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‘U’ students favor Dems in Michigan Daily survey 79 percent of respondents prefer Clinton EMMA KINERY Daily News Editor
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LSA junior Mason Van Gieson and LSA senior Angel Antoun perform in “Out of Silence” Friday night at the Mendelssohn Theater.
Theater group aims to humanize abortion through performance “Out of Silence” compiled submissions from over 400 women on their experiences EMILY MIILLER Daily Staff Reporter
The cast of “Out of Silence,” an episodic theatre performance consisting of students and alumni, reenacted a variety of adapted stories about women deciding to have an abortion in Mendellson Theater on Friday. Brittany Batell, a dual master’s student in the Schools of Social Work and Public Health, organized the performance in conjunction with her internship this
summer with the nonprofit Michigan Organization on Adolescent Sexual Health. Batell said she selected this project to concentrate on over the summer because the theatrical aspect of “Out of Silence” resonated with her. “I just really felt an affinity with the idea of doing public health work through creative expression and trying to help innovate health communications that way,” she said. The performance, she added, aimed to humanize an issue that is often submerged in
political discourse. “We hear all the time about the politics of this, we hear about different definitions of personhood and we hear about statistics, and those really don’t resonate in the same way that people’s stories do because you can’t argue with that; you can’t argue with someone’s real experience,” she said. The 1 in 3 Campaign, a national project of Advocates for Youth that aims to spark conversation about abortion, created the script of “Out of Silence” from submissions from more than 400 women
During the leadup to the presidential election, The Michigan Daily is polling students about campaign issues every two weeks. This is the first iteration of the survey. This week, the survey was sent to 1,000 University of Michigan students and received 154 responses over a
period of four days. The sample was chosen randomly from University undergraduates and reported in the aggregate. When asked whom they would vote for if the election were today, given the two main party candidates, respondents overwhelmingly favored Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton over Republican nominee Donald Trump by a margin of 80 percent to 9 See POLL, Page 3A
concerning their experiences with abortion. They then had playwrights craft 12 different five-minute vignettes from these submissions, eight of which were part of Friday’s performance. LSA senior Katrina Hamann, co-director of “Out of Silence,” noted how the format of the show was essential to its humanizing goal. “Doing it with eight different stories as opposed to one play about one particular situation humanizes the issue for people who may not know what to See ABORTION, Page 2A
Central Student Government hosts Wolverines rally to top sober tailgate ahead of Colorado game
FOOTBALL
ELECTION
Buffaloes, move to 3-0
Education plans vary between candidates
Event aims to prevent alchohol-related incidents as part of safety initative
Behind career day for LB Peppers, Michigan overcomes rough start KELLY HALL
Daily Sports Editor
After the No. 4 Michigan football team handily put away its first two opponents of the season, it was assumed that its matchup with Colorado (2-0) would go almost as smoothly. Two minutes into the game, redshirt sophomore linebacker Jabrill Peppers crushed running back Phillip Lindsay for a 2-yard tackle for loss to the crowd’s delight, and all seemed to be well. But the Buffaloes had different plans. On the next play, Colorado quarterback Sefo Liufau completed a 37-yard pass to wide receiver Devin Ross to get on the board first at Michigan Stadium. It was just the start of a troublesome first half for the See FOOTBALL, Page 3A
NISA KHAN
Daily Staff Reporter
The University of Michigan Central Student Government hosted its third sober tailgate Saturday on Elbel Field in an attempt to prevent alcoholrelated incidents during latestarting football games. The event was coordinated by LSA sophomore Grant Rivas, CSG’s chief programming officer, who said student safety is the first consideration with a 3:30 p.m. kick off time like the Michigan vs. Colorado game. “We as a university see an (uptick) on alcohol-related incidents and hospital visits,” Rivas said. “So with that game time, we definitely wanted to make an effort to make sure students are as safe as possible and just have a really fun event for all students.” Rivas estimated that CSG handed out 350 pizzas and 1,600 water bottles Saturday, serving 1,500 students in total. At the 2013 tailgate, the last time it took place, more than
8,000 students were reported to have attended. Rivas said the difference in numbers can be attributed to the length of the tailgate and the time of the game. During the 2011 tailgate, the event lasted through most of the game, whereas Saturday’s was operating only between
noon and kick-off. Rivas said in the past, administrations have noted a significant decrease in the number of hospital visits because of the tailgate. During Saturday’s game, there was one arrest, one citation and four ejections due to alcohol in the
stadium. 5 people were taken to the UM emergency department and medical personnel treated 83 people after the game as well. Rivas said CSG has taken other measures to ensure student safety on gameday this year, including hydrations See TAILGATE, Page 3A
Presidential nominees say debt an issue, but offer varying solutions CAITLIN REEDY Daily Staff Reporter
AMELIA CACCHIONE/Daily LSA sophomore Ingrid Lindquist hands out pizza to students at the CSG tailgate on Saturday at Elbel Field.
This article is the second in a series examining candidates’ higher education reform plans. With the presidential election just seven weeks away, both Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump are polishing their stances on a multitude of issues before they enter the final stretch of the campaign. One topic at the forefront of this election is higher education — with one side of the aisle outwardly focusing on issues of accessibility and rising student debt more than the other. Clinton released her New College Compact plan months ago, proposing debt-free college See EDUCATION, Page 3A
Thank your defense The Michigan football team relied on its defense to get back into the game in its 45-28 win Saturday.
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