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…The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 17, 2006 - 11 'You, Me' and the exit: AM a film about nothing By Imran Syed Daily Arts Writer FILM REVIEW A k k Owen Wilson's latest character comedy "You, Me and Dupree" is really about as big a disaster as a moviegoer can encounter. More than simply a bad film (it certainly is that), it's an epic underachievement, thrashing a wholly talented and gen- erally likable cast while firing off one inane prank You,...…

…12 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 17, 2006 FAIRY CROSSING H AN (Co AHi AN Co l ( i ICHi AN Vi) +3C s AlGs ANCHI AN C AN1~lA David Fischer, Google's director of online sales and operations, addresses the crowd at a Lansing press conference last -Tuesday. Over a period of five years, the company will create 1,000 jobs in the Ann Arbor area. G O O G LE Engler was opposed to industry incentives. The GM plant in Arlington, Texas was not as hes...…

…Monday July 17, 2006 sports.michigandaily.com sports@mickigandaily.com SPORTS 13 SICE HOCKEY Top recruit leaves for NHL without playing for Icers By H. Jose Bosch Daily Sports Editor Trevor Lewis, the crown jewel of the Michigan hockey team's incom- ing 2006-07 freshman class, prompt- ly ended his Wolverine career before it even started. On Friday after- noon the Murray, "I'm very di Utah, native signed in the L.A. i with the Los Ange- for...…

…14 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 17, 2006 SPORTS Not in Kansas anymore: 'M' golfer finds stroke at home course, wins title By Scott Bell Daily Sports Editor There's no place like home. Just ask Lindsay Davis. The junior to-be member of the Michigan Vomen's golf team used her home-course advantage to help propel her to a victory at the GAM Michigan Women's Amateur tour- nament this week. She defeated defending champion Mandi McConnel on...…

…SPORTS The Big Ten channel will be the next big thing on television The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 17, 2006 - 15 In the weeks following the Big Ten's announcement of the creation of its very own TV channel, I've been able to infiltrate the Big Ten headquarters in Park Ridge, Ill. to smuggle out the chan- nel's programming for its launch. Sure, it may not launch until August 2007, but it's never too early to prepare. Too bad the Big Ten do...…

…16 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 17, 2006 SPORTS Bonds may face indictment (AP) - Barry Bonds's legal team is preparing for the San Francisco slugger to be indicted as soon as next week and has begun plotting his defense. Attorney Laura Enos told The Associated Press on Friday that ionds, second on the career home run list, could be charged with tax evasion and perjury. Enos, Bonds's personal attor- ney, also said the lawyers believe t...…

…Arts 9 Out on his own, Radiohead's Thom Yorke still pushes the envelope Sports 13 Netters name new heniad h c Jbe £irb Yjirn i ui1g Monday, July 10, 2006 Summer Weekly One-hundred-sixteen years of editorialfreedom www.michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXVI, No. 125 ©2006 The Michigan Daily Primary candidates join in forum Abortion, affirmative action By and healthcare among the issues discussed at the forum Kelly Fraser Daily Ne...…

…4 2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 10, 2006 FORUM Continued from Page 1 Ann Arbor residents. Mayor John Hiefjte is running for re-election against City Councilwoman Wendy Woods (D-Ward 5). Since his election in 2000, Hiefjte's main focuses have included making the city more energy efficient and estab- lishing rail transit through the city. Woods, who is also associate director of the University's Community Schol- ars program, has been a...…

…FRESARD Continued from Page 1 anyway and if you take your job seri- ously as an editor, you're not going to let yonr friendships affect what you do," Fresard said. Fresard said he will not edit stories about the group in the future. "I plan to have the managing editor handle those stories," he said. Fresard said he will appoint a new man- aging editor, and that there may be addi- tional leadership transitions. No changes have been made thus fa...…

…4 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 10, 2006 r 40 4~dta~ig Decommissioned Guantanamo ruling sets stage for justice; Congress must follow through 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 ...…

…LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 10, 2006 - 5 There's no place like Michigan TINA HILDRETH WEI COME To My BUBBLE Palestinians should address enemy within TO THE DAILY: picturesofthisfamily. Couldtherenotbe a little girl crying here, too? The intense rivalry between Fatah and Hamas is per- haps exposing children in the territories to more violence than any external force. The Palestinian struggle is no longer In the J...…

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…8 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 10, 2006 . Korea stands bymissile'tests Japanese and Australian leaders call for U.N. Security Council to take disciplinary action CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - North Korea's ambassador to Australia warned yesterday that inter- national attempts to halt his nation's missile tests could lead to war. In a letter to The Sunday Herald Sun newspaper in the southern city of Melbourne, Ambassador Chon Jae Hong defe...…

…Monday July 10, 2006 arts.michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaily.com ARTS 9 Radiohead frontman a finds sound on 'Eraser' By Chris Gaerig Associate Arts Editor The end of Kid A says it all. Thom Yorke, lead singer and mastermind of the enigmatic Radiohead, sits behind the throbbing heartbeat of a Thom Yorke pump organ and angelic cries of harps as he moans The Eraser his way through the mun- XL Recordings dane yet strangely opti- mistic "...…

…10 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 10, 2006 A lovely play on words By Mary Kate Varnau Daily Arts Writer FILM REVIEW * * * On a weekend when the moviegoing options are huge- budget adventure flicks like "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" and "Superman Returns," a tiny little intellectual giant of a docu- Wordplay mentary comes to the Michigan Theater. At the Michigan "Wordplay" is a neatly placed alternative to the monotony of o...…

…Savvy Depp redeems wild 'Pirates' sequel By Imran Syed Daily Arts Writer FILM REVIEW k i In the world of film, there are characters and then there are characters. The former are many; they're the fellers who walk on and off the screen, hardly noticed, forcing the audi- ence to squint during the Pirates of the credits just to find out Caribbean: their names. But the lat- Dead Man's ter - they're something Chest special. They're the Indi- At th...…

…I 12 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 10, 2006 'Pirates' plunders box office, sets record high LOS ANGELES (AP) - Johnny Depp's boozy, woozy buccaneer Jack Sparrow has plundered the box office, with "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" taking in a record $132 million in its first three days, according to studio estimates ryesterday. Disney's swashbuckling sequel sailed past the previous all-time best debut, 2002's "Spider-Man," w...…

…Monday July 10, 2006 sports.michigandaily.com sports@micbigandaily.com SPORTS 13- Women's tennis Patrons of the Big House hires new coach can learn a few things from By Scott Boll Daiy Sort Edtortheir international brethren The Michigan women's tennis team announced the newest member of its team on Thursday. But it wasn't the typical off-season addition of a new freshman with the task of finding her way into a lineup. A Instead, Amanda Aug...…

…14 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 10, 2006 SPORTS Concept of'Michigan Man remains with alum By Kevin Wallace For the Daily There are professional athletes that will always be linked to the colleges they attend- ed: Doug Flutie to Boston College, Christian Laettner to Duke. And then there is Dave Shand. Shand was regarded by many as the top junior hockey player in Canada while play- ing for Toronto of the Metropolitan Toronto Junior Hocke...…

…The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 10, 2006 - 15 Nr 1DTc! I IK IN V1 ViiT1 SHAND Continued from Page 14 "There is one large Michigan hockey family," Shand said. "I know that the term 'family' might be lame, but there is no other way to describe it. Every Michigan player fights hard to win for the players that preceded him or her, that have made Michigan a great athletic institution. I have kept in touch with every player I played with and...…

…16 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 10, 2006 FANS Continued from Page 13 shoulder, the suffocating crowd barely left room to breathe. But proper oxygen flow was necessary - each fan was cheering their lungs out. Flags were waving. Hands were clapping. Feet were dancing. One small detail: Kickoff wasn't for three more hours. Dress to impress. The rule of thumb for most Michi- gan fans seems to be that throwing on any shirt is fine, as long ...…

…Arts 10 'Superman Returns' in puzzling form Sports 14 World Champions to Q sign former Cager Monday,July 3, 2006 Summer Weekly One-hundred-sixcteen years oeditoriadfreedom www.michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXVI, No. 124 ©2006 The Michigan Daily State to boost funding A 3 percent increase would add approximately $11 million to the University's general fund By Leah Graboski Daily News Editor The state government came to a tentati...…

…4 2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 3, 2006 HALL Continued from Page 1 Born in Connecticut in 1928, most of Hall's life has been studded with literary figures. Hall attended Harvard University as an undergraduate, where he came in contact with such future legends as Frank O'Hara, Kenneth Koch and John Ashbery. Hall was a professor at the Univer- sity from 1957 to 1975, where he met his wife of 23 years, Jane Kenyon. He is the author of 1...…

…The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 3, 2006 - 3 BOOM New nursing dean named *0 Search committee goes university's four campuses and devel- "She has experience in moving with outsider Kathleen oped statewide programs to improve schools forward," Villarruel said. Oregon's health care system. Villarruel said that beyond uphold- Potempa for management Potempa will begin Oct. 1, pending ing the school's three main focuses and budget experience approv...…

…6 4 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 3, 2006 4 1'd ga Qrig 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 editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely...…

…STANDPOINT Bread an BY MARA GAY eing an adult is so total- ly overrated. In mid-Decem- ber of last year, when the race to secure a summer intern- ship began, the thought of an unpaid foray into broadcast journalism seemed thrill- ing. I imagined running around New York City with a camera crew, chasing corrupt city politicians and sultry summer storms. Now, of course, after my fourth week of logging and dubbing tapes other people have made, I r...…

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…a 8 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 3, 2206 due to att 100 facul Continued from Page 3 Some c less frequa The M-PACT program, a year-old financial aid pro- the Unive] gram, has boosted need-based financial aid by $3 million, Some de increasing Pell grant recipients' total grant aid to more than that suppor $13,000 per year. M-PACT is funded by private gifts,some ing profess of which are a result of The Michigan Difference Cam- Routine pa...…

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…a Monday July 3, 2006 arts.michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaily.com ARTS 10' 'Superman Returns' in light, odd fashion By Jeffrey Bloomer Managing Editor It just doesn't make sense. That Bryan Singer's elegant, inof- fensive "Superman Returns" is among the finest of the studios' annual summer cash-in Superman is not a surprise, Returns less because of At the Showcase the director's and Quality 16 suddenly illustri- Warner Bros. ous ped...…

…The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 3, 2006 - 11 A 'Devil' in an (ugly) blue dress By Mary Kate Varnau Daily Arts Writer FILM REVIEW A A A We've all seen the trailer where Meryl Streep curtly tells Anne athaway "You have no style nor any sense of fashion." Enough already. "The Devil Wears Prada," you have nowhere to talk. In the movie, legendary fashion editor Miranda Priestley (Meryl Streep, "A Prairie Home Compan- 'on") takes on a new assista...…

…12 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 3, 2006 Ypsi festival pays homage By Mary Kate Varnau Daily Arts Writer FINE ARTs PREVIEW It's Friday night. Are you going to go to another half- assed, 10-person summer house party? Or maybe you're going to pay $9.50 to see another movieE Or you could hop on over to Ypsi to Elvisfest see the Cottonwood Cloggers, a pro- Friday from fessional performance troupe clog- 5 p.m. to 12 a.m. ging their hearts out...…

…The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 3, 2006 - 13 Fast forward past humorless 'Click' By Imran Syed Daily Arts Writer As college students, we've all been there. Life come t you fast, and, at the moment you Click think you can han- At the Showcase dle no more, your and Quality 16 workload grows Columbia beyond your wild- est dreams, mak- ng the next couple of weeks of your life an absolute hell. But wouldn't it be great if you could just fast for...…

…Monday July 3, 2006 sports.michigandaily.com sports@michigandaily.com Horton to sign with Heat, play summer ball By Gabe Edelson Daily Sports Editor NEW YORK - Just before midnight last Wednesday, NBA Deputy Commissioner Russ Granik strode to the podium in The Theater at Madison Square Garden ... "With the 60th pick in the 2006 NBA Draft, the Detroit Pistons select Will Blalock from Iowa State" Simultaneously, hearts sank around Ann Arbor and ...…

…The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 3, 2006 -15 Another NEW YORK - Isuppose it all started because I didn't have cable. For a variety of reasons I spent my formative years watching must-see, non-network events at my P Grandma Nora's house. And in 1994, the tradition took on a life of its own. You see, I fell in love with the NBA Draft. G For reasons I still don't EDt fully understand, I trans- formed from a casual, H uninformed basketball G fan...…

…I 16 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 3, 2006 SPORTS WALKER Continued from Page 14 Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said in a statement: "Not only wasRandy a great friend to the conference, but to his players, his staff and fans. Randy accomplished a great deal at every institution he worked for, but most importantly he personified the values of intercollegiate athletics - he was positive, resilient and honest." Indiana coach Terry Hoepp...…

…Opinion 4 Suhael Momin: The U.S. ned Sto S wagoe a war ofideas. Sports 11 Al Montoya passn son Rangers offer and returns to Ann Arbor. Monday,July 26, 2004 One-hundred-thirteen years of editorkiafreedom Summer Weekly www.michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan m Vol. CXIII, No. 151 02004 The Michigan Daily Bush addresses Urban League in Detroit, courts black vote for '04 FOREST CASEY/Daily Ann Arbor resident Becky Freligh and Margaret Stewa...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 26, 2004 NEWS BUSH Continued from Page 1 2002, Bush pledged to increase minor- ity homeownership by 5.5 million fam- ilies before the end of the decade. Since then, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that 1.53 million more minority homeowners exist. The minority homeownership rate is now at a new record of 50.6 percent, the bureau reported. Bush moved on to talk about trans- forming education from a syste...…

…NEWS The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 26, 2004 - 3 AATA city buses free to Mcard holders after Aug.1 fayat y l ae j;> stokitg at By Mona Rafoeq y , Daily News Editor :::1 y Su , a recent grad- a g had be hanxd-w t. Beginning Aug. 1, University stn- ale of the ch of Aand Dig o lm.he .ecs I dents, faculty and staff with active M- si 0t-a f n ott at h Cards will be able to ride Ann Arbor in . f she a i x a . ha said Transportation Authority ...…

…4 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 26, 2004 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 NIAMH SLEVIN SUHAEL MOMIN 4 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. ...…

…LETTER TO THE EDITOR " Reader feels like own can of spray paint. BEN JULIAN adding to discourse Alumnus by Daily building Lucky Charms inspires artistry The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 26, 2004 - 5 'Let the word go forth"...' SUHAEL MOMIN AN A]TERNAI5VE SPIN TO THE DAILY: Thank you for promoting the permanent defacement of our beautiful city and campus in the name of "art" (Good Marks, 7/19/04). With as many opportu- nities for legitimate ...…

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…NEWS The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 26, 2004 - 9 .Senate H use to hold August from Page 3 they can drink out of, s hearings on intelligence Tehoe scares those people awa The art fair provide so a tippy vessel ay." ed an opportu- WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate and House committees will hold an unusual round of August hearings on intelli- gence reform after leaders of the Sept. 11 commission warned that America remained vulnerable to another d...…

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…ARTS MONDAY JULY 26, 2004 michigandaily.com/arts 'BOURNE' REIGNS SUPREME Furnaces lilrht a ire *By Andrew M. Gaerig Daily Arts Editor E E The much-discussed summer of sequels has surprisingly produced more worthwhile films than not: "Spiderman 2" and "Shrek 2" have atoned for The Bourne past summer disas- i i ters, such as "Men Supremacy in Black II," and At Quality 16 they've far out- Universal Pictures paced the likes of "The Chronicle...…

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