…Iie Midigan Oai& 'NE-HtNDRED-EI( "ITEEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, April 15,2008 michigandaily.com PREPARING THE DIAG HEALTH CARE IN MICHIGAN Group wants health care mandate on Nov. ballot UHS director says a constitutional amendment, Mich- igan residents would be required plan would reduce to have access to both preventative cost of coverage and primary care. Currently, Mas- sachusetts is the only other sta...…
…4 2A - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 WEDNESDAY: The Extremist THURSDAY: Explained FRIDAY: Before You Were Here BIKE CULTURE Lost in a library labyrinth I felt my brain, body and soul fall apart at the Grad yesterday as I punched incorrect buttons on a bor- rowed calculator, wondering what the probability was I'd even pass my upcoming stats exam. I decided to take a break and try to find a summer job at the library's human resources department....…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS ATLANTA Delta, Northwest announce merger, but face opposition If Delta and Northwest are going to create the world's largest airline, they'll first have unions to cajole, politicians to placate, and antitrust regulators to convince. Two of Northwest's largest unions immediately declared their opposition. Most importantly, the airlines will need antitrust approval...…
…0 (). a 0 pinior 4A - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 4Jb t*Iiiian Ea Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR GABE NELSON MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position oftthe Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illu...…
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….M 8A - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Southern road trip inspires show By MAUREEN SULLIVAN Daily Arts Writer School of Art and Design Junior Cassie McQuater and artist Sam Strand use colorful language to describe their colorfully-named exhibit. "Shit Y'all (Somewhere There's a River)" is showing at the Canterbury House until AprilS 20th. "The title (Somewhere of our exhibit There's a is basically us acknowl...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, A pril 15, 2008 - 9A 'yam' "IRON MAN" RELEASE DATE: MAY 2ND Based on the popular Marvel comic series, "Iron Man" tells the story of Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr., "Zodiac") and his transformation from rich indus- trialist to iron-suited superhero. Since it's directed by Jon Favreau, who previously helmed the box office smash "Elf" starring Will Ferrell, it's not surprising that the trailer pl...…
…I 10A - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com I I II II W E E ZE R '' - WEEZER RELEASE DATE: JUNE 17 Unless you're be celebrating your middle school graduation later this spring, you're probably among the massive majority that thought that Weezer's 2005 album, Make Believe, was absolute trash. But unless you have a heart of stone, then you probably still hang on tightly to the fading glimmer of hope that Weezer mi...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com PETS From Page 1A Area Humane Society in Lansing, which takes in any abandoned ani- mals from Michigan State Univer- sity students, has also noticed the trend, calling it one that "happens all over the country." "I noticed it when I worked in Pennsylvania and Florida," said Steven Heaven, the group's presi- dent. "We tend not to adopt to stu- dentsbecause of that problem." Ann Williams, a representative ...…
…I 12A - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom CATFCHINA.-G (ON Nearly deaf walk-on goes from team manager to team player By Dan Feldman -Daily Sports Editor The day was taking too long to end. The Michigan softball team opened play at Alumni Field last year with a doubleheader against Western Michigan. The first game was an on-the-edge-of-your-seat thriller. Lori- lyn Wilson came within one out of throwing a no-hitt...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, April 15, 2008 -13A After being cut twice, Herrmann made squad as bullpen catcher HERRMANN From Page 12A said. He had the week off to go hunting, so he took Rachael to the doctor the next morning. The doctor diagnosed Rachael with bacterial meningitis. She was immediately rushed to the chil- dren's hospital for treatment. Rachael had a 107-degree tem- perature. For the first couple days, the do...…
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…0 16A - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 N ew s The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com HIRING From Page 1A The report presented to the Sen- ate Assembly, a group comprised of University faculty members, used data provided each year by Univer- sity Human Resources to examine trends in faculty hiring across racial and ethnic categories - white, black, Asian and Hispanic. The percentage of minority fac- ulty has seen steady increases in all professori...…
… C1le 4Hd7igan al Tuesday, April 15, 2008 enioryear is ayear of"last times." With graduation in sight, students mark the everyday events that will soon recede from the everyday. The last time we register for classes. The last time we watch the Mich- igan-Ohio State game from the student sec- tion. The last time we get a day off while the Graduate Employees' Organization strikes. In honor of the last day of classes for this year's graduating s...…
…2B - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaiycom University of Michigan MichiganEngineering Cleec niern mi~z;;;',~ Dean's Ho o1Ls The Dean and faculty of the College of Scott Hyder James LiJinXagNBrn uoThdrsTaopls D lacoullo Jinng Li Jing Shen Ng Nipuna Rupasnghe Raj Thapar Prince Idichandy Kang Li Kwok Wai Wilson Ng Neal Ruche Geoffrey Thes Sarah lkhaniPour Christopher Lilly Thai-Son Nguyen Briana Russo Paul Theron Darryl Isa...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 3B Many students were anxious about the passage of Proposal 2, a ballot initiative which banned race- and gender-based affirmative action in Michigan on Nov. 2, 2006. - wI Ross gives $100 mil. Sept.9 - After University alum Stephen Ross gave $100 million to the Business School - the largest donation in the University's history- officials announced it would be renamed the Ross ...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 7B 'M' spirit survives disappointment My fellow graduating seniors: It's been a rough, not-so-successful four years for Michigan sports. No football wins against Ohio State. No BCS bowl victories. No NCAA tourney bids in hoops. No national championship game appear- SCOTT ances in hockey. BELL No national - - titles for any ofthe school's26 teams over the past three seasons. It...…
…8B - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Carr exits with epic victory over Gators Wolverines fall to Bucks again Jan. 3, 2008 - ORLANDO, Fla. - He fought hard against the indi- vidual attention leading up to his final game, but in the end, Michi- gan coach Lloyd Carr CARR lost that bat- tle. And in x. doing so, he 4 passed his so-called impassable final test: WINS. 122 ending his LOSSES: 40 coaching BIG TEN care...…
