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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Monday, March 5. 2018

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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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