Football
ASSOCIATED PRESS

Michigan football players bowl for Mealer

By Dan Feldman
Daily Sports Editor  

Michigan defensive line coach Bruce Tall had an unenviable task in January shortly after taking that job.

Toledo, Ohio is part of his recruiting territory, meaning it was his job to visit freshman offensive lineman Elliot Mealer, whose father and girlfriend died in a car crash on Christmas Eve on their way to Church. Mealer's 23-year-old brother, Brock, was paralyzed in the accident, too.

Tall said he was a little apprehensive about the visit, but it went smoothly.

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U Administration

University sells media rights as package

By Trevor Calero
Daily Staff Reporter  

The University announced Monday the sale of its media rights to IMG College.

The deal, which guarantees the University $86 million over 12 years, marks the first time the University has bundled its media rights into one package.

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Film

Rumble in the jungle

By Imran Syed
Daily Arts Writer  
It’s impossible to do justice to a film like “Tropic Thunder” in a review. While it’s the funniest movie in years, it just wouldn’t be right to leave it at that. This seemingly goofy action comedy from decidedly goofy director, co-writer and star Ben Stiller (“Meet the Parents”) is actually something far bigger. It’s an almost perfectly calculated satire — a film that works on more levels than you’d ever think possible, yet doesn’t linger at any of them — and will surely be seen as one of the most brilliant sendups of Hollywood ever conceived.
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Crime

University student robbed at gunpoint during break-in

By Julie Rowe
Managing News Editor  
Two armed men broke into a female University student's apartment on the 1300 block of South State Street at about 12:30 a.m. today, the student reported to the Ann Arbor police.
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U Administration

Detroit office focuses on prep

By Lindy Stevens
Daily News Editor  

Forty-five minutes away from Ann Arbor, situated stores in the heart of Detroit on the same block as a McDonald’s and a handful of liquor stores, is probably the last place most high school students would think to start their application process to the University.

But according to Tyrone Winfrey, associate director of the University’s Office of Undergraduate Admissions located on Woodward Avenue, the Detroit-based location is often the very first place that local students get a feel for anything maize and blue.

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Campus Life

At B-School site, worker falls to death

By Sara Lynne Thelen
Daily News Editor  

Representatives from the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration are investigating the new Stephen M. Ross School of Business construction site following the death of a worker. David Smith, a 31-year-old elevator mechanic died after falling five stories down an empty elevator shaft at about 6:30 a.m. last Monday.

Despite CPR and resuscitation attempts made by co-workers and medical technicians, Smith, who went by his middle name Jeff, was pronounced dead at the University Medical Center about 15 minutes after the fall.

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