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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, November 6, 2007 - 7 STADIUM From page 1 Office for Civil Rights that said the University denied investiga- tors access to the stadium. She said the University gave OCR officials five unrestricted site visits, interviews with 20 staff members and "volumes" of pages of information related to the sta- dium. "The Letter of Findings con- tains an irrefutably skewed and flawed depiction of the acces...…

… 8 - Tuesday, November 6, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4 CENTER From page 1 diovascular risk. Older studies have shown that environmental factors in a per- son's neighborhood are related to his or her risk of developing car- diovascular disease. Researchers consider a variety of factors about the neighborhood, including its beauty, walking envi- ronment, overall safety and gym quality. Researchers also study the availability ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, November 6, 2007 - 9 enne says shoulder is feeling fine By DANIEL BROMWICH Daily Sports Editor Two days after self-diagnosing his health at 80 percent in East Lan- sing, Michigan quarterback Chad Henne said his separated throwing shoulder from the Illinois game is almost back to full strength. Henne added at yesterday's press NOTEBOOK conference that he'll "definitely" play this weekend agains...…

… 10 - Tuesday, November 6, 2007 The Michigan Daily- michigandaily.com 10 - Tuesday, November 6, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom I I I I I 4 I I Summer Analyst Presentation Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2007 Time: 5:30 pm Location: Michigan League Here's a great opportunity to talk to us about the career opportunities at Credit Suisse: you can hear about our business and ask us anything you want to know. If you're interested in...…

…Two critics face off on 'American Gangster Arts, Page 5A di (IIan BaLT) 0 NE-HU[:\l{D E-IGFlTEENlaYE ARtS)F EIlTORIALT.FREEDOM~}; Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, November 5, 2007 michigandaily.com Firm lets alumni lend to alumni Company's effort not officially endorsed by University Alumni Association By ANDY KROLL Daily Staff Reporter An online lending company is trying to make money by encouraging University alumni to directly lend or borrow...…

… 2A - Monday, November 5, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.mirhigandaily.rem KARL STAMPFL DAVIDGOH Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-055 A loan no longer WE WANT GORE Following a trend of liberal arts colleges eliminating loans for needy students, Williams College, a presti- gious liberal arts college in William- stown, Mass., announced Thursday that it will replac...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Mnndm nvmha 900_-'A' NEWS BRIEFS NEW YORK Citigroup chairman resigns, cites bad debt Citigroup Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Charles Prince, beset by the company's billions of dollars in losses from investing in bad debt, resigned yesterday and is g being replaced as chairman by for- w mer Treasury Secretary Robert E. u Rubin. t The nation's largest banking in company announced Prince's w widely exp...…

… 4A - Monday, November 5, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com a 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 represent solely the v...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, November 5, 2007 - 5A All the power that its title implies 'Gangster' is just entertaining, not epic By MITCHELL AKSELRAD Daily Arts Writer There's power embedded in a title like "American Gangster." It's a power supported by two char- ismatic leads and a company of talented performers. It's a power evoked by a screenplay efficient in its construction. It's a power inher- ent to director Ridle...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com LOANS From page 1A transactions. This fall, the Lending Club also launched a public, inde- pendent website offering the same services. The company profits from all of its loans by charging a 1 percent processing free on all borrowing and lending transac- tions. Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club, said his company's network-based lend- ing services will cultivate bonds between borrowers...…

… T 8A - Monday, November 5, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS TIP? E-mail news@michigandaily. com. MSA From page 1A term, when there was no under- graduate Public Policy school, leaving Public Policy with no seats on, the assembly. A long MSA battle ensued, and the assembly decided to give Public Policy a seat at last Tuesday's meeting. Bouchard then overruled the assembly's decision,sending out candidate application materia...…

…The Michigan Daily I michigandaily.com November 5, 2007 A- HEAD OF STATE Dejavu: No title for Blue again By NICOLE AUERBACH Daily Sports Writer Last year, the Michigan field hockey team lost to Iowa in the first round IOWA 4 of the MICHIGAN 1 Big Ten Championships. Iowa went on to win the whole thing. This year, much to Michigan's disappointment, the results ended up eerily similar. Exceptithis time, the Wolverines lost in the finals. No. 5 ...…

… TA DAILY SPORTS BREAKS DOWN THE WEEKEND THAT WAS r ^ 4 4 2 N --ovember 5, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com SAID AND HEARD "I was just laughing. I thought it was funny. They got excited. Sometimes you get your little brother excited when you're playing basketball and you let him get the lead. Then you just come and take it back." - Michigan running back Michael Hart on how he felt down 10 with seven minutes left in Saturday's ...…

…P The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com November S, 2007 - 3B Second-half 'D' keys win for 'M' By ANTHONY OLIVEIRA Daily Sports Writer For more than a dozen minutes, the Michigan women's basketball team went on lockdown. After halftime, the Wolverines didn't allow a point for more than 12 minutes in the 80-51 exhibition rout over Lake Superior State at Crisler Arena. "That was really the difference," Michigan coach KevinBorseth said. "That...…

… 4B - November 5, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0 Despite injury, Hart returns to boost 'M' 4 By KEVIN WRIGHT Daily Sports Editor EAST LANSING - After a six- yard run late in the second quar- ter, Mike Hart got up from the pile and immediately N limped to the NOTEBOOK Michigan side- line. But that wasn't the end to the senior captain's influence on the game. The Heisman hopeful had already given the Wolverines a boost in the ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom November 5, 2007 - 5B DEFENSE From page 'lB came out with the intensity." Said Michigan linebackers coach Steve Szabo: "The first half was what I would have expected us to do, and then the second half we didn't do it. That's disappoint- ing. I'm glad it happened, because it sends our players a message. We haven't played a good running foot- ball team in while, we had a chance to play one today and found ...…

… 6B - November 5, 20b7 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com I First conference victory eludes 'M' By COLT ROSENSWEIG Daily Sports Writer At halftime of yesterday's game, the Michigan MICHIGAN 1 men's PENN STATE 2 soccer team seemed well on its way to recording its first Big Ten win of the year in its final regular season match. The Wolverines had seized a 1-0 lead against Penn State in the 35th minute on a goal by sopho- more forward Peri...…

…State Street's Work Gallery gees green Arts, Page 8 li ii a ai(:;4 H ,1TOI Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, November 2, 2007 michigandaily.com ADMISSIONS AFTER AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Minority enrollment dips slightly 'U' says numbers don't reflect full effects of Prop 2 By EMILY BARTON Daily StaffReporter The number of underrepre- sented minorities dropped in this year's freshman class, according to final enrollment data released yesterday. The ...…

… I 2 - Friday, November 2, 2007 Classical good looks Classical Civilization Prof. Derek Collins claims he isn't trying. He says he's just trying to look professional. He says it's "cute" that ratemypro- fessors.com has a category in which students can rate their professors' hotness. But Collins's students say he's the one who's cute. Classical Civilization Prof. Derek Collins has been ranked the hottest male professor at the University by u...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, November 2, 2007 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS LANSING Granholm vetoes parts of budget, but signs most bills Gov. Jennifer Granholm has signed most of the new state bud- get bills, but she also has rejected portions through several line-item vetoes announced yesterday. Granholm vetoed more 'than $800,000 set aside for various projects in the state's Department of Human Services budget, saying they "cannot be s...…

… 4 - Friday,.November 2, 2007 6 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 don't approve of Congress." - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi explaining that she too is frustrated at the lack of progress Congress has made on Iraq and that she understands why Congress has such low approval ratings. A Hail Mary for the...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, November 2, 2007 - 5 A fushion of different cultures IASA, one of the University's largest student groups, will perform tonight at Hill By PRIYA BALI Daily Arts Writer The root of the Sanskrit word miz- rana means "mixture." For the Uni- versity's Indian American Student Association, which chose the word for the title of this year's cultural show, mizrana means to combine vari- ous elements of ...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com PLANETARIUM From page 1 he has to be careful not to fly through the stars too quickly or the audience will get dizzy. The operator controls the show using a wireless PlayStation controller. The new software creates accu- rate three-dimensional models of the planets. It is now possible to see the details of the Valles Marineris can- yon on Mars and fly through Jupi- ter's rings. The planetarium is also th...…

… 8 - Friday, November 2, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com AGREENER e o _ State Street's gallery By MAUREEN SULLIVAN Daily Arts Writer Going green. Green-eyed monster. Greenbacks. Green thumb. Green around the gills. It's not easy being green. The color green T has infinite enten- The Green dres and meanings. Show More than a color, green is positive Work Gallery and negative - it's Throagh a feeling, a lifestyle Free r and a pop-...…

…T D r es The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, November 2, 2007 - 9 Spartans pose no 'Red' threat By DANIEL BROMWICH Daily Sports Editor Political football 101: offenses, with Michigan linebackers coach Steve Szabo. When you see spread, think red. "I call that Communist football," Szabo said. "I'm so tired of it. Good, red-blooded Americans snap the ball, hand it to the guy and have a normal run game or pass game." Szabo and the r...…

… 10 - Friday, November 2, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MEN'S BASKETBALL Seniority rules for Blue in exhibition By DAN FELDMAN get them out. So there was no plan Daily Sports Writer there." NEW DEFENSE: Michigan held Seniority rules worked last the Bulldogs to just 40 points. night. Will it work again next Fri- In the second half, the Wolver- day? ines even mixed in the 1-3-1 zone, After practice Wednesday, which they only lear...…

…Our guy against an MSU writer The B-side Sports, Page 5A ONEUN EIG[1(TLIsEE, NoverS (F IIAL FLEE Thursday, November 1, 2007 michigandaily.com ANN ARBOR PHILANTROPHY F11ng Pfizer's void With pharmaceutical giant leaving city, non-profits look for new benefactor By ANDY KROLL Daily Staff Reporter When pharmaceutical giant Pfizer closes its 2 mil- lion-square-foot Plymouth Road facility next year, the city of Ann Arbor will lose its single la...…

… 6 2A - Thursday, November 1, 2007 A HALLOWEEN TREAT? A feminist education In the midst of the social re lion at the height of the women's eration movement at the Univer in the early 1970s, a group of stud decided they were missing a key of their education. They wanted a discourse on female experience. A small group of female volunt led an experimental women's s ies course in the fall of 1972. But University canceled the course a a semeste...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, Noverfber 1, 2007 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS Hearing delayed for pair charged in MSA scandal The pair charged with shutting dowr a rival party's website during the 2006 MSA election had their preliminary hearings rescheduled yesterday. MSA Rep. Anton Vul- jaj and Engineering senior Joel Alan Schweitzer are each charged with one count use of a computer to commit a crime - a felony with maximum penalties o...…

… 4A - Thursday, November 1, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0 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 reflectthe officialrpssition of the Daily's editorialhoard. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the v...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, November 1, 2007 - SA BAD BLOOD Rival columnists duke it out Hello, my Michigan State friends. I'm back. You may remember me from having the same assign- ment last season - a dueling col- umn with a Spartan writer, talking up my school while pointing out your flaws. I know at least 147 of you remember me, because, well, that's how many hate e- mails I got. SCOTT Most of the BELL messages were ...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom PFIZER From page 1A The Ann Arbor Summer Festi- val, a series of performances at the Power Center, also benefited from Pfizer's presence in the city. Pfizer made large annual donations to the show and purchased substantial amounts of tickets for employees. Robb Woulfe, executive direc- tor of the festival, called Pfizer one of the festival's "major" spon- sors and said his organization is already feeling ...…

… 6 8A - Thursday, November], 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com A COSTUME PARTY ON ELM STREET 3 convicted in Madrid attacks Court hands down life sentences for train bombings perpetrators MADRID(AP) -Spain'sNation- al Court convicted the three main suspects in-the Madrid commuter train bombings of mass murder yesterday and sentenced them to tens of thousands of years in pris- on for Europe's worst Islamic ter- ror attack. But the...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, November 1, 2007 - 9A More goalies than nets as Hogan returns to ice By NATE SANDALS Daily Sports Editor For the first time in more than a month, the Michigan hockey goalies had to make the exciting, albeit harrowing, skate down the ice during practice. The Wolverine netminders restarted their regular practice rotation when freshman goalie Bryan Hogan returned to practice Monday. With three goa...…

… 0 10A - Thursday, November 1, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Ohio State faces another conference test By MARK GIANNOTTO Daily Sports Writer Two recent developments have changed the very core of Hallow- een. First, it has transformed from a one-day trick-or-treating fest into a week-long event because the actual holiday falls on Wednesday. Can anyone say five-night weekend? Second, cdstumes have gotten truly ridiculous. Last n...…

…S The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com I Thursday, November 1, 2007 The Daily Arts guide to the best upcoming events - it's everywhere you should be this weekend and why. A photograph of a boy running on the beach in Benin, taken by Peter Schottenfels, part of today's Slideluck Potshow. AT THE ARK Neo-Scottish folk band Back of the Moon - named Best Folk Band at the 2005 Scottish Trad Music Awards - returns to The Ark Sunday. Tickets are $...…

… 2B - Thursday, November 1, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com THE :'A';T'.THE BEACH BOYS:'TODAY!' (1965) The great album that preceded 'Pet ounds' REDUCTIVE REASONING Picking one and one apart. By DAVID WATNICK Daily Arts Writer By the end of 1964, things were moving fast for The Beach Boys. The past year had seen three (three!) albums and endless tour- ing, and the upcoming record demanded more. Despite outra- geous expectations...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, November 1, 2007 - 3B The IKEA in all o You're driving a good 45 miles-her-hour through commercial America in your obnoxious SUV, on a street lined with fast-food chains and gas stations, dotted with strip malls and the odd car wash, when the colorful flicker of bright blue and yellow flags waving in the distance catch your eye. You steer toward them, unable to dis- tract yourself from the col...…

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…WHAT DICK CHENEY SHOULD PUT IN BUSH'S STOCKING OPINION, PAGE 4A FREE SAMPLES DAILY ARTS RECOMMENDS SOME FAVORITES B-SIDE WHY THE BCSSYSTEM ISN'T AS BAD AS YOU THINK SPORTS, PAGE 5A ( (NE HUND ED-SIXT'EI.N YEA IS 1 E ITI i EiTiDM Ann Arbor, Michigan wwwmithigandaily.com7 Thursday, November 30 2006 BIG HOUSE RENOVATIONS Disabled vets: Stadium plan violates law A Vi( The Depar with a can be to add Stadiu The erans the U saying would Disa...…

…2A - Thursday, November 30, 2006 MONDAY: Ten Spot TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: University Jobs F R IDAY. re You Were Here Why do freshmen walk through a fountain at orientation? Hint: It's not because they smell There are certain rites of passage once moat complete to become a University student: write essays, take the SAT, go on campus tours, then wade through knee- deep water in a foun- tain. The fountain walk is perhaps one of ...…

…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 - 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 - 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...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursrav Novemhr 13 0.2006 - 7A { MCAT From page IA But he cautioned students to take the test as soon as they felt ready. "Keep in mind that it does hurt students to take the MCAT later," Gay said. "Taking the test at the last minute could be detrimental to a student's acceptance at top-rated medical schools." Students said they appreciate the additional testing dates. Taking the MCAT in April has c...…