November 27, 2007 (vol. 118, iss. 57)

…First in a series of coach candidates profiles Sports, Page 5 Wi. e lici~an &xiIa1 j Arn Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, November 27, 2007 michigandaily.com Apparel company accused of racial bias New Era factory in Alabama cited by labor monitoring group ByANDY KROLL Daily Staff Reporter A New Era Cap Company facility that distributes hats with University trademarks is under investiga- tion by a national labor rights group for allegedly racially ...…

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…6 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Bush optimistic on eve of Mideast peace conference President Bush stepped cau- tiously into the most direct Mideast peacemaking of his administration on yesterday, meeting separately with the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority to explore whether peace is possible. "Diffi- cult compromises" will be required but the Israeli and Palestini...…

… 4 - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 45109 tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL EDITOR IN CHIEF IMRAN SYED EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR JEFFREY BLOOMER MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solelythe v...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 5 Meet the Ferentz Name: Kirk Ferentz Education: University of Con- necticut Experience: Head coach, Uni- versity of Maine (1990-92) Offensive line coach, Cleveland Browns (1993-97) Head coach, Iowa (1999-pres- ent) Pros: Ferentz is highly regard- ed as a class act among college coaches. After struggling his first two seasons at Iowa (4-19), he revived the program with fou...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, November 27, 2007 -- 7 Outside Paris, police, youth clash 'U' labor board to discuss firm today Violence sparked by death of two French teens in crash with police car By ARIANE BERNARD The New York Times VILLIERS-LE-BEL, France - Dozens of youths clashed with police yesterday for the second night in a row in a working- and lower-class suburb north of Paris, throwing stones, glass and fire- bo...…

… 8 - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 sI The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 4 SAM WOLSON/Daiy Some students wore "Michigan Zionist" T-shirts to protest Bard College Prof. Joel Kovel, who spoke at Rackham Amphithe- atre last night. KOVEL From Page 1A Although the University halted distribution of the book in August, citing "serious questions" raised by "members of the University community," it resumed distribu- tion of the book a month later. ...…

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… 4 10 - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom I Time to reorient yourself The Nintendo Wii's flagship experience By C Iris aclerig DnilyN Miusic Editor There was a time before the release of Nintendo's Wii that the console was known simply as "Revolu- Super Mario tion" A fitting title for Galaxy the interactive control- ler setup, early results Wii returned a rather mun- Nintendo dane response. The vari- ous gam...…