…a a ~ One hundred eight years ofeditonlfreedom ht Monday, May 10,_1999 Ftp://wwwmichi onaivcm cj./vwv. rcm arar.u Universities Ford11ve *Nfr$9.3 millionrto 'U' r "JIJA 111~V By Nika Schulte DAN, Dews Editor Marking one of th rate contributions e the University, a $9. #pledge from the alternative Company Fund was week by the Unive Motor Company. By Michael Grass Unlike previous Daily Nows Editor the company which As universities natio...…
…2 - ThO Michigan Daily - Monday, May 10, 1999 SPRING Continued from Page 1 Thousands of students, like Luther, will forego the usual play- time at the beach to immerse them- selves in the University's summer classes. While some students said they need to complete a writing requirement or want to ease their courseload for next year, others said there are additional reasons to stay in Ann Arbor. LSA senior Joe Casey said he enjoys the off-seaso...…
…Monday, May 10, 1999 - The Michigan Daily - 3 Fore addresses development at conference Gore praises citizens, Mayor rcher's efforts t revitalize evelopment in Detroit. y Michael Grass and dam Zuwerink Jaly News Editors )ETROIT- Calling for improvements in the uality of life in communities nationwide, more han 3,000 delegates from around the world con- ened in Detroit last Tuesday for the first National Town Meeting for a Sustainable America."...…
…4 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 10, 1999 Edited and managed by EMILY ACHENBAUM NICK WOOMER students at the 4 4 + Editor in Chief Editorial Page Editor t iUniversity of Michigan 1 atrI U n e utotherwise noted, igned editorials reflect the opinion of tk 420 Maynard Street tnajority of the Dails editorial board. All other articles, letters anr Ann Arbor, Ml( 48109 cartoons do not necessarily releet the opinion of The Michigant Dail N o one ...…
…LTES * OTHDIO pportunity important to admissions o THE DAILY: I would like to write to xpress my agreement with he opinion expressed by mily Achenbaum in her 's. May 4, column Financial privilege and affir- ative action" regarding the se of socioeconomic status s a factor in university dmission. Most of the students who esponded to the aily/Institute for Social esearch poll mentioned that he difficulty of high school oursework completed shoul...…
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…Monday, May 10, 1999 - The Michigan Daily - 7 Despite Columbine shootigs, some legislators favor gun proosal tEG ISLATIO N to end up in the wrong hands. LSA junior Jeremy Stanifer said passing the pro- "I think people here are more tolerant because "I think this bill will stimulate the sale of gunsE" posed concealed weapons bill would be a mistake. there's so much diversity," Stanifer said. Continued from Page SIhe said. "More handguns in more...…
…8 The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 10, 1999 0 'U' Gardens host fa mily celebration By Nika Schulte Daily News Editor Amidst blooming blue and white violets and yellow wood poppies, families and friends took advantage of yesterday's sunny skies to celebrate Mother's Day at the University's Matthaei Botanical Gardens. Throughout the day, guides led hundreds of mothers and their families on tours of the Helen V Smith Woodland Wildflower Garden....…
…. O 1NG TIME AGO Tickets for "Star Wars: Episode 1- The Phantom Menace" go on sale this Wednesday. Daily Arts will have full coverage next Monday. ft.-M-d-itS Monday May 10, 1999 7 'Mummy' spooks in summer movie season onah Victor a ly Arts Writer With the release of "The Mummy'," Jniversal Studios tries to resurrect for he third time a production of a classic orror moVie series. Brendan Fraser 'George of the Jungle," "Gods and Monsters") ...…
…Tt'e Michigan Daily - Monday, May 10, .999 Gwar brings Armageddon to Jarpo's6 By Ian Dyament For the Daily With all of the formidable talk of the end of the world, it's good to see a band attempting to bring the world one step closer to Armageddon through music. Dubbed "Gwarmageddon 1999," theatrical shock rockers ; Gwar attempted " to kill everything on earth at Gwar Harpo's last Friday. Harpo ' Gwar is noto- Mayr7 rious for its gruesome liv...…
…Monday, May10,'1999- Th 6Michgar Dail - 11 .'Twas a week before 'Star Wars'... William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream Fox Searchlight the Michigan Theater and Showcase starting May 14th *1 Shakespeare done well is a thing of beauty. Shakespeare done badly is ... the latest film version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Rarely has a director misunder- stood a Shakespearean play so com- pletely or made one so boring as chael loffmann (O...…
…The Michigan men's track team rocked the competition at its own Phil Diamond Invitational. Page 15. S? ORTS May 10, 1999 Cervenak breaks 'M' all-time hits record Game-wininig homer is his 268th career hit By Chris Grandstaff Daily Sports Editor His teammates call him "Piggy," because of his tendency to get dirty on the diamond, but the nickname also fits his down to earth, all out style of play - a style of play that has made co-captain Mi...…
…Michigan catcher Melissa Gentile isn't a nervous per- son. But on a cool April day at Northwestern the butterflies ad been unleashed and acre flying freely in her stomach. They shouldn't have been. The at bat was like any of the other hundreds she had taken before. DANA INNANE Da But every at bat is unique in its own way, and this at bat's distinction was a rare one. It was Gentile's first at bat since she had back surgery in November. She was...…
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…Monday, May 10, 1999 - The Michigan Day --15 Wolverines 'tune-up' at Phil Diamond Men's track dominates invitational in preparation for Big Ten championships By Chris Langrill Daily Sports Writer The Big Ten Championships are only two short weeks away - that's what seems to be on the collective mind of the Michigan men's track and field team. When asked how they felt about individual perfor- mances and wins at yesterday's Phil Diamond Quad at...…
…WITH THE ANTI-SWEATSHOP MOVEMENT STRE NCGTHEININ( ON C AMPUSES NAT1)N WIDE, STUDENTS TRAVEL To CENTIRAL AMERICA TO SEE L XLOR (ONI)ITINS I 'RST I ANI). By Michael Grass -Daily News Editor As a student activist fi hing for better working con littos Iin factories that pro ucet handise fi r the -coIIgiate 1apparel industry SA junior Lee Palmer was wel11 atae of pror conditions that exist injthe sweatshop industry.c B3ut on a recent trip to (entra...…
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…U. GIOT MAIL editor @umagazin e.com Kudos! Thank you for the article ["Can You Be Gay & Greek?," Feb. '99] which was ourageous and fairly done. I was a' member of Lambda Chi Alpha at the U. of Arizona, Tucson, and I'm also active in the gay community here in San Diego. Gary L Vyne Thank you for including the informa- tion you did about being Greek and gay. I am the alumnae advisor to my chapter A at the College of William and Mary and am gay. ...…
…t anway _atnew from y I Study Kard Party Harder Virginia Tech U. Hope next year they'll come up with a better solution to students' drinking problems. Or at least not follow the example of Virginia Tech president Paul Torgersen. When he discovered students were (gasp!) drinking alcohol, he immediately took action. Torgersen circulat- ed a memo to all faculty providing guidelines. The solu- tion? Assign homework over the weekend. Sounds a lit...…
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…l £rhtirtrn &rinl Summer Weekly one h Moelrpleads no contest after resignation undredfour years of editorialfreedom Nicholas J. Cotsonika d Spencer Dickinson Daily Staff Reporters Former Michigan football coach Gary Moeller pleaded no contest Mon- day to misdemeanor charges of disor- derly conduct and assault and battery that resulted from last week's incident at a Southfield restaurant. After Moeller entered his plea, Judge Bryan H. Levy f...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday,May 10, 1995 'U' breaks ground on Huetwell visitors' center By Steve Townsend For the Daily The University is building a new weapon in the war of student recruit- ment, as construction officially began last month on a new 17,000 square foot visitors' center. The center has been named in honor of Frederick G.L. Huetwell, a graduate of the University and former executive director of the U-M Club of Detroit. A...…
…Wednesday, May 10, 1995 - The Michigan Daily -3 U.S. files motion against dismissal of Baker case I t 1 l i l i I t he house at 1617 Washtenaw, which was once home to Tau Gamma Nu, will become a coop in Septeml Co-op council prepares to buy closed Tau Gamma Nu house By Christina Rieske but if you are looking at the reality of it is "If we have 30 people living in the For the Daily that it is an old house that needed work," house the revenue...…
…4 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, May 10, 1995 420 Maynard Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan RoNNI GLASSBERG A n NE JANNEY Editor in Chief JOEL F. KNUTSON Editorial Page Editors Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of a majority of the Daily's editorial board. All other articles, letters and cartoons do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Daily's editoria...…
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…8 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, May 10, 1995 4 'U' home to world's first cyberspace librar 0 By Kristin Johnson For the Daily The days of sorting through library stacks and consulting University librar- ians are not gone yet. The future of the Internet Public Li- brary, the University's experimental cyberspace library, is still under examina- tion by its creators, users and students. The system is the first worldwide library resource s...…
…Wednesday, May 10, 195- The \chi'h raDly -9 National Clean Air Mont aims to ratse a aen s A glimpse into the past A student walks past "Mondrian at Slusser" at the School of Art. The exhibit is a traveling show recreating the abstract painter Piet Mondrian's final studio in New York City in the 1940s. The exhibit will remain until May 12. Schedule conflicts postpone hospital em ployee's tral By Dara Schoenwald For the Daily The American Lung...…
…10 --The Michigan Daily_--Wednesday,May10,1995 Players mourn loss of coach Moel er I By Ryan White Daily Sports Writer Senior defensive tackle Trent Zenkewicz comes from a close-knit family. None the less, while he was away from home, Gary Moeller was much more than his football coach. "Coach Moeller recruited me and I think of him as my father away from home," Zenkewicz said during last Thursday's press conference when Moeller's resignation...…
…Wednesday, May 10, 1995 - The Michigan Daily- 11 Search for new coach to begin soon By Scott Burton Daily Sports Writer Back in December 1968, Michigan Athletic Director Don Canham faced the biggest dilemma of his young administra- tive career. Wolverines football coach Bump Elliot had resigned following the conclusion of the season and attendance at Michigan Stadium had dropped despite an 8-2 record. As a result, it became Canham's re- spons...…
… Catch This ... The baseball team plays Detroit Mercy tonight at Tiger Stadium in the first ; round of the Great Lakes Invitational. SPbe 1RdTjg SI Wednesday 1 May 10, 1995 j5ase loses out on . acs-x o% " k' s I zLry" ,, e .9se- « tfi ti tr rr " B-C ment ig Ten tourna By John Leroi Daily Sports Editor { a Say goodbye to the Big Ten tournament. Bill Freehan has. His Michigan baseball team needed to take three of four games from Indiana th...…
…Wednesday, May 10, 1995 - The Michigan Daily - T ,Season cut short by Rebels Blue netters ousted in Regional Semifinals by Mississippi By Russ Ordonia Daily Sports Writer The Michigan men's tennis team will not be going to the NCAA finals this year. The Wolverines were elimi- nated in the semifinals of the NCAA egion IV Championships by Missis- sippi. The fourth seeded Wolverines (11-2 Big Ten, 17-9 overall) were defeated by the Rebels (16-6...…
…- The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, May 10, 1995 TARGET Continued from page 11 would never misreport anything. Junior offensive tackle Thomas Guynes commented that if Moeller had heen "Joe the constmuction worker" no one would have heard about anything that had happened that night. Guynes is right, but Moeller is not "Joe construction worker." Moeller is a public figure, in a very public position, and that is why his loss of control ended up on...…
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…-- 1 G--The Michigan Daily - Wednesday,_May 10. 1995 Pavement Wowee Zowee Matador One year after the boys of Pavement cut their hair, ironed out their wonderfully messy, noisy guitar-driven grooves and fashioned their most accessible and com- mercially viable album, "Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain," Steven Malkmus and his Stockton, California-based bandmates re- turn with "Wowee Zowee," their third Matador LP, Malkmus writes in the liner notes, ...…
…R1~coRms Continued from page 16 Vari S Artists "Panther" Soundtrack Mercury Records Perhaps the most important exten- sion of the Civil Rights Movement of the '60s occurred with the birth of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California. In trying to recreate the story of this militant bastion of Black Power, father / son vie-making duo Melvin and Mario Van Peebles have done a spectacular job - at least on the soundtrack side of things. The "...…
…18 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, May 10, 1995 Richardson and Harris save a dry'Tom & Viv' By Sarah Rogacki Daily Arts Writer During the height of modernism, T.S. Eliot said that poetry was an escape from emotion and identity. Yet, ifithad not been for his passionate relationship with Vivien Haigh-Wood, much of his most famous verse would have never gleaned the page. Director Brian Gilbert brings this little known love affair to the scree...…
