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event spotlight: music matters presentscz,
bAlicia Adamczyk, Weekend Roundup Editor
at do a Shark Tank-
style business com-
petition, live music
performances from internation-
ally-acclaimed artists and TED
Talks all have in common? Uni-
versity students will get to expe-
rience all of them and much more
during Thursday's third annual
SpringFest, #IGNITE.UM.
The capstone event of MUSIC
Matters, a student organization
built to combine the power of
music and student activism to
make the world a better place,
SpringFest is a SXSW-style fes-
tival across Central Campus
designed to promote creativity
and bring students from all cor-
ners of campus together.
At the end of the day, rap art-
ist 2 Chainz will perform at the
annual benefit concert in Hill
Auditorium. Proceeds from this
year's ticket sales will be used to
create a summer camp at the Uni-
versity for underprivileged chil-
dren in grades 6-8.
This year, a "completely
revamped" SpringFest has
expanded to incorporate more
schools, colleges and student
organizations than ever before.
Business junior Nick Moeller,
SpringFest chair, said 40 student
organizations have signed on to
participate throughout the day.
In addition to the business
competition, sponsored by
MPowered, and live music per-
formances, there will also be a
photo exhibit presented by the
Black Student Union, a Start-Up
Village, demonstrations from the
Solar Car team and food trucks
and other vendors.
"Everybody sort of sticks to
their own thing during the year,"
Moeller said. "Come end of the
year, there's not really anything
that brings people together. So
we wanted to create something
that brings people from all back-
grounds together in a collabora-
tive event."
Spanning from the steps of the
Hatcher Graduate Library across
to Ingalls Mall, all of the student
organizations are designated
one of five sections: Innovation,
Art, Sustainability, Identity
and Social Justice. Moeller and
the rest of the MUSIC Matters
executive committee said they
believe these subject areas best
encapsulate the spirit of Univer-
sity students.
While in past years the event
has garnered attention as a sort
of replica of Festifall, the group's
goal this year is to drive enough
traffic and excitement around
the event that in future years
SpringFest will be able to facili-
tate collaborations between orga-
nizations that otherwise wouldn't
happen and not just entice stu-
dents to join another organization
or two, LSA senior Phil Schermer,
founder and president of MUSIC
Matters, said.
"Here is an opportunity to
bridge gaps between the colleg-
es," Schermer said. "The purpose
is broader than just a fun concert;
there's a much bigger idea here."
North University Avenue will
house the live music stages, cor-
porate sponsors and various food
trucks. Folk-rock band Grizfolk,
which recently finished a tour
opening for Bastille, will headline
the live performances. other per-
formers include Ann Arbor native
Dan Henig, best known for his
YouTube-famous acoustic cover
of Lil Jon's "Get Low," and LSA
sophomore Sylvia Yacoub, a top-
10 finalist on NBC's "The Voice."
Given the breadth of organiza-
tions, sponsors and events, stu-
dents will be hard-pressed to fit
in all of SpringFest's activities.
Information sophomore Made-
leine Chone, a member of MUSIC
Matters' talent and concert team,
said it is this diversity of groups
and ventures that makes Spring-
Fest such a unique and can't-miss
campus experience.
"It's difficult to explain to
someone in a sentence," Chone
said. "It's exactly that that makes
it so great. You can't sit down and
explain it in a sentence, it takes
five minutes."
And while connecting stu-
dents, creating a legendary
campus event and encouraging
creativity in thought and social
activism are of the utmost impor-
tance for the organizers, theyalso
admitted there are a few other
exciting aspects about the day,
particularly the headlining musi-
cal guest.
"My selfie with 2 Chainz at the
end of the night, I'm pretty excit-
ed about that," LSA sophomore
Claire Ulak, communications
senior producer for the organiza-
tion, joked.
Business sophomore Jibran
Ahmed, the fundraising senior
producer, added, "If 2 Chainz
spits a new bar, I'm going to be
pretty happy."
Last year, MUSIC Matters
gave a $50,000 gift to endow
the MUSIC Matters Big Think-
ers Scholarship - the completely
student-funded scholarship is the
first of its kind at the University
- and in 2012 the organization
donated $10,000 to C.S. Mott
Children's Hospital.
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Love Art More: Student
Late Night at the UMMA
8-11 p.m.
UMMA
Friday,411
North Campus
Cultural Ball
6:30-9:30 p.m.
UMMA
58 Greene Performance
Rackham Auditorium
Men's Gymnastics
NCAA Team Finals
7 pm.
Crisler Center
The Dicks and Janes
Spring Concert
7:30 p.m.
MLB Auditorium 3
Shei-Fest
8 p.m.
Anderson Room,
Michigan Union
Merit Madness 2014
(1-on-1 Bball Tourney)
11 p.m.
IMSB Basketball Courts
Men's Gymnastics
NCAA Team Finals
7 p.m.
Crisler Center
The Ann Arbor Poetry
Slam City Finals
7 p.m.
Neutral Zone
154th Annual Spring
Concert
8 p.m.
Hill Auditorium
UM Music Con 2014
11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Michigan League
Who, What, Where: The week in review
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Arbor Hash Bash. The number of
l Madrid and Manchester attendees to this event has been
dgame in Michigan Stadium steadily growing over the last
is announced few years. In 2011, approximately
6,000people attended HashBash.
a press conference, the Uni- The event has been held on
y Athletic Department an- the Diag since April 1, 1972. The
ed this week that Real Ma- original event in 1972 was cre-
'ill play against Manchester ated to celebrate of the release of
d this summer on Aug. 2. John Sinclair, a marijuana activ-
,ame is a part of the Inter- ist, from prison. Hash Bash was
al Champions Cup (ICC). also held in protest of restric-
cording to the University tive cannabis laws that were be-
ic Department, they col- ing implemented in Michigan.
ted with one of the spon- The city of Ann Arbor
& the ICC, Relevant Sports, is famous for being a sup-
t University students could porter of the decriminaliza-
resale access starting Mon- tion of marijuana since 1972.
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morning. Although some of the
wounded are in critical condi-
tion, all are expected to survive.
Someone at the school pulled
the fire alarm when the stab-
bings began and subsequently
the police arrived at the scene
of the crime. Investigations are
ongoing and in the meantime the
high school as well as the other
elementary and middle schools
in the town have been closed.
Obama signs executive orders to
combatgender wage gap
President Barack Obama
signed two executive orders
on Tuesday in response to the
gender wage gap. The first
order stops federal contrac-
tors from preventing their em-
ployees from discussing their
salaries. The second requires
federal contractors to give the
Department of Labor race and
gender compensation data.
These orders come in the
wake of much public debate be-
tween Republicans and Demo-
crats over the issue of equal pay
legislation in the past few weeks.
By EMILIE PLESSET
Daily Weekend Contributor
This weekend students will
gather on Palmer Field from
10 a.m. Saturday to 10 a.m. on
Sunday to participate in MRe-
lay's 12th Relay for Life walk,
the American Cancer Society's
largest international fundrais-
er to fight against cancer. This
year's MRelay theme is Disney.
Kinesiology senior Sara
Knysh, executive director of
the University's chapter of
Relay for Life, said in prior
years, MRelay's fundraiser has
had between 3,000 to 5,000
students watching and partici-
pating and draws in the second
largest student crowd behind
football games. Many stu-
dents form fundraising teams
through Greek Life or other
organizations.
The University's Relay for
Life event has been ranked the
second largest collegiate relay
in the nation for the past two
years. Last year the event raised
about $312,000 and hopes to
raise over $315,000 this year.
The 24-hour event will
begin with a survivor lap where
cancer survivors and their fam-
ilies and friends will take the
first lap around the track.
Throughout the day, stu-
dents will participate in field
games and a basketball tourna-
ment.
The event will also feature
a Fight Back ceremony, which
promotes the American Cancer
Society's "Celebrate. Remem-
ber. Fight back." initiative.
During the ceremony, MRelay
will attempt to break the world
record for the most candles
blown out at once.
"The Fight Back ceremony
is mostly to get everyone excit-
ed and thank everyone for all
their hard work and keep push-
ing forward with the fight,"
Knysh said. "We thought it
would be an extremely mov-
ing moment. This is Michigan,
so why not set another world
record?"
Later in the evening, the
event will hold the Luminaria
ceremony to honor survivors
and remember those who
lost their fight with cancer.
Throughout the event people
will share stories about their
experiences with cancer and
their reasons for participating
in the relay.
"It's an extremely moving
event," Knysh said. "I'm look-
ing forward to honoring my
family and remembering those
that we've all lost and inspire
everyone to keep fighting."
There will also be a glow-
concert with student group per-
formances including Groove.
In addition to the Relay for
Life walk, MRelay holds fund-
raisers throughout the year to
lead up to the event in April. In
addition to restaurant and bar
nights, MRelay has held a year-
ly benefit concert and a Rent the
Runway fashion show to raise
money.
"We want to provide an
atmosphere that people will
want to come to and excited to
stay at," Knysh said.
day, April 7 at 8:30 a.m. Ticket
prices started at $45. University
Athletic Director Dave Brandon
expects the match to bring in
more than $14 million in rev-
enue for the city of Ann Arbor.
Thousands attend annual
Hash Bash
Last weekend, nearly 8,000
people gathered at the Diag and
Monroe Street to show their sup-
port for the total legalization of
Around the World
20 people are injured in
Pennsylvania high school
stabbing
Alex Hribal, a 16-year-old
student at the Franklin Re-
gional High School in Murrys-
ville, Pennsylvania, stabbed 19
students and one adult inside
his high school Wednesday
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