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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The provost’s office is on the first floor of an unremarkable brick building. The shades are drawn, but just outside lies Brown University’s Main Green, the school’s equivalent to the University’s Diag. It’s noon and the pathways are bustling with students between classes, jackets unzipped under a tall sun. Brown Provost Mark Schlissel — who was selected as the University of Michigan’s next president in January — stands maybe 6-feet-2-inches. His suit is gray, tie maroon and glasses neither rectangle nor oval. His beard is grizzly and beginning to lose color. He gives a firm handshake and says, “Take a seat wherever.” I took one of 10 seats at a long mahogany table and looked around. The office was grand, featuring a large U-shaped desk, used but tidy, filled bookcases across one wall, a grandfather clock, a fire-
place with no wood, four armchairs for intimate meetings and bamboo shoots for a natural touch. This has been Schlissel’s situation room for almost three years now. He must have noticed my eyes widening because he said, “You should check this out,” and walked over to a wall and punched what must have been a button. A 60-inch television rose from a hidden compartment, but before it rose two inches he clicked again and the TV disappeared. “Pretty neat, eh, if anyone needs to give a presentation.” I mentioned the computer speakers on a nearby secondary desk, and he said, “Yeah, I joke I should have a Super Bowl party in here.” He had missed his last opportunity, though. On Jan. 24, about a week before Seattle blew Denver out 48-7 in Super Bowl XLVIII, Schlissel was in Ann Arbor accepting the title of 14th president of University of Michigan. I asked if he knew he’d be getting an office downgrade when he arrives at the University. “Yeah, I’ve seen President Coleman’s office. I’m not too worried,” he said. “Certain things are worth sacrificing.” He took the seat at the head of the table. See SCHLISSEL, Page 3
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Public Policy junior Bobby Dishell, current CSG vice president and Make Michigan CSG presidential nominee, debates issues related to this Wednesday’s election with the other CSG presidential candidates Monday in South Hall.
CSG candidates debate issues before polls open Presidential hopefuls discuss #UMDivest, student government budget priorities By KRISTEN FEDOR Daily Staff Reporter
The discussion at the Central Student Government presidential debate Monday evening centered on the current state of student government at the University, but lacked focus on specific future initiatives. Public Policy junior Carly Manes, a FORUM candidate,
LSA junior Ryan Hayes of The Party Party and LSA sophomore Mical Holt of the Defend Affirmative Action Party all expressed discontent with the status quo. Public Policy junior Bobby Dishell, Make Michigan’s candidate, focused on his role as current CSG vice president and how he will expand on that experience if elected. In the opening statements, Dishell specified major platform points of Make Michigan, such as increased support of the LEAD Scholars Program to foster minority enrollment and the creation of a peer support network aimed at bettering the mental health of students across
campus. He referenced these points several times throughout the debates. Manes reiterated FORUM’s commitment to increasing diversity on campus and support of what she referred to as “student-centered initiatives” in her opening statement, an echo of the party’s slogan, “Empowerment, Not Politics.” Hayes began with a direct criticism of CSG and said the way student government has functioned reveals a lack of engagement with the student body. “We need to open doors, not have people find our open doors,” he said.
As a single-issue party, Holt’s opening statement reflected DAAP’s focus on increasing minority enrollment. Throughout the debate, Holt’s responses circled back to this sentiment of increasing minority voices on campus. The CSG budget was the most divisive issue of the debate. While every candidate agreed that student organizations should see increased funding, the methods in which this goal would be achieved and its feasibility given current funding provided intense disagreement among the candidates. Manes and Hayes held similar See CSG, Page 6
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Between the Dare to Dream grant program and the Michigan Business Challenge competition, both sponsored by the Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, startups campus-wide have won over $113,000 to boost their new businesses. The Michigan Business Challenge, which initially included only the Ross School of Business, has been conducted for 31 years. The competition’s campus-wide scope has encouraged the mingling of various colleges within the University, creating more diverse, successful entrepreneurial teams. In addition to the prize money awarded to the four finalists, other awards recognize specific strengths of a team: best-written business plan, outstanding presentation, participation, most successful undergraduate team, and the Williamson Award for the best cross-functional team. A total of six teams won these awards. The grand prize Pryor-Hale Award is worth $20,000, and the runner up receives $10,000. Engineering graduate student Muhammad Faisal and Rackham student Daniel Andersen won the See START-UPS, Page 6
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Scott Masten, professor of business economics and public policy, was unanimously elected SACUA Chair at the Fleming Administration Building Monday.
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SACUA welcomes new members, discusses AST Committee looks at Shared Services plan, LSA dean search By ANDREW ALMANI Daily Staff Reporter
The newly elected members of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs attended their first meeting Monday afternoon. At the Senate Assembly meeting March 16, three professors were elected to serve three-year terms on the committee, Pharmaceutical Sciences Prof. David Smith; William Schultz, professor
of mechanical engineering, naval architecture and marine engineering and Silke-Maria Weineck, chair of the Department of Comparative Literature and associate professor of Germanic Languages and Literature. The committee also held SACUA officer elections for the positions of chair and vice chair. After some discussion and a quick paper ballot, Scott Masten, professor of business economics and public policy, was unanimously elected to the position of SACUA chair, while Astronomy Prof. Sally Oey was unanimously elected to be vice-chair. SACUA Chair Karen Staller spoke briefly of her private
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meeting with University President-elect Mark Schlissel on March 14 in which they discussed faculty involvement at the University. “Overall it was an extremely positive exchange, he’s clearly interested in learning about the University from its faculty ... he asked very informed questions,” Staller said. “I’m very optimistic about our ability to form a working relationship with him.” SACUA took time to discuss Administrative Services Transition, a part of the University’s effort to increase cost-containment. This controversial proposal would merge nearly 300 departSee SACUA, Page 3
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On Wednesday, the Sixth Circuit court will hold a hearing concerning same-sex marriage in Michigan--the next step in what legal experts said will likely be a lengthy legal battle over the issue. Late Saturday, following a decision on Friday by U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman to strike down Michigan’s ban on same-sex marriage, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette requested a stay and filed an appeal on the case. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit accepted the stay, temporarily preventing further same-sex marriage licenses from being issued. The stay is temporary and may end Wednesday, pending the Court of Appeals’ ruling. More than 300 marriages that occurred early Saturday are valid under state and federal law. However, if the stay progresses through the Court of Appeals, located in Cincinnati, as Schuette and other proponents of traditional marriage hope, there may be no more same-sex marriages in Michigan for a longer period.
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Furthermore, Schuette, representing the state of Michigan, may file for an appeal in Friedman’s overturning of the 2004 ban. If the Sixth Circuit Court rules in favor of the state, same-sex marriage will likely become illegal again in Michigan. However, Anna Kirkland, associate professor in the department of women’s studies, said same-sex marriage was likely to become legal in Michigan. “I think there’s a clear path for victory on this for the same-sex couples seeking to get married,” Kirkland said. “The fight is basically over for conservatives on this one, I think, but it could still take a while with some up and downs.” The legal team representing the plaintiffs in the case, April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse, has until Tuesday to respond to the state’s request for a stay. Kenneth Mogill and Carole Stanyar, two of the five lawyers for the plaintiffs, confirmed Monday the legal team for the plaintiffs will file the response Tuesday, which comes in the form of a legal brief. “All we can do is make the best arguments we can, which we believe are very strong, and the court will do what it does,” Mogill said. Sara Wurfel, press secretary for Republican Gov. Rick Snyder, said the governor is not weighing into those issues yet. See MARRIAGE, Page 6
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Prof. explores bones adaptability
How exactly do bones adapt? Well, for example, while you’re still growing in height, your bones can actually grow thicker if you’re doing a lot of exercise because they adapt to the mechanical environment they’re in. Tennis players will have a thicker humerus — arm
bone — on the racket side than on the non-racket side because they’re doing extra mechanical loading on that side. What research projects are you working on right now? Right now I’m starting a new project about how bones grow in different temperatures. I’m interested in whether bones grow to be different sizes or shapes depending on whether you grow up in a cooler climate or a warmer climate. That’s a project I just started, so the results are still to come. I’m also part of an MCubed project, which are University collabora-
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In this blog, Greenberg examines the burgeoning divestment movement on campus — #UMDivest — and its relationship with student government. The post includes a history of similar movements and how the University has dealt with them in the past.
After finishing his first semester abroad in Germany, Davis traveled to Barcelona for a brief vacation. He is spending two weeks enjoying the temperate weather, classic architecture and bars. The result, he says: a “messy-haired, unshaven sand child.”
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Freshman right fielder Jackson Lamb’s diving catch late in the eighth inning gave the men’s baseball team the momentum it needed to earn its first Big Ten victory of the season, Whipple writes. The team is now 1-2 in the Big Ten, and 9-14-1 overall.
DePollo reviews The Internet’s recent set at Ann Arbor Music venue, the Blind Pig. “Over the course of the night, they seemed to grow stronger and more confident with each song,” he writes.
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The U.S. won’t attend a summit in Sochi of the eight largest world economies. Instead, it will meet in Amsterdam with other nations that don’t approve of Russia’s actions in Crimea, The New York Times reported Monday.
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Independent CSG candidate Officials: Missing plane campaigns without agendas crashed in Indian Ocean ‘Divisiveness’ of student government politics inspire Coumarbatch’s bid By MAX RADWIN Daily Staff Reporter
With polls for the Central Student Government elections opening midnight on Tuesday, members of the various political parties have been campaigning for students’ votes, some choosing to pursue campaign videos or chalk advertisments along the Diag on behalf of their political party. LSA senior Aristide Coumarbatch, who is running for CSG president as an independent, is forgoing the support of a party because he feels it’s achievable. “I’m running to try to set a good example for other people
so they won’t feel like running for president is out of their reach, and also to show the importance of creating equality and implementing diversity,” Coumarbatch said. Independent candidates often run with the knowledge that parties give their opponents an advantage, and instead use the election to raise awareness or to spread their political message. But Coumarbatch said he has his eyes on the presidency. “I wouldn’t run if I didn’t think I could win,” he said. Coumarbatch said that most of his campaigning is through the use of hashtags such as #Aristideforpresident2014 and #fightingforchange on social media sites, such as Twitter and Facebook. Coumarbatch is new to CSG, with no affiliation to any previous party or time spent as a representative. Though Coumarbatch said he considered
creating his own party — especially since it would make getting the word out that much easier — he ultimately decided to run as an independent. “I’m not affiliated with a party and I think that’s what makes me different,” he said. “That parties do have agendas and certain things that they want to pass. But as an independent, I’m just trying to take the word of the students, to be the voice of the students.” Part of his decision was born out of the divisiveness that can overwhelm student government politics. He said he could imagine having a vice president of a different ideology of his own and representatives coming from many different parties. “I didn’t really want it just to be me and my party getting the things that we wanted,” he said. “We could try to make a collective government with a lot of different points of view instead of just one party dominating the entire government.” What Coumarbatch does stress is a “fight for change” as well as the need to “increase diversity.” “I really do think that we can help in a lot of different ways,” he said. “As time goes on, when I’m in a position to do that, I’ll have a better answer for that.”
Investigators say all aboard perished in mysterious case of Flight 370
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — After 17 days of desperation and doubt over the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, the country’s officials said an analysis of satellite data points to a “heartbreaking” conclusion: Flight 370 met its end in the southern reaches of the Indian Ocean, and none of those aboard survived. The somber announcement late Monday by Prime Minister Najib Razak left unresolved many more troubling questions about what went wrong aboard the Boeing 777 to take it so far off-course. It also unleashed a maelstrom of sorrow and anger among the families of the jet’s 239 passengers and crew. A solemn Najib, clad in a black suit, read a brief statement about what he called an unparalleled study of the jet’s last-known signals to a satellite. That analysis showed that the missing plane, which took off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing early on March 8, veered “to a remote location, far
from any possible landing sites.” “It is therefore with deep sadness and regret that I must inform you that, according to this new data, Flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean,” he said. His carefully chosen words did not directly address the fate of those aboard. But in a separate message, sent to some of their relatives just before he spoke, Malaysia Airlines officials said that “we have to assume beyond any reasonable doubt that MH370 has been lost and that none of those on board survived.” Officials said they concluded that the flight had been lost in the deep waters west of Perth, Australia, based on more thorough analysis of the brief signals the plane sent every hour to a satellite belonging to Inmarsat, a British company, even after other communication systems on the jetliner shut down. The pings did not include any location information. But Inmarsat and British aviation officials used “a type of analysis never before used in an investigation of this sort” to zero in on the plane’s last direction, as it reached the end of its fuel, Najib said. In a statement, Inmarsat said the company used “detailed analysis and modelling” of transmissions from the Malaysia Airlines jet and other known flights to describe “the likely direction of flight of MH370.” Najib gave no indication of exactly where in the Indian Ocean the plane was last heard from, but searchers have sighted possible debris in an area about 2,500 kilometers (1,550 miles) southwest of Perth. High waves, gale-force winds and low-hanging clouds forced the multinational search to be suspended for 24 hours Tuesday, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority said in a statement. Australian Transport Minister Warren Truss, who is responsible for the search coordination, said Tuesday in Canberra the
determination that the plane had crashed shifts the search to a new phase, but that it would be a difficult and long one. “The Malaysian announcement is purely based on the satellite imagery that’s available, the calculations about fuel and capacity of the aircraft to stay in the air, so it’s really a long, long way away before much can be done by way of physical examination,” he said. He said that under international agreements governing air travel “Malaysia needs to take control” and decide how to proceed. Truss said the Australian naval supply ship HMAS Success had been in the area where objects had been spotted Monday, but its crew had been unable to find anything. He said he did not expect the search for debris would be scaled back in the short term. “Obviously, recovery of any kind of debris that may be related to the aircraft will be important for the investigative stage,” he said. “So it’s still important for us to try and find as much of the aircraft as possible.” There is also a race against the clock to find any trace of the plane that could lead them to the location of the black boxes, the common name for the cockpit voice and data recorders, whose battery-powered “pinger” could stop sending signals within two weeks. The batteries are designed to last at least a month and can last longer. The plane disappeared March 8. Some of the relatives who gathered to listen to Najib, met the news with shrieks and uncontrolled sobs. Others collapsed into the arms of loved ones. “My son! My son!” cried a woman in a group of about 50 gathered at a hotel near Beijing’s airport, before falling to her knees. Minutes later, medical teams carried one elderly man out of the conference room on a stretcher, his face covered by a jacket.
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The theory of his evolution Schlissel spoke with a frank confidence that wasn’t intimidating. “I never set out when I was a young faculty member to grow up to be a president,” Schlissel said. “It just sort of happened.” His professional life traces a neat climb up the academic ladder. He graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1979 with a degree in biochemical sciences and earned a Ph.D. and M.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1986. (He loves research more but was “too chicken to completely abandon the idea of becoming a medical doctor.”) His residency was at Johns Hopkins Hospital and postdoctoral research was at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, though he hasn’t practiced medicine since he was 30 years old, back in 1988. “My heart was really always in the lab,” he said. “That was always more exciting to me.” At MIT, Schlissel worked as an on-call doctor once a week at the school’s health service. “I would walk from my laboratory at 6 p.m. over to this clinic, see whoever was sick and they had a small inpatient infirmary so I would sleep in an empty hospital bed upstairs and the nurses would wake me up if someone came in at three in the morning and I would go down and take care of them,” he said. “Then in the morning I would brush my teeth, they would feed me breakfast and I would walk back to the lab.” Clearly, he has a science mind at his core. “I just became intoxicated with this idea that you can do stuff with your hands that generated data that you could argue about and then try to understand something as complicated as a cell or a gene,” he said. “It was mindblowing.” By 2002, Schlissel had earned a full professorship in the molecular and cell biology department at the University of California, Berkeley. Rising to the chair of departments and other committees, he eventually found himself as dean of biological sciences in 2008. He called it the “citizensoldier” model of leadership. “The idea is you step up, do a job and then you go back to being a professor again. That’s the way the academy works.” The major fork in the road came before his third year as dean in: Return to his comfortable research and professorship, or pursue higher administrative positions? “I really faced a decision because I was in a situation where I felt stuck almost as a dean in middle management,” he said. “The work of the academy was being done at the department level — the teaching and research. And the real big decisions about what to invest in — the strategic decisions — were being done by the provost and the chancellor. And every time I had a good idea and wanted to do something, I needed to go to the provost to try and convince him or her to give me money and then to the department to convince them to do it. I really felt stuck in the middle.” Around this time, Schlissel also realized he enjoyed leadership work in addition to research and
SACUA From Page 1 mental positions across campus to a separate location on State Street near Wolverine Tower. Staller said Mark Burns, chair of the department of chemical engineering and member of the AST advisory committee, had expressed interest in faculty input during a recent meeting and is eager to work with the staff in any way he can. Faculty and SACUA members expressed concern over their lack of involvement in the issue last semester. Staller said he would suggest some time be allotted at a future meeting for SACUA to meet with Burns, however, the rest of SACUA was not receptive to this idea. “If you meet with somebody who constantly defers and says I
teaching. “I enjoyed looking at a complicated situation that involved people, resources, and opportunities and finding the right way to make the puzzle fit so that good things happen,” he said. In late 2010, Schlissel sat in a coffee shop at Boston’s Logan Airport. The location was ideal for a clandestine job interview, and Brown University had narrowed the hunt for a new provost down to two finalists. Across the table sat Elizabeth Huidekoper, Brown’s vice president for finance and administration, who had been sent to vet him as a candidate. She was quickly sold. “The body language,” Huidekoper said in an interview with The Daily. “He wanted it. You could tell he was hungry for this opportunity.” Too private a Providence Brown sits atop College Hill with its 8,619 students sequestered before downtown Providence below. Like the town of Providence — which was founded in 1636 — Brown’s administration has undergone drastic change in recent years. Schlissel’s departure follows a trend of recent turnovers in top administration posts. Since Schlissel arrived in 2011, 12 of 19 senior administrators have left their posts, according to the school’s student newspaper, the Brown Daily Herald. Among these administrators was popular president Ruth Simmons, who retired in 2012 after 12 years of service — the same number of years performed by University President Mary Sue Coleman. Schlissel spoke highly of Simmons as a mentor, and emphasized her talented communication skills. “Whether she was talking to a group of CEOs or talking to a group of middle school students, she could pitch the talk at the level they were without talking down to them,” Schlissel said. “She reached them where they are.” As provost, Schlissel is a step below current Brown President Christina Paxson — the former Princeton University dean of International and Public Affairs who jumped ship to lead Brown — and has been one of the few constants throughout all this administrative change. His titles include chief academic officer and budget officer — the vital bridge between the two aforementioned offices — and speak to the major role he’s played in the administration’s achievements over the past three years. These achievements serve as a lens into the sort of work Schlissel may emphasize when he assumes the University presidency in July. In October, the Corporation of Brown University, equivalent to the University’s Board of Regents, approved the administration’s signature policy, a strategic blueprint for the Brown’s next decade of action — Building on Distinction: A New Plan for Brown. The 11-page document details a new post-tenure sabbatical policy, new sophomore seminars that emphasize diversity and seemingly contradictory decisions to emphasize environmentalism and sustainability and the construction of new buildings to house many disciplines, including engineering. Huidekoper, the vice president for finance and administration, has an office down the hall from the provost’s. She said Schlissel’s opinions in
can’t really speak about this, it’s a waste of SACUA’s time, you could delegate that to a different committee. You’ve got to get somebody who answers questions,” said John Lehman, SACUA exofficio and professor of ecology and evolutionary biology. Lehman presented an update on the status of acquiring nominations for the Department of Public Safety Oversight Committee, which monitors and advises the University on necessary changes to DPS policy. SACUA is responsible for assembling nominees to the committee. About 10 self-nominations have been received, and the information about the candidates will go out in April. An hour of the meeting was spent in executive session with University Provost Martha Pollack to discuss issues relating to staff. After the conclusion of the
News molding the plan were strong, but malleable when presented a persuasive argument. For example, Huidekoper said, he wanted to move the engineering building down to a part of town called the Jewelry District. Walking over to a large campus map above her desk, Huidekoper pointed to an area far away from the main campus. “I think there was resistance to that and what we did was brought in a campus master plan group and they went through some very deep data analysis about how our faculty and students interact,” she said. “And what came out of that was if you move engineering down there it’s going to break the fabric of the university. That’s when he said ‘I’ve been convinced’ and changed his mind. That was really his decision.” She cited Schlissel’s decision to detach the public health program from the medical as an example of his sometimes-bold decisiveness. “He made the call. It was absolutely his call and he decided to separate the two and had to work through the intense resistance from the medical school,” she said. “He’s been bold and made some calls that weren’t necessarily controversial but they were just brave and they’ve gone down fine because he can explain them well. However, the plan’s perceived priority for science, technology, engineering and mathematics — focuses that speak to Schlissel’s science and research background — has taken heat, according to articles in the Brown Daily Herald, the student newspaper on campus. Brown senior Todd Harris, president of the Undergraduate Council of Students, spoke to the tensions stirred among the student body. “There has been concern among the undergraduate students about the trajectory of the university’s investment in undergraduates,” he said. “And I think this symbol of the ‘universitycollege’ was something a lot of students really grasp on to so we pushed back on that and one of things the president and provost did was include the mission statement back into the Strategic Plan.” Harris also noted Schlissel’s involvement with UCS initiatives such as increasing student representation on the University Resources Committee, the entity that determines tuition and the university’s budget. “It had two undergraduate students and we wanted four. And yeah he helped — he’s the chair of that committee and helped us get those four students.” Yet, for all the work he’s put in, Schlissel will leave without seeing the strategic plan’ materialization. Huidekoper dropped a few hints as to his motives for departing Brown. “I think Brown is a little… parochial for his long term ambitions,” she said. “It’s been a good place for him to be but I think he’s really excited to have a bigger platform.” She hesitated on the word ‘parochial,’ adding: “I think working on the future of a university in the context of the health of the state is something really intriguing to him. We don’t talk that way at Brown. We are not the University of Rhode Island.” To the top and back When Schlissel assumes office in July, he will be at the climax of his career and at the reigns of one of the largest and most influential
executive session, Oey asked Pollack about the state of the search for the next LSA dean. The position is currently filled by interim LSA dean Susan Gelman. Pollack said the LSA dean search is proceeding well, with a group of finalists who are meeting with University President Mary Sue Coleman, Schlissel and Pollack. There are some external candidates among the finalists. SACUA member Finn Larsen, associate chair of the physics department, raised a question about the University’s current weather closure standards, and how a consistency in decisions can be established. Pollack said there is a group, which includes Christina Whitman, vice provost for academic and faculty affairs, and Dentistry Prof. Rex Holland, SACUA vice chair, that works with faculty and human resources staff to figure out when the University needs to close.
public universities in the world. The slipper fit, both ways. For the University, the choice was not a risky one. His history matches many presidential characteristics outlined in a 2012 study on “The American College President,” by the American Council on Education. Today, a majority of presidents are white, Protestant and have a wife and kids. Schlissel is Jewish, from Brooklyn and has four kids with wife, Monica Schwebs. Today, the average age of college and university presidents is 61 — Schlissel’s almost 57. Like Schlissel, about 70 percent of presidents were full-time faculty earlier in their careers and a majority of presidents spent their entire professional life in higher education. The University’s selection of Schlissel mirrors Coleman, a biochemist who ascended to the presidency at about the same age. However, Schlissel most recently hails from a private institution, whereas Coleman was formerly the president of the University of Iowa. “One of the reasons I’m particularly excited about coming to lead a public institution is I think society doesn’t adequately appreciate the importance of public higher education, and the evidence is the continuous disinvestment in public higher education,” Schlissel said. “So I think part of my role in leadership is also outwardly facing and I want to be a strong and persuasive spokesman for the importance of what Michigan and other research universities do for our current society here in the United States and globally.” Money could have also been a factor. His contract runs five years and for each, his stacks will stand at a base of $750,000, plus a $500,000 retention incentive payable after five years, complimentary health care and the President’s House. Coleman currently earns $603,000 a year, but has historically donated her salary increases back to the University. But the package comes with high stakes and higher expecta-
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 — 3 tions. He will be the face of the University and the most influential mind charting its path. And through Ann Arbor’s bitter and snowiest winter, the campus climate has grown heated. Take two developing stories that have landed national headlines: the Being Black at University of Michigan Twitter campaign — #BBUM — and the impending federal investigation of former football kicker Brendan Gibbons’ permanent separation from the University. Schlissel knows he’s stepping into big shoes and with almost 40 years in academia, he’s a seasoned veteran coming in with both ears perked and ideology defined. “I’m not the kind of person that can sit in an office with the door closed and figure out what other people should do,” he said. “I’m much better at cultivating a bottoms-up approach to leadership where I try to develop a sense of what it is the faculty and students are already interested in and help build and support that.” He offered pragmatism on the contentious topic of diversity and minority enrollment. “I’m confident we can make progress,” he said. “I think it’s a mistake though to think universities can solve society’s problems in this regard. It’s a broader problem. The equality of opportunity isn’t just a university issue; it’s across our whole society. But in our own house I think we can be held responsible to work as hard and as diligently towards this as we can for reasons of both fairness and to achieve excellence.” His eyes narrowed almost to slits as he spoke, like he was focusing in on some distant goal. I asked him if he knew University administrators had been meeting with BSU organizers. “Frankly I think student protest is fantastic,” he said. “Sometimes it’s annoying and it disrupts the other things leadership is trying to accomplish, but it also serves a tremendously positive purpose of helping us not forget things that are important. Everyone needs to have their feet held to the fire once in a while. Although it’s uncomfortable, it
actually results in progress.” Schlissel will also have to navigate the prominent and delicate relationship between athletics and academics, and his roots in academia place him more clearly on one side. “Certainly we’re fortunate that the athletic program covers all its own costs. But there are 900 athletes and 42,000 nonathletes and I want to be sure they all have similar high quality experiences. I want to keep a bit of proportionality between how we invest in athletics and how we invest in academics so all our students have that same high level outstanding experience.” Schlissel’s excitement was muted, but his eyes look far into the future. “The average college president around the United States lasts about five years before they wear out their welcome. I would think if I’m successful and I can accomplish good things on behalf of the university and the regents remain interested, I could see myself doing this for a decade but I think that’s presumptuous right now.” After that, all that’s left is down. No matter what, expect to see Schlissel around Ann Arbor for long time. “When I’m done being president I want to go back and be a faculty member,” Schlissel said. A presidential tradition Outside University Hall, the building that houses the provost’s office, Mark Nickel, Brown’s acting director of news and communications, pointed out a piece of the building’s history. In 1790, after Rhode Island ratified the Constitution, George Washington visited Brown and was honored with a special illumination — students had lit a candle in every window of University Hall. From then on, a tradition was born, and every commencement, the building’s red brick has glowed in tribute to a remarkable president. When the candles are lighted this May though, the tribute will be for two presidents, one of the past and another of the future.
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A presumptuous policy The state legislature should focus on employment rather than drug testing
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ast Thursday, the Republican-controlled state Senate passed House Bill 4118, which allows for suspicion-based drug testing of welfare recipients as a pilot program in three counties. The Department of Human Services is set to be in charge of the drug testing and will be endowed with $500,000 to cover testing expenses. Welfare recipients are slated to lose their benefits if they test positive or refuse to test. Gov. Rick Snyder should reject the bill because welfare-based drug testing is ineffective and discriminates against lower socioeconomic classes. Snyder should focus on helping welfare recipients find reliable employment instead. House Bill 4118 was passed by the Michigan House in May 2013 but will return for the approval of Senate amendments. The bill is different from its legal precedents due to a clause that only allows drug testing with reasonable suspicion. Supporters of the bill argue that the program is addressed to protect the children of welfare recipients whose parents potentially spend benefits — $394 per month — on illegal drugs. If a recipient tests positive, they will be referred to a substance abuse agency for intervention and ordered to pay for their drug tests. Failure of a second drug test may result in the suspension of benefits. Medical marijuana and prescription drugs will not be considered a violation of the law. There are about 31,400 people who will be affected by the bill. People who continually test positive and are taken off welfare benefits are expected to save the state $4,700 per year. However, a similar program in Florida turned out to be ineffective. The implementation of the program ended up being more expensive than cost-saving with only 2.6 percent of the people testing positive. Similarly, Arizona tested 87,000 people between 2009 and 2012 with only one person testing positive.
Programs such as these have proven costly and difficult to execute. In 1999 and 2003, similar Michigan bills were deemed unconstitutional by a federal judge and were struck down as unreasonable forms of search. Legal precedent shows that these laws aren’t in accordance with individual rights. While it’s admirable that legislators are ostensibly looking for ways to protect children, a discriminatory procedure that’s been proven ineffective numerous times isn’t a logical solution. The legislature should look for a better way to address the issue. It’s especially concerning that the drafting of the law allows room for discrimination due to the level of ambiguity. There aren’t sufficient regulations to prevent racist or other biased suspicions. In addition, under the law, if welfare recipients who test positive for the drug test have children, there will be a determined payee through whom the children will continue to receive Family Independence Program benefits. Such an implementation will potentially put a lot of pressure on children, as they will become the only ones in the household to receive benefits. This may further deteriorate familial relations and only worsen the problem.
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS Barry Belmont, Edvinas Berzanskis, Nivedita Karki, Jacob Karafa, Jordyn Kay, Aarica Marsh, Megan McDonald, Victoria Noble, Michael Schramm, Matthew Seligman, Paul Sherman, Allison Raeck, Linh Vu, Daniel Wang, Derek Wolfe GABI KIRK, JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE | VIEWPOINT
A reasonable demand
To the Assembly of the University of Michigan Central Student Government: We write to endorse the divestment resolution proposed by Students Allied for Freedom and Equality, and supported at last week’s meeting by 300 students and 36 student organizations, including groups representing a broad spectrum of students of color, human rights and social interests. The resolution calls on the University to divest from four named U.S. corporations and all others that directly “profit from and facilitate the Israeli occupation and siege of Palestinian land in violation of international law and human rights.” It is explicitly offered that “it is the opinion of the authors that ethical divestment fits with UM’s deeply held principles of justice and equality for all people.” In calling for divestment from companies that profit from and enable the commission of egregious human rights violations, this resolution follows the model of nonviolent economic resistance against the Jim Crow laws of the American South and South African apartheid. The resolution honors the Palestinians’ own call for global nonviolent economic resistance. The Israeli occupation destroys Palestinian homes; depletes aquifers essential to family farming in a fragile ecosystem; seizes sleeping children from their beds in the middle of the night for throwing stones at armor-plated bulldozers that rip their centuries-old olive trees from their family orchards before their eyes; and has forced women in labor to give birth on the ground at checkpoints, even in winter, causing the deaths of women and infants, in arbitrary exercises of total power and control over a captive population. Victims of South African apartheid, including former Archbishop Desmond Tutu, after seeing it with their own eyes, have called the Israeli occupation “apartheid.” Growing numbers of Jews reject such brutality and say instead: “Not in our names!” We believe that the only path to peace and security for Israeli Jews and Palestinians alike follows justice, fairness and equality. Israel, as all other nations, must adhere to universally accepted standards of human behavior and international law, and we join
with others in applying nonviolent economic pressure to persuade Israel to do so. It is not anti-Semitic for Palestinians to demand equal rights, just as it was not anti-white for African-Americans and South Africans to demand equal rights, and just as it is not bigotry against Chinese people to demand a change in official policy and practices toward Tibetans. The resolution that should be before the Assembly seeks equality and fairness and is neither racist nor discriminatory; it is a demand for an end to oppression. The target is not the “Jewish people,” but official misconduct by the State of Israel. In all struggles for equality, those holding advantaged positions will be reluctant to relinquish the personal benefits of inequality, oppression, exploitation and slavery. When Black South Africa turned to nonviolent boycott and divestment campaigns to seek equality, and when civil rights activists in the United States tried nonviolently to enforce the civil rights of Black Americans in the 1960s and ‘70s, it was not their nonviolent pressures that caused turmoil. They were responding to oppression in ways now universally recognized as appropriate. The turmoil was caused by the underlying injustices and the repressive reactions to peaceful efforts to end them. Fears of heated debate on campus in response to peaceful efforts to vindicate human rights provide no justification for suppressing or abandoning the struggle for justice. The divestment resolution is strongly protected free speech. The rights to petition for and engage in boycotts and divestment in the name of human rights and the rule of law are afforded the highest degree of legal protection under the First Amendment of the Constitution, and such advocacy and related action do not lose their protected character simply because they may embarrass or vex others. Please stand proudly in solidarity with the courageous proponents of this resolution, and make us proud of the student government of this great University. It is the right and just decision. Gabi Kirk is the campus liaison for the Jewish Voice for Peace National.
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n a recent day in the library, I asked my friends to humor me with a little bit of word association about different college majors. This proved to be an enlightening exercise in a number of ways, but among all the stereotypes and jokes, JULIA ZARINA misperceptions about one distinct major stuck out: computer programming. The responses I received ranged from hilarious to inaccurate, but the message was clear. To most people, computer science is still inaccessible, intimidating and the realm of white, possibly un-showered male hackers who haven’t seen the sun or interacted with another human in a non-Dungeons and Dragons scenario in months. In the United States and many other countries around the world, there is a distinct mismatch between our perceptions and attitudes towards computer programming and our society’s need for it. The reality is that nearly all of us interact with and rely on computers, phones and other machines that require software on a daily basis, but very few of us consider ourselves to be “programmer material” at even the most basic level. We tweet, make Excel charts and shop online without even a fundamental understanding of how the pictures on our screens came to be or how the words we type are used as inputs in any form we fill out, password we type or application we use Beyond our personal lives, computer programming is an even more relevant and important field. Projections show that 1.4 million programming jobs will be necessary in the upcoming decade, but current estimates predict that there will only be 400,000 graduates in the field over that time. These numbers reflect some discouraging trends in both primary and secondary education in the United States. Despite our shift toward an information-based economy, computer science is the only subject that has declined in popularity in U.S. schools in the last decade. In 2012 only 1.4 percent of high school AP students took the computer science exam, compared with nearly 40 percent of the same group that took exams in English. It’s time for us to change that.
We don’t live in an analog world anymore. From social interactions, to literature, to our economy, a large portion of our lives are on the computer or online. Our reality is virtual but our education systems have not adapted to help us understand it. In high school, a favorite teacher of mine once eloquently explained his take on why we all study math when we won’t all become mathematicians, and history when very few of us will ever go on to become experts in Cold War policy. “Language, literature and history teach you that no problem is truly unique. People have been fighting and compromising and breaking each other’s hearts since the dawn of civilization. We learn from the past to help guide our future. In the same way, we study math and physics to help us form expectations about the outcomes of everyday events. Every subject you study in school provides you with a new way to understand the reality of the world around you.” Coding is no exception. Even the most basic C++ class teaches students concepts more profound than just the syntax needed to execute a line of code. The logic required to write a program is unique, but its applications are numerous: students learn how to solve problems by breaking them down to their core components and analyzing which functions are required to make each of them work. These problem-solving skills are crucial to a basic understanding of many of the processes that make our digital world work, just as a basic understanding of physics concepts is crucial to understanding how and why everyday events in our physical world occur. In the past few years, a number of initiatives have been successful in helping to introduce coding to popular culture. In a viral video that circulated the web last spring, a somewhat unlikely alliance of celebrities — among them, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, will.i.am and Chris Bosh discussed their experiences with computer programming and encouraged students of all ages to get involved in the field. The short film was an advertisement for Code.org, a non-profit organization “dedicated to expanding participation in computer science by making it available in more
schools, and increasing participation by women and underrepresented students of color.” Today, a number of free online courses exist to promote the idea that anybody, from children to senior citizens of any gender and background, can and should code. While these online programs provide an accessible and innovative platform to learn programming for anyone who is interested, they are not enough. Research shows that the popularity of free online classes such as those at Code.org and other massive open online classes offered through colleges and universities, is rising, but fails to show that these courses are as effective as traditional education. Nearly 90 percent of all people enrolled in MOOCs fail to complete them and students report feeling unmotivated, confused or uninterested at much higher rates than students learning in traditional classroom settings. Around the world, other countries are bringing their education systems up to speed. This September, new curriculum requirements across England will take affect that will make coding and computing classes mandatory in all primary and secondary public schools. In the United States however, only nine states currently require computer science classes as a graduation prerequisite, and many schools do not offer computer programming classes of any kind. In both education and mainstream society, a culture that accepts and promotes computer programming is necessary to adapt to and remain competitive in our changing world. If we are to truly embrace such a culture, we need more coding teachers and programs in schools at every level of the education system. From kindergarten to college, we need to provide the resources necessary to change the perception that computer programming is inaccessible. We all know that you don’t need to be a Nobel prize nominee to win a science fair, nor do you need to be a published author to enjoy writing. It’s time to throw out the computer programming stereotypes as well. So get out there. Get coding.
Our reality is virtual but our education systems have not adapted to help us understand it.
— Julia Zarina can be reached at jumilton@umich.edu.
ELENA POTEK | VIEWPOINT
Taking a look at the bigger picture
I’m tired. Tired of spewing facts that fall into empty places, hearing statistics from the “other side” that can be easily contested with facts of my own. It is not a game, this back and forth, and it needs to end. I have spent today, the day after the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction bill went before Central Student Government, wondering what this movement is all about. What are those in the pro-Palestinian community at the University trying to accomplish? The recent pro-Palestinian activities on campus, the mock eviction as well as the divestment campaign, have created an environment that dehumanizes the Israeli narrative and allows for no middle ground. I am pro-Israel, meaning I believe Israel as a country has a right to exist. But still I have many deeply felt problems with its government and its laws. These movements have made it hard for me to come forward and admit that, without fearing I will look like I am demonizing the country I love. Why is that? Because these movements, very intentionally, create no space for those on both sides to come together in conversation, ask questions and try to understand the issues more deeply. Some people in the proPalestine community on campus have said they will not talk to us, those in the pro-Israel community, because we are oppressors. I want justice and peace for Palestinians and Israelis. I don’t believe that those are values an oppressor possesses. I cannot take away the title that I am given by others, that is in their power alone. But I do ask that those in the pro-Palestinian community who say or believe these things, to think about what you are making me into when you deny me the right to tell my story and when I ask to hear yours. I am sad that it has come to this. I do not want to have to play this game, to share my story of hurt in such an impersonal way, in order to try and balance the sides. Comparing battle wounds for the eternity of
our lives, showing our pain and the blood of our brothers and sisters to one another doesn’t do any justice to them, this dire situation or us. But the conversation on campus has been so terribly biased and one-sided that I feel I have no place to share a story, the narrative of a close friend who was on the Israeli side. This is a small attempt at showing that there are two sides, both of which deserve to be listened to and heard. Growing up my family had very little connection to Israel. We were good friends with only one family that lived in the land. In 2001 the husband and father of that family was shot and murdered by a Palestinian sniper while driving his car down the highway. Let me add, it was a highway within what is agreed upon as Israel, not the West Bank or Gaza Strip. He kissed his wife that morning, maybe he even forgot, and just like that he was gone. This man was pro-peace, pro-twostate solution and was against the settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. It may seem like a sad coincidence that the only family we knew in Israel was affected by this war, but unfortunately that is not the case for either side. I’m not trying to get even. The stories we tell, the experiences we’ve all had, are just snippets of the immense pain that this warfare has brought to both sides. Justice is not about getting even. If we are killing and continuing this war in the hope that there will be a time when both sides feel that they have found justice through bloodshed, that time will never come. But if this is about peace then let us hear those stories, to humanize one another, feel pain together and begin to understand. Those shared experiences will help us make change together. If both sides are really searching for peace, then there is no need for two sides, no need for those who are “pro” and “anti” to make their claim before CSG. Peace is something that can bring us all together — it is not polarizing.
For many, joining the BDS movement or mock eviction campaign was done not because of a personal connection to the land or its people but through a dedication to social justice and human rights. But, social justice can only come about through hearing both sides and by believing in and valuing peace. The recent pro-Palestinian movements on campus do not share those same values. The BDS campaign is not trying to see the humanity in all other human beings but rather to erase the humanity of one very specific group of people, those on the pro-Israel side. If there were a pro-peace movement on campus that brought together people from both sides to join in conversation, to really talk, to honestly admit wrongs as well as hopes for the future, then that is a movement I would support. I would like to believe, I need to believe, that I, along with Zionists and Palestinians alike, do not want to walk the land of Israel, or Palestine, and wonder how many flowers growing here are thriving because the blood of both peoples have nourished its roots. I don’t want to see trees and ask them what horrors they have witnessed, look up at the sun and see it shining down on a place that is hopeless and filled with hate. If we want peace, truly want peace, let us show it in our actions by coming together, not apart, making space for one another, understanding that it takes sacrificing a bit of ourselves and our land to allow both peoples to live in their space. For me, it is about loving Israel and believing I can accept anyone that loves that same land too. It won’t be easy for either side, but it is the only hope I have. This is why I will never support a movement that pretends to be about human rights when really all it does is continue to show that it is okay to hate rather than to try to come together and understand. Elena Potek is an LSA sophomore.
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Ann Arbor Film Festival returns AAFF still going strong after five decades By GILLIAN JAKAB Community & Culture Editor
In an era when every neighborhood has its own film festival and every freshman has made a film, it’s right to celebrate one 52nd Annual of the pioneers, Ann Arbor The Ann Arbor Film Festival Film Festival, bringing us the March 25-30 finest in film Various Locations fare for 52 years. AAFF came to Single Screenlife at a special ing: $7-$9 moment in our city’s — and country’s — cultural history. The 1960s were charged with the energy from the civil rights movement, anti-war protests and the flowering desire to voice individual expression; this charge propelled cross-disciplinary collaborations in the arts and spawned some insane creative works. At the heart of Ann Arbor’s art scene was the Once Group, a community of artists spanning many media, who put on performance-based “happenings” and a range of festivals. One of the group members, George Manupelli, founded the AAFF in 1963. “My sense is that one of the things that (Manupelli) brought to that group was the filmmaking,” said AAFF Executive Director Leslie Raymond. “But there were architects involved in the group, musicians, dancers and it was really out of that sort of movement that the film festival was born.” The Festival’s boundaryblurring legacy lives on bringing us brilliant tastes of what’s happening in experimental and independent film today. Program Director David Dinnell travels to film festivals around the world as part of his job. He spoke about some of his favorites, beginning with “From Deep,” a feature-length,
experimental documentary about basketball created by Brett Kashmere — a timely choice as the Wolverines bask in the glow of the Sweet Sixteen. “I’m absolutely not a sports fan at all,” Dinnell said. “But I found it a really compelling film because it looks at American history through basketball, which includes the history of race in this country — and it spends a good part of the last third of the film on the intersection of hip-hop and basketball from the ’90s on to the current time. I just thought it was really illuminating that way.” Grounded in a sense of history, the festival hosts retrospective programs revisiting the works of prominent filmmakers and bringing them in to talk about their work. This year’s series looks at the works of Joseph Bernard, Penelope Spheeris and Thom Anderson. Bernard is an artist from Detroit. He started out as a painter, but worked for a decade making collage-like films in the Super 8 format, which was made for small, personal filmmaking. These films have rarely been exhibited, making the screening on March 26 an exceptional one. “Joseph Bernard was at the Art Institute of Chicago and he was able to study with Stan Brakhage, who was a seminal experimental avant-garde filmmaker from the period when the film festival came about,” Raymond said. Spheeris, who many may know as the director of “Wayne’s World,” will be featured in the Penny Stamps Speakers series and the AAFF about her first “auteur” film, “The Decline of Western Civilization,” a cult classic that delves into the punk rock scene of Los Angeles in the late ’70s and early ’80s. In addition to those screenings, there will be a program for her short films, including two shown originally in the AAFF in 1971 and 1973. Another of her films with a fierce cult following, the 1984 film “Suburbia,” which features young punk rockers and musicians of the day (including Flea from the
Red Hot Chili Peppers) rounds out AAFF’s Spheeris program. “(Spheeris) has done a lot of well-known popular films,” Dinell said “but she’s also had this sort of parallel career as an independent filmmaker … she has this really amazing capability of just being present with her subjects and really capturing unguarded glimpses of their lives. I think that really comes out in the third film.” The festival is finalizing its education program “Expanding Frames” this year, which offers workshops, discussions and collaborates with various University departments. The favorite “What the Hell Was That?” panel is a space to ask questions, because, as the AAFF staff explain, when something’s an experiment, you’re not supposed to “get it,” but rather observe how you react to it. “I think one of the things that’s really great about that panel is that the title is really inviting in a way,” Raymond said. “There’s not a sense of barrier … you don’t have to have a special language or you don’t have to feel like you need to unlock a secret meaning, but this is a place to really explore the work and get deeper into it — meet some of the filmmakers and things like that.” Beginning Tuesday, the screenings will attest to the festival’s history and tradition of innovation. Some of the films look back at the careers of artists, while others push the traditional limits of narration and imaging by blurring the boundaries of fiction and nonfiction, or employing new filmmaking technologies such as Lidar — a way to render images through radar-like sensors. “That kind of spirit of exploration and personal expression really has continued all the way through each year,” Dinnell said. “Technology changes; different concerns about the medium or about fiction — all these things constantly evolve and change, but I think the underlying force is this exploration in expression.”
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Music and film collide in Bollywood culture By AMRUTHA SIVAKUMAR Daily Arts Writer
In Bollywood, there’s no popular music without film. Search for Bollywood music on YouTube, and you’ll get a loud, overwhelming dance set to melody. Search for movies, and you’ll get music suited for a party. It’s ridiculous, really. It’s strange, the idea that charttopping songs in India wouldn’t be where they are had they not had a place on the soundtrack of a movie. But at the same time, it felt normal while I was growing up. While classical forms of Indian music reminded me of crinkled, old women and dusty cars, popular Bollywood songs played an integral part of what I perceived to be my culture. A Bollywood movie without musical interludes was a stale experience, and music that didn’t draw any recollection of a movie was forgotten moments after. Since the early 1900s, the vast majority of Bollywood movies has been musicals. However, while most Indian movies are interspersed with music and dance, the music is rarely considered a natural progression of the plot like something you would see on Broadway. Rather, the music creates a break from the story, helping the characters materialize their inner fantasies, or giving the writers a chance to fast forward through several scenes at once. Indian music is peculiar in the way that a large share of the music industry is embedded within the film industry. If I were a popular singer in India, I would always run the risk of being overshadowed by the actors and actresses who lip
sync to my songs. On the contrary, American music has value in itself. In country music, the slide guitar and vocal twangs tell my heart what to feel. With hip hop, I feel myself move with the bass. The visual picture that comes to mind when I hear a song is a personal conception, based on how I decide to interpret its musical and lyrical qualities. The music video that accompanies a single is not the focus of the song, but rather a second thought that adds to the music.
In India, pop music is a visual medium. Perhaps the reason why autonomously released Indian music fails to make its mark is that because in India, music is visual. Bollywood, like Indian culture in itself, is vivid, and it can’t be entirely portrayed in any one dimension. Bollywood music has color, and it has light. It rarely comes nucleated from all the other forms of visual art, but instead is a perfectly synchronized amalgamation of plot, character and setting. The chromaticity of the surroundings plays a vital role in delineating the purpose of the song, and on every replay, the song’s emotional value is driven by the specific plot elements that took place during the song’s presence in a movie. Popular music in India cannot stand on its own two feet without the visual gimmicks that support
it. Maybe that’s why actressturned-singer Priyanka Chopra decided to fly all the way over to L.A. before she officially launched her career in music, opting for English as her language of choice and releasing singles with will.i.am and Pitbull. There’s always more we could learn from the music of other cultures. There’s the idea going around that pop music — music that is catchy and, for whatever reason, acoustically enjoyable — is baseless. The admiration devoted to St. Vincent and Grizzly Bear, with their cacophonous wails and chaotic beats, is rarely given to mainstream musicians who garner greater audiences and pinnacles of fame by just creating fun, uncomplicated compositions. As long as independent musicians continue to evolve, I will be forced to adjust my perceptions of what it means to produce good music and learn to adapt my senses to more unfamiliar sounds. At the same time, there are some things Bollywood music can learn from us. Our appreciation of music for the music itself allows us to seek out new genres within the realm of popular music. It forces musicians to constantly innovate and discover new sounds, and pushes audiences to be on the constant lookout for music that blows boundaries. As long as Bollywood music remains a part of the financially-dependent film industry’s payroll, it’ll find a deadlock when trying to challenge popular norms. But at least I know that when I don’t have the patience to appreciate the obscurity of today’s independent music, there’ll always be Bollywood to turn to.
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Last week, “Veronica Mars” made the jump from TV to film. In a comeback of “Arrested Development” proportions, the follow-up movie — entirely funded by fans of the show — gave the canceled-too-early “Veronica Mars” and its cult following a chance at a satisfying ending. It’s a Cinderella story, for sure, but of all the TV shows in the world, was “Veronica Mars” really the most deserving of a comeback? The Michigan Daily TV/New Media writers came up with a few other shows we’d like to see revived in theaters. Pushing Daisies Before Bryan Fuller was mesmerizing “Hannibal” viewers on NBC, his quirky creation “Pushing Daisies” became a quick hit when it premiered on ABC in 2007. A victim of bad timing — premiering just one month before the Writers Guild Strike — the show was only able to air nine episodes before a 10-month hiatus between seasons. Not surprisingly, the show fizzled in its return and was tragically cancelled after only 22 episodes. For its visual splendor, fantastic imagination and hilarious wit, “Pushing Daisies” is gone yet not forgotten — and ripe for a comeback. So, let’s touch this thing on the cheek and bring it back to life in a big way. The world needs more “Pushing Daisies,” one of television’s most original and magical series ever. — Alec Stern Chuck When “Chuck” ended its run in 2012, it ended in a way that set up a “new beginning” for Chuck and Sarah. If Zachary Levi and Chris Fedak feel like they have a story worth telling, “Chuck” could naturally jump onto the big screen. With a bigger budget, the stunts could be even better and more exciting, and the producers could probably get a B-list movie star to play an out-of-this-world villain. There’s potential for a “Chuck” movie to be huge, in both quality and amount of Subway sandwiches eaten. — Alex Intner
finale, and its stars have hardly faded into obscurity — the show launched the movie careers of James Franco, Seth Rogen and
Which TV programs would work as movies? Jason Segel, to name a few. A high school reunion could bypass the question of what happened to Lindsay, Sam, Daniel and the gang and jump straight into the hilarity of middle-aged mediocrity. There’s a ton of potential here. Imagine a thirtysomething Bill Haverchuck. Imagine Sam facing ex-girlfriend Cindy for the first time since they graduated (she is definitely a Republican senator or something by now). Imagine Kim Kelly as a mom, Daniel Desario working an office job! And, of course, the inevitable countless celebrity cameos. I know I’d pay good money to see this movie. — Chloe Gilke Curb Your Enthusiasm If anything, a “Curb Your Enthusiasm” movie would just be a chance for Larry David to be Larry David on camera for 90 minutes or more. If that doesn’t make the world a better place, I don’t know what will. The show has been on hiatus for a while, with a future shrouded in uncertainty. If the show’s ending, a movie could be the perfect finale for one of the funniest TV comedies ever made. — Drew Maron
Gossip Girl The fact that “Gossip Girl” could captivate millions of drama-hungry tweens as a book series set it up well for being a television success, capturing the hearts of overly exposed 10 year olds and mothers alike. I’m sure that the same millions out there would agree with me that “GG” ’s life is not yet over. So, isn’t the next step obvious? If “Sex and the City” could win over the box office, then I have faith in its middle school companion, “Gossip Girl,” to do the same. The characters are loud, the sets are fun and we all have questions left unanswered from the finale. A movie is the perfect way to answer them. I can’t think of a better cherry to top my guilty pleasure sundae. — Grace Hamilton Party Down “Party Down” was a mediocre TV show. The humor was quirky and the general premise of the show was almost too simple — a bunch of actors, writers and directors trying to make it in Hollywood work for a catering company when they’re not out trying to follow their dreams. The best thing about “Party Down” was the cast. Featuring Jane Lynch, Martin Starr and Kristen Bell, as well as Adam Scott and Lizzy Caplan as an on-again-off-again lead romantic duo, the characters were hilarious, charming and most importantly, memorable. Due to its somewhat formulaic nature, it failed as a half-hour comedy. But a movie version could reinvigorate the writers, mandating a definitive start and end point that would help remedy structural issues and give the actors a chance to shine. — Maddie Thomas
Freaks and Geeks There couldn’t be a better time for a “Freaks and Geeks” reunion. Nearly 15 years have passed since NBC’s tragically short-lived dramedy aired its “Do you wanna make flowers?”
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MARRIAGE From Page 1 “We await that court or legal direction on this complex, unusual situation,” Wurfel wrote in an e-mail interview. “It wouldn’t be appropriate for us to speculate on these matters while legal proceedings are ongoing. We’re sensitive to feelings on this issue and are hoping for a swift resolution for all involved.” The Attorney General’s office did not provide a statement by press time. However, Schuette has stated that his reason for filing an appeal concerns the alleged violation of the federal court ruling on the popularlypassed 2004 vote to ban same-sex marriage in Michigan. “Michigan voters enshrined
START-UPS From Page 1 Pryor-Hale award for their startup, Movellus Circuits — a more efficient clock generator technology for microprocessors, which exist inside of every electronic device. “I think that helps with creating stronger ideas and building stronger businesses,” said Sarika Gupta, program manager at the Zell Lurie Institute. “I think it’s all of the schools within U of M coming together and creating teams and learning how to build businesses together — that’s probably the bigger theme.” The Michigan Business Challenge is comprised of four rounds, which become increasingly difficult as pitch time increases from three to 25 minutes. Startup teams apply in November and the competition ends in late February. The competition kicked off with 68 teams and was reduced to 16 by the second round. The panel of judges expects the contestants to improve along the way, as they acquire the tools and knowledge to evaluate their own business from a more professional and realistic stance. “Students who enter the competition don’t yet have a fully developed idea,” Gupta said. “They might be in the initial stages and we can help them go through that step by step process of developing their business.” During Faisal’s doctoral research in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Faisal developed tech-
that decision in our State constitution, and their will should stand and be respected,” Schuette wrote in a statement. “I will continue to carry out my duty to protect and defend the Constitution.” Kirkland said that if Michigan’s Constitution violates the 14th amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which states that all people receive equal treatment under the law, then Schuette’s argument is null. The tension between state and federal law is also clear in the unlikely case that same-sex marriage is deemed illegal in Michigan. Kirkland said she was unsure what would occur in this situation, but marriages would maintain their legality at the federal level. However, same-sex couples are seeking rights at the state level, including health and adoption
niques for improving clock generators, which he calls the “heartbeat of all electronics” so that they consume less power, are lighter and are smaller. He added that even today, the systems are designed using techniques that are over four decades old. Faisal had little background in business, but since the competition was campus-wide, decided to take his chances and sign up to give his pitch. “I had been thinking about it for two years, but hadn’t taken any steps because I wasn’t sure how it was going to be, I didn’t go the business school, I didn’t know how it worked,” Faisal said. “But then I said ‘okay, I’m going to sign up for the competition and see what happens’ — it was really encouraging.” He said that a large takeaway from the experience, aside from the prize money, which the team plans to use towards patents and customer acquisition, was learning how to deal with investors. “The business school has provided me with all of the resources to develop my business plan, to really do some business development around my idea and at the same time, College of Engineering and the Tech Transfer Office have helped me really figure out what is it that I need, what are the next steps,” Faisal said. The University is also helping to fund his postdoctoral studies after graduation so the idea may be further developed. Daniel Andersen, also a founder of Movellus Circuits, said their collaboration has blended their
rights. “It would be a political issue in the state at that point,” Kirkland said. In any case, Washtenaw County Clerk Larry Kestenbaum said that the weddings on Saturday morning occurred legally. The marriage licenses remain in the county’s records proving their legality. “In the end, when it’s all done, the state will have no choice but to recognize them,” Kestenbaum said. He mentioned the example of these same-sex couples filing joint tax returns and adopting children, rights that married couples have. After that, the brief will be submitted to a panel of three appeals judges, the makeup of which has not been publicly announced. The panel will either choose to
distinct expertise to give them an advantage in the competition. “It really helps for us to have a technology expert on the team, as well as me, coming from the business school and having the business background,” Andersen said. “Having a balance of the two really gave us an edge over some of the teams that maybe just had one or the other.” The panel of judges rotates each round and is made up of entrepreneurs, investors, venture capitalists and service providers from the Ann Arbor area. Aside from the prospect of winning the cash awards, the competition also supports networking and business development. Finalists are evaluated based on their ability to take risks, proposed financial strategy, management capability, and competitive advantage in their industry. Gupta added that even in the beginning rounds, it is typical for judges to show interest in teams, especially those involved in similar industries. By the end, some venture capitalists and investors ask the University, with whom they already have connections, to put them in touch with the competitors so that they may conduct further business. During the competition, partners learn from each other’s background, but at the same time are exposed to the wider range of business ideas by conversing with other teams. “What helps is learning from other people’s mistakes by watching other people present and see the questions that the judges asked.”
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extend the initial stay — expiring Wednesday — for a specified period of time or indefinitely. The decision on whether to continue the stay will hinge on who the court thinks suffers more harm, said Jay Kaplan, staff attorney for the ACLU of Michigan LGBT Project. “It’s sort of a balancing test,” Kaplan said. “It’s looking at what the state’s interest and what the plaintiffs’ interest are, and what is more compelling.” The court must also rule on the request of a pending appeal submitted by the state. The plaintiffs are requesting an expedited appeal for the case. The case may go beyond the court of appeals all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Mogill wcited DeBoer v. Snyder, the series of arguments which took place after the state denied a same-sex
Andersen said. The University’s involvement extend past the boundaries of the competition, with the business school’s funding for Movellus Circuit to participate in various other business competitions at both the University of Texas in Austin and at Rice University in Houston. Andersen said that in preparation for these events, the Zell Lurie Institute matches them with professors who lead sessions as well as individual meetings based upon their own first hand knowledge of business. The other finalists include Flipsi, a reusable water bottle that can be flipped inside-out, Keravnos Energy, an energy systems geared towards electric vehicle drivers and MyDermPortal, a web-based medical application that provides followup treatment more efficiently. The finalist teams also won grants from the Dare to Dream program, which awarded a total of around $50,000 to startups this year. The program also offers business development seminars. Other resources available to startups through the University include the TechArb, a University startup accelerator that gives office space to promising student-run companies still in their early stages. Startups do not always begin at the Ross School of Business. The University’s interdisciplinary approach to award allocation and startup program participation has helped the trend spread across campus. “They’re definitely a lot of resources around campus to foster entrepreneurship,” Andersen said.
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CSG From Page 1 stances on the issue. Both said they have goals of increasing funding for student organizations to exceed 50 percent of the total CSG budget. However, both candidates also said they do not believe in raising the current $7.19 fee students pay towards CSG as part of their tuition payments. They said a more efficient restructuring of the budget is possible without increasing these fees. Manes said she does not believe CSG has functioned well enough to be able to ask for more money. “Student government has not been accountable enough to the students yet to trust in the student government enough to take more of their money,” she said. Hayes said he is confident he would be able to find a way to allocate more money to student organization funding without a fee increase. “If you want something, you can make a budget happen,” he said. Dishell spoke about his experience dealing with the CSG budget. He said in the past year, the overall executive budget was severely cut and the resulting increase in cash flow was redirected towards the Student Organizations Funding Commission. He said they zeroed out all Executive Commission budgets at the start of the year and made them reapply for funding as the year progressed. In past years, the individual commission budgets were preset at the start of the year. Dishell said the only way he would have been able to reach the goal of 50 percent of the budget for student organizations would be if CSG cut its Program Manager. As a solution, Dishell said he supports a $2 increase to the $7.19 student government fee. He said a fee increase would supply the funds necessary to increase funding for student organizations. “I feel terribly every time a student org has to get turned away,” he said. “We simply need more money to give out to student orgs.” Dishell added that he is the only candidate who has experience directly working with the CSG budget. In response, Manes and Hayes both reiterated that they feel they are competent to deal with this issue. Manes said she has experience with the LSA student government budget. Hayes said that Dishell’s experience is invaluable, but that this should not dictate the legitimacy of other candidates. “If that’s the precedence, why don’t we always just reelect the incumbent?” he said. Dishell pointed to his experience as vice president again later when a question was raised from the audience regarding the respective candidates’ role in campus activism. “What’s important as you come into your role as a leader as a representative of 43,000 voices is that you know how to be an activist for a student voice, not just for one cause,” he said. “We’ve done that this past year. That’s evidenced by our work, that’s evidenced
by the national press we’ve gotten, and that’s evidenced the regents’ reports and their comments to us.” Manes said she has identified as a student activist since her freshman year and she will continue to do so whether or not she is elected. “Student activism is the most effective tactic to achieving goals on campus,” she said. Hayes said The Party Party would increase the role of student activism on campus. He pointed to the #BBUM movement as an effective use of the student voice. He said student government needs to make more of an effort to engage the student voice. “You can’t wait for something to happen,” he said. “For 43,000 people, there is literally less than a lecture hall here.” The candidates also discussed the #UMDivest movement. They were to commit to a decision on the resolution proposed that CSG support divestment from several companies. Dishell and Manes both said they do not support the resolution. Holt was the only candidate who said he supported divestment. Hayes did not specify his personal decision on the divestment resolution. “It should be a composition of student voices. It is not my personal decision,” he said. Regarding the decision of CSG to table the resolution indefinitely, Manes reiterated that she voted against this decision, regardless of her personal opinion regarding the resolution. “It matters to students, it should matter to their student government,” she said. Dishell said that this was a decision of the CSG Assembly and not within his power as an executive member of CSG. However, he said he regrets not meeting with SAFE members earlier to hear their concerns following last Tuesday’s meeting. Hayes said Dishell’s technical role should not be taken into consideration when addressing the decision of CSG to postpone the vote on the divestment resolution. “We should never wait to engage,” he said. In closing statements, Holt reiterated DAAP’s commitment to addressing issues such as racism and sexism on campus. Manes said she is running because she wants to see a change in the way CSG operates. She said that even if she does not win, she will continue to be a student activist and address the issues raised in FORUM’s platform. “We know student government has failed students, and that’s why we are running,” she said. Dishell reiterated Make Michgian’s campaign slogan multiple times in his closing statements, saying that the party will “Make the Difference.” Hayes was the final speaker of the debate and repeated that he believes student government has not been effective in engaging students. He said The Party Party would be the change that is needed. He referenced the comical #SaveRoss video that has received over 2,500 views in its first day as a testament to his ability to spark interest in student government moving forward.
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Beckwith’s journey through the unexpected Sophomore endures recovery path after season-ending wrist surgery
splint, which gradually rotates her hand upward as if she were reading a book. With roughly 55 degrees of rotation left, she doesn’t have full mobility. But Beckwith is able to get through the pain and make a running joke about her “giant and kind of embarrassing” brace. “Now the term is my Robocop arm,” she said. “I love it. I Instagrammed a picture of it saying ‘I am Robocop,’ with ‘#Robocop,’ which I thought was funny. I don’t know why I didn’t get more likes on it.”
By BRAD WHIPPLE Daily Sports Writer
On a rainy Wednesday, Canham Natatorium — an old, bricked building — is a retreat to find warmth from the cold Ann Arbor morning. To many, this place is a sight for winning championships and shattering records. For others, it’s home. The lane lines are set, and twenty-some maize-capped athletes are swimming laps as part of their daily routine, the block ‘M’ bobbing up and down in the water. The Michigan water polo team looks healthy and full of energy at first glance, and it should — the Wolverines have won their last 12 games. But one player stands out among the rest. Bryce Beckwith’s goggles rest upon her head as she hangs onto the pool gutter and listens for what assistant coach Ryan Castle wants to see in the last few minutes of practice. The sophomore two-meter nods and goes right into a freestyle stroke — nothing about her technique looks out of place. Minutes after practice ends, Beckwith sits in a chair near the side of the pool overlooking the waters that she swims in every day. It’s rare for an athlete to keep such a positive attitude after sustaining a season-ending injury that limits her to only participating in practice. But with Beckwith, there is hardly a moment when she doesn’t smile or laugh. She radiates positivity, masking five months of disappointment.
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Sophomore two-meter Bryce Beckwith was supposed to be one of the Michigan water polo team’s stars until an injury sidelined her for longer than anticipated.
practice, Beckwith made a strong side turn with the ball and felt a pop in her wrist. She asked the athletic trainer to tape it up, but when she jumped back in the pool, something wasn’t right. After a series of X-rays and MRI’s, her doctors assumed it had something to do with the cartilage. Beckwith went in for surgery in November to clean out damaged tissue from the right side of her wrist, but what the doctors found was that threefourths of her ligament had torn. To be exact, it was a degenerative tear to the triangular fibrocartilage complex. The type 2 tear usually results from chronic overloading of the joint. In water polo, the wrist performs every function from passing to rotating the ball before taking a shot, so overuse can occur progressively. When the doctors found the tear, they performed surgery to replace the ligament with a tendon from another part of her arm, a procedure similar to Tommy John surgery. “This was not how I expected my sophomore season to go,” Beckwith said.
“I thought I was going to come back and play.”
*** Water polo has always come naturally for Beckwith, and her talent came to fruition in her freshman season. She appeared in all 34 of Michigan’s games in 2013 and ended the season tied for first among freshmen with 38 goals, and was the recipient of the Collegiate Water Polo Association’s Western Division Rookie of the Year honor. Michigan coach Matt Anderson said the 2014 team was going to be practically built around Beckwith. That was, until October. During a scrimmage in
*** “Four to six months.” The surgery had no complications, yet these were
the words Beckwith woke up to from the doctor. What was originally thought to be a four-week recovery from scar tissue turned into a much more arduous journey. “I didn’t expect that,” Beckwith said. “I thought I was going to come back and play the season, but you’ve just got to roll with the punches, I guess.” Coming out of surgery, Beckwith had to wear a series of different splints for her right arm: first a soft splint, then a hard one and then a plastic one, the latter of which limited her mobility the most. She spent the fall semester with one hand, making easy tasks like opening a door or taking notes in class dreadful. Things that she did without thinking twice left her distraught by the end of the day. Beckwith has always had her teammates by her side to buoy her spirits. They made a heartwarming video for her to watch after surgery and sent “get-well” postcards, helping even in her more uncomfortable moments. “I tried to put on my T-shirt, and I could not get it on for the life of me,” she said. “I was in the locker room and they just helped me out. They were very accommodating and supportive of me having a hard time.” Another time, her housemate,
Hutchins irked by early kinks Daily Sports Writer
Michigan softball coach Carol Hutchins didn’t have very many complaints this weekend after her team overwhelmed Indiana in three mercy-rule victories. But like all experienced coaches, she found an area of improvement, expressing concern over the sixth-ranked Wolverines’ sluggish starts — particularly in the very first inning. “I didn’t like our first inning either game,” Hutchins said after Friday’s doubleheader. “We got in trouble in the first inning in game one. We got in trouble right off of the bat in game two. I didn’t like that at all.” In the first half of the doubleheader, Indiana’s leadoff hitter, Breanna Saucedo, singled up the middle off of junior southpaw Haylie Wagner. The next Hoosier up to bat, Brianna Meyer, laid down a sacrifice bunt, and Saucedo advanced to second. The following hitter, Jenna Abraham, reached on a single. Wagner finally struck one out after she settled in and escaped the first inning unscathed after a ground out to second.
Hutchins wasn’t surprised by Wagner’s slow start, despite the junior being named the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week twice already this season. “Playing at home has always historically been difficult the first time out, because the kids are just over-amped to be on Alumni Field,” Hutchins said. After the Wolverines settled down, though, they collected eight runs in the next six innings to end the game in a mercy rule. In the back end of the doubleheader, the Hoosiers started off quickly again in the first inning. Junior right-hander Sara Driesenga allowed a single and hit a batter to put two on. Her infield and outfield protected her from allowing any runs, with freshman second baseman Abby Ramirez fielding a grounder and senior center fielder Lynday Doyle catching a fly ball. Once again, Hutchins blamed the slow start on nerves. “She just needs to relax,” Hutchins said of Driesenga. Sunday, freshman right-hander Megan Betsa walked Saucedo during the top of the first. Betsa struck out the next hitter, but then Abraham reached on a fielding error by freshman third
*** “Win the game.” Beckwith stands near the outside of a team huddle during a timeout. Those words are written in dry-erase marker on the whiteboard she carries during games. According to Anderson, she’s the Mitch McGary of the team. “Now I get a more different, more special role on the team,” Beckwith said. Even though her only contribution is from the bench, Beckwith is quick to give her counterparts, Lanier and freshman two-meter Allison Skaggs, advice on where to position themselves by imagining herself in that particular situation, and she cheers up her teammates when they aren’t having a strong game.
“Having a positive outlook is something I would recommend.”
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sophomore two-meter Barbara Lanier helped Beckwith scoop ice cream onto a cone even though it took almost an hour. It was the little things that made a positive difference for Beckwith. It was the little things that pushed her away from the breaking point. And the push was forceful enough to keep her smiling. “Having a positive mentality and being able to accept the reality of it was something I did really quickly,” she said.
baseman Lindsay Montemarano. The next batter was walked, and then Hoosier Natalie Lalich struck one up the center. All of a sudden, the Wolverines were down 2-0 to a team they had mercied twice the day before. The problem was that the Wolverines gave Indiana three free bases early — two by walk, one by error. The Hoosiers got the hit they needed, giving them a quick lead. “Megan did not come out with the game she had in the bullpen,” Hutchins said. “I know she’s frustrated. She doesn’t know why her bullpen isn’t carrying over. She’s not throwing with confidence.” Wagner was put in for Betsa after the freshman allowed a homer to left field in the second. Once again, Michigan had to adjust following an uncharacteristic start, and it did. The Hoosiers allowed 12 runs over the next five innings and were subject to the mercy rule for the final time that weekend. “I’ve seen (the nerves) in other games as well,” Hutchins said. “It’s most important that you finish strong, but you like your pitching to come out and settle in and sometimes it’s tough.”
The injury may prevent her from playing, but it has provided Beckwith with a valuable learning experience. She now sees the games from a coach’s perspective. “If you’re swimming down the pool and you’re not kicking into high gear, that can completely kill the pace of the game,” Beckwith said, trying to improve Michigan’s counterattack. “It has definitely been really helpful to watch that and see where the intensity needs to be picked up on offense and defense.” As an outsider looking in, Beckwith’s analysis could make her return next season that much stronger.
“I think in total, you really have to expect the unexpected.” Beckwith expected to make a strong entrance into her sophomore season, but instead watched it fly by while she sat on the bench. With her whiteboard and marker in hand, she wanted nothing more than to be in the water, to find twine and to rightfully earn a win. The entire injury initially took a toll on her mentally, leaving her without her dominant hand for months. Though her teammates were largely involved in leading the way through adversity, it was mostly a matter of Beckwith changing her own perspective. “Having a positive outlook is something I would recommend to anyone that has anything unexpected happen to them,” Beckwith said. “It’s a matter of staying positive and really not internalizing your anger and frustrations.” The wrist injury was unexpected, and the rehabilitation has been a prolonged and painful process. As an athlete, an injury is sometimes expected — the road to recovery is not only defined by laboring through it physically, but also by the outlook taken on such circumstances. To Beckwith, being a Division I athlete comes along with sacrifice, and learning to embrace it is just one of the many ways to grow. Beckwith says she will definitely play her junior season and the idea of coming back fullstrength excites her more than anything. Until then, you can find her by the pool holding that whiteboard in the air.
“You’ve just got to roll with the punches, I guess.”
*** A month ago, Beckwith got back in the pool for her first practice after being cleared to weightlift, shoot and swim. Ever since, her teammates erupt in cheers after each ball she throws. “As a water polo player, a swimmer or anyone that has spent a large portion of their life in water, they know how good it feels to get back in there,” Beckwith said. Though she was back in the water, Beckwith wasn’t on as fast of a track to full recovery as she originally planned. Two weeks ago, she switched to a JAS
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The timeout that sparked ‘M’ Taylor, four-star FOOTBALL
corner, commits
By DANIEL FELDMAN Daily Sports Writer
MILWAUKEE — In the first series of plays out of the timeout, the player to rise up was sophomore forward Glenn Robinson III. With the lead at 13 thanks to the Michigan men’s basketball team’s 11th triple of the game — it finished with 14, a school record in NCAA Tournament — it seemed that shots from deep would keep falling in a game that was starting to mimic the seventh-ranked Wolverines’ Elite Eight matchup against Florida last season. But after a basket from sophomore guard Nik Stauskas, Michigan’s lead in the Round of 32 against Texas shrunk to eight. With the Longhorns operating a mix of man defense, a 2-3 zone and a 1-3-1 zone, Michigan coach John Beilein called a 30-second timeout with 8:27 left in the game. In the timeout, Beilein could have rehashed a few of the previous possessions, which resulted in a bevy of offensive rebounds for Texas, and in result, missed opportunities for No. 2-seed Michigan (27-8) to get the ball out in transition. Instead, though, Beilein focused on how to adjust moving forward. “Coach Beilein set the tone in the timeout of staying in the moment,” said assistant coach Bacari Alexander. “You know ‘next possession’ was the word that was said. ‘Win the game’ were the things that were said. I thought our guys embraced that. We got ball movement, player movement. And eventually, we took command
Pipeline continues between Ann Arbor and Virginia By JASON RUBINSTEIN Daily Sports Writer
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Assistant coach Bacari Alexander helped inspire Michigan during a timeout that changed the course of the game.
of the game late.” In Texas’ first possession out of the break — following a Wolverines turnover in the backcourt — Robinson sent a ball flying out of bounds as he swatted away Isaiah Taylor’s shot. Soon after, Robinson pulled up comfortably for a midrange jumper and then swished a trey to bring Michigan’s lead back to 11. “We encourage Glenn to play aggressive every game,” said sophomore guard Caris LeVert. “He’s one of the best players out there every night. And we need him to play aggressive every night for us to win.”
“You’re just seeing typical Glenn right now.”
Added freshman guard Derrick Walton Jr.: “He’s back to being his normal self and taking shots with confidence, driving the ball with confidence. You’re just seeing typical Glenn right now.” The break also allowed Michigan’s coaching staff to remind its players how it started the contest — playing eight straight minutes of nondisruptive basketball that wore out Texas and its big men. “When you’re sitting there on the sideline, you know that it’s hard to play for 40 minutes the way you play the first eight minutes,” said assistant coach Jeff Meyer. “You know there’s going to be runs made.” As much as the different zones the Longhorns brought out and their ability to offensive rebound in the
second half caused some errors and confusion among the Wolverines, the timeout allowed Michigan to adjust for the better and regain control for the rest of the game. “We decided to go back to our man-action (offense), which gave our kids a little bit more comfort,” Meyer said. “Our guys made shots. “There was just a comfort level.” With Robinson leading his team to victory at the most important time of the year, Michigan will need to ride him to advance further in the Big Dance. And after scoring 14 points in each of Michigan’s NCAA Tournament games, it’s hard to forget Michigan’s record when Robinson has reached doubledigits over the past two years: 44-5.
After losing two five-star recruits, Michigan’s 2015 football recruiting class received a much-needed jolt in the form of cornerback Garrett Taylor. Monday afternoon, Taylor gave the Wolverines coaching staff its sixth verbal commitment. The 6-foot-1, 188-pound four-star prospect chose Michigan over Stanford, Michigan State, South Carolina and Tennessee. Taylor tweeted out his decision Monday afternoon. The Richmond, Va. native is the third defensive back commit of the 2015 class, joining Shaun Crawford and Tyree Kinnel, both four-star commitments. “Michigan is a great school as well as a great football program,” Taylor told Rivals.com. “We saw all the academic facilities and all the academic support they have. They definitely have a good plan for you to stay on track for all four years and to graduate.” Three-star offensive lineman Jon Runyan Jr. and kicker Andrew David currently round out the Wolverines’ class. Taylor became new cornerbacks coach Roy Manning’s first commitment at his new coaching position. He also has the physical traits that defensive coordinator Greg Mattison covets in his cornerbacks. “The coaches there are great,” Taylor told Rivals.com. “Coach Mattison is trying to play more cover 3 and man defense, so he wants tall, long corners, and
I fit that description. I like to play press-man coverage, so I definitely like that. “Coach Manning is my position coach and recruiting coordinator. He is a great guy and I’ve built a strong relationship with him.” Taylor has found his success as an aggressive corner who can jam receivers at the line of scrimmage — something the Wolverines have lacked in recent years. The new Michigan commit is also strong in the run game and has a knack for making big plays. “Taylor’s a smart kid,” 247Sports’ Steve Lorenz said. “He’s usually going to make the right play or put himself in the position to make the right play. “He’s a huge pickup.” Taylor’s commitment further strengthens Michigan’s recruiting pipeline to the state of Virginia. The Wolverines have snagged two elite prospects from the state in their last two classes: freshman quarterback Wilton Speight and sophomore running back Derrick Green. Taylor’s commitment should only grow this trend. The Wolverines are currently in the mix for a Virginia prospect Clelin Ferrell — a four-star defensive end in the 2015 class — who Lorenz believes should take notice of Taylor’s commitment. “This is (Manning’s) first big pull out of Virginia,” Lorenz said. “He’s a pretty damn good recruiter.” With Taylor’s commitment, Michigan is back on track to welcome what could become a top-ranked 2015 class. And as a bonus, the Wolverines have also secured a stronghold on one of the nation’s top hotbeds of talent.
Goree approaches record By MAX COHEN Daily Sports Editor
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Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico has led the Wolverines to three consecutive 20-win seasons, a program first.
Wolverines top Dukes By LEV FACHER Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan women’s basketball team’s second-round WNIT matchup with Duquesne was an DUQUESNE 52 odd mix of MICHIGAN 68 offensive dominance and haplessness, turnovers and assists, and a healthy collection of 3-pointers and airballs. Whatever it was, it worked — the Wolverines (20-13) advanced to the tournament’s third round with a 68-52 drubbing of the Dukes (20-13) on Monday night at Crisler Center. Junior forward Cyesha Goree held serve throughout the night, prevented from singlehandedly matching Duquesne’s first-half rebounding and scoring figures only by a pair of early personal fouls that confined her to the bench for six minutes. When Goree was on the floor, she made her presence felt. Her 24 points and 11 rebounds marked her 13th double-double of the year, and made her just the second player in Michigan history to grab more than 300 rebounds in a season. It wasn’t the only record Goree helped set, either — her mid-first half layup off a top-to-bottom lob from senior forward Val Driscoll gave
the Wolverines 501 combined assists on the year, an all-time program record. Goree’s dominance continued well into the second half, when back-to-back 3-point plays pushed Michigan’s lead to 29 and her point total to 20. “It’s all about being foused and checking in,” Goree said. “My teammates really did a good job of looking to push in transition and establish an inside presence, and establish a transition game.” The contest had the early makings of a blowout similar in proportion to Michigan’s 38-point first-round win over Stony Brook. Despite three turnovers in the first four minutes, the Wolverines took a commanding 15-5 lead that could easily have been larger if not for the turnover epidemic that had Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico on her knees several feet feet onto the court begging her players to take better care of the ball. The win gives Michigan three consecutive 20-win seasons for the first time in program history. “It’s very exciting, I’m happy to be a part of something that’s rarely done here,” said freshman guard Siera Thompson, who continued her streak of having made a 3-pointer in each of the 33 games she has played for
Michigan, scoring 12 points in the process. The outcome was largely decided in the first half, giving Barnes Arico the opportunity to put in several players who typically don’t see game action. Freshman guard Danielle Williams made a rare early game appearance just eight minutes into the first half, a curious decision by Barnes Arico given that the Wolverines’ lead stood at just 10 points. Michigan’s rotation throughout the regular season stretched just six deep, with freshman guard Paige Rakers getting the occasional call as the second player off the bench — she ended up playing 10 minutes on the night. Senior Kendra Seto and sophomore Rebecca Lyttle both checked in at the forward position with three minutes remaining. Oftinjured sophomore forward Kelsey Mitchell made just her third career appearance shortly thereafter, scoring the first points of her career on a pair of free throws with 27 seconds left. The Wolverines will take on Bowling Green on Thursday night in their first road game of the tournament, a rematch of both teams’ season opener on Nov. 8 — the Falcons won that game, 63-52, on a neutral court.
Cyesha Goree acted like it didn’t matter. Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico didn’t even know. After the Michigan women’s basketball team dispatched Duquesne, 68-52, in the second round of the WNIT, Goree was just two rebounds shy of tying the single-season program record. After recording 11 boards in the Wolverine victory, the junior forward has amassed 309, two fewer than Trish Andrew’s 311 in 1993. When Michigan heads to Bowling Green for its third-round game Thursday night, Goree will undoubtedly break the record. “No way,” Barnes Arico said in disbelief. Added Goree: “I really haven’t focused on that. But it’s just hard work. I work really hard, I set myself up to work hard in the preseason. It’s really nice that I’m close to achieving a goal that I never knew was really there.” Goree never knew the goal was there before this season because she had more rebounds Monday than she had in her freshman and sophomore years combined. Last season, she had four boards to go along with just two in her freshman campaign. In other words, she has 303 more total rebounds this season — with games still to be played — than she has had in the rest of her career. Against the Dukes, Goree played the way she has for the vast majority of this season, controlling the glass and playing a stabilizing role for the Wolverine offense. In the first eight minutes of the game, foul trouble was the only thing that could stop Goree. Duquesne’s interior defenders weren’t doing the job; Goree recorded six points and seven rebounds before being pulled with two fouls with 11:53 left in
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Cyesha Goree has 309 rebounds this year, just two shy of the program mark.
the first half. “I thought she couldn’t be stopped,” Barnes Arico said. “If Cyesha’s playing like that, giving us an inside presence like that, it’s tough to guard us.” Goree weaved her way to the basket whenever she touched the ball, moving in circles around her defenders and seemingly getting to the rim effortlessly. Once she got there, she didn’t miss. Goree went 6-for-6 from the floor in the first half. As the game progressed, Michigan increasingly looked to get the ball to Goree inside. Though the defenders gave her less room, it didn’t matter. With just under 13 minutes left in the game, Goree had back-to-back possessions in which she caught the ball inside, maneuvered around her defender, made the layup and drew a foul. On both occasions, she drained her free throw, and on the second trip to the line, she extended Michigan’s lead to a game high
“It’s just all about being focused.”
of 31. Goree started 8-for-8 from the field and didn’t miss a field goal until she was double-teamed late in the shot clock with 7:11 left in the game. The misfire didn’t halt her momentum for long. The forward finished 10-for-12 from the floor. With the game long ago a blowout, Goree retreated to the bench with three minutes left, eliciting the loudest applause of the night. Once the final horn sounded, the entire team waved goodbye to the crowd because it may have been its last game at Crisler Center this season. Afterward, Goree led the team into the tunnel, slapping hands with everyone in her way, a fitting end to a night in which she scored 24 points to go with her 11 rebounds. Despite her obvious success, she continued to downplay her performance. “It’s just all about being focused and checking in, that’s all,” Goree said. Goree still has one more place to check herself into during her next game, whether she acts excited about it or not: the record book.