…Friday January 24, 2003 ©2003 The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan One-hundred-twelve years of editorialfreedom Partly cloudy during the day and cloudy at ; P a21 night with winder a;~10 reaching up to 12 miles per Tomorrow: hour. 6/1 www.michigandaily.com Vol. CXIII, No. 80 -- ------------------- - - ------------ - -- Housing taskforce created by MSA By Andrew Kaplan Daily Staff Reporter Dismal housing conditions, a general lack of stu...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 24, 2003 NATION WORLD Koreas agree to end standoff SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South and North Korea agreed early yesterday to peacefully resolve the international standoff over North Korea's nuclear programs, according to a joint declaration released after Cabinet-level talks. But South Korea acknowledged it had not been able to draw any compromises from the North over its nuclear programs during the...…
… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 24, 2003- 3 CAMPUS 0 Gay, Muslim man hosts discussion Faisal Alam will host a discussion on the experiences and identities of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and Muslim community today at noon in Room 3909 in the Union. Alam, 25, is a self-identified Muslim of Pakistani descent. Gandhi's message explored through theater workshop A three-hour workshop, titled "Change," will examine Mah...…
…4 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 24, 2003 OP/ED 41F tuala Batild ol le wtjch , p 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 letters@michigandaily.com NOTABLE QUOTABLE SAM BUTLER T-E SAPB(oX EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 JON SCHWARTZ Editor in Chief JOHANNA HANINK Editorial Page Editor Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of the majority of the Daily's editorial ...…
… Friday January 24, 2003 michigandaily.corm/arts mae@michigandaily.com ARTS 5 CBS SHOW DEVALUES THE WORD 'SUPREME' By Katie Marie Gates Daily Arts Writer * According to the realm of television drama, there are only two settings in which intellectual and successful Americans reside: The operating room and the courtroom. CBS once again pro- vides the latter with its latest "Queens Supreme," a drama that rehashes the legal system from the p...…
…6 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 24, 2003 the michigan daily ISSA PROPERTIES - 1 &2 Bedroom Apts. -3 Bedroom Apts. -Furnished -Excellent Campus Locations *Parking Reputable Management Now Leasing for May 2003 and Sept. 2003 SORORITY HOUSE FOR SALE. Over twenty-two (22!) lg. bdrms., 16,000 SF, close to U of M campus, ample common area. $910,000 cash or $11,500/mo. Call Jeff @ 734-662-3690. WOOL COATS, SWEATERS, vintage t- shirts, jean...…
…VERIZON Continued from Page 1 she uses KaZaA, but said she feels file sharing is often abused. "I do feel that it does take money away from the music indus- try because there are people who don't buy the music." She said she did not support lawsuits against file sharers who vio- late copyright laws, but felt that file sharing should be elimi- nated if it became a big problem. James Hilton, associate provost for academic information and instruc...…
… January 24, 2003 michigandaily. com sportsdesk@umich.edu Pe ORTS 8 0 TURNING THE TIDE .. Michigan vs. Michigan State Sunday, 1 p.m. Crisler Arena Wolverines hope the future of the instate rivalry will be different than the past The last time Michigan and Michigan State met in Crisler Arena was two years ago. The stands were filled with green and white as the cheers of "We own Crisler" drowned out the meager handfuls of Michigan fans ...…
…The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 24, 2003 - 9 0 2002 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP PricewaterhouseCoopers refers to the U.S. firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and other members of the worldwide PricewaterhouseCoopers organization. We are proud to be an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. PRIC WTEUS E PE RS VOTED #1 IDEAL EMPLOYER BY BUSINESS STUDENTS, UNIVERSUM UNDERGRADUATE STUDY, 2002 Investors need to be able to trust th...…
…0 FRIDAY Focus The Michigan Daily - Friday; January 24, 2003 - 10 )C1OUS yeAR IN CINEmQ X 2 0 O 2 Jeff Dickerson #1. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Peter Jackson and company may not have topped "The Fellowship of the Ring," but they come awfully close. I'm already working on this year's top 10 list; "Return of the King" will be the best movie of 2003.' #2. Punch-Drunk Love Paul Thomas Anderson's breathtaking direction, Jon B...…
…WTat:er TODA Monday March 24, 2003 ©2003 The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXIII, No. 116 One-hundred-twelve years of editorilfreedom Partly cloudy with wind from the south at 15 miles per hour. 70 Lt~45 ;omorrio wwwmichigandaily.com Allied forces face tougher ground war U Officials say fighting will be more * difficult to win than originally expected in beginning of war The Associated Press Iraq used ambushes and even fake su...…
…*1 2A - The Michigan Daily- NATION/WORLD Barner could be extended in Israel NEWS IN BRIEF 4- ; JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel is con- Skeptical Palestinians and human sidering two plans to extend a barrier rights groups also called it an illegal V ,r rA AGUA, Nicaragua - separating Israelis from Palestinians, land grab and said that the new barn- officials said yesterday. Both would ers would in effect dislocate more than Church opposes 9-year ol...…
… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 24, 2003 - 3A Campustruth.org ads spark controversy Subjects trespass, expose themselves in Tisch Hall By Carmen Johnson Daily Staff Reporter Department of Public Safety reports state an incident of indecent exposure that occurred at Tisch Hall early yes- terday morning. Two individuals were found trespassing in Tisch Hall after one had exposed himself. DPS arrest- ed the subject and charge...…
…4A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 24, 2003 OP/ED 4SV 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 Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of the majority of the Daily's editorial board. All other articles, letters and cartoons do not...…
… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 24, 2003 - 5A Ex-Green Party candidate discusses Native American rights By Soojung Chang Daily Staff Reporter Many may not remember Winona LaDuke, Ralph Nader's running mate for the 2000 presidential elec- tions. But while the two lost their bid for the White House, LaDuke - a spokeswoman for Native American rights and an environmental activist - is still advocat- ing for the same causes that...…
…WAR U.S. soldiers taken prisoner, interrogated The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 24, 2003 - 6A I The interrogation of five U.S. soldiers - four men and a woman - was broadcast on Iraqi TV DOHA, Qatar (AP) - Looking by turns frightened or stoical, five captured U.S. soldiers were thrust in front of an Iraqi TV microphone and peppered with questions yesterday. The footage also showed at least four bodies. U.S. officials confirmed that 12 s...…
… Monday March 24, 2003 michigandaily.com mae@michigandaily.com ARTS 7A King's latest 'Dream' a nightmare By Zach Mabee Daily Arts Writer IN DEVASTATION, VIOLENCE By Ryan Lewis Daily Film Editor First-time Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles' "City of God" transports viewers to a decrepit, violent place that most of us will never visit during a time of supreme insta- bility that most of us could never imagine or ever hope to witness. ...…
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…The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 24, 2003 - 9A OIL Continued from Page 1A But since the war started, oil prices have plunged more than 30 percent - from nearly $38 on the New York Mercantile Exchange on March 12 to $26.91 on Friday - due to the anticipation of a quick victory over Iraq. "The market is saying we believe that once we're beyond this turmoil, this means more oil - not less," Percy, for- mer CEO of BP America, said. When the cur...…
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…ahbe Aidijun i ilg SPORTS . . . March 24, 2003 SECTION B Champion! Bertin is the one By Eric Chan Daily Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Michigan wrestling coach Joe McFarland couldn't have been more excited to see tears streaming from the eyes of his 157-pounder, Ryan Bertin. On Saturday, Bertin became Michigan's first NCAA Champi- on since current assistant coach Kirk Trost accomplished the feat in 1986. "I was in a rhythm all weekend...…
…2B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - March 24, 2003 CLUBSPORTSWEEKLY Women's lacrosse team gains club varsity status and respect able FidTE WEDaEK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK By Maggie Adams Daily Sports Writer The ladies of the women's club lacrosse team have been competing for Michigan for more than 10 years, but this year is special. This year they've begun the season with a 5-1 record, losing by just one goal to last year's champions Cal-Po...…
…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - March 24, 2003 - 38 Niners can't claim dominance of their own state STEVE JACKSON By Josh Holhan Daily Sports Writer While its hitting is running on all cylinders, the pitching hasn't quite been there yet this season for Michigan. For a baseball team, that's never a good sign. Michigan went 1-2 at the Butler Classic in Indi- anapolis this weekend in much of the same way the team has been used to this year...…
…4B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - March 24, 2003 Chatting into the boards "I could have gone up to him and talked as much as fie did ... I felt I was the bigger man. - Michigan freshman Al Montoya on Ferris State senior Chris Kunitz, in response to Kunitz calling him out on Feb. 1. FRIDAY'S GAME $X Ohio State 0 Michigan 3 SATURDAY'S GAME Michigan 5 U Ferris State 3 Key play 5:27 of the third period - Michigan's Michael Woodford scor...…
…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - March 24, 2003 - 5B 4, HO. 1(OLODO D0(OLL4 U. 4 WAIVH~ I TI No. I new oMII mi 1UID11V, 4 P. M0. 4 SAfINT (LOUD STAfTI .. , Midwest AN" "N" - D " I(I1MQ WUH OM P.M. I UITUAPAYR 9 P.M1. Northeast wo""" "misc. - T9 IhI(T FRiOZEN FOuR NAlO..U.. - MAMNA Ho. 2 II NO. 2 .0 1 O IYWLtITY WTUAW, 110 P.M. N0. 101IUKAh FI WTHOR 7:10 P.M. NO. SAO EHO. 10IHH.O NO. 1 ("~lHILL UI~DAYV, §OP.M1. H. 4 0...…
…6B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - March 24, 2003 Rubin hits on beam for Blue By Albert Kim Daily Sports Writer EAST LANSING - The meet had come down to one person in the one event that had plagued her all season. It was Erica Rubin on the uneven bars to determine whether the No. 10 Michigan gymnastics team would win or lose in East Lansing Saturday night. In what can only be described as a focused and gutsy performance, Rubin exorcised...…
…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - March 24, 2003 - 7B Pitt beats Indiana, Davis rips team BOSTON (AP) - Pittsburgh has a Steel Curtain defense again, thanks to coach Ben Howland. His Panthers completely wore down Indiana in a 74-52 victory yesterday to reach the round of 16 for the second con- secutive year. Pitt didn't have much basketball tradi- tion before Howland arrived, so he had to find his inspiration elsewhere in the city's sporti...…
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…Tuesday f r 4 a ~ i ©2003 The Michigan Daily bAi Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXIV, No. 142 One hundred twelve years of editoralfreedom www.michgandaly.com Supreme Court upholds a irmative action, rects point s By Jeremy Berkowitz The two judgments, which gave the Univer- and Tomislav Ladika sity guidelines for how race can be used in its Daily StaffReporters admissions systems, were the culmination of the six-year legal battle between the Unive...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 THE UNIVERSITY REACTS Heanng decision, emotional Coleman proclaims victory By Jennifer Misthal higher learning to use the Law School's Daily News Editor admissions as a "road map" to model their "It's very emotional. It's future policies. importa~ent for all of higher WASHINGTON - Rushing into the Searching for words to best describe the t fo a g cafeteria of the Supreme Court, communi- wave ...…
…3 - The Minhionn nails - TIIaCriov Nina 7d Onnl - ivuuan fvary -I ueUay, JuneZ',UlTHE DECISION s FALLOUT Changes on the way for schools across nation Legal hurdles remain for affirmative action By Jordan Schrader Daily News Editor The U.S. Supreme Court handed the University only a partial victory yes- terday, but many other colleges had more to celebrate. A university's ability to consider the race of an applicant, until yesterday, had d...…
…4 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 OP/ED 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 letters@michigandaily.com EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 SRAVYA CHIRUMAMILLA LOUIE MEIZLISH Editors in Chief JASON PESICK Editorial Page Editor NOTABLE QUOTABLE The University of Michigan Law School's mystical critical mass' justification for its discrimination by race challenges even the most gullible mi...…
… OP/ED The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 --5 'U' STUDENTS WEIGH IN Court, civil rights movement not born yesterday AUBREY HENRETTY NEURzTICA The triumph of the smug ZAC PESKOWITZ THE LoWER FREQUENCIES The civil rights movement is not new. The civil rights movement did not begin yesterday. The "'new' civil rights move- ment" did not begin yes- terday. QED. The student activists' de rigueur Diag rally cel- ebrating yesterday's U.S...…
…6 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL CIR claims win over preferences By Jeremy Berkowitz Daily Staff Reporter WASHINGTON - Jennifer Gratz cried when she heard yesterday morn- ing that the Supreme Court struck down the University of Michigan undergraduate admissions system which had rejected her in 1995. "I am very glad that I took a stance for what I believed in," Gratz said yesterday afternoon. "The Uni- vers...…
… ANALYSES The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 24, 2003 - 7 SUM OF DECISIONS GREATER THAN THEIR PARTS It's official: Universities may use race as a factor in admissions - they just may have to hire more admissions officials to do it. That is the consensus of the two majority opinions handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday morning in the cases Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v Bollinger. In the opinions, written by Justice San- dra Day...…
…8 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL dmissions Lawsuits 101 : t i y . ; THE HISTORY Laws, rulings reflect race's role in society By C. Price Jones Daily News Editor Since the first mention of "affirmative action" in March 1961 by President John F. Kennedy, the issue of using race in admissions has taken many twists and turns on the road towards the state it is now in. Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court ad...…
… ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003--9 l Following are the opinions released by the U.S. 2 Supreme Court yesterday concerning the constitutionality of race-conscious college admissions policies. The decisions are printed in their entirety, beginning with syllabuses, or summaries, of the decisions prepared by the court's reporter of decisions. GRATZ E TAL. v. BOLLINGER E TAL. Syllabus Petitioners Gratz and Hama...…
…ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003-10 Justice Powell found objectionable in Bakke on the grounds that LSA applicants are not competing for different groups of seats. See 122 F. Supp. 2d, at 828-829. The court also dismissed petitioners' assertion that the LSA's current system is nothing more than a means by which to achieve racial balanc- ing. See id., at 831. The court explained that the LSA does not seek to ac...…
… ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 -11 Process" filed by the parties in the District Court. App. to Pet. for Cert. 108a-t17a. 7. In 1995, counselors used four such tables for different groups of applicants: (1) nMstate, nonminority applicants; (2) out-of- pfate, non-minority applicants; (3) in-state, minority applicants; and (4) out-of-state, minority applicants. In 1996, only two tables were used, one for in-st...…
…ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 12 and 1996 respectively. See Brief for respondents 5, n. 7. Accordingly, we have .before us only that portion of the District "Courtis judgment that upheld Michigan's -sew freshman admissions policy. 4 II Both Hamacher and Gratz, of course, -Nave standing to seek damages as compen- Sation for the alleged wrongful denial of .their respective applications under Michi- gan's ol...…
… ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 -13 2. For that matter, as the Court suggests, narrow tailoring challenges against the two policies could well have different out- comes. Ante, at 18. The record on the deci- sionm swing process for transfer applicants is understandably thin, given that petition- e. never raised a narrow tailoring chal- ,lenge against it. Most importantly, however, the transfer policy does not...…
…ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003-14 "insulat[e] each category of applicants with information available in the file, including the Law School's use of race in the admis- body was not compelling because "the have suffered." Id., at 310. Third, Justice certain desired qualifications from compe- a personal statement, letters of recommen- sions process. Dennis Shields, Director of attainment of a racially diverse clas...…
… ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003- 15 suffered an injury that falls squarely within the language and spirit of the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection." 515 U. S., at 229-230. But That observation "says noth- ing about the/ultimate validity of any par- ticular law that determination is the job of the court tpplying strict scrutiny." Id., at 230. W4n race-based action is necessary to furher a compellin...…
… ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 -16 Sidoti, 466 U. S. 429, 432 (1984). Accord- ingly, race-conscious admissions policies must be limited in time. This requirement reflects that racial classifications, however compelling their goals, are potentially so dangerous that they may be employed no more broadly than the interest demands. Enshrining a permanent justification for racial preferences would offend this fun...…
… ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 -17 dents Bollinger et al. 33-36. In other words, the Law School seeks to improve marginally the education it offers without sacrificing too much of its exclusivity and elite status.'; The proffered interest that the majority vindicates today, then, is not simply "diver- sity." Iyistead the Court upholds the use of raciaf discrimination as a tool to advance the, aw School's int...…
…- ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL who, despite a lower LSAT score or under- graduate grade point average, will succeed in the study of law. The Law School seeks oly a facade-it is sufficient that the class looks right, even if it does nlot perform right. The Law School tantalizes unprepared students with the promise of a University of Michigan degree and all of the opportuni- ties that it offers. These overmatched stu- dents take the bait, only to find...…
…ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 -19 body. Id., at 5 (claiming that the Law supra, at 323). greater magnitude of 2.2%, from the high tution must ensure, through sufficient pro- School has enrolled "critical mass," or But the correlation between the percent- of 15.6% in 1995 to the low of 13.4% in cedures, that each applicant receives indi- "enough minority students to provide age of the Law School's pool of appli...…
…# STUDENT REACTIONS- The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 20 . . .Madelina Young, Car- },__. j tolina Saenz and Patricia Dyer of Stu- dents Sup- porting Affirmative Action cele- brate the U.S. Supreme Court ruling yesterday during a rally on the Diag. SETH LOWER/Daily CONSERVATIVES CLAIM VICTORY IN STRIKING DOWN QUOTAS By James Koivunen And Samantha Woll Daily StaffReporters Although celebrations by pro-affirmative action student ...…
… Wednesday September 24, 2003 @2003 The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXIII, No. 17 One-hundred-twelve years ofed tonallfreedom TODAY: Windy with thunder- storms dur- ing the day and contin- uing into the night. 73 {UW7: 47 Tomorrow: www.michigandailycom IFC expels frat for hazing allegations Greek council withdraws recognition of Sigma Chi after student is hospitalized for dehydration, kidney failure By Maria Sprow Daily Sta...…
… 2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 24, 2003 NATION/WORLD Source: Tallban NEWS IN BRIEF{1 .HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE WORLD leaders hatching plots in Pakistan ii DUBAI, United Arab Emirates i . .+ Treasury chief vows U.S. will slice deficit GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AP) - Intercepted phone calls show Taliban commanders have been orchestrating deadly attacks here and in other parts of Afghanistan from a safe haven across the bo...…
