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…February 10, 2006 sports. michigandaily. com sports@michigandaily. com POe 3R TSiigttily 41 8 . . .............. . . .. . . . .. ............ Harris, cagers fall to rival Ghost of booster past haunts Michigan basketball team 4 By Kevin Wright Daily Sports Editor All eyes in Crisler Arena were fixed on a crumpled figure lying at the base of the basket. With less than nine minutes to play in last night's game, Ohio State's Jamar Butler d...…

…Tuesday,January 10, 2006 News 2 Dems grill Alito as confirmation hearings begin 'WEDDING CRASHERS' BUBBLES ON TO DVD ... ARTS, PAGE 5 Opinion 4 Sports 8 Rajiv Prabhakar on racism Venegoni: Young caps off terrific season One-hundredfifteen years ofedforzndfreedom www.mic/ngandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXVI, No. 51 62006 The Michigan Daily State restores last year's 'U' The Big Eight in University of Michigan salaries Robert Kel...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 10, 2006 NATION/WORLD Dems take on Alito in hearings NEWS INEF e * Democrats begin hearing more aggressively than they did in Roberts's last September WASHINGTON - Judge Samuel Alito absorbed hours of criticism from Senate Democrats at close quarters yesterday, then pledged at his confirmation hearings to do what the law requires "in every sin- gle case" if approved for the Supreme Court. "A judge...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 3 ON CAMPUS * Speaker to lecture on gender and prescription drugs Sean McCabe, a representative from the University's Substance Abuse Research Center, will be speaking today from noon to 1:30 p.m. on the topic of gender differ- ences in illicit and prescription drug use. The lecture will be held in room 2239 of Lane Hall. Poster sale begins today at Michigan Union University Unions Arts ...…

…4 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 10, 2006 OPINION c~be MiritzniiI 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 had some leaves burning outside, so I threw (the mouse) in the fire, and the mouse was on fire and r...…

…Tuesday January 10, 2006 arts. michigandaily. com artspage@michigandaily.com cIe RTShigantail 5 - -------- ------- I Back with a vengeance courtesy of New Line Turns out your face can get stuck in that funny expression. 'WEDDING' GIFTS VAUGHN AND WILSON'S WILD STREAK STILL FUN ON DVD This fall's TV season was miss- ing something. There were no breakout hits as big as last year's ("Lost" or "Desperate House- wives"), but that wasn't it...…

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… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 7 Move upsets former YMCA patrons YMCA Continued from page 1 about $1,200 per month per resident to about $320 per month per resident. In response to residents' concerns, council member Stephen Rapundalo (D- Ward 2) said the apartments were on a bus route and that the residents would have medical services available at their apartment complex. Although she voted in favor of the measure,...…

…Tuesday January 10, 2006 sports.michigandaily. com sports@michigandaily. com POtRliigitSnilg -Orr 8 - - - ---------- Rafters at Crisler have company By Jack Herman Daily Sports Writer While dining at a local restaurant a few years ago, Michigan senior Sherrod Harrell glanced up and saw his own number, 22, posted up on the wall. Intrigued, Harrell inquired with a coach about the number's significance and learned that it belonged to the late...…

…Thursday, November 10, 2005 AMAKER'S FIRST CLASS HAS ONE LAST SHOT AT THE BIG DANCE ... TIPOFF News 3A FBI investigates * handling of Detroit ballots Opinion 4A Eric Jackson discusses discrimination patterns ini aiV Arts 9A 50 Cent talks about his first big-screen starring role One-hundredffteen years ofeditorialfreedom www.michiandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXVI, No. 28 2005 The Michigan Daily Coleman focuses on ethics In resp...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 10, 2005 NATION/WORLD Amman suicide bombings kill 57 NEWS IN BRIEF AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Suicide bombers attacked three hotels frequented by Westerners in the Jordanian capital last night, and at least 57 people were killed and more than 120 wounded in the near- simultaneous explosions, police said. Maj. Bashir al-Da'aja said officials believe all three blasts were carried out by suicide bombers....…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 10, 2005 - 3A ON CAMPUS Presentation will focus on voter discrimination University Law students and members of the Michigan Election Law Project Voting Rights Initiative will present a lecture and report on voter discrimina- tion since 1982 today. Panel members will include officers from National Commission on the Vot- ing Rights Act and the Mexican Ameri- can Legal Defense and Education Fund. Th...…

…4A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 10, 2005 OPINION albe 31rrbt 1u &zdj 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 Some of y'all just plain crazy. - Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, chiding doubters during his T...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily. - Thursday, November 10, 2005 - 5A 1Cox admits affar * n ball-sy move LANSING (AP) - Attorney General Mike Cox acknowledged yesterday having an affair a number of years ago and accused an associate of trial lawyer Geoffrey Fieger of threatening to expose the indiscretion. Fieger, who won the 1998 Democratic nomi- nation for governor after becoming famous as the attorney for assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian,...…

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… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 10, 2005 - 7A * CAFETERIA Continued from page 1A out to roughly $4.82 each. At the University of Michigan, meals cost students about $7 each on the default 13 meal plan. Other meal plans at MU cost more, but allow students more flex dollars, the equiva- lent of the University of Michigan's Entre Plus points, that can be used at one of the school's 10 a la carte locations, including a 24-hour conv...…

…Lawyers change the world. At Hofstra Law School, we understand that, and we are proud of the impact our graduates are having. With an oustanding faculty and extraordinary strength in skills-based courses, simulations, and clinical education, we teach students to excel in today's multinational and multicultural world. Make an impact. Distinguished Faculty Committed to Student Success More Than Two Dozen Skills Courses Seven Clinics Internationa...…

…Thursday November 10, 2005 arts. michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaily.com c Ibr 1lt1ici~twn tiI RTrS 9A . ... ......... Silver Jews return with fleshed-out LP By Alexandra Jones Daily Arts Editor Dave Berman sounds like a changed man. If you were to compare the Silver Jews' most magnetic work, 1998's Silver American Water, with Jews Tanglewood Numbers, the latest in a long Tanglewood line of experiments in Numbers blank verse and co...…

…10A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 10, 2005 ARTS A2 'SHcOT IN THE ARM WILCO FRONTMAN JEFF TWEEDY COMES TO THE MICHIGAN By Gab. Rivin Daily Arts Writer *;.. A shout broke Jeff Tweedy's silence in between the first four songs of his solo set at the Michigan Theater Tuesday night: "Fucking beautiful!" To which Tweedy replied, "Thank you. I always shoot for 'fucking beautiful."' Notoriously reserved on stage, Tweedy - the only const...…

… ARTS The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 10, 2005 - 11A * 'Office' star loses his Daily virginity MF Doom concept LP goes for a 'Swim' By Punit Mattoo Daily TV/New Media Editor Steve Carell didn't always want to be an actor. Instead, the star of NBC's "The Office" and the blockbuster-hit comedy, "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," admitted he actually had plans of becoming a lawyer, going so far as to fill out law-school applications and taking...…

…12A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 10, 2005 ARTS FUNNY BSINESS S STUDENTS GET INVOLVED IN Al's BURGEONING IMPROV SCENE By Hyatt Michaels Daily Arts Writer Chicago has The Second City, New York has the Upright Citizens Brigade and now Ann Arbor is launching its own improvisational dynasty thanks to a thriving bond between the comedy club Improv Inferno and the student improv groups at the University. With its stacked bar and re...…

…Thursday November 10, 2005 sports. michigandaily. com sports@michigandaily.com Oe RTSiliganil 13A - - ----- . . ... ........... .. - ----------- Spikers sweep Spartans By Robert Kaitz For the Daily Pistons are still beast of the East T he world's best basketball team the game who's never tried to play the plays in Auburn Hills. slow-it-down, grind-it-out, overwhelm- I'll say it just four games into ingly defensive style that characterizes...…

…14A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 10, 2005 Wrestling lacks major sport hype By David Murray For the Daily As if suffering through grueling two-a-day workouts, maintaining a specific weight and going into fierce hand- to-hand combat to represent the block 'M' isn't enough, the Michigan wrestling team has even more to overcome. The Wolverines also have to deal with the lack of expo- sure they receive around campus, despite their ach...…

…The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 10, 2005 - 15A E WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING It's a long fall from 33 feet up, so why not adjust and go? STEVEN TAI/Daily Freshman Erin Dallos has started every game this year and is second on the team in points with 18. She scored two crucial goals In last weekend's Big Ten Tournament. Frosh0 s ao t e lue' best By Colt Rosensweig Daily Sports Writer Most freshmen don't exhibit the poise and expertise...…

…16A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 10, 2005 'Funny stat' key for defensemen By James V. Dowd Daily Sports Writer In a world where statistics dominate so much of the judgment about an athlete's play, sometimes the key assets of a hockey defense- man's play get lost in the mix. One of the most popular ways to judge a defenseman is with their plus-minus rating - which gives a player plus-one for being on the ice when their team score...…

… 8B - The Michigan Daily -- Tipoff 2005 - Thursday, November 10, 2005 Bapttsm by Ftre Dion Harris suffered through trials and tribulations, and now he's ready to win. By Kevin Wright U Daily Sports Writer a" He's got the smile back. And he has a reason When junior guard Dion Harris sprints out onto the court this season for the Michigan men's basketball team, he can look around and see Daniel Horton and Lester Abram in the backcourt with hi...…

… 00 2B - The Michigan Daily - Tipoff 2005 - Thursday, November 10, 2005 0 0 w The Michigan Daily - Tipoff 2005 STAFF PICKS Preseason selections Michigan regular season record Big Ten champion Big Ten second place Big Ten third place Michigan's Big Ten finish Big Ten Tournament champion Big Ten MVP Michigan MVP Big Ten surprise team NCAA "bracket buster" National Player of the Year Most overrated team Where Michigan's season ends Most o...…

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… p 0 T The Michigan Daily - Tipoff n 2001, Tommy Amaker took the helm of a Michigan basketball program in disarray. The Wolverines had just suffered through three consecutive miserable seasons and were brac- ing for impending NCAA sanctions. The situ- ation looked desperate. But after Amaker's 2001-02 squad - inherited from former coach Brian Ellerbe - struggled to an 11-18 record, hope re-emerged in Ann Arbor in the form of a highly-re...…

…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 …

…STICKERS ESCAPE Blue tops Connecticut in penalty stroke shootout. IAN HERBERT: Transitive property provides disappointing outlook for Blue. PAGE 3B The SportsMonday Column PERSEVERANCE PAYS PAGE 6B She almost quit, but now Jennie Ritter is one of the best pitchers in college softball. PAGE 8B SMPORTS gan October 10, 2005 1B MEN'S BASKETBALL for start of season By Scott Bell Daily Sports Writer The Michigan men's basketball team will be...…

…2B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - October 10, 2005 CLUBSPORTSWEEKLY Frisbee: the ultimate obsession By Robert Kaitz For the Daily Last weekend, the football team wasn't the only Michigan squad that took care of business. The men's ultimate Frisbee club team hosted the Best of the Midwest Tournament on Oct. 1 and 2 and dominated the 12- team field. With the team split into three different squads, two made it to the finals. Ricky Eiksta...…

…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - October 10, 2005 - 3B Accordeng to the math, Varsity may be in a bit of trouble *Tlonestly believe that I can't say it any better than the rush end LaMarr Woodley. "This wasn't just for the Jug, it was for the Big Ten Championship," Woodley said. "They came across and took all of that away." With this most recent loss to Minnesota - the first one in 19 years - Michigan essentially eliminated itself from the...…

…4B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - October 10, 2005 Minnesota 23, Michigan 20 0 Third downs and red zone haunt M' GAME STATISTICS Team Stats First Downs Rush/Yds Passing Yards Offensive Plays Total Offense Return Yards Comp/Att/Int Punts/Avg Fumbles/Lost Penalties/Yards Time of Poss MINN 23 57/264 139 80 403 112 11/23/0 5/195 2/1 9/95 32:50 MICH 19 34/94 155 63 249 263 14/29/0 6/212 0/0 4/51 27:10 By Ian Herbert Daily Sports Edito...…

…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - October 10, 2005 - 5B The.Daily Dashboard After every game of the 2005 season, The Michigan Daily's football writers will take you fora ride in Lloyd's car. The gauges all refer to different variables that will fluctuate from week to week, depending on how the team and fans perform. Defensive Intensity is a measure of - you guessed it -how well the Wolverines manage to stop their oppo- nents. The Carr-omete...…

…6B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - October 10, 2005 Riley comes up big in penalty strokes for Stickers' victory 0 By Colt Rosensweig Daily Sports Writer For the first time in goalie Beth Riley's four-year Michigan career, she faced the extreme pressure of penalty strokes against No. 15 Connecticut (9-4). Michigan had fought through and dominated two 35-minute halves of regulation and two 15- minute overtimes, but the score remained 1-...…

…TheqMichigan Daily - SportsMonday - October 10, 2005 - 7B " Michigan's late surge not enough for victory By Daniel Bromwich Daily Sports Writer For two minutes and 30 seconds yesterday afternoon at the U-M Soccer Field, everything appeared to be going right for the Michigan women's soccer team. At the 73:46 mark, sophomore Melissa Dobbyn thread- ed a pass to senior Therese Heaton, standing at the top of the 18-yard box on the right side. Hea...…

…8B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - October 10, 2005 I 0 U I it he Senior pitcher Jennie Ritter's path to softball greatness wasn't easy it took time and effort to become a national champion. By Kevin Wright o Daily Sports Writer Photos by Mike Hulsebus ennie Ritter wanted to quit. The 13-year-old Dexter native wasn't getting any playing time on her 14-and-under summer travel team, and she had had enough. That is, until her pitchi...…

…Thursday, March 10, 2005 Weather Opinion 4A Sports 9A Zac Peskowitz: the rise of the baddCEO The men's hoops writers break down the Big Ten Tourney LENDING A HEILPING Hl 11A 1 ND DV iLN) \,AGA INE fit ll31 21 TOMORROW: One-hundredfourteen years ofeditorialfreedom www.mic/ziandatly.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXV, No. 94 X2005 The Michigan Daily Horton on probation ior z Basketball player sentenced after pleading guilty to charge of ...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 10, 2005 NATION/WORLD Women, children among corpses found by security forces in Iraq NEWS IN BRIEF I I ' 1 11CL- V L' U1' 1\V - Cl\w V 1 L I E vv "A~Alt IW Suicide bomber, gunman blast hotel. wound 30 Americans BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi authorities found 41 decomposed bodies - some bullet-riddled, others beheaded - at sites near the Syrian border and south of the capital, and said yesterday th...…

…CON CAMPUS 'Merchant of Venice' screening The most recent screen release of Shakespeare's comic drama "The Mer- chant of Venice," starring Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes and Al Pacino, will be shown tonight from 7:15 to 10:30 p.m. at the Michigan Theater. The Merchant of Venice, one of the playwright's most acclaimed and repro- duced works, addresses a range of social issues. University professor and Shake- spearean scholar Ralph Williams will c...…