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Public Policy junior Bobby Dishell, CSG president-elect, and LSA sophomore Meagan Shokar, vice president-elect, celebrate as Make Michigan wins the Central Student Government elections Tuesday night in Angell Hall.
Dishell clinches CSG post Make Michigan comes out on top in contentious race By KRISTEN FEDOR Daily Staff Reporter
The results are in. Public Policy junior Bobby Dishell and LSA sophomore Meagan Shokar of Make Michigan will be the CSG president
and vice president, respectively, for the 2014-2015 academic year. The results come five days after polls closed for the March 26-27 Central Student Government elections. Dishell and Shokar won with 3,937 votes cast in their favor, beating out their next-closest competitors — FORUM candidates Carly Manes, a Public Policy junior, and LSA junior Pavitra Abraham — by more than 1,000 votes.
Dishell is the current CSG vice president and Shokar currently serves as speaker of the CSG assembly. Both candidates emphasized their experience in executive positions as a strength of their ticket during the campaign period. After receiving the news, Dishell congratulated his supporters for their collective effort. “All the credit goes to this team,” Dishell said. “We
Tim Slottow, executive vice president and chief financial officer, announced Tuesday that he will step down from his role to serve as the seventh president of the University of Phoenix. Slottow will leave the University on June 19 and assume his new position on June 20. “As you can imagine, this has been a tough decision for me, because I love doing what I do for this University, and I love working with all of you to ‘Make Blue Go’ each day,” Slottow said in a statement. University President Mary Sue Coleman lauded Slottow’s work in his pivotal role in maintaining and
couldn’t be more proud of everyone.” CSG President Michael Proppe, a Business senior, a large supporter of Dishell and Make Michigan, attended the party’s makeshift event. “He’s been right at my side the entire time this year,” Proppe said. “I’m really excited to see what they’re going to do next year.” Six complaints filed with See CSG, Page 2A
enhancing the University’s endowment in a statement released Tuesday. “He has played an integral role in the University’s growth and financial stability throughout the recession, ensuring our academic excellence as he worked in partnership with our academic and university leaders,” Coleman said. “His fiscal acumen has served U-M exceptionally well, and I thank him.” Coleman will recommend the Board of Regents approve Douglas L. Strong, chief executive officer of the University’s Hospitals and Health Centers, to serve as interim CFO at their next meeting on April 10. Ora Pescovitz, executive vice president for medical affairs, will recommend Anthony Denton, executive director and chief operating officer of the University’s Hospitals and Health Centers, to the board. The University of Phoenix is a forprofit institution of higher education, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. The institution grants bachelor’s, associate, master’s and doctoral See SLOTTOW, Page 3A
GOLDEN APPLE WINNER: VICTOR LIEBERMAN
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A professor who doesn’t mind the hard topics By ALICIA ADAMCZYK Daily Staff Reporter
Teaching was not History Prof. Victor Lieberman’s first career choice. Lieberman, who has taught at the University since 1984, originally believed his future would be comprised of research and “solving historical and intellectual problems.” And though his research chops aren’t in question — in fact, he has been granted countless awards and fellowships and has written dozens of articles and book chapters on various research interests, with research taking up the “bulk” of his time in Ann Arbor — it is as a teacher that Lieberman truly shines; at least according to his students. Lieberman is the recipient of this year’s Golden Apple Award,
an annual award that recognizes excellence in teaching and is determined by University students. Granted by University of Michigan Hillel, the award honors faculty who “consistently teach each lecture as if it were their last, and strive not only to disseminate knowledge but to inspire and engage students in its pursuit.” While he didn’t necessarily bleed maize and blue before coming to the University — he said he came to Ann Arbor because the University offered the only job available in his field — Lieberman said the emotional bonds he has created with students changed his perspective on teaching. “Once I started teaching I found it was a lot of fun,” he said. “I like interacting with students; I like to see their enthusiasm and to kind of inspire them.” “I find U of M undergraduates very bright, enthusiastic and eager to learn, and working with them is tremendously See LIEBERMAN, Page 3A
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Rackham students Emily Taylor and Nancy Gehart celebrate after receiving tickets to President Obama’s speech.
Student tickets for Obama distributed in two hours Nearly 1,000 line up to vie for tickets to Wednesday event By SHOHAM GEVA Daily Staff Reporter
Starting at 5 p.m. Monday evening, students began to line up outside the Michigan Union to secure their spot for tickets
for President Barack Obama’s Wednesday address on campus, forming a line of nearly 1,000 that traveled from the Union’s side entrance to the Kelsey Archaeology museum. At 10:30 that morning Tuesday morning, an hour and a half after tickets started being distributed, the ticket office announced it was out of tickets and shut down, turning away 50 to 60 students who were still in line. Obama will make his third visit to campus during
his presidency to discuss his proposal to raise federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour. LSA seniors Janani Naidu and Srilatha Eadara, who waited in line for about an hour and a half before being turned away, said while they were disappointed to be turned away, but they understood their late arrival in relation to others would result in this manner. “It wasn’t horrible, but it’s See OBAMA, Page 3A
Tired? Going to sleep is more important than you may think. Many people may have heard of circadian rhythms — they’re the reason for your 4 p.m. exhaustion or your jetlag after returning from spring break in Paris. In simple terms, these rhythms tell your body when to sleep and when to wake up. The rhythms usually work in 24-hour periods and are run by cells known as ‘clock neurons.’ In a recent study, University researchers discovered that these clock neurons are much more complex than they previously thought. In the past, scientists believed a small group of neurons controlled the thousands of clock neurons in the human brain. Orie Shafer, assistant professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, found See SLEEP, Page 2A
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After having trouble drawing customers, Hommus Express, a casual Mediterranean restaurant, closed its doors to downtown Ann Arbor about two weeks ago. The 529 E. Liberty St. takeout restaurant, called La Pita Fresh until a 2012 change in ownership, occupied the space for about two years under its new name. The property is currently being advertised for lease by Swisher Commercial, an independent brokerage firm. The 1,864-square-foot area
Monday to discuss how past tragedies in the African-American and Jewish communities influence modern-day culture, the Duke Chronicle reported. WUNC Radio’s Frank Stasio moderated the discussion as the two reflected on slavery and the Holocaust, focusing on both the tragedies’ evils and what society can learn from them. The two agreed that to truly progress as a civilization, people must discuss not only its triumphs but also its devastation. “The catastrophes that are most difficult to understand are those like slavery and the Holocaust that are experienced by one group of people and generated by another,” Stasio said.
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WHAT: Greek Week championswill be named in this final event where sororities and fraternities compete in singing and dancing competitions. WHO: University of Michigan Greek Life WHEN: 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Hill Auditorium
WHAT: Professor Victor Lieberman and President Mary Sue Coleman will be honored at this event. WHO: Students Honoring Outstanding University Teaching WHEN: 6 p.m. WHERE: Rackham Graduate School
Rally against Rachel sexual violence Armstrong WHAT: Survivors and their supporters in the University community rally to protest sexual violence and bring awareness to campus. The rally is followed by a march going through the University campus and Ann Arbor. WHO: Take Back the Night WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Rogel Ballroom, Michigan Union
WHAT: Armstrong, an expert in sustainability, architecture and landscape, will address the concept of “living architecture,” which contends that buildings could adopt certain biological principles. WHO: College of Architecture and Urban Planning WHEN: 6 p.m. WHERE: Art and Architecture Building
Hommus Express closes after slow winter business Despite competitive prices, restaurant fails to attract customers
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and its basement storage space are being listed on the market at $41 per square foot plus utilities. Randy Maas, one of Swisher Commercial’s agents, said the majority of potential buyers have been restaurant owners, but the space is not limited to that use. “It’s a popular area and we never know exactly how soon it will lease but there’s a fair amount of interest in the space already,” he said. Hommus Express is not unique to Ann Arbor and two other restaurants remain in Southfield and Livonia, both operated by the former Ann Arbor locale’s owner, Said Namari. For Namari, the Ann Arbor restaurant set itself apart from the other two. He said first and foremost, business and sales on a college campus rely more heavily on menu prices than do restaurants in other metropoli-
tan areas. He said cheaper prices attract more customers, especially price-conscious students. Although Namari described the menu as cheap and the portions as large, he said they were not able to attract enough business to keep the doors open. Additionally, this past winter’s brutal weather, which Namari believes deterred people from going out to eat as frequently, took a toll on sales. He added that on top of this, competition in the area was strong, mentioning the various Mediterranean cuisine options all within walking distance of each other. Other Mediterranean restaurants nearby include South State Street’s La Marsa as well as Ahmo’s Mediterranean Grill, which came to the Michigan Union’s basement this past summer. The closing of Hommus Express, a fairly new business, exemplifies a larger trend in the downtown Ann Arbor area. Namari said his situation is not rare and that he watched the businesses around him located on Liberty come and go as a short two years went by.
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CSG From Page 1A the University Elections Commission delayed the release of results, but each case was either resolved or dropped by Tuesday afternoon. The rulings had negligible impact on the official results of the election. The complaint with the greatest potential consequence was dropped on Monday when Make Michigan officially withdrew its suit against FORUM for alleged abuse of e-mail privileges. Make Michigan filed the complaint against its rival party after LSA junior Domenic Rizzolo, outreach co-director for FORUM, sent a campaigning e-mail using a listerv he did not own. If the UEC had ruled FORUM guilty, the party would have faced demerits for each recipient of the e-mail in question. The total accumulation of demerits would have exceeded limits outlined in the election code and resulted in the disqualification of each FORUM candidate. After further reviewing the case, Dishell concluded that Rizzolo’s e-mail would have had marginal impact on the election itself and decided to withdraw his suit. In a statement sent out to all candidates announcing the withdrawal, Dishell said he wanted to avoid the hostile environment and unproductive intra-CSG rivalries created by a lengthy litigation process. He
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added that he filed the official complaint initially to uphold the provisions of the election code. “You can always withdraw, just like we did,” Dishell said. “But I can’t, after the fact, go back and say, I really wish we had filed this.” The official complaints regarding alleged campaign finance infractions by FORUM, the Party Party and the House of Cards Party were upheld and addressed in a UEC hearing Monday evening. Business senior Matthew Fernandez, repmanager for Make Michigan, filed the complaint on behalf of Make Michigan, citing failure to publish receipts on campaign finance forms as a major infraction. Dishell said these cases, in contrast to the alleged e-mail misuse, could have had an impact on voting. He said possible overspending could have created an unfair advantage. In an official ruling released Tuesday, the UEC found all three parties guilty of the infraction, but reduced the punishment outlined in the election code. While a major infraction usually calls for three to four demerits per violation, the UEC instead assigned two demerits per party. The UEC cited miscommunication between candidates and the election director as well as vagueness of the wording of the election code as grounds for reducing the number of demerits assigned for the violation. In the ruling, the UEC said
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OBAMA From Page 1A sad because we were right here,” Naidu said. “We were so excited when we got into the building.” It was unclear exactly how many students received tickets. Michigan Union Director Susan Pile said for security reasons, the White House was not releasing information regarding the exact number of tickets to the event. However, she said everyone who camped out overnight and received a voucher in line in the early hours of the morning was able to get a ticket, as well as some students who showed up later in the morning after vouchers were done being passed out. LSA freshman Stuart Inahuazo, who had camped out since 2 a.m. early Tuesday morning, said after receiving his ticket, the long wait was worth it. “After all the rain and cold, it feels great,” Inahuazo said. LSA juniors Qisi Yao and Bri-
LIEBERMAN From Page 1A rewarding,” he added later in a follow-up e-mail. “They’re appreciative and intellectually engaged, and their enthusiasm redoubles my own.” For the past 29 years, Lieberman has risen through the ranks in the history department and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies. He is currently the Raoul Wallenberg Distinguished University Professor of History, one of the University’s top honors for professors in the field, and teaches one of the University’s largest courses each semester, which focuses on the history of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. Out of more than 300 nominees — the most in the award’s 24-year history — Lieberman stood out to the Golden Apple Award Committee not only because of the number of votes he received, but because the comments accompanying the votes “highlighted the characteristics of a professor truly deserving of the Golden Apple Award,” said LSA senior Amalia Zimmerman, a member of the committee. “Victor Lieberman has inspired many students to look at the history of different peoples and cultures,” added Business senior Jake Levey, another member of the committee, in a statement. “All of them are enamored by his amazing breadth of knowledge and his passion.” “It was a very memorable and happy occasion,” Lieberman said of the committee’s announcement of the award in March. “I was very grateful to receive it.” In class, Lieberman speaks quickly, filling the entirety of the time allotted with fact after historical fact. His lectures are authoritative and students diligently record every word. It is this perceived unbiased presentation of historical facts that students admire the most, said LSA sophomore Ali Meisel, who took Lieberman’s course last year. Meisel said she was able to form her own opinion of the controversial subject matter in a well-informed way because of Lieberman’s approach to the class. This teaching style led her to nominate him for the Golden Apple this year. “Lieberman made a point of telling us that although he was teaching us facts, the ‘truth’ of the situation differed for different groups,” Meisel said. “Some professors are particularly liberal or
ahna Anders, who came at 7:30 a.m., said they were unsure they were going to get tickets, but were excited they did. “It’s just nice to see a current president,” Anders said. “It’s a cool event.” Pile, whose staff ran the ticketing process, said she thought the process went very well. “The students were awesome,” Pile said. “I think they were excited, they were energized about being there, and I think overall very appreciative of the opportunity to get a chance to hear President Obama.” LSA senior Anne Krema, who started camping out at 11:30 p.m. Monday night, said she thought that the line was fairly calm and orderly throughout the night and morning. “There was kind of an understanding among the people in the line — some people tried to cut when the line was moving slow, but everyone yelled at them,” Krema said. “We’ve all been in here all night, so people for the
most part are in an understanding about that.” Monday night, Engineering senior Anshul Mehta cited an unofficial numbering system started by students that he said worked well, though he added that he wished University staff had created an official line or numbering system. “Right now it’s just a bunch of kids trying to get order, and that doesn’t always work at four in the morning,” Mehta said. “That said, this numbering system is working.” While the Obama’s remarks will begin at 2:30 p.m., doors will open at 12:30 p.m. University spokesperson Rick Fitzgerald said the University is confident that everyone who received a ticket will be able to get a spot, despite some initial student concern about a clause on the tickets saying they do not guarantee admission. “Honestly, I just want to get a selfie with the president in the background,” Mehta said.
conservative, and this affects how they present the material in their classes, but Lieberman chose to leave out his personal opinions.” That’s not to say the professor isn’t without controversy. On March 25, he presented a historical context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at a Central Student Government meeting during a debate regarding a resolution that supports the University’s divestment from certain companies that allegedly support human rights abuses in the region. Many supporters of Students Allied for Freedom and Equality, a Palestinian human rights student organization, contended that Lieberman did not present both sides of the conflict adequately, adding that they asked him not to speak at the meeting because it was supposed to represent students’ and not faculty concerns. Still, Meisel said she nominated Lieberman precisely because he accounts for both sides of the story in the ongoing conflict. “Lieberman eloquently covered a major world conflict within a single semester,” she said. “Instead of teaching the events as neutral facts, he explained them from both the Palestinian and Israeli narratives.” As part of the award, Lieberman will give his “last lecture” Wednesday in Rackham Auditorium. The lecture, titled “What I think I know About History,” will give an overview of human history as Lieberman has come to view it. “It’s very broad,” he said. “I won’t be accused of lack of ambition.” University President Mary Sue Coleman will also address the attendants at the event Wednesday. “This is such a wonderful tribute and I want to thank our students for the honor,” Coleman said in a statement to the award committee. “The Golden Apple symbolizes the importance we place on undergraduate teaching at Michigan, and to be associated with the program this way means a great deal to me.”
After graduating first in his class from Yale University in 1967, Lieberman took a three-year hiatus to teach high school history — and avoid serving in the Vietnam War — before he earned a Ph.D. in Southeast Asian history from the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies in 1976. “I found it topical, I found it exciting,” he said of his research interests. “I thought I could say something relatively novel.” He stayed in England until 1985, when he came to the University as an assistant professor in Southeast Asian history and taught a class about the Vietnam War. In the mid-90s, as interest in the war waned, Lieberman knew he needed to change topics in order to keep up with the interests of his students. He then began teaching the course he is perhaps best known for at the University, “History 244: The History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict.” With lectures involving more than 400 students each semester, the class is one of the largest the University has to offer. “I became addicted to the idea of large, topical courses,” he said. “I looked around to see what would be appropriate to replace the Vietnam War course and I thought the Mideast would fit that description … I thought it would be useful for students, to provide them with an overview and to increase understanding and sympathy for different perspectives.” In addition to his responsibilities at the University, Lieberman is the father of two daughters, Jessica, 33, and Emily, 38 — both of whom graduated from the University — and has six grandchildren. He also has two “lovely” sons-in-law, one of whom took his class about the Vietnam War during his undergraduate years at the University and met his daughter while enrolled in the Law School. His wife of 43 years, Sharon, passed away a few months ago. In his spare time, the history buff says he likes to spend time with his grandchildren — who live in Ann Arbor and nearby Birmingham — as well as attend Synagogue and exercise. He also plans to travel more in the coming years and is working on a forthcoming book “Why Was Nationalism European? Political Ethnicity in Southeast Asia and Europe, c. 1400-1850,” which he says will occupy him intellectually for the next two to three years. “I don’t know what I’ll do after, maybe I’ll start another book project,” he mused. “I don’t know. I’ll just have to wait and see.”
Lieberman’s history
Lieberman, a self-described “history buff,” said he became interested in history from a young age and took classes on “every part of the world” in college. But as the Vietnam War escalated and the United States became more embroiled in the ongoing conflict during his time in college, he focused his attention and research on Southeast Asia.
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SLOTTOW From Page 1A degrees, through both online and on-campus programs at more than 100 locations across the country. The university was founded in 1976 with the aim of serving working adults who desire a degree in higher education offered through flexible and nearby classes. Today, the University of Phoenix is the largest for-profit institution of higher education in the country. Slottow will fill the role recently vacated by Bill Pepicello, outgoing University of Phoenix president, who has served in the position since 1995. In a press release, Marrilee Lewis Engel, chair of the University of Phoenix board of trustees, said Slottow’s experience at the University makes him an ideal candidate for the position. “Tim Slottow’s leadership at the University of Michigan amplifies what he has done throughout his accomplished career: delivering measurable results to public and private organizations as they embrace the principle of continuous advancement and transition to reach ambitious goals,” Engel said. Greg Cappelli, a member of the University of Phoenix board of trustees and the chief executive officer of Apollo Education Group, the university’s parent company, discussed Slottow’s qualifications in an e-mail sent to employees Tuesday. “What stood out during our interviews was Tim’s personal passion for our mission to pro-
SLEEP From Page 1A evidence showing that different groups of clock neurons actually play their own parts in keeping time for the body. “We used to think there was one small set of neurons that were the conductors,” Shafer said. “Our work suggests that it’s more of a committee decision. There are several important groups of time neurons that interact with each other to produce a sense of time.” The researchers studied fruit flies, organisms with circadian rhythms similar to those of humans. Rackham student Zepeng Yao said many of the 150 clock neurons in fruit flies responded to environmental cues rather than cues from “conductor” neurons. “Some of them might respond to light information … some of
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 — 3A vide the opportunities for students to advance in their lives — and in their careers — through high-quality, accessible, higher education programs,” he wrote. “He is determined to make education work for working students, and we’re so incredibly pleased that he chose us to further his efforts.” Traditionally, the position of University provost has been the stepping-stone to the presidency of another university. Former University provosts Phil Hanlon and Teresa Sullivan were selected to lead other institutions — Dartmouth University and the University of Virginia, respectively — during their tenures as provost. In a letter to colleagues in the University’s Office of Business and Finance, Slottow said the country’s future relies not only on institutions like the University, but also on those more focused on meeting the needs of non-traditional, mid-career adult students. With the University of Phoenix’s online program, a college education is available to a larger number of students and professionals. “As you know, I am passionate about higher education and believe deeply in the important role the University of Michigan plays in preparing future leaders and helping to solve many of our most vexing societal challenges,” he wrote. “We know, too, that our country’s competitiveness will rely on the full spectrum of higher education opportunities to educate our workforce so it can meet its potential and fuel U.S. economic development.” The departure also poses an
additional challenge for University President-elect Mark Schlissel, who will need to fill multiple interim positions at the beginning of his term. S. Jack Hu is currently serving as the interim vice president for research, and Michael Johns will fill in as interim CEO of the University of Michigan Health System following Pescovitz’s departure. During his 12 years in the position, Slottow led the University through a number of cost-saving initiatives designed to keep budgets in check during a period of declining state funding. Slottow piloted programs such as strategic sourcing — procurement measures designed to save money by buying equipment and supplies in bulk across multiple University units — and the Administrative Services Transformation Project — an initiative that will centralize department-level employees in a shared services center. “Collectively we have met the largest and smallest challenges — posed by our external environment and rapidly changing campus needs — with innovative new ways of doing business,” Slottow said in his statement. In October, Slottow announced the University’s endowment reached an all-time high of $8.4 billion over the fiscal year. The endowment is now the second-largest of any public university, according to the National Association of College and University Business Officers and the Commonfund. During Slottow’s time at the University, the endowment has increased from $3.5 billion in 2003 to $8.4 billion.
them might be more sensitive to temperature changes,” Yao said. “These cues will either advance or delay the clock neurons.” Clock neurons are highly sensitive in response to environmental factors, Shafer said. The clock can be prompted to reset by receiving a waking cue at a time when it wants to sleep. For example, in the modern world, the constant input of light when clock neurons want darkness can keep one’s body awake. In the same way, eating late at night can also reset the clock. “In this very complicated modern world, we get all the natural cues — for example, the sun coming up and going down every day,” Shafer said. “People who stay up late, they’re getting conflicting information about what time it is.” Failure to follow circadian rhythms is associated with stress, obesity, diabetes and cancer. Shafer said in light of his research
displaying how complex clock neurons are, one should be wary ignoring them. “Not being able to follow your own body clock is really bad for you,” Shafer said. “You shouldn’t continually ignore what time it is in your brain … These are intricate, highly evolved timepieces that are there for a reason.” Although circadian rhythms are far from completely understood, Yao said this discovery could lead to new insights. In the long run, it could lead to a method of targeting specific neurons to reduce negative effects of deviating from the rhythms. “We hope with our research we can pinpoint which neurons are responsible for which kinds of behavior,” Yao said. “We want to see whether we can change the properties with drugs or other processes to alleviate sleeping disorders and other syndromes.”
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Focus on the issues
The trivial antics during CSG elections are detrimental to students
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ast Thursday marked the closing of the Central Student Government elections, yet the results weren’t announced until Tuesday night. On March 24, CSG parties FORUM and Make Michigan filed numerous complaints against a number of parties. Though the the University Elections Commission found defendants not guilty in the original complaints, four new complaints were filed by Make Michigan over the weekend against FORUM, the Party Party and the House of Cards Party. For the last two years, CSG has shown that it’s unable to conduct itself in a mature manner that puts student voices above petty politics. Since CSG is obviously not capable of monitoring itself, the University must step in as a third party to monitor CSG elections. Each year, CSG parties track the actions of their opponents, searching for possible violations in the UEC election code. Individual candidates who receive 10 or more demerits and entire parties that receive 28 or more demerits are automatically disqualified from the election. Alleged violations are reviewed by the Central Student Judiciary, which assigns any applicable demerits — in this case, one to two demerits per minor infraction and three to four for major violations. Unfortunately, the demerit policy created a system in which parties win based on violations, not political platforms. Last year, LSA seniors Chris Osborn and Hayley Sakwa, executive candidates for FORUM, received the majority of votes but were disqualified from the election because of several violations. The demerit policy doesn’t reflect a democratic system. CSG’s failure to adequately remedy the situation after last year’s debacle indicates that the student government doesn’t take its electoral system seriously. These petty scandals and lawsuits perpetuate the often misplaced campus perception that CSG is a trivial and ineffective institution. Failing to enforce an appropriate election system doesn’t just hurt CSG — it hurts the students that believe and participate in student government. Dedicating time to learn about candidates requires effort, and
students deserve to have their votes count. However, 3-percent penalties can rescind a significant number of votes, especially when a person rapidly accumulates demerits. Election penalty policies are extreme, and in some cases candidates lose a majority of their votes — or are disqualified — for breaking a policy that affect a relatively small portion of the electorate. With CSG allowing this broken system to occur for a third consecutive year, it’s time for the University to intervene. CSG is supposed to be a crucial organization that connects students to the University administration. Since CSG has proven time after time that it’s not equipped to handle elections in a professional manner, University officials must intervene in order to ensure elected CSG officials represent the voice of students. The University should create a third judiciary party consisted of faculty members to monitor each election. With a judiciary system reigning outside political campaigns and the CSG body of representatives, officials could fairly monitor situations and handle violations appropriately. Filing insignificant charges — such as asserting that a campaign failed to report an $18 hotdog suit or a $7 wand — are making a mockery of CSG. Change is necessary in order to refocus the priorities of CSG onto the students.
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS Barry Belmont, Edvinas Berzanskis, Rachel John, Nivedita Karki, Jacob Karafa, Jordyn Kay, Aarica Marsh, Megan McDonald, Victoria Noble, Melissa Scholke, Michael Schramm, Matthew Seligman, Paul Sherman, Allison Raeck, Linh Vu, Daniel Wang, Derek Wolfe
DAVID HARRIS | VIEWPOINT
Remembering Tigers stadium
Of all the perks of working in downtown Detroit, the restaurants the city has to offer during lunch breaks might be the best of them. So as I did every Friday, I left my office for a lunch break to enjoy some of Detroit’s finest. I was in the mood for a good burger, so Mercury Burger Bar in Corktown was the destination. The drive along Michigan Avenue in Corktown may be the worst in the city. It’s useless to try to avoid the potholes — you just drive through them hoping for the best. The road is made of bricks, remnants from when trolley cars used to take patrons from Michigan Central Station to downtown with a single lane of patchy pavement in the middle to cover the old tracks, unused for more than 60 years now. Sometimes a bit of the metal tracks can be seen peeking out of that poorly paved asphalt, fragments of a past far brighter than the blight that has faced the center of Corktown since the closing of Tiger Stadium. I’d driven past the blank field of the former stadium site on the corner of Michigan and Trumbull many times since the old ballpark had closed. Some of my first memories were formed in that stadium, a cathedral to the golden age of baseball. I would go with my dad, take a seat underneath the overhanging upper deck and take in as much of the field that wasn’t blocked by the support beams scattered among the seats. The Tigers were never winners during those years. Not once did they even post a winning season during my lifetime of games at the stadium, but not once did it matter to me. Today, for whatever reason, I decided to pull up next to the iron gates — the sole remnant of the exterior of the stadium. Gone are the large white facades and the large, whitepainted light structures. In right field, where that famous overhang of the upper deck once stood, is just patchy grass. Where I once sat as an eager kindergarten-aged child — baseball glove on my left hand waiting for the souvenir that never came — was nothing. It was a perfect summer day for the baseball game this field would never see again. I walked inside the gates to the infield dirt, which remains from the original playing field and is kept up by volunteers alone. The Navin Field Grounds Crew, as they call themselves, pays homage to the original name of the field that opened the same day as Fenway Park in Boston. How different have the two historic icons been treated. In the middle of the barren block, 200 feet
in the air stands the flagpole that once rested inside the left-center field fence as an obstacle in the outfield. The same flag that 53,000 fans stood to face with their hats off before each game now stands alone. Comerica Park once had its own flagpole placed in the field of play as an homage from the new to the old. I turned to resume my lunch plans but realized I wasn’t alone. Another college-aged man — perhaps another intern working downtown — and his dad walked through the gates taking in the same empty field. The dad wore an orange-billed Tigers cap, the old logo with the rough tiger face emblazoned on the front. The Tigers haven’t used that logo in 20 years. The original Mercury Bar in Corktown closed in the 1980s. What once was the popular spot for train travelers at Michigan Central Station since before World War II became abandoned just like the station itself. A few years ago, two new owners found the bar’s original sign, flipped on the neon sign and proceeded to open the best burger joint downtown. The restaurant still stands in the shadow of the decrepit station, as the splendid decay appears synonymous with the city. Even as time passes, the past remains in plain sight. It’s been almost five years since the demolition of the sacred stadium, The Corner. It too once loomed for 10 years and was decrepit and decaying like the train station. The bases Ty Cobb stole, the dugout where manager Sparky Anderson yelled, “You don’t want to walk him!” to Padres pitcher Goose Gossage before Kirk Gibson homered in the 1984 World Series, the field Charlie “The Mechanical Man” Gehringer patrolled and the fences that Hammerin’ Hank Greenberg slugged baseballs over, the football grass where Lions player Chuck Hughes suffered a heart attack during a football game and passed away. None of it remains. But even though the stadium is gone, reduced to a blank slate of infield dirt and grass, something is still there. Something far grander than the grandiosity of the stadium ever was. It can be covered up like the pavement covers the trolley tracks. It can be pushed aside. But it can never be taken away. As I exited through the gates, the dad and his son broke out their baseball gloves and started to play catch. They say baseball is America’s pastime. And the pastime never dies. David Harris is an Engineering junior.
I
Building our future
t’s 4 a.m. on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. I’m sitting in a tent just outside the Michigan Union, huddled in my North Face jacket and a sleeping bag. Any other Monday night — or Tuesday morning rather — I would be fast asleep in my bed. But tonight I wait HARLEEN for free tickets KAUR to see President Barack Obama for the second time in my three years on campus. I was fairly uncertain about whether I wanted to wait in line tonight, as I saw Obama last time he came to campus and I wasn’t sure if I was mentally prepared to wait in line for 10-12 hours. It would be warmer this time versus the last, but a big commitment nonetheless. Obviously, I decided to come out, mostly because I knew that I would have the company of many friends who had decided to camp out. As I sit here in line, I am thankful for the fact that I attend a school that provides me with such wonderful opportunities, like the ability to see the current President not once, but twice during my college career. However, I consider many other things as I wait here in line. One is that, a few hours ago, a friend came around asking for signatures for a petition to raise the minimum wage here in Michigan. Interestingly enough, people were fairly hesitant to sign, even though technically that is the reason we are all here. Also, the fact that when the topic of Obama’s speech was announced, many were surprised due to the
sentiment that “minimum wage isn’t a relevant topic for University of Michigan students,” is a narrative I would like to challenge. Tomorrow, we will hear Obama talk about why he wants to raise the national minimum wage to $10.10, nearly a $3 difference from Michigan’s current $7.40 minimum wage. Though there may be a large portion of the student body that doesn’t feel affected by this, there is still a considerable group of people, even within the city of Ann Arbor, who would benefit. Living off of $7.40 an hour, $296 for a 40-hour week, or $1,184 a month, would barely cover food and rent for most University students. Looking at the broader population, Ann Arbor is certainly impacted by the minimum wage. According to The Ann Arbor News, “The number of chronically homeless individuals in Washtenaw County has doubled over the past two years.” There are several thriving programs in Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County to assist these individuals in finding their way back into the work force and with temporary housing, but it’s still a problem that will exist for some time until larger structural changes occur. An increase in the minimum wage is one of them. One concern with a national raise in the minimum wage is that costs would simply adjust — a trend that has certainly occurred in Ann Arbor
as housing rates have continued to rise over the years. This is why changing the environment in Ann Arbor to be more accepting toward students and residents of lower socioeconomic statuses requires a larger institutional change within University Housing, local realtors and high-rises. Making these changes will certainly take time, but with a raise in the minimum wage and an adjustment of housing prices, Ann Arbor can become a diverse city that is welcoming and accessible toward students and residents from a variety of social classes. When Obama speaks on Wednesday, I hope to not only hear him make his argument for raising the minimum wage, but also why and how it’s relevant to students at Michigan. These policy issues that may not seem relevant to each and every student are important to discuss because it ties us to larger issues that influence our community and the nation as a whole. Understanding and engaging in conversations about topics like the national minimum wage will allow us to realize the significance of educating ourselves on policy issues, strengthening our voices and allowing ourselves to be heard. Our voices and actions will build the next generation of policies and institutions, so the earlier we start our involvement, the better.
Our voices and actions will shape the next generation of policies and institutions.
— Harleen Kaur can be reached at harleen@umich.edu.
CORINE ROSENBERG | VIEWPOINT
Silent love
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” -Albert Camus I spent all of last year on campus practicing something I called ‘silent love.’ Walking around from class to class, through the Diag or around the Union, I would yell, in my head, my love for the people around me. “I love you, beautiful girl in the red coat and red pants, you are as big as your heart will let you be, you are lovely. I love you too, sweet hipster boy with pants rolled up and head hung down, lift your head up for you are brilliant. I love you, boy with your head in a book of comics, and you, lovely professor or staff, fearless in brightly colored clothing. I love you too, man who sits every day to share your music with the UGLi and its sad neighbors.” I would speak in my head to every person I passed, give them compliments, tell them I loved them, would yell it at them so fierce. Sometimes I fear we have lost our ability to love, to say thank you, “you’re beautiful,” or hold a stranger’s hand on a bus ride from Bursley-Baits to C.C. Little. We put up walls, judge on appearances and decide we don’t like people without knowing them, simply because of how they look or act. We do not know everyone’s story, everyone’s reality. We do not know why someone may be sad or glowing or angry. We no longer know how to ask the big questions or say the big things. Instead, we fill our days with small talk. I have often been judged, sometimes accurately and sometimes completely inaccurately. I am a person who has been disliked as much as I have been loved, who has found herself bullied all through elementary and middle and high school, who stuffed her bra to try to fit in and cut her wrists to try to cry out. I am not here to prove myself as a person to you. I am just here to ask you to listen. Several months ago a blog/website/Facebook page called Humans of New York blew up — a man, Brandon Stanton, would walk the streets of New York City and take photos of people. What made him different though was that he would talk
to the people whose photos he took — would ask them powerful questions and receive even more powerful responses. He paired these quotes with the photos and gave a beautiful and raw humanity to these strangers. I started following his blog, and as it took off, so did many similar to his: Humans of Boston, Humans of Detroit and Humans of Los Angeles. I began to think of a few things as I saw this evolution. First, how little or much we show through our face, carry in our body language and tell in our voice. How many stories those around us carry but do not share. Second, how much small talk we have, speaking about weather or current events but so rarely ourselves or our feelings. How reserved we are with those we love but how open we can be with strangers. Lastly, the girl with her feet hanging off the bridge might need you to smile at her, pull her away or maybe even simply join her for a bit. Sit in silence. Appreciate the new view. As my campus has turned into a place of conflict, anger, frustration, fear — a place where people do not feel safe, listened to, or supported — I have wondered what the answer may be. Is taking away the humanity from those we do not know a new phenomenon? Or rather have we spent too much time learning how to build walls to know how to break them down? I hear everyone saying they want peace, but the ways in which they want it are not the same. We have shut our ears to the other side. We have tuned out. Let me share something personal in the hopes that you will listen. I am angry. I am just as angry as you, or perhaps less, or even more. I am frustrated. I am privileged. I am oppressed. These are not mutually exclusive. I am white; I am female; I am pansexual; I am young; I am middle class. I have decided to live every day as an act of rebellion against the oppressive institutions, systems and cultural norms that perpetrate these inequalities. I will not marry until everyone, regardless of gender, can marry in the eyes of the law. I will not support a system that is oppressive. I am angry. I want to wear the clothes that I want to. I want to
dance if I want to, sing if I want to, not explain myself because you say that I have to. I have been sexually assaulted. I have not shared this with anyone other than family, closest of friends, therapists or hospital doctors. This is a story I wear every day in my voice and my body, on my face, but hide. I am not alone. We are all carrying our baggage, some tucked into breast pockets, some spilling over onto that 2 a.m. bus back to North Campus. I am not asking you to pity me, to say you are sorry. In fact, I am still not ready to talk about these things. I am just asking that you respect the stories that surround you every day. I am pretending you are Brandon Stanton on a train in New York City, and you are asking me about the time I was the most scared. I am telling him, “I am scared every day. I am scared that someone will hurt me. That someone is hurting someone else. I am scared that we are not listening to each other. I am scared that there is nothing I can do to fix it.” As my campus has turned into a volatile and emotional place, a place where some feel scared to share their beliefs, and others feel like there is nothing they can do to fix it, I see something else. I see passion. I see walls being broken down. I see people coming together in ways they did not think that they could. I am just asking that we do one more thing. That we start being more mindful, stop judging others, start asking strangers questions, stop all the small talk, start saying the big things even if they hurt. I am asking that we realize that those who are privileged did not ask for that privilege, that they must recognize it and fight against it in the very act of their existence to the best of their abilities. I am asking that we remember that each person on that bus or sitting in the Diag enjoying 45-degree weather has a story, unspoken but real. I am asking that we all start practicing love. Not only self-love and friend love, but silent love. Let us give our peers back their humanity. Let us try to listen. Corine Rosenberg is an LSA sophomore.
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TV REVIEW
Kidpreneur brings families to Detroit T
CBS
Fade to black.
‘HIMYM’ ends its nine-season run CBS show concludes with one final twist By JAMIE BIRCOLL Daily Film Editor
Spoiler Alert: this article discusses the plot of the series finale of “How I Met Your Mother.” If you don’t want to know what happens, don’t read B it. Spoiler Five! How I Met It ends the way it starts: Your Mother with a blue Series Finale French horn. The nine- CBS season run of “How I Met Your Mother” closes just the way it should have, or maybe exactly how it shouldn’t have — how you knew it would, or maybe in a way you didn’t see coming. It’s all in the eyes of the beholder, the loyal fan who’s followed every slap, every play, every “bang bang bangity bang,” the interventions, the sandwiches, the legen-wait-for-itdairys and the “haaaaaaave you met Ted?” s. This finale, much like the show as a whole, wasn’t perfect — at times it was poorly paced and messy — but it was bold and fun; it reminded us of all those great running gags from seasons past. In the end, it just wanted to do its characters, our characters, justice, and give them the happy ending they all deserved. This two-part episode titled “Last Forever” moves quickly, covering a season’s worth of material in an hour, jumping back-andforth through time. We see the
end of Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) and Robin’s (Cobie Smulders) wedding and, three years later, the end of their marriage. We learn of the birth of Marshall (Jason Segel) and Lily’s (Alyson Hannigan) third child, and Marshall’s muchdeserved judgeship. We witness the devolution of the newly single Barney into his old, womanizing self, only to finally mature at the birth of his daughter. And, in the middle of it all, Ted (Josh Radnor) finally meets the Mother (Cristin Milioti); her name is Tracy McConnell (they share the same initials!) and she was the love of Ted’s life. But the finale confirmed, as this season had hinted, that Tracy passed away six years before Ted sat his kids down to tell them his story. The kids call their father out, claiming (in a scene filmed nine years ago) that the story was never about their rarely included mother, but about Ted finally being in a place to be with their Aunt Robin. Yes, it turns out that it was Ted and Robin all along, and maybe that’s a bit of a cop-out. If anything, the blame rests on Milioti for being too wonderful in every respect that seeing Ted with anyone else feels like a crime. But while we only saw a glimpse of their lives together, they did have a life together, and Ted had never been happier. So it’s not so much a cop-out, more like following the rules that creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas set for themselves nine seasons ago. They had a plan and they stuck to it, and, along the way, crafted a journey for five beloved characters with moments memorable, heartbreaking and hilarious. Because as hyped and as great (or as disappointing) as this finale
was, it was never the point: it was the MacGuffin. This was never a series about the mother, but about everything leading up to her. It’s about Ted measuring his own selfworth as he becomes less confident as he ages, about the trials of staying together as a long-time couple exemplified by Lily and Marshall, about Robin needing to weigh her romantic life with her work life and about Barney, well, being Barney mostly. It’s about losing out to guys named Sven, about crazy eyed-dates, lower back tattoos and other poor decisions made after 2 a.m., interventions, doppelgangers and Canadian pop star alter egos. And it’s about the unpredictability of life in your twenties, the loss of loved ones, the fear of growing apart as friends and family. But it’s also about the comfort in knowing that, despite inevitable separations, those relationships are always the most meaningful because, in the end, we find ourselves through them and the stories we share. The finale tried to deliver a little bit of all of those emotions, and, for that, it should be commended. “Do you have any idea what happened right here, in this very bar?” Marshall asks three unassuming patrons at MacLaren’s, only to answer his own question, “just … all kinds of stuff.” We should only be so lucky to answer in such a way. Sometimes we lose our way or lose sight of what’s most important to us; sometimes we’re lucky enough to rediscover all that stuff or find something new. But we’ll always have our stories, to remind us of who we are and where we’re going — that’s what “How I Met Your Mother” taught us. Bircoll out.
ALBUM REVIEW
‘Head or Heart’ lacks either one By AMRUTHA SIVAKUMAR Daily Arts Writer
It’s cute, alright. But in today’s music industry, cute doesn’t cut it. For someone whose first song debuted on “Dancing with B the Stars” in 2010, Chris- Head or tina Perri established herself Heart in the industry Christina Perri quite quickly. With a voice Atlantic that was unlike any other at the time, Perri sold nearly half a million copies of her debut record, Lovestrong. On the second time around, her album Head or Heart develops themes of self reflection and personal relationships through light pop, as Perri strays away from creating yet another album entirely of love and heartbreak anthems. In the process, however, Perri loses the virility and intensity that highlighted her debut. The album is ordinary, plain and unconnected to any emotions that could truly impact most listeners. In fact, for a record that’s titled Head or Heart, Perri’s record does very little to appeal to either. Unrelatable and obscure tracks such as “Burning Gold” and “Lonely Child” would have been forgivable had they been lyrically impressible or melodically innovative. But neither of those qualities show up anywhere on the album. It’s evi-
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ATLANTIC
Cute doesn’t cut it, Christina.
dent that the credit for the echoing fervor in “I Don’t Wanna Break” isn’t due to the song itself, but to Perri’s interpretation, and beyond an appreciation for the refinement in Perri’s voice, there’s very little keeping the album relevant. “Be My Forever,” featuring British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, is reminiscent of Sheeran’s last feature on Taylor Swift’s “Everything Has Changed,” as a song that induces a smile but does very little to prove either artist as someone who’s worth paying attention to. That’s not saying the the album doesn’t have strengths, particularly when it comes to Perri’s vocals. With a voice that flows like honey, Perri has the ability to sing of pain and heartbreak in a soothing melancholy and her voice bleeds emotion with every word. Her enunciations are comforting in their melody and there’s a perfection in her pitch that shows the strength in Perri’s judgement and the understanding she has over her own voice. Her higher register in “Trust” is
sharp, and though painful to listen to at first, her high notes contain a poignancy that relays the meaning of the song even before paying heed to the lyrics. In “Human,” Perri manages to convey heartbreak and tribulation effortlessly by using nothing other than the syrupy tone in her voice. Perhaps, then, all criticism toward Head or Heart stems from the expectations set by Perri’s debut, Lovestrong. By combining sweet, sugary pop with the dark undertones, she innovatively brought her own sound to pop music at the time. Tracks such as “Mine” and “Tragedy” added a certain depth to pop that had been long absent from the charts. The infamous “Jar of Hearts” shaped Perri as someone who had a clear sense of her purpose and identity in the industry. But now that we already know Perri has an inherent talent unmatched by many others in her field, it’s time to see her go beyond that.
he storefront of 1249 Woodward Avenue looks like a computer’s motherboard, with wires and connections painted across its windows in bright orange. In the middle is the company’s portmanteau name, “Kidpreneur” — a place dedicated to teaching PAIGE tweens com- PFLEGER puter skills that give rise to young entrepreneurs with way loftier goals of creation than just a lemonade stand. It’s hard to imagine a generation of kids that instead of playing video games are designing their own, or instead of watching animated movies are creating them, but Kidpreneur takes tweens from ages nine to 13 and molds them into tech-savvy students who grow to love computers, architecture and engineering. The company’s creator, Thanh Tran, hopes that peaking these kids’ interest before they turn into moody teens will show them that tech and entrepreneurship can be “cool.” And its new pop-up location on Woodward Avenue helps add to that cool vibe. “The kids in the Detroit area don’t have the opportunity to have something like this,” Tran said. “Because we have a space downtown we see that there is an interest here — as a matter of fact, there’s a need here for something like this. I think we have a
lot of traction, and with more time I think we can make a positive impact.” Tran won the Woodward Ave. store front in the D:hive Pilot program, which is dedicated to bringing start-ups to Detroit. Kidpreneur’s victory means that the originally Northville-based company receives the space for free for two months. After those two months are over, Tran hopes to maintain a strong presence downtown by finding a partner who might be willing to share a space when Kidpreneur’s time with D:hive is up. According to Tran, there aren’t nearly enough kid-and familyfriendly opportunities downtown, aside from the occasional seasonal-based festivals or staple activities that the city has always had. By taking classes in the city, the kids get exposure to Detroit in a controlled environment, and parents become more comfortable with the area by exploring while their kids are in class. For Donna Miller, from Grosse Pointe, taking her kids to classes in Detroit’s Kidpreneur location was a “no-brainer.” She even encouraged her son’s friends to take classes too, and she shuttles the little motley crew back and forth for their workshops. They frequent the restaurants around Kidpreneur, like local Slices Pizza, or the new Olga’s. They visited the Winterfest downtown, the DIA and the public library. “I never envisioned myself coming downtown and taking my kids down as much as we have,” Miller said. “My opinion of the city has changed. It’s not as scary as I had
initially thought.” Tran hopes that by bringing families to Detroit and showing them how positive of an experience coming to the area can be, Kidpreneur can act as a catalyst for a ripple effect. More kids in the area could help bring other kid-friendly businesses to the city, which could help boost the economy and develop an entirely kidfriendly community. As for those children in Detroit and elsewhere, Tran strives to make his classes available for students of all socio-economic backgrounds. Kidpreneur hopes to bring entrepreneurship everywhere in order to help children realize their potential.
Kids realizing their potential. There are plenty of parents who start their kids off in little league sports, much fewer who bring their children to downtown Detroit, and even fewer still that bring their kids to Detroit to learn entrepreneurial skills at a young age. For all we know, though, the next little Steve Jobs could be plunking away feverishly at a computer inside of 1249 Woodward Avenue, and Detroit’s Kidpreneur will be where he or she will have taken off. Pfleger is keeping her ear to the streets. To help out, e-mail pspfleg@umich.edu
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Why so serious?
DeMarco’s mature ‘Salad Days’ By JOHN LYNCH Managing Arts Editor
Though I normally hate making any kind of generational generalization, I’ve decided that there’s enough convincing evidence B+ to support the proposition that Salad Days growing up in the ’60s, ’70s or Mac DeMarco any pre-inter- Captured Tracks net decade was roughly 350 percent more chill than a modern-day adolescent existence. So while I sit here gripped by a multi-faceted, incessant anxiety that undeniably stems in part from the thinly stretched branches of my cyber soul, my 51-year-old father chooses to spend his time deliberating on how rock ‘n’ roll used to mean something, damnit, while reminiscing about his youth in an era of hazy freedom and analog simplicity. All grandiosities aside, I do believe (and stubbornly argue with my dad) that compelling rock music still exists today in one form or another. Therefore, at a time when most modern creative efforts seem to speak mostly in self-righteous pleas for recognition, the work of someone like Canadian singer/songwriter Mac DeMarco really feels like a refreshing, pleasant detachment from the cultural plague that is LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME-ness. Continuing the shimmering guitar frenzy that was his 2012 album, 2, DeMarco’s latest LP, Salad Days, finds the 23-year-old
artist falling back on his established, carefree ways while also striving for a more mature, patient approach to songwriting and greater instrumental variety. So what is a Salad Day exactly? DeMarco would like you to consider it — following the narrative of the album’s title track (“Oh mama, actin’ like my life’s already over / Oh dear, act your age and try another year”) — as that crucial moment in which a young person recognizes that his or her life is beginning to pass too quickly and either self-corrects to avoid despair or stays steadfastly stuck in the swift throes of melancholy. As a whole, though, Salad Days leans more toward gloom than optimism. Even tracks like the seemingly amiable “Blue Boy” are conducted with a certain sarcastic slant. In many ways, DeMarco and his goofy, Viceroy-smoking, crossdressing public persona provide an apparent heir to the vocal styling and cynical, eccentric rock presence of the late Lou Reed. Strip away DeMarco’s real-life madness and assess his studio presence and lyricism alone, however, and one finds that he’s not nearly as controversial as he is glaringly Canadian — morally agreeable, notably concerned with the well-being of his loved ones, shockingly twee in his delivery. No track on Salad Days holds the infectious funk of 2’s “Freaking Out the Neighborhood” or “The Stars Keep On Calling My Name,” but DeMarco does manage to incorporate new sounds on the record to an intriguing effect. Simple, sweet synth patterns add a
new wrinkle to tracks such as lead single “Passing Out Pieces” and standout “Chamber of Reflection” — a hypnotic track that recalls the captivating electronica of Deerhunter’s 2010 classic, Halcyon Digest. Per usual, most songs on DeMarco’s Salad Days end briskly around the three minute mark, and the record flows quickly and succinctly as a traditional pop album, for the most part. “Brother,” another exceptional track, takes the gleaming guitar chords of 2 and slows things down to a sultry groove. All pacing falls through two tracks later, though, with the dreadfully boring “Let My Baby Stay,” in which DeMarco floats cutesy lyrics alongside an unbearably repetitious acoustic guitar without ever reaching any semblance of crescendo or memorable chorus. On the surface, Salad Days is a very straightforward record — simple, direct, efficiently accessible. In an era where any important work of art has essentially the same quantifiable, societal importance as a picture of some hot chick baring cleavage on Instagram, it makes sense that artists are starting to make their work more minimalist and pop-like in nature, perhaps recognizing and accepting the inevitable ephemerality of their work. Mac DeMarco might be too much of a goofball spaz to sit down and put together a complex, artistic masterpiece, but who really needs Art when you can learn to take it sloooowly brotha and chill out as life’s troubles simply drift on by.
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‘Broad City’ ends with a bold finale Season one shows Abbi and Ilana are just getting started By ERIKA HARWOOD Senior Arts Editor
At this point, it’s almost forgivable for TV shows to have a rocky first season. In my review of “Broad City” ’s first epi- A sode, I cited the first season Broad City (and a half ) of “Parks and Season Finale Recreation” Comedy Central as an example of a show that needed some time to turn into one of the greatest shows currently on television. Also in that review, I noted the strength of “Broad City” ’s own pilot — fearless women holding nothing back for the sake of comedy. It was the strongest premiere episode in recent recollection and surprisingly (I say surpris-
ingly because I have no idea how anyone is capable of this in any genre on TV), “Broad City” sustained that aggressive, spoton comedic genius for its entire first season. In “The Last Supper,” Abbi and Ilana head to an upscale restaurant for Abbi’s 26th birthday — thanks to her dad, who’s footing the bill. To the blatant disapproval of the host, Abbi rocks the same teal bodycon dress she wore earlier in the season while Ilana sports a glittering gold crop top and matching mini skirt. While they made it clear early on that the night will not go well, it’s completely impossible to predict the outlandish and incredible turns it’ll take. As Ilana knowingly feeds her shellfish allergy, Abbi takes the world’s most memorable bathroom trip. As things spiral further out of control, we’re graced with frequent interludes of their seemingly poised waiter going to the kitchen to have screaming fights with his chef girlfriend, played by Amy Poehler
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(“Parks and Recreation”) who also directed the episode. Jacobson and Glazer have somehow managed to craft something that many series are unable to manage during their entire tenure: a comedy that’s raunchy, witty, relatable and every so often, heartfelt. Their performances show off their talents as UCB-raised sketch performers while also shining a light on their fantastic writing. Normally I’d worry about a show starting off so well, questioning its ability to grow or even maintain what it’s established. But I have no worries about “Broad City” — whether it be my faith in the broads behind it or my own fervent anticipation for season two — Jacobson and Ilana have proven that they have what it takes to create a brilliant show in just ten episodes. Regardless of what “Broad City” does in its subsequent seasons, the bold confidence in season one shows that Abbi and Ilana are just getting started.
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‘Walking Dead’ shifts to growth over gore By CHLOE GILKE Daily Arts Writer
After a tumultuous season that saw the departure of fan favorites and universallyhated villains alike A(RIP Hershel and The The Walking Governor), “The Walking Dead Dead” capped Season Finale off with a AMC refreshing surprise. Four seasons in, “The Walking Dead” proves that it’s never too late to reinvent the game. Though the first half of the season was a bit repetitive, featuring Rick and the prison gang chasing The Governor around the woods, the last eight episodes have been more of a character study. Episodes followed characters who rarely had the opportunity to be fully f leshed out before and new pairings explored dynamics between conf licting personalities. Sure, there were just as many gory zombie kills, but this season of “The Walking Dead” proved that the show has matured beyond shock tactics and grisly deaths to sustain its ratings. It’s not a show about the zombies, but the humans who are just as capable of being monstrous. The finale, wonderfully directed by “Breaking Bad” veteran Michelle MacLaren, was an almost perfect execution of the new precedent the show set this season. Focusing mostly on four characters (Rick, Carl, Michonne and Daryl), the episode explored the consequences of living in horror. Rick (Andrew Lincoln, “Strike Back”), who had spent the season trying to live as a peaceful farmer, faced his most difficult decision yet when Carl and
Michonne were in danger of being assaulted and killed by a group of monsters even sicker than the “walkers.” He had tried to stray away from his leadership responsibilities and lead a simpler life, but when it comes down to it, Rick is, at heart, the epitome of a sheriff and father. He can’t avoid his duty to look after his own. No matter how much he eschews violence, sometimes there’s no other option than to bite into a man’s neck when his friend’s got a g un to your son’s head. Rick has finally accepted responsibility for his actions in the zombie apocalypse, and his new badass attitude is sure to be a highlight of season five. Besides Rick showing streng th of character (which is pretty unprecedented, actually), “The Walking Dead” threw viewers another surprise when not a single important character died in a f inale episode. Yes, the same show that killed off two little girls just a few weeks ago spent an entire episode without spilling a drop of blood. Again, this is a hopeful direction for the show’s next season. Too often, “The Walking Dead” relies on shock and gruesome violence to drive its sluggish plot. But by f leshing out its supporting characters and taking advantage of a fresh new setting, the action has picked up the pace and no longer relies on g unshots to keep a viewer’s attention. But that’s not to say that the danger and exigency have to be sacrificed with the absence of death. The scene in which Carl (Chandler Riggs, “Get Low”) and Michonne (Danai Gurira, “The Visitor”) are imperiled is particularly poignant. In the zombie apocalypse, it’s easy to create a new identity and be the badass you always wanted to be in
the real world (see: The Governor). But some vulnerabilities are inevitable. Michonne may wield a deadly katana, but she is still the target of male sexual violence. Carl is handy with a g un and tough as nails, but he’s still just a kid who can’t overpower a punch stronger than his own. Rather than pitting these characters, made even more interesting this season by heartbreaking backstories, against brainless zombies and dull villains, the show’s new quietude allows them to face their own demons.
Even as the action died down, ratings multiplied. “The Walking Dead” is still far from perfect. Its female characters are dying faster than you can say “Andrea, pick up those pliers!” and some lines of dialog ue are laughable (see: “they’re screwing with the wrong people”). But this season saw vast strides of improvement. The fact that a series with such ridiculously high ratings can hold on to its viewership even through entire episodes without Daryl Dixon or a cool zombie kill is unprecedented. Even as the action died down for character study, viewers and ratings still multiplied every week. Like it or not, “The Walking Dead” is a television juggernaut and will likely be around for a while. But at least it has proven that it’s capable of introspection and quiet moments — and, of course, can still stage a good bloodbath.
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Michigan’s freshman star By CINDY YU Daily Sports Writer
Making the lineup as a freshman is impressive, especially when upperclassmen compose the majority of the team. Even more impressive is a gymnast who competes in the all-around after graduating high school in just three years. What’s extraordinary is if that athlete wins Big Ten Freshman of the Year. Becoming the first Wolverine since 2006 to earn the honor, Nicole Artz has consistently proven to be a key asset to the No. 7 Michigan women’s gymnastics team. “I was going to be very shocked if she didn’t win that award, because week in and week out, she has been absolutely rock solid,” said Michigan coach Bev Plocki. Artz hadn’t even expected herself to be in the lineup this season, let alone gain recognition from the conference. The team was loaded with juniors and seniors, and coaches made no promises that she’d compete right away. “It’s not something that I would have thought was possible at the beginning of the year,” Artz said. The Holland, Mich. native has competed in at least two events in every meet this season. A four-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week, Artz was also named to the All-Big Ten First Team. She holds a career-high score of 9.900 on the uneven bars and balance beam and has scored 9.900 or higher seven times on her favorite event, the floor exercise. From her teammates to the senior leadership and coaching staff, Artz has had a seamless transition to the realm of college gymnastics. The heightened
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‘M’ takes second at Hoya Invitational By NATHANIEL CLARK Daily Sports Writer
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Freshman Nicole Artz has exceeded even her own expectations this season, winning Big Ten Freshman of the Year.
team atmosphere has helped her the most in her adjustment. “In club gymnastics ... it’s much more individual-based,” Artz said. “Here, no matter what happens, your team is always going to be there for you.” But despite her success, she wasn’t always perfect. At the tri-meet against UCLA and Utah on March 7, Artz fell for the first time all season on beam in the leadoff position. The five gymnasts who followed each hit their routines, dropping her score from the team total and resulting in an event season-high and a win over two top-10 teams. “I had tears in my eyes because I was so happy,” Artz said. “It’s just the feeling that you wouldn’t expect or get in club gymnastics — knowing that they always have your back.” In a quad meet the following week, her training ability was limited because of the flu. However, her mental toughness guided her to not only overcome her beam fluke the previous
week, but also obtain a seasonbest score of 9.900 on the event. Since coming to Michigan, Artz has upgraded her floor routine, adding a piked full-in tumbling pass, which consists of two back flips in the air with a full-twist completed in the first. On bars, she completes an entirely different routine, including her first-ever major release, a piked Tkatchev. “From a coaching standpoint, she has absorbed everything that we’ve changed, whether it be new techniques or drills,” Plocki said. “She has just embraced everything we’ve given her and has grown so much in her confidence and her difficulty.” Artz committed to Michigan the summer after her sophomore year but had her eyes set on the program long before that. After visiting the Donald R. Shepherd Training Center with the Region 5 Hi-Tech Gymnastics Training Camp in eighth grade, she was hooked.
“The facility doesn’t get much better than this,” Artz said. The gymnast came to Michigan in style, boosting a club career that included winning the 2012 Junior Olympic National Championships floor title and traveling to Rio de Janeiro as part of the Region 5 All-Star Team in 2011. That experience has helped her all year. While she is the youngest member of the squad, Artz looks more like a seasoned veteran than a freshman on the competition floor. “You would never know she graduated school a year early unless she told you,” said fifthyear senior Natalie Beilstein. “She is very mature for her age and always willing to help out in any way she can. ” Artz is the type of gymnast every coach loves — consistent and reliable. What you see at meets is an exact replica of what you see in practice. And the best part? She has three years left.
The cherry blossoms weren’t the only thing blooming in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. Michigan finished second at the Hoya Invitational at Georgetown with a total score of 611, just four behind first-place Pennsylvania. No Wolverine finished lower than 20th out of 86 golfers. The match was shortened from 54 to 36 holes due to inclement weather Monday and Sunday’s practice round was also scrapped. “It was another solid tournament,” said Michigan coach Jan Dowling. “We overcame the bad weather in the first round and played even better in the second round. I was really proud of the way we finished.” Michigan’s best finish came from junior Lauren Grogan. She finished in a tie for second with a score of 150, just four strokes behind Pennsylvania’s Amanda Chin. Grogan’s performance included five birdies. “Lauren played really well under pressure,” Dowling said. “That was something really great to see.” Freshman Grace Choi also put up another impressive performance. Fresh off her second-place finish at the Clover Cup Invitational, she shot a 73 in the second round to place fourth with a total score of 151. Choi had four birdies in the match. “Although (Choi’s) shot handling wasn’t quite what she wanted it to be, she felt great about her second round,” Dowling said. “Her finish was really strong.” Senior Yugene Lee made a huge jump with her
performance. Following her 64th-place showing at the Clover Cup, she tied for 10th with 155, which included a 75 in the second round. It was her highest finish since the 2012 Big Ten Championships, where she placed second. Fellow senior Alyssa Shimel bounced back from finishing 58th at the Clover Cup and placed into a tie for 20th place with 158. Her performance included three birdies and one eagle. Sophomore Catherine Peters rounded out Michigan’s scoring, tying with Shimel for 20th, including four birdies. “Catherine is a great athlete,” Dowling said. “She had a great performance and finished much better than at the Clover Cup.” The Wolverines’ second-place finish was their best showing of the season and their best since winning the Rio Verde Intercollegiate Invitational in March 2010. Michigan also finished fourth at the Clover Cup Invitational two weeks ago. Dowling attributed the success to the team buying into what the coaching staff is selling, and establishing a good routine, which has increased confidence. With the Wolverines’ recent improvement, it’s tempting to look ahead to the Big Ten Championships, but Dowling is making sure to keep Michigan focused on next week’s Marsh Landing Invitational in Jacksonville, Fla. “You have to take it one day at a time,” Dowling said. “We’re going to continue to make adjustments and fine tune our game so that we can continue getting better. It will also be nice to be able to finally practice outside.”
Pitchers bear in-game rest By JAKE LOURIM Daily Sports Writer
Sara Driesenga struck out Penn State right fielder Macy Jones before walking back to the dugout. There she waited. And waited. The junior NOTEBOOK right-hander had done her job, holding down the Michigan softball team’s 5-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Then, she watched as it swelled from 5-0 to 6-0, then 7-0 and before long, 10-0. A walk, a single, a single, a pitching change. A single, a strikeout, an error, a stolen base. Through all of it, Driesenga sat in the cold. “I worry about that, so we’ll tell them to go run and warm up,” Hutchins said. “I’ve had pitchers go throw during innings when they’re long.”
Driesenga, who hails from Hudsonville, Mich., isn’t new to playing in the cold. She isn’t even new to big innings. But the 22-0 win was the Wolverines’ largest Big Ten victory ever and their largest overall since a 25-0 rout of Morehead State in 1996. The junior spent more than 15 minutes in the dugout in some innings. It helped that she was in the lineup, so the down time was broken up by an occasional at-bat. She paced the offense with a grand slam in the first inning. Junior left-hander Haylie Wagner started the other two games of the weekend, but long innings were less of a problem in her starts, in which Michigan scored six and 12 runs. In her first at-bat Saturday, Wagner reached on an error and was replaced by a special pinchrunner. In her second at-bat, she doubled and had to run in order
“You’ve got to keep yourself warm.”
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Junior pitcher Sara Driesenga has rebounded after a poor start to the season.
to avoid being taken out. “That’s the way the game falls, so you’ve just got to make the best of it,” Hutchins said. “Part of the deal of playing at a Big Ten school is you’ve got to keep yourself warm between innings.” DRIESENGA GETTING BACK ON TRACK: Less than a year removed from three College World Series appearances, Driesenga struggled at the beginning of the season, starting 0-3 with a 3.44 earned-run average through March 8. Since then, she has pitched 13.2 innings while giving up only one run, including a five-inning shutout against Penn State. Driesenga and Hutchins said earlier in the season that her main problem was a lack of confidence. In the past few weeks, Driesenga has regained some of that confidence by getting into a rhythm in practice. “Just making sure the ball’s moving, staying sharp in those aspects,” Driesenga said. “Every pitch in the bullpen does count, just like it does in the game.” Hutchins agreed that the junior has recaptured some of the bite that earned her three shutouts last postseason, including two in the regional round. “She’s starting to throw with a little better confidence,” Hutchins said. “She’s working ahead in the count. Her drop ball is really biting. And honestly, she’s swinging a heck of a bat. That’s just a sign of confidence.” MIDWEEK MERCY: Michigan announced Tuesday that it will play Detroit in a nonconference game Wednesday. The Titans (2-18) should be a midweek tune-up for this weekend’s home series against Ohio State. Detroit comes into Ann Arbor on a 13-game losing streak, with just two of those coming against ranked teams. The Wolverines haven’t played Detroit since 2001 and haven’t lost to the Titans since 1984. They lead the all-time series, 22-3, have shut out Detroit nine times and have scored in double digits on five occasions.
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Logan McAnallen has struggled to a 1-3 record so far this season, but coach Erik Bakich still believes in his potential.
Baseball welcomes CMU By JASON RUBINSTEIN Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan baseball team is riding a new wave of momentum it hasn’t seen all season. CMU at The Wolverines Michigan have won four Matchup: of their last CMU 16-10; five games and Michigan have a chance 12-15-1 to extend When: their winning Wednesday streak to three 6 P.M. when Central Where: Ray Michigan visits Fisher Stadium the brand-new turf at Ray Fisher Stadium on Wednesday. Since beating Indiana nearly two weeks ago, the Wolverines have been a completely different team. Michigan has increased its quality at-bat percentage, has been aggressive on the base path, boasts a nearperfect fielding percentage, and its starting pitchers combined for a 1.08 earned-run average last weekend. “I’m pleased with the way we’ve played defense in the past week,” said Michigan coach Erik Bakich. “I’d say we’re good defensively and have shown flashes of being great, but we’re not elite yet.” Perhaps the biggest plus for
Michigan, though, is its ability to defend the basepaths. The Wolverines limited Iowa — which led the conference in stolen bases prior to the weekend series — to only one steal. Senior catcher Cole Martin has played a principal role in that. He has thrown out six runners in 13 attempts — a respectable 45-percentage average. Martin boasts one of the team’s strongest arms and throws with near-perfect accuracy. Prior to the season, Martin was named to the Johnny Bench Award Watch List, which is given to the nation’s best catcher, and he’s justifying the selection. “We’re a good base-stealing team, so our defense and pitching is good at practicing against a good base stealing team,” Bakich said. Left-hander Logan McAnallen will make his fourth start for the Wolverines on Wednesday. The fifth-year senior boasts a meager 1-3 record to date, and has had an off year. But Bakich knows McAnallen can be as good as anyone when he pitches at the top of his form. “(McAnallen’s) a guy that relies on his ability to pound the strike zone and when he throws his fastball in, he’s very successful,” Bakich said. “He’s one of our toughest guys. “He’s the man’s man: He likes
to hunt, fish and work on muscle cars, and when he pitches like a guy who likes to hunt, fish and work on muscle cars, then he’s always very successful.” The Chippewas have yet to name their starting pitcher. But the news hasn’t been all positive. Michigan found out it would be without freshman third baseman Ramsey Romano for eight weeks. While attempting to tag a runner out on Friday, Romano was slid into by an Iowa runner. An MRI on Monday showed he’d broken two bones in his left hand. It’s unclear whether Romano will be cleared to return for this season, or if he can obtain a medical redshirt. Freshman infielder Trey Miller will replace Romano at third base. Miller has proven to be successful both offensively and defensively in the two games he has started. Miller got his first career hit on Saturday, and it was a big one. He lined a two-run single that ended up making the difference. Central Michigan has a few strong hitters of its own, headlined by Logan Regnier, who is batting .365. “Every game is very important, and we have to treat it that way,” said junior left fielder Kyle Jusick. “There’s really no difference.”
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Season in review: 2013-14 ‘M’ hockey Position-byposition grades By JEREMY SUMMITT and ERIN LENNON Daily Sports Editor and Daily Sports Writer
In a season with high highs and even lower lows, a second straight Michigan hockey season without an NCAA Tournament appearance is tough to swallow. Despite a talent-filled roster, one unit’s weakness emerged often enough to overshadow another’s hot streak, and ultimately, the Wolverines became the first team out on Selection Sunday. With hindsight at 20/20, the Daily grades Michigan’s season. Forwards: The team lacked a dominant scoring threat all season, which eventually cost it a berth in the NCAA Tournament. Say what you want about forwards freshman JT Compher, sophomore Andrew Copp and junior Alex Guptill, but they came up short in separating themselves as elite scoring options when Michigan needed one most. That’s not to say the trio isn’t loaded with talent, but the Wolverines never had that go-to guy up top in late-game situations. Despite averaging 3.06 goals per game, the offensive unit could never string together more than a few impressive performances in a row. The Wolverines scored seven goals in three separate games throughout the year, and an abundance of potential was present from the beginning of the season. But when the offense went cold, finding the net was like trying to dig through ice with a toothpick. Grade: BDefense: At one point in the season — the point at which the Wolverines had only one loss to blemish a record that included wins over Boston College and
Boston University — the fledgling defense was asked to produce more on offense. At one point in the season, freshmen Nolan De Jong, Michael Downing and Kevin Lohan filled the voids left by former Michigan defensemen Jacob Trouba and Jon Merrill, and they did it admirably. Guided by seniors Mac Bennett and Kevin Clare, the unit made an offense that netted fewer than three goals a game look good. But by the end, Michigan’s top four defensemen — Bennett, Clare, Downing and junior Sinelli — combined for just 44 points. Bennett finished with 14 points, the captain’s lowest total since his freshman year. This inexperienced unit was predicted to be the weak point for a program that emphasized defense en route to 22 straight NCAA Tournament appearances. But no one could have predicted defensive blunders from veteran players. No one could have foreseen three turnovers-turned-goals that turned a 3-1 lead into a 4-3 loss to the Nittany Lions, just as no one could have predicted a Bennett gaffe three weeks later against the same, lowly opponent. Grade: CSpecial Teams: One of the most evident strengths of Michigan’s season was its special teams play. The power-play unit ranked 22nd in the nation with a 19.55-percent success rate. Tied for second in the Big Ten with eight power-play goals, senior forward Luke Moffatt played a pivotal role all season on the man advantage. Meanwhile, the penalty kill didn’t fare quite as well statistically with an 81.7-percent success rate, ranking 33rd in the nation. However, the Wolverines did accumulate four shorthanded goals. Three came from Compher — good for the best mark in the Big Ten. At one point in the season,
Michigan surrendered just two power-play goals despite taking 21 penalties in a six-game span. While the impressive performance on the defensive end didn’t translate into positive results — the Wolverines went 2-3-0-1 in those games — Michigan coach Red Berenson had been preaching consistent penalty killing. Perhaps that was the lone consistent effort his squad displayed for much of the year, but it was certainly something to hold in high regard. Grade: B+ Goaltending: Sixty-three times in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament against Penn State, freshman goaltender Zach Nagelvoort gave his team another chance to salvage its season. One more save and a goal from his teammates, and the Wolverines may very well be practicing at Yost Ice Arena this week. Instead, Nagelvoort was screened midway through the second overtime frame, and his school record-breaking effort became the last of his freshman campaign. Without strength at the position, some of the Wolverines’ nine one-goal wins are losses. Though the last two years of Michigan hockey ended without an NCAA Tournament appearance, perhaps the most striking difference between the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons was goaltending. Last season, from a horse race of disappointing candidates, then-freshman Steve Racine emerged as a leader, taking the Wolverines to a CCHA final and earning himself the starting job come September. But when the sophomore suffered a groin injury, it seemed consistency would be a luxury Michigan couldn’t afford for a second straight season. In the sophomore’s place, Nagelvoort, a late commit out of the NAHL, provided coaches with an almost-happy problem — two reliable starting goaltenders.
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Michigan hockey coach Red Berenson‘s teams have now failed to reach the NCAA Tournament in consecutive seasons.
For much of December and January, Berenson made his decisions on a nightly basis, giving the nod to the goalie who performed best most recently, and forcing the two to compete during the week. After seven consecutive starts, when it seemed like Nagelvoort would be first on the depth chart each night, a slip-up against Penn State in February forced him onto the bench against No. 1 Minnesota. Ultimately, Nagelvoort — who finished the season with a .929 save percentage, allowing just 2.20 goals per game — established himself as an elite netminder along the way and, after weeks of uncertainty, received the starting role when it mattered most. But like this season, consistency in net came just a little too late. Grade: A-
Canteen shining, Hagerup returns By ALEXA DETTELBACH Daily Sports Writer
It may only be a few weeks into spring football practice, but the early-enrollees are already making waves. Defensive NOTEBOOK tackle Bryan Mone and offensive tackle Mason Cole have been the talk of the upperclassmen, but leading the pack in recent practices is wide receiver Freddy Canteen, who has emerged as a viable option in Michigan’s passing game. With a thin receiving corps, Canteen’s hands and polished route running are a welcome surprise for the Wolverines. Canteen expects to make plays in the fall and calls himself the fastest player on the team. “I believe he’s the second fastest, to me,” joked freshman safety Brandon Watson. “But he’s a good player, good route runner.” Watson and Canteen have been teammates since the summer after seventh grade, and the two decided to continue the tradition when they both committed to Michigan on the same day. But it doesn’t end there — the two friends are also roommates and have been going up against each other almost every day in practice.
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Michigan coach Brady Hoke met with kicker Will Hagerup regularly to help mentor him following last year’s suspension.
responsibilities, but now the two are battling it out for the starting position. Wile will also take the reigns as the starting place kicker. “There’s always been good competition between us,” Hagerup said. “I think it’s fun to have (multiple) guys at the position. He did a really good job last year, and it will be a really good competition.” During his year off, Hagerup had weekly meetings with Michigan coach Brady Hoke, Athletic Director Dave Brandon, Director of Athletic Counseling Greg Harden and a personal counselor. “They gave me multiple
“The people who I let down most were beginning to believe in me again.”
HAGERUP BACK IN ACTION: After being suspended for all of last season due to a violation of team policies, fifth-year senior punter Will Hagerup is back on the practice field. Hagerup was the Big Ten Punter of the Year in 2012, but he hasn’t seen game action since the 2013 Outback Bowl — and a lot has happened in the last year and a half. Last season, then-junior Matt Wile took over the punting
hours per week … and seeing them weekly is something I’ll never be able to thank them for,” Hagerup said. “This was important because it showed that the people who I let down most were beginning to believe in me again. … Being reinstated was representative of that trust being built.” Hoke officially notified Hagerup that he would be reinstated for the 2014 season last May, but the punter had an entire summer to fill with football not an option. The Milwaukee native spent five weeks working in a steel factory, an experience he called one of the most grueling of his life. HAMMY ISSUES: A pair of early enrollees, wide receiver Drake Harris and linebacker Michael Ferns, have both struggled with hamstring injuries this spring. Harris is no stranger to the
injury, having sat out his senior season with hamstring issues. After a fast start to practice, the freshman now finds himself sidelined the rest of the spring. “The injury is in a different place (from high school),” Harris said. “The way I felt this time was a lot different than from high school, so it’s nothing too major.” On the other hand, Ferns has been able to play through his injury, has practiced the last two weeks and plans to play Saturday in the spring game. Ferns has seen time at the weak-side position in practice, and though the linebacker corps is arguably the team’s deepest position, he still has a possibility to see the field regularly in the fall.
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The Daily looks back on the best and worst of the 2013-14 campaign By ALEJANDRO ZÚÑIGA Daily Sports Editor
It was all going so well, wasn’t it? The Michigan hockey team was 10-2-2 and had climbed as high as No. 2 in the national polls. The Wolverines had stellar goaltending, luck and just enough offense to look like contenders for both Big Ten and national championships. You know the rest. On Dec. 27, Western Michigan exposed a porous defense like no other team had, adding an emphatic conclusion with the game-winning goal on a fantastic individual play by Josh Pitt with 19 seconds remaining in overtime. Thanks to more surprisingly poor play and some badly timed bye weeks, the Wolverines didn’t win a game until nearly a month later. Michigan lost to Penn State in the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament, finishing the second half of the season with a sub.500 record that had turned the Wolverines into a middling team and placed them squarely on the NCAA Tournament bubble. BEST WIN: It’s easy to point to the Wolverines’ 6-2 win over No. 1 Minnesota on the final day of the regular season as their biggest moment of the season. And, to be fair, Michigan needed that result to have any chance at an NCAA Tournament at-large bid. But the Golden Gophers had already clinched the Big Ten title and played like it, taking some of the luster off of the rout. In retrospect, the Wolverines’ biggest win was their seasonopening 3-1 triumph over Boston College. They held the Eagles’ two Hobey Baker Award finalists, Kevin Hayes and Johnny Gaudreau, to just four total shots and no goals. Sophomore forward Andrew Copp picked up a goal and two assists for Michigan, feeding senior forward Luke Moffatt with a cross-ice pass that put the team up by two early in the third period. WORST LOSS: Here are four for the price of one. * Dec. 28: In the consolation game of the Great Lakes Invitational, Michigan lays an egg against Michigan State. Sophomore goaltender Steve Racine makes 37 saves, but the offense stagnates in the 3-0 defeat. If the Wolverines find a way to win, they likely earn an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament in March. * Feb. 8: A day after embarrassing Penn State, the Nittany Lions return the favor. Freshman netminder Zach Nagelvoort sur-
renders three goals on the first nine shots he faces, and Michigan can’t find twine all night as Penn State picks up its first-ever Big Ten win, 4-0. If the Wolverines find a way to win, they likely earn an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament in March. * Feb. 21: With 4.6 seconds left in regulation, the Nittany Lions stun the Yost Ice Arena crowd with a tying goal, and they eventually finish the overtime upset, 5-4. If senior defenseman Mac Bennett clears the puck instead of making a blind pass, or Nagelvoort makes one more save, or the Wolverines put away the Big Ten’s worst team when they have the chance, they likely earn an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament in March. * March 20: Needing one win to all but assure themselves a spot in the NCAA Tournament, the Wolverines fall to Penn State again, 2-1, in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament. In the first of two overtime periods, Copp wrists a shot that rattles off the post and spins on the line but never fully crosses it. One more inch and the Wolverines likely earn an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. Instead, as Michigan’s online schedule reads, “there are no upcoming events.” BEST GAME: If any one game showcased Michigan’s maddening inconsistency, it was the March 14 meeting with Minnesota. The Wolverines took a 2-1 lead into the first intermission, pouncing on every Gopher mistake to the delight of the raucous crowd at Yost. But Michigan didn’t score the rest of the way and took five penalties in a 3-2 overtime loss. The Wolverines demonstrated their ability to go toe to toe with the nation’s best team. Minnesota was fighting to clinch first place in the Big Ten and played like it, and Michigan still delivered a blow in the first period. That scoring touch disappeared in the final 40 minutes and into overtime, but the Wolverines hung on for dear life, coming just 136 seconds from a tie that would’ve likely earned them a berth in the NCAA Tournament. BEST SINGLE-GAME PERFORMANCE: There’s no debating this one. With the season on the line, Nagelvoort set a program record with 63 saves against Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament. The freshman stood on his head, and Michigan needed the performance, as it recovered from an apathetic first two periods to force overtime. Nagelvoort did everything his team could’ve expected from him and more, but he didn’t get much help. In 92:47, the Wolverines only scored once, and the freshman netminder didn’t see the shot that buried itself in the twine behind him and ended Michigan’s season.
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Five birth control options for the future
As the number of birth control options multiply, choosing among options becomes the real challenge, and weighing out the pros and cons of various methods becomes an overwhelming task. But in reality, we haven’t even seen the half of it.
Men’s Club
For years, scientists have been researching possible hormonal contraceptive options for men, but have hit a roadblock. However, in India, researchers have found that a non-hormonal contraception injection called RISUG might just do the trick.
Emergency Gel
While emergency contraceptives — such as Plan B — are minimally recommended by physicians as a form of regular birth control, the efficacy of emergency contraception might just increase once the gel is put out in the market.
Downsize those IUDs
According to the ACOG, reversible contraception methods, such as intrauterine devices, are the most effective kind of reversible birth control in the market. Downsizing those IUDs to be smaller and more comfortable might be the way to do that.
A once a year thing
The biggest danger with prescription contraception is that many times, it requires you to periodically remember to replace or retake the birth control. Contraception which you only have to replace once a year — such as a pill or a vaginal ring — could be the solution.
my first time: lollapalooza , an intimate affair by mariam sheikh This morning I ran out of my apartment with a piece of toast in my hand, force-feeding it to myself as I made my way to the MLB. Today I went to my exam unprepared and I went to my other classes looking disheveled. But why? No, I wasn’t at Skeeps all night. Instead, I woke up early with one mission in mind: to get Lollapalooza passes. I sat in my bedroom constantly refreshing the eight tabs I had opened, only to see the same screen reading “Tickets on sale March 25.” Frustrated, exhausted and confused. This carried on for about an hour before I finally made it to the standby page. Success? Not so fast. “Due to extreme demand, Lollapalooza 2013 Early Bird passes are SOLD OUT! Regular 3-Day passes are now available for purchase. In the meantime, please
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I have gone to my fair share of concerts — Coldplay, Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift when she was cool, Lana Del Rey, etc — yet none of those experiences even come close to when I went to Lolla last August. For those who may not be familiar with Lollapalooza, it is a threeILLUSTRATIONS BY MEGAN MULHOLLAND day music festival that takes place in Chicago’s Grant Park. al instance of mooning or two — While the festival has grown the drive takes no time at all. and expanded to include perAs we made our way into the formances in other countries as Windy City, the excitement well, Chicago remains the main began to sink in. Our hotel was and most talked about venue. right across from Grant Park, One’s journey to Lollapalooza and the Lollapalooza sign was begins long before the actual illuminated across the way. concert. In fact, if you are anyA three-day music festival is thing like my friends and me — basically a herd of drugged-up outrageously dedicated — then minors getting hammered withyou spent a significant amount of out parental supervision — Party time planning. X but with better music and The nitty-gritty aspects of expensive food. And yes, this is planning were the most annoy- what most people do at Lolla, but ing part. “Which hotel should for the more “tamed” individuwe stay at?” “Most hotels require als who prefer to remember the you to be 21 to check-in.” “What entirety of their experiences, about staying in a hostel, it’s Lolla is a thrill. Walking in and cheaper?” “Are there hostels in being frisked for alcohol, jumpChicago?” It seemed like the ing from stage to stage charging constant bargaining would never on through the mosh pit to see end. the bands you love and realizing The car situation is another your love for new artists that you debacle altogether. But the car had never heard of before ... The ride was more than enough to festival is essentially a three-day make up for it. Stopping at every retreat from reality. Panera you could find, trying to get semi-trucks to honk at you, READ THE FULL VERSION AT MICHIGANDAILY.COM sleeping selfies and an occasion-
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Potterheads, rejoice. J.K. Rowlings is back with her wizard adventures, and her new trilogy might just be good enough to replace Netflix.
Get ready to pull those shorts as it hits above 50 degrees this week. Then again, it’s Michigan, so we can’t be too sure ...
“How I Met Your Mother” may have hit a steep decline over the years, but we never thought that the last episode would come.
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– Basketball Center JORDAN MORGAN, coming off of the court after beating the Tennessee Volunteers, who were projected to win.
“No member of the FORUM political party has participated in the technical development of the SafeRide application at any stage of this process. Mr. Greenfield claims to have participated in this development process, but his assertion is simply untrue.”
– Engineering Senior SUMMIT SHRESTHA to the UEC in a March 25 letter used in last week’s CSG lawsuit.
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“It is embarrassing to even have to address this. None of these claims are true whatsoever. I jokingly posted the photo on Facebook before any talk of a divestment resolution started.”
“I’m majoring in Political Science, Spanish and American Culture and I hope to go to law school ... The type of law that I want to do is minority or disability law — employment discrimination, that type of thing, so be the voice for those who can’t speak for themselves. I would ultimately like to write policy because I think there needs to be written change in order for there to be actual change that occurs.”
– LSA senior YAZAN KHERALLAH, on the The Washington Free Beacon’s article assuing her of posting threatening photos during the SAFE sit-in last week.
– NICOLE JOSEPH, LSA junior, at the Holi Color Tag Festival on Sunday
Sadly, Michigan won’t be moving on this year, having fallen short of winning against the eighth-seeded Kentucky Wildcats, with a last-second shot by Freshman guard Aaron Harrison over Caris LeVert.
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“How I Met Your Mother” came to an end this past week after nine years. The surprise ending angry fans took Twitter and Facebook to give the writers a piece of their minds.
Did you see everyone lined up outside of the Union and the Intramural Building? They were there to get tickets for the president, who is on campus today to talk about raising the federal minimum wage. TERESA MATHEW/ Daily
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e can see, currently, several hundred visitors a year — something like 300 or more, and me only being here 18 months, I personally think we’re a well-kept secret,” responded Iris Proctor when asked about Arbor Vitae, a pregnancy counseling center, and its relatively low level of notoriety. Arbor Vitae is tucked away — almost hidden — in plain sight, down a flight of stairs in the basement of the building shared by the Starbucks on East Liberty. The center has been in its current location since 2008, starting off as the Problem Pregnancy Help, Inc. — PPH — in 1972 and working out of Ann Arbor’s Father Pat Jackson House, a still-active Catholic social-services establishment that supports pregnant teens. The assistance that Arbor Vitae offers doesn’t include contraception or a morning-after pill. Instead, the center acts as an outlet to those seeking advice, and advocates taking a pregnancy to term before deciding to move forward with other options, like an abortion. At the outset, PPH doesn’t profess to offer any medical assistance, opting only for counseling sessions and free material goods. “We were started by a mom (Patricia Kay) with five kids who had never worked outside her home,” said Proctor, Arbor Vitae’s executive director. “She wanted to be able to support women who she knew were going to be making a difficult choice, and she wanted to help women who were going to choose to parent knowing that they may be on their own.” Gradually, PPH expanded into a newer location on Packard Road and became known as the Pregnancy Help Center. On Packard, the organization began to see a gradual increase in visitors until, finally, its board of directors decided to move to its current location, closer to the University’s campus, in order to respond to the need for crisis pregnancy intervention. In the new space, the center adopted its current name. “We started out primarily giving out free material goods, and before we moved here, we realized women needed medical information to make that decision,” Proctor said, referring to the decision to terminate a pregnancy. “So we became a medical-based women’s health organization, hence having medical professionals on staff and offering ultrasound for all the hours that we’re open.” However, many groups who advocate for the access to abortion believe these ultrasound services exist to convince women not to terminate their pregnancies. Proctor went on to clarify that Arbor Vitae exists to empower women. “We simply think having more information before you make such a significant choice is really important,” she said. “Being in a safe environment with qualified counselors and being able to come to your own, mindful decision is empowerment.” The staff of nurses at the center are trained to use the sonogram, and must have received medical training in order to be hired as volunteers. However, the center is not allowed to refer its patients for an abortion. “We really do believe, as an organization, one of the healthiest things you can do for a woman who has a positive pregnancy test, is she can carry a child to term,” Proctor said. She added that clinics that provide abortions have “excel-
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When 2000 1950 asked 2010 1970 1950 1850 1840 1910 1920 whether or not the Federal government Public Act 59 in Michigan center requires states to strikes down Medicaid The American The Birth Control The director of Michigan’s ‘Rape pay for abortions of also offers funding of abortion with Medical Federation of Planned Parenthood Insurance’ Abortion Medicaid recipients advice that the only exception being if Association moves America becomes states that abortion Rider Law goes into if the pregnancy the mother’s life is in to end any form of the nation’s first is no longer as effect, requiring advocates involved is of rape danger. The law has no legal abortion, Planned Parenthood. unhealthy as it was women to buy abortion or incest. “rape or incest” exception, stating first Contrary to popular once considered, additional or takes a but is still upheld with a trimester abortions belief, the first calling for the insurance policies stance in 57-43% margin. were grounds for planned parenthood procedure to be covering the costs the rightfelony. is against abortion, available for use of abortion unless calling it unsafe and more liberally. to-choice her life is at stake. Michigan’s 24-hour waiting unethical. debate, period/informed consent law passed, still Proctor contains no exception for rape or incest. was quick to point out that rhetoric “That’s just not true,” said Public Policy Catholic Medical Association, with Chavey run- techniques — namely the Yuzpe regimen — to be against access to abortion would be unable such as “debate” and “argument” doesn’t enter junior Carly Manes, former president of the Uni- ning a call-in radio program called Vital Signs highly effective, but the FDA stalled approval. to provide proper guidance due to the risk of Arbor Vitae’s office space. versity’s Students For Choice chapter, of Proc- where listeners could call in to discuss the sci- The delays occurred because of pushback mainly patient interactions getting too political. “Every woman has her own journey, and poli- tor’s claim. ence surrounding the Catholic Church’s position from advocates against the legalization of aborGoldman explained how, over the last few tics has no place in it,” Proctor said. Manes said that while there are around 2,000 on various medical practices including abortion. tion — factions that claimed using a morning- decades, the proponents against the legality of abortion clinics in the nation, there are more “I think it’s great they give out free pregnancy after pill was equivalent to getting an abortion, abortion have modified their stance to become *** than 4,000 crisis pregnancy centers, like Arbor tests and what not, but they’re never really tell- or in worst-case scenarios, the regimen could be more effective in accomplishing their goals. He Vitae. In many cases, these CPCs started with ing the women that they’re a religious organiza- abused to harm pregnancies in their later stages. noted how closely these modifications follow the The abortion debate has been in the national religious backing and continue to staunchly tion,” said Sydney Gallup, a recent LSA graduate In a 2012 study published in Obtetrics & principles of economics. spotlight ever since the beginning of the 20th adhere to those religious beliefs. who was a former president of the University’s Gynecology and carried out near the St. Louis “At first, they tried to work with the demand century, coming to a boiling point near the “They market themselves as a place where Students For Choice chapter and currently over- metropolitan area, 9,000 women, ages ranging side of the equation, adding mandatory wait1960s. By the end of that decade, consensus they have free services for women who are sexu- sees interns for South-East Planned Parenthood. between 15 and 45, were provided free birth con- ing periods before getting the abortion, forcing emerged that many of the health concerns asso- ally active and who might be pregnant,” Manes trol. Researchers then monitored the number of patients to look at ultrasounds — a lot like what ciated with the procedure were exaggerated. All said. “And yes, they have these free services and *** women who chose to terminate their pregnan- Arbor Vitae does,” Goldman said. “That didn’t the while, the women’s rights movement grew, they have pregnancy tests and ultrasound testcies over the course of two years and saw a dras- work. The number of abortions didn’t really with the right to choice becoming a rallying ing, but the whole point is to get you in there to From a historical perspective, the number of tic decrease in abortions inside the city. Nearby change because women still wanted them.” point for those who believed women should not convince you to not have an abortion.” abortions in Michigan has been dropping ever Kansas City, where contraception wasn’t hand“So now, they’re trying to pass new laws that be bound by government regulation in questions Manes described how the pregnancy tests since the introduction of the practice in the early ed out, showed no significant changes. Critics mess with the supply side,” he continued. “Clinconcerning their own bodies. used at the center are no different than ones 1970s. The year-to-year drop-off rate peaked in of the study have suggested the free availabil- ics in Texas are closing because of these policies The landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme court deci- available at a local CVS. The staff of nurses at the the ’80s, and continued to increase rapidly until ity of contraceptives can cause riskier sexual that require them to be a certain size or be a cersion in Roe v. Wade mandated that women, under center are trained to use the sonogram, and have 2000, before stabilizing around 23,000 abor- behavior. In the long run, it may even lead to an tain distance from hospitals.” the protection of their due process rights, were to have received medical training in order to be tions per year. Though theories about why this increase in unplanned pregnancies and abortion In Michigan, new policies — namely a bill able to get an abortion under certain guidelines. hired as volunteers — but there’s a catch. rapid fall occurred over this 20-year period are because of access to the contraceptives the study passed in 2014 — now require women to buy an An added clause required that all abortion pracThough Proctor described how Arbor Vitae widespread, the obvious answer is the increase identifies as not very effective. additional insurance rider to be protected from tices are balanced against the state’s respon- strives hard to look past the “debate” raging in quality and availability of contraceptive techDespite numerous reports showing a clear the costs of abortion. The law, in many cases, sibilities to protect the life of the baby and the outside the doors of its office space, religion has niques. difference between morning-after pills and goes as far as to nullify already existing policies, mother. a history within the counseling center. On its “There’s no question about it — birth control ingestible abortion pills, many advocates against making it increasingly difficult for women in Activists who advocate against access and the website, Arbor Vitae links to a story specifying played a major role in the fall,” said Ed Gold- access and legality of abortion still consider poverty to get the services they need. legality of abortion, often with the backing of the struggles of a mother who faced pressure man, an associate professor in the Department emergency contraception to be a diluted or indi“It’s the type of system that always sees the various religious organizations, saw the ruling from a doctor to carry out an abortion when the of Obstetrics and Gynecology. rect form of abortion. poorest people suffering,” Goldman said. “No as an infringement upon the sanctity of human procedure wasn’t warranted. Within the OB/GYN Department, Goldman Rather, the availability of regimens such as one looks after the women sleeping under bridglife. Throughout the account, the author referenc- oversees the program on sexual rights and Yuzpe, has been shown to reduce the need of es.” “It is in God’s name that we must strive for- es God and Christianity, including verses from reproductive justice, and in May 2013, hosted induced abortions in traditional clinics. ward to protect the lives of those too young to the Bible. Ultimately, the doctor in the story an interdisciplinary conference on international *** protect their own,” read a 1974 memo drafted informs the mother she will have to deal with a reproductive rights. *** by Right to Life of Michigan — accessible at the lifetime of health complications if she decides to Goldman believes birth control, which Arbor Proctor emphasized that her role at Arbor Bentley Library. go to term with the pregnancy. Vitae does not provide access to, is the single In the case of women who have already gotten Vitae is to prioritize people through such counProctor was quick to point out Arbor Vitae The 1,000-something words show how both most important point of the reproductive rights an abortion, Proctor said Arbor Vitae is willing seling, rather than external debate. doesn’t endorse any religious or political agen- religion and medicine have an influence on debate. to provide free counseling services for women “It’s a big topic in our culture ... this question das when offering counseling services to its women across America. Around the early 1970s and ’80s, doctors struggling with after-effects. In fact, while about abortion,” she said. “Often, my questions patients, stating that there is absolutely no reliArbor Vitae’s dissociation with abortion can started developing “morning-after” pills that looking for volunteer counselors, Arbor Vitae revolve around (focusing) on people. A lot of gious context to the information they provide. be partly explained by the makeup of its board of allowed women to avoid the risk of unwanted only hires candidates who self-identify as peo- people come through those doors. Each story is “It’s about her. This is not a debate. It’s not directors. The two licensed doctors Arbor Vitae pregnancy after unprotected sex. Usually, the ple advocating for access and legality of abortion different. Each woman is different. And as you political. It’s about her,” she said. has on its board, Dr. Phillip Fleming and Dr. Wil- pill or “regimen” requires women to take small — “pro-abortion to the degree that they would draw her out — and again, not every woman liam “Rusty” Chavey, both have many ties to reli- doses of estrogen over the course of a few days have an opinion on the subject should a woman — but there are some that need the support to *** gious and medical groups that oppose abortion. in order to delay ovulation. walk through the door,” Proctor said. know their own strength.” The pair served on the board of directors of the Studies conducted overseas found these new According to Proctor, people vehemently FOR THE FULL VERSION, SEE THE MICHIGANDAILY.COM
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Pick your protection: The impact of contraception usage on campus by Amrutha Sivakumar At least getting protected isn’t the hard part. While college is a time when many students choose to explore their sexual freedom, universities such as Michigan have been on the frontline of advancing sexual health and contraception education. Prescription contraception was first introduced in the United States in the early ’60s. While certain progressive states allowed unmarried women under the age of 21 to seek prescriptions, others did not. University alum Brad Hershbein, an economist at the W.E. Upjohn Institute, co-authored an academic paper titled “The Opt-In Revolution? Contraception and the Gender Gap in Wages” and found that women who had access to contraception when it was first introduced often had a different life path than those who did not. “They were more likely to enroll in college, more likely to get a degree, more likely to get job training when they actually did enter the workforce,” Hershbein said. Women at the University of Michigan use contraception at a higher rate than average when compared to U.S. universities, according to the National College Health Assessment survey administered at the University in 2010. Through his research, Hershbein concluded that contraception usage increases with education. Approximately 50 percent of college women nationally are on birth control at any given time, and consume contraception at twice the rate of those not in college before their 40s, he said. Gwendolyn Chivers, director of University Health Service’s ancillary services, said it is generally a student’s personal preference where they chose to purchase their prescription contraception. While the UHS pharmacy offers some forms of contraception at lower prices than other pharmacies, merchandise stores — such as pharmacies inside grocery stores — offer certain brands at a less expensive price. “We make the effort to make sure that we are in line with as many prescription insurance (plans) as we can be with so that we can service our students,” Chivers said, adding that approximately 80 percent of women on campus who purchased birth control had prescriptions covered by health insurance even prior to the Affordable Care Act. “Today a lot of birth control is purchased with health insurance so you don’t have to be concerned of the cost that you used to have to be worried about,” she noted. “Some prescription insurance carries birth control
at zero copay, and that is all because of the Affordable Care Act.” A place on campus Located on the third floor of the UHS building, the Women’s Clinic works with enrolled students to provide contraceptive counseling and prescriptions. Many of their services are covered by the mandatory health service fee that all students are required to pay. The physicians at the Women’s Clinic administer “comprehensive contraceptive counseling” to students who wish to start a birth control prescription but are not sure of what type of contraception they are interested in, said Susan Ernst, chief of UHS Gynecology Services. As of spring 2013, the American College Health Association found that 60.4 percent of college students prefer the birth control pill as their primary form of contraception, while 6.5 percent prefer to use an intrauterine device. Recently, national organizations such as the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists have pushed the University to recognize Long Acting Reversible Contraception methods, according to Ernst. “More recently, we are trying to talk about the most effective methods first,” Ernst said. “In the past we would often talk about the most used methods — such as birth control pill, the ring, or the patch — and then go on to talk about things like the Long Acting Reversible Contraception — such as the implant or the IUD.” Ernst added that the possibility of human error when periodically replacing birth control pills, patches and rings increases the chance of unintended pregnancy when compared to LRAC methods. Though barrier methods of contraception — such as condoms, female condoms, dia- phragms and cervical caps have the least efficacy, Ernst said the Women’s Clinic still offers them to students as an option. For University alum Sydney Gallup, former president of student organization Students for Choice, reproductive health is more than just a personal concern. As a part of her role in Students for Choice, Gallup sat through the waiting rooms at UHS, evaluated informational materials and scrutinized the location and quality of their available condoms to evaluate ways to recommend improvements to the same. “At the time I was paying $1,000 a year for
pills that for most of the time had horrible side effects, and I was working a shitty job downtown to help pay for it,” Gallup said. “I was paying $45 dollars a week, while being a full-time student, to pay for birth control — which was pretty silly.” Gallup said she found many of the pamphlets were outdated and didn’t include comprehensive information on IUDs. Furthermore, she said the pamphlets did not help women learn about the questions they should be asking about their reproductive health. “If (UHS) is not going to redirect students to a place like Planned Parenthood and they want them to overcome these barriers, they need to cover all their bases,” she said. “Otherwise they’re really cheating students from knowing about reproductive health.” Gallup added that because she believes contraceptives are often stigmatized on college campuses, many students she spoke to found it difficult or embarrassing to take condoms from UHS. Though the condoms are offered for free, she said the fact that they are not placed in a discrete location and are not from a major brand dissuades students from using them. Located a floor above the Women’s Clinic, sexual health educators at Wolverine Wellness also work with students and advise on contraceptive options. While the Women’s Clinic looks at a patient’s medical history to determine their optimal contraceptive method, Wolverine Wellness connects students with public health professionals to provide general health advice. Laura McAndrew, a sexual health educator at Wolverine Wellness, said students are often concerned about whether their insurance providers would cover contraception and if their parents would find out about their contraception usage. While Wolverine Wellness can’t answer many of those questions directly, it helps point students in the right direction. A risky affair As the number of contraceptive options increase and the Affordable Care Act improves accessibility, weighing the associated risks and side effects of contraception becomes a daunting task for many. Gallup said she believed the primary problem with contraception awareness on campus was misinformation. Anti-Planned Parenthood protests organized by the Planned Parenthood Project, and clinics —
such as Arbor Vitae — frequently give out what she said is false information to women about their contraceptive options. “That is a big problem because their advertisements are really present on campus,” Gallup stressed. “It doesn’t help with the stigma that women on campus face, because if they do go there thinking they can go discuss contraceptive options, they are essentially shamed out of it.” While contraception options that include estrogen and progesterone hormones have inherent risks, including heart attacks and strokes, Ernst said this was not a major concern for most healthy women. Common side effects such as nausea and breast tenderness are typically not dangerous and diminish over time, she added. “We always outline those risks but when you look at the chance of risk for a young, healthy woman who doesn’t have blood pressure, or cholesterol, or high blood pressure, or smokes, or obesity, then those risks are even slightly lower than you would see even in pregnancy,” Ernst said. “When you talk about the risks in context of their other health (concerns), I think most people are reassured by the fact that why there are risks from using hormonal contraception, the risks are actually fairly low.” Mood changes tend to be a common side effect of hormonal contraception in the first few months after starting a prescription, Ernst said. The Women’s Clinic advises students to discontinue medication if severe mood fluctuates persist after an extended period of time. If mood changes are accompanied by other psychiatric issues, Ernst said she advised those students to seek help from Counseling and Psychological Services. “Patients more often think that weight gain is caused by their pill and we have to counsel them that it’s probably not the pill, and maybe there’s some other cause for the gain,” she added, referring to the misinformation that students might have in regards to side effects. While the purpose of different University programs might vary, McAndrew said the scientific information provided at each was comparable and the purpose was to provide women with all the information they might need so that they could make informed decisions. “Many students are using birth control, and we’re happy about that, but at the same time we’re happy to be here to address their concerns,” she said.
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Personal Statement: Being a writer by Giancarlo Buonomo
ILLUSTRATION BY MEGAN MULHOLLAND
“You’re an expatriate. You’ve lost touch with the soil. You get precious. Fake European standards have ruined you. You drink yourself to death. You become obsessed with sex. You spend all your time talking, not working. You are an expatriate, see? You hang around cafés.” - Ernest Hemingway, “The Sun Also Rises” We’ve all been asked at least once in college “What did you want to be when you grew up?” Presumably, the answer is supposed to be funny, in either a lighthearted — “haha I wanted to be a fireman” — sort of way, or a self-deprecating, “I used to want to be an archaeologist, but now I’m content to be a pencil pusher.” My answers have mostly been of the former variety; apparently, when I was three or four, I wanted to be “a doorman or a squirrel.” Don’t ask, because I have no idea. For the last year or two, when that question is reworked and I’m asked what I want to be after I graduate, my go-to answer is always the same — I want to be a writer. I’ve successfully brushed off any follow-up questions about what type of writing I plan to do by claiming that I’m still figuring it all out. But here’s a question I have trouble answering — what exactly do I mean when I say I want to be a writer? Obviously, I can answer by saying that I want to be a writer because I want to write. But that would be a lie, or a half-lie to be more precise. Let’s examine the diction. I don’t say that I want to write for a living — I say that I want to be a writer. Because for me, being a writer has moved beyond the craft and become tied to a certain lifestyle, a persona, an all-encompassing image that I find myself drawn to and disgusted by. But let’s start at the beginning. As a kid, I had weird reading habits. I would read the same books over and over
again, yet refuse to read anything new. My parents gave me some Hemingway to read, just “The Old Man and the Sea” and some of the short stories. I liked them, but I certainly didn’t have an epiphanic moment that inspired me, right then and there, to become a writer. My mom gave me more Hemingway, this time in the form of a memoir by A.E. Hotchner recounting his decade long friendship with Papa. I couldn’t read it fast enough, leaving saucy fingerprints all over the pages as I ate dinner, but devoured the descriptions of marlin fishing, daiquiri drinking and schmoozing with Sartre and his mistress. “Man,” I thought, “I want to be him when I grow up.” It was fun playing Hemingway for awhile. I bought a guayabera, poured dashes of rum into glasses of coke and called them Cuba Libres, tried to take an interest in boxing and spoke epigrammatically about the nature of life and death whenever I caught a fish. At this point, you’re probably wondering where this essay is going. Or, more likely, you’re thinking “So what?” What I’ve described may sound like nothing more than a game of teenage dress-up, a more mature version of when I used to don my grandmother’s old sun hat and a laptop bag and call myself Indiana Jones. The distinction is that when you’re seven years old, no one expects you to be an archaeologist. But at my age, adopting the visage is quickly becoming insufficient without some results, or at least serious preparations for them. And it goes without saying that reading Hemingway and reading about Hemingway, are two very different things. I did grow out of the Hemingway one. But just as Ernest grew tired of his wives, I grew tired of simply emulating him. Luckily, the writer persona is a drug sold by every newspaper, magazine and blog. Profiles
and interviews of writers, not their actual work, became my texts of choice. A New Yorker profile? Better than a new novel. I’ve gone through many different love affairs with authors’ Wikipedia pages, but I can split those writers into four basic categories. There’s the cosmopolitan polemicist (Christopher Hitchens, Pier Paolo Pasolini), the rustic man’s man (Hemingway, Jim Harrison), the counterculture libertine (Hunter S Thompson, Charles Bukowski) and the passionate polymath (Susan Sontag, David Foster Wallace). You can already see some recurring motifs — socialite, wellrecorded vices, prolific output, complicated love life, toes the line between academia and the public, wide-ranging interests and a general aura of … “cool.” In fact, I’ve met one of my writer-idols. Sebastian Junger, author of “The Perfect Storm,” war correspondent and general badass, gave a talk in Cape Cod that I attended. After he finished there was a book signing, where I approached him with the same cautious reverence that I imagine one would approach a Swami with. As I shook his muscular, callused hand, I imagined that we were silently acknowledging our affinity, that I was telling him that I wanted to be him when I grew up. I asked him to sign my book. He spelled my name wrong. He said “next.” I spent the next week thinking “I really fucked that one up.” It was as if I had read all of his books not for the information they contained, but to sustain a fantasy that behind the books there was a someone who one day I could be. I won’t psychoanalyze myself too much — not out of a fear of discovering some dark repressed secret. Rather, it’s because the source of my attraction to the writer persona is pretty obvious. If you grow up — and especially go through high school — as nerdy and not particularly social, the
idea that you can combine smart and sexy is intoxicating. In other words, if you can emerge from your dorm room, unshaven, wearing only pajama bottoms, claiming that you’re “going out for a smoke,” and still feel cool, you become seduced. What happens when you become seduced by the writer persona? You frequent coffee shops. You drink your coffee black. You wear a bathrobe all day. You buy a three-pack of moleskins, and although you label them “fiction,” “poetry,” and “journalism,” you don’t really write much in them. You refer to someone you’re hooking up with as your “paramour.” You use the term “brief but passionate.” You start smoking by just puffing on bummed Parliaments. Then you move to blue American Spirits. Then black. Then you start rolling your own, and roll them during conversations. Finally, you get an E-Cig, so the world will know that you need nicotine to fuel your creative energy. Because illness is metaphor, right? You carry small books in your jacket pockets. You must tell everyone, at every party, what substances you are on, and how much you consumed. You buy Playboy for the articles, but are easily distracted. You read a profile of Leon Wieseltier, literary editor of The New Republic, and you read this sentence, “Next came wellreported excesses, which included heavy drinking and cocaine binges. These and a flurry of infidelities finished his marriage.” You feel a pang of envy. You miss the point. You realize that for several years, you thought you were preparing to write a book, when you were really preparing for your dust-jacket photo.
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T H E V I S U A L S TAT E M E N T: S U B M E R G E BY ALDEN REISS
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photographed the Michigan swimming and diving teams underwater for my senior thesis project. The photographs that compiled for my upcoming show, Submerge, act as a vessel through which I explore the physical transformation that takes place when a human enters the water. Having almost drowned as a child, water often evokes feelings of fear and danger for me despite its natural beauty. This project helped relieve those feelings, as I made images in which humans seem to have control over their bodies beneath the surface of the water. This would not have been possible without the athleticism and comfort that these collegiate — and some Olympic — athletes have in the pool. Some images evoke feelings of reflection while others are more aggressive and explosive. Some suggest flight while others suggest stillness. What ties them all together is that these bodies, though submerged, appear free.
Submerge will be on view starting Friday April 19 in the Stamps School of Art and Design Undergraduate Thesis Show.