2-News

Sudoku Syndication
http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/

1 of 1
11/19/08 3:49 PM

5
6

3

7

4

9
4

3
5

7

8
4

9

5

2

9

8
1

5

1
7

6
8

8

4

9

1
7

HARD AS A ROCK.
puzzle by sudokusyndication.com

2 — Friday, March 27, 2015
The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com

THREE THINGS YOU 
SHOULD KNOW TODAY

The Michigan wom-
en’s basketball team 
advanced to the WNIT 

quartfinals with its 65-55 win 
over Missouri on Thursday. 
The Wolverines will play at 
Southern Mississipi on Sun-
day at 3 p.m.
2

CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES

New 
data 
form 
the 

French investigation of 
the Germanwings flight 

that killed 159 people suggests 
that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz 
did 
not 
respond 
to 
his 

co-pilot’s demands to return 
to the cockpit, the New York 
Times reported.

1

TUESDAY:

Campus Voices

THURSDAY:
Twitter Talk

FRIDAY:

Photos of the Week

WEDNESDAY:

In Other Ivory Towers

MONDAY:

This Week in History

LEFT LSA sophomore Cierra Jackson dances with The Movement at The Team Rally, an event that supports Will Royster running for CSG 
president and Matt Fidel running for CSG vice president on the Diag on Monday . (Virginia Lozano/Daily) RIGHT Ann Arbor resident Joel 
Reinstein raises his hands in support of divestment during the Central Student Government meeting in Rogal Ballroom in the Michigan Union 
on Tuesday. (Ruby Wallau/Daily)

420 Maynard St.

Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327

www.michigandaily.com

The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by 

students at the University of Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may 

be picked up at the Daily’s office for $2. Subscriptions for fall term, starting in September, via U.S. mail are $110. 

Winter term (January through April) is $115, yearlong (September through April) is $195. University affiliates 

are subject to a reduced subscription rate. On-campus subscriptions for fall term are $35. Subscriptions must 

be prepaid. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and The Associated Collegiate Press.

JENNIFER CALFAS

Editor in Chief

734-418-4115 ext. 1251

jcalfas@michigandaily.com

DOUGLAS SOLOMON

Business Manager

734-418-4115 ext. 1241

dougsolo@michigandaily.com

Newsroom

734-418-4115 opt. 3 

Corrections

corrections@michigandaily.com

Arts Section

arts@michigandaily.com

Sports Section

sports@michigandaily.com

Display Sales

dailydisplay@gmail.com

Online Sales

onlineads@michigandaily.com

News Tips

news@michigandaily.com

Letters to the Editor

tothedaily@michigandaily.com

Editorial Page

opinion@michigandaily.com 

Photography Section

photo@michigandaily.com

Classified Sales

classified@michigandaily.com

Finance

finance@michigandaily.com

The 
Saudi 
Arabian 

military 
began 

operations 
against 

Houthi rebels that have taken 
over Yemen’s capital. The 
White house confirmed that 
President Obama authorized 
logistical 
support, 
the 

Associated Press reported.

3

EDITORIAL STAFF
Lev Facher Managing Editor lfacher@michigandaily.com

Sam Gringlas Managing News Editor gringlas@michigandaily.com

SENIOR NEWS EDITORS: Shoham Geva, Will Greenberg, Amabel Karoub, Emma Kerr, 
Emilie Plesset, Michael Sugerman

ASSISTANT NEWS EDITORS: Anastassios Adamopoulos, Tanaz Ahmed, Neala 
Berkowski, Alyssa Brandon, Nabeel Chollampat, Genevieve Hummer, Emma Kinery, Lara 
Moehlman, Carly Noah, Irene Park

Aarica Marsh and 
 

Derek Wolfe Editorial Page Editors opinioneditors@michigandaily.com 

SENIOR EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS: Claire Bryan and Matt Seligman

ASSISTANT EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS: Regan Detwiler, Michael Paul, Melissa Scholke, 
Michael Schramm, Mary Kate Winn 
BLOG EDITOR: Tori Noble

Max Cohen and
Jake Lourim Managing Sports Editors 
sportseditors@michigandaily.com

SENIOR SPORTS EDITORS: Max Bultman, Daniel Feldman, Rajat Khare, Erin Lennon, 
Jason Rubinstein, Jeremy Summitt 
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITORS: Chloe Aubuchon, Minh Doan, Jacob Gase, Kelly Hall, 
Zach Shaw, Brad Whipple

Adam Depollo and 
 
 adepollo@michigandaily.com

Chloe Gilke Managing Arts Editors chloeliz@michigandaily.com
SENIOR ARTS EDITORS: Jamie Bircoll, Kathleen 
Davis, Catherine Sulpizio, Adam Theisen 
ARTS BEAT EDITORS: Alex Bernard, Karen Hua, Jacob Rich, Amelia Zak

Allison Farrand and 
 
 photo@michigandaily.com 

Ruby Wallau Managing Photo Editors 

SENIOR PHOTO EDITORS: Luna Anna Archey and James Coller
ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITORS: Amanda Allen, Virginia Lozano, Paul Sherman

Emily Schumer and 
 
 design@michigandaily.com 

Shane Achenbach Managing Design Editors 

Ian Dillingham Magazine Editor statement@michigandaily.com 

DEPUTY MAGAZINE EDITORS: Natalie Gadbois
STATEMENT PHOTO EDITOR: Luna Anna Archey
STATEMENT LEAD DESIGNER: Jake Wellins

Hannah Bates and 
 
 copydesk@michigandaily.com

Laura Schinagle Managing Copy Editors 

SENIOR COPY EDITORS: Emily Campbell and Emma Sutherland
Amrutha Sivakumar Online Editor amrutha@michigandaily.com

Kaylla Cantilina Managing Video Editor 
Carolyn Gearig Special Projects Manager

BUSINESS STAFF
Madeline Lacey University Accounts Manager 
Ailie Steir Classified Manager
Simonne Kapadia Local Accounts Manager
Olivia Jones Production Managers
Jason Anterasian Finance Manager

More Photos of the 
Week online

Mental health 
discussion

WHAT: University 
professors will speak about 
mental health and suicide, 
with a specific focus on 
suicide in Japan.
WHO: Counseling and 
Psychological Services
WHEN: Today at 1o:30 a.m.
WHERE: Michigan Union—
Anderson Room D

Epidemiology 
presentation

WHAT: Speakers from 
around the world will 
present about nutrition 
in this symposium.
WHO: Center for Molecular 
and Clinical Epidemiology 
of Infectious Diseases
WHEN: Today from 
8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan League

Orchestra 
recital

WHAT: The University 
Symphony Orchestra and 
Philarmonia Orchestra will 
perform Mahler’s Symphony 
No. 6.
WHO: School of Music, 
Theatre & Dance
WHEN: Today at 3 p.m.
WHERE: Hill Auditorium
Please report any 
error in the Daily 
to corrections@
michigandaily.com.

MFA Dance 
concert

WHAT: Patty Solorzano’s 
“Footprints” will explore 
the relationship between 
humans behavior and the 
environment, and Eryn 
Rosenthal’s “Figure/Ground” 
examines anti-Apartheid 
movements.
WHO: School of Music, 
Theatre, & Dance
WHEN: Today at 8 p.m.
WHERE: Dance Building— 
Betty Pease Studio

Wallenberg 
lecture

WHAT: World-renowned 
Polish-American architect 
Daniel Libeskind will 
speak about his history in 
designing world-famous 
projects. 
WHO: Taubman College 
of Architecture and Urban 
Planning
WHEN: Today from 6 p.m. 
to 8 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan 
Union—Rogel Ballroom

California 
prison lecture

WHAT: Alumnus Emily 
Harris will explore the 
California prison system and 
the challenges it poses for 
authorities.
WHO: The Prison Creative 
Arts Project
WHEN: Today at 5 p.m.
WHERE: Duderstadt 
Center

“Lyric Revolution” 
effort stems from 
entrepreneurship 

class project

By LINDSEY SCULLEN

Daily Staff Reporter

Prompted by a shared distaste 

for current popular music, a 
group of students is using a class 
project to start a “Lyric Revolu-
tion.”

Music, Theatre & Dance soph-

omore Hannah Baiardi, a co-
founder of “Lyric Revolution”, 
said she often finds the majority 
of popular music today is both 
“derogatory” and “offensive.”

“I find it, personally, really 

discouraging,” Baiardi said. “A 
lot of times it’s not sophisticated. 
It can tend to be shallow, repeti-
tive and not really very deep. As 
a musician, I find that really irk-
some.”

To 
combat 
that 
problem, 

Baiardi and a group of class-
mates from the class, “Entrepre-
neurial Creativity”, have built 
and launched a website titled 
“Lyric Revolution.” The site fea-
tures local artists and forums 
for viewers to engage with other 
musicians and music lovers.

The website was first con-

ceived in the class, which is 
taught by Education Lecturer 
Eric Fretz and is one of the 
core classes for the University‘s 
entrepreneurship minor. At the 
beginning of the class, Fretz has 
his students create a PowerPoint 
slide about themselves, their 
passions and projects they are 
interested in. It was that process 
that brought the group together 
and allowed them to realize 
their common passions.

“We all kind of came together 

on this idea that meaningful lyr-
ics and positive changes through 
music can be really powerful,” 
said LSA sophomore Jacqueline 
Shandler, a co-founder of Lyric 

Revolution. “I can see it going 
well beyond this class because 
we’re all passionate about it. 
We’re all driven. We want to see 
it go somewhere.”

Currently in its second week, 

the website is built around a 
“featured artists” page, which 
spotlights local artists and their 
original compositions posted on 
SoundCloud.

The founders said the fea-

tured artists are meant to repre-
sent a clear distinction from the 
sounds of today’s Top 40 hits.

“People can’t really control 

which music, what they’re going 
to hear,” Shandler said. “You 
could be going anywhere and 
hear music that isn’t appropri-
ate.”

It’s that lack of control that 

drives the group toward attempt-
ing a “revolution,” a transforma-
tion in the way today’s music is 
written.

Another part of the initiative 

is found in the “our parodies” tab 
on the website. Currently, a par-
ody of Robin Thicke’s “Blurred 
Lines” is displayed. In place of 
the opening line of Thicke’s cho-
rus, “And that’s why I’m gon’ 
take a good girl. I know you want 
it,” are the following lines: “And 
that’s why I stand for justice. You 
know I’ve earned it.”

A third tab on the website asks 

users to “join the conversation,” 
and provides space for users to 
post comments.

One post made by the found-

ers is titled “Be the Change.” It 
poses two scenarios; the first one 
describes a situation in which 
Pitbull’s “Time of Our Lives” 
comes on the radio while a bab-
ysitter is driving a child to an 
activity. The second scenario is 
the same, but in place of Pitbull, 
the radio plays a song that’s both 
catchy and helps raise awareness 
about social issues.

“It’s simply a platform for con-

versation, to kind of pick people’s 
brains about, you know, how 
do you feel about lyrics? What 
can we do to change that? Can 

Student-created website works 
to make music more positive

ON THE WEB... 
michigandaily.com

THE WIRE 
Schlissel speaks 
in D.C.

BY NABEEL CHOLLAMPAT

University President Mark 

Schlissel spoke Thursday morn-
ing in Washington D.C. at the 
annual University of Michigan 
Congressional 
Breakfast. 
He 

spoke specifically about the 
University’s upcoming research 
projects, including M City.

THE WIRE
BAMN presents 
platform 

BY EMMA KINERY

Student 
group 
By 
Any 

Means Necessary presented 
the Defend Affirmative Action 
Party’s candidates for CSG 
elections, focusing on minor-
ity enrollment and sexual 
assault.

News

19 injured in New York fire, 
building gas blast blamed

Smoke spread for 
miles after the 

Manhattan structure 

collapsed

NEW 
YORK 
(AP) 
— 
An 

apparent gas explosion leveled 
an apartment building, largely 
destroyed another and launched 
rubble 
and 
shards 
of 
glass 

across streets in the heart of 
Manhattan’s trendy East Village 
on Thursday, injuring 19 people. 
Smoke could be seen and smelled 
for miles.

Restaurant diners ran out 

of their shoes and bystanders 
helped one another to escape 
the midafternoon blast, which 
damaged four buildings as flames 
shot into the air, witnesses said. 
Passers-by were hit by debris 
and flying glass, and bloodied 
victims were aided as they sat on 
sidewalks and lay on the ground, 
they said.

“It was terrifying — absolutely 

terrifying,” said Bruce Finley, a 
visitor from San Antonio, Texas, 
who had just taken a photo of 

his food at a restaurant known 
for its French fries when he felt 
the explosion next door. “It just 
happened out of the blue. ... We 
were shaking even an hour, hour 
and a half later.”

Mayor Bill de Blasio said 

preliminary evidence suggested a 
gas explosion amid plumbing and 
gas work inside the building that 
collapsed was to blame.

A plumber was doing work 

connected 
to 
a 
gas 
service 

upgrade, and inspectors from 
utility Con Edison had been there 
to check on a planned meter 
installation an hour before the 
fire, company President Craig 
Ivey said. But the work failed the 
inspection, partly because a space 
for the new meters wasn’t big 
enough, and the inspectors said 
gas couldn’t be introduced to that 
part of the building, Con Ed said.

The state Department of Public 

Service was monitoring Con Ed’s 
response.

The fire happened a little over 

a year after a gas explosion in a 
building in East Harlem killed 
eight people and injured about 
50. A National Transportation 

Safety Board report released last 
week said a leak reported just 
before the deadly blast may have 
come from a 3-year-old section 
of plastic pipe rather than a 
127-year-old cast-iron segment 
that came under scrutiny in the 
immediate aftermath.

De Blasio noted no one had 

reported 
a 
gas 
leak 
before 

Thursday’s blast. Con Edison said 
it had surveyed the gas mains on 
the block Wednesday and found 
no leaks.

Bystander Blake Farber, who 

lives around the corner, said he’d 
been walking by the building and 
smelled gas seconds before the big 
blast.

Firefighters continued pouring 

water 
on 
the 
buildings 
for 

hours after the explosion, in an 
area of old tenement buildings 
that are home to students and 
longtime residents near New 
York University and Washington 
Square Park.

Firefighters said at least 19 

people were hurt, four critically, 
some with burns to their airways. 
De Blasio said it didn’t appear that 
anyone was missing.

New York City firefighters work the scene of a large fire and a partial building collapse in the East Village neighborhood of 
New York on Thursday, March 26, 2015. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

See WEBSITE, Page 3

