…Weather Wednesday December 10, 2003 @2003 The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXIII, No. 68 One-hundred-thirteen years ofeditoriadfreedom TODAY: Rainy and cool all day with temper-, atures drop- ping below freezing at night. LOW 31 Tomorrow: 3SI 1 wwwmichigandailycom Lawmakers, Gov. cut deal on higher ed By Andrew Kaplan Daily Staff Reporter When the University slashed its budget in the middle of last year, faculty had to stret...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 10, 2003 NATION/WORLD Twin bombings hit Iraq, council approves tribunal AP PHOTO Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean, right, speaks during a rally after former Vice President Al Gore, left, endorsed him yesterday. Gore's endorsement d raws ire of ems DURHAM, N.H. (AP) - Eight Democratic presidential contenders yesterday strongly disputed that Howard Dean was the party's best chance for b...…
…The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 3 THISEE7.m Mich. poll gauges student opinions on gov't I 'l- 1J-- 1--L1 1--1V 1 WS pl I Ten years ago ... In a controversial move, Universi- ty Health Service authorized its doctors to prescribe the "morning- after" contraception pill that effec- tively prevents pregnancy within 48 hours of unprotected sex. Although some abortion-oppos- ing organizations felt it was improper for the Un...…
…0 4 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 10, 2003 OP/ED Ub Ln & 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 letters@michigandaily.com EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 LoUIE MEIZLISH Editor in Chief AUBREY HENRETTY ZAC PESKOWITZ Editorial Page Editors Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of the majority of the Daily's editorial board. All other articles, letters and car...…
… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 5 [How to survive blackouts Labor allegations may stop 'U' from By Tomislav Ladika Daily Staff Reporter The labor practices of a factory in El Salvador are prompting the Univer- sity to reconsider its contract with retailer Lands' End for the production of alumni apparel. The University's Committee on Labor Standards and Human Rights is expected to make a recommendation to th...…
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…8 - The Michigan Daily --Wednesday, December 10, 2003 Harassing phone calls target Asan students PRANKS Continued from Page 1. are hurtful and sick people out there," he said. The caller's phone number, which had a San Francisco area code, appeared on multiple recipients' caller ID. Repeated calls to the number yielded no response. The calls from this number followed a very different pattern from the calls that prompted last week's crime ale...…
…The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 9 Seventeenth Annual University of Michigan Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium Still Separate? Still Unequal? Brown versus Board of Education, Fifty Years Later... January 5-31, 2004 MLK Opening Lecture Student to Student: A Conversation with the Brown Sisters 6:00 pm, Monday, January 12 Michigan Union Ballroom Presented by the MLK Symposium Planning Committee MLK Memorial Keynot...…
… Wednesday December 10, 2003 michigandaily.com artseditor@michigandaily.com ARTS 10 THE HOTTEST PICKS IN ENTERTAINMENT FROM A DAILY ARTS WRITER S "Futurama" - Despite the popularity of "The Family Guy," this Matt Groening creation is the funniest cartoon series since "The Simpsons." Buy the first two seasons on DVD, or just pay homage by watching the canceled series on the Cartoon Network. Courtesy of HBO You know what the dead do most...…
… ART S The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 10, 2003 -11 Folk you: Furtado gets serious By Hussain Rahim Daily Arts Writer Three years ago a Portuguese-Cana- dian singer-songwriter came out of nowhere with an energetic and sprawl- ing debut album, encompassed an impressive mix of world beat, strong urban influences and clever song- writing that suc- Whoa Nelly!, that Nelly Furtado Folklore DreamWorks ceeded largely because she was ...…
…4 12 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 10, 2003 ARTS 'Speed' By Jason Roberts Daily Arts Editor takes it to the streets With dazzling visuals and an intense sense of speed, "Need for Speed Underground" is one hell of a ride. Racers compete against other opponents in competitions that range from a standard circuit across a city, to a drag race through busy intersections, to a slick and slippery run where points Courtesy of's El...…
… ART S The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 10, 2003 -13 BEYOND MT NEW DVD SERIES SHOWCA ART OF THE MUSIC VID By Todd Weiser Daily Arts Editor DVD REVIEW Video may have killed the radio star, but now it's made for an incredible new DVD series. Introduced in October, the Director's Label embraces the careers of some of the best directors who've worked in the music video format in the past decade. Moreover, these DVD organizers thankfully ...…
…RJe AIdbigan ~&ig Wednesday December 10, 2003 www.michigandaily.com sports@michigandaily.com Athletic department mistake forced men's soccer to play on road I 41 By Elen McGarrity and Jim Weber Daily Sports Writers When it comes to sports, playing "what if" just results in frustration. But it's hard not to ask, "What if the Michigan athletic department had placed a bid to host the fourth round of the NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament?" If it had,...…
…The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 10, 2003 -15 From juniors to Ann Arbor: Cook, Dest stick together Women's hoops still searching for road win By Sharad Mattu Daily Sports Writer While freshmen on top football and basketball teams are usually athletes who come to campuses after four years of playing for their high school and dominating inferior opponents, the path that col- lege ice hockey players take is vastly different. College ho...…
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…w The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 17 PERRY Continued from Page 14 and asked, "Did you see the game Sat- urday?" He referred to Sproles' 235- yard performance in his team's Big 12 title-game win over Oklahoma. "I'm begging for votes," Perry joked. "I've decided I'm going to be scenery at every event. If I go to New York, I'm just the guy to shake the hand of the lucky guy who wins." It's been Perry's style all season to do...…
…18 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 10, 2003 How the BCS stole the national title Offenses ready to rock in Rose CHRIS BURKE Goin' to Work Every Fan down in Fanville likes undisputed champions a lot ... But the Men who ran college football did not! The Men hated obvious winners, the whole, darn bowl season. Now, please don't ask why; no one quite knows the reason. No, scratch that, I'm lying, we do know the reason. Controversy bri...…
…Tuesday December 9, 2003 @2003 The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXIII, No. 67 Weather TODAY: One-hundred-thirteen years ofeditorialfreedom Mostly cloudy with a good chance of showers in the after- noon. HIh 42 LIOW: 40 Tomorrow: 40132 wwwmichigandailycom Harassing phone calls continue on campus Number of calls reaches five, international students warned By Enily Kraack Daily StaffReporter An e-mail sent to the international s...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, December 9, 2003 NATION/WORLD Seniors face new Medicare choices Nearly $400 billion will be spent in next 10 years to subsidize drug benefits WASHINGTON (AP) - The new prescription drug benefit signed into law yesterday by President Bush as part of major Medicare changes will confront seniors with numerous and sometimes-difficult choices on their health care coverage. Bush said the new drug insurance "will ...…
… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, December 9, 2003 - 3 CAMPUS Protesting management Hundreds join in lawsuit against chemical company The Associated Press Last installment of 'Lord of the Rings' series to be shown "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" begins playing in Ann Arbor Dec. 17. The much-anticipated third movie in the trilogy, filmed in the New Zealand, is based on J.R.R. Tolkien's series of novels. Tolkien was...…
…4 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, December 9, 2003 OP/ED U £ut & 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 letters@michigandaily.com EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 LouIE MEIZLISH Editor in Chief AUBREY HENRETTY ZAC PESKOWITZ Editorial Page Editors Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of the majority of the Daily's editorial board. All other articles, letters and cartoons d...…
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…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, December 9, 2003 - 7 CRIME Continued from Page 1. 1983. He said he was walking through the graduate scho9l when some men in a convertible stopped and yelled at him to "get back on the boat" and go home. He said they also called him names. "At first I was confused. After it had settled in, Iwas upset,"he said. "That only happened once. In seven years as a student, I never experienced it after that." Altamirano sai...…
… 0 Tuesday December 9, 2003 michigandaily.com artseditor@michigandaily.com RTS 8 I ADAM ROTTENBERG It's time homage was paid to a the masters of Middle Earth Courtesy of Bravo Listen. Here's the thing. If you can't spot the sucker In the first half hour at the table, then you are the sucker. A ROYAL FLUSH BRAVO'S 'CELEBRITY POKER' PLAYS WITH FULL DECK By Douglas Wernert Daily Arts Writer "You've got to know when to hold 'em, know w...…
… ARTS- 9 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, December 9, 2003 Courtesy of NBC Rabbits x can't cut Y4 their own hair. That's crazy.f BACK TO THE BASICS MORGAN SHINES IN FAMILY-ORIENTED SITCOM Wacky 'Swim' gives cartoons an adult edge By Douglas Wernert Daily Arts Writer DVD REVIEW For most of the older crowd, cartoons have become a thing of the past. "Beavis and Butthead" has left our TV sets and we are left with no real alternative. Enter Adul...…
… 0 Tuesday December 9, 2003 www.michigandaily.com sports@michigandaily.com ibe 1R idtigan&Dail iPO:RTrS 10 4 Edwards considers leaving Michigan BCS reveals how deep the rabbit hole really is By Naweed Sikora Daily Sports Editor Two days after Michigan's season- saving comeback against Minnesota on Oct. 15, wide receiver Braylon Edwards said he had no plans of leaving the program after this year. He said$ he wanted to win a national ch...…
…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, December 9, 2003 -11 International play snatches 'M' duo By Michael Nisson SDaily Sports Writer Over the next three weeks, the Michigan hockey team will play two important series, and it will do so shorthand- ed. Forward Jeff Tambellini and goaltender Al Montoya - both sophomores - will miss action to play for their coun- tries, while junior forward David Moss is out with an injury Tambellini was the only U.S. co...…
…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, December 9, 2003 - 12 '4 a4 ~ ~ 4' ~4 a 4'' I -- a a' 4 4 4 ' -a 4>Aa. ~4~-a. a.4'-a., Aa a' a- ~' - Laaa ~... 4~.aaaa. 4 ~' .a' -4a a-va 4..a -a4- -.% 'A a - ~a 4 "'a 'aa'A *~a'4' ~ 4 .. 'a S4 - .. -- ..aa 4~ a ~ ~ I 4 a'~ a .~ 4 x..' a' '4 a 4 2 a~ I a aa'4 a .1 '4 a 4 a By Josh Holman and Ellen McGarrity Daily Sports Writers Michigan's new commander in chief of women's basketball, Cheryl Burnett, has ...…
…Monday December 8, 2003 02003 The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan z IC OqW 4*F - 441V 4 44& Eb rtcbtg au:3 tftlu Weaher TODAY: Mostly cloudy during the day with winds from 37 the south- LO 31 east at nine Tamorrow miles per 4 39 hour. www.michigandaily.com Vol. CXIII, No. 66 One-hundred-thirteen years ofeditoridfreedom New coalition to challenge Connerly initiative By Jeremy Berkowitz Daily Staff Reporter The University received suppo...…
…4 2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 8, 2003 NATION/WORLD Afghans angered by bombing mistake Nine Afghan children killed in U.S.-led attack aimed at terror suspect HUTALA, Afghanistan (AP) - Hats and shoes littered a blood-stained field in this desolate Afghan village yester- day, a day after U.S. warplanes - tar- geting a terror suspect - mistakenly killed nine children. American officials offered their regrets yesterday and said...…
… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 8, 2003 - 3A CRIMVE SUV stolen from U' parking lot Department of Public Safety reports show a motor vehicle theft of a dark blue Mercury Mountaineer from the Hill Street parking lot sometime Satur- day morning. The vehicle is still miss- ing and DPS has no suspects. Unlocked door imperils sleeping Stockwell resident A caller from Stockwell Residence Hall reported Saturday that an unknown per...…
…4A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 8, 2003 OP/ED able £tftchijlun du* 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 letters@michigandaily.com EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 LouIE MEIZLISH Editor in Chief AUBREY HENRETTY ZAC PESKOWITZ Editorial Page Editors Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of the majority of the Daily's editorial board. All other articles, letters ...…
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…4 I Monday December 8, 2003 michigandaily.com artseditor@michigandaily.com ARTS 8A 8A Bad acting mars latest music video fim 'Honey' By Sravya Chirumamilla Daily Arts Writer MOVIE REVIEW Ever watch BET and wish someone tacked on a syrupy story to all the hot girls grinding in skimpy outfits? "Honey" unrepentingly offers just that - a really long music video. dsourtesy 01Unive Go directly to jail. Do not pass go. Do not make any more mo...…
…cgJbr Aibijian ?aai1g SPORTS% '\** December 8, 2003 SECTION 111 iiii;1lip I;Iill;!:Ii:ll 1 1 il:lil:!i lil Jig ----------- -- - -- Sullen Saturday Cagers suffer first loss of season By Dan Rosen Daily Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. - "Exposed." That's how Michigan coach Tommy Amaker described his team after an 83-63 scrapping by unde- feated Vanderbilt on Saturday. The Commodores (5-0) dominat- ed the Wolver-_MCHGAN_63_ ines on the glas...…
…2B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - December 8, 2003 4 DUDE, WHERE'S MY ... HEISMAN TROPHY??? You kept hope of a Sugar Bowl appearance until the bitter end of the Southern Cal./Oregon State game that you either watched live or followed on Gamecast. But now that Michigan's national title chances are finally dead, it's time to dream of the highest individual honor - the Heisman Trophy. That's right, after Jason White's disastrous perfor...…
…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - December 8, 2003 - 3B Despite loss, Precious' season will be cherished SANTA CLARA Continued from Page 1B instructing the team to play a more pos- session-oriented rather than direct style of play. To help implement this plan, he made his first, and only major sub of the game -junior Matt Niemeyer for soph- omore Chris Glinski, whose headers pro- vide the key in a more direct style game. Despite the setbac...…
…4B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - December 8, 2003 J Friday's game MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS MICHIGAN WOLVERINES Saturday's game 0 2 MICHIGAN WOLVERINES MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS 0 2 4 SATURDAY'S GAME Michigan State 2, Michigan 0 Michigan 0 0 0 - 0 Michigan State 1 0 1 - 2 First period -1, MSU, Mike Lalonde 12 (Corey Pot- ter) 16:33 (pp). Penalties - Jared Nightingale, MSU (slashing) 5:19; T.J. Hensick, MICH (slashing) 5:19; Jared ...…
…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - December 8, 2003 - 5B Talkin' the talk "It just comes down to toughness; they just wanted it more than us." - Michigan sophomore Graham Brown on Michigan's lack of physical play on the interior. The Wolverines were out rebounded by the Commodores 42-24. SATURDAY'S GAME Michigan 63 e Vanderbilt 83 Players of the game Matt Freije (Vanderbilt) The do-everything forward (and favorite of TV announcers), Freij...…
…6B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - December 8, 2003 Gymnastics gets going in intrasquad By Jeremy Antar Daily Sports Writer The annual Maize and Blue Intrasquad marks an exciting time for the Michigan women's gym- nastics team. It signifies the end of the preseason and a leap into territory where mistakes now result in costly point deductions. Although the intrasquad was an exhibition, it had the feel of the regular season with the pres...…
…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - December 8, 2003 - 7B Weilbacher heads tankers' effort By Anne Ulbie Daily Sports Writer The Michigan women's swim- ming and diving team rarely has the chance to swim in meets close to Ann Arbor. Last year, the Wolver- ines had just two home meets, mak- ing it difficult for the swimmers to attend classes regularly and be fully rested for their races. "It's nice to be able to compete during the day and slee...…
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…Weather Friday December 5,2003 ©2003 The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXIII, No. 65 One-hundred-thirteen years ofeditorialfreedom Cloudy with snow showers throughout the a ahnd 2f 7 wins fom ~ W -26 the northeast at 20 miles per Tomorrow: hour. .2O www.michigandaily.com RONNI 1:1 k New server makes files moressecure By Naila Moreira Daily Staff Reporter Students who access their e-mail using Telnet will soon have a more secu...…
…4 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, December 5, 2003 NATION/WORLD Egypt pushes for resolution in Israel NEWS IN BRIEF;f HEADLINES FROM-AROUND THE WORLD CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Palestin- ian factions opened talks yesterday aimed at producing a cease-fire, and Israel hinted it could reduce military activity in the West Bank and Gaza Strip if a truce were declared. Egypt is mediating the talks, and Egyptian intelligence chief Gen. Omar Suleiman ...…
… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, December 5, 2003 - 3 Computing team wins seat in global contest Exhibit uses body movements to make art "Roly Wholly Over," an interac- tive media installation, will take place from 3 to 6 p.m., in the Video and Performance Studio of the Media Union. This exhibit explores the relation between perception and body movements. Large-scale devices will be set up, including a bicycle, seesaw, video proje...…
…4 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, December 5, 2003 OP/ED able £itdfipvt*u a 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 letters@michigandaily.com EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 LOUIE MEIZLISH Editor in Chief AUBREY HENRETTY ZAC PESKOWITZ Editorial Page Editors Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of the majority of the Daily's editorial board. All other articles, letters and...…
