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April 15, 2013 The student publication of Washtenaw Community College Your voice. Your paper. Volume 19, Issue 16 Ann Arbor, Michigan Trustees FromVOICE behind bars to building cars double down Student shows what on Bellanca is possible by battling support challenging times Faculty union is By BENJAMIN KNAUSS ‘appreciative,’ but not Staff Writer very impressed When times get tough, life gives you exactly what you need, when you By BEN SOLIS need it, as long as you are paying at- Editor tention and not busy giving up. Eric Jiskra, a lab tech with the Washtenaw After months of holding their Community College Custom Cars & cards close to their collective chests, Concepts program, has a story to prove the Washtenaw Community College that. Trustees issued a formal statement “It’s really weird how the chain of of support for college President Rose events have been unfolding in my life Bellanca during its regularly sched- for the past few years,” said Jiskra, 34, uled public meeting on Tuesday. of Ypsilanti. “Four years ago I started The statement, tepid in tone and this program, but four years prior to written in the form of an open letter that I was in belly chains on my way from Board Chair Anne Williams, act- to prison.” ed as the board’s direct response to Jiskra worked in construction prior the myriad concerns brought forth by to being sent to prison for an alcohol the Washtenaw Community College BENJAMIN KNAUSS THE WASHTENAW VOICE related offense. During his incarcera- Education Association, the college’s tion he spent time learning how to Turning a new leaf: Eric Jiskra (right) works with a automotive student David Churchill, preparing a door for a coat of primer in their Auto faculty union. work out. After his release, he came Body Restoration (ABR111) course. For several months, the faculty to WCC and enrolled in the nursing union waited for an official response program so he could study physical Not so much, he soon learned. Dexter, a shop owned by Gary Sobbry, year. He also started working in the from trustees regarding their trep- therapy. “After my first year of basics, they an Auto Services instructor at WCC. WCC auto body shop as a lab tech idations, which were outlined in a “The biggest thing when I got out, denied me because of my felonies,” “It was the middle of winter and three days a week last semester. 26-page packet of emails and other for me, was I wanted to find a way to Jiskra said, referring to the nursing I was hauling block,” Jiskra recalled. “I ended up down here (in the documents given to trustees in early give back to the public for being a scum program. “I did not know what to do “He (Sobbry) says, ‘you know you’re custom auto program). The doors February. Various union members ex- bag,” Jiskra said. “As far as society is at the time, so I loaded down with a working too hard for your money.’ The opened and shut so fast, but I ended pressed dissatisfaction that the trust- concerned, I have paid my dues, I did bunch of classes I knew would trans- next thing you know, I took one of his up being involved in the program ees had not given them an adequate my time, and I got out. On a conscious fer and continued on.” classes – and now I work in the shop that changed my life,” Jiskra said. response, prompting several speeches level, for karma so to speak, I wasn’t in He went back to work in the con- that I built.” the clear with me yet. I thought physi- struction field. One winter he built Jiskra has been working in that JISKRA UNION cal therapy would be really good.” the foundation for a hot rod shop in Dexter hot rod shop for less than a CONTINUED A6 CONTINUED A5 Spring/Summer enrollment on decline Marketing, Public Relations continues to build empire Officials point to summer jobs and 29,494 for 2013. With about a month back-to-back, until the first Spring semester session six-week sessions College saves with part of their marketing department,” changes financial aid begins, credit hours are down about to better allow for Ladha said. “It is not just to cut cost, 30 percent. sequenced class- consolidation, critics but to use the web as an integral part By ADRIAN HEDDEN And last week’s headcount for 2013 es such as English call it a ‘power move’ of any of their marketing campaigns. Managing Editor was at 4,834 students, down 33 per- Composition 111 “It makes it very efficient when you cent from the final headcount of 7,243 and 226, to be By ADRIAN HEDDEN don’t have to go through three people For Christy Courtney, getting an students for the Spring/Summer se- taken before the Managing Editor to make adjustments to the website.” education used to be a year-round en- mesters of 2012. fall. This prac- But sources familiar with the situa- deavor. But the Ann Arbor resident Those numbers could still change Jeff Ratliff tice, she said, can Washtenaw Community tion regarding PRM and Web Services and business major at Washtenaw dramatically. Students can register up be found at other College’s bourgeoning marketing at WCC have characterized the change Community College has recently seen until 8 p.m., the day before their class institutions in the area. presence is going digital. as having nothing to do with resources. her financial aid and desire to learn dry is to start, and Blakey hopes that with “We got a lot of complaints that stu- “A full-service, creative agen- Rather, it constitutes a “power move” up in the heat, leaving spring and sum- the spring sessions starting a week dents needing to take a sequence of cy: that’s the model,” said Annessa by administration to control the mer sessions an impossibility. later than last year on May 13, stu- classes could not do that because the Carlisle, executive director of department. And as her trust in the viability dents will enjoy more time to register classes overlapped,” she said. “Eastern Marketing. “Web Services now re- The sources also questioned of WCC’s Web offerings during the for classes. (Michigan University) does six-week ports to marketing. Now we have whether anyone in the Marketing Spring/Summer session gradual- She also asserted that some of the sessions, so the idea was to mirror more resources and they (PRM and or Web Services department has the ly evaporated as well, Courtney, 26, decline may be attributable to stu- what Eastern does as we have a lot of Web) can work together to create adequate background in Web devel- now would rather appreciate the dents waiting until the last week of students who attend both institutions.” the piece that goes on the website. opment to manage the school’s site. recreational benefits of the warmest registration to enroll. Typically, Washtenaw has offered “And still have the message that They also debated the possibility of months of the year. “Looking at where other schools are, 7 ½-, 10- and 12-week sessions, but we want.” the college looking to consolidate re- “I want to numbers are down across the state,” the six-week courses will replace the The conversion was official as of sources, explaining that personnel in (take summer Blakey said. “People are working in 7 ½ sessions, allowing the various de- last July and Carlisle was hired in both departments have recently seen classes),” she said. the summer instead of going to school. partments to compress their classes the fall of 2012. Web Services pre- little-to-no downsizing. “But the money is They’ve used up financial aid and don’t or expand to a 10-week offering based viously fell under the supervision “We’re still trying to build that road not there. I used have the funds to go in the summer.” on the needs of the programs. of Information Technology. map,” said Web Services Director up my financial So it is for Jeff Ratliff of Ann Arbor. “Some departments went into the “In order to reach a bigger audi- Bryan Freeman who earned a Bachelor aid but if there The 24-year-old photography major six because they could do sequencing, ence, you have to go online,” said of Science in Psychology from the were more class- usually prefers summer classes to some classes were able to stretch it out Chief Information Officer Amin University of Michigan in 1999. “We’ve es online that I overcoming the extreme weather of to 10,” she said. “Some of the science Ladha. “The availability of robust been working on trying to build our needed, then that winter when commuting by bus to get classes are not going to fit the curricu- Internet infrastructure, availabil- team here.” would be easier. Christy Courtney his education. lums (into a six-week sessions). They ity of great tools like Word Press Freeman joined the college staff Everything of- But busy working a wealth of sum- didn’t fit it into 7 makes it easy for any organizations on Feb. 11. fered online during the summer is mer events for local head shop Foggy ½-weeks either.” to manage many of their technical In building his staff, Freeman filled useless. Bottom Bayou, Ratliff will be sitting According to needs themselves. two vacant positions for a Web de- “And no one wants to be stuck in- out school this summer, set to return Blakey, the col- “IT’s role is more of managing veloper and programmer as of last side when it’s nice out.” to his studies in the fall. lege will be mak- the data center, security and all the week. The new employees begin on These sentiments are shared “Usually I do (take summer class- ing phone calls to backend support.” April 22, and Carlisle looks forward across campuses state-wide, accord- es), but not this semester,” Ratliff said. current students Ladha said that the merger be- to developing her staff with the neces- ing to Vice President of Student and “My new employer gets really busy over who have not reg- tween Web Services and Marketing sary skills instead of seeking outside Academic Services Linda Blakey. the summer, but usually I like summer istered for spring makes sense as more and more or- consultation. She explains a drop in enrollment classes because I don’t like treading sessions and fol- ganizations have already made use “I’d rather spend a little on training for WCC’s 2013 spring and summer through the snow. low up with those Linda Blakey of the growing convenience of on- rather than looking for outside help,” sessions as reflecting a student body “And I like that classes are shorter; who have begun, line tools and services. she said. “It’s utilizing the talents that committed to finding work as year- you can get it done sooner, and it’s not but not completed, the application He estimated that when WCC we have.” round Pell grants begin to dry up. as crowded.” process. out-sourced its email server to And WCC’s message of affordable, By the end of last year’s spring and Hoping students will fill the halls “We’re trying to help them walk Google, the college saved about higher-education has recently been summer sessions, WCC had calculated of Washtenaw this summer, Blakey through the process if they’re stuck $400,000. a total of 42,262 budgeted credit hours, has planned a pilot program for the somewhere,” she said. “That’s what’s “Forward thinking organiza- WEBSERVER but currently has counted a total of upcoming semesters, scheduling happening right now.” tions are making web services CONTINUED A6 A2 April 15, 2013 News The Washtenaw Voice

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We will be doing that for the 2013-14 Club, Lee Dawson, will intern in citing than he ever imagined. “It is great if I want to go to gradu- Veteran Services updates it’s year ,” said Lori Trapp, director of Finical Washington D.C. this summer for “A big portion of interning in ate school, or for my first job,” Dawson schedule Aid. “But we already provide the same the chairman of the Armed Services Washington is making connections explained. Veteran students with PTSD who wish type of information to our students in Committee, U.S. Sen. Carl Levin of with the staff, with other offices and Peter Leshkevich, director of to help the school are invited to contact their award letter, so it is sort of taken Michigan. with other interns on the Hill,” said Student Development and Activities Brittany Powers. Powers, who works in their award letter and looking at it a little “Working gives a wealth of experi- Morgan, who got his start volunteer- said that Dawson is an exemplary the College Outreach Program of the bit differently.” ence,” Dawson said. “I will be able to ing for various political campaigns in student who seeks out opportuni- Department of Veterans Affairs, is coor- see how the government works from Washington D.C. and abroad. “A lot ties, challenges himself and carries dinating a luncheon with students and Camp Take Notice Awards the inside.” of interns get hired immediately af- through. faculty from the math department. The By ERIC WADE Dawson, a former U.S. Marine ter their internship. It opens a lot of “He has earned his position with meeting will discuss the topic of how Staff Writer and liberal arts transfer student, also doors for you.” this internship, at PTK, the Veterans students have adjusted to having PTSD About two dozen homeless citizens, works part-time as an admissions According to those who have Center and at the newspaper,” in a school setting. Powers can be con- several of whom are former residents clerk in the Veterans Center. He is worked closely with Dawson, he is a Leshkevich said. “He has earned what tacted at [email protected] or of Camp Take Notice, attended a recent vice president of fellowship and ser- shoe-in for the position. he has accomplished.” 734-548-3452. awards ceremony to honor the many local vice for the Washtenaw Community “This is the opportunity of a life- Dawson goes to Washington D.C. at The WCC Student Veterans Club has churches and agencies that helped them College chapter of Phi Theta Kappa time for Lee, and he’s earned it,” said the beginning of July for a five-week moved to weekly meetings for the rest of get through a rough winter. and the president of the Student Keith Gave, a part-time journalism internship. He is hopeful that dur- the semester. Meetings will transpire be- Mercy House hosted a Hawaiian Veterans Club. professor and Veterans Club advis- ing the weekends he will be able to tween 4 and 5 p.m. every Wednesday in themed dinner that included a band, The 28-year-old will graduate from er. “He’ll be a great fit in the halls of experience the nation’s capitol as a the Veteran Center until May 1. Students balsa-wood sailboat race and ice cream WCC in May and will transfer to a four- Congress, especially working under tourist and get the most out of this unable to attend the meetings may visit social. The dinner’s first purpose was to year college to further his studies in the guidance and tutelage of Senator opportunity. the Veteran Center to pick up a copy of give the homeless a break from the win- the minutes and cast their vote on any ter’s cold as well as to honor the numer- club matter. ous churches and supporters that help to keep the Camp Take Notice – the govern- College to better serve vets ac- ing body that grew out the Wagner Road Securing job of your future — now cording to DoD standards camp for the homeless of the same name. By MICHAEL J. HLYWA By ERIC WADE Among those honored at the cer- Staff Writer Staff Writer emony were Tom and Lisa Hirsh and SUPPLY & DEMAND Washtenaw Community College Lisa and Steve Zawacki, from Saint A summer spent delivering sand- is joining the ranks of dozens of other Mary’s Student Parish, Mike Frison from MORE COMPANIES OFFERED wiches for a freaky-fast sub shop or 36% INTERNSHIPS IN 2012 VS. 2011 Michigan colleges by taking steps to Knox Presbyterian Church, and Kent flipping burgers and not lovin’ it may better serve military student. Paterson. Among the churches recog- pay the bills – just barely. But is it do- MORE COMPANIES PLANNED TO By agreeing to terms of what the nized for providing meals for the weekly HIRE MORE INTERNS IN 2013 VS. 2012 ing anything else for you? 53% Department of Defense calls a final mem- Camp Take Notice meetings each Sunday As the Winter term winds down, OF COMPANIES HAD orandum of understanding for a set of were: . Our Lady of Sorrows, Farmington; students are turning their thoughts to 65% MORE APPLICATIONS IN 2012 VS. 2011 guidelines it describes as The Principles of Living Peace Church of the Brethren, summer, and for many that includes Excellence, schools agree to the following: Canton; Westminster Presbyterian, Ann getting a job. Finding employment in • Provide students with a personal- Arbor; Knox Presbyterian, Ann Arbor; the service industry may seem like the ized form covering the total cost of Church of the Nazarene, Brighton; Zion best and only opportunity for some, an education program. Lutheran, Ann Arbor; Webster United but unless they’re majoring in retail • Provide educational plans for all Church of Christ, Dexter; WISE Bible study or restaurant management, a service military and veteran education at Saline United Methodist, Saline; North job does little to lead students to their WHO GETS HIRED? beneficiaries. Ridge Church, Plymouth; and Holy Faith future professional selves. • End fraudulent and aggres- Lutheran/ Episcopalian, Saline. Instead of bagging groceries, inter- Most important qualities sive recruiting techniques and Some Camp Take Notice campers who im director for Career Services Ross employers consider when hiring an intern misrepresentation. displayed exceptional community partici- Gordon challenges students to look for • Provide accommodations for service pation were also given awards. internship opportunities now. #1 INTERVIEW PERFORMANCE members and reservists absent due “Your career starts whenever you’re 66% to service requirements. SDA Traverse City trip a go this believe interview ready to start it,” Gordon said, “and & experience • Designate a point of contact for aca- year are the most demic and financial advising. After canceling its annual Traverse an internship is a good place to start important #2 RELEVANT EXPERIENCE investing to make sure you get your • Ensure accreditation of all new pro- City getaway last year to low enrollment, grams prior to enrolling students. Student Activities has announced that the career off on the right foot.” #3 STRONG RESUME / COVER LETTER In fact, that’s how he got his start. • Align institutional refund policies event will run again this year. While getting his bachelor’s degree, with those under Title IV The trip is scheduled for June 14-16. Gordon landed an internship. Three #4 ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE According to Sukanya Jett, director Tickets cost $115 and includes transpor- months later, his employer hired him of admissions, WCC is already meeting tation, lodging at Northwestern Michigan as a regular employee, and Gordon #5 REFERENCES many of those guidelines. College, Sleeping Bear Dunes admission, worked there for five years before By signing the memo, WCC will be rafting down the Platte River and three moving on to a new opportunity. added to the Department of Veterans meals – two dinners and a breakfast. “If I would’ve approached that com- #6 ATTENDANCE AT PREFERRED SCHOOLS Affairs website as a school that accom- For tickets and more information, visit pany without an internship – there’s modates veterans in what the DoD calls the SDA office on the first floor of the no way,” Gordon said. a “shopping list.” Student Center, or call Rachel Barsch at OF EMPLOYERS WOULD CONSIDER APPLICATIONS Unlike a run-of-the-mill sum- FROM RECENT GRADUATES “We have to provide a shopping sheet. 734-973-3691. mer job, internships allow students 83% to apply what they’ve been learning 2009 2010 2011 in school and explore their chosen Trustees approve eight new Medical Office Administration (certifi- professions. programs cate) prepares students for administrative “It’s a great opportunity for them By MARIA RIGOU work in medical offices and large health (students) to try on different roles, Staff Writer care facilities. Coursework includes the different companies and different The Washtenaw Community College basics of health insurance and medi- jobs,” Gordon explained. “So if they’re THE INTERNSHIP Board of Trustees has approved eight new cal billing and scheduling and charting early in their journey and they think, certificates and degrees starting next fall, software. According to the U.S. Bureau ‘maybe I want to be an IT profession- bringing the total number of degrees and of Labor Statistics, job growth will be 15 al,’ probably a good idea to figure out, 47% certificates available to students to 125. percent in the next 10 years. HAVE A STRUCTURED ‘where do I fit into the IT realm,’ be- INTERNSHIP PROGRAM The new programs represent a broad Digital Video Advanced Production cause there’s different paths that they range of growing industries, including (advanced certificate) focuses on cin- can take – go do an internship. health care, applied technology, digital ematography, sound design, direction, “Then go, ‘okay, I know I don’t want media, social science and the arts. advanced green screen effects and tele- to be in networking; I know I want to SAY85% HIRING INTERNS WAS A EMPLOYERS Fine and Performing Arts (certificate) vision studio practice. In Michigan, the be a programmer,’ based on that ex- STUDENTS POSITIVE EXPERIENCE enables fine and performing arts students DELEG expects a 10.6 percent increase perience. Very few strings attached, to develop their goals for a career or busi- in film and video editors between 2008 just a good experience. It’s hard for us ness as a working artist. According to the and 2018. to eliminate areas of interest without Michigan Department of Labor, Energy Addiction Studies (post-associate cer- having experience in them.” and Economic Growth, a 2.3-6.8 percent tificate) is designed for working profes- Gordon also says that internships 86% increase in jobs related to this certificate sionals interested in Certified Alcohol and TOP 3 THINGS STUDENTS LIKED SAY THEIR INTERNSHIP WAS A solve the chicken-or-the-egg riddle of 1. Learning new things POSITIVE EXPERIENCE is expected between 2010 and 2020. Drug Counseling certification through how do students get the experience re- 2. Real-world work experience Medical Billing and Coding (certifi- the state of Michigan. Courses focus on quired to do a job if they can’t get the 3. Working with colleagues cate) provides instruction for classifying, counseling clients with substance abuse job that will give them the experience. coding, reporting, analyzing and manag- disorders and fulfill the requirements Plus, for many an internship is the ing medical data in physicians’ offices necessary for CADC certification. gift that keeps on giving. According and large health care facilities. Positions Global Studies (associate in arts) is to an Internships.com survey, 69 for medical records/health information a two-year, liberal arts transfer program percent of large companies offered technicians are expected to grow by 15 that aids students in developing an open, full-time positions to their interns COMPENSATION percent between 2008 and 2018. There inclusive and international perspective in 2012. Better yet, 53 percent of sur- are 184 openings in the state of Michigan. through the study of human cultures, veyed companies plan to hire more history and language. interns in 2013. PAID Baking and Pastry Arts (associate in So the opportunities are definitely 59% offer college credit applied science) offers a professional, vs out there. But how do students find 36% offer company perks SECURITY hands-on approach to the art of bak- them? Go to Career Services. UNPAID ing and pastry. The U.S. Bureau of Labor 23% offer travel stipends “Over 1,000 local employers en- Statistics reports that the job market offer food stipends gaged with our office over the last two 15% NOTES for bakers and pastry chefs is positive years,” Gordon pointed out. through 2018, with employers placing He says that Career Services has an increasing value on degrees. been specifically targeting and work- Lewd Behavior Certified Surgical Technology (asso- ing with companies to develop intern- A half-naked man was found “do- ciate in applied science) prepares stu- ship opportunities. OF STUDENTS CONSIDER COMPENSATION ing something inappropriate” by secu- dents to serve as team members who TO BE THE LEAST IMPORTANT FACTOR “We’ve got the employers’ atten- 72% WHEN CONSIDERING AN INTERNSHIP rity officers in Lot 7 shortly after noon help monitor the surgical environment. tion,” Gordon said. on March 27, according to Campus In Michigan, the demand for surgical The staff at Career Services is also Safety and Security. technologists is expected to grow by primed to coach students through ev- 20.7 percent. ery step of finding and securing an in- Larceny ternship opportunity – or any job, for An unattended backpack was re- From redacted incident reports pro- that matter. And the service is free to ported stolen off a desk near the east vided by Campus Safety and Security, entrance to the Student Center at Source: internships.com, 2012 Employer Survey, 2012 Student Survey and interviews with Director Jacques INTERNSHIPS about 2:10 p.m. on April 9. ILLUSTRATION BY PETER HOCHGRAF THE WASHTENAW VOICE Desrosiers CONTINUED A6 A4 April 15, 2013 Voices The Washtenaw Voice Memo to trustees: What time is it? Attempting to cover the news before it was to take place. The trustees also stirred up con- since Bellanca took office last of our campus community has Beginning an hour earlier than troversy when their next meeting Fall, the trustees have in no way E brought Voice staff deep into the its scheduled 6 p.m. starting time, was cancelled due to more bad commented on communications underbelly of the college’s ad- we ended up 40 minutes late to weather, despite the college’s de- between the president or any ad- ministration, tirelessly attending a meeting that could have posed cision to require students to at- ministrator and the rest of the what some – even faculty and staff several strong, interesting stories tend classes at the very same time school. D attendees – have called “boring” for our readers during its opening that the 6 p.m. meeting would have They describe hundreds of and “dry” meetings of the school’s stages. When asked why a phone taken place. leadership meetings attended by Board of Trustees. call or notice wasn’t sent by the This left almost a month with- Bellanca and a wealth of adminis- These public meetings have pre- college’s Public Relations team, of- out a formal, visible meeting of trators, faculty and staff, asserting I sented an unending supply of im- ficials at the meeting were quick to these publicly elected officials. this laundry list as proof of commu- portant news and feature stories blame recently hired Web Services So in light of recent concerns nication skills. But what have been that we believe to be relevant and Director Bryan Freeman for the for internal communication break- the results of such consultations? interesting to our readers. “error” in failing to update the col- downs, and as the administration Their letter of support entirely T But attending them isn’t always lege’s website in a timely manner. scrambles to affix an intangible, failed to explain what all this talk easy when we don’t know when So for the next few days we bureaucratic Band-Aid to the trou- has accomplished and concludes they begin. played catch up, hoping still to pro- bles, this recent conflict should with an empty promise for student Is it too much to ask adminis- vide readers with accurate and in- come as a surprise to a college pop- success, lacking any concrete de- trators for adequate notice when formative stories from the meeting. ulation that was promised better. tails or initiatives into how this O changes must be made? As But this isn’t anything new. The At the start of last week’s would be achieved. the newspaper staff last Monday college has been playing a shell Tuesday meeting, trustees de- But again, this isn’t anything met to plan coverage of the game with meeting times all year. livered a speech of support for new. The supposed “common- board’s meeting the following day We’ve begun to wonder if these President Bellanca. We missed it, ers” on this campus have already R in ML 150, we checked and dou- meetings are meant to be public obviously. This is an inexcusable expressed a sense of limbo and ble-checked the school’s website at all. breach of communication, and confusing ignorance into this ad- to confirm the time. We do this In February, a special meeting it’s confusing to us, since it would ministration’s plans for our future. because we’re wary after past of the board to discuss personnel seem as though the trustees would So rather than looking outward I miscommunications. matters was cancelled, last minute, want to make such support public to figure out what WCC can take All systems were a go and we due to weather. Members of the – by having some media coverage from its community in attempts agreed to meet Tuesday at 5 p.m. Washtenaw Community College of their position. to inflate the school’s mission be- to prepare for the meeting an hour Education Association, the facul- But reading a printed copy of yond the established role of com- A later. But when printing out the ty union, expressed great dissat- the speech days later, it remains munity colleges, Bellanca and her agenda for that meeting, we no- isfaction with the stalling lack of clear that the board is still strug- cabinet need to take a look in the ticed a sudden, dramatic change. notice or explanation, especially gling to address complaints of poor mirror and address the confusion The Board of Trustees meet- following the sudden termination communication. tepidly staring back at them. ing had been rescheduled at the of Vice President of Instruction Eagerly listing off the array of That is their mission – and we L last minute without any public an- Stuart Blacklaw in the following her accomplishments in public re- as a campus community should nouncement, less than 24 hours weeks. lations, marketing and fundraising hold them to it. CFO search update Profiting from paranoia? VP of Finance search continues storm’s approach. consensus seemed to be that every- A person spending an insurmount- one was buying up as much ammo and By ADRIAN HEDDEN able amount of cash, unknowingly giv- as many guns as they can before the Managing Editor ing the economy a boost, on supplies government tries to take them away. said the search was down to two before a storm is nothing new, but Are Americans really so paranoid Despite proclamations to the candidates and that she hoped what I’ve been recently seeing cer- that the government will take their contrary, Washtenaw’s search for naming a new finance chief was tainly is. guns away that they have been buying a new chief financial officer to re- imminent. I was planning on going to the guns and ammo up to the point that place Vice President of Finance On Friday, Bellanca said only shooting range during Winter break there is a shortage? I hate to say it, but and Administration Steven Hardy that the search is ongoing. Nathan Clark for some fun, so I went to Cabela’s to the answer appears to be yes. continues nearly five months after “We are committed to find- buy some range ammunition. To my The possibility that the gov- he walked off the job. ing an experienced, competent Nothing boosts a stagnate economy surprise, nearly all of the handgun ernment will take guns away from Hardy resigned suddenly individual for this position with back to life like a dose of panic and fear. ammunition was gone. Americans is unlikely, but in the shad- around Thanksgiving, and shortly the skill set necessary to achieve It’s not the best way to stimulate an I asked a store clerk if there was a ow of paranoia the same economic thereafter President Rose Bellanca the mission and goals of the col- economy, but it works and, unfortu- major sale I just missed. He told me no boost that occurs right before a storm said she hoped to have the posi- lege as identified in the strategic nately, it happens all the time. and that people have just been buying hits also applies to the current fire- tion filled by mid-January. Last plan and the ability to continue We are a society of professional ammo up like it was candy, left and arms panic. month, at the Board of Trustees’ to move WCC forward,” Bellanca procrastinators who only stock up right. I didn’t think too much of until An economy only thrives when annual spring retreat, Bellanca wrote in an email to The Voice. on supplies right before something I went to the range and noticed that people are spending money. What they significant or disastrous is about to the gun shop at the range also had a spend the money on, whether it’s bat- happen or just did. shortage of ammunition and there teries or guns, is irrelevant. Like clockwork, grocery store were almost no handguns left for sale. It’s sad to see so many people buy shelves full of can goods, flashlights, After talking to a few gun-store into the panic, but if it encourages THE bottled water and batteries are quickly workers and fellow gun owners at people to spend more money and see emptied after the forecast of a major the range about the dilemma, the the economy thrive for once, so be it. VOVolume 19, IIssue 15CE To the Editor: 4800 E. Huron River Dr. Opposing the new Cabinet TI 106 Ann Arbor, MI 48105 A recent Voice editorial noted that communication has broken down between the Washtenaw Community College (734) 677-5125 faculty and Dr. Rose Bellanca, WCC’s president. The Voice criticized the faculty for not accepting Dr. Bellanca’s pro- [email protected] posed Academic Cabinet. As faculty members and department chairs, we would like to explain why we do not support this Academic Cabinet. The Washtenaw Voice is produced fortnightly by students of Washtenaw First, a new committee is redundant. There are existing Curriculum and Assessment committees whose charge Community College and the views expressed herein will not imply endorsement is to oversee work on academic areas. In addition, there are already two groups of faculty who are elected to repre- or approval by the faculty, administration or Board of Trustees of WCC. sent their peers: the WCCEA (faculty union), and the department chairs. All these groups have worked productively Student publications are important in establishing and maintaining an for many years with WCC’s previous presidents. Dr. Bellanca has had many invitations to meet with the department atmosphere of free and responsible discussion and in bringing matters of chairs as a whole, and as of this writing has not ever agreed to do so. concern and importance to the attention of the campus community. Editorial Second, this proposed cabinet would have many more administrators than faculty, and the faculty could not serve responsibility for The Voice lies with the students, who will strive for balance, unless approved by the WCC administration. This structure gives one little confidence that faculty as a whole could fairness and integrity in their coverage of issues and events while employing the be well represented. best habits and practices of free inquiry and expression. Finally, the proposal itself demonstrates the loss of a collaborative culture at WCC. 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To report an error of fact that should Goodwill toward men be corrected, phone 734-677-5405 or email [email protected]. A copy of each edition of The Washtenaw Voice is free to everyone. Additional Compliments to staff writer Michael Hlywa for his article “Not-so-common courtesy” (April 1 issue), which I thor- copies are available at The Voice newsroom, TI 106, for 25 cents each. oughly enjoyed. I have often experienced the same not-so-common courtesy with co-workers and can’t understand the behavior. I EDITOR STAFF WRITERS have literally had co-workers walk through my work area and not acknowledge me or my presence – as if I were invisible. Ben Solis Kelly Bracha What I have learned in my personal and professional life is that it doesn’t cost anything to be nice. If you think [email protected] Michael Hlywa Benjamin Knauss about all the people in the world we live in, how few of them actually cross our paths, the least we can do is say ‘hi,’ or MANAGING EDITOR Maria Rigou nod our head, or just a smile. We could actually make their day a little better. Adrian Hedden Eric Wade This is the person I am and will continue to be. Thanks to Michael reminding us all about that. [email protected] Natalie Wright PHOTO EDITOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Barry Wilkins Nathan Clark Charles Manley [email protected] [email protected] DESIGN EDITOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER Peter Hochgraf George O’Donovan A plea for justice [email protected] [email protected] WEB EDITOR DESIGN CONTRIBUTERS We have read with great concern Adrian Hedden’s op-ed piece “Learning or ‘Full of Shit’?” in the April 1, 2013, issue Tom Lee Michael Adsit of The Washtenaw Voice. We wholeheartedly support student efforts to learn at this college and are proud to have this [email protected] Jason Duncan award-winning newspaper that allows student journalists to hone their craft. We hoped never to read that a student ADVERTISING MANAGER CORESPONDENTS working for this newspaper has been treated disrespectfully by employees of the college. Becky Alliston Brian Konicek [email protected] We hope that the administration treats this matter with the seriousness that it deserves and treats our students Mohamed Maiza with the professional courtesy that we all expect. ADVISER Keith Gave Sincerely, [email protected] Jennifer Baker, David Fitzpatrick, Carrie Krantz, Dave Waskin, Tom Zimmerman The Washtenaw Voice Op-Ed April 15, 2013 A5 Iconic Herb David Guitar Studio in Ann Arbor closes – because it lost touch with its customers feel free to try out an instrument and closest opposition. Perhaps a better reason for the de- Regardless of the reasoning behind not feel like you have someone baby- Jonathan Apples, a local electronic crease in sales over the years is that the closure, it still leaves a hole in the sitting you. If you’re uncomfortable musician, had conflicting feelings to- Herb David’s lost touch with seasoned city’s menu of retail shops, especially with people playing your instruments, wards the closure. musicians and beginners, who are at with music being one of Ann Arbor maybe it’s not the right line of business “To be fair, Herb David’s was in the heart of music stores’ clientele. fortes. Hopefully this will be seen as an for you,” Feinberg said. an undoubtedly expensive location, The shop merely failed to meet the opportunity for someone to put Ann The studio was held in high esteem and probably had to operate on higher needs of musicians as well as the com- Arbor back on the map as a complete as a premier outlet for high-end musi- margins to survive,” Apples said. “I mon patron. musical destination. cal instruments in Southeast Michigan, would occasionally pay the premium “I hated the fact that if you wanted So what will take its place? No with the likes of Eric Clapton, John for the convenience of the location and to play an instrument you had to ask to plans for the main floor have been an- Lennon and Bob Seger having their because it’s a local business. play it, remove most of your clothing nounced. But for now, the third floor BRIAN KONICEK instruments serviced at the shop. It’s a “However, as a musician and poten- and have somebody hovering over you will remain a repair shop operated prime venue for downtown Ann Arbor; tial customer, the limited selection the whole time,” said Rollie Tussing, a by David Collins, Hesh Breakstone After a half century in business, any business owner would salivate and general atmosphere of unfriendli- local blues guitar aficionado. and Brian Delaney, former employees Herb David Guitar Studio has closed over the thought of having a storefront ness discouraged me from ever want- Several negative Google reviews of Herb David’s. It will be called Ann its doors. located in the iconic red house. ing to spend my money there. Any also complained of inflated prices, Arbor Guitars. The reason for the closure isn’t So why go out of business now? time I opened that door I was given poor customer service and even nu- “We’re going to deal with mostly clear. David blamed downtown con- Stringed instruments haven’t gone the vague feeling I was an unwelcome merous quarrels with David himself. fretted, plucked instruments like gui- struction for the drop-off in business. out of style, and despite electronic guest in somebody’s home, as opposed “Twice a year for many years I made tars, banjos and basses,” Collins said. But mention the iconic store to local music becoming more of the norm on to a valued customer.” the same mistake: I would call Herb’s Let’s hope the new repair shop can musicians and peruse the negative popular radio, a resurgence in tradi- A few days before the doors closed and ask if they had item X, the person pick up the slack that’s been left be- reviews of it online, and something tional instrumentation and “the folk forever, employees sheepishly of- on the phone would always say ‘Yes we hind from David’s in recent years. Such closer to what might be the truth be- tradition” has also taken place. That fered a “no comment” on the closing. do’, and of course I would make the a fair and reliable business is vital for gins to emerge. sound has never left Ann Arbor – and According to Ann Arbor.com, David trip and they would not have it. Every the city. “I feel like they never really em- it has been its niche for a long time. reported a 50-percent decrease in time!” Tussing said. “I am bummed braced the concept of the store,” said Herb David’s had little competition sales during the construction of the that a small, independent local busi- Brian Konicek is a local musician – Zac Feinberg, 25, a local musician who within the city, with Oz’s Music, locat- underground parking structure on ness is gone, which furthers the mall- and a WCC journalism student. This grew up in Ann Arbor. “It’s supposed ed on Packard, and Music Go Round, Fifth Avenue, which now has been ification of Ann Arbor, but Herb was is his first published piece. to be a communal place, where you can located on Oak Valley Drive, being it’s complete since July of 2012. kind of a (expletive).”

UNION FROM A1 believes that “there is clear evidence Hitting the home stretch, finally and shows of force at subsequent of her efforts to communicate and board meetings in the months that collaborate.” struggle, I mean since first grade. I wouldn’t need. I basically used any and followed. Hoping that the letter would be have this hazy memory of my mother all excuses to delay going to class again. “We applaud our faculty mem- an acceptable response to the issues being pulled aside after class, and even To pass the time I got a job and bers for all they do to help ensure brought before them, Williams wrote at such a young age I knew something watched as my friends progressed that educational excellence is at the that “we are confident that the com- wasn’t right. They spoke about hold- through their college experience. It heart of all we do,” Williams wrote. bination of continued strong perfor- ing me back, but my mother refused was when I was attending their gradu- “We have listened very carefully to mance from President Bellanca and the idea. ations four years later that I realized I concerns that have been raised by her ongoing efforts to work with the I’ll never know if that was the best had just held myself back, and I would some faculty members concerning college’s faculty and staff members idea, not holding me back. In retro- regret the time wasted. their desire for more communica- will help to ease some of the discon- spect, I think I could have used the I enrolled into my local community tion from President Bellanca, and tent we have seen in recent weeks, and KELLY BRACHA extra year of math, the one subject I college in Southern California, and for more collaboration on decisions allow us to work together to accom- struggle with to this day. tried. The time off from a classroom that they believe they affect them.” plish the important work ahead.” It might just be a number to you, Memories of high school are rid- setting made me less inclined to stick Yet the response may not be Seconding Fitzpatrick’s assess- but to me it’s so much more. dled with hiding my semester grades to the schedule, and once again I was what the union hoped for. ment, former WCCEA President School has been a struggle for me and notes home from my parents. I failing. I told myself that maybe I’m “We appreciate that the board Ruth Hatcher told The Voice that since I can remember, but when I knew I wasn’t a bad kid, but I just just not right for school; maybe I need has begun to address the issues Bellanca’s attempts to communicate used the new graduation audit using couldn’t handle the pressures, the to do something else. at hand, but thus far have been half-hearted, and DegreeWorks and saw that I was 75 classwork, the tests and everything It has been six years since I gradu- we are disap- each of her moves have been more percent toward getting my degree, my in between. ated high school. I have barely any- pointed that about attaining power than effective goal suddenly became so much more If there is a phobia of classrooms, I thing to show for that time except the little of management. tangible. must have it. Bad grade after bad grade some job experience. When I moved what she said “It’s all about power for her,” My parents never graduated col- and the fear of asking for help. Mental to Michigan, I dropped everything, had to do with Hatcher said after a board meeting lege, as they were from a different blocks. I saw failing grades as normal moved as close as I possibly could to what we think on March 26. “She wants it all and will country and got drafted out of high and delayed dealing with them until campus and devoted myself to trying are the central do whatever she can to get it.” school. My brother attempted college, the administration was forced to deal this one last time. issues, which Hatcher added that the issues but took another path and found suc- with me. So, here I am at 75 percent com- are commu- Washtenaw face now are unlike any cess through teaching yoga. I hadn’t It was a close call, but I miracu- pleted and 25 percent remaining un- nication and David Fitzpatrick that the college, its trustees and the realized that no one in my family lously graduated high school on time. til I go to a four-year university. Just collabora- faculty union have dealt with before. had graduated college until recently, While all my friends were off to college, 2 ½ more years until I can truly say I tion,” said David Fitzpatrick, the Yet former WCC trustee and which is when I also realized that I I needed a break. conquered my nemesis. WCCEA’s chief negotiator. “We ex- current State Rep. David Rutledge, am slowly on my way to becoming the I put off enrolling, telling myself It might just be a number, that 75 pect to have a communication for D-Ypsilanti, said that he is positive first among us to do so. I don’t know what I want to study percent, but it’s a number I cannot and the issues at the college, specifically Washtenaw will retain its union- When I say school has been a and it’d be a waste to take classes I will not take for granted. this administration’s inability to friendly reputation. adhere to Board Policy 5085.” “Washtenaw Community College According to the letter, Williams has an excellent history of good la- and the other trustees “have also bor relations and I expect that to con- looked very carefully at the evi- tinue,” Rutledge said. “It is a mutual dence of President Bellanca’s respect, between the union and the leadership, performance, and col- president, and conversely the pres- laboration since her appointment ident and the union. I am certainly as President 19 months ago.” a supporter of organized labor, the Touting Bellanca’s accomplish- reason being that organized labor of- ments at Washtenaw thus far, such fers an excellent balance between an as the $2.9 million Department of administration and its staff. Labor grant attained by the college “If you look at our history, the col- and her ambitious strategic plan- lege’s labor relations, whether it has ning initiative, the letter of support dealt with faculty or staff, have pro- coagulates sentiments mined from duced a win-win situation for both the the individual statements made students and community” he added. NATHAN CLARK THE WASHTENAW VOICE by members of the board at past “They have been excellent, and my ex- For the Earth: Raptor educator Sarah Gilmore, left, from the Leslie Science and Nature Center in Ann Arbor, talks to students about meetings. pectation is that they will continue to the kinds of amazing local birds they can find living their back yards, such as the Bran Owl resting on her hand, at the Earth Day celebration in the Student Center last week. Because of these examples, and be excellent, even given the ups and others listed in the letter, the board downs the college is going through.” Voic e B ox Words and photos by MOHAMED MAIZA Voice Correspondent

With taxes due around the corner, we wanted to get an idea of what students have done with the most enjoyable part of the bitter business, their tax returns. Tarenz Arnold Jake Orr Amber Garner Ben Gresley Arthur Sweeney Leslie Kain 21, Ypsilanti, Graphic Design 24, Belleville, Electrician Apprentice 19, Ann Arbor, Radiology 20, Belleville, Animation 18, Ypsilanti, Computer Networking 16, Romulus, Journalism “I usually spend it “So far I have bought “Usually I just “I got a new “I mostly just put “I save it in a bank on things I need – a lot of gas and dinner save mine. I just phone battery. it towards more account.” laptop for school for my fiancée.” put it away for I never really books for next and groceries. I did future college.” get anything semester.” go on a trip with crazy.” my family, and the money was spent on that.”

Damon Peterson James Kelly James Hancock Kelsey Landreaux Raynard Slater Tim Hoeft 37, Ypsilanti, Criminal Justice 20, Ann Arbor, International Business 18, Belleville, Liberal Arts 22, Ann Arbor, Human Services 21, Ypsilanti, Business 20, Ann Arbor, Liberal Arts “I usually spend “To help pay for bills “Tax returns? “I bought a lot “I don’t work. “Last year I got a them on books the same as a pay I haven’t done of clothes, put I don’t get tax double bass pedal and tuition. I get check, I never really any.” money towards returns.” for a drum set.” financial aid so got one big enough a car and bills.” my money goes to buy myself a gift.” right back to the government.” A6 April 15, 2013 News The Washtenaw Voice Happy Students Costa Rica bound Trustees endorse further Foundation Grant growth of WTMC helps students cover level. It’s only going to increase pres- study-abroad costs By NATALIE WRIGHT sure for four-year institutions to ac- Staff Writer cept them,” Covert said. By MARIA RIGOU And the trustees agreed. Staff Writer A proposal to increase the “What I’m particularly impressed enrollment cap for Washtenaw with is how this helps with post-sec- Eight Spanish students have been Technical Middle College from ondary readiness. They are ready awarded a combined total of $6000 400 to 450 students was ap- when they enter college, and that is that will pay for the last installment proved last week by the Washtenaw huge,” said college President Rose of the total cost for a study-abroad Community College Board of Bellanca. program in Costa Rica this summer Trustees. The enrollment cap was estab- – thanks to a Washtenaw Community The proposal cited a flood of lished as a compromise between WCC College Foundation grant. applicants, as well as the success and the eight in-district high schools, The $750 will help with trip ex- of the program as justification for and was a crucial step in instituting penses, to cover both tuition and hous- the increase. WTMC, according to David Rutledge, NANCY FERRARIO COURTESY PHOTO ing costs. “If we keep at our current rate, who was a trustee at the time. Nancy Ferrario, a foreign language Excitement in the air: Students traveling to Costa Rica this summer as part of the Language I’ll deny 170 students at minimum,” “We wanted to make sure we did Immersion program show their joy as they receive the news of the WCC Foundation grant instructor who directs the program, funding the trip. Standing from left to right: Brittany Honos, Shanke Kirk, Kerolly Souza, Jes- Karl Covert, dean of WTMC, told this in collaboration with the sur- recognizes the importance of language sica Schemp. Sitting form left to right: Susan Goddard, Amy Swope. the trustees. rounding school districts, so we agreed immersion studies. WTMC had already received to cap the enrollment so we wouldn’t “It is a known fact that study abroad 376 applications for the 200 spots be accused of trying to take away from provides not only language experience, extra activities, such as taking a tour studies degree. that were available before the the high schools,” Rutledge said. but prepares students to live and work of a volcano and visiting the rainforest. “Study abroad is strongly recom- increase. However, the increased cap in our multi-cultural world,” Ferrario Susan Goddard, a 58-year-old mended in this program as a means The number of students be- shouldn’t affect those schools, be- wrote in a letter to the board mem- psychology student from Ann Arbor, to help accomplish the goals and out- ing turned away was “trouble- cause most of the students being bers of the Foundation. “While abroad, also recognizes the benefits of study comes of the program and as a way to some,” admitted Trustee Diana turned away are out-of-district stu- students experience growth in lan- abroad programs. ‘transform the students’ frame of ref- McKnight-Morton. dents, Covert said. guage skills, intercultural understand- “I am now working on a master’s erence through knowledge of human Last year, when the cap was in- “And about 50 percent of these stu- ing, maturity, flexibility, adaptability, degree in clinical psychology, and I cultures and history in order to guide creased from 350 to 400 students, dents come from being homeschooled, self-confidence, problem-solving, and would like to be a bilingual counselor,” the students to be inclusive, open, the college raised some concerns or from charter and parochial schools,” independence.” Goddard said. “Becoming bilingual reflective, and capable of change,’” about the affect of a large presence he said. Ferrario also suggests that the big- takes more than just learning a lan- Ferrario explained in her letter. of underage students on campus Another factor in the trustees’ deci- gest obstacle to study abroad, espe- guage. I know I need to immerse my- “Students will return to WCC with and their possible “disruptive sion was the increase in revenue that cially for community college students, self in the culture if I ever expect to enthusiasm and openness and with behavior.” comes with the increased enrollment. is the cost. The program chosen at understand my future clients.” a changed view of the world,” she This year, the worries about If the 37 applicants who were the Universidad de Costa Rica is one Ferrario acknowledges how for- added. “Their language skills will be “disruptive behavior” were non- turned away for the 2012-13 school of the richest in content and yet the ward-thinking the Foundation has greatly improved, and they will help existent. Instead, WTMC students year had been admitted, the college lowest in cost. been. improve interest and enthusiasm in received nothing but praise. would have received almost $400,000 Costa Rica was also chosen by “Many foundations do not under- the Spanish classes they attend here.” “The success is not just on pa- over the three years the students the language department because stand the value of study abroad,” she Goddard is ecstatic about her study per. They’re phenomenal students. would have been enrolled. it has a 98 percent literacy rate and said. “It was a hard decision to make opportunity. They are mature, have direction The estimated revenue for the ad- it was named a green country in the because every single one of the causes “How do I feel about going to Costa and are excited about school,” said ditional 50 out-of-district, full-time Environmental Performance Index is a good cause.” Rica? It is a dream come true to me,” Trustee Mark Freeman. WTMC students that will likely be of 2012. Outside of the classroom, stu- This study-abroad program goes in she said. “(I am) so grateful to the However, their success on pa- admitted in the fall is about $177,200 dents will have the possibility to do line with the recently approved global WCC Foundation. Muchas gracias!” per is also noteworthy. per year, according to the proposal. The graduation rate for WTMC WTMC provides an opportunity for students is 92 percent, compared the college to grow in a “reasonable to a state graduation rate of 76 per- and constrained way,” said Trustee INTERNSHIPS FROM A3 recruit people with all the skills he to limit their searches. If they can’t cent. And 95 percent of its students Richard Landau, partly because the needs. So he looks for people with the find an internship in the company or complete their college courses increased enrollment would not re- Washtenaw students. right foundations and traits, and then industry for which they want to work, with a grade of C or better, com- quire many large adjustments in staff. But Gordon cautions against mere- he trains them. students should consider others. pared to WCC’s overall passage Some renovations will probably be ly registering with College Central “(We need people with) an eager- “You will still be gaining real-world rate of 78 percent. necessary to increase space, admitted Network, the national online job- ness to integrate technologies and experiences,” Gordon said. “Our students are not only navi- Covert, but the trustees had already search system used by WCC. There wanting to learn. Someone who’s will- Plus, not every experience needs gating successfully, but at a high given that project the go-ahead. are times, Gordon admits, when em- ing to dive in and learn, and somebody to be a paid one for it to be a valuable ployers call Career Services looking who understands what their current addition to a resume, he added. for qualified candidates for an intern- limitations are and aren’t afraid to ask “Any young professional who’s WEBSERVER FROM A1 ship opening. for help when they need it, because looking to broaden their horizons Career Services urges, but can’t this is a big field and not everybody needs to evaluate what they do with conveyed, Carlisle said, using all cable, billboard and Web advertising. force, employers to post their open- knows everything,” Begin said. their free time,” Gordon added. “At in-house talent and making sure At the college’s Board of Trustees’ ings on the Network. So if students Enterkin values the depth of ex- the least, they should be considering to take advantage of all resources annual spring retreat last month, haven’t spoken with Career Services, perience he’s getting at RightBrain. volunteerism. Not only will it help bet- available, a sentiment shared by President Rose Bellanca was surprised they miss out on those networking “I learn specifics. I see everything ter them, but it will help better their Freeman throughout his entire and commended Vice President of opportunities. in practice over here (at RightBrain), community, and that’s other great stuff career. Advancement Wendy Lawson, who And when it comes to landing a job a lot more than I’ve covered over at that they can put on their resume.” “It’s just something I’ve always oversees PRM, for the reduction. in a competitive market, networking WCC. If an opportunity presents itself, But when it comes to getting help been used to,” Freeman said of the “I believed that with all the great is key. Just ask 20-year-old Jordan just go for it,” Enterkin said of intern- finding an internship, students can merger. “We don’t sit over there things that we have been doing that Enterkin, of Tecumseh. ships in general. trust that Career Services is focused but we still would maintain a very we must have really overspent this Enterkin, a computer science Enterkin has been with RightBrain on finding paid opportunities. strong relationship with IT. The budget,” Bellanca said, “and actually student, attended a computer tech- for about two months, and Begin says “Unpaid (internship) is not popular website, through its evolution, for what she’s been able to do is, you know, nology advisory committee meet- it’s been a great experience, one that amongst students, and it’s not popular most companies has become that do all the things she’s done and spend ing while working for the college. he hopes will continue. amongst my staff because we know the main sort of impression. less money than we have in the past.” During that meeting he met presi- Not everyone can be as lucky in value our students can bring to an or- “And it’s really sort of that brand Following WCC’s billboard cam- dent of RightBrain Networks Jamie timing as Enterkin, though. Gordon ganization,” Gordon assured. and marketing messaging vehicle. paign to drive extensive traffic to land- Begin. Begin was impressed with concedes that finding an internship is So now is the time to ditch the It makes sense that the two areas ing page on the school’s website, and Enterkin’s knowledge and offered him not easy, especially considering there apron and visor. Make the walk to the have come together.” the cable-TV broadcast of an infor- an internship. are fewer internships available than ML building, talk to Career Services Operating under a budget of mative commercial, Freeman hopes Because RightBrain works in a jobs. So it’s imperative, he says, that about finding an internship and start $1,109,190 this year, which in- to continue to pursue media conver- highly technical, “niche” business, students start looking now. becoming the person you want to be cludes salaries and operating ex- gence even as his team remains in a Begin finds it exceedingly difficult to Gordon also reminds students not – today. penses, PRM’s funding was able to developing state. decrease by about 3 percent from “It’s always changing,” Freeman last year’s budget of $1,147,239. said of PRM at WCC. “As we look to- This year, PRM has seen an ex- ward the future, we’re taking a step penditure of $385,000 including back and saying, ‘Where do we want to JISKRA FROM A1 Vanschoick said . “He’s got every rea- in auto body and paint, advanced cer- advertising, support materials and be in three years?’ Thankfully, We’ve son in the world not to do well, but he tificate in chassis and body fabrication, other departmental materials and been able to continue to support fac- “He’s learning to know what they chooses to pick himself up and make and liberal arts MACRAO agreement. brochures, Carlisle said. She esti- ulty, staff and students through this (the students) need and explain it in something of himself.” Jiskra has applied to be a student mates that $68,699 was spent on transition.” a language they understand,” Bob Overcoming his prison experience speaker at this year’s graduation Lowing, WCC auto body instructor is not the only lesson Jiskra has to of- ceremony. said. “He does not want anything given fer. Never giving up is also something “I got put in a bad situation for mak- to him.” he hopes to inspire students with. ing the wrong decisions,” Jiskra said, Getting his hands dirty doing auto “For a long time I did not have a “but since then I have been trying to restoration work gives his life purpose. place to live, I did not have a car. I was show people that there are good deci- “I want to bring stuff back to life,” sleeping on people’s couches,” he said. sions to make.” Jiskra said. ”I feel like I have been “Anything I had to do to get here and He has a story to share. given a second chance, I want to give make sure I was still pursuing some “The diversity, passion and dedica- that to a car.” kind of a future. I did not want to go tion to auto body repair as a career is And Jiskra isn’t shy about sharing back to where I was. inspirational to all students’ campus his story with students in the program, “I used to walk around with two wide,” Scott Malnar, department chair and anyone else who will listen. He backpacks, one full of school books and Custom Cars & Concepts instruc- wants his story to be inspiration to and the other one full of clothes. It is tor, said of Jiskra. others. rewarding being persistent and deter- How grateful is he for the oppor- “Any time I can break through to mined, but at the same time it can be tunities he’s found at Washtenaw someone that might be heading the quite painful.” Community College? So much so that way that I was, to know they might If that were not enough, paying for he has a tattoo of the Custom Cars and not take that road because of it,” he college became an issue just as Jiskra Concepts program logo. said. “It makes all the struggles to get was about to finish his education at “I owe a lot to this school; that’s why where I am now worth it.” WCC. I wear the logo on my arm,” Jiskra said. Tim Vanschoick, an instructor in “My last semester I had all my fi- And it doesn’t end here. Jiskra the Custom Concepts & Cars pro- nancial aid canceled on me, then I will be transferring to Eastern gram, hopes students get motivated had to finish through scholarships,” Michigan University, where he plans by Jiskra’s story. Jiskra said. to earn a bachelor’s degree in business “We get a lot of kids come through In a few weeks, Jiskra is graduat- management. BENJAMIN KNAUSS THE WASHTENAW VOICE whining about how hard they’ve got it ing – among his many accomplish- “Part of the process is to admit your living at their mom’s place, then you ments at WCC. At graduation Jiskra shortcomings and just try and do bet- Tuning up: Auto Lab Technician Eric Jiskra works on a Ford Mustang for the Dearborn Police get Eric, who ain’t got nothing and he’s will receive his associate degree in oc- ter for yourself,” Vanschoick said. “I department in the Custom Cars & Concept program at WCC. trying to make something for himself,” cupational studies, a basic certificate do admire him for that.”

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THIS IS TRUEMU.™ A8 April 15, 2013 Et Cetera The Washtenaw Voice

Toke-n pleasure We Jammin’: Members from the band ‘Question’ perform using a steel drum and saxophone for a crowd on the U-M Diag at the annual Hash Bash.

42nd annual Hash Bash is a smokin’ good time Photos and Words by Kelly Bracha Staff Writer

Every year, on the first Saturday of April, the University of Michigan Diag becomes a soapbox for advocates of marijuana use to speak freely about the legalization of the controversial plant. Speakers, live music and the Monroe Street Fair bring an estimated 6,000 attendees to the event. With Ann Arbor’s lenient laws regarding the possession of marijuana, Bash-goers partake in smoking in public, even on U-M campus and state property. Hash Bash has become an intricate part of Ann Arbor’s history. The event has been running for 42 years and is known as the oldest annual pot rally in America.

Sweet leaf: A woman walks dressed as a marijuana leaf on the U-M campus. Dog Daze: A possibly heady dog hangs out at the U-M Diag.

Get lifted: Hash Bash attendees gather to watch live musical performances from a local religious group. WASHTENAW VOICE April 15, 2013

THE WASHTENAW VOICE SECTION B APRIL 15, 2013

Fired-up U-M hoops fans put heat on furniture after NCAA Finals loss By BEN SOLIS “This place is absolutely packed,” Editor said Meghan Hendershot, a 22-year- old U-M biology major who is set to As University of Michigan fans pre- graduate this semester. “I work at pared to see their precious Wolverines Pizza House and by 2 p.m., we already take on the Louisville Cardinals in had a line outside the door.” the Monday night NCAA basketball For the local businesses that bor- championship game – the team’s first dered the center of the college town, championship game since 1989 – the the evening was more than just an- streets of Ann Arbor were engulfed by other opportunity to sell boxes of beer a wave of maize and blue apparel and and bar food, it was a celebration of all school spirit arguably unmatched by that Ann Arbor holds dear. any school this season. By 8 p.m., hundreds of maize-and- The faithful descended en masse blue-clad college students deluged into the streets of Ann Arbor, ready State Street, the majority of them to show the world what it means to be hanging around the outside of R.U.B. a U-M fan – even if it meant taking a BBQ, some already inebriated and match to some furniture. ready to take in the historic game. “Someone better be burning couch- Becoming reflective, Hendershot es later,” said John Lentzinger, 23, a and her friend Emily Paup, 21, a fel- U-M fan from Romeo, standing out- low biology major, reflected on the side Crisler Arena, where thousands season that almost didn’t end in such gathered to watch the game on the a glorious fashion. big screen. “We were together for the Saturday “We want riot status tonight!” ex- game,” Paup said of Michigan’s win claimed Tyler Berger, a 22-year-old over Syracuse to advance to the finals. Eastern Michigan University student “It was just unbelievable. The entire from Onsted, while holding a beer campus exploded. Every time they around friends and other fans who won this season, the college just got seemed to unabashedly second his more and more amped. We can’t be- drunken musings. lieve they even made it this far.” As the Monday afternoon turned Inside R.U.B., the game was get- into the evening, a sea of U-M support- ting underway, and as the 9:23 p.m. ers fell on the bustling streets of the tip-off approached, patrons were city. Lines formed from the entrances becoming increasingly rowdy—all KELLY BRACHA THE WASHTENAW VOICE of bars and restaurants as early as 5:30 Afterglow: An Ann Arbor police officer controls onlookers gathering around a blaze as firefighters arrive on the scene. p.m., when the Michigan faithful es- U-M STORY caped from their day jobs and classes. CONTINUED B4 How welding New Discovery TV show is a blast from and WCC Washtenaw’s past

to Penn Tech. McLean remembers Ifill saved a life being a well-rounded, apt, but quirky By MICHAEL J. HLYWA student. Staff Writer “(He was) a really cool kid – inquisi- tive. He was like a professional dancer, Rocket-launched projectiles, wa- like a break-dancer or something. He’s ter cannons, assault rifles and explo- just that guy,” McLean said. sions galore punctuate the Discovery “He went to my foundry down in Channel’s newest reality-TV show, Detroit a few times. In fact I still have “The Big Brain Theory,” which pre- his mold, and he wants it back so I’m mieres on May 1. going to use it as leverage. He dabbled “Ten of the brightest minds in in some interesting things. He was the country are about to go head- definitely a tinkerer.” to-head,” announced Kal Penn in Ray Marcus-Kurlonko, a 27-year the show’s promotional video. old part-time welding and fabrica- Penn, best known for his title role tion instructor, also recalls Ifill be- in the “Harold & Kumar” movies, ing a multi-faceted character. The hosts the series. two became friends while complet- But he isn’t likely to be the reason ing Washtenaw’s program together. WCC welding faculty and students “I met Joel – I think it was in fab- tune into the show. rication class – and he was building Among the series’ 10 contestants a case for a computer; it was a Lexan is 26-year-old Joel Ifill, a welding sphere,” Marcus-Kurlonko recalled. engineer from “So he was into computers, but he was Pittsburgh, Pa. taking welding classes. He was prob- who works on ably 18 or 19 when we met. nuclear reac- “We were both dorks, so we kind tors for the U.S. of hit it off. He was into motorcycles, Navy. This mas- and I had a motorcycle. So we ended ter fabricator up riding motorcycles together and graduated from hanging out and stuff.” CHARLES MANELY WASHTENAW VOICE Pennsylvania Marcus-Kurlonko also remem- Shaping bright futures: Sculptor and welding instructor Coley McLean operates a CNC plasma machine to cut shapes into metal.. College of bered Ifill being driven. Technology in Joel Ifill “He’s smart. He’s a free-thinker. I 2009. remember he’d be in all the time. He “I’m an after school special for McLean attributes her success in But before that, he was a weld- knew which instructors he liked and Washtenaw Community College,” teaching to her journey. She feels like ing and fabrication student at worked well with, so he’d be in their By MICHAEL J. HLYWA McLean said. “So when I was in high she can relate to her students. Washtenaw Community College. classes more often. But he was in (the Staff Writer school – hated it, wanted to drop out – “The kids are fantastic, even the Ifill says he definitely put what lab) extra time too. I just remember I was probably going to drop out. Then mean ones. They’re just like me,” he learned at Washtenaw to use in seeing him all the time in there.” Bold, engaging, dynamic and a lit- I discovered welding and it saved my McLean admitted. “They don’t have the show. Ifill acknowledges some of WCC’s tle bent describes the tubular metal life.” an attitude yet like (they might) at a “Yeah it helped a lot. I mean, I’m faculty for the role they played in rock- sculpture hanging above the TI build- Following high school, McLean four-year (college). I get them out of a welding engineer, but I also know eting him toward his current success. ing lobby – and its creator, sculptor went to study sculpture at Detroit’s their comfort zone and make them re- how to weld and fabricate,” Ifill said. “All the instructors in the weld- and welding instructor Coley McLean. College for Creative Studies. Once she ally think about stuff.” “I started it all in Michigan. It started ing program, specifically Clyde Hall So consumed with being an educa- completed the undergraduate pro- And getting her students from here when I started taking WCC classes and Coley McLean, helped me out a tor, career counselor, entrepreneur gram at CCS, McLean called WCC to a college or university is always in from high school. So yeah, really all lot,” Ifill said. “They were just very and artist, McLean barely has time for looking for a job. the back of her mind. of my fabrication skills came from enthusiastic and very good teachers. her pets, let alone a spouse or children. “I always wanted to come here (to “I have a small window of push- WCC.” They made you want to come to class. It’s no wonder that McLean is ab- Washtenaw),” McLean continued. ing them into a four-year program. And welding instructor Coley I think that made a big difference. And sorbed by her job considering the pro- She started as a welding techni- McLean taught some of those classes. found impact welding had on her as cian in 1998 and joined the full-time COLEY In fact, she designed the articulation WELDING a youth. faculty in 2004. CONTINUED B3 agreement that Ifill used to transfer CONTINUED B3 MARCH ‘AD’NESS 2013

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to make sure the veterans are get- guy to work with. He’s really good journey on the trail, he asked his ting the education they need so at recognizing people’s humanity.” two daughters, Cierra and Sydney By NATHAN CLARK they can get a good job.” Shortly after retiring, St. Amour if they were OK with him being Photo Editor St. Amour joined the college as a decided he wanted to get away away for such a long time. He said counselor on Oct. 31 last year. And from it all and take time to reflect. he wouldn’t go if they didn’t want Students seeking, or be- although dedicated to helping stu- Remembering a moment from him to. ing forced to seek guidance dent veterans at WCC, this is not his past from when he was in the “Our youngest daughter, Sydney, from a counselor at Washtenaw his first time working with military Marines, he decided to do some- is a ‘Daddy’s girl.’ So it was hard Community College rarely wonder personnel. thing not many people would be for her when he was gone,” Pam what qualifications their adviser He was an active-duty officer in willing to do voluntarily. He hiked St. Amour said. “But the girls love has that makes them the go-to per- the Marines from 1983-1987 and the Appalachian Trail. their dad, and they said it was OK son for advice on academic success. continued to serve as an officer in “I got the idea 26 years ago when to go.” Veterans seeking academic ad- the Corps until 1998, when he left a friend and I hiked some of the “There were lots of ups and vice and support at WCC are in with the rank of major. trail together,” St. Amour said. downs hiking the trail, but it’s good hands since Mark St. Amour, St. Amour is no stranger to “The idea kind of stuck around in more of a mental challenge than a man with years of public service studying in a high-education en- my head since then.” a physical one,” Mark said. under his belt, was hired last fall vironment either. He spent two The trail, stretching from Sleeping in a tent along the trail as adviser in the Veterans Center years at San Joaquin Community Georgia to Maine, traverses 2,180 was one of the most peaceful things located on the second floor of the College in California, earned his miles through multiple national he had ever experienced, he said, Student Center. bachelor’s degree at California parks, rugged terrain and moun- adding that the sounds of the loons “Working here has already State Polytechnic University, San tains. Hikers bring only what they on nearby lakes will put anyone been a rewarding experience,” St. Luis Obispo and was awarded his can carry, usually a 30-40 pound to sleep. Amour said. “I like how diverse the master’s degree from Eastern pack with food, water, camping “You lose your fear of being campus is. It’s filled with lots of stu- Michigan University. gear and other supplies. They usu- alone on the trail after the first dents from different backgrounds St. Amour worked as a lead ally have to resupply themselves month,” he said. “It’s beautiful and and different goals in life.” detective with 27 officers under every few days at towns near the peaceful out there.” Students changing their majors his supervision in the detective trail. At Washtenaw, he’s committed without filing paper work and stu- bureau at the Ann Arbor Police “When he was in the police de- to keeping every student veteran dents self-advising in college are Department. He spent 20 years partment, he saw the worst in so- on the right path, as long and wind- some of the biggest concerns St. with the department, retiring in ciety. It was good for him to get out ing as it might seem for them, to a Amour has been seeing since he December 2011. and see that there are still good great education. He encourages has been at Washtenaw. “He was upbeat, sincere and re- people in the world,” said Pam St. them all to stop by his office to dis- “A lot of student veterans have ally friendly guy,” said Lieutenant Amour, Mark’s wife of 26 years. cuss their educational and post- not been taking the correct class- Robert Pfannes, a detective at the “He lost about 48 pounds on the military career goals. es they need to meet their educa- Ann Arbor Police Department who trail. He looked like a different per- The Veterans Center is located tional goals. I’ve been dealing with worked alongside St. Amour for son when he got back.” on the second floor of the Student that a lot,” St. Amour said. “I want more than 14 years. “He’s a great Before St. Amour left to start his Center. MCT COURTESY PHOTO Morning along the trail: At 6,288 feet, Mount Washington in New Hampshire is notorious for weather extremes and gorgeous sunrises. The mountain is located along the 2,160.4-mile Appalachian trail that runs from Springer Mountain, Ga. to Mount Katahdin, Maine.

COLEY FROM B1 hammer, more, more, more. I’m like, requirements are, finds out what the gave me a gift of some welding equip- “Making art is so much fun, and ‘I’d better show them ISO. I’d better conditions are like, whether a student ment he didn’t want anymore,” Scheie then you have these huge things and show them this. They may never see will like it or not, she goes through all said. “So I enrolled in 105, which is an you can’t sell them in Detroit. And Because the tricky part for these kids is, it, but I want to show it.’ So, those poor of that and then maintains a huge list introductory course, and I was just then you’re like, ‘Sweet, well where do yeah they’re going to get jobs – guaran- little kids – they’re dying, but in a good (on Blackboard),” Kirkland added. hooked because of Coley’s infectious I put this thing?’ So now I’m making teed jobs – but whether they’re going way.” McLean’s unofficial career counsel- enthusiasm.” stuff that that I can either play with to stay at that job at 40 grand for the And her students do appreci- ing certainly helped one of her welding Now Scheie wants to combine his later, or I can hang stuff on it, or put rest of their life, that’s going to be the ate that, even if they are sometimes students, Nicholas Hilliard, 21, land a legal experience with his newfound my sheets on it or something else.” difference between a four-year and stupefied. job recently. welding knowledge to consult on weld- In fact, she’s co-owner of Salt-Mine a two-year gig. And I’m trying to let “She covered so much informa- “If it weren’t for her, I wouldn’t ing litigation. Studio in Detroit. them know that.” tion so fast, even I was stunned into, have applied for a job at Washtenaw, Construction technology pro- “I’m a silent owner,” McLean joked, Yet McLean is also conscious of the ‘uh, I’ll go look at that later,’” said 32- and I actually got hired in to be in the fessor Cristy Lindemann, McLean’s “Silent owner means I pay the bills, fact that many of her students won’t year old Reche Kirkland, a systems welding program as a welding support colleague and mentor, sees the im- I don’t know if you got that. Pretty continue their education, so she lies analyst at WCC who took welding for staff,” Hilliard said. “Coley’s a straight- pact McLean has on her students. much, I pay the bills and I have no say, awake at night worrying about all the enrichment. shooter, and she really wants to help Lindemann credits McLean’s drive but it’s still awesome.” information she wants to pack into But according to Kirkland, McLean her students, no matter what.” and ingenuity for her ability to reach McLean’s students certainly think their minds. doesn’t just overwhelm students with And that’s what her students value so many people on so many levels. she’s awesome. Whether they’re young “It’s like with blueprint,” McLean educational material; she also inun- most about McLean, her passion. These skills, she says, come from be- students struggling to find their paths explained. “This is the only blueprint dates them with certification require- For welding and fabrication stu- ing an amazing sculptor. in this world or veterans of life looking class they’re ever going to have be- ments and job opportunities. dent Eric Scheie, a 58-year-old “I think her art background helps for a new inspiration, they tune into cause they’re probably not going to “She spends a lot of time going out California attorney who relocated to her a lot with that because she’s not an often witty and always info-packed go to a four-year. I’d better make sure and finding local businesses that are Ann Arbor, McLean’s fervor has helped stuck in a box,” Lindemann said. episode of McLean’s frenetic life to get they have everything they need, so hiring. She goes out, fields these (job redirect his life. And McLean definitely loves her a little educational guidance with an that sucks. I just hammer, hammer, opportunities), finds out what the “I have a friend who’s an artist who art. artistic welding twist.

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they all encouraged me to go on, and some major innovators. they were happy to hear when I got “Everyone on the show were very my four-year degree.” intelligent people,” Ifill said. “This McLean is certainly proud of is like Top Engineer, not Top Chef. Ifill’s success and Everyone was just really on top of their points out to her game, and some really famous engi- current students neers did some really amazing things.” that it doesn’t And that’s high praise coming take a rocket sci- from someone who’s not new to tele- entist to make it vised competition. Three years ago, big in welding. Ifill was also a contestant on DIY She reminds her Network’s skills-challenge series, “DIY students that Dominator,” where he faced off against they’re really no two other welders to design and con- different. Ray Marcus- struct a 12-foot metal gate in only five “I told my guys, Kurlonko hours that could withstand the force ‘You are Joel. There’s no reason why of a 150-pound wrecking ball. you can’t be Joel.’ It’s still attainable Though Ifill didn’t win it, his expe- (for them),” McLean said. rience on that challenge is one more Beyond education and experience, tool he can use to blast competitors. though, Ifill needed to be opportunis- So tune in on May 1 to see how Ifill’s tic to nail his spot on the TV series. WCC training and subsequent experi- Ifill said he was looking for something ence stand up against nine other ac- “new and interesting” when he came claimed challengers. It promises to across someone’s audition video on be explosive. Reddit. Recognizing he was uniquely qualified, Ifill submitted a video of his own, endured a month-long interview JOEL IFILL COURTESY PHOTO process and beat out more than 10,000 Steel bond: Former WCC student Joel Ifill and DIY Network’s Chris Grundy in front of Ifill’s gate on the set of DIY Dominator. applicants to earn his place next to B4 April 15, 2013 SPORTS WASHTENAW VOICE Sinking a 20-foot put with a beer in your hand?

left- or right-handed players. Chris Kerns, of Ypsilanti, says he Milford The PGDA says the object of the has been playing for five years, four By BENJAMIN KNAUSS game is to traverse a course from be- to five times a week. Brighton 4 Staff Writer 5 INTERSTATE ginning to end in the fewest number of “I enjoy the Michigan outdoors,” 96 throws of the disc. Rather than trying Kerns said. “It is cheap to play and Heading out on the links with cold to get a ball into a hole, players toss has a friendly following and commu- Novi Farmington Hills South Lyon drinks and great friends makes for a the disc until it enters a chain basket. nity. It’s better than sitting inside and US 23 good day. The popularity of disc golf is world- playing ‘Call of Duty’ all day.” Northville And it’s even better when you don’t wide. The European and Japanese 10 have to spend half your time out there markets are growing at an astronom- Disc golf at WCC 1 Livonia looking for that little white ball that ical rate. In the United States, courses Make room in your book bag for Plymouth sliced into the woods. are being developed all over. your golf discs. A round of disc golf 14 I NTERSTATE 275 Terry and Sheila Calhoun have “The sport doubles at least every 10 can be played between classes, right Dexter Dearborn found a better way. years,” Ben said. on campus. Chelsea Westland Terry is a two-time Pro Disc Golf And his father points to the game’s Student Activities, located on the INTERSTATE 2 94 9 Wayne Association world champion. Sheila practical use of natural resources. ground floor of the Student Center, Ann Arbor is also a two-time PDGA world cham- “The sport has been a success for has portable disc golf baskets avail- Key 6 Ypsilanti pion in the woman’s division. In 2008, the public parks systems by turning able for student use. All a student has 1 Hudson Mills Metropark INTERSTATE 7 Romulus Dexter, MI 94 both won their age group world titles, unusable land into useable land with to do is stop in the office and check out 2 Bandemer Park Ann Arbor, MI 8 Belleville 3 Rolling Hills County Park the first time a husband and wife were low environmental impact and mini- the equipment. Ypsilanti, MI I NTERSTATE 4 Kensington Metropark 275 Milford, MI 3 world champions at the same time. mum maintenance,” Terry said. Interest in developing a perma- 5 Brighton High School Brighton, MI Their son, Ben, has played at more Disc golf is also a great form of ex- nent disc golf course at WCC came up 6 Mary Beth Doyle Park Ann Arbor, MI 11 7 Water Works than 1,000 different courses, a rare ercise, with the average player walking in 2011. Pete Leshkevich, director of Ypsilanti, MI US 8 The Ponds at Lakeshore 23 and celebrated feat in the sport. three to five miles each round and do- Student Activities, said talk of a course Ypsilanti, MI 9 Freedom Park Canton, MI Collectively, the Calhoun family ing any number of bends and stretches took place, but nothing more than a 10 Cass-Benton Milan Northville, MI owns and operates The Throw Shop, in order to pick up and throw the disc. discussion as student interest was low. 11 Willow Metropark Belleville, MI one of the largest disc golf pro shops And for the serious-minded, the “A student collected signatures on ILLUSTRATION BY PETER HOCHGRAF THE WASHTENAW VOICE in the nation. The Throw Shop is lo- game can be about so much more than a petition to show interest. He col- cated on Lake Shore Drive in Ypsilanti tossing a disc. Some players will play lected 130 signatures over a few days,” Township, inside the Lake Shore in any weather condition. Some even Leshkevich said, adding that he’d need Apartment complex and is also home play at night with the use of Glow-in- to see a lot more interest than that for to a 30-hole – or “basket” as the tar- the-Dark discs augmented with spe- a campus with an enrollment of more gets are known to the sport – disc golf cial, attached lights. than 11,000 students. course. The learning curve for those new to Leshkevich acknowledged that as The rules and etiquette of disc golf the game is short. Most who give the the sport grows, interest on campus and traditional golf are fairly similar. sport an honest try continue to play may change and he would be willing Then the sports part ways. Traditional and develop skills in order to com- to revisit the idea. Students are wel- golf can be very expensive in both pete quickly. come to work with Student Activities equipment and playing fees; not so “Better than 50 percent that try it on any idea they may have. in disc golf. once keep playing,” Ben said. “You can “Nothing is off the table,” “Most courses are free to play, at be playing in a league or tournament Leshkevich said. “We welcome dis- least 75 percent of them,” Ben said. and competing within a year.” cussion, we welcome ideas, we wel- The equipment is not expensive, Most disc golfers are friendly and come interest.” either, with a basic set of discs need- are very respectful to new players. Terry Calhoun of The Throw Shop ed to play the game starting at about Ben Ross, 32, of Jackson, says he in Ypsilanti has put together some de- $30. The game requires some different has played in three tournaments al- sign ideas for a course at WCC on land types of discs, each having a unique ready this year traveling as far away near the Health and Fitness Center. aerodynamic and weight profile de- as Mt. Pleasant in order to compete. He estimated that a course could be in- KELLY BRACHA THE WASHTENAW VOICE pending on the required distance and “It is a great sport, always a good stalled on campus for between $5,000 accuracy needed to hit the target. No time,” Ross said. “I love to meet new and $6,000. FORE!!!: A group of disc golfers wait to tee off at the course at the Ponds at Lakeshore disc need for any special equipment for people.” golf course.

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Smoke Signals: Firefighters extinguish the flames inginted by fans upset by Michigan’s loss in the NCAA Championship game.

U-M STORY FROM B1 by the Wolverines. at around 10:30 p.m., in the lead by the residents of the houses that sur- for months, maize and blue dominat- At a house off of Arch Street, a a single point after a wild first half, round the basketball court were bit- ed national sports coverage and put except Brandon Sims and his group of young partiers had set up crowds amassed outside of State ing their nails. Ann Arbor back on the map for col- friends Matthew Wallace and Rianna an HDTV on their porch, enhancing Street’s Quickie Burger, which not They included Lentzinger and his lege basketball. Harris, who remained calm despite their ability to play beer pong while only sells fast food to drunken patrons, buddies, Evan Simpson and Austin “They played awesome. It hurts that the anticipation wafting through the the game raged on. but gets them more drunk with its se- Carie, also from Romeo. they lost, but this has been huge for small bar. “I hope they kick ass tonight, go lections of cheaply priced liquor shots “This game has been so thrilling,” Michigan,” said Gina Davis, a 48-year- “I didn’t start following Michigan out with a bang for the last win,” and pitchers of beer. said Carie, 21, almost preparing him- old U-M alumna who took in Monday’s basketball until this year, but the said Kendall Verbeek, 21, from Camera crews from various local self mentally for the eventual U-M game with her husband Bill and her way they’ve played this year changed Birmingham, who drank a SOLO cup news agencies moved up and down defeat. “We’re a talented team, but two sons. Davis’ older son, Matthew, everything,” said Sims, 21, from of beer on between “Go Blue!” chants State Street trying to capture the U-M we’re so young. There’s so much more works as a manager for the U-M bas- Rochester. “The energy was so high with her friends at Arch Street. “The spirit on game night. we have to learn, but this experience ketball team and hoped that the loss in the beginning, and then they were expectations for this game are crazy Inside Quickie Burger, Michigan will get them there.” was not too hard on him. looking like a fluke. But the momen- high.” chants abounded as the cameras rolled. Like their Arch Street companions, As Monday turned to Tuesday, just tum kept growing and growing. As a Her friend Nick Asher, who owns Berger and Kirk Cavell were among the trio set up an HDTV on their front a few, scattered fires were set in the comparison of how this team used to the residence, said that Ann Arbor’s them. lawn, in the hope that as more drunks streets of Ann Arbor. At the Diag, a be, it’s life changing.” pulse hasn’t been this high in decades, Unlike Berger, Cavell is a trans- left the bar, the party people would small group of about 60 people gath- For Wallace, the experience of the even with U-M football. plant of sorts. Although he did grow stop at their sidewalk viewing station ered. They criticized Louisville, com- up-and-down season didn’t faze him, “It’s unreal how much school pride up in Onsted with Berger, Cavell now to take in the loss together. plained about the referees and lit a few but the show of support at the tail end there’s been around this game,” said works for the Tampa, Fla. Coast Guard, While the lawn-dwellers suspected firecrackers off in the process. as the Wolverines got set to play their Asher, 21. “People around here don’t and also does personal trainer work some small hint of a loss, the thou- Casey Todd and his girlfriend Jaci first NCAA championship game since buy basketball tickets. They just don’t, for Special Forces recruits in the U.S. sands who filled the Crisler Center Gibbs, both of Lexington, Ky., were 1989 brought almost brought tears to but they did for this. It’s a complete military. Cavell came back to Michigan had not given up hope. The horde of there to see the small support group his eyes. change in the U-M culture, and it’s to enjoy this once-in-a-lifetime sports fans stayed firmly planted and stand- burn off the well-deserved steam. “I’ve never seen this many people especially life-changing if you grew opportunity. ing at attention as the final minutes of “We both go to University of on South U before,” said the 21-year- up in Michigan.” “I have family here, so I’ve been the game counted down. With each Kentucky, so we were really hop- old from Fenton. “I didn’t even think If the Wolverines had won on enjoying seeing them, but to be here new foul, members of the crowd raised ing to see the Wolverines cream the we’d get past the first round.” Monday, the crew at the Arch Street with all these Wolverines together is their arms and wiggled their fingers, Cardinals,” said Todd, 23. Around 9:30 p.m., the once-roaring residence said that a couch burning beyond magical,” Cavell said. as is if to give some kind of costly, The duo drove four hours just to streets grew hushed as the legions of would be in order, and that the area By 11:30 p.m., the game was in its non-corporeal mojo to their team in witness the game in Ann Arbor, and U-M sports junkies turned inward that makes up U-M’s famous Diag waning moments and the Cardinals Atlanta. their sorrow almost seemed to out- to their bars and house parties, trans- would be on fire – metaphorically – seemed to have the upper hand with Alas, it was not enough, and with weigh the aggression displayed by fixed by the action of the game. The as well. a solid lead that kept them going seconds to go in the game, Louisville those gathered screaming at the Diag. only sounds that punctuated the “We’re a force to be reckoned with,” throughout the second half. had all but beaten the Wolverines. “It’s really disappointing,” said night were the screams bellowing said Annika Pathmanathan, 21, from Outside of U-M’s Crisler Center, The Crisler crowd began to exit the Gibbs, 18. “We drove all the way here from living room windows after each Sri Lanka. where many had paid $5 a pop to watch building, heads hung low in sadness, to see this. We really wanted them thunderous shot was brought down As the Wolverines entered halftime the game on the arena’s big screen, but engorged with satisfaction that to win.” WASHTENAW VOICE Mediaphile April 15, 2013 B5

‘Evil Dead’ reboot bathes viewers in violence

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body-horror-obsessed neophytes rhythm threatening a hasty attempt Pain and emotion was injected By ADRIAN HEDDEN the reboot posed a crudely-oozing but twitching at the gruesome feet of on the cinematic sadism of Tobe by the buckets full. Actors cried and Managing Editor smartly topical tale of an unwitting the disturbingly popular “Saw” and Kooper’s 1974 classic “Texas Chainsaw winced with arresting realism while band of young adults as they contend “Hostel” franchises. Massacre.” suffering their characters’ fates: Deep in a non-descript but typical- with drug addiction and the thrash- But the cinematic gore forced upon Dispensing of the occasionally dis- bound and dragged through a bellig- ly eerie wooded locale, newbie director ings of a murderous, but unseen evil. viewers throughout the film’s 90 min- arming comedic relief and indie-camp erently modern-but-depraved blood Fede Alvarez took grisly liberties with And a metaphor, re-informed for utes of rotating demonic possession of the three quirky-but-classic films bath with the dark inklings of classic one of the ’80s’ most darling gothic an audience still writhing from the and unsettlingly rapid camera work that preceded “Evil Dead” in the saga horror’s haunting tact. exploitation films in “Evil Dead.” depravity of reality television, specifi- is sure to sicken even the most de- decades ago, this grotesque movie suc- Viewers may be advised to done Eager to impress past fans and cally televised drug rehab, is tactfully sensitized, flesh-hungry movie goers. ceeds in maintaining an undeniably rain gear during this feature, or at least youthful sadists alike, Alvarez was woven into the paranormal chaos. Dramatic, unpredictable cuts gothic mode of suspense and terror, force a chuckle during its vile, biologi- hand-selected by the aging trilogy’s Viewers are perversely forced to in- forced viewers rapidly out into wide without stumbling awkwardly through cal excess. They will soon be infected creator Sam Raimi to re-launch the voke their newly realistic fears as they angles to gasp at the isolation of “Evil misplaced comic relief and exhaustive by the corrosive, free-flowing blood dormant, cult-followed franchise with nervously struggle to discern between Dead’s” sprawling, haunted settings. one-liners. of Hollywood. newly updated carnage via enhanced a young woman’s agonizing narcotic Then the wicked cameras violently Instead, it’s young and idealistic digital photography and shockingly withdrawals and a supernatural af- tore their perspectives inward, deep director in his feature-length debut Grade: C+ rustic, old-school make-up and cam- front on her very soul. into the gooey, meaty details. chose to go for the gross-out, but man- Genre: Horror era illusions. From its opening, “Evil Dead” is This phantasmagoria of human aged to restore some suspense through Runtime: 90 minutes Happily indulging the blood lust of unapologetic as it shamelessly in- pulp was edited and arranged with a largely unpredictable plot and suc- Rated: R today’s gross-out horror cinemaphiles, dulges idiotic legions of mindless, an abrasive, discordant sense of visual cessfully dramatic, albeit green, acting.

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By KELLY BRACHA the game’s version of the original Staff Writer BioShock plasmids. These mechan- ics are similar in style and effect to In 2007, Irrational Games first in- what BioShock fans are accustomed troduced us to “BioShock,” a game that to, but are accompanied by two new led players through the undersea city unique gameplay elements. of Rapture – a submerged and seem- The first are the metal rails that ingly utopian world. Booker can leap up and travel along BLOODYGOODHORROR.COM COURTESY PHOTO BioShock left players in awe of its in a twisted and breath-taking race originality and enthralling gameplay through the city and beyond. The sec- and storyline. The title received uni- ond is the use of Elizabeth’s ability to versal acclaim, but its sequel left fans open “tears” in the world around her. Suicide’s an alternative to ‘13’ underwhelmed. These tears also play a central role in Such is not the case with “Infinite.” the game’s narrative, as Booker and In its third installment, Irrational Elizabeth can walk through these tears By ADRIAN HEDDEN a subgenre they may have very well the band’s overall sound struggles to Games takes us back 50 years to an into alternative universes. Managing Editor invented. register even a past identity as they alternate history version of 1912, on Even with the inclusion of tears, But that was more than 30 years stumble schizophrenically between the floating city of Columbia. unique vigors and vertical combat, While listeners reel from the bar- ago. And after a 13-year hiatus, Suicidal fast, distorted guitars and corny melo- Players take the role of Booker BioShock Infinite’s gameplay is lack- rage of pretentious, self-loathing finds itself sprawled across the angry dramatic balladry. DeWitt, a former soldier and ex- ing. It is not the rush of battle or the ground into the airwaves by 1990s plateau it left off on. Opener “Shake it Out” jerks listen- Pinkerton with a troubled past, fear of failure that pushes you through alternative and hard rock, several A highly anticipated release, talk of ers into the chaos, but soon begins to DeWitt is sent to Columbia to retrieve this title; it is the story, and the need to supposedly rebellious boogeymen “13” began way back in 2002, before saunter past the dreaded three-min- a girl named Elizabeth, and bring her find answers to mind-boggling ques- were repressed from tattered audi- the band’s creative energy seemingly ute mark, a time frame unbecoming to New York as a means of paying off tions that takes center stage and why tory memories. stalled for the next decade. to Muir’s rudimentary lyricism and his gambling debt. “Infinite” has received universal ac- But the self-deprecation of Kurt An exhaustive performance sched- repetitive song structure. Both Elizabeth and the City of claim among the gaming community. Cobain, the slimy excess of Stone ule also found Muir and other mem- Later tracks, “This Ain’t a Columbia are unknowingly held From the moment you encoun- Temple Pilot’s Scott Weiland and bers’ side projects touring across Celebration” and “Smash City,” sprin- captive by a religious zealot named ter Elizabeth, it becomes more and the campy psychedelic depression America and multiple continents, un- kle interesting and original textures Comstock and a giant mechanical more apparent throughout the story of Soundgarden and Chris Cornell able to commit the time to record and from highly distorted guitars and terror named Songbird. As you make that this is not Booker’s journey, but at least remain to elude a sense of finalize enough songs to release a full- drums, but all riffs can easily be found your way through Columbia’s float- Elizabeth’s and you are just along for wisdom, albeit it forcedly depraved. length album. in Suicidal’s back catalogue. ing islands, it’s difficult not to be -im the ride. The same can’t be said about So, here it is: the result of Suicidal’s Rather than hold out for a full- pressed with the scale and detail of BioShock Infinite’s mark is not Suicidal Tendencies’ poster boy decade of mystery. It is an abbrevia- length, 13-track disappointment, Muir its Americana-riddled environment made by the intense gun battles or Mike Muir. The once-aggres- tion of the band’s early tenacity, soft- and crew should have put out shorter, and design, as well as its multifaceted frantic exploration of Columbia’s mas- sively poetic and bitterly apoliti- ened by embarrassing influence from EP-length releases along the way to citizens. terfully designed cities and stages, but cal front man led the charge for their cheesy “melodic thrash” days in avoid building such large anticipa- As Booker heads into the city to by its complex narrative – from cri- heavy metal’s viability in 1983 as the mid-’90s tion for very little expansion on their free Elizabeth, he runs up against tiques of American democratic ide- the video for band’s initial single: Muir, aging at 50, cries out his now past efforts. Comstock’s soldiers and a rebellious als and personal liberty to populist “Institutionalized” received top air- tired, cliché aggression in a whiney- There is a decent four or five songs movement called the Vox Populi, movements and depiction of class un- play on MTV. but-rapid drawl, painfully reminis- on “13,” but they are easily missed by which speaks for Columbia’s subju- rest. The game is a well-written, and Early on, they had the beginning cent of his teenage voice. The guitars listeners unwittingly consumed by gated and oppressed citizens who are its story is engaging through a world of what many called an ingenious and rhythm section dredge listeners the sardonic, recirculation of an over- fighting for social and economic free- that suspends our sense of disbelief “cross-over” of punk and hard rock. through almost every overdone heavy weight reminder to grunge’s commer- dom from Comstock and Columbia’s and gives players an emotional expe- And subsequent releases would metal and punk rock pattern known cialized anger. racist “masters.” riences. find a band steeped in youthfully to man and child. The game mixes first-person Grade: A uncompromising social commen- In an attempt to appeal to the le- Grade: D+ shooter action, roleplaying elements Genre: First-Person Shooter tary further pushing the abrasive gions of early fans with a somewhat Genre: Hard Rock and the use of powers called “vigors,” Developer: Irrational Games boundaries of “cross-over thrash,” punk-infused semi-return-to-form, Label: Suicidal B6 April 15, 2013 SPOTLIGHT WASHTENAW VOICE

It’s the painting on the wall—and the lesson of a lifetime

professor Michael Naylor. “What we teach in the arts is what people (employers) are looking for,” Naylor said. Look at many of the top execu- tives of successful companies, he adds. Many of them have art degrees that taught them discipline, to practice MICHAEL J. HLYWA four to six hours a day, problem-solv- ing, creativity and passion. NATHAN CLARK THE WASHTENAW VOICE When I stop to ponder whether So why does our society contin- Malleable Expressions: ‘Blocks no. 6’ by Kate Silvio is displayed in Gallery One this month. art has played a significant role in my ue to relegate art classes to the snack education, I instantly recall my first shelf of our educational pantry? trip to the Detroit Institute of Arts English author and speaker Ken when I was 18. It was the first time I Robinson, in his 2006 TED talk, said, Growing appreciation for saw Diego Rivera’s massive “Detroit “My contention is that creativity now Industry” fresco cycle. is as important in education as liter- I spent most of my time on that acy, and we should treat it with the trip standing in that one hall sur- same status.” local emerging artists rounded by Rivera’s depictions of Indeed, my Spanish professor con- manufacturing and industry in the stantly reminds us that we can memo- By MICHAEL J. HLYWA “Then the other two pieces evolved “You become entrenched in who 1930’s. I was transfixed by it. I learned rize the lyrics to thousands of songs, Staff Writer from the idea of these engineered you are, and then all of a sudden more about life in Depression- and learning a language requires some seeds,” he continued. “So they’re like you’re nurturing,” Silvio explained. era Detroit from Rivera’s mural in of the same skills. Music can be a key to When a gallery director ad- a scifi-based what would happen if “So I think that those materials are those 30 minutes than in my hours learning to read in any language, while mits with a smile that an upcoming bioengineering got to the point where ill-equipped to be comforting, they’re throughout school spent listening simultaneously making the process show is one she will enjoy walking these things could construct them- ill-equipped to take care and to nur- to history teachers and reading text more interesting and engaging. through every day for the next month, selves, like self-growing structures. ture, and I think we all are as people books. But the institution of learning con- you know you’re in for a real treat. “They’re made in old-world con- ill-equipped (for parenthood). In my That experience perfectly cap- tinues to take an archaic stance on art That’s how Anne Rubin, director of struction techniques. So they’re made mind it’s trying to make those things tures the powerful role art plays in education. What you learn in school Gallery One, feels about the current using dying processes like riveting and work and become comforting and education. Unfortunately, it still as a child is predicated on getting into show “Emerging Artists: Michigan.” ironwork. They’re like futuristic seeds nurturing.” fails to quantify art’s practical im- college, which is paramount to suc- “I love it,” Rubin said. “Every piece from the past.” The show’s final artist, Rotz, of Ann portance. How does understanding cess in life. Unfortunately, the system is so strong, so beautiful, so unique. Rubin appreciates Terenzi’s crafts- Arbor, recently received his master of one moment in history help me earn is lopsided and also fails to reach ev- I’m really excited about it.” manship and his fusion of two distinct fine arts in photography from U-M. a living and be a productive member eryone, which is something Robinson The fourth and final installation, concepts. His collection of three large photo- of society? Therein lies the crux of believes must change. which opened on April 8 and runs “I’m really impressed with him,” graphs and three companion books, the problem. “And the consequence is that many through April 27, in Gallery One’s Rubin said. “He has taken what is basi- entitled “Kibbutz of Desire,” challeng- Then I think about some of the highly talented, brilliant, creative peo- “Emerging Artists” series takes a cally an industrial approach and made es people to take a fresh look at their personality traits that I have depend- ple think they’re not because the thing step back from a regional focus and it organic. He’s done a really outstand- surroundings, ignore the obvious and ed on throughout life. Persistence, they were good at in school wasn’t showcases the work of artists from ing job at weaving these two things find the hidden beauty. In other words, discipline, precision, creativity, flex- valued – or was actually stigmatized,” across Michigan. Like in the previous together.” recognize and remember why you took ibility – more than any technical skill Robinson said, “and I think we can’t installation, the artists featured have Like Terenzi, Silvio, the show’s root here, wherever your “here” is. or intellectual competence, these afford to go on that way.” something to say about life and use in- second artist, also completed her un- “I add the notion of accepting your traits have made me successful in It certainly seems that industry and teresting, various techniques to say it. dergraduate at CCS, but then went environment in its totality, includ- every endeavor. But where did I get commerce agree. Read any job posting When Rubin designed this year’s on to get her master’s degree from ing the negative attributes, physical them, and how did I perfect them? today and you’ll see that the list of de- gallery series, she had only one theme Cranbrook Academy of Art. Now she and otherwise, rather than fighting, I was socialized with these traits, sired skills is shorter and takes back- in mind: highlighting up-and-coming lives with her husband and 18-month- complaining, and ridiculing those obviously. I learned them from my seat to the list of required personality artists who live in, were educated in or old daughter in Grand Rapids and attributes, you accept them, while parents and other role models. But traits. Employers know that they can have something to say about Michigan. teaches sculpture and 3-D design at reimagining the space or redefining my parents also taught me how to train a worker how to operate their That the last show seemed to also have Kendall College of Art and Design. the space’s poetics, these elements balance a checkbook, and I remain software, but they can’t train out-of- a theme of employing found objects It’s evident in her older work that that provide identity, history, and abysmal at that task today. So so- the-box thinking or dedication. was a fortuitous coincidence. Silvio is also no stranger to organic personality,” Rotz wrote in his artist cialization merely introduced me That’s why Noonie Anderson, At a glance, the works in the show forms. Being a new mother, however, statement. to these traits. dance instructor, thinks that learn- seemingly have nothing in com- has narrowed her focus to the creation For Rubin, Rotz’s photographs are To get to my current level of pro- ing the creative process is critical. mon. Upon examination, however, and nurturing of life. strikingly grounded. ficiency, I had to practice. So how “One of the things your generation the show’s artists, Marco Terenzi, “I basically create my work in re- “You can really feel where he was did I do that? needs is to be creative,” Anderson said. Kate Silvio and James Rotz, all seem sponse to my life,” Silvio said. “The when he took these,” Rubin explained. Art. Creativity teaches you to adapt, to explore putting down roots, one body of work that I’m working on right “They do move you to the spot. And Singing in my fifth grade choir she explains, and being adaptable is more literally and the others more now is in response to being pregnant they’re all sufficiently familiar, so helped develop persistence. Playing necessary to survive in our rapidly- conceptually. and this huge transition into becom- that’s easy to do. And I think that’s the clarinet in sixth grade band in- changing world. Terenzi, an Oakland County ing a mother, which is a crazy thing. what it’s all about, finding yourself in stilled discipline. My high school “The days of holding a job for 30 resident and recent graduate from “So I’ve been working on this body the place you belong, dealing with the drafting classes demanded preci- years are gone.” Detroit’s College for Creative Studies, of work that revolves around the tra- fact that it’s never going to be perfect.” sion. My college architectural design That makes me wonder what definitely plays with botany, but in a dition of making quilts for a newborn But to really understand Rotz’s courses required creativity and inge- Rivera would paint today. I imagine his surprising way. Terenzi started out child. (I’m) just thinking about that concept, Rubin says you have to take nuity. And most recently, my writing mural of 21st century industry would by painstakingly crafting a seed bank tradition and the heart that goes into it, the time to read his handcrafted books. has necessitated flexibility in addi- probably have to be abstract. It would for a collection of his family’s gener- the work, the handcrafted feeling and “Just buzzing through is not going tion to all the rest. And all of those likely be less about the physical tools ations-old heirloom seeds, using an- my attempts at creating those things to do it,” Rubin said. traits also made me a better student that people use to do their jobs and tique tools and old-world techniques. out of rubber and steel.” In fact, that’s true of the entire in my other more academic classes. more about the characteristics they “All of the seeds these days are ge- Most wouldn’t think to use indus- exhibit. All of the artist’s pieces de- Without those opportunities to possess. netically modified,” Terenzi said. “It’s trial materials to convey the softness mand careful consideration. They explore and develop such character- One thing is certain, though, if just important to have these original of a quilt or the tenderness of a moth- have a lot to convey – more than istics, I wouldn’t have come nearly Rivera did paint 2013 on a wall, it seeds.” er, but Silvio says they’re the perfect can be said in a passing moment. as far as I have. And that’s also true would do more to educate the next From there, he started to explore means to represent the life-changing And that what gives Rubin reason to of countless success stories in our generation than all the history books the collision of nature and industry. role of parenthood. smile. society, according to performing arts of the world. WASHTENAW VOICE PLAY April 15, 2013 B7

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Celebrating Record Store Day and vinyl culture The Washtenaw Voice April 15, 2013 C1 Y Handle with care

wild visions and a powerful magnetic lust in Generations of humans have worshiped Music is one of the most sacred art-forms the collective imaginations of every American the album, but on Saturday, April 20, the U.S. we have as human beings. since its creation. and Europe will again celebrate the glory of It was used a as communication tool Silent movies, gin joints, jukeboxes, rock vinyl, as it has the past six years, with interna- before the creation of the spoken or written n’ roll, soda shops, sock hops, school recit- tional Record Store Day. word. It was considered divine and even als; protests and mass burnings, lava lamps, In honor of Record Store Day, here is our devilish – depending on the types of notes hanging out in basements; drug use, long hair, guide to what new limited edition pressings you played. The early Greek mathematicians guitar shops, head shops, concert posters, will be hitting stores on Saturday. Enjoy an ex- studied its complexities along with geometry and any musician who sat in front of a set amination of Record Store Day, as told by the and astronomy. of stereo speakers wide-eyed yelling “halle- workers from a few south eastern Michigan As music became recordable via Thomas lujah!” has the vinyl record to thank for the record shops, and a selection of feature stories Edison’s phonograph in 1877, its main medi- experience of sharing new sounds with the highlighting vinyl culture from Ann Arbor to um became the vinyl record, which has spun populace. Detroit and its suburbs.

CHARLES MANLEY THE WASHTENAW VOICE Many modern artists also release albums in vinyl format as the trend of collecting records becomes more popular.

C2 April 15, 2013 The Washtenaw Voice Record Store Day sucks Is vinyl’s biggest day scratchy, at best?

CHARLES MANLEY THE WASHTENAW VOICE

Albums like these and others will be up for grabs on international Record Store Day.

By BEN SOLIS saw attacking the institution of the indepen- “Some of the stuff you order doesn’t come For Zambo, a 35-year-old student of Henry Editor dent record store. in until the day before,” he said. “Last year Ford Community College who has worked at By partnering with the artists, record labels Matt (Underground Sounds’ owner) and I were Dearborn Music for three years, the charm of After six years of flooding local mom-and- and various independent shops around the up until 1:30 a.m. trying to get ready and were Record Store Day is seeing people get excited pop record stores with crates full of limited-re- country, Record Store Day could act as the foil still getting our special orders in on Saturday.” about vinyl again. For years, Dearborn music lease vinyl, free records and other goodies, against going-out-of-business signs and the Another issue Taam sees as an unintended has sold record players and starter kits with- international Record Store Day has given most ever-malignant Internet download. byproduct of Record Store Day is the buying out much success. The main reason, Zambo music shops an annual rallying cry. And just how exactly does Record Store and reselling or the marking up of the limited said, was that most people didn’t know how “It’s like people filling a church on Christ- Day counteract those non-corporeal sin- edition vinyl releases – a cheapening of a day to use them. mas and Easter all at once,” said Altan Zambo gle-downloads? The labels create and push that already bugs him. “They’d take it home and try to hook it of Dearborn Music. limited edition pressings of new material from “It’s just a bummer that immediately takes up to their desktop systems and of course it For those like Zambo, the day dedicated to new artists, or re-release rare or precious advantage of exclusive material,” he said. wouldn’t work,” he said with a laugh. “You’re the long-play album reminds them of a sim- back-catalogs of old classics from the likes of “The stores that buy the pressings and then going to need more power than that.” pler time when record stores were always full. Pink Floyd, or Paul McCartney and Wings. do a high mark-up are already making great Now, Dearborn Music can’t keep a record However, a few local shops say that the burst The idea paid off, and each year on the money. The original mark-up is decent as it is. player on its shelves for more than four days. in popularity isn’t all it’s scratched up to be. third Saturday in April – this year on April It just rubs me the wrong way.” Addressing all the negativity toward “Record Store Day is by far our busiest 20 – patrons from varying generations swarm Kerr, who has owned Wazoo on 3336 S. Record Store Day from his Ann Arbor brethren, day of the year, and financially it’s our best their hometown shops, with some even driving State St. since 1996, said that customer resell- Zambo just doesn’t understand the mentality. day, but it can be hectic and tension-filled,” across state lines, to get their hands on those ing of limited pressings is always a possibility. “No one’s making them participate,” he said John Kerr, owner of Wazoo Records in elusive collector’s items. “The people that are first in line on Satur- said. “If they don’t like it, why are they? They downtown Ann Arbor. “It’s like taking finals. But even with such lofty goals, local shops day are usually people I’ve never seen before could just be fishing instead. It’s always good You have all these lists of records you have say that this day of worship is often heavily or will never see again,” said Kerr, 58. “They to see that many people in a record store on to choose from, you have to ask if you can disorganized and caters only to corporate could be collectors looking for something rare a Saturday morning, especially with indepen- afford to bring them in or not. The items aren’t labels. to say they have, but a lot of them could be dent stores declining. returnable if they’re not right. “Most of the indie record labels don’t take reselling albums. I don’t ask questions, but I’ve “It’s not as big of a headache as others “There’s a feeling of elation when it’s over. part in Record Store Day,” said Alex Taam, who seen well-known dealers first in line.” make it out to be.” There’s some real relief there.” works at Underground Sounds, located down- In Kerr’s experience – he started working Back at Wazoo, Will Lovick, an employee Occurring nationally around the U.S., town at 255 E. Liberty St. “Sub Pop and others at Wazoo in 1978 – he’s seen Record Store of the shop, said that what he does like about Canada and in European countries such as the like them tend not do it because most of the Day grow from nothing to the big bluster that Record Store Day is the feeling of nostalgia U.K., France and Germany, the annual Record participants are big labels. Those big labels are is now. that only a long-time music-shop rat can Store Day started as a hearty “piss off” to good at their jobs, but the whole thing feels Outside of the cozy confines of Ann Arbor, muster. big-chain music sellers and stores that were co-opted by the larger labels in a way.” Record Store Day is not looked upon with such “Every Record Store Day reminds me of moving away from physical locations to the Taam, 28, from Ann Arbor, has worked at bitter eyes. how record stores used to be – with people Web. Founded by a small group of men and Underground Sounds since it opened 10 years At Dearborn Music located in downtown standing around new releases just hanging women in 2007, the idea was for record stores ago and can recall the headaches of planning Dearborn at 22501 Michigan Ave., the day is out and talking about music,” Lovick said. to ban together and fight the machine they for each Record Store Day. all of the celebration it is hyped up as. “That used to be the best part about it.”

The Washtenaw Voice April 15, 2013 C3 By NATALIE WRIGHT “So, we settled on kind of a Europe- Coffee” was playing overhead. resident of Ypsilanti who frequents Café Ollie. Staff Writer an-style café,” Mark said. “It’s a place where Last year, the Teachouts decided to take “I grew up listening to my parents’ re- you can get coffee and espresso, but also beer the music element a little bit further. They cords, but I haven’t really thought about them One night in Melbourne, Australia in the and wine.” joined up with Cousin’s Vinyl, a record store since I was a kid,” she said. “It was like a nice mid-1960s, an old drunk named Burgess Oliver He also knew that he wanted music to in Plymouth, to sell some of their inventory in little nod to the past when I saw them.” jumped into an ill-matched bar fight and be a big element of the business. They were Café Ollie. The only people who seem to find it com- saved a man’s life. going to have a couple of performances every Though Teachout says this arrangement monplace to still listen to and sell records are After declining the man’s request to buy month, but when it came time to discuss the will be ending soon, he still plans to sell vinyl those in their 20s and 30s, Teachout said. him a drink, Oliver suggested that if the man music they would play overhead during the in the café. And that is the kind of crowd Café Ollie is felt he had a debt to pay, there was another day, the Teachouts realized that they only had “I’m just going to put more of my own likely to attract with its new bar and dinner way he could pay it. one option. records out and buy more new ones to sell,” menu this spring. Name your first-born son after me, he said. “Between us, and everyone who was here he said. The new menu will focus on pairing dinner Decades later, the man whose mother re- helping us open, no one owned a CD player, All of the records for sale sit in crates right food with their selection of mostly local beers fused to name him Burgess Oliver, named his but everyone offered to bring a record player,” by the front door. As customers walk in and and wines. restaurant Café Ollie in honor of his father’s Mark said. “So it just happened very naturally. see them, they are often shocked, though for “We want this to be more of a hangout savior. We spin vinyl because that’s what we all like different reasons. at night, even when we’re not doing shows,” Mark Teachout, 39, and his wife Danielle to listen to. “The older crowd always say either, ‘I Teachout said. “We want it to be somewhere opened Café Ollie almost three years ago after “I’ve been collecting records since I was didn’t know people still made these!’ or ‘Why people can come on a date or come have a moving to Ypsilanti from Flint. growing up in the ’70s. I just never really do you have these?’ and the much younger drink, but it still feels like a coffee shop with- The café, nestled in historic Depot Town, is switched over. I always liked records better crowd, like teenagers have absolutely no out the loud, annoying bar atmosphere.” a result of the couple’s combined visions. Dan- than tapes or CD’s. And I never got into digital concept of what they are. More than once I’ve But if Café Ollie can’t keep out the rowdi- ielle had been in the restaurant business for a music.” heard someone say something like, ‘Why is ness of the night crowd, and Teachout has to while and wanted to open a coffee shop. Mark Customers in the café can expect to hear a this CD so big?’” Teachout recalled. break up a bar fight or two, perhaps he will wanted to include some different elements to lot of local music and also a lot of Bob Dylan, “I was pleasantly surprised when I saw the have the chance to tell someone: “Name your make the place more unique. Teachout said as Dylan’s “One More Cup of records in front,” said Malaika Pickell, 39, a first-born son after me.”

NATHAN CLARK THE WASHTENAW VOICE Café Ollie owner Mark Teachout serves up his customers scoops of ice cream as old records fill the shop with song.

C4 April 15, 2013 The Washtenaw Voice By BEN SOLIS Editor

When Geoff Anderson and Justin Meyers graduated college in 2002, they had no idea where to go with their lives, but they knew they had a passion for used vinyl records. “Justin had these boxes of 45s he had lying around and I had just been to a garage sale and bought a bunch of records,” said Anderson, one of the co-founders of Cousin’s Vinyl, reminiscent of the store’s humble begin- nings. “We opened up a shop on eBay and just started selling them.” With the small amount of money that they received from the short-sales, the duo would go out and buy more records, repeating the process and building a hefty collection. A year later, after coming across an old Northern Soul imprint, Anderson and Meyers inadvertently Distant relatives found a black goldmine. “We found out that it was worth nearly $100, and after the auction ran its course the Cousin’s Vinyl takes back seat at Café Ollie 45 sold for $1,700,” Anderson said. With that payday, and an extra dose of vinyl-junkie pride, the two Ypsilanti men quit their jobs, bought warehouse space off of Eck- les Road in Plymouth, and, of course, bought more records. For ten years the warehouse store, which consisted of two large rooms filled with noth- ing but crates of rare long-play albums and 45s, sustained the two relatives. It paid their bills, fed their families, and for a long time put them in the ranking as the third highest vinyl sellers on eBay. “We were known for having upwards near 20,000 albums for sale online,” Anderson said, touting the glory days of Cousin’s. “At one point we sold a total of 500,000 records in the online store.” But alas, those numbers could not be sus- tained, and with families and other expenses coming out of nowhere – as they often do – the cousins had to downsize and eventually close up shop. “I had to go back to school and get my de- gree, so Justin ran the store part-time, but then he had a son and it had to end,” said Ander- son, 33, who now teaches special education in the Ann Arbor school district. While Anderson and Meyers always had the online store to keep their labor of love go- ing, fortune smiled upon a physical store front once more, this time in the form of Café Ollie, a local vegan eatery and ice cream shop. During a “Halcyon Sundaze” event that the

NATHAN CLARK THE WASHTENAW VOICE cousins attend regularly at the Corner Brewery, Stacks of Cousin’s Vinyl on sale now at Café Ollie. COUSIN CONTINUED C11

The Washtenaw Voice April 15, 2013 C5 Punks on vinyl A camera looks at a music industry on life support Vinyl Video To see Saoud’s documentary, visit The Voice online at http://washt- enawvoice.com

Bands like Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead have been doing free or name your price online releases for years. JAMES SAOUD While the Internet has helped boost the Detroit punkers going to work. industry in a lot of ways, it’s also its biggest “We are no longer the minute-and-a-half competitor. People steal music. This is a fact. Aggro Or Die! discuss punk band that Aggro of Die! was, with that The music industry is destroying itself Digital music has exploded in the past 10 7-inch,” said bass player Dan Bruce, 35. from the inside out. years, making it the most common format in ‘hardcore’ on wax Because of songs like “Escape the Suicide As a global industry, music blew up in how people listen to new music. Season,” which is 7 ½ minutes long, it is hard the 1940s and 1950s and has continued to However, this also leads to a lot of music to fit the entire album on vinyl and keep it over-expand and over-develop itself up until piracy. While the Recording Industry Associa- By TOM LEE affordable to produce. the past decade. tion of America has made some very desperate Web Editor What it comes down to for most bands is With the introduction of the Internet, a examples of people it has caught in the act, to get their music to the masses, and for that threat has been made to media of all kinds people continue to steal music. Punk rock has always gone against the there are many services like iTunes, Pandora – books, newsprint, radio and cinema. But I had a very open opinion on music piracy grain of what the industry is doing. Go to any and Spotify. the music industry was hit harder and faster before making my documentary: Who cares? local punk rock show and on every merchan- Musicians don’t have to like it. than any other medium. After talking with the people it affected the dise table you will find bands selling music the “What I think is kind of sad is like, because Last semester, with my dSLR camera most, however, I found an answer to my way it was meant to be heard – on vinyl. the immediate availability of music and the and a crew of made of up of digital video question. No band personifies that more than Aggro Internet and downloads and this and that,” production students from Washtenaw Com- With the vast numbers of music piracy or Die!, a local trash punk band from Detroit. said lead guitarist Damien Gorecki, 32. “That’s munity College, I set out to make a docu- growing on a daily basis, something else In the fall of 2007, band members put their actually kind of devalued music in a way mentary on the state of the American music has occurred in the music industry that has money where their hearts (and ears) are and where it is more used to sell shit now and be industry. The idea was to interview a slew of stunned insiders everywhere: a massive pressed 500 copies of their debut “Coming background noise than it is for people actually independent musicians, record store owners, increase in vinyl record sales. In 2005, vinyl Out Alive,” selling it at their shows. to get into and invest time and emotion in it. and music journalists. What I anticipated record sales were at roughly 860,000 per year. “Vinyl is tangible, you can hold it,” said “Having a CD or vinyl record, something to capture was a big middle finger to “the Jumping forward to 2012, vinyl record lead singer, Jim Dixon, 37. “There’s just some- that actually really expresses a lot of what man,” a “(expletive) you” to the physical sales have skyrocketed to 4.5 million per year. thing to be said about little grooves on a piece that band is all about and what they are trying media craze that built the industry. What I Compare that to CD sales: 600 million sales in of wax that causes a needle to vibrate into a to say through visual art as well as music, is discovered was something much more trag- 2005, but dropping to 194 million this year. tunnel that creates that sound you hear.” more important now than ever because music ic. I had grazed the surface of an industry on When I brought this up to my interview Dixon knew it was a big gamble for the is so bastardized by just everything.” life support. subjects, they all agreed that vinyl records not band, but growing up he recalled always More important, Dixon said, is that vinyl is With modern advances in the technical only sound better, but they also reflect a more listening to his favorite bands on vinyl and permanent side of recording and releasing music, mon- personal connection to the music. Having a because of that, he said, “I always wanted to “Music lives on forever,” he said, “through ey is no longer a factor. Nearly anyone with vinyl record that you love is something you hear my band on vinyl.” a single musical bone in their body has the can keep and pass down from generation to Vinyl give’s musicians another outlet to vinyl.” ability to record themselves on a profession- generation. As long as people love music, the express their music through artwork and To see Aggro or Die! al-sounding level. vinyl-record format will stand its ground. liner notes, said Dixon, who also did all of the When talking to independent musicians, While the music industry continues to artwork on “Coming Out Alive.” He felt that WHEN: May 3, doors open at 9 p.m. the general consensus I found was that they wither away, there are certain events that with digital releases that attention to detail WHERE: Simon’s After Dark, 4936 Allen no longer need money from the industry to breathe life into it. For me “Record Store Day” was lost in translation. Road, Allen Park , Mich. do what they need to do. They can write, acts as an encore for the radical show that the When Aggro or Die! went to start the To hear Aggro or Die! record and distribute from their own base- American music industry was – a chance to recording of its new album, “Summer Dies,” ments. All they need is a laptop and decent stick around and hear a couple more songs. it was going to be a six-song 7-inch vinyl. But To purchase a copy of “Coming Out Alive” Internet connection. While music will live on forever, the indus- when band members realized how limited it on vinyl, visit: http://overdoseonrecords/ It’s not just independent musicians try that fed off of it for nearly a century will go was to song lengths, they knew it was not store. For a digital copy, visit iTunes taking advantage of this new format either. hungry. C6 April 15, 2013 The Washtenaw Voice A camera looks at a music industry on life support

Some stores take great measures to keep their records safe.

Photos by CHARLES MANLEY Words by BEN SOLIS few dollars to his or her name. At the record store, an audiophile found refuge in new releases and Independent Record Stores are holding the comfort of old favorites. In finding that one rare 45 single, a collec- the line against corporate, mainstream music tor could become the king of his domain, if only temporarily, before the outlets and the radio machine that feeds next obscure item happened up his way. them. Staffed by know-it-alls, aficionados and Capturing the essence of finding new gems and digging around for music junkies a plenty, the independent store hours, these picture tell the story of life inside a record shop – of time Patrons at Encore records browse the stacks of used CDs and vinyl was once the safe haven for any head with a spent searching for the next great sound. records.

Crates of records categorized by genre at Wazoo Records. The Kiwanis thrift sale held every Saturday in Ann Arbor draws vinyl enthusiasts.

The Washtenaw Voice April 15, 2013 C7 Fighting hunger with ‘Comfort Food’ Local club promoters serve up eclectic beats, social solutions. But will the girls bite on this musical buffet?

BEN SOLIS THE WASHTENAW VOICE Underground sounds are spun on alternating Tuesdays at Ferndale’s Grass- hopper Underground.

By BEN SOLIS Quickly, the triumvirate, who had a hand in marketing plan. ing but producers and promoters just standing Editor various club promotions with larger compa- And in honor of the guilty pleasures they there,” Winters said. “We thought, ‘the style nies like React Detroit, got inspired to offer wanted to play for the nearly 100 people who we’re pushing is primarily a male dominat- FERNDALE – Between Motown Records something more than the normal club date would eventually become their regulars, the ed-sound,’ because it is so futuristic. and Detroit techno, residents of southeast could – eclectic beats that no one was playing, group settled on a name that reflected their “What we thought was, ‘what do girls Michigan have gotten used to heaping por- with a diverse mix of DJs doing several genres mission – Comfort Food. like?’ They like comfort food – they like things tions of well-cooked musical fare. in one sitting, much like the UK record label Founded by Corbin, Winters and Miller – that make them feel good.” But in recent years, a few of the region’s Ninja Tunes, their role models. who is affectionately referred to as “Goat” – By throwing a party that introduces resident curators of sonic cuisine have noticed “For me personally, I look up to people like Comfort Food has been steadily growing into mainstream club-goers to lesser-known tracks their people starving. Ninja Tunes for the fact that they can put out the spot for live music on alternating Tuesdays. and artists, the Comfort Food crew is trying to “We’d go to all these shows around town these mixes that go wherever the hell they Since its launch in late February, the gig build an institution of its own one show at a that would be these jump up, quick grati- want,” said Corbin, 30, from Detroit. “I like the has been getting more attention, a larger time. fication types of sounds. We would have a idea of creating a night where we can have audience, headliners that approach them Yet the Grasshopper’s management need- good time and our family was all there, but something like that, that’s like break-beat hip- for lead time slots and interested looks from ed a bit of convincing before it would give the what would happen is we’d come home and hop, and do Drum & Bass stuff, and go into newspapers like The Detroit Free Press. And keys to hip-hop triad, even on a bare-bones throw on Ninja Tune beats or Drum & Bass house.” by partnering with Ravers Against World Star- Tuesday night. and wonder ‘why aren’t we hearing this the But if these entry-level bass-heads were vation, a charity organization that runs local “The Grasshopper Underground is ex- whole time?’” said TJ Winters, a 28-year-old going to start something that could seriously food drives at DJ shows, Comfort Food can do clusively a deep house, techno venue in the beat-junkie and music promoter from Ferndale. rival the slew of gigs going on around Metro a bit more than feed people’s ears. city, so when we first starting talking to them His friend Steven Miller knew it wasn’t Detroit, they’d have to get organized. The added bonus – it’s absolutely free. we said the word hip-hop and they kind of because of any shortage of local clubs – on They called up all their local “chef” friends, For the creators of Comfort Food, the ulti- cringed away,” said Miller, 29, from Ferndale. any given night, promoters in Detroit and its the DJs they knew and loved, but also the mate goal was to hold a weekday party that “(The owner) had us make him a tape and outliers are throwing every kind of DJ show ones they grew up with. They found a prime was inherently futuristic and funky, but with basically said ‘no live emcees.’ imaginable. Their partner Jyarsch Corbin knew spot to open up their bi-monthly musical enough panache to attract the more striking “He hit us back the next day and said he it wasn’t due to a lack of well-rounded deni- food stand, Ferndale’s infamous Grasshopper members of the female club-going persuasion loved every (track).” zens with complicated palates. Underground, which caters to live electronic – the ones who typically wouldn’t get off on Corbin said the owner’s turnaround was In the trio’s opinion, what the area was music headliners on daily basis. break-beats. fitting with the group’s mission at hand: missing was a big plate of musical comfort Using graphic pop art depicting a simpler “The whole concept was, ‘how do we get changing people’s minds about the music they food. Something different that fans of under- time of beautiful women cooking slow-roast- girls out to these parties?’ I’ve been to all are ingesting. ground sounds could sink their teeth into. ed, home prepared meals, they had a sexy these future hip-hop shows and it’s like noth- “It’s so hard to categorize these things,

C8 April 15, 2013 The Washtenaw Voice JOSH HOPE COURTESY PHOTO BEN SOLIS THE WASHTENAW VOICE JOSH HOPE COURTESY PHOTO Frank Raines, the mastermind behind Mo- Comfort Food patrons enjoying a fresh tor City Funk Night, picks rare 45s for play. T3 of Slum Village spins vinyl in one of his first DJ sets. serving of hot beats.

and everything is so thrown into a box these By sticking with local cats, even in the music, but also to offer great variety so we “I carried records,” he said. “And a lot of days,” he said. “Half the time it doesn’t even case of their headliner choices, Comfort Food wouldn’t get bored. people don’t remember carrying records and belong there. can grow on a grass-roots field, as opposed “It’s been nice because we only get elec- crates. That can kill you! Now I have all my “Instead of trying to categorize it, I’d love to doing a one off production, that may flop, tronic with it on one side of the month, the vinyl that I have converted onto laptops. I am to say, ‘we’re going to bring good music.’ I Winters said. other side we keep it real soulful, so you have not upset with that. I’m still technically on think it’s what (CF has) developed into.” As the three are setting up, Corbin dishes a little something for everybody.” vinyl.” on what it is like learning a new craft, much The focus on soulful tunes is what gets But rocking those old sounds is what Down in the underground – and like college students do when they’re planning patrons in the door. And since some of these beat-junkies live for, and for T3, are vital to the deep in the groove out their future careers. old-school tracks are predominantly a part of recipe of a Comfort Food show. “The No. 1 thing I’ve learned is how to vinyl culture, patrons enjoy Comfort Food’s “The recipe for a good Comfort Food show: On March 19, the habitually hopping hook up someone’s audio,” he said. “That was leaning toward mixing records – even if those the cuisine has a lot of fat on it, it tastes good; downtown area of Ferndale is like a ghost always a weird thing, and whenever people records have been burned onto the artists’ it’s been fried in grease,” said the emcee. “It’s town compared to laptops. been tested and tried, and you know it works. its weekends. The “I look at like That’s comfort food, and that’s the same thing few people walking “Every little bit helps. Partnering with there are two differ- with music. You know it’s bad for you, but you down the Grasshop- ent arts: vinyl is an love it so much. It’s all of that.” per Underground’s (Ravers Against World Starvation) is a way art in its own right, stretch of Woodward just as far as what Comfort Food for the homeless Avenue are those to contribute to the city that has been so the technology is,” and funky looking for a quick Miller said. “But on bite to eat or a place damn good to us over the years.” – Corbin the other hand, using As the ternion opens the club two weeks to get out of the laptops is a different later on April 2, Comfort Food expands on its cold. art and they are work in the community. On most Fridays, different tools. You Tonight will be the first time that the the city’s many parking spots would have been rattled off, ‘oh um DJM 600,’ I had no idea learn them in different ways. Any of us should collective has partnered with Ravers Against deluged, but tonight they are barren. Around what the (expletive) was going on. So every have the respect for both.” World Starvation, the charity organization that 9 p.m., cars begin to fill the lot designated for time it’s happening, I’m looking at the mixer The reasoning for using vinyl controllers as they feel most at home with. the Grasshopper, and the party is underway. now. (Thunder St. Clair) just hit me up and opposed to tangible records? The artists like RAWS, which was founded in 2011, col- Tonight is a special night for Comfort Food. asked me what kind of mixer I had, and I said, avoiding the pains associated with carrying lects canned food at DJ shows with the intent Its first big headliner is playing this round, T3, ‘man I actually know this shit and I didn’t crates upon crates of vital vinyl. of giving the parcels collected to Detroit’s a Detroit emcee known for his work with the have to call TJ!’ It’s beautiful.” “I was taught by vinyl DJs. The whole tradi- less fortunate. If a patron brings any canned ground-breaking hip-hop group Slum Village. For Orozco, who played at the opening gig tion is really stuck in me, so you’ll always see food item to a show where RAWS is working, Slum Village was the avenue that the in February, Tuesday nights at the Grasshop- me playing with vinyl control records.” Orozco RAWS will give that person two free glow- late producer J Dilla used to start his career, per work so well – and not just because he’s said, “The laptop thing has to do with carrying stick bracelets – a small reward for helping and Comfort Food is the place where T3 playing them, either. a 45 pound crate. Five pounds versus 45 is just them get down. will branch out into playing the DJ like his “We felt like there was a gap, and we easier on the back and easier on everything. Local sponsors backing RAWS include deceased and honored friend. Others on the weren’t getting what we wanted from every It expands because you can only fit about Burst Radio, club promotions company Night lineup included Thunder St. Clair from Ohio party,” said Orozco, 30, from Detroit. “We 100 records inside of your crate. Having a full Sneak, BioTECH Productions and many more. and R.C.U., one of Corbin’s long-time friends wanted a place where we could come in here library off your laptop is pretty killer.” COMFORT Tommy Orozco. and play intelligence-based music, adult-based T3 concurs. CONTINUED C11

The Washtenaw Voice April 15, 2013 C9 A maze of vinyl selections at Wazoo in downtown Ann Arbor.

Wazoo employee Will Lovick sits behind the counter surrounded by vinyl re- Customers browse the stacks at Wazoo Records. cords and other music paraphernalia.

A vintange radio-phonograph combination set, priced for far less then it is worth. C10 April 15, 2013 The Washtenaw Voice COUSIN FROM C5 a beer tasting and DJ gig in celebration of the brewery’s seasonal offerings, Anderson met Mark Teachout, Café Ollie’s owner. Over beers and while perusing through boxes of records that Anderson had brought to sell, Teachout and Cousin’s owner worked out a deal to sell the vinyl wholesale at Café Ollie. With the shop’s vinyl heavy-theme – all of the coasters are made from melted 45s and its menus are pasted to the back of old albums – Café Ollie was the perfect spot to carry on Cousin’s lost storefront. “We already sell records, primarily those CHARLES MANLEY THE WASHTENAW VOICE from just Ypsilanti artists, so having their Rare records like these are what give independent record stores their charm. collection here is an extension of that,” said Teachout, 39, of Ypsilanti. Aside from adding to his restaurant’s COMFORT FROM C9 branding, Teachout said he enjoys the collec- tion because of the variety and rarities that Aside from offering canned goods, the might turn up. group holds events that act as makeshift “The records we sell, and the ones they food kitchens, where the city’s homeless give us, are definitely ‘digger’ records,” he can enjoy a hot meal and a fat beat. The said. “It’s the kind of collection where you’re events are aptly called “Beat While You not looking specifically for one thing, but you Eat.” find that one gem.” Corbin now looks at Comfort Food as While the “new” store is more of a way more than just a way to get girls to parties, just to offer Anderson and Teachout’s home- but also as a means for social change town more options when buying music, long- through having a good time. Adding the time Cousin’s Vinyl customer Ashley Kersh RAWS name to the lineup fulfills him, like a can’t help but miss her local shop that she felt good beat spinning on through the night. only she knew about. “Every little bit helps. Partnering with “When I was shopping in that place alone, (RAWS) is a way to contribute to the city it felt like it was my record store,” said Kersh, that has been so damn good to us over the a 24-year-old student at Eastern Michigan years,” he said. University. The Eckles Road location was However much Comfort Food does for minutes from her apartment in Plymouth back the community, or how many people it when she visited the store in 2007. “I’d go serves hot plates of fresh sounds to, the there and find different albums that matched focus will always remain on the people my mood and play them depending on how I who make it worthwhile – his friends, and was feeling. the ladies. “If someone else was there, I’d wait until “I was getting down on the dance floor they’d leave so it was just me in the room with with an adorable little chica, and I took all this vinyl. It was kind of my secret escape.” a look back by the speakers and saw all Anderson said he appreciates those who these people that I care about – just seeing used to visit the old shop, and hopes that the all these smiles on their faces, or shak- Café Ollie store can bring back those kinds of ing their asses or deep in conversation,” feelings. Corbin said. “I had some part in facilitating “It’s different. It was super meaningful all of this. It’s just mind-blowing to me. It’s back then,” Anderson said. “We’ve definitely kind of like when you’re riding on a road scaled back but now it’s just for fun instead of trip with a homie and you put on a CD money.” with some stuff they’ve never heard. CHARLES MANLEY THE WASHTENAW VOICE “That feeling is unmatched.” It puts the vinyl on the player. It does what it’s told.

The Washtenaw Voice April 15, 2013 C11 Liner Notes Random notes from The Voice’s Record Store Day interviews

Guilty Pleasures WCBN’s Jerry Mack traces Muddy’s influences At Comfort Food, playing obscure tunes is the name of the game. But some songs are just Jerry Mack has been a member of 88.3 WCBN-FM, the University of Michigan’s stu- too weird for their own good. Here are the albums and tracks the promoters and DJs wish they dent-run radio station, since the late ’70s. In that time, he’s gotten cozy with the station’s could play but can’t. large collection of classic vinyl records. On April 4, Mack – who runs the “Nothing But The Blues” program – sat down with “Thrice’s ‘Water’ album — I’d love to hear Voice reporters to talk about the influence of Muddy Waters – April 4 was Waters’ birthday. that played in a club and never will. It’s one of Here are his picks for his favorite Muddy Waters album and the four artists and albums that the most electronically produced albums ever.” this historian of the blues thinks had the most impact on his creative career. — TJ Winters

Jerry Mack’s Favorite Muddy Waters album: “Muddy Waters – Folk Singer”

“Speeches by Malcolm X or Martin Luther King Jr., but I’d get taken down.” — Jyrasch Corbin Notable influences:

Big Bill Broonzy – “Good Time Tonight”

“Johnny Cash or Merl Haggard. They prob- ably wouldn’t support that very much but I could listen to four hours of that on the road.” — Steve Miller

Mississippi Sheiks – “Stop and Listen”

“A track called Chemistry by Technical Itch, it’s a beautiful track but it’s just a little too tough for the venue. It’s really hard and heavy. But the track is so well put together. It Josh White Sr. – talks about evolution and chemistry.” “The Beginning” — Thomas Orozco

“Trinidad James, ‘Everything Gold.’ Gold is all up in my watch. I don’t have it in my watch, but that song.” Memphis Minnie – — T3 of Slum Village “I Ain’t No Bad Girl”

C12 April 15, 2013 The Washtenaw Voice Charting the influence of Eno Music production’s great ambient innovator gets the Kevin Bacon treatment

full of reel-to-reel tape machines and synthe- When Coldplay needed a healthy dose of be a relatively easy task. sizers – the offbeat and always avant-garde adrenaline, it was the wizard who returned to In honor of Record Store Day, here is a music producer Brian Eno. give them wings on “Viva La Vida.” little game I like to call “The Six Degrees of To some, he was like a wizard in a fantasy But Eno just didn’t produce pop albums. Enosification,” loosely-based of off the old novel, conjuring up unheard of treatments to In fact, the majority of his work remains Kevin Bacon Connector – a similar game that recorded pieces of music with a few twists jarringly complex and abrasive, from his early tries to prove everyone and anyone can be and turns of various knobs and oscillators. work with ’70s glam-rock outfit Roxy Music, connected in some way to actor Kevin Bacon. BEN SOLIS Pop superstar David Bowie called upon to the strange soundscape ambient work he Here are the rules: this mage when he wanted to get his life pioneered in practically the same era. Pick one person and, in only six moves, try For decades, artists that sought to take together – in return, the magician helped him No matter where you turn, you can always and find a connection to Brian Eno (or Kevin their recording sessions to new intellectual make what many argue were his most creative find a Brian Eno connection, and if you obsess Bacon if you want to be a dick about it). The and creative heights called upon one unapolo- three albums back-to-back, a holy trinity of about the man’s catalog like most heads do – connecting pieces can be people or things, but getically anomalous man and his control room new-wave music. me included – finding those connections can you have to fulfill all six moves.

The most recent Bale played an Each of the Ter- Schwarzeneg- The film’s sequel, Jones’ 2008 Batman was adult cyborg minator movies ger’s first big ‘Conan the De- album ‘Hurri- played by Chris- destroyer John was a major ve- film debut was in stroyer,’ starred cane’ features tian Bale. Connor in hicle for Arnold 1982’s ‘Conan the the androgynous production work ‘Terminator: Schwarzenegger. Barbarian.’ singer and actress by Eno. The Batman Salvation.’ Grace Jones.

Belushi’s big SNL thrives Thompson got One of Nick- ‘Rugrats’ was Devo’s first break came in today with his big break on elodeon’s oddly scored by album, ‘Q: Are the form of the many talented Nickelodeon’s early showcase musician Mark We Not Men? A: fledgling ‘Satur- actors, among SNL-like sketch programs was Mothersbaugh, We Are Devo!’ day Night Live’ them is Kennan show, ‘All That.’ the cartoon of new-wave was produced John Belushi in 1975. Thompson. ‘Rugrats.’ group Devo. by Eno.

Gooding Jr.’s Gooding stared Girl group DC’s Beyonce Proving Jay’s ‘Lost’ is featured lesser-known in the late ’90s Destiny’s Child Knowles, is mar- versatility he on the Viva La brother is television show guest starred in ried to dynamo rapped on a Vida album, actor and rapper “Smart Guy.” one episode of rapper Jay-Z. remixed version which was pro- Omar Gooding. ‘Smart Guy.’ of Coldplay’s duced by Eno. Cuba Gooding Jr. ‘Lost.’

The Disney cor- Pixar was Actor Tim Allen Tim Allen was Peter Gabriel Eno helped pro- poration bought responsible for played character the lead in ‘Jun- originally sang duce Genesis’ 3D animation animating the Buzz Lightyear gle 2 Jungle,’ lead vocals in ‘The Lamb Lies studio Pixar in lucrative Toy in the films. which featured (a less shitty) Down on Broad- 2006. Story franchise. a Peter Gabriel Genesis before way.’ song. Phil Collins. Walt Disney

Hefner’s Playboy Limp Bizkit Durst performed Korn is known Skrillex helped Dubstep produc- Mansion is front-man Fred vocals on ‘All in for notoriously to commercial- er James Blake’s an infamous Durst was a the Family’ with bad mash-ups, ize (bastardize) new album hangout for out notorious guest fellow nu-metal like 2011’s ‘Get the popular UK features Eno on of control rock during the minions Korn. Up!’ featuring trend of dubstep the track ‘Digital stars. nu-metal rise. Skrillex. music. Lion.’ Hugh Hefner

Lewis spent his The Ravens were Harbaugh and Ann Arbor Pop’s first al- David Bowie’s entire football led to Super his brother Jim was also the bum, ‘The Idiot,’ ‘Berlin Trilogy’ career playing Bowl XLVII by grew up in Ann early stomping was half-written albums were for the Balti- coach John Arbor grounds of and produced by produced and more Ravens. Harbaugh. Stooges front- David Bowie. half-written by Ray Lewis man Iggy Pop. Eno. The Washtenaw Voice April 15, 2013 C13 THE

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