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…The Michigan Daily the forces behind S 2o The hype surrounding the Royal Shakespeare Company's stop in Ann Arbor has mostly buzzed around Patrick Stewart. But take a closer look, and you'll see that it takes more than the actors to put together an impressive production. Crew members, engineers and designers for the RSC have made themselves at home at the University, working with local stage professionals as they put together every show, maki...…

…IoD The Michigan Daily look and listen 4 4 CARGO From page 3D always, you can find it on YouTube). Allow me to set the scene: You're watching a James Brown concert in Los Angeles from 1983. The clip begins with Brown calling up Michael Jackson - by then a super-duper star - and MJ killing everyone by singing averse and busting out a few signature dance moves. As everyone is going wild, he's whispering something in JB's ear. JB walks up t...…

…tl L I-y .F 3.., .. k I E-' y~ ' C, 4c filic4ioan 4 ail I :. . E" S 6 b jj S ': ; Sf .3 fi .< h NEW STUDENT EDITION 2007 Ks ; a, Y $3 x¢ 1 ., 3Y r v r h oil post x - Z UInsid e History is made every year by Michigan teams. Read on to learn about some of last year's highlights and to find out who may shine this year. Allow us to introduce you to Michigan's new men's basketball coach. Daniel Bromwich discusses his strengths and his glow- i...…

…The Michigan Daily [uHANDS By Scott Bell I Daily Sports Editor Sophomore Mario Manningham made his presence known in 2005. Now he's ready to get his team's name back on the map. When sophomore wide receiver Mario Manningham outstretches his arms, different people see dif- ferent things. Those close to him may see the tattoos around his wrist, symbolic of his strong family ties. Penn State fans may see the hands that made the catch that preve...…

…The Michigan Daily 3E s BEN SIMON/Dail ' 'Freshman Ryan Mallett looks to follow in Chad Henne's footsteps as Michigan's qarterack. FOOTBALL INCOMING............ Ryan Mallett, the crown jewel of the Wolverines' incoming football recruiting class and one of the Maize and Blue's most hyped recruits in recent memory, might get a free pass when it comes to freshman initiation this fall. That's because the five-star quarterback joined the team thi...…

…0 The Michigan Daily pregame hot spots I E 4 More than pizza See our full menu at FREE DELIVERY? ('734) 6b5-4517 Just a short walk from the dorms to discover the greatest tastes in Ann Arbor S14 South State Street between Mill and Packard t". I We DELIVER~ til 4am " 7 days a week! VON'IT WA1T 'tU you've a JuriOlY\0 TO V1SCOVEiR TIOSI' Teres a reason why T105 ia voted~ 6eat Mexican etaurant by Michigan aily and Current reacers year a...…

…The Michigan Daily U 2 /0 * Sparties make it easy ... and fun 5E Streak Sparted? t's not even fair, really. Do you think I get a kick out of this? Winning an argument against a State fan about which school is better is like beat- ing Matt Trannon in a spelling bee. Or Jeff Smoker in a sobriety contest. _ Or a Michigan State clock operator in a job-efficiency competition. Or Tom Izzo in an "I'm-tall-enough-to- ride-roller-coasters" contest. ...…

…I The Michigan Daily Beilein's a coach's coach I "I think he's definitely in the top five (coaches in the country), and I think he's the best teacher. He and Bobby Knight are right up there as the best teachers in the country." That quote might be a little partisan. After all, it's from Patrick Beilein, the son and former player of new Michi- gan men's bas- ketball coach John Beilein. But the son's r opinion, while admittedly biased, certa...…

…Johnny Sears (25) and Jamar Adams (22) leave the field after the 3rd-ranked Michigan football team's 32-t8 loss to 8th-ranked USC in the Rose Bowl. By STEPHANIE WRIGHT Daily Sports Editor PASADENA, Calif. - This year's Rose Bowl was billed as a consola- tion prize for two teams that came up just short of playing for the National Championship. Southern Cal won the prize. Michigan still needs consoling. Nearly a month after Bowl Cham- pionship ...…

…8E The Michigan Daily How to be an athlete without being athletic aise your hand if you played spqrts in high school. R I'm sure many of you did because this school is full of former high school athletes. You might have been the BMOHSC (Big Man on High School Campus) because you were H. JOSE the only kid who BOSCH could compe- tently throw a Bosch Watch football. Or you might have been a star until you were sidelined by an injury. But whoev...…

…aTe Airbiigau il ainnia NEW STUDENT EDITION 2007 O;Q yt 8 1 W y pry,. to r linside Ann Arbor is not just a remote town on a map anymore, soon it will be your second home. So take a peak at what your new stomping grounds have to offer. Coming to a new town can be frustrating; you don't know the best pizza place or even which restaurants deliver late at night. But with the Daily's help, you can con- fidently arrive on campus with the street ...…

…a 2F The Michigan Daily SICEvery year Michigan Daily readers vote on their favorite things about Ann Arbor. From the best barber shop to best pizza place, students decide the top places in the city. Below you'll find a glimpse of what our staffers think about some of last year's winners. Espresso Royale Cafe Six Espresso Royale Cafes. Two Amer's Mediterranean Delis. Two Sweetwater cafes. Rendezvous. Ambrosia. Ten Starbucks. As a col- lege ...…

…The Michigan Daily 3F Pfizer shuts A2 facility By WALTER NOWINSKI Daily Staff Reporter In a devastating blow to the city and region, Pfizer Inc. announced yesterday that it would close its massive Ann Arbor research and development facility - eliminating 2,100 jobs. At a hastily convened press con- ference this afternoon in the Mich- igan Union, Mayor John Hieftje joined University President Mary Sue Coleman and Gov. Jennifer Granholm and o...…

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…The Michigan Daily AqNN ARBOR ww~mVoted Ann Arbor's Number 1. rj) dna~'a~tCINEE r..,^ f" FOOD Chef Jan - 40 'YEARS EXPERIENCE TpGold Meda wrdWme 2006, 2003, 2001, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1983 International Professional Culinary Competition {The World's Largest Culinary Compeiion) Congratulations to Chef Jan Chef Jan Award Winner of the 2004 Olympic Silver Medal (Oct.18, 12004) Szechuan, Hunan & Peking Cuisine I ~(THRIFT 113STORE we've ...…

…4 The Michigan Daily What your bar says about you Compiled by the Daily Arts staff i ASHLEY'S 338S. State St. You enjoy the finer things in life. You want your beer like you want your women: foreign and stout. When youhave more than 70 of these beauties on tap, then surely you've stumbled into heaven (or where your GSI holds office hours). Ashley's is undoubtedly the beer-snob water- ing hole - its plug is "Friends don't let friends drink ...…

…The Michigan Daily 7F finn A4rbor fine dining Even the most uncultured Prat boy can't spend an entire undergraduate career in Ann Arbor eating only cold pizza and burritos. So at some point, whether it is because the parents are intownor because you've finally met a girl who calls you back when she's sober, you're probably going to want to get dressed and splurge on a nice dinner. For most students, a fancy dinner is synonymous with Main St...…

…4 The Michigan Daily he There's really only one place, at the University where students from all corners of campus convene and set differences and politics aside for the sake of a steak quesadilla. Started bytwo former college students and bur- rito-enthusiasts Adam Lowenstein and Justin Herrick, BTB is an essen- tial part of the late-night foraging-for-food experience. It's accessible: the location on State and Hill streets is hardly a tre...…

…4 40 4& 46F .Wic4toan 4:)atlij Ann Arbor, MI michigandaily.com Monday, June 4, 2007 Summer Weekl NEWS A residency problem in tuition policy A recently admitted student's struggle to prove his in-state sta- tus has forced the University to resiew the residency policies it uses to determine tuition rates for children of army professionals. See page 2. OPINION From the Daily: Supremely unjust Sometimes it's easy to forget that discrimination is...…

…2 Monday, June 4,2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com TUITION Army ties expose gap in tuition policy 'U' reviews in-state tuition standards after public outcry over student's plight By EMILY ANGELL Daily News Editor, After Joshua Guedesse was admitted to the University this spring he checked his financial aid statement on Wolverine Access, hoping the University had pro- vided him with enough money to allow him to transfer from Mon- ...…

…Monday, June 4, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 3 Female pro Study shows gap between salaries for men and women By KATHRYN VAN LONKHUYZEN Daily StaffReporter Female faculty members at the University make less money than male faculty members on average, according to a study released by the Office of the Provost on May 18. The study used statistical mod- els to predict faculty salaries. One analysis revealed that female fac- ulty m...…

…qq 41 Monday, June 4, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com C, be Michigan Dailu Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu IMRAN SYED GARY GRACA EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. Allother signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their autho...…

…Monday, June 4, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 5 DEVADATTA GANDHI Fair and lovely? RACHEL WAGNER 'Don't ask, don't tell' don't work dt was as a teenager attending boarding school inlIndia that I first heard of a product called "Fair and Lovely." Fair and Lovely is a cream made by Cosmetics Unilever to industry lighten dark skin. Our exploits working- prejudi class, dark- prju ces. skinned matron, who is an adult, residen- tial...…

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…M cnday, June 4, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com i7 NUMBERS From page 1 months before Proposal 2 passed, an increase of about 85 percent from the 270 it accepted at the same time last year. Chris Lucier, the University's director of recruitment and opera- tions,said that this figure could like- ly be attributed to a more aggressive recruiting approach rather than priority given to applications from minority students in anticipati...…

…8 Monday, June 4, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Two men fly fishing in the Huron River near Ann Arbor's Island Park last Thursday afternoon, seen here through a rusted bike resting onthe shore. PIRACY From page 3 "We're an educational institution and we address these issues with an educational approach," Bernard said. While not all universities responded to the inquiry, the reports sent by the universities that did varied in l...…

…wi Monday, June 4, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com nrtspage@michigandaily.com 734-763-0379 Far from baby blues By PAUL TASSI DailyArts Writer It's a strange feeling to have these days, walking out of a theater feel- ing satisfied. Not very often after a movie can you say you've just **** seen an original classic instead of Knocked Up yetanotherover- At theShowcase hyped bomb. an Quast6 "Knocked Up" andQuality is easily the best...…

…10 Monday, June 4, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ASH From page 9 quence and string chops (primar- ily guitar) is Dominic Suchyta on upright bass. Serving as the rhyth- mic pulse to this percussion-less group, Suchyta was last seen pluck- ing and slapping on the Ark's stage at the sold out Daisy May and Seth Bernard show in April. Rounding out the quartet are multi-instrumentalist brothers Joe and Andy Wilson. Joe, who plays ste...…

…Monday, June 4, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com GUSIC reaIE Great record frmGetSociety' 11 By MATT RONEY drizzle of the intro to the thun- DailyArts Writer derous crash of the final chorus. Fans' devotion has steadily grown Initially performing as the Orig- since the first release, so naturally, inal Brothers and Sisters of Love, expectations are high for the fol- the band now low-up. And for the most part, known as the **** Comp...…

…12 Monday, June 4, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com A newgrass prodigy strums at the Ark By DEREK BARBER DailyArts Writer Friday night, Mandolin virtuoso/ singer Chris Thile and How to Grow a Band will perform at Ann Arbor's sanctuary for pickers and grinners of all customs and creeds, The Ark. Although Thile is best known for his contributions to the Grammy- winning acoustic trio Nickel Creek and considered a world-class musi- c...…

…tea' r Monday, June 4, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom sports@michigandaiy.com 734-764-8585 Loss keeps Blue in Tenn. By ANDY REID Daily Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Everyone told the Michigan baseball team it didn't belong in VANDERBILT 10 the same MICHIGAN 7 Regional as top overall seed Vanderbilt. The Wolverines had to sit idly by as a media circus "literally" fol- lowed the Commodores and their star, NCAA player of the ye...…

…Monday, June 4, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com BASEBALL Big Ten baseball proves its worth By COURTNEY RATKOWIAK On Baseball The Big Ten's baseball coaches agreed that on the national stage, their teams are underestimated and often overlooked. After their performance in this weekend's NCAA Regional play, Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio State showed they clearly belonged in the spotlight. Last Monday, the NCAA chose the 34 teams that ...…

…Monday, J une 4, 2007 15 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com BASEBALL From page 13 that you're going to blow one by them every time. You just have to make your pitches. I feel like I did a pretty good job at that." The tension built higher and higher, and heading into the bot- tom of the ninth with Michigan holding a 4-3 lead, the raucous crowdofmorethan 3,500 Commo- dore fans couldn't handle it any- more, erupting into a hair-raising "Blac...…

…16 Monday, June 4, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 4 Junior catcher Doug Pickens's sacrifice hunt in the ninth inning Saturday moned snyh- omore Adam Ahraham its scoring ynsition. Ahraham wold score the winning run. The Michigan hasehall team will lonk to host toy-ranked Vanderbilt in a ruhher match tonight in the Nashville Regional QU H AENW PLAYING'/3/GOJaCkson Rd.LTM 1 t400carpenter nda RABO CHCKTHATE IRCTRIS R AL FR HOTIES ...…

…The academic year through the lens of the Daily The Statement. F-(;R'\l i 46F N N \} l Ann Arbor Michigan www.michigandaily.com Wednesday, April 4, 2007 Beilein In as hoops coach Former WVU coach to be introduced today By MARK GIANNOTTO Daily Sports Writer Michigan Athletic Director Bill Martin will hold a press conference today to introduce former West Virginia coach John Beilein as the new Michi- gan men's basketball coach. The announcem...…

…2A - Wednesday, April 4, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MONDAY: TUESDAY: THURSDAY: The Extremist Arbor Anecdotes M -- --- Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained The first'High Noon' march Thirty-five years ago, students couldn't RSVP to Hash Bash on Facebook.com - word-of-mouth and fliers were the only advertise- ments for the event. But the lack of easy, online publicity didn't stop scores of students from gathering for the fir...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NE-WS NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Bush calls Dems 'irresponsible' on Iraq funding President Bush denounced "irre- sponsible" Democrats yesterday for going on spring break without approving money for the Iraq war with no strings. He condemned House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Syria, too, accusing her of encouraging a terrorism sponsor. With Congress out of town, Bush tried to take the upper hand over Democ...…

…4A - Wednesday, April 4, 2007 OPNo a The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 74bE iI4d143an ti4 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL EDITOR IN CHIEF IMRAN SYED EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR JEFFREY BLOOMER MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustr...…

…Wednesday, April 4, 2007 - 5A The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, April 4, 2007 - 5A TV COLUMN Life as hockey and The Simpsons' J ve spent the majority of finally see the film most thought my existence obsessing far would never be made. It will too much over two things: be just like "Star Wars" except the Detroit (hopefully) no jackass man-child Red Wings will be waving an overpriced and "...…

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…8A - Wednesday, April 4, 2007 ART The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com "What? My career is calling?" Rosalie Ginsberg Awards for Community Service and Social Action & Poster Fair April 5th, 4PM Michigan League Greek Awards Night Office of Greek Life April 5th, 7PM Michigan Union Ballroom . Sponsored by Interfraternity Council, Multicultural Greek Council, National Panhellenic Council, and Panhellenic Association. MESA/Trotter House Year-...…

… The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Big innings s ark Blue By COURTNEY RATKOWIAK Daily Sports Writer After walking to the plate to the tune of Kanye West's "Jesus Walks," junior Derek VanBuskirk hit a grand slam on the CMU 3 first pitch MICHIGAN 13 he faced. His shot to right-center field set the tone for a dominating first inning and foreshadowed an equally successful final inning as Michigan's big bats beat Central Michigan yesterday 13...…

…10A - Wednesday, April 4, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Blue pitchers bounce back By DAN FELDMAN Daily Sports Writer This couldn't have been what Michigan softball pitcher Lori- lyn Wilson wanted at all. The Salem, Ore., native walked the day's leadoff hitter in the first game of the Wolverines' double- header yesterday on four pitches. Then her walk of the Bron- cos' cleanup hitter two outs later prompted a visit to the mound...…

…w w V U V - --~W7 'F I. . .. -- I Following the sound of music he house lights in the Hill Auditorium dimmed, one night in March two years ago, and the audience quited. The antici- pation was palpable, and as we sat, we all knew we were about to see something spectacular. Then, her violin and bow in her left hand, holding up the long skirt of her beautiful strapless dress with her right, the celebrated vir- tuoso, Anne-Sophie Mutter walke...…

…V V V w w w i 0 w w w w w v w w :.I. Weneda, pil4,00 Te icianDal.~ table of contents 4B THE YEAR'S BEST PHOTOS From the pages of The Michigan Daily, relive the defining moments of the 2006- 2007 academic year. 6B THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT BUZZ Students in William "Buzz" Alexander's classes walk away with a passion for, prisoners' rights. Are they inspired by the cause, or is it the class? THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK with WALTER NOWINSKI ...…

…TeMcgnDaly - Wednesday, April 4, 2007 ~ .. . 90 Changing your life 101 What would it take for you to give up a law career for social activism? Would it take a war in Iraq? A crisis in New Orleans? Or maybe just an English class? V U Uw W. Wensa, pi , 0 7 Te ihgn al - our years ago, LSA senior Karen Soell had a life plan. After graduating from her small Catholic high school in La Crosse, Wisc., she would study English and political science...…

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…How the University shaped a president SPECIAL SECTION jRltc i ari' '3atim Ann ArborMichigan www.michigandaily.com sday anuary4 C ourt: Stop affirmative action now Admissions office stops reviewing apps until next week By JAKE HOLMES Daily StaffReporter The University must immedi- ately stop using affirmative action admissions, an appeals court said last week. In response, the Univer- sity has halted the processing of all applications un...…

…2A - Thursday, January 4, 2007 MONDAY: TUESDAY: The Extremist Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: TrDA:FRIDAY: Before You Were Here Campus Characters Explained Tales from the convenience store In-N-Out clerks recount late-night shifts While working the night shift at In-N-Out Pizza, the convenience store and popular liquor depot among students, at 615 E. University Ave., store employee Kash Akhtar once sold eight cans of beer to a 21-year-old custom...…