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…4 8A - Wednesday, February 4, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com '1W surprisingly hasn't seen a shootout so far The Victors vs. the eSt We know the Wolverines have a game tomorrow against Penn State. So what? The team is taking on Connecticut, the top-ranked squad in the nation, on Saturday - and that's always a big deal. The Daily has dug through the record books and found Michigan's all-time record versus the No.l team in the na...…

…w ,. _ .r lqw ._ -_ -. IRW Personal Statement The tantric New York Times ByBrianTengel friend of mine once told me that reading the Sunday ew York Times was better than sex. Being unfamiliar with the paper at the time, I couldn't validate his statement. But it gave me pause. The Sunday Times must really be something, I thought, if he's argu- ing that it's better than sex. So I started reading to find out. Originally, I bought the paper eve...…

…-W mw WedesayFeruay , 00O Magazine Editor: Jessica Vosgerchian Editor in Chief: Gary Graca ManagingEditor: Courtney Ratkowiak Photo Editor: Sam Wolson Multimedia Editor: David Azad Merian Junk Drawer: Brian Tengel Center spread design: Hillary Ruffe Cover photo: Chanel Von Habsburg- Lothringen The Statement is The Michigan Daily's news magazine, distributed every Wednesday during the academic year. new rules rule 179: It's acceptable to k...…

…The Wednesday, 2009 w w w. lomr- - low WdedyFeray42009I G aL ", ' 1 ; s v, +ax:e. >;xvrc ac+, : .aa«ssa : ;;. sa e.,a z r .c . ABOUT CAMPUS .,.01[3I INI QUOTES OF THE WEEK Needless to say, the eighth was a surprise to us all, but a blessing as well."' - KAREN MAPLES, a doctor at the Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center in Cali- fornia, delivering a statement from the uniden- tified mother who gave birth to octuplets last week. ...…

… NW low The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 4, 2009 Wednesday, February 4, 2009 -The Michigan Daly I Erik Lundberg is the biggest name on campus that you don't know. As chief investment officer, he oversees the University's multi-billion-dollar endowment. And in the midst of a financial crisis, he has never been more needed. By Andy Kroll Daily Investigative Editor The most important office in the entire University of Michigan system ...…

…e ic1 i n i1 Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, February 3, 2009 michigandaily.com FUNDING HIGHER EDUCATION Gov. to ask for tuition freeze, 'U' undecided A passerby walks in front of the currently dark storefront of Red Hot Lovers yesterday. The eatery's owner said he is unsure if it will return to its location on East University. R edHo'su Granholm expected to call for steady tuition rates in exchange for funding By KYLE SWANSON Daily StaffRe...…

…2 - Tuesday, February 3, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2 - Tuesday, February 3, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom MONDAY: TUESDAY: WEDNESDAY: In Other Ivory Towers Campus Characters Explained THURSDAY: FRIDAY: Before You Were Here Photos of the Week It's always sunny in Blue Front When you walk into Blue Front at 701 Packard St., between the freezers of beer and the shelves of wine is the friendly face and warm sm...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, February 3, 2009 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Officials say Obama to nominate Gregg for commerce spot President Barack Obama plans to nominate Sen. Judd Gregg as com- merce secretary on Tuesday, the White House confirmed on the eve of the announcement as the New Hampshire Republican disclosed an apparent deal that would keep his seat out of Democratic hands. "I have made it clear to the Sen ate l...…

…4 - Tuesday, February 3, 2009 r° a ~, II 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 ROBERT SOAVE COURTNEY RATKOWIAK EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR GARY GRACA EDITOR IN CHIEF Unsigned editorials reflect the official position oftthe Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represen...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, February 3, 2009 - 5 Making the Oscars matter Ben Kweller: one classy son of a bitch. Pop rock on Reti Be his Ch Meet faced, writer one of guys in he has fair sha big-thin over th three s es. WI not he up to hi matter The for the artist, urning to Texas, and fortune are simply not realis- tic. Kweller understands this truth n Kweller finds and has never let itbring him down. He makes music ...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, February 3, 2009 - 7 TUITION FREEZE From Page 1 "We share (Granholm's) con- cernsaboutthefinancialhardships of our state and all the citizens of our state," he said. "I can assure you that financial aid will be a big focus in our budget planning and development." The University has raised tuition every year for the past nine years. Increases have ranged from a 2.8 percent-increase in 2000 and 2...…

…8 - Tuesday, February 3, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 8 - Tuesday, February 3, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom No need to panic, Blue s 21-game drought future still looks promising ends for Czarnik By CHRIS MESZAROS his best hockey, and Czarnik is de efi- After his team blew a 20-point lead to the Chicago Bears in 2006, former Arizona Cardinals coach Dennis Green erupted during his postgame press conference. His ...…

…ie-H MIdEpAn BaiI ON'\ 111.lND! 11) N E1 L\ 1 1,'TEE1E1RS11 E iTI LiE DM Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, February 2,2009 anichigandailycom ANN ARBOR FOLKLORE TRANSFER ADMISSIONS 'U' to take in more transfer applicants JED MOCH/Daily For a slideshow of other moments from this year's Folk legend Pete Seeger performs at Hill Auditorium to close the second night of the 32nd annual Ann Ann Arbor Folk Festival, go to michigandaily.com. Arbor Folk ...…

…4 2A - Monday, February 2, 2009 Vy y The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Physicists teleport information MR. SOUTH QUAD Quantum physicists at the Uni- versity of Maryland successfully teleported information between two ions, The Diamondback report- ed. The results of six University of Maryland physicists' study was published in Science magazine last month. The feat was achieved last September. Researcher Steven Olmschenk said the long ...…

…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...…

…4 8A - Monday, February 2, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 8A - Monday, February 2, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom I 4 4 I I I 4 4 4 I 0 Q 200a PiceatehuseCopers LLP. Alrihts rserve~d. "Piewatehosnoopers"'refers to PiceaterhoseCopes LLP ar, as the contet reqies,t Piceaterose~ooer loal netork oothe tmembe fim of tenetwork, each of whicht is a seearate ate itaeendenteal entity. We ae prod to be an Affimativ...…

…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...…