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…C I. e Il~id~in Bail. Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, November 10, 2008] :om AFFIRMATIVE ACTION After Neb. ban, vocal advocate to press on, Colorado voted down proposal to end preferences in first blow to Connerly's campaign By NICOLE ABER Daily Staff Reporter Though the anti-affirmative action movement hit a snag last week when Colorado voters rejected a ballot initiative that would have banned the use of race- and gender-based preferences, b...…

…2A - Monday, November 10, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michiganclaily.com 2A - Monday, November10, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Professor refuses harassment training A professor at the University of California at Irvine is refusing to participate in required sexual harass- ment prevention training, calling it a "sham." Biology Prof. Alexander McPherson is facing the possibility of unpaid leave if he doesn't attend a training co...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, November 10, 2008 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Obama plans to make immediate impact President-elect Barack Obama plans to use his executive powers to make animmediate impactwhenhe takesoffice, perhapsreversingBush administration policies on stem cell research and domestic drilling for oil and natural gas. John Podesta, Obama's transi- tion chief, said yesterday Obama is reviewing President Bush's...…

…4A - Monday, November 10, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com -4 myMid iig'an Baly Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard Sc. AnnyArbod, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu 4 On Tuesday night, it was like the whole world was celebrating New Year's Eve. I know there were a lot of Obama babies made that night." - Comedian Ian Edwards, during a comedy set at the Laugh Factory this weekend, as ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, November 10, 2008 -5A 'Renaissance'for one of rap's old masters By JOSHUA BAYER Daily Arts Writer With his a cappella tour de force at the start of "Dance On Glass," Q-Tip - ex- member of hip-. hop powerhouse A Tribe Called Quest - proves x-Tip his voice is the The only instrument Renaissance he needs. "Corny Universal Motown COURTESY OF UNIVERSAL MOTOWN rap style niggas / They pedigre when tl ...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, November 10, 2008 - 7A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Monday, November 10, 2008 - 7A China announces $586 b illion stimulus plan China: No progress made at Tibet talks Economy declined to months expansio 9 percent growth in Econt percent third quarter lowest le decline f BEIJING (AP) - China That announced a $586 billion stimulus slow for package Sunday in its biggest move to creat to ...…

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…The Michigan Daily I michigandaily.com I November 10, 2008 POWER Yes, it was progress. But will it last? MINNEAPOLIS - Vlash back to Saturday morning. If someoe were'to tell you the final score of the Michigan-Min- nesota football game would be 29-6, one team wouldcgo the whole first quarter without a first down, the winning quarterback wouldn't turn the ball over and one team would domi- nate the game... Who would you pre- dict would have ...…

…2B - November 10, 2008 .B: *..Noembe$10.2008The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Fans must make Criser fun again EREMY CHO/Daily Freshman Courtney Boylan made her debut for the Wolverines with seven points, four steals and three assists Saturday night at Crisler Arena. Michigan overcomes sloppy play, turnovers in exhibition victory MINNEAPOLIS - The Michigan men's bas- ketball team starts its regular season tomor- row night against Mic...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com November 10, 2008 - 3B The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom November 10, 2008 - 3B NANOOKS * From Page 1B phenomenal. He made the big saves. I think he was the differ- ence-maker for us." The two goals Hogan allowed came on Alaska power plays, which was surprising considering the Nanooks' had a paltry 5-for-56 success rate going into the game. Alaska went 2-for-4 on the man advantage Saturday, a stat ...…

….4B - November 10, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 48 - November10, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom GAME STATISTICS' Tam Stt First Downs Rush/Yds PassingYards OffensivePlays Total Offense Kick retrs/ Yds Punt retuns/ Yds Comp/Att/Int Punts/Avge Fumbes/Losgt Penalties/Yards Time of Poss MICH 20 42/232 203 72 435 3/60 3/20 18/30/0 3/36.0 3/1 2/10 34:13 MINN 8 28/83 105 52 188 7/147 0/0 13/24/1 7/41.9 3/0 7/51 25:47 ...…

…', The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Te h n l m g d c '_. n. 7 November 10, 2008 - 5B MAIZE GAUGE The Michigan Daily football writers break down the weekend's stats that don't show up in the box score. The Defense-O-Meter measures the intensity of the defense, 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. DEFENSE-C-METER /4 The talk...…

…6B - November 10, 2008 6B- Nom r02The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 6 " 6 6 SAIUALASALAH/aily Senior Nader Jarun picked up a yellow card in Michigan's physical 2-0 win over Penn State on Saturday. NITTANY LIONS From Page 1B gan senior Nader Jarun drew a yel- low card. The second half looked much like the first. Penn State had its best chance to score with two minutes remaininginthegame,whenaPenn State player took a hard shot from 10 y...…

…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...…

…WwE ffiid~igan B4atty Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, September 10, 2008 michigandaily.com UNIVERSITY HEALTH CARE Care costs create dilemma for 'U' Administration must balance rising costs with quality, in competition for top faculty By JACOB SMILOVITZ Daily Staff Reporter With high health care costs plaguing colleges and businesses across the country, University officials are searching for a remedy to its own increasing health insurance bi...…

…2A -r- Wednesday, September 10, 2008 ,. The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 2A - Wednesday, September10, 2008 0~ The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom WHEN STUDENTS PARTIED AT THyE PRESIDENT'S H{UE Lee Bollinger's house party On Nov. 8, 1997, Michigan football fans huddled around televisions and rallied as Michi- gan went on to defeat then-un- defeated Penn State. Then-University President Lee Bollinger was sitting in his bedroom watchi...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom WednesdaySeptember 10, 2008 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS MCALLEN, Tex. Texans prepare for Ike, brace for evacuation With Hurricane Ike steam- ing into the Gulf of Mexico, Texas emergencyofficialsyesterdaystood ready to order 1 million people evacuated from the impoverished Rio Grande Valley and tried to con- vince tens of thousands of illegal...…

…4A - Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com "You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig." - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, criticizing the Republican Party's adaptation of his reform message at a speech in Vermont, as reported yesterday by ABC News. A YouTu be-...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, September 10, 2048 -5A A real-life Batman Imagine what he'd look like if he actually did crack. Bad, even foi Once-promising actor slumps through generic remake of 1999 action film By JONATHAN HURWITZ For the Daily Even if you haven't seen "Bangkok Dan- gerous," there's a pretty good chance that you've already seen something a lot like it. Danny and Oxide Pang's remake of their own 1999 Th...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com News WednesdaySeptember 10, 2008 - 7A CAMPUSROOST From Page 1A to the on-campus additions. "In Angell Hall, there'll be a sea of brown chairs, and then a white CampusRoost chair," Traut said. Along with 200 of the chairs, the trio put up large banners across campus, handed out free T-shirts, and slid fliers under residential doors. The intense marketing cam- paign has used about $4,000 of the organizat...…

…8A - Wednesday, September 10, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Shafer destined for Michigan , By IAN ROBINSON Daily Sports Editor When defensive lineman Tim Jamison left a January meeting with Michigan coach Rich Rodri- guez, he ran ,into a familiar face in the hallway. "Coach Shaf, what are you doing here," Jamison said. Michigan defensive coor- dinator Scott Shafer, who had SHAFER recruited Jami- son to play at Northern Illinoi...…

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…0 0"0 0! 0 0 LIFE INSURANCE Fl IT t JR F Life insurance is important are higher than your assets. Wednesday, Septerber 10, 2008 - The Michigan DailyTW3B QUOTES OF THE WEEK when your liabilities At graduation, you her. But life insurance I Nm I I EX PHOTO BY CHANEL VON HABSBURG- LOTHRINGEN So you don't have a clue what you're going to do after college. That's not as much as a problem as not knowing how to finance it. Have you even heard o...…

… 4B The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - The Michigan Daily 1 r PRINTING College students are on the vanguard in embracing an eco-friendly lifestyle. But higher education's paper dependency is as old as academia itself. Mike Dolsen ( Daily Staff Writer. At H&M at Briarwood Mall, two nearly identical button- up shirts present a question that socially-conscious col- legestudentsarefindingharderto...…

…mlIE Midigan Bail ONE.HND.ED.EIGT11 EEN A .YEAS O ITO dI \ I. I Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, April 10, 2008 COURSE REGISTRATION Faced with early class, B-schoolers get crafty Students have bribed and begged classmates to swap for their morning classes By SUZY VULJEVIC Daily StaffReporter Most students will go to great lengths to avoid early- morning classes, but faced with a Ross School of Busi- ness policy that automatically assigns stude...…

…2A - Thursday, April 10, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com DhTAG ThANCE PARTY Peeking at Americans' checkbooks Have you ever wondered who determines whether you're more likely to buy a blender this month compared to last month? The answer may be closer than you think. For decades University researchers have been the ones behind the consumer confidence reports, which gauge the health of the economy by asking people about their spe...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS SAN FRANCISCO Olympic torch route cut short to avoid crowds The Olympic torch was rerouted away from thousands of demon- strators and spectators who crowd- ed the city's waterfront yesterday to witness the flame's symbolic journey to the Beijing Games. The first torchbearer took the flame from a lantern brought to the stage and held it aloft before run- ning into a warehouse. A motor- cycle e...…

…4 4A - Thursday, April 10, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com l1 Mi~hd14an ~a4 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu 4 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...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com RODRIGO GAYA/Daily Speaking in the Modern Languages Building yesterday, controversial author David Horowitz called the Muslin Student Asso- ciation an "arm of the Jihadist movement" yesterday in a speech sponsored by the Young Americans for Freedom as a part of the group's Radical Islam Awareness Week. APPLICATIONS From Page 1A "Asian/Pacific Islander," "Cauca- sian/White," "Hispanic/Latino," "Native Am...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, April 10, 2008 - 7A American cancels 1,000-plus flights Petraeus: Troop buildup unlikely DALLAS (AP) - Busirss trips a short-circuit or even a fire and usual. WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. military have been reached That volatile situation figured and vacations were rsrupted explosion. Executives at American said America's war commander in for now. in his recommendation to Presi- for tens of thousands ...…

…4 8A - Thursday, April 10, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com DAY FROZEN FOUR SEMIFINALS COUNTDOWNDCLR TO DENVER DENVERCWLORADO MICHIGAN VS. NOTRE DAME I Today at 9 p.m. 4 Junior Zach Putnam drove in four runs in Michigan's 12-4 win over Toledo yesterday, leading the Wolverine offense. Blue blasts past Toledo with12 runs 'I .I By CHRIS MESZAROS Daily Sports Writer over four games last week- end, the Michigan baseball team score...…

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…0 10A - Thursday, April 10, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Taylor mows down 14 in shutout win ROB MIGRIN/Daly Senior Alessandra Giampaolo sprints toward first base during Friday's game against Iowa. Giampaolo has been a catalyst for the offense since moving into the leadoff spot. Wolverines set tone early ByRUTH LINCOLN Daily Sports Writer Forty-eight and one-third innings. 164 at-bats. NOTEBOOK 21 hits. Zero runs allowed. In...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, April 10, 2008- 11A 'Maravic's success comes from fire, mind By MICHAEL BERTENTHAL Daily Sports Writer Matko Maravic isn't as quick as his opponents. His serve isn't as fast. And his volley isn't as strong. But everyone who talks about the senior captain mentions the intan- gibles: fiery intensity, unwavering pride and especially cerebral adjust- ments. "Most of the players he plays against a...…

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