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…P Illic4i an4,.3at Im Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, October 10, 2008 michigandaily.com FUNDING DISCOVERIES U' sets research spending record With federal grants harder to secure, partnerships with industry bring in more money By ELAINE LAFAY Daily Staff Reporter * University research expenses broke $875.8 mil- lion for the 2007-2008 fiscal year, a 6.4 percent increase from last year and the highest sum spent on research and development in Uni...…

…2A - Friday, October 10, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2A - Friday, October10, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom WALL STREET WOES Homework for the holidays Every time classes get a lit- tle emptier, like they did this week for to the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, questions arise about the University's policy on religious observances and other holidays. There are more than 35 holi- days, both religious and other- wis...…

…The Michigan Daily- michigandaily.com N ew s Friday, October 10, 2008 -'3A * The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom XVS Friday, October10, 2008 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS AUSTIN, Texas More than 76,000 damage claims filed after Ike More than 76,000 damage claims from Hurricane Ike have been filed with the Texas-backed windstorm insurance association, which expects to pay billions of dollars to policy holders for loss- es. Texas Windstorm Insurance Ass...…

…4A - Friday, October 10, 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 vi...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com h Friday, October 10, 2008 -5A Far, far from good By JAMIE BLOCK Daily Arts Writer new animated series "Star Clone Wars" explains Y OF UNIV The Wars: "Holy crap - I'm in good movies again!" An incre.dible Genius' Greg Kinnear shines in moving chronicle of one man's battle against injustice By ANDREW LAPIN Daily Arts Writer Engineering students, rejoice: Your movie has finally arrived. "Flash of Ge...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, October 10, 2008 - 7A * The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, October10, 2008 - 7A . With election a month away, candidates zero in on ethics Obama cites opponent's 'erratic behavior,' McCain revisits Ayers issue By MICHAEL FINNEGAN and PETER NICHOLAS Los Angeles Times DAYTON, Ohio - The campaign for president pivoted sharply to character and temperament yes- terday as Democrat Barack ...…

…8A - Friday, October 10, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Michigan finally meets the neighbors Defense ready for By COURTNEY RATKOWIAK bootlegs and nakeds, a whole Daily Sports Editor bunch of screens," Rodriguez said. 71 "The two things that hurt us in physical m atchup Tomorrow, the Wolverines will the last game were play action and finally meet their neighbors. It's not like they're complete strangers - Ann Arbor and Toledo a...…

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… 2B - Football Saturday - October 11, 2008 0 e S e October 11, 2008 - Football Saturday - 7B 8/30 9/6 2008 Michigan Schedule Utah, L 23-25: Michigan was expected to have growing pains. And after a failed comeback attempt, the Wolverines were on the wrong end of an opening game for the second year in a row. Miami (Ohio), W 16-6: At least this game isn't against Oregon. Michigan should be able to win against the average Mid-American Confe...…

…0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 -Iq 6B'- Football Saturday - October11, 2008 Breakdown: Michigan vs. Toledo October 11, 2008 - Football Saturday - 3B By IAN ROBINSON AND the Threet-led offense has gone NATE SANDALS long stretches without moving the Daily Sports Editors ball, like in the last three quarters against Illinois. MICHIGAN RUSHING OFFENSE The Rockets have allowed over VS. TOLEDO RUSHING DEFENSE 30 points in four of five games Toledo returne...…

…PIP- 4B - Football Saturday - October 11, 2008 October 11, 2008 - Football Saturday - 5B "UM's Sam McGuffie flexible, reliable" - Detroit FreePress "McGuffie has plenty to say on field" - The Ann Arbor News "Wolverines' McGuffie graces YouTube - again" - Toledo Blade .Each of those headlines appeared in the last three weeks, but freshman running back Sam McGuffie doesn't like his fame one bit. "I hate articles about me," McGuffie said. "I d...…

…fter leaving the 'U,' they became notorious The Statement e fiidigan Dail Wednesday, October 10, 2007 michigandaily:com STATE PRIMARY FIGHT . 5Dems wantoff of state ballot Their student supporters plan to keep campaigning By SCOTT MILLS Daily StaffReporter Democratic presidential can- didates Barack Obama, John Edwards and Bill Richardson announced yesterday that they had filed paperwork to remove their names from the Michigan primary ballo...…

… 2A - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 0 2A - Wednesday, October10, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 0 MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes THURSDAY: Explained _Before You Were Here FRIDAY: The Extremist ELECTING A KING AND QUEEN Sticker shock In order to give or sell your stu- dent football- ticket to someone who's not a student, you have to buy a $27 sticker, which allows ...…

…0 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, October 10, 2007- 3A NEWS BRIEFS BAGHDAD Iraqi women killed by security guards Guards in a security convoy opened fire on a car at an inter- section in central Baghdad yester- day, killing two Christian women before speeding away, police said. The Iraqi government said a Dubai- based private security company was behind the shootings. Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Abdul-Karim Khalaf ...…

… 4A - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com C I I I e fitic4tgan ailIj Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR I have a glass of ethanol every day before breakfast, but I still don't think we should subsidize it." - Republican presidential candidate John McCa...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday. October 10. 2007 - SA IfI were in charge D ear Google: Welcome to Ann Arbor. It's so nice to have you. Now that you've settled in a bit, maybe we can talk about your future, my future - our future together. You see, I have a cou- ple of ideas you mightcbe interested in and you have a couple mil- lion things LU.YDi Imaybe in. CARGO We'd make the perfect team. But let's just get to the point. W...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Employee health costs set to rise A crowd of students, Ron Paul supporters and passersby gathered on the Diag last night to hear presidential candidate speak. PAUL From page lA reverse the economy's downwar trend by expanding economic fre dom and limiting inflation. "We are havingtrouble and th state is having trouble," Paul sai "We need to prohibit the printin of money and deal with the feder: reserve ...…

…m 8A - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 95 master's and 38 doctoral programs spanning the academic spectrum. Come and learn about the diverse opportunities for graduate study at UNIVERSITY CARGO From page 5A too hard to round up. We could even just hire al the writers of the best music blogs already out there, and Googlemusicblog could be a one-stop site for the best in commentary and con- tent. It could e...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - 9A Eyes on the prize: a title still in reach By SCOTT BELL Daily Sports Editor The week after the Michigan football team's historic loss to Appalachian State, it hoped to get back on track against Ore- gon. But an embarrassing 39-7 loss followed, along with an injury for senior quarterback Chad Henne. Instead of repairing its tar- nished image after the loss to the Mountai...…

… 10A - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0 a F r t i' f ,t R I vs s, t s:': 'u 4 t .Sid y4". E v V- 0 0 11 qij r2007 AT&T Knowledge Ventures. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Knowledge Ventures. No purchase necessary. Ends 10/15/07. Open to legal residents of the 50 U.S. and D.C. who are of legal age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence (and at least 18) as of ...…

… 0 0 " Sw The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 Cultural learnings of Kazakhstan: A Peace Corps volunteer finds no sign of Borat i C t ', hF# hree years ago, if I had told my friends I was going to Kazakhstan with the Peace Corps, their response would have been a mix of confusion and mystification. The first question undoubtedly would have focused on why I want to "give up" two years of my life. The second ques- tion would h...…

…- . . r A AV 0 0 0 0 0 9 Th ich .nDal Wensdy Octbe 1S 2S0 THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK with GARY GRACA ru les eu A look at the big news events this week and how important they really are. Conveniently rated from one to10. A REAL MAN OF GENIUS? when the editor in chief of Colorado State University's student newspaper, The Rocky Mountain Collegian, allowed "Taser this: Fuck Bush" to run as an editorial, he probably saw himself enshrined next to...…

…_ - --A l -k w--wM 0 V a 0 The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 Cont'd: Unclear exactly what you're going to do with your life when you graduate? It might not matter. Wednesday, October 10, 2007 The Michigan Daily 3B QUOTES OF THE WEEK CAREERS From page 5B Senior year was complete with investment banking interviews for Cooper, but after writing his senior thesis on documentary film pro- duction, he decided to move to Los ...…

…. . U wA A w a 0 Not everyone who makes their living through advertising wears a tie to work How market research could help Ann Arbor panhandlers make more money ,o-w .0.- S -* drinking beer For the more sophisticated among us, beer is the fruit of an aged and artful craft, not something to spit out onto your shirt after a keg stand. Matt Greff, owner of Arbor Brewing Company, imparts some wisdom for beginners about considering abandonin...…

…i Aft~ w Wensa, coe " B The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 Cont'd: What market research could mean for panhandlers MONEY From page 4B panhandlers about the science of average passerby. New Yorkers in 2006 about what their trade. In exchange for lunch one of her most successful inter- kind of person they gave their the street. Results were displayed or a few bucks, she asked them viewees was a man named Robert change to fo...…

…9 9 .9 9 9 -W M .! 0 0 6B The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - The Michigan Dady -:,-4-C3 'S for 11acabre Sure Yale has produced a record number of Supreme Court justices, Princeton and Harvard a multitude of senators and governors. But when I'm showing off, who do I point to among the University's alumni? Besides Darth Vader and O-Ren Ishii, the answer is Dr. Death and the Unabomber. That's rig...…

…Tuesday, October 10, 2006 CHEERIO! OUR WRITER PLAYS CRICKET ACROSS THE POND ... SPORTS, PAGE 10 News 3 Granholm, DeVos to square off in debate Opinion 4 Toby Mitchell on Arts 5 Ryan Gosling shines D~ssdcpin e £b j uf a I in 'Half Nelson' One-hundred-sixteen years of editorialfreedom www.michiandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXVII, No. 26 @2006 The Michigan Daily OH, THE PLACES WE'LL GO Mario Manningham snags a catch during Michigan's 31-...…

…2-The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, October 10, 2006 NATION/WORLD 413 E. Huron St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1327 www.michigandaily.com DONN M. FRESARD ALEXIs FLOYD Editor in Chief Business Manager fresard@michigandaily.com business@michigandaily.com CONTACT INFORMATION Newsroom: 763-2459 Office hours: Sun.-Thurs. 1 I i.m. - 2 a.m. News Tips news@michigandaily.com Corrections corrections@michigandaily.com Letters to the Editor tothedaily@michigandail...…

… NEWS Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - The Michigan Daily - 3 ON CAMPUS Vigil to be held for actor Reeve The Student Society for Stem Cell Research will hold a candle- light vigil in memory of actor Christopher Reeve on the Diag at 8 p.m. today. Reeve was paralyzed in an equestrian accident in 1995 and died in 2004. Dance professor to hold discussion Dance Prof. Peter Sparling will lead a discussion on the Martha Graham Dance Company at the Ann A...…

…4 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, October 10, 2006 l E oirtcFC~tga1% DPINION DONN M. FRESARD Editor in Chief EMILY BEAM CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK Editorial Page Editors JEFFREY BLOOMER Managing Editor EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 ' n { r413 E. HURON ANN ARBOR, MI 48104 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed arti...…

…Tuesday October 10, 2006 arts.michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaily.com ART s 5 Ars politica - or not FINE ARTS COLUMN f you happen to be one of the crowd that knows about Banksy, then maybe you under- stand my admiration of political art. Maybe this column is just a continu- ation of that sentiment, but this time the context is our University. The subject of political apathy among students has been tossed around the Daily's Opinion pa...…

…6 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, October 10, 2006 Tit %;| Ensemble drama steals viewers E - - INVITE YOU AND A GUEST TO A SPECIAL SCREENING By Ben Megargel Daily Arts Writer It's fascinating how little "The Nine" reveals in the pilot episode. The writersestab- lish almost no plot points The Nine or character insight, yet Wednesdays the drama is at 10 p.m. all the more ABC addictive for it. The conspiracy surrounding the unknown is almost a...…

…Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - The Michigan Daily - 7 Turn on the bright 'Lights': NBC football drama scores By Michael Passman Daily Arts Writer Here's a novel concept: a Southern town obsesses over its high school football team. Oh wait, you've seen that already? Friday Night Hmm. Well, there Lights was that book, that movie and the MTV Tuesday at reality show that 8 p.m. ripped off the book NBC and the movie. But no, this is totally differen...…

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…Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - The Michigan Daily - 9 American Phelps wins 2006 Nobel Prize in econ INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY NEW YORK (AP) - An American economist who devel- oped theories about unemploy- ment that better capture how workers and companies actually make decisions about jobs has been named winner of the 2006 Nobel Memorial Prize in Eco- nomic Sciences. Edmund S. Phelps, 73, a pro- fessor at Columbia University in New' York, was cit...…

…Tuesday October 10, 2006 sports.michigandaily.com sports@michigandaily.com SPe RiSligan tilg 1o1 Cricket not too easy for a Yank Manningham BRIGHTON, England - I know, it's been done before. Whether it's the literary critic who thinks he can t write a book, or the actor who thinks he t can sing (in David Hasselhoff's case, both), we humans _..,: want it all. By Eileen I'm no exception. I'm the sports writer who wants to be an athlete. N...…

…Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - The Michigan Daily - 11 Losing bistory doesn't deprive Tigers offim (AP) - When he left Detroit in 1995, after 17 years as man- ager of the Tigers, the venerable Sparky Anderson said, "I ain't here no more." It was like the baseball life was sucked out of the Motor City with his leaving. The Tigers have had six managers since Anderson and none of them, until Jim Leyland this season, could produce a win- ning record...…

…12-The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, October 10, 2006 .After loss, Steinbrenner to make employment decisions NEW YORK (AP) - Joe Torre was absent Sunday. Alex Rodri- guez, too. And the New York Yankees made no announcement about changing managers. While several players and coaches packed up in a quiet club- house, Day 1 of what figures to be a wild offseason in Yankeeland provided few definitive answers. Torre still has his job - for now. Hours a...…

…Monday, October 10, 2005 Sports 1B Hockey starts season with sweep of Quinnipiac Arts 8A Alt-rock heroes Weezer and Foo Fighters hit Detroit - 74TI iFY~.J\4.£ ~ 1' ~ _ _____ One-hundredfifteen years ofeditorialfreedom www.michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXVI, No. 8 @2005 The Michigan Daily Asian Earthquake, measured at magnitude 7.6, called worst disaster in Pakistan's history MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Res- cuers struggled to...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, October 10, 2005 NATION/WORLD Hundreds dead in GuatemalaN BRIEF Hurricane hits Gulf of ies failed to arrive in time, and "we r . Mexico hardest, leaving hundreds dead and missing GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Dozens of foreign tourists fled devastated lakeside Mayan towns on foot and by helicopter yesterday as Guatemalan officials said they would abandon communities bur- ied by landslides and declare them mass gr...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Monday, October 10, 2005 - 3A ON CAMPUS r Lecturer to speak on Detroit housing development Rob Dewaelsche will be giving a lecture on the challenges faced by those trying to develop housing in Detroit at 7:30 p.m. in the Kuenzel Room of the Michigan Union. Dewaelsche is the executive director of Habitat Detroit and has led the organization in redeveloping a 16-block neighborhood. He holds an MBA from the University...…

…4A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, October 10, 2005 OPINION cue dicbgau iail 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 NOTABLE QUOTABLE I was very sure I would die." -Pakistani earthquake survivor Maria Hussain, who was pulled from the ...…

…Monday October 10, 2005 arts. michigandaily.com artseditor@michigandaily.com JI iFtilgrn u RTS 5A . . . . .. .. .. .. ... .. . Talk is cheap Depending on your perspec- tive, it's either the best or the worst fake news story since the Jude Law debacle: Tom Cruise has finally knocked up fiancee/ purported hostage Katie Holmes. Presumably, this will end specula- tion that he tapped her merely as media-watchdog arm candy to promote a pair of...…

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… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Monday, October 10, 2005 - 7A * MINNESOTA Continued from page 1A impressive rushing attack. It was Russell's 61-yard sprint with 1:27 remaining that sealed the game for the Gophers. Michigan running back Mike Hart came up with 109 yards and a touchdown, but the effort proved futile in the face of the Gophers' sti- fling defense. "We struggled in a lot of areas," quarterbacks coach Scot Loeffler said. "We didn't run...…

…an Dai Ortnc 0 ,a H ral SocilhWok#Day Friday, October 28, 2005 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. School of Social Work, 1080 S. University Reception immediately following presentations For students interested in learning more about careers in social work and University of Michigan degree programs: Master of Social Work Ph.D. in Social Work and Social Science RSVP by Oct. 24 via our website: www.ssw.umich.edu/prospective or call (734) 764-3309 then nr...…

… ARTS The Michigan Daily - Monday, October 10, 2005 - 9A Courtesy of DreamWorks "Do hooks make it more attractive, Jerry?" Claymation duo makes cheerful screen debut Nine Inch Nails back to form at Joe Louis By Amos Barshad Daily Arts Writer CONCERT REVIEW For broke college students on a steady diet of smoky bars, a $50 show isn't really an option. But that's too bad - shows like Nine Inch Nails at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit on Saturday p...…

…10A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, October 10, 2005 We believe in sandy feet, beach bonfires and lifelong memories. We believe in vacations. Have a vacation on us. Learn more in November Your life. You can bring it with you. 0 -4 -~ m …