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…Monday, May 12, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 11 CONCHORDS From Page 10 ness Time" and "Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros" saw some of the loudest responses, and certain audience members seemed partic- ularly tortured to have to wait until the encore to hear "Bowie" and "Pencils in the Wind (Sellotape)," frequently calling for them during downtime. While the pair regularly acknowledged screams of endear- ment with a running tally...…

…12 Monday, May 12, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com SPEED RACER From page 11 On a standard-size movie screen the rush of an intense 600 mph race down a roller coaster track is quite literally enough to take your breath away. I imag- ine that you might actually die attempting to watch this in an IMAX theater. The Wachowskis have laid claim to the title of visual effects pioneers since showing a man dodging bullets nine years ago in...…

…Monday, May 12, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thrice as nice: 'M' dominates Big Ten By JASON KOHLER Daily Sports Writer The No. 19 Michigan baseball team clinched the Big Ten regular- season title yesterday. With four games to spare. While the Michigan players spilled out of the dugout to celebrate the 12-8 win, which completed a sweep over Minnesota and the program's third straight conference championship, Wolverine coach Rich ...…

…141 Monday, May 12, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 20 YEARS WAITING Gray skies lead to Blue victory I Senior Matko Maravic didn't finish a single match in Sunday's regional championship against Texas Tech. claim s regionali By JILLIAN ROTHMAN Daily Sports Writer Senior Matko Maravic woke up Sunday morning to answered prayers - rain. "We are a much better indoor team," Maravic said. And whether it was playing on the indoor cou...…

…Monday, May 12, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 15 SOFTBALL From page 13 Nemitz (21-3) have held the nation's best combined earned runs average all season (0.70). They attack hitters and keep them off-balance. Even though Taylor and Nemitz are underclassmen, hitters and coaches can't help but take notice of their composure on the mound. With the game on the line, they can shut down teams one batter at a time. And the Wolverines c...…

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…OPINION Take personality tests out of job applications While the job market may be tight, it's not tight enough to reject people for jobs because of online personality tests. See Page 4 ARTS "Iron Man" brings life to old genre Robert Domney Jr. shines as the high-tech hero in the surprising- ly above-average new superhero movie. See Page 8 SPORTS Belleville blues The No. 11 Michigan roming team finished fifth of seven teams at the Big Ten Rowi...…

…2 Monday, May 5, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Coleman: Minority enrollment down In Detroit, 'U' president talks recruitment changes By LINDY STEVENS Daily Staff Reporter After months of speculation, Uni- versity President Mary Sue. Cole- man confirmed suspicions about a drop in the University's minority enrollment in a speech Wednesday. "I can tell you that our numbers are down," Coleman said to a group of 75 people gathered ...…

…Monday, May 5, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com New dean joins faculty Architecture prof. has won awards for "green" buildings By JILLIAN BERMAN Daily StaffReporter Internationally-renowned architect Monica Ponce de Leon, who has designed buildings in cit- ies like New York, Paris and Tokyo, willnextturnher attentiontoAnn Arbor. The University announced her appointment as the new Dean of the Taubman College of Archi- tecture and ...…

…Monday May 5, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com be,, ichioan lEail13 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu EMMARIE HUETTEMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA MANAGING EDITOR KATE TRUESDELL EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent...…

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…81 Monday, May 5, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com PRIMARY From Page 1 Despite the candidates' pleas, though, some are convinced the end-of-the-year stress will keep some students from the polls tomorrow. Recognizing that college stu- dents largely flock to Obama's message of hope and change, Nathan Ashworth, chapter coor- dinator of Ball State University's Students for Obama, said he is "a little bit concerned" that some students...…

…Monday, May 5, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 9 With help, Madge delivers By SASHA RESENDE brass sound effects over Daily Arts Writer Timbaland's pulsating beats add to this effect, creating a Madge isn't ready to give song you can shake your ass up her rightly-earned Queen to on a night out at Rick's of Pop crown - or the uber- or on an otherwise boring sexualized superstar image drive to work. The song is that propelled her to...…

…10 Monday, May 5, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com CANDY From Page 9 Stefani impression. As with the last track, these added vocals sound somewhat out-of-place, although they will clearly be a popular addition for clubgoers who are also gettin' their booties down. With a balanced mix between Timbaland's "Promiscuous Girl"- esque beats ("Candy Shop") and the simple poppy splendor that put Madonna on the map ("Incredible"), Hard Can...…

…Monday, May 5, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 11 Blue too focusedfor late-season slump v ast season, the Michigan baseball team had all but clinched the regular-season Big Ten cham- pionship with almost a month to play before the . conference tour- nament. But then, it dropped 2-of-4 games to lowly ANDY Illinois, ateam REID the Wolverines should have easily swept but seem- ingly overlooked. The team's first non-winning confere...…

…- ~ Monday, May 5, 2008 1The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ost ' 'limps to t at Big Tens By ACE ANBENDER For the Daily BELLEVILLE - It was a dreary, overcast day at Belleville Lake for the Big Ten Rowing Championships on Saturday. No. 11 Michigan's performance matched the weather, strug- See a gallery gling to with this article a fifth- www michigandaily.comr place fin- ish in the seven-team tournament. The Wolverines finished 60 points ...…

…OPINION From the Daily: Amending admissions Rick Jones uses 10 percent of his brain on plan to guarantee admission to top 10 percent of high school graduates See Page 4 ARTS Harold & Kumar return for more Despite its raunchy nature, the new sequel to the 2004 film is a surprising success. See Page 8 SPORTS M pulls out win to scavenge a split The Michigan softball team tied in a tightly contested series with Northwestern. The Wolverines and Wil...…

…2 Tuesday, April 29, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom COLEMAN AT THE CAPITAL STUDENT LOANS From Page 1 the school's website. Margaret Rodriguez, the senior associate director in the Office of Financial Aid at the University, said the FDLP will be able to absorb the cost of loaning to students who would have otherwise used the FFELP. She said the FDLP can handle an immediate 20-percent increase in loan volume and that further resou...…

… Tuesday, April 29, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 3 PROTEST FOR PEACE GRADUATION From Page 1 it comes to designing your life." The Class of 1987 law graduate told the audience that a few years after he graduated, he left a six-fig- ure salary as a lawyer to pursue a career in journalism that paid him just $12,000. The Michigan native was even- tually named co-anchor of ABC's "World News Tonight" in Jan. 2006. Just a month late...…

…4 Tuesday, April 29, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com anwal Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu EMMARIE HUETTEMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA MANAGING EDITOR KATE TRUESDELL EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solel...…

…Tuesday, April 29, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com i5 Donating a new solution Finding the perfect match At this moment, more than 98,000 Americans are waiting for life-saving organs.Eighteen of these indi- viduals die each day, still wait- ing. What can be done about the gap between those waiting for transplants TOM and the number MICHNIACKI of organs cur- rently available? The government could continue to air expensive public ...…

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…81 Tuesday, April 29, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com More high times Harold and Kumar still endearing By SHERI JANKELOVITZ DailyArts Writer There is no way that "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle" should've been a hit. It was about two guys who just wanted to. smoke pot and eat some burgers but managed to find trouble and hi-jinks galore along the way. But a hit it was, and so now we have "Harold and Kumar Escape from How's t...…

…Tuesday, April 29, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 9 PREVIEW From Page 8 unplugged, with Tunstall on acous- tic guitar. Her jazzy sound should work particularly well here, and the concert has all the ingredients to be a hit. ANN ARBOR ART FAIRS JULY 16-19 WWW.ARTFAIR.ORG It doesn't really matter that the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair (one of the four fairs, held simultaneously) was ranked first among art fairs in the country in 2004, ...…

…Tuesday, April 29, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Findlay 's single salvages split By RUTH LINCOLN Daily Sports Writer The afternoon had been as dead- locked as Friday traffic on State Street. Entering Sunday's double-head- er tied for first place in the Big Ten, the No. 6 Michigan softball team and visiting No. 12 Northwestern gave the sellout crowd at Alumni Field two tight battles. Both games were pitch-for- pitch, throw-for-t...…

…Tuesday, April 29, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 11 DRAFT From Page 10 following Tom Harmon in 1941. Other Wolverines selected in this year's draft include quarterback Chad Henne (2nd round, Miami), wide receivers Mario Manningham (3rd round, New York Giants) and Adrian Arrington (7th round, New, Orleans), outside linebacker Shawn Crable (3rd round, New England) and running back Mike Hart (6th round, Indianapolis). For Long's m...…

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…Iie Midigan Oai& 'NE-HtNDRED-EI( "ITEEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, April 15,2008 michigandaily.com PREPARING THE DIAG HEALTH CARE IN MICHIGAN Group wants health care mandate on Nov. ballot UHS director says a constitutional amendment, Mich- igan residents would be required plan would reduce to have access to both preventative cost of coverage and primary care. Currently, Mas- sachusetts is the only other sta...…

…4 2A - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 WEDNESDAY: The Extremist THURSDAY: Explained FRIDAY: Before You Were Here BIKE CULTURE Lost in a library labyrinth I felt my brain, body and soul fall apart at the Grad yesterday as I punched incorrect buttons on a bor- rowed calculator, wondering what the probability was I'd even pass my upcoming stats exam. I decided to take a break and try to find a summer job at the library's human resources department....…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS ATLANTA Delta, Northwest announce merger, but face opposition If Delta and Northwest are going to create the world's largest airline, they'll first have unions to cajole, politicians to placate, and antitrust regulators to convince. Two of Northwest's largest unions immediately declared their opposition. Most importantly, the airlines will need antitrust approval...…

…0 (). a 0 pinior 4A - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 4Jb t*Iiiian Ea Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 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 illu...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, A pril 15, 2008 - 5A How did ceiling cat get outside? A vacation to die fo- New horror film finds success through its adaption of Smith's powerful novel By JEFFREY BLOOMER Daily Arts Writer For a movie about the children of white yuppies who venture into the big, bad Mexi- can jungle only to be trapped by violent Mayans, "The Ruins" is a surprisingly polished and effective movie, if not a ver...…

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….M 8A - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Southern road trip inspires show By MAUREEN SULLIVAN Daily Arts Writer School of Art and Design Junior Cassie McQuater and artist Sam Strand use colorful language to describe their colorfully-named exhibit. "Shit Y'all (Somewhere There's a River)" is showing at the Canterbury House until AprilS 20th. "The title (Somewhere of our exhibit There's a is basically us acknowl...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, A pril 15, 2008 - 9A 'yam' "IRON MAN" RELEASE DATE: MAY 2ND Based on the popular Marvel comic series, "Iron Man" tells the story of Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr., "Zodiac") and his transformation from rich indus- trialist to iron-suited superhero. Since it's directed by Jon Favreau, who previously helmed the box office smash "Elf" starring Will Ferrell, it's not surprising that the trailer pl...…

…I 10A - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com I I II II W E E ZE R '' - WEEZER RELEASE DATE: JUNE 17 Unless you're be celebrating your middle school graduation later this spring, you're probably among the massive majority that thought that Weezer's 2005 album, Make Believe, was absolute trash. But unless you have a heart of stone, then you probably still hang on tightly to the fading glimmer of hope that Weezer mi...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com PETS From Page 1A Area Humane Society in Lansing, which takes in any abandoned ani- mals from Michigan State Univer- sity students, has also noticed the trend, calling it one that "happens all over the country." "I noticed it when I worked in Pennsylvania and Florida," said Steven Heaven, the group's presi- dent. "We tend not to adopt to stu- dentsbecause of that problem." Ann Williams, a representative ...…

…I 12A - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom CATFCHINA.-G (ON Nearly deaf walk-on goes from team manager to team player By Dan Feldman -Daily Sports Editor The day was taking too long to end. The Michigan softball team opened play at Alumni Field last year with a doubleheader against Western Michigan. The first game was an on-the-edge-of-your-seat thriller. Lori- lyn Wilson came within one out of throwing a no-hitt...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, April 15, 2008 -13A After being cut twice, Herrmann made squad as bullpen catcher HERRMANN From Page 12A said. He had the week off to go hunting, so he took Rachael to the doctor the next morning. The doctor diagnosed Rachael with bacterial meningitis. She was immediately rushed to the chil- dren's hospital for treatment. Rachael had a 107-degree tem- perature. For the first couple days, the do...…

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…0 16A - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 N ew s The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com HIRING From Page 1A The report presented to the Sen- ate Assembly, a group comprised of University faculty members, used data provided each year by Univer- sity Human Resources to examine trends in faculty hiring across racial and ethnic categories - white, black, Asian and Hispanic. The percentage of minority fac- ulty has seen steady increases in all professori...…

… C1le 4Hd7igan al Tuesday, April 15, 2008 enioryear is ayear of"last times." With graduation in sight, students mark the everyday events that will soon recede from the everyday. The last time we register for classes. The last time we watch the Mich- igan-Ohio State game from the student sec- tion. The last time we get a day off while the Graduate Employees' Organization strikes. In honor of the last day of classes for this year's graduating s...…

…2B - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaiycom University of Michigan MichiganEngineering Cleec niern mi~z;;;',~ Dean's Ho o1Ls The Dean and faculty of the College of Scott Hyder James LiJinXagNBrn uoThdrsTaopls D lacoullo Jinng Li Jing Shen Ng Nipuna Rupasnghe Raj Thapar Prince Idichandy Kang Li Kwok Wai Wilson Ng Neal Ruche Geoffrey Thes Sarah lkhaniPour Christopher Lilly Thai-Son Nguyen Briana Russo Paul Theron Darryl Isa...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 3B Many students were anxious about the passage of Proposal 2, a ballot initiative which banned race- and gender-based affirmative action in Michigan on Nov. 2, 2006. - wI Ross gives $100 mil. Sept.9 - After University alum Stephen Ross gave $100 million to the Business School - the largest donation in the University's history- officials announced it would be renamed the Ross ...…

…I 4B - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 I-C The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com E-MAIL OQUIST AT JOQUIST@UMICH.EDU I e Wc 1 1n at'*1 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors. The Daily's Edi...…