2018-03-19 by The Michigan Daily

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Monday, March 19, 2018

Ann Arbor, Michigan

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The Michigan men’s basketball team tackles freshman guard Jordan Poole after his game-winning, last second shot against Houston sent the Wolverines to the Sweet Sixteen.

Michigan advances to Sweet Sixteen with 64-63 win Jordan Poole’s last-second shot saves Wolverines from elimination in tightly-contested game against Houston MAX MARCOVITCH Daily Sports Editor

`Somehow, some way. His legs flailing each and every direction and a defender square in his face, Jordan Poole caught a pass on the right wing from Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman and hoisted a prayer. And as the ball found sweet nylon, the prayer was granted —

somehow, some way — in the wee hours of Sunday morning. The freshman guard darted to the opposite side of the court, greeted by the rest of his jubialant team as they celebrated an astonishing 64-63 win. It was a miracle on the Great Plains the likes of which will live in Michigan lore right alongside the Trey Burke shot and the Denard Robinson pass at Under the Lights I.

“I was thirsty,” Poole told in my veins. a swath of reporters after the “I definitely dreamed about game. “Definitely this a long time. thirsty. Because Actually, before I I’ve been hitting went out there on shots like that in there, I thought, practice all year. ‘What if I hit this I just felt like I shot right now as always wanted to a freshman?’ ” be in a situation And that he like that at the end did. On this in the game, and my teammates stage. With these implications. constantly tell me that I’ve got ice Somehow, some way, the only

“I definitely dreamed about this a long time.”

player with the personality to match the grand moment found the ball with 0.8 seconds and a season teetering in the balance. Now Michigan will head to Los Angeles next weekend to play its fourth Sweet Sixteen game in six years on the back of a monstrous defense and one lucky St. Patrick’s Day heave. “I don’t have any words for that one,” said fifth-year senior Duncan Robinson. “It’s incredible.

That’s all I got.” Somehow, some way. For much of the game, though, there appeared to be no way. For the second consecutive game, Michigan’s offense fell victim to offensive lulls that threatened its survival in the NCAA Tournament. The Wolverines went to the first TV timeout once again without a made field goal, this time trailing See BASKETBALL, Page 2A

LEO organizes rally during first Ann Student’s Jack Eaton blackface Arbor open bargaining session with ‘U’ to contest

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Snapchat goes viral

Negotiations make progress, secure benefit eligibility for lecturer subgroups

Public post by University employee mocks #BLM, results in heavy backlash

During a break in the Lecturers’ Employee Organization’s first open bargaining session in Ann Arbor Friday, about 150 lecturers and allies – including students and tenure -track faculty – marched from the Diag to Palmer Commons. The marchers chanted and waved signs, demanding salary increases and enhanced job security for lecturers, two key aspects of the union’s bargaining platform to replace its current contract that expires April 20. LEO President Ian Robinson, a sociology lecturer, said the high turnout provides leverage at the bargaining table. “Really, to make a lot of major changes in anything you have to have a lot of people who are willing to be involved,” he said. “It shows our members just how many students are supporting them, from alumni here to elected officials. That’s really good for the morale of our folks.” LEO, which represents nearly 1,500 non-tenure track faculty members across the University’s three campuses, has been in negotiations with the University since October. During the morning bargaining session Friday, Dearborn organizer Alex Elkins, an Afroamerican and

RIYAH BASHA

Managing News Editor

A racist Snapchat sent by University of Michigan student Lauren Fokken, an LSA sophomore, went viral early Friday morning. In the picture shared on Twitter, GroupMe chats and Facebook, Fokken is with another student wearing a blackface mask with the caption #BlackLivesMatter. Fokken is employed through both University Housing and Dining, and works as a student manager at Victors cafe in MosherJordan Residence Hall. She did not respond to requests for comment at the time of publication. LSA senior Jordan Jackson, a Black student, also works as a student coordinator at Victors. She saw the Snapchat stay up for more than a few hours — though she also said Fokken blocked many students of color from seeing the image. To Jackson, the post was an affront to not just the students of color Fokken oversees at work, but the University’s Black community at large.