…HAPPY HOUR: The best ways to unwind in A2 before 7 p.m. The B-side MEN'S HOOPS: Wolverines fall to the Illini Sports, Page 5A C . P filic i oaI1 4,3atim Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, January 17,2008_ michigandaily.com COKE CONTROVRS . Some skeptical as'U'keeps - Coke contract COMMNMM 2008 Following report,'U' to continue contracts worth about $1.2M By CHARLES GREGG-GEIST Daily StaffReporter Two days after the University. received a rep...…
…2A - Thursday, January 17, 2008 MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: FRIDAY: The Extremist Explained _Before You Were Here A poet's protest Across the nation, marijuana and possession is a criminal offe with daunting consequences. C side of the boundaries of Ann Ar carrying just the slightest amour the popular drug results in expen: fines and possible jail time. But in the city limits marijuana laws much more l...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Lawmaker says CIA told official not to destroy tapes The CIA official who gave the command to destroy interroga tion videotapes apparently acted against the direction of his supe- riors, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee said yesterday. "It appears he hadn't gotten authority from anyone," said Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Holland), spe...…
…4A -Thursday, January 17, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com my Id iigan Balih 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 represe...…
…5A - Thursday, January 17, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com OUTCLASSED Young Michigan squad can't hang with talented Illini By MARK GIANNOTTO Daily Sports Editor CHAMPAIGN - Illinois seniors Shawn Pruitt and Brian Randle taught the Michigan men's basketball team a tough lesson last MICHIGAN 57 night ILLINOIS 75 - the immeasurable value of four years experience in college basketball. In their 75-57 loss to Illinois, the youthful ...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 7A WANT TO WORK FOR THE DAILY? COME TO ONE OF OUR MASS MEETINGS 420 Maynard St. * Tonight " Sunday, Jan. 27 7 p.m. LAWSUIT From Page 1A Dec. 4 on behalf of Marlin Air with a Michigan Court of Claims judge in Lansing. The airline company is seek- ing more than $1 million in com- pensation from the University for the remaining two years of the contract, according to court docu...…
…S 8A - Thursday, January 17, 2008 COKE From Page 1A ists pushed the University to cut its contracts with the company. The Colombia investigation, which is being conducted by the United Nations' International Labour Organization, has not been completed. Members of the Campaign to Cut Contracts with Coca-Cola, the student coalition that origi- nally lobbied the University, rejected the report, which they claim was conducted by an "ally" of the ...…
…The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com C Thursday, January17, 2008 The Daily Arts guide to the best upcoming events - it's everywhere you should be this weekend and why. IN CONCERT There' no better way to spend MLK Day than at Hill Auditorium with Mos Def and his Big Band. Def's politically conscious brand of rap is fit for the holiday. The 7:30 p.m. concert is being held Monday in memory of Detroit music producer J Dilla, who died in 2006. Ti...…
…2B - Thursday, January 17, 2008 REDUCTIVE REASONING Picking one and one apart. The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0 Wine and cigars: real street living.v U JAY-Z:'VOL. 2 ... HARD KNOCK LIFE' (1998) The lost'Volume' By ANDREW KAHN Daily Arts Writer Ask a rap music fan to name Jay-Z's best album and most of the time you'll hear Reasonable Doubt. It makes sense - after all, it's a great album and, more importantly, it's Jigga's first. Oth...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 3 Forget cynicism: How media can help art In the 1960s, artists such as Desmond Paul Henry start- ed manipulating existing computer technology for artis- tic purposes. He made drawing machines, and other artists tin- kered with randomly generated paintings and the like. The ques- tion then was how to incorpo- rate the burgeoning technology into contemporary art. Reac- tionar...…
…4B - Thursday, January 17, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4B - Thursday, January17, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 0 BOLDNESS CHANGES EVERYTHING 0 ArcelorMittal is transforming tomorrow as the world's leading and truly global steel company. Since 2001, ArcelorMittal has grown five-fold, taking the lead in revitalizing the steel industry. Today, powered by extraordinary demand worldwide, steel has become one of th...…
…CLASSES AND KIDS PARENTING WHILE STUDYING ATTHE 'U' THE STATEMENT STIGLICH: I LOVE WAL-MART, AND YOU SHOULD TOO OPINION, PAGE4A WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A SITCOM IS ALL GOOFBALLS? ARTS, PAGE 5A iie l ig~tan DaiI j in Arbor, Michgar www.michigandaily.com Wednesday, Jan THE SKY ISN'T FALLING YET REFORMING THE R&E REQUIREMENT Student gov't examines req after years of campaign promises By LAYLA ASLANI Daily StaffReporter After completing Politic...…
…4 2A - Wednesday, January 17, 2007 MONDAY: The Extremist TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes THURSDAY: Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com DONNM.FRESARD ALEXISFLOYD Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-0558 fresard@michigandaily com floyd@michigandaily.com CONTACT INFORMATION Tragedy in Bursley Two students killed in North Campus...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS JERUSALEM r Israeli army chief resigns over Lebanon failures Israeli army commander Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz, under fire for failures in last summer's war in Lebanon, has resigned, the Defense Ministry said early today. Halutz has been under pressure to step down since the end of the 34-day war, which failed in its goals of defeating the anti-Israel mili- tant group Hezbollah and bringing home two...…
…4A - Wednesday, January 17, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com L74 CMidi igan JaI*I Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 ,.,,,tothedaily@umich.edu i We have to change our politics and come together around our common interests and concerns as Americans." - Sen. BARACK OBAMA (D-Ill.) in a video on his website announcing his candidancy for the presidency. JOHN ...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 5A A day in the life? I'll pass, thanks. F or four hours this past Sun- has seen in I8 years and enduring day and Monday night, Jack roommates who demanded that I Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) watch the show, I've gotten sick of kicked a lot of terrorist ass - or "24" without ever seeing it. It's not something like that. In truth, I have that I don't think it's a good show no i...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com on his o R&E ers migh From page 1A semeste - toward Committee. They must also write next sem one or two pages explaining how Evans the course will have a substan- for und tial discussion of three issues: the students meaning of race, ethnicity and rac- tor of th ism; racial and ethnic intolerance should c and the resulting inequality; and Stude comparisons of discrimination tions to based on race, ethnici...…
…a 8A - Wednesday, January 17, 2007 Redshirt sophs grow up on mat and as students The Michigan Daily - nlichigandaily.com a By MICHAEL EISENSTEIN Daily Sports Writer Less than two minutes into his match on Jan. 6, Hofstra's Rich Muzikar found himself lying flat on the mat courtesy of a head- scoop move by Wolverine Tyrel Todd. Todd was calm and collected, as though he had been dominat- ing college wrestlers for years, after racking up his t...…
…a 0 0 The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 17, 2007 How I spent my winter vacation At 7:15 a.m. on Christmas morning, I was sure I was going to die. Fifteen minutes earlier, I had been sleeping soundly, strapped into seat 39- H of Northwest's flight 26 from Tokyo to Detroit, when it felt like a freight train tore through the airplane. My friend gestured me over to take a look at the engine directly outside his win- dow. While the engin...…
… 0 U U U I. -. go. V, 0 w 0 S. 0 -. .. . S THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK with ANDREW GROSSMAN A look at the big news events this week and how important they really are. Conveniently ranked from one to10. 3B THE JUNK DRAWER Find out what you should be talking about at the frat party this weekend. And what you shouldn't. 4B TALK ABOUT A DOUBLE MAJOR How students with children handle the University and how the Universityhandles students with c...…
…0 0 0 9 Make money now, think great thoughts later Students are putting careers before enlightenment. ] . Why that's OK. I Wenesdy, Jnuar 17,2007 -hMiignD ly 3 WHAT THEY PICKED Last year's census asked freshmen what values they thoughtwere very important or essential. 70% 10%3 30% . 1970 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2003 2004 2005 80%; f you talk to almost any academic brushwork, out in the cold. That adviser at the University they'll mean...…
… I 9 S U -W -W -W S At 8 a.m. on a weekday morning, the sun is just coming up over a row of Family Housing units on North Campus. Its rays poke through evergreen branches, casting orange streaks on the sides of townhouses. Near Central Campus, students are wak- ing up to yards littered with empty red plastic cups and rusty bicycles. Not here. On the edge of campus, small bikes with training wheels are strewn about the sidewalks and pla...…
…Tuesday,January 17, 2006 News 3A Students for PIRGIM refuses to give up ORANGE KRUSHED: CAGERS FALL IN UPSET BID ... SPORTSMONDAY Opinion 5A Views on the Coca- Cola debate Arts 8A Glory Road more than just underdog flick One-hundredfifteen years ofeditorialfreedom www.michikandatly.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXVI, No. 55 ®2006 The Michigan Daily Silence breakers Prof: Cosby's wrong Lower-class blacks aren't to blame for their economi...…
…2A - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 17, 2006 NATION/WORLD Iraqi ballots nearly all validated NEWS IN BRIEF . Results to come in soon after fraud complaints delayed the final vote tally BAGHDAD - Iraq's electoral commission ruled yesterday that more than 99 percent of the ballots from the Dec. 15 parliamentary elections are valid, opening the way for a new government to start coming together. Final election results have been delayed...…
… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 3A ON CAMPUS Career Center to hold internship fair at Union The Career Center is sponsoring an internship fair today in the Mich- igan Union Ballroom from 2 to 6 p.m. Students can meet with organi- zations that are specifically looking to hire interns from the University. Registration for the event will take place on-site today. Some of the participating organi- zations include American ...…
…4A - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 17, 2006 OPINION c hie aicttgan %4,3ttilij 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 What would Martin Luther King Jr. do about Katrina?" - Martin Luther King Jr. Day symposiu...…
… OP/ED The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 5A The early history of the Dispute Review Board By Prof Frank Stafford / Chairman of the Dispute Review Board eline of the oke Dispute In the fall of 2004, the University of Michigan adopted a Vendor Code of Conduct, and thereby making a commitment to consider a supplier's environmental, labor and human rights practices in purchasing decisions. Vendors are required to comply with the...…
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… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 7A FILMMAKING IN THE ARB COSBY Continued from page 1A "Africanesia" - a condition that he says causes them to forget their own heritage and culture. He used U.S. Sec- retary of State Condoleeza Rice as an example. "If you're not helping anybody who looks like me, you're not doing me a damn good," he said. During his speech, he said that King would disapprove of Cosby's attitude toward t...…
…Tuesday January17, 2006 arts. michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaily.com cleRTSgan aiig 8A Babies, porn and blow Courtesy of Disney "Remember what we learned in practice ... just add a few thousand crazy white people." 'ROAD OTO VICTORY HEART WARMING SPORTS FLICK SURPRISINGLY ASTUTE nly two weeks into the New Year and the media has latched onto an entertainment story that will saturate tabloids, TV shows and blogs for the next nine m...…
… ARTS The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 9A Unlikely buddy comedy shows . Pierce Bronsan's wit, humor By Amanda Andrade Daily Arts Writer A hitman is the perfect target. In Hollywood, anyway, a hitman equals automatic edge - instant dark comedy - since any movie where your sympathetic lead is a cold-blooded killer implies either moral ambivalence or a sociopathic audience. And sure enough, that's the kind of reasoning "The Mat...…
…10A - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 17, 2006 We believe in sandy feet, beach bonfires and ifelong remories. We believe in vacations.* Enter our vacation sweepstakes at pWG com/freevacati on Your life. You can bring it with you. 0 S. I I …
…A DISPUTED DEADLOCK: The women's gymnastics team ties after Nebraska's coach protests. PAGE 6B THE SPORTSTUESDAY COLUMN: Club Sports provide a great out- let for athletes and fans alike. PAGE 3B A TALENTED FRIENDSHIP: Pittsburgh Penguins rookie Sidney Crosby and Michigan defenseman Jack Johnson go way back. PAGE 8B SPORTS January 17, 2006 lB -- - - -- ----- ------ -- ------------- - --- - - --- Michigan 74 Dee-sappointed Wolverines take...…
…2B - The Michigan Daily - SportsTuesday - January 17, 2006 CLUBSPORTSWEEKLY Outside distractions can't stop Shotokan OxW tMkiigau IBati Athlete of the Week Name: Greg Wagner Team: Wrestling Hometown: Fort Wayne, Ind. Class: Senior Why: The fifth-year senior captain took care of business in the heavyweight category over the weekend. He won all four of his events and outscored his opposition by 36 points. His final victory put the finishing to...…
…The Michigan Daily - SportsTuesday - January 17, 2006 --3B Down low, Blue fights off bigBuck By Ian Robinson Daily Sports Writer COLUMBUS - In the story of David vs. Goliath, David's strategy for taking out Goliath was a sling and stone to the head. Against No. 8 Ohio State, Michigan's strategy against the Buckeyes' Goliath, 6-foot-5 All-American Jessica Daven- port, was the double-team. The strategy of taking out the Phi- listines' great war...…
…4B - The Michigan Daily - SportsTuesday - January 17, 2006 Blue, Green to battle for standings By James V. Dowd Daily Sports Writer The tensions rarely subside between Michigan and Michigan State, and with three games over the next eleven days, the rivalry will likely just grow stron- ger. Going into tonight's game at Munn Ice Arena in East Lansing, the two teams are separated by just one point in the CCHA standings. The Wolverines sit in fou...…
…The Michigan Daily - SportsTuesday - January 17, 2006 - 5 FASTBREAK Men's Basketball Saturday's Game ILLINOIS 79 - MICHIGAN 74 Aggressive Sims breaks out of Big Ten slump By Jack Herman Daily Sports Writer CHAMPAIGN - Michigan junior Courtney Sims had a rough start to the con- ference season, leaving many Wolverine fans wondering if he was up to the chal- lenges that face a Big Ten post player. If Saturday's game against Illinois is any in...…
…6B - The Michigan Daily - SportsTuesday - January 17, 2006 Mirkovich undergoes minor heart surgery, but already back on mat By Eileen Hengel Daily Sports Writer Heart surgery. Out of context those words carry a heavy load. Rarely are the words minor and heart surgery side- by-side. But over the semester break Michigan senior gymnast Lauren Mirkovich had just that. Mirkovich went under the knife to repair a rapid heartbeat. The procedure requi...…
…The Michigan Daily - SportsTuesday - January 17, 2006 - 7B Blue duo successful against nation's best a. By Jamie Josephson Daily Sports Writer In its final test before the upcoming dual- match season, the No. 48 Michigan men's tennis team got a taste of some of the nation's tough- est competition. And even though the weekend's ,R scores may have left a bitter aftertaste, Michigan is hardly swallowing its pride. The Wolverines traveled to Cor...…
…S-- 79 8B - The Michigan Daily - SportsTuesday - January 17, 2006 The y've taken different paths, but their friendship remains unchanged By Mark Giannottoj Daily Sports Writer he date was July 30, 2005. The setting was the Westin Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario. The event was the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. Like any sports draft, there were prognosticators projecting which player each team would select. And there were the naysay- ers who questioned t...…
…B~athtr Friday ©2003 The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXIII, No. 76 TODAY: One-hundred-twelve years of editorialfreedom Light snow showers will begin in the morning and continue until the late evening. A:19 LOW.- 10 S17 www.michigandaily.com wil: i : -------------------- imm Uncertain future of oil ups gas prices By Lydia K. Leung Daily Staff Reporter U.S. crude oil futures spiked to a two-year high with yesterday's dis- c...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 17, 2003 NATION/WORLD North Korean conflict to drag on NEWS IN BRIEF G :S _.i r w ., 9y r 01 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The search for a peaceful resolution to the standoff between the United States and North Korea over its nuclear weapons programs will be a "very slow process," a top U.S. envoy to the region said yesterday. The call for patience from U.S. Assistant Secretary of State James Kell...…
… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 17, 2003 - 3 CAMP S Prof's power to deny data access contested Rep. Dingell to lead affirmative action rally today U.S. Rep. John Dingell (D-Ann Arbor) will lead a contingent of student groups in a rally today to confront Bush's opposition of University admis- sion policies. College Democrats and minority student leaders will join Din- gell in leading the rally. It will begin at noon on th...…
…01 4 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 17, 2003 OP/ED J~~be £igutn 1auilg 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 letters@michigandaily.com 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 other articles, letters and cartoons do ...…
… Friday January 17, 2003 michigandaily.com/arts mae@michigandaily.com RTS 5 Performance artist Sekou Sundiata delivers soulful words By Sarah Peterson Daily Arts Writer Born out of the highs and lows of one man's life, "blessing the boats" is sure to be a meaningful perform- ance. Poet, writer, performance artist and musician Sekou Sundiata takes the audience through the tumultuous events of three years of his life - three years in which...…
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…The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 17, 2003 - 7 16th Annual University of Michigan Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium We Must Be the Change We Wish to See in the World January 6 through February 13, For further nformation about the MLK Symposium, please contact: Andrew Adams Ill MLK Symposium Coordinator Silvia Carranza MLK Symposium Coordinator Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives Telephone 734.936. 1055 Email mlkteam @...…
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