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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com September 15, 2008 - 5B MAIZE GAUGE The Michigan Daily football writers break down the weekend's stats that don't show up in the box score. The Defense-o-Meter measures the intensity of the defense, the Rod-o-Meter * judges how emotional (positive or negative) Rich Rodriguez was following the game and the Hype-o-Meter measures the fans' performance. DEFENSE-0-METER The defense was put into a tough spot...…

…6B - September 15, 2008 IFIN ,*"por-tsMonday The Michigan Daily- michigandaily.com 0 68 - September iS, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom BAUER From Page 1B inside eight feet, but made just four birdies. On the back nine alone, Bauer birdied hole numbers 11 and 14 before missing birdie putts from inside that eightfeet on the final four holes. But Bauer conceded Mother Nature may have helped out by dampening the greens for her app...…

…I e idiga rail Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, September 12, 2008 michigandaily.com A CAREFUL DESCENT COURSE EVALUATIONS Starting this fall, evals go Switch will save paper, money, but some worry students won't make time for web questionnaire By JACOB SMILOVITZ Daily Staff Reporter After more than 30 years of use, the University's system of paper course and instructor evaluations is being replaced by an online evaluation set to debut this sem...…

…2._ Friday, September 12, 2008 N ew s The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2 - Friday, September12, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom MONDAY: TUESDAY~ MONDAY: TUESDAY: In Other Ivory Towers Arbor Anecdotes MIDNIGHT MOVIE I WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: Before You Were Here Campus Characters Explained The office on the Hill In a small office just three blocks from the Capitol Building in Wash- ington D.C. and down the hall from an offic...…

…' The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com . . ~.< Friday, September 12, 2008 - 3 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, September12, 2008 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS HOUSTON Ike churns in Gulf, targets Texas coast, metro Houston Cars and trucks streamed inland and chemical companies buttoned up their plants yester- day as a gigantic Hurricane Ike took aim at the heart of the U.S. refining industry and threatened to send a wall of water crashing ...…

…4 - Friday, September 12, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR GABE NELSON MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the v...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, September 12, 2008 -S FINE ARTS PREViWFM VE Global art in Michigan By NORA FELDHUSEN Daily Arts Writer During the school year, Tati- ana Calixto is alecturer ofSpan- ish in the Romance Language Department. This past summer, she spent her time photograph- ing the daily lives and culture of the Andean people with whom she lived nearly 4,000 miles away in Cusco, Peru. Her work is displayed at the ...…

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…New-, The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, September 12, 2008 -- 7 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, September12, 2008 - 7 Venezuelan president expels U.S. ambassador Expulsion signals breakdown in fragile relationship between U.S., Chavez By PATRICK J. MCDONNELL and CHRIS KRAUL Los Angeles Times BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Thursday he was expelling U.S. ambassador Patrick Duddy ...…

…8 - Friday, September 12, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 6 6 FO TBALL Fiery remarks set stage for rivalry game By DAN FELDMAN Daily SportsEditor Most Michigan fans remember Notre Dame football coach Char- lie Weis's comments on Michigan in April: "Then we'll listen to Michi- gan have all their excuses as they come running in, saying how they have a new coaching staff and there's changes. ... The hell with Michigan,"he said. Th...…

…Wie iidligan Dail. Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, September 11,2008 michigandailycom * CAb CRIME NEAR CAMPUS Police say mugger targeting students AAPD suspects one robber responsible for two late-night muggings near campus this week ByKELLY FRASER and SARA LYNNE THELEN Daily Staff Reporters After two students were mugged late at night near campus earlier this week, police think a single man might be targeting students. Detective Richard Ki...…

…4h 2A - Thursday, September 11, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom The bus. driver's gospel You've probably seen Bob Grie- shaber around campus. You may even have shaken bin hand, chatted with him or, better yet, heard him ine gospel music. For those who haven't heard him burnt into nong while behind the wheel, Grienhaber in one of the mont recognizable bus drivers on campus. He currently driven the Bursley- Baits bun route from C...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, September 11, 2008 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, September11, 2008 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS * WASHINGTON Defense chiefs: Afghan fighting is getting harder Even with American troops headed soon from an increasing- ly quiet Iraq to a more turbulent Afghanistan, defeating extrem- ists in Afghanistan is growing more complex and more urgent, President Bush's senior defense- adviser...…

…4A.- Thursday, September 11, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu None of us will forget this day. Yet, we go forward to defend freedom and all that is good and just in the world." -President Bush, in his address to the nation on Sept. 11, 2001. The seventh September ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday; September 11, 2008 - 5A CHECK OUT THE DAILY'S NEWEST BLOG, THE TABLE, FOR RECIPES AND TIPS FOR EATING HEALTHY ON A BUDGET. THETABLE.BLOGS.MICHIGANDAILY.COM/ PHOTO BY BILL O'LEARY/ The Washington Pos The Pentagon Sept. 11, 2001 memorial, seen here at night, officially opens today. Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain plan to make a joint appearance at Ground Zero today to commemorate the seventh...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, September 11, 2008 - 7A 19 OBAMA From Page1A Rice emphasized Obama's will- ingness to negotiate with Iran instead of only using military force. "Listen to McCain - he's joked that we ought to bomb, bomb, bomb Iran," she said. "He said it before Bush." On the divisive Israeli-Pales- tinian conflict, Obama supports a two-state solution, Rice said. She touted Obama's expansive service plan, which ...…

…0 8A - Thursday, September 11, 2008 Another wrinkle added to QB battle The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com By DAN FELDMAN and IAN ROBINSON Daily Sports Editors Earlier this week, Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis said he expected Michigan junior Carlos Brown to play quarterback Saturday. When asked whether Brown would play quarterback against Notre Dame, Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez didn't offer a definitive answer. NOTEBOOK "I don't know,"...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, September 11, 2008 - 9A BROWN From Page 8A that's really playing for the first time extensively has to have." Inthehopesofgainingthatrecogni- tion, Brown has recommitted him- self to film study, though he prefers the hands-on work of practice. "You can watch a lot of film, you can tell that it's faster than high school," Brown said. "You can watch on the sideline and tell that everybody is mov...…

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…k v: I Yi Ate. 'y ati w tl I e I *. . The Michigan Daily j michigandaily.com I Thursday, September 11, 2008 COLLEGIATE The Daily Arts guide to the best upcoming events - it's everywhere you should be this weekend and why. AT THE PODIUM Go ahead and get your fill of fine art tonight. Stasys Eidrigevicius, the Lithu- anian born graphic and poster designer, will be pre- senting his work as part of the Penny W. Stamps Dis- tinguished lecture s...…

…2B - Thursday, September 11, 2008 theb-side The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 28- Thursday, September 11, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom CALENDAR The Daily Arts guide to upcoming events in Ann Arbor Today 9.11.08 "Best of Michigan": Arbor Brewing Company Beer Tasting 7 p.m. At Arbor Brewing Company $25 in advance and (if available) at the door History of Books & Printing: The History of Bookmarks 7:30 p.m. At Motte & Bailey...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, September 11, 2008 - 3B Oprah owes us L et me tell you the story of two audiences the b * popular television talk-show capable of deliv hosts: One is an out lesbian . having Palin on who brought both presidential can- shying away? R didates onto her show; the other is a fawn, Democra black woman who's deeply invested in Oprah will hav Barack Obama's candidacy and refus- In her press es to hav...…

…th The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, September 11, 2008 - 48 AP PHOTO By KIMBERLY CHOU Daily Arts Writer Sleeves are the thing this year, and Reese's col- lection proved all the ways you can do them right - delicate (if safe) shirred little wings on sheer tops, cinched and exaggerated cap sleeves. A reworking of the peplum silhouette showed up in several skirts, and a fitted strapless dress repeated in a handful of pastels -...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, September 11, 2008 - 5B Life's unanswered questions are woven into a spectacle of alternative reality By Ben VanWagoner I Daily Arts Writer …

…t 6B - Thursday, September 11, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0 POP C 1 1U, 2TiEl cg l Out of the publicist's eye Celebrities are leaving their publicists even as bloggers expose their every move By SASHA RESENDE Daily Arts Writer Who needs a publicist any- more? The Internet-age reality is that practically no one does, not even the celebrity demigods of Los Angeles. Gawker Media recently reported that Brad Pitt, one half of ...…

…WwE ffiid~igan B4atty Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, September 10, 2008 michigandaily.com UNIVERSITY HEALTH CARE Care costs create dilemma for 'U' Administration must balance rising costs with quality, in competition for top faculty By JACOB SMILOVITZ Daily Staff Reporter With high health care costs plaguing colleges and businesses across the country, University officials are searching for a remedy to its own increasing health insurance bi...…

…2A -r- Wednesday, September 10, 2008 ,. The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 2A - Wednesday, September10, 2008 0~ The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom WHEN STUDENTS PARTIED AT THyE PRESIDENT'S H{UE Lee Bollinger's house party On Nov. 8, 1997, Michigan football fans huddled around televisions and rallied as Michi- gan went on to defeat then-un- defeated Penn State. Then-University President Lee Bollinger was sitting in his bedroom watchi...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom WednesdaySeptember 10, 2008 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS MCALLEN, Tex. Texans prepare for Ike, brace for evacuation With Hurricane Ike steam- ing into the Gulf of Mexico, Texas emergencyofficialsyesterdaystood ready to order 1 million people evacuated from the impoverished Rio Grande Valley and tried to con- vince tens of thousands of illegal...…

…4A - Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com "You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig." - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, criticizing the Republican Party's adaptation of his reform message at a speech in Vermont, as reported yesterday by ABC News. A YouTu be-...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, September 10, 2048 -5A A real-life Batman Imagine what he'd look like if he actually did crack. Bad, even foi Once-promising actor slumps through generic remake of 1999 action film By JONATHAN HURWITZ For the Daily Even if you haven't seen "Bangkok Dan- gerous," there's a pretty good chance that you've already seen something a lot like it. Danny and Oxide Pang's remake of their own 1999 Th...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com News WednesdaySeptember 10, 2008 - 7A CAMPUSROOST From Page 1A to the on-campus additions. "In Angell Hall, there'll be a sea of brown chairs, and then a white CampusRoost chair," Traut said. Along with 200 of the chairs, the trio put up large banners across campus, handed out free T-shirts, and slid fliers under residential doors. The intense marketing cam- paign has used about $4,000 of the organizat...…

…8A - Wednesday, September 10, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Shafer destined for Michigan , By IAN ROBINSON Daily Sports Editor When defensive lineman Tim Jamison left a January meeting with Michigan coach Rich Rodri- guez, he ran ,into a familiar face in the hallway. "Coach Shaf, what are you doing here," Jamison said. Michigan defensive coor- dinator Scott Shafer, who had SHAFER recruited Jami- son to play at Northern Illinoi...…

…0 *0 0 - 0 0 0 __ 0 - .. . -.. *. .-..S 4.3 Went Young, female and scared ut I was covered from head to toe in a long winter coat. had my backpack on. Walking home from the library one night last winter, I wasn't drunk, wasn't showing skin - what did those men want with me? It doesn't matter what a woman wears or doesn't wear - she's never inviting sexual harassment or assault. But for the two creeps I met on Hill Street it didn't ma...…

… A Allik, Th S 9 SDil epebe 0,20 0 1 .49 4 e Wedesdy, eptmb 661, 3208 he ic iga al t at . i ( coat-, a ABOUT CAMPUS .5 GREAT AMERICAN FIRE SALE When mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac went under, the U.S. government promptly stepped in bail them out. But with a $407 billion federal deficit projected for the fiscal year end- ing this month, who will bail out the U.S. govern- met? Well, besides traditional U.S. allies like China...…

…0 0"0 0! 0 0 LIFE INSURANCE Fl IT t JR F Life insurance is important are higher than your assets. Wednesday, Septerber 10, 2008 - The Michigan DailyTW3B QUOTES OF THE WEEK when your liabilities At graduation, you her. But life insurance I Nm I I EX PHOTO BY CHANEL VON HABSBURG- LOTHRINGEN So you don't have a clue what you're going to do after college. That's not as much as a problem as not knowing how to finance it. Have you even heard o...…

… 4B The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - The Michigan Daily 1 r PRINTING College students are on the vanguard in embracing an eco-friendly lifestyle. But higher education's paper dependency is as old as academia itself. Mike Dolsen ( Daily Staff Writer. At H&M at Briarwood Mall, two nearly identical button- up shirts present a question that socially-conscious col- legestudentsarefindingharderto...…

…IIE liclpgan Baily Ann Arbor, Michigan FUNDING THE UNIVERSITY 'U' investors predict drop in fund returns Tuesday, September 9, 2008 michigandaily.com * CAMPAIGN 2008 * limb exp less The ment a sign return Unive endow Tho endow 14.6 p years, percen ment memb Comm that re likely The billion by 9.8 the pi ended said a the 20 availat Board uled fo Flint c Wh orthre endow With markets going to be rough, slow going." He also said it was possib...…

…2 - Tuesday, September 9, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.cam 2 - Tuesday, September 9, 2008 I The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom A political pick-up line RAe MU Two am. was made for great con- versation - especially when the players have had a few drinks- but my recent late-night exchange with a stranger is one for the record hooks. We met on the lawn of a friend's house and after brief chitchat, the guy said, "You know what? ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON " In Iraq, US troop levels will hold steady until Feb. President Bush plans to keep the number ofU.S. troops in Iraq near the current level through the end of the year and will pull home about 8,000 U.S. troops by February, when the next presi- dent will be in charge of war- time decision-making. If security in Iraq keeps improving, Bush says, "addition- al reductions will be possi...…

…4 - Tuesday, September 9, 2008 EL74 tIC t an al Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI48109 tothedaily@umich.edu I-F The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR GABE NELSON MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflectthe officialposition of the Daily's editorialboard.Allother signed articles and illustrations represe...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 9, 2008 -5 Finding fine art in a punk rock icon P atti Smith. She's the mother of punk in all her messy glory:her rattyblack hair, her throaty performance of "Because the Night," cowritten with Bruce Springsteen and her con- troversial(yet quintessential) song lyrics like "Jesus died for somebody's sins /but not mine." But how WHITNEY does this relate POW. to "fine arts"? You might n...…

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…The Michigan D BUILDINGS From Page 1 aily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - 7 The Chemistry Building, for example, cost the University $4.1 million dollars in the fis- cal year 2008 - one of the most expensive on campus. It was one of the first buildings selected for upgrades. The changes to the Chemistry Building included fitting some teaching labs with occupancy sensors for fume hoods - a proj- ect estimated to save $200,00...…

…8 - Tuesday, September 9, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily~o 8 - Tuesday, September 9, 2008 The Mkhiean Daily - michieasdailv.com I JEREMY CHO/Dai Redshirt sophomore Nick Sheridan briefly lived outside of South Bend while his fatherwas a coach at Notre Dame in 2001. He will play in his first road game Saturday. Sheridan preparedfor first -eroa game in fam-iiar territory AROUND THE BIG TEN Bucks, Trojans game to watch By ANDY REID ...…

…* 'MAN ON WIRE' MESMERIZES SEE ARTS, PAGE 8A E id igan Oath ONE-HUND iiE - GHTI'EEN YEARSOF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Monday, September 8, 2008 Ann Arbor, Michigan A NEW TRADITION FOR THE VICTORS Dems, GOP set field for regents race 0 thre for t ne incumbent, and a staunch supporter of the Uni- versity's affirmative action policy De challengers vie before the passage of the statewide ban on race- and gender-based wo spots on board affirmative ...…

…2A - Monday, September 8, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2A - Monday, September 8,2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom MONAY TUESDAY: WEDNESDAY: THUR~SDAY. Ote " Toers Arbor Anecdotes Before You Were Here Campus Characters FIDAY: Explained High-tech orientation BALLOON POPPING The University of Maryland gave a group of freahmen the choice of an iPod Touch or an iWhone 3G aa part of a new initiative to aee if the tech-...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, September 8, 2008 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Monday, September 8, 2008 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON " White House intervenes to save Fannie, Freddie The Bush administrationseized control yesterday of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, aiming to stabilize the housing market turmoil that is threatening financial markets and the overall economy. Treasury Secretary ...…

…4A - Monday, September 8, 2008 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com It's hard, it's tough, but it's also the classic example of why we need change inWashington." -Republican presidential nominee John McCain, commenting on the federal government's takeover of the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac yesterday, as reported y...…