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WEATHER 
TOMORROW

HI: 65

LO: 38

Proceeds from 
benefit festival to 
help fund Detroit 

summer youth camp

By ALYSSA BRANDON

Daily News Edtior

Campus saw them hit the dab 

with University of Michigan 
football head coach Jim Harbaugh 

on National Signing Day, and 
now they’re coming back to the 
University to give an even bigger 
show. 

Migos, an Atlanta based hip-

hop trio, will perform at Hill 
Auditorium April 13 for Music 
Matters’ annual charity concert, 
according to a statement from 
Music Matters. The group is best 
known for their chart-topping 
hits “Versace” and “Hannah 
Montana” and their viral single 
“Look at My Dab.”

Comprised of rappers Quavo, 

Takeoff and Offset, Migos are 
self-proclaimed 
University 
of 

Michigan football fans, having 
released videos on their Twitter 
account proclaiming their support 
for the Wolverines. Quavo and 
Takeoff were also at the University 
in February for the “Signing of the 
Stars” event, during which the 
two dabbed with Harbaugh and 
former Detroit Tigers manager 
Jim Leyland.

The concert will serve as a part 

of Springfest, a daylong festival 
featuring 
food, 
performance 

and activities for the community 
during the day.

In a statement, Music Matters 

President 
Jibran 
Ahmed, 
a 

Business 
senior, 
said 
Migos’ 

popular acclaim made them the 
perfect fit for this year’s charity 
concert. 

“With Migos becoming an 

international rap icon, we felt 
that their energy and popularity 

See STRESS, Page 3A

Resolution brought 

to assembly 

Tuesday amends 

election code

By JENNIFER MEER 

Daily Staff Reporter

A new resolution proposed 

at Tuesday’s Central Student 
Government 
meeting 
could 

make write-in candidates during 
elections a thing of the past.

Partially in response to a 

trend in recent years of writing 
in Jim Harbaugh as a candidate 
for various CSG positions, the 
litigation would amend the CSG 
election code so that write-in 
candidates can be screened for 
their prospective positions before 
receiving votes. It would also 
emphasize that disqualified or 
ineligible candidates cannot be 
elected.

Rackham 
student 
Jared 

Ferguson, chair of the CSG rules 
committee and co-author of the 
resolution, said the litigation was 

crafted in response to the recent 
election results. During this year’s 
election, Harbaugh received 215 
votes, and a slate of other write-in 
candidates — like U.S. Sen. Bernie 
Sanders (D-Vt.) and Darth Vader

The code currently says any 

write-in candidates who receive 
votes from at least three separate 
and eligible students and are 
enrolled in the University and 
reside in the college in which 
they are voting will be considered 
viable to fill a vacant position.

As well, under the proposed 

See MIGOS, Page 2A

Junior D-man 
forgoes senior 

season, inks three-

year pro deal

By JASON RUBINSTEIN

Daily Sports Writer

The 
Michigan 
defensive 

corps just got even thinner.

With 
sophomore 
defenseman 

Zach Werenski already out 
the door to the Columbus Blue 
Jackets organization, junior 
defenseman Michael Downing 
is also leaving, forgoing his 
senior 
season. 
Downing 

has agreed with the Florida 
Panthers on a three-year entry 
level contract, he confirmed 
to The Daily on Tuesday 
afternoon.

“I thought it was the best 

decision for me and my hockey 
career,” 
Downing 
said. 
“I 

talked to Red this morning and 
he said he thinks I’m ready to 
go. And I guess we’ll have to see 
what happens.

“Red told me this morning 

that I’m leaving as a man.”

The 
team 
has 
not 
yet 

announced whether Downing 
will be assigned directly to the 
Panthers or to the club’s AHL 
affiliate Portland Pirates.

Downing has been a top 

defenseman 
for 
Michigan 

since his freshman year. In his 
first year, he played with Mac 
Bennett and they formed the 
team’s top pairing.

In his sophomore season, 

he grew a reputation for laying 
down punishing hits and he 
became the team’s spark plug.

“It helps in a lot of facets,” 

said 
junior 
forward 
JT 

Compher 
about 
Downing’s 

hits last season. “You have to 
know when he’s on the ice as a 
forward on the other team. He 
makes them more and more 
hesitant coming through the 
ice. When he throws a big hit, 
it gets the bench going, and 
we rally behind it. They’re 
questionable calls at times, but 
we’re not going to tell him not 
to be physical, because that is 
the way he helps our team.”

Added 
sophomore 

University scientists 
find link between 
mental health and 

gender

By ALEXA ST. JOHN

Daily Staff Reporter

Recent 
University 
of 

Michigan 
research 
suggests 

men are more vulnerable to 
long-term 
depression 
than 

women, 
citing 
a 
decreased 

willingness in men to talk about 
mental health issues.

Using data collected by the 

Institute of Social Research 
on 
nearly 
4,000 
nationally 

representative 
participants 

from 1986 to 2011, Dr. Shervin 
Assari, 
psychiatric 
research 

investigator and lead author 
of the recent study, found 
differences 
between 
long-

term stress and subsequent 
depression 
in 
males 
and 

females. This research, Assari 
said, could have implications 
regarding 
the 
way 
mental 

health is stigmatized between 
the two genders.

Assari said his interest in 

studying how groups differ 
in 
vulnerability 
and 
their 

resilience to stress led him to 
pursue the research. He said he 
believes exposure to stress helps 
build resilience to it, but this 
build-up occurs differently in 
people of different backgrounds, 
genders and social groups.

“Historically, most of the 

research looked at or has tried 
to explain group differences 
in health through differential 
exposures, 
meaning 
that 
if 

women are more depressed, it’s 
because they get more stress,” 
Assari said. “If you get a lot of 
exposure, you build resilience. 
It’s not women who might be 
more susceptible to the effect 
of stress on depression; it might 
be men who have high levels of 
stress and be most vulnerable to 
the effect of it.”

Daphne Watkins, associate 

professor of Social Work, said 
oftentimes gendered differences 
based on “gendered stressors” 

Pool for 

administrator 

position down to four 

individuals

By BRIAN KUANG and LYDIA 

BARRY

Daily Staff Reporters

The 
City 
of 
Ann 
Arbor 

announced its four final city 
administrator 
candidates 

Tuesday: 
Thomas 
Couch 
of 

Georgia, 
Paul 
Fetherston 

of 
North 
Carolina, 
Howard 

Lazarus of Texas and Christian 
Sigman of Ohio.

The announcement comes five 

months after the previous city 
administrator, 
Steve 
Powers, 

left his position to become the 
city manager of Salem, Oregon. 
Tom Crawford, Ann Arbor chief 
financial officer, has been acting 
as interim administrator during 
the search process.

City 
Communications 

Manager 
Lisa 
Wondrash 

declined to comment beyond the 
city’s press release.

See NHL, Page 3A
See CSG, Page 2A
See CITY, Page 2A

ANDREW COHEN/Daily

Bailey Oland, administrative assistant at the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial Office, discusses involvement 
opportunities in the University’s upcoming bicentennial celebration at the Central Student Government meeting at 
Pierpont Commons Tuesday.

Mcity: How the University is 
changing automated transportation

» INSIDE

the statement

ALLISON FARRAND/Daily

Migos presented together with former Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland at Signing of the Stars at Hill Auditorium February 3, 2016.

Men more 
susceptible
to impact of 
daily stress

RESEARCH

Migos slated to perform at 
annual SpringFest concert

Central Student Government 
may eliminate joke write-ins

ANN ARBOR
A2 narrows 
candidates 
for city exec. 
replacement

SPORTS
Downing signs 
NHL contract 
with Panthers

