… 4A - Wednesday, February 13, 2008 4A -W nderrThe Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4 my idc t6'a n ail Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu 4 ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF Some people around here get cold feet when threatened by the administration:' -Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), on the Democrats' role in passing a reauthorization of the Bush a...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, February 13, 2008 - SA PHOTOS COURTESY OF WARNER BROS Addressing the Grammy voters I can see ouRcareers floating away.' FILM REVIEW FOOLISH GOLD Romantic comedy drowns in typical story twists and poor characters By ANNIE LEVENE Daily Arts Writer There's no doubt about it: Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson certainly look like a golden couple. But * 2 Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks Fools Gold the...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, February 13, 2008 - 7A ADMISSIONS From Page 1A LSA junior Jessica Viera, the vice president of finance in Sigma Lambda Gamma, a Latina soror- ity, said the University's reasoning sounded strange. "I don't think that's a valid excuse," she said. "It doesn't make sense. (Proposal 2) is a continuing issue. It didn't end last year. It's still going on, and they shouldn't be holdingthe numbers." B...…
… 8A - Wednesday, February 13, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com AlRUM REIIVIW TRAILER REVIEWS 4 The return of Michael I I Reissue of Thriller proves to be an unnecessary and trite release By CHRIS GAERIG ManagingArts Editor Reviewing Michael Jackson's Thriller is sort of an act of futil- ity. Around 1982 when this album * first dropped - this recent Michael incarnation com- Jackson memorating the particularly arbi- Thriller25...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, February 13, 2008 - 9A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, February 13, 2008 - 9A ues ions abound on recruiting trail By DAN FELDMAN Daily Sports Editor The Michigan men's basketball team's inconsisten- cies have caused plenty of problems on the court. But they're making Michigan coach John Beilein's job more difficult off the court, too. Beilein has been traveling the country s...…
… 10A - Wednesday, February 13, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Moore makes most of new role After four years on team, walk-on earns spot in event lineup By NICOLE AUERBACH Daily Sports Writer Senior Megan Moore wasn't recruited by the Michigan wom- en's gymnastics coach Bev Plocki. Four years ago, the high school standout sent Plocki a video, and Plocki told her she would probably be able to walk on. For three seasons, the Roche...…
…8B Th Mc iga Diy ens ay, February 13, 2008 Dedlared resentment w w w w wr w IRW w w - m t's the question that's sure to send any college student into a self-analytic panic attack. The question to which most liberal arts students respond in form - shuf- fling their feet uncomfortably, staring at their toes and mumbling something along the lines of "Well, I'm figuring it out." It's also a rea- son why just about everybody in LSA resen...…
…w w w w _t w w w s w w w SB heMihianDaly - eneda, ebrar O1, 00 Weneda, erury13 008-Oh* McignDal 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 81: After see- ing someone slip on ice, don't ask if they're OK. They just want you to pretend that it didn't happen. rule 82: If some- one knows what you filled out for "favorite beve...…
…Th9 icia al enedy eray1,20 w w w 7 w w qw w ABOUT CAMPUS I ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN OQUIST mss( QUOTES OF THE WEEK "Doesn't it seem like Chelsea's "The wrath of God sort of being pimped out in is the only way I some weird sort of way?" can describe it." The 'genius house' encouraged - at least in the arena of intellectual debate. Think some- Honors luncheon? Telluride thing like the salons of 18th century gets free room and board Pari...…
…w w w _w- T _w_ w- w w w I 6 Th ihia Dy- Wenesay Feruay 3, O00 Weneda, ebuay 3,208 - e :icianDaly The University's regional campuses were founded with immense poten- tial to shape economic progress in Michigan. But the state didn't follow through. omeone looking to find out about the origins of the University of Michigan's campus in Dearborn would find it use- ful to lookthrough the papers of the first director of the Dearborn campu...…
…446brr an at im Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, February 12, 2008 michigandaily.com CHARITY CALISTHENICS CAPITOL HILL AND CAMPUS The first in an four-part series on how federal legislation would affect college students Bill aims to reduce price of college Lawmakers want more information on how aid, tuition costs are decided By JULIE ROWE Daily Staff Reporter The United States House of Representatives over- whelmingly passed a bill last week ...…
… 2 - Tuesday, February 12, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0 THURSDAY: Explained . FRIDAY: Before You Were Here A bilingual food fight PREPARING FOR V-DAY While sitting in my German class today, the hysterical depart- ment head, carried in a large bag of plastic food. Odd, I thought, as he plunked it down on the desk. He had a brief conversation with my instructor in German, chuckled, and walked out. Class continued as usual ...…
…* The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com T y 1 Tuesday, February 12, 2008 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON FBI raids home in China espionage investigation The FBI was raiding a home in New Orleans yesterday in con- nection with a spy investigation of U.S. military secrets being ille- gally given to China. A Defense Department ana- lyst with security clearances was among the three or four peo- ple being charged in what law enforcement officials des...…
… 4 - Tuesday, February 12, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com a EILy MJidiigan &4ly Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu The system hasn't been able to handle the less-complicated cases it has been presented with to date." - David Glazier, a Loyola Law School professor, forecasting problems the Guantanamo Bay military commissions will have ...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, February 12, 2008 - 5 DVDs today, coasters tomorrow The magnitude of my problem lies somewhere between global warming and the nonexistence of McDonald's break- fast at noon. Multiple goods are replacing something I am excessively invested in, and ' I don't know whattodo about it. You see, I've amassed about 400 DVDs, and f they're slowly beginning to MICHAEL look like audio PASSMAN cassettes c...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, February 12, 2008 - 7 EDUCATION From Page 1 Cynthia Wilbanks, the Univer- sity's vice president of govern- ment relations, said the University is actively giving feedback to law- makers about the bill. "We continue to be fully engaged," Wilbanks said. "We are not reluctant at all to share with policy makers the provisions that we like and the provisions we find challenging and ways in which we'...…
… a 8 - Tuesday, February 12, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Report: Quick committed credit card fraud Frosh was dismissed from team on Feb. 1 By MICHAEL EISENSTEIN Daily Sports Writer Former Wolverine defenseman Kevin Quick, who was dismissed from the Michigan hockey team Feb. 1, stole a credit card and used it to spend thousands of dollars, The Buffalo News reported. NOTEBOOK The incident erupted just before the Wolverines' s...…
…4 RETURN TO THE TOP Hockey team narrowly misses sweep of top-ranked Miami (Ohio) SportsMonday Nc 1Bidigan Daily IT )F EDITORIAL FREEDOM Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, February 11, 2008 michigandaily.com TOP CHEF TURNS ON THE HEAT AT HILLEL SPRING COMMENCEMENT Graduation will be held on the Diag 66 percent of those BACKUP PLANS surveyed chose Diag 3,OO2graduating studentsvoted torthe Diag over Elbel Field CHRIS HERRING and ANDYKROLL Daily...…
… 2A - Monday, February 11, 2008 IN THE BALLROOM Twister tears through Tenn. college A tornado roared through Union University's campus near Memphis Tuesday, destroying nearly half of the- university's dormitories and three classroom buildings. Many students waited out the storm safely in dorm bathrooms. Fifty-one students were taken to the hospital, and nine were put into intensive care. The university is scheduled to reopen on Wednesday, b...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, February 11, 2008 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS BAGHDAD. Defense Secretary Gates says he sees progress in Iraq Hard choices face Iraq's politi- cal leaders on how to stabilize the country despite promising new signs of progress toward reconcili- ation, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday. "They seem to have become energized over the last few weeks," Gates said. The Pentagon chief told reporters who...…
… 4A - Monday, February 11, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com U4ie 0lidoi an a4 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu 0 ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR GABE NELSON MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily~comn Monday, February 11, 2008 - 5A Like G-Unit, only not terrible. Southern rap thrives on ne By CHRIS GAERIG ManagingArts Editor With all of the heat that main- stream hip hop has felt in the past several years about increasingly violent topics, misogyny and ram- pant drug references, the Virgin- ian rhyming duo Clipse - Malice and Pusha T - stands firmly as a middle finger to the FCC and musical do-goo...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ELECTION From Page 1A over whether lawmakers would cast their ballots publicly or secretly delayed the start of the first vote until 8 p.m. Friday. During the debates, two parlia- ment members were taken to the hospital before voting took place - one for a heart arrhythmia and another for stress. In the voting, Klaus received one more vote than Svejnar, but he didn't achieve the necessary majority, forci...…
… 8A - Monday, February 11, 2008 ROSCOE From Page 5A However, the past, especially when it involves family, always catches up to the fragile present. Nine years after leaving for Tin- seltown, Roscoe receives a sweet, guilt-tripping phone call from his mother reminding him of his par- ents' 50th wedding anniversary. Before he knows it, Roscoe is head- ing back to rural Georgia along with his "celebrity" fiancee Bianca (Joy Bryant), accurately d...…
…TO THE MAIZE RAGE? hasn't yet turned it around * The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com February 11, 2008 FRIDAY: MICHIGAN 4, MIAMI 2 * SATURDAY: MICHIGAN 5, MIAMI 5 No. vs. No. 2 Battle of the nation's best DRIGO GAYA/Dal The Michigan hockey team celebrates one of its nine total goals scored against Miami (Ohio) goaltender Jeff Zatkoff. Zatkoff came into the weekend with the nation's best goals-against average and save percentage. Dynamic ...…
… 2B - Monday, February 11, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaiiy.com It might not be pretty but Michigan hoops is worth it Senior Eric Tannenbaum captured a 10-4 victory against Ohio State, but a controversial no-call on a takedown in the closing seconds gave him just a minor decision. The match was a deciding factor in the Wolverines' 16-15 loss. Lak ofbonus points dooms iI nweeken1-ld road tripd By IAN KAY . Such missed opportunities u...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com RODRIGO GAYA/Daily RedHawk fans lined the glass at Steve Cady Arena all weekend, some having camped out overnight to get tickets. Students ihned up overnight f ora tickets o anticipated series Ab tick M OXF( Arena c before t the bigg But7 Miami ( to Frida betweer top-ran! before t The j Steve C Thursda line jus and one that, hi immers Baue 60 tent fans, ma as Ric coach E waiteda for onec section game. B...…
… a 4B - Monday, February 11, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wolverines finally show signs of improvement "I know one thing. After going through this, there'll never bea win that I don't enjoy the rest of my lHfe. In some years, it's been lots of wins. And a lot of times, I was upset how we played afterward. And that'll never happen again as long as I live." - Men's basketball coach John Beilein t has been a tough season for Be...…
…No2 Wli nes gear utortshowdown with top-ranked Miami (Ohio) Sotae Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, February 8, 2008 michigandaily.com HIGHER EDUCATION Granholm proposes 'U' funding increase 'U' would receive 3.2 percent boost in state funding under governor's request By EMILY BARTON Daily News Editor Gov. Jennifer Granholm asked for a 3.2 percent increase in state funding to the University of Michi- gan in the budget proposal she released yest...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2 - Friday, February 8, 2008 MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes' WEDNESDAY: The Extremist THURSDAY: Explained MEDICAL RELIEF Tipping their hat to tradition Woven into campus cul- ture here at the University are a number of popular traditions embraced by students. Never step on the bronze "M" on the Diagbefore take you a blue book exam. All new students have to walk through the I...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, February 8, 2008 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS VIENNA, Austria Iran develops advanced nuclear centrifuge Iran's nuclear project has developed its own version of an advanced centrifuge to churn out enriched uranium much faster than its previous machines, diplo- mats and experts said yesterday. They said that few of the IR- 2 centrifuges were operating and that testing appeared to be in an early phase, with the...…
… 4 - Friday, February 8, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 40 fyiligtan 3a4, Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu From my money - that's where I got the money." - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, commenting on the source of the $5 million donation her campaign recently received, as reported yesterday by the New York Post...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, February 8, 2008 - 5 PHOTOS COURTESY OF ARABESQUE MUSIC ENSEMBLE The Arabesque Music Ensemble plays tonight at 8 p.m. at Rackham Auditorium. RESURRECTING GREATNESS These are pictures of a band that used to be popular. They are no longer popular. Going back to the '90s Popular '90s group returns with a disc of pop anthems and a few experiments By SASHA RESENDE DailyArts Writer The members of Na...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com CLASSES From Page 1 smaller companies where they can stand out." Schox said today's students are more interested in learninghow to obtain start-up funding and learn- ing what it takes to build their own companies from the ground up. His course, and another engi- neering course on venture capital- ism being taught this semester, are geared toward students with more definedbusiness goals. The College of En...…
…8 - Friday, February 8, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com a 0 PHOTOSCOURTESY OF ABC At least one of these people is a prophet. Can you guess which one? PHOTOS COURTESY OF BARSU I can think of four ugly reasons these guys don't make it onto their album covers. Primetime prophet Music for the everyman Death Cab guitarist displays his overshadowed skills on solo disc By CAITLIN COWAN DailyArts Writer In the video for Chris Wal...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, February 8, 2008- 9 MICHIGAN 68, PENN STATE 53 TURNAROUND TIME Late push in first half keeps Blue in game By JASON KOHLER Daily Sports Writer With 3:47 left in the first half, Michigan coach Kevin Borseth glared at the the Crisler Arena scoreboard. His team had just 19 points, and was trailing Penn State by eight. "I thought, wow, we got to get out of this funk somehow," Borseth said. In the fi...…
… 10 - Friday, February 8, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0 'M' edges Nebraska for first win in Lincoln NOrTEBOO By NICOLE AUERBACH Daily Sports Writer Husker Country hasn't been friendly territory for the Wolver- ines. The Michigan women's gymnas- tics team had never won at Nebras- ka in the regular season. But last night, No. 5 Michigan broke tradi- MICHIGAN 196.575 tion and NEBRASKA 196.075 defeated No. 12 Nebraska, 196.575-1...…
… W$1iChilan4ai~ l Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, February 7, 2008 michigandailycom SIGNING DAY BRINGS 23 NEW WOLVERINES CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS Talks stall between 'U'GSIs GEO asked for 9 percent raises for each of next three years; University countered with offer of 2,percent yearly raises By JACOB SMILOVITZ Daily Staff Reporter With less than a month before the union's current contract expires, contract negotiations between the Graduate Em...…
… 6 2A - Thursday, February7, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: FRIDAY: The Extremist Explained _Before You Were Here Shoveling a winter wonderland LEARNING BLACK HISTORY Students living in the dorms and off-campus apartments should be thankful next time they walk outside to find their sidewalks in front of their build- ings coated in snow and ice. Although sid...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS LAFAYETTE, Tenn. Twisters kill at least 54 people across the South At least 54 people were killed and hundreds injured Tuesday and yesterday by dozens of tornadoes that plowed across Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama. It was the nation's deadliest barrage of twisters in almost 23 years. President Bush gave assurances his administration stood ready to help. TeamsfromtheFed...…
… 4A - Thursday, February 7, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 74C idiCgan 4il Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. ' i 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu 0 ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR GABE NELSON MANAGING EDITOR The Department of Defense is like the world's biggest supertanker." -Defense Sec. Robert Gates, speaking about the U.S. mi...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, February 7, 2008- 5A MichiganOhio StatePenn State APPHOT Terrelle Pryor announcing he will postpone his college decision, opting to take time for visits to more schools. According to Pryor, his final choices are Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State. Pryor: I don't know where I'm going |RARD Here's a glance at some of '~l~~f orsa eris Even without prized QB, Michigan's class still among best ...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 7A BAR From Page 1A laws allow distillers to sell their products directly to retail loca- tions. Distillers in Ann Arbor are required to sell products through distributors. Many of the bar's patrons said they will miss the quirky nature of Leopold Bros. The pub, which opened in the fall of 1999, offers typical bar games like darts and pool, but also features a variety of bo...…
… a 8A - Thursday, February7, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 'A' apparently not OK for Mitera New role hasn't translated into After transfer, guard left out in the cold sustained success By ANDY REID Daily Sports Writer Three photos hang on one wall of the Michigan hockey team's lounge. They are surrounded by NCAA Championship trophies, Brendan Morrison's Hobey Baker Award and various other shrines dedicated to the Wolverines' ...…
…. }try Fo . ;; ; . g ;M1. y t. 3 The Michigan Daily ( michigandaily.com ( Thursday, February 7,2008 ' asa a + _. . r I The Daily Arts guide to the best upcoming events - it's everywhere you should be this weekend and why. Predicting = - -the U Grammy - -* 0 W : U_ 'kIN T I ' Ue 3- Eu - - --- a1i - - V winners ... ,, . , "++ .M +4 ,.. - - - - - m~ - - - - - - x5,a - - - 1 vi 0 m Of W z Q 0 z Q W V E- z Q J F.. Q z W W W W W ,...…
