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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

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O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

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S U D O K U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

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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

