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…Monday, June 15, 2009 " The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Fi CONSECUTIVE CHAMPIONS BETH HALL/AP Senior Geena Gall celebrates after her second consecutive National Championship in the 800-meter race this weekend. Michigan finished seventh in the nation. Seniors Ofili and Gall grab consecutive national titles By FELIX CARREON Daily Sports Writer Seniors and co-captains Tiffany Ofili and Geena Gall capped their collegiate careers with a p...…

…12 Monday, June 15, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com CHAMPS From Page 11 Ofili's efforts were enough to cement her as one of the best athletes in the history of the pro- gram. But Michigan's superstar hurdler first turned heads as just a freshman. In her first year with the Wolverines, Ofili broke school records in both the 60- and 100- meter hurdles. This season, Ofili has made a name for herself as one of the world's best in the...…

…HERE COMES THE SUN A sorry state of affairs Obama's apologies to other nations distort the facts about America SEE PAGE 5 ARTS Phoenix soars with new album "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" a rebirth for French pop band SEE PAGE 9 SPORTS Grady dribbles to the football field The ex-basketball star's odds of excelling in his new sport SEE PAGE 11 INDEX VolCXiX, No. 140;1 2009 The Michigan Daily Michigandailycorn N EW S ...................................…

…21 Monday, June 8, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com New solar car a stellar success 'U'Infinium is ready to outshine competitors across the world By ERIC CHIU For the Daily More than 300 fans, sponsors and Michigan residents packed into the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn on Friday afternoon for the unveiling of the University Solar Car Team's latest vehicle: Infinium. The Solar Car Team is a student group that has funded and con- ...…

…Monday, June 8, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ANN ARBOR BUSiEs Healthy competition sparks new cold war Frozen yogurt rivals cream." According to an article in Reu- ice cream as summer ters last July, ice cream sales declined 3.9 percent from 2002 to staple 1 iA2 2007. During the same time, there was a 7.2-percent jump in frozen By JASMINE ZHU novelty sales - some of which can Daily News Editor be attributed to frozen yogurt's in...…

…4 Monday, June 8, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Mry fidigan &Dilt Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu ERIKA MAYER IVIEWPOINT Excessive benefits JAMIE BLOCK EDITOR IN CHIEF ROBERT SOAVE MANAGING EDITOR RACHEL VAN GILDER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All othe...…

…Monday, June 8, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 15 All apologies At some point when you were growing up, you probably had a tough time fitting in. Maybe the "cool group" of kids didn't like you. Maybe that cute class- mate who sat next to you in math wouldn't talk to you. Per- CHRIS haps you were KOSLOWSKI popular and tried to reach out to that strange kid who ate his boogers, but he totally blew you off. You might have sought ...…

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…Monday, June 8, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com VW STEM CELLS From Page 1 cell researchers and industries from across the state. "The goal is to bring together as many people as we could from different parts of the state, focus- ing on primarily - in this meet- ing - universities from across the state and then also some industry representatives from across the state," Smith said. Carol Brenner, an associate pro- fessor of physiolo...…

…Monday, June 8, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 9 Phoenix takes flight French band leaps from out of obscurity into mainstream popularity By ARTHUR VELEZ For the Daily When The Strokes released their debut album Is This It (2001), it was met with a wave of zealous critical acclaim. The explanation -n for the record's success is multi- Wolfgang faceted, but one Amadeus irrefutable rea- Phoenix son is the instru- V2 mental cohesio...…

…Monday, June 8, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.conm Tonight' has a new, pale face BY ERIC CHIU DailyArts Writer When NBC announced that Conan O'Brien would be taking over "The Tonight Show" back in 2004, most of the buzz surrounding the move involved whether or not he ** * could actually pull it off. Since being chosen TheTonight from relative obscurity to host "Late Night" in 1993, ShOw with O'Brien has carved out a Conan comfortabl...…

…Monday, June 8, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 11l Grady trades court for field By RUTH LINCOLN Daily Sports Writer Kelvin Grady may have left the men's basketball team, but he didn't go very far. An Athletic Department spokes- person confirmed Thursday that the former Michigan men's bas- ketball point guard has joined the football team and is working out in the Wolverines' summer condition- ing program. Grady played two sea- s...…

…VOLLEYBALL Monday, June 8, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Brazilian adventure could spark volleyball team val wit Volverines gain senior Juliana Paz broke her pinky fnger in practice. uable experience The talented Brazilian outside hitter was returning home to play in h the world's best her native country for the first time since coming to the University last By MARK BURNS season. Daily Sports Writer The injury might have forc...…

…SECURING THEIR SPOT OPINION Granholm should get benched This Michigan governor is too political a choice for the Supreme Court. SEE PAGE 5 ARTS Dancing with the parody stars The Wayans discuss their latest spoof film "Dance Flick" with the Daily SEE PAGE 9 SPORTS From Great Lakes to Great Plains Victory over Baylor sends 'M' to Oklahoma City for the College World Series SEE PAGE 11 INDEX Vol CXIX, No.138 . 2009 The Michigan Daily michigandail...…

…2 Tuesday, May 26, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MARIJUANA From Page 1 university's Oakland campus were initially small, but media attention caused an increase in enrollment, and the school opened a second campus in Los Angeles, Calif. Both campuses are currently holding classes for about 160 stu- dents each week.. Clare said Michigan first caught Oaksterdam's attention after Pro- posal 1 - which legalized medici- nal marijuana...…

…Tuesday, May 26, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 3 Veterans start anew at 'U' More programs ease transition from army life to student life By ANNIE THOMAS Daily StaffReporter For student veterans at the Uni- versity, the transition to college life is different from what many freshmen or transfer students experience. Coming out of active duty in the military and into a university set- ting involves a whole different set of unknow...…

…4 Tuesday, May 26, 2009 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 AALAA ALBAROUDI IEP7I: Veiled discrimination JAMIE BLOCK EDITOR IN CHIEF ROBERT SOAVE MANAGING EDITOR RACHEL VAN GILDER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect theofficial position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed article...…

…Tuesday, May 26, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Se5 E-MAIL BELLA AT BELLZ@UMICH.EDU Judging Jenny BELLA SHAH The Obama administration's search for the next Supreme Court Justice is under way. Justice David Souter's retire- , ment announce- ment earlier g this month has opened up a seat on the bench. The Associated - Press seems con- CHRIS vinced that a face KOSLOWSI familiar to most Michiganders - Governor Jennifer Granholm - i...…

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…81 Tuesday, May 26, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 'U' professors unveil alleged 'missing link' Ancient fossil offers alternative view of human origins By LARA ZADE Managing News Editor Two University professors were part of an anthropological dream team that recently unveiled a 47-million-year-old primate fossil that sheds new light on the origins of humans. Philip Gingerich, director of the University's Museum of Paleontol- o...…

…Tuesday, May 26, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 9 Apainful withdrawal Slim Shady is up to his old tricks again, but they just don't stick on 'Relapse' By ARTHUR VELEZ For TheDaily During the adolescences of today's col- lege students, Eminem was a mainstay in the world of popular music. His early antics as Slim Shady drew heat from nearly every human rights association in the United States. At the same Relapse time, the lewd na...…

…10 Tuesday, May 26, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com WANT TO COVER THE ANN ARBOR ART FAIR ? SURE YOU DO. WRITE FOR DAILY ARTS. E-mail driva@umich.edu for an application. 'Veckatimest' roars By MIKE KUNTZ Daily Arts Writer The online leak of an album has become an event in itself. Growing legions of torrent-savvy listeners feverishlysearch- ing for download * links have made official release GrizzyBear dates little more than afte...…

…Tuesday, May 26,2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com i WORLD SERIES BOUND Wolverines punch their ticket to Oklahoma City By MICHAEL FLOREK Daily Sports Writer A three-year hiatus was long enough for coach Carol Hutchins and the Michigan softball team. Since 2005 when they became the University's only team national champions since the 2001 field hockey team, the Wolverines have watched each of MICHIGAN 8 their BAYLOR 1 seasons end one M...…

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…Annl 1nw , U vu vionuay, vay 18, ouuy CELEBRATING THE WRITTEN WORD OPINIO N Room and board we can't afford The Board of Regents is making bad decisions from behind closed doors SEE PAGE 4 ARTS Pixar prepares to take flight Filmmaker Pete Docter discusses the inspiration and method behind his upcoming film 'Up' SEE PAGE 9 SPORTS Softball moves on to Supers Michigan is just two wins away from World Series SEE PAGE 10 INDEX Vol CXIX, No. 137 |2...…

…2 Monday, May 18, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Teeing off for Mott's Children's Hospital Third annual charity event raises $650,000 By RYAN KARTJE Managing Sports Editor Under the leadership of former Michigan football players Brian Griese and Steve Hutchinson, the Champions for Children's Hearts Celebrity Golf Tournament enjoyed a very successful third year. The duo sought to continue the philanthropic trend initiatedby for-...…

…Monday, May 18, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Clinical studies see applicant increase Some want to help, others want the economic benefit By ROGER SAUERHAFT For the Daily In the past year, the number of students registered for University of Michigan Health System clini- cal studies: has increased twofold - from just 1,500 last year to over 3,000 currently - and the princi- pal reason behind the increase is in debate. Feedback fr...…

…4' Monday, May 18, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com (Tbe ichid'an ail Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu JAMIE BLOCK ROBERT SOAVE RACHEL VAN GILDER EDITOR IN CHIEF MANAGING EDITOR EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflecttheofficial position of the Daily's editorial board. Allother signed articles and illustrations represent sole...…

…Monday, May 18, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 5 JASON MAHAKIAN E-MAIL JASON AT MAHAKIAJ@UMICH.EDU Drunken policy MAGIC filue f,1.1E.5 'ICes 5I5IEN 'SAY MAtc ri "roN 15"TH.Y P's AylNiA~N~C3'iAI tn t ' yF05 Ffopit } A'17 ? g.ueleaig CSCSarY o15aecos cccoc ,B yneu TotAl l> OT- l2ol'A1 z 7 Government blackmail During last year's presi- dential election, I wasn't really interested in who wouldwin. Both of the major candidate...…

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…Monday, May 18, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 7 NOTEBOOK From Page 1 no abnormalities. There was some minor land contamination in a land parcel not actively used by Pfizer, and the company issued a voluntary clean up. The University and Pfizer are currently working with the Michi- gan Department of Environmental Quality to discuss the transaction and how to correct it. John Cameron, a member of the Dickinson Wright PLLC law fir...…

…8 , , Monday, May 18, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 3RD GENERATION IPOD SHUFFLE APPLE While the latest iteration of the iPod shuffle is certainly the most prone to being left in your pants pocket and meeting a spin-cycle demise, that's a small risk to take for the cutest little MP3 player you ever did see. So small you forget it's there, the new four-gigabyte gadget - which holds approxi- mately 1,000 songs - takes the music-on-...…

…Monday, May 18, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 9 ANGELS From Page 8 traced back to the book, in which these seemingly perfunctory state- ments are properly fleshed out and actually make sense. "Angels" (like "Da Vinci Code") screws itself by splitting action and mystery, but not fully developing either side. When details are neglected, audiences are left to go with the flow, which can be extremely infuriating attimes. On the oth...…

…10 Monday, May 18, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ANOTHER STEP CLOSER- By MICHAEL FLOREK Daily Sports Writer Every playoff run needs a hero. And the Michigan softball team's journey through the NCAA Regionals was no exception. Luck- ily for them, they had an plenty of heroes as they beat Notre Dame 4-0 to win the regional final Sun- day for the sixth consecutive year. The magic started the previous day when the Wolverines were ...…

…Monday, May18, 2009 v' "i'g l The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com "SON i M BIG TEN BLUES By CHANTEL JENNINGS Daily Sports Editor Senior pitcher Chris Fetter felt his season end before it was actu- ally over. The Wolverines had just allowed the Wildcats to score six uncontested runs during the fifth and sixth innings. The Wolver- ines' lead had deteriorated into a 10-6 deficit. Then, after the sixth inning as Michigan (9-15 Big Ten, 30-25 ...…

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…Jobless workers need retraining The state should cash in on an offer for federal unemployment benefits SEE PAGE 4 Glitz and glamour begone on MTV "College Life" gives the kids the cameras and just sees what happens SEE PAGE 8 SPORTS Wolverines can't make a racket Men's tennis falls in the second round of the NCAA tournament SEE PAGE 11 INDEX mol . S 136 X12009 The Michigan Daily N EW S ................................... 2 O PIN IO N ............…

…21 Monday, May 11, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com City to add more bike lanes Improvements will ensure downtown cyclists' safety By JASMINE ZHU Daily News Editor Ann Arbor is pedaling forward with a plan to improve its bike lane system by adding eight miles of additional lanes and improving the 23.7 miles of existing lanes. These improvements are part of the city's goal of encouraging residents to bicycle and walk more frequent...…

…Monday, May 11, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 13 Gupta's words of wisdom 'U' alum and CNN reporter talks life lessons, role models By LARA ZADE Managing News Editor Editor's. Note: In a sit-down interview with The Michigan Daily, CNN personality Sanjay Gupta discusses his life as a Michigan student and his decision to turn down the surgeon general posi- tion. Gupta was the speaker at the Medical School's commencement ceremony....…

…4 Monday, May 11, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann ArboraMt48109 tothedaily@umich.edu ASA SMITH | Obama's poor policies JAMIE BLOCK EDITOR IN CHIEF ROBERT SOAVE MANAGING EDITOR RACHEL VAN GILDER EDITORIAL PAGE FDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustr...…

…Monday, May 11, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 15 Policing the police BELLA SHAH E-MAIL BELLA AT BELLZ@UMICH.EDU Living in Ann Arbor, rallies and protests aren'tanything new to me. But a few weeks ago I became curious when I , ran across my friends' photos of a rally at Pur- chase College, located about a half hour north of Man- hattan. EarlierE that week, Pur- ED chase held its MCPHEE annual spring festival "Cul- ture Shock,"...…

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…Q Monday, May 11, 2009 8 , P The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 'College Life' keeps it real MTV's latest reality show focuses on student drama By BRIGID KILCOIN Daily Arts Writer "It's not 'reality:' it's real." As the show's * bafflingly inane Li tagline might Mondays at suggest, 10:30 p.m. MTV's MTV series "College Life" veers closer to prob- able occurrence than the channel's other carefully choreographed attempts at slice-of-life pr...…

…Monday, May 11, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 9 All booked up By PRIYA BALI Daily Arts Writer For those still taking classes in Ann Arbor, the art scene continues to be a thriv- ing resource. And it's only appropriate that a town known for its intellectually stimulat- ing culture and for hous- 6th Annual ing over 30 bookstores Ann Arbor host a spring book festi- val. The 6th Annual Ann Book Fair Arbor Book Festival will May15-...…

…10 Monday, May 11, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com THE MICHIGAN DAILY PA DE-LIVE QUEEN OF DIAMONDS Michigan stands alone atop the Big Ten for the first time since 2005 Featured on ITALIAN RESTAURANT I Feature Recipes by Mama Rosa I Beer, wine, & liquor Find our menu at www.argieros.n1et Seniors Teddi Ewing and Megan Gregory lift the Big Ten trophy at Alumni Field Friday. The Wolverines won 21 oftthe last 22 games to finish th...…

…Monday, May 11, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 11l CHAMPIONS From page 10 the Wolverines an early 2-0 lead after the first inning, but Michigan was shut out through the middle innings, and Michigan State tied the game on a two-run home run. After Spartan head coach Jacquie Joseph switched pitchers in the fifth, sophomore Dorian Shaw's single scored two runs and the rout was on. Michigan (17-3 Big Ten, 41-10 over- all) scored _ t...…

…12 Monday, May 11, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com I************* EADERP FOAMERIA The Southeast Michigan Committee for Heritage Inaugural Event Tuesday, May 19, 2009 The Ritz Carlton, Dearborn 300 Town Center Drive.- Dearborn, MI 48126 4:30 pm Panel Discussion: Real Change or Pocket Change? The High Stakes of Entitlement Reform Nicola Moore and J.D. Foster The Heritage Foundation Larry Reed The Foundation for Economic Education 6:...…