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…The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 12, 2006 - 3 WORKING AT THE CARR WASH Al- aida promises attacks Following Musab al- Zarqawi's death, group does not name successor CAIRO (AP) - Al-Qaida in Iraq vowed yesterday to carry out "major attacks," insisting in a Web statement that it was still powerful after the death of leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The statement did not name a successor to al-Zarqawi, who was killed by a United States airstrike Wed...…

…4 4 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 12, 2006 Ulie diwa n t g FROM THE DAILY JEREMY DAVIDSON Editor in Chief IMRAN SYED Editorial Page Editor JEFFREY BLOOMER Managing Editor Coulter's wayward church Author's remarks inflammatory, but hardly alone 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...…

…Chronically homeless THERESA KENNELLY TE RE'S A REASON The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 12, 2006 - 5 The politics of gay marriage JARED GOLDBERG IF NOT Now, N? T here's year an area Alco right orde behind my mor apartment com- depr plex in Ann expe Arbor where style four people to ta spend most of stree their time. A O couple of worn chairs, empty bottles cally and trash cans make up their liv- histo ing space. From what I've gathered, men ...…

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…a 8 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 12, 2206 UMPATRIOTS PRANK ACADEMIA BY CARISSA MILLER MANAGING NEWS EDITOR For students preparing for final exams last fall, the Angell Hall computer lab and Shapiro Under- graduate Library offered more than just fluorescent- dominated late-night study spots. For at least a few minutes,these familiar sites pro- vided comic relief. Courtesy of the UMPatriots, a group of Universi- ty students dedicated t...…

…Monday June 12, 2006 arts.michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaily.com ,ARTS 9w WRECKLESS DRIVING PIXARS LATEST STORY CAN'T LIVE UP TO ITS STUNNING VISUALS By Imran Syed Daily Arts Writer If Arnold Schwarzenegger was a car, what kind of car would he be? And what about Jay Leno? "Cars," Disney and Pix- ar's latest foray into the world of Cars almost creepily At the Showcase intricate anima- and Quality 16 tion, provides Disney/Pixar the ans...…

…10 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 12, 2006 Altman's latest effort a good 'Companion' By Andrew Klein Managing Arts Editor When word got out that director Robert Alt- man ("M*A*S*H," "Gosford Park") was to team up with the professor of down-home, campy humor Garrison Keil- lor (radio's 32-year- A Prairie Home old "A Prairie Home Companion Companion") himself, a couple of concerns At the Michigan emerged: If the film Theater, Showcase woul...…

…The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 12, 2006 - 11 Southern legends come to Hill By Lloyd Cargo Daily Arts Writer Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, but it couldn't drown soul. On Tues- Elvis Costello day night at Hill & Allen Auditorium, Elvis Toussaint Costello and Tuesday at 8 p.m. Allen Toussaint, Sold Out two legends from disparate musical At Hill Auditorium backgrounds, will unite to celebrate life and music in the wake of a tragedy...…

…0 12 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 12, 2006 men' lel the start of cinematic apocalypse By Jeffrey Bloomer Managing Editor It's been 30 years to the month since the 1976 Gregory Peck/Lee Renick vehicle "The Omen" opened in American theaters, and oh how things have changed. The original film was released in the height of The Omen the post-Vietnam adult At the Showcase horror renaissance, a and Quality 16 quaint, unnerving super- 20th Cen...…

…Monday June 12, 2006 sports.michigandaily.com sports@michigandaily.com SPRe fSidliganDug 13 . The season that rewarded those who stayed M ichigan baseball coach Rich Malo- and top two pitchers, Michigan looked young ney made it the team motto before and vulnerable, and at the beginning of the the season began: season, it showed. In 2005, the Those who stay will be cham- Wolverines entered conference play pions. with a 16-3 record. This sea...…

…a 14 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 12, 2006 -SPORTS- W NOTES World Cupworthy Men's and women's track perform well at NCAA outdoor championshipsCo Junior Michael Whitehead obliterated his own school record in the triple jump by 13 inches on Saturday at the NCAA outdoor championships in Sacramento, Calif. He finished in second place with a distance of 53-11 1/4 on his fifth of six jumps. Whitehead became the first Wolverine in the p...…

… SPORT ,c The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 12, 2006 - 15 Z WORLD Cup 2006: GROUP-BY-GROUP PREVIEWS AND PREDICTIONS Group A: Group C: Group E: Group G: Group A should be fun. Host country Germany is Aside from Rocky's victory over Ivan Drago the lone powerhouse and ought to walk through the in Rocky IV, few athletic events can claim opening round without too much trouble. But the bat- responsibility for ending wars, but the Ivory tle for ...…

…16 -The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 12, 2006 SPORTS WORLD CUP STAFF PICKS The managing editors of each section of the Daily do their best to show the other sections up with their staff picks. SCOr ANGELA JEREMY ANDREW CARISSA EUGENE IMRAN BELL CESERE DAVIDSON KLEIN MILLER ROBEaRSON SYED Sports Online EIC Arts News Photo Opinion Group A Wnne: Gemany Germany German Germany Ecuador Germn Germany Group A Runner-up: Ecuador Ecuador Ecuador Ecuado...…

…Arts 9 Aniston and Vaughn's off-screen chemistry lost in translation Sports 13 'M'-Nine's season comes to an end be £irbtgun 1tai g Monday,June 5, 2006 Summer Weekly agains tl ttttJIIL One-hundred-sixteen years ofeditoonialfreedom www.michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan ! Vol. CXVI, No. 121 ©2006 The Michigan Daily N iNew center aims to Y gy improve state economy To avoid "political squabbling," Center for Michigan founder Phil Power ass...…

…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...…

…Arts 9 'X' trilogy ends on sour note Sports 13 Hopes for repeat dashed as softball falls in Knoxville One-hundred-sixteen years ofedorndfreedom Tuesday, May 30, 2006 Summer Weekly www.michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXVI, No. 120 ©2006 The Michigan Daily Governing gas: 2.92i legislation's role Gov. Granholm petitions President Bush for a cap on oil profits; DeVos and skeptics doubt its impact By Marlem Qamruzzaman Daily Staff Re...…

…I 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, May 30, 2006 LSA-SG continues fight for credit bracket change Student government Student representatives have been installation of a new system is not leadership hopes to shrink working to promote a new policy that likely, Benson said. The office has would focus on narrowing the number of previously defended the current sys- registration group size credits in each bracket tem, arguing that large brackets l...…

…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 3 Local programs aid area migrant workers New center offers English classes and support while trips to the Mexican border expose students to immigration realities By Leah Graboski Daily News Editor With an influx of local migrant workers, campus and community organizers are collab- orating to create a safe and fair environment for immigrants. The newest of Ann Arbor's organizations working to prote...…

…I 4 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, May 30, 2006 UWj £idgwn &Iitu FROM THE DAILY Inadequecy vs. lunacy Solution to energy crisis requires lifestyle changes 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 positi...…

…VIEWPOINT How to evaluate the NSA program The fight over CO2 THERESA KENNELLY TiRE'S A REASON The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 5 BY DAVID PURO s The Michigan Daily would bet- ter inform its readers if it made them aware of the applicable interpretation of the Fourth Amendment as well as e the applicable statutes. In response to t A Gap in Credibility (05/22/2006), I b would like to remind readers that the t Supreme Court has rul...…

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…S 8 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, May 30, 2006 HIGH-TECH HART AND SOUL IMMIGRATION Continued from Page 3 In Altar, the students visited the central plaza where many Mexicans intending to immigrate to the United States gather. Students are often met with questions about themselves. This year, Robinson said, there were more questions than in the past. Robinson said a common question was, "Why do you hate us? You need us." Robinson said the ...…

…Tuesday May 30, 2006 arts.michigandaily.com artspage@michigandaily.com ARTS Sundance hits Mich. 8 fi 2 d s' d v ni N, P "Go Blue!" By Jeffrey Bloomer Managing Editor With the famously discriminating yes of the international film com- nunity currently set on the public- ty parade that is the Cannes Film Festival, The Michigan Theater has urned its focus to honoring classics rom another festival. The theater will be among 14 spe- ially sel...…

…0 10- The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, May 30, 2006 Simon reflects on latest album By Elyssa Pearlstein For the Daily MUSIC R EV IE W A Paul Simon, a household name in folk and pop rock, has come a long way since his iconic collaboration with Art Gar- funkel. From the soulful folk of "Sound of Silence" and the up-beat "Mrs. Robinson" off of "The Graduate" soundtrack to the African influence on 1986's Graceland, Simon Paul Simon has repeatedly p...…

…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 11 At 15, Cheyenne is going strong By Andrew Kahn Daily Arts Writer Winning a Grammy, appearing on the cover of Roll- ing Stone, hosting an episode of Saturday Night Live: And those are just three of Cheyenne Kimball's goals. Lofty expectations for someone who hasn't even cele- brated her 16th birthday. But for the singer/songwriter from Frisco, Texas, achieving these goals doesn't seem all that im...…

…4 12 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, May 30, 2006 Trilogy comes to soid end By Imran Syed Daily Arts Writer From the moment its production began back in 2000, director Deepa Mehta's "Water" has faced constant controversy. Claiming Mehta's goal was to make the world deplore India and Hinduism, Hindu fundamental- ists set fire to the film's set, forc- ing production to halt. But truly believing in the Water film's message, At the Mehta persist...…

…Tuesday May 30, 2006 sports.michigandaily.com sports@michigandaily.com SPORTS 131 Rocky toppled Wolverines' repeat title bid halted in Tennessee By Amber Colvin Daily Sports Writer KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Rebekah Milian swung. But spectators at Tyson Park never heard the sound of the ball hitting the catcher's glove - the eruption of cel- ebration from the Tennessee dugout drowned it out. And as the Volunteers clung to each other and jumped wit...…

…I 14 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, May 30, 2006 0 MEN'S TRACK Woods receives auto bid; teammate waits for commitee -SPORTS By Jeremy Davidson Editor in Chief Even though sophomore Mike Woods claimed a spot at the NCAA outdoor national championships on Saturday, he said he was disappoint- ed with his performance. "I'm obviously relieved that I got into the NCAAs, but it was some- thing that I felt was more or less a given," Woods said thro...…

…I 1 SPORT, ,c The Michigan Daily - Tueday, May 30, 2006 - 15 The NBA draft lottery is so much more in person SECAUCUS, N.J. - Twelve years ago last week, I stood wob- bling on a pair of inline skates and eating a slice of pizza at U.S. Blades, a once-trendy skating rink in my hometown of West Bloomfield. I can remember the scene as if it were yesterday. My eyes were fixed on a high-mounted television near the arcade games, which I couldn...…

…I 16 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, May 30, 2006 -SPORTS- All hail the tournament champions: 'M'-Nine caps off dominant season By Dan Feldman Daily Sports Writer When Michigan baseball coach Rich Maloney interviewed for his position four years ago, the athletic department had one qualm about his qualifications. Despite leading Ball State to a combined 81 games over .500 in seven seasons of Mid-American Conference play, Maloney had never ...…

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…0 2 - The Michigan Daily - Orientation Edition 2006 In Katrina's wake dN, h o - f 0 0 LEFT AND CENTER: Inside the Astrodome in Houston, on Sept. 11, 2005. RIGHT: A protester identifying himself only as "Terrance" holds a sign reading "This Is not a natural disaster" near the Reliant Stadium in Houston on Sept. 12, 2005. City takes in more than 150,000 evacuees; volunteers worry about increased crime rates and housing shortages Sept. 12, 2...…

…The Michigan Daily - Orientation Edition 2006 - 3 'Monologues' looks for an all-minority cast Producers hope new method will remedy play's inherent tbiases Nov. 14, 2005 By Carissa Miller Daily Staff Reporter have probably re or participating l This lack of di lack of distributio tional e-mails tar But many othe vious shows said from the play beca minorities negativ Calling all women of color. A major prob "The Vagina Monologues" wants yo...…

…0 4 - The Michigan Daily - Orientation Edition 2006 Lease-date ordinance OK'd Council leaves out provision to stagger viewing, signing dates Mar. 21, 2006 By Andrew Grossman Daily Staff Reporter In the culmination of what has been an unprec- edented level of collaboration between the Michigan Student Assembly and Ann Arbor City Council, last night the Council unanimously approved an ordi- nance pushing back lease-signing dates. The ordinance...…