The University of Michigan
Central Student Government
hosted its third sober tailgate
Saturday on Elbel Field in an
attempt to prevent alcohol-
related incidents during late-
starting football games.
The event was coordinated
by LSA sophomore Grant Rivas,
CSG’s
chief
programming
officer, who said student safety
is the first consideration with a
3:30 p.m. kick off time like the
Michigan vs. Colorado game.
“We as a university see an
(uptick)
on
alcohol-related
incidents and hospital visits,”
Rivas said. “So with that game
time, we definitely wanted to
make an effort to make sure
students are as safe as possible
and just have a really fun event
for all students.”
Rivas estimated that CSG
handed out 350 pizzas and
1,600 water bottles Saturday,
serving 1,500 students in total.
At the 2013 tailgate, the last
time it took place, more than
8,000 students were reported
to have attended. Rivas said
the difference in numbers can
be attributed to the length of
the tailgate and the time of the
game. During the 2011 tailgate,
the event lasted through most
of the game, whereas Saturday’s
was operating only between
noon and kick-off.
Rivas
said
in
the
past,
administrations
have
noted
a significant decrease in the
number
of
hospital
visits
because of the tailgate. During
Saturday’s game, there was one
arrest, one citation and four
ejections due to alcohol in the
stadium. 5 people were taken to
the UM emergency department
and medical personnel treated
83 people after the game as well.
Rivas said CSG has taken
other
measures
to
ensure
student
safety
on
gameday
this year, including hydrations
After the No. 4 Michigan football
team handily put away its first two
opponents of the season, it was
assumed that its matchup with
Colorado (2-0) would go almost
as smoothly. Two minutes into
the game, redshirt sophomore
linebacker Jabrill Peppers crushed
running back Phillip Lindsay for a
2-yard tackle for loss to the crowd’s
delight, and all seemed to be well.
But the Buffaloes had different
plans. On the next play, Colorado
quarterback Sefo Liufau completed
a 37-yard pass to wide receiver
Devin Ross to get on the board first
at Michigan Stadium.
It was just the start of a
troublesome first half for the
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OPINION.....................4A
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SUDOKU..................... 2A
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SPORTSMONDAY. . . . . . . . .1B
During the leadup to the
presidential
election,
The
Michigan
Daily
is
polling
students about campaign issues
every two weeks. This is the first
iteration of the survey.
This
week,
the
survey
was sent to 1,000 University
of
Michigan
students
and
received 154 responses over a
period of four days. The sample
was chosen randomly from
University undergraduates and
reported in the aggregate.
When asked whom they
would vote for if the election
were today, given the two main
party candidates, respondents
overwhelmingly
favored
Democratic nominee Hillary
Clinton
over
Republican
nominee Donald Trump by
a margin of 80 percent to 9
See POLL, Page 3A
EVAN AARON/Daily
LSA junior Mason Van Gieson and LSA senior Angel Antoun perform in “Out of Silence” Friday night at the Mendelssohn Theater.
The
cast
of
“Out
of
Silence,” an episodic theatre
performance
consisting
of
students and alumni, reenacted
a variety of adapted stories
about women deciding to have
an
abortion
in
Mendellson
Theater on Friday.
Brittany
Batell,
a
dual
master’s
student
in
the
Schools of Social Work and
Public Health, organized the
performance
in
conjunction
with
her
internship
this
summer with the nonprofit
Michigan
Organization
on
Adolescent
Sexual
Health.
Batell said she selected this
project
to
concentrate
on
over the summer because the
theatrical aspect of “Out of
Silence” resonated with her.
“I
just
really
felt
an
affinity with the idea of doing
public health work through
creative
expression
and
trying to help innovate health
communications that way,” she
said.
The performance, she added,
aimed to humanize an issue
that is often submerged in
political discourse.
“We hear all the time about
the politics of this, we hear
about different definitions of
personhood and we hear about
statistics, and those really don’t
resonate in the same way that
people’s stories do because
you can’t argue with that; you
can’t argue with someone’s real
experience,” she said.
The 1 in 3 Campaign, a
national project of Advocates
for Youth that aims to spark
conversation about abortion,
created the script of “Out of
Silence”
from
submissions
from more than 400 women
concerning their experiences
with abortion. They then had
playwrights craft 12 different
five-minute
vignettes
from
these submissions, eight of
which were part of Friday’s
performance.
LSA senior Katrina Hamann,
co-director of “Out of Silence,”
noted how the format of the
show
was
essential
to
its
humanizing goal.
“Doing it with eight different
stories as opposed to one play
about one particular situation
humanizes the issue for people
who may not know what to
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This article is the second in a
series examining candidates’ higher
education reform plans.
With the presidential election
just seven weeks away, both
Democratic
nominee
Hillary
Clinton and Republican nominee
Donald Trump are polishing their
stances on a multitude of issues
before they enter the final stretch
of the campaign. One topic at the
forefront of this election is higher
education — with one side of the
aisle outwardly focusing on issues
of accessibility and rising student
debt more than the other.
Clinton
released
her
New
College Compact plan months
ago, proposing debt-free college
See EDUCATION, Page 3A
See TAILGATE, Page 3A
AMELIA CACCHIONE/Daily
LSA sophomore Ingrid Lindquist hands out pizza to students at the CSG tailgate on Saturday at Elbel Field.
See ABORTION, Page 2A
‘U’ students
favor Dems
in Michigan
Daily survey
Theater group aims to humanize
abortion through performance
79 percent of respondents prefer Clinton
EMMA KINERY
Daily News Editor
“Out of Silence” compiled submissions from over 400 women on their experiences
EMILY MIILLER
Daily Staff Reporter
Wolverines
rally to top
Buffaloes,
move to 3-0
FOOTBALL
Behind career day for
LB Peppers, Michigan
overcomes rough start
KELLY HALL
Daily Sports Editor
Central Student Government hosts
sober tailgate ahead of Colorado game
Event aims to prevent alchohol-related incidents as part of safety initative
NISA KHAN
Daily Staff Reporter
Education
plans vary
between
candidates
ELECTION
Presidential nominees
say debt an issue, but
offer varying solutions
CAITLIN REEDY
Daily Staff Reporter
Thank your defense
The Michigan football team
relied on its defense to get
back into the game in its
45-28 win Saturday.
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