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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...…

…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...…