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LSA junior Mason Van Gieson and LSA senior Angel Antoun perform in “Out of Silence” Friday night at the Mendelssohn Theater.
Theater group aims to humanize abortion through performance “Out of Silence” compiled submissions from over 400 women on their experiences EMILY MIILLER Daily Staff Reporter
The cast of “Out of Silence,” an episodic theatre performance consisting of students and alumni, reenacted a variety of adapted stories about women deciding to have an abortion in Mendellson Theater on Friday. Brittany Batell, a dual master’s student in the Schools of Social Work and Public Health, organized the performance in conjunction with her internship this
summer with the nonprofit Michigan Organization on Adolescent Sexual Health. Batell said she selected this project to concentrate on over the summer because the theatrical aspect of “Out of Silence” resonated with her. “I just really felt an affinity with the idea of doing public health work through creative expression and trying to help innovate health communications that way,” she said. The performance, she added, aimed to humanize an issue that is often submerged in
political discourse. “We hear all the time about the politics of this, we hear about different definitions of personhood and we hear about statistics, and those really don’t resonate in the same way that people’s stories do because you can’t argue with that; you can’t argue with someone’s real experience,” she said. The 1 in 3 Campaign, a national project of Advocates for Youth that aims to spark conversation about abortion, created the script of “Out of Silence” from submissions from more than 400 women
During the leadup to the presidential election, The Michigan Daily is polling students about campaign issues every two weeks. This is the first iteration of the survey. This week, the survey was sent to 1,000 University of Michigan students and received 154 responses over a
period of four days. The sample was chosen randomly from University undergraduates and reported in the aggregate. When asked whom they would vote for if the election were today, given the two main party candidates, respondents overwhelmingly favored Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton over Republican nominee Donald Trump by a margin of 80 percent to 9 See POLL, Page 3A
concerning their experiences with abortion. They then had playwrights craft 12 different five-minute vignettes from these submissions, eight of which were part of Friday’s performance. LSA senior Katrina Hamann, co-director of “Out of Silence,” noted how the format of the show was essential to its humanizing goal. “Doing it with eight different stories as opposed to one play about one particular situation humanizes the issue for people who may not know what to See ABORTION, Page 2A
Central Student Government hosts Wolverines rally to top sober tailgate ahead of Colorado game
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After the No. 4 Michigan football team handily put away its first two opponents of the season, it was assumed that its matchup with Colorado (2-0) would go almost as smoothly. Two minutes into the game, redshirt sophomore linebacker Jabrill Peppers crushed running back Phillip Lindsay for a 2-yard tackle for loss to the crowd’s delight, and all seemed to be well. But the Buffaloes had different plans. On the next play, Colorado quarterback Sefo Liufau completed a 37-yard pass to wide receiver Devin Ross to get on the board first at Michigan Stadium. It was just the start of a troublesome first half for the See FOOTBALL, Page 3A
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The University of Michigan Central Student Government hosted its third sober tailgate Saturday on Elbel Field in an attempt to prevent alcoholrelated incidents during latestarting football games. The event was coordinated by LSA sophomore Grant Rivas, CSG’s chief programming officer, who said student safety is the first consideration with a 3:30 p.m. kick off time like the Michigan vs. Colorado game. “We as a university see an (uptick) on alcohol-related incidents and hospital visits,” Rivas said. “So with that game time, we definitely wanted to make an effort to make sure students are as safe as possible and just have a really fun event for all students.” Rivas estimated that CSG handed out 350 pizzas and 1,600 water bottles Saturday, serving 1,500 students in total. At the 2013 tailgate, the last time it took place, more than
8,000 students were reported to have attended. Rivas said the difference in numbers can be attributed to the length of the tailgate and the time of the game. During the 2011 tailgate, the event lasted through most of the game, whereas Saturday’s was operating only between
noon and kick-off. Rivas said in the past, administrations have noted a significant decrease in the number of hospital visits because of the tailgate. During Saturday’s game, there was one arrest, one citation and four ejections due to alcohol in the
stadium. 5 people were taken to the UM emergency department and medical personnel treated 83 people after the game as well. Rivas said CSG has taken other measures to ensure student safety on gameday this year, including hydrations See TAILGATE, Page 3A
Presidential nominees say debt an issue, but offer varying solutions CAITLIN REEDY Daily Staff Reporter
AMELIA CACCHIONE/Daily LSA sophomore Ingrid Lindquist hands out pizza to students at the CSG tailgate on Saturday at Elbel Field.
This article is the second in a series examining candidates’ higher education reform plans. With the presidential election just seven weeks away, both Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump are polishing their stances on a multitude of issues before they enter the final stretch of the campaign. One topic at the forefront of this election is higher education — with one side of the aisle outwardly focusing on issues of accessibility and rising student debt more than the other. Clinton released her New College Compact plan months ago, proposing debt-free college See EDUCATION, Page 3A
Thank your defense The Michigan football team relied on its defense to get back into the game in its 45-28 win Saturday.
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campus College Republicans groups have declined to endorse Trump, The University of Michigan’s though it is customary for them chapter of College Republicans to endorse the nominee. Harvard released an endorsement of GOP Republican Club refused to endorse presidential nominee Donald Trump Trump in August, the first time the and his vice-presidential candidate, group refused to endorse a republican Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, on Sunday. nominee since 1888. In a statement, the chapter’s The UM College Republicans’ president, LSA junior Enrique endorsement comes several months Zalamea, wrote though not all after Trump was officially selected Republicans agree with everything as the nominee at the Republican Trump has said, the chapter chose to National Convention in July. It is endorse him because Trump’s beliefs also later than other endorsements best align with the conservative on campus from political groups — ideals the chapter upholds. the University’s chapter of College “I know that some you may Democrats endorsed Trump’s not agree with all of Mr. Trump’s opponent, Hillary Clinton, on July statements and policies, but the 12 in a Facebook post after Clinton’s campaign is not about one person,” Democratic opponent Sen. Bernie Zalamea wrote. “Mr. Trump in the Sanders (I–Vt.) dropped out of the White House comes with an entire race and endorsed her. administration of conservatives “College Democrats at the that, as Republicans, share many University of Michigan is proud to of the same ideals that we would officially endorse Hillary Clinton not see represented under Clinton’s as the Democratic nominee for presidency. And any vote not for President,” the post read. “Secretary Trump is a vote for Clinton.” Clinton is a historic candidate, Mirroring a nationwide trend steadfast progressive, and — to among some GOP officials, several echo President Obama: ‘There has
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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Business by LSA 101 WHAT: Presenters including former business professionals and curretn students will review major business industries and how interested students can prepare. WHO: Newnan Advising Center WHEN: 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Hatcher Library Gallery
State Department Career Fair WHAT: Attendees will learn about the thousands of summer internships offered in more than 20 facilities around the country WHO: University Career Center WHEN: 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium
ABORTION From Page 1A think about abortion as more than a one-dimensional sort of issue,” she said. “So they can relate to the characters and see them in a light that is not one of shame and stigma, which is kind of the dominant narrative that this country has about reproductive justice.” In addition to the eight vignettes that were part of the original script, Daniel BizerCox, who graduated in 2013 LSA, wrote an epilogue to the performance. He said writing this piece was an attempt to articulate his emotions on this topic. “It was very cathartic to put pen to paper about such a really important issue that’s so divisive,” he said. “I wanted to try and find a way that I could express all the feelings that I had, especially in the political climate that we live in, and it can be so oppressive and frustrating so it was nice to feel like I could actually have a voice.”
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WHAT: Dr. Andrew Barnosky, a Medical School professor, will present a general framework for thinking about medical ethics scenarios in this once-a-semester program. WHO: University Career Center WHEN: 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Student Activities Building, Maize and Blue Auditorium
WHAT: Participants will put their programming skills to the test by competing with complex coding problems solved at Goldman Sachs. WHO: Women in Science and Engineering WHEN: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. WHERE: Space Research Building, Room 2246
WHAT: Learn more about the Public Service Internship Program offered in Washington, D.C. every summer, network with Ann Arbor resources, and explore the application cycle beginning this fall. WHO: University Career Career WHEN: 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Ford School of Public Policy, Betty Ford Classroom
“Drunk History” Movie Night WHAT: Students of all majors are welcome to join the History club for a screening of the popular series. WHO: History Club WHEN: 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. WHERE: the Diag
The epilogue came in the form of a slam poem and included some of the political discourse the rest of the performance avoided. BizerCox called it a call to action, especially in light of the presidential election. “The 2016 election was very prevalent in my mind when I was writing it, and I think it will come across in that as well, and it talks about a lot of the things that politicians are currently trying to do to limit access to abortion,” he said. Overall, Hamann said the show intended to emphasize both the personal and the physical factors behind abortion. “It’s really just getting beyond this abstract idea of abortion and really putting faces to the stories,” she said. LSA sophomore Madison Atkins, who attended the event, said she appreciated this personal and varied approach to the issue. “I definitely liked the gray aspects of it, that it wasn’t just ‘Oh, they were raped and then they had an abortion because they were raped,’ ” she said.
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WHAT: Kimberly Kennedy, associate concertmaster of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra will join other faculty members in the chamber music recital. WHO: School of Music, Theater, and Dance WHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: Britton Recital Hall
“There were these different aspects that played into it that were really interesting, and I’m glad that they showed.” Nursing sophomore Kara Hoffman said the performance resonated with her due to her planned profession. “I’m also a nursing student, so I wanted to get the perspective from future patients, because I’m going to have patients who go through this eventually,” she said. A talkback panel followed the performance, which included representatives from a variety of health nonprofits and health professionals. Hamann noted the panel was an important part of helping the audience digest the themes presented in the vignettes. “I think it would be not doing the show justice if we didn’t have some sort of talk-back just to engage the audience a little bit more,” she said. The panel discussed stigma in relation to abortion, advocacy, general reproductive justice and personal experience. They also accepted questions from audience members. Panelist Timothy Johnson, chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University, applauded the provocative nature of the play and said many of the stories resonated with him as a physician. “I take care of patients every day, and each one of those stories is a patient,” he said. “I’ve taken care of probably 10,000, 15,000 people who’ve terminated their pregnancy. And that’s not a big part of what I do, but I’ve heard all those stories.” Engineering sophomore Natalia Martinez also voiced appreciation for the variety of stories, as well as the way they challenged the stigmas surrounding abortions. “People tend to treat abortion as one evil act and they tend not to look at the bigger picture,” she said.
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EDUCATION From Page 1A as a way of addressing the issue of student debt. Trump, in contrast, has yet to release a comprehensive plan for student debt, though he has talked at length about the issue of student debt. His campaign has continuously promised to release thri platform on higher education sometime in the upcoming weeks. Trump: Donald Trump, while making comments on the levels of student debt in the country several times during the campaign, has not released a comprehensive plan to address it. The overall GOP platform, consisting of more 60 pages, does have two sections pertaining to college costs and general higher education. The platform calls in particular for the federal government to abstain from involvement with student loans, opting instead for the private sector to participate in student financing. The party is also calling for all government regulations, including those that govern interest rates for student loans, to be scrutinized and challenged against potential negative economic impact on students and families. Engineering sophomore Emma TerBeek, a supporter of the Republican Party, wrote in an email interview she believes the GOP’s conservative approach to student debt would better benefit current debt holders. “It is my belief that high student debt is a huge concern for all U.S. citizens regardless of party affiliation,” TerBeek wrote. “My personal Conservative views are solely that Americans should rely more on privatized scholarships versus government loans or subsidies that stem from taxpayer dollars.” The official platform states, “In order to encourage new modes of higher education delivery to enter the market, accreditation should be decoupled from federal financing, and states should be empowered to allow a wide array of accreditation and credentialing bodies to operate.” The party made clear that they intend, by encouraging privatization, to give students more room to “customize their college experience,” according to the official platform. Trump, at multiple points during his
TAILGATE From Page 1A stations in front of Greek life houses that are partnered with CSG. Last year, it started funding University Dining to open a few hours earlier so students can eat before tailgating. “This is kind of another step in that pattern we’ve taken to try to make game day a safer event for students, so we don’t see a lot of hospital visits,” Rivas said. Students from the Center for Campus Involvement were also a part of the event, handing out pizza and water bottles. One of the employees, LSA sophomore Ingrid Lindquist, said the tailgate helps bring people together before the game.
POLL From Page 1A percent. 11 percent said they planned to vote for “other.” When given the option to vote for third-party candidates such as Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein, main party candidates lost nearly equal amounts of support, with Clinton dropping to 75 percent and Trump to 6 percent. Johnson received 13 percent and Stein 3 percent, with 3 percent of respondents still choosing other. This contrasts with the statewide polls for Michigan, which cite Clinton at 43 percent, Trump at 37.8 percent, Johnson at 7.3 percent and Stein receiving 2.8 percent. The support of alternative candidates on campus mirrors a local trend in the GOP primary — Ohio Gov. John Kasich received the majority of votes in Washtenaw County, though Trump easily carried the state overall. The University’s chapter of College Republicans did not respond to repeated requests for
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campaign, has also pledged to “tremendously” cut funding for the Department of Education. Sarah Anderson, communications director of the Michigan Republican Party, said in spite of the lack of an official platform on the issue, higher education is extremely important to the Republican Party. “It is absolutely an issue for the Republican Party, and I do believe that Donald Trump will take it seriously,” Anderson said. “(The issue is) one that should be debated and one that we should talk about. Pie-in-the-sky promises are not going to help our future generations.” Even though younger voters tend to lean liberal, the typically the older Republican voter base is still affected by the rising student debt in America, as many voters have children in college. TerBeek noted she has personal interest in tuition debt as a student, but believes she and the rest of the student population should be held responsible. “As a student I feel that student debt is a significant issue in my personal life but feel that in the grand scheme of things, I should not rely on the government to pay for me to go to school as I could have gone to other schools where I had scholarships (as did most people that go to U of M) but chose to go to a more expensive school where I didn’t have a scholarship,” TerBeek wrote. Trump’s comparative lack of focus on higher education has become a campaign issue for Democrats — in a recent stop at the University of Michigan, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D–VA), Clinton’s vice presidential nominee, highlighted Trump’s lack of discussion on student debt. In an interview with Time magazine, Kaine also touched on the issue, saying Trump’s lack of a plan shows when “he brags about his own four-year degree from an Ivy League school, he has no intention of offering anyone else the same opportunity.” Anderson, however, charged that the Democratic approach to student debt will only serve to create future problems. “The contrast is that Hillary Clinton is promising free education, but there is no such thing as a free lunch,” Anderson said. “Free education means that somebody down the line has to pay for it. If you go to college for
‘free’ you’re going to have a hard time finding a job because taxes are going to be so high, businesses are going to close down.” Clinton: During the campaign, Clinton, Kaine and other Democratic officials have made many statements on how to fix student debt in America. As part of her New College Compact, she is calling on state governments to pull their weight and invest in higher education, in hopes of helping to lower the cost of tuition. The plan estimates that this investment will, by 2021, offer students free community college and the option to graduate from a public college or university in their state without having to take on student debt. The Clinton administration also plans to create a $25 billion fund to support historically Black institutions and other minorityserving institutions, to make higher education accessible. Clinton has also released a plan to tackle current student debt. Of the many objectives within this plan, some of the more prominent are cutting interest rates and refinancing loans at the current rate, aiming to alleviate pressure from an estimated 25 million debt holders. The Clinton campaign would also plans to halt actions of for-profit schools and lenders they charge take advantage of students in need, as well as simplify the repayment process for loans. Clinton’s heavy focus on student debt speaks may speak in part to the younger nature of her base — the Harvard Political Review reported 2015 that 60 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds supported President Barack Obama in the 2012 election. LSA junior Taiwo Dosunmu, communications director of the University’s chapter of College Democrats, said he sees student debt as a top priority for the Democratic Party as a whole. “The Democratic Party has always been pushed forward by the energy of younger people and college students,” Dosunmu said. “Those people are being impacted by student debt, so top to bottom it’s a major issue.” Part of Clinton’s plans also stemmed from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–VT) unsuccessful campaign for the Democratic nomination.
“I think it keeps people more safe before a game because a lot of drinking sometimes goes on, and it helps people remember to eat and drink water and just enjoy it for celebrating U of M for the team and the school, rather than a bad way,” Lindquist said. Fellow CCI employee Elizabeth Kruse, an LSA sophomore, agreed with Lindquist. “I think having a tailgate like this is important for students who don’t want to go out and party, but they can still do something fun before the game,” Kruse said. Several attendees said they came to tailgate mostly for the free food. Engineering senior Zach Weglarz said the tailgate was important for underage students,
which LSA freshman Samantha Adsit and Rackham graduate Aaron Barber echoed. “I think it’s good to have one of these so you can remember it and have fun,” Adsit said. “I definitely think (the sober tailgate) is important,” Barber said. “I understand people who enjoy that just, like, in their life, but I kind of don’t want to do that before a football game. You kind of want to enjoy the game. You spend money on the tickets, you want to support a really good team and you kind of want to enjoy the game. And you can be as goofy and have as much fun if you don’t drink.” The tailgate also included giveaways and free suite tickets for a future Michigan football game.
comment on the data, Both Stein and Johnson are on the Michigan ballot for the election. The high percentage of students favoring Clinton can be seen in her heightened presence on campus, with an active Students for Hillary chapter and the University’s chapter of College Democrats’ promotion of her events since endorsing her on July 12 following her primary opponent Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I) dropping from the race. Vice Presidential candidate Tim Kaine recently visited campus for a speech and rally on the Diag. In comparison, the College Republicans only endorsed Trump on Sunday, and the Students for Trump chapter has since become inactive. College Democrat Taiwo Dosunmu wrote in an email interview with The Michigan Daily that he wasn’t shocked by the survey results. “The results of the survey indicating overwhelming support for Hillary Clinton among students are not surprising given the immense impact this election will have on the future of our
country and the stark contrast between the two candidates,” he wrote. “Students understand that, on every substantive issue, Hillary Clinton will make the right choices for them– especially related to higher education. Considering her progressive plans focused specifically on students, like debt-free college for all and tuition-free college for families making less than $125,000 a year, students recognize that Hillary is the ally they need in the White House.” In terms of voting habits overall, regardless of who they chose to vote for, 73 percent of respondents said they would “definitely” vote in the upcoming election. Another 16 percent stating they “probably” would and just 3 percent stated they “definitely would not” vote. Eighty-six percent of survey respondents were registered to vote, 13 percent were not and one respondent was too young to vote. A majority of those registered — 79 percent — are registered in Michigan. Voting rates among students are traditionally low, with only 45% of young people voting in the presidential election.
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FOOTBALL From Page 1A Wolverines, but they ultimately rebounded to win, 45-28. Michigan never relinquished its lead for the last 28 minutes of the game. Michigan fell behind early, 21-7, before scoring 17 unanswered points to take a 24-21 lead into halftime. On the Wolverines’ last drive before the break, Speight threw a short pass to fifth-year senior wide receiver Amara Darboh, who took it 45 yards down the left sideline to give Michigan its first lead of the game with 34 seconds left in the half. “We weren’t worried,” said senior tight end Jake Butt. “In fact, we actually talked about it last night as a team. We knew, the first two games, we were really never punched in the face with things going so smoothly, and it’s not going to be a fairy tale the whole entire season. There was going to come a point in time when we were going to get punched in the face. … We were good enough to get it done.” The Buffaloes scored on consecutive series within the first five minutes of the game, and their second score was especially impressive. Colorado defensive back Chidobe Awuzie sacked redshirt sophomore quarterback Wilton Speight, forcing a fumble on Michigan’s 28-yard line. Defensive lineman Derek McCartney picked it up and ran it in for the touchdown to give the Buffaloes a 14-point lead. The back-and-forth scoring
Monday, September 19, 2016 — 3A continued into the third quarter, when, only a minute into the second half, Liufau completed a 70-yard touchdown pass to Shay Fields to make it 28-24. But the Wolverines scored on the next drive and never looked back. Sophomore wide receiver Grant Perry got open on a 54-yard pass, bringing the ball to Colorado’s 7-yard line. Senior running back De’Veon Smith and redshirt junior running back Ty Isaac did the rest of the work, with Isaac punctuating the drive with a 1-yard scoring run. Peppers did most of Michigan’s legwork throughout the game, recording nine tackles and a sack, 3.5 for loss. On his most impressive play of the game, he ran a punt return 54 yards to the house for his first touchdown of the season with 11:27 to go in the game. It was his first career punt return touchdown. “In a game of really good players all over the field, Jabrill Peppers proved that he was the best player out there,” said Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh. “It was a special game by a special player.” Added Peppers: “It was indescribable. I think I just laid there. I was like, ‘Finally, man.’ The guys did a great job of giving me a crease. They just trust me enough to hit what I see and make something happen and that’s what I did.” The Wolverines sputtered early behind Speight, who finished 16-for-30 with 229 yards and one touchdown, throwing multiple nearinterceptions but no actual ones. Michigan’s special teams kept the
Wolverines in the game during the offensive struggles, accounting for their first score of the game. Senior safety Delano Hill and fifth-year senior tight end Michael Jocz broke through to block Colorado’s punt, allowing Grant Perry to scoop up the ball for a touchdown. Michigan started gaining the momentum that would take it to victory late in the second quarter when Colorado kicker Diego Gonzalez missed a 36-yard field goal and punter Alex Kinney kicked the ball into the back of his own lineman to give the Wolverines the ball on its own 38-yard line. On the ensuing drive, Speight dumped the ball off to fifth-year senior wide receiver Jehu Chesson for a 17-yard touchdown. Fifth-year senior kicker Kenny Allen finished the game 1-for-3 on field goal attempts. He missed from 37 and 44 yards out, with his only made kick coming with 1:59 to go until halftime. The Wolverines made mistake after mistake early, but with help from Peppers and Butt, who finished with seven catches for 87 yards, Michigan stifled the upset attempt to stay undefeated. “We definitely have to get the big plays corrected,” Peppers said. “But the best part about it that it’s all things we can correct. It’s not like they were just flat out beating us. Everything can be coached up and corrected. We took a couple lumps today, but when we go back and watch the tape, we know those big plays don’t happen if we stick to the deep middle.”
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Sexual misconduct education is key
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ince the U.S. Department of Education launched an investigation into the University of Michigan’s handling of sexual misconduct cases in 2014, the University has made multiple efforts to protect students from sexual assault on campus. Last year, the University surveyed the student body in the Campus Climate Survey, and revised and released a new sexual misconduct policy — renaming it “The University of Michigan Policy and Procedures on Student Sexual and Gender-based Misconduct and other forms of Interpersonal Violence.” Changes to the policy included an expansion of the definitions of consent and intoxication, a restructuring of the appeals process within the reporting process and the promotion of a multitude of resources for survivors on campus. The one call behind all these efforts, by both students and administrators alike, has been and should continue to be increased education about sexual assault prevention and the reporting process. Last Monday, the most recent addition to educational efforts came in the form of an online portal that educates faculty of their role when reporting sexual misconduct. This online tool will streamline the reporting process for designated University-affiliated personnel and offer training for all faculty members on what is and is not inappropriate conduct, how to support students who share information about misconduct and how to notify the University of instances of misconduct. While the portal is definitely a step in the right direction, it does not guarantee the education of all faculty because it is not mandatory for faculty to complete its training program. It is quite likely some faculty will not put the time aside to review the material. For students to reap the full benefits of this tool, all faculty members need to be on board with using the tool as a means for protecting the safety
of their students. Since the tool’s success is contingent upon how many faculty actually use it, at a bare minimum the University should require all faculty and employees of the University to complete the training. This step forward also illuminates more holes in sexual misconduct education on campus, specifically concerning how mandatory reporting applies to students when they decide to share information with a faculty member. Students need not only be aware of to whom and how best they can report a case of sexual misconduct — which the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center outlines on its website well — but when they are subject to being reported by faculty. The current policy requires most faculty and administrators and many employees to report a case of sexual misconduct to the Office for Institutional Equity if a student shares information with
them. Yet there are individual positions that offer confidential services and are excluded from the reporting requirement, such as counselors at Counseling and Psychological Services and SAPAC. These types of exceptions of mandatory reporting need to be made clear to students so they understand the appropriate place and person to turn to. There must be better education for students about the parameters of mandatory reporting. It is only just that students are aware of their rights when it comes to their privacy and options of reporting a case of sexual misconduct. The University has a responsibility to mandate that all faculty and employees must complete the training via this online portal, as well as create similar educational efforts for students about mandatory reporting policies and procedures.
Football isn’t all fun and games
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ast year, as a poor college during and after their careers are kid desperate for extra too haunting for me to participate cash, I stupidly decided in fantasy football for now. I to start playing DraftKings — a simply cannot be invested in how daily fantasy sports site where someone performs for my virtual you are able to win money by benefit when something could spending as little as three bucks happen on Sunday that could to win much, much change their life. Yes, more than your I know they’re making buy-in. I played for millions of dollars. Yes, weeks, not winning, I’m aware that most and finally told my players aren’t hurt in girlfriend to hold me life-threatening ways accountable — that in a typical game, but if I ever mentioned who knows what the playing DraftKings health of today’s again, she should say Aaron Rodgers and no or slap my wrist. Cam Newton will be CHRIS Don’t get me like decades down wrong — I love CROWDER the road? And yes, football. My fondest concussion protocols memories of childhood are are stricter in the NFL (leading watching games every Sunday to better player safety) and on the couch with my father. In hits to the head are now being fact, I still played fantasy football called as major penalties, in multiple leagues. I didn’t but a study released in April play for the money, though, but by the American Academy just for the thrill of beating my of Neurology said that more friends when my players — who than 40 percent of retired are risking their lives every time NFL players showed signs of they step on the gridiron — play traumatic brain injury. better than the athletes (who are Even some current players also risking their lives) on my are choosing to leave the game opponent’s team. early because of the reality that That’s why I’m not playing head injuries are very common. this year. In my point of view, if After one year in the NFL, star you really think about it, those rookie Chris Borland decided who play fantasy football are to retire, citing a concern that getting angry at players if they he could sustain head injuries perform terribly, making money if he played any longer. One and jeering friends when a life- of the NFL’s all-time greatest threatening sport is involved. linebackers, Junior Seau, We’re capitalizing — earning committed suicide almost four money and bragging rights — years ago and it was found off players essentially risking that he suffered from chronic their lives. traumatic encephalopathy, The sport of football is not a progressive degenerative being taken as seriously as it disease in the brain that should be. There are far more results from large or repeated laughs and cheers when we should hits to the head. be wincing as men are engaging So much of the focus is on in one of the most dangerous that one big hit that knocked sports. The reality of the sport someone out cold, when should not be glossed over. arguably the same attention Instead of throwing fits over poor should be given to the lineman performance, we should be more who might smash helmets upset about the jarring concussion every single play. Even nonstatistics that have become all too head injuries take a toll on associated with the sport. players. The Lions’ beloved Concussions in the NFL and wide receiver Calvin Johnson the impact they have on players retired this offseason when
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I know that some (of ) you may not agree with all of Mr. Trump’s statements and policies, but the campaign is not about one person. Mr. Trump in the White House comes with an entire administration of conservatives... And any vote not for Trump is a vote for Clinton. — The University’s chapter of College Republicans’ formal endorsement of Donald Trump for president on Wednesday, Sept. 14
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Brown v. Board is dead residents, having the eighth-best high school in the state as the default option affords unlimited amounts of educational potential. Additionally, Grosse Pointe schools play an active role in these segregationist policies. The school’s official policy bans students who do not live within the district, which is 93 percent white, from enrolling and says that any students “found to be ineligible to be enrolled shall be promptly removed.” It’s as simple as that. If you live on one side of the line but go to school on the other and the school finds out, you’re kicked out of school, back across Mack Avenue into Detroit. This isn’t a niche concern of residents either; Walker expressed concerns about “students from other districts (who) falsely use a Grosse Pointe address to go to the schools, and when you put it like that, it is not fair to the taxpayers (of Grosse Pointe).” Many residents feel this way and even feel as though the presence of students from Detroit is more of a problem than the students of Detroit having less opportunity and lower quality of education than in Grosse Pointe. The days of “white only” schools may have been declared over by the famed Brown v. Board of Education decision of 1954, but segregation is far from over. East English Village Preparatory Academy, a DPS high school, is more than 99 percent Black, however, just two miles away, Grosse Pointe South High School is 84 percent white. Two miles.
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ack Avenue is a Grosse Pointe South, has a 14-mile-long street in campus fit for an Ivy League prep Detroit and provides school, with restaurants across one of the most unique views of the street advertising “house the city imaginable. Starting at accounts” for the students, paid Woodward Avenue in Midtown, for by their parents. One resident I this road cuts across the east side interviewed, Mr. Cornell Walker, of Detroit. This street is one of the has two children in the Grosse most controversial Pointe school district KEVIN streets in the nation. and admitted that For three miles on SWEITZER children on the Grosse the city’s east side, Mack Avenue Pointe side have more opportunity forms the eastern border of the than students in Detroit. city of Detroit. On the west side These differences aren’t of the street is the predominantly simply chalked up to how each Black city of Detroit, and on the municipality divides up its money. east, the five municipalities that On the Detroit side of Mack, the make up the wealthy suburb of median income is just more than Grosse Pointe. $26,000 per year. However, the While the conversation about Grosse Pointe side has a median life around such a marked division household income of more than line is largely up for debate, many $90,000 per year. The differences people have argued that being don’t stop there, as the youth from one side or the other allows poverty rate is 49 percent on the for a greater or lesser quality Detroit side and only 7 percent of life. In August, EdBuild — a on the other. Keep in mind that nonprofit dedicated to school these two cities are neighbors, funding equity — rated the neighbors who share a common Grosse Pointe-Detroit border the border and are in the same county. “most segregating school district So why care? It’s no secret boundary” in America. It is an that suburban schools have more undeniable fact that being a child money and can afford nicer things in Grosse Pointe allows for much for their students than inner-city more opportunity than that same schools, isn’t it? The alarming child’s counterpart who lives on fact here isn’t simply that there is the other side of Mack Avenue. a difference between one school When I went to the border line and another; it’s the size of the on Mack Avenue, I was shocked. difference. Many Detroit Public Less than a mile from Detroit, Schools are underperforming, charming houses reeking of and, for many families, there are wealth lined the streets, and no other options for their students middle-aged white people were short of risking placement of walking their dogs on every their child in a charter school. block. The premier high school, However, for Grosse Pointe
everyone thought he had many more spectacular seasons ahead of him. As much as I will miss him, I respect his decision and cannot criticize him for prioritizing selfcare. His actions, much like Borland’s, are commendable. We must put a player’s health over our affinity for them. I realize I am faced with a conundrum because I’m still a fan of the sport and I still contribute to the sport by watching my Lions every Sunday as if it’s an extension of my religious activity after going to church. I’m not saying that we should stop watching football or stop playing fantasy football, but that we should examine and recognize that football is dangerous, first and foremost. The players know the risks and keep playing. The fans can know the risks the stars on the field are making and keep watching. Football should be thought of as more than entertainment. Football has serious health implications. All I see on Saturdays and Sundays during, before and after games are questions such as whether Harbaugh ate a booger at the end of the UCF game (I think he was just biting a hangnail) or if Lions fans will be able to stop saying “At least there’s next year!” this season. There must be more of open discussion on how the game is dangerous and what is being done to make it safer. We boo on targeting calls, but how often do we stop and think, “Geez, is the player that got hit going to be OK?” Will we value their health instead of their performance and presence needed to win a game? So while I cheer when my favorite teams get to the end zone, I pray at the same time that they’ll be safe out there. Stay strong, but take care of yourselves, my brothers.
That’s the distance from the Hill neighborhood to Michigan Stadium. Anyone who claims that there is no segregation of the schools by this line is not grounded in reality. It is unacceptable that Detroit’s urban schools have come to this point. Brown v. Board of Education may have been a good starting point for the desegregation of schools, but that mission has grossly failed. This problem isn’t simply limited to the Grosse Pointe and Detroit border either. Many University of Michigan students come from areas similar to this one that are equally as segregated. I strongly urge my readers to look back upon their own experiences in their own schools and think of times that school segregation has caused them an unfair chance at success. Furthermore, as the future generation of policymakers and parents, we need to find a way to genuinely desegregate schools. How can students from these districts, known as “island districts,” take pride in their accomplishments knowing that the deck is stacked in their favor so grossly? The extreme levels of hypocrisy and racism that play out here every day is unacceptable in any society, nonetheless a society that frequently calls itself free of racism and segregation. We must do better than segregated schools, and we must face the reality of the problem that we have created. Kevin Sweitzer can be reached at ksweitz@umich.edu
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Olympic champion discusses life after soccer and substance abuse, generates warm welcome at local Literati bookstore ERIKA SHEVCHEK Daily Arts Writer
Rackham Auditorium was filled with #20 jerseys on Saturday night as Literati Bookstore warmly welcomed retired USA soccer player, Olympic gold medalist and FIFA World Cup Champion Abby Wambach. While fans are used to watching Wambach on the field, she now tours as the author of her new memoir. “Forward” follows her life as she grows from an athletic, yet overlooked, child of seven to becoming one of the most successful soccer players the world has ever seen. With on- and off-the-field memories, defeats and triumphs, she tells her story with honesty and élan. Saturday’s event, an on-stage interview, began with Wambach explaining that she has never actually watched the ball hit the net. “It’s a momentary blackout,” she told the interviewer. In the first chapter of her book, she wrote: “Although my eyes were open and aimed in the right direction, as soon as leather met rope the picture went black…” She explained the adrenaline rushes, the pressures of being a team leader and the lack of choice she had in playing the game of soccer. “I was so good at what I did, I never felt like I had a choice,” she said. However, she added that she “never wanted to be known as just a soccer player.” Wambach also made a powerful name for herself as an advocate for equal rights. As the leading scorer (184 career goals)
of any male or female player, Wambach set high standards for all soccer players and athletes. “I’m in my prime for this,” she told the audience. Her career, she said, was in the perfect time period of “women who didn’t have Title IX rights and young girls who don’t even know about it … I am bridging that gap.” Along with her successes, however, Wambach also touched on another part of her life —her mistakes and regrets. She openly spoke to the audience about her mental health and alcohol abuse. “After the 2011 World Cup, I became more famous,” she said. But with that pressure, Wambach stumbled into a period of severe depression and intense substance abuse, that she said she kept a secret. As the emotions poured out, Wambach expressed her deep guilt about a DUI that she received this past April. She had begun writing “Forward” before the incident, but “the book took on a life of it’s own and I had to tell my story,” she said. With little girls sitting front and center, looking at Wambach, she earnestly shared, “(The DUI) was the best thing that ever happened to me, but I’m not going to make the same mistake two times.” Her vulnerability and courageous persona was also portrayed in certain chapters of her memoir like “Depressive,” “Addict” and “Failure,” which she said are names that have been given to her through the years. She said writing this book, of both the ups and the downs, was “cathartic and healing.” Within her memoir, Wambach described in supreme detail
moments on the field, including specific players that she faced, what goals she scored during which games and, of course, her most impactful memories. Some of these memories were not even during the games, but were the moments where she wrote that she “created relationships” and “the post-game locker room after winning those medals.” Recollections like this supported Wambach’s motto that there is more to life than soccer. “All the labels that we give ourselves don’t matter,” she said. “The only label I really care about is ‘Human.’ ” Wambach concluded that her next big goal is to break barriers of segregation and discrimination (especially women’s and LGBTQ rights) and, mainly, to enjoy her retirement as non-soccer-playing Abby. The night ended with a Q&A from the audience and a book signing. “What is your advice to the next generation of soccer players?” a young boy asked. “One, (the competition is) gonna get harder, so watch the game. It will only make you better. Two, never let someone tell you you’re not good enough … it’s not about the end result; it’s about the process. Stay in the moment. Enjoy it,” Wambach answered. And although Wambach’s memoir explained her progressive and audacious success in moving forward with her career, Saturday night’s event made it clear that she understands what it means to live for the now, play the game for the sake of the game and to never let labels define her.
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Ross Gay reads his lush poetry at Ann Arbor’s White Lotus Farms Midwestern poet pays tribute to lost loves, gardening and fathers MARIA ROBINS-SOMMERVILLE Daily Arts Writer
“Holy shit. It’s beautiful out here,” Ross Gay said, opening his reading this past Thursday at White Lotus Farms. Such candor is characteristic of Gay’s presence and work, an act of inviting the reader in. It is worth mentioning that White Lotus Farms is exquisite, about seven miles off campus, dahlias in bloom, the grass almost glowing green against the rapid change of a twilight sky — nearby, a miniature waterfall rushes steadily. Gay read at White Lotus Farms as part of a reading series curated by One Pause Poetry, a local non-profit organization that seeks to showcase both emerging and nationally established poets. His third book of poetry, “Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude,” from which he read, is heavily touched by his green thumb. The poet spends much of his time gardening in the Bloomington Community Orchard, many of his poems acting as love letters to the plants he handles as they exist within the context of a larger personal and global world. Before reading, he celebrated that even many of the weeds and flowers at the farm were “tremendously edible,” breaking into a Cheshire Cat grin minus the inherent creepiness. Gay started with what he calls “essayettes” or “delights,” mini-essays that keep in mind a definition of essay as an attempt or trial. In his first essayette, “Transplanted Figs,” he wrote of carrying figs, in all of their dirt and funk, through airport security. He calls this act “smuggling” with a signature touch of tenderness, as he declares, “I am
carrying joy around in my bag.” Yet the levity of Gay’s work is never boundlessly saccharine. It moves to a place of loss that exists beside what is typically beautiful or delightful. He does this often — a small gratitude for a specific object or scene can travel through memory to a moment of hardship or intense pain, to return to a larger and more encompassing deeply felt gratitude. In another one of his essayettes, he writes of waking up from a nightmare, describing a disturbing feeling with humor. He jokes of a dream in which he is chosen to be Hillary Clinton’s vice president, poking fun at the absurdity of it, while still touching on the panic and paranoia that inadvertently burdens the human psyche. Gay read, “To the Mulberry Tree,” a poem that opens with a bird “pitching his swill” on to the speaker’s face — in less poetic terms, a bird taking a dump dangerously close to Gay’s mouth, an objectively disgusting scenario. Yet the poem continues on with a sweet forgiveness and rich nostalgia that travels to include a haunt of death beneath the aforementioned mulberry tree, somehow circling back to the lines, “the three of us snugged in the canopy / on our tippy-toes, gathering fruit / for good.” Gay ended with his title poem, a 12- or 13-minute celebration that overflows and extends. He starts, “friends, will you bear with me today…” and the audience complies. They giggle at yet another mention of animal feces or moments of the poem that are more sensual — “easy tiger / hands to yourself. I am excitable” or a reference to “paisley panties.” He spouts plant names, as if in song, “thank you zin-
nia, and gooseberry, rudbeckia / and papaw, Ashmead’s kernel, cockscomb / and scarlet runner, feverfew and lemonbalm / thank you knitbone and sweetgrass and sunchoke.” Readers need not be familiar with these plants to relish in their sound. You can hear murmurs and gasps as the poem reaches the moments of strife amid such abundant gratitude. Gay pays tribute to his father’s death and with a reference to “dreadlocks in a drawer,” harnesses the pain of the racially charged murder of a friend. Gay personifies an overgrown arugula plant with the phrase “nary a bayonet,” the line humming as if an anthem that encourages us to, at the very least, try to let nature’s beauty and the existence of a life-giving love soften the blows of the fact that that incumbent death lurks among it. As the poem nears its end, Gay’s voice rises, becoming more emphatic with each breath, and he says “give me a minute,” to which the dutiful audience complies. Only the sound of a nearby stream rushes fills the pause. So often reminders of a need for gratitude suggest the ignoring of that which is dark and heavy in our lives. They suggest an ignorant joy or a mold that fits only the minds of those predisposed to optimism. Ross Gay’s work focuses on a gratitude that is undoubtedly inclusive of an unjust world, a loss of a loved one, a gratitude despite the fact that we get dirt under our fingernails or that a bird may indeed decide to make the side of your face its own personal restroom. His work and presence radiate a joy with potential to ease what ails us in a celebration of gratitude that is lyrical, humorous and so unabashedly growing toward the light.
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breed in the era of seemingly unlimited content, and Fox has managed to produce a number of the best comedies currently on air, but “Zorn” refuses to engage with the substance that makes it stand out. Still, Phil Lord and Chris Miller (“22 Jump Street”) are executive producers, and a few tantalizing gags offer their uniquely hilarious, whacky and meta sensibility that has already led to sitcom gold for Fox (“The Last Man On Earth”). An intriguing tag at the end of the pilot, too, promises a more compelling storyline going forward. But rare glimpses of a more absurd and surreal show lying restless underneath the stifling pilot can’t justify the intermittently funny slog that we’re forced to endure in the show’s establishing half-hour. Reported turmoil behind the camera might help explain an unexceptional pilot that features Jason Sudeikis and Cheryl Hines: series creators Reed Agnew and Eli Jorné (“Wilfred”) eventually left the project midway through production due to creative differences, and Sally McKenna (“Myrtle Allen of Ballymaloe”) was brought on as the sole showrunner. The somewhat awkward mix of standard sitcom punchlines and more visual, understated humor hints at some of the tonal inconsistency. Perhaps the show the original creators wanted to make might have been more creatively ambitious and inspired; the version we’ve got, unfortunately, is not.
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As humans, we’re always close to destruction. Life itself is but a series of close
after scoring a touchdown. “Hot N*igga” is an authentic, pounding track made with calls.” no record-label input, with no This is Darius (Keith Stanfield, melody, from a rapper with zero “Short Term 12”), previous buzz. Its roommate, advisor most famous line is and business partner Shmurda claiming his to Paper Boi, the risfriend killed someone ing rapper on the new “about a week ago.” FX show “Atlanta.” In And yet, the dude a scene in the second was on Fallon and episode, the two are Kimmel, beaming his in a restaurant the unrelentingly hard morning after being sound into millions involved in a shooting. of middle-American ADAM While Darius reflects homes. “Hot N*gga” on the encounter, THEISEN got certified platinum he’s stacking salt and and became one of the pepper shakers on the table, and, songs of Summer 2014, reaching as if in response to his thoughts, number six on the Billboard Hot the shaker structure comes tum100 and remaining to this day one bling down. The subtext is clear: of the most inexplicable mainanything Paper Boi gains could stream successes of all time. all be taken away from him in an But Shmurda didn’t even get instant. six months to enjoy his impossible The same week “Atlanta” rise to superstardom. In Decempremiered, Bobby Shmurda was ber 2014, he and 14 others were sentenced to seven years in prison arrested in a New York Police after he pled guilty to charges of Department sting. He’s been fourth-degree conspiracy and incarcerated ever since. His lawsecond-degree criminal weapyer says he’s hopeful that, with ons possession. Back in 2014, good behavior, Shmurda will be Shmurda rose to fame arguably out in three-and-a-half years. faster than possibly any rapper Meanwhile, Jay Z is one of the in history, with the then-20richest and most famous artists of year-old going viral off a Vine his generation, having survived from his video for “Hot N*gga.” an adolescence where he was In the Vine, Shmurda tosses up forced to sell crack to support his hat (which never seems to himself and successfully avoided come down) and breaks into what any kind of arrest that would have would become famous as the potentially left him in jail still “Shmoney Dance.” today. Against all traditional wisKanye West, maybe second dom, the kind that says that an only to Jay in fame and fortune, unknown kid can’t get rich off had his breakthrough as a rapa hook-less trap song with the per after surviving a 2002 car n-word right in the title, the crash in which he fell asleep at “Shmoney Dance” blew up. Sudthe wheel and shattered his jaw, denly, the most famous people leading to “Through the Wire,” in the world were copying this his first hit. unsigned kid from Brooklyn. Meanwhile, Max B continBeyoncé did it on the On the Run ues to serve what was initially tour; Drake did it at the ESPYs; a 75-year prison sentence (since NFL player Brandon Gibson did it reduced). Pimp C is dead from
purple drank. 2Pac and Biggie were both shot and didn’t survive. Eazy-E died of AIDS, while Dr. Dre and Ice Cube have been allowed to reinvent themselves as a businessman and as a familyfriendly entertainer, respectively. Life is but a series of close calls, especially if you’re a rapper. Success comes and goes more quickly now than ever in hip hop, and it’s obvious that, in addition to talent, one needs an unreal amount of luck to make a career out of it. That’s how it is now. Shmurda throws his hat up in the air, and by the time it comes down he’s one of America’s most beloved felons. Trinidad James makes the iconic “All Gold Everything” and the next we hear from him he’s broke, dropped from his label and watching Netflix. ILoveMakonnen has the club going up on a Tuesday, and by Wednesday he’s retiring from music. We’ve undeniably been gifted with several classic hip-hop records in the last few years, but still, the machinations of the industry seem messier and more volatile. “There’s not even any money here anymore. It’s all lies,” Makonnen told The Fader last year. Is there such a thing as too much democratization? As Lil Wayne, who may or may not be retired, and who may or may not ever be able to release the long-awaited Tha Carter V, noted in an interview with Jeff Weiss, “When I first started doing it, you only did it if you wanted to be the best. There was no such thing as doing it to have a hot song … (rappers now are) doing it to be known and not for the future and not to be incredible or consistency or any of that. They doing it for someone to know.” The game has changed, and on the surface it seems to give more opportunities to young artists, but I’m not fully convinced. As Wayne points out, when up-and-
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coming rappers see that it’s truly possible to go from unknown to star in one Vine, they stop thinking about the future and focus on just getting that instant gratification. But I can’t say I blame them. If you’re poor and living in a dangerous neighborhood, the Chance the Rapper model of releasing high-
quality, album-level mixtapes until you eventually have a huge following of people who love you doesn’t seem as appealing as chasing those hot six seconds that will put you on national TV within a month. And looking at what has happened to so many rappers that have come before them, why wouldn’t you try
and get whatever you can as fast as possible? What’s the point of trying to build a career when all you have are salt shakers, when it could all crash down any second? Theisen has an encyclopedic knowledge of rap. To test his skillz, e-mail ajtheis@umich.edu
FILM REVIEW
The ‘Blair Witch’ loses her appeal Follow-up to classic horror film can’t replicate innovative original alternative vibe is their YouTube channel dedicated to the Blair Witch, driven by their relentless After the “Ghostbusters” research about her on the far reboot failed to match the prec- depths of the internet. They add edent set by the original, I had a modern feel to an otherwise my reservations with the “Blair unimaginative update. Witch Project” reboot. The 1999 The gang is joined by James’s film pioneered friends, accidentthe found footprone Ashley (Corbin age technique Reid, “How to Get that has lent Away with Murder”) Blair Witch itself so well to and skeptical Peter the horror genre. (Brandon Scott, Quality 16 & Rave How innovative “Wreck-It Ralph”), Cinemas could the same and plunge into the concept be 17 same forest Heather Lionsgate years later? and company did Unfortunatemore than a decade ly, not very. The movie starts ago. They are quickly driven to with college student James their wits’ end as their surround(James Allen McCune, “Shame- ings come after them. While the less”) finding footage on You- film pays notable attention to Tube from his missing sister, plot development considering its Heather from the first movie. busy cast, it rarely offers someAfter he discovers the video, his thing we didn’t already see in the friend Lisa (Callie Hernandez, original “Blair Witch.” It tries to “La La Land”) takes on James’s subvert easy horror film tropes, search for his sister as a proj- but these twists ultimately prove ect for her documentary film negligible to the plot in the long class, setting up the plot in a run. Lane and Talia, however, way bound to follow the formu- keep the movie from becoming la from the first film. They are too predictable by keeping their guided into the town Heather true nature a mystery to the rest was investigating by the people of the characters; whether they who posted the video, contem- actually deserve the authority to porary locals Lane (Wes Robin- lead the group is questionable. son, “State of Affairs”) and Talia Once the idea that they could be (Valorie Curry, “House of Lies”). bad guys crossed my mind, I secThe earthly pair live in the deso- ond-guessed their every decilate wilderness and look like a sion, making the resulting action mix of “woke” vegan hipsters that much more exciting. and conspiracy theorists who The special effects are great, live off the grid. Adding to their the one aspect in which this ANA LUCENA
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modern reboot improved upon the original. The witch’s look isn’t far far from a stereotypical witch, but she’s still disturbing, appearing this time as a towering white demon with a cylindrical body and a menacing scream. She’s always seen from a distance and in the periphery, because she can steal you away if you look directly at her. The crashing trees threatening to kill the young people looking for her and spooky apparitions in her disgustingly squalid house are vividly brought to life. The evil causing the danger may be vaguely defined, but at least it feels palpable. For a movie that markets itself as psychological horror, the script leaves much to be desired. Too many horror sequences are jump scares, with ominous noises and trees crashing nearby building up to characters popping out of nowhere and scaring one another. While these scares work well to keep the characters (and audience) in suspense and add dramatic tension until the climax, they also make the movie feel like a perpetual letdown. Despite being a disappointing sequel, “Blair Witch” is an enjoyable movie that goes down easy for the faint of heart. The surreal moments where the witch is allowed to demonstrate her full power are truly unnerving and make the whole thing feel worth it, even when its attempts to build a realistic narrative “on camera” from the beginning feels stale.
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Michigan 45, Colorado 28 Peppers returns first punt return for touchdown as Wolverines rally from 14 down to beat Buffaloes By JACOB GASE Daily Sports Editor
Most Michigan fans already knew that redshirt sophomore linebacker Jabrill Peppers was the football equivalent of a Swiss Army knife, but Saturday’s win over Colorado might have been the finest example of just how much he can do. Playing all three phases for the first time this season, Peppers picked up a career-high 204 all-purpose yards, nine tackles (a career-high 3.5 for loss), a sack and a fourth-quarter 54-yard punt return touchdown that almost felt like an inevitability after all he had accomplished to that point in the game. “Above it all, Jabrill Peppers proved he was the best player today, in today’s game,” said Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh. “We don’t win that game
without Jabrill Peppers.” After the Buffaloes jumped out to a 21-7 lead in the first quarter, it was Peppers who almost single-handedly kept the Wolverines in the game. Returning both kickoffs and punts, Peppers racked up 170 return yards and gave Michigan great field position on nearly all of its drives. He was even more of a force on defense as one of the highlighted players in defensive coordinator Don Brown’s blitz-heavy scheme. Harbaugh has often said that Peppers is capable of getting to a quarterback in less than a second, and he did just that when he ran unblocked through the line of scrimmage and dropped Colorado backup quarterback Steven Montez to the turf for an 11-yard sack late in the third quarter. “He really showed you his toughness, his athleticism,” Harbaugh said. “Some
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hits that were momentum-changing hits in this game.” Redshirt sophomore quarterback Wilton Speight has seen plenty of Peppers on defense in practice, and he
“Jabrill Peppers proved he was the best player today, in today’s game.” said Saturday that he was just thankful that quarterbacks aren’t “live” during fall camp so Peppers couldn’t actually hit him. Speight later added that he has never
played with or against anyone that can be as much of a force on all sides of the ball as Peppers can. “I think every single thought he has is just about destroying the opponent,” Speight said. “He’s got that mindset that few people do. I think every single play he wants to chop someone in half and make sure that they can’t walk for a couple minutes.” While Peppers didn’t do much playing offense for the first time this season (two carries, 24 yards), Speight thinks Peppers’ vision and cutting ability make it reasonable to compare him to Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey. The play Peppers looked most like McCaffrey, however, was on his firstever special-teams touchdown in the fourth quarter. With a wide open hole in the middle of the field, Peppers broke one
tackle and made another defender miss before scampering into the left side of the end zone, bringing Michigan’s lead up to the final score of 45-28. It was the final big blow to the Buffaloes, and it lifted a monkey off Peppers’ back after he came up just short of the end zone on many returns both this season and last. “It was definitely a sense of relief,” Peppers said. “I felt like a couple of those punts I could have had — I could’ve taken one back. But (Colorado is) a great tackling team, they were shooting the hip, wrapping up. But when you get a line drive and great blocking, if you don’t score then, they gotta put somebody else back there. That’s just how I felt. The hole was wide open. … I started cramping about the five (yard line), but I was like, ‘There’s no way I’m not getting in this time.’ ”
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Michigan’s comeback answers the call
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he question wasn’t finished when Wilton Speight cut it off. Standing in the Crisler Center media room for a postgame press conference, Speight had his elbow MAX and shoulder wrapped BULTMAN after an especially tough game. “Is this a team,” a reporter started, “that, two years ago, or even last year, would have been equipped to fight through —” “Fold?” Speight asked. A few hours earlier, Speight and his team had gone down 14-0, and then 21-7, in the first quarter against Colorado. By the start of the second quarter, the Buffaloes had the ball, the momentum and 110,000 fans sweating for the first time this season. The pressure was all on Michigan, and Speight pinpointed the question of that moment perfectly. Would the Wolverines fold? Already? The previous nine times Michigan trailed by 14 or more, the answer was yes. In fact, the last time the Wolverines came back from a deficit of 14 was September 2013, against Connecticut. The tension that elicited was palpable in the student section Saturday. It spilled over into vocal frustration. But it didn’t turn into full-on panic. Trailing 21-7 in the second quarter, fans wondered aloud “what is happening?” and “what the f*** was that?” Senior Mitch Trost was in the thick of the crowd as it unfolded, and he captured the sentiment as well as anyone.
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“We’ve all been hoping for something better, so we’re all expecting better,” Trost said. “And then when (Colorado went up early), we’re all like, (we) don’t want to be reminded of the Hoke years.” But, Trost added, “I still have hope.” It was still 21-7 as Trost spoke. He insisted he wouldn’t resign to defeat until the Wolverines had lost. As tempting as it could have been to turn pessimistic, he wouldn’t. But he had to concede, “I didn’t think they’d come out swinging so hard.” Minutes later, the Buffaloes lined up to punt. One voice
yelled out, “Block this punt, let’s do it!” And they did, sort of. Colorado punter Alex Kinney fired it too low and deflected it off one of his own players. But the effect was the same. Michigan took possession at the Buffaloes’ 38-yard line, and fans continued willing the team down the field. “Booty, booty, booty,” one yelled, just before Speight found senior tight end Jake Butt for
“Coach always talks about building a callus and being tough.”
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‘M’ cruises by Eastern Michigan By LANEY BYLER Daily Sports Writer
BELLEVILLE – Around 9:40 Sunday morning, a group of Michigan and Eastern Michigan fans had bunched around the outside of Michigan’s boathouse. A few of them had edged out to the lake and were well into a quiet game of fetch in the water with a couple of dogs. But at about 9:50, the voices of five different coxswains could be heard breaking the quiet — four of which belonged to the Michigan women’s rowing team. The Wolverines began their season this past Saturday in an unscored workout scrimmage against Eastern Michigan at their home course on Belleville Lake. Michigan brought four different lineups, all eights, while the Eagles brought a single eight boat. The event was a head race, where the boats
have a staggered start and the winner is gauged by time and not a finish line. It was a non-scoring scrimmage, but the Wolverines dominated the event, even though they’ve had less than two weeks of practice. The 2V8 finished first in every race, followed by either the 1V8 or 3V8. Eastern Michigan finished last in every race except for the first, where it edged out the fourth Michigan boat by less than a second. “I think it was really good because we didn’t really know how the Michigan boats would stack up against Eastern or how we would stack up against each other,” said senior starboard Sarah Hudnall, who was a member of the 2V8 crew. “It was really good to just go out and race.” The Wolverines have been working on speed and updating their rhythm, and this race was a
21 yards. On the next play, fifth-year senior receiver Jehu Chesson ran the ball into the end zone on a sweep. By now, you know the rest. Michigan added a field goal and then took the lead on a 45-yard touchdown reception by fifth-year senior Amara Darboh. Colorado briefly regained control at the start of the third quarter, scoring on a 70-yard touchdown pass,
good chance for them to test where they are in a competitive setting. “You could tell that everyone was working really hard,” Hudnall said. “We started in different orders every time, so it was a good chance to stay in good position — so if you were in the back, it was a good chance to try to get in the front, and if you were in the front it was a good opportunity to try to hold your spot.” With just three additional races scheduled for the fall — Ohio State, Head of the Charles, and a novice-only race with Michigan State — this scrimmage puts the team in a good position to finish out its fall season in high standing. “I thought it went good,” said Michigan coach Mark Rothstein. “I thought we did a pretty good job of applying what we learned in practice and I think that like every team we have a lot to work on, but I like what I’ve seen from this team so far.”
but it was all Wolverines from then on. After trailing at one point by 14, Michigan won, 45-28, providing an answer to the question in Speight’s press conference. “That’s just from this coaching staff coming in and building a callus,” Speight later explained. “Coach always talks about building a callus and being tough, and we didn’t really let it faze us. I never really said, ‘Oh wow, we’re down by (14).’ Like, ‘Oh gosh, these guys are giving us a good game.’ It was just, ‘This is fun. This is an opportunity to be in a game.’ “The first two we played
weren’t that fun come the fourth quarter, because it was already over.” Be it the team or the fans, there’s no doubt Harbaugh has instilled a confidence in the last 19 months. It’s a confidence born from expectations, and at this point, for this team, that’s not a bad thing. Around the country, many of the nation’s top teams have been tested early. No. 5 Clemson was held close by Troy last week. No. 6 Houston was in a tough one against Cincinnati before it pulled away late Saturday, and No. 1 Alabama needed a big comeback to beat Ole Miss. Like those teams, Michigan passed the test and survived, and it now enters Big Ten play undefeated. To be fair, the Buffaloes aren’t at the level of the Rebels, and they further exposed the Wolverines’ deep-play weakness. They forced Speight into his worst game of the season. But as Butt was quick to point out after the game, the season wasn’t going to be a fairytale from start to finish. Now on the cusp of Big Ten play, the tests aren’t stopping anytime soon. Eight of the Wolverines’ next nine opponents are ranked higher than Colorado in Bill Connelly’s S&P+ ratings this week. Michigan tops those ratings, a sign that this is a team that’s come a long way since two or three years ago. It proved that with Saturday’s comeback. The Wolverines didn’t fold. They punched back and they stood on their callus. Now, they’ll see how long it can hold. Bultman can be reached at bultmanm@umich.edu and on Twitter @m_bultman.
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ut of the rush of an announced crowd of 110,042 to leave Michigan Stadium after the game Saturday night, many of them having watched JAKE fourthLOURIM quarter football for the first time this season, a lone voice made itself heard: “Thank goodness for the defense.” Yes indeed. If the Michigan football team’s defense hadn’t stepped up and sidelined Colorado’s red-hot offense for the final three quarters of Saturday’s game, the Wolverines very likely would have lost a shocker to the Buffaloes, derailing a promising early season. Instead, Michigan survived and advanced, 45-28, finishing a comfortable nonconference schedule at 3-0. It’s not often that a defense allowing 28 points in a game is an asset, especially one of Michigan’s standard. The unit began Saturday as the scapegoat, having allowed two easy touchdowns in the first three possessions. But Colorado missed a field goal on its next drive, and that was the only window the Wolverines needed. They kept firing fresh bullets, and the Buffaloes were all out of ammunition. Once again, the defense set the tone for the comeback, with an assist from the special teams. Michigan’s first touchdown came on a blocked punt returned for a touchdown. Its second came when the defense — and another long punt return by Jabrill Peppers — created starting field position on Colorado’s 38-yard line, from
which the offense needed just two plays to score. That was another spark. After that, the Wolverines reached the red zone on their next four possessions, scoring two touchdowns and a field goal and building a lead they wouldn’t relinquish. But again, the defense started the run. It’s more common for a highflying offense to put enough points on the board to keep scores close. But in Michigan’s case, the defense plays that role. “I don’t think we’re ever out of the fight,” said fifth-year senior defensive tackle Ryan Glasgow. “…They played really hard, and hats off to them for that. But I think with our defense and the talent we have and how hard we play, I think we’re gonna overmatch them in the long run.” Almost no offenses can keep Michigan at bay for an entire game. Last year, the Wolverines lost three games. Against Utah and Michigan State, their defense gave up 17 and 21 points, respectively, both of which should be few enough to win the game. Against Ohio State, it wasn’t as much a case of the Buckeyes wearing Michigan down as it was of them being a better team. To beat Michigan’s defense, you have to play more than a quarter, and Colorado managed only one big play after that, a 70-yard touchdown pass on a post route from Sefo Liufau to Shay Fields early in the third quarter. “I think all the trick plays kind of caught us off guard at first, but once they used their bag of tricks and we settled into the game and we got to play our game, I think that’s when the tide turned,” Glasgow said. On the next series, Liufau left the game with an injury, effectively ending the Buffaloes’ chances against the Wolverines’ defense. Thus, Michigan found its
escape, and it wasn’t much more than that. In the future, this game will sit in the record books as a harmless 17-point victory over another inferior opponent, and Saturday’s performance will be good enough. But this is not the future. Today there is a more pressing problem, and that is that the Wolverines weren’t nearly ready to play at the outset. Colorado blitzed Michigan for 21 points in the first quarter, piling up yardage as it wished as the defense missed tackles left and right. Only after the Wolverines settled in did the talent advantage begin to matter. “It was a fight,” said Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh. “They knew it was a fight. … Every football game that (has) ever been played, probably ever will be played, it’s a battle, seeing who the best players are in the football game.” Those players Saturday were the Wolverines, and they fought long enough for it to come down to that. Next time, they know they may not be as fortunate. “If you get in that situation, different time, different place, you never know if you can come back,” Glasgow said. “Coach Harbaugh gave us the advice last night: There’s always praise for the guy who gets backed into the corner and fights his way out, but the best way to fight your way out is never get backed into the corner. And we did today. We were lucky enough to come back. We played hard enough to come back. But we don’t want to find ourselves in that situation again this season.” Now, Michigan is undefeated and moving on having survived a close call. For that, it has the defense to thank. Lourim can be reached at jlourim@umich.edu and on Twitter @jakelourim.
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‘M’ pounds MSU, CMU By ORION SANG
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Wolverines fall again By COLE ZINGAS Daily Sports Writer
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It took just over one minute for the No. 8 Michigan field hockey team to get on the board against Central Michigan on Sunday. With the Wolverines on the attack, senior forward Sina Lampe fired a pass into the crease, finding the stick of senior forward Courtney Enge, who deflected it past the Chippewa goalkeeper. Enge’s goal opened the floodgates for the Wolverines (1-0 Big Ten, 6-1 overall), who displayed their offensive prowess during a 10-0 rout of Central Michigan (1-6) — Michigan’s second win of the weekend after a 4-1 triumph over Michigan State (0-1, 4-3) in the conference opener Friday night. The Chippewas hardly challenged the Wolverines, who tallied 34 shots and 12 corners. Michigan controlled possession and generated scoring opportunities at will — though it initially struggled with finishing its chances. Despite spending most of the first half threatening to score, Michigan tacked on only one other goal when redshirt junior midfielder Allie Sardo scored off a corner. “After coming in from halftime, we had to figure out what our mojo was and what our passing game was,” Enge said. “Getting it down the line and into the circle are really good things for us, and it was just going to take time to finish.” Finishing wasn’t as much of a problem in the second half — the Wolverines scored eight times to turn the game into a blowout, with four coming in the first 10 minutes of the half. “In the first half we were frantic a little bit when we were in the circle,” Enge said. “In the second half, we were able to get
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Senior Sina Lampe scored one goal and added four assists to catalyze Michigan’s offense against Central Michigan.
the ball on the stick and figure out what we were going to do with it next.” Added Michigan coach Marcia Pankratz: “It takes a little bit longer for the attack to be firing on all cylinders, so we just needed to stay patient and continue to try to execute and that was what we talked about at halftime. “We have the saying, ‘Slow is smooth and smooth is fast,’ and (I told them), ‘Make sure you just finish your chances,’ and that worked out in the second half a lot better.” With Michigan’s offense holding the ball for most of the game, the backline didn’t face much pressure. Central Michigan was unable to generate any shots or corners until the final seconds of the second half.
It was a slightly different story Friday against the Spartans, but the Wolverines still emerged with a relatively easy 4-1 victory. Michigan State tallied 10 shots, scoring a goal in the first half and forcing junior goalie Sam Swenson to make five saves. Yet the Wolverines held a lead throughout the contest, avenging a 5-3 preseason loss to the Spartans. “Preseason, we (were) still working on some things, working on lineups and personnel, and I think we played with a lot more energy and organization (Friday),” Pankratz said. “We contested a lot more plays than we did in the preseason. “When we get circle penetrations, we have to be able to finish. With Sam being in
our goal cage and being such an extraordinary goalie, putting in four goals is going to bode well for us.” It bodes well even more so for Michigan, considering its defense has surrendered a total of four goals in seven games, with Swenson already posting two shutouts. Still, even coming off a game in which her team scored 10 goals, Pankratz knows there’s still room for improvement in the young Wolverines — especially as their schedule increases in difficulty. “Ohio State, Penn State and the Big Ten ratchets up your ability to have to make decisions quickly,” Pankratz said. “So (we need to make) free hits quicker, (make) decisions quicker and just (do) everything we did today at a higher level.”
EAST LANSING — Nearing the end of Sunday’s Michigan men’s soccer game against Michigan State, MICHIGAN 0 MICH. ST. 1 freshman forward Jack Hallahan sent a soaring cross into the box. The ball was knocked back and forth several times by Wolverine attackers, but eventually the Spartans cleared the ball harmlessly away — marking yet another time Michigan was close, but could not get the finishing touch it desperately needed. The lone Spartan goal came eight minutes into the game, on a deflected header that landed right at the feet of Michigan State defender Brad Centala, who did not miss the golden opportunity to smash the ball into the open net. From that point on, the Wolverines (0-3-0 Big Ten, 0-4-3 overall) played catch-up. They won the time of possession battle handily, controlling the ball for the majority of the game, tactically seeking their opportunity for the equalizer. But to the displeasure of the Michigan faithful who made the trek to East Lansing, that moment never came, and Michigan State (2-0-0, 5-1-0) took the game, 1-0. The Wolverines showed patience in their style of play, which was countered by a fast-break style offense for the Spartans, who got most of their chances on quick rushes. However, junior goaltender Evan Louro handled the rest of the Spartan attacks, with the help of a shot off the post and a save by sophomore defender Marcello Borges. It was up to Michigan’s controlled style of offense to strike back. The first half came and went with only one quality chance for the Wolverines, which came on a cross from redshirt junior midfielder Michael
Kapitula with less than a minute remaining. Sophomore midfielder Robbie Mertz headed the ball on goal, but the Michigan State goalkeeper made his best save of the game, sliding to keep the Wolverines off the board. “Down 1-0 early is always tough and you never plan for that,” said senior midfielder Brett Nason. “We had to be more attackoriented and try to push numbers forward, and we’re going to give up a little defensively of course, but we have to get that goal back.” To open the second half, the Spartans slowed down as Michigan pushed its offense. However, Michigan coach Chaka Daley points to at least five opportunities where the Wolverines could have scored, but didn’t break through. Within the last 10 minutes, the Wolverines put forth a lastditch effort to tie the game, but even moving a defender up and subbing in fresh legs didn’t help them convert. “Margins in college soccer are so slim,” Daley said. “You have situations where the ball is bouncing around the box, theirs goes in, ours doesn’t — that’s college soccer.” Added Nason: “It’s not like we’re doing anything wrong. It’s just that luck hasn’t been on our side.” On the final play of the game, with 15 seconds remaining, senior defender Lars Eckenrode found himself alone in the box as he juggled the ball to himself, and booted the ball on the net. The shot soared just high of the goal, and his impassioned scream of agony was echoed by the rest of his Michigan teammates as they watched the Spartans celebrate with the Big Bear trophy for the first time since 2013. But the winless Wolverines still have faith in their abilities. “Honestly, I don’t think we played poorly, so you can’t put your head down,” Nason said. “You can’t hide from it — you just have to come out next game stronger.”
‘M’ wins home invite Michigan 2-0 in Big Ten WOMEN’S SOCCER
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Michigan goes on road for first conference weekend, tops Iowa, Nebraska
Daily Sports Writer
Mark Rosen had never seen anything like it in his 18 years as Michigan’s coach. According to the Michigan volleyball team’s coach, Friday night’s packed and energetic crowd at Cliff Keen Arena reached a decibel level that set the tone for the Wolverines (111) throughout the three matches of the Michigan Challenge. No. 23 Michigan swept the tournament, claiming victories in all three matchups and dropping only one set — the first set against Colgate (4-7) on Saturday night. On Friday night against Auburn (6-7), the Wolverines downed the Tigers handily and held an advantage in almost every facet of the game, especially on the offensive side. Spearheaded by senior middle blocker Abby Cole, who had 13 kills, Michigan won the kills battle, 48-33, in a 3-0 sweep. Michigan’s front row for most of the match, composed of Cole and middle blockers Cori Crocker and Claire KiefferWright, were in complete harmony and accounted for more than half the team’s kills. Saturday’s early matchup against Eastern Michigan (5-8) was much of the same as the previous contest. The Wolverines took control from the get-go to take their second 3-0 victory. Rosen dug deep into the depth chart against the Eagles to give his typical starters a breather before the third game later on Saturday. But evidenced by the score, Michigan didn’t skip a beat. “It was to get some people some experience, to see some people in different situations,” Rosen said. “If there’s only six or seven players who can play at a high level, you’re not going at a level that’s going to make you better.” Freshman outside hitter Sydney Wetterstrom and fifthyear senior outside hitters Kelly Murphy and Ally Davis combined for 19 kills against
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Mark Rosen’s team won three matches this weekend to move to 11-1.
Eastern Michigan. Saturday’s nightcap against Colgate began much differently than the previous two matchups for Michigan. The Raiders took control of the first set, winning 25-22, to jump out to an early lead. But the set quickly became an outlier of an impressive weekend for the Wolverines, as they managed to control the tempo for the rest of the match. Michigan roared back, trouncing Colgate in the third set, 25-9. Cole, once again, was the star of the match, tallying an impressive 19 kills. “I thought the difference was in the third and fourth set,” Rosen said. “Our defensive level took a big jump, our blockers finally made the adjustments, we started to cap on their hitters and then it changed the game. They hit -.187 in the third set, and that’s exactly what we were hoping to do.” The sweep at the Michigan Challenge capped off an impressive 11-1 start for the
Wolverines in non-conference play. In all three games, freshmen MacKenzi Welsh and Tiffany Clark made promising contributions on an already young team, but for Rosen, it was the seniors who impressed him the most. “(The freshmen) are good, but I think I’m most proud of the three seniors,” Rosen said. “Those older kids have put a lot of time and work in, and I think they’re doing a great job of the volleyball side of it, but also the leadership and the intangibles.” While the Wolverines have reason to celebrate after their dominant non-conference play, they also know that games in the Big Ten — which boasts eight teams in the top 25 — will pose a much greater challenge. “We feel really good,” Cole said. “It’s definitely a confidence booster, but at the same time we understand it’s not going to be much like this (against the Big Ten). We have a lot to work on this week in practice.”
The Michigan women’s soccer team made its Big Ten debut this weekend at Iowa on Friday and Nebraska on Sunday, swiftly prevailing over both teams to increase its conference record to 2-0 (2-0 Big Ten, 6-1-1 overall). The Wolverines put their stout defense on display yet again, allowing only one goal in the past two games. At Iowa, Michigan outshot the Hawkeyes, 16-5, in the first half, but failed to convert any of those chances into goals. At the beginning of the second half, though, sophomore midfielder Abby Kastroll buried the ball through a scrum off of a free kick to give the Wolverines a 1-0 lead. “We utilize free kicks because we work on them every day,” said sophomore forward Reilly Martin. “We try to execute and get our heads on each cross.” Iowa gained momentum in the second half, though, letting seven shots fly opposed to Michigan’s five. Sophomore goalkeeper Sarah Jackson amassed five saves, maintaining the clean sheet. The Wolverines would go on to win the match 1-0. “We’re taking every game day by day,” said junior midfielder and captain Ani Sarkisian. “This weekend was a hard road trip with a quick multi-state turnaround.” Michigan continued its conference play at Nebraska, hoping to increase its shutout streak to five in a row. “Nebraska and Iowa play very different games. Nebraska is aggressive,” said Michigan coach Greg Ryan. “Our focus was defending well as a group, and we did a great job of limiting
Nebraska’s chances to score.” After 28 minutes of play in the first half, Martin was fouled in the box, giving the Wolverines a penalty kick chance to take the lead. Martin capitalized on it, firing it into the left corner of the net. With a one-goal lead, the Wolverines focused on their defense, something they set out to achieve considering Nebraska’s aggressive attack, which averages 10.1 shots per game. Nebraska nearly converted during the beginning of the second half as junior goalkeeper Megan Hinz tipped a potential equalizer over the net. However, just four minutes later, Kastroll
netted an insurance goal off of a pass through the center of the defense from Sarkisian to put the Wolverines up by two. Just as the prospect of five straight shutouts was in sight, Nebraska scored a header from a corner kick with eight seconds remaining in regulation. The Wolverines went on to win, 2-1. The Cornhuskers outshot the Wolverines, 13-6, but the Michigan defense dominated the game, and the coaches awarded the whole unit the Player of the Game award. Michigan looks to continue its Big Ten win streak against Michigan State at home next Saturday.
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Five Things We Learned: Colorado By JACOB GASE
it was apparent that something was slightly off with Michigan’s kicking unit. After the game, Harbaugh pointed to a slight timing problem, also mentioning that redshirt junior Scott Sypniewski might have overcompensated for a few high snaps in warmups by snapping the ball too low during the game. “Go back and look at it, but (since last year) our operation with the snap, hold, and the kick has been as good as any in college football,” Harbaugh said. “The snap’s been over the spot, laces at 6:00, ball through the middle of the upright on the kick. “Today it was off. Snaps were low, laces were at 12 (o’clock), Kenny was hot and cold a little bit on kicks — kickoffs and punts, and the kicks.”
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When the Michigan football team faced its first Power Five opponent of the season on Saturday against Colorado, most fans probably expected to see a few flaws emerge in the Wolverines. Granted, they probably didn’t expect them to go down 14-0 and 21-7 in the first quarter, but superior talent prevailed in the end, as Michigan outscored the Buffaloes, 38-7, in the final three quarters to take a decisive 45-28 victory. Still, the fourth-ranked Wolverines (3-0) now look like a team with considerably more weaknesses than it showed the last two weeks. Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh has said his favorite weeks are ones where the Wolverines win comfortably and still have things they can improve. This week, he’ll have that chance again. Here are five things we learned from Michigan’s final nonconference game of the season. 1. Jabrill Peppers is no longer an “almost” guy. Redshirt sophomore linebacker Jabrill Peppers has been touted as a lethal threat in all three phases of the game since before he arrived on campus. And though he starred as a safety, return man and offensive weapon for the Wolverines in 2015, he failed to record a special teams touchdown in his first full collegiate season. That weight was lifted off Peppers’ back Saturday, when he dodged two tacklers and took a 54-yard punt return to the house in the fourth quarter. After a number of potential touchdowns came up short over the last year — he says being tackled by Minnesota’s punter last season still “haunts” him — Peppers expressed relief after the game
5. BOLD PREDICTION: Peppers scores an offensive touchdown and special teams touchdown in the same game this season. SAM MOUSIGIAN/Daily
Michigan’s offensive line struggled with pass blocking Saturday’s against Colorado, allowing three sacks, including one that forced a fumble returned for a touchdown.
to no longer be considered “an ‘almost’ kind of guy.” The score was the icing on the cake for Peppers in a game in which he tallied 204 all-purpose yards and 3.5 tackles for loss. 2. Michigan’s secondary is beatable without Jourdan Lewis. Through the first two games without injured senior cornerback Jourdan Lewis, the Wolverines’ secondary looked more than capable of making up for his absence. But when Colorado came to Ann Arbor with a flock of talented receivers, things took a turn for the worse for Michigan’s defensive backs. After doing a great job protecting the deep ball against
Hawaii and Central Florida, the Wolverines allowed a 50-yard pass to Bryce Bobo, a 37-yard touchdown to Devin Ross (who scored twice) and a 70-yard strike to Shay Fields. And it wasn’t one single Michigan player being targeted the entire afternoon — senior cornerback Channing Stribling, fifth-year senior Jeremy Clark and senior safeties Dymonte Thomas and Delano Hill all were beaten at different times. For the first time all season, the Wolverines really missed Lewis’ All-American presence on the field. 3. The offensive line has plenty of room for improvement. After struggling to protect
the run last week against a heavily stacked box by Central Florida, Michigan’s offensive line had trouble with pass blocking this week. Redshirt sophomore quarterback Wilton Speight got through his first two games as a starter relatively pain-free, but he was constantly under duress in the first quarter against Colorado. Speight was sacked three times and appeared rattled early on, completing just three of his first 12 passes and totaling just 25 yards. He ultimately settled down, throwing for 229 yards, a touchdown and no interceptions (despite a number of passes that made contact with defenders), but he certainly could have benefitted from some better
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Stingy third-down defense lifts ‘M’ Wolverines limit Colorado to 1-for-13 on third down By MAX BULTMAN Managing Sports Editor
It comes with a caveat, but here’s Michigan’s stat of the night, (non-Jabrill Peppers division): 1-for-13. That was Colorado’s third-down conversion rate — the only success was a meaningless third-and-2 in the final minute — and it’s a big reason the fourth-ranked Wolverines emerged from Saturday’s game unscathed. Colorado was billed as Michigan’s first test of the season, and it was. Behind the same big-play bursts Central Florida used to great success a week ago, the Buffaloes built
leads of 14-0 and 21-7 in the first quarter to put a scare into an announced crowd of 110,042 at Michigan Stadium. Were it not for a blocked punt returned for a touchdown by sophomore wide receiver Grant Perry, it would have been worse at that point. And were it not for stellar play on third downs all game, Michigan might well have lost. “You always give yourself a good chance to win when you have stats like that,” said fifthyear senior defensive tackle Ryan Glasgow. By the start of the second quarter, the Wolverines trailed by two touchdowns with the Buffaloes at the Michigan 17-yard line. It was a truly compromising position, the first the Wolverines had been in all season. Guided by quarterback Sefo Liufau, Colorado worked its way down to the Michigan
11-yard line, where it faced a 2nd-and-4. But from there, something in the Wolverines seemed to click. Redshirt sophomore Chase Winovich and senior linebacker Ben Gedeon combined for a sack to set up third-and-10. Then Peppers came flying in to stuff a receiver for a loss. The Buffaloes missed the ensuing field goal, and though Michigan did not convert on the ensuing drive, it held Colorado scoreless for the rest of the half. A 21-7 deficit turned into a 24-21 lead. And it happened because Michigan stopped letting drives continue. “When they say, ‘Punt return, get ready,’ I know punt return’s probably going to go on the field, because the third down conversion’s not going to happen,” Speight said. “That gives us a sense of pride as a team to have the defense come off the field on third down every time. It makes the offense look a lot better.” Impossible to ignore in the Wolverines third-down dominance was defensive coordinator Don Brown. In 13 third-down tries, Michigan tallied two sacks and a quarterback hurry against the Buffaloes and allowed just two completions out of the nine passes Colorado got off. That points to intense quarterback pressure, and Brown is the man likely responsible. Commonly referred to as Dr. Blitz, he was liberal with his prescription pad on Saturday. “His blitzes are something else, let me tell ya,” Glasgow said. “He’s got a new one every third down, it feels like.” But there is one caveat to Michigan’s third-down success. Trailing 14-7 and fresh off a punt-block touchdown, the Wolverines forced Colorado
into a 3rd-and-4. The following play was close to a first down, but the officials never measured because of an offside penalty on redshirt junior linebacker Mike McCray. If McCray hadn’t jumped, and Michigan had indeed stopped the Buffaloes, it would have been a three-and-out. Instead, the drive went 10 plays for 67 yards and a touchdown. The Wolverines are fortunate that it didn’t matter Saturday. They got the job done on 12 of the other 13 third downs and escaped with a sound, if not comfortable, win. There are just a few likely blowouts left on Michigan’s schedule, and that’s why a dialogue that Glasgow said developed on the sideline Saturday is so crucial to the Wolverines success going forward. “You stop ‘em, we’ll score,” Glasgow said the offense would tell the defense. “You score,” the defense would respond, “We’ll stop ‘em.”
“His blitzes are something else, let me tell ya.”
pass protection. On the flip side, the Wolverines’ run game was markedly better, as senior running back De’Veon Smith broke free for a 42-yard touchdown and the backs tallied 168 yards as a group, even with the 22 yards lost by Speight sacks. Michigan has the talent to beat teams even if the ground game or passing game is neutralized, but an improved offensive line might help the Wolverines craft a more balanced attack. 4. The kicking unit’s rhythm needs fine-tuning. After fifth-year senior Kenny Allen had an uncharacteristically poor game on Saturday, going 1-for-3 on field goals and booting a few below-average punts early,
Since Peppers first committed to Michigan in 2013, he has drawn comparisons to another elite three-way player for the Wolverines: former Heisman Trophy winner and likely future NFL Hall of Famer Charles Woodson. And Saturday night, Speight compared Peppers’ offensive skills to an elite runner and return specialist, Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey. Now that Peppers has scored a special teams touchdown and played offense for the first time this season, he could be poised to achieve one of McCaffrey’s biggest accomplishments: scoring in multiple phases in the same game. If Harbaugh uses Peppers on offense in big games like he did last season — and if Peppers adopts Woodson’s flair for the dramatic — the feat could come against a huge rival like Michigan State or Ohio State.
THE MICHIGAN DAILY TOP-10 POLL Each week, Daily sports staffers fill out ballots, with first-place votes receiving 10 points, second-place votes receiving nine and so on.
1. ALABAMA: Nick Saban said he didn’t need an IV after Bama’s win over Ole Miss. Uh, congrats?
2. OHIO STATE: Noah Brown had four touchdowns. We can’t even touch our toes.
3. LOUISVILLE: Lamar Jackson sealed the coveted September Heisman, joining a group that includes Denard Robinson (twice) and Tate Forcier.
4. MICHIGAN: Paramus Catholic University just keeps on winning!
5. CLEMSON: Clemson won in a blowout, but let’s see what they can do in a full 60 minutes.
6. STANFORD: Did you guys know Dylan McCaffrey has a brother?!
7. HOUSTON: Would you fight Tom Herman? We wouldn’t fight Tom Herman.
8. MICHIGAN STATE: Dark Mantonio is coming, and he feels risdespected.
9. WASHINGTON: Washington is one blue field from being a legit playoff-snub contender.
10. WISCONSIN: The coaches poll also ranked Wisconsin 10th. See? We really could be coaches!
BY THE NUMBERS Michigan Defense
7.7%
Colorado’s third-down conversion percentage against Michigan’s defense Saturday in the Wolverines’ 45-28 win
52.9%
Buffaloes’ completion percentage (18for-34 for 261 yards)
1.9
Colorado’s rushing average (64 yards on 33 carries)
4
Michigan sacks against Colorado (coming from six different players)