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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com YPOR .)V . o I n rd g By ALEX PROSPERI "This year, these kids never Daily Sports Writer cease to amaze me," Plocki said. "In terms of taking a bad situa- Freshman Jackie Kramer land- tion and turning it into the best ed her dismount after a flawless possible thing that they can. We balance beam routine and was shocked. Kramer had just put together the bestbeam performance of her life. In the Wolverines' ...…

…4B - Monday, March 19, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 40 Blue drops first dual of year 60 By COLT ROSENSWEIG Daily Sports Writer COLUMBUS - The No.1Michi- ganmen'sgymnasticsteamseemed to slip through a wormhole into Opposite Land on Saturday. The whole night was backward. The pommel horse, the first rotation of the night and usually one of the Wolverines' problem events, went unbelievably well. For the second week in a row, a...…

…Cagers stay in Big Dance chase with win over ranked Indiana at Crisler Arena SportsMonday 112Midigan fail nn Arborvhichi www.michigandaily.com Monday February 19, 2007 Minority admissions plummet Numbers point to dramatic effect of affirmative action ban By WALTER NOWINSKI Daily News Editor The acceptance rate of under- represented minorities has plunged since the University was forced to stop using affirmative action in January, accordin...…

….I 2A - Monday, February 19, 2007 MONDAY: The E xtremist TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: Before You Were Here THURSDAY:- Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained This really old house The worn, creaky floorboards historic building shouldn't be on the second story of Burnham destroyed, the University offered House betray the building's his- Burnham House to any University toric past. unit that would pay to move the Burnham House, which gu...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS BAGHDAD Car bombings kill 63 in first strike since crackdown Militants struck back yesterday in their first major blow against a U.S.-led security clampdown in Baghdad with car bombings that killed at least 63 people, left scores injured and sent a grim message to officials boasting that extremist factions were on the run. The attacks in mostly Shiite areas - twin explosions in an open- air m...…

…0 4A - Monday, February 19, 2007 UPkNIO The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 43.untThis is the only issue in the history of mankind t', it E - 1 ?413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 that affects every single one of us." tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER - Actress Cameron Diaz at a joint appearance with former Vice President Al Gore announci...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Suddenly "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" isn't looking so bad. Cage rides nowhere fast as Johnny Blaze By ELIE ZWIEBEL DailyArts Writer relative career rut. If you've seen any one of Cage's films in the past five years - from "Windtalkers" to If you're a fan of over-the-hill, "Lord of War" to "The Wicker Man" balding, mediocre actors playing - you've witnessed the shrinking of superheroes...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, February 19, 2007 - 7A ADMISSIONS From page IA underrepresented minority acceptance rate to the affir- mative action ban and said it is too early to understand its effects. Peterson said the affirma- tive action ban is likely having some effect on admissions, but that the University won't be able to get the full picture until early next fall. Still, underrepresented minority applicants went from...…

…0 A - Monday, February 19, 2007 V-DAY 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Lyrics sings same old tune By CHRISTINA CHOI Daily Arts Writer For better or worse, Hugh Grant and romance are the peanut butter and jelly of the chick-flick world. Tried, true and down- right satisfying, he and his puppy-dog eyes triumph once * '* more opposite a docile Drew Barrymore in "Music and Lyr- MusIC and ics." This time around, Grant LynCS ("Love Actu...…

…Go online for softball, Bell water polo, men's nat hoops and track wan michigandaily.com S'Dort sl~nn - day : Not the ty champs we ited to face SM COLUMN 2B michigandaily.com Monday, February 19, 2007 Blue comes up just short By COURTNEY RATKOWIAK Daily Sports Writer COLUMBUS - On the second night of the Big Ten championships, Michigan and Minnesota fought for Saturday night's final victory in the 800-yard freestyle relay. Fans from both te...…

…4 DAILY SPORTS BREAKS DOWN THE WEEKEND THAT WAS 2B - Monday, February 19, 2007 'M' SCHEDULE MONDAY-239 W Golf at Central District Classic WEDNESDAY -2.21 MBasketballvs.Illinois,9P.M. THURSDAY-2.22 Water Polovs. Loyola Marymount, 6p.m. WBasketball vs. Minnesota, 8p.m. FRIDAY- 2.23 Softball vs. Aubum, 2:30 p.m. WTENNIS VS. NORTHWESTERN,3P.M. M Tennis vs.Notre Dame, 4 p.m. Baseball vs. Bethune-Cookman, 7p.m. IceHockeyvs. OhioState, 7:05 p.m. So...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, Feburary 19, 2007 - 3B eels Lions roar By ALEX PROSPERI Daily Sports Writer Achilles heel. Never has one phrase so vividly illustrated a season. The No. 9 Michigan women's gymnastics team's Achilles heel has been its inability to put togeth- er four strong rotations successful- ly in one meet. PENN STATE 195.9 Friday MICHIGAN 195.525 night, the ninth-ranked Wolverines scored a season-low 48.350 ...…

…4B - Monday, February 19, 2007 SPORT The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Not pretty, but No. 1 gets it done on road By COLT ROSENSWEIG Daily Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS - It was ugly. It was disappointing. But it was enough. By the skin of its teeth, the undefeated Michigan men's gym- nastics team pulled off a victory against No. 7 Minnesota, 209.8- 209.3. The score was Michigan's lowest point total of the season, and despite the win, the...…

…OTBALL .ALASKAN DISPATCHES FROM THE DAILY:DON'T GIVE UP T A BG MA N I G .C EETROIT SCHOOLS PAGE 2 THE DAILY BLOGS FROM FAIRBANKS MICHIGANDAILY.COM/THEGAME OPINION, PAGE 4 4b1E IcI438anDrnIj ) . N[REI EN Y AI Ann Arbor, MichiganM www.michigandaily.com nday. January i9, 207 CHANGES ON THE BOARD Family, friends remember 'go-to guy' Turner, 27, was REMEMBERING RYAN headed to Army after graduation from dental school By JESSICA VOSGERCHIAN D...…

…2 - Friday, January 19, 2007 0 MONDAY: TUESDAY: The Extremist Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: Before You Were Here THURSDAY:F- Campus Characters_ The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com DONN M. FRESABD ALEXIS FLOYD Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-0558 fresard@michigandaily.com floyd@michigandaily.com Why does Michigan football have an aversion to night games?...…

… The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com KING OF THE RING NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON " U.S. denounces Chinese missile test The United States criticized China yesterday for conducting an anti-satellite weapons test in which an old Chinese weather satellite was destroyed by a missile. The Bush administration has kept a lid on the test for a week as it weighs its significance. Analysts said China's weather satellites would travel at about the same a...…

…4 - Friday, January 19, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 6 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu DONN M. FRESARD EDITOR IN CHIEF EMILY BEAM CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS JEFFREY BLOOMER MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrati...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Early runs bury 'M' By CHRIS HERRING number of fans with them Daily Sports Writer didn't help the Wolverines in their uphill battle, either. Forward Ta'Shia Walker "There's no question that said it best following Mich- when you're at home, you igan's NOTEBOOK need the quick start," Bur- loss to NO E O K nett said. Penn Freshman LeQuisha State on Sunday: "We can't Whitfield admitted Michi- let other teams ...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com DARLOW From page 1 tions in Michigan. When California voters passed a similar initiative in 1996, public universities there saw a decrease in the enrollment of underrepresent- ed minorities - something Darlow said she doesn't want to see happen at the University. Even though yesterday was her first official meeting, Darlow has already begun meeting with cur- rent regents and administrators ADMISSIONS Fro...…

…6 8 - Friday, January 19, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com CONCERT PREVIEW Show marks 30 years POETRY PREVIEW Poet's road trip to stop at the Power Center By CATHERINE SMYKA Daily Arts Writer Though it may seem the only place to find both a uilleann pipe-playing rock band and a musical number by the cast of UMS's "The Pajama Game" in the same room would be an airport lobby (or maybe the Diag), the Music School has prepared a si...…