KANSAS
CITY,
Mo.
—
With nine seconds left and the
Michigan men’s basketball team
down by one, Derrick Walton
Jr. received the inbounds pass
looking for a shot that would lead
the Wolverines to the Elite Eight.
And with two seconds left,
the senior guard got his chance,
jab-stepping his defender and
stepping back for a 3-point
attempt.
But unlike so many of Walton’s
shots in Michigan’s seven-game
undefeated run, the ball fell just
short, clanking off the front iron
as the buzzer sounded.
“I thought (the shot) was
good,“
said
junior
forward
Duncan Robinson. “That’s a shot
that I’ve seen him make over
and over, and I have the utmost
confidence in him to make that
shot.”
That was it, as the Wolverines’
season ended with a 69-68 loss to
Oregon (16-2 Pac-12, 32-5 overall)
at the Sprint Center on Thursday
night.
But for a game that featured
two of the top-20 scoring offenses
in the country, it sure didn’t feel
like it. The two teams combined
for just 68 points in the first half of
a game that was tightly contested
down to the final buzzer.
The first half was marred
by
off-the-mark
shooting
—
Michigan (10-8 Big Ten, 26-12
overall) shot just 39 percent on
11-of-28 shooting, while Oregon
shot just 41 percent on 12-of-29
shooting — and general lackluster
play.
“We talked to people who play
(Oregon) often, and they said
‘We don’t know what they’re
doing, we don’t have a formula
for it,’ ” said Michigan coach
John Beilein. “It’s just this off
formation of zone defense.”
The Wolverines, who had
given up just 10 turnovers in their
past two games, turned the ball
over seven times in the first half,
allowing Oregon to run out in
transition, a big part of the Ducks’
game plan.
Senior guard Derrick Walton
Jr. was his usual self with a stat
line of 11 points, two rebounds
and seven assists in the first half,
but he had little help from his
teammates. Walton finished with
a strong second half, totaling 20
points, five rebounds and eight
assists.
Sophomore forward Moritz
Wagner, who had 26 points
in
Michigan’s
victory
over
Louisville just four days prior,
was off the mark, totaling just
four points on 2-of-8 shooting in
the first half. Wagner’s second
half wasn’t much better, as he
played eight minutes and scored
three points.
But as poor as the offense
looked,
Michigan’s
defense
Ann Arbor City Council’s
March 5 decision to contract
Hillard
Heintze
LLC,
a
Chicago-based
security
consulting firm, to review
Ann Arbor Police Department
practices elicited a variety of
responses from Ann Arbor
students, activists and other
stakeholders.
The decision to audit the
police
department
was
a
result of two and a half years
of protests and complaints
regarding the Aura Rosser
case, in which a Black woman
was shot by a white police
officer, David Ried, who was
responding
to
a
domestic
violence call.
Prosecuting attorney Brian
Mackie said in a statement in
Jan. 2015 no criminal charges
will be brought against Ried,
citing “lawful self-defense,”
but
activists
across
Ann
Arbor
have
advocated
for
more
police
accountability
and transparency to
avoid
another incident. For example,
Radical Washtenaw, a local
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O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
S U D O K U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
CL A S S I F I E DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
S P O R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
See AUDIT, Page 3
Students,
community
concerned
with AAPD
CITY
Recently decided upon
audit to review behavior
following Aura Rosser case
ISHI MORI
Daily Staff Reporter
ZOEY HOLMSTROM/Daily
Michigan senior point guard Derrick Walton Jr. finished with 20 points but missed a potential game-winning shot.
Wolverines’ season ends with one-
point loss to Oregon in Kansas City
Walton’s last-second 3-pointer falls short; Michigan loses, 69-68, in Sweet 16
MINH DOAN
Daily Sports Editor
michigandaily.com
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See BASKETBALL, Page 3
Over
80
students
and
community
members
came
together Thursday night in
the Michigan League to share
and
listen
to
anonymous
and personal experiences of
individuals coming out with
their sexuality at the Stonewall
Democrats event “Coming Out
Speak Out.”
Stonewall
Democrats
is a subcommittee of the
University
of
Michigan’s
chapter of College Democrats
that
promotes
education,
transparency
and
action
around
LGBTQ-related
legislation and aims to achieve
equality for LGBTQ-identified
people. Throughout the year,
the organization plans and
hosts events regarding the
advocacy for LGBTQ rights
and identities.
LSA
sophomores
Kallie
Bernas and Tyler Eastman, the
co-chairs of the subcommittee,
were inspired to host the
event on behalf of College
Democrats after similar speak
outs on social events took
See SPEAK OUT, Page 3
Stories of
coming out
shared at
speak out
CAMPUS LIFE
Students shared their
experiences at an event
hosted by College Dems
DYLAN LACROIX
Daily Staff Reporter
Mark Schlissel, president
of the University of Michigan,
emphasized the importance
of
international
students
and the global economy in
a
Detroit
News
editorial
co-authored with Lou Anna
Simon, president of Michigan
State University, and M. Roy
Wilson, president of Wayne
State University, on Thursday.
The three presidents wrote
they believe it is essential
to keep their doors open to
foreign students, because it
will lead to enhanced growth
in Michigan’s innovation and
economic growth.
“Our research universities
give the people and businesses
of our state an advantage in the
global innovation economy,”
Schlissel, Simon and Wilson
wrote. “Keeping our doors
open to the global community
of scholars will enhance our
ability to compete and power
Michigan’s future.”
They also wrote more than
10 percent of students at their
respective
colleges
come
from foreign countries and
Michigan’s economy retains
much of their talent after they
graduate.
“While the vast majority of
our students come from the
state of Michigan, we also
attract more than 10 percent
from
foreign
countries,”
Schlissel, Simon and Wilson
wrote.
“And
those
who
remain in the U.S. to work
after graduation are nearly as
likely as domestic students to
stay in Michigan.”
Schlissel,
Simon
and
Wilson
also
wrote
international
students
contribute to diversity at each
of their respective colleges
and enhance knowledge as a
result.
“Students from different
places also help our campuses
better
reflect
the
global
diversity our graduates are
expected to understand, and
they enhance the quality of
University
presidents
pen op-ed on
globalization
City hosts town hall, discusses
redistricting reform in Ann Arbor
See OP-ED, Page 3
BRIAN KOSASIH/Daily
Kevin Deegan-Krause from the European Journal of Political Research speaks at a town hall meeting at the School of Social Work on Thursday.
ADMINISTRATION
Schlissel, presidents of MSU, Wayne
State co-author Detroit News article
CALEB CHADWELL
Daily Staff Reporter
The speakers discussed different methods to prevent negative effects of gerrymandering
More than 100 community
members gathered in a room
Thursday night at the University
of Michigan School of Social
Work to attend one in a series
of town halls organized by two
grassroots organizations aiming
to end gerrymandering, Voters
Not Politicians and Count MI
Vote.
The
political
practice
of
gerrymandering — manipulating
the boundaries of an electoral
constituency
to
favor
a
candidate or party — has been
a topic of major debate in recent
months following the election of
President Donald Trump.
Kevin
Deegan-Krause,
a
professor of political science at
Wayne State University, said the
practice does not receive enough
attention.
“The drawing of lines is
an incredibly powerful tool,
and one that I don’t think we
appreciate enough,” he said.
Deegan-Krause, along with
University Law Prof. Nancy
Wang, are hoping to transfer
the power of redistricting from
legislators and politicians to
Michigan citizens.
The
town
hall
started
out with a short history of
gerrymandering and how it
has been used by both major
parties as a mechanism for
winning elections and creating
constituencies in their favor.
Deegan-Kraus
said
both
Michigan and Maryland are
guilty
of
gerrymandering,
despite
their
difference
in
partisan leanings.
“If you are a Republican in
Michigan or a Democrat in
Maryland, you could look at the
map and say, I care deeply about
what my party wants,” he said.
“My partner wants what is good
for the country. My challenge is
that is there any other reason
that besides pure partisanship
that you should be against this.”
The day after the presidential
election,
Wang
joined
the
Facebook page for Count MI Vote
and created a ballot question
MADELEINE GERSON
Daily Staff Reporter
See GERRYMANDER, Page 3