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Ann Arbor mourns Orlando victims

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Students chalk the Diag to honor the victims of last Sunday’s mass shooting in Orlando and demonstrate solidarity with the LGBTQ community.

Students chalk Diag in Requiem Mass calls for remembrance of lives lost tolerance and resilience Mayor speaks out against guns at Sunday vigil held

by Ann Arbor residents

By LYDIA MURRAY Summer Managing News Editor

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In response to the mass shooting in Orlando early Sunday morning, students chalked a vigil on the Diag in remembrance of the victims.

Omar Mateen — who has claimed allegiance to ISIS — killed 50 and wounded 53 after opening fire on a crowd at the gay nightclub Pulse at about 2 a.m. Sunday.

Mateen was killed three hours later when police raided the club after he held dozens of people hostage.

This shooting resulted in the most deaths

from a mass shooting in U.S. history. The previous largest shooting in the United States was the 2007 shooting at Virginia Tech, which ended in the killing of 32 people.

In his remarks to the nation, President Barack Obama noted the relatively relaxed gun control laws in the United States.

“This massacre is therefore a further reminder of how easy it is for someone to get their hands on a weapon that lets them shoot people in a school, or in a house of worship, or a movie theater, or in a nightclub,” he said.

“And we have to decide if that’s the kind of country we want to be. And to actively do nothing is a decision as well.”

In an email to students, vice-president of student life E. Royster Harper issued her condolences to the familes of the victims and called for students to lean on one another in their own individual communities.

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OPINION

AAPD Chief questions city council recommendations for civilian oversight

All talk no action doesn’t cut it in the wake of the Orlando shooting

Policing the police

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Ending the cycle

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Community rallies to put together memorial performance in 48 hours

By KEVIN LINDER Daily Staff Reporter

In remembrance of the victims of the nation’s largest mass shooting last Sunday in Orlando, several hundred students, alumni, faculty and Ann Arbor community members packed Hill Auditorium for a performance of Mozart’sRequiem. The event, titled “Requiem for Orlando,” drew a somber crowd to mourn the victims of the attack and their families and to stand in solidarity against the hatred behind the tragedy.

In a span of just 48 hours, Austin Stew-

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Tonys bring joy amid tragedy “Hamilton” dominates at celebration of theatre >> SEE PAGE 5

art, a musicology graduate student at the University of Michigan, and Colin Knapp, a University alum who received his bachelor’s in music in 2014, enlisted nearly 200 volunteer singers and musicians to perform Mozart’s Requiem for the event.

Prior to the beginning of the performance, several guest speakers took the stage to pay their respects to the lives lost and to voice words of strength against social injustice and violence fueled by hate. Guest speakers included University President Mark Schlissel, Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor, School of Music, Theatre & Dance Dean Aaron Dworkin and LGTBQ community icon Jim Toy. Schlissel offered sympathy to all those hurt, directly and indirectly, by the tragic events that occurred last Sunday. He also See REQUIEM, Page 9

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He placed first in the 3,000-meter steeplechase

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Mason Ferlic wins NCAA championship

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Race, gender and culture influence fear of death in elderly University study identifies demographics that influence attitudes

By ALEXA ST.JOHN Daily Staff Reporter

A recent University of Michigan study shows that racial and gender differences can affect one’s death anxiety — or fear of death — and subsequently affect the best ways to reduce these feelings.

Death anxiety, an issue particularly prevalent in elderly people, reduces one’s well-being and will to live, according to the research.

This negatively affects elderly patients and could potentially be a barrier to patient-caretaker communication.

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depression affects about 15 percent of adults over the age of 65 in the United States. This often results from one’s loss of senses or mobility, retirement or the death of a loved one. When untreated, depression — one of many mental health illnesses that can affect the elderly — can worsen other medical issues or lead to premature death due to a prolonged inability to physically or mentally function normally.

The University study was conducted by Shervin Assari, the lead author and a psychiatric research investigator, who used data from a religion, aging and health survey from 2004. The survey represents a nationally representative assessment of 1,074 white and Black people over the age of 65 who either identify as Christian or never associated with a religion or faith.

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AAPD chief questions police oversight board Baird criticizes findings of Human Rights Commission report

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By BRIAN KUANG process — in which Baird particiand ISHI MORI pated as interim chief — culminatDaily Summer News Editor ed in a 42-page report in late 2015 and Daily Staff Reporter from the HRC. The report recommended an independent audit In a split with City Coun- of AAPD practices, the creation cil, which voted unanimously in of a civilian oversight board, an March to consider a set of recom- emphasis on community policing EASY mendations put forth by its Human and the implementation of crisis Rights Commission, Ann Arbor response teams.

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Hillary Clinton speaks at the Service Employee International Union (SEIU) Convention at the Cobo Center in Detroit on May 23.

Campus shifts focus to general election after Clinton clinches Democratic primary Local Sanders supporters remain divided in support of nominee

By LYDIA MURRAY Summer Managing News Editor

Following the Associated Press’ announcement of Hillary Clinton’s securing of the Democratic nomination for president and the further affirmation of her place as the presumptive nominee after a series of key victories in Tuesday’s primaries, supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.) expressed disappointment.

Nicolas Kolenda, president of Students for Sanders, expressed that he believes many younger voters — who have been key supporters of Sanders — are largely upset by the outcome.

“If it could be summed up in one word, I think disappointment is the general consensus,” he wrote in an e-mail. “I might even go as far as saying that a plurality of millennials are feeling a bit down and out: in many states Sanders won an unprecedented proportion of millennials.”

Kolenda also stated his belief that the early call for the nomination Monday likely led to low voter turnout in Tuesday’s election, harming Sanders in key contests like California and New Jersey.

Sanders maintains that he will remain in the race until the July convention despite what now

appears to be an impossible path to victory. Sanders’ reasoning for staying in the race stems from the technically unpledged superdelegates, who do not officially cast their votes until the convention. Clinton has a large lead over Sanders in this area, which has helped propel her to victory, and any viable chance that Sanders has at the election stems from a large number of these superdelegates switching their support from Clinton to Sanders.

According to Charles Shipan, University of Michigan political science and public policy professor, though Sanders may still be holding onto his slim chance at the nomination, it is also likely that he hopes to stay in the race long enough to gain leverage in terms of getting issues that are important to him on the party agenda.

“More likely, what he is doing is angling for a platform where he gets a chance to speak at the convention and put forward his ideas where he gets the president or Hillary Clinton to endorse those ideas, or he gets those ideas put onto the Democratic Party platform,” he said. “He realizes that only in acting in this way he has enough leverage to put those ideas forward.”

Because of this, Shipan said Sanders will eventually move to endorse Clinton — the only question that remains is when he will do so.

Additionally, Shipan believes the likelihood of a contested Democratic National Convention is incredibly low.

Supporters of Sanders remain divided on whether they will support Clinton in the general elec-

tion. According to Shipan, the vast majority of Sanders supporters will eventually move to back Clinton with a small fraction choosing not to vote and an even smaller fraction voting for Republican nominee Donald Trump.

Kolenda said while he may not actively campaign for Clinton, he believes it is important to work for a Democratic victory in November.

“In terms of myself, I am not sure if I would campaign for Clinton just yet,” he wrote. “My views on Clinton are lukewarm at best, so it’d be hard to take hours out of the day to do much for that campaign.

However, myself and others will be trying my hardest to keep Trump out of office, and if the Students for Hillary or Campus Democrats groups need help to keep Michigan out of Trump’s hands, I’d be willing to help out. Many of us aren’t necessarily pro-Clinton, but a vast majority of us are incredibly anti-Trump.”

Pressure has been building on Sanders to endorse Clinton in order to unite the Democratic Party.

President Barack Obama officially endorsed Clinton through a video posted to her Facebook page Thursday following a meeting with Sanders, in which he negotiated Sanders’ exit from the race.

“Look, I know how hard this job can be. That’s why I know Hillary will be so good at it,” Obama said in the video. “I don’t think there’s ever been someone so qualified to hold this office. She’s got the courage, the compassion and the heart to get the job done.”

According to Shipan, strides from both candidates will have to

be taken in order to unite the Democratic Party under Clinton. Sanders, he said, needs to make his support for Clinton clear, while Clinton needs to embrace Sanders’ supporters and express her dedication to the same ideals.

Shipan said students on campus appeared to be split in terms their willingness to support Clinton, with some appearing happy with the success Sanders saw, while others are angered with the lack of a complete victory. However, Shipan said the views of students may have changed since the end of the winter semester when he last interacted with them fully.

“During the semester, the undergrads that I talked to who were in support of Sanders had a mix of views,” he said. “Some of them were pleased that he had done as well as he had done, and he had brought forward a bunch of issues that they thought were important, and even if he didn’t win, they were delighted with the way things had turned out.

Others were feeling frustrated with the sense that the Democratic Party closed ranks around Hillary Clinton early and Sanders never really had a chance to win.”

Kolenda said that, looking forward, Students for Sanders hopes to continue to keep students engaged in politics as the member begin to move in different directions.

“The goal is to keep people politically interested and involved,” he wrtoe. “People within Students for Sanders have various beliefs and ideologies. Some may aid Students for Hillary, others the Campus Democrats.”

death is influenced by their cultures and religions, usually tied to race and gender. Assari sought to further explore the differences in death anxiety between Blacks and whites caused by race, gender and culture.

“We are not interested in how culture shapes our feelings or our behaviors, but we are looking at how culture changes the effects of our psychosocial factors, behaviors and feelings on our health outcomes,” Assari said. “We don’t necessarily believe that culture directly shapes our behaviors, feeling and health. We believe that culture changes the complex associations that shape health in humans.”

The researchers measured death anxiety using participants’ responses to four statements: “I find it hard to face up to the fact that I will die,” “Thinking about death makes me feel uneasy,” “I do not feel prepared to face my own death” and “I am disturbed by the shortness of life.” Participants responded to these statements using a scale from four (strongly agree) to one (strongly disagree).

The researchers also took into account the participants’ perceived control over life, demographics, socio-economics, number of physical health conditions, self-rated health and financial difficulty.

Ultimately, the study found that, while race and gender did not have a significant effect on death anxiety, they influenced factors associated with death anxiety, such as a number of physical health conditions and financial difficulty. While the results do not explain exactly why there are discrepancies in death anxiety among different people, it is significant to show these discrepancies exist for different races and genders.

The study revealed that race and gender were different moderating factors linked to death anxiety, something Assari said he believes resulted from the historical adversity Blacks have faced, leading to greater resilience.

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KIT MAHER | OP-ED

Replacing silence with strength

My throat was as dry as my feet were sore. I wedged my way upstairs through sweaty dancing bodies and walked into the room of a guy I considered a friend. I was just going to grab water and that’s when he grabbed me. He clasped his arm tightly around my waist and pulled me toward his bed, attempting to lock the door behind me.

I was close enough to smell the alcohol on his breath and hear his soft slurred plea, “Come on.” That’s when I got the hell out of there.

The following morning I woke up in the comfort of my own bed, but I wondered what would have happened if I weren’t in a position to defend myself. I wondered if the height of my shoes or fit of my jeans would have made a difference. I wondered if what I ate, what I drank or how I danced would have mattered. I wondered if the exposed skin on my chest and arms would have exposed me as someone other than a victim if I were sexually assaulted that night.

Fortunately, wondering was the extent of my worry. I moved on from that night and eventually forgot it as easily as I forget my keys on the way to class. When news broke about Brock Turner, the former Stanford swimmer charged with sexual assault of an unconscious woman, I was reminded.

A nauseating thought crossed my mind as I read the horrifying details — that woman could have been me.

People bear a certain amount of responsibility to protect themselves, but a girl’s vulnerability doesn’t signal a free shot at some “action.” The public outrage over Turner’s six-month sentence is proof that a large amount of people agree. USA Swimming even banned the 20-year-old athlete from membership for life. However, in this case, the U.S. legal system took a highly scrutinized stance toward crimes involving sexual assaults on college campuses: if you are rich, if you are white and if you are athletically gifted, then you are in luck.

Part of the reason the decision in

this case is infuriating is because it sympathizes with the wrong person.

Honestly, who cares if Turner had a bright future? We’re talking about a guy who was found guilty for three counts of sexual assault. The fact that six months is even a possibility for a sentence to this crime minimizes the damaging effects on the victim and unveils systematic inequalities embedded in our legal system.

Last April, Corey Batey, an African American male and former Vanderbilt football player, was found guilty for aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery against an unconscious woman. Just like Turner, Batey was a successful 19-year-old student athlete and had been drinking when he committed the crime.

However, Batey’s punishment was vastly different. About three years after his initial arrest, he was sentenced with a minimum of 15 to 25 years in prison.

A consistent agreement about the role a person’s past plays in the courtroom doesn’t exist, but in the case of sexual assault, the law should not be subjective, especially not by race.

Paul Wallin, California criminal defense attorney and founding partner of Wallin & Klarich said, “(Turner’s) punishment is he’s lost his college education, he’s going to have to register as a sex offender, which is basically going to ruin his life. He can’t even apply to get off registration for about 13 years from now.”

Urinating in public lands a person a spot on the sex offenders list. It’s not a punishment. It’s a result of certain behavior, and hearing the sympathy that exists for Turner is disheartening.

Batey also lost his scholarship and college education, but he was not shown leniency in the courtroom, nor should he have been. Race, class or socioeconomic status shouldn’t dictate a person’s punishment, but Turner was able to use those factors to his advantage.

According to California law, he should be serving a minimum of three

years in prison. Turner was found guilty. Even worse, he prolonged the process by denying his guilt and taking the woman he sexually assaulted to trial. It’s true Turner had no prior convictions, but that doesn’t lessen the impact of his crime. A denial of guilt doesn’t show remorse or cooperation.

It shows a coward. He ran away from an unconscious girl, just like he ran away from responsibility.

What disturbs me the most is how Turner claimed the victim was enjoying herself beside the dumpster.

What a sad effort to save himself.

Anyone who sexually assaults a woman and claims she enjoyed it deserves to rot in prison, no matter how fast he glides through water.

Ironically, Turner exhibited a complete lack of accountability, while the victim was held accountable for her decision to drink. In her letter to Turner, she wrote, “Alcohol is not an excuse. Is it a factor? Yes. But alcohol was not the one who stripped me, fingered me, had my head dragging against the ground, with me almost fully naked. Having too much to drink was an amateur mistake that I admit to, but it is not criminal.”

Drinking is not the cause of sexual assault. Though alcohol impairs judgment, being drunk doesn’t excuse crime. If it did, there’d be a whole lot less DUIs administered.

But unlike a DUI, drinking isn’t the root of the problem. Plenty of college students drink without sexually assaulting others. The problem is that drinking has turned into a means of deflecting blame away from the attacker and toward the victim. If a woman victim was drunk, she has to defend herself against the blurred lines of consent. Maybe she said yes. Maybe she wanted it to happen. Oh, she was wearing a skirt? She must have been asking for it.

“She put herself in the position to be found next to a dumpster,” Wallin said. “She drank to three times the legal limit. People at that

level sometimes die.”

People who share this opinion are part of the reason sexual assault cases remain largely underreported.

However, the nationwide support the victim continues to receive is a clear sign that not all people feel this way.

Even if the efforts to recall Judge Persky fail, the voice of a brave victim

has already spoken out and sparked a conversation. She has replaced silence with strength for every girl who has experienced a close call, every girl who has shared a similar suffering and every girl who has feared facing further victimization.

—Kit Maher is an LSA senior.

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS Roland Davidson, Caitlin Heenan, Elena Hubbell, Jeremy Kaplan, Madeline Nowicki, Kevin Sweitzer, Brooke White.

CAITLIN HEENAN | OP-ED

Donor discrimination In the wake of the tragedy that occurred at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando over the weekend, many of the 53 injured are in need of blood from local hospitals, whether this be for a loss of blood during the shooting or to complete lifesaving surgeries. With the extent of injuries requiring blood from donations, local hospitals called out for volunteers to donate blood.

However, not everyone who wants to help save those lives is allowed to do so.

As a volunteer for the American Red Cross and a frequent blood donor, I am not unaccustomed to the policies of the Red Cross during blood donation. There are many restrictions. Donors cannot have been to areas where Malaria has been found in the last 12 months.

Donors cannot have gotten a new tattoo in the last 12 months. Donors cannot have had sex for money since 1977. Donors cannot be male and have had sex with another male in the last 12 months, among many other eligibility requirements. This last requirement greatly limits the potential for people to be helped in the wake of a tragedy when the community that the victims belong to are barred from aiding in the process of saving lives.

In December 2015, the FDA revised the blood donation eligibility requirement from not allowing males who have had sexual contact with another male since 1977 to donate within the last year. The FDA guideline for blood donation now requires that individuals, “Defer for 12 months from the most recent contact a man who has had sex with another man during the past 12 months. Defer for 12 months from the most recent

contact a female who has had sex during the past 12 months with a man who has had sex with another man in the past 12 months.” Males who chose to have sex with other males should not automatically be assumed to have been in contact with HIV. This may have been a major concern when HIV was first encountered, but it is not a proper indicator of HIV status and should not be included in modern policies.

So many people are affected by a shortage in blood nationwide.

We should be actively looking for ways to increase the supply we have, and that should involve making a more inclusive donation requirement procedure. The type of sex a person choses to have should not dictate whether a person is eligible to save three lives, especially when the need is urgent, such as when local hospitals and donation centers are calling out for residents to participate after a tragedy. Everyone who has sex is susceptible to contracting HIV, but not all people who have sex are banned from donating blood.

All blood is screened before being given to another individual, making the current regulations unnecessary and discriminatory.

While the Red Cross suggests those who are unable to make a donation of blood instead make a monetary donation, discriminatory policies cannot and should not be tolerated. Such policies only encourage homophobia in a society that needs to change in the wake of a national event victimizing a targeted and stereotyped community.

—Caitlin Heenan is a Summer Senior Editorial Page Editor.

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ANISHA SUDARSHAN | OP-ED

Ending the cycle

Like we do after every other tragedy, every other mass shooting (this past Saturday’s being the 176th mass shooting this year alone, and the most fatal in American history save the mass slaughters of Native Americans), we will first mourn.

We’re told by news outlets that 50 people died and even more were injured in a shooting at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando, and that 26 kindergarten students and faculty were shot dead in Newtown. People will reprimand those who are angered in Facebook threads on news articles, telling them to be human and mourn first before making it a political issue. Your Facebook friends and Twitter followers will share articles about the tragedy and post heartfelt prayers, and these depressing posts will dominate your news feed.

Next, it’s time for the outrage.

We are told who the shooter is, their history and relationships are revealed and their face is plastered on articles and television reports from The New York Times and CNN. People will get in fights on the Internet over what went wrong. If the perpetrator is revealed to have had ties to ISIS or another extremist group, there’s chatter about Islam being poison and all Muslims being terrorists, and people will either vehemently agree or disagree. Some people will bring up mental health, while others will discuss gun control.

Invariably, there will be unbridled anger on the Internet. Other than the occasional peacemaker, mourning will have been forgotten by now.

Instead of remembering the victims, we will have given attention to the perpetrator — exactly what this person wanted.

Then, it’s time to make a move in the game of politics. Most politicians will release messages that express sentiments of sadness and immense human loss, some will be outraged and swear to improve the gun control laws in our country, some will angrily talk about finally getting rid of radical groups and terrorism and some will pat themselves on the back even when the situation calls for grief. If it’s an election year, everyone has to be on their best, most political and, dare I say it, presidential behavior. Most of the statements they make are supposed to represent our best interests, our own personal desires for a call for action, whatever this action may be. The optimistic

parts of us all hope that maybe this time there will be a huge change that stops a tragedy like this from happening again. The anger turns into petitions and opinion pieces — much like this one.

That’s the problem. It stops there.

Too soon, these precious lives lost will be forgotten. Too soon, we’ll be back to life as we know it, wrapped up in our own little worlds. Too soon, the same politicians who expressed outrage and sadness and a need for action will stop talking about the tragedy, let alone doing something about it. But it’s not just the politicians who don’t remain accountable — none of us do. We are the ones electing these people.

We are the ones exuding racism, sexism, homophobia, Islamophobia, transphobia and every other phobia out there. We are the ones who embrace freedom but only ascribe it to people selectively. Going back to the status quo of hypocrisy and hidden malice toward the “other” sends a message to those looking to harm innocents that they have an opening and that they can easily get away with it because we’re distracted by our fears, our prejudices and our melodrama of a presidential campaign. Is that the way we want to live?

I’ve been impacted enough by my own hidden prejudices, even if only marginally, due to my many privileged identities; I’ve been called names because of my Indian origin — including one several years ago that was said with the mistaken assumption that I’m Muslim — and I’ve been told overtly that I can’t code well just because I’m a woman.

My acquaintances and friends in the LGBTQ community are afraid that our country is taking a step back from same-sex marriage legality due to one person’s hateful crime, and they are terrified of copycat attacks and other repercussions. My Muslim-American acquaintances and friends are afraid that they will be even less welcome in their homes than before, maybe even dangerously so. When we make our own residents feel unsafe and discriminated against based on their own identities, how can we move on to actually take action when people do disgusting, sad things like this?

Talk is cheap. If we want to actually be progressive, we need to actually make a move. Let’s live up to the emotions we’re feeling about this horrific tragedy. Let’s start by

educating ourselves on social justice and making this a truly equal playing field for all. Let’s start by getting rid of the “phobias” mentioned earlier that fester in our cities and towns. Let’s start by taking charge of the ideas and attitudes we spew, intentionally or not,

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to those who have different identities than we do. And let’s hold not only the perpetrators but also ourselves and others accountable when tragedies like Saturday night happen, at all levels — interpersonal, community, state, national and international. I’m

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absolutely fed up with this. And I hope you’re all just as fed up as I am, and that you will consider this a desperate plea for action and accountability.

—Anisha Sudarshan is an LSA senior.

I am still one

attended my sister’s high school graduation on Sunday, June 12, and listened to speeches on hope and NADIA positive societal KARIZAT change in a crowd filled with many about to begin their adult lives.

In the same 24 hours, the United States suffered its largest mass shooting in history with a homophobic hate crime resulting in the loss of 50 lives and the injury of 53 others at the Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando that was filled with many enjoying Latin Night. In the same 48 hours, singer Christina Grimmie was shot while meeting fans after her concert in Orlando.

What happened to Christina Grimmie and what happened with the homophobic killings in Pulse have caused a sense of complete frustration — my heart is aching that these tragedies are so common.

Every single day horrific events are occurring — the disgusting truth is that, for many of us, there is a high chance we will not know about them if the lives impacted are not valued by mainstream media, do not impact members of our immediate communities or do not impact those in our lives. We must recognize this as a fault, not try to justify it and take active steps to remedy it by being proactive consumers of information.

After these two tragedies, many have been sending their thoughts and prayers. But while some might find that comforting, what substantive action will follow and be implemented to make sure we, as a society, are doing everything we can to prevent gun violence and to protect those in the LGBTQIA+ community?

For starters, each of us must do our part of recognizing the beliefs and behaviors that stem from homophobia and hatred in our own communities — an example being one ignoring the overlap of LGBTQIA+ , racial and religious identities. Audre Lorde once said, “Within the lesbian community I am Black, and within the Black community I am a lesbian.

Any attack against Black people is a

lesbian and gay issue, because I and thousands of other Black women are part of the lesbian community. Any attack against lesbians and gays is a Black issue, because thousands of lesbians and gay men are Black.” If we play a part in the creation of binaries — making it seem as if these identities are mutually exclusive — we are responsible for causing many to be silent when they otherwise would be steadfast in their solidarity. If we recognize the rooted problems in our communities that oppress members within and outside our communities, we have a responsibility to do what we can to eradicate it if we can do so without putting our physical, emotional and mental safety at risk.

How could we live with ourselves if we could and did not?

While our LGBTQIA+ brothers and sisters are being killed, how can we genuinely call ourselves lovers of humanity if we’re staying silent? When another life is lost and yet again nothing changes for gun control, how can we say we really want to put an end to shootings if we’re staying silent?

These feelings — these moments of complete and utter shock over how cruel mankind can be — will never go away. We will unfortunately always find moments of genuine beauty and clarity in our lives being put to an end when suddenly we feel our hearts breaking and find ourselves staring at a news headline wanting to scream. I can’t pretend that this pain is temporary and that if we all held hands it would stop. It’s what we feel we can do with these feelings that matters and lessens the frequency of deaths and injustice motivated by hate.

“I am only one, but I am still one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do,” the student speaker at Salem High School’s graduation said, quoting Helen Keller to a graduating class of more than 1,000.

Afterward, I spoke with a graduating senior, Patricia Freitag, in the crowd.

“I’m livid,” she told me. “I’m really angry at how this country has let

things get this far, how I have stood by and mourned for the families but never actively done something.”

We are all one, but together, we are all bodies of change and a future that doesn’t have to learn about yet another mass killing, another injustice, another act of hate every single day.

“The first step is bringing awareness,” Freitag said. “People say that there’s no point in retweeting things, but look at the huge platform it’s given younger generations — a platform that others cannot ignore and goes worldwide. There’s also petitioning, signing and writing to your representatives and local governments, which many seem to ignore because they believe one signature or one call is too small. But if everyone whose signature was so minuscule made that small dent, collectively we could make one of the largest impacts our generation has ever seen.”

My heart goes out to all who lost loved ones as a result of homophobic mass shooting in Orlando — to those who have been severely traumatized and impacted by the aftermath.

My heart goes out to those in the LGBTQIA+ community who are in the closet and couldn’t publicly grieve, seek comfort from their loved ones or solace from their friends and who were once again forced to suffer through pain and heartbreak alone. My heart goes out to to the Muslims who may experience Islamophobia as a result of this — especially those at the intersection of the LGBTQIA+ and Muslim identity.

My heart goes out to to the family and loved ones of Christina Grimmie, to her big brother who had to watch his little sister die and her fans who saw someone they loved shot right before their eyes.

To those of you who are able, who are feeling a hundred emotions at once and who want to genuinely help prevent things like this in the future, please speak up and do what you can when you hear or see hate. People’s lives — their hopes, dreams and loved ones — are depending on it. I am still only one, and so are you, but together we’ll make a powerful many.

—Nadia Karizat can be reached at nkarizat@umich.edu.

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TV REVIEW

Tony Awards joyful in face of adverse times Winners and performers alike celebrate year in theatre

By ALEX INTNER Summer Managing Arts Editor

This year’s Tony Awards had an immensely difficult task. They had to take on the evening after the deadliest A shooting in American The 70th history.

However, they Annual Tony didn’t back Awards down. Instead, the Broadway CBS community came together and put on a genuine celebration of the theatrical medium. The Tonys are always my favorite of the four major awards shows.

Not only does everyone seem happy to be there and showcase their work for the national audience, but the winners bring an authentic sense of joy to their moments. After a powerful opening acknowledgement by host James Corden (“The Late Late Show,” who said “all we can say is you’re not on your own right now. Your tragedy is our tragedy”), the show went on. This year’s Tonys brought a sense of happiness that was necessary on a day like Sunday.

The host of an awards show is one of the most thankless jobs on television, but Corden embraced the position, bringing his immense skill set to the job.

He was asked to sing, dance, tell jokes and deliver moments of solace to a grieving audience. He attacked each of these challenges with charm, charisma and gravitas. His opening number, while a little long, launched the night with enthusiasm and energy, as Corden moved through snippets from classic musicals in rapid succession and danced his way into our hearts.

He also got to show off his more comedic side, with little

bits during the show, including ones where he showcased presenter Josh Groban’s high school performance as Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof,” and the amount of people in the theatre community who have been on “Law & Order” by displaying pictures of them on the show.

He also introduced Andrew Rannells and Glenn Close dressed as Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in “The Book of Moron” and “A Clinton Line” respectively.

It wasn’t just Corden who brought energy; the other performances from the nominated shows brought their best to the Beacon Theatre stage. The performances on the Tonys are consistently some of the best moments from awards shows, as Broadway shows share themselves with the national audience. This year’s ceremony brought us Audra McDonald tap dancing during a performance from “Shuffle Along.” The kids from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s adaptation of “School of Rock,” who play their instruments live on stage, shined in a similar way to how the cast of “Matilda” stole the show a few years ago.

The cast of the closed revival of “Spring Awakening” also brought their American Sign Language-infused choreography to the telecast. Jane Krakowski, Zachary Levi and Laura Benanti also brought their fantastic performances in “She Loves Me” to the stage. (Levi’s enthusiasm as he sings “She Loves Me” will never fail to make me smile). Personally, the way that production incorporated deaf cast members and ASL into the show (it’s entirely signed or captioned) changed the way musicals could be done for me when I saw it in December.

There also was no shortage of emotional showstoppers, as Heather Headley, Danielle Brooks and the immensely talented Cynthia Erivo brought their huge voices to a number from “The Color Purple” and Jessie Mueller made me cry during her performance of “She Used to Be Mine” from Sara

Bareilles’s “Waitress.”

Other highlights from the show came from its speeches, as the winners brought enthusiasm and gravity to their celebratory moments. A couple of winners brought up the shootings earlier that day. When Lin-Manuel Miranda won the Tony for Best Original Score for writing the music and lyrics of “Hamilton,” he performed a sonnet where he wrote: “When senseless acts of tragedy remind us nothing here is promised. Not one day.

This show is proof that history remembers. … Love is love is love is love is love cannot be killed or swept aside.” Frank Langella, after winning Lead Actor in a Play for his performance as an elderly man with dementia in “The Father,” went up on stage and said: “I urge you, Orlando, to be strong because I’m standing in a room full of the most generous human beings on Earth and we will be with you every step of the way.” His words show how powerful live events like this can be, attempting to bring comfort in a difficult time.

However, the night belonged to “Hamilton,” which not only took home 11 awards (one short of 2001 record set by “The Producers”), but its cast also opened and closed the show. It’s no surprise that they dominated the awards, as the show is the biggest hit Broadway has seen in years. In fact, the ceremony gained two million viewers yearto-year, showcasing the clear impact “Hamilton” has had on the broader theater culture.

While talking to friends after the ceremony about the horrific events earlier in the day, I realized what this year’s Tonys provided. The ceremony showed the power theater has to be a place for people to forget what’s happening. They made me laugh and they made me cry from the powerful emotions in the performances. At its best, theater whisks you away into another world. It makes you forget your problems and the problems of the world. This year’s Tonys was a beacon of joy and celebration in a day surrounded by sadness.

COMMUNITY CULTURE PREVIEW

SHAKESPEARE IN THE ARB

Who invited the dementors to the picnic?

‘Love’ in the Arb

By MERIN MCDIVITT Daily Arts Writer

Nichols Arboretum is always teeming with visitors during the summer — among them are picnickers camped out near the Huron Shakespeare River, tanners stretched out on in the Arb sun-bleached presents towels and kayakers trying, “Love and failing, to Labour’s avoid the boulLost” der everyone seems to get Thu-Sun at stuck on. On 6:30 in June weekend eveNichols Arboretum nings in June, though, the Arb $20 for adults, will take on a $10 for students decidedly more romantic tone as the sunlight dims and Shakespearean lovers scatter throughout the shadowy woods.

This month marks the 16th year of Shakespeare in the Arb, the beloved festival that takes place through the end of June. Directed by Kate Mendeloff of the Residential College, this year’s play, “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” takes audience members on a journey through the Arb itself, providing an immersive theatergoing experience that draws more lovers — of Shakespeare, that is — every year.

“There’s this sense that you enter this world of the King’s Park,” Mendeloff said of the summer’s production, which highlights one of Shakespeare’s earliest plays. “I try to create a 360-degree experience for the audience.”

The play, which centers around the King of Navarre and his cronies, is set in a forest, making the Arb the ideal setting. As the play moves around the woods and valleys, the audience follows the earnest hijinks of the king and his friends as they take a vow of celibacy, only to be happily thwarted by their romantic interests. While no one could have

predicted 2016 would be a landmark year for women, from feminist Beyoncé to Hillary Clinton, this play goes along perfectly with our “Year of Women.”

“It has a lot of great roles for women,” Mendeloff said, drawing attention to some of its humorous feminist winks. “The women are so much [more clever] than the men.”

A new, fresh concept when it first appeared in 2000, the festival has displayed remarkable staying power and a sense of history.

Unseasoned performers join every year, providing new blood and contemporary perspectives, but other collaborators, like Mendeloff, have participated in the program since its inception.

One woman in particular left her indelible mark upon Shakespeare in the Arb — Roberta Vandermey served as the show’s costume director for nearly a decade, crafting many of the show’s delicate, exquisite garments, before passing away several years ago. She chose to be buried right next door to her beloved Arb in Forest Hill Cemetery, the lush, peaceful graveyard that shares its border with the park.

Every year, Mendeloff and her collaborators leave flowers on Vandermey’s grave before opening night.

“It’s this ritual that we really love,” she said.

Dotted with flowering trees and visited by occasional deer, the cemetery is perhaps the quietest spot in the city, the hush interrupted every once in awhile by traffic from the streets nearby and the muffled sound of feet on damp grass.

By summer nightfall, even these sounds have fallen away and Forest Hill is silent. But next time you walk home on Geddes Road at dusk, down the hill and past the wrought iron fence lining the graveyard, listen closely. Carried on the wind is the soft rustle of gossamer and chiffon, and maybe someone, flowers in hand, is straining her ears to the east for the closing lines of a sonnet.

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CONCERT REVIEW

Bey’s lively ‘Formation’

By ADAM THEISEN Managing Arts Editor

As I took my seat Tuesday night for Beyoncé’s Formation Tour at Ford Field, my mind jumped to the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey.”

Dominating the stage before Bey graced it with her presence was an enormous, bright rectangle that nearly reached the football stadium’s ceiling. It reminded me of “the monolith,” a similarly imposing artifact of mysterious origin in “2001” that always seems to appear when the human race is on the verge of a huge new advancement.

It may be slightly hyperbolic to say Beyoncé is a full evolutionary step ahead of the rest of us, but I’m not exaggerating when I say her show was unlike anything I had ever seen. The Formation Tour is an extravaganza of world-class dance, technical wizardry and incredible music.

And it was like that from the very beginning. The crowd shrieked at the very first sign of movement, as the rectangle began to spin and pulsate, flashing images of Bey. Her dancers came out from behind to the first notes of “Formation,” the Queen herself appeared onstage and nobody in the audience could recover for the rest of the night. It was wild and loud from the front to the back, with cameras flashing from every corner and the bass turned up so high I could feel my throat shaking. Just the opening run included anthems like “Sorry,” “Bow Down” and “Run the World (Girls).” Within three songs, Bey had already shot off literal fireworks, when any other artist who brings fireworks always has to save them for the finale.

One of the many things that makes a Beyoncé show so unique is Bey doesn’t need to prove herself to you.

She’s possessed by an unshakeable confidence gained from decades of hard work, and her fans love her unconditionally. If you’re not happy at her show, then that’s entirely your problem. Beyoncé yelling out, “Are y’all having a good time tonight?” would be like the Mona Lisa asking if you think she’s pretty — she knows she’s the queen, and she’s performing for her own art, not for any kind of validation.

That’s not to say she’s ungrateful in any way — far from it. You can’t hide any emotions when your face is on 200-foot tall screens, and

Beyoncé was beaming whenever she looked out at the crowd — that kind of smile-with-your-eyes you can’t fake. She took the time, too, to recall her early days when Destiny’s Child was performing in front of grocery stores, and she made sure every woman at the show knew how special she was.

“There’s no such thing as a weak woman,” she preached.

Beyoncé is revolutionary in ways both big and seemingly small.

Of course, this type of show is unprecedented — there’s a point where she literally walks on water!

But she also employed the first Black female rhythm section I had ever seen in a pop concert, a nice change of pace from the token band of white dudes And if she wasn’t there already, Lemonade has pushed Beyoncé past the point where her setlist can leave out massive hit songs and still be all killer and no filler — there was no “Irreplaceable,” no “6 Inch,” not even “Single Ladies,” for the love of God. But Bey made it feel like nothing was missing. She effortlessly hopped from hits to major album tracks and back to hits from all over her career, almost turning the whole show into a lengthy-but-coherent medley that occasionally was broken up by dance showcases and video interludes, courtesy of “Lemonade,” the film.

With the lack of certain tracks, the concert never quite became the allout dance party it could have been, but signature songs like “Drunk in Love” and Destiny’s Child’s “Survivor” sounded reinvigorated

by Beyoncé’s live energy, even though everyone in the stadium had surely heard them hundreds of times before.

While there were plenty of flashy effects and backing tracks, absolutely nobody could come out of Ford Field criticizing Beyoncé’s voice, unless somehow they went temporarily deaf for “Love on Top.” She did the a capella of a WhitneyHouston-esque track from 4 on the B-Stage, surrounded by fans who got louder and louder as the song progressed. At the song’s climax, she repeats the refrain over and over, going up a pitch each time.

It’s impressive enough on the record, where Bey presumably had unlimited takes to perfect it, but seeing her do it live without anything behind her, filling up the biggest room in Detroit with only her voice, was the most stunning moment

I’ve ever experienced at a concert.

It was like watching Steph Curry make his signature off-balance corner three-pointers. As each refrain approached, I instinctively knew Bey’s shot was going in, but I still found myself thinking, “This is unbelievable” every time she sang it.

Though the show was so tightly choreographed that there’s no way it changes much from city to city, Beyoncé took a moment to shout out Motown. When she talked about how stars like Diana Ross paved the way for her, it highlighted an interesting split in Yoncé’s musical personality. Beyoncé has scaled new heights in her career by pushing the boundaries of pop music with her last two albums, but she still reveres the classics. The two songs she told the crowd were her favorites to sing on tour — “Me, Myself and I” and “1+1” — would both sound at home on Janet Jackson and Etta James records, respectively.

It was fitting, then, that she didn’t close with a banger but with “Halo,” which she dedicated to the Orlando shooting victims and their families.

Normally, it’s far from one of my favorites, but Beyoncé seems to live just to sing that song in front of 50,000 people. Where it’s cheesy on the record, Beyoncé’s powerful live voice makes it earnest, joyful and inspiring. If you had told me before the show that “Halo” was her final song, I would have been skeptical, but now, I can’t imagine any other song taking its place.

I don’t know what more I can say to truly summarize Beyoncé’s greatness. I could talk about how unreal it felt to gaze in person upon a global icon. And I want to mention that my friend ranked this concert as one of her “Top 10 Life Experiences,” and I’m not sure if I’m that all-in, but it’s definitely a show I’ll remember for the rest of my life. I should say, too, I was almost brought to tears hearing Beyoncé perfectly belt out “Halo” with all she had just a few days after the absolute despair that was Orlando. But if you love Beyoncé, then you know exactly what kind of beyond-words power she has, and I can probably shut up now.

In short, just to reiterate and remind myself that this actually happened, I saw Beyoncé, and I could never see another concert again and still be satisfied. If not fully evolved, I feel changed, and I feel complete.

FILM REVIEW

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“I told you not to enter the creepy room!”

‘Conjuring 2’ a chilling sequel

By ALEX INTNER Summer Managing Arts Editor

When looking for someone to see “The Conjuring 2” with me, I kept getting the same response: “I don’t do horror movies.”

By nature of B+ the film being in the horror The Conjurgenre, people ing 2 didn’t want to see it. I don’t Warner Bros. consider myself Rave & Quality 16 to be a “horrormovie person” either. Still, when I watched “The Conjuring” on a random night on HBO, I was engrossed. It was a well-made movie which not only scared, but impressed with its technical work and storytelling.

It’s the type of movie where, even if I’m not a horror fan, I could still appreciate it. The sequel’s ghost story, releasing three years after the first one, doesn’t quite pack the same punch as the first one, but it still maintained the same cinematic quality that made the first one such an engaging watch.

“The Conjuring 2” again follows Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson, “A Gifted Man” and Vera Farmiga, “Bates Motel”), who this time travel to England to investigate eerie events happening in a London house. The Hodgson family are being terrorized by an evil spirit, who takes possession of their daughter, Janet (Madison Wolfe, “True Detective”).

It’s in its story where “The Conjuring 2” falters a bit, as it struggles with its character work amid a ghost story that isn’t quite as chilling as the first. In this iteration, the franchise puts more of a focus on the Warrens, as if they realized they needed to build up the charac-

ters if they’re going to be the focus of the franchise. Only some of that characterization worked. The film cleverly interplays a ghost haunting Lorraine with the Enfield spirit, but when the focus turns to the Warren’s romance, the story stops dead in its tracks. Moments that are supposed to come off as romantic feel out-of-place with the tone of other scenes in the film. Wilson and Farmiga try their hardest, but they still aren’t able to sell these scenes.

Still, “The Conjuring 2” features scares enhanced by James Wan’s remarkable sense of horror filmmaking. Wan utilizes the tension and release method of horror filmmaking to his full advantage, letting scenes breathe. He doesn’t force moments of horror where they don’t belong, instead letting scenes breathe. There’s also no gratuitous blood and gore that makes other horror movies so tough to watch. Instead, he relies on triedand-true jump scares. These elements make the moments where he chooses to scare you that much more powerful. He also puts an eerie look on the film, with a dark filter applied over pretty much every shot, especially when they’re inside the house being haunted.

“The Conjuring 2” is a master class in how horror filmmaking can, and should, be done.

And yet, despite the same quality of scary moments, “The Conjuring 2” ’s story didn’t play quite as well as the first iteration. The ghosts were more present on-screen than in the predecessor causing a subtle loss in the tension, but saying it’s slightly worse than an impressive movie isn’t meant to be a huge criticism.

Thanks to Wan, the sequel still had many of the elements that made the first film so spine-chilling, and in this case, that’s just enough.

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AAPD From Page 2 search for a serial rapist in Ann Arbor. He said no improper police conduct occurred then either. “(The shooting) was tragic for Ms. Rosser, the officer involved, as well as all who care about either of them,” Baird wrote. “It was tragic for the community as a whole.

However, it was a completely justified and reasonable response to the situation the officers encountered that day.”

Baird also refuted assertions by the HRC report that AAPD lacks transparency in handling complaints against officers. In 2014, 38 complaints were brought by citizens against AAPD officers, with 10 being sustained following investigation. In 2015, 30 such complaints were made and four sustained.

Baird noted he has personally initiated complaints against his own officers based on anonymous information on social media.

“I have personally initiated complaints against unknown employees for information posted on social media sites,” he wrote.

“The Ann Arbor Police Department has routinely demonstrated that they have earned … trust.”

While supporting the recommendation of an independent auditor for his department, Baird argued there is insufficient evidence to support the other provisions of the HRC report, and he suggested a premature implementation would undermine his officers. However, he remained open to reconsidering his position following the review results.

“Because the commission’s report blends the national discussion with the Rosser incident, I have concern that there may be an appetite to address national issues and concerns with local policy,” Baird wrote. “To presume that the Ann Arbor Police Department’s practices are not ‘positive’ and that a review board is the best way to ‘ensure future adherence’ absent any supporting reference is ill advised.”

Stambaugh also agreed with Baird that AAPD has consistently performed professionally, but she argued this does not make increased civilian oversight unreasonable.

Stambaugh noted that numerous cities similar to Ann Arbor — including Austin, Texas — already have civilian oversight boards in place that are similar to the one recommended by the HRC.

“(Baird) simply thinks his police department is very good, and it is very good comparatively, but the police should not be policing themselves,” Stambaugh said.

“We didn’t say the police department is awful. We said this would improve overall community-police trust.”

City councilmember Graydon Krapohl (D–Ward 4), who also served on the HRC, said the term “oversight” can be misconstrued as critical of the police department when the actual goal is to foster better communication between the police and community.

“Oversight is a difficult word to use,” he said. “We’re looking to form a possible group to create better community and police interaction to ensure we eliminate those gaps that exist in understanding both ends of the spectrum.”

Krapohl believes a consensus that would be agreeable to both Baird and the community can be found, saying Baird is still fundamentally in favor of improving community relations.

“I think (Baird) doesn’t like the (oversight committee) idea, but he’s not — from my conversations with him — opposed to a more interactive committee or group that again shares information and looks to how to create a better understanding between the police committee and the community they serve,” Krapohl said.

However, some residents have been skeptical of the HRC’s efforts since 2015, arguing the recommendations will not impose sufficient transparency on AAPD. Some also expressed worry that the proposed oversight board will be turned into a rubber-stamp body once council formalizes its powers to appease the AAPD and its police officer union.

Shirley Beckley, an Ann Arbor resident of the past 74 years, said the public’s ability to ask questions and give input at public forums regarding police reform was severely limited in 2015, and she is ultimately pessimistic as to whether meaningful change will pass. Beckley added she is also skeptical of Mayor Christopher Taylor’s commitment to meaningful reform, noting all HRC members are appointed by the mayor.

“You don’t have a forum to talk about police brutality … and not allow your community to freely talk,” Beckley said, pointing to questions at forums that had to be written in advance and chosen by moderators. “We can piss and moan all we want, but I don’t think we’re going to get anywhere.”

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REQUIEM From Page 1 mentioned the Ann Arbor’s community’s impressive ability to come together and show support in such a short notice.

“In the wake of such tragedy, it is heartening to know that we have the ability to come together as a community,” Schlissel said.

“We are artists and activists, leaders and students, faculty, staff and community members.”

Schlissel finally noted the importance of upholding values in the aftermath of violence.

“We must remember that our differences are precious,” Schlissel said. “That those of all religions, ethnicities, beliefs, sexual orientations and gender identities make us a complete community,” Mayor Taylor offered advice on how to interpret Sunday’s violence, as well as how to move forward.

“It is our first instinct to view these killings as a senseless slaughter, and in one respect this surely is true,” he said. “The risk is in attributing too much cultural meaning to the actions of a solitary killer, for this amplifies and gives power to the despicable.”

ORLANDO From Page 1 “We must continue to stand against violence and stand together as members of communities, as allies and as people affected directly or indirectly by this senseless act of violence,” she wrote. “We are, of course, all affected by this tragedy, often in different ways. We know that many members of our own community share the multiple identities with those directly impacted by these events, and it can make things particularly difficult for us to learn, to study and to care for others.”

An unidentified group of students chalked the Diag in rainbow colors with the words “Michigan stands with Orlando” and “In memory of our friends in Orlando” Sunday after news of the shooting broke.

In an interview with the Daily, Will Sherry, director of the Spectrum Center, said they will be hosting an open center for students Monday and Tuesday for those who wish for community in this time of tragedy.

“We are a space that seeks to create a safe environment where LGBTQ students can thrive, he said.

“We are having our space open for

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Taylor took a distinctly pointed tone, condemning and calling for action on what he viewed as a lack of gun control, and also called for acceptance of the Muslim community. Taylor received two separate standing ovations from the crowd, though some members of the audience shook their heads in disagreement when Taylor condemned the role of guns in American society.

“I believe that what we can do is that we can live our lives. We can live our lives with a renewed commitment to speak out against and defeat the notion that a gun-riddled America is a safer America,” Taylor said, as he was interrupted by spontaenous applause. “We must have a renewed commitment to live our lives with openness, pride and joy, to defend and affirm the full membership of our Muslim brothers and sisters in our communities large and small”.

Jim Toy, described by Taylor as an LGBTQ icon and community legend, concluded the speeches.

Toy asked audience members to hold hands with one another and speak words of equality and peace.

Following the introductory speeches, the performance of

Mozart’s Requiemcommenced, performed by students and faculty from the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, as well as local musicians. The ensemble, composed of 50 instrumentalists and 135 singers, was assembled with just 48 hours’ notice. The piece was conducted by Kevin Fitzgerald, a University alum who received his master’s degree in orchestral conducting in 2015.

In his speech, Taylor commented that the piece was fitting for the occasion.

“It is a very appropriate work.

Mozart’s Requiem is famously unfinished, much like the lives of those lost in Orlando,” he said.

The performance was concluded with a moment of silence to respect the lives recently lost.

This was followed by a series of prayers and words of faith given by community members. The group of prayer leaders included observers of Christianity, Judaism and Islam.

Before the doors to the performance opened, a small group of gun control activists bore signs in front of the auditorium. A group of five volunteers held orange signs that read “Moms Against Guns.”

The demonstrators came from a grassroots volunteer branch of the national organization Everytown for Gun Safety. Rosalie Wright, the leader of the group, talked about how they are trying to spread the word about gun safety and bring people together to create a unified front.

“If enough people engage in an organized way, then something can happen legislatively, in terms of law, awareness, gun safety for children,” Wright said. “We are going at it on all fronts.”

The group was asking people to sign a petition in support of increased gun control legislation upon entering Hill Auditorium.

According to Wright, they had “pages and pages” of signatures.

Music, Theatre & Dance sophomore Bailey McMillian said she found the performance and overall event to be beautiful. She said the outcome of such an incredible event put on in such a short notice represents the Ann Arbor and University communities.

“The fact that we showed up here at 7:35 p.m. and there was a huge crowd already waiting to get in was incredible,” McMillian said. “This is what I wanted U-M to be, this is what I thought

it would be and what Ann Arbor would be and this is exactly what it is.”

Don Lyons, a recent LSA graduate, had a similar reaction to the event. He particularly appreciated the religious diversity expressed during the introductory speeches and the concluding period of prayer.

“I thought it was a really beautiful performance,” he said. “I thought that it was especially great to have so many voices, difference voices of faith. It was great to hear voices that came from people of faith and those who are secular.”

Jeff Ellison, one of the choir singers and a member of University Musical Society Choral Union, said he and the members of the organization were contacted by e-mail and asked if they would be willing to volunteer their voices to the show. He said the crowd that showed up was incredible.

“It was heartwarming to see such a nice group turn out, and to feel the energy in the room was just fantastic,” Ellison said.

“This was a time of mourning and everybody came with that idea, but everybody also came with the idea that love is the way forward.”

people to come and reflect.”

Jeffery Noble and Danny Clergy, two University of Michigan alumni who were relighting vigil candles set up next to the chalking, said they had also attended a vigil at Aut Bar. The vigil featured speakers from several community members, Jim Toy, founder of the Spectrum Center and Jim Toy Community Center and Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor; State Rep. Adam Zemke (D- Ann Arbor) was also in attendence.

In his remarks Taylor emphasized the need to use this act of violence as a pathway towards fighting extremism and hatred in a broader sense.

“What do we do with this?” he asked. “We live our lives with a renewed commitment to speak out against and defeat the notion that a gun-riddled America is a safer America; to speak out against and defeat violent extremism; and to speak out against and defeat rank bigotry in all its forms.”

Sherry said the Spectrum Center had a presence at the vigil in order to pay their respects and offer support.

“We were there to be with one another and reflect on the sad-

ness of lives lost and to give our condolences to the families of the victims,” Sherry said.

Noble said he feels the need to raise awareness of the need for societal acceptance and tolerance so that it can be a starting point for change.

“I feel that this is the most we can do,” he said. “I mean, we want to do more, but the only way we can help is through publicity and getting the word out so that this is a cause of change in society.”

The shooting has sparked renewed discussions of gun safety and hate crimes against members of the LGBTQ community.

In his speech, Obama called for solidarity with the LGBTQ community.

“This is an especially heartbreaking day for all our friends — our fellow Americans — who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender,” Obama said. “The place where they were attacked is more

than a nightclub — it is a place of solidarity and empowerment where people have come together to raise awareness, to speak their minds and to advocate for their civil rights. So this is a sobering reminder that attacks on any American — regardless of race, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation — is an attack on all of us and on the fundamental values of equality and dignity that define us as a country.”

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Steinberg resigns as ‘M’ Softball: Season in Review men’s tennis coach SOFTBALL

By AVI SHOLKOFF Daily Sports Writer

For the third time in the last four years, the Michigan softball team reached the Women’s College World Series. Though the Wolverines did not win a championship, Michigan has much to be proud of in an expectations-filled season. Senior second baseman Sierra Romero cemented herself as the greatest hitter in Wolverine history — perhaps one of the top players of all time — junior right-hander Megan Betsa earned Big Ten pitcher of the year and Michigan coach Carol Hutchins set the record for most NCAA wins by a head coach.

The Daily looks at the highlights, gives out awards and recaps the other top moments of the 2016 softball season.

Most Valuable Player: Sierra Romero Through her first three seasons, Romero was the Wolverines’ best player. In 2016, she demonstrated that she could be one of the best players ever in the history of the softball. Romero hit at least .450 for the third straight year, including .500 in conference play. She hit 19 home runs in 59 games and had 79 runs batted-in. Romero notched her fourth straight NFCA All-America honors and her third consecutive year as a member of the first team. During Michigan’s time at the WCWS, USA softball named her the 2016 National Collegiate Player of the Year. This past Thursday, Romero became the first recipient of the NFCA D1 Player of the Year award.

In her four years, she played both second base and shortstop and started all but one game. She ranks first in the Michigan record book in career batting average, runs, home runs, RBI and slugging percentage. Romero will continue her softball career as a member of the USSSA Pride, which will play a series at Alumni Field from June 27-29.

Breakout player: Tera Blanco Recruited as a pitcher, Blanco has spent most of her two seasons in Ann Arbor in the right side of the infield at first base. The sophomore improved on a solid freshman year, hitting .404 with 12 home runs and 66 RBI — an improvement of .113, five and 19 respectively. She also slugged .748, second-best on the team.

Blanco earned her first NFCA

All-America first team honors and was named to the All-Big Ten second team. Blanco moved up to the No. 5 spot in the batting order and may hit cleanup next season. The first baseman had a total of 318 fielding opportunities notching 296 putouts — best on the team — and finished the season with a perfect fielding percentage of 1.000.

With Michigan’s two best offensive threats graduating, Blanco will be looked to for dynamic and powerful hitting next season.

She also could see extended time in the circle with the departure of fifth-year senior right-hander Sara Driesenga. In a combined 37 innings in her two years, she sports a 2.08 earned-run average and 22 strikeouts.

Game of the year: Super Regional Game: Michigan 5, Missouri 4 Hutchins described her Wolverines’ come-from-behind, lategame win over Missouri as “one of the very greatest victories ever in the history of Michigan softball.” Coming from a coach in her 32nd year in Ann Arbor, it clearly has significance. All season long, Michigan was expected to advance to the WCWS, and it did so in an unbelievable fashion.

Down 4-1 heading into the seventh inning, the Wolverines scored four runs to defeat the Tigers and travel to Oklahoma City for their third time in four years. Michigan had just four hits in its first six innings. In the seventh, it had five.

The Wolverines loaded the bases for Romero — the NCAA career leader in grand slams — who hit a fly ball to center field, scoring pinch runner Mary Sbonek from third base. It was now 4-2. The Wolverines had a problem though: they were down to their last out.

Kelly Christner wasn’t affected.

She swung at Tigers’ right-hander Paige Lowary’s next pitch and lined it down the right-field line to add another run. Senior outfielder Kelsey Susalla doubled home Sierra Lawrence, and the game was tied at four.

Michigan again was down to its last out with Missouri’s 9-1-2 hitters due up in the bottom of the inning. Lowary’s 1-2 pitch to Blanco sailed to the backstop and Christner came sprinting from third and touching home for the go-ahead run. Betsa would stop the Tigers’ bats in the bottom of the 7th for one final time en route to a sec-

ond consecutive WCWS berth.

Moment of the year: Honoring Hutchins at Alumni Field In Bloomington on April 2, Hutchins became the winningest coach in NCAA softball history with her 1,458th victory. Her Wolverines run-ruled Indiana, 8-0, that Saturday afternoon.

About two weeks later on April 15, a sold-out crowd at Alumin Field watched Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel honor Hutchins with a ceremony after the Wolverines’ victory over rival Ohio State. As Hutchins stood in the dugout, Manuel offered praise for a coach who has won more games than anyone else in Michigan’s history.

“She’s mad at us. She doesn’t want any of this attention,” Manuel said that night. “Thirty-three years of coaching. I hope it is the halfway point in her career.”

A video tribute played on the scoreboard in left field. In the montage, numerous Michigan coaches expressed their amazement with Hutchins’ achievements. Hockey coach Red Berenson, field hockey coach Marcia Pankratz, men’s basketball coach John Beilein and baseball coach Erik Bakich were among those who shared stories and praise for the winningest coach in softball history.

Hutchins thanked her coaching staff and the numerous fans who showed their support, beginning her address by sharing her adoration with Alumni Field.

“This isn’t about me. It’s about the University of Michigan,” Hutchins said that night. “Any win we ever get in softball is for the University of Michigan. I am honored and humbled to be up here today.”

Romero perhaps best summarized the sentiments of the players after the game.

“She deserves everything,” Romero said. “I know she doesn’t like the attention. But, she’s the alltime winningest coach.

“She’s a great leader for our program, and she’s made me not only a better player but a better person and has prepared me for everything after college. She’s an amazing woman.”

In a season filled with comeback wins, long home runs and numerous shutouts, it was the honoring of a long-time coach, now the winningest in NCAA softball, that stood out the most.

By ETHAN WOLFE Summer Managing Sports Editor

Just two years after getting hired as the Michigan men’s tennis coach, Adam Steinberg resigned Wednesday to become the new head coach at Arizona State.

“We appreciate everything Adam and his family did for Michigan and the men’s tennis program over the last two seasons,” said Michigan Athletic Director Warde Manuel in a statement. “We wish him well in the future.”

The announcement came after a 21-8 season, in which the Wolverines advanced to the second round of the NCAA Regionals.

After a 7-17 finish in his first year at the helm of the program during the 2014-15 season, Steinberg’s team-oriented coaching style took only one season to come to fruition with

a dramatic 14-win turnaround.

Before arriving in Ann Arbor, Steinberg had coached at Pepperdine for 10 years, where he won a national championship in 2006 behind a 36-2 overall record — the most victories by an NCAA championship team. Later, Steinberg took over for former Michigan men’s tennis coach Bruce Berque, who left the program in 2014 after his team failed to make it past the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

When Steinberg spoke to The Daily in early April, he discussed his broad, yet effective goal to change “everything this program is about.” In just two seasons, Steinberg’s ideology had already left its mark.

Despite Steinberg’s departure, Michigan will return a bevy of its starters as it begins its search for a new head coach.

In just two seasons, Steinberg’s ideology had already left its mark.

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Adam Steinberg compiled a 28-25 record in his two seasons at Michigan.

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Ferlic wins championship in Romero, Ferlic named

3,000-meter steeplechase Athletes of the Year

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Sierra Romero was named Female Athlete of the Year for the second straight year.

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Mason Ferlic finished his career as an NCAA champion in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.

By MIKE PERSAK Daily Sports Writer

Mason Ferlic landed awkwardly in the final water pit of the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore., on Friday. All of his momentum had been lost, and the fifth-year senior distance runner knew that he would have to get it back quickly in order to keep his lead and win the national championship.

At least he thought that’s what was necessary.

“At that point the legs were very, very heavy,” Ferlic said. “I didn’t move as quickly as I wanted to the line, and I know that I had about ten seconds on the next guy coming into the bell lap, but I was thinking ‘Oh, come on. Just get to the line before somebody comes around me.’ ” Despite the stumble, Ferlic finished the race 3.51 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher to win just the second national championship for Michigan in the 3,000meter steeplechase — 33 years after the Wolverines’ first title in 1983.

Though the race ended in a way that, according to Ferlic, made him nervous, the hardest part of the day was before he even stepped on the track.

“The worst part is the eight hours

in the hotel room leading up to the race,” Ferlic said. “With an evening race, you eat your breakfast, and it is just you and your thoughts that whole time. I just tried to distract myself by doing something else while sitting around.

“I did some crossword puzzles, watched a little bit of ‘Alaskan Bush People’ and read a little bit. I just (did) some things to keep my mind off of the race.”

But once it came to running the actual race, Ferlic had almost no trouble, opening up a big lead before he had even finished his second lap.

Ferlic’s success wasn’t necessarily a surprise, as he entered the race ranked No. 1 in the country in the event. What did surprise Ferlic and his coaches, though, was the lack of a push from the rest of his competitors.

“I was a little bit surprised that nobody went with the early move that he made,” said Michigan assistant coach Kevin Sullivan. “But he was running at a level above a lot of guys, and that’s just his natural ability. So it didn’t surprise me that he built up a lead, it just surprised me that nobody challenged initially.”

And the challenge never came.

Though the slight mishap at the end of the race may have cost Ferlic in margin of victory, his time of

8:27.16 was a new personal record, besting his old mark by 1.61 seconds.

Ferlic’s time was also below the Olympic standard of 8:30 for the event. Though it isn’t his first time running below that mark, he is the only collegiate athlete to run under 8:30 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.

But in the end, Ferlic mostly focused on winning the national championship, a feat that he has been working toward for five years at Michigan.

“I remember that feeling vividly,” Ferlic said. “Stepping on the line, I said, ‘Hell yeah. I just won the national championship in front of 10,000 people.’ ” Added Sullivan: “He puts his mark on the board as another national champion. There’s a lot of great history in our program, and a lot of fantastic national champions.

But now, Mason gets to add himself to that list.”

Ferlic’s season isn’t done by any means. He will now train for his return trip to Eugene in the first week of July for the Olympic Trials.

But Ferlic can enter that training process with great confidence now knowing that, even with a bit of a stumble, he ran his best time at the end of the season to reach his ultimate goal: becoming a national champion.

Summer Managing Sports Editor

Wednesday, the Michigan Athletic Department named Mason Ferlic and Sierra Romero the 201516 Athletes of the Year.

For Romero, this marks the second consecutive year she has been named the Female Athlete of the Year.

The senior second baseman recently finished her storied college career, during which she broke numerous school and national records while also leading her team to three appearances in the Women’s College World Series — including a runner-up finish in 2015.

In her final season in Ann Arbor, Romero became the first player in NCAA history to tally 300 runs, 300 hits and 300 RBI, while posting a .451 batting average with 19 home runs and 79 RBI. For her efforts, she was named to the NFCA All-American team for the fourth time in her career, while also winning the ASA Softball Player of the Year award after finishing as a top-three finalist in each of the previous two years.

Ferlic is coming off a weekend in which he won the NCAA Championship in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, marking the culmination of a brilliant senior year that also saw him post a U.S. Olympic Trials qualifying time in the steeplechase.

Ferlic, also a senior, finished his career at Michigan as both a fivetime USTFCCCA All-American

and Big Ten champion in track, as well as a two-time USTFCCCA AllAmerican in cross country. He was a two-year captain of both teams, and helped lead the cross country team to its first Big Ten title in 18 years.

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Women’s track and field places 20th Michigan earns best at NCAA Outdoor Championships NCAA finish since 1997 MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD

By MIKE PERSAK Daily Sports Writer

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Cindy Ofili could not take home the 100-meter hurdles championship, finishing fourth.

By MATTHEW KENNEDY Daily Sports Writer

Competing at its final meet of the season, the Michigan women’s track and field team had four athletes earn All-American honors on its way to a top-20 finish.

Despite the strong performance, though, not all of the races went as well as planned.

Five Wolverines competed at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., in three different events, with the first events taking place Thursday.

While four of the Michigan runners had preliminary races that day, sophomore Gina Sereno competed in the lone race of the 10,0000-meter run. Due to its length, the event does not have a preliminary run, and the only run is for the championship.

With little room for error, Sereno ran a career-best time of 33:35.16 to capture 13th place — good enough for All-America honors. Sereno’s time was almost exactly a minute behind the championship performance.

After an uneventful day Friday for the Wolverines, three runners returned to the track for final races Saturday.

Fifth-year senior Shannon Osika and redshirt sophomore Jaimie Phelan both qualified for the 1,500-meter run Saturday, making two of three Michigan runners qualify for the finals after fifth-year senior Devon Hoppe narrowly missed out on advancing.

The event was arguably the

Wolverines’ best on the day, with Osika taking fourth place and five points with a time of 4:12.23, just three seconds behind the victor.

Phelan also earned one point for the team with her eighth-place finish of 4:15.61.

“It was an awesome experience,” Osika said. “It was my first race at Hayward Field and it was a very high energy facility. There were a lot of fans and it was even better getting to experience it with my two teammates Devon and Jaimie.

To be able to run the prelim with Devon and the final with Jaimie was a really cool experience.”

The most anticipated event of the weekend for Michigan featured one of the Wolverines’ most-decorated runners of alltime: senior Cindy Ofili.

Ofili won the 60-meter hurdles at the NCAA Indoor Championships in March, and currently holds the seventh-fastest time in the world in the event for 2016. After narrowly winning the 100-meter hurdles at the Big Ten Championships last month, Ofili seemed to be the odds-on-favorite to take home the 100-meter hurdles crown.

With an incredibly strong wind of +3.8 behind Ofili — well above the +2.0 threshold for records to count — Ofili managed to get out to an early lead. But she was moving too fast and could not keep up the pace, ultimately dropping all the way down to fourth with a time of 12.81 seconds. The finish still provided the team with five points,

but after such a stellar regular season, losing the final race by 0.27 seconds was not how most envisioned the race going.

“That was the biggest positive wind that she’s had in her life, and she wasn’t quite sure how to handle that,” said Michigan coach James Henry. “She probably had the best race of her life, and all of that accumulating, it seemed to her that the hurdles were getting to her too soon and they were too close and she just could not navigate it.”

Still, the year was a memorable one for the team. Michigan took home both the Big Ten Indoor Championship and Big Ten Outdoor Championship, and even came in second in the Big Ten Cross Country Championship. A sixth-place at the NCAA Indoor Championship followed by this weekend’s results marks the first time since 2009 that the Wolverines have finished in the top 20 of both championships.

“In the end, we always want to be in a position to win,” Henry said. “But to come out as a winner it made me very happy that the girls listened and that they worked hard, and I’m just so thankful for the senior class to go out the way it did because these kids that are graduating have been some of the best students and some of the best athletes. More importantly, they have been some of the best people that have come to the University of Michigan, and I am so happy to have coached them.”

The Michigan men’s track and field team had finished in the top 15 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships only once in the last 55 seasons. That changed last week.

The Wolverines sent six athletes to Eugene, Ore., who combined to score 15 points — a count good enough to pull Michigan into a tie for 13th place overall.

The highlight of the meet for the Wolverines came from fifthyear senior distance runner Mason Ferlic in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Ferlic entered the meet ranked No. 1 nationally in the event, and backed up that ranking convincingly. Heading into the final lap of the race, the fifth-year senior had opened up a lead so large that even a stumble when landing in the final water pit didn’t thwart his chances of finishing first.

Ferlic still won the race easily, finishing 3.51 seconds ahead of the second-place runner.

“He’s been so focused his entire career here at Michigan,” said Michigan coach Jerry Clayton. “But he’s been so dominant in that event every time he’s raced this year. He’s pretty much (gone) out, taken control of the race from the beginning, and that led to him hitting the qualifying standard for the Olympic Trials, and then he carried that right on through the (Big Ten Outdoor Championships), the (NCAA Preliminary Rounds) and even in the qualifying rounds.

“It’s just a credit to him, and what an outstanding way to finish his career as a Wolverine.”

Freshman sprinter Taylor McLaughlin also became an AllAmerican this weekend in the 400-meter hurdles by finishing fifth in the event with a time of 49.74 seconds, only .01 seconds away from his personal record.

McLaughlin finished first among all freshmen competing in the 400-meter hurdles, and with all of the success that he has had in his rookie season, the future looks bright for the

freshman.

“I don’t like to put predictions or limits on people,” Clayton said. “I think he can be as good as he wants to be. The talent is there. If he stays focused … we just feel really confident (in McLaughlin). I don’t anticipate any problems from what I’ve seen. He’s just a great person, and that’s the bottom line.”

Ferlic and McLaughlin weren’t the only All-Americans for Michigan. Senior Steven Bastien finished eighth in the decathlon, the lowest finish possible to still qualify for AllAmerican honors. Bastien’s status as an All-American was in doubt right up until the last event of the decathlon: the 1,500-meter run.

Bastien entered the race in ninth place, but finished the race with a personal record time of 4:29.82. The time was good enough to put Bastien in eighth place, just five points ahead of Georgia’s Devon Williams.

The 13th place finish for the Wolverines is their best since 1997, and it comes in just the third year under Clayton, who was also surprised of the success early in his tenure at Michigan.

“When I looked at the job when I was interviewed, I felt, with the tradition Michigan had, there was no reason why we couldn’t be better than they were,” Clayton said. “After I was here a year, I thought, ‘Well this is going to take a little bit longer.’

I thought we were looking at five or six years. But obviously the athletes have responded.”

Michigan will now look to take the momentum from the NCAA Outdoor Championships into the offseason in multiple facets. The coaches will continue recruiting and some of the athletes themselves will prepare to compete in the Olympic Trials in July.

Though the 13th-place finish was the best in recent history, the Wolverines have a lot to look forward to. Because with young guys like McLaughlin returning and the successes of the program as a whole, Michigan will have plenty of experience to lean on as it heads into next season.