October 21, 2010 (vol. 121, iss. 31)

…SLAM& s th f On campus and around Ann Arbor, a devotion to the power of the spoken word. APAGE 3B Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, October 21, 2010 michigandaily.com FOOTBALL SATURDAYS .'U'considers plan to close Main Street for gameday Official: Measures Street to their property, Brown said, adding that access accom- would reduce risk modations would be made only for those people and their guests, of car bombings pedestrians and emergency ve...…

…0 2A - Thursday, October 21, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers TUESDAY: Michigan Myths WEDNESDAY: Professor Profiles FRIDAY: Photos of the Week Dedicated to Detroit By teaching young people that reading can be fon, WeRead - a Universicy studenc organization - is helping Detroit-area youth develop skills in reading, commu- nication and creativity. The club, which has about 10 to 15 dedicated memhe...…

…9 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON * Gov't. pledges $773 million to former GM site clean-up The Obama administration has reached a deal on a $773 million environmental trust, the largest of its kind in U.S. history, to clean up dozens of former General Motors sites spread over 14 states, officials said yesterday...…

…4A - Thursday, October 21, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com E-MAIL CAMERON AT CNEVEU@ UMICH.EDU Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu CAMERON NEVEU I JACOB SMILOVITZ EDITOR IN CHIEF RACHEL VAN GILDER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MATT AARONSON MANAGING EDITOR ANYONE. .WAN T O JHA RE-. THEY Take back political correctness Unsigned editorials r...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily~com h Thursday, October 21, 2010 -- 5A MAIN STREET FromPage 1A that many residents have called the city inquiring about the plan, but the earliest a proposal could be reviewed would be at the council's Nov. 4 meeting. "I know everyone's interested in seeing if it's been brought forward, " she said. Brown said students shouldn't worry about the closure affecting their walk to football games, given STREETLIGH...…

…6A- Thursday, October 21, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com i Chechen warlord may be behind parliament attack Officials say Gakayev wants to become Islamist insurgency leader GROZNY, Russia (AP) - A sui- cide attack on Chechnya's parlia- ment may have been staged by a shadowy warlord who wants to establish himself as a leader of the Russian region's factionalized Islamist insurgency, officials and analysts said yesterday. Some obs...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 7A Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez has three full recruiting classes since he came to Michigan in 2007 after Loyd Carr left the program. Something is notri ith §1V'player developmeq. nt, Despite few goals, Hagelin making presence felt again Berenson not After receiving a pass inthe right corner from fellow senior Matt concerned about Rust, Hagelin looked to return captain's l...…

…8A - Thursday, October 21, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Daily Sports Power Rankings By Nick Saar II Daily Snorts Editor Senior setter Lexi Zimmerman has established herself as one of the best volleyball players in program history. Lexi Zimmerman,Setter (Volleyball) E Icouldn't make it to the volleyball game against Michigan State last Wednesday and I couldn't tune into Big Ten Network to watch. ButI had to find out what kind ...…

…The Michigan Daily I michigandaily.com I Thursday, October 21, 2010 weekend essentials Oct. 21 to Oct. 24 ON STAGE "(UofM)2," an exhibit featuring works by MFA students at the University of Minne- sota and the University of Michigan, opened this week at the War- ren Robbins gallery. The exhibit, which will move to Minneapolis in January, discusses broad themes like the exchange of ideas and dialogue between indi- viduals and institutions. "(U...…

…2B -- Thursday, October 21, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2B - Thursday, October 21, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 0 Judging A Book By Its Cover Why read a single page when the cover tells the whole story? EPISODE REVIEW SINGLE REVIEW We really should have seen it coming (SPOILERS!). Don's (Jon Hamm) deci- sion to propose to his secretary seems like an unnecessary twist, a desperate move written by des- Mad Me...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 3B . Poetry speaks to A2 communI Performance poetry groups U-club and Wordworks each offer their distinctive take on the art form By Carly Steinberger I Daily Arts Writer A microphone always helps get your message to the masses. But in the right hands, a microphone sends a personal and passionate message about life, society and struggle - a message that, while expressed fin...…

…4B - Thursday, October 21, 2010 The Michigan Daily -- michigandaiiy.com 4B - Thursday, October 21, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 0 POETRY COLUMN usiCians: stick to lyrics, leave poetry to poets DELICIOUS DESIGNS Cake is their canvas ack when I taught high school, a student - let's call him Dude wandered into my contemporary poetry class with a beef to settle. Dude wasn't actually in my poetry class, but he heard I had malign...…