… 0 . _ 0 a 9 9 Wensay etmbr2,207 -Th ihga al - I. -. .. . SS Dissecting diversity znknowns- Science column >wn here was a simple game that I used to play around cam- pus when I first arrived here four years ago. It went like this: all day long - in class, walking on the diag, in the dorms and dining halls - I would conduct a search. I would scrutinize every person who passed within my field of view, looking for one particular charact...…
… Adlk i . p p p p p 9 S an Daily - Wednesday, September 26, 2007 WenedaSete be 6,207 heMihia Dil. said. "A plane just crashed into one of the Trade Centers." The news didn't alarm me. I was sleep- ing at the time, and knowing my room- mate as well I did, I remembered the last time I woke up with him in sight - there was a Playboy on my lap, a poorly drawn Sharpie mustache on my face and he had a camera in hand. Needless to say, I knew h...…
…FROM THE DAILY: JENA SN'T AN ANOMALY OPINION, PAGE 4 I e JMidjigan 41aily Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, September 25,2007 michigandailycom AHMADINEJAD AT COLUMBIA e Students split over speech Iranian leader's visit prompts debate over what's appropriate on campuses By KIMBERLY CHOU Daily Staff Reporter University of Michigan students and faculty are split over whether or not Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad should have been allowed to ...…
…The Michigan. Daily - michigandaily.com 2 - Tuesday, September 25, 2007 4 4cMidiigan Gaily 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 wwmichigantdttily torn KARL STAMPFL DAVID GOH Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-6 7 336 34-" 74-058 687677777(1)?ci7777771,713y 131 77777 hi ndityea A dollar worth leaving behind PROTEST IN MANDALAY One of many horrible aspects of Sunday is doing the laundry you've been meaning to do since Monday. That's th...…
…T he Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com N Tuesday, September 25, 2007 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Social Security could face $13.6 trillion deficit The Bush administration said in a new report yesterday that Social Security is facing a $13.6 trillion shortfall and that delaying need- ed reforms is not fair to younger workers. A report issued by the Treasury Department said that some com- bination of benefit cuts and tax increases will need t...…
… 4 - Tuesday, September 25, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 q T "tothedaily@umich.edu We can only make minds, and to do this, we must have access to the full range of inquiry." - Columbia University President Lee Bollinger on the responsibility of institutions of higher learning in his opening statement at an event hosted...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 25, 2007 - 5 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, September 25, 2007 - 5 No TVfor iTunes? G oodnews, nerds. Thanks to NBC's recent decision to dump iTunes and start its own pseudo-down- load service, NBC Direct, you'll soon be able to download free episodes of "Bionic Woman" to watch at your leisure. Well, kind of. When NBC Direct fully launches some- time in October, it w...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 25, 2007 - 7 University won't disclose contingencies Fmr. 'U' President Bollinger sparks debate with invitation BUDGET From page 1 passed a budget that included $320 million in funds for the Uni- versity - the same amount the University budgeted for the 2007- 2008 fiscal year. That budget includes repay- ment of the money the state with- held in August. But Democrats said the plan, ...…
… 8 - Tuesday, September 25, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.cam In Michigan and nationwide, 73,000 walk out Answering a crucial question: How long can each side bear a work stoppage? By MICHELINE MAYNARD The New York Times The United Automobile Work- ers union wielded its most potent weapon against General Motors yesterday, sending 73,000 workers to picket lines in its first national strike at GM since 1970. Union officials said the...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 25, 2007 -- 9 Kim a Lion with clubs and books By MATT JOHNSON Daily Sports Writer A practice round before a tour- nament is essential in golf. It allows players to get used to the course and create a plan of attack, noting the difficult holes and how they want to play them. But before his first collegiate tournament, freshman Lion Kim had to forgo his practice round because pf academ...…
… 10 - Tuesday, September 25, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com LI What is the law? A weapon to be wielded? Or more than that? A set of tools. A creative approach. A helping profession and collaborative process. Explore the wide scope of the law in a school devoted to the big picture. CALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW I San Diego What law school ought to be.5 6 0 …
…Promises'asrkb I tragedy Arts, page 5A ~i~e fiid igan4ai1j Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, September 24, 2007 michigandaily.com PENN STATE 9 Senate OKs plan to keep 'U' funds flat GOP proposal likely to fail in Democratic House LANSING (AP) - State spend- ing on K-12 public schools and uni- versities would stay the same, some state workers would lose their jobs and funding for prisons and other state programs would be cut under a plan approv...…
… 2A - Monday, September 24, 2007 MONDAY: TUESDAY: SOther rTowers Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: Explained Before You Were Here FRIDAY: The Extremist Iranian pres. to speak at Columbia Iranian President Mahmoud port on Friday for wearing a piece industry must now submit a pro Ahmadinejad is scheduled to speak of art containing a circuit board posal to a committee that wil at Columbia University today, and a nine-volt battery onher che...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, September 24, 2007 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. Former candidate considering U.S. Senate run again Next year's U.S. Senate race is looking like it could be a rematch between longtime Democratic incumbent Carl Levin and Repub- lican Andrew "Rocky" Raczkows- ki. Raczkowski spoke briefly Sat- urday at a Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference luncheon, the usual biennial kickoff for th...…
… 4A - Monday, September 24, 2007 The Michigan Daily -'michigandaily.cam 74C CIWC4*gan 43at*lv Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu AB'A If Hitler were in the United States and wanted a platform from which to speak, he would have plenty of platforms to speak in the United States." - John Coatsworth, dean of Columbia University's school of internatio...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 'Rush' more mainstream done well By ANTHONY BABER Daily Arts Writer It took six years after his first album for Chicago rapper Twista finally to find mainstream recognition with his 1997 AdrenalineRush. NotsinceBone Thugs-N- Harmony had there been a rapper whose flow came at such break- neck speed and who spit for the streets of the *** Midwest. Now, curi- ously, with several more TWista studio albums unde...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, September 24, 2007 - 7A SENATE From page 1A els for K-12 schools. After vot- ing, senators began talking again behind closed doors, meaning Senate action might not be done for the night. Granholm has not detailed what a shutdown might look like if no budget solution is reached in the days remaining. But there could be a wide range of disrupt- ed services including fewer state police patrols, clo...…
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…Putting the pressure on Penn State Football Saturday, inside e idiigan 4Batly Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, September 21, 2007 michigandaily.com PROTECTING GENDER IDENTiTY AND EXPRES ION Regents approve addition to clause After four years comment. The decision is a victory for change comes with activists who have long argued that the non-discrimination split vote policy didn't adequately protect transgender faculty and students. By GABE NELS...…
… 2A - Friday, September 21, 2007 AY: FRIDAY: ire Here The Extremist The king of cocktails For $36, you might expect a massive drink, maybe one of those big, ridiculous-looking cocktails, but The Tsar martini at Caf6 Felix - the most expensive cocktail on Main Street - is just a martini. To say it's just a martini, though, borders on blasphemy. It's the equivalent of saying Michael Jordan was just a basket- ball player. The martini itself is...…
…1 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, September 212007- 3A NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Bush refuses to criticize firm over shooting President Bush yesterday refused to criticize a U.S. secu- rity company in Iraq accused in a shooting that left 11 civilians dead, saying investigators need to deter- mine if the guards violated rules governing their operations. Bush said he expected Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki would raise the shoo...…
… 4A - Friday, September 21, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4*I ElleMidigan BailI Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorialsreflectthe official position of the Daily's editorialboard. All other signed articles and illustrations rep...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, September 21, 2007 -SA Not a single drop of irony. The right kind of 'War' Korea's most expensive film triumphs By BLAKE GOBLE Daily Arts Writer It's a unique feeling to leave a movie not just disappointed, but angry as well. "Dragon * Wars" gives ** you, that feel- ing. Every- Dragon thing goes wrong in this Wars movie, a Kore- an monster At Quality 16 plot set in Los and Showcase Angeles (do...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, September 212007 - 7A * Co-op gutted, renovated CO-OP From page lA 'U'students join Jena Protest. unsuccessful changes convinced ICC board members of the need for a complete overhaul. "Once I showed them how much money had been poured into the house with ineffective attempts at change, they made the hard deci- sion to empty it out completely," Christiansen said. In addition to the physical ren...…
… 8A - Friday, September 21, 2007 Wl1 Blue own PSU? By DANIEL BROMWICH Daily Sports Editor Two years ago, Penn State strolled into Ann Arbor unde- feated and in line for a potential National Championship bid. Michigan was struggling, hav- ing already lost three games, including two at home. And up 25-21 with 53 seconds left, the Nittany Lions were ready to celebrate not just the continua- tion of their dream season, but the end of a six-game lo...…
…-l 0 0 B Saturday, September 22, 2007 B The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Years coached: 42 Career record: 366-121-3 National Championships won: 2 (1982, 1986) The lowdown: The bespectacled 80-year- old coach holds the most entertaining press conferences. Paterno, who doesn't own a cell phone, uses phrases from before most college students were born, such as "gobbledygook," and tells anecdotes about conversations with his grandson., Th...…
… A Al " 0 I 0 Saturday, September 22, 2007 7 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.comB 2B ^ Saturday, September 22, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2007 Michigan Schedule Appalachian St. (Sept. 1), L 32-34: Imagine opening the door to your dorm room and someone punching you in the face. That's what happened at the Big House. So much for a National Championship. 2007 Michigan roster Cornerback Johnny Sears no longer appears on...…
…6B Saturday, September 22, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com i 0 0 Saturday, September 22, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com aFS B. Englemon S. Brown CB M. Trent B. Harrison WILL C. Graham J. Mouton DE T. Jamison A. Patterson 2007 Depth Chart MIKE J. Thompson 0. Ezeh SAM S. Crable M. Pollock DE B. Graham G. Banks SS JI Adams C. Stewart CB D. Warren D. Dutch Penn State looks to break streak By DANIEL BROMWICH and ...…
… 0 Saturday, September 22, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4 Saturday September 22, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Date: Nov. 7, 1998 Score: No..22 Michigan 27 - No. 9 PenrnState 0 in, What happened: Michigan's defense set the tone early stuffing the Nittany Lions four straight times inside the two-yard cine for a big goallne stand. It was the first time Penn State had been . shutout in more than 10 years. With the...…
…a The B-side Si atn Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, September 20, 2007 michigandaily.com Students to march on La. town today Thousands expected to protest alleged racism From staff and wire reports Several University of Michigan students will join a massive march in Jena, La. planned for today in sup- port of six black teenagers jailed in the December beating of a white classmate. The students, members of the pro-affirmative action group By ...…
… 2A - Thursday, September 20, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: Explained SERVING UP A CURE A star-crossed venture The story of why the University dollars to finance the project. built a telescope in the middle of The project stalled during World South Africa begins with a love tri- War I because the glass needed to angle. make the lens was manufactured in Both ...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, September 20, 2007 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS FORT MEADE, Md. Bush wants eavesdropping law, to be permanent President Bush said yesterday he wants Congress to expand and make permanent a law that tempo- rarily gives the government more power to eavesdrop without war- rants on suspected foreign terror- ists. Without such action, Bush said, "our national security profession- als will lose critical tools t...…
… 4A - Thursday, September 20, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. AniArbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the v...…
…1 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, September 20, 2007 - 5A It's true We employ more published authors than MBAs. They didn't think of themselves as "financial types," and neither did we. We thought of them as people with extraordinary talent. The D. E. Shaw group is a highly successful investment and technology development firm with a practice of hiring unusually smart people from a wide range of backgrounds. A robotics guru...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, September 20, 2007 - 7A IT DON'T MEAN A THING Patent office aims to improve Ann Arbor resident Adam Boehnmer swing dances at the Michigan Union on last night. Swing Ann Arbor holds swing dancing nights every Wednesday in the Union. U Guided practice is offered at 6:30 p.m., beginner lessons at 9and open dancing from 9:30 to 11:30. More information is available on the group's website at www.u...…
… I 8A - Thursday, September 20, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4 Alums, inspire Blue By JACK HERMAN Daily Sports Editor With his brother and former Michigan football captain Pat standing outside the Michigan Sta- diumtunnel,tightend Mike Massey had a family affair awaiting him when he stepped off the bus before Saturday's game. But with about 100 former play- ers also waiting, the rest of the team joined the reunion. Looking t...…
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…The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com I Thursday, September 20, 2007 The Daily Arts guide to the best upcoming events - it's everywhere you should be this week and why. AT THE MICH "Refusing to be Ene- mies," about a Jewish and Arab women's dis- cussion groups comes to The Michigan The- ater Monday through Wednesday. The film shows at 7:15 p.m. each night. Tickets are $6.75 for students. AT THE MIC The School of Art and Design hosts Ellen Lu...…
… 2B - Thursday, September 20, 2007 T i a l ha y The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Oi WU-TANG CLAN'S 'FOREVER' (1997) 'Forever' WU By CHRIS GAERIG Daily MusicEditor They were right when they named it. It's strange that when the Wu-Tang Clan is remembered, few mention the follow-up to the critically hailed and fanatically loved Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). True, the group will always be remembered for its 1993 debut masterpiece, bu...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, September 20, 2007 - 3B As ifyou needed more reading ecommended reading lists haven't always had the best reputation. Har- bingers in grade school of a swift truncation of late-summer after- noons (if your mother was at all like mine), book lists are now the brunt of undergrad complaints, arrivingtoo late for students to find discounts on Amazon.com (at least before * the drop/add deadline). ...…
… 4B - Thursday, September 20, 2007 ALBUM ART From page lB rollercoaster on the cover opens the door to an immaculate studio product. ANTHONY BABER ANIMAL COLLECTIVE r Feels Fat Cat 2005 It's hard to " decipher exact- ly what you're looking at on the cover of Feels. But in listening to the album, it makes complete sense. The cover looks like delicate, overlapping pictures: children feeding animals or playing in a park, a small spotted goat. But...…
…Why you're safer than you think The Statement £ 1Mdtga C hi ,)ljj Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, September 19, 2007 michigandaily com 'U,'helped lure firm to area Aerospace company says it will bring 600 jobs just outside of Ann Arbor By EMILY BARTON Daily Staff Reporter A Spanish aerospace company announced yester- day plans to open a new engineering facility just out- side of Ann Arbor, in part because its proximity to the University. Th...…
… I 2A - Wednesday, September 19, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailv.com T HEY DON'T BE FAKEEDR OUT How do the Village Corner people always know which IDs are fake? When it comes to spotting fake IDs, it's all amatter of expe- rience. So says Lorin Brace, who works nights at Village Corner, a campus grocery store known for confiscating the fake IDs of underage students. Brace, a four-year veteran of Village Corner, said he sees "hund...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandail' NEWS BRIEFS GAINESVILLE, Fla. Student tasered at college forum that featured Kerry The University of Florida asked state investigators yesterday to review campus officers' use of a Taser during a forum with Sen. John Kerry, on a persistent ques- tioner who is known for posting practical jokes online. Video of Monday's takedown of the 21-year-old student was replayed extensively on TV and the Internet. Univers...…
… 0 4A - Wednesday, September 19, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com C74c Mtc4t*pan4,3at4olp Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR KARL STAMPFL EDITOR IN CHIEF Don't tase me, bro." - University of Florida senior Andrew Meyer as he was being manhandled by four police officers ...…
