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…sl e The Michigan Daily I michigandaily.com I Thursday, April 03,2008 The Daily Arts guide to the best upcoming events - it's everywhere you should be this weekend and why. NJ I N J ./ I\ L..L-.I I Brad Mehldau comes to Michigan Theater. Combining jazz and rock influences, Mehldau brings his unique style to the Michigan Theatre tomorrow. Expect many different influences in his performance when he takes the stage at 8 p.m. Tickets are $18 - ...…

…2B - Thursday, April 3, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com REDUCTIVE REASONING Picking one and one apart. The Daily Arts guide to upcoming events Today You Can Never Tell 7:30 p.m. At the Arthur Miller Theatre $9 with student ID Tomorrow The Hobbit 2: The Lord of the Rings 7 pm At the Walgreen Drama Center (Studio 1) Free Saturday 3.22.08 Ann Arbor "Dance for Mother Earth" Pow Wow 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Crisler Arena $10 with student...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Iclick th i's I1 click that ho knows what Frank O'Hara, the ubiquitous New York poet from the'50s, would think of the Internet and blogs and media columns. That our Information Age switches manmade places for electronic ones would probably distress him. One of his more famous quotes reads, "I ANDREW can't even SARGUS enjoy a KLEIN blade of grass unless I know there's a subway handy, or a record store or...…

…0 4B - Thursday, April 3, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com FILM From Page 3B shooting "Bilal's Stand" consisted of 15- hour workdays where the filmmakers didn't even have accessto the footage they'd shot. "It was a very sort of grass-roots, bare- bones experience," Sharrief said. "There's a normal level of drama on a film shoot. We probably upped the ante like two-fold, three-fold because we were young people, inexperienced peopl...…

…THE YEAR IN PH OTOS Looking back on the Fab Five The Statement, Page 4B The Statement, age 6B lltic4toan Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, April 2,2008 michigandailycom STEPPING OUT STATE ECONOMY Toyota to spend $100M at A2facility Exl Wi B Toyo that it over th the aut researc Arbor - 35 rese years. The] ta's cu square part of1 Nob engine versity Centra Labora the new perts say region According to the Japanese auto- maker's statement, t...…

…2A - Wednesday, April 2, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2A - Wednesday, April 2, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom THE OLDEST STUDENT ORANITO Singingt through the centuries Few campus groups can boast that past members had fought in the civil war, but heading into its 150-year anniversary, the Men's Glee- Club The oldest student organization on campus, the Glee Club was formed in 1859 by a small group of -men. Since ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com vWS Wednesday, April 2,2008 - 3A Is Wednesday, April 2,2008 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS TOYOTA From Page 1A WASHINGTON Congress questions ac top oil companies on fo th soaring profits St Top executives of the five big- a gest U.S. oil companies were hi pressed yesterday to explain the soaring fuel prices amid huge th industry profits and why they in weren't investing more to develop is renewable energy source s...…

…4A -Wednesday, April 2, 2008 4C.Udc lan4,aily 1 Edited and managed by students at the University ofMichigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu 4 0 OP , in-101 14 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 of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, April 2, 2008 - 5A Sounds of Summer pringtime is great for col- lege students. It means the end of the school year and the beginning of a new baseball season; the time for guys to wear shorts and girls to boast their egre- giously short skirts - a day, I can assure you, all males on campus look forward to. For music fans though, it signi- fies something far more excit- ing: the chance to lis...…

…4 6A- Wednesday, April 2, 2008 the michigan daily The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4 PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE. 665-8825. PARKING SPOT AVAIL. on central campus. 734-741-9300. for rent 060 I! GREAT APARTMENTS & HOUSES FOR 08-09!! A combination of quality and prices you can't Beat! We have Hses. & Apts. all over A2. w/ something to fit every need. Studios, 1 bdrms., 2 bdrms., 3 bdrms., and houses still available. PICK UP OUR LISTINGS TO...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, April 2, 2008 - 7A Several MSA representatives Kinesiology sophomore T.J. MSA MEETING voiced concern about additional Winfrey, a new representative, is JO IN O UR From Page 1A tuition costs. concerned with the possible addi- "The biggest concern is that tional costs. ONLINE STA FF dents who already have health we don't want to price anyone at "I really think that the needy care insurance wouldn...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, April 2, 2008 - 9.A The ichganDaiy -michganailcomWedesda, Aril2, 008- 9 Ahead of tourney, former players wish icers well Davidson sophomore Stephen Curry became a national icon while leading his team's improbable Elite Eight run. Drooling over Duvidsot unlikely heroU By NATE SANDALS Daily Sports Editor By the time Kevin Porter made it back to the locker room after his NOTEBOOK team's 2-0 w...…

…10A - Wednesday, April 2, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michiganclaily.com ENERGY From Page 1A Michigan, which supports the renewable energy bills in the state Legislature, said job opportunities would only become available after Michigan actually passes the legis- lation. "We're looking at places like Illinois and Wisconsin that have started to pursue renewable ener- gy strongly, and they've already started to see those job benefits," she said....…

…w -w IV r- - -- -W -W I 8B > The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, April 2, 2008 LEGACY From PAGE 7B "I just thought it was the most unfitting way for the Fab Five run to end," Wojnowski said. "It was the opposite of brashness and defi- ance." That was the end of the Fab Five at Michigan. Webber left for the NBA after that season, and even though the team reached the Elite Eight the next season, the Fab Five era closed in 1993 with that los...…

…V V V V w w w v 'W v -W qw w Wednesday, April 2, 2008 - The Michigan Daily THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK with GABE NELSON A look at the big news events this week and how important they really are. Conveniently rated from one to 10. A FUTURE ON WALL STREET Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwe president often accosed of corruption and election-rigging, seems close to steeping dow nas returns from the country's recent elections indicate he will lose ...…

…- - - ------------ Wedesay Aris2 :08 Th Mchga Dil I 6 > he ichga Daly Weneday Apil , 008 An unwvanted leg9ac y As much as some might like to forget about them, the legacy of the Fab Five isn't going away IAN ROBINSON I DAILY SPORTS EDITOR 44WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A LEGACY FROM WHEN WE PLAYED. THAT WAS ONE OF OUR GOALS, TALKING ABOUT IT AMONGST OURSELVES. JIMMY KING QUOTES OF THE WEEK "I would prefer he became a nice Jewish docto...…

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…Where the Wii has failed Keeping quiet about the Olympics A plea for Nintendo to stop making hardware Arts, Page s Why a boycott's a bad idea Opinion, Page 4 ONE HtNDRED-EIGHTEEN'YEARSOF EDIT01RIAL1FREEDOM Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, April 1, 2008 michigandaily.com RENEWABLE ENERGY IN MICHIGAN Second in a three-part series about making sustainable energy sources a reality Experts see promise in biofuel production Producing energy from pla...…

…40 2 -Tuesday, April 1, 2008 MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers Yesterday, my quirky professor was lecturing on the Comstock Act of 1873, prompting our class to spi- ral into a heated debate about what exactly constitutes. "obscene or lewd" material. To direct the discussion, my pro- fessor cited two guidelines as to what qualifies a material as obscene: if community standards are vio- lated or if it lacks artistic merit. To clarify, she explaine...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, April 1, 2008 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS HARARE, Zimbabwe Opposition party in Zimbabwe claims election victory Zimbabwe's opposition claimed victory yesterday in the elections, while a slow trickle in official re- sults raised fears that supporters of longtime President Robert Mugabe were rigging the count. Mugabe has been accused of stealing previous elections, but that was before Zimbabwe's once thriv- ...…

…4 4 - Tuesday, April1, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University ofMichigan 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 views...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily~com h Tuesday, Aprill1, 2008 - 5 The look of a man in need of change. The third-party conundrum- CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: "The Betrayal," Larry Flynt and "The Orbits Inside" A RETURN TOFORM After two tepid years, festival concludes with awards and homegrown, indie mentality By JEFFREY BLOOMER DailyArts Writer "The Betrayal," a prodigious, decade- spanning documentary that follows a fami- ly's immigratio...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, April 1, 2008 - 7 Politician presents plan for Mich. delegates ARTS From Page 1 Hubbs explained how in the song's music video, Wilson is shown t"musically cross-dressing," or assuming male roles and imitating the styles of male artists like Lynyrd Skynyrd and Kid Rock. Bertrand presented his analysis of how rock'n'roll and R&B affected race relations in the South. The crux of his argument cente...…

…I 8 - Tuesday, April 1, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Clinton accuses Obama of trying to stop further voting JOIN OUR ONLINE STAFF. E-mail odonnell@michigandaily.com HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton accused rival Sen. Barack Obama and his allies of trying to stop people from voting as some of his backers have called on her to drop out of the presidential race. The Obama campaign rejected the char...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, April 1, 2008-,9 Rough starts turn to wins in Iowa sweep CLIF REEDER/Daily Defenseman Chad Langlais helped the Michigan defense block 16 shots during this weekend's NCAA East Regional. Michigan has allowed just two goals in the last three games. M' defense dminant at egional By MICHAEL EISENSTEIN Daily Sports Writer ALBANY, N.Y. - Michigan goalie Billy Sauer was bored. In a span over the firs...…

…10 -Tuesday, Aprill1, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily'.com 10 -Tuesday, April 1, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom DEFENSE From Page 9 injuries - forcing sophomore walk- on Eric Elmblad to play his first col- legiate games - nor Kevin Quick's dismissal from the team have slowed the unit. The blueliners have simply been in the background of Kevin Porter and Chad Kolarik's prolific offense and Sauer's drastic turnaround this ...…

…Opening Day for gaming consoles 'MLB 2K8' hits Wii, 360 Arts,. Academia, the liberal haven Page 5A Ideological diversity matters too Opinion, Page 4A ~Iy 1idcian Di~ )NE-HJUN I UGE I JTO .1AL\ L F l*EEI( Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, March 31, 2008 michigandaily.com RENEWABLE ENERGY IN MICHIGAN First in a three-part series about making sustainable energy sources a reality Experts: Wind energy could help Michigan MICHT(AN 9;.NIAG~ARA 1 ...…

…6 2A - Monday, March 31, 2008 FRIDAY: Before You Were Here Intergalactic Doritos On June 12, scientists from a Brit- ish university will transmita Doritos commercial to 47 Ursae Majoris in the hopes of contacting possible inhabit- ants of the star system, The Chron- icle of Higher Education reported. The scientists from the University of Leicester are hoping it will promote more public interest in science. Anthony van Eyken, director of th...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS HARARE, Zimbabwe Election results still not made public Zimbabwe's main opposition party claimed an early lead in na- tional elections but the govern- ment did not release results Sunday and sent riot police into the streets, raising fears of aviolent dispute. No results were officially an- nounced by evening, 24 hours af- ter the end of voting. Independent election monitors said riot police ...…

…4A - Monday, March 31, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0 74Ce ICd1ian :altj Edited and managed by students at the University ofMichigan 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 oftthe Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations rep...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, March 31,2008 - 5A SING AND A MP41 ARTS IN BRIEF 'Hot Fuzz' director's new film falls short By SARAH SCHWARTZ DailyArts Writer A runner needs to be aware of a marathon's phases. There's the energetic high at the beginning, the lagging mid- dle, the "wall" - when it's pain- ful to go on - and finally the sprint Run, to the finish line. Fatboy, Run It's a little disap- pointing to find At Showc...…

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…0 8A - Monday, March 31, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NO 1t/5 15Nr4 T&KXF HOMO-,INT lW YOU CAN'T MAKE UP VAID INTEDCIIHEW 4 I 0 0 CRAMMING IS FOR FINALS, NOT STUDENT LOANS. Open 7 Days. F Aaana Arizona Arkansas Auburn a 0 I a Georgia Gonzaga Illinois Kansas Kansas State Kentucky Louisville LSU Marshall An New Mexico North Carolina Oklahoma )klahoma State Penn State Pittsburgh Purdue South Carolina South Florida Te...…

…U The Michigan Daily I michigandaily.com I March 31,2008 2008 NCAA EAST REGIONAL ALBANY, NY MICHIGAN 5, NIAGARA 1 e MICHIGAN 2, CLARKSON 0 cm . -q. 4MV. fROZEN OUR- D Senior Kevin Porter skates to the Wolverine bench after scoring a goal during NCAA Regional play. Porter tallied five goals, incIuding a regional record four against Niagara, to lead Michigan to the Frozen Four. NEXT UP: FIGHTING IRISH Five goals cure 'slump' FORGET FINALS,...…

…2B - March 31, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 40 2B - March 31, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Blue shuts down Big Ten opponents early in season Junior Zach Putnam hit his first two home runs of the season, pacing the Wolverines in their sweep over Iowa. CLF REEDER/Daily Put nam leads sweep Wolverines pickup four wins on the weekend behind strong pitching duo By RUTH LINCOLN Daily Sports Writer WEST LAFAYETTE - U...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com M~arch 31, 2008 - 3B The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom March 31, 2008 - 38 * Blue blanks Big Ten competition Junior tandem teams Up for key doubles victory e The team with a But rolling Mic overal with 7 day an pair of verine eight s The igan's legiate reache tivene. "W becaus Michigan wins weren't adjusted to college tennis yet, and we had a brutal schedule," ighth-straight Michigan Coach Ronn...…

…4B - March 31, 2008 n-da The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com a Scoring drought ends season, WNIT hopes MEN'S SWIMMING 'M' sputters to sixth place finish By RYAN A. PODGES Daily Sports Writer- By ALEX PROSPERI Daily Sports Writer EAST LANSING - As you might have seen afterthe Michigan wom- en's basketball team blew a 20- point second-halflead to Wisconsin about a month MICHIGAN 40 ago, MICH. STATE 45 Michigan coach Kevin Borseth usuall...…

…Women's basketball advances in NIT Young, brash and loud Next up: In-state rivals Michigan State Sports, Page 8 Be Your Own Pet releases noisy, fun second album Arts, Page S ffiidiian aIt ONE-UN IGHTEE1(1 ARS N ED)TOR AL FREEDOM Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, March 28,2008 michigandailycom A BRIEF RESPITE STATE APPROPRIATIONS Senate OKs 3-percent hike nfundgin BENJI DELL/Daily A man walks underneath an arch near the Alumni Center during a rain...…

…2 - Friday, March 28, 2008 The malty taste of freedom Close the door. Turn down the music. Hide the Keystone Light. Many dorm residents know the routine when they hear a knock on the door after quiet hours. But for a brief period in the 1970s, students in the dorms lived without the fear of being busted by a wandering resident adviser. On Jan. 1, 1972, Michigan law- makers reduced the legal drink- ing age from 21 to 18, and for about seven y...…

…The Michigan Daily - michiganclaily.com Friday, March 28, 2008 - 3 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, March 28, 2008 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS Senate passes 3 percent funding hike BAGHDAD FUNDING From Page 1 Senate passed only one. trict includes North Campus, The bills went to a conference a member of the House Appro iolence continues to the state, and all of them are committee, eventually becom- priations committee. She sai recovering fr...…

…4-Friday, March 28, 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 EDITORIA( PAGE EDITOR GABE NELSON MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials leflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board.:All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views o...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, March 28, 2008 - 5 New 'rap-rock'group avoids genre's stigma Awkward youth Teen indie-punk group returns with a mature and coherent second album By SASHA RESENDE DailyArts Writer By BRIAN HAAGSMAN DailyArts Writer The combination of rap and rock can be dangerous. Turn-of-the-millennium bands like Limp Bizkit and Crazy Town are the warning label, displayingthe sheer mag- Why? nitude of musical ...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com LIBERTARIANS From Page 1 ertarians, we've really had a fantas- tic year," Plourde said. The group, which meets weekly, has brought eye-opening speak- ers to campus this year, including Kenyan journalist June Arunga, who gave a speech advocating free trade rather than foreign aid as a solution to poverty. In October, the group partnered with Students for Sensible Drug Policy to sponsor a speech by Grav- ...…

…0 8 - Friday, March 28, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com a MICHIGAN 59, SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 45 STILL GOING Plenty of shots propel Blue to quarterfinals Wolverines take Lady Rams out of rhythm ByANTHONY OLIVEIRA Daily Sports Writer On most nights, even when the Wolverines win, the opposition attempts more shots than the Mich- igan women's basketball team. NOTEBOOK But for just the seventh time this season, the Wolverines outsh...…

…Daily Arts' annual fashion section The B-Side 1Iic 1Nid n igariBly Ann Arb or, vMicnigan Thursday, March 27,2008 michigandaily.com MARIJUANA RALL Hash Bash might not be able to secure Diag Organizers say space is taken, but'U' won't say who reserved it By CHARLES GREGG-GEIST Daily Staff Reporter For36years, the Diaghas playedhostto amassgath- ering of marijuana enthusiasts in early April. They've turned out in droves through sun, rain and ...…

…I The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 2A - Thursday, March 27, 2008 MONDAY: TUESDAY: In Other Ivory Towers Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: TUSA-FRIDAY: The Extremist Explained _Before You Were Here MAT KIND OF CAsDOEg w ItY emn DRI Cruising with Coleman The next time you see a 2002 Buick LeSabre cruising around campus, you might want to look twice. It could be University President Mary Sue Coleman. In her bronze-colored, full- size sedan, Cole...…