…ie Lidilgan Bai Ann Arbor Mk www.michigandaily.com Iday, Januar _ ,. } i = _ : ' ILLINOIS TOPS ARTS, WOMEN'S HOOPS PAGE 5 SPORTS, PAGE 8 4,000 reasons to go to * college New law gives grant to graduating high schoolers By ALESE BAGDOL Daily StaffReporter Every high school student in Michigan who graduates in 2007 or later is now eligible for a $4,000 scholarship at any public university in the state. To qualify for the Michigan Promise ...…
…2 - Friday, January 5, 2007 How does the University pick the commencement speaker? It's not a popularity contest, administrators say Although some students may have hoped Paris Hilton, 2006's most-Googled celebrity, would give this year's commencement speech, the honor went to former President Bill Clinton. As it turns out, University President Mary Sue Coleman and the Honorary Degree Com- mittee pick speakers who have done something with th...…
…The Michigan Daily - michiganclaily.com Friday, January 5, 2007 - 3 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, January 5, 2007 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Bush names retired admiral to top intelligence spot Retired Vice Adm. Mike McCo- nnell, a veteran of more than 25 years in the intelligence field, will be named by President Bush to succeed John Negroponte as national intelligence director, a senior administration official said yesterd...…
…4 - Friday, January 5, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom * Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu DONN M. FRESARD EDITOR IN CHIEF EMILY BEAM CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS JEFFREY BLOOMER MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustratio...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, January 5, 2007 - 5 A rather good Dream LATEST MUSICAL BREAKS LACKLUSTER TREND By HYATT MICHAELS Daily Arts Writer Since the trailer hit theaters last year and its critical explosion at this summer's Cannes film festival (for a 20-minute preview, no less), "Dream- Dreamgiris girls" left fans of the origi- At the nal musical salivating for Showcase and its opening. After all the Quality 16 hype,...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, January 5, 2007 - 7 SMOKE AND MIRRORS PETER SCHOTTENFELS/Daily Ann Arbor resident Niko Burnell sits with friends and smokes Narghila yesterday at Rendezvous Cafe on South University Avenee GM exec vows to maintain global supremacy over Toyota DEAN From page 1 As she prepares for her exit, Blank said she would like to see the Ford School continue to improve on the quality of its education and e...…
…8 - Friday, January 5, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Senior wing Lester Abram was Michigan's leading scorer in a 71-61 defeat of Ilinois. Cagers have to slam 'backdoor on Wilcats Crisler cruel to defeat By CHRIS HERRING Daily Sports Writer When Michigan women's basketball coach Cheryl Burnett reviews film of last night's game ILLINOIS 70 against Illinois, someone MICHIGAN 51 may have to tell her which part she's watching. The ...…
…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...…
…Blue outshines Wildcats in third conference win WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 3B Herman: You can bet your bottom dollar SM COLUMN 2B S 0 Monday, February 5,2007 AL T HE MICHIGAN DAILY michigandaily.com 6 MICHIGAN 3, WESTERN MICHIGAN 1 Seniors avoid past missteps veryone attached to the Michigan hockey program has been trying to convince us all season: This is a different team than last year's. But when the Wolverines immediately fell into the s...…
…a DAILY SPORTS BREAKS DOWN THE WEEKEND THAT WAS The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com a 28 - Monday, February 5, 2007 'M' SCHEDULE TUESDAY - 2.6 M Basketball at OhioState, 7 p.m. THURSDAY -2.8 W Swim/Diveat BigTenChampionships W BasketballatIowa, 8p.m. M Gymnasticsat Winter Cup Challenge FRIDAY - 2.9 MTrack& Field at TysonInvitational W Track & Field at Tyson Invitational Softballat Wilson Demarini Invitational W Swim/Dive at Big TenChamp...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com SPOT S N N Holding court: Netters stay undefeated in dual matches Monday, February 5, 2007 - 3B By ANTHONY OLIVEIRA Daily Sports Writer Last season against Western Michigan and Harvard, all eyes were on sophomore Andrew Mazlin. With the overall score knotted at 3 and the dual-match on the line, Mazlin snagged each match for Michigan with a three-set vic- tory. But last weekend at the Varsity Tennis Cen-...…
…48 - Monday, February 5, 2007 [C The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom RECRUITS - Amaker's future tied to Class of 2011 From page lB to listen." Legion, also 6-foot-4,is aslightly different type of guard than Har- ris. At 200 pounds, he's big enough to handle contact inside, and he's a deadly 3-point shooter. And he's enjoying success at the highest level of high school basketball. Legion starred for local prep school Detroit CountryDay hi...…
…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...…
…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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…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-...…
…the Statement If you've given up on that career as a social worker and just want a yacht named Caviar and a house in Aspen, here's how to sell out. K ckoff 0 7 ~20 Believe it or not, there's still going to be a season. Look inside for the Daily's annual football preview. lp 1Midigan BrI Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, September 5, 2007 JI LEE. ) michigandaily.com FRATERNITIES & SORORITIES Greeks launch hazing hotline 21 national chapters...…
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…a 4A - Wednesday, September 5, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com eICdI'*an 4a14hj 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 r...…
…5A - Wednesday, September 5, 2007 Bring on the party Ann Arbor will neverbe Brick Lane or Sunset, Lan Kwai Fong or the Meatpacking District. Our bars will not rival those on the Bund in Shanghai. And our liberal arts-loving, Big House- packing American university - as a now New York-based alum tells me - is too big for bold-faced names d is Page Six. But that doesn't mean we don't know how to throw killer parties. Or enjoy them. Case in point,...…
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