8A - Monday, November, 15 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.co 8A - Monday, November, 15 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycof ROHAN From Page 1A day. Sophomore quarterback Denard Robinson, who usually steals the show, did very little and the Wolverines' offense struggled to score. Robinson turned the ball over four times, and Michigan coach Rich Rodri- guez decided to rotate the for- mer Heisman frontrunner with backup quarterback Tate Forcier. That's what this game was com- ing to. Adding to your confusion, Rodriguez said that his defense tackled well, and redshirt junior defensive end Ryan Van Bergen said they were "assignment- sound for the first time in a long time." That doesn't sound like the Wolverines you knew. And Michigan did this without two of its best defensive play- ers: nose guard Mike Martin and linebacker Jonas Mouton, who weren't on the field due to injuries. There's no question that the Wolverines' defense won the game on Saturday. And who would've thought those words would have been uttered this season? Michigan can take some com- fort in the fact that its defense played well, forced five turn- overs and scored a touchdown to dominate the game. Its second- ary that starts three freshmen might be able to even gain some confidence. Don't get ahead of yourself now though - not everything is as it seems in the Twilight Zone. This performance doesn't prove much, other than that Michigan's defense took a small step in the right direction. Purdue's lack of offensive talent combined with the poor weather resulted in some ugly offense. If it wasn't for Purdue quarterback Rob Henry, I don't know if the Boilermakers would have had a first down. Their offense looked like Michigan's circa 2008, when Steven Threet and Nick Sheridan were rotating at quarterback for the Wolver- ines. Third-stringer Sean Rob- inson split time at quarterback with Henry, but he has averaged a meager 3.2 yards per pass attempt this season. This had more to do with Pur- due's ineptness than an amazing turnaround on the part of the Michigan defense. It's will take an improvement on this week- end's game to convince me that this was more than an illusion. Continue to tackle well and, as VAN HORN From Page 1A Horn will be in charge of enforc- ing NCAA policies in addition to overseeing South Carolina's sports programs. Before her position at the Univer- sity of Michigan, Van Horn worked for four years in Michigan State University's Athletics Department and eight years in Central Michiga University's Athletic Department. In May, Van Horn - a past presi dent of the National Association fM Athletics Compliance - receive the 2010 Frank Kara Leader ship Award for her leadership an efforts to promote compliance prt grams. Van Horn's replacement at th University of Michigan has nc been named. l C l t Purdue quarterback Rob Henry (15) runs the ball at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette on Saturday. Van Bergen pointed out, main- tain assignments and stop teams on third downs (Purdue was 2-of-17) - then we can talk. Wisconsin and Ohio State are next, two teams that would likely square off in a Big Ten cham- pionship game if it happened this season. I don't know if the weather will be a factor, butI do know there won't be a lack of tal- ent lining up across from Michi- gan's defense down the stretch. Saturday afternoon, you saw the tale of a defense that showed it could do all of the little things it needed to do to win. It hasn't yet defied the reality that we all came to believe. For now it remains another mystery shrouded in the depths of the Twilight Zone. (Cue the music). Rohan watched re-runs of the Twilight Zone and the Michigan game all weekend. He can be reached at trohan@umich.edu. i ver an BE HOLIDAY H Get your family what they really need - the best gifts need the best network. CENSUS From Page 1A associate at the University's Popu- lation Studies Center, wrote in an e-mail interview that the response rates can be misleading and should be evaluated within the context of previous census results. "The student neighborhoods continued to lag behind the city of Ann Arbor, but there was improvement over 2000," Neidert wrote. "The student neighbor- hoods improved, whereas Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, (the) state of-Michigan (and the) U.S. all remained at their 2000 participa- tion rates." The state of Michigan main- tained its 77 percent participation rate from 2000, Washtenaw Coun- ty participation remained at 79 percent and the city of Ann Arbor remained at 78 percent. Neidert explained that over- all census participation has been decreasing over time, and the fact that the University increased its response rate from the 2000 Cen- sus is somethingto be proud of. "The (U.S.) Census Bureau was very happy with (national and state responses) 'staying the same,' " Neidert wrote. "The fact that stu- dent areas improved is a big plus." According to Neidert, the Uni- versity was divided into six cen- sus tracts, or neighborhoods. Out of the six, only the North Campus tract decreased in participation - from 70 percent in 2000 to 59 per- cent this year. Neidert wrote that the large number of international students living on North Campus may be one reason for the disparity between overall campus participa- tion and North Campus participa- tion. "It is quite likely that this com- munity was not aware that they should be filling out census forms even though they are just living in Ann Arbor temporarily," Neidert wrote. Neidert also explained that the numbers for the other campus tracts can be misleading because students in residence halls did not receive census forms in the mail like students living in houses and apartments. Instead, students living in resi- dence halls filled out group quar- ter forms, which are not included in participation rate statistics. This may be one factor that contributed to the lower response rates on cam- pus because the percentages don't include the majority of University students who submitted forms. However, Neidert wrote, the fact that census participation. is significantly lower among student compared to the national averagc cannot be disregarded. "In general, college student. have low participation rates with the census," Neidert wrote. "Thi is mostly because students do noi understand that they are respon sible for filling out their census forms unless they are living with their parents and commuting to UM on a daily basis." She added that student censuq participation is necessary because a lack of responses can be detri- mental to the University since th census count is associated with the distribution of federal funds. However, Neidert wrote that University participation was good compared to other Big Ten schools. "I was not disappointed with the UM showing," she wrote. "It was better than in the past...We ended up beating Ohio State and MSU." Neidert added that the Census Bureau knew that getting students to participate would require extra effort. "The Census Bureau defined college students as a hard-to-count community and prepared mate- rials to reach students," Neidert wrote. "They did not do that in the past." On campus, University officials encouraged students to fill out forms by sponsoring a YouTube contest that let students make vid- eos promoting census participa- tion. While the Census Bureau also tried to maximize response rates by distributing informational materials to campus communi- ties, Neidert wrote that the bureau could improve its strategies. One way to do this would be to reach out to the University community earlier by working with the admin- istration and student leaders on campus. Robert Groves, a former Univer- sity professor and the director of the U.S. Census Bureau, has two sons in college and addressed the issue of lower participation rates among students in a 2010 Census blog post published last December. While only one census report is required per household, Groves wrote that college students "don't think of themselves as a 'house- hold."' "There is no one roommate who takes on the role of the head of household," he wrote. "The room- mates come and go on their own, rarely eating together, mainly gathering together on the week- ends to watch TV sports. They leave the small amount of mail they get in their box for several days before gathering it up." 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