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One-man offense a huge problem
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to mention a blow to Robinson's
confidence.
"It's frustrating to see him strug-
gle because I know he was trying so
hard," offensive coordinator Calvin
Magee said.
After the game, Michigan coach
Rich Rodriguez reminded the media
of Robinson's youth. Saturday's
game was only his sixth start, and
that explains some of the missed
reads. Robinson said he was too
excited at times, particularly when
he overthrew Darryl Stonum in the
endzone early in the game.
If there was one thing to take
away from the coaching staff and
players in the postgame press
conferences and interviews, it's
this: Nobodyis concerned about
Robinson. His coaches think he'll
learnfromhis missed reads, and his
teammates think he'll grow from his
struggles.
Robinson addressed his team-
mates in the locker room after the
game, according to slot receiver
Kelvin Grady.
"He told the guys he doesn't
like this feeling. He doesn't ever
want to feel this way again," Grady
said. "I really liked that. It showed
a lot about him. I think he's really
growing as a quarterback and as a
person."
Grady refused to call Robin-
son's performance a "letdown"
SINCLAIR
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At the event on Saturday, Sinclair
said that despite his time in jail for
marijuana possession, he remains
an avid user of the drug. He added
that he is pleased with Ann Arbor's
current policy of fining first-time
violators a fee of $25 for marijua-
na possession instead of making
arrests.
"When I come to Ann Arbor I
don't have to worry about getting
arrested ... it's agoodthing," Sinclair
told the audience, many of whom
were using the drug during his talk.
In addition to discussing the
marijuana incident, Sinclair spoke
of his time as a leader of the White
Panther Party - a civil rights orga-
CANVASSING
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pus including the University's
chapter of the American Civil Lib-
erties Union and the University's
chapters of the College Democrats
and College Republicans support
the interim policy, but leaders say
more needs to be done to allow for
increased political engagement in
University Housing.
According to a press release
issued by the University's chap-
ter of the American Civil Liber-
ties Union on Friday, the next
logical step for the University is
to allow students living off cam-
pus to canvass in University resi-
dences.
LSA senior Mallory Jones,
chair of the University's ACLU
chapter and a former news edi-
tor for The Michigan Daily, wrote
in an e-mail interview that since
residence halls are composed
primarily of freshmen, these
students may not be able to get
detailed information from more
experienced political canvassers
- who are often upperclassmen -
under the new policy.
"Upperclassmen who don't
live in the residence halls have
experience in political canvass-
ing and knowledge about the Ann
Arbor area that freshimen are still
gathering," she wrote. "If fresh-
men have questions about voting
or certain candidates and issues,
an upperclassman going door-to-
door is much more likely to be able
to help out than a freshman that
has only been on campus a few
weeks."
She added that door-to-door
canvassing, when done in a
respectful way, can be one of the
most effective methods of spread-
ing political knowledge on cam-
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pus.
"To have someone come to your
door and ask you if you are regis-
tered to vote will get your atten-
tion, even if seeing a table on the
Diag didn't," she wrote.
LSA junior Brendan Campbell,
chair of the University's chapter
of the College Democrats, said the
group plans to take full advantage
of the canvassing privilege to help
generate interest in politics, but
that the policy is too restrictive.
"We need a permanent solution
that reflects not only the realities
of the First Amendment, but also
the University's purpose of build-
ing an intelligent and informed
citizenry for our state and for our
country," Campbell wrote in the
press release.
LSA senior Charles Bogren,
president of the University's
chapter of the College Repub-
licans, said the College Repub-
licans are pleased to have the
opportunity to canvass in Uni-
versity Housing, but he would
like to see the University reach
out to student groups for input
when developing new policies
related to canvassing.
"We definitely believe that
everyone, whether they live in the
dorms, an apartment or a house,
should be able to be involved in
the political process," Bogren
said. "We try our best to reach out
to voters. For a lot of people on
campus, this is their first chance
to be involved in the (political)
process and be involved in a cam-
paign."
The interim policy will remain
in place until March 2011, and
according to a press release issued
by the College Democrats, the
University has agreed to con-
struct a permanent policy in coop-
eration with the Residence Halls
Association.
Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson ge
and challenged fans who expect
record-breaking numbers from their
quarterback every weekend.
"This doesn't take away from
anything he's done," Grady said.
"He's doinggwell, and lie did fine. He
had a couple of mistakes but it hap-
pens. It's football."
But there's still a problem when
you'vegot an offense that relies
so heavily on one player, particu-
larly with a shaky defense. That one
nization established in 1968 that
was active in Ann Arbor.
"The idea was to build a mass
movement among, basically, young
white people in America to over-
throw the government, to have a
revolution," Sinclair said, sparking
laughter from the audience. "We
thought the idea of building a mass
movement was the only way that
we could make a change."
The party was renamed the
Rainbow People's Party in 1971 to
eliminate violent connotations with
the original name. Sinclair said the
decision to rename the party was
a smart move because it helped
recruit peaceful activists.
In addition to talking about his
life and experiences, Sinclair also
discussed current issues, with top-
ics ranging from the meaning of life
ts tackled by Michigan State's Chris L. Rucker on Saturday at Michigan Sta
player must play great every week
because even good isn't good enough
to carry the team on his shoulders.
When Robinson accounted for 94
percent of the Wolverines' offense
against Notre Dame a month ago, it
was astonishing - almost laughable.
But nobody's laughing now. Michi-
gan learned in an all-too-painful
way that it can't have a one-player
team with no backup plan. Upcom-
ing opponents will watch the tape
to the current state of downtown
Detroit. When audience members
asked about Detroit, Sinclair said
he was saddened by the hopeless-
ness and desperation enveloping
the city.
"Detroit had its future stripped
from it 35 years ago," Sinclair said.
"All the white people moved out
and took the money and jobs with
them. Flint and Detroit are the
monuments to the utter heartless-
ness of the capitalist system."
University students said they
were enlightened by Sinclair's
words.
"I think it's really great that
(Sinclair spoke)," LSA freshman
Katherine Globerson said. "I think
it's a step toward giving people
another perspective, whether they
agree or not. I hope that there are
of Saturday's game, and they will
mimic Michigan State's defensive
strategies.
"I'm not the only weapon on
offense," Robinson said.
There's a difference between a
handgun and a butter knife, though,
and Michigan needs to have some
more weapons in between.
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people here that found this to be
fresh."
LSA freshman Olivia Wallace
said she also enjoyed Sinclair's talk
adding that he is "teaching people
and making them think beyond
what we're sort of conditioned to
think."
At the end of his speech, Sinclair
left audience members with words
of advice. He said. things like the
media and money distract people
from more important pursuits and
it's crucial to band together, share
resources and not sell out.
"Develop a concern for other
people, for humans," Sinclair said.
"It's important to understand more,
and to try and figure out more,
about what it all means. I don't
know myself, but I'm gonna try and
find out."
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