… 0 a AU -W 0 0 3. he ichga D ednsda, How I found myself while homeless in Alaska t started with the Discovery Channel. I've always had a yen to travel, but the show "The Deadliest Catch," may have had a greater impression on me than on the aver-, age viewer. The summer after my freshman year in Ann Arbor, I packed my bags and left for Alaska to seek adventure and fortune as a crabber. I never made it to the Bering Sea, but that summer ...…
…w w v v w v w w w w w w w w THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK with WALTER NOWINSKI Lam. CIn t A look at the big news events this week and how important they really are. Conveniently ranked from one to10. Weneda, 007 Dail 4B A NEW KIND OF PATRIOTISM The group behind Pac-Man in the Fish- bowl, Superman in lecture and attack insects in programming class. 6B PENNIES FROM HEAVEN What the weather has to do with weather you get rich or go broke. ...…
…0 w -U---- V V v w w w I -6 Te ic iganDaly- edesay M rc- 1, S00 I Wedesday Marh 14,2007 -hMiignDly 3 The riches of irrationality Unknown nknowns Science Column Buy low and sell high. In other words, buy when it's cloudy outside but sell when the sun is shining. Yes, aspects of the weather do affect stock markets after all. In a 2001 paper, Ross School of Busi- ness Prof. Tyler Shumway and a colleague showed the existence of the suns...…
…S U 1 a w -W -a- -_W 0 0 0 9 w efore I pulled my first opera- tion with the UM Patriots as an undercover reporter, Kevin Irrer looked me in the eyes and said, "If we don't like you, we won't call you again." I laughed. He wasn'tkidding. Thirty minutes earlier, I was told to meet a man in the corridor outside of the art gallery in the Duderstadt Center on North Campus. My contact told me nothing about the upcoming operation, except t...…
…;T Will you be able to hide the skeletons in your closet in the age of cell phone cameras and YouTube? The science of love tdiian al Ann Arbor, Michigan www.michigandaily.com * FUELING THE FUTURE Energy chief speaks at U' Panelists call for new, sustainable technology ByARIKIAMILLIKAN Daily StaffReporter Everyone has turned on a light switch. It doesn't require much thought. There's just a quick flick, and then back to everyday life. At an ...…
…2A - Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2A -Wednsday Febuary14, 007The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom * MONDAY: The Extremist TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes THURSDAY: Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained A protest group's first chapter Student group wrote the Port Huron Statement A group of tudentn in trying to rentart a tampon chapter of what in perhapn the mont famoun group founded at the Univernity, Stu- dentn for a Democratic Society. It wan ...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS BAGHDAD * Iraq to seal borders with Syria and Iran in crackdown The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown announced yesterday that Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran and ordered the return of unlawfully seized homes, as part of the drive to end the violence that has threatened to divide the capital along sectarian lines. Ahead of the...…
…4A -Wednesday, February 14, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com C74 fIdiigQan Bjaly Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu 0 Talk is easy, talk is cheap. It is the doing that's hard." - Former Massachusetts Gov. MITT ROMNEY announcing his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the 2008 presidential election yesterday in Dearborn. JOHN ...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 5A Loose coverage ver the past six months, I've read roughly 50 to 60 articles directly about the current state of sports broadcasting on televi- sion. The articles are basically all the same.After praising a few announcing crews of yesteryear, almost all of the articles conclude that at the moment, sports coverage blows. Hard. And I can't disagree. Most of today's announ...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 7A ROMNEY From page IA "I do not believe Washing- ton can be transformed from within by a lifelong politi- cian," Romney said. "There have been too many deals, too many favors, too many entan- glements - and too little real- world experience managing, guiding, leading." Romney is a former ven- ture capitalist who founded the Boston-based Bain Capi- tal, where he helped sta...…
…a 8 - Wednesday, February 14, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Ballhandling, pride push Spartans past Wolverines EAST LANSING - And when life hands you lem- coach Tommy Amaker called L ast ons, you make lemonade. Michigan State a proud team. night's But this is Michigan basketball. And he was right. The Spartans game was And last night, when the Wol- were a proud team. ugly. verines were given lemons, they That explains why, whi...…
…THowMhga Daid sapebru taught4,etbegay(sot2of)By How David Halperin taught me to be gay (sort of) B~fryB, t T t- 0- ou were in class. I was at a party. Don't get me wrong. English Prof. David Halperin has many lessons. The man behind the University's "How to Be Gay: Male Homosexuality and Initiation" course that sent conservative regents into a furor when first offered in 2000 (and for years thereafter), Halperin is an accomplished scholar,...…
… i 0 W. S -W -W w THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK with WALTER NOWINSKI table_ ____ n tnt A look at the big news events this week and how important they really are. Conveniently rated from one to10. Wednesday, 200 ANSWERS WITHOUT QUES Te pla nato 4B RUNNING FROM THE PAST What cell phone cameras mean for your political future. 6B LET'S MULTIPLY The science behind what makes Valen- tine's Day so good. 8B LEARNING TO BE GAY Taking lesssons from on...…
…The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, Feburary 14, 2007 The science behind why she won't be your Valentine Unknown Unknowns I Science Column Wednesday , 2007 - The Michigan Da QUOTES OF THE WEEK "She was raised to be a rich man's wife. Instead she I don't know. If you go becomes the president of the back to my speech, I most powerful university in think I may have. I'm the world." he was the starry-eyed beau- ty, he the prince in shining spacesui...…
… i -"w -W U w I. '. - S. Weneda, ebuay 4,07- TeMcia al 114-:- m I i I I R P : _. ', RU [Ni fROM YOU I Once upon a time, politicians' vices in their college days lived on only in memory. Now they're floating around cyberspace in photographs, videos and blog posts. Will it matter in 30 years when you're gunning for public office? By Andrew Grossman I Managing News Editor f my housemate ever runs for political office, he's go...…
