…Arts 10 Spielberg shines again in awe-inspiring War of the Worlds' Opinion 4 Stampfl: Old people are crazy One-hundred-foureen years ofeditoral freedom Tuesday,July 5, 2005 Summer Weekly www.michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXV, No. 131 @2005 The Michigan Daily BAMN activist murdered in Detroit By Justin Miller Daily News Editor BAMN activist Joe Wagner was stabbed in Detroit two weeks ago and died the following day from his wound...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, July 5, 2005 pp Computing power helps remake universe By Kingson Man Daily Staff Reporter Astronomy Prof. Gus Evrard likes to think big. He regularly wraps his head around mind-boggling numbers and impossible distances, mentally and vir- tually moving around places so quickly that not even light could keep up with him - all in a day's work. His mission: to figure out how the uni- verse came to look as it does...…
…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, July 5, 2005 - 3 Anti-discrimination bill gets GOP support Republicans co-sign bill that would outlaw discrimination against LGBT community By Justin Miller Daily News Editor Months after he searched for Repub- lican co-sponsors for a bill outlawing discrimination against gays, lesbians, bisexual and transgender people, State Rep. Chris Kolb (D-Ann Arbor) intro- duced his bill with three GOP co-spon- sors signing...…
…4 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, July 5, 2005 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 STEPHANIE WRIGHT DONN M. FRESARD tothedaily@michigandaily.com Editor in Chief Editorial Page Editor EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN the majority of the Daily's editorial board. All other pieces do not SINCE 1890 necessarily reflect the opinion of The Michigan Daily...…
…b F VIEWPOINT Not independent e BY BRIAN STEPHENS Congratulations, America! We celebrated our 229th year of independence from Great Brit- ain yesterday. When you popped those firecrackers, waved sparklers and sent rockets into the sky last night, what core American values were you extol- ling? In a speech, John Adams said that Independence Day should be celebrat- ed "by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty." If our second president still...…
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…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, July 5, 2005 - 9 March 29, 2005 Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education. The decision allows a male teacher to bring a Title IX claim if he complains about sex discrimination. June 23, 2003 Grutter v. Bollinger, Gratz v. Bollinger. In this 5-4 decision, the court sup- ported the use of race as a "plus factor" in admis- sions. The decision had strong implications for the University's admissions policies. June 29...…
…Tesday arts.michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaily.com ARelTSia~iy I WORLDA BEATER SPIELBERG'S LATEST SPECTACLE ARRIVES WITH AWE0M VISUALS By Jeffrey Bloomer Daily Arts Editor Now here is a frightening film. Steven Spielberg's "War of the Worlds" is dark, tense """"" and merciless, unrelent- War of the ing in its vision of death Worlds and mass destruction. The At the Showcase director's light-hearted and Quality 16 sense of humor is fou...…
…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, July 5, 2005 - 11 Lawrence can't save lackluster family comedy By Imran Syed and has to do it in the "cut-throat middle school Daily Arts Writer division" - yes, that's a direct quote - at the school where his basketball dream began. In guiding a team of misfits to the top, Coach Roy inevitably finds himself and remembers once Remember the days when Martin Lawrence again his love for the game. was a star worth ta...…
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…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, July 5, 2005 - 13 Charming 'Bewitched' fails to live up to original By lmran Syed Daily Arts Writer The original "Bewitched" had just the right combination of romance, comedy and wit to make audiences forget about their Watergates, assassinations and moon land- ings. Elizabeth Montgomery B t and Dick York (later Dick Bewitched Sargent) had all the magic At the Showcase America needed. Columbia's and Quality 16 ne...…
…Tuesday July 5, 2005 sports.michigandaily.com sports@michigandaily.com SPORTS 4 14 Wolverine trio joins professional ranks By Ian Robinson Daily Sports Writer Six NCAA national championships, 24 All-America honors, two collegiate records and 18 Big Ten cham- pionships. These would be gaudy achievements for an entire program to accomplish over a five-year span. But at Michigan, Nick Willis and Nate Brannen of the men's track and cross-coun...…
…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, July 5, 2005 - 15 Ebbett is resilient in spite o rocky moments By James V. Dowd Daily Sports Editor Like thepickup truck that he drove to and from Friday's workout at Yost Ice Arena, senior captain Andrew Ebbett is built to handle all types of terrain. While much of his career as a center for the Michigan hockey team has been smooth sailing, Ebbett has hit a few rough spots but showed his resilience by emerging a...…
…16 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, July 5, 2005 I Leaders and fourth-best Propelled by its first national championship in softball, Michigan finished fourth in the NACDA Directors' Cup, its third-best finish in history. Text by James V. Dowd Page design by Stephanie Wright 4 At the end of each academic year, the United States Sports Academy awards the Directors' Cup in conjunction with the National Association of Collegiate Direc- tors of ...…
…Opinion 4 New West Side is an encouraging sign Sports 11 M' Nine loses in NCAA regional Jbr BttidiJulaijg Monday,June 6, 2005 Summer Weekly One-hundred- ourteen ears ofeditorial reedom www.michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXV, No. 128 ©2005 The Michigan Daily A bump along the road Plans for Tennessee beats Big House Michigan to force elimination game By Laura Van Hyfte By Scott Bell and Justin Miller Daily Sports Writer Daily News...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 6, 2005 Local Muslims protest uran abuse 4 By Laura Van Hyfte Daily News Editor Members of the Muslim Com- munity Association of Ann Arbor voiced their outrage at the U.S. gov- ernment and military last Friday in response to Quran desecration and alleged mistreatment of Mus- lim detainees in American Military detention facilities. The crowd of about 100 protesters gathered outside the Islamic Center of A...…
…The Michigan Daily - Monay, June 6, 2005 - 3 Levin calls for Bush to ac.ngoa a n _BUBBLY FENGact on global warming International treaty and federal funding for alternative energy are needed to combat global warming according to Levin By Amber Colvin Daily Staff Reporter Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) said the fight against glob- al warming should be like putting a man on the moon. Speaking at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business Thursday to kick...…
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…VIEWPOINT A vision for a new student activism The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 6, 2005 - 5 Save our political discourse now! JESSE SINGAL STM! THE T IDIE BY DALE WINLING About a year ago, a member of the Old Fourth Ward Association contacted members of the Ann Arbor city council. He wanted to discuss some house fires in neighborhoods near the University campus. Through that e- mail and subsequent discussions over the next several months, OF...…
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…IMonday June 6, 2005 arts.michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaily.com ARTe Sfdiian AV 9 PLAYING IN THE DAiK BLUR'S FRONTMAN USES GORIULAZ FOR SPIRITED EXPERIMENTATION By Chris Gaerig Daily Arts Writer MUSIC R EV IE W ANN* Damon Albarn - front man and mastermind of Britpop legend, Blur - is one of the great, underrated songwriters of this generation. Whether it's pumping out snorting G0rilaZ chart-toppers like "Song Demon Days 2" and "Craz...…
…10 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 6, 2005 'Cinderella Man' fits like a glass slipper for Crowe By Jeffrey Bloomer Daily Arts Editor Perhaps the most astonishing thing about "Cinderella Man," Ron Howard's crisp and gorgeously performed boxing biopic, is that its source material - the Cinderella life of Jim Braddock, an Man underdog prizefighter and At the Showcase family man who became a and Quality 16 folk hero during the Great Depressio...…
…Monday June 6, 2005 sports.michigandaily.com sports@michigandaily.com SPORTS 11 Blue falls despite Taylors dominance , fif: By Pete Sneider Daily Sports Writer Michigan's leadoff man reached base in six of nine innings. Unfortu- nately for the Wolverines, in those six innings only one led to runs. Missed opportunities and sloppy base running eliminated Michigan (42-19) from the NCAA tournament yesterday with its 4-3 loss to South Carolina....…
…12 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 6, 2005 SOFTBALL Continued from page 1. and got Bercaw out by a stride, ending the inning and the potential rally. "They just got the big hit and we just could not come up with it," Hutchins said. "We couldn't move our runners, and we just never got the big hit. And that's what he needed." Both Ritter and Abbott were relentless, going the entire distance for both of their respective teams. Ritter had 13 ...…
…pinion Arts 4 Why liberals should be disappointed with Granholm 9R. Kelly releases 'Reloaded' to public One-hundredfourteen years ofeditorlfreedom Monday,July 11, 2005 Summer Weekly www.michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan m Vol. CXV, No. 132 ©2005 The Michigan Daily State rep may put stem-cell egislation on next year's ballot After more than a month of watching his legis- ation on embryonic stem-cell research languish in the Michigan H...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 11, 2005 LONDON Continued from page 1 such a connection so far. Only a single day after these attacks, it seems that London's pulse has regained some regularity. While Queen Elizabeth II requested flags fly at half mast, residents and tourists are back on the street and back in the tube. Affected areas have been taped off, and some of the train lines are under repair, but Londoners are not afraid to conti...…
…The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 11, 2005 - 3 Vlchigan Theater receives- DAMAGECONTROL ;rant, Soundfall unfunded . , Justin Miller ily News Editor The Michigan Theater will purchase digital cinema projectors and video plays with a grant given to it by the te in an effort to lure college gradu- s to Ann Arbor. fhe city applied for the grant as part Gov. Jennifer Granholm's Cool Cit- .itiative to make Michigan cities >re attractive for college...…
…4 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 11, 2005 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 STEPHANIE WRIGHT DONN M. FRESARD tothedaily@michigandaily.com Editor in Chief Editorial Page Editor ° f' ~a ~ 'e* U EDITED AND MANAGED BY PC UDSTUDENTS AT THE Unless othenvise noted, unsigned editoria reflect the opinion of UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN the majority of the Daily's editoridlboard. All other pieces do not SINCE 1890 necessarily reflect the opinion of ...…
…The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 11, 2005 - 5 VIEWPOINT Terror across the Atlantic Too familiar MARA GAY CMNE _i BY ALEX DZIADOSz LONDON - aving been born and raised in Michigan, it is safe to say that I have felt somewhat sheltered from the threat of terrorism all my life. The Oklahoma City bombings are a distant and detached memory of my elementary school days. Even after visiting Ground Zero after Sept. 11, the thought of terrorism h...…
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…Monday July 11, 2005 arts.michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaily.com A1 RTS 9 SEXUAL HEALNG R. KELLY HEADS BACK TO HIS NATURAL HABITAT, THE BEDROOM By Evan McGarvey Daily Arts Editor The first words out of R. Kelly's mouth on TP.3 Reloaded, an album still shuddering in the wake of Jay-Z's pepper spray, a sexual fall from grace and a quick diversion into the Christian soul market, R. Kelly hit like summer thunder: "I R hope ya'll got ya'l...…
…10 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 11, 2005 'Water' o ffers weak thrills By Jeffrey Bloomer Daily Arts Editor FiL~M REVIEW A i n The drip appears as if out of nowhere. It's a new apartment, but just the pres- ete of the ominous leak - along with the placid, pitch-black pool it creates - evokes a preternatural apprehension that goes beyond the usual house-warm- Dark Water ing jitters. And if the apartment upstairs At the Showcase is vacant...…
…Monday July 11, 2005 sports.michigandaily.com sports@michigandaily.com al Hidian ailu SPORTS 11 Despite loss of top two, 4 program will still thrive JAMES V. DOWD ON MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD So what's next for Michigan's vaunted distance program now that its two stars have departed for the professional ranks? While the contributions of Nate Brannen and Nick Willis are not completely replaceable by any means, the team might not be in as bad of...…
…12 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 11, 2005 What happened Kevin Costner? here's an epidemic that's been opinions on why they don't like Kevin "If (Tigers) were better more people sweeping Michigan for who Costner's favorite sport. would go to the games and hop on the knows how long now. It's even "It's too slow moving, although the bandwagon," my friend Sarah said. "It's more encompassing than the typhoid people watching is usually prime,...…
…Opinion 4 Jones: You shouldn't nt be desperate just because the Army is Arts 9 White Stripes dance with 'Satan' Monday,June 13, 2005 Summer Weekly One-hundred-fourteen years of editorid freedom www.michigandaily.com Ann Arbor Michigan Vol. CXV No. 129 @2005 The Michigan Dail Minort enrollment up for next fall Preliminary data show slight growth in minority and overall enrollment since last year By Jeremy Davidson Daily News Editor New data ...…
…0erdftyan fal One-hundredfourteen years of editorial freedom Monday Time 11 900-9; www.michganday.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXV, No. 129 @2005 The Michigan Daily U U a p ons N es Blue beats UCLA to win first national title in program history By Scott Bell Daily Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY - After 1299 days since Michigan's last championship, three more innings couldn't hurt. The No.-l ranked Michigan softball team put together it...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 13, 2005 SAE Continued from page 1. In Kattola's four-count complaint, filed at the Washtenaw County Circuit Court, he accused SAE members of fueling the violence that ensued that night hy supplying minorsuwith alcohol and encour- aging an intra-fraternity feud. Nacht said he was disappointed with the way the Uni- versity handled the matter, adding that the University did not ensure that underage drinking...…
…2A - The Michigan Daily - Special Section - June 13, 2005 w F W Road to the championship The season had its ups and downs, but the Wolverines' balance ultimately carried them to the national title. Scott Bell * On Softball OKLAHOMA CITY - Did you hear that? That loud noise on Wednes- day night was the sound of thousands of softball fans collectively sighing in relief. And it didn't come just from Ann Arbor fans. Sure, the people of Ann...…
…The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 13, 2005 - 3 Petition seeks to restrict student parking By Muhammad Saleem Khan Daily Staff Reporter Frustrated with a lack of parking space, the North Burns Park and Oxbridge neighbor- hood associations have submitted a petition to the Ann Arbor City Council to create parking districts that will require a special permit for cars parked longer than two hours between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Peter Nagourney, co-chair...…
…4 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 13, 2005 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 STEPHANIE WRIGHT DONN M. FRESARD tothedaily@michigandaily.com Editor in Chief Editorial Page Editor 7Trt ft EDITED AND MANAGED BY U STUDENTS AT THE Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN the majority of the Daily's editorial board. All other pieces do not SINCE 1890 necessarily reflect the opinion of The Mich...…
…The Michigan Dailv - Monrday un I13 _' 205 - 5 VIEWPOINT Keep Ann Arbor weird 1 I Ic IVII1.1116a11 Lially - IVI VI fuay, Jul i f IC , G Take your free ride and shove it ALEXANDRA JONES CEC\ NaST P u PE )RE-4 By RICHARD MURPHY I've been shopping at The Under- world on South University Avenue for over a decade. It's closing this month, claiming rising rents and stag- nant sales. No doubt it will be replaced by downtown's third Aveda salon....…
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