…One hundred sc years ofeditoriadfreedom Wednesday May 14, 1997 .:: :y.,;i..v:E. 3 -.'"a u. >r. . ":a S..a: .1nls' m a ynu . . ,ti\\,:ha,' , C". - ?Z . U' refuses 5 release isher eprimand Heather Kamins liNews Editor The Ann Arbor News is suing the niversity for allegedly violating the -eedom of Information Act by refus- g to release a letter sent to Michigan asketball Coach Steve Fisher from thletic Director Joe Roberson. The alleged letter...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, May 14, 1997 State Rep. proposes bill to protect 'U' from bootlegged Matt WeNer "U of M loses a lot of revenue when their logo is sold outside Michigan Stadium and by street ven- One local merchant, however, is not sold Daily Staff Reporter used without permission," Profit said. "They must dors on South University fact that counterfeiting is such a serious offense. Next fall, it may be harder to purchase boo...…
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…4 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, May 14, 1997 Edited and managed by ERIN MARSH JACK SCHILLACI students at the Editor in Chief Editorial Page Editor University of Michigan Unless otherwelse noted, unsrign ed d Itoriads re flect the opinlionz 420 Maynard Street miajority of the Daily §editorial!oard .tII other articles,.etite Ann Arbor, MI 48109 cartoons do not necessarily reflect t1e opinion ofr/ Te iicligan Pai O n February 1, a new face s...…
…Wednesday, May 14, 1997 - The Michigan Daily - 5 4OTABLE QUOTABLE wouldn't take this as the day of doom. I'm the best in the world and if I lose, it's a question of my mistake." -Reigning world chess champion Garry Kasparov, after losing a game to IBM's Deep Blue computer IETTERS TO THE ErOr ward article y wrong THE DAILY: Your story about Fiona se's winning of the Truman holarship in the Daily ("Rose ceives honor,' 5/7/97) is inac- rate in...…
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…8 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, May 14, 1997 'U' faculty sends aid to Bosnian library ¢¢v( \ . By Dolores Arabo For the Daily Bosnians enidured a devastating loss when their country's National and University Library in Sarajevo went down in flames as a result of a Serbian Nationalist attack in 1992. The tragedy left the library not only without books, but also lacking the prop- er records needed to enumerate the destruction. The Universit...…
…- .. |IJRNTRA SEAON FINALE The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra plays Mahler's "Symphony No. 4" this rday at 8 p.m. at the Michigan eater. Call 994-4801 for tickets. ARTS Wednesday May 14, 1997 7 Myers thrives in smashing spoof By Joshua Rich Daily Arts Writer Ever the master of the savvy spoof, "Saturday Night Live" alumnus Mike Myers has been reborn once again to sal- vage his oft-moribund career. Straying from his banal take on heavy metal...…
…110 --.4hd Micg4 n Daily W-dnesdaytMay!4;1997 Lead Kula tries to shake Nazi allegations By Aaron Rennie chos. I love the swastika! It's a brilliant apology (left as originally written) in a to play at a bizarre alternative confer- Daily Arts Editor image. It symbolizes peace and the sun letter to The Independent, a British ence in Wembley ... somehow the For the past six months, the British and illumination - it's everywhere in newspaper. "My...…
…Wedndsday, May 14, 1997 -jThdt Mimhii Dai(-11 Kudrow, Sorvino dumb down stereotypical 'Reunion' By Julia Shih blonde airheads with no real jobs or Daily Arts Writer boyfriends, they attempt to cook up a plan to impress their former classmates. 'Tis the season for those long-anticipat- Upon arriving at the reunion, they partake ed and highly dreaded high school in such activities as pretending to be suc- reunions. But before you hit the panic ...…
…12- the Michigan Daily - Wednesday, May i4, 1991 Williams, Crystal team up for bi-g laughs in 'Father's Day' By Julia Shih Daily Arts Writer It starts off like the delivery of a bad joke: An anal lawyer and an eccentric writer set off together to find a runaway boy ... But the premise for the film "Father's R Day" delivers quite a punch F with the phenom- enal comedic tal- ent of the Slapstick Dream Team, Billy Crystal and Robin Williams. Cry...…
…Wednesday, May 14, 1997 - The Michigan Daiy - 13 Women's track short on energy, Longe on victories By Chris Farah Daily Sports Editor For the past couple of weeks, the Michigan women's track team has had plenty of things it could've complained about - the weather has been cold and rainy, the training has been exhausting ... the list goes on and on. But for all the things that aren't click- ing for the Wolverines, for all the things that could...…
…14 - e Michigan Daily - Wednesday, May 14, 1997 Fan turnout boosts 'M' baseball By Sharat Raju Daily Sports Editor On a typical weekend, Ray Fisher Stadium is maybe half full for a Michigan baseball series. Of that crowd, the majority of the fans are either parents, relatives or fellow Michigan athletes. But the masses turned out for the sea- son finale - a Big Ten-clinching perfor- mance by the Wolverines. "This is the first time we've had a...…
…After slow start, 'M' By Mark Snyder Daily Sports Editor While it may not have been as easy as past years, this season's Big Ten softball title was as sweet as any for Michigan coach Carol Hutchins. The depths from which Michigan had to rise were unusual for the defending league champs, but that made last week- end's Big Ten championship all the more satisfying. Three wins in three games -two over the No. 3 team in the nation - were beyond Mi...…
…NG0ThRUiMNKS Michigan golfer Kyle Dobbs held nothing back at the Big Ten championship, winning the indi- vidual conference title with a score of 287. See page 13. RT- ol 's Wednesday I May 14, 1997 16 A clean sweep Blue wins tourney over Iowa, will host softball regional on Friday By B.J. Luria Daily Sports Writer The No. 8 Michigan softball team trav- eled to Iowa City last weekend with one thing on its mind - revenge. By defeating Iowa ...…
…40P Wednesday One hundred sx years offedi; torilfreedom May 7, 1997 Bolinger plans low tuition hike By Heather Kamins Daily News Editor In an attempt to mitigate the financial burden of rising tuition costs, University President Lee Bollinger pledged Monday to propose a tuition increase for this year that will be the lowest in 15 years. "I think it is important for us to try in this period or sery high criticism in the cost of very higth ...…
…2 -The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, May 7, 1997 TUITION Continued from Page 1 ly votes on tuition fees in July. Regent Olivia Maynard (D-Flint) said she believes the regents would support a milder increase if it comes to the board. "I think it's really important," Maynard said. "The fact that tuition con- tinually increases is a hardship, so you have to make tough choices. I think (Bollinger's) commitment to keep tuition low is very important....…
…Wednesday, May 7, 1997- The Micigan Daily -3 Students 'bare all in Naked Mile y Jenni Yachnin aily Staff Reporter A naked man on a bicycle with a sparkler in his mouth pedaled down South Universit Avenue at midnight after the last day of classes, but nobody seemed to mind - not even the police. Spectators lined the streets of Ann Arbor on the night of April 22 to watch hundreds of their peers bare all and take part in the annual Naked Mile. T...…
…4 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, May 7, 1997 Edited and managed by ERIN MARSH JACK SCHILLACI students at the Editor in Chief Editorial Page Editor University of Michigan AL 'A Unless otherwise noted. unsigned editorials reflect the opmu11n o Int 420 Maynard Street majorin ofte Daily.,; eitol /hoard./ otharticles.dletters Ann Arbor, MI 48109 '"aoofl"" do tlot neas'l ll it theopinion o/ T/ Alicigan aiOl I f four Republicans in the state Hous...…
…Wednesday, May 7, 1997 - The Michigan Daily - 5 OTABLE QUOTABLE "For as many changes as I've seen at the University, probably the biggest ones are the changes I've made personally because of the University." - Graduating Kinesiology senior Russel Ordonia, reflecting on his years at the University .ETTERSTOTEEDTR U' should tract better Seaker 0 THE DAILY: I would like to express my streme disappointment in this ear's choice of University res...…
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…8 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, May 7, 1997 Rose receives honor P By Peter Meyers Daily Staff Reporter Former MSA President Fiona Rost; was recently named one of this year's 77 Truman Scholars who hail from around the country. The Truman Scholarship is a $30,000 grant that can be used to pay for graduate r school. It is award- ed to exceptional students that have demonstrated exemplary leader- ship potential, have excelled academi- cally...…
…Wednesday, May 7, 1997 - The Michi an Daily - 9 Hospital director leaves 'U' for Blue Cross/Blue Shield By Katie Plona Interim executive director of the University John Forsyth, in Iowa. Forsyth, served as for- kinds of initiatives for Blue Cross/Blue Shield Daily News Editor hospitals Larry Warren said Gaucher's depar- mer University Hospitals' Chief Executive as she did at the University. After 17 years of holding positions in the ture is a ...…
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…Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton star in this 1967 adaptation of "The Taming T S of the Shrew" at the Michigan Theater, Wednesday Fnday at 4:30 and Saturday at 5:30. May 7, 1997 Special effects burn up the screen in 'Volcano' By Julia Shiu ravenous lava seems to actively hunt Sails Arts Writer down and consume everything in sight. it's summertime, and to combat the As Heche's character remarks, "This sluggish ennui caused by the heat and t...…
…Wednesday, May 7, 1997 - The Michigan Daily - 13 ournalist McEwen stars as news world's jack-of-all-trades By Jack Schillaci this position, McEwen has been able was a program called "Live By Daily Arts writer to interview many important enter- Request ... Tony Bennett" for A & It's 7:00 in the morning. While tainment figures such as Madonna E. McEwen stated that interviewing most students have not even consid- and Steven Spielberg. One of his...…
…14 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, May 7, 1997 S S INXS makes poppy, elegant comeback INXS Elegantly Wasted Mercury INXS hasn't produced an album since 1993's "Full Moon, Dirty Hearts," an album which few of us remember and fewer of us actually bought. But 1997 brings us a new INXS album, one which is easily as good (and as strange- ly familiar) as classic INXS works such as "Listen Like Thieves" and "Kick. The album "Elegantly Wasted" can...…
…Wednesday, May 7, 1997 - The Michigan Daily - 15 Film suffers "Breakdown" under lethargic pacing, limp plot ulia Shih Dailv ArtsWiter The new Kurt Russell thriller, 'Breakdown," is a prime example of tow afilm can drag on endlessly before inally breaking down after having tothing worthwhile to say. Russell plays Jeff Taylor, a man who sets off on a cross-country trip f Boston to San Diego with his w e, Amy (Kathleen Quinlan). somewhere in th...…
…SERVING UP ACES Living up to its undefeated regular-season record, the Michigan women's tennis team Wednesday won the Big Ten championship. See page 17. S PMay 7, 1997 16 Traylor plans for NBA, changes mind two days later By Mark Snyder Daily Sports lEditor The biggest man on the Michigan basketball team almost made the biggest decision of his life. One month after the season ended, Michigan sophomore Robert Traylor decided Wednesday of last ...…
…Wednesday, May 7, 1997 - The Michigan Daily - 17 Women netters soak Big Tens Tourney champs earn No. 2 seed for southeast regional William Farah and the Michigan men's tennis team faced a daunting task at the Big Ten championship without two of its top players. The Wolverines finished sixth. *hM' tennis finishes6th By Jacob Wheeler Daily Sports Writer What a difference rain can make. On April 27, excessive rain caused a change of venue and a...…
…18 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, May 7, 1997 1 Forrester sets mark at Penn Relays By Chris Farah Forrester said. "Maybe it hasn't really tively. Rounding things out for the dis- Daily Sports Editor dawned on me right now, but maybe tance crew was senior Katy Hollbacher, When you're in the zone, you don't down the line in a couple of weeks, I'll who finished seventh in the 10,000. ask any questions, you don't make any be like 'That was p...…
…Wednesday, May 7, 1997 -- The Michigan Daily - 19 SOFTBALL ConUnued fom Page 16 _On April 28, Holmes was named Big &'pitcher of the week for the second nsecutive week after picking up five wins and pitching 32 innings over the seven-day span. This weekend, the Wolverines head to Iowa looking for their third consecutive Big Ten title and an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. In previous years, such an outstanding record would make the Wolve...…
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… ie hundred five years ofeditoralfreedom .. W E KL Wednesday May 29, 1996 U'receives grant fr new engineenng re",search center atthew Smart Staff Reporter The National Science Foundation has warded the University $12 million to reate the Center for Reconfigurable eachining Systems. The center is one f four new Engineering Research enters to be started by the NSF. The center will also receive $10 mil- ion from 31 industrial partners and 6.2 ...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesda Co!nedIn Page 1 ical health and pay particular attention to the special risks in the black com- munity, such as sickle cell anemia and hypertension. "People don't know or understand that hypertension develops over years of neglect ... and black people are at high risk," said Jeanne Harris, a speak- er for the Black Student Union. Peter Tate, publicity co-ordinator for the event, said, "I feel like a lot of peo...…
…NEWS afehouse starts new ininority support1 Wednesday. May 29,1996-The Michigan Daily -3 y lanet 1Adamy or the Daly Safehouse, an Ann Arbor women's helter, is starting a new support group, Speaking Truth," designed to help vomen of color who have experienced iolence while in an intimate relation- hip. According to Safehouse Coordinator *Non-Residential Services Dawn eimstoll, Safehouse started the group o meet the differing needs of women of...…
…4-p finelhig3ln aik-3A JAes a,"' MC 6,1996 " _ a" Edited and managed by LAURIE MAYK ERIN MARSH students at the Editor in Chief PAUL SERILLA ti University of Michigan Editorial Page Editors Un lessotherwise noted, unsigned editorials relect the opinion of the 420 Maynard Street majority of the Dailys editorial board. All other articles, letters and Ann Arbor, MI 48109 cartoons do not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Michigan Daily L ast ...…
…Wednesday, May 29, 1996 - The Michigan Daily - 5 GET REAL Qe truth about vomen and men The verdict is in: Janeane Garofalo doesn't look I that bad. At least that's my opinion after watch- g "The Truth About Cats and Dogs," a movie at makes light of society's obsession with female ,auty. Of course, it wasn t the a of the movie to make ar falo seem pretty. The Im was designed to critique e image of feminine beauty at men find attractive: slen-...…
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… IRT EXN1BINON" The School of Art & Design's Slusser Gallery will show the paintings of Mignonette Yin Cheng, marking her retirement after 33 years as profes- sor of painting at the University. The exhibit opens Sunday, June 2, and runs through June 27. ARTS Wednesday May 29, 1996 Mission: Impossible' disappoints Fashionably tacky British Bybmth. -band Pulp comes to town Mention the words "Mission: Impossible" and the familiar strains of ...…
…'Last Supper Michael Zlberman Daily Arts Writer It's absolutely impossible to tell the plot of "The Last Supper" without mak- ing it sound sillier than it is, but here goes: It's about a group of liberal grad students who invite ultra-conservatives to dinner and kill them. As it is, howev- er, "The Last Supper" is political satire at its best. With an outlandish premise hat neatly exposes quite real issues, it's a "New Yorker" cartoon of a mov...…
… -E om s Michigan left fielder Jason Alcaraz was named to Mizuno's Freshman All-American Team by the editors of Collegiate Baseball. Alcaraz, who led the Wolverines with a .356 batting average, was earlier honored as the 1996 Big Ten Freshman of the Year. :SERIES Continued from Page The teams were meeting in an elim- ination game after each lost its first .. game. The contest ws close through the first four innings - without a run on the board...…
…SPORTS Wednesday, May 29, 1996 -The Michigan Daily -11 'M' singles, doubles netters finish season; Blue track prepares for NCAAs SBy Will MCahm and Chris Farah Dal ySpot X~rters The Michigan men's and women's tennis teams wound up their respective seasons last week as their top singles and doubles players lost in the first rounds of NCAA championship compe- tition at Athens, Ga. Senior Peter Pusztai - who, with a No. 25 ranking, was the top m...…
…12 - The Michigan Daily - Wednest day, May 29, 1996 THE Focus DownY"s iz ing the D HOspitals For years, hospitals across the natin have been felig pressure from an edcare compankes. Now the University kMedical Center one ofthe Taigest ini the nation, is' downs&kzg zni order to keep up wi the changt g costs and priorities zi the 7health care market Why did these cifanges occur now and what instigated them? -By Kali Wang, Daily News Editor pr...…
…I Ian tctltj One hundredfve years ofeditrial freedom Wednesday May 22, 1996 Campaign By Sam T. Dudek Daily Staff Reporter The University has raised over $1 billion since the Campaign for Michigan started its quest toward its billion-dollar goal in September 1992. President Duderstadt said in a written statement that the money was the most ever raised by a public insti- tution. "The spectacular achievement of reaching the $1 billion total, t...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, May 22, 1996 NEWS CONDOS CUTS said. "But it is clear we cannot oper- In Co dmod from Page 1 Continued from Page 1 ate the way we operated in the past." A rally protesting the hospital cuts the price of the sale. He said the lic support." was held outside the Union following re University is "giving away a valuable "Most of these cuts are aimed at sup- the public comments session. Carrying asset" and that...…
