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By RIYAH BASHA Daily Summer News Editor

On the night she hung herself, Janika Edmond asked her guards at the Huron Valley Correctional Facility for a suicide prevention vest, according to her family’s attorney David Steingold.

Edmond was 25 years old and was nearly finished serving time for violating parole following past convictions of assault, breaking and entering and resisting police officers. Records from the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) and Steingold show Edmond spent her sentence dealing with clinical depression, bipolar disorder and suicidal thoughts, all of which were the aftermath of a deluge of emotional and financial problems she experienced as a child.

Steingold went on to detail Edmond’s request on Nov. 2, 2015, for the suicide prevention vest —

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a bulky smock with straps known as a Bam Bam suit — and prison guards’ dismissive reactions.

He even referenced a bet placed by prison staff members on the likelihood of Edmond’s success in receiving a vest.

Just 20 minutes later, Edmond was found hanging in a shower area with pieces of underwear tied around her neck. Washtenaw County vital records confirm she was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital four days later on Nov. 6.

Steingold said though he is not able to comment on the exact details of Edmond’s death, its causes are clear.

“Her death was occasioned by improper action of the prison and its employees,” he said.

Two corrections officers were fired over the incident this March, and as Steingold gathers evidence in preparation for a lawsuit against MDOC, the Michigan State Police is still conducting an investigation into the death, which has not yet been officially declared a suicide.

Edmond, however, was just one of 33 suicide attempts at Huron Valley in the last year alone, and she was just one of 2,287 women packed inside the facility, which is set to receive more offenders

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despite the fact that it’s already more than 100 inmates above capacity.

This year alone, the prison has been in the news for stories such as women being housed in converted break rooms and offices, rationing sanitary pads and a double amputee inmate forced to crawl to shower areas.

Though Edmond’s end may have been exceptional, many claim her experiences suggest common, endemic problems of overcrowding and inadequate inmate resources at Huron Valley.

Lack of Resources MDOC spokesman Chris Gautz emphasized that prison officials are working to alleviate issues of overcrowding. Since a November Detroit Free Press article exposed the prison for housing women in offices and TV rooms, Gautz said officials at Huron Valley have devoted more time to carving out space for more inmates.

“We’re dealing with the space we have available at Women’s Huron Valley,” Gautz said. “We had to, in some housing units, convert areas that weren’t traditionally cells, and we’ve been able to take a few of those

offline. We also created a new housing unit in a newer area of the facility that had about 90 beds. It’s a situation we continue to monitor daily.”

Many critics are still not satisfied. Birmingham attorney Lynn Shecter, on behalf of three Huron Valley inmates, sued the state in a class action suit in April on claims that the overcrowding violated inmates’ basic constitutional right against cruel and unusual punishment.

The suit, still under preliminary consideration by state courts, alleges the three inmates spent up to 23 hours with multiple cell partners in confined spaces.

Shecter emphasized that her clients’ experiences are not isolated.

“We keep hearing the same story again and again,” Shecter said.

“When we distributed a survey to find out if (overcrowding) is a universal problem at Huron Valley, we discovered it is. And this has an effect on the mental health and attempts to rehabilitate prisoners.”

Huron Valley’s population has jumped by more than 17 percent in the last five years, though the See PRISON, Page 9

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Panelists Dan Quisenberry, president of the Michigan Association of Public School Academies, and John Rakolta Jr., chairman and CEO of Walbridge and co-chairman for the Coalition for the Future of Detroit School Children, debated DPS reform in general and the place of Michigan Senate Bill 710-711 within it.

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Both parties agree that major reform in Detroit Public Schools is needed. About 19,000 elementary students in Detroit currently attend schools with less than five percent reading at a fourth grade proficiency level, according to MI School Data. Additionally, the district has run a deficit for 16 of the last 17 years.

“We all have the goal of increasing academic outcomes for kids,” Quisenberry said. “We also have the goal of improving access to quality schools across the city of Detroit.”

Rakolta favored the legislation because he believes the commission created under the bill would ultimately improve classroom conditions and help control finances.

“If we don’t fix this in Detroit, we’re going nowhere,” Rakolta said. “There is no discipline in our system.”

Quisenberry, on the other

for people on his side to not be afraid to make new and different proposals.

“What we want is performance,” Quisenberry said.

“Why do we assume that this (Bill 710-711) will have a positive impact on students’ outcomes?

Will a D.E.C. (Detroit Education Commission) manage attendance issues across the city? Can a D.E.C. respect and handle the diversity of the Detroit issues?

I don’t see how a D.E.C. can do that.”

Rakolta responded by stressing that the current leadership within the district is failing. He touted proposed bills as the best option, especially given the bipartisan support it has received within the state senate and from community leaders.

“Whatever we have today isn’t working, and we can’t wait any longer,” Rakolta said. “The D.E.C. is the best hope and it is supported See MACKINAC, Page 8

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Program prepares veterans for transition from service to school Warrior Scholar project helps students returning from service

By KEVIN LINDER Daily Staff Reporter

For the third summer since 2014, the University of Michigan hosted the Warrior-Scholar Project, a week-long summer program that provides veterans with assistance during the transition from military life to higher education.

Founded at Yale University in 2012, the program expanded to both the University and Harvard University in 2014. This summer, it will be hosted by 12 different universities across the country. In Ann Arbor, the program was hosted at the Mosher-Jordan Residence Hall.

Students sleep, eat and study from 9 a.m. Sunday morning to late Saturday evening. This year’s cohort of 27 veterans at the University represented the largest group ever to participate in the program.

Upon leaving the service, one of the challenges that many

veterans face when they leave the service — which the WarriorScholar Project seeks to address — is a lack of preparation for the transition directly into a collegiate environment.

The veterans enrolled in the program take part in classes designed to improve critical reading and writing skills. After breakfast, students attend seminars led by volunteer professors from the University, and later in the day, they participate in reading classes in which they analyze the ideas and arguments made in challenging texts from authors such as Alexis de Tocqueville, Thucydides and Plato. The students also take writing classes, led by full-time tutors, in which they learn to effectively develop a thesis and present arguments.

The program is designed to help students who are planning to attend college in the future, but it’s also open to students who feel they need additional academic assistance following a couple of semesters of enrollment.

Program Director Ryan

Pavel, a Marine Corps veteran and University alum, said the program is very humanitiesfocused, yet is also designed to aid students with all types of interests and needs.

As the organization grows, there are plans to further incorporate STEM-based skills into the program. According to Pavel, Yale University and the University of Oklahoma offer additional week-long programs to students who want to pursue STEM degrees.

Pavel also said the work students do through the program, and the way the program is designed, prepare students for the challenges and expectations of fields outside of higher education as well.

“We are trying to start conversations about these study skills,” Pavel said. “Being a good student helps you anywhere.

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“Being a good student helps you anywhere”

The Michigan state legislature is attempting to join North Carolina in passing a bill that would require transgender people to use the bathroom that corresponds with the sex listed on their birth certificate. State Sen. Tom Casperson (R–Escanaba) is sponsoring the bill and is firmly set on legalizing it despite the apparent obstacles and media firestorm North Carolina is facing.

North Carolina, the first state to successfully restrict which public bathrooms and locker rooms transgender people use, sparked headline news and strong opposition from LGBTQ rights advocates, and the state is currently facing many legal battles regarding the bill. LGBTQ rights advocates filed a lawsuit against the law’s legality, and the federal government ordered North Carolina to abolish the law as it violates federal civil rights, leading to a lawsuit against North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) by the Department of Justice.

Despite President Barack Obama cutting billions of dollars in federal aid from North Carolina, Casperson will continue to advocate for the bill and wishes to stop children from sharing a bathroom with others who are “biologically different.” Casperson decided to introduce the bill after discovering that the State Board of Education stated in a proposed reccomendation that public schools should allow transgender students to use the bathrooms with which they identify, as well as being referred to by the pronoun of their requests.

This proposition, however, didn’t sit well with the Republicans in Lansing, including

House Speaker Kevin Cotter, who also spoke out against the board’s recommendation. Cotter said in a statement that he is protecting the wishes of parents who may not have approved a gender switch concerning their child.

“Maybe there’s something there that’s just not normal,” Casperson said. “And normal’s not the right word. Maybe there’s something there that’s just not right, where we’re mixing these kids together.”

The proposed bill is already receiving backlash similar to the comments made in North Carolina. A public comment section already has 7,000 responses and comments, mostly in opposition to the measure.

John Austin, president of the State Board of Education, is an active force against this bill. Austin said that the bill could violate federal civil rights and further isolate these transgender students who are already at-risk for suicide, depression and bullying.

The bill is also facing opposition from state Democrats. U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee (D–Mi.) released a statement condoning what he is calling the Anti-LGBT Bathroom Bill. Kildee pointed out that Casperson and other Republicans are willing to spend time and money on such a divisive issue rather than focusing attention on issues such as improving infrastructure, ensuring funding for the public schools and safe drinking water in Flint.

“Their ‘bathroom bill’ ... is discriminatory and bigoted,” Kildee said in a statement. “It seeks to divide Michiganders and deny people access to restrooms when they simply want privacy, safety and respect when using such accommodations. Michigan Republicans like Senator Casperson should spend less time bullying Michiganders and more time on the actual problems facing our state. This hateful bill flies in the face of Michigan values like dignity, equality and respect, and it should be promptly shelved and defeated.”

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Why you should do a Ph.D.

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his election cycle has seen a carousel of hot topics ranging from whether we should accept Syrian RYAN ROOSE refugees to which bathrooms individuals can and can’t use. In this series of debates, one thing that has become increasingly clearer is that the United States may be facing a polarization crisis. Though I would argue that polarization isn’t inherently bad, the real problem lies within our inability to understand opinions different from ours.

Americans disagree strongly on many hot-button issues, and people on both sides are incredibly passionate about their beliefs. However, polarization stems beyond party lines. We are not only polarized on the issues themselves; we are polarized on how we prioritize these issues.

Bernie Sanders stresses the importance of taking money out of politics. Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s biggest concern seems to be immigration. Not only do these candidates disagree on individual topics, but they also disagree on which issues are most important — and the same can be said about the American people.

A New Boston Post article has recently made the rounds on Facebook. The article seems to challenge modern American priorities. The author questions whether Americans are arguing over noteworthy topics. For example, is the transgender bathroom debate so significant that laws need to be passed to tell people which bathrooms they can or can’t use? Is it even possible to enforce those laws?

If we can afford to spend resources telling people which

bathrooms they can’t use, we can certainly spend time and money trying to feed the 15.3 million children living in foodinsecure households, right? Let’s not forget our homeless veterans; they deserve shelter and food as well, right? Or, perhaps, are these just issues that I have at the top of my priorities?

While questioning the relevance or significance of our priorities is important, the author of the article seems to imply that having different opinions is somehow unacceptable. The author seems concerned that polarization and division are going to ruin the country, which is an understandable concern.

Concerned that my liberal perspective on issues was contributing to polarization, I evaluated my priorities. I contemplated taking more moderate stances on issues that were most important to me, such as campaign finance reform, tax reform and education reform.

However, after reflecting on my priorities, I came to the conclusion that polarization isn’t inherently bad. I believe that the major problem is a lack of understanding. The article led me to question whether my own convictions are problematic.

Generally speaking, our opinions do not seem to be troublesome, but our inability to coexist with our differences of opinions is unsettling.

Most of us believe that our opinions and perspectives are correct, and we often find ourselves discussing our convictions with others who disagree. But I know my discussions tend to become arguments, and my passion sometimes becomes my weakness.

Allowing my passion to control how I debate results in hostility and intolerance.

For example, when discussing welfare with a colleague, I expressed that I believe the U.S. government has an obligation to feed and shelter its most vulnerable citizens, regardless of whether the citizens are working or seeking employment. My colleague argued that anyone who wishes to collect welfare should, at the very least, be actively seeking employment or be employed. In hindsight, I probably should’ve recognized that as a reasonable perspective. However, my passion took over and I questioned why my colleague hated the poor. I know my colleague doesn’t hate the poor, but instead of arguing the reasoning behind my colleague’s opinion, I simply attacked his character. That’s a mistake that I currently try to avoid making, as it’s an unwarranted judgment of others.

For a while, especially after reading the article, I thought perhaps I’d be better off having no opinion on some topics.

But perhaps the real issue was my inability to understand the perspectives of those who disagree with me. Rather than criticize opposing views, I began to try to understand them and in turn found myself much more comfortable with my own opinions. Rather than avoiding your own opinions, embrace them. At the same time, challenge yourself to understand the opinions of others. If individuals can work to understand others rather than reject them, I think we would find ourselves less concerned about polarization. I believe we are more than capable of coexisting with others who have opinions opposite of our own.

—Ryan Roose can be reached at rooserj@umich.edu.

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t’s that time of year when college students, especially rising seniors, are thinking about what to do after college. If you’re DAVID MERTZ considering graduate school, I’d like to offer my two cents. Starting a Ph.D., just like beginning a professional doctoral program such as medicine, dentistry or law, is a serious undertaking that requires much consideration. There’s also a lot of public misconception about the worth of a Ph.D. compared to other professional degrees. So if you’re between graduate school and another option, consider the following: 1. A Ph.D. opens doors to a variety of career paths.

While medical students nearly always become doctors and law students typically become lawyers, Ph.D.s don’t just become researchers and academics upon graduating.

Consulting firms, publications, intellectual property offices and venture capital groups all hire Ph.D.s.

Holding a doctorate in a field makes you an expert, which makes you quite valuable to individuals needing a skilled worker on a specific task, and also gives you professional talents that can be applied in many different positions. Ph.D.s know how to analyze data, look for trends, problem solve and write. They’re utilitarian.

2. It teaches real-world skills.

The environment in which research is done, in many ways, mimics a job. You have colleagues with whom you develop professional relationships and learn to work constructively. You have an overseer to monitor your progress and provide direction. Working on a Ph.D. means more than spending time at a lab bench or sitting in an office. You have opportunities to present work to your colleagues at meetings and to give talks to larger audiences.

You develop composure and learn to speak with fluidity. Conferences and symposia are perfect for learning how to meet strangers and have meaningful conversations, enabling new connections. If you finish a Ph.D. not having acquired most of these skills, you aren’t doing it right.

3. It’s often funded.

Starting graduate school doesn’t have to mean taking out loans or remaining financially dependent.

Many doctoral programs, especially in science and engineering, provide their students with funds for tuition and living expenses. When they don’t, fellowships for just about every discipline are also available,

or a Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) appointment can be used to defray the cost. With funding, you’re getting paid to earn an advanced degree, which itself increases your earning power. Very few degrees have that perk. You also learn important life skills along the way such as budgeting your own money, prioritizing your expenses and choosing an appropriate living arrangement. It’s a sensible first step upon leaving college.

4. It won’t take you eight years.

Maybe you’re willing to forgo starting a job immediately out of college to begin graduate school, but the thought of beginning a funded dual degree, such as an M.D./Ph.D., seems too excessive. I know and have loads of respect for the people who pursue such a track. But I wanted a program where I could complete in my 20s and immediately begin working, earning money that I could enjoy for a few years before thinking about settling down and starting a family. With a Ph.D., you’ll still feel young at the end, and you won’t ever be thinking to yourself, “I should have stayed in school longer.”

5. You’ll be making a completely new contribution to your field.

Because a Ph.D. is a research degree, it means you will learn what is known about your subject area and what is not. Then, you can choose a knowledge gap you are curious about and fill it. Your findings will interest others working in similar fields, and others after you will have your work to build from, incrementally growing the horizon. Research advances gradually, and even the biggest discoveries don’t happen without a firm foundation of prior work.

When you tell others what you’re working on — whether it’s curing a disease, understanding something new about an ancient civilization or inventing a more energy-efficient means of transportation — they’ll be impressed.

It’s important to have a rewarding career, but if you’re spending several years preparing yourself for it, those years should be rewarding too. A Ph.D. is far more than completing coursework and passing classes.

It means making a new discovery that enables research to progress, helping us to understand our world.

Some day in the future, a physician or lawyer might apply something you discovered to help someone else.

Research fuels all professions. Get involved.

—David Mertz can be reached at drmertz@umich.edu.

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Let’s talk about value

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ost of the time when I attend a University of Michigan-sponsored lecture from someone in MADELINE the technology NOWICKI industry — be it a designer, researcher, teacher, engineer or investor — he or she focuses on choices they made to keep their business, product or process authentic and diverse. However, there often seems to be an elephant in the room, so to speak.

Rarely do these speakers discuss their finances. It’s no secret that if a speaker is invited to a University event, they are a leader in their field, often with years of experience at various positions.

It’s not a stretch to believe they are financially successful — especially if this speaker is from a Silicon Valley company or an up-andcoming startup. It’s also not a stretch to believe that some of the students who attend these events are aiming for similar career trajectories. And money, whether you like it or not, is a massive factor in deciding upon a path for many people — particularly for students with years’ worth of loan debt.

I recently attended a talk given

by Erin Teague, a University alum and Silicon Valley businesswoman and engineer. She spoke at the School of Information as part of the “Women in Information Careers” series. The expected questions about being a woman of color in the industry, job satisfaction and time management began to flow in.

However, Teague largely steered the discussion toward her rise from UM undergraduate engineer to various jobs at Morgan Stanley, Harvard and in Silicon Valley, including her current management position at Yahoo. Not only did she focus on the specific choices she made to ascend these positions, but she also highlighted the financial impacts each choice had on her life.

I had never heard a speaker discuss their personal finances

candidly, whether the speaker was male or female. Usually speakers focus so much on promoting the message of the company that they overlook the sea of debt-ridden internship seekers in front of them.

Students are even more nervous as they see the career model of their parents’ generation — working for 30 years at the same company and retiring with a full pension — is neither viable nor particularly desirable for themselves. It was a breath of fresh air when Teague spoke frankly that professionals should see their time and skills as money-making assets and follow both their interests and their wallets to the best opportunities that arise, and not simply stay comfortable with their original negotiation. Teague advocated for professionals to weigh the benefits of salary, equity, options, etc. and confidently renegotiate when appropriate. She spoke of evaluating these assets at market value, negotiating confidently and effectively for raises and knowing what you are worth, monetarily speaking.

Equal pay for equal work is a concept that is rightfully and finally in the zeitgeist as feminism and social equity become common sense. But we need to get past simply discussing the problems of women being paid less and of recent graduates entering uncharted territory. We need to have upfront conversations with students about understanding how to value themselves and their abilities. We need more people — more women — like Teague speaking out honestly and without fear of seeming too materialistic, too ambitious or too masculine to educate college students on how to take advantage of their degrees. We need to not be afraid to broach the taboo of truly fair compensation in discussion — because money isn’t everything, but it certainly is important.

—Madeline Nowicki can be reached at nowickim@umich.edu.

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Recognizing the evil in our icons

t seems that society has a sort of rule of thumb in which artists are forgiven by history for their “strange ELENA behavior” HUBBELL because of their ability to create celebrated pieces, such as movies, books, etc. By “strange behavior,” I don’t mean the unusual oddities exhibited by geniuses, such as Nikola Tesla’s supposed habit of flexing his toes one hundred times a day. I’m talking about the more heinous crimes that were either not considered morally wrong during the artist’s lifetime or were simply ignored by those around them. Artists who are convicted or accused of rape or assault are, more often than not, forgiven, their actions are forgotten and they become idolized within their field by history. In contrast, the people who have accused these artists are oftentimes criticized by society — ostracized for daring to tarnish the reputation of such a respected person. Perhaps it is a desire to be able to enjoy the works of these artists without the distastefulness of knowing that this piece was created by a terrible human being that prompts the forgetfulness in regards to these crimes.

The situation, in one case at least, appears to be changing.

Recently, Bill Cosby has suffered a very public fall from grace, and though various celebrities still support the ex-comedian, it seems that his once-respectable name will forever be tarnished. Even if Cosby’s health were in a better state, I doubt that he would be able to find the same opportunities for work as he once had. Though I remain hopeful that Cosby’s downfall will eventually lead to the downfall of other celebrities who have been accused of sexual assault, I remain

doubtful.

Roman Polanski, who f led to France after being accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl, is still making critically acclaimed movies.

Woody Allen, whose film “Cafe Society” will be released this year, has garnered favorable reviews and featured an A-list cast, in spite of the fact that his adopted daughter, Dylan O’Sullivan Farrow, has accused him of sexually assaulting her ( let’s also not forget the fact that Allen is married to a girl whom he met when she was not yet a teenager and was the adopted daughter of the woman Allen was then in a romantic relationship with). There’s a slew of other artists who have been convicted of predatory behavior, yet these actions are often forgotten by the media.

Since the mere fact that Bill Cosby has been indicted seems to be groundbreaking, it is interesting to consider what the future holds for other perpetrators who are now being punished. This is something I have thought of a lot recently, especially in regards to the publication of a piece by Dylan O’Sullivan Farrow’s brother, Ronan Farrow, “My Father, Woody Allen, and the Danger of Questions Unasked.” Though this piece appears to be a call to action to the media, it remains debatable what the role of critics, movie-goers and academics must play in response to respected men being recognized as perpetrators. I myself have decided to boycott any future film that Woody Allen decides to make. Though I enjoyed “Midnight in Paris” and “Annie Hall,” Woody Allen’s work is now effectively off-limits to me. I have never been a fan of Polanski’s work — I thought “Chinatown” perpetuated and minimized rape culture — so boycotting his work is obviously not going to be as hard as boycotting

Allen. Though I enjoyed the “The Cosby Show” as a child, I have now decided to avoid it altogether in any way, shape or form.

I’m not asking for everyone to do what I am doing; I am instead hoping that the crimes of these men will not be swept under the rug by critics, academics or movie-goers. I hope that in the future, these artists are looked at holistically — that their actions outside of their creations be evaluated as well. Though I do believe that boycotting these artists’ newer works is the least we can do for the people whom they have allegedly assaulted, I wouldn’t expect others to subscribe to my actions outside of that, especially because it will be hard to try to ignore the huge effects that these men have had on their respective fields.

Countless comedians cite Cosby as an inf luence, Allen’s work has been groundbreaking in the world of comedy and Polanski is highly-respected by many critics. It seems that it would be too much to ask for history to completely forget these men and their legacies.

Whether we like it or not, the things that these men have done will be remembered for a period of time. The most we can hope for is that people will be aware that these masterpieces were created by bad people and stop trying to turn these artists into legends. Though these men may have been great at their craft, it should be remembered first that they abused other human beings, and, secondly, that they had many great accomplishments in their career. To do otherwise would be disrespectful to those they abused, as well as every other survivor who comes across the work of these artists.

—Elena Hubbell can be reached at annapl@umich.edu.

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MUSIC REVIEW

Flume’s latest blooms with a boom and a bang Artist explores uncharted territory in new album.

which is certainly the goal in a genre that tries to compete for the most earth-shattering live performances. You’re not at an EDM performance to slowly sway and nod, that’s for sure.

By MATT GALLATIN Daily Arts Writer

If Electronic Dance Music (EDM) is disco, and hip hop is punk rock (an increasingly relevant historical B+ parallel), it seems as if Skin we’re just about to Flume approach the Mom+Pop end of the decade. As the 1970s reached conclusion, both disco and punk began bloating to extremes, relying so heavily on over-the-top antics that they seemed to emulate the virtuosity that they ostensibly hated. At the end of the ’70s, punk rocker Wendy O. Williams of The Plasmatics cut her guitar in half with a chainsaw whilst donning a whipped cream bra on TV. In 2015, rapper Kanye West, accompanied by a swath of black-clothed men, tormented the 2015 BRIT Awards with a flamethrower. Near the end of the peak of disco, Studio 54’s reputation as a hedonistic palace of debauchery reached its height, with stories of hundreds of pounds of glitter thrown onto dancers and outfits that were hardly a step away from the birthday suit. Today, EDM festivals like Electric Daisy Carnival cater to that kind of sweaty, sexy, drug-fueled fun on a much larger and commercialized scale, complete with enormous pyrotechnics and stage set-ups.

The Las Vegas festival saw record attendance last year — 400,000 people over three days.

In line with that swelling, bigger-is-better mantra, Skin, the sophomore album of Australian producer Flume, is much larger — it’s a grandstaged vision of his self-titled debut, far more feature packed, louder and longer. Where his first venture aimed to move, this one aims to shake and entrance,

Skin loses some of the nuance from his debut.

Even as his culture inevitably pushes his musical tendencies towards pop hooks and rather homogenous female guest vocalists, Flume deserves credit for maintaining his voice, generally refraining from falling into usual EDM tropes. The most typical EDM features — an eightto-twelve bar crescendo-andbeat-drop, an obligatory Justin Bieber feature, liberal use of the Pryda snare — are avoided. “Say It,” perhaps the most structurally traditional EDM track on the album and a clear attempt to meet the radio halfway, is still a few lanes left of the kind of formulaic work you’ll hear from headliners of the field, such as Steve Aoki, Tiesto and Zedd.

Flume is at his best when he builds a hit on his own territory.

“Never Be Like You,” sung by Kai, a frequent EDM collaborator, exemplifies that. It’s an infectious blend of glitter, twirls and startsand-stops. If Skin is the grand version of debut-album Flume, “Never Be Like You” is the largerthan-life rework of the producer’s popular single “Sleepless.” It’s not groundbreaking, but it’s enjoyable.

Still, on Skin, Flume makes notable strides in the experimental realm. “Wall Fuck” and “Pika” are two of the most free-form pieces Flume has ever created, lacking the tight, rhythmic song structure that Flume has polished throughout his career. They can feel unrealized at points, but this is forgivable for a first-time foray into generally unexplored territory for the producer.

Peddling back to the punkdisco parallel, Skin also makes a clear attempt at creating bridges between the worlds of EDM and hip hop. Four rappers are featured on the album — Vic Mensa, Vince Staples, Allan Kingdom and Raekwon. “You Know,” featuring both Kingdom and former Wu-Tang member Raekwon, is one of the better Wu-Tangmeets-electronic collaborations, recalling stylistically the James Blake track “Take a Fall For Me” featuring fellow Wu-Tang member RZA (though its more successful here). The Vince Staples feature, “Smoke & Retribution,” is a strong point, though Vince’s cadence can’t tackle the industrial, relentless beat as satisfyingly as, say, Danny Brown on “Handstand.”

If it seems like Skin is pulling from broad, and occasionally opposing, musical styles, it’s because it is. Just as Raekwon is featured, so is alternative singersongwriter Beck. At times the release can feel like it’s stretching beyond its “skin.” The growing pains put a spotlight on weakness once easier to ignore in Flume’s work. The sequencing — a small issue on his self-titled debut — can be almost jarring here, particularly during the first half of the album, where the juggling of influences can be too much to sustain. But it’s where Flume can whirl together all of these influences when Skin truly excels, and nowhere is this clearer than opener “Helix.” Flutes signal synths, fluttering wings give way to techno, techno introduces industrial and industrial opens up to a mind-bogglingly hypnotic conclusion that seems as at home at an enormous outdoor festival as it would a clandestine 1990s rave. Past meets present, and present meets past.

For its ambition, Skin loses some of the nuance afforded by Flume’s debut, but in its place is a shinier, expansive body of work that refuses to cede to redundancy. It signals both promising and welcoming new directions for the young producer, and, one might hope, a change in EDM’s old guard.

FILM REVIEW

ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS

Imagine what these ladies would say at the price of Starbucks.

‘Love’ is graceful

By SOPHIA KAUFMAN Daily Arts Writer

“Love and Friendship” is adapted from Jane Austen’s novella “Lady Susan.” Though not as well known or beloved as “Pride and APrejudice,” “Sense and Love & Sensibility” or even “Emma,” Friendship this story is Roadside just as bright Attractions and funny, as it slyly pokes fun State Theatre at several of its characters. It’s a marriage plot, but it’s less about grand gestures and declarations of love and more about a charismatic and charming woman’s ability to manipulate men — which is uncannily successful.

Directed by Whit Stillman, (“Damsels in Distress”) “Love and Friendship” follows Lady Susan Vernon (Kate Beckinsale, “Absolutely Anything”) and her daughter Frederica (Morfydd Clark, “The Falling”) as they visit and stay with relatives; they’re in a precarious position financially after the death of Lady Susan’s husband.

Lady Susan wishes her daughter to marry Sir James Martin (Tom Bennett, “Shadow Dancer”), a wellmeaning but blithering idiot, for his wealth. Frederica is understandably reluctant and appeals to her mother’s sister-in-law Catherine (Emma Greenwell, “Dare to be Wild”), with whom they are staying, and Catherine’s brother Reginald (Xavier Samuel, “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”). Lady Susan is disappointed in her daughter not only for disobeying her wishes but also for interrupting her own manipulations of Reginald, who is also wealthy and captivated by Lady Susan (to his family’s great distress).

Lady Susan often spends time

with her American friend Alicia Johnson (Chloe Sevigny, “American Horror Story”), who helps her in her machinations. Their conversations feel as if one could overhear them today, full of wry humor and poking fun at oblivious men, but that in no way means they don’t require your full attention. At one point, put out that others aren’t adhering to the plans she had set for them and some of her more dishonest behavior had been found out, Lady Susan complains to Alicia, “Facts are horrid things.”

Though there are some exceptions, “Love and Friendship” isn’t exactly a star-studded cast.

Perhaps that is what gives it quiet, unassuming authenticity. The film is simultaneously genuine and curiously self-aware, thanks to sharp, witty writing and a waltzing score that seems to laugh along with you at the establishing shots of real estate. The aesthetic delights of the film (costumes, hair, etc.) don’t pull focus from anything else but rather help the actors feel and look completely at home in this 18th-century story.

The cast works effortlessly well together. Beckinsale and Bennett don’t have many scenes in which they interact alone, but they play each other up outstandingly, perspicacious genius and vacuous suitor both pursuing what they want.

By the end, four people have ended up coupled, but even the more virtuous pair can’t convince you that this story is romantic. While there are some shifty characters and a few bumbling husbands that make you laugh out loud — especially once you catch sight of their wives’ expression — Lady Susan is hero and villain and comic relief all at once. This story is hers. Stillman has crafted a tribute not only to Austen’s memory, but to some of her cleverest writing and funniest storytelling.

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MUSIC FESTIVAL REVIEW

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Highs, lows and stars of Boston Calling Eclectic group of artists make their way to New England

By KAREN HUA Daily Arts Writer

BOSTON - Three days, 39 acts, smack in the middle of historic Beantown.

Revealed in a press release Friday, 2016 is the final year that City Hall Plaza will host Boston Calling, as the music festival is slated to move to Harvard’s athletic campus in Allston, Mass. next May and expand to incorporate Natalie Portman’s (“Black Swan”) film festival. The traditionally biannual event will also discontinue its September edition.

Saturday reached a high of 99 degrees while Sunday chilled the plaza with unusually cool temperatures.

Likewise, here are the highs and lows of Boston Calling’s seventh festival.

Sufjan Stevens Many of the 50,000 attendees this year didn’t know how to pronounce Sufjan (Soof-yan) Stevens, but they most likely witnessed the most alien concert of their lives. Kicking off the weekend, Stevens brought every flashy prop, costume and pyrotechnic imaginable to the stage: butterfly wings, pompoms, blowup figurines, eccentric wigs and goggles and hats, a full disco-ball suit and a whole balloon suit. Unlike music festivals like Bonnaroo, Boston Calling isn’t notorious for encouraging egregious drug experimentation, but Stevens and his neon-clad backup singers danced around like robotic versions of Richard Simmons, reminiscent of an acid trip. Every performer on his stage breathed his electric aesthetic, producing sounds that (albeit didn’t sound like English) glittered and sparkled. He ended his set on his more recognizable, “Chicago,” a semi-autobiographical song about youthful idealism. In a nutshell, it embodied Stevens’ show: a dreamlike fantasy manifested into reality. He cooed: “All things go / All things go,” as though to assuage the youth in the crowd. Needless to say, Stevens’ performance shattered the schema for a typical concert experience; he defined an out-ofbody sensation.

Sia

Even though Sia closed only the first night, she takes home the prize for “Best of the Fest.” There was absolutely no performance that could compare to her dropdead stunning multimedia concert – an experience that intertwined live-action performance with audiovisual beauty. The Australian pop singer arrived in her iconic black-and-white wig that covered her eyes, and she commanded the back corner of the stage, where she didn’t budge for the entire set.

Instead, she surprised an erupting audience with her music-video star, “Dance Moms” child prodigy Maddie Ziegler, whose live talents were unparalleled by any other. Sia arrived with her entourage of other eccentric dancers as well, ranging in gender and age, all donning nude-colored leotards and her signature wig. The two Jumbotrons that consistently broadcasted live onstage action actually displayed pre-recorded footage for Sia’s performance — tricking the audience into believing that what they saw on screen mirrored the real-life movements before them.

So, the concert in a word: meta.

Celebrities that danced across the screen such as Kristen Wiig (“SNL”) and Paul Dano (“Little Miss Sunshine”) weren’t actually present onstage — and who knows? Perhaps Sia wasn’t even there singing herself.

Børns The highly-anticipated Børns, donned in hippie vibes and a tucked floral shirt, fell a little short of expectations. Garrett Borns, originally from Grand Haven, Mich., swayed in his stationary spot on stage, and though his music asks for a laxer rock atmosphere, even performances for upbeat tracks like “American Money” didn’t exude the soul the song begs for. With an unchanging backdrop and minimalistic lights, the singer could have put on a more riveting performance to compensate for his low-budget technical props – like many artists in the middle of the star-power scale did.

City and Colour Amid the hazy New England heat, Saturday was mellow. The Vaccines were chill, Børns was soft, Canadian singer City and Colour was both of those things while oozing the soul the former two artists lacked. If sound could cry, if songs could be laced with tears, if music could

hang longing in the air — that was exactly what City and Colour did.

Starting with more popular tracks like “The Girl” and “Lover Come Back,” the set list cooled down in coordination with the setting sun.

City and Colour elongated many of his songs, and his acoustic melodies and chilling falsettos carried the crowd into the night.

Courtney Barnett Courtney Barnett is not everyone’s cup of tea, and in fact, she may purposely be tea that’s hard to swallow. The Australian singersongwriter’s music isn’t exactly mainstream, yet she received a Grammy nomination last year for Best New Artist; she’s surely a hardcore rocker, yet her stream-ofconsciousness lyrical style strays her into the indie category. Barnett’s concerts are always about the music — no shock elements, no extravagant wardrobe, no makeup— just her and her fiery, ferociously feminist hits.

While she didn’t travel much during her set, her stationary position didn’t hold her hostage like it did for others. Barnett leapt up into the air; she slammed her body down on the stage, she rang out her guitar so hard that the strings seemed at peril to snap. She didn’t disappoint with the crowd favorite, “Pedestrian at Best,” in which, ironically, she screams: “Put me on a pedestal and I’ll only disappoint you.” Her passion was undeniable, but with downcast eyes and hair covering her countenance, her performance offered more of an aloof rather than direct chemistry for the audience. At least it’s safe to say Barnett had as much fun as her fans.

Miike Snow As Boston Calling proved, stationary movement doesn’t always equate to a static performance. ODESZA, Disclosure, Courtney Barnett and others stand mostly in one spot on stage, yet the passion their facial expressions and vocal chops move audiences for them. While Andrew Wyatt, the lead singer of Miike Snow, used the stage to his advantage, his traveling didn’t make for as dynamic a performance because he seemed to approach his music more passively.

Frequently returning to his cup of hot tea, Wyatt seemed to be more immersed in a rehearsal session than his screaming fans. This may be attributed to the fact that Wyatt and his band “don’t think (they’re) stars.” In an exclusive interview

with The Michigan Daily, Wyatt said of iii, their third and most recent album, “This record is more like American to me … It feels like it’s drawing from Black American music traditions.” Wyatt explained he grew up highly influenced by Black icons like Stevie Wonder and Earth, Wind and Fire, and now, he defines: “extremely nerdy European and extreme disadvantaged African Americans: between those two crews, that’s where music moves forward, generally speaking.”

Miike Snow surely has the European aspect, as Wyatt, the only American in a trio of Swedes, writes all the songs with his bandmates.

Wyatt explained that most of their work is held together by hooks, so they understand how to produce a catchy song, but Miike Snow could have worked harder to build their own hype at their Boston Calling performance. Though they only recently started using laptops during their sets, they manipulate all their sounds live. The band is known for playing songs for as long (or as short) as they feel. “Animal” beat on for nearly eight minutes that night — but not quite at the rave vibe they were going for. Miike Snow’s three big closers, “Burial,” “Genghis Khan” and “Animal” felt a bit anticlimactic for a group like Miike Snow.

ODESZA If the haze wore the crowd down, ODESZA reinvigorated heat-exhausted festival-goers to party on. ODESZA concerts always reverberate with such energy, it’s hard for them to get old, even after seeing them one, two, four or more times. Though the back of the crowd was slow to warm up, by the end of their set, their electronic-meetsethereal sound fired everyone up.

ODESZA successfully launched Boston into the summer with tracks like (ironically) “Summer’s Gone” and “How Did I Get Here.” It’s an unfair comparison to smaller, lower-budget indie bands, but stage lights and production design really enhance the quality of a concert experience. As phenomenal as Robyn’s show was, the majority of the tired plaza filtered out following ODESZA. It looks like ODESZA was the real headliner Saturday night.

Robyn Robyn was one big late-night dance party — pure thrill, pure fun. As one of the most dynamic performers the festival saw,

Robyn’s merits were unfortunately overshadowed by the tepid turnout following ODESZA’S smashing set.

Boston Calling was the first stop of her American festival tour, so she came fully equipped with her one-legged fringe pantsuit and her ponytail microphone stand.

Interestingly, Robyn made the creative decision to remix some of her most popular songs by inviting some of her favorite artists onstage with her. Some highlights included The Black Madonna during “Indestructible,” and popular hits such as “Dancing On My Own” with French duo Cassius and “Stars 4 Ever” with Zhala & Heal the World.

Silhouetted by red and blue lights, Robyn showcased her impressive stamina by bouncing with nonstop energy. Her spirit almost sparkled on stage, as though her music sweat out through her pores instead of escaping from the microphone.

Unknown Mortal Orchestra Frontman Ruban Nielson sauntered on stage — no need for an introduction — and just began playing. The band clearly felt comfortable on the stage, as if they were jamming among an audience of friends. Nielsen, a multi-instrumentalist, built up into a drumroll, introducing rougher rhythms that allowed him to shred his guitar and groove to undertones of synth. He immersed himself so deeply in the music that the lacking lights and backdrop seemed to fade away amid echoes from their MultiLove album.

Elle King Who would’ve known this beauty was the spawn of crude comedian Rob Schneider? After hearing King’s set, though, it may make sense, as she unabashedly bellowed provocative lyrics about “being slutty” and openly admitted to having one too many drinks before her performance. Nevertheless, the crass and sass she brought to the stage was still outlined by a feminist fire that refused to apologize for being an independent “chainsmoking, hard-drinking woman.”

With a raspy voice and edgy country-meets-rocker aesthetic, the “hillbilly from Ohio” strummed her banjo named Claire and sang about her heartbreaking days. The crowd fell immediately in love with her candor and bowed down to their new Queen.

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During his keynote address to the conference Wednesday evening, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan also outlined profound problems in Detroit Public Schools and hailed the bill as being the best solution available to help the district. He also noted how the emergency managers of the district appointed by the state since 2009 have not been successful.

“The structure has no chance; it doesn’t matter who you bring in,” Duggan said. “(The state has) run the system for seven years because they said the school board couldn’t do it, and they’ve run a deficit every year.”

Duggan also hailed Washington D.C. as a model district in which a system similar to the D.E.C. has worked. He said Washington D.C. schools went from being the worst district in reading proficiency in 2007 to among the highest reading proficiency of any urban school district in America, and he hopes the same transformation happens in Detroit.

“Anybody who can look and say we should defend the existing system, to me, there’s something they are not paying attention to,” Duggan said.

Quisenberry said the proposed bill falls short, however, as a means of recruiting new teaching talent and fixing the system already in place. He applauded school systems in Colorado and Massachusetts for having high standards for educators, and

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In an interview with the Daily, Kildee said he has started an online petition and is calling Michiganders who care about equality to speak out against this bill.

“It makes no sense ... it’s like they are searching for a way to pander to the far right by creating a problem that doesn’t exist,” Kildee said. “There is no rational law to discriminate against LGBT people. It’s an obvious political pander, and it’s destructive.”

State Rep. Jeff Irwin (D–Ann

stressed that now is the time for educators in Michigan to strive to meet their models.

“It’s about increasing standards and expectations for all of our schools,” Quisenberry said. “I would love this crowd, this community, this chamber, the people in this organization standing up to Lansing and saying now is the time to have real standards and consistency.”

Though Rakolta and Quisenberry agreed that deficit spending in the district needs to be controlled, Rakolta stated that without the passing of the senate bill, there will be more losses incurred in the school system.

“We have had this humongous deficit spending, and I submit that it will continue into the future regardless of what happens in Lansing this week or next,” Rakolta said.

Tonya Allen, president and CEO of The Skillman Foundation — an organization helping students graduate from high school and prepare for college and careers — highlighted the importance of pushing beyond personal perspectives in order to fix the root of the problem.

“At some point or another, we have to make a decision to take away the things that don’t work and add things that do work,” Allen said. “The status quo is not going to improve the quality of schools for children.”

The panelists agreed that the most important factor moving forward is for the people of Detroit to be involved for any future system to work.

“What will happen after legislation will define who we are,” Quisenberry said.

Arbor) agreed that this is political pandering attempting to appeal to extreme and-or religious conservatives. However, he is confident that the bill will never be put to a vote.

“I don’t think it will come to a vote because the leadership understands that it’s bad for the state and for them politically,” Irwin said. “People realize that this whole idea that young men are going to try and switch their gender to try and invade a woman’s locker room is just not realistic. It’s a fine soundbite, but when you start to think about it, nobody is going to do that because of the severe social stigma that they would receive.”

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PRISON From Page 1 building’s capacity has stayed the same. Gautz pointed to increased heroin use and a higher rate of women’s incarceration around the country for the rising number of Huron Valley inmates.

“Heroin usage has led to a lot of crimes women are committing to feed that drug habit, and all of our counties are sending more women to prison,” Gautz said.

However, Shecter, Steingold and a number of advocates underscored the vacuum of resources created by the influx of inmates as a greater issue than the sheer number of women housed in the facility.

“The state has abdicated its responsibility for these women,” Steingold said. “The fact they have to stand in long lines to get medications, some diabetic patients can’t access medications because of the long distances they have to walk … we’re talking about basic human needs.”

Since 2009, University of Michigan research assistant Lizzy Baskerville has facilitated a weekly acting program at Huron Valley with the University’s Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP), which promotes artistic collaboration between the University community and the local incarcerated population.

Baskerville noted the precarious state of female inmates’ mental health — roughly 20 percent of the entire U.S. inmate population is diagnosed with a mental illness — and argued poor living conditions exacerbate an already stressful climate.

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Brad Carney, a U.S. Army Ranger who served for six years, said the program helped him expand his educational potential.

Carney will be enrolling at Dartmouth College this fall, hoping to study politics and governance.

“I didn’t think that I was competitive in terms of education; I didn’t think that I had the skills to go to a good school,” Carney said. “I got with a couple of organizations like the

“The suicide stuff is an epidemic,” Baskerville said.

“Tensions are really high because they’re in such close proximity to other people. They mention often, ‘we’re all smiles in here,’ but outside, there’s tension.”

Furthermore, inmates face restricted access to medical treatment and educational services. For instance, 454 women are on the waiting list for GED classes, while 1,151 women remain on the waiting list for vocational training — both numbers are the highest of any prison in the state. Ronald Simpson-Bey, a criminal justice advocate with JustLeadershipUSA — which is dedicated to reducing nationwide incarceration rates — and a former MDOC inmate, pushed back against state officials’ claims of a high parole rate at Huron Valley, saying the number of inmates that could be on parole is sizeable.

“There are maybe 400 or 500 women that could be on parole but aren’t for having too much toilet paper — silly stuff like that,” he said.

As the number of inmates steadily rises, the prison staff population is experiencing the opposite trend. More than a dozen Huron Valley employees have quit in the last six months, the Detroit Free Press reported earlier this month, and current staffers are consistently being forced to work mandatory overtime hours.

Gautz and other MDOC officials have confirmed the state is working on relieving a shortage of female correctional officers, but Steingold said the

Warrior-Scholar program … and eventually I got admission into Dartmouth. I really discovered that I have what it takes because of programs like this.”

Dane Harvey has served in the military for 22 years and is leaving the service this December. His original plan was to enter the military contracting industry but has since decided to pursue higher education instead.

He intends to study education.

“This is a good opportunity for me to brush up on skills,” Harvey said. “These programs have broadened my horizons and made me aware that I may be able to get into better schools than I was expecting to be able to before. It has been eye-opening.”

current state of the prison staff is unsustainable.

“There are guards there that don’t care, that hate what they do,” he said.

Bey-Simpson said there is a positive correlation between extreme stress on staff members and tension between inmates and officers. “(Huron Valley) has been sued so many times they know how to not willfully neglect people,” he said. “These are frustrated people doing a stressful job.”

Shecter’s lawsuit, then, is not the first legal complaint against Huron Valley — nor are allegations of overworked staff unique to this year. Many advocates view the facility’s current situation as a tipping point in a vicious cycle of prison overcrowding throughout Michigan. Despite the fact that the state’s corrections expenditures have risen only moderately in the last five years, MDOC’s funding has jumped from 3 percent of the state budget in 1980 to 20 percent in 2014.

Rosemary Sarri, professor emerita at the University’s Social of Social Work, conducted one of the first studies on Huron Valley after its opening in 1977. Sarri highlighted a tenuous history of women’s imprisonment, especially following the consolidation of four previous women’s facilities into Huron Valley in 2009.

“There’s a complete lack of funding,” Sarri said. “One in 10 of children in Michigan have a parent in prison … incarceration in this state is futile.”

Sarri and other advocacy groups like the American Friends

Service Committee are at the forefront of lobbying for reforms to the state prison system, but they complain of resistance from State Attorney General Bill Schuette, state officials and legislators. Schuette has publicly criticized bills revising parole procedures and minimum sentences and has linked the attempted changes to anticop and anti-law enforcement sentiments.

Bey-Simpson also alluded to long-standing internal inaction within MDOC. “It’s a department-wide problem,” he said. “There’s this idea of ‘we’ll pay the fine,’ but this is still the way we’ll do it.”

Gautz said, though the department has made an effort to implement measures such as drug courts — specialized courts dedicated to helping nonviolent drug offenders reach recovery and reintegation services — and boot camps, which are short residential programs similar to military basic training, state officials’ divergent perspectives are one of many obstacles in bringing prison populations down.

“We can have all these programs and find ways to divert people who have been put through the criminal justice system, but you have to have county judges that will send the women to those places,” Gautz said. “It will take a lot of work on our end to educate judges about this so that they feel it’s going to be a good fit for that individual.”

The need for more public education on the state of Michigan’s prisons is not limited to lawmakers. Though Huron

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Valley — the subject of so many debates over incarceration and inmate treatment in the Michigan — sits roughly 15 minutes away from the University’s central campus, Baskerville and other students involved in PCAP argued that incidents of suicide, disappointing prison conditions and mass incarceration in general are non-issues to the student body at large.

Baskerville traced the University community’s lack of knowledge of the prison crisis at hand to issues of gender, race and socioeconomic status.

“The fact that they’re women and the fact that they’re poor — it’s as much poverty as it is race — but we don’t care about women of color or poor women,” she said.

LSA senior Elaine Chen, a PCAP facilitator with experience at Huron Valley, agreed students’ perceptions of the incarcerated population need to be shifted. When PCAP created a photography display of artwork produced by inmate participants last semester on the Diag, Chen said pictures were vandalized with cigarette burns, and some where even stolen straight from their frames.

“This is the mentality we need to deal with,” she said. “There are students on this campus doing things that could get them behind those bars — mainly drugs — but we don’t see somebody as the worst thing they’ve done.”

Chen brightened, however, at the prospect of student action surrounding prison reform.

“Student activism absolutely has a place in criminal justice reform,” she said. “Connecting one-on-one is where it starts.”

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Women’s College World Series Preview

By AVI SHOLKOFF and BETELHEM ASHAME Daily Sports Writers

After early-season contests, conference games and tournaments, Regionals and Super Regionals, just eight teams remain to compete in the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City.

Notably absent is No. 1 Florida, which was upset by No. 16 Georgia in the Super Regionals, thwarting the Gators’ attempt to become just the second team to win three straight championships in the WCWS. The Michigan softball team arrives in Oklahoma City well-rested after a come-from-behind Super Regionals victory in which the second-ranked Wolverines scored four runs in the top of the seventh inning to vanquish No. 17 Missouri, 5-4.

“Team 39 has fought really hard … they’ve had high expectations all year, and they’ve had to work through the burden of it,” said Michigan coach Carol Hutchins. “I’m looking forward to getting to Oklahoma City so we can just enjoy playing.”

The Daily previews every WCWS team, listed in order of the team’s ranking.

No. 2 Michigan (21-2 Big Ten, 51-5 overall) With nearly every starter in the lineup returning from last season’s runner-up squad, the Wolverines have the experience and the personnel to make a deep run in the WCWS. In the circle, junior right-hander Megan Betsa has pitched all but 0.2 innings of Michigan’s postseason thus far, allowing just eight runs.

Through two playoff rounds, Betsa ranks second nationally in strikeouts per seven innings with 10.7.

Offensively, the Wolverines rank eighth in postseason batting average with a .315 clip and have scored 30 runs in their past five games. From senior centerfielder Sierra Lawrence in the lead-off spot to junior shortstop Abby Ramirez in the No. 9 hole, Michigan’s lineup is stacked.

Nearly every player hits at least .300, with the majority over .320. In the Super Regional, junior third baseman Lindsay Montemarano hit two home runs and finished with four RBI. Before competing against relatively weak conference opponents, Michigan traveled to the West Coast and Southeast to face off against top teams like Florida, No. 8 Florida State and No. 12 UCLA — the latter two of which the Wolverines

defeated, and both teams are now in the WCWS. This is the third and final WCWS for second basemen Sierra Romero, Lawrence, rightfielder Kelsey Susalla, right-hander Sara Driesenga and the Wolverines’ three other seniors. They will look to avenge a gut-wrenching loss in last season’s championship. With Florida not in the tournament, the Wolverines are the favorite to bring home their second title.

No. 3 Oklahoma (17-1 Big 12, 52-7 overall) Left-hander Paige Parker leads the Sooners in the circle. Parker garnered Big 12 Pitcher of the Year for the second straight season. The sophomore won 28 games, sported a 1.45 earned-run average and pitched 12 shutouts, the second best in the nation. In Oklahoma’s victory last weekend over No. 14 Louisiana Lafayette, Parker pitched two complete games.

That offense leads all postseason teams with a .362 batting average.

Oklahoma’s freshmen anchor the offense with first baseman Shay Knighten leading the team in home runs with 11, second baseman Caleigh Clifton ranks first in on-basepercentage with .558 and third baseman Sydney Romero — the sister of Michigan’s Sierra — leads the team in triples and has struck out just four times in 193 at-bats.

The Sooners return to the WCWS for the first time since 2014 and currently hold a 27-game winning streak, cementing their place as the team with the most momentum in the tournament.

No. 4 Auburn (16-7 SEC, 54-10 overall) Spending much of the year as a top-five team in the nation, the Tigers have risen to prominence thanks in large part to a 17-game win streak in the middle of their season, including 13 straight victories over Southeastern Conference foes.

With a dynamic offense led by third basemen Kasey Cooper — one of three finalists for 2016 USA Softball Player of the Year — Auburn is making just its second appearance in the WCWS. The Tigers breezed through their NCAA Regional, outscoring their opponents 22-4 en route to three wins. After a 5-3 loss to Arizona in the first game of their Super Regional, Auburn rallied with 4-1 and 6-1 victories to earn a spot in Oklahoma City.

The Tigers also claimed the SEC Tournament crown — defeating

Alabama, Florida and LSU in the process — an impressive feat given that the conference boasts four of the eight teams in the WCWS. No. 6 Alabama (16-8 SEC, 51-12 overall) In 36 innings this postseason, the Crimson Tide have allowed just four runs and three earned. Right-hander Alexis Osorio leads Alabama from the circle, pitching 29.1 postseason innings en route to four wins and no runs allowed. Osorio dealt with injuries throughout the season, but now appears to be fully healthy.

At the plate, lead-off hitter Haylie McCleney ranks first on the Crimson Tide in batting average, stolen bases, doubles and on-base and slugging percentage. She earned All-SEC first team for the third time in her career.

Alabama finished fifth in the SEC, which remains one of softball’s most difficult conference. The Crimson Tide also swept No. 11 Washington in their Super Regional and defeated Florida twice in the regular season.

Thursday, Alabama will face Oklahoma in its first game, attempting to end the Sooners’ 27-game winning streak.

No. 8 Florida State (21-2 ACC, 53-8 overall) The Seminoles are making their ninth appearance in the WCWS. Florida State dropped just two conference games all year and won its third consecutive ACC Championship — 13th overall in the conference’s 25-year history in softball.

The Seminoles roll into the WCWS riding a 10-game winning streak.

Florida State defeated Florida A&M, 1-0, and South Carolina, 4-0 and 2-1, in their Regional, while sweeping Utah in the Super Regional. Backed by a commanding pitching staff, Jessica Burroughs and Meghan Kind — both with ERAs hovering around 2.00 — will pose a great challenge.

Florida State took on Michigan twice in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge back in February, but couldn’t keep up with the Wolverines’ overpowering offense, falling 6-2 and 10-3.

However, in the midst of a surge of momentum, the Seminoles look likely to keep rolling in the WCWS. But their first opponent, Georgia, may be riding even more momentum having just knocked off two-time defending national champion Florida.

No. 10 LSU (13-11 SEC, 50-16 overall) The Tigers upset No. 7 James Madison in their Super Regional last

weekend to return to the WCWS for the second straight year. Pitching is the key to LSU’s success, with its three starters posting ERAs below 2.30. Right-hander Carley Hoover anchors the rotation, striking out 214 batters in 177.2 innings. At the plate, infielder Bianca Bell earned firstteam All-SEC honors after hitting .386 with 12 home runs.

LSU was swept by both Florida and then- No. 16 Kentucky, but the Tigers did beat No. 6 Alabama twice at home and reached the final of the SEC tournament before losing to No. 4 Auburn.

Though the team is young — it started three freshmen in the final Super Regional game — but has proved it can compete with the top teams this season.

The Tigers take on Michigan, the highest ranked team in the WCWS, in their first game Thursday.

No. 12 UCLA (16-5-1 Pac-12, 40-14-1 overall) A national powerhouse with 11 WCWS titles, most recently in 2010, the Bruins battled their way to Oklahoma City with a major upset of No. 5-seed Oregon. After taking an 8-1 loss to the Ducks to open its Super Regional, UCLA looked likely to be sent packing, but the Bruins roared back on the second day of competition with back-to-back 2-1 victories.

UCLA boasts a dominant offense spearheaded by second team AllAmericans Mysha Sataraka and Delaney Spaulding. Sataraka leads the team with a .763 slugging percentage and a .561 on-base percentage, while

Spaulding leads the team with 17 home runs and 61 RBI. The Bruins also played Michigan in February during the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic and fell just short against the Wolverines, 8-6, off a late three-run homer. However, with a major boost from a Super Regional win, Auburn will hacve its hands full with UCLA. No. 16 Georgia (12-12 SEC, 45-18 overall) The Bulldogs are the most surprising inclusion in the WCWS. They are the lowest seed of the eight teams, and they needed to defeat topranked Florida twice in Gainesville, Fla. Led by right-hander Chelsea Wilkinson, who sports a 1.84 ERA alongside 27 wins, Georgia swept the Gators en route to the WCWS. First baseman Tina Iosefa leads the nation in home runs and RBI with 23 and 86, respectively, and outfielder Cortni Emanuel adds speed at the top of lineup, stealing 32 bases in 32 attempts, third best in the SEC. Earlier in the season, the Bulldogs lost to UCLA via the run-rule, 14-6.

In conference play, they faced off against Auburn, LSU and Alabama, but failed to win more than one game in any of those series. The Bulldogs could not advance past the first round in the SEC tournament, losing to Ole Miss, 4-2.

Georgia is led by its powerful offense that run-ruled its first 10 opponents including seven shutouts.

The Bulldogs’ offense will need to get going against a pitching rotation as powerful as Florida State’s in its first matchup.

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Sierra Romero was named USA Softball Player of the Year on Tuesday.

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Six clinch spots for

NCAA Championships

By MIKE PERSAK Daily Sports Writer

ALLISON FARRAND/Daily

Redshirt senior Shannon Osika received an automatic bid to NCAAs for her performance in the 1,500-meter run.

Five Wolverines qualify at

NCAA Outdoor East Prelim They will head to Eugene, Ore., for the NCAA Outdoor Championships

By MATTHEW KENNEDY Daily Sports Writer

Competing for the first time since winning the Big Ten Outdoor Championship, the Michigan women’s track and field team had a simple goal in mind: get as many athletes to the NCAA Outdoor Championships as possible.

So when the Wolverines opened competition at the NCAA Outdoor East Preliminary in Jacksonville, Fla., on Friday, they did just that with five athletes qualifying for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore., on June 9.

In the 10,000-meter run, redshirt sophomore Gina Sereno — who won the Big Ten Outdoor Championship in the event two weeks ago — put up a fourthplace finish overall, despite being the No. 22 seed, with a time of 34:24.10 to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships next weekend. The qualifying process for the 10,000-meter run consisted of only one run with the top 12 runners advancing,

thus not allowing much room for error.

The meet was different than most in that only a few athletes took part in it. Just 13 Michigan athletes traveled to and competed in the meet, which is just onefifth the size of when the entire team travels.

“It’s a lot different,” said Michigan coach James Henry.

“It’s not a lot of athletes, so you don’t feel that team camaraderie, and our team and athletes are not in every single event. It’s more of an individual thing, but we had a large enough group of ladies there to feel as much a team as possible.”

The Wolverines had a quiet Friday with most Michigan runners taking part in heats.

The busiest event on the day was the 3,000-meter steeplechase, in which the top 12 times advanced to Eugene. Sophomore Claire Borchers very nearly qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships, but finished in 13th with a time of 10:08.47 — 0.6 seconds out of advancing.

Redshirt Sophomore Sarah Zieve and fifth-year Senior Anna Pasternak also took part in the event, with Zieve setting a personal best time.

The next day was completely different, though, with four Wolverines advancing to the Eugene.

In the 100-meter hurdle, senior Cindy Ofili — who holds the eighth-fastest time in the world in that event — won her heat with a time of 12.86 seconds to automatically qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Arguably the best event of the weekend for Michigan came in the 1,500-meter run with three athletes competing, including redshirt senior Shannon Osika, a Big Ten Outdoor champion.

Competing alongside her in the same heat was fifth-year senior Devon Hoppe, and in a different heat junior Jaimie Phelan. All three runners finished in the top five of their respective heats, which gave them all automatic bids to Eugene.

“I was fortunate enough to have Jaimie and Shannon to be able to do everything with – to warm up with, cool down with, do all of our runs with,” Hoppe said. “Even though it’s very individually focused, we have to do what we can to make sure that we all feel supportive as well.”

The five Wolverines qualifying for the championship meet is the most since 2009, and with Michigan’s goal of getting as many athletes to the championship as possible now over, the runners can set a new goal to focus on: outrun their competitors.

The Michigan men’s track and field team has steadily improved under the tenure of coach Jerry Clayton. This weekend at the NCAA Preliminary Rounds was no different, as the Wolverines had six athletes qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships — the most since Clayton has taken over.

Redshirt freshman thrower Joe Ellis was the first person to secure his spot for Michigan on Thursday, which he did on his final attempt in the hammer throw. Ellis unleashed a throw of 68.25 meters, which not only gave him a fourth-place finish in the meet, but also set a new school record for the Wolverines.

Ellis wasn’t the only freshman to move on for Michigan. Freshman sprinter Taylor McLaughlin clinched his own spot at the NCAA Outdoor Championships on Thursday in the 400-meter hurdles, making him the first true freshman Wolverine to do so in the last 11 years. McLaughlin finished with a time of 49.84 seconds, good enough for a fifth-place finish overall.

Though Ellis and McLaughlin weren’t the only ones to have success this weekend, their contributions as freshmen give Michigan bright hope for its future, and Clayton and his staff hope to use their experiences as references for future freshmen.

“Hopefully, in the future, we’ll be able to bring in this level of freshmen and they’ll be able to make that transition,” Clayton said. “Or we’ll bring some people in and redshirt them the first year (like Ellis) to help them grow in that respect as well.”

Redshirt sophomore Ben Flanagan qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships as well in the 10,000-meter event. Flanagan finished in

sixth-place at the meet with a time of 30:04.60 in an event that was extremely competitive throughout.

Though most 10,000-meter runs tend to finish with a large amount of separation in between the runners, this particular race finished with just 2.84 seconds separating the winner from the 12th-placed finisher.

The Wolverines’ other three qualifiers for the national meet are redshirt junior decathlete Steven Bastien in the decathlon, fifth-year senior distance runner Mason Ferlic in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and redshirt junior distance runner Tony Smoragiewicz.

All six athletes representing Michigan in the NCAA Outdoor Championships will now turn to preparation for the next two weeks. But for the Wolverines, that doesn’t necessarily mean that anything will change.

“At this point in the season, I think consistency is most important, because you’re going in to new experiences,” Flanagan said. “For example, we have a lot of guys going to nationals for the first time.

It can be challenging (not) to attempt try to try different things and feel like you have to put maximum energy into this week. But it’s really important to stay grounded and realize that everything we’ve done up to this point is the reason we’ve been so successful this season, and you really want to stick to that type of routine.”

The NCAA Outdoor Championships will not only serve as the ultimate measuring stick for Michigan’s qualifiers, but it will also serve as a building block for the future.

“If you can get an athlete to the national level in their freshman or sophomore year, it’s a tremendous advantage for them, especially going into their later years,” Clayton said. “Of course, that’s what we want to do, is build the program.”

“At this point, consistency is most important.”

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Selection Committee passes on Wolverines, ends season abruptly

By COLE ZINGAS Daily Sports Writer

After a rocky finish to end its season, the Michigan baseball team was on the bubble entering Monday’s NCAA Tournament selection show.

Baseball America listed Michigan as one of the “First Four Out” of the 64-team field before the selection show, leaving the Wolverines hoping that they could sneak into the field. Last year, Michigan did not have to sweat out the selection process, as a Big Ten Tournament Title gave it an automatic bid into the tourney.

But this year, the selection committee passed on the Wolverines, ending their season prematurely. From the Big Ten, Nebraska and Minnesota earned the at-large bids. No. 23 Ohio State earned their way into the field after winning the Big Ten Tournament.

Michigan entered the season ranked No. 15 in the country, and

for a long while, they lived up to the high expectations. They blistered their way to a historic start to the year, holding a 34-12 overall record through May 8.

But the Wolverines hit a rough patch, and stumbled to the finish.

Their final two weeks of the season featured losses against Central Michigan and Oakland, and they ended the regular season losing seven of eight heading into the Big Ten Tournament.

The Wolverines, however, still had fight left in them. After an opening round loss to Ohio State, they beat the No. 1 seed Minnesota, 3-2, to earn a rematch against the Buckeyes. However, Michigan was again unable to power past Ohio State, and fell, 11-4. Though the Wolverines were unable to repeat as Big Ten

Tournament Champions, a win against Minnesota certainly provided a boost to their NCAA résumé.

They held a No. 37 ranking in the ratings percentage index, the highest of any Big Ten school, but the Wolverines were hurt by their lack of marquee wins.

They went 4-7 against the Top 50.

Also, the only opponent on Michigan’s schedule that currently sits in the Baseball America Top 25 was the Buckeyes. The Wolverines did not win a game against Ohio State in five games played.

Still, dominant sweeps against Big Ten foes like Rutgers and Nebraska, along with outof-conference wins against Oklahoma State and California, set the stage for a possible selection into the postseason.

The Wolverines were hurt by their lack of marquee wins.

‘M’ Baseball: A season in review

By NATHANIEL CLARK Daily Sports Writer

At the start of the 2016 season, the Michigan baseball team was ranked in multiple polls, including No. 15 by Baseball America.

Coming off a Big Ten Tournament championship and a close NCAA Regional loss to Louisville last season, the Wolverines looked poised for another big year with several key contributors returning from the 2015 squad.

For most of this season, Michigan lived up to the hype. By May 10, the Wolverines were off to their best start since 1987 with a 34-12 record. Michigan (13-10 Big Ten, 36-21 overall) was within striking distance of its first Big Ten regular-season title since 2008 and looked to be a shoo-in for the NCAA Tournament. There was even talk of the Wolverines hosting a regional. All of these seemed well within reach, so what could’ve gone wrong?

As it turned out, almost everything.

The Wolverines’ troubles began with a tough loss at Central Michigan on May 11, in which they trailed 8-0 and rallied in the late innings to make it 8-7, but fell just short of the comeback victory. While road losses are not uncommon even for the best teams in college baseball, the Chippewas finished the year just 24-37, making it especially painful for Michigan.

But the real catastrophe for the Wolverines was a three-game sweep by Ohio State on May 13-15.

Michigan came up just short in the first contest, a 3-2 loss, before the Buckeyes topped the Wolverines 7-3 and 8-2 in the following two contests.

To add insult to injury, the Wolverines lost senior left fielder Matt Ramsay and junior first baseman, outfielder and pitcher Carmen Benedetti to injuries during the Ohio State series.

While Michigan still retained key contributors such as senior center fielder Cody Bruder and sophomore third baseman Jake Bivens, Ramsay’s and Benedetti’s absences proved to be severe blows.

After a nail-biting 6-5 home defeat at the hands of Oakland, Michigan coach Erik Bakich and

the Wolverines appeared to regain momentum with a 1-0 road win at Illinois thanks to a masterful pitching performance from junior left-hander Brett Adcock.

Michigan then found itself with a 7-2 advantage in game two against the Illini.

Any traction the Wolverines gained was quickly lost, though, as Illinois stormed back to win game two, 11-8, before taking game three, 6-1.

The Big Ten Tournament didn’t start any better for Michigan when Ohio State downed the Wolverines, 8-3. It looked like Michigan was going to exit the Big Ten Tournament with a whimper when it was down 2-1 against Minnesota in the eighth inning, but an RBI single by Bivens and several miscues by the Golden Gophers propelled the Wolverines to a 3-2 victory, which gave them hope for another tournament run.

The Buckeyes — the eventual Big Ten Tournament champions — ended those dreams quickly, though, when they eliminated the Wolverines with an overwhelming 11-4 victory.

In spite of the way the season ended, there were several moments from 2016 that the Wolverines will look back on fondly, including a 5-0 win at then-No. 10 California on Feb. 29 and a three-game sweep of eventual NCAA-Tournament team Nebraska on April 17.

But the most exciting moment for Michigan may have been an 11-inning, 4-3 win against Michigan State at Ray Fisher Stadium on April 29. Freshman second baseman Ako Thomas secured the victory with a two-out, walk-off single.

Unfortunately for the Wolverines, that win was their only one against the Spartans in 2016.

Michigan squandered a 5-0 edge April 30 in East Lansing en route to a 7-6 defeat, and fell 7-4 in Ann Arbor on May 1. In light of the way the season ended, those shortfalls against the Spartans sting the Wolverines even more now with their season at an end.

Michigan will lose some key contributors to graduation this year, including Ramsay, Bruder, designated hitter Dominic Jamett and left-hander Evan Hill.