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…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 9 Petway lends a e pin hand 4 By H. JOSE BOSCH Daily Sports Editor Brent Petway told his teammate it was all right to cry. It's an odd statement in a world where an athlete is expected to be indestructible. But Petway isn't the prototypical team * leader, and following the shocking death of DeShawn Sims's brother, Marcus Pruitt, in November, Petway made a bigger difference in ...…

…10 - Tuesday, January 30, 2007 SPORTS The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Junior back on track MEN'S GYMNASTICS Chan shows up and makes @0 By MICHAEL EISENSTEIN Daily Sports Writer The early years of Michigan wrestler Eric Tan- nenbaum' career certainly weren't what they are today. "I was terrible, actually," he said. But with Tannenbaum's unblemished record and hisrise to the No.2 rankinginthe nation at the 165-pound weight class, th...…

…S THE SHINS: Arts, 5A 471 jo SportsMonday, 1B (t446F eit c i n at 1 Ann Arbor, Michigan www.michigandaily.com Monday, January 29, 2007 LEO NEGOTIATIONS Lecturers begin contract talks Union calls for more pay, uniform job titles ByKATHERINE MITCHELL Daily StaffReporter Wearing T-shirts that said "What do all Michigan teach- ers deserve?" members of the Lecturers' Employee Orga- nization began negotiations on a new contract with the Univ...…

…2A - Monday, January 29, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: Before You Were Here THURSDAY: Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained Oh, the brews you can choose The best-selling beers at AZ's best-stocked watering hole 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigatidailycom DONNM.FRESARD ALEXISFLOYD Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-0558 freoord@micbigaodaily co Cfloyd@...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS BAGHDAD Iraqi authori- ties claim 250 extremists dead POWDER TO THE PEOPLE U.S.-backed Iraqi forces killed about 250 militants in a daylong battle near Najaf aimed at prevent- ing attacks on religious pilgrims during major Shiite rituals, Iraqi authorities said. Iraqi officials said aUS. helicop- ter crashed duringthebattle, which began early yesterday when Iraqi forces attacked militants ab...…

…6 4A -Monday, January 29, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com L74be Iidii~an &ikj~l Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu There's nothing I can really say to take away your pain. - Former Seton Hall University student JOSEPH LEPORE, one of two students who started a dorm fire that killed three students in 2000, to the victims' relatives at ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, January 29, 2007 - 5A CONCERT REVIEW Rufus who? Others shine at A2 folk fest ByANNAASH' DailyArts Writer Nudity, profanity, an accordi- on player named Tinkerbelle - in between the many singer- Ann Arbor songwriters Folk Festival were pleasantly unforeseenioddi- Saturday night ties in last week- end's Ann Arbor At Hill Auditorium Folk Festival. Regardless of whether or not The Slambovian Circus...…

…6A- The Michigan Daily -Monday, January 29, the michigan daily PARKING SPACES AVAILAB~L. Near B-school. Call 222-9033. PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE On Central Cam pus Call 668-1100. ! ! AVAIL. NOW or later. 4 blks. to campus. Effs. 1, 2 & 3 bdrm. apts. is beautiful homes. Monthly ok for some units. Rent neg. w/ long term. For appt. & price, 972-7030. For pix a2apart- ments.com or a2realproperty.com ! ! ROOMS avail. 3-5 blks. to UM cen- tral camp...…

…The Michigan Daily - m.ichigandaily.com Monday, January 29, 2007 - 7A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Monday, January 29, 2007 - 7A SAAN From page IA about both sides of the con- flict. South Asian nations should build upon their relation- ship with the United States. without sacrificing their own cultural and political goals, Gandhi said. "I want South Asia to be one of the regions in the world that is trulyindependent," he said. To ...…

…8A - Monday, January 29, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Bricklayer H1umnanbeing* We believe community service is a part of our job description. Last June, we asked our US staff of 29,000 to take a day away from work and help their neighbors. We called it 29k/30. 4 0 Learn more about this project and others. Visit pwc.com/community 0 *4 Y 94, 0 *connectedthinking 4I#)RICEWATERHOUSE(&PEI a 0 2007 PricewaterhouseCoopers L...…

…Netters grab pair of home upsets MEN'S/WOMEN'S TENNIS 4B 4 e IK Herman: NHL needs an NBA facelift SM COLUMN 2B THE MICHIGAN DAILY Monday, January 29,2007 michigandaily.com 6 Michigan coach Tommy Amaker looks down-and-out during a 76-61 defeat at the hands of Indiana. It was the Wolverines' second-straight road loss and fifth of the season. MICHIGAN 61, INDIANA 76 NOT AGAIN 'M' gets historic, victory By COLT ROSENSWEIG Daily Sports Writ...…

…CA IE The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com DAILY SPORTS BREAKS DOWN THE WEEKEND THAT WAS 2B - Monday, January 29, 2007 'M' SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY- 1.31 M BASKETBALL VS.IOWA,8P.M. THURSDAY -2.1 W Basketball atlllinois, 8 p.m. FRIDAY -2.2 MTrack/Fieldat Meyolnvitational,TBA W Track/Field at MeyoaClassic,10 a.m. M TENNIS VS. WESTERN MICHIGAN, 6 P.M. WRESTLING VS.IOWA, 7:30 PM. Ice Hockey at Western Michigan,7:35 p.m. SATURDAY-2.3 W Tennis atOr...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, January 29, 2007 - 3B Charity stripe kind to Blue Icers near perfect for month By DANIEL BROMWICH Daily Sports Editor BLOOMINGTON - The Michi- gan men's basketball team followed the popular coaches' logic NOTEBOOK espoused by ESPN commentator and former coach Rick Majerus that if you attempt more free throws than 3- pointers, you should win the game. But the Wolverines encountered an unforesee...…

…d c 1 4B - Mond ay, January 29, 2007 r It IVI i I I The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Lucky No. 12: Tennis teams score upsets First-year coach breaks out big Horns hooked by loose 'M' By CHRIS MESZAROS Daily Sports Writer Saturday's challenge was nothing new for Jenny Kuehn. Displaced by Hurricane Katrina, the graduate studentknew firsthand what it takes to overcome adversity. Kuehn rallied back to claim an exciting win for the Mich...…

…JAMES DICKSON MICHIGAN NEEDS ENTREPRENEURSHIP OPINION, PAGE 4 ALMODOVAR'S LATEST A RETURN TO MELODRAMA WOMEN'S HOOPS FALLS TO WISCONSIN SPORTS, PAGE.8 ARTS, PAGE S 40ie fidigan DrnIj 1)NE- UNI) N IX EL N AI \IS F IIDITR AL 11El)OM Ann Arbor, Michigan w w.michigandailycom Friday, January 26,2007 Society asks Angell family to use its name JERELMY CHn/a Brighton resident Casey Janis drinks a beer at Ashley's Restaurant and Pub on State Str...…

…2 - Friday, January 26, 2007ThMihgnDly-mhgadlco The Michigan Daily - michiganclaily.com MONDAY: TUESDAY: The Extrem Iist Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: Before You Were Here THURSDAY: Campus Characters Why do people post 'you must be 21 to. drink' signs at house parties? Hint: There is no good reason Remember when you threw your first house party and your older friends told you to post "no drink- ing if you are uoder 21" sigos oext to the keg...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com A NEW LOOK NEWS BRIEFS BEIRUT, Lebanon . Students clash with supporters of Hezbollah University students loyal to Leb- anon's government clashed with Hezbollah supporters yesterday, setting cars ablaze and battling with homemade clubs and stones. The melee deepened worries that Lebanon cannot contain the politi- cal and sectarian rivalries threat- ening to push it toward civil war. At least three people...…

…4 - Friday, January 26, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com L74CMidi4an3aihl Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu 0 DONN M. FRESARD EDITOR IN CHIEF EMILY BEAM CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS JEFFREY BLOOMER MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed arti...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, January 26, 2007 - 5 Pleasure Cruz ALMODOVAR SCORES WITH NEW MELODRAMA By HYATT MICHAELS DailyArts Writer Bizarre secrets haunt the adulterous fathers, lying mothers and rebellious children of Pedro Almod6var's "Volver," a film that captures the * Mmm ... Penelope. melodramatic sensibilities of Douglas Sirk ("All that Volver film's Spanish title does, after all, translates as Heaven Allows") wit...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com BEER From page 1 ily pragmatic," Bebow said. "I don'tbelieve alo-centincrease would deter that many stu- dents from purchasing a can of beer." Some local beer vendors are not convinced. Joey Zeer, owner of In and Out Food Store, said his cus- tomers are sensitive to the price of beer. "If the price of beer increas- es for any reason, customers around here aren't going to want to purchase it because they'...…

…8 - Friday, January 26, 2007 P 4 Secon alf dooms Blue The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ast start not enough for'M' 0 By ANDY REID out of the gate really confident. ... Daily Sports Writer We came in with a very specific gameplan, and I think we did a MADISON - Apparently, the very good job of having our post Michigan women's basketball help where it needed to help." team didn't get the memo. With Michigan's fast start in InWisconsin,b...…

…WHO'S THE BIG MAN ON CAMPUS AT CONGRESSIONAL HIGH? OP-ED, PAGE 5A BEST FLICKS OF '06 CAGERS FALL TO NO.2 BADGERS IN MADISON DAILY ARTS PICKS THE YEAR'S BEST MOVIES THE B-SIDE SPORTS, PA6E 8A i I1 i iC4 l Ann ArborMichigan www.michigandaily.com Thursday, January 25, 2007 N.0 Second in an occasional series about the University's connection to the Iraq war 'U' gets low marks on prolific profs Administrators blast recently released rankin...…

…0 2A - Thursday, January 25, 2007 MONDAY: TUESDAY: The Extremist Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: THRDY Before You Were Here Capshrcts FRIDAY: Explained Life in the love lane Local cab driver keeps mood 'loose' Expecting a typical silent cab ride homemany students are sur- prised when the Kenny Lnggins lyrics "Lonse, footloose/kick off your Sunday shoes" blasts frnm the speakers aa they climb intn the back of Myrna Ismail's cab. Ismail, who has...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT Ford poised for biggest loss in corporate history Ford Motor Co. could post the worst annual loss in its storied 103- year history when the automaker releases its 2006 earnings today. The old record net loss was $7.39 billion in 1992, but through three quarters of this year, Ford already had lost $7 billion. Burnham Securities analyst David Healy said in a note to inves- tors that For...…

…0 4A - Thursday, January 25, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com CJbe Iidtii~nan &U I Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu DONN M. FRESARD EDITOR IN CHIEF EMILY BEAM CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS JEFFREY BLOOMER MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect theofficial position of the Daily's editorial board. All other sign...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 5A 014 New majority, ;snen's guilty pleasures are new politics? espite the promise of a new year, Americans entered 2007 with what can only be described as a tremendous hangover. Unfor- tunately, this collective head- ache has nothing to do with a fondness for Patron. The vio- lent and corrupt cocktailserved up in 2006 by the Bush Admin- istration - with the help of the. R...…

…6A- The Michigan Daily -Thursday, January 25 the michigan daily S' PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE. Near B-school. Call 222-9033. PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE On Central Campus Call 668-1100. 1 AVAIL. NOW or later. 4 hlks. to campas. Effs. 1, 2 & 3 bdrm. opts. in beautiful homes. Monthly ok for some units. Rent neg. w/ long term. For appt. & price, 972-7030. For pix a2apart- ments.com or a2realproperty.com ! ! ROOMSavail. 3-5 blks. to UM cen- tral camp...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, January 25, 2007 -- 7A TUITION From page 1A a public university, Hanlon said that the school has a duty to serve Michigan students and keep costs low. But Hanlon said there's little the University can do to prevent tuition increases. Operating costs rise with the cost of commodities like food, supplies and energy. There is also continuing investments in new technology and teach- ing resources....…

…8A - Thursday, January 25, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Fast start not enough for lue inloss to the aders BEN SIMON/Daily Sophomore Andrew Cogliano represented his country well while curling in Alaska with his teamrnmeates. Icers bond over curling ByAMBERCOLVIN "He was terrible," sophomore Daily Sports Writer Andrew Cogliano said. "I think he was the worst on the team." Jack Johnson might have been Cogliano, the only other Can...…

… B THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, JANUARY 25,2007 The good and the over-hyped t's easy to trash bad movies we can all agree are bad. No one's going to protest a zero-star review of "Date Movie." What's more difficult is convincing people a movie everyone loves really isn't that good at all. So now I give to you the most overrated films of 2006: Take Robert De Niro's "The Good Shepherd." This has prob- ably received the most mixed reviews out of...…

…2B - Thursday, January 25, 2007 the b-side The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com orry, 2006, but it's over. No, we're serious this time - it's ot you, it's us. All right, fine, it's you. Come on, we've put up with a lot. It's hard to believe we've done this for a whole year. We've had some good times ,yes, but oh, so many had times. So this is it, our final farewell. You did give us advice to live by. You taught us not to smoke ("Thank You...…

…the b-side Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 3B The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com STYLE From page 1B not only from a continuous stack of visual surprises, but from a message that is knit into every plot twist and character rather than tactlessly pasted on. Visual playfulness is, of course, a wor- thy attribute in itself, and even with CGI kids' movies aside 2006 was a year for color. "Little Children's" deep palette offered nighttime shadows ...…

…4B - Thursday, January 25, 2007 (the b-side} 9 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom And the award goes to.. Daily Arts rolls out its own red carpet The agony of victory. 0 Don't ever open this envelope: It stinks. By ELIE ZWIEBEL DailyArts Writer It's impossible to rate this shit. In alphabetical order: The Da Vinci Code - Pop- culture literature without sub- stance and little-to-no redeeming value can only yield a pop-culture film wi...…

…CHEATING 'U' PLAGIARISM ON CAMPUS THE STATEMENT FROM THE DAILY: WHAT PFIZER'S CLOSING MEANS FOR MICHIGAN OPINION, PAGE 4A 'DREAMGIRLS' BIGGEST OSCAR SNUB IN YEARS ARTS, PAGE 5A EIie Iidigan haij , Michiga www.michigandaily.com Wednesday, January 24, 2007 SEPT.11 CONSPIRACY THEORISTS The gov't did it, speakers to argue College Republicans members watch President Bush deliver his sixth national address to Congress at Pizza House last nigh...…

…2A - Wednesday, January 24, 2007 FRIDAY: Explained CANDY WOMAN CAN In loco parentis for half of campus Dean of women post not eliminated until 1961 With the admission of women in 1870, the University became a lead- ing progressive example for other major colleges. But 90 years later, the University's policies toward women had lost their progressive edge. It was then that female students cam- paigned the administration for per- mission to w...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS BEIRUT, Lebanon Protesters aim to topple Lebanese government Hezbollah-led protesters burned tires and cars and clashed with government supporters yesterday, paralyzing Beirut and areas across Lebanon in the worst violence yet in the pro-Iranian group's cam- paign to topple U.S.-backed Prime Minister Fuad Saniora. At least three people were killed and dozens ...…

…0 4A - Wednesday, January 24, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michiganclailycom EhoMc ligan :al'oly Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu DONN M. FRESARD EDITOR IN CHIEF EMILY BEAM CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS JEFFREY BLOOMER MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other sign...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 5A The art of appreciative silence ne of the most thrilling hear them, they clap either by live performances I've force of habit, familiar with the seen passed with total rhythm of live performance or silence from the audience. No from an impulse to appreciate one applauded after the songs, no that overrides logic. Look into one whistled appreciatively after it yourself thi...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 7A Michigan to take on No. 2 By H. JOSE BOSCH Daily Sports Editor The scenario is very simple for the Michi- gan men's basketball team tonight: David must beat Goliath - or in this case, Michigan at the No. 2 team in the nation, Wisconsin Wisconsin. Matchup: The Wolverines have Michigan 16-4; plenty of motivation for the Wisconsin 19-1 game. They have an oppor- When: Tonig...…

…8A-The Michigan Daily -Wednesday, January 24, 2007 CONSIDER THE Study Abroad fair L ocrISMci Trc]vclj I ntcrnaoaol Specicahsfs "WE DO IT ALL" *Srudy Abroad *Independenr/Escorred Tours * Rail Passes * Airline Tickers *Buy/Sell Fareign Currency Ann Arbor's Oldest and Most Respected .Travel Agency since 1945 CONSIDER THAT: Soy 4brnd IR: /~nM MorSfl etAfrica You can aarn credit toward qradm on rafurets, use your inancial aid, chioose from s80+ ...…

…0 0 9 0 My fiancee went to Falluja Last summer, I got engaged. This semester, a typical conversation with my fianc6e goes something like this: He'll ask how my classes are. I'll say, "They're decent. I'm really enjoying my class on Faust." He might respond, "Isn't Faust one story?" "Well, yeah." And I'll explain, "There are different versions of it. And the his- tory of the story's progression ... oh, never mind. How's your day been?" He t...…

…0 0 " 0 0 0 0 0 THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK with ANDREW GROSSMAN t ab'lev ~ f co tents A look at the big news events this week and how important they really are. Conveniently ranked from one to10. Wedesay Jnury24 .207 - e *ihianDil< 7 4B ACADEMIC BORROWING Professors don't think plagiarism on cam- pus is a pressing problem, but do they really know what's going on?, 6B RUDE AWAKENINGS Are early classes a hassle or an institution- alized cruelty? ...…

…i Wensdy 2420 0h icia a The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 24, 2007 Why your mother tells you to get enough sleep t the foot of my bed there is a round white pad the size and shape of a fist. Every night, I slip it underneath my pillow, cross my fingers and hope that it will do its job. There is a big, ominous sticker on its face: Super Shaker Bed Vibrator. DO NOT OPEN. The Super Shaker Bed Vibrator is connect- ed to an alarm clock ma...…

…0 0 S 0 0 0 M -The.Mih~gr Dily - ededa, aua 4 20 WenedaJauay 4 207Dal COVER STORY The in the next row Could it be that seventy percent of undergraduate college students admit to cheating and 50 percent have cheat- ed on awritten assignment, as reported by a 2005 study by Rutgers University Prof. Don McCabe and the Center For Academic Integrity? Could it be that at the University of Michigan, with its storied history of progressivism, ...…

…FROM THE DAILY: PRIVATE FUNDS ONLY A STOP-GAP MEASURE OPINION, PAGE 4 F M MATS TO MONET ADISAPPOINTING SIDE PROJECT FROM BLUR'SFRONT MAN GYMNAST POMMELS, PAINTS SPORTS, PAGE 8 ARTS, PAGE5 Ie fiidi3igan Dai lN.. A.-J-1 7 .IX'.1.. N LN I' . K() - Ann Arbor, Michigan www.michigandaily.com} Tuesaay, January 23, 2007 . Pfizer to shut A2 facility City loses biggest taxpayer 2,100 jobs to move or disappear 177 acres near 'U' to be vacate...…

…2 - Tuesday, January 23, 2007 MONDAY: The ENtremist ARITY SIPPING FOR CHARITY Y: THURSDAY: Here Campus Characters A ferret fracas FRIDAY: Explained The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com DONNM.FRESARD ALEXISFLOYD Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-0s58 fresard@michigandaily.com floyd@michigandaily.com A lot of strange things have hap- pened to me in Ann Arb...…

…0 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, January 23, 2007 - 3 TOOTING HIS HORN NEWS BRIEFS CAIRO, Egypt * Al-Qaida leader mocks Bush's Iraq plan in new tape Al-Qaida's deputy leader mocked President Bush's plan to send 21,000 more troops to Iraq, challenging him to send "the entire army" and vowing insur- gents will defeat them, according to a new videotape released yes- terday by a U.S. group that tracks al-Qaida messages. The Wash...…

…4 - Tuesday, January 23, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 74C fid1ligan Bja11M Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu EMILY BEAM DONN M. FRESARD CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS - MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed artic...…