… 3 a 3P "Are you going to get on this pole or what?" 'Stick It' in with the rest of them ,.., ° '°' - ... By Jeremy Davidson Daily Arts Writer When James Dean starred in "Rebel Without a Cause," he helped define the role of the rebel in Stick It American film. If he could see At the Showcase. how that genre and Quality 16 has evolved, he Touchstone would probably have something to rebel against. "Stick It" follows Haley Graham (Missy Peregr...…
…The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 8, 2006 -11 A rose by any other namTe By Kimberly Chou Daily Arts Writer MUSIC R EVI EW * * n Hype is just another four-letter word, but for Gnarls Barkley, this shit is well deserved. For months now, people - music critics, BitTorrent-abusers, those who read Pitchfork religiously, friends of those who read such media sites religiously - have been Gnarls whispering in delirious antic- Barkley ipation of the Da...…
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…"t The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 22, 2006 -11 Chili Peppers' newest disc: mild By Abby Frackman Daily Arts Writer On the front of the latest shrink- wrapped release from the Red Hot Chili Peppers is a sticker proclaiming Stadium Arcadium the "#1 must-have album for 2006" (Q Magazine). It's been four years since the Cali- fornia-based rock band has released a studio album, tiding fans over with live albums and remas- tered versions of Red ...…
…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 11 At 15, Cheyenne is going strong By Andrew Kahn Daily Arts Writer Winning a Grammy, appearing on the cover of Roll- ing Stone, hosting an episode of Saturday Night Live: And those are just three of Cheyenne Kimball's goals. Lofty expectations for someone who hasn't even cele- brated her 16th birthday. But for the singer/songwriter from Frisco, Texas, achieving these goals doesn't seem all that im...…
…12 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, May 2, 2006 Following t By Chris Gaerig Associate Arts Editor 0 DIV E In 1997, Square Soft released arguably the best video game ever made: "Final Fan- tasy VII." A turn-based role-playing game, "FFVII" not only perfect- ed the RPG format, but also set the bar for gaming Final Fantasy graphics and 3-D interac- VlI:Advent tion. The series follow- Children ing is as devout as it is opinionated, but there is So...…
…0 12 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 8, 2006 LSAT SCAMS continued from page 8 companies have been locked in a bitter struggle over the domain name testmas- ters.com, currently controlledby the Texas Test Masters. Both sides have dirtied their handsinthefight.TheU.S.districtcourtin Houston called the California company's litany of lawsuits against the Texas Test Masters "a campaign of terror." The New York State Consumer Protec- tion Board...…
…a 12 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 15, 2006 'Poseidon' out to sea By Jeffrey Bloomer Managing Editor What is it about open water? There is a long cinematic tradition of huge vessels laid bare to encroaching ocean waters attempt- ing mercilessly to pull them under, Poseidon typically with At the Showcase some magnificent and Quality 16 force of nature Warter Bros. sending the resi- dent luxury liner into splashy digital chaos. Iconic ima...…
….. 12 -The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 22, 2006 Old favorites bow out in '06 By Imran Syod Daily Arts Writer Television changes. It adapts to the times, harbors evolving viewer- ship and, most importantly, serves up what sells. For the last few years, it seemed network executives were slow to adapt, but fear not: The years of "CSI," "American Idol" and noth- ing else seem safely passed. The end of this TV season proves two things: that crea...…
…4 12 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, May 30, 2006 Trilogy comes to soid end By Imran Syed Daily Arts Writer From the moment its production began back in 2000, director Deepa Mehta's "Water" has faced constant controversy. Claiming Mehta's goal was to make the world deplore India and Hinduism, Hindu fundamental- ists set fire to the film's set, forc- ing production to halt. But truly believing in the Water film's message, At the Mehta persist...…
…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, May 2, 2006 -13 Powerful tribute offers no insight By Imran Syed the flight where the terrorists were Daily Arts Writer overpowered by a determined group of heroes. It is, by its very being, a story to be cherished, one to be remembered and recounted; natu- Ready or not, here it comes. The rally, it is also one for Hollywood most horrific to explore. moments of United 93 And explore is what Greengrass America's ...…
…Monday May 8, 2006 sports.michigandaily.com sports@michigandaily.com Se TiSiiganBadu 13 Findlay blasts "'M' past Sparty *By Dan Feldman Daily Sports Writer EAST LANSING - As the weather heats up, so does sophomore Samantha Findlay's bat. Last year, Findlay stepped up her already stellar hitting late in the sea- son, winning the Women's College World Series Most Outstanding Play- er award. But this season, Findlay appeared to be pressing at...…
…Monday May 15, 2006 sports.michigandaily.com sports@michigandaily.com SPORTS 13 Wolverines wash out the competition for title By Dan Feldman Daily Sports Writer EVANSTON - Unable to play on day one of the Big Ten Tournament due to rain, the Michigan softball players and coaches resorted to playing the basketball game "knockout" on the practice court at Welsh-Ryan Arena Thursday. The games were competitive enough that coach Carol Hutchins -...…
…The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 22, 2006 - 13 ycomedian takes wholesome role By Christina Choi Daily Arts Writer (Bruce Willis, "Die Hard"), the animals soon find that those strange, food-worshipping creatures (oth- erwise known as humans) are a completely different nacho chips and caf that are nearly toxic 40-Year-Old Virgin Sometimes a film can remind you of the breed of animal. cent squirrel. Thou1 strangest things. Characterizing huma...…
…Tuesday May 30, 2006 sports.michigandaily.com sports@michigandaily.com SPORTS 131 Rocky toppled Wolverines' repeat title bid halted in Tennessee By Amber Colvin Daily Sports Writer KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Rebekah Milian swung. But spectators at Tyson Park never heard the sound of the ball hitting the catcher's glove - the eruption of cel- ebration from the Tennessee dugout drowned it out. And as the Volunteers clung to each other and jumped wit...…
…I Tuesday May 2, 2006 sports.michigandaily.com sports@michigandaily.com SOTe MSdiiga Bailg 14 Blue stays on top with series win over Spartans By H. Jose Bosch Daily Sports Writer Before the Big Ten baseball season started, three teams were picked to finish ahead of Michigan. Now, with the conference season a little more than halfway complete, the Wolverines are still kings of the Big Ten. On Sunday, Michigan dispatched in-state rival Mich...…
…14 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 8, 2006 SPORTS MEN'S TRACK WOMEN'S TRACK Ferry fields another winner Women hurdle 4 By Katie Field Daily Sports Writer In 1935, Ferry Field was the site for the greatest day in track and field history when Ohio State sophomore Jesse Owens set three world records and tied another in just more than an hour. More than 70 years after Owens's unsurpassable performance and exactly one hundred years since its o...…
…14 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 15, 2006 -SPORTS A NOTES Porter crowned champion Women's tennis falls after first round win The No. 29 Michigan women's tennis team fell 4-0 to No. 2 Notre Dame this weekend during the second round of the NCAA tournament in South Bend. The only win for the Wolverines came from the No. 1 doubles team of junior Kara Delicata and senior Debra Streifler over the Fighting Irish's Catrina and Christian Thomp...…
…a Monday May 22, 2006 sports.michigandaily.com sports@michigandaily.com zG~ A ishi jan uI SPORTS 14 Wolverines stroll through regional I By Amber Colvin Daily Sports Writer It couldn't have been more per- fect. It was plenty heartbreaking, but it wasn't the end. With the score tied at two in the top of the seventh inning in the regional finals, Michigan had the bases loaded with one out. Next in the bat- ting order? Senior catcher and h...…
…I 14 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, May 30, 2006 0 MEN'S TRACK Woods receives auto bid; teammate waits for commitee -SPORTS By Jeremy Davidson Editor in Chief Even though sophomore Mike Woods claimed a spot at the NCAA outdoor national championships on Saturday, he said he was disappoint- ed with his performance. "I'm obviously relieved that I got into the NCAAs, but it was some- thing that I felt was more or less a given," Woods said thro...…
… SPORTS The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, May 2, 2006 -15 0 FOOTBALL NFL welcomes three Wolverines, Brown to follow? Women's golf, rowing, claim fourth at Big Ten's; NOTES Men's golf season also comes to a close. The Michigan women's golf team moved up a spot from fifth to fourth to close out the 2006 Big Ten Cham- pionships. The Wolverines posted their sec- ond-best Big Ten Tournament total in program history with a four-round total of 1,202....…
…C,- TeMcignDiy odyMy8 20 5 i The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 8, 2006 - 15 .1P1 OuRr. , _ . BELL Continued from page 13 title the following year. But washed away along with an unreached goal will be the expectations that come along with it. Last year, even though the team was ranked No. 1 prior to the Big Ten season beginning and kept the ranking all the way until it hoisted the national cham- pionship trophy in June, Michigan still thriv...…
…SP ORT Cl - The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 15, 2006 - 15 .7 Cagers ink Udoh for '06 By Scott Bell Daily Sports Editor Following the disappointment-filled past few months, the Michigan men's basketball team finally got a pleasant surprise. Just a month after losing 2007 commitment Alex Legion and potential 2006 recruit Patrick Beverley, the Wolverines welcomed Epke Udoh as the fourth member of next season's recruit- ing class this week...…
… -SPORT Q The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 22, 2006 -15 A Rosey finish, 'M'-Nine wins title 1 By H. Jose Bosch Daily Sports Editor On Saturday evening, with the shadows slowly creeping over The Fish, Iowa's L.J. Mims hit a soft liner toward centerfield. The Michigan baseball team rushed to the edge of its dugout and seemed to tug the crowd of 1,034 fans with them, waiting in anticipation. First, the ball fell snuggly into a mitt. Then pande...…
…I 1 SPORT, ,c The Michigan Daily - Tueday, May 30, 2006 - 15 The NBA draft lottery is so much more in person SECAUCUS, N.J. - Twelve years ago last week, I stood wob- bling on a pair of inline skates and eating a slice of pizza at U.S. Blades, a once-trendy skating rink in my hometown of West Bloomfield. I can remember the scene as if it were yesterday. My eyes were fixed on a high-mounted television near the arcade games, which I couldn...…
…a 16 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, May 2, 2006 'M' splits with Wildcats, remains in second place Ca By Scott Bell Daily Sports Editor Just hours after going from controlling its Big Ten destiny to having its title hopes become slim to none, the Michigan softball team faced a gutcheck. After coming close all day long, the Wolver- ines finally got over the hump, responding to the gutcheck and showing the fight that marked the team's OR EN 1...…
…4 16 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 8, 2006 APORTIE Abraham's slam powers ft: By H. Jose Bosch Daily Sports Editor man Joe Bonadonna, who forced out Kunkel at home. Walking up to the plate, Abraham was If at first you don't succeed and then just 1-for-8 with a strikeout for the series you fail six more times, try, try again. and was taken out of the starting lineup For freshman Adam Abraham, that of the second game of Saturday's doubl...…
…16 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 15, 2006 -SPORTS- Michigan rides its starters' arms to three more victories By H. Jose Bosch Daily Sports Editor Pitching isn't rocket science. It's just about throwing strikes. Michigan pitcher Drew Taylor would know the difference. He's a graduate student working on a masters in cellular, molecular and developmental biology. Using change- ups and curveballs with pinpoint con- trol, Taylor struck out ...…
…I 16 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 22, 2006 -SPORT S Grand Ro GRAND RAPIDS - ast Tuesday night, the Michi- gan baseball team met Notre Dame in a familiar, yet unfa- miliar, ballpark. That sentence sounds confusing, I know. But give me a minute, and I'll explain. You see, the game wasn't played in South Bend or Ann Arbor. Instead, for the 11th time in the last 12 years, the two storied schools faced off in what is dubbed as the "Baseba...…
…I 16 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, May 30, 2006 -SPORTS- All hail the tournament champions: 'M'-Nine caps off dominant season By Dan Feldman Daily Sports Writer When Michigan baseball coach Rich Maloney interviewed for his position four years ago, the athletic department had one qualm about his qualifications. Despite leading Ball State to a combined 81 games over .500 in seven seasons of Mid-American Conference play, Maloney had never ...…
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…The Michigan Daily - Orientation Edition 2006 - 3 'Monologues' looks for an all-minority cast Producers hope new method will remedy play's inherent tbiases Nov. 14, 2005 By Carissa Miller Daily Staff Reporter have probably re or participating l This lack of di lack of distributio tional e-mails tar But many othe vious shows said from the play beca minorities negativ Calling all women of color. A major prob "The Vagina Monologues" wants yo...…
…0 4 - The Michigan Daily - Orientation Edition 2006 Lease-date ordinance OK'd Council leaves out provision to stagger viewing, signing dates Mar. 21, 2006 By Andrew Grossman Daily Staff Reporter In the culmination of what has been an unprec- edented level of collaboration between the Michigan Student Assembly and Ann Arbor City Council, last night the Council unanimously approved an ordi- nance pushing back lease-signing dates. The ordinance...…
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…6 6 - The Michigan Daily - Orientation Edition 2006 Alleged hate crime alerts students Regardless of the details of alleged incident, campus leaders say the event reflects a larger climate problem on campus .Sept. 26, 2005 By Rachel Kruer Daily Staff Reporter While the alleged felony of ethnic intimidation that involved a University student urinating on two Asian students continues to enrage student organizations on campus, the suspects and ...…
…The Michigan Daily - Orientation Edition 2006 - 7 Al Sharpton addresses BAMN members railing in the Diag. Sharpton compared working against the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative to working in Mississippi during the civil rights movement. Sharpton blasts MCRI BAMN, high school students signatures were gathered by providing false and misleading information to the public, including voice opposition to MCRI, telling people that it was an initiativ...…
…8 - The Michigan Daily - Orientation Edition 2006 Scandal marks MSA vote Nicole Stallings, S4M, edge out Rese Fox and MPP for presidency in partisan election Mar. 24, 2006 By Dave Mekelburg Daily Staff Reporter In the most hotly contested Michigan Student Assembly election in recent memory, the long-dominant Students 4 Michigan held off attackers from both sides. Nicole Stallings and Justin Paul, running on the S4M ticket for president and vi...…
…The Michigan Daily - Orientation Edition 2006 - 9 Debate renewed over 'secret society' Alum slaps 'U' with lawsuit Society plans reforms Local lawyer says secret society has not reformed per 1989 agreement Feb. 14, 2006 By Gabe Nelson Daily Staff Reporter' Although Michigamua has recently sparked a campus controversy, the Uni- versity administration remained relatively unaffected Ann Arbor lawyer and Univer- sity alum Christopher Bell filed a...…
…10 - The Michigan Daily - Orientation Edition 2006 Ry gIdCgn al 0 Under the microscope Stem-cell initiative will put 'U' on biotech map JEREMY DAVIDSON Editor in Chief IMRAN SYED Editorial Page Editor JEFFREY BLOOMER Managing Editor EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT ' THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890. 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's ...…
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…0 12 - The Michigan Daily - Orientation Edition 2006 VIEWPOINT Walk a mile in different shoes Homeless for the holidays WHITNEY DIBO ENTER ST AE LEFT By JARED GOLDBERG We take for granted the gifts blue-collar work- ers and unions have given us. Since the University cut its $1.4-million contract with the Coca-Cola Company over winter break, critic after critic, mostly on the conservative side, has come out of the woodwork to complain. "Unde...…
…The Michigan Daily - Orientation Edition 2006 -13 The merits of raising hell MARA GAY CsMMION SEEs t was the see-saw, I think, that finally broke this camel's back. It has been decades since campus has seen mass protests and sit-ins, hallmarks of 1960s Ann Arbor that helped make the University into one of the loudest and proud- est bastions of progress in the nation. Today's University, however, is no longer the site of such activism; there h...…
…0 14 - The Michigan Daily - Orientation Edition 2006 Making Michigan study CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK BORN IN TIHE, U.S.A. Simply delicious EMILY BEAM LOOKING IOR AMERICA B ack when I started high school, the seniors didn't really have to do anything. My suburban Detroit district required them to take English, gov- ernment and maybe one other class. You could be home before lunch if you felt like it. The school district ended that policy before ...…
…The Michigan Daily - Orientation Edition 2006 -15 Vike4 furev 'orv ~otic i~k 6ouitAude vc w1vO(A What can consolidation mean for you? How about another $450* or more in your pocket each month? Other benefits of the College PayWay Consolidation Loan from College Solutions Network include: .No lower fixed rate available-anywhere "A simple application process managed by experts .Reduced monthly payments (up to 50% or more) .The confidence of us...…
…6 Orientation Edition 2006 arts.michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaily.com ARlt Sdtnrlg 16 SOMETHING ABOUT BOY WIZARD'S LATEST SOARS TO NEW CINEMATIC HEIGHTS a By Amanda Andrade Nov. 21, 2005 Muggles, rejoice. Just four months after the release of the long-awaited sixth installment of the behe- HarryPotter moth book series, "Harry Potter" fans can now and the savor two-and-a-half Goblet hours of pure visceral of Fire enjoyment with the...…
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…0 20 - The Michigan Daily - Orientation Edition 2006 Creative Arts " improvises By AndrewKlein Mar. 31, 20046 y The phrase "free jazz" carries a certain stigma for the knowledgeable as well as those uninitiated. Random, abrasive, unmusical - free jazz is no strangerto these descriptors.C . But for the University's Crative Creative Arts Arts Orchestra, an improvisation Orchestra group performing at Rackham Performance Auditorium tonight at 8 ...…
