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included 
rhythmic 
call-and-

repeats such as “All these racist 
politicians we don’t need em” and 
“When Muslims are under attack, 
what do we do?” with the crowd 
responding “Stand up, fight back.”

In attendance was the first SDS 

president, University alum Alan 
Haber, who graduated in 1965. 
In speaking to the crowd, Haber, 
a self-proclaimed “senior for a 
Democratic society,” emphasized 
that both the Democrat and 
Republican parties in this country 
support the act of war and students 
must stand together to fight both 
issues and individuals.

“Don’t be heartbroken that 

we don’t have Mrs. Clinton as 
our president,” Haber said. “This 
woman, very good on some things, 
is basically an advocate for the war 
system. Politics in this country has 
not gotten itself out of this imperial 
mode … Trump isn’t changing that 
and Hillary wouldn’t have changed 
that. That’s for us to do.”

During the event, recent campus 

crime alerts were cited as direct 
acts of racism by speakers and 
attendees. Last Friday, a woman 
was told she would be lit on fire if 
she did not remove her hijab while 
walking downtown. The next day, 
two men pushed a woman down 
a hill and yelled at her for being in 
America.

LSA freshman Sonny Newman 

said the attacks on campus are part 
of a larger attitude of discrimination 
toward all minorities on campus, 

including non-cisgender people.

“How can we say that Ann 

Arbor is safe when my friend 
was called a faggot the other day 
while walking to class?” Newman 
said. “How can we say that Ann 
Arbor is safe when earlier this 
year, when pronouns were added 
to class rosters at U of M, there 
was a backlash? People like Grant 
Strobl changed their pronouns on 
Wolverine Access to things like 
‘His Majesty’ and encouraged 
others to do the same using the 
hashtag #UMPronounChallenge. 
Well I am inviting all of you to take 
the real UM Pronoun Challenge. 
This 
entails 
asking 
people’s 

pronouns and respecting them.”

The issue of racial and social 

impct on the election was brought 
up by Ann Arbor resident Joel 
Reinstein, who said because the 
law does not allow former felons 
and undocumented citizens to vote, 
Trump was given an advantage.

“People are living in this country 

and working in this country 
who have no representation in 
the government they live under 
because they are undocumented. 
Fuck that,” Reinstein said.

Speaking to how the University 

is responding to multiple recent 
anti-Trump protests on campus 
and the student outcry about 
discrimination, Knight said in 
an interview he thought the 
University as well as University 
President Mark Schlissel are going 
about the issue in the wrong way 
with their poster campaign. The 
posters feature slogans such as 
“Listen More, Judge Less” and 
“Appreciate Our Differences.”

“The point is not that people 

are disagreeing disrespectfully,” 
Knight said. “It’s not an issue of 
values bring different. It’s an issue 
of people are trying to spread hate 
and we have to take the stance 
that this is not acceptable full 
stop. We will not tolerate white 
supremacists on this campus ever 
and I don’t think the University has 
taken the extra step that they really 
need to do.”

Ann 
Arbor 
resident 
Katie 

Whitney, a protester who was in 
the crowd with her five-year-old 
daughter, was holding a sign made 
of duct tape that said “Hate Ain’t 
Great.” Whitney said she brought 
her daughter to the protest because 
she wanted her daughter to see her 
parents standing up to “powers of 
white supremacy and saying no we 
don’t accept this.”

“I’m here because something’s 

got to give,” Whitney said. “I used 
to not be particularly an activist. 
I cared about issues but since this 
election, I have been truly afraid 
for my friends and my family. My 
husband is Jewish and said we 
need to start making plans for 
how to leave this country and that 
scares me.”

LSA freshman Emily Levy, 

who had never attended a protest 
before this year, said she wanted 
people in Ann Arbor to continue 
demonstrating and showing both 
the University and the country that 
collective voices cannot be ignored.

“After this rally is over, after 

the Diag turns back to normal, life 
goes on, you all go home, I want one 
thing from you. I don’t want this to 
be the last time I see any of you in a 
crowd like this. I want all of you to 
keep fighting,” Levy said.

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other team and also the elements. 
Our team did both of those things 
today.”

In 
the 
first 
half, 
the 

Wolverines’ offense stalled early 
and often, as the Hoosiers (3-5, 
5-6) had little trouble getting to 
O’Korn in the pocket. O’Korn had 
a difficult time shedding tacklers, 
and he took three tackles for loss, 
including two sacks, in the half.

Michigan went 0-for-7 on 

third down in the first frame, 
only managing a 28-yard field 
goal from Kenny Allen to get on 
the board before the Hoosiers 
answered 
with 
a 
2-yard 

touchdown 
run 
by 
Camion 

Patrick before the break.

O’Korn struggled to throw 

the ball on a cold, windy day, 
completing just 7 of 16 passes for 
59 yards. He finally turned the 
tide of the game with his feet, 
though, pulling off a 30-yard 
scramble on 3rd-and-8 that set up 
Smith’s go-ahead touchdown in 

the third quarter.

“I’m not real pleased with the 

way I threw the ball, but that’s 
part of battling the elements,” 
O’Korn said. “Gotta complete 
passes 
when 
opportunities 

present themselves. … Luckily, 
our run game and our O-line 
had my back today, and it doesn’t 
matter how we get the win as long 
as we get the win.”

Indiana had more success in the 

passing game than the Wolverines, 
as quarterback Richard Lagow 
tallied 191 total yards. His 37-yard 
pass to Nick Westbrook in the 
third quarter that ended up being 
the longest completion of the 
game for either team.

The Wolverines’ defense held 

the Hoosiers in check, though, 
tallying 11 tackles for loss — led 
by senior defensive end Taco 
Charlton’s 2.5 — and eight pass 
breakups. As a result, Indiana’s 
offense managed just a field goal.

Michigan’s special teams made 

its mark as well. Fifth-year senior 
kicker/punter Kenny Allen gave 
the Wolverines a boost in the 
field-position battle with three 
punts of more than 50 yards. 

The coverage unit also came up 
big, as fifth-year senior tight end 
Michael Jocz and freshman safety 
Khaleke Hudson both blocked 
punts in Hoosier territory.

Now, the focus will shift to 

next week’s matchup with No. 
2 Ohio State in Columbus, with 
a Big Ten Championship Game 
berth 
and 
potential 
College 

Football Playoff appearance on 
the line for Michigan.

Even with that daunting task on 

the horizon, Harbaugh is pleased 
with where his team stands, even 
despite Saturday’s early struggles 
and the Wolverines’ quarterback 
uncertainty.

“Every week is a test, every 

game that you line up is a test,” 
Harbaugh said. “There’s gonna 
be a lot of tests in life. It comes 
in many forms and fashions. 
Our team playing a really good 
Indiana football team — that was 
a huge test for us today. Coming 
off a loss — that was a huge test 
for us.

“Playing in big playoff-type 

games and responding, coming 
together as a team gives us a great 
feeling. I feel good about it.”

AMELIA CACCHIONE/Daily

Art & Design senior Talia Mayden performs in a What the Sound concert at the Blind Pig Saturday.

WHAT THE SOUND

months since athletes first began 
demonstrating in this way, at 
every game, the fists still go up, 
sometimes even without attention 
from the cameras.

Priscilla Huddleston, an LSA 

junior 
and 
cheerleader, 
said 

she feels she cannot ignore the 
platform she has on the field 
during 
the 
national 
anthem. 

Leading three other teammates, 
Huddleston was the first student 
to take a knee and raise her fist.

“It’s 
historically 
been 
the 

athlete’s position to empower 
their community,” she said. “It’s 
sparking conversations in classes. 
I only have a platform for four 
hours … I only matter in uniform, 
and I have to use that time and 
make it count. I have a block ‘M’ 
on and I’m not just supposed to 
wave a pompom and cheer you on. 
You can’t expect me to be silent. I 
didn’t understand how much of a 
platform I had until now.”

Demonstrations 
at 
the 

University mirror similar actions 
by athletes at both the collegiate 
and professional level across the 
country. Huddleston recalled a 
discussion 
with 
All-American 

senior cornerback Jourdan Lewis 
— who, along with senior tight end 
Khalid Hill, outside linebackers 
senior Mike McCray and freshman 
Devin Bush and freshman inside 
linebacker Elysee Mbem-Bosse 
participated in the demonstration 
— before the Penn State game. 
She said she and Lewis noticed 
a feeling of hypocrisy during the 
national anthem, especially in 
the wake of a series of fatal police 
shootings of Black Americans.

“Don’t sing this song, and a 

Black man just died. I haven’t sang 
(the anthem) since Ferguson,” 
she said, referring to the non-
indictment of the police officer 
who fatally shot Michael Brown. 
“(Lewis) wasn’t sure if he wanted 
to do it at first, but then he and 
other players looked at the actual 
words of the national anthem, 
and did it because they didn’t feel 
comfortable with it. I did it because 
I didn’t feel comfortable with 
the actions of law enforcement. 
Jourdan and I both said, ‘You 
know what, this is disrespectful 
against our people.’ ”

The 
University 
Athletic 

Department 
did 
not 
make 

players 
participating 
in 
the 

protest 
immediately 
available 

for comment, but in a press 
conference after the Penn State 
game, Lewis noted his long-
standing frustration with racism 
in America not only in the recent 

climate following the election, but 
more generally throughout time.

“It’s not just this week, it’s the 

whole mess,” he said. “Regardless 
of anything, I’m going to stand 
up for injustice. That wasn’t 
disrespecting anything. I love this 
University. I love this country, but 
things can get better.”

Harbaugh, 
who 
originally 

opposed Kaepernick’s “method 
of action,” reversed his position 
at the same press conference. 
He later clarified, saying that he 
supports Kaepernick’s motivation, 
but not his approach.

“Because I am the football 

coach doesn’t mean I can dictate to 
people what they believe,” he said. 
“I support our guys. I think this is 
something — it’s not going away, 
it’s going to keep happening.”

Michigan cheerleading coach 

Pam St. John supported the 
protests from the start, facilitating 
team conversations about the 
actions 
and 
blocking 
some 

cameras to protect her athletes 
from backlash. The cheer team’s 
number of minority cheerleaders 
has grown in the last few years, 
and both St. John and students 
said this has contributed to a more 
inclusive environment.

“I went to school here and 

came during the end of the 
Vietnam War during a time of 
civil unrest,” St. John said. “This 
is part of the culture that I believe 
is the University of Michigan. 
My first instinct is to protect my 
student athletes … my opinion is 
that that’s their right to do that 
as part of freedom of expression 
and freedom of speech. It’s my 
responsibility as an American to 
protect that.”

“I’ve 
never 
felt 
tokenized 

because of my coach, and she 
protects me,” Huddleston said. 
“My teammates stopped and 
listened (about the protest).”

In contrast to the football and 

cheerleading coaches, marching 
band directors released a policy 
on 
“student 
self-expression,” 

banning band members from 
engaging 
in 
demonstrations 

during 
performances. 
In 
an 

email statement, directors wrote 
the policy, dated Sept. 30, was 
a preemptive measure against 
student disruption.

“Their work as a band is nuanced 

and coordinated — any personal 
expression would disrupt the 
band’s overall performance,” the 
statement reads. “Band members 
would be held accountable for 
displays of expression during a 
performance.”

Neither 
marching 
band 

members 
nor 
directors 
were 

available for direct comment.

University 
President 
Mark 

Schlissel’s 
49-unit 
Diversity, 

Equity and Inclusion strategic 
plan, 
released 
in 
October, 

includes a sub-plan created by the 
University Athletic Department 
focusing on minority recruitment, 
diversity and cultural sensitivity 
training 
for 
coaching 
and 

management staff and improving 
the literacy of student-athletes on 
the DEI objectives.

St. John said student action 

this year demonstrated both the 
urgency and necessity of diversity 
education in athletics.

“Staff and coaches were out in 

front of this with the DEI plan,” 
she said. “Any time awareness is 
brought, it fortifies the action.”

Kaepernick’s original protest 

drew 
objections 
from 
many 

pundits 
and 
commentators 

accusing him of a lack of patriotism 
and of disrespecting the national 
anthem. While most criticism of 
University participants has been 
relegated to social media, teams 
have still reckoned with internal 
disagreements. In an interview, 
defensive end Ron Johnson, an 
LSA freshman, voiced personal 
disagreement with the fist raising, 
but emphasized the team’s overall 
support.

“Players did it of their own will,” 

he said. “I want to show respect for 
people who fight for our country 
… I’ve been singing the national 
anthem all my life, and I just think 
there’s other ways of going about 
it. We haven’t talked about it as a 
full team, but every game they still 
keep doing it.”

Huddleston pushed back against 

the idea that the demonstrations 
disrespect those who serve the 
country, recounting her experience 
kneeling 
before 
the 
Oct. 
22 

homecoming game against Illinois.

“I started freaking out because 

the Navy was right in front of me, 
and I have family members in the 
military and I know how hard 
they work,” she said. “I jumped out 
of line and went up to someone in 
uniform and cleared it with her, 
and made sure she knew it was 
not me trying to disrespect her 
and her sacrifice for her country. I 
heard her talking to her coworkers 
about it after and they were saying 
‘No, that’s extremely brave of her.’ 
It shouldn’t be that brave to protest 
something you believe in. People 
in the Navy almost die, and for 
one of them to say that, we need to 
reevaluate how we feel about our 
First Amendment rights.” 

Student-athletes 
have 
also 

been invoked in other protests 
on 
campus 
this 
year, 
with 

student organizers calling out 
the assumption that Black male 
students are athletes, with a group 
at a September protest saying, “You 
cheer us on the football field... we 
are more than your money.”

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supports such efforts to employ 
Detroit natives.

“I intern for a company in 

Ann Arbor that actually employs 
women from Detroit and so I 
really resonated with the whole 
story about the startup in a city 
that is having a lot of problems,” 
she said. “I just really resonated 
with the background of Shinola 
and how that really contributes to 
the same work I’m doing now.” 

Since its inception in 2011, the 

compant made a name for itself 
as a luxury lifestyle brand, with 
products such as watches and 

leather goods, as well as other 
items such as bicycles and record 
players.

“We look at opportunity in 

the marketplace, we look at 
opportunity in our expertise, 
with the men and women who 
design our products who have 
the ideas — we are a tremendous 
entrepreneurial 
company,” 

Lewand said of the range of 
products. “We saw an opportunity 
in the audio space, just like we saw 
in the watch space.”

Lewand’s also noted Shinola’s 

success with this model.

“We’re a $100 million company 

this year but really in our third 
year of sales,” Lewand said.

Business 
senior 
Moynawk 

Gangopadhyay said he attended 

because he was interested in 
learning about that structure.

“I liked how (Lewand) talked 

about what particular branding 
strategies they have and whether 
or not they could have the scale to 
expand internationally,” he said.

Beyond product mix and sales, 

Lewand also said diversity, in 
gender, race and background, 
has played an important role 
throughout his career, from his 
time at the Lions to his time 
at Shinola. He advised crowd 
members to lead a balanced life. 

“I believe in physical, mental 

and spiritual health,” Lewand 
said. “There are three legs to the 
stool and if you don’t have all three, 
you’re not going to be successful as 
a human being.”

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