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… NEWS Wednesday, October 18, 2006 - The Michigan Daily - 3A ON CAMPUS LGBT panel to share coming- out stories The Office of Lesbian Gay Bisex- ual and Transgender Affairs is spon- soring a panel discussion on coming out today from 6 to 8 p.m. in room 2105B of the Michigan Union. Pan- elists will describe their own expe- riences coming out to friends and family. Poet to grace 'U' with prose Christopher Merrill, world- renowned poet and direct...…

…Thursday, October 19, 2006 - The Michigan Daily - 3A NEWS ON CAMPUS Panel to discuss affirmative action Medical School alum James Curtis and UCLA Law Prof. Kim- berl6 Crenshaw will talk about the ways affirmative action and diversity have affected their pro- fessions from 4 to 6 p.m. today in Auditorium Three of the Modern Languages Building. The event is free and open to the public. SMSA event to welcome complaints Members of the Michigan ...…

… NEWS Friday, October 20, 2006 - The Michigan Daily - 3A ON CAMPUS I Painter to chat about craft, life Artist Chuck Wilkinson will speak on the mechanics and philoso- phy of art, including the foundations of aesthetics and the intersection of faith and beauty, today from 8 to 10 p.m. in room 2105A of the Michigan Union. The event is sponsored by the Socratic Club. Refreshments will be provided. Hellenic group to show Greek D film in Angell T...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, October 23, 2006 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS KHARTOUM, Sudan Sudan orders U.N. envoy to leave The Sudanese government yesterday ordered the chief U.N. envoy out of the country after he wrote that Sudan's army had suf- fered major losses in recent fight- ing in Darfur. Jan Pronk was given 72 hours to leave - an order that is likely to complicate international efforts to halt the killings, rapes and other at...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS HOUSTON Enron CEO sentenced to 24 years in jail Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skill- ing, the most vilified figure from the most notorious financial scan- dal of the decade, was sentenced yesterday to 24 years, four months in the harshest sentence yet in the case that came to symbolize corpo- rate fraud in America. U.S. District Judge Sim Lake - ordered Skilling, 52, to home con- finement, wearing ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, October 25, 2006 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Ethics probe questions Hastert on Foley scandal House Speaker Dennis Hastert urged ethics investigators to work quickly to unravel the congressio- nal pages scandal yesterday, testi- fying before them just after a GOP lawmaker whose recollections dif- fer from his. The investigation is focusing on which House leaders were told about sexually explic...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, October 26, 2006 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS TRENTON, NJ. N.J. court opens door to gay marriage New Jersey's highest court opened the door yesterday to mak- ing the state the second in the nation to allow gay marriage, rul- ing that lawmakers must offer same-sex couples either marriage or something like it, such as civil unions. Ina ruling that fell short of what either side wanted or feared, the state S...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Judge's nomination delayed over opinion of gay marriage A Michigan judge whoae nomi- nation to the federal bench in stalled over her appearance at a lesbian commitment ceremony says she attended the rite as a friend, not to give it legal sanction. But the nomination of Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Janet Neff remains on hold because Republican Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas is not co...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, October 30, 2006 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS ABUJA, Nigeria 98 believed dead in Nigerian plane crash A Nigerian airliner with 104 people on board slammed into the ground moments after takeoff yes- terday and aviation authorities said six people survived with the rest feared dead. It was the third deadly crash of a passenger plane in less than a year in this West African nation known for its troubled air in...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, October 31, 2006 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Pakistani airstrike on alleged terror camp kills 80 Missiles fired by Pakistani heli- copters destroyed a religious school on the Afghan border yesterday that the military said was a front for an al-Qaida training camp, kill- ing 80 people and prompting strong protests against the country's pres- ident and the United States. Islamic leaders a...…

…4A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, October 2, 2006 e gtt t 3 ttilg OPINION DONN M. FRESARD Editor in Chief EMILY BEAM JEFEBLO R CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK JEFFREY BLOOMER Editorial Page Editors Managing Editor EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 413 E. HURON iY ANN AREOR, MI 48104 Iothedoily@michigandoily.com Code-word campaign Politics, the English language and MCRI Sensationalism and the smooth lan- guage ...…

…4 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, October 3, 2006 DONN M. FRESARD EMILY BEAM JEFFREY BLOOMER d M. FrEiARDf CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK itor in Chief Editorial Page Editors Managing Editor EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 413 E. HURON ST. ANN ARBOR, MI 48104 tothedaily@michigandaily.com OPINION NOTABLE QUOTABLE Today's debates are far more about profile than cour- age; the real issue is who can put across the be...…

…4A - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 4, 2006 1 DONN M. FRESARD Editor in Chief EMiLY BEAM EMILYBEAM JEFFREY BLOOMER CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK 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 OPINION NOTABLE QUOTABLE My husband was going to become a Catholic priest, but then we met." - Former beauty queen and current...…

…4A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 5, 2006 DONN M. FRESARD EMILYJEFFREY BLOOMER Editor in Chief CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK MEnagEY EdOOMR 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 "M T HE D)AILY Crying wolf Blogs an imperfect tool to spread news, gossip OPINION NOTABLE QUOTABLE ' We are all dreamers, and part ...…

…4A - The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 6, 2006 r 41V OPINION DONN M. FRESARD Editor in Chief I EMILY BEAM JEFFREY BLOOMER CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK 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 NOTABLE QUOTABLE I'm looking at the data, and we've become post-Christian America, like post-Christian Europe." - Promine...…

…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...…

…4 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, October 10, 2006 l E oirtcFC~tga1% DPINION DONN M. FRESARD Editor in Chief EMILY BEAM CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK Editorial Page Editors JEFFREY BLOOMER Managing Editor EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 ' n { r413 E. HURON ANN ARBOR, MI 48104 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed arti...…

…4A - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 11, 2006 U 1 E , llic 'rgttn 3 ttil OPINION DONN . FRESARD Editor in Chief i EMILY BEAM CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK JEFFREY BLOOMER Editorial Page Editors Managing Editor EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 J . ;413 E. HURON ST. ANN ARBOR, MI 48104 tothedaily@michigandaily.com NOTABLE QUOTABLE There's no straight shots there - they're all bent." -Republican gubern...…

…4A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 12, 2006 DONN M. FRESARD EEFFLEY BEAME EDtON nChieELBACHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK JEFFREY BLOOMER Editor in Chief Editorial Page Editors Managing Editor EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT T THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 413 E. HURON ST. ANN ARBOR, MI 48104 tothedaily@michiganda ly.com OPINION 4 NOTABLE QUOTABLE G I have always argued that we should talk to parties whose behavior we want to chang...…

…4 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 13, 2006 4p, OPINION DONN M. FRESARD Editor in Chief EMILY BEAM EMILYBEAM JEFFREY BLOOMER CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK Editorial Page Editors Managing Editor NOTABLE QUOTABLE By 2016, I'll make you a bet. We'll have (cameras on) almost every block. - Chicago Mayor Richard Daley on his plans to improve security by the time of the 2016 Olympics, which the Chicago hopes to land, as reported yesterday by the ...…

…4A - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 18, 2006 l 4A - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 18, 2006 I OPINION DONNAM. FRESARD EMILY BEAM do n . f CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK JEFFREY BLOOMER Editorial Page Editors Managing Editor EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 413 E. HURON ST. ANN ARBOR, MI 48104 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editoria...…

…4A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 19, 2006 OPINION DONN M. FRESARD Editor in Chief EMILY BEAM CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK Editorial Page Editors JEFFREY BLOOMER Managing Editor EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 413 E. HURON ST. ANN ARBOR, MI 48104 tothedaily@michigandaily.com NOTABLE QUOTABLE These demonstrators were unarmed yet the majority died from shots to the head." - Wolde-Michael Meshesha, ...…

…4A - The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 20, 2006 EMILY BEAM DONN M. FRESARD CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK JEFFREY BLOOMER Editor in Chief Editorial Page Editors Managing Editor EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 413 E. HURON ST. ANN ARBOR, MI 48104 tothedaily@michigandaily.com OPINION NOTABLE QUOTABLE The official history of Brown will have to be rewritten, entirely scrapped." -Brown University Prof. Omer Bart...…

…4A - Monday, October 23, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com l e ticl igan ily Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890 413 E. Huron Street Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@michigandaily.com EMILY BEAM, CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS MANAGING EDITOR So where do you suppose Dick DeVos thinks the governor's office should be? The Cayman Islands?" - Television ad sponsored by the...…

…4 - Tuesday, October 24, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 74c ic igan at1 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@michigandaily.com EMILY BEAM DONN M. FRESARD CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed artic...…

…4A - Wednesday, October 25, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com e f~ligian 4)athj Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890 413 E. Huron Street Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@michigandaily.com EMILY BEAM DONN M. FRESARD CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other sign...…

…4A - Thursday, October 26, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890 413 E. Huron Street Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@michigandaily.com EMILY BEAM DONN M. FRESARD CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and ill...…

…4A - Friday, October 27, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com L7 itigan al* yfl Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890 413 E. Huron Street Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@michigandaily.com EMILY BEAM DONN M. FRESARD CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed ...…

…4A - Monday, October 30, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Some of these kids were so scared, they just about wet their pants." - MARGE BRADSHAW, a parent with four children in Godfrey-Lee Schools in Wyoming, Michigan, where an unannounced school safety drill included police officers in riot gea...…

…4 - Tuesday, October 31, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com C Ic it 4an4 aili Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@michigandaily.com EMILY BEAM DONN M. FRESARD CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed art...…

…Monday October 2, 2006 arts.michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaily.com c~be I fidjign n taUQ ART s 5A ........... Built to Spill frontman Doug Martsch performs at St. Andrew's. Built to spill-over, in classic Detroit style Congratulations, class of 2006! FALSE HEROICS PROMISING NEW DRAMA CAN'T QUITE GET OFF THE GROUND By Imran Syod Daily Arts Writer The theory of natural selection and its evolutionary backbone have been abridged by po...…

…Tuesday October 3, 200 arts.michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaily.com ART s 5 Alonein the office TVCLM "Watch and you'll see ... someday I'll be ... part of your ... world!" DRE AM THEATER NEW GONDRY FILM TRIPPED UP BY STYLISTIC DISCORD By Christopher Lechner Daily Arts Writer . In "The Science of Sleep" French film- maker Michel Gondry's most stylistically flamboyant and weakly constructed film to date, ***°< the director's signatu...…

…Wednesday October 4, 2006 arts.michigandaily.cam artspage@michigandaily.com ARTS 5A 'Freak Show' takes a shot at center stage By Michael Passman Benjamin), a bearded clam-woman though, the show isn't necessarily Daily Arts Writer (Janeane Garofalo, "Dogma"), The dumb. It's particular comedic style is World's Tallest Nebraskan (Brian in fact largely satirical - although It's no secret that on a daily basis Stack, "TV Funhouse"), a prema- it...…

…Th..re ,4- nn+~h~r C Onncz T6,., n-;k, CA O PEDhIursay, uctober , 2 6- Te vMichigan Daily - ichigan ivl ights nitiative Campus speaks out on Proposal 2 5A MCRI and the price of admission MCRI's systematic voter fraud BY NESHA Z. HANIFF I admire the commitment that RC Prof. Carl Cohen has for equality and individual rights. I think that this is a wonderful idea and one that we should all work towards. The problem is that the world he want...…

…Friday October 6, 2006 arts.michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaily.com ARTS 5A I I --- - ------- - ----------- -- - 'Seed' can't findthe ground By Matt Emery Daily Arts Writer The Appleseed Cast just can't be complacent with the indie- rock genre. For almost a ** decade, the Kansans flew The under the Appleseed mainstream Cast rock radar, Peregrine injecting their Midwest The Militia Group emo-rock into the veins of angst-addicted teens ...…

…Monday October 9, 2006 arts.michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaily.com ART s 5A "If you're going to run a vicious crime ring, always start your day with a hearty breakfast. Always." SUBTLE DEPARTURE SCORSESE'S LATEST A MARK OF DEFT DIRECTION Courtey o ew Ue Ladies take note: engine oil is great for skin complexion. New 'Chainsaw' doesn't cut it By Jeffrey Bloomer Managing Editor Martin Scorsese's "The Departed" is per- haps the most ch...…

…Tuesday October 10, 2006 arts.michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaily.com ART s 5 Ars politica - or not FINE ARTS COLUMN f you happen to be one of the crowd that knows about Banksy, then maybe you under- stand my admiration of political art. Maybe this column is just a continu- ation of that sentiment, but this time the context is our University. The subject of political apathy among students has been tossed around the Daily's Opinion pa...…

…Wednesday October 11, 2006 arts.michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaily.com ARTrS SA Ir 11 The Killers? Too bad Queen was already taken. 'Sam's Town' a career Killer 'OK, so I'm a Sclentologlst. That doesn't make me totally crazy, does it? Does it?! DOES IT?!?!' JC EV RELIABLE 'INFORMATION' BECK TELLS IT LIKE IT IS ON LATEST DISC By Caitlin Cowan Daily Arts Editor If MTV's Daria, the cynical, sarcastic cartoon teen, had been able to bu...…

… On-ED Thursday, October 12, 2006 - The Michigan Daily - 5A Checking in with UHS A student-friendly gynecology clinic BY THERESA KENNELLY Visiting University Health Ser- vices during Welcome Week real- ly put in perspective the problem with having a University-oper- ated center promoting safe sex: UHS just can't figure out how to be approachable for students. The elderly woman who sat behind the "safe sex" booth with a basket of condoms, s...…

…Friday October 13, 2006 arts.michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaily.com ART s 5 'Pajama' antics rol Out laughs By Catherine Smyka Daily Arts Writer Playwrights George Abbott and Jerry Bissell and composers Richard Adler and Jerry Ross thought they had it made when their rambunctious hit "The Pajama Game" won The Pajama the 1955 Tony awards Game for best musical and best choreography. But when Tonight and tomorrow their latest creation, a...…

… E P.-ED Wednesday, October 18, 2006 - The Michigan Da Of races and race DeVos: Cut taxesabring jobs now ily - 5A The chairs of the College Democrats and College Republicans discuss Michigan's gubernatorial race, and other students explain their views on Proposal 2, the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative. Granhoim: A race to the top By JAMIE RUTH When I joined 26 College Democrats going door- to-door in the Upper Peninsula during fall study...…

…Thursday October 19, 2006 sports.michigandaily.com sports@michigandaily.com SOe RTSiiianilg 5A Scoring woes continue for Wolverines in loss to Akron By Anthony Oliveira Daily Sports Writer The film "Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos" compares soccer to a play. If yes- terday's AN Michigan - men's soc- cer game against Akron were a theatrical production, Michigan coach Steve Burns would prob- ably describe i...…

…Friday October 20, 2006 arts.michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaily.com ahe 1iddigan D&daI ARTS SA SikSik Nation to storm Ypsilanti "You fool! Pirouette with meaning! With meaning!" THE FEW, THE LAME BEEFCAKE FLICK 90 MINUTES TOO LONG By Elyssa Pearistein Daily Arts Writer An eerie buzzing of guitar ambience emerges. A dancy drum beat joins in. Sean SikSik Morrow, Sik- Nation Sik Nation's Saturday at guitarist and 9 p.m. lead singer, ...…

…SA - Monday, October 23, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com In "Flags of Our Fathers," the rain is almost as thick as the tears. The 'Flag' hangs at half mast Kirsten Dunst as the infamous Marie Antoinette, a costume designer's heaven on earth. M arie Antoinette: infamous teen- age bride, indomitable spender and promiscuous wench. Her Let-them-eat- cake-legacy is less than commendable, but Sophia .i Coppola's forgiving por- traya...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, October 24, 2006 - 5 Midwest verses Let's pretend for a moment that you are a moving to the East Coast (a place you have never been) and that you are a lover of poetry. Know- ing that poetry can identify and define the indelible characteristics of a region, you look around for big East Coast poets. Among a countless selection, you latch onto Frank O'Hara, Langs- ton Hughes and Robert Frost. Fr...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, October 25, 2006 - 5A Celebrity babies and blow, redux Another week, another ill- advised marriage. Emerging from a coke- induced stupor long enough to make a trip to the pharmacy, model Kate Moss recently - learned she is preg- nant with the child of r boyfriend and frequent rehabber Pete Doherty. to response to the news, Doherty proposed to 4n Moss, cementing them as possibly the most dysf...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, October 26, 2006 - 5A Proposal1 A proposed constitutional amendment to require that money held in conservation and recreation funds can only be used for their intended purposes A yes vote on Proposal 1 supports writing a set of conservation and recreation funds into the state Constitution. User fees like state park entrance and hunting license fees would go into these funds and could not be di...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, October 27, 2006 - 5A Kids these days. They don't respedt their elders, such as the Gibson Flying V. LSIC REVIEW e A LITTLE BIT OF SWEET KENTUCKY AT THE FILLMORE WEST Charmin By KRISTIN MACDONALD Daily Film Editor With 2004's "Before Sunset," writer-director Richard Linklater revisited the endearing would-be lovers of 1995's "Before Sunrise," employing the same uniquely con- tinuous two-person ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, October 30, 2006 - 5A Playing with 'Fire' NOYCE'S LATEST EFFORT LESS ABOUT FORCE THAN MORALS, By IMRAN SYED Daily Arts Writer It seems that movies are forever trying to make up for our mistakes. Every era, every place has its fair share of social wrongs, and no one ikki can deny that worldwide it's a growing list. Every Catch a Fire ; time a new film spotlights At the Showcase yet another inhuma...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Rain on our 'Parade' MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE TAKES EMO TO THE DARK(ER) SIDE By CAITLIN COWAN Daily Arts Editor On a recent episode of MTV's "Total Request Live," now more vapid than ever, emo goth- rockers My Chemical Romance stopped in for a * visit. The black-clad audi- ence that faced the band My Chemical when they appeared was Romance stereotypical, but the The Black Parade ideas the band offered Reprise ...…