September 27, 2012 (vol. 123, iss. 18)

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT City Council balks at state offer to take over Belle Isle Covered in green and sur- rounded by the slow, flowing waters of the Detroit River, the 975-acre Belle Isle is perhaps Michigan's best-known park not run by the state. Detroit Mayor Dave Bing and Gov. Rick Snyder want to ...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 5A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycomThursday, September 27, 2012 - Election fever missing on many college campuses In this Nov. 22, 2011 photo, Google executive Fabio Jose Silva Coelho poses for a portrait in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Google Inc.'s head of operations in Brazil was detained by the country's federal police on Wednesday after the company failed to heed a judge...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 6A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 6A FUNDING From Page 1A a drop in National Institutes of Health funding that was support- ed by stimulus funds. The NIH is currently the single largest funder of University research. According to the most recent National Science Foundation report, published in 2009, the University ranks first in resea...…

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…4B - Thursday, September 27, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com GOSSIP COLUMN SURPRISING SCULPTURES. Mistakes make celebrities seem mortal 4 MARLENE LACASSE/Daly The 'Wave Field' on North Campus is often not recognized as art. Secret art all around 'U' Students react to obscure pieces of artwork on campus By GIACOMO BOLOGNA Daily StaffReporter Students spin it in on their way to class, tour guides point it out to prospective stud...…