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LEFT: Fans came out in droves for ESPN’s College Gameday Saturday. RIGHT: ‘Glee’ star Darren Criss (top) and Groove (bottom) entertain at the the Maize Out. Lights On. pep rally Friday night.
N.D. win caps weekend of events University fills weekend with activities to deter heavy alcohol use By ALICIA ADAMCZYK and PETER SHAHIN Daily News Editors
It was (pretty much) all fun and games this weekend. Friday and Saturday, the University sponsored and partnered with other
campus organizations to put on a host of events meant to provide alternative activities to traditional game-weekend activities before Saturday night’s game against the University of Notre Dame. Dean of Students Laura Blake Jones, associate vice president for student affairs, said her office had been planning for this weekend for about five months. The result was a “five-pronged” high-risk behavior prevention strategy. The Office of Student Life worked with the Division of Public Safety and Security, the University of Michigan
Police Department and the Ann Arbor Police Department in executing the strategy, which included offering alcohol-free social events, implementing a positive public-relations campaign and limiting marketing of alcohol near campus. The strategy also included working with local vendors to focus their sales on cans of beer rather than glass bottles, reducing drink specials and limiting the overall availability of alcohol in accordance with local and state ordinances. “The work that we did at the previous
night game was very successful,” Jones said. “Replicating what we did the first time was really important.” The University also used Neighborhood Ambassadors through the Beyond the Diag program to reinforce messages about good sportsmanship, spread news about University-sponsored events and advise the community about safe-drinking practices. “We’re trying to have a diverse, wide array of activities that appeal to different students,” Jones said. See EVENTS, Page 5A
Students invited despite exclusion from search commitee By JENNIFER CALFAS Daily Staff Reporter
To grant the University community input and participation in its upcoming presidential search after students were excluded from the search committee, the Board of Regents and the Presidential Search Advisory Committee will host several public forums this month. The forums will take place on all three University of Michigan campuses — Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint — during the weeks of Sept. 16 and Sept. 23. The first meeting held on the Ann Arbor campus will be on Sept. 17 Forum attendees will have the opportunity to provide insight on the qualities they seek in the next University president through a quesSee LEADER, Page 5A
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WHERE ‘U’ LIVE
Students, UHS prepare for ACA For young people, parents’ coverage extended to age 26 By IAN DILLINGHAM Daily Staff Reporter
Let’s just say it’s complicated. As many provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — or, Obamacare — come into effect on Jan. 1, the University and its students are preparing for potential changes to health coverage. One of the more popular aspects of the landmark legislation is the requirement that parental health benefits be extended to children until the age of 26. Conversely, individuals without health coverage will face increasingly steep penalties for remaining uninsured. “I don’t think students, for the most part, need to know a lot of the details,” Public Health prof. Richard Hirth, an expert on the law, said. “However, I think they do need to know what their options are.” In 2014 and beyond, students will be provided with three pri-
mary ways to obtain their health insurance: through family, the University or the new exchanges that the law calls on states to set up. Previously, most insurance plans would only cover children until age 22. For students wishing to receive health insurance through the University, the existing domestic student health insurance plan will remain in effect. This plan is predicted to meet the minimum coverage requirements laid out under the new law, Hirth said. In October, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will open the new insurance marketplace, commonly called healthcare exchanges, which will allow uninsured or underinsured individuals to shop for and purchase health insurance from one of many partner companies. Michigan was the 25th state to pass the legislation. While this is one of the new features of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Hirth said it will not be as attractive to most students. Exchange plans are limited in how much they can vary See ACA, Page 5A
Soon to end, renovations will provide more options Upcoming dorm will lessen shortage of graduate housing ADAM GLANZMAN/Daily
By RACHEL PREMACK Daily Staff Reporter
Notre Dame’s mascot was feeling rather blue by the end of the Michigan - Notre Dame Under the Lights II football game Saturday.
SportsMonday: Goodbye to the lights It wasn’t about chickens or a war of words. It wasn’t about EVERETT cementCOOK ing a rivalry, or proving the national media
wrong or right. It wasn’t even just about winning or losing. Under the Lights II, Michigan and Notre Dame, was about recognition: the recognition of legends, of tradition, and that after Saturday, the lights were shutting off, perhaps never to shine as bright again. The game, the day, the festivities — it was perfect
enough to make everyone forget about the extra stuff, at least for a night. When 115,109 people packed into the Big House, the lights shone bright again. The 2011 Under the Lights was one of the best games in the history of Michigan Stadium. Saturday came pretty close. It was the second night See LIGHTS, Page 5A
This is the second article in, “Where ‘U’ Live,” a five-part series on housing at the University. LSA senior Henry Holland garners the occasional odd glance when he tells other residents in East Quad Residence Hall that he’s a senior. That reaction is reasonable: seniors constituted only 5 percent of the 2012 on-campus housing population, according to Peter Logan, the director of communications for University Housing. The small number isn’t surprising to Holland, who said most of his upperclassmen friends live off-campus. But it may raise questions about the need for graduate housing — speSee RENOVATIONS, Page 5A
Under the Lights II It was the Devin Gardner show on Saturday. A look into Michigan’s 41-30 victory.
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