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…Maybe all those student loans really are worth it. A look at the University's six wealthiest alumni - and two very rich dropouts. PLUS: Why Mary Sue Coleman would have been better for Harvard lIie 1Midtciga n Da1j Ann Arbor Michigan www.michigandaily.com Wednesday, February 21 2007 From the editor Several articles that have recently appeared in these pages have been found to contain plagiarism. At least four articles by Devika Daga - three...…

…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...…

…U lAid9ian &ai1 Ann r nd: dMonday, ,2007 Burned: IIIIIStudents N- $ { NEWS 'U' Health System makes the grade The University Health System took top honors in a national evaluation of the medical facili- ties of 116 universities for its ethi- cal stance on prescription drugs. See page 2. OPINION From the Daily: A Greek tragedy In the embarrassing aftermath of Beta Theta Pi getting dis- banded by its national organiza- tion, the Interfraternity...…

…Putting the pressure on Penn State Football Saturday, inside e idiigan 4Batly Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, September 21, 2007 michigandaily.com PROTECTING GENDER IDENTiTY AND EXPRES ION Regents approve addition to clause After four years comment. The decision is a victory for change comes with activists who have long argued that the non-discrimination split vote policy didn't adequately protect transgender faculty and students. By GABE NELS...…

…The Statement rIe tidigan hail Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, November 21,2007 michigandaily.com A COOPERATIVE THANKSGIVING STADIUM CONTROVERSY Justice Dep't asks to join1suit against'U' After Ed. Department rejects compromise, feds want in on paralyzed vets lawsuit By GABE NELSON Daily News Editor The Department of Justice asked a federal court yesterday to let it join the Michigan Paralyzed Veter- ans of America in its suit against the ...…

…2A - Wednesday, February 21, 2007 MONDAY: TUESDAY: The Extremist Arbor Anecdotes THURSDAY: Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com KARL STAMPFL ALEXIS FLOYD Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-0558 stampfl@michigandaily.com floyd@michigandaily.com CONTACT INFORMATION 0 Dancing in the street Students partied like it was 196...…

…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 ...…

…2 Monday, May 21, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Frat's national org dissolves 'U' chapter By KATHRYN VAN LONKHUYZEP For the Daily The Beta Theta Pi frat national organization disbar chapter at the University c 2 after members of the fr. repeatedly defied disciplinai sures imposed by national< since 2005. David Wright, the nation, nization's general secretary, sent a In summer 2006, four chapter NI letter to chapter members, ad...…

… 2A - Friday, September 21, 2007 AY: FRIDAY: ire Here The Extremist The king of cocktails For $36, you might expect a massive drink, maybe one of those big, ridiculous-looking cocktails, but The Tsar martini at Caf6 Felix - the most expensive cocktail on Main Street - is just a martini. To say it's just a martini, though, borders on blasphemy. It's the equivalent of saying Michael Jordan was just a basket- ball player. The martini itself is...…

…I 0 2A - Wednesday, November 21, 2007 MONDAY: TUESDAY: WDEAY In Other Ivory Towers Arbor AnecdotesEBE WHY DOESn'T CRILE at for cc? Arena isn't meant for concerts THURSDAY: FRIDAY: )re You Were Here The Extremist Crisler Arena is known for being the home basketball court for the men's and women's basketball teams and little else. Rarely, in recent years, has it been known as a concert house. Crisler once played host to John Lennon and Yoko...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS LONDON Blair to announce partial withdrawal of troops from Iraq Prime Minister Tony Blair will announce today a new timetable for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq, with 1,500 to return home in several weeks, the BBC reported. Blair will also tell the House of Commons during his regular weekly appearance before it that a total of about 3,000 British...…

…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 ...…

…Monday, May 21, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 3 Sample policy boosts U' in rankings RIAA From page 1 By PAUL FIEHLER For the Daily Even as doctors nationwide face criticism for their methods of pre- scribing medicine and the U.S. Sen- ate moves to tighten regulation of the pharmaceutical industry, the University Health System is gain- ing national recognition for its eth- ical prescription policies. The American Medical Stude...…

…1 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, September 212007- 3A NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Bush refuses to criticize firm over shooting President Bush yesterday refused to criticize a U.S. secu- rity company in Iraq accused in a shooting that left 11 civilians dead, saying investigators need to deter- mine if the guards violated rules governing their operations. Bush said he expected Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki would raise the shoo...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS * WASHINGTON Former press sec.: Bush, Cheney misled public Former White House press sec- retary Scott McClellan blames President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for efforts to mislead the public about the role of White House aides in leaking the identity of a CIA operative. In an ex...…

…4A - Wednesday, February 21, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 40 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 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 represent solely t...…

…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...…

…41 Monday, May 21, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Cl he 1WICbtoan 43ailg Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu 1ALE QUOTABLE Evidence of a turnaround is absent:' - Sam Kahan, economist for the Federal Reserve Bank, speaking about Michigan's $802-million deficit, as reported Saturday by the Detroit Free Press. JOE LUCAS FI AK JA<;KET TE...…

… 4A - Friday, September 21, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4*I ElleMidigan BailI 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 editorialsreflectthe official position of the Daily's editorialboard. All other signed articles and illustrations rep...…

… 4A - Wednesday, November 21, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI48109 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position oftthe Daily's editorialboard.All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the view...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 5A Let's try to talk about dance Dance is hard to talk about. We don't often need to talk about movement in the first place, especially the movement of bodies, because explaining what we mean is usually as easy as doing it. "I was like...." usually suffices. But when you try to describe or to discuss dance, imitation is sometimes impossible and so we need some sort of ABI...…

…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...…

…Monday, May 21, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 15 RACHEL WAGNER The end of an era DEVADATTA GANDHI The bank that mired Wolf J just over a year, we will find ourselves living in a post-Bush era. A post-Bush era - the phrase practically comes with What we a built- need is an era i sigh of relief and of political a promise compromise. for long- awaited change. We willsoon see, though, how much change America is actually ready to ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, September 21, 2007 -SA Not a single drop of irony. The right kind of 'War' Korea's most expensive film triumphs By BLAKE GOBLE Daily Arts Writer It's a unique feeling to leave a movie not just disappointed, but angry as well. "Dragon * Wars" gives ** you, that feel- ing. Every- Dragon thing goes wrong in this Wars movie, a Kore- an monster At Quality 16 plot set in Los and Showcase Angeles (do...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 5A MUSIC COLUMN Bob Marley: More than a poster and a spliff B ob Marley is probably the most famous black person in the world. Why? Because he's dead. There's obviously more to it than that, but the fact that his dreadlocked semblance has now become a symbol standing for something much different thanheactuallyintendedplaces him in the league of appropri- ated heroes, some...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 7A WAR From page IA University President Mary Sue Coleman and University Regent Julia Darlow attended the lecture, which was pre- sented by the Ross School of Business. Len Middleton, a Business School professor who attend- ed the lecture, said Salbi's sto- ries of women helping other women in war-torn nations were powerful and not some- thing that women in Ann Arbor deal ...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, September 212007 - 7A * Co-op gutted, renovated CO-OP From page lA 'U'students join Jena Protest. unsuccessful changes convinced ICC board members of the need for a complete overhaul. "Once I showed them how much money had been poured into the house with ineffective attempts at change, they made the hard deci- sion to empty it out completely," Christiansen said. In addition to the physical ren...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 7A STADIUM From Page 1A that the Department of Educa- tion has declined to negotiate a resolution to our differences and has instead elected to refer their complaint to the Department of Justice," Cunningham wrote in a statement. "We are proud that the University has always met the seating needs of our mobil- ity-impaired patrons, and we are resolved to maintaining and str...…

…3 a 8A - Wednesday, February 21, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Blue in dire straits By H. JOSE BOSCH Daily Sports Editor The Michigan men's basketball team may have been pleased with its "signa- ture win" over the weekend. But with- Michigan out a victory tonight, the Wolverines' auto- at Illinois graph will likely fade Matchup: into obscurity. Michigan 18-9; Michigan travels Illinois 19-9 to Champaign for a 9 p.m. tip off ...…

…*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...…

…8 Monday, May 21, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Many Jewish University students, along with other young Jewish people ages 18 to 25, participate in Birth Right trips to Israel that are paid for by private contributors and often organized on college campuses. FRAT From page 2 ty's chapters, the University's chapter fulfilled 57 of 60 criteria, Haggue said. But according to the Office of Greek Life website, many of the incidents...…

… 8A - Friday, September 21, 2007 Wl1 Blue own PSU? By DANIEL BROMWICH Daily Sports Editor Two years ago, Penn State strolled into Ann Arbor unde- feated and in line for a potential National Championship bid. Michigan was struggling, hav- ing already lost three games, including two at home. And up 25-21 with 53 seconds left, the Nittany Lions were ready to celebrate not just the continua- tion of their dream season, but the end of a six-game lo...…

… gnort,,41, 8A - Wednesday, November 21, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0 Blue eager to travel North By IAN ROBINSON Daily Sports Writer Michiganmen'sbasketballcoach John Beilein talks about his team's season as if it is a journey. His goals are long-term rather than game-specific. His team's longest journey ofthe season starts tonight against No.22 Butler in the opening game of the Great Alaska Shootout in Anchor- age, Alask...…

…0 0 0 p & 0 0 Why you probably can't write welI- hate Shakespeare. I'm thinking of forming a support group of disgruntled students who can't stand the Bard. We'd meet late at night in Angell Hall, call ourselves Shakespeare Sucks Anonymous and have some kind of secret handshake. "Hello, I'm an English major, and I hate Shakespeare," we'd say at the beginning of each meeting. I'll tell you what my problem is with the author many consid...…

…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...…

…Ar : Monday, May 21,2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaily.com 734-763-0379 candidly natural. The result is moments of real joy mixed in with the requisite dark- ness, bothlyrically andinstrumen- tally. Tweedy has said in multiple interviews that the sessions for this album were the most comfort- able and collaborative of his entire career, and a lot of the credit for that has to go to Nels Cline, the laid back b...…

…-l 0 0 B Saturday, September 22, 2007 B The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Years coached: 42 Career record: 366-121-3 National Championships won: 2 (1982, 1986) The lowdown: The bespectacled 80-year- old coach holds the most entertaining press conferences. Paterno, who doesn't own a cell phone, uses phrases from before most college students were born, such as "gobbledygook," and tells anecdotes about conversations with his grandson., Th...…

…9 r . . . 0 0 0 12 Th ichga aiy - eneda, -ovebe 2,S00 My family's syndrome y mom called me earlier this semester to tell me that my brother had got- ten in trouble again. This time for a new indiscretion - he had stayed out too late with friends on a school night. "I'm just so happy," my mom said. Weboth were. For years, the idea that my brother could be punished for being too social had seemed impossible. For my brother, a 17-year-old...…

… 0 a V 0 9 NTeMc iga .al Wednesday, Feburary 21, 2007 The Michigan Daily le of contents THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK with WALTER NOWINSKI A look at the big news events this week and how important they really are. Conveniently ranked from one to 10. 4B THE WEALTHIEST WOLVERINES They came, they saw and they went on to conquer. The maize and blue begin- nings of eight of America's richest people. 6B BIG WOMAN ON CAMPUS Harvard's new president m...…

… 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...…

…10 Monday, May 21, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Local'Binary' eclipse Companion stars eventually align. 810 S State Street 222-4822 - 1906 Packard 995-9940 + bibburritocorn To play: Complete the grid so that every row, column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9. There is no guessing or math involved, just use logic to solve. Good Luck and enjoy! By TED CULLINANE Daily Arts Writer One of the more attractive aspects o...…

… A Al " 0 I 0 Saturday, September 22, 2007 7 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.comB 2B ^ Saturday, September 22, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2007 Michigan Schedule Appalachian St. (Sept. 1), L 32-34: Imagine opening the door to your dorm room and someone punching you in the face. That's what happened at the Big House. So much for a National Championship. 2007 Michigan roster Cornerback Johnny Sears no longer appears on...…

… 0 0- 0 1 0 0 0 I. *.. ... aR.. THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK with GARY GRACA A look at the big news events this week and how important they really are. Conveniently rated from one to 10. i'WE R uew rules rule 63: It's almost Thanks- giving; take down your Hal- loween Face- book picture. rule 64: Never try to be the person who knows more than the tour guide. rule 65: One phone call is always bet- ter than six text messages. - E-mail rule su...…