Beginning as a collection
of anecdotal interviews with
more than 200 women in
1996, The Vagina Monologues
has since evolved over time
to
include
more
diverse
storylines,
actors
and
sexualities in order to be
representative
of
the
full
spectrum
of
the
female
experience.
More than 100 students
gathered Friday and Saturday
night
inside
Rackham
Auditorium
to
watch
the
University’s
fifth-annual
production
of
the
play
directed by LSA junior Clare
Fairbanks,
also
a
Daily
copy editor, and produced
by
Business
senior
Edith
Zhang. The show was held by
Students for Choice, a leading
abortion-rights
group
on
campus.
Originally
written
by
playwright Eve Ensler, The
Vagina Monologues consists
of a series of monologues
read by various women —
each dealing with a different
subject, such as masturbation
and the female orgasm as
well as heavier topics such as
female genital mutilation and
sexual assault.
In
the
“Producer’s
Note,” Zhang wrote on the
importance of understanding
the show to be more than just
talking about vaginas, as it
also provides an opportunity
to listen to people’s personal
stories and empathize with
their experiences — though
possibly different than the
viewer’s own.
“It’s
scary,
but
these
actresses push through the
fear,” she wrote. “Because we
need to hear these experiences
that have long been hidden.
To me, that’s what the The
Vagina Monologues is about.
Not about vaginas or periods
or assault or sex or love or
moaning or rape or race or
masturbating or even just
being a woman. Though each
topic is covered in a monologue
and each monologue is a real
experience, the show overall
is more than its lady parts.
It’s a chance to speak up. It’s a
chance to learn about people.
It’s a chance to listen. So
please, listen.”
For the second year, a
pre-show consisting of eight
University-student-written
monologues was performed
before the commencement of
the Eve Ensler show. Because
of the personal nature of the
monologues,
content
was
not recorded, though themes
included
being
fetishized
because of one’s race, poor sex
education in schools and the
This article is the third part
of an ongoing series of articles
outlining specific initiatives of
Central Student Government on
campus.
The Bystander Intervention
and Community Engagement
program is designed to engage
students by informing them
about sexual misconduct and
providing them with tools and
strategies to address the issue.
LSA sophomore Samantha
Kennedy, co-coordinator at the
Sexual Assault Prevention and
Awareness Center, stressed the
importance of this program in
highlighting the prevalence
of sexual assault on campus,
as well as providing students
with tools to address these
situations.
“Bystander Intervention is
a form of preventative work
that
focuses
on
secondary
prevention — that means we
are acknowledging that sexual
misconduct
unfortunately
still exists on campus and
still occurs in the majority of
spaces,” she said. “We want to
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Bystander
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School of Information senior Sarah Barnitt performs at the Vagina Monologues at Rackham Ampitheatre on Saturday
night.
Annual Vagina Monologues examine
diverse array of women’s experiences
More than 100 gather at Rackham for fifth annual student-led performance
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See SWEET 16, Page 3A
President Donald Trump’s
preliminary budget proposal
— released on Thursday —
could sever the $300 million
dollars per year Great Lakes
Restoration Initiative effort
to clean the Great Lakes basin,
according to The Detroit News.
It would cut the Environmental
Protection Agency’s budget by
almost one-third overall.
The GLRI began in 2010 to
protect and restore the Great
Lakes. In addition to the
clean-up effort, the initiative
also aims to control invasive
species,
reduce
nutrient
runoff and restore habitats
in the region. It operates
as
a
collaboration
among
states, tribes, municipalities,
universities
and
other
organizations, according to its
website.
In a statement, U.S. Rep.
Debbie
Dingell
(D–Mich.)
expressed concern that the
Trump administration’s new
budget distorts national values.
“The budget is a statement
of our values as a nation, and
See GREAT LAKES, Page 3A
Legislators
oppose cuts
to federal
spending
GOVERNMENT
Proposed budget aims to
reduce funding for Great
Lakes restoration plan
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MARCH ON
KEVIN SANTO
Managing Sports Editor
INDIANAPOLIS — John Beilein
was grinning, peeking around the
corner of the door.
Then he jumped into the locker
room, Super Soaker in tow, and the
water started flying.
Michigan was going to the Sweet
16 in Kansas City, Mo. The only thing
that could have made it sweeter was
if it was legal to use champagne.
“Coach told us that he bought
a Super Soaker last night,” said
redshirt sophomore forward DJ
Wilson. “Because he knew that we
were going to come out with a win.”
And right he was, as the
Wolverines
defeated
Louisville,
73-69, to solidify a place in the Sweet
16 and simultaneously give Beilein a
second victory against Rick Pitino
that had eluded him since 2005.
“I went into this game with a lot of
confidence that I was gonna be using
it at the end of that game,” Beilein
said. “At the end of the first half, I
wasn’t so sure the Super Soaker — it
was ever gonna be known I had it.
But we withstood everything they
had and won the game.”
More than anyone else, Beilein
has Moritz Wagner to thank for
that.
Michigan’s sophomore big man
scored a game-high 26 points on
11-for-14
shooting,
willing
the
Wolverines forward in a game that
— for the majority of the contest —
looked like it was Louisville’s for the
taking.
Michigan (10-8 Big Ten, 26-11
overall) entered the matchup as the
No. 4 team in the nation in adjusted
offensive efficiency according to
Ken Pomeroy. The Cardinals (12-6
ACC, 25-9 overall), on the other
hand, took the floor as seventh-
ranked team in adjusted defensive
efficiency.
In a battle of offensive juggernaut
and
defensive
powerhouse,
something had to give. In the first
half, it was Michigan’s offense that
lost out.
Senior guard Derrick Walton Jr.
— the man who has been carrying
Michigan through March— didn’t
score until the 4:56 mark, when
he knocked down a pair from the
charity stripe. Until his 3-pointer
with 2:33 remaining, Walton was
0-for-6 from the field. Still, even at
that point, the Wolverines trailed by
just three.
In reality, Michigan was lucky
that was so.
The Wolverines shot 37 percent
from the floor and were 3-for-11 from
behind the arc. Louisville didn’t fair
much better — shooting 42 percent
from the floor — but dominated
Michigan on the boards, grabbing
24 rebounds to the Wolverines’ 16.
Ten of those came on the offensive
glass, and the Cardinals made
Michigan pay, scoring 11 second-
chance points in the first half.
The
Wolverines’
offensive
struggles culminated in a five-
minute scoring drought that was
only broken at the 7:57 mark by
a Wagner layup. Michigan was
fortunate that Louisville went on a
scoring drought of its own — failing
to hit from the field for nearly four
minutes.
But forward Deng Adel ended
that
drought
with
authority,
coasting down the floor on a fast
break before putting Wilson on a
poster to give Louisville a five-point
lead.
Shortly thereafter, it looked like
Michigan’s luck had finally run out,
that the story of the team that went
through a plane crash and made a
tournament run was coming to a
close.
It looked like — once again — Rick
Pitino was going to get the better of
John Beilein.
There was just over a minute left
in the frame when Louisville guard
Donovan Mitchell hit the triple —
marking just his third field goal of
the frame.
Adel followed Mitchell’s lead,
converting from beyond the arc
on the Cardinals’ next offensive
possession. And then he nailed a
pair from the free-throw line.
One minute and 10 seconds,
an eight-point swing, and the
Wolverines went from tied at 28 to
trailing by eight at the half.
But Wagner came out firing.
He scored eight of Michigan’s
first 10 points in the second half,
starting what would eventually
become a 17-point second-half total
for the sophomore. The Cardinals
still proved too much, opening
4-for-6 from the floor to counteract
Wagner’s individual effort.
Eventually, though, senior wing
Zak Irvin joined the party — scoring
six straight points with 13:25
remaining to cut Michigan’s deficit
to three. Just over four minutes
later, junior guard Muhammad-
Ali Abdur-Rahkman finally put
the Wolverines within striking
distance, knocking down two free
throws to tie the game at 53.
From there, it became a slugfest,
with each team vying back and forth
for the lead that could send them to
the Sweet 16.
Wagner
finally
gave