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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS BAGHDAD r Despite crackdown, insurgents kill six U.S. troops Sunniinsurgents, resilient despite the five-week security crackdown in the capital, killed at least six more U.S. troops over the weekend. A Sunni car bomber hit a largely Shiite district in the capital yesterday, kill- ing at least eight people. The American military said four U.S. soldiers died and one was wounded when the unit wa...…

…K The Michigan Daily - michigandail NEWS BRIEFS BAGHDAD Official: Saddam Hussein's former deputy hanged The former deputy in Saddam Hussein's government was hanged before dawn today for the killings of 148 Shiites, an official with the prime minister's office said. Taha Yassin Ramadan, who was Saddam's vice president when the regime was ousted four years ago, was the fourth man to be executed in the killings of 148 Shiites follow- ing a 1982 a...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Bush to Dems: Aides won't testify under oath President Bush warned Demo- crats yesterday to accept his offer to allow top aides to testify about the firings of federal prosecutors only privately and not under oath, or risk a constitutional showdown from which he would not back down. "We will not go along with a par- tisan fishing expedition aimed at ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON House approves subpoenas for White House staff Flexing their political muscle against the White House, Demo- crats in the House and Senate are insisting that President Bush's top aides describe their roles in the fir- ings of eight federal prosecutors on the record and under oath. A House committee voted yes- terday to authorize subpoenas for political director Karl Rove and other...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, March 23, 2007 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS LONDON Suspects in train bombing arrested at airport British counter-terrorist police said yesterday they arrested three suspects in the deadly suicide bomb attacks on the London transit sys- tem in 2005. No one has ever been charged in connection with the July 7, 2005, bombings, which were the deadli- est attack on London since World War II. The four bombers and 5...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily NEWS BRIEFS BAGHDAD 0 Roadside bombs kill 5, fighting rages in insurgent haven Roadside bombs killed five U.S. soldiers in Iraq yesterday, including four in a single strike in a volatile province northeast of the capital, the military said. In Baghdad, gunmen on roof- tops opened fire on Iraqi soldiers, prompting fierce fighting in the narrow streets and alleys of one of the capital's oldest neighborhoods, a ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, March 27, 2007 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS TEHRAN, Iran * Iran questioning British sailors on entering Iran Iran said yesterday it was ques- tioning 15 British sailors and marines to determine if their alleged entry into Iranian waters was "intentional or unintentional" before deciding what to do with them - the first sign that Iran could be seeking a way out of the standoff. The two countries continued to...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS Wednesday, March 28, 2007 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Senate narrowly approves timetable for ending Iraq war Defying a veto threat, the Demo- cratic-controlled Senate narrowly signaled support yesterday for the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by next March. Republican attempts to scuttle the non-binding timeline failed on a vote of 50-48, largely along party lines. The roll call marked ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS LANSING State government braces for shutdown Gov. Jennifer Granholm has asked state directors to tell her by next week what programs might be affected and what steps should be taken if the state runs out of money in May and has to shut down. "The money issue is real. This is not a fabricated crisis," Granholm spokeswoman Liz Boyd said yes- terday. "The governor has made it clear for months th...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, March 30, 2007 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS BAGHDAD 122 dead in Baghdad market bombings Five suicide bombers struck Shiite marketplaces in northeast Baghdad and a town north of the capital at nightfall yesterday, kill- ing at least 122 people and wound- ing more than 150 in one of Iraq's deadliest days in years. The savage attacks came as a new American ambassador began his first day on the job, and Senate D...…

…4A - Monday, March S, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com L7t itIdiigan Bjal4,l Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL EDITOR IN CHIEF IMRAN SYED EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR JEFFREY BLOOMER MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position oftthe Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations re...…

…4 - Tuesday, March 6, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com E E Midc4anJa40y Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. *tAnn Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu 4 There are huge, huge health risks and people should rightly be concerned about this." - Researcher Becky Price of GeneWatch UK on genetically-modified rice produced in America that contains human proteins similar to those in...…

…4 4A - Wednesday, March 7, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER 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 v...…

…4A - Thursday, March 8, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 1 rC 4l1dlitan Bily Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@nmich.edu KARL STAMPFL IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position oftthe Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations repres...…

…4 - Friday, March 9, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 74C MIdiig0an Bal,6l Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position oftthe Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represen...…

…4A - Monday, March 12, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 6 C 1C dt, a n at,6 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER 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 represe...…

…4 - Tuesday, March 13, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron Sc. , "Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER 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 vie...…

…4A - Wednesday, March 14, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com I Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER 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 v...…

…4A - Thursday, March 15, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER 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 view...…

…4 - Friday, March 16, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflectthe officialpositionof the Daily's editorialboard. Allother signed articles u ~and illustrations represent solely the views of ...…

…4A - Monday, March 19, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER 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 views ...…

…4 - Tuesday, March 20, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER 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 views ...…

…01 4A - Wednesday, March 21, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ~Jbe 1i*Iid6ig an Eafl Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL EDITOR IN CHIEF IMRAN SYED EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR Rush Limbaugh is irrelevant. I am not his servant." - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger responding to conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh's commen...…

…4A - Thursday, March 22, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com C74l idiign 3atIMy Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL EDITOR IN CHIEF IMRAN SYED EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR JEFFREY BLOOMER MANAGING EDITOR You're hanging schools out to dry." -Michigan Association of School Boards Director Justin King on the state government's inabil...…

…4 - Friday, March 23, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER 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 views o...…

…4A - Monday, March 26, 2007 UPINI( The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com I c bEi i*hd14an ,Zat3~ Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorialboard. All other signed articles and illustrati...…

…4 - Tuesday, March 27, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com * myC diiga n :43al Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@unich.edu KARL STAMPFL IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position oftthe Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represe...…

…4A - Wednesday, March 28, 2007 01 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER 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...…

…0 4A - Thursday, March 29, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER 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 vi...…

…4- Friday, March 30, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 1 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu 0 KARL STAMPFL EDITOR IN CHIEF IMRAN SYED EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR JEFFREY BLOOMER MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position ofthe Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com h Monday, March 5, 2007 - 5A Urbane-mob drama It's all in shows promise By IMRAN SYED DailyArts Writer With "The Departed" pulling off a best-picture win at last week's AcademyAwards, ***% the crime caper is officially cool The Black again. And it's Donnellys not a moment too soon for NBC. Mondaysat After the now- 10 p.m. comatose "Studio 60 on the Sunset NBC Strip," perhaps permanently, the network d...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, March 6, 2007 - 5 He's in psychoville, and Finkle's the mayor. Overwrought psycho- ' thriller doesn't add up Clipse takes over The Blind Pig on Sunday night. By ELIE ZWIEBEL Daily Arts Writer It's a common thought process when reading a new novel to put ourselves or peo- ple we know into the role ofvarious characters. Only in "The Number Th 23," when Wal- Number 23 ter Sparrow (Jim Carrey, "...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandyaily.com Wednesday, March 7, 2007 - 5A News, meet comedy F or better or worse, "The Daily Show with Jon Stew- art" has become the voice of a generation and "The Colbert Report" is that voice's smartass best friend. Comedy Central's duo has blown up in the past year and everyone from slacker college students to ultra-liberal Hollywood types loves to shower the duo with praise. And for good rea- son: Stewart and...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, March 8, 2007 - 5A Cagers' hopes hinge on Big Ten Tourney By DANIEL BROMWICH Daily Sports Editor It's one of the equalizers in sports, an intangible that never shows up on the stat sheet but often influences the game just as much as anything found there. And the Michi- gan men's bas- Michigan ketball team will have plenty of at Big Ten motivation this Tournament weekend at the Matchup: Big Ten...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, March 9, 2007 - 5 JEREMY CHO/Daily Courtesy of Fox Is this freaking you out? OK, good. It's not just us. Fox finds itself a 'Winner'! *.! sort o Element1 and its members will bring their hottest moves Saturday. If they look anything like they do on camera they'll be just fine. Break it down ATHLETIC BREAK CREWS TO COMPETE. BOGGLE MINDS By IMRAN SYED Daily Arts Writer Browsing through Fox's cu...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, March 12, 2007 - 5A There will be blood. Come on. We couldn't run just one review of '300.' Instead, we let two stubborn film critics go at it. They're still breathing - we think. every single one of them. And how he does this is the sole reason everyone By PAUL TASSI paid to see this movie. Daily Film Editor The Persian army he faces is a cross between the Ores from "Lord of the "300" is an ac...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 5 ' Live s' within lives OSCAR'S BEST FOREIGN FILM WINNER LISTENS IN TO EAST BERLIN By KRISTIN MACDONALD Associate Arts Editor Sitting with folded hands behind the plainest of brown desks, Gerd Wiesler is your prototypi- cal worker drone, a secure lit- tle cog in East Berlin's secret police. Compact, patient and * ** almost robotically attentive, Wiesler (Ulrich Muhe) makes The...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, March 14, 2007 - SA Don't think Halfway Home looks interesting? Same here. Already 'Halfway' gone COMEDY CENTRAL'S LATEST SHOCK SHOW DOESN'T MAKE THE CUT By MARK SCHULTZ DailyArts Writer I watched "Halfway Home" with two other people, and they both left the room within five minutes. That pretty Ha much summa- rizes Comedy Home Central's latest Wednesdays attempttolaunch 10s30 psm a unique ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 5A Harris stays true to roots despite success By KEVIN WRIGHT Daily Sports Editor INDIANAPOLIS - He walked into the Indiana Convention Cen- ter media room and took his place at the table, but only because it was required. Former Michigan middle line- backer David Harris made it quite clear he'd rather be somewhere else. "I'm just ready to be on the field, knocking somebody ou...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, March 16, 2007 - 5 Second coming for 'Beautiful"70s gem By DEREK BARBER Daily Arts Writer Catherine Howe's lush and breathtaking debut album What A Beautiful Place never even hit the **** shelves before Reflection Catherine Records went Howe * belly-up in 1971. As a What a result, Howe Beautiful Place was robbed of recognition, Numero going on to a meager career in music before finally retiring...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, March 19, 2007 - 5A "Honey, I have a bad feeling about my career." Forecast: surreal, bland melodrama By BLAKE GOBLE Doesn't make sense? Don't worry: Daily Arts Writer it's not supposed to. Linda finds herself in a bizarre series of events, I remember it like it was yester- leading her from one different day day. It was 1994. "Speed" had just to the next in non-sequential order been released. A...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom FI T AID With federal financial aid shrinking, credit card debt spiraling and private lenders cashing in on tuition hikes, student finances are in need of resuscitation. Tuesday March 20, 2007 - 5 T ~Pro a 4 i ILLUSTRATION BY ALEXANDER HONKALA Federal aid not much help Financial independence Students shouldn't deceive them- selves; the federal government doesn't understand the realities of college li...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - SA MTV's golden standard urtesy o Anchor Ba Excellent makeup. Anatomy of a bloodbath By JEFFREY BLOOMER ManagingEditor To Chekhov's axiom that a gun introduced in an early scene will surely make an appearance in the last, the appealingly lowbrow new Behind the thriller "Behind Mask the Mask: The Rise of Leslie At the State Vernon" has an Theater amendment: If Anchor Bay y...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 5A JEREMY CHO/Daily Defensive lineman Alan Branch is projected to be a top-10 pick in next month's NFL Draft. Despite the hype, there are some who think Branch has more work to do. Bra ch readiesfDraft By KEVIN WRIGHT Daily Sports Editor INDIANAPOLIS - David Terrell. Drew Henson. Ernest Shazor. What do these three former Michigan football players have in common? All of them l...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com FINE ARTS PREVIEW Friday, March 23, 2007 - 5 Political and social themes on a string They don't look nearly as badass in the history texts. HISTORY'S ASSASSINS MEET AND GREET AT THE POWER CENTER By CATHERINE SMYKA Daily Arts Writer What if John Wilkes Booth sat down with Lee Harvey Oswald to discuss politics? The nine main characters in Stephen Sondheim's musi- cal "Assassins" want to change Assassin...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, March 26, 2007 - 5A AAFF takes a stand 45TH FEST MIXES ART WITH POLITICS, * EVERYTHING ELSE By BLAKE GOBLE Daily Arts Writer The weather is unseasonably warm. Coats are getting thinner, maybe even disappearing. Order is restored to the world. So where am I? I'm alone in the dark at the 45th Annual Michigan and State Theaters Ann Arbor watching obscure films. And I'm enjoying every moment Film Fe...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, March 27, 2007 - 5 Turning high Red, white culture to kitsch and Wahlberg he concept of "high cul- products, opening the floodgates ture" has existed for cen- to consumer markets that no one turies, from the Greeks could have guessed even existed. to the Renaissance, through And since we do live in that won- the 1800s and into the present. derful "Land of the Free," where Though the debate s...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, March 28, 2007 - 5A From folk to punk and back LACH, THE MOLDY PEACHES AND THE BIRTH OF ANTI-FOLK By ANNA ASH Daily Arts Writer It was the early '80s. Reagan was screw- ing around in Beirut, Mick Fleetwood was filing for bankruptcy, "Fraggle Rock" was instilling a love for radishes in children everywhere and a scrawny young song- writer named Lach was getting kicked out of folk clubs all over...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 5A No mulligan for McKay By MATT JOHNSON Daily Sports Writer Freshman golfer Billy McKay always loved the University but, he almost didn't make it to Ann Arbor. He didn't sign with the Michi- gan men's golf team until the last hour of signing day. "I was torn between here and Michigan State, or I could've waited and looked at some schools in the South," McKay said. "I defi- n...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, March 30, 2007 - 5 After 9 11, a quiet he ali ng By NORA FELDHUSEN Daily Arts Writer Charlie Fineman has blocked out all memory of his former life. He spends the majority of his time riding a motorized scooter through the streets of Manhattan, listening to '70s rock and playing "Shad- Reg ows of Collosus" - a video game with an exceptionally Over Me symbolic title. His depression is under- At Qu...…