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VA hospital deals with contamination University hospitals accept transfer of surgery patients >> SEE PAGE 3

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Hillary Clinton addresses annual union meeting at the Cobo Center in Detroit

A call to unify the Democratic party

Bernie supporters should ultimately back Hillary in battle against Trump >> SEE PAGE 4

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‘Neighbors 2’ is comical but safe Sequel entertains but ultimately imitates in disappointing storyline >> SEE PAGE 6

Clinton critcizes Trump during union gathering Candidate pivots to general election at speech to organized labor in Detroit

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‘M’ advances in NCAA Tourney Michigan hosts Missouri in Super Regional on Friday >> SEE PAGE 11

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DETROIT— Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton returned to Detroit Monday, where she addressed thousands at a Service Employees International Union convention at the Cobo Center. During her remarks she issued biting criticism of presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump in addition to discussing reforms to minimum wage and child care.

The SEIU, a union headquartered in Washington D.C., has a membership of over 1.9 million workers spanning the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada. Membership is comprised of mostly health care workers —

including home care, nursing home and hospital employees. Many other members occupy public service or property management positions, including custodial, security and food service jobs.

SEIU is also a major force of support for such labor reforms as the Obama administration’s Affordable Care Act, increased minimum wage laws and wage increases for food workers — many of which are supported by Clinton’s campaign.

During her remarks, Clinton reaffirmed her support for the SEIU and all its members, thanking them for their continued support for her campaign.

The SEIU officially endorses Clinton; however, in the state of Michigan — which has traditionally voted for Democratic candidates — this year the contest is more unpredictable with the majority of current polls showing Clinton defeating presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump by several points, but several showing a tie or virtual tie in the state, according to RealClearPolitics.

Clinton currently plans an

early focus on Rust Belt states, including Michigan, where there are an abundance of white, working class voters — a group from which Trump has received a large portion of his support. A recent CBS/New York Times poll showed him leading with white voters without a college degree by 20 points over Clinton.

The Clinton campaign has also announced a shift in attention to the general election, noted through her attacks on Trump during her remarks.

Clinton notably attacked Trump’s business record, suggesting his accomplishments are not as grand as he makes them out to be.

“He could bankrupt America like he’s bankrupted his companies,” Clinton said. “I mean, ask yourself: How can anybody lose money running a casino?

Really.”

Clinton also spoke out against Trump’s stances on immigration, in which he has stated he plans to deport all 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. Clinton emphasized See CLINTON, Page 9

Residents say administration’s compliance ‘ushers in a new era’

By BRIAN KUANG Summer Daily News Editor

Facing concerted community opposition, the University of Michigan announced Tuesday that it would be cancelling the construction of its controversial North Campus transportation maintenance center.

The facility was originally approved by the Board of Regents in 2014 and was intended to serve as a repair center for the University’s fleet of buses and other vehicles.

However, as the project began to move forward in February, nearby residents openly opposed it amid concerns of air pollution and traffic congestion.

Under pressure from Ann Arbor homeowners’ associations and City Council members, University President Mark Schlissel postponed the project in March to negotiate with community stakeholders.

The Northeast Ann Arbor Community Coalition — which represents nearby residents opposed to the project and numbers about 600 households — has continued to protest the board’s meetings and recently called on its members to halt donations to the University, claiming the negotiation process continues to lack transparency.

This conflict is one of the latest between the University and city of Ann Arbor partially stemming from the University’s ability to largely circumvent city zoning laws See TRANSPORTATION, Page 9

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Contamination of VA hospital equipment leads to local concern Cardiac surgeries transferred to University hospitals

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Dr. Scott DeRue will assume position as dean of the Ross School of Business on July 1

New Ross dean stresses importance of higher education and innovation DeRue appointed after 9 years in business faculty

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Scott DeRue was named dean of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business last Thursday at the University Board of Regents meeting. In an interview with the Daily, DeRue discussed the importance of higher education and how innovation will be the focus of his deanship.

DeRue credits his grandfather and parents for instilling an appreciation for education that was absent in the rest of the rural North Carolina community in which he grew up. When he arrived to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — his grandfather’s alma mater — as a freshman, DeRue was exposed to the transformational power of higher education.

“In my community, higher education was the exception, not the norm,” DeRue said. “When I went (to UNC) my eyes were opened in terms of what the possibilities were for a kid from a small town in rural North Carolina.”

After completing his undergraduate education, DeRue worked in private equity, management consulting and he managed a luxury yacht company.

However, his desire to contribute to higher education persisted, and he left the private sector, earning a Ph.D. in management and organizational behavior from Michigan State University in 2009 before joining the University of Michigan faculty.

DeRue said he spent many years learning for himself what he wanted his mark on the world to be and eventually landed on higher education.

“I went through a long process of figuring out who I want to be, what’s the impact I want to have, what’s the legacy I want to create,” DeRue said. “And for me, the answer ultimately was to be a part of higher education, to create ideas and research that mattered, that really was shaping important conversations in business.”

Now DeRue says he hopes to extend the same transformational opportunities he had in his undergraduate years to other students.

Prior to his appointment to a five-year renewable term as dean of Ross, DeRue served as the faculty director of the Sanger Leadership Center, which promotes leadership education, and faculty director of the Emerging Leaders Program, an executive education program for mid-level managers — both of which are Ross programs. In 2014, DeRue was promoted to associate dean for executive education and has served associate dean for the part-time and Executive MBA programs for the past six months.

DeRue also emphasized the potential for Business School graduates and faculty research to make a positive impact on the broader world, such as through interdisciplinary applications of business research and education.

“Business, in my opinio,n is the most powerful force for positive force in the world,” DeRue said.

“We want our faculty and students coming up with ideas through their research, through their academics, that are going to shape the future of business in important ways.”

“There are over 130 graduate programs on campus, and 101 of those are ranked in the top 10 of their discipline and business, as an institution, cuts across every one of them,” DeRue added. “The Business School has something to say about healthcare, so does the School of Medicine, so does the School of Public Health, so does the School of Nursing and probably so does the School of Social Work as well.”

Once he officially assumes his position on July 1, DeRue hopes to foster an environment within the Business School that would optimize for accomplishing these goals, rather than leading from the front.

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Veterans Affairs (VA) Ann Arbor Healthcare System raised concerns over contamination of surgical trays following the recent discovery of particulate matter on operating room equipment.

Derek Atkinson, the Ann Arbor VA public affairs officer, wrote in a press release Tuesday that the matter was identified by an investigation and that it was localized to operating room surgical trays.

“Through the routine tray inspection process, VA OR (Operating Room) staff proactively identify particulate and the tray is removed from use prior to surgery,” Atkinson wrote in the statement. “The health system has brought in a variety of experts over the past months to fully eradicate this problem.”

Atkinson cited last fall’s water pipe break as a potential source of the particulate contamination, according to the investigation by local experts.

The proximity of the sterilization facility to the water pipe burst, he noted, could have contributed to the increased number of unusable surgical trays.

“Although the Ann Arbor VA has maintained a high volume of surgeries since the repair of a water pipe break adjacent to the sterile processing area last fall, sterile particulate continues to be found in some trays,” Atkinson wrote.

In response to the contamination, a portion of the surgical cases, in particular cardiac surgeries, has been transferred to the University of Michigan Health System. This move was a precaution taken due to the frequent turnover rate of surgical trays used in open-heart surgery. In an interview with the Daily, Atkinson said he hoped to return those operations quickly.

“We are looking to bring cardiac surgery back as soon as possible,” Atkinson said.

Atkinson also noted that, despite

the precautions they are taking, the concerns over the surgical trays were isolated to the trays only and have not threatened the hospital’s sterilized surgical equipment.

“We still have some work to do to make sure that, whenever an OR nurse opens a tray, there is no particulate matter,” he said. “The presence of this particulate, however, is intermittent, so it doesn’t happen with every tray, and it is even unlikely that this sterile particulate is even harmful, but it shouldn’t be there, and we are working to make sure that no trays have this issue to ensure the high quality of care for our veterans.”

Until the source of the particulate is identified and fixed, all cases of cardiac surgery will continue to be sent primarily to UHS at the expense of VA. Tuesday, U.S. Reps. Debbie Dingell (D–Dearborn) and Tim Walberg (R–Tipton) released a statement addressing the ongoing concerns over the presence of the particulate matter and responding to a meeting held last Sunday between officials from the Ann Arbor VA and the Representatives, in which they discussed the concerns.

In their statement, Dingell and Walberg wrote that the VA acted appropriately in its response to the potential source of contamination and worked with local sterilization experts to resolve the intermittent issue.

“This issue came to light because they were doing their job inspecting surgical instruments and discovered the problem,” the statement read.

“To be clear, it does not appear that the particulate issue has caused an infection or harm to a patient.”

Dingell and Walberg also announced their intentions to introduce bipartisan legislation aimed at increasing reporting requirements within VA hospitals to improve transparency.

“We believe it is important that, like other hospitals, the VA should be open and transparent and report the number of patients that have acquired surgical infections while receiving care at the VA, and the number of surgeries that have been canceled or moved to another hospital,” they wrote.

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Clinton’s time to shine

onday, I attended the Service Employees International Union’s (SEIU) International Convention in Detroit to observe KEVIN remarks

by SWEITZER Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. While the union officially endorses Clinton, and has done so since November, the convention was a big indicator of how the rapid rise of Sen. Bernie Sanders (D–Vt.) has affected their endorsement.

The SEIU isn’t just a group of service workers who chose to have a convention in Detroit, but they’re also the biggest outside spenders for the Democratic Party, having spent $69 million on President Obama’s re-election campaign in 2012. The union also has about two million members, many of whom are voters in the United States. Having the financial and voting support of the union is crucial to any candidate hoping to win middleand working-class voters.

While Secretary Clinton’s 30-minute speech touched on many important issues, perhaps the most important message of the speech was a message that was never said — the persistence of Sanders. Only once did Clinton utter his name, saying, “I applaud Sen. Sanders and his supporters for challenging us.” Despite the fact that many of the core tenants of the union are those that are deeply held

by Sanders, Clinton glossed over him in favor of ripping on projected Republican nominee Donald Trump. This came as a surprise to me, as throughout the convention hall, many Fight for $15 and Black Lives Matter signs could be seen waving in the crowd. Even several convention delegates had Bernie Sanders

stickers pinned to their shirts as a quiet sign of protest to the union’s official endorsement of Clinton. By ignoring the divisions within the crowd in favor of an anti-Trump message, Clinton is effectively refocusing her campaign away from the primaries, and into the general election.

I believe that the message perpetuated by the Clinton campaign is a correct one.

Sanders, though a noble fighter for the causes that he believes in, has lost the election. Despite what many of his supporters may say, there is no real chance for Bernie Sanders to win the Democratic nomination. Even if he wins the remaining states by a two-to-one landslide, he will still not be close enough to secure the nomination.

The time is now for the Democratic Party to get its act together. Sanders supporters can no longer wait until the convention to decide whom to support. Clinton is the right choice for all of us, regardless of how liberal we may be or what identities we may have.

She also has the skills to handle the very important job that is the presidency, rather than simply ushering in a political revolution that we may not be able to control. We can’t sit around and call Clinton a liar, or hold her accountable for her husband’s policies. Clinton is a reality, and that reality is moving forward at light speed.

While supporters of Sanders may be quick to join the Never Hillary movement, instead favoring a write-in vote for Sanders, I challenge those who are so deeply opposed to Clinton to see beyond this race and into the greater repercussions of their votes.

While it may not be pleasant

for some to vote for Clinton, it is something that must be done. Additionally, the cost of Sanders and his supporters becoming more hostile toward Clinton can already be realized.

The Republican establishment is already starting to fall in line behind their presumptive nominee. The costs of a Trump presidency to the Democratic Party and our nation as a whole would be insurmountable.

Clinton even stated in her speech to the SEIU that she will “use the bully pulpit to stand up for working families” rather than being “a bully in the pulpit.” If Republicans can get together behind a bully, then why can’t Democrats get together behind a fighter for equality for everyone?

All Democrats — be it the millennial college students like myself or working-class Americans like my parents — need to fall in line behind Clinton. Not only is she one of the most qualified candidates in recent history, she is also the candidate that will continue the hard work of President Obama into the future, while expanding rights for those who are held down by society’s barriers. Backing the future nominee isn’t a radical idea, but it is a classic example of putting the future trajectory of the country above a political ideolog y.

At the end of the day, the 2016 election will come down to Clinton versus Trump. The only thing standing between Trump and the White House is the full and unwavering support of every single Sanders supporter behind the real Democratic nominee — Hillary Rodham Clinton.

—Kevin Sweitzer can be reached at ksweitz@umich.edu.

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Your vote matters

hen Yousef Rabhi ran in the Democratic primary race on Aug. 3, 2010, turnout was low. By the SHAWN time the ballots DANINO were counted for the Democratic seat of the 11th District’s Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners seat, unofficial results had Yousef at 998 votes and his primary opponent, Mike Fried, at 997 votes.

Elections decided by one vote don’t happen that often. In a country of almost 320 million people, the likelihood of a single voter swaying a national election is statistically very unlikely.

I heard this all the time when I was registering voters on campus.

People would say that their votes don’t count and they probably never will. In my work on millennial voter engagement, I am probably never going to singlehandedly shift an election. But in preparation for the Democratic Michigan primary, Students for Sanders - Ann Arbor (a group that I led) registered approximately 600 voters. The primary was decided by fewer than 20,000 votes, meaning that the students who were registered voters could not have made up for more than three percent of the margin by which Bernie Sanders won. Getting people excited about engaging in the democratic process was still one of the best experiences of my life, and here is case for why your vote matters: In 2000, Florida’s electoral college seats were decided by 537 votes and the victory ultimately gave George W. Bush the presidency. The implications of this victory are hard to do justice to and even harder to quantify, but it’s worth repeating that a presidential election could have been swayed if 269 voters decided to vote for Gore instead of Bush, or if 537 more voters decided to show up.

In too many ways, the deck seems stacked against getting millennials like myself to turn out. In an election on a millage held May 3 this year, turnout was a paltry 12.13 percent, with 32,492 voters participating in Washtenaw County. In 2014, only 21.3 percent of 18 to 29 year olds turned out to vote in the midterm elections. Let’s make sure that doesn’t happen again in 2018.

This election was held the week after the Winter 2016 semester ended, so it was clearly difficult for students to show up, particularly those from out of state who were more likely to

go home. There was also very limited information available to make informed decisions. The main video prepared by the Western Washtenaw Democrats on behalf of this had 11 views on YouTube as of May 22.

Beyond obtaining quality information, simply ensuring that one is registered to vote can also be an uphill battle. States like California and Oregon have recently passed laws that make it considerably harder to slip through the cracks.

In California, for example, when one registers for his or her driver’s license at the DMV, one is automatically registered to vote (and has to specifically opt out if he or she does not want to be registered).

Passing laws like this will remove a necessary hurdle for being involved in the democratic process and raise the likelihood of voter turnout considerably.

The democratic process in Michigan would benefit from passing a similar law and voter turnout across all elections would likely increase.

Turnout in elections is also clearly higher in years where the presidency is on the ballot. That means that this year will likely see much higher turnout than we saw in the 2014 midterm elections, when just 36.4 percent of voters made their voices heard.

In order to ensure high turnout in 2016 and in the midterm elections in 2018, the state of Michigan needs to make it easier for citizens to register to vote and to obtain objective, quality information.

To maintain the level of momentum seen on the Democratic side through Sanders’ presidential campaign, a group called Brand New Congress was created by former campaign staffers to continue channeling energy into general election Congressional races.

This bold strategy has potential to capitalize on the political momentum from the Bernie revolution and keep people excited about upcoming elections. Congressional races rarely get the press and attention that presidential races receive, but they have a large impact on the direction in which the country moves.

Individual votes are even more important in these elections due to their lower turnout.

Regardless of whom you vote for and whom you support, it is critical that we have access to quality information about candidates and legislation. Voting is a protected right and especially in states like Michigan, our votes really do matter.

—Shawn Danino can be reached at danino@umich.edu.

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Google chose my fate

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y freshman year was a blur and as it swiftly began coming to a close second semester.

I realized I hadn’t focused my plans on anything other than going back to work at my hometown Subway for the OLIVIA summer. It was PUENTE when I noticed an increasingly large number of my friends were about to embark on an adventure of a summer, either interning at a big company or studying abroad, that I decided my hometown Subway just wasn’t going to cut it. Since it was too late to apply for internships, I scrambled to find something that would take me away for a couple months.

The thought of working at a summer camp came to mind one night as I was scrolling through Netflix trying to find a movie to procrastinate doing my homework.

One Google search for “Summer camps in northern Michigan” and three clicks later, I was filling out application after application. Most of the deadlines had passed, but I jumped at the ones that hadn’t.

That night, I fell asleep not thinking anything would come of the dozen or so applications I filled out.

It was only a couple weeks later when I received an e-mail from the camp director of a camp in northern Michigan called “Camp Walden.”

We set up a Skype interview, and a few days after that, I was sent a contract to be hired for nine weeks of my summer. I was excited but so far removed from what was to be expected of me as a counselor that the excitement was more of a dull ache in my abdomen.

Before last summer and my experience at Walden, I wasn’t a big believer in fate. Now, however, I’m a little more inclined to believe things really do happen for a reason.

The majority of the counseling staff at Walden last summer were new.

They had all done pretty much the same thing I did, which was Google summer camps in Michigan and go from there (at least the American staff did). The foreign staff had a much different experience finding Walden, but they found it all the same. I know it might sound hokey and the fact we all found the same camp can be placed on Google’s algorithms that pump out the same results when certain words are researched, but the group of people our camp directors found, hired and brought together last summer was so compatible and familial, I can’t think of any other way to explain how it felt being at camp.

It was a crazy job, but not at all how “Wet Hot American Summer” depicts summer camp. We all worked really hard to connect with our “kids” and make sure they had a fun time. Being at camp wasn’t a time for us counselors to socialize. We did, however, become insanely close in the seven days before campers arrived.

It’s unexplainable how fast relationships can form with complete strangers, but when you’re thrown into a situation with a relatively small group of people with whom you’re going to be eating, sleeping and working for two straight months, it becomes one of the easiest things you’ll ever do. I met some of my best friends working at that camp who I would have NEVER met otherwise. Fate became a frequent topic of conversation amongst us last summer. Had we all not chosen Walden, we wouldn’t have ever met each other.

We all still keep in touch even though we live in very different parts of the United States and the world — Savannah in Lansing, Sarah in Ohio and Matt in Scotland. Though we all live in different places, we will always have one very much in common, and that is Walden.

—Olivia Puente can be reached at opuente@umich.edu.

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Let life happen

efore winter semester began, I was glancing through the syllabus for my Psychology 112 class. Two pages into it, I read something that ANNA shocked me: “If POLUMBOyou take this LEVY class, you take the risk that adverse circumstances — illnesses, deaths of family and/or friends, legal troubles or anything else — will cause you to miss two quizzes and will lower your final grade. If you cannot accept this risk and any consequences it may prove to have, drop the class now, while you can still get your money back.” The professor does allow each student to drop their lowest quiz grade without penalty, which shows that he is understanding in some ways, but this statement is nonetheless unacceptable.

I have every appreciation for all that my instructors and GSIs do, and for the countless educators I know who go above and beyond to help their students. In fact, I can understand that expecting to be allowed to make up work after taking an impromptu vacation to the Bahamas is unfair. However, put yourself in our shoes: imagine that you (a professor, dean or whoever you are) fall very ill due to a chemostressed immune system, or that your father passes away, and you are told that you will be penalized for work you missed. How would you feel?

Recently, there has been a lot of talk around campus about addressing the stigma of speaking about physical and mental health, both of which are especially crucial at large universities, where students can often feel like they are just a number. While I use a very specific example here, this example points to a larger systematic problem. We constantly work to keep everything running smoothly, like we would a machine, but at what cost?

What are we if we are not human? Should we not expect things to happen in our lives that we are not expecting? In fact, this last semester, a day after my grandfather passed away, I almost couldn’t get out of bed to get to class. But I did, and there was a

pop quiz. And in no flippant sense of the word, I failed (I got an F).

But because the syllabus was clear that nothing would merit a retake, I did nothing. Even though I was in the process of grieving a loved one, I couldn’t help but feel alone and unsupported, as I couldn’t do anything about the bad grade I’d gotten because my mind had been elsewhere (a natural byproduct of grieving).

Additionally, according to countless studies, certain diseases, health problems and legal troubles, among other things, disproportionately affect people of certain ethnic groups in society, often because of factors out of their control (equal access to healthcare, healthy food, etc.). By permitting rhetoric such as the statements in this syllabus, we only add to the stress, anxiety, exclusion and inequity people in our society face.

We perpetuate an atmosphere that can only make people feel more alone in their struggles. And we can’t simply tell people not to take a class as a replacement, because these are often prerequisites for classes later on, not to mention maintaining equal access to all classes is non-negotiable.

Policies such as these can affect anyone at any moment, regardless of what group they’re in, because illness, death and legal troubles can come without warning. That’s life. And in many ways, I believe we have stopped living life and instead are trying to prevent it so that everything runs smoothly without any hitches. But this is simply not possible, and we must accept it.

Though encouraging more dialogue on the mental health of students on campus is very important, we need actionable change. Reforming class policies — and other strict policies regarding due dates and deadlines that do more harm than good to already stressed, hard-working, highachieving students — can help change the unhealthy campus climate created around physical and mental health and work to lessen the extreme pressures students face.

Often times, this is the first time students are living far from home and have more independence,

which can be stress enough. In fact, showing that we are here to support students is even more important in their first few years of college, so understanding policies are even more crucial in the big, lower-level classes, such as the one I took last semester. In fact, we should be asking University of Michigan administrators to do their part and put a school-wide policy in place that allows students to be allowed to make up assignments in certain cases (even if it means the student must provide some sort of proof, as hard as that may be).

We need to let students at the University know that we want to understand what they are going through and that they are not alone.

Students’ suffering is exacerbated by the lack of University support with policies designed to show them they care. In fact, according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, “anxiety disorders are one of the most common mental health problems on college campuses,” so college administrators should be working even harder to help students during this time in their lives. Among these disorders, depression, for example, can render someone unable to go about his or her daily life with ease, including going to class.

Students should rest assured they are understood, and do not have to panic that they are missing a pop quiz.

And like those who lose a family member, we need to let those who suffer from mental health problems know that we want to understand and we know that they are humans, incapable of being perfect. While changes like increasing CAPS funding are important, they won’t help change a campus climate the induces and exacerbates stress and anxiety if the University doesn’t send a clear message that it is here for the students. It’s time for the University to treat students like humans, not robots without feelings, uncontrollable adverse circumstances and immune systems that we can’t turn on and off. Life happens. So support students through it.

—Anna Polumbo-Levy can be reached at annapl@umich.edu.

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Chance paints positive ‘Neighbors 2’ is picture in deep ‘Book’ comical but safe Rapper ventures into gospel territory in colorful album

By SHAYAN SHAFIIW Daily Arts Writer

Before there were the likes of Common, Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco and Chance The Rapper, the South Side of Chicago was home to Black A artist and activist Pastor Coloring T.L. Barrett. Book Barrett worked with Chance the the Chicago Rapper Youth Choir in 1971 to release “Like A Ship Without a Sail” — a gospel/soul classic that encapsulated an intense commitment to revitalizing the South Side and keeping kids off the streets. Over 40 years later, Barrett’s work continues to influence the various artists and activists coming out of Chicago today. While it seems much of the music coming out of the city aims to burn Chicago to the ground, artists like Chance The Rapper and Kanye West have recently undergone noticeable shifts towards a more religiouslycharged sound, channeling the influences of their faith and relationship with a higher power as vehicles of betterment for their communities.

Like Kanye’s The Life of Pablo, Chance’s Coloring Book is arguably an unorthodox “gospel album,” yet its message is accessible regardless of personal denomination.

The album is an exaltation of the simpler things: “Don’t forget the happy thoughts.” Though much of Coloring Book feels like “Ultralight Beam: The Album,” the project is unmistakably Chance’s; his fingerprints are all over the details of each song, like the perfectly arranged trumpet harmonies and trademark ad libs.

Choir vocals, belting in unison, are a fixed presence throughout, and both ‘Ye and Kirk Franklin make

their respective appearances.

The intro, “All We Got,” has both shades of early-2000s backpack-rap and elements of soul, blended with muffled Kanye vocals and synths. This time, Chance doesn’t have to cede the limelight, and he uses the opportunity to spread those nice, warm, fuzzy feelings. It’s the type of unfiltered ecstasy that can’t be faked; you hear it when the horns kick in and his vocals go up a register: “Man I swear my life is perfect, I could merch it / If I died I’d probably cry at my own service!” The song closes out with backing vocals from the Chicago Youth Choir, essentially picking up where Pastor Barrett left off.

This is music for the kids who need it most.

The video for “Angels” features Chance literally flying around Chicago like a superhero, “cleaning up the streets” so his “daughter can have a place to play.” I imagine this is what it would have looked like if Barrett had Internet access in 1971. The birth of Chance’s daughter seems to have triggered a certain maturity and levelheadedness that allows him to be a representative of his community — the type of “famous rapper” that brags about having the same phone number since seventh grade. He shows a shocking amount of self-awareness, even “threatening” to make music with Chief Keef. He’s comfortably the biggest independent artist in hip hop right now. He can do what he wants.

Part of what makes Coloring Book such a special album is it’s exactly what Chance intended to make; there are no gimmicky Drake features or product placements.

As the music industry (and specifically hiphop culture) become increasingly corporate and gentrified, songs like “No Problem” celebrate the possibilities of authentic, independent music: “If one more label try to stop me, it’s gon be some dreadhead n****s in ya lobby.” 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne also make notable appearances on the back of their Collegrove collaboration. Tity Boi delivers his inevitably hilarious verse,

channeling the Most High by being just plain high (“Man I’m so high, me and God dappin”). The whole song is driven by frenzied gospel samples, sliced and mixed unpredictably without ever settling in place.

Chance has a knack for weaving between heavy and playful topics, and this is what makes him more of an MC than a pastor. Earlier this year, he signed a petition to have free music considered for the Grammys, and on Coloring Book he’s dedicated an entire track to mixtapes: a sacred, and — more importantly — free outlet for listening to some genre-defining projects. This one’s for the fans who have ruined perfectly good computers by digging too deep on Datpiff. Mixtape-god Young Thug and fellow Atlanta weirdo Lil Yachty trade verses, while Chance showcases his lyrical dexterity with a surprising triplet flow.

“Mixtape” and other album cuts like “All Night” are nice breaks from the intermittent sermons, showing Chance can make “hits” when he feels like it.

Much of the early dialogue surrounding the album has been characterized by a disdain for the religious cuts and an adoration of the more accessible tracks.

Most hip-hop heads probably scoffed when they saw the track title “Blessings” was important enough to appear twice on the same album; I can only imagine how many eyes rolled when “How Great” kicked off with 3 straight minutes of isolated choir vocals.

It feels like the profession of being an artist can be reduced to letting the world in on your personal development. Some overcome their adversities and impart elation onto listeners through music, and others let us wallow with them in the misery of defeat. It doesn’t matter if you attribute the peaks and troughs of your life to a higher power, your own series of calculated decisions or plain old luck. If music is to be our soundtrack, through its ups and downs, Coloring Book is a reminder that shit is going to be alright, regardless of your personal belief system. Isn’t that something we’d all like to believe

By ALEX INTNER Summer Managing Arts Editor

I loved “Neighbors” when it burst onI loved “Neighbors” when it burst onto the scene two years ago. I saw it in a room full of college B kids at the State Theatre Neighbors who greeted each joke 2: Sorority with raucous Rising laughter. Maybe it was seeing Universal “Neighbors 2” in Pictures a barren theater Rave & Quality 16 in the middle of a Saturday afternoon, but the film didn’t pack the same comedic punch as the first one. The movie takes a slightly different spin on the first film’s fraternity moving next door, but it only shines when it gives its talented cast something different than the first film.

“Neighbors 2” again follows Mac (Seth Rogen, “The Interview”) and Kelly (Rose Byrne, “Spy”) Radner, who, in this film, are in escrow on their house when a sorority moves in next door and a familiar war begins.

The Radners and the sorority trade pranks, as the Radners push to get the sorority out before they mess with the sale of their house while the sorority pushes to party.

There’s a through line to “Neighbors 2” that’s quite smart, and it lies in how the film justifies a sorority moving in next door.

Shelby (Chloe Grace Moretz, “The 5th Wave”) and her friends create Kappa Nu after finding a frat party disgustingly sexist and learning sororities aren’t allowed to throw parties on their own. Throughout the movie, they point out moments of sexism. For example, when Zac Efron’s (“High School Musical”) character, Teddy, says them throwing used tampons at the Radner’s house as a practical joke is disgusting, they point out the double standard by asking him “What would you say if it were a bag of dicks?” In addition, the climax of the film features a moment in which Teddy and Kelly convince the sorority girls to stand by its principles no matter what happens.

I wish the film put a little more

emphasis on this aspect because it’s what separated the comedy from “Neighbors.”

However, where “Neighbors” thrived was in its absurd, crass, crude and hysterical comedy, and “Neighbors 2” was able to bring some of that back. Each member of the ensemble — starting at the top with Rogen, Byrne, Efron and Moretz, supporting performances by Ike Barinholtz (“The Mindy Project’), Carla Gallo (“Men of a Certain Age”) and Dave Franco (“Now You See Me”), and going down to cameos

by Hannibal Buress (“Why? with Hannibal Buress”), Lisa Kudrow (“Web Therapy”) and Kelsey Grammer (“Partners”) — brings something to the table. There’s an extended sequence that takes place at a football tailgate where the Radners are trying to stop the girls from selling weed and making enough money to keep their house.

The sequence brings in a large group of the cast and is visually ambitious, as chase sequences move through crowds and across large distances.

It also features Barinholtz dressed up as a clown, which is hysterically terrifying as he frequently pops up out of nowhere.

Though, “Neighbors 2” had laughs, it faltered in its repetitiveness and close ties to the first film. Many of the jokes and situations felt oddly familiar, as the film followed a nearly identical story arc to the first one. There were parties, airbags and foul, gross-out jokes that felt too familiar. While it’s fun to see Rogen and Efron play the characters I enjoyed so much in the first film, the sequel didn’t do quite enough to differentiate the jokes they gave the characters in the first film (though Efron did get some leverage out of his arc, which focused on him failing to move on from college).

That’s really the sticking point behind “Neighbors 2.” If it wasn’t so tied to the first film’s arc, it could have fully embrace how a sorority makes it a different type of comedy and let its ensemble work with a more diverse set of material. Those aspects were the glimmers of hope I clung to in what was an otherwise disappointing movie that relied too strongly on the ideas of the first and without the same level of comedy to back it up.

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MUSIC REVIEW

Ariana Grande steps up her game on ‘Dangerous’ Artist breaks the scene with soulful album

By SAM ROSENBERG Daily Arts Writer

In the past few months, femaledriven pop has been on a winning streak. While there were a few duds (like Meghan ATrainor’s dull sophomore Dangerous record Thank Woman You), 2016 has been Ariana Grande graced with Republic the presence of several pop gems from female artists. Australian songstress Sia continued her burgeoning notoriety with the powerful This is Acting while Gwen Stefani returned to the music scene with her impressive comeback This is What the Truth Feels Like. The two biggest surprises of this year in music came from Rihanna and Beyoncé, both of whom released records without much public warning: the jarringly inventive Anti and the politically conscious, deeply personal and all-around fantastic visual album Lemonade, respectively. That being said, there’s one artist who also seems to stand out from the pack: 22-year-old actress/singer Ariana Grande.

After her role as the naive redhead Cat on the kids show Victorious, Grande made her way toward the top of the music ranks with her sweet 2013 debut Yours Truly, subsequently establishing her place in pop with 2014’s stunning My Everything. Now, with her third record Dangerous Woman, Grande further sheds her innocent Nickelodeon child star image by evolving into a sophisticated, mature modern woman, ready to sink her teeth into newer, more daring material.

Like My Everything, Dangerous Woman explores female empowerment and unrequited love through glossy production,

catchy lyrics and Grande’s signature glass-shattering vocals.

But instead of simply rehashing My Everything’s boldness, Grande pushes Dangerous Woman to edgier thematic and musical territory, in which the singer boasts a more feminist message about how women who are deemed “dangerous” are unafraid to speak the truth, especially when it comes to power, independence and sexuality. This unapologetic energy, coupled with Grande’s glowing ambition, is what makes Dangerous Woman a thrilling example of the many directions pop music is taking in 2016.

“Ain’t you ever seen a princess be a bad bitch?”

The 11-song album, which includes four bonus tracks, experiments with different genres, such as R&B on the bouncy ‘90s throwback “Be Alright,” trap on the glittery, Future-featuring “Everyday” and reggae on the groovy, Nicki Minaj-assisted “Side to Side.”

In addition to using beats from previous Grande collaborators Tommy Brown (“Honeymoon Avenue”), Ilya Salmanzadeh (“Problem”) and Kid Ink producer Twice as Nice, Dangerous Woman works well thanks to Swedish pop maestro Max Martin, who provides the album with his hitmaking magic touch, both in its songwriting and sound. He layers Dangerous Woman’s instrumental skeleton with lush guitar riffs on the indelible title track, throbbing electro-heavy synths on the sultry club banger “Into You” and headbopping horns on the record’s best song “Greedy.”

Though many songs off Dangerous Woman reach moments of profundity, there are some elements that bring them down a tad. The lullaby opener “Moonlight” (the alleged original title of the album) harkens back

to Grande’s tween pop roots with its twinkly strings and breathy harmonies. But the track’s romantic, gooey core gives it a sentimental, borderline-cheesy appeal. The gorgeous, low-key hip-hop jingle “Let Me Love You” opens with a devastating line about post-breakup anxiety (“I just broke up with my ex / Now that I’m single, I don’t really know what’s next”) and continues with a slow, sexy and stuttering rhythm, until the song halts when an unnecessary feature from Lil Wayne pops up. Penultimate song “Sometimes” is so-so in its execution, with its acoustic undertones giving the track a bland sound.

Fortunately, those are minor issues given Grande’s musical prowess. While My Everything touched on cutesy double entendres and subtle suggestive references, Grande is much more explicit about her sexual conquests and self-image on Dangerous Woman, even drawing some parallels to In The Zone-era Britney Spears. The title song can be interpreted as both a confident girl-power anthem and a song about pegging (“Taking control of this kind of moment / I’m locked and loaded / Completely focused, my mind is open”). On bonus track “Bad Decisions,” Grande asks cheekily, “Ain’t you ever seen a princess be a bad bitch?”

Dangerous Woman could have simply been churned from the standardized conveyor belt of pop as another formulaic album. Yet Grande understands very clearly how to structure her craft that heeds to her audience’s desires while maintaining her own artistic integrity. Each track feels wholesome and complete, not only because of the spectacular production or Grande’s formidable vocal range, but also because of the ideas conveyed in each song.

It’s not necessarily a thoughtprovoking or compelling album, but Dangerous Woman showcases Grande’s ability to shape a listener’s understanding of the importance of a woman’s choice to sing, dance and speak without being undermined by critics and sexist trolls.

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Who are these people and where’s McDreamy?

‘Grey’s’ matures

By DANIELLE YACOBSON Daily Arts Writer

Why mess with a good thing? As the twelfth season of “Grey’s Anatomy” comes to a close, it’s clear the doctors of Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital are here to stay for the long B haul. The seaGrey’s son finale was more subdued Anatomy than those Season 12 Finale that came before it, lack- Thursday at 8 p.m. ing the dramatic punches ABC that Shonda Rhimes, the series’ creator, delivers oh-so-well.

But, perhaps, the episode called “Family Affair” is the beginning of a Renaissance within the “Grey’s” world, one that has been blooming throughout the twelfth season.

More nuanced and mature, the show has entered a new era.

Going back 10 years, Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo, “Daredevil”) was still rocking the early-2000s side bangs and sneaking around with McDreamy in on-call rooms and the show felt as young and perky as its interns. The episodic structure split up its time between medicine and the characters’ dramatic personal lives, with surgery centered at the core of the series.

The medicine was teaching the naive interns about surgery just as much as it was guiding them through their own problems. The two were never separate.

But that was over a decade ago, and the interns that have made it to the present day are big-shot surgeons with “grown-up” problems.

As the series has taken the time to explore storylines following the death of a spouse, custody battles and personal addiction, the medicine has fallen to the background.

But maybe that’s ok, because the new “Grey’s” is able to develop the

characters, using surgery as a tool to grow into themselves as people rather than just doctors.

The finale seamlessly set up this transition into the next season as the doctors left the hospital’s grounds for the majority of the episode. Even the big, edgeof-your-seat medical emergency happened on Meredith’s living room table (because when has there ever been a baby delivery on “Grey’s Anatomy” that has gone smoothly?). These characters have gone through everything together, and the time has come to delve into their relationships and provide answers that are essential to the show’s future. In a more-optimistic-than-usual season finale, the series left the audience with one looming question that needs to be answered in the stories to come: Can you have more than one great love?

Perhaps the biggest disappointment of season 12’s conclusion is the announcement of Callie Torres’ (Sara Ramirez, “Spiderman”) break from the show. Although both Ramirez and Rhimes left the door open for the veteran “Grey’s” to return, her absence will be a significant loss to the show. As many of the original cast members have dwindled away from the series in the past years, Callie Torres has grown into a central and complex character that has brought many issues, both within the show’s storylines and in the Shondaland mission to normalize television, into the conversation. Her role as a Latina, homosexual female surgeon has brought depth and diversity to “Grey’s” that will be sorely missed.

Yet even as characters have come and gone, the Shondaland original has proven its viewers are not ready to part with the decadelong series. With steady ratings and a Thursday night spot in television real-estate gold, “Grey’s Anatomy” is ready to tackle season 13 without slowing down.

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The University of Michigan School of Nursing will welcome a new dean for the first time in 10 years following the Board of Regents’ appointment of Patricia Hurn last Thursday. Hurn will replace Kathleen Potempa — who will remain at the University to focus on research and training of postdoctoral fellows — as she takes on the five-year position as dean August 1.

Hurn is currently the vice chancellor for research and innovation at the University of Texas System and a research professor of neurobiology at the University of Texas at Austin. She received her Bachelor of Science in nursing from the University of Florida, her master’s in nursing from the University of Washington and her Ph.D. in physiology from Johns Hopkins University.

Hurn said her multidisciplinary background will be strongly featured during her tenure at the University.

“I don’t belong to just one discipline,” Hurn said. “I started my career as a nurse, but I’ve been trained as a physiologist and a neuroscientist, and I’ve spent a lot of years just in research working with many, many disciplines. Since that’s how I learned and was educated, that’s what I will bring to my work as dean.”

Hurn, who said she was attracted to the University’s dedication to research, has previous ties to Michigan; she was born in the state and was also previously a visiting professor at the University. Hurn said she was ready to return to campus life See NURSING, Page 9

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TRANSPORTATION From Page 3 and public input processes when undertaking new construction because its status as a state entity.

Hank Baier, the University’s associate vice president for facilities and operations, said in a press release that the University made a mistake by not soliciting community input earlier in the project, but remained hopeful for the construction of a similar facility in the future.

“The project development team understands the importance of community engagement in selecting sites for University activities,” Baier said. “In this case, we should have sought input from our neighbors earlier in the development process.

Going forward, this will be our practice as we consider uses for this site as well as others.”

The decision to cancel construction came as a surprise to local residents, who showed up to a meeting with University representatives on Tuesday evening expecting to learn about the expected environmental impacts of the planned facility.

Instead, University representatives presented the residents with a press release announcing the cancellation of the project.

Jim Kosteva, University director of community relations, said the

ultimate decision to cancel the project was made by University President Mark Schlissel and the team managing the project earlier this week.

Local residents have reacted positively to the decision to cancel construction, and many residents feel this will represent broader shift in how the University interacts with city residents. Sandy Aldrich, co-president of the Northeast Ann Arbor Community Coalition, said the University likely would not have been as receptive to community concerns before Schlissel became president.

“After speaking with many longtime Ann Arbor residents, they have indicated that, had this happened before (Schlissel’s) administration, that we would have gotten a much different response,” Aldrich said. “I do truly believe that President Schlissel is sincere in bringing a sense of partnership and openness to the University when dealing with the community.”

Aldrich also reaffirmed that, despite their efforts to protest the project, most city residents remain favorable of the University, as many of them are employees and graduates of it.

“By no means are we antiUniversity,” Aldrich said. “Because it helps the city as well when the University becomes greater and better.”

CLINTON From Page 1 the human angle of undocumented immigrants through the image of normal families being torn apart through such actions.

“What kind of country would we be if we let Donald Trump rip our families apart?” Clinton asked.

Clinton additionally brought attention to the issue of minimum wage, reaffirming her support for raising the number to $15 per hour, which has been a point of contention between Clinton and her rival in the Democratic contest, Sen. Bernie Sanders (D–Vt.). Unlike Sanders, Clinton initially favored a $12 minimum wage.

During a debate in April, Clinton amended her stance, stating she would sign a federal $15 minimum wage bill if it appeared before her as president, to which Sanders reacted with surprise.

Clinton hammered Trump for his statements suggesting that minimum wage be abolished — which he has recently rebutted — and Trump’s economic policies in general, saying they would be a disaster for working-class Americans.

“We aren’t talking about any

NURSING From Page 8 after working as an administrator for several years, adding that the opening of a dean position in Ann Arbor could not have arrived at a more opportune moment for her.

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ordinary anti-union, anti-worker Republican,” she said. “Many Republicans themselves say Donald Trump is a disaster waiting to happen. What little we know of his economic policies would be running up our debt, starting trade wars, letting Wall Street run wild — all of that would cause another crash and devastate working families and our country.”

Despite this shift in focus to the general election, Clinton departed Detroit for California, where she will hold events in preparation for the state’s June 7 primary.

Clinton did offer a short mention of Sanders, however, calling for him to unify the party, repeating that she and Sanders shared positions on many key issues including minimum wage and campaign finance reform.

“I applaud Sen. Sanders and his supporters for challenging us,” she said. “(But) we are going to unify the Democratic party and stop Donald Trump.”

The majority of Clinton’s remarks appeared to be appealing to the thousands of SEIU workers and representatives in attendance, including her support for child care reform and increased accessibility.

“You know that in many states child care is more expensive than

rent — it’s more expensive even than college tuition,” Clinton said.

“That puts parents in an impossible position.”

According to Clinton, in some states two minimum-wage-earning parents must spend roughly 20 percent of their income on childcare and single parents must allocate 40 percent.

“That is way too high,” Clinton said, challenging those in attendance to join her in pushing for child care reform that lowers its financial burden, ideally tapping into no more than 10 percent of a parent’s wage.

Clinton additionally affirmed her support for an increase in pay for child care providers and early educators on a state and local level, noting that many SEIU members in the audience must sacrifice the care of their own children to work for others in need of care, such as home health aides and hospital employees.

“This is crazy,” Clinton said.

“There’s nothing more important than our children, and when I sat down with SEIU members in Chicago I heard one heartbreaking story after another from parents who can’t afford to give their own children the care that they give other people’s kids every day.”

get any better than that place,” she said. “(The University) is a marvelous school and I think that the students and faculty there have, from what I see, some real bonds that are extremely attractive, and I look forward to adding to those.”

Since she worked as a practicing nurse before entering academia, Hurn said her drive to research stems from her interactions with patients. She said that, as a

young nurse, she was consistenly frustrated with the lack of means to help head injury and trauma patients — groups with high mortality rates.

“We didn’t really have the knowledge to be able to save those people,” Hurn said. “And it wasn’t that I, the nurse, didn’t

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Big Ten Tournament preview ‘M’ loses in Elite WOMEN’S TENNIS

Eight to Stanford Michigan’s season ended after its loss to the Cardinal.

By PAIGE VOEFFRAY Daily Sports Writer

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The Michigan baseball team has been mired in a slump recently, losing seven of its last eight games.

By ETHAN WOLFE Summer Managing Sports Editor

The Michigan baseball team’s season took a turn for the worst after it lost seven of its last eight regularseason games, five of which were against Big Ten foes.

But if the Wolverines (14-10 Big Ten, 35-19 overall) learned anything from last season’s Big Ten Tournament championship run, it was that this tourney will give them the opportunity to start with a clean slate and battle for a spot at an NCAA Regional.

Here’s what to watch for as Michigan prepares for the Big Ten Tournament.

1. Everyone in the lineup except Jake Bivens ...

The sophomore third basemen is the only player in the Wolverines’ batting order who hasn’t shifted from his spot in the lineup. In 207 at-bats, the leadoff hitter leads the team with 75 hits and a .362 batting average.

With Michigan hampered by injuries, including a broken arm for left fielder Matt Ramsay and a concussion for utility player Carmen Benedetti, Michigan coach Erik Bakich has been forced to rely on bench players such as Johnny Slater and Jonathan Engelmann to pick up slack in the outfield and at the plate.

The emergence of players like fifth-year senior Dominic Jamett has also resulted in several changes to the lineup amidst the Wolverines’ struggles. The order that Bakich will use against the Buckeyes will likely be the same throughout the Big Ten

Tournament.

2. ... especially junior catcher Harrison Wenson Wenson, Michigan’s most prolific power-hitter, has endured an uncharacteristic slump in the Wolverines’ season-ending skid. In the past eight games, he is just 3-for32 — the only bright spot is two home runs in that span.

His lackluster performance has relegated him to as low as No. 7 in the batting order in some contests as opposed to his typical residency in the cleanup spot.

If Michigan hopes to repeat as the Big Ten Tournament champion, it must be able to get its consistent hitting back from its usual suspects rather than rely on the pitching staff or any outlying play from the bottom of the lineup.

No part of the team has been flawless during its losing streak.

3. Middle-inning relievers Despite a few hiccups, the Wolverines’ starting pitchers have been getting the job done, boasting a 3.76 earned-run average and striking out nine batters a game, good for 14th in the country.

The same cannot be said about the middle-inning relievers. In almost every one of its last eight games,

Michigan’s bullpen has given up at least one run without fail. Against Illinois on May 20, all four Wolverine relievers allowed at least one run, tallying nine total to blow a 7-2 lead.

No part of the Wolverine squad has played without mistakes, but when the starting pitching or the offense gets going, it’s not being backed up in tight contests. Michigan must be able to maintain late leads — something that has been a seasonlong struggle — if it hopes to advance in the tourney.

4. The rest of the Big Ten Before the season began, Michigan was widely projected as the frontrunner to win the Big Ten. Though the Wolverines are coming into the tournament with a better record than last season, they finished a disappointing fifth place in the conference standings, a decline from being a No. 3 seed in the 2015 tournament.

Yes, Michigan has improved upon last year’s Big Ten Tournament championship team, but so has the rest of the Big Ten — by a lot.

Minnesota’s batting average of .326 ranks fourth in the country, Michigan State’s 2.71 ERA is also good for fourth and Ohio State, which the Wolverines will be facing Wednesday, has the nation’s 11th-best ERA. Even if the Wolverines can get past the Buckeyes, who they were swept by earlier this season, the tournament won’t get any easier for Michigan. The Wolverines must improve in all facets of the game to repeat what they accomplished in last year’s miraculous run.

No player would want to be in the position that Kate Fahey was in Saturday during the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament.

The freshman was in a third set tiebreaker that would not only decide who won her match, but decide if her team’s season would continue.

Though Fahey and the No. 11 Michigan women’s tennis team

“I’m proud of our team and the year we’ve had.” nearly pulled off a comeback win, No. 12 Stanford proved to be too much for the Wolverines, and Michigan’s season ended with a 4-3 loss.

Fahey’s match didn’t start as close as it ended. Stanford’s Caroline Doyle dominated Fahey in the first set, but Fahey refused to go down without a fight. She easily

won the second set and leveled the playing field once again.

Neither opponent showed any sign of slowing down, forcing the third set into a tiebreaker. Doyle immediately jumped out to a 5-0 lead, and Fahey was unable to close the deficit. After a long rally during match point, she hit her ball into the net and lost the tiebreaker, 7-4, and the match, 2-6, 6-2, 6-7.

Michigan got off to a quick start, winning two out of three doubles matches. Sophomore Mira RuderHook and freshman Brienne Minor clinched the doubles point for the Wolverines, giving Michigan an early 1-0 lead. The No. 1 doubles pair won, 7-5, after four straight double faults from Stanford.

Then, a win from senior Ronit Yurovsky and losses from both sophomore Alex Najarian and freshman Teona Velehorschi tied the match at 2-2.

Ruder-Hook, Fahey and Minor all forced their matches to third sets and things were finally looking up for Michigan. Just two of them needed to win for the Wolverines to advance.

A win from Minor and loss from Ruder-Hook shined the spotlight on Fahey, who couldn’t pull off the comeback.

“I’m really proud of our team and the year we’ve had,” said Michigan coach Ronni Bernstein.

“We made it to the Elite 8 and having a chance to go to the Final Four was exciting, but it just

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Ronit Yurovsky kept Michigan in the match in its loss to Stanford.

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Betsa rebounds at NCAA Regionals

By ORION SANG Summer Managing Sports Editor

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Junior right-hander Megan Betsa has allowed just two runs through 17 innings pitched at the NCAA Tournament.

NCAA Super Regionals Preview

By AVI SHOLKOFF Daily Sports Writer

In Megan Betsa’s last start against then-No. 18 Missouri on March 3, she pitched a shutout and struck out seven batters in the No. 2 Michigan softball team’s 13-0 run-rule victory.

The junior right-hander walked four batters and threw just 60 percent of her pitches for strikes.

Last weekend, Betsa won all three of her starts to lead the Wolverines to an NCAA Regional sweep. She walked only one batter in 17 innings and allowed just two runs. After a gritty, but at times erratic, performance in the Big Ten Tournament, Betsa’s three starts last weekend solidified her place as the conference’s best pitcher.

Michigan (21-2 Big Ten, 49-5 overall) will play a No. 16 Missouri squad that rolled through its regional, becoming the first team to clinch a spot in the Super Regionals.

The Tigers (14-10 Southeastern, 42-14 overall) didn’t allow a run in its three run-rule victories.

“I can tell you this: (Missouri’s) a really good team,” said Michigan coach Carol Hutchins. “I do know that the day we played them was the day after their star pitcher was hit in the face with a ball, and they were down and out. We are not playing that team — that team is gone.

They’re a very good team, and I can only say that there are no bad teams to play.”

The key component of Missouri’s offense is its impressive speed on the basepaths. The Tigers have

stolen 163 bases, averaging 2.91 per game, good for second in the nation.

Leading the team is outfielder Taylor Gadbois with 54 steals, highest in the Southeastern Conference and second in the country. Gadbois sports a .401 batting average, one of three Missouri hitters with a .401 clip or greater.

“I can only say that there are no bad teams to play.”

The Wolverines’ catchers will be facing a daunting task against a speedy Tigers squad. Sophomore Aidan Falk and freshman Alex Sobczack have caught just four runners stealing this season. In this weekend’s games against Missouri, Falk will certainly be tested behind the plate.

In the circle, Missouri righthander Paige Lowary garnered three complete-game shutouts in the regional and looks to replicate similar results against Michigan.

Lowary struggled in her previous appearance against the Wolverines, walking seven batters and allowing 11 runs in three innings.

Lowary pitched all 17 innings in last weekend’s regional. Helping Lowary in the rotation is right-

hander Danielle Baumgartner, who holds a 1.98 earned-run average despite striking out just 53 batters in 109.1 innings.

Michigan rebounded from a difficult loss in the Big Ten Tournament final to dominate its three regional games. It outscored its opponents 20-2. Senior second baseman Sierra Romero — recently named a top-three finalist for USA Softball Player of the Year — notched two home runs and four RBI in last weekend’s games, and she is on pace to break her single-season home run and RBI records of 23 and 83, respectively.

The Wolverines offense has been overwhelming all season, ranking third with a .353 batting average and scoring 8.31 runs per game, tied for first nationally.

Senior centerfielder Sierra Lawrence continues to jumpstart the offense for Michigan, stealing 20 bases from the lead-off spot in the lineup and ranks second on the team in on-base percentage at .560. Lawrence is slugging a careerbest .703 and made her second consecutive All-Great Lakes Region first team.

The Wolverines’ offense has rarely been a cause for concern, so all eyes will turn to Michigan’s pitching staff. If Betsa and fifth-year senior right-hander Sara Driesenga can take care of the Tigers’ hitters, the Wolverines’ catchers won’t need to worry about Missouri’s aggressive baserunners. If that’s the case, Michigan could win another trip to the Women’s College World Series.

Michigan coach Carol Hutchins sat down with Megan Betsa shortly after the No. 2 Michigan softball team’s 4-3 loss to No. 15 Minnesota in the Big Ten Tournament championship.

The junior right-hander had battled through nine innings against the Golden Gophers, issuing eight walks but giving up just three hits and two earned runs with 10 strikeouts.

The conversation between coach and player was simple: Hutchins wanted to remind her star pitcher of her own prowess. “(Hutchins) and I had a good talk,” Betsa said. “She just told me that I need to start trusting myself, that what I do is good enough. Sometimes I get myself in trouble just thinking too much and worrying about the hitter, as opposed to just throwing my pitches through the zone. I think her giving me that reminder, it was a good time going into postseason to know that what I’m doing is good enough.”

In addition to heeding her coach’s advice, Betsa also spent the week leading up to the NCAA Tournament practicing on her control with a special drill designed by pitching coach Jennifer Brundage.

“We shrunk the strike zone this week in practice with strings,” Betsa said after Saturday’s victory.

“My job was still to throw the ball through the strike zone and not let my emotions get the best of me.”

The combination of Hutchins’ moral support and Brundage’s drill clearly paid off. Betsa started all three games of the Wolverines’ NCAA Regional this past weekend and was integral to her team’s success in each of them, pitching two shutouts and giving up just two runs all weekend.

Friday against Valparaiso, Betsa put to rest any concerns about her control, issuing only one walk en route to a one-hit, nine-strikeout performance. After the game against the Crusaders, Betsa commented that she was particularly pleased with the movement on her curveball and riseball.

And though she thought her curveball was not as good in

Saturday’s game against Miami (Ohio), Betsa was just as effective as she was the day before — the junior threw another one-hit shutout, this time with no walks.

The toughest challenge for the junior all weekend came against No. 23 Notre Dame.

In the fourth inning of Sunday’s matchup against the Fighting Irish, Hutchins paid a visit to the circle with the Wolverines clinging to a one-run lead. Betsa had allowed a leadoff single before Notre Dame sacrificed the runner over to second, and Hutchins wanted to talk things over.

Just like her conversation with Betsa after the Minnesota game, this chat paid off as well.

“She just came out there to tell me my body speed looked slow,” Betsa said. “I wasn’t whipping my pitches, and that tends to be when I get into trouble: when I try to place the ball and my body speed slows down. So she just told me to whip it, spin the ball through the zone and I got the result that she wanted and I wanted.”

That result was two consecutive strikeouts to get out of the inning with Michigan’s lead preserved, and the Wolverines would plate five runs in the next half inning to put the game out of reach.

“What I have loved the most about Megan is when she has ups and downs — in particular when she has downs — she really works hard to get through them,” Hutchins said.

“She’s coachable, she’s approachable and she’ll do anything to be great.”

Added Betsa: “I like where I am right now. I struggled early on in the season because I felt like I was trying to play catch-up the first month of the season from not being able to pitch — I was dealing with a little back injury, and after I came off that, I was like, ‘Well, I need to be where I was a month ago right now.’ When I wasn’t there, I was just getting frustrated, and it was just a vicious cycle. Once I learned to let go of that and realizing that I was good enough where I was in the current moment, I started to be myself again.”

And if Betsa being herself means posting a 0.82 earned-run average over 17 innings pitched against three NCAA Tournament teams, then her team appears to be in good shape.

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Christner rediscovers form at NCAA Regionals

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Junior left-fielder Kelly Christner hit .500 over the first three games of the NCAA Regionals this past weekend.

By BETELHEM ASHAME Daily Sports Writer

As a first team All-American last year, junior left fielder Kelly Christner has struggled

to duplicate that same offensive prowess this season.

But if her performance in the NCAA Regional is any indication, Christner is in the midst of an offensive resurgence, and her

timing couldn’t be better for the No. 2 Michigan softball team.

Batting .500 with three runs, two doubles and an RBI last weekend in three consecutive wins over Valparaiso, Miami (Ohio) and No.

23 Notre Dame, Christner played a large role for the Wolverines, who earned the regional crown and advanced to the NCAA Super Regionals.

While Michigan outscored its trio of opponents, 20-2, the Wolverines sometimes found it difficult to generate momentum at the plate. By utilizing inventive ways to reach base at key moments, Christner proved to be critical to her team’s success.

Saturday against Miami (Ohio), Michigan had failed to record a hit through the first three innings against Redhawk pitcher Amber Logemann. But that all changed when Christner stepped into the batter’s box to lead off the fourth.

Hoping to provide a spark for her troubled team, Christner took an unorthodox approach to the at-bat.

Relying on her keen instincts — supplemented by direction from Michigan coach Carol Hutchins — Christner took the first pitch Logemann threw and gently placed it in front of her before taking off for first base. Her shrewd move caught the Redhawks off guard and allowed her to reach base safely for the Wolverines’ first hit of the game — off a bunt single no less.

“If I was a gambling person, which I’m not, I would’ve bet that (Christner) would have bunted on that pitch,” Hutchins said. “But I also wanted to remind her.”

Just as Christner had hoped, the hit paid dividends for Michigan.

The Wolverines turned her leadoff hit into a two-run frame that swung the momentum in their favor. And if that wasn’t enough, Christner launched a full-count RBI double to left field to cap off a four-run sixth that solidified Michigan’s 6-0 victory.

Sunday against Notre Dame in the regional final, the Wolverines were clinging to a 2-1 lead after four innings of play, once again unable to manufacture much offense. But after senior second baseman Sierra Romero reached base on a throwing error and advanced to second on a wild pitch, Christner stepped up to the plate with another opportunity to propel her team forward.

Banking on the success of her bunt single attempt the day before, Christner decided to try the same trick again. Leaning forward with her bat on the second pitch, Christner planted the ball directly in front of her before dashing

toward first base. The Fighting Irish were left just as confounded as the Redhawks, unable to react in time to stop Christner from reaching base safely.

For the second straight game, Christner’s skillful play benefited Michigan immensely. This time, the Wolverines capitalized on the two-on, no-out scenario by constructing a four-run frame that ultimately decided the game, as Michigan went on to earn a 6-2 victory.

Throughout the season, Hutchins has attempted to help Christner combat her struggles at the plate, moving her from the top to the bottom of the batting order at various times in an effort to jumpstart her hitting. In the NCAA Regional, Christner found success at both the No. 6 spot and No. 3 spot on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. “(Christner) is one of the best athletes I’ve ever coached, and she’s a fantastic hitter,” Hutchins said. “(She) just needs to get out of her own way, and we’re trying to help her because when she (does), she’ll be fine — when she believes.”

Though her overall numbers have dipped this season, Christner has maintained a steady influence on the team. One of three captains for the Wolverines — the lone junior — Christner has driven the team forward throughout the season due to her leadership more so than her performances. But while some players who experience slumps might wait until the next season to make their comeback, Christner has stepped up as a team leader once again, choosing to take advantage of the postseason instead.

“Honestly, a lot of (my offensive success) is just with my timing and rhythm,” Christner said. “Going in there with that confidence that no matter what I’ve done all season, it’s postseason time, so I might as well go out there, try something new (and) try to find ways on base, and I think that helped me out this weekend.”

Helping Michigan in any way she can, Christner has found a groove offensively and demonstrated her commitment to the team simultaneously. In order for the Wolverines to find success in the NCAA Super Regional and beyond, they will need their captain to continue trending upward, and Christner looks ready to deliver.