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‘U’ deems plan to curb enrollment successful Students and community members gather for a candlelight vigil on the Diag on Saturday for those affected by the recent attacks in Paris.
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After attacks, Diag vigil honors lives lost in Paris ‘U’ confirms safety of 14 students, faculty and staff in France By LARA MOEHLMAN Daily Staff Reporter
With Paris still reeling after a series of terrorist attacks hit the city Friday night, about 80
students gathered on the Diag Saturday evening to light candles in a show of solidarity with the people of France. According to French authorities, at least 129 people were killed in shootings at a Paris concert hall and on city streets, as well as explosions near the entryways of the Stade de France soccer stadium. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria,
better known as ISIS, claimed responsibility for the attacks. Saturday’s vigil was organized by several students from France currently studying abroad at the University. They reached out to community members through social media to support those grieving civilian lives lost in their country. Students lit memorial candles and stood for a moment of silence before singing
2015 freshman class reflects efforts to defer, waitlist more applicants By GENEVIEVE HUMMER Daily Staff Reporter
the French national anthem. In a speech to attendees, LSA senior Bertrand de La Ronciere, a French international exchange student, highlighted his fear that the recent attacks would exacerbate racist and Islamophobic tensions he said are already present in Europe. Shortly after the attacks, French President Francois Hollande See PARIS, Page 3A
At a Board of Regents meeting last fall, University Provost Martha Pollack expressed frustration with the University’s trend of enrolling too many students. “We have been over-enrolling every year for the past five years and we have to stop this,” Pollack said at the time. “I’m not happy about it.” Pollack called for a plan to curb over-enrollment, and according to enrollment figures released last month for the 2015 freshman class, those plans worked. The report revealed the University enrolled 6,071 students in this year’s freshman
FOOTBALL
CAMPUS LIFE
Rudock throws six touchdowns in win at Indiana Wolverines survive doubleovertime scare in Bloomington By MAX COHEN Managing Sports Editor
BLOOMINGTON — When the last of the 80 passes attempted in the Michigan football team’s game at Indiana hit the ground, the entire travel roster sprinted into the end zone where Delano Hill made the game-clinching play. Jim Harbaugh pumped his fists and ran to greet Indiana coach Kevin Wilson, and the rest of the Wolverines jumped on top of one another, whooping and hollering. Three of Michigan’s last four games have ended in similar fashion. First there was the heartbreak of Oct. 17 in Michigan Stadium, when Jalen Watts-Jackson returned Blake O’Neill’s fumble into the end zone and the rest of his Michigan State teammates
piled on top of him. Then, two weeks later, there was the goalline stand at Minnesota, when the Wolverines throttled the Golden Gophers in the game’s final second. Then, it was their turn to sprint onto the field and celebrate. They claimed the Little Brown Jug trophy as their own. Saturday night’s game was another exercise in dramatic finishes. Michigan’s 48-41 double-overtime conquest was the result of timely plays and a whole lot of spunk from fifth-year senior quarterback Jake Rudock. Rudock, often maligned at the beginning of the season for turnovers, threw for six touchdowns and 440 yards. He scampered for 64 yards, too, and took hard hit after hard hit. He even threw an interception in the third quarter. It seemed costly at the time, when the Wolverines trailed by two. By the end of the game, it was irrelevant. No other quarterback in program history has thrown six touchdowns in a single game. “He is unflappable,” Harbaugh said. “He just does not flinch.” See RUDOCK, Page 4B
class, down considerably from the 6,505 freshmen enrolled in fall 2014. Here’s how the University did it. A growing problem Last year the University enrolled 6,532 freshman, an increase of 307 students from the previous year, and more than 500 students more than the institution was planning to enroll. To accommodate the larger class size, LSA added 41 new class sections for the fall semester and 45 additional class sections for the winter semester, and the College of Engineering hired new instructors to teach additional discussion sections for first-year courses. Administrators also had to manage a housing shortage, which was a result of both overenrollment and the closure of West Quadrangle for renovation. To ensure incoming freshman could live in on-campus residence halls, the University provided See ENROLLMENT, Page 3A
5K draws attention to dangers of co-ingestion 300 run to honor alum, support Josh E. Levine Foundation By MEGAN DOYLE
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Flowdom, a student dance organization, performs at Celebrasia in the East Hall Math Atrium on Saturday. Celebrasia was hosted by the Chinese Students Association to celebrate the diversity of Asian culture on campus.
Student groups ‘Celebrasia’ with food, performances Annual festival celebrates broad array of Asian cultures By RACHEL COHEN For the Daily
As the name suggests, the Chinese Students Association’s Celebrasia event is designed to celebrate Asian culture, particularly through traditional
food and performance art. However, Celebrasia is no melting pot. Saturday’s event aimed to honor the unique attributes of individual cultures, as well as recognize the connections between them. “Celebrasia is the coming together of many different organizations to celebrate their different cultures and show that we’re not just a mass of Asians,” said Business senior Drew Siew, the CSA president. “There’s intricacies and differences between each Asian Culture.”
Held in East Hall’s Math Atrium, this year’s Celebrasia showcased 10 performances and featured 18 tables from various student organizations. The event’s theme, “The Four Nations Festival,” played on the four elemental nations represented in “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” a cartoon that drew much of its inspiration from Asian culture. The Math Atrium was decorated with symbols of the four nations — which are earth, water, fire See CELEBRASIA, Page 3A
On Sunday, 300 people gathered in the Nichols Arboretum for a 5K in support of the Josh E. Levine Foundation, an organization now working to raise awareness about the dangers of co-ingestion and alter the drinking culture among college and high school students. Josh Levine, who graduated from the University in 2014, passed away the summer after his graduation after he co-ingested alcohol and Adderall. Organized and sponsored by the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority, the Delta Gamma sorority and the Theta Chi fraternity, the event raised more than $1,800 for the See 5K, Page 3A
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