…0 2A - Wednesday, January 20, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom MONDAY: TUESDAY: WENSDY THURSDAY: FRIDAY: In Other Ivory Towers Professor Profiles Bfr eeHr Campus Clubs Photos of the Week Call ing all critters Though students often com- plain of not being able to make phone calls from their residence hall rooms due to a lark of service, before the age of Blackberrys and iWhones, students were limited no making calls within the c...…
…. The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.cam Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 3A ,w The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS LANSING " Lawmakers mull changes to Mich. medical pot law Patients authorized to use marijuana for medical purposes in Michigan would no longer be allowed to grow their own supply under legislation discussed Tues- day in a state Senate committee. The proposal could develop into the ...…
…4A - Wednesday, January 20, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com E-MAIL ELAINE AT EMORT@UMICH.EDU Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu ELAINE MORTON I . losm~a. t e NVe+ Some k.e'c5 of 's.. ou'nt. s tr ssc4 sddic'le -I-is se'yis5 Gai q ty, Mour+Oeia s aie W, ci.e bask, ?ILIA, VeAAL.OVs Vark yis-lt, -lces, -1Sail kslscq JACOB SMILOVITZ ED...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 5A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycomWednesday, January 20, 2010 - 5A An exploration of South African music The bad taste offood TV 'U' jazz student discusses the shift in musical themes at apartheid's end ByJAMIE BLOCK ManagingArts Editor In times of political and social turmoil, the arts have the power to express dissent, unite people under a com- mon goal and Nate ...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 7A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday. January 20, 2010 - 7A REPORT 0 From Page IA and minority student access and success dropped from the 2004- 2005 to 2007-2008 school years. Monts said the decrease in minority student access to the University is due in large part to the passage of a statewide civil rights initiative in 2006 known as Proposal 2 that banned ...…
…0 8A - Wednesday, January 20, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Michigan's comeback effort against Alaska shows late-game promise Wolverines are 0-8-1 when trailing after the second period By TIM ROHAN Daily Sports Writer There are times in sporting events when players just have to reach deep down and pull out a lit- tle something extra. That determi- nation to refuse to relinquish their grip on the game is what sparks comebacks...…
…0 0 0 0 9 8B The Statement / Wednesday January 20, 2010 PERSONALSTATEM ENT COPENHAGEN CONUNDRUM BYAUBREYANN PARKER Ileft Copenhagen the day before President Barack Obama arrived on his white horse to save the United Nations climate talks - or so the Amer- itan media would paint the scene. As I boarded my flight, however, I couldn't help feeling disenchanted by what I'd experienced over the last nine days. Unlike many of the reporters re...…
… 0 0 2B- The Statement // Wednesday, January 20, 2010 A Ury 20, 2010 The Statement ABOUTCAMPUS statement Magazine Editor: Trevor Calero Editor in Chief: Jacob Smilovitz Managing Editor: Matt Aaronson Deputy Editor: Allie White Designers: Sara Boboltz Corey DeFever Photo Editor: Jed Moch Copy Editors: Erin Flannery Danqing Tang Cover photo: Jed Moch The Statement is The Michigan Daily's news magazine, distributed every Wednesday during the...…
…0 0 Wednesday, 3B news in review News Feed ii Michigan Athletics Suggestions £ - Gdn joined the Michigan network. QCa 4, y=e, 4 r -n V^ fnrc- Status Updates ±J Photos Michigan Groups zlikes this. :,... : ; and are now friends with 29red are fans. ' Reconnect with him. Connect With Friends Invite friends to join Facebook Five of the most talked-about stories of the week, ranked in ascending order of actual importance Tess Chapin, a...…
… 0 0 0 0 1 IBy Jenna SkollerPhoto illustration by Jed Moch There are1,240 students on campus with disabilities - the majority of which are unseen. For these students, among life's struggles is making do while few oth ers know you're sick. L SA junior Claire Abraham has been in a wheelchair since she was four. At 18 months, Abraham was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy - a neuromuscular disease that essential- ly breaks down her mo...…
…1ie Aid~igan40aim Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, January 19, 2010 michigandaily.com SAID ALSALAH/Daly Fans rush the court after Michigan's 68-63 upset over No. 15 Connecticut on Sunday at Crisler Arena, For more on the game, see SportsTuesday, inside. Maturing, one upset at a time THE FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION Report:'U other schools failinpublic " " mission Study finds top terms faco ositeratioofminor } ity student access, low-income stu-...…
…6 2A - Tuesday, January 19, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers I WEDNESDAY: PrfssrPrfs' Before You Were Here THURSDAY: FRIDAY: Campus Clubs Photos of the Week RALLYING FOR A CAUSE A great communicator Communication Studies Prof. Susan Douglas not only studies the mass media; she's a part of it. After her 1994 hook, "Where the Girls Are: Grow- ing Up Female with the Mass Media," became a hit, Doug- ...…
…0 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS MANLIUS TOWNSHIP, Mich. Plane crash kills students in Mich. Hope College says a student from Kenya was piloting a small plane when it crashed in southwest Michigan, killing himself and a student from Illinois. Hope College spokesman Tom Renner said Monday that 23-year- old David Otai (OH'-ty) of Nairobi, Kenya, and 20-year-old Emma Biagioni (bya-jee-OH'-nee) ...…
…4A - Tuesday, January 19, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 6 b JIdiCgan Ea41V Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu JACOB SMILOVITZ EDITOR IN CHIEF RACHEL VAN GILDER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MATT AARONSON MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles andillustra...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 5A Did the aughts suck? Guns and stilettos Historiography is essen- tially intellectual mas- turbation. All right, maybe that's a little bit harsh, but it's a statement many modern historiogra- phers would more or less agree with. Because, when it comes down to it, any his- JOSHUA torical account BAYER is basically one party's subjective attempt to systematize all the hapha...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 7A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, January19, 2010 - 7A Regents to consider Crisler renovations at next meeting Proposed changes expected to cost $20 million By JOSEPH LICHTERMAN Daily StaffReporter During its monthly meeting Thursday, the University's Board of Regents is expected to approve renovations to Crisler Arena. Built in1967, the13,800 seat arena is ...…
…0 8A - Tuesday, January 19, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com In photography, architect Payne sees art in decay OF WARNER BROS. Rve lationa ry Denzel Washington brings gravitas and samurai skills to 'The Book of Eli' By KAVI SHEKHAR PANDEY DailyFilm Editor Ah, post-apocalyptic Earth: a bleak, treach- erous wasteland of decay and desolation. Given global warming, nuclear stockpiling and the predic- tions of the Mayan calendar, ...…
…The Michigan Daily I michigandaily.com I January19, 2010 MICHIGAN 68, CONNECTICUT 63 Recruit Gardner enrolled in classes By NICOLE AUERBACH Daily SportsEditor During halftime of Sunday's Michi- gan-Connecticut basketball game, foot- ball coach Rich Rodriguez spoke to reporters about injury and personnel updates. Dancing around most questions about recruits, Rodriguez confirmed that six of them have enrolled early. The six are: Stephen Hopkin...…
…2B - January 19, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com I Weary fans deserved to rush the court after upset win QB Robinson impresses in "The Dual" By LUKE PASCH against a Buckeye squad that Michi- For The Daily gan coach Fred LaPlante dubbed Ohio State's most well rounded and O-H-I-0 chants rangthrough the experienced team in 25 years. Michigan Indoor Track Building on "We probably have as much tal- Saturday, creating an atmosphere e...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com January 19, 2010 - 3B Wright provides spark off bench ARIEL BOND/Daly Junior Ben Baldus-Strauss returned to the Windy City Invitational where last year he partially tore his MCL. The junior competed in the high bar event this weekend. Blue miast looks to overcome injuries By CAITLIN SMITH Daily Sports Writer CHICAGO - For junior Ben Bal- dus-Strauss, a trip with the men's gymnastics team to the Windy C...…
…4B - January 19, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 6 With award-winning season behind him, Graham discusses his draft prospects E Grc dr A It w during but Br strangl again,, the sp NFL D The end w, half of ball tea necticL native1 verine guez t recent Gral rago T Big Ter Grahar sive pl to win with a Arena. Grahar over hi Maize ear-to- As as he will on packed tive en approa tice fo Senior Mobile met an Team with P taken s xperts ...…
…e ic tpa1T t1 Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, January 15, 2010 michigandaily.com INTERNATI0NAL EF[ORTS clinic, hospital to aid Haitian relief cause Concrete Cutting & Breaking, Inc. employee Bob Cook explains the process of using a diamond saw to remove a piece of a concrete wall from the original structure of the Law School's rear facade yesterday. He used the blade of the saw, which is covered in diamonds, to cut through the surface as part...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2 - Friday, January 15, 2010 MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers TUESDAY: Professor Profiles WEDNESDAY: Before You Were Here THURSDAY: Campus Clubs LEFT Hip-hop artist KiD CuDi performs to a sold-out crowd at the Michigan Theater on Monday night. (SAM WOLSON/Daily) TOP RIGHT Students knit various pieces, as part of the Michigan Knitting Club or MichKnit on Monday. (MAX COLLINS/Daily) BOTTOM RIGHT A group...…
…. The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, January 15, 2010 - 3 qw - The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, January 15, 2010 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT Feds give money to Mich. to tear down blighted buildings The federal government award- ed Michigan $223.9 million yes- terday to help tear down blighted buildings and revitalize neighbor- hoods in a dozen cities including Detroit, Grand Rapids and Flint. The U.S. Department of Hou...…
…4 - Friday, January 15, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com E-MAIL DANIEL AT DWGOLD@UMICH.EDU Ce fiict gan at y Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu DANIEL GOLD JACOB SMILOVITZ EDITOR IN CHIEF RACHEL VAN GILDER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MATT AARONSON MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial b...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, January 15, 2010 - 5 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycam Friday, January15, 2010 - 5 Bombastic 'Black' PHOTOS COURT ESY OF DEF JAM/ROCK A FE LLA "I'm gonna let you finish, but the arts section is the best section of The Michigan Daily of all time." Kanye's stories By NICK COSTON Daily Arts Writer In 1971, Melvin Van Peebles made "Sweet Sweetback's Baa- dasssss Song" as an indi- rect respons...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, January 15, 2010 -7 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, January15, 2010 - 7 ALL CHARGED UP The politics of a bailout: Study reveals connections netted banks more money AARON AUGSBURGER/Daly A concept version of the Chevrolet Volt was on display at the Ross School of Business yesterday. University community members got to take a look at the Volt, an electric vehicle with an onboard e...…
…0 8 - Friday, January 15, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Win showcased Big Ten defense By GJON JUNCAJ the wing, there's a lot of speed com- Daily Sports Editor ing at the defender. You just have to make the defender make a play, and Sixteen games into his colle- it works." giate career, Darius Morris had a With an undersized four-guard hard time figuring out what was lineup, Michigan's transition happening around him. After 20...…
…ANIMANIACS An exploration of the role anime culture plays in A2. SEE THE B-SIDE, INSIDE (1ieC ff1iI a aImj Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, January 14,2010 michigandaily.com ONE PERSON'S TRASH IS ANOTHER'S ART PROVOST PICKED AS PRESIDENT Sullivan 'surprised' by UVA pres. offer MARISSA MCCLAIN/Daily Art & Design freshman Paris Glickman peruses the shelves at The Scrap Box for recycled materials for an art project yesterday. The Scrap Box se...…
…2A - Thursday, January 14, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.corn MONDAY: TUESDAY: WEDNESDAY: MONDAY: TUESDAY: WEDNESDAY: In Other Ivory Towers Professor Profiles Before You Were Here NOT FROM CONCENTRATE I FRIDAY: Photos of the Week Secrets from the U' Sharing secrets means something different for LSA senior Kara LaPlante than for most students. LaPlante created a stu- dent group last fall called Secrets from the U, which is dedic...…
…M Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, January14, 2010 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS SDETROIT Detroit Police call on texting tipsters to tackle crimes Detroit Police officials are hop- log a new campaign aimed at generating anonymous tips will inspire residents to think of a four- letter word whenever they witness crime: Text. Authorities say the city's "CRIME. See it. Text it." campaign will be announced yeser...…
…4A - Thursday, January 14, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 74fii g~an Bat4hj Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. t au 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu JACOB SMILOVITZ EDITOR IN CHIEF RACHEL VAN GILDER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MATT AARONSON MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and il...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 5A With open field, Ilitch may enter Dem. primary Former Michigan football player reaches plea bargain on charges From Page 1A experiences would make her a sufficient candidate, according to the source. litch is the daughter of Michael Ilitch, the founder of Detroit- based Little Caesars Pizza. She is also the former CEO and presi- dent of Ilitch Holdings, Inc. - a company...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 7A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, January14, 2010 - 7A Michigan to take on Indiana By AMY SCARANO Daily Sports Writer The Michigan women's basket- ball heads to Bloomington tonight for its first matchup of the season with Indiana. It won't be a walk in the park, and the Wolverines know that by now. Six games into Big Ten season, they have realized that ever...…
…0 8A - Thursday, January 14, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Falling short hurts most at Crisler t Y 3f 1 ih S 7 r fi 4 1 + Y,' !K+". _ _ i r z ,.d - v _ p sue. , . fir~ . "°^ , °"Ta, - _ _ w' { ;: fix' h. . { g '3' . P ,.rte ... , b. Honestly, I felt claustrophobic. After the Michigan men's bas- ketball team upset then-No. 15 Ohio State, the Wolverine Nation started to come crawl- ing back. That was fine. It was good to see s...…
…thebx com Thursday, January 14, 2010 D The Michigan Daily I michigandaily. THERE'S A LOT OF ANIME THAT DELVES INTO PHI LOSOPH ICAL SU BJECTS, LIKE WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN. -KEN CHILDERS LSA SENIOR, ANIMANIA M weekend essentials Jan. 14 to Jan.17 AT THE MIC Artist Stephanie Row- den will be speaking tonight at 5 p.m. at the Michigan The- ater. Rowden's work includes several instal- lations and projects exploring the medium of radio. Rec...…
…2B - Thursday, January 14, 2010 i The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom F OOD WARS RAY'S RED HOTS The dog at Ray's Red Hots is neither red nor hot, but it's certainly delicious. The all-beef wiener itself is quite a bit smaller in diameter than I'm used to, but its length makes up for it (hi-ohh!). There's also a subtle crunch to the meat casing. The real story here is the sesame seed bun: moist, flavorful and the icing on the frankfurte...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 3B The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 38 On the prowl for winter fashions The Collage Concert provides a series of challenges for the technical staff, as transitions between performances must be done swiftly as applause is held. A collegiate, musical collage When the five-minute walk to class feels like a trek up Mt. Ever- est, and it becom...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4B - Thursday, January 14, 2010 COL LAGE From Page 3B more than one piece, addressing songs that need special ampli- fication or instrumentation and organizing stage lighting. Some of the dance pieces are performed to recorded music, keeping the tech workers on their toes as the concert moves rapidly between recordings and live music. There will also be some shortened plays, including Shakespeare's "Macb...…
…BLACK AND BLUE GAY AND GREEK Joe Stapleton breaks down the A look at the experience of members of problems behind Michigan men's the Greek community who are - whether basketball's disappointing season. or not their brothers know it - gay. SEE SPORTS, PAGE 8A SEE THE STATEMENT, INSIDE Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, January 13, 2010 michigandaily.com STUDENT HEALTH INSURANCE 'U' mulls changes to student health plan DETROIT ON DISPLAY Offic...…
…6 2A - Wednesday, January 13, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers TUESDAY: Professor Profiles THURSDAY: FRIDAY: Qampus Clubs Photos. of the Week IT'S GAME TIME Looking to the lights In 1986 the Universi- on campus. ty took measures to try The 56 phones - stra- to make campus safer tegically placed around hy installing the widely- campus in areas that recognized hlue light had more incidents of syst...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS DEARBORN, Mich. Dog owner pleads guilty to animal cruelty A man who had hundreds of live and dead Chihuahuas and Chihuahua mixes in his Detroit- area home has pleaded guilty to an animal cruelty charge in a deal that keeps him out of prison. Fifty-six-year-old Kenneth Lang Jr. of Dearborn made the plea yesterday in Wayne County Circuit Court. He had faced up ...…
…a 4A - Wednesday, January 13, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com E-MAIL ELAINE AT EMORT@UMICH.EDU te 1Mi ian &U Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu ELAINE MORTON I a -^ ' I ....... Tioif-i, ihasaijos kst, heavy aomP asinc-~- whi 0t0A sotil .' t C~taty ' 'fl ri iT'S WN SYJN le JACOB SMILOVITZ EDITOR IN CHIEF RACHEL VAN GILDER EDITORI...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 5A Duffy's prized poetry brings in the crowds Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell stood in for the late Heath Ledger, who passed before the movie was completed. The Doc.tor isin Heath Ledger takes a final bow in 'Imaginarium,' Terry Gilliam's whimsical new film By TIMOTHY RABB Daily Arts Writer Film critics and movie enthusiasts alike have long been awestruck when con...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 7A Investigation into incident at Chi Psi house dropped AAPD: Sexual assault case closed at victim's request By DEVON THORSBY Daily StaffReporter The investigation of the sexual assault of an 18 year old girl at a Chi Psi fraternity party in November has been closed, according to the Ann Arbor police. AAPD Lt. Angella Abrams told the Daily yesterday that the case TEXTBOOKS...…
