ONE-HUNDRED-NINETEEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL IFREEDOM I Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, October 13, 2008 michigandaily.com * CAMPAIGN 2008 * Pullout stings state's young McCain supporters Des slide Coll For y tions th with se date w in comj the Mc{ pull out abitter "I wi tor Mc( paignin Spite Michigan's I think Michigan can be won," aaid Jim Arapostathis, a member toward Obama, of Oakland University's 'College Republicans chapter. "I don't just ege Republicans think it's a lost cause." Within most young Republican fight on organizations, the McCain cam- paign's departure has forced them By ANDY KROLL to ramp up their efforts in selling Daily News Editor the McCain-Palin ticket to young people. However, that doesn't mean young Republican organiza- young Republicans are at all chang- eroughout Michigan tasked ing their strategies and organizing rlling a presidential candi- tactics, despite Sen. John McCain hose youth support pales continuing to slip behind Demo- parison to that of his rival, cratic presidential nominee Barack Cain campaign's decision to Obama in various state polls taken of Michigan was, for some, since his campaign left the state. pill to swallow. "It's really increased our pas- ll I say disagree with Sena- sion for the cause even more, Cain's decision to stop cam- because we understand just how ig in Michigan because See MCCAIN, Page 7A Toledo players celebrate a 13-10 victory over Michigan in the Big House Saturday. The upset puts Michigan, currently 2-4, at further risk of missinga bowl game far the first time in 34 years. The Wolverines will play four of their final six games on the road. Michigan footsG freefall After loss to Toledo, it can't get much worse. Can it? When will this Michigan foot- gan upset No. 8 Wisconsin two ball team hit rock bottom? weeks later. After a six- Then came last weekend's turnover game blowout loss to Illinois - a game at Notre Dame in which the Wolverines played last month, it like veterans for the first 15 min- looked as if the utes and looked like they didn't Wolverines know which way was up for the couldn't play last 45. any worse. But after that game, a beacon of That was when NATE hope came down from the sched- Rich Rodriguez SANDALS uling gods: Toledo. said Michigan A The Toledo Rockets of the Mid- football would American Conference, a collection "be back," and his prediction of teams against whom Michigan appeared accurate when Michi- had a 24-0 record going into the game. Toledo, a team that was 1-4 coming into the game, had given. up more than 30 points per game and lost at home to Florida Inter- national (yes, that's a real school). What better way to get some momentum back for the rest of the conference schedule? Momentum, huh? It's hard to find anything other than more doubts after Saturday. The biggest concern for Michigan after losing to Toledo is that it regressed once again. All afternoon, there were the same mistakes you expect from an inex- perienced team in week one, but errors that are unacceptable by the sixth game of the season. " Three interceptions, one returned 100 yards for the Rock- ets' onlytouchdown of the day. " Two late-hit personal fouls, both entirely unnecessary and neither on defense. " The missed 26-yard field goal in the closing seconds, which would have sent the game to over- time. " About a million missed tack- les. See SANDALS, Page 7A SLIPPING AWAY Republican presidential candidate John McCain's campaign announced on Oct.t that it was pull- ing campaign resources out of Michigan and intensifying efforts in more hotly contested states like Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Since withdrawing, McCain has slipped furtherin the polls behind his opponent, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. 50% m McCain withdraws z from Michigan 40% Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. 25 28 1 4 7 10 sOURCE: REALCLEAR POLITICS MICHIGAN POLL AVERAGE PACKING HEAT AT THE PICNIC LGBT groups hold vigil for victims of anti-gay violence Members of opencarry.org, a gun rights advocacy group, took part in a picnic in Wheeler Park on Friday. The event was orga- nized by members of the website to increase awareness of Michigan's open-carry law. MOTOWN POLITICS Former Detroit mayor to speak at 'U' 'Coming Out Week' organizers cite rise in reported hate crimes in Michigan By STEPHANIE BERLIANT For the Daily As part of National Coming Out Week, members of several LGBT organizations gathered last night for a candlelight vigil on the Diag to commemorate the anniversary of the death of Matthew Shepard, who was killed in a hate crime 10 years ago. Shepard, a student at the Uni- versity of Wyoming, died after he was beaten, tied to a fence and pistol-whipped by two teenagers. Shepard's death sparked a nation- wide discussion of the state of vio-. lence, hateand intolerance toward members ofthe LGBT community. University students aimed to con- tinue the conversation with last night's vigil. The Matthew Shepard Act - which calls to include crimes motivatedbyavictim'sactualorper- ceived gender, sexual orientation, or disability to the federal hate-crime law - was introduced to Congress during the Clinton administration, sAID ALSALAH/Daily LSA junior Jerry liar looks at pictures of people killed because of their sexuality at a candlelight vigil held on the Diag last night by the LGBT community: Archer, who served before Kilpatrick, mulling governor bid By BENJAMIN S. CHASE Daily StaffReporter Former Detroit mayor Dennis Archer will give a talk on campus tomorrow about his storied career, during which he became the first black leader of the American Bar Association and charismatically led one ofthe nation's most storied cities. Archer, who served as Detroit's mayor from 1994 until 2001 and is considering a run for governor in 2010, is scheduled to speak at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Michigan Union's KuenzelRoom.The event,sponsored by the Black Undergraduate Law Association, is open to the public. According to Ryan Norman, spokesperson for the Black Under- graduate Law Association, which is hosting the event, Archer will discuss his rise to a position on the state Supreme Court, his two terms as mayor and his law career. He'll also speak about the importance of balancing academic goals and suc- cesses with community service and the need for students to reach out beyond their collegiate environ- ments, Norman said. Norman, an LSA senior who met See ARCHER, Page 7A buthasyettobe passed. LSA freshman Matthew Shur, an LGBT Commission coordinator who went to the vigil, said he was disappointed by continued intol- erance towardLGBT people since Shepard's death. "There's been progress since then, but there also hasn't been," Shur said, citing a 207 percent increase in hate crimes in Michi- gan from 2006 to 2007, according to the Triangle Foundation, a state- wide LGBT rights organization. "Hate crimes happened very often, but they didn't get news coverage. This was a col- lege student, murdered by teens - they were kids," Shur said. "That really grabbed the nation's attention and started the push for LGBT hate-crime legislation." Michigan is one of 33 states that has yet to ban dis- crimination on the basis of one's sexual orientation. More than 100 students and Ann Arbor residents attended the vigil, during which partici- See VIGIL, Page 7A WEATHER Hi: 76 GOT A NEWS TIP? 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