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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.

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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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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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Education School gets new dean 20 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (SEPTEMBER 9, 1993):

Carl Berger was named the new dean of the School of Education amid a round of steep budget cuts to the major.

Berger, formerly the assistant dean, was selected to replace former dean Joan Stark after an 18-month review process. Berger was slated to work a threeyear term before a nationwide search for a long-term replacement was held.

Budgetary changes were made to focus on graduate rather than undergraduate programs and re-allocating funds to focus more on research than producing teachers.

In an attempt to help freshmen feel welcomed to the University, the University held “Welcome to Michigan ’93.”

The week-long program featured tours of campus, student rallies and academic open houses.

Coordinator Deb Moriarty said the program was aimed at making new students feel at home in a more personalized way.

“It’s intimidating to be on such a big campus as Michigan, especially when you came from a small high school,” Moriarty said.

The University expanded the housing director role to include the title of “assistant vice president for student affairs.”

The decision was made by E. Royster Harper, vice president for student affairs, because of the increased importance of housing with nearly all freshmen living in dorms.

“The modified role will allow the University to look more closely at campus residential neighborhoods and to consider collaborations already underway between the University, city of Ann Arbor, community groups and private developers,” Harper said.

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CRIME NOTES

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Crime stats for Saturday’s game

WHERE: 500 Block E. Jefferson WHEN: Saturday at about 3:35 a.m.

WHAT: A golf cart was stolen during move-in between 2 a.m. Aug. 31 and 5 a.m. Sept. 1 , University Police reported.

Felonious fan WHERE: Mary Markley Residence Hall WHEN: Friday at about 3:45 p.m.

WHAT: Sometime between 5 p.m. Thursday and noon Friday, a student’s football tickets were stolen from his unsecured and unattended room, University Police reported.

WHERE: Michigan Stadium and surrounding areas WHEN: Saturday WHAT: The University’s Department of Public Safety and its partners made 11 arrests at Saturday’s football game, three for resisting and obstructing a police officer and six for Minor in Possession of Alcohol. Fifty people were ejected from the game.

In addition, emergency medical personnel treated 133 people. Twenty-one of the patients were taken to University Hospital. A record-breaking crowd of 115,109 people attended the game.

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WHAT: David Berkeley will be performing pieces inspired by his travels around the country. General admission is $15 and reserved seats are $22.

WHO: David Berkeley WHEN: Today at 8:00 p.m.

WHERE: The Ark, 316 S. Main St.

WHAT: The Multicultural Greek Council will be hosting an open house for students to learn about fraterties and sororities at the University.

WHO: Office of Greek Life WHEN: Today from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: Michigan Union

WHAT: The Career Center will be hosting an introduction workshop for resume writing.

Various resources and tips will be provided on how to develop a story in one’s resume. Students should bring a current resume, regardless of how well- developed it is.

WHO: The Career Center WHEN: Today at 6:00 p.m.

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Costolo talks to Ross students Twitter CEO discusses his time at the University

— a role which later evolved into a permanent position.

In his talk at the business school, Costolo discussed his time at the University, sharing stories about his experiences as a fraternity brother, a stand-up comedian, a computer-science major, as well as the creation of Twitter.

“I think of Twitter as this global town square,” Costolo said.

He added that character limit placed on tweets allows for a sense of “honesty” regarding national and international incidents.

“That’s part of the beauty of the 140 characters is that you don’t have the sensation of drafting two paragraphs to make sure everything is ‘just so,’ ” he said. “The 140 character constraint enables you to be real time and more conversational and authentic.”

He also joked about the time-consuming nature of the application as it functions for many simultaneously as a social media channel and a news outlet.

“Once you become a core user of Twitter, it becomes

By STEPHANIE SHENOUDA Daily Staff Reporter

While students at the business school were given 100-million reasons to be happy earlier this week, Twitter CEO and University alum Dick Costolo gave them one more when he participated in the semester’s first fireside chat via live video feed.

Costolo, who is best known for his role as the top executive of Twitter, graduated from the University in 1985. He went on to work in consulting and the technology sector — and even did a stint in improv with Second City — before founding Feedburner, a web feed management software company that was later sold to Google. Costolo briefly worked Sudoku forSyndication Google before becoming joining Twitter in 2009 and becoming interim CEO in 2010

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“People talk all the time about getting addicted to Twitter — but I prefer the term indispensable.”

The session was then opened up to the audience, who asked their questions via the hashtag “#UMFiresidechats.”

Questions ranged from “name three singers on your iPod” (Biggie, Katy Perry, and Lady Gaga) to name three functions of a stapler without staples (a hammer, a measuring stick, and a projectile) When asked for his favorite thing about the University, Costolo referenced the feeling of PATRICK BARRON/Daily “humility” despite the school’s After two years of construction, the Veteren’s Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System open a new 30,000-square-foot space. greatness.

Engineering graduate student Marina Vigen attended the event because she hopes to get into the start-up world after graduation.

“I don’t know much about Twitter as an organization but I’m really interested in how you take an initial idea and make it to provide for our veterans in new unit on Sept. 18. The new into something commercially this superb hospital system,” unit allows for higher occupanviable,” she said. “Engineering is Dingell said. cy — adding eight beds to a total http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ very academic and very narrowly Derek Atkinson, a Marine of 28. The new emergency room focused and very different than Corps veteran and a public department, which is set to open the business school, which I’ve affairs officer at the Department Sept. 10, will have 18 beds. noticed is more focused on the of Veterans Affairs, opened the Giuseppe V. Del Giudice, who networking aspect.” event by introducing invocation works in the hospital’s eye clinic Business senior Reema Roa

By SYDNEY BERGER speaker, Chaplain Roland and served four years in the said she attended the event Daily Staff Reporter Schaedig, for a moment of prayer.

Navy as a hospital corpsman, because of her aspirations in Robert P. McDivitt, director said the new additions show foradvertising and interest in Ribbons were cut and of the VA Ann Arbor Health- ward thinking on the part of the hearing Costolo speak. renovations unveiled Friday at care System and an Army Department of Veterans Affairs.

“I’m completely obsessed and the Veterans’ Affairs Ann Arbor veteran, said the hospital’s “It’s a good contrast to see am on Twitter 24/7, so having Healthcare System on Fuller additions are meant to “honor old and new,” Del Giudice said. the chance to listen to the CEO is Road, which celebrated the America’s veterans” for the “I think that’s important for a once in a lifetime opportunity,” creation of two state-of-the-art sacrifices that they’ve made the community to see — the she said. “I also liked how he medical units: a new emergency for the country. progression.” talked about how people are now department and an inpatient The VA Ann Arbor Healthcare He added: “It’s like any using Twitter to share news and telemetry unit for military System has served more than ER you’d see at U of M or any it’s involved in current events and veterans.

60,000 veterans since opening major big hospital. That’s the things like that.”

Congressman John D. in 1953. unbelievable part.”

She added that the Dingell, a WWII veteran, and The renovations are meant intersectional and “colloquial” Congressman Tim Walberg to improve patient access aspects of Twitter as a social joined the gathering of veterans, to quality care. The project, media presence were interesting, hospital employees, volunteers funded by the American as well as Costolo’s comments and more than 150 others to Recovery and Reinvestment about the creation of the site and celebrate the opening of the Act of 2009, cost roughly $6.3 where it’s going in the future.

30,000-square-foot space. million and took about two “I like to use my Twitter account Dingell said the renovations years to complete. just to socialize with my friends were an important project to “From where we are coming but also keep up with all things ensure that veterans receive from to where we are going, advertising, so tweeting articles proper care after serving their it’s just a completely new world and engaging with industry country. for veterans,” clinical nurse “The purpose is to see to it manager Shannon Asperger said. people,” Rao said. “Social and advertising are very intersectional that the VA hospital system The current telemetry unit, FACEBOOK.COM/ so hopefully whatever job I’m in continues to meet the high which staff said lacked privacy, Twitter will be a part of too.” standards that we want the VA will transfer its patients to the MICHIGANDAILY

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Rallies held over possible U.S. attack in Syria Opponents and supporters of U.S. military intervention in Syria have been holding rallies across Michigan.

President Barack Obama is asking for Congress’s support to attack Syria over what he says is the government’s use of chemical weapons to kill more than 1,400 people.

Several dozen opponents of a U.S. attack marched through downtown Detroit for a rally Sunday at the waterfront Hart Plaza.

About 30 people opposed to American military intervention turned out for a rally Saturday in Grand Rapids. On Friday, about 100 supporters of an American military response held a rally in the Detroit suburb of Birmingham.

WASHINGTON

U.S. jobs data could drive Fed bond-buying move Signs of improvement in the U.S. economy emerged this week, and the jobs report the government will issue Friday will show whether that strength is fueling consistent hiring gains.

The August employment report will be the most significant economic data to be released before the Federal Reserve meets Sept. 17-18. Many economists expect the Fed to decide then to slow its monthly bond purchases.

Analysts predict a solid gain of 177,000 jobs for August, above total but just below the monthly average this year of 192,000. The unemployment rate is expected to remain 7.4 percent.

MOSCOW

Navalny has strong showing in Moscow mayoral race Opposition leader Alexei Navalny swept up far more votes than expected Sunday while finishing second in Moscow’s mayoral election, a pivotal contest that has energized Russia’s small opposition in ways that could pose a risk to the Kremlin in the days and years ahead.

Partial results released early Monday showed Navalny with about 27 percent of the vote, while the Kremlin-backed incumbent, Sergei Sobyanin, held a clear lead with about 52 percent. Exit polls, however, predicted Navalny would get as much as 32 percent.

As the results only began to trickle out two hours after the polls closed, Navalny said he suspected the vote count was being manipulated.

KABUL, Afghanistan

NATO accused of killing Afghan civilians Afghan officials accused NATO of killing civilians in an airstrike that left at least 10 dead in the country’s remote east, while the Taliban on Sunday staged a car bomb and gun attack outside an Afghan intelligence office, killing four soldiers and wounding more than 80 people.

Meanwhile, the Afghan government reacted angrily to a comment by an American envoy who said Afghanistan is already experiencing “a civil war.”

The airstrike and Taliban attack underscored the chronic insecurity in Afghanistan as U.S.-led foreign forces reduce their presence and hand over more responsibilities to Afghan troops. The car bombing occurred in Maidan Shahr, a city in eastern Wardak province just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Kabul.

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Leaders also discuss intelligence gathering, climate change Jacquelyn Martin/AP A Capitol Hill police officer watches as protesters hold signs reading “No Attack on Syria” during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Tuesday on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Assad’s link to chemical weapons remains unclear White House calls to hold Syrian regime accountable WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House asserted Sunday that a “common-sense test” dictates the Syrian government is responsible for a chemical weapons attack that President Barack Obama says demands a U.S. military response. But Obama’s top aide says the administration lacks “irrefutable, beyond-a-reasonabledoubt evidence” that skeptical Americans, including lawmakers who will start voting on military action this week, are seeking.

“This is not a court of law.

And intelligence does not work that way,” White House chief of staff Denis McDonough said during his five-network public relations blitz Sunday to build support for limited strikes against Syrian President Bashar Assad.

“The common-sense test says he is responsible for this.

He should be held to account,” McDonough said of the Syrian leader who for two years has resisted calls from inside

and outside his country to step down.

Asked in another interview about doubt, McDonough was direct: “No question in my mind.”

The U.S., citing intelligence reports, says the lethal nerve agent sarin was used in an Aug. 21 attack outside Damascus, and that 1,429 people died, including 426 children.

The number is higher than that, said Khalid Saleh, head of the press office at the antiAssad Syrian Coalition who was in Washington to lobby lawmakers to authorize the strikes. Some of those involved in the attacks later died in their homes and opposition leaders were weighing releasing a full list of names of the dead.

But Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which collects information from a network of anti-government activists, says it has so far only been able to confirm 502 dead.

The actual tally of those killed by chemical weapons is scant compared to the sum of all killed in the upheaval: more than 100,000, according to the United Nations.

In an interview Sunday,

Assad told U.S. journalist Charlie Rose there is not conclusive evidence about who is to blame for the chemical weapons attacks and again suggested the rebels were responsible.

From Beirut, Rose described his interview, which is to be released Monday on the CBS morning program that Rose hosts, with the full interview airing later in the day on Rose’s PBS program.

Asked about Assad’s claims there is no evidence he used the weapons, Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters in London: “The evidence speaks for itself.”

At the same time, Obama has planned his own public relations effort. He has scheduled six network interviews on Monday and then a primetime speech to the nation from the White House on Tuesday, the eve of the first votes in Congress.

Obama faces a tough audience on Capitol Hill. A survey

by The Associated Press shows that House members who are staking out positions are either opposed to or leaning against Obama’s plan for a military strike by more than a 6-1 margin.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Touting economic progress at the Group of 20 summit, President Barack Obama said the nation’s economic powers no longer face the threat of a financial meltdown and can turn their attention to issues of tax evasion, job creation and climate change.

“For the first time in three years, instead of an urgent discussion to address the European financial crisis, we see a Europe that has emerged from recession,” Obama said Friday at a news conference wrapping up a three-day European trip that included the two-day G-20 meeting in St. Petersburg.

Obama was dogged at the summit by revelations of spying by the National Security Agency and held private meetings with the presidents of Brazil and Mexico to assure them that his administration would work to resolve tensions over allegations that the NSA monitored their communications.

After separate sessions with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, Obama said he told both leaders that he takes the allegations of spying on their communications seriously and said he promised to address their concerns.

“What we do is similar to what countries around the world do with their intelligence services,” Obama said. “But what is true is that, you know, we are bigger. We have greater capabilities.”

He said he wants a review of intelligence efforts to determine the costs and benefits. “Just because we can get information doesn’t necessarily always mean

that we should,” he said.

Both Pena Nieto and Rousseff have expressed outrage over revelations that the NSA kept tabs on their communications. The spying was reported by Brazil’s Globo TV, which cited 2012 documents from NSA leaker Edward Snowden. Pena Nieto says it would constitute an illegal act.

Speaking at her own press conference, Rousseff said Obama vowed to have a response for her government by Sept. 11. Rousseff said her decision whether to make a scheduled state visit to the United States in October will depend on the “political conditions” set by Obama.

Though the civil war in Syria and Obama’s call for a military response to chemical weapons use there dominated much of the conversation, Obama said the 20 leaders also paid heed to a litany of issues such as helping foster growth in emerging economies, promoting infrastructure and fighting corruption. He said the nations agreed to continue with financial reforms and to address tax evasion and avoidance that he says undermines budgets and shifts the tax burden.

The president spoke after the U.S. government reported that the unemployment rate had dropped to 7.3 percent, the lowest in nearly five years. But the jobs picture remained tepid. More Americans stopped looking for work and were no longer counted as unemployed and the combined job creation in June, July and August amounted to the weakest three-month stretch of job growth in a year.

With a confrontation brewing with Congress over raising the nation’s borrowing limit, Obama warned lawmakers that it shouldn’t risk a U.S. default “over paying bills we’ve already racked up.” He said he was determined that the world has confidence “in the full faith and credit of the United States.”

NAACP president to step down Michigan to seek Jealous instrumental in financial growth of organization WASHINGTON (AP) — NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Jealous, who is credited with boosting finances at the nation’s largest civil rights organization and helping to stabilize it, said Sunday that he plans to step down at the end of the year.

The Baltimore-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People said that its rosters of online activists and donors have grown tremendously during his five-year tenure. Jealous was the group’s youngest-ever leader when he was hired as its president at age 35 in 2008.

In a written statement Sunday, Jealous, now 40, said he plans to pursue teaching at a university and wants to spend time with his young family.

“The NAACP has always been the largest civil rights organization in the streets, and today it is also the largest civil rights organization online, on mobile and at the ballot box too,” Jealous said.

“I am proud to leave the association financially sound, sustainable, focused, and more powerful than ever.”

Jealous plans to step down on Dec. 31. His departure plans were first reported by USA Today, which said he was in the first year of a three-year contract.

Jealous told the newspaper he also plans to start a political action committee to raise money to elect diverse progressive candidates to public office, though not necessarily only Democrats. During President Barack Obama’s first campaign, Jealous said he teamed with others to create a fundraising group that raised $10 million to help elect the first black president.

Jealous is credited with improving the NAACP’s finances and donor base over the past

five years. In the year before Jealous arrived, the NAACP cut its national staff by a third. Also that year, former NAACP president Bruce Gordon abruptly resigned because of differences with the group’s 64-member board.

The group said its donors have increased from 16,000 people giving each year to more than 132,000 under his leadership.

During Jealous’s tenure, the NAACP also has embraced gay rights in a historic vote to endorse same-sex marriage in May 2012. “Civil marriage is a civil right and a matter of civil law,” the group said, citing the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause.

Jealous told The Associated Press recently that a broader coalition is needed to fight the civil rights battles of the 21st century.

“Last century we needed lawyers; this century we need big, broad coalitions,” he said. “When extremists decide to attack all our communities, they must hope that there will be infighting. But we have stood all for one and one for all. That is how we will win.”

An NAACP spokesman said Jealous was not available for an interview until a formal announcement on Monday.

The Rev. Joseph Lowery, a civil rights leader and former president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, said Jealous brought an intellectual quality and a level of integrity that won respect.

“I’m sorry to see him resign, although I understand he has other plans. But, I think he was just getting into his stride,” Lowery said Sunday evening. “I think he brought a luster to the office that was quiet and dignified and effective, and I wish him well in his new work.”

The Rev. Al Sharpton said he felt “mixed emotions” about Jealous’ announcement, which included sadness because Jeal-

ous had led the organization so well.

“Not only was he able to revive the NAACP and raise its budget to higher heights, he joined us in the streets in real civil rights activity on the ground,” Sharpton said in a written statement.

“From the ‘suites to the streets,’ he will be missed as head of the NAACP, but I am sure he will not leave us in his contribution to the struggle.”

Jealous began his career as a community organizer in Harlem with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. He was suspended from Columbia University in New York City after organizing student protests and went on to work as a reporter for the Jackson Advocate newspaper in Mississippi.

Jealous has led the NAACP to advocate against “stop-andfrisk” police tactics and standyour-ground laws following the death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin. He has also fought to abolish the death penalty at the state level, including in Maryland.

NAACP Chairman Roslyn Brock accepted Jealous’ resignation in the past week. She said the group would continue its fight to restore part of the Voting Rights Act that was recently struck down by the Supreme Court, as well as work to boost its civic engagement efforts and ensure that black Americans are able to obtain health insurance under the nation’s health care overhaul.

Brock thanked Jealous for his service.

“Under his leadership, the NAACP has built a highly competent staff that will carry our mission forward and meet the civil rights challenges of the 21st century,” she said. “Our board, staff and volunteer leaders throughout the country deeply appreciate his sacrifice and will continue to implement our game-changing goals for the next half century.”

investors to fund social programs Pay-for-success contract funds Harvard-based initiative LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan plans to enlist private investors to finance a public social program, becoming the latest state government to try an experimental “payfor-success” approach in tackling persistent problems such as homelessness or criminal recidivism.

The state will announce Monday that it is the seventh chosen through a national competition to receive technical assistance from Harvard University for a social impact bond.

Also known as pay-for-success contracts, social impact bonds work like this: Private investors — potentially a bank and a philanthropic foundation — put up money for a program with a specific goal. A contract is signed with a service provider.

If the goal is achieved, the government pays back the investors, with a profit. If not, the government pays nothing.

“We believe it makes government delivery of services more accountable. If it’s successful, we benefit. If for whatever reason the targets aren’t met, taxpayers aren’t on the hook for those dollars,” said Joe Pavona, special adviser for public-private partnerships to Gov. Rick Snyder.

The state will issue a request for information Monday to identify potential projects.

Some possibilities mentioned by Pavona include

infant mortality, early childhood development, homelessness and recidivism. But he said the Snyder administration could settle on something else depending on feedback from potential investors and service providers.

The Harvard Kennedy School will send a full-time fellow to Michigan for a year to help launch the initiative, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation and the Laura and John Arnold Foundation.

After helping Massachusetts and New York become the first state governments to develop pay-for-success contracts using social impact bonds, Harvard held a competition to award assistance to other governments.

Six winners out of 28 applicants were announced in June.

The school added Michigan after finding more funding because it was among a handful of other “really strong” applications, said Jeffrey Liebman, a public policy professor at Harvard who directs the university’s Social Impact Bond Technical Assistance Lab. He said the No. 1 criteria in choosing a state was the commitment of its leaders to follow through.

“If we work with a state for a year to put together a project, we want them to actually do it,” Liebman said.

Social impact bonds began in Britain. The first U.S. government to put one together was New York City, which announced a year ago that Goldman Sachs would invest almost $10 million in a city jail program to keep inmates ages 16-18 from reoffending.

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Shifting the burden

New sexual misconduct policy gives more responsibility to ‘U’

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niversity officials enacted a new policy regarding student sexual misconduct allegations, changing the way the University investigates sexual harassment and assault accusations. In response to a 2011 mandate from the Department of Education, colleges across the country are revisiting their sexual misconduct policies in order to be compliant with Title IX, the federal statute that bans sexual discrimination.

After two years of planning, the University’s new approach to sexual misconduct investigations puts more responsibility on University investigators rather than the student who reported the crime. The policy changes are a step in the right direction, as they place a greater burden on the University to investigate sexual misconduct on campus. But with new policies come new potential misunderstandings, and the University needs to clearly explain what these changes mean for students — especially when it comes to confidentiality.

The revised protocol modifies the model for sexual-misconduct investigations, bringing University officials from multiple departments together in an attempt to connect survivors with appropriate services. Under the finalized policy, once an incident of sexual misconduct is reported, the survivor is then directed to campus support services, such as Counseling and Psychological Services or staff from the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center. The University then determines if a more direct intervention is needed — such as moving a student from a particular residence hall or class. The accuser can also refuse to meet with investigators, though ultimately the University’s Title IX coordinator may choose to continue the investigation without that person’s cooperation. The newly outlined investigation process also makes a special note to keep interviews with the survivor and the accused separate. “We ask follow-up questions based on the information we have,” Anthony Walesby, senior director of the Office of Institutional Equality, said. “But you never have to worry about being in the same room as the person you are accusing and vice versa.” Furthermore, University investigators will use a lower standard of proof when determining guilt.

Ultimately, these changes place less of a burden on accusers, signaling the University’s

resolve in addressing sexual misconduct on campus and reducing its impact. Reporting sexual misconduct can be difficult for survivors, and the University’s more organized response to such allegations may help those people to feel more comfortable when disclosing what can be very personal information.

One noticeable change in the policy is who offers confidentiality. Only three University groups — SAPAC, CAPS and the Office of Ombuds — offer full confidentiality. Residential advisers and University staff are instructed to go to a Title IX coordinator. SAPAC director Holly Rider-Milkovich said first-year students have been informed “multiple times” about this change. While we applaud that action, she also says that she “hopes” students make an informed choice on who to report sexual misconduct to. It’s absolutely critical that the University and groups like SAPAC communicate this change in confidentiality to students. It’s unreasonable to assume that all students will be aware of this change themselves.

Sexual misconduct is a forefront problem on college campuses. It’s up to the universities to assume the burden of these investigations.

The University should be commended for making this change. However, its impact can only occur if there’s a buy-in from the entire University community.

MICHAEL CHRZAN | VIEWPOINT

Ross’s ‘philanthropy’ I have a story to tell you. As a campus tour guide, this story is one of my favorites to tell while giving tours at the University: “In 2008, a donation of $50 million was made to the University of Michigan’s School of Business by Stephen M. Ross and was to fund building renovations. However, the dean of the school at the time went back to Ross and told him while that donation was greatly appreciated, they could really use $100 million. Ross told the dean, if you give me one good reason, I’ll double my donation.

Excited, the dean went back to brainstorm with faculty, administrators and students alike.

No one came up with a good reason for the bigger donation. The dean returned to Ross and told him the only reason they could think of was out of the goodness of his heart. So, as any good and successful Michigan alum would, Ross doubled his gift.

After the building was renovated, the dean took Ross on a tour of the building, where MBA students chanted, ‘Thank you, Ross!’ and followed it with ‘The Victors.’ Ross was moved to tears and was reported later saying, ‘If they had asked for another $100 million, I would’ve given it right then and there.’ ” Of course, some of this may not exactly be the whole truth. However, if it is true, no one can say he isn’t a man of his word. Last Wednesday, Ross donated $200 million to the Athletic Department and the business school, which has borne his name since his 2008 donation. This donation is the largest in the University’s history.

But, what do we do with all that money?

The answer to what is planned for the money can be found in Sam Gringlas’s article in The Michigan Daily “Gift benefits high-profile departments” where he states, “Though Ross’s $200-million donation will endow some financial scholarships, a priority Coleman and other administrators have repeatedly emphasized for the next capital campaign, it will also fund upgrades at the Business School and athletic campus.” This donation will benefit the University and its students.

Yet, I and many others on this campus feel that if he truly wanted to benefit the University community, there were better places to do it than a department that generates a lot of revenue already and one of the top business schools in the

country. As president of the student-educationreform group, rEDesign, I know other places both on this campus and in this area that could have used help from Ross’s philanthropy.

However, I also empathize with Ross’s dedication to the communities he was a part of in his time at Michigan. It’s natural to want to give back to the communities that gave to you. But, considering all of these sides of this situation — and the fact that Ross has joined the Giving Pledge, a commitment of the super-wealthy to give away almost half their net worth — I present a challenge to the “self-described academically average transfer student” and any future donors to this University.

If the true end goal of Ross’s philanthropy here at the University is to make this experience better for the students, then he should donate to programs that could use the money to help better the entire campus community.

Donate to programs such as MESA to help build a new multicultural center closer to the center of campus so we can truly emphasize and deliver upon our commitment to diversity, something that has been a consistent struggle for the University in the recent decade. Donate to other schools, such as the School of Education, whose graduates will be going into service-based fields and may wind up making less than some citizens with high school degrees. These low earnings for important jobs means that graduates from the schools may not be able to have the philanthropic power you do to help them remodel their facilities. Donate to Services for Students with Disabilities, to help make our campus even more accessible for any student who wants to come to this world-class university in this one-of-a-kind town. Donate to make a difference, not just an impact.

I believe that most students are grateful for Ross and for all the amazing alumni who continue to make the Michigan Difference mean something anytime they give back to make our experiences better. However, we’re also critical, in that we want those donations to make the largest positive difference they can for our community. Larger, shinier buildings just can’t make that happen.

Michael Chrzan is an LSA junior.

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Raising the minimum

believe in McDonald’s.

As a vegetarian, this is a strange statement to make, but I’m not talking about the food.

As one of the largest employers in the world, McDonLISSA ald’s has a KRYSKA lot of power, especially in the fast-food industry. Where McDonald’s goes, others will follow.

When McDonald’s moved toward a more humane supply chain, other companies did the same. But while they slightly improved conditions for animals, there’s still room for improvement in how workers are treated. The median minimum wage for fast food workers in the United States is $9.05 an hour. This means that a full-time employee who works 40 hours a week, doesn’t take any vacations and makes the median wage has a yearly salary that’s below the poverty line if they’re supporting two people in their family. Many people are making even less than that with the current federal minimum wage at $7.25 an hour.

And while many of us picture burger-flipping as a job for teens looking to make pocket change, the fact is that in today’s economy, many of the people now working in the fast food industry are long-term employees — adults who are trying to support a family with the only job they can find. And no matter how hard of a worker you are, there are only so many promotions to be had, especially for those without a degree.

Paying a salary that leaves

employees below the poverty line means that these workers have full-time jobs and are still unable to support their families. It also means that these families will qualify for many federal aid programs, including food stamps, the Head Start program and various tax credits. Essentially, the government is supplementing some of the income that restaurants aren’t paying their employees.

Simply cutting government benefits and allowing working families to struggle in abject poverty is unconscionable in one of the wealthiest nations on earth. If companies are unwilling to pay their workers enough to get by, the government is in effect forced to subsidize the fastfood industry by stepping in to make up the difference. The government should instead enforce minimum wages high enough so people working a single full-time job don’t need government assistance.

In the past year, fast-food workers across the country have been holding daylong walk outs in an effort to gain higher wages.

Employees of McDonald’s, Taco Bell, KFC and many other fast food chains are aiming to raise the minimum wage at these restaurants to $15 an hour. They’ve garnered some publicity, but companies don’t seem to be budging. McDonald’s responded by publishing a ludicrous “sample budget,” which, aside from keeping the late-night shows busy for the next week,

assumed that all workers had a second full-time job, monthly health insurance payments of only $20 and mortgage/rent payments of only $600 per month. That’s lower than the rent that many students here pay for one room in a shared house or apartment.

Many companies are making the argument that they can’t afford to move to a $15 minimum wage.

Frankly, they just aren’t interested in trying. The fast-food industry has weathered the recession well, and some CEOs, such as McDonald’s James Skinner, are some of the highest paid in the country. Meanwhile, real wages haven’t kept pace with inflation or increases in productivity, so labor is now cheaper than it was 30 years ago. If a company can’t make a profit without government subsidized wages, then they shouldn’t be in business at all — that’s how capitalism works.

As I said, I believe in McDonald’s. I believe that if they invested a little creativity in finding that extra money for wages they could succeed, and other fast food chains would follow. Then, our society would see the benefit of paying people enough to support themselves.

Last time I checked, working one or more full-time jobs and still being unable to support your family has nothing to do with the American Dream. It’s time the “job creators” start creating some jobs that don’t require government subsidies to keep families fed.

Fast-food companies claiming they can’t raise wages just aren’t trying.

— Lissa Kryska can be reached at lkkryska@umich.edu.

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Moved by Detroit

ach time I told someone I worked in Detroit, I braced myself for the same reaction. Something along the lines of: “Really?”

Even the classic, “Oh, interesting!” had a negative connotation.

Early on, SARA I fell into the MOROSI trap — a truth I’m not proud of. Would I be safe? Could I walk to and from the parking garage alone?

I didn’t know, and, quite honestly, I questioned if I wanted to find out.

In the months nearing my internship, I let people’s negative perceptions of Detroit spoil the excitement I felt for a great opportunity.

Fast-forward four months. I was at Good Time Charley’s for a friend’s 21st birthday. Due to that fact that I had to be up at 7 a.m. for my daily commute, I opted out of drinking.

While waiting for a round of Irish car bombs, a guy struck up conversation with me.

“You said you’re working tomorrow. Where do you work?”

I explained to him that I was interning with a startup company in Detroit called Stik.

He raised his eyebrows, recoiled, and said something along the lines of, “Not the best place to be right now, huh?”

I grew defensive. I worked in Detroit. I didn’t have the plague and certainly didn’t need his pity.

I sputtered back that it is, in fact, a great place to be. I began calling on positives: how much Quicken

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Nuclear energy is not the answer with cost in mind TO THE DAILY: Julia Zarina’s column supporting nuclear energy omitted the most obvious reason why nuclear represents such a poor energy choice: cost. Because the billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies for our current nuclear-energy mix have never been adequately calculated, it’s difficult to arrive at nuclear energy’s “true” cost, but using the nuclear-friendly U.S. Energy Information Administration’s own numbers, the total system levelized costs of nuclear energy come to $108.40 per megawatt hour for plants entering service in 2018. By comparison, an advanced

Loans chairman Dan Gilbert is doing to fuel Detroit’s growth, the incredible set that was in the process of being built for “Transformers 4,” and how my one-hour commute takes at the very most two hours on days that the Tigers play at home.

Surprised and slightly uncomfortable after my unanticipated rant, he changed the subject back to the Irish car bombs now sitting on the table.

As I watched the group chug whiskey-tainted beer, I realized that was the first time I had become anywhere near that defensive for Detroit. In that moment I thought, “Did I just become a ‘Detroiter?’ ” I fell in love with Detroit this summer: the history, the culture, the energy. Many mornings I walked by the same charming old men playing chess outside of a little coffee shop on Broadway St. “Good morning, miss,” they’d say.

Detroit provided me with an incredible opportunity to learn. My coworkers, many of whom would walk or bike to the office from their downtown Detroit apartments, are motivated, hardworking and passionate. Having chosen to move the company from tech-mecca San Francisco to the Motor City, Stik’s cofounders are in Detroit because they want to be. The rest of us followed, excited to pursue an idea in a place in need of revival.

But it would be slanted to deny the reality that Detroit faces on a

daily basis. In filing for bankruptcy, the once automotive leader and music capital became our country’s largest-ever municipal bankruptcy case. The near future for Detroit is unquestionably bleak as it seeks to restructure billions in debt — not to mention its persistent struggle to gain control over staggering crime rates and statistics.

All things considered, I can’t blame people for being skeptical about the city and my eagerness to work there. It’s the media’s responsibility to deliver coverage, and right now, what’s happening in Detroit is largely negative. Downbeat headlines about the bankruptcy, violence and poverty overpower positive steps, such as the opening of a Whole Foods on Mack Ave. and the summertime revamp of Campus Martius.

I do blame people for not giving Detroit a chance.

If you look closely enough, you’ll see positive messages all over the city: on posters and billboards, in shop windows and on T-shirts.

A few include “Nothing Stops Detroit,” “Detroit vs. Everybody” and, my favorite, “Detroit Moves Me.” These circulated sayings are proof that I’m one of the many who are hopeful for the city’s renewal.

I can only hope that people go to the city to form their own opinion, rather than avoid it because of stigmas. My guess is that you’ll love what you find.

I can’t blame people for being skeptical — but give Detroit a chance.

— Sara Morosi can be reached at smorosi@umich.edu

Send letters to: tothedaily@michigandaily.com combined-cycle natural gas plant’s cost for the same $65.60. At $86.60, even a renewable source like wind is cheaper. You do the math.

Zarina’s argument that political partisanship is holding up a nuclear renaissance is equally misplaced.

Even before the Republicans took control of Congress in 2010, nuclear energy enjoyed broad bipartisan support in Washington. The Obama administration ponied up billions in taxpayer subsidies to promote the nuclear ambitions of several utilities, most of them located in the South. The capital costs associated with building these plants will run into the tens of billions. Taxpayers will spend billions more fueling, maintaining, decommissioning and then storing – for millennia – the

radioactive waste these plants produce. With the discovery of massive natural-gas deposits throughout the United States, and plummeting costs for renewables, these utilities made a bad bet, one that their customers will have to cover.

Simply put, the economics simply don’t support nuclear energy, despite efforts by those who back nuclear to load the policy dice. I’d like to believe that this is good old-fashioned capitalism allowing the marketplace to pick the winners. But the fact that we still hear voices touting the viability of nuclear energy tells me we still have a long way to go on the education front.

John Ramsburgh LSA employee

News

5A — Monday, September 9, 2013

LEADER From Page 1A tion-and-answer format. University President Mary Sue Coleman announced in April that she will retire in July 2014. Regent Laurence Deitch (D–Bloomfield Hills) said in a statement that he hopes to hear from students, faculty, staff, alumni, community members and others willing to attend.

Regents and other members of the Search Advisory Committee will attend every session, along with Alison Ranney, a search consultant from Russell Reynolds Associates, the executive recruiting firm appointed to lead the search, who will answer questions about the search process itself.

Regent Katherine White (D– Ann Arbor), who served on the 2002 presidential committee with Deitch and Regent Andrea Fischer Newman (R–Ann Arbor), coordinated the public meetings on behalf of the board. She said in the press release that the various locations and times of the meetings should “allow for the broadest input possible.”

Since the 2002 search committee included two students, University alum Matt Nolan, then-Michigan Student Assembly (the former name of the Central Student Government) president, and University alum Lisa Jackson, then a doctoral student of psychology, some students expected similar representation this time around.

Business senior Michael Proppe, Central Student Government president, just advocated for student representation on the committee before the decision was made not to include it.

Since then, Proppe said he has worked with White, Dean of Students Laura Blake Jones and E. Royster Harper, vice president of student affairs, to ensure that students will contribute to the process.

In an e-mail interview, Proppe wrote that a lot of Central Student Government members plan to attend the public forum on Sept.

26. The group will encourage other student organization leaders to attend and participate in the discussion as well.

While Proppe could only speculate as to why there’s no student

ACA From Page 1A premiums — the amount a person is charged with up-front for coverage. While some plans are allowed to charge younger people less, the lower cost still overvalues the real cost of coverage for the younger — and generally healthier — population.

“You’re essentially going to be paying a premium that’s subsidizing the 63-year-olds on the plan,” Hirth said.

In contrast, the student plan groups its members into an independent risk pool, meaning student premiums only need to support other students, not elderly populations.

However, students can only maintain insurance through the University while enrolled, meaning many must obtain their own insurance upon graduation. The exchanges will likely be a main resource for students to maintain health insurance coverage if they do not already have coverage through their family.

“At that point I think it is useful for people to know about their exchanges and the types of plans that are available,” Hirth said. “Because once they leave the student plan, that’s probably where they’re going to go.”

The new law eliminates the annual coverage cap previously seen in many insurance plans. In the past, very few students have exceeded the $1 million cap provided under the University plan.

Other universities with lower caps — some between $100,000 and $200,000 — will be more affected by this change, Hirth said.

Individuals who fail to obtain health insurance after Jan. 1 will face new penalties.

For 2014, the penalty is set at the greater of $95 per adult or 1 percent of taxable income, according to the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services. However,

representation on the committee, he wrote that he believes there may have been concerns that students would breach confidentiality by publicizing the identity of a presidential candidate.

“I believe the regents are making a mistake,” Proppe wrote. “So we the students are going to have to take it upon ourselves to make sure the regents have significant input from students. It will lead to a more rewarding search.”

Proppe wrote that he hopes the next president will continue to show an interest in student life and focus on lowering tuition costs for students.

Regent White will speak to CSG’s University Council Monday to give a more detailed explanation as to why students will not hold concrete positions on the committee as well as possible solutions to increase student input.

The 16-person search committee is made up of the eight regents and eight faculty members, including Professors Alec Gallimore, Timothy Johnson, Tiya Miles, Rebecca Scott and David Ginsburg; Jeffrey MacKie-Mason, dean of the School of Information; and Associate Prof.

Lynn Perry Wooten.

While some meetings will be directed at specific groups — such as faculty, staff and specific campus communities — all meetings will be open to the public: -Sept. 17, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.: Michigan Rooms C-D, University Center, UM-Flint campus, primarily for UM-Flint campus community.

-Sept. 17, 6:30 p.m to 7:30 p.m.: Auditorium, Biomedical Science Research Building, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, primarily for Ann Arbor faculty and staff, including Health System faculty.

-Sept. 26, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.: 100 Hutchins Hall, Law School, primarily for Ann Arbor faculty and staff.

-Sept. 26, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.: Auditorium 3 (1200), Modern Languages Building, primarily for Ann Arbor students.

-Sept. 27, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.: BorgWarner Auditorium, UMDearborn campus, primarily for UM-Dearborn campus community.

-Sept. 27, 5:30 p.m . to 6:30 p.m.: Blau Auditorium, Ross School of Business, primarily for Ann Arbor community and public.

the penalty grows to $325 or 2 percent of income in 2015 and $695 or 2.5 percent of income in 2016.

Laurie Burchett, the University’s student insurance manager, said the new law is still unclear — especially regarding the exchanges — to many healthcare providers and individuals around the nation.

“There are a lot of unknowns, and you can’t really go (to the exchange) right now to take a look at what is available,” Burchett said.

According to Burchett, students on the University’s domestic health insurance plan will be covered nationwide, while those on a parent’s plan may only be covered for emergency medical needs while away from their area of residence.

For students with limited local coverage, University Health Services offers many medical services to students, such as clinic visits, most laboratory tests and nutrition counseling, the cost of which is covered by the student health service fee and is included in tuition.

Asked about changes in healthcare coverage on campus, many students declined to comment, citing little or no knowledge of the changes.

LSA freshman Brady Reeves said health care is not an issue that he has ever heard about on campus, and that few students concern themselves with intricacies of the new laws.

“I feel it’s not really that talked about,” Reeves said. “I don’t really worry about it because I know my parents have good health insurance.”

Receiving coverage through his parents, LSA sophomore Francis Buggia said he does not expect his health care to change in the coming months.

“There’s probably good information out there,” Buggia said.

“But there’s a lot of hearsay too — a lot of uninformed people telling other people what isn’t necessarily true.”

EVENTS From Page 1A Jones added that when the University was first considering whether to have night games at all, the longer time available in the day for students to drink was a prime consideration. A 2008 report from the University of Colorado, Denver stated that incidents of disorderly conduct, assaults and vandalism increase on college game days at Division I schools, and Jones said that, nationally, incidence rates increase with later start times.

However, in the 2011 Notre Dame-Michigan game, the incident rate was on par with an average game that started at noon.

Events kicked off on Friday night with the “Maize Out. Lights On.” pep rally in the Diag. Thousands of students attended the event over the course of the evening to hear performances from campus groups and more than a few pep talks. Guests included University President Mary Sue Coleman, Football head coach Brady Hoke, Heisman Trophy winner Desmond Howard and even “Glee” star Darren Criss, a Michigan alum.

LIGHTS From Page 1A game in three years — people seemed to know what they were doing. Yes, there were people passed out before lunchtime and some people in the Big House who were struggling to handle their liquor, but for the most part, the vibe was different than it was two years ago. It wasn’t the first time in 131 years that Michigan played a home game at night, but it could very well be the last one in the foreseeable future, and everyone knew that.

There are times in the Big House when all the bells and whistles feel forced and out of place. Saturday was not one of those times.

Just like the Athletic Department wanted, the student section was full, and it was full early. It was packed and roped off, to the point where students complained about not having enough room, but that was forgotten by kickoff.

There was a flyover before the game, which was similar to a flyover in the same way that a Honda Civic is similar to a Lamborghini.

At halftime, Beyoncé apologized for not being able to make it —

RENOVATIONS From Page 1A cifically, the $110 million graduate dorm set to open in 2015 thanks to an historic donation

by Charles Munger.

The lack of upperclassmen — juniors occupied just 8 percent of dorm rooms in 2012 — does not, however, indicate a lack of graduate students interested in dorm life.

In 2005, the last year before housing renovations eliminated scores of University beds, 12 percent of housing residents were graduates.

Logan attributes these ratios to undergraduates’ desire to live off-campus after their experience in University dorms.

Graduate students, on the other hand, are still adjusting to a new city and classmates.

“Graduate students are open to campus housing that provides an affordable location and social connection with other grads,” Logan said.

Two of the five Northwood communities on North Campus are exclusively graduate dorms.

Northwood IV and V offer oneto three-bedroom homes and on-site child care for graduate students with families. The only existing graduate housing option on Central Campus, however, is the newly renovated Lawyers Club, which accommodates about 260 law students.

Diane Nafranowicz, director of the Lawyers Club, said more than half of the incoming class opts to live in one of the single rooms.

New law students typically spend their summer prior to enrollment conducting research or studying abroad, making a housing search difficult, Nafranowicz said.

Law students are also relatively new to the University.

Not unlike undergraduate

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“There is no place in the world like the University of Michigan — anywhere,” Criss said to roaring applause.

On Saturday morning, more than 1,000 of the most dedicated Wolverines rose before the sun to cheer for their team at ESPN’s College GameDay. This is the second time in three years that ESPN broadcasted its College GameDay program from Ann Arbor, and the 23rd time Michigan has been featured overall.

The show included appearances from the University’s cheerleading and dance teams, as well as sporadic performances of “The Victors” from the Michigan Marching Band.

Signs reading “Rudy was offsides” and “My girlfriend is real” — in reference to former Notre Dame player Manti Te’o’s infamous fake-girlfriend debacle — were prominently displayed throughout the event. A seemingly lost Ohio State fan, decked out in scarlet and gray, was booed continuously throughout the morning.

Sean Hanrahan, senior vice president of marketing solutions for ESPN, said though College GameDay offers a different expe-

rience at each campus, the University offers a great location to host the show.

“For excitement and pageantry and good television, this seems like a really good location,” Hanrahan said.

University students began lining up for front-row seats to the show at about 9 p.m. Friday. By 7 a.m., the broadcasting area set-up

by ESPN was full, well before the 9 a.m. live filming of the show.

Engineering junior Corey Greenawalt, who began camping out on the lawn at 10 p.m.

Friday with three of his friends, was one of the first students in line. He said he was most excited to see Howard and co-host Lee Corso.

“It was a lot of fun camping out and getting pumped up … we all couldn’t wait,” Greenwalt said.

Although the vast majority of attendees to all of the weekend’s events were clad in maize and blue, a few Fighting Irish turned out to support Notre Dame.

“I love this game, it’s my favorite game of the year,” said Notre Dame senior Anna VanEgmond.

“I’m sad they’re taking it off the schedule.”

This year, University Police made 11 arrests for various vio-

lations, 10 citations for alcohol in the stadium and 50 ejections from Michigan Stadium before, during and after the game. Emergency medical personnel treated 133 people, with 21 taken to the University Hospital for further care. A record 115,109 people attended the game.

While 8,000 students attended the Central Student Government tailgate two years ago, verified from M-Card swipes upon entry, CSG President Michael Proppe estimated that only 1,500 students attended this year’s event.

He ascribed the low attendance to inclement weather during parts of the afternoon and the new general-admission policy.

“With General Admission seating, many students would prefer to hold their spot in line, where there was also free pizza and a DJ, rather than hang out at a tailgate on Elbel,” Proppe wrote in an e-mail interview.

Though she thought the CSG tailgate was well-planned — complete with a mechanical bull and free food — LSA sophomore Rachael Lacey said the low turnout surprised her: Elbel Field had more family tailgaters than students when she was there, she said.

Queen Bey apologized for not being in the Big House — before finishing her video message with a “Go Blue.” Then, complete with a lights show, the Michigan Marching Band proceeded to perform a few of Beyoncé’s hits with the lights off. Not exactly a traditional show, but one that matched the situation note for note. Plain and simple, it was just cool.

Saturday would have been special even if the game was awful, which of course it wasn’t, because there’s no situation in which Notre Dame and Michigan could play a boring game. Before Saturday, the past five games were decided by a touchdown or less, and three were determined in the final 30 seconds.

Notre Dame got into the game with a touchdown that came off a deflection into the back of the end zone. Michigan ended the game with an interception that deflected off a defender’s foot. In between, fifth-year senior wide receiver Jeremy Gallon and redshirt junior quarterback Devin Gardner touched greatness, if only for one game.

Wearing Legacy jerseys — Gardner wearing Tom Harmon’s No. 98 and Gallon wearing Desmond Howard’s No. 21 — the two

combined for almost 200 yards and three touchdowns. Harmon’s son, Mark, was in attendance for the pregame ceremony. Howard was in attendance. Past and present, under the lights, one more time.

This week or next, maybe even today, there will be a debilitating realization that the Wolverines are replacing the Fighting Irish on their schedule with UNLV and that there won’t be an Under the Lights III for a long, long time.

In 2015, we get UNLV, along with BYU and Oregon State, all of them during the day, and none of them with any sort of historic significance. Michigan hasn’t played BYU or Oregon State since the 1980s and has never played UNLV. Maybe the Wolverines will play another night game in the future, and maybe they will convince Beyoncé to show up in real life instead of just on the video board.

It could be as amazing as Saturday was, who knows, but I doubt it.

Before the game, the video boards showed highlights of former greats, people like Harmon and Howard. Future generations will see Gallon’s performance playing on those screens, but there will be no highlights of Oregon State or BYU.

You can blame whoever you want for that, but the bottom line is that it’s truly a shame we won’t get an Under the Lights III. On ESPN’s Football GameDay on Saturday morning, analyst Lee Corso showed a clip of Michigan coach Brady Hoke saying over the summer that Notre Dame “chickened out” of the rivalry game before donning a green hat and producing four live chickens. It wasn’t win one for the Gipper — it was win one for the chicken.

“I don’t think we took it personally,” Hoke said after the game.

“We were playing Notre Dame.

I’m going back to the Michigan teams I coached on as an assistant. There are just certain games you get very excited about, those rivalry games. I don’t think there was any kind of anger … we just wanted to win.”

That mattered on Saturday.

All those people, 115,109 of them, knew it was the last time they would see things like Gardner to Gallon dominating one the best rivalries in college football, the shadows of Harmon, Howard and rivalries of old somewhere off in the distance.

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freshmen, first-year graduate students lack the social connections to find group homes and apartments, and they’re not familiar with Ann Arbor’s housing stock.

“A grad student who comes for the first time has many shared experiences with any student who comes for the first time,” Nafranowicz said.

After living at the Lawyers Club for their first year, she said most law students move offcampus for their second and third years.

Since 2005, however, graduate students have lost some of their on-campus housing options to undergraduates, as facilities such as Couzens, Alice Lloyd, East Quad and, most recently, South Quad Residence Halls undergo renovations.

The renovations delegated three out of the five Northwood communities, spaces traditionally for graduates, as undergraduate housing. Northwood III is reserved exclusively for freshmen.

In fact, graduate participation in housing dipped from 12 percent in 2005 to 9 percent last year, when East Quad and the Lawyers Club were closed for remodeling. Presently, Logan said, there’s a shortage of housing for graduate students.

Renovations have also slighted older undergraduates. Traditionally, those who have lived in housing the longest, like Holland, had priority choice in housing. This advantage is now given to students who have lived in housing the shortest time, such as returning sophomores.

As usual, freshmen are guaranteed housing but cannot pick their dorm.

Renovations have left junior and senior participation in housing largely unaffected.

For example, the percentage

of upperclassmen in housing is identical for 2005, the year before renovations began, and 2012, the most recent year with data during renovations. In the years between, numbers were largely similar.

Residence hall closings proved led to higher participation for sophomores: In 2005, when older students had more freedom in choosing their housing, 24 percent of the housing community was made up of second-year undergraduates. It was 27 percent last year.

Upperclassmen participation in housing is low compared to other institutions.

Ninety-seven percent of Harvard University students live on campus for all four years.

Harvard students typically remain in one house — dorms that house between 350 and 450 students — after freshmen year. Each house bears unique traditions; one storms campus once per year led by someone in a penguin suit.

Closer to home, slightly fewer upperclassmen at Michigan State University return to housing than at Michigan. MSU communications manager Kat Cooper said about 43 percent of the housing population was made of sophomores through seniors compared to 49 percent of Michigan’s housing population. Cooper said MSU encourages students to return, but recognizes East Lansing’s capability to house its upperclassmen.

East Lansing bears similarity to Ann Arbor, which has enough housing for the 18,000 undergraduates who live offcampus. Logan, the University Housing spokesperson, explained that other campus communities often lack affordable and convenient off-campus housing.

Additionally, students at certain colleges are required to

live on-campus for their first year, and sometimes their second. MSU requires students to live in residence halls freshman year, as does Harvard. The University does not have such a requirement. Students may also live in University housing all four years simply by custom. Logan noted that students typically venture off-campus as upperclassmen.

Logan said the University supports those upperclassmen who choose stay on campus while prioritizing freshmen, who generally require the most support.

“The incoming freshman needs the residential support more than any other student in order to acclimate to university life,” Logan said. “Lifelong friendships are created in that first freshmen experience on campus.”

Logan said housing is excited to offer that community support for graduates in the soon-tocome residence hall, similar to one Munger financed at Stanford University. Graduates will live in suites of up to seven other students from various disciplines, providing collaborative living and the single rooms that graduates seek.

And such community exists for upperclassmen like Holland, who keeps his door open and chats up his East Quad hallmates. Along with the dining halls and proximity to classes, Holland enjoys the halls’ quantity of people and his informal mentoring role as an older student.

“It’s less of what can the dorms do for me, but more about how can I reach out to people,” Holland said in his hall’s lounge, where Beyoncé was blasting from a nearby room. “How can I meet them, befriend them, impact someone’s life simply by knowing the ropes, knowing what people go through?”

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Despite working around a consistently stagnant plot — a draft, some match-ups, Shiva glory and Sacko shame — “The League” B+ ’s fifth-season opener is an The League uncensored, Season five raunchy delight.

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The premiere jumps in directly after last season’s finale, with Andre (Paul Scheer, “Burning Love”) and Trixie (Jayma Mays,

“Glee”) busy planning their destination wedding. Please tell me a cake filled with donuts exists in real life. We also finally get to meet Ted, last year’s Shiva winner and perpetual no-show.

Played to perfection by Adam Brody (“House of Lies”), Ted moves the secret fantasy draft to L.A. (California, here we come … ) and brings the party proceedings to a stuttering halt with his AIDS announcement. Is it safe to riff on AIDS yet? At least “The League” is universally shameless.

Meanwhile, Ruxin (Nick Kroll, “Kroll Show”) attempts to opt out of Sacko punishment — and with those balls, who could blame him? — so Pete (Mark Duplass, “The Mindy Project”) forever memorializes his vinegar strokes with yet another trophy. Here’s where the premiere slips a bit; there’s not enough time for five separate storylines and the plot fails to integrate Taco (Jonathan Lajoie, “Wrong Cops”) or Jenny (Katie Aselton, “Our Idiot Brother”) as more than set pieces. As far as Kevin (Stephen Rannazzisi, “Daddy Knows Best”) goes, that

AIDS cocktail can’t have been good, but at least there’s the promise of more in the next episode.

The less-than-perfect plot only highlights the seamless perfection of the cast as a comedic unit.

Practically overflowing with upand-coming talent, “The League” can deliver without a tightly honed script and sharply written dialogue — or any pre-written dialogue, really. One-liners are the backbone of the series, and the fifth season doesn’t disappoint. Flawless banter from Kroll and Jason Mantzoukas (“Enlightened”), returning as Ruxin’s brother-in-law, Rafi, and a classic “League” finish — “I don’t know what a trident is, but these are dildos” — ensure that the opener is satisfyingly memorable.

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hope creators Jeff and Jackie Schaffer don’t get too complacent. One-offs and gag-ready jokes are well and good, but even the bawdiest of series need some depth once in a while.

While the new season was unceremoniously relocated, along with “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” and “Legit,” to FXX (not a typo; FX launched a new comedy channel that’s lost somewhere in cable’s triple-digits), it doesn’t appear affected.

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ince Gilligan’s “Breaking Bad” is well into its final season, and the Internet is alive with a general sentiment of “WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITHOUT IT?” I’m among the many “Bad” fans unprepared to let go. But first, I have a few things KAYLA I want to say UPADHYAYA about Walter White and why I cringe every time I read a tweet along the lines of “Heisenberg is such a boss!”

Early on, I viewed “Breaking Bad” as another player in the anti-hero game. As the show tore through its explosive arc, I started to understand it more as a critique of “anti-hero” television.

Critics love to draw comparisons between Walt and the iconic anti-hero Tony Soprano (arguably the man to spark the trend), but place them side-by-side and you’ll see that they function in entirely different ways. After the series-defining fifth episode of the show, when we see Tony kill a man with his bare hands in between college tours with his daughter Meadow, there’s little doubt that Tony’s a murderous monster, capable of inflicting harm upon everyone around him in an unflinching, almost mundane fashion. But when you look at Tony’s ongoing character arc throughout the series, it’s flecked with crises of conscience and moments of moral clarity. Tony was knowable, even charming at times, defined by boring little humanizing qualities we all have.

That’s been the general formula for most TV anti-heroes today.

Their creators push them as far as they can into corruption and villainy and then snap them back with moments of vulnerability or selflessness or compassion. “Mad Men” ’s Don Draper manipulates, cheats, neglects. But he’s also haunted by death and pain, and it’d be hard to build a case that Don’s a villain.

Walt’s story moves differently. It isn’t marked by the same kind of moral oscillation of Tony or Don. The most commonly used descriptor in any review, interview or conversation about Walter White is “chemistry teacher turned meth maker.” On the surface level, it’s a correct assessment of the character’s trajectory. But it also reiterates this somewhat misguided notion that Walt underwent a complete character transformation with his occupation change. People love to talk about Walt’s “turning point.” When was the moment when Walter White truly broke bad? For some, it’s when he murders Krazy 8. For many, it’s when he lets Jane die.

I don’t see Walt’s journey in terms of a turning point or a transformation. It’s more accurately characterized as a linear descent that sometimes varies in how fast it plummets but never deviates from course. We’re not watching a hero lose his way.

We’re watching a villain’s origin story and, as the eerily apocalyptic flash forwards insinuate, his eventual demise.

I can’t point to one murder or lie or twisted manipulation and say: “There. That’s where Walt crossed the line into unredeemable territory.” You have to zoom out to see that all of his wicked actions compound, as Heisenberg tears through his path of destruction, pulling others along with him. You can sit down and tally up everyone he has killed, lied to, or hurt, but you still wouldn’t be quantifying his villainy. How could you? Like any great villain, Walt operates in insidious ways.

When Walt refuses to let his longtime friend Elliott pay for his medical bills — which would effectively give him an out of the drug biz — he’s showing the true colors of his relentless hubris.

Jesse may have pulled the trigger, but Walt is just as culpable

for Gale’s death, and not only because he gave the order. Up until Gale’s execution, we always understood Jesse as the quasimoral compass of the duo, simply because he seemed incapable of murder. Jesse was always uncomfortable with any of Walt’s plans that involved taking life.

But Jane’s death changed Jesse.

He blamed himself, became convinced he was a Bad Guy, and self-fulfilled the prophecy by showing up on Gale’s doorstep.

And Jane’s death goes right back to Walt. Hank’s life started spinning out of control at the hands of Walt when he was still just the elusive, mythical Heisenberg to the DEA agent brother-in-law.

And now that Hank knows the truth, he’s descending further into his obsession with trapping Walt, manipulating Marie, Skyler and Jesse in the process. I don’t wish to argue that the characters on “Breaking Bad” — who are all flawed in real, textured ways — aren’t responsible for their own actions. I’m just saying that Walt has a hand in almost everything “bad” that happens on the show.

The defining, noxious qualities that make Heisenberg the terror he is were always in Walt, just under the surface. In an early episode, we learn that Walt’s former business venture Gray Matter Technologies achieved huge success after Walt sold his share of the company. His partners made millions while Walt walked away with nothing. Even though it has been decades, Walt confesses to Jesse that he checks the company’s valuations weekly, torturing himself with what could have been. That’s obsessive behavior.

Walt’s obsession, pride, megalomania — they didn’t magically appear when he stopped being a chemistry teacher. These traits just heightened when mixed with the high-stakes chemicals of the meth industry.

Heisenberg is officially the Big Bad of this show.

Think about it: Walt’s most empathetic characteristic is his cancer, and that has nothing to do with who he is as a person. It’s just a condition that, yes, impacts and informs some of his actions, but it’s not a human quality. In fact, he sometimes uses his cancer as a weapon to control others, like when he uses his relapse to earn Walter Jr.’s sympathy.

If you’re still convinced that Walt’s top priority is his family, you’re just as delusional as he is.

The cancer diagnosis triggered something potent within him: a desire to live. But that desire is only partly about protecting his family and mostly about preserving his own legacy. Have you ever heard Walt describe himself as a family man or a loving husband or a caring father? No, he’s in the empire business. He is the one who knocks. He is the danger.

Walter White is not an antihero, so let’s not call him one.

It suggests that he’s deserving of our laud and empathy. Call him what he really is: evil. Gilligan has geniusly made his protagonist a villain, offering a critique — an antidote, even — of the anti-hero trope. As viewers, we still want to root for the protagonist, because that’s what television has conditioned us to do for so long, which is why so many “Bad” fans end up cheering for the sociopathic drug lord and viciously hating his trapped wife. This final season has made it all the more clear that we really don’t have any heroes on “Breaking Bad.” Gilligan tricking us into believing we ever did is a manipulation of Heisenberg proportions.

Upadhyaya is asking Gilligan to pay for her post-’Bad’ therapy. To help, e-mail kaylau@umich.edu.

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‘Sunny’ crosses a dark line in season nine

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Sci-fi thrills, little else in ‘Riddick’ Vin Diesel is his typical juiced-up self in action flick

By SEAN CZARNECKI Daily Film Editor

There is no way more boring to describe a movie than, well, it gets the job done. When it comes to “Riddick,” getting the job B+ done is really all this no-non- Riddick sense thrill ride needs with its At Quality 16 and Rave knuckle-bearing violence Universal and more than a few visual flourishes. For fans of “The Chronicles of Riddick” franchise, this newest entry represents the titular anti-hero’s return to form in more ways than one. He is the savage we remember from “Pitch Black,” a brute who has more in common with his surrounding hellscapes than he does people, who has finally gotten back in touch with his wild roots.

Riddick, played by the always guttural Vin Diesel (“Fast & Furious 6”), has just been unceremoniously relieved of his command of the Necromongers and dropped on a nameless piece of rock. There he adopts an alien canine companion (Why is it that animals always steal the scene?) and settles back into his old ways of fighting each day for survival. It’s a grim, brutal existence.

One day he and his “dog” spot, on the red-dusted horizon, the clouds of a storm driving to them. Its meaning is apparent: The party is over. In a clever move, he triggers an emergency signal to lure any listening mercenaries to join in on his dying soiree — to steal their ship. A

team arrives for Riddick’s head.

Another possessing a dark past arrives for what’s in Riddick’s head. And so ensues the madness and campy dialogue that we expect.

Part of what makes sci-fi a dope genre is its ability to serve as a cultural space to mash genres together in unexpected ways. “Blade Runner” and “Dark City” mixed in elements of noir and for all you reading people, “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” an exercise in magical realism, illustrated the hardships of Dominican-American diaspora through sci-fi. Innovations here are none. “Riddick” focuses instead on that horror sci-fi niche it dug out with “Pitch Black” back in 2000. Therein lies the paradox: Where “Riddick” goes wrong is its deviation from that purity.

Writer-director David Twohy (“A Perfect Getaway”) flirts with Christian theology more than “Riddick” had to, more than it needed to — more than it should’ve. He puppeteers a prayer-spewing innocent to work in spiritual insight, and it’s lame — lamer still when Riddick preaches back his own tough gospel, “God don’t want nothing to do with this.” (I paraphrase.)

Anti-heroes fascinate us for their conflation and inversion of what it means to be a sinner and what it takes to be a saint.

Throwing such obvious discourse in our face comes off as sideline attempts to characterize Riddick. There is indeed something of a character arc in this anti-hero, and this is not the ham-fisted direction I think Twohy should go.

That said, the script does veer off and delve into a sidestory from “Pitch Black” that dangles in front of Riddick a form of redemption: Merc leader Boss Johns, played with surprising

charisma by Matt Nable (“The Final Winter”), needs answers and he expects Riddick to give them to him. This digression was an appreciable effort and not distracting.

I have to say much of the CGI worked. At times, the scenery has a painterly quality with all the desolation of a Cormac McCarthy novel and the creatures risen slithering from the mud are truly grotesque. Other times, however, the aliens are sucked of all flesh, bone and blood. They’re dehydrated and weightless and lack danger and life. And sometimes, the scenery just screams blue screen. Memories of the infamously bad sets of the “Star Wars” prequel trilogy came back to me as I watched grimacing.

My grimacing would not end either with the overwritten vulgarity of the script. At one point, another merc named Santana says something to the effect of, “I don’t appreciate you stepping all over my dick.” I give you no context. That statement’s stupidity speaks for itself. There is literally no situation in the universe or in the history of anything that would warrant you saying that.

But, again, for all my pickiness, it gets the job done. Genre fans will enjoy “Riddick.” They will enjoy the performance of “Battlestar Galactica” ’s Katee Sackhoff as Dahl. She’s tough, sexual (maybe needlessly sexualized) and has a helluva shot.

They will also enjoy Twohy’s eye for campy, effective shots. And most of all, they will reap the joys of watching intestines spill, Rambo-esque tricks and the purity of its sci-fi horror thrills.

Some will say it’s a boring run around the same course we’ve seen before. Others will say it’s passable. I say, “Riddick. It’s been nine years. Welcome back.”

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“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” returned on its new network, FXX for its ninth season, a feat that hopefully proves Bthe staying power of this It’s Always immature and Sunny in delightfully ridiculous com- Philadelphia edy.

Season nine The season premiere opened with “The Gang Wednesdays Broke Dee.” at 10 p.m.

As selfish and snarky as in pre- FXX vious seasons, the episode pushed the levels of comfort. By now, audiences know to expect dark humor stemming from the few redeeming qualities that each character possesses, but season nine pushes the envelope.

Sweet Dee (Kaitlin Olson) takes center stage, but not in the way we expect. Instead of her usual sharp self, Dee has reached a mental breaking point that causes the gang to decide to rehabilitate her using their own means. While the episode presents some of its usual laugh out loud, or at very least, chuckleproducing humor, more than a few suicide jokes arise.

Dark humor is one thing, but suicide jokes take the show into new territory. Though comedy pushes comfort barriers and norms, suicide seems an extremely insensitive place to try and draw laughs. While “Mac & Charlie Die: Part 1 and Part 2” of season four focused on Charlie (Charles Peckham) and Mac (Rob McElhenney) faking their own deaths to avoid Mac’s father, the implications were not as dark as the suggestion of Dee actually contemplating sui-

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cide due to a mental break. When suicide and depression are considered very serious issues, making jokes seems in bad taste.

It’s true that humor can expose faults in society through satire.

But suicide prevention should not qualify as a fault, considering it concerns a very sensitive and serious subject. “Sunny” ’s jokes on the matter may send the erroneous message that suicidal thoughts are not legitimate concerns, and that those who have them are merely weak.

It’s possible to push the envelope too far.

That being said, both Denis (Glenn Howerton) and Dee (Kaitlin Olson) perform perfectly.

After eight seasons, these television siblings leave little to criticize about their performances.

Their characters exhibit subtleties that reveal themselves over and over again in each episode, and the chemistry between them makes for believable, deranged

and self-involved siblings.

Perhaps the show’s most popular duo, Charlie and Mac, surprisingly took a back seat in the season opener. There needs to be more Charlie and Mac, two idiots who seemingly cannot function normally, since the two offer some relief from the show’s dark tendencies. While no more caring than the others, their likability surely comes from their stunted development, both emotionally and mentally.

Some of the more talked-about episodes stem from the gang’s attempted, and ultimately failed, elaborate schemes. Perhaps one of the remaining episodes will bring about another episode like past favorites “The Nightman Cometh” or “Chardee MacDennis: The Game of Games.” The gang produces the most laughs with their elaborate pranks.

Nine seasons certainly validate the successful history of “Sunny,” proving that the audience wants to see more of the gang’s antics. And while every episode cannot be a standout in the series, they shouldn’t be too painful to watch. Here’s to hoping that the writers of “Sunny” return to their beloved roots for the rest of the season!

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UNDER THE LIGHTS II

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ONE MORE TIME

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When Gardner was down, Gardner and Gallon 10 hands raised him up electrify record crowd

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evin Gardner was on his back in his own end zone, looking up at the lights and a sea of maize. It was the fourth quarter of Michigan vs. Notre Dame, and Gardner had made the worst mistake of his football life. Could his legacy ZACH be tainted HELFAND before it even really began? The whole world was here it seemed, and now they were all looking at him on his back in the end zone

and he was alone, all alone.

What was he thinking as he lay there, arms sprawled outward, looking up at the sky, at the lights? He stared at Stephon Tuitt, who cradled the football in his arms in Michigan’s end zone. What was he thinking?

Gardner must have known that in the fourth quarter, he had given the Irish the biggest break of the game. The whole night had gone as planned until then, when 12:14 remained in the game. Michigan led 34-20.

But then Gardner tried too hard to elude his rushers, and suddenly he was in the end zone and running out of space and options. Austin Collinsworth hit him first. Then Prince Shembo.

Gardner got his arm free and heaved the ball. Tuitt was there to catch it.

Gardner stayed on his back and behind him, the Notre Dame cheerleaders went wild.

He saw the band lose their mind. He watched Notre Dame players jump over each other. A foot beyond Gardner’s head, the Notre Dame leprechaun jumped up and down, signaling a touchdown.

The lights were on and the night had been flawless, but now the record-setting crowd went silent. It was falling apart, and fast. This was Gardner’s nightmare.

Gardner sat up and stayed See TEN HANDS, Page 3B

Michigan wins last scheduled home game of rivalry

By MATT SLOVIN Managing Editor

The airshow began about a half hour before kickoff and lasted well into Michigan and Notre Dame’s last scheduled meeting at Michigan Stadium.

It didn’t take long for the high-flying, Devin Gardner-led Wolverine offense to reclaim the Ann Arbor air space from the jets that circled the Big House during a lengthy pregame fly-

over. Wearing the No. 98 jersey of Michigan legend Tom Harmon, Gardner looked like a legend himself for the majority of the Wolverines’ 41-30 win — as did his favorite target, fifth-year senior Jeremy Gallon.

Gallon continued his emergence as the leader of a widereceiving corps that had been one of Michigan’s biggest question marks entering the season.

He posted career highs of 184 receiving yards and three touchdowns.

“He’s like a little bulldog, man,” Gardner said of his 5-foot8 receiver who plays far beyond that height. “Behind the doors, we work so hard. Now we finally got an opportunity to display it

in front of the biggest crowd in college football.”

That crowd of 115,109 set a new NCAA attendance record at the second night game in Michigan Stadium history.

One year after then-Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson’s five-turnover performance against the Fighting Irish, it looked as if Gardner might avoid making any errors. And it wasn’t until the fourth quarter, with the Wolverines already leading by two touchdowns, that a mistake, like the pair of interceptions Gardner threw in the opener against Central Michigan, popped up.

Gardner scrambled into his See MICHIGAN, Page 3B

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5 THINGS WE LEARNED

n The offense is more dynamic than ever.

Jeremy Gallon is more explosive than anyone realized, and other observations.

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NEW RECORD

n Michigan re-broke its attendance record with 115,109 fans in attendance.

That and more in this week’s notebook.

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Five things we learned: Notre Dame

By ZACH HELFAND

Gardner hit Gallon on a backshoulder pass in tight coverage. Gallon knew where the ball would be before he turned around. On his second touchdown catch, he used his body to shield the defender and make a diving catch.

He’ll command extra attention on the outside, or he’ll burn opponents for it.

Daily Sports Editor

This week, we learned Beyoncé is a Michigan fan, Eminem is a weirdo and Athletic Director Dave Brandon really likes flyovers. There was also a pretty good football game going on.

Here are five other things we learned this week: 1. This offense is dynamic.

Yes, Michigan coach Brady Hoke loves his Michigan traditions, but so far, only the productive ones. That means the conservative, punt-happy approach is gone. Gone too, is the three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust offense of Michigan’s past. Michigan would love to run the ball up the middle, but not to the point of being stubborn.

Take Saturday. Notre Dame had a behemoth nose tackle clogging the middle. So Michigan took the fight to the edge. That’s not rocket science, but the game plan showcased Michigan’s versatility. In only the second week with a new offense, the Wolverines showed they have a deep playbook.

In the first drive alone, Michigan used a reverse, a doublereverse and quick pitches to the outside. Later on, offensive coordinator Al Borges used the pistol formation, the traditional I-formation and the shotgun. There were runs up the gut, stretch plays to the edge, strong playaction fakes and a sprinkling of read option.

This was arguably one of the best games called by Borges in his time at Michigan. Last year, Borges was criticized at times for predictability. Against Nebraska, his play calls displayed an unmistakable pattern. Against Ohio State, the Buckeyes knew what play would be run based on where Denard Robinson lined up.

Could Borges have been better? Probably. But he had few other options. Now he’s got the full complement of players.

3. The defense can use more playmakers.

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Fifth-year senior running back Fitzgerald Toussaint had 22 carries for 71 yards. He has established himself as the workhorse.

Redshirt junior quarterback Devin Gardner could be a traditional drop-back passer. He finished with 294 yards and four touchdowns. Route combinations can be more complex with him as the passer. But his legs add a new wrinkle, one that allows the read-option to remain.

It is especially potent in the red zone and on third downs.

The playbook is wide open.

And Michigan’s offense has seldom looked this dynamic.

2. Gallon is even better than we thought.

Can we put to rest the argument that Michigan doesn’t have any weapons on the outside?

Fifth-year senior wide receiver Jeremy Gallon is one. That much is glaringly obvious. Gallon had eight catches Saturday for 184 yards and three touchdowns.

It was one of Michigan’s best receiving performances in recent memory.

Since Gardner took over at quarterback, Gallon has been Michigan’s receptions leader in every single game. Taking Gallon’s seven-game totals with

Gardner as the passer, he’d be on pace for 80 receptions, 13 touchdowns and nearly 1,400 yards over a full 13-game season.

That’s not just a weapon on the outside. That would make him the best wide receiver in the Big Ten. Gallon, who is listed at 5-foot8, has long been overlooked because of his size. Notre Dame inexplicably left him open across the middle of the field again, and he torched them for a 61-yard touchdown.

But he is just as dangerous in traffic. In the second quarter,

First the good: Michigan held Notre Dame to a respectable 23 points and limited big plays. The longest gain for Notre Dame on the game was 23 yards. No back had a run longer than 16 yards.

That was the game plan. Redshirt sophomore cornerback Blake Countess said the defense knew Notre Dame quarterback Tommy Rees liked to air out the ball. He could exploit man coverage with long fades. So Michigan played loose.

The plan worked and Michigan won, but this was more bend-but-don’t-break than overpowering dominance. Notre Dame hardly ran, but when they did it was alarmingly effective.

The top two Fighting Irish backs averaged 5.3 and 7.4 yards a rush.

A cornerback, junior Raymon Taylor, led the team in tackles.

Thomas Gordon, a safety, was second.

More concerning was the lack of big defensive plays. Sure, Countess had the two gamechanging interceptions, but the first was a bad pass, and the second hit off Taylor’s leg. The Wolverines need to force the issue more.

They didn’t do that on Saturday. They had one sack and only one hurry. The hurry was provided by junior defensive end Frank Clark, who’s still searching for his first sack of the season.

He’s only two weeks in, but he’s already behind on his prediction of double-digit sacks.

For all the talk coming out of camp about how formidable

Clark is as a rusher, he looks not much off the Clark of 2012.

That’s still a pretty good player to have on the end, but he admitted he has plenty of room for improvement. The defense does too.

4. The rotation behind Toussaint doesn’t really matter.

Fitzgerald Toussaint was the undisputed No. 1 running back entering the season, but he had a stable of five eager backs behind him who looked like they could steal some carries.

Freshman Derrick Green, the highly-touted recruit, especially looked like he could challenge Toussaint for the starting job.

But Toussaint was the workhorse Saturday.

He rushed 22 times for 83 yards. Green was the only other running back with a carry. He lost a yard.

Toussaint didn’t have a career performance, but he showed patience and vision. He turned losses into gains. And more importantly, he has the trust of his coaches.

5. Bold prediction: Michigan will be 9-0 heading into Northwestern.

OK, this has as much to do with what we learned about Michigan State and Nebraska as it does Michigan. But Notre Dame is likely the toughest team Michigan will face until Ohio State, and the Wolverines were clearly the better team.

Meanwhile, Michigan State’s offense is offensive. Even on the road, Michigan could be favored.

Nebraska could give the Wolverines trouble, but the game is at home, where Hoke is undefeated.

A game at Penn State will be difficult, but Michigan is more talented.

Don’t be surprised if Michigan is favored from here until at least Nov. 16. And don’t be surprised if they’re undefeated heading into that game, too.

Lexi duo continues to dominate

By ERIN LENNON Daily Sports Writer

There it was: the 2012 national semifinalist banner.

As the No. 7 Michigan volleyball team unveiled its first-ever Final Four flag atop Cliff Keen Arena on Saturday afternoon, the season’s objective stared senior co-captain outside hitter Lexi Erwin in the face as she delivered the first serve against No. 12 Oregon.

Three sets later, the Wolverines (5-0) inched one step closer to that goal, completing a two-match

sweep of the Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge.

Following a 16-11 surge from Michigan in the first set, the Ducks were forced to call their first timeout. After two ensuing Oregon attack errors and a second timeout, the Wolverines saw their 19-13 lead become a 21-20 deficit.

But two blocks from senior middle blocker and co-captain Jennifer Cross gave Michigan a 25-22 victory. Cross finished the afternoon with eight kills and three stuffs.

There were 14 ties and nine lead changes in the second set. Down a

point late in the set, senior outside hitter Molly Toon took a ball from the backcourt deep into Oregon’s corner to knot the game at 19.

From there, Cross added a kill off a pass from sophomore libero Tiffany Morales, who finished with 17 digs, to put the Wolverines up for the last time as they went on to steal the second set, 25-22.

Down 3-0 early in the third set, Michigan scored six straight points to secure the lead. Up 9-5, the Ducks would come to within one point of the Wolverines before freshman middle blocker Abby

Cole connected for a kill off of the slide. The point was followed by a service ace from Toon, and Michigan never looked back. Oregon called two timeouts but couldn’t come any closer than 10-9 as the Wolverines added 10 more kills to secure a fourth straight-set victory on the season, 25-21.

Following the win, the Wolverines — with graduated middle blocker Claire McElheny at their side — headed over to the Big House, where they were honored once more by the Michigan football team for their Final Four appearance.

“I don’t think we necessarily want to focus on the past, but we certainly want to honor the past,” said Michigan coach Mark Rosen.

“The banner was sort of one last honor of last year, and now we’ll focus on this year.”

The Wolverines began the opening weekend with another dominant, four-set victory over Oregon State.

Michigan hit .460 in the first two sets against the Beavers en route to a 2-0 advantage heading into the third set.

In the first set, Erwin added six of her 13 kills, including a final swing to put the Wolverines up 23-16 before two Oregon State errors put Michigan up 1-0. A 5-0 service rally from Cross — who finished the game with 11 kills and two blocks — was followed by six straight serves from Toon which gave the Wolverines an easy 25-14 win in the second set.

But after 12 ties and seven lead changes in the third set, Michigan dropped its first and only set of the season after 11 consecutive victories. Cole put the Wolverines up 12-9 early, but the Beavers answered with an 8-2 run. Tied at 19, Cole contributed yet another kill, while Erwin gave Michigan a 21-20 advantage, two critical attack errors pushed the 25-22 score in favor of Oregon State.

“I don’t think we lost our composure, but coming in after that I think we played like a Michigan

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Senior outside hitter Lexi Erwin had 13 kills against Oregon State on Friday.

team plays,” Cole said.

Dannemiller served the last nine points of the match en route to a 25-13 set win and the victory.

If Cole started her first collegiate home match with a few jitters, she didn’t finish with any.

Instead, the Michigan native completed her first game with a season-high 16 kills while contributing nine of the Wolverines 11 blocks — besting sophomore middle blocker Krystalyn Goode’s eight blocks to set a new team

high. The freshman also contributed a team-high 13 kills in just three sets on Saturday. “(Cole) is a great learner, she’s very humble and she just keeps progressing,” Rosen said. “The best thing about Abby is that she’s nowhere close to as good as she’s going to be. As a coach, nothing is more exciting than that.”

Added Cole: “I’m excited. ... I just think the transitioning has been so easy just because of my teammates and the coaches.”

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GAME STATISTICS Team Stats First Downs Rush/Yards Passing Yards Offensive Plays Total Offense Kick returns/yds Punt returns/yds Comp/Att/Int Punts/Avg Fumbles/Lost Penalties/Yards Time of Possession

Michigan 25 39/166 294 72 460 3/78 1/0 21/33/1 3/31.3 1-0 6-50 34:04

ND 23 19/96 314 72 410 2/76 1/18 29/53/2 2/40.2 0-0 4-33 25:56

M I C H I G A N PASSING Player

C-A

Yds

TD

Int

Gardner

21-33

294

4

1

Totals

21-33

294

4

1

RUSHING Player

Att

Yds

Avg

Lg

Gardner

13

96

6.3

35

TD 1

Toussaint

22

83

3.2

22

0

Gallon

1

14

14

14

0

Norfleet

1

1

1

1

0

Green

1

0

-1

-1

0

TEAM

1

-1

-1

-1

0

Totals

39

194

4.3

35

1

TD

RECEIVING Player

No.

Yds

Avg

Lg

Gallon

8

184

23

61

3

Funchess

3

19

6.3

10

0

Dileo

3

18

6

8

1

Butt

2

17

8.5

9

0

Jackson

2

13

6.5

7

0

Toussaint

1

31

31

31

0

Reynolds

1

10

10

10

0

Norfleet

1

2

2

2

0

21

294

14

61

4

Totals

PUNTING Player

No. Yds Avg

Lg

Wile

3

94

31.3

42

Totals

3

94

31.3

42

KICKOFF RETURNS Player

No.

Yds

Avg

Lg

TD

Norfleet

3

78

26

32

0

Totals

3

78

26

32

0

PUNT RETURNS Player

Yds

Avg

Norfleet

No. 1

0

0

Lg 0

TD 0

Total

1

0

0

0

0

TACKLES Player

Solo Asst

Tot

Taylor

9 2

Gordon

6 1

11 7

Morgan, D.

3

6

3

Countess

3 3

6

Ross

2 4

6

Wilson

2 3

5

Ojemudia

2 2

4

Beyer

2 1

3

Gordon

0 3

3

Clark

2 0

2

Hollowell

1 1

2

Washington

0 2

2

Heitzman

0 2

2

Stribling

1 0

1

Kerridge

1 0

1

Wormley

0 1

1

Black

0 1

1

Bolden

0 1

Totals

1

34 30

64

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‘Ole 98’ becomes new 98, as Gardner is honored with Tom Harmon jersey

By LIZ VUKELICH Daily Sports Editor

Under the Lights II was familiar in many senses, with typical Michigan-Notre Dame hold-your-breath plays and a record-breaking crowd.

But there was still something incredibly off about the whole thing — seeing a player in a No. 98 jersey taking snaps at quarterback.

But that’s the new normal for Michigan. Redshirt junior quarterback Devin Gardner is No. 12 no more as he was the NOTEBOOK sixth and final Wolverine to be honored with a Michigan Legends jersey by receiving Tom Harmon’s ‘Ole 98.’

But don’t worry, even Harmon’s son — actor Mark Harmon — is still a little confused by seeing his dad’s number on the field again.

“The only time that I’ve seen No. 98 on the field in a Michigan jersey was on film,” Mark said.

“He was a father, and he was a family guy. He cared about his kids and his family.

“It’s important for a young kid somewhere who looks at that and says, ‘Wow, someday I’d like to strap into one of those winged helmets and see if I can’t do the same thing.’ ” Harmon was honored in a pregame ceremony, with Mark as the Harmon family representative.

The relationship between the Michigan Athletic Department and the Harmons began a few years ago when Michigan’s thenclub lacrosse team took a trip to California. Coach John Paul was familiar with Mark, and Athletic Director Dave Brandon reached out to Mark through Paul, as a way to build a relationship between Michigan and one of its most legendary players.

“I think it’s hugely important that we celebrate these legacies, these traditions and these heroic figures,” Brandon said. “So, let’s take it out of the dusty cabinet, let’s put it on the field, and let’s put his name on it and celebrate it every time Michigan comes out

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Redshirt junior quarterback Devin Gardner received the No. 98 Michigan Legend’s jersey honoring Tom Harmon.

of the tunnel. That makes it special.”

Michigan coach Brady Hoke said honoring Harmon was one of his top-three memories of this year’s night game, and Gardner expressed gratitude for the family that allowed the number to be put back into circulation. “(Harmon) was a great person and a great athlete, and that’s what I aspire to be,” Gardner said. “Just for my coach and the Harmon family to be able to say that I’m worthy of wearing his jersey, it’s amazing for me that they see me as that type of person.”

COUNTING ON COUNTESS: It probably wouldn’t be a Michigan-Notre Dame game without a couple momentum-shifting turnovers. And this year, it was the Wolverines’ turn to come out on top, thanks to a little help from redshirt sophomore cornerback Blake Countess.

Countess entered Saturday’s contest with no career interceptions. Now, he has two to his name.

The first, in the waning minutes of the first half, gave the Wolverines great field position and helped widened the gap between them and the Fighting Irish by another touchdown.

But the second was a gift that helped make up for Gardner’s own embarrassing interception earlier in the fourth quarter.

Notre Dame quarterback Tommy Rees’ flukey pass bounced off junior cornerback Raymon Taylor’s knee and into the open hands of Countess.

“It’s definitely a relief to finally get that first (interception),” Countess said. “I just happened to be in the right place at the right time and made the play.”

Added Hoke: “He was pursuing the ball. That’s what you like to see.”

COME ON, FEEL THE NOISE: The 115,109 fans in attendance at Michigan Stadium set the record for the largest crowd to ever watch a football game. They arrived early, stayed mostly until the end and shook the Big House to its core.

Hoke said the fans were unforgettable. But for fifth-year senior left tackle Taylor Lewan, they still left something to be desired.

“The crowd needs to be louder sometimes, because 115,000 people, when it’s third down and our defense is out on the field, you shouldn’t be able to hear yourself think.”

INJURY NOTES: Redshirt freshman defensive back AJ Pearson received assistance on the field for an ankle injury, but was able to go back in. ... Fifthyear senior wide receiver Jeremy Gallon has a “muscle that he needs to work through,” according to Hoke.

D a m e

PASSING Player

C-A

Yds

TD

Int

Rees

29-51

314

2

2

Totals

29-51

314

2

2

RUSHING Player

Yds

Avg

Lg

Carlisle

Att 12

64

5.3

14

0

Atkinson, G.

5

37

7.4

16

0

McDaniel

1

4

1

-9

Rees Totals

29

4.0

66

TD

4

0

-9.0

-9

0

2.3

15

0

TD

RECEIVING Player

Avg

Lg

Jones, TJ

No. 9

94

10.4

23

1

Niklas

6

76

12.7

21

1

Daniels

6

63

10.5

22

0

Brown, C.

3

28

9.7

11

0

Carlisle

2

Atkinson, C.

1

Prosise

1

Robinson, C.

1

Totals

29

Yds

9

4.5

16

16.0

16 12 314

5

0

16

0

16.0

16

0

12.0

12

0

10.8

23

2

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PUNTING Player

No. Yds Avg

Lg

Brindza

2 80 40.0

43

Totals

2 80 40.0

43

KICKOFF RETURNS Player

No. Yds Avg Lg

Atkinson, G.

2

Totals

2 76 38.0 50

76

38.0

50

TACKLES Player

Solo Asst

Tot

Fox

4 6

10

Jackson

6 3

9

Farley

5 1

6

Shumate

5 0

5

Smith, J.

4

Calabrese

3 2

5

Russell

4 0

4

Nix

4

4

Grace

2 1

3

Schmidt, J.

2

0

2

Councell

1

1

2

Williams, Ish.

1

1

2

Shembo

1 1

2

Day

1 1

2

Okwara

1 0

1

Niklas

1 0

1

Wood, L.

1

0

1

Hardy

0 1

1

Collinsworth

0 1

1

Tuitt

0 1

1

1

0

5

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TEN HANDS From Page 1B there for 13 seconds.

Michael Schofield was the first to get to him. He tugged Gardner by the jersey and tried to pull him up. Gardner threw his hands over his facemask and shielded his eyes, as if just realizing now what he had done.

He stayed on the ground.

Miller was soon there too.

Kyle Kalis followed Miller, and then came Graham Glasgow and Taylor Lewan. The whole line was there: 1,514 pounds of human to lift up one man. They pulled Gardner to his feet.

Gardner reached the sideline and ripped off his chinstrap. His face scrunched in pain. Frank Clark approached him.

“Told him we had his back,” Clark would say later. “We call each other not a team, but we call each other a tribe. We’re all in it together. We’re all one.”

Lewan was there, too.

“I went up to him,” Lewan said. “I let him know that you’re our quarterback for a reason.

You’re the Michigan quarterback.

You’re the reason why we’re in this game.”

But the nightmare continued.

After the interception, Gardner threw his next pass to Jeremy Gallon and then had to watch as Gallon, Gardner’s “little bulldog,” stayed down on the field, injured.

Gardner watched a player false start, and then he saw tight end Devin Funchess was hurt too, and Lewan was walking off the field holding his eye. Michigan went three and out, and the punt went 21 yards and now the Irish had the ball down by just one touchdown.

James Ross III could’ve swung the momentum with an interception, but it fell through his hands.

A field goal cut the lead to just four, and here we go again in this series that has no business ending after next year’s game.

In this rivalry, games like this have become more than a game.

They become a celebration, of a team, of a town, of a school. Your dad is in town, and so is your buddy who graduated and you don’t see much anymore. You go to Zingerman’s and order No. 34, just like old times, and you walk through the Diag and drink too much at Rick’s until you stumble back home on a friend’s shoulder.

This stadium is the biggest in the sport, and it’s still a wonder it

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Michigan coach Brady Hoke greets a Notre Dame coach before Saturday’s game.

can hold everyone who has come back to this place.

Mark Harmon came back for his father. Trey Burke, Tim Hardaway Jr. and Cazzie Russell were there. Michael Phelps, too. Anthony Carter and Steve Hutchinson and Steve Everett and Desmond Howard. You were there too, and maybe you were sitting next to your West Quad roommate. Eminem was even there. Sort of, anyway.

The game was choreographed from the opening flyover to the Tom Harmon ceremony to Beyonce on the video boards saying “Go Blue.” The game had gone as planned for Gardner too.

But the universe tends toward entropy. Things fell apart, and he was faced with panic and disorder. How would he respond?

Five of his buddies did it for him. Gardner was frozen on the ground and his line picked him up. The defense reminded him they’d have his back.

Gardner redeemed himself, on a 10-play, 75-yard touchdown drive that sealed the game for Michigan. And yes, this was Gardner’s night. The legacy jersey, the 294 yards passing and four touchdowns and another 82 yards and a score on the ground.

But he didn’t do it alone. He had Fitzgerald Toussaint, who stopped the momentum with a broken tackle and a 22-yard run.

He had the sure hands of Drew Dileo in the end zone. He had Blake Countess and his two interceptions. He had his linemen.

Saturday night, under the lights, this team figured it out.

That Gardner-to-Gallon could slice up one of the nation’s best defenses and make it look easy.

That it could repair its leader’s mistakes. That this team was a tribe.

“We’re starting to get it,” Lewan said after the game. “This team understands what we need to do to become a championship team.”

You gather with 115,109 other people, and it seems like the whole world is there. It’s hard to feel alone. And then you’re on the ground, and the stadium has gone quiet, and everyone is looking at you and it’s your fault and yours alone.

It’s sure as hell nice to have help pulling yourself back up again.

Helfand can be reached at zhelfand@umich.edu or on Twitter @zhelfand

MICHIGAN From Page 1A own end zone early in the fourth quarter and attempted to get rid of the ball to avoid being brought down for a safety. Notre Dame’s Stephon Tuitt made one of the most athletic plays possible for a 322-pound defensive lineman, diving to come up with the interception and bring the Fighting Irish (1-1) to within a touchdown.

“It was a horrible decision,” Gardner said.

Overall, Gardner looked even more versatile than in Week 1. And it was how he responded to his one miscue that showed the kind of quarterback he has become.

After a Michigan (2-0) punt on the ensuing possession, Notre Dame quarterback Tommy Rees led the Fighting Irish down the field, though they settled for a 40-yard field goal to cut the deficit to 34-30.

It could’ve unraveled there.

This was Michigan-Notre Dame, and no amount of lategame dramatics could be too much for this chapter.

But the defense held the Fighting Irish to a field goal on the next drive. Then Gardner, rather than succumbing to what he called “adversity,” found fifth-year running back Fitzgerald Toussaint for a 31-yard completion.

Two crucial pass interference penalties against Notre Dame and a four-yard touchdown pass to senior wide receiver Drew Dileo stopped the rally in its tracks. Redshirt sophomore Blake Countess’ second career interception — both of which came on Saturday night — sealed the Wolverines’ fourth straight win over the Fighting Irish in Ann Arbor. Michigan coach Brady Hoke improved to 16-0 at Michigan Stadium.

Despite Gardner’s massive mistake that gave Notre Dame a second life, he finished 21 for 33, racking up 294 yards and four touchdowns in addition to one on the ground. He also rushed for 82 yards.

Gardner completed his first four passes of the game to four different receivers — none of them Gallon. The opening possession ended in a field goal from fifth-year senior kicker Brendan Gibbons, who broke the program record with his 15th consecutive made kick.

On the next Michigan drive, Gardner and Gallon began to steal the night. With plenty of time to throw despite facing an experienced Notre Dame front seven, Gardner found another Michigan jersey honoree, Gallon, wide open for a 60-yard touchdown pass. Gallon, wearing Desmond Howard’s No. 21, spun off of two would-be tacklers on his first of three trips to the end zone Saturday.

Notre Dame began to show signs of life on its next drive.

Rees capped it off with a fortunate four-yard touchdown pass that deflected off running back George Atkinson III’s hands into those of wide receiver TJ Jones. On their next drive, the Fighting Irish tied the game at 10 with a 44-yard field goal of their own.

But Gardner and Gallon regained control quickly.

Gardner capped a 12-play, 75-yard drive with a twoyard option touchdown dash, allowing Michigan to enter the locker room with a 27-13 lead, which looked likely to slip away before Gardner and the defense righted the ship.

In doing so, Gardner and Gallon proved they’re worthy of the legends’ numbers they bore.

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4B — September 9, 2013

THE MICHIGAN DAILY TOP-10 POLL Each week, Daily sports staffers fill out ballots, with first place votes receiving 10 points, secondplace votes receiving nine, and so on.

1. ALABAMA (20): Alabama had the week off. Nick Saban’s nervous energy resulted in 10 broken golf clubs and several screaming matches with a picture of Les Miles.

6. TEXAS A&M: Johnny Football played three quarters this week, matching the price of his autograph on eBay.

2. OREGON: A school record of 772 yards warrants new uniforms, right?

7. LOUISVILLE: The Cardinals acquired the Colonel’s secret recipe of 11 herbs and spices for their shellacking of Eastern Kentucky.

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8. GEORGIA: They beat the Cocks and left satisfied.

3. CLEMSON (1): Boyd, did Tajh have a good day.

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4. OHIO STATE: The Buckeyes sent the Aztecs back a few centuries with their backup quarterback at the helm.

9. MICHIGAN: Beyoncé. That’s all.

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10. SOUTH CAROLINA: The Cocks came up short to the Bulldogs with Clowney begging for a larger role on ‘D.’

5. STANFORD: After taking week one off to study, the Cardinal cruised to its first win of the year.

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STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers do their best to predict, against the spread, what happens in the 2013 football season.

No. 14 Notre Dame (+4) at No. 17 Michigan

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Matt Slovin

Everett Cook Michigan

Michigan

Josh Bartelstein, Former Michigan basketball captain

Liz Vukelich Michigan

Michigan

Michigan

No. 2 Oregon (-23) at Virginia

Oregon

Oregon

Oregon

Oregon

Oregon

No. 3 Ohio State (-28) vs. San Diego State

Ohio State

Ohio State

Ohio State

Ohio State

Ohio

No. 4 Clemson (NL) vs. South Carolina St.

Clemson

Clemson

Clemson

Clemson

Clemson

No. 5 Stanford (-26.5) vs. San Jose St.

San Jose St.

Stanford

San Jose St.

San Jose St.

Stanford

No. 6 South Carolina (+3) at No. 11 Georgia

Georgia

South Carolina

South Carolina

Georgia

Georgia

No. 7 Texas A&M (NL) vs. Sam Houston St.

Texas A&M

Texas A&M

Texas A&M

Texas A&M

Texas A&M

No. 8 Louisville (NL) vs. Eastern Kentucky

Louisville

Louisville

Louisville

Louisville

Louisville

No. 9 LSU (-35) vs. UAB

UAB

LSU

LSU

LSU

UAB

No. 12 Florida (-3) at Miami (FL)

Florida

Florida

Miami (FL)

Miami (Fl)

Florida

No. 13 Oklahoma State (-27) at Texas San Antonio

Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State

No. 14 Notre Dame (+4) at No. 17 Michigan

Michigan

Michigan

Michigan

Michigan

Michigan

No. 15 Texas (-7.5) at BYU

Texas

Texas

Texas

Texas

BYU

No. 16 Oklahoma (-21) vs. West Virginia

West Virginia

Oklahoma

West Virginia

Oklahoma

West Virginia

No. 19 Northwestern (-12) vs. Syracuse

Northwestern

Northwestern

Northwestern

Northwestern

Northwestern

No. 21 Wisconsin (NL) vs. Tennessee Tech

Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin

No. 22 Nebraska (-28) vs. Southern Mississippi

Southern Mississippi

Nebraska

Nebraska

Southern Mississippi

Nebraska

No. 23 Baylor (-27.5) vs. Buffalo

Buffalo

Baylor

Baylor

Baylor

Buffalo

No. 24 TCU (NL) vs. SE Louisiana St.

TCU

TCU

TCU

TCU

TCU

No. 25 USC (-15) vs. Washington State

USC

USC

Washington State

USC

USC

Illinois (+8) vs. Cincinnati

Cincinnati

Cincinnati

Cincinnati

Illinois

Cincinnati

Michigan State (-23.5) vs. South Florida

Michigan State

South Florida

South Florida

Michigan State

South Florida

Penn State (-24) vs. Eastern Michigan

Penn State

Penn State

Penn State

Penn State

Penn State

Iowa (NL) vs. Missouri State

Iowa

Iowa

Iowa

Iowa

Iowa

Purdue (NL) vs. Indiana State

Purdue

Purdue

Purdue

Purdue

Purdue

Indiana (-13) vs. Navy

Navy

Indiana

Indiana

Navy

Indiana

Minnesota (-13.5) at New Mexico State

Minnesota

New Mexico State

New Mexico State

Minnesota

New Mexico State

This Week

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Overall

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ADAM GLANZMAN/Daily

All of the lights: The sun was setting over Michigan Stadium moments before the Michigan football team took the field. Michigan beat Notre Dame, 41-30.