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… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 25, 1999 - 3A ESEARCH ! MRI technology uses xenon to view heart, lung Doctors have long used magnetic res- onance imaging in many clinical appli- *tions. But now University scientists have put a new twist on the technology which currently polarizes water mol- ecules in a patient's body with a power- lful magnetic field - by substituting xenon gas for water. The implications of using xenon ins...…

…4A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 25, 1999 U| {iigan Da1i Skip your lectures For Christina L eave Chem 1800 now. Let sleeping cadavers lie in Med Sci, leave Socrates and his methods to hemlock in next week and go to your real classes 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109 daily.Ietters@umich.edu Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan HEATHER KAMINS Editor in Chief JEFFREY KOSSEFF DAVID WALLACE Editorial Page ...…

… HIGHER EDUCATION The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 25, 1999 - 5A Mass man bann d from all colleges Convictd sex offender found soliiting female undergrad near UConn canpus By Jtifer is The Paily Camps S1ORRS,Jonn. - A convicted sex eder who solicited female students on cmpus wis banned from all college caniuses ir the nation, a Superior Cout judge uled Tuesday. Jin Urban, 38, of Billerica, Mass., is fte after )osting $150,000 bail. Inder...…

…6A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 25, 1999 6 BEDROOM HOUSE beginning Summer or Fall term. Attractive home with hardwood floor, two baths, two kitchens, Florida room, new furnace. Great location for medical or engineering students. Call Michigan Realty Management, 662-5500. EHO. 6 BEDROOM HOUSES remodeled, spacious, parking, great location and clean. Available Fall 1999. Call 994-3907. I *************PARKING!************* On campus p...…

… NATION/WORLD The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 25, 1999 - 7A NATO bombing begins in Kosovo Gunderson's lecture praised by students KOSOVO Continued from Page 1A Montenegro's pro-Western leader, Milo Djukanovic, blamed Yugoslav President Slobodon Milosevic for the attacks, calling them "the tragic consequences of an irrational policy of confronta- tion with the entire world." The central Serbian town of Kragujevac, a major military- in...…

…8A -The Michigan Daily -Thursday, March 25, 1999 NATION/WORLD 737 needs more than just redesign The Washington Post WASHINGTON - Two puzzling Boeing 737 crashes were probably caused when an abrupt rudder move- ment sent the planes spiraling into a dive that the pilots were powerless to control, a federal safety panel said yes- terday in a report that warned a redesign that previously was ordered for the world's most popular passenger jet is...…

… _.£ CAROLINA 2, N.Y. Islanders 1 Nashville 3, TAMPA BAY 0 DETROIT 2, Buffalo 1 N.Y. Rangers 2, FLORIDA 1 Boston 3, OTTAWA 0 San Jose 8, TORONTO 5 OOLORADO 5, Vancouver 2 Montreal 2, EDMONTON 0 NBA BASKETBALL Minnesota 87, BOSTON 68 ATLANTA 103, Indiana 102 CHARLOTTE 110, Chicago 81 Detroit 84, NEW JERSEY 71 Ucie Ldjgm t~lg want my 'MTV The Michigan hockey team's entire trip to Worcester, Mass. can be seen on Channel 3 in the dorms, char...…

…r IA - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 25, 1999 Best of the best compete in Iowa I I PICK 'EM! I By Da Dingerson Daily Sports Writer This weekend, the Michigan men's gymnas- tics team makes the trek to Iowa to compete for the title of Big Ten champions. The meet will take place tomorrow through Saturday in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Big Ten Championships could be the most exciting meet of the gymnastics season. The GYMNASTICS honor o...…

…the Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 25, 1999 - A' Blue to get 'feet wet' in Arizona SHARAT RAJu Sharat in the Dark Baseball bizgs sp g to Arnn Arbor ople are excited. It's an exciting time - the Final Four, NCAA hockey regionals, MSA elections. Oh yes, the end of March has everything. None of those do anything for me, however. Sure, I'll enjoy -watching the Final Four as I do every year, even with Michigan State and Ohio State in St. Peter...…

…12A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 25, 1999 Non-conference foes mean more 'M' woes Pitching problems? Not" an issue yet this.season By Dan Williams For The Daily The non-conference woes contin- ued for the 3-8 Michigan women's tennis team yesterday as they fell to No. 14 Notre Dame, 9-0. The three top players for the Irish set the tone by defeating Michigan's three upperclassmen. Michigan junior Danielle Lund fell to No. I11 Michell...…

…16B -The Michigan Daily -Wgend, etc. Magazine - Thu ay, March 25, 1999 .t q :.: e B e b @ $ : .,. x r .; - ., x.: ' i i h 0 Y ¢ P I N-d -~+ 1 n '" s e .* a d a s v - * 5 r , .. , . -fit ' in le-t Video Rewind 'Yentl' showcases solid talent in music, filmmaking ,.By Christopher Tkaczyk Daily Arts Editor Barbra Streisand's first directorial effort came in the form of "Yentl," an endearing film about a 19th Century girl who decides to cross dr...…

… 28 -- The Michigan Daily -- Weekend, etC MagaZine- -Thursday, March 25,99 4 0 The Micign 'Daily - Weekend, etc V " r. The Tangled Web: Websites we think you'l like http://wwwairsicknessbags. corn Ever find yourself stuck on the runway in an airplane waiting to take off and there's nothing to do but wait for a bag of peanuts and a free drink? Ever take notice of the airsickness bag in the seat-pocket in front of you? If so, take a look ...…

…;. 1458 Ie-ichig a i ,; f eC dM li Thuf arch.2,19J99 A weekly uide to who's Thursday, March 25 why you need toe there ... h eL ist Wednesday, March31 40 WAYS TO LOSE YOUR BAI 40 oz. beers more prevalent on Camp Films opening Doug's First Movie Hoping to reproduce the success of "Rugrats," Disney brings this animated kids show to the big screen. At Briarwood: 12:10, 2:10, 4:10, 6:40, 9. At Showcase: 12:45, 2:50, 4:50, 6:50, 8:45, 10:30. EDtv ...…

… 4B - The Michigan Daily - Weekend, etc. Magazine - Thursday, March 25, 1999 4 0 The Michigan Dai Weekend, etc Controversies over the Rock puts city, By Alana Steingoid For the Daily On the corner of Hill Street and Washtenaw Avenue sits the Rock, one of Ann Arbor's most famous and most fre- quently used landmarks. Everyday, it is covered and re-covered with a fresh coat of paint, displaying Greek letters, graffiti, social commentary ...…

…12B - The Mihigan Daily -Weeke , etc. Magazine - Thursday, arch 25, 1999 0 The Michigan Dail-Weekend, etc. Magazine Thursday. March 25.190 - 5B .............p. ......,... ..,,....,,,...f ,.. .. ...p..«...., .,... .. ... w ' etc. Weekend, etc. Column CIRC clsure," she said, eliciting in me a Which brings us back to the conse- wave of anxiety that grew steadily quences of choice. Choice is a terrifying stronger in the following silence, bu...…

… I 68 -"Theichigan shy W- Weeken tc, Magazine Thtsdaylarch 251 '9 the MichI Independent video stores give big chains a run for their money By Cortney Dueweke Daily Arts Writer It's late on a Sunday night, and you've got a major paper due in your eight a.m. lecture the next day. You're seated at your desk, books and papers scattered before you, a pen resting thoughtfully between your lips. The document on your comput- er is bare - save fo...…

…M0B+ e MichiganDaily - Wee ndt Etc. Magazine Thurstay, March 25, 1999 0 Road-Trip of the Week Graceland tacky, but not as decadent as you've heard The Michigan - Weekend, etc Renovations prepare AZ's grand old theater for the next century March 25: Elvis has left the building / What: Graceland / Where: Memphis, Tenn. / How to get there: Take 1-23 South to 1-475 outside of Toledo. 1-475 will become 1-75, which will then merge into 1-71 Sou...…

…8B - The Michigan Daily - Weekend, etc. Magazine -- Thursday, March 25, 1999 0 The Michigan Daily - Weekend, etc. Maga A. ... 6..Ied 6y £rif:t HaOill photo~toc~q A dr ( a n a ILIkgAFu .. 6 Send 11 students from the School of Art and Design to Miami to work with children and amazing things happen. This year, Project Serve added a special School of Art and Design site to their already impres- sive list of Alternative Spring Break...…

…it *rni We ,ft*Me r Today: Partly cloudy. High 50. Low 27. Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy. High 42. One hundred eight years ofeditorilf1reedom Wednesday March 24, 1999 'dN ..r 'Y n a S3:q.. -- -------------- ------------ Airs trik BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) - NATO's secretary-general ordered airstrikes against Yugoslavia yesterday, after President Slobodan Milosevic rebuffed a last-ditch peace offer for Kosovo and revved up his war machine by e...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 24, 1999 NATION/WORLD ELECTIONS ContliedTr'oii Page 1 Pierpont Commons and in the Fishbowl in Angell Hall from 9:30 ,a. to 4:30 p.m. ', MSA President Trent Thompson "said he expects a high voter turnout .today and tomorrow not only because candidates have been posting fliers ,iih University buildings, but because -of the "grass roots" campaigning candidates have conducted, going "door-to-door in the...…

… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 24, 1999 - 3 1 HIGHER EDUCATION L UCLA GSIs vote to unionize as UAW affiat Joining the 18 other graduate student instructor unions at institutions across the nation, Graduate Student Instructors at the University of California at Los Angeles have voted to unionize. - The vote places the union in affiliation with the United Auto Workers and paves the way for UC's seven other campuses. The GSI...…

…4 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 24, 1999 O~be Lid jian +&ii utg 420 Maynard Street H HEATHER KAMINS Ann Arbor, MI 48109 EAtor KACif f Editor in Chief daily.letters@umich.edu Edited ad EFFREY KOSSEFF Edtdand managed byJEFYKoSF students at the .. DAVID WALLACE University of Michigan Editorial Page Editors Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of the majority of the Daily's editorial board. All other articles...…

…Matzoh fun LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 24, 1999 - 5 MSA approves committee alternative to student By Jewel Gopwani Daily Staff Reporter Although the Michigan Student Assembly voted to halt funding for the mission of a stu- dent regent at its meeting last week, the assem- bly passed a resolution last night to form a committee that would serve as an alternative to a student regent. Former Student Task Force Chair Elise...…

…6 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 24, 1999 2 RMS. FOR RENT located on 312 Thompson. $300/mo. Util. incl. Beginning May or Sept. 622-0464. 1 On campus parking! Special rates! 665-8825. MACEXCHANGE, Your Macintosh specialist for sales & service. Complete Power Mac systems from $649. 1739 Washtenaw, Ypsilanti. 482-0739. 'V AND STEREO FOR SALE-25", RCA color TV with VCR. AIWA stereo with 3- 4disc CD player. TV orig. $400 will sell for $...…

…The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 24, 1999 - 7 4 :Nr MacDonald returs, to television --- i Roots dig to heart o By Jie Un For the Daily jIf you are still shedding tears over dorm MacDonald's departure from "Saturday Night Live," you can put that box of Kleenex away. After trying his hand as the news commentator on "Live" with The Norm Show ABC Tonight at 9:30 no luck, Norm returns to televi- sion on a new net- work with a differ- ent...…

… 0 The author of "The Book of Ruth" will appear at Borders. Hamilton will be signing copies of her new book, "The Short History of a Prince." 7:30 p.m. 8 Wednesday March 24, 1999 Utie £icui~m taitE Tomorrow in Daily Arts: * Weekend, Etc. magazine looks at a popular college drink, the 40 ounce beer. 9. A 'Flute' presents Mozart in English 'It's like, you know' ' very watchable ... By Jeff Druchniak Daily Arts Writer The question of on...…

…The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 24, 1999 - 9 Thesis concert gives culmination of work Phil LeMarr lends voice to 'Futurma Courtesy of University Musical Society ar v aravan will perform tomorrow evening at the Michigan Theater, musictocamp*us By Jeni Glem Daily Arts Writer Four contrasting personalities and styles converge in this weekend's MFA Dance Thesis Concert. The first of two such events this semester, the concert demonstrates...…

… NBA; BASKETBALL CLEVELAbI43, Boston 86 ORLANDO 86, Charlotte VOP UTAH 84, Miami 81 SAN ANTONIO 112, Denver 82 Toronto 113, CHICAGO 90 Golden State at PORTLAND, inc. NHL HOCKEY Buffalo 1, NEW JERSEY 1 PITTSBURGH 5, Chicago 2 Dallas at PHOENIX, inc. Ulbe £tui~n &u Tracking 'M' Internet sites Check out the Michigan hockey team battling Denver on Friday by way of the Internet. You can watch all t action straight from the Michigan hockey Websi...…

…The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 24, 1999 - 11 Izzo believes Michigan State has potential to surprise Duke EAST LANSING (AP) - Michigan State knows all too well how powerful Duke can be. * When the Spartans played the Blue Devils in December, Duke scored the first 13 points and had a 17-point lead three times in the opening nine minutes. Still, the Spartans managed to make a game of it, closing within three points before 'finally losin...…

…- The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 24, 1999 VOTE PARTY VOTE ' PARTY I 01 ote Online ow 0 www.umich.edu/vote Elections run all day March 24-25 for more information, go to www.umich.edu/~voteblue Bra &Andy for MSA President and Vice President " Expanding the Student Coursepack Service " Fighting the Code of Student Conduct " Increasing dining options at Pierpont Commons " Reforming Res Hall meal plans * Initiating campuswide mid...…

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…V GI e rrran~ail Iftff vveater Today: Partly cloudy. High 51. Low 18. Tomorrow: Partly cloudy. 'High 49. Low 28. One hundred eirhtyears ofeditorialfreedom Tuesday March 23, 1999 -O. 10 At . A M a 0999Te..l nOi On~in guide gets good j.views By Eny Barber Daily Staff Reporter "Welcome to the University of Michigan telephone registration sys- tem. Please press one now." Beginning April 5, University stu- dents will be greeted once again by...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 23, 1999 NATION/WORLD U.S. makes last bid for peace plan AROUND THE NATION czz~ BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) - With NATO missiles and warplanes poised to strike, a U.S. envoy began a last bid yesterday to persuade Yugoslavia's president to accept a Kosovo peace plan and the thousands of foreign troops that would enforce it. Otherwise, American envoy Richard Holbrooke said, "we are on the brink of milita...…

… LOCAL/S TATE The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 23, 1999 - 3 (RIME Stalker violates order, blocks einale student A subject violated an order of person- protection filed against him Thursday when he blocked the path of a female student in Stockwell Residence Hall, according to DPS reports. The subject, who has been allegedly stalking the victim, stood in front of the female student and blocked her path as she was trying to enter the dining ...…

…4 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 23, 1999 A, a_ tuan dile 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109 daily.letters@umich.edu Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan HEATHER KAMINS Editor in Chief JEFFREY KOSSEFF DAVID WALLACE Editorial Page Editors Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of the majority of the Daily's editorial board. All other articles, letters and cartoons do not necessaril...…

… LOCAL/S TATE The Michigan Daily - Tuesday. March 23, 1999 - 5 Kevorkian acts as own attorneyin murder trial PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - Jack Kevorkian yes- terday denied he was a murderer, telling a jury he had only compassion for a man with Lou Gehrig's disease whose death was shown on "60 Minutes." Kevorkian presented his own opening statement to the Oakland County Circuit Court jury after Assistant Prosecutor John Skrzynski outlined the state...…

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… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 23, 1999-- 7 ,Man arrested for militia conspiracy GRAND RAPIDS (AP) - A fourth man has been arrested in what federal prosecutors say was a militia conspiracy to blow up federal property and to threaten to assault and murder public offi- cials. Matthew Vinuya of Springfield appeared briefly in District Court yesterday for an initial hearing on spiracy, weapons and accessory after-the-fact char...…

… D Carol Adams presents "The Sexual Politics of Meat." Adams' lecture and slide show, based on her 1990 book, analyzes the feminist aspects of vegetarianism. Rackham Aud., 7:30 p.m. 8 Tuesday March 23, 1999 r lclymoailg Tomorrow in Daily Arts: Daily Arts previews the School of Music performance of Mozart's last opera, "The Magic Flute." -', *;. .. Eastwood saves Crime' from death Premise of 'Forces' can't weather storms By Laura Flyer D...…

…._The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 23, 1999 - 9 BLUR The Revelers throw intimate music party Few bands these days can get away with drastically changing their sound album to album without alienat- ing fans. In the '60s, the Beatles and The Rolling Stones per- petually shed their sonic skin in search of new and challenging musical adventures, only to the all- embracing delight of their "tuned-in" fans. Perhaps it is the turbulent nature ...…

…r r Do2Tracking 'M' teams NBA NHL GRAPEFRUIT Do you like tennis? A lot? Need a reason to skip dis- BASKETBALL HOCKEY LEAGUE cussion? Then travel to South Bend and check out th INDIANA 90, San Jose 1, Detroit 3, Washington 86 MONTREAL 1 Texas 2 Michigan women's tennis team when they play Notre NEW JERSEY 106, TAMPA BAY 6, Philadelphia 6, Dame tomorrow. Toronto 87 N.Y. Rangers 3 Minnesota 4 Atlanta 80, Philadelphia 3, St. Louis 12, NEW YORK 71 T...…

…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday. March 23, 1999-11 4reshmen tankers share room, honors NCAAs what Spartans need to regain focus By Jon Zemke Daily Sports writer Freshmen Jeff Hopwood and Tim tiiliano have shared a lot in their first emnester-and-a-half at Michigan. They were both highly touted recruits out of California. Siciliano was even born 10 days before Hopwood in January of 1980. It's not surpnsing that the two swim- mers share a room i...…

…12 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 23, 1999 Recent success will pay off for gymnasts. By Stephen L.Rom Daily Sports Writer As the sun shines on another inevitable spring day in Ann Arbor, raised are the hopes of all who inhabit its environment. The most hopeful are the ones who have been working diligently all throughout it's just- as-guaranteed long GYMNASTICS and frigid winter.C And it is they who Comentaty have the best ------------...…

…IC& Air a JIM Weather today: Snow. Nigh 47. Low 2 Tomorrow: Partly Cloudy. igt 7. ;h 22. One hundred eight years of editoralfreedom Monday March 22, 1099 Att j,: Ichigangaily SOLE I vacates president's office By Michael Grass Daily Staff Reporter The 30 student anti-sweatshop activists who occupied University President Lee Bollinger's office ended their 51-hour sit-in Friday at noon, 'ting the media and a group of more t n 75 suppo...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 22, 1999 ALCOHOL Continued from Page 1A are liable," Reich said. These internal reforms are independent of the IFC/Panhel Task Force's initiatives. "The task force isn't doing anything," Reich said. "The changes that need to be made are drastic. This isn't a polish job, this is drastic." Although they are not affiliated with the task force, Reich said the students proposing the internal reforms are curr...…