michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, November 2, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Michigan brings the trophy back to Ann Arbor with win » INSIDE Little Brown Jug Michigan stops Minnesota at half- yard line on final play to win, 29-26 By MAX BULTMAN Daily Sports Editor MINNEAPOLIS — It came down to one play, a few inches and a lesson Jim Harbaugh hopes his players carry with them for the rest of their lives. After a goal-line stand on the game’s final play, the No. 15 Michigan football team escaped TCF Bank Stadium with a win over Minnesota, 29-26. “It feels tremendous for the way the players played, and a phenomenal learning experi- ence for our men to be able to win a tough one,” Harbaugh said. “It’s a great learning expe- rience because it reinforces everything you tell them about never giving up and fighting ‘til the end.” With 19 seconds remaining, Golden Gophers’ quarterback Mitch Leidner connected with Drew Wolitarsky for 22 yards and what looked like a go-ahead touchdown. But a booth review showed that Wolitarsky’s knee touched at the half-yard line, forcing Minnesota to hurry back to the line and try to punch it in. The clock began running as the Golden Gophers made a formation shift, splitting a receiver out wide to pass after initially lining up in a running formation. Leidner’s throw was incomplete, though, and by the time the ball hit the ground, 17 seconds had run off the clock. Just two remained. Trailing by three, conven- tional wisdom would have told Minnesota to kick a field goal. But in an emotional contest See MICHIGAN, Page 3B Crisler Center hosts 10th annual Army vs. Navy matchup to kick off Veteran’s Week By EMILY ROBERTS For the Daily The Crisler Center played host to a different kind of basketball game on Sunday. Instead of the Michigan men’s basketball team, wheelchairs glided up and down the court dur- ing the 10th annual Army v. Navy Wheelchair Basketball Game. The teams are co-ed and made up of experienced wheelchair basketball players, as well as Uni- versity student veterans, ROTC students, and occasionally, local law enforcement. Sunday’s game ended with a 45-40 Army victory. Gerald Hoff, the event’s founder and an insurance representative at the University Health System, said the game aims to raise awareness about living with a disability. “The Wheelchair Basketball game is the only University-spon- sored disability related sporting event,” he said. “This event show- cases the skills of people with dis- abilities; it showcases the ability within disability.” Run entirely by volunteers, the event also featured performances by several student groups along with the game, including the Men’s Glee Club, the Michigan Dance team and the Michigan Cheer Team. The game is also part of Veter- ans Week at the University, which includes several panels covering the experiences of veteran as well as appreciation events. Jerry Sarasin, a long-time wheel- chair basketball player and instruc- tor who played for the Army team, said the win had been a long time coming for his team, which had lost in the past few years. Sarasin added that many char- acteristics of the game, like pacing, are very similar to a game played by able-bodied teams. He noted that part of the value of hosting this event is also demonstrating that similarity to the University com- munity. “If more people came out to the games, wheelchair basketball would really grow as a sport, we know this because the sport is huge in places such as Europe,” he said. “There are other colleges that have wheelchair teams, and it’s sad that athletes have to go out of state to play at the collegiate level.” Kinesiology senior Jon Mendi- celli, president of the University’s Student Veterans Association, said he always enjoys playing in the games. “The real wheelchair basketball players do a great job of getting all of us to play as a team, and making us look good on the court,” he said. Mendicelli, a Marine Corps vet- eran, played for the Navy team. He said the game was important for student veterans, especially those with disabilities. “Disabilities often come with a stigma, but at this game we can See WHEELCHAIR, Page 3A Fourth annual ‘Day of the Dead’ ball celebrates tradition, culture By JACKIE CHARNIGA Daily Staff Reporter The University’s chapter of the Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc. concluded annual celebrations for LatinX Heritage month Friday night with its fourth annual Dia de los Muertos Ball. In partnership with the office of Multi-Ethnic Stu- dent Affairs and the Michi- gan Latin@ Assembly, the Founders Room of the Alumni Center hosted face-painting, traditional food and a perfor- mance by the Detroit-based ballet troupe Folklorico de los Renacidos. The aim of the ball is to educate students about the history and cultural traditions of Dia de los Muertos and cel- ebrate the work of the LatinX Heritage planning committee. Dia de los Muertos, which translates in English as “Day of the Dead,” is a Latin holi- day celebrated every Nov. 1 to honor the dead with food and festivities. Traditional cer- emonies commonly honor the EMILIE FARRUGIA/Daily Ballet Folklorico de los Renacidos, a Mexican folkloric dance group based in Detroit, performs at the fourth Annu- al Dia de los Muertos Ball sponsored by the Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority at the Alumni Center on Friday. Organizers aim to bolster donations as part of competition against OSU By MEGAN DOYLE For the Daily Hundreds of people streamed in and out of the Michigan Sta- dium on Sunday as part of the fifth annual “Be a Hero at the Big House” blood drive, an event that kicked off the 34th annual Wol- verine vs. Buckeye Challenge for Life. The blood drive competition will run until Thanksgiving and encourages people to donate blood and register as organ donors in competition with Ohio State University. Last year, the University beat OSU in registered organ donors by 43,857 people, but collected only 2,298 pints of blood to Ohio State’s 2,414. Sunday’s event was co-spon- See LATINX, Page 3A See BLOOD, Page 3A GRANT HARDY/Daily Jeffrey Dennis, a player on the Navy team, reaches for the ball in the 10th annual Army vs. Navy Wheelchair Basketball Game in the Crisler Center on Sunday. ALLISON FARRAND/Daily Redshirt freshman quarterback Wilton Speight entered Saturday’s game when fifth-year senior starting quaterback Jake Rudock was injured. Michigan trailed at the time, but Speight eventually led the Wolverines to victory on Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. 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