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…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS BAGHDAD Shiites kidnap dozens at Higher Education Ministry Suspected Shiite militiamen dressed as Interior Ministry com- mandos stormed a Higher Educa- tion Ministry office yesterday and kidnapped dozens of people after clearing the area under the guise of providing security for what they claimed would be a visit by the U.S. ambassador. Witnesses and authorit...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Lott wins back leadership slot in Senate GOP caucus Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott, ousted from the top Senate Repub- lican leadership job just four years ago because of remarks considered racially insensitive, won election to the chamber's No. 2 GOP post yes- terday. Asked whether he feltvindicated by the 25-24 secret ballot vote, Lott deferred to ne...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, November U7, 2006 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Dems reject Pelosi's pick for majority leader Democrats embraced Rep. Nancy Pelosi as the first woman House speaker in history yesterday, then quickly snubbed her, selecting Steny Hoyer of Maryland as major- ity leader against her wishes. "Let the healing begin," Pelosi (D-Calif.) said after Hoyer had eased past her preferred candidate, Rep. John Mur...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, November 20, 2006 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam In Vietnam, warm welcome for Bush; not so in Indonesia Warmly greeted by world leaders in Vietnam, President Bush drew a different reaction yesterday at his upcoming stop in Indonesia, where thousands angrily protested Amer- ica's policy in the Middle East and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The White House said it was con- fident about ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, November 21, 2006 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT Bond granted to man caught with $79k at airport Federal prosecutors yesterday appealed a magistrate's decision to release on bond a man who was arrested at Detroit Metropoli- tan Airport while carrying nearly $79,000 in cash and a computer con- taming information about nuclear materials and cyanide. Sisayehiticha Dinssa, an unem- ployed U.S. citizen born...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON U.S. to require passports for nearly all air travelers Nearly all air travelers entering the U.S. will be required to show passports beginning Jan. 23, includ- ing returningAmericans and people from Canada and other nations in the Western Hemisphere. The date was disclosed yesterday by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff in an interview with The Associated Press. The Homela...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, November 27, 2006 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Palestinians, 0lmert urge restraint as cease-fire begins Rocket fire from Gaza died down yesterday after a daybreak cease- fire, raising hopes for an end to five months of bloody destruction and a new opening toward peace talks. The surprise truce was supposed to take effect at 6 a.m., but in the four hours that followed, 11 rock- ets were...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Justice Department investigates spying program The Justice Department has begun an internal investigation into its handling of information gathered in the government's domestic spying program. However, Democrats criticized the review as not going far enough to determine whether the program violates federal law. The inquiry by Glenn A. Fine, the depar...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, November 29, 2006 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS ANKARA, Turkey Pope condemns religious violence Pope Benedict XVI urged lead- ers of all religions yesterday to "utterly refuse" to support any form of violence in the name of faith, while Turkey's top Muslim cleric complained to the pontiff of growing "Islamophobia" in the world. As he began his first visit to a Muslim country - a trip that drew extraordina...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON, D.C. * High court takes up global warming Frustrated by Bush admini tration inaction on. global warn ing, states and environmentalisi urged the Supreme Court yeste day to declare greenhouse gases t be air pollutants that the goverr ment must regulate. The cuurt's first case un th politically charged topic shuwec an apparent split between its lit eral and conservative justice: with...…

…4A - Wednesday, November 1, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com f fic i an 4 atl Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890 413 E. Huron St. s. osAnn 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 oftthe Daily's editorial board. All other sig...…

…4A - Thursday, November 2, 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 EMILY A. 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, November 3, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890 413 E. Huron St. r 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 illust...…

…4A - Monday, November 6, 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 EMILY BEAM DONN M. FRESARD CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position ofnthe Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustra...…

…4 - Tuesday, November 7, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Ie diidigan aUj to.Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890 4 413 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 oftthe Daily's editorial board. All other signed...…

…4A - Wednesday, November 8, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ( 4e Michioan [ 43at*lu 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 ...…

…4A - Thursday, November 9, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michiganclaily.com 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 articles and illus...…

…4 - Friday, November 10, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com C74c Mic4igan ail 1RYAN JABER u J sAE 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 CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS MANAGING EDITOR DONN M. FRESARD EDITOR IN CHIEF Bradley was a damn good reporter." - Veteran reporter and University alumnus M...…

…4A -- Monday, November 13, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com l~JiL i~h~gan ia4 KATIE GARLINGHOUSE 0 tA AOk rIf HEP Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@michigandaily.com DONN M. FRESARD EDITOR IN CHIEF EMILY BEAM CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS JEFFREY BLOOMER MANAGING EDITOR S 0I 0 Unsigned editorials reflect the official positio...…

…4 - Tuesday, November 14, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com L74c fftc4t*gan4,3at4olp, ALEXANDER HONKALA Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@michigandaily.com DONN M. FRESARD EDITOR IN CHIEF EMILY BEAM CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS JEFFREY BLOOMER MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's edit...…

…4A - Wednesday, November 15, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0 C74C MIC4ig n '3ailm KIM LEUNG A, Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@michigandaily.com DONN M. FRESARD EDITOR IN CHIEF EMILY BEAM CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS JEFFREY BLOOMER MANAGING EDITOR There is no purely military solution here." - SEN. CARL LEVIN, supportin...…

…4A - Thursday, November 16, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com C74 e ffC4loan ai[m Vote for Pedro ... Martinez? 0 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@michigandaily.com DONN M. FRESARD EDITOR IN CHIEF EMILY BEAM CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS JEFFREY BLOOMER MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Da...…

…4A - Friday, November 17, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.cam L74 Ai4 3a Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@michigandaily.com RYAN JABER JTM E. 4 DONN M. FRESARD EDITOR IN CHIEF EMILY BEAM CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS JEFFREY BLOOMER MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. ...…

…4A - Monday, November 20, 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 JACK DOEHRING E A DONN M. FRESARD EDITOR IN CHIEF EMILY BEAM CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS JEFFREY BLOOMER MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position oftthe Daily's editorial board. All other sign...…

…4 - Tuesday, November 21, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michiganclaily.com myMi I*gan Bjail Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@michigandaily.com DONN M. FRESARD EDITOR IN CHIEF EMILY BEAM CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS JEFFREY BLOOMER MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signe...…

…4 - Wednesday, November 22, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 74 ittcid'&gan4:atily 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 sig...…

…4A - Monday, November 27, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ' L74C iC igan B3al Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu ALEXANDER HONKALA {{y DONN M. FRESARD EDITOR IN CHIEF EMILY BEAM CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS JEFFREY BLOOMER MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial boa...…

…4 - Tuesday, November 28, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com KATIE GARLINGHOUSE Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu DONN M. FRESARD EDITOR IN CHIEF EMILY BEAM CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS JEFFREY BLOOMER MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed arti...…

…4A - Wednesday, November 29, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 0 e Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu 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 illustra...…

…4A - Thursday, November 30, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0 U1 1J*Idtigan & ij Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu DONN M. FRESARD EDITOR IN CHIEF EMILY BEAM CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS JEFFREY BLOOMER MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflectthe official position of the Daily's editorialboard.All othersigned arti...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, November 1, 2006 - 5A She's a lady A LOOK AT THE QUEEN, THE PM AND THE TRAGEDY By BLAKE GOBLE Daily Arts Writer It is May 1997. Tony Blair (Michael Sheen, "Underworld") has just become Labor Prime Minister in a landslide election. Progressive and ****' beloved by the British, he heads into office with the The Queen support of a nation, much At the to the quiet and some- Michigan Theater times ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, November 2, 2006 - 5A An unpopular president, an unpopular war, a rising deficit and a barrage of scandals. The Republican Revolution is in shambles and there's no one else to blame. Are the Republicans about to face the ... URN KATIE GARLINGHOUSE Will 2006 be the year of the donkey? To the casual observer, poli- tics is hit or miss - but anyone who studies the game knows the importance of ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, November 3, 2006 - 5A 'Death of a President' too obvious for any success By MARY KATE VARNAU Daily Arts Writer The premise of Gabriel Range's "Death of a President" - a faux- documentary about the 2007 N A'r assassination of President Death of a George w. President Bush - is as Last week at the awkward as it Quality 16 is fascinating. Newmarket It's the WWF of documentaries: tacky, over-the-top...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, November 6, 2006 - 5A Steamy 'Shortbus' looks past the sex By HYATT MICHAELS DailyArts Writer Though its rapid succession of graphically uncensored sex scenes will undoubtedly scare away the prudish audiences, director John Cameron Mitchell's' ("Hedwig and the Angry Shortbus Inch") provoc- At the State ative new film ATheater "Shortbus," is much more ThinkFilm than a run-on- the-mill raunchfest...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, November 7, 2006 - 5 Building on art 'Ganging up' on Guster PERENNIAL COLLEGE FAVORITE TO PLAY HILL AUDITORIUM Architecture for the people, by the people. Sounds ideal and democratic, right? It's also from across the pond. Apparently, a British con- servative think tank has come up with the idea for an "X-List," a public poll of undesirable public buildings, to be - implemented in the near fu...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - 5A A tr s sexy 'South' THE CHARM OF PORT- AU-PRINCE AND THE TROUBLE WITH SEX By MARY KATE VARNAU Daily Arts Writer Set in Haiti at the end of the '70s, "Heading South" (or "Vers le Sud") is thestoryofseveralwealthy ***'> middle-aged women who recapture their youth each Heading summer. They leave their South responsibilities at home At the Michigan and travel to a beach near...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 'Brick' to hit hard at home By MATT SINGER Daily Sports Editor For years, Chris Graham's teammates have called him "Brick." And why not? The 5-foot-11,220-pound linebacker sports a compact wrecking- ball frame well-suited to tearing apart running backs and tight ends. But ask Graham about the origin of his nickname, and he tells a much different - and less flattering - story. "I started playing football i...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, November 10, 2006 - 5 A little 'Dedication' goes a long way By BRIAN CHEN complement. DailyArts Writer In "Goin Hard," C-Rayz Walz, best known for his freestyling Hip hop today isn't a pretty skills in the Bronx, proves he's just scene. For every genuinely tal- as comfortable in the studio and ented star like Li' Wayne and delivers a riveting affirmation of T.I., there are the album's titular the...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Monday, November 13, 2006 - 5A A bit duller than 'Fiction' WINNING PLOT ESCAPES DIRECTOR FORSTER'S GRASP By KRISTIN MACDONALD Daily Film Editor If ever there was a subject ripe for mockery, it's literary preten- sion, and the premise of *** r "Stranger than Fiction" Stranger seems, at Than Fiction least on paper, At the Showcase like a terrific and Quality16 opportunity Columbia to riff on fic- tion's a...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, November 14, 2006 - 5 "OK. Now I'm a crying mime, talking on a phone and stuck in a box. Lost in translation ENSEMBLE DRAMA CROSSES BORDERS TO EXPOSE CULTURAL BARRIERS By ELIE ZWIEBEL Kikuchi) has little to do Daily Arts Writer "Babel," her story help tfirritu's film: the expi Alejandro Gonzalez Inairritu ("21 Grams") gility in light of failed in doesn't just make entertaining movies - he Mis...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 5A 9 Differentiating pop an Walkinghome last week, I saw a junior high school girl lingering outside Urban Outfitters. She wasn't just one of the usual pack of Lolitas that hangoutside my apartment building (itself seemingly homing groond for the ground- down Dolores Hazes - you know, the girls that were a lot cuter before u Markley soft-serve and HardTail sweatpants. Cla...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, November 16, 2006 - SA LONG SHOT By Scott Bell I Daily Sports Editor How punter Zoltan Mesko has gone from dodging bullets in Romania to booming punts on college football's grandest stage. ullets flew through their apartment in Timiso- ara, Romania. It was 1989, and the Meskos sat right in the middle of the crossfire spurred by the fall of commu- nism in Romania. Three-year-old Zoltan Mesko d...…

…T he Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, November 17, 2006 - 5A Ann Arbor film fest rallies for rights ByKRISTIN MACDONALD DailyFilm Editor Organizers of The Ann Arbor Film Festival aggressively defended their first amend- mentrightsduring AAFF an ACLU-spon- Fundraiser sored fundraiser At The at The Michigan Michigan Theater Wednes- Theater day night. Pairing Wednesday a movie-memo- rabilia silent auction with a screen- ing of "This ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, November 20, 2006 - 5A Summertime for Jesus's children Blonde, badass and ... bowtied? FILM REVIEW 007 version 6.0 DANIEL CRAIG'S MODERN BOND SHAKES UP STALE FRANCHISE By PAUL TASSI DailyArts Writer There are no watch lasers or exploding ciga- rettes. There are no villains with schemes to blow up cities using satel- lites or start arace of super- * humans onthe moon. There are no one-dimension...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, November 21, 2006 - 5 Wilmer, Wilmer. We'll take you seriously when you stop doing shows like "Yo Momma." Promise. UNDERWHELMING ADAPTATION HAS NO AFTERTASTE If he gets you to think, he's happy By JEFFREY BLOOMER fundamentally unhealthy product," Managing Editor he said. "I think it'll shake itself out within a generation when it comes It's kind of a rite of passage. to food." The first job, b...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, November 22, 2006 - 5 'Daybreak' times three 'LOST' REPLACEMENT STARTS OUT STRONG By BEN MEGARGEL Daily Arts Writer In the two-hour series premiere of "Day- break," the same day replays three times. There are three identical sunrises, three Dodgers games with the same score and three similar attempts to evade Daybreak the police. Although the concept and repeated scenes Wednesdays may seem li...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, November 27, 2006 - 5A 'Tenacious' full of uninspired humor Denzel: too tough for directions. There and back again 'DEJA VU' REVISITS TERRORISM-THRILLER FORMULA By ELIE ZWIEBEL Daily Arts Writer Farts and the munchies. Essen- tially, if you don't find either of those bodily reactions hys- terical, you'll struggle to Tenacious D: find "Tena- The Pick of cious D: The Destiny Pick of Des- Athe t...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 5 Dude, she's obviously not into it. Infi ity and beyond ARONOFSKY'S THIRD FEATURE EXPLORES LIFE, DEATH AND DESIRE By CHRISTINA CHOI Daily Arts Writer 0 Death is often mandatory in romantic trage- dies, but "The Fountain's" unique take on its intrica- ***' n cies exceeds the normal The boundaries of a typicallove Fountain story. Through a spiritual and ethereal exploration...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, November 29, 2006 - 5A Courtesy of Waere Bros. "You know, this movie needs some bluegrass." Intoxication, sex and divorce A mild 'Consideration' MASTER OF THE MOCKUMENTARY BARELY BREAKS EVEN By SARAH SCHWARTZ girls on a faux "TRL"-style set - the classic pit- Daily Arts Writer falls of Hollywood. If only Guest hadn't fallen as well. His previ- Somewhere in the midsection of "For Your ous ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, November 30, 2006 - SA Hate the BCS? It could be worse SPN.com columnist Gene are on the line each and every Wojciechowski calls it a game. The opponent doesn't really "'system' so screwed up that matter: Notre Dame, Ohio State and it sees a therapist twice a week. It even Ball State can killa season. ought to be called the Lose once and your FAC (Flip A Coin)." national title hopes shrink Ya...…