…DAILY ARTS PUTS OUT ONE LAST TIME ... ARTS, PAGE 2 HALFTIME COVERAGE AT WOMEN'S HOOPS ... SPORTS, PAGE 3 FROM THE DAILY: Ex-LEFTISTS FIND GOD, MOVE RIGHT ... OPINION, PAGE 4 WE'RE FINISHED, AND WE'RE GETTING MUSHY ABOUT IT ... SENIOR GOODBYES, PAGE 5 ..S4" "{. V "-:, "1 One-hundredffteen years of editorialfreedom Friday,January 27, 2006 www.mw/ziandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXVI, No. 62 62006 The Michigan Daily Students lik...…
…Friday RTeSNCichUTgn il 0 www.stuffonmycat.com wolsky@umich.edu 2 . .. .. ... .. .. . . . .. ... . .................... -.- . . . . .................. . .... Daily Arts editors, writers not the only ones who've been duped by lying bastards By Alexandra Jones Daily Arts Alpha Bitch In November 2004, the editors of The Michi- gan Daily's Arts section were appalled and infuri- ated to learn that a soon-to-be-maligned Associate Editor had p...…
…Fryday www.'meatsp in.cP OR jaherrnan@urnich.edu "WOULD YOU RATHER H- TICE? A DREAM OR SOME A N ECKLACE, OR FRE EDO SITCH ES JAVE A LEXUS OR JUS- SUBSANCE? A BEAMER, )M?"- DEAD PREZ J 55 - - - ' ' NOTES Fanatical fucking fans Facebook phenoms After beginning to sweep the nation last winter, Facebook dorks have begun to infil- trate athletics. Those looking to establish themselves as "cool" and "popular" have jumped to college athletes i...…
…4 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 27, 2006 a hdc Alk AL IW. HMrn-jD S O low IWA"WINF tfdvl l JASON Z. PESICK Dueler in Chief SUHAEL MOMIN SAM SINGER Editorial Page Editors ALISON GO Managing Editor T RUTH NOTABLE QUOTABLE ''I tried to hug Pesick once, but he hid under a desk." - Melissa Runstrom, Daily Arts Editor, on her nearly romantic, but ultimately traumatic, encounter with the Daily's Editor in Chief. NOTABLE QUOTABLE, TAKE ...…
…Friday Jaur 7,20 OOD fIDDANCE 5 5 Amanda Andrade Filmi Edfor Come awards time, the simpering star- lets who pile on sufficient poundage and pay enough in PR reps get to give their thanks to the Academy. Slowly. With tears. Getting to be Film Editor at the Daily is a bit like that. When I first walked into the Arts room my junior year, this place looked like a black hole of music snobs and pop culture fiends - this odd amalgamation of unsh...…
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…LIBRARY ei LIBRARYlibrary," s Continued from page 1 Despite the gradu by the name of Nick used a simi- are also le lar strategy to have sex in a library versity lar cubicle. Disappointed with the turn- Univers out of the Naked Mile in 2002, Nick coincident and his girlfriend had sex on the ese sectio sixth floor of the library, taping up before sh a Michigan Daily newspaper on the the Big He door window of the cubicle. By ent "It was a little ...…
…8 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 27, 2006 THANK YOU FOR READING. WE KNOW WE PISSED A LOT OF YOU OFF THIS YEAR, BUT WE ONLY MEANT TO IF YOU DESERVED IT. KEEP READ- ING FOR THE NEXT 115 YEARS! - THE SENIORS Jason Pesick Editor in Chief It's frightening. But so is every worthwhile endeavor. Our job is to shed light on the campus, even though sometimes that's not so easy to do. Sometimes it's quite a climb. Sometimes it takes a lot ...…
…Monday, March 27, 2006 00*~ Science 5A Opinion 4A Wind turbines spin renewable energy into Michigan homes Emily Beam resents Barbies T~r C ' lSFALL -1,- ?T Y'CDTT } ; Arts 8A Video-game thriller more routine horror 40 One-hundred-sixteen years of editorialfreedom " ,r www.mchigandaziy.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXVI, No. 99 @2006 The Michigan Daily 2 Film Festival caters to eclectics 'U' won't list median grades Last Tuesday nigh...…
…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 27, 2006 NATION/WORLD- Marines on body armor: Thanks, but no thanks TO some, extra 5 pounds of armor not worth additional safety HUSAYBAH, Iraq (AP) - Extra body armor - the lack of which caused a political storm in the United States - has flooded in to Iraq, but many Marines here promptly stuck it in lockers or under bunks. Too heavy and cumbersome, many say. Marines already carry loads as heavy as ...…
…NEWS, The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 27, 2006 - 3A ON CAMPUS Greeks to hold blood drive A campus-wide blood drive will take place today and tomorrow in the Ander- son Room of the Michigan Union from 2 to 8 p.m. The drive is part of the annu- al Greek Week. Students and faculty are encouraged to donate. Author to speak on latest novel Author Morris Kaplan will dis- cuss a chapter of his latest novel, "Sodom on the Thames: Sex, Love, and ...…
…4A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 27, 2006 OPINION (Dhjes o * --dlLajL A..AA- tuan ARPF - - - 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 NOTABLE QUOTABLE That will be decided by future presidents." - President Bush, disc...…
…Monday March 27, 2006 news@micbigandaily.com SCIENCE 5A . .. ......5 A Blowin' in the wind Wind turbines could make Michigan a leader in renewable energy By A. J. Hogg Daily Science Writer TRAVERSE CITY - Fossil fuels pro- vide the vast majority of Michigan's elec- trical power. While people may complain about rising energy costs, it's the environ- ment that is paying the highest price. After all, your electricity bill doesn't account f...…
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… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 27, 2006 - 7A SCIENCE Continued from page 5A Both were introduced in early 2005, and both are still in committee with no movement. The renewable energy standard port- folio guarantees that a market for renew- able energy will exist in a state, which is expected to encourage investment in renewable energy. Data from the Union of Concerned Scientists and the American Wind Energy Association indicates th...…
…Monday March 27, 2006 arts. michigandaily.com artspage@micbigandaily.com R TSeiigan til 8A . . .. . .. . ........... . ... . . . . . . ...... ................ ........ . - My spring cleaning 'STAY' AWAY, T'm a pretty big tool. Not that I don't have interesting things to say sometimes, but mostly I'm far off base about trends. Like three months behind. At least. But it's spring, and there actually is a pal- pable sense of a new beginnin...…
…SOFTBALL: Wilson throws no-hitter as the Wolverines roll through weekend. PAGE 5B THE SPORTSMONDAY COLUMN: Sharad Mattu enjoys the joy of March Madness upsets. PAGE 3B DANCE FLOOR: Scott Bell hops on the George Mason bandwagon. PAGE 6B ~arch27, 2006 ONE= mmmm c~be £idiguu ~tuU~ 1B EUGENE ROBERTSON /Daily A win was out of reach for freshman Andrew Cogliano and the rest of the Wolverines in Friday's 54loss. Sm6Q Power play dooms Blue in l...…
…2B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - March 27, 2006 Trendy sport sweeps across campus Athlete of the Week By Robert Kaitz Daily Sports Writer Ann Arbor, just like the rest of the country, is susceptible to America's fastest-growing sport. No, not NASCAR, although that would make walking around campus a little more interesting. Instead, this sport's recipe for success is tak- ing the strength and skill of hockey, the quick- ness of baske...…
…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - March 27, 2006 - 3B *BIG TENS Continued from page 11B scores higher than 9.0 for their vaults, culminating with senior Drew DiGiore's unofficial Newt Loken award-winning two-and-a-half twisting vault (9.55). But then missed dismounts began to plague Michigan on the parallel bars. None of the six competitors scored in the 9.0 range, and four either came off the apparatus or fell on their dis- mounts, sinking...…
…4B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - March 27, 2006 HITTING AFTER THE WHISTLE ICE HOCKEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK Jordan Parise North Dakota Parise made 34 saves in the Fighting Sioux's, 5-1, victory over Michigan. The Wolverines came on strong in the second period, but Parise stood on his head. In Saturday's game against Holy Cross, Parise made just 17 saves, but helped his team into the Frozen Four. NOTABLE QUOTABLE "(Kaleniecki), Ebbett a...…
…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - March 27, 2006 - 5B 'M' uses bats to topple Toledo By Nate Sandals Daily Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Michigan needed just two innings to beat Toledo. Putting up three runs in the fifth inning and seven in the sixth, the Wolverines rounded out a perfect 4-0 weekend in Louisville, Ky. with a 10-0, six-inning victory over Toledo. After managing just one hit as a team .OD through four innings, Michigan fo...…
…6B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - March 27, 2006 Peter tapper, Patroits fit into Cinderella slipper 'MN' still perfect in Big Ten 0 What a difference a couple weeks can make. Two weeks ago, I probably still would have told you that George Mason was some kid in my ninth grade algebra class. Then, after hearing the Patriots' story on Selection Sun- day, they were now known to me as the team whose star player peter-tapped a Hofstra pl...…
…Wednesday, September 27, 2006 A PHOTOGRAPHC FORA INTo AES Opinion 4A Dibo catches xenophobic conservatives Arts SA A more serious side of Ludacris Sports 10A Defensive tackle branches in One-hundred-sixteen years ofedtorialfreedom wvww. mic'higandaiy. corn Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXVII, No. 17 2006 The Michigan Daily Athletic department dissects Big House Plan Group behind the alternative plan defends it as a model not intended to be...…
…A -The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 413 E. Huron St., Ann Arbor, MI48104-1327 www.michigandaily.com DONN M. FREsARD ALEXIS FLOYD Editor in Chief Business Manager fresard@michigandaily.com business@michigandaily.com NATION/WORLD CONTACT INFORMATION News Tips Corrections Letters to the Editor Photography Department Arts Section Editorial Page Sports Section Display Sales Classified Sales Online Sales Finance Newsroom: 763-24...…
…Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - The Michigan Daily - A ON CAMPUS SAB to host free screening of film on Darfur "The Lost Boys of Sudan" will be shown today at 5 p.m. in the Student Activities Building. The film, directed by Megan Mylan, follows the journey of two Suda- nese refugees from Africa to America. The screening will be hosted by James Hathaway, director of the University's Pro- gram in Refugee and Asylum Law and an authority on intern...…
…4A - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 OPINION 6 0 Cl4le l Citl gttn ttilg DONN M. FRESARD Editor in Chief EMILY BEAM EMILYBEAM JEFFREY BLOOMER CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK Editorial Page Editors Managing Editor EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 413 E. HURON ANN ARBOR, Ml 48104 tothedaily@michigandaily.com KIM LEUNO Box [4. IL/ Catch a Xenophobic Conservative Day WHITNEY DIBO An easy pill t...…
…Wednesday September 27, 2006 arts.michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaily.com be 1Michigarn ~uiI ART s 5 Luda goes Sampson but can't find 'Release' The perils of taking your own picture. By Evan McGarvey Managing Arts Editor Though a million bitter New York bloggers and old-man music critics would like you to believe otherwise, Southernrap isn't always about selling crack from your grand- momma's Release porch. The Therapy affection- at...…
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…Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - The Michigan Daily - 7A AWOL soldier surrenders LOS ANGELES (AP) - An Army medic who fled rather than serve a second tour in Iraq because he believes war is immoral turned himself in yesterday to face a possible court-martial. Army Spec. Agustin Aguayo, 34, turned him- self in around 6 p.m. at Fort Irwin, an Army base in the Mojave Desert northeast of Los Angeles, Army spokesman Ken Drylie said. "It is the rig...…
…8A -The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 Aaron, Anna Nicole, Cleo gone wild Gossip COLUMN I I 4 Yes, you, random undergrad, can Indeed become part of a future "Real World" cast. Godspeed. WEIGHT OF TH 'WORLD SCOREKEEPERS HOSTS MTV AUDITIONS Fall's arrived. It's getting dark before you're even out of class, the tempera- ture's changing four times with- in the hour and girls fresh off Welcome Week exploits are covering themsel...…
…Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - The Michigan Daily - A You're innovative, talented and want to push yourself. You're looking for an employer with whom you can realize your greatest ambitions. Come to the Deutsche Bank Open House and find out what perspectives we can offer you: Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 Time: Come by anytime between 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Location: Michigan League Ballroom Divisions Present: Global Banking: Corporat...…
…Wednesday September 27, 2006 sports.michigandaily.com sports@michigandaily.com SPORT"S, I 0 4 1OA Senior goalie a calming force for Wolverines By Colt Rosensweig Daily Sports Writer, In eighth grade, Beth Riley traded her soccer goal for a field hockey cage after her friends vol- unteered her for the position. She's been there ever since. The senior, now in her fourth year as Michi- gan's last line of defense, is a calming influence on h...…
…Wednesday, September 27, 2006- The Michigan Daily - A Your life moves fast. So should your internet connection. Make the grade with a superfast high-speed internet connection and a superlow price. " Broadband connection with AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet - up to 25 times faster than dial-up " Unlimited incoming voice calls " $49.99 modem with a $49.99 mail-in rebate Plus you get everything you need to install when you order, so setup is a s...…
…12A -The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 Warhurst proud to sport the red, white and blue I 0 4 By Mirgim Jusufi For the Daily Say you coached the last American to win the Boston Marathon, or heck, were just the coach of the last American male to medal ina distance race at the Olym- pics. Let's not even mention the Big Ten titles, the All-Americans you coached, or the four decades you've been around. Doesn't it feel like some g...…
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….0 v. w 9 0 w uw9 w eV _a _ e 9 OW - " - t LITTLE Continued from page 10B of a not very strict standard of mental selection in our present methods of civi- lization." And yet compared to some of the com- pany he kept at the conference, Little comes across almost as soft and compas- sionate. Appealing to a strain of xenopho- bia so base it would make even the campus organizers of "Catch an Illegal Immigrant Day" flinch, the chairman of...…
… i w* ,... -m- 0 W *A w 0U a s 9 W W S.. Excerpts from 'Funny Funerals' By Jett Stone o thank you, Ms. Ritter, I just don't feel comfortable doing this, but I do appreciate your efforts in trying to incorpo- rate me into the service." One would assume that a polite refusal to play guitar during the Orthodox Catholic funeral ser- vice of a friend's mother would stand as a definitive statement. Unfortunately, a covert operation between my...…
…40 v 0 Th MihgnDa U . ~dedy -etebrU- 20 w w w v w f 0 I Weneday Seteber27,206 . - e ichgnDiy 3 The strange career of C.C. Little Our Back Pages I Local History Column QUOTES OF THE WEEK sgIf you're going to hell, register to vote! The Bible says to register to vote!" - Slogans students seek- ing to register voters used to compete for bystanders' attentiarn with an evangelical preacher on the Diag Tuesday. "Well, some girl showing a f...…
… S M ihi . - d .ny, Spt br2 2 See you at the crossroads Over Your Head Architecture Colur i " a w' Wednesday Setmbr27W06 Te ihia ai W__ PETER SCHOTTENFELS/Daily TOP: A man sells olives in his shop in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. Most of the olives sold were grown in the West Bank by local farmers. Many of the olive trees are hundreds of years old. MIDDLE RIGHT: Israeli soldiers move toward Palestinian and Israeli protes...…
…TheMihianD ily -Wednsday .Sepembe S0. w sw0 -W 0 A w -w- 9 Wedesdy, epembr 2, 006 -TeMcignDiy 5 BEN SIMON/Daily The Big House stands to lose a significant number of bleacher seats with the athletic department's proposed renovations. The bleacher seats would be replaced by more expensive club seats and luxury suites. Stop the skyboxes As I sat in Michigan Stadium on a gor- geous day for the opener against Van- derbilt, my eyes kept dr...…
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…University history: The Union that almost never was NEWS, 2A LOOKING UP CRABLE AT TOP OF HIS GAME FOOTBALLSATURDAY My Morning Jacket delivers times two ARTS, 5A Iie ilidjigan Battyl Ann Arbor, Michiga www.michigandaily.com Friday, October 27, 2006 Crowd slams luxury boxes At forum, only two audience members support skyboxes in the Big House By ALESE BAGDOL Daily Staff Reporter Last night, University Athletic Director Bill Martin held ...…
…2A - Friday, October 27, 2006 MONDAY: Ten Spot TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: Jobs at the 'U' The Union that almost never was Campus groups found money for construction The Michigan Union has been a link between past and present for students, faculty and alum- ni since 1919. It has opened its doors to generations of students and more than a few celebrities, including President John Ken- nedy and the Dalai Lama. In 1903, Prof. Edward ...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Judge's nomination delayed over opinion of gay marriage A Michigan judge whoae nomi- nation to the federal bench in stalled over her appearance at a lesbian commitment ceremony says she attended the rite as a friend, not to give it legal sanction. But the nomination of Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Janet Neff remains on hold because Republican Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas is not co...…
…4A - Friday, October 27, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com L7 itigan al* yfl Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890 413 E. Huron Street Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@michigandaily.com EMILY BEAM DONN M. FRESARD CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed ...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, October 27, 2006 - 5A Kids these days. They don't respedt their elders, such as the Gibson Flying V. LSIC REVIEW e A LITTLE BIT OF SWEET KENTUCKY AT THE FILLMORE WEST Charmin By KRISTIN MACDONALD Daily Film Editor With 2004's "Before Sunset," writer-director Richard Linklater revisited the endearing would-be lovers of 1995's "Before Sunrise," employing the same uniquely con- tinuous two-person ...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Marine pleads guilty to assault i n civilian shooting STADIUM From page LA Chuck Brown, who graduated from the University in 1980, said the luxury boxes would create the need for premium parking spaces, which could affect tailgating. "I certainly hope it's not the plan to create a VIP section of parking in the blue lot," Brown said. "I'm sure the University's studies have shown that tailgating in the bl...…
…8A - Friday, October 27, 2006 Fitzgerald returns to Big House By SCOTT BELL Daily Sports Editor Eleven years ago, a heralded linebacker from North- western entered the Big House for the final time in his playing career. Pat Fitzgerald, a junior at the time, helped lead the underdog Wildcats to an upset victory over No. 6 Michi- gan. The win spurred Northwestern to a Big Ten title and a trip to the Rose Bowl - and was the last time Northwestern...…
