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Michigan blitzed Illinois on the first drive, pulled ahead 31-0 at halftime and rolled to an easy win, moving to No. 2 in the country this week
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Opioid crisis strikes close to home in Ann Arbor
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Researchers and students work to end epidemic of overdoses
Members of the Michigan Mudbowl Club and Pi Kappa Phi participate in the 83rd annual Mudbowl, held at the former Sigma Alpha Epsilon house Saturday.
Mudbowl raises over $47,000 for children’s hospital in annual game
Event could be last with now-former Sigma Alpha Epsilon members TYLER COADY
Daily Staff Reporter
More than 1,500 people crammed into the confines of the front yard of the former Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house on Saturday morning to watch one of the most time-honored
fall traditions, for what could be the last time, at the University of Michigan: the 83rd annual Mudbowl. The annual tradition, meant to raise money for C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, used to be organized by the fraternity SAE. The University of Michigan banned SAE in 2015 over hazing
FOOTBALL
Michigan moves to 7-0, routs Illini, 41-8 Wolverines race out to 31-0 lead for easy win in Homecoming game KELLY HALL
Daily Sports Editor
Halfway through the fourth quarter, sophomore Karan Higdon broke loose down the right sideline and cut inward at Illinois’ 10-yard line while dodging defenders, leaping into the end zone for the No. 3 Michigan football team’s final score of the game. It was just one highlight on a successful day for the Wolverines (4-0 Big Ten, 7-0 overall). Two weeks after crushing Rutgers 78-0, Michigan picked up where it left off, holding the Fighting Illini (1-3, 2-5) to just 172 yards to win 41-8 on Saturday at Michigan Stadium. Redshirt sophomore quarterback Wilton Speight had one of his best games of the season, going 16-for-23 for 253 yards and two touchdowns. Higdon impressed as well, leading the running backs with 106 yards, 45 of which came on his touchdown run. “The entire game, I thought Wilton Speight may have had one of his best games,” said See FOOTBALL, Page 2A
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allegations so SAE no longer officially hosts the event, but the Mudbowl is now organized by the Michigan Mudbowl Club, which is comprised largely of former SAE members. The crowd standing alongside the former SAE house Saturday was watching what may have been the last time members of
now-former SAE play in this event, at this location, due to impending graduations and the closure of the fraternity on campus. The house will be rented out by Alpha Omicron Pi, a new sorority coming to campus, for the next few years. This year, more than $47,000 See MUDBOWL, Page 3A
ALEXA ST. JOHN Daily Staff Reporter
LSA junior Heather Martin was just 17 when her older sister Angie fatally overdosed in
their family home, following a seven-year struggle with opiate addiction. Martin said her sister, throughout her life, was always a bubbly, amiable person. As See OPIOIDS, Page 3A
Total Opioid and Heroin Overdose Deaths in Washtenaw 65 County 49
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Source: Washtenaw County Medical Examiner and Washtenaw County Public Health
Students and alumni gather in Diag Support for for first-ever homecoming pep rally third party ELECTIONS
Members of football team, basketball team attend to interact with fans ISHI MORI
Daily Staff Reporter
The captains of the Michigan football team and women’s basketball team, as well as former men’s basketball Fab Five member Jimmy King, were among those present at the firstever Maizefest Homecoming Pep Rally Friday evening on the Diag. The crowd, made up of alumni, students and athletic staff, cheered and celebrated before the homecoming game against the University of Illinois, and went wild when the parents of head football coach Jim Harbaugh appeared on stage. Celebrating their Wolverine pride, they chanted, “Who’s got it better than us? Nobody!” The festivities, which also featured appearances by student performance groups, fraternities, athletes and famous alumni, were hosted by the Michigan Spirit Association and sponsored by Central Student Government, the Alumni Association and the Athletic Department, among others. Featured performances included the percussion group Groove, the a cappella groups G-Men and Amazin’ Blue, the diabolo team Revolution Chinese Yoyo and a presentation by the Bicentennial Advisory Committee. MSA vice president Cameron
Dotson, a Kinesiology senior, said the idea for the pep rally came after meeting with various students during last year’s CSG election, when he ran as the vice presidential nominee for the Your Michigan party. During the campaign, Dotson said he discovered how aspects of campus like a new football coach and a revitalized athletic program helped instill a great deal of school spirit among
students, making him want to create a way for students from diverse student organizations and backgrounds to come together in their passion for the University. “I really wanted to bring something to the University, to get people excited and bring something that would last on campus for years to come,” Dotson said. Many alumni present at the
pep rally, such as alum John Varterasian, a Birmingham resident, said they were surprised by the increase in different types of student organizations. “They have a lot of different groups, different variety and lot of groups as alumni I really didn’t know existed,” Varterasian said. “So I thought it was pretty informative and See RALLY, Page 3A
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Jack Harbaugh, father of Michigan Football Coach Jim Harbaugh, speaks at the Michigan Homecoming Pep Rally on the Diag Friday.
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Vol. CXXVI, No. 16 ©2016 The Michigan Daily
candidates low at ‘U’
No formal student groups for Stein or Johnson in Ann Arbor LYDIA MURRAY Daily Staff Reporter
The University of Michigan has received a fair amount of attention from the Democratic party this election season, with visits from Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.). However, there have been no surrogate or candidate visits from any other party. The greater presence of Democratic campaigns may have a simple explanation — the high levels of support they find here. 70 percent of students sampled backed Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in a recent Michigan Daily election survey. Additionally, the University’s chapter of College Democrats, Students for Hillary and the Michigan branch of the Hillary for America campaign all have active ongoing efforts on campus. Prior to the deadline earlier in October, the groups focused on voter registration, often working together on drives. Now they will begin switching gears to get out See CANDIDATES, Page 3A
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