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… LOCAL/S TATE The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 9, 2000 - 3A RESEARCH Study shows race plays role in death rates In a study published in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sci- ences, University researchers found a large gap in death rates between black and white people in the United States. The study found that the death rate for black people was 1.6 times higher than the rate for white people, the same rate that existed in 1950. The ...…

…4A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 9, 2000 $b Mirbiga ai &g ywe'e still a school of rich white kids 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109 daily.letters@umich.edu Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan MIKE SPAH Editor in Chief EMILY ACH'EN BA ' Editorial Page Eoitor Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of the majority ofthe Daily's editorial board. All other articles, letters and ...…

… HIGHER EDUCATION- The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 9, 2000 - 5A .Internet put to the test in Sprmaries By Emily Rockwood Cavalier Daily (University of Virginia) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (U- WIRE) - The Internet's political prowess is being tested this week's pri- manes. This date marks one of the most important times in the primary season when vote-swinging states like New York and California enter the electoral rng. This week's primaries p...…

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…The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 9, 2000 - 7A Deliberations continue in HB murder trial DETROIT (AP) - A second day of jury deliberations produced no verdict yesterday in the involuntary manslaughter and poisoning trial of a man accused of slipping the so-called date rape drug to a 15-year-old girl. Meanwhile, a separate jury began hearing closing arguments in the trials of three other men who were with Joshua Cole the night that Samantha...…

…8A -The Michigan Daily -Thursday, March 9, 2000 CtgsNATION/WORLD Cliton nts China tra dedebt House expected to approve measure granting permanent trading privileges by late June The Washington Post WASHINGTON -- President Clinton formally called on Congress yesterday to grant permanent trading privileges to China, igniting a debate that will dominate the House for weeks and determine whether Clinton achieves the highest international priorit...…

… NATION/WORLD- The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 9, 2000 - 9A Bradley expected to withdraw from race, back Gore McCain plans to ponder all possible options / WASHINGTON (AP) - Bill Bradley readied an belief that he is a good person," Gore said on NBC. endorsement of old foe Al Gore yesterday as he "I have worked with him in the Senate." rpted his exit from the Democratic presidential Neither Bradley nor McCain scheduled any public mpaign...…

…10A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 9, 2000 "Bank of the Last 25 Years" as awarded by International Financing Review, the journal of record of the international capital markets. ; I …

… A 'Dangerous' Wyatt Not the legendary lawman of the West nor. Henry Fonda, Kurt Russell or (gasp) Kevin Costner, poet Wyatt Prunty reads from his work, including 'Unarmed and Dangerous.' Rackham, 5 p.m. : michigandaily.com /arts I Ri hIA THURSDAY MARCH 9, 2000 k 40* Van Gogh shows his face at DIA By Jenni Glenn Fine & Performing Arts Editor Vincent van Gogh remains one of the most recognized painters in history more than 100 years...…

…12A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 9, 2000 RETURN OF STEELY DAN IS FORCE OF NATURE' Rollins and company 'Get Some' new raga I was going to give "Two Against Nature," Steely Dan's first recording of completely new studio material in twenty years an "A," until I stumbled upon an old "Down Beat" article about the band from September of 1975. The article features an interview with Donald Fagen, half of Steely Dan's creative team, in whi...…

… ARTS The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 9, 2000-13A Films opening Mission to Mars Brian DePalma directed this - so, come on, it has to be good. Wait a minute, didn't he do "Snake Eyes?" Look at it this way: He's gotta do a better job of filming a Kubrick imitation than Kubrick's. At Showcase: 12:30, 1, 1:30, 2:50, 4, 4:30, 5:10. 6:45, 7:15, 7:45, 9:15, 9:45, 10:15, 11:40 (Fri. & Sat.), 12:10 (Fri. & Sat.). The Ninth Gate Roman Polanski ...…

…14A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 9, 2000 ARTS Saturday CAMPUS CINEMA Besieged (1998) See Fri. 5:30 p.m. $5.50. The Cup (1999) See Friday. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty. 9:45 p.m. $5.50. Harold and Maude (1971) Basi- cally your typical guy meets girl love story. Or something like that. Snicker. At State: 12. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) Hitchcock's Brit original (which he remade in 1956 Holly- wood) is about a man whose frie...…

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… The honors continue After they captured the regular season conference championship, Wolverines Jeff Jillson and Mike Comrie were cho- sen first team all-CCHA. Check on-line to see the rest of the selections. michigandaiiy.com/sports PIL 4n THURSDAY MARCH 9, 2000 16A ii i> 41 14 i ;, " t" IN TODAY' S SECTION 0oe C~OO/ Joe Warren is a lot like Charles Barkle - out- lanrdish, outspoken and without a championship. Now on the verge of NCA...…

… The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 9, 2000 - A 2000 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Trouble in Big D, this time hockey DALLAS (AP) - Dallas Stars goaltender Ed Belfour spent more than six hours in police custody this morning after being arrested and charged with assault and resisting arrest following a scuffle with a security guard at an upscale hotel. Dallas police had to spray Belfour with mace to get him to release a security guar...…

…The pLastic pizza thing. It's structurally sound. It's supportive. And it's simply brilliant. Want to learn more about a career that fosters this kind of thinking? Consider this an open invitation for open minds. Resumes for the Equities Management Financial Analyst position are due Friday, March 10, 2000 Equities Management provides strategic planning and internal consulting services to Goldman, Sachs & Company's Equities Division. We apply c...…

…The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 9, 2000 - 19A WA RREN AT WAR By Jon Schwartz and Dan Williams - Daily Sports Writers t Michigan, superstar athletes are a dime a dozen. The athletic program has always been blessed with many highly-talented and decorat- ed competitors who have been intent on bringing honor to themselves and their university. But, amongst all of those success stories, Joe Warren has managed to separate himself. With an ...…

…:2OA - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 9, 2000 Acapulco fun can be Bpiled he dark-skinned Mexican sat at a round table, face covered , witha mask of intensity, head slightly tilted to the left, ears perked, jiand tightly gnpping a light b1ue'pen. } This man is not your typical athlete. His arms are a little too' flabby; his spare tire, hidden underneath the JOSH table, a bit too KLEINBAUM large. But he has Apocalypse one characters- Now ...…

… The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 9, 2000 -22 LINING UP By Uma Subramanian - Daily Sports Writer Date: April 9, 1997. The Place: Omaha, Nebraska. The Event: Game 5 of the semifinals of the Hockey League Championship . between the Lincoln Stars and the haLancers. Lincoln leads the series 3-±heading into the contest - this one's fe 1h the glory. ie Outcome: Scott Matzka's Lancers teira 4-2 lead into the final stanza. But t hometown team...…

… 22A The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 9, 2000 RITT's BITS Unsure her path would go Michigan's way, a second chance helped bring the Wolverines into prominence By Joe Smith - Daily Sports Writer ,v n today's college-sports world, it's hard to find coaches who stay long enough for fans to keep track of them. Gone are the days of long-stand- ing tenures such as Bo Schembechler or Woody Hayes. Now, the coaching posi- tion is more of a rev...…

…Men ready -ly Ma Mo Following a sixth-place finish at the Big Ten 7Championships, the Michigan men's track team ;Josed the book on its indoor campaign and began looking ahead to the outdoor season. But or two Wolverines, the biggest test still looms. Distance runners Jay Cantin and Steve awrence were the lone Wolverines to qualify for 2000 NCAA Championships and the pair will tavel to Arkansas next week to compete with the premier runners in t...…

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… 28 - The Michigan Daily - Weekend, etc. Magazine - Thursday, March 9, 2000 0 0 The Michigan Daily - Weekend, etc. Magazi Monkey Island by Curt Prudden The monkeys were getting restless now. It was seven a.m. and by eight o'clock, Brown Man would be com- ing in to give them their morning chow. Brown Man was the keeper of Monkey Island, the zoo's faux-habi- tat of African monkey wildlife. Every day at the same time Brown Man came to g...…

… 14B - The Michigan Daily - Weekend, etc. Magazine - Thursday, March 9, 2000 0 0 0 0 The Michigan Daily - feekend, etc. Mag Breakdown Poem by Melissa Jones last night downtown dearborn pissing out behind the just-closed Big Boy primal posei the dumpster onto dirt and next to streaming pavement thirty dollars worth of cover and long islands each splash specks on bar shoes this is the title in two senses: one is alcohol into urine once...…

…0 4B - The Michigan Daily - Weekend, etc. Magazine - Thursday, March 9, 2000 Bastard by Seva Gunitskiy The Michigan ODty - Weekend, etc. Magazi Sarah gets more experimental, but love doesn 't ge I have to admit, Jacky was a hideous little child. Much later, after her long lashes and radiant carelessness had become firmly entrenched in my heart, we flipped through her old family albums and laughed at the crocodile smiles of Jacky aged four,...…

…0 0 0 The Michigan Daily - Weekend, etc. M SWEAT HARD every Friday night in March at the CCRB during Mid-Term Mayhem. Your Student Alumni Council (SAC) is keeping the CCRB open until 1:30AM. Swim laps, lift weights and shoot hoops with your friends at midnight. Free food, drinks, giveaways every 30 minutes, and a different U-MOVE class every week, all March. Co-sponsored by the Indian American Students Association and Indian Students...…

… 0 68 - TheMichigan Daily Weekend, etc. Magaine -Thursday, March 9, 2000 6 0 Sestina For My Mother The Michigan Daily - Weekend, etc. Magazin Assuming he was here A tinfoil voice asks me to say a poem. Next door, an EKG chirps rhythmically. One hand is not twitching, h nehand clutches tissues splotched with black. It is a lucid request, her first all afternoon, reminds of what's caught in the teeth of psychosis. by MichaelLombardo I der...…

… 10B - The Michigan Daily - Weekend, etc. Magazine - Thursday, March 9, 2000 *g y .0 The Michigan Daily - Weekend, etc. Mag Rowan by Joelle Renstrom They named her after a tree. A bowed ash with leaves like sideways moons, cut in zigzags and lightning bolts by the teeth of caterpillars. They buried the placenta in the garden. That summer, stalks and vegetables they had never planted grew there. Tomatoes round like a mother's belly, impatien...…

…~1~ 0 0 0 9 0 8R -- The Michigan Daiiv - Weekend. etc. Magazine - Thursday. March 9. 2000 The Michigan Daily - Weekend, etc. Magaz uu . c "w ubu uaa.q -- ... a.. a. ...al .. . . " ... p.... Pictures of Poets Selected Writers Sarah Skow author of 'The Ride Home' Emily Mather author of 'Assuming He Was There' photo by Jessica Johnson IL Joelle Renstrom author of 'Rowan' and 'Sonnet For A Cotton Tail' photo by Louis Brown Meli...…

…One hundred nine years of editoialfreedom Y NEWS: 76-DAILY CLASSIFIED: 764-0557 wwwmichigndaily.com Wednesday March 8, 2000 y [x Committee forms LSI classes for Pndergrads By Jeannie Baumann Daily StxaReporter As the walls of the University's Life Sciences Institute are set to rise across from Palmer Field in the next couple of years, a committee is cur- rently laying the foundation to incor- Irate undergraduate courses into the titute. T...…

…2 - TheMichigan Daily - Wednesday, March 8, 2000 NATION/WORLD Loss of license may orce closing ALA.STARMardini filed a lawsuit against the city during A LL STAR the closure on the grounds that the action was Continued from Page 1 unlawful. cooperation " Mardini said he feels the impetus for the clos- The All Star Cafe closed for two weeks after a ing was the police department's dislike of some fight there in September when glass was thrown ...…

… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 8, 2000- *HIGHER ED- U Wisconsin police request media photos University of Wisconsin police have requested all photographs from The Badger Herald and The Daily Cardinal of the recent sit-in by stu- dents protesting sweatshops. Fifty-four people were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and unlawful assembly Feb. 20 on the fifth day of the protest in the university's Bascom Hall --jus...…

…4 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 8, 2000 Attention America. Apartheid is coming home bIte idigatu &ilg 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109 daily.letters@umich.edu Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan MIKE SPAHN Editor in Chief EMILY ACHENBAUM Editorial Page Editor Unless otherwise noted; unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of the majority of the Daily's editorial board. All other articles, letters ...…

… p 'o the evening to ye! ?odern Celtic legends The Chieftans bring their rousing, ethnic-folk reper- toire to Hill Auditorium at 8 p.m. Aft 10 Iff RTS off michigandaily.com /arts WEDNESDAY MARCH 8, 2000 5 'Skip' triumphs with sweet, simple Southern tale By Aaron Rich Daily Arts Writer Early in "My Dog Skip," Willie Morris (Frankie Muniz), our nine-year- old protagonist, sees his hero and significantly older friend, Dink My Dog (Luke Wils...…

…6 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 8, 2000 *************PARKING!************* Oncampus parking! Special rates! 665-8825. 415 BENJAMIN - Modern, furn., I bdrm. For 1-2 persons, $650; Furnished, futon, track lighting, dishwasher. A/C, parking, & laundrv. Sept. leases. 663-3070. 6 BDRM. APT. in a duplex on High St., 2 bathrooms, kitch., living rms., off-street prkg., free ldry. Sept.-Sept. leases. $2125 + util. Call 734-615-2597 or ameed...…

… The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 8, 2000 - ANALYSIS ontinued from Page 1 "If McCain beats Bush there are those that say its really a blow to his capacity to win California in the general election." Bradley's losses will allow Gore the opportunity to focus on the gen- eral election. Although Bradley has not won a single state in all the primaries, crit- *cs say his campaign served a pur- pose. "One benefit for Al Gore is the challenge fr...…

… ARTS The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 8, 2000-8 Dreamcast's'Zo gets big marks "Zombie Revenge" is the beat 'em up follow up side story to the "House of the Dead" series of-games. That's quite a legacy to live up to, and it's not surprising that it doesn't fully make it. From a story point of view, "Zombie Revenge" clears up a lot of thematic loose ends that were never clear in the "House of the Dead" games. Grade: B+ Zombie Revenge ...…

… Hockey USCHO poll Wv1ichigan ranks fifth in the latest USCHO hockey poll. Coo online to see how the rest of the top 25 shakes out. michigandaily.com/sports j LItid Emei PORTS WEDNESDAY MARCH 8, 2000 9 *More to come from champi ns ow far has the Michigan hock- team come this season? Six nd a half months ago, I first spoke to Michigan coach Red Berenson and I asked him how far he thought his team could go. The legendary Michigan coach s...…

…10 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 8, 2000 Stopping Stephens is key for Michigan TOURNAMENT Continued from Page 9 Chicago as head man at Iowa has been for Big Ten Media Day in October (Iowa didn't play at Northwestern this season, due to a scheduling glitch). So tomorrow will be his first visit. "I've never been in a tournament where, to win it, you need to play four straight days," Alford said. "I think that becomes sort of a dif- fer...…

…Onreian One hundred ninze years ofedtonardfreedom Sai NEWS: 76-DAILY CLASSIFIED: 7640557 wwwmichigandally.com Tuesday March 7, 2000 9~ Transition begins with interim AD Report: Dept. debt near $3M By Mark Francescutti ily Sports Editor The University Athletic Department may be heading into more red ink, fac- ing a projected budget deficit of up to $3 million, University Chief Financial Officer Robert Kasdin said yesterday. Outgoing At...…

…2 -- The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 7, 2000 NATION/WORLD U.S. military aid reaches Mozambique Los Angeles Times PRETORIA, South Africa - More than 200 of the expected 600 U.S. troops bound for flood- stricken Mozambique arrived at South Africa's Hoedspruit air base yesterday. But unlike partici- pants in most other U.S. humanitarian efforts around the world, these soldiers will have an especially tough act to follow. To put it in mili...…

… LOCAL/S TATE The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 7, 2000-- 3 0 1 *CR IME Skateboarders caught urinating on East '' plaza Six skateboarders were seen violat- ing the ordinance against rollerblading and skateboarding at the East Univer- sity Avenue pedestrian plaza last Tuesday, according to Department of Public Safety reports. Believed to be approximately 17 or 18-years-old, the skateboarders were also seen urinating in the plaza. Suspects ...…

…4 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 7, 2000 bE ffictigrni &zi{g Political correctness and the "other" discrimination 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109 daily.letters@umich.edu Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan MIKE SPAHN Editor in Chief EMILY ACHENBAUM Editorial Page Editor Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of the majority of the Daily's editorial board. Al other articles, l...…

… Get your fuzzy warbles rick's "A Clockwork Orange" is pure dystopian brilliance. Listening to the "William Tell Overture" will never be the same. At the Michigan Theater, 7 p.m. ARA"kym aft TS TUESDAY MARCH 7, 2000 5 michigandaily.com /arts 'Best Thing' isn't Madonna By Leslie Boxer Daily Arts Writer "The Next Best Thing" is the latest woman-with-a-homosexual best friend challenge to the more conservative view of relationships and fami...…

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… LOCAL/S TATE The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 7, 2000 - 7 Closing arguments made in date rape drug case * a ,. { .. j DETROIT (AP) - The man accused of lacing Samantha Reid's Mountain Dew with the date-rape drug that killed her did so knowing that it was harmful, a prosecu- tor said in closing arguments in the man's involuntary manslaughter trial. A second girl was sickened after ingest- ing the gamma-hydroxybutyrate - GHB - a colorle...…

… Women's basketball polls Despite a disappointing showing in the Big Ten Tournament, the Michigan women's basketball team is still ranked in both major polls. Head online to see where the Wolverines are this week. michigandaily.com /sports IPO)RTS 6' TUESDAY MARCH 7, 2000 8 It's official: Blanchard tops Big Ten frosh Wrestler Olson shows - his grit in many ways By David Den Herder Daily Sports Editor Michigan forward LaVell Blanchard,...…

…One hundred nine years ofeditorialfreedom NEWS: 76-DAILY CLASSIFIED: 764-0557 wwwmichigandally.com Monday March 6,2000 * **kJ' s 0 dissed Bollingername interim AD inCantor *lawsuit By Jeannie Baumann Daily Staff Reporter The Washtenaw County Circuit Court dismissed part of George Cantor's lawsuit against the Univer- sity that claimed it failed to provide reasonably safe housing and ade- quately warn students of any haz- ardous conditio...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 6. 2000 - NATION/WORLD LAWSUIT Continued from Page 1A While Cantor. said he thinks the University is a marvelous institution, he said he hopes the lawsuit will implement a regulatory mechanism for enforcing rules against substance. "If drinks hadn't been served at that party, then there wouldn't have been any accident," he said. "This is the most far-reaching part of the lawsuit. It has the greatest e...…