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Friday, February 2, 2007 - 5
Seven
Icers
say
bye
By IAN ROBINSON
Daily Sports Writer
For any team, Senior Night is a time
to reflect upon the accomplishments
and contributions of the outgoing
senior class before
the team gears up Western
for possible post- Michigan at
season run. Michigan
For the Michi- Matchup:
gan hockey team, Western Mich-
the emotions at this gian 13-12-1;
year's ceremony Michigan 19-9-0:
will be a little dif- When: Saturday,
ferent. 7:35 P.M.
That's because Where: Yost Ice
Arena
when the program Fox Sports
honors its seniors
after tomorrow's
home finale against Western Michi-
gan (9-10-1 CCHA, 12-13-1 overall), the
team has an entire month remaining
before it starts the postseason.
The game will mark the earliest
Senior Night that has been held in
Michigan coach Red Berenson's 23-
year coaching tenure.
Someone looking at Michigan's
schedule this season might think that
Sir Isaac Newton had a part in plan-
ning it. After hosting seven of its first
games, the team heads on the road for
seven of its final eight.
The early home finale will not dimin-
ish the event's sentiment. The last time
a player comes out the tunnel in front
of the Yost crowd after four years of
service will, no doubt, be an emotional
one.b
"Obviously, it's a sad day," senior
No defense equals
no offense for 'M'
TREVOR CAMPBELL/Dail
Senior captain Matt Hunwick will play in his final home regular season game Saturday.
By DANIEL BROMWICH
Daily Sports Editor
The heart and soul of the Michigan men's
basketball team left the floor with two min-
utes remaining in the first half of the Wol-
verines' 69-62 loss to Iowa Wednesday night
because of a knee injury.
And although senior Brent Petway would
return briefly in the second half, his first exit
signaled the beginning of a mass exodus for
Michigan.
Gone was the Wolverines' ability to find
the basket. Michigan shot just 29 percent
from the field in the second half.
Absent was the Wolverines' defensive
intensity that held the Hawkeyes to a meager
26-percent shooting in the first half. Iowa
flipped those digits around in the second
frame, sinking 62 percent of its attempts.
And vanished was Michigan's hunger for
a victory that would have been its first in
three games and would have kept it unde-
feated in Big-Ten home games.
"They just wanted it more than we did,"
sophomore Ekpe Udoh said.
Butthose three missing items are far from
independent.
Michigan coach Tommy Amaker has
expressed all season long his exasperation
with the lack of defensive effort that he sees
from individuals who are having trouble
scoring.
on Wednesday night, this headache flared
up yet again.
Senior Dion Harris never found his
stroke, finishing the evening 0-for-11 from
the field with just one point. The output was
the Detroit native's lowest of the season, and
his lowest tally since early last January.
"I wasjustoff,"Harris said. "I didn'tthink
I got very good looks, so give credit to them,
they kind of took that away from me."
Harris's fellow guards, sophomore Jerret
Smith and senior Lester Abram, didn't have
much more success. Smith finished 0-for-2
from the field, and Abram managed just six
points on 3-of-9 shooting.
The Wolverines' ineptitude from the field
was mirrored by a relaxation on the defen-
sive end.
"It's really frustrating when you can't get
a good look ... and then you've got the other
team scoring basically at will every time in
the second half," Harris said
Michigan has had this problem in the past
as well. Before the season started, Amaker,
Harris and senior Courtney Sims allreflected
on the Wolverines' inability to stay focused
and involved on the defensive end when
they were struggling offensively. Amaker
has referred to it repeatedly throughout this
season as well, and Michigan's lack of disci-
pline plagued it again Wednesday night.
"I certainly feel, and I've always said
this, like a lot of times your defense loses its
steam and its energy when you're not scor-
ing," Amaker said. "And I felt that our kids,
we struggled to score in the second half. We
struggled to make shots, we missed lay-ups,
we weren't able to get to the foul line, and I
thought that affected our defensive energy.
I've talked about that being a pet peeve, and
it caught us tonight."
The Wolverines' drought began with 15
minutes remaining in the second half, and
they didn't score again until just more than
six minutes were left in the game. During
that span, the Hawkeyes went on a 16-0 run
to erase an 11-point deficit, and then some.
The first half was a different story for
Michigan. It shot 50 percent from the field
in the period, and with the execution on
offense came a suffocating defense. Sims
had 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting in the peri-
od, and the Wolverines held the Hawkeyes
to just eight baskets. But while Michigan's
field goals were cut in half in the second
frame - from 14 to seven - Iowa doubled its
total in the final half Most of the Hawkeyes'
shots were easy, with defenders nowhere in
sight.
"We didn't stop or do anything (in the
second half)," Harris said. "They kept on
knocking the shots down, and we couldn't."
Staying sharp on defense, despite an
inability to score, requires leadership. And
when Petway went down, the Wolverines
lost their leader.
And with the departure of their heart and
soul, Michigan might have seen its NCAA
Tournament hopes disappear as well.
David Rohlfs said. "You see Senior
Night when you're a freshman, and you
think it's far off but it comes quick. ...
You have a sad emotion because it's
coming to an end, but it makes you
think about all the things that hap-
pened and you're really happy that you
came."
Berenson prefers to hold a post-game
ceremony because he feels that pre-
game ones do not give the players the
recognition they deserve. As always,
the seniors will receive hockey sticks
with Michigan flags draped around
them.
The risk involved with doing it after
the game, though, is that the result
might not favor the home team, which
is exactly what happened last year.
Michigan led 3-0 going into the third
period against Ferris State, but lost 4-
3 in overtime, putting a damper on the
event.
Captain Matt Hunwick said that last
year's game would be on the Wolver-
ines' minds this weekend, along with a
resolve to prevent a similar result.
One way that Michigan (12-6-0
CCHA, 19-9-0 overall) can help ensure
that Senior Night goes off without hitch
is to concentrate and not think about
the night's special meaning.
The Broncos have already proven to
be a formidable opponent for Michi-
gan. They came into Yost on Dec. 1 and
embarrassed the Wolverines, 6-3. The
next night, Michigan escaped Lawson
Ice Arena with a 6-5 victory.
"We just want to get the win," said
Hunwick, who tried to downplay
the significance of Saturday's event.
"They're a gritty, hard-working team,
and we'll be ready for that."
The stretch of road games starts
with tonight's contest in Kalamazoo,
which can be fierce road environment.
Even though Michigan has won its last
four games there, Berenson recognizes
the danger that the fifth-place Broncos
pose.
The edge
of modern
classical
PROLIFIC VIOLINIST TO
TAKE CENTER STAGE AT
HILL AUDITORIUM
By ABIGAIL B. COLODNER
Daily Arts Writer
- - ---- --
He's been dubbed a "household name" in
music - and although violinist Joshua Bell is
known for exploring a range of less convention-
al music styles, his smooth
sound and accessible
recordings have made him Joshua Bell
one of classical music's Saturday
most popular performers. at 8 p.m.
As part of his U.S. recital
tour, Bell will perform
sonatas and pieces from $10-$56
his most recent album in a
recital at Hill Auditorium tomorrow at 8 p.m.
The young violinist occupies a particularly
savvy niche in the music world. A virtuosic and
sensitive player who debuted with the Philadel-
phia Orchestra at 14, Bell has both garnered the
respect of top-notch conductors, orchestras and
venues and built a strong and diverse fan base.
His sound - liquidly smooth, sweet, but never
syrupy, using a 1713 Stradivarius - is beautiful
and uncomplicated.
In his recordings, he widens a sometimes
Korean drum circle to
shake Mendelssohn
By PRIYA BALI of six pieces. "Young Nam Garak,"
DailyArts Writer which showcases varying speeds
on the janggo, is performed by the
Their name comes from a Kore- entire group seated onstage. As
an expression meaning "little by the drummers play, they rock and
little, gradu- breathe in unison in a movement
ally without Sinaboro called "hu-heup." Hu-heup helps
notice, but Snbro the players keep the complex and
when you hear oncer changing rhythms of the piece.
the pulsat- Saturday Other sections of the perfor-
ing rhythm of at 6p.m. mance captivate your sight with
the janggo, a At the Lydia traditional Korean dance. The
Korean drum, Mendelssohn Theatre Kisaeng Dance does just this. Eight
you may think female dancers ascend the stage,
of something $8, $10 at the door taking on the role of "Kisaengs," or
else. Sinaboro, female entertainers from historic
the University's traditional Korean Korea. The audience can expect
drumming club, uses this defini- this dance to be elegant and swift.
tion to explain the group's goal of Sinaboro is derived from a musi-
increasing awareness and appre- cal genre called samulnori, which
Urn, we'd like to know his tailor (and his dentist).
narrow audience with accessible classical and
crossover albums, recording music by conpos-
ers like Chopin and Gershwin. His forays into
more experimental ground with living artists
like Bela Fleck and jazz trumpeter Wynton
Marsalis have earned him Grammys.
Now 39, Bell last appeared at the University
six years ago. He comes to the University with
pianist Jeremy Denk. Later in the year Bell will
tour in the United States and Europe with the
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, the most-
recorded chamber orchestra in the world.
His newest recording "Voice of the Violin,"
parts of which he will play tomorrow night, is
a work by an artist who's secure in his meth-
ods. Although Bell's virtuosity was recognized
early on, he doesn't stuff his recordings with it.
Instead, "Voice of the Violin" combines the two
greatest facets of his appeal: his ingenuity and
dependability. Bell adapted the pieces on the
recording, all originally composed for voice, for
violin and orchestra. The understated Orchestra
of St. Luke's supports Bell's melodic line, the part
usually reserved for voice. The recording's 15
songs all hover at about three minutes in length.
While they come from eclectic sources, from
Franz Schubert's massively popular Ave Maria
to a Spanish lullaby, the songs share a roman-
tic tone and an unhurried pace. Bell's recording
aims to please listeners, rather than impress,
with unindulgent music whose sophistication
won't overwhelm. It's impressive nonetheless,
especially in the context of Bell's widely rang-
ing projects.
His sensitive and expert sound, of course,
is the essential link in his great appeal. The
incredibly popular artist's performance tomor-
row night should be nothing if not a pleasure.
ciation of traditional Korean cul-
ture. Sinaboro will hold its seventh
annual concert Saturday at the
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre.
"I think 'Sinaboro' the name has
more meaning as to how we want
to operate and expand here in Ann
Arbor and onward. No big jumps or
leaps, but just small steps that defi-
nitely count," Business senior Eun
Sung Lim, the club's president, said
in an e-mail.
Nearly nine-and-a-half years
ago, a group of Korean University
students decided they didn't want
to lose sight of their cultural roots.
When they discovered the janggo,
it became clear the instrument
would be their link to their native
home. What began as just eight stu-
dents has now grown into an orga-
nization of more than 40 who learn
about traditional Korean music and
invite others to do the same.
Sinaboro's wide range of talent is
a result of their diverse group. The
group is comprised ofstudents from
different years and backgrounds.
Many are international students
and a few are American-born.
"The biggest thing that I want to
achieve is to bring our members to
a certain level where they can real-
ly enjoy the music they play. Only
then can the audience truly feel the
same joy the performers are expe-
riencing," Lim said.
Saturday's concert will consist
A touchstone
in modern
classical music.
has earned global acclaim. The var-
ious drums and cymbals are named
after elements of nature they sound
like or symbolize. The janggo
is related to rain, buk to cloud,
kwenggari to thunder and the jing
to wind. The performance origi-
nated from a celebration of farmers
in ancient Korea who hoped for a
prosperous harvest. Sinaboro takes
this tradition and reinvents it in a
modern sound.
Sinaboro stronglybelieves in the
power of samulnori and its ability
to bring communities together.
"Personally, I interpret that as
being a Korean and letting others
know of the joy of our music, but
achieving all that without being
close-minded or overly embracive
of tradition," Lim said.
Their music is the kind that reso-
nates with a fearless force. So take
in Sinaboro's sound, if not "little
by little" or "gradually without
notice," then at least all at once dur-
ing Saturday's performance.
Easy-access comedic theater. And it's free.
By CATHERINE SMYKA
Daily Arts Writer
Some students don't have the
time to commit to three months
of rehearsal in
order to be in /
ashow. Others Evening of
might like to Scenes
write a short Tonight and
skit but don't tomorrow
have time at 8 p.m.
to write and At the RC Auditorium
produce an
entire drama. Free
Thanks to
the Residential College Players,
Evening of Scenes (EOS) - a bian-
nual weekend of student directed,
performed and sometimes written
scenes - will run tonight and Sat-
urday at the RC Auditorium.
Like Kamikaze Theater, the
EOS is one of many RC Players'
events performed during the year.
The RC Players, a Residential Col-
lege student organization, gives
all students, not just RC Players,
a unique opportunity to take part
in student-run theater. Audiences
can sit back and enjoy the slap-
stick, physical humor of student-
written sketches or their favorite
SNL skits. The intimate setting of
the RC Auditorium contributes to
the cozy and enjoyable EOS expe-
rience.
"We always have such a great
turnout. Everyone is always laugh-
ing all the time and it's hilarious,"
said Mandee Reynders, EOS co-
producer and RC sophomore. For
this EOS, she directed a scene
she wrote herself. Her partner in
crime is RC sophomore Kristin
Schultes.
"EOS is one of the only places
where students get to perform
their own work and are personally
involved in producing something,"
Reynders said. Basements Arts will be entertaining to an audi-
performs student-written dramas ence."
but is much more selective. The winter semester EOS holds
auditions the second week of
January and perform their shows
Theater so simple the first week of February. The
fall semester show runs similarly.
and fun you can't Despite only two weeks of rehears-
al and one week of tech, Reynolds
believe it's free. enthuses over the "quality perfor-
mances," which still take place.
"It's also a good way for stu-
dents to meet new people," Reyn-
Every fall and winter semester, ders said. "With 43 new people in
students come together to form the show this semester, this is one
a show full of any content, char- of the biggest casts ever."
acters and humor they want. The Overall, Reynders emphasizes
show sets virtually no limits on how open EOS is for students of all
students' creative imaginations. majors and backgrounds.
"There is always a wide variety "You don't have to be an RC
of scenes and there are no ratings Player to get involved here," Reyn-
- you can say whatever you want ders said. "This is an opportunity
in terms of language and topics," for anyone to be on stage."
Reynders said. "Students are free It's free and it's funny. Come
to express whatever they think check it out.