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SpringFest to include several musical acts MUSIC Matters announces official plans for annual event By MICHAEL SUGERMAN Daily Staff Reporter
The Windy City keeps blowing musical acts into Ann Arbor. First, Chance the Rapper performed in Hill Auditorium March 22. Now, another up-and-
coming Chicagoan rapper will make an appearance for MUSIC Matters’ end-of-year celebration, SpringFest: Vic Mensa. Mensa will open for 2 Chainz, who MUSIC Matters announced last week would headline their capstone concert. Engineering senior Shankara Bharadwaj, MUSIC Matters’ talent and concert chair, said signing Mensa as a SpringFest performer was a reflection of the artist’s increasing popularity –
following a “huge” set at Austin’s 10-day South by Southwest festival, among others. “With 2Chainz, we identified that we wanted someone who was at the peak of his career right now,” Bharadwaj said. “When we were sitting down and talking about opening acts, we wanted to bring in an act that was on the rise in the hip-hop world. And Vic really fits that bill.” LSA senior Gianna Marx, the See SPRINGFEST, Page 3
A day after a handful of protesters convened in the Fleming Administration Building to protest the University’s contracts with apparel suppliers, University President Mary Sue Coleman announced a new set of guidelines designed to ensure worker safety in Bangladesh — a major textile producing country. Coleman stated Tuesday that all University licensees — companies that produce products using the University’s branding — must adhere to the Accord on Fire and Building Safety or present their own guidelines that are of an equivalent rigor. The accord is an agreement between the nation’s trade unions and factory managers designed to improve safety at manufacturing facilities. Over the past several years,
the University’s chapter of United Students Against Sweatshops has been working to increase the awareness of working conditions in Bangladesh’s factories. The student organization has hosted “die-in” protests on the Diag, talks by Bangladeshi and Indonesian sweatshop workers and led a “naked” protest Monday to raise awareness of the conditions of worker unions and garment factories both locally and overseas. In the fall, Coleman referred the issue to the President’s Advisory Committee on Labor Standards and Human Rights, which advises the University about its policies regarding the companies that manufacture all items with the University’s emblems. The committee that recommended that “the University of Michigan reiterate to ALL its licensees the importance of honoring its code of conduct including the guarantee of health and safety of workers.” “When (companies) produce their apparel, they don’t really look out for their workers’ rights there at all,” said Public Policy junior Maya Menlo, USAS Worker Rights Consortium
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Schauer picks Oakland official as running mate County Clerk Lisa Brown advocates for women’s, LBGTQ rights in the state By ALLANA AKHTAR Daily Staff Reporter
With November’s gubernatorial election a few months away, Republican Gov. Rick Snyder’s Democratic opponent Mark Schauer has officially selected a running mate. Schauer, a former congressman from Battle Creek Mich., chose Oakland County Clerk Lisa Brown to join his ticket as the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor. Though she had been the speculated choice for several weeks, Schauer held three separate press conferences in Southfield, Flint and Grand Rapids Thursday to officially announce his pick. “Lisa shares my values and priorities for making education our top economic priority, and working to make Michigan’s economy fairer for the middle class,” Schauer wrote in a press release. “Make no mistake, Lisa Brown will make a terrific Lt. Governor.” Brown was elected as the Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds this past November. Prior to that, she served as a state representative for Michigan’s 39th district from 2009 to 2012. Brown was born in Detroit
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and attended Andover High School in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University and a J.D. from the Detroit College of Law. State Rep. Jeff Irwin (D–Ann Arbor), who served with Brown during her time in the House, said her affability is an important asset for the campaign. “I’ve seen her smart savvy wit, her dynamic personality– I like her a lot, personally,” Irwin said. Brown is perhaps best known for her June 2012 remarks on the state House floor when she was silenced by the state Republican House leadership for using the word “vagina.” In a speech denouncing legislation that would place additional restrictions on abortion providers, she said, “Mr. Speaker, I’m flattered that you’re all so interested in my vagina, but ‘no’ means ‘no.’” Brown garnered national media attention from the incident and received praise from a host of pro-choice and women’s rights advocates. She was also one of four county clerks who granted marriage licenses to same-sex couples after a federal judge overturned Michigan’s constitutional same-sex marriage ban, despite the threat of a stay on the ruling from Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette. State Rep. Adam Zemke (D– Ann Arbor) said, throughout her career, Brown has fought See BROWN, Page 3
Board representative and member of the President’s Advisory Committee on Labor Standards and Human Rights. “It’s something that we try to mobilize students around because we don’t want, for instance, a U of M T-shirt being produced in a factory that’s about to collapse. We don’t want blood on our hands. And more than that, we care about the equality of workers in general.” The poor and unsafe working conditions in many of Bangladesh’s factories came to international attention last April when an eight-story facility collapsed and killed more than 1,000 workers. In a release Thursday, Coleman lauded organizers for thoughtful consideration of the issue. “We expect that all licensees provide workers a safe and healthy working environment regardless of what country they are working in to produce goods,” Coleman said. “I am impressed by USAS’s commitment to the wellbeing of the workers in Bangladesh.” The release also noted that the University joins nine other See APPAREL, Page 3
New minor will look at law, justice relationship Sociology-based program provides new options for students JAMES COLLER/Daily
NASA researcher Al Globus discusses possible future of orbital space settlements Thursday at Chesebrough Auditorium. The discussion was part of a speaker series by the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space club.
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Combining interests in law and social justice just got easier. Beginning in Fall 2014, the University’s Department of Sociology will offer students the opportunity to pursue a minor in Law, Justice and Social Change. The new minor will give students a way to explore the relationship between law and society, as well as the ways in which society is affected by the interactions between institutions and social groups. Requirements for the minor include a prerequisite introductory course and the completion of 15 credits from a combination of other available courses. However, those barred from pursuing the Law, Justice and Social Change minor include sociology majors with a subplan in Law, Justice and Social Change, Crime and Justice minors and Community Action and Social Change minors. Sociology Prof. Sandra Levitsky, who teaches two of the minor’s main courses, said she was surprised when multiple students expressed an interest in both her Law and Society and Social Movements courses. “When I first started teaching these courses I expected to see See MINOR, Page 3
Discussion looks at feasability of the futuristic endeavor By AMABEL KAROUB Daily Staff Reporter
Space: the final frontier? Well, that’s what Al Globus, a NSA researcher, thinks, anyway. Globus is a strong advocate of space colonization. At a lecture Thursday night hosted by Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, he told students why living in space is the next step for humanity. At the beginning of the lecture, Globus pulled up space residence designs from the 1970s. The plans looked like they were taken directly from the science-fiction film “Elysium” – fully equipped with
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mansions and a peaceful river. Globus said, technology wise, such proposals are not ridiculous, but a matter of cost. “This is the place to live,” Globus said, referring to the renderings. “There’s a baseball field and a golf course!” Globus gave three main reasons why space settlement would be worth the high cost: survival, growth and wealth. In terms of survival, Globus said it is only a matter of time until an asteroid or some other fatal event wipes out humans on Earth. “Someday, something really bad is going to happen to the Earth and we’re all going to die,” Globus said. “Before then, we’d like to have space settlements so that not all of humanity is exterminated.” Discussing the possibility for growth, Globus referenced how the land on Earth is virtually all owned by someone, but
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the area available for orbital settlements is practically limitless. “Somewhere between 100 and 1,000 times the surface area of the Earth — that’s how much living area you’d get,” Globus said. “The solar system could easily support trillions of people this way.” As for power and wealth, Globus said there were great possibilities to generate energy and materials. In space, solar energy is equal to 625 million times the amount available on Earth. Thousands of small asteroids in our solar system, contain materials worth tens of millions of dollars each, Globus said. Having articulated the reasons space colonization should be a priority, Globus proposed funding opportunities that would also advance technology, tourism, solar power and See SPACE, Page 3
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LSA reduces restrictions ‘U’ teams with consultants for credit transfer policy to explore housing options Students now able to transfer credits from community colleges more easily By YARDAIN AMRON Daily Staff Reporter
Wednesday afternoon, LSA students received an e-mail from the Newman Academic Advising Center announcing a new transfer credit policy beginning in spring that will allow students — regardless of class standing — to transfer credits earned at a community college. The new policy eliminates a restriction that limited transferring community college credit to students with fewer than 60 credits at the University. Now, students with over 60 credits, or junior and senior standing, can also transfer community college
credit. “Behind the old policy was the idea that community colleges teach first year and second year courses and therefore juniors and seniors at a four year institution shouldn’t get credit for first year and second year courses,” said Tim Dodd, director of the Newnan Academic Advising Center. “Our counterargument was that juniors and seniors take introductory — 100 and 200 level — coursework all the time here at the University and we don’t prevent them from getting credit from taking those courses.” Dodd said it was also a matter of economic fairness. “There are a lot of students who do need to take courses off campus but can’t necessarily afford to take them at a four-year institution,” Dodd said. “We thought it would be only fair for those who may have economic hardship to take courses that are typically much cheaper per credit at a com-
munity college.” The policy will affect students like LSA junior Stephanie Peña, who is in her first semester at the University as a transfer student from Lansing Community College. Peña transferred in about 57 credits from her time at LCC and until now, was preparing to finish up the rest of her credits at the University. “I was a little bummed out when I was told earlier this semester I wouldn’t be able to complete any more credits at community college because I knew I would be going back home this summer,” Peña said. “Now this new policy allows me to go back home and take some extra college credits, and it will let me do that at a cheaper cost as well.” Peña said she paid $87 per credit at LCC. For Spring 2014 at the University, in-state students pay $690 for the first credit and $510 for every additional credit. Out-of-state students pay $1,825 for the first credit and $1,645 for every additional credit. Dodd said the policy change will mostly affect students trying to catch up on credits, fulfill requirements, or those who were suspended from the University and need to complete credits outside of the University as a condition for return. “I don’t think this is going to be a tectonic shift in what students do with their summers,” Dodd said.
Chicago-based firm holds focus groups to gather student suggestions By ANASTASSIOS ADAMOPOULOS Daily Staff Reporter
To explore the future of University Housing, three different focus groups of undergraduate students met Monday with the Scion Group, a real estate services company, to discuss what lies ahead. The Scion Group, based in Chicago, consults with institutions of higher education and private-sector companies that provide housing for students on their development projects. Scion announced its partnership with the University on Feb. 3 of this year. The company has held several focus groups with students from February to March, University Housing spokesman Peter Logan said. In the meetings with students, faculty and administration, the Scion Group gathered information and performed market research on housing in Ann Arbor to help form a vision for the years ahead for both graduate and undergraduate student housing options. “As essentially an objective
third party coming in and taking a look at the residential facilities, the residential experience that we offer for both undergraduate and graduate students has been very helpful,” Logan said. The three focus groups on Monday of this week had three different residential themes. One included students who live on campus, another students living off campus and the third was with student staff who live and work in residence halls. On Tuesday, another meeting was held with seven undergraduate students living in North Campus residences. Students shared what they like about living on and off campus and what the advantages and challenges are in each case, including what would they like to change. They also asked students about the difficulties of finding housing. Logan said as the Residential Life Initiative comes to an end with the renovation of West Quad Residence Hall, which will begin in May, the University thought it was an important time to talk with students and gauge their opinions on what could be done next. “We are trying to anticipate what more should we be doing in terms of student housing experience at U of M after 2015 when West Quad reopens” Logan said. University President Mary Sue Coleman launched he Residential Life in 2004 for the improvement
and development of University Housing facilities including 18 residence halls, the nine residential dining halls and the five North Campus apartment complexes. These developments included upgrading and renovating existing residences like East Quad Residence Hall in 2013, South Quad in 2014 and West Quad in 2015, as well as the construction of North Quad Residence Hall in 2010. Logan said the University has committed $650 million to the RLI. “University Housing over the past several years has been involved in a remarkable campaign to improve our facilities (and) improve the residential experience” Logan said. Logan said the attendance in the focus groups varies with as little as one person showing, to a dozen or more students attended others. Regardless, Logan said he has seen constructive feedback. “It’s just been helpful getting the undergraduate perspective of what is a good, what is a supportive living experience for them,” Logan said. Logan said there may be more sessions in June, depending on the student population on campus, and that Scion will complete their research in July. Scion will conclude their study by sending an online survey to undergraduate students about their student housing experience, Logan added.
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universities in attaching such an accord to apparel licensing agreements, including Brown University, Columbia University and Cornell University. University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said companies have until May 16 to sign the accord or they will no longer be allowed to produce University-licensed products. Adidas, one of the University’s main licensees, has already signed the agreement, but Collegiate Licensing — an American collegiate trademark licensing and marketing company that manufactures University apparel — has yet to sign. Fitzgerald said acceptance of the accord was motivated by the need to improve worker safety. “This is specifically about worker safety standards,” Fitzgerald said. “This isn’t about what companies any one company may be investing with. This is specifically aimed at making sure there are safe working conditions for fire safety for any of the manufacturing facilities where U of M-licensed products are made.”
chair of MUSIC Matters’ communications committee, said Mensa’s Chicago roots also played a big role in his selection as an opening act. “We’re really excited and we’re really lucky to have signed him this early,” Marx said. “There’s a lot of great music coming out of Chicago right now and he’s easily one of the better ones.” The concert will also include two local openers: rap duo Pinnacle Entertainment and hiphop group Video7. Pinnacle Entertainment features Keyon Purite and Ann Arbor resident Xzanthus Allateef. Video7 is comprised of several University students and alums, including Music, Theatre & Dance senior Brendan Asante. According to MUSIC Matters, “Video7 is a multi-media collective of producers, singers, visual artists, screen writers, directors and more … (who aim) to provide unique performance experiences for their viewers and listeners
MINOR From Page 1 very different types of students in each class,” Levitsky wrote in an e-mail. “But in fact the opposite happened: the same students kept showing up to both classes.” To answer for students’ growing interests in both types of classes, department faculty and administrators agreed to offer a new minor that would explore concepts of legal and social significance. “Anyone with an interest in law, policy, criminal justice, social and economic justice, social move-
ments, human rights, inequality, and social change will find an intellectual home in this minor,” Levitsky wrote. She added that she hopes the minor will promote a community of students and professors interested in these fields as well as a form of certification for students that will allow them to demonstrate their dedication to legal and social issues. Nicole Rutherford, undergraduate program coordinator for the sociology department, said the new minor will teach students a variety of skills that can be applied to a future career. “I think, just as any student in any liberal arts degree program,
News that are ‘the furthest from main stream.’” Marx said signing local acts to perform at the concert is one of the best parts of MUSIC Matters. “There is so much talent on this campus,” she said. “The fact that we are able to provide a stage for students and local acts to open up for a huge name like 2Chainz is one of the greatest things that we are able to do.” Aside from their finalized concert lineup, MUSIC Matters has also hired numerous artists and speakers to perform during the day’s SpringFest activities. Folk-rock band Grizfolk, which recently finished a tour opening for Bastille, will headline the live performances. In addition, Ann Arbor native Dan Henig – known by many for his YouTube-famous acoustic cover of Lil Jon’s “Get Low,” which has amassed over five million views – and LSA sophomore Sylvia Yacoub, who was a top 10 finalist on the third season of NBC’s The Voice, will make appearances. “It also attracts a different audience than we’re trying to attract with 2 Chainz,” he said. “We’re trying to accommodate for a lot of different audiences
here on campus, because not everyone’s into hip-hop.” Live performances will not be restricted to music – MUSIC Matters has also scheduled numerous speakers who will deliver remarks akin to TED Talks throughout the day. One of these highlighted presenters will be Mike Muse, who was a member of President Barack Obama’s 2012 National Finance Committee and the cofounder of Muse Recordings. MUSIC Matters has also confirmed that it will host 150 high school juniors from the metro Detroit area to tour the University, attend admissions and financial aid workshops, eat in the dorms and participate in SpringFest. The student organization has worked in tandem with the National Pan-Hellenic Council, the Center for Educational Outreach, the Office of Financial Aid and the Office of Undergraduate Admissions to achieve this goal. LSA junior Maysie Makrianes, one of the SpringFest team’s high school outreach codirectors, said bringing these students to the University will promote college accessibility.
they’re going to walk away with kind of a more global perspective on issues of social change,” Rutherford said. “They’re going to walk away with writing skills like you do in any liberal arts class as well as some strong analytical and critical thinking skills.” Although sociology majors are welcome to pursue the Law, Justice and Social Change minor, Rutherford said the same classes that are offered through the minor are already available to them. She noted the minor could potentially compliment all types of majors, especially those related to the social sciences. “I think all majors, there’s some-
thing in this for them if they’re interested in complimenting it with a focus in law and social change,” Rutherford said. Levitsky also said she hopes the minor will bring attention to the prowess of the University’s Department of Sociology. “This is one of the top-ranked sociology departments in the country,” Levitsky wrote. “We have some of the best teachers in the College. Once students figure that out, once they get a taste of these classes, they’re not just going to want to minor in Law Justice and Social Change, they’re going to want to major in sociology.”
Friday, April 4, 2014 — 3 She added that this type of outreach feeds into the Big Thinkers Scholarship that MUSIC Matters unveiled in November. “Our main goal is to expose students to the college experience when they’re young,” she said. During SpringFest, speeches and musical acts will occur in conjunction with one another along North University Avenue, with stages on opposite ends of the partitioned stretch of road. Business junior Nick Moeller, chair of MUSIC Matters’ SpringFest committee, said clubs contributing to the event will still be grouped by common themes: innovation, art, social justice, identity and sustainability. These will be spread from the steps of Hatcher Graduate Library up to North University Avenue, where food trucks and the live performance stages will run perpendicularly along the street. “As far as I know, I think this is one of the largest events under student production, under a student organization, that I think the University has had,” Moeller said.
SPACE From Page 1 planetary defense. “The basic idea is to do things that make sense in and of themselves and to use those to develop the technology and the capabilities that we need for space settlement,” he said. Globus focused much of his lecture on sub-orbital tourism. Citing a survey, he said many Americans would pay around $100,000 to go to space. There are currently a number of American companies working
BROWN From Page 1 hard for women’s rights, access to quality health care and making education affordable, and has demonstrated the deep desire to provide equal opportunity for all. Though the decision to hand out marriage licenses to same-sex couples received some negative media attention, he said he does not think it will hinder her campaign prospects. “I’m certain that that decision that she made reinforced the ideology that equal rights for every Michigander is important to her and solidified it further,” Zemke said. Though he thinks Schauer made the decision to select Brown before the court’s ruling on the ban, Irwin said her reaction further proved her qualifications as a running mate. “Schauer already is obviously the candidate who supports marriage equality. Snyder is the candidate who decidedly does not,” he said. “Schauer needs no more credibility on that issue, Snyder has given him all the credibility he needs.”
to pioneer space tourism. Virgin Galactic, founded in 2004, already has 600 customers and $80 million in deposits. Although a commercial spaceflight has yet to take off, a seat on the spaceship is currently $250,000. Engineering senior Derek Napierala, SEDS president, said he hopes he lives to see space settlement. “I think space is where everyone should want to go,” Napierala said. “It gives us a lot of opportunity to develop new technologies. It’s such a cool place and there’s so much out there that we can discover that if we can we should try.”
Kerry calls on Israeli and Aftershocks rattle Chile as Palestinian officials to “lead” military enforces the law Delegation attempts to prevent peace negotiations from collapsing RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Frustrated by a virtually moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry exhorted leaders on both sides Thursday to “lead” and to do so now to prevent the negotiations from collapsing. In Algeria for strategic security talks after traveling to the Mideast twice in the past 10 days to rescue the peace process, Kerry called it a “critical moment” for the peace process and vowed to continue his efforts “no matter what.” But he added there are limits to what the Obama administration can do to push the parties together and said it would be a “tragedy” if the talks failed. In unusually blunt terms, Kerry made his impatience
clear although he allowed that he could not force Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to continue the talks, let alone actually resolve the longrunning conflict. “You can facilitate, you can push, you can nudge, but the parties themselves have to make fundamental decisions and compromises,” he said. “The leaders have to lead and they have to be able to see a moment when it’s there.” He recalled the old adage that you can lead a horse to water but can’t make it drink. “Now is the time to drink,” Kerry said. “The leaders need to know that.” Later during a visit to a Nike store for a youth soccer event, Kerry half-joked that he was tempted to use the company’s slogan “Just Do It” in his recent discussions with Abbas and Netanyahu. “But,” he added wryly, “I don’t know if that would have worked so well.” Kerry spoke with both leaders Thursday afternoon. He said U.S.
mediators huddled with Israeli and Palestinian negotiators in Jerusalem overnight. That late-night meeting, which lasted until 4 a.m., had yielded some progress in resolving “some of the questions that have arisen as a result of the events of the last few days,” Kerry said. “But there is a still a gap and that gap will have to be closed and closed very soon.” Kerry has spent much of the last two weeks frantically trying to keep the peace talks from breaking down. He saw Netanyahu in Israel on Monday and Abbas last week in Jordan, but cancelled a third trip to the region on Wednesday after the Palestinians said they would seek greater United Nations recognition over Israeli objections. Abbas announced the move after Israel refused to release a group of Palestinian prisoners it had earlier agreed to free. Both actions run counter to the agreement the two sides reached last year to negotiate a settlement by the end of April.
Infrastructure remains intact despite continued quakes IQUIQUE, Chile (AP) — Coastal residents of Chile’s far north spent a second sleepless night outside their homes as major aftershocks continued Thursday following a magnitude-8.2 earthquake that damaged several thousand homes and caused six deaths. No new major damage or casualties were reported, and a heavy police and military presence kept order. The infrastructure in the area is nearly entirely intact, but with aftershocks continuing, life has been anything but normal. Power remains out in many areas, and hospitals were handling only emergencies. Schools were closed, and large supermarkets and gas stations coordinated their reopenings Thursday with police and military to avoid problems with long lines of customers.
Evidence suggests Fort Hood shooter may have been mentally unstable Argument may have preceeded deadly attack in Fort Hood
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The soldier who killed three people at Fort Hood may have argued with another service member prior to the attack, and investigators believe his unstable mental health contributed to the rampage, authorities said Thursday. The base’s senior officer, Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, said there is a “strong possibility” that Spc. Ivan Lopez had a “verbal altercation” with another soldier or soldiers immediately before Wednesday’s shooting, which unfolded on the same Army post that was the scene of an infamous 2009 mass shooting. However, there’s no indication that he targeted specific soldiers,
Milley said. Lopez never saw combat during a deployment to Iraq and had shown no apparent risk of violence before the shooting, officials said. The 34-year-old truck driver from Puerto Rico seemed to have a clean record that showed no ties to extremist groups. But the Army secretary promised that investigators would keep all avenues open in their inquiry of the soldier whose rampage ended only after he fired a final bullet into his own head. “We’re not making any assumptions by that. We’re going to keep an open mind and an open investigation. We will go where the facts lead us,” Army Secretary John McHugh said, explaining that “possible extremist involvement is still being looked at very, very carefully.” Investigators were also looking into Lopez’s psychological background. He had sought help
for depression, anxiety and other problems, military officials said. “We have very strong evidence that he had a medical history that indicates unstable psychiatric or psychological condition,” Milley said. “We believe that to be a fundamental underlying cause.” Scott & White Memorial Hospital in nearby Temple, Texas, was still caring for several of the 16 people who were wounded. All of them were in either serious or good condition, and some could be discharged before the end of Thursday. Hospital officials had no information about patients being treated elsewhere, including at a base hospital. But because Scott & White is the area’s only trauma center, the patients with the most serious injuries were probably taken there. Investigators searched the soldier’s home Thursday and questioned his wife, Fort Hood spokesman Chris Haug said.
Lopez apparently walked into a building Wednesday and began firing a .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol. He then got into a vehicle and continued firing before driving to another building. He was eventually confronted by military police in a parking lot, Milley said. As he came within 20 feet of a police officer, the gunman put his hands up but then reached under his jacket and pulled out his gun. The officer drew her own weapon, and the suspect put his gun to his head and pulled the trigger, Milley said. Lopez grew up in Guayanilla, a town of fewer than 10,000 people on the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico, with a mother who was a nurse at a public clinic and a father who did maintenance for an electric utility company. Glidden Lopez Torres, who said he was a friend speaking for the family, said Lopez’s mother died of a heart attack in November.
After a magnitude-7.6 aftershock struck just before midnight Wednesday, Chile’s Emergency Office and navy issued a tsunami alert, and for two hours ordered everyone living in low-lying areas along the country’s entire 2,500mile (4,000-kilometer) Pacific coastline to evacuate. Among those moved inland was President Michelle Bachelet, who was in the city of Arica assessing damage in the north from Tuesday night’s powerful quake. “I was evacuated like all citizens. One can see that the people are prepared,” she tweeted early Thursday. Chile’s evacuation order was lifted at around 2 a.m. Thursday. Some 900,000 people also were affected the night before when the entire coast was evacuated for several hours after Tuesday’s bigger quake, although the tsunami proved small. A 6.1-magnitude aftershock 47 miles (76 kms) southwest of Iquique shook the area again late Thursday.
The repeated aftershocks have shaken buildings and sent people running into the streets in the port of Iquique, the largest city closest to the epicenter. About 45 minutes before the 7.6 quake, a magnitude-6.5 aftershock also rattled Iquique. The shaking loosened more landslides near Alto Hospicio, a poor area at the entrance to Iquique where about 2,500 homes had been damaged in Tuesday’s larger quake. The Ministry of Education suspended classes again in schools in the north for Thursday, while the region’s top prosecutor, Manuel Guerra, said his office is taking action against speculators who sharply raised prices for bread, water, milk and diapers. “They will be detained and charged,” Guerra tweeted, calling on the community to denounce “intolerable” abuses. The largest aftershock was felt across the border in southern Peru, where people in the cities of Tacna and Arequipa fled buildings in fear. Police Lt. Freddy Cuela in Tacna said no damage or injuries were
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VIRGINIA EASTHOPE
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Building Detroit’s foundation The new bankruptcy plan addresses important basic needs for the city
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etroit’s new bankruptcy plan, filed in federal court this past Monday, outlines a strategy to invest $1.5 billion in the city over the next decade. The two major components of the plan allocate $520 million toward blight removal and another $464 million to public safety. The bankruptcy plan promotes positive goals for Detroit. Crime reduction and blight removal are excellent priorities that are necessary for building a strong foundation in the city. Moving forward, Detroit should implement other long-term goals that address the source of these problems. On Monday, Detroit filed its adjusted bankruptcy plan electronically. The plan proposes a $1.5 billion investment over 10 years, mainly focusing 0n city crime and blight. Other planned investments include improvements to city services, expanding the existing bus transportation system, parks and recreation area upgrades and improvements to the Coleman A. Young city airport. For five years in a row, Detroit has topped Forbes’ list of Most Dangerous Cities. Its reputation deters potential businesses and consumers from coming to the city, shrinking the city’s tax base and job market. Improvements to public safety may change this pattern and bring much-needed revenue to local businesses. Better safety would allow for more traffic from tourism and increase incentives for businesses to locate themselves in Detroit, both serving to increase economic activity. A more prosperous economy and a friendlier job market may further help reduce crime in the city. The plan for blight removal could also improve the city’s public perception. There are an estimated 78,000 vacant structures in the city. These are threats to public safety and decrease the value of neighboring homes. 60 percent of fires in Detroit occur in abandoned buildings and these buildings can become havens for street crime. Eliminating them would mean Detroit police officers no longer have to patrol abandoned areas and could
increase their presence in other populated areas of the city. Removal of abandoned structures also opens up space for valuable community initiatives like urban farming. However, the city must work closely with existing residents to prevent unnecessary relocation and also ensure that structures being razed are unsalvageable for future or alternative uses. Though the investments provide the necessary funds to help steer Detroit, more progress on addressing the source of Detroit’s issues needs to occur. Detroit needs more residents to contribute to the city’s tax base, as well as contribute to its vibrancy. Gov. Rick Snyder proposed a plan to issue increased numbers of EB-2 visas to immigrants living in Detroit, which could boost the population of the city while providing needed high-skilled workers. While the plan sets aside a substantial amount of funding for public transit, continued funding is also important to this economic revitalization. Safe, reliable public transportation can help current residents get to work while simultaneously attracting new residents who don’t own a car. Similarly, public parks and community spaces must continue to improve to increase the quality of life for both current and future residents. Further, while the use of funding to secure the city is viable and useful, it is necessary to address long-term origins of crime like endemic poverty and elevated high school dropout rates.
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS Barry Belmont, Edvinas Berzanskis, David Harris, 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
RACHEL JOHN | VIEWPOINT
Embracing technology There is no greater pleasure in the morning than waking up to the light of a glowing screen and the rapid click of texts, ping of Facebook messages and buzz of e-mails. These sounds, a rumbling electronic cadence, are the heartbeat of our generation. The thrill of the present rushes through my veins. These sounds, these notifications, are my only connection to the present. I am an old soul. There’s a special place in my heart (and in my scrapbook) for handwritten letters and tangible photographs. I prefer faceto-face conversations rather than a bunch of one-worded — sometimes one-lettered — text message reflexes. I often daydream about my future rather than mindlessly scroll through a Twitter feed. Nevertheless, technology keeps me in the present. No matter how hard I try, I am a teenager and I am bound to this technology. Media shapes our culture, and technology changes our society. Though those beliefs may seem to be restricted to the scholarly elite of communication studies, they are noticeable in our everyday lives. Recent findings by neuroscientist and psychiatrist Dr. Manfred Spitzer have marked the computer as “poison for kids” since computer use in children was associated with “aggressive behaviors and attention issues.” Attention issues due to media use have been so pervasive among young people that it is now referred to using the term “digital dementia.” When we multitask between screens (e.g. my daily routine of lecture slides, Facebook, lecture slides, Twitter, lecture slides, texts), we may also develop memory problems that decrease our attention and “impair learning.” The scientific basis for “digital dementia,” according to pediatric medical director Dr. Bradley Berg, is that our “neural pathways are not stimulated.” In other words, we’re just not using our brains. The old soul in me wants to tell you to go to an ashram and completely free yourself
from this monster of wires and touchscreens. Yet, my 18-year-old thumbs are hopelessly clinging to my phone as I am writing this. The realist in me knows that neither of these ways of life is feasible or balanced. At the same time, I don’t believe that our generation is completely mindless when we use technology. But maybe, we’re not using our brains properly to their full potential. I’m not going to be your parent and force you to stop texting at the dinner table. But, I’m not going to be your friend who lets you scroll through your newsfeed while I’m trying to have a conversation with you. Use technology for good. When we wholeheartedly dedicate our time to a mindful post, we won’t have to resort to mindless scrolling. Use it to communicate — to others, to the world. Don’t just tweet to complain — tweet what’s important to you. Show others your world (in 140 characters or less, of course). Facebook message one of your hundreds of “friends” and work to develop an actual friendship. Instead of just reblogging an idea, come up with your own. The possibilities are endless. Whenever I think of endless possibility, I can’t help but think of my favorite childhood film, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.” One of my favorite Wonka one-liners (which I later found was a quote by poet Arthur O’Shaughnessy) was “We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.” Though Wonka lived in a world of unlimited candy, we live in a world of unlimited ideas and we have the means to spread them more than any other generation could even fathom. Make music. Dream those dreams. Make them known. Help eliminate the “narcissistic” and “impatient” stigma of the Millennials. Redefine our generation. Redefine the heartbeat of our generation. Rachel John is an LSA freshman.
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Create a regional land bank
he daunting task of mapping and demolishing nearly 80,000 vacant and blighted homes in the city of Detroit is currently underway. But blight removal has been a major priority for the last two mayoral administrations under Kwame ALEXANDER Kilpatrick and HERMANN Dave Bing, and neither made a significant dent in the growing problem. Still, the Detroit Blight Removal Task Force — commissioned in late 2013 to catalog every parcel of land in the city and create a plan to deconstruct those structures designated as economically unviable within six years — represents the city’s best attempt yet to raze dilapidated structures that constantly threaten residents’ personal security and livelihood. Unfortunately, the already difficult task of massive blight removal — with a price tag potentially exceeding $1 billion — is just the beginning. But to this point, city officials haven’t had the answers to the toughest questions concerning city redevelopment: What happens when the mapping is finished? When the blighted parcels are cleared? And, most importantly, what happens with the vacant homes and structures deemed “economically viable”? Though it’s hardly a panacea to any city’s redevelopment efforts, land banks represent one important, and underutilized, tool to answer those questions in Detroit. The idea behind land banks is simple, and they are already pervasive in Michigan. Land banks are quasi-public entities, often overseen by elected county officials that utilize the best practices in urban
planning and community development to help stabilize communities and clear blight. Typically, state legislation enables land banks to possess foreclosed homes before they become available to speculators and the broader public through county auctions. Land banks benefit neighborhoods suffering from rampant disinvestment, foreclosures and high vacancy rates by being mission-driven with no profit motive. In these environments, oftentimes the market for housing has all but deteriorated, and foreclosed homes can sit on the county auction list for years. Not demolished due to lack of funding, these residences quickly become targets for scrapping, arson, squatting and other illegal activities detrimental to the surrounding neighborhood. For better or worse, the city already has its own land bank — the Detroit Land Bank Authority. But since its inception the DLBA has never lived up to its potential, even if that’s no fault of the organization itself. As John Gallagher’s most recent book, “Revolution Detroit: Strategies for Urban Reinvention”, notes, the DLBA has been hampered politically since its founding in 2010. For example, Detroit City Council provided no funding for the organization and required it to purchase all homes from the city at fair market value. Even more importantly, the DLBA lacks the essential ties to the county to take foreclosed properties before they reach the county auction block. From the beginning, the DLBA has been overly dependent on outside funding to support the organization. Even recent signs of improvement fall far short of remedying the DLBA’s dearth of power. New mayor Mike Duggan and City Council approved a measure in February enabling the land bank to file public nuisance lawsuits against blightedproperty owners in an effort to hold these owners accountable for ruined structures. Though these efforts may
prove significant in the long run, they don’t go far enough in making the DLBA a major player in the city’s redevelopment scene. In fact, if confined exclusively to Detroit’s city limits, the DLBA will never live up to its potential. The most successful land banks in the country have access to a diverse housing stock. With a varied housing inventory, land banks can capitalize on a basic formula. Land banks spruce up and sell homes in higher-quality neighborhoods, at rates higher than they would’ve fetched at auction, before reinvesting those “profits” in declining neighborhoods, often through strategic home rehabilitation or demolition. The Genesee County Land Bank, one of the model land banks nationally, pioneered this concept as Flint’s leading community development organization since 2004. However, Detroit’s housing stock by itself remains too uniformly depleted to capitalize on this model. But if housing diversity is the issue, then there’s a simple practical solution — however difficult politically in the Metropolitan Detroit context — greater regional cooperation. The creation of a regional, tricounty or Southeast Michigan land bank including Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties at a minimum, would clearly contain a diverse enough housing stock to aid stabilizing and redevelopment efforts in Metro Detroit’s struggling neighborhoods that exist in every county — if invested with the proper authority. Just like the demolition of 80,000 properties in Detroit won’t stem the tide of disinvestment in the city, the creation of a regional land bank certainly isn’t a panacea to curing all the region’s redevelopment ills. Regardless, employing both would mark a major step forward in the stabilization and revitalization of Detroit and the broader area. — Alexander Hermann can be reached at aherm@umich.edu.
In response to ‘Focus on the issues’ To the Editorial Board of the Michigan Daily: Your editorial published on April 2, 2014 (From the Daily: Focus on the issues) is filled with inaccuracies, misguided judgments and ideas that threaten the foundations of student governance. We’ll begin the inaccuracies. Your article reads, “Individual candidates who receive 10 or more demerits and entire parties that receive 28 or more demerits are automatically disqualified from the election.” False. Individual candidates who receive 5 or more demerits and entire parties that receive 10 or more demerits are automatically disqualified from the election. I would be curious where you came up with 28 demerits — one hopes it was a typo on your part and not actually the carelessness to not check the election code. The very next sentence reads, “Alleged violations are reviewed by the Central Student Judiciary, which assigns any applicable demerits.” Again, wrong. Violations and demerits are determined by the University Elections Commission. Decisions made by the UEC can be appealed to the Central Student Judiciary. Finally, your article asserts the executive candidates for FORUM last year “received a majority of votes” but were disqualified. Well, no. They received a plurality of votes. Does your editorial board own a dictionary? These inaccuracies do not fundamentally undermine the rest of your assertions, but they do demonstrate a fundamental misunderstanding of the system you critique. An embarrassment for a student paper that prides itself on accuracy, and it sheds doubt on whether you understand the electoral process for your critiques and suggestions to hold any merit. I contend they do not. Let’s move on to the misguided judgments. You article asserts that
because “four new complaints were filed” over the weekend, “CSG is obviously not capable of monitoring itself.” That is actually exactly what CSG is doing here. Parties failed to adhere to the election code written by the CSG Assembly. Other parties monitor the behavior of those parties and they hold each other accountable. In this case, three parties failed to submit receipts for their expenses — a clear violation of the election code. And an important one, I might add, otherwise parties could lie about their expenses and spend outside the campaign finance limits. These are hardly insignificant charges. Even then, finding the parties guilty of failing to file receipts has no impact on the results of the election — at most, each party could have received four demerits, far short of the 10-demerit disqualification threshold. Clearly, these were not submitted to disqualify a party, but rather to enforce the code and set a precedent for future elections. Furthermore, the Make Michigan team withdrew another complaint regarding improper use of e-mail privileges. President-elect Bobby Dishell said he withdrew the complaint because it would have had marginal impact on the election. The parties are not only monitoring each other, but monitoring themselves. Your article also calls the disqualification of last year’s FORUM candidates a “debacle.” Again, I would call this a very misguided judgment. You essentially endorse allowing candidates to act in flagrant violation of the election code without any consequence. These are not “petty scandals.” They are violations of the election code that could significantly impact the results of the election. In order to maintain the integrity of the elections, there needs to be consequences for violating the rules repeatedly. Finally, your article lands on a suggestion that would threaten
the foundation of student governance on this campus. You suggest that a judiciary made up of faculty representatives monitor each election. Presumably, parties would still monitor the behavior of one another and file complaints. Those complaints would just be heard by a board of faculty representatives, rather than a board of students. What exactly would this fix? The “petty scandals” would still have taken place, the charges would still be filed, and the cases would still be heard. But instead of a board of students hearing the cases regarding student elections, there would be a board of faculty members. This could allow for extensive faculty influence over the CSG electoral process, essentially destroying the self-governance of students. The faculty, the administration and the students are three separate pieces of the shared governance of the University. The student voice has already shrunk enough over the last decade; do we really need to diminish it further by allowing the faculty to control the student leadership? Most of all, though, your article ignores just how well the system worked in this election. Make Michigan candidates Bobby Dishell and Meagan Shokar won the election by more than 1100 votes and will take office in two weeks. No candidates were disqualified from the election. The parties who violated the code accepted responsibility for their mistakes and accepted the (inconsequential) demerits that came along with it. I look forward to the continued work of CSG over the next year, and I hope you offer more informed critiques of their work than this article demonstrated. Best, Michael Proppe Michael Proppe is a Business senior and Central Student Government president.
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Quirky jazz legend commemorated WCBN celebrates Sun Ra to brighten your weekend By REBECCA GODWIN Daily Arts Writer
In a world where new is valued above old, it’s easy for past musicians to fade, but their music can still be relevant in Sun Ra today’s culture. WCBN, 100th the student- Birthday run community freeform Concert radio station Friday, April housed in 4, 7 pm the basement of the Stu- UMMA dent Activi- Free ties Building, believes in celebrating the past which is why they set up an upcoming concert to commemorate the 100th birthday of late jazz musician Sun Ra. Sun Ra, born Herman Blount in 1914, was celebrated for being an incredible musician, poet, bandleader and philosopher. He also just happened to believe he came from the planet Saturn and wasn’t a part of the human race. Still, even
with such bizarre quirks, critics agree that Ra’s music was revolutionary. He performed almost every style of jazz, from bebop to ragtime, at some point in his career and was a pioneer of electronic keyboards and free improvisation. “He was pretty revolutionary in his approach in a lot of ways,” WCBN Events Coordinator Shelley Salant said. “He just really brought together a lot of different things.” The group wanted a space to hold the concert that could both highlight Ra’s music as well as provide a suitable atmosphere for the event. They eventually decided on the University of Michigan Museum of Art because of its excellent acoustics and beautiful layout. “The museum is such a beautiful space,” Salant said. “We did another WCBN concert here a couple of years ago and I think people get excited about coming to events here because it feels special.” Lauren Harroun, the Education Program Coordinator at the museum, is in charge of public programs and student engagement and is thrilled to be assisting with an event that the museum doesn’t get to have very often. “Because WCBN is a pretty
important part of the campus community here and also because it is a student organization, we really want to support their efforts,” Harroun said. “It also allows us the opportunity to host events here at the museum that we wouldn’t otherwise program ourselves.” The Detroit-based jazz group Planet D Nonet will perform the concert, led by group founders RJ Spangler, who plays drums, and James O’Donnell on trumpet. The group, which is made up of various veteran musicians, is known for playing a wide variety of jazz music from the classics of Duke Ellington to the more modern melodies from Sun Ra. People who attend the event can also expect a few extras in addition to the band. One of WCBN’s DJs, Tony Audas, will be playing a variety of Sun Ra’s music before the band takes the stage and according to Salant, there could be some potential poetry readings before as well. But whatever happens, she is assured people will have a good time. “There’s been a lot of preparation going into it, so I’m excited to have it all happen,” Salant said.
FILM REVIEW
FOCUS
‘CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE??’
Bateman makes ‘Bad’ By MAYANK MATHUR Daily Arts Writer
When babies are hungry, sleepy or generally unhappy, they throw a tantrum. They cry with increasing volume Aand shrillness until their Bad Words problem — or crankiness — is At Quality solved. Whether you’re an 16 and Rave Focus innocent bystander or the one expected to provide a solution, the experience promises to be more than mildly annoying. Make no mistake — this baby has got a real problem here, and it needs to be solved. Give it food, make it sleep; just do whatever you have to do to MAKE IT STOP. But what do you when a 40 year-old man throws a tantrum by entering a local spelling bee to compete against children 30 years his junior? How do you make him stop? You really can’t do anything but sit back, relax and enjoy Jason Bateman’s (“Disconnect”) directorial debut, “Bad Words.” Bateman plays Guy Trilby, nemesis of the nation’s spelling wizards, their parents and every single spelling bee organizer out there. A dropout since the eighth grade, Trilby has found a loophole in the
bylaws of the local and national spelling competitions. Exercising his right to participate, he reaches the nationals with the intention of blowing away the competition for no discernible reason. Viewers are kept guessing until the last few minutes as to why he would decide on such a course of action, and in the process, they’re treated to a great deal of fun. Trilby is not a nice guy. He swears with reckless abandon, he drops his poo off with the hotel concierge and he bullies his competitors on stage — at one point convincing a girl that she’s had her first period, right before it’s her turn to spell. He’s also a racist who shows absolutely no regard for the plight of the many children and their parents whom he steps over in order to achieve his goal. But it’s fun to see him do what he does. There’s never a dull moment throughout the running time of 88 minutes and it’s because the taut screenplay is perfectly laced with jokes and situational comedy that keeps interest alive. Trilby’s actions force you to question why he would do such a thing, but the pacing and humor of the film is such that the question never imposes itself as a strong burden. There is an element of suspense, but it’s never overwhelming enough to detract
from the comedy. The comedy itself is perfectly balanced — not subtle and intellectual, yet not falling into the realm of slapstick. Trilby’s escapades with his fellow competitor Chaitanya Chopra (Rohan Chand, “Lone Survivor”) adequately showcase this film’s brand of comedy. The humor goes well with Bateman’s style of direction, making the film a smooth and enjoyable ride. As well as proving he’s a talented director, Bateman is superb as the disgruntled Trilby, putting in a performance that hits the right comedic and sentimental notes. “Bad Words” may seem like a loud and brash comedy, but at the end of the day, it’s about a man with the heart of a child who just wants a little more from his life. It’s a unique tale of revenge told against the unusual backdrop of a national spelling bee, but has enough comedic material to make it enjoyable. The revelation at the end might seem underwhelming to viewers, but to the little child inside Trilby, it’s a matter of great significance. Beneath the hilarious insults and one-liners lies an emotional core, and while it doesn’t form a major part of the film, it’s strong enough to make the characters seem well rounded and relatable.
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ALBUM REVIEW
ESL MUSIC
This looks like a sequel to ‘Skyfall’
‘Saudade’ brings classic Bossa Nova sound By NICK BOYD Daily Arts Writer
Saudade is a Portuguese word meaning “a longing for something that is lost, a contented melancholy, or the presence Aof absence.” Rob Garza and Saudade Eric Hilton, the master- Thievery minds behind the D.C.-based Corp musical entou- ESL Music rage, Thievery Corporation, thought Saudade a fitting title for their latest project. The album pays homage to the duo’s original creative inspiration — the Brazilian genre Bossa Nova. The only issue is that despite the album’s somber tone, Thievery Corporation is incapable of making anything but sexy music. Listening through Saudade, I can’t help but think this sounds less like a soundtrack to existential loneliness than it does to a James Bond movie set in Rio. Rather than crying tears of longing, I’m finding myself waiting for 007 to get laid. Regardless of this unintended effect, the latest Thievery Corporation project marks a successful departure from their typical clubby, bassdriven style and proves that sexy has no language barrier. Zing. In the mid ’90s, Garza and Hamilton joined musical forces out of their shared love for Bossa Nova — the result was Thievery Corporation. For the past 18 years, the duo has recruited a number of bands, rappers, vocalists, etc. to join in the production of their albums. In a sense, Garza and Hilton are the conductors of an ever-changing
orchestra. Thievery Corporation is an amorphous entity, and the musicians behind the scenes are constantly changing to fit the duo’s musical objectives for a given album. Due to the evolutionary nature of Thievery Corporation, Garza and Hilton have produced an incredibly diverse body of work — very little of it representing true Bossa Nova. (To get a sense of this contrast, compare their album,
“I’m not shitting you about the James Bond thing.” Culture of Fear with their latest work.) Thus, the pair thought it time to make something true to their roots and Saudade delivers smooth, finely tuned authentic Bossa Nova with a “corporate” spin. Vocally and instrumentally, Saudade honors the foundations of Bossa Nova. Classic Brazilian voices — Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gal Costa, Luis Bofá — provide the inspiration for the modern vocalists and musicians who joined the Corporation for this album. Collaborators include a mostly female cast of vocalists — LouLou Ghelichkhani, Elin Melgarejo, and Karian Zeviani — and a team of master percussionists like drummer Michael Lowery and Brazilian percussionist Roberto Santos. Though this is less sample-based than previous works, Garza and Hilton still did their fair share of
work in constructing the tracks, finding and rearranging old Bossa Nova melodies to create the common thread of the album. Given the soft female vocals, Latin beats and vintage sampling, Garza and Hilton succeed in creating an authentically ethereal, transcendent vibe. I was listening to it in the shower, and was convinced I was standing under an Amazonian waterfall. Vocals rasping softly over layered percussion, and precise guitar-work mesh perfectly to create a Brazilian ambience. Thievery Corporation still manages to put their subtle signature stamp on the album, despite its adherence to the tenants of Bossa Nova. The layered background beats give a new taste to the classic Brazilian genre. “Depth of my Soul,” the lead single, exemplifies this novel approach to Bossa Nova, and is a success in creating something that is simultaneously classic and innovative. I’m not shitting you about the James Bond thing. Go stream Saudade on NPR — dear god, has anyone ever said something more hipster — and play “No More Disguise.” You’ll whip your head around to quickly gauge what angle the Brazilian Bond girl is approaching from, and then you’ll remember you’re just listening to NPR. Alone. If you’re new to Thievery Corporation, Saudade is likely a radical departure from whatever you listen to, but give Bossa Nova a chance, and I think you’ll find Thievery Corporation’s latest work a refreshing novelty. If you’re a vetted fan, this stylistic tangent will pleasantly surprise you. Besides, I think if you walk through the waterfall in your shower, you’ll probably find your Bond girl on the other side.
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Softball hosts rivalry clash vs. Ohio State By JUSTIN MEYER Daily Sports Writer
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Fifth-year senior right-hander Ben Ballantine has a 3.00 earned-run average heading into this weekend’s series against Minnesota at Ray Fisher Stadium.
Baseball looks for fourth straight By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Writer
A 4-1 record in five games is more like the Michigan baseball team imagined. Minnesota For the at Michigan Wolverines, the current Matchup: homestand is Minnesota going much 15-9; Michigan better than its 13-15-1 early-season When: Friday road trip. 4 P.M., After going Saturday 2 9-14-1 on the P.M., Sunday 1 P.M. road to start the season, Where: Ray Michigan has Fisher Stadium returned to Ann Arbor, having taken two of three from a tough Iowa squad in that 4-1 stretch. As Minnesota comes to town, the Wolverines (3-3 Big Ten, 13-15-1 overall) will look to continue their hot streak at home against one of the Big Ten’s weaker offenses. Michigan didn’t get off to the start it wanted, but by playing two games against ranked teams during its 24-game opening
road trip, Michigan coach Erik Bakich made sure his team was prepared for Big Ten play. “For the rest of the year we’re not going to see anything we haven’t seen already,” Bakich said. “We’ve had a ton of top-25 competition already, and all that competition has gotten us really battle-tested and confident and ready to compete with anyone the second half of the season.” In Minnesota, the battles aren’t likely to come from the batter’s box. With a .239 batting average, the Golden Gophers (3-3, 15-9) boast the conference’s ninthranked offense, something that the Wolverine starters — who posted a 1.08 earned-run average and 13 strikeouts while giving up just nine hits last weekend against Iowa — hope to capitalize on. In the field, the Wolverines hope to bounce back from Wednesday’s three-error
performance against Central Michigan, tied for their worst of the year. Michigan may have to do so without two of its infield starters. Freshman infielder Ramsey Romano is sidelined for at least six weeks with a broken hand, and senior catcher Cole Martin is questionable for Friday after leaving Wednesday’s game early with a sore arm. While keeping errors down is a key concern, Bakich is well aware that relaxation on any front can be deadly in the Big Ten season. “Bottom line, we’ve got a lot of work to do,” Bakich said. “Even if we were 29-0, we’d still have things to work on and improvements to make. It’s just about sticking to the process of getting better, and we’re just going to keep grinding on that and work on making quality pitches and stringing quality at-bats together.” With both teams tied for
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fourth in the conference standings, the Wolverines are well aware of the significance of each game. With both teams strongest in pitching, the games will likely be close and low-scoring, which is fine by Bakich. After leading the nation with 20 of 29 games this season decided by two runs or fewer, the Wolverines thrive in the tight games, evidenced by the final two contests of the Iowa series, in which freshman infielder Trey Miller and junior outfielder Jackson Glines each came up with clutch hits late in the games. But the easiest way to beat a team is to be aggressive early on. With senior ace Ben Ballantine on the mound Friday, Bakich stresses the importance of winning the first game. “Friday night games are always competitive environments,” Bakich said. “So we’re going to look to set the tone early on. Hitting is contagious, both positive and negative, so it’s important to get going early and keep having these guys taste the thrill of victory.”
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The No. 5 Michigan softball team has played 32 games in five states, lost just six times, beat current No. 1 UCLA, lost to former No. 1 Florida and taken the inside track for yet another Big Ten Championship. But the Wolverines haven’t yet played Ohio State. “I don’t get caught up in that,” said Michigan coach Carol Hutchins Wednesday. “That’s all emotional stuff for the Ohio State fans. We have a job to do: play at Michigan softball, play Matchup: Ohio State 17-15; well.” So maybe Michigan 26-6 this weekend’s When: Friday series against 6 P.M., the Buckeyes Saturday 2 isn’t such a big P.M., Sunday 1 P.M. deal. After all, Ohio State (5-1 Where: Big Ten, 17-15 Alumni Field overall) hasn’t made it much of a rivalry, with a 1-18 record against Michigan since 2004. Hutchins has said and will say the Wolverines are playing the game of softball, not the opponent, whether that opponent is Detroit or the Buckeyes. But sophomore shortstop Sierra Romero is excited. “Oh my gosh, (last year) was so fun,” Romero said. “When you first come here, you hear so much about Ohio State, Michigan State and Michigan, and playing on that day, there’s just a whole different kind of tension. The stands are so loud.” Amid the longest home stretch of the season for Michigan (6-0, 26-6), the three-game series against Ohio State is the highlight before a homestand against No. 14 Minnesota. The Wolverines haven’t played a close game since beginning Big Ten play, and have cut six of their last seven games short by the eight-run mercy rule that goes into effect after five innings. The team has been firing on all cylinders at the plate, pouring on 40 runs in a three-game series against Penn State last weekend,
and even had freshman righty Megan Betsa turn in a complete game Wednesday. Betsa was dealing with confidence issues, but showed the movement on her pitches that Hutchins has raved about earlier this season when she tossed a no-hitter and struck out eight against Detroit Mercy. The Buckeyes should give Michigan more trouble at the plate than it has had recently, though, as sophomore pitcher Olivia O’Reilly has held opposing hitters to a .236 batting average. Two recent stompings of Indiana, by scores of 12-2 and 10-2, are also a good indication that this series won’t be a cakewalk for the Wolverines. Ohio State figures to struggle against Michigan’s pitching core. First baseman Evelyn Carrillo leads the Buckeyes with a strong .380 batting average, but that would be good enough for just sixth on the Wolverines’ roster. The Michigan pitching staff has been excellent against top competition all year, and Ohio State doesn’t have the depth to counter. Junior lefty Haylie Wagner has emerged as the best of the bunch for the Wolverines, but fellow junior Sara Driesenga and Betsa have both made significant strides after being pushed in practice. “(The pitchers) are working really hard,” Romero said. “As soon as practice starts, they’re gone with (assistant coach Jen Brundage) and they’re doing their thing in the cages. They’re very fierce. When they’re pitching against us in practice, I’m not going to lie, I’m scared. I feel like I’m in a game situation because they’re coming right at me.” When Michigan takes the field Friday, it will approach it like any other game — as it has all season — but it won’t be. Alumni Field will be packed, the first truly dangerous opponent of the Big Ten season will be in the opposing dugout and the Wolverines might have just a little more bounce in their step. After all, it is Ohio State, and it is a rivalry game.
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‘M’ plays Battle at the Big House vs. Fairfield Men’s lacrosse looks to snap three-game skid By MINH DOAN Daily Sports Writer
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Fifth-year senior Natalie Beilstein will lead the Michigan women’s gymnastics team into the NCAA Regionals Saturday.
Women’s gymnastics heads to regionals ‘M’ must place in top two of six to advance to NCAA Championships By CINDY YU Daily Sports Writer
The NCAA Regionals may be the most underrated meet of the season. Considering no trophy is NCAA even awarded, Athens NCAA Regional Regionals may seem Matchup: No. 7 Michigan, especially No. 6 Georgia, anticlimactic No. 18 Central for the No. Michigan, No. 7 Michigan 22 Ohio State, North Carolina women’s State, Rutgers gymnastics team, which When: just came off Saturday a huge win to 4 P.M. take home the Where: Big Ten title. Athens, Ga. However, TV/Radio: the opposite MGoBlue.com could not be more true. “It’s the most important meet of the year,” said senior Shelby Gies. Following the Big Ten Championships, the meet serves as a gateway to the NCAA Championships, which means that a poor performance could spell an early end to the season. To advance to its 20th NCAA Championships, Michigan must place in the top two Saturday at the Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, Ga. The team is slated to face No. 6 Georgia, No. 18 Central Michigan, No. 22 Ohio State, North Carolina State and Rutgers. Regardless of how well Michigan has performed lately, which is to say well, the team can’t overlook how crucial this meet is. It’s dangerous in that
the only scores that matter to qualify for nationals are the ones recorded at the respective regional sites. “It’s new life,” said Michigan coach Bev Plocki. “If you go to regionals and blow it, then there is no nationals. Your season ends abruptly.” The Wolverines are on a mission to make a statement at regionals. They have their eyes set on more than just qualifying for the next competition. Rather, they want to separate themselves from the competition and prove that they are serious contenders for the coveted national title. “We want to win that region because that’s going to be the perception of what our team’s ability to win a national championship is based on,” Plocki said. “We want to create buzz. We want people to be talking about our incredible meet and we want to prove that our Big Ten performance wasn’t a fluke.” A key component to this picture is the role of the alternates after sophomore Austin Sheppard suffered a season-ending broken ankle in practice last week. Sheppard, ranked No. 2 in the nation on vault with an average score of 9.945, will need her teammates to fill her spot in the lineup on vault, uneven bars and balance beam. “I think everyone feels terrible for Austin,” Plocki said. “She had an opportunity to do some big things in this postseason, but I don’t think anybody on our team in any way, shape or form is letting her injury affect us
in any other way than to be that much more determined.” It’s nearly impossible to replace Sheppard, so the goal is shifted toward collectively as a team polishing the details, picking up extra tenths from hit handstands and stuck landings. Stepping in for her on vault will be senior Reema Zakharia, who has been in and out of the lineup throughout the season. Sophomore Lindsay Williams will be her replacement in the other two events. “Bev puts emphasis on 7-8-9 in the lineup,” Gies said. “They are the most important people on the team because they are constantly pushing people in the lineup. This is the perfect opportunity to see how much our team can dig to see how much we have in us.” To better prepare for the meet, the team also simulated a mock meet with bye rotations in practice this week to adjust to the altered timing at regionals. “It just gave them an opportunity to at least think about what it’s going to feel like to have to go and sit there for 10 to 15 minutes and not let your head get out of the context of the meet,” Plocki said. “It was nice to finish with a strong beam rotation, which we did deliberately since we’ll be ending on beam at regionals.” Despite facing adversity a number of times throughout the season from scoring discrepancies to injuries, the Wolverines are ready to continue what they have been doing all season long: respond with confidence and impress.
“It’s the most important meet of the year.”
While the fanfare of the football spring game might Fairfield at dominate the Michigan headlines Saturday, the Matchup: Fairfield 8-2; Michigan men’s lacrosse Michigan 4-7 team will When: also play at Saturday 5 P.M. Michigan Stadium in its Where: annual Battle Michigan at the Big Stadium House. TV/Radio: The MGoBlue.com Wolverines (1-1 Eastern College Athletic League, 4-7 overall) will continue a tradition that started with their first year when they play conference opponent No. 15 Fairfield (1-0, 8-2) after the spring game concludes. “When we first added varsity lacrosse, the game was something Dave Brandon and I talked about, a chance to showcase a new sport at Michigan,” said Michigan coach John Paul. “It was an opportunity to have fans who weren’t really familiar with lacrosse to get some exposure.” A lacrosse team following its football team’s spring game isn’t a new concept, though. Ohio State has been playing in its version of the annual game — the “Showdown at the Shoe” — for the past four years, since the program’s inaugural season.
The success of that game is what drove Michigan to institute the tradition of its own. “Ohio State’s been very successful with their game,” Paul said. “They actually set the (national on-campus and regular season) attendance record a few years ago.” The last two years, the game had an added bonus for fans as Michigan played its rivals, the Buckeyes. This season, the schedule forced the game to be played against Fairfield. Next week, Michigan will travel down to Ohio State to play in the Showdown at the Shoe. For lacrosse, a sport still trying to gain popularity at Michigan, the timing is all about bringing awareness to the game. Paul hopes it gives the crowd watching the spring football game a chance to watch lacrosse for possibly the first time ever. “(The game is) an opportunity for Michigan fans who don’t know lacrosse or who don’t come into town for a big football event to stick around and learn a little bit about our team,” Paul said. But with the added fanfare of the upcoming game, the Wolverines are preparing like they do for any other game. After falling behind early last week against Air Force en route to its third straight loss, Michigan simplified its strategy early on in the game. “This week has been about making sure we’re 100 percent ready to go,” Paul said. “We’ve
simplified the strategy so the guys don’t have to make as many decisions early in the game and just play lacrosse.” While Michigan is on a losing streak, the Stags carry a six-game winning streak, including wins over No. 12 Massachusetts and No. 14 Yale. “Fairfield doesn’t do a whole lot that’s flashy,” Paul said. “They’re not going to wow you like some of the other top programs. They’re very consistent and solid at both ends of the field. They don’t make a lot of execution mistakes, and they shoot very, very well.” But in the midst of the Stags’ consistency, Paul thinks the Wolverines have the advantage with sophomore faceoff man Brad Lott. “I think we could have a little bit of an advantage facing off,” Paul said. “If we can get more posessions than them and match their offensive efficiency, we’re going to be in a very good position.” With the spring game and the pomp that comes along with it, there could be a lot of distraction on Saturday with arguably the best team in the conference coming to town. But Michigan isn’t worried about the football team. It has a lacrosse game to play. “We’re just preparing for the next game, and the setting is what it is,” Paul said. “This is an important ECAC game, and we have to make sure that we have an opportunity out there for us.”
“They’re very consistent and solid at both ends.”
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The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
What to Watch For: Spring Game By GREG GARNO Daily Sports Editor
Michigan coach Brady Hoke must like almost everything about his team, except for maybe his team as a whole. Since practice Michigan began in Spring Game February before When: Saturday 2 P.M. Spring Break, Hoke Where: has taken an Michigan optimistic Stadium look on TV/Radio: each player BTN and each position group, before saying “we’re a long way from being any good” as a team Thursday. Nearly every player has a chance to start, and the team has long since moved past last season’s disappointing 7-5 finish this spring. Though it may not feel like spring yet, the Michigan football team is set to host its final practice of the year before summer. “It won’t be a game, it’ll be more like a practice,” Hoke said. “We need reps. You go through our roster, we need as many reps and teachable moments with situational football — red zone stuff, third-down stuff.” The Daily previews which storylines to keep an eye on in the annual spring practice Saturday. 1. Which running back will impress the most? The better question might not be who impresses the most, but can anyone impress at all? A nightmare season for the Wolverines’ ground game was only compounded by the loss of its No. 1 back in Fitzgerald Toussaint and senior tackles Taylor Lewan and Michael Schofield. Now, a contingent of
inexperienced and young backs takes over behind an equally inexperienced offensive line. But enter Michigan offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier and his new running back-bycommittee system he plans to begin implementing this season. Nussmeier will bring a system from Alabama that has utilized multiple running backs. Nussmeier and Michigan will lean heavily on a pair of power backs — sophomores Derrick Green and De’Veon Smith — and make use of redshirt junior Justice Hayes on third downs for a change of pace. “De’Veon has had a very good spring, Derrick has had a better spring than he did in the fall,” Hoke said last Thursday. “Justice Hayes has done some really good things, and I’m really proud of him, both carrying the ball and in the protection game. It’d be nice to get Drake (Johnson) back and put him in the mix.” Green and Smith are both physical backs, weighing more than 220 pounds, but Green’s physicality is beginning to show through after he was considered the No. 1 running back coming out of high school by Rivals.com. “He looks better, his balance is probably better, vision is better, just more quickness through coming out of the holes,” Hoke said. 2. Is the offensive line stronger without Lewan and Schofield? The obvious answer seems like a no. Lewan is projected in the top 20 in this May’s NFL Draft and Schofield should also be picked somewhere on the final day. But a young group figures to be stronger, thanks to more chances to bond and work together. “I think the five of us all being young is really allowing
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Sophomore running back Derrick Green is in the mix for the top spot in the backfield in offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier’s running back-by-committee system.
us to mesh and come together the way we didn’t last year,” said redshirt sophomore guard Kyle Kalis. “I think we’re going to be pretty good this year. “Having (Lewan and Schofield) was crucial for helping us grow and stuff, but it’s a totally different experience now.” But everyone figures to be in the mix, according to Hoke, including early enrollee Mason Cole. The freshman out of Florida has impressed teammates and coaches this spring, so much so that he could be in the mix. But whatever happens Saturday may have little effect on the end result, after Hoke changed his line for at least half of the season.
3. The defense is changing positions Speaking of change, Saturday will be the first chance to get a look at a linebacking corps that rotated returning starters. Fifth-year senior Jake Ryan has moved from the outside to the inside, while senior Desmond Morgan has moved from the outside to the inside. Ryan joins junior James Ross III in the middle, where he figures to be more involved and active in the plays, as opposed to being left alone and left to choice. “Now, I’m in the middle of everything,” Ryan said. “As Coach Hoke said, I’m more prolific (there), I guess.” Ryan won’t get a chance Saturday to fully show off how far he’s come in the transition, but after he managed to record 30 tackles last season in limited time, his increased reps should only bring improvement.
Norfleet and has the speed that redshirt sophomores Amara Darboh and Jehu Chesson don’t quite have on the outside. Canteen could be in the mix on special teams this season, but watch closely to see just how big of an effect his speed has in practice. 5. Can Norfleet finally break one off? Dennis Norfleet has had one stat looming over his head for the past two seasons: zero kickoffs returned for a touchdown. But he can certainly take solace in approaching the record for number of returns and return yards. With 229 more yards, the junior will break the program
record of 1,993 set by Steve Breaston. “This year, it’s time for one to come home,” Norfleet said. “That is the big goal this year, to bring a couple back. “It’s kind of frustrating, but at the same time, it’s something you just have to deal with. It’s hard to return a kick — a lot of things have to happen. So, I’m just looking to put the team in good position and get as many yards as possible.” After two years of adjustment from high school, look to see if “Wood,” as Nussmeier recently nicknamed him, can put all the pieces together. Daily Sports Editors Max Cohen and Alexa Dettelbach contributed reporting
4. Keeping up with Canteen There’s been a lot of buzz about freshman wide receiver Freddy Canteen being the fastest man on the team. Canteen clocked a 4.43 in the 40-yard dash entering spring practice, and has presented one of the more explosive options off the line of scrimmage Michigan has seen in quite some time. But very few people have talked about Canteen’s ability to run routes, except Hoke. “(Canteen is a) good route runner, a guy who is entrenched in trying to be the best he can,” Hoke said. “He learns well, he listens well and truly has a passion for the game.” Canteen figures to see time in the slot this season, replacing Drew Dileo and providing a taller option than junior Dennis PAUL SHERMAN/Daily Norfleet. At 6-foot-1, Canteen has an extra six inches over Junior Dennis Norfleet has yet to return a kick for a touchdown in his career.
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