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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON U.S. loweringtroop level in Baghdad The first big test of security gains linked to the U.S. troop buildup in Iraq is at hand. The military has started to reverse the 30,000-strong troop increase and commanders are hop- ing the drop in insurgent and sec- tarian violence in recent months won't prove fleeting. The current total of 20 combat brigades is ...…

… 4 -Tuesday, November 13, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4 CbE 1i*Idig an Ba4ly Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. r' Ann Arbor, Mt 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustration...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 5 Ohio State fans give a Michigan fan a piece of their "ind at last year's showdown in Colurnbus. The new documentary "Michigan vs. Ohio State: The Rivalry" examines the rivalry's cultural undercurrents. Beyond the gridiron Doc sees Michigan- Ohio State rivalry as less about football, more about culture By NATE SANDALS Daily Sports Editor Anyone who has spent alate Novem- ...…

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…0 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com AMBASSADOR From Page 1 In addition to China's goals for economic growth, Zhou said that improving the qual- ity of life of Chinese citizens is essential to creating a prosper- ous China. "China will do its best to guarantee the rights of all its people to education, employ- ment, medical and old-age care and housing," Zhou said. "Our goal is to build a harmonious society." In light of several recent he...…

… 8 - Tuesday, November 13, 2007 Redford's politics don't translate LIONS From page 5 Behind the secret operation is Sen. Jasper Irving (Tom Cruise), a hotshot Republican senator bent on restoring his party's reputation by finishing the job in Afghanistan. In the hour that Todd and Malley talk and Arian and Ernest fend off enemy fire, Irving gives an exclu- sive interview to the journalist Janine Roth (Meryl Streep), detail- ing his plan and mi...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 9 Senior sparks Blue's scoring By COURTNEY RATKOWIAK Daily Sports Writer A cheap shot on senior Chad Kolairik left him doubled over on the ice late in Saturday night's game. But his two good. shots earlier in the week- end knocked the fight KOLARIK out of Alas- ka. Kolarik notched the Wolverines' first goal in both games, ensuring the Nanooks never took the lead. After the ...…

… 10 - Tuesday, November 13, 2007 The Michigan Dailv mihenalco o an op 16.0- 1 T a o m.- "U r Aov"14L 4 News reader. News maker. Join us for our company presentation: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 EVENT: TIME: LOCATION: SPEAKER: SUMMER PRESENTATION 5:00 - 6:30 pm Michigan League Michael Hokin Managing Director Sales & Trading Please consult with your Career Services Department for interview dates and resume submission deadlines. appl...…

…Opinion, Page 4A iGi i .JEE1) Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, November 12,2007 A LOSS BEFORE A MUST-WIN Smichigandailycorn BIG E DRINKING In anti-alcohol fight, colleges get creative New solutions to an old problem; at Iowa, more classes on Friday mornings By LISA HAIDOSTIAN Daily StaffReporter After years of largely unsuccess- ful attempts to discourage binge drinking on campuses around the country, administrators are look- ing for more cr...…

… I 2A - Monday, November 12, 2007 MONDAY: Other v Towers. The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: Explained Before You Were Here FRIDAY: The Extremist The civil right not to be civil A U.S. District Court judge in Cali- fornia ruled earlier this month that it was unconstitutional for Califor- nia State University to punish stu- dents based on a clause in its code of conduct requiring that stu...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Mondav November 12. 2007 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS BAGHDAD Sunni insurgents ambush al-Qaida militants Former Sunni insurgents asked the U.S. to stay away, then ambushed members of al-Qaida in Iraq, killing18 in a battle that raged for hours north of Baghdad, an ex- insurgent leader and Iraqi police said yesterday. L The Islamic Army in Iraq sent r advance word to Iraqi police c requesting that U.S. helicopters d...…

… 4A - Monday, November 12, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com E C74CMIiig40an atl Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu He's a Mormon, and the Mormons of Salt Lake City had caused that scandal. And to clean that up, again, it's not a subject." - Roberta McCain, mother of Republican presidential candidate John McCain, speaking Friday to mini...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, November 12, 2007 - 5A Hov rejuvenated on Gangster' Proof that aging rap icons can still bring it - as long as they stay inspired By TED CULLINANE Daily Arts Writer When artists attain the increasingly rare combination of commercial success and criticr.1 acclaim, the effect can be paralyz- ing. Having the recog- nition of your peers as one of the best ever and . the status of an interna- - tion...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ACLU From Page 1A speech. The title of the lecture, "Defending Freedom: Even for the Thoughts We Hate," was derived from Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes of the Supreme Court, who wrote in a dissent that "If there is any principle of the Constitution that more impera- tively calls for attachment than any other, it is the principle of free thought, not free thought for those who agree with us, but ...…

…I 0 8A - Monday, November 12, 2007 JAY-Z From page 5A Sean C and LV of Bad Boy's Hitmen set the tone of the album by producing five of the first six tracks. With the input of Diddy, the The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com pair crafts a lush, sample-based sound that transcends the template of typical soul loops. With the addition of live instrumentation, the duo's frequent breakdowns and cymbal crashes are given an added flair. The boast...…

…Bell: Sorting out the Wolverine B.S. Confusod about smh ot the Mchigan football hot I The Michigan Daily I Demon SDeacon deja vu By NICK COSTON Daily Sports Writer On Aug. 26, the Michigan field hockey team fell to No. 2 Wake Forest, 3-2. Yesterday, it happened again - but WAKE FOREST 3 thistime, MICHIGAN 2 it ended the Wolverines' season. The 3-2 loss came in the second round of the NCAA tournament at Phyllis Ocker Field. Despite the loss,...…

… 2B - November 12, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4 Entering the No Spin Zone, Michigan style I The Michigan football team looked awful Saturday. There's no way to spin that. But it seems like everything else is getting spun every which way but where it should be these days. How should some of the events from v Michigan's loss SCOTT to Wisconsin BELL and the trends surrounding this team make you feel? I'll do my best Bill O'R...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com November 12, 2007 - 3B Blue pair to meet in semis By NICOLE AUERBACH Daily Sports Writer There will be a Michigan ten- nis player in the finals of the men's Big Ten Singles Championship today. This morning's semifinal match will determine who it is, but because Michigan freshman Jason Jung takes on Michigan senior Matko Maravic, a Wolver- ine will make the championship. The Varsity Tennis Center hosted ...…

… 4B - November 12, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com A GAME STATISTICS Traditional attacks run over HRh/Yds Passing Yards Ttal Offense Comep/Att/Int Punts/Avg Fmbes/Lost Penalties/ards Time of Poss RISHING TEAM Mallett MICH 17 25/47 275 311 320 14/41/3 7/37.3 0/A 4/45 21:45 M ' C H I G A N C-A Yds 11-36 245 3-5 28 14-41 273 WIS 24 52/232 352 477 14/28/ 7/45.0 1/U 7/74 38:15 TD Int 3 2 0 1 3 3 Att 9 9 1 1 5 25 No. 7 3 3 1 14 ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Noverber 12, 2007 - 5B MAIZE GAUGE . The Michigan Dail9football writers break down the weekend's stats that don't show up in the box- score. The defense-o-meter measures the intensity of the defense, the Carr-o-meter judges Lloyd Carr's demeanor following the game and the hypemeter measures the fans' game performance. DEFENSE-0-METER Hmm. All season long, people talked about Michigan's 1/4 problems aga...…

… 6B - November 12, 2007 The Michigan Daily- michigandaily.com fiB - November12, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailv.com I MICHIGAN 70, BROWN 54 A FRESH START 40 Beilein and Co. take care of Brown By H. JOSE BOSCH Daily Sports Editor It wasn't flashy, but the Michigan men's basketball team got the job done yesterday afternoon with a 70-54 win over Brown. The Wolverine offense started hot but cooled off in the opening frame largely bec...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com fi r. .d MAX COLLNS/Daily Lex Williams led the Wolverines at the NCAA Great Lakes Regionals with a seventh-place finish. 1C hian ties for first at Reg ional Juior claims top honors By RUTH LINCOLN Daily Sports Writer For Nicole Edwards, teamwork is key to an outstanding individual effort. The junior repeated as indi- vidual champion Saturday to lead the No. 9 Michigan women's cross country team to a sec...…

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…Ann Arbor, Michigan Mechanical music group more than just math rock Arts, Page 5 ~Ie i1idigan hug I ONE )UDR FLED I JEARS 4F ED I DOM Friday,_November 9, 2007 michigandaily corn A SIGN OF PROTEST professor mulling bid L.h3 ss r for Czech presidency KELLYN JACKSON/Daily A student stops to look at a poster taped to the east door of Burton Memorial Tower yesterday afternoon. An unknown person posted a grievance about the decline in underreprese...…

… 2 - Friday, November 9, 2007 When Ann Arbor freezes over Some students may have been class. cold this week when the tempera- That day, The Michigan Daily ture dipped into the 30s, but on printed a weather forecast predict- Jan. 19, 1994, University students ing alow of -2 degrees, 20 degrees had to deal with temperatures warmer than the eventual out- more than 50 degrees lower. come. On that fateful, bitter day, the The day came in the mids...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, November 9, 2007 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON House passes Defense budget without war funds The House yesterday approved a big boost in the Pentagon's non- war budget for President Bush's signature, even as a spending bill containing far smaller increases for health and education programs headed toward a certain veto. The confluence of the votes reflected Bush's dominant posi- tion in the year-end...…

… 4 - Friday, November 9, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Ele ii tan B)at1U Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represen...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, November 9, 2007 - 5 Brazil's Dylan, in spirit if not in style Caetano Veloso, UMS's season climax, will perform tonight at Hill By LLOYD H. CARGO Daily Arts Writer } It would be difficult to understate the magnitude of tonight's Caetano Veloso concert at Hill Auditorium. Landing the revolutionary Brazilian singer-song- writer, poet, filmmaker and activist is yet another major coup for UMS and ...…

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…6 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, November 9, 2007 - 7 TRANSIT From page 1 sit station between Troy and Bir- mingham, two suburbs of Detroit. The real-estate forum - spon- sored by the University and the Urban Land Institute, a nonprofit real-estate think tank - allowed urbanplannerstore-envisionwhat is now a mixture of industrial and suburban buildings as a residential area friendly to those who choose not to own a car. James...…

… 0 8 - Friday, November 9, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Blue has all but home advantage FOOTBALL Win or lose, Big Ten title in reach 4 By DANIEL BROMWICH and KEVIN WRIGHT Daily Sports Editors Ohio State is already looming. The talk about another matchup for a Big Ten Championship between the two rivals has begun. But don't let Wisconsin hear any of that banter. The Badgers are wait- ing for the Wolverines in a potential tr...…

…Wolverines anonymous You've probably never heard of these three, but they're the key to a successful start to the John Beilein era. Tipoff 2007 N U E EH N YE j EIT1111IA FEM Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, November 8, 2007 michigandaily.com ENV1RONMENTALE A degree Ingreen at engin school New masters program to teach sustainable engineering By LISA PAUL For the Daily Next fall, students will be able to get a dual masters degree that will comb...…

… I 2A - Thursday, November 8, 21407 ISRAEL AWARENESS DAY The real animal house A pair of black bears once called campus home. From 1930 until 1963, a col- lection of creatures - including two bears - called the University Museum's Zoological Park home. The park sat on a small plot of land in what was then a courtyard between the two wings of the University Museums Building fac- ing Wasbtenaw Avenue, directly across the street from where th...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, November 8, 2007 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS PRIMARY From page LANSING Senate votes to The state might also kill service tax political par es or nomi As expected, the Michigan Sen- instead. Prim ate voted 23-15 yesterday to repeal broader parti a much-maligned tax on services Michigan such as business consulting, tan- Chairman S ning and graphic design before it terday he sti takes effect Dec. 1. primary...…

… 4A - Thursday, November 8, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu I've seen stupid strikes ... This is a stupid strike." - Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner on the current strike of the Writers Guild of America. 0 KARL STAMPFL EDITOR IN CHIEF IMRAN SYED EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR JEFFREY BLOOMER MANAGING EDIT...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, November 8, 2007 - 5A Smiles all around for Chris Graham By KEVIN WRIGHT Daily Sports Editor Standinginthe hallway outside of the Crisler Arena media room, line- backer Chris Graham smiled as he recalled the hit he put on Michigan State running back Javon Ringer in the first half of Saturday's 28-24 win in East Lansing. "I was making sure he didn't turn around and hit the 'L' button (a juke m...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com YPSILANTI From page 1A "Knowing that I would only be here for a semester, I didn't want to sign a lease," she said. "That automatically reduced the options I had greatly." Mahabir found her apartment after searching Craigslist.com and Facebook.com's Marketplacp. She said she pays $350 a month for her half of a two-bedroom apartment in a complex with a pool, weight room and computer lab. Her rent also inc...…

… I 8A - Thursday, November 8, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Showtime for Borseth Ball' as ichigan opens season Third line excels on ice for Blue 0 By ANTHONY OLIVEIRA Daily Sports Writer Ladies and gentlemen, your attention please. Borseth Basketball is about to begin. As the eighth coach in the 35- year history of Michigan women's basketball, Kevin Borseth will lead the Wolverines into their season premiere against Akron S...…

…~.~, , ,, r, , ._ e ° :;. ,_, , ,., _ e _. - ° . __ The Michigan Daily I michigandaily.com Thursday, Novemb 8, 2007 INTERNET KILLE T FETVT STR Our TV editor went on an Internet TV-only diet for upcoming events an entire week. How did he make it through - it's everywhere the Michigan/Michigan State game? you should be this By Michael Passman I Daily TV/New Media Editor our television is dying. Well, not your television per se - I'm sure that ...…

…#4 1 I 2B - Thursday, November 8, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com J VA I 'TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES IV' (1992) The 'Turtle' in all of us REDUCTIVE REASONING Picking one and one apart. If ye junctur Turtles Super I with S comes1 cially b Turtles Ther govern Leonar clowns E els pick and on people acter m turtle r of rock- As fe "TMN7 didn'tn er chos attacks ion. But about d their fa the bad the ma "TMN' By DAVID REAP "beat ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, November 8, 2007 - 3B Support your local literature When I first started this column, my editors suggested I local- ize it as much as possible. didn't know if it would work - I figured it wouldn't be long until I started spouting purple prose and abstract analogies on how Gabriel Garcia Mar- quez's village of Macondo ' was Ann Arbor and points of its rise and fall corresponded KIMBERLY to admi...…

… E 4B - Thursday, November 8, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com INTERNET TV From page 1B from CBS and other smaller outlets. Joost's interface is quick and eye-catching, but its content leaves something to be desired. I try and catch up on the last two weeks of "Kid Nation," but I have to abandon the program when I realize the most recent episode is only available on CBS's own inadver- tently-Joost-killing website. DAY 5: I have b...…

…w w V mmmmqmr w w v w w w BC Thursday, November 8, 2007 8 The Michigan Daily - michigaedaily.com Daily basketball beat season-preview picks The Daily basketball writers make predictions on the tate of Michigan and the rest of the college haskethall world. Mcl'gao record OiglTenChamyior Big Ten second place Bg Ten thirdyplace Michigan finish BigTen Tournarrentchamy OiglTerMVP BigTern coach oflthe year BigTen srrese eam MchiganMVP Natro...…

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…w w w 0 mmmmmmmp w w v MF w w 6C Thursday, November 8, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com IeadE Sophomore DeShawn Sirr every test life has given hii Beilein's brightest pL to lead the Wo Thursday, November 8, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.corm Big Ten preview Talk around campus has focused on the arrival of new Michigan coach John Beilein and how quickly he can complete his latest rebuilding project. But what about...…

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… 2A - Wednesday, November 7, 2007 MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers TUESDAY: A'rbor Anecdotes THURSDAY: Before You Were Here FRIDAY: The Extremist BEST SEAT ON THE BUS Pressing issues Phil Pochoda, director of the University Press, said wheo he tells people that he works for the University Press, they often assume that he works for anews- paper or a printing press - not that he's in the business of pub- lishing books. . That maybe because u...…