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…News 3 Student fee increases will fund MSA and Arls fexpansion of SLs Monday,July 25, 2005 Arts 9 'The Island': all Summer Weekly sound, no furySu ereky One-hundred-fourteen years of editorildfreedom www.mic/gandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXV, No. 134 02005 The Michigan Daily Regents approve $1000 tuition increase By Justin Miller Daily News Editor Students can expect to pay about $1000 more this year for tuition in light of the Univer...…

…News 3 Meet the candidates for City Council Democratic Primary Opinion 4 Lipson, Kang for City Council Monday, August 1, 2005 Summer Weekly One-hundred-fou teen years (fedit'orialfreedom www.michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol CXV, No. 136 02005 The Michigan Daily COOLING OFFCoe a n mi ts interim provost for fal By Jeremy Davidson and Ruth Neuman Daily Staff Reporters Federal Reserve governor Z Edward Gramlich will act as 4 interim pr...…

…Opinion 4 From the Daily: Other ways to unplug City Council's ears Photo 12 Experience Ozzfest AJbr £ibigan 4a7Iv Monday, August 8,2005 Summer Weekly One-hundredfourteen years of editorial freedom www.micaganday.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXV, No. 137 @2005 The Michigan Daily IN MEMORY OF TWO CITIES ACLU sues state police By Jeremy Davidson Daily News Editor The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan has chal- lenged a law that allows ...…

…Sports 14 Football opens season at home Science 16 Science and ethics wrestle with stem cells Jetd J & Monday, August 15, 2005 Summer Weekly One-hundred- ourteen ears o editorial reedom www.michigandaily.com Ann ArborMichigan m Vol. CXV, No. 138 02005 The Michigan Daily Google's digital library project put on hold SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Stung by a pub- to do our best to respect their views too." Michigan and Stanford. door to unauthorized du...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 5, 2005 NATION/WORLD Egypt suspected of nuclear tests NEWS IN BRIEF VIENNA, Austria (AP) - The U.N. atomic watch- dog agency has found evidence of secret nuclear experiments in Egypt that could be used in weapons programs, diplomats said yesterday. The diplomats told The Associated Press that most of the work was carried out in the 1980s and 1990s, but said the International Atomic Energy Agency...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday January 6, 2005 NATION/WORLD Gonzales to use no-torture policy NEWS IN BRIEF HEDINE FR ARUD. SeI WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General nomi- nee Alberto Gonzales plans to promise to abide by the government's no-torture policies and international treaties if he is confirmed by the Senate, The Associ- ated Press learned yesterday. Gonzales, who had a hand in much of the White House's post- Sept. 11 terrorism p...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 7, 2005 NATION/WORLD Death toll continues to rise NEWS IN BRIEF 1,, ;4 JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - World leaders wrapped up a one-day summit on Asia's earthquake and tsunamis, hoping to find the best way to help vic- tims - and to prevent such a catastro- phe from happening again. Indonesia reported almost 20,000 new deaths this morning, pushing the overall toll to almost 160,000. Even as more death...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 10, 2005 NATION/WORLD Deal may signal peace in Sudan NEWS IN BRIEF.i iN mum m A m"T TmXsTer ma mwlA d A mwlT TAT TI rm 1 r.m ue-- T F. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Sudanese leaders signed a peace deal that, if implemented, will end Africa's longest-running conflict and transform poli- tics in a nation which has spent 40 of the last 50 years at war with itself. Turning the incredibly detailed agreement ...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 11, 2005 NATION/WORLD Calif. mudslide leaves 12 missing NEWS IN BRIEF mum 'ubiU mia3'l1 I mIm umae- - rs '. LA CONCHITA, Calif. (AP) - A huge mudslide crashed down on homes in a coastal hamlet with terrifying force yesterday, killing at least one person and leaving up to 12 missing as a Pacific storm hammered Southern California for a fourth straight day. Ventura County Fire Department spokesman B...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 12, 2005 NATION/WORLD Sharon: Isra JERUSALEM (AP) - Prime Minister Ariel Sha- ron called Mahmoud Abbas yesterday to congratulate him for his landslide victory in an election to replace Yasser Arafat, signaling Israel's readiness to work with the new Palestinian team after years of boycot- ting Arafat. Both sides said a meeting will take place, but no date was set. Abbas' election victory on Sunday...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 13, 2005 ____ NATION/WORLD Look<ing for a career that radiates success? Then talk to someone who knows science. Court changes detilenion policy WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the government may not indefinitely detain criminals who are illegal immigrants, undercutting a Bush administration policy applied to foreigners deemed too dangerous to be freed. In a separate ruli...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 14, 2005 NATION/WORLD Violence threatens aid workers NEWS IN BRIEF Military escorts ordered for workers in Aceh province as tsunami death toll rises BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia ordered foreign aid workers in the tsunami-devastated Aceh prov- ince to have military escorts in areas facing violence by insurgents, even as the vice president welcomed a cease- fire offer by the rebels yesterda...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 18, 2005 NATION/WORLD Abbas's troops investigate shooting NEWS IN BRIEF a ;' , . ., RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas ordered his security forces yesterday to try to prevent attacks against Israel and to investigate a shooting at a Gaza Strip crossing that killed six Israeli civilians last week. Palestinian officials would not pro- vide details of the order, and it was ...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 19, 2005 NATION/WORLD Terror suspects kept in Cuban prison NEws IN BRIEF 40 High court refuses to say if military trials will deny basic legal rights WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court prolonged the legal limbo of hundreds of terror suspects in a U.S. military prison in Cuba, refus- ing yesterday to consider whether the government's plan for military trials unfairly denies them basic legal...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 20, 2005 NATION/WORLD Leaders attempt to curb growing violence in Israel GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders met yesterday to discuss ways to stop mili- tants from firing rockets and mortars in Gaza, heading off the possibility of a large-scale Israeli invasion to curb the surging violence. The decision came as the top Pales- tinian security chief ordered a deploy- ment o...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 21, 2005 NATION/WORLD Looking for a career that defies the law of grav iy? Then talk to someone who knows science. Troops in Asia to return to U.S. BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) - The U.S. military - the largest group helping tsunami survivors - will immediately start withdrawing troops from the relief efforts to feed and house more than 1 million refu- gees, the U.S. Pacific commander said yesterday. ...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 24, 2005 NATION/WORLD Ukraine swears in new president KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Before a vast crowd of supporters celebrating with a burst of orange balloons, doves and chants, newly inaugurated President Viktor Yushchenko promised yester- day to steer a new course for Ukraine - away from corruption and political cronyism and into the European Union. "Ukraine will stand against all evil," Yushchenko tol...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 25, 2005 NATION/WORLD Iraqi PM's headquarters bombed NEWS IN BRIEF HEADLINE FRMAONIH OL BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A suicide driver detonated a car bomb outside the Iraqi prime minister's party head- quarters in Baghdad yesterday, injuring at least 10 people. The al-Qaida affili- ate in Iraq claimed responsibility a day after its leader declared all-out war on democracy. Mortar rounds slammed into an Ir...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 26, 2005 ____ NATION/WORLD Looking for a career that radiates success? Then talk to someone who knows science. Budget defecit forcast grows WASHINGTON (AP) - As Con- gress started to digest a new Bush administration request of $80 billion to bankroll wars in Iraq and Afghani- stan, its top budget analyst yesterday projected $855 billion in deficits for the next decade even without the costs of w...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 27, 2005 NATION/WORLD Rice to be new NEWS IN BRIEF .. secretar of stateGLENDALE, Calif.ta Suicidal man causes train to derail WASHINGTON (AP) - Con- doleezza Rice won confirmation as secretary of state yesterday despite blistering criticism from Senate Democrats who accused her of misleading statements and said she must share the blame for mistakes and war deaths in Iraq. The tally, though one-si...…

…2 -The Michigan Daili -Friday January 28. 2005 NATION/WORLD Vanity tax targets plastic surgery NEWS IN BRIEF ..a $ $ ,,...4.. s . " ""' OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Nip, tuck and ... tax? Lawmakers trying to plump up the bottom line are considering a "van- ity tax" on cosmetic surgery and Botox injections in Washington, Illinois and other states. Plastic surgeons and their patients say the idea is just plain ugly. "It makes no sense. Where does ...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 31, 2005 NATION/WORLD OPEC: Oil prices will remain high VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Con- sumers received no solace from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, which said yesterday that oil prices near $50 per barrel would remain high through the spring, even as the cartel decided to keep its produc- tion ceiling unchanged. The decision, reached at a truncated meeting of the 11-nation group, ...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 1, 2005 NATION/WORLD Iraq vote tallied amid violence NEWS IN BRIEF HE3OADVI.N AU NTHWR BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's interim leader called on his coun- trymen to set aside their differences yesterday, while polling stations fin- ished the first-phase count of millions of ballots from the weekend election that many Iraqis hope will usher in democracy and hasten the departure of 150,000 American troop...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 2, 2005 NATION/WORLD Nepalese king closes borders NEWS BRIEF 0I KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - King Gyanendra dismissed Nepal's govern- ment yesterday and declared a state of emergency, closing off his Himala- yan nation from the rest of the world as telephone and Internet lines were cut, flights diverted and civil liberties severely curtailed. Britain and India both expressed con- cern, saying the kin...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 3, 2005 NATION/WORLD Mid. East leaders agree to meet NEWS IN BRIEF ma=mu~rm warw~umm~W~ma a man: . a minmaur, 0 JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israe- li and Palestinian leaders yesterday accepted Egypt's offer to host a sum- mit between them, raising hopes for a breakthrough in Mideast peace efforts after four years of fighting. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak offered to bring Israeli Prime Minis- ter A...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 4, 2005 NATION/WORLD Oil-for-food head to be punished NEWS IN BRIEF{2 UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Kofi Annan is taking disciplinary action against the head of the U.N. oil-for-food program in Iraq following an inves- tigation of alleged corruption in the humanitarian pro- gram, a senior U.N. official said yesterday. The decision came after a report by former Fed- eral Reserve Chairman P...…

…2A - TheMichiganDaily-_Monday,_February_7,_2005 NATION/WORLD THIS WEDNESDAY, CAN HOW YOU THE LEAD MOVEMENT TO END EDUCATIONAL INEQUITY. Wednesday, February 9 7 . 30-9:00 pm Michigan Union, Anderson C&D Iraqs Shiites may win landslide BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Facing the prospect of a Shiite Muslim landslide, Sunni politicians offered on Saturday to participate in mapping the nation's polit- ical future. But Sunni rebels showed no si...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 8, 2005' NATION/WORLD Mideast cease-fire planned NEWS IN BRIEF 6 SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (A P) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders said they will declare a formal end to more than four years of fighting dur- ing a summit today in this Egyptian resort - a breakthrough in Mideast peacemaking that comes after both sides also accepted invitations to meet separately with President Bush at the White House...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 9, 2005 NATION/WORLD Rice addresses NEWS IN BRIEF U.S. foreign policy in Europe PARIS (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice told European intel- lectuals yesterday "it is time to turn away from the disagreements of the past" that stem from the U.S. inva- sion of Iraq. Rice was giving an address on U.S. for- eignpolicy in Europe, Iraq, the Middle East and elsewhere to an audience of French s...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 10, 2005 NATION/WORLD Car bombingn Spain injures 43 MADRID, Spain (AP) - A car bomb blamed on Basque separatists exploded in a Madrid office park yes- terday near where King Juan Carlos later appeared, injuring at least 43 people in the worst terrorist attack in the Spanish capital since last year's bombing of commuter trains. The bomb exploded at about 9:30 a.m., less than an hour after a warn-...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 11, 2005 NATION/WORLD Rice responds to nuclear claims 6 Secretary of State urges North Korea to give up weapons LUXEMBOURG (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday that North Korea should return to disar- mament talks and avoid a path toward further international isolation. "The world has given them a way out and we hope they will take that way out," she said. Rice's comments came...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Saturday, February 12, 2005 OPINION aIje fftdiu ttIg JASON Z. PESICK Editor in Chief SUHAEL MOMIN Editorial Page Editor ALISON GO Managing Editor EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com NOTABLE QUOTABLE 44I still can't believe Michigan let me in. - Arthur Miller, reflecting at age 85 on his early college days, as...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 14, 2005 NATION/WORLD Mlilitants agree to de facto truce NEWS IN BRIEF aw U i~ i I Imm yl ~um awa I5 iiIill \N1 1I INIWEG1 tWIM \ lelNl ONim iIMViTtilCt NRLM. I * Hamas, Islamic Jihad stop short of agreeing to official cease-fire GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad said Saturday they were adhering to a de facto truce with Israel, but stopped sho...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 15, 2005 NATION/WORLD Fmr. Lanese PM killed in attack NEWS IN BRIEF HEADLNE__FRMRUNDTHEWORL 4 A 650U-b. car bomb kills Hariri, challenger to Syrian government BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A massive bomb tore through the motorcade of former Prime Minis- ter Rafik Hariri, who resigned last fall following a sharp dispute with Syria, killing him and at least nine other people yesterday. About 100 people ...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 16, 2005 NATION/WORLD U.S. pulls ambassador from Syria NEws IN BRIEF , __ .4 . WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States pulled its ambassador from Syria yesterday, expressing "pro- found outrage" over the= assassination of a Lebanese leader who had protested Syr- ian influence in his country. Washington stopped short of directly accusing Syria of = carrying out the murder. In Lebanon, there were noi...…

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…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 18, 2005 NATION/WORLD Bush names new intelligence chief NEWS IN BRIEF WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush named John Negroponte, the U.S. ambas- sador to Iraq, as the government's first national intelligence director yesterday, turning to a veteran diplomat to revive a spy community besieged by criticism after the Sept. 11 attacks. Ending a nine-week search, Bush chose Negroponte, who has been in Iraq...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 21, 2005 NATION/WORLD Israel prepares for Gaza pullout NEWS IN R Two large Jewish settlements near Jerusalem will stay in place as others are dismantled JERUSALEM (AP) - Prime Minister Ariel Sha- ron's Cabinet began charting Israel's future borders in a historic session yesterday, giving final approval to a withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and a revised route of the West Bank separation barrier that...…

…NATION/WORLD Protests NEWS IN BRIEF against S ria heat up Protest is largest anti-Syrian rally in the country's history BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Tens of thousands marched yesterday in the biggest anti-Syrian protest in Lebanese history amid signals that Syria will soon withdraw its troops from parts of the country. President Bush renewed demands for Syrian forces to leave Leb- anon immediately. The protest marked one week since the Feb. 14 de...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 23, 2005 NATION/WORLD I Bush denies plans to attack Iran NEWS 1N BRIEF 4 BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Presi- dent Bush said yesterday that it is "sim- ply ridiculous" to assume that the United States has plans to attack Iran over its alleged nuclear weapons program. "This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous. Having said that, all options are on the tab...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 24, 2005 NATION/WORLD Political wrangling continues mn Iraq NEWS IN BRIEF BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Ayad Allawi, the secular interim prime minis- ter, said yesterday he is putting together a coalition to try to hold onto the job in the next government and block the can- didate of the dominant Shiite political alliance. Kurdish parties also weighed in with demands for top posts, setting up a possible ...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 25, 2005 NATION/WORLD Pope has surgery to aid breathing NEWS IN BRIEFy C {_; w Vatican emphasizes that operation was not an emergency measure VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope John Paul IIunderwent a successful operation to insert a tube in his throat to relieve his breathing problems, hours after he was rushed back to the hospital yesterday for the second time in a month with flu-like symptoms of fever ...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 7, 2005 NATION/WORLD Anti-war sentiments increase in NEWS IN BRIF a Italy with shooting of journalist Italians demonstrate in front of U.S. embassy in Rome, protesting the killing of an Italian agent ROME (AP) - Italy demanded answers Saturday as former hostage Giuliana Sgrena was taken off a flight from Iraq hooked to an intravenous drip for a shoulder wound inflicted when American troops fired on...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 8, 2005 NATION/WORLD Syria's troops to begin pullout NEWS IN BRIEF DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - The presidents of Syria ; and Lebanon announced yesterday that Syrian forc- es will pull back to Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley by March 31, but a com- plete troop withdrawal will be deferred until after later negotiations. Later, Syrian military vehicles and personnel were seen moving east in the first signs of...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 9, 2005 NATION/WORLD Bush: Mideast democracy progressing NEWS IN BRIEF WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush said yesterday that authori- tarian rule in the Middle East has begun to ease, and he insisted anew that Syria must end its nearly three- decade occupation of Lebanon. "Today, I have a message for the people of Lebanon: All the world is witnessing your great movement of conscience," Bush said duri...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 10, 2005 NATION/WORLD Women, children among corpses found by security forces in Iraq NEWS IN BRIEF I I ' 1 11CL- V L' U1' 1\V - Cl\w V 1 L I E vv "A~Alt IW Suicide bomber, gunman blast hotel. wound 30 Americans BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi authorities found 41 decomposed bodies - some bullet-riddled, others beheaded - at sites near the Syrian border and south of the capital, and said yesterday th...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 11, 2005 NATION/WORLD Pro-Syria premier reappointed NEWS IN RIEF 0 BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - The Lebanese prime minister, who was forced to resign by a wave of popular opposition, was returned to his post yesterday, riding a counterwave of this week's huge pro-Syrian demon- stration. Omar Karami's reappointment, which ensures Damascus's continued dominance in Lebanon's politics, is a slap to the opposit...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 14, 2005 NATION/WORLD Iran rejects .S. incentives TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran scoffed at U.S. incentives aimed at coaxing the Islamic republic to drop its nuclear ambitions and declared Saturday that Washington's overtures did nothing to change Tehran's plans to push ahead with its nuclear program. An Iranian envoy in Europe, however, acknowledged in guardedly posi- tive terms that there appeared to be a ...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 15, 2005 NATION/WORLD Calif. judge rules for gay mamage NEWS IN BRIEF H E A D L IN E F RA R U W O R L D . U Supporters rejoice in recent of San Francisco's historical role as a gay rights But Kramer rejected that argument, citing 0 court decision finding the state bans unconstitutional SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A judge ruled yesterday that California's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional - a legal m...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 16, 2005 NATION/WORLD Iraq's new Parliament to convene NEWS IN BRIEF 1i 1 Despite car bomb attacks, Iraq to hold its first freely elected National Assembly today BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq puts its fragile'democracy to the test today, convening its first freely elected Nation- al Assembly in recent history after last- minute bargaining over Sunni Arab candidates to head the parliament. Shiite Musli...…