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Karan Higdon and Chris
Evans might as well have been
competing with each other.
After all, when a team comes
nine yards shy of boasting
two 200-yard rushers for the
first time in program history,
that’s usually how it goes.
And such was the story for
the Wolverines. They ran the
ball. They ran the ball. Then
they ran the ball again.
In
the
end,
Michigan’s
ground game exploded to the
tune of 371 yards — helping the
Wolverines
claim
a
33-10 victory over
Minnesota (1-5 Big
Ten,
4-5
overall)
and
maintain
possession
of
the
Little Brown Jug.
“We’ve just been
really focusing on
the run game and
knew, again, that we were
going to have to run the ball
to win,” said senior left tackle
Mason Cole. “We have the
backs to do it, and we blocked
well enough to get them
through the line of scrimmage
and onto the second level.
From there it was all those
guys.”
Higdon struck first on the
second drive of the game.
The
Wolverines’
junior
running back got the ball on
2nd-and-10,
found
the
hole
that
Michigan’s
offensive
line
seems to be opening more
with each passing week and
charged 77 yards untouched
to the end zone — the longest
rush by a Wolverine since
Denard Robinson ran for a
79-yard touchdown against
Air Force in 2012.
One
offensive
series
passed the Wolverines (4-2,
7-2)
by.
Then
Evans
followed
suit.
On
1st-and-10
from
Michigan’s
own
40-yard
line,
the
sophomore
running
back did it
all himself — breaking tackles
at the line of scrimmage
before cutting outside and
streaking down the right hash
marks for Michigan’s third
touchdown of the game.
And so went the game of
back and forth.
Higdon punched in a five-
yard touchdown with just
over three minutes left in
the third quarter to cap off a
46-yard drive.
Evans broke another run
to the outside and took it 67
yards to the house on the next
series to put the Wolverines
up, 33-7.
“I looked up at one point
and
the
statistics
looked
like we were Air Force,”
said Michigan coach Jim
Harbaugh. “… I’ve never seen
that many plus-50 yard runs
in one game, any team I’ve
ever coached or been on. That
was quite the performance.”
That it was. And it made
Brandon Peters’ job easy.
In his first collegiate start,
the redshirt freshman was
asked to throw just 13
times. He completed
A local animal rights group
launched a change.org petition
yesterday protesting the Ann
Arbor City Council’s decision
to continue Ann Arbor’s lethal
deer
management
program.
The
petition
reached
360
supporters
as
of
Sunday
evening.
The petition, which was
started by the Friends of
Ann
Arbor
Wildlife
and
Nature, argues City Council
mismanaged municipal funds
to support a program that, in
FAAWN’s
perspective,
was
unnecessarily cruel and had
limited success in controlling
Ann Arbor’s deer population.
“Ann
Arbor
residents
want to know that their tax
dollars are being put towards
programs that have their best
interests at heart,” the petition
reads. “For this reason, we are
petitioning the City of Ann
Arbor to stop the killing of 350
deer this Winter and look to
non-lethal options to manage
the deer population.”
Ann
Arbor’s
deer
cull
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INDEX
Vol. CXXVII, No. 24
©2017 The Michigan Daily
N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
S U D O K U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
CROS SWO R D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
S P O R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 B
ADMINISTRATION
Anti-deer
cull group
puts forth
petition
CITY
The online petition calls
for end of controversial
deer culling program in A2
ISHI MORI
Daily Staff Reporter
EMMA RICHTER/Daily
Higdon, Evans highlight run game
as Michigan tops Minnesota, 33-10
michigandaily.com
For more stories and coverage, visit
See PETITION, Page 3A
Each week, The Michigan
Daily will be publishing a
wrap-up of the most important
bills
proposed
in
Michigan
Legislature over the past seven
days:
This past week, Michigan
legislators have been busy
debating
auto
insurance
reform. On Thursday evening,
HB 5013, which would have
reduced insurance premiums,
was defeated in the House
of
Representatives
by
an
overwhelming
majority
of
Democrats
and
some
Republicans, 45-63.
The bill would have allowed
drivers to choose between
$250,000,
$500,000
and
unlimited lifetime coverage
for medical expenses resulting
from
auto
crashes.
Under
current law, Michigan is the
only state with such that
mandates unlimited coverage.
Opponents
to
the
bill
state
it
doesn’t
guarantee
rate reductions because car
insurance companies can get
an exemption from the state if
See WRAP-UP, Page 2A
See FOOTBALL, Page 3A
Weekly MI
state house
legislative
wrap-up
GOVERNMENT
The Michigan House
has recently been focused
on auto insurance reform
COLIN BERESFORD
Daily Staff Reporter
The Office of Diversity,
Equity
and
Inclusion
announced
the
University
of Michigan will conduct a
survey evaluating the topics
of
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion within its campus.
The
survey
will
question
5,000
librarians,
curators,
postdoctoral
fellows
and
house officers at Michigan
Medicine and others places.
To
maintain
confidentiality, the 15-minute
web-based survey will be
conducted by an independent
Ann Arbor research firm
SoundRocket.
The
survey
was announced just prior to a
second DEI survey that went
out to all students.
The
DEI
Office
has
conducted
several
similar
climate
surveys
over
the
past year. Previous campus
climate surveys were sent
to a total audience of 8,500
people, with questions that
were tailored to staff and
students finding 72 percent
of the campus community
is satisfied with the current
campus climate.
In an email interview with
University
spokeswoman
Kim Broekhuizen, she said
ADVANCE, a U-M specific
survey and research resource,
did not survey the nearly
5,000 faculty members —
librarians,
archivists
and
postdoctoral fellows — that
are included in the most
recent survey.
DEI office to
survey faculty
thoughts on
UM climate
See SURVEY, Page 3A
The poll will reach 5,000 librarians,
curators and other University employees
REMY FARKAS
For the Daily
IASA performance celebrates
philanthropy, blending cultures
Annual show showcased culture across India through several dance numbers
The
Indian
American
Student Association gathered
Friday on the stage of a
crowded Hill Auditorium to
present its annual cultural
show, showcasing the diversity
of dance, music and language
that can be found across India.
The show, titled “Sarani: The
Allure of Adventure,” took the
audience on a tour on different
parts
of
Indian
cultures.
While exploring the history of
India through song and dance
performances, IASA weaved
American
cultural
elements
into the show and explored the
significance of being Indian-
American.
The show is the biggest
student-run cultural show in
North America, with audiences
of 3,200 to 4,000 typically
gathering each year, according
to show coordinator Ashwin
Johri, an Engineering senior.
IASA,
the
second-largest
active
group
on
campus,
has brought together Indian
American students for the past
34 years to perform in shows,
participate
in
community
service and discuss the larger
social, political and economic
matters affecting India today.
HALEY MCLAUGHLIN
For the Daily
See PERFORMANCE, Page 3A
MAX KUANG/Daily
Students perform at Sarani, the Indian American Student Association show at Hill Auditorium Friday.
Double trouble
The Michigan football
team had a simple strategy
Saturday night against
Minnesota. And with the
efforts of Karan Higdon and
Chris Evans, that strategy
worked.
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KEVIN SANTO
Managing Sports Editor