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…Friday, March 19, 2010 MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers LEFT Engineering freshman Kevin Kane dresses up ton celebrate St. Patrick's Day and dances in the Chemistry Building atrium en Wednesday. (TOREHAN SHAR- MAN/Daily) TOP RIGHT Archi- tecture and Unbar Planning juniur Nora Lean works en her midterm prelect en Wednesday. Hen mid- term prject is tu construct a medel ten a new athletic center. (TOREHAN SHARMAN/Daily) BOTTOM RIGHT Engineering soph...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, March 19, 2010- NEWS BRIEFS LANSING State House raises rental car fees to fund Pure Mich. The Michigan House has passed legislation that would add a $2.50 daily charge on vehicles rented near airports to help pay for a popular tourism advertising campaign. The main bill in the package to fund the Pure Michigan cam- paign passed the Democrat-led House by a 56-52 vote yesterday mostly along party ...…

…4 - Friday, March 19, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com E-MAIL CHRISAT CSKOSLOW@UMICH.EDU Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu CHRIS KOSLOWSKI I JACOB SMILOVITZ EDITOR IN CHIEF RACHEL VAN GILDER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MATT AARONSON MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All othe...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Law School alum, Obama advisor will speak to the Law School's graduates From Page 1 Coleman said she's very excit- ed that Jarrett is coming to Ann Arbor. "What a thrill for our students because she's been so success- ful," Coleman said. "It just sounds like it's going to be a perfect com- mencement for everyone." Coleman added that having two well-known commencement speakers coming to campus this sprin...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, March 19, 2010 - 7 Political intrigue in Polanski's 'Ghost Writer' This production of 'Man at La Mancha' aims to overcome the cheesiness otten associated with the mosical. Getting Quixotic with MUSKET'S musical By JENNIFER XU Daily Arts Writer Cinematically, the month of March is akin to the morning after a wild, debaucher- ous party. The slightly deflated balloons no longer possess their shin...…

…a 8 - Friday, March 19, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily-com Former walk-on earns her stripes Conference's top team awaits 'M' in semifinals By STEPHEN NESBITT Daily Sports Writer From walk-on to starter, senior Jaclyn Kramer has become a fixture on the Michigan women's gymnas- tics teamsince arriving on campus in the fall of 2006. Performing well in the clutch is a valuable asset, yet those who do don't always receive credit. Rec...…

…FROM T WALGREEN $ Joe Stapleton: How small hands and an inability to Bast' d an jump surprisingly halted my s s s dunk contest aspirations. , PAGE 5 > PAGE 8 ~:IE 0C4i n 07ailjj Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, February 19, 2010 A HOLE NEW LOOK michigandailycom 'regents sued over closed door meeting MIA MARINO/Daily Kris Kelly of Pangea Piercing pierces Eastern Michigan University senior Betty Adams's ear at the shop's new Forafull story on Pa...…

…2 - Friday, February 19, 2010 MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers TUESDAY: Professor Profiles WEDNESDAY: Before You Were Here THURSDAY: I'FRDY Campus Clubs P*oos.o theWee NEED MORE PHOTOS? See past installments of Photos of the3 Week on our website, michigandailycom. LEFT Carmen Reynolds, a sophomore on the momen's basketball team, talks aboot her decision to come to the University of Michigan even thoogh her family has almays been strong sop- p...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, February 19, 2010 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS LANSING Granholm allows other workers to join health plan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has signed an executive order clearing the way for university, public school and local government employees to join the health care coverage plan offered to state employees. The Democratic governor said Wednesday in a release that the move could offer those -groups a way to save on ...…

…4 - Friday, February 19, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 6 E-MAIL DANIEL AT DWGOLD@UMICH.EDU iJbe 1*idigani f &i4. Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu DANIEL GOLD JACOB SMILOVITZ EDITOR IN CHIEF RACHEL VAN GILDER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MATT AARONSON MANAGING EDITOR The HILL OLYMPICS If Tray-Boarding was a real sport, Id so be in Van...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, February 19, 2010 - 5 Underwhelming'Boss' Basement Arts's production will stay true to both the Internet series's script and the theater medium. 'Dr. H1orrible' is stealing the show By CAROLYN KLARECKI SeniorArtsEditor It's no secret by now that this country has seen better times. The gap between the haves and have-nots has never been so visible, W big company UnderCOVer bailouts are being hand...…

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…1 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Pescovitz: 'U' willhave the 'premier ;ow p 1 institute' for health care research NCRC From Page 1 going to revolutionize the activities at NCRC," Pescovitz said. "In many ways what we're thinking is that this isgoingtotransformthe way welook at research." Pescovitz said in the interview that she believes the biointerfaces institute and imaging institute would bring abroad range of collabo- rators tog...…

…8 - Friday, February 19, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 8 - Friday, February 19, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Dunking was not my destiny 'Again." "You don't want to get tired, you know." "Yeah, Iknow, but let's do it one more time." his was before the ninth (or tenth?) try at my first dunk in yesterday's dunk contest, put on by the Big Ten Net- work "Hoops on Campus" program. The dunk was pretty standard. Basical...…

…1ie Aid~igan40aim Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, January 19, 2010 michigandaily.com SAID ALSALAH/Daly Fans rush the court after Michigan's 68-63 upset over No. 15 Connecticut on Sunday at Crisler Arena, For more on the game, see SportsTuesday, inside. Maturing, one upset at a time THE FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION Report:'U other schools failinpublic " " mission Study finds top terms faco ositeratioofminor } ity student access, low-income stu-...…

…6 2A - Tuesday, January 19, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers I WEDNESDAY: PrfssrPrfs' Before You Were Here THURSDAY: FRIDAY: Campus Clubs Photos of the Week RALLYING FOR A CAUSE A great communicator Communication Studies Prof. Susan Douglas not only studies the mass media; she's a part of it. After her 1994 hook, "Where the Girls Are: Grow- ing Up Female with the Mass Media," became a hit, Doug- ...…

…0 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS MANLIUS TOWNSHIP, Mich. Plane crash kills students in Mich. Hope College says a student from Kenya was piloting a small plane when it crashed in southwest Michigan, killing himself and a student from Illinois. Hope College spokesman Tom Renner said Monday that 23-year- old David Otai (OH'-ty) of Nairobi, Kenya, and 20-year-old Emma Biagioni (bya-jee-OH'-nee) ...…

…4A - Tuesday, January 19, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 6 b JIdiCgan Ea41V Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu JACOB SMILOVITZ EDITOR IN CHIEF RACHEL VAN GILDER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MATT AARONSON MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles andillustra...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 5A Did the aughts suck? Guns and stilettos Historiography is essen- tially intellectual mas- turbation. All right, maybe that's a little bit harsh, but it's a statement many modern historiogra- phers would more or less agree with. Because, when it comes down to it, any his- JOSHUA torical account BAYER is basically one party's subjective attempt to systematize all the hapha...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 7A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, January19, 2010 - 7A Regents to consider Crisler renovations at next meeting Proposed changes expected to cost $20 million By JOSEPH LICHTERMAN Daily StaffReporter During its monthly meeting Thursday, the University's Board of Regents is expected to approve renovations to Crisler Arena. Built in1967, the13,800 seat arena is ...…

…0 8A - Tuesday, January 19, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com In photography, architect Payne sees art in decay OF WARNER BROS. Rve lationa ry Denzel Washington brings gravitas and samurai skills to 'The Book of Eli' By KAVI SHEKHAR PANDEY DailyFilm Editor Ah, post-apocalyptic Earth: a bleak, treach- erous wasteland of decay and desolation. Given global warming, nuclear stockpiling and the predic- tions of the Mayan calendar, ...…

…The Michigan Daily I michigandaily.com I January19, 2010 MICHIGAN 68, CONNECTICUT 63 Recruit Gardner enrolled in classes By NICOLE AUERBACH Daily SportsEditor During halftime of Sunday's Michi- gan-Connecticut basketball game, foot- ball coach Rich Rodriguez spoke to reporters about injury and personnel updates. Dancing around most questions about recruits, Rodriguez confirmed that six of them have enrolled early. The six are: Stephen Hopkin...…

…2B - January 19, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com I Weary fans deserved to rush the court after upset win QB Robinson impresses in "The Dual" By LUKE PASCH against a Buckeye squad that Michi- For The Daily gan coach Fred LaPlante dubbed Ohio State's most well rounded and O-H-I-0 chants rangthrough the experienced team in 25 years. Michigan Indoor Track Building on "We probably have as much tal- Saturday, creating an atmosphere e...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com January 19, 2010 - 3B Wright provides spark off bench ARIEL BOND/Daly Junior Ben Baldus-Strauss returned to the Windy City Invitational where last year he partially tore his MCL. The junior competed in the high bar event this weekend. Blue miast looks to overcome injuries By CAITLIN SMITH Daily Sports Writer CHICAGO - For junior Ben Bal- dus-Strauss, a trip with the men's gymnastics team to the Windy C...…

…4B - January 19, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 6 With award-winning season behind him, Graham discusses his draft prospects E Grc dr A It w during but Br strangl again,, the sp NFL D The end w, half of ball tea necticL native1 verine guez t recent Gral rago T Big Ter Grahar sive pl to win with a Arena. Grahar over hi Maize ear-to- As as he will on packed tive en approa tice fo Senior Mobile met an Team with P taken s xperts ...…

…e ifri$Wc46F 1 oaIi4 at1m Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, November 19, 2009 michigandaily.com FROMICE BLOCK TO BLOCK 'M' FINANCING YOUR EDUCATION Debate over Promise still simmering SAM AN T HA TR AU BEN/Daily LSA junior David Shlecter, a member of the Michigan Ice Carving Team, carves an ice sculpture in the Diag yesterday. The sculptures were being carved for the Michigan football game against Ohio State during the Student Group Performa...…

…2A - Thursday, November 19, 2009 MONDAY: TUESDAY: In Oether Ivory Towers Off the Beaten Path WEDNESDAY: Campus Clubs SCHOLARSHIP MESSAGES When students spot A loss to Ohio State this Saturday would keep Michigan one win short of receiving bowl eligibility, but it would not be the first time the Buckeyes have kept the Wolverines out of the post- In 1973, wheo the two teams met, Michigan - ranked number four at the time - had held the oumbe...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.c0m Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, Nsvemher 19, 2009 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS NEW ORLEANS, La. Court rules Army at fault for Katrina flooding A federal judge has ruled thatthe Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina. U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval late Wednesday ruled in fa- vor of ...…

…4A - Thursday, November 19, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 74L e firIC4topan + Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 4 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu GARY GRACA ROBERT SOAVE COURTNEY RATKOWIAK 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 illustrati...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, November 19, 2009 -5A The Greatest Rivalry in Sport The Victors! From the Editor: We hope you're enjoying our look back at the Dai- ly's game coverage from famous Michigan-Ohio State games. The Wolverines topped OSU in 1997 en route to a National Championship. By ALAN GOLDENBACH Former Daily Sports Editor Charles Woodson's grin stretched longer than usual, even for the confident All-American....…

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…8A - Thursday, November 19, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Paz's 19 kills help. 'M' in five-set win AARON AWGSBURGER/Daly Junior Veronica Hicks will be key if the Wolverines hope to hold off the Lady Eagles. Blue hopes t build on fast start tonight By MARK BURNS Daily Sports Writer Mark Rosen had never recruit- ed a junior college volleyball player before - until Juliana Paz. Last year, Terry Gamble, then- coach of Iowa Wester...…

…i '' -_ i .s fur ,, ; ; ; , c; i . :I : t 1 0 The Michigan Daily ( michigandaily.com ( Thursday, November 19, 2009 weekend essentials Nov. 19 to Nov. 22 CONCERT Bust out that banjo and chomp down on some tumbleweed - Old Crow Medicine Show is comin' on down to the Michigan Theater Friday night, and it should be quite the hootenanny. Com- plete with the only professional guit-jo (a banjo-like instrument) player in the United States, it's ...…

…2B - Thursday, November 19, 2009 iPHONE APP .17 SURVIVING HIGH SCHOOL Remember the timeless fear of walk- ingdownthehallinhighschool?Would the punks beat you up? Would your dream crush find that out you secretly pine to get into their pants? Well, you might not fuck the prom queen at the end, but if you play your cards right in this adventure, you can be the high school rock star you never were. The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com INTERWE...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 3B Giving thanks for celebs Found Footage Festival founders Nick Prueher and Joe Picket have been collecting tapes since high school. Pric ess ootage The Found Footage festival unearths decades worth of hilarious VHS clips By KAVI SHEKHAR PANDEY Daily Arts Writer The age of the VHS tape is long gone. Hell, even DVDs are being phased out by Blu-ray Found discs and direct F...…

…*I 4R - Thursdav November 19. 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com HAIR From Page 1B in Iraq - and how these themes are tied into the material. "It's funny - when I first found out I was going to be directing 'HAIR,' I got a lot of questions or suggestions about where I should set it," Wigfield explains. "(People said) 'You should set it in 2009 in Iraq and make the hip- pies hipsters!' And I was like,'Well, that'd be quite redundan...…

…We Midigan BaiI& NEHUN E)-NINEI) "TEEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, March 19, 2009 michigandaily.com Canton residents Dan Gottschalk, Colleen Carefell and Joshua Carefell explore a showcase in the Exhibit Museum of Natural History last week. Exhibiting financial restraint As budgets tighten, local families head in droves to campus museums By MALLORY JONES DailyStaffReporter Looking for an inexpensive alternativ...…

…N ews 4 2A - Thursday, March 19, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom w .. .. 3 .. , ,~yF. . F _ .: , Humble beginnings It's hard to imagine foot- hall Saturdays without the presence of the Michigan Marching Band, hut the hand wasn't always part of the football experience. The hand hegan as a stu- dent-run organization with no outside support, accord- ing to the Michigan March- ing Band's wehsite. Harry dePont, the march- inghand'...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS LANSING Stimulus to give boost to food stamp aid in Mich. The federal stimulus package will boost food stamp benefits and nutrition services in Michigan. Michigan families eligible for the federal food assistance pro- gram will get a 13.6 percent boost in their monthly benefits starting in Apri...…

…. . w '" . . 4 4A - Thursday, March 19, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. "x Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tathedaily@umich.edu GARY GRACA ROBERT SOAVE COURTNEY RATKOWIAK EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position oftthe Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations rep...…

…T h i e D hT The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 5A Blue ready to start dancing in Kansas City By JASON KOHLER Daily Sports Writer He's never been there before, but he's notnervous. DeShawn Sims doesn't get ner- vous. Well, at least not before and during games. And when the Michigan men's basketball team, the No. 10 seed in the South region, faces No. 7 seed Clemson in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 7A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 7A ing cuts - Princeton University ENDOWMENT recently announced it could trim From Page 1A as much as $82 million from the next fiscal year's budget - the The University of Michigan has University of Michigan has large- experienced similar difficulties. ly shielded itself from the imme- Here, the school's end...…

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…The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com I Thursday, March 19,2009 woo vI r101W ,., 1;weekend essentials Mar.19 to Mar. 22 TELEVISION Craig Ferguson, the exaggeratedly Scottish host of "Late Late Night with Craig Ferguson," * has a new stand-up special called "Craig Ferguson: A Wee Bit 0' Revolution" airing Sunday on Comedy Central at 10 p.m. The " t humor should be a wee bit of Scottish national pride and a whole lot of vulgarity as the late-nigh...…

…4 2B - Thursday, March 19, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Today 3.19.09 Distinguished Visitors Series, Marina Abramovic At the Michigan Theater Free David Mason Poetry Reading 5 p.m. At East Quad Auditorium Free Ari Heat 8 p.m. At the Ark $5 500 Years of American Grapes arj Wines: A Remarkable Journey 1 p.m. At the William Clements Library Free Tomorrow 3.20.09 Albert Herring, University Open Theater 8 pm. At the Mendelssohn T...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 3B The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, March19, 2009 - 3B Finding a sense of place in literature Bear with me: A lot of undergrad- uate students end up writing theses to conclude the best four years of our lives (college, supposedly). But I completed (and finally printed, . bound and turned in) my English the- sis earlier this week, and am only now emerging from ...…