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Schlissel tours state to discover new home University President learned more about leading industries in Michigan

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Rackham student Geoff Cheung promotes Michigan’s Table Tennis Team on the Diag Tuesday. Last year’s team ranked seventh natiionally.

include a sunset cruise and a winery tour. It made a big impact on his vision for the University’s role in the state.

Prior to starting his new job as the University’s president in July, Schlissel said he wanted to take a few weeks off during the transition. His wife, Monica Schwebs, suggested a trip around the state to offer an opportunity to learn about their new home.

The couple visited areas of MichiSee TOUR, Page 3A

By CLAIRE BRYAN Daily Staff Reporter

RESEARCH

University President Mark Schlissel’s two-week trip around Michigan did more than just

Leading ALS researcher talks Ice Bucket Challenge Feldman, Taubman Institute capitalize on momentum

By AMABEL KAROUB Daily Staff Reporter

Ooh, that’s cold.

Students on Facebook, Twitter and other social media

sites could not have missed the droves of people pouring buckets of ice water on their heads this past month in an unprecedented effort to raise funds and awareness for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Donations to the ALS Association have topped $100 million since the Ice Bucket Challenge began, and they just keep coming.

At the end of August, the University’s A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute accepted the challenge, as Neurology Prof. Eva Feldman, director of the Institute and a long-time leader of ALS research, took the plunge.

ALS is a neurodegenerative disease that affects the motor neurons of the brain and spinal cord. According to the ALS

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Association, the disease affects roughly 30,000 Americans at any given time. Currently, there is no known method of reversing or stopping the progression of the disease. Having worked with ALS for more than 25 years, Feldman said it was natural that she would participate in the Ice Bucket Challenge.

“ALS is our passion, and to See ALS, Page 3A

University President Schlissel’s Tour of Michigan

Traverse City

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‘U’ establishes digital office for education

Tom Hayden donates life works, FBI file to ‘U’

New program plans to assist faculty in integrating tech. programs

By STEPHANIE DILWORTH Daily Staff Reporter

As students get back to class this week, they may start to notice a new addition to their daily classroom routine.

The University’s newly established Office of Digital Education and Innovation was created to assist faculty in further integrating technology and digital programs. Students are likely to experience an increase in technology usage as faculty gain experience with programs, technology, digital community, learning analytics and various

innovative projects, according to a University press release.

James Hilton, vice provost for digital education and innovation, believes that this program will help to transform at the University’s pedagogical approach.

“The University of Michigan has this opportunity to really differentiate and refine what it means to be a great public research university in an age fueled by technology, fueled by connection, fueled by evidence and analytics,” Hilton said in a press release.

James DeVaney, assistant vice provost for digital education and innovation, emphasized the benefits of experimenting with higher education practices.

“One of the clear strengths of the University of Michigan is our institutional ethos that embraces experimentaSee DIGITAL, Page 3A

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CSG Vice President Emily Lustig, LSA senior, (RIGHT) addresses questions from CSG members in the Union Tuesday.

LSA junior Meagan Shokar, former CSG vice president, (LEFT) cited injuries as the main cause for leaving the position.

CSG approves new vice president in first meeting Decision comes after debate and disagreement

By MICHAEL SUGERMAN Daily Staff Reporter

The Central Student Government has a new vice president.

On Tuesday, CSG Assembly

members heard about her past involvement with student government, other prominent student organizations and record of community service. They learned that if she were a candy, she would be a Reese’s Cup. And so, after debate, LSA senior Emily Lustig was voted into the vice president position with 30 voting in favor, nine abstaining and one opposing her

ascension to the position.

CSG’s first meeting came in the wake of LSA junior Meagan Shokar’s resignation last week, and subsequently led to some contention regarding her ultimate successor.

Despite a strong majority vote in Lustig’s favor, some CSG representatives felt the selection was conducted in a way that sacrificed See CSG, Page 3A

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University alum Tom Hayden, a leading activist during the 1960s, a founding member of Students for a Democratic Society and primary drafter of the 1962 Port Huron Statement. Now students will be able to study his experience firsthand, with his donation of 120 boxes of material, including his FBI file, to the University.

Some of Hayden’s material includes photographs, notebooks Vietnam in the 1960s and his extensive FBI file with details of his past whereabouts. Hayden and his exwife and folk singer Joan Baez sued the government for illegal surveillance to retrieve these documents.

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LSA junior Chelsea Baytemur socializes at the Supporting Incoming Black Students Mentoring Kickoff Event Tuesday at Trotter Multicultural Center.

Jonathan Waters, former Ohio State University Marching Band director, will not get a chance to get his job back, after being fired for his squad engaging in “sexualized” hazing activities, the Huffington Post reported.

Waters’ attorney had previously requested a hearing to clear the accusations, but OSU denied the request.

The attorney argued that these accusations are false according to testimony by current and former band members.

However, Ohio State trustees supported the university’s

decision to not give Waters an opportunity to return to his former position.

Michigan State University works to improve handling of sexual assault Michigan State University said that it will try to improve its Sexual Harassment Policy, along with expanding its Task Force on Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence yesterday afternoon, the State News reported.

MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon sent an e-mail to the student community that emphasized the administration’s commitment to improving campus safety, especially with regards

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Info about fraternities

Greek Life Information

LIFE Group Meeting

WHAT: The Consulate General of Japan in Detroit will provide services for Japanese nationals.

WHO: Center for Japanese Studies WHEN: Today from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m WHERE: Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery

WHAT: An opportunity for interested students to learn about the Interfraternity Council fraternities and how they recruit members.

WHO: Office of Greek Life WHEN: Today at 7:00 p.m.

WHERE: Michigan League Ballroom

WHAT: This a great chance to learn about the Panhellenic Formal Recruitment process.

WHO: Students considering the Greek community WHEN: Today from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m WHERE: Michigan UnionBallroom

WHAT: LIFE Group focuses on creating a community where students experience love, faith and enjoyment through relationships.

WHO: Harvest Mission Community Church WHEN: Today at 7:00 p.m.

WHERE: 1001 E Huron St.

SSW Dean Lunch

Calligraphy Workshop

ICF International UROP Resume Workshop TweetChat

WHAT: The School of Social Work Dean is hosting an information fair and lunch.

WHO: Social Work & Sport Association WHEN: Today from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Social Work Building-Lower Level Commons

WHAT: A workshop where UROP students will work on resume-making skills.

WHO: The Career Center WHEN: Today from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

WHERE: The Career Center

Q &A :

By WILL GREENBERG

FRIDAY: Photos of the Week

Former OSU band director’s request denied Former OSU band director’s termination appeal denied

WHAT: Recruitors from the International Christian Fellowship will offer career tips, interviewing advice, and further info on ICF over Twitter.

WHO: The Career Center WHEN: Today from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

WHERE: Twitter

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WHO: Arabic Club WHEN: Today from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

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to sexual assault.

MSU is one of 70 universities being investigated for its handling of sexual assault allegations amidst a growing national dialogue on the subject.

Indiana University makes IFC rush a more intensive process Aspiring fraternity brothers at Indiana University have a few more hoops to jump through after the administration has announced plans to increase the required events and timeline for rushing one of their 29 fraternal organizations, the Indiana Daily Student reported.

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Amy Fine, a passenger on a Delta flight, was enraged at the passenger in front of her after the passenger reclined her seat back onto Fine, ABC reported.

Fine demanded to get off the plane after the incident. The pilot landed the plane.

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Ann Arbor — home to the University — also serves as home to fairy doors, thrift shop culture and a paint-splattered rock. Read The Statement to unlock more Ann Arbor legends. >> FOR MORE, SEE STATEMENT, PAGE 1B

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Approximately 65,000 people attend the “Burning Man” festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, MSNBC reported.

Attendees form a temporary community based on art and self-reliance for a week while inhabiting the desert.

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it had a terrific impact on the Kevyn Orr are working together. ing director of Ernst and Young city of Detroit because citizens There are some things I know and moved to Detroit from who live in the city, or indeed that Mayor Duggan would like Atlanta — came in with an idea After over a year of bankthose who live outside the city to have quicker, but despite that that he approached the Detroit ruptcy proceedings, the city but work in the city, they pay they still have a good working Regional Chamber about and of Detroit is entering the heat income tax. And when there’s relationship, which bodes well that was to see if the Chamber of the fight to bring the city a job loss or there’s layoffs or for the city of Detroit. can come up with contributions back from the brink. For many companies go bankrupt, people from business and from political Detroit citizens, this could mean are not able to work overtime.

TMD: What do you think of entities like the city of Detroit, a long-awaited fresh start. For That means the second source Mayor Duggan’s vision for the county of Wayne, county of Dennis Archer, Detroit’s mayor of income, income tax, is down future and his long-term goals Oakland, county of Macomb and from 1994-2001, this is just the substantially. for the city? other counties in the 12 county beginning of potential prosperThe other thing that occurred region, see if we can come up ity. Archer is still involved in the that hurt the city of Detroit was Archer: With the way the with $12 million and then go city, serving as chairman of the that we’ve been losing popula- city was existing at the time after worldwide businesses that Detroit Regional Chamber and tion in the city of Detroit since that Mayor Duggan was sworn might be willing to come back still providing the occasional 1953. In 1952, we had 1.82 mil- in and came into office, I think to the city of Detroit or to the legal counsel. He spoke with lion people living in the city of he’s done a remarkable job with region. The feeling is, given the The Michigan Daily about the Detroit. We’ve been losing pop- the opportunities that he’s fact that at the time we had the city, the bankruptcy and what ulation ever since (now under had before him. He’s not had a Red Wings hockey team, the the future may hold.

700,000). chance to come in and be, ‘the Tigers baseball team both in the When you lose that kind of mayor,’ city of The Michigan Daily: The population, you also lose people meanDetroit, city of Detroit has had struggles paying taxes, both property tax ing he’s we had that have spanned across sevand income tax, and so those got the the Rather than looking at eral decades.

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TMD: Since the bankruptgan, and the city council lead by Judge Steven Rhodes has also cy last summer, Detroit has Council President Brenda Jones. been outstanding. changed its national story to They work very well together one of recovery and the future and that has created a very posiTMD: One of your major but there are still plenty of tive atmosphere within the city accomplishments as mayor was people, including students at and the responsibility that has attracting developers to Detroit. the University, who see only been turned over to Mayor Dug- How were you able to do that blight and crime. What will gan to run. Please remember and how can Duggan do the it take for people’s minds to that emergency financial man- same in the coming years? change? ager, under our state statute, has broad authority. He could have, Archer: We were very comArcher: It’s sad when you should he have chosen to do so, mitted to bringing jobs into the consider where you are, at an stripped the city council and city of Detroit. We needed jobs outstanding university, 45 Mayor Duggan of any defini- and we needed to have that kind minutes away from the city of © sudokusolver.com. For personal use only. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com EASING INTO THINGS tive role to play, but he did not of opportunity in the city of Detroit, for someone to have do that. He worked with Mayor Detroit. One of my friends, Al that view without asking quesDuggan, and Mayor Duggan and Lucarelli — who was the manag- tions and learning about it and Generate and solve Sudoku, Super Sudoku and Godoku puzzles at sudokusyndication.com!

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Former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer talks the city’s history, struggles and resurgence

Dennis Archer: During the eight years that I was in office we had a balanced budget, we had a modest surplus that helped start a “rainy-day fund,” and our pension boards were over-funded during that time.

We did not have any deficit, we didn’t have any of the problems that gave rise to what put us into bankruptcy. So, I had not thought about bankruptcy, it didn’t even cross my mind.

There were several things that occurred, however, over time that drove the city into bankruptcy and part of it was not the fault of any mayor.

Because of the mortgage debacle — that banks and others are still paying for now, paying fines into the federal government — the property values in the city of Detroit went down tremendously. As a result, the city of Detroit, when that occurred, received less income.

Secondly, because of the job loss in the manufacturing sector,

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reading it closer. Do we have abandoned buildings? Yes. Well, remember what I indicated before: we had 1.82 million people living in the city of Detroit back in 1951 - ’52. The city of Detroit, according to the census, the population today is about 690,000 people. If you lose 1.12 million people over that number of years you don’t need the same housing units. As it relates to crime, that problem occurred because of the fiscal problems the city was having and the failure to properly monitor and come up with a good budget. At the time I left office we had, I think, about 3,700 police officers. Today we’ve got about 2,600, and that’s what Dave Bing inherited when he became mayor and that’s what Mayor Duggan is dealing with. But that can be solved and will be solved and is being solved now and crime is being reduced.

So, all I’m saying is that you can find whatever you want to find and find something and make it negative or you can be objective and say, “You know what, here’s how you change it.”

Students have different areas of interest that cause them to go to the different colleges within the University of Michigan.

You’ve got outstanding professors, you’ve got brilliant young people who are your classmates.

You’re there to learn and you’re there to learn because I think you want to make a difference in this world. So, rather than looking at something and saying, “Gee, it’s bad,” and walking away with that impression, the question is, “Ok, what would you do about it? What are your suggestions?”

If people are just content to sit back and go on what hearsay happens today, then those people will always have a negative impression, and you can’t change it unless they see for themselves, or are willing to be objective and open up their eyes and see the progress that’s being made.

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Driver murdered as a result of a road rage incident Southeastern Michigan authorities say a man shot and killed another man who approached his vehicle after a road rage incident.

Livingston County Undersheriff Mike Murphy says the killing happened about 3:35 p.m. Tuesday in Genoa Township, near Howell and about 45 west-northwest of Detroit.

Murphy tells WHMI-FM that two vehicles were eastbound on Grand River when one passed the other. He says both stopped at an intersection and a 43-yearold man got out of his vehicle and walked over to the other vehicle.

Murphy says the 69-year-old man driving the second vehicle fatally shot the 43-year-old, then pulled over and waited for police.

NASHVILLE, Tenn.

Thirty teens escape from youth detention center Thirty teens “overwhelmed” their minders at a juvenile detention center by simultaneously breaking out of four dormitories and then crawling under a weak spot in a chain-link fence. By Tuesday evening, seven were still on the run.

Police caught up with some walking along roads or coming out of the woods. Some turned themselves in, including one at the guard shack Tuesday evening.

And some were swiftly returned to the detention center by their own families for their own good.

“He broke loose, he was gone, but he’s back now,” said LaWanda Knowles, whose nephew joined the escape. “I just want to know that he’s here safely and he’s OK — I don’t want the police jumping on him, nobody beating on him or nothing.”

LOS ANGELES

Hacker obtains naked photos of celebrities Apple said Tuesday that hackers obtained nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence and other female celebrities by pilfering images from individual accounts rather than through a broader attack on the company’s services.

Meanwhile, numerous sharing sites removed images of the stars apparently in response to copyright complaints.

However, experts say there is no way to fully scrub the photos from the Internet and the images could keep popping up in the future, forcing celebrities to file repeated complaints as they play a cyber-version of the arcade game “whack-a-mole.”

Apple said its engineers have determined that hackers breached individual accounts and didn’t obtain general access to a pair of the company’s services — iCloud and Find my iPhone. The tech giant said it released the results after conducting 40 hours of investigation.

Law enforcement inquiries likely will take days or weeks to complete.

BEIRUT

Islamic extremists release claimed beheading video Islamic State extremists released a video Tuesday purportedly showing the beheading of a second American journalist, Steven Sotloff, and warning President Barack Obama that as long as U.S. airstrikes against the militant group continue, “our knife will continue to strike the necks of your people.”

The footage — depicting what the U.S. called a sickening act of brutality — was posted two weeks after the release of video showing the killing of James Foley and just days after Sotloff’s mother pleaded for his life.

—Compiled from Daily wire reports

make an ALS free world is our passion,” Feldman said. “We’re very excited about participating, donating and getting other individuals to participate and become more aware of the disease.”

The Institute’s challenge video is posted on their website and has put a twist on the original challenge by using beakers rather than buckets. In the video, Feldman challenges other ALS scientists to take up the Ice “Beaker” Challenge as well. Feldman also instigated an Ice Bucket Billionaire Challenge, directed at philanthropist Alfred Taubman, the man for whom the Institute is named. Taubman, who is 90 years old, accepted the challenge, recognizing the groundbreaking work done at his namesake.

Feldman said she is happy to donate to the ALS Association, as the organization has supported both the Institute’s ALS clinic and

TOUR From Page 1A gan where large populations of students come from, as well as places of interest across the state. The trip included stops in Detroit, Dearborn, Grand Rapids, Traverse City, Lansing, Midland and the Upper Peninsula.

According to the Office of the Registrar’s Fall 2013 Enrollment Report, 3,479 University students hail from Wayne County, home to Detroit and Dearborn. Another 1,083 students reside in Kent County, where Grand Rapids is located.

Lansing’s Ingham County produces 575 students and Traverse City’s Grand Traverse County produces 234 students. Two-hundred-andthirteen students are from Midland County.

The couple’s first stop was Detroit, where they visited the Detroit Institute of Arts and chose to sign up for a membership. They also saw the Renaissance Center, which is the world headquarters of General Motors, and enjoyed the Midtown neighborhood’s mix of shops and eateries.

“Detroit was in many ways the most interesting,” Schlissel wrote in an e-mail interview. “Having heard and read so much about its economic difficulties, it was exciting to see strong signs of renewed investment and the seeds of recovery.”

In recent years, the University has expanded its efforts to engage with the city of Detroit, including the creation of a Detroit Center and Semester in Detroit, a program that gives students the opportunity to spend a term living and learning in the city.

However, Business sophomore Corey Johnson, who is from Detroit, said the University could increase its connections with Detroit, including more participation in improving the city’s public

News its stem cell research. She said she expects the money to fast-track therapies to treat the disease.

“It’s an extremely interesting and important event that’s occurred,” Feldman said. “Who knew that a bucket of ice on your head could result eventually in $100 million dollars to address in a very novel way this horrible disease?”

Some of the money could eventually be awarded to the University. Feldman said her lab already has several ideas for new projects concerning ALS they would like funding for, and they are also looking to further advance their stem cell studies.

“They may put out a call for distributing the money,” Feldman said. “We will be there, and we hope to be first in line.”

The Institute has already benefited from the challenge, as Feldman said donations have increased in the past month. Additionally, as of Aug. 25, the Michigan Chapter of the ALS Association had generated roughly $50,000 in donations

as a result of the challenge. ALS of Michigan focuses on clinical care, contrasting the national organization, which focuses on both research and care.

“What that will mean for our clinic and other clinics are more dollars for clinical care, which is very important,” Feldman said.

Feldman addressed the critics who have pushed back against the Ice Bucket Challenge, who argue that the challenge is funneling dollars into ALS research that could have been directed at other, more common diseases. She said the Ice Bucket Challenge shows the public is receptive to donating to biomedical research, and opens the doorway for other activists to gain money for disorders through social media.

“I think that really what the Ice Bucket Challenge can do for the other disorders is lay the gauntlet down,” Feldman said. “What can be the next social media way in which those disorders can raise new money for biomedical research and clinical trials?”

schools.

“There are quite a few students who come from Detroit and Metro Detroit, and it is necessary for him to see where we come from,” he said. “Having heard and read so much about its economic difficulties, it was exciting to see strong signs of renewed investment and the seeds of recovery. I am now very bullish on Detroit. I’ve been asking around campus learning about the University’s many projects in and about the city.”

In Lansing, Schlissel and Schwebs walked the plaza connecting the State Capitol with the Judiciary Building and visited the Michigan Historical Museum.

Schlissel will likely be a frequent visitor to Lansing. During her tenure, University President Emerita Mary Sue Coleman traveled to the state’s capitol to lobby for increasing funding for higher education, which has seen extensive cuts in recent years.

The couple also traveled to Grand Rapids, where they enjoyed the downtown area and public space in front of the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

LSA senior Nick Ellis, who is from Grand Rapids, said he watched this downtown area become reinvigorated over the course of his high school years.

“It looks beautiful now, truly revitalized,” Ellis said. “There is a new plaza, art galleries and new apartments. I love to hang out there when I’m home.”

He said it’s comforting to know the new president is making an effort to engage with his hometown.

“Grand Rapids has always been second to Detroit,” Ellis said. “It really has so much to offer. It would be great if the University could build up a stronger tie to the west side (of the state).”

On the other side of the state, Schlissel visited the Dow Chemical Company in Midland, where he met with company leaders who

have worked with the University on issues of sustainability.

Schlissel’s father worked for Dow as a pharmaceutical salesman and took many trips to Midland.

Schlissel and Schwebs also spent time in some of the state’s most popular vacation destinations, including Glen Arbor, Mich. and the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. They also took a winery tour in the Leelanau Peninsula and trekked to the Upper Peninsula, where they enjoyed a sunset cruise on Lake Superior to see Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

“I was struck by the size and beauty of the state,” Schlissel said.

“Lake Michigan is every bit as pretty as Cape Cod.” One of Schlissel’s final destinations was the 10,000-acre U-M Biological Station on Douglas Lake in Northern Michigan.

Biology Prof. Knute Nadelhoffer, director of the University of Michigan Biological Station, ate lunch with Schlissel and Schwebs and gave them a five-hour tour around the station.

“President Schlissel was very outgoing, very interactive with the staff, students, faculty and researchers,” Nadelhoffer said.

“He clearly understood what we did here before he came; he had learned about that on his own.”

Schlissel said he was impressed by the station and noted it is a great setting to do important environmental and ecosystem research.

On top of learning about the state that Schlissel will now call home, he also said the trip provided an important chance to evaluate how the University can better interact with the state that it’s meant to serve.

“There is room for increased engagement all across the state,” he said. “It reinforced my belief that the University must take very seriously its role as an engine for the state’s economy.”

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DIGITAL From Page 1A tion,” DeVaney said in the press release. “Through leadership in curricular innovation, learning analytics and digital infrastructure at scale we enable engaged, personalized and lifelong learning for the entire Michigan community. Our approach to digital education and innovation is both scholarly and practical.”

The University intends to advance digital education through the Unizin consortium — a program created by the University and three additional U.S. research institutions, to improve the way educational content is shared between universities and its students. Specifically, the program will allow faculty to store and share material while maintaining intellectual property control.

The University will continue its involvement with Coursera, an online learning platform serving nearly 700,000 students world-wide through both courses available to the general public and private courses. However, the University recently decided to expand digital teaching and learning options by partnering with NovoEd, a program similar to Coursera, known for its collaborative learning through engagement.

Through the program, faculty will be given the oppor-

HAYDEN From Page 1A Howard Brick, Louis Evans Professor of History, said that other universities, including the University of California, Berkley and New York University, were interested in the collection. However, Brick said Ann Arbor was a special place for Hayden.

“I think he felt that his own history here at Michigan and in Ann Arbor tugged at him and made it seem most appropriate that that collection come here,” Brick said.

Hayden’s collection will be housed in the Joseph A. Labadie Collection, which assembles collections related to the history of social and political protest movements from the 19th century to the present, in the Hatcher Graduate Library.

Julie Herrada, the curator for the Labadie Collection, is in the

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CSG From Page 1A internal transparency in the name of Shokar’s privacy — who cited an injury and resulting treatment as the cause for stepping down. The announcement was made through social media on Shokar’s twitter and Facebook page.

While CSG President Bobby Dishell, a Public Policy senior, followed the council’s constitutional bylaws by vetting Lustig himself, also getting approval from the CSG Executive Nominations Committee, representatives not on that committee were frustrated that they had not been notified of her potential appointment earlier.

Speaking from personal experience as vice president last year, Dishell said he trusts Lustig to put in the work necessary to make student government initiatives successful.

“It is an extremely thankless job, and one that is incredibly important to us here and to the University,” he said. “There is no one who is more qualified.”

Some, like CSG Vice Speaker Laurel Ruza, a Public Policy senior, felt Lustig’s nomination process had circumvented the

get to know you, to say you’re in this position. I’m not saying that you’re not qualified … but I think that we all need more time to get to know you.”

Shanmugasundaram later proposed that the assembly postpone voting on Lustig’s election until the next meeting, which was struck down.

Lustig said she went through three or four rounds of interviews with Dishell in addition to speaking with other assembly members.

“It’s really important for the vice president to work with the president well, and know the inner workings of CSG well,” said LSA Senior Emily Sexton, head of the Nominations Committee, later adding that Lustig’s qualifications in that capacity were unparalleled.

Shokar, who attended the meeting, remained silent throughout the conversation.

After the meeting, Lustig said in an interview that she understood those of her peers who were initially hesitant to confirm her as vice president.

“I understand them being skeptical and critical,” Lustig said. “That’s their job. They were asking the questions that I think many students will or have already asked.”

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process of arranging the documents so students and faculty can use them.

“It is a fascinating collection and very valuable historically,” Herrada said. “It’ll be very useful to students and researchers for many years to come.”

Brick said this collection gives an in-depth look into activist movements during the 1960s and how those movements affected everyday politics.

“It’s an extraordinary record about how the activism of the 1960s could live on afterwards and trying to bring those radical perspectives into ordinary politics and policy making,” Brick said.

Hayden is coming to the University in mid-September to speak to the staff of The Michigan Daily, where he served as editor from 1960-61. He is publicly celebrating the collection at a public reception at Hatcher Graduate Library on Sept. 18.

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By JACK TURMAN majority of the representatives.

Ruza said Lustig wasn’t the most qualified candidate and further asserted that the selection process had “delegitimized the assembly.”

Medical student Michael Yee, the only assemblyman to oppose Lustig’s election in the final vote, said he felt protecting Shokar’s privacy didn’t excuse the closeted process of her replacement’s selection, adding that the representatives themselves only learned about her resignation through social media.

“I don’t think a person’s privacy and transparency in selecting a candidate for vice president are mutually exclusive,” Yee said.

LSA sophomore Swathi Shanmugasundaram echoed this concern earlier in the night during the debate, before which representatives were given the opportunity to ask Lustig a total of eight questions about her potentially elevated role. This was in addition to the nomination committee’s introductory endorsement.

“I just feel like I don’t know you, and that’s the problem for me,” Shanmugasundaram told Lustig. “I don’t think it’s fair that I got maybe two minutes to speak on behalf of what, a thousand students that I’m representing, to

tunity to experiment with innovations that will allow students to interact and collaborate more on course material.

Timothy McKay, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Physics, professor of astronomy and director of the LSA Honors Program, is serving on an advisory group that will guide the new office. After his positive experience developing his own program that uses learning analytics to tailor to the classroom experience for students in large introductory courses, McKay is confident in the University’s new large-scale push.

McKay said his tool, ECoach, was originally used in physics and then applied to various classes that allowed him to explore the challenges of different needs.

“Interest has grown and now we’re ready to use it in 20 different places on campus with 10 different variations. And that’s getting too big for me to manage,” McKay wrote, as he is also chair of the Learning Analytics Task Force.

McKay added that DEI has an important role in expanding the program’s use.

“All of this emerged organically. What DEI can do is bridge that gap between innovation and infrastructure. We’ll have in this resource the expertise to translate something from a tool used in an enthusiast class to University wide use.”

The Ann Arbor City Council is working to keep up with the increasingly popular rideshare companies Uber and Lyft, revisiting the issue of their operational status Tuesday night as a wealth of potential rideshare clients, University students, settled into campus.

Following the defeat of aproposed ordinance last month to increase regulations on taxi services that was targeted at ridesharing services, the council passed a resolution requesting the City Administrator Steve Powers negotiate operating agreements with ridesharing companies.

Councilmembers Sabra Briere (D–Ward 1), Sally Hart Petersen (D–Ward 2) and Christopher Taylor (D–Ward 3) sponsored the resolution.

The parameters for ride-sharing companies, which operate using non-professional drivers, include a minimum of $1 million dollars in liability insurance if operating in Ann Arbor and required driver background checks for drivers. Much of the resolution’s language was derived from a discussion at last month’s meeting.

According to the Uber website, Uber currently provides a commercial liability insurance, background checks and cashless checks to ensure physical and financial security. However, taxi drivers and companies are enraged that ride-sharing com-

pany drivers are not required to have a chauffeur’s license and a commercial vehicle plate, along with not complying with Michigan Limousine Transportation Act. A number of citizens at the council meeting Tuesday night testified in favor of regulation argued that competition between taxi companies and ride-sharing companies isunfair, with ridesharing companies having less defined liabilities and fewer constraints. Ride-sharing companies, such as Uber, use a smartphone app to connect drivers and riders. In contrast, those opposed to regulation argued that ridesharing companies provide better public safety policies than taxi companies.

Peterson said the evolving world of technology helps increase the competition between ride-sharing companies and taxi companies.

“I think Ann Arbor has to keep up with the times,” Peterson said.

“We want to be a technology town. We want to be innovative.

We’ve got to keep up with it.”

Peterson added that the Taxicab Board needs to make more changes, but are headed in the right direction.

“I think it is time for the taxi cab board to reevaluate their regulations,” Peterson said. “I do agree that deregulating the fares is a step in the right direction.”

Councilmember Stephen Kunselman (D–Ward 3) said he disagrees with the resolution because Uber does not have to comply with the Michigan Limousine Transportation Act. “What this resolution does though is create what I perceive as an undercutting of city attorney’s authority,” Kunselman said.

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Cooking is chemistry

oming back to Ann Arbor last week was definitely a reality check. Not because of school starting or leaving home again, but rather, I had to start cooking for myself again. And I guess this is a column on my love for food. However, to be clear, by no means am I a foodie. I’m just a hungry college student who occasionally has some time on DEREK my hands.

WOLFE During the summer at camp, every meal was provided to me at a consistently average quality. And for better or worse, there was variety — though the breakfast burritos did get repetitive. Some nights, the doctors and nurses at the clinic would even be generous enough to buy pizza and other food for the entire clinic staff. That was awesome and worry-free. I didn’t have to lift a finger.

But now, it’s back to making trips to the grocery store, making my own dietary decisions and watching my bill climb as my food gets rung up at the front of the store. I happen to prefer self-checkout.

Shopping for food is often a hassle, but admittedly one of my favorite things to do. At this point with a year of experience under my belt, I kind of have it down to a science. The frozen foods and cookie butter are bought at Trader Joe’s. The fruits, vegetables and snacks at Kroger. The pack of Arnold Palmer cans and chicken at Costco. Though I do have this routine, I’ve found picking out my meals for the next week or two to be somewhat enlightening. I have complete control, total independence and an opportunity for creativity. This combination can be a rarity.

It’s just me, my basket and my fellow shoppers who always park themselves in the middle of each aisle while deciding which Campbell’s soup to pick out.

I know I’m not the only one who finds it exciting to find the two-for-one deals of just what you wanted and picking out the crispiest apples. The best feeling comes from thinking about how to combine different products to

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make a dish that has never been made before.

It’s probably going to be pasta or something like that. But still, for a brief moment each week, I feel like a visionary. Heck, call me Elon Musk. As a side note, Costco chicken and Trader Joe’s frozen pastas go really well together.

Of course, it’s one thing to buy food and another to cook it. But, I’d like to believe my enthusiasm for picking out my food carries over to the kitchen. I’ve heard it said that the kitchen is one of the only places where sharp objects and open flames — or hot burners — are socially appropriate. There’s a certain thrill from slicing, dicing, chopping, baking, grilling and frying. Not really microwaving, though.

Anyway, I’ve found the process of going from raw materials to a finished meal extremely gratifying. For one, I’m no longer hungry after eating. And two, it gives me a sense of accomplishment, especially when I can feed my friends and they like what I make.

On multiple occasions, I’ve even sent pictures of my creations to my family. And yes, they are proud.

I think what it comes down to is that I enjoy working with my hands and exercising my mind. Cooking accomplishes both.

It’s therapeutic.

Again, I’m no chef. I don’t even spend hours at a time in the kitchen. Most of the time, I’m trying to put together a good, simple meal as quickly as possible so I can get back to work on school business. But taking this step back to write and reflect on food, I’ve realized how meaningful cooking can become and the control it gives me over my personal health. If I don’t want something in my body or even be tempted to eat something by its presence like Hershey’s chocolate, then I don’t buy it. It’s that simple. And if I want to try some crazy recipe off the Internet, I can.

As someone who likes science and being challenged intellectually, cooking falls perfectly into that category.

Cooking is chemistry.

And since I passed Orgo lab, I must be capable of doing it.

—Derek Wolfe can be reached at dewolfe@umich.edu.

Watching the watchmen

ithout government — and without police — we, as human beings, would lose most of our rights.

The comedian George Carlin once said, “Rights aren’t rights if someone can take ‘em away,” instructing his audience to read up on the internment of Japanese Americans to “find out all about your precious fuckin’ rights.”

JAMES Japanese Americans BRENNAN had their freedom taken away because the government stopped protecting them (and, in turn, acted directly against them). Carlin believed that human beings have no rights even with government, and in some ways he’s correct. Rights and freedom are just ideas that human beings invented and try to enforce.

We aren’t always successful, but in a country like the United States, rights and liberties have strong protections and enforcement mechanisms, allowing us — for now — to have a good amount of freedom. Like all things, this freedom is temporary. But what keeps it alive is government.

If you disagree, answer me this question: Where do rights come from? Many argue that their rights are inalienable, that they come from some “creator” or from nature, as the Declaration of Independence argues. These are both fine theories, but I can’t recall the last time God arrested and tried a murderer, nor the last time “nature” stepped in to protect black children from mobs outside of segregated schools. Natural rights are an interesting concept, but rights aren’t real unless they’re protected. That’s the whole point of government. Yes, the state can be used as a tool for tyranny as well, but human beings come together and create government so that our freedom will be guarded.

Police are one of the most basic mechanisms governments use for the protection of rights.

They are called law enforcement officers for a reason — they enforce laws, and laws are typically aimed at protecting key rights like life, safety and property.

I won’t mince words: I hate American police in their current form. While the events in Ferguson, Mo. this summer should not surprise anyone who is vaguely familiar with criminal justice in America, they are nonetheless appalling. Police officers have become armed to the teeth and conditioned

to a mindset of us vs. The Criminals/The Rioters/The Thugs. Instead of protecting rights and liberties, police are often taking them away from people. I don’t trust police, and I probably never will, but with that being said: I would never want to live in a country without them.

The only reason we have the freedom that we love is because the government (usually) protects us. The Constitution and all of its amendments are brilliant, amazing ideas, but even if they’re written down and passed by legislatures, they mean nothing. We need a way to protect our rights, and police are one of those ways. The consequences of an overly militarized police force go far beyond one notable incident where a teenager is killed and protests are oppressed. Martin Luther King Jr. once spoke of injustice anywhere threatening justice everywhere; the threats to civil rights and civil liberties seen in Ferguson, Staten Island, Davis and other cities is a threat to every American. As police fail to do their job, our rights slip away.

In Ferguson, police and the governor shut down freedom of movement and assembly, enforcing curfews and assaulting protesters with tear gas and rubber bullets. It didn’t matter what the Constitution said at that point — its defenders were busy rewriting the First Amendment with their guns and tanks.

These same events have happened before, they will definitely happen again, and they could feasibly happen anywhere. Rights are not permanent; they last only as long as we protect them.

In 1963, Governor George Wallace of Alabama made his famous “stand in the schoolhouse door,” physically standing in the way of Vivian Jones and James Hood as they attempted to register for classes at the segregated University of Alabama. President John F. Kennedy federalized the state’s National Guard, and a military escort guided the students past the governor to officially desegregate the University. Six years earlier, President Dwight Eisenhower used armed troops to protect the freedom of nine Black students in Little Rock, Ark. who would have otherwise been attacked by a mob of segregationists.

Sometimes, we need “jack booted government thugs” — not to take away our rights but to make them real.

— James Brennan can be reached at jmbthree@umich.edu.

Fearing the status quo One of my first nights in Australia, my hall and I were having a couple drinks and talking about money. Many of them were hoping to find jobs in the area and asking for advice on where to send out their CVs. Some were complaining about working for $14.00 an hour (Yeah, I tried to hide my scoffing when I heard that too).

They finally got around to talking about university fees. In Australia most university fees are paid through the government by a program called the Higher Education Contribution Scheme.

During university, the education is free and the student only has to pay it back when and if they start making over $50,000 a year.

University tuition in Australia is capped at $10,000 and most are lower. One of my hall-mates wasn’t on HECS. Her parents were paying – full price – for her schooling. The other people in the group were shocked, confused as to what it would mean for a kid to have their parents pay upfront for school.

I shrank back a little. $10,000 or less a year? I thought.

What the hell are they going to think of me paying almost $50,000?!

A week ago a new budget was proposed in the Australian government. Under the budget the government would no longer cap tuition prices for universities. The universities would now be allowed to set their own prices, higher fees based on how profitable a certain major is thought to be later on.

HECS will now start collecting interest and if you are between 25

and 30 years old you will either have to “Learn or Earn.” This is a welfare program that only gives benefits if the person is in school or has a job. The government will force a young person back to school if they are unable to find a job.

As the United States government begs and pleads with universities to keep their costs low, the Australian government has gone the direct opposite route. In America, as much as we hate the extreme tuition prices, we have become desensitized to them. In Australia that isn’t the case.

Even these seemingly small changes caused massive uproar.

University students held protests in the center of Melbourne that shut down the tram system. Joe Hockey, the budget writer, was on a political question & answer program where Australian Citizens didn’t so much as ask questions but take shots at him and the new budget. It was the topic for every newspaper article and radio broadcast.

Even though the changes and the prices were very different from the United States of America, some of the sentiments from the students I talked to were similar to those in the States. Most were just upset about the bleak future they seemed to be in for. Everything seemed to be getting worse, less jobs, less support and an education system that is run like a business — something United States students gave up on trying to combat decades ago.

The interest place on HECS seemed to cause the most distress after the uncapping of university prices. Student loans are a huge

burden to American college students. They’re also a huge drain on the American economy. It therefore makes sense that Australian students would fear the same burden being instituted for them.

“Kids from the country of Australia already don’t go to Uni because they are too afraid to create debt, it’s just the culture they have grown up in,” said Lucy Johnson, a first year at Australian Catholic University. Even though they might never have to pay any of it back if they don’t get a well-paying job, the fear of debt just runs too deep in rural areas. According to the students I talked to the 10 percent interest on HECS will increase these fears and continue to dissuade rural kids from getting degrees.

The astronomical prices of tuition in the States doesn’t seem to dissuade many from going to college because we have been taught that a college degree is a requirement for the 21st century world. The New York Times wrote an article that stated a college degree is still valuable. It’s worth the debt burden that students have and fear once they graduate. In my bubble of Silicon Valley, a university education was the only kind I wanted, regardless of the cost.

While Australian students fear the changes coming to their education system, we fear the status quo: that nothing will change except the continued rise in tuition and debt.

—Jesse Klein can be reached at jekle@umich.edu.

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The dead end for nationalism The European Parliament elections that took place about two weeks ago may have an historic importance as the far-right and anti-European Union politicians are gaining more power in the largest single assembly in the world. Even though the rightleaning parties performed worse than they did five years ago, there are more than hundred non-affiliated lawmakers, most of whom are expected to join the alliance of the rightists and the nationalist.

As the Eurozone crisis revealed the deficiencies of economic policies of the EU, considerable amount of political parties in Europe became willing to attack the EU system while bringing back the ideas of nationalism and patriotism. It sounds quite scary when someone simultaneously uses the concept of “nationalism” and “Europe” as we get enmeshed in unpleasant recollections of Adolf Hitler’s Germany, Benito Mussolini’s Italy, and Joseph Stalin’s Soviet Union — where multiple nations were living under the strident Russian nationalist propaganda.

A famous extremist in Greece, Nikolaos Michaloliakos, is the leader of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party and a firm supporter of antiimmigration laws. Michaloliakos is also known for his admiration of Adolf Hitler. It’s that same Greece that fought a war against the Nazi Germany and lost 5-10 percent of its population. Meanwhile, its Jewish community was almost exterminated. Despite the staunch efforts of the Dawn party supporters in Greece they’re still lacking a significant foothold in the country.

The best portrayal of nationalism comes from a controversial journalist/

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polemicist Christopher Hitchens: “I have often noticed that nationalism is at its strongest at the periphery.

Hitler was Austrian, Bonaparte Corsican ... The most extreme Irish Republicans are in Belfast and Derry (and Boston and New York). Sun Yat Sen, father of Chinese nationalism, was from Hong Kong…” I see the quote is missing a very important piece. Joseph Stalin — a Georgian dictator — was the leader of an empire that was established after the Russian invasion of free Republics, including Georgia (country).

Although nationalism sounds like an unhealthy ideology to me, it’s also important to be able to distinguish it from patriotism. I would like to describe the difference in a hypothetical way. Let’s assume that I was born in China and immigrated to Sweden when I was a teenager.

Subsequently, I can become a Swedish patriot after growing a deep affection for the country. However, the same scenario doesn’t work with the idea of nationalism. With no Swedish heritage and cultural background I cannot declare myself a Swedish nationalist. Thus, the leaders mentioned above could have been patriots at their best before they abused the nationalist propaganda to carry out their hawkish policies.

Patriotism could be a means to contribute to the prosperity of countries as long as it’s not being exploited in any wrongdoings by the morally corrupt politicians, which unfortunately happens a lot. A prominent 19th century Russian satirist Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin’s reference to the aforementioned case is flawless: “They are talking a lot about patriotism — must have stolen again.”

In my sincere opinion, I don’t believe that nationalism is a progressive theory that aims to prosper nations without harming anyone.

It’s the worst enemy of peace that ironically supports peace through strength. To be clearer, nationalism shows more hatred towards other nations than respect to your own.

No one wants to see the repeat of the Holocaust, deadly battles that claimed the lives of many brave people or the gang-rapes of innocent Germans that took place during the invasion of Germany.

Nationalist movements that are firm supporters of the antiimmigration laws will eventually acknowledge the fact that there’s no room for xenophobia in modern societies anymore as the integration of nations becomes common. Who knows, maybe a hundred years from now it will sound ridiculous to our descendants that there used to be borders and nationalities in our world. That’s a discussion for another day as I don’t want to sound like an anarchist.

What’s more important for now is that people realize the irrelevance of one’s nationality when it comes to determining his/her individual values. Nationalism will not prevail because it’s senseless to be proud of something that isn’t an accomplishment, but has been randomly assigned to you.

In loving memory of the heroes and victims of the World War II Only June 6, 70 years will have passed since the Invasion of Normandy.

Nurlan Orujlu can be reached at norujlu@umich.edu.

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I think (University President Mark Schlissel) is going to continue that tradition of being engaged with students.”

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FILM NOTEBOOK

Is ‘Boyhood’ great?

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FILM NOTEBOOK

Linklater’s latest more important than enjoyable

By GIANCARLO BUONOMO Senior Arts Editor

There’s something powerful about making lists, or should I say, one feels powerful making them. Susan Sontag felt this way too, explaining that: “I perceive value, I confer value, I create value, I even create — or guarantee — existence. Hence, my compulsion to make ‘lists’.”

But “value” is a vague word.

If I were, for example, to make a list of my favorite movies, I would include “Jaws,” and “The American.” However, the value that I’m conferring to these movies is just a reflection of my own aesthetic and sentimental tastes. “Jaws” is considered an influential classic.

But “The American,” was just one of many warmly-received films released in 2010, with little apparent influence or longevity.

It is on this point that I want to talk about a film that, in years to come, will be on many “Best of” lists, one that will be held up as a classic and will influence and inform countless other films. I want to talk about “Boyhood.”

Director Richard Linklater filmed a cast of actors over eleven years, so that they aged in real time. As you can guess from the title, the film follows the growth of Mason Evans Jr. (Ellar Coltrane) as he transforms from a small boy to a young man. Acclaim has been nearly unanimous for “Boyhood,” with many critics praising its landmark premise, attention to period details and deep exploration of American childhood. I’m inclined to agree with most critics about “Boyhood” as a technical achievement of filmmaking. However, I’m less inclined to label it as an enjoyable film.

“Boyhood” does have its moments. When Mason Jr. plays “Oregon Trail” on his PC, I excavated some long-buried and surprisingly pleasant memories from first and second grade. And on the opposite end of the spec-

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trum, the scene where Mason’s alcoholic, abusive stepfather snaps at the dinner table is masterfully directed and acted — resulting in the most terrifying domestic violence scene since “The Godfather.”

But more often than not, “Boyhood,” is a confusing viewing experience. Given its length and breadth, I don’t have the space here to critique it scene by scene, but what I will say is that “Boyhood,” much like its main character, suffers from identity problems. On the one hand, the method of filming creates a very organic, natural aura. We literally see Mason grow before our eyes, as he switches haircuts and worldviews and love interests. In this sense, the film is documentary-like — it chronicles the gradual maturing of what appears to be an ordinary, un-remarkable male.

But the extreme attempts at realism are often interrupted by contrived moralizing. Mason’s mother advises a young Hispanic laborer to get an education, and presto, she runs into him five years later, where he is a college student who has been waiting to thank her. Near the end, Mason and a girl he meets his first day of college eat special brownies, go on a hike and talk about “seizing the moment.” The problem with having so many of these episodes is that they counteract the film’s organic honesty. In other words, “Boyhood” simultaneously brands itself as an entirely relatable, realistic, fly-on-the-wall account of one boy, and yet it is always bashing you over the head with life lessons. So when Mason and Nicole have their carpe diem conversation, you’re not sure

whether to nod along with the soundtrack and say “Yeah, we really should seize the moment,” or laugh and say “I remember being a high teenager who would say things like that to someone I wanted to make out with.”

I’m sure many will disagree with me, which is fine. What I really want to get across is that the aesthetic shortcomings and technical merits of “Boyhood” are not mutually exclusive. In fact, there are many celebrated films that aren’t fun to watch.

Sergei Eisenstein’s “Battleship Potemkin,” a Soviet-era chronicle of a mutiny on a Tsarist ship, was ranked by the British Film Institute as #11 on their “Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time” poll. Due to its innovative use of film editing and montage, “Battleship” is a great technical achievement. But a silent propaganda film can only be so engrossing; in the end, it’s more interesting than enjoyable. How about “Frankenstein,” that iconic monster movie? Influential as it may be, I’ve always found it to be rather simple and sadistic, as the nuanced creature from Mary Shelley’s novel is turned into a moaning brute whom the main characters delight in burning to death.

Will “Boyhood” be as influential as “Battleship Potemkin” or “Frankenstein”? It’s impossible to know, but I can say with some degree of certainty that it will be discussed, studied, emulated and parodied more than most films. I still don’t think “Boyhood” is particularly profound in its message, or even fun to watch. But it is innovative, and for now that is enough.

MUSIC NOTEBOOK

Beyoncé: Queen of summer

By ADAM THEISEN Daily Music Editor

Forget about “Rude,” “Problem” or “Fancy,” those songs of the summer that were anointed by default, not by popular demand. Even if those songs happened to get the most radio play this summer, they couldn’t compare to the true Queen. The dog days’ most dominant artist didn’t release a new album and didn’t even really have a new single to sell, but this summer (much like this whole year) was the summer of Beyoncé.

We unanimously agreed that Beyoncé was an amazing, gamechanging album within hours of its surprise release, but the fact that it’s stayed relevant over the past few months, despite huge hits from Ariana Grande, Iggy Azalea and Nicki Minaj, has only added to its reputation. Plenty of pop albums make a huge splash, but most fade away by the time the next Next Big Thing comes along.

Beyoncé’s surprise Christmastime release was a bit of a gimmick that built buzz and advertised itself for free through superfan Twitter meltdowns. But once all the hype died down, we were left with one of the most daring, exciting and experimental albums ever made (even without the “pop” qualifier).

You could take any song from Beyoncé and hold it up as the album’s best, but for the purpose of this article I’m going to use “Partition.” One of the many songs on the record that features the fingerprints of previously unknown producer Boots (who’s given the most free reign on “Haunted”), “Partition” expertly navigates through multiple sections, maintaining a strong central theme despite the numerous songwriters and producers credited. Opening with a live vocal sample that clearly emphasizes how Yoncé is not single (“Hey Mrs. Carter”), Queen B declares that “radio said

speed it up, I just go slower.” While plenty of pop stars declare their rebellion, it’s rare to hear one who actually lives it. While still staying behind the couple’s patented publicity smokescreen, Beyoncé takes her millions of listeners in the back of her limo as she and Jay-Z vividly show that marriage doesn’t always equate to “settling down.” The bass throbs and the synth notes shoot into the air like fireworks, until finally, to top it all off, Beyoncé brings in a sample of Julianne Moore’s “Do you like sex?” monologue from “The Big Lebowski,” but in French! Plenty of albums exude don’t-give-a-fuck opulence and ambition, but none of them have been so universally beloved, or perfectly calculated, as Beyoncé.

“Feminist: a person who believes in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes.” In an age where many pop stars still, for some reason, misunderstand the label or shy away from its political connotations, Beyoncé not only embraces the fact that she’s a feminist, but also uses a TED talk from renowned author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to underscore that point. The image of Beyoncé’s silhouette standing in front of the word “FEMINIST” on an LED screen had to be the most defining moment of this summer’s VMAs. Beyoncé, with its unashamed sexuality, feminist strength and disregard for pop music’s conventions, stands as a defining symbol of music, and will undoubtedly live on for years to come.

That’s not to say that Beyoncé spent the summer coasting on her December album. She released the Nicki-Minaj-featuring “Flawless” remix and garnered almost as much surprise, fanfare and acclaim as the original album did.

She continued to fuel the gossip columnists with her “Of course sometimes shit go down when

it’s a billion dollars on an elevator” line, which, of course, may have just been a genius publicity move, but regardless was the most memorable lyric of the summer.

She also played shows across the country with her husband (who, after the lukewarm reception of Magna Carta Holy Grail, must be thankful that at least someone in the family has still got it) in THE Blockbuster Tour of the Summer.

Capping it off, Beyoncé performed a medley of every single song from Beyoncé at the aforementioned VMAs, a more-than-suitable victory lap for what’s been one of the most successful stints, both critically and commercially, that any artist has enjoyed.

Beyoncé is still relevant months after its surprise release.

While a lot of this summer’s Beyoncé-mania came from last year’s record, the fact that Beyoncé has dominated the past few months isn’t any less impressive.

As the public got to absorb Beyoncé more and more, its reputation soared. Beyoncé is certainly no stranger to ginormous hits, but Beyoncé was her first album that truly felt both entirely connected as one whole work and adventurous in a way that no other pop album has ever been. Beyoncé came out in the winter of 2013, and Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift and MAGIC! all topped the charts this summer, but looking back, seeing the mark that Beyoncé has made, there’s no way that we’ll come to view the summer of 2014 as anything other than the summer of Beyoncé.

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Grieving for a stranger

By REBECCA GODWIN Daily Arts Writer

Over the years I had often heard people remark how deeply the death of a celebrity had affected them. I had always found the statement odd, because as much as I enjoyed a celebrity’s body of work, I had never been so deeply touched as to feel true sadness when one passed away. I would feel a twinge of remorse for the family, but then my life would simply go on — unchanged by the news. I had grown so used to this detached way of dealing with celebrity deaths that I could never have guessed just how hard the death of Robin Williams would hit me.

My parents and I were seated around our kitchen table, eating dinner and talking about that day’s events. The TV was on in the background and an entertainment gossip show was advertising some new Johnny Depp movie. Halfway through a clip of the cheesy comedy, the breaking news symbol flashed across the screen accompanied by the dramatic music. All three of our heads turned immediately to the TV, preparing for the terrible news that could only ever come with such an interruption. I read the words at the bottom of the screen before the announcer said them and uttered a stunned “Oh my God.” My parents soon mirrored my shock as the announcer explained how celebrated actor Robin Williams had been found dead in his home at the age of 63.

I only heard bits and pieces of the remainder of the broadcast, picking up on key words like “asphyxiation” and “potential suicide,” but none of them truly resonated. My phone immediately exploded with texts from friends expressing their disbe-

lief at the news. I responded, only slightly aware of what I was saying. I couldn’t explain it, but the news had left me inexplicably sad. I sent out the perfunctory tweet expressing my regrets, but nothing seemed to shake away the sadness.

The next night, I lay in my bed reading through the top headlines of the day. Details of Williams’s suicide had been released and even though I knew that reading the article would only upset me, I clicked the link and began the first paragraph. By the time I reached the end of the graphic description of his death, I was in tears and they wouldn’t stop. I must have looked ridiculous, sprawled out on my bed at 2 a.m., literally sobbing.

Even though I knew his death didn’t directly affect me, I felt as though it did. I felt like I had lost one of the few consistent sources of happiness in my life and then immediately felt even worse for being so selfish. He had a wife and three children who were no doubt more devastated by the loss, and I was grieving as though he were a close personal friend I had lost and not a complete stranger.

I eventually calmed down and over the next several days began attempting to understand why I had been so rattled by Williams’s death more so than any other celebrity’s. I obviously did not know him personally — I had never even been lucky enough to meet him— but still, deep down, past reason and logic, I felt like he had been a part of my life.

It’s difficult to put into words the exact reasons I felt so connected to this famous stranger. Perhaps it was because I had always found a little bit of my own father in the fuzzy comedian with the kind eyes and a smile constantly pulling at his lips: My dad thrives

in front of an audience, lives off the laughter of others and has battled with depression off and on for years.

Or perhaps it was because of the characters Williams had portrayed while I was growing up.

Whether he was dressed up as an old Scottish woman or using his happy little thought to take off into the sky, I could always count on Robin to make me laugh, and then cry, and then laugh again. And in the end there was always some kind of message I could take from the film to apply to my own life.

His characters never patronized the children he interacted with, instead treating them as equals, and as a child who was constantly being told what to do by the adults around me, it was refreshing to see one act differently.

Or perhaps it was because as I grew, I knew that if I was having a bad day I needed only to turn on one of his many manic standup routines or play a few of his interviews to feel better. Even when months went by when I didn’t watch one of his movies or see one of his interviews, rediscovering his work always felt like running into an old friend, comfortable and familiar.

Now that several weeks have gone by, I’ve finally begun to accept that I both knew and didn’t know Robin Williams. Nothing can ever take away the man I grew up loving. His movies will always remain some of my favorites and there will always be a YouTube clip to watch when I need a smile. He was many things for me over these last 20 years. He was part teacher, part friend, part father figure, part entertainer and, unfortunately, part tortured soul. But above all, he was one-of-a-kind, and though he may have been a stranger, I will miss him deeply.

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‘13: 41-30 win

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Two brothers, John and Michael Shea, wrote and published the Notre Dame fight song together in 1908. The duo’s lyrics include, “Cheer, cheer for old Notre Dame/Wake up the echoes cheering her name.”

Those echoes have survived the test of time. One hundred six years later, the Michigan football coaching staff is preparing for them. Before the final meeting between the programs for the foreseeable future, they have been blasting the song at the team’s practice facilities this week.

It has become engrained in their players’ heads.

“The coaches said they play it all the time when we’re there, so they just want us to get used to it and not let it bother us,” said sophomore running back De’Veon Smith.

It could be up to a new duo, Smith and sophomore running back Derrick Green, the other member of Michigan’s 1-2 punch at running back, to quiet the spirit that the Shea brothers helped create.

How the running backs and the offensive line adjust to Saturday’s difficult environment in South Bend will be key.

Smith and Green are coming off the best games of their college careers.

Against Appalachian State, Smith ran for 115 yards and two touchdowns, while Green rushed for 170 yards and one score.

As sophomores, neither Green nor Smith has played on the road against the

Devin Gardner threw the worst pick-six of all time and Michigan still won.

‘11: 35-31 win

Jeremy Gallon is still running unmarked down the right sideline.

‘09: 38-34 win Tate Forcier led a last-minute touchdown drive. Remember him?

‘07: 38-0 win Both teams started 0-2, but Michigan turned its season around with the blowout of the Irish.

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Sophomores De’Veon Smith (left) and Derrick Green (right) posted career days against Appalachian State, but Michigan faces a much bigger test in South Bend.

Fighting Irish, but Green said older teammates and coaches have told him about the extreme crowd noise. At Big Ten Media Day in July, senior defensive end Frank Clark spoke about the hostility of Notre Dame’s environment, saying he has never seen so many middlefinger gestures in his direction in his life.

For Michigan’s running attack, the adverse conditions aren’t ideal.

The unit struggled to produce last season and is looking to build momentum after gaining 350 yards on the ground in the season opener.

With a tougher environment to go along with a more difficult

“It’s going to be a great experience being there.”

opponent, a repeat of Saturday’s results is unlikely, but Smith said he’s confident in the offensive line despite the unit’s uncertainty.

In order to prepare for the loud conditions, the offense has been working on non-verbal communication to call plays.

With multiple young players at offensive line and running back, making sure everyone is on the same page could be an issue.

“We’ve got signs for stuff like that, but it’s still hard. ... Like I said, you’ve got to make sure you key in on (fifth-year senior quarterback Devin Gardner) and get the play call,” Green said.

The Notre Dame game is another chance for the running backs to prove themselves, but they understand it means much more for the program.

Both Smith and Green said they didn’t know much about the history of the rivalry growing up in Ohio and

Virginia, respectively, but since they’ve arrived in Ann Arbor, the importance of the game has been emphasized.

“I know everything, every little thing about it,” Smith said. “(We) play the fight song, I heard that the crowd is wild and loud, so it’s going to be a great experience being there.”

Green has heard the talk about the noise, but emphasized that preparation will be more of a factor than the environment.

He knows his season-opening performance will mean little if he can’t produce Saturday.

“It’s just time to take it up to the next notch,” Green said. “It’s time to turn it up 10 notches.”

Green and Smith both maintained that they only care

about the success of the unit, and how carries are split is of little matter. If Green is the No. 1 back, he knows the depth behind him is important.

Now the running backs are tasked with building on the seasonopening performance.

“We’re trying, you know, (to) put our name out there,” Green said.

Succeeding in a hostile environment with the stakes raised is the next step to doing just that.

Quieting the Notre Dame fight song would be an added bonus.

“It’s just time to take it up to the next notch.”

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with the Irish. It all went downhill from there.

WAKE UP THE ECHOES Last five games in South Bend

‘12: 13-6 loss

Someone decided Vincent Smith should throw in the red zone.

‘10: 28-24 win They’re still trying to catch Denard Robinson and his shoelaces.

‘08: 35-17 loss

Rich Rodriguez, enough said. The 2008 Wolverines finished 3-9.

‘06: 47-21 win Somewhere, a Notre Dame fan still has nightmares about Mario Manningham.

‘04: 28-20 loss We’re sensing a pattern here...

‘M’ opens with two losses

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By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Writer

After three weeks of training on the East Coast and two season-opening losses to ranked teams, the Michigan field hockey team is finally returning home to a newly revamped facility in Ann Arbor.

The 17th-ranked Wolverines, unable to train at Phyllis Ocker Field due to lagging construction, capped a nearly month-long trip to Virginia and North Carolina with an 0-2 showing at the ACC-Big Ten Challenge, closing their trip with a 5-1 loss to No. 2 North Carolina followed by a 3-2 overtime loss to No. 11 Wake Forest.

Practicing hundreds of miles away from home wasn’t ideal for Michigan, but the opening game of the 2014 season proved worse.

Facing off against the powerful Tar Heels, the Wolverines

fell behind 2-0 in the first 10 minutes. Just eight minutes into the second half, North Carolina commanded a five-goal lead.

An unassisted goal by junior back Jaime Dean in the 58th minute gave Michigan its first goal of the year, but the tally didn’t matter after the Tar Heels’ scoring barrage. The Wolverines were outshot, 21-5, and were only able to draw two penalty corners to North Carolina’s eight.

Michigan showed improvement Sunday vs. Wake Forest, but didn’t come away with a victory. Returning to action after a top-eight finish last season, the Demon Deacons took a 2-1 lead just before halftime.

The score remained unchanged until senior back Leslie Smith scored as time expired, sending the game to overtime in dramatic fashion.

Despite dominating possession in the second half and outshooting Wake Forest 17-12, the Wolverines fell short in overtime, allowing the gamewinning goal less than five minutes in.

While Michigan improved as the weekend wore on, the team still has many holes to fill.

After losing longtime goalkeeper Haley Jones and all-time leading scorer Rachael Mack from last season’s team, Michigan pines for new leaders to step up.

Over the weekend, sophomore Chris Lueb and freshman Sam Swenson split time in goal, recording eight and six saves, respectively. In the field, Smith and senior Ainsley McCallister helped control possession and push the offense. Still, no bona fide scoring threat exists yet.

With arguably the toughest opening weekend in the country, Michigan was presented with a unique opportunity to learn its weaknesses early. Big Ten play begins in three weeks, so the losses have the potential to be more valuable than wins.

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Record-setting losses worry Ryan Two bronzes for Coon in Croatia WRESTLING

By JAKE LOURIM Daily Sports Editor

‘M’ standout one of two to compete in both styles at Jr. World Tournament

By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Writer

It’s not difficult to realize that heavyweight wrestler Adam Coon excels on the mat.

For the fans at the FILA Junior World Tournament in Zagreb, Croatia, it took less than a day. In case they forgot, he reminded them four days later.

At the championships Aug. 6-10, the Michigan sophomore went a combined 8-2 with five pins against world-class competition to take bronze in both the Greco-Roman and freestyle divisions.

“I feel like I wrestled pretty well,” Coon said in a video interview with FloWrestling.

“I tried to push the pace as much as possible.

I went out there to dominate, and there were some matches that I did dominate.”

Coon began his week by pinning Stepan David of the Czech Republic at the 45-second mark. He followed with an 8-5 comeback win over Korea’s Seungchan Lee and a pin of Hungary’s Adam Mertse in the quarterfinals.

The lone defeat of Coon’s day was to Sergey Semenov of Russia, the eventual gold medalist. Coon rebounded after a long break, though, by pinning Japan’s Arata Sonoda in the opening minute to preserve bronze.

“I had some ups and downs through it,” Coon said, “and got caught in some positions I didn’t like and got beat up a little bit here and there. But I kept working to battle back and got the fall that I needed (to secure bronze).”

Coon’s bronze was the only

U.S. medal in any Greco-Roman weight class, but the Michigan standout wasn’t content with just one medal.

Coon — more comfortable in the freestyle — maintained his initial impression by breezing to another 4-1 record four days later. His day began with consecutive 10-0 technical falls over China’s Qiang Tao and India’s Rangi Roubaljeet, and he added a pin over Azerbaijan’s Oyan Nazaryani.

Like earlier in the week, the semifinals proved troublesome for Coon. Facing familiar foe Amar Dhesi of Canada, Coon fell in a heated 7-6 decision.

Struggling early, Coon mustered a comeback and looked poised for a one-point victory with 18 seconds to go.

But confusion with scoring stopped the match, giving Dhesi time to recover, and he tallied a two-point takedown with just five seconds left to seal the victory.

Coon pinned Turkey’s Yusuf Emre Dede in the next match to take bronze, but the loss stung.

“I was digging that underhook the entire match,” Coon said. “I had that body lock and knew I could get it. He kept square with me, so I figured I go with that body lock, toss it and see what happens.

“You have to put the previous match behind you and get after it in the last match. I’m happy for the bronze but upset for the loss that came with it.”

Despite aspirations for gold, Coon settled for medaling twice despite being one of just two wrestlers from any country to compete in both styles at the event.

“It was a bit of a juggling act going between two teams,” Coon said. “But it was nice to have all those teammates supporting me. I couldn’t have done it without the coaching staffs or my teammates. They were the ones pushing me and helping me.”

“I tried to push the pace as much as possible.”

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Young as it is, the Michigan women’s soccer team has tried to stay away from focusing on results early in the season. But the worst two-game stretch in program history might be cause for concern.

Never had the Wolverines lost two weekend games by a combined eight goals. They hadn’t given up five since a 6-0 loss to Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2009 and hadn’t surrendered eight in two games since Aug. 22 and 24, 2008.

“Friday, we didn’t represent Michigan — we didn’t represent anybody,” said Michigan coach Greg Ryan.

“Representing Michigan athletics has got to be the thing that always shows up for us. If we play like we did Friday night, we’ll get beat badly.”

After Michigan escaped with a pair of 2-0 wins over Cal State Northridge and Bowling Green the previous weekend, its issues snowballed in San Diego.

The back line, which is playing with four new starters at times, broke down, most notably with an own goal against San Diego State on Sunday.

The offense misses all-time leading scorer Nkem Ezurike, who was often the only forward last season. Even the goalkeeping position, which returned sophomore Taylor Bucklin, is up for grabs between Bucklin and freshman Megan Hinz.

But most importantly, the Wolverines couldn’t respond to deficits this weekend — and Ryan doesn’t necessarily see that getting much better.

“If we get down a goal, maybe we can come back,” Ryan said.

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Women’s soccer coach Greg Ryan has never suffered through such a lopsided weekend. Michigan was outscored 8-0.

“But so far, we’re not there yet.

It could happen, I’m not saying it won’t, but it didn’t happen Sunday, didn’t happen Friday, hasn’t happened yet. Until it happens, I’m not sure there’s evidence to support the fact that it’s going to happen.”

In the past two years, Michigan has lost eight times, only once by more than one goal.

The Wolverines were in every game, even at their worst.

Ryan continued to talk about the team’s inexperience: Senior midfielder Jen Pace, a captain, did not start a game last season, while junior midfielder Cassie Collins started just four.

“When we got down our first goal, everyone was a little frazzled because it was the first goal we’d given up and it came so fast in the game,” said junior midfielder Corinne Harris. “We

have decided that we’re always going to get together after goals to make sure we can keep pushing through.”

The Wolverines haven’t trailed much in recent seasons — falling behind just six times last year. But on Friday, San Diego’s first goal was followed 18 minutes later by another, which was followed eight minutes later by another. Sunday, the own goal came eight minutes after the first goal.

“Last year’s team didn’t get down very often,” Ryan said.

“That was a reflection of that team, they were so determined and focused. Our mantra was relentless, and that team was relentless. This group is just beginning to learn what it means to play with that kind of an effort.”

Ryan told his team after the

game Sunday that five players had good performances. He declined to name them to the media, but noted that the Wolverines will need more players competing. He hoped that by calling those players out to his team, others would follow them.

Until they do, there might be more crooked results. In the meantime, there might be one remedy to responding to onegoal deficits: not allowing them in the first place.

“I think realistically, this is a team that at this point anyway, isn’t going to (go) well if we’re down a goal,” Ryan said. “We haven’t showed the signs yet that we can create enough opportunities to go down a goal. Our focus is going to be on team defending and not giving up a goal.”

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