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LSA senior Mark Sultani scales the wall with the help of friends at the TedXUofM Dabke event in the Michigan Union Friday.

TEDx event showcases history and traditions of Arabic dances

“So You Think You Can Dabke” event attracts 40 students to Union on Friday evening AMARA SHAIKH Daily Staff Reporter

“So You Think You Can Dance” made its way to Michigan this weekend, but this one had a new spin.

On Friday evening, TEDxUofM Adventures hosted its “So You

Think You Can Dabke” event in the Michigan Union to celebrate and teach people about dabke — a traditional Arab folk dance performed at many weddings and other occasions. About 40 students attended the event that was co-run

by Arabesque, a dance group on campus that practices Middle Eastern styles of dance.

LSA junior Hannah French, a TEDxUofM member explained the idea behind Adventures was to help people step outside their comfort zone, and learn about new cultures.

“Essentially an Adventure is an experiential event,” French said. “So we take members of the community and we put them into a space that they might not normally

have the opportunity to be in-such as dabke, Arab folk dancing, or we may take them to a farm and let them experience why it’s like to try something new or live that lifestyle for a day.”

French also noted the main difference between a TED talk and an Adventure was the idea of firstSee DANCE, Page 3A

Prof. Michael Meyer discusses his work with planets outside the solar system JENNIFER MEER Daily Staff Reporter

Astronomy professor Michael Meyer is at the forefront of the study of exoplanets — a field that explores planets orbiting stars outside the solar system.

Recently, Meyer was part of a team which discovered a new planet.

After receiving his Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Massachusetts and serving as a professor in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Arizona, Meyer worked as a professor of star and planet formation at the Swiss Federal Institute of Science and Technology, known as the

ETH, in Zurich, Switzerland, from 2009 to 2016. He joined the University of Michigan faculty in fall 2016.

The ETH’s Institute of Astronomy was involved in an international consortium that built a device called SpectroPolarimetric High-Contrast Exoplanet Research instrument on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile. The ESO is a research organization for major astronomy institutions in Europe; one of its most groundbreaking creations is the construction of four 8.2-meter telescopes.

“The instrument (SPHERE) is a very high-resolution See PROFESSOR, Page 3A

Annual crime report shows increase President ‘U’ team intends to in bias incident reporting on campus combines

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The University of Michigan released its 2017-18 Annual Security Report & Annual Fire Safety Report this weekend, indicating an increase in the overall number of bias crimes reported to the University and Ann Arbor Police Departments since last year. Two intimidation incidents increased to nine incidents — which ranged from property destruction to physical assault — motivated by race, religion and identity bias.

Furthermore, the report also showed an increase in the number of sexual assault and harassment incidents reported to the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center. While sexual assault incidents increased marginally from 124 cases reported to 125, incidents of sexual harassment jumped from 25 to 60 cases.

The University releases these statistics each year in accordance with the Clery Act, a federal statute that requires public and private universities to release crime statistics each year.

In an earlier interview with the Daily, University President Mark Schlissel described plans for a website that will provide a detailed account of bias investigations. He noted the importance of remaining transparent while these investigations occur to maintain trust with students.

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President Donald Trump intends to nominate Michigan state Rep. Tim Kelly, R-Saginaw, to assistant secretary for career, technical and adult education in the Department of Education, according to The Detroit News.

If confirmed, Kelly will leave his position as representative, which he has held since 2013.

In a May interview with The Detroit News, Kelly explained he shares certain beliefs with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, including their support of school vouchers.

“We both believe in universal choice, but this (position) is more about trying to do what we can for kids, instead of loading them up with debt and pushing everybody into fouryear college degrees, maybe seeing what we can do for kids who might do well in technical training,” Kelly said to The Detroit News.

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“I think one thing we are doing is trying to be more rapidly transparent about episodes that occur, so that everyone in the community knows where to look when they hear a rumor about something,” Schlissel said. “We’re putting up a website that gives basically a running summary of the events that happened, and the results of any investigations and practical things. I think that will at least

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help people know what’s going on.”

In an online statement released last week before the report, Eddie Washington Jr., executive director of the Department of Public Safety and Security, said DPSS officers work tirelessly to identify the perpetrators behind these crimes. He identified the Office of Student Conflict Resolution as an additional entity used

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to ensure students’ rights and responsibilities are upheld.

“We realize that recent incidents on and near campus have caused some members of our community to feel unsafe,” Washington wrote. “When crimes are reported, we always investigate each of the incidents.

While sometimes investigations are not easily solved, we continue to look for new leads that can help identify perpetrators.”

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Fast Forward Medical Innovation held its first symposium Friday RACHEL LEUNG Daily Staff Reporter

Fast Forward Medical Innovation, a team based in the University of Michigan Medical School, in partnership with the Ross School of Business, the School of Engineering and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, held a symposium on medical device innovation Friday.

The goal of the event was to guide students from developing an idea for a medical device to receiving funding for their project and ultimately commercializing that device. The event included several panelists, from faculty members to venture capitalists and larger corporations, who discussed topics such as gaining FDA approval and funding a project.

Members of the FFMI team also used this opportunity to showcase posters that students submitted as proposals for new devices. Several of the projects have already received funding from FFMI, which has sponsored more than See MEDICINE, Page 3A

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MEDICINE From Page 1A $450 million in awards for biomedical research each year.

According to FFMI’s managing director, Connie Chang, though FFMI is based in the Medical School, its goal in encouraging research in the medical field extends to uniting academics and overall entrepreneurship.

“We like to think of innovation as something that for a long time was something that was to the side of what regular academia would think about,” Chang said. “But our mission is really to try to make innovation and entrepreneurship more of a natural academic behavior, even an expected behavior.”

FFMI executive director Kevin Ward, a professor of

PROFESSOR From Page 1A camera that takes advantage of a technique called adaptive optics, whereby we try to measure the quality of the images that we get — say many times per second — and then we try to quantify the distortions in those images based on what we think an image without the Earth’s atmosphere in the way would look like,” Meyer said.

Then, the astronomers try to bend a deformable mirror many times per second, Meyer explained. Astronomers can adjust the shape of the mirror to take out distortions due to the Earth’s atmosphere.

“So, we try to build instruments on the ground that can take advantage of adaptive optics and give high-resolution images at the theoretical limit of the what the optics can give,” he said. “(SPHERE) is a fancy camera that takes advantage of that adaptive optics technique, and it takes the highest resolution images that one can obtain at the VLT from a single element telescope.”

Because of its involvement in the creation of SPHERE, the ETH’s institute was granted what’s called Guaranteed Time Observations — opportunities to use the device. It was here Meyer and other astronomers discovered the new exoplanet.

“You’re given, in our case, 250 nights on the telescope … to exploit the instrument over a period of about five years, and we decided to reserve 200 of those nights for an exoplanet imaging survey called SHINE (Sphere Infrared survey for Exoplanets), and we’ve been working on that for about three years, and this is our first confirmed discovery of a planetary mass object around a normal star,” Meyer said.

Meyer said if he examines the ratio of the object — the discovered mass to the star mass — and compares it to the distance of the object to the star, the object is one of only a dozen or so that appear to be planetary mass that are close — but not too close — to their stars.

Currently there are thousands of known exoplanets as the field continues to grow. Meyer explained, however, the technique used to find this exoplanet is unique, and more direct, compared to others.

The radial velocity technique, or doppler spectroscopy, Meyer explained, uses a technique to

DANCE From Page 1A hand experience.

“When listening to a TED talk, you’re trying to live vicariously through the speaker, and you think about what their experience was like, but with an adventure you really get to live that life yourself,” French said.

The event began with an explanation of dabke’s origin and importance in Arab culture, and then participants had an opportunity to learn a choreographed dance taught

by Arabesque choreographers — including LSA junior Maya Youness.

The evening ended with a lively dabke free-style in which everyone had a chance to let loose, and have fun.

Youness reflected on the history of dabke, and explained how it began long ago with everyday workers and today has spread to the larger Arab

emergency medicine, echoed Chang’s statements and explained that while navigating the world of entrepreneurship may seem risky, FFMI is available to provide resources and advice to students about how to commercialize their ideas.

“Innovation and entrepreneurship are very risky, opposed to the traditional academic mission of getting your grants and writing your papers,” Ward said. “But at any point in their idea, their innovation roadmap, it can be something as early as a sketch on the back of a napkin or something really advanced, our program will have something to offer them to bring value and get them moving faster.”

Event host Daniel Orringer, an assistant professor of neurological surgery, explained

how the process for creating a successful medical device starts with identifying an unmet need.

Following panelists discussed how to take that idea from realizing a need for a device to producing that innovation and commercializing it.

Panelists highlighted the theme that medical device innovation involves more people than just those in the medical field. Creation of a device itself involves engineers and medical professionals.

“A medical device if you think about it is one part engineering, it’s one part clinical,” Chang said. “You have to actually have a technology that’s going to actually create value or solve a problem that people care about, and those people are patients, and providers, and doctors, and nurses and so on.”

One such partnership

representing a union between engineering and medicine is the teamwork of postdoctoral

measure the motion of the star in response to its associated planet.

Astronomers would measure the velocity of the star and then infer a planet that would induce that kind of motion — an “indirect” way of inferring a planet, according to Meyer.

The transit technique is used when a planet passes between the astronomers on Earth and a distant star; the light from the star diminishes by a very small amount — producing an eclipse, or transit.

Meyer said the radial velocity technique has discovered many hundreds of planets, while the imaging technique that he and dozens of other astronomers have worked on found 12. However, he explained, many astronomers are wanting to use this technique to take pictures of planets.

“So we’re the up-and-coming technique, but it gets direct information,” Meyer said. “We measure the light from the planet directly and that allows us to estimate the luminosity of the planet and the temperature of the planet and to some extent we can estimate the composition of the atmospheres in the planet by taking spectra and analyzing the features of different molecules of the atmospheres of the planets; they gave rise to different dips and wiggles in the spectrum, and so we can try to constrain the compositions of the planets.”

The importance of Meyer’s discovery is multifold in the astronomy field. Though there are only eight planets in our solar system, Meyer explained, there are thousands of exoplanets.

“The goal, ultimately, is for us to compare the statistics of our discoveries of planetary systems around other stars with the architecture of our own known system,” Meyer said.

The newly discovered planet, Meyer said, is many times the mass of Jupiter and is farther from its star than Jupiter is from our sun. It is different from Jupiter but in the same class of planets of gas giant planets.

Meyer worked with several students and postdoctoral fellows in Europe, mentoring them in this project. However, Meyer said the work he did is related to the future work he is continuing at the University. He said his team has access to an adaptive optics system on a telescope of which the University is a special partner called the Magellan Observatory — also located in Chile.

“So we’re excited that this discovery happened, but we’re

hoping to pursue very similar work with the adaptive optics cameras on the Magellan Observatory, which the (University) has preferred access to,” Meyer said.

Right now, Meyer said, he is working with a graduate student and postdoctoral fellows to interpret data from the Magellan Observatory. They are looking for gas giant planets like Jupiter around one of the nearest stars to the sun, Proxima Centauri.

“In the future, we hope to do even larger surveys with that facility and ultimately we would like to be involved in building the next generation of instruments for even larger telescopes, (like one) called the Giant Magellan Telescope — that’s a future facility plan for more than 10 years from now that we would like to be involved with,” Meyer said.

Alexandra Greenbaum is a postdoctoral researcher who began working with Meyer in October 2016. Though she did not work with SPHERE, she works with the instrument Gemini Planet Imager, which, like SPHERE, is in the southern hemisphere in Chile; it is also used to provide images of extrasolar planets. She said the missions of teams using both instruments are similar, with their goals of doing a census of young stars, looking for big planets on wide orbits.

She said one of her roles at the University involves supporting preparations for James Webb Space Telescope observations; the James Webb Space Telescope is part of a NASA program, set to launch in spring 2019.

In an email interview, Greenbaum explained new astronomical discoveries contribute to a better understanding of the solar system.

“From a broad perspective, each discovery is a new piece of the puzzle in trying to understand how solar systems form and evolve,” Greenbaum wrote. “The results of big surveys tell us about the frequency and broad properties of planets in the range of the instrument’s sensitivity.”

She added that following single objects, with more than one instrument, helps astronomers understand smaller details.

Greenbaum explained different methods of planet detection provide different information and properties of planets. She said it is interesting to see how technological

advances shape the field for the different methods and noted the imaging technique focuses on young planets, which are still hot and bright enough to be detected.

Greenbaum also echoed Meyer’s thoughts on the field of exoplanets, saying it was an incredible time to be an earlycareer researcher in the field.

“I have always been very excited by technological advancement,” Greenbaum wrote. “Technology has made leaps and bounds since the first exoplanet discovery.

While JWST, the largest infrared space telescope to date, is nearing launch, the community is already busy planning the next big space telescopes and working on concepts for future, even larger space observatories. Bigger, more sensitive telescopes bring us closer to imaging planets, like ones in our solar system, around the nearest stars. I’ve come into the field after over a decade of hard work to establish the latest suite of imaging instruments like SPHERE and GPI, and I get to be a part of the next generation.”

Felicity B. Hills, a Ph.D. student studying physics at the University, has a background in cosmology; she switched from working in a cosmology lab to working with Meyer because she wanted more of a background in computer science and data science.

Though she hasn’t been studying exoplanets for long, she emphasized the growing potential of the field. She said she vaguely remembers the first exoplanet was discovered when she was about 5 years old.

Hills said it is extremely valuable knowing how solar systems and planets formed to better understand how Earth formed. She said it is interesting

Our mission is really to try to make innovation and entrepreneurship more of a natural academic behavior researcher Yang Liu and Jeff Plott, a doctoral candidate in mechanical engineering.

Liu and Plott created a device

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“Dabke started out a really long time ago with men that would be building roofs,” Youness said. “So they would be stopping to try to make it flat and smooth and it kind of took on a rhythm and became a dance and now everyone does it at weddings and celebrations and things like that.”

Youness has been dancing with Arabesque since her freshman year.

She explained she joined because dabke combined two of her passions, and she stayed with the organization because it brought her friendship.

“I joined because I really like dancing and I really like Arabic music, so it was a good mix of the two, and now I’m in it because all of my best friends are in it,” Youness said.

LSA sophomore Hala Abbas came to the event with the hope of getting more involved with the Arab community on campus. She also talked about how TEDx Adventures

is important on campus because of its ability to bring different groups of people together.

“They’re important to have on campus because they bring small communities on campus like ours, and people on the outside are able to see the things that we have to offer,” Abbas said. “I hope to see bigger turnouts in the future so that more people can we what we have as a culture.”

French shared these sentiments and explained it’s hard for some students to try something new, and hoped TEDx Adventures could help them do just that.

“There aren’t a lot of opportunities to really live an experience other than your own at U of M — not to speak for every other group that exists,” French said. “But I do think that’s a really cool thing that adventures offer is the chance to go somewhere that you would never be able to go without the help of an organization on campus.”

which quickly reaches brain clots and removes them without causing further complications.

They submitted their medical device for the poster showcase and received first place.

Plott said the duo worked closely with doctors from Michigan Medicine to create this device. He elaborated that he enjoys using his engineering background to make innovations in the medical field.

“I like being able to put what we learned in engineering school to use to design products that directly help people,” Plott said.

His interest in combining engineering with medicine captures Chang’s point: medical device innovation involves more than just medical professionals.

Members of FFMI wanted

to emphasize that beyond engineering and medicine, medical device innovation can capture many other interests.

Organizers of the event hoped to unite multiple disciplines beyond the partnered schools to the University.

FFMI emphasized how the event was intended for all members of the University community and how their work involves everyone from undergraduates who have bright ideas to senior faculty members who have started companies.

“The problems are so complex that no one person can solve them, so some of the most exciting technologies are these collaborations across schools and disciplines,” Ward said.

“The language of innovation of entrepreneurship is sort of uniting.”

to continue making discoveries in the field of exoplanets.

“For me it’s fascinating to really break down in understanding, what do we know and how do we know it,” Hills said. “They always say with cosmology or with astro, ‘We can’t do experiments.’ But there’s only one universe and it only had one start time. When it comes to exoplanets we can keep finding planets and we can keep finding systems that are unlike anything we would have imagined. I think that’s really cool.”

Hills said it is exciting to discover and learn the details of planets through direct imaging; in the future, Hills would like to work on pushing such technology forward to discover smaller, dimmer planets around brighter stars.

Greenbaum and Hills have worked with the Magellan Observatory directly and continue to work with the data.

Hills said she and Greenbaum observed Proxima Centauri, around which an Earth-like planet was recently discovered

orbiting. She explained that since then, follow-up observations were conducted to rule out the existence of a gas giant planet in the Proxima system. However, she said, it is possible this research missed the existence of a planet.

“We did a follow-up observation of Proxima to rule out the existence of a gas giant planet, and we’re still processing the data right now,” Hills said.

Meyer said students in astronomy and those who take interest in the subject can take a lot away from his and similar discoveries. He said astronomy is a very valuable tool for learning about the natural world and noted many people are interested in learning about life in the universe.

“Philosophically, that’s generally a topic people gravitate towards,” Meyer said. “A lot of students gain some insight into quantitative reasoning and look at the natural world differently and more quantitatively once they’ve studied science like astronomy in that context.”

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STEPHANIE MULLINGS | COLUMN

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A letter to myself

must confess: I am a perpetual procrastinator.

I wait until the last minute to do absolutely everything.

This piece was one of those things, but not just because I am lazy and easily distracted — the source for most of my usual procrastination. Writing this article was different. I knew exactly what I wanted to say, how I wanted to say it and the audience I hoped to reach for a week and a half now. Yet, I’ve sat on this piece, staring at a blank page and blinking cursor until my deadline today.

I am scared. My fear is the reason for my procrastination.

This piece will focus on my reactions and thoughts regarding the racist events that transpired on campus during the past two weeks. I realize there have now been hundreds of opinions on the incidents on campus and throughout The Michigan Daily, on social media and in the news. I am scared that because of this, my opinion has become devalued.

Who wants to hear yet another Black person complain about how racist the University of Michigan has become, how tired they are and how hurt they feel? I feel as though my piece will just be lumped into this general narrative of “disgruntled Black people.” On the other hand, I fear my writing will promote this idea or label about my identity which includes words like “activist,” “political” or “radical.” These notions don’t just come from the public sphere. My mother tells me things like, “Who knew college would turn you into a Black Panther?” My sister says, “Can you maybe write about something not Black?”

That said, I am at a crossroads. Do I write and publish this, subsequently becoming just another angry Black woman? Or maybe portray myself as an activist, protester and social justice expert? Truth be told, I am not any of these things. I am Stephanie; I am a daughter, a sister, a student and a friend.

But it just so happens that I am also Black. More important

than that, I just so happen to be Black on this campus in 2017 where I am told I am unwanted … an outsider … a problem … a nigger.

Notice my usage of the word here. I didn’t allude to it, or say “N-word.” Since it seems as though my peers and University community have become so comfortable seeing and using this word, there should be no uneasiness reading it here in my writing, right? There is a general sense of comfort in knowing that this is the way things are supposed to be. Why do we expect this? Why do we anticipate hate and violence from one another? People tell me things like, “Keep your head up” or, “Don’t pay them any mind” when these sorts of incidents happen.

“I am a daughter, a sister, a student and a friend. But it just so happens that I am Black.”

Why has it become normalized to ignore and def lect? Why have we become comfortable? No one ever tells you how to sort these things out, how to respond to threats or how to protect your identity.

Then, when you attempt to talk about it, these external and internal pressures push you into a binary. Are you an activist? Or are you an angry yet complacent bystander? It was while pondering these questions that I decided to write a letter to myself, my overeager high school senior self, that is. It was then that I wished I had someone to tell me what to expect throughout my college years.

you don’t belong, you will want to go home. You will regret your decision to attend the University of Michigan.

In 2016, you are going to experience Islamophobia when you see #StopIslam written in the Diag. You will also see posters that label you and other members of your community as “dangerous,” “ignorant” and “unintelligent” by nature.

You and other students of color will be threatened and taunted with violent messages on public University spaces.

In 2017, someone will urinate on a prayer rug in the library, emails will be sent out that threaten you and the lives of Jewish students, praise of the KKK and white supremacist sentiments will overwhelm you. Kendrick Lamar will drop one of your favorite albums of all time. Students will have racial slurs written on their dorm room doors. Racial slurs will be spray painted in downtown Ann Arbor. People will identify you and members of your community as niggers.

Violence and protests will ensue.

A student will intend to kneel in the Diag for 24 hours to protest hate rhetoric on this campus. Not even 48 hours later, a man will urinate on printings of the words “Black Lives Matter” in the very spot where this student kneeled.

You will feel shaken, disturbed, frightened and enraged. You will feel alone. People will tell you to ignore it. People will tell you that this is tragic, that things will blow over. None of the perpetrators of these hate crimes will be found, but you will be told to believe racism does not belong here by the University administration, including President Schlissel himself.

Are you uncomfortable?

You should be.

With love,

Dear Stephanie, Stephanie 2015 will be one of the hardest years that you have to endure. You will feel as though

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Stephanie Mullings can be reached at srmulli@umich.edu.

Embracing grief

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hen I was 14, my dad passed away from pancreatic cancer. It happened very quickly — he was diagnosed in February, placed into hospice in May and died in June — but I valued the time I had to prepare myself and to mourn. Even so, these months, and the months and years afterward, were some of the hardest times of my life. I often felt as if I couldn’t get through the day without thinking of my dad, and the fact that I was frequently pessimistic and bitter made it hard for me to relate to my peers.

So as an adult, I felt that I had already endured as much as I could mourning-wise and that the deaths and loss of anyone outside of my close friends and family would leave me sad, but not nearly as upset as when my dad had died. Believing this gave me a feeling of resilience, of grit, as if I were stronger than those around me because of what I had gone through. And then my dog passed away.

His name was Hercules and he was the best puppy in the whole world. I know, everyone says that about their dog, but only I’m honest when I say it (I’m kidding — kind of ). He was a gentle dog who loved cuddling, was afraid of the vacuum and loud noises, and really only barked every once in a while. My family adopted him from the humane society when I was about 10 years old. And even though he couldn’t talk and usually

smelled bad, he was there for us during my dad’s death, my mom’s remarriage and my family moving out of my childhood home.

After I started college, he was one of the main reasons I looked forward to going home during breaks, and the reason I got so jealous of any other dog owner on campus. He was loyal, caring, sweet and a great friend. Admittedly, all dogs share these traits, but he was mine, you know?

So when he died, I didn’t realize just how upset I would be. I cried, I was angry, I had a hard time focusing on my school work — all traits I had exhibited after my dad had passed. Friends asked me if I wanted to talk about it and family members sent their condolences. What made it worse was that the vet found the tumor on Friday and he was gone by Saturday afternoon.

My mom, who had spent the most time with our dog and was possibly the most emotionally affected by Hercules’s death, had to make the decision on her own whether to put him down.

Because of this, I wasn’t made aware of his death until after it had already happened, giving me no time to prepare myself for the mourning. It was rough and I was much more upset than I thought I was going to be.

You can’t control what saddens you or how you react to stressful situations. I’ll be the first to admit that losing a pet doesn’t even rank on the list of top tragedies a person

can go through and that I’ve probably rolled my eyes before at people torn up at the loss of an animal companion. But for me, aside from being just my dog, Hercules was also a reminder of my dad and the times I was able to spend with him.

After we moved away from my hometown, he was a little piece of my childhood that came with us. This may sound selfish and cliche, but to me, Hercules was more than just a pet; he was also a connection to my past. Losing him feels as if I’m losing a part of myself, or a part of who I once was, and I didn’t realize this until he was already gone.

There’s nothing wrong with mourning the things that others might find frivolous, and there’s nothing wrong with mourning in the way that makes most sense to you. It’s pretty pointless to compare and contrast the pain in your life. For me to assume I’d be immune to being sad over the loss of a pet beacuse I had already witnessed the death of my dad was, as I now see, pretty naive.

So if I learned one lesson from this experience, it’s that toughness is overrated and you should always let yourself grieve. In the end, if something affects you in a negative way, you should always take time to deal with it. You can’t force yourself to not get upset over something, the same way you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.

Elena Hubbell can be reached at elepearl@umich.edu.

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EVAN SIRLS | COLUMN

Learning to appreciate yoga

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ust like most other hotter than the ninth circle 20-year-old males, I, too, of hell. It’s the true definition disrespected yoga. From of a full-body workout. People the outside, how can anyone who have never gone to yoga take it seriously? don’t realize that the It appears as greatest challenge of a though you pay class is the core work money to stand on intertwined with a mat, stretch and balancing postures meditate. Can’t you that make the do that at home? deepest fibers of your I’ve been an muscles burn with athlete my whole incomprehensible life. There’s no way pain.

I was going to stand At the end of EVAN in a room and bend class, you feel as if SIRLS over when I could you’ve been reduced run, lift weights, swim or do to nothing — as if you want pretty much anything else. to melt into the puddles Yeah, I know that stretching of sweat that have already is healthy, but dedicating an accumulated on your mat. In hour to contorting my body in the morning, there are sore odd shapes when I’m not even parts of your body that you f lexible seems excessive. never knew existed.

My parents have been doing If you’re a guy, yoga — specifically hot yoga unfortunately, yoga isn’t — for 15 years. When I finally going to make you “huge.” decided to accompany them Instead, it lengthens the to a class, purely to stop their muscle to make you lean constant pleas that I try it, and toned. But it’s not the I didn’t expect myself to get observable benefits that got hooked. After going consistently me hooked to yoga, it’s the for about a year and a half, unobservable benefits that I realize that yoga is widely keep bringing me back. misconceived and is associated Although Vinyasa is with many unfair stereotypes. high intensity, there’s an Though some are true, most are underlying theme of trying products of ignorance. to calm the mind and forget When I try to take people about the outside world. The to a yoga class, they almost heat is supposed to burn away always say, “Thanks, but I’m worries, stress, anxiety, etc. not f lexible.” You don’t need Trust me, I know how cheesy to be f lexible to do yoga. As it sounds because I was once you become more advanced, a in your position. But with degree of f lexibility becomes experience, you learn it’s an eventual requirement, true. The classes are so hard but everyone’s inf lexible to and exhausting that at the some extent when starting end you don’t have the energ y out. In fact, in the beginning to worry about anything — of one’s yoga journey, the and it’s extremely liberating. biggest challenge isn’t even Especially for a pre-med the stretching — it’s trying to student like myself, yoga is a survive. way to temporarily escape. At The type of yoga I do — and times when it’s felt as though the type you should do too I were going to lose my mind if you want to have a truly from constant pressures and humbling experience — is workload, yoga has kept me called “Hot Vinyasa.” It’s yoga sane. The teachers who lead on steroids. It’s fast-paced, the classes remind you to physically demanding and think positively and look at

the big picture rather than let yourself be consumed by the smaller worries of life.

It is therapeutic and helps to shift your outlook to a more positive perspective.

Don’t believe me? Well, according to various studies, yoga has been shown to enhance social well-being and improve symptoms of depression, attention deficit and sleep disorders. It also improves mood, awareness, mindfulness, etc. — the list goes on. From my personal experience, I can say with confidence that for students and professionals who are overly stressed, yoga is an underutilized tool.

Yoga has countless physical benefits in addition to mental benefits, increased strength and flexibility. For example, it helps reduce blood pressure and strengthens the immune system. Name a better way of surviving finals and flu season.

Doing yoga every day of the week isn’t necessary to begin experiencing the benefits. Going a couple of times a month is better than not going at all. Yoga can even complement other workout routines due to its ability to help with recovery and decrease chances of injury.

I know that some may be embarrassed by the idea of attending a yoga class, and I understand because I know the feeling. I thought I was going to be the only guy surrounded by girls with dreadlocks. Even though this proved to be false, I didn’t enjoy my first yoga class — but no one enjoys their first yoga class. It’s those who sum up the will to return who learn to disassociate yoga with ignorant misconceptions and appreciate the practice for what it truly is.

Evan Sirls can be reached at esirls@umich.edu.

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AMAZON ‘Transparent’ is avaliable exclusively on Amazon

‘Transparent’ & the curse of the TV mid-series lull

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developed character, continues to make impulsive choices in her unconventional marriage.

And Allie (Gabby Hoffmann, “Obvious Child”), the show’s most developed character, plays into the one-dimensional stereotype of the “social justice warrior” with her criticisms of Israel.

Instead of expanding the already immense emotional growth in its characters, this season’s emphasis on melodrama and politics simply reinforces each character’s regressive qualities. The show has always done an incredible job of exploring the richness of identity and the complexity of family history, specifically through the lens of Maura embracing her trans identity, but there is very little of that signature spark here.

Perhaps you could blame the experimentation of displacing the Pfeffermans in a new environment. Perhaps you can blame the inevitable comfortability that comes with writing the same characters going through the same obstacles. And perhaps you can blame the structure of the streaming platform for confining the writers to stick

a formula that works only for a certain type of viewer.

Granted, there are some wholesome moments during this season — Maura’s struggle to reconnect with her father and her past self is the most emotionally stirring of the season’s subplots — and a welcome new character — the lovely Alia Shawkat (“Search Party”) plays a recovering sex addict who engages in a three-way relationship with Sarah and her husband Len (Rob Huebel, “Baywatch”).

But what could have been a season that extracted more nuances from the Pfefferman’s family dynamics, and queer Jewish culture, given this season’s location, ends up being a muddled mess of contrived crises.

Of course, “Transparent” is not the first popular show that suffered from a mid-series rough patch, and it’s certainly not the last. CBS’s “How I Met Your Mother” disappointed devoted fans in its last few seasons, the final one being an overlong string of filler episodes.

In the aftermath of its amazing third season, NBC’s “30 Rock” experienced a few tepid seasons before it recalibrated and found

its mojo again. Fox’s “Glee” was especially hit early on with mixed to negative reception after its first two seasons. More recently, Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black” went through the mid-series lull, its fifth season’s three-day timeframe receiving an ambivalent reaction.

Sometimes, the risk of experimentation and repetition doesn’t have the greatest payoff.

Even when a TV show is doing well, taking that risk may be a sign that TV writers are either getting stuck in a creative loop or feeling like their material isn’t compelling enough and therefore need to defy people’s expectations. At the same time, there isn’t an easy way to combat the lull. Every creative person goes through an artistic funk, whether it’s trying to break out of familiar patterns or having to constantly move your characters and ideas in new directions. A show like “Transparent,” however, has promise, even if its most recent season didn’t display the most remarkable of arcs and resolutions. But as long as TV shows such as “Transparent” keep moving forward, it’s only a matter of finding where to go and how to get there.

FILM REVIEW

The popular Amazon show inevitably faces the hurdle of others SAM ROSENBERG Daily Arts Writer

There comes a turning point in almost every great TV show where the writers and creators have to decide what’s next for their characters. The obvious path is to keep following the same track it started with, or occasionally, veer off into experimental territory with a new setting or additional supporting players. These paths, however, are not always met with the kindest responses from critics and fans. In fact, more often than not, these thematic continuations or alternative explorations induce the show into a “mid-series lull,” a period in which TV shows tend to falter after a hot streak of critical acclaim.

This sneaky lull became apparent on the newest season of Amazon’s “Transparent.”

Since its beginning in 2014, the Jill Soloway-created family dramedy has been a creative landmark in serialized TV storytelling. Not only does the show incorporate a diverse and talented ensemble cast, but it also shines with consistent and expansive character arcs. But because the immediacy of the streaming platform influences these arcs, the writers are forced to structure each season for a binge-watching crowd, a strategy that could either make the episodes feel too cramped or too bloated.

Unlike its first three incredible seasons, season four of “Transparent” feels like the show’s first major misstep. The show’s writing, acting, directing

and cinematography remain as sharp as ever, but the lopsided plot structure has somewhat flattened the character arcs.

In season four, Maura (Jeffrey Tambor, “Arrested Development”) invites the Pfefferman clan to Israel for a mini vacation and also to reunite with her long-lost father Moshe (Jerry Adler, “A Most Violent Year”). At the same time, nebbish matriarch Shelly (Judith Light, “Ugly Betty”) sublimates a dark secret with an interest in improv comedy, a subplot that backfires in a melodramatic twist toward the end of the season.

Schlubby Josh (Jay Duplass, “Room 104”) also confronts his childhood traumas, but his inner demon-fighting isn’t given the screen time it deserves.

Sarah (Amy Landecker, “The Meddler”), the show’s least

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Steve Carell and Emma Stone star in ‘Battle of the Sexes’

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Carell & Stone shine in the pertinent ‘Battle of Sexes’ In a historic tennis game, questions of equal rights are broached WILL STEWART Daily Arts Writer

In 1973, the entire population of “meninists” — an unfortunate population, indeed — have placed their bets on Bobby Riggs, retired tennis superstar, to prove to humanity that men are superior to women. Riggs must beat Billie Jean King, the world’s best female tennis player, to end the dispute and silence “libbers” for good. On Sept. 20, the two faced off at the Houston Astrodome in one of the most watched tennis matches of all time. And for the goodness of humanity, Riggs was humiliated.

The victory itself, however, is the least liberating part for King; it was one stepping stone in her path to self-discovery and liberation.

“Battle of the Sexes” is an atypical historical sports movie.

The match itself — something that would normally be the end goal and most captivating moment — is really just the culmination of King’s fight for equal pay. Unlike “Rocky” or “Rudy,” intense training sequences are replaced with King fighting for equality in an uphill battle against a sexist USTA administration. Simon Beaufoy’s (“Slumdog Millionaire”) tight screenplay captures the lives of King and Briggs and what led to their trivial yet historic match.

King, perfectly portrayed by Emma Stone (“La La Land”), boycotts the USTA after she’s paid an eighth the amount of her male counterparts. She then goes on a tour organized

by Gladys Heldman (Sarah Silverman, “Wreck it Ralph”),

founder of World Tennis conscious, gripping tale.

Magazine, featuring other Stone’s subtle facial women tennis stars joining her expressions and gestures hinting efforts. For Riggs (Steve Carell, at her newfound love for her “Foxcatcher”), a pervasive hairdresser Marilyn (Andrea gambling addiction and Riseborough, “Birdman”) stand crumbling marriage catalyze out as the movie’s best moments. his return to the public eye. We forget the purpose of the tour He was akin to fellow tennis — obtaining equal pay — and are showman John McEnroe, with immediately drawn into their less emphasis on courtside relationship. Directors Jonathan outbursts and more on his Dayton and Valerie Faris (“Little eccentric demeanor and knack Miss Sunshine”) effortlessly for self promotion. Although show the controversy and beauty the match itself in the character’s is only a fraction affection; subtlety “Battle of the of the movie, replaces grandiose King and Riggs cheesiness, though Sexes” are perfect foils: the movie walks a her poise and fine line between Michigan grace contrasts melodrama and Theater, his bombastic camp.

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DAILY LITERATURE COLUMNIST

CONCERT REVIEW

Laura Lee on the dispute over Oscar Wilde’s legacy Talk with the author of a new book on Wilde & ghosts he left behind

Manchester Orchestra performed at the Filmore last Wednesday

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Manchester brings emo DOMINIC POLSINELLI Daily Arts Writer

Before they took the stage, I had practically no clue what the Manchester Orchestra sound was. I vividly remember seeing Foxing and Tigers Jaw — two of my favorites — announced as openers for this tour, hitting stages I never even dreamed they’d reach when I was 16.

Yet, by Manchester Orchestra’s moniker, I assumed they were a plain-Jane indie outfit. I could not have been more wrong.

After I was knocked on my ass by Manchester Orchestra’s performance, the brilliance in their choice of tour-mates hit me like a truck.

Foxing’s elaborate compositions and powerful presence set the mood at the Fillmore in Detroit. They’re a band that is really hard to ignore just by the sheer force of their music, and even though the stage was far larger than any I’d seen them play on, frontman Conor Murphy demanded attention with his soaring vocals and occasional trumpeting.

The beautiful band even did us the service of playing a brand new song off their forthcoming record, which showed promise.

Next came indie rock outfit Tigers Jaw. Fresh off the release of their album spin this year, the band played a surprisingly lengthy set, full of new songs with a sprinkling of classics.

Singles like “Guardian” and “June” from this year’s release still hold up as some of the most solid of the year, while “The Sun” and “Chemicals” have remained staples in their sets for a while now. Truthfully, I think everyone on this planet should be seeing and hearing Tigers Jaw, and their performance last Wednesday only reaffirmed my devotion.

Their mix of an emo sensibility and commercial accessibility of wonderfully composed indie punk rock make them all too easy to fall in love with.

Manchester Orchestra proceeded to rip through a 17 track set, each new song pulling myself and the crowd into a deeper understanding of their gorgeous music — a vast, diverse hybridization of intimacy and raucousness. After frontman Andy Hull started passionately screaming on the chorus of the fourth song “Shake It Out,” I was hooked.

Touring in support of 2017’s atmospheric, moody release A Black Mile To The Surface, new material composed a little

under half of their set. They sprinkled in crowd pleasers like “I’ve Got Friends” and “The River,” producing mirrored passion in a crowd that yelled every word back at the band — passion indicative of a typical emo and punk show. It dawned on me, suddenly, that Manchester Orchestra is an emo band, despite their indie associations.

It was on this basis, this foundation of talent, that Manchester Orchestra and their tour mates succeeded in moving an entire room of people (those smart enough to have ended up at the Fillmore, instead of the poor souls down the street watching America’s favorite panderer of mediocre folk pop, Ed Sheeran). By perfecting their loud-soft dynamic, Hull and company crashed wave after wave of emotion down on the crowd with the help of vocals ranging from tender croons to piercing yells, booming riffs and elegant piano melodies. The sheer versatility of the band’s musicianship is as incredible a spectacle to see as it is to hear. In the span of an hour, Manchester Orchestra turned me from a bastard hipster showing up for the lesser known openers into a rabid fan, an accomplishment as rare as a solar eclipse.

Over a century after his death, Oscar Wilde is still a contentious character. Many are familiar with at least some snippets of his life story, if not the whole thing: his impassioned personality, his fame and success, his trial and imprisonment for gross indecency with men and his death only a few years afterward.

As if it weren’t enough for controversy to follow Wilde throughout his life, it continued even after his death. This took the form of a bitter conf lict between Wilde’s lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, and his literary executor, Robert Ross.

Laura Lee’s new book, “Oscar’s Ghost: The Battle for Oscar Wilde’s Legacy,” deals with this conf lict and with the enormous fallout of Wilde’s death.

“It actually started when I got a Kindle for the first time,” Lee said. “I was looking for something to download that was free and I chose De Profundis, Oscar Wilde’s long essay that he wrote in prison in the form of a letter to Lord Alfred Douglas.”

This prompted Lee to start investigating more of the work that Wilde and Douglas had written about each other, which spurred her onward and opened up more questions.

“I found that everything that had been written was kind of arguing from the point of view of one of these guys or the other. And I wanted to see what the context was and be sympathetic to all of them, but figure out what I could about

what the truth was,” Lee said.

That was six years ago.

Now the book is complete, and Lee has gained a much fuller picture of what motivated both Douglas and Ross as they sparred in the years following Wilde’s death, battling over whether the death should be blamed on Wilde’s circle of friends and admirers or on Douglas alone. “[Wilde] was an aggressive man, he inspired them both,” Lee said. “They were both

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quite a bit younger than him, and he talked about art and made them feel like they were part of a community, part of something that was forwardlooking and exciting instead of being on the margins. So I think that they were both very devoted to him, and they both felt, in different ways, responsible for parts of what had happened to him ... I think a lot of their feud was not wanting to be blamed for what

happened.”

It was a complicated battle, in part because people are complicated and because it was hard to put Wilde’s decline in health in black and white terms. There is no question that Ross and Douglas both cared for Wilde, but it is interesting to note the ways in which Douglas has been increasingly blamed for Wilde’s misfortunes in the years following his death, in large part due to Ross’s writings. “[Ross] really framed our dialogue about Oscar Wilde,” Lee said. “But interestingly, Lord Alfred Douglas, later in his life, even though he had no warm feelings for Robert Ross, he even said that that mythologizing of Oscar Wilde was a necessary first step to preserving his legacy.”

In the end, it seems that the point is less to declare a true and definite winner, and more to examine the interesting manifestations of this conf lict.

“I don’t think there were winners and losers, necessarily,” Lee said. “I think that grand mytholog y about Oscar Wilde is part of what made him so intriguing, and such an enduring figure. So I’m sympathetic to both of the men in the battle, I understand both of their motivations. I try to see them as much as possible on their own terms, and with empathy.”

Lee’s book will be available for purchase in the United States starting on November 1. She will speak at the Ann Arbor District Library on October 17 at 7:00 p.m.

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The Wolverines dominated from the opening faceoff in Mel Pearson’s first game as Michigan’s head coach Saturday.

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Sophomore defenseman Luke Martin and senior forward Dexter Dancs helped fans at Yost Ice Arena let out a sigh of relief with a first period, power play goal that slipped past the opposing goaltender.

On a heavily-anticipated Friday evening, the Michigan hockey team took on Western Ontario in the first exhibition match of the season. Following a season of disappointment last year — but paired with high expectations for this year’s team under new coach Mel Pearson — one could notice that every member of the crowd was on the edge of their seats.

One of the most distinguishing — and surprising — traits of the

exhibition match was a newfound offensive initiative.

“The goal scoring,” Pearson said. “We were 42nd in offense last year, so we weren’t sure where the goals were going to come from.”

The Wolverines, who failed to score over six goals in a single game last year, proved that nervousness futile in a 10-1 win that can only be described as a one-sided offensive pandemonium.

Michigan took its new ethos of an unwavering, fast-paced offense to heart with two goals early in the first period. After Dancs’ deflection goal off Martin’s shot just over four minutes into play, Michigan did not hesitate to pick apart the Mustang defense, unleashing 15 shots on goal in the first period.

After a successful counterattack just over nine minutes in, junior forward Cooper Marody carried the puck down the right side of the ice, delivered a crisp pass to Dancs under the goal, who, in robotic precision, passed to senior forward Tony Calderone for a one-timer.

“I know where Tony is on the ice. I’ve played with him the last two or three years,” Dancs said. “ … I know where he likes to be and that’s the high slot.”

Western Ontario’s frustrations with the unrelenting Wolverine offense came to fruition when Mitchell Brooks ripped the helmet off Martin, resulting in an immediate ejection from the game and a five-minute major penalty.

The Wolverines entered the

locker room up on Western Ontario, 2-0, leaving no spectator in doubt that the era under Pearson looks promising.

The second period started much like the first, with the Wolverines dominating the shot count and possession.

Five minutes into resuming play, though, the Mustangs seemingly found a new leg to stand on, with two breakaway opportunities.

Sophomore goaltender Jack LaFontaine thwarted both chances – the latter being a sweeping glove save meant for a highlight reel.

Michigan quickly settled in once again, netting its third goal on a dish from senior defenseman Cutler Martin down in front of the net to fifth-year senior forward Alex Roos, who finished

the job.

But they didn’t stop there.

Following a brawl behind the Western Ontario net, sophomore forward Will Lockwood deked the Mustangs’ goaltender, Luke Peressini, on a penalty shot to put the Wolverines up by four.

From there, Michigan exerted its dominance, as the Wolverines let 27 shots fly resulting in two more goals.

Marody kicked off the third period in similar fashion to the first and second after just 53 seconds when he seamlessly netted a cross-ice pass. Martin and sophomore forward Jake Slaker followed up on the trend with two goals of their own.

After Trevor Warnaar became the Mustangs’ second ejection — leaving the stadium

for misconduct —Western Ontario’s chances even for a pride-saving comeback seemed dim. Immediately following the ejection, sophomore forward James Sanchez deflected a shot past Peressini for the teams 10th goal.

“Starting off the year like that,” Calderone said. “It shows the work that we did in the summer is paying off a little bit.”

In a last--chance effort to avoid the shutout, center Ray Huether put in the Mustangs’ first goal off a scrum in front of the net, limiting the Wolverines’ lead to nine.

Nine different Michigan players found the net in a statement that the new fast-paced, eclectic and gritty Wolverines are taking steps to reverse last year’s storyline.

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It may have only been an exhibition, but Mel Pearson’s first game as Michigan’s hockey coach still gave people plenty to smile about.

Sports and society have a complex relationship, and the current climate has made that all the more apparent.

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SPORTSMONDAY COLUMN

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A love-hate relationship

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’ve loved sports since before I can remember, and the one sport I’ve always loved most is soccer.

When I was one, my parents took me to a professional photographer for family portraits.

They sat me down in front of the camera for an individual shot, but I started crying as BETELHEM soon as they walked away.

ASHAME No matter what toys they tried to give me, I just wouldn’t stop.

Then my dad, who played soccer in his youth back in Ethiopia, handed me a soccer ball. It worked like a charm.

From the smile spread wide across my face to the ball held softly between my hands, the photo captured the pure joy of a child falling in love. I still have it framed in my bedroom.

With the current climate surrounding sports, every time I look at it, it feels like a doubleedged sword.

After last Sunday’s show of solidarity among NFL players, the president tweeted that the issue of kneeling has “nothing to do with race.” But the outrage expressed toward those who chose to take a knee showed that isn’t the case.

The people voicing their opposition on Twitter claimed that they would stop watching the NFL and listening to sports radio because, when faced with a choice between their country and their favorite sport, they chose their country automatically.

The country they are referring to — the one that frequently claims to be the

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Sports fans come from all walks of life, but their specific backgrounds significantly affect the lens through which they enjoy sports, especially in the current climate.

greatest nation in the world — makes that case based on its position as a global bastion of democracy. The U.S. may have been founded on the ideals of liberty, equality and justice for all, but these protests highlight the fact that those ideals have remained more idealized than actualized.

A democracy requires that the human rights of all citizens are protected. When certain minority groups face systematic oppression as part of their daily life — within the realm of sports and far beyond — that simply isn’t the case.

A democracy also requires its citizens to be active participants in civic life. The argument that there should be a separation of sports and politics doesn’t fit

within the fabric of our country.

Sports are a luxury for some, but they are a harsh reality for others. For those who think sports are only a product put out by a league filled to the brim with owners who have more money than they could ever need, sports are easily dispensable from their daily routine. But for those whose lives depend upon the paychecks they earn playing a game, they are worth much more than money could convey.

No one can deny that the adoration of sports has created a dangerous culture in our society. But these NFL fans have turned a blind eye to concussions, domestic abuse and sexual assault, and yet, kneeling during the national

anthem is what made them give up their fanhood.

After playing organized soccer from the ages of four to nine, I transitioned to watching sports. It all began with the World Cup, a shining example of the communal power of sports.

The World Cup brings athletes from across the globe together to represent their countries on the field of play, and ultimately, crowns a single country the champion of the world.

On the surface, it would seem to be a match of division waiting to be lit. But in reality, the World Cup carries a torch of unity.

After soccer, basketball and football became my favorite sports, and I started to follow them regularly. The other two

major U.S. sports, baseball and hockey, didn’t capture my interest nearly as much.

For a child growing up in the Metro Detroit area, that might seem somewhat counterintuitive. The Red Wings and Tigers were the class of the city during my youth. In 2006, the Tigers made it to the World Series for the first time since 1984, and I didn’t watch a single game. In 2008, the Red Wings won the Stanley Cup for the fourth time in 12 seasons, and I never even stepped foot inside Joe Louis Arena.

When you’re a child, you don’t think much of it. But then you grow up and you start to see the flaws that permeate the sports landscape. You start to understand the underlying

differences between the sports you love and the ones you don’t love as much.

Out of the four major leagues, the NBA and NFL are majority Black, while the MLB and NHL are majority White. I now realize that I gravitated toward the first two as a child because when I saw those players, I saw a piece of myself. That extends to their actions outside the field of play as well.

When I saw NBA players don all-black hoodies in memory of Trayvon Martin and ‘I Can’t Breathe’ shirts in memory of Eric Garner, I understood that they had a personal stake in the fight for justice. When I heard the Pittsburgh Penguins announce their decision to visit the White House in commemoration of their championship, I understood that they didn’t feel the need to play a role in that fight.

Making a stand against social inequality shouldn’t be a burden left to those who face the consequences. Silence is a luxury afforded to those whose lives are not in the line of fire.

Our society has tried to ignore that reality, but these times are too important to remain silent.

When I look at the picture of myself holding a soccer ball, I realize the beauty of sports that people talk about. I didn’t know anything yet about camaraderie, competition, or community — the buzzwords people often use to describe the purity of their passion. When you’re a child, you don’t need a reason; you just need a feeling.

I’ve loved sports since before I can remember, but it is growing harder to accept the realities that come with the territory.

Ashame can be reached at ashabete@umich.edu or on Twitter @betelhem_ashame.

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Michigan opens season with win over Oakland ARIA GERSON For the Daily

For the Michigan men’s swimming and diving team, the name of the game is redemption.

Even in the Wolverines’ first meet of the year – a dual meet against non-conference opponent Oakland – the biggest thing on their minds was how to rebound from their disappointing second-place finish at last year’s Big Ten Championships after previously winning the title seven years in a row.

Friday’s meet was a good start.

Michigan made a splash, winning the meet by a score of 203-91. Nine different swimmers and divers claimed wins across 13 individual events, and the Wolverines won both relays: the 400-yard medley and the 200-yard freestyle. Michigan coach Mike Bottom saw it as a positive sign for the program.

“It shows the depth of that team,” Bottom said.

Though the team was tired from training hard all week, it didn’t let that stop it from taking down the Golden Grizzlies.

“We didn’t rest at all for this meet … so it was really cool to see everyone swim really fast and post some firstplace finishes,” said sophomore Jacob Montague.

Montague was one of the swimmers that stood out Friday. An All-Big Ten second-team selection last season, he won the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke and was part of the winning 400-yard medley relay team.

Another standout was sophomore Felix Auböck. Auböck, who was named Big Ten Swimmer of the Year last year as a freshman, won the 500- and 1000-yard freestyle races, winning the former by nearly 15 seconds with a time of 4:26.43.

In the 200-yard freestyle relay, Michigan entered six teams. One of them took first, but the other five

were disqualified for false starts.

That’s something the Wolverines need to improve on, but Bottom noted that it’s all about finding a balance between getting fast, aggressive starts while avoiding early jumps.

“They’re starting to feel free to push their starts,” Bottom said.

“They’ve been timid in the past because if you disqualify a relay, there’s a lot of points lost.”

He believes the team will show improvement as the season goes on. “(Pushing their starts) here will help them to do it at the end of the season.”

On the diving side, sophomore Jake Herremans won the one-meter event with a total score of 351.6 while freshman Ross Todd took first in the three-meter with a score of 369.15.

Though the divers are just starting to put together their sets, Bottom believes there is plenty to like.

“Our divers did as best as they could (at Big Tens last year) but we

didn’t have the personnel. This year we have a great personnel,” Bottom said. “I think that we’ll be a little more competitive.”

Todd, a member of the Australian national team, posted a score over 13 points higher than Herremans, the next-highest finisher, in the threemeter diving.

One of the biggest takeaways from the meet was the sheer energy the team had, even after an intense week of training going in.

“You saw their spirit, how much they were supporting each other,” Bottom said. “The way we’re going to get better is supporting each other.”

Added Montague: “Everyone on the sideline (is) cheering for every single swim. (My favorite part) is the team aspect. It’s really motivating and really helps … me to swim really fast. It’s good to start the year off with some wins, so we’re gonna work off of that.”

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Sophomore Felix Auböck won both the 500- and 1,000-yard freestyle races in the season-opening meet against the Golden Grizzlies on Friday.

October 2, 2017 — 3B

FIELD HOCKEY

‘M’ drops Terps for first time since 2001 PAIGE VOEFFRAY Daily Sports Writer

With a free hit outside the circle and 10 seconds on the clock, the No. 6 Michigan field hockey team had one last chance to knock off No. 15 Maryland. The score was knotted at two and it appeared double overtime wasn’t going to be enough to decide the game. Neither team could break through for the game-winning goal until junior forward Emma Way finally saw the ball roll through the goalkeeper’s legs.

Way took advantage of a scrum in front of the net, and dove for the ball to knock it in with one second remaining. Not only had she scored the game-winning goal, but she also led her team to a 3-2 victory over the Terrapins (2-2 Big Ten, 6-5 overall) — the Wolverines’ (4-0, 8-2) first win over Maryland since their 2001 NCAA Championship.

“It’s been a while since we’ve beaten Maryland,” said Michigan coach Marcia Pankratz. “They’re an excellent team, they’re well coached and we have a lot of respect for them. So that’s why it’s really sweet to have a big victory over them tonight.”

The Wolverines took control of the game from the beginning.

Just a minute into the game, fifth-year senior forward Carly Bennett saw the Terrapin goalkeeper come off her line. She took advantage of the commotion in the circle for the first goal of the game.

“I think it was a really important goal,” Pankratz said.

“We’re coming off a big win last weekend, so scoring first really helped to continue that momentum.”

While the first goal had Bennett in the right place at the right time, Michigan’s second goal was as if it was drawn straight from a playbook. The

Wolverines earned a corner and executed the play perfectly. Way sent the ball to senior midfielder Katie Trombetta, who lined up like she was taking the shot, but purposely sent it wide where freshman defender Hallie O’Neill redirected it into the net.

The two-goal lead didn’t last for long, though, as Terrapin midfielder Lein Holsboer charged the circle and scored from the left side just over five minutes later.

Maintaining the lead wasn’t easy for the Wolverines. Once Maryland saw the game-tying goal in sight, it packed on the pressure. Senior goalkeeper Sam Swenson made plenty of saves throughout the night, but with under 10 minutes left in regulation the Terrapins evened the score. There was nothing Swenson could do, as the Maryland forward took the ball out wide and reverse chipped it to hit off the post and fall in.

While the Wolverines controlled overtime by maintaining possession, the Terrapins made the most of their limited touches. Maryland took advantage of any mishap Michigan made, including when the Wolverines botched the corner and allowed the ball to roll to the halfway line for Maryland to scoop up for a breakaway with a chance to upset the Wolverines.

Fortunately for Michigan, the Terrapins had to get passed Trombetta, who knocked the ball away in time for her team to recover.

While Way scored the gamewinning goal, it was the defense from Trombetta that truly won the Wolverines the game.

“She was a warrior today,” Pankratz said. “She is the senior leader of our team in that defensive back field. Her one-onone defense was stellar, it was All-American material.”

Pearson era begins with perfect 10 L

et’s begin with the obvious.

This was an exhibition game. In September. Against a team that isn’t a member of the NCAA and finished 8-16-4 last season.

This was Mel JACOB Pearson’s SHAMES first game as head coach of the Michigan hockey team — the first time in 34 seasons someone not named Red Berenson has led the

Wolverines. And by the end of the season, that’s probably all the Wolverines’ 10-1 rout of Western Ontario will be remembered for.

One could label this game as entirely meaningless in terms of actual hockey — that there are no significant conclusions to be drawn.

But if that’s the case, why schedule the game at all?

Draw whatever conclusions you like. But Michigan was utterly dominant Saturday night.

The scoreline says as much.

The Wolverines’ highest-scoring game last season was a 6-3 exhibition win over the U.S. National Team Development Program. On Saturday, Michigan

reached that total in the second period.

Not even the high-octane Wolverine attack of two seasons ago — which averaged 4.8 goals per game — scored 10 goals in a single game. Michigan’s offensive output was its largest since a 10-6 victory against Ohio State in 2015.

The Wolverines had no shortage of problems last season, and one was quite simple: They just couldn’t score. Michigan was 42nd of 60 teams in goals per game and third-worst in Corsi percentage, a measure of shot differential and puck possession.

Against the Mustangs, the Wolverines won the opening

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faceoff and didn’t look back, firing crisp passes and flying around the rink. Just four minutes after the game began, Michigan had its first goal when the puck deflected into the net off of senior forward Dexter Dancs’ stick. The Wolverines were consistent throughout, with another goal in the first period and four goals each in the second and third.

Quite frankly, Michigan didn’t look like this, or even close to this, at any point last season. In their first exhibition against Windsor last year, the Wolverines won 2-0, outshooting the Lancers just 36-32.

One of Pearson’s first tasks as head coach has been implementing a more possessionand-speed based approach on offense this season. That much was on display Saturday, as Michigan finished with 60 shots on goal to Western Ontario’s 20.

“Guys just buying into the system,” said senior forward Tony Calderone. “A lot of guys are starting to hold on to the puck more, get more confident.

We had a young team last year, now guys are older and getting more confident in the college game.”

It wasn’t just the volume of goals scored, but who scored them. Calderone found the net twice to lead the way offensively, but eight others lit the lamp too.

Five players didn’t score but chipped in with assists as well.

Pearson attributed this egalitarianism to strong team chemistry, which the coaching staff has sought to implement while also hoping it continues to develop naturally.

“We had some good line combinations and some good chemistry,” Pearson said. “It’s hard to force that chemistry, you either have it sometimes or you

don’t. There’s a real good vibe in the locker room right now and you can see that when they played together.”

Again, this was just an exhibition. After the game, Pearson and his players were the first to admit as much.

“There’s some areas we need to be better at,” Pearson said.

“We need to understand that as we go forward, we’re going to continue to play against better opponents.”

But Pearson and his players have also been quick to talk of a new team spirit — a new, energetic dynamic with a new, energetic coaching staff. One could easily wave that off as cliché.

But it certainly seemed to be true Saturday night.

“It was good to get out there and just get a feel for where we are,” Pearson said. “I thought it was a good start.”

4B — October 2, 2017

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