…B-SCHOOL? B.S. ONE STUDENT PUTS ROSS IN ITS PLACE. THE STATEMENT FROM THE DAILY: OTHER PROP 2 COMES BACK FOLK ROCKER JOSH RITTER TO TO HAUNT MICHIGAN PLAY THE ARK OPINION, PAGE 4A ARTS, PAGE SA ~Ie Ei~ian BaI1.j Anr ArborMich rga www.michigandaily.com Wednesday, February 7, 2007 FRI 'U' alums, professors take part in war By EMILY ANGELL Daily StaffReporter Then-LSA sophomore Adri- an Mejia spent the final weeks of December 2003 like most...…
…2A - Wednesday, February 7, 2007 0 MONDAY: The Extremist TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes THURSDAY: .. . . Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained Swim where? The Union was once home to a pool For 41 years, the Michigan Union was more than a study- hour refuge or fast-food refu- eling station. It was also the place for male students to perfect their backstroke. Designated originally as a men's recreational club, the Union's ground floor - beneath w...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, February 7, 2007 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS Country colleges trying WASHINGTON C u t yt y n House to confront presidentonIraq to create urban buzz next week Democratic critics of the Iraq war seized the offensive at both ends of the Capitol yesterday, dis- closing plans for a symbolic rejec- tion by the House of President Bush's decision to deploy additional troops and filing legislation in the Senate...…
…*I 4A -Wednesday, February 7, 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 KARL STAMPFL EDITOR IN CHIEF IMRAN SYED EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR JEFFREY BLOOMER MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, February 7, 2007 - 5A 'Once more with feeling!' ecently, my friend admit- ted to me what gave his life meaning. "On stage - it's the only time I feel really alive," my friend said as we walked away from the Men- delssohn Theater, where he'd been rehearsing. I suspected this was something of an overstatement, but then again, what was I going to do? Argue with him? I should have asked him to d...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, February 7, 2007 - 7A IRAQ From page 1A oppressive insurgency that, uses intimidation and murder to achieve their political and ideological goals." Cain described the dramat- ic change in lifestyle he expe- rienced after ending his days as an undergraduate. "There is much more expected of a young adult over here," he said. "At home I was worried about studying and writing papers, while here, ...…
…*I 8A - Wednesday, February 7, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Silverman's act doesn't translate By IMRAN SYED Daily Arts Writer It's a rite of passage for any halfway- decent comedian with even the-hint of a future. And now Sarah Silverman (veteran of **i socially incorrect zing- ers like "I was raped The Sarah by my doctor, which is Silverman bittersweet for a Jew- Program lsh girl") has landed her own sitcom. From Thursdays ...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Buckeyes pull away from Blue By DANIEL BROMWICH Daily Sports Editor COLUMBUS - The taunting rang loud and clear from the student section as the final sec- onds ticked off in the Michigan's 76-63 loss last night at Value City Arena. "N-I-T! N-I-T! N-I- T!" MICHIGAN 63 "Just like football! OHIO STATE 76 Just like football!" The common theme? Both exemplify Michigan's recent inability to gain the lead in its...…
…IOA - Wednesday, February 7, 2007 a new role for Cogliano The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ONSNE SPECIAL Sneakpeek.' ByJAMES V. DOWD Daily Sports Writer Throughout January, Michigan fans became accustomed to the Andrew Cogliano the Edmonton Oilers saw when they drafted him with the 25th overall pick of the 2005 NHL draft. After returning from the World Junior Champion- ships, the sophomore had gone on a tear, dancing through defenses f...…
…n aly- edesayFerury7 00 0 0 0 0 OK. So I inhaled. /anderMi Irecently realized that 20 years is too long to go without a smoke. For years, my curi- osity had been quelled by the grotesque posters in high school, the harrowing public service announcements and the stern warn- ings of my parents, which included phrases like disease, permanent stench, financial ruin and certain homelessness. So I stayed the hell away from cigarettes. I was...…
…0 0 o 0 0 0 0 e e e0 THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK with WALTER NOWINSKI tab le of contents A look at the big news events this week and how important they really are. Conveniently ranked from one to 10. WenedaFerur 7 20 -Th 6OignDaly 7 3B THE JUNK DRAWER Impress your friends by knowing just what to talk about this week and what not to. 4B LIFE IN THE SLOW LANE Our photographer travels the path many students will - out of from Michigan and into a bi...…
…I B Te icign aiy - ednsday Feb uar s0 Why the BMShOIB0Is overrated The Ross School of Business dupes the rankings and trades imagination for group work 0 0 0 Wednesday, February 7, 2007 - The Michigan Daily 4 QUOTES OF THE WEEK "I could sit here and talk to you about the buildings I'm cc I am surprised, frank- building in Chicago and Las ly, at the amount of Vegas, but I'm sure you'd distrust that exists in much prefer to see Andy Dick this...…
… 0 0 0 0W ..00 Wednesday, February 7. 200' , - -a. < 5 B University graduates are hightaiting it out of the tired city of Detroit, seek- ing farme and fortune in bigger cities like Chicago. But in their rush fr the border, they're rmissing worlds along the way. By Rob Migrin I Daily Staff Writer f you're graduating, chances are you have plans to move somewhere more glamorous than Michigan. And fast. Countless new University degree- hol...…
…Stop whining about your GSI's accent. The Statement Ann Arbor Michigan www.michigandaily.com Wednesday, March 7, 2007 FRIEZE FALLING Student reports rape near campus DPS issues crime alert about reported incident By JESSICA VOSGERCHIAN Daily StaffReporter Police are investigating a rape reported near campus, an Ann Arbor Police Department official said. An 18-year-old University stu- dent told police on Monday that she had been raped at ...…
…6 2A - Wednesday, March 7, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MONDAY: TUESDAY: The Extremist Arbor Anecdotes THURSDAY: Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained Unveiing the cure Vaccine's success was validated at the 'U' Hundreds of reporters and sci- sity's department of epidemiol- entists scrambled to the front of the ogy, Francis hired Salk as a research Rackham Auditorium on the morn- assistant for his work on developing ing of....…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, March 7, 2007 - 3A CAST AWAY NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Aide to Cheney found guilty in CIA leak investigation once the closest adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney, L Lewis "Scooter" Libby was convicted yesterday of lying and obstructing a leak investigation that shook the top levels of the Bush administra- tion. Four guilty verdicts ended a seven-week CIA leak trial that focused new attention o...…
…4 4A - Wednesday, March 7, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 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 solely the v...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandyaily.com Wednesday, March 7, 2007 - 5A News, meet comedy F or better or worse, "The Daily Show with Jon Stew- art" has become the voice of a generation and "The Colbert Report" is that voice's smartass best friend. Comedy Central's duo has blown up in the past year and everyone from slacker college students to ultra-liberal Hollywood types loves to shower the duo with praise. And for good rea- son: Stewart and...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, March 7, 2007 - 7A APPLICATIONS From page LA sions data, a total of 2,460 underrepresented minorities had applied to the University by the beginning of February - a 5 percent increase from the same point last year. The increase in applicants may have been due to the fact that Proposal 2 was loom- ing. Students at Cass Tech- nical High School in Detroit said that before the initiative passed, ...…
…6 8A- Wednesday, March 7, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Bids up for grabs By MARK GIANNOTTO Daily Sports Writer If you consider yourself a college basketball fan, then there is no need for a reminder. But just in case you've been under a rock and missed all the promos on ESPN every day: Championship Week is upon us. Twelve teams have already punched their tickets to the Big Dance, and by Sunday night, the field of 65 will be c...…
…w aa Th Mihga . Wensdy ,20. 0 -- _-_-- S V V w w My career as a prop J erry Seinfeld once said that more people are afraid of public speaking than are afraid of death and consequently a siz- able chunk of the American population would rather be the guy in the casket than the one delivering the eulogy. I can understand this. Then again, it's almost common knowledge that deep down, everyone wants to be an actor. I can under- stand this, ...…
… V V V w v w w v _ w v w w Th Mihia Dai - nsdy Mac 7,S006 THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK with WALTER NOWINSKI iablef C (tetft. A look at the big news events this week and how important they really are. Conveniently rated from one to 10. Wednesday, March 7 2007 - The Michigan Daily 7 3B THE JUNK DRAWER What's hot and what's not in cur- rent events and pop culture. 4B STRAIGHT TALK What complaining about GSIs' language skills says about us. ...…
…w 0 r V V V V V V IW 9 w 0 0 TCganpus' sexua - es C ampus's sexual history WenedyMrc , 07 heMchgn aly 3 The romantic milestones that shaped sex as we know it at the University. QUOTES OF THE WEEK It turns out you have to go into rehab if you 1870 - The beginning Without crossword or sadoku puzzles, sitting through boring classes was a trying task for male students at the University in its first five decades. But in 1870, Universi...…
…w w V V w V V w w v v w w w v Why complaining about your GSI's accent is a waste of time (and racist) Some students are blaming their academic troubles on their GSIs' accents. It's an easy way out. It's also the wrong one. By Gabe Nelson I Daily News Editor Likemanystudents atthe Univer- sity, Business sophomore Eric Brackmann can't understand his graduate student instructor. Brackmann tried to under- stand his economics GSI's accen...…
…"Pfizer would have been the number one choice to work in Michigan. " Andrew Laskowski, 2007 Engineering graduate and former Pfizer intern OPINION From the Daily: Keeping promises In another misguided deci- sion on the war in Iraq, President Bush stubbornly vetoed Con- gress's time-tabled withdrawal plan. Despite the setback, Con- gress has a responsibility to end the unjust war. See page 4 SPORTS Wolverines soar into postseason The Michigan s...…
…Monday, May 7, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 'U' to address climate change With tutor program, Engin profs take on economic inequity IPCC study prompts immediate action By ARIKIA MILLIKAN Daily News Editor A new report from the Inter- governmental Panel on Climate Change released Friday stresses that policymakers must act now to curb growing environmental threats before irreversible conse- quences ensue. The University is takin...…
…Monday, May 7, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 3 PFIZER From page 1 Team, formed in late January to evaluate regional consequences of the Pfizer closing, reduce economic harm by bringing in businesses and keep people from moving away by providing new jobs. So far, Ann Arbor SPARK has reached out to several companies for open positions and has also organized career fairs, Ann Arbor SPARK CEO Mike Finney said. Amy Cell, an Ann Arbor...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com RACHEL WAGNER Trimming down childhood obesity You don't have to be Jenny Craig or Richard Simmons to see that America has a weight problem. Adult obesity rates have soared since the 1970s, climbing from 15 percent to about 33 percent in 2004. Evenmore alarming, Ending obesi- two thirds of all adults are ty takes more considered than apples overweight. and "DDR" Blame the proliferation mats. of fast-food...…
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…Monday, May 7, 2007 , The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ALUMNI From page 1 to lenders, the announcement said. Last April, the University's alumni association agreed to send its members a letter promoting Chase's loan consolidation plan for a yearly minimum fee of $25,000. The yearly payment the associa- tion received from Chase increased depending on the number of stu- dents who signed on to the plan endorsed in the association's letter,...…
…Arts Monday, May 7, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaily.com 734-763-0379 Web of Mediocrity Spidey's web stretches too far third time around By PAUL TASSI Daily Film Editor It's an interesting direction to take, mak- ing "Spider-man 3" a romantic musical com- edy. But while a fraction of the population may enjoy this completely uncalled for cre- ative departure, the rest of us were expect- ing an epic action f...…
…'M 10 Monday, May 7,2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com SYED From page 9 rechargeable batteries, that ty easy path to superhero-dc Of course, as I grew up ized that becoming a bi with entire sectors of Wa to burn on the latest in Ke Teflon is about as realistic a an alien father named Jor-E my common man instinct in, I could no longer ident a presidential luncheon-d corporate suit as my superh matter his heart of gold. Even so, Spid...…
…Monday, May 7, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Volta turns in right direction By CHRIS GAERIG Daily Arts Writer There are few things that can be said about Bjork that haven't already been said. Good and bad alike, she's heard it all: musical genius, fashionably challenged, innovator, childish extrovert. When word started to spread about Volta, her latest release, blogsbuzzedwith rumors of Tim- Bjork baland collabora- Bjark tions,...…
…Sm Monday, May 7, 2007 # The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com BJORK From page 11 All this flesh on our bones / Let me push you up against me tightly / And enjoy every bit of you." In a musical environment dominated by "getting one's eagle on," this coy sexuality stands as one of Bjdrk's underrated qualities and something that appears on nearly all of her albums. Each track so unique, yet some- how has all the typical Bjork traits: boomingvo...…
…' ;;; . ? ., «-: 9 ,. ' r 1 4:, y MICHIGAN 9, MICHIGAN STATE 1 Win sends Blue in positive direction By DAN FELDMAN ManagingSports Editor EAST LANSING - The eighth- ranked Michigan softball team is heading south. But the Wolverines' hitting appears to be going north. Michigan heads to Big Ten Tour- nament in Columbus next weekend as the third seed, its worst finish in the conference in a dozen years. The Wolverines will play No. 6 seed Illin...…
…Monday, May 7, 2007 14 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Seniors finish Ferry Field careers By BRIDGET O'DONNELL Daily Sports Writer For three seniors, it was a last hurrah. At the Len Paddock Invitational this weekend, the final home meet of the season for the Michigan men's track and field team, Andrew Ellerton, Jeff Porter and Michael Whitehead hit all the right notes in their swan-song performances. Despite wi...…
…Monday, May 7, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 15 Injury-free invitational enough for Blue By CHRIS HERRING Daily Sports Writer Whenaspectator asked Michigan women's track coach James Henry to assess the Wolverines' perfor- mance shortly after this weekend's Len Paddock Invitational, it was clear Henry cared very little about the team's finish. "We came out unscathed," Henry responded. "No one got injured, and that was really our ...…
…161. Monday, May 7, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Come home to the Blues. . r Is your health care plan in transition? Come home to the safety, stability and peace of mind only the Blues can offer. We accept everyone, regardless of medical history. We never drop anyone for health reasons. And we provide more hometown access to doctors and hospitals than any other health care company. We've been here since 1939, and we'll be r...…
…'M' seeks redemption after Saturday's debacle. SPORTS, PAGE 4b'l 0i ign BiI0 NEIIAJNDItEDSEA'ENTEEN OF EIT)1 O Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, September 7, 2007 michigandaily.com 'U': We're prepared for a crisis Officials say system in place to deal with Va. Tech-like rampage By MARA GAY Daily StaffReporter In response to the shootings at Vir- ginia Tech in April, a panel created by Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine released a report last week de...…
…The crane game Welcome to Ann Arbor - h( of the Wolverines, lenient mariju laws and the largest freestant crane in North America. You can find it in the compoi of the University's C.S. Mott W en's and Children's Hospital, wt is currently undergoing large-s< construction. The massive crane was brough to help erect a $523 million, 1.1 r lion-square-foot facility that will used to provide specialty serv and care for pregnant women, n horns and y...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, September 7, 2007 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS CAIRO, Egypt Bin Laden to address U.S. with video on 9/11 Terror mastermind Osama bin Laden plans a new video addressingthe American people regardingthe anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, terror monitor- ing groups said yesterday. SITE Intelligence Group said an Internet announcement of the plan included a photo of the al-Qaida leader from the upcoming video -...…
…4 - Friday, September 7, 2007 The Michigan Daily -r michigandaily.com 41 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 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. Allother signed articles and illustrations represent solely the ...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, September 7, 2007 - 5 COURTESY OF MOTOWN Snitch? Bitch? Whatever. This album rules. COURTESY OF EA SPORTS The Redskins? Doing well? Like that's realistic. A producer with Swizz' precision Mad skills gaming MVP comes By Michael Passman r LaDainian Tumlinsun is the smartest person in profes- sional sports. By turning down EA Sports' offertobe the "Madden O8" cover boy, the reigning MVP and...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com BOOKS From page 1 lation was after she was required to buy a$150 statistics textbook her senior year as a student at Puget Sound University. At the time, Allen was working for WashPIRG, the state of Washington's student PIRG. She joined the national group after graduating last year and beganworkingtopromote textbook reform in the Washington state legislature. Washington lawmak- ers passed two bills this ...…
…8 - Friday, September 7, 2007 SWIZZ From page 5 on "Take a Picture"("Getcya cam- eras out / Get ya flash right / Let me pose so you can picture me doing my thing") bogs down the funk guitars, soft-spoken bells and humming keyboards. Essentially, One ManBand Man goes as the production goes. For- tunately, Swizzy's proficiency in thestudiocanupliftevenhisworst lines. The A-Team horns on "Top Down" are boastful and explosive while the minimalist ...…
