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…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, October 11, 2007 - 3B * Authors in A2 aya Angelou needs. no introduction. The famed poet will speak tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 p.m. at Hill Auditorium as part of this year's Ross School of Business reunion activities - and if you can still scramble and get tickets, it will definitely be a worthwhile event. Butit'snotjustonceinabluemoon that a celebrated writer graces our acoustically perfect a...…

… 4B - Thursday, October 11, 2007 IMPROV JAM From page 1B visation," a dance without rules or particu- lar direction. You can dance however you want. You don't even have to "dance" - "move"might be a better word. You can also play the drums or the piano, sit and draw, write or just watch. It's not structured, and being "productive" isn't on anyone's mind. Alex Springer, a Dance senior and the head of the University's Dance Student Assembly, is...…

…fter leaving the 'U,' they became notorious The Statement e fiidigan Dail Wednesday, October 10, 2007 michigandaily:com STATE PRIMARY FIGHT . 5Dems wantoff of state ballot Their student supporters plan to keep campaigning By SCOTT MILLS Daily StaffReporter Democratic presidential can- didates Barack Obama, John Edwards and Bill Richardson announced yesterday that they had filed paperwork to remove their names from the Michigan primary ballo...…

… 2A - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 0 2A - Wednesday, October10, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 0 MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes THURSDAY: Explained _Before You Were Here FRIDAY: The Extremist ELECTING A KING AND QUEEN Sticker shock In order to give or sell your stu- dent football- ticket to someone who's not a student, you have to buy a $27 sticker, which allows ...…

…0 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, October 10, 2007- 3A NEWS BRIEFS BAGHDAD Iraqi women killed by security guards Guards in a security convoy opened fire on a car at an inter- section in central Baghdad yester- day, killing two Christian women before speeding away, police said. The Iraqi government said a Dubai- based private security company was behind the shootings. Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Abdul-Karim Khalaf ...…

… 4A - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com C I I I e fitic4tgan ailIj Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR I have a glass of ethanol every day before breakfast, but I still don't think we should subsidize it." - Republican presidential candidate John McCa...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday. October 10. 2007 - SA IfI were in charge D ear Google: Welcome to Ann Arbor. It's so nice to have you. Now that you've settled in a bit, maybe we can talk about your future, my future - our future together. You see, I have a cou- ple of ideas you mightcbe interested in and you have a couple mil- lion things LU.YDi Imaybe in. CARGO We'd make the perfect team. But let's just get to the point. W...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Employee health costs set to rise A crowd of students, Ron Paul supporters and passersby gathered on the Diag last night to hear presidential candidate speak. PAUL From page lA reverse the economy's downwar trend by expanding economic fre dom and limiting inflation. "We are havingtrouble and th state is having trouble," Paul sai "We need to prohibit the printin of money and deal with the feder: reserve ...…

…m 8A - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 95 master's and 38 doctoral programs spanning the academic spectrum. Come and learn about the diverse opportunities for graduate study at UNIVERSITY CARGO From page 5A too hard to round up. We could even just hire al the writers of the best music blogs already out there, and Googlemusicblog could be a one-stop site for the best in commentary and con- tent. It could e...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - 9A Eyes on the prize: a title still in reach By SCOTT BELL Daily Sports Editor The week after the Michigan football team's historic loss to Appalachian State, it hoped to get back on track against Ore- gon. But an embarrassing 39-7 loss followed, along with an injury for senior quarterback Chad Henne. Instead of repairing its tar- nished image after the loss to the Mountai...…

… 10A - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0 a F r t i' f ,t R I vs s, t s:': 'u 4 t .Sid y4". E v V- 0 0 11 qij r2007 AT&T Knowledge Ventures. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Knowledge Ventures. No purchase necessary. Ends 10/15/07. Open to legal residents of the 50 U.S. and D.C. who are of legal age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence (and at least 18) as of ...…

… 0 0 " Sw The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 Cultural learnings of Kazakhstan: A Peace Corps volunteer finds no sign of Borat i C t ', hF# hree years ago, if I had told my friends I was going to Kazakhstan with the Peace Corps, their response would have been a mix of confusion and mystification. The first question undoubtedly would have focused on why I want to "give up" two years of my life. The second ques- tion would h...…

…- . . r A AV 0 0 0 0 0 9 Th ich .nDal Wensdy Octbe 1S 2S0 THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK with GARY GRACA ru les eu A look at the big news events this week and how important they really are. Conveniently rated from one to10. A REAL MAN OF GENIUS? when the editor in chief of Colorado State University's student newspaper, The Rocky Mountain Collegian, allowed "Taser this: Fuck Bush" to run as an editorial, he probably saw himself enshrined next to...…

…_ - --A l -k w--wM 0 V a 0 The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 Cont'd: Unclear exactly what you're going to do with your life when you graduate? It might not matter. Wednesday, October 10, 2007 The Michigan Daily 3B QUOTES OF THE WEEK CAREERS From page 5B Senior year was complete with investment banking interviews for Cooper, but after writing his senior thesis on documentary film pro- duction, he decided to move to Los ...…

…. . U wA A w a 0 Not everyone who makes their living through advertising wears a tie to work How market research could help Ann Arbor panhandlers make more money ,o-w .0.- S -* drinking beer For the more sophisticated among us, beer is the fruit of an aged and artful craft, not something to spit out onto your shirt after a keg stand. Matt Greff, owner of Arbor Brewing Company, imparts some wisdom for beginners about considering abandonin...…

…i Aft~ w Wensa, coe " B The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 Cont'd: What market research could mean for panhandlers MONEY From page 4B panhandlers about the science of average passerby. New Yorkers in 2006 about what their trade. In exchange for lunch one of her most successful inter- kind of person they gave their the street. Results were displayed or a few bucks, she asked them viewees was a man named Robert change to fo...…

…9 9 .9 9 9 -W M .! 0 0 6B The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - The Michigan Dady -:,-4-C3 'S for 11acabre Sure Yale has produced a record number of Supreme Court justices, Princeton and Harvard a multitude of senators and governors. But when I'm showing off, who do I point to among the University's alumni? Besides Darth Vader and O-Ren Ishii, the answer is Dr. Death and the Unabomber. That's rig...…

…The first column from the Daily's first public editor Opinion, page 4 IPt e I~idligan 4Ba IV Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, October 9,2007 michigandaily.com GOP PRIMARY '08 race comig to'U' Republicans to debate in Dearborn; Ron Paul to speak on Diag By EMILY BARTON Daily Staff Reporter The race for the Republican nomination for president is com- ing to the University of Michigan today. At 4 p.m., GOP candidates will debate in Dearborn at a ...…

… 2 - Tuesday, October 9, 2007 MONDAY: UESD WEDNESDAY: In Other Ivory Towers Arbor Anecdotes Explained A gift of leftover lager Last weekend, three strangers broke Blue" and w into our apartment, placed our kitchen See something that embodies the The drive ho chairs upside down on our table and Ann Arbor or University of Michi- AT were chatting in our kitchen but ran gan experience? E-mail submis- out when my roommates got home. sions to gross...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, October 9, 2007 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS BAGHDAD Iraqi gov't seeks compensation from U.S. for killings Iraqi authorities want the U.S. government to sever all contracts in Iraq with Blackwater USA within six months and pay $8 mil- lion in compensation to each of the families of 17 people killed when the firm's guards sprayed a traffic circle with heavy machine gun fire last month. The demands - part of ...…

…- i 4 - Tuesday, October 9, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited dind managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu NOTABLE QUCOTAh #E I lived through the inevitability of Howard Dean. " - Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards yesterday on opponent Hillary Clinton's large lead in national polls. Wh a public editor' I I KARL STAMPFL EDITOR IN C...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, October 9, 2007 - 5 You can't deny the Nation' After watching three weeks' worth of CBS's "Kid Nation," I have come to the following conclusions: 1. Deserting kids in the desert is a great idea. Summer camps have been draining bank accounts for years, and it's time to start sending the nation's youth to live inside abandoned movie sets in New Mex- ico. It's a win-win situation: Parents don't h...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, October 9, 2007 - 7 GOP hopefuls to debate in Dearborn CAMPAIGN From page 1 born student government presi- dent, said his group is helping to organize a live broadcast of pre- and post-debate activity on the Dearborn campus on radio station WWJ throughout the day. The Dearborn student govern- ment also invited candidates to come talk to students before the debate. Terry Gallagher, a spokes- ma...…

… 4 8 - Tuesday, October 9, 2007 CAVEMEN From page 5 Sports" and constantly laments the libertine ways of his ex, Amy. Nick is perennially broke but has no shortage of criticisms for Joel, whom he advises to "crave the cave" - i.e., date cavewomen only, not admittedly luscious "Sapes" like Kate. "Cavemen"is a clever show - the dialogue is fast-paced and witty, and though the cavemen's yuppie lifestyle is comic and sad, they are likable charact...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, October 9, 2007 - 9 UNIVERSE From page 5 psychedelia, is overwrought of all things, and "Walrus" is, frankly, dull. The Beatles's music is the sound of youth, and aging-pop- star Bono delivers his covers very much like an aging pop star. This isn't U2, and it shouldn't be. But the same doesn't go for Joe Cocker, a man who's been cover- ing the-Beatles since before Wood- stock. His gruff "Come T...…

… 10 - Tuesday, October 9, 2007 Compromise likely on wiretap bill The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com BROWSING A ROUTTTOTTE Bill would extend NSA powers By ERIC LICHTBLAU and CARL HULSE The New York Times WASHINGTON - Two months after vowing to roll back broad new wiretapping powers won by the Bush administration, congres- sional Democrats appear ready to makeconcessionsthatcould extend some of the key powers granted to the National Secur...…

…11 - Tuesday, October 9, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Key injured starters to return to practice By DANIEL BROMWICH Daily Sports Editor Michigan coach Lloyd Carr and many of his players blamed injuries for the inconsistent exe- cution during N Saturday's game. NOTEBOOK Carr said quarterback Chad Henne faced increased pressure because the offensive line had to be shuffled. Running back Mike Hart said new players are apt to make...…

…-1 12 - Tuesday, October 9, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com New York- Cleveland: A Daily Sports running diary 4 By SCOTT BELL and JACK HERMAN Daily Sports Editors It'sgame four of the only division series that didn't result in a sweep. So we here at Daily Sports decided to celebrate with a running diary. Tonight's game will either almost certainly end the Joe Torre era in New York, or set up a decisive game five back in Clevel...…

…Ir.aq vet: 'U' does't accomodat Opinion, page 4A cii~e liaid jigan 4 haij Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, October 8, 2007 michigandaily.com A WIN. AND A RECORD CRIME ON FOOTBALL SATURDAYS Rowdiness on rise at Big House More citations, arrests at big games, 3:30 starts By JESSICA VOSGERCHIAN Daily StaffReporter Crime at Michigan Stadium during home football games has increased so far this year, according to statistics from the Department of P...…

… 2A - Monday, October 8, 2007 AAJ * p D TUESDAY: In Othr voy owr Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: Explained Before You Were Here FRIDAY; The Extremist ID Two weeks after he approved editorial using obscenity to critici President George Bush, the edit in chief of the student newspaper Colorado State University was tc on Friday that he could keep his jc The entire text of the edit rial, published Sept. 21, was "Tas This: Puck Bush." The...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, October 8, 2007 - 3A' NEWS BRIEFS CRANDON, Wis. Law enforcement official kills six, is fatally shot An off-duty sheriff's deputy went on a shooting rampage early Sunday at a home where seven young people had gathered for pizza and movies, killing six and critically injuring the other before authorities fatally shot him, offi- cials said. The gunman, Tyler Peterson, was 20 years old and worked fu...…

… 4A - Monday, October 8, 2007, The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 6 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL IMRAN SYED ' JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflectthe official position ofthe Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles aid illustrations represent solely the vi...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monrday, October 8, 2007 -- 5A Tales ofKid Rock and motorbikes h bArom-com flop from the fraternal minds 'Heartbreak' behind 'Dumb and Dumber' By Sheri Jankelovitz I Daily Arts Writer Expectations can't help but be high when you read the cred- its: The Farrelly brothers. Ben Stiller. An R-rated comedy. It's almost like it's 1998 and Cameron Diaz is slicking back her hair with that infamous gel. The...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michiganclaily.com I I 4 1 f L , ri 28' J[N EW S Monday, October 8, 2007 - 7A Google phone could be ad-based Product likely to be nology could be available next year. ing systems, which are built into Google, which has little experience Some analysts say that the phones sold by many manufactur- with complex hardware, faces sig- unveiled by Google project's affect on the wire- ers. And unlike Microsoft, Google nificant cha...…

… 8A -- Monday, October 8, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0 IN BRIEF Where there's smoke no fire Furnaces caught between two extremes By MATT EMERY of life, The Fiery Furnaces found Daily Arts Writer themselves growing old, learning that once what made them ground- The Fiery Furnaces are alien- breakingingly original is now just ating motherfuckers. Just look to old hat. And though Widow City "Clear Signal isn't exclusively eith...…

…BELL: MARIO IS MISSIN The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com I October 8,2007 Record falls as Hart pumps 'M' By SCOTT BELL the Wolverines led East- Daily Sports Editor ern Michigan by just two points. What was supposed to During that span, the be the afternoon's only real Eagles returned a kickoff 86 drama took place about 11 yards, blocked and returned minutes into Michigan's 33- a Michigan extra point for a 22 win over Eastern Michi- two-poi...…

… ' to DAILY SPORTS BREAKS DOWN THE WEEKEND THAT WAS a 2B - October 8, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom SAID AND HEARD "When you're in your third year in college, you're not a kid anymore. What I'm hoping is his maturation process will improve here, because he is a great kid, and he's a very, very talented guy." - Michigan coach Lloyd Carr on Mario Manningham LINDSEY COTTRELL The fifth-year senior defender helped the Wolverine...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom October 8, 2007 - 3B Blue offense excels against Sauer By MICHAEL EISENSTEIN Daily Sports Writer The glass-half-empty folks might be worried about goalten- der Billy Sauer surrenderiog six goals (two within 40 seconds on arunningclock) in the Michigan NOTEBOOK hockey team's Blue-White scrimmage Saturday in a near-empty Yost Ice Arena. But for the glass-half-full crowd, an unexpected line showed a fluidi...…

… 4B - October 8, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com GAME STATISTICS Injuries lead to opportunities Tam Slat Frst Dows Rsh/Yds Pssing Yards OffensivePays Totl Offens Return8Yards Comp/Att/Int Pnts/Avg Fmbles/Lost Penalties/Yards Tim ofPos EMU 36/135 169 72 304 149 18/3/2 6/42.2 3/2 2/19 31:13 M CH 37/255 204 65 459 35 18/28/2 3/32.7 2/0 7/65 28:47 Int 2 2 M I C H I C PASSING CA Payer C-A Henne 17-26 Mallett 1-2 2 Totals 1-28 RUS...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com October 8, 2007 - 5B 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 Carr-o-meter judges Lloyd Carr's demeanor following the game and the hypemeter measures the fans' game performance. DEFENSE-0-METER CARR-0-METER It didn't look bad, especially when you consider the 3 For s...…

… 6B - October 8, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com a Blue not burnt by Boilermaker offense By CHRIS MESZAROS sions and relied ona stellar game Daily Sports Writer from goalkeeper Madison Gates to steer away the rest. Eighty-eight degrees. "I thought this whole weekend One hundred-twenty minutes (the defenders) stayed organized, of soccer. and they were taking the ball Sweat and dirt dripping off all away before (Purdue) took shot...…

…e ver Blue won't have Football Saturday, inside to forfeit to PSU Sports, page 8A IelyIciganBaiai Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, October 5, 2007 ommchmaaimmm michigandaily.com LIFE ON CAMPUS 'U' considers consolidation of dining halls JEREMY CHO/Daily Theodore Shaw, the head of the NAACP's legal defense and education fund, condemned the "massive incarceration of African-Americans in the criminal justice system" in a speech at the Michigan Le...…

… 2A - Friday, October 5, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2A - Friday, October 5, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: Explained THURSDAY: Before You Were HerE A pricey stogie Smoking che La Gloria Cobana Serie R Limitada cigar is by no means a small under- taking. First, there's the price. Listed at $34.99 - $37.05 after tax - this is Nickel's Arcade to...…

…" The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS M LANSING 0 Senator upset with ma shutterbug DemS Republican state Sen. Tom eXp George, a mild-mannered doc- tor who often gives upbeat talks Buil on the Senate floor about healthy lifestyles or Michigan history, was uncharacteristically angry when he stood up to talk this week. The target of his ire was the By fact that a Democratic staff mem- ber, during a politically sensitive vote giving...…

… 4A -- Friday, October 5, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com l e iic[ igan .+ ail9 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER TORIAL PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR This is so not me. It wasn't that we were making fun of the Jena 6 incident. " - Kristy Smith, a student at University of Louisiana at Monroe, apologizing for ...…

…STS The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, October 5, 2007 - 5A bring ou CURTEYF CSTATICPACE Dark kMagik' By Matt Roney ( Daily Arts Writer No irony, little talent, concise marketing. A denial of the faith with generic emo bandon hope, all ye who enter here. Boss is not a happy listen. The first official LP from noise rockers Magik Mark- ers - also known as Elsa Ambrogio and Pete Nolan - is a hell- Magik ish, thundering work. Tho...…

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