…Monday, January 9, 2006 " News 3A Bill would help with heating costs Opinion 4A Suhael Momin on Coke and liberal activism * Arts SA Entrails on display in 'Hostel.' BA MA~kKERhS TAKE CAGERS TO THE WR ... SPORTSMONDAY One-hundredjifteen years of editorialfreedom www.michigandaiy. com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXVI, No. 50 @2006 The Michigan Daily Ballot wording called fair New proposal modifies language of ballot measure that would ban a...…
…2A -The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 9, 2006 NATION/WORLD Doctors to end Sharon's coma NEWS IN BRIEF Israeli prime minister still in critical condition, but brain scan shows signs of improvement JERUSALEM (AP) - A scan of Ariel Sharon's brain yesterday showed improvement, but doctors decided to wait another day to start bringing the Israeli leader out of his medically induced coma, an important step in determining how much dam- age he...…
… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 9, 2006 - 3A ON CAMPUS * Free HIV testing at Office of LGBT affairs A counselor from the HIV/Aids Resource Center will be at the Office of LGBT Affairs from 6 to 7 p.m. today offering free and anonymous HIV test- ing. This service will be offered every Monday for the rest of the semester. Seattle artist to share scientific painting Jaq Chartier, an artist who explores scientific methods through expe...…
…4A -The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 9, 2006 OPINION itbe aMibiwn * rntg 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 Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illust...…
…The Society of Women Engineers and UBS Present: Summer Internship Presentation for Sales & Trading and Information Technology Date: Time: Venue: January 9, 2006 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM: Information Technology Tech Talk 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM: Sales & Trading Mock Trading 1017 DOW Internship Resume Drop Deadlines: Business School Equities Sales & Trading: January 5, 2006 Fixed Income, Foreign Exchange-CCT: January 5, 2006 Engineering School Equities Sa...…
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… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 9, 2006 - 7A MCRI Continued from page 1A cept of preferences, and to say that there are preferences in American society for women and minorities is to push a Hit- lerian 'Big Lie' to shape social policy. There are no preferences for minorities and women in American society" MCRI, One United Michigan and BAMN plan on making their respective cases to the State Board of Canvassers at its next meeting. ...…
…Monday January 9, 2006 arts. michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaily.com RTeStrdlianBadly 8A . ... ........ . . . .. .. .. .. ... .. . Language lessons Welcome back to the dorms, frosh! 'HOSTEL PASS Rom's LATEST OFFERS FAMILIAR ARRAY OF DISMEMBERMENT, TORTURE In Stephen Gaghan's "Syriana," the ignorantw audience has to deal with the follow- We tak ing languages: Arabic, Chinese, Urdu, wars? We' Persian, French, German and English. an ...…
…I. MOUNTAIN HAWKS PINNED: Grapplers take care of business with late surge against Lehigh. PAGE 2B THE SPORTSMONDAY COLUMN: Ever start a scrum in little league? Ian Herbert breaks down the best sports fights. PAGE 3B RUNNING SWEEP: The men's and women's track teams performed well over the weekend. PAGE 6B SPORTS ONDAY January 9,2006 lB Michigan 68, PURDUE 65 ---------- .......... 111,41 F Spoilermakers denied 0. Horton steps up in ...…
…2B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - January 9, 2006 CLUBSPORTSWEEKLY Boxing gives student chance to compete By Eileen Hengel Daily Sports Writer First, left foot forward and left punch across body to contact right side of opponent. Then, transfer weight to front leg and wait for opponent to answer. All of these thoughts race through sophomore Lauren Lobert's mind when she enters the ring. She tries to keep her mind clear and retrace the...…
…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - January 9, 2006 - 3B *The scare in A2 all the great spo e spit on someone? He cocked his head back and actually let saliva fly into the face of a fel- low football player? I couldn't believe what I was hearing. In the middle of the biggest game of the last six years for every Washington sports fan - Saturday's playoff game against Tampa Bay - the Redskins' star safety, Sean Taylor, got himself ejected becau...…
…4B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - January 9, 2006 HITTING AFTER THE WHISTLE 01 ICE HOCKEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK Friday's Game MICHIGAN 4 - ALASKA-FAIRBANKS 0 Saturday's Game ALASKA-FAIRBANKS 4 - MICHIGAN 2 Chad Kolarik Michigan Kolarik tallied one goal and an assist in Friday night's game against Alaska-Fairbanks. During the Saturday's loss, the sophomore notched his seventh goal of the season. NOTABLE QUOTABLE "It wasn't too awkwa...…
…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - January 9, 2006 - 5B FASTBREAK Men's Basketball Saturday's Game MICHIGAN 68 - PURDUE 65 Smith impresses in his starting lineup debut By Kevin Wright Daily Sports Writer The butterflies were fluttering around in his stomach. But when the referee lofted the ball on the tipoff of Saturday's game, the butterflies disap- peared for freshman Jerret Smith. In his first collegiate start, Smith made a quick impa...…
…6B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - January 9, 2006 Top freshmen finishers spark hope for new season M MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Relay race too close to call, ends in draw for 'M' By Chris Herring Daily Sports Writer Yes, the future is looking bright for the Michigan women's track and field team. On Saturday at the Jack Harvey Invitational freshmen accounted for four of the six first-place finishes in individual events. The team's season o...…
…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...…
…Thursday, February 9, 2006 News 2A Three college students arrested for setting Ala. church fires NORTHARD BOUND: EXPANS.N PANS FR SOH CAMPUS .1LhE STATEMENT r~r i lOli Opinion 4A Chris Zbrozek demands monarchy Arts 5A Students bring digital art to Duderstadt One-hundredfifteen years of editorialfreedom www.mic/kandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXV, No. 87 ©2006 The Michigan Daily Plans to expand Entr6e Plus stalled " LSA-SG hopes to ...…
…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 9, 2006 NATION/WORLD Students arrested for church fires GUANTANAMO BAY Volunteer lawyers represent prisoners Fires struck nine Alabama churches last month; suspects say it started as a joke BIRMINGHAM Ala. (AP) - Three college students, including two aspiring actors known around campus as pranksters, were arrested yesterday in a string of nine church fires that spread fear across Ala- bama last mo...…
… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 9, 2006 - 3A ON CAMPUS Comedy skits about college life to be performed The University Unions Arts and Pro- grams is sponsoring a series of comedic skits about various aspects of college life. The event will be held at Michigan League today at 8:30. Admission is free. 'Control Room' to be shown at Lane Hall The Center for Middle Eastern and North African studies will be sponsor a viewing of the film...…
…4A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 9, 2006 /PN UPINION a brefa d ,& 143 w i1J NOTABLE STEPHEN BUSCH L.DSR:APER QUOTABLE DONN M. FRESARD EMILY BEAM ASHLEY DINGES H Editor in Chief CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK Managing Editor Editorial Page Editors EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT* 1 THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 My profile 420 MAYNARD STREET on these is ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 onth'suspects tothedaily@michigandaily.com shot all to heck and b...…
…Thursday March 9, 2006 arts. michigandaily. com artspage@michigandaily.com RTSe iCigt i t 5A . . . . . . . . . THE TOP OF POP MEDIA BLITZ THE OSCAR EDITION BECAUSE, NO, WE STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN OVER THEM Hot celebrity moms - Jennifer Garner almost slipped because of her sudden "ballast" that accompanies the wonderful state of - how did the Victorians say it? - being with child. And even the full-fledged, experienced mom, the ever-dazzling...…
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… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 9, 2006 - 7A ENTREE Continued from page 1A parison because its campus is not as integrated into the community as Michigan's. "We should look at a campus more like ours," Siegel said. Other schools' solutions to the possible loss of revenue include the creation of a small flat rate or percentage charge to businesses that use entree plus, Madoff said. According to Madoff, schools like Michigan State h...…
…8A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 9, 2006 ARTS Worn soundtrack provides bland emo The last thing people think of when it comes to Seattle is music. The Pacific city is known for high suicide rates, Blue Ray Allen and the Space Needle. Scholars But in the early.'90s, they intro- duced the world to grunge music Blue Scholars with Nirvana's explosion/anthem Self-Released "Smells Like Teen Spirit." Around that same time, Seattle introd...…
…Thursday March 9, 2006 sports. michigandaily.com sports@michigandaily.com Ujeb Sdigrhan &i iI SPO RTrS 9A 9A P ROCRASTINATION STATION MINNESOTA 94. MICHIGAN 86 The men's basketball beat decided to take a page out of the football writers' book and play today's matchup a day early. Is it a bad omen for Michigan's NCAA Tournament hopes? We'll now find out. * Play of the game - With less than a minute to go, Minnesota PG #24 missed a free thr...…
…10A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 9, 2006 Paid Advertisement 0 Open Letter Regarding The Coca-Cola Company's Commitment to Labor Rights As someone who has devoted my career to labor issues, I share the concerns of student activists regarding labor conditions around the world. Through my work , with the United Nations International Labor Organization, I have seen firsthand the manifold difference it makes in the lives of individuals, f...…
…0 0 NORTH CAMPUS Continued from page 9B Monorail, Monorail here are always new ideas spring- ing up as to how to avoid the iso- lation that North Campus can exude. In 1998, Kelbaugh and Bob Beckley, his predecessor as dean, co-taught a studio to explore pos- sibilities for constructing, of all things, a monorail connecting Central Campus or the Medical Campus to North. At first, con- sidering that the development of Central Campus is all b...…
… 0 0 , r 3B The Daily Dish Clayton Lewis preserves historical graphics at the Clements Library. 4B Literary Community Karl Pohrt fights for the community in the face of growing corporate cor petition 5B In My Own Words Lloyd Cargo shows off his c lectic musc taste every Wednesday on WCBN. 6B Northern Exposure A monorail is just one of the possible plans to further develop North Carnpus 1OB Media Column Kristin MacDonald examines the diff...…
…! ! w w 0 Celebrity role playing: character vs. caricature TH-E DAILY DISH Everyone's a Critic I Media Column By Kristin MacDonald Preserver of Clayton Lewis, Curator of Graphics at ti By Kate i nternet ads for the Oscars took a blatantly star-oriented spin this year. "Heath vs. Philip!" blared one, flashing a photo- shpped image of cowboy-hatted Heath Ledger glaring down a meekly spectacled Philip Sey- mour Hoffman. Though it perhap...…
…w 7W U Cultivating a community Bookseller takes citizenship seriously By Melissa Runstrom / Daily Staff Writer vey year, on the first day of glasses, the workers dress in -_drag in honor of a Shaman Dru m employee who died from AIDS (and in his youth had a penchant for dressing in drag). The current staff- ers at the bookshop dress up to dish out information about safe sex and raise AIDS awareness. "It is a way of remembering this man and ...…
…0 0 "What I encouraged the students to do, what I felt was lack- ing in the discussions about North Campus was a solid idea of what kind of environment it was or should be," she says. Each group had its own idea. The first group felt that North Campus should stick to the original plan by Saarinen, which had lots of open space, was tailored for automobile use and had a classically modern feel. The second group thought that North Campus should...…
…" 0 0 0 0 0 " .0 PHOTOS BY ANGELA CESERE AND STEVEN TAI/Daily ABOVE: Students walk the four-story spiral staircase at the new Computer Science building. RIGHT: North Campus houses the schools of Art and Design, Architecture and Urban Planning, Engineering and Music. BOTTOM: The botanical hallway of the EECS n 1950, the Board of Regents purchased a few hundred acres of land located north of the Huron River near the Medical Campus. The land, ...…
…I Monday, October 9, 2 News 2A NATO chief: Afghans may switch allegiance Opinion 4A Imran Syed: What if Wellstone had lived? 006 WOLVERINES CONQUER SPARTANS . SPORTS ONDAY One-hundred-sixteen years ofediorialfreedom Arts wwz 5A 'The Departed': Scorcese's romance with his audience --- --- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -- w.michiandail .com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXVII, No. 25 2006 The Michigan Daily Hillel leader honorary member of...…
…2A-The Michigan Daily - Monday, October 9, 2006 NATION/WORLD 413 E. Huron St., Ann Arbor, MI48104-1327 www.michigandaily.com DoNN M. FREsARD ALEXIS FLOYD Editor in Chief Business Manager fresard@michigandaily.com business@michigandaily.com NEWS IN BRIEF rN RICHMOND, Va. Allen didn't disclose some stock options For the past five years, Sen. George Allen has failed to tell Congress about stock rx I options he got for his work as a director o...…
… NEWS Monday, October 9, 2006 - The Michigan Daily - 3A ON CAMPUS Book editor to speak on cultural competence Janet Bennett, executive director of the Intercultural Training Insti- tute in Portland, Ore., will discuss intercultural competence in her lecture, "On Becoming a Global Citizen: The Path to Engaged Citi- zenship' The presentation will be in the Michigan Union ballroom at 4 p.m. today. Free orchestra performance at Hill Auditorium T...…
…4A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, October 9, 2006 i Irtchtout, gat v OPINION Ch;. -CMETO 1 DONN M. FRESARD Editor in Chief EMILY BEAM CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK JEFFREY BLOOMER 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 Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other sign...…
