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…4A - Wednesday, March 14, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com I Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 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...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, March 14, 2007 - SA Don't think Halfway Home looks interesting? Same here. Already 'Halfway' gone COMEDY CENTRAL'S LATEST SHOCK SHOW DOESN'T MAKE THE CUT By MARK SCHULTZ DailyArts Writer I watched "Halfway Home" with two other people, and they both left the room within five minutes. That pretty Ha much summa- rizes Comedy Home Central's latest Wednesdays attempttolaunch 10s30 psm a unique ...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com FIRE From page LA HRH/Kirklan & Co. in Omaha, Neb. insures fraternities. Comeau said that while both companies are working to outfit all Greek houses around the nation with sprinklers, M-J Insurance has been more aggressive in outfitting sororities. "There seems to be more sorori- ties installing sprinkler systems than fraternities, which is ironic because since we've started track- ing them all of the f...…

…40 8A - Wednesday, March 14, 2007 Blue beats down Aggies By DANIEL BROMWICH Daily Sports Editor Utah State is known for over- coming big deficits. Michigan collapsed down the stretch in key losses UTAH STATE 58 to Iowa MICHIGAN 68 and Ohio State this season. So when the Aggies cut the Wol- verines' 12-point halftime lead to one with just more than eight min- utes remaining in the first round of the National Invitational Tour- nament (NIT) la...…

… 0 a AU -W 0 0 3. he ichga D ednsda, How I found myself while homeless in Alaska t started with the Discovery Channel. I've always had a yen to travel, but the show "The Deadliest Catch," may have had a greater impression on me than on the aver-, age viewer. The summer after my freshman year in Ann Arbor, I packed my bags and left for Alaska to seek adventure and fortune as a crabber. I never made it to the Bering Sea, but that summer ...…

…w w v v w v w w w w w w w w THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK with WALTER NOWINSKI Lam. CIn t A look at the big news events this week and how important they really are. Conveniently ranked from one to10. Weneda, 007 Dail 4B A NEW KIND OF PATRIOTISM The group behind Pac-Man in the Fish- bowl, Superman in lecture and attack insects in programming class. 6B PENNIES FROM HEAVEN What the weather has to do with weather you get rich or go broke. ...…

…0 w -U---- V V v w w w I -6 Te ic iganDaly- edesay M rc- 1, S00 I Wedesday Marh 14,2007 -hMiignDly 3 The riches of irrationality Unknown nknowns Science Column Buy low and sell high. In other words, buy when it's cloudy outside but sell when the sun is shining. Yes, aspects of the weather do affect stock markets after all. In a 2001 paper, Ross School of Busi- ness Prof. Tyler Shumway and a colleague showed the existence of the suns...…

…S U 1 a w -W -a- -_W 0 0 0 9 w efore I pulled my first opera- tion with the UM Patriots as an undercover reporter, Kevin Irrer looked me in the eyes and said, "If we don't like you, we won't call you again." I laughed. He wasn'tkidding. Thirty minutes earlier, I was told to meet a man in the corridor outside of the art gallery in the Duderstadt Center on North Campus. My contact told me nothing about the upcoming operation, except t...…

…Tuesday, March 14, 2006 News 3 Alleged 9/11 terrorist may escape death penalty Opinion 4 Sports 11 Sam Singer hates Yale Cagers' minds focused on NIT nANEKE L A&CHIE TAKES AUDIENCES TO HIDDEN DEPTHS ARTS, PAGE o One-hundredfifteen years ofedor dfreedom www.mich iandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXV, No. 90 02006 The Michigan Daily INALIENABLE RIGHTS Students lament new aid policy Administrators claim new policy to count non...…

…2 -The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 14, 2006 INR MusATION/ WORLD Moussaoui may escape death penalty NEWS IN BRIEF11 #1 EJudge considers dismissing death-penalty case against suspected terrorist ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - The federal judge in the Zacarias Moussaoui case said yesterday she may dismiss the death-penalty prosecution of the al-Qaida conspirator after a federal law- yer apparently coached witnesses on upcoming testimony. U.S. Dis...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 3 ON CAMPUS Discussion to be held on food and its affect on mood Marilyn Migliore, local clinician and author of "The Hunger Within", will° hold a workshop on the emo- tional connections between food and eating. The event will be held in the Kalamazoo Room of the Michigan League tonight from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. It is sponsored, by University Health Services. Group to hold lecture on pet fish...…

…4 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 14, 2006 OPINION a y t J r Y ,t ,t c be Mlidtlf gutn t DoNN M. FRESARD Editor in Chief EMILY BEAM CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK Editorial Page Editors ASHLEY DINGES 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 44 I turned on the kitchen faucet and beer came out." - Haldis Gunders...…

…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday; March 14, 2006 - 5 Paid Advertisement Open Letter Regarding The Coca-Cola Company's Commitment to Labor Rights As someone who has devoted my career to labor issues, I share the concerns of student activists regarding labor conditions around the world. Through my work with the United Nations International Labor Organization, I have seen firsthand the manifold difference it makes in the lives of individuals, familie...…

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… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 7 AID Continued from page 1 date, said he is vehemently opposed to assessing a contribution from noncustodial parents because he thinks it will discourage students from attend- ing the University. "We should be encouraging students of single parents to succeed," said Baker, who comes from a single parent. MSA Rep. Mat Brener said the policy presents difficulties lower-income students. "Thi...…

…Tuesday March 14, 2006 arts. michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaily.com R TheSflictigan aig * 8 - - - - - - - DJ Paul for president! I uck Jon Stewart: I had When The Smoke Clears Vol.] when it first came out. I knew about "Stay Fly" before you ever heard it at Skeepers. I've had the intro to "Sippin' on Some Syrup" -engrained in my heartsince high school. In short, I love Three 6 Mafia, I'm from Rhode Island and I'm white as fuck. Bu...…

…ARTS Famed sculptor featured at Rackham The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 9 By Abigail B. Colodner For the Daily The French poet Jacques Prevert fondly dubbed 20th-century sculptor and artist Alexander Calder "an ogre with faerie's fingers." A collaboration between the two artists, each legendary in his own right, is on display in Ftes: "Fetes: Alexander Calder and Alexander Jacques Prevert" in the Insti- Calder and tute for t...…

…10 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 14, 2006 ARTS THE 'EYES HAVE IT PRIMAL HORROR FLICK EMBRACES ROOTS AND SHOCKS ALIKE By Jeffrey Bloomer Managing Arts Editor We all know where this is going. A squarely middle-American family goes on a cross-country road trip through the rural South'- west to celebrate their par- ents' silver. Their post-MTV belle of a teenage daughter The Hills complains she would rather Have Eyes be in Cancun; thei...…

…Tuesday March 14, 2006 sports. michigandaily. com sports@michigandaily.com OReTigSn tiig 11 . . . ....1 1 Cagers try to focus on task ahead By Kevin Wright Daily Sports Editor It got to the point where he had to turn off his phone. After Michigan discovered it wouldn't be in the NCAA Tournament, senior Daniel Horton couldn't bear the phone calls. "I got a few calls, but after two or three from my mom and my dad, I just turned my phone off,...…

…12 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 14, 2006 Schmucker's strong play leading the way for Blue 0 By Bryan Hamilton Daily Sports Writer It's not how you start but how you finish that counts. This old cliche held true two weeks ago at the Rio Verde Collegiate women's golf tournament. After opening the tournament with a first-round score of 76, Michigan senior Amy Schmucker fought back over the next two days to put herself into a battle ato...…

…Monday, March 14, 2005 ~ 9, ~ 1 ja~. ~ ax v" Weather Opinion 4A Suhael Momin: the lost meritocracy Arts 8A Metal takes over the Motor City with three shows £ it aia,:3rlii TOMORROW: One-hundredfourteen years ofeditorialfreedom www.mzihigandaiiy.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXV, No. 96 2005 The Michigan Daily .W . Coleman criticizes MCRI 'rhetoric' r University president compares ballot initiative to Prop 2, claiming both are d...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 14, 2005 NATION/WORLD Iran rejects .S. incentives TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran scoffed at U.S. incentives aimed at coaxing the Islamic republic to drop its nuclear ambitions and declared Saturday that Washington's overtures did nothing to change Tehran's plans to push ahead with its nuclear program. An Iranian envoy in Europe, however, acknowledged in guardedly posi- tive terms that there appeared to be a ...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 14, 2005 - 3A * ON CAMPUS Biblical scholar to lecture on Jesus Prof. James M. Robinson of Cla- remont Graduate 'University will give a lecture titled "The Historical Jesus: O What do we know and where are we now?" at 7 p.m. tonight in Auditorium 3 of the Modern Languages Building. Robinson is an internationally distin- guished scholar of. the New Testament and the history of early Jesus traditions. Mi...…

…4A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 14, 2005 OPINION ( E 1C FC1T FCC I 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 After a while, you just stop caring and want it to be over." - Sheryl Nagy, a junior at Burbank High S...…

…Monday March 14, 2005 arts. michigandaily. com artspage@michigandaily.com TSe Mign ail 5A Courtesy of Miramax "1 see kidnapped people." Bruce Willis returns to his action roots By Andy Kula Daily Arts Writer L M IE After achieving mild success with for- ays into comedy and family films, Bruce Willis has returned to what he does best: yelling and killing people. His new film "Hostage" pro- vides many such opportunities, but .surprisingly ...…

…6A - The Michigan Daily - Monday. March 14, 2005 the michigan daily 1209 BROADWAY: $215 K. Tree-top condo, 2 bdnm., 1 1/2 baths., 2 lofts, fire- place. Agent: Victoria L.Evans. 649-4752. NEW LUXURY'TOWNHOME Condos $38,000 Buying Power twp. taxes. 10 min. to UM. 2-5 bdrms. w/2 car garage. 213-4100. YrIZ fwmleess Q singular . Mobileer omcast Ask About A rnaNE X E L Nd TWOR Cell Phones & Accessories High Speed Internet & TV Low-Cost Inter...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 14, 2005 - 7A KISS-I N Continued from page 1A mission, the event was quite a success. He said that it felt good to see such a high turnout. Brittany Allen, Co-Chair of the LGBT commission said of the rally: "I am glad it pulled together well." For the past two months, she and others had been putting a lot of work into organiz- ing and publicizing the rally. She added, "I'm glad to see new faces ... it...…

…8A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 14, 2005 ARTS I Courtesy UIMiramax "Have a Bolly, Bolly Christmas. Bad pun? I'm Sari." Re-tooled Austen tale still enchants By Amanda Andrade Daily Arts Writer S R EV I E W An intriguingly inscrutable title, along with a preposterous amount of misplaced TREVOR CAMPBELL/Dairy Clockwise from top left: Alex Varkatzas and Travis Miguel of Atreyu, My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way and Mic Thompson (7) ...…

…KICKED IN THE BALLS' The men's gymnastics team gets robbed at No. 1 Ohio State. PAGE 5B NCAA TOURNEY COVERAGE Everything you need to know about the Tourney and The Michigan Daily/Papa John Challenge Bracket. PAGE 6B t i t E t f I' arch 14, 2005 .- t - - ---- GENNARO FILICE The Cagers aren't dancing. Bummed? I've got a solution. PAGE 3B The SportsMonday Column SPORTS OI TI AY lB k able firkht]DUOU ------------- - - ey vie Michigan 10...…

…2B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - March 14, 2005 CLUBSPORTsWEEKLY Women's hockey gets to nationals Athlete of the Week Name: Nick Willis Team: Men's Track Hometown: Lower Hutt, New Zealand Class: Junior Why: Willis claimed an NCAA title in the mile at the NCAA Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., on Saturday. He posted a time of 4:00.69 on his way to his first ever individual national championship. Willis beat Indiana junior Sean Jeff...…

…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - March 14, 2005 - 3B Sweet revenge: Willis takes title By Pete Sneider Daily Sports Writer FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - It was almost as if his competitors were standing still. That's how fast junior Nick Willis looked as he flew around the eighth and final lap. Willis captured Michigan's second NCAA title of the weekend on Sat- urday with a resounding victory in the mile. His time of 4:00.69 put him a comfortable 2...…

…4B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - March 14, 2005 LINE OF THE WEEK Milan Gajic Forward Friday vs. Notre Dame 2 Goals, 2 Assists, +3 NOTABLE QUOTABLE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK "It's entertaining for the fans, and it's hard on an old coach." - Michigan coach Red Berenson on playing a scoreless game in overtime. Morgan Cey (Notre Dame) After getting lit up in game one, Cey bounced back with the best performance of the weekend. He made 43 sav...…

…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - March 14, 2005 - 5B .................. .s Michigan Junior Gerry Signoreill could not lead the tumblers to a victory over No. I Ohio State on Saturday. Slow start plagues male tumblers By Sara Livingston Daily Sports Writer COLUMBUS - As Michigan men's gymnastics coach Kurt Golder always says, the key to success is to build momen- tum early and carry it through until the very last event. But, this was not...…

…6B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - March 14, 2005 Michigan Daily/Papa John's Challenge NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament First Round March 17, 18 Second Round March 19, 20 Regionals , March 24-27 Final Four April 2, 4 Regionals March 24-27 Second Round March 19,20 First Round March 17, 18 1 Illinois 16 Fairleigh-Dickinson 9 N evada : . ... .. ......... . .. .. 5 lbama Score the most points and receive 10 free pizzas from Papa Joh...…

…Friday March 14, 2003 @2003 The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXIII, No. 110 Weather TODAY: One-hundred-twelve years of editorialfreedom Partly cloudy skies during the day with winds from the south- east. Hen 4 3 LOW. 31 Tomorrow: 57l4rk wwwmihigandaily. corn I i I i I I I i I I i I i i I i i : i : : i : i : i I I : I i i i i : I I i O N : i i i i i I m ! i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ! i ! i ! 1 1 1 i 1 : i ; i : i i ! i ; i ; Il l MIN I ;:...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 14, 2003 NATION/ WORLD RESOLUTION Continued from Page 1 Trouble loomed at every diplo- matic turn. Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, visiting Bush at the White House, said, "If there is not a reso- lution, Ireland cannot engage in support of military action, because we work under the U.N. resolution." Bush sent a letter to incoming Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vice President Dick Cheney c...…

… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily -Friday, March 14, 2003 - 3 ..- ._ DAAP advocates diversity, focus on larger issues K-grams treats kids to gymnastics event at Crisler Kids, gymnastics, giveaways ... what's not to like? Michigan women's gymnastics teams up with K-grams in Crisler Arena today at 7:30 p.m. University students and their K-grams elementary school pen pals get in free to watch the 9th ranked Wolverines battle 4th ranked Nebraska...…

…4 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 14, 2003 OP/ED Ulie A11d9u agtiI t~ 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 letters@michigandaily.com EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 LouIE MEIZLISH Editor in Chief AUBREY HENRETTY ZAC PESKOWITZ Editorial Page Editors Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of the majority of the Daily's editorial board. All other articles, letters and...…

… Frday March 14, 2003 michigandaily.com mae@michigandaity.com t[ctt~ut nnitg ARTS 5 Refried 'Beene' not a tasty meal By Christian Smith Daily Arts Writer When watching "Oliver Beene," it's hard not to get the feel- ing that you've seen this before. And it isn't just the deliberate '60s-era nostalgia that the show aims to generate. With its youthful sentimentality and family premise, not to mention the voice-over narration by a grown-up O...…

…6 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 14, 2003 the michigan daily LOST GOLD NECKLACE w/amolite pen- dant btwn. Michigan League & Union Mon. March 10. Reward. Call collect 989-739-5696. ATTN: DOCTORS JUST starting a new practice or looking for a new location. I have a 3200 sq. ft. bldg. that is on an all sports lake w/ newly redecorated 2 bdrm. 2 bath living quarters. Was used as a Doctor's office at one time, which is basically already set ...…

…The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 14, 2003 - 7 ADMISSIONS Continued from Page 1 in Texas, California and Florida. They say the programs provide advantages to people from disadvantaged back- grounds by offering a certain percent- age from every high school into a state college. But University officials assert that such a plan will not work as well in Michigan, which is not as racially seg- regated as other states. For example, the Upper Penin...…

…0 Frday March 14, 2003 michigandaily.com sportsdesk@umich.edu PiORTSicgigtn~tilg 8 Blue has 'no tomorrow' with loss to Hoosiers Feisty Falcons will give 'M'all it wants By Chris Burke Daily Sports Editor There was only one upset yesterday at the Big Ten Tournament. Unfortunately for Michigan's title chances, it didn't come in the final game of the opening round, as No. 6 seed Indiana - desperate to wrap-up an NCAA Tournament berth ...…

…One hundred eleven years of editorildfreedom 74TI a NEWS: 76-DAILY CLASSIFIED: 764-0557 wwwmlchlgandallycom Thursday March 14, 2002 # , ~I Profs. who sue & u 9 --_ a lege retaliation By David Enders Daily Staff Reporter Electrical Engineering Prof. Margaret Murnane left Michigan for the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1999 in lieu of filing a plagiarism complaint against another faculty member. Murnane, a MacArthur Foundation g...…

…A 2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 14, 2002 NATION/WORLD Cheney focuses on violence in Israel NEWS IN BRIEF4 SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (AP) - Vice Presi- dent Dick Cheney said yesterday that Israel and the Palestinians share the burden of ending Middle East bloodshed. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met with Cheney and promised to apply pressure, too. At a news conference with Cheney at this Red Sea resort, Mubarak also addressed an...…

… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 3A RESEARCH Monkeys able to move cursor using only brain power Researchers at Brown University have successfully been able to decode signals from the brain and use them as the sole input to move a computer cursor. The team has used a tiny array of electrodes to record, interpret and reconstruct the brain activity that controls hand movement of Rhesus monkeys. Placing implants in th...…

…4A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 14, 2002 OP/ED (Tbz irigu ?at tiI 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 letters@michigandaily.com NOTABLE QUOTABLE SAM BUTLER THE SOAPBOX EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 JON SCHWARTZ Editor in Chief JOHANNA HANINK Editorial Page Editor Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of the majority of the Daily's editorial board. All ot...…

… OP/ED The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 5A N OBJECTION CONSCIENCE The death toll in the 9sraeli-Palestinian conflict rises daily. etween the bombs and the bullets, however, are nearly 250 people, 250 9sraeli soldiers, who have had enough. 9n this author-approved English translation of their statement, an exclusive to The Michigan Daily, one of these soldiers tells the world why he is through with the fighting and turning tow...…

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…The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 7A State Senate candidates prepare to contest issues By C. Price Jones Daily Staff Reporter With the state Senate primaries quickly approaching, candidates Elizabeth Brater (D- Ann Arbor), Richard DeLong (R-Scio Twp.) and state Rep. John Hansen (D-Dexter) are preparing to fill the 18th-district seat. { Though the race may not heat up until May, the candidates are already focused on claiming the ...…