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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS T LONDON Scotland Yard treats former spy's death as murder Scotland Yard said yesterday it is treating the death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko as murder. The announcement came nearly two weeks after Litvinenko died in a London hospital; the rare radio- active substance polonium-210 was found in his body. Scotland Enginee Yard detectives are in Moscow as Environr part of the wideni...…

… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 7, 2003 - 3- CAMPUS Land seeks bipartisan Prof analyzes religion during colonial period Anthropology professor Webb Keane will be discussing "Religion Culture and the Colonies" today at noon as a part of the University's Institute for the Humanities Brown Bag Lectures. It will take place in the Common Room at the Comerica Building on 250 S. Thayer. Bring a bag lunch. Lecture explores develo...…

… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 7, 2003 - 3 CAMPUS N O E S Dentistry faculty and students give free dental care There will be a Free Dental Health Day tomorrow from 9 a.m. until noon on the first floor of the School of Den- tistry. Dentistry faculty and students will be providing free oral health serv- ices to residents of Ann Arbor and the surrounding community. The clinics will be first-come, first- served, and will incl...…

… LOCAL/S TATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 7, 2003 - 3 CAMPUS Event draws attention to female genital mutilation Royal Shakespeare Company discusses 'Midnight's Children' Actors from the Royal Shake- speare Company and University stu- dents will discuss themes fromh Salman Rushdie's "Midnight's Chil- dren" and the production of the play in room 1636 at the School of q Social Work Monday at noon. Lecture focuses on St. Petersburg arc...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 7, 2005 - 3 . ON CAMPUS School of Music faculty to play Mozart, others . Professors from the School of Music will perform tonight at the Britton Recital Hall in the School of Music at 8 p.m. They will play Mozart, Brahms, Berio, Horvit and Glinka. Performing will be Fred Ormand on the clarinet, Christopher Hading on the piano, Katherine Votapek on the viola, Julia Broxholm as a soprano and Rich- ar...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 7, 2005 - 3A * ON CAMPUS Speaker will discuss 'Vagina Monologues,' race 0 Women's studies lecturer Melanie Boyd will be giving a lecture called "Strategic Essentialism? Race, Vio- lence and Sex in Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues" as part of the Brown Bag lecture series. The event will take place in the Osterman Com- mon Room of the Rackham building. Fiction writer to read memoir Fiction writer ...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 7, 2005 - 3A .ON CAMPUS Lecture kicks off March art exhibit y two artists An art lecture by artists Anuradha Mathur and Dilip da Cunha will take place today at 6 p.m. in auditorium 2104 of the Art and Architecture building. Their exhibit opens today and is sched- .uled to run until March 25 in room 2106 ofthe Art and Architecture building Film screening part of Pride Week "The Celluloid Closet" will b...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Thursday, April 7, 2005 - 3A ON CAMPUS Alloy Orchestra to perform at Michigan Theatre The popular three-man musical ensemble, the Alloy Orchestra, will per- form tonight at 5 p.m. at the Michigan Theatre. The Alloy Orchestra writes and performs live accompaniment to silent films using various unusual objects, including its famous "rack of junk." The 'featured silent film of the night is the recently restored classi...…

… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, October 7, 2003 - 3 CAMPUs Campus diversity video St. Petersburg oremieres at Universit Smuseum researcheratTYjl1S 14r Serving it up to discuss tsars Elisabeth Renne, senior researcher and custodian of British and Scandinavian paintings in the art department of the State Her- mitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, will discuss "The Angloma- nia of the Russian Tsars" today at 4 p.m. in room 1636 ...…

…T .Chr ATl / TAmTi Thn nAt.+tirc.,., t1nt6, C.*.A ,,, ni,...,...u... nnnn n .~.-1. A ~1 ne micnurignrDi lay - Fridlay, Novemer 7, 2002 - 3 CAMPUS N116E0 Exhibit to present better living by efficient eating Master of Fine Arts degree candi- dates will present an exhibit on how to live better by eating more efficiently. The reception for the exhibit, titled "Meal-o-mat," is today from 6 to 9 p.m. The School of Art and Design will sponsor and ...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 7, 2005 - 3A . ON CAMPUS State blood banks help animals hurt by storm Museum of Art to host screening of film about India The University of Michigan Museum of Art will host a film screening at noon in Alumni Memorial Hall today. The film looks at the second most populated country in the world, India. Greeks recruit new members on Diag Students can stop by the Diag between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 7, 2005 - 3 ON CAMPUS 'Heroin Town' to be shown Director Josh Goldbloom docu- ments the true story of Willimantic, Conn. after it was portrayed in a neg- ative light by a "60 Minutes" report. The award-winning film will be shown in Angell Hall Auditorium B at 7 p.m. tonight, with a chance to meet the director after the showing. RC players present sketch comedy act Tonight the RC players will hold th...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Monday, November 7, 2005 - 3A ON CAMPUS Prof will discuss ancient gender reversal expression Law Prof. Bruce Frier will host a free brown bag lecture at noon today discussing the lifestyle of the cinaedi, a group of males in the Roman Empire who pursued a life- style characterized by effeminate dress, makeup, hairdos and other aspects of gender reversal. The lecture will be held in the Rackham Graduate School's Ost...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 7, 2005 - 3 ON CAMPUS Office of LGBT Affairs to screen film on body image The Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisex- ual and Transgender Affairs will screen a feature-length documentary tomorrow on the subject of gay men, body image and eating disorders. The film is called "Do I Look Fat?" and explores how worrying about body image has become an identify- ing force of the gay community. The screening wi...…

…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...…

…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...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 7, 2006 - 3 ON CAMPUS Workshop to teach students about event planning The Trotter Multicultural Center is sponsoring a workshop to help students learn about the importance of evaluat- ing the campus events and activities they plan. Students will learn how to deter- mine their own strengths and weakness- es when it comes to event planning. It will take place today at 6:30 p.m. at the William Monroe...…

…NEWS I, The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 7, 2006 - 3 ON CAMPUS Scientist to lecture on new cell biology research Lydia Villa-Komaroff, a chief scientific officer at Cytonome, Inc. - a company that applies micro- fabrication, the process by which microchips and small sensors are designed, to cell biology research - will give a lecture today titled "Developing High Speed Cell Sort- ing for Cell Therapies." The event will take place at 4 ...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Friday, April 7, 2006 - 3 CON CAMPUS ' alum and Nobel laureate returns for lecture University alum and Nobel laure- ate Samuel C.C. Ting, a professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will deliver the Tau Beta Pi Centennial Lecture today. Ting, will begin his lecture, called "Encounter with 20th Century Phys- ics," at 5 p.m. in room 1800 of the Chemistry Building. Friars to hold 'Best Concert...…

…The Michigan Daily - Monday, August 7, 2000 - 3 The predecessors With last week's hiring, Bill Martin became the University's tenth athletic director, dating back to 1898 when Charles Baird was hired. Since then, the Athletic Department has been one; of the most tamed and successful in the country. Called 'business . geitnis of tie Yost- I eia football teams. Sent squad to its fist Rose Bowl. -d 3 First war-time ath- letic director. Hired Bra...…

…The Michigan Daily - Monday, August 7, 2006 - 3 'U' student rides cross country for charity Push America's Journey of Hope cycling event raises money for individuals with disabilities By Arikia Millikan For the Daily While the idea of riding a bicycle across the country may sound like a feat only attempted in the Guiness Book of World Records, Engineering sophomore Ben Luster views the trek as "the experience of a lifetime." After biking an a...…

… Senators search for extra higher ed funds By Louie Meizlish Daily News Editor Following Michigan Gov. John Engler's recommendation last week that the Um- versity receive no base increase in fuding, the state Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education met at Concordia College Friday to discuss ways to obtain more funding. The proposal, originally offered by state Budget Director Maty Lannoye, gave a 1.5 percent increase to the University. That ...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 7, 2004 - 3 Green Machine Website offers forum for inter-college friendships By Anal Sankarwergmann For the Daily From their first days in college, freshman search to meet the people with whom they can create substantial friendships and bonds. Theface- book.com - a new site aimed at students, alumni and faculty - seeks to be a catalyst in creating friendships among the college crowd. The website cont...…

…Monday, July 7, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 3 AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT Bill to widen scope of disability laws Effects will likely be minimal on campus By CHARLES GREGG-GEIST Daily News Editor A bill to update the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, now under consideration in the U.S. Sen- ate, may have major repercussions for employers across the country. But it appears the legislation will have very little effec...…

…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...…

…XT.rrtj 7,c" The Michigan fDailv, - Mondtav. JuIy7.9f2003 -3 1 IN t 1H.- W IN I IIG Ivilk !ball valiy - IwuIiuay, Busy , e-vvo - 0 CRIMAE Ann Arbor says goodbye to Top of the Park Caller hears loud fireworks in area, files police report A caller on Northwood Street report- ed last Friday to hearing loud fireworks in the area, according to the Department of Public Safety. But the caller was unable to make out who was setting off the fire...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday; October 7, 2008 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS LANSING Obama outspent McCain in Mich. after Labor Day Democratic presidential can- didate Barack Obama heavily outspent Republican rival John McCain in Michigan campaign advertising in the month before McCain pulled staff and advertis- ing from the state. The nonpartisan Michigan Campaign Finance Network said Monday that Objgma's spending surged in September. A ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, November 7, 2008 - 3 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, November 7, 2008 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS CHICAGO Obama selects Rahm Emanuel as chief of staff Barack Obama is signaling a shift in tactics and temperament as he moves from candidate to president- elect, pickingsharp-elbowed Wash- ington insiders for top posts. His choice yesterday for White House chief of staff- Rahm Eman- uel, a fiery ...…

…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 -...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, November 7, 2007 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS BAGHDAD 2007 was deadliest year yet for U.S. military in Iraq The U.S. military announced six new deaths yesterday, making 2007 the bloodiest year for Ameri- can troops in Iraq despite a recent decline in casualties and a sharp drop in roadside bombings that Washington links to Iran. With nearly two months left in the year, the annual toll is now 853 - three ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, December 7, 2007 - 3 THE CARTWHEELIN' KRIS KRINGLE NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON House passes first energy bill in three decades The House approved the first increase in federal automobile fuel efficiency requirements in three decades yesterday as part of an thi energy bill that also repeals billions Bi of dollars of oil company tax breaks b and encourages use of renewable a fuels. er The bill, passed b...…

…The Michigan Daily -- michigandaily.com Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, October], 2009 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT Commerce secretary says clean energy key to Midwest's future U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke told representatives of Midwest states yesterday that the growth of clean energy industries is key to the region's economic re- covery and future. Locke said new federal efforts such as a...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, December 7, 2009 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Monday, Decemher 7, 2009 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS COPENHAGEN * UN climate science head hopes for more action from the US By executive action, the Obama administration can boost the U.S. target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions beyond levels envi- sioned in legislation working its way through Congress, the head of the U.N. climate science n...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, January 7, 2009 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, January 7, 2009 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Gupta considered for surgeon general position President-elect Barack Obama has approached CNN's chief medi- cal correspondent, Sanjay Gupta, to be the country's next surgeon general, the cable network said yes- terday. CNN said it has kept Gupta from reporting on health care poli...…

…' The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.cam Tuesday, A pril 7, 2009 -- 3 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, April 7, 2009 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS Obama: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA I Analysts: Rocket gives North Korea war vvWeei new bargaining chip T 1 a . T T North Korea's new rocket launch gives the communist country another bargaining chip in negoti- ations over dismantling its nuclear weapons program even if the flight wasn't completely succ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, January 7, 2008 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS BAGHDADJ Iraqi soldier accused in killings of U.S. troops An Iraqi soldier is accused of turning on two decorated Ameri- can servicemen and shooting them to death during a joint operation in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said Saturday. An Iraqi official said the suspect may have links to mili- tant groups. The shooting the day after Christmas in the northern c...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS LAFAYETTE, Tenn. Twisters kill at least 54 people across the South At least 54 people were killed and hundreds injured Tuesday and yesterday by dozens of tornadoes that plowed across Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama. It was the nation's deadliest barrage of twisters in almost 23 years. President Bush gave assurances his administration stood ready to help. TeamsfromtheFed...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, March 7, 2008 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS BAGHDAD Bombing in crowded shopping area kills 53 Two bombs went off within minutes of each other in a crowded shopping district in the capital yes- terday, killing at least 53 people and wounding 130 - a reminder that deadly attacks are a daily threat even though violence is down. There were no immediate claims of responsibility. But back-to-back bombings - designe...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS SOCHI, Russia Bush, Putin fail to reach agreement on defense system President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to overcome sharp differences over a U.S. missile defense system, clos- ing their seven-year relationship yesterday still far apart on an is- sue that has separated them from the beginning. "Our fundamental attitude to- ward the American plan has not changed," Putin s...…

…4A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 7, 2000 cl ie luau adtlg Profs didn't prepare me for The Workplace " 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109 daily.letters@umich.edu Edited and managed by students at th e University of Michigan MIKE SPAHN Editor in Chief EMILY ACHENBAUM Editorial Page Editor Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of the majority of the Daily's editorial board. All other articles, lett...…

… 4 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 7, 2000 r.e i igrn B 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109 daily.letters@umich.edu Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opi the Daily's editorial board. All other articles, letters a necessarily reflect the opinion of The Michig .ROM T HE DAC Dad ynset, aV Daily endorsements at-a- Theres no place to hide: Planningfor t...…

…4A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, December 7, 2000" (Thle ticl igttn ttil Better watch out, better not cry, better not pout, I'm telling you why 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109 daily.letters@umich.edu Edited and manaed by University of Michigan MIKE SPAHN Editor in Chietf EMILY ACHENBAUNI Editorial Page Editor Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of the majori v of the Daily' editorial board. All other...…

…4 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 7, 2000 .Iije £ritiu & IdQt 420 Maynard Street HEATHER KAMINS Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Editor in Chief daily.letters@umich.edu Edited and managed by JEFFREY KOSSEFF students at the DAVID WALLACE University of Michigan Editorial Page Editors Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of the majority of the Daily's editorial board. All other articles, letters and cartoons do not necessari...…

…4A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 7, 2000 ilbe 3{drtgrx {{lg Racism doesn't always hide behind a white hood 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109 daily.letters@umich.edu Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan MIKE SPAHN Editor in Chief EMILY ACHENBAUM Editorial Page Editor Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of the majority of the Daily's editorial board. All other articles, lett...…

…4 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 7, 2000 bE ffictigrni &zi{g Political correctness and the "other" discrimination 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109 daily.letters@umich.edu Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan MIKE SPAHN Editor in Chief EMILY ACHENBAUM Editorial Page Editor Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of the majority of the Daily's editorial board. Al other articles, l...…

…4 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, April 7, 2000 tic ,{{tdiga II Spring is a time for reflection: One student's thoughts* 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, M1 48109 daily.letters@umich.edu Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan MIKE SPAHN Editor in Chief EMILY ACHENBAUM Editorial Page Editor Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of the majority of the Daily's editorial board. All other articles...…

…4 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, September 7, 2001 OP/ED 0 olhe irifgttn iBaiI 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 daily. letters@umich~edu EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 GEOFFREY GAGNON Editor in Chief MICHAEL GRASS NICHOLAS WOOMER Editorial Page Editors Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of the majority of the Daily's editorial board. All other articles, letter...…

…4 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 7, 2001 OP/ED c~be £kbtligtwn i1gl 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 daily.letters@umich.edu NOTABLE QUOTABLE t EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 GEOFFREY GAGNON Editor in Chief MICHAEL GRASS NICHOLAS WOOMER Editorial Page Editors Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of the majority of the Daily's editorial board. All ot...…

…4 -The Michigan Daily - Friday, December 7, 2001 OP/ED aloe ffiibi&tgttu Dflu 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 daily.letters@umich.edu EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 GEOFFREY GAGNON Editor in Chief MICHAEL GRASS NICHOLAS WOOMER Editorial Page Editors Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of the majority of the Daily's editorial board. All other articles, letters a...…

…4A - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 7, 2001 e lCict 'c nt ttilg 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 daily. letters@umich.edu An open letter to Bill Martin 9 BRANDEN SANZ DROPPING THE HAMMER EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 GEOFFREY GAGNON Editor in Chief MICHAEL GRASS NICHOLAS WOOMER Editorial Page Editors Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of the majorit...…