…4 2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 5, 2006 Health care experts sound off on uninsured Gov. Granholm unveils state-wide low cost health care program By Kelly Fraser Daily News Editor In an effort provide healthcare for more than one million uninsured adults, Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced her proposal to create a low-cost state-wide healthcare pro- gram last month, adding another possible solution to the increasingly heated healthcare...…
…The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 5, 2006 - 3 'U' hopes Conference with state community college presidents discusses barriers for transfers By Mariem Qamruzzaman Daily Staff Reporter Standing before community college presi- dents from across Michigan, Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Lester Monts reiterated the reason for their gathering - to confront issues hindering low to moderate income community college students from transferring...…
…0 4 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 5, 2006 Irz £dgm g FROM THE DAILY Sharing is caring Age requirement for car-sharing program insensible 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 Da...…
…The Iraq War in history JEREMY DAVIDSON ANM) TIE WHAT? The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 5, 2006 - 5 The politics of torture JOHN STIGLICH STIGGY SAYS As a his- tory major, I have often won- dered how the history books will tell the story of the Sept. 1t terrorist attacks, the war in Iraq and the lies that held the two together. While flipping through my U.S. his- tory book this week, I got a glimpse of just that. Immediately to the right of...…
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…0 8 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 5, 2006 'Golden popcorn' evades 'U' filmmaker With his first feature film, LSA senior Jarrett Slavin receives national attention By Kimberly Chou Daily Arts Writer Jarrett Slavin thought "The Spiral Project" was just a high school pipe dream - it turned out to be something more, earning a MTV Movie Award nomination. The LSA senior premiered his first feature- length film, "The Spiral Project," at the M...…
…Monday June 5, 2006 arts.michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaily.com ARle TSigan t 9 TOUGH 'BREAK' MARQUEE STARS CAN'T SAVE MUNDANE ROMANTIC COMEDY By Imran Syed Daily Arts Writer Americans have developed a reputation for being impersonal. Whereas in Europe or Asia the act of stopping a native to ask for directions The Break-Up might result At the Showcase in a friend- and Quality 16 ly chat, in Universal America, all too often, the resul...…
…0 10 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 5, 2006 New director's work is hard to swallow By Jeffrey Bloomer Managing Editor "Hard Candy" might be one of the most self-destructive films ever made, and happily so. Here is a movie that refuses to establish a cohesive set of events, proudly develops its char- acters disingenuously, Hard Candy depends on contempo- At the rary social anxieties to be Michigan Theater effective only to scold the Lion...…
…The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 5, 2006 - 11 "This lighting is not nearly as dramatic as my writing." Couresy ofarey Sones Author bingsF troubled myaterlW' to Ann Arbor By Mary Kate Varnau Daily Arts Writer Wherever Chuck Palahniuk goes, people faint. The author of "Fight. Club" and "Choke" has been touring the globe, reading excerpts from his newest book, "Haunted." Chuck Each timehe reads Palahniuk's "Guts," one of the "Haunted" short st...…
…12 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 5, 2006 Goats' EP can't climb Mountain By Chris Gaerig Associate Arts Editor When all is said and done, John Darnielle (lead sing- er and mastermind of The Mountain Goats) will go down as one of the best The songwriters of our generation, but right Mountain now, he's been thrown aside by main- Goats stream media and has become under- rated by many critics (a position that Babylon Blur frontman Damon Alba...…
…Monday June-5, 2006 sports.michigandaily.com sports@michigandaily.com SPORTS 13 Blwo and Bar-bque ue owned by Commodores By H. Jose Bosch Daily Sports Editor The Michigan baseball team battled through the loss of its four top pitchers and three top hitters to go 11-7 to start the It battled through a 1-3 start in conference play to finish 23-9 and win the Big Ten regular-season title. And it battled back from a tournament-opening loss to Mi...…
…14 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 5, 2006 * BASEBALL/SOFTBALL Facility upgrades upcoming for Blue -SPORTS- By Scott Bell Daily Sports Editor Michigan Stadium isn't the only venue on campus that will look unfamiliar in the next decade. Upgrades to two other sporting venues were also approved at the May 19 Board of Regents meeting. Though likely lost in the hysteria that came along with the approval of the football stadium renovation p...…
…SPORTS- The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 5, 2006 - 15 The 15 things you must lean bfoe yu tart class team f or u C tSre3 F or those of you in town for orientation, him and his music. you've probably finished the easy part: reg- VII: Never agree with any blocking, charging or istering for crappy classes, getting to know reach-in foul that goes against Michigan. Sure, it people you'll probably never talk to may be obvious that Dion Harris low...…
…16 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 5, 2006 SPORTS POINT/COUNTERPOINT Michigan sports year in review With the baseball and softball seasons coming to a disappointing end over the past two weekends, it has officially brought an end to one of the worst years in Michigan sports history. The sports editors this summer debate on some of the big issues from the past year, and what SCOTT may happen in the future. H. JOSE BELL BOSCH Most disappoint...…
…News 3 Student fee increases will fund MSA and Arls fexpansion of SLs Monday,July 25, 2005 Arts 9 'The Island': all Summer Weekly sound, no furySu ereky One-hundred-fourteen years of editorildfreedom www.mic/gandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXV, No. 134 02005 The Michigan Daily Regents approve $1000 tuition increase By Justin Miller Daily News Editor Students can expect to pay about $1000 more this year for tuition in light of the Univer...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 25, 2005 Roberts is nominated to replace O'Connor UP, UP AND AWAY Conservatives support President Bush's choice to nominate John Roberts for the Supreme Court WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court nominee John Roberts picked up fresh compliments from Sen- ate Republicans last Friday - and advice from a Democrat who voted against him previously to be more forthright in answering lawmakers' questions. Anti-abor...…
…The Michigan Daily - Monday July 25, 2005 - 3 Student fees increased to support MSA and SLS AMINAILS New fee will help pay for student groups, off- campus housing attorney By Lindsey Ungar Daily Staff Reporter In addition to the increase in tuition this fall, students will be paying $1 more in student fees for Michigan Student Assembly and Student Legal Services. The Regents narrowly approved the increase in a 4-3 deci- sion at last Thursda...…
…4 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 25, 2005 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 STEPHANIE WRIGHT tothedaily@michigandaily.com Editor in Chief DONN M. FRESARD Editorial Page Editor 4 p EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THEB Unless otheise 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 Michiga...…
…LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 25, 2005 - 5 Beyond diversity MARA GAY C( \'),-!SENSE. Shirvell doesn't deserve NYPD TO THE DAILY: No pizza for Andrew Shirvell! I was rather stunned by Mon- day's story (Gay pride sticker sparks controversy at pizzeria, 07/08/05) largely because of the intolerance of one of the article's protagonists, Andrew Shirvell. Even a quick read of the article made Shirvell's duplicitous intenti...…
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…10 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 25, 2005 'Prince' continues Potter's dark turn Mob hit still dazzes in its fifth season By Doug Wernert qv Daily Arts Editor By Imran Syed Daily Arts Writer With the exception of 2002's "Order. of the Phoenix," a slight hiccup in quality for the Harry Pot- ter series, J.K. Rowling's seven-part arc about a boy wizard's battle to vanquish evil Harry Potter has been the rare and the Half- artistic steamro...…
…Monday July 25, 2005 sports.michigandaily.com sports@michigandaily.com aJbe ou1rbig~wn t&dlu SPORTS 11- Getz promoted I wit q ui St By James V. Dowd Daily Sports Editor The low salaries and sweltering summer weather of Tobacco Road can taint the rosy vision of professional baseball for many prospects. Luckily for recently departed Michigan second baseman Chris Getz, the excitement generated by early success helps him deal with the heat. Af...…
…12 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 25, 2005 The next Great One? The NHL sure hopes Crosby is A fter closing up shop for only the NFL has the widespread players of all time. If Crosby is not almost a year, the NHL is popularity necessary to weather a a star in the next few years, there is L back in business. When the setback of the NHL lockout's magni- a chance he will be seen as a bust. 30 owners agreed to the terms of the tude. Even with ...…
…Opinion 4 Regents should protect transgender community Arts 9 Batman returns with a "Pow!" SJb he 1Mi 4juu 1aiI Monday,June 20, 2005 Summer Weekly One-hundred-fourteen years ofedftonad freedom -, W W WAIII 111 clilUilll .l tJlll Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXV, No. 130 ©2005 The Michigan Daily 'U' adjusts Coca-Cola contracts Coke must achieve specific goals set by the Dispute Review Board over the next year to maintain its contracts. By Jere...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 20, 2005 ERO UMMEGoogle may build in A2 STAR FSME 4 Corporation is looking for a suitable location for its new technologv center By Muhammad Saleem Khan Daily Staff Reporter Search engine giant Google is considering Ann Arbor as a possible place to build a new 200,000 square foot technology center. While Steve Langdon, spokesman for Google, would not confirm the rumors, local realtors have said that a re...…
…The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 20, 2005 - 3 HEART BREAKER Students ask administration for amendment to By Lindsey Ungar Daily Staff Reporter Students continued to urge the University to amend its nondis- crimination bylaws to include "gen- der identity and expression" at the Regents meeting last Thursday. Wolverine Coalition for Human Rights - a student group formed in January specifically to amend the bylaws - has aimed to send six speak...…
…4 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 20, 2005 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 STEPHANIE WRIGHT tothedaily@michigandaily.com Editor in Chief 4 DONN M. FRESARD Editorial Page Editor ~ EDI1~TED AND MANAGED BY E U DENT DAT 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 Mic...…
…The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 20, 2005 - 5 VIEWPOINT The new news A perfect storm brewing in city politics JEssE SINGALST THE I BY ROB GOODSPEED address the city's housing crisis by mak feel terrible forn BRnGootro ing more options available within the ctty Natalee Hollo- or too long, the student and renter and bringing an open-minded approach to w way's parents. I t community has played a peripheral density and development; and to expan...…
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…honday ue 20, 2005 rts.michigandaily.com rtspage@michigandaily.com be cfiditgtu Bail RTS 9 KNIGHTED BALE DISAPPEARS INTO NOLAN'S MASTERFUL 'BATMAN' REIMAGINING By Evan McGarvey Daily Arts Editor All it takes is the first 10 min- utes of "Batman Begins" - where a shockingly grizzly Christian Bale fights off a dozen men in a rural Chinese prison courtyard, mud streaking his face, the sky cov- ered in steely grays and washed- out blues - to ...…
…10 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 20, 2005 Coldplay sticks to pleasant routine By Abby Frackman Daily Arts Writer For those who would think fatherhood has warped Chris Martin's sweet-as-young-love arrangements or dutiful lyrics, fear not. Noth- ing has changed - not Coldplay even a little bit. In fact, X&Y Coldplay's newest album, capitol X&Y is proof that the quartetcan still pound out beautiful songs no matter the mood. Martin's judgme...…
…Monday June 20, 2005 sports.michigandaily.com sports@michigandaily.com l RiTiigS ilg 11t- wz- it M 'Nine i4 < Y :d 4 topsy- turvy season hard to explain PETE SNEIDER ON SOFTBALL Even Sean Salisbury would have a tough time breaking this season down - but let's try. Michigan opened its season with a pair of victories over Georgia and North Carolina, two teams boasting top-10 rankings. Heading into their conference schedule, the Wolverines we...…
…12 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 20, 2005 Captains aim to ease freshmen's transition 4 By James V. Dowd DailySports Editor Come October at Yost Ice Arena, you might have to look twice to make sure you're cheering for the right team. The graduation of 10 seniors from the defending CCHA champions means there's going to be a lot of new faces wearing the Maize and Blue out on the ice and hanging around the Michigan locker room. Talent-wise...…
…Opinion 4 Throw right-wing Christians to the lions Sports 11 National champion Monday, July 18, 2005 softball team visits w 'W1*-w' the White House Summer Weekly One-hundred-fourteen years of editorial freedom www.michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXV, No. 133 @2005 The Michigan Daily Gay pride sticker sparks controversy at pizzeria By Laura Van Hyfte Daily News Editor Members of a local student-oriented Catholic parish received an e...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 18, 2005 4 ROCK 'N' READ Grant given to develop vaccine for world's poor Nasal, heat-resistant vaccines being created for easier, accessible immunizations By Muhammad Saloom Khan Daily Staff Reporter Scientists at the Michigan Nan- otechnology Institute for Medi- cine and Biological Sciences have received a $6.3 million grant that they will use to work on the development and testing of a more efficient...…
…The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 18, 2005 - 3 Student groups to bring major artist to campus By Jeremy Davidson Daily News Editor Members of the University Activities Center, Big Ticket Productions, UM Hillel and the Michigan Student Assembly have been developing plans for a major concert this fall. The two major contenders at this stage are Kanye West and Ludacris, though at this point in time the groups have not set a final date for the sh...…
…4 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 18, 2005 ix E , kli igttn ttil 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 editorals refect 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...…
…VIEWPOINT If you give a mouse a cookie ... The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 18, 2005 - 5 Someone else's war story KARL STAMPFL BY STUART WAGNER Recognizing the rash of terrorist attacks in the world since Presi- dent Bush declared an end to major combat operations in Iraq in May 2003, it should prove unsurprising that Europe's public opinion toward the occu- pation of Iraq has finally reached U.S. shores. Americans are failing to see the ...…
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…10 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 18, 2005 Powerful 'Secret' unearths legacy By Imran Syed Daily Arts Writer More than 30 years after a couple of punk, amateur, twentysomething Washington Post reporters exposed the biggest politi- cal scandal in American histo- The Secret ry, we finally get Man: The to hear the whole Story of truth behind the Watergate's story directly Deep Throat from the source. Written by the By Bob Woodward most wel...…
…Monday July 18, 2005 sports.michigandaily.com sports@michigandaily.com lfetidigan Bflilu SPORTS 117 National champs visi Whi1 . VS teHouse ::l By Matt Singer Daily Sports Writer WASHINGTON - Being No. 1 certainly has its perks. Thirty-four days after wrapping up its first national championship in heart-stopping fashion, the Michi- gan softball team enjoyed a short but memorable trip to the nation's capital. Tuesday's 20-hour whirl- wind to...…
