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…THESEASON FORGIVING s Forget Chia Pets and the Clapper. Daily Arts runs down , wthe gifts you should really buy this holiday season. No anny Harns.need to include the gift receipt this year. A 'See the B-side, inside ~I~e Lidilgan at Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, December 4,2008 michigandaily.com LIGHTING UP STATE STREET FOR THE HOLIDAYS AFTER THE AUTO INDUSTRY Carmakers struggles hit home As relatives lose income. That would leave 29-yea...…

…2A - Thursday, December 4 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2A - Thursday, December 4, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: Before You Were Here Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained John Tucker of the 'Nerd Legion' It's Wednesday, which means the weekly Magic: The Gathering tournament is hap- pening at Get Your Game On, a store on the corner of ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday December 4, 2008 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS MEXICO CITY US releases first part of drug aid for Mexico The U.S. government finally released the first part of a $400 mil- lion aid package Wednesday to sup- port Mexico's police and soldiers in their fight against drug cartels. The money comes at a critical time: Mexico's death toll from drug violence has soared above 4,000 so far this year, and drug-related...…

…4A - Thursday, December 4, 2008 Opinion The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com L74C M Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu Plainly put, the soldiers are too fat, exercise too little, and take little care of their diet." -Reinhold Robbe, Germany's parliamentary commissioner for the armed forces, on the overweight condition of German soldiers in Afg...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Terps down Michigan Thursday, December 4, 2008 - 5A Despite first-half woes, Rust makes Team USA ByJASON KOHLER Daily Sports Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Maryland lived and died by the 3-pointer Wednes- day night, but the Michigan men's bas- ketball team wasn't able to MICHIGAN 70 take advantage MARYLAND 75 with its own hot shooting from beyond the arc. The Terrapins shot 9.1 percent from beyond the are ...…

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…8A - Thursday, December 4, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com * Automakers seek support for bailout on Capitol Hill Study: State gets an'F' for college affordability 0 Execs to discuss deal before Congressional leaders today WASHINGTON (AP) - Imper- iled automakers and their union worked feverishly yesterday to sell a skeptical Congress on a $34 billion aid plan, promising labor conces- sions' and restructuring. The Sen- ate's De...…

…the ; . :,' z xy V4. D The Michigan Daily I michigandaily.com I Thursday, December 4, 2008 20 0 8 DAY ', " I 0 E Ihe L)ailyArts guide to the best upcoming events - it's everywhere you should be this weekend and why. Shopping for gifts shouldn't suck. Getting gifts shouldn't either. At Daily Arts, we're here to help. We've compiled a list of the essential gifts this holiday season - both for your own wish list and as purchases for other...…

…2B - Thursday, December 4, 2008 Today12.4.08 Adam Zagajewski Poetry Reading 5 p.m. At Rackham Amphitheater Free "Pride and Prejudice" Presented by the U-M Department of Theatre and Drama 7:30 p.m. At the Arthur Miller Theatre, Walgreen Drama Center $18 & $24; $9 with student ID Tomorrow 12.5.08 "Dance and Related Arts Concert" Presented by the U-M Dance Depart- ment 8 p.m. At the Betty Pease Studio in the U-M Dance Building $5 "Never a Dull Mo...…

…0 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, December 4, 2008 - 3B The worst sex of2008 'Open your thighs,' he urged as he parted the folds of her vulva. 'You are so moist down there.' He stroked and probed her with two fingers as she felt her blood waken. He raised himself to his knees and bent to roll his tongue around her weeping orifice. He was bringing her toa pitch of ecstasy when she heard Madame Veuve, on the landing, put down...…

…4B - Thursday, December 4, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Misguided memories Recent Holocaust films pay tribute, but not necessarily in the right ways By SHERI JANKELOVITZ Daily Arts Writer In a recent article called "Never Forget. You're Reminded," New York Times writer A.O. Scott wrote of the sudden influx of Holo- caust films in Hollywood, He claimed these films were only made to be awards fodder, rather than pay tribute to ...…

…Iie fiidiari 0aiI Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, November 4, 2008 michigandailycom GUIDE TO ELECTION DAY '08 WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU VOTE Waiting in potentially long lines will at least be pleasant. Forecasts call for sunny weather and near-record highs in the mid-70s. Observers from both parties could be at your polling place. Your registra- tion or identity might be challenged. But if you registered, you have the right to vote. Don't give ...…

…2 - Tuesday, November 4, 2008 THURSDAY: Campus Characters FRIDAY: The Extremist M uch love for Barack Obama CASTING A BALLOT While the rest of my friends parad- ed around Ann Arbor on Saturday night in their Halloween garb, I was sitting on the tooth at Cafe Ambro- sia ratching up on some reading for class.. Spread out on the tables around me were newspapers - The New York Times, The Ann Arbor News, Detroit Free Press, among others - all ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, November 4, 2008 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS HONOLULU One day before election, Obama's grandmother dies Barack Obama's grandmother, whose personality and bearing shaped much of the life of the Dem- ocratic presidential contender, has died, Obama announced yesterday, one day before the election. Mad- elyn Payne Dunham was 86. Obama announced the news from the campaign trail in Char- lotte, N.C. The joint st...…

…4 - Tuesday, November 4, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4J11E 1hi4an4)aU~j I Edited and managed by students at the University of.Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR GABE NELSON MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations ...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, November 4, 2008 - 7 SUPREME COURT From Page 1 ruling opinions. And the Supreme Court race is the lone one on the Michigan ballotthat doesn't list the party affiliation of the candidate. Because of that, Todd Berg, editor of Michi- gan Lawyers Weekly, said that predicting how Tuesday's vote will impact rulings would be difficult. As it stands,the court consists of five Repub- licans and two Dem...…

…0 8 - Tuesday, November 4, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Team follows Lee's lead to voting booth ByRUTH LINCOLN Daily Sports Writer It was the mid-1990s, and a young C.J. Lee had just seen the film "Malcolm X." Lee wasn't even 10 years old, too young to understand the ide- als and tactics of the revolutionary leader, but he noticed how Mal- colm X dealt with struggles larger than himself, and the convictions of a man striving...…

…CELEBRATION CAMPUS ERUPTS AFTER HISTORIC OBAMA WIN By JULIE ROWE Daily Staff Reporter It was through tears, screams and com- plete elation that Kinesiology sophomore Carolyn McCloud processed the realization that the nation elected a black president. Speechless, she dropped to her knees in the midst of hundreds of students gath- ered on the Diag just after 11 last night, and prayed to God, grateful that Barack Obama was elected the next presi...…

…2A -- Wednesday, November 5, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2A - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Obama turns Michigan blue MICHIGAN STATEWIDE VOTE *Obama 51%na With 96% of precincts McCain reporting 41% Al Gore and John Kerry both won Michigan, but neither turned the map of the state as blue as Barack Obama did yesterday. Obama won all of southeast Michigan, eking out wins in Jackson and Lena...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 3A Deitch, Ilitch win regents seats Board maintains current balance with six Democrats, two Republicans By CAITLIN SCHNEIDER Daily StaffReporter Two Democrats were elected to the eight-member University of Michigan Board of Regents last night, maintaining the board's current partisan balance. Incumbent Larry Deitch (D-Bingham Farms) was elected to his third term as regent ...…

…4A - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 74C fivichioan [ wily I Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to - it belongs to you." - The 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, in his acceptance speech last night. ROSE JAFFE E-MAIL ROSE AT ROSEJAFF@UMICH.EDU ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com r Wednesday, November 5, 2008 -5A Executive tracks: looking at 2012 Ferrara, Butler start anew on other side of the ball Iknow, I know - the last thing you want to hear right now is more election coverage. But I do want to offer a big congratu- lations to, um... Barack Obama! That was one hell of a fight you put up on your way to the White House MATT and I really do EMERy think you repre- sent change ...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com N ewTshmWednesday, November 5, 2008 - 7A U' scientists get win with Prop 2 passage Narrow majority passes controversial stem cell proposal By EMILY BARTON Daily News Editor After the passage yesterday of Proposal 2, which amended the state's constitution to loosen restrictions on embryonic stem cell research, University researchers will now be able to derive their own embryonic stem cell lines. The bal...…

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…0 e S S U S S S w w w The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - - The Mic *.g 3. S F N A C K QUOTES OF THE WEEK I see the little ears...that "o God, humiliate Bush mouse is baked in there." and his party, O Lord of - BRUCE VAN DYNE, an IBM executive from the Worlds, degrade and Charlotte, explaining that part of a mouse was defy him." apparently baked into a package of hot-dog ' - . . : ;.. ;.; S N EB B R These studen...…

…V V V V V VV V 0 w w w w I w w 1w v The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 I Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - The Michigan Daily 5B Stubbng ou By Trevor Calero Daily Staff Writer The Michigan state legislature has gotten close to passing a ban of indoor smoking. But how attached is Ann Arbor to its smoking sections? "I think it will pass eventually," George said. "I just can't tell you if it will be lame duck, or next year or ...…

…Class has begun: The Arts Guide 101 The B-Side Iic idpan hi Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, September 4, 2008 SEMESTER IN DETROIT After hiring first leader, program lays plans Detroit-based urban studies and internship program seeking students for inaugural semester By BETH WITTENSTEIN Daily Staff Reporter The Semester in Detroit project moved one step closer to sending students to the Motor City in Janu- ary. The University recently appoint...…

…2A- Thursday, September 4, 2008 0 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom A familiar face LSA senior Alex Larson encour- ages incoming studencs co Start the wave before taking their placement tests, chant "Go glue!" at every opportunity and walk like zombies through the Diag. For Larson, a returning student orientation leader with the Office of New Student Programs, incoming students are oftentimes too serious about starting college when th...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, September 4, 2008 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, September 4, 2008 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio Obama: GOP avoids economic talk at its convention Democratic presidential nomi- nee Barack Obama, pouncing on a top Republican aide's claim that the campaign is not about issues, said Wednesday that John McCain is trying to run away from his par- ty's bad economic ...…

…4A - Thursday, September 4, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com I I Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu Heck, I was in college before I found out it wasn't supposed to hurt to take a shower:' -Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, explaining in his speech at the Republican National Convention yesterday the pains he experienced growing up in ...…

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…1 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Te Thursday, September 4, 2008 - 7A DETROIT From Page 1A by Residential College Prof. Ste- phen Ward in collaboration with Detroit's Mosaic Youth Theater. Regester said he expects to add more elective choices for students in the program. Regester also said he'd like to see the Semester in Detroit pro- gram involve. an extracurricular mentorship program in which University alums would work with REPUBLI...…

…8A - Thursday, September 4, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com I I MegaBus driver arrested on DUI charges in Southwest Michigan AMER SANDS AMER'S Company offers rides from Chicago to Ann Arbor for as little as $1 By JENNA SKOLLER Daily StaffReporter A 51-year-old MegaBus driver en route to Ann Arbor was arrest- ed Monday in southwest Michigan after failing a series of sobriety tests. Michigan State Police pulled over driver Kenn...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, September 4, 2008 - 9A Freshman LB to transfer before seeing the field Defense tweaks lineup and works on its 3-3-5 set By DAN FELDMAN Daily Sports Editor Apparently, one game was enough. A couple days ago, freshman linebacker Taylor Hill decided to transfer. He didn't play in the Michigan football team's opener against Utah. The Youngstown, Ohio native indicated to Michigan coach NOTEBOOK Ric...…

…10A - Thursday, September 4, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com iDA - Thursday, September 4, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Edwards, nearing return frominjury, says foot will be fine 6 I Former Michigan star wideout missed three weeks of preseason BEREA, Ohio (AP) - For nearly five minutes, . Braylon Edwards was his swaggeringself. Bursting, as always, with confidence, Cleveland's wide receiver met with reporters yest...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com K, S 'I -ports Thursday, September 4, 2008 -11A Paz treks from Brazil to Iowa to Blue By MARK BURNS Daily Sports Writer Juliana Paz wasn't supposed to play for Michigan. She wasn't even supposed to play volleyball for Iowa Western Com- munity College. But that all changed, with the help of a complete stranger. One of the girls on Paz's club team in her native Brazil wanted to attend IWCC. She then se...…

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…The Michigan Daily I michigandaily.com I Thursday, September 4, 2008 The Daily Arts guide to the best upcoming events - it's everywhere you should be this weekend and why. Daily Arts gives a rundown on what every college kid should know' W elcome back or welcome to Daily Arts; we went through that phase, Michigan. One of these prob- too. But for all the awful films and shows ably applies to you. There out there right now, there are still a l...…

…[he C 2B - Thursday, September 4, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com CA LENDA R The Daily Arts guide to upcoming events Today 9.4.08 Gerald Cleaver's Violet Hour: Jazz Music 8 p.m. At the Kerrytown Concert House $10 Craig Gass, Comedian 8p.m. At the Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase $17 in advance or $20 at the door Tomorrow 9.5.08 Dance2XS Hip Hop Workship 8:30 p.m. At the Michigan Union Ballroom Free Friday Night Swing Dance 8:45 p.m. At...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, September 4, 2008 - 3B The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, September 4, 2008 - 3B LIVING From Page 1B the BlackBerry you've been lusting over for months. Electronic waste has become more problematic than ever now that technology is considered quickly out- dated and disposable, filling our landfills and leaking toxic chemicals into the groundwater. eCycling - or the recycling of el...…

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…5B - Thursday,.September 4, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 5B - Thursday, September 4, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom GUIDE ! From Page 1B ALBUMS The Unicorns: Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? Bubblegum pop is a vastly over- used descriptor in music. But you could probably call The Unicorns's Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? bubblegum pop. On acid. If the blips and the blops, the seeming- ly peppy and ch...…

…theb-slide 6B - Thursday, September 04, 2008 The Michigan Daily - Tichigandaily.com &J(V ~jLi L02 Y4 We can help. Don't miss these great programs for students: 4 Free business cards- Visit our Web site and order free business cards. They're ideal for making connections for internships, jobs andiin other professional situations.f Free blue books- Stop by the Alumni Center and get free blue books throughout the year. Just show your studen...…