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…6 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 17, 2006 the michigan daily ***PARKING ON CENTRAL CAMPUS*** - - - - - - - - - - Call today 761-8000. CAMPUS PARKING SPACES Available. 665-8825. y-o Old WetSd. 0& edoM o2ZC M z !!! GRAD STUDENT ALERT M! Old West Side. 1 & 2 bedrooms. MUST SEE for Fall '06. 734.668.1100. ! 5 Bedroom Houses, May or September lease, Carlsonproperties.com, 332-6000. ! ! ! LUAU OPEN HOUSE ! ! ! Super spe- cials slotted fo...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 17, 2006 - 7 . WEBSITE Continued from page 1 including the Duderstadt Media Commons and local coffee shops. Currently users must post their locations manually into the system, but developers are working to automate the pro- cess using already available wireless technology, Feldman said. By integrating the site with a server called Mates, which compiles location data points sent from wireless cards ...…

…Friday February 17, 2006 sports. michigandaily. com sports@michigandaily.com OERTIiSmgan Bailg 8 . ......... ...... . ... - - . . ... .. .. .. ..... .. .. .... Cagers fall short after solid start N lSOFTBALL Champs gear up for title defense By Daniel Bromwich Daily Sports Writer WEST LAFAYETTE - For the first 20 minutes of last night's game against Purdue, Michigan contended with the 10th-ranked Boilermakers. The Wolver- ines controlled...…

…Thursday, February 16, 2006 Opinion 4 From the Daily: Michigan needs alternative energy Arts 4 Stars fail Slystone's legacy ift)4)K 'V viHF 7 ERdR)'2VT SiQuuisai, Sports 8 Cagers defend home court One-hundredfifteen years of edtorialfreedom www.michgandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXV, No. 77 ©2006 The Michigan Daily Second student this month jumps to death Sophomore's death is second apparent suicide at parking garage on S. Forest ...…

…2A -The Michigan Daily -Thursday, February 16, 2006 NATION/WORLD NEW iIN E CiNEINEMA A'I'lmeWarn(Ar Company PRESENTS A SPECIAL ADVANCE SCREENING BATE: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21,2006 8:00 PM LOCATIlON: NATURAL SCIENCE AUDITORIUM TICKETS AVAILA'LE A T: ROOM 4002 MICHIGAN UNION M1002 mu . ~iv E RY R 1' ME FRS R E o- .',.x . .bi' a A Q . ~.&5 ----------- j New Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivers his first economic report to Congres...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 3A ON CAMPUS " President Ford's son to speak about media, first families Actor Steve Ford, son of President Ger- ald Ford, a 1935 graduate of the Univer- sity, will speak on the impact the media has on first families today. The event will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Gerald Ford Library. The event will kick off the library's exhibit "Prime Time Presidents," which will focus on the evolvin...…

…4A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 16, 2006 OPINION cbe MIirbigan it i STEPHEN BUSCH. N RAPER LETTERS TO THE EDITOR *I L; V. i We- \r~~A DoNN M. FRESARD Editor in Chief EMILY BEAM CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK Editorial Page Editors ASHLEY DINGES Managing Editor 1. _ ,. r ,, z w :: ., -t A44,Oi4 Wsr- . Ai .v -- 4 * -." Door-locking campaign not the way to prevent crime EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MI...…

…Thursday February 16, 2006 arts. michigandaily. com artspage@michigandaily. com R TSe ictigan Ily 5A . .. . ........... I THE ToP OF PoP FIVE TOP PIECES OF POP CULTURE COMPLIMENTS OF THE DAILY ARTS EDITORS 'House of the Dead 2: Dead Aim' - Production values rarely eclipse WOLV-TV, the zombies look slightly more fearsome than your local church's haunted house and the biggest star on this straight-to-DVD monster mash is Sticky Fingaz, a for...…

…6A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday. February 16, 20( the michigan daily 800.462.2420 M www.allartsupplies.com I ***PARKING ON CENTRAL CAMPUS*** Call today 761-8000. CAMPUS PARKING SPACES Available. 665-8825. ! 5 Bedroom Houses, May lease, Carlsonproperties.com, 332-6000. - !!!LUAUOPENHOUSE!!!Awesome apartments still available for Autumn 2006! Super specials slotted for Saturday! Free food & fun! University Towers. 536 S. For- est Ave...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 7A GRIOT Continued from page 1A to pass on family traditions, according to Mamadou Diouf, an Afroamerican and Afri- can Studies professor. "(Griots) are called 'the people of the word,' men and women with extraordinary memories and rhetorical talents," Diouf said. "They are the repositories of traditions and history of families and communities." Like the traditional griots, James's gr...…

…Thursday February 16, 2006 sports. michigandaily. com sports@michigandaily.com PORT iS tgan 3tilg 01 8A w . .. .. . .. . Cagers bury the Gophers Welcome back: Man-to-man de fense and intensity return By Scott Boll Daily Sports Editor Michigan coach Tommy Amaker sent a simple message to his seniors fol- lowing the team's most recent lopsided loss. "We need senior play right now," Amaker said two days after Michigan's 84-70 loss to last-p...…

…s w ___ __ . ,,a _ ! POT NT TERPOT_ T C Most deadly assassins Scariest man on earth: Osama bin Laden or Dick Cheney? '4q4 ByT: The Real Americar It's settled. Dick Cheney is officially the most dangerous, least trustworthy man in America - and we're proud to call him Commander In Chief . or ab. Vice President.1 There's always been doubts about Cheney's ability to function as Vice President - his heart is a Walkman, two AAA-batteries a...…

… w 9w a .j. tfAND014l STUDENT T NTERVI EW PB Tangible history The Shant serves as DKE offices and fraternity museum. 4B Arch column Austin Dingwall on Detroit's future and the University's involvement. 4B The List A guide to the happenings, concerts and events around town this weekend. 5B In My Own Words Andrew Horowitz discusses the difficulties of entering the music business. 6B Greek Life Tragic incidents lead to University and Gree...…

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… w 4- The D True Hollywood Story It's Over Your Head I Architecture Column BAustin igWai "By the way, Detroit did the damn thing this year. It was a real city for one weekend." Simple and elegant, that quote comes straight from a friend's closing e-mail remarks telling me of his Super Bowl XL experience. That got me thinking. What is a real city? Can a place be a city just for one weekend? If so, Detroit must be an imposter most of the...…

…0 A-- 4- w established community standards. The IFC will be an SSO, which means that it will have full access to the University's available resources, and the full responsibilities of being an SSO. The deadline to complete the registration process with SOAR was Feb. 1, 2006. A thousand stu- dent groups have begun the process and are interested in completing it. Seven hundred of these groups have already completed the process. "It appears th...…

… -W w 1 - -W 1P ,2w VI\§.71E A~ LlI andiJp °,Gl daeo Courtney's death is a horrifying exam- ple of what can go wrong at any college party - and it does not stand alone in the University's recent history. In the fall of 200, Engineering sophomore Byung-Soo Kim died after trying to consume 21 shots on his 21st birthday. In the fall of 2003, Kinesiology junior Evan Loomis suffered kidney failure, after being hazed at the Sigma Chi fratern...…

…Wednesday, February 15, 2006 ALIaN DoAi osTHE iBEST M' vUSEUM\S MVE 'TON! i 'S . a .RTS :' , FACE News 2 Man vice president accidentally shot suffers heart attack Opinion 4 Sports 9 Emily Beam misses feminism Cagers face must-win against Gophers One-hundredfourteen years of editorial freedom - -------------- - www. michigandaily. cor Ann Arbor, Michigan s Vol. CXV, No. 76 02006 The Michigan Daily - - - - - - - - MSA votes down $...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 15, 2006 NATION/WORLD Whittington suffers heart attack NEWS IN BRIEF Shotgun pellet from Vice President Cheney's gun reaches 78-year-old lawyer's heart CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) - The 78-year- old lawyer wounded by Vice President Dick Cheney in a hunting accident suffered a mild heart attack yesterday after a shotgun pellet in his chest traveled to his heart, hospital officials said. Harry Whit...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 3 ON CAMPUS Professor to speak about new cancer research Stephen Gruber, a medical profes- sor, will lead a seminar titled "Brave New World of Cancer Epidemiology: A Whole Genome Association Study of Colorectal Cancer. The event is part of the Department of Epidemiology's semester-long speaker series. It will be held today at 3 p.m. in Auditorium 1 of the Public Health Building. Engin...…

…4 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 15, 2006 OPINION c e Ib rgt Bi fgu ilg DoNN M. FRESARD Editor in Chief EMILY BEAM CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK Editorial Page Editors ASHLEY DINGES Managing Editor EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com NOTABLE QUOTABLE 44'Take that hammer and knock it on your own head." - Saddam Hussein, in response...…

…Wednesday February 15, 2006 arts. michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaily.com TSe igan ailg 5 5 "OOOOOH, Mitch's!" Similar releases hurt * Beth Orton's latest ART ON TAP AT MITCH S By Chris Gaerig Associate Magazine Editor MUSIC REVIE-W In real estate, few things matter more than the three Ls: location. A gorgeous house in an impover- ished area (see Outer Drive in Detroit) won't sell as much as it would if it were elsewhere. Music fo...…

…6 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday. February 15. 2( the michigan daily ***PARKING ON CENTRAL CAMPUS*** - - - - - - - - - - Call today 761-8000. CAMPUS PARKING SPACES 665-8825. Available. Open House February 18, 2006 1-4 PM !!!CORNER HOUSE APARTMENTS!!! 2 & 3 bdrm. apts. for Spring & Fall 2006. High ceilings, spectacular views & garage parking. 741-9300. www.annarborapartmentsnet !!!LARGE 2 BDRM, but suitable for three! 528 S. 5th Ave. Fu...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 7 SIMMONS Continued from page 1 Kraker Goodridge. She would go on to make two Olympic teams and become a coach at University. The team was named the Michigammes. It was . one of the only athletic programs open to women in the area. At the time, competitive sports were thought to endanger the internal organs of young women. Goodridge took the risk, and the rest is his- tory. The opport...…

…8 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 15, 2006 ARTs 'Gardener' still a knockout UP IN FLAMES 0 By Imran Syed Daily Arts Writer Only the best movies can engage audiences intellectually while also entertaining them. "The Constant The Constant Gardener," a rivet- Gardener ing spy thriller set in the callous and Focus convoluted world of pharmaceutical companies in Africa, is among the rare films that achieve this effect. Though it'...…

…February 15, 2006 sports. michigandaily. com sports@michigandaily.com PRTiSiganBailu 9 . . .....9 * Depleted Cagers look to end skid By Kevin Wright Daily Sports Editor Unique rituals xhelp leers focus When Michigan traveled to Minnesota on Jan. 21 to take on the Gophers, Michigan coach Tommy Amaker opened with the guard trio of Daniel Horton, Dion Harris and Lester Abram. That was the last game the three started together. In the Wolveri...…

…10 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 15, 2006 Skiba making best of bad situation By David Murray Daily Sports Writer Canada should be proud. Over the past six games, Stephany Skrba, the Richmond Hill, Ontario native and Canadian Junior Nation- al Team member, has shown Michi- gan fans why she was crowned Miss Canada Basketball in 2005. Skrba scored 19 points and pulled down eight rebounds in an early-season game against Saint Franci...…

…David Betts on interracial dating ... Opinion, page 4 What baboons can teach us about love ... Science, page 5 A different look at Valentine's Day ... Arts, page 8 y;i LIMItag Tuesday, February 14, 2006 One-hundred-fifteen years ofeditorialfreedom www.michiandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXVI, No. 75 ®2006 The Michigan Daily Campus reacts to prophet ecartoons Muslim Students' Association to hold event about controversial depic...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 14, 2006 NATION/WORLD Protests erupt in Haitian capital NEWS IN BRIEF , 16 ",- . ; At least one killed yesterday in pro-Preval protests PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Supporters of Haitian presiden- tial candidate Rene Preval erected smoldering roadblocks across the capital and occupied a luxury hotel yesterday. At least one protester was killed, but U.N. peacekeepers denied witness accounts that t...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 3 ON CAMPUS *The Books to perform for free at art museum The electronic music group The Books will be playing a free concert at the Michigan Museum of Art on March 15. Tickets are available today at the Michigan Union Ticket Office. Event to honor LG BTQA people of color An event titled "Heroes: Queer People of Color" will be held today in the Wol- verine Room of the Michigan Union. The...…

…4 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 14, 2006 OPINION ibe 5irbitn attgl DoNN M. FRESARD Editor in Chief EMILY BEAM CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK Editorial Page Editors ASHLEY DINGES Managing Editor EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com NOTABLE QUOTABLE 44 I would shoot with Dick Cheney everywhere, anywhere, and not think twice about it." -...…

…Tuesday February 14 2006 news@michigandaily.com S34Cl idiigaENBal SCIENC 5 . . . . ......... THE SCIENCE OF LOVE Studies of baboon behavior have implications for human relationships 'U' professor's research offers insights into the relationship between love and friendship By Chad Brenner Daily Science Writer This Valentine's Day, the lovelorn would do well to consult psychology Prof. Barbara Smuts, who literally wrote the book on love...…

…6 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February_14, , ,.N 1 1N I NT N N I' T the michigan daily ***PARKING ON CENTRAL CAMPUS*** ---------- Call today 761-8000. CAMPUS PARKING SPACES Available. 665-8825. ! ! 5 Bedroom Houses, May lease, Cadsonproperties.com, 332-6000. r r ! LUAU OPEN HOUSE ! ! ! Awesome apartments still available for Autumn 2006! Super specials slotted for Saturday! Free food & fun! University Towers. 536 S. For- est Ave. Ann...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 14, 20Q6 - 7 * ASTRONAUTS Continued from page 1 ics like Flash Gordon. Piloting airplanes seemed a more likely reality; his father had built bombers during World War II. Lousma took an interest in planes at a young age, a fascination that followed him through- out his life. Yet sometimes he read comics on space travel, thinking it might happen one day. His mother told him to forget about space tra...…

…"P... I . uesday RTSe idigan tilg arts. michigandaily.com artsp age@michigandaily.com 8 . . . .................... . . . . . . . .................. . ...... . . . . .. ... ......................... My sloppy valentines I it's been a relatively tame Febru- ary in the celebrity world. Sure, there was the whole Britney Spears fiasco. The paparazzi caught her driving around with her child on her lap, but was something like that really a sur...…

…Tuesday February 14, 2006 sports.michigandaily.com sports@michigandaily. com ORTeSuidiIga ild 9 z t g .Bios, profiles ad .to OlMpiC Magic~ E~ o If you haven't yet been exposed to the Winter Olympics in Torino either on TV, the Internet, word of mouth or the 20th Winter Olympiad's "official brain implant chip" (I heard that technology's on its way for the Beijing Summer Games in 2008) you're probably living in a wooden cabin in the wil- der...…

…10 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 14, 2006 Senior excels under pressure By Colt Rosensweig Daily Sports Writer Whenever the Michigan men's gymnastics team needs a big routine, senior Gerry Signorelli is the man it looks to. And far more often than not, Signorelli comes through for the Wolverines, calmly hitting every skill as if there was no pressure at all. "Guys expect me to step up, to hit when they need it," Signo- relli said. ...…

…Monday, February 13, 2006 News 2A Cheney accidentally peppers fellow hunter with shotgun pellets Opinion 4A Mara Gay supports a colorful V-Day CAGERS CONTINUE LATE-SEASON IMPLOSION .. SPORTSMONDA One-hundredfifteen years ofeditorrd freedom Arts 8A Final Destination 3 offers no pay-off Boom= www.mkrigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXVI, No. 74 62006 The Michigan Daily *1 GRE changes pushed back another year PHOTOS BY ANGELA...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 13, 2006 NATION/WORLD Cheney accidentally shoots hunter NEWS IN BRIEF 0_ Vice president becomes McBride, said the vice president met ; with Whittington and his wife at the.. first since Aaron Burr to hospital yesterday. Cheney "was pleased BAGHDAD shoot a man while in office to see that he's doing fine and in good A 1 ..afa1 ru 1ra ri-mtni et.ri 1 WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice Presi- dent Dick Cheney acci...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 13, 2006 - 3A ON CAMPUS 0 Hopwood festival to feature Bonnie and Clyde Come watch the notorious bank-rob- bing couple Bonnie and Clyde tonight at 7 p.m. at the Michigan Theater. The film, written by University alum David Newman, is part of a semester- long series of films inspired by Avery Hopwood himself or written by Hop- wood Award winners. The series takes place each Monday night. English Prof....…

…4A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 13, 2006 OPINION Ibe Str gztn :4aift DONN M. FRESARD Editor in Chief EMILY BEAM CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK Editorial Page Editors ASHLEY DINGES Managing Editor EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com NOTABLE QUOTABLE JIam the Jesus Christ of politics." - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who wi...…

…Monday February 13, 2006 arts. michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaily.com R TeSatchogan Baiiq 5 . .. . .. ..... . The horror, the horror Courtesy of New Line "Shit, I wish we'd gotten that role In 'EuroTrip.' " MECHANICAL HORROR FRANCHISE GRINDS INTO NEXT STOP The entertainment world was stunned. Oscar nominations, announced Jan. 31, stirred a flurry of media attention for the trophy-tipped films, particularly frontrunner "Broke- bac...…

…6A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 13, 20C the michigan daily 800.462.2420 0= www.allartsupplies.com I ***PARING ON CENTRAL CAMPUS*** - - - - - - - - - - Call today 761-8000. CAMPUS PARKING SPACES Available. 665-8825. ! ! 5 Bedroom Houses, May lease, Carlsonproperties.com, 332-6000. ! ! DOGS WELCOME spacious 2 bdrm. with 1g., modem kitchen. Avail. immed., May & August. 741-9657. !! 6 BDRM. at 923 S. State. Wshr/dryer, prkg. $2,...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 13, 2006 - 7A .SCP Continued from page 1A MSA passed condemning the war in Iraq in 2003 as examples of the * assembly's flaws. "MSA is not here to change the way the world works; we are here to affect student concerns," she said. The party was organized last fall when Clark learned that MSA had spent $20,000 to bring Lud- acris to Hill Auditorium. "The money would have been better spent on any hypo...…

…8-- The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 13, 2006 0 www. pwc .com/xact They've already helped guide the accounting standards of an entire nation. What's next?* S 7. …

…PINNED: Nick Roy helps wrestling cruise past rival Ohio State PAGE 2B THE SPORTSMONDAY COLUMN: Sharad Mattu discusses Michigan football's recent coaching changes PAGE 3B CLOSE BUT No CIGAR: Women's gymnastics falls just short against No. 2 Utah PAGE 6B February 13, 06 be d3an Thi 1B PURDUE 84, No. 22 Michigan 70 efense I SS Last-place Boilermakers best Cagers By Matt Singer Daily Sports Editor WEST LAFAYETTE - Just two weeks ago, it a...…

…2B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 13, 2006 CkBSPORTsWEEKLY Staying calm key for dance team Athlete of the Week Lisa Gentile For the Daily This was it. The hours of preparation, the sore muscles and the long practices all led up to this one performance at the national competition. Teams waited anxiously and focused on what they would have to do. But for the Michigan dance team, this was a time its members just wanted to savor...…

…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 13, 2006 - 38 .Desperate Cagers get unexpected aid Changes on Carr's staff By Ian Robinson Daily Sports Writer With 15.2 seconds left in the first half, Michigan coach Cheryl Burnett looked to her newly expanded bench to put someone in the game to protect Ashley Jones, who already had two fouls. Before Friday's game, Burnett would've had trouble finding some- one to fill in because i O B O Kel...…

…4B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 13, 2006 HITTING AFTER THE WHISTLE ICE HOCKEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK Brandon Kaleniecki Michigan The senior forward had two first-period goals in Saturday night's 4-2 win over the Lakers. He notched the second one while falling down, after tripping over himself. NOTABLE QUOTABLE "It's like trying to catch a feather in the air, and you are grabbing it here and there, and once you get it you've go...…

…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 13, 2006 - 5B FAST BREAK Men's Basketball Saturday's Game PURDUE 84 - NO. 22 MICHIGAN 70 Defensive woes haunt Wolverines By Matt Singer Daily Sports Editor WEST LAFAYETTE - If defense really wins champi- onships, the Michigan basketball team shouldn't expect to earn any hardware in the near future. On Saturday, Purdue became the third consecutive team to benefit from Michigan's defensive woes. ...…