…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...…
…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...…
…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 ...…
…THIS WEEK'S INSTALLMENT OF ARBOR ANECDOTES NEWS,PAGE 2 BIBLICAL BORE NATIVITY STORY' IS PROSAIC AS TITLE ARTS, PAGE 5 PUTTING IT IN PERSPECTIVE: TOP FOUR BCS DISASTERS SPORTS, PAGE 9 Iie I id ipn4BaiIlj Ann Arbor, Michigan www.michigandaily.com Tuesday December 5,2006 "Despite potential threats to Ms. Gabriel's freedom of speech, the event was very successful." - Nick Israel, Israel IDEA member O MIo IN/Daily Students board a bus to Wa...…
…2 - Tuesday, December 5, 2006 SCOPE IT OUT Premature climax Ann Arbor seemed to have a col- lective orgasm after UCLA upset To gai USC on Saturday, elevating the submity hopes of fans that Michigan could dotes. E make it into the national champion- news@m ship game. As soon as John David Booty's desperation Hail Mary pass at Itsn the end of the fourth quarter was 1 knocked down, my East University know Avenue neighborhood erupted. I heard s...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, December 5, 2006 - 3 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, December 5, 2006 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS CARACAS, Venezuela Chavez pledges radical socialism in second term Emboldened by a resounding re- election, President Hugo Chavez pledged to shake up Venezuela with a more radical version of socialism and forge a wider front against the United States in Latin America. Opposition contender Manu...…
…4 - Tuesday, December 5, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com LJbe 1i*idiigan &at Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu 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 articles...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, December 5, 2006 - 5 Wake us when He grows up BIBLICAL DRAMA TOO MUNDANE AN EFFORT By IMRAN SYED Daily Arts Writer It's quite a bold move to feature the biggest under- statement of all millennia as a film's tagline. Posters for "The Nativity Story" read "Her child would change the world," ** .3s and all of us - Catholic, atheist or somewhere in between - can The agree that Mary's child has don...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandail COKE From page 1 Coke products. The decision to reinstate the contract came before the prom- ised investigations were complete, said Blase Kearney, a member of Students Organizing for Labor and Economic Equality. "Coke never submitted the results of their investigation to the University because they never had a reason to," Kearney said. "They got their contracts reinstated." The Coke debate is still raging acr...…
…8 - Tuesday, December 5, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com a I 0 You thrive on success and you know just how far your talent will take you. We do too. That's why, at Deutsche Bank, you'll be given the opportunity to realize your greatest ambitions. As one of the world's leading financial institutions, we have the platform to take your career higher. You will be part of an innovative, modern culture that celebrates achievement. Ex...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, December S, 2006 - 9 BCS can't seem to avoid issues ence everyone's already ics'year. Southern Cal, Oklahoma heard all the analysts' opin- and Auburn all finished the season ions on Michigan's unfortu- with perfect records, but after add- nate postseason fate, I decided the ing up the numbers, the Trojans best way to handle the blow would and Sooners took the top-two spots be to rank the in the...…
…10 - Tuesday, December 5, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 10 - Tuesday, December 5, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 4 S 6 0 a A special thank you to all of our University of Michigan Alumni who have participated in the campus recruiting season. 4 4 Bully Beattie Porsha Gills Katherine DaRin James Devaney Brandan Donegan Geneva Edwards Karl Grendahl John Hamilton Allecia Harley Dana Hayes Gil Krakowsky TJ Laesch ...…
…Thursday, October 5,; News 3A Opinion 5A Sports 9A Auto alliance talks called off Readers respond to Carl Cohen Blue's 'D' improves ABCs against run 2006 Bi' AATT.' . SIDE U~bri~biau ait~g One-hundred-sixteen years ofeditorialfreedom www.michirandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXVII, No. 23 ©2006 The Michigan Daily JEREMY CHO/Daily ISA junior Kavya Vaidyanathan hands out a copy of The Michigan independent on the Diag on Sept. 28 at abo...…
…2A-The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 5, 2006 i 1 Elz ffidriiuan a&U 413 E. Huron St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1327 www.michigandaily~com DoNN M. FRESARD ALEXIS FoYD Editor in Chief Business Manager fresard@michigandaily.com business@michigandaily.com 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:...…
… NEWS Thursday, October 5, 2006 - The Michigan Daily - 3A ON CAMPUS Career Center to hold job fair The Career Center is holding its annual job fair in the Michi- gan Union from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. today. An estimated 85 to 90 organizations will be in atten- dance. Students will need to show their M cards to register. Wallen berg lecture to be held tonight The 16th annual Raoul Wallen- burg lecture and medal presenta- tion will be held at 7:30 p...…
…4A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 5, 2006 DONN M. FRESARD EMILYJEFFREY BLOOMER Editor in Chief CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK MEnagEY EdOOMR Editorial Page Editors Managing Editor EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 413 E. HURON ANN ARBOR, MI 48104 tothedaily@michigandaily.com "M T HE D)AILY Crying wolf Blogs an imperfect tool to spread news, gossip OPINION NOTABLE QUOTABLE ' We are all dreamers, and part ...…
…Th..re ,4- nn+~h~r C Onncz T6,., n-;k, CA O PEDhIursay, uctober , 2 6- Te vMichigan Daily - ichigan ivl ights nitiative Campus speaks out on Proposal 2 5A MCRI and the price of admission MCRI's systematic voter fraud BY NESHA Z. HANIFF I admire the commitment that RC Prof. Carl Cohen has for equality and individual rights. I think that this is a wonderful idea and one that we should all work towards. The problem is that the world he want...…
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…Thursday, October 5, 2006 - The Michigan Daily - 7A Marines battle rumor mill in western Iraq HADITHA, Iraq (AP) - Word Military search dogs "cost more spread quickly: A Marine search to train than a Marine," he joked. dog had escaped and was roam- The sheik was eventually con- ing the streets attacking children. vinced that if there were dogs op But the Marines didn't have any the prowl, they were probably dogs in Haditha at the time. packs ...…
…Thursda October 5, 2006 sports.michigandaily.cam sports@michigandaily.com Gabe iibigan Eaild SPORTrS Nowhere to run: Varsity run defense dominates By Stephanie Wright Daily Sports Editor When Alan Branch was told after Saturday's game that Min- nesota had gained more than 100 yards on the ground, the defen- sive tackle seemed a little disap- pointed. Branch's slightly dejected reac- tion begged the question: How many yards would have been a...…
