I use both of them a lot. (I) call them often. I talked to Billy last night on the phone just about a couple recruiting things. Maybe you have some advice on how to approach this situation. Or my dad may have advice. They’re so different, but very similar ... it’s helpful for me.
Top talent to test Bakich and Co. Wolverines work way to warm west SOFTBALL
By JASON RUBINSTEIN Daily Sports Writer
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The Michigan softball team will be starting the Louisville Slugger Invitational this Friday riding a streak of four consecutive shutouts. And though the defense has clearly been doing its job, the Wolverines are still struggling to find offensive success. No. 6 Michigan’s pitching staff has kept the opposition locked down recently, and its had to — the Wolverines have been held to just two runs in the past two games. “I believe our offense will come around,” said Michigan coach Carol Hutchins. “Offense comes and goes and it’s very contagious and we have the ability to be a good offensive team. We’ve got to find a way to get into a groove and just really start swinging the way we’re capable of.” Nicole Sappingfield also voiced that the Wolverines’ recent quiet performances on offense will need to improve, by being more aggressive and trusting their training, in order to keep up with the competition. The senior outfielder and co-captain has noticed that when the leaders on the team are more vocal, the team responds with just as much energy. The offense is still learning to stay self-assured, but the pitchers have no reason to change their ways. They’ve thrown 32 consecutive scoreless innings. Still, Hutchins is in no rush to find a number one, two or three pitcher. “Our job is to just put (the pitchers) together and hold the opponents down and we have the ability to do that when you have three pitchers that are pretty quality,” Hutchins said. Michigan (12-2) will take on Nevada, UCLA, Utah Valley, Long Beach State and Oregon State
over the course of the weekend and will be looking to ruin No. 5 UCLA’s perfect record of 16-0. More important than anything else, Hutchins added, is that the girls learn to trust one another. “The defense has to have confidence in their pitcher; the pitcher has to have confidence in her defense,” Hutchins said. “It’s a game of confidence, no question.” As the Wolverines delve into their fourth tournament of the season, the main focus of the team seems to be to stay positive at the plate. If Michigan can learn to rely on their preparation, Hutchins believes the offense will be unstoppable. But with a chance to break from the normal grind of a long season, some players will get a chance to forget about the pressure and return home. Sappingfield, along with junior catcher Lauren Sweet, junior left-handed pitcher Haylie Wagner and sophomore shortstop Sierra Romero, are all California natives. “I promised to bring them home to play in front of their friends and family,” Hutchins said. “There’s no question that there’s an air of excitement because the Cali kids are excited to go and play in front of their people.” Added Sappingfield: “I think it’s always exciting to play the good competition and get out under that California sky.” The Wolverines will be staying in California for the next nine days, playing 11 games in total over spring break including another contest against UCLA on Wednesday. “It’s a great time to bond,” Hutchins said. “We spend nine days together, 24/7, and it’s really a lot of fun.”
Though the Michigan baseball team is just two weeks into its season, it has felt heartbreak multiple times — perhaps even two months’ worth. Things won’t get any easier for the Wolverines as they head to Cary, N.C. for the Notre Dame Classic. Michigan (1-5-1) will play one game against No. 6 North Carolina State, Appalachian State, Notre Dame and No. 19 UCLA. The Wolverines enter Friday night’s game against N.C. State (7-1) riding a three-game losing streak after getting swept by Houston, losing each game by only one run. But according to Michigan coach Erik Bakich, the team isn’t hanging its head. “We train mental toughness year round, so they’re not going to get discouraged just because the results weren’t in their favor the first two weekends,” Bakich said. “They can draw a lot of confidence in the simple fact that we are one play, one swing, one pitch and one hit away from being 7-0.” After they couldn’t catch a break in their earlier games, the Wolverines finally get some relief on Friday against the Wolfpack. Originally slated to face one of the nation’s top pitchers and a projected top-5 draft pick in the MLB Draft, Michigan now will face Logan Jernigan. Jernigan, who still poses a challenge for the Wolverines, shouldn’t change up a game plan for an otherwise strong team. “He’s not the only player on the team,” said sophomore Travis Maezes. “We just have to go in there with a solid approach against him and have a solid plan as a team and just attack it.”
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Sophomore shortstop Travis Maezes will look to capitalize on a pitching change by Norh Carolina State on Friday.
Pitching, though, isn’t the Wolfpack’s only strength. N.C. State has six players hitting over .300 and has scored more than 10 runs in three games during its current six-game win streak. Bakich noted that slowing the Wolfpack’s offense will mean not allowing their three-hitter, Trea Turner, to get on base. Turner is batting .419 on the year and was named to Louisville Slugger’s second team last season. But perhaps the biggest game of the weekend will come Sunday when the Wolverines take the field against reigning National Champion, UCLA. The 19th-ranked Bruins (4-4) are coming into the tournament after
“We train mental toughness year round.”
getting swept by No. 13 Cal Poly. But UCLA’s .500 record is not enough to fool Bakich. “I study their program because they built their program based on pitching and defense and that’s how we want to build our program as well,” Bakich said. “In that game, it’s going to be about pitching to contact, making the routine plays and timely hitting. They’re not going to beat themselves, walk people or have a lot of hit-by-pitches or have a lot of errors. It’s going to be a clean game and we’re going to do a good job of executing and be aggressive towards our plan.” One of Michigan’s biggest enigmas this season has been its bullpen. The Wolverines have had early leads in six of their seven games, yet the bullpen has often failed to maintain it. Luckily for Michigan, sophomore right-hander Jacob
Cronenworth is finally healed from an offseason labrum surgery. Cronenworth, a pre-season National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association’s Stopper of the Year nominee, will certainly aid a struggling bullpen. “(Cronenworth) pitched in a scrimmage yesterday, and he looked good,” Bakich said. “If the situation presents itself this weekend, then we will call on Jacob Cronenworth to just jump in there and help us out. Yesterday was his first live scrimmage and he looked good; I was impressed.” Michigan will have its work cut out for them this weekend and the opponents will be its toughest yet. “We are going to have to play fundamentally sound ball with a ton of aggression and confidence knowing we can beat any team that shows up,” Bakich said.
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Wolverines look for happy ending in Happy Valley By MAX COHEN Daily Sports Editor
Saturday’s game at Penn State won’t be the first challenge the Michigan women’s basketball team has had to overcome this season. From a lack of experience before the season started, to proving itself once other teams figured out the Wolverines could compete, new challenges have risen around every corner for Michigan. Playing the Nittany Lions in the final game of the regular season could be the stiffest one yet. Playing the No. 8 team in the country on any occasion is difficult, but the game has added emotion for Penn State (12-3 Big Ten, 21-6 overall) on the team’s senior night. It will be senior guard Maggie Lucas’s final
time playing in State College, capping a career that is nearly unmatched around the country. Lucas is the reigning Big Michigan at Ten Player of the Year and Penn State was recently Matchup: nominated Michigan 17-11; as one of 10 Penn State 21-6 Naismith When: Trophy Saturday semifinalists 3:30 P.M. for National Where: Bryce Player of the Jordan Center Year. TV/Radio: “When BTN everybody in America knows that she’s the best shooter in the country, she’s still averaging 25,” said Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico on WTKA. Lucas actually averages 21.6 points per game, but Barnes
Arico’s point still stands. Lucas shoots a shade under 40 percent from the field, despite being the center of every team’s defensive game plan. Defending Lucas too physically also creates problems because sending her to the free throw line is essentially the same thing as letting her score from the field. If the defense gets too physical and fouls her, she will make her free throws like she has done on 159 of her 165 opportunities this season, good for 96.4 percent, the best percentage in the country. Though attempting to contain Lucas will be a challenge no matter the situation, the Wolverines (8-7, 17-11) will be aided by their first full week of rest since the first week of the season. Coming off a tough loss on its own senior day, Michigan
hopes the week off will give the team a clean slate heading into the regular-season finale and the Big Ten Tournament. “It’s a great opportunity for us to regroup,” Barnes Arico said. “It gives our kids a chance to rest their legs, to get rejuvenated, to get back in the gym and get their shooting touch back.” The rest could do the Wolverines well after some lapses the team has experienced in games recently that come with a rapidly-paced schedule. In its most recent game, the senior-day loss against Iowa, Michigan came out strong, jumping out to a 13-0 lead but then completely lost control of the game, until it faced a large second-half deficit. Though the Wolverines fought back and made the game close down the stretch, lapses against an elite team like the Nittany Lions would be even more costly. The glimmer of hope for Michigan is Penn State’s blowout loss to No. 16 Nebraska on Monday night. Though the Wolverines aren’t the same
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Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico looks to slow down a hot Penn State offense.
caliber team as the Cornhuskers, the 20-point loss proves the Nittany Lions aren’t infallible. A little more than two weeks ago, Michigan proved once again it could keep pace with some of the top teams in the league, when it lost by eight to Nebraska.
Though an NCAA Tournament berth is very unlikely barring an improbable Big Ten Tournament run, a victory against a top team in the regular-season finale wouldn’t be a terrible place for the Wolverines to start.