February 07, 2008 (vol. 118, iss. 92)

… W$1iChilan4ai~ l Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, February 7, 2008 michigandailycom SIGNING DAY BRINGS 23 NEW WOLVERINES CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS Talks stall between 'U'GSIs GEO asked for 9 percent raises for each of next three years; University countered with offer of 2,percent yearly raises By JACOB SMILOVITZ Daily Staff Reporter With less than a month before the union's current contract expires, contract negotiations between the Graduate Em...…

… 6 2A - Thursday, February7, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: FRIDAY: The Extremist Explained _Before You Were Here Shoveling a winter wonderland LEARNING BLACK HISTORY Students living in the dorms and off-campus apartments should be thankful next time they walk outside to find their sidewalks in front of their build- ings coated in snow and ice. Although sid...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS LAFAYETTE, Tenn. Twisters kill at least 54 people across the South At least 54 people were killed and hundreds injured Tuesday and yesterday by dozens of tornadoes that plowed across Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama. It was the nation's deadliest barrage of twisters in almost 23 years. President Bush gave assurances his administration stood ready to help. TeamsfromtheFed...…

… 4A - Thursday, February 7, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 74C idiCgan 4il Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. ' i 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu 0 ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR GABE NELSON MANAGING EDITOR The Department of Defense is like the world's biggest supertanker." -Defense Sec. Robert Gates, speaking about the U.S. mi...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, February 7, 2008- 5A MichiganOhio StatePenn State APPHOT Terrelle Pryor announcing he will postpone his college decision, opting to take time for visits to more schools. According to Pryor, his final choices are Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State. Pryor: I don't know where I'm going |RARD Here's a glance at some of '~l~~f orsa eris Even without prized QB, Michigan's class still among best ...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 7A BAR From Page 1A laws allow distillers to sell their products directly to retail loca- tions. Distillers in Ann Arbor are required to sell products through distributors. Many of the bar's patrons said they will miss the quirky nature of Leopold Bros. The pub, which opened in the fall of 1999, offers typical bar games like darts and pool, but also features a variety of bo...…

… a 8A - Thursday, February7, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 'A' apparently not OK for Mitera New role hasn't translated into After transfer, guard left out in the cold sustained success By ANDY REID Daily Sports Writer Three photos hang on one wall of the Michigan hockey team's lounge. They are surrounded by NCAA Championship trophies, Brendan Morrison's Hobey Baker Award and various other shrines dedicated to the Wolverines' ...…

…. }try Fo . ;; ; . g ;M1. y t. 3 The Michigan Daily ( michigandaily.com ( Thursday, February 7,2008 ' asa a + _. . r I The Daily Arts guide to the best upcoming events - it's everywhere you should be this weekend and why. Predicting = - -the U Grammy - -* 0 W : U_ 'kIN T I ' Ue 3- Eu - - --- a1i - - V winners ... ,, . , "++ .M +4 ,.. - - - - - m~ - - - - - - x5,a - - - 1 vi 0 m Of W z Q 0 z Q W V E- z Q J F.. Q z W W W W W ,...…

… 2B - Thursday, February 7, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom REDUCTIVE REASONING Picking one and one apart. The Daily Arts guide to upcoming events Today 2.7.08 Penny W. Stamps Distin- guished Visitors Series Presents Satoru Takahashi 5 p.m. At the Michigan Theater Free Brown Bag Lecture: William Bolcom, Pulitzer Prize-Win- ning Composer 12 p.m. At the Institute for the Humanities (202 South Thayer St.) Free Grocer's Daughter Choc...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 3B The Bowl, Tuesday and our judgement e reap the fat we pile on. Exhibit A: The Super Bowl The Super Bowl wasn't anticli- mactic simply because Tom Petty barely hangs on anymore and Tom Brady's Bootgate turned out to be the greatest foot-in-mouth debacle in recent sports journalism. No, what most commentators are gen- erally agreeing on is how tepid the ad fare turned out ...…

… 0 4B - Thursday, February 7, 2008 BAND From Page 1B but this time out oft line-fueled irony? It ble. The audience ho lasts and what fallsi level seats, parachutists dropping from the In the 1980s, the sky and full-blown circus floats maneuvering short-lived mascot around the field. very offended Mic The overall direction of halftime perfor- college mascots w mances seems to be toward more clutter, more every other school extravagance, more...…