July 27, 2009 (vol. 119, iss. 146)

…STUDENT GOVERNMENT Students rally on capitol steps THE END OF AN ERA OPINION Show us the money Emad Ansari on the scar- city of financial aid for international students. SEE PAGE 5 ARTS Pitchfork's happy hipsters 3-day Chicago music festival showcases indie rock's biggest names SEE PAGE 10 SPORTS Fielding Dreams Junior Tyler Burgoon gets a taste of Fenway Park as a Cape League All-Star SEE PAGE 11 INDEX Vol. CXIX, No.146 6 6200 othe Michigan...…

…2 Monday, July 27, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com PROTEST From Page 1 approximately $140 million to 96,000 students across the state. The bill also eliminates nearly $56 million in need-based financial aid. Last Wednesday, Republicans in theHouseofRepresentativesformed a different set of bills in an attempt to avoid using stimulus funds to reduce the state's deficit. The plan would keep the Michigan Promise Scholarship but would...…

…Monday, July 27, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Family of dead construction worker sues 'U' Mother seeks more than $25,000 in damages BY LARA ZADE ManagingNews Editor The family of former construc- tion worker David Smith, a con- struction worker who died in an accident at the Ross School of Business construction site last August, is suing the University for failing to provide adequate safety measures. AMAZON From Page 1 being de...…

…41 Monday, July 27, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu JAMIE BLOCK EDITOR IN CHIEF ROBERT SOAVE MANAGING EDITOR RACHEL VAN GILDER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect theofficial position of the Daily's editorialboard. Allother signed articles and illustrations represent solely theviewsof...…

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…81 Monday, July 27, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Ann Arbor News closes after printing for 174 years AnnArbor.com to industry" and the consequential executive vice president. doing research on computers than economic impact that forced pub- According to Champion, 274 any other Southeastern Michigan replace local paper lishers to decide to close The Ann Ann Arbor News employees were city," he said. Arbor News in March. laid off ...…

…Monday, July 27, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Male gusto can't save chick flick Despite avoiding some genre cliches, 'The Ugly Truth' suffers from a weak, predictable script By TIMOTHY RABB Daily Arts Writer In an overtly generic romantic comedy, the female pro- tagonist inevitably wins the battle against the stereotypical bawdiness of her male lover, either through manipulation and cunning or with tender- ness and passion. Thi...…

…10 Monday, July 27, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Polite hipsters at Pitchfork By JEFF SANFORD Senior Arts Editor To begin, a corny - but, in a roundabout way, thought-provoking - joke I heard while attending this year's Pitchfork Music Festival: Q: "How many hipsters does it take to screw in a lightbulb?" A: "It's a pretty obscure number. You've probably never heard of it." This joke was met with groans and blank stares, plus...…

…Monday, July 27, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Burgoon has All-Star experience Wolverine pitcher dominates summer Cape Cod League By NICOLE AUERBACH Daily Sports Editor BOSTON - It was tough to pick junior Tyler Burgoon out of the crowd of baseball players huddled around Fenway Park's third base dugout on Thursday. All of the Cape Cod Baseball League players on hand for the Cape League All-Star Game were dressed in similar warm-...…

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