also spoke about the merits of
petitioning the government.
“We’re the ones with the
petition for the legalization of
recreational marijuana here in
the state of Michigan,” Spencer
said.
An couple from Novi, Mich.,
who
requested
to
remain
anonymous because they were
talking about drug use, outlined
the routine for their celebration.
“We smoked before, in the
mosh pit, walking out of the
mosh pit,” they said.
One of the two, a prospective
student, talked about how Hash
Bash makes her feel about the
University.
“I
was
going
to
apply
anyways, but this is just an
added bonus, I guess,” she said.
“The atmosphere was pretty
cool because everybody was
doing the same thing.”
Chris Zane of Washington,
Mich. said he hopes Michigan
will
legalize
weed
for
recreational use, and added that
Hash Bash offered him a chance
to spend time “just chilling with
my buddies, smoking.”
Patrons
of
Hash
Bash
included
people
who
were
involved with the cause to
various
degrees.
Another
woman,
who
requested
to
remain anonymous, was in Ann
Arbor for her first Hash Bash.
“We’ve been growing for the
last three years and we kind of
wanted to see what it was about
and, honestly, it’s not what I
thought it was,” she said.
She attested to the broad
scope of patrons in attendance.
“I mean it’s actually super
controlled
and
I’m
really
surprised there’s actually a
plethora of people here,” the
woman said. “Honestly, I was
surprised to see some older
people here and it’s kind of nice
to see a variety of people down
here, to be honest.”
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inspires
you
to
continue
participating
in
discussion
surrounding
gender-based
violence,” Dunbeck said.
More than 30 works were
displayed, including drawings,
poems and film. Participants
and
attendees
agreed
that
regardless of the art form, the
entire display was extremely
impactful.
LSA junior Yaya Sun said the
event was more empowering
than she expected, especially as
it was her first year attending.
“I really think it is a great
way for survivors to get their
message out,” she said. “It’s an
opportunity to have a safe space
that they can explore their
message through art. Art is a
really good way of expressing
your emotions that you can’t
normally say. I think my favorite
piece was Sam Kennedy’s ... it
was very relatable.”
The work Sun referred to is
“Boys Talk About Me,” which
Kennedy, an LSA sophomore,
described as “a collage of stupid
things boys have said to or about
me.” The collection includes
tweets, texts and other posts
of degrading statements about
Kennedy, many of them sexist
and, at times, explicitly violent.
Many other similar pieces
expressed sometimes shocking
stories and occurrences, or
hopes for a better understanding
of sexuality- and gender-related
sexual matters.
In a multi-paneled layout
titled “When You Get It,” LSA
junior Maeve Pascoe placed a
drawing of a girl alongside the
words “just going through an
endometrial shift.”
“As I sat in the laundry room
of East Quad making this piece,
a male student looked over as
he was loading his laundry and
remarked that he was impressed
by my art,” Pascoe wrote. “He
asked what the words meant. I
explained, and he became silent.
… It’s not something most people
are proud of. In fact, most women
view it as a burden to bear. But
why would it be a burden? Should
our lives be a burden? It’s a natural
part of life. Embrace it or not, it
happens, and it’s something I’ve
come to peace with. After all, it’s
just a shift.”
A film played behind the art
displays, which was an original
creation by LSA freshman Shreya
Patel for a class project.
“My first attempt at tackling
this
concept
took
a
subtle
approach using poetry as the
audio component and abstract
cultural patterns for visuals,”
Patel said. “I decided to try and
make a video that attempts at a
resolution to the biggest area of
neglect within my life.”
Many
SAPAC
volunteers
expressed that they wanted
the event to be focused on
empowerment for individuals
affected by sexual and gender
violence, sexism and other
related issues.
“I wanted to tackle my fear of
coming out about sexual abuse,”
Patel finished.
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the federal government out of
the
important
technological
and economic benefits that we
would realize from accelerating
renewable energy as well as our
participation in global markets,”
Rood said. “Countries like China
and Germany and other large
economies will keep going on
with technological innovation in
addressing climate change, so it
isolates us in that way.”
Conversely,
LSA
junior
Enrique Zalamea, the chair of the
University’s chapter of College
Republicans chair, said he favors
Trump’s executive orders, and
believes less regulation is key to the
United States’s competitiveness in
the global market.
“Global climate change is a
universal issue; shouldering the
burden of restrictive climate
change regulations should not fall
on countries like the U.S., while
free-rider countries like India
and China continue to increase
their (carbon dioxide) emissions,
and with it their GDP,” Zalamea
said. “We need to become more
competitive in the global market,
and one way to get there is
through less regulations from the
EPA.”
In the long-term, Zalamea
said, he wants to see the move
to more efficient alternative
energy sources and currently
favors a plan proposed by
conservatives that would roll
back EPA regulations while also
instituting a carbon dioxide
emissions tax to slowly shift to
cleaner energy.
“I do hope that one day we can
transition into more affordable
and efficient alternate energy
sources such as solar power or
nuclear energy,” Zalamea said.
“One of the ways we can make this
big transition is through the zero-
sum carbon tax plan, proposed
just a few months ago by a group
of Republican congressmen.”
Contrary to Zalamea, LSA
junior Rowan Conybeare, the
chair of the University’s chapter
of College Democrats, said she
believes
Trump’s
executive
order is “backwards” and will
have a negative impact on the
climate and air quality.
“Trump’s executive action
to roll back climate regulations
is
incredibly
dangerous;
it
will negatively impact the air
quality in every state, including
Michigan,”
Conybeare
said.
“We, as a state, have some of the
most precious natural resources
in the world — our state, and
the livelihood of millions of
people, are in danger because of
Trump’s actions on climate.”
Conybeare also said she
believes Trump’s order will not
succeed in creating jobs since
it does not focus on long-term
renewable energy.
“Fortune
reported
earlier
this year that renewable energy
is creating jobs 12 times faster
than the rest of the economy,”
Conybeare
said.
“Trump’s
executive order isn’t about
boosting the economy — it’s
about
denying
the
impact
and
existence
of
climate
change in favor of appeasing
large
corporations
and
manufacturers.”
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made audible.
He stated languages seem very
complex, and this view was held
by professional linguists just 60
years ago. However, a new program
called the Biolinguistic Program has
shown how languages, in reality, are
consistent from one to another. He
briefly discussed the importance
of biology in his work by hinting at
some of his most familiar discoveries
— language acquisition devices.
“At peak periods of language
acquisition, children are acquiring
about a word an hour, that is, often on
one presentation,” Chomsky said. “It
must be, then, that the rich meaning
of even the most elementary words
is substantially innate.”
He
continued
by
saying
linguistics,
in
particular,
faces
difficulty with Galileo’s objective
because it must account for evolution.
He asserted the language faculty
emerged with modern humans, but
not too much information is known
about the evolution of modern
humans. This, in Chomsky’s mind,
complicates the primary goal of the
Galilean Challenge — to determine
the genetic structures that allow for
language.
Chomsky, also a renowned social
critic and political activist, was
asked by an audience member what
could be done to turn the United
States around from its current
state. He urged listeners to do
anything to speak out, asserting the
United States is still a free society
with many opportunities to have
individual voices heard. He also
concluded that there is popular
base of people capable of enacting
serious changes to the current
governmental practices. One of
the necessary changes, Chomsky
argued, is campaign finance.
“For
well
over
a
century,
elections in the United States have
been essentially bought,” he said.
“You can pretty well predict the
electability simply on the basis of
campaign funding.”
LSA senior Anthony Quail shared
Chomsky’s hopes for uniting and
mobilizing the public.
“In the present climate, it’s easy
to forget that change starts with
individual actions,” he said. “We
cannot allow ourselves to feel
powerless.”
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“It was a long battle through
the year, but at the end we’re
on top and that’s what’s good,”
Thompson said, who currently
holds three program records
for games played (41), minutes
played (4,776) and total assists
(545). She played for the
entirety of the game.
The game started as tense
and hectic as the ending.
Within 34 seconds, Thome
committed her first personal
foul, ensuring the first two
points on the board were from
Georgia Tech’s forward Zaire
O’Neil in a pair of free throws.
It was fitting that the
Wolverines’ two seniors made
the team’s first five points
of the game, with Williams’
classmate, Thompson joining
her on the statsheet with
a field goal after Williams
converted from beyond the
arc.
It was sophomore guard
Nicole Munger who pushed
the Wolverines ahead of the
Yellow Jackets for the first
time with a 3-pointer that
made the game 15-14 with
just over a minute left of
play in the first — a scoreline
that
remained
unchanged
going into the second period.
Michigan was winning despite
shooting just 27 percent from
the floor.
In a media timeout with
4:44 left to go in the second
quarter, each team totaled
four fouls and Michigan was
down by four. Notably, up to
this point, Flaherty had only
posted a pair of free throws.
In true Flaherty fashion,
though,
this
slump
didn’t
last for long. After going
0-for-7 in field goals and 0-4
in 3-pointers, Flaherty hit
a layup and a 3-pointer to
push the score in favor of the
Wolverines. After taking a hit
in the face during a frenzy dive
for the basketball — something
the referees didn’t make a call
on — Flaherty got called for
her own foul downcourt on the
same player, Georgia Tech’s
O’Neil.
The
game
got
uglier,
another foul got called on
Georgia Tech and Thome
converted in the bonus to
leave the score at 28-25. Going
into
halftime,
the
Yellow
Jackets had made a pair of
free throws, making it a one-
point game.
The first major advantage
of the game — a lead over
four points — went to the
Wolverines after a field goal
from
junior
guard
Jillian
Dunston. Another two-point
field goal from Thome had
Michigan in a 38-33 position
in the third quarter.
The
Wolverines
lost
that
edge,
though,
with
around a minute left to go
in the third period when the
Yellow Jackets tied it at 40.
With a defensive rebound,
Georgia Tech was able to
bring it down court for a
layup with no Wolverine to
defend them. Another foul on
Georgia Tech’s O’Neil gave
Flaherty a chance to make
three
free
throws.
Going
3-for-3, Flaherty brought her
teammates into the fourth
period leading, 43-42.
The game wound down in
a back and forth affair, and
with roughly five minutes to
go in the game, Barnes Arico
called a time out with her
team trailing by four. The
Wolverines were in a hole, but
a shallow one. The crowd’s
roar overtook the stadium,
deafening
the
arena.
The
championship
victory
was
still possible.
From there, the Wolverines
managed to push the game to
three overtimes.
“We wore the other team
down,” Barnes Arico said.
And the rest — as Michigan’s
future banner will tell — is
Crisler Center history.
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workforce,” Andrasko said. “Lean
In is all about creating an open
dialogue and trying to talk about
issues that are sort of brushed under
the rug, so we wanted to bring in
influential speakers to talk about
intersectionality and diversity.”
In her speech, Congresswoman
Dingell
emphasized
how
important it is for women to
support one another, saying her
network of women was an integral
contributor to her own political
successes politically.
“Trust me when I tell you
the
importance
of
building
relationships with your female
peers,” Dingell said. “I’ve been
where you are, I’ve been in your
shoes. As women, we are all on the
same team. We need to lift each
other up, we need to celebrate one
another’s successes.”
She
also
brought
up
the
difficulties of balancing different
aspects of her life, as childcare
and personal relationships are still
more of an issue for women in the
workplace than they are for men.
Dingell said while it was difficult
having to respond to sexism, she
did not allow it to discourage her
and instead focused on proving
those who doubted her wrong.
“You have a lot of the same
problems that I did, which is how to
get the door open,” Dingell said.
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