The Crier
The week of February 11, 2007
Hot Commodities
Eugene Morrow · The Empiricist
Indonesia recently stopped sending samples of the H5N1 avian influenza virus to the World Health Organization, with the intent to sell them to an American research company instead. This is further evidence of a disturbing trend in medicinal science.
Apple’s Digital Emancipation Proclamation
Phil Dokas · Tech
Last week, Steve Jobs issued a challenge to the Recording Industry Association of American to abolish Digital Rights Management. Music lovers, here’s why you should back him up.
How to Get Free Printing
Forest Casey · Ann Arbor Secrets
Why limit yourself to a paltry 400 pages per semester? You deserve so much more. The Crier’s Ann Arbor Secrets brings free printing to the people.
Palio and Plato: Your V-Day Guide to Faking the Classics
Michael Butterscotch · Cultured
Valentine’s Day. Maybe you believe the whole buy-the-chocolates, buy-the-flowers idea of the holiday is the correct one. You succumbed to American commercialism or a pushy,…
Keeping it Regular
Barb Chaterjee · The Gastronomist
Everyone has an image of what it means to be a regular. Maybe you walk into a restaurant/coffeehouse/bar, finding your spot and your food is…
Where Have All the Venues Gone?
Lloyd Cargo · Amused
Ann Arbor’s music scene seems to be thriving despite the paucity of local outlets, but would Iggy have kept the Stooges here, or would have the MC5 picked Tree Town as their home base with the current crop of venues? Not likely.
Put the “Win” in “Windsor.” Or, Gambling Made Easy
Adrian Drake · The Exchange
Two vices are common to nearly every major human civilization. One is drinking alcohol. The other is gambling. Ever since man invented currency, he has…
Illini Basketball’s Secret? The Sixth Man.
Jeremy Davidson · Sport
As I sat lamenting Michigan’s basketball program this weekend, I couldn’t help but wonder what Michigan was missing. The team’s 17-8 record, while far from…
Why Does February Only Have 28 days? (Or Sometimes 29?)
Jeremy Davidson · The Explainer
A good place to start to answer this question is with the history of the month of February, which is one of the youngest months…
In the Future, We Will All Be Tree Huggers.
Eli Walker · The Consul
We, as students, face a dilemma after we graduate. The older generation expects us to get jobs and provide for ourselves and yet jobs are…
Like a Candle in the Wind
Katie Garlinghouse · The Pasquinade
Dada-D-Don’t Stop the Beat
Selbert Archer · Featured
The work of Greg Gillis is pure transcendental genius, laying waste to pop music’s tenuous shell and defiling the corpses of its heroes. And it’s catchy, too. Kids, brush up on your Adorno. Girl Talk is coming to town.
