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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com CAMPAIGN From page 1 ing some candidates and bash- ing others. Many presidential hopefuls have joined the independent Facebook groups as a way of increasing their visibility. John Edwards, for example, is a member of 93 groups, includ- ing The Largest Facebook Group Ever. If Facebook is any indica- tion, Obama will be the 44th president. One Million Strong for Barack has the most members of any group sup...…

…6 8 - Friday, February 9, 2007 Blue falls on road By ANDY REID Daily Sports Writer IOWA CITY - For Iowa, play- ing the Michigan women's bas- ketball team was like a game of dominoes. Knock MICHIGAN 9 one down, IOWA 66 and the rest will follow. Inorder to disassemble the Wol- verines, the Hawkeyes first had to attack the lead domino: fresh- man center Krista Phillips. When she fell, Michigan had no answer, and the Hawkeyes stormed their way to...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, February 9, 2007 - 9 Freshman Adam DeJong, who won a state title at Canham Natatorium while in high school, hopes to add to his trophy collection while at Michigan. Prep champs fond of Canham By COURTNEY RATKOWIAK Daily Sports Writer As a sophomore and senior, Adam DeJong and Grant Burtch were champions at Canham Ntatorium. High school state meet cham- pions, that is. But the current Michigan f...…

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…Thursday, February 9, 2006 i Rv; STRUGES£ COMPT WI ,.Rf _ N;A T( 1\e..,R TH SAT Opinion 4A Alison Go wants podcasted lectures Arts SA Avery Hopwood's play comes to Mendelssohn Sports 8A Cagers set to take on Buckeyes One-hundred-fifteen years ofedntorialfreedom -rn-rn---- www.rmch/zrandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXVI, No. 72 @2006 The Michigan Daily O J 'U ' expects jump in funding Percentage change in state funding $...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 9, 2006 NATION/WORLD Bush rebukes Muslim violence NEWS IN BRIEF 1 mm. wu ~ mm~a r~u-- m ~m- - m ua.- President chides press to remember responsibilites of its freedom WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush condemned the deadly rioting sparked by cartoons of the prophet Muhammad yesterday, and his secre- tary of state accused Iran and Syria of trying "to inflame sentiments" across the Muslim world. Bu...…

… NEWS ON CAMPUS * Michigan Idol to hold tryouts Tryouts for the Michigan Idol talent contest will be held today at 9 p.m. on the lower floor of the Michigan Union. The final prize for the winning contestant is $500. Judges will see 50 contestants on a first-come, first-serve basis. Anyone wishing to participate should pre- pare a two-minute audition piece. Hawaiian scholar to lecture today Haunani-Kay Trask, a renowned scholar of Hawaiian st...…

…4A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 9, 2006 OPINION albe liitcigau 3 ui~g DoNN M. FRESARD Editor in Chief EMILY BEAM CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK Editorial Page Editors ASHLEY DINGES Managing Editor i EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com NOTABLE QUOTABLE '4All we've got is fear, and we're going to keep playing the fear card." - Sen. ...…

…Thursday February 9, 2006 arts. michigandaily. com artspage@michigandaily. com R TS91iigan Bailg 5A .S A... ..... Treat albums like art Belle & Sebastian aren't exactly the kind of band you'd expect to cause controversy. The lithe, pretty, melodic lines that support clever, sometimes heartwrenching lyrics seem more likely to serve as lullabies to the hip- ster set, not material for rabid contention. But for the intense emotional attach- ...…

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… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 9, 2006 - 7A *MPP Continued from page 1A observers had speculated MPP could be seen as too inexperienced to run are heading up the Defend Affirmati not yet announced Fox cosponsor lution to create t Review SelectC the assembly. task is to monitor The party's slogan is "Better hous- When asked w ing, better classes, a better student said: "My involve government." reflection of my b Fox and Nowin...…

…8A -The Michigan Daily -Thursday, February 9, 2006 ARTS Jake offers something for everyone By Trevor Campbell Daily Arts Writer MTV's barbershop reality can't cut it Years of writing, recording and touring can lead to stressful situations and hard times. Yet Gaines- ville, Fla. quintet Less Than Jake has thrived for 13 years. Perhaps it's their genre-bend- Less Than ing style, including influences Jake from ska, pop, punk, jazz and Tuesda...…

…Thursday February 9, 2006 sports. michigandaily. com sports@michigandaily.com OERTllSiigan tii 9A 9A Buc s brin N y it into By Matt Singer Daily Sports Editor Coming into last Saturday's matchup with Iowa, the Michigan s men's basketball team was seldom reminded of its disastrous 2004- 05 season. At the midway point of . . the Big Ten season, the Wolverines ALEX DZIADOSZ/Daily boasted a 6-2 record, already claim- The duo of Dion Harris and...…

…10A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 9, 2006 Wechter sprints for M' as his twin hurdles for Irish By Kimberly Chou Daily Sports Writer Somewhere between the years of dirty diapers and nursery school, sophomore sprinter Andrew Wechter and brother Austin endured the bane of identical twins everywhere - matching outfits. "When we were real little, our par- ents would dress us alike," Wechter said. "I would always wear blue and he woul...…

…0 0 0 EQMC Continued from page 4B car mental pop group Slumber Party. yo Linn, who heard about EQMC while set he was in high school, described ing Slumber Party as "one of my favor- cor ite bands period. They're all-girl be indie-pop, and mostly vocal with a drum machine. It's pretty rare to see EQ an all-girl band these days. Detroit fol has got a pretty good scene right sh now, and this is one branch from that net scene." alri Joining th...…

… 0 7f 3.I From The Editors R.ADOMSTDTI !ER E 3B The Daily Dish Ken Fischer confronts diversity in the University Musical Society. 3B The List A guide to the happenings, concerts and events around town this weekend. 4B EQMC The East Quad Music Cow op hosts local artists in the Halfass. 5B In My Own Words Jolene Bricker describes the complicated life of being disabled on campus. 6B Auto Symposium A discussion of the problerns and history o...…

…0 0 0 T1IDAI LY DISH i The best of the bad: R. Kelly and Chuck Norris Everyone's a Critic I Media Column By Kristin MacDonald Kit Ken Fischer, University Musical By Kate Sci urely you have all seen at least one chapter of R. Kelly's recent, stupendous (and, may I add, unironically Grammy-nominated) masterpiece "Trapped in the Closet." If not, get thee to the nearest computer and download the hip-hopera's 43-minute entirety. Poetry has ...…

… 0 -W are hired, there are some great successes, and then it becomes yesterday's news as some other hot topic takes over the inter- est of senior executives. Slow and steady may be successful, but it is not very exciting. Fundamentally, the Big Three do not in their gut believe in the value of developing people. My description of Toyota could apply almost as well to Honda. Nissan is somewhat of a different story and made bad business decis...…

…0 Honda. Sure, there are recalls and questions about how excit- ing designs are, but when sales are not up from last year at this time it is surprising. And market share in America and globally only seems to go in one direction: up! Why are there so many ups and downs for the traditional powerhouses in the American auto industry? Executives of these companies will blame it on external factors, or at least factors beyond their control, and t...…

… 0 0 S 0 WHYDET IS RUNNING ON R I AND WHATTO DO A A SYMPOSIUM H KURIAN POTHEN U AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY CONSULTANT JEFFREY LIKER 0 PROFESSOR, INDUSTRIAL AND OPERATIONS ENGINEERING LL I - &L~- Air- -- or many years, the i uste Automo automotive indus- a "perfect sto try has been the By Kurian Pothen tive Industry in )rm"? center of Detroit's economy. The city is home to three of the world's largest - Daimler-Chrysler, T he negativ...…

…Wednesday, February 9, 2005 Weather News 3 Dems for Dean: College Democrats endorse Dean Opinion 4 Jordan Schrader: How to fight MCRI One-/undredfourteen years ofedzorialfreedom HI: 30 LOW: 1 TOMOiRROW1: 2/14 Arts 8 Low sinks with style change on new album www.mzi'hiandaily. com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXV, No. 78 02005 The Michigan Daily Abbas, Sharon call for peace SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sha...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 9, 2005 NATION/WORLD Rice addresses NEWS IN BRIEF U.S. foreign policy in Europe PARIS (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice told European intel- lectuals yesterday "it is time to turn away from the disagreements of the past" that stem from the U.S. inva- sion of Iraq. Rice was giving an address on U.S. for- eignpolicy in Europe, Iraq, the Middle East and elsewhere to an audience of French s...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 9, 2005 - 3 * ON CAMPUS Speaker to promote grassroot activism, black power r Center for Afroamerican and African Studies Prof. Stephen Ward will be speak- ing at the CAAS brownbag series today at 9 a.m in Room 4701 of Haven Hall. Ward's lecture is titled Black Radical Thought, Grassroots Activism and the Roots of Black Power: Thoughts on the Lives and Work of James and Grace Lee Boggs. For more ...…

…4 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 9, 2005 OPINION ~Iz fidiga Ui JASON Z. PESICK Editor in Chief SUHAEL MOMIN SAM SINGER Editorial Page Editors ALISON GO Managing Editor EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com NOTABLE QUOTABLE Now, you guys should be applauding on that!" - Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, to Republican lawmake...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 9, 2005 - 5 " No survivors found in last week's plane crash U.S. experts will investigate to determine the cause of the crash that killed all 104 people on Afghan plane KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - All 104 people aboard an Afghan air- liner that hit a snow-covered moun- tain last week are dead, authorities said yesterday. NATO and Afghan soldiers man- aged to inspect the crash site, 20 miles east ...…

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… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 9, 2005 - 7 * CEASE FI RE Continued from page 1 actions against Palestinians and Israelis wherever they are," Abbas declared in a statement made after the meetings, as he, Sharon, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Jordan's King Abdullah II sat around a round table. Sharon made a similar pledge. "Today, in my meeting with chairman Abbas, we agreed that all Palestinians will stop all acts of vi...…

…February 9, 2005 arts. michigandaily. com artspage @rmichigandaily. com ARTS a 8 ~rq~ - '*~s.,,, ~ THE HOTTEST PICKS IN ENTERTAINMENT FROM A DAILY ARTS WRITER S Alternatives to Pitchfork - Since Pitchforkmedia.com's steady decline has turned into an all-out nosedive, fans must look elsewhere for indie-rock news and reviews. Check out the quality writing at indieworkshop.com (where you can, uh, read some of my work. Shameless, I know); j...…

… ARTS The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 9, 2005 - 9 SLOW JAMS BUTLER TOSSES TOGETHER FUNK, BLUES AND ROCK WITH SKILL ..ouurtesy of u, erg -suuiuz, "I fucking hate piano lessons with Gandma." Bejar scores with help from friends By Mary Catherine Finney Daily Arts Writer The John Butler Trio debuted their eclectic fusion of blues, funk, bluegrass, R&B and reggae in their native country of Australia last year, showcas- ing their m...…

…February 9,20 5 sports. michigandaily.com sports@michigandaily.com SPORTS I 10 Cagers can't hold off No. 1 Illinois What does a moral victory look like? By Josh Holman Daily Sports Editor Despite being Michigan's seventh straight loss, last night's 57-51 defeat to No.1 Illinois proved to be a change of pace for Michigan. But some of the same prob- lems that have haunt- ed the Wolverines IL"N1s5® (3-7 Big Ten, 12-12 ""H'AN 51 overall) du...…

…The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 9, 2005 -11 Corrigan matures into captain role By Sara uvingston Daily Sports Writer Dynamic. Aggressive. Efficient. When senior captain Geoff Corrigan arrived at Michigan, high school troubles had made him "a cocky kid with a chip on his shoulder," according to Michigan coach Kurt Golder. But over time, Corrigan has grown into a mature, responsible person and gym- nast. Leading his team both in and ou...…

…12 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 9, 2005 Injury couldn't ace Blue's Rubin By Jami Josephson Daily Sports Writer In his last year playing for the Michigan men's tennis team before trying to turn pro, senior Michael Rubin is not about to let any- thing get in his way - not even an injury. In last Saturday's win over Ball State, the veteran proved he's not so quick to retire, earning his 60th collegiate singles victory. "I didn't e...…

…Monday, Februar Arts 5A Disney re Olympic Miracle' Opinion 4A Zac PesK~ The Daily follows the hoi 4 4 n to Fairbankk 11 Y, p ts A'f ^ ' y 1..,. . 3A ears off. CiIN o. 92 Vol. CXIII, No. 92 .. Sports, Page 1B v , Weather .1: 36 LOW: 23 rmo1 www.michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan 02004 The Michigan Daily Wi. j.4.~V Measures Staken In dorms to stop virus By Ashley Dinges Daily Staff Reporter Since Friday, between 10 and I11 new c...…

…el 2A -The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 9, 2004 NATION/WORLD Israel to shift path of secui bamer NEWS IN BRIEF JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel will planned route, which dips deep into the [ _( change the route of its West Bank West Bank in some places. A D, Ia I separation barrier to cause less hard- ship for the Palestinians and gain U.S. support against legal challenges, an adviser to Israel's prime minister said yesterday. The barrier f...…

…news@michigandaily.com NEWS The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 9, 2004 - 3A SynS 0 Markley resident reports sexual assault in room DPS reports show that a University student was sexually assaulted by an acquaintance in her dorm room in Mary Markley Residence Hall Wednesday night. The assault is classified as third degree criminal sexual conduct, involv- ing forced sexual penetration, and is a felony charge that can have a maxi- mum of 15...…

…4A -The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 9, 2004 I q OPINION 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com opinion. michigandaily.com EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 JORDAN SCHRADER Editor in Chief JASON Z. PESICK Editorial Page Editor Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of the majority of the Daily's editorial board. All other articles, letters ...…

… Monday February , 2004 * arts.michigandaily.com artseditor@michigandaily.com RTrS 5A Courtesy or uisney Bring out the gimp. 'King' sequel pleases kids, but few others By Abby Stotz For the Daily "The Lion King 1 1/2" takes all the events and characters of the majestic Disney classic "The Lion King," switches the perspective and makes it more of a comedy. Told through the view of wiry meerkat Timon The Lion (Nathan Lane) and flatulent...…

…6A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 9, 2004 the michigan daily !!!!AVAIL. FALL 04!!!! 2 bdnm. apartments. 2004 RENTALS Central Campus, Water, Heat, Fum., and ADDRESS BDRM. BATH. PRICE TERM Prkg. Call Mary 260-3610. !!!AVAIL. IN MAY, efficiency in 1 bdrm apt., great central campus location., fur- nished., w/prkg. Call Mary @ 260-3610. !!PERFECT FOR GRAD STUDENTS!! Directly across from East Quad. Beautiful 1 bdrms. in chiing Tudor s...…

…The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 9, 2004 - 7A BACKUP an in-person visit to the sandwich shop and interviewed people, inspected the Continued from Page 1A area and concluded that everything had Thursday, Tierno said business was slow been handled properly and that there had in the entire building that day, not not been a risk to the community," said because of the backup but probably due OSEH spokeswoman Diane Brown. "He to weather condit...…

…8A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 9, 2004 ARTS By Vanessa Miller Daily Arts Writer .j$ Courtesy of Touchstone I dig your style too, man. You've got that whole cowboy thing going on. Costner feels at home on the 'Open Range' Rarely can a sequel be considered to be as good as, or even better than, the original. "Bar- bershop 2: Back in Business" fortunately man- ages to retain some of its predecessor's glory. "Barbershop 2" tells t...…

…CLASSIC MICHIGAN The Michigan women's gymnas- tics team finishes first in the State of Michigan Classic. URBANCHEK-IN' OUT After 22 years as a Michigan's swimming coach, Jon Urbanchek's final home meet results in a victory over Michigan State. PAGE 7B PAGE 8B SPORTSi. ctie Iiigttu 3tttgMM February 9, 2004 UNIMMERNMIll momm2mm Sim -ply amazing MICHIGAN 64, Purdue 63 In the end, getting a win mattered most DAN ROSEN Days of Thunder Af...…

…2B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday, February 9, 2004 CLUBSPORTSWEEKLY Club Spikers look to get back on track By John Stiglich II For the Daily After a disappointing fifth place tie two weeks ago at Central Michigan's tournament, the women's club volleyball team looks to improve upon its up-and- down start. The team wants to focus on playing its best at the end of the season, when it heads down to Charlotte, N.C., for the club championshi...…

…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 9, 2004 - 3B Players of the game SUNDAY'S GAME Tale of Coben - Wisconsin Michigan 55 75 Ashley Josephson (Wisconsin) Josephson's 20 points on 8-18 shooting kept Wisconsin within striking distance of Michigan early in the second half. Tabitha Pool (Michigan) Pool shot 11-of-16, and led the Wolverines in scoring, with 25 points. She also contributed seven rebounds and four assists. has journe...…

…4B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 9, 2004 Friday's game Saturday's game MICHIGAN WOLVERINES 4 MICHIGAN WOLVERINES *|. ALASKA-FAIRBANKS NANOKS 3 5 1 ALASKA-FAIRBANKS NANooKS SATURDAY'S GAME AlaskaFaibanks 5, Michigan 3 Michigan 1 2 0 - 3 Alaska-Fairbanks 1 2 2 - 5 First period -1, MICH, Andrew Ebbett 6 (T.J. Hen- sick, Milan Gajic) 9:57; 2, UAF, Ryan Campbell 10 (Jared Sylvestre) 12:26. Penalties - Ebbett, MICH (holdi...…

…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 9, 2004 - 5B Talkin' the talk "If we'd had (a timeout remaining), we'd have won the game." - Purdue coach Gene Keady discussing how the Boilermakers were unable to set up defensively following Brandon McKnight's basket with seven seconds left. SATURDAY'S GAME Purdue 63 Michigan 64 Players of the game Brandon McKnight (Purdue) The guard finished with 10 points and put Michigan on the ropes by hit...…

…- 6B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 9, 2004 6B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 9. 2004 * - w *I NFL PRO BOWL 2 legit 2 quit NFC comes back from 18-point deficit to win HONOLULU (AP) - There was nothing relaxing about yester- day afternoon in Hawaii: The highest-scoring Pro Bowl in histo- ry also might have been the most exciting edition of the NFL's all- star game. MVP Marc Bulger threw a Pro Bowl-recor...…

…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 9, 2004 - 7B Ray shines in Wolverines' home victory By Jeremy Antar Daily Sports Writer X79 6LlV1 NOTE In front of a season-high 4,089 fans at Crisler n.y. . .*,<<> Arena on Friday night, the Michigan women's, .^ gymnastics team dominated the intrastate com-,*0 petition in the State of Michigan Classic. Michi-. gan's score of 197.125 placed them comfortably............ above Central Michigan (19...…

…8B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 9, 2004 0 Brannen, Willis break four minutes By James V. Dowd Daily Sports Writer On May 6, 1954, Englishman Roger Bannister did what the world had thought was impossible. At the Oxford University track, he ran a mile in 3:59.4 - the first person in history to run a sub-four-minute mile - and became world-famous, seen as almost superhuman to most. Since then, some of the glamour sur- roundin...…

…One hundred ten years ofeditorialfredom lrnt NEWS: 76-DAILY CLASSIFIED: 7640557 wwwmichigandaily.com Friday February 9, 2001 , , r , <>r , ,, I &tudy, reveals political apathy By John Polley For the Daily In an annual report on incoming college freshman, the Higher Educa- tion Research Institute revealed this week that political interest among dents has hit an all-time low. [he report was based on HERI's survey of incoming students at 4...…

…2 -The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 9, 2001 NATION/WORLD Bush delivers tax plan to Congress WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush sent his $1.6 trillion, 10-year tax-cutting proposal to Con- gress yesterday, insisting it is a necessary tonic for the economy. "A warning light is flashing on the dashboard of our economy and we just can't drive on and hope for the best," he said. "We need tax relief now. In fact, we need tax relief yesterday,"...…