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…Cagers stay in Big Dance chase with win over ranked Indiana at Crisler Arena SportsMonday 112Midigan fail nn Arborvhichi www.michigandaily.com Monday February 19, 2007 Minority admissions plummet Numbers point to dramatic effect of affirmative action ban By WALTER NOWINSKI Daily News Editor The acceptance rate of under- represented minorities has plunged since the University was forced to stop using affirmative action in January, accordin...…

….I 2A - Monday, February 19, 2007 MONDAY: The E xtremist TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: Before You Were Here THURSDAY:- Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained This really old house The worn, creaky floorboards historic building shouldn't be on the second story of Burnham destroyed, the University offered House betray the building's his- Burnham House to any University toric past. unit that would pay to move the Burnham House, which gu...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS BAGHDAD Car bombings kill 63 in first strike since crackdown Militants struck back yesterday in their first major blow against a U.S.-led security clampdown in Baghdad with car bombings that killed at least 63 people, left scores injured and sent a grim message to officials boasting that extremist factions were on the run. The attacks in mostly Shiite areas - twin explosions in an open- air m...…

…0 4A - Monday, February 19, 2007 UPkNIO The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 43.untThis is the only issue in the history of mankind t', it E - 1 ?413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 that affects every single one of us." tothedaily@umich.edu KARL STAMPFL IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER - Actress Cameron Diaz at a joint appearance with former Vice President Al Gore announci...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Suddenly "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" isn't looking so bad. Cage rides nowhere fast as Johnny Blaze By ELIE ZWIEBEL DailyArts Writer relative career rut. If you've seen any one of Cage's films in the past five years - from "Windtalkers" to If you're a fan of over-the-hill, "Lord of War" to "The Wicker Man" balding, mediocre actors playing - you've witnessed the shrinking of superheroes...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, February 19, 2007 - 7A ADMISSIONS From page IA underrepresented minority acceptance rate to the affir- mative action ban and said it is too early to understand its effects. Peterson said the affirma- tive action ban is likely having some effect on admissions, but that the University won't be able to get the full picture until early next fall. Still, underrepresented minority applicants went from...…

…0 A - Monday, February 19, 2007 V-DAY 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Lyrics sings same old tune By CHRISTINA CHOI Daily Arts Writer For better or worse, Hugh Grant and romance are the peanut butter and jelly of the chick-flick world. Tried, true and down- right satisfying, he and his puppy-dog eyes triumph once * '* more opposite a docile Drew Barrymore in "Music and Lyr- MusIC and ics." This time around, Grant LynCS ("Love Actu...…

…Go online for softball, Bell water polo, men's nat hoops and track wan michigandaily.com S'Dort sl~nn - day : Not the ty champs we ited to face SM COLUMN 2B michigandaily.com Monday, February 19, 2007 Blue comes up just short By COURTNEY RATKOWIAK Daily Sports Writer COLUMBUS - On the second night of the Big Ten championships, Michigan and Minnesota fought for Saturday night's final victory in the 800-yard freestyle relay. Fans from both te...…

…4 DAILY SPORTS BREAKS DOWN THE WEEKEND THAT WAS 2B - Monday, February 19, 2007 'M' SCHEDULE MONDAY-239 W Golf at Central District Classic WEDNESDAY -2.21 MBasketballvs.Illinois,9P.M. THURSDAY-2.22 Water Polovs. Loyola Marymount, 6p.m. WBasketball vs. Minnesota, 8p.m. FRIDAY- 2.23 Softball vs. Aubum, 2:30 p.m. WTENNIS VS. NORTHWESTERN,3P.M. M Tennis vs.Notre Dame, 4 p.m. Baseball vs. Bethune-Cookman, 7p.m. IceHockeyvs. OhioState, 7:05 p.m. So...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, Feburary 19, 2007 - 3B eels Lions roar By ALEX PROSPERI Daily Sports Writer Achilles heel. Never has one phrase so vividly illustrated a season. The No. 9 Michigan women's gymnastics team's Achilles heel has been its inability to put togeth- er four strong rotations successful- ly in one meet. PENN STATE 195.9 Friday MICHIGAN 195.525 night, the ninth-ranked Wolverines scored a season-low 48.350 ...…

…4B - Monday, February 19, 2007 SPORT The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Not pretty, but No. 1 gets it done on road By COLT ROSENSWEIG Daily Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS - It was ugly. It was disappointing. But it was enough. By the skin of its teeth, the undefeated Michigan men's gym- nastics team pulled off a victory against No. 7 Minnesota, 209.8- 209.3. The score was Michigan's lowest point total of the season, and despite the win, the...…

…FROM THE DAILY: GO FISH - IN MICHIGAN OPINION, PAGE 4 THE WAINWRIGHT STUFF . WOMEN'S HOOPS FALLS SHORT TO RANKED FOR PURDUE RUFUS MEETS MODERN DANCE ARTS, PAGE 5 SPORTS, PAGE 8 lot 46F 46F tc4t an 4,3atig ()NI I R .' N 1) 1.1, 1-4 1.) 4 .1 -'A If'S (')**'*Fl*)!'I'(*')]II*A l.,**'['I'I' A Ann Arbor, Michigan www.michigandaily.com Friday, February 1lb 2007 VAGINA MONOLOGUES This year, a role for men Male extras will join traditionally all-...…

…2 - Friday, February 16, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0 MONDAY: TUESDAY: The Extremist Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: Before You Were Here THURSDAY: Campus Characters What's the deal with all those smokestacks near the Hill? It's not as shocking as you might think High above campus, brick chim- neys belch steam day and night. Although they might look like part of Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory, the smokestacks are part of th...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, February 16, 2007 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS LANSING GOP rejects part of Granholms plan for this year's budget Gov. Jennifer Granholm wants Senate Republicans to put out their own plan for cutting nearly $900 million out of this year's state bud- get now that they have rejected part of her budget-balancing plan. "I can't negotiate with vapor, when they've put out no plan on the other side," she said during...…

…4 - Friday, February 16, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0 C74C ACd tgan 3altl Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu 6 When wolves lose their fear of humans, it's not a good situation:' - Biologist SCOTT MCAUGHEY, on wolves entering communities in northwestern Ontario, following deer lured there by naive residents, as reported yesterd...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, February 16, 2007 - 5 Then-LSA junior Mutiyat Ade-Salu performs in "The Vagina Monologues" last year. Reconsiderin e s V-Day 'Monologues' By ANDREW SARGUS KLEIN ManagingArts Editor Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Mono- logues" stirs up a lot talk, and that's a good thing. It's the cornerstone of V-Day, a worldwide movement ded- icated to end- ing violence The Vagina against women es and girls. Monologu...…

…6- The Michigan Daily -Friday, February 16, the michigan daily PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE On Central Campus Call 668-1100. ! 1, 2, 6 bdrm. apt. for lease. Off Hill St. 734-657-5497. From $725 per mo. ! 6 BDRM Apt. for lease 1004 S.For- est. 332-6000. carlsonproperties.com ! AVAILABLE NOW: Newly refur- bished 4 bdrm., 2 bath house, incl.: 4 car prkg., updated kitch. & baths; new carpet; ldry.; possible 5th living space; pets n.k. w/depnsil. $1,9...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com TAXI PLAY From page 1 From to have jumped in the right direc- anonymo tion." would b After hitting Eleby, the taxi for talkie sped away, only to be found by Millan police moments later on the 1400 will appe block of White Street. Police Vagina" arrested Heys at East Stadium Milla Boulevard and Park Street soon being di after. their pre AAPD Sgt. Richard Kin- them a ft sey said that although the taxi She d...…

…8 - Friday, February 16, 2007 0 The Michigan Daily - michigandailyvcom Upset bid slips away 6' 'Moral victory' a bittersweet end By CHRIS HERRING Daily Sports Writer Respondingtoanembarrass- ingloss atPurdue inDecember, the Michigan women's basket- ballteam gave life PURDUE 59 to a nor- MICHIGAN 54 mally tame Crisler Arena crowd in yesterday night's rematch. Butlate inthe gamethe Boil- ermakers provided the dagger that not only quieted ...…

…SEEKING ANSWERS TO AMERICA'S ENERGY QUESTIONS OP-ED, PAGE 5A THE SPIN ZONE 'GIRL TALK' COMES TO THE LEAGUE THE B-SIDE MICHIGAN'S FUTURE QB GETS ACQUAINTED WITH AZ SPORTS, PAGE 6A L7 I i A I igataiI Ann Arbor, Michigan www.michigandaily.com COWABUNGA. BABE -hrsday, February i5, 2007 WAR IN IRAQ Tape of captive A2soldier released FORESTCASEY/Daily The Valentine's Day Ninjas, a group organized by members of the group of campus pranksters ...…

…2A - Thursday, February 15, 2007 MONDAY: TUESDAY: The Extremist Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: Before You Were Here Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained The manbeh ind the mullet Student hasn't changed hairstyle in 14 years Engineering sophomore Stephen of hair he originally grew at the nape of declined. Krause has had the same hairstyle since his neck widened into a mullet. Still, the mulletdoes need trimming he was 6 years old. His ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, February 15, 2007 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS AUBURN HILLS, Mich. Chrysler to slash 13,000 jobs For 13,000 Chrysler workers, Feb. 14 will now be known as the Valentine's Day massacre. Chrysler announced yesterday its long-awaited restructuring, which included a 16 percent reduc- tion in its work force, shift reduc- tions, a plant closing and a surprise hint that the plan could lead to a DaimlerChrysler d...…

…4A -Thursday, February 15, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu Nothing means more to me than making government work better for the working families of this state." - Comedian and liberal radio personality AlFRANKEN in a speech yesterday announcing his intention to seek the Democratic nomination for a Sen...…

…5A - Thursday, February 15, 2007 Upin smoke America's increasing reliance on coal generated electricity runs contrary to environmental goals of decreasing carbon emissions. While politicians form committees and debate the science of global warming, expect energy companies to continue to profit. GARY GRACA VEWPm..T America's love affair with coal The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com By SAM BUTLER Renewing energy at the 'U The tide is shift...…

…IORTS - michgandaily.com 6A - Thursday, February 15, 2007 Mallett adjusts to campus By KEVIN WRIGHT Daily Sports Editor He's been here just more than a month. But it didn't take star recruit Ryan Mal- lett that long to fig- EARLY ure out the ENTRANCE difference ...- ... -.. between A sneak peak high school at the four and college. early-enrollees "(It'shard) for Michigan just learn- PART 1 OF 4 ing how to adjust to the time," Mallett said....…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Three-time captain not stepping up when needed Thursday, February 15, 2007 - 7A By DANIEL LEVY A typical Abram stat line used to On Basketball read something like this: 12 points on 4-for-6 shooting, 3-for-3 from What if I were to tell you that the foul line, two rebounds, an Michigan had an experienced lead- assist and a number of right-place, er who was having the worst season right-time plays. He was...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, February 15, 2007 - 9A SOLDIER From page 1A came in response to his insis- tence the kidnappers show him proof his nephew was still alive. Qanbar said he and the kidnappers had intermit- tently exchanged e-mails for about a month until they cut off contact at the end of January. He said none of the e-mails repeated a demand made in the early days of the kidnapping for a $250,000 ransom. "But I...…

…10A - Thursday, February 15, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Shootouts: Second-ranked Irish hand M' first loss point counterpoint yea or nay? 4 By CHRIS MESZAROS Daily Sports Writer With one upset win already under its belt, the Michigan wom- en's tennis team sought to capture its second against a potent No. 2 Notre Dame team. A win over the Fighting Irish would add luster to an already great start by the Wol- verines. Unfortu...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Blue Devils golden standard for NCAA -Y .' ._ 0Thursday, February 15, 2007 -11A Change name o the game Ihate Duke. I hate that the national media loves Duke and con- stantly praises its players for their intel- ligence and class. But according to a study done by the San Jose Mercury News in the mid-'90s, Duke's fresh- DANIEL man basket- BROMWICH ball players had an aver- Broms Away age SAT score of 968....…

…12A - Thursday, February 15, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com a NEIGHBORS From page IA violations. A minivan is parked across the street, and a tree house is visible from the doorway. "Theyhave abigproblemwith us throwing parties," said LSA junior Claudia Perez-Tamayo, who lives in the house. "It's just really frustrat- ing because they could come talk to us first." Sedney said she and her house- mates usually host parties about o...…

…THE PHARCYDE IS THE CURE PAGE 3B. HOW-TO PAGE 4B. s ,r , ' THE Is THURSDAY, F) Love. Sex. Purple. There are a few musicians I'd consider to be totally unique. Prince is a different category in and of himself. Prince is a guitar god, a wildly talented producer and, above all, a heaving, pant- ing, steamy purple sex sym- bol. His appeal is absolutely undeniable. Hell, even t'd blow him. His recent LLOYD H. appearance at the Super Bowl CARGO ...…

…2 - Thursday, February 15, 2007 ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS 'It I The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4o ett sa c I I ADVISED The U.S. military is concerned that torture scenes on the Fox hit"24,"featuring Kiefer Sutherland will leadto similar behavior in actual soldiers. Briga- dier General Pat- rick Finnegan has spoken with the SUTHERLAND show's producers, The New Yorker reported, and told them that many soldiers in Iraq say there's a direct ...…

…1 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com The right ' Cyde WHERE DID ALL THE GOOD HIP HOP GO? By TOM SHEA For the Daily It's official: Akon's single "Smack That" is overplayed. Don't let fraternity guys, socially anxious underclassmen or the Scorekeeper's DJ tell you any differently. The beat sounds too much like Usher's 2004 hit "Yeah!" to be origi- nal, and Eminem's mailed-in verse only speeds his tailspin from the bright, creative center of ...…

…4B - Thursday, February 15, 2007 You ser How to mend your t By KIMBERLY CHOU, CAROLINE HARTMANN and ANDREW SARGUS KLEIN Daily Arts Editors Either you forgot, tried too hard or went down in flames. Regardless, it's Feb. 15, and you didn't deliver on Valentine's Day. True, hopeless romantics (and Hall- mark execs) seem to care almost too much about the holiday's conventions - "I asked for Godiva chocolates, I'm making sure he orders pink roses a...…

…;T Will you be able to hide the skeletons in your closet in the age of cell phone cameras and YouTube? The science of love tdiian al Ann Arbor, Michigan www.michigandaily.com * FUELING THE FUTURE Energy chief speaks at U' Panelists call for new, sustainable technology ByARIKIAMILLIKAN Daily StaffReporter Everyone has turned on a light switch. It doesn't require much thought. There's just a quick flick, and then back to everyday life. At an ...…

…2A - Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2A -Wednsday Febuary14, 007The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom * MONDAY: The Extremist TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes THURSDAY: Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained A protest group's first chapter Student group wrote the Port Huron Statement A group of tudentn in trying to rentart a tampon chapter of what in perhapn the mont famoun group founded at the Univernity, Stu- dentn for a Democratic Society. It wan ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS BAGHDAD * Iraq to seal borders with Syria and Iran in crackdown The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown announced yesterday that Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran and ordered the return of unlawfully seized homes, as part of the drive to end the violence that has threatened to divide the capital along sectarian lines. Ahead of the...…

…4A -Wednesday, February 14, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com C74 fIdiigQan Bjaly Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily@umich.edu 0 Talk is easy, talk is cheap. It is the doing that's hard." - Former Massachusetts Gov. MITT ROMNEY announcing his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the 2008 presidential election yesterday in Dearborn. JOHN ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 5A Loose coverage ver the past six months, I've read roughly 50 to 60 articles directly about the current state of sports broadcasting on televi- sion. The articles are basically all the same.After praising a few announcing crews of yesteryear, almost all of the articles conclude that at the moment, sports coverage blows. Hard. And I can't disagree. Most of today's announ...…

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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 7A ROMNEY From page IA "I do not believe Washing- ton can be transformed from within by a lifelong politi- cian," Romney said. "There have been too many deals, too many favors, too many entan- glements - and too little real- world experience managing, guiding, leading." Romney is a former ven- ture capitalist who founded the Boston-based Bain Capi- tal, where he helped sta...…

…a 8 - Wednesday, February 14, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Ballhandling, pride push Spartans past Wolverines EAST LANSING - And when life hands you lem- coach Tommy Amaker called L ast ons, you make lemonade. Michigan State a proud team. night's But this is Michigan basketball. And he was right. The Spartans game was And last night, when the Wol- were a proud team. ugly. verines were given lemons, they That explains why, whi...…

…THowMhga Daid sapebru taught4,etbegay(sot2of)By How David Halperin taught me to be gay (sort of) B~fryB, t T t- 0- ou were in class. I was at a party. Don't get me wrong. English Prof. David Halperin has many lessons. The man behind the University's "How to Be Gay: Male Homosexuality and Initiation" course that sent conservative regents into a furor when first offered in 2000 (and for years thereafter), Halperin is an accomplished scholar,...…

… i 0 W. S -W -W w THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK with WALTER NOWINSKI table_ ____ n tnt A look at the big news events this week and how important they really are. Conveniently rated from one to10. Wednesday, 200 ANSWERS WITHOUT QUES Te pla nato 4B RUNNING FROM THE PAST What cell phone cameras mean for your political future. 6B LET'S MULTIPLY The science behind what makes Valen- tine's Day so good. 8B LEARNING TO BE GAY Taking lesssons from on...…

…The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, Feburary 14, 2007 The science behind why she won't be your Valentine Unknown Unknowns I Science Column Wednesday , 2007 - The Michigan Da QUOTES OF THE WEEK "She was raised to be a rich man's wife. Instead she I don't know. If you go becomes the president of the back to my speech, I most powerful university in think I may have. I'm the world." he was the starry-eyed beau- ty, he the prince in shining spacesui...…

… i -"w -W U w I. '. - S. Weneda, ebuay 4,07- TeMcia al 114-:- m I i I I R P : _. ', RU [Ni fROM YOU I Once upon a time, politicians' vices in their college days lived on only in memory. Now they're floating around cyberspace in photographs, videos and blog posts. Will it matter in 30 years when you're gunning for public office? By Andrew Grossman I Managing News Editor f my housemate ever runs for political office, he's go...…

…SYED: TOYOTA IN NASCAR ISN'T AS UNAMERICAN AS YOU THINK OPINION, PAGE 4 NOT FOR KIDS CAGERS HEAD TO PIVOTAL ROAD CONTEST AT MSU LITTLE CHILDREN' A COMPLEX VISION OF SUBURBIA ARTS, PAGE 5 SPORTS, PAGE 9 ( NI N ~I) \ FL N BALS( f L )IL')R EI LV+b\ Ann Arbor, Michigan www.michigandaily.com Tuesday, February13, 2007 CAMPUS CRIME Students robbed at gunpoint They asked for Fourth Avenue. Kinsey said the suspects' home- directions, but towns - R...…

…2 - Tuesday, February 13, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Ann Arbor ingenuity I rent a room in the partially unfinished basement of an old Ann Arbor house. Usually, I'm the girl who can always stand the cold, the last to reach for the blankets, but the past month has been an excep- tion. I've put five blankets on my bed and wear about 4 layers of clothes and a hat to sleep. I took the space heater with a built-in thermometer out...…