The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, March 19, 2015 — 3A Elbel Field is also a popular location for intramural sports, as it includes a 100-yard turf football field, two sand volley- ball courts, two softball fields, a picnic area and a field area. The University renovated the field in 2011 as part of an effort to improve its recreational sports facilities. A lively, student-populated neighborhood, Elbel is a five minute walk from the Big House and the Intramural Sports Build- ing. Due to its proximity to ath- letic facilities, the neighborhood is popular for student-athletes. Business junior Matt Kaufman, a member of the club water polo team, moved into the neighborhood because of its proximity to the athletic training facilities. Elbel is also five min- utes from the Business School, so he has an easy commute to his business classes. “Location was a big factor in choosing where I live,” Kaufman said. “I could not live much closer than where I do right now. I am less than five minutes away from class and it’s also really close to where my team practices.” While the location is conve- nient for students like Kaufman, Elbel is more than a 10-minute walk from the Diag and other Central Campus buildings. For students looking for a faster trip to campus, the Commuter South bus makes stops down Hoover Street. Some students are willing to sacrifice location for the rela- tively cheap rent and proximity for the variety of eateries, cafes and other local attractions on State Street and Main Street. Rent in the Elbel neighbor- hood is generally in the range of $600 to $700 per month, and can be as low as $550 per per- son, according to data compiled by The Michigan Daily in 2012. Lower-priced homes tend to be farther from campus. In homes closest to Central Cam- pus, rent can rise to upwards of $800 per month per person. Popular places to eat near the Elbel neighborhood include fast food options such as Quick- ie Burger, Grilled Cheezerie, Mr. Spots and BTB Burrito, all located on South State Street. Students flock to these places to rejuvenate on Football Satur- days and for late nights snacks. Kaufman said while the State Street eateries are convenient, there is a notable lack of food options for the health-conscious. “Unlike on South University, where you find Revive … or the variety of places around Main Street and North State Street, there aren’t that many places to get healthy food,” he said. Even so, those looking to work off the 3 a.m. burger and fries can take advantage of the activities available at Elbel Field, the IM Building and Yost Arena. Yost The Yost neighborhood is adjacent to the Elbel neighborhood and east of South State Street. Like Elbel, the Yost neighborhood attracts student-athletes and cost- conscious undergraduates because of its proximity to the University’s athletic facilities and affordability. The neighborhood is south of Packard Street and borders the eastern edge of South Campus. The area is a short walk to the Yost Ice Arena, home to the Michigan hockey team. The arena often holds public skate nights for a $3 admissions charge. Also like Elbel, the ice arena is named after a prominent Wolverine — former football coach Fielding H. Yost, who led the Wolverines to their first national championship in 1901. Another reason why the neighborhood is brimming with undergraduate students is because of its affordable rent prices and lively social scene. Renters can expect prices as low as $550 per month per per- son. At night, Yost’s social scene mainly consists of house parties hosted by undergraduates. Greenwood Avenue and Mary Court are streets known for their block parties. Like Elbel, the Yost neighborhood is located near the same popular State Street food spots, but is sometimes considered problematically distant from Central Campus. For students like LSA junior Kelsey Monkiewicz who don’t need to be close to the athletic facilities, the location is a drawback. Monkiewicz said the two main factors she considered when looking for off-campus housing were proximity to Central Campus and affordability. While her living experience has met the latter requirement, she said getting to class can be a pain, particularly in the cold winter months. “I live with athletes so the location is great for them, but my walk to class is at least 15 minutes,” she said. “The buses don’t really run that frequently, which is especially inconvenient when it gets really cold out.” Despite her issues with the distance, Monkiewicz said she does not mind other aspects of Yost, such as the frequent par- ties. She also said she considers Yost a safe area to live in. “Sometimes you can hear music from other houses, but I don’t really mind,” she said. “It was great to be able to play again after the Big Ten Tournament,” said Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico. “I thought we came out of the gates and played exceptionally well — a lot of positives to take from tonight, but definitely happy to play again.” The only true surprise came before the game, when junior guard Madison Ristovski and freshman forward Emoni Jackson started the game in place of sophomore guard Siera Thompson and senior guard Shannon Smith. Together, the duo scored 12 of the Wolverines’ first 16 points to help kick-start an offense that quickly built a double-digit lead early in the first half and never looked back. From then on, the offense was powered by senior forward Cyesha Goree, who matched up with Cleveland State’s Alexis Eckles on the inside. With Eckles outsized by three inches, Goree played significantly better than she had at the Big Ten Tournament. Despite her height advantage, Goree ran into trouble nearing the end of the first half as their defense keyed on her, making it hard to score when she felt open, being forced to kick the ball out to the guards. “At halftime, Coach told the team ‘fake it and kick it,’ ” Goree said, “because now, everybody is drawing attention to me, so let’s get other players involved.” One of those others included senior Nicole Elmblad, who moved to the guard position for the first time since last season. Regardless of the switch, she grabbed a game- high 11 rebounds and eclipsed 700 career rebounds with 708, becoming the 10th player in program history to do so. Jackson, who had an energized first career start, also put in meaningful minutes by tacking on eight points. Ristovski took the bulk of the 3-point scoring en route to 15 points, replacing the production of Smith and freshman guard Katelynn Flaherty. “(Ristovski’s) playing with a lot of confidence,” Barnes Arico said. “She’s playing very comfortable, and she’s playing really hard and making shots for us, which our other guards are really struggling with right now.” Added Ristovski: “I was really excited. I think we all are, just because we’re in the postseason, and not that many basketball teams out there are still playing.” As for Cleveland State’s offense, it never seemed to make it to Ann Arbor. The Vikings took a while to start up their engine, succumbing to a 20-3 Michigan run in the opening four minutes. The Wolverines scored seven points off 11 turnovers, and the 2-3 zone prevented Cleveland State’s best scorers from making an impact. Guard Cori Coleman and forward Imani Gordon came in averaging 16.1 and 16.3 points, respectively, but the Michigan defense held them to a combined 26 points. At the start of the game, Gordon took nearly seven minutes to make a basket, while Coleman took 18. “We knew they were going to be undersized,” Goree said. “It was kind of a mismatch for me, but at the same time you still have to guard them. So we decided to go zone and it was really effective.” Cleveland State, which shot 32.7 percent, had gone scoreless for eight minutes during the first half before making five of its last seven shots heading into halftime, including a four-point play from Coleman. But even the rejuvenated effort was futile, as the Wolverines prevented the Vikings from clawing their way out of a deficit. “On the defensive end, (the starters) were focused on the game plan and did a great job,” Barnes Arico said. “Cleveland State made some adjustments later in the first half and kind of started to penetrate the zone a little bit, but we came out of the gates really focused on both ends.” In the closing seconds before halftime, Flaherty added the finishing touch by stealing the ball for a coast-to-coast layup at the buzzer, making fans stand on their feet as the sound of applause overtook Crisler. Though it had been a while, Michigan could finally enter the locker room at halftime with things in its favor. And they stayed that way. ELBEL From Page 1A WNIT From Page 1A to raise awareness for people with disabilities. “They’re people, too, and they can do almost everything that an able-bodied person can,” he said. The fraternity also organized a “penny war” Monday and its annual “Pie a Pi Kapp” event Tuesday, where participants could pay to throw a pie in the face of a fraternity member. Robinson said the weeklong events had been successful so far, adding that the fraternity had raised over $600 from its penny war and Pie a Pi Kapp events. The three events will culminate with the fraternity’s annual Empathy Dinner this Friday. Robinson said the annual Empathy Dinner is a meal where, for the first few minutes, guests are encouraged to show solidarity for people with disabilities by attempting to eat as though they are affected by various diseases, such as blindness or muscular dystrophy. The War of the Roses is an event put on by Pi Kappa Phi chapters across the country; this week marks the University chap- ter’s first time doing so. An integral part of the War of the Roses is sororities’ partici- pation. Alpha Epsilon Phi, Delta Phi Epsilon, Zeta Tau Alpha and Gamma Phi Beta all partnered with Pi Kappa Phi this week. Ultimately, one sorority will be crowned the winner of the War of the Roses based on multiple factors, including how many pen- nies they collected for the penny war, the number of pies they sold for students to peg Pi Kappa Phi members with and attendance points for watching the wheel- chair basketball game. After accepting their invitations to participate in the week’s festivities, each sorority nominated a member to represent them should they win the War of the Roses. The winner will be crowned and given a sash on behalf of their chapter, as well as a portion of the money raised throughout the week. The Ability Experience, Pi Kappa Phi’s exclusive national outreach project that donates to people with disabilities, will receive 75 percent of the week’s proceeds. The remaining will be given to the winning sorority’s philanthropy committee. LSA sophomore Justin Stern, a Pi Kappa Phi member, said he helped Robinson to coordinate the War of the Roses in an effort to expand the chapter’s philan- thropy efforts. “While philanthropy was good last year, we thought we could improve it,” Stern said. “I didn’t expect it to be this successful in the first year, but I’m really happy that it has been,” Robinson added. “I think that if we start with a base like this, that next year and years beyond it’ll only get better.” GAME From Page 1A the hypocrisy of this University” and its diversity policies. “I think if we manage to increase minority enrollment, we would have less of this prob- lem because classes would be more integrated and you would be having more of these discus- sions (about racial issues and prejudice),” she said. Wall’s running mate and LSA sophomore Katie Kennedy said despite living as a person of mixed race in Ann Arbor her whole life, she only felt the con- sequence of her race when she became a student at the Univer- sity. “I had never felt so isolated when it came to social life, Greek life, academic settings, commu- nities and the entire culture of the University,” she said. LSA junior Cooper Charlton, Make Michigan’s presidential candidate, said despite being a “white individual,” he felt he understood minority popula- tions’ struggles “through empa- thy.” “I can feel your passion,” he said. “I can understand what you’re trying to say and I can help you.” Charlton added that the Uni- versity’s problem lies not in admitting minorities, but not providing minority and under- privileged candidates “the things they need to say ‘yes,’ ” like offering students financial aid immediately alongside their letter of admission. LSA sophomore Steven Hal- perin, Charlton’s running mate, shared with the audience the last words his father spoke to him before dying suddenly of a heart attack: “Move big rocks.” He said this phrase is what would drive him to make progress as a CSG executive. “These words define me,” he said, adapting his life motto to fit the Make Michigan campaign. “Help us move big rocks so we can make the change.” Royster later questioned Make Michigan’s commitment to race and ethnicity issues. He is currently the academic con- cerns chair for the BSU, which launched the #BBUM campaign last year — he said neither Charl- ton nor Make Michigan has reached out to the organization. On this note, LSA sophomore Matt Fidel, The Team’s vice presidential candidate, said The Team in both its name and plat- form is most intent on driving inclusion on campus. “Inclusion is the message of The Team,” he said. “That is what we were created to inspire.” Fidel cited the inclusive ini- tiatives he has implemented as LSA representative on the CSG Assembly, including planning the police brutality speakout and launching a program to donate students’ leftover Blue Bucks and Dining Dollars to charity at the end of the semester. Wall said increased minority enrollment is integral to inclu- sion and would be best bolstered if the University offered on-site admissions in Detroit schools and implemented its own ver- sion of the Texas “Top 10 Percent Rule.” The policy guarantees admission to Texas universities for in-state students who gradu- ated at the top 10 percent of their classes. Administrators at the University have said that plan would not be feasible in Ann Arbor. She added that lack of diver- sity on college campuses is what leads to incidents like the one at the University of Oklahoma, where the school’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon was dis- banded for leading racist chants. In the vice presidential debate, Halperin referenced this point to promote future CSG develop- ment of diversity education pro- grams for students. “I think we need to teach more about bystander interven- tion,” he said. Charlton contended that the creation of the CSG Honor Code, which current CSG President Bobby Dishell, a Public Poli- cy senior, pitched earlier this semester, could help mitigate future racial tensions on campus and encourage students to inter- vene in certain situations. Royster, however, said a cul- ture shift is the only possible prevention method. When asked what they thought about the destruction caused by the members of Uni- versity’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Mu to Treetops Resort last month, all of the candidates said they condemned the acts that took place. However, all three parties said they supported Greek life as a whole. Halperin is a member of the University’s chapter of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity; Royster is a member of the Univer- sity’s chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity; and Fidel was a member of the University’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Mu before it was disbanded by the fraternity’s international board Tuesday. “I think it is very, very impor- tant to note the good things Greek life has done,” Charlton said. “We all support Greek life. However, the fact that particu- lar individuals can tarnish and influence the reputation of many is something that is unaccept- able.” Fidel, who attended the Sigma Alpha Mu ski trip, was asked about his involvement in the destruction. “I condemn the ski trip whole- heartedly,” he said. “I was not a part of the destruction whatso- ever. I am not my fraternity; I am my own person.” The candidates were also in agreement that more needs to be done to prevent and promote awareness of sexual misconduct on campus. While Charlton said the pend- ing honor code will help to pre- vent sexual assault by providing a firm definition of what is right and wrong, Royster disagreed. He emphasized that other meth- ods are necessary to induce cul- ture shift, not just one document. “We know what is right and wrong,” Royster said. “There is no gray area when it comes to sexual assault. There’s just not. What we need is a culture shift.” Kennedy built on this point, citing a statistic that 62 percent of women on the University’s campus have reported being vic- tims of sexual assault. She added that the real figure may be worse because most cases go unreport- ed. “We need to hold students accountable,” she said. “Rapists need to be expelled and charged, as well.” In closing statements, all three presidential candidates reiterated their commitment to their individual parties and to diversity. “Diversity is more than skin deep,” Charlton said, adding that diversity of thoughts and perspectives is also important. “The University of Michigan is where great minds come. With Make Michigan, we are going to be able to make the differ- ence.” Royster drew attention to The Team’s diverse slate of can- didates, and said this was rep- resentative of their ability to make represent a wide variety of demographics on campus. “We compromised our slate of members from all across the campus. We have the most diverse slate that we could make,” Royster said. “We did that intentionally.” Wall reaffirmed that she is running because she refuses to believe that no one can do any- thing more to end the racism, sexism and LGBTQ issues on campus. “To think that we can just keep our heads down until something changes is to sup- port the demoralizing process,” she said. PAUL SHERMAN/Daily Central Student Government presidential candidates Engineering junior William Royster, LSA junior Keysha Wall and LSA junior Cooper Charlston discuss a number of University issues at the CSG debates at South Hall on Wednesday. DEBATE From Page 1A MICHIGANDAILY.COM