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University President Mark Schlissel joins Martha Cook residents Public Policy Junior Erin Bozek-Jarvis, LSA Sophomore Erin Eusebi and LSA Sophomore Nisreen El-Saghir at their annual Fall Tea event Friday at Martha Cook Building.
Students visit Washington, D.C. to promote the Energize Africa Act By EMILIE PLESSET Daily Staff Reporter
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Meteorologists promote their craft at WeatherFest Event informs students of research initiatives By LARA MOEHLMAN For the Daily
The weather Sunday was ideal, to say the least. But members of the University’s chapter
of the American Meteorological Society could’ve predicted its beauty days before. Members of the Meteorological Society came to the Diag Sunday to teach passersby about the field of meteorology. Society members hosted the event as part of an outreach effort to expose students and community members to research efforts currently
underway at the University, as well as other institutions. Engineering graduate student Justin Tsu co-organized the event with a fellow club member Engineering senior Barbara Doyle. “There’s so much more to it than just (weather) news and rocks falling from the sky,” Tsu said. “In general, meteorology is all about applied physics of
the atmosphere. It’s how wind moves — it’s how the resulting movement of wind can cause different types of weather.” About 10 student and nonstudent organizations joined AMS on the Diag with information, demonstrations and models. Other participating organizations included the Cooperative Institute for See WEATHERFEST, Page 2A
The nation’s capital had its taste of some of the University’s leaders and best earlier this month when Music, Theatre & Dance junior Arian Shaw-Obasogie and LSA junior Robert Dickinson lobbied Congress to pass the Energize Africa Act, which aims to help provide affordable electricity to subSaharan Africans. Shaw-Obasogie and Dickinson were chosen to visit Washington, D.C. for a two-day “Power Trip” after being the top letter senders this summer as part of the ONE Campaign’s Power Project. The Power Project was an initiative run by the ONE Campaign, an international advocacy organization with the goal of eliminating poverty by 2030, to raise nationwide support for the act.
If passed, the act could bring electricity to more than 50 million people in sub-Saharan Africa. Shaw-Obasogie said better access to electricity would help combat the Ebola crisis and improve infrastructure in the region. Both Shaw-Obasogie and Dickinson promoted the act this summer through the Power Project. Dickinson sent Congress 315 letters and Shaw-Obasogie sent in the second-highest number of responses by recruiting more than 400 letters. The act was passed in the House of Representatives in May, but has yet to be passed in the Senate. The ONE Campaign is pushing for the Senate to consider the act before the end of the year, or it will need to be reintroduced to Congress. During their time in Washington, Shaw-Obasogie and Dickinson met with Sens. Carl Levin (D–Mich.) and Debbie Stabenow (D–Mich.). Shaw-Obasogie also met with congressmen from her home state of Florida. Shaw-Obasogie said attending the D.C. Power Trip was the second step in the push to get the act See WASHINGTON, Page 2A
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With historical lens, The Daily enters 125th year
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Evolving organization aims to serve each generation of Michigan students By SHOHAM GEVA and MICHAEL SUGERMAN Daily Staff Reporters
Bound volumes of The Michigan Daily line the bookshelves of the editorial conference room — others lie in stacks on the floor. Still, more fill cabinets behind the news desk. The editions date back to Sept. 29, 1890, the first day of production as a newspaper. The Daily enters its 125th year of existence Monday, and, with that anniversary, the paper celebrates a longstanding tradition of fostering student journalism, serving the University community and covering the stories that matter not only on campus, but also in Ann Arbor,
the state of Michigan and even the nation. In the first edition, the Daily ran a story about the rugby team’s upcoming season, an ad for fraternity pins and notes from faculty about new courses in foundry work and water analysis. Over the subsequent 124 years, the Daily has covered integral parts of this campus’ history. The Daily witnessed the terms of 12 of the University’s 14 presidents. And it has been the first to report on important scientific breakthroughs, like the announcement of the polio vaccine. The Daily has written about the impact of Supreme Court decisions stemming from the University’s admission policies and covered anti-war and anti-draft protests during the Vietnam War, as well as the experiences of a student jailed during one. See BIRTHDAY, Page 3A
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Sister Simone Campbell speaks at the Nuns on the Bus event to encourage voting and political awareness Sunday at the School of Social Work.
Nuns on the Bus encourage political participation Catholic group aims to raise awareness of money in politics By EMMA KERR Daily Staff Reporter
Nuns on the Bus, a social activism advocacy group, made a stop in Ann Arbor Sunday to talk politics. As part of the event, the
Roman Catholic sisters posed questions for the audience of about 100 voters and both political and religious activists, asking, “What are your concerns as we move toward the November election?” and “What gives you hope?” The goal of these events is primarily to do just that, to gauge what matters to individuals across the country and to offer an opportunity to effect change in those areas of injustice. Sister Simone Campbell,
executive director of network for Nuns on the Bus, said their goal is to open up conversation and encourage attendants to take action of their own, especially following the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision regarding campaign finances. This decision struck down regulation and limits on campaign spending by interest groups such as Citizens United, a See NUNS, Page 3A
LSA senior gains notoriety for infiltrating sorority recruitment events By STEPHANIE SHENOUDA Daily News Editor
Some students participating in the rush process as part of Panhellenic Recruitment earlier this month were in for a surprise when they were joined by a unique potential new member. LSA senior Daniel Markowitz donned a dress and wig, purporting to be Danielle, an over-eager freshman sorority recruit. He produced a video of his trials as a rushee, which has over 60,000 views on YouTube. It was also featured to websites popular within the Greek community, such as BroBible and Total Frat Move. See VIDEO, Page 3A
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TITLE IX
Amy Blumenthal, Michigan Student Assembly vice president, and former MSA member Anita Tanay filed a complaint of sex discrimination against University honor society Michigamua, now known as the Order of Angell, under Title IX. Title IX is a federal statute which governs sex discrimination in universities and other institutions that receive federal funding. Blumenthal and Tanay’s complaint alleged that Michigamua received preferential treatment from the University for information about jobs, tickets to sporting events and
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Cross country BY NATE CLARK
It’s still early, but the No. 1 Michigan women’s cross country team has yet to lose. The Wolverines outpaced the competition this weekend at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown hosted by Boston College. Sophomore Erin Finn finished with a new best time in the 5K.
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In honor of the Daily’s 125th year, we have updated our masthead. But this doesn’t tell the whole story. Despite the paper’s efforts to uphold tradition, our masthead has been far from consistent in recent years, a disparity we hope to rectify moving into the next 125 years of editorial freedom.
WEATHERFEST From Page 1A Limnology and Ecosystems Research, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — which includes with the Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab — the Michigan Solar Car Team and the National Weather Service of Detroit/Pontiac. Rackham student David Benson-Putnins said he came to WeatherFest to recruit students for the Solar Car Team. The team recruits members studying in the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences because they are equipped with a background in meteorology and can help predict the weather for a five-day race. “How fast the battery empties depends on how fast we drive and how much solar radiation we get,” he said. Each booth offered a different perspective on meteorology. Engineering graduate stu-
use of space, despite not being a recognized student organization. It also pointed to the fact that Michigamua was all male at the time. “Michigamua does not violate Title IX because Title IX has no applications to Michigamua — Michigamua receives no federal funds,” said John Feldkamp, director of housing and Michigamua’s unofficial adviser, in response to the allegation. Thirty years ago this week (October 2, 1984) Then-University president Harold Shapiro and Engineering Prof. George Haddad were added to a list of subpoenaed
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officials in a case filed by the Progressive Student Network over the arrest of 11 of their members, all students at the University, at a sit-in the previous fall to protest alleged military research in Haddad’s laboratory. Donald Koster, defense attorney for the students, said he also planned to subpoena several other individuals before the November trial, though he declined to name them. Shapiro and Haddad both told The Michigan Daily they knew nothing about the subpoenas at the time of publication. — SHOHAM GEVA
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Hands-On Museum, explained the function of the infrared camera at her booth. The camera highlighted the coolest and hottest places on your body. She said meteorologists use these cameras in weather satellites to find out “where storms are … and how high clouds are in the atmosphere.” University alum Rich Pollman, the warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service of Detroit/Pontiac, said he came to WeatherFest to support AOSS and to teach people “how to be prepared for severe weather and how to get a hold of that weather information so that they can act in times of emergencies.” Pollman, a graduate of the AOSS class of 1992, said he enjoyed speaking with members of the AOSS department about what it is like to work for the National Weather Service. “It’s always fun to come back here and help out the old department and see the new students that are here.”
WASHINGTON From Page 1A passed, the first being garnering support this summer. “These senators are the ones deciding whether this bill is going to pass or not,” Shaw-Obasogie said. “They have the say whether these 50 million people will have electricity or not. By meeting the Senate I really feel like I did contribute.” Both Shaw-Obasogie and Dickinson became involved in ONE after signing up at Festifall on campus last year. They hope to continue their efforts on campus by maintaining contact with advocates they met in D.C., sending follow-up notes to the senators they met with and continuing to promote letter writing to senators in support of the act. Back on campus, Shaw-Obasogie is a ONE Campaign campus leader and is working with the ONE office in Washington. She said she hopes to continue advocating the act and other ini See WASHINGTON, Page 3A
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A child plays in the streets of Monrovia, Liberia Sunday.
Ebola clinics quickly fill as Liberia waits for foreign aid Health resources increasingly strained in west African country MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Doctors are in short supply. So are beds for patients. Six months after the Ebola outbreak emerged for the first time in an unprepared West Africa and eventually became the worstever outbreak, the gap between what has been sent by other countries and private groups and what is needed is huge. Even as countries try to marshal more resources, those needs threaten to become much greater, and possibly even insurmountable. Fourteen-year-old D.J. Mulbah was taken by his mother and grandmother on Saturday in desperate pursuit of a coveted bed at the Ebola clinic run by Doctors Without Borders in Monrovia, Liberia’s capital. Too weak to stand, he was put into a taxi with his backpack and a bucket for vomit. Now he lay on the dirt beside the worried women. “He’s been sick for a week with a runny stomach,” said his
mother, wiping the sweat off the boy’s brow with her bare hands. “We tried calling an ambulance days ago but nobody ever came.” Beds are filling up as fast as clinics can be built. Ambulance sirens blare through standstill traffic. Often there is nowhere to take the sick except to “holding centers” where they await a bed at an Ebola treatment facility. By 8 a.m. a dozen people who likely have Ebola are crouching and sitting on the ground outside the padlocked metal gates of a facility with a capacity of 160 patients. Soon a triage nurse approaches, her voice muffled through a surgical mask covered by a plastic face shield. The clinic will take the boy. D.J. manages a faint smile. Seven of the 30 beds made available Saturday morning were vacated by survivors. The rest had died. Statistics reviewed by The Associated Press and interviews with experts and those on the scene of one of the worst health disasters in modern history show how great the needs are and how little the world has done in response. Some foreign medical workers have bravely fought on, a few even contracting Ebola themselves as they cared for patients. Experts warn that the window of opportunity
to snuff out the dreaded disease may close unless promises of additional assistance immediately become reality. The existing bed capacity for Ebola patients in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea and Nigeria is about 820, well short of the 2,900 beds that are currently needed, according to the World Health Organization. Recently 737 beds were pledged by countries. Yet even after the promised treatment facilities are built, they will still be at least 2,100 beds short. The shortage of health workers is also great. WHO has estimated that 1,000 to 2,000 international health workers are needed in West Africa. More than local 200 health workers have died of Ebola trying to save patients, complicating recruitment efforts. Doctors Without Borders, which has more Ebola clinics than anyone, currently has 248 foreign aid workers in the region. President Barack Obama has ordered up to 3,000 U.S. military personnel to West Africa to train health workers and build more than a dozen 100-bed field hospitals, including reserved sections for infected aid workers in Liberia.
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NUNS From Page 1A conservative grassroots organization, — and other similar corporations, labor unions and nonprofit organizations — citing them as an infringement of First Amendment rights. The nuns warned that this lack of transparency can endanger democracy by indirectly influencing voters with money. “Money can affect politics, but only people have the vote,” Campbell said, “What we’re trying to do is wake people up … They buy ads, they try to confuse us and so many of us are getting depressed, so I realized that if we don’t vote, we are going to lose our democracy.” The tour hit Michigan’s major cities, including Kalamazoo, Flint and Ann Arbor, and the sisters will be in Detroit on Monday. In their 10 state tour, they kicked off in Des Moines, Iowa at an event in which Vice President Joe Biden, who is also Roman Catholic, offered his support to the sisters and organizers.
BIRTHDAY From Page 1A Through the best of Michigan Athletics’ accomplishments and through the worst of defeats, the Daily has been on campus. The paper has grown from 8.5 inches by 11.5 inches to our current broadsheet size of 11 inches by 20 inches. So pick up a Daily, grab a cupcake from a Daily staffer on the Diag today and read the paper in print and online. Here’s to the next 125. In the spirit of this milestone, The Daily reached out to a host of notable alumni to talk about their experiences working for the paper. These include Stephen Henderson, Detroit Free Press editorial page editor; Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times Washington bureau reporter; and David Shepardson, Detroit News Washington bureau chief. ••• What was the best part of working for the Daily? Peters: “It was something that I, and all the other people who worked there at the time really had a great sense of institutional pride about. It felt really good to be part of a product that came out every single day that we helped shape and were ultimately responsible for. I think that when you’re 20 years old, that’s something that most 20- year-olds don’t really have. It was really formative in that way.” Shepardson: “The friendships I developed with the people at The Daily. You have this experience you share with everyone there. It is hard enough for professionals to put on a newspaper every day. The fact that kids, who are basically unsupervised, who really don’t have lots of experience … it is a miracle that it gets out every day.” Did you have a favorite moment or story you covered as a Daily staffer?
Following the opening event, the New York Times reported discord among bishops and the Vatican concerning the strategy and actions of the sisters involved in the Nuns on the Bus movement. While the sisters stress social justice and political action, they spoke little about church teachings. Despite holding support from Biden, there is disagreement over whether the organization has official support from the Vatican. Pope Francis, the head of the worldwide Catholic Church, has not clearly articulated his stance on political action undertaken by members of religious orders. This year’s tour has been organized to include sisters from each state they are touring. These nuns are particularly active in their communities, and ride with the group during the extent of the tour of their state. Sisters from Michigan in attendance included Sr. Nancy Sylvester, president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious;; Sr. Linda Werthman, University of Detroit Mercy Board of Trustees member;
Shepardson: “While I was working for The Daily I was also working as a freelance writer at The Detroit News, where I work now. I was trying to balance sleeping, not sleeping and classes and I had to cover an event at the front of Angell Hall. I had been sitting there taking notes for a while and was so tired I started to close my eyes. Long story short, my roommates were flipping around the channels and saw me on the University Public Access channel, they ended up seeing me asleep.” Henderson: “The divestiture from South Africa was a huge deal on campus, the diversity of the student body was a big deal, the University was just starting to move in the direction of things like a speech code that they were trying to institute and the code of non-academic conduct...I think it was sort of the sum total of all of those issues, having to deal with them day in and day out, having to make lots of decisions about how to handle them, it’s the sum total of that experience that I think I remember the most.” Peters: “The year 2000, when Bush and Gore were running against each other … Michigan was even more of a swing state than it is right now. (Bush) and Gore were returning to Michigan a lot, so that gave me the opportunity to, for the first time, as a 20-year-old, cover a presidential campaign. That experience stayed with me. One of the great things about the Daily was that … the editors always tried to be very generous in sending you out on assignments around the country, if warranted. One of the things I got to go do was go down to the Supreme Court during the first … the case that was actually right before Bush v. Gore. That was one of the things that, again, I never really expected being able to do at 20, and definitely gave me a taste of what I thought I wanted to do with my career.” What impact did The Daily have on your career? Henderson: “The Daily was the reason that I was able to have the kind of career I’ve had now. I pretty much have the same job today at
and Sr. Carol Coston, the first director of Network, a national Catholic social justice lobby group that organizes Nuns on the Bus. “I feel very passionate that we have to get out and encourage people to vote,” said Sr. Mary Ellen Gondeck, a justice coordinator for the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. “They have to learn, understand the issues, and vote for the person they believe best will carry forward what is best for the common good, and then they have to hold them accountable.” Political action and mobilization is and has become more prevalent among sisters, despite the reported pushback by some Vatican officials. Many congregations have created “justice teams,” which often address political and social equity and to offer hope, and some of the sisters in attendance participated in a movie titled Band of Sisters, which follows sisters fighting for the rights of immigrants, among other political and social issues. The Nuns on a Bus tour will conclude in October, completing more than 60 events throughout the nation.
the Detroit Free Press that I did at The Michigan Daily 23 years ago. And I don’t think that’s a coincidence. The things that I learned there and the sort of momentum coming out of the paper because of that opportunity are what sort of pushed me into every position that I’ve had in professional journalism.” Shepardson: “I had so many experiences from covering the inauguration, to interviewing Dr. Ruth (Westheimer), covering student protests and the presidential search, really covering an unbelievable amount of news on campus. It really inspired me to want to be a journalist when I really hadn’t thought about it before. It is a wonderful institution that really no class could ever replicate.” What advice would you give to the Daily and/or Daily staffers moving forward? Henderson: “I think that technology is key to The Daily’s future, and actually is a way to enhance the paper’s relationship with, and the experience of the students on campus. The Daily has the opportunity to be much more engaged, over longer periods of time, with the students on campus because of technology. I think concentrating on it — I mean, I think the paper’s done a good job so far — moving in that direction, that’s the right instinct. That’s what will help them survive for another 125 years.” Peters: “I would say stick with it ... There’s no doubt that I got more out of The Daily than I did any class. And that’s not to disparage any of my professors, or the education that I got at Michigan, but again: it was ours. We really felt this sense of ownership over what we produced every day. And I think that staying with it, as hard as it was — you know, you’re putting in 30 or 40 hours a week when you’re an editor, and that’s not easy to do when you have class and ot her responsibilities as a college student. I think it’s often tempting for people to cast it aside. But I’m glad that I stuck with it for as long as I did.”
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WASHINGTON From Page 2A tiatives throughout the semester. She is also currently working on ONE’s Trillion Dollar Scandal campaign, which raises awareness about financial corruption that affects the flow of funding to developing countries. “If people just took a minute and help to make change with their voices they can really, really make a difference,” Shaw-Obasogie said. “Everyone has a chance to make an impact.”
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As Danielle, Markowitz chatted up other potential new members, discussing everything from fashion to parties. “Did you guys go to splash bash?” Danielle said. “I went to splash bash and I woke up in the morning and I was all red and I call it the splash bash rash.” Rho omegas, the sorority sisters who help facilitate rushing, told Danielle to leave the property during the rush process. “I’ll call the police,” one said in the video. “I’ll call my daddy,” Danielle retorted. “Do you know how wealthy he is? We are upper middle class.” Markowitz came up with the idea after talking to friends in Greek life last semester. “I always thought that guy rush is very relaxed and allows you to focus more on meeting the brothers and being yourself, but with girls, at least in the beginning, it’s almost like putting on a show and it seems very fake,” Markowitz said. “Maybe that’s not fair to say because it’s not completely like that, but that’s how it seems from an outside perspective.” While many wondered if he was using this video as part of a larger social commentary regarding the Greek community, Markowitz said the only motivation behind this project was to have fun. “I really just wanted to mess with people and have some fun with this whole idea,” he said. “When we went into this, I thought, ‘if no one likes this at least we’ll have fun doing it,’ but fortunately people have liked it.” Nevertheless, his jokes about sex, socioeconomics and the dramatic antics of rush have drawn some controversy. In the video, people had mixed reactions, with taking offense to Markowitz’s comments, while others played along or fought back laughs. “Some people flipped out and were going crazy about it, which I thought was funny because it
shouldn’t be such a serious process,” he said. “It’s supposed to be about fun and meeting people and joining a sisterhood that’s going to last for the next four years, but people do and that’s where you get these funny reactions.” Markowitz noted one comment in his video that pokes fun at the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, when he said he heard it was nicknamed “Visa Visa Mastercard.” He said it was written as part of Danielle’s character, who he portrayed as “an oblivious freshman girl who only knows the stereotypes.” “I think some girls got mad at first because they thought I was attacking them or their sorority specifically or that I was only doing this to them,” he said. “By going to all the houses, I just wanted to get a reaction from everyone altogether, and not make any generalizations.” Despite enjoying the process, Markowitz said there was a moment when he thought he might have gone too far. “I had a breakdown before we got to the last house that no one knows about,” he said. “I was really afraid of making people mad, if people had been mad I would have felt really bad, and all my friends there (said) you have to finish this, so I’m really happy I did.” It was Markowitz’s first video and first time using a body mic. Most jokes were improvisational, and others were collaborative. He credits his fellow ComCo members for a scene where he handcuffs himself to a sorority fence. After drawing much ire from rho omegas about his presence, he starts to chant “Let me rush!” while sitting on the ground handcuffed. Markowitz said he plans to make more videos in the future, but is keeping his ideas to himself for now. Danielle, he said, will probably not be making any more appearances, though he cannot say for sure that she is done for good. “I don’t plan on putting on a dress that many more times,” he said. “I knew that if this whole thing didn’t go well, then I would just be that weirdo in a dress.”
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SAMUEL WEISS | VIEWPOINT
Police militarization Like many members of the University community, I found the police response to the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, disturbing. Law enforcement’s militarized response to mostly peaceful protestors made them look less like a police force than an occupying army. Their aggressive tactics sparked protests around the country, including on the University’s campus. The issue of police militarization, however, is not confined to Ferguson. Last week, MLive reported that a University police officer was suing the department for improperly using a Department of Justice grant to purchase below-standard body armor. Leaving aside the merit of the suit, why is our campus police department attempting to buy military-grade body armor in the first place? My current employer, the American Civil Liberties Union, has documented how America’s police forces have become militarized and the tragedies that have too often resulted as a consequence. Police departments do not buy military equipment on their own but instead receive it through grants from the Department of Homeland Security or Department of Justice, or simply are given the equipment for free by the Department of Defense. The federal agencies provide the hardware with no training and little oversight. The results can be absurd: small town police departments across America have acquired automatic rifles, armored personnel carriers, bayonets and other objects designed for use on a battlefield, not our neighborhoods. A Detroit Free Press investigation revealed that Michigan is not immune to the national trend. The police of Dundee, Michigan, obtained a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle, built to protect soldiers from improvised explosive devices and weighing around 30,000 pounds, to serve its roughly 3,900 residents. Lake Angelus, Michigan, obtained 13 military rifles despite its department having a single full-time officer. The consequences of these programs have been tragic. Police departments with military weapons increasingly use them not merely for extreme circumstances but also for mundane purposes such as serving drug warrants. In one of countless harrowing examples, a SWAT team in Lima, Ohio, kicked down a door to look for a suspected drug dealer. He was not home, but the police nonetheless opened fire on
Tarika Wilson, his girlfriend, as she held her infant son. The infant survived his injuries but Ms. Wilson did not. In addition to the many victims of individual errors by militarized police, their use of military equipment and tactics undermine public confidence in the police, which in the long run is a greater threat to public safety than the rare circumstance in which military equipment could possibly be useful. As is so often true with our criminal justice system, the burdens of our militarized police disproportionately fall on the poor and people of color. This disparity was on display in Ferguson and empirical examinations of the deployment of SWAT teams have confirmed that their use is inordinately against marginalized communities. African American students on Michigan’s campus, through efforts such as the Being Black at the University of Michigan campaign, have recently been articulating the ways that students of color can still feel like second-class citizens on campus, among them being increased suspicion from the police towards students of color. Equipment that encourages more distant and aggressive policing can at the least encourage divisiveness and at the worst end in tragedy. The University of Michigan has a legacy of protest of which we should all be proud. Past generations of University of Michigan students have rallied against the Vietnam War, demonstrated to end racial segregation, and pushed the University to fight for affirmative action up to the U.S. Supreme Court on several occasions (even if our record once there looks a bit like Brady Hoke’s). In 1968, on the morning of Martin Luther King’s funeral, a group of University of Michigan students peacefully chained the doors of the Fleming Administrative Building until the University agreed to take steps to make sure African American students and professors were full and equal members of the University of Michigan community. A militarized police department like the one we saw in Ferguson would have responded to such civil disobedience with battle fatigues, grenade launchers full of tear gas and assault rifles drawn. The University of Michigan is too good for such a response. We don’t need militarized police. Samuel Weiss is a 2009 University alum at the American Civil Liberties Union Center for Justice.
CARLY MANES | VIEWPOINT
Happy anniversary, Hyde
Abortions are expensive. A first trimester abortion costs an average of $470. A second trimester abortion at 20 weeks costs an average of $1,500. So what do you do if you can’t afford an abortion and you definitely can’t afford a baby? If you happen to be one of the 12 million women who depend on Medicaid and other federal insurance programs, you are pretty screwed, thanks to the Hyde Amendment. The Hyde Amendment was passed Sept. 30, 1976. The Amendment bans all types of federal funding for abortion care. This funding restriction is most salient for lowincome women on Medicaid. As we approach the 38th anniversary of one of the first federal restrictions on abortion access post Roe v. Wade, it’s important that we take a moment to look at and reflect upon the social impacts of the Hyde Amendment. The Hyde Amendment was crafted with the intention of creating systematic barriers for low-income women seeking abortion care, as the bill’s author, Congressman Henry Hyde, noted at the time of its introduction. The Hyde Amendment is simply one of the many laws that systematically targets low-income women, denying them the right to self-determination and autonomy. Which in the context of Hyde, is withheld as a privilege only for wealthy women who have the money to pay out-of-pocket for abortion care. Low-income women are not only barred from abortion care due to restricted federal funding, but with the hundreds of other state and federal laws that police abortion access, women sometimes have to travel states away and wait days to access care. Between the cost of the procedure and the money spent on physically getting to a provider, abortion is less and less attainable with each passing week of pregnancy. If federal health insurance won’t cover abortion care, and federal welfare programs certainly won’t aid in the exorbitant costs of raising a child, we leave low-income women vulnerable to the cycle of poverty that is statistically likely to consume them. In the
framework of reproductive justice, forcing a woman to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term is wholly a violation of human rights. Reproductive rights are innately human rights, and for the more than 12 million women who depend on Medicaid and other federal programs, such as women in the military, Peace Corps, disabled women, American Indians using Indian Health Services and federal prisoners, their human rights are being violated. In the name of abortion rights, human rights and reproductive justice, it is time to repeal Hyde. Reproductive rights activists often focus on abortion’s legality and physical accessibility — where women can receive abortion care and how far along into a pregnancy the procedure is legal; but the fight for safe and legal abortion means nothing if it isn’t accessible to everyone. I shouldn’t have to mention that providing coverage for abortion care leads to better economic outcomes for both the women who have abortions and for the institutions that would otherwise have to provide childcare service. But, for some readers and most politicians, these nuances are what matter most for their public support of repealing Hyde. Sadly, the value of a woman’s life, autonomy and dignity aren’t always enough to influence policy. Often in a political context we see financial outcomes superseding socially just policy. Hyde is neither a socially just policy nor an economically sound one. I currently have $342 in my savings account. If I didn’t admit that having less than $470 makes me nervous, I would be lying. Like I said, abortions are expensive. But so is the cost of injustice. So, happy anniversary, Hyde. Here’s to another year of classism, sexism, and broadbased discrimination lovingly provided by the United States government. *This article refers to abortion care patients solely as women, but not all people who have abortions identify as women. Carly Manes is a Public Policy senior.
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une 19, The Kojo Nnamdi show on NPR’s WAMU station reported on the immigration crisis that left both the American government and its citizens concerned and anxious about the influx of wideeyed children ABBY seeking asylum TASKIER away from their impoverished and violent homelands. I remember sipping on a cup of coffee in my parents’ house, reclining on the plush, blue couch in the family room while listening to Sheena Wadhawan, the legal program manager at Casa de Maryland, outline the tremendous hurdles that Central American children jump in order to cross the U.S.Mexico border. The risks the children endure laid out by Wadhawan are almost unfathomable. She says, “rape is almost ubiquitous for young women. They’re selling Plan B, the morningafter pill, all around the route, which girls take in advance, so because of the high probability that they will suffer sexual assault along the way. Kidnapping, assault, murder, starvation, heat, harassment by gangs, by various customs officials, having to give bribes”. Girls preeminently taking Plan B, assuming they’ll get raped? This surely made me cringe when I recalled the countless number of stories of girls I knew irresponsibly popping Plan B pills like Pez. I can’t believe that anyone wouldn’t sigh in discomfort or empathetic pain at the graphic detailing of these conditions. Those are the only reactions I can assume from anyone who’s just heard that Honduran gang members publically dismembered children as young as 5 years old in order to send a message of who’s boss. Following this conversation exposing Americans to another world of systematic violence, one taking place on our neighbor’s lopsided continent, the program brings various callers on air who ardently
oppose America’s absorption of Central American children as citizens. The callers start off with a pre-crafted phrase like, “my heart bleeds for the children,” or, “please don’t think I’m insensitive,” but… this ain’t my problem. Well, while the complexities of U.S. immigration policies extend far beyond this situation, which has recently been quelled by a myriad of forces, including the more aggressive attitudes taken on by the U.S. Border Patrol, I fully believe that this is America’s problem. When I lived in Havana from January to May of 2014, I became blatantly aware of the discrepancy between my initial perception of U.S. involvement in Latin America’s economic and social systems, and the reality. For four months, I’d ride the Cuban yank tanks all around town and be blinded by the excessive number of revolutionary billboards that stood tall next to the palm trees. ¡Viva la revolución! Long Live the Revolution! And next to those billboards that so assiduously push the communist agenda were other, more disturbing declarations. El bloqueo es genocidio. The embargo is genocide. I couldn’t remember a time other than in a high school U.S. history class that I’d spoken about the U.S. embargo against Cuba. And at home, it didn’t matter. But here I was in Havana, being taunted by America’s incursions, failure to recognize the need for socialist ideologies in Latin America and the eventual 1962 embargo that would plague Cuba with severe economic impediments. Unfortunately, although the Castro government is more dictatorial in nature than it is truly socialist, the American influence over Cuba’s economy has a lot to do with Cuban suffering. The fierce North American attitude toward Latin American democracy, however, is not unique to Cuba. In Guatemala, for instance, one of the Central American countries from which children are fleeing today, U.S. incursion brought civil war and a 30-year military rule over the country. In 1954, when the elected president of Guatemala,
Jacobo Árbenz, proposed land reform and attempted to seize idle lands from United Fruit Company, supplemented by demonstrations more democratic than socialist, the U.S. government led a covert operation attempting to “liberate” Guatemala from communism. What liberation meant here was the maintenance of the U.S.’s unfair economic foothold in Guatemala. Not to mention, a strategic political ploy against Soviet Russia to maintain capitalism under the heavy weight of the Cold War. But I wonder when or how anyone might know about America’s detrimental influence over Latin American popular mobilism if not through the insulated bubble of academia. Guatemala was a fruit not allowed to ripen, and Cuba, a ripened piece of fruit then taken off the shelf. America’s influence over what present-day Latin America looks like is, like its operations, covert. But that is not to say that American influence has not damaged and extinguished popular mobilism that could have turned into positive socialism. Not every socialist movement has to turn out like Cuba. If America is willing, through the Cuban Adjustment Act, to make Cuban refugees automatic citizens of the United States, then why can’t that same privilege be extended to the Central American children who attempt the journey to the United States knowing that along the way they could be raped and murdered? We say that we are patriots, and we proudly accept our national identities. But how can we claim to be patriots when we ignore the historical significance of U.S. imperialism? The heavy inpouring of the children is over, but immigration from Latin America and into the United States is ongoing. If your sympathies are extended and your hearts are bleeding, but you still don’t think that it has to do with you, then ask yourself if you are a patriot. And if you are, then this is definitely your problem. -Abby Taskier can be reached at ataskier@umich.edu.
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When students vote, Democrats win People aged 18 to 29 composed 19 percent of the electorate in the 2012 election. This 19 percent had enormous sway, and 60 percent of them voted for President Barack Obama. Our capacity to affect our country’s political future is significant, and we all have a responsibility to acknowledge this capacity by exercising our right to vote. The right to vote gives students a voice. Many students share progressive values. We feel that nature is a shared resource that should be protected, not exploited. We know that everyone deserves equal treatment, regardless of their gender identity or sexual orientation. We agree that women should be paid as much as men and that a woman should have total agency over her body. We understand that a quality education is a universal right and that no child should be penalized because of her socioeconomic status. We believe that every person deserves affordable healthcare and a living wage. The Democratic Party embodies and espouses these progressive values. By coming out on Election Day and voting for Democratic candidates, you are voting for men and women who will fight on your behalf to craft policies and legislation that reflect your values. Unfortunately, it’s unlikely that many of us will make it to the polls this year. In 2012, 64.7 percent of the eligible population in Michigan voted, but in 2010 only 42.9 percent made their voices heard at the polls. Midterm elections have historically low turnout because there isn’t a presidential election to draw people to the polls, and 2014 will be no different. It is important to understand, though, that the future of Michigan depends on this midterm election. This year we will be electing a new U.S. senator, as well as a new governor, lieutenant governor, secretary
of state and attorney general. Every state house and senate seat is up for election, as are all 14 of Michigan’s U.S. Congressional seats. This year we will not be electing a president, but we will be defining Michigan’s political climate and determining the composition of the U.S. Congress. This is an incredibly important election for the state of Michigan, and the significance of your vote this year cannot be overstated. Michigan’s governor and state legislature develop policies and legislation with very real consequences for Michigan residents. Michigan’s higher-education funding has declined 28 percent since 2008, and Republican Governor Rick Snyder’s budget cuts have resulted in Michigan K-12 schools losing $393 million in state funding. This past year, the Michigan state legislature passed a law mandating that a woman must purchase an additional insurance policy if she wants reimbursement for an abortion, unless her life is at stake. This law — dubbed “rape insurance” because women now have to anticipate the possibility of being raped and purchase insurance before the assault — is a striking example of the tangible impact that state-level legislators can have on the lives of their constituents. So, the people we elect this year will pass laws that significantly impact us. Who do you want to make such important decisions? In 2013, Republican legislators in Michigan attempted to pass a bill mandating that women undergo transvaginal ultrasound procedures (wherein an ultrasound probe is inserted into the vagina) before having an abortion. In late 2012, the Michigan state legislature passed a “right-to-work” bill that seriously undermined labor union funding (Governor Snyder had previously said that he would avoid addressing such a
“divisive issue”). In 2011, Republican state Representative Tom McMillin, introduced a bill that would ban municipalities from adopting nondiscrimination ordinances that include LGBTQ residents. It’s clear that Republican state legislators do not share our progressive values. Meanwhile, there are a number of Democratic candidates and elected officials who fight passionately for the causes we support. Gubernatorial candidate Mark Schauer has advocated for increasing K-12 education funding. State Senator Rebekah Warren, and state Representatives Adam Zemke, Jeff Irwin and Sam Singh have introduced an amendment to Michigan’s ElliottLarsen Civil Rights Act that would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. State Representative and state Senate candidate Dian Slavens has called for stronger regulation of toxic waste disposal in Michigan. The list of Democrats advocating for progressive values goes on. Unfortunately, Republicans hold a strong majority in both houses of Michigan’s state legislature. If we want to see our state government advocate for the values that we support so strongly, we need to change that. If we want to win back the governor’s seat and the state legislature, we need to get out the vote among University of Michigan students. If you aren’t registered to vote, the College Democrats at the University of Michigan will be registering students on the Diag from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., this Wednesday, Oct. 1, and Thursday, Oct. 2. It takes five minutes to register, and your vote is incredibly important. When students vote, Democrats win. Trevor Dolan is an LSA junior and the Chair of the College Democrats at the University of Michigan.
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‘The Good Wife’ continues streak CBS drama focuses on supporting cast in season six premiere By NATALIE GADBOIS Senior Film Editor
There is no easy way to follow up season five of “The Good Wife.” We sat riveted as Alicia broke off from ALockhart/ Gardner and The Good successfully Wife built a Sundays 9pm warehouse CBS law firm with her trusty sidekick Cary. We were floored, devastated by the death of our hero Will Gardner (Josh Charles), and then quakingly proud as Diane and Alicia began to rebuild their lives. It was a flawless season of television, including the last moment, when Eli Gold (Alan Cumming, “Web Therapy”) turned with curious eyes to Alicia and asked her to run for state’s attorney – the very position her husband held at the beginning of the series. This kind of subtle symmetry is why “The Good Wife” has been able to improve for five straight seasons – and the sixth season premiere is no different. “The Line” proves that even six seasons and some major plots twists in, showrunners Robert and Michelle King know exactly what their line is. The sixth season dives right back into the scene between Eli and his Saint Alicia, with Alicia casually brushing off any possible chance of her candidacy, glass of red wine in hand. Already there is a quiet shift in character significance – the show f lashes next to Cary Agos (Matt Czuchry, “Gilmore Girls”) as he is walking out of Florrick/Agos,
on the phone with his starcrossed love. Suddenly, he is shoved to the ground by two police officers and taken to a holding cell, not given a phone call despite his lawyerly protestations. Through the clever reintroduction of A.S.A. Finn Polmar, the man who was with Will in his final breaths, (a tragically shorn Matthew Goode, “Belle”) it comes to light that Cary is in a bad spot – arrested for assisting in the sale of 900 grams of heroin, which earns him a bail of $1.3 million. And then the opening credits begin. The classically “Good Wife” extended intro quietly repositions the men in Alicia’s life. What once was a show surrounding Alicia’s inner conflict between Will and her husband Peter, now focuses on these three men: Eli the irksome cheerleader, Cary friend and partner and the sly promise of something more with enigmatic Finn, friend and rival. It’s a testament to Alicia’s character that despite the intense loyalty fans felt towards Will, the crackling chemistry between her and Finn is exciting rather than disappointing. Though jailed (and at one point gratuitously shirtless) Cary is the focus of the episode, in particular during a moment of shocking, suspenseless violence instigated by terrifyingly suave drug lord Lemond Bishop (Mike Colter), once again he is just a backdrop for things to happen to. Despite Czuchry’s talents, Cary has yet to really be given a chance to do something, instead functioning as the underplayed Will to Alicia’s Diane. Hopefully with the new era of Florrick/Agos/ Lockhart he can take on the more proactive role that Will once held. A major question at the end of season five – will Diane join
the new firm? – is expertly pushed to the backburner in light of Cary’s plight. Considering Diane’s situation at the end of the last season, her new role seemed inevitable, and the King’s wisely avoid building up the melodrama, matter-of-factly revealing her decision to leave Canning and Lee behind. Though they have little interaction in the premiere, the prospect of Alicia and Diane working together once again is highly promising, especially considering that the most poignant scenes of season five were between the two of them. Despite the few instances of surprising violence, “The Line,” like most well-done “Good Wife” episodes, is a slow build. At this point, the Kings are confident in the strength of their characters, and carefully choose their nuggets of drama, never flooding the episode with moments that shock. Instead, the premiere is surprisingly funny, much of the comic relief coming from Eli Gold’s sardonic daughter Marissa (Sarah Steele “Spanglish”), who pokes fun at Peter’s always reliable gravitation toward interns. If the promos are any indication, upcoming episodes will be action-packed foils to the premiere’s subtle introduction. With Cary still in jail, and Diane navigating her break from the old firm, “The Good Wife” can once again prove its versatility; quiet ambiguity and high-level drama, quippy comedy and full-throttle melodramatics, compelling character development and intriguing court battles. Alicia is now a wife in name only, and her relative goodness is complex, but as proven in “The Line,” “The Good Wife” continues to grow even six years in.
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There’s nothing nice about murder. Any time we dive into the characters and plot in a murder mystery we enter into Aa world of How To Get secrets, lies, Away With violence, passion and Murder as Raymond Thursdays 10pm Chandler once wrote ABC in his essay “The Simple Art of Murder,” “the frustration of the individual, and hence a frustration of the race.” We’ve played these games before. We’ve watched the shows, read the books and played games of guess-who until the final third-act revelation. The point is that viewers have much higher standards for crime shows than they used to. They need to be surprised, enamored, disturbed, entertained, intrigued and drawn in until the very last scene. We know the game, and we know the rules to play it by. Creator Peter Nowalk and executive producer Shonda Rhimes have played as well, and like the enigmatic Professor Annalise Keating (Viola Davis, “The Help”), they play much better than we do. The show begins with four law students at a prestigious university, panicking. They are in the woods
somewhere, trying to figure out how best to hide all of the evidence linking them to someone’s murder — the identity of whom is withheld until the very end of the episode. Then flash back three months earlier. New student Wes Gibbins (Alfred Enoch, the “Harry Potter” series) walks into a class with legendary law professor and defense attorney Annalise Keating. You have to imagine Annalise and Olivia Pope from “Scandal” having a Kenobi-Luke Skywalker relationship once upon a time, though this doesn’t take place in the same arena as Pope’s Gladiators (so far as we know). Annalise, however, is far more dubious than Rhimes’s anti-heroine. It’s also what makes her dangerous. She might have come from the same house that made “Grey’s Anatomy” but Keating would find her wits far more matched by the likes of Claire Underwood from “House of Cards” than Meredith Grey. Or for that matter, even Olivia Pope. One scene involves Wes walking in on Professor Keating in quite possibly the most awkward situation you could imagine for any student. He finds out that his professor is having an affair with another man. When she confronts him about it, she shows just how sly she can be, convincing both Wes and the viewer of her struggling marriage. It’s later in the courtroom, however, when we find out the affair might very well be just another tool Keating was
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using to manipulate the case to her favor, exploiting her lover, a cop, by undermining his testimony and ruining the case of the prosecution. “I want to be her,” one of the students proclaims. Needless to say, Davis steals the show. Keating definitely looks to be one of the breakout characters of the fall and Davis brings the performance you’d expect from an actress of her caliber. Davis manages to craft a character that’s charismatic, admirable, flawed, tough, manipulative, brilliant, sly and everything else you’ve ever felt about that favorite professor of yours who knows a little too much to be nice. The show’s still young and has a lot of room for improvement. Hopefully, the show chooses to focus more on Keating than the students. However the minor plot issues aside, Rhimes, Norwalk and company definitely seem to have found a great vessel for the stylized soap and pulp that Rhimes is a master of forming into high entertainment. Like the days of Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler himself, this seems to be a series focused not on simple whodunnits but on the underlying foundations for why and how people commit murder: love, jealousy, passion and revenge. As Miss Marple once said, “there’s never anything simple about murder.” Professor Keating would more than agree.
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Adventure Club was among the many acts performing at Freedom Hill Amphitheater in Sterling Heights last weekend.
Wiig lifts ‘Twins’ ‘Saturday Night Live’ alums elevate flawed dramedy By BRIAN BURLAGE Senior Film Editor
In director Craig Johnson’s sophomore effort, “The Skeleton Twins,” the first thing we see is a man wearing a mask. It’s not Ba superhero The Skeleton mask, and it’s not quite Twins a Halloween At The Michigan mask either. Theater Rather, as the man leans over Roadside Attractions the camera we see that it’s a happy medium, a seemingly off-brand version of a Pennywise/Frank Anderson hybrid that’s too endearing to be scary. And from the first second of the first scene, the film centers itself on the idea that people wear all kinds of masks. Each character, however far from or close to normal, hides behind their selfconstructed façades, barriers and lies. For 93 minutes, wall after wall is built and then breached, until it becomes cyclical. The real problem is, in being so determined to bury their mistakes, the characters obscure themselves from us, the viewers, as well. Between the two of them, Bill Hader (“Superbad”) and Kristen Wiig (“Bridesmaids”) have 15 years of experience at “Saturday Night Live.” They are, at heart, two of the goofiest and most original talents the show has produced, especially
as Wiig’s big-haired Gilly and Hader’s gossipy socialite Stefon became sideshow staples. Since their departure from “SNL,” the two have steadily maintained the wacky friendship that defines their collaborative success. “Having worked together really helped me personally,” Hader stated in a recent interview, “because I was able to be vulnerable around Kristen. It was a new kind of part for me, and it was nice being there with someone you knew had your back and who you could fail in front of.” Wiig added shortly after, “And we have a very brother-and-sister vibe in real life.” Hader and Wiig play Milo and Maggie, a brother-sister team dubbed “The Gruesome Twosome” by their father when they were younger. When we first see them as kids, they are, like their father, wearing masks. But they’re happy. Autumn light fills the room they roughhouse in, and it falls on their backs as they play outside by the pool, laughing and giggling freely. The movie itself keeps this feel of autumn; a sad air of decay infiltrates nearly every scene. Their lives string along like a single prolonged Halloween night, filled with mystery, darkness and strangeness that each seem, despite the duo’s best efforts, entirely inescapable. Only when we learn that Milo and Maggie impose this hardship on themselves do we truly understand how far behind the masks they hide. The movie was co-written by Johnson and Mark Heyman, whose work includes “The Wrestler” and “Black Swan.” It’s easy to imagine their creative process – two friends in a room juggling lines, tossing them back and forth without hav-
ing a clear sense of direction. Many of the scenes transpire in this way, and depend on the dialogue and the character’s subtle energies. Meaningful conversations build around seemingly inconsequential things like long-sleeved shirts, Halloween costumes and goldfish. Hader and Wiig’s performances are both thoughtful and heartfelt. In moments of unease or despair, they use the gravity of their talent to keep the scene from falling apart. Hader, in particular, delivers a confident and powerful performance as a sexually frustrated (and heartbroken) gay man, driven to insidious measures by his own unfailing desire for Rich (Ty Burrell, ABC’s “Modern Family”), his high school English teacher. Wiig’s character Maggie, meanwhile, is allegedly happy in her two-year marriage to Lance (Luke Wilson, TV’s “Enlightened”), but sleeps with several “bad” men on the side. What makes “Skeleton Twins” so difficult to digest are the characters’ repeated, self-aware indulgences in the very things that harm them – and others – most. These issues comprise so much of the film’s drama, and after several of them are actually resolved, the characters simply create new ones. Their self-involvement and inward conflict become exhausting. It’s like they want to suffer. They want to remain within their microcosm of mutual self-torture. And as strong as the script and performances may be, the idea that a brother and sister, two best friends united by their unique place in the world, would prefer emotional turmoil for themselves and for each other just doesn’t hold up.
After five seasons of tear-jerking greatness, “Parenthood” has established itself as one of TV’s warmest and most A comforting Parenthood shows. Thursdays 10pm “Parenthood” is the kind NBC of show you watch after a long day of classes or on a quiet Saturday night, the Bravermans perfect company for a sleepy room with the faint buzz of activity coming from the hallway. To use a metaphor that would infuriate Max Braverman, “Parenthood” is the television equivalent of a warm bowl of soup. Yet underneath the feelgood family focus, there’s a characteristic dramatic substance — “Parenthood” doesn’t shy away from the grittier aspects of family life, like marital strife and illness. The characters seem real and the events don’t happen in a vacuum. One Braverman’s struggle soon becomes the entire family’s business, and they must work through their issues collectively, as a family. The sixth (and final) season premiere of “Parenthood” sets up this year’s main conflict with virtuosity and grace. Patriarch Zeek Braverman (Craig T. Nelson, “Coach”) collapses during a birthday Vegas getaway and shows a troubling lack of regard for maintaining his well-being. He leaves the hospital against doctor’s orders, gambling on his health to literally gamble at the hotel. Showrunner Jason Katims hinted that one event would tie all the Braverman storylines together for the final 13 episodes, and this is certainly a great one. Zeek has had a heart condition for a while, but the possibility of losing the glue of the family, the stubborn father they need to maintain the mythical Braverman icon, could be one of the most ambitious stories “Parenthood” has ever told. Speaking of ambitious, Adam (Peter Krause, “Six Feet Under”) and Kristina (Monica Potter, “Patch Adams”) are finally ready to open
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their charter school for special needs youth. Last season, Kristina’s sudden decision to just build a school seemed a little ridiculous, but the plot has a refreshing urgency once their son Max (Max Burkholder, “The Purge”) decides he’s not ready to attend school yet. Burkholder is a phenomenal actor, flawlessly presenting what it’s like to grow up with Asperger’s and the fear that comes along with never understanding the motivation behind the other kids’ cruelty. His parents react to his request for eternal homeschooling with appropriate respect. They keep quiet and let him decide to attend Chambers Academy on his own terms. Out of everything to be missed from new episodes of “Parenthood,” the chance to see Max navigate his teen years (and his parents guiding him along the way) will be one of the most significant losses. Though “Parenthood” has touched on pretty much every family drama trope in the book, the undercurrent of every issue is that it’s impossible to handle alone. Amber (Mae Whitman, “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”) tries to keep her pregnancy a secret, but confessing to cousin Haddie (Sarah Ramos, “American Dreams”) is cathartic. Amber can’t figure out whether she’s happy about the pregnancy, let alone whether she wants to actually keep the
baby. Haddie gives her the sage advice to spill everything to her mom, because that’s what family is for — sharing the burden of personal struggle, helping but not overstepping. But aside from all the feelgood elements of the episode, “Parenthood” proves it’s still capable of a good gut-punch. Joel (Sam Jaeger, “Take Me Home”) and Julia (Erika Christensen, “Swimfan”) are still separated after last season. Seeing them apart is just painful, because it’s obvious that they’re perfect for each other, and Joel is an amazing father. Joel tries to kiss her in an emotional moment, and when Julia pulls away and looks at her husband like she wishes more than anything she could kiss him back, it’s a poignant moment. It’s a shame that we’ve only got twelve more weeks with the Bravermans, but if this premiere is any indication, the final season is sure to be a treat. There’s no shortage of things to smile at (baby Aida is walking!), but plenty to provide a fix for melodrama enthusiasts (literally any scene with Drew). Whatever happens, it’s comforting to know that the Bravermans will stand together and support one another through it all. Unpretentious and simple, familiar but never predictable — “Parenthood” is richer than the best cup of chicken noodle.
TV REVIEW
Revitalized ‘Key & Peele’ soars in opener By AKSHAY SETH
— would phrase it: “THESE COLSQUARE-LOVING, JONPOOERT-WORSHIPPING Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan MOTHERFUCKERS WON’T Peele have a chip on their collective GIVE US ANY GODDAMN comedy-duo shoulder. Or as Luther EMMYS. Why do we have this — Obama’s limp-dick Peabody? YOU KNOW explosively WHO ELSE HAS A PEABODY. NO. Acaustic BECAUSE NOBODY OR THEIR Key & Peele GRANDDADDY’S FART STAIN presidential Wednesdays 10:30pm KNOWS WHAT A FUCKING “anger translator” PEABODY IS. NOBODY. Shaklaika.” Comedy Central Managing Arts Editor
After years peppered with gapeinducing snubs, the Comedy Central mainstay rolled into the 66th Emmys with momentum, sitting snug behind nominations for hairstyling, makeup and even a glancing nod at the show’s often hilariously memorable musical pieces. But the piece-de-resistance, the chef-d’oeuvre, the Holy of Holies was finally — finally that oh-so-sweet bump up to “Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series.” Perennial
sketch entry “Saturday Night Live” wasn’t even in the pool. Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein’s “Portlandia” was still too involved with its cast of weirdo Portlandians. Based on merit alone, “Inside Amy Schumer” should have won, but alas, its ratings were too low. All roads led to Luther. Then swooped in Colbert: that pasty, wrinkle-ridden face; the filthy talons on its crow’s-feet — like all those years before — sinking into
an unsullied statuette. And Luther wept. He sobbed. But Comedy Central took note. The fourth season premiere of “Key & Peele,” more than just perpetuating the goofy brand of loud, physical comedy often delivered by its leading duo with such crackling precision, showcases a revamped, relaunched product. Rather than the typical 10-to-13-episode slate we saw in previous years, the upcoming five months will feature 22 weekly installments, leaving room for a slew of new characters in addition to the established personalities — like Luther — that drew us in. It’s an expectable approach to a somewhat vague problem: throw money and time at a show in an attempt to save it from becoming stale, or in this specific case, attract industry approval. Part of those efforts are visible right off the bat. In lieu of the clunkily digestible format used in past seasons — block of sketches + studio audience interaction/exposition + another block of sketches — “Key & Peele” opts to scrap all those bits with the pair doing live comedy in front of an audience entirely. Instead, we get a larger sketch, sprinkled pieceby-piece into the pauses between smaller sketches, to give the 30-minute runtime a smoother feel. The format could achieve what it’s intending to, but in order to do so, must lean heavily on the strength of the larger piece that ties the episode together. In the season premiere, that larger sketch is just Key and Peele, playing an exaggerated version of themselves, driving listlessly to some unspecified location. Don’t worry, there’s no hidden catch or ethereal punchline (perhaps, maybe a lazy reference to “True Detective”) — it’s exactly as boring as it sounds. At its best, the riffing feels mechanical, no heart or soul of its own, with the rest of the dialogue serving only to foreshadow more sketches: still the thumping heart of “Key & Peele.”
Yet in spite of how disappointing those interludes may be, they don’t diminish the quality of the film-scale production or writing propping up the show’s otherwise laugh-outloud, instantly-quotable (“afternoon, my octeroon”) skits. Last week’s funniest bit involved Key’s character filling in a Black family about what to anticipate at Cousin Delroy’s upcoming wedding to *gasp* another man. The scripting and jokes are expectably crisp though it’s the character-work, carried by veteran actors in small, pulpy roles — Lance Reddick (“The Wire”) plays a tobacco-gnawing uncle dumbfounded he won’t be allowed to break into his own rendition of “It’s Raining Men” — that elevates the sketch from good to it-has-770thousand-hits-on-YouTube good. Of course, that inherently edgy premise doesn’t hurt. But going deeper, one always-palpable strength of “Key & Peele” has been its focused tendency to lampoon societal inequalities. It’s the reason why having two people of color hosting their own show is so necessary, and ultimately, another reason why we get a chance to lighten, enliven serious discussions about those inequalities in everyday talk. The ability to anchor racesensitive arguments with its hosts’ volatile chemistry is the essence of what makes “Key & Peele” great television — a shining inkling of what “Chappele’s Show” accomplished. And if the millions of views their sketches net online are any indication, the world wants to watch. So despite that lethargic parody of “True Detective” used to string together the whole affair, despite the growing pains, the season four premiere succeeds in setting the table for an intriguing, expanded new chapter in the show’s legacy. Or as The Valets would put it, “KEY AND PEELES IS MAHHHH SHIIIIIHHT.
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THE LAST STRAW
Minnesota 30, Michigan 14
Response to Morris injury abhorrent, inexcusable W e saw sophomore quarterback Shane Morris wobble after taking a hit to the head in the middle of the fourth quarter of Saturday’s game against Minnesota. We watched from the stands, the press box and the replays on TV as he reached for offensive lineman Ben Braden, who held Morris upright for a brief moment. We watched tight end Khalid Hill motion for a hunched Morris to go to the sideline. We saw running back Justice Hayes signal to the sidelines for medical assistance to come on the field while offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier called for Morris to get on the ground so his evident injury could be assessed. And yet Michigan coach Brady Hoke said he didn’t see any of that transpire. We watched as he left Morris in the game for one more play — a direct violation of the NCAA concussion policy:
IF A CONCUSSION IS SUSPECTED: 1. Remove the student-athlete from play. Look for the signs and symptoms of concussion
if your student-athlete has experienced a blow to the head. Do not allow the studentathlete to just “shake it off.” Each individual athlete will respond to concussions differently. 2. Ensure that the studentathlete is evaluated right away by an appropriate health care professional. Do not try to judge the severity of the injury yourself. ... 3. Allow the student-athlete to return to play only with permission from a health care professional with experience in evaluating for concussion.
Morris “further aggravating an injury to his leg” in a statement to reporters. He added he is “confident proper medical decisions were made.” They very clearly were not. Whether Hoke witnessed what occurred on the field or not, it’s his job to know everything that goes on around his football team, with the health of players at the forefront of those responsibilities. And so it is the position from all four of us on The Michigan Daily Football Beat that Hoke be fired immediately. We do not condone someone who jeopardizes the health of the studentathletes for which he is responsible. Because if Brady Hoke cares about his players and taking his 115 boys and turning them into men as he so often preaches, then the first lesson he should be teaching
We watched Hoke make a move that jeopardized Morris’ health.
As he stumbled on the field, it was clear that Morris exhibited concussion-like symptoms. Despite that fact, we watched Hoke make a move that jeopardized Morris’ health. Even 24 hours later, Hoke didn’t acknowledge a head injury existed, referring only to
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is that no win on the gridiron is more important than their health. It’s a serious matter to say someone should be removed from his or her job, and we treat it as such. But after this incident, it’s difficult to trust someone who, since his introductory press conference in 2011, has asserted his job was about preparing his players for life. “One of the great things that this great game of football does is teach young men life skills,” he said then. Hoke has preached accountability and leadership, but he showed little of either Saturday. Part of being a leader is the humility to admit mistakes, and he failed to acknowledge an egregious error. We’re students too, growing and learning like the athletes. And we were appalled to see Morris left on the field. We imagine our parents mortified, watching someone else’s blatant disregard for their son or daughter’s health. Because if Morris indeed suffered a concussion, even a light bump to the head could have been fatal.
After the hit, Hoke didn’t even ensure the quarterback got off the field to follow basic protocol to check for a concussion. There were a number of ways to get this done: He could have called one of his two remaining timeouts. He could have taken a delay-of-game penalty. He could have demanded a direct snap to a running back instead of having Morris drop back to pass, again. We’re left wondering who is responsible for the athletes’ well-being if not the man in charge. Is it the best-inthe-business neurologist Michigan employs to stand on the sidelines? Or the “distinguished” group of athletic trainers? Hoke’s statement said coaches “have no influence or authority” on whether an injured player stays in a game. But Saturday, in direct violation of NCAA protocol and common sense, they left Morris on the field, preventing medical professionals from evaluating him. But here’s a better question we’re left wondering, one Brady Hoke himself asked in July. “Why do you coach? Why do
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you really coach? If we’re doing everything we can for 115 — the sons — on our roster, (then we’re doing our job). Football’s only going to last for so long. The only pressure is, every day, preparing those guys for life after football.” And did leaving Shane Morris in the game, one that you’re already going to lose, prepare him for life after football? This isn’t about winning and losing anymore. It isn’t about hot seats or upholding tradition. This is about the well-being of players, and whether they’re prepared to lead a life outside of football. Brady Hoke’s actions were indefensible, and we can no longer stand behind his employment at Michigan. It’s a shame Dave Brandon can, though. The Michigan Daily football beat can be reached at sports@ michigandaily.com. We’re on Twitter: @asdettel, @MaxACohen, @G_Garno and @ByAZuniga.
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n the Crisler Center parking lot, a group of men in their mid-60s ate cold cuts and drank beer Saturday morning. Forty-five years ago, they were Michigan’s heroes — Bo Schembechler’s first team. Fortyeight members of the 1969 Michigan football team gathered in Ann Arbor this weekend MAX to celebrate COHEN the 45-year anniversary of their Big Ten championship and monumental defeat of Ohio State. They spent the tailgate before Michigan played Minnesota laughing and smiling, telling stories of their glory days, which they claim grow more exaggerated by the year. They take pride in starting what they consider to be the modern era of Michigan football. They’re the ones who survived Schembechler’s first training camp, the one where he hung the “Those who stay will be champions” sign. They toppled undefeated and top-ranked Ohio State, even though nobody gave them a chance. Starting quarterback Don Moorhead tells a reporter his team beat the Buckeyes, not upset them. Schembechler made sure they had no doubts they could win the game. They speak lovingly of their coach; he brought them together when they needed him and still connects them even after his death. A sign stretched across the top of one of the group’s tents reads, “’69 Bo’s Boys, We Stayed.” At their 40-year reunion, each player received a shirt that says “We Stayed.” This year, they received hats
cortisone shot during halftime. But the Wolverines were resolute. They dominated the second half, winning 35-9. Then they won five straight games and didn’t lose again until the Rose Bowl. ***
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Michigan coach Brady Hoke couldn’t get his team turned around against Minnesota, as the 1969 team did.
with the same message. They come back to Ann Arbor to bask in their legacy, to reunite with old friends and to remember their coach and some of their teammates who are no longer with them. A handful of the men still live in Ann Arbor, while some travel from as far as Arizona. They wear their Big Ten championship rings, each with a big block ‘M’ facing outward. The right guard from the 1969 team, Dick Caldorazzo, never misses a home game, wearing his ring to each one. Most of the players consider the victory over the Buckeyes to be one of the greatest moments of their lives. They stayed when others left, and they are forever champions. But it almost wasn’t so. Like the 2014 Michigan football team, their season also seemed to be headed toward irrelevancy. Unlike this team, they found a way to pull together. ***
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he early results of the 1969 season didn’t reveal the makings of a championship team. After five games, Michigan was 3-2. One loss was a 40-13 drubbing at the hands of Missouri. The other was a 23-12 loss against Michigan State. The Wolverines played their home games in front of a mostly empty Michigan Stadium. People on the outside wondered if this new Schembechler guy from Miami (Ohio) could cut it as a bigtime college football coach. The week following the loss to the Spartans began ominously. Michigan was scheduled to travel to Minnesota, but not all of the team’s key players made the trip. Schembechler was resolute on his principle that if his players didn’t practice Tuesday
as they were going to play Saturday, the team wouldn’t win. So if his players didn’t practice Tuesday, they wouldn’t play Saturday. The Tuesday before the Minnesota game, starting halfbacks John Gabler and Glenn Doughty missed practice because of injuries suffered during the Michigan State game. They missed practice Wednesday as well, but participated Thursday. Still, Schembechler kept them off the travel list Thursday night. The players realized that it didn’t matter who they were; everyone had to adhere to the coach’s rules, even if it meant having little depth at the halfback position. Michigan trailed at halftime against the Golden Gophers, 9-7. Making matters worse, Moorhead was injured with a hip pointer, receiving a
They don’t celebrate mediocre teams at Michigan.
his year, skepticism has mounted by the week. That much was evident by the tailgaters in the parking lot spaces surrounding the 1969 team. The current Wolverines were 2-2, their season teetering on the brink of disaster, just like the 1969 team’s season once was. The tailgaters wondered aloud whether Brady Hoke was the man to win Big Ten championships and if this year’s team still had a chance. Hoke has been resolute that his team can get the job done. His players have been, too, insisting the team is good based upon what goes on in practice. The words of 1969 defensive end Michael Keller about his own team after five games are reminiscent of what many of this year’s Wolverines had been insisting all season. “We knew we were good,” Keller said. “We knew we were good enough to play better than we did. … From then on, we just kicked the crap out of everybody.” Keller had no doubts about when this year’s team needed to start performing if it wanted to follow his own team’s path. “It starts today,” he said Saturday. ***
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gainst Minnesota, this year’s Michigan team had its own opportunity to start something bigger, a game that could turn around its season. The players and coaches emphasized they understood
the stakes and that the team could get the job done. The concept feels laughable now. Early on, the 2014 Wolverines followed the pattern of the 1969 team’s game against Minnesota. They trailed, 10-7, at the half. But history doesn’t always repeat itself. The 1969 team scored 28 straight points in the second half against Minnesota. This year’s team surrendered 20 in a row, 30 if you include the first half. The Wolverines were outmanned in every way, on offense, defense and special teams. They did nothing the champions of the past did. They showed little fight on the field. It was a sad chapter in what’s now sure to be a sad season. People stopped questioning Brady Hoke, instead screaming with conviction for his dismissal, chanting for it in the stadium. He had decided to start sophomore quarterback Shane Morris and kept him in for too long, to the point where he could barely stand. Then, when replacement Devin Gardner’s helmet came off, necessitating a trip to the sideline, he put in Morris for one more play of what can be deemed a modern form of torture, football-style. Hoke was the first person to head toward the locker room when the clock approached zero. Morris was the last, needing a cart to exit the field. He looked down at his feet while the cart drove to the tunnel and the Golden Gophers celebrated around him. Michigan had never lost three games in September in the history of the program. This year’s team is 2-3 and 0-1 in the Big Ten. In 45 years, this team won’t be wearing rings and drinking beer in the parking lot. It will be sitting at home, because they don’t celebrate mediocre teams at Michigan.
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Five Things We Learned: Minnesota rolls Michigan Morris struggles, defense sputters in blowout home loss to Minnesota By ALEXA DETTELBACH Daily Sports Editor
The Michigan football team’s season continued to spiral out of control on Saturday when it lost, 30-14, at home to Minnesota. It was the Wolverines’ first loss to the Golden Gophers since 2005 and just their second since 1986. Here are the five things we learned in Michigan’s second straight loss: 1. The Wolverines are a bad football team: Maybe we already knew this, or maybe we were naïve enough to think that Michigan’s struggles would go away once Big Ten play started. Either way, there’s no truer conclusion from the Wolverines’ horrific 30-14 loss to Minnesota other than it’s a bad football team. From start to finish, the Wolverines looked unprepared, unmotivated and lost on the field. The crowd booed even louder this week calling for Michigan coach Brady Hoke’s and Athletic Director Dave Brandon’s jobs. It’s hard to blame them considering the Wolverines had just 171 total yards of offense, 12 first downs — three of which were earned through penalty — allowed 206 Minnesota rushing yards and have lost three games in the month of September for the first time in program history. And all this coming at the hands of a struggling Minnesota team. 2. Quarterback Shane Morris is not the answer: After the Wolverines lost
to Utah last week, it was clear they needed a change. So the coaching staff went with backup quarterback Shane Morris. The sophomore had a long afternoon, going 7-for-19 with 49 yards, one interception and a fumble. But his struggles went beyond his numbers. Morris spent all afternoon over-throwing receivers and missing targets. He also sustained a leg injury in the third quarter, but stayed in the game. Then, early in the fourth he was hit in the head, drawing a roughing-the-passer penalty. He appeared to be wobbly and needed to lean on a lineman to stand. Running back Justice Hayes looked to the sideline on Morris’ behalf, but the coaching staff kept him in. He ended up being carted off the field at the end, but even when he was healthy at the beginning of the game, Morris was far from the solution to Michigan’s issues. 3. Brady Hoke is a dead man walking: Argue what you want, but an embarrassing loss to Minnesota all but nailed Hoke’s coffin shut. Michigan has just four wins in its last 13 games, the most impressive last year against a subpar Northwestern opponent that required triple overtime. Maybe Brandon won’t do it until the end of the season, or maybe one more loss like Saturday’s will be all it takes to do it midseason, but it’s hard to see this administration retaining Hoke for a fifth year. 4. This team will probably be missing key players against Rutgers: This one is harder to predict considering Hoke never shares injury updates with the public, but junior receiver Devin Funchess was badly limping and needed help off the field at the end of the game. He said earlier
this week that he’ll be playing with an injury all season, but this could be too much to bear considering he couldn’t get to the sideline on his own. Morris also appeared to have a leg injury, but was able to manage, until he was steamrolled early in the fourth quarter by Minnesota’s Theiren Cockran. 5. Bold Prediction: Michigan will win ONE conference game: It’s going to be a long Big Ten season if the Wolverines come out playing the way they did Saturday. And thus far they’ve given fans no reason to think they’ll play any differently. So, for now, it feels like this Michigan team is only going to win one more game. How can this team win anymore than one? How can they beat Rutgers on the road or Penn State under the lights if the Wolverines play like they did yesterday? Teams like Indiana and Maryland are going to be a handful for this severely underperforming Michigan squad.
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‘M’ salvages split with 2-1 victory Michigan dedicates field, beats Rutgers By BEN KIM For the Daily
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Redshirt junior midfielder Colin McAtee and the Michigan men’s soccer team moved to 0-1-2 in the Big Ten with Sunday’s 1-0 loss to No. 7 Penn State.
‘M’ falls to Penn State, 1-0 Wolverines can’t pick up first Big Ten win
By ISAIAH ZEAVIN-MOSS Daily Sports Writer
The stage was set perfectly for a Maize and Blue comeback. As the clock winded down in the second half Sunday at U-M Soccer Stadium, the Michigan men’s soccer team was staging its final attack. They were awarded a flurry of corner kicks, and the Nittany Lions’ defense seemed on the brink of collapse. But there was never a Wolverine to smash any of the crosses into the back of the net. When the final whistle blew, the score line read No. 7 Penn State 1, Michigan 0. Throughout the game, the Wolverines (0-1-2 Big Ten, 1-4-2 overall) had their chances to
score. In the first half, senior midfielder Tyler Arnone headed the ball just left of the goal. Later on in the half, after a clinical run by freshman forward Nate Kohl, Arnone sent a ball through the middle of the box, but no Michigan player was on the other end. After dominating the second half’s opening 10 minutes, controlling most of the possession and pace, the Wolverines let up in the 57th minute. After an acrobatic save by Michigan goalkeeper Adam Grinwis, the ball fell to the feet of Penn State forward Connor Maloney, who confidently and efficiently knocked the ball into the lower right corner of the net.
“We had our chances, and we didn’t put them away,” Arnone said. “They put their one chance away, and goals change games.” Added Michigan coach Chaka Daley: “We’ve just got to get lucky. One’s got to go in off of the knee. (This result) is not for a lack of playing well. We just have to get some positive results out of our play.” Penn State (3-0-0, 8-0-1) came into the game touting a defense that had allowed just three goals all season, presenting the Wolverines with their toughest competition yet. Throughout the game, Michigan sent balls into the center of the field, but they
“We had our chances, and we didn’t put them away.”
were often poorly timed and erratically placed. While the Wolverines controlled the possession, they could not put the finishing touch on their attack. “As upset and disappointed guys will be that we didn’t win today, the belief is there that we can still make this season into something,” Arnone said. “We can play against the best teams in the country. Now, it’s just knowing what it feels like to win, what it feels like to come out on top.” Daley is confident his team will not be too discouraged and will turn things around. “If you play for Michigan, in the Big Ten, it’s easy to get pumped up. We play great teams all year, we have a great schedule,” Daley said. “We’re certainly not giving up or quitting because we lost a few games. We’ve got to get back to work tomorrow.”
With alumnae from teams one to 41 in the stands for Facility Dedication Day, the pressure was heightened for the Michigan field hockey team to defend its home field. And the Wolverines didn’t disappoint. No. 14 Michigan (2-1 Big Ten, 7-3 overall) salvaged a weekend split with a 2-1 win over Rutgers (0-3, 4-5) on Sunday. The win came after its first loss in nearly four weeks in a 2-0 defeat against Maryland last Friday. “The big point of focus was to stay focused,” said Michigan coach Marcia Pankratz. “To not get distracted by all the stuff going on and to play quickly.” The first half was a perpetual tug of war for control over the game, though the Wolverines were able to score early on their second shot of the game. Redshirt freshman forward Carly Bennett scored in the seventh minute after recovering a blocked shot from junior forward Shannon Scavelli. Michigan was able to maintain the offensive pressure with three additional shots, all coming from penalty corners. Just when the Wolverines seemed to have control of the game, Rutgers came back with three consecutive corners of its own. The Scarlet Knights were able to convert on their final corner with a goal from midfielder Sophie Wright in the 19th minute, tying the game at one. Both teams were unable to score again for the rest of the half, despite having a combined 13 shots.
“We have a very experienced backfield, so I was proud of them,” Pankratz said. “Sammy Gray did a great job marking and defending today and (junior fullback Lauren Thomas) is always solid. It was important, because it wasn’t one of our best games. It was an important win to pull out.” The beginning of the second half took on a different progression for Michigan, as it lost three players in less than two minutes of play to penalty cards. Redshirt senior midfielder Ainsley McCallister, junior midfielder Jamie Dean and redshirt senior fullback Leslie Smith were awarded yellow, green and yellow cards, respectively. “I don’t think we’ve ever been down three players in my 20 years,” Pankratz said. “They defended that very well, and then when you get those three players back, it’s a big momentum shift.” Rutgers was unable to capitalize on its numbers advantage, getting just two shots in the second half. The Wolverines, though, were able to utilize the “momentum shift” when sophomore midfielder Eliza Stein scored the gamewinning goal in the 48th minute. Despite Friday’s loss and the good, but not great, play in Sunday’s win, Pankratz was still pleased with the weekend. “We tried to have time to make a couple of adjustments to help tactically get them a little bit more aggressive, and it worked a little bit, but we can get better at it,” she said. “It’s a work in progress. But it’s being able to win those games that are a struggle that is important, so I was proud of them for that.”
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Back line embraces 5-3-2 scheme in win Wolverines move to 4-1 in Big Ten after shutout of Michigan State By SHAWN HEROOR Daily Sports Writer
To an outsider, a move to a 5-3-2 formation may look like a conservative switch. But according to Michigan women’s soccer coach Greg Ryan, the change in formation will play to the Wolverines’ strengths. On Saturday, the Wolverines bought in on his plan en route to a 2-1 victory over Michigan State. The new formation, which features five defenders across the backline, looked shaky at times. The Wolverines were bailed out with a couple of great saves by freshman keeper Megan Hinz, but held the Spartans to only one goal and three shots on target. Ryan credited the center backs with holding the Spartans to few opportunities. He praised junior Christina Ordonez, who played all 90 minutes despite battling a sickness. “Defensively, we really came together, especially in the second half,” Ryan said. “Christina was really sick all day and still was outstanding. Game in and game out, she’s just been so solid for us.” Ordonez, who partnered
sophomore Anna Soccorsi and junior Sydney Raguse in the center of defense Saturday, lauded the team’s chemistry as the reason the Wolverines have gelled so quickly. “Playing with your best friends makes it so much easier to switch formations and tactics,” Ordonez said. “We’re all on the same page, so we’ve been able to do some new things quickly.” But with the new formation, perhaps the greatest adjustment has come for sophomore Madisson Lewis. Currently fourth on the team in points, Lewis has been used over the past season and a half as a forward in the Wolverines’ 4-3-3 formation. The switch has moved her into the right wing-back position, in an effort to start the attack from the backline. Lewis transitioned well, though. Her key contribution came on the defensive end in the 49th minute, when her last-ditch tackle on a Spartan forward spoiled a golden opportunity for Michigan State. “Madi was solid on both sides of the game,” Ryan said. “Her positioning was good all
day, and in the second half, we got her and (freshman left wing-back) Taylor Timko more involved in the attack. “We don’t want her to sit back and defend. She’s too dynamic of an attacker — we need her up the pitch to get our attack going.” With a major overhaul, the Wolverine defense will continue to be under scrutiny throughout Big Ten play. Ryan believes that the five-person backline will continue to pay dividends for the Wolverines in the chase for the conference title. “We just need to understand how to play how to create more opportunities with the new formation,” Ryan said. “I think once we get Maddie and Taylor more involved, we can really see ourselves take off.” Added Ordonez: “We’re not trying too look to far ahead in the future. We’re just trying to play to our strengths and take each week as it comes.” The Wolverines moved to 4-1 in the Big Ten with the win, and the strength of their backline should have them right in the thick of the Big Ten race all season.
“Defensively, we really came together, especially in the second half.”
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Freshman defensive specialist Caroline Knop led the team with 33 total digs in two matches over the weekend.
Michigan’s youth exposed again in two Big Ten losses By TYLER SCOTT For the Daily
In its first competition against Big Ten opponents, Michigan’s youth was exposed once again. After falling to Purdue on the road, the Wolverines were also bested by Indiana, with both losses coming in five sets. In the first match of the weekend against Purdue, the Wolverines (0-2 Big Ten, 5-7 overall) came out strong, winning the first set before dropping the next two sets as well as the decisive fifth, falling 25-18, 25-17, 25-21, 25-22, 15-9. After the defeat Friday, Michigan sought to achieve its first conference win of the season on the road against Indiana. Once again they grabbed a first-set advantage before falling in a five-set loss, 25-22, 25-23, 25-21, 27-25, 15-10. Despite the loss, the Wolverines were nearly able to rally for the comeback after being down 2-1. With Indiana leading 19-9 in the fourth set, a pair of key kills from freshman Adeja Lambert sparked an incredible rally. Sophomore
Abbey Cole tallied three kills and senior Lexi Dannemiller had five assists, helping Michigan earn a fourth set win. Cole and Lambert combined for 39 of the Wolverines’ 72 kills while Dannemiller led all players with 55 assists. Despite the successes, Indiana grabbed a 4-3 fifth set lead that was never relinquished. It was bolstered by several Wolverine errors before becoming a 15-10 victory to win the match. “Statistically we were better than them in almost every category,” said Michigan coach Mark Rosen. “But when you look at some of the errors we made, we ended up giving almost a full set worth of free points, so we just have to be more consistent.” Injuries have limited the lineup options for Rosen, who has few alternatives besides starting players with limited experience. Dannemiller was only recently made available for
the weekend’s matchups, where she saw action for the first time since she had been diagnosed with mononucleosis. Despite not having been able to practice or train for a month, she led the team in assists both at Purdue and Indiana, totaling 105 for the weekend. When they took to the floor on Saturday three of Michigan’s starters were underclassmen. Dannemiller was the only senior. As much as the young talent aided the Wolverines’ cause, it was evident that there was no substitute for experience. “There’s no doubt some of the girls have been put in way too early, but there’s not a lot of choice right now, and they’ve handled the responsibility well,” Rosen said. “It’s hard because they work hard, they put in a lot of effort and it’s frustrating because they want to win right now.”
“It’s frustrating because they want to win right now.”
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4B — September 29, 2014 The Daily football writers do their best to predict, against the spread, what happens in the 2014 football season. Each week we select a guest picker to go against the “experts.”
Alexa Dettelbach
Alejandro Zúñiga
Greg Garno
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Peter Shahin, TMD Editor in Chief
Max Cohen
Minnesota vs. Michigan (-13)
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No. 1 Florida State (-19) vs. NC State
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Louisiana Tech vs. No. 5 Auburn (-32)
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Lousisiana Tech
Lousisiana Tech
Lousisiana Tech
Lousisiana Tech
Arkansas vs. No. 6 Texas A&M (-9)
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No. 7 Baylor (-21.5) vs. Iowa State
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No. 8 Notre Dame (-9.5) vs. Syracuse
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Wyoming vs. No. 9 Michigan State (-28)
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Michigan State
Michigan State
Michigan State
No. 11 UCLA (-3) vs. No. 15 Arizona State
Arizona State
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Arizona State
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Tennessee vs. No. 12 Georgia (-17)
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Missouri vs. No. 13 South Carolina (-5)
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South Carolina
South Carolina
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New Mexico State vs. No. 17 LSU (-43)
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Oregon State vs. No. 18 USC (-9)
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South Florida vs. No. 19 Wisconsin (-34)
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Illinois vs. No. 21 Nebraska (-21)
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Cincinnati vs. No 22 Ohio State (-17)
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Ohio State
Texas Tech vs. No. 24 Oklahaoma State (-14)
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UTEP vs. No 25 Kansas State (-27)
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THE MICHIGAN DAILY TOP-10 POLL
3.OREGON: With wins over South Dakota and Wyoming, the Ducks seem destined to beat every university along the Oregon Trail.
Each week, Daily sports staffers fill out ballots, with first place votes receiving 10 points, second-place votes receiving nine, and so on.
4. OKLAHOMA: Boomer. Sooner. Bye Week. Creativity.
8. UCLA: An elite public school that plays football in the Rose Bowl regularly. A Michigan fan’s wet dream. Is it fitting that we could only load the Cocks logo at 2 A.M.?
5. AUBURN: Real sad about those trees, huh?
9. NOTRE DAME: We would’ve ranked Notre Dame higher, but the Fighting Irish somehow scored just 31 points against Michigan.
1. FLORIDA STATE: If you squint hard enough, Florida State’s logo isn’t offensive.
2. ALABAMA: Nick Saban never would have let Shane Morris back into the game. Unrelated: He’s a competent football coach.
7. BAYLOR: SMU, Northwestern State and Buffalo. Aggresive scheduling, Bears.
6. TEXAS A&M: Our Managing Editor says this line shouldn’t contain anything overtly sexual.
10. MICHIGAN STATE: The Spartans beat the Cowboys on Saturday. Completely unrealistic. Different continents.
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The Good (very little), the bad and the Ugly (a lot) By MAX COHEN Daily Sports Editor
The Michigan football team lost, 30-14, Saturday to Minnesota at Michigan Stadium. The team is now 2-3 this season — the first time they’ve done so before October —and 0-1 in the Big Ten. The Daily looks at the good, bad and ugly from Michigan’s loss. The good There were few positive developments for the Wolverines. Sophomore running back De’Veon Smith averaged 6.3 yards per carry. Michigan trailed by a measly three points at the half! Best of all, the game ended after 60 minutes of football (mercifully). The bad
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Almost everything else. Sophomore quarterback Shane Morris
struggled immensely, completing 7-of-19 passes for just 49 yards. He threw one interception and other throws were almost picked off. Little rapport was evident with his receivers. Most of the Wolverine offense was built around short passes, and the team’s receivers failed to extend plays. The pass protection didn’t do enough to help Morris, either. He took frequent hits, which led to his exit from the game (see the ugly section). In the team’s two previous losses, Michigan could take some solace in the performance of its run defense. But that was no longer the case Saturday, when Minnesota running back David Cobb gashed the Wolverines for 183 yards. The Golden Gophers’ offense consisted heavily of running the ball and short play-action passes and Michigan’s defense frequently looked befuddled. Even when it was on the mark, it struggled to make effective tackles. Cobb was a load to bring down and often
dragged multiple defenders with him. The ugly Ugly doesn’t adequately describe the fourth-quarter sequence involving Morris’s apparent head injury. He stayed in the game when he needed the support of teammates to stand. When he was finally removed from the game, fifth-year senior Devin Gardner’s helmet came off, necessitating a play out of the game. Redshirt junior Russell Bellomy didn’t have his helmet at the ready, so the Wolverines inserted Morris once again to make one final handoff, wobbly and all. The sequence demonstrated the ineptitude around this Michigan team and more importantly, put a player in danger. If there were a section that were uglier than ugly, this debacle would go there. Really, ugly doesn’t do this game justice.
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Michigan fans had little reason to stay optimistic after Saturday’s loss, including this gentleman.