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…owrs 4 8 - Friday, April 13, 2007 SOFTBALL Road trip holds mixed bag for 'M' The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com By ANTHONY OLIVEIRA Daily Sports Writer Last weekend, the ninth-ranked Michigan softball team escaped arguably its toughest test unscathed. MiChiganf And it didn't at Iowa have to play any games to do it. Matchup: With four con- Michigan 29-6; ference contests Iowa 28-15 cancelled against When: Today, Penn State and 6 p.m. Oh...…

…Vintage finds and space-style garb collide in the B-Side. lie Mdigan &zil www.michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan "Harmon, Howard, Woodson, Markovits." - Political Science and German Prof. Andrei Markovits jokingly compares winning the Golden Apple Award to winning college football's Heisman Trophy A SPORTING LIFE Thursday April12, 2007 THE UNIVERSITY AND THE BIG THREE First in a three-part series about how the American auto industry's t...…

…2A - Thursday, April 12, 2007 MOCNDAY: TUESDAY: WEDNESDAY: The Extremist Arbor Anecdotes Before You Were Here FRIDAY: Explained 'Swiping cards, steal ing hearts' Barb Bedolla has six children, 12 grandchildren and 10 great grand- children. But her title of grandma extends far beyond her biological family to work, where she has the nickname of Sooth Quad's grandma. Bedolla has worked for the Uni- versity on and off for almost 12 years, gree...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NE S Thursday, April 12, 2007 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS " ALGIERS, Algeria Terrorist blasts rock North Africa Al-Qaida's new wing in North Africa claimed responsibility for suicide bombings that ripped through the prime minister's office and a police station in Algeria yes- terday, killing at least 24 people. The attacks highlighted the men- acing spread of Islamic militancy across North Africa. One car bombing...…

…0 4A - Thursday, April12, 2007 OPINION 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 EDITOR IN CHIEF IMRAN SYED EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR JEFFREY BLOOMER MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent ...…

…1 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, April 12, 2007 - 5A LETTERS TO TEEDIOR Anti-Israel activists live in afalse reality TO THE DAILY: While reading the viewpoint written by Students Advocating Freedom and Equality (A blue- print for conversation, 4/10/2007) I was struck by the language used by the writers. I've noticed that pro-Palestinian groups resort to Karl Rove's strategy of repeat- ing factual inaccuracies over and over...…

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…8A - Thursday, April 12, 2007 RIAA From page 1A which represents most major record labels, announced it would target college campuses in an effort to stem the growth in online file sharing. The RIAA said it plans to issue at least 400 pre-litigation settle- ment letters to students across the county per month. It sent 400 in February, 405 in March and 413 yesterday. Last month, the University received over a dozen notices of alleged infringeme...…

…Thursday, April 12, 2007 - 9A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Panter ready to make impact Senior leftfielder Rebekah Milian led Michigan to a 6-1 victory over her sister Elizabeth's Ball State squad Tuesday. oftba l ters face off By DAN FELDMAN Daily Sports Writer Elizabeth and Rebekah Milian were grilled by teammates head- ing into Tuesday's Michigan-Ball State matchup. Elizabeth is a freshman pitch- er for the Cardinals. Rebekah is...…

…10A - Thursday, April 12, 2007 Soph swaps for bat ByANDY REID Daily Sports Writer Sophomore third baseman Adam Abraham had a serious problem. He was just too good at too many things. When he was 16, Abraham, who excelled in both baseball and hockey at Grosse Pointe South High School, was courted by both collegiate baseball and minor league hockey teams. In fact, when Michigan coach Rich Maloney was asked when he first noticed Abraham as a pote...…

…Designer profiles Pg 2B =. _ The new class Pg 3B 'ANTM' Pg 4B B THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2007 Reuse, recycle Photos by Shay Spaniola and Benji Dell Daily Staff Photographers Combine thrift-store finds with other pre-loved items from Star Vintage and those nearly forgotten pieces of your wardrobe to create something entirely new. With these looks you'll be the splash of color wherever you go - even in the People's Food Co- op pro...…

…6 2B - Thursday, April 12, 2007 {student designer profiles} The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Jerrit Tan By Maureen Sullivan I Daily Arts Writer Alex Lee By Nora Feldhusen I Daily Arts Writer TI U he word 'cake' is synon- ymous with wealth and power. We can refer to everything we want simply as cake, from chocolate cake, to cash and even a kilo of cocaine." Inthe streetwear industry where imitation is suicide and reputation is ever...…

…(the fashion b-side Thursday, April 12, 2007 - 3B The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MyApA 1,8AKr Monday,, April 16, 8 p.m. Styling, hair and makeup by Kimberly Chou (Associate Arts Editor). Clockwise from top left: Alex Hall in white faux-fur coat and yellow pearl necklace from Star Vintage; Erina Uozumi in black Young Essence dress from Beanie June Boutique; Hall in brown and black London Times halter dress from Beanie June Boutique; ...…

…4B - Thursday, April 12, 2007 (the b-side} 0 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com VNO T EBOOK Reality's obsession with fashion By MICHELE YANKSON Daily Arts Writer happenings of tional, a high-e modeling agen ABOVE: Casually relaxed sportswear is designed to be paired with matching ja RIGHT: Souwaidam shows off a more modest watch for the average customer. From page 1B countries around the world (Africa - "the motherland"), and more ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com {the fashion b-side] ThursdayApril 12, 2007 -s5 Styling by arts editors Kimberly Chou and Caroline Hartmann. ABOVE: Julia Friedman in olive dress from Beanie June Boutique and vintage scarf, stylist's own. RIGHT: Marie Matta (left) in T-shirt and red suspenders, model's own. Alex Pasquinelli in blue Soda Blu dress from Beanie June Boutique and gold choker from Salvation Army. From hobby to lucrative ca...…

… 6B - Thursday, April12, 2007 {the fashion b-side} The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com I Brave I I new Yrworld Not only did David Bowie circa Space Oddity know what would make great lyrical fod- der he sure knew how to cultivate personal style Alongside Daily Managing Photo Editor - Peter Schottenfels, we invited guest photogra- pher Adam Morath, styl- ist Shiori Ito and makeup artist Mandy Mitchell - =from Shei, an annual multicultural fas...…

…J E NT L7 4clII) Na Il n N .c( llj171 f V mt Mic www.michigandaily.com Wednesday, April 11, 2007 MICHIGAN STADIUM RENOVATIONS A LOUDER BIG HOUSE? NEW PATH: Sound escapes from box and reflects off opposite box onto field. The proposed design for renovations to Michigan Stadium would include angled glass on luxury boxes that architects say would reflect crowd noise back onto the field. The tilted windows would create two new paths for so...…

…2A - Wednesday, April 11, 2007 N4 2 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NICE GOLF SHOT Arresting the protesters Last Tuesday's Students Orga- nizing for Labor and Economic Equality protest, which resulted in the arrests of 12 students, pales in comparison to the 1968 sit-in and rally for welfare rights in Washt- enaw County. On Sept. 6, 1968, police arrest- ed about 170 University students and 12 others after the protesters staged a fo...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEr TO NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Dems subpoena more Gonzales files Democrats subpoenaed Attorney General Alberto Gonzales yester- day for more documents, escalating their fight with the Bush adminis- tration over the firings of eight U.S. attorneys. The subpoena, issued a week before Gonzales is to testify under oath before Congress about the dis- missals, seeks hundreds of docu- ments either withheld or h...…

…4A - Wednesday, April 11, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. JOHN OQUIST I O t 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR KARL STAMPFL EDITOR IN CHIEF DID YOU USE - THE JAPANESE DOMINATED THE WAR OF WIKIPEDIA FOR 1812 THROUGH SKILLFUL USE OF THEIR THIS PAPER SECRET WEAPON, MEGAT...…

…, i- The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, April 11,.2007 - 5A ANE ARTS COUMN Art in context Marcel Duchamp made history with a urinal he signed a name to and had exhibited in a gallery in 1917. If it was in a museum, if it - was on the wall, he said, it was art. After all, everyone was standing around looking at it. The argument that "anything" can be art - the ABIGAILB. principle "beau- COLODNER ty is in the eye of the beholde...…

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…8A - Wednesday, April 11, 2007 f ) I T The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0,I MUSIC REVIEW Veteran star duo none too bright on'Tongues' Whimsical mixing DEACON'S 'RINGS' BETTER SUITED FOR VIDEO GAMES By ABBY FRACKMAN Daily Arts Writer When two colossal but distinct- ly different musical minds cross paths, as a fan, sometimes you just have to cross your fingers. Kieran Heb- ** ; den's and Steve Reid's separate Kieran career paths H shar...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Sister act: older Milian gets the win Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 9A a SOFTBALL In one game, slumps turn to x streaks for Blue By ANTHONY OLIVEIRA Daily Sports Writer Playing the waiting game in the locker room last weekend, the ninth-ranked Michigan softball team was glad to BALL STATE 1 playsome- MICHIGAN 6 thing it is more familiar with: softball. "We needed to get out on =the field and see the sunsh...…

…10A - Wednesday, April 11, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Turf wars: M'-Nine slides m on carpet The Michigan men's gymnastics team hopes to bounce back from a disappointed finis last year's NCAA 7 Blue wants big revenge By COLT ROSENSWEIG Daily Sports Writer Since April 7, 2006 - the day the Michigan men's gymnastics team had to watch six other teams compete for the National Title - the Wolverines Michigan have dedicated at N...…

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… i 0 0 0 w 0 I 2 Te icign .Dil -Weneday A ri 1, g00 Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - The Michigan Daily table of contents 4B THE SKELETONS IN OUR CLOSET Michigan's standard historical narrative is missing a few chapters when it comes to racial discrimination in the state 6B STUDENTS OF THE YEAR These 10 students made a name for them- selves on campus this year. THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK with WALTER NOWINSKI A look at the big news events this w...…

…0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10B.he ichga aiy-W desay. prl11 007 I Wednesday, pril.11,.2007 - h *Mchga SDil -3 T here's a reason beyond foot- ball that led redshirt junior offensive tackle Jake Long to pass up this April's NFL Draft -where he likely would have been a first-round selection - and return for his last year of eligibil- ity. He's also looking forward to what the 2007-08 season will bring off of the gridiron. "This was definitely the mos...…

… i 0 T M - d i WenedyAri 1,207 Th. Mci SnDal mANARO Confronting the racismin Michigan's history Our Back Pages I History Column By Chris Zbrozek China Gate Best Chinese food Red Hot Lovers Best hotdog and Best fries We like to tell ourselves stories that make us feel good about ourselves. That can be a difficult task, though, when confronting ugly periods of our past. The Michigan Historical Museum in Lansing, for instance, deals with s...…

…Michigan Daily readers voted on their favorite things about Ann Arbor. On this page and the next are staff members's reflections on several winners. " 0. Wednesay, 207 I) LI-. 0 I-AN RO Espesso Royale Cafe Six Espresso Royale Cafes. Two Amer's Mediteranian Delis. Two Sweetwater cafes. Rendezvous. Ambrosia. Ten Starbucks. As a col- lege student in Ann Arbor, you're never far from a coffee shop. Ann Arbor seems to breed coffee houses. Patr...…

…68The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, Aprill11 2007 m The activists, athletes, artists and organizers who have left their mark on campus this year The artistic scientist SA senior Lia Min stood in don't want to be the one drawing front of a massive 10-foot-tall the discoveries." banner with a large, circular In the fall, Min will attend mirror close to the bottom. She Harvard in pursuit of a doctorate looked into the engraved mirror, in neuros...…

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…You nt want to know sPT I N LIIIEI-HUNDREDSEVENTEN K \ KSIII I N nn Arbor, ichigan www.michigandaily.com Iuesday, April10 2007 COCA-COL A CONT ROVERSY Coke investigations behind schedule DEADLINE TROUBLE The pair of investigations into Coca-Cola have missed this deadline: * March 31, 2007Deadlinefor assessments of the conditions for Coke workers in Colom- bia and environmental issues in India appear lkelp that they will make these two: " A...…

…2 - Tuesday, April 10, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com PASTRY PASS-OFF Here's a little ditty On Saturday night - a cold, Seesomethingth quiet evening before Easter - I ies the Ann Arbor, was in Mitch's checking out the sity of Michigan ex drink specials and some 40- E-mail submission something guy named Jerry man@michigandai playing live music. The music was your typical It was almost like bar fare of Journey and Oasis comic ge...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com _ Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS NATANZ, Iran Iran says it has expanded uranium enrichment Iran announced a dramatic expansion of uranium enrichment yesterday, saying it has begun oper- ating 3,000 centrifuges - nearly 10 times the previously known num- ber - in defiance of U.N. demands it halt its nuclear program or face increased sanctions. U.S. experts say 3,000 centrifug- es are in theory ...…

…4 - Tuesday, April 10, 2007 1,IO 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 andillustrations represent solelythevie...…

…Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - 5 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Watch your head, dude. VIDEO G AM E RE EVIE EA ups the ante with improved'UEFA' By MICHAEL PASSMAN Daily TV/New Media Editor Springtime means one thing for American sports fans: UEFA Champions League soccer! OK, maybe not, but in honor of this year's European club football cham- pionship, EA UEFA Sports released "UEFA Cham- Champions pions League 2006-2007" for L09 Xbox 360....…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com in nine A VOTERS ferent dia From page 1 Glen M ican Leg that led to high opposition of Pro- Fund sta posal 2. Seventy-three percent of the high Ann Arbor voters voted against which he Proposal 2. Ann Arb Compared with the Detroit met- the polls ropolitan region, one of the most ers surve segregated cities in the country, 29 years Grebner said there is a much lower Accord sense of racial exclusion in Ann p...…

…8 - Tuesday, April 10, 2007 , ' The Michigan Dailv mihgnalcm 8 - Tuesday, pril 10, 200 Ti Ndirhiass flaii i iiaselal, g y.iu ll-v, LID 4 'SOMEWHERE IN TIME' (1980) AND 'TRANSFORMERS' (1986) '80s film nostalgia: Back to the old favorites A true Michigan romance An epic tale of robots in disguise! By JENNA PARKS Daily Arts Writer Little did I know that revisit- ing a favorite film from childhood could illicit an odd dream involv- ing Dr....…

…=a _ ..lii. .. i r, f { SE x f t Th _ ' F 7;'_ The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com BASEBALL Blue returns against EMU By COURTNEY RATKOWIAK Daily Sports Writer You could call tomorrow's matchup a warm-up for Ohio State. Or you could hope the weather warms up so Michigan can actually play. MiChigan Michi- gan plays at Easten at Eastern Michigan Michigan in a doubleheader Matchup: this afternoon Michigan as the Wol- 16-6; Eastern verines end...…

…10 - Tuesday, April 10, 2007 BASEBALL From page 9 game. We have to come oot strong right from the get-go." Said junior Doug Pickens: "We're playing two seven-inning games and that sometimes moves faster than one nine-inning game, just the way the games play out. We might come out a little slow, but hopefully we can pick up right where we left off with Central (Michigan)." Coupled with its previously scheduled mid-week game against Toledo tomor...…

…~ 71 Rodriguez and Tarantino's double feature is over the top and exhausting. It's also pretty entertaining. Arts, page 8A Family guy How Beilein made it from a tiny school in upstate New York to A2 SportsMonday 6NI H N E I E\ I) (I N Il N \I (111 I1T L I)RE \( Ann Arbor, Michigan rhl www.michigandaily.com Mondav Anril 9 2007 . ........... ..,... SWEATSHOP PROTESTS After arrests, SOLE presses on Forum planned for tonight By KELLY ...…

…2A - Monday, April 9, 2007 -_. ^ N The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 6 TUESDAY: WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: Arbor Anecdotes Before You Were Here Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained History's back pages 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com KARL STAMPFL ALEXIS FLOYD Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-0558 stampfl@michigandaily.com floyd@michigandaily.com CONTACT INFORMATION 6 Plenty of books i...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily NEWS BRIEFS KABUL, Afghanistan 7 NATO soldiers killed in bombings in Afghanistan Roadside bombs in southern Afghanistan yesterday left seven NATO soldiers dead, the alliance said, as its forces continued an anti- Taliban offensive in the world's most fertile opium-producing region. It appeared to be the biggest combat loss for foreign troops in Afghanistan since 2005. Six troops died and one was injured when ...…

…4A - Monday, April 9, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Jbe Mi*idiigan &U Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu He used what was described to me as rude language " - Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor on what a Northwest Airlines pilot said immediately before a flight from Las Vegas to Detroit that prompted cancellation o...…