…Looking for more? Bosl For five more stories, to fl check our website bra( michiganail.com Al ortSo a I '1THE: MICHIGAN DAILY v ch: Get ready ill out those ckets SM COLUMN 2B michigandaily.com Monday, March 12, 2007 Porter brings home NCAA title By MICHAEL EISENSTEIN Daily Sports Writer If you had told Jeff Porter four years ago that he would win a nationalchampionship, he would've laughed at you. If you had told Porter at season's start ...…
…T ° : The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 9 Michigan Daily challenge NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TOU RNAMENT First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Title Final Four Elite Eight Sweet Sixteen Second Round First Round March 15 -16 March 17 -18 March 22 - 23 March 24 - 25 March 31 April 2 March 31 March 24 - 25 March 22 - 23 March 17 -18 March 15 -16 1. Florida (29-5) S o et em s on sa dw ...…
…DAILY SPORTS BREAKS DOWN THE WEEKEND THAT WAS 2B - Monday, March 12, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.c SAID AND HEARD "Your dream is to make (the NCAA Tourna- ment), and to not make it all four years you are here, that's a huge disappointment." - Michigan senior COURTNEY SIMS on the Wolverines missing out on the NCAA Tournament for his entire career. ATHLETE OF THE WEEK JEFF PORTER MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD The senior took home the 60-m...…
…10 - Tuesday, March 13, 2007 RT The Michigan Dailv - michigandailv.com 0 Amaker upbeat entering NIT By DANIEL LEVY Daily Sports Writer It would be natural to assume that Michigan would be extremely disappointed one day after it was Utah State officially left out of the NCAA Tour- at Michigan nament's field of When: 65, settling for yet Tonight, 7 p.m. another National Invitational Tour- Where: namentbid. Crisler Arena But despite the news...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, March 12, 2007 - 3B Blue can't seal the deal, loses to Nittany Lions By ANTHONY OLIVEIRA team," s Daily Sports Writer said. "It' The w The door was there. Michiga The No. 21 Michigan men's swept B tennis team just forgot how to before. C close it. matches Up two breaks in the final set, veriness sophomore Scott Bruckmann was secutive on his way to his fifth-consecu- time ina tive singles win. Bu...…
…4B - Monday, March 12, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com CONTACT TO THE HEAD 0 WILDCATS From page 1B and two assists. Hensick kicked off the Michigan scoring onslaught when he picked up a loose puck between the circles and flipped awrist shot from point-blank range past Northern Michigan goalie Bill Zaniboni. Hensick's other two goals came off rebounds. In the second period, senior captain Matt Hunwick put a shot on net from the ...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, March 12, 2007 - 5B CRASHING THE BOARDS NOTABLE QUOTABLE "I have confidence in our univer- sity and our officials. I love work- ing at Michigan, and I respect any decision that they may make." - Michigan coach Tommy Amaker on his uncer- tain job status following Friday's loss to Ohio State. PLAYER OF THE GAME Lester Abram FORWARD Abram led the Wolverines in scoring with 13 points and was 3-of-...…
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…2 - Friday, March 9, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MONDAY: The Extremist TUESDAY: WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: Arbor Anecdotes Before You Were Here Campus Characters_ T E AEA What's with the nudes on Glen Avenue? The story behind 'The Regeneration of Time' Students making their way in the present and represents the through the University's Medical child's past," Marinaro wrote in Campus each day are greeted by a an explanation publis...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, March 9, 2007 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS SAO PAULO, Brazil 0 Amid protest, Bush begins tour of Latin America President Bush sought to reverse an impression of U.S. neglect as he opened a six-day tour of Latin America yesterday. Street protests awaited him. Bush's trip was intended to pro- mote democracy, increased trade and cooperation on alternative fuels. The president and his advis- ers also hoped his v...…
…4 - Friday, March 9, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 74C MIdiig0an Bal,6l 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 oftthe Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represen...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, March 9, 2007 - 5 JEREMY CHO/Daily Courtesy of Fox Is this freaking you out? OK, good. It's not just us. Fox finds itself a 'Winner'! *.! sort o Element1 and its members will bring their hottest moves Saturday. If they look anything like they do on camera they'll be just fine. Break it down ATHLETIC BREAK CREWS TO COMPETE. BOGGLE MINDS By IMRAN SYED Daily Arts Writer Browsing through Fox's cu...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com The U SUDAN sion to re From page 1 uproar o all taken steps to divest from Sudan. the Unive Harvard led the pack byannounc- Students' ing its divestment on April 4, 2005. fur walke All three universities have cited the univ humanitarian concerns about the on Marc Sudanese government's treatment ment ofa of civilians in the country's Dar- Rebecc fur region. Since July 2003, the of Chicag government-support...…
…0 8 - Friday, March 9, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Low score enough for Cagers at Big Tens 0 By DANIEL BROMWICH Daily Sports Editor CHICAGO - Michigan and Minnesota put on an absolutely stunning, awe-inspiring, record- breaking perfor- MINNESOTA 40 mance. MICHIGAN 49 But neither team is likely to frame this particular stat sheet, the one that explains the Wolverines' 49-40 win over the Golden Gophers. Records of futility w...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, March 9, 2007 - 9 The leaders and Dest * Senior defenseman makes key contributions behind the scenes By IAN ROBINSON Daily Sports Writer Heading into the season, alter- nate captain Jason Dest was on pace to become Michigan hockey's Iron Man, breaking Rob Brown's record of 164 consecutive games played. After missing the first game of his freshman season, Dest played in every game for nearly thr...…
…10 - Friday, March 9, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 10 - Friday, March 9, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom WATCH LIVE SAMESFROM THE 20C7NCAA* IDIVISIN I MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP ONLINE FOR FREE! ppowd bd hrBsSpor om 40 PROUD PROMOTIONAL PARTNER *Local blackout rules will limit availability to 37 games for most people. This product will not include the Opening Round game on March 13, 2007. NCAA March Madness ...…
…DIBO: JAPAN NEEDS TO OWN UP -C QTATTOOING THERM PYLAE FORG CAGERS, BIG PRESSURE AT TO INJUSTICE AGAINST WOMEN "THE BIG TEN TOURNEY OPINION, PAGE 4A ANN ARBOR NATIVES WORK ON 300 THE B-SIDE SPORTS, PAGE 5A -Ije M3idiigan hilp Ann Arbor, Michigar www.michigandaily com Thursday, March 8, 2007 Last in a series about the University's connection to the Iraq war AFTER PROPOSAL 2 P anel: Most programs are legal Commission says only 8 of 45 state...…
…2A - Thursday, March 8, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0 MONDAY: TUESDAY: WEDNESDAY: The Extremist Arbor Anecdotes Before You Were Here FRIDAY: Explained Would you like advice with that? Vendor serves up conversation with lunch LeRoy Whipple will give advice about plumbing but not about love. The owner and sole employee of the Dog Days hot dog stand near the C.C Little bus stop serves up advice with the hot dogs and coffee he...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS MIDLAND, Mich. Teenager shoots ex-girlfriend, kills self outside school A teenager shot his ex-girlfriend four times outside her high school yesterday morning, then killed himself as the girl's mother tried to protect her, authorities said. Jessica Forsyth, 17, was taken to Hurley Medical Center in Flint, where she was in serious but stable condition, hospital spokeswoman Christie White said ...…
…4A - Thursday, March 8, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 1 rC 4l1dlitan Bily Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@nmich.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 repres...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, March 8, 2007 - 5A Cagers' hopes hinge on Big Ten Tourney By DANIEL BROMWICH Daily Sports Editor It's one of the equalizers in sports, an intangible that never shows up on the stat sheet but often influences the game just as much as anything found there. And the Michi- gan men's bas- Michigan ketball team will have plenty of at Big Ten motivation this Tournament weekend at the Matchup: Big Ten...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, March 8, 2007 - 7A IRAQ From page lA THE PSYCHIATRIST At the Veteran Affairs Hospital on Fuller Road in Ann Arbor, dozens of Iraq veterans living in Michigan have been treated for post-traumatic stress disorder. Psychiatry Prof. Israel Liberzon, who oversees the psychiatry ward of the Veteran Affairs Hospital, said the military is more prepared for preventing post-traumatic stress disorder now...…
…8A - Thursday, March 8, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Icers'playoff hopes rest with goalie Sauer By JAMES V. DOWD On Ice Hockey When the puck hasn't bounced the way it should for the Michigan hockey team this year, fans looking for a scapegoat often fail to point to the defense, which has turned over the puck far too often, orto the for- wards that have struggled to work the puck through the neutral zone. Time and again, the b...…
…0TH M COMS AR THE PRICE OF FILE SHARING PAGE 3B I T R'S RA ATIS PERSONAE IOW HOLLYWOOD RESHAPES THE PAST PAGE 4B B THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, MARCH 8,2007 Red-hot locks and echops J may be a bit of a cliche, but the "what's your dream line- up?" question isstill a fun game. Unfortunately, I'm a pretty poor sport. My dream line-up would be John, Paul, George, Ringo and maybe Coltrane, and that answer does not a column make. But that doesn't...…
…2B - Thursday, March 8, 2007T M g a m nd c The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0 T-E VAUTJ 'PEOPLE'S INSTINCTIVE TRAVELS AND THE PATHS OF RHYTHM' (1990) Hip hop's gloried past ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS By ANTHONY BABER DailyArts Writer In recent years of popular hip hop, lyrical content has taken a backseat to fly and flashy rhymes of diamonds, grills, rims, hoes and, of course, the almighty dollar - usu- ally by illegal means. But back inth...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com [the b-side} Thursday, March 8, 2007 - 3B File-sharing blues By PAUL TASSI Do theythinkthey can putcfear in Daily Film Editor us with potential fines and lawsuits? The reason the RIAA is trying to After readingthe article about the settle instead of suing is because if Recording Industry of America in they actually went to court, every- Monday's Daily (RIAA to Students: one would laugh at how ludicrous ...…
…4B - Thursday,March 8, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0 Recasting history HOW HOLLYWOOD IS (SUB)CONSCIOUSLY TAKING OVER YOUR TEXTBOOK 4 By KRISTIN MAcDONALD Associate Arts Editor It's disappointing now to see tabloid photos of England's Queen Elizabeth. There's something not quite right about her. She's just not ... Helen Mirren enough. Nor do photos of Uganda's actual Idi Amin now seem all that intimi- dating. The real Ugand...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 'Golden' age of gaming By PAUL TASSI Daily Film Editor Games these days don't have a real multi- player option anymore. Everything's on "Xbox Live," and there's no real sense of urgency or fair play. Why would anyone want to play "Gears of War" with four friends together in the same room? That's ridiculous. It's clearly more fun to log on and get shot in the head instantaneously by every member of "Das Ki...…
…6B - Thursday, March 8, 2007 ithe b-sidel 0 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com YOUNG TALENT LEADS TO PROGRESS FOR WOLV-TV WOLV-TV From page 1B p.m. The show features Hollywood news, movie reviews and pop-culture events, including an occasional segment of a movie roundtable featuring The Michigan Daily's film writers. "We do a range of celebrity interviews, from Will Smith to the cast of 'Reno 911!' We also focus a lot on all types of...…
…Stop whining about your GSI's accent. The Statement Ann Arbor Michigan www.michigandaily.com Wednesday, March 7, 2007 FRIEZE FALLING Student reports rape near campus DPS issues crime alert about reported incident By JESSICA VOSGERCHIAN Daily StaffReporter Police are investigating a rape reported near campus, an Ann Arbor Police Department official said. An 18-year-old University stu- dent told police on Monday that she had been raped at ...…
…6 2A - Wednesday, March 7, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MONDAY: TUESDAY: The Extremist Arbor Anecdotes THURSDAY: Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained Unveiing the cure Vaccine's success was validated at the 'U' Hundreds of reporters and sci- sity's department of epidemiol- entists scrambled to the front of the ogy, Francis hired Salk as a research Rackham Auditorium on the morn- assistant for his work on developing ing of....…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, March 7, 2007 - 3A CAST AWAY NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Aide to Cheney found guilty in CIA leak investigation once the closest adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney, L Lewis "Scooter" Libby was convicted yesterday of lying and obstructing a leak investigation that shook the top levels of the Bush administra- tion. Four guilty verdicts ended a seven-week CIA leak trial that focused new attention o...…
…4 4A - Wednesday, March 7, 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 v...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandyaily.com Wednesday, March 7, 2007 - 5A News, meet comedy F or better or worse, "The Daily Show with Jon Stew- art" has become the voice of a generation and "The Colbert Report" is that voice's smartass best friend. Comedy Central's duo has blown up in the past year and everyone from slacker college students to ultra-liberal Hollywood types loves to shower the duo with praise. And for good rea- son: Stewart and...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, March 7, 2007 - 7A APPLICATIONS From page LA sions data, a total of 2,460 underrepresented minorities had applied to the University by the beginning of February - a 5 percent increase from the same point last year. The increase in applicants may have been due to the fact that Proposal 2 was loom- ing. Students at Cass Tech- nical High School in Detroit said that before the initiative passed, ...…
…6 8A- Wednesday, March 7, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Bids up for grabs By MARK GIANNOTTO Daily Sports Writer If you consider yourself a college basketball fan, then there is no need for a reminder. But just in case you've been under a rock and missed all the promos on ESPN every day: Championship Week is upon us. Twelve teams have already punched their tickets to the Big Dance, and by Sunday night, the field of 65 will be c...…
…w aa Th Mihga . Wensdy ,20. 0 -- _-_-- S V V w w My career as a prop J erry Seinfeld once said that more people are afraid of public speaking than are afraid of death and consequently a siz- able chunk of the American population would rather be the guy in the casket than the one delivering the eulogy. I can understand this. Then again, it's almost common knowledge that deep down, everyone wants to be an actor. I can under- stand this, ...…
… V V V w v w w v _ w v w w Th Mihia Dai - nsdy Mac 7,S006 THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK with WALTER NOWINSKI iablef C (tetft. A look at the big news events this week and how important they really are. Conveniently rated from one to 10. Wednesday, March 7 2007 - The Michigan Daily 7 3B THE JUNK DRAWER What's hot and what's not in cur- rent events and pop culture. 4B STRAIGHT TALK What complaining about GSIs' language skills says about us. ...…
…w 0 r V V V V V V IW 9 w 0 0 TCganpus' sexua - es C ampus's sexual history WenedyMrc , 07 heMchgn aly 3 The romantic milestones that shaped sex as we know it at the University. QUOTES OF THE WEEK It turns out you have to go into rehab if you 1870 - The beginning Without crossword or sadoku puzzles, sitting through boring classes was a trying task for male students at the University in its first five decades. But in 1870, Universi...…
…w w V V w V V w w v v w w w v Why complaining about your GSI's accent is a waste of time (and racist) Some students are blaming their academic troubles on their GSIs' accents. It's an easy way out. It's also the wrong one. By Gabe Nelson I Daily News Editor Likemanystudents atthe Univer- sity, Business sophomore Eric Brackmann can't understand his graduate student instructor. Brackmann tried to under- stand his economics GSI's accen...…
…IMRAN SYED: RED AND YELLOW MAKES ORANGE. SO WHAT? OPINION, PAGE 4 NFL DREAM ING UNE OF FAITHFUL FANS GREETS CUTPSE AT THE BUOND PRG BREA STON TRIES TO MAKE THE GRADE AT COMBINE SPORTS, PAGE 9 ARTS, PAGE 5 I e fidIgan Bai3j Ann Arbor, Michigan www.michigandaily.com Tuesday March 6, THE UNIVERSITY'S LOBBYING SHOP As state funds drop, 'U' hits Hill Federal lobbying by BIG TEN OF INFLUENCE colleges has Money spent on lobbying last year incre...…
…2 - Tuesday, March 6, 2007 Not just a post-Valentine's misadventure At first I thought some poor suck- Christmas lights strung along the and slams into the wall. er had simply forgotten Valentine's arch's curve. The bathroom dominatrix Day, but even for a grovelling apol- Having at the moment little storms in with fast, long strides ogy, this would have been going a thought for thorough journalism, I and disappears directly into a stall. bit ...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, March 6, 2007 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS JABAR, Afghanistan Coalition airstrike hits house, kills 9 from one family A coalition airstrike destroyed a mud-brick home after a rocket attack on a U.S. base, killing nine people from four generations of an Afghanfamilyincludinga6-month- old, officials and relatives said yes- terday - one of the latest in a string of civilian deaths that threaten to undermine th...…
…4 - Tuesday, March 6, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com E E Midc4anJa40y Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. *tAnn Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu 4 There are huge, huge health risks and people should rightly be concerned about this." - Researcher Becky Price of GeneWatch UK on genetically-modified rice produced in America that contains human proteins similar to those in...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, March 6, 2007 - 5 He's in psychoville, and Finkle's the mayor. Overwrought psycho- ' thriller doesn't add up Clipse takes over The Blind Pig on Sunday night. By ELIE ZWIEBEL Daily Arts Writer It's a common thought process when reading a new novel to put ourselves or peo- ple we know into the role ofvarious characters. Only in "The Number Th 23," when Wal- Number 23 ter Sparrow (Jim Carrey, "...…
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