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… THE VISUAL STATEMENT: RELENTLESS ROWING Kinesiology sophomore Emma Burke rinses down the boats' blades after a practice in Tampa, FL during a spring break training trip. 'W 're not Denard Robinson or Mitch McGar. There's no chance of being recognized in class, and if we happened to wear a Michigan Rowing shirt the typical response is, "Oh, I know someone that was on the rowing team," or, "That's a varsity sport?" A Division I athlete was a...…

… y ann arbor affairs: falling in friend-love with you by sundai johnson I moved through those soft, moist bodies with friendly, inebri- ated smiles that tend to occupy those kinds of spaces, and on the other side, I found him. His eyes were bright when he saw me, and he wrapped me in his arms and I melted there. He began to talk rapidly as he always did and I smiled and nodded and responded as I always did. He led me outside to a group of pe...…

… 6B Wednesday, February 19, 201 // The Statement Emerging from the shadows: LGBT life in the locker room by Jake Lourim In 2005, Stephanie Hoyer came east from Englewood, Colo., to one of the biggest college athletic programs in the country. She prac- ticed field hockey in the shadows of Michigan Stadium, and in world-class facilities named after legends like Schembechler and Yost and Crisler and Oosterbaan. Hoyer had a strong freshman season...…

…4B* S - *- -S Wednesday, February 9, 2014 // The Statement E3' she said. Despite offering a women's gym class and even introducing a women's basketball team that played against Eastern Michigan in 1898, the University didn't offer varsity sports until they lawfully had to, and didn't comply with Title IX's mandate on scholarships until 1989. Equal focus on male and female sports at the University wasn't given until the ruling of the 1992 Sup...…