2016-10-24

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM

Monday, October 24, 2016

Ann Arbor, Michigan

michigandaily.com

Taking off

President of Planned Parenthood campaigns for Clinton

Michigan blitzed Illinois on the first drive, pulled ahead 31-0 at halftime and rolled to an easy win, moving to No. 2 in the country this week

Women canvas for the presidential candidate in Ann Arbor

» Page 1B

» michigandaily.com LOCAL

Opioid crisis strikes close to home in Ann Arbor

AMANDA ALLEN/Daily

Researchers and students work to end epidemic of overdoses

Members of the Michigan Mudbowl Club and Pi Kappa Phi participate in the 83rd annual Mudbowl, held at the former Sigma Alpha Epsilon house Saturday.

Mudbowl raises over $47,000 for children’s hospital in annual game

Event could be last with now-former Sigma Alpha Epsilon members TYLER COADY

Daily Staff Reporter

More than 1,500 people crammed into the confines of the front yard of the former Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house on Saturday morning to watch one of the most time-honored

fall traditions, for what could be the last time, at the University of Michigan: the 83rd annual Mudbowl. The annual tradition, meant to raise money for C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, used to be organized by the fraternity SAE. The University of Michigan banned SAE in 2015 over hazing

FOOTBALL

Michigan moves to 7-0, routs Illini, 41-8 Wolverines race out to 31-0 lead for easy win in Homecoming game KELLY HALL

Daily Sports Editor

Halfway through the fourth quarter, sophomore Karan Higdon broke loose down the right sideline and cut inward at Illinois’ 10-yard line while dodging defenders, leaping into the end zone for the No. 3 Michigan football team’s final score of the game. It was just one highlight on a successful day for the Wolverines (4-0 Big Ten, 7-0 overall). Two weeks after crushing Rutgers 78-0, Michigan picked up where it left off, holding the Fighting Illini (1-3, 2-5) to just 172 yards to win 41-8 on Saturday at Michigan Stadium. Redshirt sophomore quarterback Wilton Speight had one of his best games of the season, going 16-for-23 for 253 yards and two touchdowns. Higdon impressed as well, leading the running backs with 106 yards, 45 of which came on his touchdown run. “The entire game, I thought Wilton Speight may have had one of his best games,” said See FOOTBALL, Page 2A

GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know.

allegations so SAE no longer officially hosts the event, but the Mudbowl is now organized by the Michigan Mudbowl Club, which is comprised largely of former SAE members. The crowd standing alongside the former SAE house Saturday was watching what may have been the last time members of

now-former SAE play in this event, at this location, due to impending graduations and the closure of the fraternity on campus. The house will be rented out by Alpha Omicron Pi, a new sorority coming to campus, for the next few years. This year, more than $47,000 See MUDBOWL, Page 3A

ALEXA ST. JOHN Daily Staff Reporter

LSA junior Heather Martin was just 17 when her older sister Angie fatally overdosed in

their family home, following a seven-year struggle with opiate addiction. Martin said her sister, throughout her life, was always a bubbly, amiable person. As See OPIOIDS, Page 3A

Total Opioid and Heroin Overdose Deaths in Washtenaw 65 County 49

46 29

32

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Source: Washtenaw County Medical Examiner and Washtenaw County Public Health

Students and alumni gather in Diag Support for for first-ever homecoming pep rally third party ELECTIONS

Members of football team, basketball team attend to interact with fans ISHI MORI

Daily Staff Reporter

The captains of the Michigan football team and women’s basketball team, as well as former men’s basketball Fab Five member Jimmy King, were among those present at the firstever Maizefest Homecoming Pep Rally Friday evening on the Diag. The crowd, made up of alumni, students and athletic staff, cheered and celebrated before the homecoming game against the University of Illinois, and went wild when the parents of head football coach Jim Harbaugh appeared on stage. Celebrating their Wolverine pride, they chanted, “Who’s got it better than us? Nobody!” The festivities, which also featured appearances by student performance groups, fraternities, athletes and famous alumni, were hosted by the Michigan Spirit Association and sponsored by Central Student Government, the Alumni Association and the Athletic Department, among others. Featured performances included the percussion group Groove, the a cappella groups G-Men and Amazin’ Blue, the diabolo team Revolution Chinese Yoyo and a presentation by the Bicentennial Advisory Committee. MSA vice president Cameron

Dotson, a Kinesiology senior, said the idea for the pep rally came after meeting with various students during last year’s CSG election, when he ran as the vice presidential nominee for the Your Michigan party. During the campaign, Dotson said he discovered how aspects of campus like a new football coach and a revitalized athletic program helped instill a great deal of school spirit among

students, making him want to create a way for students from diverse student organizations and backgrounds to come together in their passion for the University. “I really wanted to bring something to the University, to get people excited and bring something that would last on campus for years to come,” Dotson said. Many alumni present at the

pep rally, such as alum John Varterasian, a Birmingham resident, said they were surprised by the increase in different types of student organizations. “They have a lot of different groups, different variety and lot of groups as alumni I really didn’t know existed,” Varterasian said. “So I thought it was pretty informative and See RALLY, Page 3A

MAX KUANG/Daily

Jack Harbaugh, father of Michigan Football Coach Jim Harbaugh, speaks at the Michigan Homecoming Pep Rally on the Diag Friday.

For more stories and coverage, visit

michigandaily.com

INDEX

Vol. CXXVI, No. 16 ©2016 The Michigan Daily

candidates low at ‘U’

No formal student groups for Stein or Johnson in Ann Arbor LYDIA MURRAY Daily Staff Reporter

The University of Michigan has received a fair amount of attention from the Democratic party this election season, with visits from Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.). However, there have been no surrogate or candidate visits from any other party. The greater presence of Democratic campaigns may have a simple explanation — the high levels of support they find here. 70 percent of students sampled backed Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in a recent Michigan Daily election survey. Additionally, the University’s chapter of College Democrats, Students for Hillary and the Michigan branch of the Hillary for America campaign all have active ongoing efforts on campus. Prior to the deadline earlier in October, the groups focused on voter registration, often working together on drives. Now they will begin switching gears to get out See CANDIDATES, Page 3A

NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A ARTS......................6A

SUDOKU.....................2A CL ASSIFIEDS...............6A S P O R T S M O N D AY. . . . . . . . . 1 B

News

2A — Monday, October 24, 2016

The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com

ON THE DAILY: KIDS AND PUMKINS MAKE FOR A FESTIVE CUBE Families, kids and dancers gathered around the Cube for a afternoon of pumpkin decorating, dressing up and a child’s rendition of Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” Sunday, organized by University of Michigan student group Dance Marathon. Dance Marathon, a student organization on campus, raises money for children with disabilities in Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak and C.S. Mott, including a thorough 24-hour dance party toward the end of the school year. Dance Marathon member Janie Brink, an LSA senior, said Sunday’s pumpkin carving is Dance Marathon’s kickoff event and was the first time members meet the families of the children at Beaumont. This year was the first time Dance Marathon combined pumpkin carving with their

therapy fair, which brings the hospital’s employees in to demonstrate physical therapies to children, while also allowing University students a personal look into how this process works. “Participating and seeing the exact therapies they do kind of gives you a hands-on experience and shows you exactly how you are helping them and what they are doing to be helped,” said Dance Marathon member Chandler Rider, a Kinesiology senior. LSA senior and Dance Marathon member Miranda Zeneli said the fair allows a more personal connection with families. “It’s really cool because we get to see where all of the money we have raised goes to,” Zeneli said. “And it really gives us a chance to bond with the families for the first time.”

Brink said Dance Marathon combined the two events to lead to a bigger event so all donors and students can see where their money is going to, while also allowing the children to participate in more activities. LSA senior Alayna Trilling echoed Brink, saying combining the events allows for more dancers to come to the events and learn more about the volunteering events Dance Marathon has to offer. New dancers who came to meet their families theyre fundraising money for for the first time, such as LSA freshman Jane Wu, said they had a positive experience with the organization so far. “I thought Dance Marathon was really cool because you get to stay up 24 hours with your friends and you get to bond and raise money for kids,” she said.

Beth Hoffi, whose daughter Kaitlin Betti-Hoffi has been a part of Dance Marathon since the first grade, echoed the sentiments of the dancers. “It’s a great time for her to be around other children who are going through some of the same things she’s going through,” Hoffi said. “The students really make her feel special. It’s a really wonderful experience.” Hoffi said Dance Marathon made her family feel special, citing a time where students took her son to the Big House after learning he was a big Michigan fan. Another time, students came to Kaitlin’s room after a surgery. “They kind of go above and beyond than what is expected of them,” she said. “It’s a time for her to feel special, a little bit more independent, a little bit more grown up. And they kind of do what she wants to do.”

Michigan Football @UMichFootball Michigan is now ranked No. 2 in the AP Poll. #GoBlue

Caroline Jankowski @c_jankowski Lesson of the weekend: always be prepared for a selfie with Big Sean at the Big House

CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES The Complexity of Homelessness WHAT: A course and discussion to give an intense looking into the complexity of homeless in America. WHO: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute WHEN: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. WHERE: North Campus Resarch complex

Flint Water Crisis Community Perspectives

“Muslim City” WHAT: This talk will discuss Islam engagment in Spain and the history of Islamophobia within the country. WHO: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Stuies WHEN: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: School of Social Work Building

Conversations on Europe

WHAT: Learn more about Italian film and fashion through this lecture and dicussion with WHAT: A panel dicussion to professor of Italia and comparative help local engagment with the literature at Queen College ongoing Flint Water Crisis, with a Eugenia Paulicelli. police focus by Flint community WHO: Center for European members. Studies WHO: Ford school WHEN: 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. WHEN: 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. WHERE: Ben and Jerry’s WHERE: Weill Hall

FOOTBALL From Page 1A Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh. “It was pretty windy out there — it was tough to throw the ball. … He was throwing the intermediate-deep stuff. Thirty-yard throws, 35 yards, 40-yard throws. Just on the money. It was impressive.” Illinois finally got on the board in the fourth quarter when Fighting Illini quarterback Jeff George Jr. completed a 43-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Malik Turner after Michigan botched a fake punt on the play before. The Wolverines were already ahead comfortably, though, thanks to a high-scoring first quarter. The flashiest play of the first half came on the first drive. After lining up for his usual jet sweep, freshman wide receiver Eddie McDoom reversed direction, caught a pass from Speight and ran for 33 yards to set up Michigan’s first score of the game. After redshirt sophomore Jabrill Peppers carried the

ball twice to help move the Wolverines to Illinois’ 3-yard line, Michigan ran its “train” formation to fluster Illinois’ defense. Butt managed to find open space, and Speight connected with him for a 3-yard touchdown pass to put the Wolverines up 7-0. Michigan’s scariest moment occurred on the following possession, when freshman running back Chris Evans lay motionless on the ground after a hard hit from two Illinois defenders. Evans was able to get up with the help of trainers but went to the locker room immediately following the hit. The Wolverines resumed their dominance on the following play, though, when redshirt freshman tight end Tyrone Wheatley Jr. scored his first career touchdown on a 21-yard catch. “I wanted to keep the football,” Wheatley said. “I didn’t let it go of it for a while. Everyone was jumping on me and slapping me in the head and stuff, and the ref was like, ‘I need the ball,’ and I was like, ‘Oh, here you go.’ I didn’t really want to let it go.” Redshirt junior fullback

POST-MIDTERM NETFLIXIN’. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com

Exhibition on View: Acadia WHAT: Exhibition on procedural design, designed environment, and autonomous machines. WHO: College of Architecture and Urban Planning WHEN: 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. WHERE: Liberty Reseach Annex

Conversations in Criminal Justice WHAT: Author of “Chances” Graham MacIndoe will disucss his addiction to heroin, his incarceration, and his recovery. WHO: Residential College WHEN: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. WHERE: East Quad 1405

Khalid Hill notched the final touchdown of the first quarter on his signature play — a 1-yard run — for his ninth touchdown of the season. The second quarter started just as strong as the first, when just over a minute into the second quarter, freshman safety Khaleke Hudson deflected a punt to give the Wolverines the ball on Michigan’s 38-yard line. That led to senior running back De’Veon Smith’s fouryard scoring run that put the Wolverines up 28-0 with 11 minutes left in the second quarter. Smith had 18 carries for 76 yards. “I thought De’Veon was in a really good flow, good rhythm,” Harbaugh said. “Running hard (and) breaking tackles. We went more than what was planned with him, back to calling the same play, calling his number … based on how he was doing.” While the offense impressed with 561 total yards, the special teams and defense made some big plays, too. Senior safety Dymonte Thomas picked off Illinois quarterback Jeff George Jr. to set up Michigan’s final score of the first half. “Dymonte was outstanding,” Harbaugh said. “He read the screen as good as you can read it. He leapt up and made a great interception. I think Jourdan Lewis was applying pressure on the play. It was outstanding. We needed that turnover.” Though the Wolverines weren’t challenged often, they did give Illinois a few chances. Fifth-year senior wide receiver Jehu Chesson fumbled on Michigan’s 37, but the defense then stopped the Fighting Illini on four straight plays to regain possession. The Wolverines’ biggest misstep came in the fourth quarter, when the botched fake punt gave the Fighting Illini great field position at the Michigan 43-yard line. But in a game when Illinois’ first completion didn’t come until four minutes into the third quarter — a gain erased by a fumble three plays later — the Wolverines were never threatened.

Follow @michigandaily

Tweets

Tommy Donovan @tm_donovan

Amateur Shakespeare WHAT: Led by University of California professor Katherine Steele Brokaw, this lecture will discuss Medival and Modern studies and Shakespeare. Will be followed by a discussion WHO: Medieval and Early Modern Studies WHEN: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: Angell Hall

The Cubs are in the World Series Michigan is #2 and I showed up to all of my midterms. What a time.

Love, Live, & Loss Film Screening

Cee @CeeWorlds

WHAT: A music documentary produced by Michigan Media following the story behind the “Seven Last Words of the Unarmed.” WHO: School of Music, Theater, and Dance WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Michigan Theater

So I’m blessed. Happy Homecoming. Be Beautiful.

420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com

SHOHAM GEVA

HUSSEIN HAKIM

Editor in Chief 734-418-4115 ext. 1251 sageva@michigandaily.com

Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 hjhakim@michigandaily.com

PHOTOGRAPHY SECTION

NEWS TIPS

ARTS SECTION

photo@michigandaily.com

news@michigandaily.com

CLASSIFIED SALES

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

classified@michigandaily.com

EDITORIAL PAGE

734-418-4115 opt. 3

tothedaily@michigandaily.com opinion@michigandaily.com

arts@michigandaily.com

NEWSROOM

SPORTS SECTION

sports@michigandaily.com

ADVERTISING

dailydisplay@gmail.com

Editorial Staff

AMANDA ALLEN and GRANT HARDY

LAURA SCHINAGLE

Senior Photo Editors: Zoey Holmstrom, Ryan McLoughlin, Zach Moore Assistant Photo Editors: Claire Abdo, Sinduja Kilaru, Sam Mousigian, Marina Ross, David Song

Managing Editor

Managing Photo Editors schlaura@michigandaily.com

EMMA KERR

Managing News Editor emkerr@michigandaily.com Senior News Editors: Allana Akhtar, Jacqueline Charniga, Emma Kinery, Camy Metwally, Katie Penrod Assistant News Editors: Riyah Basha, Kevin Biglin, Caleb Chadwell, Tim Cohn, Will Feuer, Nisa Khan, Jennifer Meer, Lydia Murray, Caitlin Reedy, Alexa St. John

CLAIRE BRYAN and REGAN DETWILER

Editorial Page Editors opinioneditors@michigandaily.com Senior Opinion Editors: Caitlin Heenan, Ben Keller, Anna Polumbo-Levy, Rebecca Tarnopol, Stephanie Trierweiler

MAX BULTMAN and JAKE LOURIM

Managing Sports Editors sportseditors@michigandaily.com Senior Sports Editors: Betelhem Ashame, Minh Doan, Jacob Gase, Kelly Hall, Ted Janes, Kevin Santo Assistant Sports Editors: Chloe Aubuchon, Laney Byler, Chris Crowder, Sylvanna Gross, Mike Persak, Orion Sang

KATHLEEN DAVIS and ADAM THEISEN

Managing Arts Editors arts@michigandaily.com Senior Arts Editors: Caroline Filips, Melina Glusac, Jacob Rich, Ben Rosenstock Arts Beat Editors: Matthew Barnauskas, Christian Kennedy, Rebecca Lerner, Natalie Zak

ANJALI ALANGADEN and FRANCESCA KIELB

Managing Design Editors design@michigandaily.com Senior Design Editors: Kaitlyn Beukema, Michelle Phillips, Ava Weiner, Jacob Wellins

KARL WILLIAMS

Statement Editor statement@michigandaily.com Deputy Statement Editor: Nabeel Chollampat Statement Photo Editor: Zoey Holmstrom Statement Lead Designer: Shane Achenbach Statement Creative Director: Emilie Farrugia

EMILY CAMPBELL and ALEXIS NOWICKI

Managing Copy Editors copydesk@michigandaily.com Senior Copy Editors: Danielle Jackson, Taylor Grandinetti

NIVEDITA KARKI

Managing Online Editor nivkarki@michigandaily.com Senior Web Developers: Dylan Lawton, Bob Lesser

LEVIN KIM

Managing Video Editor video@michigandaily.com Senior Video Editors: Michael Kessler, Abe Lofy, Emma Winowiecki

DEMARIO LONGMIRE and TONI WANG

Michigan in Color Editors michiganincolor@michigandaily.com Senior Michigan in Color Editors: Sabrina Bilimoria, Christian Paneda, Ashley Tjhung

MICHAEL SCHRAMM Special Projects Manager

EMMA SUTHERLAND

Managing Social Media Editor Senior Social Media Editors: Ellie Homant, Carolyn Watson

Business Staff

SONIA SHEKAR

ASJA KEPES

National Accounts Manager

Sales Manager

ANNA HE

Special Publications and Events Manager

photo@michigandaily.com

Digital Marketing Manager

EMILY RICHNER JULIA SELSKY

Local Accounts Manager

CLAIRE BUTZ

Production and Layout Manager The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University OF Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily’s office for $2. Subscriptions for fall term, starting in September-April, via U.S. mail are $225. Yearlong (September through April) is $250. University affiliates are subject to a reduced subscription rate. On-campus subscriptions for fall term are $35. Subscriptions must be prepaid. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and The Associated Collegiate Press.

News

The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com

OPIOID From Page 1A her addiction continued, though, instead of family remaining a priority as it always had been, getting her next bigger and better “high” took over, until one day — July 10, 2014 — they found a needle next to her unresponsive body. “It was surreal for my parents in the way that all of this energy and time spent into her recovery was now gone; their daughter was gone,” Martin said. “It was definitely a shift coming back into reality, coming back from that world of heroin and opiates.” Now, more than two years later, Martin still thinks about what life would be like had her sister not overdosed, noting the stigma that her family faced throughout her sister’s battle with addiction, which included numerous stints in rehab facilities, jail time and periods of drug testing. “It was scary for me to try and come up with these lies to make us seem like we were a normal family that just couldn’t do certain things,” Martin said.

MUDBOWL From Page 1A was raised from the members, the members’ families and the alumni of the fraternities competing in the qualifying tournament and the Mudbowl championship game. Public Policy junior Josh Martin, a Pi Kappa Phi member, said the philanthropic efforts tied to it are what make the Mudbowl a special event. “We raised almost $50,000 this year,” Martin said. “It is a fantastic cause as (the hospital is) helping kids get better every day.” Twelve fraternities compete in the week leading up to Mudbowl for a chance to play the Michigan Mudbowl Club on Saturday. Pi Kappa Phi ultimately beat out Phi Delta Theta in the 12-team championship Friday night. For Kinesiology senior Alex Dolik, the game this year held extra significance for former members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon still at the University. “This is the last one for us, basically,” Dolik said. “We are representing 150 years of (Sigma Alpha Epsilon) tradition that is not there anymore.”

CANDIDATES From Page 1A the vote efforts. However, those have very little to do with attracting candidates or surrogate visits, and only coordinate after a visit is announced. “It’s a very formalized process that is mostly done through the campaign,” said LSA senior Lauren Gallagher, Students for Hillary president. Cynthia Wilbanks, vice president of government relations at the University, said the student enthusiasm for the electoral process on campus has contributed to the visits so far. “The reputation of the University of Michigan as an energetic campus with students who are very well-informed and eager to participate is a wellknown characteristic,” she said. “And as a result it is no surprise that this campus is one where candidates find themselves.” Despite polling at 42 percent nationally, according to the RealClearPolitics polling average, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump receives very little support on campus with the most recent Michigan Daily survey showing him at 12.1 percent approval among students. Despite his poor performance, however, the University’s chapter of College Republicans retains its support for Trump and remains fairly active on campus. Throughout the semester, the group has hosted debate watch parties and contributed to voter registration efforts across campus. However, this has not resulted in a major candidate or surrogate visit. College Republicans President Enrique Zalamea, an LSA junior, wrote in an email interview with the Daily he is not surprised

“People caught on, but they didn’t really ask questions and that was probably one of the hardest parts… not knowing the line between wanting to talk about it but also knowing that if it’s talked about, people will look at you differently.” Experiences like that of Martin’s family are growing in numbers both nationally and locally in Washtenaw County. In response, several initiatives within and surrounding Ann Arbor have been working to reduce opioid-related deaths and primarily raise awareness about what Martin calls a “silent opioid epidemic.” Martin said she struggled entering her freshman year at the University of Michigan just two months after her sister’s death because she often faced the same common misconceptions about being family members of drug users do. “I didn’t want to be that girl that was known in my town who, when you said your sister’s involved with drugs, you were automatically stigmatized of being bad and dangerous, and they couldn’t trust you,” Martin said. “Even though I had never

Though this year the game felt extra special to Dolik, he emphasized that the Mudbowl also holds much significance to members of the University and Ann Arbor community. “People think it is a fraternity event, but it is something way more than that,” he said. “It is 80-plus years of tradition in the community and in Ann Arbor as it connects not just the students but the people at large in the community.” After both teams’ fans yelled insults at one another, the game got underway with Pi Kappa Phi racing out to an 8-0 lead. However, the Michigan Mudbowl Club scored two quick touchdowns to reach a score of 12-8, with the ensuing celebrations resulting in fans falling in the mud and beer being spilt on spectators. Each team would score one more touchdown before halftime, with the score at the break was 20-16 in favor of the Mudbowl Club. Joey Burke, a student at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst who was visiting Ann Arbor for the weekend, said the first half of the Mudbowl made for a unique game-day experience. “The atmosphere here is unbelievable and everyone is in the game spirit,” Burke said. “We

Trump has not hosted events on campus, but noted his organization has been involved with local campaigns and been invited to Trump events in the state. “I assume Trump and Pence not visiting Ann Arbor is a strategic decision to focus on more conservative parts of Michigan, such as during Trump’s rally in Novi Michigan, and Pence’s Lincoln Day Dinner in McComb county; both of which (College Republicans) members were given admission to,” he wrote. Traditionally, Trump prefers to hold rallies in large venues and has bragged about his ability to draw large crowds in comparison to Clinton. In his most recent visit to the state in Novi, he filled the Suburban Collection Showplace with approximately 1,000 people. Given his low support on campus, hosting a rally here might not result in his normal audience size. Nationally, while Trump retains a minority of support group among college students, he has also been met with protests at a portion of the few campuses he has visited. Wilbanks said the Trump campaign has thus far not been in contact with the University. “From the position of being helpful of all candidates, I would say we have only heard from Secretary Clinton’s campaign team,” she said. “We have not had any specific outreach through my office from Mr. Trump’s team. Maybe there will be outreach for that type of activity, but so far that has not been the case.” The lack of visits may also be due to different policy emphases. Clinton has repeatedly touted her higher education reform plan, which includes collaboration with Sanders and has resulted in tuition-free college for families who earn less than $125,000, a very popular notion among

touched a single drug in my entire life, it was still how I was perceived.” Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show opioid overdoses have tripled nationwide since 2000. According to a January 2016 report, opioids — particularly prescription pain medication and heroin — are the main drugs associated with overdose deaths, a statistic that was made apparent in 2014, the year in which more people died from drug overdoses than any other year on record. Statistics from Washtenaw County are just as severe as those nationwide. According to the Washtenaw County Public Health Opioid Report from June of this year, since October 2015 there have been about 20 Washtenaw County residents overdosing per month, and 25 percent of these residents do not survive. Additionally, opioid and heroin overdose data show there have already been 33 opioid deaths in Washtenaw County so far this year, more than the total amount of overdose deaths in the county just three years ago. Health effects Opioids change both the

have tailgates at (my school) but we don’t have the Mudbowl!” At the beginning of the second half, with the crowd growing larger and celebrating among fans increasing, a large fight broke out behind one of the end zones. A group of about 20 traded punches with one another, leaving some fans bleeding and covered in mud. Players from both teams stopped the game to break up the fight to continue the game. After a brief hiatus, the second half saw a dominant performance by the Mudbowl Club as the team held Pi Kappa Phi scoreless while adding two more touchdowns to its haul. In the end, the game finished 36-16 in favor of the Mudbowl Club. For LSA junior Nick Cargill, a key organizer of the event, his team’s victory in the mud marked the culmination of a memorable day. “It is great to be able to come out here and raise money for the kids and have one last homecoming with the people who originated the event and win one last Mudbowl,” Cargill said. “Having organized it, I put a lot of work into making this happen, so just to see it all come to fruition is beautiful.”

students. Trump, on the other hand, has not released a detailed plan relating to higher education. Looking outside of the two major parties, Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson has received a fair amount of support on campus, with the most recent Michigan Daily survey showing him at 11.7 percent. However, there is no formal support group for Johnson on campus, and nor has their been any interaction from his campaign. Johnson has received limited attention throughout the election season, some of it for blunders. Johnson has campaigned at a few college campuses including a speech at Liberty University’s convocation and nearby Purdue University. Comparatively, when Johnson ran in 2012, he embarked on an ambitious college tour across the country. Nationally, Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein has also gained the support of some young people, and has identified student support as an important part of her base. On the University’s campus, however, support hasn’t been very visible, and she polled at 3 percent in the Daily poll. Stein has spent a fair amount of time campaigning at college campuses with a college tour in Maine and various other university stops, including an upcoming event this Friday at Eastern Michigan University. Eric Borregard, Green Party candidate for state representative, told the Daily in a September interview that his party has seen an increase in support from young people in this election. “I think it is decidedly younger this year than it ever has been because of the infusion of Bernie Sanders people,” he said.

physiological response and behavioral mindset of the user after prolonged periods of dependency on the drug, according to Marci Scalera, co-chair of the Washtenaw Health Initiative Opioid Project. She said users begin to need the drug just to feel “normal.” Martin said her sister was active in a number of activities such as dance, student council, writing and sports until she first began experimenting with marijuana at about age 15. Once Angie began using harder drugs, Martin watched her lose interest in academics, quit the dance team and drop her application for the high school student council — changes Martin said were indicative of a “slow but downhill” spiral away from her priorities and morals. Echoing Scalera’s sentiments, Martin said Angie began to prioritize chasing a high as her addiction continued. “It manipulates people into being liars,” Martin said. “Wanting that drug was her main priority in life. Everyone else was doing life with drugs on the side, but she was doing drugs and life on the side.” Research

Monday, October 24, 2016 — 3A Mark Ilgen, interim director of the UM Addiction Treatment Services and research investigator in the Department of Veterans Affairs, said his research aims to assess the success of treatment methods for his patients, use a combination of modification of methods to personalize treatment and interact with substance abusers at an earlier stage of their use. Ilgen said the recent prescribing of opioid painkillers in medical settings is much of what increased the use and misuse of these medications. University researchers have supported this notion — last February, researchers found that giving patients smaller doses of prescription opioid painkillers for medical reasons may prevent overdoses. “When you’re talking about opioid use disorders and prescription opioid misuse and now heroin dependence, you’re looking at confluence of a number of factors that all increase opioid use over the last 10 to 15 years or so,” Ilgen said.

Read more online at

michigandaily.com

RALLY From Page 1A entertaining as well.” Other alumni, most of them recent graduates, were excited to see the groups they formerly belonged to perform onstage. Alum Ryan Bruder, an Ann Arbor resident and former Dance Marathon member, said watching the performances was a good way to reconnect with what the student group has been up to. “For me coming back it’s good to get an update where people have been and where they’re going,” Bruder said. Engineering junior Akshaya Rajkumar, Michigan Bhangra Team co-captain, said she appreciated how the event brought even the smallest of student organizations on the stage. “I think it really shows how diverse our campus is,” Rajkumar said. “We’re a very small Indian dance team on campus so it’s really nice to be recognized in such a big platform.”

Opinion

The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com

4A — Monday, October 24, 2016

CJ MAYER | COLUMN

Prioritize education policy

Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com

CLAIRE BRYAN

SHOHAM GEVA

and REGAN DETWILER Editorial Page Editors

Editor in Chief

LAURA SCHINAGLE Managing Editor

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS Carolyn Ayaub Claire Bryan Regan Detwiler Caitlin Heenan Jeremy Kaplan Ben Keller

Minsoo Kim Payton Luokkala Kit Maher Madeline Nowicki Anna Polumbo-Levy Jason Rowland

Lauren Schandevel Kevin Sweitzer Rebecca Tarnopol Ashley Tjhung Stephanie Trierweiler

Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s Editorial Board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors.

DAVID SCHAFER AND MICAH GRIGGS | OP-ED

F

The promise of tomorrow

rom campaigns for gender equality to expressions of discontent over past athletic policies, student activism is very much at the core of our university’s history. By uniting to advance positive change, University of Michigan students drive discovery and shape innovation. As students, our ability to mobilize, both on this campus and beyond, speaks to the ethos of our student body — an ethos that John F. Kennedy recognized when he proclaimed from the steps of the Michigan Union that this University is endowed with a greater purpose. We’re at our best when we embrace the higher calling of our education and use our knowledge as a vehicle to drive progress. When we engage in critical issues, we blaze trails and set examples that are recognized by individuals around the world — University presidents and citizens alike. Guided by this belief, we believe the time is right to announce the creation of the Leadership Engagement Scholarship. This scholarship, the first of its kind at the University, will provide financial awards to a group of emerging and established student leaders — undergraduate, graduate and professional — in any avenue of campus life with demonstrated financial need. Our reason for launching this scholarship is simple: The ability of University students to write their personal stories is increasingly restricted by financial barriers. There are obstacles that exist in the way of extracurricular involvement: Some organizations require their members to contribute financially, while all necessitate that leaders dedicate large amounts of time without the pay. Owing to this opportunity cost, which is more pronounced against the backdrop of rising tuition and housing prices,

students are often forced to forgo experiences outside of the classroom for paid work. On a national level, it is estimated that the average college student works about 19 hours per week. When students are pressed for time and money, extracurricular involvement is often the first sacrifice that students make. There are students who are currently unable to participate in the rich extracurricular life of the University. These affected individuals lose out on invaluable opportunities to which they should be afforded — opportunities that otherwise might very well come to define their University experience. We know and embrace the unique and elevated significance of this type of involvement because we’ve lived it. We’ve developed as leaders, grown as people, and forged lasting friendships through our extracurricular membership, just as have many Wolverines before us. It’s worth noting, for example, that Gerald R. Ford was a member of student government, Lucy Liu was in a sorority and Adam Schefter wrote for The Michigan Daily when he was a student. The Leadership Engagement Scholarship is very much aligned with the mission, vision and purpose of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategic plan. This fund will function as a “tool of equity” by helping to better level the playing field for lower-income students in the extracurricular world. It’s also important to recognize that on-campus student leadership elevates our prospects. Extracurricular involvement provides students with a natural networking base and the opportunity to enhance their resumes — both of which often prove to be invaluable when students look for jobs and internships. The scholarship is also appropriate as we prepare to

celebrate Michigan’s Bicentennial. It builds off the nearly 200-year story of “this Michigan of Ours,” which, as we touched on earlier, has been told through countless examples of student leadership. As we begin to shape the University’s third century, we must embrace the belief that participation in our “uncommon education” should be open to all students. Through this scholarship, we hope to realize a more diverse, equitable and inclusive tomorrow. We can’t, however, do this alone. While a small number of generous donors have pledged $100,000 to this fund, we need your help to achieve our goal of raising a total of $500,000 to make this scholarship a reality. This amount of money would provide annual awards to a group of 10 to 15 students. Pay it forward by sharing your story, advancing our student outreach efforts and engaging in our fundraising drives. Every donation is meaningful — no matter its size. Among our favorite aspects of the University is the fact that here, at one of the finest universities in the world, we have always been about tomorrow. This is the essence of the Leadership Engagement Scholarship. It’s about creating opportunities for all, and expecting engagement from all — now and for the life of the University. Together, let’s marry thoughtful vision with concrete action. Let’s work to provide students with possibilities that are worthy of their promise. To learn more about the Leadership Engagement Scholarship, or how to volunteer or donate, visit studentlife.umich. edu/leadership-engagementscholarship. If you have any questions, please reach out to leadershipscholarship@umich. For a complete list of signees, visit michigandaily.com.

W

hen it comes to Association to “stand behind the future of the charter school public our country, few school movement.” In 2008, as issues are as critical as our a candidate for president, she education system. An educated had a more qualified support population is fundamental for of charter schools, as she was everything, from our economy in favor Public School Choice to our democracy. programs and Yet, education policy experimenting with has been a seconddifferent options, tier issue in this but said charter year’s presidential schools can’t be campaign, and was allowed to drain not addressed at any resources from of the three debates. public schools. Ask the general While she has public, and an been in favor of CJ unfortunately large charter schools in number of people the past, today she MAYER won’t know where seems much more either candidate stands on the reserved. Last November, she issue. Clinton’s policies are said charter schools do not help more fleshed out and her track those who need them the most, record is more impressive, and by investing more in the but in this case, what she has public education system, we proposed to do once in office can create better public schools is ambiguous. While education from which parents can choose. policy is unlikely to change Call it evolving over decades in votes at this point, it’s time for public service or call it appeasing our candidates to take a stand the two biggest teacher unions on education. One of them will be president, and they must be held accountable when it comes to the direction of our education system. Let’s start by breaking down higher education plans. Bernie Sanders made student debt a big issue, and for the most part, Hillary Clinton took his position. She is in favor of “debt-free” public colleges with free tuition for any family making less than $125,000 per year. At half a trillion dollars, this plan will be paid for, she claims, by raising taxes on the richest Americans. She also believes students should — both of which have endorsed spend about 10 hours per week her — but one thing is for sure: working in order to help pay Clinton has changed her rhetoric for their tuition. As a senator, on school choice. Where she Clinton introduced legislation would stand is unclear and to increase Pell Grant funding. dependent on her selection of While it is a good idea, it is secretary of education. unclear how she will pay for On the flipside, aligning it, and that is where her policy with most conservative must get more specific. In fact, policymakers, Donald Trump Trump’s team has jumped has been steadily in favor on this and said her plan is of more school choice. He impossible. Trump’s policy believes the education system adviser, Sam Clovis, says that needs more competition: government itself should not “If you forced schools to be involved in providing loans get better or close because to students and that it should parents didn’t want to enroll be banks doing so; this would their kids there, they would be a disaster. Besides this get better.” To increase point, contrasted with Clinton’s enrollment at charter schools, more specific plan, Trump he would move $20 billion has said very little. Trump’s in existing federal dollars to policy positions get even more promote a voucher program confusing when we go to another that would enable kids in important topic in education. poverty to attend charter Charter schools are a very schools. This, according to contentious issue. Clinton many Democrats, would take has changed her opinion on funds away from current public charter schools throughout the schools and would deprive years. As first lady in 1999 she the schools of much-needed told the National Education resources. Trump is staunchly

Our education system determines our country’s future, and it’s been ignored.

Redefining victim: I say who wins EMILY BUTTE

T

wo years ago, I joined ROTC on campus as a sophomore. That March, in 2015, the boy I considered to be one of my closest friends both in the program and in the school decided to take advantage of me one night after I had been drinking at the bars. I didn’t know what to think the next few days; I passed the night off as something that had happened before: I got too drunk, and mistakes were made. It wasn’t until I came back to school my junior year after a summer away from everything University of Michigan-related that I realized I wasn’t OK, and what had happened to me wasn’t OK. I spent the first few months of my junior year feeling targeted and isolated every time I had to sit in uniform among my ROTC peers, and experienced panic attacks continuously. I felt unsafe, paranoid and scared of the other cadets. The military is built on trust, but mine had been so violated that I didn’t really know who in that entire room I could trust. I went to the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center soon after school began, asked for help and started seeing a therapist who I still see today. She later told me I had been diagnosed with PTSD, something that at the time I only associated with war veterans and people who had been nearly

murdered in an alley behind a bar. When I first went to my therapist, I refused to think of myself as a victim. I had been living a lifestyle of partying and drunken nights at boys’ places in college that hadn’t been a problem, until the boy was a friend and I had said no. Before, it had only been the assholes, my interactions with whom I could shrug off, convincing myself that I was using them as well. But actually accepting that I hadn’t had control over what happened that night in March was very difficult, because if I was a victim, then I was weak. It took me many long months of therapy to start appreciating the word victim for what it is. It has absolutely no bearing on me or my decisions, and is only a word to describe a person that someone else thought they could use. The label of victim does not define me, and it in no way means “weak.” Toward the end of winter semester, just when I thought I might be able to move past the event and keep living my life how I choose, the same boy who assaulted me allegedly assaulted someone else. I felt terrible. When it’s just me enduring the pain, that’s OK, but if I had said something back in the spring, this other girl might not be having to go through the same thing I was. She chose to file a university report against him, and I spent a month debating whether or not I should say something. I was still

healing and didn’t think I’d be prepared to talk about him, and I honestly didn’t want to get him in trouble. I felt bad that I might be the one to end his military career. It wasn’t until another girl in the ROTC program came up to me and told me that she was scared of him that I concluded someone like him will only continue to hurt women, and he has no place having authority over people in the military. So I spoke with a professor I trusted in the ROTC program, and things started to move very quickly. I was told nothing would happen unless I filed a report with the police and with the school, though I felt there was nearly no chance of that leading anywhere — it had happened almost a year ago, and was now only a he said, she said scenario. I decided to move forward and file a case with both the police and the University. The investigation led by the University took about four months. The school had set up measures the last month or so, keeping him away from ROTC and places we’d both be. But this year, my senior year, I’ve had to return to the program with him back in it. I don’t hear of this situation happening too often, where a victim of sexual assault has to see and interact with their attacker after the fact, and is expected to work on the same team as them. Yes, it does suck. People in the program don’t bring it up anymore because he is back and, so I’ve heard, preaches

his innocence. But I have a strong support system around me this year consisting of people who’ve heard of what he has been accused of and agree that it’s despicable, especially for a future military officer. They hear my side of the story without just assuming the guy who’s back with us in class must be innocent. It’s very difficult having to share the space with him once again, but I’ve progressed so far this past year and I am really proud of myself. I have my moments where I have to leave the room in tears instead of continuing to sit in a SAPAC briefing and be told “sex without consent is not OK,” but for the most part, I’ve been so much happier. For the first time in years, I can focus on my schoolwork, and I don’t feel like I have to drink four times a week to get rid of my thoughts. I have an amazing boyfriend just a few years after I thought that I was broken and incapable of letting someone grow close to me. I want to use my experiences to help prevent similar things from happening to others. That way, he does not win — I do. Emily Butte is an LSA senior.

This is the third piece in the Survivors Speak series, which seeks to share the varied, first-person experiences of survivors of sexual assault. If you are a survivor and would like to submit to the series, please visit michigandaily.com/section/opinion for more information.

pro-charter school and provoucher programs. And while it seems like Clinton is in favor of a qualified and experimental charter school program, she is vehemently against the voucher program, as she thinks it will take funds away from public schools that need it most. A third issue that both candidates could be clearer on is pre-kindergarten education. Clinton wants to make pre-K universal and double the Head Start program, which helps low-income students in their early years in school. The plan would likely cost $75 billion. If there’s one primary issue for Clinton, it’s here. She started in law school, where she worked for the Children’s Defense Fund and continued as first lady of Arkansas, where she started home visiting for new mothers in poverty. She made a huge difference as first lady of the United States, where she pushed for the 1997 State Child Health Insurance Program and the Early Head Start program, which help more than 8 million children. Additionally, her first book, “It Takes A Village,” concerns early childhood investment. As The Atlantic puts it: “For the first time in U.S. history, Americans may be about to elect a president whose signature issue is early childhood.” On the contrary, it seems that Trump is severely lacking in a history of education initiatives. In fact, an article in U.S. News and World Report reported, “As for Donald Trump, his primary track record on early childhood education seems to be the number of times other people have compared him to a preschooler.” Our education system determines our country’s future, and it’s been ignored. While neither candidate has talked enough about education to hammer down all their plans, we can look at history for an idea of where the two candidates stand. Clinton has spent her entire life advocating for childhood education, while Trump has spent the entire campaign defending his only experience in education: Trump University. We have outlines of plans, but when it comes to how they will change our education system, we have very few specifics. This is not OK; we must prioritize education policy and the discussion of such policy if we want to make any improvements.

CJ Mayer can be reached at mayercj@umich.edu

CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONVERSATION Readers are encouraged to submit letters to the editor and op-eds. Letters should be fewer than 300 words while op-eds should be 550 to 850 words. Send the writer’s full name and University affiliation to tothedaily@michigandaily.com. ANNIE TURPIN | CONTACT ANNIE AT ASTURPIN@UMICH.EDU

The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com

Arts

Monday, October 24, 2016 — 5A

REEL POLITICS

CONCERT REVIEW

Media’s sway on elections

Whitney closes out North American tour leg at Grand Rapids concert

How cinema characterizes entertainment and Washington DANIEL HENSEL Daily Arts Writer

To hear Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump say it, the media is totally “rigged against me.” Despite his unending stream of complaints, and his recent performances in the debates notwithstanding, Trump is highly adept at using the media to elevate his campaign. If his mantra is that all press is good press, Trump has certainly been profoundly successful; television, newspapers and websites are more saturated with his face than a North Korean publication may feature their Dear Leader. But in the primary, as he used bombastic language to attract the attention of oft-ignored segments of the electorate, Trump’s f loor rose as his ceiling fell. Thanks to the media, Trump eliminated any ambiguities about his campaign to the point where Trump has garnered support from everyone who should support him and few else. This is all to say the obvious: the media is important. As our primary method of learning about our world, every choice made by the supposed media elite can majorly affect the campaign, our politics and everything else. In “Medium Cool,” the fascinating directorial debut from legendary cinematographer Haskell Wexler (“Days of Heaven”), reality and fiction seamlessly blur into one another against the tumultuous backdrop of the chaotic 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago. “Medium Cool” doesn’t have too much to say substantively about the media itself, but its brief conspiratorial turn remains a prescient warning: John Cassellis (Robert Forster, “Jackie Brown”), a cameraman for a local news station, discovers that his boss

has been giving information captured by the cameramen to the FBI, allowing them to arrest demonstrators and protestors. Maybe that’s why there’s a lurking threat to journalists throughout the film: stories of journalists being beaten for rumors of conspiring with the government, accusing cameramen of being cops in disguise. There’s a fundamental distrust of the media, of powerful voices, because one editorial choice could depict the rioting protestors as unjustified savages. But, on the other side of the coin, these rioters need the media to transmit their message throughout the country.

There’s a fundamental distrust of the media. And in a larger sense, “Medium Cool” is a metaphor for this editorial power. The film takes place during the 1968 riots, but it was literally filmed at and during them. At one point, when a cop throws some gas at protestors, a crewman on the film shouts, “Look out Haskell, it’s real!” And yet the narrative of the story (albeit a fairly weak one) persists through these scenes. It’s impossible to tell where the documentary ends and where the drama begins, and perhaps that’s precisely the point: the news, by its nature of being condensed and edited, is defined more by its artifice than its accuracy. And yet its effect is potent as ever. Conrad Brean, the genius spin doctor played by Robert De Niro (“The Deer

Hunter”) in Barry Levinson’s 1997 film “Wag the Dog,” understands the artifice of news more than anybody. A true October surprise, the sitting president’s re-election campaign is set to be derailed by a child sex scandal after the president makes advances on a visiting “Firef ly Girl.” Fearful that the news may begin to cover the story obsessively, the president’s press office hires Brean to fix the problem. With a connection to a wealthy Hollywood producer, Stanley Motss (Dustin Hoffman, “The Graduate”), Brean decides to set up a fake diversionary war in Albania. He films a brief scene of destruction in front of a blue screen and sends it to every major network. Soon enough, it’s the major story every day until Election Day. Brean declares early on that we remember the images of war, not the war itself. His team follows that mantra extensively, creating symbols and heroes that contribute to and extend their manufactured narrative. With access to the presidential office, and thus infinite power, Brean’s team is able to construct a hyper-real alternative reality, even if it results in a few casualties and actual war in Albania soon after the election. They understand that, for the story to catch on and last for a number of days, it must fit the public’s demand for entertainment. Like or unlike (you decide) Trump’s tendency to say patently ludicrous statements that provoke more than an eyeroll, Brean has an obsessively calculative mind that can automatically create the perfect narrative. It’s a clear answer to the question for those who are frustrated by what they perceive to be a lack of Clinton scandal coverage in the media: it’s not entertaining enough.

Indie band brings unexpected high energy and fun to Michigan SEAN LANG

Daily Arts Writer

Whitney began more or less as a songwriting experiment between housemates (and former Smith Westerns bandmates) Julien Ehrlich and Max Kakacek following an intense series of breakups. Both of them split with girlfriends; Smith Westerns disbanded; and Ehrlich left Unknown Mortal Orchestra, for whom he previously played drums. Though the circumstances surrounding the writing of Light Upon the Lake were bleak, the album is anything but. Centered around Ehrlich’s lofty croon, Kakacek’s easy guitar grooves, and the occasional brass flair provided by trumpeter Will Miller, Light Upon the Lake is the idyllic, nostalgic summer upon which we longingly look back. Beginning in January 2016, after the release of single “No Woman,” the band has toured extensively across Europe and the United States with few pauses, sometimes playing more than one show a day. On October 16, the band played at Pyramid Scheme in Grand Rapids. The members of this countryinformed, soul-infused, rock ‘n’ roll six-piece outfit are out to make a name for themselves. It’s a good thing their abilities match — if not outpace — their ambition. Following opener Sam Evian’s appropriately whimsical set, Whitney opens with “Dave’s Song,” a jangly, melancholic plea to an ex-lover. Based solely on lyrical content, one would think that a Whitney show could easily devolve into an intensely sorrowful affair. Thankfully, the band’s energy, up-for-whatever attitude and apparent failure to take themselves seriously all ensure that the net emotional effect is positive. Covers of Bob Dylan’s “Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here with You” and NRBQ’s “Magnet” also help to lift the

mood while testifying to the band’s relative range and acting as a humble acknowledgement of their roots. At one point in the show, Ehrlich pauses for a moment to remind the crowd that this is the last stop on the North American leg of the tour; he wants to make it something special. Immediately following this, members of Sam Evian come on stage with a shot of whiskey for every performer, and the result is strangely affecting. At once a celebration of a good several months and a farewell between bands, that communal shot is a poignant reminder of the more immediately human side of what it means to be a musician. Whitney then invites the Sam

Each member of Whitney brings their own experience. Evian members to stay onstage with them to help play “Red Moon,” an instrumental track whose studio cut is just over two minutes long. Of the songs on the album itself, “Red Moon” is, frankly, the most boring. Performed live, however, it is absurdly and purely fun, with more than half of the band playing unique solos that don’t appear on the recorded version. Before beginning the song, Ehrlich notes that someone tweeted at Whitney’s account that they would buy ten albums if the band played “Red Moon” for ten minutes. A middle-aged man from the front row volunteers himself as said tweeter and, after only a moment’s hesitation, the band agrees to give it a shot. Kakacek plays two solos; Miller plays two solos; pianist Malcolm Brown plays two solos; Evian plays two solos; Evian’s backing

guitarist plays two solos. And when the timer hit ten minutes exactly, the band stops. “Thanks for making us do that,” Ehrlich smiles, “but you don’t have to buy the albums.” Given that Whitney only has one album of material, they played it all. The driving “No Matter Where We Go” was cleanly executed and had half of the room dancing. “Golden Days” — “this song is about having a girlfriend, and then, y’know, not having a girlfriend” — serves as an anchor for the show, perhaps the band’s most well-developed song. Following “Golden Days,” the band plays “The Falls” — “it’s about partying too hard and not knowing who you are.” During “Polly,” which has become another trademark of their live show, Ehrlich and bassist Josiah Marshall share a several-seconds-long kiss. Feel free to guess at what the intent is, but it certainly livens up the show. After exhausting most of their material, Ehrlich announces that he is sick of “fake encores,” and that the band will just stay onstage and play three more songs. After roughly an hour, the band closes on “No Woman,” during which Ehrlich introduces each of the members and offers a shout-out to Sam Evian. He addresses the crowd: “Let’s hang out afterwards. Grand Rapids is a sick city.” Whitney itself is a new project, but the experience of each of the members is clearly reflected. They are confident in the niche they have carved out for themselves and they know exactly what they want to accomplish. After having seen them three times, my desire to experience their live performance has not abated in the slightest. They are a band who know what live performance is meant to be: never the same experience, even when the same band performs in the same venue only months apart.

COMMUNITY CULTURE PREVIEW

TranceFormation in Kerrytown 20th annual Edgefest Festival features unpredictable jazz music outside of TranceFormation is less avant-garde and more For the Daily straight-ahead jazz, Wolper said her goal in performing The last weekend of October with TranceFormation is “to will be a special one in express — express something. Kerrytown, and not Not just notes just because of the and pitches.” emerging fall colors While it seems Edgefest or Halloween to the average Oct. 26 at 6 p.m., festivities. person that Oct. 27 at 7 p.m., Edgefest, a fourimprovised live day avant-garde performance Oct. 28 at 6 p.m., jazz festival could take quite Oct. 29 at 12 p.m. that will occur a toll, Wolper Kerrytown Concert that weekend, embraces House is described on the ability to its website as a express herself $5 students, $10 “festival with a in both types of adults unifying purpose: performances. to explore new “I love all of music created by today’s it,” she said. composer­ s and performers Much of Wolper’s inspiration from the United States and for expressing herself stems beyond.” Edgefest will be filled from TranceFormation’s late with groundbreaking jazz pianist, Connie Crothers. performers — including those Crothers passed away in August who don’t stick with a script. of this year, but still plays a large Andrea Wolper, Ken role in the group. She was often Filiano and the late Connie heard telling musicians she Crothers are three individual worked with that performing jazz artists, each acclaimed and making music is all about for separate musical talents feeling — TranceFormation and accomplishments. When takes Crothers’s piece of together, though, they form wisdom and extends it to each an improvisational, avant- of their performances. garde jazz assemblage called Filiano, the group’s bassist TranceFormation. While (and Wolper’s husband), also almost all of the performers at draws his relationship to Edgefest offer a unique take on performance from Crothers’s jazz music, TranceFormation views, and stresses the offers the unpredictable. importance of “always Although each musician is sounding like who you are.” based out of New York, the group A major precursor for a had their debut performance successful performance, he in 2006 in Ann Arbor. Wolper, said, is knowing the history of the vocalist of the group, has the music you’re playing so that been called one of the “great you can fill a unique position in jazz singers.” While her work the music itself. RENNIE PASQUINELLI

TranceFormation’s debut performance was also in Ann Arbor, at the 2006 International Society for Improvised Music’s inaugural conference, held in Ann Arbor. And, in a bittersweet fashion, their last performance may be in Ann Arbor this week. While Crothers’ talent and wisdom will continue to make an impact on Wolper and Filiano, the two agreed that the group was defined by the three musicians performing and expressing themselves as a trio. “TranceFormation was the three of us … There is no going backwards,” Filiano said. Wolper added that the music TranceFormation made together was too personal to replicate in another group. “If we (decided to) find another pianist and make a group, it could absolutely happen. But it would be a different group,” she said. Fittingly, their last performance will be a tribute to Crothers. Although this will not be TranceFormation’s first performance as a tribute to Crothers, it will be their final. Wolper notes the importance of playing “in a way that would honor her,” which will include a piece comprised of some words Crothers had written down on a piece of paper for Wolper in the past. “Maybe this performance is a way of saying this group was, and is no longer,” Wolper said. TranceFormation’s tribute to Connie Crothers is October 27 at 7:00 PM at the Kerrytown Concert House, as a part of the 20th annual Edgefest Festival.

Classifieds

Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com

RELEASE DATE– Monday, October 24, 2016

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle

FOR RENT

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

ACROSS 1 “Handle __ care” 5 Burns with hot liquid 11 Ex-Florida governor Bush 14 “__ Ben Adhem” 15 Reacts facially to a bad joke, say 16 Chopping tool 17 What snowbirds seek in winter 19 “Mamma __!” 20 Mecca’s peninsula 21 Heat in a microwave 22 Indy service areas 23 “Do __ others ... ” 25 Most doubtful 27 Ready-to-send correspondence 31 Network with regular pledge drives 32 D-Day French city 33 Steak orders 37 Calm under pressure 39 Since Jan. 1, in accounting 41 Folksy account 42 “Bewitched” witch 45 Buster Brown’s dog 48 Jamaican music genre 49 Liqueur holder 52 Last word of a verbally cited passage 55 “Doctor Zhivago” heroine 56 Potpie veggies 57 Hydroelectric facility 59 Quik maker 63 Dad, to grandpa 64 Ideal party thrower described by the first words of 17-, 27- and 49Across 66 Cutoff point 67 C to C, in music 68 Richard of “A Summer Place” 69 Org. with a PreCheck Program 70 Sets free 71 Facts and figures

DOWN 1 Electric guitar effect 2 Letter-shaped beam 3 __ Bora: Afghan region 4 Scrooge’s “Nonsense!” 5 Worry about something, slangily 6 Cloak-anddagger org. 7 Animated bug film 8 Bar mitzvah toast 9 What fries are fried in 10 Ukr. or Lith., once 11 Actor Foxx 12 Freeway offramps 13 Savage sort 18 Tipplers 22 Cockpit figure 24 “I’m __ human” 26 Little lie 27 First fairy tale word 28 Second fairy tale word 29 Trampled (on) 30 ’80s-’90s crime boss John 34 Mission Control org.

35 Benevolent fraternal group 36 Salty expanses 38 Center of power 40 Bygone phone feature 43 Pal of Piglet 44 Radio City Music Hall design style 46 Cursory looks 47 Long-legged wader 50 “... near and __ my heart”

51 Assailed verbally, with “out” 52 Surprise win 53 Bright signs 54 Press conference format, briefly 58 Degs. for choreographers 60 Old Roman robe 61 Future D.A.’s exam 62 Sicilian volcano 64 D.C. big shot 65 Morn’s counterpart

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE:

xwordeditor@aol.com

10/24/16

ARBOR PROPERTIES Award‑Winning Rentals in Kerrytown, Central Campus, Old West Side, Burns Park. Now Renting for 2017. 734‑649‑8637. www.arborprops.com WWW.CARLSONPROPERTIES.COM 734‑332‑6000

HEY. YOU'RE DOING GREAT AND WE know you can do it. Don't give up!

By Gail Grabowski and Bruce Venzke ©2016 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

10/24/16

Arts

6A — Monday, October 24, 2016

The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com

ALBUM REVIEW

‘LP2’ a strong comeback American Football scores touchdown with new release

The group was originally SAMANTHA LU active from 1997 to 2000, For the Daily releasing their first self-titled LP in 1999 and a few other American Football’s first works before disbanding. In the release in 17 years begins softly, years since, the members have with a quietly been working crescendoing on separate set of chimes ventures. that reverberate LP2 has a American Football through the ears. gentle sound, The delicacy of fueled by Mike American Football the noise evokes Kinsella’s Polyvinyl Records thoughts of burnished tinkling wind yet powerful chimes dancing in voice, silky the wind, reminiscent of a sun with honeyed nostalgia. Slow soaked warm welcome back buildups and lulls in the home after a long and tiring sound blended with slightly adventure. unexpected vocal harmonies,

A-

steady and persistent bass and Steve Lamos’s multifaceted drumming are magnetizingly immersive, striking a perfect balance and ensuring that the vocals are never drowned out by the instrumentals. American Football has a distinct imprint on the emo scene in part for their obscure time signatures, which lend the music an asymmetrical quality that not only complicates the instrumental line but also creates a complex, many-sided listening experience. In some of the songs, the guitars play on a completely different time signature from the drums. The irregular beats are particularly audible in “Give Me the Gun,” especially in the parts of the piece where Kinsella’s voice fades away and drumming takes the stage. Not every track is slowpaced, however. “Desire Gets In The Way,” track eight on the LP, has a noticeably more upbeat sound in comparison to the rest of the collection. Lighter, dancing guitar notes and quicker drumming are at the forefront of the song as Kinsella proclaims “ Desire gets in the way / you can’t hide such an ugly trait.” The bridge of the song is surprisingly mellow as most of the instrumentals vanish and Kinsella tenderly sings “For you, I’ll remain / chained to the bed we made.” It’s rare for a group to come back full force after a breakup, and rarer still to do so after a 17 year long hiatus. With LP2’s warm, undulating sound, American Football proves that they are more than ready for the challenge.

TV COLUMN

TV’s unrealistic focus on confrontation Contrary to what we see on the screen, life isn’t so dramatic

O

n TV, conflict and like a huge step forward, like this is confrontation are them subtly reaching out to me to central. Any major revive our lost friendship, or even conflict being raised is treated like just to let me know they’re not a promise that must be delivered angry at me anymore. on, and if it’s never addressed, it’s But on TV, if a character bad TV. Almost any legitimately felt time the possibility sad that someone of a new romantic was liking someone pairing is floated, for else’s posts and example, those two not their own, that people will end up character would together, even if it’s come across as just one hook-up that the stereotype of a never becomes more. millennial teenage Most TV creates girl obsessed with the false perception the most trivial BEN that interpersonal media ROSENSTOCK social conflict is largely happenings. On TV, built on a series of dramatic you have to create “real” drama arguments. If people keep their to deal with. “That girl isn’t liking petty resentments inside and let my Instagram pictures” is not them fester without confronting enthralling drama. But it happens each other, eventually it’ll blow a lot in this modern world, so up into an even more explosive shouldn’t we depict it onscreen? confrontation. In the real world, of The best show at illustrating how course, most interpersonal conflicts important social media interactions are more subtle and low-scale. can feel is “Man Seeking Woman,” In fact, in the age we live in, an FXX sitcom that heightens the a lot of indicators of conflict romantic travails of the average between people come from tiny awkward 20-something guy to social media interactions. That’s surreal degrees. One episode something most TV writers avoid devotes a whole sequence to figuring dramatizing, probably out of fear out how Josh (Jay Baruchel, “This of the drama feeling too trivial is the End”) should respond to a and petty. But social media plays text; various consultants surround such a huge role in our lives now Josh at a conference table as if that it feels weird to ignore it the fate of the world depends on entirely, especially because little what he sends. Michael Hogan social media occurrences can (“Battlestar Galactica”) screams have surprisingly big emotional “Text ‘jk!’ ” repeatedly, and the effects. When I haven’t talked to stakes are extreme. But “Man somebody in a long time, whether Seeking Woman” works so well it’s because of a fight we got into because it sets out to be fantastical, or some subtle conflict, we often to be deliberately surreal to express won’t Snapchat each other, won’t how very real occurrences feel. “like” each other’s Facebook posts, It succeeds because it presents won’t acknowledge each other’s these seemingly trivial incidents tweets. So if somebody randomly in astronomical terms. Most shows “likes” one of my posts for the first can’t do that. Not every show can time months after a fight, it feels employ fantastical interludes like

“Jane the Virgin” or “Man Seeking Woman” can, so these small internal conflicts mostly get left out. Sometimes, I wish that life was more like TV. I wish every mere romantic possibility came to fruition, every conflict was exciting and every obstacle I faced would, in the end, result in me being a stronger, more resilient person. I wish that, every time I was angry at someone for a justified reason, I would have the bravery to come out and confront them about what they did. I wish that, if I felt myself drifting from someone, I would immediately make a move to rectify it and not give a shit whether I came across as “powerless,” whether I came across as the person who gave more of a shit. I wish that, if someone was avoiding me or pushing me away, they would just tell me so I understood their motives. I wish that life was like TV, because on TV, motivations are usually clear, because everyone is always explaining themselves all the time. Most TV conflict could be solved by open and honest communication, and most is solved that way. But in reality, the truth is that most of life isn’t built on confrontation. There’s long, drawn-out, lingering resentment that either comes out late or often not at all. There’s stuff that goes unaddressed because people are so utterly afraid of what consequences even bringing it up would have. A lot of times, there’s never really any closure. People have to move on without any neat tying of bows. Sometimes, the perfect cathartic confrontation is no more than a myth, a convenient storytelling device reserved for TV.

FILM REVIEW

PARAMOUNT

Do you have this Pokemon?

‘Never Go Back’ has promise, but fails Sequel to 2012 thriller significantly more generic than the original are the film’s greatest assets, as it turns out, because just about For the Daily everything after those initial scenes is boring and forgettable, The original “Jack Reacher” and it begins with the introducwasn’t exactly great. The dia- tion of Reacher’s new teen sidelogue was hammy and seemed kick. like it would be more at home It’s not that young sidekicks are in a 1950s noir flick. The char- inherently bad. They aren’t, and acters straddled they can be used to the line between add further dimenboring and just sions to their menplain unlikable, tors. Unfortunately, and the story these characters are “Jack Reacher: was extremely by and large vehiNever Go Back” run-of-the-mill. cles driven by angst Director Chrisand poor decision Ann Arbor 20 & topher McQuarmaking, whose sole Quality 16 rie, who would go purpose is to act as Paramount on to work with damsels in distress. star Tom Cruise Such is the case with again on last Samantha Dayton, year’s excellent “Mission: Impos- played by Danika Yarosh (“Heroes sible - Rogue Nation,” managed to Reborn”), who almost gets herself breathe some life into the script, and everyone around her killed on however, so it wasn’t a complete at least three occasions and adds loss. But its sequel, “Jack Reacher: nothing to the overall plot besides Never Go Back” isn’t lucky enough an overwrought subplot in which to have someone like McQuarrie Reacher, action hero extraordito salvage the script. In the hands naire, learns the value of family. of director Edward Zwick (“The As nearly worthless as the Last Samurai”), “Never Go Back” Samantha character is, though, becomes a film that is less corny the villains of “Never Go Back” than the original but also expo- somehow manage to be worse. nentially more generic. “Forgettable” barely sums up The opening act of “Never Go these men who hardly have Back” is actually relatively prom- names, let alone motivations and ising. Cruise and Cobie Smulders personalities. Robert Knepper (“The Avengers”) have believ- (“Prison Break”) plays General able chemistry, and the evolution Harkness, the main antagonist, of their relationship is shown who is on screen for all of two through a montage of their meet- minutes, never giving Knepper ings by phone so that when she is the chance to make the unnervarrested, it’s all the more under- ing impression that is his wellstandable that Reacher would earned bread and butter. Reacher single-mindedly believe her and company are also pursued by innocence. Cruise and Smulders a mercenary known only as the JEREMIAH VANDERHELM

C-

Hunter, who is about as mundane as his title implies and not worth the time it would take to criticize. Still, “Never Go Back” could have been saved had Zwick crafted an interesting action set piece or two. Again, the original “Jack Reacher” was nothing special, but the car chase between Reacher and the authorities was well-shot and legitimately exciting, hinting at the talent which McQuarrie possessed. Zwick opts to go a different direction, in that all but two of the film’s spectacularly few “action” scenes are made up entirely of rapidly edited shots of pretty people running while being accompanied by generic chase music. And “generic” seems to be the word that best sums up “Never Go Back.” Its generic plot is only unpredictable because the viewer is so bored that they won’t bother to try to figure out where it’s going. Its generic characters come and go at the will of the screenwriter, creating many a moment of “Oh, right, that character exists.” Its generic action only serves to highlight what a tedious slog the whole thing is, instead of injecting any amount of excitement into the affair. Its generic villains barely feature at all and could be exchanged for the villains of almost any other action movie with no difference made to the plot. “Never Go Back” is not awful, but only because it’s too generic and mediocre in everything but its lead performances to be truly awful. Instead, it settles for feeling more like a feature length “NCIS” episode than anything else.

B

The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | October 24, 2016

Michigan rolls to early lead, sets up rivalry trip to East Lansing next week JAKE LOURIM

Managing Sports Editor

De’Veon Smith ran left on the first play. De’Veon Smith ran right on the second. Wilton Speight threw on the third. Jim Harbaugh threw convention out the window on the fourth. Three plays were all it took for the Michigan football team to reach into its bag of tricks and runs circles around Illinois for an easy touchdown drive. Some coaches may have waited until later in the game. Some coaches may have waited until next week at Michigan State, a more formidable opponent than the Fighting Illini were in a 41-8 blowout Saturday at Michigan Stadium. Harbaugh, of course, does not coach by convention. He didn’t hesitate to use three quarterbacks, play a defensive player at two positions and even roll out the now-famous “train” formation on the first series. “Our coaches dial up plays for us that work,” said fifthyear senior wide receiver Amara Darboh. “I think us driving down like that is like a statement — we always want to start off the game executing, not getting three-and-outs, going down and putting points on the board.” The Wolverines began their first drive with the power running attack, which may

Stadium Sundays At the Big House on Sunday mornings, a community cleans up and builds a family

» SportsMonday Column, Page 2B

well have been enough to win the game on its own. Smith ran over left guard for seven yards and then over right guard for nine. Redshirt sophomore quarterback Wilton Speight threw behind fifth-year senior wide receiver Jehu Chesson for an incomplete pass — and then he came out of the game. In came redshirt junior quarterback Shane Morris for the fourth snap. He tossed right to redshirt junior running back Ty Isaac, then promptly ran right as a 6-foot-3, 213-pound lead blocker. On 3rd-and-4, freshman wide receiver Eddie McDoom entered the game, which looked like a return to the predictable. Michigan has run the fly sweep to McDoom almost a dozen times this season and hardly used the speedster for anything else. On this play, McDoom went in motion before the snap, and everyone in the stadium prepared for the same play. Instead, before he reached Speight, McDoom cut back to the outside, caught a pass in the flat and ran it for 33 yards. The Wolverines weren’t done yet. In the red zone by that point, they inserted redshirt sophomore all-purpose man Jabrill Peppers as the wildcat quarterback — the third player to take the snap in a six-play span. He gained four yards. Sophomore running back See ILLINOIS, Page 2B

Michigan 41 Illinois 8

Home Cooking Michigan won the series opener against Michigan Tech on Friday, 4-3, and then rallied for a tie Saturday

» Page 3B

SportsMonday

2B — October 24, 2016

The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com

SPORTSMONDAY COLUMN

L

Cleaning up the Big House

ike clockwork, the cars start showing up at 7:30 a.m. sharp. Before that, the streets of Ann Arbor are quiet but for a single garbage truck. The sky is dark, lit only by a crescent moon. At Michigan Stadium, the JAKE lights are still LOURIM on. A few more garbage trucks circle the concourse inside the stadium and the parking lots outside, picking up the trash from dumpsters. Later, volunteers from Eastern Michigan will come to finish the job on the parking lot. And then there is the stadium bowl. At 10 p.m. the night before, hours after the Michigan football team polished off a 41-8 win against Illinois, the bleachers were a mess. After every home game, it stays that way until early the next morning, when families from nearby Father Gabriel Richard High School come to clean it up. Fewer than 600 students go to Gabriel Richard, but before sunrise, many of them are already in the top rows of the bowl. Often more than 300 people come out to help every Sunday — today, that number is 323. One hundred ninety-seven of them will stay for Mass. But the Catholic school’s religious foundation goes beyond Father Richard Lobert’s hourlong service. In the mind of Cindy Pressprich, one of the coordinators of Gabriel Richard’s effort, the school pairs the cleanup effort as a community event with the usual Sunday Mass. The students can even use the hours as credit toward their service requirement. “It really has to put our belief in

ILLINOIS From Page 1B Karan Higdon nearly broke one for a touchdown on the next play but tripped up at the 9-yard line. Peppers made a cameo at running back and ran a flair route for five more yards, and then he switched back to quarterback and gained another yard. Then came the train. Michigan’s oddest formation — quarterback/lead blockers included — may be the “train” look it unveiled Oct. 1 against Wisconsin. It starts with nine players in a line behind junior center Mason Cole while Speight walks down the line calling the snap count. The nine players then move quickly into their positions and run the play. This time, Speight emerged from the train in an empty-backfield set and found senior tight end Jake Butt for the 3-yard touchdown. Every week, the Wolverines have tweaked something new — more so than last year, when they didn’t use Peppers on offense until the Michigan State game in Week 7. Now, that game has come around again, and while Michigan has already shown plenty, it doesn’t appear that the ideas are drying up. By now, the players don’t see the different formations as extraordinary. Peppers on offense? “That’s just a really good athlete playing the position like a running back would, or a wide receiver, or a dual-threat quarterback would.” And the train formation? Speight admitted that’s a little bit out there. But, he said, “It’s pretty simple when you break it down and you rep it all week — it’s nothing to freak out about or anything.” Either way, the third-ranked Wolverines are not done. After Michigan’s sixth home date in seven games, Harbaugh implied that his team can still do more as it heads into the final stretch of the season with three tough road trips left. “It’s an ongoing process,” he said. “Never like to think the hay’s in the barn or you’ve arrived. Just keep forging onward.”

JAKE LOURIM/Daily

Michigan Stadium ends Saturday still littered with trash from the game, but 300-plus volunteers come to clean up early on the morning after each game.

action about respecting each other, being charitable, believing the best about people,” Pressprich said. Pressprich arrives with sign-up sheets and paperwork for all of the volunteers. The school has asked families to help out after five of Michigan’s eight home games this season. The Michigan Athletic Department pays Gabriel Richard — Pressprich doesn’t know how much, perhaps, she says, because it has been a near-constant agreement since the mid-1970s — through the school’s general fund, which helps defray tuition costs. There’s little talk of administrative matters when everyone shows up in the dark, though. When Pressprich brings the forms, some families are already in the stands, using brooms or blowers to confine the trash to the lower part of the bowl.

Then, other kids help out with picking up garbage, recycling pizza boxes and throwing away halfeaten pretzels. Meanwhile, Pressprich directs people at the entrance and co-coordinator Jerry Bonar drives a golf cart around the concourse to supervise. Both parents are central figures in Gabriel Richard’s effort, each with seven kids. Both have been helping for years, with some kids now graduated from college and some just entering high school. Pressprich’s leadership at the front gates helps the operation run smoothly. Bonar’s enthusiasm — in the early hours of the morning after the Chicago Cubs clinched a trip to the World Series, he cried out to one volunteer, “Hey, hey, how ’bout them Cubbies?!” — keeps

FOOTBALL

‘M’ defense shuts down Jeff George Jr. in rout JACOB GASE

Daily Sports Editor

With Illinois’ third-string quarterback starting against the No. 1 defense in the country, the results of Saturday’s game at Michigan Stadium were almost a foregone conclusion. But what Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh probably didn’t expect was to look up at the scoreboard heading into halftime and see that his team had allowed zero completed passes. “That speaks volumes,” he said. “The pressure was good up front. I thought our guys really played well, executed extremely well. Really, (there were) just two plays that we did not defend well the entire ballgame, so I thought it was outstanding.” Aside from two separate 43-yard passes to wide receiver Malik Turner that helped the Fighting Illini finish with 95 passing yards, Illinois quarterback Jeff George Jr. didn’t stand much of a chance the entire afternoon. Though he was only sacked one time, George was pressured by the Wolverines’ talented front seven all afternoon, with players like freshman defensive end Rashan Gary and redshirt sophomore defensive end Chase Winovich reaching him so quickly that he had no choice but to hurry his throws. The throws that did make it into the air didn’t have much success either, with the secondary’s four seniors — cornerbacks Jourdan Lewis and Channing Stribling and safeties Dymonte Thomas and Delano Hill — holding George in check. Likely due to his All-American reputation, Lewis was barely targeted, but each of the other three recorded a pass breakup. Thomas — who has dropped a number of potential interceptions over the past few years — made the biggest secondary play of the day in the second quarter. On the first play

after Michigan punted for the first time, George attempted a screen pass, but Thomas read it perfectly and jumped in front of it for his first career pick. “The first thing that went through my mind is, ‘It’s about time,’ ” Thomas said. “I knew that my teammates, every day they always make fun of me. ‘Dymonte, you can’t catch. You don’t have no hands.’ So as I caught that interception, they all said, ‘You know what, I’m gonna let you breathe, I’m gonna let you go. About time you caught it.’ It’s a pretty exciting feeling. I was pretty happy, pretty pumped.” The secondary is talented enough to make plays on its own, but the defensive backs were quick to praise their pass rushers for making their jobs easier. Defensive coordinator Don Brown’s blitz-heavy system has consistently kept opposing quarterbacks under duress, and the inexperienced George struggled to avoid the same fate. Thomas said the defensive backs knew George was capable of getting quick throws off, so they played tight coverage and waited for blitzing linemen and linebackers to create opportunities. As for the few big plays allowed — such as Hill allowing Turner to outjump him for a 43-yard touchdown — Lewis preached the importance of keeping a short memory. The defensive backs have allowed some big plays before this season, but they have yet to let a game spiral out of control. According to Lewis, Hill shouldn’t have any trouble getting over the play, and Illinois’ late success through the air was simply a product of taking more chances. Still, given all the success it has had so far this season, Michigan’s defense has come to expect perfection. “It bothers us as a defense,” Lewis said. “That’s exactly what we’re looking for — a shutout.”

everything upbeat. It’s a tough job, but within two hours, the trash is all in bags at the bottom of the stands as the dumpsters come by to pick them up. The 197 volunteers all shuffle off to Sunday Mass at the Junge Center between the Big House and Crisler Center. Sometimes, Mass is in the north end zone if it’s not too cold. Those days are probably over for this year, but the temperature won’t keep Gabriel Richard away. “Attitude is everything,” Bonar said. He recalls a famous quote: “Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional. Choose joy.” For Bonar, though, it can also be tough to manage hundreds of volunteers. “It’s the balance of motivation without any type of tangible reward,” Bonar said. “People go

to work, recognition and money. I don’t have any money to work with. I just have recognition. I have thank-yous. I have a smiling face. I have enthusiasm. I have all those intangibles.” Naturally, in cleaning a bowl that seats 100,000-plus, the Gabriel Richard volunteers must account for variables. When the Athletic Department renovated Michigan Stadium in 2010, it added space to the concourse, which now requires 30 or 40 people to clean up instead of six or eight. Stadium promotions sometimes add wrinkles, too. If Michigan hands out pompoms for big football games, Gabriel Richard shows up the next day to find thousands of them on the ground. Another time, the fans held up individual posters that

together honored Lloyd Carr. Gabriel Richard had to peel them off the bleachers and clean them up. “That might have been the alltime rough one,” Bonar said. The biggest hope Bonar has every week, though, is for the weather. “I don’t care what you have — (we want it to be) dry,” he said. “I don’t care if it’s minus-3. If it’s dry, we’re OK. Wet is the worst.” Gabriel Richard has cleaned the bowl with 70 people and with 400, in hot weather and in cold. The seasons change over the course of the football season, sometimes until debris has frozen over on the bleachers and the volunteers have to chip it off. But Bonar doesn’t have a problem with variability. That’s part of the appeal of the job — it comes after every home game, no matter the weather, no matter the year, between all kinds of people. According to Bonar, some parents who help out are chief executives or presidents of companies, but they still spend their Sunday mornings at the Big House. The families team up, three to a section, and it’s clear most everyone knows everyone else. “We’ve got all walks, from the whole gamut,” Bogar said. “These folks could easily write a couplethousand dollar check and stay home, but they don’t, which I think is really good.” Added Pressprich: “This is a pretty lowly task. Everybody wants to be better than garbage — I mean, ‘Why am I here on a Sunday morning?’ ” In two weeks, Michigan returns home to play Maryland. At some point between the end of that game and nightfall the next day, the Big House will be spotless again. It doesn’t happen on its own. Lourim can be reached at jlourim@umich.edu and on Twitter @jakelourim.

FOOTBALL

A tribute to Drew Sharp MAX BULTMAN

Managing Sports Editor

The Detroit sports community lost an icon this weekend. Detroit Free Press columnist Drew Sharp passed away at 56 years old. He was many things to many people — a husband, a name to curse when you didn’t like what he wrote and a friend to so many in this business. It is my deep regret that I never got to know him personally. What I do know is that Drew also once worked for The Michigan Daily. Traditions run strong at the Daily, and one of those traditions is a pervasive connection with the writers who came before you. So even though I didn’t know Drew personally, I felt that it was important to get to know who he was from those who did. To them, he was a giving mentor. One of the younger writers when Drew worked at the Daily was Bob Wojnowski, now a sports columnist for the Detroit News. After Saturday’s game, I spoke with him. He talked about a Daily trip to Champaign where they were snowed in after a basketball game. He said that Drew liked to leave the “mushy” columns for the other columnists. It was his job to hold the teams accountable. I asked what Sharp would have thought about the “mushy” columns being written about him over the weekend. “He actually would be the first, probably, to make a joke about it himself,” Wojnowski said. “So I’ll go ahead and say it, I think Drew left us because the Big Ten finally got good and he couldn’t stand it. He said, ‘Screw this, I’m getting out of here. Big Ten’s good? Really?’ ” Sharp wasn’t at Michigan Stadium on Saturday to see the third-ranked Wolverines beat Illinois, 41-8. We’ll never know for sure what he would have written if he had been. But we wanted to try to imagine, as a respectful homage to a Detroit sports

legend and an alumnus of this student newspaper. So we asked Wojnowski: What would Drew Sharp have written about today’s game? “He would have pointed out how sloppy they got in the second half,” Wojnowski said. “Guaranteed. Oh, and, he’s not wrong on this, what have they accomplished? They’ve won six home games, who have they beaten? And even next week, what will that prove? Michigan State’s bad, so who have they beaten? I guarantee you that would have been his angle.” It’s an absolutely fair take to have, and one that’s needed, too. You didn’t always have to agree with Drew, and often, fans didn’t. But no one could argue he didn’t try to make you think. So, here it is. No one can replicate Drew Sharp, or his irreplaceable style. But in his honor, we gave it a college try: They got sloppy. They went ahead, way ahead, and then the Michigan football team thought it could just go to sleep. The fans sure wanted to. They left early in bunches, and maybe that’s a good thing, because they didn’t have to see the Wolverines take it easy after halftime. Michigan won the second half 10-8, which was plenty enough to win, but if the Wolverines want to contend for championships, they can’t take their victory laps before the final buzzer. Alabama’s still out there, still a real powerhouse from a heavyweight conference, and you don’t see Nick Saban’s bunch letting up to Illinois. Don’t let the final score obscure it. Michigan’s second half wasn’t up to snuff, not if the Wolverines are going to exorcise their demons in East Lansing next week in a game that should remind them it’s not over until the final buzzer. This Illinois team was in a 0-0 tie with Rutgers after the first quarter last week. In the end, the Fighting Illini won by just 17. And let’s not forget that Michigan beat those Scarlet Knights 78-0 the week before.

In that game, Jim Harbaugh refused to take his foot off the gas, going for two early and letting his backups run roughshod over the scuffling Scarlet Knights. Even if Rutgers wanted to stop them, it couldn’t. But on Saturday, the Wolverines took care of that themselves. Harbaugh had new glasses this week, so he has no excuse not to have seen his team coasting a bit toward the end. On Illinois’ one touchdown, which was capped with a twopoint conversion, the Wolverines let the Fighting Illini look like a competent offense, lobbing up a 43-yard pass into the end zone right after a turnover. A turnover, I might add, that came because Michigan couldn’t corral a snap on a fake punt. It wasn’t every Wolverine, of course. Karan Higdon flexed his muscle by powering for a 45-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. Wilton Speight came out of the game after three quarters, but until then, he didn’t let himself leave it mentally. He had one of his best games of the year, and that might get lost in the shuffle now because the rest of his team didn’t finish how it could have. Illinois had 70 yards in the first half. That’s what championship defenses do to inferior opponents. But they do it for whole games. This problem is not unfixable. Michigan’s still 7-0, and if it plays to its potential, who knows what it could accomplish? Maybe, this will be a wake-up call. A reminder. A haphazard half that fans can look back on as the last time their team checked out early this year. The Wolverines would be wise to learn that lesson fast. Michigan State is not good this season, but the Spartans are still next on Michigan’s schedule. And that should be the ultimate memoryjogger. The games last 60 minutes. Drew is gone, far too soon, and he leaves a gaping hole in the press box. And even though we couldn’t possibly capture his Sharp wit, it will surely be remembered.

SportsMonday

The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com

MEN’S SOCCER

‘M’ falls to Buckeyes in 2OT Ohio State scores with 23 seconds left to top Wolverines BEN KATZ For the Daily

After 109 scoreless minutes marred by physicality from the onset, the Michigan men’s soccer team OHIO STATE 1 strived for 0 MICHIGAN a miracle goal or at least a draw against visiting Ohio State (3-3-1 Big Ten, 5-10-1 overall) Friday night. But with just 23 seconds left in the second overtime, Buckeye midfielder Ben Fitzpatrick tapped the ball from the top of the box to forward Nate Kohl on the right flank, whose right bender evaded the outstretched arms of diving Wolverines goalie Evan Louro. The ball finished in the lower-left corner of the net for the only goal of the game, ending Michigan’s bid to escape with a tie and one point in the process. “We fought really hard from minute one, and it was just super unlucky at the end to concede a late goal after pushing numbers forward,” said senior center back Lars Eckenrode. “We had to get something out of the game, and unfortunately we got caught on the break late, but I thought the guys gave everything they could, and that’s all we can ask. “It’s a really tough pill to swallow. We needed to win this game — we didn’t come out with any sort of points — so this is really a tough one, one of the toughest losses I’ve had to deal with in my four years here.” Though a 1-0 result for a Wolverines team (1-5-1, 2-9-4) desperate for a win to rise in the conference standings was unfavorable, another chapter of the rivalry dramatically closed. The chippy game featured counterattacks by both offenses, flying bodies on seemingly every attack and a combined 34 fouls.

The officials issued four yellow cards – one in the first half to Ohio State defender Tyler Kidwell and three in the first sudden-death period. Michigan midfielders Tyler Anderson and Ivo Cerda each drew one, as did Buckeye midfielder Abdi Mohamed. The pushing, shoving and other “extracurricular activity” from the opening kickoff was expectedly intensified for a typical Michigan-Ohio State showdown. “It’s always going to be a physical game against Ohio State,” Eckenrode said. “There’s a little bit of tension between the two of us, that goes without saying. The Big Ten is a very physical conference … but today was a little bit more than normal. … I think it just adds to the excitement and to some of the fire that comes into this rivalry.” Both teams tried to outmatch each other with speed, attempting long balls down the flanks which were easily swallowed up by the impenetrable defenses. After 45 minutes, each collected four shots, none on goal. In the 60th minute, the action picked up quickly on both sides of the field and continued as such for the remainder of the game. The Wolverines had two scoring chances in a one-minute span: a pass from senior defender Rylee Woods found freshman forward Jack Hallahan in the box only to finish high of the goal, and a ball placed into the box by junior defenseman Billy Stevens was headed wide left by Woods. The missteps led to a Buckeye opportunity on the counterattack,

but Louro’s impressive stop preserved the stalemate. Sophomore forward Francis Atuahene and Hallahan, noted for their speed and agility, were subdued by two or three swarming defenders each time they touched the ball. The attacking duo pieced together a combined nine shots yet totaled only one on goal. However, Michigan pressed on, but were unable to capitalize, specifically inside the box. The biggest threat came with 2:30 left in the second overtime when Hallahan stepped over the ball, spun around an Ohio State defender and shot the ball right over the crossbar from close range. “We certainly went for it in the second overtime to try to find a way,” said Michigan coach Chaka Daley. “Unfortunately, we didn’t find it. We had our chances without question, a number of quality chances, a number of opportunities in and around the 18, (that were) drastically in our favor and we didn’t take them.” Daley characterized the result as “an unfortunately broken record” — another game that saw the Wolverines play hard throughout but come up short. Though they will be no consolation for the devastating loss, the final two regular-season games, both at home, serve as additional tests for the team to bounce back. “It’s certainly unfortunate,” Daley said. “But we, as a group, have to continue to fight and compete and see how things go the rest of the way.”

“We fought really hard from minute one.”

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Michigan no longer unbeaten at home FAHD AHSAN

Daily Sports Writer

It was senior night, the last home game of the regular season for the Michigan women’s soccer team, and just 90 OHIO STATE 2 1 MICHIGAN minutes against fierce rival Ohio State separated it from finishing the season undefeated at U-M Soccer Stadium. But by the time the final whistle blew, the Wolverines either lay on the turf devastated or held their hands to their heads in disbelief as the Buckeyes celebrated a 2-1 win courtesy of a stellar performance from forward Nichelle Prince. “Anyone watching the game would’ve said Michigan were the better team,” said Michigan coach Greg Ryan. “They only had one chance in the first half, and one in the second that they put away.” Despite missing star senior forward Nicky Waldeck, The Wolverines (5-3-2 Big Ten, 9-4-3 overall) did in fact play some of their finest soccer all year. Playing a 4-1-4-1 formation, they stifled the Buckeyes’ midfield and played most of the game in Ohio State’s half. Michigan created many chances, ending the game with 15 shots. But for all their creativity, the Wolverine attacks were continually thwarted by Buckeyes keeper Devon Kerr, who ended the game with five saves. “You gotta give their keeper credit,” Ryan said. “She made some fantastic saves, came off her line well and had a great night.” For all the chances Michigan created, it managed to beat Kerr only once. Thirty-one minutes into the game, Martin, who was playing as a lone forward in Waldeck’s absence, turned and lost her defender just outside of the box to give herself time and space to shoot. Kerr was forced

Wolverines tie Michigan Tech, win shootout MIKE PERSAK

Daily Sports Writer

It was more of the same for the Michigan hockey team on Saturday. After losing the possession battle and being outshot 45-18, the Wolverines came roaring back on Michigan Tech, but ultimately had to settle for a tie, 3-3. In the resulting shootout that will not count toward their record, though, Michigan prevailed, 2-1. The deciding shootout goal came from freshman forward Jake Slaker, who fired a low shot to beat Huskies goalie Matt Wintjes on Wintjes’ glove side. On the ensuing Michigan Tech try, Michigan freshman goaltender Jack LaFontaine came up clutch with a kick save to send the Huskies packing. But the shootout win didn’t mean that Michigan doesn’t have plenty of places to improve. “Michigan Tech was better than us on the game,” said Michigan coach Red Berenson.

“I thought they were better with the puck, better without the puck, and I thought Jack LaFontaine kept us in the game. And then, a couple of good individual efforts salvaged the tie.” After trailing late in the game, the Wolverines were able to even the score with 4:10 remaining. Junior forward Tony Calderone brought the puck up the left side into Michigan Tech’s zone. Calderone then left the puck out front of the net for freshman forward Nick Pastujov, whose shot was blocked. Junior Cutler Martin promptly finished off the loose puck, though, tying the game at three. The game would eventually go to overtime, where there were multiple close calls, but LaFontaine stood tall in net, fighting off the onslaught of shots from the Huskies’ attackers. “My number one thing is just to compete,” LaFontaine said. “Being in a situation like that, you’re tired — your legs are just a little bit heavier than they were

in the first (period). So you’ve got to keep on competing. Good things happen when you’re working hard, and I think that showed today.” Michigan’s first goal came in an area in which it struggled Friday: the power play. After freshman forward Will Lockwood drew an interference penalty from a Michigan Tech defender with a slick deke, the Wolverines found themselves with their first-man-advantage opportunity of the night. Junior defenseman Sam Piazza fired a shot from the point that rebounded off Wintjes. Freshman forward Jake Slaker found the puck in traffic and dished it to Lockwood on the backhand, and Lockwood deposited it in the back of the net, putting Michigan up, 1-0. Then, after Michigan Tech tied the game at one, senior forward Alex Kile got on the scoreboard. After winning a loose puck in the corner, Kile eluded a Huskies defenseman, fell to his knees and still

October 24, 2016 — 3B

managed to slide the puck into the net on the backhand. The Wolverines held a 2-1 lead entering the third period, but once again, they couldn’t keep the lead, giving up two goals in the final period before ultimately answering back. “We’ve been leading into the third period three or four times this year, and we’ve blown it every time,” Kile said. “So we need to crack down defensively and make sure that doesn’t happen anymore.” Michigan will now travel to the East Coast next weekend, where it will face Vermont and Dartmouth. But the Wolverines will start having to play better if they want to keep up their earlyseason success. “We have to get better,” Berenson said. “It’s not just because we’re young. We’re a different team than we were last year. I like the fact that our goalies are playing well. I like the fact that our young players are getting experience, but our team has to be better.”

AMELIA CACCHIONE/Daily

The Michigan hockey team tied Michigan Tech, 3-3, on Saturday. Though the Wolverines won the shootout, the result is officially a tie game.

into a diving save but spilled the ball into the box, where sophomore midfielder Abby Kastroll pounced on the loose ball to tap it in and tie the game at one goal apiece. For all the Wolverines’ dominance on the ball, Ohio State was content to counterattack and boot the ball up-field to the only player on the turf who had a better night than Kerr: Prince. With every touch of the ball, every drop of the shoulder and every shot, Prince caused problems for the Michigan backline. Charged with leading the defense against the Buckeyes’ counterattacks, senior defender Anna Soccorsi knew firsthand just how tough it was to stop Prince. “(Prince) is just a great player overall,” Soccorsi said. “She made us work hard all night just to keep up with her.” Prince marked herself as the player to watch just five minutes into the game in what was Ohio State’s first attack of the night. After neatly controlling a long ball, she kept the ball away from three Wolverine defenders and waited for support from her team. With players making runs on her left and right to stretch the Michigan backline, Prince ran at Soccorsi and freshman defender Jada Dayne. Getting to the edge of the box, she took a shot that, though blocked by the two center backs, fell on the right side of the box in the path of forward Sammy Edwards who, unguarded, rifled a shot across goal into the side netting. The Wolverines dominated what was left of the first half and were able to equalize courtesy of Kastroll’s goal. With all the momentum, Michigan looked as though it was going to take over the game. But in what seemed like deja vu, Ohio State scored another early goal to start the second half, leaving the

Wolverines trailing once again. Prince grabbed a goal for herself just seven minutes into the half. After getting down the right wing, she sent a teasing low cross into the Michigan box. Soccorsi managed to get it out, but only as far as Prince, who sent a left-footed curler from the right side of the box toward goal. Goalkeeper Sarah Jackson managed to get a hand to it, but the power in the shot saw it end up in the top left corner of the net. “(Prince) is a handful for everyone,” Ryan said. “She’s a fantastic striker, she’s even on Canada’s national teams. She’s been a handful for four years, and tonight she showed the quality she has.” The Wolverines spent the rest of the half trying to find their way through a stubborn Buckeye defense that looked content to sit back, soak up pressure and play long balls to Prince, hitting Michigan on the counter. Then, with just seven minutes left in the game, Prince found herself with space outside the box, roughly 25 yards from goal. She pulled the trigger, attempting to curl the ball over and around the keeper. Jackson remained static and looked to have been beaten as the ball sailed over her and crashed against the crossbar. By that point the Wolverines had run of ideas, and whatever momentum they had seemed to have been lost as Ohio State comfortably saw out the rest of the game. With two players on top of their game at either end of the field, the Buckeyes stole three points from under the noses of a Michigan team that visibly played its heart out on senior night. “You can’t fault the intensity of the girls out there tonight,” Ryan said. “I thought it was some of the best soccer we played all year in terms of passing and connecting between the girls and playing through Ohio State.”

ICE HOCKEY

Michigan relies on goaltending early LANEY BYLER

Daily Sports Writer

Saturday, the 11th-ranked Michigan hockey team was outshot, 45-18. The night before, it was outshot, 34-27. In fact, the Wolverines have been outshot in every game this season. And yet, they’ve only lost one of five games this year. This weekend, Michigan (3-1-1) managed to scrounge up a tie against Michigan Tech after Saturday’s game despite holding the lead heading into the third period. The Wolverines were consistently outplayed and outshot, and they had barely scraped by the Huskies on Friday night for a 4-3 win. But their luck appeared to run out as they lost their lead in Saturday’s game, settling for a tie. “I just feel we have to play better,” said Michigan coach Red Berenson. “I know it was a busy weekend and there was a lot going on, but nevertheless our team has to be a better team. I like the fact that our goalies are playing well. I like the fact that our young guys are getting experience, but our team has to be better.” With a tendency to be outshot — and sometimes by a lot — Michigan’s goaltenders have had to keep the team afloat. Freshman goaltender Jack LaFontaine was in front of the net during the second match up against Michigan Tech and racked up 42 saves. And after a 28-save game in his debut last weekend against Ferris State, where the Wolverines

registered a 2-1 win over the Bulldogs, LaFontaine has proved he can be reliable in front of the net. Friday night, freshman goaltender Hayden Lavigne showed that he was capable of a solid performance as well, recording his second win of the season and tallying 31 saves. His first win was a 29-shot save shutout against Union, and despite giving up three goals in Friday’s win, he continued to play well. Even senior goaltender Zach Nagelvoort, who shouldered the team’s only loss (4-3 at the hands of Union) looked solid in front of the net. Regardless of the loss, he came away with 36 saves out of 40 shots. It’s clear that the goaltenders are capable of fending off large numbers of shots, but the 27-shot deficit Michigan racked up on Saturday night still isn’t promising. Being outshot has become a trend for the Wolverines, and it’s one that the goaltenders are seeing a lot of. And while Michigan’s goaltenders have played well thus far, allowing the opposition to have 40 plus shots on goal usually isn’t a recipe for prolonged success. And the Wolverines know that. “There’s going to be games where a goalie will steal you the game,” Berenson said. “Maybe (LaFontaine) stole us a game at Ferris and so on, and maybe (Lavigne) stole us a game last night, when we were outshot, outplayed and out chanced. We have some talent in our locker room, but I don’t think we’re playing up to our talent yet.”

“I don’t think we’re playing up to our talent yet.”

SportsMonday

4B — October 24, 2016

The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com

The good, the bad and the ugly: Michigan 41, Illinois 8 Speight, Higdon power offense in 31-point first-half performance after Chris Evans goes down with head injury early MAX BULTMAN

Managing Sports Editor

One week ahead of a perhaps slightly deflated visit to East Lansing, the Michigan football team kept rolling. The Wolverines raced to a 41-8 win over Illinois at Michigan Stadium on Saturday, keeping them undefeated heading into a rivalry game against Michigan State. The Daily broke down the good, the bad and the ugly from the game: The good Karan Higdon just keeps looking better. Michigan’s sophomore running back got off to a slow start

this season after missing much of spring and summer workouts with mononucleosis and a knee injury. But after rushing nine times for 81 yards and two scores in Michigan’s 49-10 rout of Penn State last month, Higdon has continued to impress. He did not play against Wisconsin, but he racked up 108 yards and two touchdowns against Rutgers last week, and he gained 106 yards and a score against Illinois. In each of the last three games in which he played, Higdon has a run of at least 40 yards. Against the Fighting Illini, he ripped off a 45-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter that was the first real big play Michigan’s offense had made since the first half.

It should say something about Higdon that he got top billing in this section, especially since redshirt sophomore quarterback Wilton Speight had one of the best games of his career. Speight was 16-of-23 passing, totaling 253 yards and two touchdowns. Michigan’s defense lived up to its own deservedly lofty reputation, but we praise them all the time. This time, we thought a couple of offensive performers deserved some shine. The bad Outside of three big plays, Illinois had just 41 total yards of offense. Two 43-yard receptions and one 45-yard rush accounted for more than three quarters of

the Fighting Illini’s offense, which is usually not a winning recipe. And while Illinois was the first team to bust a big play against the Wolverines since Penn State, its offense simply could not get into any kind of prolonged rhythm. Much of this, of course, can be credited to the Michigan defense. But Illinois’ offense was not without fault. Michigan held Jeff George Jr. without a completion in the first half, and while Jim Harbaugh said he thought George acquitted himself well, he certainly had to face some tough circumstances. Michigan now has the nation’s No. 4 rush defense to pair with its top-ranked pass ‘D,’ a pairing that allows the Wolverines plenty of options in coverage. George faced

that pressure early, and it led him to a quarterback rating of -28.6 at the half. There aren’t many tougher ways to make your college debut. The ugly Just as was the case in Michigan’s previous two home games, a Wolverine suffered a potentially serious injury. After Jeremy Clark (knee) and Grant Newsome (knee) were lost for the year against Penn State and Wisconsin, respectively, Michigan had another scare on Saturday. Freshman running back Chris Evans took a jarring shot to the head on Michigan’s second drive and did not return. Harbaugh implied Evans briefly

lost consciousness from the collision, though he could not specify after the game the severity of the injury. Concussions are always serious, though, and with the emphasis being placed on them around the sports world, it would not be surprising if Evans had to miss extended time. The more glaring concern in this matter is his personal health, to be sure, but if Evans is lost for extended time, he will be the third key contributor the Wolverines have lost in their past four games. Redshirt junior fullback Khalid Hill and sophomore safety Tyree Kinnel also left Saturday’s game early. That’s the opposite of what Michigan wants going into its critical final stretch.