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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com WOMEN'S TENNIS Blue advances to Sweetl6 By CARLY BODDY "It has been an incredible four years had a great year," Michigan coach For the Daily with this program." Ronni Bernstein said. "We felt good Muresan is ranked eighth in the going in, but you've got to go out and A confident crowd came out to nation, and will also be competing play and compete every time. Today, watch the first two rounds of the indiv...…

…Monday, May 16, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 11 Wolverines set to host NCAA Regional as No.10 seed By EMILY BONCHI Daily Sports Writer The No.2 Michigan softballteam has officially arrived at the most rig- orous part of its journey in hoping to reach the Women's College World Series for the 10th time in program history. "The most exciting thing we do is play in the NCAA tourney," Michi- gan coach Carol Hutchins said to her te...…

…1 ( Monday, May 16, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Carr given Mott fund, inducted to Hall of Fame m 4 By TIM ROHAN named the "Lloyd Carr Mountain- Daily Sports Editor top Foundation" at the hospital to - help families of patients duringtheir "Oh my God," Lloyd Carr said to time of need. The fund got its name himself. from a metaphor Carr shared with It was that kind of night for the his players about a journey to the former Mic...…

…Ann Arbor, iI ONE-HUNDRED-TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Weekly Summer Edition MOTHER'S DAY OUTING 4al MI r NEWS Sava's owner to open new market Sava Lelcaj plans to open a market in Sterling 411 Lofts in the fall, offering students more fresh choices. >> SEEPAGE 3 OPINION Shining a light on sexual discussion A hushed topic receives the attention it deserves. >> SEE PAGE 4 ARTS 'Thor' almost a cookie-cutter bore This spandex super...…

…Monday, May 9, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com CAMPUS ORGaNZATIONS 'U' camps offer students taste of college life More than 9,000 youth expected to attend programs By AUSTINWORDELL Daily StaffReporter For the next three months, the campus will be bustling with campers and guests from around the world as the University hosts a wide range of academic and ath- letic-oriented summer camps. Last summer there were more than 9,000 partic...…

…Monday, May 9, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 3 * URC studies impact of dangerous toxins Sava to open market downtown in 411 Lofts New research examines effects of environment on Michigan residents By ZACH BERGSON Daily Staff Reporter With the help of more than $750,000 in seed funding from the University Research Corri- dor, researchers are beginning to investigate the effects of envi- ronmental exposures on Michi- gan residen...…

…Monday, May 9, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com C 4 i tchtgan DAMly Pandora's box 44 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu BETHANY BIRON EDITOR IN CHIEF MARK BURNS MANAGING EDITO TEDDY PAPES TORIAL PAGE EDIT, Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations re...…

…Monday, May 9, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 5 BRIDGET HENLEY I Off the grid Throughout my education and ships, wine bottles have become an life outside of college, I've realized integral part of the beauty. These how overwhelming environmental homes feature Reynolds' signature issues are. People don't even know domed rooms lined with concen- where to begin: from protesting tric circles of wine bottles built plastic water bottl...…

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…Monday, May 9, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Website aids students in learning languages Bilingual Chat provides practice of foreign languages By YOUNJOO SANG For the Daily Learning a foreign language is often a daunting task for many students, but with a new social network catered specifi- cally towards people striving to improve their speaking and writing skills, this process may become a bit easier. Bilingualchat.com, a free...…

…Monday, May 9, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com "Son, I'm sending you to Earth. Don't come back until you've figured out how the 'Ironman' movies were so successful." ' Thor'1 fallis short of itsgolstnad ABC's 'Endings' off to a rocky, sad start By JAMIE BLOCK and funny. Itis refreshing to seea Daily Arts Writer gay man on television who, even though all his plotlines seem "Happy Endings" dares to to center around his sexuality, a...…

…Monday, May 9, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 9 'NBC's 'Voice' is strong with this one Gl St App that s are sup suck. T really for "Th to be a sl "Ameri knock- a kind inghos vastly But wh dumb, ingly e The the "bli be inte but for these a (don't soon) s itzy new singing tioning performers, and can only turn to see what the performer npetition strikes looks like by committing to be their coach. While the fact that judg- he righ...…

…Monday, May 9, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Michigan breezes by Minnesota in series sweep By EMILY BONCHI Daily Sports Writer The Michigan softball team got out its broom on Sundav after- noon following a two-game series sweep over Minnesota at Alumni Field. It was MINNESOTA 21 the Wolver- MICHIGAN 4 ines' sixth conference MINNESOTA 1 sweep of the MICHIGAN 8 season,. The second-ranked Wolverines downed the Golden Gophers on Sun...…

…Monday-, May 9, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 11 FOOT ALL Stonum suspended indefinitely for drunk driving By TIM ROHAN On Saturday, Hoke announced Daily Sports Editor Stonum's punishment through a statement. For the second time in his four "Darryl made a poor decision years at Michigan, senior wide that is unacceptable and won't be receiver Darryl Stonum was arrest- tolerated," Hoke said. "He will be ed over the weekend for op...…

…Monday, May 9, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily com DPS OVERSIGHT From Page 1 Though Borisov was acquit- ted on criminal charges connect- ed to the event, he went on to file a grievance against DPS, which led to Friday's release of a public report. The committee's report found that the "conduct of the officers was inappropriate" because the officers were asked to go beyond their usual duties and act in ways that were not covered under ...…

…Ann Arbor, MI ONE-HUNDRED-TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Weekly Summer Edition Ann Arbor, Ml UIN 1>11 U IN JJtlIiiJ4 W Ji~1Ni Y-UIN L Y bAW5 Uli liAJlTUt{IAL HII JiJJUM Weekly Summer Edition A2 City Council passes ordinance Councilmembers unanimously vote to pass marijuana regulations. SEE PAGE 2 Excessive celebration? Teddy Papes criticizes the jubliation over Osama bin Laden's death. >> SEE PAGE 4 ARTS Fleet Foxes gets five-star ...…

…Tuesday, May 3, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com A2 City Council passes marijuana ordinance aefian oat Aft pa After the Am unanim of an increas vation marijua The, origina 19 but cii me new in er delay, council meeting involving two proposed amendments dealing with zoning unanimously and licensing of the facilities as od ac well as requiring sellers to compile sses ordmance and provide access to client lists. Following the vote, c...…

…Tuesday, May 3, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 3 Students celebrate on BIN LADEN From Page 1A camll s Siriay'iigtt before thousands of people flooded the area. Music and chants problems associated with the war "It was amazing watching on terrorism, but will hopefully be the crowd grow," Pojidaev said. erupt after news of a sign of good things to come for "It's always great to see the coun- the nation. try come together because w...…

…Tuesday, May 3, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Investment woes Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu BETHANY BIRON EDITOR IN CHIEF MARK BURNS MANAGING EDITOR TEDDY PAPES EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial hoard. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely t...…

…"Bin Laden is dead. Al-Qaida is ot" - CIA director Leon Panetta, as reported yesterday by the Huffington Post. TEDDY PAPES After Osama Tuesday, May 3, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily com Anlyzingffabliy 15 Osama bin Laden is dead, but I'm not exactly sure what that means to me. As I listened to the uproar outside my window last night it seemed that campus had a much clearer idea of what it meant to them. Passersby erupted in cheers ...…

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…Tuesday, May 3, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 17 Student kicked out of organizations because of ties to Order Chatoris Jones removed from leadership positions By BRIENNE PRUSAK Daily News Editor After accepting a tap to join Order of Angell - an exclusive senior honor society previously known as Michigamua - LSA senior Chatoris Jones was forced to step down from his leadership positions in both the Black Stu- dent Union and In...…

…Tuesday, May 3, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Music criticism is not just a man's jo By EMMA GASE you have taken it seriously then?" Daily Music Editor He looked puzzled for a minute, as if realizing his own inadvertent About seven months ago, when I sexism, before finally admitting still was a young, green and eager- that yes, he probably would have. to-please writer, I wrote my very After dousing him with all the Jew- first hi...…

…Tuesday, May 3, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 19 Jessie J corrupts vocal gymnastics By JOE DIMUZIO adopting Christina Aguilera's Daily Arts Writer National Anthem at Super Bowl XLV as holy word. Jessie J would like to have Jessie's lack of character is it both ways, but ends up with colored in with songs that every- neither. The 23-year old Brit- one else has done better. So she ish singer plays ketchup, laying it on as songwri...…

…Tuesday, May 3,2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 'M' swept with back-to-back walk-off finishes By ZACH HELFAND Daily Sports Writer COLUMBUS - Some members of the Michigan baseball team col- lapsed to the infield dirt at Ohio State's Bill Davis Stadium on Satur- day. Others just put their MICHIGAN 2 hands atop OHIO STATE 7 their heads with expres- MICHIGAN 6 sions that OHIO STATE 7 seemed to indicate they had seen this MICHIGAN 3 bef...…

…Tuesday, May 3, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 11I Michigan loses heartbreaker By STEVEN BRAID Daily Sports Writer The stage was set for a Big Ten Tournament title for the Michigan women's tennis team. The 10th-ranked Wolverines were playing on their home courts, fresh off of their second consecu- tive Big Ten regular-season cham- pionship. They sailed through the conference slate with a perfect 10-0 record and cruised through ...…

…Tuesday, May 3, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wolverines drop CWPA Eastern title game to Indiana By HEIKO YANG brighten for Michigan, Indiana Daily Sports Writer scored on a power play two seconds before the halftime buzzer. The BLOOMINGTON - The streak Hoosier fans roared, and the Wol- is dead. verines never recovered. On Sunday afternoon, the No. Michigan coach Matt Anderson 6 Michigan water polo team (32-5 used all of his ful...…

…DRED-TWENTY YEARS OF lDITORIAL FREEDOM Panelists discuss effective leadership High-profile speakers touch on qualities that define true leaders in today's economy. >>SEEPAGE2 OP N ON The GRE sets a poor standard Tom Pavone discusses why the GRE doesn't cut it as a gauge of student potential. >SEE PAGE 4 Galaxies ahead of the competition Nintendo proves its prowess with "Galaxy 2," the latest Mario classic. >SEE PAGE 8 SPORTS M' women's tennis...…

…Monday, May 24, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Panel discusses good leadership Presidential advisor shares experience in workplace authenticity By CAITLIN HUSTON Daily Staff Reporter In front of a large crowd in Rack- ham Auditorium on Wednesday morning, Betsy Myers, chief oper- ating officer of President Barack Obama's 2009 campaign, spoke of her 8-year-old daughter's love for dance. The anecdote, she said, was a meta- phor for...…

…Monday, May 24, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 3 REPORTS From Page 1 According to the Faculty Hearing Committee's report, the commit- tee found evidence that University officials violated Borisov's rights to personal and academic freedom and intellectual property. Additionally, the report says the officials broke established University policies sur- rounding academic integrity, wrong- fully damaged Borisov's reputation and retal...…

…Monday, May 24, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com CLIFF DOUGLAS|I Smoking ban will save lives Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu ANDREW LAPIN EDITOR IN CHIEF RYAN KARTJE MANAGING EDITOR ALEX SCHIFF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITI Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All othersigned articles and illust...…

…Monday, May 24, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Apoor standard SIMON BORST E-MAIL SIMONATSIMKAL UMICII.EDU. f you're beginning the pro- cess of applying to graduate schools, then you are likely preparing to take a standardized test. For me, it's the Graduate Record Exami- nation, or GRE. When I began studying for the test, the section TOMMASO I feared was PAVONE "Quantitative Reasoning." But after taking some practice exams, I ...…

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…Monday, May 24, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MAYOR From Page 1 this before some other people ... You know what? This is what my educa- tion is teaching me - I have the cre- dentials, I can do this, why not?"' With no official campaign plat- form yet, Bostic said he is waiting to hear more from the citizens of Ann Arbor about what issues are impor- tant to them. "We need to hear what everybody has to say first before we can do a...…

…Monday, May 24, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com FESTIVAL PREVIEW Detroit's own electronic Movement. Techno comes home this weekend for annual festival By JOSHUA BAYER Daily Arts Writer When average Americans close their eyes and try to summon up a quintessential image of techno Movement2010 culture, chanc- Saturday through es are they're Monday at12 p.m. going to envi- Hart Plaza, Detroit sion a sweaty, $60 for a three-day pass wh...…

…Monday, May 24, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 9 A gross 'MacGruber' By BEN VERDI There Gaily Arts Writer descrihi Has anyone ever handed you one of their shoes and said, "You have to smell this!" even though you've just seen the same shoe ominously repulse Gruber other smellers? At Quality16 "MacGruber" and Rave is that putrid shoe Universal transferred onto the screen. In all honesty, this film should make you puke, but - if...…

…Monday, May 24, 2010 10 j The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com FILM REVIEW No happy ending for 'Shrek' series*- Fairytale story can't hold 'Forever After' By ANKUR SOHONI Daily Arts Writer Most children's franchises throw out quality in exchange for fleeting amusement, but you'd think Dream- Works would ***** take qual- Shrek Forever After ity further into con- At Quality16 and Rave sideration DreamWorks Animation for such a high-grossing s...…

…Monday, May 17, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 11 Wolverines grab bid to NCAA Super Regional 'M' scheduled to host Tennessee next week After defeating Notre * Dame twice, Blue wins the Ann Arbor Regional decisively By LUKE PASCH Daily Sports Writer In the 2010 renewal of the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional, the Wolverines saw ddjS vu. For the second year in a row, they were required to beat Notre Dame twice in order to advance in the ...…

…Monday, May 24, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 'M' season ended by Lady Vols in Sweet 16 0 By MATT KRASNOFF Daily Sports Writer Every story has an ending, but the Michigan women's tennis team's record season, unfortunate- ly, didn't have a happy one. After dominating athome during the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, the fourth-ranked Wolverines traveled to Georgia for the Sweet 16. But that would be as far as the team ...…

… Physicists on hunt for the Higgs boson 'U' conference draws theo- rists from around the world to discuss particle physics. . SEE PAGE 2 City Council may cut cops and firefighters Councilwoman Sabra Bri- ere elaborates on priorities effecting tonight's buget vote. >> SEE PAGE 4 ARTS 'Kells' charms in two dimensions Classy and classic, Oscar- nominated Irish fantasy is an animated pot o' movie gold. >> SEE PAGE 9 SPORTS 'M' women's tennis heade...…

…Monday, May 17, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Senator questions tax-exempt bonds Physicists from around the world attend the Spring Symposium on Higgs Boson Physics in West Hall on Friday. Here, audience members listen to Andre Gritsan from Johns Hopkins speak on "spin determination of single-produced resonances at hadron colliders." ''symposi u__m_ targets hunt for physiCs particle University could see limits on construction ...…

…Monday, May 17, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 3 U' program-to reduce hospital re 1 ami ns -a""""ion New collaborative targets patient health, hospital resources By DEVON THORSBY Daily News Editor Signed into law by President Barack Obama earlier this year, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the centerpiece of the administra- tion's agenda for health care reform. However, concerns over the potential financial bur...…

…4' Monday, May 17, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com $r}e EMichigan OailI SABRA BRIERE I Searching for solutions Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu ANDREW LAPIN EDITOR IN CHIEF RYAN KARTJE MANAGING EDITOR ALEX SCHIFF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the officialposition of the Daily's editorial board. All other signe...…

…Monday, May 17, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 5 Positive incentives ELAINE MORTON E-MAIL ELAINEAT EMORT@UMICH.EDU. L et's play a word associa- tion game: I'll say a word and you shout out whatever comes to your mind. Ready: "Economics." If you are like many of my non- economics major friends, you prob- ably responded with words like ERIC "money," "sup- STULBERG ply and demand," STULBERG "Wall Street," etc. I can almost guara...…

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…Monday, May 17, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 7 HEART From Page 1 ed and your life is changed, that's what you don't forget," Brandon said. "That's what keeps me motivated to do what I can to help out." The new Mott Children's Hospital, which will include the new Von Voigt- landerWomen's Hospital, is scheduled to open in 2012, and with the contin- ued fundraisers launched by Michigan athletic alumni - eight others have taken pl...…

…Monday, May 17, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com An Argentine art form in Ann Arbor 'U'club turns students, townies into tango-ers By EMMA JESZKE ManagingArts Editor For many, summertime in Ann Arbor means front porch-frequenting with cold beverages, little-to-no class and trying not to suffocate under the humid blanket that is Michigan summer. But amidst the chilled-out leftover students and re-emerging townies is agroup of people...…

…Monday, May 17, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 9 Drawing out the secret We got these hipster bitches wrapped around our finger. Semisweet 'Treats' By ARTHUR VELEZ Daily Arts Writer Rising from beneath the ever- saturated waters of today's indie-band blogosphere is no easy task. Whether due to . the sheer volume of music being Treats written or the NSEE.T Internet's murky conglomeration of media outlets, it seems that most band...…

…10 Monday, May 17, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Blue secures Sweet 16 berth By MATT KRASNOFF Daily Sports Writer Second chances are something that everyone wants but so few people actually get. But this weekend, senior Tania Mahtani got a second chance to play her final home match. Three weeks ago, the third-ranked Wolverines held Senior Day when they hosted their final regular sea- son match. Mahtani - the team's lone senior...…

…Monday, May 17, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily~com Blue finishes in sixth place at NCAAs By JAMES BLUM Daily Sports Writer The Michigan women's water polo team had high hopes of sending off senior captain Leah Robertson and fifth-year senior goalkeeper Brittany May with a deep tournament run. But the players saw those hopes dashed halfway through their quar- terfinal against No. 4 seed California (26-9) on Friday. After staying with ...…