February 21, 2008 (vol. 118, iss. 102)

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… 4 2A - Thursday, February 21, 2008 The art of negotiation Graduate student instructors gathered in Haven Hall yes- terday to hold a grade-in as a protest to draw attention to the Graduate Employees' Organi- zation's ongoing contract nega- tions with the University. But this wasn't the first time that a group of gradoate students have hounded together for a cause. The Graduate Employees Organization is a labor union established in 1970 to l...…

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… 4 4A - Thursday, February 21, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaify@umich.edu ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR GABE NELSON MANAGING EDITOR Pretty bad for patients, pretty good for industry profits:' Allison Zieve, an attorney for the petitioners, discussing her defeat in a Suprem...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 5A 4Winning streak has Blue 'hungry' Team looking to extend three-game winning streak against Gophers By MARK GIANNOTTO Daily Sports Editor Just two weeks ago, it was impossible to imagine that the Michigan men's basketball team would soon be the hottest squad Michigan at in the Big Ten. Minnesota But the Matchup- Wolverines (4- Michigan 8-17; 9 Big Ten, 8-17 Minnesota 17-...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 7A VANDERKAAY From Page 1A set a high standard for their brothers to follow. At Michi- gan, Christian was a 2004 NCAA All-American in the 200 -meter freestyle relay and Peter won five NCAA titles. He was also a member of the gold medal-winning 800- meter freestyle relay team at the 2004 Athens Olym- pics and set a new American record in the 500-yard free- style on Feb. 9. C...…

… a 8A - Thursday, February 21, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Deep roster lets 'M' shrug off injuries By NICOLE AUERBACH Daily Sports Writer While the Michigan women's gymnastics team's record might be squeaky clean, its bill of health isn't. Three all-Americans - juniors Becky Bernard and Tatjana Thuener-Rego and senior Katie Lieberman - sat out of the lineup last weekend with minor injuries. The fourth-ranked Wolverines look...…

…ti B The Michigan Daily I michigandaily.com I Thursday, February 21,2008 The Daily Arts guide to the best upcoming events - it's everywhere you should be this weekend and why. BEYOND Graffiti walks a fine line in underground art By Whitney Pow I Daily Fine Arts Editor ON DISPLAY "Letters to Sala," a con- tinuing open exhibition of rarely seen letters and photographs from the Holocaust, is currently in the Harlan Hatcher Grad- uate Libra...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 3B When the empire writes back he classic names of Eng- lish literature may still be Donne, Shakespeare and Milton. But look at contemporary bookshelves and book- lists and you'll find that names of some of the best English- language authorsKIMBERLY today sound CHOU much less Anglo-Saxon and, perhaps, much more like your own. Diaz, Jin, Hamid and Lahiri are being read - an...…

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