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… Hieftje hopes for fifth term NEWS Big-budget films bring internships Thanks to a new tax incentive offered by the state of Michi- gan to films with budgets over $50,000, students with film- making aspirations are landing internships with Hollywood movie productions. See Page 2 OPINION Daily City Council endorsements The Daily chooses candidates for Ann Arbor's Democratic pri- mary elections tomorrow. See Page 4 ARTS Bloodlust presides over B...…

…MINORITY Partthreeofafour-part series on effortstomaintain RECRUITING diversity on campusafterthe statewideaffirmative action ban Detroit office focuses on prep OPINION Making the (green) grade on campus After the Princeton Review re- leased eco-friendliness rankings tor college campuses, the Daily looks at what the University can do to improve its marks. See Page 4 ARTS Stoners suck "Pineapple Express" proves that Judd Apatow and company are...…

…21 Monday, August 4, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MICHIGAN FILMMAKING Big films get big tax breaks More internships available to students By BRANDON CONRADIS ManagingArts Editor When the summer began, LSA senior Brendt Rioux didn't expect to work on a film set, let alone work alongside an established storyboard artist. But a little more than a month ago, Rioux, who is concentrating in Screen Arts & Cultures, received an e-ma...…

…2 Monday, August 11, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom UNIVERtISTY ATHLETICS 'U' sells media rights bundle Deal guarantees $86 million over 12 years By TREVOR CALERO Daily StaffReporter The University announced Mon- day the sale of its media rights to IMG College. The deal, which guarantees the University $86 million over12 years, marks the first time the University has bundled its media rights into one package. IMG College will c...…

…Monday, August 4, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 13 FACULTY SALARIES 'U' competes for top By LINDY STEVENS over the years, he said the Univer- competitor for faculty, hasn't seen Daily News Editor sity has managed to hold its own in senior-level professors travel from the fight for faculty. Ann Arbor to Cambridge in recent The pressure to maintain excep- Hanlon said 50 professors have years. tionalfaculty canmeanofferingmore bee...…

…Monday, August 11, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 3 CONSTRUCTION From Page 1 Smith's death comes seven months after the February death of masonry worker Leo Felty, 32, who fell 38 feet from a scaffold on the Skanska USA Building construction site for the Museum of Art. Brown said that the deaths are "very, very different" and should not be associated with each other. In the investigation of Felty's death, MIOSHA found that Skans...…

…41 Monday, August 4, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com C)Jbe fMidbian aili Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu EMMARIE HUETTEMAN GARY GRACA KATE TRUESDELL EDITOR IN CHIEF MANAGING EDITOR EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect theofficial positionof the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represen...…

…4 Monday, August 11, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu JASON MAHAKIAN E-MAIL MAHAKIAN AT MAHAKIAJ@UMICH.EDU EMMARIE HUETTEMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA MANAGING EDITOR KATE TRUESDELL EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect thesofficialposition of the Daily's editorialboard. Allsothernsign...…

…Monday, August 4, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 5 CHRIS KOSLOWSKI o rTTO PASTURE E-MAIL KOSLOWSKI AT CSKOSLOW@UMICH.EDU Yo .drop the beat.isten dauand Obama you all Ci here now. Lend your ears Kennedy? Leiberman? Feingold know what they says. But y'all There's a holmes called He compromised! Cancer' ney ust play' vote McCain John McCain. Corporate liars CarolShipp? Waterboardings yu fo urth Pres Charles Fyers areamong He exerci...…

…Monday, August 11, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com i5 ELAINE MORTON- NATR ALL E-MAIL MORTON AT EMORT@UMICH.EDU Addicted to D. C. MUS ) Q REDUCE r EISSIONS, t 5s A Butman mentality A fter my third viewing of "The Dark Knight" - the spectacular sequelto 2005's"Batman Begins" - the caped crusader was on my mind. And as I was browsingg through the Detroit news and reading about Mayor ROBERT Kwame Kilpat- SOAVE rick's recent ru...…

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…81 Monday, August 4, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com WARD 1 From Page 1 Incumbent Ron Suarez will be on the ballot for a Ward 1 seat on Ann Arbor's City Council, but he doesn't want you to vote for him. Due to family and work obli- gations, Suarez pulled out of the race. He asked Patricia Lesko, who edits the online journal the Adjunct Advocate and owns the publishing company the Part- Time Press, to run in his place as a write-i...…

…81 Monday, August 11, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com RECRUITING From Page 1 how to prepare for the University, Winfrey said his office also brings students to campus so they can get their own taste of Ann Arbor's atmosphere. The Application Tailgate spon- sored by the Detroit office brings potential students to the Univer- sity on football Saturdays so they can complete an application and experience the Big House all in one day....…

…Monday, August 4, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 19 WARD 3 From Page 1 Incumbent Ward 3 Councilmem- ber Stephen Kunselman said the prin- ciple issues of his "diverse" ward are difficult to pinpoint. But both Kunsel- man and his challenger, Ann Arbor attorney Christopher Taylor, agree that new building developments are a major concern in their ward. The contentious proposal for 601 Forest, a 25-story student hous- ing high-rise o...…

…Monday, August 11, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 19 ARTS IN BRIEF Film New French thriller excels "Tell No One" Music Box Films "Tell No One" is a thriller without explosions, without seductive blondes and merci- fully free of clich6 secret agents. Unadorned, captivatingly com- plex and replete with genuinely powerful acting, it's intense without seeming to try. In French with English subti- tIes, "Tell No One" was released in ...…

…10- Monday, August 4, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com BOOK REEi Notjust child's play By BEN VANWAGONER Associate Arts Editor You may not have noticed, but on the night of August 1st, under the cover of darkness and precisely at the witching hour, a new force entered the world. They called it "Breaking Dawn," and it was banal, sensational and unmistakably valu- able, both as literature and as a social bellwether. Theatrics aside...…

…10k Monday, August 11, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Coming of age ain't easy By BLAKE GOBLE The Daily Arts Writer are ba "Joanc cOURTESY WARnE nR( Life is hard when you look like a Cosmo model. Whoever said that "the heart wants what it wants" was a dun- derhead. The heart is confusing, impulsive and bitter, and it never leaves you completely sat- isfied. Its spon- taneity is, at the very least, Sisterhood taxing. Sounds of...…

…Monday, August 4, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 11 SWING From Page 10 is taut and emotional, but it only lasts for a minute. It could have been so much more. Comparing the thankless lives of America's working class to the self-indul- gent glamour of politicians, it could have illustrated the chasm that truly exists between the country's elite and the lower and middle classes. Instead, the sub- plot is completely forgotten, and ...…

…Monday, August 11, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 11 PINEAPPLE From Page 9 drooled over by critics and fans for the supposed charm and sig- nificance of their films. Whether it be the "honesty" of "The 40-Year Old Virgin" or the "compassion" of "Knocked Up," several voices of prominence have droned on about how these films strike a chord others miss. They should know better. We as critics or fans often get caught up in supposed ...…

… 12 Monday, August 4, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom BLOOD From Page 10 point: "the age of immortal infants" - what?) an omnipres- ent and strange oversight. But in the most pivotal turning point of "Breaking Dawn," she does not even pay her faux pas even this rudimentary attention. Asked to sum up the book in one word, the first thing that comes to mind is ... heavy. Dense. Plot-laden. Or strangled, rather. The final installment...…

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…Monday, August 4, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 13 KIDLIT From Page 10 the story isn't particularly revolu- tionary. Bizarre, yes, but it's essen- tially the age-old "star-crossed lovers" plot updated and given new blood. That's not to say it's unimaginative or stale - on the contrary, it's a dramatic and inter- esting new take on an eternal con- flict. Literature has been insisting for thousands of years that love is worthless...…

…Monday, August 11, 2008 3g 7 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com . 'M' athletes n Beijing: Seven-day forecast 13 B y now, everyone has heard Monday, Aug.11 of Michael Phelps and his ties with Michigan athlet- Heather Mandoli (Canada) ics - what you may not know is 27 Brett Sickler (USA) other current or former Wolver- Ellen Tomek (USA) ines are vying for medals in Bei- Michael Phelps (USA) jing, too. " Peter Vanderkaay (USA) From swimming...…

…Monday, August 4, 2008 1 1 SP NA N 4t The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Harris asesthe Gnanan dream By ANDY REID Daily Sports Editor Maize and blue to red, white and blue. When a Michigan athlete earns a trip to the Olympics, that particular transition in uniform colors is the most common. But several of the 28 athletes and coaches with Wolver- ine ties participating in the upcom- ing Beijing Games are making a different chromatic transi...…

…1 A Monday, August 11, 2008 I ~ £j The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com FOOTBALL TrimmedaI or niakes bigsplash By DAN FELDMAN Daily Sports Editor Senior nose tackle Terrance Taylor sat on a table in the com- mons at Schembechler Hall to talk to the media after the Michi- gan football team's first day of fall practice last Monday. As sweat poured from his head, he rocked back and forth during the 15-min- ute interview. When he got up, he jok...…

…Monday, August 4, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 15 FOOTBALL BREAKDOWN 4 Threet leads in quarterback race The quarterback job is red- shirt freshman Steven Threet's job to lose. The Georgia Tech transfer is more of a pro-style quarterback than Pat White, who ran Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez's offense the last three years to great success at West Vir- ginia. Threet has a powerful arm and could open up Rodriguez's offense the ...…

…Monday, August 11, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 15 BEIJING 2008 Phelps grabs second gold in relay win 400-meter relay team helps Phelps in quest for eight medals . BEIJING (AP) - By a fingertip, Michael Phelps is still on course for eight gold medals. He can thank Jason Lezak for getting him No. 2. The oldest man on the U.S. swimming team pulled off one of the great comebacks in Olympic history Monday morning, lunging to the ...…

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