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…2 -The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 2, 2001 NATION/AORLD Barak calls off summit with Arafat NEWS IN BRIEF' ~ 4: ® Prime minister cites continuing violence as 4 die from gunfire JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak yesterday called off international efforts to arrange a summit meeting with Yasser Arafat, his aides said, citing continuing violence on a day two Israelis and two Palestinians were killed by gunfire. The prime...…

….2A -The Michigan Daily - April 2, 2001 NATION/WORLD Milosevic held in Balkan prison BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) - Yugoslav authorities ordered a haggard Slobodan Milosevic held for 30 days as they considered the evidence behind charges of corruption and abuse of power stemming from his ruinous 13-year rule. The former president surrendered before dawn yes- terday, ending a chaotic 26-hour armed standoff dur- ing which he reportedly brandishe...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 2, 2002 s NATION/WORLD Synagogues burned across Europe NEWS II sBiEF HEDINE FO* AOND SMR MARSEILLE, France (AP) - Thousands of Jews held prayer services yesterday near the charred remains of a synagogue, bringing an emotional close to a weekend that forced France and other European countries to confront the specter of anti-Semitism linked to Mideast tensions. In Brussels, a synagogue was damaged by ...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 2, 2004 NATION/WORLD 4 Rehnquist requires chemotherapy NEWS WASHINGTON (AP) -Chief / / ' 77 , 1 .' c+f7"r-b rI "1-114,.n /0" "~fY " v.t- 4-9 ices -Fe fLln .z.r -N r/ i-srv -x 1-6 1--% -Z,* Justice William Rehnquist disclosed yesterday that he's undergoing radi- ation and chemotherapy for thyroid cancer. Rehnquist was expected to be on the bench when the court returned from a two-week break. But ...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, December 1, 2004 NATION/WORLD Sweeping U.N. reforms proposed NEWS IN BRIEF HEALNS UNITED NATIONS (AP) -A high- L C 1 -'01 * - -a / ' " I'lI V/-b !Ys l1 " 71 vh rs 1 7 s /-j !l ' i-l t1 y . Vv -t #-n r1 5 ' /l -r . .n --b y 1 ri nn -i-% i'v ,rte " - ., y/t level panel called for sweeping reform of the United Nations in the wake of bitter divisions over the U.S.-led war in Iraq, with proposals to expand ...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 2, 2002 NATION/WORLD Iraq agrees to inspectors' return NEWS IN BRIEF i- NW rwM~ -i- VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Iraq agreed yesterday to a plan for the return of U.N. weapons inspectors for the first time in nearly four years, but the deal ignores U.S. demands for access to Saddam Hus- sein's palaces and other contested sites. Chief U.N. inspector Hans Blix said an advance team of inspectors could b...…

… 2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 2, 2002 NATION/WORLD Palestinians escape Israeli missile NEWS IN BRIEF HEADL11 INEFRMA UN THWRD '., . i ', , ' ,_ , f . ... JERUSALEM (AP) - Palestinians in a car near Gaza City yesterday nar- rowly escaped an Israeli helicopter mis- sile attack on their vehicle, blasted into a heap of smoldering metal seconds after they jumped out, witnesses said. The attack was an apparent attempt to kill Pale...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 2, 2004 NATION/WORLD Bush orders WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush, under mounting political pressure, will sign an executive order to establish a full-blown investigation of U.S. intelligence failures in Iraq, a senior White House official said yesterday. The investigation will look at what the United States believed it knew before the war against Sad- dam Hussein's regime and what has been determin...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 2, 2004 NATION/WORLD Haitian rebels occupy police center NEWSIN BRIEF AInstide says US. oJcales preparations for the new president, for- mer Supreme Court Chief Justice BRUSSELS, elghlm forced him to leave Haiti Boniface Alexandre, to assume officeFTj i n * tn USIT PYLV t'" 01 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Rebels occupied the national police headquarters but kept away from the U.S.-guarded president...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, April 2, 2004 NATION/WORLD 0 Tensions remain high in Fallujah NEWS IN BRIEF FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) - A U.S. Near Fallujah yesterday, insur- ance in a city that is home to militant tractors were already dead. WASHINGTON " !,l . "_ . r..L I L ._ .l TTC general vowed an overwhelming response to the murder and mutilation of four American contractors, but U.S. troops stayed out of this anti-American city yesterda...…

…2A -The Michigan Daily - Monday, October 2, 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 NATION/WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF CONTACT INFORMATION Newsroom: 763-2459 Office hours: Sun.-Thurs. Ia.mi . - 2 a.mi . News Tips news@miehigandaily.com Corrections corrections@michigandaily.com Letters to the Editor tothed...…

…2A - Thursday, November 2, 2006 Why does Wolverine Access close? Here's a clue: It's not because it gets tired For most students, the Internet is such a pervasive part of life that it's hard to imagine a day without it. With everything from news and homework assign- ments to Facebook profiles and YouTube videos, it seems as though the Web is all-powerful. It has infor- mation on everything, and best of all, it's always avail- able. That's wh...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, April 2, 2003 NATION/WORLD Cuban plane KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) - A hijacker who forced a Cuban Airlines plane to Key West Inter- national Airport yesterday by claiming to have; two grenades surrendered about an hour after the aircraft landed with 32 people on board, authori- ties said. The hijacker was carrying a small boy when he left the plane, Key West police spokesman Steve Tor- rence said. The man, weari...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 2, 2005 NATION/WORLD Nepalese king closes borders NEWS BRIEF 0I KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - King Gyanendra dismissed Nepal's govern- ment yesterday and declared a state of emergency, closing off his Himala- yan nation from the rest of the world as telephone and Internet lines were cut, flights diverted and civil liberties severely curtailed. Britain and India both expressed con- cern, saying the kin...…

… 2A - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, September 2, 2003 Israeli commission criticizes police force NEWS IN BRIEF . JERUSALEM (AP) - A groundbreaking Israeli commission of inquiry found police used excessive force in quelling Arab riots three years ago and said in a stinging report released yesterday that the Jew- ish state "has systematically neglected its Arab minority. The document -the product of three years of inves- tigation - was based...…

…I 2A- The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 2, 2003 NATION/WORLD 4 Israeli Cabinet OKs security barrier NEWS IN BRIEF . HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE WORLD Barriers will be built Israeli radio reports said similar bar- prime minister, Ahmed Qureia, said he of violence. Many bombers have sim- east of several West riers also would be erected east of sev- has reached agreement on the forma- ply walked across the unmarked line WASHINGTON eral ot...…

… C 2 - The Michigan Daily -Tuesday, December 2, 2003 NATION WORLD Iraqis step up coordination, attacks NEWS IN BRIEF 1 ... j .,.., .... SAMARRA, Iraq (AP) - One of the bloodiest engagements since the fall of Saddam Hussein showed a new, deadlier side of the Iraqi insurgency: stepped-up, coordinated assaults by groups of guerrillas bent on battle rather than a hit-and-run attack, the U.S. military said yesterday. "Here it seems they had t...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 2, 2005 NATION/WORLD Senate does into closed session NEWS INrBRIEF v Republicans say Democrats have hijacked the Senate WASHINGTON (AP) - Demo- crats forced the Republican-controlled Senate into an unusual closed session yesterday, questioning intelligence that President Bush used in the run-up to the war in Iraq and accusing Republicans of ignoring the issue. "They have repeatedly chosen to pr...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, December 2, 2005 NATION/WORLD Gen faults military for confusion NEWS IN BRIEF HADLNE FRO ARUN TH W' WASHINGTON (AP) - If the American public has a distorted pic- ture of the combat readiness of Iraqi troops, the U.S. military is largely to blame for it, the most senior Ameri- can military officer said yesterday. "We have done ourselves a disser- vice in the way that we have defined how we are tracking the p...…

…2 - Friday, February 2, 2007 MONDAY: The Extremist TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: Before You Were Here THURSDAY: Campus Characters WATCHING THE SHADOWS Who pays the people who try to hand you coupon books? Turns out they're not doing it just to save you money You know the people. They stand - rain or shine - in front of the Michigan Union or in the middle of the Diag, mostly during the first few weeks of eachsemester. As you walk b...…

…2A - Monday, April 2, 2007 TUESDAY Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: Before You Were Here' THURSDAY: Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com i i .. ($i 4 ail 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com KARL STAMPFL ALEXIS FLOYD Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-558 stampfl@michigandaily.com floyd@michigandaily.com CONTACT INFORMATION a One big artistic statement Some c...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 2, 2006 NATION/WORLD Proceedings in disarray at Saddam's trial NEWS IN BRIEFf. NASHVILLE Bush: Don't expect oil price breaks S President Bush defended the huge profits of Exxon Mobil Corp Yester- day, saying they are simply the result of the marketplace and that consumers socked with soaring energy costs should not expect price breaks. In an interview with The Associated Press, Bush also addresse...…

…A 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, May 2, 2006 Boycotts mark nationwide day of protests Immigrants walk off jobs, into streets to show economic clout LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hundreds of thousands mostly Hispanic immigrants skipped work and took to t streets yesterday, flexing their newfound political muscle a nationwide boycott that succeeded in slowing or shuttir many farms, factories, markets and restaurants. From Los Angeles to Chicago, Ne...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 2, 2001 INVESTIGATION Continued from Page 1 The first complaint, the News report- ed, alleges CSX workers unwillingly par- ticipated in research and the researcher, neurology Prof. James Albers, failed to get a waiver from the workers prior to performing the study. The University contends that a waiver was not necessary since the research was conducted using data from earlier tests the workers had agreed ...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, August 2, 2004 NEWS Politicians turn to the Web for donors, votes* By Justin Miller Daily Staff Reporter If the Internet is a revolution in the way politics are conducted, Joe Trippi might be Paul Revere. He made his way through the presidential primaries with his idea to use the Internet to strengthen a candidate and connect to voters, all the while motivating college students and campaign managers alike t...…

…2 Monday, June 2, 2008 The Michigan Daily- michigandailycom 4IVERS LTH 5 52 'U' to pioneer cancer treatment Equipment to cost. $160 million By CHARLES GREGG-GEIST Daily News Editor The University of Michigan Health System and an alliance of other healthcare providers from across the state are teaming op to bring what they call the world's most expensive piece of medical technology to Michigan. A proton therapy facility with a $160-millio...…

…2 Monday, July 2, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Shots fired at Geddes apartment complex Shooting tied to incident at local restaurant, police say By JESSICA VOSGERCHIAN Managing News Editor pects shot at a car in which three people were waiting to pick up a friend, a female South Quadrangle resident, said Ann Arbor Police Sgt. Rich Kinsey. Kinsey said a victim from the attacked car told police that short- ly after he and his ...…

…2 -The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 2, 2003 NEWS 'U' researcher heads investigation of African milkbush, cancerlink By Neal Pais For the Daily A new study in the British Journal of Cancer has revealed a new source of Burkitt's lymphoma - the most com- mon childhood cancer in much of Africa. Rosemary Rochford, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health, is currently heading the scientific investigation into the suspe...…

…2A - Tuesday, September 2, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4 2A - Tuesday. September 2, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom I I Machet I was on the Diag when I stum- bled upon a 10-foot unicycle lying on the ground. My friend was unsuccessfully imploring me to mount it when a man next to us started yelling that he was starting a show that would end with him juggling machetes on the unicycle. A volunteer from the audience...…

…2A - Thursday, October 2, 2008 MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: Before You Were Here Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained The superstars inthe stands While the Maize Rage roars its team on, the coaches bark orders and the players run the court inside Crisler Arena, Juan Mathews and Damon Grosz, Crisler Arena's facil- ity operation staff members, are also hard at work. The duo, better known to stud...…

…2 - Tuesday, December 2, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 2 - Tuesday, December 2, 2008 ONDAY: WEDNESDAY: Ivory Towers ArbrAnecote Before You Were Here TIs the season for tumbles THURSDAY: Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained I's net a generic fall-in-che- snow story, I swear. It wasn'c even me chat tripped. Iwas walking en East Univer- sity Ave. and semeene else tripped behind me, pitched ferward and in her panic latched ente t...…

… 2 - Tuesday, October 2, 2007 THURSDAY: Before You Were Here An unexpected visitor POKER C FRIDAY: The Extremist "AME Yesterday morning, my room- " mate texted me to let me know See something that embod- that a boy from California had ies the Ann Arbor or Univer- followed her home from her sity of Michigan experience? weekend at Michigan State Uni- E-mamicsubmhigandasgily.com. versity and was sleeping on our futon in South Quad. Upon arri...…

… I 2 - Friday, November 2, 2007 Classical good looks Classical Civilization Prof. Derek Collins claims he isn't trying. He says he's just trying to look professional. He says it's "cute" that ratemypro- fessors.com has a category in which students can rate their professors' hotness. But Collins's students say he's the one who's cute. Classical Civilization Prof. Derek Collins has been ranked the hottest male professor at the University by u...…

…0 2 - Friday, October 2, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers TUESDAY: Off the Beaten Path WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: Campus Clubs Before You Were Here 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com GARY GRACA DAN NEWMAN Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-0558 graca@michigandaily.com tmdbusiness@gmaiLcom 0 CONTACT INFORMATION Newsroom News Tips Corrections Letters to th...…

…2A- Monday, November 2, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.cam 2A - Monday, November 2, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 0"ITUESDAY: Other .Tower Off the Beaten Path WEDNESDAY: Campus Clubs THURSDAY: Before You Were Here FRIDAY: Photos of the Week 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbnr, MI 48109-1327 www.michsigandaily.com y GARY GRACA DAN NEWAN Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-847-3336 734-764-50558 gr-aca@michigasdaily.com tmdbu...…

…2A - Wednesday, December 2, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MONDAY:. TUESDAY:W In Other Ivory Towers Off the Beaten Path Against the odds THURSDAY: FRIDAY: Before You Were Here Photos of the Week . SERVING SWIRLS Prompted by personal experiences with fam- ily members and friends who have autism spectrum disorders, LSA, sophomores Maressa Criscito and Allison Stein founded Autism Speak- sU this past summer. "Autism spectrum di...…

…4 2A - Monday, February 2, 2009 Vy y The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Physicists teleport information MR. SOUTH QUAD Quantum physicists at the Uni- versity of Maryland successfully teleported information between two ions, The Diamondback report- ed. The results of six University of Maryland physicists' study was published in Science magazine last month. The feat was achieved last September. Researcher Steven Olmschenk said the long ...…

…2A - Monday, March 2, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com @ 2A - Monday, March 2, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom * Retired UNC faculty offer free work SPRING (BREAK) CLEANING (1 t iC ign 0aily 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com GARY GRACA ELAINA BUGLI Editor in Chief Basiness Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-0558 graca@michigandaily.com bugli@michigandaily.com CONTACT INFORMATION Newsroom Offic...…

…2A - T hursday, April 2, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0 Harmonious History Although its first pro- fessor was appointed in 1880, the School of Music was created in 1892 and unofficially existed until 1929, when it was estab- lished as a part ofthe Uni- versity, according to "The University of Michigan, A Photographic Saga." In 1893, the School of Music Building Associa- tion, formed by a group of Ann Arbor citizens, raised en...…

…2A - Wednesday, April 2, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2A - Wednesday, April 2, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom THE OLDEST STUDENT ORANITO Singingt through the centuries Few campus groups can boast that past members had fought in the civil war, but heading into its 150-year anniversary, the Men's Glee- Club The oldest student organization on campus, the Glee Club was formed in 1859 by a small group of -men. Since ...…

… LOCAL/S TATE The Michigan Daily - Monday, October 2, 2000 - 3A CAMPUS Panel discussion to cover census- taking, politics SU.S. Census Bureau Director Ken- neth Prewitt will discuss how to dis- tinguish between politics and the science of census-taking at 7 p.m. Thursday at Rackharn Auditorium. His speech, titled "Political Ques- tions/Scientific Answers," will be sponsored by the Institute for Social Research and the Ford School of Pub- lic...…

…4 LoCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Thursday. November 2, 2000-- 3A RESEARCH Researchers look to potatoes for hepatitis vaccine Researchers have completed pre- iminary research on the development of a potato that would serve as a vac- , cine for Hepatitis B. The team, led by Hugh Mason at Cornell University's Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, developed a genetically modified potato with spe- cific proteins that stimulates the pro...…

… LOCAL/S TATE The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 2, 2000 - 3 HniHER EDS Oregon State students protest ,animal surgery A 12-hour sit-in at Oregon State University ended Friday with five arrests. Three university students and two local residents arrested by the Oregon State Police were protesting a small- animal surgery class held at the school's College of Veterinary Medi- cine. College officials said the class uses shelter animals alre...…

… LOCAL/STATE Password security st Couple caught 1 having intercourse The University's Department of Public Safety reported a guard at the Thompson Street parking garage received a second hand report that a couple was having sex in the 7th floor stairwell Thursday afternoon. The subjects were gone when the officer arrived. South Quad game r machine attacked Someone damaged a game machine near the snack bar of South Quad Residence Hall Friday...…

… LOCAL/S TATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, November 2, 2001- 3 Female activists discuss Detroit initiatives Man shot during argument; suspect flees crime scene The Ann Arbor Police Depart- ment and the University Depart- ment of Public Safety responded to a report that a man had been shot during an argument yesterday between him and another man at Maynard and William streets. The fight was stopped in the 500 block of East Liberty Street. D...…

… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 2, 2001-- 3 CRIVE Utah professor refuses to return missing computer A computer was reported stolen onday morning from the Taubman alth Care Center, Department of Public Safety reports state. A doctor from the University of Utah was called in connection with the larceny. He has refused to return the computer or purchase it because he said it belongs to him. Basketball fan starts shoving watch...…

… LOCAL/S TATE The Michigan Daily -- Monday, April 2, 2001- 3A CAMPUS History of 'U' mnedicine discussed University history of medicine Prof. e'Howard Markel will give a free lecture *titled "An Example Worthy of Imita- tion: The U-M Medical School, 1850 - 200" tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at the University of Michigan Observatory -r1eeting room at 1398 E. Ann Street. At the University, Markel charts the sclaool's history from its rough begin- nings...…

… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 2, 2002 - 3 First day of registration goes smoothly Resident ingests unknown fluid A caller reported that a person ingest- ed an unknown car chemical in Alice Lloyd Residence Hall Friday. The liquid was believed to be transmission fluid, Department of Public Safety reports state. The person was transported to the University Hospital Emergency Room. Large rock thrown in to car window A very l...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 3 ON CAMPUS Students to gather, watch election night returns Students can watch the outcome of the presidential election today from 9 p.m. to midnight in Auditorium C of Angell Hall. There will be pizza and beverages. The event is sponsored by the Office of the General Counsel. Another election watching party spon- sored by the Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning, w...…

… NEWS ON CAMPUS Speaker to question *U.S. foreign policy Libby Frank, a former executive direc- tor of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, will challenge U.S. policy toward Israel, the Palestin- ians and the entire Middle East tomorrow. Her lecture will take place at 8 p.m. in the Kossler room of the Michigan League. Michigan Inspire to hold meeting about new contest The first meeting of Michigan Inspire, a student group s...…