March 26, 2008 (vol. 118, iss. 121)

…~I~e Ld jian DaI~i C . .OELHUNDR IGHTEENYEAROF EDITjR.L F.EE X (nItI sd(4 y, Mrc 2, 2 8 L0* ________Wednesday, March 26,2008 micnmgandaauycom DALAI LAMA VISIT With Tibet in turmoil, visit to 'U' still planned China has accused Tibet's spiritual leader of inciting unrest, he has called for end to violence By JILLIAN BERMAN Daily StaffReporter With tension mounting in China, the Dalai Lama's scheduled visit to the University next month has tak...…

…4 2A - Wednesday, March 26, 2008 AHE UNIVERSITY RESIDENCE FARTHEST FROM THE CEK Aong walkome 'A If you're prone to complain- ing about the freezing-cold trek across the Diag, just remember: it could be wrose. Northwood Apartments, the farthest University dorm from Central Campus at 2.87 miles from the Diag. might seem like the Siberia of University housing. Located on North Campus, the apartments span 1.5 million square feet of University ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com , Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Report: Medicare, Soc. Security to run out by 2019,2041 Trustees for the government's two biggest benefit programs warned that Social Security and Medicare are facing "enormous challenges"withthethreattoMedi- care's solvency far more severe. The trustees, issuing their once- a-ye...…

…4 4A - Wednesday, March 26, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 74c1E itthdi'*an &at6U Edited and managed by students at the University ofMichigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR GABE NELSON MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustratio...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 5A Filling in the blanks was in one of the offices of the Walgreen Drama Center and picked up a newsletter - its head- line caught my eye. The article was about the concept of "objectives" in acting. ABIGAIL B. In theater, COLODNER objectives are a specific way to think about a script. Also called "intentions," they're what a character aims, line by line, to get out of the pe...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 7A Official: Dalai Lama trip still planned DALAI LAMA From Page 1A he is also scheduled to speak in Seattle, Wash. in early April. Rimpoche said he expects the Dalai Lama to discuss the current situation in Tibet when he comes to the University to speak. "It will be on everyone's mind, and it's on his mind too, so he will talk about it," he said. Rimpoche said the Dalai Lama...…

…8A - Wednesday, March 26, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com From the Ann Arbor film festival ........................... I ......... ...........................-R................ A NIGHT OF PRIDE AND CELEBRATION I Some useful guidance By BLAKE GOBLE Daily Arts Writer There were baby boomers as far as the eye couldsee, discussing censorship and the Bush administration. Thick-rimmed spec- tacles could be seen on almost every patr...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 9A Gotta love the trash 'stache Why West Virginia's Alexander should be on your list of favorite Tournament players It happens to me every year when the NCAA Tournament rolls around. There's one person who just catches my attention for being far and away the goofiest basketball player alive. Last year it was UNLV's Kevin Kruger. He admitted to getting Grant Hill's autograph...…

…4 10A - Wednesday, March 26, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com RODRIGO GAYA/Daily Senior Samantha Findlay has continued to lead the Michigan softball team after a move from first base to second in the off-season. F indlay flourishes in new spot Senior moves to second base after three years of solid play at first By RUTH LINCOLN Daily Sports Writer For the first time in her Michi- gan career, Samantha Findlay isn't picking up her ...…

…wTh lw- w w w w w w w 11 wr- -w- - qw- The civil debater hen Fadi Kiblawi created Students Allied for Free- dom and Equality, a pro- Palestinian student group, in 2001, the group's initial attempts to dis- cuss the contentious Israeli-Pales- tinian conflict with other campus groups often ended in bickering. "Back then, around the beginning of the Second Intifada, it was a very emotional issue that often became very personal and ugly -...…

…w w -W wr lw w w -W -w v 2B Te ic iga Diy - W desay arh 6 20 We nsdyMach26 :208 - e :icign : THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK with GABE NELSON A look at the big news events this week and how important they really are. Conveniently rated from one to10. rule 92: You can only sexile your roommates if they have someplace to go. rule 93: If you're not going to cross the picket line, you have to understand why you shouldn't. rule 94: Your tiny apa...…

…U U Wr w w w w w w W- w W- W-.- f -w- -w- --w- FACEBOOK ANALYTICS: How University of Michigan profiles square up against Harvard, Columbia and Yale QUOTES OF THE WEEK SEX: University of Michigan Male-41% Female - 40% None listed -19% Columbia University Male - 30% Female - 39% None listed --31% Winner: Columbia With more students with unlisted sexes than declared men on Facebook, Columbia has a leg up on renouncing traditional ge...…

…w w w w w w I -1w -W -W w I w V~dedy ach2,20 hwMcia al h c h jan D a -WednesdayMarch 2 6, 2008 The 10 activists, athletes, leaders and organizers who have left their mark on campus this year The unremitting activist arlier this month, LSA senior Aria Everts faced a dilemma when she was tapped to join the senior honor society Order of Angell. Everts questioned whether she should join the group and help implement reforms from the ins...…