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…2A- Monday, September '15,2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2A - Monday, September IS, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom * Tree-sitters descend from perch Protesters at the University of California - Berkeley descended from their redwood homes last week after school officials cut off their food and water supplies. The protesters had been living in the tree for 21 months in an attempt to prevent the school from building a...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, September 15, 2008 -- 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Monday, September iS, 2008 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS GALVESTON, Texas Hurricane Ike death toll rises The death toll from Hurricane Ike rose to 25 across nine states Sunday, as rescuers said they had saved nearly 2,000 people from waterlogged streets and splin- tered houses. Glass-strewn Hous- ton was placed under a weeklong curfew, and milli...…

…4A - Monday, September 15, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu We're suddenly being ripped apart" - Roger Freeman, a nine-year veteran of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., on the firm's collapse, reported yesterday by The Wall Street Journal. 6 I ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE E...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, September 15, 2008 -5A This show will soon be outsourced to cut costs. A tough 'Job'market "This is the shit, like, the total government shit." Fire, but no spark Star-studded cast r fails to energize the Coen brothers' latest political jaunt By ANNIE LEVENE DailyArts Writer with an election year such as this, there's bound to be an increased interest in all things political. As People Magaz...…

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…0 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com N ew s Monday, September 15, 2008 - 7A S The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Monday, September 15, 2008 - 7A Petraeus: More than military action needed in Afghanistan General says victory also means political, economic progress BAGHDAD (AP) - U.S. Gen. David Petraeus said yesterday that experience in Iraq shows it will take political and economic progress as well as military action to tackle incre...…

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…SANDALS: BIG TE BLUES HIT HARD, PAGE 2B S ortsMonday UThe Michigan Daily I michigandaily corn( September 15, 2008 HOW LOW7 NOTRE DAME 35, MICHIGAN 17 QB and RB shine By DAN.FELDMAN Daily Sports Editor SOUTH BEND - Most of the Michigan football players somberly walked through the tunnel of Notre Dame Stadium after Saturday's loss to the Fighting Irish, but a few talked with each other as they turned toward the locker room. "Anybody got someth...…

…2B - September 15, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com a 28 - September iS, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com * ,w 'M' wins third straight tourney By MARK BURNS Daily Sports Writer According to Chinese culture, three is a lucky number. It's been good fortune for the Michi- gan volleyball team this year as well. The Wolverines grabbed their third tournament of the year this weekend, winning 3-0 at the Pepsi Challenge in An...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com September 15, 2008 - 3B Women's rugby makes statement in win over Spartans Big win could propel team from D-JJ to D-I By JOE STAPLETON Daily Sports Writer Remember a certain surprising upset for Michigan football last year? An upset of similar proportion occurred in 2008, except it was Michigan crossing divisions and shocking the favorites. In East Lansing on September 6, the Division II Michigan women...…

…4B - September 15, 2008 Sportsanday The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 48 - September15, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom GAME STATISTICS . Tam Stats First DownsC Rush/Yds Offensive Plas Total ORfese CompR/AttInt Punts/Avg Fumbles/Lost PASSIN Play ThCr pet ShridanCR TotCCCal RUSING MICH 21 42/159 229 70 388 59 19/28/2 4/52.8 7/4 7/79 32:12 C-A Yds 16-23 17S 3-5 54 . 19-28 229 ND 34/115 147 55 260 70 10/21/2 6/43.8 3/0 3/3...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com September 15, 2008 - 5B MAIZE GAUGE The Michigan Daily football writers break down the weekend's stats that don't show up in the box score. The Defense-o-Meter measures the intensity of the defense, the Rod-o-Meter * judges how emotional (positive or negative) Rich Rodriguez was following the game and the Hype-o-Meter measures the fans' performance. DEFENSE-0-METER The defense was put into a tough spot...…

…6B - September 15, 2008 IFIN ,*"por-tsMonday The Michigan Daily- michigandaily.com 0 68 - September iS, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom BAUER From Page 1B inside eight feet, but made just four birdies. On the back nine alone, Bauer birdied hole numbers 11 and 14 before missing birdie putts from inside that eightfeet on the final four holes. But Bauer conceded Mother Nature may have helped out by dampening the greens for her app...…

…Iie Midigan Oai& 'NE-HtNDRED-EI( "ITEEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, April 15,2008 michigandaily.com PREPARING THE DIAG HEALTH CARE IN MICHIGAN Group wants health care mandate on Nov. ballot UHS director says a constitutional amendment, Mich- igan residents would be required plan would reduce to have access to both preventative cost of coverage and primary care. Currently, Mas- sachusetts is the only other sta...…

…4 2A - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 WEDNESDAY: The Extremist THURSDAY: Explained FRIDAY: Before You Were Here BIKE CULTURE Lost in a library labyrinth I felt my brain, body and soul fall apart at the Grad yesterday as I punched incorrect buttons on a bor- rowed calculator, wondering what the probability was I'd even pass my upcoming stats exam. I decided to take a break and try to find a summer job at the library's human resources department....…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS ATLANTA Delta, Northwest announce merger, but face opposition If Delta and Northwest are going to create the world's largest airline, they'll first have unions to cajole, politicians to placate, and antitrust regulators to convince. Two of Northwest's largest unions immediately declared their opposition. Most importantly, the airlines will need antitrust approval...…

…0 (). a 0 pinior 4A - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 4Jb t*Iiiian Ea Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR GABE NELSON MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position oftthe Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illu...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, A pril 15, 2008 - 5A How did ceiling cat get outside? A vacation to die fo- New horror film finds success through its adaption of Smith's powerful novel By JEFFREY BLOOMER Daily Arts Writer For a movie about the children of white yuppies who venture into the big, bad Mexi- can jungle only to be trapped by violent Mayans, "The Ruins" is a surprisingly polished and effective movie, if not a ver...…

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….M 8A - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Southern road trip inspires show By MAUREEN SULLIVAN Daily Arts Writer School of Art and Design Junior Cassie McQuater and artist Sam Strand use colorful language to describe their colorfully-named exhibit. "Shit Y'all (Somewhere There's a River)" is showing at the Canterbury House until AprilS 20th. "The title (Somewhere of our exhibit There's a is basically us acknowl...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, A pril 15, 2008 - 9A 'yam' "IRON MAN" RELEASE DATE: MAY 2ND Based on the popular Marvel comic series, "Iron Man" tells the story of Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr., "Zodiac") and his transformation from rich indus- trialist to iron-suited superhero. Since it's directed by Jon Favreau, who previously helmed the box office smash "Elf" starring Will Ferrell, it's not surprising that the trailer pl...…

…I 10A - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com I I II II W E E ZE R '' - WEEZER RELEASE DATE: JUNE 17 Unless you're be celebrating your middle school graduation later this spring, you're probably among the massive majority that thought that Weezer's 2005 album, Make Believe, was absolute trash. But unless you have a heart of stone, then you probably still hang on tightly to the fading glimmer of hope that Weezer mi...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com PETS From Page 1A Area Humane Society in Lansing, which takes in any abandoned ani- mals from Michigan State Univer- sity students, has also noticed the trend, calling it one that "happens all over the country." "I noticed it when I worked in Pennsylvania and Florida," said Steven Heaven, the group's presi- dent. "We tend not to adopt to stu- dentsbecause of that problem." Ann Williams, a representative ...…

…I 12A - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom CATFCHINA.-G (ON Nearly deaf walk-on goes from team manager to team player By Dan Feldman -Daily Sports Editor The day was taking too long to end. The Michigan softball team opened play at Alumni Field last year with a doubleheader against Western Michigan. The first game was an on-the-edge-of-your-seat thriller. Lori- lyn Wilson came within one out of throwing a no-hitt...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, April 15, 2008 -13A After being cut twice, Herrmann made squad as bullpen catcher HERRMANN From Page 12A said. He had the week off to go hunting, so he took Rachael to the doctor the next morning. The doctor diagnosed Rachael with bacterial meningitis. She was immediately rushed to the chil- dren's hospital for treatment. Rachael had a 107-degree tem- perature. For the first couple days, the do...…

…I 14A - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 GIANNOTTO From Page 12A Panchero's offers a fresh-made tortilla every time you step into the place. And that's before you take into account that, asa customer, you get to see and choose exactly what is being put into your burrito. Meanwhile, over at BTB or Can- tina or whatever it's called these days, you have a packaged tortilla that gets put on a grill for less than a minute. Oh yeah, and the ingredi- ents in...…

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…0 16A - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 N ew s The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com HIRING From Page 1A The report presented to the Sen- ate Assembly, a group comprised of University faculty members, used data provided each year by Univer- sity Human Resources to examine trends in faculty hiring across racial and ethnic categories - white, black, Asian and Hispanic. The percentage of minority fac- ulty has seen steady increases in all professori...…

… C1le 4Hd7igan al Tuesday, April 15, 2008 enioryear is ayear of"last times." With graduation in sight, students mark the everyday events that will soon recede from the everyday. The last time we register for classes. The last time we watch the Mich- igan-Ohio State game from the student sec- tion. The last time we get a day off while the Graduate Employees' Organization strikes. In honor of the last day of classes for this year's graduating s...…

…2B - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaiycom University of Michigan MichiganEngineering Cleec niern mi~z;;;',~ Dean's Ho o1Ls The Dean and faculty of the College of Scott Hyder James LiJinXagNBrn uoThdrsTaopls D lacoullo Jinng Li Jing Shen Ng Nipuna Rupasnghe Raj Thapar Prince Idichandy Kang Li Kwok Wai Wilson Ng Neal Ruche Geoffrey Thes Sarah lkhaniPour Christopher Lilly Thai-Son Nguyen Briana Russo Paul Theron Darryl Isa...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 3B Many students were anxious about the passage of Proposal 2, a ballot initiative which banned race- and gender-based affirmative action in Michigan on Nov. 2, 2006. - wI Ross gives $100 mil. Sept.9 - After University alum Stephen Ross gave $100 million to the Business School - the largest donation in the University's history- officials announced it would be renamed the Ross ...…

…I 4B - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 I-C The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com E-MAIL OQUIST AT JOQUIST@UMICH.EDU I e Wc 1 1n at'*1 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors. The Daily's Edi...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, April 5, 2008 - 5B POP CULTURE TIMELINE >> IPOD MINI 1.04 This bite-sized music icon makes it all the more fashionable - and colorful - to be an audiophile. Compared to its bigger brother, which had four buttons and a solid- state dial, the Mini is not a step down but far, far up. At 4 GB, the Mini is large enough to carry 2,000 songs and small enough to fit just about anywhere, while its vibr...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 7B 'M' spirit survives disappointment My fellow graduating seniors: It's been a rough, not-so-successful four years for Michigan sports. No football wins against Ohio State. No BCS bowl victories. No NCAA tourney bids in hoops. No national championship game appear- SCOTT ances in hockey. BELL No national - - titles for any ofthe school's26 teams over the past three seasons. It...…

…8B - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Carr exits with epic victory over Gators Wolverines fall to Bucks again Jan. 3, 2008 - ORLANDO, Fla. - He fought hard against the indi- vidual attention leading up to his final game, but in the end, Michi- gan coach Lloyd Carr CARR lost that bat- tle. And in x. doing so, he 4 passed his so-called impassable final test: WINS. 122 ending his LOSSES: 40 coaching BIG TEN care...…

…Iie 1Nidiga D~tal1i~lj Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, January 15, 2008 michigandaily.com COCA-COLA CONTROVERSY .Coke cleared in India investigation 'U' says it will continue to deal with company after seeing first of two reports By KELLYFRASER Daily NewsEditor Based on a report of the company's environmental standards in India released yesterday, the University has agreed to continue purchasing Coca- Cola products. Some students whose acti...…

…2 - Tuesday, January 15, 2008 MONDAY: In Other Ivory TowersE A birthdv It was somebody's birthday last Thursday, or so says the clump of girls that have stumbled into NYPD on South University Avenue after all the bars have closed. "It's (Birthday Girl's) birthday!" announces one girl. The giddy gang begins belting out the birthday song over celebratory slices. A group of guys - draped in over- sized jackets and looking young enough for me to g...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, January 15, 2008 -- 3 NEWS BRIEFS JERUSALEM Olmert says Israel 'will not reconcile' with a nuclear Iran Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told a powerful parliamentary panel yesterday that Israel rejects "no options" to block Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, a meet- ing participant said. The statement was the Israeli leader's clearest indication yet that he is willing to use military force against...…

…4 -Tuesday, January 15, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 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 views ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 5 TRUMAN IN 'THE HILLS' Cat Power returns with stunning covers fter watching "The Tru- man Show" and "The Shining" over the course of last week, I can confidently say "The Truman Show" is the scari- est movie ever made. If you were to tell me I could choose between nar- rowly escap- ing death at the hands of MICHAEL my insane, PASSMAN non-existent wife or finding out my ent...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 7 Kucinich pushes higher ed. 'U': Big House still a possibility plan before campus crowd COMMENCEMENT From Page 1 JOIN THE DAILY. COME TO ONE OF OUR MASS MEETINGS AND FIND OUT HOW * Tonight " Thursday, Jan. 17 * Sunday, Jan. 27 7 p.m. at 420 Maynard St. KUCINICH From Page 1 stands for a carbon-free and nucle- ar-free energy policy," he said in a press conference before the...…

…0 8 - Tuesday, January 15, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com I AIR CANADA Shepherd takes off in win By DAN FELDMAN Daily Sports Writer EVANSTON - Jevohn Shepherd knew what he wanted to contribute this year. "I just wanted to instill winning," the junior said before the season. "In previous years, upperclass- NOTEBOOK men didn't assume that role. They had other, individual goals, more than team-oriented goals." When given the ch...…

…Cult favorites FOUND magazine and PostSecret blog team up to tell stories and raise cash for charity at the Michigan Theater A sneak peak at the Detroit Institute of Arts renovations The B-side Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, November 15, 2007 michigandaily.com At elections, debate over Greek issues COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY Rapper and actor Mos Def, who is coming to campus, has been outspoken on a host of issues. Theda Gibbs, ...…

… a 2A - Thursday, November 15, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com In the mid-1960s, Ann Arborites were becoming increasingly con- cerned about the pressures put on young people in the area - especially college students. So in 1965, four area churches united to form a safe, wel- coming place for students and youth to share art and unwind. So began the folk venue that Ann Arbor now knows as The Ark. The Ark didn't begin as a concert ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS GRA From WASHINGTON Report shows and. explosives can get marke past airport security In lit P( Government investigators smug- lin d gled liquid explosives and detona- stude tors past airport security, exposing teased a dangerous hole in the nation's by Ne ability to keep these forbidden "Th items off of airplanes, according to kind i a report made public yesterday. good The investigators learn...…

… 4A -Thursday, November 15, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com C7C iIdiig0an 4a1*1y Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 C Xtothedaily@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...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 5A A year later, Blue reflects on Bo's lessons By SCOTT BELL is today. He was a great coach and Daily Sports Editor person and touched everybody's lives when he was around. You When the Michigan football don't forget a man like that." team takes the field Saturday after- Author and University lecturer noon to play its biggest game of the John U. Bacon, who was working season...…