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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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…THERE I ERE'S PROOF THAT BEAUTY AND BRAINS CAN coexist. Harvard U. junior Elizabeth Hancock shattered stereotypes last September by par- ticipating in the oft-maligned Miss America ROING TO EUROPEP Buy This* "Pageant. And critics be damned she says it was worth every poised step. "I've always wanted to pay my parents back for everything they've done for me," says the Kentucky native. "I love to go onstage and perform, too, and thought this...…

…MAGINE FINDING OUT THAT THE NICE GUY DOWN THE HALL FROM YOU IS facing charges of statutory rape. Or that your brainy class project partner spent time in a juvenile delinquency hall for arson. Or that your quiet new roomie has a rap sheet the size of your grocery list. Impossible? Hardly. Many universities unknowingly accept criminal offenders or those charged with crimes because under federal law, universities can only obtain juvenile crimina...…

…BY JESSICA YADEGARAN SAN DIEGO STATE U. HE DEATH OF MATTHEW Shepard last October sank hearts and raised consciences nationwide. A series of hate Z 0 W 0 r WW Cr O U O 0 CL crimes across America's campuses followed, and slowly, institutions known for higher thought and liberal- m were becoming testing grounds for acts of malevolence. In light of Shepard's death, hate crimes are being pub- licized more - but what are colleges and universities ...…

… Ap# x OLLYWOOD SAMPLES ARE JOKES LIKE MARTIN," raps Black Thought on the Roots' latest effort Things Fall Apart. The 17-track album is a wake-up call to a rap world made turgid by money-grabbin' playas. It's also the Philadelphia sextet's magnum opus, a pure-to-the-bone hip-hop record that's anything "but" a G-thang. Ripe with superb musicianship and thought-provoking lyrics, Things Fall Apart could go down as the most influential rap album ...…

…Y ilnaoWII OWA STATE U. SENIOR CHAD CALEK IS A DREAMER. HE'S ALSO A MOTLEY CRUE FAN. r hl So when his college band was asked to open for the Feel-Good Doctors of '80s hair metal last fall, it was a dream come true - one of many since Calek joined 35" Mudder two years ago. m 11011'S 011101. 35" Mudder, a hardcore/hip-hop outfit, has sold more than 3,000 copies of its independently I haf ior awa released sophomore CD, Stained. The group is also ...…

…r trade in those pencils and books for some quality time by the pool and that dreaded summer job. But save those pennies, because you're gonna want to drop most of them at the movies. This summer is so chock full of blockbusters, you might not even get a tan. -1- Iu I) STar Wars Episodeprequel we've all been waiting for has The Phantom Menace finally arrived. Now, an 20th Century Fox even longer time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, Jedi kni...…

…F YOU SEE ONE MOVIE THIS SUMMER, SEE STAR WARS. If you see two movies this summer, see Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. " So goes the trailer for the sequel to Austin m Powers, proving that even Mike Myers' ad people have a sense of humor. I r And while the cinematic resurrection of Yoda and Obi- Wan Kenobi is sure to attract more hype than that movie about that 87-year old boating accident, e've got to confess that we're ecretly...…

…a BY JAMIE PIETRAS e Q) Art Ists Burning London: The Clash Triubte Epic Rating System Lilith Fair H.0.R.D.E. Family Values Van's Warped Tour Lollapalooza POCKET ANO Stunt Monkey Who needs guitar lessons to make it in the music biz? When Aram Sarkissian, guitarist/vocal- ist for Stunt Monkey, told his gui- tar teacher he wanted to play punk, he got the boot. And Michael Rossi, the bassist for the San Jose, Calif., trio suffered a similar ...…

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…WE1 tti Weahehr UUW Today: Mostly cloudy. High 33. Low 19. Tomorrow: Cloudy. High 31. Low 12. One hundred ei'ht years o f editorzilfreedom Wednesday March 10, 1999 I --- ------ -------- ------- - - G I to walk out, picket today Protest begins, talks continue By Nick Faizone Daily Staff Reporter Os many professors and graduate student instructors have canceled their lectures and discussion sections to support of the -Graduate Em...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 10, 1999 NATION!X ORLD Study: breast cancer, fat unrelated Newsday Doctors have long counseled women to lower their Intake of dietary fat to reduce the risk of breast cancer, arong other reasons, but a new study following tens of thousands of women for more than 14 years has found no relationship between fat consumed and breast cancer. But the controversial finding is hard to accept for some physicia...…

… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 10, 1999 -3 HIGHER EDUCATION s Wisconsin high court: officials lot responsible The Wisconsin State Supreme Court Voted last week to assert that University of Wisconsin at Madison officials, including Chancellor David Ward and Athletic Director Pat Richter, are not liable for any injuries students sus- tained during a 1993 stampede at Camp Randall Stadium after a football game against Michiga...…

…4 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 10, 1999 Q7le Birbiggn & lg 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109 daily. letters@umich.edu Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan HEATHER KAMINS Editor in Chief JEFFREY KOSSEFF DAVID WALLACE Editorial Page Editors Abusing power fo have problems. My girlfriend lives four states away, I don't really know exactly what's going to happen to me after I gradu- ate, I walk funny and ...…

…N The Rude Mechanicals' production of "All My Sons" opens Read The Michigan Daily's Annual Literary Magazine, tomorrow for a weekend run. Arthur Miller's first Broadway suc- featuring Matthew Schmitt's essay "Blood and Water." cess, "All My Sons," deals with familial tragedy and war profiteer- ing following the close of the second World War. Mendelssohn Theater. Tomorrow through Saturday. 8 p.m. Tickets are $6 for students and can be purchased...…

…6 -The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 10, 1999 4J a 6 BEDROOM HOUSE beginning Summer or Fall term. Attractive home with hardwood floor, two baths, two kitchens, Florida room, new furnace. Great location for medical or engineering students. Call Michigan Realty Management, 662-5500. EHO. 6 BEDROOM HOUSES remodeled, spacious, parking, great location and clean. Available Fall 1999. Call 994-3907. *************PARKING!************* On cam...…

… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 10, 1999 -- 7 &abenow considers Senate; Blanchard says he won't run WWASHINGTON (AP) - Former Michigan Gov. Jim Blanchard said yes- terday he has decided against trying to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Spencer Abraham in 2000. Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Debbie Stabenow (D-Lansing) said she is seri- ously considering entering the race. Abraham, a first-term senator, is con- sidered vulnerable by Dem...…

… bcoreboard-L NBA NHL BASKETBALL HOCKEY CHARLOTTE 105, BOSTON 2, Boston 87 Florida 0 Milwaukee 87, Colorado 3, NEW YORK 86 WASHINGTON 2 (OT) MINNESOTA 85, TORONTO 6, Seattle 84 Tampa Bay 1 New Jersey at Detroit at CHICAGO, inc. Los Angeles, inc. GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE Tampa Bay 8, DETROIT 5 KANSAS CITY 5, Cleveland 3 N.Y. Mets 9, ATLANTA 3 Montreal 6, BOSTON 5 SPOR£ihimxiatl 'tracking 'M' tickets The Michigan Ticket Office said that tickets are ...…

…IC1bf Ieather 'oday: Sunny. High 45. Low 'omorrow: Showers. High 60 20. I. One hundred eight years of edit Ilfreedom Wednesday February 10, 1999 voklit "9a 4Y4 N 37'4'a - \ ~' - Y 1 C y t q v . a>R . 4 x . , . 4. v f Phi Delt leads gilty, 9 ait trial yNick Bunkly hily Staff Reporter One Phi Delta Theta fraternity mem- er pleaded guilty to at least one alco- iol-related misdemeanor charge and cut deal with prosecutors Friday, while ine ...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 10, 1999 NATION/WORLD GREEK Continued from Page 1. the Greek system's policy enforcement. "Our goal is to self-regulate," Scharg said. The task force suggested an IFC executive board member accompany SRC to parties to ensure all vio- Lations are reported. .Task force members consulted Vice President for Student Affairs Maureen Hartford on issues surround- ing the Greek system's alcohol policy. Ha...…

… -- - LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 10, 1999 - 3 IGHER EDUCATION Northwestern student fights to express himself Northwestern University student's artwork generates debate over students' rights to express themselves while liv- ing in campus housing units. Earlier this school year, Ryan Du Val, a music sophomore at Northwestern University, replicated a mural of Michaelangelo's Sistine hapel on the ceiling of his residenc...…

…4 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 10, 1999 ateicilian Bat t laynard Street HEATHER KAMINS bor, MI 48109 Editor in Chief Win a date with handsome Daily columnist James Miller 420 M Ann Ar daily.letters@umich.edu Edited and managed by JEFFREY KOSSEFF students at the DAVID WALLACE University of Michigan Editorial Page Editors Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of the majority of the Daily's editorial bo...…

…The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 10, 1999 - 5 , Gentlemen, start your voices - IMPEACH Continued from Page i An effort led by Democrats and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) to open the proceedings failed - it gained a 59-41 majority but that was short of the two-thirds needed - with the GOP leadership helping to stiffen the opposition. Closed-door deliberations are more conducive to thoughtful exchanges, said Sen. Jon Kyl (R- Ar...…

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…The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 10, 1999 - 7 Solar Matthews likes acoustic record honors tear of narties 1gArts Writer Solar, a night of dance music, launched one year ago. The University's party kids have come to the Blind Pig every Wednesday night since for a little mid-week study break. Until two in the morning various DJs spin loud, thump- ing dance music while the crowd either shake their booties or say "what's up" to their f...…

… S "Born on the Fourth of July" is playing on North Campus. The Oliver Stone film based on Ron Kovic's autobiography will be shown for free at the Chrysler Center Auditorium at 7 p.m. Wednesday .8 February 10, 1999 r1,E Tomorrow in Daily Arts: 9 So risque! Weekend, etc. Magazine features an entire issue on sex and all its intriguing facts and fantasies. m' 1HE BARD & THE "BEAU i= Oscar spreads love to 'Shakespeare,''Life;' Spielberg's 'Pr...…

…The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 10, 1999 - 9 'Our Country 's Good' takes audience Down Under By Jeff Druchniak Daily Arts Writer Timberlake Wertenbaker's "Our Country 's Good," the play that University Productions will present this weekend, tells an enthralling story with a diverse cast of characters, which need not alify the play as a singular phenomenon. If, however, the four performances pack the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater, the cas...…

… MEN'S NCAA BASKETBALL (17) INDIANA 90, (21) Purdue 86 (11) St. John's 80, WEST VIRGINIA 68 (3) AUBURN 95, Mississippi 66 NBA BASKETBALL PHILADELPHIA 90, Detroit 86 Milwaukee 91, TORONTO 77 Boston 108, MIAMI 101 MINNESOTA 74, San Antonio 70, Atlanta 87, Chicago 71 Utah 90, DALLAS 79 Sacramento 112, PHOENIX 95 Golden State at SEATTLE, inc. Ulie k~rwnI s~ Check out the women's swimming and diving team this Friday, Saturday and Sunday as the ...…

…The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 10, 1999 - 11 eSnyder, Wisniewski emerge for 'M' track By David Mosse Daily Sports Writer The Michigan men's track and field team has benefited all season from the emergence of a fresh class of stars. In recent weeks, freshmen Ike Okenwa and Oded Padan have garnered much of the attention. But the unsung heroes have been two distance runners. Junior Todd Snyder and freshman Mike Wisniewski have transfo...…

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…e'Elan *rni News: 76-DAILY Display Ads: 764-0554 Classified Ads: 764-0557 One hundred eight years ofeditornilfreedom Thursday December 10, 1998 V. Ctc, of impach, mentpro posed 4 articles of impeachment proposed Judiciary committee moves closer to a vote Articles of impeachment: The Washington Post WASHINGTON -Unmoved by the White House defense case, the Republican majority on the House Judiciary Committee yesterday posed four articles...…

… .0 - The Michigan Daily Weekenagazine Tsday Dce er 10,1998" ®[Classic Video Pick Iudsucker'hero hulas into hearts 0 The Michigan iy Weekend agar Holidays fail to produce stand-out By Joshua Pedersen Daily Film Editor I've lost friends over the movie I'm about to describe. In the wee hours of the morning, I'll invite them over to my house to watch, "the funniest movie I've ever seen in my entire life," or, "the best flick ever made ... ye...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, December 10, 1998 NATION/WORLD Researchers discover oldest complete skeleton AROUND THE NATION * JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Researchers announced yesterday that they had dis- covered the oldest complete skeleton of a human ancestor, a four-foot-tall ape-human dating back 3.2 to 3.6 million years. The find could shed light on a pivotal debate about human origins: Did early human ancestors live on...…

…68 - Thelichigan Daily Weekeno tagazine.-Thgesday, Decemer 10, 1998 S. 0 The Michigan Dfy Weekend Ms Warmer weather doesn't affect bike theft rates Candlebox lending helping hand to local charity's efforts By Sasha Higgns Daily Arts Writer As temperatures were m April than December last University bikers came out o nation and hit the streets wit don. Unfortunately, bike might have gotten word "spring fever" as well. Warmer weather ease...…