…be 13id~igan 4&iImj * Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, December 8, 2009 michigandaily.com SOUTH U. BLAZE Charred South U. building to be torn down ROLLING OUT A BUSINESS STUDENT RIGHTS Revisions to student code in the works Demiolition will begin on Dec.14 and could be finished by Jan. 6 By DARRYN FITZGERALD Daily StaffReporter Demolition of the former Pin- ball Pete's building - a well- known campus landmark that was damaged in a fire earl...…
…2 - Tuesday, December 8, 2009 .The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2 - Tuesday, December 8, 2009 *The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers 0O TEDY WEDNESDAY: Campus Clubs THURSDAY: FRIDAY: Before You Were Here' Photos of the Week Seven thousand stars Students bored with the everyday environs of Ann Arbor can head ever to the Angell Hall Planetarium and see 7,000 stars. Patrick Seitzer, an asso- ciate resea...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS . LANSING MDOT warns money running out for Michigan roads Michigan officials are delay- ing future road projects because of dwindling revenue. The Michigan Department of Transportation says in a recent report that lack of money has forced it to consider dropping more than 100 road projects and a similar num- ber of bridge projects off the drawing board from 2010...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4 - Tuesday, December 8, 2009 4WIC Igan al (71 4C Aft 4 :43 * IV Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu AVE COURTNEY RATKOWIAK EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR GARY GRACA ROBERT SO) EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE In my mind and in my heart, it is not over until it's over. - Former New York state Senate Majority Leader Jos...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 5 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, Decemher 8, 2009 - 5 Corporate imposters The Yes Men bring their social crusade back to the big screen in 'Fix the World' The list disease By Andrew Lapin I Daily Film Editor. Who are the Yes Men? If you ask them, the two public hoaxers and pro- vocateurs with the aliases of Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno will tell you they...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 7 - Site of South U. fire to be demolished this month From Page 1 A construction company JC Beal Construction was later hired, and the company's president Stewart Beal met with John Brink, project manager fdr the city of Ann Arbor, to discuss the demolition's timeline. Brink, who manages street permit guidelines and processing times, said the city's only require- ment was th...…
…e0 8 - Tuesday, December 8, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Morris back on track in 'M' win BRETT FLASHNICK/AP Clemson senior C.Spiller didn't make it into the Heisman top five, even with more than 2,500 all-purpose yards this year. Spiter got snubbed Jn the final weekend of the regular season - one full of conference championship games, big-time matchups and BCS bowl clinchers - some of college football's biggest names get on...…
…Iie dIidIgan &xilj Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, December 8, 2008 michigandaily.com "U' endowment falls 20 to 30 percent S Economic downturn in investment value disappear in a matter of months. has caused billions The decline means the Univer- sity of Michigan's endowment, val- in losses for colleges ued at approximately $7.6 billion as of June 30, could have lost between By ANDY KROLL $1.52 billion and $2.28 billion in Daily News Editor va...…
…4 2A - Monday, December 8, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4c sIdWIC4an allj 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.cor ANDREW GROSSMAN ELAINA BUGLI Editor in Chief Dusaness Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-0558 grossman@michigandaily.com bugli@michigandaily.com Rivalry gets inappropriate A PACK OF LYRES Yale University's marching band has been suspended because of a prop used during the football game between...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Economy will get worse before it gets better, Obama says President-elect Barack Obama said the economy seems destined to get worse before it gets better and he pledged a recovery plan "that is equal to the task ahead." Obama also said in an interview broadcast yesterday that the sur- vival of the domestic car-making capacity is important, yet any bailout must be "conditioned on an ...…
…4A - Monday, December 8, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com I C74C MC4 an i19 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 rep...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, December 8, 2008 -5A Away from the pack ByANNIE LEVENE Daily Arts Writer James Franco is having a really great year. Between outshining the current king of stoner com- edy, Seth Rogen, in this summer's "Pineapple Express" and generat- ing buzz for his role in director Gus Van Sant's "Milk," Franco has proven himself to be the rare kind of actor who seems to appeal to all demographics. Women wan...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, December 8, 2008 - 7A Vigil caps campus World AIDS week St locc tea A sm Arbor r gathere cold Di light v died of The for Wo rallies, els and drawin of HIV States "Son forgott we hav what w tion ba foundir enaw I work, volunte and AI the eve The which celebra ry of V sored b commu udent groups, Spectrum Center, which was for- merly known as the University's al organizations LGBT center; the Yp...…
…8A - Monday, December 8, 2008 Bill Sneezington (left) avoids spreading germs to the rest of his band. Breaking the barrier CHRISTMAS From Page 5A Christmas Tale," little touches like that flow with the film and provide new dimensions to the characters and the plot. The opening sil- houette animation is another creative draw that manages to blend elements of the film together. The castbuilds fluidly off each character. With a family this dive...…
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…* The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com I December 8, 2008 MICHIGAN 81, NO. 4 DUKE 73 CRISLER CRAZIES Second chance: 'M' stuns Duke By RUTH LINCOLN Daily Sports Editor As hundreds of fans stormed the Crisler Arena floor Saturday, Duke men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski walked off the courtsa loser for the first time this season. f a What did one of the most illustrious coaches in college basketball think of Michigan's 81-73 upset over his f...…
…2B - December 8, 2008 ortsM The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wolverines win college portion of U.S. Nationals Beilein's experience is key By RYAN A. PODGES Daily Sports Writer It's been more than a month since the No. 3 Michigan men's swimming and diving team last competed. Five weeks ago, they lost to No. 1 Texas. But after the U.S. Short Course National Cham- pionship meet this weekend, it was clearly worth the wait. The Wolverine...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com U yDecember 8, 2008 - 3B With sweep, Blue finds fun again SAID ALSALAH/Daly Senior Payton Johnson helped the 200-yard freestyle relay team win its event. Wolverines dominate at EMU Invitational By AMY SCARANO Daily Sports Writer YPSILANTI - Inside the humid Jones Natatorium on East- ern Michigan's campus Satur- day the air smelled of chlorine. Swimmers were cheering for their teammates in bathing suits...…
…S-por-tsM( 4B - Monday, December 8, 2008 STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers predict what will happen in the 2008 college football season. The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Dan Courtney Feldman Ratkowiak Ian Robinson Nate Bob Sandals Gartland No.lAlabama(9.5)vsNo.ZFlorida Alabaaa Florida Alabama Alabama No.4Oklahoma (-17) vs. No.19 Missouri Missouri Missouri Missouri Oklahoma Oklahoma No. 5 Southern Cal (-33) vs. UCLA UCLA UCLA S...…
…THE NOT-QUITE-SO-GOOD OLD DAYS OF CLASS REGISTRATION NEWS, PAGE 2 L AKES M IAM I FROM THE DAILY: BIG HOUSE PLAN SHOULD FOLLOW ADA CAGERS HOLD ON AGAINST REDHAWKS SPORTS, PAGE 7 OPINION, PAGE 4 I ie~ hpa hug Ann Arbor, Mi. www.michigandaily.com "I trust (my students) to really think about the issues and to talk to each other. Out of this emerges people who take charge." - ENGLISH PROF. BUZZ ALEXANDER Friday, December 8, 2006 At WSU, a bol...…
…2 - Friday, December 8, 2006 MONDAY: Ten Spot TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: University Jobs TI C1a Long lines, Think finding classes for next semester is tough now? Imagine what it would be like without the Internet. Students now have the luxury of being able to register for class- es at almost all hours of the day or night, from the convenience of their own rooms, sometimes even in their underwear. But in the days before Wolverine Ac...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Bush gives chilly response to Iraq study group President Bush gave a chilly response to the Iraq Study Group's proposals for reshaping his policy yesterday, objecting to talks with Iran and Syria, refusing to endorse a major troop withdrawal and vow- ing no retreat from embattled U.S. goals in the Mideast. British Prime Minister Tony Blair, an unflagging ally in the unpopular war, ...…
…4 - Friday, December 8, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4 jb Midigan B&i4y Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. x.413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu EMILY BEAM DONN M. FRESARD CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed article...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com THEATER PEM E Meet the rents CLASSIC COMEDY COMES TO THE POWER CENTER By CATHERINE SMYKA Daily Arts Writer Imagine bringing a guy home to meet your family for dinner. You're nervous. He doesn't know what to say. You plead with your dad to You Can't refrain from interrogating Take it him until at least the third With You date. He spills a plate- ful of spaghetti on your Today and mother's lap. It happens S...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com cagers hang on to win By DANIEL LEVY Daily Sports Writer OXFORD - At Monday's press conference, Michigan players said that getting handled by North Carolina State in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge taught them what it takes to win away from Crisler Arena. MICHIGAN 62 But early in the sec- MIAMI (OH) 56 ond half of last night's 62-56 win over Miami (Ohio), it looked like Michigan could use a refresher course. Wi...…
…8 - Friday, December 8, 2006 New-look Irish ready The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com By AMBER COLVIN Daily Sports Writer Last time the Michigan hockey team skated into the Joyce Cen- ter in South Bend, it banged seven pucks past Irish goaltender David Brown. And just for good mea- sure, the Wolverines tapped in an empty-netter to make it an even eight-goal night. But that was more than a year ago. And oh, how the times have changed. With...…
…Thursday, December 8, 2005 News 3A IFC welcomes new fraternities to Greek system Opinion 4A Eric Jackson gives into the tPod Sports 8A Cagers 6-0 after win over Delaware State SHOULD nE - ed fR VnATE .Irs oTKiEMl freNTom One-/iundred-ifteen years ofedkorzidfreedorn . www.mcAhigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXVI, No. 45 62005 The Michigan Daily !- 'may soon require health insurance Requirement would make University student healt...…
…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, December 8, 2005 NATION WORLD r- Bush defends m Iraq WASHINGTON (AP) - Defending his war policy, President Bush said yes- terday that Iraq is making quiet, steady progress in repairing its shattered econo- my though reconstruction "has not always gone as well as we had hoped" because of unrelenting violence. "Rebuilding a nation devastated by a dictator is a large undertaking," the presi- dent said. "It's...…
… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Thursday, December 8, 2005 - 3A ON CAMPUS Community sing at Museum of Art tonight There will be a community sing held at 7 p.m. tonight at the University Museum of Art. Interested individuals are encouraged to participate in a festive night of song accompanied by the Caril- lon Women's Chorale. Art School alum will discuss art made from bread Art and Design alum Beili Liu will dis- cuss her exhibition currently dis...…
…4A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, December 8, 2005 OPINION (be £irbigatt ailg JASON Z. PESICK Editor in Chief SUHAEL MOMIN SAM SINGER Editorial Page Editors ALISON GO Managing Editor EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and ill...…
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… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Thursday, December 8, 2005 - 7A LEO Continued from page 1A being treated. Walsh was one of the lecturers who began recruiting other lecturers to form a union about three years ago, when LEO was in its grassroots stages. "We have a contract, and from our point of view it's not being honored," he said to his class. Walsh spoke about issues including the reclassifications and delayed pay increases that have been plagu...…
…Thursday December 8, 2005 sports.michigandaily. com sports@michigandaily.com ctbe 1IiriganDBuUlu PORTFS 8A ... - ..- _.._ . ___.._ SA Sims posts career high Sims calms Matt's scary nightmares in M' W1n By Jack Herman Daily Sports Writer In a timeout during the first half of last night's game against Delaware State, Michigan coach Tommy Amaker told center Courtney Sims that if he continued to play the way he was playing, he had a shot a...…
…The Michigan Daily - Thursday, December 8, 2005 - 9A ' Three new faces make * debut fc By Katie Niemeyer Daily Sports Writer At the start of the season the Michigan women's gymnas- tics team finds itself in the same place as it was at the Tk end of last season - No. 5 in the country. Mic Led by senior Elise Ray, r1 the Wolverines placed fifth > at the NCAA Championships Ti in April, but this is a new : year for Michigan. Now the Wolverines a...…
…10A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, December 8, 2005 " ~ n Four-gam--e losing streak shns liht on 'M' troubles w4 By Mark Giannotto Daily Sports Writer In any sport, losing streaks bring deficiencies to the fore- front. The four-game losing streak that the Michigan hockey team is currently enduring is no different. Through nine games this season, Michigan was averaging a robust 4.56 goals per game, with the power play clicking at an impressi...…
…-v ~22 > , 5 ta < i _ £ -w w CAITLIN KLEIBOER/Daily Charles Eisendrath, the director of Wallace House, the headquarters for the Knight-Wallace Fellows, heads up the University program that gives journalists a year off to explore a particular field of study. News Break Wallace House takes in the nation's best journalists. By Doug Wenert | Magazine Editor Ik t seems natural. Take some of the best jour- nalists in the world, put them at the...…
…0 0 3B The Daily Dish Buzz Alexander speaks on his work in Michigan's prison system. 4B Learning Curve How the changes to the Art and Design curriculum affected students and professors. 6B Architecture Column Austin Dingwall on the University's need to change its construction standards. 7B Point/Counterpoint The superheroes argue over college football coaches Joe Paterno and Bobby Bowden. From The Editor RANL-)om, STuDENT T NTERVI EW 14B ...…
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…0 0 The University - a rare elite, public university - is in the unique position of simultaneously setting education- al trends and providing access to the masses. And that, no doubt, has helped the state. But if the University priva- tized, there is no guarantee that it would continue training Michigan's brightest and bestrstudents. There is no guarantee that it would main- tain its commitment to accessibility. There is no guarantee that i...…
… 0 0 0 You rage against the machine, I'll get a new engine It's Over Your Head I Architecture Column By Austin Dingwall S tandard Operating Procedure is the way things are done because that is the way they are done. Why struggle against the current when it is easier to go with the flow? Mightier ihan a paradigm, standard operating procedures do not have to be thought about or accepted in a society. Mainly, standards evolve out of com...…
…0 public universities and students in the hope that there will be a net benefit," he argued, "when most of those students will leave the state anyway." By reallocating money away from the University - and into pro-busi- ness initiatives, such as tax relief - Michigan's Legis- lature could establish a growth-friendly environment that could help more than just those with University degrees. Furthermore, privatization could help reverse a slide ...…
… 0 0 T A Clean Break With rising tuition costs and decreased state funding, is it worth it for the University to privatize? By Suhael Mominfl Editorial Page Editor s the nation expanded westward at the turn of the 19th century, the federal government realized the value of an advanced education and passed the Northwest Ordinance, which included the provision: "Religion, morality, and knowl- edge, being necessary to good government and ...…
…Wednesday, December 8, 2004 'U' TO DEVELOP DEFENSES AGAINST ANTHRAX ... SCIENCE, PAGE 5 Opinion 4 Suhael Momin explains the liberal presence on campus Arts 8 New Bond game fails to five up to 'Golden' standard nutF Weather 33 TOMORROW: 48/ Sports 10 Depleted Wolverines down High Point one-hundredfourteen years ofeditorialfreedom www.micAhiandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan m Vol. CXV, No. 48 62004 The Michigan Daily Football player char...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 8, 2004 NATION/WORLD *1 House passes intel overhaul bill NEWS IN BRIEF >$ \x' WASHINGTON (AP) - The House voted yesterday to overhaul a national intelligence network that failed to prevent the Sept. i1 attacks, combining under one official control fo 15 spy agencies, intensifying aviation and border security and allowing more wiretaps of suspected terrorists. "We have come a long way toward ta...…
