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…Wednesday, April 4, 2007 - 5A The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, April 4, 2007 - 5A TV COLUMN Life as hockey and The Simpsons' J ve spent the majority of finally see the film most thought my existence obsessing far would never be made. It will too much over two things: be just like "Star Wars" except the Detroit (hopefully) no jackass man-child Red Wings will be waving an overpriced and "...…

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…8A - Wednesday, April 4, 2007 ART The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com "What? My career is calling?" Rosalie Ginsberg Awards for Community Service and Social Action & Poster Fair April 5th, 4PM Michigan League Greek Awards Night Office of Greek Life April 5th, 7PM Michigan Union Ballroom . Sponsored by Interfraternity Council, Multicultural Greek Council, National Panhellenic Council, and Panhellenic Association. MESA/Trotter House Year-...…

… The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Big innings s ark Blue By COURTNEY RATKOWIAK Daily Sports Writer After walking to the plate to the tune of Kanye West's "Jesus Walks," junior Derek VanBuskirk hit a grand slam on the CMU 3 first pitch MICHIGAN 13 he faced. His shot to right-center field set the tone for a dominating first inning and foreshadowed an equally successful final inning as Michigan's big bats beat Central Michigan yesterday 13...…

…10A - Wednesday, April 4, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Blue pitchers bounce back By DAN FELDMAN Daily Sports Writer This couldn't have been what Michigan softball pitcher Lori- lyn Wilson wanted at all. The Salem, Ore., native walked the day's leadoff hitter in the first game of the Wolverines' double- header yesterday on four pitches. Then her walk of the Bron- cos' cleanup hitter two outs later prompted a visit to the mound...…

…w w V U V - --~W7 'F I. . .. -- I Following the sound of music he house lights in the Hill Auditorium dimmed, one night in March two years ago, and the audience quited. The antici- pation was palpable, and as we sat, we all knew we were about to see something spectacular. Then, her violin and bow in her left hand, holding up the long skirt of her beautiful strapless dress with her right, the celebrated vir- tuoso, Anne-Sophie Mutter walke...…

…V V V w w w i 0 w w w w w v w w :.I. Weneda, pil4,00 Te icianDal.~ table of contents 4B THE YEAR'S BEST PHOTOS From the pages of The Michigan Daily, relive the defining moments of the 2006- 2007 academic year. 6B THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT BUZZ Students in William "Buzz" Alexander's classes walk away with a passion for, prisoners' rights. Are they inspired by the cause, or is it the class? THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK with WALTER NOWINSKI ...…

…TeMcgnDaly - Wednesday, April 4, 2007 ~ .. . 90 Changing your life 101 What would it take for you to give up a law career for social activism? Would it take a war in Iraq? A crisis in New Orleans? Or maybe just an English class? V U Uw W. Wensa, pi , 0 7 Te ihgn al - our years ago, LSA senior Karen Soell had a life plan. After graduating from her small Catholic high school in La Crosse, Wisc., she would study English and political science...…

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…IMRAN SYED: DON'T FEAR RELIGION IN SCHOOLS OPINION, PAGE 4 WILL POWER FERRELL WINS AGAIN WITH 'BLADES' ARTS, PAGES5 BOSCH: FLORIDA WINS, BUT DANCE WAS FORGETTABLE SPORTS, PAGE 9 ie lciligan &xihy Ann Arbor, Michigar www.michigandaily.com Tuesday Apr 3, 2007 Reports: It's Beilein West Virginia coach expected to be named new Michigan basketball coach By MARK GIANNOTTO Daily Sports Writer WestVirginiacoach JohnBeilein has accepted an offe...…

…2 - Tuesday, April 3, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MUSTACHE LAUGHS Be very, very quiet - I'm hunting squirrel You know it's spring in Ann Arbor. when the sun comes out and the snow melts away. You watch as April show- ers bring May flowers. And sometimes, something really odd happens that makes the entire depressing winter worthwhile. I was walking on the Diag last spring, enjoying the breeze and the bird song when out of th...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, A pril 3, 2007 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Supreme Court rules greenhouse gases pollutants The Supreme Court rebuked the Bush administration yesterday for its inaction on global warming in a decision that could encourage faster action in Congress on climate change and lead to more fuel-effi- cient cars as early as next year. The court, in a 5-4 ruling in its first case on climate change, declare...…

…4 - Tuesday, April 3, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com , Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 rothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position oftthe Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, April 3, 2007 - 5 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, April 3, 2007 - 5 0 Bare trees ... ohhhh. Bird's gypsy-pop Sstyle enlivens LP Living up to a 'Namesake' MIRA NAIR CRAFTS MODEL ADAPTATION By IMRAN SYED He struggles with his busy college Daily Arts Writer schedule to find time for visits to - --Indian friends and ethnic stores, Director Mira Nair's "The but his wife's homesickn...…

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…b The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com CHINA From page 1 University's large number of Asian and Asian-American students, growing interest in Chinese stud- ies, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the Unive-sity's part- nership with Shangha. Jiao Tong University. University Musical Society Director Ben Johnson said plan- ners are scheduling an"Asia Festi- val" that will take place in the fall. It will include a performance by Shen Wei Da...…

…8 - Tuesday, April 3, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Where there 's a Will... FERRELL TREATS FIGURE SKATING TO A LONG-OVERDUE SEND-UP By KRISTIN MAcDONALD AssociateArts Editor You'd think Jon Heder would be well prepared to face the dregs of any wardrobe department after the high-water jeans and way- too-tucked-in AAA T-shirt of"Napo- leon Dynamite." Blades of But his fitting for "Blades of Glory Glory" still must At Showcase h...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, April 3, 2007 - 9 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, April 3, 2007 - 9 FLORIDA 84, OHIO STATE 75 Gators bite again Forgettable dance finally over Junior- laden Gators repeat ATLANTA (AP) - A long, tough season ended with a Gator chomp again. Mission accomplished for Flori- da. The Gators were too much to han- dle once again Monday night, keep- ing their stranglehold on the colleg...…

…10 - Tuesday, April 3, 2007 4 STAFF PICKS The Daily baseball beat makes its predictions for the season These writers look into the future to guess who will win it all - and who will just be disappointing. Michigan overall record Michigan Big Ten record Michigan MVP Michigan Pitcher of the Year Michigan Freshman of the Year Big Ten Regular Season Champion Big Ten Regular Season Runner-Up Big Ten Regular Season Third Place Big Ten Tournament C...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, April 3, 2007 -11 has comic relief By COLT ROSENSWEIG Daily Sports Writer The one-liners are coming thick and fast - it's another day at the gym for sophomore Scott Bregman. Seeing sophomore Kent Caldwell take a step prac- ticing his triple full on floor, Bregman shouts, "Nothing another 17repetitions won't fix!" as his teammate grins. But something is different. Bregman isn't needling his team...…

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…For 'M' spr Ig daning Blue sweeps Wildcats in Evanston to start Big Ten season SportsMonday 'Timbaland' Arts, 5A : iC i an at l )Nn N I)P t. f I*.J#.6- .?.*VE..NI LENd bA :)F EDITORIA L\.R EE)OM Ann Arbor, Michigan www.michigandaily.com Monday, April 2, 2007 'makes your name your choice u I PHOTOS BY SH AY SPANIOLA/Daily TOP: DP Day participants clean out an abandoned house in Detroit on Saturday Nearly 1,000 volunteers, including ab...…

…2A - Monday, April 2, 2007 TUESDAY Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: Before You Were Here' THURSDAY: Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com i i .. ($i 4 ail 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com KARL STAMPFL ALEXIS FLOYD Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-558 stampfl@michigandaily.com floyd@michigandaily.com CONTACT INFORMATION a One big artistic statement Some c...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, April 24207 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON 2008 candidates break fundraising records Two Democratic presidential candidates broke previous fund- raising records during the first three months of the year, with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton setting a high bar of $26 million in new con- tributions for the quarter. Former Sen. John Edwards raised more than $14 million since the beginning of the year. Cli...…

…4A - Monday, A pril 2, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, April 2, 2007 - SA ARTS IN BRIEF MUSIC 'Lawns' just a good workout Panther Secret Lawns Fryk Beat Panther's trademark is what he likes to call "floor dancing." This involves convulsing while supine, performing cheerleading moves, fist pumping, maybe variations on the worm. But when you're trying to release an album without any visual accompaniment, the stage hysterics just don't translate. Secr...…

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…8A - Monday, April 2, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com PUPPETS ON PARADE The 'Value' of Tim HIP-HOP'S PREEMINENT PRODUCER COMES UP BIG By BRIAN CHEN Daily Arts Writer To say that Timbaland had a successful year in 2006 would be an understatement. Simply put, he dominated the airwaves. As the architect of Nelly Furtado's Loose and Justin Tim- berlake's Future- *** Sex/LoveSounds, he produced hit Timbaland after hit with his proven...…

…Bosch: Noah and Oden 'steal show DANCE FLOOR 2B SpDortsMonda On the road and at home, Michigan is king of the court MEN'S & WOMEN'S TENNIS 4B michigandaily.com Monday, April 2, 2007 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Despite slim margi, Blue gets ig win By CHRIS MESZAROS BY THE NUMBERS Daily Sports Writer Mother Nature proved to be better competition than host Northwestern for the Michigan baseball team this weekend. Michigan NOTEBOOK (4-0 Big Ten, 15-6 ...…

…4 DAILY SPORTS BREAKS DOWN THE WEEKEND THAT WAS 28 - Monday, April 2, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4 SAID AND HEARD "I've been coaching 18 years and there's no championship that's ever made my heart feel as good as this one." - Michigan women's gymnastics coach BEV PLOCKI after her team captured the Big Ten Championship Satur- day in State College. ATHLETE OF THE WEEK ROYA ST. CLAIR SOFTBALL The freshman catcher exploded wi...…

…0 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Rg~ E Monday, April 2, 2007 - 3B The Michigan Daily - michigandailv.com Monday, April 2, 2007 - 3B CHAMPIONS: Plocki leads Blue to 13th championship in 15 seasons From page 1B ning on vault, its most success- ful event. But a series of amazing routines reinvigorated the Nittany Lions and the home crowd. Penn State's Corissa Pirkl and Katie Per- ret stuck beautiful routines, scor- ing 9.900 each, ...…

…4B - Monday, April 2, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Netters take two on road By KIRK SHEFFERLY For the Daily The 25th-ranked Michigan men's tennis team faced the daunting task of winning back-to-back road matches over the weekend. Despite the tough schedule, the Wolverines came away with a clean sweep, beating No. 29 Minnesota 5-2 on Saturday and Iowa 6-1ton Sun- day. The first step in claiming these two key victo- ries was def...…

…JAMES DICKSON: WHY NICE IS OVERRATED OPINION, PAGE 4 HENSICK SNUBBEDCHEADLE CARRIES 'REIGN OVER ME' ° ~ COLVIN: TJ. DESERVED HOBEY BAKER SPOT SPORTS, PAGE 8 ARTS, PAGE 5 tce idt an aIVy (.NE.-*[-UI.?NDR ED->,,'.'.)SEVEINT FN CE R FE IORA R EO Ann Arbor, Michigan www.michigandaily.com Friday, March 30, 2007 A VIEW FROM THE BELLS ACADEMIC ETHICS Engin school confronts cheating BENJI DELL/Daily University alum Steven Ball plays the carill...…

…2 - Friday, March 30, 2007 MONDAY: TUESDAY: The Extremist Arbor Anecdotes SUCK IT UP I WEDNESDAY: Before You Were Here THURSDAY: F- Campus Characters_ The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com KARL STAMPFL ALEXIS FLOYD Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-0500 srampfl@michigandaity.com floyd@michigandaily.com CONTACT INFORMATION Chicken or fish, Ms. Coleman? Wh...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, March 30, 2007 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS BAGHDAD 122 dead in Baghdad market bombings Five suicide bombers struck Shiite marketplaces in northeast Baghdad and a town north of the capital at nightfall yesterday, kill- ing at least 122 people and wound- ing more than 150 in one of Iraq's deadliest days in years. The savage attacks came as a new American ambassador began his first day on the job, and Senate D...…

…4- Friday, March 30, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 1 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu 0 KARL STAMPFL EDITOR IN CHIEF IMRAN SYED EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR JEFFREY BLOOMER MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position ofthe Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, March 30, 2007 - 5 After 9 11, a quiet he ali ng By NORA FELDHUSEN Daily Arts Writer Charlie Fineman has blocked out all memory of his former life. He spends the majority of his time riding a motorized scooter through the streets of Manhattan, listening to '70s rock and playing "Shad- Reg ows of Collosus" - a video game with an exceptionally Over Me symbolic title. His depression is under- At Qu...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com SOLE From page 1 - or enough to sustain a worker and his or her family working no more than 48 hours a week. The consortium also conducts inspec- tions of the factories. The University currently moni- tors labor practices through its Vendor Code of Conduct, which outlines labor standards on issues such as discrimination, wages, safety and unions. After a SOLE campaign last year, UniversityPresidentMarySu...…

…'I 8 - Friday, March 30, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Hobey snub is unfair to .J. 4 ANGELA CESERE Senior pitcher Lorilyn Wilson will look to exact revenge upon Big Ten rival Northwestern this weekend. Big Tenfoes e to clas By MICHAEL EISENSTEIN Daily Sports Writer Bottom of the ninth, two outs, bases loaded, tied game. It was just past 1:40 p.m. and the heat was taking a toll on everyone in Louis- ville, Ky. They'd been at...…

…POINT-COUNTER-POINT: THEEI'S NOT BECAUSE THEY HATE JOHNS SCOOTER LIBBY TRIAL y BEREN OPINION, PAGE 4A WHY CRITICISM IS REALLY AN ACT OF LOVE THE B-SIDE SPOR IieNidTan Dai9 ()NE ...8b.°1 .1..")r.7 I N I.NT E L k E IS(I LI)IYAf) .I I.IR ~I ¢.E )ONI. .P Ann Arbor, Michigan www.michigandaily.com Thursday, March 29, 2007 OPENING ACT DESCRIPTOR PLUS In the fall, the University began using software that groups applicants into g a u g e s cluster...…

…2A - Thursday, March 29, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom MONDAY: TUESDAY: WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: FRIDAY: The Extremist Arbor Anecdotes Before You Were Here Campus Characters Explained TEL ATE-SeFTLIBRARIAN un The pagsemaster Volunteering leaves Ken Bawcom too busy to read As students enter the Undergrad- uate Library for late-night studying, they cannot take the stairs, wait for the elevator or walk through the first floor area wit...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS LANSING State government braces for shutdown Gov. Jennifer Granholm has asked state directors to tell her by next week what programs might be affected and what steps should be taken if the state runs out of money in May and has to shut down. "The money issue is real. This is not a fabricated crisis," Granholm spokeswoman Liz Boyd said yes- terday. "The governor has made it clear for months th...…

…0 4A - Thursday, March 29, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the vi...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 5A No mulligan for McKay By MATT JOHNSON Daily Sports Writer Freshman golfer Billy McKay always loved the University but, he almost didn't make it to Ann Arbor. He didn't sign with the Michi- gan men's golf team until the last hour of signing day. "I was torn between here and Michigan State, or I could've waited and looked at some schools in the South," McKay said. "I defi- n...…

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…8A - Thursday, March 29~ 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 10 8A - Thursday, March 29,, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michieandailv.com 6 I ocki team have special on By ALEX PROSPERI Daily Sports Writer Michigan women's gymnastics coach Bev Plocki is one of the most successful gymnastics coaches of all time. During her 18 years in Ann Arbor, Plocki holds a .775 winning percentage and a .847 winning percentage in Big Ten competi- tio...…