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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS KABUL Eight U.S. soldiers killed inAMghanistan Roadside bombs - the biggest killer of U.S. soldiers - claimed eight more American lives yester- day, driving the U.S. death toll to a record level forthethirdtime in four months as President Barack Obama nears adecisiononanewstrategyfor the ...…
…4A - Wednesday, October 28,,2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com C 1 4e Michioan l wily Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu ROBERT SOAVE COURTNEY RATKOWIAK EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR GARY GRACA EDITOR IN CHIEF Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustra...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 5A A Whale of an album By KRISTYN ACHO DailyArts Writer It's hard for critics not to roll their eyes at Noah and The Whale's ste- reotypically * * hip persona - its name pays Noah and homage to the Whale the cult indie flick "The The First Days Squid and the of Spring Whale" and Vertigo the band is composed of eccentric musicians who look like they just walked off the set ...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 7A From Page 1A Michigan coaching staff told him the cause of the dismissal was "just a combination of missing study tables, missing class and missing workouts." "I never saw it coming," Wilcher said, adding that Cis- soko never caused trouble in high school. "Whatever he was asked to do, he did it." Wilcher did not know exactly when these issues began, but said "it's like ...…
…8A Wednesday, October 28, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Michigan needs to shake its early-season scoring woese. T hrough25gameslastseason, then-sophomore forward Louie Caporusso looked invincible. He netted 20 goals in that span, putting him in contention for the Hobey Baker Award, given to col- lege hockey's best player. But Caporusso's fortunes turned soon after he lifted the Great Lakes Invitational MVP trophy in-Decem- ber...…
…0 0 0_0 B The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 28,2009 The drug den next door y first foray into off-cam- pus housing in Ann Arbor was both devoid of local knowledge and poorly thought out. I transferred to the University in summer 2008, and my only criteria for living quarters were that they be centrally located and not too much like a dungeon. I settled on an apart- ment within a house across from Liberty Plaza on South Division Stree...…
… AdMbL - ----- ------- The Michiom Daily --- VVednesday, October 28, 2009 Wcencsday, October 28, 2009 - TThc Michigan Gaily 7B Magazine Editor: Jessica Vosgerchian Editor inChief: Gary Graca Managing Editor: Courtney Ratkowiak Photo Editor: Sam Wolson TheJunk Drawer: Brian Tengel Center spreaddesign: Coreen DeFever Cover photo: Jake Fromm The Statement is The Michigan Daily's news magazine, distributed every Wednesday during the academic ye...…
…0 0 0 r Living n the trap of luxury Ann Arbor's most expnsive student ousing isn't quite worth the price By Trevor Calero II Daily News Editor WednesdayU.TS"0 . T EEE QUOTES OF THE WEEK I had a house for homeless people. Now, I'm homeless." - SHERI WEST, a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, explaining how she lost her home last spring as a result of foreclosure. A few years ago, West ran a group shelter for homeless people, doing their laundry an...…
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…be l id~gan 4hiIlj Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, September 28, 2009 michigandaily.com FINANCING YOUR EDUCATION Federal aid overhaul on the horizon Students would see students at the University took di- rect loans through the subsidized more funds, but no and unsubsidized programs for the 2008-2009 academic year. change in'U'policy Though many students wouldn't see a significant change in how they By NICOLE ABER receive their funds, they woul...…
…2A - Monday, September 28, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2A - Monday, September 28, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom THURSDAY: FRIDAY: TUESDAY: Off the Beaten Path WEDNESDAY: Campus Clubs Before You Were Here Photos of the Week ses GETTIN' GROOVY 420 Maynard Sn. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com GARY GRACA DAN NEWMAN Edinor in Chief Business Manager 734-847-3336 734-764-0858 graca@michigandaiy.com tmd...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, September 28, 2009 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Monday, September 28, 2009 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS LANDING, Mich. Mich. panel votes to cut prison spending A legislative conference commit- tee has voted to cut prison spending in the Michigan budget year sched- uled to start in four days. The 5 percent cut would be met in part by completing a previously an- nounced plan to close prisons an...…
…4A - Monday, September 28, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0 J11 1Jtdgan &i3 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu GARY GRACA ROBERT SOAVE COURTNEY RATKOWIAK EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIA( PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflectthe official position of the Daily's editorialboard. All other signed articles and illustrations re...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, September 28, 2009 -5A The power of suggestion Television critics are afforded a unique oppor- tunity that film and music critics have to go without: the. opportunity to be wrong. y Now, all reviews are mat- ters of opinion, but that's not what I mean by JAMIE "wrong." There BLOCK will always be reviews that disagree with the majority opinion, but the key fac- tor that makes them as correct as ...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, September 28, 2009 - 7A A PRE-GAME PEP TALK TOREHAN SHARMAN/Daily Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez speaks at the Homecoming Pep Rally on Friday. Rodriguez spoke about the team's future prospects. will allowsome students to be eligible and 1,531 graduate students at the in an e-r FINANCIAL AID for more aid. University participated inthe Perkins Commit From Page 1A "The benefit of getting ...…
…8A - Monday, September 28, 2009 WHY? From Page 5A Less than two minutes into the record, a quick- paced piano progression channeling a simplistic folk-like beauty, makes it clear that Yoni had not mis- spoke when he disavowed his group's ties to hip hop. "January Twenty Something" welcomes an album imbued with more piano harmonies and fewer drum machines. These fresh influences are also evident on "Berkeley By Hearseback," a similarly peacefu...…
…The Michigan Daily I michigandaily.com I September 28, 2009 SAID ALSALA Freshman Tate Forcier leaps into the air for a go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter. In four starts, Forcier has led the Wolverines to two come-from-behind wins ncluding Saturday's 36 33 victory over Indiana. BACK TOREALT More ofa wake-up call than afeel-good win The feeling of a glorious come-from-behind win should have been familiar - after all, it had oniy been 14...…
…2B - September 28, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ere s more to pregaminhan Tailgating is an irreplaceable part of the x football experience M itch Albom, Detroit Free Press columnist-turned-sappy book writer, recently wrote an arti- cle about tailgating. Because he saw one YouTube video of two inebriated women fighting at a Detroit Lions game, he isn wholeheartedly against drinking in preparation for NFL and college football ga...…
…The Michigan Daily -- michigandaily.com September 28, 2009 - 3B The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom September 28, 2009 - 3B GAME STATISTICS M' finds third cornerback in J.T. Floyd Team Stats First Downs Rush/Yds Passing Yards OfferlPays Total Offense Kick retuns/ Yds Putreuns/ Yds PuGTT/AAE Fumbles/Lost Penalties/Yards Time of Poss PASSING Robinson Totas RUSHING Player A grown Minor . 1 Robins n Fortier 7 Tam Totas 5 RECEIVING Grady, Ke...…
…4B - September 28, 2009 The Michigan Daily -- michigandaily.com 0 THE QUICK BREAKDOWN MAIZE GAUGE The Michigan Daily football writers break down the weekend's stats that don't show up in the box score. The Mesk-o-Meter measures the success of special teams, 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. b 41 Tt C R { { No i All, MESK-...…
…w e 13idigan Bail Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, January 28, 2009 michigandaily.com MAKIN' LOVE TO THE CAMERA CITY HOUSiNG Affordable housing to come to A Plans mulled to planning to replace any loot parking space by either build- convert one of three ing underground parking lots or additional levels to the parking parking lots into lot on the corner of Ann Street and Ashley Street. low-income housing The housing site would include 60 to ...…
…2A - Wednesday, January 28, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MOt~4DAY: TUESDAY: THURSDAY: FRIDAY: MONDAY: TUESA:WDESDAY: THURSDAY: FRIDAY: In Other Ivory Towers Campus Characters Explained _Before You Were Here Photos of the Week WHAT HAPEc e PTY KEGS? A ecretbew? As many have put it before, beer is the leading social lubri- cant distributed at college parties across the nation. The average college student is well-read in this a...…
…The Michigan Daily - michiganclaily.com Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS ATLANTA Food inspectors didn't consider salmonella a threat Food regulators didn't consider salmonella a threat to most pea- nut products before they traced an outbreak to a peanut butter plant in Georgia two years ago. Officials in the nation's top peanut-producing state promptly began ...…
…4A - Wednesday, January 28, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com be* Midian iail Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu ROBERT SOAVE COURTNEY RATKOWIAK EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR GARY GRACA EDITOR IN CHIEF Hi Friends, I wanted you all to be among the first to know that I've launched my new political action committee, SarahPAC." -...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - 5A An album too cool for you to understand COURTESY OF DREAMWORKS The original Enzyte ad. A tedio Revolutio By SARAH CHAVEY Daily Arts Writer Buying single tracks for only 99 cents on iTunes is a temptation that gets the best of us all from Franz time to time, but Tonight: Franz Ferdinand Ferdinand is a Tonight: Franz shining example Ferdinand of an album best listened to...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ._ Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - 7A FALLOUT From Page 1A thatifthesophomorestaysenrolled through the spring, the coach will be willing to discuss the forward's future with the team. "It was a tough decision, but the right decision," Michigan State coach Comley said. "I think the action that took place in the heat of the battle was inappropriate. Idon'tthinkthekidsarebadkids. I don't think it was preme...…
…8A - Wednesday, January 28, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.cam I 8A - Wednesday, January 28, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 1 No longer just Harris shows By RUTH LINCOLN Daily Sports Editor Last season, Manny Harris was one-dimensional. The then-freshman guard would slither around defenders and slash to the basket with amaz- ing moves. He led the Michigan men's basketball team in scoring in 21 of 32 games, including n...…
…0 0 0" 0"0 " I 8B The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 28, 2009 A home plate away from home sat before my television on Election Day and tried to hold my emotions in check as I wit- nessed one of the most symbolic moments of American history. In my head, I thought of the first image that came to my mind when I heard the word "America." It wasn't the Statue of Liberty or the American flag. It was an upper-deck view of Yankee Stadium fro...…
… p p p p p 9 " S 0 el The Michigan DDaily Wednesday, . 2009 Magazine Editor: Jessica Vosgerchian Editor in Chief: Gary Graca Managing Editor: Courtney Ratkowiak Photo Editor: Sam Wolson Multimedia Editor: David Azad Merian Junk Drawer: Brian Tengel Center spread design: Lan Truong Cover photo: Sam Wolson The Statement is The Michigan Daily's news magazine, distributed every Wednesday during the academic year. new rules rule 176: Mak- in...…
…! S - -0 i* 0 .AOL .I Wednesday, Janua y 28, 2009 -The Michigan Daily 1 I t ; - ..o ' r_ t f ' _ i , t , " r k , . 3 ABOUT CAMPUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN OQUIST QUOTES OF THE WEEK "It is clear that the boy, I remember the first at the age of three, knows thought I had was,'Oh, what to do with a lighter crap, I just died.'" and cigarette." E I ff 'f t i E :'.. Students of Zen The joys and challenges of living in Ann Arbor's Zen Buddhi...…
… The Michigan Daily- Wednesday, January 28, 2009 0 0 0 0 0 a I Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - The Michigan Daily 5B HOW STUDENTS CONVINCED ROSS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATORS THAT MAKING' R NEW SCHOOL GREEN IS GOOD BUSINESS. BY LISA HAIDOSTIA. PHOTS Y SAM WOLL0 THE the dark marble countertops and heavy wood-paneled doors of the new Ross School of Business building's bathrooms, the electric green handles on the toilets seema litt...…
…be Midjigan Batty Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, October 28, 2008 michigandaily.com RACE FOR THE BOARD OF REGENTS Candidates offer ideas i campus debate Hopefuls differ on how to finance the University, lower tuition and foster diversity By ANDY KROLL Daily News Editor Six candidates running for the University of Mich- igan's Board of Regents in the fall election fielded questions yesterday from faculty members at a forum held at Palmer Comm...…
…. 2 - Tuesday, October 28, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2 - Tuesday, October 28, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Punch and run LEGALIZE IT It was 1 a.m. on a Thursday when this wa I got punched in the face, walking forget. home alone from work. Some drunken wreck of a kid - eyes glazed, mouth agape, feet stumbling over each other - trotted beside me as I crossed to the WX side of the street where my house was. I g...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 3 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Feds disrupt alleged plot targeting Obama Two white supremacists alleg- edly plotted to go on a national killing spree, shooting and decapi- tating black people and ultimately targeting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, federal authorities said Monday. . In all, the two...…
…4 - Tuesday, October 28, 2008 C niorl The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ci C I 4e IictIVig n ily Edited and managed by students at the University ofMichigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@unich.edu ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR GABE NELSON MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position oftthe Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and ill...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 5 Modern art reeks o the conceptual R alph Waldo Emerson once wrote, "Love of beauty is taste. Creation of beauty is art." While I love Emerson dearly, if we think of "beauty" as something that looks beautiful, I would have to disagree - art isn't necessar- ily "pretty." How, then, would we clas- sify contem- -WITNEY porary artist Piero Manzoni and his 1961 art piece, "Merda...…
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