…c Illic1 i an ail..V Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, January 7, 2009 michigandaily.com COURSE EVALUATIONS Online evals go smoothly MAX COLLINS/Daily Ann Arbor resident Nick Jacobsen smokes a cigarette yesterday inside Fleetwood Diner. Despite expectations that a bill to ban smoking in public places would pass during the Michigan legislature's lame-duck session, the state House and Senate failed to reach a compromise on two separate bills l...…
…kF208OPINION Column: Why the United States shouldn't -, A . be sending more troops to Afghanistan. 4A THE B-SId$ anziIj Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, January 8, 2009 michigandaily.com FIGHTING ILLEGAL FILE-SHARING RIAA abandons mass lawsuits Recording industry will now rely Internet providers to police illegal file-sharers By AMY MUNSLOW Daily Staff Reporter The Recording Industry Association of America announced last month that it's chang...…
…FROM THE DAI LY: Why the state legislature's failure to pass a public smoking ban is hurting innocent people and the state's economy. See Opinion, Page 4 GROWING YOUNGER Brad Pitt shines at every age in director David Fincher's coming-of-age tale about a man who goes from old to young. See Arts, Page 5 UFje *id6igan Fi Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, January 9, 2009 michigandaily.com THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION Large-scale plan proposed for eco...…
…46F Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, January 12, 2009 AN EXCLUSTVE RIDE michigandaily.com UNIVERSITY POLICE DPS set to undergo evaluation SAIDALSALAH/Daily Two European journalists inspect the interior of the Bentley GT at the North American International Auto Show on the floor of the Cobo Convention Center yesterday. The 2009 auto show opened yesterday to 6,000 members of the press to take a look at the latest models and concept cars from dom...…
…I e f id~igan DaIuj Ann Arbor Michigan Tuesday, January 13, 2009~ michigandailycom BULDING A NEW ECONOMY Colleges among A SNOWMAN THAT LASTS few still New projects at UM and Michigan State will create jobs despite economic troubles By NICOLE ABER Daily StaffReporter As the state's auto industry continues to crumble, public universities in Mich- igan are creating their own bailout for the state's deteriorating economy. Despite the nation'...…
…aIie Midigan DaiI1j Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, January 14, 2009 michigandaily.com EXPANDING GREEK LIFE Greek houses set for return to campus CLIF REEDER/Daily Myoungdo Chung, a mechanical engineering graduate student, researches yesterday in a lab involved with battery testing in the G.G. Brown Laboratories on North Campus. G,'U' joi to test batteries Two sororities and two fraternities in long process to re-claim chapters By VERONIC...…
…yMxRE INSIDE GGY"OP"AD THRNSTN "MO RE' SPORTS A LLCNNECTET ANN A R ?M' picks up second Big Ten loss despite sophomore Manny Harris's 20-point effort. 8A OPINION American Movement for Israel and Students Allied for Freedom and Equality offer their take on Gaza. 4A Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, January 15, 2009 michigandaily.com ANIMAL TESTING 'U,under fire for testing on dogs Group files federal complaint that University prof. made false st...…
…ici n 43al194 .,- ..IS FJEDIT(,"RL 1REED1 S Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, January 16, 2009 michigandaily.com CLEANING CRISLER FOR A GOOD CAUSE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY Big names to talk on MLK Day ARIEL BOND/Daily Students in the Pre-Med and Women's Ultimate Frisbee Clubs clean up Crisler Arena last night after the women's basketball game. Proceeds from helping with the clean- up went to support Camp Make-A-Dream for cancer patients. P...…
…1 e Ic 1 an 4:3at19 Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, January 20, 2009 michigandaily.com INAUGURATION DAY Students head for Washington College Democrats, NAACP organize buses to Inauguration By LINDSAY KRAMER Daily Staff Reporter While many students will be spending today glued to their screens as Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th president of the Unit- ed States, some lucky students will have a chance to watch the action firsthand in Wash...…
…Once big donors, the Detroit Three are now turning to the University to gain a technological edge. 4Iiffiid1 pn &xiIa Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, January 21,2009M michigandaily.com From D.C. to Ann Arbor, University students watch historic ceremony By KYLE SWANSON Daily Staff Reporter With the world watching, Barack Obama was sworn in yesterday as the 44th president of the United States on the west steps of the Capitol Building. Obama's...…
…MORRE INSIDE UOPINION F L E What President Barack PRPER TAR I A Obamaneeds todofor ATthe LGBT community. See Page 4A fIiE1id-igan it Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, January 22, 2009 michigandaily.com Magee's journey comes full circle An A2 native, new DPS head goes from DEA post in Colombia to running campus police By TREVOR CALERO Daily News Editor Ken Magee, the new director of the University's Department of Public Safety, can still remem...…
…I1E EIIyan atF & I ONL I.NjIIM IN I 1"''S (.)F DII LPT I I~l Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, January 23, 2009 michigandaily.com SALMONELLA OUTBREAK Res halls bring peanut butter back Peanut products which are managed by AVI Food Systems. pulled Monday, Residential Dining Services staff received an e-mail on Mon- back on shelves day from University Housing administrators advising them to yesterday suspend the use of peanut butter products and ...…
…C . P tc4l an at l Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, January 26, 2009 michigandaily.conm NORTH CAMPUS RENOVATIONS 'Uasks for G.G. Brown fix-up funds If capital outlay economic growth for the region and the state. request is accepted, "The Mechanical Engmeerig Department is consistently ranked state will shoulder in the top five undergraduate and graduate programs nationally in some of the costs a field strategically important for revitalizing th...…
…,ddMMftib- '-am 46F 4bF, cl ,4e .4jjjC I a......' n. 4,3at Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, January 27, 2009 michigandaily.com ACADEMICS AND ATHLETICS Proposals take on eligibility, bowl perks CHRIS DZOMBAK/Daily Bill Ayers, a controversial figure during last year's presidential election, and his wife, Bernardine Dohrn, field questions during an event at the Graduate Library last night. Ayers pushes new activism 'u t Ob 'alum and wife polit...…
…w e 13idigan Bail Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, January 28, 2009 michigandaily.com MAKIN' LOVE TO THE CAMERA CITY HOUSiNG Affordable housing to come to A Plans mulled to planning to replace any loot parking space by either build- convert one of three ing underground parking lots or additional levels to the parking parking lots into lot on the corner of Ann Street and Ashley Street. low-income housing The housing site would include 60 to ...…
…BUCKEYE BLITZ Michigan men's basketball team Alterantive spring break adventures, Page 6B " reverts to old wa archrival Ohio Sta ..t" ra ." . a ra .Aaa r . ... ". .,, ysinslpp lssto memories from past spring breakS, ae4 te, Page 7A How to save money while traveling, Page 3B OINEIRIdENgan Bai Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, January 29, 2009 michigandaily.com HATCHER'S TOP SHELF STATE GOVERNMENT 'U' alum set to take reigns of state GOP C...…
…46F 46F 4*1 4,3 4c ic4i an at Im Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, January 30, 2009 michigandailycom CANDY, CARDS AND CONDOMS 'illANO-KAMPFER CONFRONTATION Hearing begins in Milano court case Pamphlets, buttons, condoms and candy were available to the public at Sexpertise on the terrace of East Hall last night. The two-day long event brings in local experts to discuss matters of sexual health and relationships in conversations and activities. ...…
…4 2A - Wednesday, January 7, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MOVING BACK IN When grades aren't on time It's a University-wide policy that professors sub- mit their final grades with- in 72 hours of giving their final exams, but University administrators don't enforce the policy. Instead the deans of indi- vidual schools are charged with making sure professors get their grades in on time. Alan Deardorff, associ- ate dean at th...…
…2A - Thursday, January 8, 2009 2A -Thusday Jauary8, 009 2. V~)The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Vietnam War protest takes new form In the spring of 1972, politi- cal activism raged on campus as f the Vietnam War continued into another year. On a festive day in May, the anger of anti-war protesters reached its climax when they dug four "bomb :. craters" on campon to symbolize the destruction that the war was causing >> to the Vietnam cou...…
…2 - Friday, January 9, 2009 2 -FriayJanary9, 009The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 4 MONDAY: TUESDAY: In Other Ivory Towers Campus Characters Snapshots of the Union Every Friday, the Daily's photo staff will select the hest photos from news assign- ments and around Ann Arhor. Some mill appear here, the rest will he in a slideshow on michigandaily cow. WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY:FRDY Explained Before You Were Here Poo fteWe CRIME NOTES Vehicle ...…
…2A - Monday, January 12, 2009ThMihgnDly-mcgadlco The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4 n MODA: Othe IvryToer TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: Before You Were Here THURSDAY: Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained Utah Greeks face charges in pledge death A BREWING EDUCATION Two Greek chapters are facing felony charges after an la-year-old pledge died of alcohol poisoning in November, The Salt Lake Trihune reported. Paramedics found M...…
…2 - Tuesday, January 13, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.cam 4 2 - Tuesday, January13, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 4 MONDAY: WEDNESDAY: In Other Ivory Towers Camps C -r Explained They call her'Mama Sue' As the house mom for the Chi up, and she said she spends two dents, and she has ma Omega sorority, Sue Volz has been a months every summer at a second about those with who second mother to hundreds of female house she ...…
…2A - Wednesday, January 14, 2009 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com 2A - Wednesday, January14, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom WINTERFEST IS STRONG IN THIS ONE The transition period Election Day for federal offices is always the Tues- day after the first Monday of November. But, since 1937, Inauguration Day has always occurred on Jan. 20th. So why the long wait? During the transition period between the presi- dential election...…
…2A - Thursday, January 15, 2009 . 2A -Thurday Janary15, 009The Michigan Daily - michigandailytcom Bringing the Olympic torch to 'U' University athletes have always had a prominent place in the Olympic Games. From track and field star Eddie Tolan to the most promi- nent face of the 2008 games, Michael Phelps, athletes have represented the Maize and Blue well in interna- tional competition. But what if instead of just competing in the games,...…
…2 - Friday, January 16, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 40 2 - Friday, January 16, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom * LET.tdetsAlidfo~Fedo ndEqait eprsnaiosadote eontaos eg ntestp v heUion Wedne s daua al tqupotGzagt .udra . hnlVnHhbugLtrn /aiyiO qirl telcve tomtrgi LEFmbSrghnsGAllardforatFteeroitadEu lihyratrtheCn Cosnentoheneron sunday. (Saidon Ahstep ofthUnonWedes MORE PICTURES ONLINE Fortmote Photostof the Week, c...…
…2A - Tuesday, January 20, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom MONDAY: WEDNESDAY: In Other Ivory Towers C apsCaat Explained, Captain o the party bus THURSDAY: FRIDAY: Before You Were Here Photos of the Week It wouldn'tbe a normal night fur Benny Thomas Blevins, the BTB party bus driver, if intoxi- rated students, weren't falling off of the bus steps ur usingsthe luggage carrier pole as a strip- per pole. Blevins, known as Benny by m...…
…0 2A - Wednesday, January 21, 2009 SLIDING TO AN "A" The drugstore desert As the state hunkers down for another long Michigan win- ter, the need for medicines to treat everything from a runny nose to the flu is high. So where can students and faculty have their prescriptions filled? There's always the Village Apothecary on South University Avenue, but the list pretty much ends there. Maggie Ladd, the South University business director said...…
…2A - Thursday, January 22, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2A - Thursday, January 22, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom I CAN HAZ MUFFIN? ..E I. Undergraduates go underground The prospect of being underground, sweltering in 120 degree heat and sur- rounded by reinforced concrete, did little to deter "Tunnel Bob" from his many forays into the University's tun- nel system. The University's six miles of under- ground mai...…
…2 - Friday, January 23, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4 2 - Friday, January 23, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom ~ - 14 MORE PICTURES ONLINE For more Photos of the Week, check out our slideshow at www.michigandaily.com (Left) The Ross School of Business community watches the inauguration of President Barack Obama in Blau Auditorium. (MAX COLLINS/Daily) (Right) The Michigan Band plays during the women's basketball g...…
…2A - Monday, January 26, 2009ThMihgnDly-mhgadlco The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ' Greek membership down at U. Wisconsin A BREWING EDUCATION Participation in the Greek sys- tens at the University of Wiscon- sir-Madison is falling due to hard economic times, The Badger Her- ald reported. The University's Panhellenic group is said to he exploring ways, to raise money to increase scholarships to avoid losing more mcembers. Additionally...…
….cW° 4 2 - Tuesday, January 27, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom MONDAY: TUESDAY: WEDNESDAY: In Other Ivory Towers Campus Characters Explained THURSDAY: FRIDAY: Before You Were Here Photos of the Week 1ASPRIT SINGH, YOGA ExibElReNEUR A professor gets f'lexible On State Street, above a flight of creaky stairs over Mr. Greek's Coney Island, is a room covered entirely in brightly colored mats. Rows of ropes are suspended on bars ...…
…2A - Wednesday, January 28, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MOt~4DAY: TUESDAY: THURSDAY: FRIDAY: MONDAY: TUESA:WDESDAY: THURSDAY: FRIDAY: In Other Ivory Towers Campus Characters Explained _Before You Were Here Photos of the Week WHAT HAPEc e PTY KEGS? A ecretbew? As many have put it before, beer is the leading social lubri- cant distributed at college parties across the nation. The average college student is well-read in this a...…
…01 2A - Thursday, January 29, 2009 VVS The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom SHUT UP, PLEASE Living in rooming houses The anxieties of arriv- ing on campus for the first time can he intimidating for must freshmen, hut before the a930s, Univer- sity students had to find a place to sleep before they could make new friends. Modeling German cam- puses, the first University president, Henry Tappan, reasoned that student housing wasn't necess...…
…2 - Friday, January 30, 2009 2-Fr9vv. The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com (Left) "Bedroom" set up at the C.C. Little bus stop Thursday. There was no apparent person or group behind the installation. (ANNA BAKEMAN/Daily) (Right) Pillars outside the Ross School of Business. (SAM WOLSON/Daily) CRIME NOTES CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Che ltdhigan AMl 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com GARY GRACA ELAINA BUGLI Editor in C...…
…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.com Thursday, January 8, 2009 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, January 8, 2009 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Feds: inauguration attractive target for terrorist threats U.S. intelligence officials say the Jan. 20 inauguration is an attrac- tive target for international and domestic terrorist groups, but they know of no specific threat that might disrupt the celebration. An intelligence ass...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, January 9, 2009 - 3 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, January 9, 2009 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Obama tax plan finds opposition in Senate President-elect Barack Obama's proposed tax cuts ran into opposi- tion Thursday from senators in his own party who said they wouldn't do much to stimulate the economy or create jobs. Senators from both parties agreed that Congress should do somet...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, January 12, 2009 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Senate Democrats pass wilderness protection bill In a rare session yesterday, the Senate advanced legislation that would set aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as wilderness. Majority Democrats assembled more than enough votes to over- come GOP stalling tactics in an early showdown for the new Congress. Republicans complained that Democrat...…
…6 The Michigan Daily - michibandailY.com Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 3 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, January13, 2009 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Bush asks Congress for rest of bailout funds Acting at Barack Obama's behest, President George W. Bush yesterday asked Congress for the final $350 billion in the financial bailout fund, effectively ceding economic reins to the president-elect in an extraordi- nary display of transit...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON U.S. deficit hits record level; could top $1 trillion The federal government already has run up a record deficit of $485.2 billion in just the first three months of the current budget year. And economists say the imbalance for the full year could easily top $1 trillion, pushed to that eye-popping level by the spending the government is likely to do...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS RAMALLAH, West Bank Obama team assures lawmakers about bailout President-elect Barack Obama would spend the remaining $350 billion of a financial bailout fund on expanded lending and reduced foreclosures and would not use the money to help other industries, lawmakers said yesterday after dis- cussions with Obama emissaries. The Senate was set to vote today on whether to release the money. Law...…
…I The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, January 16, 2009 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS CABIMAS, Venezuela Venezuela seeks Big Oil investments Squeezed by slumping crude prices, Venezuela is reaching out to the multinational oil compa- nies it once demonized as imperi- alist profiteers. Venezuela is soliciting bids from the world's major oil compa- nies to extract heavy crude from vast deposits in its Orinoco River region. Despite President Hugo C...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, January 20, 2009 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, January 20, 2009 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Hamas fighters seek to restore order in Gaza Uniformed Hamas security fteams emerged on Gaza City's streets yesterday an leaders of the Islamic militant group vowed to restore order in the shattered Pal- estinian territory after a three- week pummeling by the Israeli mil...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Kennedy taken to hospital during Obama luncheon Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, ill with a brain tumor, was hospital- ized Tuesday but quickly reported feelingwell after suffering a seizure at a post-inauguration luncheon for President Barack Obama. "After testing, we believe the incid...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Obama to shut down Guantanamo detention center President Barack Obama will begin overhauling U.S. national security policy today with orders to close the Guantanamo Bay deten- tion center, review military trials of terror suspects and end harsh interrogations, two government officials said. Together, the three executive orders and a presidential directive will reshape how the Unite...…
…6 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, January 23, 2009 - 3 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, January 23, 2009 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS NEW YORK Kennedy withdraws from Senate race ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Caroline Kennedy's mysteriously abrupt decision to abandon her Senate bid gave rise to an ugly swirl of accusa-' tions Thursday and feverish specu- lation over whether she jumped or was pushed. The 51-year-old daughter of President...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, January 26, 2009 -- 3A NEWS BRIEFS NEW YORK Gillibrand promises common ground Senator-designate Kirsten Gilli- brand pledged yesterday to combat gunviolencewhile protectinghunt- ers' rights, saying "there's enor- mous space for common ground" on issues that she differs from fel- low New York Democrats. Gillibrand met yesterday with Gov. David Paterson, senior Sen. Charles Schumer and Secretary o...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, January 27, 2009 - 3 1 NEWS BRIEFS Geithner sworn in as treasury secretary NEW YORK son a ertr Radar systems to help pilots track flocks of birds Some of the nation's busiest airports will soon begin testing experimental radar systems de- signed to track flocks of birds and help pilots avoid the type of colli- sion believed to have crippled a US Airways jet nearly two weeks ago. Proponents say...…
…The Michigan Daily - michiganclaily.com Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS ATLANTA Food inspectors didn't consider salmonella a threat Food regulators didn't consider salmonella a threat to most pea- nut products before they traced an outbreak to a peanut butter plant in Georgia two years ago. Officials in the nation's top peanut-producing state promptly began ...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Peanut recall grows as feds find problems at plant The salmonella outbreak spawned one of the largest ever product recalls yesterday by a Georgia peanut plant where federal inspectors reported finding roach- es, mold, a leaking roof and other sanitary problems. Managers at the Bl...…
