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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 3 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Feds disrupt alleged plot targeting Obama Two white supremacists alleg- edly plotted to go on a national killing spree, shooting and decapi- tating black people and ultimately targeting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, federal authorities said Monday. . In all, the two...…

…4 - Tuesday, October 28, 2008 C niorl The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ci C I 4e IictIVig n ily Edited and managed by students at the University ofMichigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@unich.edu ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR GABE NELSON MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position oftthe Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and ill...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 5 Modern art reeks o the conceptual R alph Waldo Emerson once wrote, "Love of beauty is taste. Creation of beauty is art." While I love Emerson dearly, if we think of "beauty" as something that looks beautiful, I would have to disagree - art isn't necessar- ily "pretty." How, then, would we clas- sify contem- -WITNEY porary artist Piero Manzoni and his 1961 art piece, "Merda...…

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…I, The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 7 i Imw The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 7 US official: Raid on Syria killed leader of cell Regent hopefuls state their cases in debate before faculty Al Qaida head smuggled weapons, fighters into Iraq SUKKARIYEH, Syria (AP) - A cross-border raid by U.S. special forces killed the al-Qaida- linked head of a Syrian network that smuggled f...…

…8 -Tuesday, October 28, 2008 .y 2The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com e e For one couple, life with wolves is a reality beyond TV By JAMIE BLOCK are the most engaging moments We wanted to fight the law, but we never had the chance. Anin "Living all the nature hauntit tures.I follows ish wo Shaun his g assista Jeffs. workin Combe Wildlif Ellis heartec to actu show d to integ she can species insight It's h out byt the wol meat v with t ...…

…The Michigan Gaily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 9 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 9 Rodriguez: Subs aren't ready to play Three cornerbacks could be used in package By IAN ROBINSON Daily Sports Editor Anyone expecting major per- sonnel changes in the Michigan footballteam'ssecondaryshouldn't hold their breath. "For any of the guys, trust me when I tell you this - if they would help us wi...…

…10 - Tuesday, October 28, 2008 The-Michigan Daily -- michigandaily.com 1 10 - Tuesday, October 28, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom g 0 9 Dreams. Realities. If you want to make an impact beyond the city, the country or even the industry where you'll work, meet us. We'll tell you why - in a company where opportunity never sleeps - your aspirations will be exceeded. oncampus.citi.com PLEASE COME TO OUR CITI INVESTMENT BANKING & GL...…

…S S FROM THE DAILY:YES ON 1AND 2 The editorial board endorses proposals to legalize medical marijuana and loosen stem cell laws, and weighs in on state House candidates. See Opinion, Page 4A 46F 4f rl 4c,. C41pan4, i IV )NE-U ID NINl Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, October 27,2008 michigandaily.com WINTER COMMENCEMENT Auto mogul Penske to speak at Dec. graduation ZACHARY MEISNER/Daily Michigan State players hoist the Paul Bunyan Trophy a...…

…News 2A - Monday, October 27, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 6 No more Internet for illegal downloaders PUMPKIN PARTY Bowling Green University has started banning InternetaccesA to students who' engage in illegal file sharing, the BG News reported. Students caught using programs like Limewire will have their Internet sus- pended for 24hours for a first violation, two weeks for a second and a semester for the third. The policy...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, October 27, 2008 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS ANCHORAGE, Alaska Major paper in Palin's home state endorses Obama The Anchorage Daily News, Alaska's largest newspaper, has endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for president. The newspaper said yesterday the Democrat "brings far more promise to the office. In a time of grave economic crisis, he displays thoughtful analysis, enlists wise counsel and operates with a cool,...…

…4A - Monday, October 27, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. . <w 3420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 . tothedaily@umich.edu ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR GABE NELSON MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent sol...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, October 27, 2008 -5A An 'Argument' worth having By MOLLY McGUIRE DailyArts Writer Aristotle will take the stage tonight at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, decked out in modern dress instead of his trademark toga. He'll be delivering a pas- sionate lecture on his "Poetics," an influential meditation on ' the nature of poetry, theatre " " " and tragedy. GREENSPAN The real Aris- totle may be long ...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com CANDIDATE From Page 1A of the Aerospace Engineering Advisory Committee, a board of industry professionals. Aerospace Engineering . Prof. Wei Shyy, who serves as the depart- ment's chair, said LaFond has "gone out of his way" to work with faculty to understand different "individual views and competing opinions." "He's very conscientious," Shyy said. "He definitely has the Univer- sity's best interests in...…

…8A - Monday, October 27, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com The Dark Knight rebuilt - Personality crisis By JAMIE BLOCK Daily Arts Writer NBC's new so-called action series "My Own Worst Enemy" is one of the worst things to happen to tele- vision in a long My Own time. It's pos- sibly the most Worst emotionless, Enemy unexciting and over-baked Mondays at action drama 10 p.m. to ever hit the NBC small screen. This is the story of a...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, October 27, 2008 - 9A S The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Monday, October 21, 2008 - 9A Dreams. Realities. If you want to make an impact beyond the city, the country or even the industry where you'll work, meet us. We'll tell you why - in a company where opportunity never sleeps - your aspirations will be exceeded. oncampus.citi.com PLEASE COME TO OUR FINANCE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATE & CITI CAR...…

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…The Michigan Daily I michigandaily.com I October 27, 2008 Spartans end 7-year loss streak By IAN ROBINSON Daily Sports Editor With 4:21 remaining in Saturday's game, Michigan State coach football Mark Dantonio challenged his team and the Wolverine defense. Leading by a touchdown on fourth-and-less than a yard, deep in Michigan territory, Dantonio decided to go for it. "If you can't make it that far, maybe you don't deserve to win," Dantonio s...…

…2B - October 27, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0 Let sports inspire your Halloween costume It's become a tradition to offer up sug- gestions for sports-themed Hallow- een costumes leading up to the big weekend. But the truth is, I'm not very funny, I'm cer- tainly not creative and I've never had a good Halloween costume. (Last year, wearing a r seersucker sports coat and jeans, I tried to tell people I was dressed as Kevin Co...…

…The Michigan Daily- michigandaily.com October 27, 2008 - 3B The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom October 27, 2008 - 3B TERRIERS From Page 1B similar to Michigan's, but BU sim- ply looked more prepared. "It was like we were play- ing against each other, playing against ourselves," said BU coach Jack Parker, who uncharacteristi- cally didn't show his team film of the Wolverines before the game. "Their power play didn't surprise us. Their pe...…

…S -4 -por-tsMoi 4B -- October 27, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com GAME STATISTICS . TemStER FrstDons Rush/Yds Passing Yards Offensive Plays Total Offense Kick returns/ Yds Punt returns/ Yds Comp/Att/nt Punts/Avg Fumbles/Lost Penalties/Yards Time of Poss PASSING Player RPSHING Player A Minor 1 Thret I McGuffie Totals RECEMNG Player N Clemens Rogers PIeE storm Totals 1 PUNTNG Player N Mesko Totals KICKOFFRETURNS Player Tota PUNT ...…

…it , I, TL - AA:_I_:.,._- R_:I.. -.-L*-----J-'I-- ---- The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com October 27, 2008 - 5 MAIZE GAUGE The Michigan Daily football writers break down the weekend's stats that don't show up in the box score. The Defense-O-Meter measures the intensity of the defense, the Rod-O-Meter judges how emotional (positive or negative) Rich Rodriguez was following the game and the Hype-O-Meter measures the fans' performance. DEF...…

…6B'- October 27, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com * Wolverines optimistic about offseason strides Borseth regrets his big blowup a Team practices are four weeks ahead of last year's pace, Sims says By ANDY REID Daily Sports Editor CHICAGO - From the excite- ment around the Michigan table at the Big Ten men's basketball Media Day, you wouldn't guess that the Wolverines won a scant 10 games last year. Progress was slow in Michiga...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com October 27, 2008 - 7B The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom October 27, 2008 - 7B Severin posts personal-best time to end regular season n( DE weath at the for pe But Rache too w Chels returr home best 5 to wit ines. "I ning i erin s and little have t in the Th j cross the H cours( year t in the man finish and r McKe five (1 six of Ru Severi enzie State the fr( Sev field Deep dies f out an raroun on t...…

…8B - October 27, 2008 sMonday The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 8B - October 27, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 0 Wolverines win first weekend series, upset No.11 Gophers A H clos deg Lfter pounding awkeyes, team es out Minnesota spite tough calls By MARK BURNS Daily Sports Writer Michigan fans didn't have many reasons to cheer this weekend. But that wasn't the case at Cliff Keen Arena on Friday and Saturday night. The...…

…T L - MICHIGAN'S TALENT 'PAYNE'-FUL The Michigan-Michigantate game is alwaysamarqueematchupbHollywood, please stop turning tomorrow's gamecud have recruiting m ca sf years to come. video games into movies. ___ Football Saturday, Page 1_See Arts, Page 5A Cemidiia n :atlv ONE HUNDRED-NINETEEN YEARS OF EDIIT lAL FREEDOM Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, October 24, 2008 michigandaily.com COLORFUL REACTION UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT Despite poor econo...…

…2A - Friday, October 24, 2008 4 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com An imitation constellation Students were welcomed back from Fall Break by a new sculpture outside the University Museum of Art on State Street. At 53 feet high and 23,000 pounds, the addition is tough to miss. The piece, called Orion, is on long-term loan from artist Mark di Suvero, an abstract American sculp- tor known for his large, geometric works. The work was prev...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday; October 24, 2008 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, October 24, 2008 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS BAGHDAD Iraqi minister escapes assignation Iraq's labor minister escaped assassination yesterday when a suicide bomber rammed an explo- sives-laden SUV into his convoy, killing at least nine people in one of the safest areas of the capital. The blast came on a day when the U.S. relinquished con...…

…4A - Friday, October 24, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com l e Iicl30ig n wily Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu I really wanted to give you some good head this morning and I didn't know how to ask you to let me do it." - Christine Beatty, in a text message to former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. The text messages were released yeste...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, October 24, 2008 -5A Society and the dance revolution By SARA SCHNEIDER Daily Arts Writer "Whether werealize itornot,the 21st Century-world has been inevi- tably shaped by post-modernity - globalization, ArCS in Time international Friday,Oct. policy, cultur- 24 at 4.p.m. al pluralism, At Palmer etcetera," said Commons Angela Kane, professor of School of Music, Theatre & Dance. "Similarly, the d...…

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…Ne- Nvs The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, October 24, 2008 -- 7A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, October 24,2008 - 7A " .U. honors jailed Chinese dissident STRASBOURG, France (AP) - A jailed Chinese activist won the European Union's top human rights prize on yesterday despite strongpressure fromBeijing,which scorned the honor and said it would cause serious harm to China's rela- tions with the 27-nation bloc. Ig...…

…8A - Friday, October 24, 2008a 4 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MICHIGAN 4, NIAGARA 2 NIAGARA FALLS Sophomore duo dominates SAID ALSALAH/' Sophomore Louie Caporusso pokes in his first of two goals in Michigan's 4-2 victory over Niagara last night at Yost Ice Arena. Power-play unit breaks out of 154-minute slump By GJON JUNCAJ Michigan, the Wolverines were Daily Sports Writer caught over-handling the puck at times, losing possessi...…

…0 0 0 0 9 0 0 8B - Football Saturday - October 24, 2008 Michigan depth chart vs. Michigan State OFFENSE 1. Redshirt freshman QB Steven Threet 2. Redshirt sophomore Nick Sheridan R 1. Junior Brandon Minor 2. Freshman Sam McGuffie 1. Redshirt sophonmore FB Mark Moundros 2. Redshirt junior Kevin Grady 1. Sophomore James Rogers 2. Redshirt junior LaTerryal Savoy 1. Freshman W Darryl Stonum 2. Sophomore Zion Babb 1. Freshman LOT Martavioas Od...…

… 0 0. S& S S S S s S S Se 2B - Football Saturday - October 24, 2008 2008 Michigan Schedule Utah, L 23-25: Michigan was expected to haye growing pains. And after a failed comeback attempt, the Wolverines were on the wrong end of an opening game for the second year in a row. Miami (Ohio), W 16-6: At least this gawe isn't against Oregon. Michigan should be able to win against the average Mid-Awerican Conterence teaw or the Wolverines might r...…

…0 ." 0 S S Football Saturday - October 24, 2008 - 3B 6B - Football Saturday - October 24, 2008 Breakdown: Michigan vs. Michigan State By IAN ROBINSON and NATE SANDALS Daily Sports Editoro Michigan rushing offense vs. Michigan State rushing defense: Junior runningback Brandon Minor had a breakout game against Penn State last week. His 117 yards weren't a career high, but they moved Minor to the top of the depth chart. f Minor can hold ont...…

…0" " 48 -Football Saturday - October 24, 2008 October 24, 2008 - Football Saturday - 5B STATE OF THE STATE Michigan and Michigan State battle every year on the gridiron, but the programs' competition for in-state recruits is starting to heat up. By Dan Feldman I Daily Sports Editor walked up to the podium for his weekly press conference Tuesday. "The day we've all waited for has arrived, huh?" Dantonio said. Michigan-Michigan State week. ...…

…Iie IMidligan hailt Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, October 23,2008 minigaanycmm MAIN STREET BLAZE STUDENT SCHOLARS 'U' leads all colleges in Fulbrights Michigan students have won the most grants in three of the last four years By KELLY FRASER Daily News Editor For the third time in four years, the University of Michi- gan has more Fulbright Program grant recipients than any other school. A total of 31 students - 21 undergraduate and 10 gr...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, October 23, 2008 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS NEW YORK Fear of recession sparks causes markets to drop World stock markets sagged again yesterday as a barrage of weak corporate earnings stoked fears that the government's finan- cial intervention won't keep global economies out of recession. Poor earnings from large companies in disparate sectors -Wachovia Corp., Boeing and Merck & Co. - illustrated how wi...…

…4A - Thursday, October 23, 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 ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR GABE NELSON MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations representsolely the v...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, October 23, 2008 - 5A You're little brother' because... Nothing you've seen this season... By DAN FELDMAN Daily Sports Editor "I was just laughing. I thought it wasfunny. They got excited. Sometimes you get your little brother excited when you're playing bas- ketball and you let him get the lead. Then you just come and DAN take it back." -Mike Hart FELDMAN on Nov. 3, 2007 As much as you try...…

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…8A - Thursday, October 23, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Top-25 showdowns fill Langlais steps upto slate for this weekend lea thinned defense Cowboys take on Longhorns in Big 12 clash By FELIX CARREON and TIM ROHAN Daily Sports Writers The winner of the last three BCS championships has been either a Southeastern Confer- ence or Big 12 team. And the dominance of those two confer- ences is evident again this year, with the pair ...…

…The Michigan Daily I michigandaily.com I Thursday, October 23,2008 The Daily Arts guide to the best upcoming events - it's everywhere you should be this weekend and why. This kind of thing would never happen in California. Halloween is the time of year when, asa child, you get to carve a pumpkin, dress up as the cute little vampire and have your mother hold your hand in chilly weather as your neighbors - some sketchier than others - drop min...…

…2B - Thursday, October 23, 2008 CALENDAR The Daily Arts guide to upcoming events in Ann Arbor and the surrounding area. Today 10.23.08 Gypsy Pond Music: Digital Music Ensemble From Noon to 9p.m. At the School of Music pond Free Margot Livesey book reading 5 p.m. At U-M Residential College Auditorium Free Tomorrow 10.24.08 Jessica Fogel and Angela Kane: U-M School of Music Dance Legacy Lecture Series 4p.m. At Palmer Commons Forum Hall (100 Wash...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, October 23, 2008 - 3B Catwalk economics "Remember us? We're the Titans!" Jn the early weeks ef Septem- ber, when the finance world was bracing for disaster, New York's Bryant Park was alive with excited anticipation. Inside the tents at Fashion Week, editors, buyers and stylists strut- ted their most fashionable looks in front of the photog- raphers lined up to greet them, seem- CAROLINE ing...…

…i 4B - Thursday, October 23, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 48 - Thursday, October 23, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom FRIGHTS From Page 1B 1. PERY PONTIAC OCT. 23-3 NOV.2- $20 There's a reason the line for Erebus stretch- es around city blocks and can take hours to get through. Not only is Pontiac's warehouse- filling haunted lair certified by the Book of Guinness World Records as the "World's Larg- est Walk-Throug...…