…Michigan wins home-opener by taking advantage of 'freebies' Sports, Page 8 Why a green lifestyle requires deep pockets Opinion, Page 4 ~Ie idjian &dIVj Ann Friday, March 21,2008 michigandaily.com AWARDING MICHIGAN'S DELEGATES Legislature unlikely to sponsor primary RODRIGO GAYA/Daily Protesters for the Graduate Employees' Organzation demonstrated and listened to speeches yesterday in Regents' Plaza in front of the Fleming Adminstration ...…
…4 2 - Friday, March 21, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: The Extremist THURSDAY: Explained PURIM AT HILLEL Skat ing through life Before the days of dimly lit roller rinks with disco music and rented wheels, University stu- dents took their skating skills to the streets. In 1933, spring weather and newly-resurfaced roads propelled a roller-skating fad on camp...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON D.C. court bars Libby from practicing law Former top White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was banned yesterday from practicinglawin the nation's capital following his per- jury conviction in the case of a CIA operative's leaked identity. The disbarment order of the Dis- trict of Columbia Court of Appeals had been expected. When a member of the bar is con- victed'of an offense ...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4 - Friday, March 21, 2008 Edited and managed by students at the University ofMichigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu III ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR GABE NELSON MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the vi...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, March 212008 - 5A DSO brings Bach to Ann Arbor "That's it, no post-apocalyptic sex for a month." Doome...d to failure By ABIGAIL B. COLODNER DailyArts Writer Today, Bach fans will mark the com- poser's 323rd birthday. Also today, Chris- tians will mark the death of Jesus Christ. That quirk of this year's early Easter cal- endar makes tonight's Hill Auditorium per- Bach's St. formance of Bach...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, March 21 2008 - 7 GEO From Page 1 progressed, crowds of onlookers gathered around the protesters. GEO President Helen Ho, a Com- munication Studies GSI, said the demonstration showed the union's need totake action outside bargain- ing sessions to convince the Univer- sity to increase GSI salaries. "The administrations have come to the table three times a week with nothing to propose to us, so we...…
… 8 - Friday, March 21, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com No h ts through five? o problem In home-opener at Fish, Michigan takes advantage of Oakland errors By JASON KOHLER Daily Sports Writer In the middle of the fifth inning of yesterday's home open- er at Ray Fisher Stadium, No. 25 Michi- gan had OAKLAND 4 yet to MICHIGAN 7] record a hit against Oakland. But the Wolverines still led, 2-1. Despite the hitless streak, Michigan cap...…
…University professors are growing increasingly less reli- gious. What that means for your education. The Statement C74t MIdiigan BatIl Ann Arbor, Michan ww1michi tcom Wednesday, March_21,2007 States act to keep book prices down Ann Arbor Film Festival President Jay Nelson announces that the Michigan ACLU had filed a lawsuit against the state of Michigan challenging obscenity laws during the festival's opening at the Michigan Theater last n...…
…2A - Wednesday, March 21, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com - Wednesday March 21, 2007 The Michigan Daily michigandailycom MONDAY: The Extremist 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com KARL STAMPFL ALEXISFLOYD Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-0558 stampfl@michigandailyrcom floyd@michigandaily.com To get remains, a midnight raid In the early 1970s, a woman from Washington with Native ...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Bush to Dems: Aides won't testify under oath President Bush warned Demo- crats yesterday to accept his offer to allow top aides to testify about the firings of federal prosecutors only privately and not under oath, or risk a constitutional showdown from which he would not back down. "We will not go along with a par- tisan fishing expedition aimed at ...…
…01 4A - Wednesday, March 21, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ~Jbe 1i*Iid6ig an Eafl Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL EDITOR IN CHIEF IMRAN SYED EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR Rush Limbaugh is irrelevant. I am not his servant." - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger responding to conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh's commen...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - SA MTV's golden standard urtesy o Anchor Ba Excellent makeup. Anatomy of a bloodbath By JEFFREY BLOOMER ManagingEditor To Chekhov's axiom that a gun introduced in an early scene will surely make an appearance in the last, the appealingly lowbrow new Behind the thriller "Behind Mask the Mask: The Rise of Leslie At the State Vernon" has an Theater amendment: If Anchor Bay y...…
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…*I 8A- Wednesday,March 21, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MES "AKEBALL The search for a coach continues BEN SIMON/Daily Sophomore Jack Johnson and his teammates may have to play fewer minutes to acclimate to the high altitude in Denver this weekend. Icers to playatliud By NATE SANDALS Daily Sports Writer Michigan's toughest opponent in this Saturday's NCAA Tournament game might not be North Dakota. In fact, the Wolverines' f...…
…0 B The Michian Daily - Wednesdav, March 21 2007 Coming to terms with HPV felt sick. When I heard the news, I felt the blood rush out of my head as if my heart had stopped. Now I knew why they ask people to sit down before they tell them bad news. I sat down. It was strange, I thought, that the nurse prefaced our phone conversation by congrat- ulating me on testing negative for gonorrhea and Chlamydia. To me, it seemed like con- gratulating...…
… I 0 0 a S I B h McignDal -Wensdy Mrh 1 20 WensaMac 01 00 avi THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK with WALTER NOWINSKI A look at the big news events this week and how important they really are. Conveniently rated from one to10. tct x of COnten 3B JUNK DRAWER What you can and can't talk about this week. 6B WHY YOU'RE NOT A RHODES SCHOLAR How Harvard and Yale do more to help their students get prestigious British scholarships than the University does 8...…
…0 0 0 I B h Mchgn aiy-.dnsdyMach21 20 The real reason you didn't win 7 a Rhodes Scholarship When it comes to helping its top students win prestigious scholarships, the University just can't keep up with the Ivies. Jf you have your heart set on becoming a Rhodes Scholar, the first thing you should do is transfer to Yale. As soon as you arrive in New Haven, you'll want to go directly to the Yale office of International Education and Fellows...…
…'~ ~ ~ ~ I i ~ ~ ~ I Vote today or tomorrow at vote.www.umich.edu I For the Daily's endorsements, see page 4 Tuesday, March 21, 2006 News 3 Navajo Supreme Court visits 'U' Arts 8 New Liars anything but "Dead" Sports 9 Cagers survive 2 OT scare with buzzer-beater £4i One-hundred-sixteen years of editorial freedom www.michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXVI, No. 95 ©2006 The Michigan Daily Film fest Spromotes avant garde A record ...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 21, 2006 NATION/WORLD Cyclone slams Australian coast NEWS IN BRIEF HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE WOR Officials said they used lessons from Hurricane Katrina to plan evacuations and disaster relief CAIRNS, Australia (AP) - Metal roofs littered streets, wooden houses lay in splinters and banana plantations were stripped bare after the most pow- erful cyclone to hit Australia in three decades lashed the c...…
… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 3 ON CAMPUS Music student to perform piano concert tonight The School of Music will spon- sor a performance by Matthew Piatt, a graduate student in the School of Music, tonight at 8 p.m. at the Kerry- town Concert House. Piatt will perform Beethoven's Sonata for Piano and Vio- lin in G major, op. 96 and Schoenberg Das Buch der Hangenden Garten, Op. 15. The concert house is located at 415 N...…
…4 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 21, 2006 OPINION be £idttgan tailg DAILY OPINION'S DONN M. FRESARD Editor in Chief EMILY BEAM CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK Editorial Page Editors ASHLEY DINGES Managing Editor EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other...…
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… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 7 * SMITH Continued from page 1 Technical High School, which is 96-percent black, and said she never realized the rest of the world wasn't like her high school. That, she said, was why she wanted to come to the University: to see what the world was like outside of her bubble. After 12 years of schooling with a homogenous student body, the culture shock of coming to the predominant- ly whit...…
…March 21, 2006 arts. michigandaily. com artspage@michigandaily.com R TSiign tilg 8 . . . .. ... .. .. I Coke and cameraphones * Courtesy of Mute We swear these guys aren't The Doors. LIARS' LATEST ALBUM A TRIUMPH OF NOISE AND MELODY By Chris Gaerig Associate Magazine Editor To know where you are, you've got to know where you've been. When the Liars released their sophomore effort They' Were Wrong So We Drowned, it received drastically...…
…Tuesday March 21, 2006 sports. michigandaily. com sports@michigandaily.com POe lRTItigRTSn ilq 9 "..". Even with a second { x ry= iftcrown, this season > ~g £ would' measure up Junior Dion Harris celebrates with his team after his fallaway 3-pointer as time expired led the Wolverines to a dramatic 87-84 victory over Notre Dame. Harris's shot saves seniors' season By Scott Bell Daily Sports Editor Dion Harris wasn't ready to say goodbye ...…
…10 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 21, 2006 Seniors put more on the line By David Murray Daily Sports Writer It started as trash talking between friends. Now there's food on the line. In the game based ultimately on sta- tistics and individual competitiveness, two Michigan baseball players have decided to use hunger as motivation to challenge themselves. THE PARTICIPANTS: Fifth-year senior catcher Jeff Kunkel and senior third baseman A....…
…Monday, March 21,2005 News 3A Experts on censorship debate FCC policies Opinion 4A Jasmine Clair: MSA hopefuls get dirty ICERS MAKE IT T O GRAN- RAPIDS ... SPORTSMONDAY -ayg One-/zundredfourteen years of edit'orialfreedom Weather LO~22 TOMORROW, rf°-. Arts 8A The Ann Arbor Film Festival delights audiences with approachable cinema III I MEN, 0 www.michirandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXV, No. 101 02005 The Michigan Daily GSIs l...…
…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 21, 2005 NATION/WORLD Iraq, ordan withdraw ambassadors NEWS IN BRIEF - Anger between the two countries spills over even after Jordan's in absentia sentencing of AI-Zarqawi BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq and Jordan engaged in a tit-for-tat with- drawal of ambassadors yesterday in a growing dispute over Shiite Muslim claims that Jordan is failing to block terrorists from entering Iraq, while U.S. forces kil...…
… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 21, 2005 - 3A * ON CAMPUS' Hillel presents duo of stand-up twins The Sklar Brothers - Randy and Jason - will perform their stand-up comedy routine tonight from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at the Power Center. The twins' television experience includes appearances on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and "The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborne." Tickets for the performance - pre- sented by University Hillel and Big T...…
…4A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 21, 2005 OPINION c11E £i*twu Pailg 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 They're still, in a number of instances, still active." - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld commenting...…
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… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 21, 2005 - 7A PROTEST Continued from page 1A protesters observed a moment of silence to honor U.S. troops killed in the war. A lone trumpeter played taps while participants bowed their heads in respect. The demonstration was also attended by families with infants and junior high school students. "I came out to speak up and say that this war is not in our name,' said Ann Arbor resident Chris Coonbe, wh...…
…Monday March 21, 2005 arts. michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaily.com U1hebz 1tAktiatUl RTFS 8A - ---------------- - - 0 uwtsy of Lt dIIIwUo "No Aidan! For the last time: Conditioner is better!" Horror sequel brings new scares and chills By Jeffrey Bloomer Daily Arts Writer In the course ofjust two films, Samara Morgan (Daveigh Chase), the tortured, fearsome villain of "The Ring," has become the stuff of dreams (or night- mares) f...…
…GENNARO.FILICE On March 17, 2005, dreams became reality. PAGE 3B The SportsMonday Column RIVAL TIES Dominant pitching and solid hitting enables Michigan to sweep Ohio in the teams' first meeting since 1953. PAGE 6B SPORTSC I TDAY March 21, 2005 lB Super 6 Shoter MICHIGAN 4, O iw i 2 ALASKA-FAIRBANKS 1 Michigan tops Ohio State for CCHA playoff crown By Jake Rosenwasser Daily Sports Writer DETROIT - After Michigan senior Jason Ryznar sco...…
…2B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - March 21, 2005 CLUBSPORTSWEEKLY Rugby: Inspiration for 'The Victors' By Colt Rosensweig Daily Sports Writer When rugby captain Andrew Finn injured his knee 12 months ago, he thought his entire senior season was over. And not without reason - he had torn his ACL and LCL, both of which had to be reconstructed. "The referee at the game said it was the worst injury he'd seen in his entire life," Finn said...…
…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - March 21, 2005 - 3B Williams jumps to new heights By Daniel Bromwich Daily Sports Writer Defending a Big Ten conference championship is never easy. It becomes an even greater challenge when the defense starts less than a month after the title is won. But that is the task that the Michigan women's track and field team faces this outdoor season. It began its quest to defend its indoor season title this weeken...…
…4B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - March 21, 2005 LINE OF THE WEEK Brandon Kaleniecki Forward Friday vs. Alaska-Fairbanks 1 Goal,1 Assist, +2 NOTABLE QUOTABLE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK "! got a new hat." - Michigan senior Milan Gajic, joking about the perks of winning the Super 6 and getting some new headwear. Wylie Rogers (Alaska-Fairbanks) Rogers, the Nanooks' goalie, made 43 stops in a losing effort to Michigan on Friday. The netminder...…
…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - March 21, 2005 - 5B Schmidt Michigan's arms key in weekend victories leads M' Ssweep *at Ohio By Pete Sneider Daily Sports Writer ATHENS, Ohio - When the Wolverines found themselves struggling to break away from the Ohio University Bobcats yester- day, it was an unlikely hero who cracked the game open. Junior Mike Schmidt - who sat out the series opener in favor of freshman Doug Pickens - gave Michigan ...…
…6B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - March 21, 2005 .i higa t nnis playSr Michael Rabin prepares to take a shot at the pros By Scott Bell UDaily Sports Writer 01 ----- - -- ------------ CUT OUTALONGLINE No. 1 BOSTON COLLEGE (25-6-7) 2005 NCAA Division I Hockey Tournament No. 1 COLORADO COLLEGE (29-8-3) No. 4 MERCYHURST (18-15-4) No. 3 BOSTON UNIV. (23-13-4) First & Second Roun d Eastern Regional Centrum Center Worcester, Mass. Mar...…
…z U U.awmL Friday Mach 1, 2003 02003 The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXlli, No. 115 One-hundred-twelve years of editorialfreedom TODAY: Light rain during the morning with skies clear- af~eroon and winds from the south. LOWl: 33 Tomorrow-. 42/32 wwwmichigandaily.com OEM 1115110100.11 Muslims fear rise in wartime hate crimes By Maria Sprow Daily Staff Reporter Engineering junior Omar Khalil was walking down the street with a f...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 21, 2003 NATION/WORLD U.S. troops pursue al-Qaida fugitives BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) - As the war began in Iraq, U.S. soldiers mounted one of the biggest searches in a year for Taliban and al-Qaida fugitives in Afghanistan. The military said the timing was coin- cidental, adding that it was acting on new intelligence from radio intercepts. Anti-U.S. groups had threatened to intensify attacks on the m...…
…LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 21, 2003 - 3 Granholm will speak at commencement Human rights during Asian wars to be discussed State University of New York at Binghamton sociology Prof. Mark Selden will give a talk titled "State Ter- rorism and Human Rights: The United States, Japan and Civilian Victims in Twentieth Century Asian Wars" in the Michigan Room of the Michigan League today at noon. The lecture is sponsored by th...…
…4 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 21, 2003 OP/ED Ulbe [itcht'rga t &zlg 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 letters@michigandaily.com EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 LOUIE MEIZLISH Editor in Chief AUBREY HENRETTY ZAC PESKOWITZ Editorial Page Editors NOTABLE QUOTABLE "(Students are outraged by this war." SAM BUTLER THE SOAPBOX Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opini...…
…I. LOCAL/S TATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 21, 2003 - 5 I THE SCIENCE OF DIVERSITY 'U' defense cites studies lbzkinhg diversiy to intellectual excellence By Tomislav Ladika Daily Staff Reporter To defend its use of race in admissions, University lawyers must convince the U.S. Supreme Court that diversity is a compelling state interest, and evidence claiming that diversity benefits both minorities and whites is vital to their ar...…
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