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…0 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, September 5, 2007 - ]]A Dry Brits save dark comedy By JENNA PARKS Daily Arts Writer Painfully awkward situations compounded by delightfully dry characters are the bill of fare for the British comedy "Death at a Funeral." Frank Oz ("Bowfinger") steps far outside the bounds of "The Muppets"to *** tackle the uneven topics of death, Death at a drugs, blackmail, Funeral homosexuality and, of co...…

…0 12A - Wednesday, September 5, 2007 'M' drops from rankings By JACK HERMAN 25 poll released yesterday. Since the poll Daily Sports Editor expanded to 25 teams in 1989, no team has ever fallen further. College football historians will eventu- Michigan placed 33rdin the poll, tallying ally decide where Michigan's 34-32 loss to 39 points. Southern Cal took the top spot Appalachian State ranks among the sport's with 1,619 points. all-time greate...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, September 5, 2007 -13A Huron offers rewarding internships and exciting career opportunities. Visit us on campus at these events: G R 0 W T H GO TH-BS …

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 14A- Wednesday, September 5, 2007 1 A truly enlightening college roommate. The perfect study partner. 0 I IKEA CANTON - 41640 Ford Rd., 1-275, Ford Rd. Exit - (734) 981-6300 Open every day 10am-9pm Stop by the IKEA restaurant and have some meatballs and maybe even a Caesar salad. It's more affordable than stocking your fridge and having your roommate eat all of your food. LERSTA reading/floor lamp $...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Transition time for 'M'. I )I Wednesday, September 5, 2007 -15A Beilein, students try to get on same page By MARK GIANNOTTO Daily Sports Writer Moving in each fall can be the most aggravat- ing of activities for a college student. There's so much to do and not enough time to do it. Michigan basketball coach John Beilein can relate to the hustle and bustle around campus over the past week. After being an...…

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…V V _W w --w -. v -w -~ U ~-~--- U- - - -___ 12 Wednesday, September 5, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com KICKOFF 2007 Visit Comcast representatives to sign up. Or call 1-888-COMCAST September 5 & 6 www.comcastcom/educationedge 9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. In partnership with: U of M Diag (N. University in front of Moe's Sport Shop) Ulrich's Bookstore (southeast corner of the Diag) Offers available to new residential Comcast customer...…

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…1 Wednesday, September 5, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.corm w a -- W_-~ - - ~- - -U Wednesday, September 5, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2007 Michigan roster This year's Wolverine squad has to replace seven starters on defense and five on offense. But the core on offense remains intact, a Henne, Hart, Manningham, Arrington and the entire left side of the line return. On defense, there will be NFL-sized shoes to fill...…

…V w 'V w 4B Wednesday, September 5, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com -0 -1w -wv ,W W w Wednesday, September 5, 2007 fl The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com BIG TEN PREVIEW The Daily writers compared notes, research and opinions before the season and came up with a team-by-team Big Ten preview. Based on returning players, last year's finish, new recruits and our own gut instincts, the rankings came out as follows. FS B. ...…

…i _ - 8BB Wednesday, September 5, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, September 5, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers do their best to predict what happens in the 2007 college football season. scott vamnei Bell Bromwich Herman Wright Michigan final record: Michigan final AP ranking: Big Ten champion: Big Ten second place: Big Ten third place: Surprise Big Ten team: Michi...…

…V w -W - -- w - _.w v i Wednesday, September 5, 2007 7 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com I 6B Wednesday, September 5, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com anew future T he storybook ending wasn't supposed to come Ohio State game, he felt Long was going to leave for 12 chapters early - and the celebration wasn't the NFL. Bot some time between Michigan's loss to supposed to be in the visitors' locker room. the Buckeyes and th...…

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… w w w. 7 qw I' qw w -W THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK with GARY GRACA table of nt t A look at the big news events this week and how important they really are. Conveniently ranked from one to10. Wednesday, September 5, 2007 - The Michigan Daily AM- Personal S 4C YOUR FIRST APARTMENT Know your rights when you're talking with your landlord and paying your rent. SC HOT WHEELS The UM Solar Car Team takes another trip to Australia to show off its ...…

…The~~~~~~~ -ciapil nsy~ ~ _M . _ . _7 -e __a _ 7N --Illvl- -I-- Wednesday, September 5, 2007 - The Michigan Daily CONT'D: The theories behind cheating other spheres of life. One wouldn't be surprised to find that the same brain circuits underlying drug addiction are responsible for academic dis- honesty. In fact, cheating in college has been linked to drug abuse, along with shoplifting, unethi- cal workplace behavior and not paying income...…

… V V heWih iga . il -.e - - .- S. 6 _W -w -- _W w -W Wedesda, eptmbr , 007 TeMihgnDal 4- p i Dealing with your andlord Whether it's leaky faucets, clogged drains, cockroaches or a collapsing roof, everyone who has lived off campus has had trouble with his or her apartment. That doesn't mean you have to buy a monkey wrench yourself. Stephanie Chang, an attorney for Student Legal Services, offers these tips on how to deal with intrusive ...…

… 1w w -- - - -- - -- 5. -. - .- . - 0S The racecar make Tom Carroll, the interim project manager for the University of Michigan Solar Car Team, along with other team members will board a plane today bound for the Australian Outback, and they'll take with them a solar car they've been building for more than a year and a half. The race, the Panasonic World Solar Challenge, is the more glamorous of the teams's two major competitions. The oth...…

…p_,, _______ ____________________________ -wV v like Extreme Makeover and never like 'N ip/ Tuck." It does, however, pay better than acting. 1 I I I I 1 ""When times are good, you'll be hired, but the sec- ond things turn bad, you better bet you'll be fired just as fast." -Todd Rosenbiuth, an equi- ty analyst in New York City and an 1997 LSA graduate / …

…Thai, Indian and Indonesian interpretations of the legendary tale come to campus. The B-side. 1Iie10hdpgn 4hi Ann Arbor, Michiga www.michigandaily.com Shutdown could hurt 'U' State gov't faces MICHIGAN'S MONEY $940 million MESS INTRODUCING A COACH John Beilein, the new Michigan men's basketball coach, yesterday at Crisler Arena during his first press conference in Ann Arbor. Beilein's hiring was announced on Tuesday. See sports, page SA. ...…

…2A - Thursday, April 5, 2007 MONDAY: TUESDAY: The Extremist Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: Before You Were Here FRIDAY: Explained A slice from Silvio Medora found niche in organic pizza With NYPD, Cottage Inn and Back- room Pizza all vying for student dol- lars, Silvio Medora's friends told him he'd never succeed in opening another pizza joint on campus. That was nearly two years ago. Now, after 18 months of business, Silvio's Organic Pizza h...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS TEHRAN, Iran Iran releases 15 . captive Britons President Mahmoud Ahmadine- jad defused a growing confronta- tion with Britain, announcing the surprise release of 15 captive Brit= ish sailors yesterday and then glee- fully accepting the crew's thanks and handshakes in what he called an Easter gift. The announcement in Tehran was a breakthrough in a crisis that had escalated over nearly two we...…

…4A - Thursday, April 5, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com l Iidligan Bil Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent s...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, April 5, 2007 - 5A "I brought out a couple of NCAA rings and an Elite Eight ring and a Sweet r 16 ring. I passed it around to these guys today, and I said, 'We're going to put these on as soon as we can.' " - Michigan coach John Beilein JOHNNY B. GOOD Beilel s a coach's coach "I think he's definitely in the top five (coaches in the country), and I think he's the best teacher. He and Bobby Kn...…

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…8A - Thursday, April 5, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com E PLAYERS: Fab Fiver lauds choice From page 5A past few days. But he added that if The Fab Five member offered his - -Michigan can keep its three recruits opinions on what fans might expect Udoh didn't seem to think Wol- to go along with its new coach, the from Michigan under Beilein next verine fans had much cause for Wolverines could do some special season. concern. things...…

…FOUR RELEASES YOU CAN'T MISS PAGE 3B ON THE WAY WHY '24' IS LOSING ITS EDGE PAGE 3B Where are our icons? o know far less than I should about classic film, but there are some names even I rec- ognize: Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Redford. These actors are icons, immor- talized figures of film whose legacies have lived on long after retire- ment or even their death. I got to thinking: Who are our generation's film icons...…

…2B - Thursday, April 5, 2007 (page 2 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com i aVAUL 'THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN' (1988) British allegory running wild By ANDREW SARGUS KLEIN ManagingArts Editor Terry Gilliam's "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" begins on a Wednesday in the Age of Reason in a bombed-out, anonymous French city. It feels like the French Revolu- tion, but the accents are all British and the enemy is the formidable Tur...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom A ELF-PROCLAIMED H ETE ROSEXUA L MALE LISTS T HE MOST IMPORTA NT AND "TH E NOTEBOOK" IS ONLY NO. 10. WVHAT COULD BE BETTER THAN THAT.? S TH E FI LT ER. M IC HIGAN DA ILY.COM/T HE F ILT E R- {the b-side} Politics don't mix with'24' By PAUL TASSI on the ground and begins to lose DailyFilm Editor his shit after executing his friend, a mushroom cloud erupts in the All right, so no one can say I'm background. ...…

…4B - Thursday, April 5, 2007 {the b-side} The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com More than dancing SENIOR THESIS CONCERT COMBINES CHARITY WITH ART By CAITLIN COWAN Daily Arts Writer It seems as if many artists - even the starving ones - want a piece of the pie. Be it Mike Baldwin's "Will Work for Food" cartoon series or the Cunninlynguists's sublime underground rap album Will Rap for Will Dance Food. Six seniors in the School of Music, The-...…

…46F tc4toan 4:3atl4m Ann Ar bor. Michigan www.michigandaily.com ICERS BACK INTO NO. 2 PLAYOFF SEED SPORTSMONDAY Sliding off the bubble Monday, March 5 2006 'ZODIAC' IS A MYSTIFYING TRIUMPH ARTS, PAGE 5A RIAA to students: Pay up Music industry intensifying threats against downloaders By KATHERINE MITCHELL Daily StaffReporter RC sophomore Baird Campbell knows the perils of illegally down- loading music. Last semester, he received a warning...…

…2A -Monday, March 5, 2007 TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: Before You Were Here THURSDAY: Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained Deep dish for deep pockets Pizza near campus is usually cheap. There's Backroom Pizza on Church Street, which sells slices of cheese for a dollar. New York Pizza Depot's two loca- tions sell a small pizza and a drink for four dollars after 10 p.m. And don'tforget the $5 large pizzas sold after Michigan football...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, March 5, 2007 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS HARBOR SPRINGS, Mich. Macomb man suspected of killing wife captured Wearing neither coat nor shoes, a fugitive suspected of killing and dismembering his wife was found hiding under a fallen tree yester- day in a snowbound state park after a bitterly cold night on the run, authorities said. A police posse tracked down Ste- phen Grant about 225 miles north of the sub...…

…4A - Monday, March S, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com L7t itIdiigan Bjal4,l Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL EDITOR IN CHIEF IMRAN SYED EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR JEFFREY BLOOMER MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position oftthe Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations re...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com h Monday, March 5, 2007 - 5A Urbane-mob drama It's all in shows promise By IMRAN SYED DailyArts Writer With "The Departed" pulling off a best-picture win at last week's AcademyAwards, ***% the crime caper is officially cool The Black again. And it's Donnellys not a moment too soon for NBC. Mondaysat After the now- 10 p.m. comatose "Studio 60 on the Sunset NBC Strip," perhaps permanently, the network d...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NAACP chief MAJOR From page IA . *LSA restrictions forbid a stu- resigns fr m ( Post dent from using more than 60 credits earned in one depart- ment to fulfill the 120-credit NEW YORK (AP) - vinced him to stay. requirement needed for grad- NAACP President Bruce S. "There were occasions uation. Gordon said yesterday he is where it seemed just not to be In the e-mail, Hayes said leaving the civil rights or...…

…8A - Monday, March 5, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily~a 8A - Monday, March 5, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailvcom Reno an ill fit in Miami By BLAKE GOBLE ately assembles a response, but the Daily Arts Writer local government collapses and the police are helpless and irrelevant. Our culture may be ripe for sat- The jokes are there for the picking. ire, but in film Too bad so little is satirized. A that genre has film that so...…

…Looking for more? Go Her online for exclusive son Web contenth michigandaily.com THE MICHIGAN DAILY man: Finding iething for t Sunday void SM COLUMN 2B michigandaily.com Bucks crush Monday, March 5, 2007 OHIO STATE 65, MICHIGAN 61 SEASON KILLER? upset hopes By DANIEL LEVY Daily Sports Writer What if? That pesky question has hovered over the Michigan basketball pro- gram in recent years. And Saturday's 65-61 loss to No.1 Ohio State was no d...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0 0 DAILY SPORTS BREAKS DOWN THE WEEKEND THAT WAS 2B - Monday, March 5, 2007 SAID AND HEARD "Slipups like we had at the end of (Saturday) cost us the season." - Michigan center COURTNEY SIMS on the team's 65- 61 loss to No.1 Ohio State last weekend. The Wolverines held a six-point lead with four minutes remaining, but failed to score the rest of the way. ATHLETE OF THE WEEK ERIN WEBSTER WOMEN'S TRAC...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, March S, 2007 - 3B ICERS From page 1B Though multiple players received minor penalties, Buckeye Zach Pelle- tier was the lone player awarded a game disqualification. The Wolverines left the rink without engaging in customary post-game handshakes. "A couple guys started shoving (Kevin Porter)," sophomore Brandon Naurato said. "Their bench was already off to celebrate, so we just tried to get ever...…

…4B - Monday, March 5, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Disappointing finish for Blue nabs third at Big Tens a By MICHAEL EISENSTEIN Daily Sports Writer All season long the Michigan wrestling team claimed its lineup was more conducive to tourna- ments than dual meets. Tournament time came. And an eighth-place finish was all the 23rd-ranked Wolverines could muster at the Big Ten Cham- pionships this past weekend. But one Wolverin...…

…idrigan Dai& INE t! WN 71mDP SEV ENTEENIV Y EA RS 01" TIA) 1, l UDOM Ann Arbor, Mi www.michigandaily.com Monday, February 5, 2007 Icers top Western 'BLOC PARTY' Michigan on senior night SportsMonday Arts,5A 'P Fourth in an occasional series about the University's connection to the Iraq war "It was a kick in the gut. My initial reaction was, 'I hate this state.' " - University employee Matthew Scott, who got health care through his partn...…

…2A - Monday, February 5, 2007 MONDAY: The Extremist The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY:' Before You Were Here THURSDAY: Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained You've got males Inside the University's most male-dominated major When she was growing up, LSA senior Laura Bickle heard stories from her mother about the gender gap in many fields of mathematics and science. It didn't deter her, though. Bickle...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, February 5, 2007 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS k wn A41mdrerS H10mnn THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS FRIGHTFUL BAGHDAD Suicide truck bomb kills 132 people Stunned Iraqis loaded coffins onto minivans and picked through the rubble of buildings yesterday after a suicide truck bomber oblit- erated a Baghdad market in a main- ly Shiite area, killing at least 132 people in the deadliest single strike by a suicide bomber ...…

…4A -Monday, February 5, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com a 7e 1J*idiian &U j Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations repre...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, February 5, 2007 - 5A Little life down the 'Bloc' By BRIAN CHEN Daily Arts Writer Bloc Party is not a complex band. Its debut, Silent Alarm, was an exceptionally unoriginal work of post-punk rock with few unnecessary frills. It was also one of 2005's best albums, evidence that Sim- Bloc Party plicity, technical skill and keen melodic prowess can A Weekend sometimes be more power- intheCity ful t...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, February 5, 2007 - 7A BENEFITS From page 1A The decision was released Fri- day. The ruling is the latest in a court battle that started after the passage of the same-sex marriage ban when Attorney General Mike Cox issued a ruling that said the ban also prohibited public institutions from granting benefits to the domestic partners of their employees. The Michigan chapter of the ACLU challenged th...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday; February 5, 2007 - 8A 4 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Monday, Fehruary 5, 2007 8A 0 We believe community service is a part of our job description. Last June, we asked our US staff of 29,000 to take a day away from work and help their neighbors. We called it 29k/30. Learn more about this project and others, Visit pwc.com/community 44 40 40 *connecttedth inking 14 C 2007 Pricewaterhouse...…