…Thursday, February 9, 2006 i Rv; STRUGES£ COMPT WI ,.Rf _ N;A T( 1\e..,R TH SAT Opinion 4A Alison Go wants podcasted lectures Arts SA Avery Hopwood's play comes to Mendelssohn Sports 8A Cagers set to take on Buckeyes One-hundred-fifteen years ofedntorialfreedom -rn-rn---- www.rmch/zrandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXVI, No. 72 @2006 The Michigan Daily O J 'U ' expects jump in funding Percentage change in state funding $...…
…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 9, 2006 NATION/WORLD Bush rebukes Muslim violence NEWS IN BRIEF 1 mm. wu ~ mm~a r~u-- m ~m- - m ua.- President chides press to remember responsibilites of its freedom WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush condemned the deadly rioting sparked by cartoons of the prophet Muhammad yesterday, and his secre- tary of state accused Iran and Syria of trying "to inflame sentiments" across the Muslim world. Bu...…
… NEWS ON CAMPUS * Michigan Idol to hold tryouts Tryouts for the Michigan Idol talent contest will be held today at 9 p.m. on the lower floor of the Michigan Union. The final prize for the winning contestant is $500. Judges will see 50 contestants on a first-come, first-serve basis. Anyone wishing to participate should pre- pare a two-minute audition piece. Hawaiian scholar to lecture today Haunani-Kay Trask, a renowned scholar of Hawaiian st...…
…4A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 9, 2006 OPINION albe liitcigau 3 ui~g DoNN M. FRESARD Editor in Chief EMILY BEAM CHRISTOPHER ZBROZEK Editorial Page Editors ASHLEY DINGES Managing Editor i EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com NOTABLE QUOTABLE '4All we've got is fear, and we're going to keep playing the fear card." - Sen. ...…
…Thursday February 9, 2006 arts. michigandaily. com artspage@michigandaily. com R TS91iigan Bailg 5A .S A... ..... Treat albums like art Belle & Sebastian aren't exactly the kind of band you'd expect to cause controversy. The lithe, pretty, melodic lines that support clever, sometimes heartwrenching lyrics seem more likely to serve as lullabies to the hip- ster set, not material for rabid contention. But for the intense emotional attach- ...…
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… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 9, 2006 - 7A *MPP Continued from page 1A observers had speculated MPP could be seen as too inexperienced to run are heading up the Defend Affirmati not yet announced Fox cosponsor lution to create t Review SelectC the assembly. task is to monitor The party's slogan is "Better hous- When asked w ing, better classes, a better student said: "My involve government." reflection of my b Fox and Nowin...…
…8A -The Michigan Daily -Thursday, February 9, 2006 ARTS Jake offers something for everyone By Trevor Campbell Daily Arts Writer MTV's barbershop reality can't cut it Years of writing, recording and touring can lead to stressful situations and hard times. Yet Gaines- ville, Fla. quintet Less Than Jake has thrived for 13 years. Perhaps it's their genre-bend- Less Than ing style, including influences Jake from ska, pop, punk, jazz and Tuesda...…
…Thursday February 9, 2006 sports. michigandaily. com sports@michigandaily.com OERTllSiigan tii 9A 9A Buc s brin N y it into By Matt Singer Daily Sports Editor Coming into last Saturday's matchup with Iowa, the Michigan s men's basketball team was seldom reminded of its disastrous 2004- 05 season. At the midway point of . . the Big Ten season, the Wolverines ALEX DZIADOSZ/Daily boasted a 6-2 record, already claim- The duo of Dion Harris and...…
…10A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 9, 2006 Wechter sprints for M' as his twin hurdles for Irish By Kimberly Chou Daily Sports Writer Somewhere between the years of dirty diapers and nursery school, sophomore sprinter Andrew Wechter and brother Austin endured the bane of identical twins everywhere - matching outfits. "When we were real little, our par- ents would dress us alike," Wechter said. "I would always wear blue and he woul...…
…0 0 0 EQMC Continued from page 4B car mental pop group Slumber Party. yo Linn, who heard about EQMC while set he was in high school, described ing Slumber Party as "one of my favor- cor ite bands period. They're all-girl be indie-pop, and mostly vocal with a drum machine. It's pretty rare to see EQ an all-girl band these days. Detroit fol has got a pretty good scene right sh now, and this is one branch from that net scene." alri Joining th...…
… 0 7f 3.I From The Editors R.ADOMSTDTI !ER E 3B The Daily Dish Ken Fischer confronts diversity in the University Musical Society. 3B The List A guide to the happenings, concerts and events around town this weekend. 4B EQMC The East Quad Music Cow op hosts local artists in the Halfass. 5B In My Own Words Jolene Bricker describes the complicated life of being disabled on campus. 6B Auto Symposium A discussion of the problerns and history o...…
…0 0 0 T1IDAI LY DISH i The best of the bad: R. Kelly and Chuck Norris Everyone's a Critic I Media Column By Kristin MacDonald Kit Ken Fischer, University Musical By Kate Sci urely you have all seen at least one chapter of R. Kelly's recent, stupendous (and, may I add, unironically Grammy-nominated) masterpiece "Trapped in the Closet." If not, get thee to the nearest computer and download the hip-hopera's 43-minute entirety. Poetry has ...…
… 0 -W are hired, there are some great successes, and then it becomes yesterday's news as some other hot topic takes over the inter- est of senior executives. Slow and steady may be successful, but it is not very exciting. Fundamentally, the Big Three do not in their gut believe in the value of developing people. My description of Toyota could apply almost as well to Honda. Nissan is somewhat of a different story and made bad business decis...…
…0 Honda. Sure, there are recalls and questions about how excit- ing designs are, but when sales are not up from last year at this time it is surprising. And market share in America and globally only seems to go in one direction: up! Why are there so many ups and downs for the traditional powerhouses in the American auto industry? Executives of these companies will blame it on external factors, or at least factors beyond their control, and t...…
… 0 0 S 0 WHYDET IS RUNNING ON R I AND WHATTO DO A A SYMPOSIUM H KURIAN POTHEN U AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY CONSULTANT JEFFREY LIKER 0 PROFESSOR, INDUSTRIAL AND OPERATIONS ENGINEERING LL I - &L~- Air- -- or many years, the i uste Automo automotive indus- a "perfect sto try has been the By Kurian Pothen tive Industry in )rm"? center of Detroit's economy. The city is home to three of the world's largest - Daimler-Chrysler, T he negativ...…
