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LSA junior Jacob Barshaw and Alcides Postma participate in Pi Kappa Phi’s wheelchair basketball event at the Sports Coliseum on Wednesday.
Fraternity sponsors game of wheelchair basketball Pi Kappa Phi charity event benefits local organization By BRANDON SUMMERS-MILLER For the Daily
Members of the University’s Pi Kappa Phi fraternity chapter
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took to wheelchairs and faced off against the Michigan Rollin’ Pistons — a youth wheelchair basketball team — Wednesday night to raise funds as part of the fraternity’s philanthropic activities. The event in the University’s Sports Coliseum featured two games: one pitting the fraternity against the Pistons, and the other mixing members of each organization together to form new teams. The Rollin’ Pistons are mem-
bers of the National Wheelchair Basketball Association and travel and compete throughout the Midwest. The team is made up of kids with physical disabilities ages six to 18 from across the state. John McSween, a sophomore at Father Gabriel Richard Catholic High School in Ann Arbor, said he enjoyed the event because it was a way for him to display his athleticism despite his disability. “I couldn’t really play any school sports,” he said. “This was a
way to show my competitiveness.” A portion of the event’s proceeds will go to the Rollin’ Pistons to cover travel costs and help the team buy new jerseys. The wheelchair basketball game is part of a series of fundraising events put on by the fraternity this week, called “War of the Roses.” LSA junior Zachary Robinson, Pi Kappa Phi philanthropy chair, said it was important that his fraternity host the basketball game See GAME, Page 3A
The Team, Make Michigan, DAAP parties talk campus issues By LEA GIOTTO Daily Staff Reporter
Though the questions asked at Wednesday night’s Central Student Government presidential and vice presidential debates covered a wide range of areas, the candidates’ answers tended to return to a central theme: diversity. Executive candidates from The Team, Make Michigan and the Defend Affirmative Action Party were given one hour to respond to 10 questions, as were the vice presidential candidates from each party. Aaron Kall, director of debate for the University, moderated the responses. For each round of debates, the candidates provided two-minute opening
Elbel and Yost neighborhoods: Lower cost housing near athletic centers and eateries By JING JING MA Daily Staff Reporter
Wolverines take early lead, rout Cleveland State at Crisler Center
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It had been nearly a month since the Michigan women’s basketball team had tasted victory. Separated by a loss to Illinois and a Big Ten Tournament letdown, the Wolverines’ season was salvaged for at least one more game. Wednesday night at Crisler Center, Michigan (8-10 Big Ten, 17-14 overall) finally got back on track in the first round of the WNIT. Behind an impeccable 2-3 zone defense and a well balanced offense, the Wolverines breezed past Cleveland State with a 72-50 rout in the teams’ first meeting since 1986. See WNIT, Page 3A
statements. The topic of diversity appeared in conversation about the University’s low Black enrollment, and considered how CSG could play a role in approaching this issue. Currently, the University’s Black student enrollment sits at 4.63 percent. Engineering junior Will Royster, The Team’s presidential candidate, said he hopes to increase Black representation at the University to 10 percent — a demand that has also been raised by the University’s Black Student Union. Further, he believes the University’s efforts to broaden the admission process to attract more minority students has not been enough. “The next step moving forward is empowering students on campus,” Royster said. LSA junior Keysha Wall, DAAP’s presidential candidate, opened the debate by expressing that she is “disgusted with See DEBATE, Page 3A
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The Michigan Daily will be exploring Ann Arbor’s most quirky, lively, and student populated neighborhoods during the next month to see what makes this city tick. Read the first installment about the Old Fourth Ward here. Walk southwest of Central Campus and you’ll find yourself in the neighborhoods of Elbel Field and Yost Ice Arena, homes to student-athletes, the marching band and cost-conscious undergraduates, alike. These student-populated enclaves represent two of Ann Arbor’s 11 distinct neighborhoods. Elbel Situated around Elbel Field and within walking distance of both Central and South Campus, the Elbel neighborhood is a convenient, affordable location for students, with undergraduates making up the majority of the neighborhood. Elbel Field is named after Michigan alum Louis Elbel, composer of “The Victors.” Appropriately, the Michigan Marching Band holds its practices at the eponymously field at the heart of the neighborhood. For this reason, many of the marching band’s members choose to live in the neighborhood. See ELBEL, Page 3A
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