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LEFT: Frank Turchan, University executive chef, and Kurt Kwlatkowski, executive chef at Michigan State, compete in the Culinary Throwndown at the Michigan Union on Saturday. TOP RIGHT: Matt Cloutier, Michigan Marching Band drum major, preforms a backbend. BOTTOM RIGHT: A fan’s sign at ESPN’s College Game Day on the Diag.
Last-second play dooms Michigan against MSU Error on punt gives Michigan State the victory By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Editor
One-hundred and eleven thousand stunned sets of eyes
stared at the field below. A sea of green and white flooded into the northwest corner of the field. For five whole minutes, no one else in Michigan Stadium moved. None of those eyes had ever seen a game end like that before, and likely never will again. Michigan State 27, Michigan 23. In a game that featured eight
official reviews — including four on scoring plays — plenty of calls and non-calls that drew boos from the crowd and referees even admitting they messed up with their microphones on, the Michigan football team’s game against No. 7 Michigan State added an odd and awkward twist to the historic rivalry. So it was only fitting that the
ANN ARBOR
By LYDIA MURRAY Daily Staff Reporter
The Ann Arbor City Council met Monday to discuss the city’s deer population, the future of the Arthur Miller house and a proposed zoning change to make way for a new housing development. Council to convene public meeting on deer cull Multiple individuals concerned about the city’s plan to control deer population in the city through a cull attended Monday’s meeting, prompting the council to set an open hearing on the subject for Nov. 5. Members of the council mentioned the volume of e-mails they received regarding the issue, and noted the lack of understanding of the issue apparent in many of them.
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“It’s really difficult when e-mails keep coming with total misinformation,” said Councilmember Sumi Kailasapathy (D– Ward 1). “It’s like they believe that someone is going to run around the park just shooting. It’s ridiculous.” Several members agreed on the importance of having an informed public on the matter at hand. Councilmember Jane Lumm (I–Ward 2) said the problem might be that the public is learning about the issue from outside sources that spread false information. “It’s unfortunate because a lot of what’s contained in those initial messages to people is not correct,” she said. Relocation of the Arthur Miller house The council passed a resolution to investigate the possibility of moving the Arthur Miller House from its current location on South Division Street to Liberty Plaza. The University, which currently owns the house, aims See COUNCIL, Page 3A
By ALLANA AKHTAR Daily Staff Repoter
The case against two former fraternity members involved in the January destruction of a Northern Michigan ski resort will appear before a jury next month, according to Otsego County Prosecutor Michael Rola. Business juniors Joshua Kaplan and Zachary Levin, the former Sigma Alpha Mu president and treasurer, are scheduled to appear in front of a jury in the 87A district court of Gaylord, Mich. on Nov. 18. They each are charged with two counts of furnishing a place for the consumption of alcohol and/ or controlled substances on the premises by minors. It was previously undeterminedwhether they would reach a plea agreement or stand trial.
If found guilty, Rola said the two could face penalties of up to 30 days in jail and $1,000 per offense. The court can also order them to help pay restitution to Treetops ski resort. Kaplan and Levin join two other former SAM members, University alums Jesse Krumholz and Matthew Vlasic, who all were charged following the ski trip destruction. Krumholz received two years of probation for a misdemeanor charge in October, and Vlasic received two years probation for malicious destruction of property totaling more than $200 but less than $1,000. The vandalism took place during a ski trip with Sigma Delta Tau sorority. Treetops alleges University students caused $200,000 worth of damages to the property, on top of lost revenue. Following the incident, the University decided it would no longer recognize the fraternity, and the national SAM organization later opted to disband the chapter.
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City schedules public hearing about deer cull Council also floats plan to relocate historic Arthur Miller house
game ended in never-beforeseen fashion when fifth-year senior punter Blake O’Neill — a hero earlier in the game for an 80-yard punt — couldn’t turn a low snap into what should have been a game-sealing punt, instead giving Michigan State the ball for a 38-yard touchdown return as time expired. See MICHIGAN, Page 8A
Former SAM president, treasurer could face jail time
Hackathon challenges students to work with class data Teams identify factors that could predict course performance
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Ann Arbor resident Jay Kincaid-Beal, 11, reads his poem titled “The In Bed Thoughts of an 11-Year-Old Atheist” at the Skazat! Poetry Series, a monthly open mic and poetry reading event, at Sweetwaters Cafe on Tuesday.
By LYDIA MURRAY Daily Staff Reporter
DETROIT
‘U’ supporters raise money to test backlogged rape kits Team Michigan, Team MSU collect more than $30,000 during competition By IRENE PARK Daily Staff Reporter
Though the Michigan football team lost to Michigan State
University on the field Saturday, Team Michigan defeated Team MSU in a face-off raising money to test untested rape kits in Detroit. Five years ago, more than 11,000 untested rape kits were found in a police warehouse in Detroit. Though most of these kits have now been sent out for testing, a campaign called the African American 490 Challenge has begun to raise money
for the roughly 1,000 remaining untested kits. For Oct. 12 to Oct. 17, teams of professionals who support the University and MSU competed to fundraise for the AA490 Challenge. By Sunday, Team Michigan raised $14,931, topping Team MSU’s $11,181. Added to $4,465.50 that came in from neutral donors, the face-off raised a total of $30,577.50 from See RAPE KITS, Page 3A
MHacks is not the only hackathon in town. Twelve students spent hours at the University’s Digital Innovation Greenhouse’s inaugural hackathon on Tuesday, working with massive amounts of synthetic student data to create grade prediction software. Students split into two teams — referred to as Team Collab and Team Bunker — and each team was given the same data sets to work with. The data was not real student data, since Physics Prof. Timothy McKay said using real data would infringe on student priSee HACKATHON, Page 3A
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