On 
Saturday 
night, 
the 

Michigan football team had no 
business winning. The seventh-
ranked Wolverines made their 
own bed. Then they had to lie 
in it too.

Michigan’s 
performance 

wasn’t just sloppy. It was a 
heaping mess. The Wolverines 
threw 
three 
interceptions. 

They fumbled twice.

And despite all the chances its 

defense gave it, No. 7 Michigan 
fell, 14-10, to Michigan State 
(2-0 Big Ten, 4-1 overall) in the 
only night game in the rivalry’s 
110-year history.

“We 
had 
plenty 
of 

opportunities to move the ball, 
score touchdowns,” said fifth-
year senior quarterback John 
O’Korn. “How many turnovers 
did we have? Like five, six. You 
can’t expect to win when you 
turn the ball over that many 
times. And three of them were 
100 percent my fault.”

The first pick came with just 

under four minutes left in the 
third quarter. Michigan rushed 
for 31 yards on five carries, 
and looked to be building 
momentum. And yet, despite 
the success in the run game and 
the torrential downpour that 
had arrived in Ann Arbor, the 

Wolverines (1-1, 4-1) elected to 
pass.

On the next play, Spartan 

safety David Dowell picked off 
O’Korn. 
Michigan’s 
defense 

bailed him out with three 
straight stops.

On the next offensive drive, 

junior running back Karan 
Higdon rushed for seven yards 
in the middle of the offensive 
series. Then, the Wolverines 
passed 
again. 
O’Korn 
was 

picked off again, and Michigan’s 
defense bailed him out again. 

And with the rain coming 

down 
harder 
than 
ever, 

Michigan conformed to Albert 
Einstein’s definition of insanity. 
The Wolverines threw again in 
the downpour, and they got the 
same results. O’Korn threw his 
third interception of the game, 
and the defensive unit made up 
for his mistake once again.

“We were trying to run the 

ball. We were trying to piece 
drives together,” said Michigan 
coach Jim Harbaugh. “We 
needed to score points and 
we needed to put some drives 
together. That’s what we were 
trying to do.”

Added 
O’Korn: 
“It 
was 

different at different points. 
There was one point where 
it was a torrential downpour 
and it was tough to throw the 

High profile business figures 

from Google, Microsoft and 
Walt Disney Studios spoke at the 
University of Michigan School 
of Information’s Bicentennial 
Symposium about the future 
of the University’s increasing 
technological global potential 
at Rackham Auditorium Friday 
afternoon. About 75 students 
and faculty attended the event.

The school, which began as 

the University Department of 
Library Science, was created 
in 1926 and was re-chartered 
as the School of Information 
in 1996. Since then, the School 
of Information has provided 
students 
with 
bachelor’s, 

master’s 
and 
doctorate 

programs 
in 
information 

studies with a wide realm of 
focus areas.

The School of Information 

teaches students how to apply 
digital technology to nearly 
every facet of society — social, 
cultural, 
commercial 
and 

political. Some main areas of 
study include data analytics, 
library and information science, 
human computer interaction 
and much more. The school 
offers bachelor’s, Master of 
Science, 
Master 
of 
Health 

Informatics and Ph.D. degrees.

Prior 
to 
the 
keynote 

conversation, seven School of 

Information 
professors 
and 

assistant 
professors 
gave 
a 

series of presentations on the 
current state of the School and 
showcased individual projects 
being spearheaded by students 
and faculty.

Projects 
included 
an 

application 
to 
report 
rat 

sightings in Ferndale and other 
cities 
around 
the 
country, 

research on the benefits of 
learning 
to 
program 
and 

engaging 
with 
computers 

and an effort to connect first-
generation college students to 
higher education through social 
media.

Associate 
Information 

professor Cliff Lampe, whose 
students 
researched 
and 

developed the interactive app 
Rat Chat, presented the civic 
engagement involved with the 
study. The app worked with 
Ferndale residents and asked 

them to text and report rat 
sightings in their city. The app 
then recorded the data and 
helped the city government 
completely 
understand 
the 

gravity 
of 
their 
city’s 
rat 

infestations.

Lampe 
said 
he 
learned 

how 
combining 
information 

studies with cities and local 
governments can bring societies 
into a new form of citizenship 

Amid 
an 
upset 
loss 
to 

Michigan State University on 
Saturday, game day saw a total 
attendance of 112,432 at the 
Big House and several security 
violations.

According to crime statistics 

sent to the Daily by Diane 
Brown, 
spokeswoman 
for 

the University’s Division of 
Public Safety and Security, 
there were four arrests — two 
for disorderly conduct, one 
for assault and one minor in 
possession charge.

Brown said in 2016, kickoff 

times play a big role in the 
number of incidents there are 
at games. She said games that 
start at 3:30 p.m. tend to have 
more enforcement action than 
games that begin at noon. 
In the case of last weekend’s 
matchup 
against 
Michigan 

State, kickoff was not until 7:30 
p.m. — thereby allowing more 
time for students to drink and 
tailgate.

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SPORTS..........B-SECTION

‘M’ falls to Spartans

Hundreds gather for live taping of 
political podcast Pod Save America

See GAME, Page 4B

ROBERT BUECHLER/Daily

Pod Save America hosts Jon Lovett, Jon Favreau, and Tommy Vietor before their live podcast taping at the Michigan Theatre Friday.

FOOTBALL

The Wolverines’ five turnovers were 
too much to overcome in a 14-10 loss

KEVIN SANTO

Managing Sports Editor

Former Obama Administration advisors talked health care, 2018 election with Stabenow

The popular podcast “Pod Save 

America” stopped in Ann Arbor as 
part of their North American tour 
Friday night, where they put on two 
consecutive shows. The podcast 
featuring four of former President 

Barack Obama’s staffers has grown 
in popularity in recent months, 
particularly among young liberals.

In an interview with the Daily 

prior to the shows, the hosts 
discussed 
the 
importance 
of 

encouraging young people to get 
involved in politics and pushing for 
positive change.

Jon Favreau, host and former 

Obama speechwriter, said he hopes 
the podcast helps to inspire young 
people to participate in politics in 
any way.

“I think we are just trying to get 

young people to be excited about 
politics, be hopeful about politics. 
Try to let them know that it’s 
worth getting involved,” Favreau 
said. “Obviously, Donald Trump is 

president and things can be pretty 
bleak, but I think we’ve all been on 
campaigns and been in politics for a 
while, so some of the experiences we 
bring are letting people know that 
even though sometimes you lose and 
politics is frustrating and it seems 
like nothing is ever going to change, 
when people get involved, good 

LYDIA MURRAY

Daily News Editor

Game day
sees less 
ejections 
this year

CRIME

UMPD reported four 
arrests, two citations 
and 31 stadium ejections

JENNIFER MEER
Daily Staff Reporter

CEREN DAG/Daily

Cliff Lampe, associate professor in the School of Information, speaks at the UMSI Bicentennial Symposium at 
Rackham Friday.

School of Information Bicentennial
event highlights future, innovations

The daylong event attracted researchers, inventors, students and faculty

MATT HARMON 

& ALEX COTT

Daily Staff Reporters

Starting to sink

The Michigan football team’s 

reliance on second-half 
comebacks was exposed 

Saturday night, as the 

Wolverines were upset by 
Michigan State at home.

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See SYMPOSIUM, Page 3A

See POD, Page 3A

As “The Star-Spangled Banner” 

played before Saturday’s matchup 
against Michigan State University, 
a group of about 20 University of 
Michigan football players stood, 
arm-in-arm, to protest structural 
racism and societal inequality— a 
symbolic action part of the much 
larger 
#TakeaKnee 
movement 

currently spreading across the 
country.

The 
#TakeaKnee 
movement 

was created in response to former 
San Francisco 49ers quarterback 
Colin Kaepernick’s decision to 
kneel during the national anthem, 
a move that is believed to have 
prevented him from finding a job 
with another NFL team. Since 
then, many professional and college 
teams have echoed his statement by 
forming their own protests during 
the playing of “The Star-Spangled 
Banner”.

This game was the first time 

Michigan has taken the field since 
President Donald Trump made a 
series of remarks criticizing the 
NFL and the allowance of players to 
kneel during the national anthem.

On 
Sunday, 
Vice 
President 

See KNEEL, Page 3A

Athletes
stand with
each other 
in solidarity

SPORTS

Players were among few 
who gathered to display 
unity amid campus racism

KAELA THEUT
Daily Staff Reporter

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