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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, February 2, 2009 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Monday, Fehruary 2, 2009 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS LANSING Granhoim urges tuition freeze for public universities Aides to Gov. Jennifer Gra- nholm say she will urge public universities and community col- leges to freeze tuition rates in her State of the State address. The aides tell the Detroit Free Press in Sunday editions that schools keeping...…

…A 4A - Monday, February 2, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 9 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu GARY GRACA ROBERT SOAVE COURTNEY RATKOWIAK 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 Michigan Daily - michigandailv~com Monday, February 2, 2009 - 5A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Monday, February 2, 2009 - 5A Spray-painting on the campaign trail "Step one: Conquer Cuba. Step two: Conquer the T-shirt of every rebellious American 7th-grader." A muddled Soderbergh's mammoth biopic lacks the focus to reveal the nuances of its legendary subject By IMRAN SYED Daily Arts Writer Che Guevara is unquestionably one of t...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, February 2, 2009 - 7A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Monday, February 2, 2009 - 7A Tv igEHeEW Saving' Heroes' Manners vs. makeup 'Heroes' looks to right itself in its fourth season By DAVE REAP Daily TV/New Media Editor While it's no secret NBC's "Heroes" needs resuscitation, Heroes how to rescue the super-powered Mondays ! action-drama at 9 p.m. is one of televi- NBC sion's greatest m...…

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…The Michigan Daily I michigandaily.com February 2, 2009 Ejection of Harris ends Michigan's upset bid By JASON KOHLER Daily Sports Writer WEST LAFAYETTE - Purdue guard Chris Kramer lay motionless on the floor inside Mackey Arena, a pool of blood expanding under his head. Standing over him, Michigan sophomore forward Manny Harris looked around in shock, trying to figure out what had just happened. With the Michigan men's basketball team clingin...…

…4 2B- February 2, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2B - February 2, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom snaps losing streak 'Clammy Sosa'mascot p mirrors dominating Wolverine victory By JOE STAPLETON Daily Sports Writer3 Early in the second half of theK Michigan women's basketball game T yesterday against Wisconsin, a base-e ball-playing clam mascot named "Clammy Sosa" walked onto the . court during a timeout. The clam wa...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com February 2, 2009 - 3B iClfgan must step up on the roau From pageE ifit wants to make tournament WEST LAFAYETTE - A Manny Harris exited the Mackey Arena floor follow- ing his ejection early in the second half, the crowd inside the old, rickety venue was deaf- ening. Boilermark- er fans seemed RUTH ready to jump LINCOLN outoftheir seats to hold a towel to Purdue guard Chris Kramer's bloody nose and, um,...…

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…MEN'S HOOPS FALTERS LATE THE PULL OF POLLS Gophers halt Wolverines' win streak at three Why presidential polling is bad for America Sports, Page 8A Opinion, Page 4A CNI 1K 1icTiE anRa LE )NE-1HU/NDRE-1D-EIGHTEEN YEARS OF EDITORIA L FR EEDOM Friday, February 22, 2008 michigandaily.com GEO NEGOTIATIONS Contract talks.to continue after break Scheduled negotiations between GEO,'U' ended yesterday without a deal in place By JACOB SMILOVITZ Daily ...…

… I 2A - Friday, February 22, 2008 MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: The Extremist THURSDAY: Explained THEY KNOW NOTT-TNN( Courting the co-eds In 1943, freshmen men didn't have much to fear when it came to courting the opposite sex - that is, if they still had their trusty copy of Michigane- tiquette safely tucked into their back pocket. The little booklet, published by and for male University students, co...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, February 22, 2008 - 3A' The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, February 22, 2008 - 3A NEWSBRIEFS BELGRADE, Serbia Rioters set fire to office inside U.S. Embassy Angry Serbs broke into the U.S. Embassy and set fire to an office last night as rioters rampaged through Belgrade's streets, putting an exclamation point of violence to a day of mass protest against West- ern support for an indep...…

… I 4A -Friday, February 22, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University ofMichigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 rarhedaily@umich.edu This sounds like a pointless exercise to me - speculating about reporting that may or may not result in an article." --Bill Keller, The New York Times executive editor, responding to a question about whether the Times would run a story appear...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, February 22, 2008 - 5A ARTS IN BRIEF Event New program teams with Detroit artist to improve city living Detroit to Ann Arbor Art Exhibit At the Michigan Union Art Lounge Through March 4 Art is never far from the city of Detroit. One of its native sons and artists Stephen William Schudlich is acutely aware of this fact. Collecting waste paper off the streets of Detroit is more than a way to save...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, February 22, 2008 - 7A TEXTBOOKS From Page 1A the battle against boosted book prices. Statistics senior lecturer Brenda Gunderson, chair of the Textbook Task Force; said she helps accom- modate students who use older textbook editions by giving them a list of equivalent page numbers in the newer editions. Gunderson said shekeeps several copies ofthe text- book on reserve in the library and publi...…

… 8A - Friday, February 22, 2008T ih d The Michigan Daily - michiganclaily.com MINNESOTA 69, MICHIGAN 60 LETDOWN Phillips dominates in paint as Blue doubles up Purdue By ALEX PROSPERI Daily Sports Writer Michigan coach Kevin Borseth, known for his fire on the sidelines, did something out of the ordinary last night. He sat down. PURDUE 36 With MICHIGAN 72 four min- utes remaining against Purdue, the always-pacing Borseth took a seat between...…

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…b t1Oiidigan DaiI1 ONI I .l 1)1 N 1111 NN 1 I(*:.TlI'l NYASO DI~T)B1 11 1FREEOM Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, February 21, 2008 michigandailycom TOTAL ECLIPSE GEO votes to postpone deadline for new contract Grad student union now has until March17 to agree to new contract By JACOB SMILOVITZ Daily StaffReporter The Graduate Employees' Orga- nization, engaged in contentious* contract negotiations with the University, voted overwhelmingly l...…

… 4 2A - Thursday, February 21, 2008 The art of negotiation Graduate student instructors gathered in Haven Hall yes- terday to hold a grade-in as a protest to draw attention to the Graduate Employees' Organi- zation's ongoing contract nega- tions with the University. But this wasn't the first time that a group of gradoate students have hounded together for a cause. The Graduate Employees Organization is a labor union established in 1970 to l...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS PANELIST From Page' JAKARTA, Indonesia panelist and: West Indonesian Cotton. "Wh this so-called earthquake injures doesn't matt president use 25, kills at least 3 in her speech about how w A powerful earthquake struck each other." western Indonesia yesterday, kill- Cotton w: ing at least three people, injuring "The State 25 others, and damaging several sponsored by buildings, officials said. ...…

… 4 4A - Thursday, February 21, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaify@umich.edu ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR GABE NELSON MANAGING EDITOR Pretty bad for patients, pretty good for industry profits:' Allison Zieve, an attorney for the petitioners, discussing her defeat in a Suprem...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 5A 4Winning streak has Blue 'hungry' Team looking to extend three-game winning streak against Gophers By MARK GIANNOTTO Daily Sports Editor Just two weeks ago, it was impossible to imagine that the Michigan men's basketball team would soon be the hottest squad Michigan at in the Big Ten. Minnesota But the Matchup- Wolverines (4- Michigan 8-17; 9 Big Ten, 8-17 Minnesota 17-...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 7A VANDERKAAY From Page 1A set a high standard for their brothers to follow. At Michi- gan, Christian was a 2004 NCAA All-American in the 200 -meter freestyle relay and Peter won five NCAA titles. He was also a member of the gold medal-winning 800- meter freestyle relay team at the 2004 Athens Olym- pics and set a new American record in the 500-yard free- style on Feb. 9. C...…

… a 8A - Thursday, February 21, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Deep roster lets 'M' shrug off injuries By NICOLE AUERBACH Daily Sports Writer While the Michigan women's gymnastics team's record might be squeaky clean, its bill of health isn't. Three all-Americans - juniors Becky Bernard and Tatjana Thuener-Rego and senior Katie Lieberman - sat out of the lineup last weekend with minor injuries. The fourth-ranked Wolverines look...…

…ti B The Michigan Daily I michigandaily.com I Thursday, February 21,2008 The Daily Arts guide to the best upcoming events - it's everywhere you should be this weekend and why. BEYOND Graffiti walks a fine line in underground art By Whitney Pow I Daily Fine Arts Editor ON DISPLAY "Letters to Sala," a con- tinuing open exhibition of rarely seen letters and photographs from the Holocaust, is currently in the Harlan Hatcher Grad- uate Libra...…

… 2B - Thursday, February 21, 2008 4 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com REDUCTIVE REASONING Picking one And one Anart D THE MAGNETIC FIELDS:'69 LOVE SONGS'(1999) The Duily Arts guide to upcoming events Today 2.21.08 Playing Piano in Early 20th Someone Century IstanbulS 7:30 p.m. elses K At the School of Social Work Building, words room1636 Free Mary Jo Firth Gillett 7 p.m. At Shaman Drum Free Change Tomorrow 2.22.08 Jef Brannan 8 and ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 3B When the empire writes back he classic names of Eng- lish literature may still be Donne, Shakespeare and Milton. But look at contemporary bookshelves and book- lists and you'll find that names of some of the best English- language authorsKIMBERLY today sound CHOU much less Anglo-Saxon and, perhaps, much more like your own. Diaz, Jin, Hamid and Lahiri are being read - an...…

… 4 4B - Thursday, February 21, 2008 OSCARS From Page lB BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY "Atonement" "Away from Her" "Le Scaphandre et le Papillon" (a.k.a. "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly") "No Country for Old Men" "There Will Be Blood" Should Win: "No Country for Old Men" Will Win: "No Country for Old Men" As deeply contemplative and esoteric as its source material (a novel by Cormac McCarthy) and yet superb by every con- ventional standard of dra...…

…Idlommobb - 4V 46F 46F tc4tgan 4,3at IV Ann Arbor, Michigan_ Wednesday, February 20,2008 michigandaily.com STATE FUNDING Coleman asks for boost in fuding un 1g Research university leaders make cases for fund increases despite state budget crunch By EMILY BARTON Daily News Editor EAST LANSING - The presidents of the state's three research universities reiterated their need for state funding before a state Senate appropriation subcommittee y...…

… 2A - Wednesday, February 20, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2A - Wednesday, February 20, 2008 The Michigan Daily michigandailycom FRIDAY: Before You Were Here 'U' researchers trump Dr. Evil The University of Michigan is known for milestones. The Peace Corps started at the University when President John F. Kennedy stood on the steps of the Michigan Union to announce his plan for the program. Michigan Stadium is known across t...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ,.4N-c Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 3A I , Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Obama takes Wisconsin for ninth consecutive win Barack Obama cruised past a fading Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Wisconsin primary Tuesday night, gaining the upper hand in a Democratic presidential race for the ages. It was Obama's ninth straight victory over the past three weeks, and left the former ...…

… 4A - Wednesday, February 20, 2008 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University ofMichigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu 0 'A4 QU TA E One of the greatest benefits of the revolution is that even our prostitutes are college graduates." - Fidel Castro, speaking about the benefits of the communist revolution he led in Cuba in a 2003 documentary "Comandante." Castr...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 5A An art Controversial. and. diverse art show comes to A2 By MICHELE YANKSON DailyArts Writer or those who become squeamish at the thought of Renoir's paintings of lush nudes, an art show about people who call themselves "sex workers" could be an uncomfortable experience. But for those who might rel-SeX WorkerS ish the idea of former and current members of the sex ArtShow...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 7A FUNDING From Page 1A only administrators to testify together. The presidents of Lake Superior State University and Eastern Michigan University also addressed the committee yester- day. Michigan State University President Lou Anna Simon began the testimony by explaining how the coalition puts the three uni- versities in the "unique" position to bolster the state's econom...…

… RA - WArdn/ el,, tvFphrir 0 2 R Th D i The Michigan Daily - nichiganclaily.com INSURANCE From Page 1A dent would decrease. If health insurance were made mandatory, the cost of the premi- um would be added to the Univer- sity's estimated cost of attendance for each student. Students could then be eligible to receive financial aid to cover the premium, but aid would not be guaranteed. This means stu- dents without outside insurance who cannot...…

…The Michigan Daily - michiganclaily.com Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 9A The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, Fehruary 20, 2008 - 9A Hockey team eels Kolarik's absence By MICHAEL EISENSTEIN Daily Sports Writer During the Michigan hockey team's warm-up skate at practice, Wolverine associate head coach Mel Pear- son scans the ice for Chad Kolarik's light blue jersey. He feeds the alternate captain passes to shoot as the team ci...…

… ifA-\AhainA z.A.,..-Po The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com SROCZYNSKI Biondo's agility helps in From page And because cli p weforbid a player f climb up1D weight ladder more than two s matches Sroczyn NCAA rules rom dropping pots between ski will have By IAN KAY McFarland said. "He carries a lot of Daily Sports Writer that stuff with him and I think that's going to be a real big advantage for As he has several times before, him as he c...…

… w w w I W- I 8 >Th MchianDaly - dnsdyFerury20s20: Sympathy for the GOP s one of the country's prominent liberal enclaves, Ann Arbor has provided a bubble in which Democrats lord over the few Republicans on cam- pus who muster the energy and courage to defend their political beliefs. From a personal stand- point, all of this has been fine for the past five years. I've enjoyed sit- ting around with friends discuss- ing the epic failures ...…

…w w w w w w w 'W" w v - qw w v w I B .Te -ic iganDaiy -Wedesdy, ebrary20,200 THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK with GABE NELSON A look at the big news events this week and how important they really are. Conveniently rated from one to10. rule 84: A slippery sidewalk isn't reason enough to shuffle to class like an anxious penguin. rule 85: Napping on library chairs and sofas is all right unless you snore, breathe heav- ily or make sexual noises i...…

…0 Y Yu v 9 a The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 20, 2008 I . a .. - . go .:- ., rt4l ABOUT CAMPUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN OQUIST QUOTES OF THE WEEK It's like when you crave tur- key. You eat it and you eat it and you eat it, but you still want it." - ROBERT BENJAMIN, a 67-year-old former col- lege professor at Vanier College in Montreal, com- paring his addiction to sadomasochistic sex clubs in New York with eating turkey "I...…

…V U V V V U V Awk Allk d AdIL -W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I B>TeMchgniy- Weneday Fbrury20,208: Weneda, ebuay o0,208 - e :ihianDil-* 5 (ABOVE) Rackham student Kiri Sailiata hangs fliers on the widely used posting wall in Mason Hall. The walls and lobby area have provided students a simple means of publicizing events that LSA's proposed publication distribution plic presented by publications littered on the ground prompted the creation of the ...…

…idriganhiI0 Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, February 19,2008 michigandaily.com CAMPAIGN 2008 Dems debate delegate seating Democratic National Party has suggested that Michigan hold caucuses to seat delegates By EMILY BARTON Daily News Editor With presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton neck and neck in the delegate count, the Democratic National Committee has suggested that Michigan hold a caucus to ensure that the state's 12...…

… 2 - Monday, February 19, 2008 MONDAY: WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: FRIDAY: In Other Ivory Towers The Extremist Explained Before You Were Here Runnin in a ASINKING FEELING nunng mito a former flhng- sort of My sister visited last weekend, so I braved the cold to walk across cam- pus to a party my friend was hosting. About an hour into the party, my sister asked me if I knew the guy standing across the room where she had been talking to a friend. I l...…