…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...…
…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...…
…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...…
…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 ...…
…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...…
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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...…
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…'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...…
…2B - Thursday, January 11, 2007 {the b-sidel The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com TECH NOTEBOOK Apple unveils Jesus Phone 0 By CAITLIN COWAN DailyArts Editor If you have an iPod, chances are you carry it around along with your keys, wallet and cellphone. You might even have a digital camera or Palm Pilot in addition to all that. And at the Macworld 2007 key- note speech, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone, a device that capitalize...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com athe b-side Thursday, January 11, 2006 - 3B Lloyd Cargo ........................... 1. Extra Golden - Ok- Oyot System Choosing the best album of 2006 is arbitrary, but I can say this band pro- vided me with my favor- ite moment of the year. Sweaty, bottle of New- castle in hand and best friend in tow, watching Extra Golden dispense blistering benga grooves at the Bohemian Nation- al Home in Detroit was...…
…4B - Thursday, January 11, 2007 {the b-sidel The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0 Folk: the adjective, the tradition ByANNAASH DailyArts Writer 0! Courtesy of Geffen Just try and jack this dude's beats. Pop star ear?.Tii By BRIAN CHEN DailyArts Writer Timbaland didn't just produce two No. 1 albums and perhaps the best single of 2006 - he made it look easy. Arguably last year's most successful and prolific producer, he's established ...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com {the b-side} Thursday, January r11 2007 - 5B CARGO From page 1B doing a similar thing, much more trustworthy because of a more singular/policed voice, will emerge and be the bible." Who knows when that will happen, or from where that voice will come, but my guess is it won't come print-media or music critics per se. Rather, the staggering possibilities of the music genome project and Pandora. com will a...…
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…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...…
…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...…
…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...…
…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...…
…, 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...…
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…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...…
…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...…
…10A - Wednesday, April 11, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Turf wars: M'-Nine slides m on carpet The Michigan men's gymnastics team hopes to bounce back from a disappointed finis last year's NCAA 7 Blue wants big revenge By COLT ROSENSWEIG Daily Sports Writer Since April 7, 2006 - the day the Michigan men's gymnastics team had to watch six other teams compete for the National Title - the Wolverines Michigan have dedicated at N...…
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…0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10B.he ichga aiy-W desay. prl11 007 I Wednesday, pril.11,.2007 - h *Mchga SDil -3 T here's a reason beyond foot- ball that led redshirt junior offensive tackle Jake Long to pass up this April's NFL Draft -where he likely would have been a first-round selection - and return for his last year of eligibil- ity. He's also looking forward to what the 2007-08 season will bring off of the gridiron. "This was definitely the mos...…
… i 0 T M - d i WenedyAri 1,207 Th. Mci SnDal mANARO Confronting the racismin Michigan's history Our Back Pages I History Column By Chris Zbrozek China Gate Best Chinese food Red Hot Lovers Best hotdog and Best fries We like to tell ourselves stories that make us feel good about ourselves. That can be a difficult task, though, when confronting ugly periods of our past. The Michigan Historical Museum in Lansing, for instance, deals with s...…
…Michigan Daily readers voted on their favorite things about Ann Arbor. On this page and the next are staff members's reflections on several winners. " 0. Wednesay, 207 I) LI-. 0 I-AN RO Espesso Royale Cafe Six Espresso Royale Cafes. Two Amer's Mediteranian Delis. Two Sweetwater cafes. Rendezvous. Ambrosia. Ten Starbucks. As a col- lege student in Ann Arbor, you're never far from a coffee shop. Ann Arbor seems to breed coffee houses. Patr...…
…68The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, Aprill11 2007 m The activists, athletes, artists and organizers who have left their mark on campus this year The artistic scientist SA senior Lia Min stood in don't want to be the one drawing front of a massive 10-foot-tall the discoveries." banner with a large, circular In the fall, Min will attend mirror close to the bottom. She Harvard in pursuit of a doctorate looked into the engraved mirror, in neuros...…
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…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 ...…
…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...…
…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...…
…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...…
…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...…
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…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" ...…
…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...…
…Monday, June 11, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaily.com 734-763-0379 Smooth Criminals "Ocean's" franchise finally finds its smug self By ELIE ZWIEBEL ManagingArts Editor There's nothing quite as satisfy- ing as a refined sequel to a lacklus- ter sequel to a mediocre remake of an edgy heist. After disap- pointments of "Spider-man Oceans 1 3," "Shrek 3," At Quality 16 and "Pirates of and Showcase the Caribbean:...…
…10 Monday, June 11, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Picking with prowess By ANNA ASH who can rightfully be adorned Associate Arts Editor with the title. Bela Fleck is the catalyst behind It seems as if virtuosos aren't so hard to come by these days. The word, in its transition into standard vernacular, lost cer- tain aspects of its dignity when it began to get attached to anyone who has a superb handle on scales and arpeggios. ...…
…Monday, June 11, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 11 sports@michigandaily.com 734-764-8585 Putnam just misses no-no By COURTNEY RATKOWIAK Daily Sports Writer It was a nearly flawless pitching performance for Michigan sopho- more Zach Putnam, OREGON STATE 1 an out- MICHIGAN 01 ing that Michigan coach Rich Maloney called "one for the ages". Eightstrikeouts.Six1-2-3innings. 16 groundball outs. But in the end, it was the career-low ...…
…12. Monday, June 11, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com OFFENSE From page11 balls into the outfield, via air mail. The Wolverines recorded just one hit that dropped down into the outfield, a fourth-inning single by sophomore Jason Christian. "We know how the infield is," Maloney said. "The game wasn't won totally by the infield. They didn't get many hits, either. It is what it is. You can't change your approach. You still swing the ...…
…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...…
… 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...…
…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 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...…
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