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inside NEWS New tobacco law irks local business Raising age for tobacco sale may hurt business, owners say >> SEE PAGE 3

NEWS

Augmented reality games at Mott Patients at children’s hospital find therapy in unexpected source >> SEE PAGE 2

OPINION

Missing the mark Kevin Sweitzer discusses Donald Trump’s speech at the Detroit Economic Club >> SEE PAGE 4

ARTS

Lindsey Stirling at the Michigan Theatre Violinist has electrifying performance >> SEE PAGE 6

SPORTS Women’s soccer kicks off pre-season Wolverines host Virginia on Thursday in exhibition match >> SEE PAGE 10

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Protestor Rashida Tlaib is escorted out of the Detroit Economic Club meeting at Cobo Hall on Monday.

Trump tries to reset campaign with economic speech in Detroit Over one dozen protestors infiltrate audience and heckle GOP candidate

By LYDIA MURRAY Daily Staff Reporter

DETROIT— Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump visited Michigan to speak to the Detroit Economic Club about his soon-to-bereleased economic plan and to issue criticisms Hillary Clinton amid protests inside and out of the Cobo Center.

Trump’s speech addressed his economic plan — one of his campaign’s strongest aspects — following a tumultuous

campaign week, in which he controversially feuded with the Khans, the family of a fallen Muslim American soldier who spoke at the Democratic National Convention last week.

A recent Washington Post-ABC poll showed Trump eight points behind Clinton.

Also in attendance at the rally was Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette who said he cannot personally stand by all of the statements Trump has made but believes Trump is the better candidate in this year’s election.

Schuette said he supports Trump despite the comments he’s made about minorities — he believes Trump is the better candidate in terms of economic change.

“I’ve said months ago that comments that he’s made about women and minorities and

Hispanics and disables, that’s not Bill Schuette, everybody knows that,” he said. “But the fact is, now we have two people.

It’s Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, and this is about jobs and paychecks, and it’s about change.”

In his speech, Trump outlined the city of Detroit as a oncegreat metropolis, which has been ruined by trade policies enacted by Democratic leadership.

Trump said Detroit’s fall came when the government allowed other countries to outperform the United States.

“The city of Detroit is where our story begins,” he said.

“Detroit was once the economic envy of the world, but for many living in this city, that dream has long ago vanished. When we abandoned the policy of America

first, we started rebuilding other countries instead of our own. The skyscrapers went up in Beijing while factories and neighborhoods crumbled right here in Detroit.”

Trump’s speech included much criticism of Clinton, stating her policies would be disastrous for the city and country. He even said Clinton has contributed to the city’s troubles and should apologize for doing so.

In his speech Trump accused Clinton of still harboring her support for Trans-Pacific Partnership — which has been theorized by its opponents to have the potential to export more American jobs overseas and increase the price of pharmaceutical and other high-cost goods — as she had See TRUMP, Page 9

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Local startup’s game helps Dingell calls children cope with treatment for renewed App utilizes augmented reality to turn books into digital adventures

app used in hospitals to distract children from scary or painful moments by turning books into engrossing multidimensional adventures by using the camera on a smartphone or a tablet.

“Basically, you hold up your phone screen to a children’s book and the pictures on the pages come to 3D life and move around like a Pokemon moving around on your screen,” Bob Miller, spokesperson of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, said.

Miller said some of the game’s benefits include increasing compliance with treatment and reducing trauma for the children.

Christina York, CEO and co-founder of ALTality, said both parents and children have had incredibly positive responses to Spellbound. The game, currently helping the University of Michigan’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital patients every day, started out as an idea that came to her while reading in bed one night. York, an avid reader, said the idea came to her after having

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to pull out her iPad to search for the difference between two boats described in her book.

“Why can’t I just hold the device up to the book and have it recognize what I’m looking at?”

York said.

York then participated in

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By KEVIN LINDER Niantic — the company that local organization dedicated to Daily Staff Reporter produced Pokemon Go — is economic development whose neither the first nor the only bootcamp helped launch the Local leaders gathered at the company to successfully market company to its current standing Washtenaw Food Hub in Ann the technology. A local startup today.

Arbor Charter Township for a press company, ALTality, is exploring When asked about the effect conference to discuss the need to ways to utilize augmented reality of Pokemon Go has had on her reauthorize the Great Lakes Fish to aid patients in the hospital company, York was almost and Wildlife Restoration Act. setting. entirely positive.

Last month, Congresswomen Augmented reality is an “Pokemon Go is helping Debbie Dingell (D–Mich.), Candice enhanced version of reality augmented reality in general Miller (R–Mich.) and Darin LaHood produced by technology’s adding because it exposes it in a way (R–Ill.) introduced the bill for of a digital layer to the real, that is fun and non-threatening reauthorization. The act, which was physical world. Ann Arbor based and cool,” she said. “It helps first introduced in 1998 to provide tech startup ALTality’s first people envision the possibilities assistance to local groups and Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ product, Spellbound, is a mobile of the technology.” designed to encourage conservation York said that, while the and restoration projects, has not game helps kids get up and been reauthorized since 2006. moving, which is important The bill was submitted by a for being healthy for partnership of organizations treatment, it is not without including the Michigan Department problems. of Natural Resources, The Great MEDIUM “The downside is that the Lakes Fishery Commission and game has patients wandering nonprofit group Ducks Unlimited. into areas they aren’t All three of the aforementioned supposed to be in,” York said. groups had representatives While the company has attend the event and speak on the already made its mark, with importance of the legislation to its pilot project having 25 work that they do. life specialists — pediatric The Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife specialists who help children Restoration Act of 2016 authorizes cope with their illnesses the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service — utilize Spellbound to to provide financial support to help their patients at Mott, states and organizations to develop ALTality plans to further and execute proposals to conserve, expand within the hospital restore and manage fish and wildlife network. populations and their habitats.

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RESEARCH

More Republicans are unsure of climate change, study shows Researchers believe party affiliation and rise of Trump influenced trend

By MADELEINE GERSON Daily Staff Reporter

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Tobacco stores in Ann Arbor will be affected by new ordinance

Municipal tobacco law unsettles small local business owners Local ordinance to raise age of purchase to 21

By BRIAN KUANG and ISHI MORI Daily Summer News Editor and Daily Staff Reporter

The recently approved city ordinance raising the minimum age of tobacco purchase to 21 in Ann Arbor has been met with a cold reception from local business owners directly impacted by the law.

At last week’s City Council meeting, about a dozen public health officials representing local hospitals and national advocacy groups — who worked with Councilmember Julie Grand (D– Ward 3) in spearheading the law — testified on behalf of the expected public health benefits of the restriction.

Following them, Chris Rosenthal, owner of Tobacco Rose Cigars, located on East Stadium Boulevard, took the podium to oppose the bill before the council decisively voted 9-2 in its favor.

“I’m out-credentialed, I’m outdressed, I’m out-documented, I’m out-numbered,” Rosenthal

said, referring to the preceding speakers in the public hearing.

“But I own a small business.”

In an interview with the Daily, Rosenthal, who primarily sells premium cigars, said that even though he doesn’t disagree with the health risks posed by smoking, he disagrees with the manner in which City Council pushed the bill despite state statutes barring municipalities from independently setting restrictions on tobacco sales.

“More than one member of Council said on the record that they knew it was out of their authority to change this ordinance,” Rosenthal said, implicitly referring to Councilmembers Chuck Warpehoski (D–Ward 5), Sabra Briere (D–Ward 1) and Graydon Krapohl (D–Ward 4). “And I get them being progressive and wanting change, but they blatantly broke their oath, and it’s disheartening; they didn’t even put that on the ballot to let the public vote on it.”

Rosenthal added that most of his opposition to the restriction is based on principle, as younger consumers do not buy as many high-end cigars. Nonetheless, he drew issue with what he views as the arbitrariness of the law; it would still be legal for See TOBACCO, Page 9

According to a spring 2016 report released earlier this month by the National Survey on Energy and Environment, fewer Americans doubt the occurrence of global warming. However, a recent collaborative study conducted by professors at the University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy and the Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion concluded that the number of unsure Republicans is at its highest since the inception of NSEE in 2008.

Climate change, which includes global warming, is a change in

weather distributions over a long period of time. Global warming specifically refers to the rise in Earth’s temperature caused by human activities that produce greenhouse gases, and is a topic of energy policy discussion in the upcoming election.

The research study surveyed 768 random adult residents across the nation. The participants were asked a number of questions over the phone about their beliefs concerning climate change, and their responses were analyzed for a variety of factors including age, race, education and income.

The study found that the number of Americans who believe there is no solid evidence for global warming was at an all-time low of 15 percent compared to last year’s 24 percent, and the number of people unsure about the case of global warming’s existence rose to 19 percent from 13 percent — a shift from denying its existence to begin with.

Sarah Mills, an author of the study and postdoctoral fellow at the Ford Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy, said the high temperatures last year most definitely affected the conclusions of the survey.

“This past winter was one of the warmest winters on record,” Mills said. “We have seen record heat at the beginning of 2016. There doesn’t seem to be much else in the climate world that would account for this growing category of people being unsure about climate.”

Mills said political party affiliation had a large effect on th public’s belief in global warming.

Among Republicans, 26 percent were unsure about global warming’s existence.

The researchers speculate the rise in Republicans unsure about global warming — instead of completely denying its reality — could be accredited to the See CLIMATE, Page 8

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Local elections matter

ichigan primary and local elections were held on Tuesday, August 2, and as I approached my MADELINE polling place, NOWICKI I realized just how silent it was. A flurry of campaign signs dotted the grass outside the building, but indoors, I was the only voter. The man running my precinct laughed that I was the “after-work rush” they had been eagerly awaiting. How can a single person be a rush? Oh, that’s right — because there was nobody there for several hours prior to my arrival. In fact, the election officials informed me that I was the 11th voter that day. Eleventh.

I’m registered in an area that is primarily students and youth voters.

Obviously, the fact that this election occurred at a time of year when many students are off-campus contributed to lower turnout at my polling place.

Voter turnout at other stations or in other precincts was probably higher, just due to proportional populations.

However, local and state elections are notorious for low turnouts. In this particular election, just a little more than 17 percent of registered voters in Washtenaw County turned out at the polls to exercise their right to representation.

Just 17 percent of people determined who would govern our city council. Just 17 percent of people dictated the fate of our state-level representation. Just 17 percent of people decided the best candidates for county office.

All this, in an election year — perhaps the most volatile, visible, voracious election year we’ve ever experienced. A year where young voters have been engaged, when first-time voters have been introduced to politics, when encroachments upon universal enfranchisement have been struck down. But simply making people

aware of the fact that politics exists is not enough. Simply sharing John Oliver clips referring to Donald Trump by an ancient family name will not amount to direct, sustained, focused action. It may inspire people to care about issues of immigration policy or xenophobia, which are undoubtedly important.

But clicking share will not alone amount to meaningful progress.

If voters, particularly students and youth voters, want to fulfill their newfound political engagement and reap the benefits of representative democracy, it is essential to first represent themselves. Until 83 percent of people are not regularly failing to participate in local and state politics, real representative democracy will not be in place.

I know that reading about candidates’ views is not as sexy as watching Weekend Update or Stephen Colbert or (the late, great show from) Jon Stewart. It’s objectively more entertaining to laugh about impressions or the absurdity of the state of things today than it is to do the local work of actually changing the state of things today. Personally, I would much rather eat popcorn and hang out with friends and follow a political comedian on Snapchat rather than waking up early to canvass or register voters. I think everyone would. And I get that it’s more dramatic to wax poetic in the “great-man” style of history, envisioning an America that is shaped primarily and solely by the man (or woman) in the Oval Office.

But evidentiary, tangible progress — whether it’s fixing roads or building a library for a community in need or creating extracurricular programs to teach students valuable skills or implementing city-wide environmental safety measures to prevent massive public health crises — comes at the local and state levels. No matter how much you agree or disagree with

a president, your representation in your immediate communities will ultimately influence your life, your health, your wallet and your happiness more.

If you are a Democrat wondering why Republicans control the majority of governorships and state houses, giving a leg up on agenda setting, local and state elections are the way forward toward change. If you are a Republican wondering how an unfit demagogue is dominating and drowning out the conservative ideals you believe in, local and state elections are your opportunity to find honest candidates driven by integrity to fight for your beliefs. If you are a third-party voter hungry for more representation of your Libertarian or environmentalist or other priorities, local and state elections matter. If you are undecided but fed up with the current state of polarization and impersonalization in politics, local and state elections are your opportunity to weigh the candidates on issues that matter to you and your community directly, intimately — local and state elections matter.

So, local and state elections are important. What do you do next?

How do you be one of the people who helps boost that percentage from 17 percent to perhaps something a bit more representative? Register to vote. Find out when elections are happening. Become informed on local, state and federal issues and candidates. Encourage friends and family to participate. Attend a city council or school board meeting and give your input, or check out a speech, rally, town hall or public event for a candidate you want to learn more about. And actually get out there — exercise the fundamental right of democracy and go to the polls.

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

DETROIT — During Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s highly-anticipated economic policy speech KEVIN on Monday, a SWEITZER lot was on the line. Pundits from across the political spectrum looked toward Detroit for what they were hoping would be Trump’s unveiling of his goals for the economy as president.

However, the reality of the speech was much different. In very Trumplike fashion, the highly-anticipated policy speech was delivered to the whitest of white collar audiences and lacked a meaningful outcome or many new concrete policy proposals.

Additionally, he directed a good portion of his speech to attacks on Hillary Clinton’s economic plan.

For me, the most important part of the speech wasn’t the lofty talk about upstate New York or Trump’s claims that he turned around the city of New York with his development.

As a lifelong Michigander, I care a lot about how the policies of the 45th president will affect the Great Lakes State. One of the most meaningful lines of the speech came toward the end, when Trump said “Detroit — the Motor City — will come roaring back. We will offer a new future, not the same old failed policies of the past.”

A promise like this is something we’ve all heard before. People who claim that they alone know “the fix” for Detroit are a dime a dozen, and Trump is just another one who doesn’t get it. Despite his claim about Detroit and many other claims about helping Michigan, none of the policies he unveiled would come to the aid of states like Michigan or cities like Detroit.

For example, his policy of making child care tax-free doesn’t sound like the typical Trump policies, sounding rather like the social policy of a Democrat. However, this policy won’t help Detroit.

Because Trump’s proposed policy will come in the form of a year-end tax deduction, the benefits will only go to those who make enough money to qualify for one of his proposed tax brackets. While this will help many middle- to uppermiddle-class working families, the residents of Detroit, many of whom don’t have the money to afford quality child care in the first place, will not benefit.

Even more flawed was his attack on the estate tax, something that he refers to as the “death tax.” Trump views the cutting of the estate tax as a measure that will help Americans out; however, he could not be more incorrect. According to the IRS, the estate tax only takes effect when the value of the transferred assets upon death is more than $5.45 million dollars. The only people that this will benefit are white collar “old money” Americans, and not everyday Detroit residents.

Just like the child care policy, the abolition of the estate tax will only benefit wealthy Americans.

Additionally, Trump spent a good deal of his speech railing what he calls excessive regulation by the federal government, which in his mind stifles business. He called for a halt on new regulations and a cutback in regulations by the federal government. In a perfect world, this new policy would work well, but in a world where there is no regulation, there is also a disproportionate punishment of those who are most vulnerable.

One can argue that a large part of the Flint water crisis, a crisis that affected a predominantly Black and impoverished Flint community, happened because of a lack of government oversight and accountability. Problems like this would only become more prevalent under a Trump presidency.

Regardless of whether or not Trump’s proposed tax breaks for corporations or his promise to restore law and order to our country actually will benefit us, one very glaring fact is certain: Trump’s economic plan won’t benefit the city of Detroit. Sure, they may benefit the rich white suburban family that can afford to spend $10,000 a year on childcare, but not the everyday Detroiter.

This, to me, is the reason that Trump can’t win. His worldview is so skewed that he legitimately believes that a few simple tax breaks and a few simple tax writeoffs for wealthy families will cause Detroit “to come roaring back.”

Perpetuating a false and dangerous narrative about Detroit while promising tax breaks for Economic Club elites will do more of the same for Detroit while benefiting just Trump and his white collar elites.

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

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Engineering performance

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he 31st Games of the modern Olympiad have begun, bringing a new crop of interesting DAVID stories to cycle MERTZ through the media. Every competition demands the utmost fitness from athletes: the greatest speed, power, endurance, accuracy, strength and focus.

Athletes must train to the limits of their bodies to compete at the highest level and partake in physical regimens that the rest of us can hardly comprehend.

But often training alone is not enough. Having watched every edition of the games for as long as I can remember, I’ve noticed an interesting recurring motif: the profound impact of science on athletics. For athletes to keep up with their competitors, and to even dream of setting new records, they must rely on the latest products of science and engineering.

Science and athletics are inextricably tied.

Growing knowledge of human physiology and metabolism enables nutritionists to prescribe the most optimal diets for athletes to fuel their bodies. Lighter materials like fiberglass and carbon fiber impart cyclists and rowers with speed that would be unachievable with more primitive alternatives like steel or wood. Swimmers no longer need to worry about their times being mistaken by stopwatches now with touch-sensitive pads installed in each lane of an Olympic pool. Technology has unequivocally reduced many of the barriers that prevent the human body from performing at its full measurable potential.

However, new technologies have not always been embraced.

The LZR (“laser”) Racer, a fullbody swimsuit engineered by Speedo, was banned after the 2008 Summer Olympic Games when athletes wearing the suit broke dozens of world records, including 23 in Beijing alone. The suit provided greater buoyancy in the water and masked the hydrodynamic imperfections of the body. The international governing body of swimming, FINA, explained its decision

with a reminder: “Swimming is a sport essentially based on the physical performance of the athlete.” Swimsuits today still cover the maximum amount of skin surface area possible, a complete reversal in strategy from decades ago.

But perhaps the greatest burden on athletics due to science is the pervasiveness of performance enhancing drugs.

This summer’s games in Rio de Janeiro haven’t been immune to the PED problem. In the lead-up to the opening ceremony, a staterun systematic doping operation was uncovered in Russia, almost resulting in the banning of its entire contingent of athletes.

Not only are new substances being synthesized, but new effects could be discovered in substances originally thought to be “clean.” Some banned substances, like pseudoephedrine, are remedies for everyday ailments. The list of banned substances for athletic competition has grown dramatically in recent decades, but it’s nearly impossible to maintain fairness when substances impart performanceenhancing properties that its users and sports physicians aren’t even aware of.

Largely due to scientific and technological advancement, the games this summer in Rio look tremendously different than the original modern games in Athens 120 years ago. But has the competition really benefited?

Are the performances worthy of more admiration? Did Michael Phelps, wearing a LZR suit in 2008 and capturing eight gold medals, really outperform Mark Spitz’s seven in 1972, when swimmers competed in tiny speedos and didn’t even wear caps and goggles?

My firm answer is still “yes.” Much of the increase in athlete performance in the past century has not been due to technology but evolving training habits: longer preparation, more strenuous workouts and optimized diets. The bodies of today’s athletes without performance enhancers still operate at a level not thought possible in years past.

The doping issue will

inevitably continue to haunt sports. While it seems as if it has emerged as a more recent phenomenon and included some high-profile cases, it’s entirely possible that earlier athletes may have been prone to the same inequity. While athletes of the past didn’t have the wide pharmaceutical selection that exists today, doping police didn’t have such an array of blood and urine tests, or the awareness of many performance-enhancing effects derived from common

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substances that historical athletes probably used.

Athletes competing before the widespread notion of doping may have taken PEDs without the concern of being tested for them or even without knowing of the performance enhancing effects altogether. Returning to today, there may be substancederived advantages being utilized by athletes today that we haven’t even discovered. Today’s new drug for the common cold may make it onto tomorrow’s list of banned substances.

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Science and technolog y have unquestionably inf luenced the sphere of athletics, and the results have been mixed. Of course, athletics should always look to human performance as its core principle and apply the use of new technolog y fairly.

Because technolog y continually evolves, so sport will and should evolve with it without sacrificing its inspiration, work ethic and perseverance of its participants.

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

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

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TV NOTEBOOK

CONCERT REVIEW

‘BoJack Horseman’: a Stirling provides feminist saving grace electrifying set Netflix series provides insightful commentary on abortion

By REBECCA LERNER Daily Film Editor

WARNING: Literally all of the spoilers for BoJack Horseman Seasons 1-3.

The world of “BoJack Horseman” is a world of absurdity.

While we follow the eponymous anti-hero — a washed up, alcoholic, anthropomorphized horse — we’re expected to see humor in the hopelessly dismal. I’ve laughed as I bore witness to the cartoon’s depressive nihilism and selfish drug-induced benders. But, considering the current political climate, I didn’t think there was a situation absurd enough to make me laugh about abortion.

The sixth episode of the third season of “BoJack Horseman” proved me wrong. The fifth episode ends with the show’s married interspecies couple, the human Diane (Alison Brie, “How to Be Single”) and canine Mr. Peanutbutter (Paul F. Tompkins, “Bajillion Dollar Propertie$”), finding out Diane is pregnant.

The last episode cuts Diane off at “Mother…” allowing her to start this one with “Fucker!” After tiptoeing around the issue, the couple states their desired plan of action at the same time — to have an abortion.

I was skeptical here. When a character on TV wants to get an abortion at the start of an episode, by the end, there’s often been some change of heart or a timely miscarriage. (I’m looking at you, “The Carrie Diaries,” “Girls” and “Dawson’s Creek.”)

But Diane never wavers in her decision, and Mr. Peanutbutter never falters in his support of her.

Considering the subject matter, the humor in the episode surprisingly comes at the audience from all angles. Diane, who manages the social media accounts of a myriad of celebrities, accidentally tweets out “I’m getting an abortion” to the 40

million followers of pop starlet dolphin, Sextina Aquafina (Daniele Gaither, “MADtv”). There’s quick backlash to this from the media, with MSNBSea news anchor Tom Jumbo-Grumbo (Keith Olbermann, “Countdown with Keith Olbermann”) asking questions like, “Is Twitter an appropriate forum to be discussing a sensitive issue like abortion? Wouldn’t a better forum be… nowhere?” Sextina arrives at Princess Caroline’s (Amy Sedaris, “Ghost Team”) talent agency, ready to fire Diane for this mistake. But the three women soon realize Sextina’s fake abortion has led to her trending like crazy, with celebrities like Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj tweeting their support. Diane explains the response, that “most women who go through this never talk about it, because it’s so stigmatized.

The fact that you’re coming out like this is huge.” And it would be, if Sextina truly was pregnant.

But with the promise of publicity, Sextina decides to fake her pregnancy and subsequent abortion.

Sextina accompanies Diane and Mr. Peanutbutter to their visit at Planned Parrothood, walking past the outraged protesters out front with signs saying “Would you abort JESUS?” and “Babies are fun!” Satirizing guilt-inducing laws so common in states today, Diane is required to watch 20 hours of puppy videos before proceeding and the doctor informs her that, “by law, I have to tell you that at one month your puppies have a favorite color, and that color may be blue.”

What Sextina takes from watching Diane jump over legal hurdles to make a decision about her family and body is the mandatory shame that accompanies abortion. These procedures so obviously have no medical importance and exist only to perpetuate the stigma of abortion.

Sextina rejects this legal guilt, turning it on its head with her new single, “Get That Fetus/Kill That Fetus,” and announces that she will be having her abortion on live TV. The dubstep dolphin prodigy sings of how baby kill-

ing makes her horny while kicking baby rattles across the floor during her slow-motion strut. It also doesn’t hurt that the song is a veritable banger.

In response to Sextina’s battle cry, MSNBSea gathers together “a diverse panel of white men in bowties,” commenting so powerfully on the depressing reality of who actually makes decisions about women’s bodies in this country. The scene hilariously exemplifies the puerile direction abortion debates often take, as people without empathy or experience in the matter make decisions for others.

Diane stands by, horrified as Princess Caroline and Sextina plan the staged “live” abortion they’ll show on TV. (Eddie Redmayne is planned to be booked as the fetus.) She continues the discussion with Mr. Peanutbutter as they walk into Planned Parrothood, the posters behind them illustrating all the other services the organization offers besides abortion, which makes up only three percent of the important work the real Planned Parenthood does. Diane, who has begun a plot to expose Sextina as notpregnant fraud, immediately stops when she meets a teenage girl who felt stronger coming in for the procedure because of Sextina’s music. The slouched teen tells Diane, “getting an abortion is scary. With all the protesters out front, and how you have to listen to the heartbeat and all that. And when you can joke about it, it makes it less scary, you know.”

This statement from an unknown character is the crux of the episode. In a few short sentences, this teenager comes to represent the thousands of women that seek abortions every year. We don’t get her back story or details on why she’s getting an abortion, because she doesn’t owe us anything. But by putting a spotlight on this storyline, the writers of “BoJack Horseman” explain and humanize the stakes of this issue — one that allows for the bodies of women to continually be called to the stage of suffering and shame.

By MEGAN MITCHELL Daily Arts Writer

As the lights shutter in the cramped Michigan Theater on July 30, the roaring chatter of the audience shifts into a hushed silence, a product of anticipation and the promise of a performance to remember.

One of the things that struck me as I took my seat on the main floor was the diversity of Stirling’s fan base. To our right, teenagers; behind us, a family; two rows ahead, an elderly couple.

From the front row, frat boys threw up their hands in the air to the rhythm of the music as families whispered to their children, all there for one purpose and one alone: to watch Lindsey Stirling perform live. Don’t get me wrong, there are many musical groups that draw a diverse fan base.

However, it’s what composes Stirling’s music that entices fans of all ages. Mixing her training in classical violin and her enthusiasm for electronica, Stirling mixes the melody of a symphonic performance with the ambiance of a rock concert. Let me be the first (of many) to say that she does, indeed, rock.

Lindsey Stirling first came to the American spotlight during the fifth season of “America’s Got Talent,” coupling an electronic violin with a mix of ballet and hip-hop dance moves. What made Lindsey Stirling so popular at the time was her ability to carry out both a self-composed violin number while dancing at speeds incomparable to musicians before her. As a composer, classically trained violinist and dancer, Stirling captures the attention of her viewers with cinematographic videos that keep her viewers coming back for more. Yet, for all of her talent, Stirling was voted off of “America’s Got Talent” in the quarterfinals — a decision that she credits the success of her career. Rather than give up on her dreams, Stirling worked her way to YouTube stardom, where her videos have continuously drawn millions of viewers over the past few years. Evident from her sensational performances,

Lindsey Stirling shows passion and pleasure in her work, both on and off the stage.

From the shadows, the silhouette of a violinist appears against pulsing and colorful lights. As things became clearer, the violinist appears in a blue sequined tutu and a pair of Chuck Taylors.

This is not a classical concert — this is Lindsey Stirling. After a nine-month break from live performances, Stirling comes back to the stage without missing a beat. From the first notes of the 90-minute concert, Stirling’s music is powerfully addictive.

Hitting every note flawlessly, she gracefully navigates the stage in solid movements that match those of her backup dancers. How she manages to play a violin and keep her erratic pace is beyond me, but it’s mesmerizing.

As the show progressed through visual effects and dance numbers alike, the crowd never lost its beat with Stirling, who kept us pacified through breaks by stories of love, loss and laughter. The audience roared with mirth when Stirling revealed her two attempts at Disney princess stardom, only to be offered the role of Winnie the Pooh instead, and her comeback as a musician for the upcoming Disney film “Pete’s Dragon.” Solemn crowd members held up heart-shaped hands as she gave a grief-stricken speech about loss and the hope that lies ahead, valiantly cheering her on as she threw herself into the performance of “Something Wild,” the most popular song on her upcoming album Brave Enough. Finishing her performance with “Roundtable Rival,” a duel of fast fingers between a violin and electric guitar, we jumped to our feet to cheer Lindsey on. Hardly believing that it was over, Stirling jumped back onto the stage for an encore performance of her “Phantom of the Opera” melody, as fans swayed to the soft tunes of “Think of Me” and jammed out to her rendition of “Angel of Music,” staying on their feet. Even after Stirling and her accompanying musicians took their leave from the stage, the applause continued.

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‘Suicide’ fails to live HBO finds itself at a crossroads up to its ‘Squad’ goals

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DC’s latest a pathetic excuse for a superhero movie

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With a talented cast and a premise even more subversive of the superhero genre than “Deadpool,” “Suicide Squad” held D promise. Quite a bit of promise. Suicide Add the massive buzz it gen- Squad erated — from Warner Bros. the well-done Pictures trailer leaked Rave & Quality 16 at Comic-Con 2015 — to Jared Leto’s shocking appearance and preparation as the film’s Joker, to the fittingly moody soundtrack that was leaked to the guilty delight of Twitter, and it was fairly easy to buy into the hype.

All things considered, it was sadly undeserved, with lousy execution at every turn. Stationary shots that last too long introduce Amanda Waller’s (Viola Davis, “How to Get Away With Murder”) plan to fight fire with fire by having villains take down evil in dangerous missions for the government in exchange for ten years off their respective prison sentences. Davis’s no-nonsense performance makes the stakes her character’s gamble has for the safety of the country feel palpable. Otherwise, her central figure would be lost among the many dark, drainedof-color shots that paint the bureaucracy she works for.

The bad guys Waller unites must successfully collaborate at the risk of being killed at a moment’s notice.

The acting of the Squad itself is also solid. The talented Will Smith (“Concussion”) as hit man and conflicted father Deadshot and Margot Robbie (“The Wolf of Wall Street”) as the crazy psychiatrist-turnedright-hand-woman and lover to the Joker (Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club”) are stand-out leads.

The remorse of pyrokinetic gang member El Diablo (Jay Hernandez, “Hostel”) is brought to life by Her-

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Like our tenure as arts editors, this could have been so much better.

nandez’s down-to-earth performance and is refreshing and real in the midst of his chaotic associates, and Jai Courtney’s (“Divergent”) quiet but sure presence is reflective of the thief’s role in the original comic book.

The bad guys must fight the possessed but benevolent anthropologist Dr. June Moon, played by Cara Delevingne of “Paper Towns” the way I play recorder. The way she spends the better half of the movie in a two piece, after only being capable of one expression for the first (distress) makes clear why she was cast.

Moon is eventually overcome by her alien possessor, called Enchantress, and threatens to destroy everything.

She annoyingly pops in and out of the film whenever tension is needed or the script gets too close to the character development it begs for.

Not counting Delevigne and the odd Leto, the latter unable to marry his second-rate Heath Ledger’s Joker imitation with his curious El Chapo Guzman aesthetic, it would be unrealistic to expect the Suicide Squad alone to make up for how sloppy this movie is. Listing the surplus of protagonists in the film is as repetitive as the sequences director and writer David Ayer uses to explain the circumstances of each bad guy before they have to save the world together from being sucked into some giant vortex of doom (no context even necessary.)

It’s clear the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s precedent is partly to blame for “Suicide Squad” ’s stretched-thin plot. DC has relied on the integrity of their solitary protagonists since the conception of Superman. Marvel, on the other hand, has thrived on keeping its universe fluid

as to allow for crossovers to maximize their appeal (just compare the box office sales of less popular heroes like “Thor” to “The Avengers” or “Age of Ultron”.) Warner Bros. tries to emulate the formula to no avail. So little time is spent with any of the characters, that “Suicide Squad” ’s intent to build brand recognition for the future installments we all know are coming overshadows the chemistry between the ensemble cast. A repeat of their earlier superhero failure this year.

However, in spite of my skeptic self, I do think DC has a chance to redeem itself as there are rumors of a Harley Quinn movie. Not only would it mean the gorgeous Robbie’s talent is taken seriously despite the many predictable fanservice shots of her butt bared in hot pants, but it would also give DC the opportunity to be bold and adapt her relationship with Poison Ivy, who helps her canon girlfriend overcome the effects of Harley’s abusive relationship with the Joker in a notably realistic way.

This would be important representation on several levels. And after seeing Harley’s biggest dream in the film is to be married to Leto’s sleazy Joker in a vision straight out of the 1950’s, I never want to see Robbie or Leto embrace in a film ever, ever again.

After looking past the choppy editing, weak writing and nearly non-existant characterization, “Suicide Squad” has too many unique villains and could not find a way to showcase them all. No matter what DC’s die-hard fans say about the critical backlash the film has received, the fact of the matter is DC’s characters and moviegoers deserve better.

We’re used to hearing about HBO as being the standardbearer of television. For years now, it’s the network that’s been the most Emmy nominated (mainly because of the variety and quality of content it produces). It’s the network that the likes of Netflix, Showtime and Starz try to emulate in their everyday programming decisions.

Yet, HBO finds itself in a precarious position for the first time in several years. While there’s no denying the massive success of “Game of Thrones,” the drama will only have two more seasons on the air. Outside of “Thrones,” the network has very few other established dramas. “The Leftovers” is its only other drama existing past its first season, and that will end with its third airing in 2017. Their last big attempt at a drama hit, “Vinyl,” was unceremoniously unrenewed after it realized the dramatic retooling the show’s second season would require wasn’t worth the investment. They’re even considering reviving the “True Detective” franchise after its critically panned second season without showrunner Nic Pizzolatto.

That means that, if nothing else succeeds, HBO will find itself with zero established dramas on the network. To combat this, they’re going to be putting a heavy emphasis on new programming. This starts this fall with the launch of “Westworld.”

The network has invested substantial time and money into the series. A pilot was first ordered back in 2013, and in 2014 it was picked up to series with a targeted 2015 premiere date. However, production stoppages and other delays forced the show off that date, and it finally makes its debut in October. The network also has upcoming shows from familiar creators already picked up to series. David Simon (“The Wire”) will be making a series about the porn industry in New York City in the ’70s called “The

Deuce” and Alan Ball (“True Blood”) will be returning to his roots in family drama, though the show does not yet have a title.

Still, none of these shows are guaranteed surefire hits. A development process as tumultuous as “Westworld” ’s does not usually inspire confidence. And, though Simon has created what are considered to be two of the network’s most acclaimed series in “The Wire” and “Treme,” they never had huge audiences at the level of a “The Sopranos” or a “Game of Thrones.”

All these problems are compounded by the recent regime change at the network. Michael Lombardo recently left his position as president of the network and was replaced by one of his key deputies Casey Bloys to replace him. Usually it takes a new leader a few years to establish their presence at the network and develop shows in their own voice, but HBO doesn’t have time to lose. It needs to work on developing hits fast. HBO’s development process is notoriously slow, as exhibited by “Westworld.” They don’t have the years it takes to slowly nurture something out of the gate right now. They need to get a hit drama on the air in the next year, or they risk being without one at all.

However, HBO has been in this position before. “The Sopranos” went off the air in 2007 and was immediately followed up by the flop “John from Cincinnati” and “Tell Me You Love Me,” which was renewed for a second season and cancelled several months later when they couldn’t figure out what a second season would be.

Still, a year later, “True Blood” premiered. The vampire drama quickly grew into the network’s biggest hit since the famous mob drama, giving them a building block they could used to sure up their schedule. It meant they could maintain their reputation as the home for quality, buzzworthy TV. After all, what’s the TV landscape without a strong HBO?

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Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, who denies global warming. While some Republicans may agree that global warming is real and a problem to be reconciled with, they do not want to oppose their party’s nominee. In March, Trump told theWashington Post that he is not a believer in man-made climate change, adding that “biggest form of climate change we should worry about is nuclear weapons.”

Mills continued to explain that the politics of the Republican Party and Trump’s stance on global warming is likely to be responsible for this shift in Republican opinion to be unsure of global warming’s existence, instead of completely believing in it.

“The only thing that I can think of within the political sphere that would point to a growth in this number of Republicans who are unsure is the candidacy of Trump.”

While there is a greater number of Republicans who reported being unsure about global warming, there is little evidence of Republicans transitioning from believer to disbeliever status. One of the NSEE authors, Christopher Borick, who is the director of the Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion, echoed Mills.

“For Americans who support Trump, there may be some uneasiness in taking a stance that is in direct conflict with their preferred candidate’s position on the matter,” Borick said. “Thus, if they tend to believe that there is some good evidence of global warming but this view conflicts with Trump, they may tend to go to a more neutral position rather than totally reject the existence of global

RESTORATION From Page 2 region, and would require a 25 percent local match of total project cost.

The legislation has been introduced as a bipartisan bill, with two Republicans as two of the three state representatives pushing for its re-authorization. Dingell told the Daily that common interests should help the bill pass.

“I introduced it with two Republicans and we all live in a Great Lakes area,” she said. “We have to get the bill reported out of the Natural Resources Committee, which I think we will, and I think it’s just a matter of time to get some of these kinds of bill through.

warming.”

Another key finding of the report was that Americans’ opinions on global warming are more polarized on both sides — meaning that both those who believe in climate change and those who do not are more confident in their opinions.

Borick said those who strongly believe in global warming base their beliefs on scientific evidence and the observation of current weather patterns.

“It’s becoming harder for individuals to claim that there is not solid evidence that warming is happening,” Borick said. “I think the record warmth last winter helped enhance confidence among those that think global warming is occurring.” On the other hand, people confident in their denial of global warming tend to do so because of personal beliefs, region in the United States or even lack of understanding.

“Our question doesn’t mention anything about human-caused climate change,” Mills said. “(The non-believers) are projecting into it. They are convinced that even if the climate is changing, it is not caused by humans; it is just natural patterns.”

Both Borick and Mills agreed that the public’s opinion on global warming can have a huge effect on the energy and environmental policy of the United States. Mills said that if more people believe in global warming, more efforts can be made to slow it down.

“Belief in climate (change) can certainly shift what actions governments might be able to take to address it,” Mills said. “We have seen that the Democratic and Republican platforms have very different approaches to addressing the problem or not.”

Hopefully it won’t be controversial.”

During the press conference, she spoke on other common benefits should see the bill pass through the NRC and eventually passed by Congress.

“This one’s basic 101,” she said.

“It’s good for the economy, it’s good for the environment, it’s good for conservation and we’ve got to get it done.”

Experts at the press conference discussed why this bill is especially helpful for efforts being made towards conservation. Gildo Tori, director of public policy for Ducks Unlimited and biologist, said that GLFWRA is different from many other federal programs which focus

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TOBACCO From Page 3 18-year-old Ann Arbor residents to purchase cigars in Ypsilanti and smoke in his store.

Mohammad Hassan, store manager of Bongz & Thongz on East Liberty Street, said he expects stores selling supplies for vaporizers — whose users are disproportionately younger — to be significantly hurt by the new ordnance.

“In Ann Arbor we have a whole community of vaporizing (vendors), and pretty much it’s going to hurt them,” Hassan said. “We have a huge vaporizer shop downstairs and it’s going to be hurt pretty bad because a lot of our customers are from the age of 18 to 20.”

Hassan said that, though he is not as concerned about the law affecting his store because most of its business comes from selling artisan glass pipes, he wants to start a petition drive with other tobacco shops to roll back the regulation. “(The regulation is) going to hurt a lot of people, and I do think it will shut down a lot of shops here in the city and possibly in the state of Michigan,” Hassan said. “I think businesses should wake up. I’m more than happy to get together with other businesses, but a lot of people aren’t going to wake up until it does hit and it does affect.”

Hassan also added he expects the new law will be devastating for responsible student smokers under 21 because they must now resort to illicit means to obtain tobacco.

“Raising the age limit to 21 is probably going to make a lot more kids try to find different ways to have people purchase the cigarettes,” Hassan said.

“From 18 now to 21, it’s a huge jump. So if somebody’s been smoking for two of those years and can’t smoke anymore, what do you expect them to do? There’s going to be people finding different ways to scam the system.”

Three other stores carrying tobacco products in Ann Arbor declined to comment for this story when approached by Daily reporters.

Despite the protests of individual cigar and cigarette business owners, little evidence could be found of a wider backlash from the local business

community.

Andy Labarre, director of government relations for the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Chamber of Commerce, told the Daily in a phone interview that he doesn’t expect the regulations to significantly affect the local economy and that the chamber will not take an official position on the ordinance.

“I don’t think there’s a notion that it’s going to have any substantial impact on the local economy,” Labarre said. “To be frank, it’s more viewed as the Ann Arbor City Council acting outside its jurisdiction. … That happens from time to time.”

Labarre also added that no local businesses have approached the chamber with concerns regarding the new restrictions.

Councilmember Grand, who initiated the tobacco legislation, told the Daily the profit margin on cigarette sales and demand for tobacco products from 18-to-21-year-olds is so small that she wasn’t concerned about any adverse effects on the local economy.

“The interest in having the ‘Tobacco 21’ ordinance isn’t about the impact on businesses; it’s the impact on the health of young people in our community,” Grand said. “We did think about this impact (on local businesses) and determined that any small impacts that are made were worth it on balance with health benefit.”

Grand added that she has only faced scattered opposition to her legislation from business owners; namely from Rosenthal and an out-of-town advocacy group representing the tobacco industry.

Rosenthal said he has been approached by a number of multi-regional law firms, whose names he declined to disclose, seeking to challenge the ordinance as a pro-bono civil rights case on the basis of the ordinance’s contradiction to state law. However, he said he is still undecided over whether to challenge the city in what could ultimately be lengthy litigation.

“I really do love this town. … I’m not going anywhere,” Rosenthal said. “If I take this to court, it’s going to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees to the city. Does Ann Arbor have the money? Of course they do, but it’s kind of a waste … but I don’t know (if I will sue), it’s going to be a moral decision.”

TRUMP From Page 1 supported it while working under the Obama administration and has since denounced. He also accused Clinton of supporting the North American Free Trade Agreement — enacted under Bill Clinton — which is believed to have resulted in millions of dollars of trade deficit with Canada and Mexico and the loss of millions of American jobs.

“A vote for Hillary Clinton is a vote for TPP and NAFTA,” he said. “Before NAFTA went into effect, there were 285,000 auto workers in Michigan. Today that number is only 160,000. Detroit is still waiting for Hillary Clinton’s apology. She’s been a disaster. I expect Detroit will get that apology right around the same time Hillary Clinton turns over those 33,000 e-mails she deleted.”

Trump promised to release a more detailed economic plan in the weeks to come.

Michigan has come into question as a swing state this election season, despite voting Democratic in every presidential election since 1988. Both vicepresidential nominees have already visited the state, and Clinton is scheduled to speak Thursday in the state, where she

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York said the company eventually hopes to create a platform in which kids, therapists and parents alike can create

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will also address her economic plan.

According to Rusy Hills, University professor of public policy, the economic appeal will be key for the Trump campaign in winning the state.

“This is the number one issue: jobs, paychecks and the economy,” he said. “He’s right in the voter sweet spot. The fact that he’s doing it in Michigan shows that Michigan is in play.”

Trump’s speech was interrupted by 14 protesters — the majority of whom were women.

Female protestors shouted phrases such as: “You have to answer to women,” while a sole male protester repeatedly shouted “tiny hands” as he was escorted out.

Outside the Cobo Center, approximately 100 protesters attempted to form a human wall, blocking Trump’s entry. Signs held by the protesters denoted a number of controversial issues including the Khan family controversy, Palestine relations and Trump’s proposed wall and conservative immigration policies.

Debra Simmons, who was there protesting Trump’s candidacy, said Trump’s offensive comments showcased throughout his campaign make him unrepresentative of the public.

“Who wants a hater in the White House? He’s not for the people,” she said. “His issues do not ref lect what the people want.”

U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D– Mich.) was also in attendance at the event, despite her endorsement of Clinton. She said that despite Trump’s economic agenda, his historical actions do not indicate that he will help Detroit, the state of Michigan or the working class.

“He says one thing but his actions don’t match up,” she said. “While I want jobs here, he’s exporting jobs to China and other countries. … When he talks about autos, Hillary Clinton voted for a package that saved the auto industry. He opposed it.”

their own augmented reality experiences. York described her vision as something similar to Pinterest but using augmented reality. She said she envisions a platform in which kids can discover what would happen if they mixed two storylines together or if they wanted to put themselves in the story.

She added that ALTality also plans to expand to homes and schools and keep up with the rapidly advancing technology, either continuing in the direction they are headed or expanding further into developing an app that is compatible with headsets or wearables such as activity trackers.

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90 goal from senior midfielder Jessica Heifetz, but the Wolverines let in two quick goals shortly after halftime — one of which off a penalty kick.

“I was really proud of this young team,” said Michigan coach Greg Ryan to MGoBlue after the game. “West Virginia’s just dangerous. … For us to hang in there, connect well, get chances in behind their line and then come away with a late goal to tie it 2-2 is really beyond what I expected for today.”

Thursday, Michigan will host a demon from its past: Virginia, the team that knocked the Wolverines out of the Elite Eight in the 2013 NCAA Tournament.

This week’s matchup will mark just the second time the two teams have played each other.

This time, however, Michigan has the home-field advantage.

For senior defender Madisson Lewis, another Michigan captain, this Thursday’s exhibition is personal. Lewis was the Wolverines’ second-leading scorer that season and was a starting forward in Michigan’s 2-1 loss to the Cavaliers.

“It’s gonna be really fun to play them at home and hopefully kick their butt,” Lewis said.

Wolverines without Timko, Yekka and Sweeney: Back in May, Ryan announced that Michigan would be without three critical players this season: junior defender Taylor Timko, redshirt freshman midfielder Kelly Sweeney and sophomore defender Sura Yekka.

Both Timko and Sweeney will be out due to knee injuries suffered in the spring season, with Sweeney reinjuring the same knee that kept her out of the 2015 season.

Timko, however, may return late in the season, pending rehabilitation and approval of the team’s medical staff.

Timko has been a huge presence up front during the last two seasons, and led the team last year with seven goals and three assists.

As for Yekka — one of Michigan’s anchors on the backline — she will be training with the Canadian U-20 Women’s National Team in preparation for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup from Nov. 13 to Dec. 3 in Papua New Guinea.

“Taylor, Sura and Kelly are tremendously talented players, and we will miss them, and will definitely feel their loss this fall” Ryan said in a statement this May. Though the losses will present a new challenge for the team this season, Ryan noted that it will bring about opportunities for younger and returning players to compete for those vacant spots.

According to Lewis, the bench is as critical to the team’s success as those on the field, and she has no doubt Sweeney and Timko’s input will be heard.

“Taylor will be fine, she’s such a positive person in general. Same with Kelly,” Lewis said Saturday.

“We have a very good support system as a team. We’re all there for each other whenever anyone needs it. I think we’ll be fine.”

Nike rings in new era of Michigan soccer: With last week’s unveiling of the new Nike and Jordan Brand apparel at the M Den, Michigan is welcoming a new era for its athletic program.

On Aug. 19, the women’s soccer program will be the first of Michigan’s 27 varsity programs to sport the Nike swoosh in a game.

“It’s pretty nice clothing,” Lewis Said. “We kind of joke, ‘Look good, feel good, play good.’ I don’t know, that probably plays into it a little bit. Our jerseys are really cool, we feel more confident… a little mental thing.”

Added Sarkisian: “You’re with a new company, you get all this new gear, you have all this nice stuff on, you better be playing well. … It’s really rallying the Michigan fans and starting a new era. It’s nice to know we’re the beginning of that, and we can have an impact on that and make history if we choose to.”

“I was really proud of this young team.”

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Senior defender Madisson Lewis anchored the Wolverines’ backline last season.

Notebook: Michigan begins its preseason against top-10 teams

By BRAD WHIPPLE Summer Managing Editor

The Michigan women’s soccer team has tended to play locally when it comes to preseason exhibition matches.

The Wolverines have a strong record coming off the first week of training — winning four of their last five exhibition matches by outscoring opponents 17-3 in the last four seasons — allowing them to ease into the regular season.

This year, though, Michigan took an alternative approach and pitted its talent against the Big East and Atlantic Coast Conference. With fall camp beginning Aug. 3, the Wolverines had a quick turnaround to prepare for two of the top programs in the country in No. 6 West Virginia and No. 4 Virginia.

Saturday before the team’s media day, redshirt junior midfielder Ani Sarkisian, one of this year’s three captains, expressed excitement for playing some of the nation’s most competitive teams ahead of nonconference play.

“This is gonna be all in for those 90 minutes,” Sarkisian said Saturday.

“We’ve only been training for three days, but we’ve had nine sessions already, so we’re all itching to have a little more competition than just playing against ourselves. It’ll be great to see how we compare to these teams, if we

can keep up.

“If we can pull off a win or a tie, it would be really great for us confidence-wise as well.”

Monday afternoon in Morgantown, W.Va., the Wolverines earned that confidence boost by pulling out a hardfought 2-2 tie against West Virginia.

With Michigan trailing by one goal with just 27 seconds left, redshirt freshman midfielder Katie Foug kicked in the tying goal to give the Wolverines a 2-2 tie.

Michigan had struck first in the 32nd minute with an upper-

“We’re all itching to have a litte more competition.”

“It’s rallying the Michigan fans and starting a new era.”

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Slimmer Charlton

hoping to be ‘bullet’

By ORION SANG Summer Managing Sports Editor

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Junior Moe Ways is one of several Michigan receivers looking to earn more playing time.

‘M’ looks for third breakout receiver

By JACOB GASE Daily Sports Editor

After nearly 20 minutes of questions about his team’s ongoing quarterback competition at the Wolverines’ team media day Sunday, Michigan passing game coordinator Jedd Fisch broke into a wide grin when a reporter finally broached the subject of his other position group.

“Thank you for that question,” Fisch said, barely exaggerating his excitement. “All these questions about quarterbacks all the time — we’ve got pretty good receivers around here!”

Though the Wolverines’ receiving corps still has no idea who will be throwing them the ball this season — whether it be redshirt sophomore Wilton Speight, redshirt junior John O’Korn, or even redshirt junior Shane Morris — the group is strong at the top and, more importantly, deeper than it has been in years.

Fresh off a season in which he led Michigan with 58 catches, fifth-year senior Amara Darboh has ridden what Fisch called “an incredible offseason” to take the lead as the No. 1 receiver. Fellow fifth-year senior Jehu Chesson — who would have been right in the conversation if he hadn’t partially torn his posterior cruciate ligament at the very end of last season — is now fully healthy and will line up opposite Darboh, looking to top his breakout 2015 season in which he tallied a team-high 764 yards and nine touchdowns.

“I think going into last year at

this time, we didn’t have many conversations about Jehu,” Fisch said. “The way he evolved, the way he developed, how hard he worked and what he ended up doing for our program — on special teams, on offense, running the football on some reverses and sweeps, and as a leader? Unbelievable.”

Adding in senior All-American tight end Jake Butt, the Wolverines’ top three targets are set in stone. But with a spot as a third receiver up for grabs and plenty of young talent on the roster, Fisch’s lesser-scrutinized position group remains extremely competitive.

According to Fisch, the receiver to beat heading into fall camp is sophomore Grant Perry. Despite starting off last season struggling to get on the same page as thenstarting quarterback Jake Rudock, Perry recovered to finish his freshman campaign with 14 catches and 128 yards — not overwhelming numbers, but by far the most production of any wide receiver not named Darboh or Chesson.

Perry’s spot is far from guaranteed, though. According to Fisch and Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh, junior Moe Ways was having a stellar spring camp before breaking his foot, and he is now healthy again for fall camp, so he could be ready to pick up where he left off in March.

“I’m hoping that I can be that next guy,” Ways said. “I’m working toward that, and I think just with hard work and getting better every day, that goal is attainable.”

And redshirt sophomore Drake Harris, once a highly touted recruit

who has suffered through a slew of injuries to his hamstrings and ankle, will be looking to take on a bigger role as well.

With the top two receivers having set the standard, their less-established counterparts see no reason why they can’t be the Wolverines’ next breakout star.

If no veteran receiver steps up, Michigan also has plenty of new faces with high potential. Freshman Ahmir Mitchell enrolled early last winter and turned some heads with his play when the Wolverines traveled to Florida for practice during spring break. Additionally, a fresh crop of talented receivers arriving in the fall — including Kekoa Crawford and Eddie McDoom — could mean that someone will follow Perry’s lead and earn immediate playing time.

Much like at quarterback, the competition for the third wide receiver slot remains wide open.

And with increased expectations for the team as a whole — Michigan checked in at No. 8 in the preseason coaches’ poll last week — no one is taking the battle lightly.

“I feel like there’s always gonna be expectations coming from Michigan,” Harris said. “When you’re one of the top teams in the country, coaches are expecting you to go out there and do big things on the field.

“There’s gonna be tons of competition. We have a lot of depth, and obviously Jehu and Darboh have their spots, but that third wide receiver position is open and someone needs to step in there and take it.”

Ask Taco Charlton if he’d rather be a slug or a bullet — like his defensive coordinator Don Brown did — and you’ll get a laugh out of the senior defensive end.

Like most, Charlton would prefer to be the bullet, though his performance as the proverbial “slug” last season certainly wasn’t lacking.

Despite starting just three games, Charlton managed to tally 8.5 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks as an end in former defensive coordinator D.J. Durkin’s 3-4 defense.

The numbers with such limited snaps are even more impressive considering injuries along the defensive line forced Charlton to play as both a tackle and an end.

As a result, Charlton had to carry more weight to be better equipped to handle the opposition’s running game — hence Brown’s playful comparison.

But under his new defensive coordinator’s system, Charlton is back to being the bullet, having lost 13 pounds this offseason.

Heading into fall camp, Charlton’s weight is listed on the roster at a still-formidable 272 pounds.

That weight on a hulking 6-foot6 frame that has spent close to four years in a college weight room could be a nightmare for offensive lines this season — which is Charlton’s goal.

“Going to a 4-3 defense kinda suits my game a lot, because it puts me outside where I can use a lot of my speed,” Charlton said at Sunday’s team media day.

“Going back to a 4-3 end, I believe my production is only going to skyrocket. It wasn’t necessarily

bad weight that I had on last year, but it was baggage I didn’t need and (the weight loss) allowed me to be a lot faster off the edge and get the speed that I really wanted back.

“That speed coming off the edge is something that our team needs, and (Brown) wants me to be that pass rusher that we need. That’s what I’m going to be capable of bringing.”

Charlton has enjoyed learning under Brown — a coach with a penchant for bringing pressure with all kinds of blitzes.

That, Charlton explains, allows the defensive line to be free.

“One of the worst things is when you have to contain the whole time,” Charlton said. “You can’t really rush (the passer) because you’re so afraid of the quarterback getting out.

But with coach Brown, he blitzes so much. As a rusher, when you hear that, you’re really able to pin your ears back and go get the quarterback.”

That’s not to say Charlton isn’t willing to flex back inside if asked. He’s adamant in saying that he’ll do anything to help his team win, and if that means having to flip back-andforth between positions, so be it.

He has played pretty much every position on the line in his career — strong side, weak side, rush end and tackle.

“So I’m really capable of going back and forth and playing wherever my team needs, and I’m able to do it and be productive at it,” Charlton said. “If a coach moves me inside, I can definitely rush (the passer). I’ve got the speed to do it, and I’m strong enough to do it.”

Charlton recorded 5.5 sacks in limited time last year.

“(Coach Brown) wants me to be that pass rusher that we need.”