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…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 19, 2001 NATION/WORLD Sharon threatens war on Arafat JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel issued an ultima- tum yesterday to Yasser Arafat to hand over the assassins of a Cabinet minister or face harsh retri- bution. In a first step, Israel seized some Palestin- ian territory and doctors said three Palestinians, including a 12-year-old school girl, were killed by Israeli fire. Israel did not give Arafat a deadlin...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, November 19, 2001 NATION/WORLD Israel demands week of peace; 2 militants die JERUSALEM (AP) - On the eve of a major U.S. policy statement, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon yesterday refused to ease demands for a week without violence as a condition for peace talks with Palestinians. A bomb went off near the King David Hotel in Jerusalem while police tried to defuse it. No one was hurt by the device, whi...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 19, 2001 NATION/WORLD Comittee OKs Abraham as Secretary of Energy WASHINGTON (AP) - Spence Abraham, President-elect Bush's nominee for energy secretary, gained easy endorsement yesterday from the Senate Energy and Natur- al Resources Committee, only hours after he appeared before the panel. The committee agreed by voice vote to recommend confirming Abraham, a former senator from Michigan who lost a ...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 19, 2001 NATION/WORLD Mexico, U.S. anticipate energy problems SAN CRISTOBAL, Mexico (AP) - One country suffers blackouts and soaring energy costs. The other could likely face the same soon. As neighbors, it would seem Mexico and the United States have no choice but to work together to create a regional energy plan, helping each other provide enough power to fuel their growing economies. But the pr...…

…21 - The Michigan Daly -- Monday, March 19, 2001 NATION/WORLD I dead, 96 NODAWAY, Iowa (AP) -- An Amtrak train carrying 210 people from Chicago to California derailed in rural Iowa, killing one passenger, injuring 96 others and leaving a zigzagging trail of silver cars along a muddy embankment. The train engineer said he felt the train "tug- ging" before the crash Saturday night, although investigators said yesterday that it was too early ,o...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 19, 2002 NATION/WORLD Seven killed in Mideast attacks JERUSALEM (AP) - Palestinian militants staged a tried to infiltrate a Jewish settlement and soldiers nearby Dir al-Balah, a Palestinian -city, Palestinians TOKYO series of attacks yesterday, leaving seven dead as Yasser opened fire on them, the military said. Palestinians said said. Four people were wounded. The military had no Arafat praised a ...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 19, 2002 NATION/WORLD Israeli pullout brings hope of truce JERUSALEM (AP) - Spurred on by a U.S. peace mission, Israeli troops pulled out of Bethlehem early today, edging closer to a cease-fire with the Palestini- ans in the 18-month-old Mideast conflict. The pullback came after Vice President Dick Cheney arrived to bolster the efforts of U.S. mediator Anthony Zinni, and the pair held talks yesterday ...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, November 19, 2004 NATION/WORLD 0 Mideast peace taks to reconvene In wake oArafat's death, officials v . ready to reassess road map plan e JERUSALEM (AP) - Sponsors of an internationally backed Mideast peace plan will send their foreign ministers to the region next week in hopes of restart- ing Israeli-Palestinian talks in the wake of Yasser Arafat's death. British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and Russian For...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 19, 2002 NATION/WORLD French release Nazi collaborator NEWS IN BRIEF PARIS (AP) - Frail but now a free man, wartime After the longest trial in French history, Papon Sante prison into a waiting car. "My father, my mother KARACHI, Pakistan d;;O collaborator Maurice Papon walked out of prison yes- was convicted for complicity in crimes against and my uncle were killed at Auschwitz because of peo- k...…

… 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 19, 2002 NATION/WORLD Israeli orces fire on aza i NEWS IN BRIEF... GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli heli- The army said the offices were used to make s k | |||| WASHINGTON copters and tanks fired on the main Palestinian security compound in Gaza City early yesterday, demolishing several buildings. Police, meanwhile, searched the family home of an Israeli Arab accused of trying to hijack a p...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 19, 2004 NATION/WORLD Explosion in Iran kills more than 200 NEWS IN BRIEF tA NEYSHABUR, Iran (AP) - Run- away train cars carrying a lethal mix of fuel and chemicals derailed, caught fire and then exploded hours later yes- terday in northeast Iran, killing more than 200 people, injuring at least 400 and leaving dozens trapped beneath crumbled mud homes. Most of those reported dead were firefight...…

…0 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 19, 2004 NATION/WORLD Poland may withdraw from Iraq NEWS IN BRIEF; ___ __ __ ___ __ __ ___ __ __ ___ __ __ ___ _E W S I B R E a5' . HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE WORLD- WARSAW, Poland - President Alek- "But naturally I also feel uncomfort- sander Kwasniewski, a key U.S. ally, said able due to the fact that we were misled 4 ... I alsO feel uncomfortable due to the fact ISLAMABA, Pakistan yesterday that ...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, April 19, 2004 N ATION/ WORLD Bremer: Iraq not ready for takeover NEWS IN BRIEF HE U T BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi security forces will not be ready to protect the country against insurgents by the June 30 handover of power, the top U.S. administrator said yesterday - an assessment aimed at defending the continued heavy presence of U.S. troops here even after an Iraqi govern- ment takes over. The unusually b...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, September 19, 2006 413 E. Huron St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1327 www.michigandaily.com DoNN M. FRESARD ALEXIS FLOYD Editor in Chief Business Manager fresard@michigandaily.com business@michigandaily.com CONTACT INFORMATION Newsroom: 763-2459 Office hours: Sun-Thurs. I1 a.m. - 2 a.m. News Tips news@michigandaily.com Corrections corrections@miehigandaily.eom Letters to the Editor tothedaily@michigandaily.com Photogr...…

…2A-The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 19, 2006 cbef£idiu &zlu 413 E. Huron St., Ann Arbor, MI48104-1327 www.michigandaily.com DoNN M. FRESARD ALEXIS FLOYD Editor in Chief Business Manager fresard@michigandaily.com business@michigandaily.com rat NEWS IN BRIEF, HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE WORLD 4 IN! Is I'll V, R- ji CONTACT INFORMATION News Tips Corrections Letters to the Editor Photography Department Arts Section Editorial Page Sport...…

…4 2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 19, 2003 NATION/WORLD 124 die in Korean subway arson NEWS IN BRIEF l Suspect accused of setting the blaze has history of mental illness DAEGU, South Korea (AP) - Kim Ho-keun, a 68-year-old grandfather, was about to get off the crowded sub- way when an explosion knocked him to the floor. He awoke in darkness minutes later, gasping for breath and desperate to escape a fiery attack that killed ...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 19, 2003 NATION WORLD Global response to outbreaks urged NEWS IN BRIEF ' WASHINGTON (AP) - The Unit- originated in Asia. emerge, re-emerge and persist," the ed States is being urged to take the lead in global efforts to detect and counter new diseases, even as medical authorities work to determine the source of a mystery illness now report- ed in several countries. The new outbreak of an unknown...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 19, 2005 NATION/WORLD Terror suspects kept in Cuban prison NEws IN BRIEF 40 High court refuses to say if military trials will deny basic legal rights WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court prolonged the legal limbo of hundreds of terror suspects in a U.S. military prison in Cuba, refus- ing yesterday to consider whether the government's plan for military trials unfairly denies them basic legal...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 19, 2005 NATION/WORLD Black smoke signals no new pope NEWS IN BRIEF 0 VATICAN CITY (AP) - Black smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel's chimney yesterday eve- ning, signaling that the cardinals sequestered inside for the first papal conclave of the new mil- lennium failed to elect a new pope. The black smoke emanating shortly after 8 p.m. meant the 115 voting cardinal "princes" of the church would r...…

… 2 - The Michigan Daily -- Friday, September 19, 2003 NATION/WORLD 41 U.S. unable to find smallpox stockpile in Iraq NEWS N BRIEF1 'he Associated Press harmless by U.N. inspectors, Iraqi scien- come nearly six months after the other aspects of the weapons hunt, said" Top American scientists assigned to tists deemed credible who gave no indi- administration went to war to disarm the officers who described the smallpox TIKRIT Iraq °;. the w...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 19, 2003 NATION/WORLD Mass. court upholds gay marriage BOSTON (AP) - In the nation's most far-reach- ing decision of its kind, Massachusetts' highest court declared yesterday that the state constitution guaran- tees gay couples the right to marry - a ruling cele- brated with a popping of champagne corks and the planning of spring weddings. "Without a doubt, this is the happiest day of our lives,"...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, September 19, 2005 NATION/WORLD Afghans vote despite threats of attack NEWS IN BRIEF KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Trooping into schools, mosques and tents, millions of Afghans defied a Taliban boycott call and militant attacks to vote for a new parliament yesterday, taking the last formal step in starting a democracy aimed at ending decades of rule by the gun. Officials hailed the polls as a major success, al...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 19, 2005 first annual " fA NATION/WORLD Iraqi voting re suits delayed BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The first bags containing sheets of vote counts from Iraq's provinces arrived in Bagh- dad for tabulation, but delays from other areas mean a final result in the landmark referendum may not be known until the end of the week, election officials said yesterday. Complicating the count is the need to audit re...…

…2 - Friday, January 19, 2007 0 MONDAY: TUESDAY: The Extremist Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: Before You Were Here THURSDAY:F- Campus Characters_ The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com DONN M. FRESABD ALEXIS FLOYD Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-0558 fresard@michigandaily.com floyd@michigandaily.com Why does Michigan football have an aversion to night games?...…

….I 2A - Monday, February 19, 2007 MONDAY: The E xtremist TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: Before You Were Here THURSDAY:- Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained This really old house The worn, creaky floorboards historic building shouldn't be on the second story of Burnham destroyed, the University offered House betray the building's his- Burnham House to any University toric past. unit that would pay to move the Burnham House, which gu...…

…2A - Monday, March 19, 2007 Living in the lap of luxury Although Cambridge House no longer has maids or room service, the residence hall still offers stu- dents a bit of hotel luxury unavail- able elsewhere on campus. The hall's 110 students enjoy pri- vate bathrooms and carpeting. That's why Cambridge House, attached to the Michigan Union and West Quad, is the most expensive residence hall on campus, Univer- sity Housing spokesman Alan Levy...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 19, 2006 NATION/WORLD Supreme Court defers N.H. on abortion law Supreme Court rules in favor of parental consent for abortion but leaves issue open to scrutiny WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court gave New Hampshire a chance to salvage its restrictions on abortion yesterday, sidestepping for now an emotional subject that is likely to be revisited when a new justice joins the court. New Hampshire's ...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday,June_19,_2000 Wolff named dea o School of Music By Rachael Smith - Boylan beginning August 1. Daily Staff Reporter Wolff who completed her graduate work at the University, said, "I always After more than a year, the search for treasured my days (at the University). I a new dean for the School of Music has wanted to give something back." ended. Karen Wolff, previously dean of One of Wolff's goals for her upcom- ...…

…4 2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 19, 2006 Graduate student dies after collapsing due to heart defect 'U clinic screens for the defect, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy By Leah Oraboski Daily News Editor A 25-year-old female Rackham student died due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a hereditary heart defect, earlier this month. HCM is the most common cause of sudden death in people younger than 25. The student was using the exercis- ing fac...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 19, 2004 NEWS Budget increases MESA, SAPACfunds BUDGET Continued from Page 1 survivors, and outreach and education opportunities. But Our Voices Count member and recent graduate Mia White said the majority of the $70,000 would go toward the renovations of the Counsel- ing and Psychological Services, which now includes SAPAC. OVC is a stu- dent group that formed to oppose changes to SAPAC. The new budge...…

…2 Monday, May 19.2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom U' opens Business Engagement Center New office hopes to spark revenue increase By CHARLES GREGG-GRIST Daily News Editor Relationships between business- es and the University used to be coordinated by individual schools and fundraising staffs. But that's changing with the creation of the Business Engagement Center, a new office set up to solicit and coor- dinate corporate involveme...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 19, 2003 W:1 DEAN Continued from Page 1 LSA," Hanlon added. McDonald arrived at the University in 1980, after receiving his doctorate in American history from Stanford Univer- sity. His administrative positions include serving as associate LSA dean from 1995-2000, serving for one semester as interim chair of the history department, and serving as interim LSA dean since July 2002. McDonald has written or e...…

…2 - Friday, September 19, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2 - Friday, September19, 2008 The Michigan Daity - michigandailycom The paperless project More than one million library materials on campus have been digitized through the Google Michigan Digitization Proj- ect over the past few years, but because the technology remains a closely guarded secret, the project remains a mystery to many. The goal is to have all 7.5 mil- lion...…

…2A - Wednesday, November 19, 2008 TOPPING IT OFF' Hitting the slopes? Grab a tray Some daring students still do it today, but "Traying" - the act of stealing a cafeteria tray to use as a sled - was a popular University pas- time in the winter in the 1970s. University alum Jim Weintraub said he used to steal trays from Mary Markley Residence Hall and use them to slide down hills in Nichols Arbore- tum. Around Thanksgiving in 1974, he broke h...…

… 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...…

… 2 - Friday, October 19, 2007 MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdot Get a whiff of this Gubbeen cheese smells a bit like the guys hall in your . freshman dorm. Like stale socks and dirt. And according to Zing- erman's employee Pat La Flamme, it's the smelliest cheese at the Kerrytown deli. The scent lingers on your m, fingers for quite a while after you've laid your hands on this pungent snack. Biting into the cheese, however...…

… 2A - Monday, November 19, 2007 Y: dates WEDNESDAY: Explained THURSDAY: Before You Were Here FRIDAY: The Extremist Once again, no Rhodes Scholars from 'U' TV4PN TE ('PO JnW The winners of this year's Rhodes next fivey Scholarships were announced Satur- have roug day and, for the third year in a row, no years. University of Michigan students were The to among them. for witha One Michigan resident did win, makingn though. Brett Masters, a...…

…2A - Thursday, November 19, 2009 MONDAY: TUESDAY: In Oether Ivory Towers Off the Beaten Path WEDNESDAY: Campus Clubs SCHOLARSHIP MESSAGES When students spot A loss to Ohio State this Saturday would keep Michigan one win short of receiving bowl eligibility, but it would not be the first time the Buckeyes have kept the Wolverines out of the post- In 1973, wheo the two teams met, Michigan - ranked number four at the time - had held the oumbe...…

…2A - Thursday, February 19, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4 Ml In Other IN THE SPIRIT OF MLK Revenge on the Daily In October 1979, in the midst of his legendary career as head coach of the Michi- gan football team, Bo Schem- bechler brought his game plan for a strong defense off the field and aimed it at a Michi- gan Daily reporter. Dan Perrin, a senior sports editor covering football for the Daily at the time, was pri- vate...…

…N ews 4 2A - Thursday, March 19, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom w .. .. 3 .. , ,~yF. . F _ .: , Humble beginnings It's hard to imagine foot- hall Saturdays without the presence of the Michigan Marching Band, hut the hand wasn't always part of the football experience. The hand hegan as a stu- dent-run organization with no outside support, accord- ing to the Michigan March- ing Band's wehsite. Harry dePont, the march- inghand'...…

… 2 - Monday, February 19, 2008 MONDAY: WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: FRIDAY: In Other Ivory Towers The Extremist Explained Before You Were Here Runnin in a ASINKING FEELING nunng mito a former flhng- sort of My sister visited last weekend, so I braved the cold to walk across cam- pus to a party my friend was hosting. About an hour into the party, my sister asked me if I knew the guy standing across the room where she had been talking to a friend. I l...…

… A 2A - Wednesday, March 19, 2008 Youth and experience The next time you're at office hours, try starting a conversation with your professor about the lat- est American Idol reject or your favorite 50 Cent song. For Law School students taking a class with Professor Vikramad- itya Khanna, this type of exchange is commonplace. Khanna, the soft- spoken corporate and security rela- tions law professor who considers himself a pop-culture junkie,...…

… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, September 19, 2000 - 3 ... .. NS By Sana Danish Dajil Staff Reporter gran Unwanted man masturbates in Markey room A male subject allegedly entered the Frost House room of a female res- ident of the Mary Markley Residence Hall without permission and mastur- bated in front of her Thursday after- noon, Department of Public Safety reports state. The suspect was described as a white male, with blond h...…

…T' I_ - A A : - [_ : _. -- t'"1 - : t .. T !_ - .. - ._I - ^ - f. - I- - . _ A n /'1 n n n n " RESEARCH SEN Doctors often unaware of their 0 patients catheters In a new study published in the Oct. 15 issue of the American Journal of Medicine, researchers found that doc- tors are often unaware that their patients have urinary catheters. The study, led by University assis- tant internal medicine Prof. Sanjay Saint, examined 256 doctors working ...…

… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan wily - Wednesday, January 19, 2000 - 3 *IIGHER EDUCATION Bill requires colleges to post crimes online *A recently introduced Kentucky bill would require all state colleges to post campus crimes on the Internet. Kentucky Rep. Jim Wayne introduced the bill to the Kentucky General Assembly. The bill obligates all public and private universities and colleges to post any crimes reported to college officials or police age...…

… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 19, 2001- 3 HIGHER ED Louisiana U. uPs athlete grad rate The Louisiana Tigers were one of 28 football teams that earned The American Football Coaches Associa- tion Academic Achievement Award for having a graduation rate higher than 70 percent. The number of players on the team who stay until graduation has increased significantly since it was last tallied in 1994, when the grad- uation r...…

… LOCAL/S TATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 19, 2001 - 3 Alternatives available on campus Man observed * trespassing in West Quad A suspicious man was found trespassing in West Quad Resi- dence Hall early yesterday morn- ing, Department of Public Safety reports state. Shortly after mid- night, a male of medium build, wearing a green sweater and green pants, was seen wandering the hall- ways. He walked in and out of rooms with open d...…

… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Monday, November 19, 2001- 3A Commencement to feature novelist Baxter Law School lunch, language program begins today Law School students, faculty and staff will have the opportunity to prac- tice their foreign language skills and learn more about other cultures during the Language Lunch programs, which will be held today through Wednesday. The Center for International and Comparative Law and the Internat...…

… LOCAL/S TATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 19, 2001- 3 Members of fraternity starea in residence hall A Mary Markley Residence Hall food service manager reported the disorderly conduct of at least 12 male fraternity members Wednesday evening, Department of Public Safety reports state. The males removed their pants in the cafeteria and left the building using the residence hall's front entrance. Officers were unable to locate any of t...…

… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 19, 2001 - 3A C AMPU S N SS Lecture series to probe Kosovar law The University Center for Interna- tional and Comparative Law will *hold the third in its February series, "Topics in International Law" today in 118 Hutchins Hall from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. The free lecture series centers on controversial issues in international law. The lecture today will feature Nuala Mole, director of the Advice...…