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…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...…

…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 ...…

…Thursday, October 27, 2005 News 3A 'U' underage drinking policies criticized at MSA forum Opinion 4A Sports SA Eric Jackson wantsyou to take a statistics course John Thompson has made a name for himself n-h TAL. ded OF IIfTLeny r...1 P-f STATEMENT One-Izundredfifteen years of ediooriilfreedorn , , "' ''HIM - ------- - I : I :I I I : a I U, --- -- - - --- ------------ --- ---------------------- - www.mzch/igandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 27, 2005 NATION/WORLD Jeb Bush admits fault in Wilma relief NEWS IN BRIEF Miami-Dade aid distribution centers still iow on supplies FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Authorities raised Florida's death toll from Hurricane Wilma from five to 10 yesterday and urged the storm's survivors to have patience as they endured long waits for food, water and other necessities. Gov. Jeb Bush took responsibility ye...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 27, 2005 - 3A ON CAMPUS 'U' to celebrate 45th anniversary of Peace Corps Peace Corps and University offi- cials will celebrate the 45th anniver- sary of the Peace Corps on the steps of the Michigan Union - the site where then-Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kennedy first out- lined his vision for the Peace Corps in 1960 - at noon today. E. Royster Harper, the University's vice president fo...…

…4A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 27, 2005 O PINION ALEXANDER HONKALA TH. LiFi 1>iCUMUCktEt Tb 3~idbigu :&rlg NTBLE JASON Z. PESICK SUHAEL MOMIN ALISON GO Editor in Chief Editorial Page Editors Managing Editor EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890", 420 MAYNARD STREET Do I think I .1 M ~~~A N N A R B O R , M I1 4 8 1 0 9 w s b r h s w y tothedaily@michigandaily comW Nor Too much too soon? ~ - WNBA st...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 27, 2005 - 5A * KOZOL Continued from page 1A because the students do poorly on standard- ized exams, which affect funding, he said. Kozol said the inner-city schools force teachers to read from scripts instead of sharing their feelings and experiences, as schools - fearful of budget cuts - designate class time to train students in test-taking. Ben Royal, a Rackham student and BAMN organizer, said ...…

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… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 27, 2005 - 7A * KATRINA Continued from page 1A Assistant Director Richard Davis, who is responsible for han- dling all aid cases concerning Katrina victims. But Davis was hard to reach, Human said. "I felt like I was stalking him - I left like six messages." A week and a half later, Human finally got a face-to-face meeting, where he showed Davis pictures of his ruined house. Human alleges that Dav...…

…Thursday October 27, 2005 sports.michigandaily. com sports@michigandaily. com able Afkdigjan Ba il PORTrS 0 8A - - ----- ----- - Thompson shines in C M '* 'M'victory By Gabe Edelson Daily Sports Writer Iowa running back Albert Young finished last Satur- day's game against Michigan with 153 rushing yards. Putting together his big day, Young repeatedly ran by, around and through a long list of Wolverine defenders. But there was one man the ...…

…The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 27, 2005 - 9A WNBA star Swoopes comes out NEW YORK (AP) - Houston Comets forward Sheryl Swoopes is opening up about being a les- bian, telling a magazine that she's "tired of having to hide my feelings about the person I care about." Swoopes, honored last month as the WNBA's Most Valuable Player, told ESPN The Magazine for a story on newsstands yesterday that she didn't always know she was gay and fears ...…

…10A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 27, 2005 Sterba lves out dream of bemg a Wolvenne By Anne Uible Daily Sports Writer When Ryan Sterba was a freshman in high school, he wrote a letter to the Michigan athletic department asking them to consider adding soccer to its list of varsity pro- grams. He never received a letter back, but the University added the sport two years later - just as Sterba was mak- ing college plans. "As soon as w...…

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…0 0 U. SHOPEATDRI NK Cheap Eats Campus area feeds students for less By Megan Jacobs!| Daily Arts Writer I - - - 0- -w- hoosing an eatery in Ann Arbor ian be a daunting task, with hundreds of restaurants offer- ing a cornucopia of tasty options. Come nightfall and a somewhat depleted cash reserve, the goal may seem that much harder to achieve. Around every corner, however, is an Ann Arbor gem waiting to be eaten. Pilar's Tamales Ever...…

…................ i -W - -W -0 -9 M- U 3B The Daily Dish Robert Holmes on the many services avail- able to students. 4B Finding Their Religion How New Life is chang- ing student faith. RANDOM STUDENT INTERVI EW From The Editor Random fails world By Nia 6B The Weekend List A guide to the happenings around town this weekend. 7B Point/Counterpoint The superheroes debate over the best part of Halloween. 8B Equal Opportunity Title IX: T...…

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… -f 9 9T 9 - ,f bWK EXCERPT American Prophet: The L of Care) E arey McWilliams is probably the most impor- tant American writer you've never heard of - especially if you were born after 1960. True, some aficionados know that he wrote many excellent books on labor, racial and ethnic preju- ice, civil rights and McCarthyism; that he worked prodigiously for social, political and legal causes; and that he edited The Nation from 1955 to 197...…

…0 U -4 Li Main Stays Cultured area hopes to attract more students ° hGod is real and he cares about people; he cares about you, so we do too. By Sarah Ziering | Daily Arts Writer - New Life Church website uality generally comes with a high price tag and for m any years, Main Street has projected a chic, pricey r image, sending people away to State Street for a more eco n oical night out. While serving as a draw for some, Main Sreet r...…

….. . . -4 IV -W -f U The Weekend idst ifda r 198.o5 John Edwards 2004 Democratic vice-presidential nominee John Edwards will visit the University to conclude his Opportunity Rocks Tour. The event will take place at 11 a.m. at the Michigan League Ballroom. Tickets are free and can be obtained at http://projectopportunity. org/tour-2005/tickets/. Chamber Choir Led by Jerry Blackstone, the choir will perform pieces from Whitacre and Bill- ...…

…U~ w7 - Alw - - - - AMIK-- - AMMK'- - ---- - Ammmr 0 w T . .T T .__._ them to be implemented. They were housed under the Department of Physi- cal Education. They first functioned like intramural teams, but by the late .1_960s, they competed against other schools, though at a disadvantage, since many other institutions had women's varsity teams. Canham made numerous trips to Washington to "talk some sense" into Ford. Schembechler traveled ...…

…............... i U _ _ 4- U 4U _ ___ T . -- : --_ -0 U i sr w Title IX, 3 a.m. swim practice and the changing face of college athletics By Megan Kolodgy I Daily Sports Editor he min- mer athlete who wrote her doctoral disserta- tion on women's athletics at Michigan, said. utes wound "After that, women's games always followed down as the the men's." This episode occurred just before Michi- members of gan fully instituted Title IX, a fe...…

…Tuesday, September 27, 2005 BREASTON STRUGGLES TO MAKE PLAYS ... PAGE 12 News 3 England convicted in Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse case Opinion 4. Emily Beam thinks your lawn sucks Arts 9 Indifferent Interpol adds nothing to live show One-hundredfourteen years ofeditorzdfreedom www.mazganday.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXV, No. 155 2005 The Michigan Daily AAPD cracks down on trash Fines for littering on lawns can cost tailgaters up to $1,000...…

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… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, September 27, 2005 - 3 ON CAMPUS 'U' to host 21st annual Engineering fair today The 21st Annual University of Mich- igan Engineering Career Fair will be held in the Duderstadt Center on the first floor of the Michigan Union from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today. This event gives students the opportunity to speak with companies from across the nation about their career ambitions. MSA to hold City Council debate The ...…