…JARED GOLDBERG: THE WAR ON HANUKKAH OPINION, PAGE 4A iT? J DILLA? JEEZY? FOCUS ON GLASSWORK KEY FOR CAGER DEFENSE DAILY ARTS DEBATES THE TOP ALBUM$OF 2006 THE B-SIDE SPORTS, PAGE 5A Wie lNRXidENganF a ) E... . .. ) ,. . .. ..I ! ES Y E . .\ FF4 .1 .YYC)1- E .5 i F R . EI )O.M nn Arbor Michigan www.michigandaily.com Thursday, January11, 20T7 Despite Prop 2, race will stay on applications 'U'to trust The University has not yet finalized n...…
…J E NT L7 4clII) Na Il n N .c( llj171 f V mt Mic www.michigandaily.com Wednesday, April 11, 2007 MICHIGAN STADIUM RENOVATIONS A LOUDER BIG HOUSE? NEW PATH: Sound escapes from box and reflects off opposite box onto field. The proposed design for renovations to Michigan Stadium would include angled glass on luxury boxes that architects say would reflect crowd noise back onto the field. The tilted windows would create two new paths for so...…
…NEWS CAMPU Out with the old --- Deaths of University Members of the Ann Arbor organ recovery team City Council voted unanimously last Monday to demolish the leave students, Anberay apartment building - also known as Melrose Place faculty in shock IS IN MOURNING - in favor of a new 10-story resi- dential and commercial complex to be built by Zaragon Inc. See page 2. OPINION Gary Graca: The Paris privilege Although most Americans may be happy ...…
…Two MCs. Two albums. Two wildly different results. Arts, page 5 id igan Balyj NI)I I) L \ ENTIIEEN \RS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Opinion, page 4 Tuesday, September 11,2007 michigandailycom U' agrees to deal with LEO Contract includes 2.5-percent raise for Ann Arbor lecturers By GABE NELSON Daily News Editor After a summer of negotiation, the Lecturers' Employee Organiza- tion agreed to a new contract with the University last night. Ninety-sev...…
…Radiohead ups the ante once again The B-Side ~Iieffid~iganDaI& Ann Arbor, MichiganThursday, October 11,2007 THE CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY Groups target campus sales tactics michigandaily.com Since 9/11, twice as many take Arabic U.S. PIRG alleges deceptive marketing practices By DANIEL STRAUSS Daily StaffReporter Credit card companies -might have less of an incentive to hawk their cards at the University if a consumer advocacy group has its way...…
…Pa michigandaily.com FI i Ksl 11 )I\ ~)) Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, December 11, 2007 michigandaily.com Law School may get a $102 million addition Matthew Scott, an employee of Nichols Arboretum, shows the white fir tree that was found cut down in Nichols Arboretum last week. A CHRISTMAS CRIME N of h valuable trees tum staff and the Department of Public Safety say there have ten fall prey to been about three tree thefts over the past...…
…2A - Thursday, January 11, 2007 Everyone's good friend A conversation with the Diag's most polite denizen The question echoes inside the Engineering Arch, ricocheting from Ulrich's to In-n-Out and resonating up and down South University Avenue. "Spare any change, my good friend?" The echoes come from Ronnie, a middle-aged Ann Arbor native who can be found standing out- side of the arch almost daily. And immediately following each request, th...…
…2A - Wednesday, April 11, 2007 N4 2 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NICE GOLF SHOT Arresting the protesters Last Tuesday's Students Orga- nizing for Labor and Economic Equality protest, which resulted in the arrests of 12 students, pales in comparison to the 1968 sit-in and rally for welfare rights in Washt- enaw County. On Sept. 6, 1968, police arrest- ed about 170 University students and 12 others after the protesters staged a fo...…
…2 Monday, June 11, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com City gives go-ahead to destroy Anberay 10-story complex to replace historic apartment building By CHRISTINA HAMATI For the Daily The Ann Arbor City Council sealed the fate of the East Univer- sity Avenue apartment complex Anberay by unanimously vot- ing last Monday to grant its new owner permission to demolish the 84-year-old building for the con- struction of a larger complex i...…
… 2 - Tuesday, September 11, 2007 The Michigan Dailv - michijzandailv.com 2 - Tuesday, September11, 2007 The Michigan Daily - mirhieandailvrnm 4 A close encounter of the furry kind ELASTIC EFFORT It was a aunny day and S was walking through the Diag eating an organic granola bar. S saw a squir- rel burrowing a few feet away from me and made some clicking noises at it. S lowered my hand to see if it would acknowledge me. I broke off a lit...…
… 2A - Thursday, October 11, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com molwWW"', , A muddied past Cz1e tCht Igan ily 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com KARL STAMPFL DAVID GOH Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-0558 stampfl@michigandaily.com goh@michigandailycom CONTACT INFORMATION Newsroom officehours:Sun.-Thurs. lla.m. -2a.m The story of how the Mudbowl began depends on whether the per- son...…
… 2 - Tuesday, December 11, 2007 MONDAY:TUESDAY: In Other Ivory Towers Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: Explained Before You Were He End of semester 'now or nevers' FRIDAY: ire The Extremist MAKING IT MOVE After the professor collected final papers, passed out course evaluation sheets and left the room just 15 minutes into the last class period, my classmates began to gather their things and shuffle out the door without a look back. Mo...…
…1 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS ONE SHINING MOMENT CARACAS, Venezuela * Chavez begins third term, invokes Christ, Castro Invoking Christ and Castro as his socialist models, President Hugo Chavez began his third term yester- day by declaring that socialism, not capitalism, is the only way forward for Venezuela and the world. His first stop: Nicaragua, where leftist ally Daniel Ortega was returning to power with his own i...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEr TO NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Dems subpoena more Gonzales files Democrats subpoenaed Attorney General Alberto Gonzales yester- day for more documents, escalating their fight with the Bush adminis- tration over the firings of eight U.S. attorneys. The subpoena, issued a week before Gonzales is to testify under oath before Congress about the dis- missals, seeks hundreds of docu- ments either withheld or h...…
…Monday, June 11, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 3 EARLY From page 1 ing and managing admissions levels, better serving applicants and allow- ing time for those admitted to get to know the University, Spencer said. "Students we admit early have an opportunity to look into the Univer- sity," he said. "It demystifies for a lot of students the anxieties they have in applying to selective colleges." Spencer said an early admissions o...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON General suggests troop withdrawal by summer 2008 Gen. David Petraeus told Congress yesterday he envi- sions the withdrawal of roughly 30,000 U.S. troops by next sum- mer, beginning with a Marine contingent later this month. In long-awaited testimony, the commanding general of the war said last winter's buildup in U.S. troops had met its military obj...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, October 11, 2007 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT After brief strike, UAW reaches deal with Chrysler The United Auto Workers union reached a tentative four-year con- tractwithChrysleryesterday,hours after going out on strike and the same day General Motors workers ratified a separate four-year pact. Next up: Ford. UAW President Ron Gettelfin- ger said the strike against Chrysler LLC would end immediat...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS KABUL, Afghanistan Coalition retakes town from Taliban Hundreds of Taliban fighters fled in trucks and motorbikes yes- terday as Afghan and international troops fought their way into the only important town controlled by the hard-line Islamic movement. Afghan officers reported some militants, possibly al-Qaida, were still resisting in the center of Musa Qala, and said the attacking force cont...…
…4A - Thursday, January 11, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com S C74c Wtc4ig n ily Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu The year ahead will demand more patience, sacrifice and resolve. It can be tempting to think that America can put aside the burdens of freedom. Yet times of test- ing reveal the character of a nation." - President George ...…
…4A - Wednesday, April 11, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. JOHN OQUIST I O t 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR KARL STAMPFL EDITOR IN CHIEF DID YOU USE - THE JAPANESE DOMINATED THE WAR OF WIKIPEDIA FOR 1812 THROUGH SKILLFUL USE OF THEIR THIS PAPER SECRET WEAPON, MEGAT...…
…4 Monday, June 11, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com C, he WicbiganDailu KATE TRUESDELL An indiscriminate infection Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu IMRAN SYED EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. Allother signed articles and illustrations...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4 4 - Tuesday, September 11, 2007 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the v...…
… 4A - Thursday, October 11, 2007 The Michigan Daily = michigandaily.com --------- -- -- -- ---- - -- - --- -- 4 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles a...…
… I 4 - Tuesday, December 11, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com C74c Mic4ig n Jat*lg 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 KARL STAMPFL EDITOR IN CHIEF Unsigned editorials reflect the official position ofthe Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustration...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 5A Protecting the glass key to Cagers' defense By DANIEL LEVY Daily Sports Writer You can't make the shots you don't take. That has been the philosophy the Wolver- ines' defense has followed while holding its opponents to just 56.9 points per game this season (third in the Big Ten). The reason? Rebounding. TheWolverinesallowapaltry28.6rebounds per game, good for first in th...…
…, i- The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, April 11,.2007 - 5A ANE ARTS COUMN Art in context Marcel Duchamp made history with a urinal he signed a name to and had exhibited in a gallery in 1917. If it was in a museum, if it - was on the wall, he said, it was art. After all, everyone was standing around looking at it. The argument that "anything" can be art - the ABIGAILB. principle "beau- COLODNER ty is in the eye of the beholde...…
…Monday, June 11, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 5 EMMARIE HUETTEMAN Blog bullies GARY GRACA The Paris privilege w A s a teenager, I spent count- less hours justifying my online journal to my par- ents. To them, it was beyond com- prehension why I'd High school want to . waite togirls are the anything real Internet vaguely predators. personal in a forum anyone could read, especially with so many Internet predators. And, after a...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 5 pretty. So tired. Bidding fairwell to a friend I'm writing on behalf of a friend. Just a few years back, my friend was a young face in the world of premium televi- sion. Its first season was a brief eight episodes long, and it didn't attract much attention outside of industry types, but it was different and seemed to have potential. By season two, it found a healthy audi...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, October 11, 2007 - 5A New faces in BCS title race PETER SCHOTTENFELS/Daih Redshirt freshman Obi Ezeh has adjusted to his new position, middle linebacker, after making the switch from running back when he came to Michigan. Ezeh proves himself on D By JACK HERMAN Daily Sports Editor As the first half of Saturday's 33-22 win over Eastern Michigan wound down, Michigan's Obi Ezeh fielded a short ...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 5 The, Eden of multiplaTer TV time to brush up on bio Success through better song choice and an epic multiplayer platform By MICHAEL PASSMAN Daily TV/New Media Editor You might want to take a seat. Ready? OK - don't say I didn't warn you. EA's "Rock Band" is the greatest multiplayer video game of all time. There, I said it. Rock Band Just mention- Xbox 360 ing classics lik...…
…6A- The Michigan Daily -Thursday, January 11, the michigan daily PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE Near Business & Law School Call 668-1100. PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE. Near B-school. Call 222-9033. UNIVERSITY TOWERS I MONTH FREE ON ALL MAY LEASES. ONLY A FEW STILL AVAILABLE. S FALL 2007 $ 1, 2, 3 bdrm. apts. Excellent, conve- nient, great location, prkg. 734-883-7771 or 734-834-2400. *AVAIL. FALL '07 4 bdrm hse. near B-school ($2000/mo.) and 3 bdrm h...…
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…9 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com TEXTBOOKS From page LA * umich.edu, so students would not need to buy textbooks at all. But a few professors at the forum said students seem to buy hard copies even when a free digitalversion is available. "EvenwhenIhadatextbookavail- able online, 130 out of 140 students bought their own copy," said Jack Bernard, an adjunct professor of law and one of last night's panelists. Last December, Monts starte...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com the michigan daily Friday the 13h is Your Lucky Day! Come in to University Towers to spin the Wheel of Luck! GREAT PRIZES GIVEN AWAY. P IMOHNU On all May Leases Call 734-761-2680 thel 3th RABBIT'S FOOT, SPECIALS J 6 BDRM HOUSE to be constructed by Fall 07. 3 bath., A/C, wshr., dryer, inter- net ready. 415 N. Thayer. $2400+util. Call Cappo Dienco 734-996-1991. 5 BEDROOM DUPLEX @ 1537 Packard. Furmished. D...…
…Monday, June 11, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 7 Student bikes across America TO THE DAILY: I bring to your attention an exceptional undertaking by Engi- neering sophomore Xiaoyu Shi,18, from Corvallis, Ore. He is biking across America from Astoria, Ore. to Yorktown, Va. to raise funds for The Arc of the United States, an organization that supports people with mental disabilities. Xiaoyu was inspired by "Flowers for Algernon" ...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom FORUM p From page 1 white students dressed in hip-hop attire. The party was held on Mar- tin Luther King Day, and its theme was "Living the Dream." Some crowd members said stu- dents who participate in these par- ties know what they are doing is wrong, while others said they are ignorant. Members of the panel then asked themselves whether they contrib- uted to the degrading stereotypes perpetuated about ...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily com Thursday, October 11, 2007 - 7A Study to track 105,000 kids STUDY From page 1A they change a developing child. In addition to physical environ- mental factors, researchers will also gather data about a child's social environment by looking at interactions in the home and having parents fill out question- naires. These factors will be analyzed along with the children's genetic makeup in the hope that th...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 7 Winter storm kills 18 across the Midwest Killer had trained to be a missionary More than 600 homes ice echo City. lose power The N posted ice OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A ings Tue wintry storm caked the center of souri, K the nation with a thick layer of ice and Illin yesterday, blacking out more than emergenc 600,000 homes and businesses, National and more icy weather was on t...…
…8A - Thursday, January 11, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com * Learn more about James Trani and tell us more about you. Visit pwc.com/bringit. Your life. You can bring it with you. *connectedthinking © 2007 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP All rights reserved. other memberrfirms of the network, each of which isa sep , 719 j*;W''. .: t Y :. - XEV ,,ih °z .0 lists; r j4 Ym1 uf; W n? a 3 ' ' ups{ 9 0 0 PRICEATERHOUS PERSQ 0 "Pricewa...…
…8A - Wednesday, April 11, 2007 f ) I T The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0,I MUSIC REVIEW Veteran star duo none too bright on'Tongues' Whimsical mixing DEACON'S 'RINGS' BETTER SUITED FOR VIDEO GAMES By ABBY FRACKMAN Daily Arts Writer When two colossal but distinct- ly different musical minds cross paths, as a fan, sometimes you just have to cross your fingers. Kieran Heb- ** ; den's and Steve Reid's separate Kieran career paths H shar...…
…8 Monday, June 11, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MOURNING Recent medical school graduate experience with Survival Flight, Hilary Roeder worked with Spoor having been in the process of com- From page 1 in the surgical intensive care unit in pleting the final weeks of their June 2006. training. regarding the risks their jobs present. "He was one of the greatest peo- Punch said Chenault was "the "We deal with risk every day," he p...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 8 - Tuesday, September 11, 2007 SUICIDE From page 1 a written statement that the data showed that youth suicide is still a major problem. "We don't know yet if this is a short-lived increase or if it's the beginning of a trend," Arias wrote. "Either way it's a harsh reminder that suicide and suicide attempts are affecting too many youth and young adults. We need to make sure suicide prevention efforts ar...…
… 8A - Thursday, October 11, 2007 TeMcia al ihenlivo The Michigan Dailv - michiRandailv.cam I~iiuin1111111I nn isompi First- I studriedrrt istor I ..,arJ r/ rMM /M M %w VV 7 I At McMaster-Carr, we welcome all academic backgrounds. In fact, many of our successful managers were led by curiosity to study such non-business fields as abstract math, biology, or political science. Others pursued degrees in fields like accounting, computer sci...…
… >ber 11 200-7 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 1 4.; ]tt ti t i ' Mnx t1 sr. 6 ZOMBIE From page 5 is sometimes Blind Pig-speak for Nish), there will barely be a moment to reorient yourself. No breaks are planned. On paper, the show promises to be awesome - the bat-shit crazy kind. But it's also an interesting slice of punk music and carnival culture, two things you might not realize Ann Arbor has a firm stake in, even if you stumbled...…
…'LOVE' IS ALL Y IT'S THE BEATLES PAGE 4B. - 2006'S POP MAESTRO PAGE 4B. MUSIC COLUMN Looking ahead to 2007 Former music executive Bob Lefsetz has a great e-mail newsletter (lefsetz.cgm) that he churns out updates for a couple times a day. His passionate rants on the current poor state of popular music and industry issues *like copy-protection, pricing and downloading are an interest- ing read for a casual music fan or a major label executiv...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Sister act: older Milian gets the win Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 9A a SOFTBALL In one game, slumps turn to x streaks for Blue By ANTHONY OLIVEIRA Daily Sports Writer Playing the waiting game in the locker room last weekend, the ninth-ranked Michigan softball team was glad to BALL STATE 1 playsome- MICHIGAN 6 thing it is more familiar with: softball. "We needed to get out on =the field and see the sunsh...…
