A large crowd gathered in
downtown Ann Arbor Saturday
afternoon for a student-led “die-
in,” standing in solidarity with
the victims of the massacre
that occured in Parkland, Fla.,
at Majory Stoneman Douglas
High School, as well as the 33
additional children killed as a
result of gun violence since the
shooting.
The crowd, diverse in age
and background — ranging
from high school students
to elected officials — took
over Liberty Plaza, raising
signs with phrases such as
“Law Makers work for us, not
the NRA!,” “I should not be
afraid to go to school,” and
“#NeverAgain.”
Participants laid on the
concrete
for
six
minutes,
approximately the amount of
time the shooter was active at
Marjory Stoneman Douglas,
while the names of the victims
and the additional 33 children
were read aloud. Once the
names had been read, stillness
and silence overtook the park.
The
demonstration
was
organized
by
Washtenaw
Youth Initiative, a student-run
organization
encompassing
students of the Ann Arbor,
Saline
and
Dexter
school
districts.
After the die-in, additional
students and speakers gave
individual statements to the
crowd.
Students stood up on the
raised
concrete
platform
to deliver monologues and
personal testimonies on how
they believed gun laws must
be reformed in the United
States.
Marquan
Kane,
a
senior at Pioneer High School,
addressed the crowd in a bright
orange jumpsuit, meant to
portray the importance of gun
reform and bring to light the
issue of mass incarceration.
“We
don’t
have
a
gun
problem in America, we’ve got
several,” Kane said. “If you take
the issues of mass shootings,
suicides and gang violence,
which are all exasperated due
to easy access to these guns,
you’ve got a huge problem.”
Kane explained why this
issue is personal to him.
“I have lost two cousins to
gun violence, and I’ve lost one
of my friends who was shot in
my neighborhood,” he said.
“This issue is very personal
to me, and not to mention the
fact that I have been held at
gunpoint in my lifetime. So,
I know all too well about the
trauma that guns bring to our
lives.”
It has been almost six years
since Engineering senior Javier
Contreras
received
a
phone
call from his father telling him
President Barack Obama had
signed a sweeping executive
order that would allow Contreras
to apply for a two-year renewable
protection from deportation.
Since the 2012 enactment of
the Obama-era policy formally
known as Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals, Contreras
and approximately 800,000 non-
citizen students and graduates
under the age of 30 have received
temporary lawful status to live,
work and study in the United
States. These students represent
a spectrum of backgrounds and
identities, yet they share the
experience of having entered
the United States as minors
without
legal
documentation
or have overstayed their visas.
For a period, these students,
coined “Dreamers”, cautiously
enjoyed the protections afforded
to them by DACA, but Contreras
was always wary of the fragile
political architecture that upheld
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
Monday, March 5. 2018
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM
NEW YORK CITY, NY —
Moritz Wagner stood with his
arms in the air, facing the crowd
behind the Michigan bench as the
clock ran down.
John
Beilein
walked
over
smiling. The two embraced as the
rest of the Wolverines mobbed
them.
The
buzzer
sounded,
and
the team spilled onto the court,
showered with streamers and
the tune of “The Victors” coming
from the pep band.
For the second season in a row,
the Michigan men’s basketball
team (13-5 Big Ten, 28-7 overall)
is champion of the Big Ten
Tournament, beating Purdue (15-
3, 28-6), 75-66.
“It’s a surreal feeling, because
you always envision it,” said
senior
guard
Muhammad-Ali
Abdur-Rahkman.
“But
when
you’re actually out there playing,
you forget about everything you
envisioned. And once you hear
that buzzer sound, it all starts to
sink in.”
The fate of the game started
to become clear midway through
the second half.
The Wolverines opened up a
16-point lead the same way they’d
had
success
throughout
the
Tournament. Sophomore guard
Zavier Simpson was attacking the
basket and finding open shooters,
his teammates were knocking
down
shots
and
Michigan’s
defense was stifling Purdue.
All the Wolverines needed was
a dagger.
With just over six minutes to
play they got one courtesy of an
unexpected breakout player.
Waiting for a screen from
backup center Jon Teske, Simpson
held the ball at the top of the key.
Simpson drove right, slashing
into the lane and drawing a double
team. He dished it off to Teske.
The sophomore rose up and
slammed it over all-conference
center Isaac Haas, drawing a foul
in the process.
Madison
Square
Garden
exploded as Teske, who finished
with 14 points, hung on the rim for
an extra beat before flexing and
celebrating with his teammates.
It was the electric play Michigan
was looking for, and it came from
perhaps the least animated player
on the team.
“I don’t remember what was
going through my head, just all
of that emotion kind of spilled
out,” Teske said. “It really gets
the team going, I mean, being
able to finish over a big-body guy
like that, I really have no words to
explain for it.”
The Wolverines started the
game like they were still riding
the high of their semifinal win
over Michigan State.
Michigan played the first half
about as well as it could have,
shooting 53 percent from the field
without turning the ball over
once. The Wolverines did miss
some open threes that would
have extended their lead, but they
still held on to a 38-33 advantage
heading into the locker room.
Then they went on their run.
With just over 12 minutes
left in the game, and Michigan
threatening to pull away for good,
fifth-year senior forward Duncan
Robinson stood on the baseline.
He was preparing to inbound
the ball with three seconds left
on the shot clock and his team
maintaining an 11-point lead.
He tossed it in to Wagner, who
took one step toward the corner,
spun around and heaved a fall-
away 3-pointer. It found nothing
but the bottom of the net.
“To be honest with you I didn’t
know how much time was on the
clock,” Wagner said. “I just saw
Duncan running for the hand-off.
It must have been a little time on
the clock, so I took my time and
shot it and it went in.”
From there, Michigan hit its
shots, it played its defense, it hit
enough free throws — barely — to
win and it celebrated under the
rest of the confetti, which came
out on time as the clock ran out.
It was announced after the
game that Wagner, who scored
17 points in 17 minutes, was the
tournament’s Most Outstanding
Player.
On stage with his team at the
trophy celebration, he said he
couldn’t stop smiling. It makes
sense, because Wagner’s come a
long way to get to this point, both
literally and figuratively.
But Beilein’s presence has
made it easier on him. He’s
become a player worthy of high
praise under Beilein, and when
they hugged before the clock
hit zeroes, he told Beilein how
grateful he was.
“It’s amazing, because he’s
on me every day, you know?”
Wagner said after the game.
“And that’s what he’s supposed to
do. He has so much belief in me
and all of us as a player. He never
gives up on anybody, and I very
much appreciate that. If I have
a bad day, he comes up to me,
and it’s just something I really
appreciate, and I let him know
that.”
There will be more basketball
for the Wolverines, and they’ll
find out when and where next
Sunday.
But there’s a celebration to be
had first. There’s another trophy
to hoist. For the second season in
a row, Michigan is the class of the
Big Ten.
MIKE PERSAK
Managing Sports Editor
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People lie on the ground during the Never Again Student Die In, an event organized to protest school shootings and
gun violence, while victims’ names are read at Liberty Plaza Saturday.
Washtenaw Youth Initiative stages
‘die-in’ protest against gun violence
High school students, parents and staff gathered in reponse to Parkland mass shooting
CATHERINE NOUHAN
Daily Staff Reporter
According to reports Thursday,
University
of
Michigan
LSA
freshman Jacob Moore is the first
male victim to file suit against
former USA Gymnastics and
Michigan State University doctor
Larry Nassar.
This complaint is one of six
amended complaints filed as part
of the civil suit against Nassar,
USAG, and MSU. Over 250 women
and young girls have now sued
Nassar and the organizations he
worked within.
This
week
Olympic
gold
medalist Aly Raisman filed suit in
California against USAG, stating
she can not wait any longer for the
organization to do what is right.
Moore is a current member of
the University’s men’s gymnastics
team and a former member of the
U.S. men’s junior national team.
He saw Nassar at 16 years old,
seeking treatment for shoulder
pain. The alleged abuse took
place in Nassar’s basement in
April 2016, after Nassar had been
fired by USAG but while he as still
First male
gymnast
files abuse
by Nassar
CRIME
LSA freshman Jacob
Moore filed suit, part of
six amended complaints
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