Dynamic on and off the field
and now online, linebacker Jabrill
Peppers is in the spotlight of a
popular parody Twitter account
made by LSA sophomore Bennet
Sakelaris.
The account was created in
September this year, and has
followed developments of the
football team’s players throughout
the season.
Sakelaris wrote in an email
interview that the idea for the
account began after a friend of
his bought a pet fish and named it
Jagill Peppers. After finding this
amusing, Sakelaris started to play
around with other puns related
to Peppers, photoshop different
memes and photos of Peppers and
later on, add other University of
Michigan football players into the
mix as well.
“Not too long ago I was
walking down the spices aisle in
Meijer and saw a jar of Turmeric
and thought to myself ‘Oh
Turmeric Magnuson might be
a good one for Erik Magnuson,’
and surely it was,” Sakelaris
wrote. “Sometimes people give
me suggestions like just last week
someone suggested Gerbil Peppers,
which I was quite frankly shocked
to have not thought of myself.”
The account has also followed
the progression of player injuries,
with puns to recognize when
players get injured and return to
play. After starting three games at
cornerback, Jeremy Clark suffered
a season-ending ACL tear that the
account dubbed as the end of the
“Lewis and Clark Expedition,”
referring to Clark as well as Clark’s
fellow cornerback Jourdan Lewis.
The account has gained
recognition from at least one
football player — Lewis.
On National Taco Day,
Sakelaris tweeted a video
of lineman Taco Charlton,
photoshopped with an actual
taco, tackling opponents. On
Election Day, the account endorsed
“Franklin Delano Hill” for
president.
Most recently, there was a
tweet citing the loss at Iowa last
weekend as a tough “Khalid Pill”
to swallow, in reference to fullback
Khalid Hill.
Sakelaris said he will continue
to update the account daily, but
will likely write less during the
offseason.
2 — Tuesday, November 15, 2016
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THE FORUM
The University of Michigan
community and the Red Cross
are collaborating to collect
blood donations on campus as
part of the 35th annual Blood
Battle
against
Ohio
State
University.
For the annual Blood Battle,
which began in 1982, the two
rival schools — Michigan and
OSU — aims to collect 2,500
units of blood. This is roughly
equivalent to 2,500 pints. The
institution with higher units
of donated blood wins the
battle.
In
the
last
two
Blood
Battles, the University lost
to OSU. Last year, the final
score was 2,241 pints for the
University and 2,529 pints for
OSU. Currently, the University
has
collected
1,466
blood
units, 60 percent of the 2,500-
unit goal. The battle ends on
Nov. 23.
According to the American
Red Cross, someone in the
United States needs blood
every two seconds, adding up
to approximately 36,000 units
of red blood cells needed every
day. 38 percent of the U.S.
population is eligible to donate
blood, though just 5 percent of
the eligible donors donate on a
yearly basis.
LSA
freshman
Lauren
Robisch, who was donating
blood at a donation station
today in the League, said her
primary reason for donating
blood is to help those in need.
“People don’t really realize
the impact (donating blood)
can
make,”
Robisch
said.
“I’m O negative, so I’m the
universal blood type — I can
make a difference in anybody’s
life. And taking just a few
minutes out of my day can
save somebody, it means the
world.”
Robisch
added
that
she
began to donate blood when
she was 16 years old, which
is the minimum age for blood
donation, following in the
footsteps of her mother.
LSA senior Laurel Fricker
noted that since blood is made
of three different parts — red
blood cells, platelet and plasma
— one unit of donated blood
can potentially save three
people. Fricker is the president
of Blood Drives United, a
student group that focuses
on organizing blood drives
on campus and educating the
community about the benefits
of blood donation.
Erin
Burns,
account
manager at Ann Arbor’s Red
Cross, said how well the
University does at the Blood
Battle in a particular year
might be related to how the
football team does in the same
year, given the University and
OSU’s long history of football
rivalry.
“I think football dictates
a lot of the excitement that
revolves around (the Blood
Battle),”
Burns
said.
“The
rivalry
between
the
two
schools
does
stem
from
football.
Three
years
ago,
when we did win, the football
team was doing well, so people
still thought there was chance
of winning.”
Both Fricker and Burns
were hopeful that since the
University football team is
having a successful season
so far compared to previous
years, it would be reflected
in the number of blood units
collected for this year’s Blood
Battle.
“The last two years we
didn’t
exactly
have
(the
Red Cross, University collaborate
in Blood Battle against Ohio State
Organizers aim to collect 2,500 units through competition
IRENE PARK
Daily Staff Reporter
See BLOOD, Page 3