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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, April 24207 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON 2008 candidates break fundraising records Two Democratic presidential candidates broke previous fund- raising records during the first three months of the year, with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton setting a high bar of $26 million in new con- tributions for the quarter. Former Sen. John Edwards raised more than $14 million since the beginning of the year. Cli...…

…4A - Monday, A pril 2, 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 ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, April 2, 2007 - SA ARTS IN BRIEF MUSIC 'Lawns' just a good workout Panther Secret Lawns Fryk Beat Panther's trademark is what he likes to call "floor dancing." This involves convulsing while supine, performing cheerleading moves, fist pumping, maybe variations on the worm. But when you're trying to release an album without any visual accompaniment, the stage hysterics just don't translate. Secr...…

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…8A - Monday, April 2, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com PUPPETS ON PARADE The 'Value' of Tim HIP-HOP'S PREEMINENT PRODUCER COMES UP BIG By BRIAN CHEN Daily Arts Writer To say that Timbaland had a successful year in 2006 would be an understatement. Simply put, he dominated the airwaves. As the architect of Nelly Furtado's Loose and Justin Tim- berlake's Future- *** Sex/LoveSounds, he produced hit Timbaland after hit with his proven...…

…Bosch: Noah and Oden 'steal show DANCE FLOOR 2B SpDortsMonda On the road and at home, Michigan is king of the court MEN'S & WOMEN'S TENNIS 4B michigandaily.com Monday, April 2, 2007 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Despite slim margi, Blue gets ig win By CHRIS MESZAROS BY THE NUMBERS Daily Sports Writer Mother Nature proved to be better competition than host Northwestern for the Michigan baseball team this weekend. Michigan NOTEBOOK (4-0 Big Ten, 15-6 ...…

…4 DAILY SPORTS BREAKS DOWN THE WEEKEND THAT WAS 28 - Monday, April 2, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4 SAID AND HEARD "I've been coaching 18 years and there's no championship that's ever made my heart feel as good as this one." - Michigan women's gymnastics coach BEV PLOCKI after her team captured the Big Ten Championship Satur- day in State College. ATHLETE OF THE WEEK ROYA ST. CLAIR SOFTBALL The freshman catcher exploded wi...…

…0 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Rg~ E Monday, April 2, 2007 - 3B The Michigan Daily - michigandailv.com Monday, April 2, 2007 - 3B CHAMPIONS: Plocki leads Blue to 13th championship in 15 seasons From page 1B ning on vault, its most success- ful event. But a series of amazing routines reinvigorated the Nittany Lions and the home crowd. Penn State's Corissa Pirkl and Katie Per- ret stuck beautiful routines, scor- ing 9.900 each, ...…

…4B - Monday, April 2, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Netters take two on road By KIRK SHEFFERLY For the Daily The 25th-ranked Michigan men's tennis team faced the daunting task of winning back-to-back road matches over the weekend. Despite the tough schedule, the Wolverines came away with a clean sweep, beating No. 29 Minnesota 5-2 on Saturday and Iowa 6-1ton Sun- day. The first step in claiming these two key victo- ries was def...…

…Tuesday, April 18, 2006 News 3 High level of stress leads to increased sugar consumption Opinion 4 From the Daily: '05-'06 Edgars Arts 9 Prince still hot on '3121' SIALLD3CJ.A'S'H.t MA/Kf' 31MP~i ACT~~ fl7 -a, One-hundredsixteen years of editoriil freedom www.mickigandaziy.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXVI, No. 115 02006 The Michigan Daily Police investigate S4M's site attacks For allegedly crashing a rival party's website with a denial of ...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 NATION/WORLD Palestinian suicide bomber kills 9 a Bloodshed could set the stage for harsh Israeli reprisals TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - A Pales- tinian suicide bomber struck a packed fast-food restaurant during Passover yesterday, killing nine people and wounding dozens in the deadliest bombing in more than a year. In a sharp departure from the previ- ous Palestinian government's condem- nation...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 3 ON CAMPUS Profs to talk on academic freedom after 9/11 A discussion sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies will be held today on the topic of academic freedom after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Prof. Beshara Doumani from the Uni- versity of California at Berkeley and Prof. Joseph Massad from Columbia University will speak at the event. The discus...…

…4- The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 OPINION ahle firto %gttn tti1g COLIN DALY "fill 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 ' ' If you're thinking about leaving at some time in the future, now ...…

…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 5 The U-N Division of Student Affairs wishes to THANK the Student Community for the work we accomplished together during 2005-2006. We could not have done it without your initiative, commitment, hard work and insight. G/ / Thanks for being who you are:, The 1 { ftAlTl) NivINITIATlynS & MDJcATItNAL QAAtoNS Ann Arbor City Council Student Relations Committee (MSA/U-M Government Relations/City...…

…6 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 the michigan daily 40 FOR SALE BY OWNER. Gorgeous 26th floor one-bedroom apartment. Located in the prestigious Town Plaza Tower. Magnificent view. Sunny south and two windows over- looking the stadium. Brazilian cherry floors. Built-in custom cabinetry. Safe for any stu- dent (within walking distance to University). 24-Hour video security. Asking $290,000. Please contact Denise at alcc2590@ch...…

…COKE SUIT Continued from page 1 University lawyers said their case is built on legal quicksand. "There's no legal foundation for those arguments. Our attorneys were quite confident it would not pre- vail," University spokeswoman Julie Peterson said on behalf of the college's legal counsel team. Weber claimed UMAJIC's threat was the final catalyst in convincing the University to reinstate the 13 contracts with Coke, pointing out that the admin-...…

…Tuesday April 18, 2006 S CENBat SC IE NCE 8 news@michigandaily.com . .. ........ Gov't to launch li0vestock tracking System will not include age of animals, despite importance of age in mad cow disease investigations WASHINGTON (AP) - A livestock tracking system planned by the govern- ment will not include the age of animals, despite the key role age has played in mad cow disease investigations. Agriculture Department officials say they d...…

…Tuesday April 1, 2006 arts. michigandaily. com artspage@michigandaily.com R TeiSigSn til 9 .. . .. .. .. .. . Hollerin' at the masses It's the end of the school year, and what do we have to show for it except a dent in our GPAs and stories to hide from futur6 employers? For Hollywood celebri- ties, it's time to show off the fruits of those carefully molded telation- ships: tabloid-ready newborns. The most famous celebrity par- ents of th...…

…10 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 ARTS SPECTRAL SOUNDS GLORIOUS BYRNE AND ENo's MASTERFUL REISSUE STILL CAPTIVATES By Lloyd Cargo Daily Music Editor MusCRV****I* In 1981, the music landscape was a wasteland. There were the dying heaves of disco run ragged by punk, which was rusting into new wave. No wave was David Byrne on the horizon, and Kool DJ Herc's legendary revolutions and Brian Eno were rumbling out of the My Life i...…

…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 11 ADVERTISEMENT The Gamekillers OBITUARIES April 2006 ( ttme TSiileb Joe Magner Rashid Theodore Andy Tider Ross Barton Peter Moyse Mike Choi Judd Engelbrecht absence of any posterior-knocking. Instead, Rashid's spicy prospect was beginning to show classic signs of eye-drift and to none other than, Man Candy, the sugar-sweet confection of a Gamekiller revered for his talents at topping cher...…

…12 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 ARTS Author provides dark, surreal satire 4 By Alexandra Jones Daily Arts Writer BOOKS PR VIEW Performance artist and author Karen Finley has a knack for provoking contro- versy, whether she'sc body in chocolate or being persecuted for her art by for- mer Senator Jesse Helms (N.C.-R). Now she's written covering her naked Karen Finley Thursday at 7 p.m. At the Pendleton Room in the Michi...…

… ARTS The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 13 LL sounds aged on 'Todd' By Amanda Andrade and Kimberly Chou Daily Arts Writers MUSIC REVIEW "My 12th album launch / Now everything is carte blanche!" bellows LL Cool J on the opening track of Todd Smith, featuring Juelz "Back Like Cooked Crack" San- tana. Carte blanche for suck-cess? Not quite, but one would expect LL Cool J more from the self-proclaimed "Greatest Of All Time." Todd Sm...…

…Tuesday April 18, 2006 sports. michigandaily. com sports@michigandaily.com PORTS 4 14 . . . . . ............ . ... ..... Red re-ups with three-year deal This isn't your run-ot the-mill By Mark Giannotto Daily Sports Writer It may have been a disappointing season on the ice for the Michigan hockey team, but it's so far, so good when it comes to the off-season. Saturday night, at the annual end- of-season hockey banquet, Michi- gan Athlet...…

…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 15 Hammond rebounds from arm injury to lead Blue's rotation By Chris Herring Daily Sports Writer Some athletes are hit square in the face with adversity. But for fifth-year senior Paul Hammond, the shot went to his arm instead. Just over four years ago, on a cold, blustery day in Champaign, former Wolverine pitcher Jim Brauer took not one, but two line drives off his body while facing Illinois, ...…

…16 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 How senior transfer Becky Marx grew from small-school catcher to Michigan home-run hero i I of change By Amber Colvin I Daily Sports Writer On June 7, 2005, the winds of change were blowing through Hall of Fame Sta- dium in Oklahoma City, Okla. The Michi- gan softball team was vying not just for its own first national championship, but also the first for any team east of the Missis- sippi...…

…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 17 Hoogie Vo Scombine s rhitecture and sports By Eileen Hengel Daily Sports Writer Water polo center Kristin Hoogenboom may not have much in common with a middle-aged woman. But Zaha Hadid - a 56 year-old Iraqi woman - is who Hoogenboom admires most. Hadid is not a starter for the United States women's water polo team or a championship coach working the motivational speaker circuit. Rather, Hadi...…

…18 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 0 What temperature were the beans roasted? Can the cup be recycled? Did it arrive vacuum-packed? Turkish Are the beans good for my heart? or Italian? Is it regula r or decaf? Will it stunt my spiritual growth? Can I get a free refill? >a , . Can I drink it with a beret? Why is the cup white? Does it come with a free muffin? Why isn't it called a cup of Fred? 4 How much is a ...…

…Monday, April 17, 2006 Opinion 4A Mara Gay on Duke's lacrosse team Arts 8A Unnecessary sequel painful, not 'Scary' Sports 1B 'M'-Nine sweeps Buckeyes for first time since 1987 k..e_.fAJ r r, Y3 "V A rn A 14., n-ty w - g . e One-hundred-sixteen years of editorialfreedom www.michiganday.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXVI, No. 114 62006 The Michigan Daily Alum got her start in U' writing program Elizabeth Kostova won $7,000 Hopwood award for no...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, April 17, 2006 NATION/WORLD NYPD flips on surveillance cameras to fight crime, terror * Privacy advocates cry foul over thousands of cameras placed throughout New York City NEW YORK (AP) - Along a gritty stretch of street in Brooklyn, police this month quietly launched an ambitious plan to combat street crime and terrorism.k hga But instead of cops on the beat, wireless video cameras peer down from lamp pos...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Monday, April 17, 2006 - 3A CON CAMPUS Psychology prof to speak on God and humanism Psychology Prof. Lloyd Sandelands will speak on human nature, naturalism and humanism today from 9 to 10 pm. in room 2271 of Angell Hall. He will discuss what human nature might suggest about the relationship between people and God. Geneticists to present work on mental disease Bernie Devlin, a human genetics professor at the Univer...…

…4A- The Michigan Daily - Monday, April 17, 2006 OPINION ai firhu r~ KATIE GARLINGHOUSE HO.S ARREST DoNN M. FRESARD Editor in Chief EMILY BEAM CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK Editorial Page Editors ASHLEY DINGES Managing Editor THE ONLY WAY FLOW OF ILLEGAL tiU~INGA SEVEN*1UNEORE MILE LONG WALL Us ANO' mEX+O- Duke and Michigan MARA GAY COMMON SENSE 0 EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN A...…

…The Michigan Daily - Monday, April 17, 2006 - 5A Adverstisement An Open Letter From The Coca-Cola Company: Colombia Labor Relations Update for Our Campus Customers On March 22, the International Labor Organization (ILO) announced that it will accept independent requests from the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF) and from The Coca-Cola Company to investigate a...…

…6A - The Michigan Daily - Monday. April 17. 2006 the michigan daily 41 ! ! DOGS WELCOME spacious 2 bdrm. !!! GRAD STUDENT ALERT!!! with lg., modern kitchen. Avail. immed., Old West Side. 1 & 2 bedrooms. May & August.741-9657. MUST SEE for Fall '06. 734.668.1100. FOR SALE BY OWNER. Gorgeous 26th floor one-bedroom apartment. Located in the prestigious Town Plaza Tower. Magnificent view. Sunny south and two windows over- looking the stadium. B...…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Monday, April 17, 2006 - 7A ALUM Continued from page 1A while the rest of us, myself included, think we need to sit down for hours to be inspired," Chamberlin said. The recurring theme from friends and coworkers was Kosto- va's lack of pretentiousness, even after her fame. Friends and coworkers say they're impressed by Kostova's "ordinariness. Even after her hefty book deal, she lives in a modest two- bedroom house...…

…8A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, April 17, 2006 NEWS Non-Hispanic immigrants wonder what immigration reform means for them 40 Hispanics lead movement demanding path to citizenship while other groups play ambigious role LOS ANGELES (AP) - As a Pakistani, Hamid Khan stood out among the Hispanics he marched alongside at a recent immigration law protest. When he told one demon- strator where he was from, the man responded:"'Then what are you...…

…Monday April 17, 2006 arts.rmichigandaily. com artspage@michigandaily.com E , CRTSC [QFl 9A Rolling the credits ... r The melancholy tones of a main- stream emo rocker rise in the background - she's waiting and he's late. He rushes through the traffic, determined to tell her that which he's only just discovered himself, beating his hands against the steering wheel as his tires screech to a stop at the red lights and reckless skateboarder...…

…10A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, April 17, 2006 ARTS 6 Courtesy of Warner Bros. We love inanimate objects with eating disorders. 'Robot' an odd treat By Mark Schultz Daily Arts Writer Courtesy of Newmarket "Time out rules!" 'TRISTRAM' HOLDS STRONG AMID SLOPPY FUN By Blake Goble Daily Arts Writer It might appear advantageous to walk into "Tris- tram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story" having con- quered the basics of Laurence Sterne's no...…

… ARTS The Michigan Daily - Monday, April 17, 2006 - 11A The Strokes 'punch clock in Detroit By Kimberly Chou Daily Arts Writer A purportedly sober Julian Casablancas and The Strokes brought a mixed bag to Detroit's State Theater Thursday night: a set of old stand- bys mixed with heavier material from their latest album, First Impressions of Earth. The band presented the coach-class Strokes package - an always-solid rhythm section, gui- tars ...…

…12A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, April 17, 2006 rr - MichiganEngineering University of Michigan College of Engineering dean's Honor is The Dean and faculty of the College of Engineering congratulate the following undergraduates for attaining the Dean's Honor List. These students completed a minimum of 12 graded credit hours and received a 3.5 GPA or better to earn the distinction of Dean's Honor List for Fall Term Zoo. Sheikh Mohd S...…

…WOMEN'S TENNIS: The Wolverines thrash Ohio State in Columbus, 6-1, for their third straight Big Ten victory. PAGE 2B THE SPORTSMONDAY COLUMN: Sharad Mattu looks back on some rough years for Michigan athletics and hopes for better things to come. PAGE 3B FOOTBALL: Check out the football team's projected two-deep depth chart. PAGE 6B SPcRTS April 17, 2006 lB ilhe fErwigan Bade MICHIGAN 5, S M'-Nine * triumphs " n stelar weekend By David...…

…2B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - April 17, 2006 " WOMEN'S TENNIS Netters beat Buckeyes all over again Athlete of the Week 41 Name: Kelly Catino Hometown: Traverse City Team: Women's track and field Class: Redshirt junior By Ian Robinson Daily Sports Writer The No. 33 Michigan women's tennis team might be feeling a little bit of ddja vu after its 6- 1 triumph over No. 73 Ohio State on Saturday at the Stickney Tennis Center in Colu...…

…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - April 17, 2006 - 3B 'M' pre performs relay well, ares for Big Tens Lloyd Carr and the Wolverines haven't fielded a very good track record against Ohio State or Notre Dame in recent years. But the football team's struggles are just one example of the state of Michigan athletics. wager and titles sorely . " " miassing in Ann Arbor By Daniel Bromwich Daily Sports Writer With just three meets remaining befor...…

…4B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - April 17, 2006 FULL COUNT 0 SOFTBALL 0 PLAYER OF THE WEEK Jennie Ritter Michigan The senior ace posted just a .500 record on the weekend, but surrendered just one run in 10-plus innings of work. Friday, she went the distance in a shutout victory over Iowa. She stuck out 11 Hawkeye batters and conceded just two hits. NOTABLE QUOTABLE "If we didn't have bad luck, we wouldn't have any luck at all." - ...…

…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - April 17, 2006 - 5B SUICIDE SQUEEZE Baseball Friday's Game: OHIO STATE 3 LP: Dan DeLucia (5-2) MICHIGAN 14 WP: Zach Putnam (2-0) Saturday's Game 1: OHIO STATE 1 LP: Cory Luebke (4-3) MICHIGAN 7 WP: Paul Hammond (2-3) Saturday's Game 2: OHIO STATE I LP: Jake Hale (1-3) MICHIGAN 2 WP: Chris Fetter (4-1) Sunday's Game: OHIO STATE 4 LP: J. B. Shuck (5-1) MICHIGAN 5 WP: Andrew Hess (2-0) A sweep of epic p...…

…6B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - April 17, 2006 ..A's; \'. 6 ,.,..,. ~ .'~ C.', '4.4 ~ ',:~'.. The 2006 football season is still more than four months away, but that doesn't mean it's too early to take a look at how the Wolverines will shape up when they take the field. Here's a breakdown of where Michigan stands at each position at the conclusion of spring practice. 0 By Scott Bell and StephaniE Quarterback For the second straigh...…

…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - April 17, 2006 - 7B 0 WOMENSWIN ME' TNNIPS Despite close loss, Blue prevails Lesson learned as Netters blanked By Jessica Asbill Daily Sports Writer On Saturday, the No. 9 Michigan women's rowing team competed on Lake Wingra in Madison to finish the regular season. It was the squad's final meet before conference championships, and Michigan managed key vic- tories against both Wisconsin and Iowa to soli...…

…- ._ - AIM - _-s 0 0 w w I The Michigan Daily - I - - --PN~ ,4- Fije best s MO0MEN Top Moments IN MICHIGAN SPORTS It's been a wild ride for Michigan sports fans this past year. From Samantha Findlay's mon- ster blast to the basketball team's shocking collapse in the Big Ten Tournament, no one predicted the twists and turns this season has taken. With that in mind, the Daily Sports staff breaks down the best and worst moments of th...…

…U E ic tgttn tt I One-hundred-sixteen years ofeditorialfreedom www.michigandaily. com Ann Arbor, Michigan m Vol. CXVI, No. 114 o2006 The Michigan Daily 'U' takes in students displaced by Katrina Administration has yet to locate dozens of students from storm- stricken areas of coast September 6, 2005 By Michael Kan Daily Staff Reporter In response to the devastation left by Hurri- cane Katrina, the University has begun admitting displa...…

…2C - The Michigan Daily - Monday, April 17, 2006 NEWS Bush win shocks students, who are mostly Dems I I College Republicans excited about the election's turnout, with President Bush earning 2 percent more votes than he garnered in 2000 November 4, 2004 By Alex Garivaltis and Justin Miller Daily Staff Reporters Yesterday's election results shocked many students at the University, some of whom say they are hard-pressed to name a single frie...…