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Michigan Sahana performs an Indian classical dance at That Brown Show at the Power Center Saturday.
Cultural event showcases South Asian music, dance That Brown Show blends diverse genres, disciplines
annual performance of That Brown Show. Students performed traditional and contemporary South Asian music and dance to a crowd of over 300 friends, family and members of the Ann Arbor community. That Brown Show was started in 2011 by Michigan Sahana, a group of Indian classical dancers and musicians, as a way to unite the different South Asian
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Saturday, a blur costumes, dynamic harmonious voices Power Center for
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performing groups on campus and give them the opportunity to showcase their talents. The show also hopes to educate the University and Ann Arbor community on South Asian arts. Engineering sophomore Shwetha Hariharan, dance chair of That Brown Show for Michigan Sahana, said the group reaches out to South Asian performing groups all over campus in order to recruit teams for the
show. “We try to make it as inclusive as possible, and most years we’re able to get most of the teams to perform,” she said. “Sometimes they’ll have competitions or other things going on, but we really want to make an inclusive experience and allow all the teams to come together because it is one of the purposes of the show.” See BROWN, Page 3A
CSG Commission holds inclusive event that provides prom experience By EMILIE PLESSET Daily Staff Reporter
About 40 University students had a second chance to create prom night memories at the fireand-ice-themed Pride Prom in the Michigan League Saturday night. The LGBT Issues Commission of Central Student Government sponsored the Pride Prom to provide students the opportunity to express themselves in a fun social setting. The Commission works to improve and promote LGBTQ student life and pride throughout the year. LSA junior Robert Schwarzhaupt, the Commission’s chair, said the event is valuable because many LGBTQ individuals don’t have the chance to experience
prom or dances during in high school. “We really wanted to bring back that tradition and give people the space to experience that prom-cliché kind of dance,” he said. Although the Commission was unable to hold a prom last year, there have been other pride proms at the University in the past hosted by other groups. LSA senior Katarina Evans said she went to Pride Prom a few years ago in East Quad, but noted that this year’s prom included more of the campus community since it was held in the League. Many students attended this year’s prom wearing dresses and bow ties. While students danced in the center of the room, promgoers could also take pictures in a photo booth. Music, Theatre & Dance sophomore Kalia Medeiros, who attended the event, said it met all her expectations. “There’s a photo booth, dancing, camaraderie and food,” See PROM, Page 3A
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FestiFools and FoolMoon kick off city’s summer festival season By EMMA KERR Daily Staff Reporter
This weekend, FestiFools and FoolMoon brought Ann Arbor students and residents out of winter hibernation and onto Main Street and Washington Street to kick off the summer festival season. In its eighth year, the signature Ann Arbor events once again brought families and students alike to witness the parade of papiermâché puppets, including giant famous faces, ice cream cones saying “let’s spoon,” and monsters and dragons waving over the crowd. Shops were filled with customers and the streets were lively after a long winter. Art students put on the event as their semester project, which
is intended for children of the Ann Arbor community. Mark Tucker, Lloyd Hall Scholar Program arts director and creative director of WonderFool Productions, said this event offers an opportunity for students to interact with the community. “This just seemed like it would allow students a lot more freedom and give them the ability to work with people from the community, and to then end up showing their artwork to the broader community, so all of that seemed to make sense for getting students more motivated to make more interesting pieces,” Tucker said. Though the class began as a unique opportunity to get more non-art majors involved in the arts on campus, it has evolved into a manifestation of Ann Arbor’s culture, in all of its quirkiness and creativity. The event benefits the entire community, Tucker said — families enjoy the bright puppets and music, local vendors and shops enjoy the flooded streets and See FESTIFOOLS, Page 7A
Humane Society puppies help raise money for literacy program By STEPHANIE SHENOUDA Daily News Editor
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Matt Dubriel holds a legalize marijuana sign at the 43rd annual Hash Bash in the Diag Saturday.
Thousands descend on A2 for iconic marijuana event Gathering reaches 8,000 amid debate over pot legalization By MAX RADWIN Daily Staff Reporter
Ah, spring is in the air … As was something else on Saturday.
This year’s Hash Bash, an annual celebration of all things hemp and marijuana, took place on the Diag and Monroe Street. Around 8,000 people attended this year’s event, a significant increase over other recent bashes. The number of attendees at Hash Bash has increased every year since the use of medical marijuana was legalized in
2009. In 2010 and 2011, nearly 5,000 and 6,000 were in attendance, respectively. Since 1972, individuals in possession of marijuana in Ann Arbor have only been charged with a small civil-infraction fine. But according to Charmie Gholson, the founder of Michigan Moms United to End the War on Drugs, the rally for total See HASHBASH, Page 3A
Despite rainy weather that forced the third annual Puppies on the Porch event indoors, spirits were high at the Sigma Chi fraternity house on Friday afternoon. In partnership with the Pi Beta Phi women’s fraternity, the philanthropy event was an “aww-inspiring” combination of wagging tails and happy humans. For $5, participants had the opportunity to play with 10 puppies provided by the Lenawee Humane Society in Adrian, Mich. There was also a raffle, puppy chow and hot dogs available to raise additional money. Half of the proceeds from the event will be donated to the Humane Society and the other half will benefit See PUPPIES, Page 3A
Spring Game? The Wolverines returned to the Big House on Saturday.
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30 years ago (April 10, 1984) A series of arson incidents in South Quad continued, marking the fifth fire in less than a month. Resident Adviser Eve Skirboll told her residents at a special house meeting that they need to start moving faster in response, even if they think it isn’t serious. “I’m one of the last ones out of this building and I don’t want to burn,” Skirboll said. “So when that fire alarm sounds I want you moving.”
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A large number of graduate student instructors cancelled their classes in solidarity with protesting members of the Lecturers’ Employees Organization. LEO’s protest was focused on certain demands they wanted the University to meet during their ongoing contract negotiations, such as a revision of their health benefits package and measures to increase job security. GSI Leanne Powner, who cancelled her office hours, said she supported the strike because the issues LEO members were facing could affect her in the near future. — SHOHAM GEVA
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versity students and young people while addressing the lack of affordable housing in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti and surrounding areas. The week’s events started on Sunday with the Big House 5K, in which HFHUM was one of six non-profits to receive proceeds. Monday, members will be at the Posting Wall in Mason Hall from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. encouraging students to take Habitat’s BUiLD pledge, which supports the establishment of adequate housing for all. LSA junior Andrew Schuler, president of HFHUM, said this event is a way to directly bring issues of inadequate housing to students’ attention. “If people sign this pledge, that says, ‘I will either commit or volunteer for this cause in the future,’ ” Schuler said. “They’ll be aware of the cause and be more likely to donate their time
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For hundreds of runners Sunday, crossing the finish line in the Big House marked the end of a 5K race. However, for the University’s chapter of Habitat for Humanity, the race was only the beginning of a series of events for Act! Speak! Build! Week. The week of advocacy set by Habitat for Humanity International takes place from April 6-12 at around 130 campuses nationwide. The University’s chapter has organized seven Sudoku Syndication events over the seven days in an effort to bring together Uni-
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to building homes for people of lower income.” Schuler, who said HFHUM is currently undergoing a restructuring, hopes this week’s events will help with their goal to expand. “We’re aiming at increasing our level of service and our outreach area,” Schuler said. “Right now we work on about two houses a year but we want to expand that to four. Our main goal is increasing our fundraising capacity, because that’s been LUNA ARCHEY/Daily a limiting factor in terms of Performers in their traditional garb danced in both exhibitions and competition events at the powwow on Saturday. what we can do.” Engineering senior Alan Seto, HFHUM’s webmaster, said he hopes Act! Speak! Build! Week will also help spread Habitat for Humanity’s overarching message. “This is our largest advocacy week,” Seto said. “We want to made worthwhile by seeing the event so we wanted to mentor http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ community come together to them on how they could host a raise awareness about Habitat’s celebrate. powwow on their own.” mission, which is to provide “It’s to continue our tradiBallew also said she hopes for simple, decent, and affordable tions and make sure our Native more support from the Univerhousing for low income families. Each event takes that into play.” culture survives and gets sity in the future. On Tuesday, there will be a passed down to the next genera“This year we were forced off tions,” Ballew said. “And also to campus again, so we really want showing of Loki Films’ “Detropia” from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in By BRIE WINNEGA give the community a glimpse of for future years to be a space Modern Languages Building, Daily Staff Reporter what the Native American cul- and a date that the University ture is all about, to kind of bash provides to help this event be Lecture Room 1. On Wednesday, the Chapter will be raising Hundreds of members of the those stereotypes and those successful,” Ballew said. Native American community misrepresentations that are The powwow came commoney to build houses through engaged in a cultural celebra- continuously presented in the plete with traditional Native an event at Buffalo Wild Wings from 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., during tion this weekend during the media about Native Americans.” American food, dancers, drum42nd annual Dance for Mother The Native American Student mers, and artisans. Apart from which 20 percent of purchases Earth Powwow. Organization of Eastern Michi- the dancing competitions and will be donated to the organization. The powwow, hosted by the gan University collaborated drumming contest, one of this Native American Student Asso- with NASA to put on the pow- year’s main events was the The awareness week will continue when HFHUM members ciation, brought community wow. fashion show, which featured will be honored in the Member members together to celebrate Eastern Michigan student designs from Beyond Buckskin their culture. Although past Rebecca Thomas, a NASO mem- fashion boutique worn by volRecognition Ceremony at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Henderson powwows have been held at the ber, said the organization hopes unteer student models. Room at the Michigan League. Crisler Center, this year’s event to learn the logistics of a powJessica Metcalfe, founder Friday will feature two events, was moved to Skyline High wow from this experience so and owner of Beyond Buckskin, a Build Day in Ypsilanti open to School due to a scheduling con- they will be prepared for their said she hopes to introduce the flict. own event, which they are cur- “immense talent” of Native any volunteers, with transportation provided from the Ginsberg LSA junior Sarah Ballew rently planning to hold in the American artists and designers Center, and an advocacy event in served as NASA co-chair for the fall. to more people. second year, working to orga“We wanted to mentor East“Fashion is inherently excitthe Diag. Finally, on the last day of Act! nize the group’s largest event of ern because they haven’t had a ing,” Metcalfe said. “It’s inherthe year and one of the largest powwow in ten years,” Ballew ently cool and fun, and when Speak! Build! Week, HFHUM student-run powwows in the said. “It’s a very small student you throw Native American will hold another Build Day and Habitat Restore event at the country. Ballew said the one- group like ourselves but we’ve cultures into that mix, it just year-long planning process is had this very long-running Ginsberg Center. See POWWOW, Page 7A
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Arab-American leaders support church invitation to Easter egg hunt Arab-American and Muslim leaders are defending a suburban-Detroit church that drew criticism for inviting children at public schools with many Muslim children to attend its Easter egg hunt. Invitations to the upcoming Saturday’s Eggstravaganza at Cherry Hill Presbyterian Church were distributed last week in elementary schools in Dearborn. The Detroit suburb is the center of southeastern Michigan’s large Arab-American community and has a high proportion of Muslim children. Lawyer Majed Mougni tells the Detroit Free Press his two young children were upset to get fliers about the event. The Rev. Netta Nichols says it’s intended for children of any religion and isn’t an attempt to proselytize.
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Navy rescues ill infant and family from sailboat U.S. sailors rescued an American family with an ill 1-yearold from a sailboat that broke down hundreds of miles off the Mexican coast — boarding them Sunday onto a San Diego-bound Navy ship so the girl could get medical treatment. The baby girl, Lyra, was in stable condition at 8 a.m. Sunday when sailors helped her, her 3-year-old sister, Cora, and her parents, Charlotte and Eric Kaufman leave their sailboat and brought them aboard the USS Vandegrift. The frigate was expected to arrive in San Diego midweek, Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Barry Bena said.
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Mormon leader restates opposition to gay marraige A top Mormon leader reiterated the church’s opposition to gay marriage Saturday during the church’s biannual general conference. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ stance on homosexuality has softened in recent years, but this marks the second consecutive conference in which leaders took time to emphasize the faith’s insistence that marriage should be limited to unions between a man and a woman, as God created. “While many governments and well-meaning individuals have redefined marriage, the Lord has not,” said Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve. “He designated the purpose of marriage to go far beyond the personal satisfaction and fulfillment of adults, to more importantly, advancing the ideal setting for children to be born, reared and nurtured.”
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Defense Secretary to tour China’s new aircraft carrier U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is expected to get a rare tour Monday of China’s first aircraft carrier, becoming the first foreign visitor to go aboard the ship. A senior defense official said Hagel requested the visit, which comes a day after he told reporters that China must better respect its neighbors — a pointed allusion to Beijing’s ongoing territorial dispute with Japan and others over remote islands in the East China Sea. He also has continued to urge Beijing to be more transparent about its expanding military. —Compiled from Daily wire reports
BROWN From Page 1A This year’s show included performances by 58 Greene, Michigan Sahana, Maya, TAAL, Michigan Manzil, The Michigan Raas, Maize Mirchi and The Michigan Bhangra Team, said Engineering senior Hema Karunakaram, the show’s chair. Each group’s piece was preceded by a short video clip to introduce its members, convey the purpose of the team and set the stage for the performance. Groups such as Michigan Sahana and Maya performed Indian classical dance while TAAL and Michigan Manzil performed Bollywood-style dances. Raas presented a traditional folk dance while the Michigan Bhangra Team performed a blend of styles. Groups such as 58 Greene, Michigan Sahana and Maize Mirchi gave vocal performances. 58 Greene opened the show with an a cappella version of the national anthem, followed by Michigan Sahana’s rendition of the Indian national anthem.
HASHBASH From Page 1A legalization remains relevant. “The direction that this rally has taken is dramatic,” Gholson said. “It’s always been a smokein, it’s always been a rally of the people, by the people and for the people. At this point, we’re no longer strictly on the menu regarding our lives and how our
PUPPIES From Page 1A FirstBook — an organization that provides children in low-income areas with age appropriate books to foster a love of reading. “We’re hoping to raise awareness for literacy which is Pi Phi’s philanthropy,” said LSA sophomore Leah Sobel, Pi Beta Phi philanthropy chair. “It’s not necessarily as well-known as breast cancer or something, but if kids can’t read by third grade, they’re probably never going to read, and we want to raise awareness because you wouldn’t necessarily know that without doing a lot of research.” LSA junior Nick Reed, Sigma Chi philanthropy chair, said Puppies on the Porch is an important transition year and something that the two Greek institutions look forward to collaborating on each year. This year’s event raised approximately $6,000. “We’ve been giving our money to the animal shelter every year and we think it’s a great cause,” Reed said. “It’s nice for people to get to play with the puppies and they love being played with too, so really it’s a win-win for everyone.” Around 400 tickets were presold for the event. Reed said while the event was advertised through social media channels, word-of-mouth is the biggest draw for the event. “I love this fundraiser because it sells itself; everyone loves playing with puppies, and especially when we have them out on the front lawn and everyone’s having
PROM From Page 1A Medeiros said. “What more could you ask for?” In an effort to create a comfortable environment, the Commission provided a gender-neutral bathroom for trans-identified students, served a large selection of food to cater to special diets, and ensured that the DJ did not play music that could be considered offensive or exclusive. “We’re trying to create the
Michigan Sahana musicians also performed traditional Indian music. Engineering junior Abbhinav Muralidharan, the show’s music chair, said the performance is unique because of the diversity of the acts it offers. “You wouldn’t find this set of performing teams together in any other show because they have different styles of dance, different styles of music but they all perform together for one show,” Muralidharan said. Engineering sophomore Jacob Gersh said he was impressed by how a shared culture brought the groups, who come from multiple artistic genres, together. “They’re not connected by the thing they do, they’re connected by the heritage they share and from that they build a performance,” Gersh said. Hariharan said the name of the show comes from the shared backgrounds of the performers. “Brown is the common factor in all these teams,” Hariharan said. “We’re all really different … but the thing that ties us together is that we’re all South Asian and we all like to refer to ourselves as brown. It’s just something really casual.”
legislation impacts it. We’re at the table. We have our place at the table.” Though the city of Ann Arbor has some of the most lenient penalties for individuals caught in possession of marijuana, the University Police adhere to state laws, even during Hash Bash. But interactions were generally civil on Saturday. University Police made only one arrest while attendees enjoyed vendors
fun, it’s like the best marketing ever,” Reed added. LSA sophomore Nathan Novaria said he wanted to support the organizations efforts because he also believes that philanthropy is an important part of Greek Life. “I’m the philanthropy chair of Beta Theta Pi, so I try to go to as many events as possible just to show my support, because it’s such an important aspect of what we do,” Novaria said. “Obviously community service is really important around Ann Arbor, but it’s also important to look at larger foundations across the nation and sustaining them so they can continue to give back beyond our Ann Arbor bubble.” Novaria added that the presence of puppies was also a major factor in his decision to attend, specifically because the weather was so dreary. “I think it’s a really smart move bringing in puppies because who doesn’t love puppies?” he said. “It’s great that they’re able to do this because it’s a nice break for students and they can come and play with a puppy, while contributing to a great cause. I think it generates a lot of their interest aside from the fact that they’re both great organizations.” LSA freshman Leslie Alter echoed Novaria’s sentiments, saying that she enjoyed the interactive aspect of the event, as opposed to simply donating money to a cause. She added that she was thinking about “stealing” one of the small golden retriever puppies because it was her favorite from the day.
best social space for everyone,” Schwarzhaupt said. Kinesiology freshman Katie Baur and University alum Christine Lisee went to the prom wearing a matching corsage and boutonniere. “I wasn’t really out in high school so I never really got to do anything like this,” Lise said. “I was like, cool let’s get dressed up and do this one thing together.” In addition to Pride Prom, the LGBT Commission holds bimonthly meetings and retreats throughout the year and sponsors Gayz Craze at Palmer Field in the fall.
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Washington mudslide survivors tell their stories Disaster survivor recounts her experience, tries to rebuild SEATTLE (AP) — It was a sound like a jet engine. Then a forest of trees collapsed. And all was quiet except for the calls for help. LoAnna Langton ran out of her house with her baby boy in her arms. Confused about what had just happened, she shouted for her children and their friends. She knew she needed to have her all her babies close at hand. “Larry, Larry, did you see those trees? There’s a hundred trees that just went down,” she screamed to her neighbor, Larry Taylor, who opened his door and poked his head out.
and live music. This year’s Hash Bash, now in its 43rd year, is not the same event it was in 1972. Activists are fighting the same cause with different tools. “The Internet has democratized the media for us and given us tools with which to organize,” Gholson said. “It’s an absolute flood of change right now. There’s no stopping it. Legalization is a forgone conclusion.”
About 150 feet away, the rest of their rural Washington neighborhood had disappeared in a massive tangle of mud and debris. The huge March 22 landslide in Oso killed more than two dozen people and left many others missing. It was one of the worst natural disasters in state history. Taylor, Langton, her four children, her mother and her great aunt survived. And like others who are still alive — either by luck or circumstance — they are trying to make sense of the tragedy. LoAnna Langton’s husband, Kristopher Langton, also lived. When the slide struck, he had been on his way back home from an errand. After a few seconds of listening to his wife scream on the phone, he raced into the muck to try to reach his family. “I was scared out of my
Rick Thompson, a contributor to pro-marijuana publications like The American Cultivator, The Burn Magazine and The Compassion Chronicles, encouraged attendees to take pictures with their phones and post the pictures on social media platforms. “We’re all going to take photos of what’s going on at Hash Bash — are you ready?” he asked the crowd. “But that’s only part one. Now we Facebook those
mind,” LoAnna Langton recalled days after the landslide. She was worried about her husband and about getting her children to safety. Emergency workers tried to stop Kristopher Langton, but he pushed on through the mud and over trees and other debris. He helped pull three adults and a baby out of the debris. By the time he reached their house, it was surrounded by water and his family was safely away. Hours later, LoAnna Langton turned to Taylor and asked, “How did we survive that?” “I bless my house every day,” Taylor said. The ordained minister was only half-joking. The Langtons and their friend and neighbor, Taylor, are trying to rebuild their lives and find meaning in their survival.
photos.” Law student Reid Murdoch, executive director of Law Students for Sensible Drug Policy, collected signatures for state Rep. Jeff Irwin (D–Ann Arbor) and 2016 cannabis legalization efforts. “It’s a beautiful event,” Murdoch said. “It’s the longest-running drug policy event in the country. I’m just really honored to be a part of it. It’s a cultural tradition.”
US sending two warships to Japan to counter North Korean threat Defense Secretary says there is a lack of respect in China TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel delivered a two-pronged warning to Asia Pacific nations Sunday, announcing that the U.S. will send two additional ballistic missile destroyers to Japan to counter the North Korean threat, and saying China must better respect its neighbors. In unusually forceful remarks about China, Hagel drew a direct line between Russia’s takeover of Ukraine’s Crimea region and the ongoing territorial disputes between China, Japan and others over remote islands in the East China Sea. “I think we’re seeing some clear evidence of a lack of respect and intimidation and coercion in Europe today with what the Russians have done with Ukraine,” Hagel told
reporters after a meeting with Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera. “We must be very careful and we must be very clear, all nations of the world, that in the 21st century this will not stand, you cannot go around the world and redefine boundaries and violate territorial integrity and sovereignty of nations by force, coercion and intimidation whether it’s in small islands in the Pacific or large nations in Europe.” Hagel, who will travel to China later this week, called the Asian nation a “great power,” and added, “with this power comes new and wider responsibilities as to how you use that power, how you employ that military power.” He said he will talk to the Chinese about having respect for their neighbors, and said, “coercion, intimidation is a very deadly thing that leads only to conf lict. All nations, all people deserve respect no matter how large or how
small.” Still, he said he looks forward to having an honest, straightforward dialogue with the Chinese to talk about ways the two nations and their militaries can work better together. The announcement of the deployments of additional destroyers to Japan came as tensions with North Korea spiked again, with Pyongyang continuing to threaten additional missile and nuclear tests. In recent weeks the North has conducted a series of rocket and ballistic missile launches that are considered acts of protest against annual ongoing springtime military exercises by Seoul and Washington. North Korea says the exercises are rehearsals for invasion. North and South Korea also fired hundreds of artillery shells into each other’s waters in late March in the most recent f lare-up.
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Credit where credit is due University policy on transfer credit will help students economically
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he Newnan Academic Advising Center sent out an e-mail Wednesday informing LSA students of a new transfer credit policy that allows all students, regardless of class standing, to transfer credits earned at a community college starting this Spring Term. This policy eliminates a previous rule that only permitted students with fewer than 60 credits to transfer community college credit. In light of this new policy, students with more than 60 credits, who are of junior or senior standing, can now transfer credits from a community college. The change is a positive move because it helps lower economic barriers to higher education and allows for greater schedule flexibility without diminishing the quality of a degree earned at the University. The previous policy was initially implemented with the logic that upperclassmen shouldn’t be able to receive credit from community colleges because they teach firstand second-year courses. However, Tim Dodd, director of the Newnan Academic Advising Center, contended that juniors and seniors aren’t prevented from taking and receiving credit for 100- and 200-level courses here at the University — so allowing more transfer credit flexibility was essentially harmless. This new policy helps level the playing field for students of upper-level standing that need to take courses off campus but can’t afford to pay for the more expensive credit costs of a four-year university. This spring, in-state credits for part-time students cost $690 for the first credit and $510 for every additional credit while out-of-state credits cost $1,825 for the first credit and $1,645 for every additional credit at the University according to the Office of the Registrar. The typical community college credit is much cheaper. For example, in-district students at Oakland Community College pay $76.40 per credit and resident students at Schoolcraft College pay $90 per credit. Furthermore, it allows students to stay at home over the summer and take classes, rather than paying for housing in Ann Arbor. According to a U.S. Department of Education profile of 2007-08 first-time bachelor’s degree recipients, which included full-time as well
as part-time students, it took an average of six years and four months to obtain a bachelor’s degree. For any number of reasons, it can be hard for students to graduate in four years. This can lead to an increase in education costs and delays in career plans. Many students have to work their way through school and others are working toward dual degrees. Managing their time and credits can be hard without taking classes over the summer. The greater flexibility this policy provides can help students earn their degree in a more timely manner and start paying off their student loans. Transferred community college credits are still subject to approval by the University, so the quality of a University degree will not decline as a result of this policy; the only thing that really changes is how long a student can take advantage of community college classes. Allowing upperclassmen to transfer community college credits doesn’t change what counts toward a University degree; 60 of the 120 credits needed to graduate still can’t be transferred from other institutions, and the University can still deem credits unfit for transfer. This policy comes with essentially no costs and has the benefits of saving students money and helping them graduate in four years. It is now easier and more cost-efficient for students to fulfill requirements and graduate in a timely manner.
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An unnecessary hurdle The reverberations of an opening gunshot startled ears throughout the public sphere years ago. While other states made mad dashes across untread territory toward new ideas about equality, Michigan slept on the sidelines. March 21st, however, Michigan pinned the number 18 onto its shirt and sprinted to catch up in this race to provide the marriage rights homosexual couples lawfully deserve. Initiated by District Judge Bernard Friedman’s momentous decision to revoke a ban created in 2004, Michigan became the 18th state in the country to abolish restrictions on same-sex marriage. Same-sex couples and their supporters rejoiced throughout the state. Hundreds of couples flocked to county clerk offices on Saturday morning to be legally united and recognized as both spouses and parents. In fact, 300 couples proclaimed their vows to one another during the weekend when the initial declaration was made. As a fervent advocate for the LGBTQ community and a genuinely concerned human being, I realize flawed notions like “normality” don’t exist in real life. Any politician or any voter concerned about the dismantling of “traditional family values” honestly needs to pull their minds out of the world of ‘50s sitcoms. Reading the news about the court decision excited me and reinstalled a shard of my broken faith in Michigan’s government. Sure, the state was exceedingly sluggish in acknowledging this breach of constitutional freedom. Yes, 10 years is a ridiculously and obscenely long time to deny individuals the rights to marry whoever they love and to provide stability for their children. I’ll admit I sometimes am overly enthusiastic and far too emotionally invested in my opinions about LGBTQ rights. Yet, I know progress is still worthwhile regardless of an unreasonably long delay. Earlier in the month, I set aside my usual annoyance with Michigan’s government. Despite my mental image of a state panting and choking upon the dust of its 17 teammates as it slowly jogged along the path they left behind, I was satisfied to finally see Michigan running in this race for equality. My pride and zeal quickly toppled over. Within the same Saturday when about 322 marriages occurred in the state, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette placed an entirely unnecessary hurdle in the way. Michigan was finally gaining momentum and pushing itself to achieve equality. Within a moment, however, the same metaphorical 18th
runner crashed into Schuette’s appeal with arms and legs flailing, and collapsed onto the ground. Due to the unjust action of the state’s appeals court, a bruised and bloody Michigan remained unconscious in the pathway — covered in the homophobic dirt other states kicked off their sneakers. Michigan’s members of the LGBTQ community were at a similar impasse. Last week, Gov. Rick Snyder told happy newlyweds that their marriages wouldn’t be recognized by the state. Thankfully, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder intervened on the matter and prevented the frustrated couples from waiting to hear whether state government officials would strip them of their constitutional rights. The rationale used to justify this egregious breach of human rights in my mind is far worse than the request for an appeal of Friedman’s decision, and the state’s reinstitution of the ban is too inexcusable to remain unnoticed. This entire situation of legal uncertainty and irresponsibility is based upon concerns about the sanctity of marriage, providing the best home environment for children, and decisions made by voters 10 years ago. Lawmakers were instantly prepared to hash out the clichéd argument that same-sex marriage is immoral and has negative effects upon children, but the studies are contradictory. If Michigan’s leaders truly had the well-being of citizens and children in mind, they would realize removing the stigma associated with same-sex marriage would lessen the stress, harassment and insecurity couples and families regularly face. Abandoning the defense of archaic voting decisions is in the best interest of Michigan’s citizens. It’s 2014! Times and opinions have changed, and there’s a whole new crop of voters who disagree with this ancient ruling. In this scenario, the federal government shouldn’t have needed to clean up Schuette and Snyder’s mess. By issuing the appeal and dangling the possibility of marriage rights in front of both married and unmarried LGBTQ members, Michigan officials are sending the message our brothers, sisters, parents, friends, roommates and classmates don’t deserve the full extent of their constitutional rights because they refuse to be stuffed into this nice, restricting imaginary box of normalcy and creating these hurdles is the only way to keep them from escaping. Melissa Scholke is an LSA sophomore.
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odeled off of the essay “Interstellar” by Rebecca McClanahan. To be the daughter of a beautiful, older woman is to sit down in the memory of your childhood attic, your hands running finSOPHIA gered question USOW marks around the edges of an old photograph. The lady in the picture stretches her arms into third position, neck arched with a grace you’ve never experienced (you with your stout soccer thighs and your penchant for the hunch). Not that you’ve ever tried to stand any differently, really. When she signs you up for ballet class in kindergarten you beg to be relieved of the aching pain of toe touches and pas de bourrées. You hate her for forcing you to leave the quiet wonder of the backyard, where you have been painstakingly constructing homes for ice fairies out of icicles and snowy thumbprints. You’ll call her fat and ugly when you fight, tell her that you don’t love her, but let her fold you into her arms when you cry. Her softness, the very thing that makes you embarrassed when she picks you up from school, is what comforts you, what lulls your shaking body into a slumber, head like a warm stone against the skin-smooth cradle of her breast. Your mom struggles to draw an audience to her shows. This isn’t a town for modern dance. You are
dragged to all her rehearsals like a suitcase full of books, never paying much attention to the worry and the pride in her face when she sees her work fall into the bodies of the young — recent college graduates and talented immigrants from Taiwan, the Philippines and Cuba. You never imagine that she once was the one on the stage; spinning, rising and collapsing like a dandelion floret released on a breath of Chicago wind. The pictures in the attic hint at that story, though it will take you a decade to believe it. In them she’s as young and beautiful as a babysitter, a news anchor, an old-timey movie star. Sometimes she wears strange and wonderful costumes: long nails and a flowered headdress or a blue veil and leotard. You find one picture of her smoking on a train, lips half-parted and eyes unsmiling, fixed on a phantom photographer (another man? It couldn’t be your father.). She never smokes now, just a Corona or glass of wine with dinner. When did she become so boring? you wonder to yourself. You never pause to consider that you might have been the reason, that it was you who tore the hole in your mother’s beauty and let the small dignities escape, the wrinkles spread, the air deflate. You tell her you think her dancing is weird. You don’t bring many friends to her shows, don’t hand out the flyers she gives you at school. They settle at the bottom of trashcans
heavier than the guilt you brush off when she asks you about them later. Yeah, a couple people said they might go. Her talent survives your betrayal. More than 15 years later, you watch her smile and wave to the audience from under the blinding lights of the stage, thanking you and your father for always being there, always supporting her. She has taken her company across the country and beyond its borders: Mexico, Cuba and maybe Germany in the next couple years. Her body of work is larger and older than you, her achievements greater and begotten with more sacrifice than you can ever imagine, may even ever accomplish yourself. At the age of 62 she still radiates an almost childish beauty — eyes the blue of Superior and cheekbones high and cut from the ore of Iron River. She is bottle blonde, but it could be natural, she could be much younger, how did you not see it until now? The woman in the pictures still dances in time with an unheard music, still onetwo-three’s and plucks the hearts right out of the chests of whoever dares watch. You want to drag the whole world to her shows, want to sit the President down and pop in a VHS tape of her spinning, spinning, spinning — all the while holding you, protecting you from yourself.
Her softness, the very thing that you’re embarrassed of, is what comforts you.
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Fueling the future The debate on climate change is over. Last month, scientists from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society, said evidence of human-caused climate change is as conclusive as evidence linking smoking and lung cancer. In a report titled “What We Know: The Reality, Risks and Response to Climate Change” AAAS explained that, like the consensus among the health community regarding the risks of smoking, “a similar consensus now exists among climate scientists, a consensus that maintains climate change is happening, and human activity is the cause.” The debate now shifts to what can be done. March 20, our law student organization — Law Students for Responsible Divestment from Fossil Fuels 9 — presented in front of the University’s Board of Regents, and proposed a step in the right direction. In a 20-page detail-filled proposal, we argued that the University should divest its endowment from coal and oil equities and bonds. These investments represent the companies that are the primary drivers of climate change — both because of their emissions and because of their misinformation campaigns. While there have been other divestment efforts regarding fossil fuels, LSRD’s approach sets us apart. First, we focus on a much smaller subset of investments: just coal and oil equities and bonds. These make up only about 1 percent of the University’s endowment. In contrast, the student-run Divest and Invest campaign (with whom we’ve worked closely and who is co-sponsoring this proposal) is asking the regents for a complete divestment from fossil fuels. This touches on near 10 percent of the endowment. Further, they are asking the University to re-invest that money in “socially, environmentally and economically responsible companies.” While we support its efforts, our proposal is different. We’re talking about substantially less money, taken only from the two primary drivers of climate change, and we are not requesting that the University re-invest their money in any particular way. Our request is also different from divestment proposals on other campuses. Probably the most public campaign is the one at Harvard. They’re
asking for divestment from direct and indirect holdings from the top 200 publicly traded fossil fuel companies. We, on the other hand, are only discussing direct investments, and we’re only discussing coal and oil, not natural gas. But most importantly, our proposal is unique from other divestment campaigns because it is based on the precedents established from past successful divestment efforts at the University, which was outlined in a directive by the University’s Chief Financial Officer. That, in large part, is why our “ask” is so narrowly tailored — to ensure that we meet this precedent. Of note, the only times the University has chosen to divest from specific companies were in 1978 when it divested from companies supporting apartheid, and, perhaps not coincidentally, in 2000 when it divested from tobacco companies. In our proposal, we explain that there is a clear, three-step approach for divestment efforts: 1) The concern to be explored (climate change) must express the broadly and consistently held position of the campus community over time; 2) There must be reason to believe that the behavior or action in question may be antithetical to the core mission and values of the University; and 3) There must be reason to believe that the organization, industry or entity to be singled out (coal and oil industries) may be uniquely responsible for the problems identified. We’re confident that the investments in coal and oil meet these standards. First, there is a clear consensus on campus that climate change exists and that it poses real threats. Some examples are the administration’s commitment to reducing University carbon emissions 25 percent by 2025, the educational pursuits of the University’s professors and students and the literally hundreds of student initiatives dedicated to sustainability and combating climate change. Second, the actions of the coal and oil industries are antithetical to the University’s core mission and values. As University President Mary Sue Coleman said in a 2011 address, “Sustainability defines the University of Michigan.” A perpetual reliance on coal and oil does not align with this definition. Beyond being antithetical to the University’s core value of sustain-
ability, the coal and oil industries’ actions mock the University’s commitment to academic integrity. These two industries have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on lobbying efforts to thwart meaningful legislative solutions on climate change, and to create dubiously named organizations such as the Global Climate Coalition to undermine the scientific consensus on this topic. LSRD believes, as the tobacco divestment committee did, that “the brazen dishonesty of (these industries) for so many years about a matter of such enormous public-health significance is ... unquestionably antithetical to the core missions of the University.” Investment in these industries simply cannot be squared with a University’s commitment to higher education. Lastly, the actions of the coal and oil industries make them uniquely responsible for climate change. First, of all the CO2 ever emitted by burning fossil fuels, a full 83 percent comes from just coal and oil. While that is in part because of a longstanding dependence on these products, coal and oil also emit far more CO2 per unit of energy created than other available fossil fuels, such as natural gas (82 percent and 40 percent more, respectively), and infinitely more than renewable energy resources. In short, coal and oil have been, and will continue to be, the primary drivers of climate change. LSRD recognizes that the endowment should not be used primarily as a political tool. But, as the University itself has recognized, sometimes a set of investments involves “such significant social or moral implications ... that normal investment practices should be altered.” The coal and oil industries — as the primary drivers of climate change and the misinformation campaigns that have paralyzed steps to counteract it — are investments that meet this standard. LSRD realizes that divestment is just one step in the much larger fight to combat climate change. That being said, regardless of how large an effect divestment may have, we believe there is a value in being true to your values, and currently, the University is not living up to its own. This article was written by members of the Law Students for Responsible Divestment from Fossil Fuels.
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Why do we love the work of Wes Anderson?
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his column contains spoilers to various Wes Anderson films. Please listen to track 04 from “The Grand Budapest Hotel OST” as you begin reading this column. Everyone eventually comes face-to-face with that one asshole AKSHAY who likes to SETH pepper the “why”s into casual conversation. “Why is the world such a shitty place?” “Why isn’t God helping us?” “Why is there a picture of Ryan Gosling so close to where you sleep?” “Why do you like putting Funyuns on everything?” When faced with the first two questions, which, surprisingly, come up more often, I have an off-the-rack answer already flittering around in my head — an arm perpetually cocked in preparation of its next reaching jab. On most occasions, the punch lands with the thwapping, evasive sound of an “I don’t know” or “Leave me alone,” but I can’t stand sitting in silence when some asshole questions my love of Ryan Gosling just for the sake of asking “why.” At this point, please wait for the previous track to end and switch to track 11. But this isn’t a column about Ryan Gosling — this is a column about Wes Anderson, so I’ll talk about last week, when one of those assholes kept digging me for some sort of rationale explaining why I watched “The Grand Budapest Hotel” three times in three days. My readymade response was something along the lines of “nostalgia, man. It’s all about that nostalgia.” Time slowed as his eyes began their slowmotion, clockwise journey from the left side of his head to the right. “Yeah, well, everyone says that. Tell me something original, FILM COLUMNIST — YOU HACK.” I stood there. Gagging, my throat dried in its vain attempts to string together a blithering, hyperventilating response. “It’s just all so damn quirky,” I screamed finally, too desperately. His stupid smirk framed his stupid little moustache as it curled around a pair of flaring nostrils. He knew he’d won. Because the truth of the matter is, I really hadn’t spent any time thinking about why Anderson’s lively palate and planimetric style draws me in like a five-year-old to his favorite coloring book. Sure, it all looks and feels like something plucked
out of a fairy tale, but why does that nostalgia breathe through every turn of the scene? All the costumes and set-pieces scream their resemblance to a bygone era, whichever one Anderson has decided to island-hop to next, and yet, our endearment comes from a deeper place, latching itself onto the characters and plot lines so often forgotten behind layers of carefully crafted sarcasm. Wes Anderson is a sloppy story-teller. He frequently introduces plot devices too deep into his narratives, there are often too many different storylines stuffed into films that aren’t too long, and regularly, he takes too little time to develop characters too important to examine for just a few minutes and then forget. In the past, and indeed, even in the case of “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” critics have been quick to call out Anderson’s supposedly ingratiating tendency to skirt around the important topics — choosing instead to focus on the dream-like frivolity of the atmosphere he painstakingly engineers. At this point, please wait for the previous track to end and switch to track 05. But in many ways, darkness is the most important smudge on Anderson’s paint tray. At the center of every one of his films, an undercurrent of violence guides the story through the director’s hodge-podge of storybook themes. In “The Royal Tenenbaums,” Anderson constructs a lovingly caricatured monument to family dysfunction. The film hums through the script, chiding its audience to chuckle along as a pathetic collection of squabbling characters nudge each other aside for the camera’s attention. Until, finally, Anderson tugs us into crescendo. Richie Tenenbaum stares into a mirror, looking at our eyes and his own at the same time. As Elliott Smith’s “Needle in the Hay” plays in the background, Richie cuts his hair, his beard and his wrists before watching little rivulets of blood stream into the sink. He collapses to his side, and suddenly, the nudging comes to a jarring halt. At this point, please wait for the previous track to end and switch to track 06. In many of his other works, Anderson similarly waits until the last few chapters to yank the covers away and reveal, behind the lens of distanced reality, just how twisted his subjects really are. In “Bottle Rocket,” the writer-director’s debut and a proud member of Akshay’s Five Fave Flicks (AFFF TM), the audiences snaps its fingers in unison as Anderson rhythmically leads
us through Dignan and Anthony Adams’s 75-year plan to conduct several heists after leaving a voluntary psychiatric unit. Things inevitably go wrong. The audience continues snapping. And then, in his last line, Dignan looks at Anthony and says, “Isn’t it funny that you used to be in the nuthouse and now I’m in jail.” If not sad, it’s a surprisingly touching moment, a little bit reminiscent of those instants in childhood of being jerked back to reality as your parents called for dinner while you played outside. Except, of course, the consequences here were much more real. In the words of Martin Scorsese, “The central idea of the film is so delicate, so human: A group of young guys think that their lives have to be filled with risk and danger in order to be real. They don’t know that it’s okay simply to be who they are.” It’s those brief, crippling seconds of gloom that add dimension and perspective to what can be called Anderson’s otherwise repetitive work. In “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” he spends nearly two hours distancing us from the hostile racial politics of mid-20th century Europe. It’s a story within a story within a story set in the snow-globe-like exclusion of an old hotel in a country that doesn’t exist. The main character is flamboyant, unhinged from reality — almost aloof to the chaos, dressed in Nazi-suggestive uniforms, encircling his beloved hotel. The central plot is completely detached from these politics, choosing instead to focus on Europe’s cultured, wellgroomed tendencies. It isn’t until the last few minutes of the film do we see M. Gustave take a stand, stare fascism in the face and spit. He pays for it with his life. He becomes “a glimmer of civilization in the barbaric slaughterhouse we know as humanity.” I’m still not completely sure why I love Wes Anderson. But I know it’s more than just dreamlike nostalgia — it’s the tiny little minute before I wake up from that dream and float back to reality. It’s the warm blanket of detachment. It’s a pillow of promised escapism. In the words of my predecessor, “it’s something that clings to us throughout adulthood.” A glimmer of civilization in the barbaric slaughterhouse we know as humanity.effects have already started manifesting in beautiful character work. And that matters a lot more than just a shocking twist. Seth is busy being the opposite of a hack. To show your support, e-mail akse@umich.edu.
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Sampling or theft?: Hip hop’s conundrum To what extent does the genre’s borrowing cross the line? By NICK BOYD Daily Arts Writer
The links connecting rap, soul, blues and funk form are enormously important to hip-hop culture. By sampling their forefathers, rappers pay homage to the genre’s musical roots, and in the process, put a modern spin on recognizable classics. The practice of “sampling ” is not unique to hip hop, or even contemporary music. It’s a long-standing tradition that has always lived in the shadows, but was launched into the limelight when rap exploded in the late ’80s. Kanye West was correct when he said, “Rap is the new rock ‘n’ roll. We the rockstars.” Modern rap is less about mastering an instrument than it is about honing one’s musical knowledge across genres, and recycling the old to make something new. Despite sampling ’s longevit y, the practice is not really well known. Given its increasingly central role in modern music, it’s time to reach a consensus on when sampling is acceptable, and when it’s not. Doing so is difficult and raises important creative and ethical questions — who deserves credit for what, and in what form? Does sampling promote creativit y or does it impede innovation? When sampling is done well, it uses a musical fragment as a point of departure to build something original. Kanye West may be the contemporary master of sampling in hip hop, but he’s far from the first to use it to
g reat effect. 9th Wonder, Just Blaze, RZA, DJ Premier and J Dilla all helped to push the sampling frontier. Over the past two decades, certain artists and songs have become fashionable to sample. Curtis Mayfield, James Brown and the Isley Brothers are certainly among the most popular. The majorit y of rappers aren’t simply reusing old songs as their own, they are transforming them rhythmically, melodically and lyrically to fit a modern paradig m. In such circumstances, old artists benefit from the revival of their material and new artists are able to channel their inf luences for innovative purposes. All music is part of a complicated evolutionary tree — sampling helps maintain ancestral roots. Sometimes, a sample can be used to convey two messages within one song. In Kanye’s “Jesus Walks,” “Niggaz!” is yelled out at the end of several verses. Although this exclamation is fairly commonplace in Kanye’s work, it’s actually a sample from Curtis Mayfield’s “If There’s a Hell Below.” By employing this subtle sample, West creates a clever parallel that both enhances his song and pays tribute to an inf luential figure, placing their works along a cultural continuum. Sometimes a sample is not iconic or old enough to be considered a tribute. How much manipulation is required to transform a little known contemporary song into a rap original? It’s a slippery slope in terms of context. Kendrick Lamar’s “Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe,” is almost identical to “Tiden Flyver,” a 2008 track by a contemporary group of Danish producers called the Boom Clap Bachelors. They received credit as composers on good kid, m. A. A.d. city,
but sampling an entire contemporary melody is different than taking a few lines from a classic rock, soul or blues song. Kendrick layers their music with new lyrics and effects to make it his own. These circumstances are common — producers create beats and sell them to rappers. However, oftentimes it takes a significant amount of research on the part of the listener to discern what is sampled, and where the sample comes from. Although Lamar cites “Tiden Flyver” as the source for the sample, it is not done in a highly visible way — Most people assume that rap songs like “Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe” are entirely original productions. What’s the difference between sampling a less well-known peer like the Boom Clap Bachelors and a dead legend like James Brown? It’s simple — Who the fuck has heard of the Boom Clap Bachelors? In cases like these, rappers get most of the credit while nameless artists do most of the heavy lifting. Sampling is a catalyst for musical progress — It promotes collaboration, innovation and historical awareness. By bridging the past and present, sampling can repurpose old voices to enhance the creative efforts of modern musicians. At the same time, aspects of this practice can have unintended consequences. Is appropriation the same as theft, or is it a form of f lattery? In an age of globallyshared music, co-opting the creative efforts of promising, undiscovered artists in order to craft hip-hop instrumentals with dissociated messages will cause musical evolution to change course, for better or worse. The question is, when you discover that your favorite rap song was made in Copenhagen, not Compton, does that kill your vibe?
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ast week, “How I Met Your Mother” came to a crashing close with a divisive series finale. The beloved sitcom, which ran on CBS for nine seasons, left many devoted fans disappointed and dissatisfied with its twist ending. The blow up got the Daily TV/New Media writers reminiscing on iconic series finales. We asked ourselves the important questions: What makes a good finale? What makes a bad one? And, ultimately, which finales go down in history as the best of all time? The Sopranos No, there is nothing wrong with your cable. Cable providers received thousands of angry phone calls when “The Sopranos” ended with a cut to black in the middle of its final scene. The fate of Tony Soprano was left unknown. Was the Members Only jacket a reference to “The Godfather?” Did Tony get shot? Did he simply enjoy the rest of his meal at Holsten’s?
Though cliffhangers and surprise endings might seem like a cliché today, “The Sopranos” was HBO’s first hit prestige drama, and it ended with a boom to fit its groundbreaking legacy. Before Jack Shephard took one last look at the jungle or Walter White said farewell to his dearest baby blue, “The Sopranos” set the bar for a drama series finale. No longer was it enough for a show to just wrap up its storylines; from then on, finales were expected to provide a compelling and surprising hour, still worthy of being discussed years later. It didn’t wrap everything up nicely with a bow, but “Made in America” truly made TV history. —CHLOE GILKE Lost I know this is a controversial choice. The finale of “Lost” left a lot of people feeling like they didn’t get all of the answers to every little question (the outrigger, anyone?). While it didn’t close every door, the series finale of “Lost” was an
emotionally satisfying and thrilling episode. Over the course of its two and a half hour runtime, there were many small yet powerful emotional moments in both the “sideways world” and on the island. Scenes like the one with Sawyer and Juliet by the vending machine “remembering” their love for each other or Jack and Kate saying goodbye to each other on the island were what made the finale what it was: a showcase of the emotional moments that made “Lost” great. The last several minutes brought me to tears — thanks to a great performance by Matthew Fox (“Party of Five”) and some beautiful music from Michael Giacchino (“Up”). Those moments reminded me what I loved most about the show, which is exactly what a series should focus on right before it goes away. Did we get every answer? No. What we did get, however, were some g reat moments that reminded us why “Lost” will forever be a part of the TV lexicon. —ALEX INTNER
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Breaking Bad If there’s one line in the series finale of “Breaking Bad” that summarizes Walter White, it’s this: “I did it for me … I liked it … I was good at it … I was really … I was alive.” Despite being placed in the single worst situation imaginable, Walter White wasn’t going to go out like a punk. It would have been easy for the series to end ambig uously with Walt dying alone in an isolated cabin. Instead, we got one of the most satisf ying conclusions to a TV series ever. Even if it was expected, it was so important for the story being told not to simply cop out with a “crime doesn’t pay” moral. This wasn’t a show about the drug trade, politics or why one cause is better than another. It was about a man named Walter White who wanted to be remembered for something — even if that something was cooking meth. By the end of the series, everything that needed to be said was said. —DREW MARON
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M*A*S*H When explaining why “M*A*S*H” ’s finale is the best, it’s important to note that it’s the most-watched finale in television history. But in reality, you don’t even have to turn to the quantity over quality argument, because the finale had both. The story concluded the long running episodic dramedy that followed the medical staff at an army hospital, and it retained an impressive wide-range appeal without sacrificing a second of quality. Given that it’s also 30 years old and still holds up, even if you don’t agree with its anti-war message, it’s hard to deny its significance. “M*A*S*H” shows with its finale that, despite its 11 year run, it never lost the primary reason behind its success: a strong sense of humanity. —JOE REINHARD Six Feet Under When I first saw the ending of “Six Feet Under,” I was floored. It was the best series finale I had ever seen. And despite the many fantastic finales that have come and gone (from “Friday Night Lights” to “Medium” to “Breaking Bad”), my opinion hasn’t changed. Holistically, the episode is spectacular — eventful, sad, reflective. The final moments cement its legacy — a seven-minute flash-forward encapsulating the big life moments and deaths of every major character. Set perfectly to Sia’s “Breathe Me,” the montage is as chilling and heartbreaking as you’d expect from “Six Feet Under,” and as satisfying as you’d hope a series finale would be. Alan Ball’s dark drama ended with emotion and confidence almost 10 years ago, and I’m still not over it — which is probably why I watch that iconic ending every few months on YouTube. —ALEC STERN Friday Night Lights February marked three years since “Friday Night Lights” wrapped up its series finale, had my mother crying silently in the living room and finally pushed Coach to drift away from all of our lives for good. But I didn’t start watching the show until more than two years later, when it was available in marathonable format, refurbished for unhealthy viewing by the super-
human drug/TV-pusher that is Netflix. Two years later, I saw poetry in the way Taylor turned his back, a smile on his face and a hand wrapped around his wife’s shoulder. He did it for all the right reasons. After 76 episodes that brought out the best of television — a show built around its characters with arcs that emphasized the nuanced similarities between parenthood and mentorship. Coach’s turn in the spotlight was over and his decision to hand it over to his wife, quitting his job in the process, wasn’t just the correct choice, it emphasized what the series had been about from the beginning: decency. Vince was right. You changed lives, Coach. Clear eyes full hearts can’t lose. —AKSHAY SETH Friends I was a third grader when “Friends” ended in the spring of 2004. I remember because on May 5, I had to explain to my teacher, Mrs. Roser, that I was yawning so much in class not because I was bored, but because I had stayed up too late the night before. I had never seen the show “Friends” and I probably didn’t understand most of the jokes, but I refused to miss out on watching the finale. That’s how big of a cultural phenomenon it was. The ending of what is probably the most iconic sitcom of all time was nothing short of a perfect match with the show’s overall tone. The six titular friends were all getting ready to start a new chapter in their lives — whether it was Chandler and Monica welcoming their (surprise) twins into the world or Ross and Rachel finally getting together after Rachel’s “I got off the plane” moment. The last moments spent in Monica’s empty apartment were some of the series’ biggest tearjerkers, and yet the writers still managed to work a joke about Ross’s shortlived and unsuccessful dance career into the dialogue. There has never been a sitcom that finds the humor and raw emotion in the average lives of twentysomethings as well as “Friends” did. It changed the genre forever, and the show’s finale was the perfect cap on that legacy. —MADDIE THOMAS
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FESTIFOOLS From Page 1A foot traffic, while students take part in a challenging, engaging form of self-expression. “Because I’ve been with my students for the last couple of months, I’m really looking forward to how my students respond to this experience,” Tucker said. “Obviously we aren’t trying to make professional puppet makers, but I’m excited to see how this experience meshes with their career goals.” Students participated in bringing their creations to life and also came to support friends and enjoy the festival. The beautiful, intricate and sometimes frightening
puppets seemed to capture the spirit of Ann Arbor, according to students. LSA freshman Florence Rivkin came to support the participants and said it’s an event she looks forward to each year. “It’s very interesting. I think it’s a little scary, but it reminds me of the movie Across the Universe,” she said. “They are very impressive, and they seem to be bringing a lot of joy to all of the little kids here today. It is very unique to Ann Arbor — a very Ann Arbor thing to do” Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje, who attended the event, and University President Mary Sue Coleman were two of the inspirations for the giant look-alike puppets. Though the festival has become
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a widely anticipated Ann Arbor staple, this was the first year the University’s School of Art and Design chose not to participate. Tucker said he believes their absence only creates an opportunity for new creations and ideas to flourish, as both students and members of the community can participate in the creation and utilization of the puppets. “I think we are lucky we live in a town that has such a strong connection to the University,” Tucker said. “It is interesting and rewarding to figure out that they live in this huge, broader community. I think FestiFools is one of the many artistic offerings in this town and I think it is unique to this campus — it doesn’t happen anywhere else in the country.”
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POWWOW From Page 2A gets even more interesting, and more cool, and more fascinating and fun.” Metcalfe said she often attends powwows both for work and for fun. She added that she was excited when NASA invited her to put on another fashion show since she had a positive experience doing the fashion show as part of the group’s Native Heritage Month
activities last year. Metcalfe said having a “physical space” on campus would make NASA even more successful. “I’m so impressed with the students here at the University of Michigan,” Metcalfe said. “Besides doing the coursework, they’re doing all these other extracurricular activities having to do with diversity and really getting that information out there. So not only are they students, they’re educators, and I think that’s just so extraordinary, what they do.”
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‘Zombies’ invade local community center School of Public Health students hold emergency response simulation By IAN DILLINGHAM Daily News Editor
Zombies invaded Ann Arbor Saturday, but citizens need not worry. A joint team from the University’s School of Public Health and Washtenaw County Public Health contained the incident and effectively treated all subjects who had been exposed to the Toxoplasma zombie parasite. In reality, Saturday’s disaster preparedness exercise at the Washtenaw County Learning Resource Center served an important role in preparing community health officials for a potential emergency. Though the simulation used “zombies” — volunteers from the community who were provided makeup prior to the event — the exercise
was intended to test the ability of local public health agencies to respond to a wide array of possible scenarios in the community, such as a bioterrorism attack, flu outbreak or natural disaster. In the years since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, government agencies, such as the Centers for Disease Control, have invested heavily in community preparedness programs such as the “zombie invasion.” While zombies do not present a serious threat to communities, the CDC launched the national program to help local agencies better prepare for any disaster. “If you are generally well equipped to deal with a zombie apocalypse you will be prepared for a hurricane, pandemic, earthquake, or terrorist attack,” wrote Ali Kahn, director of the CDC’s Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response. The event, organized through the School of Public Health, serves the dual purpose of preparing public response measures and teaching students about
dealing with outbreaks or other disasters. In particular, the simulation applies principles taught in the graduate course “Applied Epidemiology,” allowing students to see in action the procedures they study over the course of a semester. Associate Epidemiology Prof. Eden Wells, director of the preventative medicine residency, called this year’s event a “functional exercise.” While she implemented a similar event last year to help her class better understand the material, this year’s event had the added element of involving local public health agencies, giving the students a chance to partake in a more realistic and beneficial exercise. “These events are really fun to engage with, but they really need to be developed with concrete goals and objectives,” Wells said. “It’s fun if you just want to have a zombie event, but for this we’re actually undertaking (the event) with specific teaching competencies in mind.”
Wells said Saturday’s exercise was intended to simulate a “point of dispensing” scenario. The procedure is used when public health officials need to distribute a large volume of treatments, medication or vaccination over an entire community population. In such cases, both efficiency and preparedness are key in delivering the care people need in a timely manner. “They need to be able to do this for a large number of people in a short period of time, so it really is a plan that has to be exercised quite often, because you continually need volunteers to help set up and you need the ability to keep the experience fresh in everybody’s mind,” Wells said. Throughout the simulation, volunteers were assigned various roles — either as zombies seeking treatment or uninfected individuals seeking vaccination — and given instructions regarding how to behave and how to answer certain medical questions. The response workers were then responsible for
managing the treatment process as the “patients” moved through the POD site. The response workers also had to deal with a variety of challenging scenarios that could be experienced in a real-life scenario, such as language barriers, unaccompanied children, disabled individuals and potentially contagious subjects. Susan Ringler-Cerniglia, Washtenaw County Public Health Department public information officer, said the exercise provided a way for the public health workers to assess potential areas of improvement in their procedures. While plans often look great on paper, she said problems often come to light once such plans are implemented. As bottlenecks in the process were identified, the officials leading the event were able to reallocate resources and workers, thus ensuring a smooth flow of patients through the treatment area. All patients leaving the POD received a bag of jelly
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School of Public Health student Alex Riordan pretends to be blind at the Zombie Apocalypse disaster preparedness event hosted by the School of Public Health at the Washtenaw County Learning Resource center Saturday.
beans, which represented medication that would be distributed in the case of a real-world emergency. Public Health graduate student Matthew Shearer, one of the event coordinators, said the complexity and variety of potential public health concerns makes POD scenarios a “pretty sizable undertaking.” He added that students can benefit from seeing simulations rather than experiencing the procedure for the first time during a real emergency situation. “It gives people something familiar and fun to take part in, but it also gives us the platform to really express the important of preparedness,” Shearer said. “We want to inform the community that public health preparedness starts with you. We can put out all of the information we want, but people need to take ownership of themselves, their families and friends and make sure they have plans and materials available in the event something happens.”
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TOP LEFT: School of Public Health student Stephanie Filipp is quarantined at the Zombie Apocalypse disaster preparedness event hosted by the School of Public Health at the Washtenaw County Learning Resource center Saturday. BOTTOM LEFT: School of Public Health students Bradley Iott and Erika Trumble pose for a selfie. RIGHT: School of Public Health student Anna Frick pretends to be a ten-year old child.
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School of Public Health student Rachel Jantz is zombified at the Zombie Apocalypse disaster preparedness event hosted by the School of Public Health at the Washtenaw County Learning Resource center Saturday.
TOP: University of Michigan-Dearborn student Elise Mara does zombie make-up for participants at the Zombie Apocalypse disaster preparedness event. BOTTOM: Associate Epidemiology Professor Eden Wells at the Zombie Apocalypse disaster preparedness event.
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Michigan struggles to run, again Committee of backs will need to find success for offense to improve By GREG GARNO Daily Sports Editor
The Doug Nussmeier offense won’t often be Wilton Speight’s deep bomb down the left sideline to streaking wide receivers. It also won’t be Justice Hayes’ run to the outside around the offensive line. And it certainly won’t be Devin Gardner’s scramble up the middle to make defenders miss. No, the newly hired offensive coordinator’s offense will be a three-yard run up the middle by 223-pound running back De’Veon Smith into a pile of battling linemen. It will be a silent crowd after an ordinary play and pipedin music to compensate for the silence. It won’t be entertaining. And more importantly, it may not even work. With just 80-85 percent of the offense installed and
an offensive line missing two potential starters, the Michigan football team’s biggest backs were continually stuffed at the line of scrimmage by a defense undergoing changes of its own. “With the new system, (the running backs) struggled early, played a little slower early because of that,” said Michigan coach Brady Hoke. Nussmeier will use a running back-by-committee scheme, alternating his two primary backs, sophomores Derrick Green and Smith. Both weigh over 220 pounds and both were highly touted out of high school — Green the No. 1 back, according to Rivals, and Smith the No. 1 back out of the state of Ohio. “All of our running backs run hard, so when you hit them, you have to be ready,” said senior linebacker Brennen Beyer. “When you hit them, they don’t go down too easily. If you can take them down, you can take down almost any running back.” Added defensive end Frank Clark: “Them some big boys, and they run hard.” But time and time again, the See NUSSMEIER, Page 2B
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De’Veon Smith appeared in just four games last year but figures to be an integral part of offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier’s running-back-by-committee offense when the football team opens its season Aug. 30 against Appalachian State.
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Senior defensive end Frank Clark lined up against freshman Mason Cole in the Spring Game on Saturday afternoon.
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Sophomore running back Derrick Green lost weight over the winter, and he will feature in Michigan’s run-first offense.
An early look at the Nussmeier offense Though generic, Spring Game offers hints at new schemes, tactics By ALEXA DETTELBACH Daily Sports Editor
Michigan football’s biggest story this spring, sans the offensive line, has been the rebuilding of its offense. The chief signing this offseason wasn’t the No. 3 overall prospect
in defensive back Jabrill Peppers, but it was former Alabama offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier. So, when Michigan held its Spring Game on Saturday, fans and media alike came to watch the offense, and whatever magic Nussmeier could bring from Tuscaloosa. “All I can say is (Nussmeier’s) done an excellent job in teaching (the new offense),” said Michigan coach Brady Hoke. “Obviously, he’s here because we think he’s an awfully good football coach in all areas. … (But) room for
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improvement? Oh my gosh, there’s no question, we need a lot of improvement — but the way it’s being taught has been real positive.” As Hoke has been saying since practice began a few weeks ago, only remedial plays would be unveiled to the public this spring. And the fourth-year coach was telling the truth, as most of what the Wolverines showed Saturday was “vanilla,” as quarterback Devin Gardner called it. The “vanilla” offense kicked off with a less-than-inspiring See OFFENSE, Page 2B
Fortunately for ‘M,’ five months to make strides T he children were waiting for autographs, but they didn’t know how to ask. Derrick Green passed. Then a slew of quarterbacks: Russell Bellomy, Wilton Speight, Shane Morris. Then a group of wide receivers, all walking off the Michigan Stadium ALEJANDRO turf into the tunnel ZÚÑIGA to the locker room. The children yelled numbers, not names. They didn’t know
them, not until they saw the back of the jersey and blurted out last names only, when it was too late. Then Desmond Howard jogged by, and they screamed. They knew him. But this isn’t Howard’s team anymore, nor is it Charles Woodson’s, who stood on the other sideline. This is Michigan, a program that hasn’t won a Big Ten Championship in a decade. This is Michigan, less and less of a household name every year. *** Saturday, several thousand fans filed into Michigan Stadium, not to listen to stale pop music over the speakers —
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though there was plenty — but for answers. After the disappointment of the 2013-14 campaign, the Spring Game was an opportunity for Michigan to showcase the improvement it has made since then, and the freshman talent who might star this year. It was a chance to quell the fears that last year’s 7-6 record and restaurantsponsored bowl game was part of a trend, not an aberration. Instead, as Michigan coach Brady Hoke said afterward, the scrimmage was “generic.” The Wolverines didn’t unveil many wrinkles of coordinator Doug Nussmeier’s new offense. The defense dominated, and not because of some newfound See FIVE MONTHS, Page 2B
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thletic Director Dave Brandon is dreaming. It’s the night of Michigan’s Spring Game, which took place on the same weekend that Brandon unveiled the lavish new Schembechler Hall as well as the announcement of a preseason international soccer game that will be played in Michigan Stadium in August. In the dream, Brandon is EVERETT interrupted COOK on the walk to his car by a statue. The imposing figure is Bo Schembechler, the most famous figure in Michigan sports. It’s the first outdoor statue of an individual in the 197 years of the University, all part of the new renovation to the football facilities. Confused, Brandon walks over to the statue. Bo Schembechler: Dave, it’s been a while. Gotta admit, I don’t love this new statue, but you’re the boss now, not me. Dave Brandon: I knew you’d be too humble to be a fan of it, but it’s a great opportunity to draw attention to the Michigan brand. Did you see the Towsley Museum inside the new Hall? It’ll be a great recruiting tool. BS: Looks great. Has getting recruits really been an issue over the last few years? DB: Well, no. We’ve had a top-20 recruiting class every year for the past three seasons, actually. Our ‘J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Head Football Coach,’ Brady Hoke, is quite the recruiter. BS: Sounds like it. The team has got to be pretty successful
NUSSMEIER From Page 1B defense swallowed the attempt. The longest run on the day may have been Green’s eight-yard burst through the middle. Smith was stopped for a one-yard gain on the first run of the day and racked up little after that. “One thing we won’t tolerate is them running on us in practice,” Clark said. “They had the better edge here and there, but for the most part, as a defense, we did what we have to do to contain them.” In the Doug Nussmeier offense, a successful ground game is a necessity, though. It’s counted on to make the 40-yard
then, right? DB: Well, sort of. We won the Sugar Bowl in 2011, but last season we got to just seven wins. Had one of the worst offensive lines in college football even though an NFL team will draft two of the five starters in May. Rushed for minus-48 yards against Michigan State. Got beat up by Kansas State in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl. But, we’ve got an exciting schedule the next two years against non-rivalry teams. Appalachian State. Utah. Miami (Ohio). BYU. Oregon State. UNLV. Playing against new opponents is a great way to build our brand, plus, we’re almost through with having to play Notre Dame. Thank God. Those games were always so boring. BS: But is the team going to be any good? How’d they do in the Spring Game? DB: Bo, sorry, but it’s the Spring Game presented by PNC. Sponsoring every event we run helps build the brand. Anyway, it went fine. Devin Gardner threw an interception on the first play of the day and couldn’t place any throws, the offensive line could be even worse than last season’s and we didn’t have enough depth to play an actual game, but besides that, I think people were excited! Must be leftover from the Big House soccer announcement. BS: What soccer announcement? I didn’t think the Michigan soccer team could draw that many people! DB: Well, err, it’s not exactly related to Michigan. But it’s very exciting. Two of the most famous clubs in the word, Real Madrid and Manchester United, will be playing a friendly in the Big House in August. Trying to set the record for most fans to ever witness a soccer game. After the success of the Winter
play-action throw down the field to freshman Freddy Canteen. In Doug Nussmeier’s offense, Gardner hands the ball off on a quarterback read instead of tucking and rolling with it. It’s about putting less on Gardner and means a successful offense happens when the ball isn’t in his hands. “That’s the plan. That’s what coach Nuss is always talking about,” Gardner said. “Even when we have read plays. I feel comfortable with it because it keeps me a little more healthy toward the end of the season.” Added redshirt sophomore Ben Braden: “I think for any offense, especially as a line, running is big. You always have to have a good running game. So that’s one of our focuses for this offseason is to just keep working
“You always have to have a good running game. So that’s one of our focuses.”
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Classic, I think it’ll go well. Great for the brand. BS: So in the span of nine months, Michigan will be hosting two events that have nothing to do with the University? What’s next, Dave? A WWE match? An NBA game? A NASCAR race? DB: Those are actually great ideas! Let me write some of those down. Can’t ever have too many opportunities to build the brand. BS: I mean, is the money at least going toward something worthwhile? DB: Of course! Some of it’s going toward general student scholarships, but we’re also going to construct a new soccer facility. BS: The old stadium must be
on technique for the run game.” Nussmeier comes from Alabama, where last season, the Crimson Tide were less than 10 seconds from finishing undefeated instead of 11-2. Nussmeier runs an offense filled with inside-zone runs and utilizes an H back. “I’m excited because I think we’re better,” Hoke said. “From the beginning of spring to the end of spring … they’re starting to grasp (the new offense) pretty well. “I think it will be fun to see who emerges.” But in the Doug Nussmeier offense, mistakes don’t last long and don’t go unnoticed. Good plays are unacceptable until they’re perfect, and no one earns high praise. So in the Doug Nussmeier offense, big running backs won’t be swallowed up much longer. As long as it’s working. He demands perfection, because he’s used to nothing else. “He’s insane,” Gardner said with a guilty laugh. “I think that helps.”
pretty run down, then? DB: Oh, yeah. I mean the thing was built in 2010. How am I supposed to build the brand with all these decrepit old facilities? BS: So you’re doing a lot of construction projects, then? DB: Of course! Yost Ice Arena and the Crisler Center just got facelifts, and we’re redoing the entire South Campus. We’re getting rid of all the old buildings and facilities, like Ferry Field, and creating the shiny new Stephen M. Ross Athletic Campus. All of these brand new buildings will really show off the rich tradition and history of Michigan. BS: You’re getting rid of historic Ferry Field? Where Jesse Owens set four world
FIVE MONTHS From Page 1B tenacity in the linebackers and corners. It took more than an hour for stretching, punting drills and positional warm-ups to finally transition into an actual scrimmage. And then? On the first play, fifth-year senior quarterback Devin Gardner threw an interception. On the next, a run was stuffed for no gain. And on the last snap of the opening drive, Gardner was knocked to the ground while throwing, yellow no-contact jersey be damned. Answers? We got a few. Freshman Mason Cole did, in fact, start at left tackle, and he held his own against Frank Clark. Freddy Canteen, the freshman receiver who likes to brag about his athleticism, made a streaking 40-yard reception. Devin Funchess has shed
OFFENSE From Page 1B pass from Gardner, who was looking for freshman receiver Freddy Canteen on a fly route but was intercepted by sophomore Jourdan Lewis. It was Gardner’s first pass in front of fans since the Ohio State game last November. Before the scrimmage began, though, all eyes were on the offensive line and running back drills. Freshman Mason Cole practiced with the first team at the starting left tackle position, and redshirt junior Jack Miller started at center, but both could be bumped once redshirt sophomore Erik Magnuson and redshirt junior Graham Glasgow return from injury and suspension, respectively. Cole did an admirable job against Frank Clark, and only a few members of the line gave up would-be sacks — a vast improvement from last season. But even during preliminary drills, the running backs struggled to break through the line. The only time they were able to consistently generate positive yardage was when the defensive line was replaced with
records in 45 minutes? What new facility is going there? DB: Well, actually, a parking lot. But that’s beside the point. BS: Dave, I don’t know about that. Can I give you some advice? DB: Always, coach. BS: You’re focusing too much on building up a brand that already exists. The influence and power of Michigan existed well before you, and it will exist far after you. You know what builds brands? Winning. The basketball team didn’t build up its brand with that fancy new Crisler Center or with those highlighter Adidas jerseys. It built up that brand by making two Elite Eight games in two seasons, without excuses about age or anything else. That team just won, plain and simple, and that’s why that
brand is so popular. The same thing will happen with football, or anything else. Start treating Michigan like the historic place it is, not like a second-rate university that needs to make a splash on the national scene. This was Michigan well before you got here, Dave. Don’t lose sight of that. Brandon begins to respond, but the Schembechler statue is frozen again. The athletic director stands there for a few seconds, scratching his head, before getting into his car and driving home. His dream only ends when every last piece of pizza from the Domino’s box in Brandon’s car is gone.
the apocryphal label of tight end, and the junior is still the Wolverines’ biggest downfield threat as a wideout. But Gardner made illadvised throws, like the ones that plagued him last year. The offensive line gave in to the pressure so quickly that the quarterbacks shrugged their shoulders, helpless to the assault. Canteen’s catch, the offensive highlight of the day, was equal parts good offensive execution and defensive breakdown. Afterward, Hoke sat in the press room and explained it all away. “I thought we were just a little inconsistent,” he said. Then show us that consistency, coach. A fanbase is waiting.
Aug. 30, the Wolverines will touch the banner and be greeted by ‘The Victors.’ The captains will meet at midfield, and then the ball will be put on a tee and booted across the field. Then, ‘Team 135’ will etch its chapter in the book that is Michigan football. In April, there are 147 days left to fix the interceptions, the dropped passes, the missed assignments. Against Appalachian State, Notre Dame and the rest? That’s when it matters. Right now, there’s still time to turn a roster of 100-plus athletes into a Big Ten Championship-caliber team. That’s why, even when they don’t know the names, the children ask for autographs from anyone walking off the field in a Michigan uniform. Right now, there’s still hope.
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a plastic strip. And once the team began scrimmaging an hour into the event, the defensive line consistently stuffed the backs. The longest run of the afternoon came from sophomore Derrick Green, and it was for just eight yards. The backs had the most success when they ran to the outside, avoiding work between the tackles — illustrating once again the line will need more addressing this summer. “Obviously we’re missing some pieces (on the line), but I feel like they’re playing well,” Gardner said. “Coming into the Spring Game, it’s going to be bland — you can’t show too much.” Entering the spring, Green was the presumed starter, but Saturday shed light on sophomore De’Veon Smith as a challenger for the spot. Redshirt junior Justice Hayes is slotted to be third, but all three had their struggles breaking through. Smith and Cole weren’t the only surprising starters for the Wolverines on offense. Nussmeier also had Canteen starting out wide opposite junior Devin Funchess, and the firstyear player has shown potential early. The biggest crowd pleaser
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of the day came on a 45-yard play action catch and run from Gardner to Canteen down the left sideline. When sophomore quarterback Shane Morris took over the second unit, he too looked for Canteen out wide. “He’s earned his respect out here (with) 14, 15 practices now,” Gardner said. “He’s played well, made plays and he’s developed a trust with all the quarterbacks. We trust him and it’s great he came in as a big surprise.” With Funchess officially deemed a wide receiver, junior A.J. Williams is slotted as the starting tight end, a position where the Wolverines are very thin after Jake Butt’s ACL injury. Recently converted tight end Keith Heitzman also caught a few passes. The former defensive end played tight end in high school, but predominately as a blocker, so Nussmeier has been trying out his hands in practice. With the Spring Game behind it, Michigan sets its sights on fall camp, where the rest of the offense will be installed and the entire freshman class will be on campus. It’s only then that Nussmeier’s offense can truly be judged. But one thing is perfectly clear: There is work to do.
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With a ticket to nationals on the line and regular season AllAmerican Austin Sheppard out after suffering a season-ending ankle injury, there was little room for error at the NCAA Athens Regional Saturday at Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, Ga. To fill in for the sophomore standout, the underclassmen on the No. 7 Michigan women’s gymnastics team stepped up at the most important meet of the season against No. 6 Georgia, No. 18 Central Michigan, No. 22 Ohio State, North Carolina State and Rutgers. The underclassmen played an integral role in helping Michigan win, 196.750-196.375, over runner-up Georgia. Freshman Nicole Artz earned 9.925 to finish second on floor exercise to senior Joanna Sampson, who scored 9.950 for her routine, highlighted by a difficult tumbling sequence. The other three teammates — fifth-year senior Natalie Beilstein, senior Reema Zakharia and junior Sachi Sugiyama — each posted 9.900, to bring the team total to 49.575, a program record for the NCAA Regional competition. Michigan was neck-and-neck with Georgia at the conclusion of its first rotation. The Gym Dogs outscored the Wolverines by just 0.025, proving why they were the top-ranked team in the country on uneven bars. “We knew Georgia was starting on their best event, which was uneven bars, and we wanted to put some pressure on the team from the very first routine,” said Michigan coach Bev Plocki. “We wanted to send a message to everyone in the arena that we would be able to hang with them and that’s what we did.” After setting the bar high on floor, Michigan maintained its momentum and overtook the lead by 0.700 at the halfway point. In a much-needed performance, especially with the loss of the nation’s second-best vaulter, freshman Talia Chiarelli matched her career-best of 9.850 on vault. Beilstein anchored for the first
It’ll be like a football Saturday, but in the middle of summer. And on steroids. Friday afternoon, the Michigan Athletic Department confirmed a report by the Daily in a press conference that Real Madrid and Manchester United will face off at Michigan Stadium on Aug. 2, 2014. The match, originally reported in February by worldsoccertalk. com, is part of the International Champions Cup, which features clubs from Italy, England, Spain and Greece. “This is a rare chance for the Ann Arbor community and thousands of soccer fans in and around the southeast Michigan area to watch elitelevel professional soccer,” said Athletic Director Dave Brandon in a statement. “This event will have a positive economic impact on the city of Ann Arbor and
time in her career, contributing a silver medal-worthy 9.900 for her explosive Yurchenko 1.5 that nearly reached the end of the mat. The Wolverines then overcame some adversity on bars to maintain their lead. For the first time all season, Sampson, the NCAA/W Northeast Region Gymnast of the Year, fell in competition, missing her Tkatchev release move on bars. Her uncharacteristic mishap put added pressure on the final two competitors in the lineup. Beilstein followed up nicely, tying her season-high of 9.900 with a routine that included a sky-high Gienger release move. In only her third bars appearance this season, sophomore Lindsay Williams rallied in the anchor position, scoring a new career-best 9.850 for her clean routine featuring a stuck double-layout dismount. “It was my best routine of the season,” Williams said. “I thought to myself, ‘This is actually happening.’ After I stuck that dismount, I ran over
to the corral as fast as I could and hugged everybody.” To finish out the meet, the Wolverines delivered a solid beam performance, though the scores may not reflect that. Though their 48.700 was relatively low, it was the second highest of the night. “Ironically, the team score would lead you to think we didn’t do a great job on beam, but we had no falls and the beam scores were tight,” Plocki said. Like always, the freshmen set the rest of the team up perfectly, even earning the two top team scores on beam. Chiarelli scored 9.775 while Artz took first overall with 9.850. Artz also claimed her first all-around victory of the season. Williams appeared in her fifth beam lineup of the season, scoring 9.750 and showing increased confidence. After nearly a month of rehabbing her ankle, sophomore Briley Casanova returned to the beam lineup in her usual anchor spot. Her 9.725 secured the win for Michigan over Georgia. While both teams advance to the NCAA Championships, Michigan completed its mission of making a statement at regionals for the national stage.
Wolverines Stag-nate With a little more than two minutes left in the game and the Michigan men’s 8 MICHIGAN 9 FAIRFIELD lacrosse team down by one, Fairfield midfielder Drew Frederico had the ball on the right hash mark, with Wolverine junior midfielder Thomas Orr between him and the goal. With a spin move, Frederico beat Orr before cocking back his stick and firing a laser over his left shoulder and into the back of the net for the Stags. Defeated, Orr dropped to the ground in angst. Frederico had just killed any chance of a Michigan (1-2 Eastern College Athletic Conference, 4-8 overall) comeback after No. 15 Fairfield’s only goal of the second half. The score was just enough for the Stags’ triumph over the Wolverines on Saturday afternoon, 9-8. In accordance with its recent trend, though, Michigan started off the game poorly. Sophomore faceoff man Brad Lott went 1-for-6 in the first half and the Wolverine offense made passing mistakes in the offensive zone, as the team struggled to find its footing at the beginning of the game.
that must be between 70 and 80 yards wide. Brandon said that teams will not sit on the field. Rather they, will likely be placed in benches in the stands, leaving the entire width of the field available for playing. Charlie Stillatano, CEO of Relevant Sports, the marketing company affiliated with the event, said that workers will lay a protective surface over the turf field before loading trays of sod on top. The process should take about 48 hours to complete, according to Stillatano. Part of proceeds from the event will be put to academic scholarships, according to Brandon, while the rest will go to the construction of a new soccer facility. The UM Soccer Stadium, home to both the Michigan men’s and women’s soccer teams, was opened in 2010, but does not have access to athletic training spaces, office space or anything beyond locker rooms and a field.
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the state of Michigan and will continue to extend the Michigan brand internationally.” Officials and Brandon hope to break the record for attendance at a soccer game in the United States, which stands at 101,799. Michigan Stadium has an official capacity of 109,901 for football games. Brandon said he expects the event to bring up to more than $14 million to the city of Ann Arbor, citing a typical football Saturday as bringing in close to $14 million on average. “Certainly, from time to time, when something comes along, we’re very open to it as long as it’s good for the community,” Brandon said. “We love doing this; it creates a lot for excitement. And we take a facility that we all love, and that sits empty all but seven or eight days of the year.” The Athletic Department and officials discussed how convert a turf football field — 53 yards in length — to a soccer field
Lindsay Williams posted a career high on bars as Michigan won its Regional.
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“Lott had a couple of faceoff violations early,” said Michigan coach John Paul. “It really set him back and slowed him down today.” The first two goals of the game came from Fairfield attackers Trevor Sperry and Dave Fleming, before Michigan struck back with a goal from Wolverine freshman midfielder Mikie Schlosser. The two teams traded goals to end the first half, leaving Michigan down just 3-2 — even after the barrage of mistakes it had made throughout the first quarter. The second quarter was different. With the Wolverines still looking to find their footing in the game, Fairfield scored five goals in the quarter, with the last coming just three seconds before the halftime whistle. The Stags took an 8-4 lead into the locker room. “At halftime, I told the guys the goals were going to come,” Paul said. “If we started to get a couple more posessions from faceoffs, we were going to have an opportunity to close the gap.” After the break, Michigan seemed to find the on switch and played a much better half, starting with a snipe from fifthyear midfielder Thomas Paras with less than two minutes gone in the stanza. The Wolverines added two
“Teams aren’t going to want to play us.”
more goals from the sticks of Schlosser and sophomore midfielder Kyle Jackson to close the gap to one with almost a whole quarter left to go in the game. But both defenses held their ground and the game was scoreless for more than 12 minutes in the quarter. Frederico’s goal broke the scoreless drought before Michigan redshirt freshman midfielder David Joseph rocketed a shot from the point to cut the deficit to one and make the last 90 seconds of the game intense. “Joseph is an explosive athlete,” Paul said. “He’s the fastest guy in every game we play so he has the capability of scoring and we need him to do that.” But Fairfield escaped with a one-goal win. With a growing team in just its third year as a varsity program, Paul looks for positives in each game, and on this day, it was the defense. Not only did the defense hold the No. 15 program in the nation to fewer than 10 goals, but it also killed two man-up situations — one of which came when the Wolverines were down two men. With three games and the ECAC post-season tournament looming, the Wolverines know they need to start playing consistent lacrosse. And this game was a good start, despite the defeat. “We played well, and come the next couple games, teams aren’t going to want to play us because we’re going to come out strong as we have been,” Joseph said.
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‘M’ sweeps OSU Romero turns tide in series SOFTBALL
Hutchins earns 500th Big Ten win, Wolverines allow only one run By KELLY HALL Daily Sports Writer
In Michigan softball coach Carol Hutchins’ 500th conference win on Sunday, junior rightOHIO STATE 0 hander 1 MICHIGAN Sara Driesenga OHIO STATE 0 led the MICHIGAN 10 Wolverines into hot OHIO STATE 1 water early. 9 MICHIGAN In the first half of the Wolverines’ double-header against Ohio State (5-4 Big Ten, 17-18 overall), the junior sacrificed a double to the leadoff hitter. She struck out the two following batters, but ended up walking the Buckeyes’ next two to load the bases. Michigan (9-0, 29-6) escaped potential disaster when a grounder to senior first baseman Caitlin Blanchard ended the top of the first inning. That was the biggest threat the Wolverines faced all weekend, eventually shutting out Ohio State 10-0 in the first game and allowing only one run in the next game in a 9-1 win. “I felt good just warming up,” Driesenga said. “That first inning, they loaded the bases up, but even during that, I had a couple of strikeouts. I just needed to come back.” But Driesenga was just getting started. She collected six strikeouts over the course of the game in the Wolverines’ shutout. Hutchins claims her team’s hitting is contagious, and that runs always come in bunches. That proved to be true at Alumni Field in the bottom of the fourth. The game was scoreless until sophomore shortstop Sierra Romero hit a solo homer to left field. Later that inning, senior designated hitter Taylor Hasselbach hit a two-run home run and suddenly the Wolverines had the momentum they needed. “It was one of those things where we needed one person to hit it hard and we had that happen, and hitting is contagious,” Hasselbach said. The next inning, Driesenga pitched a quick 1-2-3 frame for Michigan to lead into the bottom of the fifth, when things really started to pick up. Senior outfielder Lyndsay Doyle reached home plate off a sacrifice fly before senior
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outfielder Nicole Sappingfield and Romero ran home later in the inning. The Buckeyes quickly took out right-hander Olivia O’Reilly and put in Kasie Kelly to pitch, hoping to salvage the inning before it was too late. But Kelly couldn’t stop the Wolverines either, and junior catcher Lauren Sweet hit a grand slam to end the game in the bottom of the fifth for a 10-0 mercy-rule victory. Two freshman pitchers faced off against each other in the back half of the double-header. Freshman right-hander Megan Betsa and Ohio State’s Shelby Hursh both earned no-hitters earlier this season — Betsa last Wednesday against Detroit, and Hursh against Utah Valley in February. The Wolverines easily dominated the second game as well, in which Betsa threw 10 strikeouts in the following innings. The Buckeyes saved themselves from being shut out for the entire weekend when Cammi Prantl, who reached first base when Betsa hit her, scored later in the inning. Betsa struck out the next two batters to end the second. Sweet responded to Ohio State’s one-run lead by hitting a homer to right center. The bats came alive once more, as Doyle and freshman second baseman Abby Ramirez both reached home. In the bottom of the sixth, the mercy rule was enacted again when eight more Wolverines crossed home plate. Hasselbach hit a grand slam — her third homer of the weekend — to bring in four of those runs. The senior, who became a regular starter in the past few weeks, had eight RBI on Saturday. “I was just a little more aggressive today,” Hasselbach said. “Usually when I succeed, I swing at the first pitch, second pitch. I was just aggressive today and it worked out in my favor.” After Hasselbach struck out in each of her three at-bats Saturday, it gave her a vote of confidence when Hutchins put her in again Sunday. “Yesterday, she looked like the old Taylor,” Hutchins said. “She struck out three times, not seeing the ball, not really swinging to hit it. I was really pleased to see her pull herself out of it … She needs to know that I believe in her and she’s been getting it done for us.” Michigan didn’t rely on any one player to carry it to its series sweep of Ohio State. In front of its home crowd, the Wolverines relied on grand slams and pitching, outscoring the Buckeyes 20-1 over the weekend.
“We needed one person to hit it hard. ... Hitting is contagious.”
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At the start of the fourth inning Sunday, the fans at Alumni Field inched forward in their chairs, almost in unison. Usually, a none-on, none-out at-bat in the middle of a game wouldn’t cause a stir. But this one was different. This was Sierra Romero coming to the plate. The sophomore shortstop fouled off a high fastball on the first pitch, then watched an outside pitch go past her. Ohio State’s pitching had stymied the Michigan softball team the day before — it gave up just five hits and one run — and was on its way to more of the same on Sunday. The Wolverines had mustered only one hit in the first three innings. Romero, who struck out in her first at-bat of the game, was just happy that Buckeye righthander Olivia O’Reilly was throwing her strikes. The day before, O’Reilly had walked her twice to start the game. “I get so excited when I get a strike,” Romero said. “I know I’m not going to get on every time, but it’s nice to get a chance to just swing the bat.” She did more than just swing on the 1-1 pitch. She crushed it into the pine trees beyond the left-center fence for her 10th home run of the season. In that one swing, the sophomore turned the game on its head, as the Wolverines poured on nine more runs in the fourth and fifth innings to earn a 10-0 mercy-rule victory. “It was just one of those things where we needed one person to hit it hard,” said senior designated player Taylor Hasselbach, who homered three batters later.
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Sophomore shortstop Sierra Romero is batting .512, but she helps Michigan win even when she’s intentionally walked.
“Hitting is contagious.” It was a clutch hit. It was a spark for a slumping offense. And it was exactly the type of play Michigan coach Carol Hutchins has grown accustomed to with Romero on the roster. “She’s our heart and soul,” Hutchins said. “I’d take a million of her.” Every time the Wolverines need a big play, Romero seems to deliver — sometimes with a big hit or deep home run, other times with something intangible. Sunday she provided the long ball. Saturday, it was the latter. In the first inning, with two outs, Romero walked. Hutchins called for Romero to steal second base, which she did, easily. Early in the game, the steal didn’t seem like much. But when
“It’s nice to get a chance to just swing the bat.”
senior first baseman Caitlin Blanchard singled through the right side of the infield, Hutchins waved Romero around third base and toward the plate. Ohio State right-fielder Caitlin Conrad got a good jump on the ball, fielded it cleanly and fired a laser to home plate, giving Buckeye catcher Taylor Watkins the ball with Romero still five feet down the base path. It should have been an easy tag to end the inning. But in a split second, Romero dove headfirst for the corner of the plate, beating Watkins’ tag and supplying the Wolverines with their only run of the game — the only one they would need in a 1-0 victory. “(Diving) was actually a lastsecond decision,” she said. “I thought by diving I would limit what parts of me she could actually tag.” Michigan’s roster, from top to bottom, is filled with talent. It has players who are heady,
players who are athletic and plenty of leaders. Romero is all of the above. Her fielding is deliberate and smooth, her base running tactful and her plate presence nearly impeccable. She’s batting .512 and gets on base in a jawdropping 64 percent of her plate appearances. There’s not an easy out in the lineup, and yet Romero is fourth in the nation with 1.03 walks per game. Teams pitch around her to face Blanchard, who bats .333 and has 25 RBI. They walk Romero so they can pitch to a player who gets a hit in one-third of her at-bats. It’s a ludicrous idea, yet it’s the right decision every time. That’s because when Romero gets a strike, more times than not, she’s hitting it through the infield or over the outfielders — way over the outfielders. So when she steps to the plate, the crowd perks up. It would be silly not to.
Bats cool off, Wolverines lose twice By JASON RUBINSTEIN Daily Sports Writer
With one out in the bottom of the eighth inning, Sunday’s outcome looked promising for the Michigan baseball team. Junior centerfielder MINNESOTA 7 Jackson 6 MICHIGAN Glines, the Wolverines’ MINNESOTA 1 best hitter, 8 MICHIGAN was at bat with MINNESOTA 3 the bases 1 MICHIGAN loaded. Down just 3-1, a lead was in sight. But Glines grounded into a double play, to end the inning, leaving the Wolverines were in disbelief. Sophomore shortstop Travis Maezes stared into the dugout. Sophomore third baseman Jacob Cronenworth squatted, looking down into the turf. Freshman catcher Harrison Wenson had his hand on his hips, staring up in the sky. They all knew the opportunity was there, but nothing came of it.
A day after tallying 11 hits, Michigan couldn’t find enough offense on Sunday, losing to Minnesota, 3-1. Michigan (4-5 Big Ten, 14-17-1 overall) started the day’s scoring when junior first baseman Kyle Jusick led off the second inning with a double to right-center field and scored on freshman left fielder Carmen Benedetti’s sacrifice fly. Minnesota (5-4, 17-10) responded in odd fashion. With two outs in the third inning, junior left-hander Trent Szkutnik struck out Dan Motl, but a dropped third strike and a throwing error by Wenson left Motl in scoring position. He scored on the next play. It appeared that Wenson initially tagged Motl, as he reacted oddly to the umpires’ no call on what appeared to be a routine dropped third strike. “I didn’t have a great view, but I was just going off of (Wenson’s) reaction,” said Michigan coach Erik Bakich. “I think Harrison probably got him.
“We’ve just got to learn from it. We’ve got to be tough enough to where we can overcome that and not exacerbate the situation and give a two-out hit.” The Golden Gophers took their momentum to the fourth inning, scoring two runs off a groundrule double and an RBI single. Aside from Jusick’s double, Michigan couldn’t find any timely hitting. Minnesota forced four 1-2-3 innings and the Wolverines failed to provide any run support. Szkutnik entered the game 0-3, a meager record at face value. But it certainly isn’t representative of how dominant he has pitched. With eight MLB scouts watching his outing, the junior threw six innings on Sunday, allowing just two earned runs while punching out five. “(Szkutnik) gave us a chance to win, and we didn’t get it done behind him,” Bakich said. Perhaps the most impressive part of Szkutnik’s day was not succumbing to the pressure of scouts. “It used to (make me
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nervous),” Szkutnik said. “But you’ve got to analyze yourself. Thinking about that — will that help you win? The team win? It doesn’t.” Minnesota’s strong defense, though, proved to be too much to overcome, despite Szkutnik’s performance. In the fifth inning, senior catcher Cole Martin was thrown out by the right fielder attempting to take third on a Benedetti single. Michigan showed glimpses of being a Big Ten contender this weekend, but it must fix its inconsistencies if it has any hope of making a splash in the conference. What happened Friday: Cronenworth allowed three runs in a blown save, including one on a walk in the 11th-inning of the Wolverines’ 9-6 loss to Minnesota. “We dug ourselves a pretty good hole a couple of times,” Bakich said. “When you have a chance to win the game, you win the game.” The blame, though, couldn’t solely be pinned on Cronenworth. Senior righthander Ben Ballantine struggled to find any rhythm, throwing 77 pitches in three innings while allowing four hits and a run. Michigan got down early, 5-0, but came back firing, eventually evening the game at six to go into extra innings. But, once again, the bats became anemic, and Minnesota tallied three runs for the win. What happened Saturday: Michigan combined hot bats with near-perfect pitching to even the series with Minnesota. The Wolverines looked to change the weekend’s momentum, and they did just that in an 8-1 win. Sophomore left-hander Evan Hill was the catalyst behind Michigan’s success, throwing 6.2 scoreless innings in dominant fashion. He finished the game with four strikeouts. Freshman outfielder Jackson Lamb gave Hill all the run support he needed, hitting a two-run home run to left-center field — the first home run at Ray Fisher Stadium this season.