…Friday, September 15, News 3 Swank U: How college students are living the posh life Opinion 4 Theresa Kennelly: Harvard, the U' and early admissions Arts 5 TV on the Radio's majestic 'Mountain' 2006 UE AIMS TO END ROAD WOES IN SOUTH BEND ... SPORTS, PAGE 8 One-hundred-sixteen years of edftorzifreedom www.mic/nkandai/y.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXVII, No. 9 @2006 The Michigan Daily ATHLETES BEWARE: FACEBOOK AHEAD For athletes with ...…
…lIE fidiigan BaiI nn Arbor, Michigan wwwmichigandaily.com ANALYSIS, THE '69 UPSET AND BO SPORTS, PAGE 9A Wednesday, November 15, 2006 WILL PROP 2 MAKE CAMPUS MORE SEGREGATED? THE STATEMENT 'U': Prop 2 won't affect faculty hiring But minority professors could be deterred if classroom diversity falters By WALTER NOWINSKI Daily StaffReporter Michigan voters may have thought they had banned all forms of affirmative action at the Univer- sity...…
…Wednesday, February 15, 2006 ALIaN DoAi osTHE iBEST M' vUSEUM\S MVE 'TON! i 'S . a .RTS :' , FACE News 2 Man vice president accidentally shot suffers heart attack Opinion 4 Sports 9 Emily Beam misses feminism Cagers face must-win against Gophers One-hundredfourteen years of editorial freedom - -------------- - www. michigandaily. cor Ann Arbor, Michigan s Vol. CXV, No. 76 02006 The Michigan Daily - - - - - - - - MSA votes down $...…
…Wednesday, March 15, 2006 News 3 1,600 additional SAT scores may be incorrect SOTBALL SET FOR REM i CHO WORLD SERES ... SPORTS. PAGE 9 Opinion 4 Jeff Cravens misses the mountains Arts 5 NYC aural artists The Books play UMMA One-hundredjifteen years ofeditorialfreedom I www.michinandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXV, No. 91 62006 The Michigan Daily FIGHTING FOR FRIEZE Grant helps lure 2-year college students $1-million grant will ...…
…Arts 9 'Art School' aims too high Sports 13 Softball wins second consecutive Big Ten title www.michigandaily.com One-hundred-sixteen years ofedtorialfreedom Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXVI, No. 118 Monday, May 15, 2006 Summer Weekly 02006 The Michigan Daily 'Dangerous' Prof. fights extremism with books Cole shifts focus from job candidacy at Yale University to helping rebuild the U.S. image in the Middle East By Walter Nowinski Daily Staff...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, September 15, 2006 413 E. Huron St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1327 www.michigandaily.com DoNN M. FRESARD ALEXIS FLOYD Editor in Chief Business Manager fresard@michigandaily.com business@michigandaily.com CONTACT INFORMATION Newsroom: 763-2459 Office hours: Sun-Thurs. II a.m. - 2 ;m. News Tips news@michigandaily.com Corrections corrections@michigandaily.cem Letters to the Editor tothedaily@michigandaily.com Photogra...…
…2A - Wednesday, November 15, 2006 MONDAY: Ten Spot TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY THURSDAY: University Jb Explained FRIDAY: Before You Were Here The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 413 E. Huron St. Ann ArborMI 48109-1327 www.michigaidaily.com DONN.L FRESARD ALEXISFLOYD Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-333 C 734-764-050 C fresard@michigandaily.com floyd@michigandailyrcom JUST IN VASE A different kind of coddling Nurse prov...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 15, 2006 NATION/WORLD Whittington suffers heart attack NEWS IN BRIEF Shotgun pellet from Vice President Cheney's gun reaches 78-year-old lawyer's heart CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) - The 78-year- old lawyer wounded by Vice President Dick Cheney in a hunting accident suffered a mild heart attack yesterday after a shotgun pellet in his chest traveled to his heart, hospital officials said. Harry Whit...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 15, 2006 NATION/WORLD Google may be forced to turn over its Internet records 0 ALEXANDRIA,Va. Death penalty possible for Moussaoui Bush hopes records will help revive law meant to shield children from Internet pornography SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A fed- eral judge said yesterday he intends to order Google Inc. to turn over some of its Internet records to the U.S. Justice Department, but expressed ...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 15, 2006 Bush considers border control options I Congress worries patrol duties would strain National Guard troops WASHINGTON (AP)- On the eve of President Bush's Oval Office address on immigration, members of Congress expressed concern yesterday that using National Guard troops to keep illegal immigrants from crossing the border would further burden an already overextended military. The criticism came fr...…
… NEWS Friday, September 15, 2006 - The Michigan Daily - 3 ON CAMPUS SWank U: Posh Prof to speak on dorms, amenities Shakespeare's . . medical side a rising trend NONE FOR THE VERSE University Musical Society and the Department of Internal Medicine will host a lecture by acclaimed English Prof. Ralph Williams on the political subtext of Shakespeare's writing about medi- cine. The lecture will begin today at noon in the Ford Auditorium of th...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS BAGHDAD Shiites kidnap dozens at Higher Education Ministry Suspected Shiite militiamen dressed as Interior Ministry com- mandos stormed a Higher Educa- tion Ministry office yesterday and kidnapped dozens of people after clearing the area under the guise of providing security for what they claimed would be a visit by the U.S. ambassador. Witnesses and authorit...…
… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 3 ON CAMPUS Professor to speak about new cancer research Stephen Gruber, a medical profes- sor, will lead a seminar titled "Brave New World of Cancer Epidemiology: A Whole Genome Association Study of Colorectal Cancer. The event is part of the Department of Epidemiology's semester-long speaker series. It will be held today at 3 p.m. in Auditorium 1 of the Public Health Building. Engin...…
… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 3 ON CAMPUS Union will host discussion on low-cost insurance for students A discussion will be held today on low-cost insurance plans for college students. The panel will feature repre- sentatives from the University Health Service, the UMHS Program for Mul- ticultural Health and the Washtenaw County Health Department. The event, sponsored by the Center for the Educa- tion of Women, will...…
…The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 15, 2006 - 3 Coleman condemnsGmNDIT U-talk announcement SACUA questions President Coleman on U-talk, faculty recruits By Leah Graboski Daily News Editor When the University unveiled U- *talk, a new hotline for faculty and staff to report unethical or illegal hehavior, many employees respond- ed with concern about the hotline's intent and implementation. But they weren't the only ones trouhied by the announceme...…
…4 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, September 15, 2006 OPINION clI1E Stdiau~d DONN M. FRESARD Editor in Chief EMILY BEAM J CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK JEFFREY BLOOMER Editorial Page Editors Managing Editor EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 413 E. HURON ANN ARBOR, MI 48104 tothedaily@michigandaily.com NOTABLE QUOTABLE 4 ,Win, lose or draw, millions of whites will start to remember that they are part of a tribe...…
…4A - Wednesday, November 15, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0 C74C MIC4ig n '3ailm KIM LEUNG A, Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@michigandaily.com DONN M. FRESARD EDITOR IN CHIEF EMILY BEAM CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS JEFFREY BLOOMER MANAGING EDITOR There is no purely military solution here." - SEN. CARL LEVIN, supportin...…
…4 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 15, 2006 OPINION c e Ib rgt Bi fgu ilg 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'Take that hammer and knock it on your own head." - Saddam Hussein, in response...…
…4 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 15, 2006 OPINION cite 1Strtkb i1 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 We are in a position where we either transform or die." - Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, d...…
…4 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 15, 2006 UJjzurWw I VIEWPOINT America's role in Darfur JEREMY DAVIDSON Editor in Chief IMRAN SYED Editorial Page Editor JEFFREY BLOOMER Managing Editor EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and ...…
…Friday September 15, 2006 arts.michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaily.com Ahe RTSicign ailg 5 :55s55sscc>:~ <: I Rios and Garcia in classic brood. iOutcast fable brings it home By Michelle Zellers Daily Arts Writer With a gown, bouquet and black-tie reception, you might think young Eileen (new- Quinceaiiera comer Alicia Sixtos) is get- At the Michigan ting married. Theater She's not. Sony Pictures Classics She's just turning 15. "Quince...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 5A 9 Differentiating pop an Walkinghome last week, I saw a junior high school girl lingering outside Urban Outfitters. She wasn't just one of the usual pack of Lolitas that hangoutside my apartment building (itself seemingly homing groond for the ground- down Dolores Hazes - you know, the girls that were a lot cuter before u Markley soft-serve and HardTail sweatpants. Cla...…
…Wednesday February 15, 2006 arts. michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaily.com TSe igan ailg 5 5 "OOOOOH, Mitch's!" Similar releases hurt * Beth Orton's latest ART ON TAP AT MITCH S By Chris Gaerig Associate Magazine Editor MUSIC REVIE-W In real estate, few things matter more than the three Ls: location. A gorgeous house in an impover- ished area (see Outer Drive in Detroit) won't sell as much as it would if it were elsewhere. Music fo...…
…Wednesday Re TScbigan Bailg Rlr arts. michigandaily. com artspage@michigandaily.com 5 - - - ------- .... . .. . 5 BOOK SART EXPERIMENTAL NYC BAND COMES TO UMMA By Caitlin Cowan Daily Features Editor 'Fight Night' By Michael Passman Daily Arts Writer a hit Even if you've never heard of them, you probably already know The Books. One night while watching MTV and poring over your Orgo notes, you most likely saw one of the "Knowing is Beaut...…
…AT THE PODIUM The Podium is the Daily's opinion blog. It can be accessed at http:// apps.michigandaily.com/blogs/thepodium/ or by clicking on the Podi- um link at the Daily's homepage (www.michigandaily.com). Below are excerpts from this week's featured post, concerning a grievance filed by a couple of Detroit Lions players against their new head coach, citing violations of the NFL's collective bargaining agreement. The Michigan Daily - Monda...…
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… NEWS Friday, September 15, 2006 - The Michigan Daily - 7 FACEBOOK Continued from page 1 "You know that you're not anon- ymous on Facebook," Malavenda said. "Ask yourself: Would you be able to explain your profile to your grandmother?" While introducing Malavenda, Assistant Athletic Director Mike Stevenson said the presentation was meant to be educational for both student athletes and coaches - not a reaction to a specific inci- dent. Steven...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 7A T-SHIRTS From page lA University in Canada, to continue to sell shirts and raise awareness about breast cancer. They designed the Facebook group to allow students on the Michigan and McGill campuses to order shirts online and pick them up in person. The next step was reaching students beyond their own cam- puses, so they started saveourwo- menshirts.com. "The website w...…
… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 7 SIMMONS Continued from page 1 Kraker Goodridge. She would go on to make two Olympic teams and become a coach at University. The team was named the Michigammes. It was . one of the only athletic programs open to women in the area. At the time, competitive sports were thought to endanger the internal organs of young women. Goodridge took the risk, and the rest is his- tory. The opport...…
… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 7 WAGE Continued from page 1 Washington-based nonprofit that has put out a number of reports criticizing efforts to raise the minimum wage, said increasing the minimum wage leads to overall job loss. That's partly because a higher wage attracts teenagers from high-income fami- lies into the labor market, displacing low- skilled workers, according to the institute. But House Minority Lead...…
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…Friday September 15, 2006 sports.michigandaily.com sports@michigandaily.com cTIje fiir.digan aiQ SPORT'OS 8 4 Varsity ready for tilt with Irish By Kevin Wright Daily Sports Editor Former Notre Dame coach and now ESPN analyst Lou Holtz knew tomorrow would be a key date for Michigan. And that was back in the first week of August. "The Notre Dame game will be critical for Michigan," Holtz said at Big Ten Media Day. When the l-ranked Wolveri...…
…8 - Wednesday, November 15, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com S 0 The French Kicks played a lackluster show for a lackluster turnout. Didn't get your.'Kicks'? INDIE GROUP STRUGGLES WITH COHERENT LIVE ACT By DEVIKA DAGA Daily Arts Writer You've probably never heard of the French Kicks, and neither has America. They've occa- sionally been mentioned in passing in the same French Kicks breath as The Strokes and The Libertines. They...…
…8 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 15, 2006 ARTs 'Gardener' still a knockout UP IN FLAMES 0 By Imran Syed Daily Arts Writer Only the best movies can engage audiences intellectually while also entertaining them. "The Constant The Constant Gardener," a rivet- Gardener ing spy thriller set in the callous and Focus convoluted world of pharmaceutical companies in Africa, is among the rare films that achieve this effect. Though it'...…
…8 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 15, 2006 ARTS New show more than skin deep By Anthony Baber Daily Arts Writer Leave me on 'Mars' In 1959, John Howard Griffin, a white man, col- ored his skin black and ventured to the South for his book "Black Like Me." Immediately upon publica- tion, the book revealed the still-blatant segregation and omnipresent strife between races. Even today, some people go out trying to make change, confron...…
…a Coleman endorses vender code changes the michigan daily CLINICAL STUDY- ANN Arbor firm seeks graduate students to work in the May/June time frame. The study's purpose is to gather numerical and acoustical ear data. The pro- cess consists of a series of audiological tests, the insertion of an ear dam and the creation of a mold made by pouring a medical grade flexible silicone molding material into and around one entire left or right ear. A...…
…Friday, September 15, 2006 - The Michigan Daily - 9 STAFF PICKSe Predictions against the spread for Sept. 16 Scott Matt Kevin Stephanie J. Brady McCo Bell Singer Wright Wright Kansas City Sta No. 1iMichigan (+6.5) at No. 2 Notre Dame Notre Dame Michigan Michigan Notre Dame Michigan Maryland (+16.5) at No. 5 West Virginia West Virginia Maryland Maryland West Virginia West Virginia Cincinnati (+29.5) at No. 1 Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Oh...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 9A Can'D' handle Smith, Ginn? By KEVIN WRIGHT Daily Sports Editor There are still three days left until Michigan and Ohio State square off, but that's plenty of time to hype this game through the roof. Yesterday, we looked at the Michigan offense verses the Ohio State defense, with the Buckeyes gettingthe nod. Today, the Michigan defense and the Ohio State offense take cen...…
…February 15, 2006 sports. michigandaily. com sports@michigandaily.com PRTiSiganBailu 9 . . .....9 * Depleted Cagers look to end skid By Kevin Wright Daily Sports Editor Unique rituals xhelp leers focus When Michigan traveled to Minnesota on Jan. 21 to take on the Gophers, Michigan coach Tommy Amaker opened with the guard trio of Daniel Horton, Dion Harris and Lester Abram. That was the last game the three started together. In the Wolveri...…
…Wednesday March 15, 2006 sports.michigandaily. com sports@michigandaily.com cbe £idrigtrn ailI PORT7S 9 ---- . . . . ... .. .. .. .. . . .... . .......... Baseball's truest form, worldwide T he trio of Karl Ravich, Harold Reynolds shouting out after a homerun. and John Kruk didn't look too comfort- I don't know what it was, but I'm in it for the able or excited in the press box of Legends long haul now. Field during the spring training ga...…
…Monday May 15, 2006 arts.michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaiiy.com ATeSidiig 9 'School' teaches too little By Alexandra Jones Daily Arts Writer In 2001, the filmmaking duo of director Terry Zwigoff ("Bad Santa") and screenwriter Daniel Clowes Art School ("Ghost World") Confidential created a suc- cessful cinematic At the version of the Michigan Theater graphic novel Sony Pictures classics "Ghost World" that reproduced the plot and emotio...…
…10 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, September 15, 2006 PROCRASTINATION STATION What to Watch Wondering which college football games to watch before and after Michigan's tilt with Notre Dame? Look no further, Daily Sports has got you covered. NOT RE DAME .S MICHIGAN 44 Before every football game this season, two of the Daily's football writers will take the weekend's matchup to the -PlayStation 2 and then let you know what happened. " Play of ...…
…10A - Wednesday, November 15, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NCAA-tested Panthers look to pounce By MARK GIANNOTTO Daily Sports Writer ordinarily, a game against a Horizon League opponent at Crisler Arena wouldn't pose much of a threat to the Michigan men's basketball team. But Wisconsin-Milwaukee has something the Wolverines don't: an NCAA Tournament appear- ance in the past eight years. In fact, the Panthers have qual- ified ...…
…10 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 15, 2006 Skiba making best of bad situation By David Murray Daily Sports Writer Canada should be proud. Over the past six games, Stephany Skrba, the Richmond Hill, Ontario native and Canadian Junior Nation- al Team member, has shown Michi- gan fans why she was crowned Miss Canada Basketball in 2005. Skrba scored 19 points and pulled down eight rebounds in an early-season game against Saint Franci...…
…10 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 15, 2006 Icers maintain must-win mentality IIW SWIMMING AND DIVING Fun and jokes draw Schroeder to divin By Daniel Levy Daily Sports Writer Entering the CCHA playoffs as the three seed, the Michigan hockey team has something neither top-seeded Miami nor second-seeded Michigan State can lay claim to - the Mason Cup, the trophy awarded to the win- ner of the CCHA Tournament. And that is why, despite...…
…10 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 15, 2006 Sigur Ros shines live with multi-media set By Christine Balmes For the Daily CNETREVIEW One of the admirable powers of Sigur R6os's nebulous whale music is its ability to invite the listener's imagination to come up with fanciful images in tandem with the -music. It must have been a Sigur Ros challenge to match the Thursday Icelandic band's sound At thetState Theaterl with just the right eye Det...…
